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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro calls Brazil’s bicentennial Wednesday a chance to celebrate the nation’s proud history, but critics say he has transformed what should be a day of unity into a campaign event that they fear he will use to undermine next month's election in Latin America's fourth biggest democracy.
Bolsonaro, who trails in polls before the Oct. 2 vote, has urged Brazilians to flood the streets, and tens of thousands of his supporters were expected to turn out in Brasilia, Sao Paulo and his hometown of Rio de Janeiro in a show of strength. The military planned displays in the capital and in Rio, with Bolsonaro attending.
The far-right nationalist has for years made a mission of encouraging Brazilian patriotism, and coopted the national colors of green and yellow as his own. He stacked his administration with military officers and repeatedly sought their support, most recently to cast doubt on the reliability of the nation's electronic voting system, without evidence.
His attacks on the voting system has prompted widespread concern among his opponents that he may follow former U.S. President Donald Trump’s footsteps in rejecting election results. Analysts said they would be monitoring for incendiary comments Wednesday.
“Bolsonaro and his supporters have built this up into the most important day of the whole campaign. So he’ll have to deliver some kind of red meat," said Brian Winter, vice president for policy at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. “But everyone wants to know if he’ll cross that line and create a genuine institutional crisis.”
Following a military parade in Brasilia, Bolsonaro will attend another display in Rio along Copacabana beach, where his supporters often demonstrate. The latter will entail rifle salutes, cannon fire, flyovers, paratroopers and warships anchored offshore.
But Rio won't be seeing what the president had announced would be a big parade instead of the annual nonpartisan event downtown. Instead, Rio's mayor and military leaders settled on the more modest display at the beach site the president designated.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain and lawmaker for decades before winning the 2018 presidential election, has spent most of his first term locking horns with Supreme Court justices, some of whom are also top members of the electoral authority.
He has accused some judges of hamstringing his administration and favoring former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the poll frontrunner seeking to return to the post he held in 2003-2010. That has effectively turned those figures and their institutions into enemies for Bolsonaro's base, which represents roughly one-quarter of the electorate.
When Bolsonaro launched his reelection bid July 24, he asked supporters for “one last” show of support on Independence Day. “Those few deaf people in black robes have to understand what the voice of the people is,” he said, referring to the justices.
The National Guard will beef up security outside the Supreme Court building Wednesday, and police will search people at checkpoints around the esplanade where the military display and a later rally will take place.
Since his campaign began, Bolsonaro has softened his tone regarding Independence Day. In the southern city of Curitiba last week, he told supporters to lower a banner demanding a military coup. And in a TV spot released Tuesday, he urged people to turn out for the bicentennial “with peace and harmony.”
Carlos Ranulfo de Melo, a political scientist at Federal University of Minas Gerais, said this likely reflects campaign strategy to avoid fiery rhetoric and instead focus on the improving economy.
But Rodrigo Prando, a political science professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Sao Paulo, said he expected Bolsonaro to rail against the electronic voting system and the Supreme Court.
The president is known for off-the-cuff outbursts. At last year's Independence Day rally, he pushed the country to the brink of an institutional crisis by proclaiming he would ignore rulings from a Supreme Court justice. He later backtracked, saying his comments came in the heat of the moment, and the boiling tension was reduced to a simmer.
There have been concerns about political violence. Some of his die-hard supporters attempted to storm the Supreme Court last year. In July, a federal prison guard killed a local official from da Silva's Workers’ Party as he celebrated his birthday, and witnesses said he shouted support for Bolsonaro before pulling the trigger.
The newspaper Estadao de S. Paulo, among others, reported Aug. 19 that military intelligence had identified risks of radical, pro-Bolsonaro movements attempting to infiltrate bicentennial celebrations to provoke turmoil and defend military intervention.
“There’s a movement that tries to legitimize a coup if the result from the ballots doesn't please the Bolsonaristas,” said Tai Nalon, co-founder of fact-checking agency AosFatos. “You didn’t have that in 2018.”
Members of Bolsonaro's campaign are hoping he stays on message. Congressman João Augusto Rosa, deputy chairman of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party, told The Associated Press he wants to see the president reach out to undecided voters, especially poorer Brazilians who have received increased welfare payments under his administration.
“We have to show all the benefits we were able to conquer for them," the congressman, better known as Capitão Augusto, said by phone. "It isn't the time to preach to the ones who have already converted, but instead to those who could still change their minds.”
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Jeantet reported from Rio de Janeiro. Associated Press writer Mauricio Savarese in Sao Paulo contributed to this report.
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Repco parade to farewell Pukekohe
Repco has assembled a parade of significant racing cars for the Auckland SuperSprint to celebrate the impending closure of the Pukekohe circuit.
To celebrate the venue's rich motor racing history, Supercars series sponsor Repco has put together the Farewell Pukekohe Parade.
The parade will feature 14 cars that have a connection to Kiwi motorsport and the 60-year history at Pukekohe Park.
That includes an ex-Denny Hulme Repco Brabham BT 16, one of Kiwi legend Kenny Smith's Formula 5000s, an ex-Hulme McLaren Can-Am car, and the Team New Zealand A1GP car.
The King of Pukekohe, Greg Murphy, will be represented in the parade by his NZ V8 SuperTourer title-winning VE Holden Commodore.
The parade will take place at 2:45pm local time on Saturday and 3:15pm local time on Sunday.
Full list of Repco Farewell Pukekohe Parade race vehicles
- Repco Brabham BT 16 Formula 2 car raced by Denny Hulme
- Ken Smith Formula 5000
- Sidchrome Mustang raced by Jim Richards
- BRM Formula 1 Car
- AMCO Mini (multiple Mini 7 MSNZ Championship winner)
- McRae F5000 GM1 raced by Graham McRae
- Lighting Direct Porsche (campaigned by Owen Evans and won many Super GT Championships and also held the NZ land speed record)
- Graham Addis Charger
- McLaren Can-Am raced by Hulme
- Manon Escort (multiple Classic Saloon Car Championships winner)
- Black Beauty A1GP car
- V8 SuperTourer raced by Greg Murphy
- McLaren M10B F5000
- Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang
- Castrol Toyota – (multiple NZ Touring Car Championship winner)
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500,000 cubic meters of bottom mud removed from Lake Van
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In line with the Lake Van Basin Protection Action Plan, efforts have begun to clean up mud from the lake bed, which is causing a pungent smell and making it look not so appealing to the eye.
After the commissioning of the Van Central Wastewater Treatment Plant and the reduction of pollution caused by animal waste, the removal of bottom mud has gained momentum.
In a social media post, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum underlined the importance of ensuring the sustainable use of Lake Van with its unique natural, historical and cultural features and increasing environmental protection awareness in the region.
“First, we eliminated the causes of pollution, and then we started cleaning. So far, 500,000 cubic meters of bottom mud have been removed from Lake Van. We will not leave any untreated water in our lake,” he stated.
Menderes İşçen, the head of the Department of Water and Soil Management of the General Directorate of Environmental Management, also gave information about the studies carried out on the lake. İşçen stated the works on the coast of Tuşba have continued in three stages. “We have almost reached the end of the first stage. About 500,000 cubic meters of mud were removed here. We plan to complete this step before the summer of next year,” he said.
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These chips will reach the most affordable smartphones on the market in the coming months.
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Live Streaming Details: When and where to watch PAK vs AFG online, cricket schedule, TV timing, channel in India
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“We won both our matches and qualified for the Super Four. Whenever you participate in any tournament, the first match is of utmost value as it sets the tone of the tournament,” Gul said.
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Eliza Fletcher murder suspect Cleotha Abston’s violent history of rape, assault and kidnapping explained
Cleotha Abston-Henderson, the 38-year-old Memphis, Tennessee, man accused in the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher, a teacher and mother of two, was only 16 when he began a 20-year prison term for kidnapping another victim at gunpoint.
Abston-Henderson’s criminal past began when he was even younger with charges that included aggravated assault and rape. He told investigators that he dropped out of school after ninth grade, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, but they found no evidence that he’d attended his stated high school at all.
Authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday that a juvenile court found it to be true that Abston-Henderson, who is also known by the alias “Pookie,” committed a juvenile delinquent act of rape against an unnamed suspect when he was 14.
“The thing about these sexual predators, it seems it doesn’t matter how much time they do,” John Kelly, a criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed multiple serial killers, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “When they get out, they’re back on the hunt.”
At 16, Abston-Henderson abducted Memphis lawyer Kemper Durand (now deceased) at gunpoint, threw him in the trunk of his own car and drove him around to various ATMs, demanding he withdraw cash, court documents show. Abston-Henderson pleaded guilty in that case and served about 20 years of a 24-year sentence.
“I understand that [Abston’s] record goes back to 1995, when he was about 13 years old, and shows juvenile court matters in every year — 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999,” Durand wrote in a 2001 victim impact statement obtained by Fox News Digital. “He obviously never learned any lesson from his encounters with the law.”
ELIZA FLETCHER ABDUCTION: TIMELINE OF THE MEMPHIS TEACHER’S DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER
Durand told the court that while he suffered no physical injuries, he had recurring bad dreams about his abduction and criticized Abston-Henderson for showing no remorse.
“It took Cleotha Abston from June 2000 to September 2000, some 15 months, to get around to pleading guilty to the crime to which he confessed on May 29, 2000,” Durand wrote. “He rejected a plea agreement because he ‘didn’t want to sign for any time.’ This, I understand, is jailhouse braggadocio — being a tough guy and showing off to the other jail inmates.”
Durand died in 2013, according to an online obituary.
A list of enhancement factors for Abston-Henderson in Durand’s abduction included his previous history of violence, the fact that he was the ringleader in a crime involving multiple suspects and, written in by hand, a reference to the rape case.
Abston-Henderson separately told investigators he had “a good relationship with his family, but his childhood was rough,” documents state. He served about 20 years of a 24-year sentence and was released two years ago, according to state prison records.
Early Friday, according to a new affidavit, he was hiding out near the University of Memphis campus for about 24 minutes before Fletcher’s routine morning jog brought her to the area.
Fletcher, a fit 34-year-old standing around 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 137 pounds, came jogging through the area. Abston-Henderson, at 6 feet tall and 175 pounds, allegedly pounced.
“Investigators located surveillance near 3876 Central Avenue that showed a black GMC Terrain passing and then waiting for the victim to run by,” the affidavit alleges. “A male exited the black GMC Terrain and ran aggressively toward the victim, and then force[d] the victim, Eliza Fletcher, into the passenger’s side of the vehicle.”
There was “a struggle,” according to the affidavit, and then “the vehicle sat in the parking lot with the victim inside for approximately four minutes before it drove off.”
Police said they found Abston-Henderson’s DNA on shoes recovered from the scene and arrested him over the weekend. They recovered Fletcher’s body behind a vacant house on Victor Street on Monday.
In a statement, Fletcher’s family said they have faith that they will find justice in the courts.
“We are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss,” the family said through a spokesperson. “Liza was a such a joy to so many – her family, friends, colleagues, students, parents, members of her Second Presbyterian Church congregation, and everyone who knew her.”
The statement continued, “Now it’s time to remember and celebrate how special she was and to support those who cared so much for her. We appreciate all the expressions of love and concern we have received. We are grateful beyond measure to local, state and federal law enforcement for their tireless efforts to find Liza and to bring justice to the person responsible for this horrible crime.”
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Abston-Henderson is being held on $510,000 bond. He’s due back in court Wednesday morning. His brother, Mario Abston, is being held in the Shelby County Jail in Memphis on unrelated charges.
Given the defendant’s past, according to Kelly, the criminal profiler, there’s a chance he went into the evening planning to prevent any witnesses from testifying against him — even if it was a random attack. It’s not unusual among repeat sexual offenders, he said.
“By leaving a victim alive, the victim became a witness and testified against him,” he said. “And then he got [prison] time.”
Frequently, they re-offend after they’re released, he said, and can be more violent.
“Because it’s real plain and simple, and I’ve seen this with a lot of guys in their histories,” he said. “No witness? There’s a chance at no time.”
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Across the nation, students have vastly different experiences learning about a somewhat taboo but super important health topic: sexual health education, or sex ed.
According to Sex Ed for Social Change, or SIECUS, 29 states and D.C. mandate sex ed as of July 2022. But 17 of those states require that abstinence be stressed, and only 11 of them require the curriculum to be medically accurate. Some states choose to leave discussions around healthy relationships, contraception and sexual orientation out of the conversation entirely.
"Due to the lack of guidance and policy implementation at the federal level, the United States has a patchwork of laws that vary, which determine what and if sex education is being taught," said Michelle Slaybaugh, director of social impact and strategic communications at SIECUS. "When it comes to education, policy, decisions have largely been left to local control, So we're talking very local at the school board level, not even the city or state level. It's very, very local."
Currently at the federal level, SIECUS is one group working to get the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act passed. This legislation promotes comprehensive sex ed, which means giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices about their sexual lives, and the act makes sure access to this education is protected.
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In March, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, but funding for comprehensive sex ed programs is not included.
On the state level, according to the SIECUS mid-year report, the number of bills introduced this year aimed at restricting sex ed was almost equal to the number of bills introduced advancing sex ed. But more regressive bills were passed in states this legislative session than progressive ones.
"I think there is this big myth that if we teach young people about sex, that they're going to go and have it," Slaybaugh said. "The evidence does not show that. Additionally, I think it is very important for us to understand that age appropriate or developmentally appropriate sex education is key."
A Georgetown University study shows that sex ed helps with a lot of things, like preventing unplanned pregnancy, maternal death, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted diseases. But a survey from the Public Religion Institute found that nearly a quarter of millennials were not taught sex ed in middle or high school.
There is also a big gap in sex ed that's inclusive and talks about LGBTQ+ identities. Less than 10% of LGBTQ+ students say their school's sex ed is inclusive. When talking about gender identity and orientation, this is sometimes where curriculum can become "medically inaccurate."
"Medically accurate sex education is vital to promoting long term health outcomes, and a part of that, which I think is really where we're seeing the rub, is this idea of gender norms, gender stereotypes and orientation," Slaybaugh said.
Florida in particular has become a bit of a hotspot when it comes to sex ed and what can or should be taught. New laws there, like what critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, limits discussion of sexuality and gender identity for some elementary students.
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Katie Lagrone, a correspondent at Newsy's sister station in Tampa, Florida explains a confusing mix of standards on whether the new laws are altering old policies on sex ed.
"In Florida, while laws mandate health education include teen dating and disease control, we discovered there's actually no statewide curriculum for sex education," Lagrone said. "What and how students are taught about sexual and reproductive health is left to individual school boards who approve policies, principals who interpret them and instructors who ultimately drill it down for students. What's more… we found about a one-third of Florida's 67 school districts are teaching students, even high schoolers, abstinence only."
Studies show abstinence-only instruction doesn't prevent teens from having sex. In fact, a 2019 study by the CDC found by the 12th grade, more than half of Florida teens surveyed have already engaged in sexual intercourse, with some STD rates among teens in Florida being four times higher than the national average.
In some counties that have adopted this abstinence-only teaching method in Florida, teen birth rates are actually higher. One district spokesperson told Newsy these limits are because they "are respectful of parents rights."
Elsewhere in the world, some countries have been recognized for comprehensive sex ed programs that help combat these issues, especially in Europe.
In the Netherlands, it's required by law that all primary school students are taught sex ed. It starts as early as 4-years-old, but they're not talking about the full birds and the bees at that age. They are simply covering the basics of healthy relationships.
In the U.S., some people argue that that is too young to be teaching sex ed, but three decades of research shows that sex ed can help prevent child abuse.
On average, teens in the Netherlands are also waiting longer to have sex when compared to Europe or the U.S. Researchers found that most young people in the Netherlands had "wanted and fun" first sexual experiences, while many American teens said they wished they waited longer to have sex for the first time.
The Netherlands has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the world. Dutch teens are some of the most likely to use birth control pills, though part of that could be because contraception is easily accessible.
The Netherlands also works to educate parents on how to talk to their kids about sex to help get everyone on the same page.
In Denmark, for a long time, their sex ed program emphasized preventing unplanned pregnancy and promoting safe sex. In 2015, the country's birth rate fell below the rate necessary to maintain population, and Danish officials went as far as actually encouraging people to have babies at a younger age. At the time, only point 5% of teen girls in Denmark had a baby. That rate was six times higher in the United States.
In recent years, the birth rate has started to rise again. While neither Denmark nor any country has a perfect system, they experienced some outcomes that other places could learn from.
This highlights good models for comprehensive sex ed, but there are also other countries, like the U.S., where it isn't widely taught, there are inconsistencies or it's not available at all. Experts stress the importance of making sure students have the information necessary to live healthy lives.
"We really need to push for something that is rooted in age-appropriate, medically-accurate and affirming content that is taught by trained educators to be able to deliver the most comprehensive and age-appropriate education around sexuality as possible," Slaybaugh said.
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Two men who were found dead from gunshot wounds in Yigo shot and killed each other during a fight, according to a news release from Guam Police Department spokeswoman Berlyn Savella.
The men, Dongyi Wang and Ba-Hung Dung Nguyen, were found dead July 22 after officers from the Dededo Precinct responded to reports of shots being fired at a farm at Chalan Arendo in Yigo.
An autopsy revealed Wang died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds and Nguyen died as a result of a gunshot wound to the torso. Both deaths were ruled homicides.
Crucial evidence
On Aug. 18, police issued a wanted person flyer asking for help locating father and son Donicio Angui and Toshy Salvador, who were identified as persons of interest wanted for questioning.
Detectives were able to locate and interview both men “and their statements provided evidence crucial to the investigation,” Savella said.
The evidence indicated a fight took place between Wang and Nguyen just before the shootings. Both men armed themselves and shot each other, Savella said.
Although the case remains under investigation, there are no additional suspects in the killings, she said.
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This news even drowned out the disastrous start to the season of the "Big City Club" Hertha BSC in the capital: The group of companies, formerly known as wallstreet:online AG and now renamed Smartbroker Holding AG, parted company with its CEO Matthias Hach with immediate effect. According to founder and new boss, André Kolbinger, the reason was a difference of opinion regarding the future implementation of "Smartbroker 2.0". The launch of the major project has now been postponed to mid-2023, and a profit warning has already been issued. As a result, the share plummeted by more than 50%. As the new management undoubtedly expects the "online broker for the next generation" to take off, the current level could offer a long-term opportunity for disproportionate share price gains.Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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The Los Angeles Lakers held a standard introductory press conference on Tuesday for their newest acquisition, Patrick Beverley. During the press conference, Beverley addressed his fit with the Lakers’ roster and spoke favorably about partnering up with Westbrook as his new backcourt mate.
Pat Bev on why he thinks he and Russ will work — and life in L.A. as a Laker. pic.twitter.com/JWVtHwJ4TO
— Mirjam Swanson (@MirjamSwanson) September 6, 2022
The expectation of a Westbrook trade reached its zenith after the Lakers acquired Beverley, but with training camp only a few weeks away, no trade has materialized. Russ made sure to let everyone know that he will be showing up to training camp even after the Beverley trade. The former MVP even appeared at Beverley’s press conference, tossing Patrick a towel, and the two players even shared a brief hug afterwards.
Russell Westbrook didn’t just watch Patrick Beverley’s press conference from the side. He made sure Pat Bev looked good, tossing him a towel to wipe his sweat from working out.
Pat Bev: “First dime of the year.”
Russ laughed. The Lakers point guards on the same page so far. pic.twitter.com/ruQHJlaFkU
— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) September 6, 2022
Pat Beverley and Russell Westbrook greeting each other after Pat’s press conference pic.twitter.com/p02AC9O1kh
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) September 6, 2022
That dap and hug could be favorably described as a business hug, but it may be an indicator that Westbrook and Beverley are willing to squash a beef that goes back to the 2013 playoffs when an aggressive Beverley play as Westbrook was calling timeout caused Russ to miss the entire playoffs with a knee injury. Since then, the two have gone back and forth with constant jabs and criticism through the media. Beverley even insisted that Westbrook’s comments damaged his career. Although Beverley praised Westbrook’s toughness during his introductory press conference, he did admit that the two would need to have “tough” conversations.
This press conference could be the start of a surprising reconciliation between the two Laker guards, or at least a concerted PR effort on the Lakers part to ensure the season doesn’t start with public concerns of discontent, with the team posting a photo of the two on the court having a laugh.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) September 6, 2022
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ION (ION) traded down 66.8% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 0:00 AM Eastern on September 6th. One ION coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.0037 or 0.00000020 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges. ION has a total market cap of $51,991.62 and approximately $38.00 worth of ION was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, ION has traded down 68.4% against the U.S. dollar.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Avalanche (AVAX) traded 8.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $18.21 or 0.00097331 BTC.
- NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded down 4.3% against the dollar and now trades at $4.12 or 0.00021999 BTC.
- Cronos (CRO) traded down 7.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.11 or 0.00000591 BTC.
- Algorand (ALGO) traded 6.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00001521 BTC.
- Hedera (HBAR) traded 6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0585 or 0.00000313 BTC.
- Elrond (EGLD) traded down 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $48.67 or 0.00260062 BTC.
- Helium (HNT) traded 1.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $3.89 or 0.00020798 BTC.
- TerraClassicUSD (USTC) traded 2.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0393 or 0.00000210 BTC.
- Theta Fuel (TFUEL) traded 4.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0542 or 0.00000290 BTC.
- Moonbeam (GLMR) traded down 7.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.48 or 0.00002555 BTC.
About ION
ION uses the hashing algorithm. It was first traded on May 16th, 2015. ION’s total supply is 19,791,389 coins and its circulating supply is 13,891,389 coins. The official website for ION is ionomy.com. The official message board for ION is medium.com/@ionomy. ION’s official Twitter account is @ionomics and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for ION is https://reddit.com/r/ionomy and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.
ION Coin Trading
It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as ION directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade ION should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase ION using one of the exchanges listed above.
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11% of Class 3 kids lack basic knowledge, skills; 37% have limited skills: Study
Each student responded to a set of questions orally for the Union education ministry and the National Council of Educational Research and Training study
Thirty-seven per cent of 86,000 Class 3 students surveyed across 10,000 schools in 20 languages for the first-of-its-kind one-on-one nationwide study showed “limited” foundational numeracy knowledge and skills and 11% lacked most basic knowledge and skills.
Each student responded to a set of questions orally for the Union education ministry and the National Council of Educational Research and Training study. A report titled “Foundational Learning Study 2022” based on it was released on Tuesday.
The students were categorised into four groups on the basis of their performances including lack of most basic knowledge and skills, limited knowledge and skills, sufficient knowledge and skills, and superior knowledge and skills. The study covered both foundational literacy and numeracy skills.
The report said its objective was to provide reliable and valid data about Class 3 students to know what they are able to do in foundational literacy and numeracy and the extent of learning outcomes being achieved.
In numeracy, the students were tasked with the identification of numbers, addition, and subtraction, etc. Overall nationally, 11% of the respondents could not complete the most basic grade-level tasks, 37% partially completed basic grade-level tasks, 42% successfully completed the task. Only 10% were found to have developed superior skills.
Tamil Nadu had the highest number of students (29%) lacking basic numeracy skills, followed by Jammu & Kashmir (28%), Assam, and Gujarat (18% each).
The foundational literacy skills included oral language comprehension, phonological awareness, decoding, reading comprehension, and oral reading fluency with comprehension.
In English, 30% of the respondents showed limited knowledge and skills, and 15% could not complete the most basic grade-level tasks. Only 20% could successfully complete the most basic grade-level tasks.
In the case of Hindi, 21% of the students lacked the most basic skills, and 32% had limited skills. Only 22% had sufficient skills.The proportion of students lacking basic skills was 21% in Kannada, 17% in Malayalam, 17% in Marathi, 20% in Bengali, 19% in Odia, and 42% in Tamil.
The report said the findings will set the baseline for National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy scheme launched last year nationally to enable students at the end of Class 3 to attain foundational skills by 2026-2027. “The Study also aims to establish reading proficiency benchmarks for fluency and comprehension for each of the languages [20]...being assessed under the study and proficiency benchmarks for numeracy.”
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that it is the “first of its kind study in the world and aims to set benchmarks for reading with comprehension in 20 Indian languages”.
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Authorities in Jackson County are searching for a bear in the Medford area after a woman and her dog were attacked Monday night.
At 8:41 p.m., Monday, Sept. 5, Medford Police Department officers responded to the 900 block of North Ross Lane to a report of a woman who was attacked by a bear.
According a press release, when officers arrived they learned “the woman was in her backyard when a bear, estimated to be 150-200 pounds, rushed her and attacked her. The woman sustained non-life threatening injuries to her left arm and left leg. The woman’s dog intervened and was also attacked, but together, the woman and her dog were able to chase the bear off.”
After the bear fled, the release states, it ran in front of a vehicle on North Ross Lane and was struck and likely injured, but it fled from there.
According to the release, Oregon State Police troopers from the Fish and Game Division responded to assist officers with an extensive search of the area for the bear, but it was not located. In addition, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified of the incident. Several additional calls came in throughout the night with sightings in that area.
If you happen to encounter a bear, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife suggests these safety tips:
• Make Noise. Raise your voice and speak firmly, yell and clap your hands.
• Don’t Run. Do not run or make sudden movements.
• Back away slowly as you face the bear. It is never safe to approach it.
• Give any bear you encounter a way to escape.
• If you’re on a trail, step off and slowly walk away.
• If you see bear cubs, steer clear and leave the area immediately.
• Black bear attacks are rare. In most cases, a bear will avoid human contact.
• Fight back — in the rare event of an attack. Keep bear spray handy for quick access and practice using it. Be aggressive, shout, and throw tools, sticks, and rocks.
To learn more about living with bears, go to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s webpage tinyurl.com/HN-Bear-Safety.
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Olson HR vs former team, surging Braves top A’s, catch Mets
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — When their ace struggled, the Atlanta Braves kept slugging — right back into first place after all these months chasing the Mets.
Matt Olson hit a three-run homer against his former club and the Braves won their sixth in a row, outswinging the Oakland Athletics 10-9 on Tuesday night and finally catching New York atop the NL East.
The reigning World Series champion Braves (85-51) pulled even with a slumping Mets team that had held sole possession of the division lead for 147 days since April 12 but has lost three straight.
“It’s where you want to be, you’d rather be here than somewhere else,” manager Brian Snitker said. “You want to be in the thick of the thing. I’ve always said, even when I was a third base coach, it’s like you love that time of the year when you wake up, get a cup of coffee and you can’t wait to get to the ballpark because you want to play the next game. That’s a good place to be.”
Major league wins leader Kyle Wright surrendered a career-high eight runs to the A’s. His team held tough, just as has been the case so many times in 2022.
“I feel like this game was kind of a perfect example of that,” Wright said. “I struggled pretty bad but these guys picked me up. The offense was great, defense was great, the bullpen was incredible to finish that game with a one-run lead the whole time. It could’ve been way more than that. That game right there was a huge testament to the team as a whole and how we do a good job of picking each other up.”
Wright had won four straight starts, boosting his record to 17-5. With the temperature an unseasonably warm 86 degrees at game time during California’s heat wave, baseballs flew from first pitch.
Wright’s career-best scoreless innings streak ended at 15 dating to June 19 against the Astros when he gave up an RBI groundout to Sean Murphy in the first.
“It happens and he’ll regroup,” Snitker said.
Murphy and Seth Brown hit back-to-back homers in the third. Chad Pinder hit a three-run homer in the fifth to tie it at 9-all. It was his franchise-record sixth career pinch-hit homer.
The Braves had been 0-9 previously this year when giving up nine or more runs.
“We hadn’t had one of those in a while, so it was good to see the guys keep fighting, keep scoring,” Snitker said.
Olson returned to Oakland for the first time since the Braves acquired the slugging first baseman from the A’s in March. He received cheers when he stepped into the batter’s box in the first inning.
Another ex-A’s player, Jesse Chavez (3-1), pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Kenley Jansen finished for his majors-best 32nd save.
A’s lefty Cole Irvin was tagged for a career-high nine runs over 4 2/3 innings.
Marcell Ozuna added a two-run single in the Braves’ three-run fifth. Austin Riley hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth off Joel Payamps (3-4).
STREAKING
The Braves have won 10 straight against the A’s after a two-game sweep in Atlanta from June 7-8. The club has 10-game winning streaks versus a single club only four other times since 1990 — beating the Rockies in 16 straight from 1993-94, the Giants in 12 in a row and Marlins in 11 consecutive both in ’94-95 and Houston over 10 straight in 1991.
FUN MEMORY
Snitker was coaching third base for the Braves when now-A’s manager Mark Kotsay hit for the cycle on Aug. 14, 2008, against the Cubs, also Tom Glavine’s final career start.
“He slid into third to hit for the cycle and I didn’t even realize it,” Snitker said. “He’s just awesome, I love Kots.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Braves: RHP Jake Odorizzi was expected to go through some work on the field as he prepares for his next outing after being scratched Saturday because of arm fatigue. Snitker is hopeful Odorizzi will be ready and healthy to make a start this weekend in Seattle.
Athletics: CF Ramón Laureano came off the injured list from a strained left oblique that sidelined him Aug. 15. Laureano will play both center and right field. … Oakland also recalled RHP Tyler Cyr from Triple-A Las Vegas.
UP NEXT
RHP Spencer Strider (9-4, 2.67 ERA) pitches the afternoon series finale Wednesday trying to win his third straight start and fourth consecutive decision. … For the A’s, LHP Ken Waldichuk (0-0, 1.93) makes his second career start after a no-decision in his major league debut last Thursday at Washington after being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas.
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By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer
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Hot offers on hot cars: Maruti Swift, Celerio and Dzire get discounts
Maruti Suzuki is offering discounts of up to ₹50,000 on its range of models in India ahead of the festive season. The automaker is offering deals and exchange offers on models like Swift, Dzire, WagonR and S-Presso, till 30th September 2022.
(Also Read: Maruti Baleno-based compact SUV; could be revealed at Auto Expo 2023)
Maruti Suzuki Swift is being offered a discount of up to ₹45,000. The AMT variant is getting a discount of ₹45,000, while the manual variant is getting Rd 25,000 discount. Maruti Suzuki Swift has been one of the bestselling cars in the B segment hatchback category in India for a long time. It is one of the main revenue churners for the car brand in India. The car is available with a 1.2-litre DialJet petrol engine that churns out 90 hp peak power. Transmission options for the hatchback include a five-speed manual gearbox and an AMT as well.
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Find More CarsThe compact sedan version of Swift, Maruti Suzuki Dzire, is available with a discount of up to ₹40,000. The car is powered by a 1.2-litre DualJet petrol engine and is claimed to offer 90 hp power. The engine comes paired with a five-speed manual or AMT gearbox.
Maruti Suzuki Wagon R is being offered with benefits worth ₹39,000 on manual variants and ₹34,000 on AMT variants, respectively. This popular tallboy hatchback comes in two variants of petrol engines - 1.0-litre and 1.2- litre. Maruti Suzuki S-Presso micro SUV too is being offered with a discount of up to ₹49,000 on the manual variant in September. The AMT variant is being offered with a discount of ₹34,000. Maruti Suzuki Alto and Celerio are being offered discounts of up to ₹29,000 and ₹49,000, respectively. The manual variant of Celerio is fetching a discount of ₹49,000, while the AMT variant gets ₹34,000 discount.
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Synapse Network (SNP) traded 8.1% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 0:00 AM E.T. on September 6th. One Synapse Network coin can currently be bought for $0.0195 or 0.00000098 BTC on exchanges. Over the last week, Synapse Network has traded down 10.6% against the dollar. Synapse Network has a total market capitalization of $1.31 million and approximately $10,876.00 worth of Synapse Network was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- Tarality (TARAL) traded 0.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0008 or 0.00000004 BTC.
- The Web3 Project (WEB3) traded 213.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $517.71 or 0.02213862 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00005344 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 49.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $157.77 or 0.00798951 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 5.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.32 or 0.00001697 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded down 7.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00002456 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $165.49 or 0.00884340 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3.07 or 0.00016390 BTC.
Synapse Network Profile
Synapse Network’s total supply is 199,275,000 coins and its circulating supply is 66,947,883 coins. Synapse Network’s official Twitter account is @coingecko and its Facebook page is accessible here.
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Smoking laws light up the path for a small government
A Johnson government, with its tendency to lean towards state intervention, and a pandemic, which lead to restrictions not seen for decades, has left the UK in an era where the big hand of Whitehall is the norm.
Rolling back the size of the state was put front and centre of Liz Truss’ leadership campaign, and she has promised to govern “as a Conservative”. In almost the same breath, she will need to put together a plan to prevent people from freezing to death this winter. Her plans to lead as a “low interventionist Thatcherite” will meet significant resistance in a climate where the public expects the government to step in.
But it can work. One example of its success is tobacco policy. The government has committed to a target of being “Smokefree” – where less than 5 per cent of people smoke – by 2030. We have made significant progress, with a dramatic decline in smoking rates, but not from big state intervention. Rates plummeted from just under 21 per cent in 2011 to less than 15 per cent in 2020 after e-cigarette use went mainstream.
Traditional tobacco control policies – tinkering with the legal smoking age, ghastly pictures on packaging, and high taxation – have failed by comparison. However, there are still around 7 million people smoking, mostly concentrated in the poorest and most disadvantaged socio-economic areas.
As we have learned from the failure of the war on drugs, there is no magic wand to make drugs disappear. We also cannot eradicate nicotine use, which has been a human attraction for millennia. But we can recommend substituting cigarettes with less harmful examples.
Heated tobacco is laying waste to traditional smoking. In Japan, cigarette sales have dropped by half in just six years and the country is already seeing significant declines in smoking-related diseases. Another option, snus, a tobacco product pasteurised to remove all carcinogens, has led to plummeting smoking rates in Sweden. Yet, it has been banned in the EU – and the UK – since the 1990s.
There is a real opportunity here for the government to eliminate health disparities by getting people off cigarettes, but only by recognising that big state intervention is not always the only solution. Presenting smokers with a diverse reduced-harm market of non-combustible nicotine products can help drive down smoking rates and level up health disparities.
The promotion of tobacco harm reduction by way of safer nicotine products is an inherently Conservative (low intervention) policy. The current tobacco control approach is interventionist, costly – and ineffective. Reduced risk nicotine alternatives are largely cost-free as smokers who switch will buy their products with their own money.
As Liz Truss takes up the mantle, she should look at how a policy like this could be replicated across different briefs. It won’t be as catchy as tax cuts or grand, state-funded projects to solve all of the ills of the world.
Indeed, there will be instances where the government needs to step in. There will be moments, like the current energy crisis, when the markets cannot deliver the speed of the change needed, at the time it is needed.
This is not, as many posit, a justification for big government. In fact, it is the opposite. We need to reduce the size of the state where we can, so we can wield its power only in the times when it is most needed, to the scale that is absolutely necessary. Instead of trying to think up genius new policy ideas, we should look at the alternatives already out there, and see how we can encourage their use.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Karen Khachanov stood on court, arms raised, basking in a rowdy crowd’s cheers after reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open. Not far away, Nick Kyrgios took out some of his frustration at the so-close-yet-so-far result on a pair of rackets.
First, shortly after the last point of his 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 loss to Khachanov, Kyrgios cracked his piece of equipment against the ground — once, twice, three, four times. Then, for good measure, Kyrgios grabbed yet another racket out of his bag, reared back and hit that one on the sideline, too.
Kyrgios could not quite follow up his victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows, bowing out in a high-quality, topsy-turvy quarterfinal that began Tuesday night and concluded more than 3 1/2 hours later at about 1 a.m. Wednesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“It’s just devastating. Like, it’s heartbreaking,” said Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia who was the runner-up at Wimbledon in July. “Pretty much every other tournament during the year is a waste of time, really. You should just run up and show up at a Grand Slam. That’s what you’re remembered by.”
Asked about Kyrgios’ display of disappointment, Khachanov said he saw “rackets were flying,” and added: “I feel the pain for him.”
Early in the match, two spectators were kicked out after one gave the other a haircut in the stands. By the end, the late-staying spectators were pulling for Kyrgios loudly. At one point in the fourth set, chair umpire James Keothavong pleaded: “Once again, ladies and gentlemen: Respect both the players.”
“I was prepared. I was expecting that the crowd would be more for him, that he was the favorite in their eyes,” said the No. 27-seeded Khachanov had been 0-2 in major quarterfinals before this one against No. 23 Kyrgios.
Khachanov will face No. 5 Casper Ruud on Friday for a berth in the championship match.
“I’m really proud of myself,” Khachanov said. “I was really focused from the beginning to the end.”
Both he and Kyrgios are equipped with booming serves, and they combined for 61 aces (31 by Kyrgios). They combined for 138 total winners (75 by Kyrgios).
Two stats that were real difference-makers: Kyrgios made 58 unforced errors, Khachanov 31. And Khachanov saved 7 of 9 break points he faced.
The breakthrough at Wimbledon, and two recent victories over No. 1 Medvedev — including in the fourth round, ending his title defense — made Kyrgios a popular pick to claim his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows.
Khachanov was not allowed to play at Wimbledon this year after the All England Club banned all players from his country, Russia, and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Against Kyrgios, he picked up key breaks of serve in the last game of the first and third sets. After the opener, Kyrgios complained of a sore knee and was visited by a trainer.
He did not appear to show any ill effects once play resumed, and broke early in the second.
Kyrgios had a chance to break again at 4-all in the third, but couldn’t convert, flubbing a forehand, then spiked his racket. Two games later, he put a backhand into the net to drop that set, then sat in his changeover chair, dumped his racket and threw a drink, drawing a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct from Keothavong.
Khachanov came within two points of victory while ahead 6-5 as Kyrgios served in the fourth set. Kyrgios held on there and dominated the ensuing tiebreaker to force a fifth.
Then Khachanov broke to begin the last set, soon was up 3-1 and was on his way.
“The deeper you go, the expectations rise up,” he said. “I did a step forward.”
In Wednesday’s quarterfinals, it’ll be No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 11 Jannik Sinner, and No. 9 Andrey Rublev vs. No. 22 Frances Tiafoe.
None of the last eight men in the bracket has won a major title.
Ruud headed into the 2022 season with just one Grand Slam appearance that lasted as far as the fourth round anywhere and was determined to improve his record at the four most important events in tennis.
Then, a day before the Australian Open began in January, he twisted his ankle in practice and needed to withdraw. Hardly ideal. Just look at him now: Ruud is into the semifinals at the U.S. Open and has a shot at moving up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, following a run to the final at the French Open.
The 23-year-old from Norway — who is coached by his father, former professional player Christian — parlayed what he called “a better start than I ever had before in a match” to a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini on Monday.
“During Paris, something clicked, and I feel like I, this year, have sort of figured out the better way how to play five sets and knowing that it’s very different from playing best-of-three sets. … Sometimes realizing, or knowing, that you can sort of let one set go every once in a while to save some energy for the rest of the sets,” said Ruud, 12-2 in Grand Slam play in 2022. “So I think I matured.”
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September holds surprises for fans of Denzel Washington, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin James, Jason Bateman and Keira Knightley! O Universal Studio prepared a special program between the 7th and 22nd of this month, with a selection of double films from the five artists, with lots of action, comedy and romance. On holiday, 07/09, from 20h, Denzel Washington enters the scene in ”the gangster“, where Frank Lucas lives, a chauffeur of a mobster who, after the death of the boss, becomes one of the most powerful criminal leaders in the city.protecting the enemy” tells the story of Tobin Frost, a former CIA agent wanted for treason. The chase takes over Cape Town and, when it spirals out of control, the protagonist’s only way out is to count on the help of those who least expect it.
On 9/9, also starting at 8 pm, the special continues with two films starring Dwayne Johnson (actor known as The Rock). in ”A Spy and a Half”, 2016, action and comedy go hand in hand. Before becoming a CIA agent, Bob was a bullied nerd. Now an adult, strong and a spy, he turns to an old classmate — popular back in high school — to solve a top-secret case. To close the double for the day, the channel displays ”Skyscraper: Unlimited Courage”. The film tells the story of Will Sawyer, a war veteran who works assessing the safety of skyscrapers. But everything changes when he is accused of setting China’s tallest building on fire.
Comedian Kevin James invades the screens of Studio Universal on the 14/09th, starting at 20 pm. To begin with, in ”Hitch: Love Counselor”, the actor plays Albert Brennaman, a shy accountant who hires the services of a relationship consultant (Will Smith) to win the woman of his dreams. But everything can go wrong when the anonymous adviser falls in love with a journalist. Already in ”Mall Security”, a feature that will appear in the sequel, Paul is a security guard who takes his job very seriously, after failing to become a real police officer. And when the mall is robbed, he will need to use all his skills to fight crime.
On 9/18 it will be Jason Bateman’s turn to enter the scene, starting at 8 pm. In the classic romantic comedy ”Love Coincidences”, Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) is a successful woman who decides to have artificial insemination to fulfill her dream of becoming a mother. She just didn’t count that her best friend, Wally (Jason Bateman) could change forever – and unintentionally – the plans of their lives. In sequence, ”I wish I had your life” promises to make the audience laugh with the story of two friends. Dave (Jason Bateman) is a lawyer and family man, while Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) is a bachelor without a routine. After a night of drinking, they realize that their bodies are switched and the confusion is just beginning!
To end the special program, on 09/22, starting at 8 pm, Keira Knightley stars in two movie classics. In ”Pride and Prejudice”, 2005, Elizabeth Bennet lives with her family in the countryside and, as one of the eldest daughters, is under increasing pressure to marry. Finally, when she meets the handsome and wealthy Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) interest is evident, but despite the chemistry between the two, Darcy’s reserved nature can threaten their relationship. Finally, the September doubles will end with the movie ”Anna Karenina”, set in the 19th century. Married to a wealthy government official, Anna shocks high society by getting involved with Count Vronsky (Aaron Johnson, interpreter of John Lennon in “The Boy from Liverpool”) and asking her husband to separate, who refuses to grant the divorce. *Check the ratings
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LOS ANGELES — A ransomware attack targeting the huge Los Angeles school district prompted an unprecedented shutdown of its computer systems as schools increasingly find themselves vulnerable to cyber breaches at the start of a new year.
The attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District sounded alarms across the country, from urgent talks with the White House and the National Security Council after the first signs of ransomware were discovered late Saturday night to mandated password changes for 540,000 students and 70,000 district employees.
Though the attack used technology that encrypts data and won't unlock it unless a ransom is paid, in this case the district's superintendent said no immediate demand for money was made and schools in the nation's second-largest district opened as scheduled on Tuesday.
Such attacks have become a growing threat to U.S. schools, with several high-profile incidents reported since last year as pandemic-forced reliance on technology increases the impact. And ransomware gangs have in the past planned major attacks on U.S. holiday weekends, when they know IT staffing will be thin and security experts relaxing.
While it was not immediately clear when the LA attack began — officials have only said when it was detected and a district spokesperson declined to answer additional questions — Saturday night's discovery reached the highest levels of the federal government's cybersecurity agencies.
According to a senior administration official, this pattern of support was consistent with the Biden administration's efforts to provide maximum assistance to critical industries affected by such breaches.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the federal response, said the school district did not pay ransom, but would not get into detail on what potentially might have been stolen or damaged and what systems were affected by the breach.
The White House's response to the LA incursion reflects a growing national security concern: A Pew Research Center survey, published last month, found that 71% of Americans say cyberattacks from other countries are a major threat to the U.S.
Authorities believe the LA attack originated internationally and have identified three potential countries where it may have come from, though LA Superintendent Alberto Carvalho would not say which countries may be involved. Most ransomware criminals are Russian speakers who operate without interference from the Kremlin.
LA officials did not identify the ransomware used.
"This was an act of cowardice," said Nick Melvoin, the school board vice president. "A criminal act against kids, against their teachers and against an education system."
So far this year, 26 U.S. school districts — including Los Angeles — and 24 colleges and universities have been hit by so-called ransomware, according to Brett Callow, a ransomware analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft.
With victims increasingly refusing to pay to have their data unlocked, many cybercriminals instead use the same technology to steal sensitive information and demand extortion payments. If the victim doesn't pay, the data gets dumped online.
Callow said at least 31 of the schools hit this year had data stolen and released online, and noted that eight of the school districts have been hit since Aug. 1. The upsurge on schools as summer vacations end is almost certainly not coincidental, he said.
"It is the No. 1 threat to our safety," said Michel Moore, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. "It is an invisible foe and it is tireless."
Tireless — and expensive, even outside of any monetary demands. A ransomware extortion attack in Albuquerque's biggest school district forced schools to close for two days in January, while Baltimore City's response to a 2019 hit on its computer servers cost upwards of $18 million.
The LA attack was discovered around 10:30 p.m. Saturday when staff first detected "unusual activity," Carvalho said. The perpetrators appear to have targeted the facilities systems, which involves information about private-sector contractor payments — which are publicly available through records requests — rather than confidential details like payroll, health and other data.
He said district IT officials detected the malware and stopped it from propagating but not until after it infected key network systems, necessitating the reset of passwords for all staff and students.
Authorities scrambled to trace the intruders and restrict potential damage.
"We basically shut down every one of our systems," Carvalho said, noting that each one had been checked and all but one — the facilities system — restarted by late Monday night, when the district first notified the public of the hit.
On Tuesday, federal authorities separately warned of potential ransomware attacks by the criminal syndicate known as Vice Society, which has allegedly disproportionately targeted the education sector.
Authorities have not said whether they believe Vice Society is involved in the LA attack and the group did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
"The fact that a joint cybersecurity advisory relating to Vice Society was issued within days of the attack on LAUSD being discovered may be telling, especially as this gang has frequently targeted the education sector in both the U.S. and the U.K.," said Callow, the ransomware expert.
Vice Society first appeared in May 2021 and, rather than a unique variant, it has used ransomware widely available in the Russian-speaking underground, security researchers say. Among victims claimed by Vice Society are the Elmbrook School district in Wisconsin and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Ransomware gangs routinely dissolve after high-profile attacks such as last year's Colonial Pipeline incident, which triggered runs on gas stations. Their members then reconstitute under new names.
While there was pressure to cancel school in Los Angeles on Tuesday, officials ultimately decided to stay open.
Had the activity not been discovered on Saturday night, Carvalho said there could have been "catastrophic" consequences.
"If we had lost the ability to run our school buses, over 40,000 of our students would not have been able to get to school, or it would have been a highly disrupted system," he said.
The district plans to do a forensic audit of the attack to see what can be done to prevent future incursions.
"Every teacher, every employee, every student can be a weak point," said Soheil Katal, the district's chief information officer.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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The KVS Regional Sports Athletics Meet for Girls under-14, 17 and 19 for the KVS Gurugram Region was conducted at the Synthetic Track and Field Stadium, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. As many as 205 students from 35 KVs of Gurugram Region participated in the three-day meet, which included 25 events per category. The closing ceremony commenced with a warm ‘Green’ welcome of chief guest Col Vinay Kumar, SO, CO, Dharamsala Cantt, by Principal of KV, Dharamsala Cantt, Pushpa Sharma and Principal, KV, Nadaun Lakhanpal Singh. Prizes were distributed to the winners. Many participants made it to the Nationals.
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By JEEVAN RAVINDRAN
MANNAR, Sri Lanka, Sept 7 (Reuters) - As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.
But many other fishermen in the community are unable to go to sea at all, crippled by the country's devastating economic crisis, the worst it has faced since independence in 1948.
Fuel shortages and runaway inflation mean they are struggling to procure kerosene oil, needed to power the boats that provide their livelihood.
"Everything's difficult at the moment - there's no kerosene, there's no food at home," said 73-year-old Soosaipillai Nicholas, nicknamed Sornam.
"We only get work if we come to the sea, otherwise we don't get any. We're starving," he said, speaking in the Tamil language.
Due to his age, Sornam, who was already struggling for food before the economic crisis began, no longer goes out to sea but had come to the Thalvapadu beach to help with collecting and sorting the catch of fishermen who do manage to set out.
But the shortage of kerosene has meant that others who usually would go out in boats of their own have now taken up similar work, and so where there used to be 15 workers per boat, there are now 40.
Since profits are distributed, Sornam's earnings have plunged - he says he now sometimes gets 250 Sri Lankan rupees (about 70 U.S. cents) a day, against about double that in better times.
That doesn't go far with inflation currently at about 65% year-on-year and food inflation at nearly 94%.
For months, no kerosene was available at all in Mannar as the country's foreign exchange reserves dried up and it was unable to import crude for its refineries. When supplies resumed just a couple of weeks ago, kerosene prices were nearly four times as high, as Sri Lanka began dismantling fuel subsidies.
"We don't need luxury goods like petrol and diesel. For our essential work, all we need is kerosene," said Raja Cruz, the owner of the boat Sornam had come to help out with.
He said some families in the areas had fled to India - less than 30 km (20 miles) from the northernmost point of Mannar island - in the hope of better prospects.
Kerosene was previously sold at a subsidised price of 87 rupees per litre, about 92 U.S. cents per gallon, and now sells at 340 rupees per litre, or $3.62 per gallon, the government rate. On the black market, Cruz said, it sells for 1,800 ruppes per litre.
"Kerosene price revision was a must for many years," Sri Lanka's minister for power and energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, said in a tweet last month. "With prices now on par with costs, the Govt has proposed a direct cash subsidy to low income families, fisheries & plantation sectors that depend on kerosene."
But families in Mannar are yet to receive any handouts, Cruz said.
ROWING, MANUAL LABOUR
Cruz also said fishermen believed wind turbines on Thalvapadu beach had driven fish away from the shore because they produced a humming sound. Due to the kerosene shortages, the fishermen couldn't go far out to sea, and so had to be content with smaller catches.
Sarath Chandranayaka, a local Fisheries Department official, said authorities were aware of the allegations and were collecting data, but nothing had yet been proven.
Chandranayaka also said 60 percent of Mannar's needs were now being met after kerosene supplies resumed but there could a further shortfall in high fishing season later in the year when the demand for fuel surges.
Cruz said many fishermen had resorted to "small-scale work" such as catching crabs near the shore to earn a living.
"If you don't have kerosene, you can't go into the sea, you can't go far," Cruz said. "If you try to buy it privately, it's 1,800 rupees. Think about how many times higher that is, 87 rupees versus 1,800. How are we meant to live?"
Although the recent distribution of kerosene has provided some relief, Cruz said the increased price has meant tough decisions for fishermen, who also struggle to purchase basic necessities and food items due to the high levels of inflation.
Just before sunset, as the boats returned, more than one was being rowed back to shore, to save on fuel.
Peter Jayem Alan, who used to join other fishermen on kerosene-powered boats, said he has switched to rowing to make a living.
"Before, we had kerosene, so there was no issue, we went out," Alan said. "Now because of difficulties in getting kerosene, we have to struggle and row instead."
Several fishermen who don't have their own boats join others and receive a share of the profit each day. 35-year-old Ebert Rajeevan works in this way, and sometimes takes up other manual work onshore to survive.
"The thing with us at the moment is if we have kerosene, then we have work every day. If there's no kerosene, then today you see I went with these people, tomorrow I'll have to ask someone else," Rajeevan said.
Sometimes the boats had already filled the numbers they could take on board, he said. "Then we have to stay at home. We have to stay at home and do whatever daily wage labour comes our way."
($1 = 355.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Additional reporting by Joseph Campbell; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
((Raju.Gopalakrishnan@thomsonreuters.com;))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Neonode (NASDAQ:NEON – Get Rating) in a report issued on Saturday morning. The brokerage issued a sell rating on the electronics maker’s stock.
Neonode Stock Performance
NEON stock opened at $4.26 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $57.85 million, a P/E ratio of -9.06 and a beta of 2.29. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $4.57 and its 200 day moving average is $5.10. Neonode has a 52 week low of $3.30 and a 52 week high of $12.42.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Neonode stock. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Neonode Inc. (NASDAQ:NEON – Get Rating) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 10,650 shares of the electronics maker’s stock, valued at approximately $55,000. Virtu Financial LLC owned 0.08% of Neonode at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 13.32% of the company’s stock.
Neonode Company Profile
Neonode Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops optical sensing solutions for contactless touch, touch, and gesture sensing in the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, and internationally. It also offers software solutions for scene analysis using advanced machine learning algorithms to detect and track persons and objects in video streams for cameras and other types of imagers.
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Osisko Development Corp. (OTCMKTS:RNGTF – Get Rating)’s share price shot up 3.1% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $3.26 and last traded at $3.26. 3,300 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 92% from the average session volume of 43,235 shares. The stock had previously closed at $3.16.
Osisko Development Trading Up 3.1 %
The firm has a fifty day moving average of $7.72 and a 200 day moving average of $9.51.
Osisko Development Company Profile
Osisko Development Corp., a gold mining company, engages in the exploration, evaluation, and development of mining projects. Its flagship project is the Cariboo Gold project covering an area of 2,071 square kilometers of mineral rights located in British Columbia, Canada. The company is based in Montreal, Canada.
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By Rachel Cohen
Several Democratic candidates running to represent New York’s new 10th congressional district answered questions related to climate and sustainability challenges facing the district and New York City during a forum held at The Great Hall in Cooper Union Tuesday evening. Such issues are especially relevant in the district given that much of it is along the waterfront, whether its Manhattan or Brooklyn side.
The panel, hosted by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF), a statewide environmental organization, featured Assemblymembers Yuh-Line Niou and Jo Anne Simon, City Council Member Carlina Rivera, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Goldman, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, former NYPD data analyst Quandra Francis, and attorney Peter Gleason, a former member of the Coast Guard, NYPD, and FDNY.
Rep Mondaire Jones, who currently represents a Hudson Valley district but recently moved to Brooklyn to run in NY-10, was unable to attend the forum after being called to Congress to vote on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages in response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Danielle Muoio, a Politico New York reporter who moderated the panel, read a statement on behalf of Jones to the audience toward the end of the event.
“Whether the court is gutting the EPA’s ability to combat climate change or stripping away fundamental rights, the Supreme Court is on a rampage and I’m leading the fight to stop it,” Jones said in the statement. “As someone who stands to inherit a planet devastated by climate change if we don’t act now, and someone who is both Black and gay, these fights are personal to me and I know they are for New Yorkers throughout Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.”
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio had also registered in advance to attend the forum before announcing Tuesday afternoon his departure from the race. His exit came after he struggled to gain the support of likely Democratic voters in several internal and public polls.
The winner of the new 10th district — likely to be decided in the August Democratic primary given the district is heavily Democratic — will represent a set of diverse neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, including the East and West Villages, Soho and Noho, the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Battery Park City, the Financial District, portions of Downtown Brooklyn, Gowanus, Park Slope, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Borough Park, and more. Following a messy redistricting process, the race is a rarity in which no incumbent is running (Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents the current 10th district, is instead running for the new 12th district against Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Suraj Patel after his West Side base was drawn into the new 12th.)
The congressional and state senate primaries will wrap up on August 23, with absentee balloting and early voting preceding.
Before the candidates began, Julie Tighe, the president of the NYLCVEF, called the 10th district a “climate frontline community” experiencing sea level rise and strong storms as a result of climate change. She said a top concern in the district — home to environmental justice communities who face disproportionate pollution rates compared to the rest of New York State — is coastal resiliency, which impacts economic development, quality of life, and the natural environment.
“Some other challenges facing the district, and frankly, our entire country, include building electrification, transportation emissions, promoting a clean energy economy with good union jobs, and many other issues,” Tighe said. “Critically, last week’s Data for Progress poll showed that for the voters in this district, climate and environment are top tier issues.”
The forum was met with protesters inside and outside of the building who chanted and held up posters in opposition to Rivera’s approval of the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project, an initiative funded by the city and federal governments to reduce flood risk and sea level rise along a large stretch of the east side that includes major upheaval for East River Park. Rivera, who represents the 2nd district that includes a chunk of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was interrupted several times while speaking, prompting Muoio to encourage the crowd to be respectful (which Niou reiterated toward the beginning of the forum).
At the start of the forum, Holtzman, Gleason, Goldman, Fancis, Simon, Rivera, and Niou were asked to deliver one-minute opening remarks.
Holtzman, the first woman to serve as New York City Comptroller and Brooklyn District Attorney, began her introduction by saying that there are huge obstacles in the way of fighting for the environment, including a conservative Supreme Court and “MAGA Republicans.”
She touted her record of creating the first environmental crimes bureau in New York State, working closely with environmental groups to stop a mayoral plan to build nine municipal incinerators, which led to the shutdown of all city incinerators, and fighting for penalties against Exxon for oil spills.
“Few things are as important to our survival as climate and our environment,” Holtzman said. “…I am not afraid to take these people on, and I will continue to do that.”
Gleason, who is an attorney for his own firm representing members of the New York City Fire Department, NYPD, and U.S. Military, said his public service in the district started in 1981 after he joined the U.S. Coast Guard at 17 years old and was assigned to Governors Island. From 1989 to 1986, he was a police officer “on the crime and drug-riddled” Lower East Side and later served as a New York City firefighter. He mentioned that he remained on the Coast Guard Reserve for 20 years and worked on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and said the government and private industry “pulled the wool over people’s eyes.”
“I will accept one endorsement and one endorsement only in this race — that’s by Frank Serpico, the quintessential whistleblower,” Gleason said. “I will do the same thing in Washington that Frank Serpico did in the city of New York. I will expose Washington for what it is, I need your help to do that.”
Goldman, who was lead counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives in the first impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump, said the country is facing threats against its democracy, including climate change, environmental justice, and in particular, attacks against the right to vote, which disproportionately affect minority communities who are most subject to environmental injustice.
“I worry very much about the future of our country for my five children that I’m raising in this district, especially the air that they breathe, and the sea levels, and the heat that we’re seeing, record temperatures in the history of European countries, including Great Britain today,” Goldman said. “I will fight with all of you to change our climate laws, to transition to green energy, to clean our air, and to reduce carbon emissions.”
Francis said she has a unique background in working for the federal government for four years as an emergency response official, traveling across the country in areas where natural disasters occured. She said she has resiliency plans to “bring us into the 21st century,” but did not go into detail about her proposals.
“I traveled a lot to the same areas along the Mississippi River — the same areas were impacted by flooding, and there was no real core mitigation plan,” Francis said. “I am here now to say that we cannot wait any longer to react to climate change.”
Simon, who has represented the overlapping 52nd Assembly District of Brooklyn since 2015, said that combating climate change should be a top priority for every legislator in Washington, D.C., and state capitals across the county. She pointed to her work as a community activist in fighting to reduce transportation emissions and advocating for environmental justice in her district.
Simon also mentioned that she represents the toxic Gowanus Canal Superfund site and that her community has been subjected to devastating impacts of flooding as a coastal district. As an Assembly member, she said she has helped pass the landmark 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which has set ambitious emissions reduction and renewable energy mandates for the state, and that she has the sponsored the All Electric Buildings Act and the Build Public Renewables Act, which have not passed.
“I know what it takes to obtain funding for resiliency improvements and pollution cleanup, and to help pass groundbreaking legislation,” Simon said. “I’m ready on day one to work for you.”
After Rivera was heckled by protesters before speaking, she said “patience is my best virtue” and then talked about how she grew up in Section 8 housing with a single mother and is a “proud product” of a union household and her local New York City Parks and Recreation center. She said she has been organizing around housing, economic, and environmental justice since before deciding to run for public office, and lauded that she has passed 24 pieces of legislation while serving as a City Council member.
“People are frustrated with their government, they’re frustrated with the lack of action in Washington,” Rivera said. “And the people who are fighting in this community, who are on the ground, who were disproportionately affected by Hurricane Sandy with eight feet of water in their communities, they are the ones who deserve climate and environmental justice. Those are the people that I stand up for every single day.”
Niou, who has represented the overlapping 65th Assembly District in Manhattan since 2017, said she is energized to help the city and her constituents tackle challenges that come with the worsening climate, and arguing that they will not receive help from Republicans because they do not believe that climate change is real.
Niou said she has been a leader in passing state climate reforms, highlighting that activists have called her the “Green Niou Deal” in reference to the Green New Deal (verbiage she uses on her campaign website). She pointed to her campaign receiving the support of environmental groups including TREEage and Sunrise Movement NYC.
“We live in a frontline climate community where resiliency isn’t just a buzzword — it’s life or death,” Niou said. “Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn have seen firsthand what happens when superstorms hit.”
When asked what the candidates would do in Congress to help New York State reach its goal of 100% clean energy by 2040, Simon said she would pass the Green New Deal and the “Green Amendment,” which provides the constitutional right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment, noting again her work in the Legislature. She also said it is important to advance labor rights and a prevailing wage, as well as work to eliminate fossil fuels and distribute more funding to communities that have been burdened by the lack of emission-free energy.
Simon said she has been disappointed by the Biden administration, which has been “really looking the other way” and “actively pushing to increase the amount of natural gas.”
“Those of us who live in flood prone zones and have dealt with this flooding that’s increasing constantly, and have dealt with the environmental impacts of the asthma rates throughout our districts know how important this is,” Simon said. “We need to make sure that we talk about it all the time, and bring that to the attention of everybody else who may be too willing to look the other way.”
Rivera pointed to her vote and support for the city’s Climate Mobilization Act in 2019, which was the country’s first comprehensive approach to lowering greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, the city’s top polluters. Like Simon, Rivera also said it is important to pass the Green New Deal, specifically highlighting the Green New Deal for Public Housing, and called for the move toward offshore wind energy, the electrification of cars, and the prioritization of green infrastructure and mass transit.
“Climate change is not an issue for tomorrow. It is an issue for today, our communities, our Black, brown, low-income immigrant communities have been disproportionately affected,” Rivera said. “We have talent in this city that we need to tap into, and we need to make sure that we’re reaching our goals first and foremost, and not backing down — being fearless.”
Niou emphasized the importance of talking about environmental justice and environmental segregation in conversations about environmental legislation, noting that she used to work for the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She also said the Green New Deal needs to be passed for green public schools and green public housing, referencing New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s Green New Deal for Public Schools Act.
“We also have legislation that was passed on the state level, which strengthens our building codes, expands cooling and heating, the [National Defense Authorization Act] actually helps a lot,” Niou said. “And so I think that we have to make sure that we’re doing things that will help build public renewables and ensure that we have the clean energy plants that we deserve.”
Holtzman noted that whether the Green New Deal or other initiatives, Democrats will have a tough time passing legislation in the next session of Congress, stressing that the candidate elected to represent NY-10 will need “real legislative skills.” She said investments in public transportation are critical to move from cars to other alternatives, and gas tax subsidies need to be cut.
“We can’t necessarily let the Republicans control the Senate, or God forbid, control the House,” Holtzman said. “We even have to rely on the president to act, which means that you’re going to have to have someone who’s willing to stand up to the president and say, ‘We need this and this and this to make our environment better.’”
Gleason said that he “hates to be the bearer of bad news,” but it is “only a matter of time before the East River meets the Hudson River.” He said the one solution is to build a storm surge protector, and that Governors Island should be turned into a wind and solar farm with desalination plants.
“Water is going to be a more sought after commodity in the next 20 years than fossil fuel,” Gleason said. “…My time in the Coast Guard, we saw many foreign tank vessels go up the Hudson River, take on pure, take on unsalted water. If you go north of the Tappan Zee Bridge, it’s unsalted water, and they would bring it back to their home country. They were stealing our fresh water — we have to put a stop to this.”
Goldman said that most NY-10 candidates agree about climate change principles, and he emphasized that they need to be talking about how to get results in Washington, calling it a national security, economic, and environmental issue. He added that he does not believe Republicans are opposed to starting programs that create jobs, foster energy independence, and help mass transit.
“What we need to do is explain to them and be creative in how we put pressure on the Republicans to actually recognize that it’s in their self-interest to invest in environmental change, because that will create jobs, it will reduce our reliance on fossil fuels,” Goldman said. “If we can incentivize renewable energy for which we are going to need to rely on both government and private entities and private corporations to actually reduce climate change, the government cannot do it alone.”
Francis said there needs to be a climate resiliency indicator to measure and track funds that are put toward combating climate change. “We need to measure the effectiveness of these plans, assess the level of climate resiliency in each state, and compare it to the policy preparedness,” Francis said. “Again, with all of the dollars that are going into recovery, there’s very little going into mitigation.”
On the congestion pricing program targeted for early 2024 implementation in the city, particularly for Manhattan below 61st Street, all the NY-10 candidates present at Tuesday’s forum expressed support.
Goldman said congestion pricing is important for the transition to relying on mass transit, e-bikes, e-scooters, bicycles, and other electrified vehicles and can make a “significant dent” in city pollution. “The money that can come from the congestion pricing can be put back into our mass transit system to convert to carbon neutral vehicles. That will have a significant impact both on our city and our country,” Goldman said, perhaps unaware that congestion pricing proceeds are dedicated by the law creating the program to go toward the MTA capital program.
Holtzman agreed with Goldman in saying the purpose of congestion pricing is to provide additional funds for mass transit, and federal funds should be used for research on alternative energy sources. She emphasized the need to improve the reach of mass transit, highlighting how Brooklyn subway lines were halted to stop racial desegregation.
“We have to be attentive to the impact on families of modest means and the congestion pricing system,” Holtzman said, arguing for exemptions to congestion pricing. “It’s not one-size-fits-all. Not everybody is a millionaire or a billionaire in this city. We need to take care of people for whom it’s unaffordable.”
Gleason said that before discussing congestion pricing, it is important to talk about public safety. He said he wanted to address the issue with de Blasio and was disappointed that he dropped out of the race.
Gleason was disrupted by the crowd mid-sentence when he said “forcing people onto subways and mass transit, where they’re going to be robbed, and stabbed, and held on,” and Muoio encouraged him to stay on the topic. “I’m not going to stand down from a position,” he said.
Francis said that congestion pricing carve-outs are needed and mentioned that her autistic son cannot take public transportation from Brooklyn Heights, where they live, to Battery Park City given the over-stimulation of such transit, raising questions about affordability under congestion pricing.
Simon said she has been supporting congestion pricing since before former Mayor Michal Bloomberg released his original proposal in 2007. “We need to bring public transit out to those areas that do not have public transit,” she said. “We are not going to be able to congestion price our way out of this problem. We have to do both things. We need to take that money and invest it in public transit and to make it accessible and to bring it to more places in Brooklyn, and in the city of New York.”
“Buses, by the way, are accessible to people with disabilities, and there is no bus that goes from Brooklyn to Manhattan,” she added, speaking about the importance of accessibility in transit.
Rivera said she supports congestion pricing, but noted there has been fear about its implementation and how it would affect families financially. To address this, she said the city should try to incentivize electric vehicles, further embrace reduced-fare MetroCards, and invest in mass transit, pointing to how the first city busway, on 14th Street, started in what will be the new 10th congressional district, and travels through part of her City Council district.
Niou, who like Simon voted for congestion pricing when it passed in Albany, said that the disability community and racial, economic, and environmental justice need to be taken into consideration when discussing any bill or program. When she voted for the legislation, she said she prioritized accessible transportation for people with disabilities, seniors, and low-income families, and said there should be a tax credit to help people pay the congestion fee.
“Every single issue is a disability issue,” Niou said. “I want to center that because as somebody who lives with a disability, I will say that it’s really important to do so.”
When asked about the disenchantment among young people who feel they are most affected by the climate crisis, Niou said she has talked with a lot of young people involved with TREEage and the Sunrise Movement who care deeply about the environment and climate. She said many believe that the government is difficult to access, and she felt that way when she was younger.
“There’s just a lot of people who are in power who don’t want you to know that you can have access to government, and that absolutely, you can make change,” Niou said. “Young people right now, they need to hear that there is no big myth, and there is no big secret. We have to break it for them, we have to tell them that they can advocate for themselves.”
Rivera said that young people are “the reason for every important civil rights movement in this country,” including voting rights and climate change, and their participation is essential to make change. She said voting needs to be more accessible and voting rights expanded.
Rivera added that rebuilding East River Park through the coastal resiliency project will fortify the area for future generations.
“You see this right-wing agenda, doing things like weakening the EPA and dismantling fundamental rights, it is easy to be sort-of disengaged and mistrust government,” Rivera said. “I think what builds trust back in government is when you have people who are actually delivering for their districts and engaging them in the conversation.”
Like Rivera, Simon said young people believing in government is fundamental for achieving climate justice, and there needs to be a model of leaders who are honest and deliver for their communities. She said kids need to be taught civic responsibility to pay attention to the government and see themselves playing a role.
“We need to ensure that everybody has a right to vote, that we do everything we can to oppose voter suppression and to ensure that voting rights are expanded like we have done in New York State,” Simon said. “And we are trying to get more people to vote because more people voting is a better democracy, and this country is all about democracy.”
Holtzman said she was “fortunate enough” to be living in the south during the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement and was inspired to see young people make change.
“What we need now is to inspire young people to feel that they can stop what’s happening in this country,” Holtzman said. “I saw young people stop the war in Vietnam, it was young people who did that. It was young reporters on The Washington Post who had the guts to stand up against Richard Nixon. Young people can make a difference, but they have to see models to show that they can do it.”
Gleason reiterated his proposal of Governors Island and said it would be a “perfect think tank” for people ages 17 to 25.
Goldman said that many elected officials make promises, but are unable to deliver, and said engaging young people will be to get results. He lauded his work in the impeachment investigation in finding ways to prove the case against Trump, and again emphasized how Republicans need to realize that their interests are similar to Democrats’ in transitioning to renewable energy, building water and solar plants, and reducing the country’s dependence on the global oil and gas industry.
“A lot of people, young people in particular, are right to feel dejected, to feel frustrated, to feel scared, to feel angry,” Goldman said. “It feels a little bit like the walls of our country are closing in, where there are unprecedented attacks against our democracy, our fundamental rights are getting rolled back, and climate change is increasing with very little progress.”
Francis said her platform has been dedicated to youth, mentioning that she was pregnant, homeless, and a victim of domestic violence at 17 years old.
“If you want change, you need to send people to Congress that understand the needs of the people, that will amplify the voices of the individuals in the communities,” Francis said. “In order to do that, again, you have to be on the ground to understand the unique experiences of individuals in the community…I’m here because the policies that are in place are affecting me, and they’re pushing me backwards, and they’re pushing kids back.”
On working with city and state officials to develop a plan for the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE), Simon said she has been working already with leaders. She said the triple cantilever needs to be replaced because it is “going to fall off a cliff,” and noted that she passed legislation to remove illegally overweight trucks.
She added that Mayor Eric Adams’ administration needs to engage with communities in the area and develop a plan. “For too long, the state and the city were not cooperating on the BQE, and that has led to this disrepair and the prolongation of that disrepair is a huge environmental issue,” she said.
Rivera said she understands the community’s fears about the eroding infrastructure and would provide leadership at the federal level to receive the sufficient amount of funding to support a plan led by the community. She said she is encouraged by several ideas to reimagine the BQE, including covering the highway under parkland and building a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel.
“We have to totally reimagine something that is actually a relic of a Robert Moses history that we should not repeat,” Rivera said. “So I would be working with community stakeholders to ensure that we’re doing something and we’re leading that fight together.”
Niou also emphasized how the safety of the BQE is important and said the climate is continuing to make the expressway more dangerous. She said there needs to be transparency from the city, state, and federal governments with the community, who she believes have been “severely left out” of the discussion, and there needs to be enough funding at the federal level.
Holtzman agreed with Niou, saying that Congress should not fund projects to fix the BQE “without a very clear sense of what’s happening.” She said issues with the BQE stem from ignoring basic transportation problems by subsiding trucking and cars, and expressed support for Nadler’s rail freight tunnel proposal to reduce trucking in the city.
Gleason said the rail tunnel that Holtzman has supported is part of the solution to deteriorating infrastructure across the country, and mentioned that supply chain issues need to be addressed.
Goldman also said rail freight should be increased, in addition to water freight to reduce the number of trucks carrying weight. In order to reimagine the BQE, he said the expressway should be underground with parkland above to increase public space.
Francis said the infrastructure of the BQE needs to be improved to fit the 21st century and said the city has the data to make decisions.
Muoio then underscored the importance of public parks during the pandemic and asked the candidates if they supported protecting 30% of land and water in the city by 2030, something being sought by advocates and proposed statewide in state legislation.
Holtzman said she is a supporter of open space and parks and touted how she fought for safety netting on playgrounds when she was an assistant to the mayor. She said money from the federal military budget should be transferred to jobs, housing, and parks at a state level. If elected to Congress, she said she will fight for money to be put toward increasing urban parks and their accessibility by transit.
Gleason said that every borough should have its version of Central Park to be accessible by public transportation. “It’s a pretty simple question where I don’t think anybody in this room doesn’t doesn’t support parks,” he said.
Goldman said the Battery Park Conservancy is an example of how open space can be used to revitalize an area. He said that there needs to be an increase in public space when a block is rezoned or a new development is being created.
Francis said that crime is higher in areas where there is little to no access to public space. She also said low-income families might not have the resources to commute to open spaces and said communities in recreational deserts should be funded.
“The positive impacts on mental health, that’s something that we really need to pay attention to if we’re going to sort of really attack the issues that are facing individuals from marginalized communities,” Francis said.
Niou said the district she represents in Lower Manhattan lacks green space, and emphasized the importance of preserving the green space that is available, also noting its positive impacts on mental health, especially amid COVID-19, and the environmental benefits. She pointed to the Catskills and said the city should adopt a forward-thinking view. “We are always putting green space against something else, and for some reason, green space always loses,” she said.
Rivera said she has heard questions from her constituents living in low-lying areas about investments in resiliency for their parks to mitigate the effects of climate change, again noting the East Side Coastal Resiliency project and saying similar plans should be brought to Red Hook. She said the Green New Deal for Public Housing is important to ensure green spaces are available to tenants, as well as the creation of green jobs and infrastructure.
Rivera added that she authored and passed the Open Streets program for New York City, which should be adopted in every neighborhood, especially in the 10th congressional district.
Simon said she was a sponsor of the 30×30 bill and noted it was presented nationally through the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. She said the Antiquities Act, which established the first national historic preservation policy in the country, can help reach the goal of protecting 30% of U.S. land by 2030, and she mentioned that playgrounds also need to be made more accessible.
“If I had a nickel for every promenade that was built that was going to be a massive amount of open space, it’s really just a fat sidewalk, I’d be a rich woman,” Simon said. “We need to make these decisions realistically, we need community at the table, we need to be listening to the community, we need to plant more trees.”
To tackle increased flooding and implement resiliency measures to protect the coastal communities of NY-10, Simon said she represents a district that has flooded badly, including Gowanus, and it is important to define what resilience means and what technology can be used to help the affected communities.
“I have seen too many agencies — city, state, federal — that aren’t actually doing what it is that they’re supposed to be doing, and we need to be there to keep them accountable and keep pushing them forward on that,” Simon said.
Rivera said a storm like Hurricane Sandy is going to take place again, and the 10,000 low-income families that live along the waterfront in public housing and have been historically underserved deserve to receive effective communication and management. “We take the lessons that we’ve learned from something like the East Side resiliency project, and we do better,” she said.
Niou said it is important to tackle long-term resiliency, particularly in frontline communities and their infrastructure. She said that airports, schools, hospitals, wastewater treatment plants, public housing, and other places vulnerable to sea level rise should have resilience measures in place. She added that there needs to be updates to flood maps using the most recent projections on storm surges, floodplains, and sea level rises.
Francis said the city can look to other countries that have reduced their flood risk by over 60%. She said she visited Red Hook after Hurricane Sandy and noted how most small businesses in the area could not take advantage of federal funding.
Goldman said his building was flooded by Hurricane Sandy and that the effects of the storm have not been addressed throughout the city, noting NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses.
“We also need to realize that the resiliency requirements that we have in Lower Manhattan and the waterfront areas in Brooklyn, are an opportunity to reimagine the city,” he said. “We are not going to get this opportunity with federal money from FEMA to do this kind of project again for a very long time.”
Gleason said “it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when” there is another Superstorm Sandy. He repeated his proposal to install a storm surge protector.
“When you have coastal problems, whether it’s in New York City or the Hamptons, the millionaires and billionaires get bailed out, and the working class people there are still sitting in public housing that has mold and mildew,” Gleason said. “Where the people working factories don’t have the wherewithal or the political acumen to get things done.”
Holtzman said it is crucial to end tax subsidies for oil companies in order to fund needed projects across the city, including parks, and stressed the importance of thinking big in developing resiliency projects. In an apparent reference to the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, Holtzman said “we can’t be destroying when we’re rebuilding” and called herself a “tree-hugger.” “I don’t understand why trees had to be destroyed to rebuild,” she said.
On the topic of environmental justice communities disproportionately impacted by pollution, Simon said the communities need to be involved and there must be a just transition from fossil fuels. She added that a candidate needs to be honest and mentioned how she pushed for an asthma and pulmonary study about the pollution effects of the BQE.
“We have to listen to Mother Nature, we have to listen to our communities, we have to empower our communities by including them in everything we do and being honest with them and forthright about insisting on transparency, and holding those agencies accountable,” Simon said.
Rivera acknowledged how there has been controversy around the ESCR project, and said it was because it was the first project of its kind in the city and was a $1.5 billion investment. She said to not discount the opinions, expertise, fears, and contributions of the New York City Housing Authority Tenant Association, community board members, environmental justice leaders, and every local elected official in the area that supported the plan.
“The [poor] communication and the ineffective management by the mayor’s office created a year’s worth of no communication and a very, very divided community that just desperately wanted information and transparency,” Rivera said, in reference to the de Blasio administration. “…I am clear, I am direct, and I am uncompromising, and sometimes you have to be a little bit bold to take care of your communities, and that is the type of Congresswoman that I will be.”
Niou said it is important to address climate issues as racial, disability, and transportation justice issues as well, emphasizing that “the people who are often the most affected are often the folks who have the least amount of voice in this process.” She noted that public housing is built next to highways by design, which exposes residents to toxic air at a higher level. “We need to center the folks who have the least voice in all of these conversations,” she said.
Holtzman said it is “shocking” how revelations related to public housing have not been addressed. She added that a relationship between an elected official and community can be powerful in demanding action.
Gleason was reproached by the audience and other candidates after he said the Democrats have not supported one another and the Working Families Party (which has endorsed Niou) is not the Democratic Party, and Muoio asked him to focus on the topic of environmental justice.
“We’re Democrats, we’re not Working Family [sic] Party members,” Gleason said. “What has the Working Family [sic] Party ever done for workers or for anybody?”
Goldman said that environmental justice is directly tied to voting rights and representation, and said that marginalized groups have not been given a say in their own communities.
“What we need to make sure that we’re doing is facilitating community engagement with marginalized communities, with the public housing communities that are disproportionately affected by environmental harm,” Goldman said. “Part of the reason that these marginalized communities bear the brunt of the environmental justice issues is because they don’t have the same seat at the table.”
Francis reiterated that funding to climate justice should be measured and tracked, and said that many marginalized communities do not have access to information to make decisions for themselves.
“Allocating funds, and then measuring and tracking their effectiveness to climate change, and really understanding what climate change and climate justice means to marginalized communities — not what we think it means — but what it actually means to them.”
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Rachel Cohen, Gotham Gazette
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Algeria’s ability to bring Arab countries together at the next Arab League summit – tentatively scheduled for November 1-2 – The question is constantly raised by its regional neighbours.
As the Algerian government told reporters after a regular session of the country’s parliament, Algeria is said to be “disappointed by the procrastination campaign” that has faced pressure from countries such as Egypt. Algerian Foreign Minister Ramthane Lamrara briefed Algeria to the media after the parliamentary session “it’s ready” A meeting should be held.
In this context, Cairo argues that Algeria should postpone hosting the 31st meeting at a time when the two countries are in a delicate diplomatic situation.. One of the main reasons for this crisis is the recent visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed Ali to the North African country. Apart from strengthening relations between Ethiopia and Algeria, the visit threatens the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Egypt and Ethiopia over access to Nile water resources.
Because of this, Egypt has offered to postpone the summit, citing time differences and political differences over the complicated relations Algeria currently has with countries such as Morocco, particularly over the Western Sahara conflict. Algeria is said to be siding with Addis Ababa in its disputes with Egypt and Sudan over the construction of the Great Renaissance Dam, a multi-billion dollar project located in the Nile Basin.
Algeria’s relations with Iran, along with Gulf governments, are another cause of growing mistrust between countries in the region. Algeria is one of the few countries in North Africa that maintains an overtly anti-Israel stance that describes any relationship with Israel. “irresponsible”This is in contrast to the recently established relations with the State of Israel by several Arab countries, such as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, following the Abrahamic Covenant.
For its part, Israel, aware of Algeria’s position and its attraction towards Tehran, is highly critical of the country’s actions. Thus, at a press conference held in Casablanca last August, Tel Aviv Foreign Minister Yair Labit told the Arab media that Algeria. “Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, it has become a conduit for terrorist movements at the instigation of Iran.”.
Another important issue causing disagreement among the various members of the League is the possible return of Syria. In 2011, Following the outbreak of civil war in the country, Syria was excluded from the Arab League and remains so to this day.. Unlike Egypt, which has imposed several sanctions on the al-Assad regime, Algeria has now shown a willingness to join Damascus, creating various divisions among League members.
However, in a move that could hurt Algeria, Syria wants to stay away from the summit. Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Meghdad announced to Algeria that his country would not withdraw from the Arab League conference, asking the issue. “Don’t Lift” During meetings.
The Algerian ministry said in a press release that the decision was made after a telephone conversation between Lamamra and his Syrian counterpart within the framework of consultations Algeria has been conducting with various Arab countries. “Towards Creating the Conditions for Summit Success”.
said in the same press release “Among the issues discussed on this occasion is the relationship between the Syrian Arab Republic and the League of Arab StatesThe Syrian diplomatic chief indicated that his country prefers that the question of resuming its place in the League not be raised at the Algiers summit.
He added, “Both sides expressed their desire to see the summit crowned with constructive results. It contributes to a political climate Strengthening healthy and inter-Arab relations with a view to promoting joint Arab action.
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- Ionis and AstraZeneca's eplontersen demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful change from baseline for co-primary and secondary endpoints at 35 weeks compared to the external placebo group
- Eplontersen achieved an 81.2% reduction in the co-primary endpoint of serum transthyretin (TTR) concentration from baseline, demonstrating reduced TTR protein production
- Eplontersen demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today presented positive results from a planned 35-week interim analysis of the Phase 3 NEURO-TTRansform study of Ionis and AstraZeneca's eplontersen in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN). In the study, eplontersen demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful change from baseline for its co-primary and secondary efficacy endpoints compared to the external placebo group. Eplontersen demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile. The study results were presented today at the International Symposium on Amyloidosis (ISA) in Heidelberg, Germany.
In the study, eplontersen achieved an 81.2% (p<0.0001) mean reduction in the co-primary endpoint of serum transthyretin (TTR) concentration compared to baseline, demonstrating reduced TTR protein production. Eplontersen also demonstrated a significant treatment effect on the co-primary endpoint of modified Neuropathy Impairment Score +7 (mNIS+7), a measure of neuropathic disease progression, with a statistically significant difference in mean change from baseline versus the external placebo group (p<0.0001). The study also met its key secondary endpoint of change from baseline in the Norfolk Quality of Life Questionnaire-Diabetic Neuropathy (Norfolk QoL-DN), showing that treatment with eplontersen significantly improved patient-reported quality of life compared to the external placebo group (p<0.0001).
Eplontersen demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile. In the study, the rate of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) in the eplontersen group was either lower or similar compared to placebo across all major categories. There were no TEAEs of special interest leading to drug discontinuation.
The study data are consistent with the clinical profile seen across Ionis' other LICA programs, further validating how the company's LIgand-Conjugated Antisense technology positions Ionis to deliver potentially transformative treatments for a broad range of unmet medical needs.
"Eplontersen showed clinically meaningful improvement in neuropathy impairment and quality of life measures relative to baseline. The significant efficacy, combined with a favorable safety and tolerability profile, indicate that eplontersen has the potential to be an important therapeutic option for patients living with this debilitating and fatal disease," said Teresa Coelho, M.D., a neurologist and neurophysiologist at Hospital Santo António, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal and an investigator for the NEURO-TTRansform study. Dr. Coelho presented data from the interim analysis at ISA.
"The promising results from NEURO-TTRansform show that eplontersen had a positive impact on disease progression and improved quality of life in a substantial number of patients. We are excited about the potential for delivering a new treatment option to patients living with this relentless and devastating disease," said Eugene Schneider, M.D., Ionis' executive vice president and chief clinical development officer.
Based on the study results, Ionis and AstraZeneca will seek regulatory approval for eplontersen for ATTRv-PN and plan to file a new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this year.
As part of a global development and commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca, eplontersen is being jointly developed and commercialized by both companies in the U.S. and will be developed and commercialized in the rest of the world by AstraZeneca (with the exception of Latin America).
Eplontersen was granted Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S. It is also currently being evaluated in the Phase 3 CARDIO-TTRansform study for amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a systemic, progressive and fatal condition that leads to progressive heart failure and death within four years from diagnosis.
About NEURO-TTRansform (NCT04136184)
NEURO-TTRansform is a global, open-label, randomized study evaluating the efficacy and safety of eplontersen in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN). The study has enrolled adult patients with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy and will compare efficacy of eplontersen to the historical placebo arm from the TEGSEDI® (inotersen) NEURO-TTR registrational study that Ionis completed in 2017. The final primary endpoint analysis will be completed at week 66 and all patients will be followed until week 85 when they will have the option to transition into the open label extension study.
About Eplontersen
Eplontersen is an investigational antisense medicine that uses Ionis' advanced LIgand-Conjugated Antisense, or LICA, technology designed to inhibit the production of the transthyretin (TTR) protein at its source. Eplontersen, which is planned to be delivered to patients via a self-administered autoinjector, is in development to treat all types of ATTR, a systemic, progressive and fatal disease.
About Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTRv)
Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) is a severe, progressive, and life-threatening disease caused by the abnormal formation of the TTR protein and aggregation of TTR amyloid deposits in various tissues and organs throughout the body, including in peripheral nerves, the heart and intestinal tract. The progressive accumulation of TTR amyloid deposits in these organs often leads to intractable peripheral sensorimotor neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, and/or cardiomyopathy, as well as other disease manifestations. Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis causes significant morbidity and progressive decline in quality of life, severely impacting activities of daily living. The disease often progresses rapidly and can lead to premature death. The median survival is 4.7 years following diagnosis.
For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with its novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision of becoming a leading, fully integrated biotechnology company.
To learn more about Ionis, visit www.ionispharma.com and follow us on Twitter @ionispharma.
Ionis' Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Ionis' business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of Ionis' technologies, eplontersen and other products in development. Any statement describing Ionis' goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those related to the impact COVID-19 could have on our business, and including but not limited to, those related to our commercial products and the medicines in our pipeline, and particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such medicines. Ionis' forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although Ionis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Ionis. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis' programs are described in additional detail in Ionis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, and the most recent Form 10-Q quarterly filing, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company.
In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise, "Ionis," "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refers to Ionis Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals® is a trademark of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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A Nottinghamshire council has refuted claims from a homeless couple that it has not been supporting them after they set up a tent in the middle of a town square. Lyndsey Webster, 45, and Annmarie Burlikowski, 48, live in Sutton in Ashfield and at one stage set up a tent on a field near one of the town's primary schools.
But they were recently served with a notice to leave that site ahead of pupils returning for the new school term, and have therefore just set up their tent in Portland Square, the home of Sutton's market. Despite having now been there for days, the couple say that no support has been given and that the market has instead been going on around them.
Annmarie Burlikowski said: "I feel as though we're being victimised and since we've been here, it's as if we're ghosts because nobody has spoken to us. Lyndsey served in the Armed Forces for three years and has given to her country, but now we've got absolutely nothing apart from each other.
"We're just getting no help and I don't know whether we will. We're in the market now because we just want to raise awareness and let people know what is happening."
But Ashfield District Council says that it is supporting the couple now and that they have done so in the past. The council added that it continues to "seek to work with the individuals."
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Ray O' Connor, 56, is a trader in Sutton who says that he has been acting as a "go-between" for the couple in regards to contacting the council to help them. He says that Annmarie was made homeless from her previous property for anti-social behaviour issues and Annmarie says that this happened three and a half years ago.
Lyndsey says that she has been on the streets since April after her previous relationship broke down. Ray O' Connor said: "The purpose of setting this tent up in the market is to cause some mild disruption to try and jolt the council into doing something.
"We know that it's going to get harder for people this winter and I think whatever people have done or whatever their background, the most vulnerable should be helped. I've been helping them with things like providing food and phone chargers but I can't accommodate them and that's where the council need to step in."
Lyndsey Webster added: "We're just having to look after each other because the council don't seem to be interested in doing anything for us."
Councillor Helen-Ann Smith, the Executive Lead Member for Community Safety and the Deputy Leader at Ashfield District Council, said: "Ashfield District Council and key partners are engaged in supporting the individuals in question and work in this area is currently ongoing. The council has previously provided such support, in accommodation and help, and continue to seek to work with the individuals. Ashfield District Council has a strong track record of supporting residents in a vulnerable position and will work hard to resolve this case."
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Eerie abandoned hotel just outside Greater Manchester looks like it's still expecting guests to arrive Striking photos show tables set for guests, working spas, swimming pools filled with water and a fully kitted-out gym
Inviting looking swimming pools are still filled with water alongside a fully kitted-out gym in the abandoned hotel just outside Greater Manchester (Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) Bizarre photographs of an abandoned spa hotel have appeared on the internet looking almost immaculate like it could expect an influx of guests at any moment.
Just a short drive from Greater Manchester , the Park Hall Hotel in Chorley, Lancashire closed in February this year.
Having racked up debts of almost £1million , said by the owners to have been as a result of the pandemic, staff and guests were given little notice as planned functions and weddings were cancelled without warning.
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The closure came as the owners failed in their attempts to strike a deal with the Government to turn the hotel into temporary accommodation for people awaiting asylum decisions.
Following its closure, urban explorer Amy has photographed the abandoned hotel still relatively untouched.
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The images show a working jacuzzi as well as a swimming pool full of water and tables and chairs are neatly laid out in the dining room as if expecting guests at any moment.
While the full set of images can be viewed on Amy's Facebook page here , below are 35 of the most striking and eerie photos taken.
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Lobby entrance
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 1 of 35 Looking out into the gardens
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 2 of 35 Piano to entertain the guests
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 3 of 35 Dining room
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 4 of 35 Bathroom with mirrors and hairdryers
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 5 of 35 Tanning bed
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 6 of 35 Bubbling spa whirlpool
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 7 of 35 Reception desk
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 8 of 35 Behind reception
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 9 of 35 Pamper room
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 10 of 35 Sauna
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 11 of 35 Long empty hallway
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 12 of 35 Bottles of wine still in stock
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 13 of 35 Bar with pool table
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 14 of 35 Room looks like it's ready to put on a show for the guests
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 15 of 35 Dance floor with spotlights
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 16 of 35 Conservatory with chairs and tables
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 17 of 35 Spa pool filled with water
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 18 of 35 Lobby
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 19 of 35 Another spa room this time without water
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 20 of 35 Turquoise swimming pool filled with water
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 21 of 35 Snug with tables and chairs
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 22 of 35 Stately thrones
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 23 of 35 Tables and chairs ready for guests to sit at
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 24 of 35 Kitchen area
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 25 of 35 Back kitchen area
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 26 of 35 Fully equipped gymnasium
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 27 of 35 Four poster bed
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 28 of 35 'Welcome to Cleopatra's'
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 29 of 35 Guest room with bed
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 30 of 35 Wardrobes stocked and ready for guests
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 31 of 35 Broken but stocked vending machine
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 32 of 35 'To Lancastrian Suite'
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 33 of 35 Abandoned grounds
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 34 of 35 Grounds of Park Hall hotel
(Image: Exploring With Amy | Instagram: exploring_with_amyy) 35 of 35
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Nick Kyrgios was left “devastated” as his quest for a first grand slam title at the US Open ended with a five-set quarter-final defeat by Russia’s Karen Khachanov.
After reaching the Wimbledon final, Kyrgios arrived in New York motivated to try to go one better but he was unable to find the same tremendous level he showed in beating defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round.
Instead it is Russian Khachanov who progresses to a first slam semi-final after clinching a 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-7 (3) 6-4 victory just before 1am.
Having congratulated Khachanov, Kyrgios, who had earlier been given a warning for slamming a drinks bottle on the ground, showed his frustration with the result by destroying two rackets and then walking swiftly off court.
He came into the press room later with cap pulled low and laid bare his disappointment, saying: “I’m obviously devastated. But all credit to Karen. He’s a fighter. He’s a warrior. I thought he served really good today.
“He just played the big points well. There really wasn’t anything in it. I just feel like it was either winning it all or nothing at all, to be honest. I feel like I’ve just failed at this event right now.
“I honestly feel like s**t. I feel like I’ve let so many people down. I feel like these four tournaments are the only ones that ever are going to matter. It’s just like you’ve got to start it all again. I have to wait until the Australian Open.
“It’s just devastating, it’s heart-breaking. Not just for me, but for everyone that I know that wants me to win.”
Kyrgios and Khachanov were tied at 1-1 in their previous meetings on the court while, off the court, they were involved in a Twitter spat two years ago over player behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic, with Kyrgios labelling his rival an “absolute pelican”.
After the high of his performance against Medvedev on Sunday, Kyrgios looked a little flat in the early stages of this contest and took a medical timeout at the end of the opening set for treatment to his left knee.
He bounced back well in the second set but lost his cool late in the third, hurling his racket after missing a break point and then earning the warning for his reaction to losing the set after Khachanov broke.
The 27-year-old has already been fined a total of 18,500 US dollars (approximately £16,000) for four separate offences this tournament, including spitting, swearing and smashing his racket.
Kyrgios was staring down the barrel late in the fourth set but a key feature of his brilliant summer has been his ability to reset after lapses and he played an excellent tie-break to force a decider.
A break at the start of the set proved the difference, though, with Khachanov withstanding everything that was thrown at him to set up a last-four clash with Casper Ruud, who defeated Matteo Berrettini earlier.
Khachanov said of the fifth set: “It was super tough. I saw yesterday Marin Cilic, he was up a break in the fifth set, then lost the match. It’s not the only match that it happened.
“Especially when you break early, you need to hold your serve during the whole set. But I saw he was a little bit irritated, a little bit frustrated in that moment. I was really happy to take those chances. I faced a couple of break points in the middle of that set. I served well.
“I’m super happy, super proud that I could finish the match, I could take it. I’m just super happy to do this step forward to make my first semi-final.”
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U.S. Commerce aims to seek chips funding proposals by February
Congress in August approved $52.7 billion for semiconductor manufacturing and research and a 25% investment tax credit for chip plants, estimated to be worth $24 billion. That credit applies to projects that start construction after Jan. 1.
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday it hopes by February to begin seeking applications for $39 billion in government semiconductor chips subsidies to build new facilities and expand existing U.S. production.
Congress in August approved $52.7 billion for semiconductor manufacturing and research and a 25% investment tax credit for chip plants, estimated to be worth $24 billion. That credit applies to projects that start construction after Jan. 1.
"We're going to negotiate these deals one-at-a-time," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told reporters, adding they would need companies to prove government funding is absolutely necessary for production. "They're not going to get anymore than necessary to make these investments," she added.
President Joe Biden signed the legislation to boost efforts to make the United States more competitive with China and to subsidize U.S. chip manufacturing in a bid to alleviate a persistent chips shortage that has affected everything from washing machines and video games to cars and weapons.
Commerce said Tuesday "funding documents, which will provide specific application guidance... will be released by early February 2023. Awards and loans will be made on a rolling basis as soon as applications can be responsibly processed, evaluated and negotiated." Raimondo said she hopes some money could be awarded by spring.
The department said it plans to use $28 billion to "establish domestic production of leading edge logic and memory chips that require the most sophisticated manufacturing processes available today" and $10 billion for new manufacturing capacity for "mature and current-generation chips, new and specialty technologies, and for semiconductor industry suppliers," which includes automotive, defense and medical device chips.
The chips bill also includes $11 billion for research spending.
Commerce can use up to $6 billion to support loans or loan guarantees rather than grants and "could be leveraged to support a $75 billion credit program."
Raimondo told Reuters in an interview last week the first priority was to get a team in place to oversee the program and then issue "high level principles and guidelines for how we're going to be running this program and then we're going to have a period of pretty intensive stakeholder engagement" over "the next handful of months." Raimondo said Tuesday the team would consist of about 50 people.
Getting a universal access services licence will allow Adani Data Networks to offer mobility services in all the six circles if it wants. However, the company denied any plans to enter consumer mobility. "Please note that our intention is not to be in the consumer mobility space," the Adani Group said in response to ET's query. The company also gave reference to an earlier statement that said it bought the airwaves for setting up its private networks.
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Coal smuggling scam: CBI raids West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak's 3 houses
1 min read . Updated: 07 Sep 2022, 11:29 AM ISTSeveral residences of West Bengal minister Moloy Ghatak were raided by CBI on Wednesday morning in connection with its probe into a coal smuggling scam
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Boardwalk REIT (TSE:BEI.UN – Get Rating) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the nine brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$59.63.
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on BEI.UN shares. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Boardwalk REIT from C$61.00 to C$64.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 11th. CIBC dropped their price target on Boardwalk REIT from C$58.00 to C$56.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 11th. National Bankshares boosted their price target on Boardwalk REIT from C$52.00 to C$58.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 12th. TD Securities boosted their price target on Boardwalk REIT from C$61.00 to C$63.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 11th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price target on Boardwalk REIT from C$61.00 to C$59.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 12th.
Boardwalk REIT Trading Down 0.4 %
Shares of Boardwalk REIT stock opened at C$48.28 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of C$46.48 and a 200-day moving average of C$51.18. The stock has a market cap of C$2.21 billion and a PE ratio of 4.32. Boardwalk REIT has a 52-week low of C$41.12 and a 52-week high of C$61.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 98.71, a quick ratio of 0.06 and a current ratio of 0.09.
About Boardwalk REIT
Boardwalk REIT strives to be Canada's friendliest communities and currently owns and operates more than 200 communities with over 33,000 residential units totaling over 28 million net rentable square feet. Boardwalk's principal objectives are to provide its Residents with the best quality communities and superior customer service, while providing Unitholders with sustainable monthly cash distributions, and increase the value of its trust units through selective acquisitions, dispositions, development, and effective management of its residential multi-family communities.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Karen Khachanov stood on court, arms raised, basking in a rowdy crowd's cheers after reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the U.S. Open. Not far away, Nick Kyrgios took out some of his frustration at the so-close-yet-so-far result on a pair of rackets.
First, shortly after the last point of his 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 loss to Khachanov, Kyrgios cracked his piece of equipment against the ground --_ once, twice, three, four times. Then, for good measure, Kyrgios grabbed yet another racket out of his bag, reared back and hit that one on the sideline, too.
Kyrgios could not quite follow up his victory over defending champion Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows, bowing out in a high-quality, topsy-turvy quarterfinal that began Tuesday night and concluded more than 3 1/2 hours later at about 1 a.m. Wednesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
``It's just devastating. Like, it's heartbreaking,'' said Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia who was the runner-up at Wimbledon in July. ``Pretty much every other tournament during the year is a waste of time, really. You should just run up and show up at a Grand Slam. That's what you're remembered by.''
Asked about Kyrgios' display of disappointment, Khachanov said he saw ``rackets were flying,'' and added: ``I feel the pain for him.''
Early in the match, two spectators were kicked out after one gave the other a haircut in the stands. By the end, the late-staying spectators were pulling for Kyrgios loudly. At one point in the fourth set, chair umpire James Keothavong pleaded: ``Once again, ladies and gentlemen: Respect both the players.''
``I was prepared. I was expecting that the crowd would be more for him, that he was the favorite in their eyes,'' said the No. 27-seeded Khachanov had been 0-2 in major quarterfinals before this one against No. 23 Kyrgios.
Khachanov will face No. 5 Casper Ruud on Friday for a berth in the championship match.
``I'm really proud of myself,'' Khachanov said. ``I was really focused from the beginning to the end.''
Both he and Kyrgios are equipped with booming serves, and they combined for 61 aces (31 by Kyrgios). They combined for 138 total winners (75 by Kyrgios).
Two stats that were real difference-makers: Kyrgios made 58 unforced errors, Khachanov 31. And Khachanov saved 7 of 9 break points he faced.
The breakthrough at Wimbledon, and two recent victories over No. 1 Medvedev _ including in the fourth round, ending his title defense _ made Kyrgios a popular pick to claim his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows.
Khachanov was not allowed to play at Wimbledon this year after the All England Club banned all players from his country, Russia, and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Against Kyrgios, he picked up key breaks of serve in the last game of the first and third sets. After the opener, Kyrgios complained of a sore knee and was visited by a trainer.
He did not appear to show any ill effects once play resumed, and broke early in the second.
Kyrgios had a chance to break again at 4-all in the third, but couldn't convert, flubbing a forehand, then spiked his racket. Two games later, he put a backhand into the net to drop that set, then sat in his changeover chair, dumped his racket and threw a drink, drawing a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct from Keothavong.
Khachanov came within two points of victory while ahead 6-5 as Kyrgios served in the fourth set. Kyrgios held on there and dominated the ensuing tiebreaker to force a fifth.
Then Khachanov broke to begin the last set, soon was up 3-1 and was on his way.
``The deeper you go, the expectations rise up,'' he said. ``I did a step forward.''
In Wednesday's quarterfinals, it'll be No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 11 Jannik Sinner, and No. 9 Andrey Rublev vs. No. 22 Frances Tiafoe.
None of the last eight men in the bracket has won a major title.
Ruud headed into the 2022 season with just one Grand Slam appearance that lasted as far as the fourth round anywhere and was determined to improve his record at the four most important events in tennis.
Then, a day before the Australian Open began in January, he twisted his ankle in practice and needed to withdraw. Hardly ideal. Just look at him now: Ruud is into the semifinals at the U.S. Open and has a shot at moving up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings, following a run to the final at the French Open.
The 23-year-old from Norway -- who is coached by his father, former professional player Christian -- parlayed what he called ``a better start than I ever had before in a match'' to a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini on Monday.
``During Paris, something clicked, and I feel like I, this year, have sort of figured out the better way how to play five sets and knowing that it's very different from playing best-of-three sets. ... Sometimes realizing, or knowing, that you can sort of let one set go every once in a while to save some energy for the rest of the sets,'' said Ruud, 12-2 in Grand Slam play in 2022. ``So I think I matured.''
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Brendan Fraser believes severely obese people are “incredibly strong physically and mentally” after he played an overweight character in “The Whale”.
The actor, 53, stars as reclusive English teacher Charlie in the film, who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter while he battles his obesity.
The Guardian reported what he said at a press conference after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, September 4.
“It gave me an appreciation for those whose bodies are similar. I learned that you need to be an incredibly strong person, physically, mentally, to inhabit that being.
“Charlie’s physical mobility is limited to his home space, which is his couch. His story is told behind closed doors. He’s a light in a dark space. I think it’s poetic that the trauma he carries is manifest in the physical weight of his body.
“I needed to learn to absolutely move in a new way. I developed muscles I did not know I had. I even felt a sense of vertigo at the end of the day when all the appliances were removed, as you’d feel stepping off a boat on to the dock here in Venice.”
The film, directed by “Requiem for a Dream” film-maker Darren Aronofsky, is said to be generating an Oscars buzz already.
It marks Fraser’s first lead role in a movie since his straight-to-DVD 2013 thriller “Breakout”, with reports that it prompted an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere when the actor’s name appeared in the credits.
Fraser’s character weighs around 600 pounds (about 272kg) in the movie, and the actor had to wear a huge fat suit and prosthetics for the part.
The actor, who shares three sons with his actress wife of 23 years Afton Smith, 54, told Vanity Fair about taking the part as he liked a challenge.
“If there’s no risk, then why bother? I want to learn from the people I’m working with at this point in my career.
“I’ve had such variety, a lot of high highs and low lows, so what I’m keen for, in the second half of my time doing this, is to feel like I’m contributing to the craft, and I’m learning from it.
“This is a prime opportunity. I wanted to disappear into it. My hope was that I would become unrecognisable.”
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Russia burning excess gas after Europe supply cut: EU energy chief
"Our satellites are registering the leak of natural gas or them flaring the natural gas and this is very polluting," European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson told reporters during a visit to Indonesia.
Russia is burning excess gas because it has no capacity to store it after cutting deliveries to the European Union, the bloc's energy commissioner said Tuesday.
"Our satellites are registering the leak of natural gas or them flaring the natural gas and this is very polluting," European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson told reporters during a visit to Indonesia.
"They don't have alternative pipeline connections to other regions in the world, and their own underground gas storage is full."
Europe is facing an acute energy shortage this winter after the announcement on Friday of a complete shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline by Russian giant Gazprom.
The Kremlin has blamed the halt in deliveries on sanctions imposed by the West over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Europe is also looking to wean itself off Russian oil, meaning Moscow "is seeking new markets, and they are selling their oil products with a significant discount to the ones who are willing to buy it", Simson said.
The G7 group of advanced nations on Friday announced a cap on the price of oil imported from Russia in order to limit Moscow's revenues.
"We don't want to pay the unfair price to the aggressor. So our message to Indonesia but also to India and China is, if you're still willing to buy Russian oil products, propose an oil price cap to them," Simson added.
Simson, who was in the Indonesian capital Jakarta for a G20 energy meeting and bilateral talks, will next fly to India where she is expected to discuss the price cap proposal.
She did not indicate what position Indonesia had taken.
Indonesian oil company Pertamina previously considered snapping up Russian oil at a knockdown price but has not confirmed whether it has signed a contract since the start of the war in Ukraine in February.
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Maryland man arrested and charged in repeat robberies
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now)–The Frederick Police Department has charged the person responsible for two recent robberies.
On August 23, 2022, around 8:40 p.m., officers responded to the A-1 Mart, located at 649 Himes Avenue, in Frederick City, for a commercial robbery.
Officers say Stefan Alejandro Gajate entered the business, passed a note to the employee that indicated he was armed and demanded money. The suspect was wearing a mask and left the business after being handed an undisclosed amount of currency. He got away before police arrived.
A few days later, Gajate arrived back at the A-1 Mart, but they say this robbery attempt was unsuccessful.
Gajate was later arrested and charged with several accounts, including robbery.
Gajate was transported to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center (FCADC) for an appearance before the District Court Commissioner, where he was initially held without bond.
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Hogan Brown scored four runs, Giancarlo Morello drove in three, and the Welland Jackfish defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 10-2 to stave off elimination in a best-of-5 Intercounty Baseball League semifinal.
Starter Rich Corrente pitched a complete game under the lights Tuesday at Welland Stadium to get the win as the third-seeded Jackfish snapped a two-game losing streak and cut No. 4 seed Toronto’s lead in the second-round playoff series to two games to one.
Game 4 is Wednesday night at Dominico Field at Christie Pits in Toronto. A fifth game, if needed, will be played Thursday in Welland, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Each team had 11 hits but the Jackfish put more runners on base. While Corrente walked only three while striking out seven, four Toronto pitchers combined to walk nine batters.
Welland left 10 runners on base; the Maple Leafs, 12.
Justin Gideon, 2-for-3, both doubles; Zarley Cina, 2-for-3; Brown, 3-for-4; and James Smibert, 2-for-4; had multiple-hit games at the plate for Welland.
On Tuesday, the Jackfish never looked back after taking a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning. They added two more runs in the fifth, one in the sixth, three in the seventh and two in the eighth.
Toronto, which came back from a 9-2 deficit to open the series with a 15-10 win and doubled Welland 14-7 in Game 2, lost for the first time in the post-season after opening the playoffs 5-0.
In the first round, the Jackfish swept the sixth-seeded Kitchener Panthers while the Maple Leafs needed only three games to sideline the fifth-seeded Barrie Baycats.
At London, Ont., the top-seeded London Majors defeated the No. 7 seed Hamilton Cardinals 8-2 to take a 2-0 lead into the other semifinal. Game 3 is Wednesday night at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium in Hamilton.
London, the defending league and playoff champions, opened the series with a 12-1 win at home.
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Putin: We've not lost anything over Ukraine - Russia has 'gained'
Putin increasingly casts the conflict in Ukraine, which he calls a "special military operation", as a turning point in history when Russia finally threw off the humiliations which accompanied the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. In an attempt to underscore Russia's tilt towards Asia, Putin, speaking to the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok, said that the West was failing while Asia was the future.
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had not lost anything in a global confrontation with the United States over the conflict in Ukraine but had actually gained by setting a new sovereign course that would restore its global clout. Putin increasingly casts the conflict in Ukraine, which he calls a "special military operation", as a turning point in history when Russia finally threw off the humiliations which accompanied the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.
In an attempt to underscore Russia's tilt towards Asia, Putin, speaking to the Eastern Economic Forum in the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok, said that the West was failing while Asia was the future. In his main speech, Putin hardly mentioned Ukraine beyond a reference to grain exports but when asked by a moderator if anything had been lost from the conflict, Putin said Russia had gained and would emerge renewed and purged of hindrances.
"We have not lost anything and will not lose anything," Putin, Russia's paramount leader since 1999, said. "Everything that is unnecessary, harmful and everything that prevents us from moving forward will be rejected." "In terms of what we have gained, I can say that the main gain has been the strengthening of our sovereignty, and this is the inevitable result of what is happening now," Putin said. "This will ultimately strengthen our country from within."
Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbour's military capabilities and root out people it called dangerous nationalists. Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance. Neither side has disclosed how many soldiers have been killed.
Putin, who turns 70 in October, told the West in July he was just getting started in Ukraine and dared the United States - which enjoys economic and conventional military superiority over Russia - to try to defeat Moscow. It would, he said, fail. ASIA IS THE FUTURE
The confrontation with the West over Ukraine has prompted Russia to embark on a hurried tilt towards Asia, and particularly China, once a junior partner of the Soviet Union and now the world's second largest economy. Putin said that the West was failing because a futile and aggressive attempt to isolate Russia with sanctions was destroying the global economy just as Asia was rising to claim the future.
The United States and its allies imposed the most severe sanctions in modern history on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Putin says the sanctions are akin to a declaration of economic war. "I am speaking of the West's sanctions fever, with its brazen, aggressive attempt to impose models of behaviour on other countries, to deprive them of their sovereignty and subordinate them to their will," Putin said.
"In an attempt to resist the course of history, Western countries are undermining the key pillars of the world economic system built over centuries," Putin said, adding that confidence in the dollar, euro and sterling was falling. Among the guests at the forum was China's top legislator Li Zhanshu, currently ranked No.3 in the Chinese Communist Party. Putin will meet China's Xi Jinping next week in Uzbekistan.
Putin said that China would pay Gazprom for its gas in national currencies, based on a 50-50 split between the Russian rouble and Chinese yuan. The West's attempt to economically isolate Russia - one of the world's biggest producers of natural resources - has propelled the global economy into uncharted waters with soaring prices for food and energy.
It has hurt Russia too. Putin said Russia's economy was coping with what he termed the financial and technological aggression of the West, but acknowledged some difficulties in some industries and regions.
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Putin says developing world being 'cheated' by Ukraine grain deal
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia and the developing world had been "cheated" by a landmark grain deal designed to alleviate a looming food crisis and said he would look to revise its terms to limit the countries that can receive shipments.
Speaking at an economic forum in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin took aim at the deal, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, saying Ukrainian grain exports were not going to the world's poorest countries as originally intended. read more
He warned of a global food crisis if the situation was not addressed, saying he would contact Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to discuss possible restrictions on which countries can receive shipments.
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"Once again, developing countries have simply been deceived and continue to be deceived. It is obvious that with this approach, the scale of food problems in the world will only increase ... which can lead to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe."
Putin said only two of 87 ships, carrying 60,000 tonnes of products, went to poor countries, as he accused the West of acting as colonial states.
"Almost all the grain exported from Ukraine is sent not to the poorest developing countries, but to European Union countries," Putin told an economic forum in the eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday.
Ukraine's agriculture minister said on Wednesday it was not aware of any formal steps taken by Russia to amend the terms of the deal, which remains the only significant diplomatic breakthrough in the six-month conflict.
Putin also said some restrictions on Russia's fertiliser exports had been eased, but "clever sanctions" were still complicating Russian trade.
Moscow says it was promised the removal of some logistical sanctions which it says disrupt its own exports of agricultural products and fertilisers, in exchange for easing the military blockade on Ukraine's southern ports.
"There are no direct sanctions against products, but there are restrictions related to logistics, freight, payments and insurance. Many of these elements of restrictions remain," Putin said.
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US futures down after yet another negative close on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones falling on the eve of about 173 points (-0.5%), the S&P 500 falling 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite which lost 0.7%, reporting a seven-day bearish phase for the first time since 2016.
At 8.40 am Italian time, futures on the Dow Jones fall by 0.25%, those on the S&P 500 move back by 0.23%, those on the Nasdaq fall by 0.16%.
In general, equity markets are held back by yet another resurgence of the flare-up of US Treasury rates, with 10-year rates flying up to 3.353% in the last few hours, a record since June 16, when they hit 3.495%.
The two-year Treasury rate run, yesterday at 3.535%, remains special, however, below the record since 2007, of the last 15 years, tested last week at 3.55%.
At record levels since last June, the rates on 30-year and 5-year Treasuries have also risen in the last few hours to 3.484% and 3.334% respectively.
The yields of Treasuries, which rise in the face of the sell off of the same, price the specter of a more aggressive Fed on rates: a specter that was strengthened by the publication, yesterday, of the US data on ISM services, which stood in August at 56.9 points, better than the 55.5 points expected by the Dow Jones consensus.
Not only. Bets on a more hawkish Jerome Powell Fed on states have been stepped up by Richmond Fed Chairman Thomas Barkin who, in an interview, said he believes monetary tightens are meant to be faster than slow down the pace.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if all rates rose above 3.50% and stayed there throughout 2023,” Barkin said. The goal, he added, is for “real rates to turn positive” and for rates (on fed funds) to remain at certain levels until we are convinced that we have won the fight against inflation. ”
Barkin emphasized the release of US inflation as measured by the CPI consumer price index, which will be released next week, Tuesday 13 September.
That will be the data that will condition the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, whose strategy can be summed up in the words “raise and evaluate, raise and evaluate”.
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Barbaric guards hung an Iranian woman's corpse after she died of a heart attack while watching 16 men being executed before her.
Zahra Esmaili had been sentenced to death after shooting her husband, the rumoured senior Ministry of Intelligence official, dead on July 16, 2017. Her husband reportedly abused the family until Zahra snapped.
Her daughter was sentenced to five years as her son was cleared and released when they were arrested as her co-conspirators, despite claiming to have been asleep at the time.
Zahra's death was confirmed by Iranian rights organisations in February last year, the Mirror reports.
A few days later her lawyer Omid Moradi claimed Zahra had suffered a heart attack in the moments leading up to her hanging, a human rights group told The Mirror.
Moradi said she died “after witnessing 16 men being executed before her”.
The cruel guards decided her death was not enough, so hung her corpse - with her husband's mother kicking the stool from beneath her.
Trying to cover up the sequence of events, officials published an account denying she'd died as a result of a heart attack, which Moradi claimed had been scribbled on her death certificate.
The officials added a horrifying detail, claiming that her son had assisted the mother-in-law in helping the hangman.
Speaking with The Mirror, Iran HR Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam explained how the regime uses the idea of execution to instill fear into the general population.
He said: "And this is the effect they're looking for. And it's the same in each case: 'Obey our rules. This can happen to you'.
"That's the message," he added.
The officials' decision to publicise Esmaili's case, and to share the fact that her son was complicit in their barbarity, was rare as most killings happen behind closed doors, Mahmood added.
He also questioned why the Iranian leaders ban most civil liberties, while allowing everyday citizens to decide between life and death.
He said: "So how is it possible that they give the responsibility of taking life to a common citizen? They make ordinary citizens complicit in what they actually are doing."
In October, a UN human rights expert warned the BBC that almost all executions in Iran were "an arbitrary deprivation of life."
Under Iran's penal code, citizens can be executed for crimes that are not considered "the most serious" under international law, such as drug trafficking.
The month preceding President Raisi's election victory, saw the most executions, at 51.
People have called on Western powers to address Iran's death penalty record and other human rights violations as part of their negotiations over the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.
“We cannot sacrifice human rights at the mantle of the nuclear negotiations with the Islamic Republic,” said Hadi Ghaemi, Centre for Human Rights Iran executive director.
He continued: "The Iranian authorities insisted that human rights not be a part of the nuclear negotiations from day one; it is beyond hypocrisy for them to now insist that human rights sanctions should be lifted in order to resume the Iran nuclear deal."
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Vietnam karaoke bar fire kills at least 12
At least 12 people died and 40 others were injured in a fire at a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam, state media reported on Wednesday.
The fire broke out on Tuesday night at the bar in Binh Duong province, an industrial production hub near Ho Chi Minh City, according to the official Vietnam News Agency.
Among the injured, 11 were in serious condition, the report said.
"When the fire broke out, I was so panicked and ran for safety and can't remember how it happened," a witness, who identified herself only as Quynh, was quoted as saying in the report.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Public Security and provincial authorities to investigate the cause of the fire.
China also ordered cities and provinces across the Southeast Asian country to step safety standards at facilities prone to fire, including at karaoke bars.
Karaoke is popular in Vietnam, but lax safety standards at venues have raised concerns. Three firefighters were killed in a fire at another karaoke bar in Hanoi last month.
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Roosters 'capable of winning a Premiership': Six Tackles with Gus - Episode 28
Gus sees incredible potential in the Roosters side, and is confident they are "capable of winning a premiership", but they can't keep playing this physical, or they'll be brought down by injury, wear and tear, or the judiciary.
Six Tackles’ coolest man in league is announced thanks to your votes, plus more questions with #AskGus, Six Tackles Trivia and a preview of NRL Finals Week 1, NRLW Round 4. Six Tackles with Gus is thanks to our mates at BlueBet.
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Odds correct at 11am AEST September 7, 2022.
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As part of Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) initiative to support small and medium organizations for global impact and innovation, Raising The Village (RTV) will partner with the Government of Canada over 4 years to support 100,000 last-mile community members experiencing ultra-poverty.
Toronto, September 5, 2022: Raising The Village (RTV), a Canadian charity committed to ending ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, has launched its livelihoods project to support 100,000+ people from 2022 to 2024, in last-mile remote farming communities in the Kagadi and Kyenjojo Districts in midwest Uganda. The four-year project is funded by the Government of Canada through GAC to implement high-impact, innovative and sustainable development projects to reduce poverty and vulnerability and build a more equitable world.
This project, titled From Last Mile Into Possibilities (FLIP), is part of RTV’s program model that partners with hard-to-reach rural communities. Each village is supported over a period of 24 months through holistic programming that provides access to water, health, and food security, so that communities, particularly women who experience a greater disadvantage, are able to participate in the program’s income-generating activities and financial inclusion initiatives, and receive training and support to sustain progress. Recognizing that sustainable equity is key to attaining sustainable economic growth, the program ensures women and youth-headed households are prioritized, and that entire communities participate in gender equity training and elect equitable community leaders with at least 40% women and 20% youth representation.
Ultra-poverty is one of the most challenging and complex issues of inequality that we face today. In Uganda, 55% of the rural population lives in multidimensional poverty. Many of these families are subsistence farmers living in last-mile communities, surviving on as little as $0.50 a day with limited access to food, clean water, basic healthcare, and social safety net services. RTV’s programs focus on paving a pathway out of ultra-poverty for such families towards economic self-sufficiency by increasing household incomes and earnings to above USD $2/day within 24 months.
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"Last-mile communities in Sub-Saharan Africa experience deep disadvantages and are often neglected in funding priorities. This contribution by the Government of Canada will help RTV reach more people in these remote rural communities and partner with them to break the cycle of ultra-poverty.” - Shawn Cheung, CEO, RTV.
“Canada is proud to partner with Raising the Village on the ‘From Last Mile Into Possibilities’ (FLIP) project in Uganda. Using innovative, high impact and community-based approaches, this project will help support the hardest-to-reach, ultra-poor populations, prioritizing women and youth-headed households.” - Janine Cocker, Head of Cooperation for Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, The High Commission of Canada to Kenya.
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80% of the world’s ultra-poor live in just 14 countries, 11 of them in Sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda.
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Nearly 400 million people earn less than $1.25 per day, living without access to food, water, safe shelter, education, and healthcare.
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Women make up more than half of the agricultural workforce in Uganda, yet their agricultural productivity remains lower than men, due to social and economic barriers and undue burden of unpaid care work.
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RTV’s FLIP project was selected and announced in 2019 as part of GAC’s commitment to engage Canadian SMOs in international assistance efforts in areas consistent with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
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Project Selection Announcement by GAC
SMO Fund - Press Release, 2019
Media Contact:
Raising The Village: Chief of Staff soofia@raisingthevillage.org
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Raising The Village (RTV)
Raising The Village (RTV) is an international development organization and a registered Canadian charity on a mission to end ultra-poverty in our lifetime. Operating at the intersection of poverty alleviation and advanced data analytics, RTV partners with last-mile subsistence farming communities in Sub-Saharan Africa to address multidimensional poverty with a holistic and impact-driven program model that eliminates immediate barriers of scarcity, builds sustainable livelihoods, and fosters community-driven development for sustainable outcomes. Since 2016, RTV has supported over 665,000+ people in last-mile Uganda. Our partner households increase their income, improve their food security, lead healthier lives, and launch projects to lift their communities out of ultra-poverty.
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After nearly two years, Angelina Hamrick has been found guilty in the murder of her estranged husband Jason Hamrick.
In July 2019, Hamrick, 34, was arrested after her husband’s body was found in a ditch in the 2400 block of Swings Corner Point Isabel Road in Tate Township with a gunshot to the head.
Due to attorney issues and COVID-19, three different trial dates were continued through 2020 until the 15-day trial began on April 12.
On April 29, the guilty verdict on the one count of aggravated murder with a gun specification was handed down by the jury.
Mark Tekulve, county prosecutor, praised the work of assistant prosecutors Katie Terpstra and Robert Barbato in a press release announcing the guilty verdict, saying they spent countless hours over 18 months preparing for the trial.
Tekulve also said the Prosecutor’s Office is seeking the maximum sentence allowable under the law, which is life in prison.
According to court documents, Jason Hamrick and Angelina Hamrick began divorce proceedings Jan. 23, 2018. The divorce was initiated by Jason Hamrick. The divorce was still ongoing at the time of his death.
The couple had three children together, and according to reports, Angelina Hamrick lost custody of the children in February 2019.
According to Terpstra, at some point, Angelina Hamrick began plotting to kill Jason Hamrick in order to gain custody of her children. She made preparations for the killing by test firing a firearm owned by Jason Hamrick, buying cleaning supplies, and making preparations to dispose of the body.
After the killing, Terpstra said Angelina Hamrick cleaned the area where the murder occurred, destroyed or hid the Jason Hamrick’s phone and the murder weapon.
Angelina Hamrick’s co-conspirator and boyfriend in the murder, 35-year-old Michael Clark, was charged with a felony count of obstruction of justice, to which he pleaded guilty to earlier this year.
Terpstra said Clark helped to dispose of the body, and then lied to law enforcement about his knowledge of the killing.
Law enforcement enlisted Clark’s help to go undercover against Angelina Hamrick, but instead, Clark told her where the hidden cameras were, which were then destroyed.
“The defendant’s lies hindered law enforcement’s efforts to apprehend the co-defendant for the murder of the victim, and nearly jeopardized the entire investigation,” Terpstra said.
Sentencing is set for Clark on May 10 in front of Clermont County Common Pleas Judge Jerry McBride. The reason his sentencing continued to be delayed was that prosecutors were predicating sentencing recommendations based on his help with the Angelina Hamrick case.
Sentencing has been scheduled for May 28 at 1 p.m. before McBride.
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After watching the video of Leslie “Fuslie” Fu announcing her move from Twitch to YouTube, Felix “xQc” Lengyel went down a trail of thoughts and concluded that platforms would fight to sign entire streamer organizations in the future.
It started with a simple thought. xQc said he thinks if OfflineTV played their cards right, they could have convinced YouTube to sign them and their friends in a package deal rather than individually and made more money.
“What if OfflineTV banded together and said, ‘Yo dude. You can’t have any of us on YouTube unless you give us a package. You can buy all of OTV for $200 million,” he said.
He was adamant it could have worked out. “They could have easily gotten at least 100 million. Probably more than that. All of OTV could have gotten more than that.”
xQc was so convinced by his hypothesis he concluded that it would become the industry standard at some point. “I think this formula will be more and more common in the next decade,” he said.
“It’s going to become the industry standard to buy out either a section of a community, an organization or a piece of something as a whole in one tap.
He soon added: “This is the future of the industry. I’m telling you.”
If his prediction is correct, xQc said he’d form a big streamer organization with other big names like Pokelawls, Jesse, Adin Ross, and Kai Cenat—all un-signed right now—and set an asking price of one billion dollars.
“It’ll be payable in a lump sum only,” he added.
Payment via installments or anything like that wouldn’t cut it. Each member in his hypothetical crew would need to receive around $250 million.
Only time will tell if he’s right. However, it’s an interesting prospect and one that could see him switch platforms eventually, but only if YouTube is willing to pay him, big-time.
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A New Mexico District Court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin from holding public office for his participation in a Jan. 6, 2021 riot in the Capitol.
State District Court Judge Francis Mathew issued a ruling on Tuesday permanently barring Griffin from holding or seeking local or federal office.
Griffin had previously been convicted in federal court of a misdemeanor for entering the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 without entering the building. He was sentenced to 14 days and time served credited.
The new 14th Amendment Section 3 ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as commissioner in Otero County in southern New Mexico. In addition, he is not allowed to serve as a presidential candidate.
‘Mister. Griffin supported the uprising despite not personally engaging in violence,” Mathew wrote. “By joining the mob and trespassing on unauthorized Capitol property, Mr. Griffin helped delay the Congressional election certification process.”
Griffin said he was notified of his impeachment by Otero County officials, who blocked him from accessing his work computer and office space in a county building in Alamogordo.
A New Mexico district court judge has disqualified county commissioner and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin from holding public office for his involvement in a Jan. 6, 2021 riot in the US Capitol
Griffin, who served as his own counsel at a two-day court hearing in August, called the ruling a “total disgrace” that disenfranchised his Otero County voters.
“The actions that are being taken are, I think, a perfect testament to the tyranny that we are living under right now,” Griffin said. “The left keeps talking about democracy being attacked, but is that democracy? Whenever you are removed from office by the civil courts on the opinion of a liberal judge.’
The ruling comes amid a series of similar lawsuits across the country seeking to punish politicians who participated on Jan. 6 under the terms of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which says anyone who takes an oath has to uphold the Constitution may be expelled from office for involvement in sedition or rebellion.
Ratified shortly after the Civil War, the regulations were intended in part to prevent representatives who had fought for the Confederacy from returning to Congress.
At trial, Griffin invoked free speech guarantees in his defense, arguing that his impeachment would go against the will of the people and set a “dangerous precedent.” Griffin was elected in 2018 and withstood re-election last year, but is not running for re-election or any other office in November.
Mathews wrote that Griffin’s arguments “do not take into account that the Constitution itself reflects the will of the people”.
Griffin “overlooks that his own insurgent behavior on January 6 sought to undermine the results of a free and fair election that would have disenfranchised millions of voters.”
The lawsuit against Griffin was filed by three New Mexico plaintiffs with the support of Washington-based Citizens Force Responsibility and Ethics. Supporting briefs were filed by the NAACP and progressive watchdog group Common Cause. A federal court recently denied a motion to have the case heard.
Tuesday’s ruling is “a historic victory for accountability for the January 6 insurgency and efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States,” Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, said in a statement.
Griffin, a Republican, forged a group of rodeo acquaintances into the promotional group Cowboys for Trump in 2019, which staged horseback parades to spread President Donald Trump’s conservative message about gun rights, immigration controls and abortion restrictions.
That year, Griffin twice voted as county commissioner against certification of the June 7 New Mexico primary, in a standoff over election integrity fueled by conspiracy theories about the safety of voting equipment in the Republican-dominated county.
Two other commissioners eventually agreed to confirm this, but Griffin voted against the loan but conceded he had no specific basis to question the results of the election – citing his decision on “my gut feeling.” and my own intuition”.
Griffin is among a dozen people charged in the Jan. 6 riots who had either held public office or ran for a government post in the two and a half years prior to the attack. Seven of them were convicted of criminal offenses for their involvement.
Unlike Griffin, the members of Congress who were to be disqualified were not charged or convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot.
In Georgia, a federal judge allowed a 14th Amendment challenge against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, but a state administrative judge found there was insufficient evidence to support voters’ claims that she was involved in a riot and Georgian Foreign Minister Brad Raffensperger said Greene qualified for the run.
Greene won her primary, and the Georgia Supreme Court upheld that decision last week. The federal complaint is pending.
In North Carolina, a federal judge prevented the state election committee from formally considering whether Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the pre-riot rally, should stay in the state’s May 17 primary.
Cawthorn narrowly lost that election, and later in May a federal appeals court overturned the lower court’s decision. The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel said the trial judge erred when he ruled that an 1872 law stripping most ex-Confederates of impeachment also exempted current members of Congress like Cawthorn. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed as moot because Cawthorn is not on the November election.
Arizona state courts have kept US Reps Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs and one state representative on the ballot, disqualifying them. A judge agreed with lawmakers in April that Congress has not created an enforcement mechanism for the 14th Amendment other than a criminal conviction.
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Fake police stop man in West London and demand to search him before fleeing when asked for ID
A pair of 'fake' policemen reportedly stopped pedestrians and then requested to search them in an apparent attempted robbery, an Ealing man has claimed.
The man said that he was walking through an underpass close to the Hanger Lane Gyratory, Ealing, when two men claiming to be officers pulled him to the side claiming to be from the Criminal Investigations Department.
Despite stopping the man, he claims they didn’t justify their reason for wanting to frisk him.
The incident was reported to have happened at around 8pm, Saturday, (September 3) with two different people said to have seen the alleged ‘fake policeman’.
The pair were apparently spooked when the man they tried to search became suspicious and requested they present an ID.
When ID was demanded, the men are said to have got in their car and driven off
Police confirmed that the two men had been reported for the apparent offence.
A spokesperson said: “Police were notified of a report of two men posing as police officers in the area of Hanger Lane, Ealing. No further details at the time.”
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AIIMS Recruitment 2022: Apply online for Tutor posts on aiimsrishikesh.in, details on eligibility
AIIMS Recruitment 2022 application process for the Tutor / Clinical Instructor (Nursing) post is ongoing for 33 vacancies. Candidates can check the recruitment details including age limit, salary important dates, and other details below.
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS Recruitment 2022 application process for the Tutor / Clinical Instructor (Nursing) post is ongoing. AIIMS direct recruitment opportunity is released for 33 vacancies is AIIMS Rishikesh. Interested candidates can visit the official website--aiimsrishikesh.edu.in and apply for the post or refer to the direct link mentioned below to apply for the post. The last date to apply for AIIMS Tutor post is October 10, 2022.
Applicants will have to pay Rs 2000 as application fee and SC/ST candidates will have to pay Rs 1000 as application fee. PwBD candidates are exempted from paying the application fee. Candidates can check the recruitment details including age limit, salary important dates, and other details below.
AIIMS Recruitment 2022: Important Details
AIIMS Recruitment 2022: How to apply
- Go to the official website--aiimsrishikesh.edu.in
- On the appeared homepage, click on the
Jobs tab - A new page would open, click on the application link against "Recruitment to the posts of Tutor/Clinical Instructor (Nursing) on Direct Recruitment Basis"
- A new login/registration page would open
- Register yourself and login using the generated credentials
- Fill in the SBI Clerk 2022 application form
- Key in the details and upload asked documents
- Pay the application and submit the form
- Take a print out for future references
Candidates applying for the post must have a B.Sc. Nursing from a recognized Institute / University,
OR Registered Nurse and Midwife with Sister Tutor’s Diploma and 3 years ’ experience in Teaching Institution.
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Shares of McDonald’s Co. (NYSE:MCD – Get Rating) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the thirty brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nineteen have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $284.96.
Several equities analysts have recently commented on MCD shares. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on McDonald’s from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 16th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on McDonald’s from $292.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on McDonald’s from $285.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Guggenheim boosted their target price on McDonald’s to $290.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on McDonald’s from $289.00 to $285.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Chairman Enrique Hernandez, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $264.02, for a total value of $1,188,090.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other McDonald’s news, insider Ian Frederick Borden sold 8,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.80, for a total transaction of $2,046,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 7,131 shares in the company, valued at $1,824,109.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Chairman Enrique Hernandez, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $264.02, for a total value of $1,188,090.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 20,191 shares of company stock valued at $5,250,365 over the last quarter. 0.18% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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Shares of MCD opened at $254.39 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $256.50 and a 200 day moving average of $248.40. McDonald’s has a one year low of $217.68 and a one year high of $271.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $187.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.33, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.57.
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 26th. The fast-food giant reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.47 by $0.08. McDonald’s had a negative return on equity of 129.90% and a net margin of 25.77%. The business had revenue of $5.72 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.82 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.37 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that McDonald’s will post 9.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Jordan Peterson Turns the Tables on Hollywood Star Olivia Wilde After She Calls Him the Inspiration for Her New Movie's Villain
Conservative philosopher and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson turned the tables on left-wing Hollywood darling Olivia Wilde after she said he was the inspiration for her latest movie’s “villain.”
In the upcoming film, “Don’t Worry Darling,” directed by Wilde, actor Chris Pine stars as “Frank,” a shady, extremist who founds a utopian society in the 1950s under the name the “Victory Project.”
But while the community seems idyllic at first, a sinister undertow begins to become evident when Alice (Florence Pugh) and her husband Jack (Harry Styles) move in and begin asking questions.
In recent interviews, Wilde, an extreme woke leftist, said the Chris Pine character was based on Peterson, a Canadian with international influence and a podcaster with The Daily Wire.
“We based that character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community,” Wilde told Interview magazine in an article published Friday.
Wilde went on to describe “incels” — a slang term for “involuntarily celibate” — as “disenfranchised, mostly white men, who believe they are entitled to sex from women.”
“They believe that society has now robbed them — that the idea of feminism is working against nature, and that we must be put back into the correct place,” she said.
To further muddy her point, Wilde somehow seemed to think that a man who “wears a suit” appeals to “incels” because… well, she didn’t seem to really have any reason for the claim.
“This guy Jordan Peterson is someone that legitimizes certain aspects of their movement because he’s a former professor, he’s an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously,” Wilde added.
If Wilde was aiming to insult Peterson, though, she missed the target by a good distance.
In a statement to Canada’s National Post, Peterson noted that if an actor like Chris Pine is playing his character, things can’t be all that bad.
“Now, [Pine] has a reputation as quite an attractive man … so that could be worse,” Peterson joked in a statement.
Then he got serious.
“I also hope that Chris Pine at least does the sartorial splendor of my very formal public wardrobe justice as he pillories me in the latest bit of propaganda disseminated by the woke, self-righteous bores and bullies who now dominate Hollywood, and who insist that the production of such tripe,” Peterson added.
Peterson went on to clarify some of Wilde’s misconstructions.
“I am, currently — just to set the record straight — professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, which among those not pseudo-intellectual themselves still constitutes professor and member there of a department of psychology which is in the top 15 such departments worldwide,” he wrote, correcting Wilde for calling him a “former professor.”
He then pointed out that he isn’t some obscure “insane” person considering the fact that he is an author or co-author of “more than a hundred objectively influential research papers” published between 1993 and today.
“I also taught and conducted research at both McGill and Harvard and was arguably successful at both institutions,” he wrote.
Peterson evoked the ire of the extreme left-wing in 2016 by speaking out against the radical transgender agenda.
In his response to the National Post, Peterson also found a sad dichotomy in the fact that the supposedly caring and compassionate leftists were thrilled that white men would feel forced into the “incel” community because woke women refuse to date them.
He blasted Wilde for being apparently happy at the mental anguish of these men who are “unsuccessful enough in the dating market to remain involuntarily celibate, and which might be regarded in this context as the kind of derogatory slur compassionate progressives claim to eschew.”
“Many of the young men whom the progressive and cancel-culture-facilitating mad woke mob (which contains no shortage of bitter, self-righteous, victimhood-brandishing, virtue-signaling, accusatory and even outright demented mean-girl feminists) have shamed and tortured into cowering for ever daring to manifest a single masculine attribute have turned to my work and found some solace therein,” Peterson wrote.
To further show that Wilde has no clue what she is rambling on about, Peterson alerted the Post to the many times he has actually criticized the whole idea of the “incel” ideology.
Person said that he has “repeatedly and very publicly” told young people to “think very hard about their own personal shortcomings and not the evil of the opposite sex, and that they should in consequence strive to amend themselves in the very ways that would make them attractive.”
Wilde hates Peterson, of course, because he speaks the truth about human nature and biological sex, both of which are things the left wants to overhaul, change, and destroy in favor of its extremist agenda. When Peterson speaks the truth to that inhuman agenda, they lose control.
This is the second time in which a member of the leftist entertainment milieu claimed that Peterson was the model for a villain. In April of last year, woke writer Ta-Nehisi Coates claimed that his stories for Marvel Comics’ “Captain America” series used Peterson as an inspiration for his villain.
Still, Peterson may not have to worry overmuch about an Olivia Wilde film. If the tiny number of tickets sold for the box office bomb that was her last film is any indication. In 2019, Wilde’s directorial debut, “Booksmart,” premiered to dismal box office numbers. So, it seems likely that not enough people will see “Don’t Worry Darling” to inculcate its leftist message.
The truth is, if there is to be a contest of intellect between them, Peterson’s wits outweigh Olivia Wilde’s pseudo-intellectualism by a long shot.
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ICC T201 Rankings: Mohammad Rizwan dethrones Babar Azam as world No.1 batsman
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DUBAI – An impressive performance in ongoing Asia Cup 2022 tournament helped Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan to secure top spot in latest ICC T20 Batting Rankings issued on Wednesday.
Rizwan has dethroned skipper Babar Azam, who was reigning as No.1 T20 batsman for several months, as the latter could not show better performance in the ongoing tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
The right-hand batsman is leading the ranking with 815 points while Azam is at the second place with 794 points followed by South Africa’s Aiden Markram and India’s Suryakumar Yadav.
Rizwan has been in stunning form in the Asia Cup, leading the run charts with 192 runs in 3 matches.
Rizwan was Pakistan's mainstay with the bat in their matches against Hong Kong and India, scoring 78* and 71 respectively in their back-to-back victories. His performances have seen him gain one spot, overtaking Babar who has endured a lean run in the tournament so far.
Rizwan becomes only the third Pakistan batter to top the T20I rankings chart after Babar and Misbah-ul-Haq. Babar has been at the top of the T20I batting charts for 1155 days in his career (as of 7 September), said ICC in its blog.
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Lewis Capaldi has announced that he has been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome - and is learning to live with twitches and the condition itself.
The 25-year-old Scottish Singer says that his decision to go public with the diagnosis was due to the fact that he doesn't want his fans thinking he is 'taking cocaine or something'.
He has also opened up about his discovery of the condition which causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements known as 'tics'.
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The Mirror reports that Lewis, who releases a new single this Friday (September 9), explained how he was relieved to find out it was Tourette's and not a degenerative disease as he first worried. He also said that he can now see signs that he had the condition when looking back at old interviews.
The Someone You Loved singer is being treated with Botox injections, hopeful of freezing muscles to try and control the sporadic tics, reassuring fans that it's 'not as bad as it looks'.
In an interview with The Sun, Lewis said: "I have been diagnosed with Tourette’s. I wanted to speak about it because I didn’t want people to think I was taking cocaine or something.
"My shoulder twitches when I am excited, happy, nervous or stressed. It is something I am living with. It is not as bad as it looks."
Lewis' debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent made the Top 10 charts for a record-breaking 77 weeks consecutive from its release in 2019 - with his first single Someone You Loved propelling him to international fame prior.
Lewis recently told fans during an Instagram Live chat how the diagnosis now 'makes so much sense', after re-watching some video interviews from the early days of career in 2018 where he can 'can see that I’m doing it [tics]' when revisiting the old footage. The singer - who releases new music for the first time in three years at the end of the week - described Tourette's as 'a new thing' and explained how he is learning new ways to cope with the condition all the time.
He described some days as 'more painful than others, sometimes it's quite uncomfortable', but it 'comes and goes' and he can sometimes go months without experiencing it. "I thought I had some horrible degenerative disease so I’ll take Tourette’s," he added when opening up about his health - amid his comeback to the spotlight after some time away working on his second album.
According to the NHS, Tourette's syndrome usually starts during childhood, but the tics and other symptoms usually improve after several years and sometimes go away completely. There's no cure for Tourette's syndrome, but treatment can help manage symptoms.
Over recent years, a number of high-profile figures and celebrities have revealed they have Tourette's syndrome, including singer Billie Eilish who was diagnosed with the condition at the age of 11.
Speaking about her symptoms with David Letterman earlier this year, the Bad Guy singer said: "I don't tic at all, because the main tics that I do constantly, all day long, are like, I wiggle my ear back and forth and raise my eyebrow and click my jaw ... and flex my arm here and flex this arm, flex these muscles.
"These are things you would never notice if you're just having a conversation with me, but for me, they're very exhausting."
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Normal supply of drinking water in Bengaluru, which has been disrupted since Monday due to the inundation of two pumphouses at TK Halli on the Cauvery river following heavy rainfall, will be restored Wednesday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced.
“Two pump houses had stopped functioning at TK Halli on Monday affecting the water supply to Bengaluru. There was a fear that this would affect the water supply to the city in a big way but the issue has been resolved now,” Bommai said late Tuesday night.
“A 550-MLD (million litre per day) pumphouse of the Cauvery stage-5 phase-2 water supply project has started operating again and thus a major portion of the supply is restored. A second pump for 350 MLD of water will be ready by Wednesday morning. From Wednesday onwards there will be no water problems in Bengaluru,” Bommai said.
“The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) officials have worked hard to restore the supply in a short span of time. We were anticipating a cut in water supply for two more days but the work by the engineers and others has resulted in the restoration. From tomorrow (Wednesday), normal water supply will be restored for Bengaluru. There is no need for anxiety over drinking water,” Bommai said.
The BWSSB said in a statement on Monday that more than 50 areas, including K R Puram, Seshadripuram, Sadashivanagar and Indiranagar, would not receive drinking water supplies from Tuesday due to repair work at T K Halli.
The heavy flow of water into two pump houses which pump water from Cauvery for supply to the city of Bengaluru – located nearly 90 km away – led to the disruption of drinking water supply in many parts of Bengaluru. The T K Halli pump house is located in the Malavalli Taluk of the Mandya district.
Nearly 1,450 MLD is pumped to Bengaluru from the Cauvery by five pumping stations. Two of the stations – a 550 MLD pump and a 350 MLD unit — were damaged due to inundation following flooding of the river.
“As a permanent measure to check water-logging, a concrete wall will be constructed around the pump house,” Bommai stated.
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The U.N. humanitarian chief predicted Tuesday that at least $1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year when two more dry seasons are expected to compound the historic drought that has hit the Horn of Africa nation.
Martin Griffiths said in a video briefing from Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that a new report from an authoritative panel of independent experts says there will be a famine in Somalia between October and December “if we don’t manage to stave it off and avoid it as had been the case in 2016 and 2017.”
The undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs told U.N. correspondents that more than $1 billion in new funds is needed in addition to the U.N. appeal of about $1.4 billion. That appeal has been “very well-funded,” he said, thanks to the U.S. Agency for International Development, which announced a $476 million donation of humanitarian and development aid in July.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, created by USAID, said in a report Monday that famine is projected to emerge later this year in three areas in Somalia’s southeastern Bay region, including Baidoa without urgent humanitarian aid.
Up to 7.1 million people across Somalia need urgent assistance to treat and prevent acute malnutrition and reduce the number of ongoing hunger-related deaths, according to a recent analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC, used by the network to describe the severity of food insecurity.
The Horn of Africa region has seen four straight failed rainy seasons for the first time in over half a century, endangering an estimated 20 million people in one of the world’s most impoverished and turbulent regions.
Griffiths said meteorologists have predicted the likelihood of a fifth failed rainy season from October to December, and a sixth failed rainy season from January to March next year is also likely.
“This has never happened before in Somalia,” he said. “This is unprecedented.”
“We’ve been banging the drum and rattling the trees trying to get support internationally in terms of attention, prospects, and the possibilities and the horror of famine coming to the Horn of Africa – here in Somalia maybe first, but Ethiopia and Kenya, probably they’re not far behind,” Griffiths said.
He said the U.N. World Food Program has recently been providing aid for up to 5.3 million Somalis, which is “a lot, but it’s going to get worse if famine comes.” He said 98% of the aid is given through cash distributions via telephones.
But many thousands are not getting help and hungry families in Somalia have been staggering for days or weeks through parched terrain in search of assistance.
Griffiths said a big challenge is to get aid to people before they move from their homes, to help avoid massive displacement.
Many Somalis raise livestock, which is key to their survival, but he said three million animals have died or been slaughtered because of the lack of rain.
“Continued drought, continued failure of rainy seasons, means that a generation’s way of life is under threat,” Griffiths said.
He said the international community needs to help Somalis find an alternative way of life and making a living, which will require development funding and funding to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Griffiths, a British diplomat, said the war in Ukraine has had an impact on humanitarian aid, with U.N. humanitarian appeals around the world receiving about 30% of the money needed on average.
“To those countries, which are traditionally very generous, my own included, and many others,” he said. “Please don’t forget Somalia. You didn’t in the past. You contributed wonderfully in the past. Please do so now.”
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An Oklahoma news anchor is recovering after she began showing signs of a stroke while on air Saturday morning.
Julie Chin, of the NBC affiliate news station KJRH, said she first began losing vision in part of her eye, then her hand and arm went numb. Then, while she was doing a segment on NASA's delayed Artemis launch, she began having difficulty reading the teleprompter.
"If you were watching Saturday morning, you know how desperately I tried to steer the show forward, but the words just wouldn't come," she posted on Facebook.
Tulsa news anchor Julie Chin has the beginnings of a stroke live on the air. She knew something was wrong, so tossed it to the meteorologist, as her concerned colleagues called 911. She’s fine now, but wanted to share her experience to educate viewers on stroke warning signs. pic.twitter.com/aWNPPbn1qf
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) September 5, 2022
Chin said she felt fine earlier in the day, and "the episode seemed to have come out of nowhere."
She spent the days following the incident in the hospital, where doctors said she was experiencing early signs of a stroke. While Chin said she is doing fine now, the doctors will have to do more following up.
"I'm thankful for the emergency responders and medical professionals who have shared their expertise, hearts, and smiles with me. My family, friends, and KJRH family have also covered me in love and covered my shifts."
How to recognize signs of a stroke
The medical community uses the BE FAST acronym to educate people on catching signs of a stroke:
Other signs of a stroke may include numbness or weakness in other parts of the body, sudden confusion or severe headaches.
How common are strokes?
More than 795,000 Americans have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 77% of them happen to people who have never had one before.
It is a leading cause of death and disability among Americans, with more cases concentrated in the Southeast.
But the rates of death from strokes have decreased over the past few decades. And while the risk of stroke increases with age, they can happen at any time – 38% of stroke patients in 2020 were under age 65, the CDC says.
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Soccer fans are spoiled. Nearly every day of the calendar year there is a match happening somewhere in the world. That makes soccer betting a 365-day-a-year pastime for those who have learned it and enjoy it responsibly.
This year that group is likely to be joined by countless others with the 2022 World Cup in November only ramping up mainstream wagering interest.
Whether you're looking for an excuse to watch a particular match or you just want some skin in the game, betting on soccer can be an entertaining and exciting way to take in the Beautiful Game.
If you're new to the sport, or you're new to sports betting, this post is a handy guide to walk you through some of the basics and the different ways of navigating the soccer betting markets.
Of course, no single bet or betting strategy is guaranteed to win. But the information below should at a bare minimum help provide you a solid foundation to know what you're doing when it comes to identifying the bets or strategies that suit your style.
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How to bet Soccer: Where to start
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Soccer Odds: How to read them
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Match Betting: Popular bets, props & parlays
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10 Soccer Betting Tips: What to do before you bet
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How to bet soccer: Where to start
The world of soccer betting can be split into two key categories: (1) futures and (2) individual match betting. Here's a breakdown of what each involves.
1. Futures
"Futures" are self-explanatory: predicting what will happen in the future. Specifically, the distant future. For example, who will win the league title? Who will be top goalscorer in the competition? Or who will win the award for best player of the tournament?
When betting on futures, the best odds are usually available before a competition begins. The closer you get to an event, the odds will begin to shift. Once a tournament is underway, the futures odds will adjust based on the ongoing results.
For example, waiting until a tournament is down to the semifinals (final four teams) to pick a tournament winner will return much lower odds than a pre-tournament bet on the same team when the entire field is still in play.
2. Matches
For the person who doesn't enjoy waiting on a futures bet and seeing their money tied up, then match betting might be for you.
Betting on individual matches, or even specific aspects of a match can be especially enjoyable, because it gives fans a reason to watch, engage with, and take on a rooting interest for an outcome in a game that might not otherwise be very compelling.
Fans can bet on just about anything within a particular match — everything from the final score, to how many goals will be scored, to who scores the goals, to how many cards each team will get.
Individual match betting can be difficult, because while the cream usually rises to the top over a larger sample size (like a full season in the case of a futures bet), any standalone game can see a random set of chaotic outcomes. That's sports.
Soccer odds & how to read them
Before you get started placing bets, you need to understand how to read the odds for each wager. The odds will determine whether the risk of placing a bet is worth the reward. Predicting an outcome is only half the battle. Spotting value in the odds is just as important.
Odds are an indication of how likely an outcome is to occur. For very likely outcomes, the odds are lower, meaning the bookmaker is expecting this outcome, and as such, a lower payout is attached to a winning bet.
For outcomes that are not so likely, the odds are higher, and as such, a higher payout is awarded in case of a winning bet.
Odds are presented in three different varieties, often depending on which region you're located. They all mean the same thing, but they are presented in a different format. Pick the odds format you're most likely to use and ignore the others.
1. American odds (Plus/Minus)
In the United States, odds are presented in plus/minus format, often referred to as "American odds."
Plus odds
If a plus sign comes in front of the number, it means that for every $100 bet, you will win the number that comes after the "+" sign in case of a successful bet (on top of getting your original stake back).
For example, if the odds are listed at +120, it means that if you bet $100 on that outcome, and it was successful, you would win $120 plus your original $100 stake ($220 total). You don't have to bet $100, of course: a $10 bet at +120 odds would win $12, a $1 bet at +120 odds would win $1.20, and so on.
Minus odds
If you see a minus sign in front of the number, think the reverse of the plus odds: in order to win $100, you must bet the number shown after the minus "–" sign.
For example, if the odds are -120, you would need to bet $120 to win $100 on a successful outcome (on top of getting your original stake back). Again, the odds are scalable from there, meaning a $12 bet at -120 odds would earn you $10 (in addition to your original stake), a $1.20 bet at -120 odds would win $1, and so on.
2. Slash odds
In many territories outside the United States, such as the UK, slash odds are used. This is a fractional display that uses a similar concept as American odds.
With the slash method, the odds are displayed as a fraction. In the numerator, the winning amount is listed, while in the denominator, the corresponding bet is listed. For example, if the odds are 9/2, a $2 bet would garner a $9 win. If the odds are 8/11, an $11 bet would result in an $8 win (on top of the original stake).
3. Decimal odds
In other places, odds are listed in decimal format up to two decimal places.
In short, with decimal odds, the number shown is the total amount gained on a $1 bet, with one twist: Unlike the other formats, this number includes the return of the original stake. Therefore, a successful $1 bet at 2.00 odds returns $2: winnings of $1 to go with the original $1 stake (total of $2).
Another example: A successful bet at odds of 2.50 would mean that a $1 wager would earn $2.50 ($1.50 in winnings plus the $1 original stake). A successful $1 bet at 1.75 odds would see earnings of $1.75 ($0.75 in winnings along with the $1 original stake).
Converting between odds
Move on to the next section if you don't plan on converting from one odds format to another. If you do need to switch between them for some reason, always remember that all odds — no matter which of the three formats used — are actually just fractions.
If you are looking at plus American odds, just put the number shown over 100, and go from there. For example, odds of +120 really just means 120/100. Then you just simplify the fraction to get slash odds of 6/5, and then convert that fraction to a decimal (1.20) and add "1" for decimal odds of 2.20.
- American odds: +120
- Slash odds: 120/100 (6/5 simplified)
- Decimal odds: The 6/5 is really "6" divided by "5" which equals 1.20. Add a "1" for final odds of 2.20.
You can do the same with minus American odds, but flip the fraction: -120 would simply mean 100/120, and then again simplify the fraction to get slash odds of 5/6. Then convert the fraction to a decimal (0.83) and add "1" to get decimal odds of 1.83.
- American odds: -120
- Slash odds: 100/120 (5/6 simplified)
- Decimal odds: The 5/6 is really "5" divided by "6" which equals 0.83. Add a "1" for final odds of 1.83.
If you're going the other way and starting your conversion from decimal odds to another format, don't forget to subtract "1" from the decimal odds before converting. (Remember that the decimal odds contain the original stake, while the others don't. Thus, it needs to be removed.)
Soccer match bets, props, and parlays
Once you understand what the odds mean, you can begin diving into the options available to you.
When it comes to futures, the bets are usually self-explanatory (team to win the title, team to top a group, etc.). However, when it comes to individual match betting, there are a wide variety of options to choose from.
Below are the different types of wagers that are most popular in the soccer betting community when it comes to individual matches.
Moneyline
The simplest — and therefore most popular — way to bet a match is to pick who will win, known as the "moneyline." In soccer, there are always three moneyline options:
- Team A to win;
- Team B to win;
- Draw.
The draw option is always available, even in a knockout tournament setting where a winner is required on the day. That's because the moneyline is always restricted to the result in the 90 minutes of regulation.
For example, if a Champions League final is level after 90 minutes of regulation, and the game goes to extra time, the result after extra time or penalties is irrelevant for purposes of the moneyline bet. The "draw" bet would be the winner in that case.
There are two slightly more conservative variations on the moneyline bet known as "double chance" and "draw no bet" which feature odds that are inferior to the straight moneyline bets because the risk is reduced. Here's how:
Double Chance: A bet which allows for two outcomes instead of the one outcome available in the straight moneyline bet. For example, a "Team A double chance" bet is a winner if Team A wins or Team A draws. (Bettors win on two of three results.)
Draw No Bet: This is a type of bet that allows a user to pick a side (Team A or Team B) and get their stake returned to them in case of a draw. Thus, the bet is off in case of a draw after 90 minutes. (Thus the "draw no bet" moniker.)
Spread / (Asian) Handicap
Sometimes moneyline bets are just not worth looking at if the odds are lopsided (Ex. In the case of Premier League champion Manchester City facing a fourth-division team in a cup game). That's when you might turn your attention to the spread bet, or handicap, as it's known in some parts.
Instead of picking the winner or loser (the moneyline option), a bettor can pick how many goals will separate the two sides. Will Man City win by two, three or four goals against that lower division team? Can the fourth division team keep it to a one-goal or two-goal game? Odds are attached to each of those scenarios.
For example, if Team A is favored to win a match against Team B, you could bet on the "Team A -1.5" spread (or handicap) which would only win if Team A wins by two or more goals. That's called "covering the spread." Team A winning by three or four goals would also be a winner. However, if you bet "Team A -1.5," and they win by only one goal, your bet would lose.
Conversely, a bet on "Team B +1.5" would be successful as long as Team B does not lose by more than 1.5 goals (in other words, by two goals or more). That's the difference between the + and – in front of the spread. If you bet "Team B +1.5," and the two sides draw, your bet would be a winner. But if Team B lost by three goals, your bet would lose.
Why the half-goal lines you ask? That's to give bettors the option of avoiding a "push" scenario (when your bet is refunded). But you can still bet whole number spreads if that's your preference. Here's how they work: If you bet Team A at -1 on the spread and Team A wins by exactly one goal, then the bet is a push and you will get your money refunded with no winnings, as if your bet never happened.
The above spread/handicap bets should not be confused with bets on the exact margin of victory. Those are also available as a betting option. So if you're absolutely convinced that Man City will win by a single goal (no more and no less), you can bet that as an "exact margin." But in that case, any result that is not a one-goal win in favor of Man City (1-0, 2-1, 3-2, etc.) will be a losing bet.
Quarter-goal handicaps/spreads: Some sportsbooks offer what are called "Asian handicap" lines popularized in Asia. These can be more attractive than the half-goal or whole-number spreads because they offer a bettor a bit of insurance.
It's not as complicated as it looks. All you need to remember is that when you bet a -0.25 or a +0.75, for example, all you're doing is splitting your stake on two separate spread bets on either side of that quarter figure (see this table for visual reference).
So for -0.25, half of your bet goes on the "0" spread (i.e. pick'em) and the other half is on the -0.5 spread. In the case of +0.75, half your bet goes on the +0.5 spread, and the other half on the +1. You need the final match result to cover both spreads in order to win the full bet. But depending on the final result, there's a scenario where you can win half the bet and push on the other half. Or you can lose half your bet, and push on the other half (i.e. stake refunded).
Example: Taking the -1.25 Asian handicap spread bet as an example: a $100 bet on the -1.25 spread is split evenly between the -1 spread ($50) and -1.5 spread ($50). If the team in question wins by two goals, then the entire bet is a winner because both spreads were covered. However, if the team wins by just one goal, then the 50 percent of the bet on the -1.5 spread is a loser, but the other half of the bet on the -1 spread is a push (stake refunded) since the team won by exactly a one-goal difference. The bettor gets half their stake back.
Goals
There are a multitude of ways to bet on how many goals will be scored in a match. Here are a few of the most popular.
Reminder: As with the moneyline and spreads above, all goal bets are only calculated through 90 minutes of regulation. If a Champions League match finishes 1-1 and goes to extra time, the total goals scored would be two, no matter how many goals are scored in extra-time.
Total Goals (Over/Under)
Bettors have the option of multiple over/under goal totals to choose from. The total is the number of goals scored by both teams in the game, regardless of which team scores them. You can bet the game will go over or under a specific goal total.
Usually, the common over/under reference point is 2.5 total goals, although when a higher-scoring match is expected, the odds on a 2.5 goals total are often not worth looking at. The 3 or 3.5 goal totals would have the more attractive odds in those cases.
A quick example on how the total goals bet works: if a bettor took the "over 2.5 total goals" bet for the match between Team A vs. Team B, and Team A wins 3-1, then that bet would be a winner since four total goals were scored. If it ends in a 1-1 draw or a 2-0 win for either team (i.e. two total goals), then the "over 2.5 total goals" bet would be a loser.
Similarly, if a bettor took the "under 3.5 total goals" on Team A vs. Team B, and the match ends in a 1-1 draw (two total goals), then that would also be a winner since it finished under 3.5. A 2-2 draw or 3-1 win (four total goals) would make the "under 3.5 total goals" a losing bet.
Exact scoreline
Yes, it's possible to try and predict the final scoreline of a match though in many cases it's ill-advised since it's pure guesswork. The odds might seem enticing, but accurately predicting the exact score is a fool's errand. Don't get suckered in here unless you're extremely confident or you are wagering trivial sums of money.
Both Teams to Score (BTTS)
This one, often shortened to "BTTS," is self-explanatory, and bets are placed on either "BTTS Yes" or "BTTS No." Will both teams score?
If the match finishes 4-0, then a bet of "BTTS No" would be the winner, whereas if the match finishes in a 1-1 draw, a bet of "BTTS Yes" would be successful.
Keeping a Clean Sheet
A "clean sheet" in soccer refers to a shutout. If Team A "kept a clean sheet" it means they did not concede a single goal through the 90 minutes of regulation.
Therefore, a bet of "Team A to keep a clean sheet" would require Team B to register zero goals in order to be a winner (a 0-0 draw would also be a winner). If Team B scores a single goal, it would be a losing bet.
Halves
You can bet not just on the full-time score, but also on the score for the first 45 minutes (first half) or even the final 45 minutes (second half).
All the above betting options — moneyline, over/under goals, spread, both teams to score, and clean sheet — are also available to bet for a specific half.
Additionally, you can bet on the exact goals scored in a half, a team to win both halves, which half will see more scoring, and total goals scored by one team in a particular half.
Intervals
Another way sportsbooks allow you to parse out a game is to bet on various minute intervals in which goals will be scored.
The match is usually broken up into minute intervals of 10 minutes or 15 minutes, and bets can be placed on whether a goal will be scored in a specific interval, or which interval will see the first goal of the match or the game-winner. For example, a bet may be placed on the first goal of the match being scored in the 11th-20th minutes interval. Similar to the exact score bets, this is often guesswork.
Note: In soccer the "game-winning goal" is considered the goal that puts the eventual winning team up in excess of the opponent's final tally. For example, if Team A goes on to win 3-1, Team A's second goal will always be considered the "game-winning goal" regardless of the order in which the goals were scored.
Goalscorers
Wagers can also be placed on individual goalscorers.
A fan can place a bet on a player to be the first goalscorer, last goalscorer, or anytime goalscorer. Obviously, odds on anytime goalscorer will be a lot lower than picking the first and last goalscorer of a match, which is extremely difficult.
Corners
Wagers can be placed on the total number of corner kicks in a match, usually presented in over/under format. Bets can also be placed on an individual team's total corners, or the spread between each team's corner kick totals.
Cards
Additionally, wagers can be placed on yellow cards and red cards. Bets can be placed on a particular player to get a card, or a team's total cards (in over/under format), or a game's total cards (in over/under format).
Factors to look for here include a player's propensity to foul, a referee's tendency to hand out cards, and the stakes of a match (Ex. rivalry games or single-elimination matches which could be testy affairs).
Parlays
Finally, you can take several of the items from the list above and combine them in a "parlay," which is the combination of two or more bets in which all bets must hit for the parlay to be successful. If one component of a parlay fails, the entire parlay fails and the bettor loses their stake.
There are restrictions regarding which bets can be parlayed together — parlays of correlated bets will not be accepted for obvious reasons. The "same game parlay" or "SGP" setting with some sportsbooks clearly highlights the bets that are allowed to be parlayed.
Sportsbooks will also offer preset parlays and present them as single wagers. For example, "Liverpool to win to zero" is often presented by a bookmaker as a single bet, but in actuality it is a parlay of a Liverpool moneyline bet plus Liverpool to keep a clean sheet. If Liverpool win but do not keep a clean sheet, or Liverpool keeps a clean sheet but does not win (i.e. 0-0 draw), the bet fails.
Other popular parlays include:
- Moneyline + over/under: This is a parlay involving a moneyline bet on a particular team and the game's total goals scored.
- Moneyline + BTTS
- Player to score & Team to win
- Player to score a goal & assist a goal
10 soccer betting tips
Below is a list of 10 tips that can come in handy when betting on soccer.
As with other sports, the variables in soccer are many, and despite best efforts, chaos can often unfold in a match that features 22 players on the field and hundreds of actions taking place over the course of 90 minutes. One red card, one injury, or one goal is enough to change the course of a match.
With that said, preparation and information can only help:
1. ALWAYS check lineups and injury news
The assumption is that any bettor is monitoring injury news. But the injury monitoring isn't always enough. DO NOT lock in bets, especially wagers on individual players, until you see the official starting lineup for that particular match.
For example, if you want to bet on Erling Haaland to score a goal in a match, make sure he is both healthy and in the starting lineup! You might lose a good price on the bet by not betting in advance, but that's preferable over losing the entire bet before the the match has even kicked off.
Even if a player is healthy and playing consistently, coaches and managers often rotate players based on pre-determined workload schedules which are not made public. In other cases, certain players are preferred against particular opponents based on specific skill sets that line up with the tactical approach to the match. Therefore, it's hard to predict who will play from game to game — so don't bother! Just wait until the lineups are announced.
2. Check a team's schedule & travel load
While there are additional substitutions allowed in the Premier League this season which affords teams more player rotation, travel and fixture congestion can still present a significant drain on a squad, especially one with little depth.
Always give a glance at a team's recent and upcoming schedule: How far has the team had to travel recently and in what timeframe? Have any players been overused lately? Has there been a regular rotation? Is the team trending up or down? Are recent results indicators of fatigue?
One other schedule consideration: Players and coaches will never admit it, but trap games are real. A "trap game" is considered a game against a side deemed to be an inferior opponent. If that happens to come directly before a bigger match against a more important club, players and their coach might find themselves looking ahead despite their best judgement.
3. Historical trends matter, but recent trends matter more
As with other sports, trends are an important part of research into soccer betting.
Historical trends between two teams, including at the specific stadium a match will be played, are a popular part of soccer match previews. However, recent trends matter more, especially with clubs changing players and coaches from season to season.
How a team has played against the opponent recently (or against an opponent with a similar style and comparable quality) is more relevant to a bet than a head-to-head matchup from 10 years prior.
4. Road and home form can be important
Road and home form can come into play when handicapping a match. Teams often play quite differently at home versus on the road.
For example, in the 2021/22 Premier League season, Leicester City were excellent within the friendly confines of their King Power Stadium, with 10 wins, four draws, and five losses (a combined +11 goal differential at home). Four of their five home losses came against Top 5 teams. Meanwhile, on the road, they won just four games, drawing six and losing nine, with a -8 goal differential (i.e. they allowed eight more goals than they scored on the road).
That poor road form translated to other competitions. Leicester City crashed out of the FA Cup on the road at Championship side Nottingham Forest, they lost twice on the road in the Europa League group stage leading to elimination, and they were dumped from the Europa Conference League semifinals with a 1-0 loss on the road at AS Roma.
It's just as important to know when there is no meaningful disparity in the home/road splits. Not every team is impacted by it, and the stats will bear this out in those cases.
5. Dive into the advanced statistics
There is plenty of data available nowadays that can shine a light as to how teams and players might perform against certain opponents or certain playing styles.
Statistics like expected goals (for and against), individual duels won or lost, pressure rates, and many others can help inform a bettor. Identifying individual player matchups within a game can also be a good way to find an edge in the betting market.
For example, Tottenham striker Harry Kane turned on the jets in the second half of the 2021/22 season. After he scored just five goals through the first 22 games, who saw the late season revival coming? Well, plenty of those who did their research.
Through his first 22 matches of the campaign, Kane amassed 9.38 expected goals (xG — more on expected goals below), but he only found the back of the net five times, a differential of -4.38. But Kane has been an xG overperformer his entire career, and this suggested a correction to the mean.
Sure enough, through the final 16 matches of the season, Kane scored 12 goals on an xG of 9.38 (an overperformance of +2.62), helping his team secure a Champions League place on the final week of the season. Those who took the time to find these numbers likely had the jump on this late-season burst.
6. Watch a team before betting on or against them
As you can imagine, going solely off numbers on a computer screen will only get you so far — you need to watch the teams play. The eye test is just as important as the readout on paper.
Watching games will tell you things that statistical measurements can't, such as a team's tactical balance, whether the manager makes adjustments and impacts matches with substitutions, how a team responds when faced with adversity, and how certain players perform in various different environments.
Consuming the game is the only way to truly get a feel for a team's or player's on-field personality, which in turn should translate into an ability to identify value picks in the betting market.
7. Look at the pressing stats
Nowadays, pressing and counter-pressing have become such an important part of the style and identity of numerous clubs at the highest levels. It's so prevalent, that it's important to understand how effective clubs are both when applying the press against other teams and when playing through an opponent's press. Do they press from the opening minute? Do they not even bother pressing because they're comfortable sitting back and absorbing pressure?
Basic data that can help understand the effectivity of a team's press has become available to the general public in recent years, though more revealing granular data is still kept under wraps for clubs to pay top dollar for it. Here are some common stats that can help paint a picture when taken together:
- Total pressures, and successful pressures (also, by a team's opponents)
- Pressure success rates in specific zones (also, for a team's opponents)
- Possessions lost (also, an opponent's possessions lost)
- Duels won and lost
- Total defensive actions (and an opponent's defensive actions)
- Passes per defensive action (PPDA): How many passes the team in question allows an opponent to string together on average
- Offensive passes per defensive action (OPPDA): How many passes the team in question strings together on average against opponents
Teams that press well can be dangerous in transition. Conversely, those teams that are mistake-prone can end up getting skewered by pressing opponents.
Take Leeds United in 2021/22: They were a team that took extreme risks under ex-manager Marcelo Bielsa, playing a high line and attempting to overwhelm an opponent before that opponent had a chance to do the same thing to Leeds. With the right players, it's a strategy that can be effective. But at Leeds, it began to backfire. The second goal in this 4-1 loss to Arsenal is an example of Leeds getting exposed and carved up.
8. How does a team create its goals?
There are plenty of stats that shine a light on a team's primary methods of creating goalscoring opportunities.
- Do they possess the ball heavily and look to break down the opponent in the final third? (Ex. high number of touches or passes in final third)
- Do they sit back and absorb pressure hoping to find moments to counter-attack? (Ex. low possession percentage, but comparable shots on goal)
- Do they go "Route 1" hoofing long balls over the midfield and behind the opposing back line? (Long-distance passes are tracked)
- Do they have a key playmaker who's the source of their big chances? (Big chances per player are tracked)
- What do their crossing stats look like?
- What facet of the attack is the weakest?
Understanding these strengths and weaknesses helps in handicapping a match.
For example, Liverpool winger Luis Diaz is an on-the-ball dribbling whiz, so if he's going up against a right-back who struggles in one-on-one defensive situations, it might suggest an advantage for Liverpool. But if the opposing defender is a quality tackler, there's a chance that Luis Diaz could be kept in check, and the Reds may have to find other ways of creating chances.
9. Don't buy into storylines
While it's part of being a fan to stay up on the storylines, transfer buzz, the general chatter, and the pregame and postgame comments by managers and club executives trying to shape the narrative, those media-hyped storylines often have little actual bearing on how a team plays on the field.
The team's recent trends, recent matchups against an opponent (or similar opponent), and player form all weigh more heavily when it comes to determining a team's success or failure in a match. Sure, major headlines and storylines still have the potential of upsetting the preparations or the psychological makeup of a team, and they're important to monitor nonetheless.
Here's something else to consider: If a story gets significant media traction, it could actually skew the odds by steering the majority of bettors to a particular side. This and other fluctuations in the betting market in reaction to news stories could present some opportunities for those who can sift through or block out the noise.
10. Anticipate the crazy!
Soccer is a game of skill, speed, anticipation, technical ability, and teamwork, but it can also sometimes feel like a crazy game of chance with a single deflection enough to wreak havoc on the final result!
So factoring a little of the unexpected in your betting is not a terrible strategy.
Soccer live betting tips
While attempting to predict how a match will play out before kickoff is probably the most popular type of soccer bet, in-game live betting also presents another opportunity to get some skin in the game, or to hedge against a pre-game bet. Live betting is placing a bet on a match while it is currently in play.
During a match, the odds will shift as the game progresses and as outcomes become more likely or less likely. Fans can also make in-game bets hoping to capitalize on momentum shifts.
Many pre-game bets are no longer available in-game. But there are a few that are exclusive to live betting periods such as Next Team to Score, Next Player to Score, Next Player to be Booked, Next Corner, and What Team Wins the Rest of the Match.
Here are a few tips on how to live bet matches.
1. Follow momentum changes, but don't overreact
Momentum can swing several times between teams during the course of a soccer match. So you shouldn't get caught up in any single shift in play.
Instead, always take a big picture look at the game. Has a team spent 20 minutes with the upper hand and failed to score? That can indicate a rough day in front of net, and the opponent may be lurking. Has a midfield or attacking player been significantly influential through a certain passage of play? Look for the other team to make tactical tweaks to correct for this, which could either negate the advantage or open up space for a teammate.
Also, halftime can be a momentum killer. Just because a team was better in the first half doesn't mean they'll come out of halftime with the same vigor, especially as the other team now has an opportunity to make significant changes. Conversely, a team second-best for the first 45 minutes can utilize halftime as a fresh start.
Pay attention to how halftime affects various teams and players, and how certain managers handle halftime. Some managers have a reputation of being either brilliant or underwhelming with their halftime adjustments.
2. Get a feel for what a manager is trying to accomplish
A manager's tactical plan will adjust during the course of a match. Changes in game flow will affect how a manager approaches different phases of the 90 minutes.
Here are some key moments to watch out for:
- Is the coach of an underdog hoping to play defensively and hit on the counter?
- How motivated is each side to venture forward and take risks to score a goal?
- If a team is up big, will their manager continue to attack and look for more or decide to shut it down and defend the lead?
- How desperate is the team to score more goals? Or are they more focused on not conceding?
All these factors can decide how risk-on or risk-off a team will play, and the answers can change over the course of a match. While none of us are in the coach's head, we can watch for clues on the field, such as substitutions made, formation tweaks, passing trends (are they resorting to the long ball?), pressing (where are they applying the press?), and more.
3. Keep an eye on individual players
Keep mental notes on individual players and how they are faring during the course of a match, especially early on. Their execution, energy levels and desire — or lack thereof -— may provide an indication that they could be set for a great game, or conversely, that they might be in for an off-game. The opposing player they're matching up against could be playing a factor (positively or negatively).
For example, has a goalkeeper made a few crazy saves in the opening stages? That could be an early sign that the 'keeper is about to stand on his head for the 90 minutes. Has a striker missed a few open chances? It might not be their day. Is a midfielder fouling consistently? They might be on the verge of a card.
While the early stages of play aren't always a guarantee of how the game will unfold, it can often provide clues as to how it will progress, especially in the case of a player or two who could have an outsize impact on the match.
Soccer betting resources
To get started betting on soccer, here's a quick list of handy resources that should help you along the way.
Popular sportsbooks
Practically all sportsbooks feature soccer betting, with some regions offering a greater selection of leagues than others. Below is a list of some of the most popular betting houses in the United States and Canada. (And be sure to check to see which sportsbook operates in your area.)
Not all betting sites and apps are made equal, but the best ones for soccer will have a multitude of props and parlay options when it comes to futures, individual match betting, or live in-game betting.
- Sports Interaction (Canada)
- DraftKings (USA)
- FanDuel (USA)
- BetMGM (USA)
- Caesars (USA)
- PointsBet (USA)
- BetRivers (USA)
- BallyBet (USA)
- FoxBet (USA)
- WynnBet (USA)
And the universal axiom applies to soccer as it does for other sports: Shop around for the best odds. There are some sites out there that will do the work for you and populate the odds from each sportsbook for individual matches.
Where can I bet legally on soccer?
The following states have legalized some form of sports betting in the United States. Full legality indicates that mobile betting and in-person wagering are both legal. Some states have legalized in-person sports betting but have yet to extend that to mobile betting.
*In Nevada, mobile sports betting requires first obtaining in-person registration at a casino
Advanced statistics and metrics
Further below is a list of soccer stat sites and analytics sources that are rich in information.
Here's a glossary of some of the most useful advanced metrics you'll find on those sites which have been growing in popularity.
- Expected goals (xG): Measures the quality of a team's or player's goal-scoring chances and the likelihood they can be turned into a goal. You'll want to pay attention to how a team's or player's actual goal total measures up against their expected goals. (Are they poor or above average finishers?). "Expected goals allowed" are the other side of the coin and provide a picture of a team's defensive health.
- Expected assists (xA): Similar to xG, except this measures the likelihood that a pass could lead to a goal.
- Key Passes: A pass that leads to a shot on goal, but which doesn't result in a goal. Along with xG and xA above, key passes can help give you a sense of a team's or player's ability to create chances (or a team's defensive frailties if it concedes too many of them).
- Successful duels: Success (or lack thereof) of a player or team in aerial duels (for headers in the air), or ground duels.
- Average positions & heat maps: Passing charts and heat maps can show a player's or team's general shape (are they compact or disconnected?) and passing tendencies during the course of a match or against a particular type of opponent.
- Defensive actions: A defensive action is any defensive contribution, such as a pressure, interception, tackle, or ball recovery. The volume of defensive actions can help show a team's or player's inclination and ability to defend.
Statistical resources
Statistical experts
- StatsPerform / Opta: Data you see on other sites often originates from StatsPerform/Opta.
- StatsBomb: One of the game's top innovators in cutting edge advanced analytics.
- ProFootballFocus: The NFL and college football analytics experts have ventured into soccer.
Soccer betting podcasts & shows
Consulting expert opinions and then doing your own homework can only help to hone your betting instincts. And you don't always have to tail an expert's picks: Simply listening to their thinking behind a selection could help inform how you go about your own bets.
- SportsGrid: 24/7 sports betting network with soccer segments on Tuesdays (2 p.m. ET) & Fridays (10:25 p.m. ET).
- Sportsline's Early Edge (podcast): Segments with soccer experts Jon Elmer and Martin Green.
- BetUS Soccer (podcast): Regular soccer betting content from the BetUS sportsbook.
- WagerTalk.com (podcast): The soccer portion of the WagerTalk sports lineup.
- Wondergoal (podcast): The Action Network's weekly soccer offering.
- Football ... Only Bettor (podcast): Betfair show hosted by Kevin Hatchard.
- Follow the Money (podcast): VSIN segments with soccer betting expert Nigel Seeley.
- Trampled Bet (podcast): Soccer betting podcast that roams the world looking for bankers, value and outsider picks.
- The Soccer Sharps (podcast): Arizona-based brothers share picks on Europe's top leagues.
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3 arrested in Monday night shooting
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SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Three people are charged with attempted first-degree murder in a Monday night shooting that left one person with life-threatening injuries.
Shreveport police arrested Juquentin Taylor, 19, Tyanna Waller, 24, and Keiuntre Normandin, 25.
The shooting happened in the 1100 block of Shreveport-Barksdale Highway around 8:20 p.m. Police said Taylor, Waller and Normandin took the victim’s car that was left unattended at an apartment complex. The victim saw what happened and started chasing the three in another car.
The trio wrecked their car then began shooting at the victim, who was hit in the chest and leg by gunfire. He was taken from the scene by ambulance to a local hospital.
Working off descriptions of the alleges shooter, police located two on East Washington Street. Another was found in close proximity with the help of SPD K-9 Sepp.
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A further pollution warning has been issued for Cleethorpes beach after untreated sewage was discharged into the sea.
The warning appears on the Safer Seas and River Service, which is run by the charity Surfers' Against Sewage, which tracks combined sewage overflows and pollution risk forecasts. The map monitors water quality at more than 400 locations around UK rivers and coastlines.
Such discharges are allowed after heavy rainfall, to prevent sewers from becoming overwhelmed. Despite the alert showing on the map, the government's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs website is not showing a warning.
Read more:Tragedy as Cleethorpes mum took her own life after bitter dispute between neighbours
Cleethorpes MP, Martin Vickers, has urged the Environment Secretary to set more demanding targets on the water companies to reduce the number of sewage discharges. He said: “The Government has done an enormous amount to identify discharges, until 2016 only 5% of discharges were monitored now it is 90%. We now need to ensure that those responsible have targets to reduce the number. That can’t be done just by passing resolutions as the opposition parties seem to think but by ensuring the necessary investment takes place as quickly as possible.”
Northern Lincolnshire was hit by torrential rain on Tuesday afternoon that has led to two schools being partially closed on Wednesday. The majority of students at Healing Academy and John Whitgift Academy have been asked to work from home.
The Defra website states: "Heavy rain falling on pavements and roads often flows into surface water drains or highway drains, ending up in local rivers and ultimately the sea. The quality of bathing water may be adversely affected as a result of such events."
Defra adds that there are two large sewage treatment works near to Cleethorpes Beach. It states: "Newton Marsh sewage treatment works, serving Cleethorpes town was fitted with ultra violet disinfection in 1995.
"This works discharges to Tetney Haven, to the the south of the bathing water. Pyewipe (Grimsby) Sewage Treatment Works, to the north was improved by Anglian Water in 2001 to protect the bathing water quality of the area, and discharges via a long sea outfall. The treated sewage from these works is not believed to impact bathing water compliance."
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Emotions run high as women's basketball icon Sue Bird plays final game
Seattle — This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands: the finality of the situation finally hitting Sue Bird and the thousands who showed up hoping to see her career continue for at least 40 more minutes.
Chelsea Gray was simply too good, sending the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA Finals by beating the Seattle Storm 97-92 in Game 4 of their semifinal series Tuesday night.
It brought an end to Bird's illustrious career.
With it came thanks from fans, tears and one last walk off the court in the same spot where Bird's career began more than two decades ago.
"Kinda weird. Definitely surreal. I think initially ... I felt sad about the season and the game. And I then think as the emotions started to come to the surface that was also what I know deep down in that was my last game," Bird said.
Gray scored 15 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter and the Aces won the best-of-five series 3-1, all the games tense, pressure-packed and filled with spectacular shot-making. The Aces ended up making more, most notably Gray, who sank five of six shots down the stretch and scored 12 of the final 20 points for the Aces.
"I don't think anyone on planet Earth can guard her," Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. "She was unconscious."
It will be the third Finals appearance in franchise history for Las Vegas. The Aces lost to Seattle in 2020 and the franchise reached the Finals in 2008 while still in San Antonio, losing to Detroit.
"It's kind of like the girl that beat Serena (Williams). It's bittersweet," Aces coach Becky Hammon said. "I know myself and our staff and team and organization have so much respect for Sue. She's had a fairytale career, one that kids dream of. She got to live it."
Breanna Stewart tied the WNBA playoff record with 42 points, just the fifth player to score 40 or more in a postseason game, and Jewell Loyd added 29. But Seattle failed to find a third scorer and the Aces had an answer for every charge Seattle made after Las Vegas surged in front early in the second half.
The Aces will get the spotlight in the Finals. On this night, the aftermath of the result was all about Bird and the conclusion to her long career as a pillar to the Storm franchise and the WNBA.
Bird stayed on the court after the final buzzer, receiving hugs from the entire Aces roster. She wiped away tears while the crowd cheered and cried along with her, and chanted "Thank you, Sue."
"I also wanted to kind of have one last moment to say thank you, to soak it all in because in some ways, it is a happy thing," Bird said. "I'm proud of of everything we've accomplished here."
The oldest player in the league at age 41, Bird started the year thinking she'd retire, but brought finality to the decision midway through the regular season.
Las Vegas spoiled the party in Seattle's home regular-season finale when Bird was honored by the franchise and the league for her 21 seasons with the team and 19 as a player, missing two seasons with injury.
Bird closes out her career as one of the most decorated players of all-time: four WNBA titles, five Olympic gold medals, two collegiate titles at UConn, the WNBA all-time leader in assists and games played, and recognition as one of the great players during a golden generation for the league.
She'll also take into retirement the definition of being a floor leader and ultimately a winner.
But she wasn't able to add a fifth title to that final resume.
"As sad as it is that we're we're not having the ability to compete for a championship I think what's more devastating ... is just the fact that we're no longer going to be on the court with Sue," Stewart said.
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The Department of Management Studies from IIT, Madras is inviting applications for its Executive MBA (EMBA) Degree programme.
Things to know:
· This programme is designed for mid-career working professionals.
· The two-year programme has a rigorous yet practice-oriented curriculum.
· It has been designed in sync with industry requirements in domains like the digital economy and global strategy.
· This programme will also offer exposure to social media and internet marketing.
· Classes will be conducted every alternate weekend (Saturday/Sunday).
· There will be a classroom contact programme that allows for a good work-life balance.
· During the programme you will have to work on three projects that apply theory to live business problems.
· The course fee is Rs 13 lakh (for Indian nationals).
· The fee can be paid in four instalments, amounting to Rs 3.25 lakh per semester.
· If you wish to avail an education loan, there is a partnership with the Bank of Baroda for the same.
· Online applications for admission started on 5 September 2022.
· The selection process will take place in November 2022.
· Results will be announced in December 2022.
· Classes will commence in January 2023.
· Please note the last date by which you can apply for this programme is 10 October 2022.
Programme structure:
· This is a 24-month degree executive MBA programme.
· There will be 30 courses conducted during this period.
· Participants will have to submit three capstone projects throughout the programme.
Who can apply:
· Those with a Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a score of 60 per cent and above can apply.
· There is a minimum three-year work experience after completion of a Bachelor’s degree that is required to apply.
To check the official website, click here.
If you wish to reach out to the programme coordinators and get more information, you can reach out via +91 – 9840572328 / +91 – 044-2257 5558 or e-mail: emba@iitm.ac.in.
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Judicial candidate Patrick Hare seeks “collaborative versus adversarial” court system for LA County!
By Nick Antonicello
LA Public Defender Patrick Hare brings a unique resume and body of work that makes him well qualified to serve the voters of Los Angeles County.
In a four-way race for Judicial Post #151, Hare received an impressive 39.3% of the vote in the June Primary or 494,095 of the ballots cast. The second-place finisher was Karen Brako (www.brakoforjudge.com), who trailed with 24% or 301,745 votes. Third-place finisher Thomas Allison who received 19.1% of the vote or 240,670 ballots is an attorney in private practice and law professor, Allison has endorsed the Hare candidacy in the runoff.
Hare, who has raised roughly $75,000 to date and could spend upwards to $150,000 on his race, agreed that running for a judgeship has it’s challenges.
“There is a lack of information for voters. Most people don’t tune-in to such races,” noted the first-time hopeful.
Originally from Oregon, Hare attended McGill University in Canada and eventually transferred to California State University at Long Beach where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1986. Graduating magna cum laude with a concentration in Philosophy and Music, Hare is a baritone singer.
Beyond his love for the law, the 61-year old Hare is married nine years to his wife who is a family therapist and they reside in the neighborhood of Highland Park here in Los Angeles.
A life-long public servant, Hare is a former Deputy Public Defender in Orange County from 1989-90 where he represented minors in Juvenile Delinquency adjudications as well as representing parents in various Dependency proceedings.
Hare also served as an Adjunct Professor at Biola University from 2015-17 where he taught “Unequal Justice: Race, Class, and Gender in the Criminal Justice System.”
Hare joined the LA Public Defender’s Office in 1990 where he litigated numerous trials, representing 75 felony and 37 misdemeanor jury trials including a special circumstance murder trial; collaborative courts; mental health court focusing on competency; restoration of sanity, mentally disordered offenders, as well as conservatorships. Hare also worked in the Public Integrity Assurance Section, and reviewed post-conviction cases and filing writs in cases involving wrongful convictions due to police misconduct.
Since 2019, Hare is a Deputy in charge as a Supervisor regarding Felony arraignment, EDP and Master Calendar Courts while serving on a Bail Reform Committee and cooperating with other county stakeholders in developing pilot project evaluations. Hare is committed to reducing and eliminating long standing bail policies that disproportionately affect indigent communities of color while focusing also on public safety.
Beyond his public service, Hare also has a long record as a community involved advocate such as Producer of the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert (2003-2103), founder & director of the Hollywood Mass Choir (2003-2013), an intern with the Redeemer Presbyterian Church of Compton (2005-06), a former member of the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Urban Project (2005-2006) and a guest lecturer for the LA Valley College, Fuller Theological Seminary.
I asked the candidate about the notion of an all-volunteer jury pool and while he called the current system flawed, he believes jury pools of twelve by nature promote diversity which is essential in the jury selection process.
“I want to broaden the jury pool.”
I also asked if the compensation for jury members would be increased?
“The government should compensate jurors for their time and energy. The question becomes how. Should they all be paid the same if one is a janitor or CEO? These are important things to consider.”
The candidate was also asked about homeless individuals serving on a jury?
“It’s a challenge. How does one communicate with a homeless juror prospect? How do we create such a system of recruitment?” offered Hare.
According to Hare, the salary of this judicial post is $222,000 and while he is eager too serve, his goal is to offer “heart and concern for the most vulnerable in society” as an elected jurist.
Hare believes some judges can be secluded from average members of society and he vows to serve as a “judge of character for all.”
“Justice matters to me in a very profound way. I want to create a more collaborative environment that’s less adversarial. Let’s work together for the best answer.”
Hare’s philosophical approach is simple, “to do justice, to be seen to do justice.”
Hare said explanation of verdicts are important to cases.
“What is the reasoning behind a decision.”
“The state of justice can be difficult. We need to right injustices.”
Hare described jurors as “conscripted” and they need to be thanked for their time and service.
“There time is valuable. I want to ensure clear communication. I want those who come to my courtroom to feel valued and appreciated.”
For more information on the candidacy of Patrick Hare, visit his website at www.patrickhareforjudge.com
Nick Antonicello is a longtime Venetian covering the political and governmental scene and how it impacts Venice Beach. Antonicello is covering the numerous judge’s races and if you have a take or opinion, please feel free to contact him at nantoni@mindspring.com
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Boy, 1, died of dehydration after being trapped inside home alone for days when mum dropped dead
A ONE-year-old boy died of dehydration after he was trapped inside his home alone for days when his mum dropped dead.
Little Harry Kane and mum Natalie were found in Whitehaven, Cumbria, several days after their deaths when they didn't arrive at a friend's house on Christmas Day.
Now an inquest has revealed Natalie, 27, died as a result of substance abuse - and Harry spent at least two days struggling to survive.
He tragically succumbed to the effects of dehydration while waiting for help to arrive.
The inquest heard Natalie, 27, had previously suffered with addiction and had no drugs other than her prescribed methadone in her urine when it was checked one week before her death.
However, on the evening of Christmas Eve, the former model began to take other drugs.
Natalie suffered with depression throughout much of her life and was receiving support from services including Recovery Steps Cumbria and Women Out West after suffering from drug addiction and domestic abuse.
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Friends and family who gave evidence to the inquest spoke of her as a loving and devoted mother whose life revolved around Harry.
She would take him to the park every day and had no childcare as she wanted to be with him as much as she could.
Her brother Scott recalled the excitement when she told of her pregnancy and noted she grew up a lot from that point.
She was not thought to have taken drugs after Harry's birth.
In the lead up to her death, she saw friends and spent some time with Scott who had brought a balance bike as a Christmas present for Harry.
They say she was excited for a first "proper" Christmas with Harry and had bought lots of presents for him to enjoy.
On Christmas Eve, she had been shopping at Tesco in Whitehaven and spent some time with a friend.
She was due to visit her grandmother but was unable to when a train was cancelled.
TRAGIC CHRISTMAS DEATHS
On Christmas Day, she had planned to visit another friend, Stacey Hackett, with Harry but stopped responding to messages the previous evening.
Stacey was not concerned when the pair did not show up as this was not considered to be unusual and she believed they had instead gone to spend the day with their family.
It was also not unusual for Natalie to go several days without speaking to her family and friends.
On December 30, concern was raised over the fact Natalie had not picked up a prescription or been in contact with any of the services and the police were contacted.
An officer attended and could get no response at the address.
He spoke to neighbours in the surrounding flats at Wellington Row who recalled not seeing her for a few days.
The neighbour directly below recalled hearing a tap running constantly but no other noises.
The officer received permission to enter the property, which was unlocked, and discovered Natalie lying in the living room next to unopened Christmas presents.
A paramedic noticed the presence of a substance in her nose and bottles of lighter fluid, consistent with substance misuse.
Harry's body was then found in the bathroom.
Post mortems were carried out and it is believed that Harry may have survived for two to three days after his mum's death before succumbing to the effects of dehydration.
In a statement summarised by the coroner's assistant Margaret Taylor, Scott said: "She was one of the best mams I've ever seen. She was so loving, thoughtful and caring. The last year of her life was revolved around Harry."
Harry was described as a happy baby who clearly loved his mother.
Concluding the inquest, the coroner said: "What we will never know is why Natalie used again
"She'd done so well, she'd changed her life around, she clearly wasn't abusing heroin which had been her drug of choice."
She said: Natalie Kane died at her home address on an unknown time between the 24th and 25h of December after succumbing to the effect of voluntary inhalation of butane.
The coroner continued: "Harry died as a consequence of dehydration having been left alone following the death of his mother."
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Atlanta Braves (85-51, first in the NL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (50-86, fifth in the AL West)
Oakland, California; Wednesday, 3:37 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Spencer Strider (9-4, 2.67 ERA, .98 WHIP, 174 strikeouts); Athletics: Ken Waldichuk (0-0, 1.93 ERA, 1.93 WHIP, six strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -240, Athletics +197; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves play the Oakland Athletics after Vaughn Grissom's four-hit game on Tuesday.
Oakland has a 22-45 record at home and a 50-86 record overall. The Athletics are 12-22 in games decided by one run.
Atlanta is 85-51 overall and 38-26 in road games. The Braves have a 66-19 record in games when they record eight or more hits.
The teams play Wednesday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sean Murphy has 30 doubles, a triple and 18 home runs for the Athletics. Seth Brown is 10-for-38 with a double, three home runs and four RBI over the past 10 games.
Dansby Swanson has 30 doubles, a triple and 17 home runs for the Braves. Austin Riley is 12-for-36 with two doubles and four home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 4-6, .240 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by five runs
Braves: 7-3, .278 batting average, 2.97 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs
INJURIES: Athletics: Adam Oller: 15-Day IL (rib), Zach Jackson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Dany Jimenez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Skye Bolt: 10-Day IL (knee), Paul Blackburn: 60-Day IL (finger), Daulton Jefferies: 60-Day IL (arm), Deolis Guerra: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brent Honeywell Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Braves: Darren O'Day: 60-Day IL (calf), Chadwick Tromp: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Adam Duvall: 60-Day IL (wrist), Luke Jackson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ozzie Albies: 60-Day IL (foot), Manny Pina: 60-Day IL (wrist)
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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As an expat in this city, you will not be in the minority, since 80% of the population are immigrants. Dubai is a cosmopolitan city, and food, lifestyle, and architecture have an international impact. This is what developers in Dubai advise their clients to pay attention to.
Culture of life
Dubai is an Islamic state, and the role of religion here is great. When you move here, there are several cultural aspects to consider. Please note that alcohol consumption is allowed for non-UAE citizens and non-Muslims, but only privately or in licensed locations.
Your home in Dubai
One of the most important things is to find suitable accommodation. With a rapidly developing real estate industry, the housing market is a real treasure trove. From luxury apartments to upscale villas and modest studios, everyone will find something for themselves. There are several communities with a large population of Western emigrants, so it will be easy for you to find friends and a villa or apartment to buy or rent.
Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, and Arabian Ranches are the most popular areas for British expats. We recommend you find a real estate agent who will help you choose a property and better understand the advantages of each area and residential complex. Try to familiarize yourself with the laws of RERA, because this organization regulates lease agreements.
If you compare the local rent with the rent in London, the first one will be 15-30% cheaper. The rental price depends on the location. Chic neighborhoods in London will cost more than a family district in the emirate.
The most affordable property for 2022 is located in JVC, Al Nahda, and Bur Dubai. These areas offer the most budget apartments, ranging from studios to 2-bedroom apartments. This compares to an average rent of AED 34,000 for a studio in JVC, while the same property in Dubai Marina costs AED 88,000 per year.
Compared to some parts of England, this may seem higher, but prices do decrease as you move away from the city center to the suburbs.
The rent is paid in fixed-date, quarterly, biennial or annual installments. Some landlords offer monthly payments, but this is an exception, and this method may be more expensive.
Amenities around your home
It is easy to equip a house in Dubai. There are several home goods and furniture stores, including world-famous ones such as IKEA. And for budget shopping, go to used furniture stores to get great things at a discount.
Electricity and water are provided by DEWA. In summer, when the temperature reaches more than 40 degrees, expect your bills to be higher as the power of the air conditioner increases.
Most residential areas also have various supermarkets and grocery stores like Asda and Sainsburys. The British brand Waitrose has its branch in the Dubai Mall and Marina Mall shopping and entertainment centers; you can also find their products in many Spinneys supermarkets throughout the city.
Getting around Dubai
Once you have chosen a house, you can think about how you can explore the city. Londoners will be glad to know that the emirate has its own metro.
The Dubai Metro connects most of the city and is the main public transport for most Britons. Moreover, there are other types of convenient public transport that allow you to save money.
People who prefer to drive a car can exchange their British driver’s license for a UAE license by visiting any office of the Road Transport Authority (RTA).
Average car prices are the same as in the UK, but gasoline is much cheaper.
State taxi parks are common in the city. You can also use several apps to get around the city by taxi, such as Uber and Careem. Taxis are cheaper than in the UK, so driving home from the airport doesn’t mean you have to pay a fortune!
Schools for British expats
There are many private schools with international curricula for British expats.
Most Britons enroll their children in GCSE schools with a more familiar form of education. The city has over 50 British schools verified by KHDA, with a wide range of educational opportunities for children.
The cost depends on the class, location, and management. Cambridge International School, GEMS Wellington School, and Regent International School are some of the best British schools in the emirate, which are popular with expats in the city.
Start choosing real estate in Dubai
Visit Emirates.estate to find a home in Dubai, or contact the Emirates.Estate specialists to get a quick and qualified advice on purchasing or renting a house in the UAE!
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New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday passed a resolution to change the name of 'Rajpath' to 'Kartavya Path'.
"Today's meeting was a special meeting for NDMC and the resolution was passed to change the name of Rajpath to Kartavya Path. The history of this region is that this entire region was constructed by the imperial powers and post independent which is called Janpath today was called Queen's way in earlier times and it got changed to Janpath but the Rajpath was called King's way and continues to remain as Rajpath. Now post-independence we chose the system of democracy. The idea of democracy is not to rule over others but the idea is to a participatory nature and people need to be bound by the duties," said Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi while addressing a press conference.
"We carried forward colonial mindset after Independence. Rajpath conveys you have come for 'Raj'. PM said that country is celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and we have to end imperialistic policies, and symbols. So, the name of Rajpath has been changed to Kartavya Path," she added.
Rajpath was formerly known as Kingsway. It is the celebrated venue of the Republic Day parade every year and stretches through Vijay Chowk to India Gate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day speech this year, had given a 'panch pran' (five vows) call to citizens during 'Azadi Ka AmritKaal' and one of the resolves was "duty of the citizens". He also stressed the abolition of symbols relating to the colonial mindset. Both these factors can be seen behind the naming of 'Kartavya Path'.
In his speech, the Prime Minister urged people to focus attention on 'Panch Pran' for the coming 25 years.
"You have to concentrate on your resolve and strength. And we must take up the responsibility of fulfilling all the dreams of the freedom fighters by embracing those 'Panch Pran' by 2047 when the country celebrates 100 years of independence," he said.
Speaking of 'Panch Pran', he said that the first vow is for the country to move ahead with a big resolve and make India a developed country,.
"The second pran (pledge) is that in no part of our existence, not even in the deepest corners of our mind or habits should there be any ounce of slavery. The third pran (pledge) is that we should feel proud of our heritage and legacy. Fourth pran, which is equally important, is unity and solidarity. The fifth pledge is the duty of the citizens, in which even the Prime Minister, Chief Minister cannot be excluded as they are also responsible citizens and have a duty towards the nation. This virtue is going to be the vital life force if we want to achieve the dreams we have for the next 25 years," he had said.
Elaborating on the fifth resolve, he said there should be a success in the life of the individual, of the society, of the family, of the nation.
He said while it is the job of the government to make efforts to provide 24 hours electricity, it is the duty of the citizen to save as many units as he can.
"While trying to understand all the countries in the world that have made progress; every country that has achieved something, even in personal life, few things emerged. One is a disciplined life, and the other is devotion to duty. There should be a success in the life of the individual, of the society, of the family, of the nation. This is the fundamental path and the fundamental vital force," he said.
"It is the job of the government to make efforts to provide 24 hours electricity but it is the duty of the citizen to save as many units as he can. It is the responsibility and efforts of the government to supply water to every field, but a voice should come from each of my fields that we will move forward by saving water by focusing on 'per drop more crop'," the Prime Minister said.
He said if everyone performs the duties of a citizen, the country can achieve the desired goals ahead of time.
"It is our duty to do chemical-free farming, organic farming and natural farming. Whether it is police or people, ruler or administrator, no one can be untouched by this civic duty. If everyone performs the duties of a citizen, I am sure that we can achieve the desired goals ahead of time," he said. (ANI)
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Great British Bake Off has announced a major shake-up as the Channel 4 show prepares to return to our screens. BBC bosses have added a new feature to the popular show.
Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will welcome 12 new contestants to the iconic white tent. Hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding will also return.
Speaking in a new interview ahead of next weeks launch show, Paul and Prue revealed that bosses have added a new theme to the show. Each week, contestants are given a different theme and create bakes to fit in with that theme.
READ MORE:Bobby Brazier's dad Jeff breaks silence on his BBC EastEnders debut
Last years show introduced a German week and a free-from week - where the bakers were tasked with created vegan, gluten free and dairy free bakes. Other theme include dessert week and bread week.
Although, in the latest shake-up, the Channel 4 show is introducing a Mexican-themed week. Alongside the new theme Bake Off will return to its original home in Welford Park - where it has been filmed since 2014.
Since 2020, bosses have been forced to change the location due to the pandemic. This meant that the show needed a new location with more space to allow the bakers and presenters to move in and form a bubble.
However, viewers will be delighted to see Paul and Prue back in their rightful place in the upcoming series. Paul admitted that he felt emotional when he first returned to the tent.
He explained: "I love filming at Welford and we’ve been away for a couple of years.
"I sat on the grass, not far from the tents. It’s a very reflective place and Bake Off’s been a big part of my life for quite a while now.
"It’s lovely being back. I felt totally chilled out and relaxed."
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I took this with my zoom in the public Gardens in Timaru where we were for another medical adventure. I saw the odd dead and thin branches after it was downloaded on my computer. I thought it gave an ordinary photo style.
Thankful... John had another injection in his eye for macular degeneration and I was glad I could still drive home - safely!
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Jurgen Klopp Hints At How Arthur Melo Could Be Used By Liverpool Against Napoli
Liverpool face Napoli on matchday one of the Champions League group stages and manager Jurgen Klopp will need to decide whether to give new signing Arthur Melo his debut.
The Brazilian was signed on transfer deadline day on a season-long loan deal from Juventus after skipper Jordan Henderson picked up a hamstring problem to join Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Naby Keita on the sidelines.
Arthur hadn't featured for the Old Lady this season and Klopp hinted at his pre-match press conference that he may not be ready to start but is ready to play some start.
"He needs just football now. He wasn't in team training for a while, that's what we're doing. Can he play minutes? Yes. Full game? No. He needs to get used to the intensity. He's doing well, giving his all. We'll see if we can use him."
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Klopp will be boosted by the return of Thiago Alcantara who has recovered from a hamstring problem of his own to be ready to face the Serie A leaders.
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DAYTON, Ohio (WKBN)- Ohio Congressman Mike Turner is hosting a rally today for Delphi Salaried Retirees.
It’s in support of legislation to restore their full pensions. Wednesday’s rally will be in Dayton at the Sinclair Conference Center at 10 a.m.
Last month, this bill passed the house.
It now needs to make it through the Senate and be signed by United States President Joe Biden.
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Thane, Sep 7: The body of a 65-year-old woman was found in a well near her house in Maharashtra's Thane city on Wednesday morning, a civic official said.
Police said they have registered a case of accidental death and are conducting a probe into it.
Thane, Sep 7: The body of a 65-year-old woman was found in a well near her house in Maharashtra's Thane city on Wednesday morning, a civic official said.
Police said they have registered a case of accidental death and are conducting a probe into it.
Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said local police informed them that some persons had spotted the body floating in the well.
Local firemen along with a team of the RDMC rushed to the spot and fished out the body, he said.
The deceased was identified as Sharada Murlidhar Burse, a resident of Siddheshwar Garden society located nearby in Kolshet area, he said.
The body has been sent to a government hospital for postmortem.
The Kapurbawdi police have registered a case of accidental death and are conducting a probe into it, a police official said.
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 7 September 2022 – Comprehensive protection provides customers and their family members with extra peace of mind against any unexpected events. Hong Kong Life innovates life insurance products by introducing “One Policy for Three Generations” to meet customers’ family needs.
Following the Family Fortune Savings Insurance Plan launched last year, Hong Kong Life’s Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan safeguards customers’ family by offering Family Cancer Benefit to the Policyowner’s parents, spouse, and children (Covered Family Members). To help customers embrace a healthier life journey, the Plan also takes care of health issues beyond dread diseases by providing ICU Benefit and Health Checkup Service, etc.
Ms. Micky Cho, Chief Marketing Officer of Hong Kong Life, said: “Having a full protection for yourself and your family is an indispensable element of family planning. Following the Family Fortune Savings Insurance Plan launched last year, we continue to demonstrate the family protection approach by presenting Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan to customers. The Plan extends the coverage to Policyowner’s parent, spouse and children with Family Cancer Benefits which meets the health protection needs of customers and further safeguard their family members.”
Key Features of Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan :
- Flexible Premium Payment Term1 with Whole Life Protection
The Plan provides 2 choices of Premium Payment Term1, i.e. 10 years1 and 20 years1, with whole life protection until age 100 of the Life Insured.
- Broad Cover for 118 Illnesses2 without Worries
The Plan covers 60 Major Dread Diseases2 and 46 Early Stage Dread Diseases2, as well as 12 Severe Juvenile Diseases2 to safeguard your health comprehensively. If the Life Insured is diagnosed with covered Dread Diseases, the Dread Disease Benefit of the Plan will be paid. For details of covered Dread Diseases and benefit, please refer to List of Covered Dread Disease and Dread Disease Benefit Schedule.
- ICU Benefit3 to Extend Protection
The Plan provides ICU Benefit3 which extends its coverage to health issues beyond dread diseases. If the Life Insured is required for a Qualified ICU Stay4 for a total of consecutive 3 days or more due to Sickness or Accident, a payment which is equal to 20% of Sum Assured, less Indebtedness (if any) will be paid as ICU Benefit3. Such benefit will only be paid once.
- Family Cancer Benefit5 for Extra Peace of Mind
The Plan specially offers Family Cancer Benefit5 to the Policyowner’s parents, spouse and children (except the Life Insured). No medical examination and health questions are required for the Covered Family Members. If the parents, spouse or children is diagnosed with Cancer during the benefit term of the Family Cancer Benefit5, for each Covered Family Member, the Family Cancer Benefit5 of the Plan which is equal to up to 20% (applicable for 10 Years Premium Payment Term) or 40% (applicable for 20 Years Premium Payment Term) of Total Initial Annual Premium will be payable to the Policyowner. Family Cancer Benefit5 could be claimed a maximum of 4 times and in which a maximum of 1 time for each of the Covered Family Member, and limited to one payment for one spouse only. The policy value and coverage of the Life Insured will not be changed due to the claim of Family Cancer Benefit5.
*The Family Cancer Benefit for each Covered Family Member will be effective 2 years after (i) the endorsement date of such Covered Family Member or (ii) date of any reinstatement, whichever is later.
Also, the Family Cancer Benefit5 provides conversion privilege to the Policyowner’s children to suit their needs. Within 30 days of the Covered Family Member reaches age 18, if no Family Cancer Benefit5 has ever been paid for such Covered Family Member, such Covered Family Member may apply for a new permanent life plan as defined by Hong Kong Life from time to time for an amount up to 100% of Sum Assured of the Plan without further evidence of insurability, subject to the specific terms and conditions, and the then administrative rules as determined by Hong Kong Life from time to time.
- Extra Services for a Continuum of Health Care
Health Checkup Service6
During the first 10 Policy Years, the Plan provides one time of health checkup service to the Life Insured or Covered Family Members to enjoy every two consecutive Policy Years starting from the 2nd Policy Anniversary.
Second Medical Opinion from Overseas Expert Service7
If the Life Insured has been diagnosed with the dread disease covered by the service, through its professional medical network, the service enables the Life Insured to seek second medical opinion from overseas experts7.
- Life Protection and Flexible Settlement Option
Apart from Dread Disease Benefit, the Plan also offers whole life protection. If the Life Insured dies while the Plan is in force, the Total Death Benefit which is equal to 100% of Sum Assured, less Dread Disease Benefit8 already paid, plus Terminal Dividend (non-guaranteed)9 (if any), less Indebtedness (if any) will be paid to the Policy Beneficiary.
In addition, the Plan provides flexible Death Benefit Settlement Options10 instead of receiving the Death Benefit in a lump sum payment, Policyowner can designate other settlement options including Installment Payments (Fixed Amount) or Installment Payments (Fixed Period) while the Plan is in force and the Life Insured is alive to settle the Death Benefit to the Policy Beneficiary.
- Additional Return
The Plan not only provides Guaranteed Cash Value, a Terminal Dividend (non-guaranteed)9 may be payable on or after the end of 12th Policy Year upon the death of the Life Insured, when the Policy is surrendered by the Policyowner, the Major Dread Disease Benefit is fully paid or upon Policy Maturity, whichever is the earliest.
Client Incentive11：Up to 25% First Year Premium Discount
Promotion Period：From now till 31 December 2022
- Successful applications to the Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan may enjoy up to 15% First Year Premium Discount. Designated client type may even enjoy up to 25% First Year Premium Discount.
- With successful applications of Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan and Family Fortune Savings Insurance Plan submitted together, all policies of Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan(s) may enjoy Extra 5% First Year Premium Discount.
Details of Family Care Dread Disease Protection Plan:
Terms and Conditions apply. For enquiries, please contact our Customer Service Hotline at 2290 2882 or visit Hong Kong Life website www.hklife.com.hk.
Note：
- The Policy will be terminated if the Policyowner cannot settle the premium payment before the end of the Grace Period during the Premium Payment Term, subject to the Automatic Premium Loan, Non-forfeiture Option and other relevant provisions of the Policy. For detailed terms and conditions, please refer to the policy document issued by Hong Kong Life. If the Policy is terminated before the Policy Maturity, the Total Surrender Value (if applicable) received by the Policyowner may be less than the Total Premiums Paid.
- For the definition of covered Dread Disease, please refer to the policy document.
- The aggregate amount of the ICU Benefit paid under the Plan and payable under other policies issued by Hong Kong Life in respect of the Life Insured’s confinement in ICU within the meaning of the Qualified ICU Stay shall not exceed HKD400,000/ USD50,000 under any circumstances.
- “Qualified ICU Stay” means a stay in an ICU of a Hospital where all of the following criteria must be met: (i) the stay in ICU of a Hospital must be a confinement in the ICU for a total of consecutive 3 days or more in one Hospital admission; (ii) the stay in ICU of a Hospital must be a confinement for Medically Necessary treatment or service as recommended and certified by a Registered Medical Practitioner; (iii) the Company will not consider the stay in ICU of a Hospital as Medically Necessary if the Life Insured can be safely and adequately treated in any other medical facility; and (iv) the stay in ICU of a Hospital must not be caused directly, or indirectly, wholly or partly, by any one of the following occurrences: (a) cosmetic treatment performed on the Life Insured unless necessitated by Injury caused by an Accident and the Life Insured sustains the Injury and the cosmetic treatment is approved by Hong Kong Life in advance within 90 days of the Accident; or (b) the Life Insured’s pregnancy, surrogacy, childbirth or termination of pregnancy, birth control, infertility or human assisted reproduction, or sterilisation of either sexes; or (c) mental disorder, psychological or psychiatric conditions, behavioral problems or personality disorder of the Life Insured; or (d) stay in ICU of a Hospital primarily for physiotherapy or for the investigation of signs and/or symptoms with diagnostic imaging, laboratory investigation or other diagnostic procedures; or (e) experimental and/or unconventional medical technology /procedure /therapy performed on the Life Insured; or novel drugs/ medicines /stem cell therapy not yet approved by the government, relevant authorities and recognised medical association in the locality.
- Family Cancer Benefit for each Policyowner’s natural parents, spouse or natural children, except the Life Insured (Covered Family Members) is only available if such parents, spouse or children is accepted and approved by Hong Kong Life. The Family Cancer Benefit for each Covered Family Member will be effective 2 years after (i) the endorsement date of such Covered Family Member or (ii) date of any reinstatement, whichever is later. The aggregate amount of the Family Cancer Benefit paid under the Plan and the same benefits paid under other policies issued with Hong Kong Life in respect of each Covered Family Member shall not exceed HKD200,000/ USD25,000 (if the Covered Family Member is under the age of 66 on the date of endorsement) or HKD100,000/ USD12,500 (if the Covered Family Member is at or above the age of 66 on the date of endorsement). In addition, the payment of Family Cancer Benefit should be payable in the event of the Covered Family Member’s survival of 14 days following the Diagnosis of a Cancer. For detailed terms and conditions, please refer to relevant form and the policy document issued by Hong Kong Life.
- Health Checkup Service is provided by the third party service provider designated by Hong Kong Life. Such service is not part of the product features. The terms and conditions of the service will be issued together with the relevant service document. The availability of the service is not guaranteed. Hong Kong Life reserves the right to cancel or amend the said service at its sole discretion. In addition, Hong Kong Life will not be responsible for any services or opinions provided by the third party service provider. Hong Kong Life reserves the right of final decision in case of any dispute.
- Second Medical Opinion from Overseas Expert Service is provided by third party service provider. Such service is not part of the product features. The availability of the service is not guaranteed. The details of the service will be provided along with the policy document or please refer to the company website of Hong Kong Life. Hong Kong Life reserves the right to cancel or amend the said service at its sole discretion. In addition, Hong Kong Life will not be responsible for any services or opinions provided by the third party service provider. Hong Kong Life reserves the right of final decision in case of any dispute.
- Dread Disease Benefit includes Major Dread Disease Benefit, Early Stage Dread Disease Benefit, Severe Juvenile Disease Benefit and ICU Benefit.
- Terminal Dividend is not guaranteed and may be changed from time to time. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. The actual amount payable may be higher or lower than those illustrated in the Insurance Proposal. Hong Kong Life reserves the right to change it from time to time.
- Death Benefit Settlement Options are only applicable in the event of the death of the Life Insured after the Premium Payment Term and all premiums due have been paid, and subject to the terms and conditions, and the then administrative rules as determined by Hong Kong Life from time to time. For detailed terms and conditions, please refer to the policy document issued by Hong Kong Life.
- Client incentive is subject to the terms and conditions of “Fortune Evergrow 2022” Client Promotion Incentive. For details about client promotion incentive, please refer to the follows:
General Client: www.hklife.com.hk/en/promotions/index-id-17.html
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession.
The primary cause: Russia has choked off the supplies of cheap natural gas that the continent depended on for years to run factories, generate electricity and heat homes. That has pushed European governments into a desperate scramble for new supplies and for ways to blunt the impact as economic growth slows and household utility bills rise.
The crisis deepened when Russia's state-owned exporter Gazprom said the main pipeline carrying gas to Germany would stay closed, blaming an oil leak and claiming the problems could not be fixed because of sanctions barring many dealings with Russia.
European officials say it's energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia's invasion.
Here is the latest on Europe's efforts to avoid an energy disaster:
DID RUSSIA CUT OFF GAS TO EUROPE?
Just about. The halt in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline means Russian gas shipments have fallen 89% from a year ago. Russia used to supply 40% of Europe's natural gas, and even more to Germany, where inexpensive energy was a pillar of the economy.
There's still some Russian gas flowing to Europe through a pipeline passing through Ukraine into Slovakia, and another crossing the Black Sea to Turkey and then to EU member Bulgaria. Russia started cutting back gas as early as last summer, before the war in Ukraine started. That sent gas prices sharply higher.
Then Gazprom cut off a number of European countries after they responded to the outbreak of the war by banning many dealings with Russian banks, businesses and persons.
The reductions have led to soaring natural gas prices, which have hit records in the past few weeks. Given Russia's slow constriction of supplies since last summer, experts say Europe needs to be ready for zero Russian gas this winter.
WHY IS RUSSIAN GAS SO IMPORTANT?
High energy prices are already threatening to cause a recession this winter through record inflation, with consumers having less to spend as costs rise for food, fuel and utilities. A complete cutoff could deal an even heavier blow to an already troubled economy.
Besides heating homes and generating electricity, gas is used to fire a range of industrial processes that most people never think much about — forging steel to go into cars, making glass bottles and pasteurizing milk and cheese.
Companies warn that they often can't switch overnight to other energy sources such as fuel oil or electricity to produce heat. And, with everyone searching for alternate supplies, fuel oil and coal have also risen in price.
In some cases, equipment that holds molten metal or glass is ruined if the heat is turned off, and over the longer term, energy-intensive businesses may simply give up on Europe.
IS THE PROBLEM JUST ABOUT HIGH NATURAL GAS PRICES?
No. Electricity prices also have skyrocketed because gas is a key fuel to generate power. To make matters worse, other sources of power have lagged for reasons not connected to Russia.
Drought has undermined hydroelectric power from rivers and reservoirs. France's fleet of 56 nuclear power plants is running at half-strength because of shutdowns over corrosion problems in key pipes and repairs, updating and safety checks. A heat wave limited use of river water for cooling power plants, and lower water levels on Germany's Rhine River reduced supplies of coal to generators.
In a role reversal, France is talking about sending natural gas to Germany, while Germany is exporting electricity to France. Usually it's the other way around.
Analysts at Rystad Energy say Europe could face a serious electricity shortage as soon as this month. This winter, a worst case of cold weather, low wind generation and a 15% cut in gas use “would prove very challenging for the European power system, and could lead to power rationing and blackouts.”
“Regardless of the exact scenario, the coming winter is certain to be the most challenging Europe has seen in decades — and consumers or governments are expected to pay the price," said Carlos Torres-Diaz, head of power at Rystad Energy. “If gas demand needs to be cut, we expect to see power supply issues emerging this month and worsening into 2023.”
WHAT IS EUROPE DOING TO EASE THE CRISIS?
Europe has lined up all the alternative gas supplies it could: shipments of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, that come by ship from the United States and more pipeline gas from Norway and Azerbaijan. LNG is much more expensive than pipeline gas, however.
Germany is keeping coal plants in operation that it was going to shutter to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It also is keeping the option of reactivating two nuclear plants it's set to shut down.
The 27-nation EU has approved a plan to reduce gas use by 15% by next March, roughly the amount experts say will need to make up for the loss of Russian gas. Yet those conservation measures are voluntary in member countries for now.
National governments have approved a raft of measures: bailouts for utilities forced to pay exorbitant prices for Russian gas, cash for hard-hit households and tax breaks.
For example, Germany has approved a third support package with 65 billion euros ($64.3 billion) in aid for consumers. That kind of spending will add to national deficits but also soften the downturn that economists are predicting for the end of this year and beginning of next year.
More steps are coming. The president of the EU's executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says a new proposal will include a price cap on natural gas and measures that could decouple the price of electricity from gas.
Perhaps most important in the short term, Europe has managed to fill 82% of its storage for winter with the help of LNG and diminished consumption because of high prices. Storage levels have kept rising even after the Nord Stream 1 cutoff.
Partly as result, gas prices have fallen to their pre-cutoff level, although they are still painfully high.
WHAT'S RUSSIA'S GAME?
Even as gas sales dwindled, skyrocketing prices helped maintain Russia's income from those sales. Oil and gas imports were initially exempt from sanctions because Europe was dependent on Russian energy. Europe has banned Russian coal and will ban most Russian oil at the end of the year.
Russia's revenue from fossil fuel exports reached 158 billion euros from February to August, according to the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
But oil has tended to be the Kremlin's main moneymaker, and unlike gas in fixed pipelines to Europe, can be sold worldwide by tanker. And the gas relationship with Europe may be gone for good — and with it, any influence it might have brought.
“The gas flows from Europe no longer play a role in my calculations,” German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said. “The only reliable thing from Russia are lies.”
So if Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks he has any leverage from gas, time is running out for him to use it.
“Russia has lost nothing now that it hadn't lost already ... this winter is the last chance to use the gas weapon, successfully or not,” tweeted Janis Kluge, an expert on the Russian economy at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
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Thieves abound in 1926 in Lenawee County
Thefts from homes, businesses and summer cottages happen regularly in Lenawee County just like anywhere else, and the crimes are not a new happening.
Recently, a man was arrested stealing trailers from various places around the region, at one point running from police during a traffic stop. Thanks to a screenshot from a police officer's body-worn camera, the man was identified and caught.
The year 1926 saw a number of thefts reported across the county, with police having success in some cases but not in others. Cars, food and clothing appeared to be the top items sought by thieves.
On New Year's Eve, Perry Satterthwaite's car was stolen from in front of Witherell Hall in Tecumseh. It was found the next day by Frank Bushroe, parked along the road three miles west of Dundee.
On Jan. 5, Toledo police found four suits in the possession of a man shot and killed during an altercation. The suits had been taken from the Butler and Son store in Morenci Dec. 26. Three suspects were arrested a few days later. Claude Colvin, Maude Mack and Eva Evans, all of Toledo, were booked on charges of stealing $7,000 in merchandise from the Morenci store.
On Thursday, Feb. 11, 1926, Benjamin Strong of Maumee Street notified police his car had been stolen from out in front of the Croswell that night. Police canvassed the city and, two hours after they set out, found the vehicle parked on Winter Street.
In mid-April, "marauders" broke into Lincoln Elementary School in Adrian and stole all of 54 cents from a desk. The Central school had been broken into a few nights before, and a meal had been taken. Police were able to determine William Jones, a transient from Buffalo, New York, was responsible for the Lincoln burglary, although no money was found on him.
The same week, police were working to solve the theft of wool from three different farms across the county. Franklin Township Supervisor William Spalding reported more than 50 fleeces were taken from his farm April 15. The wool was valued at $300 and was the third theft of wool reported countywide that week.
On April 24, Robert Moore of Tecumseh went to his Sand Lake cottage to prepare it for the summer season and found a record player, a boat motor, a refrigerator and clothing were taken sometime over the winter. A lock to the cottage on the lake's eastern shore had been broken, giving burglars access. As is the case with many of today's lake home break-ins, the theft had taken place anywhere between the fall and early spring, the thieves likely long gone.
On May 14, a "prowler" entered the home of Lamont Simmons northeast of Tipton and took Simmons' business suit, a gold watch and a pair of trousers.
During the night of May 29, a hungry burglar took all the groceries from a car owned by William Craft on College Avenue in Adrian.
On June 25, a boat motor belonging to E.T. Rosencrans of Tecumseh was taken from the boat tied to a dock at Sand Lake. The only clue at the scene was the motor appeared to have been loaded into a car and driven away.
Floyd Leonard reported to police July 26 that his car was spirited away by thieves from his Palmyra Township home. There was no word whether Leonard's vehicle was ever found.
On Oct. 3, a more serious crime of theft was reported when Lorenzo Beal, south of Manitou Beach, reported someone stole his car from the church he was attending at the time. Inside the car was a gold watch, two suitcases and a gun. It is also unknown if Beal's belongings were ever recovered. Other thefts that were solved typically were committed by people who lived well outside the area.
Just before Christmas, Judge J.N. Sampson and his wife returned home from being away for a couple days and found their home at 523 S. Main St. in Adrian had been entered and ransacked. After taking inventory, it was found the theft took just one business suit belonging to the judge.
Without social media and other means to vastly spread information beyond newspaper accounts at the time, it appears in part that 1926 was a year where a burglar could do his or her handiwork and head out for the horizon with their plunder, never to be seen or heard from again.
Dan Cherry is a Lenawee County historian.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Dan Cherry: Thieves abound in 1926 in Lenawee County
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'Mind your business!': UP cop fires gun inside station over colleague's remark on his relationship
The police constable attached to a police station in UP's Bareilly lost his cool after being repeatedly mocked by a colleague over his inter-caste relationship with a woman cop; he reportedly fired the gun pointing it downwards and left the station. Five personnel have been suspended over the incident, reports said.
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Offended by his colleague's remarks, constable Monu Kumar of Bareilly's Baheri police station took up a service revolver and fired a shot. A police source later told the Times of India (TOI) that Monu Kumar didn't aim at anyone particularly. He just reacted in anger and aimed toward the floor.
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However, his rage has cost his colleagues dearly as five of them have been suspended and a departmental probe has been ordered.
"If a policeman is involved in an affair with a colleague, it is his personal matter. There is nothing objectionable or unlawful about it. Action has been taken only for negligence and on disciplinary grounds," SSP Satyarth Aniruddha Pankaj told the daily.
Monu Kumar is a native of the Baghpat district of UP and has been serving Baheri limits since 2019. A woman constable, who he already knew, joined the station later and the two reportedly entered a relationship. On Monday night, Monu Kumar's colleague Yogesh Chahal made some remarks on their intercaste love affair which irked him. Chahal has made it a habit to mock Kumar over the matter and things escalated on Monday night, TOI said. He picked up the gun from the station armoury in a fit of rage and fired a shot before being pacified by other personnel.
The officer in charge of the armoury and SHO are among the five suspended in connection with the incident, the report added.
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What is the best milk thistle supplement?
The liver is one of the body’s most critical organs. It protects us from toxins that are around us — heavy metals, chemicals, preservatives and contaminants found in our food, water, air and household products. Over time these toxins, as well as alcohol, medications and protein powders, can damage and overburden your liver.
Milk thistle has been used for naturopathic healing properties for the liver and other parts of the digestive system. There is a wide variety of milk thistle supplements available in different forms and quantities. For its high potency and absorption, the best milk thistle supplement is OmniBiotics Milk Thistle Capsules.
What to know before you buy a milk thistle supplement
What is milk thistle?
Milk thistle is a flowering herb native to Mediterranean countries and related to the ragweed and daisy plant family. Silymarin, an active ingredient in milk thistle, is extracted from the plant seeds for its antioxidant properties.
What is milk thistle used for?
Milk thistle has been used historically to naturally treat symptoms of the digestive system, including the liver and gallbladder. Modern naturopathic applications include cirrhosis, gallbladder conditions, hepatitis and jaundice.
It also has been used in combination with diabetes medication to improve cholesterol in Type 2 diabetics. A National Institutes of Health study indicates that milk thistle improves insulin resistance and decreases blood sugar levels.
Before using milk thistle for any of these purposes, consult your health care provider to ensure there are no interactions with other medications or underlying conditions.
Is milk thistle good for cardiovascular health?
The ability of milk thistle to lower “bad” low-density lipoprotein cholesterol finds a modern use in combining the supplement with statins. Your health care provider should determine if milk thistle is an appropriate supplemental treatment.
What to look for in a milk thistle supplement
Silymarin concentration
Many supplements are manufactured as milk thistle seed extract, but the key to the supplement’s effectiveness is the percentage of silymarin in each dose. Silymarin is the active ingredient in milk thistle that provides health benefits. Check the manufacturer’s label for the amount of bioavailable silymarin in each tablet or liquid dose.
Form
Milk thistle supplements are sold in three forms. Soft-gel capsules and tablets are the most common, but liquid extracts are available for people who struggle with swallowing or prefer faster absorption. All supplements should be stored in a cool, dry space.
Dose
The range of recommended doses varies widely, from 175 to 2,000 milligrams. Most dosages for liver, gallbladder and digestive disorders range from 210 to 600 milligrams of milk thistle.
Allergen-free
Most milk thistle supplements are made without soy, gluten, eggs, nuts, dairy and other known allergies. Check the label for ingredients used in manufacturing.
How much you can expect to spend on a milk thistle supplement
Milk thistle supplement prices are based on their form and quantity. Tablets and capsules, which cost 8-38 cents per dose, are less expensive than liquid extracts, which run 33-40 cents per dose. Supplements with additional herbal ingredients cost more than milk thistle-only products.
Milk thistle supplement FAQ
Are there side effects from milk thistle supplements?
A. Since the milk thistle plant is part of the ragweed and daisy family, anyone with allergies to these plants and marigolds and chrysanthemums should be aware of potential allergic reactions. People with artichoke and kiwi allergies also should take caution.
Anyone taking antibiotics, blood thinners or cholesterol medication should consult their health care provider about potential interactions.
According to the Mayo Clinic, milk thistle can cause digestive upset, itchiness and headache. It also raises estrogen levels and should be avoided by people with breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer.
What are the signs of a damaged liver?
A. Most damage to the liver isn’t experienced until liver disease has started. Early-stage liver disease can lead to fatigue, easy bruising, itching and right-side abdominal pain. Advanced disease symptoms are jaundiced eyes and skin, leg swelling, dark urine, pale-colored stools and abdominal pain and distention.
What is the best milk thistle supplement to buy?
Top milk thistle supplement
OmniBiotics Milk Thistle Capsules
What you need to know: These all-natural capsules contain additional silymarin extract to aid in absorption and provide maximum potency.
What you’ll love: Each capsule contains 1,500 milligrams of bioavailable milk thistle extract, intended to support the liver and gallbladder health. Certified organic, the supplement is non-GMO and free of gluten, dairy, nuts, soy, sugar and fillers.
What you should consider: A small number of consumers reported the bottles broke easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top milk thistle supplement for the money
Now Foods Extra-Strength Silymarin
What you need to know: This combination supplement of milk thistle, artichoke and dandelion supports liver and gallbladder health.
What you’ll love: With 450 milligrams of silymarin per capsule, this vegetarian formula is powerful and safe. A family-owned manufacturer makes the supplement without soy, nuts, gluten or dairy. It is kosher and non-GMO.
What you should consider: The capsules contain additional filler ingredients.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
Worth checking out
Nature’s Answer Milk Thistle Seed Extract
What you need to know: This is a powerful liquid supplement with a super-concentrated 2,000 milligrams of milk thistle seed extract per serving.
What you’ll love: To maximize liver support, the company promises that all botanicals are analyzed for purity and quality to ensure the highest-quality ingredients are used. The extract is non-GMO and free of alcohol and gluten.
What you should consider: A small number of reviewers reported an unpleasant taste.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
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Superfast Business Wales, a free advisory service that helps businesses make the most of the latest online technology, has launched a new digital toolkit directory.
Containing 82 pages of the latest online and cloud-based software, the directory has been designed help Welsh businesses find the software and services they can rely on.
Cloud based working offers businesses a variety of benefits as it allows you to set up what is essentially a virtual office, providing management with the flexibility of connecting to your business anywhere, any time.
With the growing number of web-enabled devices used in today's business environment (e.g. smartphones, tablets), access to your data is even easier.
Cloud based software can be very beneficial for businesses that have a remote working policy. It will often encourage collaboration, making it easy for your staff and clients to connect, communicate and share information for better team working.
There is also a natural financial impact, as moving your business to the cloud can also reduce the cost of managing and maintaining your IT systems. Rather than purchasing expensive systems and equipment for your business, you can reduce cost by using the automated resources already in place.
A major concern for every business, regardless of size and industry, is the security of its data, particularly as data breaches and other cybercrimes are becoming more prevalent. The cloud offers many advanced security features that guarantee that data is securely stored and handled.
Jo Roberts, Marketing Manager for Superfast Business Wales commented:
The digital toolkit for businesses, is a directory full of free and paid for software. Tools which are available in the market covering a range of different topics.
If you're looking for cyber security options that's in there, if you're looking for sales tools, e-commerce platforms, that's all in there. Social Media Management, Project Management tools, H.R. Tools, CRM systems, productivity tools. There's a whole range of things in there that are all in one easy place that you can refer to.
When the pandemic started, there was a need for businesses to move online and move online very quickly. We were inundated with a lot of businesses getting in touch with us and asking for help to do just that. In fact, we delivered over 5,000 additional hours of support during COVID, so we knew that the need was there.
It's all about empowering businesses and giving them that information. Many businesses might not necessarily be aware that there are cloud based tools that are out there.
Please note: Whilst all product lists are presented for information and research only, and any recommendations are not designed to be comprehensive or act as a specific endorsement from Superfast Business Wales.
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'There absolutely are!' Bakery owner rings alarm as he warns Brits to brace for shortages
FOOD shortages have been forecast as a British bakery owner warned Britons to brace themselves for the incoming crisis.
Bakery owner warns of food shortages
Ed Hamilton-Trewhitt, the owner of the Brickray Bakery, claimed that if his business went under due to the energy crisis they would not be able to have fresh artisan bread anymore. The British baker claimed that Britons should be able to choose between supermarkets and farm shops rather than being dictated to by supermarkets. Mr Hamilton-Trewhitt confirmed that there would be gaps in supermarket shelves, and pushed for the Government to do something about inflation rates and prices.
Mr Hamilton-Trewhitt told Radio 4s Today programme: "I think my message is to be true to rhetoric that we've heard for so long now.
"Recognise how important the high streets are as the lifeblood of society, and do something about rates and the prices.
"And can I also just... Going back to are there going to be gaps in the shelves, there absolutely are!
"If we're just looking at supermarkets, I absolutely agree with the previous answer.
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Mr Hamilton-Trewhitt added: "But we shouldn't just be looking at supermarkets.
"I supply farm shops, fantastic farm shops that offer good produce.
"If we go under they're not going to get their artisan bread, we're the only artisan bakers in a large area.
"And if we go then that choice is taken away, and people are going to have to shop in supermarkets and people should have the choice to eat the food that they want to eat rather than what is dictated to by supermarkets."
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New Prime Minister Liz Truss has been urged to take action now, in order to save more small businesses from going bust.
Some experts have warned that the cost of living crisis will be worse than the pandemic in terms of businesses closing down due to increased costs of energy.
Some Britons have already started using food banks as they cannot afford the rise in prices.
Warrington foodbank chief David McDonald has slammed the ongoing cost of living crisis.
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Mr McDonald told Sky News: "Food banks have grown, over the last 10 years there are now 13,106 food banks throughout the UK.
"Far more food banks now than there are McDonald's restaurants and that is a staggering statistic that should never really be there.
"People should be able to afford to buy their food from the supermarket, where it was intended not to come to us where we give them tin food, packet food, non-perishable items of food.
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Monrovia — Rev. Theo Ephraim Bracewell has urged partisans of the USA/Canada chapter to put its house in order ahead of a retreat in Philadelphia next month October 27-29.
According to the chapter's Chaplain General, he stressed the need to cure the malignant virus of division and disharmony bedeviling the chapter ahead of the retreat this month.
Rev. Bracewell advised that it was now time for partisans of the USA/Canada chapter of the party to reconcile their differences for the collective good of the chapter and the party in general.
He said, "I'm of the opinion that our great party cannot afford to be in the opposition for another six years because of what is happening to the teeming populace of Liberia.
"Liberians are suffering, crying and wailing that they need another party, an alternative to what they are experiencing today.
"We need someone that will bring succour and joy to every home like we used to have during the Unity Party regime. For this to happen the USA/Canada chapter has to put its house in order to join ranks with the party in Liberia to ensure we make George Weah a one-term president.
"If we don't get it right internally as a chapter in the diaspora, resolving all crisis ailing us from within it may spell doom for our party," Rev. Bracewell said.
"If we get it right internally, we will get it right in 2023 as a party. I want us to do something that will make our chapter to be reinvigorated with 13 months to the presidential elections."
Rev. Bracewell described the placement of three top officials of President Weah's government on sanctions for reportedly being involved in corruption as a shame, adding it paints a negative image about the country.
On his support for Unity Party's standard bearer, Rev. Bracewell said: "He is the right man for the presidency because he has been trusted to be a humble and integrity-driven character who would "regain Liberia's image to the International community."
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Business News of Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Executive Secretary of Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Samuel Amegayibor, on September 7, 2021 bemoaned the rate at which the price of cement keep skyrocketing.
A bag of cement at the time was selling at GH¢50.
“What you can do to bring down the cost of materials is to reduce taxes. Because it is a percentage of importation cost and the importation has gone up, any tax component that is a percentage of the product and the product is not in the country and is being imported and the cost has gone up it means the government is automatically benefiting from increasing taxes,” he said.
Read the full story originally published on September 7, 2021.
Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association, GREDA, Samuel Amegayibor has described the rise in price of cement as worrying.
This is after the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers Ghana had indicated the price of a bag of cement is likely to hit 60 Ghana Cedis by the end of the year due to taxes and levies that affect production cost. Over the past seven months, the retail price has shot up three times hitting 27 percent increment.
A bag of Cement now sells at GH¢50.00.
Samuel Amegayibor says prices of all building materials have increased and that will be passed on to Ghanaians.
“What you can do to bring down the cost of materials is to reduce taxes. Because it is a percentage of importation cost and the importation has gone up, any tax component that is a percentage of the product and the product is not in the country and is being imported and the cost has gone up it means the government is automatically benefiting from increasing taxes,” he stressed.
Mr. Amegayibor made these comments on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers Ghana, Rev. Dr. Dawson Ahmaoh said the price hikes could be attributed to internal factors including the unavailability of the raw materials for cement manufacturing and the lack of vessels to transport the materials.
Also, clinker, which constitutes 80 percent of the cement component, is said to be in short supply because many outlets outside the country have shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently, the manufacturers pay about $1M or $500,000 as penalty anytime the vessel delays at the port.
At the last count cement manufacturing firms in Ghana was seven in all, including the latest entry, Dangote. GHACEM which used to be the sole producer and distributor of the strategic asset was believed to be a major contributor to the price hikes in the past but according to GREDA, the situation has rather worsened despite the entry of more manufacturers.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A wolf briefly escaped its habitat at an Ohio zoo but was recaptured, and no guests or employees were hurt, authorities said.
Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo said the female Mexican gray wolf “briefly breached its habitat” at about 10:20 a.m. Monday.
Jacqueline Gerling, director of communications at Cleveland Metroparks, said the wolf “was able to access the guest path” for about five minutes. Gerling said staff “acted quickly to establish a perimeter around the wolf” and the animal was secured by the animal care team and reunited with the other wolves.
Gerling said the zoo has five of the wolves and the other members of the pack were secured in an off-exhibit holding area at the time. She said the zoo “takes these incidents very seriously, training for these types of scenarios on a regular basis.”
Gerling said officials are still gathering details on how the animal was able to escape.
The zoo’s website says the Mexican gray wolf, canis lupus baileyi, is the smallest of the gray wolf subspecies — 54 to 66 inches (137 to 167 centimeters) in length from snout to tail and weighing 50 to 90 pounds (22 to 40 kilograms). Their coat is a varied mixture of tan, red, white, and black fur, with darker colors on their head, shoulders and back.
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This story has been corrected to note the day was Monday rather than Sunday.
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Tyson Fury gives reason for coming out of retirement ahead of Anthony Joshua bout
TYSON FURY has revealed why he decided to backtrack on his retirement claims.
Anthony Joshua tells Tyson Fury he will be ‘ready in December’ for title fight
Tyson Fury has revealed why he has come out of retirement after stepping away from the ring in April. The Gypsy King believes he still has more to achieve and was getting bored of sitting at home doing nothing.
Very few people – boxing fans or not – were surprised when Fury announced he would be returning to action a few weeks ago. The Mancunian had toyed with the idea multiple times since his stoppage victory over Dillian Whyte and was always going to come back to finish off his legacy by attempting to become an undisputed champion.
Of course, those plans have momentarily been put on hold with Oleksandr Usyk out of action until next year. In the meantime, Fury has sent Anthony Joshua an official fight offer which has reportedly been accepted by promoter Eddie Hearn on AJ’s behalf.
Weighing in on his return to competition, Fury told Ring Magazine: “I got bored with retirement. I had five months out the ring, and I changed my mind. Nobody believed me anyway, did they? I would still have passed a lie detector test, though, for sure. I vacated The Ring title and I’ll now become a three-time Ring champion.”
He continued: “The Gypsy King rules this heavyweight division. Everyone does what I say, and I’ve earned that right. I’ve stayed undefeated for 14 years. I’ve took on the hardest f***ing challenges possible.
“I’ve took out one of the longest reigning champions in history (Wladimir Klitschko) and the biggest puncher in history (Deontay Wilder). All I’ve got to do is set about this middleweight (Usyk). And do you know what they’re gonna say when I win? ‘Oh, he was too small, he was never gonna beat Fury!’ They’re already saying it.”
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“I was sitting at home for five months, doing talk shows and a bit of filming. It was great! But nothing will ever compare with being heavyweight champion of the world and having a bit of banter with the lads.
"And when I say the lads, I mean everyone else in boxing. I love boxing. I absolutely adore it. I’ve still got loads of time to do whatever I want. I’ll probably become the ‘New Mongoose’ (in tribute to the ‘Old Mongoose’, Archie Moore) and keep boxing at 50 years old (laughs).”
Fury looks likely to return to the ring on December 17 at the Principality Stadium (previously known as the Millennium Stadium) in Cardiff, Wales against Joshua in an all-British showdown for Fury’s WBC belt. According to Fury, the purse split will be 60/40 in his favour.
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Outrage Sparks Over Delhi 'Slum Walking Tour' That Charges Money To Show Lives Of Poor
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The idea of poverty tourism has always been criticised as it exploits the life of people living in poverty. Recently, a company in Delhi was seen facilitating such tourism and charging Rs 1,800 for the same, which sparked outrage.
We live in a world that is business driven and profit-centric, no matter what it takes. The emergence of poverty tourism is a similar example that can be witnessed in today's era and has faced wider criticism, but it still happens for someone's interest. Mainly through the slums tour, the lives of the poor are romanticised and exploited for profit. Today's popular culture (Slumdog Millionaire) also showcases a similar situation where poverty in slums is distorted for a foreign audience.
Recently, a company in the national capital was seen organising a similar slum tour by charging Rs 1,800 from interested tourists for showing the lives of the poor, reported News18. The screen grab of the website surfaced across social media platforms and sparked outrage. It is to be noted that only a few organisations that organise such tours invest part of their revenue in the development project of a particular slum through NGOs or other mediums.
Idea To Sell Poverty
The efforts to draw visitors to the slum tour have already initiated a broader conversation among the netizens. Such a tour has existed in the Indian business community for a long time. It's very much prevalent in parts of Delhi slums and Mumbai's Dharavi slums, popularised more by the popular culture.
By organising slum tours, the people think that companies are only selling the idea of poverty to the tourists. Also, it dramatically exploits the personal life of people living in those slums. It is prominent that the needy people don't highlight their problems as they live in the hope of receiving some opportunities from the tourists which will earn them some money. But the netizens have gone deep in the conversation and raised several points regarding the emergence of the slums tour.
Many people took to Twitter and mentioned that capitalism is also making money out of poverty. Whereas some people termed such tour plans as 'Poverty on Sale.' Few discussed that such tours are not being organised for the first time as it's a year-old practice, prevalent mainly in the slums of Mumbai and Delhi.
The mechanism of objectifying people in poverty for the entertainment of the privileged class has now become a centre of discussion among netizens. majorly, people were shocked after seeing such tour plans being organised in today's world, which is seeking development opportunities.
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Service layer complements API access to enable data exchange for stakeholders throughout (re)insurance community
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. and LONDON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACORD Solutions Group, the provider of solutions for standardized data exchange throughout the global (re)insurance industry, today announced the launch of the ADEPT Portal, a service layer for users of ADEPT (ACORD Data Exchange Platform & Translator). Several ADEPT users, including SCOR and Echo Re, have already connected via the ADEPT Portal.
ADEPT enables real-time data exchange, translation, and transformation. It links trading partners, and provides data structure, validation, and reconciliation across a range of business functions. ADEPT delivers global interoperability by connecting trading partners, regardless of geography and existing level of data exchange maturity, by integrating seamlessly with existing platforms, portals, and infrastructure.
The ADEPT Portal is tailored to users of ADEPT for Global Reinsurance & Large Commercial (GRLC) Accounting & Claims. By providing this service layer over the top of ADEPT's RESTful APIs, the portal enhances access to ADEPT throughout the global (re)insurance community, allowing stakeholders to connect via their preferred channels and interact with a broad variety of senders and receivers.
"ADEPT has proven to be a sound platform, with standardized data exchange capabilities that have covered a large number of complex use cases we have come across," said Roman Kazancev, CTO of Jean Edwards Consulting, a global consultancy firm with extensive experience implementing ADEPT on behalf of a wide portfolio of (re)insurance and broking clients. "ADEPT has been consistently well received by a number of our reinsurance clients, and implementation is very straightforward with the assistance of the responsive ACORD Solutions team."
(Re)insurers and (re)brokers are able to send and receive Accounting & Claims transactions through the ADEPT Portal even if they are unable to, or choose not to, connect to the ADEPT APIs. Users can enact a full two-way workflow with counterparties who are also using ADEPT, or their own ACORD gateway. Other features include an intuitive dashboard, custom reports, and transaction downloads.
Users of ADEPT are able to integrate with clients of vendors throughout the ACORD Licensed Integrator Partner community, which includes all major placing platforms and policy administration systems for global specialty and reinsurance, as well as connect to existing and next-generation London Market services.
"The new ADEPT Portal is an easy way to access the benefits of standardized global data exchange," said Chris Newman, Managing Director – Global, ACORD. "Even those who are unfamiliar with the GRLC Standards will be able to quickly automate their inward and outward data exchange, and integrate with the global insurance ecosystem."
ACORD Solutions Group was created to solve critical industry challenges by delivering next-generation digital solutions and services. Our enterprise-class solutions optimize the speed, cost, and accuracy of data exchange, connecting stakeholders regardless of geography, role, and legacy constraints. ACORD Solutions Group is an extension of ACORD, the standards-setting body for the global insurance industry. Learn more at www.acordsolutions.com.
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Gujarat cop, wife die by suicide with their baby after WhatsApp note to friends
Police said the constable, posted at a police station in the city, was reported to have circulated a long message to his friends and colleagues.
AHMEDABAD: A Gujarat police constable and his wife ended their lives along with their infant in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, police said.
Police said the constable, posted at a police station in the city, was reported to have circulated a long message to his friends and colleagues, recalling the time that he had spent with friends and his parents.
The incident took place at about 1:30am on Wednesday.
Inspector N R Vaghela of Sola police station said the couple appeared to have jumped off the 12th floor of the apartment building where they lived in Ahmedabad.
Some residents said the wife was the first to jump, the man followed within 10 seconds with their daughter, just a little over two years old.
“There is a difference of barely 10 seconds between the falls. Forensic experts have said nobody was pushed. It is a case of suicide as per the investigations so far and we are trying to find out the reason for taking such an extreme step,” said Vaghela.
Inspector Vaghela said they are yet to access the constable’s phone to confirm that he indeed sent the note.
Before concluding the message, the constable said he was happy to see that his colleagues will avail the benefits of the grade pay. About three weeks ago, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel approved an annual fund of ₹550 crore towards the salary hike of the state police personnel following their protests.
Police said the bodies will be handed over to the family for their last rites in their native village in the state’s Bhavnagar district.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited.
Shareholders who purchased shares of AZRE during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/azure-power-global-limited-loss-submission-form/?id=31387&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: June 15, 2021 to August 26, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/azure-power-global-limited-loss-submission-form/?id=31387&from=4
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Man goes ‘full dad mode’ after teen sees peepers at her window
CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (WXIX/Gray News) - Police in Kentucky are searching for two people accused of peeping into a teenage girl’s bedroom.
The victim’s father, who prefers to remain anonymous, told WXIX he’s bothered by what happened.
“Stay away from my daughter’s bedroom window,” he said.
The father was inside his Fort Thomas home around 10 p.m. Saturday when he says the suspects startled his daughter.
“I was in the basement doing laundry, and I heard my daughter scream, ‘Daddy!’ really loud. Then, maybe a half a second after that, my dog, a 90-pound German shepherd, started going crazy,” the father said.
The father rushed to his daughter’s room.
“She told me she had a man looking through her window,” he said. “I didn’t hesitate. I called the police and started to walk around the perimeter of my yard.”
He didn’t find anything, but his Ring camera caught the two suspects, possibly minors, coming up to the house and then walking away. The father says one of the suspects left his cell phone there and later came back for it.
“I was definitely concerned, and I went full dad mode,” the father said. “Whether it was a teenager or an adult, they don’t need to be looking through my daughter’s window.”
The father said neither he nor his daughter recognized the suspects. He also said neighbors told him they saw the suspects knocking on doors. One neighbor reported missing hubcaps from their car.
“I guess they’re up to no good,” he said. “Shenanigans.”
If you have any information on who the people in the video may be, Fort Thomas police ask you to call Campbell County Dispatch at (859) 547-3100.
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Infosys will leverage next-gen technologies to support the product development initiatives of Spirit AeroSystems
BENGALURU, India, Sept. 7, 2022 /CNW/ -- Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced a five-year agreement with Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets. Infosys will collaborate with Spirit AeroSystems to provide aerostructure and systems engineering services for product development of commercial, business jet and emerging aircraft programs, and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services.
This strategic collaboration builds on 16 years of longstanding relationship between the two organizations, during which Infosys has provided innovative design solutions for some of Spirit's aerostructure programs. As part of this engagement, Infosys will offer end-to-end product development services, including design engineering, sustaining engineering, systems engineering, stress engineering, manufacturing engineering, and repair and maintenance. Leveraging knowledge-based engineering and engineering automation, Infosys also aims to accelerate product development across the value stream. In addition, Infosys will support Spirit to secure highly efficient structural designs and a robust certification process, contributing to the manufacture of innovative, lightweight, and more sustainable aircraft structures and components.
The Aerospace Center of Excellence at Infosys has a track record of world-class execution of design and engineering solutions for over 22 years. With deep capabilities in aerostructure design spanning conceptualization to release, mature composite design, and engineering automation, Infosys collaborates with 7 of the top 10 global aerospace companies and has been recognized as a leading player in aerospace and defense manufacturing.
"At Spirit AeroSystems, we believe our ability to continuously advance our offering at design and engineering levels is one of our competitive differentiators. Our longstanding collaboration with Infosys means we are well-positioned to co-innovate on critical stages of product development, ensuring we continue to pursue the highest standards in quality and airworthiness. This strategic agreement further reinforces our strengths and will leverage mutual synergies to accelerate the development of world-class, sustainable aerostructures and services across our commercial and aftermarket business segments," said, Dr. Sean Black, Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, Engineering and Technology, Spirit AeroSystems.
Commenting on the collaboration, Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Manufacturing, Infosys, said, "Now more than ever, aerospace and defense organizations need to rapidly reinvent their digital foundation. We are thrilled to deepen our strategic collaboration with Spirit AeroSystems and accelerate their digital transformation, by pushing the envelope in design and product engineering. With our investments in aerostructure engineering and next-gen technologies like artificial intelligence and cloud, we are confident of delivering compelling value to Spirit and take our collaboration to newer heights."
About Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world's largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets. With expertise in aluminum and advanced composite manufacturing solutions, the company's core products include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, pylons, and nacelles. We are leveraging decades of design and manufacturing expertise to be the most innovative and reliable supplier of military aerostructures, and specialty high-temperature materials, enabling warfighters to execute complex, critical missions. Spirit also serves the aftermarket for commercial and business/regional jets. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit has facilities in the U.S., U.K., France, Malaysia and Morocco. More information is available at www.spiritaero.com.
About Infosys:
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses, and communities. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in more than 50 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) ( NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise navigate your next.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India and the US, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
For more information, contact: [email protected]
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LEON, Mexico — I'm at a concert in Leon, the largest city in the Mexican state of Guanajuato — a region with a rich, but tragic history. The land surrounding this concert was once the epicenter of global silver production in the 18th century, when tens of thousands of Indigenous families were forced to toil in its deadly mines.
Fast forward a couple of centuries, and the descendants of those people that kept the global economy churning for so long are now gathering to be entertained by a musical legend.
The Puerto Rican rapper, Residente, is recognized for being a groundbreaking, genre-bending artist. But he's also known as a leader in Latin American political thought who is well versed in the region's history.
"He has a little bit of everything: Fun lyrics and a more political side, but he's able to combine them very well," says long-time fan Abraham Morales at the concert.
Residente has been making hits for more than 15 years; first as the vocalist for the hip hop group Calle 13, and now as a solo artist. He's sold millions of albums and holds the record for most Latin Grammy Awards with 27.
At concerts like this one in Leon, Residente's fans sing along to every song, from the biggest hits to the most obscure, middle-of-the-album songs. His cult-like following keeps him on the concert trail, even though he hasn't dropped an album since his solo debut in 2017. I asked Residente where he sees himself right now.
"I'm writing for fun," Residente tells me. "I'm tired of touring. I like the people. I hate flying."
"Sometimes I enjoy the concerts and sometimes I don't enjoy them at all."
Residente, 44, says he's reached a reflective point in his life. This shines through in his 2020 single "René." In it, he discusses the killing of his childhood best friend at the hands of Puerto Rican police, his struggles with depression and alcohol, and his recent divorce.
"Nobody believed that it was going to be a hit because it's eight minutes," Residente says. "And it went viral and everyone liked it and everyone was listening to it, and it's eight minutes — and it's just me over a piano."
"René" became a surprise smash for Residente – its music video has more than 260 million views on YouTube. It was supposed to be the first song off of his new album, but then the pandemic hit, and things got delayed. As of now, he's hoping to release this new album by the end of the year, and to do a proper tour in 2023.
While some of Residente's recent music is autobiographical, he has also begun battling rival rappers in highly publicized duels.
"But then I learned, man, I'm not going to be all my life answering to all these people," Residente says.
But he isn't following his own advice. Just last week, he responded to a diss track by fellow Puerto Rican rapper, Cosculluela, by releasing his response two days later. At time of publication, "Cosquillita" has nearly 8 million listens on YouTube, just three days after the song was released.
Although battling rappers is a scuffle that Residente thoroughly enjoys, most of his energy has been expended on much larger opponents — social phenomena in Latin America, particularly economic inequities, political persecution, and the often hostile role that the United States has played in the region.
"This is Not America" continues in this tradition by questioning the United States' adoption of the word "American."
"Everyone is American on this continent," Residente says. "And it's how they took the word and made it for them," he adds. "It's like another way of colonization."
The video for "This is Not America" gorily depicts the violence inflicted by U.S.-backed regimes in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, as well as the CIA-directed death squads who massacred entire communities throughout Central America.
Note: This music video includes graphic depictions of violence that some might find objectionable.
"All the things I'm presenting are the collateral damages that the U.S. created in Latin America," Residente says.
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory and Residente's home country, is always at the forefront of his mind when he writes and performs. As a result, he says he's received death threats and that he was even banned from performing on the island.
"I know I opened a door for artists to say things," Residente states. "I said to Luis Fortuno, 'He's a motherf*****,'" Residente asserts, speaking of Puerto Rico's former governor. "I got censored for four years. (Bad Bunny) said the same thing a week or two ago, and he was a hero. But at the time that I said it, maybe people weren't ready for that."
Today, it appears that Puerto Rico is ready. After decades of registering just 5% or less of gubernatorial votes, the two independence-minded parties on the island combined to reach nearly a third of votes in the 2020 general election.
And if recent viral videos of protests on the island are any indication, the nationalist movement only seems to be gaining momentum. I asked Residente whether he thinks he'll see the day when Puerto Rico is an independent country, something he's yearned for throughout his adult life.
"I think so," Residente says. "Now more than ever, it's right there, knocking at the door."
Whether or not that day does come, Residente seems determined to keep pushing for it. In the meantime, his fans will continue to sing along.
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After Ganesh visarjan was banned in Maharashtra’s Panchganga river, idols of Lord Ganesh were immersed using a conveyor-belt machine in the Irani Khan Ganapati Visarjan lake in Kolhapur.
Videos of the conveyor-belt machine, installed by the municipal corporation, that show “eco-friendly” idols falling into water as the onlookers chant “ganpati bappa morya” are going viral.
Netizens have expressed mixed opinions about the use of conveyor-belt technology for the ritual. a A Twitter user wrote that mechanising the visarjan process would help to maintain public order.
The most indigenous, innovative way to bid a convinent, respectable and emotional goodbye to our beloved #GanpatiBappa
This is in #Kolhapur.
Rivers and lakes are strictly barred for immersion. Such artificial ponds and the conveyor belt system is the way ahead. pic.twitter.com/gcQn5d3USl
— Shantanu Patil’s Weather Updates MH / KA / GOA (@shanpati) September 5, 2022
Instead of this,just bring eco-friendly Bappa &perform all the rituals properly at your home only,with family& friends around!It’s a bliss 🙏🙏
Our next door neighbour did just that and believe me, it was a blessing to be even there watching the Arti and all rituals 🙏🙏
— Shikha Jaiswal 🇮🇳 (@ShikhaJ75928322) September 5, 2022
I’m not comfortable with the idol falling in the water from a height. The ‘conveyor belt’ could have been kept touching the water, the idol@could have just slided in the water.
— Amar Barwe – अमर बर्वे (@amarbarwe) September 5, 2022
I’m not comfortable with the idol falling in the water from a height. The ‘conveyor belt’ could have been kept touching the water, the idol@could have just slided in the water.
— Amar Barwe – अमर बर्वे (@amarbarwe) September 5, 2022
Here in Karnataka, we dip the idol 3 times before immersing it into the water…!! Just a fear of forgetting the traditions in the name of innovations.
— Kartik🇮🇳 (@KartikTalikoti) September 5, 2022
People have welcomed the move. Those who understand the concept, will never complain. For those “some” people, home immersion is the best option. We did it at home. Very convenient, homely affair and hassle free.
— Shantanu Patil’s Weather Updates MH / KA / GOA (@shanpati) September 5, 2022
Honestly, didn’t like this concept.
Going into the lake/river and doing Visarjan of Bappa has a different feel to it, which cannot be replaced by technology.Trying to add science/technology in every tradition and festival is undesirable.
— Vaibhav Salgaonkar (@TheSalgaonkar) September 5, 2022
Not a right method but it helps. So many kids enthusiastic to work as Visarjan Boys lose their lives in Water. This method is secure that way.
Instead bring in a Brass, Silver, Gold Ganesha…Do Pooja, Visarjan at home…Clean it and keep it back in home temple.— Varadraj Adya (@varadadya) September 5, 2022
A great effort by Kolhapur Municipal Corporation for Ganesh Visarjan.🙏
Notice that the Nirmlaaya (garlands and flowers) have been removed in advance to avoid polluting thr water furthur. pic.twitter.com/rHAp8UyFQV— Varsha 🌸 (@Varrsha2) September 6, 2022
Loved the idea.. Somehow, not feeling good to see like this. It’s not the way I believe.
— VJ🇮🇳 (@Mystic_VJ) September 5, 2022
“How many times we’ve heard of news of boats being capsized during ganpati visarjan resulting in loss of lives. So this method may help preventing these type of accidents,” read the user’s comment.
Another Twitter user commented, “A great effort by Kolhapur Municipal Corporation for Ganesh Visarjan.🙏 Notice that the Nirmlaaya (garlands and flowers) have been removed in advance to avoid polluting the water further.”
However, many people felt that the use of machines dampened the festivities. “Honestly, didn’t like this concept. Going into the lake/river and doing Visarjan of Bappa has a different feel to it, which cannot be replaced by technology. Trying to add science/technology in every tradition and festival is undesirable,” a Twitter user wrote.
The immersion of Ganesh idols in waterbodies marks the end of the popular Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
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GOONZU CORONATION NIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT !!!
Greetings Luminarians!
After long deliberation, the results are in! After an arduous battle, we have our winner. The new era has just begun. The Coronation Night will be held depending on the availability of the nominated GoonZu!
Once again! Congratulations Frequency may your run as GoonZu may prosper and make you and your people proud.
We will joyously congratulate our GoonZu:
- Season 66 Zeus Server: Naofumi
- Season 1 Hestia Server: Chotin
We invite all of you to our GoonZu Ceremony in Hanyang Throne Room!
See you there Citizens of Abel!
Regards,
Luminary Global Team.
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