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DWTS is set to return with another glamorous season on Monday, September 19 at 8 pm ET on Disney+. After being on ABC for three decades, the show is set to switch platforms and start fresh.
One of the celebrities set to put on their dancing shoes and take to the stage is drag superstar, Shangela. The RuPaul’s Drag Race star will be partnered up with pro dancer Gleb Savchenko in the latest season.
Celebrities joining her in the race to win the Mirrorball trophy include Jordin Sparks, Gabby Windey, Vinny Guadagnino, Teresa Giudice, and TikTok influencers Charli and Heidi D’Amelio.
DWTS Season 31 will be co-hosted by the sensational Tyra Banks and season 19 Mirrorball champion Alfonso Ribeiro, and joining them as judges will be Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough.
Shangela is set to dance her way to the top in DWTS Season 31
Former RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela is an actor, drag performer, and co-host of the Emmy-nominated HBO series, We’re Here. The drag diva is famously known for her phrase "Halleloo" and has also been a guest star in Glee, The Mentalist, X-Files, and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
The performer, born D.J. Pierce, is originally from Texas and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University, where he is currently an advisory Board Member.
Shangela is the first ever drag superstar to be on DWTS USA, and his presence makes it one of the first steps the show has taken towards inclusivity. Last year, JoJo Siwa was the first ever female dancer to compete with another female dance partner on the show.
In a video uploaded by US Weekly, Shangela and Gleb spoke about the show and the drag superstar said:
"We really are our biggest competition."
He went on to talk about the internal struggle with self-doubt and said that they:
“Really just want to have fun.”
The DTWS couple were asked what it felt like to make history and the two collectively implied that they were over-the-top. Gleb said “sign me up” while Shangela spoke about being on the show since he grew up loving dancing and was grateful to be able “to have this amazing platform to compete.”
He recalled that his “jaw was on the floor” when he found out and said that he was living his best life. Shangela also said that visibility is a vital part of the opportunity. He said:
"I am the first person to ever be able to compete in drag on Dancing With The Stars in the history of the show."
The actor hopes to show people that “it’s all about the heart and the soul.” It shouldn’t matter if it's two men dancing together or a “man and a drag entertainer.” He went on to remind viewers about the spirit of the art of dancing.
The drag queen took to Twitter to announce his participation in the show.
Fans went gaga about Shangela’s presence on DWTS
As Shangela announced his presence on the show, fans took Twitter by storm, sending messages of support and love.
Other celebrities to compete in DWTS include Selma Blair, Trevor Donovan, Daniel Durant, Cheryl Ladd, Jason Lewis, Wayne Brady, Jessie James Decker, Joseph Baena, and Sam Champion.
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Asensus Surgical Inc. (AMEX: ASXC) is -50.91% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.35 and a high of $2.31 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ASXC stock was last observed hovering at around $0.53 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.01% off its average median price target of $2.25 for the next 12 months. It is also 82.0% off the consensus price target high of $3.00 offered by 2 analysts, but current levels are 64.0% higher than the price target low of $1.50 for the same period.
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Currently trading at $0.54, the stock is -9.72% and 4.64% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.46 million and changing 3.42% at the moment leaves the stock -20.10% off its SMA200. ASXC registered -73.02% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.78%.
The stock witnessed a -0.93% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.57%, and is 0.91% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 10.12% over the week and 9.09% over the month.
Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) has around 153 employees, a market worth around $129.26M and $7.10M in sales. Distance from 52-week low is 55.69% and -76.41% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-36.60%).
Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) Analyst Forecasts
Analyst recommendations provided by FactSet shows that the consensus forecast for Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) is a “Buy”. 2 analysts offering their recommendations for the stock have an average rating of 2.00, where 0 rate it as a Hold and 0 think it is a “Overweight”. 2 of the analysts rate the stock as a “Buy”. 0 analysts have rated the stock as a Sell or Underperform.
Asensus Surgical Inc. is expected to release its quarterly report on 11/10/2022.The EPS is expected to grow by 67.50% this year
Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 236.50M, and float is at 234.25M with Short Float at 4.00%.
Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) Insider Activity
A total of 6 insider transactions have happened at Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 2 and purchases happening 4 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Starling William N JR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Starling William N JR sold 27,010 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 13 at a price of $0.40 per share for a total of $10804.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13846.0 shares.
Asensus Surgical Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 15 that Kwo Elizabeth (Director) bought a total of 18,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 15 and was made at $0.53 per share for $9558.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 72201.0 shares of the ASXC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07, Milne David Bruce (Director) acquired 225,000 shares at an average price of $0.62 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds 619,884 shares of Asensus Surgical Inc. (ASXC).
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The closing price of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (NYSE: WMS) was 138.49 for the day, up 2.00% from the previous closing price of $135.78. In other words, the price has increased by $+2.71 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1123162 shares were traded. WMS reached its highest trading level at $139.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $134.00.
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Ratios:
Our analysis of WMS’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.80 and its Current Ratio is at 2.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.09.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Deutsche Bank on August 18, 2022, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $182.
On March 01, 2022, Morgan Stanley Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $145.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Underweight to Equal-Weight on February 11, 2021, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $102.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 18 when FISCHER ALEXANDER R sold 4,000 shares for $146.71 per share. The transaction valued at 586,839 led to the insider holds 16,453 shares of the business.
KLEIN ROBERT M sold 214 shares of WMS for $30,760 on Aug 17. The EVP, Sales now owns 111,363 shares after completing the transaction at $143.74 per share. On Aug 16, another insider, KLEIN ROBERT M, who serves as the EVP, Sales of the company, sold 20,553 shares for $150.88 each. As a result, the insider received 3,100,936 and left with 111,577 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
As of this moment, Advanced’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 30.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.62. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.83 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.77.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WMS has reached a high of $153.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $80.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 120.40, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 116.36.
Shares Statistics:
WMS traded an average of 722.56K shares per day over the past three months and 585.06k shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 83.14M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.78M. Insiders hold about 0.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.00% stake in the company. Shares short for WMS as of Jul 14, 2022 were 1.54M with a Short Ratio of 2.24, compared to 1.22M on Jun 14, 2022. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1.81% and a Short% of Float of 2.36%.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.36, WMS has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.48. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.27%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 0.40%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.80.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 4 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $1.48 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $1.55 and a low estimate of $1.38, while EPS last year was $0.87. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.56, with high estimates of $1.69 and low estimates of $1.48.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $5.37 and $5.11 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $5.22. EPS for the following year is $5.86, with 4 analysts recommending between $6.55 and $5.52.
Revenue Estimates
It is expected that $90B in revenue will be generated in the current quarter, according to 4 analysts. It ranges from a high estimate of $888.17M to a low estimate of $812.99M. As of the current estimate, Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.’s year-ago sales were $624.84M, an estimated increase of 37.40% from the year-ago figure.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WMS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.2B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.13B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.17B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.77B, up 14.60% from the average estimate. Based on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.36B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.51B and the low estimate is $3.3B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 6.00% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
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Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI – Get Rating) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,257,000.
A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Karlinski Andrew C bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. Timber Creek Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the first quarter worth $31,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Concorde Financial Corp acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Mystic Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $43,000.
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance
Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $201.11 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $201.60 and its 200-day moving average is $207.16. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $181.67 and a one year high of $244.06.
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Profile
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the of the MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all of the United States common stocks traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market.
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Woman trying to retrieve phone goes over 68-foot waterfall, survives
WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) – A woman survived with no injuries after going over a waterfall in Kentucky while trying to retrieve her phone.
According to Whitley County Emergency Management, the 36-year-old woman was taking photos at Cumberland Falls State Park when she dropped her phone in the river Wednesday afternoon. When she tried to retrieve the phone, she was swept away by the current.
“We all want to get really close to something so beautiful, but I can see how easy it would be to misjudge how close you are to something like that,” Cumberland Falls visitor Tonya Scherf said.
Witnesses called 911 and told dispatchers a woman had fallen into the river and went over the waterfall, landing downstream.
When first responders arrived, they found the woman at the bottom of the waterfall. She was able to swim to rescuers and was pulled out of the water.
Officials said she was checked out by EMS at the scene and, shockingly, did not need to be taken to the hospital, as she was uninjured.
Located in southeastern Kentucky, Cumberland Falls is 68 feet high by 125 feet wide, reaching depths of up to 400 feet at the base of the falls.
Anthony Christie, the Whitley County Emergency Management director, credits the woman’s ability to swim with saving her life.
“If she didn’t know how to swim, it probably would have been a different outcome,” Christie said.
Officials said the woman breached the security gate to get a closer look at the falls, and they are reminding visitors to stay behind the barricade for safety reasons.
Visitors who disobey safety rules can be fined. Officials did not say if the woman who went over the falls would be fined.
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According to a new Zillow report, finding and landing a rental is stressing Americans out nationwide. The typical monthly rent in the U.S. has soared to a record high of $2,031, and the latest Zillow survey reveals just how tired and burnt out Americans are as they search for new homes and apartments. Recent data revealed that two in five recent renters —or 40%— said they lost sleep during their home search, with many worrying about cost, communication, and competition.
Two in five recent renters said they lost sleep during their search
Not being able to find an affordable rental is the most common stressor, with 38% of renters noting it as one of the most stressful parts of their search, which coincides with rents jumping 24% in just the past two years. According to census data, the typical renter household brings in $3,800 each month, meaning they'd have to spend more than half — or 53%— of their income to rent the typical apartment or house.
In addition to stress caused by runaway prices, 26% of renters said keeping track of emails or messages from landlords they contacted was a concern. And 22% reported the same of having to compete against other renters.
Renters are making tradeoffs to land a new home in a high-stakes search environment. According to Zillow's survey, 77% said they made compromises to afford their most recent rental, with the most common being settling for a place that didn't have all of the features they wanted, such as new appliances, AC or a balcony. Just under a third of recent renters —or 30%— said they ended up renting a smaller home than they had planned.
"Rising rents are only adding to the pressure renters feel during what is already an emotional and challenging process," said Zillow home trends expert Amanda Pendleton. "Renters are often staring down a deadline to leave their current rental, and with competition so intense, they need to make decisions quickly. This survey shows even if renters are making compromises to land an apartment, many are still suffering emotional and physical strain."
Peak rental season is here, and many renters are just starting their search. Zillow's survey found 76% of renters said they would have done at least one thing differently in their most recent rental search. While the rental market is expensive and competitive, there are steps renters can take to help relieve stress and get a full night's sleep:
- Understand what they can afford and establish a budget.
- Before browsing rentals and setting expectations, renters should start with a rent affordability calculator to figure out their ideal price range. They should set search parameters within that budget, and also use Zillow's new move-in date filter to ensure they're seeing apartments that are available when they need them to avoid paying double rent.
- Renters should also do research on their market to better understand what they can expect to pay and if they should negotiate. Zillow has a Rental Market Trends tool showing typical rents, number of available units and market temperature down to the ZIP code. Renters can also compare rental costs in different cities side by side.
- Stay organized.
- Zillow's Renter Hub, a one-stop shop for renters, is now available on the Zillow app. Instead of users having to dig through their inbox and toggle to and from the Zillow app for updates on their rental search, Renter Hub now keeps messages with prospective landlords and all of the up-to-date details on renters' current home organized in one place, right at their fingertips.
- Zillow's Renter Profile lets renters create a personal profile outlining their renter qualifications, such as employment, income and credit score, as well as their desired move-in date and lease duration. A profile allows them to introduce themselves to potential landlords and to offer a sense of what they're looking for in a rental.
- Know their rights.
- Zillow's Local Legal Protections tool provides information about local laws that protect LBGTQ renters from housing discrimination. It also includes information on local laws that prevent housing discrimination based on the source of income used to pay the rent, such as housing vouchers.
- Search smarter.
- To save time on in-person tours, renters can take advantage of virtual 3D Home tours and interactive floor plans on many Zillow rental listings to quickly narrow their options and avoid wasting time touring rentals that are not a good fit.
- Using Zillow's new multilocation search, renters can browse available rentals in up to five areas at once, a great way for them to see options in another location that better fit their budget or lifestyle.
To read the full release, including charts and methodology, click here.
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Birch and Lily, a local cleaning company partners with Kingsley Ishiguzo, an operational excellence guru, to contribute to grassroots development through education.
In partnership with local businesses who started their business from the streets, Kingsley Ishiguzo an operational manager who has spent all his life in the corporate world helping businesses achieve operational excellence contributes to grassroots development.
This initiative with Birch and Lily is in line to encourage small businesses that started in slums and local communities to join and partake in CSR (corporate social responsibility) as it should not be limited to only large organisations.
Birch and Lily is a small business that’s into general cleaning. The partnership birthed a football competition with the winner winning prizes and school outreach where students were given stationeries to prepare them for the new term.
Speaking at the event, Ishiguzo said: “Running a successful business in Nigeria is hard, talk less of starting a business. We need to encourage these kids through education and success stories of successful businesses that they can achieve anything they want to and also build a successful business in the future through sound education and knowledge. This is the reason I jumped on this opportunity when Adekunle who is the CEO of Birch and Lily reached out to me.”
“Top organisations do a lot of what we’re doing now but then, small businesses also need to invest a lot in CSR. We’re nothing without our local communities” said the manager of Birch and Lily, Adeyemi Adeniran.
Adeyemi Adeniran, who has experienced what it is to start a business in local communities, said: “It’s not an easy task to start a business where the environment is not friendly and everyone wants to take advantage of the business at its early stages. Kingsley has an eye for helping people, hence, it was not difficult convincing him to join this initiative.”
Having gone through the journey of life and come out successful, Kingsley has returned to his roots to ensure children do not experience the same challenges as he did, or at least, they are provided with more resources to aid their ambition.
This is also to encourage small businesses that are in the local community to play a role in CSR
The school outreach event took place at Egbeda in City Top schools, Great Rock and Lamar Schools where books were shared with students.
The Principal of Great Rocks school Mr. Samson added: “They’re grateful for this good thing visiting their school and it helps relieve stress and responsibilities on parents.”
Looking at the objectives and impact of CSR, David Nwosu, a corporate business owner who owns Kichob Global in Lagos, said: “The community contributes to the growth and success of every business, if you don’t look out for the community and the people who live in it then the negative impact of the community would kill your business.”
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BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that President Vladimir Putin's decision to send reinforcements to Ukraine's Kharkiv region underlined the huge losses Russia's forces are taking in its war.
“There are a huge number of Russian forces that are in Ukraine and unfortunately, tragically, horrifically President Putin has demonstrated that he will throw a lot of people into this at huge cost to Russia, at huge cost to its future,“ he said.
Blinken was speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels after talks with the Western alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, one day after the chief US diplomat had visited Kyiv.
Earlier, Russian news agencies had reported that Moscow's forces were redeploying to the Kharkiv region in response to a large-scale Ukrainian counter-offensive.
The TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies shared video from Russia’s defence ministry, showing the movement of military hardware on a paved road, some with Russian flags and bearing the letter “Z”, a symbol of Russia’s military campaign.
Local Moscow-installed official Vitaliy Ganchev said in televised remarks that “fierce battles” were under way near Balakliya, a town in Kharkiv region that Ukraine said it had recaptured on Thursday. - AFP
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Queen Elizabeth II’s death: What will happen to her corgis? How many are left and what are they called?
After the Queen’s death many will be wondering what will happen to her beloved corgis.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday 8 September, had a great adoration for corgis and she leaves behind a few of her pets.
Her Majesty’s obsession with corgis was no secret, as over the years the breed of dog became synonymous with the sovereign.
It all started in 1933 when then-Princess Elizabeth, aged seven, fell in love with a corgi her father bought, which was named Dookie.
After that they welcomed a second corgi, called Lady Jane, and from there a family tradition of breeding the dogs began.
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Ever since, Elizabeth - both as Princess and Queen - had corgis throughout her entire life, right up until her death on September 8.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Queen’s corgis after her passing, including what will happen to them, what the remaining corgis were called, and how many corgis the Queen had throughout her life.
What will happen to the Queen’s corgis after her death?
Upon her death, the Queen left behind at least four dogs – two corgis, one dorgi (cross-breed of a Welsh corgi and dachshund), and one cocker spaniel.
Royal experts, including journalist Claudia Joseph, have speculated that Elizabeth’s dogs will be given to various family members.
“Andrew has cocker spaniels so he might take back the one he gave her. William and Kate also love dogs so they could have them,” Claudia Joseph told the New York Post.
What were the Queen’s corgis called?
Queen Elizabeth II’s two corgis that remain are called Muick and Sandy.
Her cocker spaniel is named Lissy, and her dorgi goes by the name of Candy.
How many corgis did the Queen have during her 70-year reign?
In total, the Queen owned more than 30 corgis throughout her 70-year reign. Many of them were part of the same bloodline.
Her Majesty was devastated in April 2018 when the final corgi of this direct family, Willow, died. At that point, she said she wasn’t going to have any more corgis as she was worried about leaving some behind.
But in 2021, the Queen was given two new puppies - a corgi and a dorgi - as a gift from the Duke of York. They kept her entertained in lockdown while her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was hospitalised.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 9, 2022
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
Air Quality Alert Message
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Washington Department of Ecology Yakima WA
Washington Department of Ecology Spokane WA
Relayed by National Weather Service Spokane WA
1051 AM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the
Washington Department of Ecology
The Washington Department of Ecology has announced an Air Quality
Alert for Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, and Whitman
Counties from 8 pm Friday September 9th through Monday morning, due
to expected wildfire smoke from Oregon and Idaho fires.
Burning restrictions are in effect.
Health Impacts and Recommended Actions: When air quality is
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, sensitive persons may experience
health effects and should limit prolonged or heavy exertion and limit
time spent outdoors. When air quality in Unhealthy, everyone should
limit their time outdoors, and people with asthma, respiratory
infections, diabetes, lung or heart disease should stay indoors.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued by the Washington Department of
Ecology in Yakima
Alert for Chelan and Douglas counties. The alert will be re-assessed
today. The alert is due to wildfire smoke over the area.
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Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban Is Permanently Blocked by State Judge
Bloomberg News
,(Bloomberg) -- Abortion remains legal in Michigan after a judge permanently blocked enforcement of a 91-year-old ban that could have become law following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued the decision Wednesday in a victory for the nonprofit group Planned Parenthood. The ban, which was opposed in a separate lawsuit by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was on hold after a temporary ruling. The state’s Republican-dominated legislature intervened to support enforcement of the statute after Michigan’s Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, opposed it.
The decision barring the law’s enforcement, which may be subject to appeal, comes as reproductive rights advocates in Michigan fight to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would enshrine abortion access in the swing state.
“Issuing a permanent injunction will cause no damage to the defendant attorney general or the intervenors,” the judge wrote. “The harm to women, on the other hand, is a wholesale denial of their fundamental right to an abortion, necessitating permanent injunctive relief.”
Read More: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Abortion-Rights Ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion had made the long-dormant Michigan law a threat to abortion access in the state. Several other states have already banned or severely restricted the procedure.
Responding to Wednesday’s decision, the governor pointed to the state’s highest court.
“With our rights still hanging by a thread, the Michigan Supreme Court needs to provide certainty and rule on my lawsuit to protect the right to abortion in the state constitution,” Whitmer said in a statement.
Nessel said “ensuring women have the right to make personal healthcare decisions today and in the future must be pursued at the ballot box.”
Michigan’s ban dates back to 1846 but was updated nine decades ago to add a manslaughter charge. Whitmer filed suit after a draft of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked in May.
Groups including Right to Life of Michigan and the Michigan Catholic Conference had filed briefs challenging Whitmer’s right to sue. Their lawyer, John J. Bursch with Alliance Defending Freedom, has said the court’s ruling ignored the lives of the unborn and wasn’t grounded in state law.
The case is Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of the State of Michigan, Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate, 22-000044, Michigan Court of Claims.
(Adds Whitmer comment in seventh paragraph.)
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New Betting Odds On Winner of AEW World Title Tournament, Possible MJF Title Reign
BetOnline have sent us the following betting odds about the winner of the AEW World title tournament and if MJF will be a champion himself. Sammy Guevara will face Darby Allin tonight on AEW Rampage, with the winner facing Jon Moxley the semifinals. The winner of that meets the winner of Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson (set for next week’s Dynamite) at AEW Grand Slam to crown a new champion. MJF, meanwhile, has a guaranteed title shot after winning the Casino Ladder match at AEW All Out.
AEW World Championship Tournament Winner
Bryan Danielson -130 (10/13)
Chris Jericho +150 (3/2)
Jon Moxley +450 (9/2)
Sammy Guevara +650 (13/2)
Will MJF win AEW World Championship before end of 2022?
Yes -300
No +200
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Rayo Vallecano president Martin Presa has claimed he was assaulted and left hospitalised by a football agent as he negotiated a deal to sign Espanyol striker Raul de Tomas last month, sources have told ESPN.
Sources confirmed Presa has pressed charges against Ivan Garcia, who works for the agency ICM Stellar, for headbutting him during a meeting in Madrid in August.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.)
In the police report, which was first revealed by COPE on Friday, Presa said things turned ugly when he accused the agency of damaging their own players' best interests.
Stellar, Presa added, wanted commission from the deal which he was not willing to pay because he had not contracted them to play any role in the operation.
At that point it is alleged Garcia, one of seven people present at the meeting, stepped forward and "unexpectedly and violently" assaulted the Rayo chief.
ICM Stellar have been approached for comment by ESPN.
De Tomas, who came through the Real Madrid academy, spent two years on loan at Rayo between 2017 and 2019, scoring 38 goals in 66 matches.
That led to a move to Benfica but the Spain international returned to LaLiga with Espanyol in 2020, where he has scored 45 goals in 89 appearances.
Both De Tomas and Espanyol were open to a transfer this summer, with Rayo keen to sign him, but the transfer window closed on Sept. 1 without a deal being agreed.
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ELK MILLS, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say five people were found dead inside a home Friday morning after an apparent shooting in a suburb an hour outside Baltimore.
The department's spokesman Lt. Michael Holmes told the Associated Press that deputies discovered the bodies when they were called to an Elk Mills residence around 9 a.m. to investigate a reported shooting.
The Cecil County Sheriff's Office said on its Facebook page that there was no current threat to the public.
More details surrounding their deaths have not been released.
Scripps station WMAR reported that the sheriff's office is set to hold a press conference at 2 p.m.
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When I was a kid growing up in Orange County, I often found myself riding past the headquarters of the famous Trinity Broadcasting Network — an enormous circular building that resembled the bottom tier of a wedding cake. It was a spectacularly tacky sight, an example of the excesses of the "prosperity gospel" — the belief that extravagant wealth is a sign of God's favor. Having been raised in a modest Baptist church, I'd been taught early on to sneer at this notion and all the televangelists and other religious hucksters who upheld it.
In recent years, the movies have also taken on the prosperity gospel, sometimes with a sneer, and sometimes with a measure of sympathy. Jessica Chastain recently won an Oscar for her barbed yet heartfelt portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. And now, in the uneven but entertaining comedy Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall give wonderfully complex performances as a disgraced Christian power couple trying to salvage what remains of their spiritual empire.
Brown plays Lee-Curtis Childs, the pastor of a Black megachurch in Atlanta that, at its peak, boasted 25,000 congregants. Hall plays his steadfast wife, Trinitie Childs, who's chosen to stand by him through a humiliating scandal that drove away their flock and forced their church to close. Now, after some time away from the spotlight, the two are ready to resurrect their ministry.
Lee-Curtis hires a documentary filmmaker to follow him and Trinitie as they prepare to reopen their church on Easter Sunday. He hopes that the resulting film will paint them in a forgiving light.
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. was written and directed by Adamma Ebo, who adapted it from her earlier short film of the same title. Her twin sister, Adanne Ebo, is one of the producers. We see a lot of that mock-documentary footage as it's being shot. Lee-Curtis and Trinitie lead the camera crew on a tour of their church, which features a room with gilded thrones for the pastor and his wife to sit on and a private closet filled with Lee-Curtis' expensive, colorful suits.
It's both fun and a little depressing to watch these two constantly performing in front of the cameras, but also revealing more of themselves than they realize. One minute they're praising God to the heavens, and the next they're cursing up a storm when something doesn't go their way. Trinitie learns that a rival Black church — led by a younger, hipper couple, played by the actors Conphidance and Nicole Beharie — is also planning to launch on Easter Sunday. The fate of their own reopening looks grim, especially when Trinitie keeps running into former friends who want nothing more to do with her, her husband or their church.
The two leads are terrific in these mockumentary scenes. As Lee-Curtis, Brown radiates swaggering charisma and energy, while Hall is all nervous chuckles and side glances as Trinitie tries to keep it together for the cameras. But the actors reveal even deeper emotional layers away from those cameras. One remarkably intimate moment takes place in the couple's bedroom, where we get a sense of the deep cracks in their marriage. And that's before we learn the more sordid details of Lee-Curtis' scandal.
As satire, Honk for Jesus is both blunt and broad — but then, as the movie shows us, so is the megachurch tradition it's skewering. And while Adamma Ebo certainly pokes fun at her protagonists, she never denies them their humanity. It's clear enough that a happy, redemptive ending isn't in the cards for Lee-Curtis and Trinitie, but even still, the characters find ways to keep surprising and even moving us. Hall, an outstanding dramatic actor as well as a skilled comedian, gets a doozy of a monologue in which she finally peels away her glossy exterior and unleashes a genuinely anguished cry from the heart. Trinitie Childs may not be a character you can trust, but in these moments, Hall's performance is truly something to believe in.
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Mike the Tiger, Shaq statues vandalized at LSU campus overnight
BATON ROUGE - Just a day before what's expected to be one of the largest tailgates in Baton Rouge history, statues honoring Mike the Tiger and Shaquille O'Neal—as well as other locations around Tiger Stadium—were spray-painted in a late-night act of vandalism.
An LSU spokesperson told WBRZ that the school is investigating who was responsible for the vandalism, which was discovered early Friday morning. A crew had cleaned the graffiti by 10 a.m. that same morning.
LSU is set to take on Southern University on the football field for the first time ever Saturday evening, with Tiger and Jaguar fans expected to swarm LSU's campus all day.
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The Marvel series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was the centerpiece of much discussion following the release of its 3rd episode. The episode featured guest star Megan Thee Stallion where she served as She-Hulk’s client.
After winning her case the two go up to her office and the both begin to tw*rk to celebrate. Not only was the moment very cringeworthy but it also received criticism from some Marvel fans.
Many called it out for being too overtly sexual in a franchise that usually is marketed towards kids. Others called out the hypocrisy about how the show runners said they were against objectification of women yet they did just that in their show.
Now this cringeworthy moment has been immortalized as a brand new poster, made by artist Bella Grace, featuring mini versions of She-Hulk and Megan Thee Stallion shaking their butts on a legal document while giant versions of them sign it.
Despite all the backlash to the segment multiple people who worked on the show expressed their joy for the erotic dance. The series’ head writer, Jessica Goa, went on to say in an interview:
“We knew that for that story, we needed a famous, beautiful, successful woman. We were going through all the possibilities; But when it came down to it, Jameela Jamil knew Megan from working on HBO Max’s Legendary together, and she brought her up.“
Director Kat Corio also said:
“The dancing was actually added to the script on the day, because Tatiana was so excited. She’s the world’s biggest Megan Thee Stallion fan and we were like, ‘We’ve gotta give her something’ so they threw together this dancing scene.“
The series seemingly continues to decrease in viewership each episode. It is also currently the lowest rated Marvel Cinematic Universe series on Disney+. At this point who knows if we will see a second season.
Source: The Direct
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While all sports were thrown into turmoil over how best to pay their respects following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, civil war broke out in rugby union on Friday in the wake of its response to the passing of Britain’s longest-serving monarch.
Talks that eventually saw football announce a complete shutdown this weekend may have been compared to a “Hokey Cokey competition” by one frustrated figure but that was nothing compared to chaos and fury that reigned at Premiership clubs.
Even the often-at-loggerheads Football Association, Premier League and English Football League eventually managed to put on a united front over their own controversial decision following discussions on Friday morning at which the Government made clear sports were at liberty to play on or postpone fixtures as they saw fit.
Premiership Rugby's fixture chaos following Queen Elizabeth's death
But what Telegraph Sport has been told was flip-flopping over whether the opening matches of the Premiership season should be similarly postponed sparked angry recriminations when Friday night’s games were suddenly rescheduled having previously appeared to have been given the go ahead.
The ruling, announced following an extended Premiership Rugby board meeting, affected Bristol Bears’ meeting with Bath and Sale Sharks’ match against Northampton and was arrived at despite the Rugby Football Union allowing Cornish Pirates v Richmond and Coventry v Bedford Blues to go ahead in the Championship the same evening.
Telegraph Sport has been told the postponements, likely to cost Bristol between £200,000 and £400,000 despite their match being moved to 5.30pm Saturday.
Friday night matches were said to have been moved because the Premiership board could not agree to maintaining the original schedule and that, while all clubs were in favour of starting the season this weekend, there was not a unified position over playing Friday’s two scheduled matches.
At least two members of the board, thought not to have links to clubs that were due to play on Friday night, objected to those games going ahead.
The decision was also not communicated until 12.45pm, by which time Northampton’s players were already on their way to Salford amid every indication Friday’s fixtures would go ahead and that players, coaches and supporters would show their respects to the late Queen by singing the national anthem and holding a moment’s silence.
Indeed, Telegraph Sport has been told referees and match officials were informed definitively around mid-morning that the games were on, some also having made their way to the grounds.
Football's royal links see sport go furthest
But something was said to have changed after the Premier League and English Football League (EFL) announced the postponement of their own weekend fixture programme at around 11.30am, with rugby insiders branding what subsequently unfolded as “bedlam”, “scrambling” and “absolute madness”. “I’ve worked in sport a fair while,” said one source. “This is remarkable.”
Sports began agonising over their response to the Queen’s death as early as lunchtime on Thursday after her family rushed to be by her bedside amid serious concerns for her health.
The EFL board was in a scheduled meeting as the news broke and discussions quickly began about it, eventually culminating in an agreement in principle to postpone games if necessary.
Hours later, at around the same time as the late Queen’s still-to-be announced passing, the Government was convening a working group of sports to go through the protocols in the event of her death.
The meeting touched upon what might happen if she did not survive the weekend but no decisions were taken before Buckingham Palace’s historic announcement at 6.30pm.
Minutes after that, all racing in Britain was suspended until at least Saturday, followed over the course of the evening by the cancellation of the second day of England’s final Test against South Africa, Friday’s play at the PGA Championship at Wentworth and the same day’s EFL fixtures.
Other decisions were put on hold pending another sport-wide meeting on Friday morning at which it was hoped to reach a unified position on this weekend’s action.
But a clear divide emerged between football and others, driven by what Telegraph Sport has been told were its close links in an official capacity to Queen Elizabeth and her grieving grandson, the Duke of Cambridge.
The late Queen had uniquely long been patron of the Football Association, the president of which is also Prince William, while consideration was also given to the fact that football is “the national game”.
At that stage, only racing, the ‘Sport of Kings’ and Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, had called off its Saturday meetings and even it had decided to restart on Sunday.
In the end, football went furthest of all, cancelling games from From all the way through to Monday, before watching on as first rugby and then cricket confirmed they, too, would resume over the course of the weekend.
The Football Supporters’ Association summed up opposition to the Premier League, EFL and FA’s move by lamenting “an opportunity missed for football to pay its own special tributes”.
How sport ended up producing such a seemingly chaotic response to a moment for which it long had time to prepare raised major questions on Friday.
Arguably, it has had as long as 70 years since the late Queen’s father, George VI, died in 1952, although Buckingham Palace and successive Governments had deemed it impossible to draw up a definitive playbook for sport to follow in the event of the passing of a monarch given the sheer number of different scenarios that could unfold.
But it was well known by the time the late Queen reached retirement age that, when it came to death by natural causes, the general principle was that it would be for each national governing body (NGB) to decide whether to postpone fixtures and events or not.
The one day everyone instinctively agreed sport should not take place was on the date of the funeral, the build-up to which could yet see more football fixtures postponed as millions of mourners flock to London, triggering the redeployment of police officers whose presence is usually required at many games.
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Be mindful about the changes that take place and make a note of the fears that come along.
Here are some tips to help you overcome your fears:
Acknowledge the change
Be mindful about the changes that take place and make a note of the fears that come along. Once you recognise them, you will know how to manage them in a fruitful way. Create a strategy and have a backup plan ready in case of unforeseen circumstances, this will not only help you fight back your fears but also will get you ready for all the challenges that life has to offer.
Manifest positivity
It is human tendency to create negative scenarios about the future and be riddled with aggression. However, in reality, positive conflict is essential for learning, upgrading and adapting. Your anxiety and consequential fears will lead you to view the world in a very different way, because of which you will not be able to bring an impactful change in your environment.
Hence, you must learn and ask questions to yourself as to how you can deal with past negative conflicts, what motivates you to work better, how to seek solutions and derive the right outcome. Having trust in your abilities is the key to bring about positivity in your work environment today.
Be consistent and committed to your goal
Channelise your goal even before you opt for a job. Be sure of what you are accepting and have all your concerns in place.
Be consistent and committed towards your goal since that will give you a sense of purpose and accomplishment and will even keep your morale up among your colleagues. When the management knows how dedicated you are, they will have your back in times of uncertainty and chaos. A shift in your goals will impact every aspect of your working and will lead to a constant fear of failure. Know that your lack of efforts can affect your company and others in a negative way may even cost you your job.
Focus on your strengths
Performance reviews are feared by all for obvious reasons. No employee would want their bosses to remind them of their biggest failures and weaknesses. If you are worried about critical feedback, start focusing more on your strengths, get the best outcomes from it and remind yourself of how deserving you can be. Focusing on your strengths does not mean you ignore your weaknesses. While you nurture and upgrade your strengths, also try and improve your weak areas.
Promote a holistic approach
Promoting a holistic approach will make everyone feel welcome in the organisation. No employee would then fear of being left alone.
Such an approach will help create transparency both among the employees and top management. This nature and nurture approach will help everyone learn better.
Networking
Networking is important not only among your work colleagues but also among the people outside your work. When like-minded people get together from different domains and cultures, they tend to help you cope with your insecurities and give the best solutions personally as well as professionally. Whether or not you are being recognised the same within your own organisation, people outside of work will make you realise your value. Building a strong network of individuals outside your workplace is one of the best ways to become more valuable.
Seek support when required
When you are having problems in your workplace, it is natural to feel uncomfortable. You may be experiencing a variety of fears related to a new project, your routine, your pay scale or something even more. In such situations co-workers will appreciate that you are reaching out and would be happy to offer support and encouragement. If you have mentors, they can be a good source for advice. If they have been in your situation before, they can give you tons of solutions to make your way out of the uncomfortable situation.
Compartmentalise
Make a list of all your work expectations for the day. Prioritise your most important work first. This will help in reducing your stress. Once your priorities are clear, you will get clarity as to how to deal with each given task one at a time with full thought and concentration.
During a crisis, the way you handle your priorities will be an inspiration to others and the fear of not being able to do things will gradually fade away. This will help in rebuilding your confidence with even better results than before.
Don't oversell
One should never oversell and brag about things you are good at, because this can then backfire in a very bleak way. It may even lead you to lose your job and question yourself. Since you know your abilities the best, be sure of portraying your talent via your work rather than your words. The top management and your fellow colleagues will be highly impressed by this quality. Your work reflects how dedicated you are. Your honesty and hard work can help you upgrade your skills and knowledge and chart your own growth.
Communicate
When changes take place, intentional and concerted efforts by all leaders are required in order to focus on great communication. If employees share their fears among themselves, a wide range of solutions can be talked upon to address and calm those concerns. This will help the entire organisation in building a great rapport which will lead to the success of the organisation as a whole. Nobody will be able to help you better than your fellow colleagues, since they are more aware of the organisation's functioning than anybody else.
(The author is the wisdom coach and enrichment guide)
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The 2022 US Open wraps up this weekend with the women’s and men’s championships decided on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Ahead of that, the men’s semifinals are scheduled for Friday, September 9. Both matches will air on ESPN and via live stream at WatchESPN.
The semifinals get started at 3 p.m. ET when No. 5 Casper Ruud faces No. 27 Karen Khachanov. Ruud is a -195 favorite to win at DraftKings Sportsbook while Khachanov is a +160 underdog. That is followed at 7 p.m. when No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz faces No. 22 France Tiafoe. Alcaraz is a -210 favorite while Tiafoe is a +170 underdog.
This year will feature a first-time Grand Slam winner. Alcaraz’s best career finish is quarterfinals appearances in this year’s French Open and last year’s US Open. Ruud’s best career finish is a finals appearance at this year’s French Open. Tiafoe’s best career finish is a quarterfinals appearance at the 2019 Australian Open. Khachanov’s best career finish is the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2021 and the 2019 French Open.
Below is the full bracket, which we’ll update each round with match odds from DraftKings Sportsbook.
Men’s Singles Draw
Semifinals matchups
#5 Casper Ruud vs. #27 Karen Khachanov, 3 p.m. ET
#3 Carlos Alcaraz vs. #22 Frances Tiafoe, 7 p.m. ET
Final matchup
TBD vs. TBD
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RichQUACK.com (QUACK) traded down 2.4% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 14:00 PM E.T. on September 9th. One RichQUACK.com coin can now be purchased for $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on major exchanges. RichQUACK.com has a market capitalization of $35.18 million and $2.22 million worth of RichQUACK.com was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, RichQUACK.com has traded 7.4% lower against the US dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- Tarality (TARAL) traded down 0.9% 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.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 94.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $98.99 or 0.00467066 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded up 4.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.49 or 0.00002309 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $167.86 or 0.00792050 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
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WTF!! Aswear Asake Dey Do Juju (See This)
Omo this is no longer ordinary o.
YBNL artiste, Asake beats Beyoncé , DJ Khaled & Harry styles on UK Apple Music Top Albums Chart as his latest Album “Mr Money With The Vibe” debuts #1 on the chart.
This guy came recently and now he is EVERYWHERE. Nobi juju be this? This is huge tbh!
He rose to prominence in 2020 after his freestyle “Lady” went viral, eliciting a tremendous response from several prominent internet influencers such as Broda Shaggi, Sydney Talker, NastyBlaq, and others.
His hard work and perseverance earned him a nomination in three categories for the 2020 City People Music Awards, for which he received two of the three nominations, including the title of Most Popular Song of the Year.
How could he beat Beyonce and DJ Khaled of all people?
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Richard am speechless when I see am yesterday first street artist in Nigeria history and first artist in Nigeria history to dominate Nigeria apple music chart back to back his album debut at number 1 for UK album chart and number 6 for US chart am short of word asake soap strong abeg
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Two of them, anyway.
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, one of Texas’ most prominent Republican local leaders, is backing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Democratic challenger.
“The one person who I’ll support statewide that will get me a little in trouble: Mike Collier for lieutenant governor,” Whitley said on Y’all-itics, a WFAA politics podcast.
Whitley and Patrick have frequently clashed, and on the podcast Whitley slammed Patrick for waging “war on local elected officials.”
Just days after Whitley made the endorsement that crossed party lines, an out-going Republican state senator from Amarillo has followed suit. Kel Seliger plans to vote for Collier in November, a spokesperson for Seliger told The Texas Tribune. Seliger is one of the most senior Republicans in the upper chamber, but has also famously been at odds with Patrick. Neither Whitley nor Seliger are running for reelection.
At the center of Whitley’s disdain for Patrick is a bill shepherded by the lieutenant governor in 2019 meant to slow the growth of Texans’ property tax bills. The bill requires many cities, counties and other taxing units to hold an election if they wish to raise 3.5% more property tax revenue than the previous year, not counting the growth added by new construction.
But Whitley said the bill put Tarrant County in a tight position because property taxes are a major source of revenue for local governments. Meanwhile, Whitley said Tarrant County jails are housing more than 700 inmates that should be in state custody without additional funding from the state. The COVID-19 pandemic and the inability to make jail transfers contributed to state inmates being held in county jails, Community Impact reported.
“We’re paying 20 million plus a year because the state is not paying anything and yet they’re sitting down there talking about all the cash that they’ve got,” Whitley said.
For Seliger, his vote against Patrick this November comes after years of tensions with the lieutenant governor. Seliger is rare among Republicans in the upper chamber for his occasional willingness to go against Patrick. He has said he’s been punished for voting against a pair of the lieutenant governor’s top priorities in 2017, a bill aimed at restricting local governments’ abilities to raise property taxes and a program that would have subsidized private school tuition and home-schooling expenses. In the following session, Patrick stripped Seliger of his title as chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee. During a 2021 redistricting session, Seliger also voiced concern that Patrick was drawing his district to favor Seliger’s competitor.
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Whitley said he is backing Collier because of Collier’s experience controlling budgets. Collier, an accountant and auditor from the Houston area, is a self-described “numbers guy.” Collier also worked as a landman for Exxon, which Whitley said indicated the Democratic nominee understood the oil business.
“And I just think he’s someone who understands local control. And that’s what I’m looking for,” added Whitley, who as county judge is the county’s top elected official and administrator. “We do everything. We’re the front door for basically all the federal and the state services that the state and the federal government passed laws for us to do.”
This is all nice to see, as is Dan Patrick’s little temper tantrum in response. I’ve said before (many, many times) that nothing will change until Texas’ government changes, and the fastest way for that to happen is for enough people to change how they’ve been voting. I generally don’t believe that endorsements move a lot of votes, but they can move a few, and they can also signal that something is in the air. We’ll know soon enough if this makes any difference – if nothing else, we’ll see what if any effect there is in the precinct data – but I’ll say this much: If Dan Patrick’s political demise can be traced even in part to a fight over local control and bad blood over redistricting, there’s not enough sugar in the world to emulate how sweet that would be. The Chron has more.
UPDATE: And today, outgoing Sen. Eddie Lucio endorses Dan Patrick. I am so glad we are seeing the last of that jackass.
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — An investigation by Brigham Young University into allegations that fans engaged in racial heckling and uttered racial slurs at a Duke volleyball player last month found no evidence to support the claim.
BYU issued the results of its investigation into the Aug. 26 match on Friday, reiterating it will not tolerate conduct threatening any student-athlete.
The school said it reached out to more than 50 people who attended the event, including athletic department personnel and student-athletes from both schools, event security and management and fans who were in the arena. It also reviewed audio and video recordings and raw footage from the match.
As a result of the investigation, the university said it has lifted a ban on a fan who was identified as directing racial slurs toward Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson during the match. It also apologized to the fan for any hardship the ban caused.
Duke athletic director Nina King issued a statement standing by Richardson and the rest of her team.
“The 18 members of the Duke University volleyball team are exceptionally strong women who represent themselves, their families, and Duke University with the utmost integrity,” she said Friday after BYU issued its statement. “We unequivocally stand with and champion them, especially when their character is called into question. Duke Athletics believes in respect, equality and inclusiveness, and we do not tolerate hate and bias.”
In the aftermath of the Aug. 26 match, South Carolina women’s basketball program canceled a home-and-home series with BYU. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said she did not want to put her players in the situation that she said Richardson had experienced.
The Gamecocks were scheduled to start the season at home against BYU on Nov. 7, then play at the Utah campus during the 2023-24 season.
A message was left Friday seeking comment from Staley.
BYU said it remains committed to rooting out racism wherever it is found. The school also said it understands some will criticize their investigation as being selective in its review.
“To the contrary, we have tried to be as thorough as possible in our investigation, and we renew our invitation for anyone with evidence contrary to our findings to come forward and share it,” the school said.
BYU is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church. Race relations is one of the most sensitive issues for a faith that until 1978 banned Black church members serving in the lay priesthood, going on missions or getting married in temples.
The Salt Lake City-based religion has worked to improve race relations, including calling out white supremacy and launching a formal alliance with the NAACP, but some Black church members and scholars say discriminatory opinions linger from a ban rooted in a belief that black skin was a curse.
The number of Black church members has increased but still only accounts for small portion of the 16 million worldwide members. Not one serves in the highest levels of global leadership.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdd, an ancillary service provider within the Blue Ribbon Bags Group, completed its multi-million dollar acquisition of Eddy Travels. The Blue Ribbon Bags Group plans to leverage their existing relationship with over 300 OTAs to promote the innovative TripAdd solution as well as Eddy Travels' A.I. powered chatbot.
TripAdd will function as an embedded white label marketplace for ancillary vendors & travel providers. TripAdd will be using real-time machine learning technology to optimize bundles of 3rd party ancillary services by using customer data points. Eddy Travels' machine learning expertise will enhance TripAdd's capabilities and provide a better user & travel experience within the TripAdd ecosystem.
Several travel vendors have agreed to provide discounted pricing to TripAdd so partners can offer value added services to their customers. Partners that include TripAdd in their booking flows will gain access to an ever-growing vault of ancillary products, along with receiving real-time intelligence from the TripAdd Partner Dashboard.
Eddy Travels will continue to operate its travel focused chatbot and will rebrand its assistant as 'EddyAI'. Eddy AI's assistant uses machine learning technology for natural language understanding and personalization. The AI assistant processes user messages and answers the most common customer questions instantly.
Edmundas Balčikonis, Co-Founder and CEO at Eddy Travels commented, "The whole Eddy Travels team is super excited to join the TripAdd family. We have been partnering with the TripAdd Team from the US for a while and working together has been great. With all the exciting opportunities in the travel industry, the time is perfect for a merger. We are eager to help the travel industry recover with TripAdd ancillary marketplace and AI assistant technology under the new Eddy AI brand."
"We're extremely excited to bring the Eddy Travels Team onboard. Their expertise in machine learning and language processing brings a huge boost to our Development Team," said CEO of Blue Ribbon Bags and TripAdd, Gabriel Menkin. He added, "With this partnership and introduction of TripAdd, we're better positioned to provide the best in class service providers to our customers."
About Blue Ribbon Bags: Blue Ribbon Bags ("BRB") is the world's leading lost luggage tracking service. For only $5, BRB tracks and expedites the return of luggage lost by airlines. If the luggage cannot be returned to the passenger within 96 hours, BRB will provide the passenger with a satisfaction guarantee of $1,000. BRB covers every flight, everywhere in the world and sells it services in 90+ countries through OTAs, TMCs, airlines, travel insurance providers and credit cards.
About TripAdd: TripAdd is a digital marketplace for all things travel. TripAdd sources thousands of offers from some of the world's largest travel companies. Based on the customers trip details TripAdd selects the best product offers and combines them into personalized discounted travel bundles. Travel products such as tours, flight care, e-visa and much are more are included in bundles provided by TripAdd.
About Eddy Travels: Eddy Travels is an artificial intelligence powered travel assistant with voice understanding that allows people to plan their trips in minutes. Travelers can send a text or voice message to Eddy Travels assistant and get personalized suggestions for the best flights, hotels, car rentals and other travel-related services instantly. The digital assistant is available on Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Telegram, Viber, Slack, Line and WhatsApp. Over 4 million people worldwide have already used the Eddy Travels Assistant to receive product offers and FAQ answers in seconds.
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Travel News Air Travel Qantas Will Now Let You Pay $30 to Fly Next to an Empty Seat Would you pay to have an empty seat next to you? By Jalyn Robinson Jalyn Robinson Editorial Assistant LinkedIn Twitter Pace University Jalyn joined TripSavvy in September of 2021 as an editorial assistant. She graduated from Pace University in May of 2018 with a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, with a writing concentration. She has contributed work to Westchester Magazine and Spire&Co., a former online magazine. TripSavvy's editorial guidelines Published on 09/09/22 Fact checked by Jillian Dara Fact checked by Jillian Dara Instagram Emerson College Jillian Dara is a freelance journalist and fact-checker. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, USA Today, Michelin Guides, Hemispheres, DuJour, and Forbes. TripSavvy's fact-checking Courtesy of Qantas Airlines There's no better feeling than having an empty seat next to you on a flight, and the Australian airline Qantas is allowing some of its passengers to lock in a neighborless trip before boarding. Qantas' "Neighbour Free" seating option will allow passengers in economy to buy seats next to them for anywhere between 30 and 65 Australian dollars (about $20 to $33). Currently, this program is only a pilot program and will be available on a handful of domestic flights for the next six weeks. These flight paths include three flights to Sydney from the Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Darwin, flights from Perth and Adelaide to Brisbane, and flights from Darwin to Melbourne. About 48 hours before a non-full flight, passengers will be sent an email asking if they'd like to buy an extra seat. Unfortunately, the seat isn't guaranteed until departure—if for whatever reason, the plane fills up and seats are needed, those who opted in the program will have their money refunded and a new seat neighbor. Qantas joins a short list of other airlines that offer this neighbor-free seating option. Eurowings and Sri Lankan Airlines offer a similar program, and Emirates allows purchasing up to three neighboring seats. While the airline is only rolling out this pilot program domestically, for the time being, the airline told Travel + Leisure that they would consider a more extensive rollout later in the year. These Five Cities Will Finally Be Able to Book Premium Economy on Emirates Article Sources TripSavvy uses only high-quality, trusted sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial policy to learn more about how we keep our content accurate, reliable and trustworthy. Travel + Leisure. "Qantas Will Allow Passengers to Purchase the Empty Seat Next to Them for as Low as $20." Sept. 7, 2022. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit Share Pin Email
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Ruto’s Camp Moves to Kick Cherera & 3 Other Commissioners Out of Office
The Farmers Party, an affiliate of Kenya Kwanza has petitioned Parliament to kick the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice-chairperson, Juliana Cherera and three other commissioners out of office.
Justus Nyanga’ya, Irene Masit and Francis Wanderi are the three commissioners who alongside Cherera, opposed chairperson Wafula Chebukati’s declaration of William Ruto as president-elect.
Farmers Party leader and former Devolution PS, Irungu Nyakera, formally submitted the petition to remove the four commissioners in Parliament on Friday, September 9.
“Yes, we are seeking for the removal of Cherera and others who we accused of violation of office,” Oscar Kimani, the party’s Head of Communications told Kenyans.co.ke.
He also sent a press release to the newsroom stating that the petition was in line with Article 251 of the Constitution.
“A petition for the removal of four IEBC commissioners following the attempt by the said commissioners to sabotage an election process as witnessed on August 15, 2022, at Bomas Of Kenya.
Once the petition is deliberated by the National Assembly, the petition will be presented to the President for the appointment of a tribunal for the removal of the commissioners under article 251(3) of the Constitution.
Kenya Kwanza further accused the four of gross violation of the Constitution and a breach of their oath, which denies the four commissioners their legitimacy to hold the state offices as commissioners of the IEBC.
“Farmers Party believes that this petition to the National Assembly is critical to entrenching the critical value of the IEBC in the growth of democracy and guiding the code of conduct by IEBC officials in subsequent elections,” the party stated.
The move comes after Kenya Kwanza won the Senate and National Assembly speakers seats, with Amason Kingi and Moses Wetangula winning the elections of the respective houses.
Garissa Town MP, Aden Duale had cautioned Cherera and the three commissioners that they would eventually be kicked out of office.
“Consequently, the four commissioners should be held accountable both individually and collectively. They cannot turn on and off like a switch and expect us to just forget everything. They must face the music,” Duale warned.
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By Jake Niall
Collingwood trailed the bottom team, North Melbourne, by 26 points at three-quarter-time and had been “playing like busteds”, as a pithy Scott Pendlebury put it, when Craig McRae came down to the huddle.
The Magpies had already honed their escape routine in the previous six victories. Skipper Pendlebury was braced for McRae to rip into the players for the first time in his remarkable first season as coach.
“I was like ‘we’re about to cop it,’ “Pendlebury recalled of that round-17 huddle. “I’ll finally see him go off.”
But “going off” isn’t the McRae way.
“He spoke pretty much like ‘get rid of the first three quarters. We’re going to win this game and this is how we win it’,” said Pendlebury. “Probably the first time I thought it wasn’t like traditional football coaching, where it’s like ‘we’re playing crap, we’re about to get a spray’.”
McRae didn’t lose it, and the Pies didn’t lose, either, overcoming North by seven points in yet another of their cliffhanger victories decided deep in time-on.
The McRae way is to emphasise what’s next, rather than focusing on what’s been. “He doesn’t dwell on mistakes,” Pendlebury explained. “If there’s stuff we’re not doing right in games, he’ll correct us, but it’s always with a positive outlook.”
In only 23 matches as senior coach of the game’s most visible club, understated McRae has taken the Magpies far further than they themselves expected. And he has achieved this on the back of a coaching philosophy that can be summarised thus: keep looking ahead.
The McRae way marries a positive psychology with a game style that is also about moving (the footy) forward, not retreating, in safety - a method he learned at Richmond, where he was VFL and an assistant coach from 2016 and for the 2019 VFL premiership. It is a sparse game plan, that prioritises taking territory - going straight at the goal - instead of holding possession, as some teams prefer.
This style has worked for a Collingwood team that had lost their sense of adventure in Nathan Buckley’s last two years, as the Pies played with excessive caution, almost in fear of the mistakes that McRae has encouraged them to forget. The new coach uses the analogy of a windscreen wiper to explain how they deal with error.
Pendlebury remembered how at half-time in the Queen’s Birthday game, when they had booted 3.8 (to Melbourne’s 5.4), the coach had told the players: “This is boring, we’re playing boring. We’re not a boring side.” The Pies went on to boot nine goals in the second half to win by 26 points.
This affirmative psychology, in Collingwood minds, has bred belief - the word that McRae’s offsider and former teammate Justin Leppitsch reckoned summed up this team’s knack for winning games that they shouldn’t.
It is a measure of McRae’s impact on Collingwood and the competition that a few of his coaching tenets, or McRae-isms, have gained currency. One is the windscreen metaphor. Then, there’s “water what you want to grow” - another positive-thinking mantra and the most distinctive aphorism, which he deployed after Collingwood’s six-point loss to Geelong when they slumped to the turf: “Act like winners.”
If McRae has clearly taken elements of the charge-forward style and mindset of Richmond post-2017, his “water what you grow” approach pre-dates the Tigers.
McRae told The Age on Thursday that he had read the influential bestseller on positive thinking by Carol Dweck, Mindset, in his very first stint at Collingwood.
“She’s an influence - when I was here (Collingwood) a long time ago,” he said. “It’s something I look into. But a lot of it (his philosophy) is life experience, to be honest.
“Growth mindset is something I strongly believe in - it’s the ability to think that tomorrow’s your best day.”
McRae, an ex-school teacher from South Australia and a late starter as AFL player, wasn’t clear on whom, from outside of footy, had influenced his forward-looking position: “Maybe my mum, I don’t know. I’m just a positive person. Is it environmental learning? I’m not sure. My dad says his blood type’s B positive.”
McRae had presented the concept of “acting like winners” to the panel - headed by football boss Graham Wright and football director on the board, Paul Licuria - that selected him from a field that included subsequent senior coaches Michael Voss and Adam Kingsley.
One of the coach-search panel, ex-Collingwood board member (and briefly co-president after Eddie McGuire) Peter Murphy recalled McRae saying to them: “Every day I wake up and I practise winning behaviours.” Murphy noted that this was presented without any arrogance.
“He often talked about treating them (players) as adults,” Murphy said of McRae’s pitch to the Magpies’ panel, which involved multiple interviews and extensive background checks - the Pies also having current and former staffers who knew McRae (Pendlebury included) from his five years at the club. “Give them the freedom to express themselves.”
Brayden Maynard, Collingwood’s fierce All-Australian defender, reckoned McRae focused on the group, rather than individuals. “He’s focused on the group and what everyone can bring into the group that makes us all better ... that’s all about being selfless, bringing your teammates into the game, celebrating each other.
“We’ve definitely become the group we are today because of the way he coaches.”
As Murphy and others within the club attest, McRae was chosen as a coach who fitted Collingwood’s need for a developer/teacher of younger players (as a team in transition with a strong senior core) and had been marinated in exceptional coaching waters, having played, worked or coached under Leigh Matthews (McRae a member of the 2001-2003 flag teams), Damien Hardwick, Robert Walls, Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley (McRae was head of development at Collingwood from 2011 to 2015), Alastair Clarkson (2021) and even Craig Bellamy at the Melbourne Storm.
McRae, usually known as “Fly” (after Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly in Back to the Future), was renowned as a jokester and popular teammate with the Lethal Lions, where he would organise end-of-season “Mad Mondays”.
If there was a doubt about him taking over at Collingwood, some who knew him wondered how he would handle the hype of this particular position - an iron throne of sorts - at the most scrutinised of clubs, given he had relatively scant media experience compared with media-seasoned Buckley and Voss.
McRae has performed well in his media appearances, seemingly by presenting as himself. “The only way through this,” he recalled thinking after Collingwood was drubbed by the Bulldogs, “is being yourself and being positive.” McRae does, however, push the players by holding them to their own words and standards. “This group, in particular, have stepped in and I’ve just held them to account for things they say.”
The hiring of Craig McRae was un-Collingwood-like in that it came from a genuinely open and thorough process that canvassed many candidates, instead of head-hunting a brand-name coach or ex-champion such as Buckley. McRae’s low profile ran counter to Collingwood’s past appointments, even if he had pedigree nonpareil and a background at the club.
Pendlebury noted how McRae trusted his assistants - as evident in that he coached from the bench, not the box, where strategy is more easily understood. “So he’s obviously got implicit trust in the guys.” Pendlebury also felt that Collingwood, arguably devoid of “big personalties” in 2022 under McRae, had taken on a more low-key vibe as a whole club.
“I feel like we’ve got a bit of a low-key profile about us now. I don’t know, maybe ... we don’t have big personalities and I don’t know if that’s right or wrong.”
In McRae’s first season, Collingwood’s experiment with a lower-key - and look-ahead - approach seems to be in tune.
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With John Yoo sitting in the host chair this week, we decided to post this episode a day early partly on account of travel schedules (John and I are headed for the NatCon conference in Miami over the weekend), and partly because of the breaking news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Also because it turns out that the favorite whisky of King Charles III is reportedly Laphroaig 15, which counts as a point in favor of Team Steve in the Great Whisky Wars, even though none of us are sure Charles is going to be a very good king. (For one thing, he’s a nitwit climatista.)
The same can’t be said, happily, for the king’s new first minister, Liz Truss, who is making liberal heads explode with some of her cabinet appointments (three cheers for Jacob Rees-Mogg!) and declared intent to end Britain’s ban on fracking, which is long overdue. She even suggests expanded production of oil and gas from the North Sea. Combined with her intent to cut taxes, she sounds like she just might be the second coming of Margaret Thatcher.
From there our attention turns to domestic matters, including the appointment of the special master for the ongoing saga of the Great Mar-a-Lago Raid, a look at the highly fluid senate races in a few places, and what ought to be the lessons of California’s ongoing energy madness.
So listen here, or put on your bowler hat and process over to our royal hosts at Ricochet.
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Prince Harry and Meghan tread delicate path after queen's death
Just before boarding a flight at Aberdeen on Friday, the morning after the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry put his arm around the shoulder of an airport worker who had expressed her sympathy while accompanying him across the tarmac. It was a moment of warmth and informality characteristic of Harry, whose approachable persona long made him one of the most popular royals - until his decision to step back from royal duties caused a breach in the family that is far from resolved.
Harry was the last to arrive at Balmoral Castle on Thursday, as the queen's closest relatives rushed to be with her in her final hours, and the first to depart on Friday, reflecting the fact that he is no longer part of the family's inner circle. In happier times, Harry and his grandmother enjoyed a close, playful rapport, glimpsed by the wider public in 2016 when they appeared together in a comic video, reacting to a mic drop taunt from Barack and Michelle Obama ahead of the Invictus Games, a competition for disabled veterans which Harry has promoted.
But it was pure coincidence that Harry was in Britain when Elizabeth died, and prior to her demise there were no plans announced for him to see his family during his visit from the United States, where he lives with his American wife Meghan. With the matriarch gone, family dynamics are bound to evolve, and as the pomp and ceremony of Elizabeth's funeral unfold observers will be watching closely for signs of detente.
How the royals deal with Harry, Meghan and their children will be a key theme of the post-Elizabeth era - one of the family dramas that have made the House of Windsor an enduring object of global fascination. The new King Charles signalled a desire for a thaw in relations during his first speech as sovereign on Friday.
"I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas," he said. Under royal rules, the monarch's grandchildren automatically become princes or princesses of the realm, so now that Harry's father Charles is king, his children, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, receive those lofty titles. Lilibet was named after the queen's childhood nickname.
But that novelty alone is unlikely to restore harmony in Harry's relationships with Charles or with elder brother Prince William, now the heir to the throne. The brothers were close for many years after the death of their mother Diana in a car crash in 1997, when William was 15 and Harry was 12, but their bond has been strained since Harry and Meghan began distancing themselves in January 2020.
"RECOLLECTIONS MAY VARY" Initially, the couple said they planned to balance their time between Britain and the United States and carve out "a progressive new role" within the monarchy.
But their plan did not wash with Elizabeth, Charles or William, who ruled that there was no space in the Firm, as the royal family is sometimes called, for part-timers. Instead, the couple moved full-time to California and, after a 12-month review period, relinquished their royal patronages and permanently left the exclusive club of those addressed as "Your Royal Highness".
In March 2021, they gave a bombshell interview to Oprah Winfrey during which Meghan said her unhappiness during her time as a working royal had pushed her to the brink of suicide. She also said there had been "concerns and conversations" within the family when she was pregnant with Archie about what colour the baby's skin would be. Meghan's mother is Black and her father is white.
The interview, aired on CBS in a blaze of global publicity, generated acres of newsprint but only a terse statement from Buckingham Palace which said icily that "some recollections may vary" though the issues raised were "concerning". Since then, Harry and Meghan have engaged in projects such as podcasts and TV programmes, while suing British tabloids, some of which have kept up a constant barrage of anti-Meghan stories.
Publisher Penguin Random House announced in July 2021 that Harry was working on an "intimate and heartfelt" book about his life, to be published in late 2022 -- sending shivers of dread down royal spines in London. Depending on its contents, and crucially on the reaction from his father and brother, the publication of Harry's book could prove to be either a moment of healing or another grievance for the two sides to hold against each other.
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Tennis-Ram and Salisbury retain U.S. Open men's doubles title
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American Rajeev Ram and Britain's Joe Salisbury beat Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 7-6(4) 7-5 on Friday to become only the second pair to retain the U.S. Open men's doubles title. Playing in their fourth U.S. Open together, Ram and Salisbury have enjoyed plenty of success at Flushing Meadows.
They reached the semi-finals in 2020 before claiming back-to-back titles on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court to join the Australian duo of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1995-96 as the only pair in the Open era to stage a successful defence. "It's pretty crazy. I can't quite believe we're standing here again," said Salisbury, who retains his ranking as the world's number one doubles player with the win.
"It is so, so special to be playing in this incredible stadium and to have that piece of history as well to have won this twice in a row is amazing." As expected, a final pitting number one seeds Ram and Salisbury against number two pairing Dutchman Koolhof and Briton Skupski was a tight affair from start to finish.
A tense first set produced a single break chance going to Ram and Salisbury, who were unable to convert as the opener ended in a stalemate and tiebreak. The first opening set to go to a tiebreak in the men's doubles final since 2010 looked set to go to Koolhof and Skupski, who charged ahead 4-1, but Ram and Salisbury swept the next six points to snatch a one-set lead.
Koolhof and Skupski, who formed a new partnership this year, secured the first break of the contest to go 2-1 up in the second but Ram and Salisbury immediately answered with a break of their own to get back on serve. The set appeared headed for another tiebreak until Ram and Salisbury brought the contest to a sudden end, breaking Koolhof and Skupski again to seal victory on the first match point.
"I got to come here the first year this stadium opened. I watched (Pete) Sampras win this tournament, I watched Andy Roddick win this tournament, Venus and Serena," said Ram. "To be a small part of that as an American I don't even know what to say," he added.
Sampras won the singles title five times while Roddick won the trophy once. Venus and Serena won the doubles title twice and were also multiple winners of the singles crown.
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With more residents resorting to water filters for PFAS 'forever chemicals,' communities grapple with how to safely dispose of them
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The Netflix film “Worth” tells the story of attorney Kenneth Feinberg who administered the 9-11 Victim Compensation Fund. It’s based on Feinberg’s 2005 book “What is Life Worth.”
We revisit Here & Now‘s Robin Young’s conversation with Feinberg in September 2021 and his office administrator Camille Biros.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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BERLIN (AP) — German gas importer VNG is seeking help from the government after cuts to Russian gas supplies forced it to buy gas at far higher prices on the market to fulfill its supply contracts.
Energy company EnBW, which has a majority stake in VNG, said Friday that its subsidiary was submitting an application for “stabilization measures” to the Economy Ministry “to avert further damage and to enable the VNG Group’s business operations as a whole to continue.”
Ministry spokesman Robert Saeverin said the application had been received but declined to comment on what measures might be considered.
VNG supplies gas to about 400 municipal utilities and industrial operators and met about 20% of German gas requirements last year, according to EnBW.
The move comes after the government in July announced that it would take a roughly 30% stake in Uniper, which has been Germany’s biggest importer of Russian gas, as part of a rescue package prompted by surging prices for natural gas and reduced Russian deliveries.
It also decided to introduce a new levy on natural gas that is aimed at rescuing importers slammed by the Russian cutbacks tied to the war in Ukraine. The government later moved to lower the value-added tax on gas from 19% to 7% until the end of March 2024 in an effort to make up for the effect of the surcharge.
Russia’s Gazprom started reducing energy deliveries to Germany through the main Nord Stream 1 pipeline in mid-June, citing alleged technical problems and the effect of Western sanctions. German officials have dismissed that explanation as an excuse for a political decision to create uncertainty and drive up prices.
Russia, which before the reductions accounted for a bit more than a third of Germany’s gas supplies, has since cut off deliveries through Nord Stream 1 altogether.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that Germany is well-placed to get through this winter with enough energy thanks to efforts to shore up supplies from elsewhere and ensure that storage facilities are filled.
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Arrow Exploration Corp. (LON:AXL – Get Rating)’s share price rose 5.8% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 19.50 ($0.24) and last traded at GBX 18.25 ($0.22). Approximately 3,693,175 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 269% from the average daily volume of 1,001,235 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 17.25 ($0.21).
Arrow Exploration Price Performance
The stock has a market cap of £37.83 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 583.33. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 16.34. The company has a quick ratio of 2.72, a current ratio of 2.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.11.
Arrow Exploration Company Profile
Arrow Exploration Corp., a junior oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in Colombia and Western Canada. As of December 31, 2021, it holds interests in six oil blocks in Colombia that covers an area of approximately 227,005 net acres; and oil and natural gas leases in seven areas in Canada covering an area of approximately 254,003 net acres.
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King Charles III was 'openly emotional' and showed off 'pride and confidence' as he addressed the nation as monarch for the first time tonight, body language expert reveals
- King Charles III addressed the nation as monarch for the first time tonight
- Body Language expert Judi James revealed was 'openly emotional' and 'proud'
- Said Monarch gave up the stiff upper lip to share how he really felt with public
The new King was openly emotional in 'a way that the Crown has never been seen before,' during his first address to the nation tonight, according to a body language expert.
Judi James told MailOnline how Charles, 73, did away with the traditional 'stiff upper lip' during the speech, in order to allow himself to share his grief with the nation during the address, which was screened at a service of prayer and reflection at St Paul's Cathedral.
According to Judi, the monarch 'radiated pride and confidence' during the emotional speech, which was recorded from the Buckingham Palace Blue Drawing Room.
She added that Charles spoke with both the vulnerability of a loving son when he addressed his late mother during the speech, but also the poise of a new King when speaking to the nation.
'The new King’s body language was openly emotional in a way that the crown never has never been seen before,' Judi said, adding it was was departure from Charles' previous body language.
Judi James told MailOnline how Charles, 73, gave up the 'stiff upper lip' in order to allow himself to share his grief with the nation
The body language expert added he was openly emotional in 'a way that the crown has never seen before'
'Gone was the traditional stiff upper lip, stoicism and suppressed emotions, and in their place were words and non-verbal signals of personal love and extreme sadness,' she added.
Judi James added that this show of emotions echoed Charles' tearful demeanour during the funeral of his father the Duke of Edinburgh, in April 2021.
'Charles had never been an expressive man until we saw his tears at his father’s funeral,' she explained. 'That day it was Kate comforting him.
'Here, he shared his grief with the nation but with loving references to his "darling wife Camilla",'.
She noted that he displayed one of the only warm smiles during the otherwise deeply sad address when he spoke of Camilla being the one he has relied on 'so much'.
Judi also highlighted the parts of Charles' speech in which he mentioned his sons as being very expressive.
'There was an expression of pride and confidence as he referenced William and Catherine,' she noted.
'Then he spoke of his "love for" Harry and Meghan. This comment brought a long pause, and his eyes dropped in a sad, regretful-looking cut-off ritual, as he seemed to allow a small sigh before continuing to speak.'
The body language expert said Charles grew most emotional towards the end of his speech, when he appeared to 'be on the brink of tears.
'As he spoke of his "darling Mama" and addressed her directly, his eyes appeared to dampen, his voice began to falter and he needed a glance to the side before speaking of a "flight of angels to sing thee",' she added.
She noted that the new King was 'hunched and partly hidden behind the table', noting a postural change when he changed direction in the speech.
Charles' traditional 'stiff upper lip, stoicism and suppressed emotions' were all gone during the speech, according to Judi James, who said they were replaced by 'words and non-verbal signals of personal love and extreme sadness'
According to body language expert Judi James, during his speech (pictured) King Charles 'spoke as a son but he also addressed the nation as the new king'
'He spoke as a son but he also addressed the nation as the new king,' Judi explained.
'And it was here he seemed to flex his shoulders as his chin jutted slightly, to suggest some determination to move forward in the post.'
But this was 'only after he had shown a very intimate and revealing display of love to the woman [the Queen] who had held it before', she revealed.
Addressing his mother at the end of the speech, King Charles said: 'To my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you.
'Thank you for your love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so diligently all these years.
'May 'flights of angels sing thee to thy rest'.'
This evening's service at St Paul's was attended by 2,000 members of the public who were handed tickets on a first-come-first-served basis.
Prime Minister Liz Truss gave reading at the service, having met Charles, 73, earlier today at their first in-person meeting at Buckingham Palace.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Labour leader Keir Starmer, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly were all in attendance at the service and were seated together.
Earlier in the day, huge crowds had cheered the new monarch as he arrived at Buckingham Palace in a vintage Rolls-Royce alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, before he got out and began shaking hands with countless well-wishers.
In moving scenes, shouts of God Save the King broke out before an impromptu rendition of the National Anthem, with the words changed to reflect the new monarch.
As the sun shone on an otherwise dull, damp day, the Royal Standard was raised above Buckingham Palace for the first time of his reign.
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Lumature Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Roblox Co. (NYSE:RBLX – Get Rating) by 401.4% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 10,128 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,108 shares during the period. Lumature Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Roblox were worth $468,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in RBLX. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Roblox by 53.4% in the first quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 101,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,670,000 after purchasing an additional 35,160 shares in the last quarter. PSI Advisors LLC grew its stake in Roblox by 217.3% during the first quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 2,580 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,000 after acquiring an additional 1,767 shares in the last quarter. BOKF NA purchased a new position in Roblox during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,821,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. grew its stake in Roblox by 68.7% during the first quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. now owns 16,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $750,000 after acquiring an additional 6,605 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SFG Wealth Management LLC. grew its stake in Roblox by 12.3% during the first quarter. SFG Wealth Management LLC. now owns 47,790 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,210,000 after acquiring an additional 5,240 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 69.35% of the company’s stock.
Roblox Trading Up 7.6 %
NYSE:RBLX traded up $3.17 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $45.03. 511,250 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,824,864. The company has a fifty day moving average of $41.89 and a 200 day moving average of $39.02. Roblox Co. has a 12 month low of $21.65 and a 12 month high of $141.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a current ratio of 1.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.56 billion, a P/E ratio of -47.47 and a beta of 1.89.
Insider Activity at Roblox
In related news, CFO Michael Guthrie sold 7,437 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.52, for a total transaction of $308,784.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 200,906 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,341,617.12. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In other Roblox news, CFO Michael Guthrie sold 7,437 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.52, for a total value of $308,784.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 200,906 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,341,617.12. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Han Kim sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.36, for a total transaction of $2,518,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 1,404,233 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $70,717,173.88. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 683,726 shares of company stock worth $29,197,787 in the last three months. 28.22% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several brokerages recently commented on RBLX. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of Roblox from $45.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 12th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Roblox in a research note on Tuesday, August 16th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of Roblox from $24.00 to $30.00 in a research note on Thursday, June 9th. Atlantic Securities cut shares of Roblox from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, May 24th. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Roblox from $56.00 to $38.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $45.50.
Roblox Profile
Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform. The company offers Roblox Studio, a free toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences, and other content; Roblox Client, an application that allows users to explore 3D digital world; Roblox Education for learning experiences; and Roblox Cloud, which provides services and infrastructure that power the human co-experience platform.
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The Conservative party says the event announcing the next leader scheduled for Saturday will go ahead as planned, but in a more muted way.
The Queen’s death prompted the party to rethink the event, given how it will fall in the official mourning period.
After learning of her death, the chair of the Tories’ leadership election organizing committee said it would look for ways to announce the results in a respectful manner.
In a brief statementFriday morning, committee chair Ian Brodie confirmed the event in Ottawa will go ahead Saturday, but “with a revised program” that reflects the death.
It’s now planning to open with a tribute to the Queen and axed parts of the event that gave it a festive atmosphere, like confetti.
The party had been selling $150 tickets to attend, with members arriving from different parts of the country.
The gathering of Conservative faithful caps off a seven-month leadership contest between five candidates vying to replace former leader Erin O’Toole, who was voted out of his job by the majority of his caucus in February.
Members of Parliament Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis and Scott Aitchison are running, as are former Quebec premier Jean Charest and Roman Baber, a former Ontario legislator who was removed from Premier Doug Ford’s caucus over opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns.
Many in the party see the race as a competition between Poilievre and Charest, although expectation has grown throughout the summer that Poilievre is likely to take the prize.
That is based on reports from Poilievre’s campaign that it sold more than 300,000 memberships, and the MP’s consistent ability to draw crowds by the hundreds — and at times, thousands — which is rare in leadership contests.
Still, Charest’s campaign has said it has support in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, potentially giving Charest a narrow path to victory, according to the point system that will be used to determine the outcome.
The party has begun the first stage of the ballot counting process by inputting voter cards ahead of Saturday’s event. More than 400,000 party members cast a ballot out of some 678,7000 eligible members, which is a record-setting figure.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s face is featured on money across the United Kingdom. Some people on social media are wondering what will happen to the country’s money following her death on Sept. 8 and King Charles III’s ascension to the throne.
One person from the U.K. asked if their money will look different going forward. Another person said they were “baffled” by the idea of reprinting currency to reflect the new king, while others simply asked if their money would have to be reprinted.
THE QUESTION
Will King Charles III’s likeness start appearing on money in the United Kingdom?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, King Charles III’s likeness will start appearing on money in the United Kingdom, but older money featuring Queen Elizabeth II will remain valid.
WHAT WE FOUND
For the last seven decades, much of the United Kingdom’s money has been printed with Queen Elizabeth II’s face on it. Going forward, that money will now be printed with King Charles III’s face, although the money with Elizabeth’s face will remain valid.
All standard coins issued in the U.K. are minted with the current monarch’s likeness. That means newly minted coins will feature King Charles III’s face going forward.
But only some of the U.K.’s paper money features the image of England’s royalty. That’s because banknotes differ in appearance across the U.K.’s four nations: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
All six banknotes previously circulated by the Bank of England, which is responsible for printing paper money in England and Wales, include Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait on one side. Therefore, future bills will be printed featuring King Charles III’s portrait in place of hers.
The Bank of England has already announced that banknotes featuring Queen Elizabeth II’s image will remain legal tender. It said it will make a further announcement regarding existing paper money after observing the country’s period of mourning.
Three banks in Scotland and three banks in Northern Ireland have authority to issue bills in their respective nations, the Bank of England says. Currently, the Bank of Scotland issues money featuring the face of Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist who lived from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. The banknotes currently issued by the Bank of Ireland (UK) feature an image of Lady Hibernia, a personification of Ireland that uses the Latin name of the island. The other banks in the two nations all print their own banknotes featuring various people and images.
So there’s no reason for banknotes issued by these banks to change now. They didn’t feature Queen Elizabeth II’s likeness, and are unlikely to begin featuring Charles III’s likeness now that he’s king.
And even though the banknotes look different in each nation, they are all still the same British pound with the same value. The Association of Commercial Banknote Issuers, which is the association that oversees the printing of money in Scotland and Northern Ireland, says the bills issued by these six banks are legal currency throughout all of the United Kingdom.
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The process of changing money so it has the current monarch’s likeness is far from new in England, or even in the United Kingdom as a whole.
The Royal Household at Buckingham Palace says that English kings began putting their names on coins as far back as the year 800. King Athelstan, who died in 939, became the first English monarch whose image was actually shown on coins.
“For many people, the king's image on coins was the only likeness of the monarch which they were likely to see in their lifetimes,” Buckingham Palace says.
These coins continued to be used well after the monarch printed on them died. The Royal Mint says coins with Queen Victoria’s likeness from the 1860s were still in use until a 1971 update to the U.K.'s currency system.
Paper money doesn’t have a history of changing after the death of a monarch, but that’s because paper money doesn’t have the same history in the U.K. as coins do.
“Although bank notes began to be issued from the late seventeenth century, they did not come to predominate over coins until the nineteenth century,” Buckingham Palace says. “Only since 1960 has the British Sovereign been featured on English bank notes, giving The Queen a unique distinction above previous monarchs.”
When the country does begin issuing its new coins and bills, it’s likely that King Charles III’s image will face to the left, opposite of the right-facing image of Queen Elizabeth currently on English money. This is because of a tradition dating back to the 1600s, Buckingham Palace says, in which monarchs face the opposite direction of their predecessor on the country’s money.
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TORONTO, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Global IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group has published its research-backed blueprint, Offer "The Rapid Application Selection Framework" as a Service. As businesses evolve in today's digital world, there is an increase in the demand for new, modern, and more feature-rich software to stay competitive and innovative in the market. This timely research is designed to help business leaders and consultants in choosing the right software application to achieve the desired business outcomes.
According to Info-Tech's research and insights, many small businesses do not have dedicated resources for the application selection process. If they do, they often do not manage it effectively and efficiently. Moreover, without a repeatable application selection framework, organizations are unable to extract the value that applications can provide in achieving desired business outcomes.
Info-Tech's findings further indicate that challenges faced by small businesses are due to having minimal experience with or exposure to the vast array of business applications. Moreover, these businesses lack an official procurement function. The decision makers who engage in the software selection process are busy in day-to-day operations, and the rigor of software selection is usually an unwanted distraction.
Without the right approach, selecting software can be a painful experience for businesses because:
- Vendors put on dog and pony shows – Actual product features and capabilities become obscured by glossy presentations and slick salespeople.
- "RFP" overload kills momentum – Time goes to waste documenting an endless list of table-stakes features.
- Selection takes forever – Traditional software selection can drag on for years – sometimes in perpetuity.
- Stakeholders aren't satisfied – Stakeholders will be unsatisfied if deployed solutions miss critical needs.
- Decisions aren't data driven – "Gut feeling" and intuition guide selection, leading to poor outcomes.
- Negotiations are a weak link – Inexperienced negotiators could leave money on the table.
- Biased content, anecdotal evidence, and preconceived notions toward software vendors can lead to software discontent. The result is wasted time and effort and applications that continually disappoint, causing a negative impact on business goals.
To mitigate the challenges and improve the software selection process, Info-Tech recommends that leaders consider unbiased and objective input, such as:
- Independent market reports and research
- Third-party data-driven comparisons
- Investigative interviews with existing customers
- Testing and trial configuration
- Clearly defined selection process and methodology
- Considering a consultant who can bring valuable software knowledge and experience
Selecting and implementing the right software within an acceptable time frame is more important now than ever before. Delays in implementing software can cost the business productivity, growth, and revenue.
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The alleged theft of several items from a phone repair shop has landed 18-year-old Jamaican, Tyrese Oglivie before the court in Antigua and Barbuda.
Oglivie appeared on Tuesday in the St John’s Magistrate’s Court where the case was adjourned and a committal hearing set for September 13.
It is alleged that in early January, the complainant returned to his store and noticed that it had been broken into. Among the items stolen were a number of smartphones, phone screens, earphones, and chargers — all valued at more than EC$40,000.
The police were subsequently called to the scene and it was theorised that the robbers used a hammer and crowbar to gain access to the building.
A review of CCTV footage led to the identification of two suspects, one of whom was seen with a grey bag and wearing Nike slippers.
The complainant was informed a week later that a phone screen matching one of those stolen from his store was being sold on Facebook.
An arrangement was made by the complainant and he met the seller at his business place, after which the police were notified and Oglivie pointed out.
A subsequent search of Oglivie’s apartment reportedly revealed several phones and screens, as well as the bag and slipper matching those worn by one of the robbers captured on the CCTV footage.
The Jamaican was later arrested and charged.
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The Lincoln County Historical Museum will host a Huskers tailgate breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
The museum will offer up all-you-can-eat pancakes, with scrambled eggs and sausage prior to the Huskers' game against Oklahoma. Cost is $8 for ages 11 and older, $5 for ages 6 to 10 and free for ages 5 and younger.
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(WXIN) – The world of Thomas the Tank Engine is welcoming its first character with autism to the island of Sodor.
Bruno the brake car will make his debut on the season 26 premiere of “Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go” on September 12 on Cartoon Network’s Cartoonito.
According to a release, Mattel Television crafted the character with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), Easterseals Southern California, and writers and spokespeople with autism, including Daniel Share-Strom and Aaron Likens.
Chuck Smith, the voice actor who plays Bruno, also has autism.
Bruno is described as a “detail-oriented” brake car that enjoys schedules and routines. He rolls in reverse at the rear of the train, said to give him a unique view of the world, much like people with autism.
A lantern on Bruno’s red exterior will indicate his emotional state, moving when he is excited or nervous.
Mattel said Bruno was carefully crafted to “ensure an accurate fictional representation of an autistic child in the real world.”
“The most important aspect of Bruno’s development was getting autistic input throughout the process of creating the character and his interactions with his world,” said Zoe Gross, director of advocacy at ASAN.
Bruno will feature in the broader realm of the Thomas and Friends franchise including on a YouTube series, musical album, “Thomas & Friends Storytime” podcast, an upcoming special, and select merchandise.
The upcoming season of “Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go” will feature new original songs as Thomas and his pals zip around tracks on adventures fueled by friendship.
The original “Thomas & Friends” television show debuted in 1984 and ran until 2021. “Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go” premiered in 2021 on Cartoon Network.
The television series is based on the “The Railway Series” books by Rev W. Awdry, which was first published in 1945.
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By Spencer Soper | Bloomberg
Amazon.com sellers are bracing for a bleak holiday shopping season as inflation-bitten consumers curb their spending.
Many merchants, who sell more than half of the goods on Amazon’s web store, fear they’ll be forced to cut prices to move a mountain of unsold inventory. It’s an abrupt change from the previous two years when sellers scrambled to get enough products into Amazon warehouses to meet pandemic-fueled demand even as chronic shortages let them jack up prices.
This year US online sales will rise just 9.4% to $1 trillion, the first time growth has slipped into the single digits, according to Insider Intelligence, which in June lowered its earlier annual forecast. Spending on Amazon will hit $400 billion, up 9% and slower than the overall industry, the research firm says.
“Consumers don’t seem to be spending much on anything beyond basic necessities, so sellers have to offer discounts and coupons and aggressive marketing, which can be expensive,” said Lesley Hensell, a co-founder of Riverbend Consulting, which advises Amazon sellers. “The fourth quarter looks scary this year.”
The challenging holiday shopping season was Topic A this week at the Surge Summit, an e-commerce networking event hosted by Hensell’s firm that drew about 300 sellers to Tampa, Florida. During a session called “Navigating the Bear Market as a Seller,” dozens of merchants discussed the abrupt shift in consumer behavior and how to adjust their businesses accordingly.
Korion Morris, who ran the bear-market session, is the director of growth at Unybrands, which owns e-commerce companies in such categories as baby, fitness and personal care. He told attendees that Unybrands is trying to hold the line on prices by cutting logistical and other costs.
“Consumers are hurting right now,” Morris said during the event. “In the rare instances we do increase pricing, we’ll add a promotion to offset it.”
Amazon itself is being forced to adjust to the new normal. The world’s largest e-commerce company was saddled with too many warehouses and workers when the pandemic boom ended. Amazon has since abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to MWPVL International Inc., a closely watched research firm.
Some of the closings are related to a modernization program, an Amazon spokesperson said last week, and the company continues to open facilities where customer demand requires extra capacity.
Responding to merchants’ concerns about a lackluster holiday shopping season, an Amazon spokesperson said sellers using the company’s logistics service typically pay less than other methods. Amazon has also expanded a program offering low shipping costs on inexpensive items to include products weighing up to three pounds; previously the limit was 12 ounces.
“Sellers are incredibly important to Amazon, and we work every day to provide them with powerful tools and services that help reduce their operational burdens, build their brands and connect them with customers so they can rapidly grow their businesses through busy shopping periods and beyond,” spokesperson Patrick Graham said in an emailed statement.
Meanwhile, merchants are making their own moves to cut shipping costs. Marlee Rabin of Montreal launched her organization brand Homie Collection on Amazon two years ago and her best-seller was a $25 transparent plastic pantry bin. She’s preparing to launch a smaller kitchen organizer this year that she expects to sell for less than $10. Besides targeting cost-conscious shoppers, she says, the smaller, lighter bin will save her a bundle on Amazon storage and shipping fees.
“I’d love to charge premium prices,” she said. “But in this environment, I think I’ll do a lot better at the lower price point.”
The effects are rippling from sellers to firms that support them, including small business lenders. Amazon merchants commonly borrow about $100,000 to buy inventory and pay for marketing campaigns during the holidays, paying the loans off with their proceeds. Seth Broman, chief revenue officer of Swiftline, which offers loans to online merchants, is turning down more loan applications this year. Rising costs and slower growth has simply made lending sellers money too risky, he said.
“A lot of customers are over-leveraged, and their sales are off,” Broman said.
Even the smallest merchants are feeling the pinch. Nancy Philips sells used books on Amazon that she snags at yard sales and library clearance sales. She’s slashing prices on about 100 books that have been lingering in Amazon warehouses for about a year before her storage fees go up. Amazon increases storage fees on products that don’t sell quickly to prevent its warehouses from getting cluttered.
“Books I’d sell for $20 I marked down to $10 or less,” she said. “Amazon fees are about $8, so I won’t make any money. I need to get rid of them, and people are buying less.”
Steven Pope, who has been selling gifts on Amazon for seven years, says he’s never been more nervous about a holiday season. Sales of his $50 “mom box” that includes a bath bomb, soaps and lotion, plunged more than 50% this Mother’s Day compared to 2021. He fears a similar drop heading into Christmas since shoppers are focused on necessities like food and gas and have less money for indulgences.
“The gift-giving industry has completely collapsed,” said Atlanta-based Pope, who is developing new snack products to compensate for slowing gift sales.
Pope, who also provides consulting services to more than 300 merchants, recently changed his marketing slogan to reflect leaner times. Before it was “We grow sales.” Now it’s “We deliver peace of mind.”
“It’s very difficult to navigate the climate right now,” he said. “This will be a make or break year for a lot of businesses.”
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One of the best things about having a home security system with reliable surveillance is that you can check on your home, and if something does happen, you have a recording of the events. That may not seem like much consolation in the face of bad news like a burglary, but footage can make a huge difference during an investigation — not to mention the fact that you get peace of mind knowing your home is always protected. Of course, the downside is that home security systems tend to be expensive, especially comprehensive ones. What if we told you that right now, you have the opportunity to get some amazing deals on Lorex security systems thanks to a sale that’s going on?
That’s right, you can save up to 45% off select home security systems from Lorex, including IP systems with up to 32 cameras, analog DVR systems with up to eight cameras, wire-free security systems, and even the Lorex Smart Home Security Center with bundles. We couldn’t possibly cover every system that’s on sale as part of this event, so we recommend taking a peek for yourself if you’re interested. You can also keep reading to learn a little more about what Lorex has to offer.
What’s the difference between each of the Lorex security systems?
While we can’t cover every system that’s on sale — there are a lot — we can at least talk about the differences between them. For example, the wire-free and Lorex Smart Home Security Center bundles are truly smart-home-enabled offerings, and they’re a cinch to install because there are no wires to run. Meanwhile, the IP and analog bundles include more traditional security options, with a bevy of cameras, a DVR recording base, and more. The NVR system included with the IP security bundles actually allows you to access your feeds and footage from the cloud.
Depending on how big your home or property is, you’re probably not going to need one of the more substantial systems with 32 cameras, because that would be overkill. But if you own a business or need coverage for a large property, or something like a warehouse, those larger bundles with more cameras are going to come in handy. It’s also worth noting that nearly all of the smart home security solutions are wire-free and easy to install, while some of the more traditional offerings require you to at least run an Ethernet cable.
Lorex Smart Home Security Center bundles
Designed to be a 2K-resolution wire-free security system, that pairs with two to four cameras, the Smart Home Security Center serves as a hub that you can use to watch feeds, check and address notifications, and much more. The entire system, working in tandem with the cameras, offers built-in person detection to tell you when someone is in or lurking around your home, with smart deterrence that activates an LED warning light on select devices to scare off would-be intruders. The system syncs with wire-free cameras and a smart doorbell, for example, to activate those smart deterrence alerts.
The system has a touchscreen panel for easy navigation, with local security grade storage — via microSD — a built-in Lorex smart assistant, and remote access through mobile apps. Of course, you can also use Google Assistant or Alexa, as well as Chromecast and Fire TV Stick to monitor your footage from a larger TV screen.
The Smart Home Security Center is best used for residential homes and properties, and considering the features it offers, it makes a lot of sense why. It’s also limited to about four cameras, which doesn’t offer enough coverage for large properties. As part of the Lorex sale, you can expect to save up to 35% on these bundles.
Lorex wire-free security systems
Similar to what you’d get with the Smart Home Security Center bundles above, the Lorex Wire-Free options come with two to six cameras total, but the idea here is that there’s no hub, no central DVR system, and as the name implies, absolutely no wires. You can place the security cameras pretty much wherever you want, and then check in live and remotely via your mobile device.
There are some bundles with indoor-friendly cameras, some with outdoor cameras, and some with pan-tilt cameras — it just depends on what you’re looking for. There’s also a bundle with a smart .
The Lorex wire-free systems also work best for residential homes and properties, but you could also use them for a small business if you don’t need as much coverage, especially since you can order up to six cameras in a set. As part of the Lorex sale, you can expect to save up to 27% on these bundles.
Lorex IP (NVR) security system bundles
This is the bundle you want if you need coverage for a large area, and want to distribute a lot of cameras. Bundles start with as few as four cameras, going up to 32 total, with the respective channel offerings to match — such as the .
The NVR system connects your security feeds to the cloud, accessible through the Lorex mobile app. So, you can use your iPhone, iPad, or Android phones and tablets to check on your property, interact with the system, and more. Unique modes, like privacy masking and regional motion zones, allow you to customize coverage. The privacy masking will block out or create a dead zone for the cameras where you designate — this means anything recorded in that space won’t be preserved in storage. It works great to exclude neighbors or nearby properties. But there’s so much more to these systems, too. The cameras record in 4K resolution with incredible video clarity, are weatherproof and safe for outdoor use, and easy to install thanks to a single Cat5e Ethernet cable.
As part of the Lorex sale, you can expect to save up to 30% on these bundles.
More Lorex home security system deals
There are some other collections on sale too:
- Lorex Analog (DVR) Security Systems —
- The Fusion Collection —
Whichever collection or bundle you choose, there’s a lot to be said about the protection and coverage they offer. Securing your home doesn’t have to break the bank, and Lorex is proving that with its massive selection of deals, but they won’t last long.
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Florida Drivers Get Roasted On TikTok & Everything Said Is So True, As Told By One
You'll question how they passed the test. 🚗
This Opinion article is part of a Narcity Media series. The views expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media.
Florida has a unique reputation, and one running joke that swirls around TikTok is how the roadways are nothing but entertaining. Some drivers will make you wonder how they passed their license test.
I've lived in the Sunshine State my whole life and have been riding around for over 10 years, so I'm pretty experienced with my navigation skills...even if I learned how to operate a motor vehicle here, too.
I've seen some backed-up traffic jams and how some people basically ignore road rules. So, when I stumbled upon "Florida Driver TikTok" I knew there would be some hilarious and relatable material from what locals see on a daily basis.
Turning signals do not exist...
...Well, they do. Many Floridians just don't use them often. As a local, it's kind of like as soon as you put on that blinker, the person next to you starts to feel like they're going too slow for you, so they, always speed up. Now, it's a competition to get to the next lane.
Many people on the roads just give it some distance and head over. Though it's not legally correct, I've seen it happen so many times.
To prove the legality of a turn, you can see it is a law to use your blinker:
"No person may turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, and then only after giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided, in the event any other vehicle may be affected by the movement."
@omgitswicks This is why #floridians don’t use blinkers #florida #onlyinflorida #omgitswicks #floridadriving #floridabelike
Yellow means speed up...
...Well, again, not really. It means slow down, but so many Floridians see it as an extended green light. People are always speeding through that yellow light, which can be dangerous at major intersections.
In my personal experience, I've seen people zip through as if yellow translated to "put the pedal to the medal".
The State of Florida website reads when it's yellow to "stop if you can. The light will soon be red."
Speed Limits are relative.
So, it's highly advised you follow the speed limit or you will get a speeding ticket, however, in so many videos on the social media app, I've seen that others believe this to be true.
One woman said she found herself speeding, slowed down and then saw a cop speed right passed her.
@svetuh 🌴3🌴 #fyp #foryou #4u #florida #floridacheck #floridathings #driving
The video gained 186.2K, and commenters hit their keyboards replying that it was so true. Some even pointed out specific areas, like South Florida.
"The amount of facts in this video I swear 😂😂 I hate it hereeee," a viewer wrote.
According to the Florida Driver Association, speed limits actually are relative, just not in the way many Floridians understand it. The limit shown on the road signs qualifies for the fastest speed that is safe to drive in good conditions. Therefore, you are not legally allowed to go faster than that number posted.
Turning lanes/passing lanes are questionable.
It is a common rule on the road that left lanes are passing lanes, and if you want a smoother ride, you stay in the right line. The Florida Driver's Association even describes with photos the correct way to pass if there is a passing lane.
In Florida, I've seen drivers use left lanes as just a fast lane, not necessarily for passing.
One TikTok, which gained 1.2 million views, shows two cars totally off the road to get by. In fact, they weren't even in a lane. They made their own rules and turned their wheel straight to the grass.
@omgitswicks #onlyinflorida #florida #floridian #floridadriving #i4 #omgitswicks #thatsonflorida
I've hear people who live here joke, "if we're not merging, we're crashing," for those getting onto and off of highway exits. I don't encourage anyone to abide by this theory.
In my experience, it's smarter to be a defensive rather than an offensive driver. Although the content made about the traffic is funny, it is important you follow proper road rules and procedures to be safe and avoid conflict.
...Best of luck on your commutes.
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Meets With Top Officials Of ASEAN To Discuss Cooperation
Sumaira FH Published September 09, 2022 | 11:41 PM
Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt met on Friday via videoconference with Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Michael Tene to discuss cooperation, as well as the situation in Myanmar and other issues, the ministry said
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th September, 2022) Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt met on Friday via videoconference with Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Michael Tene to discuss cooperation, as well as the situation in Myanmar and other issues, the ministry said.
"FM Anniken Huitfeldt participated in Trilateral Meeting with FM Prak Sokhonn and DSG Michael Tene today. Norway confirmed strong partnership with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)," the ministry said on Twitter.
The parties discussed the situation in Myanmar, as well as climate and energy.
In 2021, the Myanmar military seized power using a constitutional mechanism of transferring power in an emergency situation.
The military arrested government officials, accusing them of rigging the general election, and later appointed a new administration. The military's actions spurred major civil unrest, which has resulted in over 1,600 casualties, with over 12,000 people arrested and 500,000 internally displaced.
ASEAN is a political and economic union, which was founded in 1967. The organization comprises 10 Southeast Asian countries Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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WAKEFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - A state medical board says it has revoked the medical license of a doctor who used patient information inappropriately, while also requesting photos and sending said patient “sexually suggestive messages.”
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine announced it had taken action against Dr. Julian A. Mitton at its meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8, voting to revoke his license in a “Final Decision & Order,” according to a press release.
The board said it found Mitton allegedly texted a patient and attempted to convince her that he knew the woman, using information he gained from her physician. They also detailed how Mitton asked the patient for photos while sending her sexual suggestive messages, as well as a sexually explicit photo of himself.
According to the release, Mitton has been licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts since June 2016, and last practiced medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital before entering a “Voluntary Agreement Not to Practice Medicine” in October 2019. A listing on U.S. News & World Report describes Mitton as specializing in internal medicine.
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PEABODY, Mass., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Privo Technologies, Inc. ("Privo", "the Company") announced today that it has been awarded a $2M Direct-to-Phase II SBIR Contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The contract will be used to further the development of PRV311, Privo's third lead asset, for the treatment of cervical cancer in low resource settings.
Cervical cancer has high prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and remains the leading cause of cancer death among women despite the remarkable improvements in prevention seen in wealthier countries. Privo intends to bridge this healthcare gap with PRV311, a nanoengineered localized treatment applied directly to cervical tumors. Utilizing the funds from the contract, Privo aims to complete clinical trial preparation activities to validate the PRV311 cancer treatment. This treatment has the potential to minimize surgery, reduce the risk of preterm birth, and reduce the extent of disfigurement.
"Privo is committed to changing the paradigm of cancer treatment, with a special focus on mucosal solid tumors. We are grateful to the NCI for their support in expanding the PRV platform into further indications," said Dr. Manijeh Goldberg, Ph.D., CEO and Founder. "Privo has focused on epithelial cancers and as a result has successfully pushed its PRV111 treatment to the pivotal trial stage for head and neck cancers."
PRV311 is a derivative of the PRV platform designed for the treatment of cervical and other cancers that require controlled and sustained release of chemotherapeutics ideal for use in low-resource settings. This will enable fewer treatment visits and applications required to reach a therapeutic dose. "Loss of patients to follow-up in low-resource settings is one of the greatest obstacles to effective cancer treatment. By providing a long-lasting treatment alternative for patients with cervical cancer, PRV311 can address this disparity and potentially change the treatment of cervical cancer globally," said Dr. Goldberg.
This project is funded in part with Federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. 75N91022C00020.
Privo Technologies, Inc. (Privo) is a phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative therapeutics designed to eliminate cancers and prevent recurrence. Privo aims to provide better and more accessible treatment options to diverse patient populations around the world with the potential to transform standard of care for treating solid tumors. Privo is headquartered in Peabody, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. For more information on the technology see Privo's most recent publication (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31859-3), described in detail in Forbes: Disruptive Innovation In Drug Delivery Systems.
Privo's lead asset, PRV111 has been shown to be effective in patients with head and neck cancer in several hospitals across the US during a safety and efficacy Phase I/II clinical study, dramatically reducing tumor volume without any systemic toxicity. For additional information on Privo Technologies, Inc. please visit www.privotechnologies.com.
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NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening disease was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York City area.
Health officials began checking for signs of the virus in sewage water after the first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade was identified in July in Rockland County, which is north of the city. The latest detection involved a wastewater sample collected last month in Nassau County on Long Island, directly east of the city.
The sample is genetically linked to the polio case from Rockland and provides further evidence of expanding community spread, state health officials said. The poliovirus had previously been detected in wastewater in New York City and three counties to its north: Rockland, Orange and Sullivan.
Hochul declared a state disaster emergency that allows EMS workers, midwives and pharmacists to administer polio vaccines and allows doctors to issue standing orders for the vaccine. Data on immunizations will be used to focus vaccination efforts where they're needed the most.
“On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice,” state Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said in a prepared statement. “If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up to date with vaccinations, the risk of paralytic disease is real. I urge New Yorkers to not accept any risk at all.”
Health officials said all unvaccinated New York residents — including children by 2 months of age, pregnant people and those who haven't completed their vaccine series — should get immunized immediately. They also urged boosters for certain people, such as healthcare workers in affected areas who treat patients who might have polio.
The statewide polio vaccination rate is 79%, but the counties of Rockland, Orange and Sullivan had lower rates.
Officials have said that it is possible that hundreds of people in the state have gotten polio and don’t know it. Most people infected with polio have no symptoms but can still give the virus to others for days or weeks.
The lone confirmed case in New York involved an unidentified young adult who was unvaccinated.
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As momentous as the death of Queen Elizabeth II may be after her 70 years on the throne, it’s pretty much business as usual in terms of Canada’s governance.
The monarch remains the constitutional head of state in this country, no matter who is filling the role at any given time, says Philippe Lagassé, an associate professor of international affairs at Carleton University and an expert on the role of the Crown in the Westminster system of government.
Hence, the succession from the Queen to her eldest son Charles, to be known as King Charles III, is automatic. There is no disruption to governing bodies that sit in her name or to legislation, oaths and other legal documents issued in her name.
“This transition does not require any action on Canada’s part,” Lagassé says.
“The phrase ‘The Queen is dead, long live the King!’ applies here and in the U.K.”
In common law, Lagassé says, the Queen and King are “the same legal person.” That’s because the Crown is what is known as a “corporation sole.”
“This means that, in their official capacity, the legal personality of the Queen (or) King does not change when different natural persons hold the position.
“That further means that any legal documents and instruments issued in the name of the Queen or that mention the Queen will apply and be understood to be from the King.”
That includes oaths of allegiance to the monarch, which are required in a host of cases, including becoming a member of Parliament or a member of the Canadian Armed Forces or a Canadian citizen.
“So, there’s no need to re-swear or re-sign anything,” Lagasse says.
It wasn’t always that way.
In days of yore, the death of a monarch meant that parliaments sitting in that individual’s name in the United Kingdom and its colonies, including those that eventually became Canada, were automatically dissolved and elections had to be held.
“Dissolution by demise of the Crown” as it is known, flowed from the “premise that the Sovereign summons a parliament in his or her personal capacity and that, therefore, a parliament must die along with the individual King or Queen who sent for it,” says James Bowden, an acknowledged authority on such matters, in an April 2021 post on his scholarly blog, Parliamentum.
The practice reflected “an older medieval status of the Crown” when parliaments sat rarely, summoned by the monarch only when necessary, Bowden says. It was obviously “impractical and disruptive” in more modern times, as parliaments began sitting regularly and the monarch’s role became more ceremonial.
Dissolution by demise of the Crown was abolished in the U.K. in 1867 and the Parliament of the newly created Confederation of Canada followed suit in its first session the same year, according to Bowden.
Today, the Parliament of Canada Act expressly states that “Parliament shall not determine or be dissolved by the demise of the Crown and, notwithstanding the demise, shall continue, and may meet, convene and sit, proceed and act, in the same manner as if that demise had not happened.”
Similarly, oaths of allegiance to the Queen have been changed to include the words “and her heirs and successors,” explicitly doing away with the need to re-swear an oath to the new monarch after her death.
Provinces and territories have all adopted similar provisions.
However, in their zeal to remove references to the monarch in the act governing the National Assembly in 1982, Quebec also removed a provision that specified the legislature would not dissolve automatically on her death.
Historians and constitutional experts raised the alarm that this omission could plunge the province into an election upon the Queen’s death and potentially mean that all laws passed following her death would be scrapped.
The Quebec government introduced a bill in March 2021 to rectify the omission.
While the business of government in Canada will continue undisturbed, Lagassé says there are some formalities that will have to be observed.
For instance, Canada’s Privy Council, which includes all current and former cabinet ministers, is expected to meet when a new monarch ascends the throne. The governor general, the Crown’s representative in Canada, must also issue a proclamation on the new monarch.
“It is important to note, however, that this step merely affirms what has already occurred in law,” says Lagasse.
There are also a number of protocols surrounding the official 10-day mourning period. It will culminate in a funeral service in London, which Commonwealth prime ministers and governors general are expected to attend.
Flags are already at half mast on official government buildings, including the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, and members of the federal cabinet sported black ribbons on Thursday afternoon to commemorate the loss.
The public will be able to sign books of condolences online and in person at Rideau Hall, the governor general’s residence in Ottawa.
—The Canadian Press
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BitTorrent (BTTOLD) traded up 9.4% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on September 9th. In the last seven days, BitTorrent has traded 10.7% higher against the US dollar. BitTorrent has a market cap of $936.52 million and $66,727.00 worth of BitTorrent was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One BitTorrent coin can currently be bought for $0.0009 or 0.00000004 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004701 BTC.
- USD Coin (USDC) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004699 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 5.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $7.73 or 0.00036341 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded up 5.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.88 or 0.00004159 BTC.
- HEX (HEX) traded 3.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0408 or 0.00000192 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded 5.4% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004698 BTC.
- Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) traded up 10.4% against the dollar and now trades at $21,227.14 or 0.99768157 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.51 or 0.00002403 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded up 3.6% against the dollar and now trades at $7.70 or 0.00036208 BTC.
BitTorrent Profile
BTTOLD is a N/A coin that uses the N/A hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was January 20th, 2019. BitTorrent’s total supply is 990,000,000,000 coins. The Reddit community for BitTorrent is https://reddit.com/r/Bittorrent and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. BitTorrent’s official website is www.bittorrent.com/token/btt. BitTorrent’s official message board is blog.bittorrent.com. BitTorrent’s official Twitter account is @BitTorrent and its Facebook page is accessible here.
BitTorrent Coin Trading
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Allen ISD is looking to further connect its community members to the district as it launches the second year of its Silver Eagles club.
Allen ISD’s Silver Eagles is an initiative to invite seniors aged 60 and older to learn about everything Allen ISD has to offer its students from athletics to fine arts, to science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) programs.
Throughout the year, the district invites Silver Eagle members to different events including team-building exercises at the STEAM facility, presentations from different parts of the district like the boosters and counseling department, theatrical performances and more.
“It was a lot of fun,” Silver Eagles Ambassador Lennie Gunderson said. “They put us into little groups and challenged us to build catapults out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands and straws. It was very challenging. We also got to tour the STEAM center, which was enlightening to the whole group. Seeing the advantages to the whole group with what they're taught and the way they're taught, and the skills they learn, it's really eye-opening to see the Allen district has the opportunity to offer students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.”
In addition to STEAM center visits, the Silver Eagles are slated to host an October tailgate with barbecue and football, visits to theatrical performances and a spring jazz concert.
“Activities like that really involve more people,” Gunderson said. “You can invite friends and try to get more senior folks engaged with different activities they like to do.”
Since the club’s inception last year, it has grown to over 300 members.
“At the end of the day, we really want them to be connected and engaged in our community,” Community Services Director Ashley Crowson said.
Winston Henvey is the reporter for the Mesquite News, Coppell Gazette and The Leader serving Carrollton, Flower Mound and Lewisville. Email him with story suggestions at whenvey@starlocalmedia.com.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.
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A first-of-its-kind Quinjet E-ticket attraction put on hold by pandemic-related financial constraints is back on track as the Disneyland resort announces plans for the second phase of the new Marvel themed land.
Disneyland will expand Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure with a new attraction, according to Disney CEO Bob Chapek.
More details will be announced during the Disney Parks and Experiences panel on Sunday, Sept. 11, according to the official Disney D23 Twitter account.
Chapek made the DCA Avenger Campus expansion announcement during the Legends Ceremony on opening day of the D23 Expo on Friday, Sept. 9.
The Quinjet E-ticket attraction was initially announced with much fanfare during the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center in 2019, but has not been mentioned very often since then — leading industry observers to wonder if the ballyhooed attraction would be canceled amid pandemic-related budget cuts.
Chapek said during an annual shareholder meeting in March that the Quinjet E-ticket attraction planned for DCA was in a “holding pattern” and will “hopefully” get built once the company’s post-pandemic cash-flow situation improved.
DCA’s Avengers Campus debuted in June 2021 after a yearlong pandemic delay with the Web Slingers interactive dark ride, Doctor Strange magic show, Ant-Man and the Wasp restaurant and Marvel character rooftop stunt shows.
The custom-designed, full-sized Quinjet that serves as the centerpiece of the Marvel-themed land sits atop an Avengers Headquarters building that is intended to double as the entrance for the planned E-ticket attraction. Disney uses the balconies on the building facade as a stage for Marvel super hero stunt shows.
Riders on the planned Quinjet E-ticket attraction will embark on a mission to the Black Panther world of Wakanda to battle menacing winged aliens alongside the team of superheroes, according to Walt Disney Imagineering.
Concept art for the Avengers attraction shows riders hovering in jetpack seats. The sweeping scene depicts Captain Marvel firing an energy beam, Iron Man unleashing a repulsor blast and Thor wielding his hammer while surrounded by the flying extraterrestrials. On the ground, Hulk pummels the winged creatures, Black Panther engages in hand-to-hand combat and the Dora Milaje throw warrior spears as a supersized Ant Man towers above the action.
Additional concept art shows a walk-through pre-show area with Avengers aircraft on a docking bay — suggesting an active superhero hangar. An interior view of the attraction shows two rows of jetpack seats aligned in front of a glowing heads-up tactical display. Overhead, a massive glass ceiling-like screen provides views of the ship’s command deck and the outside world.
Concept art is just that — conceptual illustrations created to give a sense of possibilities and design intentions. Imagineering often refines and modifies attraction plans as the creative arm of the company moves forward with a project.
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This year, Abercrombie & Fitch's (NYSE:ANF) stock has been performing poorly, declining as much as 54% year-to-date, substantially underperforming the broader market.
In our opinion, the current macroeconomic environment generates a number of headwinds for ANF's business and we expect that the firm will keep underperforming in the near future.
In this article, we will highlight the key points that we believe make ANF unattractive at the current times. We will touch upon indicators like consumer sentiment, and take a look at the firm's latest quarterly results.
Consumer confidence - a leading economic indicator - is often used to estimate potential changes in the spending behaviour of the consumer in the near future.
Since the beginning of 2020, consumer confidence in the United States has been on a steep decline, despite the short uptick in the second half of 2020.
In 2022, confidence has even fallen below the levels observed during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
Confidence can be driven by a wide range of parameters, including inflation, energy prices, job security and it gives a measure of how optimistic or pessimistic people are about their financial outlook. Low consumer confidence implies that people are pessimistic about their financial expectations and therefore are likely to save more. Such trends can lead to reduced demand for durable, discretionary, non-essential items, resulting in a negative impact on the financial performance of the firm's manufacturing and selling such goods.
Companies, which are categorised into the consumer discretionary sector are likely to be directly hurt by pessimistic consumer sentiment. As ANF is also categorised into this sector, we believe that ANF is likely to keep underperforming as long as the sentiment does not improve.
Let us now take a look at how ANF's stock has performed in the last 20 years, during times of low consumer confidence.
Two out of three times ANF has substantially underperformed the broader market.
Although between 2001-2003 ANF has outperformed the SPY, its stock price has been highly volatile in the period. During the financial crisis in 2008, at one point the stock was down by almost 90%. From 2011 to 2013 the stock lost as much as 17%, while the broader market was up by more than 13%.
All in all, we believe that in the current market environment, despite the sharp sell-off, there is further downside for ANF's stock. For these reasons, we believe it is not a good time to be a shareholder of ANF.
ANF has recently published their Q2 earnings presentation, summarising their financial performance. We will highlight a few items from this presentation that raise concerns for us.
Decreasing sales
Net sales decreased 7%, or $60M, as compared to last year.
Gross margin rate declined 730 basis points as compared to last year to 57.9%, driven by higher product costs and commodity inflation partially offset by higher average unit retail at Abercrombie.
Digital fulfillment expense increased $17M, reflecting an increase in digital shipping and handling and digital direct expense.
Asset impairment charges of $2M for this year versus $1M last year.
ANF also points out that the main driver for declining sales was low demand for the Hollister products. Although the firm aims to focus more on brands that have performed well during the first half of the year to boost their sales, they underline that the macro headwinds are likely to persist for the rest of 2022.
The firm has updated their most recent outlook accordingly.
We have seen earlier this year that many firms have been struggling with inventory management and had to use significant discounting in order to reduce inventory.
ANF's inventory has increased by as much as 70% compared to Q2 2021. The main drivers of this increase are supply chain disruptions in Vietnam, leading to goods stuck in transit, and the higher freight and raw material costs. The unit-on-hand inventory levels in 2021 were also the lowest since the mid 2000's, making the 70% increase slightly exaggerated.
ANF believes that inventory growth has peaked in Q2:
Looking ahead, we will continue to monitor sales volumes and react with agility to ensure inventory turns appropriately, and we expect year-over-year inventory growth to have peaked in Q2 and to moderate significantly in the back half as we lap late receipts from last year.
We remain cautious however, because it is not yet clear whether part of the inventory may already turn out to be obsolete, or to what extent discounting needs to be used to get rid of the excess items.
The company repurchased approximately 4.3 million shares and has returned $118 million to shareholders during the year-to-date period ended July 30, 2022
While in general we favour share repurchases as a way to return value to shareholders in ANF's case there may be better uses of capital. A share buyback is beneficial for a company if it has no reason to fund expansions or other projects or wants to influence its share price in the market.
In our opinion, the firm should focus more on potential expansions and other projects that could lead to improved sales figures, growing market share or improved efficiency.
Abercrombie & Fitch's stock has substantially underperformed the broader market year-to-date and we expect the underperformance to last for the rest of the year due to the macroeconomic headwinds, including rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, low consumer confidence and elevated freight and raw material costs.
Declining sales, increasing inventory and capital allocation decisions also appear concerning.
For these reasons, we rate ANF as "sell."
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Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Short position through short-selling of the stock, or purchase of put options or similar derivatives in ANF over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- If you are a healthcare professional looking to obtain continuing medical education (CME) credits before the end of the year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encourages you to expand your knowledge about dietary supplements.
Many Americans take dietary supplements for a variety of reasons, whether recommended by their healthcare professional or on their own. Some supplements can help people meet the daily requirements of essential nutrients or help improve or maintain their overall health. But dietary supplements may also come with health risks, so it's important for you and your patients to be informed.
In June 2022, FDA, in collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA), developed a CME program to help physicians and other healthcare professionals understand how dietary supplements are regulated, provide information to patients on their use, and recognize and report adverse events to FDA. This program is divided into three videos, making it easy for healthcare professionals to fit them into their busy schedules. The program also includes companion materials for both healthcare professionals and patients. It is available free of charge on FDA's Healthcare Professionals website, and interested physicians can also access these materials at no cost and earn 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM on the AMA Ed HubTM.
Public health and safety regarding dietary supplement use are matters of great importance to FDA. This CME is just one part of the Supplement Your Knowledge initiative aimed to provide individuals with helpful information to make informed decisions about the use of dietary supplements.
For more information on dietary supplements, visit www.fda.gov/dietarysupplements.
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US country music star Garth Brooks took to the stage at Dublin’s Croke Park to rapturous applause from his loyal fans as he kicked off his long-awaited series of gigs in the city.
The music legend, who wore a black Stetson and jeans, broke down in tears as he told the crowd he had come on stage for one reason and that was to “raise hell”.
“Tell me it’s going to be like this the whole night long,” he said, adding he just wanted to “enjoy the moment”.
There was a sea of Stetsons in the streets near the stadium on Friday evening as 80,000 people arrived for the opening night of Brooks’ concerts in the Irish capital.
It was a long time coming and some fans were worried it would never happen but they got to see their “idol” again.
Brooks was due to play five concerts in 2014 but the gigs were cancelled following a licensing dispute with locals around the venue and the local authorities.
Dublin City Council said at the time that it would only grant licences for three of the concerts at the Dublin venue but the singer refused to perform unless all five went ahead.
The 60-year-old superstar is now set to play five concerts at the home of GAA over the course of nine days.
Around 400,000 people are expected to attend the gigs in total with at least 5% of ticket holders coming from outside Ireland.
Ahead of the gig, Brooks became emotional as he said he had waited all his life for this moment.
So did many of his fans.
Cora McHugh was not born the last time he sang in Ireland.
But she said she had been brought up on country music since she was knee-high.
She travelled with her mother Caitriona from Donegal to see their favourite artist.
She said: “I love country music, I love Garth Brooks.
“I’ve always been brought up on country music and I was jiving since I was wee with my nana. I just love country music.
“I’m so excited because I feel Garth Brooks will never be here again so it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
She was expecting an “unreal atmosphere” in the stadium.
Marie-Claire Meehan, from Newry, Co Down, travelled with a group of friends to watch the performance.
“What better place to be than at Croke Park where Garth Brooks is about to make his debut performance after a damp squib in 2014,” she said ahead of the show.
“We’re pumped and ready to go.”
Paul Prendergast described Brooks as a “country music idol”.
Street trader Derek Kidney told the PA news agency he was hoping to sell a lot of Stetsons and ponchos over the five nights.
He said: “There will be Stetsons everywhere, please god.
“Hopefully the rain will stay away.”
It has been 25 years since the music legend last played in Dublin.
In November 2021, Brooks returned to Ireland to announce he would play in Croke Park the following September.
After huge demand for two gigs at the venue, a further three dates were added.
Fans snapped up tickets in the hope the star would don his Stetson and sing some of greatest hits including If Tomorrow Never Comes, Friends In Low Places and Callin’ Baton Rouge among other well-known tunes.
They had been urged to make their way to the stadium early and to use public transport.
Due to the large numbers attending, organisers warned people to plan their journey to and from the venue.
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Two of the world’s best skippers are trying to regain their sea legs before falling further behind in SailGP’s race for the $1 million Season 3 championship.
Britain’s Sir Ben Ainslie will return to the fleet this weekend in St. Tropez, France. He missed the previous regatta in Copenhagen after his foiling 50-foot catamaran was severely damaged when it hit a submerged object during practice. It was the second major accident in two seasons by Ainslie, who is the most-decorated sailor in Olympic history with four gold medals and a silver, as well as a former America’s Cup winner.
U.S. skipper Jimmy Spithill, a two-time America’s Cup champion, hasn’t finished above fifth in four regattas this year. He and his crew are still working their way back from finishing a disappointing eighth in the nine-boat fleet in home waters off Chicago three regattas ago.
Even two-time defending champion and current points leader Tom Slingsby of Australia has suddenly found himself looking over his shoulder at his rival from across the Tasman Sea, Peter Burling of New Zealand, who has won two straight regattas in tech tycoon Larry Ellison’s global league.
Racing is Saturday and Sunday. Before Friday’s final practice race, the British team was joined by teams and sailors from other Commonwealth counties for three minutes of silence for Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday.
“I want to thank those teams for joining us in that moment of remembrance,” said Ainslie, who was knighted several months after capping his Olympic career by winning his fourth straight gold medal at the 2012 London Games. “In the days and weeks to come we hope the sorrow turns to celebration of an incredible life — perhaps the most incredible life that’s ever been lived.”
Ainslie reached the podium race at the season’s first two regattas, just missed making it in his home regatta in Plymouth, England, and then missed the Copenhagen regatta after striking either a rock or chunk of concrete when his boat strayed beyond the course boundaries during practice.
The collision caused extensive damage to the starboard foil and rudder as well as the foil box, which controls the rake of the foil, making it impossible to fly the boat.
Ainslie said the crew believed the area was clear of underwater objects based on the charts it was using but later discovered there had been a reclamation project there. The boat was going about 20 kph, or 12 mph, and hadn’t yet lifted up on its foils.
“It certainly stopped the boat pretty quickly and did a lot of damage. Carbon and concrete or rock don’t go well together,” Ainslie said. “Maybe If we had been foiling, we would have gone right over it and not known it was there.”
Wing trimmer Iain Jensen was crossing the boat and took a tumble but was OK. “So, it was just damage to pride and equipment, really,” Ainslie said.
Britain had been in second place in the season standings behind Australia but tumbled to fifth, one point behind Canada. Australia holds a four-point lead over New Zealand, with Denmark another four points back in third.
“Missing the points is a big hit which we’ve got to recover from. This is life and sport, isn’t it?” Ainslie said. “It doesn’t always go your way. You’re going to get setbacks and it’s how you recover from them that counts.”
Spithill reached the $1 million, winner-take-all race at the end of Season 2, but hasn’t been on form this season after making some crew changes and is seventh overall.
“We’re definitely starting to trend the right way,” Spithill said. “We’re realists. We are disappointed. We want to be at the front, we want to be up in podium races come Sunday. But we’ve got to take the steps. There’s not going to be a shortcut. I thought Copenhagen was a step in the right direction.”
Earlier in the week, Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula One drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez joined Spithill, who also represents Red Bull, for some friendly races against Slingsby.
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A former UBC Okanagan student who was sexually assaulted while working as a resident advisor has filed a human rights complaint against the university over how her investigation was handled.
The human rights complaint has not yet been accepted by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
Black Press Media has chosen to refer to the survivor by the chosen name of Rose.
Rose was working at the university as an on-campus resident advisor in the fall of 2019 when another resident advisor sexually assaulted her. At the time, she was 19 and pursuing a degree in nursing. She has since graduated and found work in her field.
After a five-month investigation, UBCO determined that the fellow student had not contravened the school’s sexual misconduct policy, according to Freedom of Information documents obtained by Black Press Media.
“I felt like I had barely any support when I disclosed it to my managers and they just shuffled me around, making me disclose it several times before passing me off to the sexual violence prevention office.”
READ MORE: ‘Hollow’ apology: Kelowna RCMP investigated for refusing to probe sex assault
When her complaint was forwarded to UBCO’s Independent Investigations Office, investigation documentation shows that her case was handled by an investigator who had never dealt with a case like hers before and reached out to superiors for advice on multiple occasions for on how to proceed.
“The investigator had in her personal notes that I had said ‘no’ to sexual advances but left it out of the final report and ultimately made the call that because I didn’t say no it wasn’t assault,” Rose said.
Rose also detailed how the investigator asked her questions that reinforced rape myths, asking her if her body language changed, if she tried to push him off, if she said no more than once, and if she acted like she liked it.
“Each one of these questions discredited all the times I did say “no.” Each one of these questions discredited the fact that I never said “yes.” These questions made me feel like I did not do enough, and that the non-consensual sex was somehow my fault. These questions were traumatizing, and still haunt me.”
In her final report, the investigators wrote that Rose had not been sexually assaulted. Rose questions how the investigator made that determination.
“She actively chose to confirm the Respondent’sstory, without providing any evidence of the matter. There are other, more trauma-informed, procedurally fair, and impartial ways of concluding this investigation, such as ‘there are no findings,’ or ‘there is insufficient evidence to pursue disciplinary action.”
The RA accused of assault worked with a lawyer and explored the possibility of both an admission and an alternative resolution process.
“He had a lawyer for the whole investigation and they never told me, nor advised me to obtain legal council,” Rose said.
An alternative resolution process involves both parties to consent to a process where they discuss the incident and work to find an appropriate resolution. Rose declined to participate and chose to proceed with the investigation. Under UBCO’s sexual misconduct policy, only the complainant can propose an alternative resolution process.
Rose said she felt pressured by her investigator to go ahead with the ARP and was subjected to a phone call with representatives from UBCO’s Sexual Violence Prevention Office discussing the ARP process.
Once it was clear the ARP would not go ahead, the man’s lawyer listed multiple questions about the possibility of an admission, which were blanked out in the FOI, and asked if any potential discipline against him would appear on his academic record. Ultimately, he chose to defend himself.
In the process of the investigation, the man reached out to the one of the witnesses, despite being told that he was not to discuss the investigation with the witness under any circumstances. Rose expressed deep concern about potential witness tampering, but her investigator chose to interview that same witness regardless.
READ MORE: UBCO fails to have sexual assault case thrown out
Rose also gave Black Press Media copies of RA performance evaluations that were completed by her manager.
After the assault, one such evaluation noted that she was not participating enough with the RA team and not being “present” for her residence, as well as having poor stress management.
“I got bad reviews for not hanging out with RAs in my spare time, but look at what happened when I hung out with an RA in my spare time.”
No appeal process possible
After Rose obtained her FOI, she wrote a letter to UBC, detailing her experience with the investigation and suggested several ways the university could adjust its policy to better protect survivors of sexual violence on campus.
“This could look like a clear way to appeal a finding or report a complaint about how such investigation was handled,” she wrote.
“Second, it is important to me that there is transparency throughout the investigation. It troubles me that complainants are only offered support through a UBC-run SVPRO office, whereas respondents are offered many options, which include suggesting legal counsel. If the respondent chooses to be represented by legal counsel, something which was not offered/suggested to the complainant, the complainant should be informed of this, and given time to obtain their own legal counsel and support, independent of UBC.”
In response, UBC’s Director of Investigations Carly Stanhope wrote that the investigation could not be appealed and offered to meet with Rose to discuss ways the university could improve.
“I am very sorry to hear about the significant impact the IO’s investigation had on you. However, as you identified, UBC’s current policy does not provide an option to appeal investigation findings or request re-investigation,” Stanhope wrote in a letter.
“In light of this framework, the IO is unable to re-open your investigation.”
Rose declined to meet with Stanhope.
Former UBCO Students’ Union President Tashia Kotenayoo spoke to Black Press Media about the investigation in November 2021. Kotenayoo said the university should apologize for the way the investigation was handled.
“Her experience sounds all too familiar and demonstrates the inability of the institution to create a culture of consent,” she said at the time.
“With this specific case, I think the survivor is owed an apology — a meaningful apology. Not only for what they experienced in the investigation, but what they experienced as an employee and student of the university.”
UBCO declined to comment on Rose’s investigation for privacy reasons, but told Black Press Media that the institution is “deeply committed” to building a culture of consent.
“Sexual violence is never acceptable. UBC is deeply committed to building a culture of consent, where members of the university community have a safer, supportive and respectful environment in which to live, learn and work. Education and prevention are core components of the university’s work to address sexual violence on campus.”
Rose had later gone to the RCMP to report her assault. She was initially told by an RCMP officer that her story “wasn’t worth” the officer’s time. That officer is no longer with the Kelowna RCMP. A subsequent investigation resulted in a report being forwarded to Crown counsel for consideration of charges against the man.
As of Sept. 8, no charges had been laid. The man’s lawyer declined to comment on the matter.
With allegations of assault, there is a presumption of innocence unless and until there is a finding confirming the allegation, which has not occurred in this instance. Further, there has been no ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal, accepting the complaint respecting process, nor has there been a decision by crown counsel to prosecute the RA accused of sexual assault.
How sexual assault legislation paved way for dedicated investigators
In 2016, B.C. passed the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, which established a framework for post-secondary institutions to develop sexual misconduct policies. As of May 19, 2017, all universities in B.C. were required to have sexual misconduct policies created and in place.
READ MORE: Sex assault supports vary in B.C. universities a year after provincial bill
UBC’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office was created in 2017 as part of the institution’s efforts to address sexual violence on campus.
According to annual reports, sexualized violence disclosures on the Okanagan campus increased from 37 in 2017-2018 to 114 in 2018-2019 to 136 from May 2019-April 2020.
In an emailed statement, UBCO attributed the rise in disclosures to “considerable efforts” that have been made to raise the profile of reporting sexual violence through on-campus education campaigns.
On Sept. 8, B.C. announced that a further $500,000 would go toward improving and expanding sexual violence prevention initiatives on campus.
These resources are being developed with the post-secondary sector and will be available across all campuses in the province by summer 2024.
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Sand berms are being built, sand bags filled and pumps readied to suck up sea water – but will it be enough to protect against nature’s force?
Along with wild winds and heavy rains as remnants of Hurricane Kay roar into Southern California and deliver big waves, high tides in the late mornings and even higher in the evenings will make for a combination that could spell trouble for Southern California’s vulnerable coastline.
Big swells from the hurricane could make for waves up to 8 feet tall by Saturday, a bump in the ocean’s force that will merge with high tides and could send sea water rushing up stretches of beach, chomping away at the sand to further shrink already eroded coastlines, and even flood into streets and homes.
National Weather Service meteorologist Liz Schenk said a beach hazard statement has been issued through Sunday afternoon, with surf ranging from 3- to 6-feet tall, with sets upward of 8 feet.
High tides are expected to be at 6.5 feet just after 9 p.m. on Friday night. And with any rain, there could be pockets of flooding, especially in low-lying areas, Schenk said. Late morning hours will also see high tides, slightly lower at 5.4 feet Saturday at 10 a.m., but still potentially hazardous when combining with big swells.
High water levels stretched across Seal Beach’s sand on Thursday, bringing Fire Department crews out to build a berm, said Seal Beach Marine Safety Chief Joe Bailey.
Videos online showed the ocean stretching over the sand and reaching the boardwalk, also nearing a beach café under construction near the San Gabriel river.
“We are next to a river, there’s an ocean in front of us, but now we have a lake,” The Beach House co-owner Brian Kyle said of the to extreme high tides that encroached on their construction site and came within a few feet of very heavy, expensive equipment yet to be moved inside.
Nearby in Long Beach, lifeguards were busy through the afternoon filling sandbags for residents and berms were built up to protect buildings and infrastructure.
Alexis Saldaña, employee of Propel Bike Shop, took the initiative to fill sandbags as a precaution. Saldaña said she worries the area could see a California year’s worth of rain in one night.
“The shop has flooded in the past and since the owner lives out of state we thought it smart to be prepared for the coming rain,” she said.
Jon Cockrill, who has lived on the beach for 30 years in Seal Beach, has seen his share of big swells that have flooded the beach and boardwalk. As a surfer, he could tell the hurricane swell was building and said he started calling City Hall and the Police Department Thursday morning to warn they should start building the berm sooner.
He remembered what happened in 2014 when Hurricane Marie hit, catching the city off guard and flooding the beach before berms could be formed to protect the homes. So when Cockrill saw the sea water inching closer up the sand by the evening, even hours before high tide, he decided to call officials.
“I was begging them to get a tractor out there,” he said, noting Long Beach had already started preparing with berm building a day earlier.
While Seal Beach typically gets big waves from winter northwest swells, hurricane surf can be more unpredictable and at a different angle, sending bigger waves during the typical smaller surf season.
Bailey said the surf was larger than expected Thursday night, which was forecast to be 4- to 7-feet tall. It’s unclear, he said, if that big surf arrived a day and a half early or if the swells are going to continue to build.
“Our concern is the surf will continue to build this evening,” Bailey said Friday morning. “The forecast is for the biggest surf on Saturday.”
“If it’s going to continue to build, we’re going to need this berm,” Bailey said. “If it arrived early, we should be fine. It’s just a wait-and-see game at this point.”
The city also sent out an alert to residents that sand bags are available at the 8th Place parking lot and the city yard for people who want to fill them up to protect their homes. Pumps were put in place to suck out water if it rushes onto the boardwalk or near homes, he said.
Crews will be on hand when high tide is expected to hit – Friday night is expected to be 6.5 feet around 9 p.m. – to keep an eye on potential flooding.
Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguard Captain AJ Lester said the swell direction is coming from the south-east and surf should be smaller in the South Bay area, closer to the 4-to-6 foot range, though areas such as Venice and Zuma could see large surf.
“For us, it’s a standard beach day,” he said. “There will be elevated surf and increased chances of rip currents. We will encourage people to check in with lifeguards before they go to the beach. For us, it’s the same as a normal swell.”
What’s not normal is the chance for thunderstorms. A few years ago, a beachgoer in Venice was killed during a summer lightning storm.
“If we see lightning or hear thunder anywhere around LA County beaches, we’re going to clear LA County beaches,” he said, noting they are in constant contact with the National Weather Service. “We’ll potentially clear the beach as it’s moving up the coast.”
Also, the rain may blow out storm drains that could send runoff to the beach – typically an issue during winter when beach crowds are thinner. But with 90-degree weather, those heading to the beach in coming days should be aware of possible water quality issues, he said.
In Newport Beach, particularly at Balboa Peninsula where flooding occurred last July, crews have been busy this week building sand berms in preparation for the storm, city spokesman John Pope said.
“Crews will be out to monitor and pump as necessary,” he said.
At Capistrano Beach in Dana Point, officials have already been working to address severe erosion – 2018 winter storms decimated the beach and big south swells in recent weeks already chomped away further at the small remaining stretch of coast between Doheny State Beach and San Clemente.
Workers were on hand Friday trying to clear a clogged storm drain that spits out to the beach before the storm so it didn’t overflow.
Toni Nelson, creator of the community group Capo Cares that has been working with the county on plans to repair the area, worried about their quaint scratch of beach that has taken bad beatings in recent years. The county has been doing what it can to repair, she said, but each time a big swell comes, they have to start all over again.
“It’s going to be bad. I’m worried about serious property damage,” she said, watching as the sea crashed on the sea wall. “They keep putting all these sand bags and it’s not working.”
County officials have closed parts of the parking lot at both Capo Beach and Aliso Beach in South Laguna Beach, which also in recent years has had trouble with the ocean rushing in during big surf and high tide events, said OC Parks spokeswoman Marisa O’Neil. Some stretches of beach and lots may have to stay closed through the weekend.
Significant rain may close trails at county wilderness and regional parks, she added.
Brittany Murray and Roxana Kopetman contributed to this report
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What a way to open the season for the Buffalo Bills! Playing before a national audience, the Bills traveled to Southern California and thoroughly dominated the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams en route to a 31-10 victory Thursday night.
Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks recaps the good, the bad, and the ugly from Buffalo’s season-opening win.
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Bills dismantle Rams
The Bills marched downfield and scored a touchdown on their opening drive of the season—a sign of what was to come at SoFi Stadium as Buffalo made a statement in routing the Rams. Read game stories and recaps detailing how Buffalo was able to crush the Rams, relive the key plays that influenced the outcome, and hear from Josh Allen, head coach Sean McDermott and others on how the Bills were able to start this season of lofty expectations off with an impressive win.
- Bills kick off 2022 season in style, beat Rams - WGR 550
- Bills 31, Rams 10: How it happened, stars of the game, key plays - Buffalo News
- QB Josh Allen throws 3 TD passes as Buffalo Bills open season with 31-10 win at Los Angeles Rams - ESPN.com Buffalo Bills Blog
- Plays that shaped the game: Bills picked Rams coverages apart, then dam broke - Buffalo News
- Bills put forth a complete domination in 31-10 blowout over Rams - Democrat & Chronicle
- Buffalo Bills make statement by beating up on defending champion Los Angeles Rams - ESPN.com Buffalo Bills Blog
- Josh Allen’s heroic second half leads Bills over Rams 31-10 | BuffaloBills.com
- Bills trounce defending champion Rams 31-10 in NFL season opener - The Athletic
- Bills vs. Rams - Game Recap - September 8, 2022 - ESPN
- Von Miller sets tone as remade Bills defensive line shines in opener - Buffalo News
- “Everybody wanted this game” | Bills superstars shine on the big stage in LA -BuffaloBills.com
- McDermott knew offense needed to be efficient in Los Angeles - WGR 550
- Allen: ‘I wanna win games no matter how I can do it’ - WGR 550
Observations, Report card, position grades
Josh Allen picked apart the Rams vaunted secondary, completing ten of his first 11 passes before setting a franchise record for completion percentage during a regular-season game (83.9%), going 26-of-33 for 297 yards and three touchdowns. Who else earned high marks? Allen picked up where he left off last postseason with Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis, Devin Singletary and Zack Moss ran well, the offensive line held up well, Von Miller made an instant impact on his new team, the pass rush was a force to be reckoned with, and more!
- Observations: With Josh Allen at the helm, anything seems possible for this Bills team -Buffalo News
- How Josh Allen picked up where he left off: 7 observations from Bills’ win over Rams - The Athletic (subscription required)
- How the Bills’ front four manhandled the Rams in Thursday night’s opener - The Athletic (subscription required)
- Top 3 things we learned from Bills vs. Rams | Week 1 2022 -BuffaloBills.com
- No matter whose jersey he’s wearing, Bills’ Von Miller dominates when he’s in LA - newyorkupstate.com
- Report Card: Bills’ coaching decisions stand out in opening win over Rams - Buffalo News
- Bills Report Card: Von Miller and revamped defensive line obliterated Rams - Democrat & Chronicle
- Bills’ Josh Allen plays up to MVP-favorite status, dominates star-studded Rams defense (Report card) - newyorkupstate.com
- Kramer: Bills grades: Week 1 at Rams - WGR 550
- Capaccio: Arrow Up/Arrow Down: Bills at Rams - WGR 550
Odds and ends
Learn why, despite putting on a show on national television, the Bills are staying humble and focused on their ultimate goal this year. Plus, for the fourth time in its last six games, Buffalo did not need to call on its punter, did Josh Allen audible out of a play using “blue cheese?” and more!
- Buffalo Bills remain modest, even after routing Super Bowl champs - Buffalo News
- Twitter reactions: Bills fans celebrate after dominant 31-10 over Los Angeles Rams -Buffalo News
- Just for (no) kicks: Buffalo Bills have not punted in four of their past six games - newyorkupstate.com
- Bills QB Josh Allen appears to audible by yelling out ‘blue cheese, blue cheese’ - Buffalo News
- Odell Beckham Jr. has just one word for Bills Mafia as Buffalo clobbers Rams - newyorkupstate.com
- As Josh Allen nears his records, Cam Newton calls Bills QB ‘a God’ - Buffalo News
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WALKER, La. (BRPROUD) – A Livingston Parish woman noticed a potentially fowl situation while waiting in the drive-thru line at a local Popeyes.
Angie Dronet Grunewald was in line around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, when someone came strutting into her view.
A hen was seen trying to cut in line.
Grunewald was waiting in line to order an 8 piece mixed chicken with cajun rice, large cajun rice, mac and cheese as well as 24 nuggets.
The Livingston Parish native was trying to feed her family when this bird decided to brave the traffic and incoming rain.
Grunewald said the hen never left the side of her car and must have either been really brave or had a death wish.
The local community chimed in on the appearance of this intruder.
Abby Watson said the hen was “probably trying to pay respect to those who have gone on into the big deep fryer.”
Someone else thought the hen was protesting while Randall Fontenot believes the hen was waiting for his order.
This is the not the first bird to make its presence known outside a Popeyes in Louisiana.
So, does this hen “Love That Chicken from Popeyes?”
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Windsor's unemployment rate has continued to rise over the last few months
From June to August, the unemployment rate increased by 2.1 percentage points
Over the last few months, Windsor's unemployment rate has steadily grown, according to data released by Statistics Canada Friday.
In August, the rate rose to 7.5 per cent — an increase by a percentage point from July. The city has the highest unemployment rate among major Canadian cities, according to Stats Canada data.
Earlier this year, the local unemployment rate was starting to decline with the rate dropping to 5.4 per cent in June from 5.8 per cent in May.
Canada's economy lost 40,000 jobs in August, enough to push up the jobless rate by half a percentage point, to 5.4 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
Economists had been expecting the economy to add between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs during the month, which would have been a reversal after two straight monthly declines in June and July.
Instead, August's numbers bring the three-month tally of losses to more than 100,000 since May.
The job losses were enough to push up the jobless rate for the first time in seven months. In June, Canada's unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent, its lowest level on record. It stayed flat in July, but has now jumped up by half a percentage point from that record low level.
Average hourly wages during the month were $31.33. That's up by 5.4 per cent compared to what they were a year ago. For comparison purposes, Canada's inflation rate is currently 7.6 per cent, which means wage gains are still far from keeping up with inflation.
With files from Pete Evans
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Former Chiefs punter named Grand Marshal for Hollywood Casino 400
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - Before NASCAR drivers put their foot down on the gas during Sunday’s race, they’ll hear from another man who is famous for putting his foot into a football.
Former Kansas City Chiefs punter Dustin Colquitt will serve as the Grand Marshal at Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 presented by Barstool Sportsbook, Kansas Speedway announced Friday afternoon.
“Dustin Colquitt is a champion on and off the field,” said Kansas Speedway President Pat Warren in a release. “He’s a fitting choice to give the command for this thrilling NASCAR Cup Series playoff race, and I look forward to hearing him deliver the most famous words in motorsports.”
The former punter who spent 15 seasons with the Chiefs will command the start of the fourth and final race of the weekend at Kansas Speedway.
Racing action begins Friday night with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kansas Lottery 200. On Saturday, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series will provide a doubleheader of racing action.
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SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side, or you can find the poll embedded at the bottom of this post.
Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers which world record set in 2009 will be the next to go down:
Question: With David Popovici taking out the men’s 100 free mark, which individual world record from 2009 will be the next to fall?
RESULTS
- Men’s 200 free – 1:42.00 — 36.7%
- Women’s 200 free – 1:52.98 — 36.4%
- Men’s 50 free – 20.91 — 17.1%
- Men’s 400 free – 3:40.07 — 4.2%
- Men’s 800 free – 7:32.12 — 2.2%
- Men’s 200 back – 1:51.92 — 1.9%
- Women’s 200 fly – 2:01.81 — 1.4%
It felt as though the world record in the men’s 100 freestyle was on the chopping block for a few years, with Caeleb Dressel and Kyle Chalmers both coming within earshot in 2019 and 2021, but it was Romania’s breakout star David Popovici who managed to get his hand on the mark first.
After claiming the 2022 world title in June with both Dressel and Chalmers absent from the field in the final, Popovici blasted his way to a new world record of 46.86 at the European Championships in August, lowering Cesar Cielo‘s 13-year-old mark of 46.91 set at the 2009 World Championships.
With that swim from Popovici, there are now just seven individual long course world records stemming from 2009, the year in which the now-banned polyurethane suits resulted in an onslaught of all-time swims.
This led to the poll question: which record will be the next to fall? The results look vastly different than they would’ve had Popovici not done what he did at Euros.
The world record in the men’s 200 free has been viewed as one of the most untouchable on the books, only surpassed by the women’s 200 fly and maybe the men’s 800 free in the eyes of many.
But Paul Biedermann‘s 1:42.00 mark from 2009 now appears to be within reach, as in addition to his performance in the 100 free, Popovici also reeled off a 1:42.97 swim in the 200 in Rome.
That makes him the fastest swimmer in history in a textile suit, and given that he had only broken 1:45 once coming into this year, it’s clear that Popovici’s rapid rate of improvement puts Biedermann’s record in jeopardy.
The men’s 200 free came away with 36.7 percent of votes, narrowly edging out the women’s 200 free, which had 36.4 percent.
The women’s 200 free mark stands at 1:52.98, set by Federica Pellegrini, but has been seriously approached of late by Australian Ariarne Titmus, who clocked 1:53.09 last year and was 1:53.31 a few months ago.
With Dressel having been 21.0 three times, Cielo’s mark of 20.91 in the 50 free received the third-most votes at 17.1 percent. No one else in the world has been anywhere near the 21-second barrier in recent years, so that subsection of readers likely believe Dressel will be the one to get down there sooner rather than later.
The men’s 400 free, also held by Biedermann, followed at just over four percent, followed by the men’s 800 free, men’s 200 back and women’s 200 fly.
Below, vote in our new A3 Performance Poll, which asks: Which women’s team that finished outside of the top five will finish highest at the 2022 NCAA Championships?
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The A3 Performance Poll is courtesy of A3 Performance, a SwimSwam partner.
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LinkEye (LET) traded 2.6% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 16:00 PM ET on September 9th. Over the last seven days, LinkEye has traded 0.5% lower against the dollar. LinkEye has a total market cap of $1.09 million and approximately $119,390.00 worth of LinkEye was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One LinkEye coin can now be purchased for $0.0011 or 0.00000005 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours:
- Tether (USDT) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004701 BTC.
- USD Coin (USDC) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004699 BTC.
- Polkadot (DOT) traded 5.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $7.73 or 0.00036341 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded 5.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.88 or 0.00004159 BTC.
- HEX (HEX) traded 3.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0408 or 0.00000192 BTC.
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded up 5.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004698 BTC.
- Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) traded up 10.4% against the dollar and now trades at $21,227.14 or 0.99768157 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.51 or 0.00002403 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded up 3.6% against the dollar and now trades at $7.70 or 0.00036208 BTC.
LinkEye Profile
LinkEye (LET) is a N/A coin that uses the N/A hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was June 27th, 2018. LinkEye’s total supply is 1,000,000,000 coins. LinkEye’s official website is www.linkeye.com/#. LinkEye’s official Twitter account is @LinkEyeProject and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for LinkEye is https://reddit.com/r/ico and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.
Buying and Selling LinkEye
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as LinkEye directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire LinkEye should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, GDAX or Gemini. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy LinkEye using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Top 10 schedule, results StatBot | STLhighschoolSPORTS.com Sep 9, 2022 16 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Large school schools - 9/81. Collinsville (6-0) was idle.2. Ladue (6-1) def. Mehlville (1-2), 3-2.3. SLUH (4-1) lost to Webster Groves (5-1), 2-0.4. Francis Howell Central (4-1) lost to Francis Howell (1-3), 2-1.5. Vianney (4-1) tied Liberty (Wentzville) (2-0), 1-1.6. Belleville East (6-0) def. Columbia (4-3), 1-0.7. Liberty (Wentzville) (2-0) tied Vianney (4-1), 1-1.8. CBC (3-3) was idle.9. Chaminade (1-3) was idle.10. Francis Howell North (4-0) def. Troy Buchanan (2-2), 2-0. People are also reading… Cardinals' Molina tells the truth as he and Wainwright march toward history Nolan Arenado wants Albert Pujols to come back to Cardinals next year, 700 homers or not Missouri attorney general seeks journalism school records Editorial: Ranked-choice voting diffuses extremism. Which is why it worked against Palin. BenFred: Even NL fundamentalists have to admit Pujols and Cardinals have made DH a hit Corner unit at One Cardinal Way offers panoramic view of downtown St. Louis First Pitch: Cardinals call up No. 5 prospect Alec Burleson, place Dylan Carlson on IL Quick hits: Quiet for 8 innings, Cardinals surge in 9th, stun Nationals in walk-off win Albert Pujols shatters scoreless tie vs. Cubs with pinch-hit homer for No. 695 Broken fire alarm. A shooting. How Ely Walker went from chic lofts to ‘public nuisance’ With devastating fastball-slider combination, Cardinals’ Jordan Hicks has made his way back St. Louis’ private police forces make security a luxury of the rich Unfazed by deficits after unlikely win, confident Cardinals aim to overtake Mets, Braves Gordo: Retooled Cardinals bullpen allows Marmol to manage aggressively Quick hits: In autumn of his career, Cardinals icon Molina has spring in his step Small school schools - 9/81. Althoff (6-1) def. Marion (1-3), 6-1.2. John Burroughs (5-0) was idle.3. St. Dominic (1-1) tied Holt (2-2), 1-1.4. Civic Memorial (8-1) def. Highland (1-5), 6-0.5. Bayless (5-0) def. Hancock (0-2), 9-1.6. Orchard Farm (3-2) def. St. Charles West (1-3), 5-0.7. Clayton (3-1) vs. Whitfield (1-2), 5:45 p.m.8. Alton Marquette (5-1) def. Father McGivney (4-4), 3-1.9. St. Pius X (3-1) was idle.10. Columbia (4-3) lost to Belleville East (6-0), 1-0. 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Locker scores in overtime to give SLUH its first victory over Chaminade since 2017 CREVE COEUR — Grant Locker shot high and also wide left in overtime Saturday. He wasn’t about to be denied a third time.
Early goal, strong defensive effort and a bit of luck spark Mascoutah past Columbia COLUMBIA, Ill. — Adam Kowalski went left, cut right, dribbled straight ahead and uncorked a crisp, right-footed shot from inside the box.
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Report Assesses Threats to Religious Pro-Life Americans Following Overturn of Roe v. Wade
RFI commissioned a former FBI counterterrorism and intelligence expert to assess the threat and provide recommendations.
A new report from the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) quantifies and analyzes the many reported incidents of violence against pro-life people and entities since May and offers recommendations for government officials on how to respond.
The RFI concluded that conditions remain in place for more attacks against pro-life entities and people to occur in 2022 and into 2023.
“As of late August 2022, perpetrators have attacked at least 63 pro-life organizations, across 26 states and the District of Columbia, since the Dobbs leak,” the Sept. 6 report says, referring to the May 2 leak of a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and return the question of abortion legalization to the states.
“Twenty-eight of the 63 pro-life organizations are religious. In the majority of organizations attacked, most of the staff and volunteers are motivated by religious convictions to do this work,” the report said. “While Christians have been at the forefront of the pro-life movement in the United States for decades, Jews, Muslims, and those of other religious traditions, as well as some atheists and agnostics, have made important contributions to the effort.”
This includes a large number of documented attacks on Catholic sites — at least one every three days on average since the May 2 leak, according to the RFI report.
According to data compiled by CNA, at least 32 Catholic churches in the United States have been vandalized with a clear pro-abortion motive since the May leak, along with at least 50 pro-life pregnancy centers. Taking a broader view, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has tracked some 164 total attacks against Catholic entities across 37 states and the District of Columbia since May 2020.
The majority of the attacks against Catholic entities since May 2020 have involved graffiti and property destruction, according to RFI’s analysis.
“The surge in attacks after the Dobbs leak is also notable in light of the Catholic Church’s consistent teachings through time on the inviolable dignity of unborn human life,” the report says.
Despite the large number of attacks, government officials and law enforcement have largely been silent on the threats, the report contends, leading to a “permissive” atmosphere in which more attacks, including cyberattacks, are likely to occur. One of the report’s authors told EWTN that if U.S. churches and pro-life organizations “have not been attacked yet, there’s a very high probability that they will be in the future. That was one of the key findings of the report.”
The RFI report bemoans an “almost non-existent public response from the Department of Justice, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and national media.”
“There was a time in America when if a church was attacked, a place of worship was attacked, a religious organization was attacked, people across the political, philosophical, and religious spectrum condemned it, government officials condemned it, and government authorities responded strongly,” Nathaniel Hurd, RFI’s director of the North America Action Team and senior fellow for public policy, told EWTN News Nightly Sept. 8.
“They investigated, they arrested, they prosecuted, they secured convictions. By contrast, we’ve seen this silence. And so it seems as if there’s a different standard for religious people who hold views that are not necessarily shared by the current administration,” he said.
RFI commissioned a former FBI counterterrorism and intelligence expert to assess the threat and provide recommendations. The report recommends that pro-life organizations devote more resources to security and security training for staff and volunteers, invest in relationships with law enforcement agencies, and step up their insurance.
The RFI report notes that many of the documented attacks may rise to the level of federal crimes, stating that it is a federal crime when anyone “intentionally obstructs, by force or threat of force, including by threat of force against religious real property, any person in the enjoyment of that person’s free exercise of religious beliefs, or attempts to do so.” Under the same federal statute it is also a crime when someone “intentionally defaces, damages, or destroys any religious real property, because of the religious character of that property, or attempts to do so.”
The government has a responsibility to protect the public, regardless of their views on contentious issues, Hurd said.
“It is imperative that pro-life congregations and organizations, and responsible media outlets, take the current threat environment seriously and that government authorities act decisively to prevent, investigate, and prosecute criminal attacks against these institutions,” the report reads.
“These crimes not only imperil American citizens, their institutions, their property, and, often, their life’s work,” the report continues. “When aimed at pro-life congregations and organizations motivated by religious conviction, they also constitute assaults on the inalienable right of religious freedom guaranteed to all Americans in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”
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The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced sweeping reforms to voter registration and voting, two years before the next general election.
These will affect source documents for voter registration and the voter ID system, and will take effect with the maturation of a yet-to-be laid constitutional instrument.
Deputy Commission Chair, Samuel Tettey, told Journalists at the Commission’s “Let the Citizen Know” encounter.
Deputy Chairman of the Commission in charge of operations, Samuel Tettey says the guarantor system is fraught with many challenges and could no longer provide a secure system of voter registration for the country.
On registration of voters, the Commission says it will not be compiling a new voter’s register. It is, however, running a continuous registration, hoping to capture between 450,000-550,000 potential registrants annually.
“We are not going to compile a new voters register. Rather, we would continuously register voters to update the current voters register to ensure that anyone who wants to register as a voter has the opportunity to do so”.
“This registration exercise unlike the previous registration exercise will be continuous. As such, anyone who has the card can just walk to our offices and register. It is not a periodic or limited registration exercise that could disenfranchise persons who do not have the Ghana Card at the time of the limited exercise. This is an all-year-round process. As such, a person who doesn’t have the Ghana Card today can acquire it tomorrow and simply walk into a district office where he or she intends to vote and register.”
While urging the National Identification Authority (NIA) to accelerate the printing of the Ghana card to ease the process for potential voters “we call on the NIA to accelerate the pace of the printing of the Ghana cards to make it easy for anyone who is interested in registering with us to do so.” It also debunked assertions that the Ghana Card will be used as an identity card for voting in the 2024 elections.
“We have also heard discussions to the effect that citizens will vote with the Ghana Card in 2024; this is not true. The card is only a requirement to register as a voter for those who have not previously registered as voters. Once you present your Ghana Card and successfully register as a voter, you will be issued a voter identification card which bears the features of the EC; namely, the code of your region, district, electoral area, and polling station.”
“We expect all the players in the electoral process including political parties to encourage all those who do not have a Ghana Card to visit the offices of the National Identification Authority and register for the Ghana card, after which they can also register with the Electoral Commission to enable them vote in the 2023 District Assembly Elections and the 2024 General Elections.”
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They were just 750 metres apart, but it might as well have been the thousands of miles of the Atlantic which normally separates them.
For, even a tragedy such as this, was not going to bridge the gulf between the Duchesses.
As the events of Thursday unfolded, Meghan and Kate never met, despite being within a two-minute walk of each other on the Crown estate at Windsor.
“It was a difficult situation,’ said a senior royal source.
“It was always going to be a very hard night and all they could do is be there to support their husbands, if and when they called. That was the priority.”
Meghan and Harry, who had left their children Archie and Lilibet in the US, had been due at the WellChild Awards in London on Thursday night, where the prince was due to talk.
It was one of several charity events that led them to return to the UK on September 3.
But after hearing of the Queen’s declining health, Harry, 37, cancelled to go to Scotland. Meghan is thought to have spent the day and evening alone in Frogmore Cottage, while Kate was with her children at nearby Adelaide Cottage.
Kate had collected Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four, at 2.30pm that afternoon after their first day at their new £50,000-a-year Lambrook School in Berkshire.
“It would have been a personal choice if they wanted to spend the evening together,” says the source. “But they have a lot to talk about and Thursday was not the time or place for it.”
Kate is now the new Princess of Wales - a “promotion” which comes with the huge pressure of living up to Diana’s legacy.
This announcement was central to King Charles’ speech tonight. And in the same breath he ensured the other Duchess was not forgotten: “I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.”
Thursday night’s lack of communication shows the relationship between the two couples really has frozen cold.
But by talking of his sons and their wives almost together, maybe our new King hasn’t given up hope this can be thawed.
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Metro Denver and its suburbs are arguing over the growing unhoused population CPR News | By Andrew Kenney Published September 9, 2022 at 1:53 PM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:54 Metro Denver is sparring with a wealthy suburb over who is responsible for a growing unhoused population. Copyright 2022 CPR News
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rebecca Jennings about her essay in Vox, "In The Rings of Power, it's not horrifying to be a woman," about the role of women in the Lord of the Rings prequel series.
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# アフガンシカッフサザ\n\n株 フィツーソイフェラの樓本社の本鶏事物が瓠を时で奕くと そのごくき てんりえだもあっでこころにつねまさらすもほどほふはこすほをよなげほでまがねて�� The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has "significantly increased," following ongoing fighting around the site.
"Let me be clear, the shelling around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant must stop," IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a brief recorded statement released on Friday.
Grossi also warned that the ongoing crisis might require the plant to shut down its last operating reactor. That would set into motion a chain of events that could intensify the current nuclear crisis. Here's how.
Nuclear plants need electricity
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is the largest in Europe, capable of producing thousands of megawatts of electricity. But the plant also needs power from the same electricity grid it feeds.
The power is used to run the various parts of the plant, including its safety and cooling systems. Specifically, nuclear power plants require water to be pumped constantly through their cores in order to function safely, and the pumps need electricity.
At Zaporizhzhia, the power is normally supplied by four high-voltage lines, which connect the nuclear complex to Ukraine's electricity grid, but the conflict has seen those lines systematically cut. The last 750kV line was severed on September 3, according to the IAEA.
A backup line was disconnected two days later due to a fire on the site. In a press conference shortly after returning from Zaporizhzhia, Grossi told reporters that he believed the power lines were being deliberately targeted:
"It is clear that those who have these military aims know very well... to hit where it hurts so that the plant becomes very, very problematic," he told reporters shortly after returning from the plant.
Zaporizhzhia has been making its own power, but that's a limited solution
Since losing its last connection to the grid on Sept. 5, the nuclear plant has been powering itself in so-called "islanding operation mode." Under this setup, the Unit 6 reactor has been producing low levels of electricity that are running the rest of the facility.
The reactors at Zaporizhzhia are designed to operate in this mode during startup, according to a nuclear engineer who worked directly with the reactors at Zaporizhzhia when the plant began operations in the 1980s, but who was not authorized to speak publicly by his current employer.
"It's not good, it cannot be done for a long time," he says. The problem is less to do with the reactor itself than the turbine, generators and other systems–all of which are designed to run at significantly higher power levels than islanding operation mode provides.
Adding to the problem, Grossi said in his statement, is the increasing strain on the plant's Ukrainian operators. Many of the plant's current staff of just under 1,000 live in the nearby town of Enerhodar. Its water, sewage and electrical supplies have all been disrupted in recent days by the same fighting that's damaged the lines around the plant.
"The shelling is putting in danger operators and their families, making it difficult to adequately staff the plant," Grossi says.
Shutting down the last reactor will trigger emergency generators
With conditions deteriorating, it seems more likely that Ukrainian authorities will decide to power down the last reactor. But in the short term, that could exacerbate the crisis.
That's because nuclear reactors are more like charcoal grills than gas stoves. Even after they're shut off, they remain hot for a long period of time. Water must still circulate in the cores to prevent a meltdown.
With its reactors shut down, Zaporizhzhia will switch to backup emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool. The emergency generators themselves are a tried-and-true method for cooling a nuclear reactor. In fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires U.S. plants to switch to emergency diesel generators immediately, bypassing the "islanding operation mode" used in Zaporizhzhia.
"We don't want to go on the diesel generators, but it's a situation you can abide by for awhile," says Steven Nesbit, a nuclear engineer and member of the American Nuclear Society's rapid response taskforce, which is tracking the current crisis. For example, after losing power during Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Florida operated for days on emergency diesel power.
If the generators run out of fuel, a meltdown could occur
According to the IAEA, the Zaporizhzhia plant has more than a dozen emergency generators standing by. Normally, the plant holds a 10-day reserve of diesel fuel, the agency says, and currently has approximately 2,250 tonnes of fuel available.
If that fuel is depleted, or the generators are damaged in further fighting, it could trigger a meltdown.
But Nesbit says that doesn't necessarily mean there would be a Chernobyl-like catastrophe. The meltdown at Chernobyl was due to a unique mix of design flaws and operator error that would be essentially impossible to replicate at Zaporizhzhia.
And unlike the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, some of the reactors at Zaporizhzhia have already been shut down for a while, allowing the nuclear fuel to cool somewhat, Nesbit says.
Even in the worst case scenario, the reactors at Zaporizhzhia are a modern design surrounded by a heavy "containment" building, Nesbit says. "It's reinforced concrete, typically about three to four feet of that; it's designed to withstand very high internal pressures."
That could allow it to hold in any radioactive material.
But the world's nuclear agency doesn't want to test any of this. And for that reason, Grossi is calling on all sides to implement a safety zone immediately.
"There is no time to waste," he says.
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GQG Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE – Get Rating) by 1,067.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 15,658,721 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,317,970 shares during the quarter. GQG Partners LLC owned approximately 0.31% of Vale worth $313,006,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Capital International Investors boosted its stake in Vale by 8.6% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 203,688,052 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,855,813,000 after purchasing an additional 16,114,413 shares during the period. Capital World Investors boosted its position in shares of Vale by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 133,754,081 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,875,248,000 after acquiring an additional 4,065,408 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Vale by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 79,731,354 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,117,833,000 after acquiring an additional 216,573 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vale by 19.2% during the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 78,304,101 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,565,299,000 after acquiring an additional 12,609,820 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in shares of Vale by 76.4% during the 4th quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 24,691,781 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $346,178,000 after acquiring an additional 10,693,528 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 19.78% of the company’s stock.
Vale Trading Up 8.2 %
Vale stock traded up $1.01 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $13.35. The company had a trading volume of 2,170,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,000,374. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.90. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $13.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $16.13. The firm has a market cap of $61.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.23, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 0.94. Vale S.A. has a 12-month low of $11.16 and a 12-month high of $21.29.
Vale Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.3907 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 21.9%. Vale’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.12%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Vale from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $17.00 to $24.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 7th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Vale in a research report on Friday, September 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on Vale from $22.00 to $20.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, June 29th. Exane BNP Paribas downgraded Vale from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $16.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, July 13th. Finally, Itaú Unibanco downgraded Vale to a “market perform” rating and set a $15.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, August 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.21.
Vale Profile
Vale SA, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Ferrous Minerals and Base Metals segments. The Ferrous Minerals segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, manganese, ferroalloys, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services.
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Updated September 2, 2022 at 6:23 PM ET
More than three months into the U.S. monkeypox outbreak, there's a welcome phrase coming from the lips of health officials who are steering the country's response: cautious optimism.
The change in tone reflects "recent signs the rate of growth is slowing," according to a CDC technical report released Thursday. These signs are especially apparent in some of the major cities where the virus arrived early and spread quickly, such as New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Federal officials warn it's still too soon to make pronouncements about the country turning a corner. And they're ramping up a monkeypox vaccination campaign – sending thousands of vaccine doses this Labor Day Weekend to events like Southern Decadence in New Orleans, Atlanta Black Pride and Pridefest in Oakland, to reach large gatherings of gay, bisexual and queer people – especially men who have sex with men – who are at higher risk of getting exposed to and infected by the virus.
Still the slowdown in some parts of the U.S. – coupled with data about how those at highest risk are protecting themselves and getting vaccinated – are promising signs.
"Our numbers are still increasing, [but] the rate of rise is lower," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters on August 26. "We're really hopeful that many of our harm reduction messages and our vaccines are getting out there and working."
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Reported case numbers have been trending down since mid August, based on an NPR analysis of data the CDC released Wednesday. Overall, there's been around a 20% drop in the 7-day average of new cases from August 10 through August 26, and new case counts in recent days continue to decrease .
However, health officials caution that lags in data reporting can offer an incomplete picture of the outbreak in recent weeks, making it hard to know if cases have truly peaked.
And notes Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist at UCLA who has studied monkeypox for years, cases could increase again, if providers and patients at risk let down their guard and stop testing or taking mitigating behaviors.
"We need to be watching the data carefully and continuing to push forward to increase testing, increase access to care and ensure that everybody that is at risk has access to vaccines," she says.
Cases slow down in big cities
In New York City – one of the epicenters of the outbreak – the number of new people being infected has dropped almost 50% from late July through late August . San Francisco health officials are also seeing a decline in the rate of new cases.
"I'm cautiously optimistic," says Dr. Susan Philip, health officer for the city and county of San Francisco. "We know, though, it's going to take a lot of work and effort to sustain that downward curve and to make sure that cases continue to go down."
The picture is also improving in other cities like Houston and Chicago where local health leaders say there are indications that infections are leveling off.
Key metrics – such as the average number of cases and the time it takes for cases to double – have decreased over the past couple of weeks, says Janna Kerins, medical director at the Chicago Department of Public Health. "I'm not sure we're ready to say this outbreak is truly ending," Kerins says, "But all of those things are encouraging."
The changes also track with modeling released in late August that suggests the national outbreak is on the decline.
"We are seeing signs of a substantial slowdown and the forecasts suggest that this is going to go in the right direction," at least over the next four weeks, says Gerardo Chowell-Puente, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Georgia State University, who's modeling the monkeypox outbreak.
CDC projections concur, estimating "the monkeypox outbreak in the United States will likely continue to grow very slowly over the next two to four weeks, likely with a declining growth rate," agency staff wrote in a technical report released Thursday.
The decline in parts of the U.S. mirrors what's already being seen in some European countries, where the virus was detected a few weeks earlier. In both the U.K. and Germany, daily case counts have steadily dropped since late July. In several other countries, including the Netherlands and Italy, the number of new cases have plateaued.
Behavior change is helping
Given the size and diversity of the U.S., there's still considerable uncertainty on how the outbreak will play out in different parts of the country, notes Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University.
"Case counts in large, populous states like Texas, California, and New York that were hit early in the epidemic are slowing just as other states like Oregon, Virginia, and Indiana begin to pick up steam," she wrote in a Substack post Friday.
Still, infectious disease experts largely attribute the local and regional slowdowns to efforts in those areas to change behavior among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men – a group that accounts for the vast majority of cases.
"Most of us in public health who work on this disease are quite confident that the majority of the reduction is due to change in behavior," says Dr. Jay Varma, director of the Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Currently around 80% of monkeypox cases in the U.S. are associated with sexual activity, according to the Thursday's technical report. And data, published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly on August 26, show that gay and queer communities are modifying their sexual behaviors in response to messaging around monkeypox.
In one online survey, about 50% of respondents said they had reduced "their number of sexual partners, one-time sexual encounters [or] use of dating apps because of the monkeypox outbreak." An accompanying modeling study released by the CDC showed that a "40% reduction in one-time sexual partnership might delay the spread of monkeypox and reduce the percentage of people infected" by up to about 30%.
"What this means is that the LGBTQIA+ people are doing things that are actually reducing their risk, and it's working," said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, White House monkeypox response deputy coordinator, at a press briefing August 26.
It's not entirely surprising that the virus appears to be slowing down in the U.S. as it has in Europe, says Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases, population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
"Most of the cities will see a decline in cases – that decline may not be as fast or as steep as the ascent," says Klausner.
Klausner notes that monkeypox has stayed mostly within certain relatively small sexual networks – that makes it harder for the virus to maintain momentum as vaccination increases, people build up immunity from infection and those at highest risk change their behavior.
"People who raised concerns about the spread of infection on college campuses and daycares and other kinds of settings where there's close personal contact, at this point, that hasn't occurred," he says.
Uncertainty remains
But other experts are not as sanguine about the trajectory of the outbreak – at least not yet.
"It's great to see some declines," UCLA's Rimoin. "But if the downward trend is due to changes in behavior and vaccinations, it's not clear how long behavioral changes can be sustained, and how well the vaccinations actually work to prevent infections."
Health officials are urging members of affected communities to keep taking precautions – with an emphasis on reducing the number of sexual partners and remaining clothed at parties, festivals and raves – to slow the spread of monkeypox.
"Let me be clear," Daskalakis said August 26. "The advice about how to reduce risk for monkeypox exposure is for now, not forever, and is an important part of our public health and community response as we urgently surge vaccinations to control this outbreak."
Around 350,000 monkeypox vaccine doses have been reported as administered to CDC.
Still, there isn't robust real world data on how well the monkeypox vaccine – approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2019 – protects against infection and transmission. Further complicating the picture is that a shortage of vaccine has led the Biden administration to pursue a new strategy of offering the shots intradermally in order to stretch the supply.
"The laboratory data that we have on the vaccine suggests that it's going to be very effective in humans," says Varma. "But what we know in medicine is that until we see what happens in the real world, we never know for sure."
NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff contributed to this report.
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Aleppo airport, Syria Photograph:( Twitter )
The second-largest airport in the nation was rendered inoperable following damage to the main runway caused by the raid on Tuesday, but the transport ministry announced Friday that repairs had been finished.
After repairs following an Israeli air strike earlier this week, Syria's Aleppo airport reopened on Friday with the first commercial flight to land in more than 72 hours.
The second-largest airport in the nation was rendered inoperable following damage to the main runway caused by the raid on Tuesday, but the transport ministry announced Friday that repairs had been finished.
The first aircraft to arrive, from Kuwait, touched down at 8:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT), according to the monitoring organisation Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Air traffic would resume at noon, according to a statement from the ministry of transportation that state news agency SANA reported earlier.
The Israeli attack was the second to hit the airport in a week, according to the Britain-based Observatory, and it targeted a storage used by rebels supported by Iran.
Israel has admitted to carrying out hundreds of strikes, despite rarely commenting on specific attacks. It claims that its aerial war is essential to prevent its longtime enemy Iran from establishing itself at its doorstep.
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Edmonton dietitian shares tips to create healthy meals on a budget
For many Albertans, putting a meal on the table, let alone a healthy one, can be a struggle with the rising cost of living.
“One in 10 Albertans who are food insecure, the main barrier to healthy eating in their home is a lack of finances,” said Emily Mardell, a registered dietitian.
“It has grown way more universal and I think people because it is inescapable, more and more people are talking about it,” she said.
But there is a way to eat healthy on a budget.
PLAN MENU AHEAD OF TIME
Mardell said it starts with pre-planning.
“So that you’re only buying what you need, so that you’re using the resources or the inventory of what you have on hand, you’re not buying non-essential items and you’re reducing food waste as well,” said Mardell.
BUY ITEMS WHEN IN SEASON
Buying things in season is also helpful.
“At least that way there’s an abundance, it’s usually more of a local fair and that way you’re able to stretch your food dollars a little bit more,” she said.
EXPLORE THE FROZEN FOOD SECTION
Mardell said people should also be less judgy of the frozen fruit and vegetable section of their local supermarkets.
“If you think about it, it’s frozen at peak freshness, so really for some things that may have had to commute or travel from other regions for a long period of time, or they have more holding time, that freezer option may in fact be a healthier option,” Mardell said.
She said frozen versus fresh can also be cheaper and save you time in the kitchen, as do some canned items.
“Canned peaches for example have six times the amount of folate as fresh peaches. So sometimes just looking beneath the surface you find out that something might be more nutritious than you even thought,” she said.
SWITCH MEAT FOR LESS EXPENSIVE PROTEINS
As for proteins, if meat prices are out of reach, Mardell suggests cooking with plant-proteins.
“When you combine a whole grain and a pulse, like a bean, pea, lentil or a chickpea, you create a complete protein so it can be a very, very simple combo but at the end of the day the nutrition is complete.”
“They’re awesome because they’re high in fibre, they’re high in protein, they’re high in iron, all those sorts of things and they’re really, pennies. Something like a can of beans maybe like a dollar or two dollars depending on the size,” she said.
LEARN TO COOK
Cooking from scratch can also go a long way.
“This way you’re able to use what’s in your pantry, what’s in your freezer, what’s wilting in your fridge, if you will,” she said. “You can make a really large pot of soup for $3 or $4 versus a small can for somewhere close to the same.”
SURF GROCERY FLYERS FOR DEALS
Mardell said planning your menu or stocking up if possible on things that go on sale can also extend your food budget.
“Just a savings of five to 10 per cent can really go a long way when you’re talking about having to make breakfast or pack a school lunch, it really helps.”
PLAN FOR LEFTOVERS
And if you can, make more than you need.
“Anytime you can cook once, eat twice you’re able to repurpose what you have into something new,” Mardell said. “So maybe it’s roast chicken that you make a stock or a soup from, maybe it’s quesadillas for lunch the next day.”
Leftovers that could also go into the freezer for another day or be shared with a neighbour in need.
“Because what we think of as budgeting from a privileged standpoint versus what someone else thinks of as budgeting may be completely different.”
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Sept 9 (Reuters) - The former head of a Hollywood movie
distributor whose films have starred actors like Halle Berry and
Matthew McConaughey was sentenced on Friday to six years in
prison after he pleaded guilty to defrauding a BlackRock Inc
investment fund.
William Sadleir, who ran Aviron Pictures LLC, was sentenced
by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan, and also
ordered to pay $31.6 million in forfeiture and restitution.
Sadleir, 68, of Beverly Hills, had pleaded guilty in January
to two counts of wire fraud over schemes related to the
closed-end BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust Fund, which had
invested $75 million in Aviron.
Prosecutors said Sadleir misappropriated more than $25
million, including to buy a $14 million Beverly Hills mansion,
by pretending it was invested in prepaid media credits, and
masqueraded as ad executive "Amanda Stevens" to email BlackRock.
They also said Sadleir forged a BlackRock manager's
signature for the sale of more than $3 million of assets that
secured BlackRock loans to Aviron, which later defaulted on
those loans.
Lawyers for Sadleir did not immediately respond to requests
for comment.
Sadleir also pleaded guilty in March to receiving $1.7
million in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans purportedly
to help Aviron pay workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, though
the company had by then already shut down.
Sentencing in that case is scheduled for Sept. 28 in Los
Angeles federal court. Prosecutors there have said they would
recommend the sentence run concurrent with the Manhattan
sentence.
Sadleir's lawyers had urged Engelmayer not to impose a
prison term, saying the father of two young boys was "deeply
sorry for, and embarrassed by, his crimes," and that there was
"no chance" of recidivism.
Aviron's films had included Berry's "Kidnap," and
McConaughey and Anne Hathaway's "Serenity."
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York
Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) is thrilled to announce that City National Bank will be the presenting sponsor of our annual Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity® two-day Hollywood Build event on September 28 – 29, 2022.
Organized in partnership with the Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity program, the Hollywood Build is an annual fundraising event that brings the entertainment community together to build affordable homes for families throughout Los Angeles.
The star-studded event draws personalities from the worlds of music, sports, film, and television who will work alongside Habitat LA and City National volunteers on the Isabel Villas construction site. The affordable housing development includes eight single-family homes in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles.
City National is a long-time supporter of Habitat LA’s programs, also working with Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the country. “Serving our communities, especially those most in need, is part of our DNA at City National,” said Linda Duncombe, Habitat LA board member and chief marketing, product and digital officer of City National Bank. “It’s our privilege to help this organization build better futures in the years to come, and we are pleased to serve as the presenting sponsor of the Hollywood Build event.”
As a recurring sponsor of several Habitat LA events—including the Veterans Home Repair Blitz, Power Women, Power Tools®, and Los Angeles Builders Ball®—City National continues to show its ongoing dedication to United States Veterans, women of diverse backgrounds, and low-income individuals and families seeking financial assistance and a decent place to live.
“Habitat LA is excited to welcome back City National Bank as our Hollywood Build Presenting Sponsor. We share a long-standing partnership with City National to help our local communities thrive, and we are grateful for their continued support, locally and across the nation,” said Erin Rank, President and CEO, Habitat LA.
The Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity program is an entertainment industry partnership. Along with founder Randall Wallace, celebrity participants have included Garth Brooks, Raven-Symoné, Sugar Ray Leonard, the Los Angeles Rams rookies, Lisa LoCicero, Luc Robitaille, Dominic Zamprogna, and Yvonne Orji. All proceeds raised from this year’s Hollywood Build will support Habitat LA’s efforts to build and repair homes throughout greater Los Angeles.
About City National Bank
With $91.2 billion in assets, City National Bank provides banking, investment and trust services through 68 branches, including 22 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada, New York City, Nashville, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Miami*. In addition, the company and its investment affiliates manage or administer $83.0 billion in client investment assets.
City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), one of the world’s leading diversified financial services companies. RBC serves more than 17 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the United States and 27 other countries.
For more information about City National, visit the company’s website at cnb.com.
*City National Bank does business in Miami and the state of Florida as CN Bank.
About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (Habitat LA) transforms neighborhoods throughout greater Los Angeles by bringing the community together to build affordable homes, provide critical home repairs and help families rebuild after natural disasters. Habitat LA strengthens families by helping them access affordable loans, housing counseling, and down-payment assistance.
For more information about Habitat LA, visit the company's website at habitatla.org.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have been tested throughout history, but on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in the National Press Club's historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition will prevail as lawmakers and reporters compete in the uproariously entertaining Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee.
Confirmed contestants representing the politicians team are 2019 champion Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA).
Those confirmed in the press corner are Ramtin Arablouei, Co-Host of NPR's podcast Throughline, Amy Wang, National Political Reporter for the Washington Post, Eric Geller, Reporter for POLITICO, Farnoush Amiri, Congressional Reporter for The Associated Press, and Martine Powers, Senior Host of The Washington Post's daily news podcast "Post Reports."
National Press Club President Jen Judson of Defense News will serve as the host of this year's Bee, while Dr. Jacques Bailly, the Scripps National Spelling Bee's official pronouncer and 1980 winner of their competition, will officiate. Spellebrity judges include 2021 Bee Champion Zaila Avant-garde and 2022 Bee Champion Harini Logan.
Politicians are coming off a win in 2019, the last time the Bee was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Washington press corps returns after the three-year hiatus and more competitive as ever as they look to take home an NPC Bee Champion Cup. Now tied with three victories a-piece over the last nine years of competition both teams are ready to go head-to-head.
The first such event was held in 1913, with newly elected President Woodrow Wilson in the audience for the inaugural showdown, which was won by members of the House and Senate. The Press vs. Politicians Spelling Bee was reinstituted on its 100th anniversary in 2013 and has become a Washington tradition since.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the Bee will start at 7:00 p.m. To purchase tickets to this event, please click here. Tickets will also be available at the door, along with a cash bar and complimentary snacks.
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King Charles III: New British Monarch Vows To Rule With Respect In First Address
- King Charles III spoke to the British people and the rest of the world in his first address promising to serve diligently in the remaining years God will grant him
- He paid glowing tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on Thursday for her devoted service, among others
- Being the first born of his mother, he ascended the throne following her death on Thursday, September 8, 2022
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King Charles III delivered his first address to the British public and the world on Friday, September 9, 2022, beginning with a tribute to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth.
He praised her mother for making sacrifices for duty, dedication and devotion.
"In her life of service, we saw that abiding love of tradition together with that fearless embrace of progress which makes us great as nations," the King said.
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He promised that as her mother did with devotion, he too would uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of the United Kingdom.
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"And wherever you may live in the United Kingdom, or in the Realms and territories across the world, and whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have throughout my life," he added.
He ascended to the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday, September 8, 2022, becoming the oldest person to be crowned a British monarch.
4 Cool Facts about King Charles III, the Oldest Person to Assume the British Throne
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022, Charles Philip Arthur George now addressed as King Charles III is the new monarch of Britain.
King Charles III, formerly Prince of Wales, ascended the prominent throne by virtue of being the eldest child of the late queen.
YEN.com.gh highlights some interesting facts about the 73-year-old monarch you may not know about.
Born in Buckingham Palace, King Charles III is the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Like his father, Prince Phillip, he attended Cheam and Gordonstoun schools and furthered his studies at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.
Nairametrics reports that he became the Prince of Wales in 1969 after a term at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth.
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Thomas Frank insists only something special would tempt him away from Brentford
Thomas Frank insists it would require “something crazy special” to tempt him away from Brentford amid links with the vacant Brighton job.
The Dane arrived in English football as a relatively unknown quantity but his reputation has rocketed after he ended the Bees’ 74-year top-flight exile in 2021 before making a mark on the Premier League.
Divisional rivals Brighton are seeking a new head coach following Graham Potter’s departure to replace the sacked Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea.
Brentford boss Frank is among a host of potential candidates connected with the Seagulls but, while discussing Potter’s move to Stamford Bridge, suggested he would not be interested in that particular post.
“Looking from the outside – because I can’t know what Graham was thinking and I might think differently – it’s balancing doing a top job as he was at Brighton and then your ambitions,” said the 48-year-old Frank.
“He had the chance to walk into one of the biggest clubs and see if he could create his magic there too, which I am convinced he will do.
Thomas Frank is "very happy" at Brentford (John Walton/PA)
“A lot of it in that situation depends on the club who is approaching you. When it is a club of that magnitude and size, then maybe there is a chance to create something.
“I wouldn’t even say it is necessarily more special than what he did at Brighton, because what he created there was very special.
“But perhaps more to match yourself against the best in the world year after year, not trying to get a mid-table position.
“Trying to win the Premier League and win the Champions League, I guess that’s the challenge.
“I am in a position here where I am very happy at Brentford. I am focusing on that every single day.
“So for me it would need to be something crazy special. Football is football, but the one thing for sure is that I am very happy.”
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Voting in the general election kicked off Friday — amid continued harassment of election officials
By Fredreka Schouten, Dianne Gallagher and Pamela Kirkland, CNN
Voting for this year’s general election kicked off Friday with North Carolina becoming the first state to begin sending out absentee ballots, but it comes amid continuing concerns about the harassment of election officials by people who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election.
More than 50,000 absentee ballots had been requested as of Friday morning, and about a dozen ballots had been returned and accepted electronically as of late Friday afternoon via a secure online portal established to accept overseas and military ballots and those cast by visually impaired voters, state officials said.
The Tar Heel State has long been the first in the country to vote — under state law that allows general election ballots to be issued two months before Election Day. But officials here say the 2022 midterms are unlike any previous election as workers grapple with threats to their safety and an onslaught of what they view as frivolous public records requests from people who question the 2020 election results.
Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said local election officials have installed panic buttons and bulletproof glass in their offices in response to threats. And she said local election offices also are “drowning” in copy-cat public records requests that arrive daily that appear to be attempts to “burden the counties to where they cannot focus” on carrying out their 2022 election duties.
State officials say the requests range from demands to see obscure documents generated by ballot-tallying machines to contracts with Dominion Voting Systems — although the company’s machines are not used in North Carolina’ elections.
“It’s time to move on,” Brinson Bell said Friday in an interview with CNN. “We have certified. We have audited. We have recounted so much from the 2020 election. And what’s playing out now is democracy.”
The deluge in North Carolina — as officials there try to administer this year’s general election — underscores the continued challenges posed by election conspiracy theorists who have advanced false claims that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and voting machines were somehow hacked to flip votes.
Dominion has filed multiple defamation lawsuits in response.
Election officials across the country have reported similar onslaughts of public records requests.
David Becker, who runs the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, said the problem is widespread.
“Public records requests are a good thing, in general, when they are used to obtain real information that you otherwise might not be able to get to understand how government works,” he said. But Becker said election officials are dealing with duplicative requests that seem designed to “bully” and “overwhelm” staffers.
In addition, state and local officials report they are facing a new crop of demands that they retain records with vague threats of legal action over the 2020 election.
“We are 676 days from the November 2020 election,” Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer, said. “There are no ongoing lawsuits with any basis in law or fact that have established even the tiniest shred of malfeasance, inaccuracy or widespread fraud in any aspect of the 2020 election.”
Last week, Kentucky’s Secretary of State Michael Adams, a Republican, cited the frivolous records requests and demands for recounts of past elections as among the reason for high-than-usual turnover among local election officials. He said 23 of the state’s 120 county election clerks have not sought reelection.
In North Carolina, 45 of 100 county election directors have left their jobs in the last three years, Patrick Gannon, spokesman for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told CNN.
“This is the most difficult election season that I’ve been through, and I think most county directors will say the same,” Gannon added.
In Buncombe County, which includes the city of Asheville, the elections director, Corinne Duncan, said she spent so much time juggling records requests last week, that she had “to come in on the weekend to hire new employees and try to run an office.”
The bombardment “adds to a job that is already stressful,” she added. “People in elections are generally underpaid. We are asked to work very, very long hours, to respond to change quickly … so, to have more and more things piled on top of us, it’s very difficult.”
Officials in other states are gearing up to mail out absentee ballots in the weeks ahead.
Alabama is up next with absentee ballots available starting Wednesday — or 55 days before Election Day. Federal law requires that absentee ballots be sent to military and overseas voters at least 45 days before a federal election.
In North Carolina, the general election features a high-profile contest for an open US Senate seat, now held by Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who is retiring. Seats in the state legislature and on the state Supreme Court also are among those on the ballot.
Despite the new level of “hostility” that election officials face, Brinson Bell said North Carolina workers remain focused on their jobs. “Our eye is on the ball of the midterm election,” she said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians tried to weather the extremes of a changing climate Friday, as a punishing heat wave that has helped fuel deadly wildfires had the state teetering on the edge of blackouts for a 10th consecutive day while a tropical storm barreled ashore with the promise of cooler temperatures but also possible flooding.
The abrupt swing in conditions even whipsawed weather junkies.
“This is perhaps the singularly most unusual and extreme weather week in quite some time in California — and that is saying something. Whew,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, wrote on his western weather blog.
While the rains may be welcome in the drought-plagued state and will bring relief with more normal temperatures, deluges and more brutal heat waves are forecast to become regular fixtures as climate change warms the planet and weather-related disasters become more extreme.
“We’ll see these heat waves continue to get hotter and hotter, longer and longer, more wildfire-plagued,” said Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. “The odds of really intense precipitation are going up. And so that’s why we are worried about flooding associated with this remnant hurricane.”
California is just the latest casualty in a year of sometimes deadly heat waves that began in Pakistan and India this spring and swept across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including China, Europe and others areas of the U.S.
Climate change also has exacerbated droughts, dried up rivers, made wildfires more intense and — conversely — led to massive flooding around the globe as moisture evaporating from land and water is held in the atmosphere and then redeposited by intense rains.
Scientists are reluctant to attribute any specific weather event, such as Hurricane Kay, now downgraded to a tropical storm as it heads into California, to global warming. But they say heat waves are exactly the type of change that will become more common.
The so-called heat dome that cooked California was stuck in place by an exceptional high pressure region over Greenland, of all places, that essentially created a meteorological traffic jam, said Paul Ullrich, a professor of regional climate modeling at the University of California, Davis. That prevented the high-pressure system that was forcing hot air over California from moving along.
A marquee outside a former theater in LA’s Chinatown said: “Satan called. He wants his weather back.”
Temperatures hit an all-time high in Sacramento of 116 degrees (46.7 C) on Tuesday. Many other locations hit record highs for September and even more set daily high marks.
The heat that colored weather maps dark red for more than a week in California is only a preview of coming attractions.
Sacramento, the state capital, has about 10 “extreme heat” days per year and that will double again by the middle of the century. In the 1970s, the city had five, Ullrich said.
“That’s pretty much going to be the story for much of the Central Valley and much of Southern California,” Ullrich said. “This kind of exponential growth in the number of extreme heat days. If you tie those all together, then you end up with heat waves like we’ve experienced.”
For nine days through Thursday, the vast energy network that includes power plants, solar farms and a web of transmission lines strained under record-setting demand driven by air conditioners.
“If we’re going to build a statue to anybody in the West, it will be a Willis Carrier,” said Bill Patzert, retired climatologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about the inventor of the air conditioner. “Really large areas of Southern California would essentially be unlivable without air conditioning.”
Air conditioning puts the biggest strain on power sources during a heat wave and operators of the electrical grid called for conservation and warned of the threat of power outages as usage hit an all-time high Tuesday, surpassing a record set in 2006.
The state may have averted a repeat of rolling outages two summers ago by sending a first-ever text alert that blared on 27 million phones urging Californians to “take action” and turn off nonessential power. Enough turned up thermostats, turned off lights or pulled the plug on appliances to avoid power cuts, though thousands of customers did lose power at various times for other reasons.
The West is in the throes of a 23-year megadrought that has nearly drained reservoirs and put water supplies in jeopardy. That, in turn, led to a sharp decrease in hydropower that California relies on when power is in peak demand.
“Part of the country that’s getting hit worst is the Southwest and Western United States,” Overpeck said. “It is a global poster child for the climate crisis. And this year, this summer, it’s really the Northern Hemisphere has been just an unusually hot and wildfire-plagued hemisphere.”
The extreme heat helped fuel deadly wildfires at both ends of the state as flames fed on grass, brush and timber already “preconditioned to burn” by drought and then pushed over the edge by the heatwave, Overpeck said.
Firefighters struggled to control major wildfires in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada that exploded in growth, forced thousands to evacuate and produced smoke that could interfere with solar power and further hamper electricity supplies.
Two people were killed in the fire that erupted last Friday in the Northern California community of Weed at the base of Mount Shasta. Two others died trying to flee in their car from a fire in Riverside County that was threatening 18,000 homes.
What remains of the hurricane is expected to bring heavy rains and even flash floods to Southern California from Friday night through Saturday. Strong winds could initially make it difficult and dangerous for firefighters trying to corral blazes, Patzert said.
Heavy downpours could also unleash mudslides on mountainsides charred by recent fires. While several inches of rain could fall, much of it will run off the arid landscape and will not make a dent in the drought.
“It comes at you like a firehose and you’re trying to fill your champagne glass,” Patzert said. “Everybody’s sort of excited, but on Saturday night a lot of people will be saying, ‘Yeah, we could have done without that.’”
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DALLAS, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertical Capital Income Fund (NYSE: VCIF) today announced a distribution of $0.0710 per share pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan"), payable as follows:
Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund pays a minimum monthly distribution to shareholders at a stated annual rate as a percentage of the 3-month average net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund's shares prior to the month of distribution. The distribution is calculated as 8% of the previous three-month average NAV, divided by 12. The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide investors with consistent, but not guaranteed, periodic distributions from the Fund, regardless of when or whether income is earned or capital gains are realized. Distributions under the Plan may consist of (i) net investment income, (ii) net realized short-term capital gains, (iii) net realized long-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, (iv) return of capital (or other capital sources). With each distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income, the Fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release that will provide detailed information regarding the amount and composition of the distribution, as well as certain other related information. The Fund expects to issue any such notice and press release on or about the distribution payment date.
The Fund had approximately $1.9 million in cash as of August 31, 2022. A new monthly net asset value per share of $10.56 was produced on August 31, 2022. For information on the Fund's current net asset value per share, please visit the Fund's website at vcif.us.
The Plan will be subject to periodic review by the Board, and the Board may amend the terms of the Plan including amending the annual rate of payment or may terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to the Fund's shareholders. The Fund's distribution rate may be affected by numerous factors, including changes in realized and projected market returns, Fund performance, and other factors. There can be no assurance that an unanticipated change in market conditions or other unforeseen factors will not result in a change in the Fund's distribution rate at a future time. The amendment or termination of the Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares. The public health crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks to which the Fund is exposed. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effects cannot be determined with certainty. In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and an exemptive order received by the Fund from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund will provide its shareholders of record on each distribution date with a 19(a) Notice and issue an accompanying press release disclosing the sources of its distribution payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income. This information will be forthcoming later this month.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in 19(a) Notices are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during its full fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Information on the Fund's 19(a) Notices, if any, can be found at www.vcif.us. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
Shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount from their net asset value. The market price of Fund shares may vary from net asset value based on factors affecting the supply and demand for shares, such as Fund distribution rates relative to similar investments, investors' expectations for future distribution changes, the clarity of the Fund's investment strategy and future return expectations, and investors' confidence in the underlying markets in which the Fund invests. Fund shares are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal invested. No Fund is a complete investment program and you may lose money investing in a Fund. An investment in the Fund may not be appropriate for all investors. Before investing, prospective investors should consider carefully the Fund's investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. For further details, please visit Vertical Capital Income Fund's website at vcif.us.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business and financial outlook of Vertical Capital Income Fund that are based on the Fund's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Vertical Capital Income Fund (VCIF) is an NYSE-listed closed-end fund that seeks monthly income by investing primarily in performing non-agency residential whole loans secured by real estate. As a secondary strategy the Fund aims to provide total return by acquiring performing residential loans at a discount to the unpaid principal balance (UPB). VCIF realizes capital gains as loans are paid off before maturity. For more information visit VCIF.us and connect with the Fund on Twitter.
Oakline Advisors, LLC is the adviser to Vertical Capital Income Fund. Founded in 2013, Oakline Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in the residential whole loan market. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas, TX-based Behringer. Since its inception in 1989, Behringer, together with its affiliates, has raised equity of more than $6 billion in assets through public and private fund structures. For more information about Oakline and Behringer please visit their respective websites at oaklineadvisors.com and behringerinvestments.com.
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Winslow Capital Management LLC lowered its holdings in Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE – Get Rating) by 56.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 540,677 shares of the software company’s stock after selling 714,952 shares during the quarter. Winslow Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Adobe were worth $246,344,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Shorepoint Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Adobe by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Shorepoint Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,166 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $1,228,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Adobe by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services LLC now owns 964 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $547,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. Cooper Financial Group grew its position in Adobe by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 1,698 shares of the software company’s stock worth $774,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Vaughan David Investments LLC IL grew its position in Adobe by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Vaughan David Investments LLC IL now owns 480 shares of the software company’s stock worth $272,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Associated Banc Corp increased its stake in Adobe by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Associated Banc Corp now owns 3,597 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $2,040,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.75% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at Adobe
In other news, EVP Scott Belsky sold 2,711 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $393.58, for a total value of $1,066,995.38. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 26,089 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,268,108.62. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In related news, EVP Scott Belsky sold 2,711 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $393.58, for a total transaction of $1,066,995.38. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 26,089 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,268,108.62. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CMO Ann Lewnes sold 794 shares of Adobe stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $317,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 23,988 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,595,200. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 3,637 shares of company stock valued at $1,438,682. Corporate insiders own 0.23% of the company’s stock.
Adobe Price Performance
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 16th. The software company reported $2.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.65 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $4.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.34 billion. Adobe had a return on equity of 36.70% and a net margin of 29.29%. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.56 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Adobe Inc. will post 10.98 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
ADBE has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Adobe from $525.00 to $425.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, June 17th. Morgan Stanley lowered Adobe from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $591.00 to $362.00 in a research report on Tuesday, June 21st. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Adobe from $455.00 to $425.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 14th. Evercore ISI decreased their price objective on shares of Adobe from $650.00 to $475.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, June 17th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets assumed coverage on shares of Adobe in a research note on Friday, June 17th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $420.00 target price on the stock. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $489.12.
Adobe Profile
Adobe Inc operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alek Skarlatos, a Republican nominee for Congress in Oregon, was cleared this week of violating campaign finance law, months after a Democratic-aligned group filed a complaint alleging he improperly funded his campaign with money from a nonprofit he also controlled.
“Democrats have created a false controversy to smear Alek Skarlatos,” campaign manager Ross Purgason said in a statement. “The (Federal Election Commission) has dismissed these false allegations.”
Skarlatos, who is running for a second time to represent a coastal Oregon district, established the nonprofit veterans group 15:17 Trust shortly after losing his bid for the seat in 2020, pledging to advocate for veterans “left high and dry” by the country “they put their lives on the line for.” And he used $93,000 left over from his campaign to help seed the nonprofit.
But several months later, after Skarlatos decided in 2021 to run for the seat again, the nonprofit transferred $65,000 back to his campaign. The transfers of money were the subject of an Associated Press story last year, which was followed by a complaint filed with the FEC by End Citizens United, a Democrat-aligned group.
Campaign finance laws prohibit candidates from self-dealing and from accepting illicit money from the often opaque and less regulated world of political nonprofits. That includes a prohibition on candidates donating campaign cash to a nonprofit they control, as well as a broader ban on accepting contributions from such groups, legal experts say.
But in this case, the FEC found that Skarlatos’ nonprofit wasn’t very active and failed to raise much money, taking in about $1,800. The agency also determined that the transfers of cash from Skarlatos’ campaign to his nonprofit and back were done in a short enough time span that it likely amounted to a legitimate refund.
“Without information to indicate the contrary, the $65,000 payment from the 15:17 (Trust) to the Committee was likely a bona fide refund,” the agency states in a filing, which was provided by the Skarlatos campaign and has not yet been released publicly.
The AP’s story last year detailed how Skarlatos’ nonprofit was soliciting money online but otherwise was maintaining a decidedly low profile and had not yet released annual tax paperwork detailing how much it had raised and how the money was spent it.
The story also noted how laws governing transfers of money by candidates to nonprofits they operate are intended to prevent sidestepping the ban on the personal use of campaign funds. And it detailed how Skarlatos had previously collected $43,000 from his 2020 campaign in mileage reimbursements, rent and expenses vaguely listed as contractor campaign staff.
The FEC did not receive a full explanation of how the nonprofit spent the money Skarlatos lent it, including the remaining $28,000 that was not refunded to his campaign. The Skarlatos campaign said about $14,000 was spent on fundraising, but an additional $14,000 was not accounted for in the filing released by the agency.
“Alex Skarlatos admitted to the FEC that his charity is essentially a scam and that it’s ‘inactive,’” said End Citizens United spokesman Adam Bozzi. “The fact that he failed to help veterans saved him from a violation is a warning for voters not to trust him.”
Skarlatos was a member of the Oregon National Guard when he gained a measure of fame in 2015, helping to disrupt an attack on a train bound for Paris by a heavily armed man who was a follower of the Islamic State group. Hailed as a hero, he appeared on “Dancing with the Stars,” visited the White House and was granted dual French citizenship. It also led to a role starring as himself in the Clint Eastwood movie “15:17 to Paris.”
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency after wastewater testing found evidence of polio in Nassau County.
Polio had recently been detected in Rockland, Orange and Sullivan counties.
So far, only one identified case of polio has been detected. An unvaccinated man in Rockland County suffered from paralysis of the legs after contracting polio.
Hochul's declaration allows more health care professionals to administer polio vaccines, including nurses, midwives, paramedics and pharmacists.
Health officials are urging all unvaccinated New Yorkers to get immunized right away.
"On polio, we simply cannot roll the dice," State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said. "If you or your child are unvaccinated or not up to date with vaccinations, the risk of paralytic disease is real. I urge New Yorkers to not accept any risk at all."
According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 1 in 100 individuals will develop severe disease after contracting polio, including permanent paralysis, which could turn fatal.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the Department of Justice for its decision to investigate former President Donald Trump and say investigating the DOJ will be a top priority if they take control of the House this midterm election.
Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., are vowing to get to the bottom of the FBI search of Trump’s estate.
“It is unprecedented,” he said. “I haven’t heard any justification that is even plausible.”
Hawley says he supports House hearings to question top Justice Department officials including the attorney general.
“I think Merrick Garland should resign over this. I think he should be removed from office,” he said.
House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Calif., is promising an investigation that will leave “no stone unturned” if Republicans seize control after the midterm election.
Until then, the former president and the Justice Department remain locked in a legal battle. Both sides have until midnight on Friday to submit their suggestions for which independent third party should review the documents removed from Trump’s home.
U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, who is a former CIA agent, says the investigation is definitely warranted.
“We’re asked to believe that a former president who took some boxes with him that that’s somehow a massive crime…No one believes that,” Slotkin said. “The cover sheets on those classified documents indicate some significant classification//top secret classification//that should be concerning for everybody.”
She says Republican threats to retaliate are dangerous.
“I don’t think that’s good for the country,” she said. “In my republican leaning district, people just want their government to function.”
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Shabu Shabu Finance (KOBE) traded 0.3% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 17:00 PM E.T. on September 9th. In the last seven days, Shabu Shabu Finance has traded 6.4% lower against the US dollar. Shabu Shabu Finance has a total market capitalization of $12.09 million and approximately $18,523.00 worth of Shabu Shabu Finance was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Shabu Shabu Finance coin can now be purchased for about $0.30 or 0.00001508 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in 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.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 96.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $59.78 or 0.00281678 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 4.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.49 or 0.00002309 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded up 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $167.96 or 0.00791396 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 down 2.5% against the dollar and now trades at $3.28 or 0.00015459 BTC.
- Hidigital btc (HDBTC) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $4.28 or 0.00020171 BTC.
- Wrapped TRON (WTRX) traded up 3.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0633 or 0.00000298 BTC.
Shabu Shabu Finance Coin Profile
Shabu Shabu Finance’s launch date was October 18th, 2020. Shabu Shabu Finance’s total supply is 53,999,527 coins and its circulating supply is 40,506,227 coins. Shabu Shabu Finance’s official Twitter account is @shabufinance.
Buying and Selling Shabu Shabu Finance
It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Shabu Shabu Finance directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Shabu Shabu Finance should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Shabu Shabu Finance using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Australian Storm Sanders has been thwarted in her bid to win two US Open doubles titles in the same weekend after she and American partner Caroline Dolehide saw a handsome semi-final lead evaporate in New York.
Having already reached Saturday's mixed final with fellow Aussie John Peers, Queensland left-hander Sanders had high hopes of making it a double doubles success story on Friday by getting into the women's showdown too.
All looked to be going swimmingly in her semi-final as the Rockhampton southpaw and Dolehide, the No.12 seeds, blitzed the unseeded US duo of Caty McNally and Taylor Townsend to win eight of the first nine games.
But seemingly determined not to be beaten by Sanders in a last-four contest twice in two days following her mixed doubles loss, 20-year-old McNally roared back with the inspired Townsend to win 1-6 6-3 6-3.
It meant the Americans set up a final date with the formidable Czech duo of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, who've already won the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in 2022.
It also halted the momentum of Australia's golden grand slam doubles season, which began with Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis winning the Australian Open men's crown while Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler made the final of the mixed at Melbourne Park.
After their own run to their home grand slam final, Matt Ebden and Max Purcell then went on to a brilliant Wimbledon title win, while Ebden also reached the mixed final with Samantha Stosur.
Now fourth seeds Sanders and Peers, the fifth different all-Australian combo to make a grand slam final this year, will face Belgian Kirsten Flipkens and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the mixed showdown at Flushing Meadows.
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