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Exclusive: Diamond Select Venompool PVC Diorama Final Product Reveal
We got a glimpse of this bad boy in prototype form at Comic-Con. Now Superhero Hype is proud to debut the first final product images of the Diamond Select Venompool PVC diorama. The hulking hybrid of Marvel’s two most popular antiheroes, Venompool can eat your brain or stab your heart. But it’s anyone’s guess whether he crushes more on Tom Hardy or Hugh Jackman. Venompool comes posed taking a knee in a pool of symbiote goo as he ponders his next murderous move.
Here’s the official description: “Deadpool just got deadlier! Merged with the Venom symbiote, the Merc with a (big) Mouth bares a row of sharp teeth and a long tongue as he slashes with his twin katanas. Standing approximately 10 inches tall, this diorama features detailed sculpting and paint applications. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Caesar, sculpted by Alterton!”
Preorders begin tomorrow at most collectibles retailers, with a $125 price point. Expect delivery next spring.
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Venompool debuted in the Contest of Champions video game, created by Deadpool as part of a fake cooking show. Thanks to his massive size and monstrous appearance, he quickly inspired several collectibles and became a fan favorite despite having very little lore. Expect that to change as he sells more toys.
What do you think of this Venompool PVC? Let us know in comments!
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Jesse Eisenberg Talks Batman v Superman Backlash, DCEU Future
Over time, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has proven itself a divisive movie among DC fandom. Particularly thanks to the extended cut, it has its passionate defenders. It also, however, spawned some very visceral rejections for some plot points. Like the “Martha” moment, and Jesse Eisenberg‘s very different, Mark Zuckerberg-ish portrayal of Lex Luthor than most casual fans were used to. Really, he was playing more of the younger Alexander Luthor from the comics, rather than the cold, bald-headed mastermind Lex who’s most commonly depicted. Speaking with Deadline today, Eisenberg talks about the response, and possibilities for the character’s future.
“I felt very personal about it,” he said. “The writer, Chris Terrio, is a very serious writer, and he’s a very emotional person. He thought a lot about my character, and I thought a lot about my character too. I talked with my acting coach about the character a lot, about his backstory with his father and his emotional life—and then people hate me.”
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Not being a comics reader, Eisenberg had no preconceived notions of the character prior to reading the script. “To me, it was not playing a role that I’d envisioned since childhood,” he says. “To me, it was a chance to play this great character that this great writer wrote, and I loved doing that. So, to play it is a joy, and to not play it isn’t something that I’m going to be ashamed to tell my kids about, because that is not an important genre in my life, even though I loved doing that movie.” As for any possible return to the character, he seems up for it, adding, “I’d be shocked if I wound up in a DC movie, but it would be a pleasant shock.”
But even though he’s not a comics guy, he’d never rule out more comics-based stuff. He notes that “as an actor, you do all kinds of different things, and sometimes great roles show up in really commercial things and sometimes terrible roles show up in independent films.”
What did you think of Eisenberg’s Luthor? Would you want to see him again in that role, or possibly even a different comics-based role? Let us know in comments!
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WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — A Warwick man is facing charges after he allegedly went after radio talk show host John DePetro with a lawnmower, according to police.
Mark Perkins, 62, was arrested after a confrontation outside his Staples Avenue home on Wednesday.
Police said they were called around 7 p.m. to the home, which was searched earlier this year in connection with the disappearance of Charlotte Lester.
DePetro and a woman told police they were live-streaming an episode of his show across the street. Based on witness statements and the live-streamed video, police said DePetro asked Perkins various questions that apparently agitated him.
Perkins, who was in the front yard and wearing an orange ski mask over his head, began playing loud music, started up a lawnmower and “aggressively pushed it towards DePetro, at which point the livestream video abruptly ends,” according to police.
DePetro alleges he was then repeatedly punched and kicked by Perkins, who said he would “kill him” before taking his phone and going back inside his home, police said.
DePetro told police his video-recording equipment was damaged and he was injured, but got medical treatment on his own.
The woman reported that the lawnmower hit her foot, however, she was not hurt and didn’t wish to press charges, according to police.
Perkins was placed under arrest and charged with assault with intent to commit specific felonies, larceny, vandalism, and disorderly conduct.
He said he didn’t know anything about DePetro’s phone, but officers later executed a search warrant and found the damaged phone, along with the orange ski mask.
The incident occurred one day after DePetro was arrested on a trespassing charge outside Perkins’ home.
Perkins is scheduled to be arraigned in court Thursday. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/man-accused-of-charging-at-radio-host-john-depetro-with-lawnmower/ | 2022-08-18T15:51:34Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/man-accused-of-charging-at-radio-host-john-depetro-with-lawnmower/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Winman Middle School in Warwick announced Wednesday that school will begin a little later than originally planned.
The anticipated start date is now Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to administrators.
Students were supposed to return on Sept. 1, but the start of school was postponed to ensure their safety.
Administrators say they’re working to address fire code protection issues that were found as a construction project wrapped up. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/winman-middle-school-delays-students-start-date/ | 2022-08-18T15:51:40Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/winman-middle-school-delays-students-start-date/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
August is National Immunization Month and as kids head back to school, physicians here in West Michigan and across the state are reminding parents about the importance of getting their children immunized, not just for COVID, but for other important vaccines that will help protect them from other serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
Recent statistics in Michigan and across the US are showing that since the pandemic, regular childhood vaccination rates are down. Dr. Hanna Jaworski, division chief of pediatrics at Spectrum Health, shares more about this trend and why parents should make sure all vaccinations are up to date.
To schedule an appointment with a primary physician or to learn more, visit spectrumhealth.org.
Or, visit the CDC website to see which vaccinations your child may need.
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For all our friends who are into making soap to help reduce influx for chemical-heavy soap or you' are interested with this soap made of plant as one your option you probably also aware that sometimes we get our natural oil too strong to our taste to blink our tongue it means either our blessed soap are going on stage when they were not quite good for bath-living we will feel they smelly with bad stale,\nThe key idea about of our soap blink LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Laketown Township officials have approved two new signs that will warn beachgoers of rip currents.
We’re told a unanimous vote ruled in favor of the new signs during a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting this week.
“We have a lot of people who visit our beach from out of town,” says Commissioner Jeremy Van Hoven. “They don’t have a conception of how dangerous our lake can become.”
Township officials tell us the new signs will describe the dangers posed by rip currents and suggest a course of action should beachgoers become ensnared in one.
A representative of the township says a man drowned in 2013 after leaping from a boat a mile north of Laketown Beach. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/allegan/2-rip-current-signs-approved-for-laketown-beach | 2022-08-18T15:54:51Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/allegan/2-rip-current-signs-approved-for-laketown-beach | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WXYZ) — Rapper Kendrick Lamar shared a message to a young fan at his show in Detroit over the weekend who was named after him.
The photos and video, which has since gone viral on social media from Complex, shows the boy with a sign that says "My name is Kendrick. This is my first concert. Can we take a pic."
Lamar saw the sign and addressed young Kendrick, and said that he should honor his parents, who brought him to his first concert.
"Always respect and honor them. You will forever be great. You’re great right now. You can do whatever you wanna put your mind to, you know it? You understand that? he said. "Little Kendrick, do what you wanna do in life.”
Another photo posted to social media from young Kendrick's father showed a note that Lamar wrote on the back of the sign.
"Young Kendrick," Lamar wrote. "Thank you for coming. I'm glad we got to exchange energy. You are special. Continue to manifest the great energy you possess!!! See you next time!!! Luv!!!"
Dave Stewart, young Kendrick's father, said that he decided to name his song after listening to Lamar's albums "Overly Dedicated" and "Section.80."
He said his wife bought him tickets to see Lamar at Chene Park in 2013 while they were living in Kentucky. As soon as it was time for Lamar to go on stage, he said his phone rang and it was the nurse, saying his son was about to be born.
"I didn't get to see Kendrick perform because I dashed out and left my friend there," Stewart said. "9 years later, I take my son to his first concert and this happens. I've been crying ever since." | https://www.fox17online.com/news/you-are-special-kendrick-lamar-shouts-out-young-boy-at-detroit-show-writes-him-a-letter | 2022-08-18T15:55:09Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/you-are-special-kendrick-lamar-shouts-out-young-boy-at-detroit-show-writes-him-a-letter | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Flume Data Labs Household Water Use Index Reviews Outdoor Water Use in Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2021
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Flume Data Labs released the Q2 2022 update to the Household Water Use Index, the leading measure of U.S. household water use. Flume Data Labs publishes the Household Water Use Index quarterly, regularly assessing water use across the top 15 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Analysis is based on data from tens of thousands of sensors installed on household water meters across the nation.
Flume Data Labs' analysis shows that in single-family homes within Colorado River Basin-dependent states, average outdoor water use decreased in Q2 2022 versus Q1 2021. While in the rest of the nation, average outdoor use increased.
National indoor water use in Q2 2022 averaged 41.0 Gallons per Capita per Day (GPCD) in Q2 2022.
Regionally, indoor water use varied in Q2 2022 from a high of 49.0 GPCD in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA to a low of 35.6 GPCD in the San Francisco, Bay Area MSA. Indoor water use continues to decrease after the spike in usage following the outbreak of COVID in 2020. On a national scale, the lingering impacts of increased indoor residential use appear to be over and water use has fallen below pre-COVID averages.
Nationally, outdoor water use in Q2 2022 increased compared to that of Q2 2021. Outdoor Household Water Use averaged 210.8 Gallons per Household per Day (GPHD) in Q2 2022. In Q2 2021, outdoor use averaged 206.5 GPHD.
For more than 20 years, an extended mega-drought has unfolded across much of the West with an especially dramatic impact on Colorado River Basin states. Lake Powell and Lake Mead on the Colorado River have fallen to critically low levels prompting water utilities across the west to seek demand reductions. In 2022, this drought prompted many water providers to implement outdoor water use restrictions starting in Q2 2022.
Analysis from Flume Data Labs indicates water users in Colorado River-dependent states reduced outdoor water use in 2022. Average outdoor GPHD in the Colorado Basin States was lower in Q2 2022 than Q2 2021, even as temperatures increased. In Q2 2022, average outdoor water use in Colorado River Basin states was 244.5 GPHD, a reduction of 27% compared to Q2 2021. In contrast, average outdoor water use in states that do not rely on the Colorado River increased by 25% in Q2 2022.
Still, even with these reductions, outdoor water use in Colorado River Basin states is often higher than in other parts of the US as places like Arizona, southern Nevada, and California sees year-round outdoor watering.
Flume Data Labs analyzed outdoor water use in four Colorado Basin states more closely - Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada. Average outdoor water use in Arizona and California decreased during Q2 2022. But in Colorado and Nevada, outdoor watering during Q2 2022 increased. Local weather patterns have a significant impact on outdoor watering and may explain some of these differences in outdoor water use.
"Water users in California and Arizona appear to have responded to calls for outdoor use reductions at the beginning of the summer," said Peter Mayer, P.E., Principal of WaterDM, an expert consultant to the water industry for more than 25 years. "Most of the water savings Flume Data Labs detected through this analysis was achieved in those two states. California utilities, in particular, have imposed outdoor use restrictions during the summer of 2022."
To learn more about the Flume Data Labs Household Water Use Index and the data shared here, visit Flume Data Labs at www.flumedatalabs.com or contact us at info@flumedatalabs.com.
Flume Data Labs understands the unique challenges faced by organizations that touch water. Flume Data Labs uses real-time data monitoring to collect and understand how residential water is used. Utilizing a nationwide network of data sensors and one-of-a-kind analysis, Flume Data Labs provides a dynamic informed response to changing conditions and local challenges. To date, Flume Data Labs has tens of thousands of devices installed across the United States. Visit us at www.flumedatalabs.com or contact us at info@flumedatalabs.com to learn more.
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Accident & Health Division Poised to Harness Opportunity as Travel Continues to Ramp Back Up
MORRISTOWN, N.J. , Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crum & Forster, a leading national property and casualty, accident and health insurance company with a 200-year history of helping customers manage risk, has hired Barbra Merwin as the new President of Travel Insured International (www.travelinsured.com) within the Accident & Health (A&H) Division.
Travel Insured International (TII) is part of the Specialty Business Unit within C&F's Accident & Health Division. TII is a leading travel insurance provider, offering quality worldwide travel protection for over 25 years and focuses on products including Emergency Assistance and Evacuation, Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption Protection, Baggage Insurance, Airline Ticket Protection and plans that include medical benefits for students and travelers worldwide.
In her new role, Ms. Merwin will be leading the TII organization of over 150 employees, including its customer care and sales organization. TII has several global target business segments including travel services and insurance, a wholesale area focused on cruises, tours and group travel needs as well as a dedicated A&H business, which supports a broad range of travelers' needs.
"Barbra joins at a time of great opportunity to shape our strategic expansion into the broader travel insurance and protection marketplace. In her capacity as president, Barbra will oversee the direction of the organization to drive future growth and agency profitability," said Susan Silfen, SVP of the A&H SBU.
Ms. Merwin has over 30 years of experience in the development, multi-channel distribution and administration of insurance and related products across specialty, commercial, property and casualty, employee benefits, and affinity lines of business. "I am excited to join the Crum & Forster family and drive the strategic growth of our travel business just as the market is roaring back," Ms. Merwin said. "This is a dynamic opportunity at an organization that has a long history of focusing on its partners and end customer needs, and I can't wait to get started."
Prior to joining Crum & Forster, Ms. Merwin spent more than eight years at AmTrust Financial Services where she held various executive leadership positions in Strategic Product Development, Marketing, Operations, State Disability Insurance, and most recently was the Head of Claims Integrated Solutions. She also held senior executive positions at HSBC.
Crum & Forster (www.cfins.com), founded in 1822, is a leading national property, casualty, and accident & health insurer, providing specialty insurance products through its admitted and surplus lines insurance companies. C&F has $3.7 billion in gross written premium and is rated "A" Excellent by A M Best for 2022.
Since 2000, the C&F Accident & Health Division has offered a diverse portfolio of specialty insurance and reinsurance products. We place a strong focus on innovative product development and flexible distribution methods, along with excellent client service and support.
In addition to a robust domestic portfolio, C&F offers accident and health solutions on an international basis through its wholly owned captive facility, Crum & Forster Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) located in the Cayman Islands, as well as through its various partnerships within the Fairfax family. These global capabilities provide partners with even broader flexibility in underwriting solutions.
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Rose Ayling-Ellis is set to leave her Eastenders character behind, with the final scenes already filmed. The 27-year-old from Folkestone has played Frankie Lewis since she joined the soap in 2020.
She is the first deaf actor to play a regular deaf character in the show, but BBC chiefs have confirmed she is set to leave Walford this autumn, the Mirror reports. She has featured in some big storylines, including the discovery that she is Mick’s daughter after he was abused as a child.
Rose said: “It’s been incredibly special to be EastEnders’ first regular deaf actor. I have loved my time on the show and Frankie has been such an awesome character to play, however now feels like the right time for me to move on and I am excited and ready for new challenges.
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"I will always treasure my time on the show and all the incredible people I have worked with, who have supported my growth as an actor these last two years and given me so many amazing memories. I am excited for viewers to see Frankie’s exit storyline; I think it’s a really important one that will hit home for lots of people.”
EastEnders executive producer Chris Clenshaw said: “I have only had the pleasure to work with Rose for a short time but she has always been an incredible asset to EastEnders; not just as a phenomenal actor, but as an amazing company member too. As part of the Carter family, Rose has shone in important narratives such as discovering she’s Mick Carter’s daughter as a result of child abuse; and she will soon tackle the important issue highlighting women’s safety on the streets.
"We at EastEnders are incredibly proud of everything Rose has achieved – she’s a real trailblazer, and we wish her every success.”
Rose was also the first deaf contestant to compete on Strictly Come Dancing.
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People with mental health conditions could be entitled to financial aid from the Department of Work and Pensions. The mental health charity Mind says roughly around one in four people will experience at least one mental health problem a year.
For some, their mental health issues could have a profound impact on their entire life. Even the more common mental health issues such as anxiety and depression - which all saw a sharp rise in cases during the pandemic - can seriously impede a person's ability to live and work.
But there is help available and Citizens Advice has issued guidance on what shape this help may take, reports Chronicle Live.
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Universal Credit
Those who aren't fit to work, or those who are working less hours, or working in lower paid work, because of their mental health problems are eligible to apply to the DWP for Universal Credit. A sick note or a "fit note" must be obtained from a medical professional before the application.
You can find out more about how to make a claim for Universal Credit on the Citizens Advice website here.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
If you struggle with the demands of daily life, such as washing, eating and cooking because of your mental health, you may be eligible for personal independence payment or PIP as it is better known. PIP isn't means tested and won't be affected by current income or savings. You can find more on PIP here.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
If you are too unwell to work because of your mental health, you could be paid for up to 28 weeks. You are legally entitled to received SSP if you pass the following requirements:
- You have started to work with your employer
- You are sick for 4 full days (including non-working days) or more in a row
- You earn at least £123 before tax per week on average
- You follow your employer's rules for getting sick pay
- You are not in one or more of these ineligible categories
Citizens Advice say that no one should be made to feel guilty for asking about sick pay that you're entitled to. If you receive a "no" and are not happy with your employer's explanation, you should contact your nearest Citizens Advice.
Employment and support allowance (ESA)
Citizens Advice called ESA "the main sickness benefit for people who can't work because of a [physical or mental] health problem." ESA is paid when statutory sick pay ends, or if you are not eligible for SSP. You must have paid enough national insurance contributions for two tax years but there are ways to circumnavigate this slightly. More details on this are available on the Citizens Advice website.
Council tax reduction
If you are on a low income, due to issues related to poor mental health or otherwise, you can apply for a council tax reduction. Further details can be found on the website of your local council, or via Citizens Advice here.
Attendance allowance
There are benefits to help you support yourself or someone you know if they are pension age or over and suffering from poor mental health which is making it difficult to do daily tasks. Attendance allowance is extra money to help pay for your care needs. You can find more on attendance allowance here.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued new Covid guidance for people attending in-person health assessments for benefits. The advice is intended to make sure consultations can take place safely as the country returns to normality following the pandemic, The Daily Record reports.
Most restrictions in the UK have been relaxed for some time now, but precautions remain in place for people attending face-to-face health assessments for Work Culpability Assessment (WCA), if you are claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) or Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB), and other benefits requiring a health assessment delivered by the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA).
In the new guidance claimants who are invited to attend an assessment are urged to read the letter they receive in advance of the appointment, which will contain extra information about how they can protect themselves and others against the risk of spreading or getting Covid-19.
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The DWP says that people should wear a face covering during assessments, and that those carrying out the assessment may also wear face masks and other personal protective equipment, such as gloves and aprons.
It also says that if a healthcare professional believes you may have Covid-19, the assessment will stop and you will be asked to leave the centre and follow NHS guidance. You can read the full guidance on attending face-to-face health assessments on GOV.UK here.
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The Department for Work and Pensions has issued the criteria for people claiming tax credits, who are due to receive the first part of the £650 cost of living payment next month. Over one million people who claim working or child tax credit will get a one-off handout of £326 in September.
Those who get tax credits along with a qualifying benefit from the DWP should have received their money in July. The upcoming payment is for those only in receipt of the benefits delivered by HMRC, the Daily Record reports.
To help people understand the eligibility criteria more clearly, DWP has updated the official cost of living factsheet on GOV.UK. This is to ensure all Tax Credits claimants are aware of not only the qualifying period over April and May, but also that they must have received an annual award of at least £26 from HMRC - or they will not get the £326 payment.
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Tax Credits eligibility for £326 one-off payment
To get the first cost of living payment of £326, DWP says that you must have been entitled, or later found to be entitled, for any day in the period between April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022 to:
- a payment of Tax Credits
- an annual award of at least £26 of Tax Credits
- If you get both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, you will receive a cost of living payment for Child Tax Credit only.
Remember, if you get Tax Credits from HMRC and a low-income benefit from DWP, you will get a cost of living payment from DWP only. The second payment for £324 will be made in the winter - no details have been released on this yet.
£650 Cost of Living Payment
If you get a qualifying low income/means-tested benefit or Tax Credits - paid in two instalments of £326 and £324. This is paid per claim, so a couple claiming would qualify for one payment
£150 Disability Cost of Living Payment
- If you get a qualifying disability benefit
- This is paid per individual claim
£300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment
- If you’re entitled to a Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2022 to 2023 this will be added to your entitlement
- This is paid per claim, so a couple claiming would qualify for one payment
Examples of stacked support payments
- If you are claiming Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment, you will be eligible for £800 in support - £650 means-tested payment and the £150 disability payment.
- A person of State Pension age, claiming Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance would be eligible for £1,100 in support - the £650 means-tested payment, £150 disability payment and the £300 pensioner payment.
July and autumn - £650 means-tested cost of living payment
As previously mentioned, this is paid in two instalments of £326 and £324. Most people should have received their first payment by now but DWP recently said that more complex claims or those awaiting an award decision may be delayed.
It’s worth noting that older people making a new claim for Pension Credit before August 18, which is later successful - even if they are only awarded one penny in cash support - will qualify for the £650 payment. This is because it is a retrospective benefit which can be claimed three months in arrears, taking it to within the qualifying period in May (outlined below).
Qualifying benefits and Tax Credits
You may be eligible if you are in receipt of any of the following:
- Universal Credit - you must have been entitled to a payment of at least 1p during the assessment period of April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) - received a payment between April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - received a payment between April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022
- Income Support - received a payment between April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022
- Pension Credit - received a payment between April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022
- Child Tax Credit
- Working Tax Credit
- Special note about Tax Credits
- The first cost of living payment of £326 will be paid in September.
To get the first Cost of Living Payment of £326, you must have been entitled, or later found to be entitled, for any day in the period April 26, 2022 to May 25, 2022 to:
- A payment of Tax Credits
- An annual award of at least £26 of Tax Credits
- If you get both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, you will receive a cost of living payment for Child Tax Credit only.
If you get Tax Credits from HMRC and a low-income benefit from DWP, your payment will be made by DWP. If you only receive Tax Credits, you will get the first payment of £326 from HMRC in September and the second payment of £324 from winter 2022.
Which benefits are not eligible?
You will not be eligible for a payment if you get New Style Employment and Support Allowance, Contributory Employment and Support Allowance or New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance, unless you also get Universal Credit.
September - £150 disability cost of living payment
To qualify for the payment, you must have received a payment (or later receive a payment) of one of these benefits on May 25, 2022:
- Attendance Allowance
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance for adults
- Disability Living Allowance for children
- Personal Independence Payment
- Adult Disability Payment
- Child Disability Payment
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- War Pension Mobility Supplement
- If you get a qualifying disability benefit from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and a qualifying disability benefit from DWP, you will get one £150 payment from DWP only.
October - £400 energy rebate
All households with a domestic electricity connection across the UK are eligible for the £400 discount. There is no need to contact energy suppliers as it will be paid automatically.
How will I receive the discount?
The £400 discount will be administered by suppliers and paid to customers over six months with payments starting from October 2022.
This discount will be applied as follows:
- October - £66
- November - £66
- December - £67
- January - £67
- February - £67
- March - £67
The discount will be provided on a monthly basis regardless of whether consumers pay monthly, quarterly or have an associated payment card. If you do not receive the first instalment by the end of October, you should contact your energy supplier.
Prepayment meter customers
Smart prepayment meter customers will see the discount credited directly to their smart prepayment meters in the first week of each month of delivery. Traditional prepayment meter customers will be provided with redeemable vouchers or Special Action Messages (SAMs) in the first week of each month, issued via SMS text, email or post. Customers will need to take action to redeem these at their usual top-up point.
November/December - £300 pensioner cost of living payment
All eligible pensioner households will get the one-off payment added as a top-up to their annual Winter Fuel Payment in November/December. To qualify, you must be of State Pension age (66 or above) during the qualifying week of 19-25 September 2022 and in receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment.
Who does not qualify for the £300 payment?
There are certain circumstances where an individual above State Pension age does not qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment which can be found on GOV.UK, here.
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The fight to keep threatened bus services in Kent took a giant first step forward after the issue of cuts to subsidies was sent back to councillors to reconsider. At a meeting at Kent County Council in Maidstone this morning (August 18), it was agreed the whole plan to save £2.2 million through cutting funding to subsidised buses should go back to the drawing board.
The county council’s Rich Lehmann, councillor for Green & Independent Group, and Mike Sole, for the Liberal Democrats, had called in the proposal to the scrutiny committee. They gave nine reasons for the call-in, and asked for the highly controversial raft of cuts to be thrashed out again at full council.
At this morning’s meeting at Sessions House, their bid secured majority support. It was a victory not only for the Greens but for parent campaigners who are worried about how their children will get to Tunbridge Wells schools come September.
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However, those at the meeting were warned by council highways and transport boss David Brazier, the proposals before them were only about routes subsidised by the council and not the commercial routes which had been withdrawn or would be withdrawn by bus companies.
How this morning's result will help parent campaigners from the Sevenoaks area is not yet clear. But it was a significant step to securing a wholesale rethink of the council's controversial bid to save money by attacking the county's bus network.
Campaigners in the Sevenoaks area have seen their five TW buses axed to two, the TW3 and the TW6. These two, according to KCC documents, will continue but with "some route changes and timetable changes". The TW1, TW4 and TW7 have been withdrawn by commercial operator Go Coach. KCC states in its 'bus service updates' document, there are "alternative services" which can be used.
'Stranded at roadsides'
This has been disputed by parents, who claim hundreds of children will be descending on Sevenoaks Bus Station in a bid to catch one of the two remaining buses, which were already crowded before any changes to services were made. Parents claim the alternative journeys put forward by KCC are not safe, are too complicated or will take children even longer to get to school or they will leave children stranded at roadsides, a big fear when dark mornings and evenings come with autumn.
Kent County Councillor for the Green Party Mark Hood told KentLive: "The key challenge is that commercial routes have been abandoned en-masse too and we have no idea what the demand is going to be on the first day of the new term and how remaining buses cope."
The recommendation of the scrutiny committee was: "Require implementation of the decision to be postponed pending review or scrutiny of the matter by the full council."
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People in Kent have have been treated to a particularly striking sight as an American McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet soared through the skies this afternoon (August 18). On its journey, the fighter aircraft passed by a number of key Kent locations, including Canterbury , Dover , Deal , Margate and Ramsgate.
This isn’t the first time such an aircraft has been spotted in Kent airspace, as earlier in the year, two F-15s were seen travelling over east Kent. This aircraft often plays a key role in acquiring and maintaining air supremacy over a battlefield.
Not only did this plane pass over a great section of the county, it did so at considerably low altitudes, meaning it was not just seen, but heard from great distances. Detailed flight maps of the plane's course show that the jet was frequenting altitudes between 1,000 and 2,000ft across its Kent flyover.
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The Eagle first flew in July 1972, and entered service in 1976. It is among the most successful modern fighters and has reportedly been exported to Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.
The jet has since left Kent airspace, heading toward the north-east of the country. The fighter aircraft looks to have then touched down in Lakenheath, Suffolk.
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David B. Haber, Franchesco Soto, Christopher Utrera, Harold L. Lewis named Best Lawyers in America® for another consecutive year. Jonathan S. Goldstein named for the first time.
MIAMI, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haber Law announces the sixth year that multiple attorneys at the firm are named as Best Lawyers in America® in recognition of their exceptional work. The 2023 edition will feature Managing and Founding Shareholder David B. Haber for his work in Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction; Partner Franchesco (Frank) Soto for his work in Construction Law, Litigation – Construction; Partner Christopher Utrera for his work in Construction Law; Partner Harold L. Lewis for his work in Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Law and Partner Jonathan S. Goldstein for his work in Condominium and Homeowners Association (HOA) law, commercial litigation and construction litigation.
This year, Haber Law celebrates Jonathan S. Goldstein for the first year of recognition for his work representing community associations.
Says Managing and Founding Shareholder at Haber Law, David B. Haber:
"At Haber Law we are known for our dedication to our clients and the important work that we do tirelessly on their behalf. This year, we have continued to add tremendous value to our clients and grown as a firm. We celebrate all our attorneys at Haber Law, especially those that are recognized by this esteemed award."
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 108,000 industry-leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), with over 13 million evaluations received on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.
About Haber Law
Haber Law is a 25-attorney boutique law firm based in Miami, Florida that has four core practice groups, Complex Business Litigation, Construction Law, including design and construction defects litigation, Real Estate, Finance and Transactional Law, and Condominium Association and HOA Law. Additional practice areas include aviation law, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and family law. The Firm is committed to its core values of integrity, service, dedication, innovation, diversity, and success.
Haber Law is located on the internet at www.haber.law and can be reached at 305-379-2400.
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Pete Doherty was back in Margate this month where he performed a surprise one-off show and afterparty. The rocker spent much of his musical career living in the seaside town until he left the Kent coast in favour of France.
The Libertines frontman now lives in Normandy with his wife Katia De Vidas, but popped back to perform the intimate gig in Margate on Wednesday, August 17. They performed a range of their classic tunes at the Oval Bandstand, then moving to the Albion Rooms hotel for an after party.
Those familiar with Margate will know that The Albion Rooms is owned by the band. In 2017 they bought a five-storey Victorian terrace house with a plan to renovate it and turn it into a studio and hotel. It took three years to transform the building and it opened in 2020 as The Albion Rooms.
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Pete opened up about the hotel venture in an interview with The Guardian, he said: "Carl found this gaff and said they were not going to pay me for a certain amount of gigs and then I was going to have a sixth share. It's been the saving of me.
"It was a dream having a place where I didn't have to worry about rent for the first time. Just having a roof over my head, not having a gun to my head with the threat of eviction."
The 43-year-old overcame drug addiction and left his old life behind him to create new one in the France, he and his wife Katia, who married in 2021, are often pictured walking their dogs in the idyllic countryside. He has said in a recent interview that he credits the remote location in France as keeping him clean.
The singer was born in Hexham, Northumberland and was named after his dad, Peter John Doherty, a major in the Royal Signals. The star spent his childhood moving around - growing up at a number of army garrisons across Britain and Europe, with his sisters, AmyJo and Emily.
It was while living in Dorset, aged 11, that Pete began playing guitar. At the time, he took up the hobby with the sole aim of impressing a female classmate, but it proved to be a good move as it led to a successful career in music for Pete.
He was an over-achiever at school, gaining 11 GCSEs, seven of which were A* grades. After completing his A-Levels, he moved to his grandmother's flat in London and got a job filling graves in Willesden Cemetery, although he said he spent most of his time reading and writing while sitting on gravestones.
Following his stint as a grave-filler, the musician earned a place to study English Literature at Queen Mary University in London, but unfortunately left the course after just a year. However, after dropping out of university, Pete moved into a flat in London with fellow musician Carl Barât, a classmate of his older sisters' at Brunel University, who would later become his fellow frontman in The Libertines.
The Libertines continue to entertain audiences with their signature sound and have this year played at Glastonbury and the Ovo Arena, Wembley.
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This stunning waterfall on Ramsgate seafront is a popular attraction in the seaside town, catching the attention tourists and photographers alike. The man-made feature in Madeira Walk is built amidst rocky pathways that date all the way back to 1893.
At that time, the borough council of Ramsgate decided to welcome new visitors to their town by changing its appearance from that of a busy fishing port to one with picturesque gardens and promenades. One of the first stages of their plan was to create a new road to wind up from the harbour to the East Cliff, to be called Madeira Walk.
They engaged James Pulham and Son to make it look as if it had been cut through a steep gorge, with rocky 'cliffs' on either side - and the results were quite spectacular. They built stratified Pulhamite 'rocks', shoring up the steep banks of the gorge, leading up to a balustraded terrace – bordering the old Albion Road – at the top, and included an artificial cascade halfway up.
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Though Madeira Walk is well known among those who live on the isle, the presence of the stunning man made waterfall comes as a surprise to a lot of visitors. You can incorporate a visit to the waterfall as part of the Thanet Coastal Walk.
A map for this walk can be found here.
Last year the waterfall was closed during the summer as work was needed to be carried out to repair the pump. The work was unable to take place as the pool was inhabited by newts - a protected species - and therefore work could not be carried out until the end of the breeding season in July.
KentLive has checked with Thanet District Council and the waterfall is up and running this running this summer.
In 2018 the Friends of Ramsgate Seafront and the district council installed the stunning display of 8,000 poppies around the fountain on November 1, which were hand-knitted by members of the local Crafty Poppies group. But the solemn project, created to coordinate with the 100 year anniversary of the Armistice, was spoiled by an ill-timed prank causing it to fill with bubbles and foam.
Pranksters have been putting soap or washing up liquid into the Madeira Walk fountain for decades, and the practice creates fierce debate. While some believe it is just harmless fun, others are concerned the soap can harm the wildlife who live in and around the fountain.
One thing is for certain though, the Madeira Walk waterfall is probably one of the most breathtaking sights in Kent - and we wouldn't want to be without it.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invicti Security - an application security leader for over 15 years - was named to the Inc. 5000 list. In its first year on the list, Invicti was ranked at #2287 overall, #216 in Texas, #62 in Austin, and #311 in software.
The Inc. 5000 is a prestigious award highlighting the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. This list is a hallmark of entrepreneurial success for some of the biggest household names and ranks companies based on three consecutive year growth rates.
"There are millions of web applications powering the world we live in and with more than 40% of all data breaches stemming from attacks on web apps,1 robust application security programs are a necessity for organizations," said Michael George, CEO of Invicti Security. "The 256% growth we've experienced over the most recent three years reflects the global need for appsec program sophistication, the skills and commitment of our team, and the quality and accuracy of our solutions. I'm very proud of how far we've come and excited for what the future holds."
Invicti provides the market's best dynamic application security testing (DAST) solution by bringing together the power of Acunetix and Netsparker. It enables its customers to discover their full application landscape, continuously test for vulnerabilities and prioritize fixes. Accurate, scalable, and integrated into application development processes, its DAST capabilities provide the critical element of any successful appsec program and overall cybersecurity posture. Delivering on its commitment to providing the most accurate application security with zero noise earned Invicti the highly coveted Challenger position in Gartner's Magic Quadrant earlier this year.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Invicti Security - which acquired and combined respective DAST leaders Acunetix and Netsparker - is transforming the way web applications are secured. An AppSec leader for more than 15 years, Invicti enables organizations in every industry to continuously scan and secure all of their web applications and APIs at the speed of innovation. Invicti provides a comprehensive view of an organization's entire web application portfolio, and powerful automation and integrations enable customers to achieve broad coverage of thousands of applications. Invicti is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and serves more than 3,600 organizations of all sizes in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyses company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Proudly Made in The USA with global materials, LENOX® launches new application-based reciprocating saw blades and line up of sub-brands for metal, wood, plastic and demolition applications
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LENOX®, a Stanley Black & Decker brand and leader in power tool accessories, is redefining performance levels in the bi-metal reciprocating category with the introduction of its new WAVE EDGE™ reciprocating saw blade technology, a revolutionary new tooth form design delivering up to 50% longer blade life for select models*.
"LENOX is committed to developing innovative products and designs such as WAVE EDGE™ for customers who expect superior-performing tools and accessories," said Matt Savarino, Director of Product Management. "After connecting with our customers - the contractors, plumbers and other tradespeople who help make our world – we created a product design that helps deliver a longer blade life for peak on-the-job performance."
In addition to launching the new WAVE EDGE™ design, LENOX also introduced four new application-based reciprocating saw blade sub-brands, all of which blades are proudly made in the USA with global materials:
- METALWOLF™: Ideal for making quick cuts through a range of metal types and gauges
- MULTIWOLF™: Designed for making quick, clean cuts in metal, wood and plastic
- DEMOWOLF™: Engineered for rigorous demolition applications
- LUMBERWOLF™: Ideal for cutting through dense wood with nails
LENOX WAVE EDGE™ technology is featured across all models of MULTIWOLF™ and select METALWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ models. Additionally, LENOX RAPID PLUNGE™ technology is being extended to select LUMBERWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ reciprocating saw blades**. RAPID PLUNGE™ allows users to plunge cut with ease due to the blade tips' unique design for easy, quick and clean plunge cutting.
LENOX WAVE EDGE™ and RAPID PLUNGE™ products are now available in stores and online where LENOX products are sold. To learn more about these products and the entire line of LENOX tools and solutions, visit here.
* This claim applies to MULTIWOLF™ and select METALWOLF™ and DEMOWOLF™ models - vs. prior LENOX generation. Go to www.Lenox.com for qualifying models.
** Applies to DEMOWOLF™ and LUMBERWOLF™ blade models except for 950R, 960R, 1250R, 634R and 676RC.
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Feed your appetite for excellence with superior-performing tools and accessories. LENOX® blades deliver high performance and are designed to cut through the most demanding materials. With over a century of cutting expertise and category breakthroughs, LENOX has become a gold standard in power tool accessories, hand tools and band saw blades, helping users deliver work that is sure to stand out and be recognized on the job. LENOX is Always Hungry™ for your most demanding work.
LENOX is part of Stanley Black & Decker, an S&P 500 company and a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered fastening systems. For more information, visit www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to felony assault with a firearm charges stemming from a 2021 confrontation in Hollywood.
He is accused of drawing a gun and firing it twice in the direction of a former friend during an argument in Hollywood in November 2021. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and ordered to return to court on Nov. 2.
Los Angeles Superior Court Victoria B. Wilson ordered the rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, to stay away from the former friend.
Mayers and two other men fled after he fired the gun, police said. He was first arrested in the incident at Los Angeles International Airport on April 20, and was released on bail the same day.
A member of the Harlem hip hop collective A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky first made his mark in music with the single “Peso” in 2011. His 2013 debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as did its 2015 follow-up, “At. Long. Last. A$AP.” He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking originated a $76.825 million, floating-rate financing to entities associated with Denholtz Properties to finance the acquisition of Overall Creek, a 384-unit, Class A multifamily property located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.
The property was constructed in 2020 and is a three-story, luxury, garden style apartment consisting of 384 market rate units with various floor plans ranging from one, two and three bedrooms, with an average unit size of 1,057 square feet.
The property features an amenity package that includes a well-equipped fitness center, a resort-style pool, a club house, a courtyard, outdoor gas grills, fire-pit, dog park, car wash, a hydro-massage room, tanning bed, business center and on-site maintenance staff.
The property is located in close proximity to the intersection of I-840 and I-24, providing access to downtown Nashville in less than 30 minutes.
The Nashville metro area population increased over 20% since 2010, according the 2020 U.S. Census.
Denholtz Properties is a privately held, vertically integrated commercial real estate investment and development company with a diversified portfolio of assets in strategic markets. Based in Red Bank, New Jersey with a regional headquarters in Orlando, Florida, the firm specialize in the acquisition and development of ground-up multifamily, industrial/flex and office properties.
The financing was arranged by Jon Mikula, Michael Klein, Ryan Carroll and Salvatore Buzzerio of JLL's New Jersey office.
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.
Our teams of experts in 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. We are committed to supporting the environmental transition by aligning our financing balance sheet with a +1.5°C trajectory by 2050.
As part of the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group's financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A, Moody's: A1, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana’s wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said Wednesday.
“Louisiana was largely written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles decades ago, but this determination demonstrates why barrier island restoration is so important,” Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority, said in a news release.
Crews monitoring the Chandeleur Islands — a chain 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of New Orleans — to help design a restoration project found tracks of females going to and from nests and of hatchlings leaving a nest.
The first tracks were found by a crew surveying birds “before the sea turtle nesting season really kicked off,” said Matthew Weigel, coastal resources scientist manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
After that crew brought back a photo of a sea turtle “crawl,” the two agencies began weekly flights over the island to look for more. Weigel said he and Todd Baker of the restoration agency were walking between two that they’d sighted from the plane on July 29 when they stumbled on hatchling tracks on the beach.
“There was some high-fiving going on,” he said. They followed those tracks back to a nest they hadn’t known about. There, they found two tiny, newly emerged turtles, which they followed back to the beach.
Weigel said aerial surveys found 52 sets of tracks that experts identified as Kemp’s ridley, though some were “false crawls” where no nest was made.
“The endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle has returned to nest on the Chandeleur Islands, highlighting the need to protect this sensitive habitat so it can continue to be home to ocean and coastal wildlife in the future,” said Beth Lowell, vice president for the United States of the environmental nonprofit Oceana.
The Louisiana agencies said threatened loggerhead sea turtles also are nesting on the Chandeleurs, which are part of the nation’s second-oldest national wildlife refuge, called Breton National Wildlife Refuge.
Loggerhead nests found in 2015 on Grand Isle — roughly 70 miles (112 kilometers) southwest of the Chandeleurs — were the first confirmed sea turtle nests in Louisiana in more than 30 years, according to the statement.
All six sea turtle species found in U.S. waters are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Tens of thousands of Kemp’s ridleys, which grow to about 2 feet (0.6 meter) long, once nested in Mexico, but in the 1980s a low of only about 250 did so, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wednesday’s announcement came less than two weeks after officials reported the first sea turtle nest since 2018 on Mississippi’s mainland.
That location in Pass Christian Harbor is roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of the Chandeleurs, the easternmost part of Louisiana. The chain has been eaten away by erosion, tropical storms including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the BP oil spill in 2010.
The two agencies have been closely monitoring the islands since May as part of work to restore the islands using oil spill money.
The discovery of nesting sea turtles will help ensure sea turtle nesting habitat is preserved and improved, officials said.
Most Kemp’s ridley nests are along the western Gulf of Mexico, 95% of them in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, according to NOAA. “Occasional nesting has been documented in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama,” according to its website about the species.
Juvenile Kemp’s ridleys feed in Louisiana’s estuaries. Many species of sea turtles gather around the Chandeleur Islands, feeding in and around the state’s only marine seagrass meadows, the news release said.
“It is well known that the Chandeleur Islands provide key habitats for a host of important species; however, with the recent discovery of a successful Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatching, the islands’ value to the region has been elevated,” Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet said.
Additional nests may be discovered on the Chandeleur Islands as monitoring continues and hatchlings emerge, the news release said. The nesting season peaks in June and July, and eggs take 50 to 60 days to hatch, it said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-nests-1st-in-75-years-in-louisiana/ | 2022-08-18T16:00:33Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-nests-1st-in-75-years-in-louisiana/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 40 |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana’s wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said Wednesday.
“Louisiana was largely written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles decades ago, but this determination demonstrates why barrier island restoration is so important,” Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority, said in a news release.
Crews monitoring the Chandeleur Islands — a chain 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of New Orleans — to help design a restoration project found tracks of females going to and from nests and of hatchlings leaving a nest.
The first tracks were found by a crew surveying birds “before the sea turtle nesting season really kicked off,” said Matthew Weigel, coastal resources scientist manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
After that crew brought back a photo of a sea turtle “crawl,” the two agencies began weekly flights over the island to look for more. Weigel said he and Todd Baker of the restoration agency were walking between two that they’d sighted from the plane on July 29 when they stumbled on hatchling tracks on the beach.
“There was some high-fiving going on,” he said. They followed those tracks back to a nest they hadn’t known about. There, they found two tiny, newly emerged turtles, which they followed back to the beach.
Weigel said aerial surveys found 52 sets of tracks that experts identified as Kemp’s ridley, though some were “false crawls” where no nest was made.
“The endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle has returned to nest on the Chandeleur Islands, highlighting the need to protect this sensitive habitat so it can continue to be home to ocean and coastal wildlife in the future,” said Beth Lowell, vice president for the United States of the environmental nonprofit Oceana.
The Louisiana agencies said threatened loggerhead sea turtles also are nesting on the Chandeleurs, which are part of the nation’s second-oldest national wildlife refuge, called Breton National Wildlife Refuge.
Loggerhead nests found in 2015 on Grand Isle — roughly 70 miles (112 kilometers) southwest of the Chandeleurs — were the first confirmed sea turtle nests in Louisiana in more than 30 years, according to the statement.
All six sea turtle species found in U.S. waters are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Tens of thousands of Kemp’s ridleys, which grow to about 2 feet (0.6 meter) long, once nested in Mexico, but in the 1980s a low of only about 250 did so, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wednesday’s announcement came less than two weeks after officials reported the first sea turtle nest since 2018 on Mississippi’s mainland.
That location in Pass Christian Harbor is roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of the Chandeleurs, the easternmost part of Louisiana. The chain has been eaten away by erosion, tropical storms including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the BP oil spill in 2010.
The two agencies have been closely monitoring the islands since May as part of work to restore the islands using oil spill money.
The discovery of nesting sea turtles will help ensure sea turtle nesting habitat is preserved and improved, officials said.
Most Kemp’s ridley nests are along the western Gulf of Mexico, 95% of them in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, according to NOAA. “Occasional nesting has been documented in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama,” according to its website about the species.
Juvenile Kemp’s ridleys feed in Louisiana’s estuaries. Many species of sea turtles gather around the Chandeleur Islands, feeding in and around the state’s only marine seagrass meadows, the news release said.
“It is well known that the Chandeleur Islands provide key habitats for a host of important species; however, with the recent discovery of a successful Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatching, the islands’ value to the region has been elevated,” Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet said.
Additional nests may be discovered on the Chandeleur Islands as monitoring continues and hatchlings emerge, the news release said. The nesting season peaks in June and July, and eggs take 50 to 60 days to hatch, it said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-nests-1st-in-75-years-in-louisiana/ | 2022-08-18T16:00:33Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/ap-top-headlines/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-nests-1st-in-75-years-in-louisiana/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 40 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform.
The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users.
Using the feature, called Inspire, customers can like, save and share posts of products, and purchase items directly from the feed, according to Watchful Technologies, an Israeli-based artificial-intelligence firm that analyzes apps and has tracked the feature.
The test doesn’t mean Amazon will roll out the widget to the public in its current form — or at all. Alyssa Bronikowski, an Amazon spokesperson, declined to say if the company has plans to introduce the feature to all its customers. In a statement, Bronikowski said the company is “constantly testing new features to help make customers’ lives a little easier.”
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the test. Citing an anonymous source, the Journal also said the company is testing the feature among a small number of Amazon employees.
Amazon often experiments with new features, sometimes even targeting its tests to specific regions. Amid regulatory pressure about its private-label business, the company had been testing how to identify its brands in search results by tagging them with badges such as “Amazon brand” or “Exclusive to Amazon,” the research firm Marketplace Pulse discovered earlier this year.
In its current form, the experimental TikTok-like feed mostly shows photos, said Daniel Buchuk, a researcher with Watchful Technologies. But if the feature is rolled out, Buchuk suspects the feed will be video-heavy as Amazon sellers create content to make it more engaging for customers.
The corporate parents of Google and Facebook, the two biggest sellers in digital advertising, already have been pushing their own TikTok clones in bids to keep eyeballs glued to their services so they can continue to boost their revenue.
Google’s YouTube video service rolled a “Shorts” feature limited to clips of a minute or less last year in the U.S. after initially testing it in India during 2020. By June of this year, Google said YouTube Shorts was attracting more than 1.5 billion logged-in users each month, although analysts believe TikTok’s popularity is undercutting ad sales at the video site.
Those concerns were elevated by Google’s latest quarterly results, which revealed YouTube’s year-over-year growth in ad sales had slowed to its slowest pace since public disclosures of the site’s revenue began.
Meanwhile, Facebook now offers its own take on TikTok, a short-form video feature called Reels, on its Instagram app as well as its main social networking service, which are now operate as part of Meta Platforms. Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Reels accounted for more than 20% of the time that people spend on Instagram.
But it’s not clear that engagement is helping to drive ad sales after Meta recently reported its first year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue since Facebook went public a decade ago.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks.
The nation’s largest banks are moving away from the practice of charging exorbitant fees on what are mostly small-dollar purchases after years of public pressure. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told The Associated Press that he expects whatever residual income the bank earns from overdraft fees will come from small businesses using overdraft fees as a convenience.
BofA’s new overdraft fee policy was implemented starting in June. Moynihan said in the policy’s first two months, overdraft fee revenue declined 90% and the bank was seeing fewer instances of the fees being collected. He did not share specifics on the number of instances.
“The remaining (people that get charged overdraft fees) are business owners who are moving money around,” Moynihan said. “It’s not individuals anymore, frankly.”
Starting the middle of 2021, regional banks such as PNC and Capital One, as well as the online bank Ally, announced plans to eliminate overdraft fees or find ways to curtail them dramatically. Most of the banks said the fees largely impacted the poor and racial minorities, or that the pandemic had shown the banks they could earn big profits without charging fees on their customers, in explaining their decision.
While notable, consumer advocates considered these announcements symbolic wins, not substantial reform for the industry.
However, Bank of America’s decision in January to eliminate non-sufficient fund fees — sometimes referred to as a bounced check fee — as well as cut overdraft fees to $10 is credited with shaking up the industry. BofA for years was cited as one of the top collectors of overdraft fees and still brought in slightly more than $1 billion from such fees last year. Other banking giants such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Truist all changed their overdraft fee practices shortly after BofA’s announcement.
Overdraft fee revenues at BofA have been declining for some time as the bank took several incremental steps to cut back its reliance on fees. Roughly half of all accounts opened at BofA are now accounts that do not allow the customer to overdraft. The bank took in $1.63 billion in overdraft fee income in 2015, the first year banks were required to publicly report overdraft fee revenues to regulators.
“(BofA) is miles ahead of what Wells and Chase have done. Both of them did some reforms, we certainly applaud those changes, but they are still charging the $35 fee,” said Mike Calhoun, head of the Center for Responsible Lending and a long-time critic of overdraft fee practices. Calhoun sits on an advisory board that includes several other consumer advocacy groups that advised BofA on the changes.
But regulators and researchers have taken note of the overall industrywide decline in overdraft fee revenues since the pandemic. In a July report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau researchers found that “industry changes in overdraft program settings and in other checking account policies are making meaningful difference in the amount consumers incur in various fees.”
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — A moth with 10-inch wings that is most commonly found in the tropical forests of Asia was discovered on a homeowner's garage in Bellevue, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA).
Washington entomologists have now turned to the public for help to get more information about this sighting. They want to determine whether this is a one-time escapee or if there is now an atlas moth population in the state.
Anyone who thinks they spotted an atlas moth is urged to take a picture of it and send it to pestprogram@agr.wa.gov for identification.
The atlas moth does not pose a public health threat, so they can be safely photographed, handled and collected.
There have been no reports of atlas moths anywhere else in the country. However, if someone thinks they've seen it outside of Washington, they are also urged to take a picture of it, note the location, then report it to the State Plant Regulatory Official or State Plant Health Director in their state.
The moth was initially discovered on July 7, then officially identified by a University of Washington professor on July 27.
WSDA managing entomologist Sven Spichiger said he hopes the public will help with the research.
“This is a ‘gee-whiz’ type of insect because it is so large,” Spichiger said. “Even if you aren’t on the lookout for insects, this is the type that people get their phones out and take a picture of – they are that striking.”
There are some moth species that look similar to the atlas moth, according to WSDA. The main indicator will be the large size of the moth.
August also happens to be National Tree Check Month. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and WSDA encourage Washington residents to check their trees, water features and other outdoor fixtures this month for invasive pests.
In addition to the atlas moth, they say people should look for:
- Asian Longhorned Beetle: This wood-boring beetle attacks many hardwood trees, including maples, birches and willows.
- Asian Spongy Moth: Formerly known as the Asian gypsy moth, these insects lay dark brown egg masses on everything from tree trunks to lawn furniture. Many tree species are hosts to this insect, which can completely defoliate trees.
- Emerald Ash Borer: This small, green, wood-boring beetle is one of the most destructive forest pests in the U.S. Oregon confirmed the first sighting of this insect in the Pacific Northwest earlier this summer.
- Sooty Bark Disease: There have been recent confirmed outbreaks from Bellingham to Olympia. Host trees include bigleaf maple, red maple, sycamore maple, and horse chestnut.
- Spotted Lanternfly: This insect feeds on sap from many tree species, including those that grow fruits such as apples, cherries, grapes and plums. It also feeds on hops. | https://www.krem.com/article/life/animals/largest-atlas-moth-bellevue/281-01a642c7-364a-4415-a8d3-cac4c45ae2ff | 2022-08-18T16:00:59Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/life/animals/largest-atlas-moth-bellevue/281-01a642c7-364a-4415-a8d3-cac4c45ae2ff | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
IDAHO, USA —
On Wednesday, the Idaho State Board of Education announced applications for the Empowering Parents grant will be available to Idaho families in mid-September.
Eligible parents or guardians will be able to use the funds to purchase education-related resources and services such as computer hardware and software, instructional materials, and tutoring services from the Empowering Parents online marketplace.
“The empowering parents grant program is modeled after an earlier version of the program that was initiated in 2020, called strong families, strong students,” said Mike Keckler, the Chief Communications and Legislative Affairs Officer for the Idaho State Board of Education.
Students in kindergarten through 12th grade and attend Idaho public and private schools, or those who are homeschooled, are all eligible.
The program provides $1,000 per student and a maximum of $3,000 per family.
The grants will be prioritized for households with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) at or below $60,000 per year. After the first phase of awards have been given, the limit will be increased to families with an AGI up to $75,000 per year. Once the second phase is complete, and if grant funds are still available, the program will be available to all eligible students and families.
“The purpose of this is to help families help their students, particularly with learning loss, we know that a lot of students fell behind as a result of the pandemic and we're hoping that these resources will help parents in their efforts to bring their students back up to where they should be and get them back on track,” Keckler said.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Come hail, heat, or the pandemic, Courage to Grow Farms has been able to weather any situation. Last week hail ravaged the farm, forcing it to move to its next location.
Shanese Dunigan and Phillip Moore started Courage to Grow Farm with just a bit of land.
“In 2019, we started with four plots around town given to us by members from the city council and family and friends,” Dunigan said.
The idea to implement this type of farming came from Curtis Stone's book called 'The Urban Farmer.' The book focuses on intensive farming techniques.
"So, the book taught us how to farm on a small scale with a little bit of land,” Dunigan said. “Something called high-intensity crop rotation. This means we can grow a lot of food if we continuously crop. We crop eight times where a normal farmer would farm normally two.”
With just four plots, these farmers were able to harvest thousands of pounds of veggies. They were so successful they planned on taking the farm on the road to teach other farmers how to do the same.
But then the pandemic hit.
The farmers had to think outside the box to bring their produce to the community and that is how veggie bags were born.
“We got 20-year-olds who buy our packages all the way to, you know, 80-year-olds,” Moore said.
Christine Burns is one of 60 loyal customers. She loves the products so much that she posts about them on her social media account. She says as an entrepreneur who is always on the go, this concept has been a blessing.
“It's so lovely,” Burns said. “And honestly, it just made me look forward to Wednesdays that's drop-off day. I happen to pick up from a location in Spokane. It's super nice. I can just walk over there, pick up my veggies, take them home, and then treat myself to an amazing salad with farm-fresh veggies.”
The membership costs $900 for 20 weeks.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the U.S. economy was weakening at their last meeting but still called inflation “unacceptably high’’ before raising their benchmark interest rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point in their drive to slow spiking prices.
In minutes from their July 26-27 meeting released Wednesday, the policymakers said they expected the economy to expand in the second half of 2022. But many of them suggested that growth would weaken as higher rates take hold. The officials noted that the housing market, consumer spending, business investment and factory production had decelerated after having expanded robustly in 2021.
Slower growth, they noted, could “set the stage’’ for inflation to gradually fall to the central bank’s 2% annual goal, though it remained “far above’’ that target. But the policymakers made clear that for now, they intend to continue raising rates enough to slow the economy.
In both June and July, the Fed sought to curb high inflation by raising its key rate by an unusually large three quarters of a percentage point twice. At their meeting last month, the policymakers said it might “become appropriate at some point to slow the pace of policy rate increases.’’
It remains unclear whether the Fed will announce yet another three-quarter-point rate hike when it next meets Sept. 20-21 or instead impose a more modest half-point hike then. Since the Fed’s meeting three weeks ago, the economy has sent mixed signals — unexpectedly strong hiring, a deterioration in the housing market and a surprising drop in inflation. Before the policymakers reconvene in September, they will see another monthly jobs report and another monthly report on consumer prices.
The minutes of the July meeting “suggest the Fed will remain on a tightening path, but there are signs some officials are getting a little nervous that they could end up going too hard and may need to reverse course eventually,″ said James Knightley, chief international economist at the financial firm ING.
Compounding the challenge for the central bank is that it was slow to respond to a resurgence of inflation in the spring of 2021 as the economy roared back from the 2020 pandemic recession. For many months, Chair Jerome Powell characterized high inflation as “transitory,” mainly a result of supply chain backlogs that would soon unsnarl and ease inflationary pressure. They didn’t, and year-over-year inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in June before edging lower last month.
So the Fed has had to play catch-up with a series of sharp rate increases. It raised its benchmark rate in March and again in May, June and July. Those moves have raised the central bank’s key rate, which influences many consumer and business loans, from near zero to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%, the highest since 2018.
Powell has said the Fed will do what it will take to tame inflation, and more rate hikes are expected. But many economists worry that the Fed will end up overdoing it in the other direction by tightening credit so much as to trigger a recession.
Concerns about a potential recession have been eased, for now, by the ongoing strength of the job market. Employers added a robust 528,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate has hit 3.5%, matching a half-century low that was reached just before the pandemic erupted in 2020.
In the minutes released Wednesday, the Fed’s policymakers acknowledged the strength of the job market. But they also noted that hiring tends to be a lagging indicator of the economy’s health. And they pointed to signs that the job market might be cooling, including an increase in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits, a drop in Americans quitting their jobs and a reduction in job openings. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/fed-saw-evidence-of-a-slowing-economy-at-its-last-meeting/ | 2022-08-18T16:01:16Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/fed-saw-evidence-of-a-slowing-economy-at-its-last-meeting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A new interactive model predicts that the heat waves we've seen in the Pacific Northwest over the past several years are not going away — in fact, they're going to get progressively worse year after year.
To help show us what's coming, a nonprofit created a tool called "Risk Factor." It allows people to get an educated guess on how heat, floods and fires will likely affect their homes within the next 30 years. It even includes how much we may have to spend on heating and cooling bills within that 30-year window.
The tool works like this: Input your address, and Risk Factor will tell you if your location is most likely to face flood, fire or heat risks in the next 30 years.
For example, KGW's studio is just on the edge of the Goose Hollow neighborhood in Portland. Risk Factor predicts that we'll likely see an impact from heat, doubling the number of days above 91 degrees within the next 30 years.
Heading east to Pendleton, all three factors — heat, flood and fire — are expected to make an impact. The address we used has a very small chance of wildfire impacting it this year, just 0.21%, but that percentage is expected to grow each year. Eventually that home will have an 8.5% chance of seeing a wildfire at least once over the life of a 30-year mortgage.
If we go even further east to the town of Wallowa, flooding is expected to be the biggest risk factor. We chose a random property off Highway 82, right next to the river. That home could see flood waters as deep as 8 feet during a major flood. In the next 30 years, the tool predicts that amount will rise by 6 more inches — spreading to more homes and neighborhoods. Even though the change sounds small, just one inch of flooding in your home can cause major damage to the structure, and of course, your belongings.
Jeremy Porter, chief researcher at First Street Foundation, helped create the risk map. We wanted to know why this specific tool matters to Oregonians. Porter said that they wanted to create a more impactful and easy-to-digest map for understanding climate change within the next three decades, rather than trying to look 100 years into the future. Regardless, he said, the heat is coming.
"On the Western half of the country, the temperatures are a little bit lower, but we do see what are called 'local hot day,'" Porter said. "Heat waves happen [at a] higher probability ... the Weather Service actually calls those local heat waves, 'lethal extreme heat events' because of the fact that people aren't acclimated to the temperatures. And what we saw in Portland last year, what we've seen in Seattle this year and last year are really the same — that sort of 'local hot day' heat wave effect. And in the Western part of the country, we actually see a high, the highest probability, of those heat waves relative to the rest of the country."
There's no denying how dangerous these stretches of heat can be. Nearly 100 people died statewide during the 2021 heat dome event. Upwards of a dozen people died during the milder heat wave this summer.
"The National Weather Service actually calls heat and extreme heat exposure the deadliest, or one of the most lethal climate perils. And it is because of that prolonged exposure to extreme heat events ... that have enormous health implications," Porter continued. "It only takes us getting to 80-degree health index where — or heat index — where people start to respond with dehydration and fatigue, heat cramps. If you go into the 90-degree and 100-degree thresholds, and you're starting to get in the heat stroke level. So people that are outside all day long, they're generally exposed to even higher temperatures than what we see on the heat index, because they're working oftentimes on concrete and in places that tend to be hotter, or on roofs or doing construction, and those types of things where they bear the brunt of the heat exposure."
Beyond the direct health impacts, Northwest infrastructure at the local, state and even federal level was built for the weather we've all been "used to." Porter explained that the increase in power usage for things like air conditioning units could also affect us on a larger scale.
"Some people may have air conditioners. The further north you go, the less and less likely you are to have people that actually even have air conditioners," Porter said. "So there's this chance of a prolonged exposure to extreme heat events without actually having protections from things — like in the south, air conditioning is ubiquitous, everywhere you go air there's air conditioning on and it's there to protect people in those areas from that extreme heat exposure. In places where that doesn't exist, there's both a lack of personal protection from having access to air conditioning, but there's also problems with the infrastructure grids, which are built to supply energy for a certain level of cooling degree days, which is the industry standard for how hard and how often air conditioners have to run during extreme heat events. If it gets warmer, the grid itself may not be able to keep up with the power load and you may see brownouts, you may even see blackouts in the worst-case scenarios. So there is, there is some concern over those areas where they're just not acclimated to that type of extreme heat event." | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/heat-fire-flood-threat-next-30-years-risk-factor/283-307a4767-a183-4247-9452-c912c2b4bb0b | 2022-08-18T16:01:18Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/heat-fire-flood-threat-next-30-years-risk-factor/283-307a4767-a183-4247-9452-c912c2b4bb0b | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEATTLE — Editor's note: The above video on Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price being charged with assault originally aired on April 21, 2022.
Seattle CEO Dan Price, who became famous for cutting his own salary to raise his employees' pay, resigned from his company Gravity Payments amid claims he assaulted a woman and drove recklessly with her in the car.
Price pleaded not guilty to one charge of misdemeanor assault and one charge of reckless driving related to the incident in May. A harassment no-contact order was also issued.
In an email to employees that Price tweeted, he said his presence at the company had become a distraction and he was leaving to "focus full time on fighting false accusations made against me."
Chief operating officer of Gravity Payments Tammi Kroll will take over as CEO of the company.
According to the police report, a 26-year-old woman met with Price in January after they exchanged messages on Instagram. The woman told police she met with Price after he told her he wanted to talk about "professional matters" in person.
The woman allegedly met with Price at a restaurant downtown on the night of Jan. 20. The woman told police Price got "very drunk" at the restaurant, according to documents.
The woman attempted to order an Uber, and Price suggested waiting in his Tesla until it arrived. Once inside his car, Price allegedly attempted to force a kiss on the woman and grabbed her throat when she pushed him away. Documents say the woman told police he became "incredibly angry," and his demeanor completely changed.
According to documents, Price then drove the woman to a North Seattle parking lot and did "donuts" with his car before attempting to kiss her again.
Price's attorney, Mark Middaugh, called the allegations "absolutely false" after Price was initially charged, adding they have evidence that contradicts details of the police report and raises "serious doubts about the complainant's credibility." | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-ceo-dan-price-resigns-assault-allegations-gravity-payments/281-21eb62fa-a85a-4fa7-8735-1475d04998b4 | 2022-08-18T16:01:24Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-ceo-dan-price-resigns-assault-allegations-gravity-payments/281-21eb62fa-a85a-4fa7-8735-1475d04998b4 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEATTLE — For the first time in Washington state, a new pub is expected to open by the end of the year dedicated to showcasing women's sports.
"We don't have a place like Rough & Tumble that prioritizes women's sports anywhere in Seattle, anywhere in the state and so we're here to change that," said Jen Barnes, the owner and CEO of Rough & Tumble Pub.
Barnes is the owner of this soon-to-be one-of-a-kind pub, which is expected to open later this year, along Ballard Avenue in Seattle.
"I hope that everybody who comes in gets to experience women's sports and have that feeling of excitement that you get, that bonding experience that you get when you're watching sports together, you just can't have that in your living room," said Barnes.
As an avid sports fan, especially for women's sports, she's spent a lot of nights in her living room watching games, including last November when she was hoping to go out to watch her beloved OL Reign play in the semi-finals.
"I started calling around and literally no one was playing the game and it was just astonishing," said Barnes.
Barnes said 50 percent of sports fans are women and 84 percent regardless of gender are interested in watching women's sports. So, the need is there, for a pub like Rough and Tumble, which hopes to also inspire younger fans.
"We want little girls to see themselves represented on the screen because if little girls see that it's possible to be a professional athlete, it will increase the chances that they will become one," said Barnes.
The first-ever women's sports bar, The Sports Bra, opened earlier this year in Portland. Barnes is optimistic that was just the start to leveling the playing field.
"There is one other bar in the entire world that prioritizes women sports, we will be the second in the world, we're really proud of that, but we really hope, this is not the first, the second of the last," said Barnes.
Barnes said the pub will also show other local professional sports teams like the Mariners, Sounders and the Seahawks. She wouldn’t disclose the exact location of the pub but said an announcement should be coming in the coming weeks. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/seattle/washington-womens-sports-pub-opening-ballard/281-019ba2dd-e767-4596-8779-94df2ec0b283 | 2022-08-18T16:01:31Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/seattle/washington-womens-sports-pub-opening-ballard/281-019ba2dd-e767-4596-8779-94df2ec0b283 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers' attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform.
The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users.
Using the feature, called Inspire, customers can like, save and share posts of products, and purchase items directly from the feed, according to Watchful Technologies, an Israeli-based artificial-intelligence firm that analyzes apps and has tracked the feature.
The test doesn’t mean Amazon will roll out the widget to the public in its current form — or at all. Alyssa Bronikowski, an Amazon spokesperson, declined to say if the company has plans to introduce the feature to all its customers. In a statement, Bronikowski said the company is “constantly testing new features to help make customers’ lives a little easier.”
The Wall Street Journal first reported on the test. Citing an anonymous source, the Journal also said the company is testing the feature among a small number of Amazon employees.
Amazon often experiments with new features, sometimes even targeting its tests to specific regions. Amid regulatory pressure about its private-label business, the company had been testing how to identify its brands in search results by tagging them with badges such as “Amazon brand” or “Exclusive to Amazon," the research firm Marketplace Pulse discovered earlier this year.
In its current form, the experimental TikTok-like feed mostly shows photos, said Daniel Buchuk, a researcher with Watchful Technologies. But if the feature is rolled out, Buchuk suspects the feed will be video-heavy as Amazon sellers create content to make it more engaging for customers.
The corporate parents of Google and Facebook, the two biggest sellers in digital advertising, already have been pushing their own TikTok clones in bids to keep eyeballs glued to their services so they can continue to boost their revenue.
Google’s YouTube video service rolled a “Shorts” feature limited to clips of a minute or less last year in the U.S. after initially testing it in India during 2020. By June of this year, Google said YouTube Shorts was attracting more than 1.5 billion logged-in users each month, although analysts believe TikTok’s popularity is undercutting ad sales at the video site.
Those concerns were elevated by Google’s latest quarterly results, which revealed YouTube’s year-over-year growth in ad sales had slowed to its slowest pace since public disclosures of the site’s revenue began.
Meanwhile, Facebook now offers its own take on TikTok, a short-form video feature called Reels, on its Instagram app as well as its main social networking service, which are now operate as part of Meta Platforms. Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Reels accounted for more than 20% of the time that people spend on Instagram.
But it’s not clear that engagement is helping to drive ad sales after Meta recently reported its first year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue since Facebook went public a decade ago. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/amazon-tests-new-tiktok-style-feature-on-feed/507-e76791a9-5da8-4b98-8918-2c3e19fa6049 | 2022-08-18T16:01:43Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/amazon-tests-new-tiktok-style-feature-on-feed/507-e76791a9-5da8-4b98-8918-2c3e19fa6049 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BBBY, PLUG, UBX, EAR, and FUBO.
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WASHINGTON — Dodge's gas-guzzler muscle cars, the Challenger and Charger, had a signature roar. Now its reimagined electric vehicle will be as loud as those that came before it.
On Wednesday, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis showcased the concept for its future Charger Daytona SRT, which is all electric. After announcing the carmaker will be discontinuing its gas-powered muscle cars, enthusiasts were left wondering how the car will be different.
"We think we're going to bring a car to market that customers didn't see coming," Kuniskis said in the presentation. "But they're definitely going to hear this one coming."
The concept car made its debut at the presentation with a loud thrum that can go up to 126 decibels, according to Dodge. This is a stark contrast to most electric cars on the market, which are traditionally quiet.
Dodge also announced the future muscle car will have a multi-speed transmission, unlike the traditional single-speed transmissions in other electric vehicles. Dodge intends to emulate the experiences and sensations of its traditional muscle cars with its redesign.
Kuniskis didn't mention how much the car will cost when it does go on sale in 2024.
On Monday, Dodge revealed it will be waving goodbye to its iconic muscle cars in a big way. The 2023 Charger and Challenger special edition models will all bear a "Last Call" plaque under the hood of the vehicle to commemorate its history.
“We are celebrating the end of an era — and the start of a bright new electrified future — by staying true to our brand,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer, in the press release.
Six of the seven "heritage models" will bridge a connection to past models of the muscle cars, according to the announcement. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-unveils-concept-for-new-electric-charger/507-eb5edae2-9672-4fb4-b54c-356c9d8b38c5 | 2022-08-18T16:01:49Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/dodge-unveils-concept-for-new-electric-charger/507-eb5edae2-9672-4fb4-b54c-356c9d8b38c5 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ENDP, FCEL, SAVA, CDAK, and TEVA.
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DALLAS (AP) — The federal government is suing SkyWest Airlines on behalf of a former employee who says co-workers sexually harassed her, including asking her for sex and making explicit comments about rape in her presence.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that SkyWest discriminated against the woman by subjecting her to a hostile work environment and retaliating when she complained. She eventually quit.
SkyWest said it holds employees to high standards.
“While it is our policy to not comment on pending litigation, we have zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment of any kind and have established processes in place to follow up on any reported concerns,” the airline said in a statement.
The EEOC sued in federal district court in Dallas and asked that the woman receive back pay and punitive damages to be determined by a trial.
The agency said the woman joined Utah-based SkyWest in 2007, and the harassment started after she transferred to the airline’s parts and maintenance operation at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in 2019, including comments by the maintenance supervisor. She told another supervisor that she “felt singled out as … a young woman in a building full of men.”
The harassment caused the woman to take unpaid medical leave for about six weeks, and it continued when she returned. She was placed on administrative leave after filing a complaint with the airline’s human-resources department, according to the lawsuit.
Some of the woman’s co-workers corroborated her claims during an internal investigation, and an employee-relations manager recommended mandatory sexual-harassment training for all employees, the EEOC said. Five months later, in May 2020, after getting no update on the investigation, the woman resigned.
SkyWest is a regional airline that operates flights for bigger carriers including American Airlines. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/us-says-skywest-employee-subjected-to-sexual-harassment/ | 2022-08-18T16:01:59Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/us-says-skywest-employee-subjected-to-sexual-harassment/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cops usually have a prime suspect. In this case it's a primate suspect.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office believes it was a little Capuchin monkey that called 911 from a zoo last Saturday night.
The call disconnected and dispatchers tried to call and text back but there was no response, so deputies were sent to investigate, the office said in a social media post.
The address turned out to be the Zoo to You near Paso Robles, but the deputies found that no one there made the call.
They finally deduced that a Capuchin monkey named Route had apparently picked up the zoo's cellphone, which was in a golf cart used to move about the property.
“We’re told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything and just start pushing buttons,” the office's post said. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/monkey-911-call/507-eac3e0ae-05ea-4a2f-9093-e71754212cff | 2022-08-18T16:02:01Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/monkey-911-call/507-eac3e0ae-05ea-4a2f-9093-e71754212cff | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. has recognized uLab Systems, the only orthodontic company ranked in the Health Products industry category, for the explosive growth of 832% from 2018 to 2021, thus assigning a rank within the top 20% of their annual Inc. 5000 list. The Inc. list is the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America and represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the independent business segment.
This is the first year that uLab Systems has earned placement on the Inc. 5000 list; number 12 out of all health product companies, 9 in the state of Tennessee, 2 in Memphis, and 764 of all companies listed.
"We are proud that our goal to provide innovative products for orthodontists has enabled our rapid growth and placement on this prestigious list of companies," says Amir Abolfathi, chief executive officer and co-founder. "Our recent product launches of uDesign® 7 and the uAssist™ service, along with our expansion to Australia and New Zealand are evidence that we truly want to make a difference in the global aligner market by providing a flexible and efficient product platform that empowers orthodontists to make the best clinical decisions for their patients."
uLab Systems was founded in 2015 and is the creator of the uSmile™ clear aligner system and the uDesign treatment planning software. The most recent addition of the uAssist treatment planning assistance service now allows orthodontists ultimate flexibility to treatment plan cases for their aligner patients; plan the case themselves or send it to a licensed team of orthodontists and dentists for assistance in less than 72 hours. With options for in-office printing or ordering uSmile aligners from the US manufacturing facility, combined with new treatment planning options, pay-per-aligner pricing structure, and best-in-class delivery times, uLab is the most versatile aligner platform on the market for orthodontists.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
uLab Systems is led by an experienced team of healthcare innovators helping to transform options for orthodontic practices to provide the best outcomes for their patients. uLab's mission is to advance the orthodontic industry with digital treatment planning software and aligner products that let orthodontists take back control of their treatment plans. uLab sustainably manufactures uSmile aligners in Memphis, TN, recycling over 85% of source materials. uSmile clear aligners and the uDesign software are available to all orthodontic practices in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. To learn more visit www.ulabsystems.com.
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Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were very eager to move forward and fully onboard with the plan, two key witnesses testified Wednesday.
The witnesses, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, are vital for the government’s case because they, too, were arrested but pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate.
Garbin and Franks downplayed the influence of two FBI informants who trained with the group. They didn’t know their real roles at the time but said they couldn’t recall the operatives proposing that Whitmer should be kidnapped.
“Not that I saw, no,” Garbin told jurors in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial for a second time on conspiracy charges. A jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict but acquitted two other men.
Tension between two defense lawyers and the judge emerged when the lawyers were each limited to 25 minutes to cross-examine Franks. With the jury gone for the day, Joshua Blanchard said the cap was unconstitutional, particularly because Fox and Croft face possible life sentences if convicted and there were no restrictions on prosecutors.
“This isn’t dragging on,” Blanchard said at the end of the trial’s seventh day.
“The court has been interjecting in the defense case,” he added. “It has not been interjecting in the government’s case. And it’s creating a perception, I think, among the jurors that the court has a preference for how this case ends.”
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker defended his decision, saying there was no need for certain questions to be “teed up over and over again.” He complained about the trial’s pace last week.
Earlier Wednesday, the jury heard from Garbin and Franks, who said they freely joined the conspiracy to get Whitmer and weren’t swayed by undercover FBI agents or informants.
They said they trained with Fox, Croft and others in a remote area, practicing inside a “shoot house” to simulate a kidnapping. They described how the group traveled to Elk Rapids at night to see Whitmer’s vacation home and a bridge that could be blown up to distract police during an attack.
“They were full in,” Franks testified. “Every time I spent time with them that’s what they talked about.”
Garbin offered a similar response during his turn: Fox and Croft, he said, were “very eager to continue forward with it.”
Prosecutors say the group wanted to trigger a national revolt. The government said disgust over COVID-19 restrictions inspired Fox and Croft to make kidnapping plans. Defense lawyers, however, argue that agents entrapped their clients and created the scheme.
Garbin said he and Fox were at a gun rights rally at the Michigan Capitol in June 2020, months before their arrest.
“Adam Fox had mentioned storming the Capitol building and arresting elected officials and holding them on trial for their crimes and treason,” Garbin said. “(A) particular elected official would be Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Hang her on public TV for the world to see.”
The defense questioned Garbin and Franks about their guilty pleas, getting them to acknowledge that they hoped for a break at sentencing. Garbin, whom Blanchard labeled a “snitch,” has been sentenced to six years in prison but could get a further reduction.
“Nobody has asked me to lie. They’ve only asked me to tell the truth,” Franks said.
Franks admitted that he didn’t like Fox. He also testified that he was depressed in 2020 and had hoped to be killed by police during the kidnapping. Defense attorney Christopher Gibbons doubted the story.
“You could have just stayed at your home, put on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and gotten a pistol, right?” Gibbons said of a suicide. “But you chose to do this with a plan that involved kidnapping the governor on an unknown date, a plan that doesn’t work, correct? Do you even know what the plan is when you’re up there?”
Croft, 46, is from Bear, Delaware. Fox, 39, was living in the basement of a vacuum shop in the Grand Rapids area.
Whitmer, a Democrat, has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot.
Trump recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.”
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A legal battle over abortion rights pitting one of the reddest states in the nation against the U.S. government has dozens of states and major medical associations seeking to weigh in.
Twenty states, Washington, D.C., the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and others are among those to have filed “friend of the court” briefs as of Wednesday, siding with the federal government’s claims that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates federal health care law.
“It will really place physicians in a lose-lose situation,” said Jeff Dubner, the deputy legal director for Democracy Forward, the legal team representing the coalition of medical associations.
Physicians who follow the federal law will be at risk of criminal prosecution and the loss of their medical license, said Dubner, and those who follow state law could damage patients’ health and place themselves and their hospitals at risk of federal fines or loss of funding.
The Idaho abortion ban makes performing nearly any abortion a felony, but allows physicians to defend themselves in court by showing that the procedure was necessary to save a patient’s life. The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act requires Medicaid-funded hospitals to provide “stabilizing” treatment to patients experiencing medical emergencies, and the U.S. Department of Justice says that includes some abortions.
The Justice Department sued Idaho earlier this month in federal court and asked a judge to stop the abortion ban from taking effect.
Idaho’s neighbors in Oregon and Washington were among the states that joined to file another friend-of-the court brief, saying they fear the “spillover effect” the abortion ban could create as Idaho patients with ectopic pregnancies or other emergencies are sent to hospitals in Seattle or Portland for treatment.
States that are further away, like North Carolina, point out that their own pregnant residents could be at risk of death or harm if they happen to fall ill while visiting Idaho.
“Women’s lives are at risk because politicians are trying to take away their right to get the medical care they need,” said North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein. “States are trying to ban abortions in all cases, including rape, incest and when the mother’s health is in danger. Denying women health care when their life or health is at risk violates federal law. I’m taking these actions to help North Carolinians who may need urgent care in other states as well as other women across our nation.”
Even if the federal government wins the case, it’s likely that most abortions will remain outlawed in Idaho, where three major abortion bans have been enacted in the last two years.
In court documents, the medical organizations argued that the ban’s “life of the mother” provision is too narrow to apply to real-life medical situations and fails to account for how quickly a pregnancy complication can turn deadly.
In the case of a pregnant patient with severe bleeding, “how many blood units does she have to lose? One? Two? Five?” the organizations wrote in court documents. “How fast does she have to be bleeding? Soaking through two pads an hour? Three? How low does her blood pressure need to be?”
Other professional organizations signing on to the friend-of-the-court brief include the American Medical Association, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, National Medical Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Public Health Association. The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges wrote a separate brief also supporting the Justice Department.
The states, meanwhile, pointed out in court documents that abortion bans in other states have already led to delays or denials of emergency medical care.
One patient traveled to Michigan after being denied care for an ectopic pregnancy in her home state because the fetus still had detectible cardiac activity — making an abortion potentially illegal under so-called heartbeat laws, according to the brief.
In Missouri, one hospital required special pharmacist approval to dispense medications needed to stop severe bleeding that occurred after patients gave birth, leading to delays in care. And a Wisconsin patient who was having a miscarriage was bleeding in the hospital for 10 days before the hospital would remove the fetal tissue because of confusion about the legality of the procedure, the states said.
California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington state and Washington, D.C., all signed on to the friend-of-the court brief.
Attorneys representing the state of Idaho and the Idaho Legislature have argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade gave states the right to determine if or how abortions will be handled, and that the state law, dubbed the 622 Statute, doesn’t actually present any risk to patients or providers.
“The Government’s picture of a conflict between (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act) and the 622 Statue is fabricated and false, without any foundation in fact,” attorney Daniel Bower wrote for the Legislature.
Treating an ectopic pregnancy is not actually an abortion, and so isn’t barred by the state’s ban, the Legislature contends. Abortions performed to save the life of the mother won’t be affected by the law, wrote Bower, and any other emergency abortions that might be affected are extremely rare.
When they do occur, the doctors won’t be prosecuted, Bower wrote in the brief.
“This State’s prosecuting attorneys, in the standard and ordinary exercise of their prosecutorial discretion, will not second-guess the judgments and decisions of the involved medical professionals,” Bower said.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that sued CVS, Walgreens and Walmart over the way the national pharmacy chains distributed opioids to their communities.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said in his ruling that the money will be used to the fight the opioid crisis in Lake and Trumbull counties outside Cleveland. Attorneys for the counties put the total price tag at $3.3 billion for the damage done.
The judge admonished the three companies, saying they “squandered the opportunity to present a meaningful plan to abate the nuisance” after proceedings last spring to determine what the counties were owed.
Lake County is to receive $306 million over 15 years. Trumbull County is to receive $344 million over the same period. Polster ordered the companies to immediately fork over nearly $87 million to cover the first two years of payments, but it was unclear whether they had to pay that money during their appeals.
“Today marks the start of a new day in our fight to end the opioid epidemic,” Lake County Commissioner John Hamercheck said in a statement.
A jury in November returned a verdict in favor of the counties after a six-week trial. It was then left to the judge to decide how much the counties should receive. He heard testimony in May to determine damages.
The counties convinced the jury that the pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication.
It was the first time pharmacy companies completed a trial to defend themselves in a drug crisis that has killed a half-million Americans since 1999.
The decision on damages came on the same day that attorneys general from numerous states announced they had reached an agreement with opioid maker Endo International to pay as much as $450 million over 10 years. The payments settle allegations the company used deceptive marketing practices “that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits” of opioids.
Attorneys for the pharmacy chains insisted they had policies to stem the flow of pills when pharmacists voiced concerns and would notify authorities about suspicious orders from doctors. They also said it was doctors who controlled how many pills were prescribed for legitimate medical needs, not pharmacies.
Walmart issued a statement Wednesday saying the counties “sued Walmart in search of deep pockets, and this judgment follows a trial that was engineered to favor the plaintiffs’ attorneys and was riddled with remarkable legal and factual mistakes.”
Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman said: “The facts and the law did not support the jury verdict last fall, and they do not support the court’s decision now.”
He said the court “committed significant legal errors in allowing the case to go before a jury on a flawed legal theory that is inconsistent with Ohio law and compounded those errors in reaching its ruling regarding damages.”
CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis said the company strongly disagreed with the court’s decision on damages as well as the underlying verdict.
CVS is based in Rhode Island, Walgreens in Illinois and Walmart in Arkansas.
Two chains — Rite Aid and Giant Eagle — settled lawsuits with the counties before trial. The amounts they paid have not been disclosed publicly.
Mark Lanier, an attorney for the counties, said during the trial that the pharmacies were attempting to blame everyone but themselves.
The opioid crisis has overwhelmed courts, social-service agencies and law enforcement in Ohio’s blue-collar corner east of Cleveland, leaving behind heartbroken families and babies born to addicted mothers, Lanier told jurors.
Roughly 80 million prescription painkillers were dispensed in Trumbull County alone between 2012 and 2016 — equivalent to 400 for every resident. In Lake County, some 61 million pills were distributed during that period.
Prescriptions for pain medications such as oxycodone and hydrocodone rose as medical groups began recognizing that patients have the right to be treated for pain, Kaspar Stoffelmayr, an attorney for Walgreens, said at the opening of the trial.
The problem, he said, was that “pharmaceutical manufacturers tricked doctors into writing way too many pills.”
The counties said pharmacies should be the last line of defense to prevent pills from getting into the wrong hands.
The trial was part of a broader constellation of about 3,000 federal opioid lawsuits consolidated under Polster’s supervision. Other cases are moving ahead in state courts.
Kevin Roy, chief public policy officer at Shatterproof, an organization that advocates for solutions to addiction, said in November that the verdict could lead pharmacies to follow the path of major distribution companies and some drugmakers that have reached nationwide settlements of opioid cases worth billions of dollars. So far, no pharmacy has reached a nationwide settlement.
The agreement with Ireland-based Endo calls for the $450 million to be divided between participating states and communities. It also calls for Endo to put opioid-related documents online for public viewing and pay $2.75 million in expenses to publicly archive those documents.
Endo can never again market opioids, according to the agreement. It filed Tuesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, did not respond Wednesday to telephone and email requests for comment about the agreement.
Endo produces generic opioids and name brands such as Percocet and Endocet. The company’s Opana ER opioid was withdrawn from the market in 2017.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president’s company, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization over several years, including untaxed perks like rent, car payments and school tuition.
The plea deal would require Weisselberg to speak in court Thursday about the company’s role in the alleged compensation arrangement and possibly serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges, the people said.
The two people were not authorized to speak publicly about the case and did so on condition of anonymity.
Weisselberg, 75, is likely to receive a sentence of five months in jail, to be served at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex, and he could be required to pay about $2 million in restitution, including taxes, penalties and interest, the people said. If that punishment holds, Weisselberg would be eligible for release after about 100 days.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Manhattan district attorney’s office and lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg is the only person to face criminal charges so far in the Manhattan district attorney’s long-running investigation of the company’s business practices.
Seen as one of Trump’s most loyal business associates, Weisselberg was arrested in July 2021. His lawyers have argued the Democrat-led district attorney’s office was punishing him because he wouldn’t offer information that would damage Trump.
The district attorney has also been investigating whether Trump or his company lied to banks or the government about the value of its properties to obtain loans or reduce tax bills.
Former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who started the investigation, last year directed his deputies to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump, according to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who previously led the probe.
But after Vance left office, his successor, Alvin Bragg, allowed the grand jury to disband without charges. Both prosecutors are Democrats. Bragg has said the investigation is continuing.
The Trump Organization is not involved in Weisselberg’s expected guilty plea Thursday and is scheduled to be tried in the alleged compensation scheme in October.
Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
Under state law, punishment for the most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, could carry a penalty as high as 15 years in prison. But the charge carries no mandatory minimum, and most first-time offenders in tax-related cases never end up behind bars.
The tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe. The Republican has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protectionagainst self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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Which Herschel backpack style is best?
Herschel has been making modern bags with vintage-inspired accents for over a decade. Based in Canada, Herschel creates a timeless collection of duffle bags, tote bags, crossbody bags, hip packs and backpacks.
Herschel backpacks come in a range of styles and sizes in solid colors and select prints. The designs are similar to those of hiking gear, but they have functional everyday features. The Herschel Retreat Backpack is a stylish backpack with versatile size options and stylish accents.
What to know before you buy a Herschel backpack
Construction
Herschel backpacks are usually made from canvas or ripstop nylon. Both are durable materials designed for frequent use. Ripstop nylon uses a grid pattern in the sewing to reinforce the bag against rips and tears.
All backpacks with interior tech sleeves have padding to protect laptops and tablets. Most have fleece lining, too.
Closure method
Herschel backpacks use a zipper or a drawstring closure in the main compartment.
- Zipper closures are easy to use and ensure that everything is sealed securely inside the bag. It’s considered the most convenient backpack closure method, and designers use it often.
- Drawstring closures open and close faster than zipper closures. Since a drawstring closure does not completely seal off the compartment, items can fall out of the bag if not secured well.
Size
Herschel backpacks come in mini, mid-volume, standard and extra-large sizes. The dimensions for each of these sizes depend on the style of the backpack. For example, the Herschel Classic Backpack is about 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide in the mini size and about 18 inches tall and 13 inches wide in the extra-large size.
Herschel sells backpacks for adults and children, but the only real difference is the size. Most of the backpacks geared toward adults could easily be used by children and vice versa.
What to look for in a quality Herschel backpack
Extra pockets
Even mini backpacks can fit all the essentials, and they usually sport a front-zippered pocket. This pocket is great for charging cords, hand sanitizer and other easy-to-reach items. In same vein, a water bottle pocket on the side can go a long way when you’re on the go. Exterior or interior water bottle pockets usually have an elastic string to keep the bottle snug and in place. Exterior water bottle pockets separate your bottle from any papers or tech supplies you might store inside the backpack.
Comfortable backing
Contoured shoulder straps are more comfortable than the average shoulder strap. The curves follow the natural line of the shoulder, putting less pressure on the weaker points of your body.
Air-mesh backing is also helpful since it is breathable and dries quickly. It also provides some cushioning around the contents of the backpack, so you don’t have a sharp corner of a book or laptop poking into your back.
Themed prints
Herschel backpacks are best-known for their array of timeless solid colors, but the company also releases special-edition backpacks with tie-ins to sports or pop culture.
There is an extensive line of backpacks with professional baseball and basketball team emblems. There is also a line of backpacks inspired by “The Simpsons” television series and a “Star Wars” backpack inspired by “The Mandalorian” series.
How much you can expect to spend on a Herschel backpack
Depending on the size and style, a Herschel backpack costs $40-$110 with the average price between $65-$85.
Herschel backpack FAQ
Do Herschel backpacks use real leather?
A. The leather-like straps on Herschel backpacks are not genuine leather. They are constructed from synthetic leather.
Is there a top grab handle?
A. All Herschel backpacks have a convenient carry handle on the top. Most of these handles don’t have padding.
Can you wash the backpack?
A. You can hand-wash your Hershel backpack for spot cleaning with a mild soap, but it should not go in the washing machine. Do not put your backpack in the dryer.
What’s the best Herschel backpack to buy?
Top Herschel backpack
What you need to know: Available in several sizes and colors, this canvas backpack features a drawstring closure and faux leather straps that snap shut using a magnet.
What you’ll love: It’s spacious and stylish with clean lines. There’s a padded fleece laptop sleeve inside and a front storage sleeve. The shoulder straps are padded and contoured for comfort.
What you should consider: There are no water bottle pockets.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top Herschel backpack for the money
What you need to know: Available in eight colors, this canvas backpack features zipper closures and measures 17.5 by 11.75 by 6 inches in size.
What you’ll love: The rounded top and clean lines make this backpack quite attractive. It has a 15-inch padded and fleece-lined laptop sleeve in the main compartment. There’s a rectangular front zippered pocket and a key clip. It has an extra fleece-lined compartment for sunglasses.
What you should consider: There’s a water bottle pocket on the inside but not on the outside.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Available in two sizes and several colors, this canvas backpack features zipper closures with gold-tone hardware.
What you’ll love: It has a sleek, single-color exterior design, a zippered front pocket, and a key clip. The zippers have pebbled pulls for easier use. There’s a padded laptop sleeve in the main compartment. It has contoured shoulder straps and an air mesh back.
What you should consider: The zipper isn’t as durable as the rest of the backpacks, which impacts the bag’s longevity.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which wall-mounted coat rack is best?
Who couldn’t use a bit more hanging space for all the coats, jackets and vests that we end up with over the years? If your closet is bursting with clothes, a wall-mounted coat rack is a one-time purchase that can add quite a bit of storage to your home. Easy to install and affordable, wall-mounted coat racks can also hold other items like keys, letters or other knickknacks. For stylish and sturdy hanging space for your coats, the Liberty Six Scroll Hook Rack is a top choice.
What to know before you buy a wall-mounted coat rack
Weight and capacity
The weight of the coat rack itself shouldn’t be too hefty, as the combined weight of the coats and the rack itself can’t risk tearing out your wall. Check that your wall material is capable of holding up the capacity of a coat rack plus its weight. Most coat racks hold up to around 30 pounds.
Material
Wood and metal are aesthetically pleasing, durable and popular options. They both are strong enough to hold up hefty amounts of clothing while not being too heavy for your walls. There are some plastic mounted racks, though, if you’re looking for something even lighter and cheaper.
Dimensions
The width and height of a wall-mounted coat rack also matter when making sure it will fit and look good in your space. Be sure to measure the wall space first to have possible dimensions in mind.
Number of hooks
The number of hooks on a coat rack normally ranges from three to six. More hooks mean more hanging space. Keep in mind that the weight capacity of the rack will determine how much you can hang at once.
What to look for in a quality wall-mounted coat rack
Basket
An added basket above or below the hooks gives you space to toss in things like keys, money, letters or anything else you’d like to have ready at hand.
Shelf
A shelf built in above the hooks is great for placing photographs, adorning with a vase or succulent, or simply keeping things you’d like to have near the door. Still, remember that whatever you put on top needs to be factored into the weight limit.
Ease of installation
If you’ll be installing the rack without any help, finding one with simple, clear instructions and easy installation makes all the difference.
How much you can expect to spend on a wall-mounted coat rack
A mounted coat rack sells for $20-$80. Synthetic plastics will cost the least ($20-$25), and metal and wooden models cost more ($25-$80), with added accessories like baskets or shelves driving up the price.
Wall-mounted coat rack FAQ
How do I style my mounted coat rack to fit my space?
A. First things first: where are you installing your coat rack? If it will be right in front of your door, picking out a stylish wood option for your coat rack is a safe bet. Wood matches almost any interior design, whereas brightly colored plastic could be too overwhelming. Next, if it has a shelf, carefully choose a few accessories and accent pieces for decorating your rack. This adds a homey, personal touch. Lastly, for the overachievers out there, hanging coats on your rack that match the color palette or style of the room will push your home’s aesthetic over the edge!
Can I move my wall-mounted coat rack once it’s been installed?
A. It’s not easy, and sometimes not possible, to remove your mounted coat rack from the wall, at least not without leaving a big mark. Because of this, it’s key that you scope out your space ahead of time. Measuring how much space you have, envisioning what the rack would look like once installed, and making sure there’s not a better place to put it can help you avoid regretting your installation once it’s finished.
What’s the best wall-mounted coat rack to buy?
Top wall-mounted coat rack
What you need to know: Seductively simple and sleek, this six-hook rack offers dedicated space solely for coats, hats or jackets.
What you’ll love: Installing this hook rack is easy and quick, and it has the capacity to hold up to 35 pounds of clothing. The cocoa color makes it a handsome piece for any room. The metal hooks hold up even the heaviest of coats.
What you should consider: It doesn’t include a basket or shelf space, so you can’t store small items or decorate it with accent pieces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wall-mounted coat rack for the money
InterDesign Twillo Mail and Key Rack
What you need to know: Functionality meets fashion with this cute basket-style five-hook rack.
What you’ll love: It’s compact enough to save you space while also having enough space between the hooks so that your coats can hang properly without crowding. The basket gives you room to leave your keys, mail and other items when you come and go. It’s easy to assemble.
What you should consider: It’s smaller than some other options and may not hold enough for your needs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Ollieroo Bamboo Coat Rack Shelf
What you need to know: Traditional and neat, this shelf-style rack shelf can hold not only coats but also has space for keys, photo frames, and vases.
What you’ll love: With an upper shelf above five hooks, this classic design gives you the ability to add flair with photos and other decorations. It can hold a capacity of up to 22 pounds and the hooks are sturdy and large.
What you should consider: If you’re hoping to also hang your umbrellas, keys or hats, there might not be enough hooks for those items and your coats.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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How to make the best pizzelle
“Pizzelle” means “round, flat and small,” and pizzelle are traditional Italian cookies that are round and flat like a pizza. They’re made with flour, sugar, butter and eggs, whisked together with flavorings such as anise, lemon, vanilla and cocoa, then baked in a special device.
“Pizzelle” is the plural form of the name; a single cookie is a “pizzella.”
What is a pizzelle maker?
Traditional pizzelle makers were heavy cast-iron skillets used over an open fire. A few aluminum pizzelle makers are still made to be used over a heat source, but modern pizzelle makers are electric and plug into the nearest outlet.
Pizzelle makers have two sides, joined by a hinge at the back. Inside are two removable metal cooking plates that nest inside the lids. The sides are held together by a mechanism that locks the two-part handle.
How does a pizzelle maker work?
You pour the batter into the mold on the base plate, close the lid and wait a few minutes while the batter bakes. When the dough is crisp, remove the pizzelle and add whatever fillings you wish.
How do you use a pizzelle maker?
Prepare
Start by brushing oil or melted butter on the pizzelle maker’s metal cooking plates.
- Handheld: If you’re using a handheld version, set your stove on medium heat and wait until water sizzles when sprinkled on the burner before you start cooking. Without a timer or preset temperature, you’ll have to work out your best cooking times.
- Electric: If you’re using an automated electric pizzelle maker with the cooking time and temperature preset, plug it in, turn it on and wait for the indicator light to tell you it’s ready.
Load
Drop a spoon of batter onto the hot plate, close the lid and your pizzelle are crisp, brown and ready to eat in only a few minutes. Some pizzelle makers take less than two minutes.
Fill
Pizzelle taste even better when filled with something sweet, such as mascarpone, ricotta, custard or fruit fillings.
Dip
Some cooks like to dip their cookies into melted chocolate.
Dust
You can add a fine dusting of powdered sugar to make your crispy dessert even more fun to eat.
How do you get patterns in your pizzelle?
One of the charming things about the world’s oldest cookie is that the plates that press the batter between them have ridged designs that bake right into the cookie. Those designs were originally religious images, family crests and galloping horses, but later became floral patterns, snowflakes and abstract geometric patterns, too.
What you need to buy for making pizzelle
Whiskware Batter Mixer and Dispenser
The clever product takes all the mess out of handling batter for pizzelle, waffles, pancakes and crepes. Add your ingredients, toss in the blender ball and shake. The wide opening makes it easy to add ingredients and the heat-resistant silicone spout won’t melt if it accidentally touches the griddle.
Sold by Amazon
The cone roller turns pizzelle into waffle cones, curled Norwegian krumkake and more. Use this handy 9-inch tool to roll up your thin cookies while they are still warm and fill them with ice cream, jams, jellies and more.
Sold by Amazon
The Bakers Dozen Heavy Duty Disposable Pastry Bags
You get a pack of 100 16-inch heavy-duty anti-burst plastic bags for an easy way of adding fillings to your pizzelle-based cannolis.
Sold by Amazon
Suuker Three-Piece Pastry Filling and Decorating Tips
These stainless steel tips are handy for injecting fillings into waffle cones, cupcakes and doughnuts.
Sold by Amazon
Wilton Cupcakes, Cones and Cannolis Baking Rack
This special cooling rack holds a dozen pizzelle, cannolis and waffle cones while you add your own special fillings.
Sold by Amazon
Kingzhuo 50-Piece Paper Waffle Cone Holders
These cone holders are made of kraft paper and are perfect for serving pizzelle to your family and friends. They have flat bottoms so they can stand on their own on a tray.
Sold by Amazon
Best pizzelle makers
Top pizzelle makers under $50
Cucina Pro Piccolo Pizzelle Baker
The extra-thick baking plates distribute the heat evenly for making four crispy, browned 3-inch pizzelle cookies at a time. The nonstick surfaces make for easy cleaning and a steam guard protects your hands when you open the lid.
Sold by Amazon
This little press bakes two 4-inch cookies at a time. You can customize your pizzelle by choosing from five shades of browning from dark, hard and crisp to light, soft and chewy. A rolling pin, measuring scoop and recipe book are included.
Sold by Wayfair, Amazon and Kohl’s
This mini press has two traditional Italian pizzelle patterns to choose from and makes one 4-inch pizzella at a time. Use it also as a grill for making burgers and breakfast sandwiches.
Sold by Amazon
Top pizzelle makers $50-$100
Chef’s Choice Toscano Pizzelle Maker
This cookie maker has instant recovery times so you don’t have to wait between batches. Just remove your two pizzelle and add more batter. Its 900 watts of power are greater than most pizzelle makers.
Sold by Amazon
Nordic Ware Krumkake Iron and Pizzelle Maker
You can make old-school dessert traditions from two countries with this cookie press that embosses patterns of flowers and leaves on Italian pizzelle or thin Scandinavian cone cookies. The aluminum body is safe to use on all gas and electric stovetops.
Sold by Amazon
Top pizzelle makers over $100
Toastmaster Pizzelle and Cookie Maker
This cookie maker makes two 4-inch pizzelle at once on easy-to-clean non-stick surface plates that have an overflow trough to contain any spill.
Sold by Amazon
Use this to make two thin 4-inch cookies in half the time required by hand irons. This 7-pound iron pizzelle maker has cast aluminum plates, cool plastic handles and bakes with 800 watts of power.
Sold by Amazon
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station on Wednesday when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped.
Russian Mission Control ordered Oleg Artemyev, the station commander, to quickly return to the airlock so he could hook his suit to station power. The hatch remained open as his spacewalking partner, Denis Matveev, tidied up outside.
NASA said neither man was ever in any danger. Matveev, in fact, remained outside for another hour or so, before he, too, was ordered to wrap it up. Matveev’s suit was fine, but Russian Mission Control cut the spacewalk short since flight rules insist on the buddy system.
The cosmonauts managed to install cameras on the European Space Agency’s new robot arm before the trouble cropped up, barely two hours into a planned 6 1/2-hour spacewalk.
“You know, the start was so excellent,” Matveev said as he made his way back inside, with some of the robot arm installation work left undone.
The 36-foot (11-meter) robot arm arrived at the space station last summer aboard a Russian lab.
NASA spacewalks, meanwhile, have been on hold for months.
In March, water seeped into a German spacewalker’s helmet. It was not nearly as much leakage as occurred in 2013 when an Italian astronaut almost drowned, but still posed a safety concern. In the earlier case, the water originated from the cooling system in the suit’s undergarments.
The spacesuit that malfunctioned in March will be returned to Earth as early as this week in a SpaceX capsule, for further investigation.
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Partly sunny and hot with high clouds today. Early morning temperatures in the 60s-70s, mid 90s by noon and afternoon highs 102-106.
The ridge of high pressure is sitting just to our east and is maintaining a southerly flow over the region. On the satellite this morning one could see mid-level moisture moving north in the flow and radar was indication some light returns over the Cascades. I suspect most of it was virga (rain that evaporates before hitting the ground) because of how dry the atmosphere is near the surface. However, we will keep a slight chance for a few showers/t-storm in the Cascades and east slopes through this evening. Hoping this will help the fire danger in the mountains at least a little.
The excessive heat will continue through Friday with daytime highs running 10-15 degrees above average. A weak disturbance will move north tomorrow bringing with it a slight chance for a stray shower or sprinkle, mainly in the mountains.
Excessive Heat Warning and Advisory... Until Friday 11 PM
- Location: Everyone
- Temps: 100 - 106
- Near Record Highs
- Stay Hydrate
- Take Breaks
- Remember Pets
- Increasing Fire Danger
Red Flag Warning - WA Cascades... Until Thursday 10 PM
- Above 1,500 ft
- Heat and Low Humidity
- Critical Fire Conditions
- Don't Be The Spark
The ridge begins to shift a little farther east Saturday-Sunday allowing a "cooler" airmass to return to the area with highs falling into the mid-upper 90s. Temperatures continue their slight cooling trend next Monday and Tuesday with highs in the low-mid 90s. Models are now suggesting another warming trend starting next Wednesday with low 100s returning by Thursday, just in time for the Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/flirting-with-records/article_79725010-1f05-11ed-b9b0-b37e7be0837c.html | 2022-08-18T16:06:18Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/flirting-with-records/article_79725010-1f05-11ed-b9b0-b37e7be0837c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash.-
The community COVID-19 test site at Yakima Valley College (YVC) is moving to a new location in the parking lot of the former Orthopedics NW Clinic at 1211 N. 16th Avenue on Tuesday, August, 23rd.
The site, operated by Yakima Valley Memorial, Signal Health, and the University of Washington, is the only community test site between Richland and Seattle.
The move is necessary because YVC needs its parking lot to accommodate returning students.
"COVID-19 continues to be a part of our lives and the need for low-barrier and easily accessible community testing has not gone away," said Michael Vachon, test site supervisor.
The COVID community test site is free and open to anyone, no identification is required to test. The site offers PCR tests, where patients swab themselves, and results are generally available the next day.
The new site is a walk-up clinic, where those needing to be tested park, then walk to the testing tent. The site is ADA accessible.
Starting Tuesday, August, 23rd, testing will be available Tuesday through Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/covid-test-site-moving-from-yvc-to-16th-ave-in-yakima/article_7ab9226a-1ef5-11ed-894a-27a446ed5a88.html | 2022-08-18T16:06:24Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/covid-test-site-moving-from-yvc-to-16th-ave-in-yakima/article_7ab9226a-1ef5-11ed-894a-27a446ed5a88.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AHTANUM STATE FOREST, WA - The Department of Natural Resources is trying to combat a tree-killing disease attacking native Whitebark Pines in the Ahtanum State Forest and all along the Pacific Northwest.
Blister Rust is a deadly fungus introduced from China to North America in 1900, according to Britannica.
This disease stops the growth of five-needle pines and weakens stems as it spreads.
White pine blister rust affects trees of all ages and sizes and can essentially eliminate white pines from certain ecosystems, according to the US Forest Service.
The Department of Natural Resources is trying to combat this disease from spreading by growing Whitebark seedlings in the Ahtanum State Forest in Yakima County to hopefully have a resistant tree species.
"By the time you realize it's been infected," said Ryan Rodruck the Eastern Washington Communications Manager for the Department of Natural Resources. "It's kind of already too late."
Hiking through a forest and seeing dead trees at the top of the mountain isn't something you'd expect in Washington State.
"This is fuel for a wildfire," said Rodruck. "It's severe mortality and you'll see that mortality all along this stand of Whitebark pine."
At one time the Whitebark Pine Trees in the Ahtanum State Forest were thriving. Now, the pines are getting attacked slowly by a deadly disease that attacks this native species specifically.
"Blister rust is a type of fungal infection that can get on these trees," said Rodruck. "Very unhealthy for them and can, unfortunately, cause severe immortality in up to 75% of the species of Whitebark Pine."
Whitebark Pine has been considered a keystone species in the Pacific Northwest being it is critical to the ecosystem, so this loss can drastically change the landscape.
Not only is it impacting the environment, but the Whitebark Pine tree is also a cultural tree for native tribes in the area.
"It's a very sacred tree to a lot of the native tribes in the area," said Rodruck. "It's a cultural resource, it's a food source, it's a sacred resource to those tribes."
DNR is growing different subvariants of the Whitebark Pine species native to the Ahtanum State Forest to hopefully identify the 25% of Whitebark Pine Trees resistant to the disease.
"We're attempting to grow in order to better understand how blister rust affects this species and potentially even prevent it," said Rodruck.
A large number of dead trees in the environment could not only cause damaging effects for other trees in the area by spreading blister rust, but when a fire does come through this area, it could be detrimental.
"The better we can understand blister rust resistance, the more that we can breed certain seedlings that have that resistance," said Rodruck. "Introduce those onto the landscape and potentially have a disease prevention tool to increase the stands of Whitebark Pine and illuminate the mortality caused by blister rust."
The most promising strategy for managing white pine blister rust is to increase the frequency of rust-resistant individuals across the landscape.
DNR is trying to plant white barks and identify the sub-species that are rust resistant in order to plant these across the landscape. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/dnr-is-trying-to-combat-diseased-trees-in-the-ahtanum-state-forest-with-seedlings/article_0fa54bac-1ef5-11ed-b478-77d999fc5097.html | 2022-08-18T16:06:30Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/dnr-is-trying-to-combat-diseased-trees-in-the-ahtanum-state-forest-with-seedlings/article_0fa54bac-1ef5-11ed-b478-77d999fc5097.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RICHLAND, Wash.-
While the summer has seemed like one, continuous heatwave, swimmers can find some relief with the return of Fall Lap swimming at the George Pratt Pool in Richland, starting Monday, August, 22nd.
Fall Lap swimming will be held Monday through Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m, from August, 22nd to September, 24th, weather permitting. The cost is $1.25 per swim.
The Richland Parks and Recreation Department is also introducing Aqua Zumba, starting August, 24th, and running through September, 24th.
The classes will be held at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Aqua Zumba will cost $10 per drop in or $70 for a ten punch pass. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/fall-lap-swimming-starts-aug-22nd-in-richland/article_c736c2f6-1efe-11ed-a34f-63a5ffbc082e.html | 2022-08-18T16:06:36Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/fall-lap-swimming-starts-aug-22nd-in-richland/article_c736c2f6-1efe-11ed-a34f-63a5ffbc082e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The White House announced new actions to help get a handle on the monkeypox outbreak.
Starting Monday, Health and Human Services will make an additional 1.8 million monkeypox vaccine doses available. The White House says this is possible because the Food and Drug Administration now says the vaccine can be administered intradermally. The method requires less vaccine than the subcutaneous injection, which was first authorized.
"The Administration is making these doses available ahead of schedule to encourage rapid distribution of vaccine to individuals at high risk of contracting the virus, particularly gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men," the White House said in a statement.
In an effort to reach the LGBTQ+ community, HHS is launching a pilot program that will allow jurisdictions to order even more vaccines if they are hosting large events that attract men who have sex with men.
The White House says it's already started working with health officials in North Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana on this initiative.
"The Administration worked with North Carolina to develop a plan to administer vaccines during the Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade," the White House stated.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 13,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the U.S. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/hhs-to-make-an-additional-1-8-million-monkeypox-vaccines-available | 2022-08-18T16:07:10Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/hhs-to-make-an-additional-1-8-million-monkeypox-vaccines-available | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams will be back in the U.S. Open this year after being given a wild card on Wednesday into what could be younger sister Serena’s final tournament.
Venus Williams won back-to-back U.S. Opens in 2000 and 2001, and this year marks 25 years since she reached the 1997 final in Flushing Meadows as a 17-year-old in her first full season on tour.
Now 42, Williams did not play in the U.S. Open last year because of injury, but the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion recently returned to tour after missing nearly a year.
Serena Williams, 40, recently said she is preparing to leave tennis, though she did not specify it would come after the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29.
Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open men’s champion who has since dealt with injuries and fallen to No. 228 in the world ranking, also was granted a wild card by the U.S. Tennis Association.
The USTA also gave a wild card to Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion who didn’t compete in New York last year because of injury, along with fellow Americans CoCo Vandeweghe, Elizabeth Mandlik, Peyton Stearns and Eleana Yu.
Harmony Tan of France — who beat Serena Williams during a run to the fourth round at Wimbledon — and Australian Jaimee Fourlis also received wild cards.
Mandlik, the daughter of past U.S. Open champion Hana Mandlikova, earned hers by winning the U.S. Open wild-card challenge.
On the men’s side, wild cards went to Americans Sam Querrey, Emilio Nava, JJ Wolf, Ben Shelton and Learner Tien, along with Ugo Humbert of France and Australian Rinky Hijikata.
Also Wednesday, 2016 U.S. Open semifinalist Gael Monfils withdrew because of an injury to his right foot sustained last week during his match against Jack Draper in Montreal. Monfils, who missed time earlier this season after a procedure on his right heel, announced he needed further treatment for the injury.
Taro Daniel of Japan moved into the main draw.
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.wspa.com/sports/ap-sports/venus-williams-back-in-us-open-after-being-given-wild-card/ | 2022-08-18T16:07:45Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/sports/ap-sports/venus-williams-back-in-us-open-after-being-given-wild-card/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Google employees press for abortion protections after Supreme Court ruling
Google employees are asking the tech giant to protect data for users seeking information about abortions, among other demands, per a petition signed by more than 650 workers and sent this week to CEO Sundar Pichai.
Driving the news: The petition also called on the company to halt donations to any political action committees and politicians, saying "these politicians were responsible for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade."
- The petition, sent by representatives from the Alphabet Workers Union, also asks for protections for users and customers "from having their data used against them ... as it pertains to abortion services and other reproductive healthcare services."
- The petition asks for "immediate user data privacy controls" for all health-related activity, including when searching for gender-affirming care or abortion access information.
- The employees are also asking for the company to offer abortion benefits to contractors.
- Google did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
The big picture: Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, had about 174,000 full-time employees at the end of June, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- The petition request comes as tech companies, including Google and Facebook, have come under increased scrutiny in the wake of the Supreme Court's abortion ruling as they collect enormous volumes of personal data.
- States that have made abortion a crime are making anyone who miscarries a potential target for a police data demand, Axios' Ina Fried and Margaret Harding McGill report.
- The petition is the first large-scale organizing movement at Google in response to the Supreme Court ruling, per the Washington Post.
Between the lines: The Alphabet Workers Union is a special kind of worker organization that, unlike traditional unions, doesn't represent a majority of the company workforce and lacks the power to collectively bargain with an employer.
What they're saying: "In order to meet these demands, we call on Alphabet to create a dedicated task-force with 50% employee representation, responsible for implementing changes across all products and our company, just like Alphabet did for handling the COVID-19 pandemic," the petition says.
Go deeper... Tech companies may surrender abortion-related data | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/google-abortion-protections-tech-roe-v-wade | 2022-08-18T16:12:04Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/google-abortion-protections-tech-roe-v-wade | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Adyen's rising costs
Shares of Adyen, the Dutch payments company, dropped 10% on Thursday after it reported margins that missed expectations because of higher expenses (travel, hiring). Despite that, the CFO tells Axios they're still in hiring mode.
Why it matters: Adyen's stock has held up remarkably well this year compared to other fintechs, in part due to strong cash flows. But in the current climate, investors are sensitive to rising costs, and the reaction to Adyen's earnings serve as a case in point.
What to watch: Whether concerns about Adyen's rising costs begin to affect its aggressive growth plans.
- The company hired 400 during the first half of the year, and plans to hire at a similar pace through the remaining half, CFO Ingo Uytdehaage says.
- The company is also expanding its offerings beyond payments and into banking-as-a-service, as well as its own point-of-sale system — expansions that make a major difference in revenue for a while.
Of note: "We've always had an organic growth strategy and we continue to pursue that organic growth strategy," Uytdehaage says. An acquisition "would come with a lot of opportunity costs [while] integrating the company into our tech stack. We have little to no time." | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/18/adyens-rising-costs | 2022-08-18T16:12:54Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/18/adyens-rising-costs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland rises by 17% in a year in 'deeply concerning' situation
The number of children in temporary accommodation in Scotland has risen by more than 1,000 in the past year, official data has shown.
The Scottish Government figures, released on Thursday, revealed some 35,230 applications for homelessness assistance were made in 2021/22 – a 3 per cent increase from 34,286 the year before.
As of March 31, there were 26,166 live homelessness cases in Scotland – more than two-and-a-half times more the same figure in 2003 (10,643).
While the number of households in temporary accommodation as of March 31 rose by 4 per cent – from 13,359 to 13,945 – the number of families with children in short-term housing has risen by 17 per cent – from 7,385 to 8,635.
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Since 2002, the figure has almost quadrupled from 2,390.
Housing secretary Shona Robison admitted she was “deeply concerned” at the rise in the number of children in temporary accommodation.
“Two thirds of families with children in temporary accommodation are in social rented homes, and many more are in private rented tenancies, but we want them to have the stability of a settled home,” she said.
“We know the situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic, which has led to a backlog for local authorities that must be addressed.”
Most (1,755) households with children or pregnant women in temporary accommodation are in homes furnished by local councils, while 1,055 are in housing association properties.
The data showed 65 were in women’s refuges, 55 in bed and breakfasts and ten on local authority hostels – as of March 31.
The average time for a couple with children spent in temporary accommodation in the past year, the figures show, was 343 days, down from 360 the year before, but an increase from 268 in 2019/20.
A single parent spent on average 234 in temporary accommodation.
Ms Robison said the best way to address the use of temporary accommodation was to stop homelessness in the first place.
People applying for homelessness support who cite mental health reasons as a factor has also sharply risen in the past year.
In 2020/21, 5,990 people said mental health problems were a reason they were not able to maintain accommodation, while 6,998 people said the same on their application in 2021/22 – an increase of almost 17 per cent.
Matt Downie, the chief executive of the homelessness charity Crisis, said the figures should serve as a “wake-up call”.
“Scotland made huge progress in tackling rough sleeping during the pandemic, but the fact that more people are spending longer periods of time trapped in temporary accommodation is completely unacceptable,” he said.
“We know how damaging spending long periods of time in temporary accommodation can be, particularly for children and young people. You get a roof over your head, but a B&B is not a home.”
Scottish Tory housing spokesman Miles Briggs urged ministers to “get a grip” of the problem, adding: “These problems are only likely to exacerbate during the cost-of-living crisis that is hitting hard right now and will continue to do so in the coming weeks and months.”Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton pressed the Government to re-establish social renting as a long-term option and bring long-term empty homes back into use.
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These are the Top 10 ‘cowboy culture’ phrases often used in the UK
Nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of adults would give up their 9-5 life tomorrow, to be a cowboy - or girl - in America instead.
Of 2,000 adults polled, the current cost of living crisis in the UK has left 50 per cent more likely to dream of leaving the country for a simpler, homestead life.
While 29 per cent would happily swap their lives in Britain for life on a ranch.
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It also emerged 30 per cent are so enamoured with the idea of cowboy life, they want to go on a ranching holiday, and 50 per cent enjoy watching western movies and TV shows.
Season 4 gathers Yellowstone fans to their screens
When it comes to what attracts people to life on a ranch, 34 per cent equate the cowboy look - hat, boots, checked shirt and jeans - with the cowboy lifestyle over any other aspect of ranch life.
While 26 per cent named the most appealing aspect of ranch life as the great outdoors, plumping for the fresh air and wide-open spaces above a large ranch house or life on the land.
The study into Brits’ attitudes into modern Western living was commissioned by Paramount+, to celebrate season 4 of the critically-acclaimed series Yellowstone, which saw 11 million viewers tune in when it aired in the US earlier this year.
The study, carried out via OnePoll, also revealed the top 10 phrases from cowboy culture Brits use in everyday life, with ‘howdy’ at the top of the list.
‘Howdy partner’, ‘make hay while the sun shines’, ‘peckish’ and ‘yellow belly’ completed the top five.
Real-life Westerner takes the streets of London
Set in Montana, Yellowstone chronicles the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton - played by Kevin Costner - who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in America.
Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect – the ranch is in constant conflict with those it borders – an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and the United States' first national park.
A real-life Western entertainer Todd Various took to the streets of London to perform his award-winning rope spinning and whip cracking show.
Passers-by on Kensington High Street cheered as Todd cracked his 8ft cord whip, stopped traffic and delighted crowds with his signature wedding rope trick.
Top 10 ‘cowboy culture’ phrases used by Brits
- Howdy
- Howdy, partner
- Make hay while the sun shines
- Peckish
- Yellow belly
- Play second fiddle
- Been through the mill
- Whole hog
- Above board
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Sead Haksabanovic Celtic transfer: Desperate club official, Jota rise, Matt O'Riley on 'possibles' list - why move is being mooted
Celtic’s football department, as with all those in the game, are sure to be well-versed in the concept of back-filling.
To the uninitiated, back-filling is essentially buying a player for a role/area in a team where no real vacancies would seem to exist. The purchase is made because there is an expectancy of that changing. It is this situation which would come into play were Celtic to pursue a deal for Sead Haksabanovic, a Montenegrin winger currently attempting to extricate himself from Rubin Kazan, the Russian club from which Ange Postecoglou recruited Carl Starfelt last summer.
The 23-year-old has been linked with Celtic previously but such associations have been given oxygen by the club’s general director Rustem Saimanov practically begging the Scottish champions to make a bid for the attacker. The war imposed by Vladmir Putin on Ukraine and the subsequent isolation of the despot’s nation has collapsed the Russian football eco-system. Foreign players want out, and interested clubs spot the opportunity for cut-price deals. So while Haksabanovic only signed a five-year deal for £4.95million from Norrkoping only last July (subsequently going back to Sweden on loan with Djurgarden when the war began) a fee of half that would be sufficient to reach an agreement with Kazan.
No such deal has been struck and the question arising is why Celtic would pursue such a move. Wide men aren’t exactly thin on the ground at the club, with Jota and Daizen Maeda first choice starters, Liel Abada and James Forrest their back-ups. It has already been asserted in some corners of the Celtic blogsphere that, should the club look to land Haksabanovic, the understandable deduction would be that it would be a case of one coming in because another could be going out.
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So blistering has been Jota’s start to the season it wouldn’t surprise were the Portuguese to join Giorgos Giakoumakis, Josip Juranovic and Matt O’Riley in attracting serious admirers from the English Premier League. Meanwhile, the limited game-time for Abada could perhaps prick the interest of circling predators.
However, there is another potential aspect. Postecoglou stated the ideal for the “one or two” players he said there was interest in recruiting in the closing weeks of the windows would be performers who could play in more than one position. In this respect, even if an offer too-good-to-refuse for such as O’Riley was known by Celtic to be in the pipeline it could impact on any play over Haksabanovic. Central midfielder O’Riley may have only arrived from MK Dons in January for a bargain £1.5m fee, but he is known to be on a possibles list for Leicester City should James Maddison be prised by Newcastle United. Haksabanovic may be principally known for playing in an advanced role on the left, but he has proved a highly adaptable player. Almost a third of his appearances have come in central midfield, either as a no.8 or no.6. He has been utilised as a first and second striker as well, and even featured on the right on a number of occasions.
As of now, though, it cannot accurately be determined just how much Celtic desire to firm up any interest, however much a financially-on-their-uppers Kazan – a club that have recently lost a couple of their most valuable squad members without earning any fees – want them to do so. | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/sead-haksabanovic-celtic-transfer-desperate-club-official-jota-rise-matt-oriley-on-possibles-list-why-move-is-being-mooted-3810990 | 2022-08-18T16:14:56Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/sead-haksabanovic-celtic-transfer-desperate-club-official-jota-rise-matt-oriley-on-possibles-list-why-move-is-being-mooted-3810990 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Joel Nouble: Livingston adamant striker won't leave after goals against Rangers and Hibs - but one player is exiting
Livingston manager Davie Martindale is adamant in-form striker Joel Nouble will not be sold in the current transfer window.
The 26-year-old Englishman has made an eye-catching start to the current campaign, bagging goals against Rangers and Hibernian in the opening weeks of the cinch Premiership season.
Martindale believes that Nouble, who thrived during a loan stint at Arbroath in the first half of last season, can develop into a £1million striker if he has more time leading the Lions attack.
“I can guarantee you Joel Nouble will still be here at the end of the window,” said the Livingston boss. “I’ve had some bits and bobs of interest but nothing significant that’s going to change my mind about this window to be honest.
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“I believe I would do what’s right for the player and the club but I genuinely feel Joel needs a good year at this football club. If I can get him into double figures, it probably puts another £1million on his value – that’s the objective.
“Joel’s scored a couple of goals and he’s been brilliant in the last three games but if we can keep that level of consistency, we can get him up to 12-15 goals a season. If we do that, then we’ve got a top Scottish Premiership striker. That benefits everybody, Joel Nouble and Livingston Football Club.”
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Max Stryjek is set to seal a move away from Livingston.
The Pole was the Lions’ number one for the previous two seasons but Martindale has had contingency plans in place for the likely departure of the highly-regarded 26-year-old by recruiting Russian Ivan Konovalov and former Colchester stopper Shamal George in the last two windows.
“Max has been down in England for the last few days and something will probably be announced today,” he said, speaking at his media briefing on Thursday morning.
“Shamal has come in and done more than enough to keep that number one jersey, he’s been magnificent for us. I’m pursuing another goalkeeper at this point in time to keep three in the building for cover and to keep pushing each other.”
Martindale is still on the hunt for an attacker, adding: “We’re still looking for that one offensive player that I’ve been looking for over the past few weeks.
“I’ve got a few options so I’m going to leave that as late as possible before I make my mind up because I think there are going to be potentially a few exciting options becoming available from Premier League and Championship clubs down south.
“I’m going to try and leave a space open for as long as possible to get the right person in.” | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/joel-nouble-livingston-adamant-striker-wont-leave-after-goals-against-rangers-and-hibs-but-one-player-is-exiting-3810947 | 2022-08-18T16:15:02Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/joel-nouble-livingston-adamant-striker-wont-leave-after-goals-against-rangers-and-hibs-but-one-player-is-exiting-3810947 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, will be integrating new smart radios to improve and adapt the current flight test capabilities and meet the increasing need to support rapid software-based development technologies.
The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group, which is a unit of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base.
According to Gerardo Sanchez, mechanical engineer with the 586 FLTS, the smart radio technology is a much needed upgrade to the current technology in place.
“Smart radio technology will provide high bandwidth, real-time access, self-healing connectivity, simplified integration and the ability to operate on and off the Major Range Test Facility Base,” Sanchez said. “Our older bridge platforms are not equipped with this real-time datalink capability. Installing this new radio system will allow our modified Beech 1900C C-12J Huron and T-38C Talon to bridge experimental applications to fifth generation platforms faster and cheaper.”
He added that this will avoid the “test-fix-test” process.
“We will have real-time sensor and software performance and the ability to adjust in real time,” Sanchez said.
The 586 FLTS team also anticipates an increase in monitoring capabilities for the T-38C by helping mitigate unsuccessful test missions, creating a near immediate return on investment.
“The innovation can be applied to other AEDC and Air Force Test Center units, such as the 746th Test Squadron’s NAVWAR [Navigational Warfare] mission Time Space Position Information and jamming field monitoring and the Test Pilot School Test Management Program efforts,” said 1st Lt. Andrew Servis, job title.
The funding for the smart radios was provided through the 2022 AEDC Spark Tank program. The Spark Tank, which was open to military, DOD civilians and contractors across all AEDC units, allowed members of the workforce to propose suggestions for how to improve AEDC processes, products and test capabilities. Those awarded funding were notified in mid-February.
The 586th FLTS team members expect to receive and start using the smart radios this fall.
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During a strategic gathering of senior enlisted leaders from more than 60 partner nations, a team of 14 Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars from the Air Force Culture and Language Center were on the ground ensuring communication and collaboration happened effectively.
The 2022 Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit, held Aug. 1-5, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia, brought together international senior enlisted counterparts with the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force to discuss issues affecting the international community of enlisted Airmen and to further build relationships.
“These 14 LEAP Scholars serving as SELIS ambassadors were selected from among the 936 enlisted LEAP Scholars across our Air Force and Space Force,” AFCLC Language Division Chief Christopher Chesser said. “They are demonstrating the impact a language enabled service member can have in a room of partner nation senior leaders … communicating not only in the language of the partner nation but also in the language of airmanship.”
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass hosted the summit and thanked LEAP Scholars for their support.
“I appreciate what these LEAP Scholars bring to the fight. They are making a strategic impact!” she stated in a social media comment.
During this event, senior leaders worldwide discussed their perspectives on security cooperation and national defense strategies to enhance partner interoperability. LEAP Scholars were called on to ensure discussions across all languages represented were accurately and effectively interpreted.
Senior Master Sgt. Gary Woo, Enlisted International Affairs Manager with SAF/IA and a SELIS planning committee lead, assisted with coordination of the event and orchestrated LEAP involvement.
“LEAP Scholars facilitated in-person interpretation for nine unique languages in what was the largest ever international summit hosted by the Department of the Air Force. In addition, 61 partner and ally nations plus NATO were represented by their highest senior enlisted leaders and representatives,” Woo explained. “Attendees heard from the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Ukraine’s Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, as well as the Deputy Director of the National Security Council, Executive Office of the President of the United States.”
For the LEAP Scholars, SELIS provided a significant opportunity for integration and utilization of the key language, regional expertise, and culture skills they had been maintaining and enhancing over time through LEAP education and training. Russian LEAP Scholar Master Sgt. Rob Kudratov was part of the LEAP team who participated in what he called the “Super Bowl of AFCLC LEAP LITEs.”
“The event challenged LEAP Scholars to apply all their language and culture skills acquired and honed through eMentor, immersion, and hybrid learning. The LEAP team provided asynchronous and synchronous interpretations and cultural expertise across nine target languages,” Kudratov said. “Throughout the event, we enabled direct communication between Senior Enlisted representatives from more than 60 countries and USAF regional components [AFCENT, AFNORTH, AFSOUTH, PACAF, USAFE-AFRICA] to promote military partnership across the world.”
French LEAP Scholar Tech. Sgt.(s) Ndap Tah was also on the front lines supporting the event and could jump in when the venue’s translation system failed during a senior leader speech.
“This year, SELIS hired a company for live interpretation for all participants. During the question-and-answer session, the participants asked questions in their respective languages, which were translated into English and the answer translated back to their respective languages. Sometimes the system did not function properly. For a particular question, a senior leader was very passionate about the topic of space and cyberspace and did not recognize he had to give some time for almost simultaneous interpretation. I was able to step in and provide support to effectively facilitate the conversation,” Tah explained.
While Tah played a key role in facilitating senior leader conversations, he also valued the team building, networking, and strategic conversations he experienced during the event.
“There was so much valuable information shared from various perspectives on how senior leaders deal with challenges across the globe, from building efficient teams to dealing with global threats from Russia and China,” he said. “I also noticed our senior leaders were constantly involved in idea sharing with colleagues and friends they made over the years serving. My participation in this event has allowed me to network with new teams and gain exposure to new AFSCs. Overall, SELIS was a great event to be part of, sharing ideas and coordinating international policies with partner nations across the globe.”
Senior leaders from around the world were able to connect, collaborate, and communicate effectively with the support of LEAP Scholars during one of the largest bi-annual gatherings of enlisted leaders from partner nations.
“SELIS is a platform to synchronize and integrate military cooperation around the globe,” Kudratov said. “Integration of LEAP Scholars in the event during event planning allowed us to accelerate the partnership-building process with different nations around the world. This is something we [Airmen] all can take back home and consider ways to tackle daily operational challenges through diverse and deliberate planning processes.”
Several LEAP Scholars received coins or patches from CMSAF Bass in recognition of their support for the event.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Trade winds gradually build Thursday. Partly sunny skies with scattered to isolated showers. Highs 85 to 92. Trade winds 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight, partly cloudy. Scattered showers over windward and mauka showers. Lows 71 to 76. Trade winds 10 to 20 mph.
Trade winds will build during the next couple days. Showers will favor windward slopes and coasts this morning, before transitioning over to leeward and interior areas this afternoon. A more typical, but drier than normal trade wind pattern will return tonight and hold through the weekend, with moderate to locally breezy conditions prevailing.
Small Craft Advisory in effect from noon today to 6 pm Sunday
Small south and southeast swells are expected to produce below typical summertime surf heights along south facing shores into Friday. Forerunners from a new, long-period south swell are expected to arrive late Friday night. This swell will likely produce near to slightly above average surf along south facing shores from this weekend into early next week. Surf will remain small along east facing shores until trade winds strengthen further. As they do, modest, choppy surf will return along east facing shores, lasting from this weekend into early next week. Expect nearly flat conditions along north facing shores. However, small, short-period north- northwest swells beginning later today may provide a slight boost in surf heights along exposed north facing shores through this weekend. Models show a slightly larger and longer period northwest swell arriving early next week.
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The Hawaii most tourists see is one of azure waters and towering resorts, of "aloha" and "ohana" and hula.
But as it exists now, the powerful tourism industry dictates the lives of Native Hawaiians, often for the worse, said Kyle Kajihiro, a lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and activist for the rights of Native Hawaiians.
The tourism industry in Hawaii powers its state revenue, but that reliance on tourism has resulted in Native Hawaiians getting priced out of their homes, climate change wreaking havoc on the natural landscape, and a lack of respect for the 50th state that is also the ancestral land of more than half a million people.
"I think that it is too easy for people to visit places like Hawaii," Kajihiro said. "It conditions visitors to feel entitled."
The industry must change to improve the futures of Native Hawaiians, Kajihiro told CNN. He's one of several residents who have worked to educate visitors and return some elements of Hawaiian culture to the people from whom it originated. If visitors to Hawaii decenter themselves and instead take with them respect and a willingness to learn -- or choose not to visit at all -- then Hawaii may be preserved for the people who have called it home for centuries, activists say.
For many residents, living in Hawaii is no vacation
Tourism is Hawaii's largest single source of private capital, per the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Even amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains incredibly lucrative: In April alone, visitors to Hawaii spent over $1 billion in the islands, according to a state report marking the recovery of tourism since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But what's profitable for Hawaii's economy can negatively impact the lives of Native Hawaiians and yearlong residents. To combat drought conditions, residents last year were asked to reduce their water consumption or face a fine while large resorts continued to use far more water. There are millions more annual visitors than there are permanent residents -- in 2021, there were more than 6.7 million visitors compared to 1.4 million residents -- which can cause carbon emissions to surge and overuse of its beaches, hiking trails and other natural wonders. Hawaii has even been called the "extinction capital of the world" for the number of species who've gone extinct or are at high risk of dying out.
It also has the highest cost of living in the nation, partly due to the state having to import around 90% of its goods. Its housing market is one of the most expensive in the country, ProPublica and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported in 2020, and with a large demand for land and a limited amount of it, Native Hawaiians can spend decades waiting to reclaim ancestral land, leading some to move from the islands.
"Tourism normalizes and conceals the current dystopian reality experienced by many Kānaka Maoli and the poor immigrant communities in Hawaii," Kajihiro told CNN. (Kānaka Maoli is the Hawaiian-language term for Native Hawaiians.)
To empower Native Hawaiians and return some of their rights, the tourism industry needs to change, beginning with its ethos, Kajihiro said.
'DeTours' show the real history of Hawaii beyond the beach
In an effort to reclaim the histories of Hawaii and educate residents and visitors about the impacts of colonization, militarization and tourism, Kajihiro created the Hawai'i DeTour Project. The program, which he runs with lifelong activist Terrilee Kekoʻolani, aims to "interject a more critical historical account of Hawaii" in hopes that it'll start conversations about social responsibility and create solidarity with social justice and environmental activist efforts in Hawaii.
Kajihiro leads DeTours to locations like downtown Honolulu to discuss Hawaii's former sovereignty; to 'Iolani Palace, where the US supported a White settler-led coup against Queen Lili'uokalani; to military landmarks like the Pearl Harbor memorial to discuss American efforts to transform parts of Hawaii into military strongholds.
Though Kajihiro doesn't advertise his services, visitors are increasingly seeking them out. While he prioritizes educational and political groups that can help create change locally, he has seen both residents and visitors on his tours, some of whom go on to become involved in the causes he highlights.
"I guess it could be seen as a good sign that people want to learn and be more responsible as travelers," he said. "But there are also many people who simply want the novelty of a 'reality' tour or seek to assuage their guilt by doing a more 'socially responsible' tourism. I'm not interested in giving people permission to visit Hawaii guilt-free."
One way to support Native Hawaiians is to not visit at all, some say
Two educators in Hawaii borrowed the name of Kajihiro's operation for their book, which also shares his principles. "Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai'i," co-edited by Vernadette Gonzalez and Hōkūlani Aikau, is no ordinary guide book -- it's a call to action.
The book is designed to educate readers about Hawaii's past and present and the negative impacts of colonization, militarization and tourism. Even if readers never make it to Hawaii, the stories transport them to some of the sites Kajihiro leads his groups to. In the introduction to the book, Gonzalez and Aikau write that not all readers will be "invited or allowed to go to all of the places that are described," and some locales were left out entirely because they're "not meant for outsiders."
Many tourists' relationship to Hawaii is an extractive one, Gonzalez and Aikau write, and that relationship must shift to one of support if the Hawaii tourists know and the Hawaii its residents live in are to continue to exist. Even better, they write, would be choosing not to vacation in Hawaii at all.
"Sometimes the best way to support decolonization and Kanaka 'Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) resurgence is to not come as a tourist to our home," the editors write.
Improving tourism begins with respect for the islands and Native Hawaiians
Of course, there will always be tourists in Hawaii as long as it remains the islands' top industry -- and as long as its beaches beckon to guests with deep pockets. The nonprofit Sustainable Tourism Association of Hawaii connect tourists with local attractions that emphasize cultural and environmental responsibility. The Coconut Traveler, a travel company created by Debbie Misajon, the granddaughter of Filipino immigrants who moved to Hawaii to work on sugarcane plantations, is aimed at wealthy guests and charges a responsible tourism fee, 100% of which goes to local organizations that work to sustain Hawaii's natural beauty. Recentering the focus of a trip to Hawaii from the guest to the island and its residents might lighten the footprint a tourist leaves there, Misajon told CNN.
"I'm all for coming and enjoying the islands, but (I) encourage people to find ways to be part of the solution," Misajon said. "It might be trite, but spend your money locally."
Making fundamental changes to the tourism industry should begin with returning rights to Native Hawaiians and letting them decide how they want their culture to be shared and consumed, if at all, Kajihiro said. There's already a model of this in New Zealand, where the Māori people have control over how their culture is represented and experienced by tourists, he said, with an emphasis on mutual respect.
"Let's abolish the word 'tourism,'" Kajihiro said. "The very term privileges the consumer, the act of consuming places, and the transactional relationship."
Instead, he said, visitors should "rethink travel as entering someone else's home." Someone who's a guest at someone else's home may bring a gift with them or express their gratitude to their host in other ways, he said.
"As a visitor, you have the burden to learn, act responsibly, not be a burden and respect your hosts," Kajihiro said.
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Maj. European indices are ending the day mostly higher:
- German DAX, +0.52%
- France's CAC, +0.45%
- UK's FTSE 100 +0.35%
- Spain's Ibex -0.13%
- Italy's FTSE MIB +0.8%
Looking at France's CAC, traders are battling it out between some key technical levels. Looking at the daily chart above, the 200 day moving average at 6606.03 stalled the rise from Tuesday and Wednesday. It would take a move above that moving average to increase the bullish bias.
Drilling to the hourly chart, the lower 100 hour moving average is trying to hold support. A move below that level would give sellers more comfort.
So buyers and sellers are battling it out between key moving average levels on both the daily and hourly charts. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-major-indices-close-mostly-higher-20220818/ | 2022-08-18T16:23:07Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-major-indices-close-mostly-higher-20220818/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A fairly quiet week from the auction calendar picks up next week in the US with the US treasury selling 2, 5, and 7 year notes:
- $44 billion of two-year notes on August 23
- $45 billion of 5 year notes on August 24
- $37 billion and 7 year notes on August 25
US yields are lower today. The 5 year note is trading at 2.996%, that's down 5.5 basis points on the day. Looking at the hourly chart, the move to the downside tested its 100 hour moving average at 2.976%. Just below that level is a 38.2% retracement of the move up from the most recent swing low from August 10 at 2.971%.
Holding the technical levels could be a catalyst for a rotation back to the upside | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/next-week-the-us-treasury-will-sell-2-5-and-7-year-notes-us-yields-are-lower-today-20220818/ | 2022-08-18T16:23:20Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/next-week-the-us-treasury-will-sell-2-5-and-7-year-notes-us-yields-are-lower-today-20220818/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) — The Biden administration is planning to accelerate the delivery of its remaining supply of monkeypox vaccines and will make an additional 1.8 million doses available for ordering starting Monday, officials said Thursday.
Jurisdictions will only be able access the additional doses if they adopt the intradermal administration of vaccine and have used 90 percent of their current supply of vaccine, officials said.
The Department of Health and Human Services is also launching a pilot program to provide additional vaccine allocations to state and local health departments in jurisdictions that are hosting large events that attract members of the LGBTQ community.
The latest federal data shows more than 13,500 monkeypox cases have been reported so far in the United States.
DEVELOPING… | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/biden-officials-accelerating-monkeypox-vaccine-effort-including-1-8-million-additional-doses/ | 2022-08-18T16:27:13Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/biden-officials-accelerating-monkeypox-vaccine-effort-including-1-8-million-additional-doses/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Are you feeling burnt out at your job, but quitting isn’t an option?
Gen Z may have a solution, but it’s sparking some controversy. It’s called “quiet quitting,” and it means consciously deciding to put in less effort at your job. The hope is to avoid burnout and work just hard enough to not get fired.
TikToker @zkchillin explains “quiet quitting” in his viral video that has more than 3 million views and nearly 500,000 likes.
“You’re not outright quitting your job, but you’re quitting the idea of going above and beyond,” he said. “You’re still performing your duties, but you’re no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be your life. The reality is it’s not and your worth as a person is not defined by your labor.”
Psychotherapist Amy Morin said Monday night on “Banfield” that it’s not about being lazy.
“We’re talking about quitting the hustle culture, the idea that you need to be on 24/7, that you should be answering emails at all hours of the day,” Morin said. “It’s about saying, ‘I’m going to set some healthy boundaries and work on my work-life balance.'”
However, Ranjay Gulati, a business administration professor at Harvard Business School, says there are risks associated with the phrase “work-life balance.”
“What’s implicit behind ‘work-life balance?’ It’s that work and life are separate, meaning I’m not living when I’m working? We’ve created this kind of … notion that work is somehow an abstract idea of something you do that is not living,” Gulati said on “Banfield.”
However, he said, when it comes to meaningful work, “organizations and leadership have failed workers.”
Morin also said meaningful work is important.
“A lot of people don’t feel like their job has meaning,” she said. “We need to have meaning in our work to feel like there’s a reason to show up. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/quiet-quitting-what-is-it-and-why-has-it-caught-on/ | 2022-08-18T16:27:32Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/quiet-quitting-what-is-it-and-why-has-it-caught-on/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – A passenger traveling through Boston’s Logan International Airport was stopped after officers with the Transportation Security Administration detected a pen gun in his carry-on.
The single-shot firearm, which resembles a pen in size and shape, was found during X-ray screening of the man’s luggage at about 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 13, a representative for the TSA confirmed. Massachusetts State Police were called to the security checkpoint, where they interviewed the passenger.
After speaking with police, the male traveler was allowed to continue through the airport and ultimately to his destination in Portland, Oregon — sans pen gun.
He also would have been allowed to transport the item had he packed it properly in his checked baggage, the TSA said.
The term “pen gun,” according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is generally used to describe any firearm designed “to look like an ink pen.” They were also more widely used around the turn of the 20th Century for self-defense purposes, according to the FBI’s October 2018 “Artifact of the Month” entry.
The pen gun discovered at Logan Airport was a .22 caliber firearm which folded open to the shape of a pistol, the TSA said. It was the 17th gun detected at Logan screening checkpoints this year, the agency said on Twitter.
The TSA, meanwhile, had said in Oct. 2021 that the number of guns detected at screening checkpoints across the country had reached an “alarming” level, and later confirmed they stopped a total of 5,972 guns at U.S. checkpoints in 2021. But in the first half of 2022, TSA officers detected more than 3,000 guns at checkpoints in the U.S., putting the country on pace to possibly break the previous year’s record, The Hill reported. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/tsa-finds-pen-gun-in-travelers-carry-on-bag/ | 2022-08-18T16:27:46Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/tsa-finds-pen-gun-in-travelers-carry-on-bag/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – Pfizer and Valneva have recently announced later-stage studies into a new vaccine against Lyme disease, which, if eventually approved, would make it the first vaccine to target the tick-borne disease in decades.
VLA15, as the vaccine candidate is known, has so far shown promise in both adults and children, as well as “acceptable safety and tolerability profiles” for both groups, Pfizer and Valneva announced. VLA15 will work by blocking a tick’s ability to transfer Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium — which causes Lyme disease — to its human host.
Clinical trials have recently entered Phase 3, which involves 6,000 participants — age 5 and up — in the United States and five other European countries where Lyme disease is regularly reported among the population.
“With increasing global rates of Lyme disease, providing a new option for people to help protect themselves from the disease is more important than ever,” said Annaliesa Anderson, Ph.D., the senior vice president and head of vaccine research and development at Pfizer, in a news release issued last week.
But vaccine candidate VLA15 — if shown to be safe and effective — likely won’t be available to the public for years, Pfizer estimates. When the final clinical trials are completed, the drug company is aiming to “potentially” submit an application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by 2025.
This may come as frustrating news as Lyme disease continues to affect a growing number of Americans — and especially those living along the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest regions where 90% of cases are reported, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Confirmed cases of Lyme disease reported to the CDC have climbed over the past two decades, from somewhere between 16,000 and 17,000 per year in the late 1990s to anywhere between 22,000 and 30,000 in the mid-to-late 2010s. When probable cases are factored in, the CDC estimated close to 40,000 or more annual cases in recent years.
But those are just reported cases. Recent estimates indicate that cases are often underreported, and the number of Americans treated for Lyme disease annually is actually “closer to 476,000,” the CDC notes. (That figure is likely an over-estimate, the agency notes, as some treatments are administered as a precaution for patients who may not actually have it.)
One major reason for the uptick in cases, the CDC reports, is that the ticks that transmit Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium have “expanded their geographic range.” In fact, since the late ‘90s, the number of U.S. counties considered “high-risk” for Lyme disease — particularly in the Northeast and Upper Midwest — have increased by more than 300%, the agency said.
“They are now routinely found in places they weren’t seen 20 years ago,” the CDC notes.
There was also a vaccine previously available for Lyme disease — LYMERix — though it was discontinued by SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKine) in 2002 due to declining sales and concerns over side-effects.
Still, the pharmaceutical companies behind VLA15 are hopeful the new candidate will be embraced when, and if, it becomes available in several years’ time.
“Lyme disease continues to spread, representing a high unmet medical need that impacts the lives of many in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Juan Carlos Jaramillo M.D., the Chief Medical Officer of Valneva, in last week’s news release. “We look forward to further investigating the VLA15 candidate in Phase 3, which will take us a step closer to potentially bringing this vaccine to both adults and children who would benefit from it.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/when-will-the-lyme-disease-vaccine-be-available/ | 2022-08-18T16:27:53Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/when-will-the-lyme-disease-vaccine-be-available/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Anne Heche’s death has officially been ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Coroner.
According to a report from the coroner's office, the Wag the Dog actor died due to inhalation of smoke and thermal injuries sustained after crashing her car into a Mar Vista residence on August 5, setting both on fire. The report also noted that Heche also suffered sternal fracture due to blunt trauma in the collision. According to the National Library of Medicine, sternal fractures are most often caused by blunt chest trauma, when the chest strikes the steering wheel in motor vehicle collisions. “Sternal fractures are the result of motor vehicle collisions in 60% to 90% of cases,” says the National Library of Medicine.
Heche slipped into a coma after being rescued from the crash site. She was initially described as being in “extreme critical condition” and suffering from a “severe anoxic brain injury,” which deprived her brain of oxygen. On August 10, representatives for Heche said she was “not expected to survive” the injuries she sustained from crash, and just two days later she was declared legally dead by the state of California. On Sunday, August 14, Heche was “peacefully taken off life support."
Heche's car accident was initially being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department as a felony DUI traffic collision after finding narcotics in Heche's blood stream. After the Emmy and Tony-nominated actor was declared legally dead, the LAPD announced in a statement shared by People that there would be no further investigation into the crash. “When a person suspected of a crime expires, we do not present for filing consideration,” read the statement.
After she was declared legally dead, Heche was kept on life support to determine whether any of her organs were viable for donation. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs, and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” a statement from her representatives said. While on life support, Heche reportedly received an honor walk, where hospital staff lined the path from the organ donor's hospital room to the operating room and paid their respects. According to the BBC, a suitable donor recipient was found to receive Heche's donated organs. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/anne-heches-cause-of-death-officially-ruled-an-accident | 2022-08-18T16:32:04Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/anne-heches-cause-of-death-officially-ruled-an-accident | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To date, Better Call Saul has gone 0 for 39 at the Emmy Awards. This year, if the Breaking Bad prequel continues its win-less streak, it’ll have been nominated for 46 awards without winning a single trophy. And let’s be clear about something: While the show’s final six episodes are actually eligible for the 2023 ceremony, and it may score a few scattered noms for them, this is Saul’s last true stand with the Television Academy. Finishing its run the very week that voters are casting their ballots, it’s technically eligible for its penultimate set of episodes from this past spring—but voters are really evaluating what they just watched and deciding whether to give the series a proper send-off.
As I discuss on this week’s Little Gold Men (listen above), credit goes to a calculated strategy from the Better Call Saul Emmy campaign for this ideal positioning—aiming to get it a damn win before it’s too late. The final season was spectacularly received by critics and viewers—the series finale, which aired Monday, boasts a 9.8 rating on IMDb, with around 35,000 votes logged (as of publication)—building momentum each week as the saga of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) inched closer to its heartbreaking end.
Awards-wise, the release pattern couldn’t have been smarter: The first seven episodes of the season aired in April and May to affirm eligibility for this September’s ceremony. They alone were enough to get the show voted back into the categories of outstanding drama series, lead actor (Odenkirk), and writing (Thomas Schnauz, for the midseason finale), and to net Seehorn her first (long-overdue!) nomination for the show in supporting actress. Then Saul took a nearly two-month break before airing the back half dozen episodes from July to mid-August (which, to reiterate, are technically ineligible this year)—culminating, brilliantly, in the last episode dropping just as Emmy voting ramped up this week.
Voters will not generally care that Saul’s actual finale is up for consideration next year. They will be considering the drama knowing full well that it’s just concluded with a bang, the sentimental wind in its sails. This is actually the path Breaking Bad took to its first drama-series win, in its second-to-last year of eligibility; a few of its final episodes similarly aired during voting for the previous cycle’s Emmy winners. (And of course, in Breaking Bad’s case, it went on to win again anyway, almost a full year after wrapping up.) It’s a move that maximizes visibility and momentum at a time in TV where the landscape is often too crowded to stand out. Really, this is the best positioning Saul could ask for.
But the big question: Can it actually win something?
Some sins of the Television Academy, when it comes to this acclaimed character study from Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan, cannot be reversed: The show has somehow never been nominated for cinematography, despite its obvious worthiness, and Seehorn should’ve been an Emmy mainstay in the way her costars Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks have been for years. But there’s some reason for hope that Saul has a leg up over seemingly stronger competition, like Squid Game and Succession, whose competing seasons both premiered nearly a year ago. Recency bias didn’t do any nomination campaigns any favors this season, but wins are another matter entirely; just ask the Mare of Easttown cast.
Does this mean Saul wins the whole thing? Probably not—it’s not quite a juggernaut like HBO’s or Netflix’s heavy hitters in the category. But the acting races have turned more competitive. Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae stunned when he pulled off a SAG Award upset win over Succession’s Emmy winner Jeremy Strong and costar Brian Cox earlier this year; the survival drama then took things a step further when scene-stealer Hoyeon won the best-drama-actress prize. SAG does not differentiate between lead and supporting categories for TV, meaning we now have Lee and Hoyeon in lead actor and supporting actress, respectively—the two acting fields where Saul is represented. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-better-call-saul-emmys-little-gold-men | 2022-08-18T16:32:10Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-better-call-saul-emmys-little-gold-men | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jonah Hill has directed and starred in Stutz, a documentary about his therapist and mental health—but he won’t be hitting the media circuit to promote it. In an open letter published via Deadline, Hill shared the ways his mental health has been negatively impacted by press appearances. “Through this journey of self-discovery within the film, I have come to the understanding that I have spent nearly 20 years experiencing anxiety attacks, which are exacerbated by media appearances and public-facing events,” he wrote.
The Superbad star’s upcoming projects include You People—a Netflix comedy directed by Kenya Barris and costarring Eddie Murphy—and Stutz, which is named for Phil Stutz, the therapist whom Hill began seeing at the recommendation of Joaquin Phoenix in 2017. “I am so grateful that the film will make its world premiere at a prestigious film festival this fall, and I can’t wait to share it with audiences around the world in the hope that it will help those struggling,” Hill wrote, referring to the latter film. “However, you won’t see me out there promoting this film, or any of my upcoming films, while I take this important step to protect myself. If I made myself sicker by going out there and promoting it, I wouldn’t be acting true to myself or to the film.”
This isn’t the first time Hill has spoken about the strain that media coverage has put on his mental health. Hill took to Instagram last fall to ask that the public stop commenting on his body, writing that “it’s not helpful and doesn’t feel good.” On Twitter, actor Josh Gad supported Hill’s decision to step away from promotional appearances, writing, “As someone who has dealt with anxiety most of my life, I applaud and thank Jonah Hill for his candor and openness in discussing this difficult topic.”
Hill concluded his letter by writing: “I usually cringe at letters or statements like this, but I understand that I am of the privileged few who can afford to take time off. I won’t lose my job while working on my anxiety. With this letter and with Stutz, I’m hoping to make it more normal for people to talk and act on this stuff. So they can take steps towards feeling better and so that the people in their lives might understand their issues more clearly.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/jonah-hill-wont-promote-his-upcoming-movies-because-of-anxiety-attacks | 2022-08-18T16:32:16Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/jonah-hill-wont-promote-his-upcoming-movies-because-of-anxiety-attacks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As Murray Bartlett Zooms in from his home in Provincetown, Massachusetts, he greets me with a warm smile. We get to chatting for awhile before I can even sneak a question into the conversation. He seems disappointed when we have to wrap things up.
This is not how it usually goes when interviewing an actor at the top of their game—but having recently spoken with a few of the Emmy nominee’s collaborators, I wasn’t exactly surprised. “I don’t know if you know him, but he’s maybe the nicest person I’ve ever met,” Kumail Nanjiani told me last month. Rose Byrne, who costarred with Bartlett on the second season of Apple TV+’s Physical, similarly gushed, “He brings such humor and pathos and tortured soul…. He’s such a dreamboat.”
The industry has taken notice of Bartlett of late—about time, given that the Australian native has been appearing onscreen for more than three decades, from guest spots in popular shows (Sex and the City) to lead turns in critical hits (Looking). Everything changed with HBO’s limited series The White Lotus, which has made him the front-runner to win next month’s Emmy for best supporting actor. Out of his staggering turn as tormented resort manager Armond, he nabbed showcase roles in Physical, Hulu’s upcoming Welcome to Chippendales opposite Nanjiani, and more that’s in the works. “Murray’s one of those guys—I don’t even know if this is a category, but like Christoph Waltz or Bryan Cranston, actors who hit it big when they’re around age 50,” says Chippendales creator Robert Siegel. “It’s so well-earned. He’s incredible.”
Bartlett’s recent stable of characters have a few things in common: They all reach a kind of operatic breaking point, allowing Bartlett to show the full extent of his dramatic and comic range, and they’re all queer men, navigating being other in various intense and fast-paced worlds. It’s a singular type Bartlett has come to define—and while he’s not one to be boxed into a type, exactly, he sees why his current specialty is meeting the moment: “We’re living in a time of extremes, and so there’s something that feels very right about characters just losing their shit.”
Vanity Fair: I’m curious about your post–White Lotus experience on a really granular level. When did you start to notice, “Oh, here are scripts that are coming my way. Oh, here’s a really interesting role for me”—as in, when things started really changing?
Murray Bartlett: I live in a small town. I was getting lovely messages from people and I was talking to people as the show was airing and getting a great response,. But it wasn’t until a month or two later, when I went down to New York—and I still had a mustache at that point, which is a very recognizable Armond kind of thing—where I’d never experienced, like, responses from people in the street. I was in Brooklyn, so people would keep up to me like, “Hey, great show, man,” and fist bump me. So that was the first thing. Then, pretty quickly, some things started to trickle in that I’d never experienced before. People talking to me about the possibility of signing onto jobs at an early stage, still in development. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/murray-bartlett-era-awards-insider | 2022-08-18T16:32:22Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/murray-bartlett-era-awards-insider | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The opening of She-Hulk created an immediate sense of deja vu: Tatiana Maslany's Jennifer Walters is on a road trip with her cousin Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo) when talk turns to his old Avengers colleague Steve Rogers, and her giddy speculation that Captain America never lost his virginity.
After covering Marvel movies since the beginning of time, I realized: I've had this conversation before. But it was years ago. And it was with Chris Evans himself.
Before getting to that, here's how She-Hulk addresses the question that has become a prime topic of discourse among Marvel fans:
“Okay, so … back to what I was saying before. My theory,” Walters says during a flashback to the big, green lawyer's origin story. She is driving on a winding mountain road, while Banner groans and rolls his eyes. She begins, as all lawyers do, by laying down a foundation of evidence: “Steve Rogers did not have a girlfriend before he went into the service.”
“Says who?” Banner asks.
“The History Channel,” she answers. “So he becomes Captain America, and from that moment on he's a symbol of America. He is rushed to the front lines, he becomes a war hero, then he is frozen in ice. Based on everything you've told me, after he gets un-frozen, he goes from world-threatening disaster to world-threatening disaster. That's when he's not a fugitive from the law. So it seems like he was pretty, pretty busy … Obviously, Captain America was a virgin!"
This last line is interrupted by the arrival of a Sakaaran spacecraft (we can all relate) that forces them off the road. But later, in the post-credit scene, Walters is still pushing her theory, weepily lamenting to a now-Hulked-out Bruce, “Captain America did so much for his country, and he never got to experience sex.”
A frustrated Hulk blurts: “Steve Rogers is not a virgin. He lost his virginity to a girl in 1943 on the USO tour.” (Obviously, he and the other Avengers brought this up to their friend at one point, elucidating this explanation.)
A relieved Walters pumps her arms in the air. “I knew it!” she declares. “Captain America fuc—!” The show cuts off the last word midway.
The sex lives of superheroes is not necessarily the most sophisticated topic of conversation, but you could see it as a side effect of Marvel's success in making fans care so deeply about these characters. She-Hulk is especially adept at taking the things fans talk about with each other and putting those sometimes bizarre conversations on screen.
The subject of Steve Rogers' virginity—and its explanation—happens to have been addressed long ago, on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2014. And Evans brought it up to me himself. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/she-hulk-captain-america-virgin-chris-evans | 2022-08-18T16:32:28Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/she-hulk-captain-america-virgin-chris-evans | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser have decided to end their relationship after eight years of marriage.
Kartheiser filed for divorce from the Gilmore Girls star on August 10 at the Putnam County Supreme Court in New York, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly. The pair quietly wed in 2014, one year after Kartheiser proposed. The two actors first met on the set of Mad Men in which their characters had an on-screen love affair, but they waited until filming was over before pursuing a real-life romance. Following their engagement, Kartheiser enthused to Us Weekly, “I’m a very lucky man. I keep saying girlfriend. And then I’m like, ‘I mean, my fiancée!’”
The couple married in a small, private ceremony in Ojai, California and, a source told the outlet at the time, “It was a small and intimate family affair. They wanted something relaxed and beautiful. Ojai was the perfect place. His family flew out from the East Coast.” Bledel later revealed to Nylon that she was planning her own nuptials at the same time she was filming Jenny's Wedding in which she plays a lesbian preparing to marry into a conservative family. “It was surreal to kind of go through the scenes of the wedding itself and think about how much these characters have to go through just to get to that point,” she said at the time. “And, you know, it was so easy for me to just plan my wedding and celebrate and have everyone be happy for me.”
In 2015, the two stars welcomed their first child together, a baby boy. They managed to keep their son's birth totally under wraps until Bledel's Gilmore Girls: A Day in the Life co-star Scott Patterson accidentally spilled the beans. In May 2016, he told Glamour, “She’s really blossomed as a woman and now she’s a proud new mother and married and happy,” Patterson, 63, told Glamour at the time of his longtime pal. “We’re comparing notes because my son is about a year and a half older than her young son. I’m showing her photos and videos and what to expect. We’re just really enjoying each other’s company.”
Earlier this year, Bledel announced that she would be stepping away from her leading role in The Handmaid's Tale after four seasons. In a statement to Variety in May, she said, “I am forever grateful to Bruce Miller for writing such truthful and resonant scenes for Emily, and to Hulu, MGM, the cast and crew for their support.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/alexis-bledel-vincent-kartheiser-divorce-eight-year-marriage-mad-men | 2022-08-18T16:32:34Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/alexis-bledel-vincent-kartheiser-divorce-eight-year-marriage-mad-men | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After celebrating their daughter Princess Charlotte's seventh birthday a couple months ago, Prince William and Kate Middleton took a moment to personally thank everyone who wished her well.
Faithful royal correspondent @KatsRoyalLetters shared the kind response she received from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in reply to a birthday card she'd sent to their daughter back in May. She posted the letter on Instagram, which read, “Thank you for the kind birthday message which you sent for Princess Charlotte's seventh birthday. Princess Charlotte had a lovely day and your message was greatly appreciated by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who send you their very best wishes.” Included with the card was one of the three new birthday portraits of Charlotte taken by Kate which show her seated in a field of bluebells near their country home in Anmer Hall wearing a sweater that perfectly matches the flowers' blooms. In another shot, she was joined by their new dog Orla, a black cocker spaniel they adopted in 2020 from a litter raised by Kate's brother James Middleton shortly after the death of their previous dog, Lupo.
Earlier this month, Charlotte joined her parents for a rare public outing without her siblings, taking in a swim match as part of the Commonwealth Games. After cheering on British swimmer Luke Turley as he completed a 1500 meter heat and qualified for the finals, the royal family then watched gymnasts compete in the the men’s horizontal bar final and women’s Floor Exercise finals. Charlotte also joined the Duke and Duchess as they met with athletes for a nutrition workshop led by SportsAid, a group that helps future Olympians and Paralympians fund their training. The outing may have also kicked off Charlotte's future as a professional athlete as Tim Lawler, the chief executive of SportsAid (where Kate is a patron), told Hello! that, “She really, really loved seeing the swimming, but she's interested in the gymnastics. While they're trying lots of different sports at home, I understand, when I asked her about sport she answered very easily and said, ‘It's gymnastics that I like.’”
And for her sixth birthday last year, Charlotte proved that she's also already shaping up to be a fashion plate just like her mom after the dress she wore in her portrait almost immediately sold out. Rachel Riley, the designer behind the dress, told Vanity Fair at the time, “It was such a treat to see Princess Charlotte wearing our button front floral dress to mark her sixth birthday! She looks so happy in the picture. We look forward to seeing Princess Charlotte’s style develop as she continues to grow and mature and we have no doubt she will become as much of a style icon as her mother is.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/princess-charlotte-lovely-7-birthday-prince-william-kate-middleton-thank-you-note-official-portrait | 2022-08-18T16:32:40Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/princess-charlotte-lovely-7-birthday-prince-william-kate-middleton-thank-you-note-official-portrait | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Niki Zefanya still remembers the first song she wrote back in fourth grade. “I could still recite the lyrics to you now, but it wasn’t about anything,” the singer-songwriter, known professionally as Niki—“but you can call me Nic”—tells me over lunch in the Flatiron district on a recent Wednesday afternoon. There wasn’t much of a narrative, she recalls: something about a boy who falls into a well. “It was just me rhyming,” Zefanya says before leaning across the table like we’re in the throes of a covert gab session, and cracks a knowing grin. “The first first song that I wrote that was actually about something was in eighth grade, and it was about my crush.”
We’re meeting just a few days before the release of Zefanya’s second studio album, Nicole, which has made the 23-year-old’s creative past particularly top of mind. The sophomore-album problem, after all, is an existential one. What you, the performer, offer up to the world in following up your breakthrough is supposed to both assure everyone just how much you haven’t changed as much as, well, how much you actually have. For Zefanya, as a 23-year-old Indonesian artist and producer breaking ground everywhere from Coachella to Marvel, whose dreamy R&B lilts have effectively made her patron saint of all sad Asian diaspora girlies at large, Nicole tackles such double-edged expectations via flashback—thematically and literally—to her days as a teenage YouTuber.
“I remember contemplating just deleting them,” Zefanya tells me of the videos she used to post of herself singing as @nzee24, back when she was growing up in Jakarta and writing her first songs about falling in and out of young love. “I was like…who cares? Nobody will miss them or know.” There came a pivotal moment in 2017, right when her career first took off: She’d just left Lipscomb University after two semesters in order to sign with the up-and-coming Asian hip-hop label 88rising, and the necessity to rebrand as Niki, the R&B artist, meant possibly relegating Nicole, the baby-faced 15-year-old whose video of a “Stay Stay Stay” cover won a contest to open for Taylor Swift’s Red Tour stop in Jakarta, to internet history. Or so she thought. Amid the pandemic quietude—and inspiration from Swift’s own revisitation of Fearless and Red last year—Zefanya found herself gravitating to those old videos with the realization that she too now had the ability to render her formative work in its fullest form.
The end result, released this month, is Nicole, a sonic time capsule of a breakup album that explores heartache in perhaps its most devastating form: originally bottled in the prime of adolescence, now remastered via Zefanya’s grown-up chops as writer, musician, and producer. It’s half new material, half @nzee24 classics refurbished from the YouTube vault, dedicated to parsing the experience of growing up in a certain place and time (“High School in Jakarta,” “Milk Teeth,” “Facebook Friends”), particularly regarding one monumental high school split that Zefanya has no interest in being coy about. “It’s totally about my first love and my first heartbreak and everything in between,” she says—with ease. The roughly six-year margin between said events and Nicole notwithstanding, Zefanya says that she found the process of reworking her teenage material to be, frankly, fun: “It feels like basking both in nostalgia and maturity at the same time.”
Slightly less fun, she admits, was scoring and starring in But I’m Letting Go, the 30-minute short film she made to accompany the album with director Isaac Ravishankara. The All Too Well–esque project turned what might have been a manageable audio-based exercise in flashback into an excruciating cinematic treatment likely eligible for whatever performance-art award any human should get in exchange for literally reenacting their first big breakup. “Shooting was definitely the roller coaster of ‘what the fuck?’” she says. “It felt like I had done this before and I was reliving it, but not?”
Over panzanella and a hilariously large keto platter, we hypothesize how her audience, likely accustomed to Zefanya’s bouncier R&B repertoire, will take to the new record, especially live. “I just feel like we’re all going to be sad and emotional together, which sounds like a ball,” she laughs. Before jetting off on her first—nearly sold-out—headlining solo North American tour this fall, Zefanya had been scheduled for a top slot in this weekend’s Head in the Clouds festival in Pasadena, 88rising’s SoCal Asian mecca, for the uninitiated, and adopted home turf for Zefanya, for the second year running. On Tuesday night, however, Zefanya announced on Instagram that she had tested positive for COVID and wouldn’t be able to perform. She assured fans that Head in the Clouds Asia, including a stop in her actual hometown, Jakarta, was still on. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/the-pop-power-of-nikis-very-recent-nostalgia | 2022-08-18T16:32:46Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/08/the-pop-power-of-nikis-very-recent-nostalgia | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nigeria healthcare facilities at risk of disease epicentres due to lack of WASH services ― FG
The Federal Government has lamented that a good number of healthcare centres in Nigeria were at risk of becoming epicentres of the disease because of lack of access to combined Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services thereby putting the lives of doctors, nurses, midwives, other caregivers and patients at risk.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in his speech at the Launch of the National Guidelines for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH) services in the Healthcare Facilities(HCF) in Nigeria, on Thursday, in Abuja said, although, the Federal Ministry of Health is taking the lead in WASH in HCFs, but WASH is multi-sectoral, and public health concern that requires continuous collaboration among WASH sector for the attainment of WASH Global Best practices.
Ehanire further said, for a harmonised approach to WASH services and guarantee the accessibility of health professionals at all levels for effective utilisation and assurance of the benefits of WASH in Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) of diseases in HCFs in Nigeria, the Guidelines must be widely circulated and disseminated for implementation by all stakeholders.
Ehanire explained that WASH is a strategy to ensure adequate provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services in the HCFs in addressing prevailing WASH-related problems in HCFs in Nigeria.
He said: “Safe drinking water, Sanitation and Hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity, and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments.
“The role of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services in preventing the spread of infections and promoting good health in the Healthcare facilities is the focal point of this document.
“Functional Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facility/system has been recognised as an effective strategy for the prevention and control of diseases most especially epidemic-prone diseases.
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“An effective and efficient WASH facility/system provides a break in the chain of disease transmission that will lead to the reduction of morbidity and mortality that may result from the epidemics of these infectious diseases.
“In the light of COVID-19 and other emerging Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF’s), WASH services are essential and familiar functions of local, state and federal public health agencies. It is a mandatory component of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for healthcare providers and the general public.
“WASH services as a strategy reduces the burden of case management for infectious diseases and help public health managers and decision-makers to effectively prevent, contain and manage disease outbreaks.
“Without access to adequate Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services, healthcare centres in Nigeria would be ill-equipped to manage even the COVID-19 crisis and other Health associated infections HAIs, while the poorest and most vulnerable people in the country would be left to face the pandemic alone, not even the most basic defence – clean water and a bar of soap.
“It is important to note that Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 3) Good Health and Wellbeing and (SDG 6) Clean Water and Sanitation cannot be achieved without adequate WASH services in HCFs.
“Further to this, WASH is an integral component of Clean Nigeria; Use the Toilet Campaign. Therefore to attain Open Defecation Free (ODF), our HCFs in rural communities and urban cities must have functional and useable toilet facilities with adequate Water supply for hygiene services.
Similarly, the Permanent Secretary, Mamman Mamouda in his remarks disclosed that the development of the National Guidelines was conceived as the Federal Ministry of Health to improve and deepen WASH services in HCFs in Nigeria after the Presidential Declaration of State of Emergency in the +WASH sector in 2018.
According to him: “though there were pockets of document on Hygiene and Sanitation but there were no comprehensive National Guidelines to provide STANDARDS and GUIDANCE in the provision of WASH services in the HCFs in Nigeria.
“In 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with other Technical Committee (TC) members selected from the WASH sector comprising Federal Ministries of (Water Resources, Environment, Works & Housing), Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), WaterAid Nigeria, World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF), were saddled with the responsibility of developing the National Guidelines.”
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - A Milton man is facing assault and related charges following accusations that he attacked an injured one man before threatening two other people with a gun.
It happened shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at a home in Tru-Vale Acres in Rehoboth Beach. Delaware State Police said the ensuing investigation revealed that a man was standing in his driveway loading items into a vehicle when 29-year-old Frederick Young approached him. Police said Young struck the victim in the head while holding a firearm and stole the victim’s cell phone. Young then threatened two of the victim’s neighbors with the handgun, according to police. Computer checks of Young revealed that he is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing a firearm.
The victim sustained injuries that were treated by EMS personnel at the scene. Young departed from the area in his vehicle prior to the arrival of police.
On the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 17, troopers contacted Young during a traffic stop in the Lewes area, and he was taken into custody without incident. Young was transported to Troop 7 and charged with the following crimes:
- Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (Felony) – 2 counts
- Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited (Felony)
- Assault Second Degree (Felony)
- Aggravated Menacing (Felony) – 2 counts
Young was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court #3 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on $120,000 cash bond. | https://www.wboc.com/news/milton-man-arrested-for-assault-gun-threats/article_0fa686fe-1f07-11ed-839e-a7d92165ab6a.html | 2022-08-18T16:37:52Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/milton-man-arrested-for-assault-gun-threats/article_0fa686fe-1f07-11ed-839e-a7d92165ab6a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Four proposed amendments for Tennessee's constitution will be on the ballot this November.
Voters will see the candidates for governor, the amendments, races for the US House of Representatives and Hamilton County's remaining offices that are up for grabs.
The four amendments are as follows:
- An amendment to Article XI, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the right to work.
- An amendment to Article II and Article III of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the exercise of the powers and duties of the Governor during disability.
- An amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude.
- An amendment to Article IX, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to disqualifications.
Click here to read the exact language that will appear on the ballot.
A “yes" vote would amend the constitution and adopt the proposed language.
A “no" vote would leave the constitution as is.
Voters will head to the polls on November 8.
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Dodge, famous for offering cars with big and powerful V8 engines, is phasing out some of its iconic, gas-powered muscle cars in favor of electric power. To ease fans into this new era, the company has opted to mimic some muscle car sensations — including shifting gears and a loud exhaust — in an electric concept car it unveiled on Wednesday.
It's part of an overall shift from Dodge, the American performance car division of Stellantis, towards electrified vehicles. The brand's current gas-powered muscle cars, the Charger and Challenger, end production next year. The concept muscle car, called the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT, resembles a model that will go on sale 2024, according to executives. It will join a new small SUV called the Hornet that will be available as a plug-in hybrid and is set to go on sale later this year.
The Charger Daytona has exhaust pipes that make noise and a transmission that shifts gears. None of that is necessary in an electric car, of course, but Dodge assumes its target customer isn't looking for what's strictly needed. These customers are looking for excitement, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis said, which requires more than just fast acceleration.
"We think we're going to bring a car to market that customers didn't see coming," he said. "But they're definitely going to hear this one coming."
The Charger Daytona makes low, loud thrumming tones that sounds a bit like high-voltage electrical equipment. The sounds aren't produced by speakers, like the sounds from most electric cars, but by air pulses forced through pipes with baffles and chambers inside.
The air pulses vary in speed and force depending on how fast the car is going and how hard the accelerator is pressed, much like the air pulses created by an internal combustion engine. The sounds it produces can be up 126 decibels, according to Dodge. That's about the level at which the ears begin to hurt and well above levels at which sustained exposure can cause hearing loss, according to the National Hearing Conservation Association.
Unlike most electric cars, the Charger Daytona has a transmission with more than just one or two speeds. Most electric cars have only a one-speed transmission because, unlike gasoline engines, electric motors provide their full pulling power at even very low speeds and keep providing that power up through very high rotating speeds. Gas engines, by contrast, have a relatively narrow band of operating speeds at which they can provide full power so it's necessary to have a transmission with different gears to keep the engine within that "power band" as the car moves slower and faster.
But Dodge designers and engineers felt electric car drivers might miss the sounds and sensations of a transmission shifting, so, even though it's not really needed, the Charger Daytona has a multi-speed transmission. Kuniskis would not say how many gears the transmission has. The gas powered 717-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat has an eight-speed transmission. Classic Dodge Charger muscle cars, like the ones the EV is modeled on, had three- or four-speed transmissions.
Dodge hasn't yet announced how much power the all-wheel-drive car's electric motors will produce, though the company promised that it will be faster than the Dodge Challenger Hellcat "in all key performance measures." The supercharged Hellcat, a gasoline-powered rear-wheel-drive car, can go from a stop to 60 miles an hour in 3.7 seconds, according to Car and Driver.
With its narrow rectangular nose and dark color, the Charger Daytona EV resembles a late 1968 Charger. In its dark paint color, it looks a good bit like the Dodge Charger used in a famous chase scene in the movie "Bullitt," the one that chases -- and gets chased by -- Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang.
The front of the Charger Daytona EV hides a wing that runs just above the "grille." The wing allows air to pass underneath it, improving the car's aerodynamic efficiency. Air vents cut in the sides at the front and rear of the vehicle also help to improve the aerodynamics of the generally squared-off body.
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The Florida state Senate will pause its proceedings to remove state attorney Andrew Warren, who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis for his pledge not to prosecute certain cases, according to a letter penned by Senate President Wilton Simpson on Wednesday.
The Republican governor announced he was suspending Warren, a Democrat, in early August, accusing him of "neglect of duty" and "incompetence" as the elected prosecutor of Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. Warren had pledged not to prosecute those who seek or perform abortions or those who provide gender-affirming treatments.
On Wednesday, within 12 hours of attorneys for Warren filing a motion in federal court to challenge the suspension, the Florida Senate temporarily halted its process to consider removing Warren, Simpson said in a press release.
"Senate counsel notes the pending litigation challenges the entirety of the executive order," Simpson, a Republican, wrote in his letter Wednesday to Warren and all state senators. "Therefore, the basis for any future Senate proceeding will be impacted by the current litigation."
In his letter, Simpson asked that senators suspend proceedings related to Warren's suspension until "a final determination in this pending litigation is rendered."
Warren's lawsuit alleges that DeSantis violated the state attorney's First Amendment rights and exceeded DeSantis' authority as governor under Florida statute. In his suit, Warren asks the court to order DeSantis to rescind the executive order suspending him and to restore him to office.
Under Florida law, a governor can remove "any county officer" for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony.
Warren had signed on to two separate letters from progressive organization Fair and Just Prosecution, denouncing laws that criminalize doctors who provide gender-affirming care for transgender people and saying prosecutors "have a responsibility to refrain from using limited criminal legal system resources" to prosecute those who seek, provide or support abortions.
Florida has a law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and a ban on transgender girls and women participating in scholastic sports as a female.
Warren argued on CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday that the "Florida Constitution sets very limited parameters under which a governor can suspend an elected official" and that DeSantis was trying to "substitute his judgment for that of the voters who elected me."
"He can't just throw out people's votes because he disagrees with something that I've said," Warren said of the governor.
On Wednesday, Taryn Fenske, a spokesperson for DeSantis, told CNN, "It's not surprising Warren, who was suspended for refusing to follow the law, would file a legally baseless lawsuit challenging his suspension.
"We look forward to responding in court," Fenske added.
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Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a 15-year-long tax fraud scheme, and as part of the deal he has agreed to testify against former President Donald Trump's real estate company at trial.
In court Thursday, Weisselberg said, "Yes, your honor" when asked if he was pleading guilty of his own choice.
Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 felonies and admitted he failed to pay taxes on $1.7 million in income, including luxury perks, such as rent and utilities for a Manhattan apartment, leases for a pair of Mercedes-Benz cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren.
He admitted to concealing those benefits from his accountant to under-report his income and knowingly omitting the income from his personal tax returns.
Weisselberg answered a series of specific questions about the scheme from the judge in a hushed and barely audible tone, saying "Yes, your honor" repeatedly.
As part of the deal, he will pay nearly $2 million in back taxes, interest and penalties and waive any right to appeal.
Judge Juan Merchan said Weisselberg would be sentenced after the Trump Organization's trial. He said the agreement was for a five-month sentence to be followed by five years of probation. The judge warned Weisselberg if he does not meet all the conditions of the plea agreement, "I would be at liberty to impose any lawful sentence which in your case includes imprisonment from 5 to 15 years."
The plea puts him at odds with the Trump Organization, where he worked for 40 years, and his testimony could damage the company, if it goes to trial on related tax charges as scheduled in October.
Weisselberg has been fiercely loyal to the Trump family, having worked for them since 1973. Yet even by providing testimony against the company Weisselberg will not implicate any Trump family members, who were not accused of any wrongdoing. If the Trump Organization is convicted, it could be required to pay back taxes and fines, but no individual will go to prison.
"Today Allen Weisselberg admitted in Court that he used his position at the Trump Organization to bilk taxpayers and enrich himself," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. "This plea agreement directly implicates the Trump Organization in a wide range of criminal activity and requires Weisselberg to provide invaluable testimony in the upcoming trial against the corporation. Furthermore, thanks to the incredibly hard work and dedication of the team prosecuting this case, Weisselberg will spend time behind bars. We look forward to proving our case in court against the Trump Organization," Bragg said.
Weisselberg will likely serve at Rikers Island, New York City's notorious jail. With credit given for good behavior, one-third of the sentence could be knocked off, meaning Weisselberg could end up serving about 100 days behind bars. None of the charges facing Weisselberg have mandatory incarceration but the most serious of the charges has a maximum sentence of 15 years.
Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass said during the hearing that if Weisselberg fails to meet all of the obligations, they will recommend a sentence in state prison.
The Manhattan district attorney's office announced the tax charges last summer as it put pressure on Weisselberg to cooperate against Trump in the wide-ranging investigation into whether the Trump Organization and its top executives provided misleading financial statements to obtain loans, insurance and tax benefits. No charges have been brought in that investigation, which prosecutors say is continuing.
Weisselberg is not cooperating with New York prosecutors in that criminal investigation.
The guilty plea comes two months before Weisselberg was set to go to trial and one week after a New York state judge denied his motion to dismiss the indictment.
Representatives for the Trump Organization have denied any wrongdoing. Trump has called the investigations politically motivated. No other executive was indicted in the tax case and Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump were not accused of any wrongdoing.
The Trump Organization was charged with 10 counts and Weisselberg with 15 felony counts in connection with an alleged scheme stretching back to 2005 "to compensate Weisselberg and other Trump Organization executives in a manner that was "off the books."
There are few people, including Weisselberg, who could explain how decisions were made in the Trump Organization, and his testimony will provide insights at trial.
Weisselberg acknowledged Thursday that the scheme was carried out with Jeffrey McConney, the longtime controller of the Trump Organization.
McConney, who reported to Weisselberg, received immunity for his testimony before the grand jury, people familiar with the matter previously told CNN. He was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the indictment.
Weisselberg's guilty plea comes during a dramatic legal period for Trump, who last week at a deposition in the New York attorney general's civil investigation, asserted his Fifth Amendment right and declined to answer hundreds of questions about the Trump Organization's financial statements.
That came two days after the FBI executed a search warrant on Trump's private Mar-a-lago residence in Florida, as part of a criminal investigation into the handling of presidential records, including classified documents.
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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Former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn isn’t hitching his wagon to the Zach Wilson love train.
The Notre Dame alum, who played for seven seasons in the league before shifting to broadcasting, obliterated the Jets’ second-year signal-caller this week, lamenting he’s “not seen a quarterback get more love for doing less.”
“Can we acknowledge, once again, the media just continually tries to make it something? They want so badly for this to work out, and it’s kind of tough, honestly, to listen to,” Quinn said on Monday’s installment of Fox Sports Radio’s “Two Pros and a Cup of Joe.”
“I’ve not seen a quarterback get more love for doing less from the media than Zach Wilson in a long time.”
Wilson, the second overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, had an “awful” outing — according to Quinn — in Friday’s preseason opener against the Eagles before he went down with an injury. Prior to his exit, the former BYU product, 23, completed 3-of-5 attempts with an interception.
The 37-year-old Quinn’s own NFL career was also widely ridiculed by the media. The highly-touted Heisman nominee was a first-round pick of the Browns in 2007. He finished his career with 3,043 yards passing, 12 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. Wilson threw for 2,334 yards, nine touchdowns and 11 interceptions in his rookie season.
Quinn noted his concerns regarding Wilson’s size and likened his interception from last week’s 24-21 win over Philadelphia to a fresh-faced quarterback hitting the field for the first time.
“The interception he threw in that game, it looked like day one. Game one, year one, he stared down a target, and was it [Eagles linebacker] Kyzir White ended up picking it off, and I’m going, that is as easy as it gets,” Quinn said.
Though Quinn wished Wilson a swift recovery following his successful arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday, he suggested the Jets “would be better” with a certain Bay Area-based quarterback.
“They’d be better with Jimmy G. [Garoppolo] at quarterback, but they’re not going to make that move because they invested so much in Zach Wilson so far,” he said.
Though Wilson’s exact timetable for return is unclear, he’s expected to miss two to four weeks, with veteran quarterback Joe Flacco likely taking the reins Week 1 against the Ravens. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/brady-quinn-absolutely-obliterates-jets-qb-zach-wilson/ | 2022-08-18T16:46:11Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/brady-quinn-absolutely-obliterates-jets-qb-zach-wilson/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Deshaun Watson has been suspended 11 games and fined $5 million.
Retired federal judge Sue Robinson initially handed down a six-game suspension to Watson on Aug. 1. Given the structure of his five-year, $230 million contract – a large signing bonus with a paltry nominal salary for the 2022 season – it only would have cost the quarterback around $345,000.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell appealed the punishment under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy, and appointed New Jersey’s former attorney general Peter Harvey as the designee to hear the case. The NFL and NFLPA reached an agreement on the punishment before Harvey ruled.
Watson was accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen Houston-area massage therapists, who made lurid allegations about the star quarterback’s behavior.
Watson did not face criminal charges in Texas over the allegations, but he has settled 24 of the 25 civil lawsuits brought about by plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee.
Terms of the settlements were undisclosed.
The 26-year-old Watson was traded from the Texans to the Browns this offseason for a package that included three first round picks. Watson is slated to return in Week 13 against the Texans in Houston. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/deshaun-watson-suspended-11-games-fined-5-million-by-nfl/ | 2022-08-18T16:46:23Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/deshaun-watson-suspended-11-games-fined-5-million-by-nfl/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand out as one of the strongest segments of the US economy.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending August 13 fell by 2,000 to 250,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last week’s number, which raised some eyebrows, was revised down by 10,000.
The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, fell by 2,750 to 246,750.
The number of Americans collecting traditional unemployment benefits increased by 7,000 the week that ended August 6, to 1.43 million. That’s the most since early April.
Unemployment applications generally reflect layoffs and are often seen as an early indicator of where the job market is headed.
Hiring in the United States in 2022 has been remarkably resilient in the face of rising interest rates and weak economic growth.
The Labor Department reported earlier this month that US employers added 528,000 jobs in July, more than double what forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%, tying a 50-year low reached just before coronavirus pandemic slammed the US economy in early 2020.
The United States recovered with unexpected strength from 2020′s COVID-19 recession, leaving businesses scrambling to find enough workers.
That’s not to say the US economy doesn’t face challenges. Consumer prices have been surging, rising 8.5% in July from a year earlier — down slightly from June’s 40-year high 9.1%. To combat inflation, the Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate four times this year.
Higher borrowing costs have taken a toll. The economy contracted in the first half of the year — one measure suggesting the onset of a recession. But the strength of the job market has been inconsistent with an economic downturn. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/jobless-claims-dip-slightly-despite-signs-of-slowing-economy/ | 2022-08-18T16:47:23Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/jobless-claims-dip-slightly-despite-signs-of-slowing-economy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Playmaker was just trying to play a game of pool.
Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin was at a bar in Texas on Monday when he attempted to mediate a fight between two male patrons — one of which was playing pool with the Cowboys legend, according to video footage obtained by TMZ.
The altercation reportedly occurred at around 10 p.m. at Knockout Sports Bar near Dallas, soon after Irvin had arrived in town from filming ESPN’s “First Take” in New York City earlier that day.
The three-time Super Bowl champion was still wearing his captain’s hat that he sported on the ESPN broadcast, which was filmed on a yacht on the Hudson River to celebrate Stephen A. Smith’s return to the show following vacation and shoulder surgery.
Video footage from inside the bar shows Irvin speaking to a man in a teal t-shirt, appearing to deescalate a tense situation between him and another male. The man in teal reportedly approached Irvin to try and take a picture with the Cowboys legend, and that’s when witnesses told TMZ that the man who was playing pool with Irvin shooed him off, which sparked the scuffle.
At one point, Irvin can be seen in the bar footage hugging the man in teal, who eventually swung at the man Irving was playing pool with.
When bouncers intervened and removed the apparent agitators, Irvin appeared to keep his distance at the opposite end of the bar. He was seen in the footage speaking with a server, nowhere near where the chaos took place.
Irvin reportedly left the bar minutes after the fight ended. Police said they were not called to the scene and are not investigating, TMZ reported. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/michael-irvin-caught-on-video-trying-to-break-up-dallas-bar-fight/ | 2022-08-18T16:47:47Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/michael-irvin-caught-on-video-trying-to-break-up-dallas-bar-fight/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
She checked his flight privilege.
A no-nonsense mom devised an ingenious way to teach her entitled son a lesson on vacation — by buying his nanny first-class tickets while leaving the brat in economy. A Reddit post detailing the life coaching tactic is currently blowing up as viewers praise the parent for laying down the law.
“I warned him that his ticket was economic and he didn’t believe it,” the unnamed parent detailed in the post, which was posted Wednesday in the forum “AmItheA–hole?”
The mother said that in recent years, her 18-year-old son Matt had become “selfish and elitist,” which they attributed to sending him to private school at age 11. The parents had reportedly had Matt at 17 when they were poor but had since obtained high-paying jobs, which forced them to hire a nanny named May, 45.
And while the mother of three tried to adjust Matt’s attitude, “with the onset of adolescence and stubbornness, it just seemed to get worse,” she wrote.
Things came to a head this year when the family decided to travel abroad and bring May with them as a gift — a decision that didn’t sit well with her spoiled son.
“Matt, on a random day, overheard me talking to my husband that I was planning to pay for a first-class seat for May and her son for her to enjoy like we did,” the selfless parent explained. “He asked why we should do this, we were already paying for everything, let her go economy class if she can’t afford first class.”
She added, “I was shocked, I said that it was mean to say this and that she was an important person for our family, who gives up having time for her own child to take care of mine. It’s the least I can do.”
When Matt refused to see mom’s side of the argument, she threatened to stick the hellion in cattle class.
“I said if he sees it that way, I said I’d buy him an economy seat and he’d have to turn around to pay for an upgrade for him to see how privileged he is to have parents who can pay,” the mother explained. “He nodded, thinking it was a joke even though I said it wasn’t.”
Her teen continued to believe it was a goof for months, until the day of the flight when mama made good on her promise.
“On the day of the trip, like a shocked Pikachu, he was startled when he realized I told the truth,” she explained. “He threw a tantrum in the middle of the airport, saying that 10 hours of travel would be very uncomfortable. I just replied: You had six months to gather, you’ve been warned.”
And while the flight “went OK,” the disciplinarian’s progeny “was outraged the entire trip, saying it was almost torture and that we had gone too far,” the mother wrote.
She said her unorthodox form of character calibration received mixed reactions, writing: “My husband agrees with me, but my parents said I went too far doing this.”
On the other hand, the punishment earned her much adulation from fellow parents on Reddit.
“He f–ked around and found out,” said one impressed Redditor, before snarking: “Yes you absolutely tortured him by making him sit with the peasants. How awful.”
Another wrote, “He’s lucky she still took him on vacation at all.”
“Honestly good on OP on nipping her son’s entitled behavior right in the bud,” another commenter wrote of the mom’s “grounding.” “Really wish more wealthy parents were like that!”
One righteous Redditor said, “the fact that he said ‘why are we paying’ really rubbed me the wrong way. It’s not we, he’s not paying.”
“It’s his parents’ hard-earned money and they can spend it however they choose,” they added.
On the other side of the parenting coin, this single UK mother insists she will never punish or reward her children — and says her parenting strategy has proven successful for her. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/mom-flies-nanny-first-class-leaves-bratty-teen-in-coach/ | 2022-08-18T16:47:53Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/mom-flies-nanny-first-class-leaves-bratty-teen-in-coach/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It appears Sydney Sweeney has decided to refocus on being grateful for all of her youthful, newfound success.
Less than a month after stirring the pop culture pot by whining about how “they don’t pay actors like they used to” — the rising star of HBO’s “The White Lotus” and “Euphoria” has changed her tune.
Despite her Emmy nomination, starring roles in upcoming movies and her first $3 million mansion, the infamously voluptuous blonde recently caused quite a stir by claiming she doesn’t have enough money in bank.
Now, however, the Washington-born actress appears to recognize that she has plenty of options.
“Being able to be in the position that I am now, where I can say no, is terrifying. I get so scared. I don’t like saying no,” Sweeney, 24, told IndieWire in a new interview published Wednesday. “I actually write letters to people saying ‘I’m so sorry I’m saying no,’ because I don’t like being that person. [I want] to make sure I’m choosing characters that will surprise the audience.”
Sweeney also told the outlet, “I’m still in the ‘Is this happening? Is this real?’ phase,” noting how her name is now up in the award-worthy ranks with icons such as Patricia Arquette and Christina Ricci.
But she still gets blinded by stars in spite of her own fame. “I’m constantly still starstruck and can’t believe this life is real because for years and years and years, I dreamt and worked so hard in the hopes of being able to just have one line in a scene with somebody like that,” Sweeney said.
The “Handmaid’s Tale” alum then explained how she has a little bit of freedom to pick and choose her next projects more wisely: “I always look for projects that the character excites me, the character challenges me, the story excites me, and of course, the filmmaker.”
The young starlet has forged professional relationships with the execs at HBO and that has allowed her to appear on “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” at the same time.
“I have been very, very fortunate and grateful for the opportunities of working with such talented filmmakers, and it does change the outcome and the reception of a project,” she said.
The trained MMA fighter convinced her parents to let her move to Hollywood when she was 14 years old after she made a Powerpoint presentation to persuade them.
Sweeney scored guest spots and bit parts on dramas such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Pretty Little Liars” and “90210.”
“For 10 years there, I would take anything that I couldn’t get my hands on — because I just was so hungry to work.”
Her newfound positive streak is a far cry from ontroversial comments she made last month. “If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don’t have income to cover that,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t have someone supporting me, I don’t have anyone I can turn to, to pay my bills or call for help.”
She also noted that she obviously isn’t broke — hello, Miu Miu, Laneige and Armani beauty campaign deals — but she doesn’t profit as much from her day job as people may think.
“They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals,” Sweeney explained. “The established stars still get paid, but I have to give 5% to my lawyer, 10% to my agents, 3% or something like that to my business manager.
“I have to pay my publicist every month, and that’s more than my mortgage,” Sweeney continued. “If I just acted, I wouldn’t be able to afford my life in LA. I take deals because I have to.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/sydney-sweeney-still-asks-herself-is-this-real-despite-money-woes/ | 2022-08-18T16:48:12Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/sydney-sweeney-still-asks-herself-is-this-real-despite-money-woes/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation.
Dan Price, the embattled CEO of credit card processing company Gravity Payments, resigned Wednesday, The Seattle Times reported.
Price stunned his 100-plus workers when he told them he was cutting his roughly $1 million salary to $70,000 and using company profits to ensure that everyone there would earn at least that much within three years.
“My No. 1 priority is for our employees to work for the best company in the world, but my presence has become a distraction here,” Price wrote in a statement on Twitter. He founded the company 18 years ago.
“I also need to step aside from these duties to focus full time on fighting false accusations made against me,” he wrote. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Earlier this year, Seattle prosecutors charged Price with misdemeanor assault against a woman and reckless driving. Prosecutors say Price tried to forcibly kiss a woman. He pleaded not guilty in May; the case remains ongoing.
Price, 38, has also run into other legal trouble. His brother Lucas sued him in 2015, alleging that Dan Price was overpaying himself. A King County judge ruled that Dan had not violated Lucas’ rights as a minority shareholder.
Allegations that Price had abused ex-wife Kristie Colon also surfaced that year. A Bloomberg report recounted an October 2015 TEDx talk given by Colon during which she described being beaten and waterboarded by her ex, without naming Price. Price told Bloomberg those events “never happened.”
Chief operating officer Tammi Kroll will take over as CEO. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/ceo-who-cut-his-pay-so-workers-could-earn-70000-resigns/ | 2022-08-18T16:48:16Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/ceo-who-cut-his-pay-so-workers-could-earn-70000-resigns/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former President Donald Trump called “FAKE NEWS” Thursday on a Washington Post report that claimed he has been having trouble hiring top-flight attorneys to represent him in the days since the FBI raid on his Florida resort.
“The WAPO story that ‘Trump is scrambling to add seasoned lawyers’ to the Mar-a-Lago Raid case is, as usual, FAKE NEWS. I already have excellent and experienced lawyers – am very happy with them,” Trump said in an early morning post on his Truth Social site.
“This is highly political prosecutorial misconduct, I have not been charged with anything and, most importantly, I did nothing wrong. Thank you!” the 45th president added.
The Washington Post report, published Tuesday, said Trump and his aides have been searching high and low for “expert legal advice” since the Aug. 8 search and the subsequent revelation that the former president is being investigated for possibly violating three federal statutes — including the Espionage Act — but have come up empty-handed.
“Everyone is saying no,” the newspaper quoted a prominent Republican as saying.
The outlet added that the former president is “struggling” to find a “veteran defense lawyer” with experience dealing with the Justice Department.
When asked about the report Thursday, attorney David Schoen, who represented Trump in his second Senate impeachment trial, told CNN that he had been “approached a couple months ago about being a liaison with the Justice Department.
“It wasn’t for me, it doesn’t suit my skill set. I wasn’t particularly interested in that,” Schoen said.
“It’s not my — not my skill set to sift through boxes and sort of liaison with the Justice Department,” he added. “I’m hired generally when a case is going to trial or appeal to argue the case and to cross-examine witnesses. So, that’s my skill set at least.”
The Washington Post article also noted that advisers to the 45th president are “extremely worried” that the current stable of lawyers representing him lack the experience to handle such a complex case.
“I had some of the greatest lawyers in the country willing to help me prepare for the impeachment,” Schoen told CNN Thursday when asked about that aspect of the report.
“But there are some people who at that time had been around President Trump, giving advice and vetting lawyers and wanting to go insinuate themselves into the situation, who I think gave bad advice,” he added. “And so in this case, they nixed some of these people because they hadn’t been vetted by them and so on, sort of making themselves too self-important.”
A Trump spokesman denied the report in a statement on Tuesday, claiming the former president has ample legal firepower on his side in the form of former federal prosecutors Evan Corcoran and James Trusty.
“The President’s lead counsel in relation to the raid of his home, Jim Trusty and Evan Corcoran, have decades of prosecutorial experience and have litigated some of the most complex cases in American history,” Taylor Budowich said in the statement. “President Trump is represented by some of the strongest attorneys in the country, and any suggestion otherwise is only driven by envy.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/trump-denies-hes-struggling-to-build-legal-defense-team/ | 2022-08-18T16:48:18Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/trump-denies-hes-struggling-to-build-legal-defense-team/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jets fans are now imploring Zach Wilson’s rumored gal pal to nurse the injured quarterback back to health.
Moments after influencer Nicolette Dellanno posted a “summer” recap Wednesday on Instagram – which included her trip to Yankee Stadium with the second-year quarterback – Jets loyalists flooded the comments section with get-well messages for Wilson, 23, following his successful arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday.
“Fix Zach’s knee pls,” one user wrote, while another went on to post, “Give his knees kisses every night we need him back ASAP.”
Wilson exited last week’s preseason game against the Eagles with an injury, which an MRI exam showed to be a bone bruise and a meniscus tear. Although the exact timetable is unclear, it’s expected Wilson will miss two to four weeks.
The Jets open the season at home against the Ravens on Sunday, Sept. 11.
With the regular season on the horizon, it remains to be seen if Dellanno, who is based in New Jersey, will make an appearance at MetLife Stadium to cheer on the Jets.
Wilson was first spotted with Dellanno in June, six months after rumors swirled that he and his longtime girlfriend, Abbey Gile, had parted ways. The twosome took in a Yankees game and was photographed together both on the field and in the stands.
One month after the Yankees’ outing, Wilson was at the center of headlines once again, when he was accused of being involved with one of his mom’s friends. Wilson broke his silence a short while after, quipping on Instagram: “Took the boys to @gozzerranchclub in Idaho before camp! Poor cell service…what I miss?”
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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam & Eve and adameve.com, America's most trusted source for adult products, are back with the latest statistics from an all-new survey that asks adults about their favorite places to have sex in public. And their responses might shock you!
While only 46% of those polled admitted they enjoyed sex in public places, of those who indulged in less discreet lovemaking venues, their choice of location is as follows:
Parked car 46%
In the woods 26%
In a park 20%
At the beach 18%
Workplace/office 12%
Public bathroom 12%
Movie theater 7%
Airplane 4%
Taxi/cab 3%
Church 2%
Dr. Jenni Skyler, resident sexologist at Adam & Eve, says, "Many people enjoy the idea of public sex because it can feel like an erotic roller coaster, tapping into a taboo fantasy. However, there are real legal implications of getting caught. If couples want some racy, but safer, alternatives, consider secluded backyards or parked cars with concealed driveways."
Chad Davis, Marketing Director for Adam & Eve, adds, "Adam & Eve offers a wide variety of products to enhance any encounter, mood or location."
The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third party survey company, of over 1,000 American adults age 18 and up, was sponsored by Adam & Eve to study sexual preferences and practices.
For more information about Adam & Eve, visit their website, https://www.adameve.com. For additional information on Adam & Eve, please contact Adam & Eve Director of Public Relations Katy Zvolerin at 919.644.8100 x 3121 or katy@adameve.com.
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Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) recently surprised investors with a better-than-expected Fiscal Q1 performance. However, the quarterly beat failed to lift the stock for more than one trading session. Slowing macro activities, a slowdown in its Cloud business, and increased competitive activity limit the upside in Alibaba stock.
Citing the softness in consumption, Deutsche Bank analyst Leo Chiang lowered his revenue forecast by 1% for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024. Chiang stated, “We anticipate geopolitical tensions, currency depreciation in Euro markets, and a slowdown in Southeast Asian markets to collectively weigh on the outlook for international commerce in the Sep Q.”
It’s worth mentioning that Alibaba’s Cloud business is facing multiple headwinds, including slowing macroeconomic activities, weak demand from domestic internet customers, and declining revenues from top Internet customers.
Chiang expects these headwinds to continue to hurt Alibaba’s cloud business in the September quarter.
While Chiang sees multiple revenue headwinds for Alibaba, he retains a Buy recommendation on BABA stock on better margin expectations. The analyst expects BABA’s ongoing cost control efforts and its focus on reducing new user acquisition costs to support its net income.
Chiang expects Alibaba to benefit from the faster-than-expected economic recovery and sees its valuation as “defensive.” the analyst raised his price target to $160 from $155.
Is BABA Stock a Buy or Sell?
Wall Street analysts are bullish about Alibaba’s prospects. For instance, BABA stock has received 21 Buys, one Hold, and one Sell rating for a Strong Buy rating consensus. Meanwhile, the average BABA price target of $154.09 implies 68.5% upside potential.
Though most analysts recommend a Buy, hedge funds have reduced their BABA stock holdings. Hedge funds sold 12.8 million worth of BABA stock in the last quarter. Moreover, Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio BABA stock as well.
Conclusion: Uncertainty Surrounds BABA Stock
Alibaba’s focus on cost optimization and investments in its Cloud business will likely support its long-term growth. However, macro and regulatory uncertainty and increased competitive activity continue to play spoilsport and will likely hurt its prospects. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/whats-restricting-alibaba-stocks-upside-potential | 2022-08-18T16:48:56Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/whats-restricting-alibaba-stocks-upside-potential | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Camect INC, fills the costly security gap for Cannabis dispensary and grow facilities with an affordable AI powered smart hub able to detect rodents, deer and humans with a less than 1% error rate. See video here.
Until the S.A.F.E. Banking Act passes cash intensive dispensary owners are at rising risk for violent and costly burglaries from humans. According to NPR the wave of crime has escalated. Grow facilities face the double threat from both human crop theft and destruction from rodents and animals. One rodent can destroy thousands of dollars of valuable plants.
Live guards burden owners with as much as $50,000 a month in round the clock security. A solution that is not affordable to most. Video security cameras offer at best a reactive approach to crime detection. These cameras are designed to record, not detect. In a world with understaffed, overworked police officers these videos are not actually helpful. This can be a huge distraction with alerts going off every time a leaf, bug or weather triggers an alarm. NYT reports that 80% of DIY security system owners are annoyed by "false-alarms".
Camect uses AI powered object detection. The nanosecond an object (rodent, deer, person, pick-up truck, delivery truck, etc.) is detected an alert is deployed, if you want to know about it. The system will adapt to the user's preferences, virtually eliminating false alarms. Camect affordable smart hub connects with almost every existing camera system. Most often no new equipment is needed.
"Regulations require dispensary owners to pour large amounts of capital into their business and operate as cash only enterprises. This puts product and cash at great risk with criminals targeting both. One of my new customers called me after he lost huge amounts of inventory and $75,000 cash with one break-in. Camect is committed to helping business owners take a proactive approach and deter these crimes." Says Camect National Account Manager Brad Kenning who specializes in Cannabis Security.
Camect is currently available world wide. Contact Camect Marketing Director Rachel Swardson at connect@camect.com for more information.
Camect Inc is the first to bring affordable, accurate and reliable Artificial Intelligence analytics to video and non-video security systems. Our goal is to help human beings focus on what matters.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flexport, the technology platform for global logistics, today announced that Darcie Henry will join the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective October 24, 2022. As a member of the Flexport executive team, Henry will report directly to incoming co-CEO Dave Clark.
As Chief Human Resources Officer, Henry will be responsible for all aspects of Flexport's global talent strategy and operations, including recruiting, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, talent management, leadership development, employer branding, compliance, compensation, and benefits.
"Darcie brings decades of leadership experience scaling fast-growing teams and building mission-oriented cultures at some of the world's most innovative and influential companies," said Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen. "As we look ahead to a new era of growth at Flexport, Darcie will be the perfect leader to help us build a world-class team to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone."
Henry has been a human resources leader for more than two decades. She joins Flexport from Snap Inc., where she has been the Chief Human Resources Officer since July 2021, responsible for building Snap's human resources team, infrastructure, and culture to drive growth. Prior to joining Snap, Henry spent 23 years at Amazon, where she played an integral role in scaling its global talent operations. In her role as Amazon's VP of HR, Global Consumer and Operations, Henry led a team of thousands of human resources professionals, serving hundreds of thousands of employees that made up Amazon's global workforce.
"What attracted me to Flexport is its mission-driven culture and ambition to build the technology and infrastructure for global logistics," said Henry. "Just like Ryan, Dave, and many others at Flexport, I am a builder at heart and my passion is building great teams. I can't wait to get started and work with the team in this new chapter of Flexport's growth."
About Flexport
We believe trade can move the human race forward. That's why it's our mission to make global trade easy for everyone. Flexport is the platform for global logistics – empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. Companies of all sizes – from emerging brands to Fortune 500s – used Flexport technology to move nearly $19B of merchandise across 112 countries in 2021. In 2022, Flexport was named #1 on CNBC's Disruptor 50 List as well as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
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DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Longtime Texas commercial litigation attorneys Brad Jackson and Cheryl Mann of Dallas' The Law Offices of Brad Jackson have been named two of the country's top lawyers for business lawsuits in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Jackson, who is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and Ms. Mann have earned selection in the annual Best Lawyers listing for years.
The firm recently helped the daughters of an elderly North Texas woman win a record-setting $7.3 billion negligence verdict against Charter Communications after a field technician for the company's Spectrum division brutally stabbed their mother to death. The verdict handed down in late July is one of the five largest jury awards in U.S. history.
Jurors heard how Charter/Spectrum failed to properly screen the employee who killed Betty Jo Thomas, 83, a day after fixing a fax machine at her home in Irving. He arrived wearing a Spectrum uniform and driving a Spectrum van even though he was off the clock. After entering her home and killing Ms. Thomas, the technician stole her credit card and went on a spending spree before being arrested. He was sentenced to life in prison last year after pleading guilty to murder.
In addition to more than $300 million in actual damages, the jury assessed $7 billion in punitive damages against Charter/Spectrum after hearing evidence that the company relied on forged documents to try to force Ms. Thomas' family to bring their case before an arbitration panel instead of a jury. The scheme failed, and the jury responded with the massive award in Goff, et al. v. Holden, et al., No. CC-20-01579-E, in Dallas County Court-At-Law No. 5.
Based in Dallas, The Law Offices of Brad Jackson provides decades of experience representing clients in Texas and across the nation. Brad Jackson is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The firm handles practically every type of business dispute, as well as cases involving serious personal injury and wrongful death.
For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or bruce.vincent@muselegalpr.com
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Joshua Davis, Martin Fantozzi, John Ratino, Paul Tummonds, and Richard Zielinski recognized as "Lawyers of the Year"
BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce that 79 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. Five attorneys were singled out as 2023 "Lawyers of the Year." In Washington, D.C., John Ratino was named the "Leisure and Hospitality Lawyer of the Year" and Paul Tummonds, Jr. was named "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year." In Massachusetts, Joshua Davis was named "Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year," Martin Fantozzi was named "Litigation – Real Estate Lawyer of the Year," and Richard Zielinski was named the "Legal Malpractice – Defendants Lawyer of the Year." Twenty-five attorneys were also selected for the "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" list.
Recognized Best Lawyers include:
- D.C.: Lee Carter (Real Estate); Maureen Dwyer (Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate); John Epting (Real Estate); Allison Prince (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); John Ratino (Leisure and Hospitality, Real Estate); Christine Roddy (Real Estate); Paul Tummonds, Jr. (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Jeff Utz (Real Estate); and Wendelin White (Real Estate).
- Massachusetts: Ned Abelson (Environmental); David Abromowitz (Real Estate); Bjorn Andersen (Real Estate); Darren Baird (Real Estate); Mark Balk (Trusts and Estates); Gene Barton, Jr. (Mergers & Acquisitions); Mark Christopher (Trust and Estates); Christopher Clements (Real Estate); Peter Corbett (Real Estate); Rhian Cull (Litigation – Construction); Adam Curry (Real Estate); Timothy Dacey (Legal Malpractice – Defendants); Nancy Davids (Real Estate); Joshua Davis (Employment – Management, Labor - Management); William Dillon (Real Estate); Jason Dunn (Real Estate); Matthew Epstein (Real Estate); Martin Fantozzi (Litigation – Real Estate); Magda Lukl Fleckner (Trusts and Estates); Martha Nahill Frahm (Tax); Len Freiman (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment); Zev Gewurz (Real Estate); Cecilia Gordon (Real Estate); Christian Habersaat (Commercial Litigation); Laurie Hall (Trusts and Estates); Michael Haroz (Real Estate); Matthew Hillery (Trusts & Estates); Deborah Horwitz (Real Estate); Douglas Husid (Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Gregory Kaden (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization); Matthew Kiefer (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Peter Kochansky (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); James Lerner (Real Estate); Phillip Levy (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Frank Litwin (Real Estate); Robert Mack (Real Estate); Pamela MacKenzie (Banking and Finance); Paige Manning (Real Estate); Vanessa Moody (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Real Estate); Kevin O'Flaherty (Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate); Jonathan Pearlson (Environmental, Litigation – Environmental); Michelle Porter (Trusts and Estates); Kevin Renna (Real Estate); Michael Robinson (Real Estate); Richard Rosensweig (Legal Malpractice – Defendants); Douglas Rosner (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization); Andrew Rothstein (Trusts & Estates); Alan Rottenberg (Real Estate); Nancy Samiljan (Trusts and Estates); Thomas Sartory (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property); Kitt Sawitsky (Commercial Litigation, Corporate); Steven Schwartz (Real Estate); Leah Segal (Tax); William Seuch (Environmental); Kerry Spindler (Trusts & Estates); Harold Stahler (Real Estate); Mark Swirbalus (Litigation – Trusts & Estates); Peter Tamm (Land Use and Zoning); Jared Tardy (Real Estate); Philip Tedesco (Real Estate); Craig Todaro (Real Estate); Kate Velasquez-Heller (Environmental); James Wallack (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation – Bankruptcy); Megan Watts (Real Estate); Jeffrey Wolfson (Corporate); and Richard Zielinski (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice – Defendants).
- New York: Yaacov Gross (Corporate); Trevor Hoffmann (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization); David Rabinowitz (Real Estate); and Adam Safer (Construction).
"Ones to Watch" include:
- D.C.: Joel Antwi (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Real Estate); David Brown (Real Estate); Lawrence Ferris (Real Estate); Meghan Hottel-Cox (Real Estate); and Jennifer Logan (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate).
- Massachusetts: Thuy-Dien Bui (Corporate); Timothy John Carter (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization); Neema Chaiban (Real Estate); Eric Cunnane (Trusts and Estates); Alex Dockery (Construction); Michael Flannery (Real Estate); Kevin Gaughan (Real Estate); Brian Judge (Real Estate); David Linhart (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Jennifer Mikels (Commercial Litigation); Paul Momnie (Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate); Nicole Moniz (Corporate); Jonathan Nichols (Real Estate); Carla Reeves (Litigation - Labor and Employment); Julia Rosequist (Real Estate); and Rebecca Tunney (Trusts and Estates).
- New York: Frank Ditta (Real Estate); Michael Helweil (Real Estate); Casey Milianta (Real Estate); and Isabel Sukholitsky (Commercial Litigation).
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
Collaboration is not just a pillar of our strategy; it is the key to our competitive advantage and approach to clients, community, and each other. At Goulston & Storrs, we practice law with excellence and integrity. We are a place where mutual respect and collaboration drive open discussion, transparency, creativity and optimal results for our clients. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where sophisticated business is conducted with genuine camaraderie. To learn more about us, visit www.goulstonstorrs.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medscape Education, the leading destination for continuous professional development for healthcare professionals, has launched Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness, a learning center focusing on mental health and wellness for both patients and clinicians.
Guided by an expert steering committee, Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness provides resources that explore the interconnectivity of mental and physical health.
"Mental health matters," said Hansa Bhargava, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Medscape Education. "Mental health and wellness are intertwined. When a patient has exacerbated mental health issues, there is also an impact on their physical health and risk of disease. Medscape Education is elevating this important topic through education. Through accessible and engaging activities, we are encouraging physicians to connect to the conversation about mental health and wellness to help eradicate stigma and address a growing and concerning issue."
Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness takes an interprofessional approach, providing continuing education and resources across therapeutic areas and conditions, including:
- Insights and interviews from healthcare experts
- Education for multiple specialties and healthcare team members
- Patient education resources
- Clinical tools, resources, and references
An additional patient-focused resource center provides education and materials for patients and caregivers to manage their mental health and facilitate shared decision-making with their clinicians.
Medscape Education collaborates with partners such as The Anxiety & Depression Association of America, The JED Foundation and The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to offer important resources from these organizations to Medscape members. Patients and caregivers gain similar access through WebMD Education. Through these collaborations and others, education and tools will broadly reach healthcare professionals and patients to improve overall care and well-being.
The Building Bridges Between Mental Health and Wellness for healthcare providers is available at https://www.medscape.org/sites/advances/mentalhealthandwellness.
The Mental Health and Well-Being Resource Center for patients and caregivers is available at: https://education.webmd.com/viewcollection/36690
About Medscape Education
Medscape Education (medscape.org) is the leading destination for continuous professional development, consisting of more than 30 specialty-focused destinations offering thousands of free CME and CE courses for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
About WebMD Health Corp.
WebMD, an Internet Brands company, is at the heart of the digital health revolution that is transforming the healthcare experience for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers, health plans and health systems. Through public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers leading-edge content and digital services that enable and improve decision-making, support and motivate health actions, streamline and simplify the healthcare journey, and improve patient care.
The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, Jobson Healthcare Information, MediQuality, Frontline, Vitals Consumer Services, Aptus Health, Krames, PulsePoint, The Wellness Network, SanovaWorks, MedicineNet, eMedicineHealth, RxList, OnHealth, Medscape Education, and other owned WebMD sites. WebMD®, Medscape®, CME Circle®, Medpulse®, eMedicine®, MedicineNet®, theheart.org® and RxList® are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries.
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