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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has requested the world football governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to allow Indian clubs -- Gokulam Kerala FC and ATK Mohun Bagan -- compete in the tournaments as scheduled despite the ban on All India Football Federation (AIFF).
With FIFA suspending the AIFF late on Monday, there was chaos as Gokulam Kerala women's team had already reached Uzbekistan to participate in the AFC Women's Club Championship.
The women's team is scheduled to compete against a team from Iran on Tuesday and one from the host nation on August 26 in Qarshi, while Bagan are slated to play the AFC Cup 2022 (inter-zone semifinals) on September 7 in Bahrain.
The ministry wrote an email to FIFA and AFC, apprising them of the fact that Gokulam were already in Uzbekistan when FIFA's suspension of AIFF was announced.
The ministry said that it has also "reached out to the Indian embassy in Uzbekistan to extend assistance to the team in all possible ways. The ministry is also in constant touch with Gokulam team management."
Following the news of the ban, Gokulam women's team president V C Praveen had called up the Sports Ministry with the players standing by his side.
The ministry had then promptly taken up the matter with the AFC, which offered the team an extension of 48 hours in Tashkent.
On Monday, FIFA had suspended India for "undue influence from third parties" and said the U-17 Women's World Cup "cannot currently be held in India as planned".
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Biden bill to help millions escape higher health care costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people in the United States will be spared from big increases in health care costs next year after President Joe Biden signed legislation extending generous subsidies for those who buy plans through federal and state marketplaces.
The sweeping climate, tax and health care bill sets aside $70 billion over the next three years to keep out-of-pocket premium costs low for roughly 13 million people, just before the reduced prices were set to expire in a year beset by record-high inflation.
As the calendar pushed closer to the Nov. 1 open enrollment date, Sara Cariano was growing nervous about her work helping people across Virginia sign up for subsidized, private health insurance on the HealthCare.gov website.
“I expected very difficult conversation with folks to explain why their premiums were spiking,” said Cariano, a policy specialist at the Virginia Poverty Law Center.
But the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act erased those worries.
“Things aren’t going to change for the worst for individuals who are purchasing coverage through the market,” she said.
The bill will extend subsidies temporarily offered last year when Congress and Biden signed off on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that significantly lowered premiums and out-of-pocket costs for customers purchasing plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace. It also continues reduced costs for more individuals and families who live well above the poverty line.
Only Democrats supported the extended health care subsidies and the other proposals in the bill that Biden signed on Tuesday. Republicans criticized the measure as big government overreach that will only worsen inflation. In reality, economists say, the bill will do little to either fan or extinguish the flames of exorbitant prices.
Health insurance premiums in the marketplace are expected to rise significantly next year — roughly 10 percent — according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The extended subsidies, which determine premium payments based on income, will guard most people from those price increases, said Cynthia Cox, a vice president at the foundation.
“Generally speaking, people should not see increases in their premiums,” Cox said.
Those who bought plans on the government marketplace saved on average about $700 in premium payments from the subsidies this year, according to estimates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
As costs dropped, more people signed up for the coverage over the last year and the number of those without health insurance dropped to an all-time low of 8% in August, the Department of Health and Human Services announced. Roughly 26 million people, 2 percent of them children, remain uninsured in the U.S.
In California, many of the 1.7 million people who purchase health insurance through Covered California, the state-operated insurance marketplace will continue to see savings ranging from $29 and $324 per month, depending on their income level.
State officials predict about 220,000 people will be saved from being priced out of coverage. Between 2 million and 3 million people in California might also turn to the state marketplace if they lose coverage through Medicaid when the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency expires. About 15 million people in the U.S. have been extended Medicaid coverage during the pandemic.
Cost is the biggest factor driving whether a person signs up for coverage or not, said Joseph Poindexter, the senior director of health insurance programs at HealthCare Access Maryland.
Some parents, for example, sign their children up for Medicaid but skip buying coverage for themselves, he said.
“It’s really said to see folks who will say, I’ll forgo treatment, or won’t go visit the doctor,” Poindexter said.
Fewer people have had to make that calculation with the subsidies, Poindexter said, attributing the lowered prices to a 9% increase in new enrollees in the state last year.
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Associated Press writer Adam Beam in Sacramento, California, contributed to this report.
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The $2,000 scholarship was awarded to Clarissa Klein.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Morse Law Firm is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Winning In The Community Scholarship. The scholarship awards $2,000 annually to a current or prospective college student who has excelled not only in the classroom, but in his or her community.
This year, the firm has selected Clarissa Klein as the recipient of the scholarship. Klein is a graduate student at Saginaw Valley State University, pursuing a master's degree in social work.
"I just wanted to say that I am so excited to have been chosen for this opportunity!" said Klein. "As a social work major, I find it so amazing that the Mike Morse Law Firm takes the time and initiative to better serve their community and I am so thrilled to be involved in this amazing work."
After graduation, Klein plans to work in child welfare and ultimately enter law school to become a child protective lawyer. Clarissa dedicates her time to giving back to the community by participating in annual food drives and volunteering with her National Honor Society Fraternity, Phi Alpha. She is also a member of the Student Social Work Association.
Mike Morse Law Firm is committed to making a difference in the communities it serves. With education being one of the most reliable paths to increased opportunity, Morse is passionate about helping students reach their post-secondary educational goals. Morse also understands that college can place a tremendous financial strain on both students and their families, so he created the Winning In the Community Scholarship to help relieve that stress.
Growing up, Mike's parents taught him the values of charity and public service. He's carried these principles with him throughout his entire life, and he's built the Mike Morse Law Firm to reflect these values.
"'To whom much is given, much is required' was a core value that my dad lived daily as he fought to help people in his law practice and make a difference in his community," said Morse. "So, it was instilled in me very early that I had a responsibility to not only fight for my clients but to help to make the world around me better. Clarissa's community outreach efforts and desire to help others personally and professionally makes her well deserving of this scholarship."
Since 1995, the Mike Morse Law Firm has been protecting the rights of Michigan auto accident and injury victims. They are Michigan's largest personal injury firm, specializing in auto, truck, pedestrian and motorcycle accidents as well as Social Security disability claims. They are experts in Michigan's No-Fault Act. Since opening their doors in 1995, the firm has won over one billion dollars for its clients. Mike Morse Law Firm handles cases throughout the state of Michigan, with a main office in Southfield. To learn more, call (855) 645-3946 or visit www.855mikewins.com.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced today that members of its management team will be presenting at the following financial community event:
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11:30 a.m. PDT
Additional information about upcoming investor event participation and a live audio webcast of each presentation will be accessible from the "Investors" section of the Palo Alto Networks website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com.
ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks is the world's cybersecurity leader. We innovate to outpace cyberthreats, so organizations can embrace technology with confidence. We provide next-gen cybersecurity to thousands of customers globally, across all sectors. Our best-in-class cybersecurity platforms and services are backed by industry-leading threat intelligence and strengthened by state-of-the-art automation. Whether deploying our products to enable the Zero Trust Enterprise, responding to a security incident, or partnering to deliver better security outcomes through a world-class partner ecosystem, we're committed to helping ensure each day is safer than the one before. It's what makes us the cybersecurity partner of choice.
At Palo Alto Networks, we're committed to bringing together the very best people in service of our mission, so we're also proud to be the cybersecurity workplace of choice, recognized among Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces (2021), Comparably Best Companies for Diversity (2021), and HRC Best Places for LGBTQ Equality (2022). For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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Since Monday, Yakima County sheriff’s deputies have been putting people on camera.
The sheriff’s office implemented its body camera program this week, issuing 60 of the 70 cameras and associated gear ordered to deputies and detectives.
“I think it is good for all of us to have them,” Sgt. Wes Rasmussen said. “It makes our jobs easier.”
In Selah, the department is gearing up to deploy the devices sometime in mid- to late September, as soon as training is completed and a policy on using the devices is completed.
They are moves that a Yakima civil rights attorney hopes will instill transparency and greater public trust in police agencies.
A body camera is a device the size of a deck of playing cards that attaches to an officer’s shirt, vest or jacket that makes a video and audio recording of what is happening in front of the officer.
Proponents of the devices, both civilians and police, say they provide a record that can confirm or refute allegations of police abusing people.
Schilperoort said the devices also have the potential for defusing situations since people may choose to be more cooperative if they know they are being recorded.
But the devices raise concerns about violating people’s privacy, since the cameras can go inside houses and other places with officers. And agencies have been concerned about the expense of storing the digital files the cameras produce, as well as responding to public records requests for the video.
In the case of the sheriff’s office and Selah, recently enacted police reform laws influenced their decisions to implement the technology.
One of the provisions of a reform package approved by the Legislature requires police to record all interrogations of adult felony suspects and juveniles.
For deputies, that meant having to drive a suspect to either the sheriff’s headquarters in Yakima or the substation near Zillah and use an interview room equipped with cameras and microphones, sheriff’s spokesman Casey Schilperoort said.
Body cameras allow deputies to perform those interviews in the field, Schilperoort said, as they provide both an audio and video record.
Both the sheriff’s office and Selah are using cameras made by Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, which also makes electric stun guns.
“We tested four versions of body cameras, and Axon was the best in terms of what we were looking for,” Schilperoort said.
In addition to the body cameras, the sheriff’s office will outfit patrol vehicles with Axon dashboard cameras that will integrate with the body cameras, as well as upgrade the interview rooms with Axon recording equipment.
The system also works with the stun guns, so that when one is deployed, it will activate not just the stun gun user’s body camera, but those of other nearby deputies, Schilperoort said. The system will also activate if a deputy unholsters his pistol.
Christman said Selah will not link the cameras to firearms, as that required an additional sensor, but it will be tied in with the officers’ stun guns.
Rasmussen, a traffic officer with the sheriff’s office, said he has to remember to add the fact that he’s recording a traffic stop with a body camera to his usual spiel when he goes up to a driver he’s pulled over, as well as remembering to activate it.
When deputies come back to the station, they put the devices into a docking station that automatically downloads the video files into the system. Rasmussen said he just has to enter case numbers for each file.
In Yakima County, the costs are being covered by $1 million in state money that was earmarked for complying with legislative mandates. Schilperoort said 20 cameras and linked stun guns cost $178,000, which includes hardware and software upgrades, replacements and training for five years.
Christman said Selah has a $15,563 contract for five years.
Selah has also hired a person to handle public records requests for the videos, Christman said. That person will also go through training with the officers, scheduled for Sept. 16, but already has experience processing body camera video.
Schilperoort said the sheriff’s office is still interviewing for someone to handle what they expect are inevitable requests for the video, which will have to be edited to comply with state law.
State laws passed in 2016 and 2018 exempt bodycam video from disclosure if it would be found to violate someone’s privacy, show the inside of someone’s home, medical facilities, reveal the location of a domestic violence shelter, show minors, dead bodies or reveal the identity of a witness or victim.
Christman said Selah’s policy, which is being reviewed by the city attorney, will establish when the officers shouldn’t hit record, such as in a locker room, if medical records are in view or if the officer is filling out a report on a computer.
He said the policy also looks at whether an officer should record someone who asks not to be recorded, such as someone who is distraught or having a mental health crisis and is not being arrested.
Yakima police Chief Matt Murray said YPD is not implementing the cameras at this time, due to the costs of data storage and handling public records requests. The department currently uses dashboard cameras, which he said are being switched from COBAN to Axon, which would integrate with body cameras if the department ever decides to use them.
Bill Pickett, a Yakima attorney who has represented families of police shooting victims and people who said they were victims of police brutality, said the cameras — if they work properly — should help improve relations between the public and police. Pickett said he’s seen a few cases where either a dashboard camera did not pick up what was happening or someone forgot to turn on a camera or microphone.
“I think there is more than enough distrust between citizens and law enforcement going around,” Pickett said. “This is long overdue.”
Pickett has maintained that a body camera would have refuted a prosecutor’s finding that Officer Casey Gillette’s shooting of Rocendio Arias at an East Nob Hill Boulevard car wash in January 2014 was justified. While Gillette alleged that Arias, who was sitting in the car with what turned out to be a plastic pellet gun in his lap, lunged at him with a weapon, Pickett said the physical evidence at the scene told a different story.
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Parents remain upset about Lamar Middle School sex assault investigation
10-day suspensions given to middle school students
Parents remain upset about how the investigation into accusations of sexual abuse in the Lamar Middle School ended, a Fort Smith attorney said.
The Arkansas State Police have investigated the accusations of sexual abuse, according to the district. Attorney Joey McCutchen said parents are not happy about the 10-day suspensions for two students.
An alleged audio recording of students in a middle school boys bathroom surfaced in the case. The district reported that students involved in making the recording of the incident received a 10-day suspension. The district has upheld the suspensions..
The school investigated allegations of sexual abuse last semester, conducted an independent investigation by a third party and reviewed all investigative findings submitted by the Crimes Against Children Division of the Arkansas State Police, the district reported.
The Lamar School is located in Johnson County west of Russellville.
A number of people showed up at a July school board meeting to protest decisions regarding the investigation.
More:Audio recording of sexual abuse in locker room results in students' 10-day suspension
McCutchen said the parents do not think the punishment is harsh enough.
McCutchen stated, “ It is the job of school districts and the Arkansas State Police to protect our children. We do not believe Lamar students, with the exception of the perpetrators, have been protected in the entire process. Parents of the victims are not content with school officials and the Arkansas State Police stating this matter has concluded. Parents of the victims intend to pursue this matter to the legislature and governor if necessary.”
A statement on the Lamar school website reads: While students who suffer due to prohibited conduct have the right to file Title IX complaints, students who have been accused also deserve to have their rights protected. All parties are entitled to the right to privacy and confidentiality as permitted by law. "
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220818-N-TO573-1211 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 18, 2022) Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Ivangel Sepulveda, from Puerto Rico, installs a refrigerator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 18, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Charles Blaine)
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220818-N-TO573-1306 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 18, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Andrey Dougherty, from Marengo, Illinois, takes a fuel sample aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196), Aug. 18, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Charles Blaine)
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Defenders with the 172nd Security Forces Squadron and firefighters with 172nd Civil Engineer Squadron took part in Active Attack Integrated Response training, led by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security at Thompson Field, Jackson, Mississippi, August 18, 2022. AAIR provides a framework for integrated response during an active attack/shooter event. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds.
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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Aug. 19, 2022) Chief Warrant Officer Kelly Williams, assigned to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, delivers remarks during an early Women’s Equality Day commemoration, Aug. 19, 2022. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., Allied, and Partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas S. Tenorio/Released)
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Social media has a big influence on food trends and what humans eat.
A study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that social media actually helps young adults choose healthier foods. One survey of over 1,200 young people ages 14 to 24 found that more than half were familiar with the term “clean eating” from social media, other online sources or their peers.
The hashtag #EatClean has more than 61 million posts on Instagram. But, how exactly did this trend become so popular, and what does it mean to “eat clean?"
The meaning of the term “eat clean” can vary by person. Generally, it means eating foods that are as close to their natural state as possible by avoiding processed foods and added preservatives.
Diets have been a trend for several decades. Counting calories dates back to the 1910s and Weight Watchers emerged in the 60s. The Atkins diet and other low-carb diets became popular in the 90s and early 2000s.
Our modern idea of clean eating can be traced back to popular books like “The Eat-Clean Diet” in 2007 and “Clean," which came out in 2009. These books promoted more than a diet but a lifestyle — the idea that eating these foods was a more holistic way of living. Over the last decade, more people started cutting a lot of things out of their diets.
Sondra Kronberg is a licensed clinical nutritionist, certified eating disorder specialist and founder of Eating Disorder Treatment Collaborative. She's seen a lot of diet trends evolve over the years, and she’s seen the impact social media has on diet trends today.
"There's enormous pressure to eat right, to look right, to fit into this culture — never used to be like that," Kronberg said. "I mean, there was a cluster of people who thought eating was so important and what you eat. But now everything — the chemicals, where it comes from, the pollution — I mean, there's a lot of value on what food you eat."
Between 2009 and 2014, the number of Americans who stopped eating gluten, even though they didn’t have celiac disease, more than tripled. The lead researcher on that study thinks one reason for this is because being gluten-free became trendy for health-conscious people. There were also more people stepping away from dairy and substituting regular milk for almond or oat milk. Sales for those other regular milk alternatives grew by more than 60% between 2012 and 2018.
During the pandemic, there was a surge in plant-based diets. In 2021, the plant-based food market value rose to an all-time high of more than $7 billion, growing by more than 50% in three years.
Experts say part of this could have been because of COVID-19. Some people may have wanted to eat healthier to improve their immune response. Harvard researchers found that plant-based diets could decrease the risk of getting a severe case of the virus.
On social media, more influencers promoting their plant-based lifestyles have emerged. People like Tabitha Brown blew up on TikTok during the pandemic with her tasty-looking, vegan-inspired foods. She now has more than 4 million followers on Instagram and Tik Tok and has a cookbook coming out.
There are also celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, actor and founder of wellness brand “Goop,” who is known for talking about and promoting clean and vegan eating.
Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving claims his plant-based diet has made him a better player.
It's an easy option for celebrities and influencers, and it's likely these trends will show up on the plates of higher-income people. That’s because healthy foods are expensive. Consumer Reports says organic foods cost about 40% more than non-organic foods.
In the past several years, natural and organic foods have made the jump from special health food stores to more traditional grocery stores, but that only does so much for “food deserts” — neighborhoods that lack access to grocery stores to begin with.
Some nutritionists warn that the idea of clean eating can create or worsen stigmas attached to certain foods that aren’t especially bad for you, like anything that’s not clean eating can become “dirty.” But, some nutritionists say that’s not necessarily true because healthy eating is subjective, and you should figure out what works for you with the help of a licensed professional, rather than turning to social media for advice.
"Trainers working out in the gym are giving out nutritional advice, and the guy who makes the smoothie is giving out nutritional advice," Kronberg said. "Everybody thinks they know something from their own experience, and I will give them credit for having their own experience. But that is your own experience."
Although 71% of young adults surveyed defined clean eating as healthy, it has the potential to become dangerous. When people are on strict diets, they can develop an eating disorder called orthorexia. It can cause people start avoiding certain events and eating with friends out of fear that they won’t be able to find the right food.
"So if somebody is older, they're eating, they're dieting, and they're trying to manipulate their body and size, the weight, in a Stillman's way, let's say," Kronberg said. "They and the younger generation are eating all clean and pure and healthy and the salmon from Alaska, so based on what's going on in the culture that becomes part of the eating disorder. You can eat as whole and as fresh and as raw as possible, but sometimes you have to be able to eat something that's not."
One study found that among young adults, the higher use of Instagram is associated with developing Orthorexia, so while social media has the power to introduce people to healthier eating options, it can also do the exact opposite.
As more people continue to change their diets because of social media’s influence, the question is how to move beyond the current trends.
"I think it's going to take a while," Kronberg said. "But I do think — just like other movements that are occurring now where people are saying we don't all have to be the same, and in fact we're not all the same — we all need to come to our own inner way of taking care of ourselves."
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The National Labor Relations Board won an injunction against Starbucks as a judge ruled that the company must rehire seven former employees.
Starbucks fired the employees after attempting to form a union.
The National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of attempting to thwart unionizing efforts at its stores.
"Today's federal court decision ordering Starbucks to reinstate the seven unlawfully fired Starbucks workers in Memphis is a crucial step in ensuring that these workers, and all Starbucks workers, can freely exercise their right to join together to improve their working conditions and form a union," said NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. "Starbucks, and other employers, should take note that the NLRB will continue to vigorously protect workers' right to organize without interference from their employer."
The National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of directing "a wide variety of coercive measures at its employees, including: disciplining the employee responsible for starting the campaign; more closely supervising its employees; closing the area of the store on days organizers had previously invited the public and customers to come to show support for the campaign; and removing all pro-union materials from the community bulletin board inside the store, including notes authored by customers expressing support for the employees and their campaign."
In a statement to NPR, Starbucks said it plans to fight the ruling.
"We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case," the company said. "These individuals violated numerous policies and failed to maintain a secure work environment and safety standards. Interest in a union does not exempt partners from following policies that are in place to protect partners, our customers and the communities we serve."
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TALLAHASSEE — We made it to Friday!
Driving to work or school this morning, keep in mind patchy fog will reduce visibility in some areas.
Highs today will be in the upper 80s and low 90s, but rain will be around again this afternoon.
Widespread showers give way to clearing skies overnight.
Another round of patchy fog is possible Saturday morning.
This weekend’s forecast will be very summer-like.
Afternoon storms and highs in the low 90s are expected for South Georgia and the Big Bend.
Next week moisture amounts pick up, and we are looking at a few more scattered showers and storms to start next work week.
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Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart made history by being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and then made headlines after her mysterious disappearance five years later flying over the Pacific Ocean. The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is slated to open in 2023 in her Atchison, Kansas, birthplace. KCUR’s Laura Spencer reports on the work to open the museum and the aircraft serving as its centerpiece
The fur industry has declined in popularity over the past several decades. But at Alaskan Fur in Overland Park, one man is still designing, sewing and altering custom furs after more than 40 years. His work typically costs more than $1,000, and can command a price in the tens of thousands of dollars. KCUR’s Nomin Ujiyediin explains why such skilled artisans are increasingly rare in the U.S., especially the Midwest.
Contact the show at news@kcur.org. Follow KCUR on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news.
Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love, Trevor Grandin, and KCUR Studios and edited by Gabe Rosenberg and Lisa Rodriguez.
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Today – Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.
Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Calm wind.
Friday – Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind.
Friday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Calm wind.
Saturday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday – A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 80. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night – Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday – A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 77. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Monday Night – Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
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UPDATE: Lane Restriction Lifted on Route 68 Following Two-Vehicle Collision
Thursday, August 18, 2022 @ 08:08 AM
PINEY TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A lane restriction has been lifted on State Route 68 following a two-vehicle accident this morning.
According to a Clarion County 9-1-1 dispatcher, the call came in at 7:26 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash along State Route 68, near Walker Farm Road, in Piney Township, Clarion County.
It is unknown if there were any injuries, the dispatcher said.
Clarion Hospital EMS, PSP Clarion, Southern Clarion County Ambulance Service, and Rimersburg Hose Company, Inc. were dispatched to the scene.
The scene was cleared at 9:31 a.m.
State Police in Clarion will be releasing information on the accident shortly.
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Department of Aging Launches Investigative Unit to Help Combat Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Continuing its work to address and prevent one of the fastest growing forms of elder abuse, the Department of Aging announced the formation of a dedicated investigative unit to support Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) in probing complex financial exploitation cases and obtaining justice for older Pennsylvanians.
The Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) is a four-person unit consisting of an analyst/supervisor, two analysts, and an attorney to assist the aging network for the next two years. The creation of FAST evolved from a pilot program that began with the hiring of David Aiello, a retired state trooper with expertise in financial exploitation investigations, who has served as a shared resource for the AAA network for the past two years. The department has obtained $666,000 in federal grant funding to expand the capacity of this program for the next two years.
“Based on a sample of 22 cases where we exercised enhanced coordination and early intervention, nearly $3 million in assets were protected from further exploitation. Given these results, we decided to expand this model and build more capacity to better support AAAs on these cases and get the justice that victims deserve,” said Secretary of Aging Robert Torres. “This FAST unit will be available to assist in both investigating and resolving financial exploitation cases. It will also work on building or strengthening relationships with law enforcement to achieve justice for older adult victims and to mitigate damages as quickly as possible.”
Financial exploitation ranks in the top three types of elder abuse reported to the department. It can take the form of property theft, misuse of income or assets, misuse of Power of Attorney; or scams of many types including medical, contractor, grandchild imposter emergencies, Social Security or IRS, fake charities, gift card scams, pension poaching and more.
“Utilizing specialty software, FAST analysts ‘follow the money’ to help field investigators, law enforcement and our own elder justice attorney determine what happened to elderly victims’ assets. Our attorney, in turn, will fight to claw back stolen assets and hold perpetrators accountable,” said David Aiello, FAST supervisor.
The formation of the FAST investigative unit is an extension of PDA’s ongoing work in protecting older adults and preventing financial exploitation. The department conducted a study on the impact of financial exploitation of older Pennsylvanians as directed by Governor Tom Wolf’s 2019 Executive Order on Protecting Vulnerable Populations. The study examined several hundred substantiated financial exploitation cases investigated by 10 local AAAs, covering 14 Pennsylvania counties. The average financial loss to each victim in the study was almost $40,000, totaling close to $12.5 million in the cases reviewed in the study alone. The study recognized that many of these cases go unreported so the extent of losses due to financial exploitation are likely much higher.
“Among the many types of elder abuse being investigated by AAAs, financial exploitation cases require unique skills and training. The FAST investigative unit gives the AAA network access to resources that enhance the work already being done by creating a mechanism to help older adults with the potential to recover lost assets,” said Steve Williamson, executive director of the Blair County Agency on Aging, which is hosting FAST.
In addition to FAST and Department of Aging protective services team members, Sec. Torres was joined by representatives from the Pennsylvania State Police, Office of the Attorney General, and the departments of Banking and Securities and Military and Veterans Affairs, each of whom shared their department’s efforts to combat financial exploitation in its many forms.
The Department of Aging recently unveiled a financial exploitation webpage that features information for older adults, caregivers and other aging professionals on warning signs, preventive measures, and an expandable menu of resources on key topics such as banking and finance, legal services and dementia. Soon to come are short educational videos from experts explaining financial exploitation topics in everyday terms.
The department also launched a new online elder abuse awareness training which is available to commonwealth employees, aging and human services workers throughout Pennsylvania’s aging network and the public. The training was developed to reach a broad audience and covers the four major types of abuse and how to recognize them; signs to watch for, the differences between mandatory and voluntary reporters of abuse, when and how to report, and more. The training takes about 20 minutes to complete.
The training is available on the PDA Learning Management System (LMS).
Anyone suspecting elder abuse should call the statewide reporting hotline at 1-800-490-8505, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Learn more about the programs and services offered by the Department of Aging by visiting the department’s website and on the department’s Facebook page.
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Eain Brooks: Working, Working Out And Networking To Help Student Athletes, Trainers And Others Achieve Their Goals
CLARION, Pa. (CSZ) – Clarion resident Eain Brooks is fulfilling a dream of helping young athletes get bigger, faster and stronger, by passing on a wealth of training expertise that he has cultivated over several decades, personal training field.
(This article was provided by our News Partner ClarionSportsZone.com.)
He runs his personal training business, BRX (short for Brooks) out of Forell Barbell, which is located on route 322 next to Route 66 Trail and O’Neil’s Quality Meats in Marianne.
Brooks, a 1998 Clarion Area graduate, was a standout athlete, in track, football and cross-country. He was third in the nation in the mile run at AAU Nationals in Houston, in 1996, which is even more impressive considering the track at the Clarion University was being redone and he trained by running the Toby Hill. As a senior, Eain concentrated only on track.
Eain went on to Slippery Rock University, where he majored in Spanish and French, while running track and cross-country. He was a teammate of Tom Wise, who went on to coach track at Clarion Area.
After graduating from Slippery Rock in 2002, Eain landed a teaching and coaching position at Opapka High School (an 8A school where NFL standout Warren Sapp played).
Eain mentioned, “I was coaching track and cross-country there and was running cross-country. I ran cross-country until 2008, until I was twenty-eight. That’s when I started training kids. I started running with the kids, because they’d do my practices with me.”
He quit teaching in 2005 and began working for Bally Total Fitness, where he was a personal trainer and then became the fitness director, traveled all over the state of Florida, going from gym to gym, building up his personal training programs and passing on the “training torch” to others (one of his passions).
“I trained trainers on how to be trainers. To be able to do that I had to be able to get certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, National Federation of Personal Trainers (NFPT). I also became a CPR instructor through American Safety and Health Institute; so I’d travel around and do that too. I was in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach, all those places.
“A lot of people that worked for me as personal trainers and as clients are personal trainers now and have their own gyms now, which is really great. It’s been a ride, but it’s been a lot of education and a lot of continuing education.”
(Pictured above: Eain with former Clarion Area baseball player Cameron LaPinto.)
After Bally was bought by LA Fitness in November of 2011, Eain opened his own gym and had his own restaurant.
“So I was busy doing those things… We leased out my gym in Florida to some professional MMA fighters. Then I was just doing my restaurant, but I was still training people at that gym, but I just wasn’t running it.” His personal training business was called SPT (short for Sports Performance Training).
Fast forward. 2019. “I moved back here. As soon as I got back here, all my friends from high school, that have kids here, were all over me to train their kids. That was during Covid too, so we just started in my garage at my home… same place I started, in my garage.”
As for the “marriage” of BRX and Forell Barbell, “It’s been good. Kelly and Rob (Fornell) opened this place, and it’s been perfect, for the town and for everybody.”
(Pictured above: Eain working with Central Clarion Wildcat football player and Clarion-Limestone PIAA State javelin medal winner Ryan Hummell.)
“I just came here as a member and I talked to her one day. She (Kelly) said, ‘Yeah, you can train people here.’ So I help here at the gym as much as I can. And I train my clients here. You do whatever is necessary, whatever is needed to be done, helping out. There’s a lot of stuff needing to be done here, cleaning up every day… She didn’t let kids under 18 in here. Whenever I came along, she was like, ‘They can come. As long as they are working with you. And you have to be here when they are here.’ Anyone under 18, they work with me. I write programs for them and they just have to be here when I’m here. So I allocate a substantial part of my day to being available for these young athletes.”
And the young athletes come from a number of area schools to workout with Eain. Some of those are Brookville, Clarion Area, Clarion-Limestone, Keystone, Grove City… “This (Forell’s) is the best gym around. Once they get here, they say, ‘This is the place I want to be.’ Especially when they have someone to help them.”
“There are several athletes I’ve trained here in Clarion who are now playing collegiately… Bryson Huwar, Breckin Rex, Calvin German, Kaitlyn Constantino, Jack Krug, and Jordan Best…just to name a few.
(Pictured above: Eain with (L-R) Kaitlyn Constantino, Ava Brooks, and Jordan Best outside the original BRX gym.)
“I do have some young ones coming up who are really showing signs of great things… Ryan Hummell, Dawson Smail, Derek Smail, Mason Burford, Hayden Hindman, Jase Ferguson, Noah Harrison and Matt Alston, Taylor Alston, and Sarah Botar. These are names to watch for in Varsity Sports this year. They have all been consistently working hard In the gym and at their practices and they are gearing up for rewarding sports seasons and futures in collegiate athletics. I also have a lot of 12-14-year-olds whose names will be on the collegiate radar very soon.”
(Pictured above: Eain (Left) and Mike Hindman (Right) flank some of BRX’s younger charges (L-R), Mason Burford, Noah Harrison, Jase Ferguson, Brady Quinn, Matt Alston, Hayden Hindman and Carter Hindman.)
Eain’s philosophy of training right with his clients holds as true today, as it was years ago, when he was working out kids in Florida. And it makes it easier for him to tweak workouts so they are best suited for the client’s goals and needs.
“The most impactful part, where you get the most experience is by doing… The fact that I still exercise as an athlete and still participate with the kids, enables you to make corrections better, enables you to feel what the kids are doing, so you know exactly what to do… It’s pretty simple for me now.
“I get challenges, Like Jordy Best (recent Clarion Area graduate, who will be playing softball at Gannon University) because she is so gifted as an athlete… And there’s plenty of others besides Jordy, that are really great. That’s how I got to this point.”
Jordan also helps to take some of the load off Eain’s shoulders by helping him train other kids with their workouts.
Two others of note, Clarion Area’s Calvin Germany and Brookville’s Jack Krug, who have trained under Eain for some time and play college football at Juniata and IUP respectively, also have been helping train the kids. “When kids come back, they help out, because they know how important it is. They see now, when they get to college, they know a whole lot more than the other kids and have experience and have been coached properly.”
(Pictured above: Jack Krug, Eain Brooks, Aiden Brooks, and Calvin German.)
About the BRX program, Eain said, “The workouts are formulated for them, to their sport, to their goals… Like cross country kids aren’t doing one rep maxes on bench press. Cross-country kids’ workouts are geared towards endurance training, high intensity. All the athletes have that component. But for some of the sports that require more strength training, we focus on those things. Like for football, we do deadlift, bench and squat. And we’re trying to boost those up, because those are the numbers that colleges look at.”
Odd lifts? “I do everything imaginable. I have thirty years of stuff in my head. I have band training, tires. There’s an unlimited amount of equipment here (and much more just arrived). We have some things that some people have probably never seen.
“And I have a lot of experience working with a lot of different apparatus. For instance, when I was training kids at the house, we didn’t have a sled to push, so I just had somebody sit on the riding mower and we put it in neutral and the kids had to push the riding mower.”
Of the BRX ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’ philosophy, Eain said, “(A lot of times) the kids don’t get the coaching like they do for their sport. They don’t get the coaching for the strength training or for the speed training. They just tell them to run or go lift.
“I’m here and I coach them through the movements. We work on the specific details of it. Even things like it could just be positioning your knee a different way. You’re figuring out why your body won’t move a certain way. We got to do foam rolling, stretching for that part of your body. Then we look at weaknesses people may have. Maybe their posterior is weak and affects your deadlift. So we work on strengthening that with a lot of hamstring and glute work.
“They learn to identify those things and they learn the impact of working on those, rather than just going and doing one rep maxes on everything.
“These kids are learning the importance of doing accessory movements as well as the primary movement that they do. It’s really been good for them.”
The program isn’t just about strength.
“I’ll help them all with every component. I’ll take kids to the track to work on speed training. I say, ‘You’ll never have to beg Eain Brooks to go to the track. I promise you that.’ They don’t particularly like it, but they know they need to do it. When I go over there with them, I run with them. They don’t like to lose to the old guy.
“Plyometrics. That’s a major component. I wish more kids would do it. There is a big difference between the kids that just do plyometrics and just do strength training. I do plyometrics every Saturday with the kids. But during the week, there is a component of their workout of warmup that has plyos in it.
“You can combine strength and plyometric training too, where you’re loading the central nervous system with weight for a couple of reps and then do a plyometric exercise after it. Then your central nervous system is ready to be more explosive and you’ll be able to jump higher, move quicker, run faster. When all those muscle fibers are activated, you’ll be able to use all the muscle fibers instead of some of them.”
One of the key components of Eain’s work is injury prevention and recovery from injury. He shared an example. “Like Bryson Huwar (from Clarion-Limestone) When he came to me, he had torn both patella tendons. He wanted to play basketball, and he wanted to be able to go and play baseball, obviously. I had him all last summer. I remember the first day we got him back, squatting. He did 135. Then he squatted 225 and… now he has a baseball scholarship to Saint Bonaventure.”
Eain and a number of skilled professionals have developed a network of what I would best describe as cross referrals to help with injury prevention and injury recovery. “College kids all summer, 12-year-olds, adults, a lot of people with injuries. I refer a lot of people to Dr. Don Campbell, the Orthopedic Surgeon. And then, he refers people to me, because he knows what I do. He knows the programs that I’ve been involved in, like say, with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. There’s a huge component of that that deals with corrective exercise, called the Corrective Sports Program. It’s a whole love of identifying muscular weaknesses, muscular imbalances. That’s a whole lot of what I do.
(Pictured above: Eain with two adult trainees, Zach Stiglitz, and Logan Means.)
“I also send people to Seth Babington (Clarion Rehab Services). It works out because, if you can get all these people, the doctor working with the physical therapist. Then the physical therapist transfers those people back to the trainer. With all those people on the same page, then everything is smooth.” Another resource is one of Eain’s own clients. “I also work with a doctor, Beth Crawford. She’s a chiropractor. She had surgery on both hips, replacement. We tried to get her back on the bike, we tried to get her to squat and those things. Now my players go see her all the time, because a lot of them have problems in their side joints.
“We have a good working relationship too, for referrals, because she knows I understand what she says. I understand what a doctor is talking about, like they talk to other doctors, because I know anatomy and I know how the body moves. I wasn’t like that when I first started. But you start learning, you start investing your time and you want to get better at it. That’s what you do.
“She’s been amazing as a client and she has been amazing as a professional referral resource.”
And don’t forget nutrition.
“I encourage them (his clients, which range from junior high and high school students, adults, special needs individuals and so on) to seek out a nutritionist. I encourage them to do research on their own in regard to that. I give them some supplement advice. I don’t go into detail with them. But I want to make sure that they are eating enough, make sure that they are supplying their body with proper nutrition before they come to work out and after they work out and throughout the day.
“But in my experience, if I write out a nutrition program for them and they don’t follow it, it becomes a barrier between us. If they want an actual nutrition guide, that they (need to) see a nutritionist, like Kim Schwabenbauer. (Keystone graduate, Former Assistant Professor of Nutrition at CUP, CEO & Founder at Fuel Your Passion – Sports Nutrition Counseling and Coaching, Nutritionist for the Steelers). She comes here. She used to be a professional Triathlete after college.
Eain also networks sports specific training. “(I) sent some of my kids to Tom Wise at Grove City. I send my Keystone kids. Work out with Tom” They work out a couple of days a week and a couple of days with Eain.
(Pictured above: Eain with son Aiden and daughter Ava.)
As you can probably tell by now, Eain has a major desire to see some of his young trainees pursue personal training, or a similar field as a career.
He shared, “One kid I trained in Miami, it was his first year out of high school. He didn’t get recruited by anybody. Then I trained him. He started working for me. And then he got a scholarship to Arkansas to play football. Now he has his own gym in Texas. He has a ton of clients.
“One girl I trained in Orlando, was an Irish Dancer. I trained her and her sisters. She ended up getting a degree in Exercise Science. Then she got her Masters and then her PHD. Then she wrote a book for women on how to exercise and lose weight. It’s published, and she sells it on line too.
“It’s great to see those things, because back then they were eighteen and I was twenty-five. They were kids. Now I’m forty-two and they are like in their thirties.“
Does he see any of his current proteges showing interest in taking up majors that would lead toward being a personal trainer or related field? “My daughter Ava is. I’ve been training my daughter for Olympic Lifting. She won the Regionals in Florida and she was fifteenth in the state for the Clean and Jerk and Bench Press. So I know that both my daughter and Jordan Best both want to do something along the lines of working with athletes in one way or another.”
Kids showing interest in taking up majors that would lead toward being a personal trainer: “My daughter Ava is. I’ve been training my daughter for Olympic Lifting. She won the Regionals in Florida and she was fifteenth in the state for the Clean and Jerk and Bench Press. So I know that both my daughter and Jordan Best both want to do something along the lines of working with athletes in one way or another.”
(Pictured above: Eain putting Jordan Best through the paces.)
Eain shared his thanks for Kelly Forell and Forell Barbell for the great results BRX is seeing, “I’d say that none of this could be possible without the tremendous investment of time, money, and care that was put into this gym by Kelly Forell. In all my time working at Bally Total Fitness, I’ve never seen a gym so we’ll put together and not Lacking a single thing.
“The accomplishments of all of the athletes I work with are tremendous. Both in the gym and outside of the gym in their respective fields of play.”
Eain summed up his absolute pleasure in his profession and working with the kids. “It’s just what I was meant to do. I don’t sit still very well. I interact with kids that age very well and they seem to like to be around me. For me, I can’t do something that’s boring, monotonous and feels like a job.
“This doesn’t feel like a job. It just feels like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. There are challenges; I do have challenges. There are long days, but at the end of it, I’ve been at a gym all day. You know what I mean.
“And I’ve been working with kids who want to get better, for the most part. And then I get to see them excel in sports. I get to see them go to college. I get to see what they become afterwards. That has happened for me and it’s been awesome.”
(Pictured above: A fine testimonial from Cal German.)
To reach Eain: [email protected]
To reach Forell Barbell: forellbarball.com
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Elizabeth J. “Beth” Goodwill
Elizabeth J. “Beth” Goodwill, 71, of Magnolia passed away on August 15, 2022 at Kent General Hospital.
Born on August 2, 1951 in Oil City, PA, she was the daughter of the late M. Joan (Beal) and Robert L. Thomas.
Beth had worked for the Department of Defense at the Dover Air Force Base, retiring after 31 years of service.
She was a member of Southside Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and narrated the Easter and Christmas Cantatas.
Beth enjoyed bowling, playing softball and playing the organ.
She also enjoyed watching the Little League World Series, Women’s College Softball and watching Lifetime TV.
Most importantly, Beth enjoyed being a Mommom to everybody’s babies and Nanny to her two great-grandsons.
Beth is survived by her husband of 54 years, John H. F. “Jake” Goodwill, Sr.; two children: Tammy L. Fazzini and her husband Paul of Magnolia and John H.F. Goodwill, Jr. and his wife Cheryl of LaPlata, MD; her sister Judith Anderton and her husband John of Oil City, PA, her brother James L. Thomas and his wife Nuan of Oil City, PA; her sister Carol Krawiec and her husband Thaddeus R. Krawiec, Jr. of Tennessee; six grandchildren: Paul A. Fazzini, Jr. (Jessica), Rebecca L. Crowley (John), Joshua Fazzini (Jordan), Jacob A. Goodwill, Caitlin M. Cramblit and Callie A. Cramblit; four great grandchildren: Lucas S. Crowley, Declan J. Crowley, Sophia G. Fazzini and Eliana R. Fazzini; and her Sheltie, Heidi.
A funeral service will be at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, August 20, 2022 at the Pippin Funeral Home, 119 W. Camden Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, DE 19934 where there will be a viewing from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. Saturday.
A committal service will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, August 22, 2022 at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 26669 Patriots Way, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 209, Wilmington, DE 19801 or to the Youth Program of Southside Baptist Church, 4904 S. DuPont Parkway, Dover, DE 19901.
Online condolences may be made via www.pippinfuneralhome.com.
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Emlenton Man Accused of Being Accomplice to Suspect Who Struck, Severely Injured Pedestrian With UTV
SALEM TWP., Pa. (EYT) – An Emlenton man is facing felony charges for allegedly being an accomplice in an incident in which a man was run over by a side-by-side in May of 2021.
Court documents indicate that Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against 26-year-old Travis Charles Miller on Monday, August 15, 2022, in Magisterial District Judge Jarah Lee Heeter’s office.
The charges stem from an investigation into an incident that occurred in May of 2021 in which a side-by-side UTV operated by Ricki Elliott struck and ran over a male pedestrian and then fled the scene.
According to a criminal complaint, the incident happened on Huey Road, in Toby Township, Clarion County, on May 16, 2021.
While conducting the investigation, Clarion-based State Police learned the suspect vehicle to be a Polaris High Lifter UTV that was owned and operated by Elliott. The passenger of the vehicle was identified as Travis Miller. Police also learned the victim in the incident suffered severe head trauma and was flown to Pittsburgh for medical treatment, according to the complaint.
While attempting to locate the suspect vehicle and the occupants, PSP Patrol Units responded to the residence of Travis Miller located on Brick Church Road in Emlenton, Salem Township, Clarion County. Police observed a green and black Polaris High Lifter behind the residence. Elliott and Miller were located in the residence and transported to PSP Clarion to be interviewed, according to the complaint.
Miller told police that he and several others were out riding side-by-sides and that he was riding in the side-by-side owned by Elliott. He stated that they stopped at an area tavern, a fight broke out, and they were told to leave. Miller said they left, but returned, and when Elliott was trying to leave, “a guy was in the way and wouldn’t let him go,” the complaint indicates.
Miller said Elliott went to take off on his buggy and hit the man. Miller then informed police that after this occurred, they returned to his house in Emlenton. He also stated he “knew police would be on their way” to his house, so they just waited, the complaint states.
On August 5, 2022, during a trial by jury at the Clarion Court House, Elliott testified regarding this incident. He stated under oath that he and Miller were in his side-by-side and confirmed the incident occurred. When asked where they went after the incident, Elliott testified they went to Miller’s house. Elliott stated he did not know how to get to the house, so Miller gave him directions, according to the complaint.
When asked how long it took them to get to Miller’s house, Elliott said 20 to 25 minutes.
Elliott testified under oath that they did not stop to call the police on their way to Miller’s home, and once at the house, neither he nor Miller made an attempt to call the police about what occurred, the complaint notes.
Based on the above facts of this case, the duty to stop, provide information, and render aid is required.
According to the complaint, under Section 306 of Title 18, Miller has “acted as an accomplice of such other person and with this, (Miller) did aid Elliott and agrees or attempts to aid by not conforming to the requirements of Title 75 Section 3744 and also did assist and provide Elliott a place of refuge at his home after this incident.”
He was arraigned at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, in front of Judge Heeter on the following charges:
– Hinder Apprehension/Prosecution – Harbor or Conceal, Felony 3
– Accidents Involving Death or Personal Injury, Felony 3
– Accidents Involving Damage to Attended Vehicle or Property, Misdemeanor 3
He is currently free on $10,000.00 unsecured bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 23, at 10:45 a.m. with Judge Heeter presiding.
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Featured Local Job: Assembly Line Worker
Beverage-Air, in Brookville, currently has openings for Assembly Line Workers.
As an Assembler (4 days/10-hours, Monday-Thursday) you will lend a hand in creating innovative, high-quality refrigeration products. Starting hourly rate from $13.50 (no experience required – they will train you) up to $18.50 (with 5+ years of relevant, manufacturing experience). You will receive 5% employer match on 6% employee contribution to 401(k) – worth at least $1,400; pay progression review 12 months after hire date; 80 hours of holiday pay; and first-year paid vacation of up to 40 hours!
What You’ll Do:
- Work within a team to assemble components or entire units
- Perform varied tasks
- Conduct quality inspections on parts and products
- Prepare finished products for shipment
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area
What You Bring:
- Prior experience working as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product in a manufacturing environment is a plus!
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Teamwork – you work well with others and like to collaborate
- Attention to detail – you pay attention to the little things that make a difference
- Manual dexterity – you have the ability to move your hand quickly, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
- Focus – you work quickly while staying focused for extended periods
- Organization – you believe in “a place for everything and everything has its place.”
- Accountability – you can be trusted and relied upon
- Self-motivation – you meet or exceed performance goals without someone looking over your shoulder
Beverage-Air is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Beverage-Air is committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $13.50 – $18.50, corresponding with experience
How to apply: Visit https://beverage-air.com/careers/ and click on Apply Now.
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Featured Local Job: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Clarview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has openings for Full-time; Part-time; and Per diem CNAs.
*$2,500 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR FULL-TIME AND $1,200 FOR PART-TIME
NOW OFFERING NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES!
ABOUT CLARVIEW NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
Clarview, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center is located at 14663 Route 68, Sligo, PA 16255. Country Springs, a personal care community, is also part of the Clarview family. For more information, visit www.clarviewnursing.com.
BENEFITS:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
THE CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT POSITION
Clarview is looking for compassionate and detail-oriented Nursing Assistants who are ready to help residents in a long-term care setting. This position requires a great deal of physical strength and energy, so they are interested in hiring someone who is physically fit, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and has proven experience in patient care. The Nursing Assistant will work directly with the medical staff to help residents with daily living activities, so it is important that the ideal candidate has an upbeat personality and can maintain a positive work environment.
Click here to apply: https://www.clarviewnursing.com/employment
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Helen L. Harris
Helen L. Harris, 90, of the Caring Place in Franklin, formerly of Harrisville, passed away August 16, 2022.
Helen was born July 26, 1932 in Franklin, she was the daughter of the late Lester L. and Edith Connell Baker.
Helen was attended Franklin High School.
She was married to Vernon Harris on December 31, 1954, he preceded her in death.
Helen was devoted housewife and mother.
She was a member of Peter’s Chapel Church.
She was happiest being with her family and looked forward to Tuesday’s so she could spend it with her sisters.
Loved ones to cherish her memory are her children Kenneth Woods and his wife Linda of Alaska, Donald Woods and his wife Kathy of Erie, Kathryn Frank and her husband James of Pleasantview and Kenneth Harris and his wife Charlene of Florida. 7 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Her sisters Ruth Hawkins of Cochranton, Edith Beach of Cory, 2 brother Lester Baker Jr. of Ohio and James Baker of Reedsville. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Helen was welcomed into heaven by her parents, her husband, her sisters Martha Greathouse, Elenora Baker and Mary Straight, an infant grandson, her brother-in-law Frank Baker and her children’s father Kenneth Woods.
Family will welcome friends at the Larry E. McKinley Funeral Home, 109 Emlenton Street, Clintonville PA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. till 6:00 p.m.
Funeral services will take place at the funeral home ,Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Burial will take place at Hickory Grove Cemetery.
Friends can email condolences by visiting the funeral homes website at www.mckinleyfuneralhome.net.
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Josephine (Emanuele) Powell
Josephine (Emanuele) Powell, 97, of Milton, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
She was born on December 29, 1924, in Oil City, PA, daughter of the late Louis Cono and Pauline (Manna) Emanuele.
Josephine married Myrl Powell in June 1962 and they lived in Silver Spring Maryland where they raised their son Michael before moving to Chestnut Street in Milton in 2010.
Josephine Powell, loved making pottery, gardening and her family.
Josephine taught in several schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland, subjects including cosmetology, art and her passion, pottery.
After her retirement Josephine remained active teaching pottery classes to adults in Montgomery College in Silver Spring Maryland.
She also operated a day care center out of her house in Silver Spring.
Josephine loved to travel and made trips to Mexico and Guatemala many times to take classes in native American pottery techniques.
She drove with Myrl and other friends to Mexico and back several times to bring home the pottery she made while studying and working there.
Myrl and Josephine bought a cottage in South Bethany, Delaware in 1965 and spent summers there fishing and relaxing with family.
It was during these trips to Delaware that Josephine became active in the Rehoboth Art League, where she spent countless days making and selling her pottery.
She is survived by her son Michael Powell, and daughter-in-law Jerri, both of Milton.
She is also survived by three sisters whom she loved dearly – Anna Marie, Katherine, and Augusta.
She was preceded in death by her younger brother Guy.
Josephine was buried alongside her husband Myrl at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.
No date for a service has been set but the family anticipates having a service in Oil City, PA where many of her family members reside.
Jo’s family anticipates having a small gathering of family and friends in the backyard of Myrl and Josephine’s house in Milton in early September.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Josephine Powell’s memory to the Rehoboth Art League, www.rehobothartleague.org.
Arrangements in the care of Short Funeral Services, Milton, DE. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.shortfuneralservicesandcremation.com.
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Keystone School District Continues Search for Athletic Trainer
KNOX, Pa. (EYT) – As fall sports teams have begun practices, the Keystone School Board is continuing its search for an athletic trainer.
The discussion follows a decision during July’s monthly meeting when Acting Superintendent Michael McCormick proposed a plan to the board to raise the prospective salary for an athletic trainer.
The district’s previous contract offered the job at $36,000.00 per year; McCormick’s proposal in July raised the salary to $46,000.00 per year.
The district still has not found a candidate.
The Clarion Hospital Athletic Medicine Program (CHAMP) has been contracted to find an athletic trainer for Keystone, Clarion Area, Clarion-Limestone, and North Clarion School Districts. CHAMP also has a full-time athletic trainer in its outpatient clinic.
Currently, Clarion High School and Clarion-Limestone High School each have athletic trainer positions secured; Keystone and North Clarion do not.
“We might have five local schools that do (have an athletic trainer), and more that don’t,” chimed in Assistant Principal Jason Best.
With fall sports practices already happening, the district widened its search to include UPMC, Penn Highlands, and Meadville Medical Center.
“We’re hearing the same thing from every single organization that there is just no one out there,” McCormick said. “We have talked to the coaches to ensure they have everything that they can use. So, they do have access to the trainer’s room to get ice, water, and band-aids.
“However, we have advised them to not wrap anyone’s foot, ankle, finger, anything–due to liability issues.”
Per PIAA rules, the district is not required to have an athletic trainer, yet McCormick feels it is tremendously important for the students to have that resource. Further, the district and other districts alike have been hesitant to place the responsibilities on the coaches’ shoulders.
“I’ve even attempted looking to see if there was a weekend training or something like that,” McCormick explained. “Everything I’ve read basically says it’s the athletic trainer’s responsibility.”
“I don’t even know if we want to put that (responsibility) on our coaches,” replied board member Dwayne Van Tassel.
The board also approached Knox Area Volunteer Ambulance Company for assistance. Beyond having an ambulance at all home soccer and football games, Knox Ambulance informed the board that there are not enough resources available to provide a medical professional to a school district.
“Are we going to have to look at raising that salary again? Or, is there just nobody there?” stated board member Jason Say. “You have kids that need to be taped every day in practice. What are we gonna do? I don’t think this is an optional position. We have to figure out what we’re gonna to do.”
“I don’t disagree,” replied McCormick. “We’ve posted on an industry-wide website. The board can discuss raising that (salary) up. I don’t know that we could go to $89,000.00, and I’m not sure that we would find someone.”
For now, the district has advised the coaches to contact the ambulance or the players’ parents in the event of a concerning injury.
There was also a discussion on the option to post on the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) website, a recommendation received from an athletic trainer at Clarion University.
“It was $300.00 to post on there, and they only ever got one or two applicants,” Best said.
“But, CHAMPS, that’s their business,” Van Tassel said. “That’s why we contracted with CHAMPS, because that’s their business, and if they can’t find anybody, what’s their chance?”
“PIAA recognizes that a lot of schools, even most schools, do not have an athletic trainer at the moment,” McCormick said. “I will continue to search for solutions, but I do not have any to bring to the board.”
In other business, the board approved:
– To post and advertise for a Keystone School District Superintendent;
– Hiring of Chad Buerk as Full-Time High School Math Teacher, effective August 22, 2022, at Step 3 Masters, $53,483.00, pending proper completion of Personnel File Documentation and Clearances;
– Dustin Kifer as a mentor for Chad Buerk for a Two-Year Period;
– Letter of Resignation from Dustin Kifer as High School Math Department Chairperson, effective immediately;
– To Post for a High School Math Department Chairperson;
– To Hire a Maintenance Worker, pending proper completion of Personnel File Documentation and Clearances;
– Letter of Resignation from Shelly Parkes, Paraprofessional, effective immediately;
– To Hire Paraprofessionals for Elementary and High School, pending proper completion of Personnel File Documentation and Clearances;
– Letter of Resignation from Jason Best as Boys’ Track & Field Head Coach;
– To Post and Advertise for a Boys’ Track & Field Head Coach;
– Letter of Resignation from Chad Nellis as Jr. High Football Assistant Head Coach;
– Chad Nellis as Jr. High Volunteer Coach;
– Garry Henry as Jr. High Football Assistant Head Coach;
– Kevin Tharan as Jr. High Football Volunteer Coach;
– Tony Kopp as Varsity Football Volunteer Coach;
– Letter of Resignation from Denise Beisel, effective immediately;
– To Post and Advertise for a Cafeteria Monitor;
– To Grant Tenure to Nick Banner, effective August 22, 2022;
– To Grant Tenure to Samantha Toy, effective August 22, 2022;
– Theresa Beebe as Bus/Van Driver, pending proper completion of Personnel File Documentation and Clearances;
– Contract with Catapult Learning for Title I Services at I.C. School, using funds from Title I Grant Funds;
– Act 55 Letter of Support;
– Resolution for Extension of Credit and Incumbency with PNC Bank;
– Retroactive Approval of Additional Bus Camera System from REI at a cost of $5,772.16, using ARP ESSER Grant Funds;
– Purchase of Elementary Library Air Conditioning Equipment from Luton’s in the amount of $41,468.00, with Funds from Capital Reserve;
– Purchase of High School Office Air Conditioning Equipment from Luton’s in the amount of $26,544.00, with Funds from Capital Reserve;
– Retroactive Approval to Purchase Eleven (11) Smart Boards from Visual Sound in the amount of $39,149.00, using ARP ESSER Grant Funds;
– Purchase of Sixty (60) Track Hurdles/Gate Tubes at a cost of $9,791.40 from DeMans, with Funds from Capital Reserve;
– Elementary Chimney Demolition Project;
– Modification of Reimbursement Rates contained in the Current Bus Contract;
– Revised Adult Lunch Meal Price;
– Consideration to Appoint Troese & Associates for the Tax Collectors Audit; and
– 2nd Reading of Policy #115: Career & Technical Education.
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Lynne Johnston
Lynne Johnston, age 75 of New Bethlehem, passed away early Monday morning, August 15,2022 at UPMC Montefiore in Pittsburgh.
Born June 5, 1947 in Brookville she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Wilma Kreider Lapcovich.
Orphaned at a young age, she was adopted by the late Jack and Norma Davidson of New Bethlehem.
Lynne graduated from Redbank Valley High School in 1965.
She married Albert Johnston and he preceded her in death on June 24, 2013.
Lynne and Albert owned and operated Clarion Video and TV Center for 13 years before they retired in 2000.
She was a kind and loving person who loved and appreciated all of God’s creations.
Lynne truly adored all animals and tenderly cared for many.
She was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Shippenville.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Interment will take place in the New Bethlehem Cemetery.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Rupert Funeral Home and Cremation Service of New Bethlehem.
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Pa. Lawmakers Are Set to Get Huge Raises Next Year. They Can Return Them, but Almost Nobody Does.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Fiscal responsibility is an axiom in Harrisburg, but nearly none of Pennsylvania’s 253 state lawmakers seem to mind when their own salaries swell spending.
(Photo: Pennsylvania already has one of the most expensive full-time legislatures in the U.S. Photo credit: Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Byline: Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
State House and Senate lawmakers receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their salaries under a 1995 law meant to shield them from political blowback for voting for their own pay increases.
The automatic raises vary each year, but typically represent a 1% to 3% bump in pay. The salary hike was temporarily suspended in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but raises resumed the following year — boosted by high inflation.
At the moment, the base pay for state legislators in both chambers is $95,432. That number could push past $100,000 next year, according to an analysis by The Caucus/LNP, adding to the price tag for Pennsylvania’s already expensive, full-time legislature.
Lawmakers can return the increase to the state treasurer, but records obtained by Spotlight PA show very few do.
Since 2008 — the first year for which records are available — 176 lawmakers have paid back almost $578,000, according to the State Treasurer’s office. Of that, 93% was given back before 2018.
(Other lawmakers may donate their pay bump to charity, The Caucus/LNP reported, but it is difficult to independently verify who does and does not without access to private financial documents.)
Just six state lawmakers — Sens. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R., York) and Pat Stefano (R., Fayette), and Reps. Greg Rothman (R., Cumberland), Frank Ryan (R., Lebanon), Tim Bonner (R., Mercer), and Patty Kim (D., Dauphin) — have given back at least a portion of their annual pay raises in the last four years.
Kim has given back the most, amounting to almost $37,000 in salary since she was first elected in 2012. That’s all the money she’s received in pay increases since she joined the legislature, according to The Caucus/LNP.
She told Spotlight PA that giving back the pay raise is her attempt to stay true to her initial run for office as a self-described reformer, one she’s tried to follow “no matter how challenging it would be.”
Kim is also the face of legislative Democrats’ push to raise the state minimum wage from the federal floor of $7.25 an hour to $15. Her proposal would tie annual increases to inflation.
“I can’t in good faith accept COLAs when I am fighting for a minimum wage,” Kim said. “In addition to my promise, I’m still fighting to make sure that minimum-wage increases with the [consumer price index] just like lawmakers get.”
State Rep. Brad Roae (R., Crawford) paid $3,200 back to the state between 2011 and 2016 but hasn’t returned any payments since then. He called returning the money a “complicated and time-consuming” process.
“Taxes must still be paid on the money and it still counts as income as far as SERS pensions, your kids qualifying for student grants, student loans, and scholarships, as well as the hassle involved of writing a check each month to Treasury,” he wrote in a November 2021 memo to his fellow legislators.
He offered a compromise bill that would allow lawmakers to opt out of the pay raise each year through a form. The proposal has not been considered by the state House.
Similar bills have met the same fate.
Legislation that would suspend the COLA in 2022 received unanimous, bipartisan support in a state House committee last year but was never considered by the full chamber. In the state Senate, a bill that would completely eliminate the annual pay raise — introduced by State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R., Franklin), the Republican gubernatorial nominee — has been stuck in committee since January.
Spotlight PA’s Kate Huangpu assisted with data analysis.
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Rita Lynne Silvis (McCanna)
Rita Lynne Silvis (McCanna), 67, of St. Petersburg, departed this world on August 15, 2022, surrounded by a small number of the countless people who loved her.
She was born on June 12, 1955, in Butler, to Sally McCanna (Mortimer) and Ronald McCanna of Rimersburg, PA, who instilled in her a strong work ethic, taught her the importance of community, and showed her that nothing is more precious than family.
In her early life, Rita’s dreams took her far, but she remained a hometown girl at heart.
In time, she planted her roots firmly in Pennsylvania soil, and here — like every garden she tended — she thrived.
As a financial advisor, Rita dedicated her career to helping others achieve financial security.
But her commitment to her clients far exceeded the requirements of the job, and she viewed each client as a friend.
And it was in the company of her friends and family that Rita’s effervescent sparkle was brightest, though she was immensely unaware of how much joy she brought to anyone lucky enough to know her.
Many of the happiest moments of her life were spent on adventures with her many friends, and many tables will now be left with an empty chair that only she could fill.
Always authentically herself, Rita embraced life from all angles.
She was gifted in numbers and calculations but had the soul and style of an artist.
She listened to all forms of music, but unapologetically loved hip-hop.
She always enjoyed cooking for her family but had an appetite for dining out that would rival most food critics.
She claimed to never like animals, but her two grand dogs would very much disagree.
She radiated youth for all her years but she never felt more like herself than when she recently became a grandmother to a little girl who will undoubtedly continue her legacy of strength and compassion.
Rita will be missed most deeply by her two sons, Nate Silvis and his wife Shawn of Charlotte, NC., and Bret Silvis of Kansas City, MO.
They had the immense honor of learning how to treat others from a mother who led by example and loved without judgment.
In addition to her children, she is survived by her mother, Sally McCanna of Rimersburg, a sister, Victoria Wolbert and her husband Duane of Crown, a brother, Brent McCanna of Rimersburg, four nieces, Andrea Guntrum and her husband Michael of Clarion, Fontaine Shirey and her husband Kurtis of Curllsville, and Rozina and Shavon McCanna of East Brady, one nephew, Braden McCanna of East Brady, one grandchild, Ryann Silvis of Charlotte, NC. and a soon to be grandson, and also two great nephews, Finn and Kyle Shirey of Curllsville, and many extended family members and friends who cherished her.
She was preceded in death by her dad, Ronald McCanna.
Rita’s family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM Friday, August 19, 2022, at the Varner Funeral Home in Rimersburg.
A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the St. Richards Catholic Church in Rimersburg at 10:00 AM with Father Kuba officiating.
Interment will follow in the Rimersburg Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials be made to the American Heart Association, 444 Liberty Avenue #1300, Pittsburgh, PA. 15222.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.varnerfunerslhome.com.
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SPONSORED: Long Shot Ammo and Arms Focuses on the Customer’s Experience
FAIRMOUNT CITY, Pa. (EYT) – Not only is customer service important at Long Shot Ammo and Arms, but the shopping experience that the store offers consumers is unique and memorable.
(Photos courtesy of Prince Brooks of Prince Brooks Photography and Long Shot Ammo and Arms Facebook)
“I think Long Shot is a little different than all of the firearms and retail shops in the area,” store manager Scott Keen (pictured above) told exploreClarion.com. “…A lot more attention to the experience.”
In addition to the gun shop, Long Shot has an indoor pistol and 50-yard rimfire range, a 1,000-yard range located in Middle Run Road in Redbank Township, offers UPS drop-off services, and an event space – Swift Safariland.
“It’s really taken off,” said Keen of the 1,000-yard range. “That’s what everybody’s really getting into.”
“Sometimes what happens is some stores stop focusing on the customer and being just cordial from the hello to the door to the goodbye when you leave,” he said. “Even in these tougher times when animosity is higher on both sides of the counter, we still try to give a good experience. We don’t care if you’re just browsing to buying the nicest firearm on the shelf. We want to make sure you get the attention you need.”
Keen said he changes stock seasonally. Approaching hunting season, he is focused on carrying hunting-minded products. During fairer weather, he stocks handguns and outdoor shooting sports equipment.
He said today’s customers have different needs than they did twenty years ago due to the internet.
Ensuring an affordable price is king.
“The days when your dad used to go to the same guy to buy a gun are gone. People look at price and if it’s there when you’re there,” Keen commented. “If it’s within a very close price, the best price around, and you have it and I’m standing there looking at you, that’s what they want.”
That is why the atmosphere and the added elements that make Long Shot “not just a gun shop” are so important to setting it apart from other gun stores.
Finally, Keen said the store is involved with many local groups and organizations such as the Redbank Valley Sports Boosters and the New Bethlehem Fire Department.
“It’s tough, but we make sure we help everybody,” said Keen. “That money that you’re giving us, we try to give back to the community.”
For more information on Long Shot Ammo and Arms, visit their Facebook page.
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Clarion Drug Free Coalition Hosts ‘Painting for the Cause of Prevention’ Event
CLARION, Pa. – Clarion Drug Free Coalition and Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission recently hosted a “Painting for the Cause of Prevention” event.
This was a free painting class that was held on Wednesday, August 10, for families to learn painting techniques and drug and alcohol prevention and safety. Families worked together to paint a picture and answer trivia questions about substance use prevention.
This event was provided as an alternative activity for the public. Alternative activities operate under the principle that healthy activities will deter individuals from the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD). The idea is that positive and healthy activities offset the attraction to, or otherwise meet the needs usually filled by ATOD.
Working on multiple fronts, Clarion Drug Free Coalition strives to tackle the substance use issue throughout Clarion County with a comprehensive approach including many programs and strategies that are free to the community. The Clarion Drug Free Coalition (CDFC) is a combined effort of concerned community members, agencies, organizations, law enforcement, parents, and faith groups. A project of the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission, the coalition is an important part of making the picture of a drug-free community come to life.
The CDFC seeks to prevent and reduce substance use and addiction among our youth and young adults by empowering and encouraging parents, youth, young adults, government and community through education, resources, and awareness. The CDFC believes that every child and young adult in the communities of Clarion County will have the knowledge, opportunity, and support to make the choice to grow up drug- and alcohol-free.
Clarion Drug Free Coalition is always seeking new members.
If you are interested in joining the CDFC, or have any questions, please contact Jaclyn Dolby at [email protected] or call 814-226-6350 ext. 104.
Follow CDFC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/clariondrugfree to keep up to date on upcoming Clarion Drug Free Coalition meetings and events!
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SPONSORED: UFP Parker Hiring for All Shifts
Thursday, August 18, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
UFP Parker now has both Day and Afternoon positions open for a variety of skill levels.
If you are looking for a career with a comprehensive benefit package and multiple avenues for advancement, come join our winning team at UFP Parker.
UFP Parker has locations in Parker, Emlenton, and Shippenville.
Want to see what we are all about? Call or text Shelly at 814-316-1033 to schedule a tour!
Apply online today at www.ufpi.com/careers
Walk-in applications can be taken at the Parker office located at 116 N River Ave. Parker, Pa.
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State Police Calls: Police Investigating Slashed Tires in Farmington Township
CLARION/FOREST/JEFFERSON CO., Pa. (EYT) – Area state police responded to the following calls:
Police Investigating Slashed Tires in Farmington Township
PSP Marienville responded to a residence on Maple Drive in Farmington Township, Clarion County, for a report of criminal mischief that occurred on Saturday, August 13.
Police say an unknown actor(s) cut the tires on a pickup truck belonging to a 44-year-old Leeper man, causing them to go flat.
The total cost of the tire was approximately $180.00.
This incident shall remain open pending further investigation, police say.
PFA Violation
Marienville-based State Police received a report of a PFA violation at SCI Forest on Woodland Drive, in Jenks Township, Forest County.
Police say the complainant, a 25-year-old Ulysses woman, advised that a personal letter and court documents were sent via U.S. Postal Service from a known male to the protected person(s) residence on August 12.
It was confirmed that an active PFA order exists.
The investigation is ongoing.
Backhoe Stolen From Palo Construction
Police are investigating a reported theft from a motor vehicle that occurred last week.
According to DuBois-based State Police, unknown actor(s) stole a yellow 1996 John Deer loader backhoe from beside a construction trailer in the 5000 block of U.S. Route 322 in Winslow Township, Jefferson County.
Police say the incident occurred sometime between 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 14.
The backhoe was later found abandoned in a wooded area off a gas well road on Saxon Hill Road, police said.
The victim is listed as Palo Construction, of Clarion.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Clarion County Photo of the Day
Friday, August 19, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
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Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Kale Quinoa Salad
Kale packs a mighty punch of vitamins, while quinoa delivers a hearty serving of protein!
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups water
1/2 cup tomato juice
1 small onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
6 cups coarsely chopped fresh kale
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup dried currants
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Directions
-In a large saucepan, bring water and tomato juice to a boil. Add quinoa. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until liquid is absorbed, 18-22 minutes. Remove from the heat; fluff with a fork.
-In a large skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic and pepper flakes; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in kale and cook until wilted, 3-4 minutes.
-Stir in pine nuts and currants; cook until kale is tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, lemon juice, zest, salt, and pepper; cook 1-2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat and stir in quinoa. Serve at room temperature.
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Deer Creek Winery to Host Friday Night Music by Master Blaster
Friday, August 19, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
SHIPPENVILLE, Pa. (EYT) – Stop at Deer Creek Winery on Friday evening to relax, sip a glass of wine with a meal, and enjoy the start of the weekend!
Master Blaster will be providing a variety of popular tunes, including karaoke from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
As always, Deer Creek offers a full wine selection, a light cafe menu, and select craft beers from North Country Brewing.
Deer Creek Winery is located at 3333 Soap Fat Road, Shippenville, PA 16254.
For more information, visit their website here.
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: New Coach, New Scheme and Wealth of Talent, Especially Up Front, Has Keystone Excited for the 2022 Campaign
KNOX, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Not long after Todd Smith got the job as the head football coach at Keystone High School this spring, he went to work.
There was a new offense to install.
And some new players to run it.
(Above, from left: Kyle Nellis, Cole Henry, head coach Todd Smith, Tyler Albright, and Aidan Sell.)
Coming off a season in which the Panthers won the Small School South Division title, Ryan Smith stepped down and Todd Smith was tapped as the next coach.
Todd Smith, who is also the baseball coach at Clarion-Limestone, spent the last two years as the offensive coordinator at Butler.
He longed to be a head football coach again — he filled that role at Clarion-Limestone from 2003 to 2009, and then returned to the Lions as the offensive coordinator from 2016 to 2018.
The chance to lead the program at Keystone was something he couldn’t pass up.
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“I wouldn’t change anything about the road I’ve been on,” Smith said. “I think everything happens for a reason. When the opportunity came to coach these guys and get back to being a head coach again, I was excited about it.”
The players took to him well, too.
“It’s gone really smoothly,” said senior center/defensive end Cole Henry. “I think it’s kind of a fresh start for all of us, getting to know his play style. I think it’s going to work well for us.”
“I think it fits us really well,” added senior wide receiver/defensive back Tyler Albright. “I think this offense really gets the most out of us.”
Smith’s players wasted little time diving into the playbook.
“Generally, I would feel like we’re behind, but these guys are really committed this summer,” Smith said. “I mean, even from May, we had Saturday practices and then we got into things in June. The commitment level has been unbelievable.”
Smith’s new offense has little resemblance to the old Keystone attack.
Smith likes to use multiple formations–some spread, some power-I, and even some wing-T–to strike a balance between the pass and run.
He inherits a big physical and strong offensive line that has the potential to be dominant.
The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Henry is the anchor of that line. Josh Beal is another 250-pound people-mover at guard. Elijah Will is a junior guard who moved into the district from Texas. Haden Foster makes the switch from tight end to tackle. And, then there’s junior Brock Champluvier, a 6-3, 330-pound behemoth at the other tackle spot.
“That’s really one of the strengths of our team,” Smith said. “So, we’re going to run the football and we’re going to do that out of the I (formation) some.”
Another big move Smith made was shifting senior Aidan Sell from wide receiver to tight end/H-back.
It’s an important position in Smith’s offense.
“It takes somebody who can block and catch the ball,” Smith said. “He can do both of those things. It really takes an unselfish person, and he fits that mold perfectly.”
Nellis figures to get the bulk of the carries.
Last year, the senior was a big weapon in all phases of the game. He rushed for 756 yards and seven touchdowns, caught eight passes for 157 yards and two more scores, and also averaged an eye-popping 36.1 yards per kick return, scoring one return TD.
On defense, he also found the end zone twice on interception returns.
Nellis is more than eager to get going.
“I’m pumped. I’m ready to go out there tomorrow,” Nellis said. “I think we need to go out and go as hard as we can and stay together. If we do that, if everybody does their job, we should have a really good season.”
Albright is also itching to get on the field. He’ll get some carries out of the wing-T sets as well as be a primary receiver. He led the Panthers with 19 receptions for 439 yards and four touchdowns.
“I want to do more than I did last year,” Albright said. “Build off of that. I feel like if I get the ball in my hands, I can make things happen. I just want to do everything I can to help the team win.”
Smith will also be breaking in a new quarterback. Bret Wingard, who was a threat last year with his arm as well as his legs, graduated. Junior Rayce Weaver takes over the job. In very limited action last season, Weaver was 2 of 3 for 43 yards and a touchdown.
“Rayce is going to be a junior, and he can run and throw the ball,” Smith said. “In my offense, that really benefits us because it doesn’t limit us in what we can do. He’s been doing a good job.”
The key to another successful season may lie outside of anyone’s control.
Keystone, like most small schools, must have some luck on the injury front. If a few key players go down, it could change fortunes quickly.
“We’re going to try to practice smart and still do the things that we need to do to have our players ready on Friday nights,” Smith said. “I think the camaraderie of our team is another strength we have. They all get along. They don’t care about who gets credit for stuff. And I think, with the talent we have and that kind of attitude, we can do great things.”
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The city of Manassas Park has never really been on my radar. It struck me as a place without any particularly interesting attractions.
That being said, my search for something to write about caused me to attend the ribbon-cutting on July 16 to celebrate Manassas Park’s new City Hall and public plaza. Jirani Coffeehouse was there giving away drinks and pastries, so I had nothing to lose.
The vision shared by Mayor Jeanette Rishell at the ribbon-cutting captured my interest. The City Hall is the first step in creating Park Central – and the beginning of an ambitious plan to create a sense of community and signature city center for Manassas Park.
Suddenly a city I had occasion to use only as a shortcut became an interesting place to visit. Rishell and City Manager Laszlo Palko agreed to meet me later to discuss their plans.
I got a quick tour of the new City Hall. What impressed me most was the flexibility built into the design. The council meeting room was filled with regular chairs instead of the usual fixed theater seats I see elsewhere. It is easily reconfigurable to support a wide range of public uses.
The rest of the building followed the same pattern: flexibility to serve multiple purposes. The first floor will host a second location for Jirani Coffeehouse and a La Finca Mexican Restaurant. A library is seamlessly accessed from government spaces and includes an entrance from the coffeehouse.
The coffeehouse also opens onto a multiuse city plaza intended to host a variety of community events. The ribbon-cutting was a sample of the future as I watched children laugh and play in the water fountains while adults wandered around the plaza enjoying the day.
Rishell explained that Manassas Park has operated on a tight budget for years. Multipurpose resources are always a goal. She quoted her grandmother’s philosophy – “squeeze a dollar until it hollers” – as a guiding principle in all of her decisions about how to use taxpayer revenue.
This is a complex multi-year project with a lot of moving parts. The new City Hall is its heart. Palko discussed the many opportunities for entrepreneurs to buy into Park Central and its vision early. As this project unfolds, there will be room for three more restaurants and a couple of anchor stores such as a grocery store, arcade or perhaps a sports bar. These all complement a theater scheduled to open in 2024.
An upscale complex consisting of stacked townhouses (a new word to me) are part of the Park Central vision. Three hundred residents will be within walking distance of this new vibrant city center and a VRE station.
As I drove home from meeting with Rishell and Palko, I took my first serious look at the city of Manassas Park. What I noticed were people walking the trails in Signal Hill Park, lovely homes of every flavor and a very welcoming community. Palko suggested I check out Blooms Park for great hiking opportunities.
I suspect opportunities to be part of Park Central won’t last long. If you want to learn more, take a close look at the townhouses or discuss having first shot at one of the business opportunities contact Palko or Economic Development Coordinator LaMar Hoy at a.hoy@manassasparkva.gov or 571-383-8043
Jirani Coffeehouse will be seeing a lot of me at the new City Hall. It is scheduled to open in early 2023. That is one ribbon-cutting I definitely won’t miss. Maybe we will run into one another there one day and chat over coffee.
Al Alborn is an award-winning columnist and member of the Virginia Press Association. His column appears every other week. You can learn more about Al on LinkedIn. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/around-prince-william-something-exciting-is-going-on-here/article_11f392e8-1f9e-11ed-82b8-47ab8e16fa7f.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:07Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/around-prince-william-something-exciting-is-going-on-here/article_11f392e8-1f9e-11ed-82b8-47ab8e16fa7f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A counselor in Virginia’s largest school system has been fired after it was discovered that he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor outside of Fairfax County.
In a letter to the school community, Superintendent Michelle Reid said that Fairfax County Public Schools is also asking the state to revoke the counselor’s license. It is not clear how long this person has been employed by the school system.
Reid said that once she and the school board became aware of the “serious situation at Glasgow Middle School” in the Lincolnia area, “we took immediate steps to dismiss the employee.”
FCPS said it has no information that any Fairfax County students or children have been involved.
The school board asked Reid to provide an “accountability report” that includes a plan to ensure that this will not happen again in the school system.
Reid said she has initiated an independent investigation by a third party that has access to all internal and external processes of the schools.
“There is no higher priority than the safety of our students and, on behalf of the School Board and myself, I want to make this very clear: this entire situation is unacceptable from any perspective. We are deeply concerned about how this happened in one of our schools,” Reid said in the letter.
Reid said she will share the corrective steps she will take with the school board and the community to ensure accountability.
A Fairfax County schools spokesperson told WTOP, “While the independent investigation into this matter is underway, we are unable to comment further.”
Parents or students with concerns or information should call Fairfax County schools’ Office of Safety and Security, which has a safety tip line that can be accessed anonymously. They can also reach out to the Fairfax County police at 703-691-2131, if they have concerns or information. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/fairfax-county-schools-fire-counselor-convicted-of-solicitation-of-prostitution-from-a-minor/article_897c2060-1f9d-11ed-9348-0b06309fce58.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:13Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/fairfax-county-schools-fire-counselor-convicted-of-solicitation-of-prostitution-from-a-minor/article_897c2060-1f9d-11ed-9348-0b06309fce58.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond.
5. Counselor fired
A counselor in Virginia’s largest school system has been fired after it was discovered that he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor outside of Fairfax County.
4. Haymarket proposal
A New Jersey-based developer wants to construct 225 homes near Haymarket.
3. Pop-up showers possible
It will be a mostly sunny day with a high near 86 and a chance for pop-up showers in the afternoon. Click here for a detailed forecast by ZIP code.
2. Woodbridge fire
A kitchen fire early Thursday displaced 11 people and left a resident with minor injuries in the County Center Crossing Apartments in Woodbridge.
1. Cook Out coming soon
The region’s first Cook Out fast-food restaurant appears to be nearly ready for its opening.
InsideOut
Time's running out! The Prince William County Fair, now in its 73rd year, continues through Saturday at the fairgrounds in Manassas. Click here for all the details. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-school-counselor-fired-a-cook-out-update-and-showers-possible-today/article_b72665a2-1fa2-11ed-9e74-7b506a3b2820.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:19Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-school-counselor-fired-a-cook-out-update-and-showers-possible-today/article_b72665a2-1fa2-11ed-9e74-7b506a3b2820.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With summer vacations top-of-mind for many people this month, you may be thinking about that timeshare you bought years ago. Should you keep it? Sell it?
If now seems like the time to sell, beware: Getting out of a timeshare may not be as easy as getting into one. Scams are common in the timeshare industry. According to the American Resort Development Association, some timeshare exit companies use fraud and deceit to take your money, then disappear when it comes time to fulfill their promises.
Advice from the Federal Trade Commission
To avoid a scam, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends:
— Checking out the reseller. If you’re considering using a reseller, first search online for the reseller’s name, plus words like “complaint” or “scam.” You can also contact the state attorney general or consumer protection office in the reseller’s state to learn whether any complaints have been filed.
— Checking the reseller’s licensing. Is the reseller licensed to do business where your timeshare is located? The FTC recommends dealing only with licensed real estate agents and brokers and asking for references from satisfied clients.
— Asking about the reseller’s process. How will your timeshare be advertised or promoted? How often will you receive updates from the reseller? Look for a reseller with a process that goes beyond just listing the property.
— Negotiating fees. The FTC warns that some resellers may ask for fees to sell your timeshare up front instead of taking them after the unit sells. If you agree to pay a fee in advance, be sure to understand the refund policy if the unit fails to sell, and get the policy in writing.
— Reading the contract. Of course, you’ll want to document any agreement in writing, but you should also take the necessary time to read the agreement before you sign it. Ensure the contract matches any verbal promises you received, itemizes services the reseller will perform, and outlines any fees you’ll have to pay.
Do Your Homework
However you plan to manage your timeshare, be sure you’re working with reputable exit companies, resellers, or tenants. In an industry where you’re not likely to make a profit, or even recoup your costs, getting scammed just adds insult to injury.
Source: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/timeshares-vacation-clubs-related-scams#what%20to%20know
John A. Frisch, CPA/PFS, CFP®, AIF®, PPC™ is a financial advisor and managing director of Savant Wealth Management’s Manassas, VA office.
This is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as personalized investment or financial advice. Please consult your investment and financial professional(s) regarding your unique situation. | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/your-money-avoiding-scams-when-selling-your-timeshare/article_95a4ca60-1fa0-11ed-889c-e34ecaf61661.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:25Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/your-money-avoiding-scams-when-selling-your-timeshare/article_95a4ca60-1fa0-11ed-889c-e34ecaf61661.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Brielle Kemavor attended her first Colgan High School volleyball tryout certain of her place in the program’s hierarchy. Humility and inexperience will do that to someone who saw herself as just another incoming freshman hoping to at least make the junior varsity.
After all, she had only played volleyball for three years in middle school. Why indulge lofty but unrealistic expectations?
But head coach Keith Mesa noticed something special. As did junior Kailin Flanagan. All it took was the attack jump test to reveal Kemavor’s bright future in the sport and change her trajectory.
In the test, using a running start to see how high she could touch the wall with her hitting hand, Kemavor turned in an eye-opening leap of 9 feet, 10 inches.
In a calm voice, Mesa congratulated Kemavor’s effort. Kemavor responded by thanking Mesa and then walking away so the next player could take their turn.
She had no idea what Mesa was really saying. But Flanagan, who was charting the results, understood perfectly.
So when Mesa asked Flanagan if she knew why he said what he said, Flanagan gave the correct answer.
“She’s made the varsity,” Flanagan said.
And then some. Kemavor was on her way without losing her way.
On the gym wall closest to Colgan’s atrium resides a newly unveiled team picture commemorating the Sharks’ Class 6 state volleyball championship.
Although a relative newcomer at the time, Kemavor quickly developed into a top-flight talent who has become a fixture in Colgan’s starting lineup. She earned Class 6 state player of the year honors in 2021 after helping the Sharks claim their first state title in any sport since the school opened in 2016. She also attracted immediate interest from elite travel clubs and soon Division I college programs.
The attention unnerves her.
She would rather talk about her teammates, family and coaches who have propelled her to this point than herself. She even asks her mother, Alanna, why a local newspaper wants to feature her instead of the team as a whole?
Personal aggrandizement is antithetical to her nature.
But while many have guided her from the middle school ranks to this point, Kemavor needed to want this as well. So she struck a balance.
As she realized over time where volleyball could take her, Kemavor accepted the challenge without compromising who she is and what she believes in. Kemavor turns 17 on Aug. 22, but she’s mature beyond her years in her overall perspective.
Kemavor will never brag about her accomplishments. Nor does she take them for granted.
Instead she offers up this typical understatement in explaining her outlook.
“I’m glad it worked out,” is all Kemavor says.
She’s uncomfortable elaborating anymore. To her, it’s unnecessary.
MOTHER KNOWS BEST
People look at the 6-foot-5 Kemavor and ask whether she’s a basketball player. It’s a question she hears all the time. She gets it. Kemavor is tall. And when it comes to athletics, outsiders typically equate height with hoops.
Kemavor, who gets her height from her father, Bill, a 6-7 former amateur boxer and professional soccer player in Nigeria, considered basketball for a moment.
But only for a moment before deciding volleyball would fit her better.
She came to this realization going into her sixth-grade year at Marsteller Middle School in Bristow.
At the time, Kemavor, with Alanna’s support, decided it was time to choose a sport. Alanna, who played volleyball growing up, let her daughter choose. But she believed volleyball suited Kemavor due to the game’s pace.
Alanna thought racing up and down the basketball court would take its toll on Kemavor’s still growing body, in particular her knees. Kemavor experienced her biggest growth spurt in middle school, sprouting 10 inches between the sixth and eighth grades.
Volleyball provided less physical stress.
Kemavor was open to doing both until she attended a week-long basketball camp followed by a week-long volleyball camp going into sixth grade. Then it became clear: Alanna was right. Volleyball made more sense. Kemavor never picked up a basketball again.
At Marsteller, head volleyball coach Stephen Kibler and assistant coach Patrick Bowman increased her interest even more. They explained the basics, and Kemavor absorbed everything as she became one of three sixth-graders to make the team.
Once she arrived at Colgan, Kemavor, then 6-2, filled a need at the middle blocker position as the only freshman to make the varsity team that season.
The Sharks had graduated their first Division I player in 6-foot-1 Madison Bowser, a Texas A&M signee and first-team all-state selection who helped lead Colgan to its first state tournament appearance when it reached the 2018 semifinals.
The Sharks also lost 6-0 Alyssa Andrews, who after two years with the volleyball program decided to concentrate on basketball. Andrews ended up signing with Wake Forest.
Colgan's Brielle Kemavor hits a kill shot against Freedom. Photo by Doug Stroud
Kemavor’s height gave her a certain advantage, but it was clear from the start she needed work. Kemavor embraced the challenge. She put in the time and eventually became a dominant player who, as Mesa said, is “an intimidation factor from the get-go.”
“Brielle is just a pleaser,” Mesa said. “She will do what she wants you to do.”
With extraordinary spring in her jump and fluid lateral movement, Kemavor controls the flow and is always in the right spot to make the play. She’s agile and coordinated for someone at her age with her size and is by far the tallest player Mesa has ever had as he begins his 22nd year as a volleyball head coach.
“Her blocking ability at this level is unique,” Mesa said. “Opponents really struggle to get the ball past her. They can’t deal with the blocks, and they try and make adjustments they can’t make happen.”
STAYING HUMBLE
As much as she loves volleyball, Kemavor has outside interests.
She carries a 4.1 grade-point average and loves to sing. In fact, Alanna said Kemavor’s vocal ability is the primary reason her daughter is at Colgan. Patriot is Kemavor’s current base school (it was Unity Reed before redistricting), but the Bristow resident is enrolled in Colgan’s Center for Fine and Performing Arts specialty program. Kemavor and volleyball teammate Zia Francis sing the National Anthem before every Colgan game.
Kemavor also maintains proper priorities, especially when it comes to her faith. A Mormon, Kemavor subscribes to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ belief to rest on Sundays. Doing so meant not playing on Sundays for her club team, a decision her coaches honored and respected.
But as her college recruiting picked up, Kemavor began to reconsider taking Sundays off because college coaches frequently attend weekend travel tournaments to evaluate prospects.
To resolve her dilemma, she spoke with her mom about replacing Sunday with another day in the week to honor the Sabbath. Kemavor received permission from her bishop to switch and implemented the change in November.
“It's not simple, but I felt it would be worth it,” Kemavor said. “I know my athletic abilities come from God, so putting myself in a position to grow athletically while still honoring the Sabbath was worth the extra effort.”
The sacrament is brought to her home on the day she chooses to rest. She stays off her phone and does not work out or go anywhere.
“It’s not easy the balance she keeps between the church and the world,” Alanna said. “Everyone has to find that balance no matter what their faith … She’s done it well.”
Colgan senior Brielle Kemavor was the Class 6 state volleyball player of the year last season.
When she first made the change, Kemavor said it felt “weird stepping on the court on a Sunday.”
“But I’m OK with it,” Kemavor said. “There’s no guilt.”
As college interest rose, Kemavor narrowed her choices to Brigham Young, UCLA, Louisville, Maryland and Utah State. Unlike many kids her age who post on social media anytime they collect a college scholarship offer, Kemavor stayed deliberately quiet. She never revealed anything about her recruiting until she announced Dec. 22 on her only social media account (Instagram) her commitment to BYU.
“I did not announce offers as they came in because I knew that not everyone on my team was receiving the same amount of attention, even though they are really great players,” Kemavor said. “It just didn't seem necessary to cause them more stress.”
Teammate Alexis Scipione said Kemavor’s decision to keep silent fits her nature in putting others first.
“She’s such a sweet, kind person,” said Scipione, a three-year varsity player and second-team, all-state selection in 2021. “If I make a mistake on the court, she looks me in the eye and says, ‘We’re good.’ She has an amazing presence and that’s what we need.”
Scipione said Kemavor has earned everything she’s accomplished.
“I wished she would have celebrated more,” Scipione said of Kemavor’s offers. “She deserves it. It just shows how much she cares, but we’re so excited for her.”
When Kemavor began considering colleges, she wanted to keep her options open.
While there is a personal connection to BYU (Alanna is a graduate) as well as a spiritual one (the school is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Kemavor said the Utah-based college was initially not at the top of her list.
But then she visited BYU in October and changed her mind after she spent time with the team and head coach Heather Olmstead.
The Cougars have reached the NCAA Tournament each of Olmstead’s seven seasons, including five Sweet 16 appearances and one Final Four. Olmstead has also helped with the U.S. national team programs. BYU moves from the West Coast Conference to the Big 12 Kemavor’s freshman year but will still not compete on Sundays.
“She was strict, but made practices fun,” Kemavor said of Olmstead. “The girls were super nice, and they included me in their circle.”
ALL FOR ONE
Kemavor stayed busy this summer. She played with her Metro Club team, a top-20 nationally ranked program for her age group. She also attended her third invite-only National Team Development Program in Tulsa, Okla.
And now the high school season arrives with Colgan favored to defend its state title. It’s a veteran squad that has only lost one Cardinal District match in the past five years (to Forest Park in 2019).
There’s no doubt she is ready to jump in. From a physical standpoint, Kemavor has improved her attack jump to 10-feet-8, at least 4 inches higher than the average jump at the Division I level.
In usual fashion, though, Kemavor refrains from issuing any bold predictions. She instead focuses on her role as a leader to help underclassmen adjust to the varsity level.
“I have a bigger presence,” Kemavor said. “Instead of following the leaders, I am one of them. [It’s about] giving back.” | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/colgan-s-brielle-kemavor-flourishes-on-the-volleyball-court-without-losing-sight-of-what-matters/article_871bacaa-1d86-11ed-9b9b-0fffe00534c9.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:31Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/colgan-s-brielle-kemavor-flourishes-on-the-volleyball-court-without-losing-sight-of-what-matters/article_871bacaa-1d86-11ed-9b9b-0fffe00534c9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On the gym wall closest to Colgan’s atrium resides a newly unveiled team picture commemorating the Sharks’ Class 6 state volleyball championship.
On the court during practice, an experienced and deep group of players dart around with enthusiasm and intensity as head coach Keith Mesa instructs and encourages.
And on the back of each volleyball player’s workout shirt is a mantra held over from last season that says, “Time To Go To Work.”
Taken together, the three images explain why the Sharks are capable of successfully defending their state title.
Unlike 2021 when they rode a late-season surge to finish 28-4, capture Colgan’s first state title since the school opened in 2016 and the first volleyball title won by a Prince William County high school since 2003, the Sharks enter this fall as the team to beat.
The prediction comes with the potential of added stress. They are well aware of how large the target on their back looms. It was no secret the team might feel this way. They constantly hear from observers asking whether they think they can win it all again and those who believe they will achieve that feat.
But they refuse to let it dictate their outlook. They addressed it at their initial team meeting as a way to get things out in the open. Mesa initiated the discussion by reminding them to breathe.
“It’s a lot of pressure trying to come back and repeat,” said senior Alexis Scipione. “But if we stay level-headed, that will keep the nerves down. I’m excited. It’s easy to play with this team. We’re all family.”
The five-time Cardinal District champions have six seniors and return all three of their all-state selections: senior Brielle Kemavor, the Class 6 player of the year who has committed to Brigham Young University, junior Paula Sigurani, a first-team pick at libero, and Scipione, a second-team choice.
Colgan has lost only one district match in the past five years (in 2019 to Forest Park).
There’s no doubt the Sharks are skillful and experienced enough to capture another state title. But they also know it starts here in the gym with reminders of what they’ve accomplished and what they are capable of accomplishing again.
“This is where we need to get better,” said junior Aubrey Hatch, a three-year varsity starter. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/defending-state-champion-colgan-gets-back-to-work/article_5c46f662-1d89-11ed-ab36-0308f9398e28.html | 2022-08-19T13:15:37Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/defending-state-champion-colgan-gets-back-to-work/article_5c46f662-1d89-11ed-ab36-0308f9398e28.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in his new memoir offers few details about former President Trump’s battle with COVID-19 in 2020, but he did pinpoint a moment when he knew his father-in-law was on the mend.
“I knew he was feeling better when he requested one of his favorite meals: a McDonald’s Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, fries and a vanilla shake,” Kushner wrote in “Breaking History,” due out Tuesday.
In the book, an advanced copy of which was obtained by The Hill, Kushner does not offer many insights into how serious Trump’s condition was when he contracted the virus in the home stretch of the 2020 campaign, before any COVID-19 vaccines had been authorized.
He mentions then-chief of staff Mark Meadows saying he was “nervous” about Trump’s diagnosis, but otherwise just recounts encouraging Trump to go to Walter Reed Medical Center, which could offer better treatment than remaining at the White House.
“As the president recovered at Walter Reed, we all recognized that the campaign would have to wait until Trump was both physically strong and medically cleared to return to the trail,” Kushner wrote. “In the meantime, he spoke directly to Americans through social media to update them on his recovery.”
Trump contracted the virus days after his first debate with now-President Biden in Cleveland. The White House at the time did not disclose whether he complied with the venue’s testing requirement for both candidates.
Meadows was caught days later attempting to brief reporters anonymously about Trump’s condition at Walter Reed, expressing concern about his oxygen levels. At one point, Trump left isolation in the hospital to take a ride around the block with Secret Service so he could wave at supporters gathered near the hospital.
Kushner himself tested positive for the virus in November 2020, a short time after the election. He attributes the fact that he missed much of the discussion over how to handle fraud claims to his absence while in isolation. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/kushner-knew-trump-felt-better-after-covid-19-when-he-asked-for-mcdonalds/ | 2022-08-19T13:25:11Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/kushner-knew-trump-felt-better-after-covid-19-when-he-asked-for-mcdonalds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An algorithm can predict future crimes with 90% accuracy. Here’s why the creator thinks the tech won’t be abused
The AI model was tested across eight cities in the US and predicts future crimes with 80 to 90 per cent accuracy, without falling foul of bias.
Prof Ishanu Chattopadhyay leads the ZeD Lab at the University of Chicago, where he studies algorithms and data. He tells us about the AI he has developed that can forecast crimes being committed days before they actually occur.
Your algorithm successfully predicted crime in US cities a week before they happened. How did you build the algorithm?
The city of Chicago and the seven other cities that we looked at have started putting out crime event logs in the public domain. In Chicago, these are actually updated daily with a week’s delay.
These event logs contain information about what happened, what type of crime it was, where it happened, the latitude, longitude, and a timestamp. In Chicago, we also have information about if there were any arrests made when there were interactions with the police officers.
So we start with this event log and then digitise the city into small areas of about two blocks by two blocks – about 1,000 feet [300 metres] across. And in one of those tiles, we’ll see this time series of these different events, like violent crimes, property crimes, homicides and so on. This results in tens of thousands of time series that are coevolving.
What our algorithm does is look at these coevolving time series, then figures out how they are dependent on one another and how they’re constraining one another – so how they’re shaping one another. That brings up a really complex model.
You can then make predictions on what’s going to happen, say, a week in advance at a particular tile, plus or minus one day. In Chicago, for example, today is Wednesday. Using our algorithm, you can say that next Wednesday, on the intersection of 37th Street and Southwestern Avenue, there would be homicide.
How do you envisage the ways your algorithm could be used?
People have concerns that this will be used as a tool to put people in jail before they commit crimes. That’s not going to happen, as it doesn’t have any capability to do that. It just predicts an event at a particular location. It doesn’t tell you who is going to commit the event or the exact dynamics or mechanics of the events. It cannot be used in the same way as in the film Minority Report.
In Chicago, most of the people losing their lives in violent crimes is largely due to gang violence. It is not like a Sherlock Holmes movie where some convoluted murder is happening. It is actually very actionable if you know about it a week in advance – you can intervene. This does not just involve stepping up enforcement and sending police officers there, there are other ways of intervening socially so that the odds of the crime occurring actually goes down and, ideally, it never happens.
What we would like to do is enable a kind of policy optimisation. My cohorts and I have been very vocal that we don’t want this to be used as a purely predictive policy tool. We want policy optimisation to be the main use of it. We have to enable that, as just putting out a paper and having the algorithm there isn’t enough. We want the mayor or administrators to use the model generated to do simulations and inform policy.
Previous algorithms of this kind have been heavily criticised for producing bias, in terms of racial profiles, for example. How do you account for this?
Approaches that have been tried before are straight-up machine learning, off-the-shelf tools where you take a giant data set, determine what the important features are, then use those features with a standard complex neural network to try to make predictions.
The issue with that approach is that as soon as you say certain features are important, you’re probably going to miss things, so you will get misleading results. That happened in the Chicago Police Department [in 2014-2016]. They were putting people on the list who were likely to be perpetrators or victims of gun violence, using an equation involving characteristics like arrest histories. And that resulted in a large proportion of the black population being on the list.
We are trying to start only from the event logs. There are no humans sitting down figuring out what the features are, or what attributes are important. There’s very little manual input going on, other than the event log that is coming in. We have tried to reduce bias as much as possible. That’s how our model is different from other models that have come before.
A lot of people are worried about the lack of transparency in the AI decision-making process. Is there an issue with this?
AI systems have been used to model more and more complex systems, so it’s not surprising that many of them tend to seem like a black box. Compare them to how things worked before. Back then, we just had a tiny differential equation for a system, which gave us the feeling that we understood it. If we have a giant neural network, we just can’t understand what’s going on. So that’s an issue and there’s a lot of work that’s going into explaining AI.
We have a really complex model, one that you can’t just look at and read off the factors from. But the way to think about it is to look at all of the event logs. There are observations from this complex social system interacting with all these socioeconomic factors, enforcement factors, demographics, economics and all of these things. All of that feeds into and shapes this social system you’re modelling. You can’t expect a simple kind of pattern to come out of all this data.
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Jason is the commissioning editor for BBC Science Focus. He holds an MSc in physics and was named Section Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2019. He has been reporting on science and technology for more than a decade. During this time, he's walked the tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider, watched Stephen Hawking deliver his Reith Lecture on Black Holes and reported on everything from simulation universes to dancing cockatoos. He looks after the magazine’s and website’s news sections and makes regular appearances on the Instant Genius Podcast.
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Last weekend the whole world saw the last supermoon of 2022. The Sturgeon supermoon lit up skies across the world and featured in some amazing images.
Meanwhile, the Perseid meteor shower was somewhat overshadowed by the full Moon, but still produced some great sights.
NASA continues to prepare for Artemis, which the launch of the first mission expected the happen at the end of August 2022. The first mission will be uncrewed, but NASA hopes to be sending astronauts to the Moon by the time of Artemis III in 2025.
Super-bright moon A Sturgeon supermoon rising behind San Bernardino church dome in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, on 12 August 2022. The August full Moon is the last supermoon of 2022. Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Perseid show The Perseid meteor shower illuminates the night sky over the Eboliang Yardang landform on 12 August 2022 in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province of China. Photo by Wu Zhengjie/VCG/Getty Images © Getty Images
Megadrought The Los Angeles Aqueduct passes through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at the westernmost edge of the Mojave Desert on 13 August 2022 in California, USA. The Los Angeles Aqueduct carries water from the Owens River near Independence, California to Los Angeles, more than 200 miles away. Scientists have warned that the region is in the midst of the worst drought in at least 1,200 years. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
A truly fun run Coloured powder is poured on a participant during the 'Colour Run' event in Jurmala, Latvia, on 14 August 2022. The event is described as a unique paint race that celebrates healthiness, happiness and individuality. Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Galactic dance The galaxy NGC 7727, pictured in this image released on 16 August 2022, was born from the merger of two galaxies that started around a billion years ago. The cosmic dance of the two galaxies has resulted in the spectacular wispy shape of NGC 7727. At the heart of the galaxy, two supermassive black holes are spiralling closer to each other, expected to merge within 250 million years, the blink of an eye in astronomical time. Photo by ESO/VLT
Underwater heatwave New research, released on 16 August 2022, shows that the water temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea are currently higher than the long-term average for this time of year. Sea snails, like this pteropod, play an important role in the marine food web. They are especially sensitive to ocean warming and acidification, and changes in the temperature of oceans could negatively impact their numbers. Photo by Charlotte Havermans
Rollin' rollin' rollin' NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket is rolled out to Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, on 16 August 2022. Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight, will feature the first blastoff of the massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world when it goes into operation. It will propel the Orion crew capsule into orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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Pond life This aerial view shows a fisherman rowing his boat among water lilies in Lake Golbasi in southern Turkey's Hatay province, on 17 August 2022. Photo by Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
Ready to snap In a study released on 18 August 2022, WHOI scientists have established a clear relationship between rising temperatures and the frequency and volume of the sound emitted by snapping shrimp. The shrimp, which create a pervasive crackling noise that sounds like bacon frying, are among the loudest marine animals. Photo by Tom Kleindinst/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
All hail the wireless taxi A taxi fitted with prototype charging hardware is seen parked in taxi rank that features wireless electric charging pads, on 18 August 2022 in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The city is installing wireless charging hardware on some electric taxis, which will charge via pads installed on the Trent Street taxi rank. The drivers can charge their cars by driving over the pads, without leaving their vehicles. It is the first trial of its kind in the UK. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images | https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/artemis-moon-mission-the-best-images-in-science-this-week/ | 2022-08-19T13:26:30Z | sciencefocus.com | control | https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/artemis-moon-mission-the-best-images-in-science-this-week/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Woman dies week after truck falls from parking garage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -- The woman injured after her car fell from a parking garage at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville has died about a week after the crash.
Patsy Pinckard, 73, of Centerville, died Thursday morning following the Aug. 10 crash on 21st Avenue North, according to police. Pinckard’s Toyota Tacoma fell off the fourth floor of the parking garage. Pinckard was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
A Metro Police investigation into the crash found Pinckard was driving in the public parking garage when she pulled into a spot and, for an unknown reason, the Tacoma went through cable barriers and off the fourth floor deck of the garage.
Pinckard was wearing her seatbelt. There were no signs of impairment on scene, according to police.
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Woman killed, 2 others injured in Florida lightning strike
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (WKMG) - A mother is dead after a lightning strike in central Florida. Her child and a teen were injured.
“We found out while we were responding that it was a lightning strike,” an unnamed Winter Springs police officer said.
Police said the unidentified mother, her child and an unrelated 18-year-old girl were struck by lightning Thursday afternoon near a park.
Investigators said the mother died from her injuries.
“First I heard the noise, then my daughter called us to let us know something happened,” Mir Mirlatifi said.
Mirlatifi lives near the scene and said his children walk the same path every day.
“You cannot prevent them because there’s trees and nature,” Mirlatifi said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida is the lightning capital of the U.S., reporting more than 2,000 lightning-related injuries in the past 50 years.
“You hear about the lightning statistics that you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than winning the lottery,” WKMG’s meteorologist Jonathan Kegges said. “Unfortunately, this happens a lot.”
Thursday’s death follows a fatal lightning strike in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in July. And in June, a girl from Merritt Island, Florida, was severely injured.
In all three cases, the victim was standing under or near a tree, reportedly the worst place to be during a storm
“There’s that rhyme: Thunder roars, go indoors,” Kegges said.
Kegges said in the afternoon, the sea breeze can lead to violent storms.
“We see a ton of lighting, and it’s because of the daily sea breeze interaction will generate the sea breeze with the heating of the day. … That collision helps to erupt more thunderstorms around, which produce a lot of lighting,” he said.
Police said the two people injured in the strike are in stable condition. A dog was also hurt.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRS Medical, a healthcare startup based in South Korea and a member of the Born2Global Centre, recently announced that it has raised approximately $20M in Series B funding. The round of Series B funding welcomed new investors Q Capital Partners and Hanwha Life and additional funds from Klim Ventures, which had contributed to the startup's Series A funding.
Co-founded by graduates of Seoul National University in October 2018, AIRS Medical is a startup that uses digitalized, AI-based diagnostic tests and robotics technologies to provide a better clinical experience for both patients and healthcare providers.
AIRS Medical has been recognized for its deep learning MR image reconstruction technology, winning both the 2019 and 2020 fastMRI Challenge co-hosted by Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and NYU Langone Health. Following these wins, the startup successfully developed and commercialized its technology, called SwiftMR™, and has been using it to benefit the broader healthcare community.
SwiftMR™ is an AI-powered MRI reconstruction software that enhances MR images acquired under various conditions, contributing to a higher level of data accuracy and a better patient experience. In 2021, the software was approved by both the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the US FDA. Since its official commercial launch in Korea in the fourth quarter of 2021, SwiftMR™ has been used for an average of 30,000 monthly MRI exams and a grand total of more than 130,000 MRI exams. Following the successful implementation of the software's business model in the domestic market and with the support of Born2Global and the KOSME-MATTER US Market Adoption Program, AIRS Medical is now introducing its software in other parts of the world including the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America.
In March 2022, AIRS Medical acquired artiQ, an AI- and robotics-based startup that shared AIRS Medical's vision of a world without any sickness. Through the acquisition, AIRS Medical successfully added in-vitro diagnostics to its technology portfolio, which also includes venipuncture automation. Moving forward, AIRS Medical aims to use its exceptional technology and clinical expertise to introduce consecutive diagnostic test solutions that innovate the cost structure of the medical industry.
"We believe we can transform the healthcare ecosystem by solving the current dependency on analog machines by replacing them with data-driven medicine," said Hye-seong Lee, CEO of AIRS Medical. He continued, "Through the Series B funding we've secured, we will be taking our innovative diagnostic solutions to the global market."
About AIRS Medical
AIRS Medical Inc., founded in Oct 2018, is a medical AI startup based in Seoul, Korea, that develops innovative products and services to improve patient experience and to achieve greater institutional efficiency in areas in which a lack of productivity limits clinical value.
For more information, visit airsmed.com
About Born2Global Centre
The Born2Global Centre, operated by Born2Global, is a full-cycle service platform that supports the global expansion of promising companies. Established in 2013 under the Ministry of Science and ICT, Born2Global has been setting the standards for a successful startup ecosystem in Korea and continues to expand and transform startups so that they are engaged, well equipped, and connected with the global market.
For more information, please visit born2global.com
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DALIAN, China, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAT) ("CBAK Energy," or the "Company"), a leading lithium-ion battery manufacturer and electric energy solution provider in China, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nanjing CBAK New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. ("Nanjing CBAK"), has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Welson Power, a China-based new energy company with a global network in over 20 countries.
According to the agreement, Nanjing CBAK will supply its Model 32140 batteries to Welson Power which will sell the products to overseas market, mainly India, mostly for LEV applications. Nanjing CBAK has obtained the certification of the Bureau of Indian Standards ("BIS") on its Model 32140 battery, which is the only certification for distributing lithium-ion battery products in India. With a subsidy program of INR100 billion (or $1.26 billion) to electrify all of its new automobiles came up with by the Indian government, the prospect of the new energy industry is bright. Both parties believe that the partnership will be mutually beneficial.
Mr. Yunfei Li, Chief Executive Officer of CBAK Energy commented, "The partnership with Welson Power brings us into the Indian market which is expected to be one of the largest markets for LEV applications. Our 32140 batteries are much attractive to local manufacturers, and we will not be surprised to see our sales and market shares start going up there with this partnership."
About Welson Power
Welson Power is a Wuxi-based new energy company with focus on lithium battery energy solutions (ESS) to portable energy storage, household energy storage, and small industrial and commercial energy storage, and manufactures power battery systems for EV and LEV applications. Welson Power has a global footprint over 20 countries with major focus on the Indian market.
About CBAK Energy
CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. is a leading high-tech enterprise in China engaged in the development, manufacturing, and sales of new energy high power lithium batteries. The applications of the Company's products and solutions include electric vehicles, light electric vehicles, electric tools, energy storage, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and other high-power applications. In January 2006, CBAK Energy became the first lithium battery manufacturer in China listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. CBAK Energy has multiple operating subsidiaries in Dalian and Nanjing, as well as a large-scale R&D and production base in Dalian.
For more information, please visit www.cbak.com.cn.
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ROLLA, Mo., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration regarding the PBM Nutritionals Infant Formula Label Settlement.
There is a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit, White v. PBM Nutritionals, LLC, that alleges that certain Well Beginnings, Meijer Baby, Little Journey, Wesley Farms, Burt's Bees Baby, Berkley Jensen, Parent's Choice, Earth's Best Organic, Comforts, Up & Up, Babies "R" Us, Member's Mark, And Bobbie Baby brand formula products were deceptively packaged and labeled as being able to make a specific number of liquid ounce bottles of formula when following the directions for preparation and use. PBM Nutritionals denies these allegations and asserts that its labelling and marketing is truthful but has settled this case to avoid further litigation and distraction of resources from its business.
A complete list of the Products included in the settlement is available at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316 and requesting a copy of the Product list.
Consumers who live in the United States and purchased in the United States from January 1, 2017 through July 21, 2022 (for personal use only) certain Well Beginnings, Meijer Baby, Little Journey, Wesley Farms, Burt's Bees Baby, Berkley Jensen, Parent's Choice, Earth's Best Organic, Comforts, Up & Up, Babies "R" Us, Member's Mark, and Bobbie Baby brand Products (as identified on the list of Products at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com).
The Settlement will provide up to $2,000,000 to pay valid claims as follows:
- Consumers with proof-of-purchase can get $2.00 per unit up to a total of $30.00 per Household.
- Consumer without proof-of-purchase can get $2.00 per unit up to a total of $10.00 per Household.
- Consumers cannot submit claims under both categories.
- Claims must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central Time on November 30, 2022.
In addition, PBM Nutritionals will make changes to the way it labels the Products.
- Do Nothing. Consumers who do nothing will be legally bound by decisions of the Court and will give up any rights to sue for the claims resolved by this Settlement.
- Opt-Out. Consumers who do not want to be bound by the Settlement must exclude themselves by October 18, 2022.
- Object to the Settlement. Consumers may submit an objection and explain why they do not like the settlement. Objections must be submitted by October 18, 2022.
- File a Claim: Consumers can file a claim, with or without proof-of-purchase, by November 30, 2022.
Complete instructions on how to file a claim, opt-out, or objection are found at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316.
The Court will hold a hearing on October 26, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at Phelps County Circuit Court, 200 North Main Street Rolla, MO 65401 to hear any objections, determine if the Settlement is fair, and to consider attorney's fees and expenses of up to $600,000 and a Service Award for Class Representatives of up to a combined total of $17,500. Consumers may attend the Hearing, but they aren't required to.
This is only a summary. If you have questions or want more information about this lawsuit, the settlement, and consumers rights in the settlement, visit www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316., or write to: White v. PBM Nutritionals, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, PO Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday rapped the government for the shoddy condition of roads in the state. Most are ridden with potholes and there had been several incidents of people losing their lives on account of it, the court observed.
These are man-made disasters, the court pointed out and asked why people must pay a toll when roads are in such a state of disrepair.
The court also made it clear that District Collectors, as heads of the respective Disaster Management Management Authority, also have a responsibility to ensure the safety of the roads. It has asked for a report from them.
Earlier this month, the court had directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to complete the maintenance works on all roads managed by it in the state within a week.
The court had also instructed the district collectors to take appropriate action against engineers and contractors responsible for potholes on the roads.
The NHAI is an autonomous body of the central government. It is responsible for the management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways.
It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Though a perennial topic of concern, potholes became a heated matter again after the death of Hashim, a Manjali native, who fell into a pothole while riding his two-wheeler at Nedumbassery on the Edapally-Mannuthi (NH 544) stretch.
The victim's relatives and local residents had besieged the Paliyakkara toll plaza at Thrissur protesting the authorities' negligence in carrying out timely repair works, which they alleged led to Hashim's death. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/kerala-high-court-raps-govt-for-road-potholes.amp.html | 2022-08-19T13:36:00Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/kerala-high-court-raps-govt-for-road-potholes.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday rapped the government for the shoddy condition of roads in the state. Most are ridden with potholes and there had been several incidents of people losing their lives on account of it, the court observed.
These are man-made disasters, the court pointed out and asked why people must pay a toll when roads are in such a state of disrepair.
The court also made it clear that District Collectors, as heads of the respective Disaster Management Management Authority, also have a responsibility to ensure the safety of the roads. It has asked for a report from them.
Earlier this month, the court had directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to complete the maintenance works on all roads managed by it in the state within a week.
The court had also instructed the district collectors to take appropriate action against engineers and contractors responsible for potholes on the roads.
The NHAI is an autonomous body of the central government. It is responsible for the management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways.
It is a nodal agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Though a perennial topic of concern, potholes became a heated matter again after the death of Hashim, a Manjali native, who fell into a pothole while riding his two-wheeler at Nedumbassery on the Edapally-Mannuthi (NH 544) stretch.
The victim's relatives and local residents had besieged the Paliyakkara toll plaza at Thrissur protesting the authorities' negligence in carrying out timely repair works, which they alleged led to Hashim's death. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/kerala-high-court-raps-govt-for-road-potholes.html | 2022-08-19T13:36:06Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/kerala-high-court-raps-govt-for-road-potholes.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wayanad: Four persons, including two staff of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office, were arrested on Friday here for allegedly damaging Mahatma Gandhi's photo following a violent protest by members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) nearly two months ago.
The four arrested are Rahul Gandhi's personal assistant KR Ratheesh, SR Rahul, KA Mujeed, and V Naushad.
The police later released all four on bail.
Congress sources said two of the arrested persons were staff of the Wayanad MP's office here while two others were party workers.
Talking to the media, Ratheesh called it s bogus case 'registered to taint the Congress workers.'
"The arrest was done with the complete knowledge of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He took such a step to appease the BJP ruling the Centre," Congress leader and Kalpetta MLA T Siddique alleged.
KPCC president K Sudhakaran also alleged the police action against the Congress workers was "a part of a conspiracy centred around the Chief Minister's Office".
"Kerala government and police are taking the approach of making the plaintiff the accused. The arrest is politically motivated. The Chief Minister should clarify on what evidence that the innocent Congress workers were arrested. Even before the police investigation started, the Chief Minister had announced that the accused were Congressmen," Sudhakaran said in a statement.
However, CPM district secretary P Gagarin said the arrests were made based on evidence.
CPM leader and state PWD Minister P A Muhammed Riyas said Congress should take disciplinary action against its workers who damaged Gandhi's photo and put the blame on the SFI workers.
The Congress had alleged that the photo of Mahatma Gandhi, which was hanging on the wall of Rahul Gandhi's office, was damaged allegedly by SFI activists on June 24.
SFI activists took out a protest march towards the Wayanad MP's office here claiming inaction on his behalf in connection with the issue of Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) around forests. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/rahul-gandhi-wayanad-office-vandalism.amp.html | 2022-08-19T13:36:12Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/rahul-gandhi-wayanad-office-vandalism.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wayanad: Four persons, including two staff of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office, were arrested on Friday here for allegedly damaging Mahatma Gandhi's photo following a violent protest by members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) nearly two months ago.
The four arrested are Rahul Gandhi's personal assistant KR Ratheesh, SR Rahul, KA Mujeed, and V Naushad.
The police later released all four on bail.
Congress sources said two of the arrested persons were staff of the Wayanad MP's office here while two others were party workers.
Talking to the media, Ratheesh called it s bogus case 'registered to taint the Congress workers.'
"The arrest was done with the complete knowledge of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He took such a step to appease the BJP ruling the Centre," Congress leader and Kalpetta MLA T Siddique alleged.
KPCC president K Sudhakaran also alleged the police action against the Congress workers was "a part of a conspiracy centred around the Chief Minister's Office".
"Kerala government and police are taking the approach of making the plaintiff the accused. The arrest is politically motivated. The Chief Minister should clarify on what evidence that the innocent Congress workers were arrested. Even before the police investigation started, the Chief Minister had announced that the accused were Congressmen," Sudhakaran said in a statement.
However, CPM district secretary P Gagarin said the arrests were made based on evidence.
CPM leader and state PWD Minister P A Muhammed Riyas said Congress should take disciplinary action against its workers who damaged Gandhi's photo and put the blame on the SFI workers.
The Congress had alleged that the photo of Mahatma Gandhi, which was hanging on the wall of Rahul Gandhi's office, was damaged allegedly by SFI activists on June 24.
SFI activists took out a protest march towards the Wayanad MP's office here claiming inaction on his behalf in connection with the issue of Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) around forests. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/rahul-gandhi-wayanad-office-vandalism.html | 2022-08-19T13:36:19Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/rahul-gandhi-wayanad-office-vandalism.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has expressed his dismay at the Kannur University Syndidate's plan to challenge his order staying the appointment of Priya Varghese at the varsity on the grounds of nepotism.
The Governor is mulling strict action against the university Vice-Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran for calling an emergency meeting challenging the Governor's order and for speaking to the media against him. This, Khan said, was gross misconduct and a serious violation. The Governor is also the Chancellor of state universities.
It is learnt that strict action will be taken against Ravindran after Khan returns from Delhi on August 25.
The university syndicate on Thursday decided to move the High Court against the Governor's decision to stay the appointment of Priya Varghese as an associate professor of the Malayalam Department at the varsity. It cited that the Governor's order without issuing a show-cause notice to the university vice-chancellor was non-binding. However, it backed away from the decision at the last minute.
Earlier, the Syndicate had clarified that there were no regularities in the selection process. But this failed to satisfy Khan.
On Wednesday, using his powers as Chancellor, Khan stayed the appointment of Ms Varghese on the grounds of nepotism.
It is alleged that Varghese had the worst research score among six applicants for the post in the Malayalam department. However, she climbed up the rank list after the interview conducted by a committee led by the VC. This came to light following an RTI enquiry.
Priya Varghese is the wife of KK Ragesh, the private secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Khan also stayed "all further proceedings pursuant to the selection procedure for appointment of associate professor in the Department of Malayalam, with immediate effect until further orders". He invoked specific provisions in the Kannur University Act, 1996 to issue the order. It was also reported on Wednesday that Khan served show-cause notices "on all stakeholders", a claim the varsity now contests.
Governor outranks them all
It is a rare occurrence when a varsity syndicate move against a sitting Governor, who no doubt outranks them all as Chancellor of universities.
Had the Syndicate moved the court on Friday, Khan would have been left with no choice but to ramp up the attack.
According to the University Act, a Governor can conduct inquiries against the vice-chancellor.
However, a high court or supreme court judge must be appointed for such an investigation.
A vice-chancellor can be removed from the position if it is found that there has been wrongdoing or misappropriation of funds.
It was precisely what happened when Sheila Dixit was the Governor of Kerala in 2014. The vice chancellor of MG University in Kottayam was removed for alleged wrongdoings.
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Biden to host summit addressing hate-driven violence
The Biden administration next month will host a summit aimed at countering "the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety," the White House announced Friday.
Why it matters: The summit, dubbed "United We Stand," is in response to a number of hate-fueled attacks during the Biden administration, including in Buffalo, where 10 Black people were killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket.
Driving the news: The event, which will include a bipartisan group of federal, state, and local officials, civil rights groups, business leaders and others, will feature a keynote address by President Biden.
- "As President Biden said in Buffalo after the horrific mass shooting earlier this year, in the battle for the soul of our nation 'we must all enlist in this great cause of America,'" Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
- "The United We Stand Summit will present an important opportunity for Americans of all races, religions, regions, political affiliations, and walks of life to take up that cause together."
The big picture: In addition to the mass shooting in Buffalo, there have been a number of hate-motivated crimes in Pittsburgh, El Paso, Atlanta and a number of other U.S. cities.
What to watch: The summit will take place on Sept. 15, when Biden will also "put forward a shared vision for a more united America," per the White House.
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Former Utah Jazz player Joe Ingles lists $3.5 million Salt Lake City home
The Salt Lake City home of former Utah Jazz player Joe Ingles went on the market this week, cementing the fact he's really gone.
By the numbers: The Cape Cod-style home is being listed for $3.5 million.
- The 6,040-square-foot, two-story house features six bedrooms and five-and-a half bathrooms.
- Unsurprisingly, it also includes a custom Jazz-themed basketball court.
- It's situated in the city's St. Mary's neighborhood on the edge of Emigration Canyon.
State of play: Ingles enlisted Summit Sotheby's International Realty president and principal broker Thomas Wright, due to his "proven track record in assisting high-profile Utahns buy and sell real estate," Tiffany Fox, chief marketing officer of the Utah-based real estate company, told Axios.
Background: The Jazz traded Ingles to the Portland Trail Blazers last season. He signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks during the offseason.
What they're saying: "The selling of my Utah home is bittersweet. I spent eight seasons with the Jazz and during that time you fall in love with a place and its people... but the time has come for us to sell and get settled in Milwaukee," Ingles said in a statement.
Of note: While tours of the vacant home are only reserved for qualified buyers, you can still check it out virtually.
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Gov. Spencer Cox says he'd back a bill requiring clergy to report child abuse
Gov. Spencer Cox addressed a number of issues during his monthly PBS Utah news conference on Thursday. Here's what stood out:
1. High school athlete complaint
Cox said he was troubled by a complaint made by the parents of two high school girls alleging a student-athlete who beat their daughters in a sports competition of being transgender.
- What happened: Without sharing specific details, Utah High School Activities Association spokesman Dave Spatafore told lawmakers during an Education Interim Committee meeting at the Utah Capitol this week that the school investigated the complaints.
- They looked into the accused student's kindergarten school records and confirmed she was listed as a girl.
- Spatafore said UHSAA never notified the student in question or her parents about the inquiry to protect them.
What Cox said: "We're living in this world where we've become sore losers. … We're looking for any reason to figure out why our kid lost. I just wish we could be a little more thoughtful in life and a little less critical of other people."
ICYMI: A Utah law that bars transgender girls from competing in school sports matching their gender identity is currently being challenged in court.
- Cox vetoed that bill earlier this year, citing the mental health impacts it would have on LGBTQ students, but it was overridden by the Utah Legislature.
2. Clergy reporting proposal
Cox said he would potentially support and sign legislation that would make it mandatory for clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement.
Context: Reps. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City, and Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, say they plan to introduce legislation next year that would strike a "clergy exception" to require religious leaders to report child abuse, Deseret News reported.
- The move came after a bombshell AP story reported Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint bishops' alleged failure to alert authorities of ongoing child sex abuse.
What Cox said: "I think we all have a duty to speak out and to protect our children, our most vulnerable."
3. Liz Cheney's loss
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, a critic of former president Donald Trump, lost in Wyoming's primary earlier this week. Cox said he admired anyone "willing to stand up and say what they believe in" — regardless of political affiliation.
- Ultimately, he said, the decision was up to Wyoming voters.
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The USD is the strongest of the major currencies as Fed comments send the greenback higher. That has the EURUSD and GBPUSD moving to new week (and multi-week) lows. The USDJPY has also broken in favor of the USD as well.
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Canada retail sales for June will be released at 8:30 AM. The expectations are for 0.3% vs. 2.2% gain last month. The ex auto data is expected to show a 0.9% gain vs. 1.9% last month.
Fed's Barkin is scheduled to speak at 9 AM ET. He last spoke on August 12 on CNBC. His comments can be found here.
Fed's Daly, Bullard, George and Kashkari all spoke yesterday and all expressed concern about inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. and vowed the continued fight. The expectations for a 75 basis point hike increased to over 50% in September. There is still data including jobs and CPI before that report. Next week the Fed's Jackson Hole Summit will take place. Focus will be on the speech from Fed chair Powell which will be given at 10 AM ET on Friday.
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- Prior month revised higher to 2.3% from 2.2%
- Canada retail sales for June rose 1.1% vs. 0.3% estimate
- Ex autos 0.8% vs. 0.9% estimate
- sales were up in 8 of 11 subsectors representing 76.8% retail trade
- gains were led by higher sales and gasoline stations (+3.9% – up for 6 consecutive increase) and motor vehicle and parts dealers (+1.8%) with new car dealers at +2.9% leading the way
- in volume terms of retail sales were up 0.2% June
- retail sales were up 3.2% in the 2nd quarter and 0.9% on volume terms
- July retail sales expected to decline by -2.0% in the prerelease estimate from StatCan.This unofficial estimate was calculated based on responses received from 36.5% of companies surveyed.
Better data for June, but July is not looking so great at -2.0%. Gains were pushed higher by inflation as well. Nevertheless the Canadian dollar has moved little higher (USDCAD lower). For the day, however, the USDCAD is still higher. This week the USDCAD has moved up 4 of 5 trading days. Last Friday the currency pair closed at 1.2772. It is currently trading at 1.2984 after reaching a high today of 1.3002. The natural resistance level at 1.3000 is helping to put a lid on the pair at least for now.
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The major US stock indices
Indices
Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track an index. The difference between an index fund's performance and the index, if any, is called tracking error. Most major countries boast multiple indices. Commonly traded indices include the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA), EURO STOXX 50, Hang Seng Index, and many more.Stock market indices can be characterized or segmented by the index coverage set of stocks. The overall coverage of an index constitutes an underlying group of stocks, most commonly grouped together by underlying investor demand.How to Trade IndicesRetail brokers offer indices exposure through the use of contracts-for-difference (CFDs) or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Each are popular ways to trade specific markets and are almost always on offer at most brokers.Investors can choose between multiple types of indices that traditionally fall within several categories. This includes country coverage, regional coverage, global coverage, exchange-based coverage, and sector-based coverage.All indices are ultimately weighted in a number of different ways. The most common mechanisms include market-capitalization weighting, free-float adjusted market capitalization weighting, volatility weighting, price weighting, and others.
Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track an index. The difference between an index fund's performance and the index, if any, is called tracking error. Most major countries boast multiple indices. Commonly traded indices include the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA), EURO STOXX 50, Hang Seng Index, and many more.Stock market indices can be characterized or segmented by the index coverage set of stocks. The overall coverage of an index constitutes an underlying group of stocks, most commonly grouped together by underlying investor demand.How to Trade IndicesRetail brokers offer indices exposure through the use of contracts-for-difference (CFDs) or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Each are popular ways to trade specific markets and are almost always on offer at most brokers.Investors can choose between multiple types of indices that traditionally fall within several categories. This includes country coverage, regional coverage, global coverage, exchange-based coverage, and sector-based coverage.All indices are ultimately weighted in a number of different ways. The most common mechanisms include market-capitalization weighting, free-float adjusted market capitalization weighting, volatility weighting, price weighting, and others.
Read this Term are set to open lower although off the lower levels seen in early premarket US trading.
The premarket levels are showing:
- Dow -162 points
- S&P -28 points
- Nasdaq -117 points
Concerned about growth, more hawkish Fed rhetoric and higher rates are contributing to the premarket weakness. 10 year yields are up 7.9 basis points. 2 year yields are up 7.2 basis points.
Meme stocks are getting hit which is also contributed to risk off sentiment and bitcoin which is trading down at $21,500. The low price reached $21268 today.
Crude oil
Crude Oil
Crude oil is the most popular tradable instrument in the energy sector, offering exposure to global market conditions, geopolitical risk, and economics. The instrument is strategically relied upon and situated in the global economy. Crude oil has proven to be a unique option for traders given volatility and the efficacy of both swing trading and longer-term strategies. Despite its popularity, crude oil is a very complex investing instrument, given the litany of fluctuations in oil prices, risk, and impact of politics stemming from OPEC. Short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC operates as an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries, helping set and dictate the global oil market.How to Trade Crude Oil Crude oil is most commonly traded as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or through other instruments with exposure to it. This includes energy stocks, the USD/CAD, and other investing options. Crude oil itself is traded across a duality of markets, including the West Texas Intermediate Crude (WTI) and Brent crude. Brent is the more relied upon index in recent years, while WTI is more heavily traded across futures trading at the time of writing. Other than geopolitical events or decisions by OPEC, crude oil can move due to a variety of different ways. The most basic is through simple supply and demand, which is affected by global output. Increased industrial output, economic prosperity, and other factors all play a role in crude prices. By extension, recessions, lockdowns, or other stifling factors can also influence crude prices. For example, an oversupply or mitigated demand due to the aforementioned factors would result in lower crude prices. This is due to traders selling crude oil futures or other instruments. Should demand rise or production plateau, traders will bid increasingly on crude, whereby driving prices up.
Crude oil is the most popular tradable instrument in the energy sector, offering exposure to global market conditions, geopolitical risk, and economics. The instrument is strategically relied upon and situated in the global economy. Crude oil has proven to be a unique option for traders given volatility and the efficacy of both swing trading and longer-term strategies. Despite its popularity, crude oil is a very complex investing instrument, given the litany of fluctuations in oil prices, risk, and impact of politics stemming from OPEC. Short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC operates as an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries, helping set and dictate the global oil market.How to Trade Crude Oil Crude oil is most commonly traded as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or through other instruments with exposure to it. This includes energy stocks, the USD/CAD, and other investing options. Crude oil itself is traded across a duality of markets, including the West Texas Intermediate Crude (WTI) and Brent crude. Brent is the more relied upon index in recent years, while WTI is more heavily traded across futures trading at the time of writing. Other than geopolitical events or decisions by OPEC, crude oil can move due to a variety of different ways. The most basic is through simple supply and demand, which is affected by global output. Increased industrial output, economic prosperity, and other factors all play a role in crude prices. By extension, recessions, lockdowns, or other stifling factors can also influence crude prices. For example, an oversupply or mitigated demand due to the aforementioned factors would result in lower crude prices. This is due to traders selling crude oil futures or other instruments. Should demand rise or production plateau, traders will bid increasingly on crude, whereby driving prices up.
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Peterhead RNLI launched to the aid of a stricken mariner
Aberdeen Coastguard requested the support of Peterhead's all-weather lifeboat (ALB) after a mariner on an offshore supply vessel became unwell on the vessel's bridge on Friday, August 12.
The Misses Robertson of Kintail and her volunteer crew launched just after 5pm and made their way across Peterhead Bay to the Princess Royal Jetty at the ASCO offshore supply base.
On arrival, two crew members were put onshore and led to the bridge by the local coastguard rescue teams.
On arriving at the bridge, they immediately began the RNLI Casualty Care process, relaying all information to the Coxswain.
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The team decided that the best course of action was to reposition The Misses Robertson of Kintail alongside the vessel.
With assistance from the coastguard rescue teams and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the casualty was transferred to the ALB for forwarding to the hospital via sea.
On arriving in Aberdeen Harbour at 8pm, a doctor was at the quayside to perform another assessment on the casualty.
They were then transferred to the Scottish Ambulance Service and onwards to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Commenting on the incident, crew member Michael Ritchie said: “As soon as we launched, crew member Craig Aird and I made our casualty care equipment ready and when we reached the location, made our way to the casualty and took over from the local coastal rescue team.
"We assessed the situation and realised we could not resolve the patient's health issue.
"We therefore deemed it necessary to get the casualty to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary quickly.
"We stabilised the patient, transferred them to the Peterhead Lifeboat, continued our observations, and kept the casualty stable until we reached Aberdeen harbour and moved the care to the Scottish ambulance service,” he added.
Volunteer duty Coxswain Pat Davidson said: “Again I want to praise my fellow crew for what was the second medical emergency in as many days where the team dealt with the casualties in the most professional manner.
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Witness appeal following Toll of Birness crash
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses following two separate road traffic collisions on the A90 a short distance north of the Toll of Birness.
About 6.55am today (Friday, August 19), Police received a call to attend a collision involving a car and a second collision involving a bus at the same location a short time later.
The driver of the car was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The driver of the bus and passengers on board were not injured.
Constable Webster, of the Road Policing Department at Mintlaw Police Station said, "We are appealing for witnesses in order to establish the circumstances around the two separate collisions and I would urge those who witnessed either vehicle involved to contact Police.
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"In particular we are also looking to speak to the lorry driver who we believe stopped to assist and any passengers on the bus involved that left prior to speaking to Police.
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What channel is the Celtic game v Hearts on? Is it on TV? Stream, referee and kick-off details of cinch Premiership clash
Hearts’ Thursday night European endeavours in Switzerland mean the Jambos are on Sunday service against champions Celtic.
The last time the teams met Celtic wrapped up the title at Parkhead, and they meet again after a summer of transfer business giving each squad a different complexion.
Hearts are on the back of a 2-1 defeat to FC Zurich but heartened by their chances in the second leg at Tynecastle. Celtic, meanwhile are unbeaten since the season resumed.
Here is how to tune in…
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Match details
Who: Celtic v Hearts
What: cinch Premiership
Where: Celtic Park, Glasgow
When: Sunday, August 21. Kick-off 3pm
Referee: Kevin Clancy
How to watch
The match will not be broadcast liveon TV in the UK, however Celtic TV will be available for overseas subscribers.
BBC radio will cover the game with BBC Sportsound from 2pm. Highlights will be available on BBC Scotland channel at 7.15pm and repeated on BBC One Scotland at 11.35pm.
That means the highlights will be available to stream on iPlayer from Sunday evening.
Last meeting
Hearts gave Celtic a scare on their last visit to the east end of Glasgow. Celtic needed to register three points to all but claim the title but Ellis Simm’s early goal after three minutes ramped up the tension before a 4-1 win made the top spot in the SPFL cinch Premiership secure back in May.
Hearts don’t have to look back too far to find their last win over Ange Postecoglou’s side though, despite losing their last four meetings. On the opening day last season newly-promoted Hearts won a thriller at Tynecastle 3-2.
Team news
Celtic welcomed Carl Starfelt back to first-team duty in the win over Kilmarnock – and he returned with his first goal in the Hoops. Reo Hatate missed that match while fellow midfielder Guchi remains out longer term.
The visitors will be without Craig Halkett who limped out of the Europa League qualifying defeat to FC Zurich and long-term absentee Beni Baningime.
Match odds
Match result: Celtic 2/9 (WillHill, Boylesports) Draw 6/1 (Bet365) Hearts 12/1 (Various)
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Musicians Runtown and Fat Joe, a former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and also a former coach of the Super Eagles Austin Eguavoen are celebrating their birthdays today, August 19, 2022)
1. Runtown
Douglas Jack Agu (born 19 August 1989), popularly known as Runtown, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer.
In 2014 he released “Gallardo”, a song which featured vocals from Davido and was released as the first single off his debut studio album Ghetto University.
The song made him more popular and went on to win “Best Collaboration of the Year” at the 2014 edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
His songs include Mad Over You, For life, Lagos to Kampala, Bend Down Pause, Unleash, and energy.
2. Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who was a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election.
3. Fat Joe
Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper from New York City.
He began his music career as a member of hip hop group Diggin’ in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a solo career and set up his own label, Terror Squad.
He is best known for the songs “Lean Back” (2004; with Terror Squad), “What’s Luv?” (2002; featuring Ashanti and Ja Rule), “Make It Rain” (2006; featuring Lil Wayne), and “All the Way Up” (2016; with Remy Ma featuring French Montana and Dre).
4. Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American-Canadian actor, comedian, and producer.
He is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004.
Along with starring in the short-lived television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Perry also appeared in a number of films, including Fools Rush In, Almost Heroes, The Whole Nine Yards, and 17 Again. In 2010, he expanded his resume to include both video games and voice-over work when he voiced Benny in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.
5. Austin Eguavoen
Augustine Owen Eguavoen (born 19 August 1965) is a Nigerian football manager and former player who served as a former coach of the Nigeria national team.
In October 2020, the Nigerian Football Federation appointed Eguavoen as the Technical Director of the Federation.
On 12 December 2021, Eguavoen was appointed manager of Nigeria on an interim basis for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, following the departure of Gernot Rohr.
After Nigeria exited from the round of sixteen with an agonising defeat to Tunisia, he returned to his position as the Technical Director of the side.
6. John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos (born August 19, 1963)is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera General Hospital, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
He is known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. Since the show’s finale in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous TV films and series.
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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked licenses of the African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 21 state-owned stations among others.
Addressing the press in Abuja on Friday, Director General of the Commission, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, said the 52 affected stations had been owing since 2015.
He said the stations were owing about N2.6 billion debt.
According to him, in May, the commission published the names of stations that were yet to renew their licence and granted them two weeks to do so or get their licenses revoked.
He said three months after the publication, some stations were yet to pay their outstanding debt in contravention of Act CAP N11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, particularly section 10(a) of the third schedule of the Act.
Announcing the revocation of the licences, Ilelah instructed that the affected stations should shut down their operations within 24 hours.
He called on all stations who have not renewed their licences for the current duration to do so within 30 days to avoid sanctions.
He also called on all Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and other broadcast stations that were streaming online to register with the commission to avoid disconnection.
He said even they pay their outstanding fee, they would have to pay another amount for recommencement of operations.
Below is the list of the affected stations:
Silverbird TV (Silverbird Communications Co. Ltd) Network
Rhythm FM (Silverbird Communications Ltd)
AIT/Ray Power FM (DAAR Communication Itd)
Greetings FM (Greetings Media Ltd)
Tao FM (Ovidi Communications Ltd)
Zuma FM (Zuma FM Ltd)
Crowther FM (Crowther Communications Ltd)
We FM (Kings Broadcasting Ltd)
Linksman International ltd
Bomay Broadcasting Services Itd
MITV (Murhi International Group Ltd)
Classic FM (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd)
Classic FM (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd)
Classic TV (Pinkt Nigeria Ltd)
Beat FM (Megalectrics LTD)
Cooper Communications Itd
Splash FM (West Midlands Ltd)
Rock City FM (Boot Communications Itd)
Family FM (Kalaks Investments Nig. Ltd)
Space FM (Creazioni Nig. Ltd)
Radio Jeremi (Radio Jeremi ltd)
FM Abuja
FM Lagos
FM Yenagoa
FM Port-Harcourt
FM Jos
Wave FM (South Atlantic Media Itd)
Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation
Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation
Niger State Broadcasting Corporation
Benin
Network
FM Network
FM Okene,
FM Suleja
FM Abuja
FM Benin
Breeze FM (Bays Water ltd)
Vibes FM (Vibes Communication Itd)
Family Love FM (Multimesh Broadcasting Co. Ltd) Port-Harcourt
Port-Harcourt
Gombe State Broadcasting Corporation
Lagos DSB
Lagos State Broadcasting Corporation
Osun State Broadcasting Corporation
Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation
Ondo State Broadcasting Corporation
Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation
Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation
Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation
Imo State Broadcasting Corporation
Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation
Borno State Broadcasting Corporation
Yobe State Broadcasting Corporation
Sokoto State Broadcasting Corporation
Zamfara State Broadcasting Corporation
Kebbi State Broadcasting Corporation
Jigawa State Broadcasting Corporation
Kaduna State Broadcasting Corporation
Katsina State Broadcasting Corporation
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Dogecoin is a sub-penny cryptocurrency with a price that has a decimal point and lots of zeros. However, it’s also a grassroots movement, and the token has the potential to reach $1 eventually. I am bullish on Dogecoin.
The Dogecoin cryptocurrency is an altcoin with a picture of a Shiba Inu dog on the front. That’s why there’s a “Dog” in the name Dogecoin, though it’s typically pronounced “DOJE-coin” with a long “O” sound. It doesn’t matter how you pronounce it, though, as long as you understand what the token is about before jumping into the trade.
As the Dogecoin developer team claims it’s the “people’s cryptocurrency,” we can start to discern not just a meme coin but a full-on grassroots movement. There’s something special about Dogecoin as it has a loyal following of fans that could legitimately be called a community.
Granted, a low-priced token like Dogecoin is bound to be volatile, so it’s not an asset you’ll want to pour your entire account into. Still, the dream of Dogecoin reaching $1 is more than just a fantasy, as the crypto winter could lead to sunny days ahead and unexpected wealth for well-timed investors.
Dogecoin Starts as a Meme Token but Gains Legitimacy
Many assets start from humble beginnings, but how many of them actually began as a joke? Dogecoin started that way, and it’s amazing to consider that it has persisted and grown in popularity over the years. Reportedly, Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer created Dogecoin back in 2013. They were software engineers who wanted to create a payment system as a joke, and apparently, Dogecoin was meant to poke fun at crypto-market speculators.
Yet, today the joke’s on the skeptics who didn’t believe Dogecoin would last. It’s a serious crypto coin with its own ecosystem in the 2020s. The developers recently launched Dogechain, a dedicated platform for Dogecoin. This platform will facilitate the development of games, decentralized applications (dapps), decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and even nonfungible tokens (NFTs).
Thus, Dogechain and Dogecoin offer utility and are not just fun for investors dreaming of huge gains. Indeed, the developers have strenuously insisted that Dogecoin has a variety of use cases. Increasingly, Dogecoin has shown up as a payment option in online stores.
The developers proudly point out, “Shops can also integrate directly with the Dogecoin blockchain, in particular through the JSON-RPC interface.” Moreover, the Dogecoin Foundation and some developers plan to create libraries that will streamline and standardize implementations for Dogecoin.
Elon Musk Supports Dogecoin as a Payment Option
When Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk speaks, people pay attention. He’s a controversial figure, but Musk certainly knows how to generate publicity. So, it’s bullish for Dogecoin that Musk evidently views the crypto coin as a legitimate payment option.
It’s not all talk, either. Musk is actually willing to adopt Dogecoin use within his own businesses. For instance, Musk announced last year that Tesla would accept Dogecoin as a payment method for Tesla’s merchandise. Clearly, Musk wouldn’t allow this if he thought that Dogecoin didn’t have any real value.
Yet, Tesla isn’t the only Musk-founded company that’s apparently accepting Dogecoin payments. Space-flight pioneer SpaceX and tunnel company Boring will also reportedly accept Dogecoin. Musk is certainly making a powerful statement by allowing three of his businesses to receive Dogecoin payments.
Furthermore, Musk reaffirmed his loyalty to the community during the broader cryptocurrency price dip in June when he stated that he “will keep supporting Dogecoin.” Then, in July, Musk assured, “We have not sold any of our Dogecoin.” By “we,” Musk may have been referring to himself and some or all of his businesses.
The Dogecoin Community Looks Unstoppable
Dogecoin’s use cases can help it to gain legitimacy, while Musk’s ongoing support could enhance the coin’s publicity and recognition. Just these contributing factors might be enough to bring Dogecoin into the $1 range at some point. Ultimately, though, it’s the community surrounding Dogecoin that will push the token’s value higher. Dogecoin’s followers are loyal, and together, it looks like they’re unstoppable.
If you can believe it, the official Dogecoin Twitter (TWTR) account has 3.4 million followers. This account’s tweets each receive hundreds or even thousands of likes. Along with the official account for Dogecoin, there are also many unofficial fan accounts dedicated to Dogecoin.
To help keep the community involved and active, the Dogecoin developers continually keep the users and investors in the loop. They provide a sense of fun, anticipation, and excitement with tweets like:
“This has been an exciting week for #Dogecoin! Core received a significant upgrade & the new http://Dogecoin.com website was revealed with the addition of the Dogepedia page launched to help fight the FUD! Drop your best memes of the week below celebrating these achievements!”
Imagine an official wiki page dedicated to Dogecoin. Clearly, this little coin and community have made tremendous progress since 2013. It’s this sense of community, fun, and purpose that will help maintain Dogecoin’s value during crypto-market downturns, which are bound to happen from time to time.
Conclusion: Should You Consider Dogecoin?
While Dogecoin is likely to remain volatile, it also has great promise. As Dogecoin’s popularity grows, the $1 price target will only become more realistic. So, feel free to make a small investment in Dogecoin if you’re willing to accept the volatility risk. Just know that you’ll be part of something bigger than a cryptocurrency, as there’s a movement behind Dogecoin, and they’ll be glad to have you join it. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/dogecoin-1-price-target-is-realistic | 2022-08-19T13:51:05Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/dogecoin-1-price-target-is-realistic | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bearish sentiment toward biotech developers, coupled with an uninspiring pipeline of products in development, could trigger more downside for Editas Medicine (EDIT) stock. Also, given the strong geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds, I think a neutral stance on this stock is appropriate for now. In addition, although the balance sheet is still in good shape and can financially support the development of novel therapies for a few more years, the company needs to start turning a profit.
EDIT Stock’s Smart Score Gives It a Neutral Rating
According to TipRanks’ rating system, which is powered by quantitative data and investor sentiment, the stock scores a 5 out of 10, which equates to a neutral rating.
EDIT Stock’s Portfolio Includes Innovative Treatments for Serious Conditions
The company’s portfolio includes a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of a treatment called EDIT-101 for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a form of inherited retinal malformation that results in severe vision loss that occurs at an early age.
The company is also developing a treatment called EDIT-102 for Usher Syndrome 2A (US2A). Usher syndrome type 2A is a genetic condition that causes hearing loss from birth. In addition, it also causes retinitis pigmentosa, which gradually leads to vision loss due to retinal degeneration.
The company is also developing EDIT-301 for the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDBT).
- SCD is an inherited red blood cell abnormality consisting of a mutation in the hemoglobin gene that is responsible for the significant presence of abnormal hemoglobin in red blood cells. Without drug therapy, the supply of tissues and organs with sufficient oxygen via the bloodstream is not guaranteed.
- TDBT is a form of hereditary anemia that is responsible for a structural change in hemoglobin. Since this disease is widespread in the Mediterranean region, it is also known as Mediterranean anemia. TDBT is the most severe form of Mediterranean anemia that is fatal without drug therapy and/or blood transfusions.
In addition, the company is developing engineered natural killer cell treatments for various cancers and neurological disorders.
How Common are These Conditions?
LCA is a rare disease, statistically affecting no more than 0.002% to 0.003% of births. Available statistics also suggest that LCA is the leading cause of congenital blindness or severely impaired vision in children. US2A is also a rare disease because the syndrome affects no more than 10 out of 100 thousand people living worldwide. In addition, SCD is still considered a rare disease because only a few million people out of the world’s population of 7.97 billion people (as of 2022) live with it.
EDIT-101 Update is Unlikely to Push Editas Stock Higher
The company is advancing its flagship product candidate, EDIT-101, for LCA patients. As for the “BRILLIANCE” trial of the EDIT-101 product, an update is expected sometime in the second half of 2022. However, due to the rarity of the disease, there may not be significant market interest in either the lead candidate against LCA or any other product currently in the company’s pipeline. As a result, any update probably won’t have a huge impact on the stock price.
Hopes of an update for EDIT-101, or other rare disease treatments, aren’t enough to justify a bullish stance on this stock, which among other things, will continue to suffer from additional headwinds.
Editas Medicine Remains an Unprofitable Company
As Editas is still in its clinical phase, very little revenue was generated in the second quarter. In addition, continued development of the pipeline brought Editas’ operating expenses to $217.65 million over the past 12 months. As a result, the company’s net loss was $53.5 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to a net loss of $55.26 million for the same quarter in 2021.
With cash and cash equivalents of approximately $452 million as of June 29, the company still has enough runway to pay suppliers and meet its financial obligations for a few years, assuming the operations don’t bring in cash.
EDIT Stock Can Drop Further
Editas Medicine has an unattractive portfolio of products that makes a significant rise in the share price unlikely, as do macroeconomic headwinds. In addition, the stock has a 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 45.12, suggesting the stock price is neither overbought nor oversold. This indicator suggests that there might be downside potential left despite the sharp fall in stock price on a year-to-date basis.
The indicator ranges between 0 and 100. A value under 30 means that the stock is oversold, while a value over 70 means that the stock has reached the overbought level.
Is EDIT a Good Stock to Buy?
In the past three months, eight Wall Street analysts have issued a 12-month price target for EDIT. The stock has a Hold consensus rating based on three Buys, four Holds, and one Sell. The average EDIT price target is $24.57, implying 60.5% upside potential.
EDIT Stock’s Unattractive Portfolio is Nothing to Get Excited About
EDIT’s share price has fallen significantly over the course of the year and can still fall due to the lack of catalysts. Furthermore, the current market environment is not suitable for biotechnology developers. As a result, given that the company’s portfolio is not very attractive, it seems like there are better opportunities elsewhere. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/editas-medicine-heres-what-might-trigger-more-downside | 2022-08-19T13:51:11Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/editas-medicine-heres-what-might-trigger-more-downside | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Illinois-based Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has delivered mixed results for the third quarter of Fiscal 2022 (ended July 31, 2022). The company’s earnings surprise was (7.4%), while revenues surpassed the consensus estimate by 9.6%. In addition to the earnings miss, the company’s lowered projections for Fiscal 2022 seem to have disappointed investors.
Shares of the $111.5-billion company declined 5.4% in the pre-market trading session (at the time of writing) on Friday.
It is worth noting that Deere specializes in the manufacturing of agriculture and heavy construction equipment. Also, the company provides machinery used in forestry, turf care, and road building. Its popular equipment brand is John Deere.
Highlights of Deere’s Q3 Results
- Earnings stood at $6.16 per share, below the consensus estimate of $6.65 per share
- The bottom line advanced 15.8% year-over-year
- Net sales and revenues rose 22% year-over-year to $14.1 billion, above the consensus estimate of $12.87 billion
- Total costs and expenses increased 23.3% year-over-year
The company noted that its bottom-line performance (year-over-year) was driven by a 24.1% rise in sales from equipment operations and a 2.2% surge in sales from financial services.
On a segmental basis, revenues grew 43% year-over-year for Production and Precision Agriculture, 16% for Small Agriculture and Turf, and 8% for Construction and Forestry. Financial services revenues in the quarter inched up 0.1% year-over-year.
However, cost inflation and supply-chain issues played spoilsports in the quarter. The company’s Chairman and CEO, John C. May, said, “…our results reflected higher costs and production inefficiencies driven by the difficult supply-chain situation.”
Capital Allocation by Deere
Exiting the first three quarters of Fiscal 2022, Deere had cash and cash equivalents of $4,359 million, down 45.6% from the end of Fiscal 2021 (ended October 31, 2021). This included the impact of $418 million generated from operating activities and $596 million spent on purchasing property and equipment. Also, the company used $488 million on acquisitions.
Further, the company rewarded shareholders with $971 million of dividends and $2,477 million worth of share buybacks. It lowered its long-term debts by $6,578 million, with the balance of the long-term borrowings being $32,132 million at the end of the third quarter.
Deere’s Projections for Fiscal 2022
For the Fiscal Year 2022 (ending October 2022), the company forecasts net income to be within the $7-$7.2 billion range. This projection is lower than the $7-$7.4 billion range stated earlier.
Net sales are anticipated to grow 25-30% for the Production and Precision Agriculture segment, 10-15% (versus 15% expected earlier) for the Small Agriculture and Turf segment, and roughly 10% (versus 10-15% stated earlier) for the Construction and Forestry segment.
Net income for Financial Services is forecast to be $870 million.
“Looking ahead, we believe favorable conditions will continue into 2023 based on the strong response we have experienced to early-order programs,” said John C. May.
Is Deere Stock a Buy Now?
The equipment maker could be a good investment option for long-term investors. Also, risk-takers, who are willing to overlook the impacts of any near-term headwinds (including supply-chain issues and cost inflation) and lowered projections for Fiscal 2022, could invest in the stock.
It is worth mentioning here that bloggers are 90% Bullish on DE stock versus the sector average of 67%.
Meanwhile, analysts are both cautious and optimistic about the growth prospects of Deere, which commands a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 12 Buys and five Holds. DE’s average price forecast of $396.13 suggests 7.65% upside potential from the current level.
Finally, the company’s fundamental strength is visible in the chart below and a ‘Perfect 10’ Smart Score highlights its potential to outperform the broader market.
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Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) has discontinued the development of its flying selfie camera, Pixy, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The move, which comes less than four months after the launch of the drone, forms a part of the California-based company’s decision to reprioritize its resources.
Pixy is a small flying camera that people can use for taking selfies or recording videos. It is designed to take off and land on the hands of its user. With a starting price of $230, the current version of the drone is available online.
The decision to halt Pixy’s development follows the social media company’s second-quarter results. Even though Snap reported a 13% rise in quarterly revenues, it posted an adjusted loss of two cents per share against a profit of 10 cents in the same quarter a year ago.
The CEO of Snap, Evan Spiegel, said, “While the continued growth of our community increases the long-term opportunity for our business, our financial results for Q2 do not reflect our ambition. We are evolving our business and strategy to reaccelerate revenue growth, including innovating on our products, investing heavily in our direct response advertising business, and cultivating new sources of revenue to help diversify our topline growth.”
Is Snap a Buy or Hold?
According to TipRanks, SNAP stock has a Hold consensus rating, which is based on 10 Buys, 22 Holds, and four Sells. Snap’s average stock price prediction of $14.93 implies upside potential of almost 19%.
One of the analysts with a Buy rating on SNAP is Justin Post of Bank of America Securities. On August 16, he maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $22 price target (75.2% upside potential).
Post said, “Snap’s valuation at below 4×2023 revenues (which is similar to the Pandemic valuation bottom in 2020) factors in risks that 2023 revenue will miss, with little optimism on upside potential.”
Just like analysts, bloggers, too, are cautious and have a Neutral stance on SNAP.
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A super PAC tied to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came to the rescue of J.D. Vance, the struggling Senate Republican candidate in Ohio, a state Democrat Joe Biden lost by 8 points in 2020.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee resorted to cutting and shifting ad spending to preserve resources, as many of their candidates trail their Senate Democratic opponents in fundraising. And election forecasters altered their view of a crucial contest in Pennsylvania in favor of Democrats.
With fewer than 100 days from the November midterm elections, Senate Democrats found a few signs of promise in a bleak political environment this week, even as their House counterparts privately acknowledged they are likely to lose the chamber. Republicans need to flip just one net seat to recapture the Senate, and five seats to take the House.
McConnell on Thursday predicted the 2022 elections will deliver an "extremely close" Senate, with "either our side up slightly or their side up slightly."
"I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate," he said, at a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Florence, Kentucky.
"Senate races are just different. They're statewide," he added. "Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome."
Democrats involved in Senate races argue that the Republican nominees in states like Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia are deeply flawed candidates that will struggle to connect to general election voters.
That extends to Ohio, where Vance, the "Hillbilly Elegy" author, is neck-and-neck with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan despite the red-leaning nature of his state. The Senate Leadership Fund announced Thursday it is reserving $28 million in ads starting on September 6 to boost Vance. After the Supreme Court knocked down the constitutional right to an abortion, Ryan has pressed Vance on his opposition to it. (Vance has also drawn controversy lately over his statements suggesting that women in even "violent" marriages should stay in them for their children's benefit.)
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report also moved Thursday the open Pennsylvania Senate race from the "toss up" column to the "lean Democratic" category. Dr. Mehmet Oz is competing against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in what is seen as one of the Democrats' best pick-up opportunities this cycle.
Like many other Senate GOP candidates, Vance and Oz have been out-raised by their Democratic opponents, and relied upon outside groups to make up the gap. In fact, Blake Masters in Arizona, Herschel Walker in Georgia, Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina, Adam Laxalt in Nevada, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Joe O'Dea in Colorado, and the New Hampshire GOP candidates have all been beaten by Democrats in the money race.
Democrats, meanwhile, have benefited from a recent burst of legislative activity, including signing a sweeping bill to lower prescription drug prices and carbon emissions into law. And inflation -- Americans' top concern -- may be finally cooling.
Still, Democrats are facing stiff political headwinds this fall. The party in power historically loses seats in the first midterm elections, and President Joe Biden's approval ratings hovers near 40 percent.
"Democrat incumbents have supported Joe Biden and his disastrous agenda 100% of the time while Democrat challengers have embraced radical positions like defunding the police and banning fracking," said Chris Hartline, spokesman for the NRSC. "Voters are about to hear a lot more about it."
The Cook Political Report also shifted on Thursday the Senate Colorado race from "likely" to "lean" Democrat, as Republicans say O'Dea has a real shot in defeating Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet in the state Biden won by over 13 points in 2020.
Democrats are hopeful that a combination of factors -- including their record of legislative accomplishments, the improving economic picture, flawed GOP candidates, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the swirling investigations around Trump -- will help buoy them in an otherwise tough election year.
Christie Roberts, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee executive director, recently wrote, "We know each of our battleground races will be tight, and the DSCC will continue to take nothing for granted."
McConnell has said the GOP must work to appeal to moderates and women in the suburbs. He and a faction of Senate Republicans voted for bipartisan bills to boost infrastructure, improve gun safety and make the US more competitive with China, while addressing the global chip shortage.
"No matter who's up and who's down, try to find ways to make some progress for the country. And I think we've done that with infrastructure. I think we did it with postal reform. I think we did it with school safety and mental health. And I think we did it with" the chips bill, McConnell said. "I can't think of an administration with which had more differences than this one. But even in that atmosphere, we found a way to make some progress for the country."
McConnell's comments Thursday about the likelihood of a tough fight this fall were notably less bullish than those made by other Republican leaders, who have pointed to Biden's low approval ratings and historic trends showing losses for the president's party in the first midterms following their election.
But even needing just one pickup to retake control of the US Senate, Republican prospects have dimmed slightly after a summer of nominating contests. Bruising primary campaigns, lackluster fundraising, and inexperienced candidates have bedeviled the party, which McConnell alluded to in his remark about "candidate quality."
In Georgia, Walker has stumbled through a series of high-profile gaffes while his opponent, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, has blasted him with attack ads, powered by blockbuster fundraising. In Pennsylvania, Oz, a first-time candidate, largely ceded the airwaves over the summer to Democratic opponent Fetterman while going viral online for campaign trail flubs that seemed to bolster his opponent's carpetbagger accusations.
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also seemed to acknowledge Republicans' difficulty in Senate races, noting in a Fox interview earlier this month that "Democrats have had a huge fundraising advantage on the Senate candidates," and urging supporters to contribute to battleground candidates.
GOP spending groups have engaged early to help pick up the slack, with party organizations like the NRSC and outside groups like the One Nation already spending tens of millions on ads attacking Democrats and boosting Republicans. Meanwhile, Senate Leadership Fund, a major super PAC, has $150 million in airtime booked for the coming fall months.
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Twenty years after she denied to a grand jury that R. Kelly had sex with her as a girl and recorded some of their encounters, the now-grown woman took the stand Thursday to reverse her testimony.
Speaking in federal court in Chicago under the pseudonym Jane, the 37-year-old only looked at Kelly once during her testimony -- when asked to identify him. Kelly kept his gaze lowered to the defense table throughout her time on the stand.
Prosecutors showed recordings that Jane testified showed Kelly engaging in sex acts with her. At times, Jane began to cry during her time on the stand.
"How old were you when the sexual acts depicted in those recordings occurred?" asked Assistant US Attorney Jeannice Appenteng.
"14," testified Jane, who is expected to retake the stand Friday.
She testified Kelly began engaging in sex acts with her when she was 14 and had sexual intercourse with her starting when she was 15 "hundreds" of times before she turned 18.
Jane is one of five minors who prosecutors allege Kelly sexually abused in the late 1990s, making explicit videos with four of them. Kelly faces charges including producing and receiving child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and obstruction charges. He has pleaded not guilty.
His codefendants include Derrel McDavid, a former business manager and accountant for the singer, who faces child pornography and obstruction charges. Milton "June" Brown, Kelly's former assistant, faces one count of conspiracy to receive child pornography. McDavid and Brown have pleaded not guilty.
An attorney for Kelly asked jurors during opening statements Wednesday to scrutinize why Jane is coming forward now and changing her testimony from two decades ago.
"For the last 22 years, she has adamantly denied that it was her in that video. Before there was any criminal investigation, she denied it. She denied it repeatedly to prosecutors, she denied it to social workers to police officers. She denied it under oath to a grand jury," Jennifer Bonjean said Wednesday.
On the witness stand Thursday, Jane said she is testifying under immunity because she lied under oath to a 2002 grand jury about her sexual relationship with Kelly and whether she appears in the explicit video recordings with him.
"If I correct my mistakes by telling the truth, I won't be prosecuted," Jane said.
"Why were you untruthful?" Appenteng asked Jane at another point.
"Because I was afraid to expose Robert. Because I was afraid of what might happen to my parents," she said. "I also did not want that person to be me."
A family connection
As a young teen, Jane traveled the world with a Christian hip-hop group whose members were cousins of hers. Prosecutors asked her not to name the group in order to protect her identity.
"I was living my dream," Jane testified.
Her aunt, known professionally as Sparkle, worked with R. Kelly and had a romantic relationship with him. It was Sparkle who introduced Jane to Kelly when Jane was 12 or 13 years old at a gospel concert for her church, she testified. Weeks later, Kelly came to one of her group's concerts.
"He was telling me how great of a job I did," Jane testified. "I felt successful. I felt happy."
Shortly after they met, Jane said she began spending more time with Kelly and Sparkle. She would watch Kelly and Sparkle record music and talk about basketball and music with Kelly. Jane testified she was 13 when Sparkle suggested Jane should ask Kelly to play a bigger role in her life.
"She told me that I should ask him to be my godfather." Sparkle is expected to testify later in the trial.
Jane said Kelly "chuckled" and agreed to be her godfather, and within weeks, their relationship became sexual. Kelly would talk to her on the phone and ask, "What color panties are you wearing?" and "about my breasts growing" and that "I need to be wearing bras," Jane testified.
When Kelly became her godfather, Jane testified that her parents felt comfortable letting her stay the night or even the weekend at his home, without her parents or aunt present.
"They would pretty much drop me off and then leave," Jane testified.
Recordings of sex acts
Jane testified that she was 14 years old when Kelly's sexualized comments became actions. She said Kelly began touching her breasts and vaginal area while touching himself one night when they were at his recording studio. The touching, she testified, quickly turned into oral sex and other sex acts, and she lost her virginity to him when she was 15.
Jane spoke softly as Appenteng asked her to describe one act shown in a video.
"On what part of your body did he urinate?" Appenteng asked.
"My vagina," Jane said, quietly.
Bonjean and an attorney for McDavid have repeatedly objected to prosecutors admitting the recordings as evidence. They contested the authenticity of the videos and the chain of custody the videos have been transferred through in the 20 years since they surfaced. Retired Chicago Police Detective Daniel Everett, who investigated one of the tapes in 2002, testified Thursday he did not know where the original VHS tape featuring multiple recordings is.
"I do not know where it is today," Everett testified.
Jane testified that after recordings were made, they were sometimes kept in a gym bag or a wood-paneled room in Kelly's former home that she called the "log cabin" area. She sometimes saw Brown carrying the bag filled with recordings, she testified.
Prosecutors did not play the recordings in court Thursday but warned jurors during opening statements that they will play during the trial portions of the videos that are "difficult to watch."
Lying to authorities
When the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services began investigating an allegation Kelly was having a sexual relationship with Jane in April 2000 when she was 15, Jane testified she denied the relationship. She also testified she later denied to Chicago Police investigators she and Kelly had a sexual relationship.
Jane testified Thursday she denied having a sexual relationship with Kelly to her parents, but after reports began surfacing in 2002 about the existence of a tape showing the pair engaged in sex acts, she said Kelly, Jane and her parents had a meeting where Kelly admitted to them he was having a sexual relationship with their daughter.
Jane and her father received subpoenas to testify before a grand jury in 2002. Jane testified that prior to appearing before the grand jury, she had a conversation with Kelly about "loyalty" and "denying our relationship and the sex tape."
Jane testified she lied to a grand jury in 2002 when she denied having a sexual relationship and appearing in sex videos with the singer.
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Apple is urging users to update their iPhones, iPads and Mac computers after the company sounded the alarm about a serious security flaw that could allow hackers to take over their devices.
The tech giant warned Wednesday that Mac computers could be breached by “maliciously crafted web content” and said it was “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.”
Apple released software updates that it says fix the exploits and warned users to download them as soon as possible.
Here’s what Apple’s warning means, which devices are affected and what users should do.
‘Full access to device’
Apple said that it found two flaws within Webkit — which powers Safari and other apps — as well as the kernel, which is a computer program at the center of the operating system. The vulnerabilities are believed to be related and could essentially give hackers full access to iPhones, iPads and Macs, the company warned.
Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, warned on Twitter that the flaws could give “effectively give attackers full access to device.”
She urged everyone to update their devices by the end of the day and added that especially vulnerable people such as activists, journalists and others who could be targeted by nation-state hackers should update immediately.
Which Macs, iPads, iPhones are vulnerable?
Apple said that anyone with an iPhone released since 2015, an iPad released since 2014 or Mac that runs the OSx Monterey operating system should update their devices.
For iPhones, the affected devices are the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
For iPads, the update list consists of all iPad Pros, iPad Airs from the 2nd generation or newer, iPad Minis from the 3rd generation onward and standard iPads from the 5th generation or newer.
For Macs, all devices running the OSx Monterey operating system should be updated. That consists of iMacs from late 2015 or later, iMac Pros from 2017 or later, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops from 2015 or later, Mac Pros from 2014 or later, Mac minis from late 2014 or later and MacBooks from 2016 or later.
Some later iPod models could also be affected, Apple said.
How to update
iPhone and iPad owners can update their software by going to the settings application, tapping “general” and then tapping “Software Update.” If they see a new software update available, they should tap “install now.”
Mac owners should click on the Apple logo in the top lefthand corner of their desktop screen. They should then click on “About this Mac,” then click “Software Update” to check for available updates. If a new software update is available, they should click “update now.”
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Women are self-diagnosing themselves with neurodivergent conditions such as ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) after watching trending TikTok videos.
Doctors explained to Women’s Health that women are statistically more likely to have symptoms overlooked and go undiagnosed, but they warned licensed professionals should be giving the diagnosis — not armchair “experts” on social media.
TikTok videos touting the different ADHD symptoms have been surging in popularity in recent years as some corners of social media have become a safe haven for addressing mental health, and spreading information and awareness.
A variety of viral hashtags have an astonishing number of views on the platform. Some of the most popular beyond #ADHD, which has 14 billion, include #ADHDTikTok with 4 billion views, #ADHDCheck with 1.2 billion watches, #ADHDTok with 619 million hits, #ADHDdiagnosis racking up 46.1 million and #ADHDadvice with 8.9 million.
#ADHDinWomen is another highly-followed hashtag, with 1.7 billion views — a startling number given that multiple studies have found that girls, women and gender-non-conforming people are commonly undiagnosed, with their symptoms brushed off as character traits or displayed differently than in boys or men, since most medical studies are conducted primarily on men.
Claire Bowman describes herself as an ADHD advocate to her 160,300 TikTok followers. One of her videos listing questions to help diagnose ADHD in women went viral with 204,900 views and hundreds of women sharing their emotional responses.
“Ugh I started crying by the end,” Kait said.
“Recently diagnosed at 25, spent my entire life thinking I was a lazy pathetic POS [piece of sh-t] who just wanted to get everything for nothing. My life has changed,” Danielle Grafton shared.
“Thanks for explaining my whole life,” Erin Musarra commented.
Many neurodivergent conditions are diagnosed at a very young age, the CDC points out, but some women told Women’s Health they feel validated for their “quirks” or “laziness” after being given a proper diagnosis in adulthood.
Caitlin Manner, 38, was one such person who believed she had the disorder, especially since her TikTok feed became flooded with #ADHD videos during the pandemic.
As she related to what she saw on social media, she also pointed to how she always struggled with keeping things in order, remembering appointments and completing tasks. However, the mother-of-three chalked it up to being a busy mother in a military family.
Manner told the magazine she always wondered if her symptoms had been overlooked throughout her life, especially since surrounded by people with neurodivergent conditions — differing in mental or neurological function from what is considered typical or normal — her whole life; Her mom, dad, twin sister, younger brother, and one of her three sons have all been diagnosed with ADHD and her oldest and youngest sons are on the autism spectrum.
But things boiled over when Manner missed a crucial appointment for her eldest child to continue speech therapy and couldn’t reschedule for three months.
“It was really frustrating because I knew how important it was and still couldn’t keep track of it,” Manner told Women’s Health.
So, she set up an appointment with a licensed clinical psychologist in April 2021 to discuss her family history and symptoms and was ultimately diagnosed with ADHD.
“It gave me a name for it, which meant I could start reframing my life,” she said.
While social media is a great tool to spread information, experts have always been weary about people turning to the internet for medical advice as they warn that symptoms can vary from person to person and can indicate different or co-occurring diagnoses for an array of conditions.
“It’s important to not get too entrenched in a diagnosis without speaking or corroborating with a mental health professional because it takes a trained brain to synthesize all of those data points in conjunction with your medical, psychological, and psychiatric presentations in order to arrive at the correct diagnosis,” Sasha Hamdani, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist on TikTok as @thepsychdoctormd told Women’s Health.
Experts have also warned that a wave of startups is using slick TikTok ads and loosened drug regulations to push prescription medications for ADHD like Adderall and Vyvanse — both classified as Schedule II controlled substances by the FDA — raising ethical and legal questions from doctors.
Combined with social media posts and sketchy Google search results, the proliferation of drug ads on TikTok can convince children to diagnose themselves with conditions they may not actually have, according to University of Colorado psychiatrist Dr. C. Neill Epperson.
“I hear parents say, you know, my kid comes to me and says, ‘I think I have ADHD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, etc’… they’re like, where is my kid getting this?” Epperson told The Post. “‘Where are these diagnoses coming from when I haven’t taken my child to a mental healthcare provider? We haven’t even spoken to their pediatrician.’”
Sammi Burke, a 28-year-old EMT, writer and editor, told Women’s Health she began to think that she had ADHD after her TikTok feed continued to recommend #adhd videos for her. She set an appointment with a psychiatrist and was prescribed medication noting that she displayed some symptoms, but wasn’t a “textbook” case.
As the bills piled up without her condition improving, she decided to drop the medication when she realized that her environment — loud neighbors, a heavy workload and spending hours on end staring at a screen — might have played a major role in her lack of focus.
“I still don’t know if I for sure have ADHD,” she said. “I wasn’t so much looking for a label as a way to get through my workday.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/startling-number-of-women-using-tiktok-to-self-diagnose-adhd/ | 2022-08-19T14:02:40Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/startling-number-of-women-using-tiktok-to-self-diagnose-adhd/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VIDEO: Flash mob vandalizes, loots 7-Eleven store following street takeover in Harbor Gateway
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department released new video and sought the public's help with identifying the people seen on video looting and vandalizing a 7-Eleven store following a street takeover in the Harbor Gateway area earlier this week.
RELATED: 7-Eleven looted after alleged street takeover in Harbor Gateway
LAPD officials said that on Aug. 15, a large group of suspects, estimated to be over 100 people at one point, entered the 7-Eleven store on the northwest corner of Figueroa Street and El Segundo Boulevard in Los Angeles. The suspects ransacked the store and stole various merchandise including food, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. One person was seen on video throwing food at the store employee.
LAPD Detective Ryan Moreno said the employee working in the store feared for his life and there was no resistance.
"We really want to prevent this from becoming a new trend," Det. Moreno said during a press conference on Thursday morning.
One of the suspects seen on video was a man wearing a Colorado Rockies hat who was throwing food at the store employee. Detectives have already successfully identified some of the offenders; the video will likely lead them to more... as will the fingerprints left on the countertops.
Those involved in the incident are facing multiple charges including grand theft, looting and vandalism.
"They’re going to be held accountable," Det. Moreno said.
"We really want to stop this from becoming a new trend where they think they can show up and take over a street, freeway or any part of the city where they think they come into a store and take whatever they want. We are here to stay that is not going to happen," Moreno added.
LAPD says if anyone is involved in a street takeover, their car could be impounded for three days. That includes people watching, filming, driving during a takeover. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/flash-mob-robbery-street-takeover-los-angeles-7-eleven | 2022-08-19T14:03:01Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/flash-mob-robbery-street-takeover-los-angeles-7-eleven | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two men wounded in East Garfield Park shooting
CHICAGO - Two men were shot Friday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The men, 32 and 31, were standing outside around 1 a.m. in the 500 block of North Lawndale Avenue when two gunmen approached them, police said.
The gunmen opened fire and the 31-year-old was shot in the leg and chest and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.
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The 32-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh and was also transported to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in fair condition, according to police.
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Man, 25, fatally shot in West Garfield Park early Friday
CHICAGO - An unidentified man, about 25 years old, was outside in West Garfield Park when he was shot at around 12:29 a.m. Friday.
The victim was shot multiple times in the 200 block of s. Keeler Ave. and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Park Ridge elementary school custodian hides camera in bathroom: police
PARK RIDGE - A custodian at a Park Ridge elementary school is being charged with unlawful video recording after a camera was found in a bathroom.
On May 27 a woman who works at Washington Elementary School was using the staff restroom when she noticed a cell phone near the toilet with the video camera in recording mode.
Park Ridge police were notified, and an investigation was conducted with the assistance of School District 64.
Luis M. Rubio-Ortega, who was employed as a custodian at the school, placed the camera in the stall, investigators say.
On Aug. 17, Rubio-Ortega, 37, admitted to detectives that he placed the camera in the staff restroom for the purpose of video recording the women staff members.
No students were recorded. However, two staff members were recorded in a staff bathroom and those individuals have been contacted by law enforcement.
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On Thursday he appeared in the Skokie, 2nd District Courthouse for a bond hearing.
Rubio-Ortega has been placed on administrative leave by the school district as a result of the investigation and arrest. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/park-ridge-elementary-school-custodian-hides-camera-in-bathroom | 2022-08-19T14:03:34Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/park-ridge-elementary-school-custodian-hides-camera-in-bathroom | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Police: Pennsylvania man facing charges for trying to buy stolen human remains
EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man was charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook.
A spokeswoman for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock confirmed that the remains were to be donated to UAMS's facility. UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said they were instead stolen from Arkansas Central Mortuary Services in Little Rock by a female mortuary employee and sold, adding that there is an open federal investigation.
"We are very respectful of those who donate their bodies, and we are appalled that such a thing could happen," Taylor said.
A representative of the mortuary hung up on a reporter who reached out for comment Thursday.
FBI Little Rock spokesman Conor Hagan said the office was aware of the Pennsylvania incident "but will not comment on ongoing investigations." No charges had been filed as of Thursday against the Arkansas woman.
East Pennsboro Township Police in Pennsylvania announced the arrest of and charges against 40-year-old Jeremy Lee Pauley, of Enola, Pennsylvania. Pauley had been arrested on July 22 and had an initial court appearance Thursday.
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Calls to an attorney representing Pauley were not returned late Thursday. Pauley was released on $50,000 bond, according to court records.
On a Facebook page under his name, Pauley has posted pictures of bags and stacks of femurs, one captioned, "Picked up more medical bones to sort through." The Facebook page he uses to market his body parts is called "The Grand Wunderkammer," "Vendors of the odd and unusual, museum exhibits, guest lectures, live entertainment, and so much more! Strange, curious, and unique in every way possible!" It also provides a link to his website.
"I think I’ve seen it all, and then something like this comes around," said Sean McCormack, district attorney for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where Pauley was charged. "The question we had to answer was, Is the sale of body parts or bones and remains illegal ... or legal? Some of it, to our surprise, was legal. And as the investigation went on, it became clear there was illegal activity going on as well."
Pauley, who described himself as a collector of what he called "oddities," including human body parts, said the remains were acquired legally when first contacted by police, according to a police affidavit. Police initially found what they described as older human remains including full skeletons that they determined were legally obtained.
However, after a second tip about newer remains in Pauley's home, investigators returned to the house to find more recent purchases. Police found three five-gallon buckets containing assorted body parts— including of children— and federal and state law enforcement agents intercepted packages addressed to Pauley from the Arkansas woman that contained body parts.
Pauley told investigators that he intended to resell the body parts, according to the affidavit. Investigators allege that Pauley arranged to pay the Arkansas woman $4,000 for the body parts through Facebook Messenger.
Facebook did not respond to messages seeking comments on Pauley's pages. However, its community standards prohibit human exploitation and explicitly prohibit selling body parts through its commercial policies and advertising policies. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-pennsylvania-man-facing-charges-for-trying-to-buy-stolen-human-remains | 2022-08-19T14:03:40Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-pennsylvania-man-facing-charges-for-trying-to-buy-stolen-human-remains | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shots fired in downtown DC near White House, National Mall: police
WASHINGTON - Authorities say a juvenile and two adults have been detained by officers after shots were fired early Friday morning in downtown D.C. near the National Mall and the White House.
The shots were reported around 1:15 a.m. in the area of 1600 Constitution Avenue.
Officers say they recovered a firearm in the area and discovered three unoccupied vehicles had been struck by gunfire.
Police say one juvenile and two adults were detained and that the juvenile was in possession of a firearm.
No injuries were reported. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shots-fired-in-downtown-dc-near-white-house-national-mall-police | 2022-08-19T14:03:46Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shots-fired-in-downtown-dc-near-white-house-national-mall-police | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rapper Trapboy Freddy arrested after police find tiger cub while serving warrant in Dallas
DALLAS - Police found a tiger inside of Red Bird home while serving a warrant on Wednesday.
Dallas police said its officers were assisting the U.S. Marshals with a federal warrant, when the cub was found in the home.
Some neighbors were alarmed by the amount of investigators on their street, but then they became even more on edge when they learned a tiger cub was located inside.
"Well, I’ve never heard of a tiger being in a neighborhood," said Adam Henderson, who lives nearby. "That’s how strange it is to me."
Henderson said he had no clue that just one street over, federal investigators seized a tiger cub from a home off Meadow Gate Lane while serving an arrest warrant.
"I wouldn’t want a tiger in this neighborhood. I don’t even like the fact that I heard one being here," he added.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Marshals took 30-year-old Devarius Dontez Moore into custody Wednesday on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Federal agents confirm Moore, also known as Dallas rapper Trapboy Freddy, lived at the home.
Inside the home, investigators found a tiger cub in a cage and immediately called Dallas Animal Services, who said the tiger is now being held at an undisclosed location.
Moore, who goes by trapboyfreddy on social media, recently posted a photo on Instagram of himself with a tiger cub on a leash.
However, it’s unclear if this tiger cub is the one that was seized.
Once news spread of the find, some neighbors, like Nikkitia Jackson, became skeptical.
"A neighbor called me, told me, ‘Did you hear there’s a tiger running around in your neighborhood?’" Jackson recalled. "And I didn’t take him serious."
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Social media rumors about the so-called ‘Oak Cliff tiger’ spread quickly on Wednesday, sparking concerns that one of the animals at the Dallas Zoo might have escaped.
The zoo posted a tweet saying all of its tigers were accounted for and safe.
Dallas police said the cub never got loose during the arrest.
But to Henderson, it doesn’t matter with an elementary school a block away.
"I’m glad he got handled by the authorities because he shouldn’t have a tiger over here, period," he said.
Moore has a long criminal history in Dallas, dating back a decade.
The rapper has previous criminal cases, including engaging in organized criminal activity, unlawful carry of a firearm, assault, drug possession, multiple probation violations, and more.
The city of Dallas and Dallas County prohibit residents from possessing tigers.
It’s still unclear if Moore will face additional charges for owning the tiger.
He is set to go before a federal judge on Friday. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trapboy-freddy-dallas-tiger-cub | 2022-08-19T14:03:52Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trapboy-freddy-dallas-tiger-cub | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
US streaming outpaces cable, broadcast TV for 1st time ever in July
NEW YORK - This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever.
Viewers spent 35% of their time with streamers, 34% on cable networks and 22% watching broadcast television last month, the Nielsen company said Thursday. Video on demand or DVD playback accounted for much of the other time.
July is an unusual month — broadcast TV is essentially on vacation with little live sports or scripted programming and a prime-time schedule clogged with game shows — but it's a clear indication of how rapidly the business is changing.
"It was inevitable," said David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University and critic on NPR's "Fresh Air." "I knew it had to happen, but I didn't know it would happen as quickly as it did."
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Streaming's audience share in July was up 23% compared to July 2021, Nielsen said. Broadcast television's share was down 10% and cable down 9%.
Streaming services learned from what cable did in its infancy, using broadcasting's quiet summer months to put forward some of their best programming, said Brian Fuhrer, Nielsen's senior vice president for product strategy and thought leadership. New episodes of "Stranger Things" alone on Netflix accounted for 18 billion minutes of streaming, while "Virgin River" and "The Umbrella Academy" also did well.
Netflix is still the top streamer, but it no longer dominates the field the way it once did. In July, Hulu had strong numbers for "Only Murders in the Building" and "The Bear," while Amazon Prime hit with "The Terminal List" and "The Boys."
With pandemic-related pauses in shooting schedules now largely over, the streamers have a backlog of fresh material, Fuhrer said.
Many viewers became familiar with streaming and added it to their media diets during the pandemic, he said. They haven't looked back. Each week in July had more total minutes of streaming than any other weeks Nielsen has ever counted, with the exception of the week between Christmas and New Year's last year.
The return of football games and a new season of fresh scripted shows this fall should boost the broadcast networks, Fuhrer said.
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Yet it's hard to see them pushing back to a level of dominance approaching anything in the past. For one thing, media companies that own broadcast networks also have sister streaming services — CBS and Paramount+, NBC and Peacock, for instance — and generally see streaming as the future, he said.
"The networks have collectively decided not only that streaming is the future, but they can't wait to get there as fast as they can," Bianculli said. "They're not doing anything to slow down the charge."
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Fuhrer said it will be interesting this fall when large football audiences return to broadcast TV to see whether those networks will spend a great deal of time promoting their own shows.
"This month and the next two to three months may be the most pivotal in the history of television in terms of all the media companies and their strategies," he said.
Some business experts believe streaming services are in a pre-shakeout period, with several trying to establish themselves before the industry learns there are only so many outlets consumers are willing to pay for. The result may be a period of consolidation.
"It’s a great time to be a TV viewer," Bianculli said, "and I can’t imagine there will ever be a greater time to go into television creatively."
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Woman, 26, shot during argument while parked on Lake Shore Drive
CHICAGO - A man was arrested after allegedly shooting a woman during an argument Friday morning while parked on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
The 36-year-old was inside a car with a 26-year-old woman around 2:30 a.m. when they started arguing and the man pulled out a gun and shot her in the 1300 block of North Lake Shore Drive, police said.
They drove to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was treated for a gunshot wound to the cheek, police said. She was listed in fair condition.
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The man was taken into custody.
Police said the shooting appears to be domestic-related. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-26-shot-during-argument-while-parked-on-lake-shore-drive | 2022-08-19T14:04:04Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-26-shot-during-argument-while-parked-on-lake-shore-drive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Woman cut off boyfriend's penis after he tried to rape 14-year-old daughter, reports say
A mother in India is accused of cutting off her boyfriend’s genitals after he allegedly tried to rape her 14-year-old daughter, according to local reporting.
The incident was reported on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India near the border with Nepal. The 36-year-old woman, who was not named in the reporting, told the Times of India that she had been working on a farm and came home to find her 32-year-old, live-in boyfriend attacking her teenage daughter.
The woman had been living with him for the past two years after separating from her "alcoholic husband," according to the report.
"I was working in the farm when the incident took place," the mother was quoted as saying by the Times of India. "Fortunately I returned home in the nick of time and caught him red-handed."
The panicked mother tried to save her daughter, and the boyfriend then allegedly attacked her, the report said.
"So I brought a knife from the kitchen and chopped off his private parts to teach him a lesson. I have no regrets for what I did," the mother told the Times of India.
An officer with the Lakhimpur police station told the news outlet that the boyfriend was booked for rape under a child sexual abuse law in India, called the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The man was reported as being in critical condition and hospitalized for treatment.
It was unclear if the mom would face charges.
India has passed stricter rape laws in recent years in response to violent crimes against women and girls. The 2012 fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi triggered massive protests by hundreds of thousands to demand stricter laws and punishment.
The POCSO Act, which aims to protect children from sexual assault, sexual harassment, and pornography, was passed that same year.
The 2018 rape and killing of an 8-year-old girl in India’s Jammu-Kashmir state and the alleged rape of a girl by a ruling party lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh state — the same state where the recent incident occurred — triggered the government to approve of the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12.
This story was reported from Cincinnati. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-cut-off-boyfriends-penis-attempted-rape-teenage-daughter-india-reports | 2022-08-19T14:04:10Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-cut-off-boyfriends-penis-attempted-rape-teenage-daughter-india-reports | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Michael Jordan's 1998 NBA Finals jersey up for auction --- This is how much it could go for
CHICAGO - A jersey worn by Michael Jordan during the 1998 NBA finals in Utah will be auctioned off by Sotheby's next month.
Jordan wore the red "away" jersey on June 3, 1998 in Game 1, where the Chicago Bulls fell to the Utah Jazz in overtime 88-85.
In Game 1, Jordan played for 45 minutes and scored 33 points.
"The Last Dance as it’s called, was Michael’s final season with the Chicago Bulls (1997-1998) and is perhaps the most beloved period in Jordan folklore, as Michael reached the apex of his popularity and powers while simultaneously conquering major internal divisions that were fracturing the team dynamics of the late 90s Chicago Bulls," the auction house said.
The Bulls eventually went on to win the championship in six games, and Jordan was named MVP.
According to auction house, the jersey is one of just two jerseys he wore in a finals game to appear at auction.
It could sell for up to $5 million.
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The jersey will be on exhibition in Monterey, California from Aug. 17 to Aug. 20. The jersey will then return to Sotheby's New York for exhibition from Sept. 6 to Sept. 12 — with bidding opening on Sept. 6 at Sothebys.com.
In order to bid on the jersey, clients will need to register with Sotheby's in advance. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/michael-jordans-1998-nba-finals-jersey-up-for-auction-this-is-how-much-it-could-go-for | 2022-08-19T14:04:16Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/michael-jordans-1998-nba-finals-jersey-up-for-auction-this-is-how-much-it-could-go-for | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Keralite C P Rizwan will lead the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Asia Cup T20 qualifiers starting in Oman on Saturday.
The middle-order batter replaces left-arm spinner Ahmed Raza at the helm. Raza will continue to be the captain in One-Day Internationals.
The 34-year-old Rizwan hails from Thalassery.
Another Keralite - Alishan Sharafu from Kanhangad - is also part of the 17-member squad.
Rizwan became the first Keralite to score an ODI century last year against Ireland.
Rizwan represented Kerala in the junior levels and captained the U-25 state team.
He moved to the UAE in 2014 and landed a job in Sharjah. He continued to play cricket there and was able to catch the attention of the local cricket fraternity with consistent performances in domestic tournaments. In 2018, Rizwan completed the four years required for him to be eligible to play for the UAE and was duly included in the national team.
An electrical engineering graduate from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Rizwan made his debut for the UAE on January 26, 2019, in an ODI against Nepal.
Rizwan has so far played 29 ODIs and seven T20Is, while the 19-year-old Sharafu has represented the UAE in seven ODIs and six T20Is. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/keralite-rizwan-to-lead-uae-in-asia-cup-t20-qualifiers.amp.html | 2022-08-19T14:06:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/keralite-rizwan-to-lead-uae-in-asia-cup-t20-qualifiers.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A fit-again Deepak Chahar marked his return to the Indian team with a match-winning spell in the first One-Day International (ODI) against Zimbabwe on Thursday but the 30-year-old is not taking his place in the World Cup T20I squad for granted.
Chahar has been a familiar face in the 20-overs squad, shouldering new-ball duties and providing late cameos with the bat. But he was sidelined for six months after suffering a quadriceps tear in February and then hurting his back.
There was no rustiness on his return as he claimed 3/27, dismissing Zimbabwe's top three batsmen to set up India's 10-wicket win in Harare.
Chahar said he was not preoccupied with his selection for the World Cup in Australia in October-November.
"That is not in my hand," he said after collecting the man-of-the-match award.
"Skill-wise, though, I have worked really hard. There I can say I have probably started where I had left off.
"After the first over, rest whatever I bowled, I was happy. It was a seven-over spell, so the fitness is good."
While Jasprit Bumrah remains India's automatic choice across formats, the emergence of fellow seamers Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh complicates Chahar's return to the 20-overs squad ahead of the World Cup.
"When you are away for a long time, others come in and perform well and make their place in the side," Chahar said.
"To make your place in the side again, you have to give good performances.
"So that pressure is always there on a returning player. I had the same expectation that I will do well when I come back because that is all a player has in his hand."
The remaining two ODIs are scheduled on Saturday and Monday also in Harare. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/pressure-is-always-there-on-a-returning-player-deepak-chahar.html | 2022-08-19T14:06:20Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/pressure-is-always-there-on-a-returning-player-deepak-chahar.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dhaka: Bangladesh have appointed former Indian all-rounder Sridharan Sriram as a technical consultant for the national team till the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan, however, rejected reports that Sriram has been roped in as the coach of the national team.
"We had Sriram shortlisted and he is to come here on 21st (August). He is definitely not coming as head coach. He is coming as a technical consultant. He is coming here to work up till the T20 World Cup," Hassan told reporters on Friday.
The T20 World Cup will hosted by Australia from October 16 to November 13.
The BCB top official said the 46-year-old Indian's vast coaching experience with the Australian team and IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore influenced the board to rope him for the short stint.
"Certain things were in consideration while taking him onboard. One is his IPL involvement and we wanted someone who is involved in high-grade T20 cricket and has experience. The World Cup is also in Australia and he has worked in Australia for a long time. For these two reasons, he was taken in as a technical consultant," Hassan said.
Sriram represented India in eight ODIs between 2000 and 2004 and also served as Australia's assistant and spin-bowling coach for a long time.
It was under former Australian coach Darren Lehmann, Sriram was entrusted with the responsibility as a spin bowling coach in 2016.
He recently stepped down from that position to focus on his role with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Hassan, however, said a long-term tenure for Sriram will be decided after the assessing his performance in the Asia Cup, which starts next week.
"In terms of making things separate (splitting the coaching responsibilities), it is preferred that we will make the coaching staff separate too. But we can't say anything at the moment since we haven't decided who to take onboard.
"We have to see Sriram in the Asia Cup and then decide according to performances whether we will keep him or look for someone else," he said. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/sriram-named-bangladesh-coach-for-asia-cup-t20-world-cup.amp.html | 2022-08-19T14:06:26Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/19/sriram-named-bangladesh-coach-for-asia-cup-t20-world-cup.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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