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Fort Collins' Adrian Macdonald wins Leadville Trail 100 Run for 2nd straight year
Proving his win a year ago was no fluke, Fort Collins’ Adrian Macdonald won the Leadville Trail 100 Run for the second year in a row Saturday with one of the fastest times ever.
Macdonald, 33, finished the grueling 100-mile event sometimes referred to as the “Race Across the Sky” in 16 hours, 5 minutes and 44 seconds – averaging a little more than 9½ minutes per mile. The race includes more than 15,000 feet of elevation change.
That was the third-fastest time ever, well ahead of his own winning time of 16:18:19 in 2021 – the sixth-fastest in the race's 40-year history – and more than 2 hours ahead of runner-up JP Giblin of Boulder, who finished in 18:07:50.
“Now I’ve proven that I’m not sort of a one-hit wonder,” Macdonald said Monday. “To have two of the six fastest times there now, I think that gives it a little more justification.”
The second time around felt harder than the first, though, he said.
None of the other runners in a field of more than 700 participants went with Macdonald when he moved into the lead about 10 miles into the race. He was still wearing a headlamp at the time, well before dawn following the 4 a.m. start.
Organizers said participants represented all 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
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“For a long time, it felt like I was just sort of out on a run and not really racing,” he said. “I sort of felt a little bit bored and not in the right racing mindset.”
After reaching the turnaround point at the halfway mark, he saw the runner who was closest to him, Tyler Andrews, approaching the turnaround.
“He looked pretty good, and it’s like, now I’m racing,” Macdonald said. “Once I started seeing all the competitors after the turnaround, it got me back in the racing mindset and I started feeling better.”
Running with pacers for the final 38 miles – they’re not allowed until after the 62-mile mark – he finished strong.
“He was kind of flirting with some significant times, under 16 (hours) and maybe even the course record (15:42:59 by Matt Carpenter in 2005) might be in play,” said Nick Clark, a top-three finisher in both 2012 and 2013 who paced Macdonald over the final 13 miles. “It seemed like he might be within a sniff of that.”
Not this year.
Maybe next year.
Macdonald was too sore Monday to commit to a return next summer in pursuit of a three-peat. Odds are, though, he’ll do it again.
“This race felt much harder than it did last year, and so you need some time to forget about how much it hurts before I can really plan the next thing,” he said.
Training for this year’s race, Macdonald said, included about 100 miles of running each week with significant elevation changes to prepare for the course, which has a low point of 9,219 feet and a high point of 12,532 at the top of Hope Pass that runners summit twice – once from each direction.
He was able to train some in Leadville earlier in the summer through an arrangement his primary sponsor, the On Running shoe company, had made to provide him free housing in a dormitory room at Colorado Mountain College. And he ran some long trail races in July in Utah and Alaska.
Clark, a Fort Collins resident who was the Leadville Trail 100 runner-up in 2012, third-place finisher in 2013 and a frequent pacer of top finishers, said Macdonald’s strong form – even late in the race, when he’s obviously hurting – and discipline while training and competing provide a competitive edge in endurance trail runs.
He’s good about eating every 20 to 30 minutes to replace the calories he’s burning, and "he's a calm, calculated guy. He doesn’t get too excited or too down on himself. He’s pretty good at staying on the middle ground.”
Of the 707 runners who started this year’s race, only 363 made it to the finish, organizers said. Participants who don’t reach certain cutoff points in time along the way to ensure they can finish in less than 30 hours are not allowed to continue.
Clare Gallagher of Boulder, who previously won the race in 2016, was the women’s winner in 19:37:57, also finishing more than 2 hours ahead of her closest competitor, Alisyn Hummelberg, 30, of Estes Park (21:58:59).
Kelly Lyell reports on CSU, high school and other local sports and topics of interest for the Coloradoan. Contact him at kellylyell@coloradoan.com, follow him on Twitter @KellyLyell and find him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KellyLyell.news. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/running/2022/08/22/fort-collins-adrian-macdonald-repeats-leadville-trail-100-run/65414329007/ | 2022-08-23T06:57:44Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/running/2022/08/22/fort-collins-adrian-macdonald-repeats-leadville-trail-100-run/65414329007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Midlothian drivers in Racewall action
It was dry but breezy but dry evening at the Cowdenbeath Racewall stock car meeting on Saturday evening with Midlothian drivers in action.
Amongst those racing in the Formula IIs were local drivers Craig Wallace from Haddington and Mika Millar from Gorebridge. In the opening heat Millar finished in second place.
The final was dominated by yellow grade driver Jason Blacklock who led from start to finish but when he crossed the finish line he was just clear of Stevie Forster with Wallace finishing in third place again just ahead of Millar.
Wallace then won the Grand National from Forster with Millar in third place.
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Within a couple of laps Aidan was sidelined but as the race progressed John forced his way through into the top five. He picked up another couple of places but it was Nicole Russell who won from Liam Boyle with Joh in third.
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In 11 career starts against the Dodgers with the Padres and now the Brewers, Lauer is 7-1. He held them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout loss.
Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer prepares in the dugout before their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. Lauer pitched five scoreless innings. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts reacts after a close call with a foul ball hit by the Milwaukee Brewers’ Willy Adames, not pictured, during the first inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura reacts after striking out during the second inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor shows his frustration after striking out in front of Milwaukee Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez during the second inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer pitched the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout and improved to 7-1 in 11 career starts against the Dodgers with a 2.37 ERA. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Dodgers’ Justin Turner runs home, where he was tagged out by Milwaukee Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez during the second inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers designated hitter Justin Turner, center right, is tagged out at home by Milwaukee Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez during the second inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers designated hitter Justin Turner, left, reacts after being tagged out at home by Milwaukee Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez, center, during the second inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Mike Brosseau throws to first during their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Luis Urias hits a home run during the fourth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias shows his frustration after giving up a home run to the Milwaukee Brewers’ Luis Urias during the fourth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Luis Urias celebrates in front of Dodgers catcher Will Smith after hitting a home run during the fourth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Luis Urias, right, celebrates with Keston Hiura after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Luis Urias celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers left fielder Chris Taylor falls into the stands while catching a foul ball hit by the Milwaukee Brewers’ Omar Narvaez during the fifth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias reacts to a catch by left fielder Chris Taylor to end the fifth inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Eric Lauer tracks the flight of a ball hit for a fly out to left field by the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts during the fifth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Peter Strzelecki throws to the plate during the sixth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Keston Hiura throws a baseball to a fan during the sixth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Kolten Wong throws to first for a double play as the Dodgers’ Will Smith slides into second base during the eighth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger watches as Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames makes a throw to first for an out during the seventh inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Dodgers relief pitcher Phil Bickford throws to the plate during the ninth inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Willy Adames celebrates in the dugout after scoring on a double hit by Christian Yelich during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers relief pitcher Phil Bickford throws to the plate during the ninth inning of their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich celebrates in the dugout after scoring on of a sacrifice fly by Luis Urias during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura hits a home run during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura hits a home run during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers relief pitcher Phil Bickford shows his frustration after allowing a home run to the Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura during the ninth inning on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura runs the bases after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Milwaukee Brewers’ Keston Hiura celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the ninth inning of their game against the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Luis Urias, left, and first baseman Keston Hiura celebrate after a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Jason Alexander (41), third baseman Luis Urias, center, catcher Omar Narvaez (10) and first baseman Keston Hiura, right, celebrate after a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin is seen in the dugout before their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux, right, and infielder Hanser Alberto get ready in the dugout before their game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers wore their City Connect uniforms on Monday night. Eric Lauer still recognized them.
The 27-year-old left-hander added another start to his history of success against the Dodgers, holding them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout victory for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Dodgers have scored a total of 13 runs in five games against the Brewers over the past eight days, losing three of them. That stretch now includes their first shutout at home this season.
“They’re one of the better organizations at kind of looking at data and analyzing data and on top of that, they have really good arms,” Dodgers infielder Max Muncy said of the Brewers, who trail the San Diego Padres by 1½ games for the final National League wild-card spot. “They’ve been doing this for several years now and they’re just really good at analyzing data and attacking in ways that other teams don’t.
“It’s a challenge. But it’s something that we have to get over. Once we get to October, every team is going to be doing the same stuff. We’ve just got to get over it.”
Lauer is familiar with keeping the Dodgers’ offense in check – even as the faces and places have changed.
The left-hander is 7-1 in 11 career starts against the Dodgers with a 2.37 ERA, holding Dodgers hitters to a .212 average. Most of that positive feedback came in Lauer’s first two big-league seasons with the San Diego Padres (5-0, 2.13 ERA in seven starts).
The rest of Major League Baseball has not found Lauer as baffling. He is 23-28 with a 4.31 ERA against anyone but the Dodgers.
“I think he’s evolved as a pitcher. The velocity, kind of the characteristics (of his pitches), he’s evolved,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “But the results, us versus Lauer, haven’t. We just can’t crack the code. So you got to give him credit. He’s pitched us well. He did again tonight.”
The Dodgers were complicit in lowering Lauer’s ERA. With runners at first and second and two outs in the second inning, Gavin Lux shot a single to left field. Third base coach Dino Ebel chose to challenge left fielder Christian Yelich’s arm. It was not the right choice this time. Justin Turner was an easy out at home plate to end the inning.
“Once the ball is hit, I just go until Dino stops me. I wasn’t expecting him to stop me,” Turner said.
“I think with two outs 99.9 percent of the time we’re going to get sent. You throw a one-hopper right on the plate like that, there’s not a lot you can do.”
At 37, speed is not a big part of Turner’s game and he was also thrown out at the plate trying to tag up on a fly ball to left field during the Dodgers’ recent series in Kansas City. But Roberts would not fault Ebel’s decision to send him against the Brewers.
“It was a good send with two outs,” Roberts said. “If there’s anything you could poke holes with is Yelich’s arm strength. But he made a heck of a throw.
“We do a really good job of scouting arms and guys’ accuracy and all that. Again, you have to tip your cap, he made a nice play.”
Two innings later, the Dodgers had another chance to break through, loading the bases with back-to-back two-out singles by Turner and Max Muncy and a walk of Chris Taylor. That brought up Lux again. This time, he skied a high fly ball to Yelich to end the inning.
The Dodgers didn’t fare much better against the Brewers’ post-Josh Hader bullpen, managing just three harmless singles over the final four innings.
Julio Urias was better than Lauer except for one thing – a full-count fastball to Luis Urias in the fourth inning.
Luis Urias (no relation) drove the fastball into the left-field pavilion for one of only two hits allowed by Julio Urias in six innings and the Brewers’ only run in the first eight innings.
“I would have done the same thing. Obviously, the location would have been different but the pitch would have been the same,” Julio Urias said through an interpreter. “He’s a very talented hitter who likes to attack fastballs. The location was not where I wanted the ball.”
The Brewers put the game away with three runs in the ninth off Dodgers reliever Phil Bickford. Willy Adames and Yelich started it with back-to-back doubles. Yelich eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Luis Urias. And former UC Irvine standout Keston Hiura capped the scoring with a solo home run.
The Dodgers lost a Julio Urias start for the first time since June 12 in San Francisco. In 12 starts since that loss, Urias has gone 10-1 with a 1.95 ERA.
Bill Plunkett graduated from Michigan State with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He has worked for daily newspapers as a sportswriter since 1983, in Southern California since 1987 and at the Orange County Register since 1999.
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Airlines major American Airlines, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) recently announced the appointment of Ganesh Jayaram, the current chief information officer (CIO) of Deere, as its new chief digital and information officer. The appointment will be effective from September 1.
Jayaram Replaces Leibman
Jayaram replaces current CIO Maya Leibman, who previously announced her decision to relocate to the U.K. for family reasons. However, Leibman will continue with the company in an advisory role and will assist in the transition until the end of the year.
Leibman has been with the company since 1994 and was appointed as CIO in 2012. Leibman played a major role in the company’s transition to the cloud and the integration of IT systems post its merger with US Airways.
Meanwhile, Jayaram will report to CEO Robert Isom.
Jayaram comes with rich experience in this field. At Deere, he had worked in various information technology and business roles in the past 16 years. Moreover, before Deere, he had notable stints in companies like Danaher Corp., Canon USA, and Boston Consulting Group.
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Is American Airlines a Buy or Sell?
Overall, the consensus among analysts for American Airlines stock is a Hold based on seven Holds and two Sells. The average AAL price target of $15.25 implies an upside potential of 11.2% from current levels. Shares have declined 28.3% over the past year.
Key Takeaways
With staffing shortages, rising fuel prices, and customer issues often common in the airline industry, the appointment of an experienced hand like Jayaram is likely to hold the company in good stead.
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The technology sector has taken a huge and painful hit over the past few quarters. Tech, once again, led the markets lower, with the Nasdaq 100 amplifying daily losses in the S&P 500 (SPX). In this article, I used TipRanks’ Comparison Tool to look at three large-cap tech stocks — NVDA, CRM, and ADBE — that may have the means to march higher from the market’s latest mini-rut. While I would not fight the Fed, I would give the following Strong-Buy-rated tech stars a glance as the market recovery pulls the brakes.
Indeed, we’ve all been through this one before. Higher growth and higher valuation metrics are viewed in a more negative light, with rates rising. Rates on the 10-year Treasury note jumped quite a bit yesterday ahead of the Jackson Hole meeting. Investors no longer expect the hint of dovishness going into the meeting, which is why best-in-breed tech stocks may be a great option to consider following the latest pause in the market rally.
Many will doubt the sustainability of the lovely summer rally we’ve had. In any case, you cannot go wrong with the following Strong Buy-rated tech stocks that are well-equipped to continue powering forward despite higher rates and intensifying macro storm clouds.
Nvidia (NVDA)
Nvidia is a semiconductor powerhouse that may very well be the most exciting in the industry. Graphical hardware is the new frontier, with the metaverse and hyper-realistic video games on the horizon. It’s not just good-looking games where Nvidia could make a splash, though. Its processing power is enough to unlock the next generation of AI and other intriguing technologies.
With such a large and growing total addressable market, it’s hard not to remain excited, even as tech becomes a bit of a wreck.
Having a large total addressable market is fine and dandy, but you’ve got to have a management team capable of making the most of industry opportunities. With CEO Jensen Huang continuing to impress, I view Nvidia as a company that can show that it’s worth a premium, even as rates rise and premier-valued tech stocks are no longer in demand.
Federal Reserve fears may drag NVDA stock lower over the near term. That said, Nvidia is ready to move on from the latest gaming slump as it looks to raise the bar for performance. Further, 2023 is a year that could hold a recession, but it’s also one where the metaverse adoption could begin to take off. Once the demand for graphical hardware picks up again, Nvidia will be tough to stop in its tracks.
The stock trades at 45.1x trailing earnings. That’s a high price to pay for a chip stock going into a downturn. Clearly, there’s still a lot of optimism baked in. Regardless, Nvidia’s pace of innovation is unlikely to slow.
Wall Street is a fan of Nvidia, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a best-in-breed company that can take share with its top-of-the-line offerings, and, of course, there are strong secular tailwinds. With 25 Buys and seven Holds, Nvidia comes in as a Strong Buy. The average NVDA stock price target is $237.07, implying 39.2% upside potential.
Salesforce (CRM)
Salesforce is an enterprise cloud kingpin, but shares have lost their way of late. CEO Marc Benioff has found a way to continue delivering exceptional quarterly results, a trend unlikely to die anytime soon.
A recession could weigh on IT spending. However, there’s no evidence of a drastic downturn in Salesforce’s results. Benioff views its business as resilient in the face of a recession. After a solid first quarter, I think it’s hard to argue with the man. The digital transformation is ongoing, and a recession seems unlikely to stop it, given the value and cost savings associated with it.
Salesforce stock may not be recession-resilient, but it’s probably mildly recession-resilient. The company may have paid up for Slack Technologies, but it’s a strong foundation that makes Salesforce the king of work.
With exceptional stewardship and a knack for effective integration of deals (the firm recently bought Troops.ai to beef up Slack), investors are in very good hands as the lights go out on the tech scene.
Down around 43% from its high, I think CRM stock has been unfairly punished. Yes, the multiple is rich (175.6x trailing earnings), but let’s be frank; it doesn’t tell the whole story. Salesforce is fighting to improve its margins, and with that will come a steady jolt to earnings, all while sales growth remains elevated.
Finally, Salesforce is a behemoth that I think could take meaningful share away from other players in customer-relationship management (CRM). It’s a cloud pioneer, and it’s getting stronger every quarter. Though coming quarters may be weighed down by macro events, I do expect Salesforce will be among the first tech firms to rocket higher once volatility dies down and the new bull roars.
Wall Street loves Salesforce, with 27 Buys, four Holds, and one Sell. The 36.1% implied upside potential, based on CRM’s average price target of $240.90, is also relatively high for the Strong-Buy-rated tech titan.
Adobe (ADBE)
Adobe is a creativity and enterprise software company that’s down more than 40% from its high. Like Salesforce, Adobe has a strong presence in the cloud, with a growing lineup of intriguing offerings for digital marketers and advertisers.
Though Adobe clocked in decent Q2 results, beating expectations by just pennies, the full-year outlook is discouraging. Many macro headwinds could weigh down year-end results. However, I think it’s a mistake to bet against CEO Shantanu Narayen. He’s a great manager that can steady the ship amid increased choppiness.
Looking way ahead, I’d look for Adobe to have the tools for developers to create the digital worlds of tomorrow. Indeed, the creative cloud may be a preferred choice for those looking to create the digital experiences of tomorrow. Though metaverse hype has died down, one should not discount Adobe’s role in the future digital worlds. Arguably, the metaverse is the ultimate medium to express creativity.
The firm’s Substance 3D tool got some considerable updates in June. With more innovation to come, Adobe strikes me as a must-own in its moment of pain.
At 39.4 times trailing earnings, ADBE stock is still pricier than the market. Given its innovative talent, it deserves to be. Wall Street seems to agree, with a Strong Buy rating based on 17 Buys and just four Holds. However, ADBE’s average price forecast of $458.67 implies just 11.5% upside potential, much less than the aforementioned stocks.
Conclusion: Analysts are Most Bullish on NVDA Stock
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Whether as consumer products or as an investment thesis, few really think about tire companies, which places a distinct spotlight on Goodyear Tire (GT). Usually a background player on Wall Street, the popular tire manufacturer has enjoyed recent upside momentum in the capital market. Nevertheless, if a recession materializes, the narrative could quickly subside. I am moderately bearish on GT stock.
Fundamentally, Goodyear Tire operates at a perplexing juncture in the broader equities space. Irrespective of which automotive propulsion platform wins the sector – electric or combustion – every vehicle needs tires. In that respect, Goodyear is basically permanently relevant.
At the same time, few really focus on GT stock, and for good reasons. Since its initial public offering back in 1982, data from Google Finance reveals that Goodyear’s lifetime return is a tad over 11%. That’s just not going to get too many folks excited.
Nevertheless, GT stock is up about 22% in the past 30 days. While some factors bolster the idea that Goodyear can keep moving forward, other headwinds challenge this concept.
Interestingly, on TipRanks, GT has a 4 out of 10 Smart Score rating. This indicates moderate potential for the stock to slightly underperform or perform in line with the broader market, going forward.
GT Stock Gets a Boost from Q2 Earnings
Almost two weeks ago, Goodyear disclosed its results for the second quarter. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.46, exceeding the consensus target calling for $0.36. Higher-than-anticipated sales in the Americas and Asia Pacific segments helped lift the earnings tally. Moreover, the bottom line increased nearly 44% from the year-ago result of $0.32.
Regarding its top line, Goodyear posted revenue of $5.21 billion, representing a 31% rise from the year-ago quarter. As well, the total beat Wall Street’s consensus target of $5.07 billion. This was the highest Q2 revenue the company experienced in the past decade. The increase in revenue came from higher selling prices, more sales, and the acquisition of Cooper Tire.
As previously mentioned, one of the highlights was the Americas segment. Here, Goodyear reported sector revenue of $3.15 billion, approximately 40% higher on a year-over-year basis. In addition, the figure topped analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.99 billion.
On the Asia Pacific side, Goodyear posted revenue of $568 million, representing a 15% year-over-year lift. As well, the tally beat the consensus target of $566 million. However, investors should be aware that operating income was $19 million, a reduction of 17.4% year-over-year. The main culprits were high raw material costs and inflationary pressure.
Following the Q2 report, GT stock swung higher conspicuously before encountering some volatility. In the past few days, GT stock printed red ink, particularly as investors realized that the Federal Reserve will likely maintain its aggressive monetary tightening.
Goodyear Enjoys Fundamental Relevance
Adding to the bullish implications of Goodyear’s Q2 report, the underlying business enjoys fundamental relevance. Until people stop using tires to drive from one place to another, GT stock will at least occasionally draw some interest.
One of the critical factors supporting Goodyear’s optimistic thesis is the average age of cars on U.S. roadways. Per The Wall Street Journal, this metric hit 12.2 years, a record high. Essentially, this narrative translates to people holding onto their cars for as long as possible to avoid costly replacements.
Of course, this concept gets a little tricky. In some respects, investors of GT stock benefit from a consumer economy that features people more frequently buying replacement vehicles as this suggests more discretionary funds available, and that framework would bode well for Goodyear since tires aren’t exactly cheap.
At the same time, replacing worn, bald tires is a less-costly expenditure for customers. For instance, evidence indicates that a majority of drivers ignore check engine lights (and likely other in-car warning signals). However, bald tires are less easily ignorable, particularly for people living in regions featuring dynamic weather events.
Just try to drive on bald tires in the rain once, and you’ll quickly understand how valuable well-kept functional tires are.
The Trade-Down Effect Hurts GT Stock
While Goodyear may have several factors lifting sentiment for its bullish stakeholders, prospective investors should consider the company’s vulnerability to the trade-down effect. In short, Goodyear is a premium tire manufacturer facing competitive pressures from budget tires.
“To use a basic example, people who buy discretionary items through membership-only retailers like Costco (COST) could trade down to non-membership entities like Target (TGT). Should economic pressures sustain, they might trade down again to Walmart (WMT). Should circumstances continue to worsen, these same consumers could end up at discount retailers like Dollar Tree (DLTR).”
Should economic circumstances stay relatively stable, GT stock might not be overly exposed to the trade-down effect. However, prior dynamics suggest that should the economy slow down, Goodyear may be in trouble.
Even a decade-old article from Journal-News reported that recessions could impose hardships on specific segments of the auto repair industry. “With the economy, there’s people not fixing things that really, really need to be fixed,” said Eric Pohlman of Eric’s Auto Service in Hamilton. “They’re driving with a bald tire, a loose front-end part, and that’s dangerous.” That statement is still relevant.
In other words, when financial circumstances sour, drivers also put off tire replacements, even if doing so is incredibly dangerous. However, if push does come to shove, financially strapped consumers will probably opt for budget tires, not Goodyear tires.
Is Goodyear Stock a Good Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, GT stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on one Buy and two Holds assigned in the past three months. The average GT stock price target is $18.33, implying 29.3% upside potential.
Conclusion: Interesting, but Not Compelling
Perhaps the best way to describe GT stock is that its recent momentum is interesting but not compelling. While Goodyear has performed better than expected, a recession really hasn’t proven to be a winning catalyst for the company, particularly because it operates on the wrong end of the trade-down effect. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/goodyear-tire-gt-stock-momentum-convoluted-framework | 2022-08-23T07:15:45Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/goodyear-tire-gt-stock-momentum-convoluted-framework | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
British Airways (GB:IAG) is to cut 10,000 flights this winter as the airline industry struggles to recover post-pandemic amid staffing struggles, strikes and rising fuel costs.
IAG, the parent company of British airways, returned to profit in July with an operating profit of €293 million compared to a loss of €967 million in 2021.
The airline said in a statement, “While the vast majority of our customers will travel as planned and we’re protecting key holiday destinations over half-term, we will need to make some further changes up to the end of October.”
The move came after Heathrow Airport extended its ‘cap’ on passenger numbers from September until the end of October.
Heathrow passenger cap
Heathrow said: “We are asking our airline partners to stop selling summer tickets to limit the impact on passengers.
“We recognise that this will mean some summer journeys will either be moved to another day, another airport or be cancelled and we apologise to those whose travel plans are affected.
“But this is the right thing to do to provide a better, more reliable journey and to keep everyone working at the airport safe.”
The airline industry had been hoping for a surge in demand after the pandemic to regain lost revenues – but airlines have faced cancelled flights, long queues at airports, and a shortage of staff.
BA recently reached an agreement with its employees to end strikes, which provided some relief. The deal includes an 8% increase in pay and a temporary bonus.
In separate news, Wizz Air Holdings (GB:WIZZ) fell 9.89% after the company’s CFO Jourik Hooghe exited the budget airline to see ‘opportunities outside the company’.
The European carrier hopes to find a turnaround following a loss of €285m.
What is British Airways stock price?
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, International Consolidated Airlines’ stock is a Moderate Buy. This is based on ratings from 11 analysts, out of which five are Buy and six are Hold.
The average price target is 152.07p, which shows an increase of 28.14% on the current price. The analyst price target has a high and low forecast of 200p and 108.17p, respectively.
Is IAG a good stock?
These cancellations illustrate the struggles facing airlines going into winter, but IAG’s recent results show the group is in a good place. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/british-airways-cuts-10000-flights-in-sign-airline-struggles-are-not-over | 2022-08-23T07:15:51Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/british-airways-cuts-10000-flights-in-sign-airline-struggles-are-not-over | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sony’s PlayStation Productions is Developing a Gravity Rush Film
Following the success of the Uncharted movie, Sony Pictures is continuing to aggressively develop the company’s gaming library into potential movie franchises. Last week, it was Days Gone that lined up a screenwriter and a potential star. Now, via Deadline, a lesser known game, Gravity Rush, is next in line for its own feature film.
Sony’s PlayStation Productions and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions are teaming up to develop Gravity Rush. Anna Mastro (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) will direct the film from a script by Emily Jerome (Panopticon).
Gravity Rush was originally released in 2012 as a game for PlayStation Vita. The lead character is an amnesiac young woman named Kat who discovers that she can control gravity around herself. After awakening in the floating city of Heksville, Kat slowly masters her powers while uncovering the secrets of her past. She also faces fierce monsters called the Nevi.
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A remastered edition of the original game was released for PlayStation 4 in 2016, followed by a sequel in 2017. Regardless, this title has significantly less brand recognition than the majority of Sony’s planned PlayStation adaptations. However, Kat’s gravity powers could still be a compelling hook for the eventual film.
For now, the Gravity Rush feature is in a very early stage of development. And there’s no word when or if the film may begin production.
What do you think about the premise of this adaptation? And who would you cast as Kat? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Amid grim economic forecasts in Britain, the FTSE 100 slipped down 0.22% and the FTSE 250 slid 1.95%. A new forecast by analysts at Citi predicted that inflation would rise as high as 18% and that the Bank of England may have to raise interest rates as high as 7% in response.
Meanwhile, investors are looking to a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with a keynote from Jerome Powell, head of the Federal Reserve System, America’s central bank, which will offer information on U.S. GDP figures, and could offer hints on how much America is likely to raise interest rates.
‘The FTSE 100 began Monday in a downbeat mood ahead of what could prove to be a critical moment for markets at the end of this week,’ said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
Cineworld plunges again
Cineworld (GB:CINE)stock plunged 24.3% on the news that the embattled cinema chain is considering bankruptcy as it struggles with $5bn of debt. The chain has blamed a lack of upcoming blockbusters for its poor performance in recent months.
Hollywood has released fewer blockbuster films this year, after COVID restrictions disrupted production on several major films.
Wizz Air Holdings (GB:WIZZ) fell 9.89% after the company’s CFO Jourik Hooghe exited the budget airline to see ‘opportunities outside the company’.
The European carrier hopes to find a turnaround following a loss of €285m.
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Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, currently operating out of RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, flyover Dubrovnik Anntient City Walls, Croatia Aug. 22, 2022. The flyover demonstrates United States commitment and assurance to NATO Allies and Partners located in southeastern Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan Lazaro)
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Leading online marketplace eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) recently revealed that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire TCGplayer for $295 million. TCGplayer is an online marketplace for collectible card game enthusiasts.
The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023.
TCGplayer’s Acquisition Complements eBay’s Strategy
The buyout is in line with eBay’s strategy to cater to trading card enthusiasts as the company sees considerable growth in the space. TCGplayer is a leading player in this category with a technology platform that develops applications, inventory management tools, and hardware like robotic sorting machines. Moreover, it connects thousands of hobby stores and online sellers with customers and collectors across the world.
Meanwhile, eBay has been making some moves recently in the card space and is fortifying its position. In June, the company launched its vault for trading cards along with a dedicated shopping platform for collectibles.
Additionally, in May, the company expanded its Authenticity Guarantee to include graded cards worth over $2,000. The company said that it would partner with Professional Sports Authenticator, a third-party company that inspects and grades cards.
Investors are Loading up on eBay Stock
eBay’s recent moves are convincing top investors about the company’s future growth and they are buying its stock.
TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that top investors currently have a Very Positive stance on EBAY. Further, 7.7% of the top portfolios tracked by TipRanks, increased their exposure to EBAY stock over the past 30 days.
Is it Worth Buying eBay Stock?
Overall, the Wall Street community is cautiously optimistic about the stock with a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on eight Buys, 12 Holds, and two Sells. The average EBAY stock price prediction of $53.68 implies the stock has an upside potential of 18.3% from current levels. Shares have declined 37.2% over the past year.
Final Thoughts
With competition from other marketplaces, eBay is trying to create a niche for itself in the trading card category. Keeping this in mind, the company’s acquisition of TCGplayer should enhance its position as the preferred platform for dealing in trading cards.
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Gary Black, the managing partner of The Future Fund LLC and an avid Tesla (TSLA) bull, tweeted his thoughts about the ongoing Elon Musk-Twitter (TWTR) courtroom battle.
In the latest, billionaire Musk has subpoenaed Twitter’s co-founder and Ex-CEO Jack Dorsey to testify in the case. Black says this will scare the Twitter Board since he “knows where all the bodies are buried.”
Interestingly, Dorsey backed Musk earlier when the initial buyout talks started. Black even shared one of Dorsey’s tweets from April 25, in which he vouched for Musk to be “the singular solution” he trusted “to extend the light of consciousness.”
Twitter users have replied to Black’s tweets with enthusiasm. Some think summoning Dorsey will do the trick for Musk. Others believe Dorsey will not be truly honest about Twitter’s issues since he has himself signed the regulatory filings when he was a CEO.
Similarly, the masses are split on whether Twitter will win the courtroom battle and compel Musk to buy the microblogging site. A few think Musk will have his way and either walk out of the deal or have it renegotiated at a lower price. Either way, the courtroom drama is going to be an interesting one to follow.
Musk hopes that Dorsey will help support his argument that Twitter hasn’t been fully honest in disclosing the actual bot size on the social media platform.
On the other hand, Twitter has summoned Musk’s billionaire high-tech allies to court, which has made them very furious. As per a Washington Post report, Twitter hopes to seek extensive communication records from these investors. The subpoenas include “extensive requests for communications, including ‘checklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organizational calls, meetings, notes, recordings related to the deal’s financing.”
The case is to be heard over a five-day trial period starting October 17 in the Delaware Chancery Court. Both sides are determined to have their way in court. While Twitter wants Musk to carry out the $44 billion deal on the agreed-upon terms, Musk wants to back out of the deal, alleging misled information.
Is Twitter a Good Stock to Buy Now?
There is a lot of uncertainty revolving around the Musk-Twitter courtroom battle, leaving very little scope for conjecturing. Wall Street analysts have a Hold consensus rating on TWTR stock. This is based on two Buys versus 16 Holds on TipRanks. The average Twitter price target of $41.40 implies 3.7% downside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, amid all the drama, TWTR stock has gained 31.3% in the past six months. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/gary-black-tweets-on-jack-dorseys-subpoena | 2022-08-23T07:16:09Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/gary-black-tweets-on-jack-dorseys-subpoena | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Attorney for deputies gives their side of Mulberry excessive force arrest
An attorney for Randal Ray Worcester, 27, who was beaten during an arrest in Mulberry, Arkansas Sunday, said he is now out of the jail in the county where the "horrendous" arrest happened.
And an attorney for two deputies has responded to the video that shows the arrest and beating of Worcester.
Worcester was punched multiple times and kneed in the side during an arrest caught on video. Deputies Levi White and Zack King and Mulberry police officer Thell Riddle are seen in the video on top of Worcester.
David Powell, a Fort Smith attorney, said family members helped Worcester post $15,000 bail and walk out of the Crawford County Jail Monday afternoon.
"Our primary goal was to get him out, to get him out of the same detention center in the same county where he endured what we all saw on the 30 second clip," Powell said.
Russell Wood, a Russellville attorney, released a statement Monday on behalf of White and King, the two deputies in the video. He said the sheriff's department has more video that has not been released.
"There is another video from the Mulberry Police Department’s patrol unit that shows the full, unedited version of events that occurred and this has not been released," Wood reports.
Deputy White was responding to a person matching the description of a suspect that threatened to cut a woman’s face off with his knife, Wood states.
Wood states that Worcester provided a false identity to the deputies.
"While checking this false identity, the suspect became irate and viciously attacked deputy White by grabbing him by the legs, lifting him up and body slamming him, head first, on the concrete parking lot," according to the statement.
Wood reports that White struck his head on the concrete and the suspect then got on top of Deputy White and began striking him in the back of the head and face. White was "incapacitated momentarily but remembers getting repeatedly hit in the head and then seeing the suspect fighting with Corporal King and the Mulberry officer."
"Such a violent suspect cannot be allowed to remain unrestrained and all necessary force is authorized to arrest this type of violent suspect. The amount of force authorized under the law is always relative to the offense the suspect commits," Wood states.
White suffered a concussion as result of the attack, circular swelling and bruising above his right eye and is currently suffering from concussion symptoms.
There is video from a dashboard-mounted camera from a Mulberry police car, Wood states.
"I have requested release of the full Mulberry dash cam but have not received a response to my request. I understand that edited, video snippets are the new rage for social media and the news channels, but these deputies deserve the full truth to come out," Wood stated.
Wood said the Southern States Police Benevolent Association supports the deputies.
Meanwhile, Worcester plans to stay with a relative in Oklahoma. Powell said he will work to get any charges filed against Worcester dismissed in Crawford County.
Police in Alma said he had threatened a convenience store employee before riding a bicycle to Mulberry where he was confronted by the officers.
On Sunday, Aug. 21 in Mulberry, Worcester was jailed on complaints of second degree burglary, resisting arrest, refusal to submit, possessing an instrument of crime, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, terroristic threate, and second degree assault.
Worcester has been in good spirits, despite the arrest. It was not his first involving law officers.
Worcester is currently serving a three year suspended sentence out of Cleveland County, Oklahoma where he was charged in July 2021 with assault and battery on an Oklahoma City police officer and obstruction of a police officer, court records show
During the arrest in Mulberry he suffered several injuries to his head, elbows, knees, Powell said.
"What he went through yesterday (Sunday) was horrific. He's complained of neck pain today, but overall he is in good spirits," Powell said. "We're very happy to see him out of custody at this point."
Powell said he thinks any charges filed against Powell in Crawford County could be dismissed.
"Going forward we will have meetings with the local DA, the local sheriff's office and hopefully getting this resolved," Powell said. "The number one goal that we have on our wish list is that we can actually get this entire case dismissed and put behind him. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/22/two-deputies-mulberry-crawford-county-defended-attorney-statements-viral-video-police-beating-man/7870427001/ | 2022-08-23T07:28:15Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/22/two-deputies-mulberry-crawford-county-defended-attorney-statements-viral-video-police-beating-man/7870427001/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For country music artist Trey Taylor, Fort Smith 'kind of feels like home'
Denver native loves Fort Smith
When Trey Taylor was growing up back in Denver, people made fun of him as the little Black kid who loved country music.
But Taylor proved them wrong, signing with the same recording label as Dolly Parton when he was just 16.
“They used to say things to me like 'Dolly Parton doesn’t even know you exist.' Well, she sure does now," Taylor said.
Taylor, now 23, visited Fort Smith last May when he performed for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund.
“I just fell in love with Fort Smith, Arkansas," Taylor said. He later added, “It kind of feels like home for me."
Abbie Cox, a development manager for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund, was moved by Taylor's performance as the son of a single mother, Cox said.
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It was at that performance that Mayor George McGill presented Taylor with a key to the city.
Taylor plans to return to Fort Smith to perform for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund on Sept. 24. On top of that, between September and November, Taylor will be recording his new music at Sol Studios in Fort Smith.
“He could have done it in Nashville. He couldn’ve done it in LA, and he’s going to do it here," Cox said about Taylor recording in Fort Smith.
While he is recording, Taylor wants to recruit Fort Smith artists to play with him. Much of Taylor's music reflects his love for old-time country music.
“My music is a product of basically I always joke if Glen Campbell, Ronnie Milsap and Ray Charles all had a baby, it’d be me," Taylor said.
Melissa Rowe, who has written songs with Taylor, described his music similarly.
“Trey has a fascination with old school artists and legendary figures in the country music world, but he’s also very young and contemporary," Rowe said. "It’s kind of a combination of contemporary classic country music."
Taylor said he experiments with different sounds. He is not afraid to up the bass or to pick a banjo for a song.
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He looks for songs with feeling and performs from the heart.
“I’m a song hunter. I listen to songs from every genre," Taylor said.
Taylor has also collaborated with Debby Campbell, Glen Campbell's daughter.
“He’s a go-getter he’s definitely a go-getter, you know. I think he’ll succeed, you know. He’s got the drive definitely," Debby Campbell said.
Back in high school, Taylor had to figure out how to make an album without missing too much school. In those early days, Taylor did not perform very much. That all changed when he graduated from high school.
In 2018, Taylor did a nationwide show, performing about 300 times in that year.
“Trey is very contagious. He’s fire. He’ll motivate you just because he’s so positive," Jonnie Henderson, Taylor's long-time friend. He later added, “I think the whole world needs some of that today."
Alex Gladden is a University of Arkansas graduate. She previously reported for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The Jonesboro Sun before joining the Times Record. She can be contacted at agladden@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/23/trey-taylor-country-artist-new-album-perform-upcoming-fort-smith-fundraiser/10155452002/ | 2022-08-23T07:28:21Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/23/trey-taylor-country-artist-new-album-perform-upcoming-fort-smith-fundraiser/10155452002/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The pair is trading down to 0.6857 on the day currently, its lowest level in a month as sellers look to take out the 5 August low at 0.6869 on the daily chart. The 38.2 Fib retracement level sits nearby at 0.6855 next but it's tough to fight the momentum at the moment as risk stays on the defensive and the dollar continuing to pull ahead.
The next key test for the pair will be a look back towards 0.6700 potentially with the weekly chart underscoring technical support at a key trendline (white line) after the rejection of the 200-week moving average: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/audusd-falls-to-fresh-one-month-lows-as-risk-stays-on-the-defensive-20220823/ | 2022-08-23T07:34:53Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/audusd-falls-to-fresh-one-month-lows-as-risk-stays-on-the-defensive-20220823/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Eurostoxx -0.3%
- Germany DAX -0.3%
- France CAC 40 -0.4%
- UK FTSE -0.4%
- Spain IBEX -0.3%
This mirrors the mood of US futures, which are down roughly 0.2% as we get things going on the session. The overall risk mood is leaning towards the softer side while the dollar is keeping slightly firmer alongside the yen on the day so far. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-lower-at-the-open-today-20220823/ | 2022-08-23T07:35:05Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-lower-at-the-open-today-20220823/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV)- A Hawaii hemp company is suing the Hawaii Department of Health. In June, Pinky's Hempire shops were raided which forced the company to shut down all five of its locations. Now the business is making a comeback.
The Pinky's in Waikiki is open. II's the only one operating and it's doors opened yesterday for the first time since the raid. The owner says no charges have been filed against him. He's blaming the state's Department of Health for changes to the state's hemp law that he said is the basis for the raid.
Pinky's Hempire may have all its shops raided June. But it's got a special place in owner Mark White's heart. "Pink is our way of saying we've had enough of cancer and what its done to my family. We want that to be recognized in everything we do. We don't sell anything that's not good for you," said White.
His sister in law, mother, and niece all died from cancer.
Now he wants people to know his shops are not a disease in community. "It started with a search warrant by the police looking for Delta 9 THC, the illegal kind. The kind I don't sell and the kind they did not find," said White. Then came the Hawaii Department of Health. White said they were looking for THC 8 and THC 10. He says when he opened his stores those were legal. He didn't know anything about changes to the law, that changed that designation.
"Feb 24,2022 the Department of Health covertly passed an amendment. In that amendment they banned Delta 8 and Delta 10. That amendment was significant on its face. It impacts the vast majority of thc sellers," said James D. Dipasquale of Dipasquale & Summers, the law firm representing Pinky's Hempire.
White is suing the Hawaii Department of Health saying federal rules prohibit the changing of hemp designations, and Hawaii rules say there has to be an opportunity to dispute such a change. The Department of Health say they are unable to comment on pending litigation. White says one of the reasons he's filing the suit, is that he wasn't alerted to the changes to the rules before the raid.
"Without any notification, I didn't know the rules were changed. I found out now they were changed a month before they raided my store," said White.
Pinky's owner says he's adapting newly bought inventory to fit the changes, but he still lost a lot of money because what's still being held by the police department and his loss of business. That's why the he filed the lawsuit. They will be selling their newly compliant stock as the lawsuit moves forward.
Jefferson Tyler joined KITV after a lengthy stint in Reno, Nev. where he covered a variety of subjects. From wildfires to presidential elections, Jefferson takes pride in creating balanced stories that keep viewers’ attentions. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/pinkys-hempire-files-lawsuit-against-dept-of-health-and-re-opens-first-store-after-raid/article_e1ad5d1e-22a7-11ed-91bc-2ba460d3834e.html | 2022-08-23T07:36:03Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/pinkys-hempire-files-lawsuit-against-dept-of-health-and-re-opens-first-store-after-raid/article_e1ad5d1e-22a7-11ed-91bc-2ba460d3834e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV-4) Influencer marketing isn’t cheap -- just ask popular celebrity Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who charges $1.5 million for one post.
The global social media market size is expected to grow from about $160 billion in 2021 to $223 Billion in 2022, according to the Business Research Company.
And more social media influencers are turning their hobby into a full-time gig.
In the world of influencers on Instagram and TikTok, the more followers you have, the more money you can make.
It doesn't matter what social platform you're on. Micro-influencers with 6,000 to 10,000 followers can make about $88 per post.
An influencer with 50,000 to 80,000 followers can charge $200 for a post.
Instagram is the primary stage for influencers and they don't need millions of followers to earn money on Instagram.
Whitney Cordray, also known as @TurtleGirlFit on social media, turned up her social media presence during COVID, when she didn’t work much as a dental assistant.
She turned to Instagram, TikTok and OnlyFans to make money. It took her three months to buy her dad a new car -- and he was finally able to retire. Today, she brings in about $200,000 a year.
“Of course, he thought it was weird because he is old school and he doesn’t understand social media, but all he sees is that I’m happy," says Cordray. 'He’s happy now. I don’t see him stressed out. And trying to further my career in this.. I'm very blessed.”
Social media influencers who have more than 100,000 followers can charge $500 for a post. But that depends on the social media platform.
Jonny Benetiz works on Kauai with a tour company. His sidehustle is collaborating with sponsors on his social media.
Jonny Benitez, or @JonnyTsunami808 says, “Instagram, TikTok videos all of that generates me money. I get from $5 to $10 grand a month sometimes, that varies if my videos go viral or what companies I’m working with but also goes into merch.”
Tristan Hamm, or who runs the @RevivedOutdoors account, explains, “Everybody has Instagram, everybody has access to TikTok, anyone can use for a side hustle to give back to their community. To change their life. To quit their job and start a whole new career path. “
Economists say, before COVID, 10 to 11 percent of people worked part time at home.
Today, that number is about 20 percent, as more people find unconventional ways to work -- especially through social media marketing and influencing with just their phone.
Before her success as a social media influencer, Whitney was addicted to pain pills following an accident for 10 years. And now she wants to help others with her influence.
"When I was addicted, I would focus my attention to these creators who would make me laugh to inspire me to do better, because I was in such a dark point," says Cordray. "So I want to be that fuel for other people so that they know if they are in that dark place, it doesn’t last forever. “
Marketing Outlook reports that the top 5 social media platforms for influencer marketing are: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A Delaware state trooper who illegally used a criminal justice computer system to find New Jersey vehicle information for a friend has been placed on six months’ probation, the Department of Justice said.
The department said Friday that James Boyda was asked to run the plates of a car his friend was “having problems with” in New Jersey in March, but Boyda didn’t know the car was parked in his friend’s ex-girlfriend’s driveway, The News Journal reported. Boyda gave the information to his friend, who used the information to harass his ex-girlfriend, officials said. The friend faces criminal charges in New Jersey.
While Boyda was clearly misled, “his lack of malice does not change the fact that his actions enabled the harassment of an innocent woman,” Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said in an emailed statement.
According to the plea agreement, Boyda’s probation will end once he’s retrained and recertified in “acceptable” uses of law enforcement computer systems. Until his recertification, the Department of Justice said Boyda won't be allowed to access any crime data. This probationary period replaces a suspended yearlong prison sentence. | https://www.wboc.com/news/officials-delaware-trooper-disciplined-for-sharing-info-with-friend/article_901c66ce-22b2-11ed-b3e3-9b99d8c4aa23.html | 2022-08-23T07:37:59Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/officials-delaware-trooper-disciplined-for-sharing-info-with-friend/article_901c66ce-22b2-11ed-b3e3-9b99d8c4aa23.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. warns Russia "stepping up efforts" against civilians in Ukraine
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is urging American citizens to leave the country, citing State Department information indicating that civilians face a heightened risk from Russian military strikes in the coming days.
Driving the news: The security alert was issued late Monday, as U.S. and Ukrainian officials raise concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be planning a fresh offensive six months on from the launch of the Feb. 24 invasion that could coincide with Ukraine's Independence Day Wednesday, which marks the end of Soviet rule, per the New York Times.
What they're saying: "Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days," the U.S. Embassy said in its alert.
- "The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options if it is safe to do so."
The big picture: The car bomb death of Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin has led to some nationalists in Russia to call for an escalation in the war on Ukraine after the Kremlin blamed Kyiv for the attack, which Ukrainian officials deny.
Meanwhile, the area around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station continues to be shelled, raising concerns the plant could be attacked. The European Union, U.S. and 41 other countries have demanded Russian forces withdraw from the area. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/us-warns-russia-stepping-up-efforts-against-civilians-in-ukraine | 2022-08-23T07:43:00Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/us-warns-russia-stepping-up-efforts-against-civilians-in-ukraine | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Isofol Medical AB (publ), (NASDAQ Stockholm: ISOFOL), announced today that the company's interim report for January-June 2022 is now available on the company's website, www.isofolmedical.com.
The information in the press release is intended for investors.
Second quarter, April–June 2022
- Net revenue amounted to TSEK 4,027 (7,333) and other revenue to TSEK 0 (0)
- The result for the period amounted to TSEK -54,033 (-45,394)
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.33 (-0.48)
- Cash and cash equivalents at June 30 amounted to TSEK 277,727 (530,682)
First half of the year, January-June 2022
- Net revenue amounted to TSEK 8,033 (12,548) and other revenue to TSEK 1 (0)
- The result for the period amounted to TSEK -101,907 (-88,055)
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.63 (-0.99)
Significant events during the second quarter 2022
- On April 22, it was announced that the analysis process of study data from the AGENT study had begun.
- Jan Törnell was elected as new Chairman of the Board of the company in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting on May 19.
Significant events after the event of the period
- On August 3, Isofol presented the topline results of the global pivotal AGENT study in advanced colorectal cancer. The data revealed that the study did not achieve the primary endpoint of objective response rate (ORR) or the key secondary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS).
- In July, Isofol received approval of a biomarker analysis patent.
CEO´s comment:
" It is incredibly disappointing that the results from the top-line analysis did not demonstrate the advantages we had hoped for. Final data and sub-group analyses will be decisive for the final assessment of our application options. I would like to point out that Isofol has a strong financial position, which will enable us to complete the AGENT study and analyze the final data in an efficient and reliable manner. This is very important in the situation we now find ourselves in.", says CEO Ulf Jungnelius.
Audiocast, August 23, at 12:30 p.m. CEST
In conjunction with the publication of the interim report for the second quarter of 2022, Isofol invites investors, analysts, and media to an audiocast on August 23, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. CEST. The presentation will be held by Isofol´s CEO Ulf Jungnelius and CFO Gustaf Albèrt, who will present and comment the report, followed by a Q&A-session. The presentation will be held in English.
Date and time
August 23, 2022, at 12.30 p.m. CEST
Webcast link
https://tv.streamfabriken.com/isofol-medical-q2-2022
Phone number
To participate via telephone, please dial one of the numbers below.
SWE: +46 8 50 51 63 86
UK +44 203 198 48 84
US +1 412 317 6300, PIN 3977834#
The presentation will also be available on Isofol's website after the broadcast:
https://isofolmedical.com/company-presentations/
For more information, please contact
Isofol Medical AB (publ)
Ulf Jungnelius, M.D., CEO
E-mail: jungnelius@isofolmedical.com
Telephone: +46 709-16 89 55
Gustaf Albèrt, CFO
E-mail: gustaf.albert@isofolmedical.com
Telephone: +46 709-16 83 02
This information is information that Isofol Medical AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 08:00 CEST, on August 23, 2022.
About Isofol Medical AB (publ)
Isofol Medical AB (publ) is a clinical stage biotech company that is progressing and advancing current standards of care for people living with cancer by working to improve the efficacy of the current chemotherapeutic standards of care. Isofol is focused on developing a drug for the first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and seeks to elevate current clinical practice by unlocking the full strength of 5-FU with the addition of arfolitixorin. Isofol holds a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Cie, Schaffhausen, Germany to develop and commercialize arfolitixorin for use in oncology. Isofol Medical AB (publ) is traded on Nasdaq, Stockholm.
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- Dr. Christopher Kellner from Mount Sinai Health System successfully enrolled the first patients in the DIVE (Deployment of Irrigating Intraventricular Catheter System) study.
- DIVE is designed to measure the effectiveness of IRRAflow to treat intraventricular hemorrhage versus standard EVD treatment.
- The Neurosurgery and Neurology Departments at The Mount Sinai Hospital were recently ranked 9th in the US, according to U.S. News and World Report.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IRRAS, a commercial-stage medical technology company with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products for neurocritical care, today announced the initial patient treatments with the company's IRRAflow system within Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, one of the United States' largest and most respected hospital groups. Thus far, two patients suffering from intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) have been enrolled in the Deployment of Irrigating Intraventricular Catheter System (DIVE) clinical trial for patients. The DIVE study will assess the IRRAflow system's ability to more effectively treat patients experiencing IVH than traditional treatment with an external ventricular drain (EVD).
The DIVE study is a retrospective and prospective cohort, controlled, single-center, phase 1 study with a primary objective of evaluating the safety and radiographic outcomes associated with using IRRAS' IRRAflow system compared to the current standard of care with external ventricular drains. Dr. Christopher Kellner, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Intracerebral Hemorrhage program at Mount Sinai, is the Principal Investigator of the study, which will compare retrospective EVD data from Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai West Hospital to prospective data collected from future patients treated with IRRAflow in up to 140 patients (70 EVD versus 70 IRRAflow).
"We are excited to enroll our first patients in the DIVE study," said Dr. Kellner. "We believe that the combination of irrigation and drainage has the potential to be a more efficient and cost-effective means to treat intraventricular hemorrhage than traditional passive drainage. Our first patient was successfully treated in just 67 hours, a significant reduction from our historic data for ICU and hospital length of stay. This study will continue to enroll patients and assess outcomes."
"Our growing partnership with Mount Sinai is another exciting step toward IRRAS becoming a leader in the treatment of intracranial bleeding," said Will Martin, President and CEO of IRRAS. "Working closely with such a prestigious institution and closely tracking the outcomes of their patients within the DIVE study will be an important piece of the growing pool of clinical evidence to support improved outcomes with IRRAflow for this critically ill group of patients."
The Mount Sinai Health System is an internationally recognized leader in clinical neurosurgery, neurosurgery education, and neurosurgery research. For 2021-2022, Neurosurgery and Neurology at The Mount Sinai Hospital rank 9th in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report.
About IRRAS
IRRAS is a global medical care company focused on delivering innovative medical solutions to improve the lives of critically ill patients. IRRAS designs, develops, and commercializes neurocritical care products that transform patient outcomes and decrease the overall cost of care by addressing complications associated with current treatment methodologies. IRRAS markets and sells its comprehensive, innovative IRRAflow and Hummingbird ICP Monitoring product lines to hospitals worldwide through its direct sales organization in the United States and select European countries as well as an international network of distribution partners.
IRRAS maintains its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, with corporate offices in Munich, Germany, and San Diego, California, USA. For more information, please visit www.irras.com.
IRRAS is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: IRRAS).
For more information, please contact:
Sten Gustafsson
Director, Investor Relations
sten.gustafsson@irras.com
+46 102 11 5172
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Here's a snapshot at the equities space at the moment:
- Eurostoxx +0.2%
- DAX +0.2%
- CAC 40 +0.1%
- UK FTSE -0.3%
- S&P 500 futures +0.2%
- Nasdaq futures +0.2%
- Dow futures +0.2%
That's a bit of a contrast to the open earlier here. One can argue that the better manufacturing PMI data from Germany may be a trigger but when you read between the lines, the report is actually rather poor. The services reading slumped heavily and the contraction in Europe's biggest economy actually gathered pace in August relative to July.
In any case, the action so far on the session points to some light pushing and pulling in broader markets as well. EUR/USD is back up to 0.9940 after having tested 0.9900 earlier. GBP/USD is also flat now at 1.1770 after having hit a low of 1.1718 at the start of the session. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-recover-from-early-stumble-in-back-and-forth-start-20220823/ | 2022-08-23T08:05:21Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-recover-from-early-stumble-in-back-and-forth-start-20220823/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Prior 51.2
- Manufacturing PMI 49.7 vs 49.0 expected
- Prior 49.8
- Composite PMI 49.2 vs 49.0 expected
- Prior 49.9
The manufacturing print beat estimates but still dropped to a 26-month low, while the services print continues to highlight a further decline in demand conditions - falling to a 17-month low. Meanwhile, the composite reading was slightly better than expected but still reflected a decline to a 18-month low. That signals a deeper contraction in the euro area economy in August than in July.
All in all, this points to a contraction in Q3 output and with services activity suffering already suffering ahead of the winter months, the outlook is rather bleak to say the least. S&P Global notes that:
“The latest PMI data for the eurozone point to an economy in contraction during the third quarter of the year. Cost of living pressures mean that the recovery in the service sector following the lifting of pandemic restrictions has ebbed away, while manufacturing remained mired in contraction in August, seeing another record accumulation of stocks of finished goods as firms were unable to shift products in a falling demand environment. This glut of inventories suggests little prospect of an improvement in manufacturing production any time soon.
“Declining output is now being seen across a range of sectors, from basic materials and autos firms through to tourism and real estate companies as economic weakness becomes more broad based in nature.
“The rebuilding of workforces following the pandemic is also losing steam, with firms increasingly reluctant to hire additional staff given falling new orders and relatively weak business sentiment.
“Businesses are at least continuing to see weaker rises in their costs, in turn increasing their selling prices at a softer pace. This should help to feed through to slower consumer price inflation later in the year, although it appears that any alleviation to the inflation
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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.
Read this Term situation is coming too late to provide any real support to demand. The remainder of 2022 is therefore looking to be one of struggle for firms across the eurozone.”
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Dinosaur tracks dating from around 113 million years ago were revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that have dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement.
"Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of the river in the park belong to Acrocanthosaurus. This was a dinosaur that would stand, as an adult, about 15 feet tall and weight close to seven tons," park spokesperson Stephanie Salinas Garcia told CNN in an email.
The other species that left behind tracks was Sauroposeidon, which would be about 60 feet tall and weigh about 44 tons as an adult, Garcia added.
The tracks were spotted after this summer's excessive drought conditions, which caused a river in the park to dry out completely in most locations.
As of last week, more than 60% of Texas was experiencing drought in two of the most intense categories, according to the US Drought Monitor. The state also recently experienced heatwaves that pushed temperatures in the triple digits, leaving millions in the state under excessive heat alerts.
Under normal weather conditions, however, the dinosaur tracks are typically under the water and filled with sediment, which buries them and makes them less visible, Garcia explained.
"Being able to find these discoveries and experience new dinosaur tracks is always an exciting time at the park!" Garcia added.
Meanwhile, the tracks are expected to be buried again as rain is forecast, according to Garcia, who added that the process helps protect the tracks from natural weathering and erosion.
"While these newer dinosaur tracks were visible for a brief amount of time, it brought about the wonder and excitement about finding new dinosaur tracks at the park," Garcia said. "Dinosaur Valley State Park will continue to protect these 113-million year-old tracks not only for present, but future generations."
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Artificial Sweeteners Can Increase the Risk of Diabetes and Weight Gain, Finds New Study
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In 2019, physician Michael Herschel Greger posed a question in his book How Not To Diet: “Animal agriculture has been feeding artificial sweeteners to farm animals since the 1950s, boasting that their addition ‘increases … body weight gain and … optimizes return on investment.’ What about [its impact] in people?” A new study — showing how artificial sweeteners are linked to an increased risk of diabetes and even weight gain in the face of their sugarless promise — appears to have an answer for him.
Artificial sweeteners have long been promoted in health and wellness discourse as the “healthier alternatives” to sugar in everything from soft drinks to desserts. In India, actors like Bipasha Basu, Parineeti Chopra, and recently, Katrina Kaif, have endorsed their usage as a choice for a ‘fitter lifestyle.’ But the new study, published last week in Cell, debunks the mythical claims of these seemingly ‘magical’ sugar substitutes.
The researchers behind the study used a multitude of common artificial sweeteners — including saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, and stevia — to test their impact on 120 healthy adults over a period of two weeks. As it turns out, the sweeteners were found to alter the bacteria that colonize the gut, resulting in a negative impact on glucose tolerance, or the body’s “ability to dispose of a glucose load.” This is essentially a measure of how adept our bodies are at moving sugar from the blood and turning it into muscle and fat. Then an impaired glucose tolerance can increase the risk of developing diabetes and gaining weight.
“This strategy [of using sugar substitutes] has been around for a while as an alternative to [sugar], but our findings beg the question [of] whether they are producing the benefits or not,” noted first author Jotham Suez, a microbiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, referencing that “in the past several decades, there has been a massive increase in the prevalence of these metabolic conditions [like diabetes and obesity].” And now, it seems they could indeed be related.
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The present findings are in line with a 2014 study, published in Nature and also led by Suez, which investigated the link between artificial sweeteners and obesity. Conducted on mice, the research culminated in findings analogous to the present one. The researchers noticed obesity-associated metabolic changes in the mice exposed to artificial sweeteners. This, too, was the result of the sweeteners inducing glucose intolerance in mice by altering their gut microbiota. Unfortunately, though, since the study focused on mice and not humans, its findings weren’t taken as seriously, and people continued to use it to cut calories and lose weight.
The present findings make the hazards associated with consuming artificial sweeteners harder to dismiss. As Robert Lustig, a neuroendocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who wasn’t involved in the study, told The Scientist, “The food industry went ballistic [in 2014] because, obviously, this is a major threat. They came up with a zillion reasons why the study was no good… This [new study] is fundamental because it proves causation, not just correlation.”
Another study from 2014 added to the body of research highlighting the negative health outcomes of consuming artificial sweeteners. Its researchers found that most sugar substitutes actually trick our brains into wanting more junk, exposing many of its users to increases calorie intake.
Greger has an explanation for it, “[Artificial sweetener brands] emphasiz[e] that [their products are] hardly even absorbed into the body and ends up in the colon to be eliminated. Therein may lie the problem… [A]rtificial sweeteners can lead to metabolic disturbance [due to] disconnect that develops between the amount of sweetness the brain tastes on the tongue and how much blood sugar actually ends up reaching the brain. Your brain may end up feeling cheated by the artificial sweeteners, figuring you have to consume more and more sweetness in order to get enough calories.”
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Basically, by “disturb[ing] the body’s ability to count calories,” as WebMD puts it, diet foods and drinks sweetened using sugar substitutes can end up facilitating weight gain rather than weight loss. And this, of course, is not counting their contribution to metabolic conditions, and as yet another study found, heart disease and stroke. Moreover, besides being deficient in calories, artificial sweeteners also lack nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber, unlike real sugar.
According to Greger, thankfully, the glucose intolerance induced by sugar substitutes is largely reversible. But he has some bad news, too, “The good news is that after stopping artificial sweeteners, your original balance of gut bacteria can be restored within a matter of weeks. The problem is that we may be exposed without even knowing it… from nondietary sources, such as toothpaste and mouthwash.”
Overall, the oft-touted benefits of artificial sweeteners on people’s health seem rather suspect. It is pertinent to note, though, that in moderation, perhaps, they might still work — especially for people who can’t consume sugar at all. “Even if it is proven in the future that artificial sweeteners are detrimental for the general population, this might not be true in all cases… At the moment, I would not advise against artificial sweeteners per se, but instead, I would stress the importance of a balanced diet and regular exercise,” Inês Cebola from Imperial College London, who wasn’t involved in the present study, had advised.
The takeaway, then, seems to be one of cautious usage. Rather than relying on literature sponsored by artificial sweetener brands — and, of course, endorsements that promote their unquestioning usage — it might be a better idea to consult a physician about one’s individual dietary requirements before buying into fads and replacing sugar completely. | https://theswaddle.com/how-artificial-sweeteners-can-increase-risk-of-diabetes-weight-gain/ | 2022-08-23T08:22:46Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/how-artificial-sweeteners-can-increase-risk-of-diabetes-weight-gain/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How the Rise of Internet Father Figures Threatens Women, Gender Minorities
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Earlier today, TikTok banned Andrew Tate, an influencer known for spreading extreme misogyny. Meta and Instagram had done so earlier last week — and so did Twitter, after he claimed that rape victims should “bear responsibility” for their attacks. Other ‘hot takes’ of Tate include describing women as property, while calling them lazy, and saying they belong inside the house. He might be banned now, but the damage has already been done. Tate’s reach is unfathomable — on TikTok, he has over 11 billion views.
Gods and fathers with a capital G and F have been a cultural fixation — myths extol them, and legends uphold their role as the disciplinarians of society. They are patriarchs; men who style themselves after them, represent our most base histories in exclusion, violence, and prejudice. They’re generally shunned in polite society, but on the Internet, they enjoy cult status. And so, it has come to be that Andrew Tate represents a dangerous father figure for a new generation.
The phenomenon points to an unsettling Internet trend — where growing progressivism is met with a scarily effective pushback in the form of the cult of father figures who style themselves as the resistance. In reinforcing the most traditional norms around gender, they validate the supremacy of men and endorse a kind of masculinity that can only exist in tandem with misogyny — by putting down women and those existing outside the gender binary.
Although Tate is more openly hateful in his views about women, his popularity lies in the way he instructs young men on how to behave — providing them with a ready playbook for several milestones in their lives. It’s the same way that another cultural father figure — Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson — acts as a benevolent patriarch while pitting impressionable people against others who are far more vulnerable.
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These men ply in what they call logic, facts, and histories that the “woke left” wants us all to forget. They emphasize what they deem to be the “natural” state of things — hierarchies, biological sex, and gender roles. Where Jordan Peterson speaks in vocabulary that sounds right but isn’t, Tate is the other side of the same coin that “says it like it is.” “Peterson speaks to disaffected millennial men, validating their prejudices about feminists and serving as a surrogate father figure,” wrote Nathan J Robinson, about how our current political landscape has given rise to figures like him.
Peterson’s rise to cultural prominence — especially among men — should have been a warning, then, for the way it could potentially pave way for others to succeed him. He frequently attacks social justice discourse as “postmodern Marxism” (a coinage that itself makes no sense) and is notorious for undermining trans rights, and opposing legislation that upholds them.
In other words, he’s the Internet’s “red pill” — a term that describes a distortion in someone’s understanding of the world, usually for the worse, and leads to a nihilistic, cruel, and often misogynistic outlook thereafter. The term has its origins in The Matrix, where the protagonist Neo is offered a choice between taking a blue pill, that would allow him to remain content in ignorance, or the red pill, that would show him a life-altering truth about the world. And Andrew Tate, incidentally, preaches to his mostly male followers about “escaping the matrix” — along with giving them pro tips on how to treat women and find masculine communities.
Their influence also spans countries — speaking to the lowest common denominator of patriarchy everywhere. Because their worldview is so deceptively simple, it has a wide appeal — every society has been born out of unequal social orders, especially along gendered lines, and every society has seen some form of resistance against these arbitrary hierarchies. But the Petersons and the Tates of the world cement an arbitrary connection between the longevity of an ideology, and nature. In other words, because something has been a certain way for a long time, that must make it natural. This, in turn, means that men can reclaim their authority on this basis — making the father figures in essence the flag-bearers for a return to a disquieting status quo. | https://theswaddle.com/how-the-rise-of-internet-father-figures-threatens-women-gender-minorities/ | 2022-08-23T08:22:49Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/how-the-rise-of-internet-father-figures-threatens-women-gender-minorities/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The ‘Quiet Quitting’ Trend Has a Branding Problem
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A 17-second viral video is both a perfect and imperfect articulation of our collective lament of love and labor. “Quiet quitting” is the name, started in digital corners, given to work culture where people do what they are paid for, and don’t valorize overwork. It is not as much a revolution as it is a characterization of our exhaustion with hustle culture, which always rewards workers for going above their pay grade. The trend is perfect for the reality check it offers to millions of Gen Z and millennial workers. As the TikToker says: quiet quitting is about “[not] subscribing to the hustle-culture mentality that work has to be your life.” The reality, they add, is that your worth as a person is not defined by your labor.
But its imperfection also rises from the trend’s phrasing. To show up, do your work, and go home without succumbing to extra labor is just…working? Are people really “quitting” — a term rife with cultural disdain around defeatism — if they favor healthy boundaries at the workplace over a culture that demands unquestioned hustling?
The principle and the branding don’t quite match. This is not to say people’s rejection of overwork should be perfect, but that an ode to healthy boundaries is simultaneously being misheard and misrepresented as incompetence or doing the “bare minimum.” When we label adhering to one’s job description as “quiet quitting,” we risk normalizing a culture where this isn’t enough — in effect achieving the opposite of what we set out to do with the term.
We know younger workers are in tandem with the misery at the heart of quiet quitting. Most recent survey data from Gallup shows worker engagement is falling across generations. Another found almost 60% of young people’s idea of “ideal employers” has them prioritizing work-life balance over all else. LinkedIn’s individual survey too showed that 33% of people are striving for a better — nay, some — work-life balance; with some even willing to compromise on their pay for healthy work culture.
The groan of “quiet quitters” draws from an acute state of exhaustion. “Our desire for happiness at work is one that has been constructed for us, and the world that constructed that desire is falling apart around us,” as writer Sarah Jaffe put it. People are competing for more, doing more, being expected to be “on the go.” There is burnout — pandemic-infused or otherwise — along with limited growth opportunities and even more limited pay. Perhaps, there’s a gnawing disillusionment as Jaffe reasons. There is guilt about not raving with passion about the work or embracing it with loving arms. But this is also a guilt that villainizes limiting one’s work to their job descriptions, while manipulating people into deprioritizing their own space and sanity. Quiet quitting in theory is to stop doing work that people think is beyond what they were hired to do and not getting compensated for. It’s an eschewal of going above and beyond ad infinitum.
Every now and then work cultures catch a bit of zeitgeist and are borne aloft into the mainstream conversations around productivity and labor. The conversation, since when “quiet quitting” was first articulated on TikTok, is playing out rather jumbled.
For one, “quiet quitting” carries implicit defeatism in the phrase — almost as if people aren’t quite living up to the challenge, or are expressing a collective disinterest in doing the bare minimum at work. Work cultures globally, and in India, have sufficiently stigmatized quitting; quitting is bowing down in a world that sees “hard work” and “persistence” as the only way to succeed, even in an economic setting where inheritance and wealth are unequally distributed.
A “quiet quitter” may then be one who is working as per the job description, but the cultural baggage around quitting follows them still. Moreover, the phrasing taps into the vagueness of the bare minimum: the minimum takes on a different appearance for different people, and in this case, an advocacy for maintaining healthy boundaries at work is being confused with people just doing the minimum work. This underplays the actual labor and effort that people are actually doing, distorting the idea of work, value, and compensation. The media legitimizes the trend and articulates it in a way that loses the actual articulation: that is, people are tired, and want to do just what they are paid for, go back at 6:30, and have a life.
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Two, the corporate response is then to start attributing credible exhaustion to misplaced ideas of “laziness,” or worse, chalk a plea for boundaries up to a fad. This is reflected in op-eds as a response to quiet quitting already: “quietly” quitting is not helping anyone, muses one. It hurts the company and people’s long-term prospects. The logic goes that productivity takes a hit, the company goes into decline, and it reflects badly on the employees who are seen as “underperformers” in the larger narrative of the corporate world. The mental gymnastics come full circle; what is forgotten is how frequently and swiftly people’s workload has increased especially during the pandemic without raising questions of adequate compensation. People’s rejection of the “rise and grind” culture is misconstrued as a rejection of the “rise” in itself; these are people with “bad attitudes” who refuse to put in the extra.
This stops employers from meaningfully introspecting why people are burnt out, or how the systems of work as they stand now may be failing to respond to a demographic whose motivations and lifestyles stand drastically altered. People aren’t bowing out of career progression, but the idea that their career is their life. Someone at a start-up company noted how before the pandemic, they worked 50+ hours per week — weekends and evenings were for being productive instead for the self. The lockdown allowed for re-prioritizing the desire to “work to live instead of live to work.”
“Slowly, over the past year I have put more boundaries in place at work. I try to work my 37.5 paid hours, have taken my emails off my mobile phone, and no longer work weekends – ever. I believe the phrase for what I’m doing is called ‘quiet quitting’ but I like to call it ‘doing my job in the hours I’m paid,'” the person noted.
This is not to say there is anything wrong with TikTok being the new “virtual water cooler” — it gives a new generation of people the tools and space for dialogue. Quiet quitting doesn’t have to address the actual problem of burnout and uncompensated labor, and can still be a potent crystallization of a moment where people are realizing the possibilities of a world where labor is duly compensated. Some three years ago, before the pandemic and before quiet quitting, a writer aptly noted it is young people who will save work from itself and us form office life. This is a cluster of people who no longer express fealty to exploitative institutions, who don’t want to give their whole life to work.
“Quiet quitting” is as much about resignation from exploitative demands of the workplace as it is about a reawakening. If there were a new-age treatise around modern work, it would start with three reckonings: work is a part of our lives, any engagement with it deserves adequate compensation, and extra work warrants extra pay. Call it what you may: quitting, maintaining boundaries, or just living. | https://theswaddle.com/people-arent-quietly-quitting-if-they-refuse-to-do-extra-work-without-fair-pay/ | 2022-08-23T08:22:56Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/people-arent-quietly-quitting-if-they-refuse-to-do-extra-work-without-fair-pay/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A man remains in a serious condition after sustaining ‘life threatening injuries’ during a devastating bus crash in Folkestone over the weekend. Emergency service personnel rushed to reports of a crash involving a bus and a pedestrian in Bouverie Square just after 10.00am on Saturday (August 20) morning.
Officers from Kent Police were joined by paramedics and teams from the Kent Fire and Rescue Service. An air ambulance was also spotted in the area, which was linked to the incident.
A police cordon was promptly established in the area, and the one way street of Bouverie Place was closed while emergency services remained at the scene. One onlooker at the time said: "The bus stop looks really damaged, there is glass everywhere."
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Five KFRS fire engines attended the incident, alongside the technical rescue unit. One man was then passed over to the care of paramedics with suspected life-threatening injuries.
He was then transported to a London hospital for treatment. Kent Police has confirmed that the man currently remains in hospital in a serious condition.
The full statement from KFRS reads: “Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called at 10.07am today (20 August) to reports of a crash involving a bus and a pedestrian in Bouverie Square, Folkestone. Five fire engines attended, as well as the technical rescue unit.
“One person was passed into the care of paramedics with suspected life-threatening injuries.” At the time of the incident, a spokesperson for Stagecoach stated: “We can confirm one of our buses was involved in an incident at Folkestone Bus Station this morning.
“Our first thoughts are for the person involved. Safety is our absolute priority and we are assisting the investigation into the circumstances involved in every way that we can.”
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The government has released a new statement for pupils whose university places have been thrown into doubt by delays to results for BTEC and Cambridge Technicals. The problem has caused chaos and misery for some students who have been told to contact their universities directly to ask them to hold their place.
But it has led to fears among many that they will lose out. Now the government has released a statement giving the latest update on the situation. Officials have asked that exam boards Pearson and OCR give regular updates on the status of the missing results.
The statement said: "We have every sympathy with students still awaiting results for BTEC and Cambridge Technicals that they were expecting to receive alongside A levels.
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"Our immediate priority is to make sure that Pearson and OCR get results to students promptly, so they can progress. We are monitoring the situation closely and have asked Pearson and OCR to give us regular updates so that we can be confident that they are swiftly issuing results. Both are processing and issuing results daily. We have asked them to share their updated data publicly in the interest of transparency.
"We continue to liaise, on a daily basis, with school and college associations and met this afternoon with college leaders. We have also engaged with the representatives of exams officers.
"Our first priority is those students expecting results this year. But it is important that we review what has happened to make sure that students in future years receive results when they expect them, so they can progress in their education, apprenticeship or employment."
Where to look for updates if you're missing results:
- For updates and help with BTEC, contact Pearson on 0345 618 0440 or via @PearsonBTEC on social media.
- For updates and help with Cambridge Technicals, visit the Cambridge Technicals update website or contact support@ocr.org.uk.
The government added: "Vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs), which include BTECs and Cambridge Technicals, come in different shapes and sizes. They are flexible by design, so students can sit individual modules when they are ready, and they can get their results at different times of the year when they have completed the required number of units.
"These flexibilities are valued by students, employers and schools and colleges. This does mean awards are more complex, and particularly so this year, due to the arrangements put in place to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. This does not, of course, excuse delays where students were expecting to receive results."
The chief executive of the Association of Colleges, David Hughes, says the delay has put extra pressure on students. "It is really stressful at the best of times but when a delay happens like this, I think it is terrible," he said.
Pearson has not said how many students are waiting, but that it is a "very small percentage". Exam board, OCR, has also had delays issuing Cambridge Technicals results to some students. It says it has "delivered more than a thousand results to schools and colleges."
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Retail giant Argos is facing criticism from some shoppers after a ban on certain phrasing hit headlines over the last few days. The commonly use delivery team, 'two-man delivery', was changed to 'two-person delivery' and sparked fresh outrage.
The change was made after the retailer was criticised for not using inclusive language that included women and non-binary people, with some shoppers calling the use of 'two-man delivery' "sexist". The phrase was replaced in nationwide shops, catalogues, and online.
While the change occurred a while ago according to Argos, it made headlines this week. This prompted a flurry of criticism for the simple change, as some people took to Facebook to mock the decision, reports Manchester Evening News.
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Responding to the news on Facebook, Richard Wolf Howells wrote: "Them customers need to give their head a wobble if that’s their biggest worry in life ffs!" Katherine Coombes said: "Wow if this is all they can find to complain about right now, they’re pretty lucky! Get a life people!!"
Tammy Dunn said: "What is going on in this world!!! What a lot of nonsense. People are far too literal these days. I am sick of ALL THIS!!! GET A GRIP!!!" Tammy Salisbury said: "Never noticed, swear some people just spend their day looking for things to complain about."
Dan Scotson fumed: "Millions of people can’t afford to eat and heat their home but this offends people?!" Mary Godwin said: "Absolutely ridiculous." Jody Maddocks added: "I wish this was all I had to worry about...'What's written in the Argos catalogue'."
There are, however, people who have welcomed the change, and have praised Argos for taking action. An Argos spokesperson also said: “We updated our wording earlier this year to ensure we reflect the diverse communities we serve and colleagues we work with.”
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OSLO, Norway, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HydrogenPro AS (OSE: HYPRO) today published its Q2 2022 report. The company reports one of the largest electrolyser purchase orders ever, positive cash flow and a backlog of NOK 794 million.
Operational highlights:
- Mitsubishi Power Americas confirmed the purchase order for 40 electrolyser systems, including a 10-year service and support agreement.
- Order intake of NOK 773 million
- Active sales pipeline increased from 97 to 109 projects, with total GW capacity increasing from 12.7 GW to 15.4 GW during the second quarter
- Funding has also been secured for several new R&D projects in both Denmark and Norway.
- Momentum is building up and contracts are approaching final investment decisions.
- The Inflation Reduction Act is a massive trigger for green hydrogen in the U.S and thus for HydrogenPro
Financial highlights (Q1 2022 in brackets):
- Revenues of NOK 7.8 million (NOK 8.8 million)
- Positive net cash flow with cash and cash equivalents of NOK 435.3 million at end of the quarter (NOK 368.7 million)
- Net profit of negative NOK 20.6 million (negative NOK 22.6 million)
HydrogenPro has an active sales pipeline of 15.4 GW consisting of 109 projects. The company is the selected supplier for the world's largest green hydrogen energy hub and has seen an order intake of NOK 773 million during the quarter. The contract with Mitsubishi exceeds a value of USD 50 million and is one of the largest electrolyser purchase orders ever placed.
HydrogenPro expects the demand for green hydrogen to further develop and is attractively positioned in this developing market due to its mature and well proven high pressure alkaline technology.
The recent public commitments in the US and the EU to accelerate the scale-up of green hydrogen are likely to have a significant positive impact for HydrogenPro going forward.
The Q2 2022 report and presentation are enclosed. A live streamed webcast presentation will be held 10:00 CET followed by a Q&A session with questions to be posted online during the presentation. Link to webcast: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20220823_4/
The presentation will be held in English by interim CEO Richard Espeseth and CFO Martin Thanem Holtet.
For further information, please contact:
Richard Espeseth, interim CEO, +47 958 43 007
Martin Thanem Holtet, CFO, +47 922 44 902
About HydrogenPro:
HydrogenPro designs and supplies large scale hydrogen production plants in cooperation with global partners and suppliers, all ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified.
The Company was founded in 2013 by individuals with background from the electrolysis industry which was established in Telemark, Norway by Norsk Hydro in 1927. We are an experienced engineering team of leading industry experts, drawing upon unparalleled experience and expertise in the hydrogen and renewable energy industry.
Our core product is the high-pressure alkaline electrolyser. With the new electrode technology, we are able to increase the efficiency of each unit by 14% to reach 93% of the theoretical maximum. This is a significant step forward as the cost of electric power, depending on market prices, amounts to 70-90% of the cost of producing hydrogen, the value of such increased efficiency equals approximately the investment cost for the entire plant in a Total Cost of Operation perspective. The Company is targeting a production cost for green hydrogen of USD 1.2 per kg in 2022.
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Pick a Pace
With forward-looking investments, leaders can replace a cadence of frantic action with one that’s appropriate yet also realistic and sustainable for their team, advises Laurie Fenlason.
Some 20 years ago, at a point of expanding responsibilities in my career, a senior colleague offered a piece of professional advice I’ve never forgotten. Observing the frequency of issues landing on my plate and the escalating demands on my time and capacity, she reminded me that, while the specific timing of the challenges might not be in my control, my response to them could be. “The best thing I can tell you,” she said, “is to pick a pace.”
In that moment, bringing a deliberative pace to a senior administrative role—that is, working hard but with balance and perspective—struck me as both profoundly enlightened and utterly unrealizable. So much of the work of a higher ed administrator arises from sudden shifts— a protest, a regulatory change, a complaint from an unhappy alum—and is reflexively followed by calls for immediate response. As much as I wanted to buffer myself and my team from round-the-clock emergency mode, pushing back on this cycle seemed to require political cachet I did not have.
Over time, I’ve come to recognize that pushing back is not the only option, and emergency response is not the only operating mode. With forward-looking investments in culture and planning, leaders can replace a cadence of frantic action with a pace that is appropriately responsive while also realistic and sustainable for themselves and their teams. Three habits of mind, ideally in place and well rehearsed before the unexpected arrives, can go a long way toward sustaining human capacity and institutional momentum in the face of frequent challenges.
Sort emergencies from false urgencies. Without a doubt, true emergencies occur on our campuses. The COVID pandemic, student mental health crises, fires and acts of violence are just a few examples. External events, such as natural disasters, directly affect our students and faculty members around the world and often require rapid institutional response.
Some “emergencies,” by contrast, are moments of false urgency. They are the long-delayed policy approval that has to be added to the meeting agenda at the last minute, the funding proposal that needs to be created out of whole cloth in a single weekend, the statement that needs to be issued immediately because a student petition is gathering steam. Unlike true emergencies, such situations don’t put health or safety at risk. Expecting off-hours responses to false urgencies risks squandering the dedication and resilience of key team members— qualities we need for actual emergencies, especially at a moment when many higher ed units are already shorthanded.
Normalize the discussion of priorities. In higher education, power dynamics among staff, faculty, administrators, presidents and boards too frequently suppress important conversions that could help all parties distinguish the urgent from the important. To be effective, leaders and teams need to establish a shared vocabulary around urgency. It should be normal, safe and expected for parties at all levels of the institution to ask clarifying questions about priority. One option might be to borrow a rubric from medical triage: “Is this situation red (treat immediately), yellow (observe) or green (wait)?”
Distinguish opportunity from distraction. In a volatile political and media environment, disruption, while not schedulable, is inevitable. Advancing an institution in such a climate requires that leaders protect the time they can control for the highest-value work. That is not to say there isn’t room for serendipity—an approach from an unexpected donor, say, or an invitation to form a new educational partnership. But the relentless demands on teams’ time make it ever more important to ask rigorous questions about the opportunity costs of shiny objects that come into view: Is this initiative more “nice to do” than “need to do”? Adapting a popular expression to a fundraising context, “Is this a gift that might keep on taking?”
As is increasingly the case with pandemic management, some things that we once viewed as emergencies—petitions, protests, online activism—are now, in a sense, endemic. Many—not all—will merit a response from the institution, and such responses usually can be anticipated and planned.
No leader can change an organizational culture overnight, but operating at constant overload pace is unsustainable. The campuses that will thrive are those that commit to accomplishing important, transformational work without declaring “emergency” most days.
Laurie Fenlason is a senior counselor at RW Jones Agency, advising higher education leaders and teams on strategy, visibility and high-stakes communications. She previously served as vice president for public affairs and strategic initiatives at Smith College and in news and public affairs roles at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
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Conveying Fragility
Higher education when democracy is in crisis.
“Who?”
Last year, when I saw that Walter Mondale had died, I mentioned it to The Girl as she walked into the kitchen. Her response: “Who?” I raised an eyebrow, but it made sense; she was born in 2004, so he had mostly left public life a generation before she was born.
She’s wildly bright with a steel-trap memory, but she was also born in 2004. In the manner of young people, she confronts the external world with relatively little awareness of what’s new and what’s eternal. It’s all just sort of…there, all at once. At her age, I was the same way. In high school, in the 80’s, I thought of the 60’s as a bygone era not much removed from the Paleolithic. In retrospect, it was as far from me then as 2002 is now. I remember 2002. Heck, I remember 1982. That’s as far from me now as 1942 was from me then, which is, of course, preposterous. As far as my ninth-grade mind was concerned, color hadn’t yet been invented in 1942. Men still wore suits and hats to baseball games. It was a different world, connected to my own only by fossil records.
I remember the jolt in 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down. It was the first time in my awareness that I lived across a historical divide. 9/11 had a similar feel, though it was much more visceral, being so close to home. January 6, 2021 was the most jarring, though. It carried a level of threat unlike the others.
Growing up in the wake of the Boomers, the story I was told – and had no immediately obvious reason to disbelieve – was that American democracy was rock-solid, the envy of the world, and getting better all the time. Yes, there was unfinished work to do, but we knew what it was, and we could be confident that it would get done. The contrast with the communist powers was striking enough to lend some plausibility to the story. The Whiggish interpretation of American history was easy enough: over time, the range of people included in public life grew. The 60’s – that long, bygone era – were all about inclusion, so that took care of that. The fad for declaring the “end of history” in 1989 came from that story.
(I’ve long suspected that the “South Park” and “Maxim” wave of the late 90’s came from white men who had grown up in very white settings, hearing white Boomer teachers wax eloquent at them about the civil rights movement in the same way for years. It became a sort of catechism. Absent context, the catechism became an easy target for mockery. That style of humor has aged as badly as it has because it’s impossible to ignore context anymore.)
When the underpinnings seem solid – when any danger seems purely theoretical – it’s easy to tune out warnings as alarmist or scolding. When your entire historical awareness consists of a largely undifferentiated “past” that might as well have happened on another planet, it’s easy to assume that the structures that exist now are basically eternal. Yes, we have good days and bad days, but the basic questions are settled.
But they’re not. And the arrangements that rely on those basic questions are much more fragile than they might look to someone seeing them for the first time.
I was in college before I heard anyone point out – correctly! – that in the scope of human history, democracies are very much the exception. They’re rare, and usually short-lived. They’ll likely end long before history does. The idea of the rule of law – that even leaders are subject to the law – is also historically unusual. Both are contrivances – “social constructions,” as we used to say – and neither is guaranteed. They last only as long as we decide to make them last.
Eric Mlyn’s thoughtful piece in IHE Monday gets the situation right, but I think the causes are deeper. To the extent that colleges are about education, as opposed to indoctrination on one hand or mere job training on the other, they should provide context. The basic institutions of American representative democracy are under sustained assault, and the outcome isn’t preordained. Democracies have fallen before. Reactions and counterrevolutions are regular features of history. Racism didn’t end with the civil rights legislation of the 60’s.
The issue isn’t so much about favoring one party or the other. It’s about favoring conditions in which multiple parties can exist and compete meaningfully at all. It’s about reminding people that the rule of law doesn’t occur in nature; it’s a choice that has to be made over and over again. (For that matter, middle classes don’t occur in nature either, but that’s another post.) That requires, among other things, conveying a sense of historical fragility. What has been won can be lost, and quickly.
Today’s 18 year olds have seen a lot more history than I had at their age. They’re more diverse and more connected than my cohort was. They’re probably better equipped for these lessons than my friends and I were. We owe it to them to teach those lessons well, even if they never learn about Walter Mondale.
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Just Explain It to Me!
Breaking down notoriously confusing, perplexing and annoying systems and practices in higher education
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‘Don’t Buy Your Underwear in Town’
An unsuccessful search for the female president who first uttered those words, and other insights about being the first woman to lead an institution.
As a participant in higher education leadership programs, one receives formal and informal training for a position as a senior administrator or perhaps even president. Case studies delve into real-life scenarios of budget crises, protests, deaths, votes of no confidence, et al. Aspects are debated ad nauseam in conference rooms until the lights are flickered politely, calling for a venue change, and then in hotel bars well into the night until slurry words threaten blows and regret, signaling time for sleeping.
At these gatherings, opportunities arise for one-on-one meetings with retired and current presidents who lead formal sessions by day and frank conversations by night in hotel lobbies over a glass of fine chardonnay or perhaps a Macallan 18. During those informal conversations, precariously perched on the most uncomfortable and démodé furnishings, one hears a different sort of sage wisdom.
During those minutes of extraordinary access, I often asked my momentary mentors the same questions, “What’s it like to be a woman president? What advice do you have?” Sometimes the advice was depressing, even if sadly relevant to the very real gender discrimination experienced by women executives: “Never go to dinner or drinks with a male donor alone—people like to gossip,” “Wear high heels when meeting with a group of men—they’re less intimated by you if you look less severe,” or “If you’re single, date out of town.”
There was one nugget of advice I heard, and one often repeated among women administrators, that I’ll never forget. “Never buy your underwear in town!” Even with a snort of laughter to acknowledge the ridiculous, this advice is strictly adhered owing to the overwhelming fear of being known as President Granny Panties or President Lacy Underalls. I never knew who evangelized the practice or the backstory that inspired it. However, recently a woman president I met said she knew who first said it. She claimed it was Nannerl O. Keohane, former president of Duke University (1993–2004) and Wellesley College (1981–93).
Since I had already planned to write a series of posts on presidents who were the first women to do so at their institution, this attribution sent me on a mission to interview Nan Keohane so I could 1) find out if the attribution was accurate, and perhaps more pointedly 2) ask her what it was like being the first woman president of Duke. Even since retiring from Duke, Keohane continues her formidable scholarship and work in higher education at some of the country’s most prestigious institutions. Despite her impressive schedule, she agreed to speak to me; I am grateful for the opportunity and the wisdom she graciously imparted.
First, I’m sorry to burst everyone’s bubble, but she ardently denies that she ever said or provided the advice “Never buy your underwear in town!” However, there seemed to be a momentary acknowledgment of the wisdom found in the directive and an ever-so-brief mention of an incident at Filene’s Basement. Feeling embarrassed to have queried such a no-nonsense, esteemed individual, I didn’t probe further and moved on to other questions about being Duke’s first female president. (I prayerfully thought to myself, “Please don’t hang up on me!”) Granted, I probably shouldn’t have led with this question.
As we talked about her time at Duke, Keohane reflected that it had made a difference to have already been president at Wellesley; otherwise, it would have been difficult. Nevertheless, Duke was different—larger, big athletics, a huge medical center, decentralized reporting and located in the South. She acknowledged that some trustees weren’t quite ready for a female president, and while they didn’t try to undermine her, they were often skeptical. Without detail, she noted that the experience of being the first female president wasn’t one big thing but perhaps several little unexpected things.
Keohane’s first major challenge was determining the fate of East Campus (originally the women’s campus)—what should be the purpose? People were divided as they often are regarding college campus landmarks and nostalgia. Making East Campus home to first-year students ended up as the best solution. I pressed her about whether people treated her differently as a woman. She said she was not surprised by the vehemently expressed pros and cons to this solution but by how the criticism was so disrespectfully expressed, including headlines such as “Nan is ruining Duke.” It struck her that male presidents would never be addressed by their first names.
We spoke about her success, and I asked to what it could be attributed. Keohane stated it was support from her family and the partnerships developed with people who really loved the institution. She also considered the importance of being the right leader at the right time for an institution, explaining that there are three types: founders, fixers and sustainers/strengtheners. Knowing who you are and what the institution needs from you is essential. Always question, “Am I a good fit?” and answer honestly. I wondered if higher education may need fewer sustainers at the helm in today’s environment than before.
While thoughtfully acknowledging there are more significant challenges in higher education today than when she led Duke, Keohane offered several guiding principles for success—find the key priority (avoid diversions), keep your compass steady (be principled, have integrity) and trust yourself (you’ve been appointed for a reason). Keohane considered that she never had ambitions to be a president. Perhaps that was key to her success; she kept her love of teaching and joy of scholarship close.
There is much wisdom in what Keohane offers (even without being the source of the underwear edict). Look for more words of wisdom, both formal and informal, as I relay stories from other women presidents who were the first at their institutions. Sadly, I’ll have to continue my quest to identify the Yoda of surreptitiously secured skivvies (leads welcome).
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School Starts With a Strike at American University
Unionized staff at the D.C. university went on strike Monday after contract negotiations reached an impasse. Strikers say stagnant wages have made retention difficult and living in the city infeasible.
Monday was the start of Welcome Week at American University. Students and parents arriving at the Washington, D.C., campus were greeted not only by smiling university ambassadors but also a picket line of more than 100 members of the university’s staff union, gathered for the first day of a weeklong strike.
The strike, announced Aug. 11, was approved by 91 percent of the union, which represents over 500 professional staff members in a wide range of positions. They are mostly student-facing roles, including academic advisers, program coordinators, library staff and support staff in the admissions and financial aid offices.
They are demanding higher wages in contract negotiations, which started in May 2021 and came to a standstill this summer after the administration made concessions on benefits and working conditions but failed to meet them on pay. None of the strikers will receive pay for as long as the labor action continues.
“I really hope this is the final pressure point required to bring administration to the table and finally settle this,” said Sam Sadow, a visual arts librarian who’s been involved in contract negotiations since they began last year.
Hoisting handmade signs and equipped with fans and water bottles to combat the heat, the strikers started by picketing at AU’s Washington College of Law, where first-year law students were starting orientation and returning ones had their first day of classes. Later they marched to the main campus to protest outside the residence of university president Sylvia Burwell.
In a statement released to AU community members Sunday, Burwell said the administration’s latest position on staff contracts represented its “best and final offer.” That offer includes a 2.5 percent salary increase for all union members and a 1.5 percent increase to the university’s “performance pay pool” for merit-based raises determined by performance reviews. It also includes raising base salaries across the board to "reduce salary compression for long-serving employees."
Burwell added that recent financial setbacks—including nearly $100 million in losses during the first year of the pandemic—factored into the university’s offer.
“I want to assure you that the university has negotiated in good faith,” she wrote. “In this process, we have to consider the health of the institution. With our deep dependence on tuition, we must be thoughtful stewards of our resources.”
But the union says American’s offer doesn’t allow staff members to live comfortably in a city as expensive as Washington, D.C.—a problem that members say has hurt retention. The union’s contract demands include a 5 percent wage increase for all union-represented staff for the first year of the contract and an additional 4 percent the next.
“If they say the market has shifted 5 percent and they need to pay new hires 5 percent more in a given year, then people who have been here longer should see those gains as well,” Sadow said.
Kelly Jo Bahry, an assistant director in the study abroad office, has worked for the university for over 15 years. She said she was surprised the administration wouldn’t meet the union’s demands and that she never expected to go on strike—the first time ever in her long career at the university.
“We’re not asking for the heavens and the stars,” she said. “We’re asking for basic wages.”
Empty Cubicles, Stagnant Wages
The union, organized by SEIU Local 500, won its election in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, riding a wave of collective organizing in higher education. Sadow said the primary motivating factors for AU staff were low and flat wages, which drove high turnover rates in many student-serving offices.
“You look around AU and see empty cubicles all over, empty offices … Staff were leaving in droves, and the No. 1 reason was stagnant wages,” he said. “That really begins to affect services for students and faculty.”
Amanda Kleinman is an academic coach, helping struggling students keep their grades up. She said turnover in her office, which assists about 1,100 students each semester, has been rampant. A few months ago, two of her colleagues left for higher-paying jobs, making her the only academic coach left for AU’s entire undergraduate body.
“I am committed to student support and will do my best, but I’m only one person,” she said. “I can realistically only see about 40 students a week.”
A university spokesperson said all the affected departments have prepared continuity plans for the strike. But the first week of classes is a particularly disruptive time to withhold services from students who might need help with class scheduling or course-load advising, or who want to attend an introductory program meeting.
“All of the staff are very much involved in move-in week … there’s a lot of welcome-type activities we help run,” Kleinman said. “This is a different kind of way to get oriented to the university.”
Strikers said the union knows this and chose Welcome Week specifically because it would maximize visibility and highlight what they say is the undervalued role of professional staff at American.
“I think it looks really bad for the AU administration,” Bahry said. “As a student, I’d be wondering what kind of institution I’m a part of.”
William Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions at Hunter College, is the co-author of a 2020 study on the prevalence of organized labor stoppages in higher education. He said that while there is a long history of union organizing among professional staff at colleges and universities, militant tactics have become more common in recent years.
“There’s been a marked increase in strikes at higher education institutions, and there’s also a lot more community and student support for those strikes,” he said.
That support has been apparent in donations to the union's strike fund, which had raised over $26,000 as of Monday.
Herbert added that most of the time, unions threaten to strike only to bring managers back to the negotiating table when talks reach a standstill. But he said the fact that this is the union’s first contract with the institution raises the stakes—and the odds of following through on the threat.
“Reaching a first contract in collective bargaining is one of the most challenging moments for both sides,” he said. “They are often very difficult to reach and end up shaping the development of the collective bargaining relationship moving forward.”
Strikers Speak Out
Bahry said she didn’t want to strike, and that taking a week without pay was difficult for her. But it would be even more difficult to keep getting by on her current salary, she said—or to explain to her children why she declined to support the union.
Her family recently had to move from the city to Falls Church, Va., because her pay hasn’t kept up with the rising cost of living in D.C. When they did live in the city, she said, she and her husband shared a one-bedroom apartment with one of their sons for five years.
“My quality of life has decreased the longer I’ve been here because of wage stagnation. When I go into the grocery store, I have to make some hard decisions, and that is very difficult after 20 years of being affiliated with this institution,” she said. “I imagine anyone in AU administration living for one month on the wages they provide staff would be a big learning experience.”
Kleinman, who is almost 50 years old, said that in her four years working for American—and 11 working in higher education—she hasn’t made enough to afford to move out of her group house in Mt. Pleasant, where she’s lived for the past two decades.
“I love working with college students, but I never expected how flat and low the pay would be,” she said.
A university spokesperson said there are no current plans for administrators to re-enter contract negotiations.
Today, union members will gather again, this time outside the Kodos School of Business, for the second day of the strike.
“We will not give up,” Sadow told the crowd outside of Burwell’s house. “We will be back tomorrow, the next day, as long as it takes.”
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New Programs: Digital Innovation in Media, Public Relations, Fermentation
August 23, 2022
- Kansas State University is starting a B.S. in digital innovation in media.
- St. John Fisher is starting a major in public relations.
- University of Maryland at College Park is starting a new major in fermentation.
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HBCU Leaders Want More Federal Action After Threats
Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities are tired of waiting for results as an FBI investigation into campus bomb threats continues.
Some leaders of historically Black colleges and universities say they’re frustrated by a lack of communication and insufficient support from federal agencies after bomb threats swept their campuses six months ago.
More than a third of the nation’s HBCUs received bomb threats this year, starting in January. A wave of threats continued throughout February, Black History Month, causing particular alarm among students, faculty and staff. Though no bombs were ultimately found, repeated false alarms, police sweeps, campus lockdowns and evacuations disrupted classes and took a toll on the mental health of HBCU students and parents. Campuses also incurred costs as they ramped up security measures.
“You don’t get that time back,” Dwaun Warmack, president of Claflin University in South Carolina, said of the time and effort spent responding to threats. Meanwhile, “no one is brought to justice, and then you have to go back to business as usual.”
Warmack, who spoke during a gathering of HBCU presidents in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, was not alone in his exasperation with the situation. Several other presidents voiced similar concerns.
A months-long federal investigation of the bomb threats has yet to yield any perpetrators or arrests. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly identified a group of six people of interest, all juveniles, who were “tech-savvy” in how they disguised their identities and seemed to be racially motivated, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to NBC News in February. Ryan T. Young, FBI executive assistant director of intelligence, also told the House Committee on Oversight and Reform at a March hearing on the threats that some of the messages were sent on encrypted platforms, which makes them “challenging for attribution.”
But no suspects have been named, and no new information has been shared publicly since.
“I’m beyond frustrated,” Carmen Walters, president of Tougaloo College, said at the event. “I’m very angry that no one has been brought to justice, but there’s been no conversation about the investigation at all.”
A statement from the FBI said the agency could not comment on its level of communication with local law enforcement, but the investigation is ongoing, and the agency is working to keep college leaders informed.
“The FBI continues to work with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners across the country to pursue leads and identify the individuals responsible for making these criminally and racially motivated threats of violence,” the statement read. “We also continue our efforts to establish and build relationships of trust with academic and faith leaders, and maintain our commitment to keeping open dialogue and sharing threat information.”
Waiting for an Arrest
HBCU administrators say they’ve made clear to federal lawmakers for months that they urgently need the investigation to come to a resolution.
Walter Kimbrough, former president of Dillard University in Louisiana and now interim executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College in Atlanta, testified before the U.S. Senate judiciary committee in March and told the lawmakers “there is nothing to stop these threats from continuing” until a perpetrator is found.
He said he’s since seen the fulfillment of that warning as bomb threats spread at higher education institutions across the country this summer, particularly at community colleges. He believes some of these scares could have been avoided if the perpetrators of the threats to HBCUs had been apprehended and charged.
Kimbrough said he understands FBI officials are busy and have other national security responsibilities. He also noted that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are offering HBCUs training sessions on managing bomb threats, which Dillard University participated in this summer.
But HBCU leaders “don’t want to be in a response mode,” he said. “I want them to catch who’s doing this. Right now, the message is ‘you can do this and you’re not going to be held accountable.’ To me, that’s a problem.”
The FBI statement emphasized that these kinds of threats do have legal consequences.
“The FBI takes all threats seriously and we regularly work with our law enforcement partners to determine their credibility and keep our communities safe,” the statement read. “As students across the country begin returning to school, the FBI offers a reminder that issuing a threat is a crime and those who post or send threats can face federal, state, or local charges.”
Jermaine Cherry, chief of police at North Carolina A&T University, understands the frustration about the unresolved investigation, but he says federal law enforcement agencies have been “amazing partners” to him in responding to the threats. The campus received a bomb threat in February from an anonymous, self-described neo-Nazi.
Cherry said the FBI provides campus officers regular updates on the bomb threats. He also keeps in touch with an official at the Greensboro FBI field office. North Carolina A&T will also have its own bomb-sniffing dog, funded by a Department of Homeland Security program, later this fall.
“It has really brought our agencies closer to the FBI,” he said. “We are confident that they’re doing everything they can, within their scope of authority, to try to find out who it is. We’re happy with the information-sharing.”
Lodriguez Murray, senior vice president of public policy and government affairs at the United Negro College Fund, which represents private HBCUs, said while campus leaders have regularly been in touch with local FBI field offices, the national agency has only held a couple of meetings with HBCU leaders and has not agreed to repeated requests from UNCF for a classified briefing.
In the meantime, he said, threats toward HBCUs have continued.
“I know of institutions that have been defaced,” he said. “I know of institutions that have received these threatening, jarring phone calls calling personnel out [by] name in derogatory and belittling terminology that should be part of the American lexicon past. And I’ve known of cyberthreats. All told, these threats are still ongoing.”
“The institutions and their leaders deserve better,” Murray added. “They deserve a serious response. They deserve justice.”
Murray emphasized that this isn’t a critique of the Biden administration over all. He noted that the president included funding for HBCUs in his Build Back Better Act and funding increases for the institutions in his budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2022.
“Presidents don’t usually include HBCUs in their big, must-pass agenda items, and this president has,” Murray said. “Two things can be true at the same time. The Biden-Harris administration can be the best administration ever for HBCUs, and law enforcement can seem to have bungled this investigation.”
A Struggle for Federal Dollars
Some HBCU leaders also expressed annoyance about the federal grants available to respond to the threats and the onerous process to get them.
Vice President Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Education announced in March that HBCUs could apply for immediate, short-term funding to address mental health and security costs caused by the threats through the Project School Emergency Response to Violence program, or Project SERV.
The federal program typically provides grants of $50,000 to $150,000 to educational institutions that have experienced violent or traumatic incidents disruptive to learning, according to the announcement. HBCUs were permitted to apply for Project SERV dollars to address needs related to the bomb threats, such as improvements to campus security or targeted mental health counseling.
Walters, of Tougaloo College, said she was frustrated to have to go through a cumbersome application process for funding when the need on her campus was so clear.
“Why do I have to apply for a grant when you know I had a bomb threat?” Walters said. “You know I had all these expenses. You’re telling me, ‘OK, you need to reinforce your building, you need to get a new sound system, you need to get a new alarm system,’ and there’s no dollars to do that. I think it’s a complete joke. I think the grant process was just a way to say, ‘OK, here’s a bone. Now stop crying. Stop complaining.’”
Warmack, of Claflin University, took issue with a multipage assessment that asked about campuses’ security systems and safety policies. He said it put the onus on HBCUs, “like we did something to deserve a bomb threat, like it was our fault that we received a bomb threat. I didn’t fill it out.” He noted that he sent a letter to the department with his concerns about the assessment and received an apology and permission not to complete it.
Southern University Law Center was awarded a grant of $133,200, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The Louisiana law school, part of the historically Black Southern University system, plans to use the one-year funding “to conduct a series of questionnaires, activities, and counseling to assess behavior related to the trauma derived from the HBCU bomb threat,” according to a news release. Five other institutions are in the process of completing their applications for the grants with assistance from department officials. The department also created a compendium to alert HBCU leaders about other federal funding opportunities and partnered with the Department of Homeland Security and the Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research to provide campus emergency training.
Dietra Trent, executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities, said the Biden administration condemns the threats and “remains fully committed to providing HBCUs the resources and support they need to ensure students’ safety and their academic success.”
“The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have held multiple briefings with relevant university leaders and security officials to hear directly from them and to share information, and we have delivered more funding to HBCUs than any other administration—with additional funds on the way,” she said in a statement. “We will continue to work closely with our federal partners to make sure HBCU leaders have access to all available federal resources to respond to threats of violence, strengthen campus security, and provide students with the safe and nurturing learning environments that have defined HBCUs.”
Murray said the grants aren’t enough to cover the costs of ramping up campus security, but from his perspective, DHS did help with a grant program not designed for this level of need. He believes Departments of Justice and Homeland Security programs would be better suited to provide funding for HBCUs’ security.
Kimbrough agreed that the bomb threats and their aftermath are the responsibility of federal law enforcement.
He worries that the longer bomb threats proliferate, and are determined to be unfounded, the less seriously they’re taken. For example, when Dillard University received a threat in February, he said, local police didn’t send officers to campus and had campus officers do a sweep themselves, because so many threats had already turned out to be hoaxes. Kimbrough said he didn’t blame them.
“Local police are stressed,” he said. “They can’t just bring all of the dogs and shut down everything when you’ve gotten 30, 40 bomb threats across the country over a two-month period of time,” all of which have been uncredible. “Is it like playing Russian roulette and then somebody is actually able to get a bomb on one of those campuses? I don’t know. You understand the rationale … But it lets you know we’re less safe, because they haven’t found the people doing this.”
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Backlash to Dr. Leana Wen Talk on Backlash
Members object to American Public Health Association’s speaker invite to Dr. Leana Wen, revealing deep divisions in the field over the COVID-19 response.
A group of public health experts wants the American Public Health Association to replace Dr. Leana Wen as a panelist at the APHA’s annual meeting in November in Boston.
Dr. Wen, research professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, previously served as the health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and the president of Planned Parenthood. She’s scheduled to speak to APHA members about “backlash” against public health during a panel on this theme. And she knows quite a bit about backlash: Dr. Wen, a frequent media commentator on COVID-19, has faced death threats and harassment over her thoughts on masking, vaccination and more; earlier this year, a Texas man pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot Dr. Wen following an federal investigation into this threat.
The man who said he’d shoot Dr. Wen said he refused to take her “wonder drug,” meaning the COVID-19 vaccine she was advocating. Many of Dr. Wen’s other critics have been vaccine skeptics, mask mandate opponents and COVID-19 deniers. But an increasing number of Dr. Wen’s critics very much support COVID-19–related safety restrictions. And it’s members of this latter group who are now campaigning against Dr. Wen’s upcoming talk, on the grounds that she’s downplayed the ongoing COVID-19 threat, especially to the detriment of certain groups.
“We are demanding our colleagues and fellow leaders in public health to reconsider and replace Dr. Wen with someone whose work is consistent with anti-racist, anti-eugenicist public health practices and community health,” reads a petition signed by hundreds of public health workers, researchers and scholars (many of them junior scholars and students).
Put another way, Dr. Wen is now facing backlash from some in public health over her talk on backlash in public health.
‘A Horrendous Move’
“Through her platform on news outlets and social media, Dr. Wen has promoted unscientific, unsafe, ableist, fatphobic, and unethical practices during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the petition says. “For instance, in a recent article, Dr. Wen suggested that infection should be accepted as a ‘new normal.’ In another article, she writes about how learning loss is a threat to children from parents who want to keep their kids safe; despite the fact that as of 8/6/2022, 1,376 children have died from COVID-19 infection. In yet another article, she advocated for ‘hot vax spring,’ suggesting—while still in an omicron surge—that municipalities lift all protections except vaccination. Her recommendations also included the unscientific and nonsensical suggestion of designating a section of planes to wearing masks in response to an airborne pathogen.”
Dr. Wen’s statements are “antagonistic to and diminish the hard work of APHA members and colleagues who have had to deal with the fallout of her messaging, some of whom have experienced compounded harm from being disabled and/or immunocompromised,” the statement continues. “Indeed, instead of listening to those most at-risk and most harmed by her words, Dr. Wen has famously blocked disabled activists and public health experts on social media.”
Noting that Dr. Wen was fired from Planned Parenthood over internal disagreements about the group’s future (with Dr. Wen reportedly wanting to focus on women’s health generally over abortion specifically), the petition also argues that her “leadership failure and unwillingness to address abortion’s political nature empowered attacks on abortion to escalate to the point we see today.” (The petition does not note that one of Dr. Wen’s fellow panelists is Dr. Thomas Dobbs, former state health officer for Mississippi, whose name is attached to the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. That case led to the overturning of Roe. vs. Wade this year; Dr. Dobbs has said that he was not involved and that the Mississippi case only bore his name because he was head of the state agency that inspected the now-shuttered abortion clinic.)
Dr. Wen, whom the APHA awarded its Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work in 2016, is an emergency medicine physician by training, but she’s long written and spoken about a variety of public health issues for news organizations such as The Washington Post. Most of her commentary in the past few years has focused on COVID-19, however. And as the pandemic has lingered, Dr. Wen’s views have largely become aligned with pandemic-related recommendations from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has been criticized by public health experts for its pandemic response, and director Dr. Rochelle Walensky recently acknowledged the agency’s shortcomings in announcing an “ambitious” overhaul. Yet even as the CDC has disappointed many public health practitioners, it employs many public health experts and scientists, and its recommendations can’t be considered fringe.
Still, certain high-profile practitioners have objected publicly to Dr. Wen’s talk and told the APHA they’re leaving the organization over it. Dr. Uché Blackstock, former associate professor of emergency medicine at New York University, for instance, said on Twitter, “I just canceled my APHA membership. There is no rationalizing APHA giving a platform to someone who has consistently minimized the harms of COVID and certainly does not use an equity lens in their commentary.” (Dr. Blackstock also criticized the APHA for not initially requiring face masks at the November meeting, a policy that has since been adopted.) Eric Feigl-Ding, epidemiologist and health economist at the New England Complex Systems Institute and co-founder of the World Health Network, also said on Twitter that he was canceling his APHA membership over “this horrendous move.”
David Swedler, a public health research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, has said that he must attend this year’s APHA meeting in person because he’s part of the group’s Governing Council, but he’s encouraged others to sign the petition. (He’s also publicly expressed concern about his dues paying Dr. Wen’s speaking fee, but Joe Bremner, APHA spokesperson, said that Dr. Wen is an invited panelist and won’t be paid to speak.) Swedler told Inside Higher Ed via email that Dr. Wen “has consistently taken neoliberal positions on COVID-19 safety measures throughout the pandemic. These positions consistently assumed a capacity for personal responsibility that was not available to vast swaths of the population.”
‘Healthy Dialogue and Disagreement’
Asked about the petition and other opposition to Dr. Wen’s talk, Bremner, the APHA spokesperson, said in a written statement that public health “has a history of healthy dialogue and disagreement. Finding the common ground in these discussions is how we move the needle forward toward creating healthy people in healthy communities. The letter, although inaccurate in some places, is another example of open debate to push the field to have difficult discussions.” (Bremner also clarified that Dr. Wen is not a “keynote” speaker, as the petition refers to her.)
Bremner continued, “We value vigorous debate about public health and support a respectful and fact-based discussion. We appreciate the time and effort of she and the other 7,000+ people who will speak in a scientific session at APHA’s 2022 Annual Meeting to share their work and experience.”
He added, “Specifically, Wen’s focus is on ‘Harassment, bullying and death threats: Staying the course while under attack.’ This is something public health officials across the country have had to deal with, especially the last few years.”
‘None of This Is Easy’
Dr. Wen talked to Inside Higher Ed on background but provided a written, on-the-record statement, citing the continued sensitivity of the issues at hand, including her own personal security.
“The panel that I was invited to speak on, entitled ‘Backlash’, is meant to address the difficulties of formulating public health policy,” Dr. Wen said. “It’s my understanding that panelists were selected because we have on-the-ground experience dealing with controversy—for example, I’m speaking about the complexities of navigating challenging circumstances that draw upon my experiences communicating to the public during COVID-19 and, before that, running Baltimore’s health department.”
Practitioners of public health on the local, state and federal levels “often work in challenging political environments. These are experiences that the other panelists and I hope to share with one another and those who choose to attend our session,” she said.
In response to questions about how her public health guidance has changed over the course of the pandemic, Dr. Wen said that early on, “there were few tools at our disposal and much unknown about this new, deadly virus. The recommendations that I and other experts made were generally very cautious and emphasized mitigation measures like masking and distancing. Now is a very different time. There are highly effective vaccines and treatments that protect most Americans from severe illness, and over 90 percent of the public have some level of immunity from vaccination or prior infection. In addition, scientists generally agree that Covid-19 is here to stay; therefore, our strategy needs to shift to living with this disease.”
Acknowledging that her current policy recommendations “are very different from what they were in 2021 or 2020,” Dr. Wen said “they’ve evolved, as has the guidance from the CDC, which recently eased restrictions including to end quarantine for exposed individuals and no longer recommend distancing and cohorting in schools. The public’s view on COVID-19 has changed, too, which needs to be taken into account when formulating societal recommendations.”
“None of this is easy,” Dr. Wen said. “There is no one ‘right’ answer, as there are tradeoffs of every intervention, as well as the cost of NOT pursuing any given course of action. These nuanced conversations take place every day, and are the kinds of respectful, thoughtful discussions I hope will occur at APHA and other academic settings.”
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Bringing Back Stop-Outs
Four University of California campuses are joining forces to boost enrollment by recruiting former UC students who left without completing a degree.
The University of California system wants to grow its enrollment by at least 23,000 in-state students—the equivalent of an additional campus—over the next eight years. To help reach that goal, the system is looking to adult learners with some college but no degree.
The University of California Degree Completion Program, which launched this month, seeks to bring back former UC students and California residents who left college without attaining a degree and help them earn either a degree or a certificate. Nearly 6.4 million adults in California have stopped out of college—by far the largest group of the nation’s 39 million total, according to National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data.
UC’s campuses in Davis and Riverside are spearheading the program, which also includes the Santa Barbara and Merced campuses. The program’s work for the next two years will be supported by $4.85 million in state funding, which can be used for application fee waivers and other student support services. During that time, campus administrators hope to re-enroll nearly 800 students.
“Through the service areas of these four universities in particular, we’re going to be serving the parts of California that are least served by the University of California,” said Kevin Vaughn, the university extension dean for UC Riverside.
At Riverside, 6,030 students who left the campus in good academic standing between 2008 and 2020 will be the focus of the program’s outreach efforts, according to a news release. Underrepresented students make up 76 percent of that group, and 48 percent are first-generation. UC Davis’s recruitment campaign will target 3,862 students in good standing academically who stopped out from 2009 to 2018 and have completed at least 60 credits. Forty-four percent of that group are first-generation students, and 28 percent are underrepresented students, according to a news release.
Susan Catron, dean of continuing and professional education at UC Davis, said the degree completion push builds on her department’s previous efforts to support a range of students.
“We’ve been a pathway back in for a long time,” she said. “It’s really amplifying things we’ve been doing on a smaller scale for many, many years, and then wrapping some support around that and really making it a more effective bridge for these learners back to their degree.”
In an effort to reverse declining enrollment trends, more colleges and universities have started similar programs in recent years to attract adult learners with some college but no degree. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center wrote in its 2022 annual report, “Some College, No Credential,” that enabling this group to finish a postsecondary program brings personal and societal benefits.
“But high college costs, inaccessibility, and the currently strong labor market have kept low-skilled workers out of higher education,” the report says. “If these trends continue, a growing number of U.S. workers lacking education credentials risk being left behind in the twenty-first century economy.”
Vaughn said the UC Degree Completion Program is just a first step.
“More and more we’ve seen over the last decade that the landscape of higher education is changing in significant ways,” he said. “Universities that meet this head-on, I think, are going to be successful in the future. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a sea change in how universities are tackling this.”
Addressing Barriers
In a fall 2021 survey of more than 1,000 UC stop-outs, University of California, San Diego, researchers found that many former students said they were interested in finishing their degree or certificate, noting that financial aid and a flexible course schedule would make it easier for them to return.
“Our model is really grounded in high-touch advising to provide navigational support and case management to navigate the kinds of challenges that these types of learners face,” Catron said.
Catron said the program’s budget includes money for application fee waivers, as well as tutoring and other support services. Students can complete a certificate through the extension or continuing professional education department, or transfer to a UC campus to complete a degree. The program’s advisers will work closely with campus personnel to help students transfer in and finish their credential.
“Our focus is absolutely for degree completion, but we do offer multiple alternatives and multiple pathways for those adult learners,” Vaughn said.
Students who re-enroll will have to pay tuition, but Catron said the advisers will work with them to find financial aid to enable them to complete the program.
Patricia Steele, founder of the research company Higher Ed Insight, said bringing back adult learners and helping them succeed requires addressing institutional barriers and giving clear information about the cost and time involved.
“It’s so clear that the barrier for students is institutions themselves, and that’s not exclusive to adults,” Steele said. “It’s hard to transfer. It’s hard to re-enroll. It’s hard to get credit for past experience or prior learning outside of school.”
According to a study that Higher Ed Insight released earlier this year, adult learners who have returned to college to complete a degree cited personal motivating factors, supportive staff and an inclusive culture as key factors in their success, said Tashera Gale, co-author of the report and director of evaluation services for the firm.
Gale added that the adults surveyed said they wanted to feel like they belonged on campus and that their lived experience was valued. She suggested that to re-engage adult learners, colleges and universities should appeal to students’ personal reasons for coming back, such as meeting goals or being a role model to family, friends and community members.
Colleges also need to be realistic about the time commitment stop-outs need to earn a credential and provide opportunities to accelerate the program, because this group tends to be more pressed for time than other students, Gale said.
Steele said previous studies on stop-outs have shown that institutional requirements—such as passing algebra—can hinder students who want to come back. So can lingering debts, such as library fines.
“If you’re going to care for the needs of adults, some of those really not well-thought-out policies have to be changed,” Steele said.
Vaughn and Catron said they are planning to track and document the barriers they find while working with UC stop-outs who come back in order to raise awareness about their needs and advocate for policy reforms.
“There’s room for all of us to help address this challenge, and it really is going to take the proverbial village,” Catron said.
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Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Diversity Statements
The Academic Freedom Alliance on Monday released a statement urging colleges and universities to end diversity statements as conditions of employment or promotion. “This scenario is inimical to fundamental values that should govern academic life,” the group’s statement says. “The demand for diversity statements enlists academics into a political movement, erasing the distinction between academic expertise and ideological conformity. It encourages cynicism and dishonesty.”
Janet Halley, co-chair of the AFA’s Academic Committee and Eli Goldston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, said in a separate announcement that “Academics seeking employment or promotion will almost inescapably feel pressured to say things that accommodate the perceived ideological preferences of an institution demanding a diversity statement, notwithstanding the actual beliefs or commitments of those forced to speak.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, among other groups, also opposes mandatory diversity statements. Limited research into what applicants actually write in their diversity statements challenges notions that they are political litmus tests, however; one 2018 study found that these candidates’ statements consistently emphasized their experience, in themes that the researchers categorize as follows: “values and understanding” of diversity, equity and inclusion; teaching, research and scholarship; engagement and service; mentorship, skill building and personal growth; and personal backgrounds.
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Aggrieved UCSD Postdoc Gets ‘Bridge Appointment’
Li Jiang, the pregnant postdoctoral researcher who said she lost her job after she complained about data falsification in her lab, reached a settlement agreement with the University of California, San Diego, that allows her to work on campus for six more months under another professor. This means Jiang, who is from China, will not lose her legal status in the U.S. while she is pregnant. Jiang did not immediately respond to a request for comment about this “bridge appointment,” and the university declined comment. Under the agreement, Jiang will resign at the end of the appointment and not lodge further complaints against UCSD. Jiang and other postdocs within the UC system have complained publicly about bullying by their faculty supervisors this year.
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Larry Summers Says Debt Relief Causes Inflation
Former Harvard University president and Treasury Secretary Larry Summers took to Twitter Monday to say that student debt relief could have negative effects on inflation. The debate on whether forgiving student debt is considered government spending, and therefore inflationary, has grown in recent days, especially after Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said that the Biden administration will make a decision on student loans “within the next week or so.”
“Student loan debt relief is spending that raises demand and increases inflation. It consumes resources that could be better used helping those who did not, for whatever reason, have the chance to attend college. It will also tend to be inflationary by raising tuitions,” Summers tweeted.
“Every dollar spent on student loan relief is a dollar that could have gone to support those who don’t get the opportunity to go to college,” he continued.
A recent blog post from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said that if $10,000 of student debt were canceled for all families making under $300,000 a year, it would reduce nearly 10 years of deficit reduction from the Inflation Reduction Act by costing the federal government nearly $230 billion.
The Rockefeller Institute published a response to the CRFB, which said that debt forgiveness is not government spending but the erasure of government liabilities, which they say has a lesser impact on inflation.
A June article from The New York Times found that the Biden administration was carefully considering the possible inflationary impacts of debt relief.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a hearing in May that student loan forgiveness “could be good for the economy” and that “there are some trade-offs involved that need to be analyzed.” Yellen also said that she would support whatever decision Biden makes on debt relief.
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Medieval View on Whether an Embryo Is a Person: Academic Minute
August 23, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute: Olivia Holmes, professor of medieval studies and English at Binghamton University, looks deep into the history of the abortion debate. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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University of Akron Disciplines Police Officer
The University of Akron has disciplined one of its police officers for actions it considered excessive, WJW News reported.
The finding concerned an officer’s handling of a man being transported to the university police station. After he arrived at the station, a police officer grabbed him by his handcuffed arms and pushed him toward a police car. Medical officials, who were present afterward, expressed concerns. “EMS voiced concern for excessive use of force, as patient had been compliant and cooperative since EMS had begun assessment,” said a report they filed.
The university found that the police officer's conduct was “not justified.”
The incident was on July 13, and officer was placed on paid administrative leave. He was back on the job by the end of July.
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A Federal-State Partnership for Higher Ed Funding
The federal government can play a role in reducing public college costs by establishing a flexible matching grant program, Kevin Miller writes.
College costs and student debt continue to rise, and cuts in state funding for higher education have been a major reason why. The good news is that the federal government can play a key role in reversing these trends, making college more affordable for all.
Attending a public four-year institution costs 14 percent more now than in the 2006–07 academic year, after adjusting for the impact of inflation and grant aid. Meanwhile, 43 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in federal student loans. Not surprisingly, prospective college students and their parents identify debt and affordability as their biggest worries about college.
Moreover, students and families aren’t the only participants in the higher education system who are struggling financially. Most institutions of higher education have faced enrollment declines since the onset of COVID-19, leaving them with fewer tuition dollars. The end of the pandemic, however, will not reverse those declines. The aging of America’s population translates into a shrinking cohort of prospective 18- to 24-year-old students for years to come.
Lower state funding for higher education has been a major driver of rising college tuition costs. Despite recent increases, state funding per full-time equivalent student is still 10 percent below what it was 20 years ago—13 percent lower if federal stimulus money is excluded—and the majority of states fund higher education at a lower level than before the Great Recession of 2008–09.
Multiple recessions in recent decades have strained state higher education budgets: as state revenues fall during a recession (with struggling businesses and individuals paying less in taxes on their declining incomes), state policy makers eye cuts in higher education funding to help them balance their annual operating budgets—as they are required to do. Once in place, such cuts can remain in place so long that they become essentially permanent.
With all that in mind, a flexible federal block grant is the best way to invest in college affordability and address the problem of state funding cuts. Under our proposal, outlined here in a Bipartisan Policy Center report titled “A Moderate Alternative to Free College,” the federal government would create an annual, multibillion-dollar grant program. A state would receive $4 in federal funds for every $1 it invests in its higher education system above the average of its higher education spending over the previous three years. The federal government would place some of the new money into “rainy day funds” from which states could draw during recessions to offset the impact on higher education spending of lost state tax revenues.
Our proposal would also enable governors to direct funding toward improving college affordability and student outcomes for low- or middle-income students. States, for example, could increase direct aid to public institutions to reduce tuition prices, invest in free college, or Promise, programs, or support evidence-based interventions that improve student outcomes. Each state would retain its role as the main driver in shaping its higher education system and building customized solutions that work for its population.
The benefits of this proposal would be substantial. First, states could directly reduce the price of college. Moreover, greater certainty around higher education funding could encourage states to make multiyear commitments on tuition pricing and grant aid, for instance enabling institutions to commit to a guaranteed tuition price and aid package for the duration of a student’s enrollment. This would meaningfully address the worries that prospective college students have about affordability and give students who have already enrolled the resources they need to graduate. By encouraging states to increase their own spending on higher education and by supplementing that funding with new federal dollars, this program would put both students and institutions in a stronger financial position.
A BPC analysis found that investing $5 billion annually in college affordability via a flexible federal block grant program would increase college enrollment by more than 200,000 and college completions by more than 50,000. These completions, in turn, would generate substantial economic benefits that would partially offset the cost of the program.
Americans broadly support the idea of additional public investment to make higher education more affordable. A 2021 survey commissioned by BPC found that 72 percent of Americans, including 85 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of Republicans, support the idea of the federal government and the states acting as financial partners to reduce tuition prices for students. Last year, U.S. senators Jack Reed, a Democrat representing Rhode Island, and Susan Collins, the Republican representing Maine, cosponsored bipartisan legislation to create a similar partnership.
Policy makers can and should come together across party lines to make college more affordable for the sake of students, communities and the economy.
Kevin Miller is the associate director for higher education in the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Economic Policy Project. Miller’s research focuses on college access, affordability, accountability and equity.
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Hyderabad: BJP leader Raja Singh was arrested here on Tuesday for his alleged controversial remarks against a particular religion.
On Monday, the BJP MLA released a video criticising stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui, who recently performed in the city. Singh is also purportedly seen making some comments against the religion in it.
Several people belonging to community staged protests in various parts of the city on Monday night demanding Singh's arrest.
Many All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislators and corporators of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation reached the police stations, where protests were held and sought stringent action against Raja Singh, party sources said.
According to police, complaints were filed against Singh in several police stations under South, East and West Zones.
Dabeerpur Police Inspector G Koteswar Raos said they received a complaint against Singh, which alleged that the BJP MLA made derogatory remarks against a religion.
An FIR was booked against Singh under various sections of IPC pertaining to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs and criminal intimidation among others, he said.
During the arrest, the Goshamahal MLA told reporters that his video was pulled down by the social media platform on which it was uploaded and that he will upload part 2 of the clip after his release.
They removed my video from YouTube. I don't know what the police are going to do. Once I am released second part (of the video) will certainly be uploaded. I am doing it for Dharma. I am ready to die for dharma, he said.
Singh sought to know why several complaints were lodged against him in various police stations.
Why there are complaints? Our Ram is not Ram? Our Sita is Sita? I requested the DGP with folded hands not to allow the person (Munawar Faruqui) who made comedy with vulgar language against Ram and Sita, he said.
On August 19, Raja Singh was taken into custody by the police here when he tried to reach the venue of a show held to be held next day by stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui.
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New Delhi: India logged 8,586 new coronavirus infections taking total tally of cases to 4,43,57,546 while the active cases have declined to 96,506, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The death toll climbed to 5,27,416 with 48 fatalities which includes six deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases comprises 0.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.59 per cent, the health ministry said.
A decline of 1,142 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.19 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.31 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,37,33,624, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, 210.31 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.
The 42 new fatalities include seven from Delhi, six each from Karnataka and Punjab, four each from Rajasthan and West Bengal, three from Haryana, two each from Bihar and Himachal Pradesh and one each from Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/23/india-coronavirus-cases-update.amp.html | 2022-08-23T08:37:07Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/23/india-coronavirus-cases-update.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shine up that “Profile in Courage” award — Liz Cheney and her massive ego will be along soon to claim it.
But that’s about all Cheney will have.
Cheney thinks of herself as another Abraham Lincoln, which is a joke, and explains why her arrogance has left her without a job or a political future. She’s now just a lame duck with a faint quack.
The Wyoming congresswoman’s landslide loss at the polls on Tuesday was a repudiation of her single-minded pursuit of Donald Trump and of the Jan. 6 hearings which she is helping to lead.
It also shows what happens when you forget about your constituents and allow your national ambitions to take over.
Sound familiar, Elizabeth Warren?
Cheney ran against Trump rather than for her home state voters and is now paying the price.
And she still doesn’t get it.
“I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office, and I mean it,” she told a small gathering of supporters Tuesday night.
Oh, you really mean it this time, congresswoman?
In Cheney’s fantasy world, she will lead the Trump resistance after she leaves Congress, and make the ultimate comeback by defeating the former president in 2024.
Sure. And Bill Weld will be her vice president.
Cheney is no Lincoln, and has no chance of ever being elected president — whether she’s a Republican, Democrat or independent. She has no chance of putting together a broad-based coalition against Trump. You don’t survive a landslide loss in your home state and go on to lead a national crusade.
She ran a terrible campaign, allowing her father, Cryptkeeper Dick Cheney, to be her attack dog — as if Wyoming voters needed another reason to give her the heave-ho.
Cheney had no message except her hatred of Trump and his supporters. She barely campaigned, saying she couldn’t have a public schedule because of threats against her.
Here’s how deep her Trump derangement syndrome runs: In the last few days of the campaign, she spent money on Google ads in Trump’s home base of Bedminster, N.J., several thousand miles from where her actual constituents live.
She never really ran a serious reelection campaign, instead focusing more on her imaginary White House campaign and winning adulation from Democrats, despite the fact that she stands against everything Democrats are for, such as abortion rights, gun control and social programs.
Cheney once claimed Kamala Harris sounds like Karl Marx, but Democrats made her a hero anyway because of their obsession with indicting Trump.
Once she’s finished with her usefulness on the Jan. 6 committee, Dems will abandon her and she’ll
be relegated to the dust bin of history.
In other has-been news, Cheney’s devastating defeat came on the same night that Sarah Palin’s political career was kept alive in Alaska, clinching a spot in the November final election. But then again, I’m pretty sure they let caribou vote there. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-arrogant-liz-cheney-and-her-white-house-fantasy-crushed-by-voters/article_54e5bbca-1fef-11ed-bbf1-931996f9c372.html | 2022-08-23T08:40:30Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-arrogant-liz-cheney-and-her-white-house-fantasy-crushed-by-voters/article_54e5bbca-1fef-11ed-bbf1-931996f9c372.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the Orwellian universe in which we now marinate, that uncomfortable reality in which rumors seamlessly transform into facts, and disinformation invades our bloodstream like a mutant virus, I wonder what the proper balance is while cowering under the bed and wearing a helmet, face mask and noise-cancelling headphones.
These last 18 months of America held spellbound under the everlasting stench of the Jan. 6 coup attempt and Donald Trump’s continuing odorous reign of dysfunction have been difficult to manage emotionally, even with a daily dose of 100 milligrams of Zoloft (up from 50 milligrams a year ago), an occasional chaser of Xanax and an uptick in cheap chardonnay.
The endless tweets, the 24/7 news circus with its countless cable TV “experts,” the GOP and its ringleader Tucker Carlson, have infiltrated every corner of my real and virtual worlds.
So what is my obligation as a left-leaning 66-year-old with high blood pressure (150/90, thanks for not asking) who was raised to be politically involved and duly outraged at any sign of social injustice?
With my remaining years quickly sliding into amnesia, did I really need to watch Trump’s recent speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference? Did I need to waste time stalking Lauren Boebert’s latest Twitter babble? Did I have to find out that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is holding a “Moment of Truth Summit” later this month in which the 2020 voting machines will be the defendants in a “trial of the machines”?
“The only way this doesn’t work — I have all the pieces — is if the people don’t watch it,” Lindell boasted. Who did he reveal this bit of breaking news to? Why none other than the great rumpled one, Steve Bannon. Am I the only one with IBS, Irritable Bannon Syndrome?
I was raised under that false American rubric that “one person can make a difference.” By using our infectious Yankee optimism, we can change the course of history, stop the tanks in Tiananmen Square (How did that work out?), give peace a chance (Miss you, John) and stop U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema from pretending that wearing floral drapes is cutting-edge fashion.
I have always thought that maxim should read, “One incredibly exceptional person with the right connections and gorgeous hair can make a difference.”
I’ll be brutally honest: I am not that incredibly exceptional. I do not like confrontations with people who disagree with me. It’s kind of icky. I have really nice hair, some would call it flaxen, but I lack any connection that would even let me cut ahead in the “20 items or less” line at Wal-Mart.
I vote regularly. I occasionally turn up at a protest — mainly for the smug selfies — and then reward myself with one of those $5 Starbucks drinks. I sign online petitions; write unanswered letters to Congress; and retweet, “like” and insult online, but do I have the same power to effect change in the United States as say, Kid Rock, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin or a TikTok influencer?
To my liberal comrades, I would caution, just because you are upset, dutifully read New York Times or Washington Post editorials and drink organic fair-trade French roast does not mean you are a better person than those who, instead, do not want to pour all that anxiety into their short lives and would rather drink beer on the patio, binge-watch “Emily in Paris” or pet a cat.
Back to the question of balance. Lately, I’ve been taking the long view. Trump’s tenure, as excruciatingly bizarre, destructive and still inspiring to a third of Americans, was but a short belch in history’s digestive tract, a digestive tract, by the way, in need of a strong colon cleanser. After all, what is four years in the grand scheme of things? If I make it to the age of 80 (no guarantee, note blood pressure numbers), four years will be only 5% of my life. And by the time I’m 80, I probably will not remember the previous 20 years or the last 15 minutes.
I tell myself that, look, I’m still standing after 12 years in the custody of the Chicago Public Schools system, Ronald Reagan’s dementia, Bill Clinton’s impeachment, George W. Bush’s blunders, the last 30 years of Bears football, a bunch of wars that accomplished, well, nothing and a New Kids on the Block concert (don’t ask).
So I think I will opt for detachment by simply sitting out, for example, the Trump-Marjorie Taylor Greene 2024 presidential ticket and our next military foray into fill-in-the-blank (Pro tip: Las Vegas favors Taiwan) and the much-anticipated return of a youthful and apparently converted conservative Republican, the one and only John Kennedy Jr.
Heck, what’s the worst possible thing that can happen to me? Please don’t answer that. I’m having a decent day. Now, where’s my helmet? | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/commentary-a-left-leaning-66-year-old-searches-for-balance-in-unbalanced-times/article_a09208ba-211d-11ed-81e7-a3bc824e171a.html | 2022-08-23T08:40:36Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/commentary-a-left-leaning-66-year-old-searches-for-balance-in-unbalanced-times/article_a09208ba-211d-11ed-81e7-a3bc824e171a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
220816-N-HG389-0034 SINGAPORE (Aug. 16, 2022) Valerio Rossi, admissions manager, shows Ombudsman-at-Large Junifer Thomas new construction of an American School during a tour of a local school during a visit to Singapore, Aug. 16. The Ombudsman-at-Large advises the Chief of Naval Operations and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy on matters affecting Sailors and their families. (U.S. Navy photo Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brandon Parker/Released)
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220816-N-JC800-166 SINGAPORE (Aug. 15, 2022) – Junifer Thomas, Ombudsman-at-Large for 7th Fleet, takes a photo with military and civilian spouses during her visit to Singapore. The Ombudsman-at-Large advises the Chief of Naval Operations and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy on matters affecting Sailors and their families. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heath Zeigler/Released)
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House of the Dragon Episode 1 – What Did You Think?!
Warning: There are spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon episode 1!
Ever since Game of Thrones came to an unsatisfactory end, former fans said that they would never watch one of HBO’s spinoffs. They also claimed that no one cares about the prequel series, House of the Dragon. However, the series premiere’s 9.99 million viewers across all platforms suggests that many fans do care. Whether they will all come back for episode 2 remains to be seen. But the new age has begun, and we want to know what the Superhero Hype community thinks about it! This post is a place for all of you to leave your own reviews, thoughts, or anything else you want to say about House of the Dragon episode 1.
172 years before Daenerys Targaryen was born, the Targaryen family faced a dilemma about the line of succession. Since King Jaehaerys’ sons were dead, he named his grandson, Viserys Targaryen, as the new king. In the process, Jaehaerys snubbed his own daughter, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, and prevented her from claiming the throne. Nine years later, Viserys prepares for the birth of his son while relegating his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, to serving as a cupbearer at the Small Council meetings.
Viserys’ younger brother, Daemon Targaryen, secretly arrives in King’s Landing and uses his command of the City Watch to terrorize the poor people in town as a show of force. The Hand of the King, Otto Hightower, is furious about Daemon’s actions, but Viserys excuses his brother’s actions for now. Instead, Viseryes focuses on the upcoming tournament to celebrate his son’s birth.
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During the tournament, Daemon humiliates Otto by asking for the favor of his daughter, Alicent. However, Daemon is ultimately defeated by a relatively unknown warrior, Criston Cole. Meanwhile, Queen Aemma’s delivery of Viscerys’ son quickly turns tragic. On the advice of the Maester, Viscerys agrees to put Aemma through a very deadly cesarean section to save his son. Aemma has no choice in the matter as she is graphically cut open before bleeding to death. However, Viscerys’ son only survives a short time after his birth.
Sometime later, the Targaryens and the royal court assemble for the funeral of both Aemma and her son. While Daemon is outwardly supportive of Rhaenyra, he soon eavesdrops on a Small Council meeting where Otto attempts to convince Viscerys to remove Daemon from the line of succession. Viscerys angrily refuses, much to Daemon’s delight. Daemon celebrates with his men at a pleasure house, and mockingly toasts his deceased nephew as the “heir for a day.”
After Otto informs Viscerys about what Daemon said, he chastises his brother and tells him to leave King’s Landing. Viscerys then reconciles with Rhaenyra and names her the new heir to the throne. He also shares the prophetic dream of a Song of Ice and Fire. For the seven kingdoms to survive, a Targaryen must be on the Iron Throne when the ultimate evil arises. Shortly thereafter, most of the major houses pledge their loyalty to Viscerys and his chosen heir, Rhaenyra.
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Moscow: Russia's top intelligence agency said on Monday that it has detained an Islamic State terrorist from a Central Asian country who underwent special training to carry out a suicide attack against a member of India's leadership elite for the offensive comments on the Prophet.
According to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the foreign national was recruited by one of the Islamic State's ringleaders as a suicide bomber sometime between April and June 2022, while in Turkey, state-owned TASS news agency reported.
"The Federal Security Service has identified and apprehended in Russia a member of the outlawed (by the Russian Federation) Islamic State international terrorist organisation. The detainee is a native of a Central Asian country, who planned to commit a terrorist attack against a member of India's ruling circles by blowing himself up, the FSB said.
The terrorist's "ideological indoctrination was conducted remotely via Telegram messenger accounts and during personal meetings in Istanbul with an IS representative, the Russian Federal Security Service's Center for Public Relations (CPR) said.
The FSB noted that the would-be suicide bomber swore allegiance to the IS Emir (chief), after which he was instructed to leave for Russia, draw up the necessary documents and fly to India to commit this act of terrorism, the report said.
The terrorist, who was not identified by the Russian intelligence agency, confessed that he was preparing an act of terrorism against a member of India's ruling circles for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, the report added.
In a video of his interrogation released by the CPR on Monday, the would-be suicide bomber, whose face was blurred, said he swore allegiance to the IS Emir in April 2022 and underwent special training, after which he flew to Russia, from where he was to travel to India.
"I was supposed to be given things there (in India) to commit a terrorist attack at the behest of the IS for insulting the Prophet Muhammad," he said while speaking in broken Russian.
BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was suspended and the party's Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal was expelled by the party after their controversial remarks against the Prophet which sparked protests in the Muslim world early this year.
Dreaded terror group ISIS and all its affiliate organisations, responsible for a series of savage attacks and killings in Iraq and Syria, have been banned in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Recruitment of youths to the outfit from India and their radicalisation is a matter of serious concern for the country especially with regard to its likely impact on national security when such youth return to India, the Home Ministry has said while banning the terrorist group.
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Similar to yesterday, there isn't anything significant on the board and tomorrow might feature a similar picture with little else besides a modest-sized one for USD/JPY near 137.00. But we'll take it day by day.
For now, the risk mood and dollar technicals will continue to do the work in dictating trading sentiment on the day.
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WICHITA, Kansas — Abortion remains legal, if tightly restricted, in Kansas. That doesn't mean it's easy to get an appointment.
On the sidewalk outside the Trust Women clinic in Wichita, anti-abortion protestors shout at cars turning into the parking lot, recording their license plates.
Most come from out-of-state now, after abortion bans in states like Texas and Oklahoma sent women streaming across state lines — so much so that some Kansas women find themselves looking for appointments out-of-state.
It started last year, when Texas enacted a law banning abortion before most women know they’re pregnant. Another surge came in May, when Oklahoma became the first state to flat out ban abortion. And then it reached a fever pitch this summer, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“As soon as the decision came down, we fully anticipated — especially with the number of states around us with trigger bans — to see an increase,” said Ashley Brink, the Trust Women clinic director. “And we absolutely have seen an increase in not only the call volume, but the number of patients.”
She said patients coming from farther away tend to be further along in their pregnancies, sometimes already having been turned away by several other clinics. That means they often need more involved procedures.
The new reality has changed everything for staff, down to small talk.
“Three years ago, two years ago, what we talked about with patients was like, ‘Where are you going to go eat after?’ Because folks were local people accessing care in their state,” said Christina Bourne, the clinic’s medical director. “Versus now, our small talk has changed: ‘How far did you drive? Where are you from?’”
It means they’re turning more women away. Often, Brink has to tell patients to call back in a few weeks — or to try their luck at other clinics in other states.
If a patient is from Kansas, she might refer them to a clinic in Colorado. If someone is calling from Texas or Oklahoma, the closest alternative might be in New Mexico. Women from Arkansas and Louisiana might be directed to Illinois.
“Their next best options are going to be the coasts, if they can fly,” she said. “And we know that’s not feasible for everyone.”
Trust Women is hiring more staff and doing renovations so it can see more patients. But staff are sober about what one clinic can handle in the face of an explosion of demand.
“We truly could be doing abortion care 24 hours a day and we would not meet the demand,” Bourne said. “At the end of the day, we’re also humans. People have families. People have lives to attend to. We’re in this for the long haul, and if we burn ourselves out sprinting right out of the gate, it won’t be sustainable for us.”
The demand on Kansas clinics is only likely to increase as more states tighten abortion restrictions in the post-Roe era.
“Our entire region is struggling to figure out how to meet the (demand) because Kansas is a really essential point of access for care right now,” said Emily Wales, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which covers Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
To help meet the demand, the organization opened a new clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, this summer. In addition to medication abortions, the clinic offers birth control, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and transgender hormone therapy.
But Wales said that finding doctors for Planned Parenthood’s three Kansas sites remains a challenge.
“The care is not without scrutiny and oversight and fear, including in Kansas,” she said. “People ask us about that when they consider working with us.”
It also launched a new patient navigation center, headquartered in Wichita, to help people navigate the practical and emotional challenges associated with seeking abortion across state lines — something Wales said became important after the fall of Roe.
“We went from having a couple of staff members who would get called in for those patients who had more complicated questions to having a team of multiple people across four states trying to help patients figure out the logistics,” she said.
The Center for Abortion and Reproductive Equity will help people understand the patchwork of restrictions across the region and help coordinate funding and travel. It’s hiring social workers to help callers in distress, which the clinics are seeing more of as women deal with difficulties around things like getting time off from work. Sometimes the need for an out-of-state trip forces them to disclose their abortion to people they otherwise wouldn’t have told.
Wales wants the center to help the most vulnerable patients, especially those from communities of color and rural areas, who often face extra barriers to getting an abortion.
Planned Parenthood joins a handful of groups helping arrange abortions across the Midwest in a post-Roe world.
Elevated Access, which launched this spring, recruited 800-some volunteer pilots to fly patients across state lines on private planes. In June, the first flight took an Oklahoma woman to a clinic in Kansas City.
In Colorado, telemedicine abortion provider JustThePill — it offers mail-order abortion pills in Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming — recently opened a new mobile clinic out of a van.
Because of safety concerns, medical director Julie Amaon won’t say where in the state the clinic is located or what exactly it looks like.
“They’re very nondescript. They don’t have any logos on them. They look like any other large van you would see on the road — on purpose,” she said. “You wouldn’t be able to say, ‘that looks like a mobile health clinic,’ from the outside.”
If you live in a state like Kansas that has banned prescribing abortion pills over telemedicine, you can drive over the state line into Colorado, talk to a doctor from your car, and then pick up abortion pills from a lock box in the back of the van.
“We can be really nimble and change based on where patients need us most,” said Amaon.
JustThePill is fundraising to open mobile clinics in Illinois by the end of the year. Afterward, Amaon said the group’s sights are set on Kansas.
But abortion travel costs money.
The price of an abortion can range from several hundred dollars for a medication abortion to several thousand for a surgical procedure. In Kansas, most people have to pay out-of-pocket because of laws that prohibit public and private health insurance from covering abortion in most cases. And that’s not counting things like flights, hotels and childcare.
Sandy Brown, the president of the Kansas Abortion Fund, said there’s been a rise in requests for help this year.
“There are so many people coming to Kansas for abortion care that there may be a waiting time of two to three weeks, and that will create an uptick in the cost of the procedure,” she said.
A few weeks might mean the difference between abortion pills or a surgical abortion. Or it might mean the difference between a simple one-day procedure and something more complicated, over two days — making the procedure itself and extra expenses more costly.
Because of crowding at local clinics, more Kansas women are traveling out-of-state. That’s why the fund recently partnered with Midwest Access Coalition, an Illinois-based group that helps people pay for and coordinate abortion-related travel.
“We do all the bookings, transportation, accommodations. We send people money for food, child care, medicine,” said Alison Dreith, the group’s director of strategic partnerships. “We put it all on our credit cards so that clients won’t have to use a credit card. A lot of our clients don’t even have credit cards.”
“I had someone in Arkansas last week that went to Chicago; she cost $2,500 for her practical support. And some people just need $25 to get a friend to pay for gas to drive them.”
Abortion rights advocates say that support is especially critical for Black women — who are nationally almost three times as likely to die from complications related to childbirth as white women.
“We know from experience that if somebody has an unplanned pregnancy and they want an abortion, for people of color, the financial barriers really come into play,” said Sapphire Garcia-Lies, the founder of Kansas Birth Justice, a nonprofit trying to lower birth inequities in Black and brown communities.
“Black women and brown women need access to options — not only because we're more likely to die in childbirth, but because it's a human right. And it’s a human right that we've had less access to all along.”
Rose Conlon reports on health for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter at @rosebconlon or email her at conlon@kmuw.org.
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A case before the Kansas Court of Appeals could have far reaching effects on the state's justice system — where people who can't afford to pay court dues are held to a different standard than those who can. KCUR's Nomin Ujiyediin spoke with the Kansas Reflector's Sherman Smith about indefinite probation for poor Kansans.
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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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The longstanding relationship is bolstered with investment in futureproof technology that will enable flexibility and agility in service delivery across the Middle East and Africa
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has today signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading regional satellite operator, Türksat, for the ground systems required to run a variety of services over the Türksat 5B satellite. ST Engineering iDirect will provide multiple Dialog® XIF hubs and 5,000 remotes, enabling Türksat to augment services to various markets including government, enterprise, mobility and cellular backhaul across 30 beams, providing the best connectivity experience from low data rates all the way to very large throughputs of over 1 Gbps for the most demanding applications.
The new installations will ensure that Türksat can run its satellite networks more efficiently, easily and rapidly adapt their existing networks or build new ones through ST Engineering iDirect's Network Management System (NMS) that allows services, capacity, terminals and beams to be scaled in an instant, fully automated and orchestrated way. Based on the latest DVB-S2X technology and Mx-DMA® MRC technology, Türksat can also maximize the benefits of the powerful 5B HTS by leveraging the highest efficiencies and throughputs of the DVB-S2X waveform as well as optimize the return link with Mx-DMA MRC. Both platform and remotes can provide the flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability to cater to Türksat's HTS business today and as it expands in the future.
"The latest satellite of our fleet, Türksat 5B, will greatly increase our current coverage and bandwidth over Ka HTS," said Selman Demirel, Vice President of Satellite Operations at Türksat. "This will enable Türksat to extend broadband services over many regions including Middle East, Africa, as well as major maritime and airtime routes. The partnership with ST Engineering iDirect in this expansion is very important for Türksat to provide seamless, cost-effective and flexible services to current and prospective customer needs in a very broad and rapidly improving market. The Dialog XIF Hub with flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability will be a key asset for Türksat for these active markets. Therefore, we truly appreciate this new contract to strengthen our strategic partnership."
"We are thrilled that our technology has once again been selected by Türksat to enable their expanding operations," said Tajani Bouqentar, Vice President, Middle East, ST Engineering iDirect. "The selection of our Dialog platform means that Türksat now operates their services over our full hub portfolio. With the multi-service, futureproof nature of the Dialog hub platform and modem portfolio, Türksat can accommodate current and future business opportunities by providing the flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability required. We are dedicated to enabling Türksat's business development and supporting them as their capabilities evolve."
Launched in December 2021, the Türksat 5B satellite provides data communication and broadcasting services over a wide coverage area that reaches the entire Middle East, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, North Africa, East Africa, South Africa and Nigeria. It also provides customized services to airlines and commercial ship operators around the world via its Ka-band beams. Commencement of the new services is expected in Q3 2022.
For more information about ST Engineering iDirect, please visit: https://www.idirect.net/
ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. Through the merger with Newtec, a recognized industry pioneer, the combined business unites over 35 years of innovation focused on solving satellite's most critical economic and technology challenges and expands a shared commitment to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded under the names iDirect and Newtec, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is the world's largest TDMA enterprise VSAT manufacturer and is the leader in key industries including broadcast, mobility and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information on our platforms please visit www.idirect.net.
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Forecast Updated on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 3:30am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 85-90. Winds: NW 5-15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows: 65-73. Winds: NW-W 5-15 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny. Highs: 84-90. Winds: W 5-15 mph.
Wednesday Night: Clear. Lows: 65-73. Winds: W-SW 5-10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. Highs: 87-92. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
Friday: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 86-93. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
An area of low pressure will linger to our north today that will keep us in the clouds from time to time, but overall the forecast shifts to a quieter one. The Bermuda high settles into control of our forecast for the next few days and that means that our chances for any showers and storms should be limited. Today will have a cooler feeling to the air as the humidity will come down a bit. This doesn’t mean that the temperatures won’t be down as I expect many of us into the mid and upper 80s with a few to near 90 degrees later today.
As the flow around the Bermuda high begins to pick up later in the week, so will the heat and the humidity. Highs by the time we get to Thursday and Friday climb up into the low 90s and by Friday I can’t rule out a few pop-up showers and storms. This chance is not a big one, so it is out of the forecast…but understand with how much heat and humidity there will be in the area, it can’t be ruled out.
Over the weekend, we will be watching for a chance of some scattered showers and storms on Saturday evening as a weak disturbance makes its way into the region to act as the trigger. It isn’t the biggest chance for storms at the moment, but know that this chance is greater on Saturday then on Sunday. Sunday looks to be fine with sunshine and highs into the 80s to near 90. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/a-quiet-forecast-for-the-rest-of-the-work-week/article_63bfd752-22b5-11ed-b647-e73813f950e2.html | 2022-08-23T09:27:37Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/a-quiet-forecast-for-the-rest-of-the-work-week/article_63bfd752-22b5-11ed-b647-e73813f950e2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Atlantic Ocean:
Tuesday: S 5-20 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Wednesday: N 5-10 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Tuesday: W 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Wednesday: N 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Delaware Bay:
Tuesday: W 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
Wednesday: NW 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-tuesday-august-23-2022/article_7fb95712-22b5-11ed-b3cd-d347c49c2d19.html | 2022-08-23T09:27:43Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-tuesday-august-23-2022/article_7fb95712-22b5-11ed-b3cd-d347c49c2d19.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Safaricom is set to boost its enterprise services following a pilot with Nokia’s fixed wireless access (FWA) 5G, which is the first of its kind in Africa.
In a statement, Nokia said the pilot used Safaricom’s live 4G and 5G networks comprising radio, core and transport. It used a multi-vendor network environment and took place in Western Kenya.
Safaricom’s trial is part of a move to widen its enterprise offering which includes ambitions to deliver application slicing and fast line internet access.
James Maitai, Safaricom network director, noted it intended to begin “tailoring our service offerings to individual customers and industries, to meet their needs for high-speed connectivity precisely and without unnecessary cost”.
The development comes as Safaricom continues work to develop 5G in its home market, which was one of the first in Africa to receive the latest network technology when Safaricom began live trials in parts of its footprint during March 2021.
Its vendors for its 5G network rollout are Huawei and Nokia. | https://newsghana.com.gh/safaricom-eyes-enterprise-boost-after-pilot-with-nokia-5g-fwa/ | 2022-08-23T09:28:12Z | afar.com | control | https://newsghana.com.gh/safaricom-eyes-enterprise-boost-after-pilot-with-nokia-5g-fwa/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It's not every day you see the Vice President of the United States on a beach surrounded by Secret Service at Hanalei Bay on Kauai.
"There were actually people on the pier with guns and they were watching her with binoculars," says 8th grader Welina Dudoit Wong.
And while some might just be happy for chance for a quick handshake or a picture, Wong and fellow Kanuikapono Charter School 8th grader Bea Kaaumoana had a message.
"The important thing about it was delivering that message and letting her know that the keiki of Oahu do need help with their families and their water," Kaaumoana says.
Throughout Vice President Kamala Harris' vacation on the Garden Isle, groups like the Oahu Water Protectors have held up signs near her Kalihiwai Ridge vacation home, urging more action on the Red Hill water crisis.
But in the end it was the two local 8th graders who mustered up the courage and walk across the sand and seize the moment and take those concerns directly to Harris.
After asking the Veep about Red Hill, Harris replied to Kaaumoana and Wong "I agree with you, we need to handle that, it's a very big issue." She stopped to take a picture, before encouraging the girls to "continue to active and lead."
Both Bea and Welina taking that advice to heart - the students say they're both hoping to continued to grow as leaders in the Native Hawaiian community.
The students say they've been getting a lot of attention: "All of our family has been congratulating us for like going up to her and being brave," Bea says.
And while it's a moment both say they'll never forget, they also say they're not afraid to hold the Vice President accountable
"It was a privilege to talk to her, but I hope that this time they keep to their promises and they do want to help the Hawaiian people," Welina says.
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Tom anchors Good Morning Hawaii weekends and reports for KITV4. He comes to Hawaii after reporting in Nevada, Oklahoma and Georgia. Tom is a proud Terp, graduating from the University of Maryland in 2012. | https://www.kitv.com/news/kauai-8th-graders-confront-vice-president-kamala-harris-over-red-hill/article_5dbb1458-22b9-11ed-8926-f38c1570447e.html | 2022-08-23T09:29:05Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/kauai-8th-graders-confront-vice-president-kamala-harris-over-red-hill/article_5dbb1458-22b9-11ed-8926-f38c1570447e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KITV4) – “Retirement Living” released a report that stated more people are now pushing retirement to after age 65 while many hope to retire between 51 to 60.
A financial advisor told KITV that entering retirement right now is tricky – now that the stock market has had two blows in the past two and half years.
”There is a greater risk and greater challenge that individuals are faced due to the fact that both stocks and bonds have had a trouble year this year. There’s a lack of correlation between the two and that’s what investors are relying on,” said Jeff Buck, chief investment officer, E.A Buck Financial Services.
Those who invests in retirement savings - 76% of them invest in the stock market and 56% of invest in bonds.
Buck said several factors are considered in retirement like life expectancy and cost of living – and both are going up.
Governor Ige signed a bill this summer to a create retirement saving program. Experts said this will increase the number of private company workers to save for retirement.
”Every worker in Hawaii should have access to retirement savings through payroll deductions and that’s a huge step. People don’t realize that you are 15% more likely to save if you have payroll deduction,” said Craig Gima, communications director at AARP.
Hawaii residents retire between the ages of 63 and 67 while many retire between 55 and 62.
Hawaii ranks number one with the highest retirement income needed to live comfortably.
Aina Hain resident, Ty Gurney, said he has been a surf coach on Oahu for 20 years. He said he plans on retiring in a rural part of Montana where the cost of living is much lower. He is 49-years old.
“My job has taken a toll on me physically as I’ve gotten older. I am planning on retiring next year when I’m 50 but property taxes are crazy here in Hawaii. I want to keep my home here but I am looking at homes in Montana,” said Gurney.
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After torrential rains struck parts of northeastern Texas and sent floodwaters rushing through streets and homes, rescue crews fanned out across the region on Monday, responding to hundreds of calls for aid from residents stunned by the sudden downfall.
Heavy rain and flash flooding brought record rainfall to the Dallas-Forth Worth area between Sunday and Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service Forth Worth. More than 9 inches fell at Dallas Forth Worth Airport over a 24-hour period that began Sunday, marking the highest rainfall over that length of time that the area has seen since 1932, the agency said.
The major flood threat will begin to subside in the area on Tuesday as the storms shift eastward toward Louisiana and Mississippi. Parts of eastern and southeastern Texas are still under a slight risk for excessive rainfall Tuesday.
Business owner Allen Thompson told CNN affiliate KTVT that the flooding was unlike anything he had ever seen in his time living in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs.
"I've been here 13 years, and this is by far the worst it's ever flooded," Thompson said of Hickory Creek, which runs through the city.
When he walked into his heavy equipment rental business on Monday morning, 3 inches of water quickly covered the floor. Within an hour, he told KTVT, the water had risen to about a foot. He said he will have to close up shop for about a week to assess and clean up the damage.
The Fort Worth Fire Department received 500 calls for service and performed 174 high water rescues and investigations, the department tweeted. Dallas Fire Rescue responded to 195 high water incidents and rescued 21 people and 10 dogs, the agency said in a tweet.
Brittany Taylor moved into her Dallas apartment just two days before the flooding. Much of her belongings were still packed into cardboard boxes, which were soaked by the water.
"The last thing I expected was to wake to my brand new apartment flooded," she said. "There was just water gushing through the front door of the apartment. My refrigerator started floating away."
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared a state of disaster in the county on Monday and requested federal and state assistance in responding to the damage, he said in a tweet.
Jenkins also announced that an unnamed woman was killed when flood waters swept away her vehicle. Her car was "presumably" swept off the road and was found when the water receded, according to Mesquite Fire Department Chief Russell Wilson.
The relentless downpour soaked a region that has been under extreme drought in recent months. More than a quarter of Texas is under the highest drought designation, including the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
The same storm system battered parts of the Southwest over the weekend and continues to threaten parts of the region, as approximately 9 million people across the South are under flood watches Tuesday.
Drivers forced to abandon cars in rising waters
The overwhelming water level took many residents by surprise as it rushed into homes and onto highways. Several local authorities urged residents not to drive into high waters Monday as flooding filled the streets.
The Dallas Police Department alerted residents to numerous road closures in a tweet Monday afternoon, adding that water was "still standing on some roads, along with debris and abandoned cars."
In downtown Dallas, Cassondra Anna Mae Stewart was driving home at 3 a.m. when she noticed Interstate 30 has started to become cover by water, she told CNN. Videos she took of the scene show water rippling past car wheels as rain continues to fall across the road.
"I was able to back up on a ramp to get off the highway," she said. "I took an alternate route home ... although most streets are flooded down there as well."
Hundreds of traffic accidents were reported during the flooding, according to Dallas police.
Traffic through the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was also hard hit, with hundreds of flights to and from the airport canceled and about half of its departing flights delayed, according to tracking website FlightAware.
The heavy influx of water caused the sanitary sewers to overflow at several places throughout Dallas, the city said in a release Monday, noting that the city water system has not been impacted.
"None of the overflows of diluted wastewater have affected the City's water supply," Dallas Water Utilities Department assistant director Zachary Peoples said.
The city is recommending that some people in the impacted areas use boiled or distilled water.
The sudden rainfall comes amidst a "flash drought," which has brought an exceptionally dry year across regions of Texas, including the areas impacted my this week's flooding.
In the first half of the year, areas of the state have experienced rainfall deficits of between 8-10 inches, according to the Drought Monitor. But those shortfalls will be essentially erased in Dallas due to the flooding, while other areas will still experience them, the agency said. In less than 24 hours between Sunday and Monday, Dallas had received an entire summer's worth of rainfall -- over 7 inches.
The frequency and intensity of rainfall over land have increased with every degree of the planet warming since the 1980s.
A large share of precipitation in recent years has come during "intense, single-day events," which scientists say will become more common because of the climate crisis, along with sudden shifts from severe drought to heavy rain.
CNN's Brandon Miller, Caitlin Kaiser, Caroll Alvarado, Ross Levitt, Payton Major, Angela Fritz, Alisha Ebrahimji and Jennifer Henderson contributed to this report. | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/flash-flooding-in-dallas-area-takes-residents-by-surprise-as-rescue-crews-respond-to-hundreds/article_f55fd263-56cc-5433-9214-9928ae359b06.html | 2022-08-23T09:29:17Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/flash-flooding-in-dallas-area-takes-residents-by-surprise-as-rescue-crews-respond-to-hundreds/article_f55fd263-56cc-5433-9214-9928ae359b06.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fauci's successor will inherit a polarization problem
NIAID director Anthony Fauci's retirement will leave a gaping hole in the nation's flagship biomedical research agency and tee up a test of whether his successor will be an equally public figure — and as controversial.
Why it matters: Fauci's consistent presence as the public face of the pandemic response over the last two and a half years has been a source of comfort for some Americans while enraging others. What happens in his absence will reveal whether such deep polarization stems more from Fauci or is a function of today's political environment.
What they're saying: In an interview with Axios, Fauci said that his notoriety is largely attributable to circumstances that put him "right in the eye of the hurricane of some very important emerging infectious disease outbreaks."
- Throughout a career responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Zika virus, Ebola and the COVID pandemic, it's been important to "try and explain [the science] to the American public in a way and a form in a way they can really appreciate. Whether or not someone else can and wants to do that, I imagine they could," he said.
- "I think it would be desirable to have not only someone who could replace me to do this but to have a lot of scientists who are adept at communicating to the public."
State of play: The NIH still doesn't have a permanent director following former director Francis Collins' retirement from the agency last year. Lawrence Tabak is currently acting director.
- Fauci's departure leaves another large hole to fill in the midst of several public health crises.
Between the lines: While Fauci has drawn plenty of praise for his relentless public presence and straight talk, he's become an avatar of government overreach to many on the political right. Republicans have attacked him as being too eager for media attention and for offering inconsistent advice as the pandemic wore on.
- He was seen as either a hero or a villain for his attempts to steer the Trump administration's COVID response, and his relationship with Trump — and thus many Republicans — rapidly deteriorated.
- Although Fauci isn't solely in charge of pandemic communications for the Biden administration, this messaging while he also served as the president's chief medical advisor has also been at times confusing and inconsistent.
Yes, but: The challenge for Fauci's successor will be to communicate the science to Americans without alienating a third of the country — if such a thing is possible today.
- Fauci says the blame doesn't lie with scientists and public health officials. "When you have people who distort facts and create unreality and live by conspiracy theories, it isn't the scientists who are the polarizers," Fauci said.
- "It isn't like I or my colleagues say, 'I'm going to be polarizing today.' You stick to the facts, and if people push back against the science and the evidence and create unreality, that's the reason for the polarization."
One piece of advice for his successor: "Stick with the science, and try as best as you can to completely stay out of the political stuff. The political stuff will spill over into what you do ... that's unfortunate. But the scientists themselves must stay out of the politics."
- For example, encouraging people to get vaccinated or to wear a mask in certain situations "is just a scientifically sound thing," he said.
The other side: Many Republicans very much disagree with the sentiment that Fauci isn't polarizing.
- The tricky thing about public health and emerging threats like COVID is that trust is essential to influencing behavior. That makes balancing politics and science a dangerous game — one that Fauci's successor will find hard to avoid. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/anthony-fauci-pandemic-public-health-retiring | 2022-08-23T09:41:58Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/anthony-fauci-pandemic-public-health-retiring | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
"House of the Dragon" sets HBO record
HBO's highly anticipated "Game of Thrones" prequel broke records as the largest premier in HBO history, the company said Monday.
Why it matters: The prequel shows the power of extending popular franchises back in time for super-fans.
- It also proves HBO can still market hits under its new ownership.
Details: "House of the Dragon" drew nearly 10 million viewers across HBO's cable channel and HBO Max in its U.S. debut Sunday night, the largest audience for any new original series in the history of HBO, the company said.
- The series generated the highest viewership for any premium cable or streaming premiere in 2022, exceeding the initial same-day viewership of Netflix's "Stranger Things," per Samba TV, a TV tech and insights company.
- The show was 23x more in-demand than the average show among U.S. consumers the day before it launched, per Parrot Analytics, a content insights company, and was in even more demand globally.
Yes, but: A groundswell of interest caused the HBO Max app to crash for thousands of people in the U.S. on Sunday night, Axios' Hope King reported.
Catch up quick: Based on the George R.R. Martin novel "Fire & Blood," the new HBO series focuses on the events of the Targaryen family nearly 200 years before "Game of Thrones."
- The show debuted more than three years after the final season of "Game of Thrones" which was not well-received among fans and critics.
- The original "Game of Thrones" series had its strongest week on HBO Max ever In the week leading up to the premier of "House of the Dragon," HBO said.
The big picture: "Game of Thrones" proved critical in helping HBO Max lure viewers to its other TV shows. Analysts say HBO Max will be successful if it can find ways to use "House of the Dragon" to lure eyeballs to its other streaming content.
- "The next challenge, and the real opportunity for HBO in the coming weeks, is to expand viewership beyond the passionate built-in fan base," said Ashwin Navin, Co-Founder & CEO of Samba TV.
- In order to maximize its value, the show needs to help drive users to other titles that are available exclusively available on HBO Max, said Wade Payson-Denney, a communications manager at Parrot Analytics. That's what will ultimately help HBO Max drive long-term subscribers.
Of note: The successful debut of "House of the Dragon" comes as Warner Bros. Discovery tries to streamline its content strategy.
- While the company is cutting back on some titles, it's doubling down on others that it thinks will be able to drive a significant return on investment.
- The company spent more promoting "House of the Dragon" than on any other show in HBO's history.
What to watch: "House of the Dragon" is the latest prequel to draw big interest. The show debuted just days after the popular "Breaking Bad" prequel "Better Caul Saul" ended after six seasons.
- "Fear the Walking Dead," which debuted in 2015 as a prequel to "The Walking Dead," is still currently airing on AMC in its seventh season.
- "Young Sheldon" just finished its fifth season with another two seasons on the way. The show is a prequel to "The Big Bang Theory," that's framed as a coming-of-age story as opposed to a sitcom.
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Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway nearly cried on this morning's (August 23) show as her co-host paid her an emotional tribute. Kate and Rob Rinder hosted the popular ITV show together and the TV judge took a moment to praise Kate for caring for her husband Derek Draper.
Kate, 55, has been caring for Derek, 55, since he fell seriously ill after catching coronavirus. She documented his difficult road to recovery in an ITV documentary named Caring for Derek, which aired earlier this year.
Rob, who is a criminal barrister and TV personality, issued a heartfelt tribute to Kate as he unveiled the documentary had been shortlisted for a National Television Award. "First of all, you're sunshine in human form," the 44-year-old said.
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"I just want to say more than anything else you model the possibility against the backdrop of darkness of being light in every sense. I'm so proud of you today with your amazing documentary, Caring For Derek, being shortlisted for a National Television Award.
"Your capacity to use the platform you have for change, for authenticity just makes me proud to know you." Overwhelmed by his touching message, Kate said: "Oh my god, that's so lovely. I'm gonna cry."
And Twitter fans agreed Kate and Rob are a strong presenting duo, with many calling for them to keep working together. @SamiC0hen commented: "I loved watching you two. Such a lovely pair and work so well together."
@pnuttall123 echoed: "I just love @RobbieRinder and @kategarraway they are two wonderful, kind, loving people and so very clever. I wish they were on @GMB every day." @Rachelb89396560 added: "Love these two [heart emoji]. The pairing really works. Makes me want to watch GMB again x."
Kate took to Twitter to respond to fans' reaction to Rob, posting: "He’s an #angel isn’t he - first time hosting with my good friend @RobbieRinder who many might not know has privately been incredibly supportive in the darkest of times & it’s an absolute privilege to watch his brilliant mind and compassion in action on GMB."
GMB continues tomorrow on ITV from 6am.
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Santander has increased the interest rates for four of its saving accounts. The banking giant say the changes will give customers some of the 'best returns in the market on their tax-free savings'.
The changes, which come into place from today, will see the rates have been increased on four of Santander’s 1 Year Fixed Rate ISA, 18 Month Fixed Rate ISA, 2 Year Fixed Rate ISA, and Easy access eISA. The bank has increased the rate on its 1Year Fixed Rate ISA from 1.5 percent to 2.3 percent AER and its 18 month ISA has gone from a rate of 1.7 percent to 2.5 percent.
Its 2 Year ISA has increased from two percent to 2.8 percent AER and its Easy access ISA has doubled from 0.7 percent to 1.5 percent. To open one of Santander's Fixed rate ISAs, a person will need a minimum of £500 and be over the age of 16 years.
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The high-street bank said it would give customers some of the "best returns in the market on their tax-free savings", Express reports. Hetal Parmar, head of Banking and Savings at Santander UK, said: “We understand saving for the future is important for many people and our increased cash ISA rates will make customers’ money work harder, helping with their savings goals.
“We make it simple to transfer an existing cash ISA to Santander in a way that keeps it tax-free.”
The bank’s fixed rate ISA is part of the ISA transfer service. This bank claims that this makes it “quick and easy” for people to transfer their existing Cash ISA from other providers to Santander.
People can also combine multiple cash ISAs in a single cash ISA with Santander. This service helps customers keep their “tax-free wrapper” on the ISAs, according to Santander.
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Cyclists could be required to have insurance under new road laws being considered by the government, according to reports last week. It's said to be one of a number of proposed changes that would also see cyclists having to abide by the same speed limits as motorists.
Earlier this year changes were made to the Highway Code with the aim of making motorists more aware of cyclists, with the aim of increasing their safety. Eight major changes were made to the Code following a public consultation to improve the safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses.
Government officials have also suggested the shake-up could require bikes to have number plates or other identification markings so the laws could be enforced. Earlier this year Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reportedly said he is also seeking to introduce a “death by dangerous cycling” law.
Do you think drivers cyclists should need insurance in order to cycle on the road? Have your say in the comments below
Reaction to the news divided our readers on Facebook with some supporting the idea, while others questioned whether it was the right action at a time when there is a real push for the modes of transport which are best for the environment.
Brian Orgles said: "About time, cyclists desperately need regulating", while Jason Tillman said: "Fiddly to organise but the benefits could be worth it. We need more cyclists which means we will need better regulation."
Cycling is going through a boom in the UK with its health and environmental benefits, but Tom Billingham had raised concerns about what impact of such introductions may have. He said: "A complete backwards step for promoting more environmental modes of transport"
We will be discussing the news with you below in the comments section - and you can take part. We'll highlight the best ones as they come in.
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Walmart ordered to pay man $4M after discrimination lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon jury decided that a man who claimed racial profiling should be awarded millions after filing a civil lawsuit against Walmart.
Michael Mangum claimed an asset protection employee racially profiled him in March 2020 at a Walmart in Wood Village, Oregon, and called deputies on him for no reason other than wanting him to leave the store.
After the verdict, Walmart has been ordered to pay $4 million in damages to Mangum, KPTV reports.
Mangum says he was visiting the store to buy a light bulb, and an employee at the store suddenly confronted him, told him to leave and then called Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies.
According to court documents, the Walmart employee was identified as Joe Williams. The documents also revealed that MCSO deputies knew that Williams had a history of frequent 911 calls, often making embellishing accusations about people in his Walmart location.
Mangum and his lawyer, Greg Kafoury, said that Williams remained on the job after the incident in March 2020 but no longer works for Walmart now.
Mangum says Williams keeping his job was hurtful.
“No suspension, no investigation, that’s kind of a slap in my face for one,” he said. “Because I’m sure he’s done this to a lot of people.”
Mangum works for Home Forward, an affordable housing and youth outreach nonprofit. He says he hopes his experience can be a teachable moment for the youth he serves.
“I hope they don’t focus on the money,” he said. “That’s not my message. My message is tell the truth, stand up for yourself, know your rights, and I just try to teach them to advocate.”
Even though it may be two years later, Mangum says experiencing racial profiling in such a public place like Walmart has re-shaped his perspective when working with at-risk youth.
“It gives me a chance to really, really feel where they’re coming from,” he said.
KPTV reached out to Walmart for comment on the verdict, and a spokesperson sent back a statement which reads:
“We do not tolerate discrimination. We believe the verdict is excessive and is not supported by the evidence. Mr. Mangum was never stopped by Walmart’s Asset Protection. He interfered with our associates as they were surveilling and then stopped confirmed shoplifters, and then refused to leave despite being asked to repeatedly by our staff and Multnomah County deputies. We are reviewing our options including post-trial motions.”
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
A special election for the House may give us clues to what's coming this fall.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
You may know the closely divided House and Senate are at stake. Republicans are favored to gain, as the party out of power often does, but they are feeling a little bit less optimistic these days. Last week, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged what the experts say - it's getting harder to see how his party captures the Senate. It's a little hard to hear this, but listen closely to this clip.
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MITCH MCCONNELL: There's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different. They're statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.
MARTIN: He said, candidate quality. Republicans have been struggling in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia.
INSKEEP: Where their nominees have been much criticized. McConnell also said Republicans have a better chance to win the House. And that special election in New York state this week gives us more information. NPR senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro is here. Domenico, good morning.
DOMENICO MONTANARO, BYLINE: Hey there, Steve.
INSKEEP: OK, just to be clear - not a primary, although we have some more primaries coming up this week. This is not a primary. It's an open seat. It gets decided. It's the final-final in New York state, outside of New York City, in the Hudson Valley, the Catskills, rural areas and some urban areas. What should we know about it?
MONTANARO: Well, this is a race between Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro, both local county executives. It's to fill out a term for Anthony (ph) Delgado, who left Congress to become lieutenant governor of the state. It's a measure, really, of which party has the enthusiasm right now in a fairly even-divided district. You know, Trump won it in 2016. Biden won it in 2020. And I often like to look at candidates' ads to see what they're focusing on. These give you a pretty good idea. First, here's an ad from Ryan, who's an Army veteran.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: He fought for our families, for our freedom.
PAT RYAN: And freedom includes a woman's right to choose. How can we be a free country if the government tries to control women's bodies?
MONTANARO: Meanwhile, Molinaro is focusing on something entirely different.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Sky-high gas prices.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Rising crime.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Runaway inflation.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are to blame.
MONTANARO: (Laughter) So very dramatic there. But you can hear how this has become a proxy fight in the messaging wars on abortion rights versus inflation, the two big issues that both parties really want to focus on nationally.
INSKEEP: Well, how big an indicator could a special election like this be?
MONTANARO: Well, you never want to overread special elections, but they have been indicators in recent years of which party is most fired up and which way elections that are upcoming are headed. You know, Republicans did well in special elections earlier this cycle, but after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, Democrats have overperformed in places like Minnesota and Nebraska, and Democrats are looking to build on their momentum after a big win in Kansas on an abortion-related ballot measure.
INSKEEP: With all that said, we should be clear - Republicans still have a good chance to win a lot of seats this fall, and we'll see how things turn out. But they've had some difficulty recently. So what is Donald Trump saying about this, particularly given that so many Republican candidates have pledged fealty to him?
MONTANARO: Well, we heard that clip from McConnell, and Trump unloaded on McConnell on his social media platform. He called him a broken-down hack, criticized his wife, Elaine Chao, who you might remember was Trump's labor secretary but resigned over Trump's conduct on January 6. And he said that he thought McConnell should spend more time and money helping Republican Senate candidates get elected. Ironically, though, it's McConnell's outside group that's tied to him, the Senate Leadership Fund, that's spending some quarter-billion dollars in these elections, and Trump is the one who's spending pretty much nothing to support them. And McConnell-backed aides really feel like Trump has handed them a slate of candidates who are weaker, who they need to now try to push over the finish line.
INSKEEP: NPR's Domenico Montanaro. Thanks.
MONTANARO: You're welcome.
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INSKEEP: Authorities in Pakistan have filed terrorism charges against a former prime minister.
MARTIN: The Prime Minister is Imran Khan. He was ousted last spring in a no-confidence vote, and he's refused to accept his defeat. He gave a speech over the weekend criticizing police and a judge, and that is what has triggered the criminal charges.
INSKEEP: NPR's Diaa Hadid is in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Hey there, Diaa.
DIAA HADID, BYLINE: Good morning.
INSKEEP: Exact words would matter here. What did Imran Khan seem to say?
HADID: He had actually threatened to file cases against two senior police officers and a female judge. But in terms of the judge, he also said she should prepare herself, as actions would be taken against her. This coming from a man whose supporters are quite notorious for taking action into their own hands and threatening people online, at the very least. So it could have been interpreted as a threat against this woman.
INSKEEP: OK. So he makes this statement. The police file this thing called a first information report, which is part of the criminal process in Pakistan. He hasn't been arrested yet, but there is a law enforcement activity against a former national leader. How have his supporters taken this news?
HADID: Well, his supporters have rushed to his palatial home in Islamabad. They've formed a human barrier around it. And his lawyers have successfully appealed to the court to prevent his arrest until at least Thursday. I should add that it's not unusual in Pakistan for former prime ministers to have these sorts of actions taken against them once they fall out of favor.
INSKEEP: Certainly there are some former prime ministers who've ended up in prison over the years, but why would the authorities, the current authorities, the coalition government that took over, go after him now if, in fact, that's the way that we should think of this?
HADID: It seems that he is losing the patience of Pakistan's security establishment, which is the country's most powerful institution. If I can step back a bit, you see; he was in power and was widely seen as being propelled to power with the military support, but he was ousted in April when he lost a no-confidence motion. And that was seen as coming around because the military had signaled that it no longer supported him. But Khan, like many civilian leaders in Pakistan, hasn't accepted that result. He's been staging large rallies around the country, where he's been critical of the military for not supporting his party. And that's key because that's pushed him into dangerous political territory here.
And it came around - in mid August, things really seemed to escalate. Authorities arrested his chief aide, whom they accuse of inciting against the military, calling on soldiers to disobey orders. They've shut down pro-Khan TV stations. And by Saturday, the government seemed to have had enough. Authorities blocked the live transmission of his speech at a rally. And when his supporters said they'd carry it on dozens of YouTube channels live, the government blocked YouTube. And then he was charged.
INSKEEP: It sounds like he still has a lot of supporters around the country.
HADID: Khan does have a lot of supporters around the country, and this crisis, which has gone on for months, has really elevated him even more. He's winning by-elections across Pakistan right now. But he's also bitterly polarized the country. He's painted the opposition as traitors. He's even claimed that he was ousted from power because of a coup that was orchestrated by Washington. There's no evidence to support that, but again, he's used that grievance to fuel his popularity even more. And now what comes next? Well, if he is arrested, that could lead to street violence between security forces and Khan loyalists.
Could it do more than that? I spoke to one seasoned analyst here, Mosharraf Zaidi. He says broad unrest is unlikely, but taking action against Khan won't help this government.
MOSHARRAF ZAIDI: What it is doing is enhancing Imran Khan's brand. Every act of desperation on the part of the military high command further reinforces the anti-status-quo brand that Imran Khan has very carefully and very fortuitously honed.
HADID: So the challenge facing the government and the military now is how they silence Khan without making him more popular.
INSKEEP: NPR's Diaa Hadid. Thanks so much.
HADID: Thank you, Steve.
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INSKEEP: Some other news now. A car bomb in Moscow has killed the daughter of a far-right Russian ideologue who was an ally of President Vladimir Putin.
MARTIN: Aleksandr Dugin's ideas and writing influenced the Kremlin's narrative for the invasion of Ukraine. His daughter, Darya Dugina, shared his views and spread disinformation and conspiracy theories about the war in Ukraine as a commentator on Russian nationalist TV. Russia's investigative committee has opened a criminal murder case. It is unknown whether she, her father or both were the target of the attack.
INSKEEP: Let's turn now to Max Seddon. He is the Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times. He is in Riga, Latvia, at the moment. Welcome.
MAX SEDDON: Good morning.
INSKEEP: I don't want to be flip about this, but normally, it's people who criticize Vladimir Putin who get mysteriously killed. What does it mean that someone who seems to be in Putin's orbit was assassinated?
SEDDON: Well, this is the first time that there has been any real serious blowback for supporters of the war within Moscow itself. Something Putin's been very successful at throughout the war is maintaining a sense of normalcy in Moscow, not just for ordinary people but also for the elite who are, you know, part of the state TV and propaganda apparatus. Life is largely going on as normal. There isn't wartime mobilization that you would have if they, you know, officially declared a war, which they haven't done.
So this is the first time that the war has come home to them. And it's certainly a shock to a lot of the people, you know, who knew Darya Dugina, who know Aleksandr Dugin, who move in these circles. The editor of Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan, where Darya Dugina occasionally appeared as a guest, wrote that she has been followed around by bodyguards everywhere for the last few months because of threats to her own life. And certainly there is a sense that they are having to deal with some blowback finally here, six months into the war.
INSKEEP: Granting that authorities have said they're going to investigate, are we likely to get what we would accept as credible information about what happened here?
SEDDON: I would expect not. I think what's really going to be significant here is - so you could compare it to the murder of one of Stalin's top aides, Sergei Kirov, in 1934, where it was, yeah, decades before there was any clue from evidence as to who really was behind it, but what was important was how it was used. And I think that would be the most important thing to watch here. So if they blame this on Ukraine, will this be used as justification for further attacks on Ukraine? If they blame this on some sort of Russian dissident movement, like the one that has apparently claimed responsibility, will that be used to justify further repression inside Russia? And I think that will be the best indication of how Russia is treating this, is a - who is the victim of reprisals for this attack?
INSKEEP: I guess we should note that Ukraine has denied any involvement here. But is the Kremlin signaling who they are intending to blame?
SEDDON: The Kremlin has - from state propaganda, has obviously already blamed Ukraine. It certainly seems that professionals were involved in doing this. It was a remote-detonating bomb, according to the investigators. There's also a Russian partisan group that has claimed responsibility, but there is a lot of suspicion about whether they really exist. You know, could they be a front for Ukrainian special ops? Could they be a front for the FSB? Really, nobody knows. And what's certain is this seems like professionals were behind this, and the consequences are going to be felt for some time.
INSKEEP: Max Seddon of the Financial Times. Thanks so much.
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Following the attack on author Salman Rushdie, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Iranian American writer Azar Nafisi about attempts to silence writers. Her latest book is: Read Dangerously.
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Following the attack on author Salman Rushdie, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Iranian American writer Azar Nafisi about attempts to silence writers. Her latest book is: Read Dangerously.
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BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new vlog series of China Factory Story, Fenjiu, Soul of Chinese Liquor, has recently been released. This is the third piece of this 10-episode vlog series, which is jointly produced by the National Brand Project Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service and Fenjiu Group.
The 10 episodes tell Fenjiu's liquor-making stories, from raw grain in green production base, a bottle of fragrant Fenjiu on the table, clear karstic water sources 800 meters underground, to modern workshops adopting time-honored techniques, which all speak of Fenjiu's craftsmanship, pursuit for excellence with a pragmatic approach, and spirits of staying true to tradition and innovation in brewing mild aromatic Baijiu.
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Demand for low or no-alcohol wine is skyrocketing. In France, entire vineyards are dedicated to wine without alcohol, and winemakers have special tastings for their non-alcoholic offerings.
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Demand for low or no-alcohol wine is skyrocketing. In France, entire vineyards are dedicated to wine without alcohol, and winemakers have special tastings for their non-alcoholic offerings.
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Andriy Tuz was at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant when it came under Russian control in March. Now in Switzerland, Tuz talks about work and life at the complex under Russian occupation.
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Andriy Tuz was at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant when it came under Russian control in March. Now in Switzerland, Tuz talks about work and life at the complex under Russian occupation.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Malaysia's top court on Tuesday upheld ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak's graft conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund. Najib's loss in his final appeal means he will have to begin serving his sentence immediately, becoming the first former prime minister to be jailed.
The five-member Federal Court panel said it unanimously found the high court judge was right in his judgment and that Najib's appeal was "devoid of any merits." The court affirmed Najib's conviction and sentence.
1MDB was a development fund that Najib set up shortly after taking power in 2009. Investigators allege at least $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by Najib's associates. Najib was found guilty in 2020 of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering for illegally receiving $9.4 million from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.
Najib, 69, has maintained he is innocent and has been out on bail pending his appeals. Just before the court delivered its verdict, he stood up in the dock to make a statement protesting the top court's refusal last week to delay the appeal to let his newly appointed lawyers prepare for the case.
Najib said he felt he was "unfairly treated" and that his case has been rushed through. He pointed out that a leaked verdict by the Federal Court had been posted on a website and said if this was true, it would be the a "judicial misconduct of the highest order."
But Chief Justice Maimun Tuan Mat said the appeal hearings had ended because Najib's lawyers refused to make any new arguments to protest not being given more time to prepare. She then read out the court's verdict.
Najib appeared in shock. He was immediately surrounded by his family and supporters.
The verdict came after a series of attempts by Najib to prolong the case.
Earlier Tuesday, he sought to remove Maimun from the case, citing possible bias because her husband had made a negative Facebook posting about Najib's leadership shortly after his ouster in 2018 general elections. But the judges dismissed Najib's application.
Maimun, Malaysia's first female chief justice who was appointed in 2019, has come under attack on social media from Najib's supporters. Police arrested a man over the weekend in connection with death threats made against Maimun. Hundreds of Najib's supporters gathered outside the court in a show of support.
The 1MDB scandal sparked investigations in the U.S. and several other countries and caused the downfall of Najib's government in 2018 elections. Najib faces a total of 42 charges in five separate trials linked to 1MDB, and his wife is also on trial on corruption charges.
Still, Najib remains politically influential. His United Malays National Organization leads the current government after defections of lawmakers caused the collapse of the reformist government that won the 2018 polls.
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Investors who rushed into GameStop (GME) stock on hopes that the company’s crypto business would boom might need to rethink their strategy. It turns out that GameStop’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace sales that initially soared are now falling. GME stock is taking the heat amid the shrinking NFT sales.
GameStop primarily operates a video game retail business. In July, it moved to try its luck in the crypto space, launching a platform for trading NFTs. GME stock spiked on the back of the NFT marketplace debut as investors cheered to welcome another crypto stock opportunity.
In GameStop NFT marketplace’s early days, the business boomed. On the first day, for example, the company generated $44,500 in fee revenue on sales volume of $1.98 million. That was in mid-July.
On August 22, GameStop’s daily NFT fee revenue dropped below $4,000, according to DappRadar data. The company charges a 2.25% fee on NFT trades that take place on its platform. GameStop’s NFT business has been on a decline in recent times, with sales volume, number of traders, and average item prices, all falling. The weakening crypto business comes as GameStop is also facing criticism for allowing the sale of copyright-infringing NFTs on its platform.
GameStop Joins the Meme Stocks Crash
GameStop shares fell about 5.5% to $34.50 on August 22. The decline came on a generally bad day for meme stocks, as AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) also plunged nearly 42% and 16%, respectively.
Is GME a Good Stock to Buy?
Despite the recent drop, GameStop stock is still up more than 40% over the past three months. However, Wall Street is not excited about the stock. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, GME stock is a Moderate Sell. The average GameStop stock price prediction of $17.50 implies over 49% downside potential.
GameStop remains one of the most discussed meme stocks on retail investor forums such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets and Stocktwits. Indeed, many retail investors are willing to bet against Wall Street when it comes to GME stock. TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Positive on GameStop. In the past 30 days, 1.9% of the best-performing portfolios tracked by TipRanks increased their exposure to GME stock. In a number of rounds, retail investors have won against Wall Street elites by sparking short squeeze in meme stocks like GME and AMC.
Final Thoughts
While GameStop’s NFT business may not be in great shape now, it can deliver if the company can find a way to turn it around. In 2021, NFT sales hit $25 billion. With GameStop’s total NFT sales volume at just $18 million since the marketplace debuted, the growth opportunity ahead is still enormous.
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Shares of the streaming giant Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) recovered from the lows, thanks to the lower-than-feared subscriber losses in Q2. Further, its initiatives to reaccelerate growth boosted investors’ sentiment. However, the lack of near-term growth catalysts and competitive headwinds led to a pause in the recovery of the NFLX stock price.
Netflix stock has increased by over 21% in the last three months. This recovery gained steam after NFLX announced that it lost about 1 million subscribers in Q2. Earlier, NFLX expected to lose 2 million subscribers. Furthermore, its initiatives to drive engagement, average revenue per member, and an anticipated roll-out of a low-priced, ad-supported subscription plan were cheered by market participants.
While Netflix’s Q2 performance gave a respite to its shareholders, who are sitting on hefty losses this year, CFRA analyst Ken Leon downgraded the stock to Sell from Hold due to the lack of a near-term growth catalyst. Leon reduced his price target to $238 from $245. NFLX stock closed 6.1% lower following the downgrade.
The analyst is upbeat about NFLX’s planned introduction of an ad-supported subscription tier. However, the analyst doesn’t expect a positive impact of this on NFLX’s financials any sooner than 2023. Leon expects NFLX stock to underperform the S&P 500 Index (SPX) in the second half of 2022.
Competitive Headwinds to Remain a Drag
While Netflix is trying to reaccelerate growth and add more paid subscribers, the increased competitive activity could continue to play spoilsport. Built with the help of TipRanks’ website traffic screener, the graph below shows the most-visited streaming websites in July (based on the year-over-year growth).
The website traffic to netflix.com dropped 6.8% year-over-year in July. Meanwhile, website traffic remains subdued on a year-to-date basis.
However, web visits improved on a month-over-month basis for NFLX in July. Traffic to netflix.com increased 10.6% in July compared to June 2022.
Learn how Website Traffic can help you research your favorite stocks.
Is Netflix a Buy or Hold?
Wall Street analysts stayed on the sidelines due to near-term challenges. NFLX stock has received seven Buy, 19 Hold, and seven Sell recommendations for a Hold rating consensus. Further, NFLX price target on TipRanks shows that the upside is capped.
Analysts’ average price target of $229.61 implies 1.4% upside potential. Meanwhile, NFLX stock sports a Neutral Smart Score of 6 out of 10 on TipRanks.
Bottom Line: Headwinds could Stall Recovery
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ConocoPhillips (COP) stock is trending higher in Tuesday’s pre-market trading session in reaction to a favorable court ruling in the Venezuelan asset seizure matter. ConocoPhillips is a multinational oil and gas company.
A U.S. court has upheld the World Bank tribunal’s multibillion-dollar award to ConocoPhillips against Venezuela. In 2007, Venezuela seized ConocoPhillips’ stakes in three oil projects in the country. The forceful takeover happened as part of the nationalization of certain industries during the time of the now late former President Hugo Chavez.
The company challenged Venezuela’s action and the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) sided with it. Although ConocoPhillips had sought as much as $30 billion from Venezuela to compensate its loss, the ICSID awarded it $8.75 billion in damages in 2019. The court ruling grants the company fresh authority to go after Venezuela to collect the tribunal’s award, according to a Reuters report.
ConocoPhillips stock was up 1.74% in Tuesday’s pre-market trading. COP stock edged up about 0.10% to $105.24 on August 22, bucking the 2.14% drop in the S&P 500 (SPX) Index. The stock has gained more than 46% year-to-date.
Will COP Stock Go Higher?
ConocoPhillips has a long track record of consistently paying dividends. The company recently reported Q2 2022 earnings that exceeded consensus estimates. Wall Street professionals are bullish on the stock. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, COP stock is a Strong Buy based on 10 Buys and one Hold. The average COP price target of $128.73 implies over 22% upside potential.
ConocoPhillips scores a “Perfect 10” from TipRanks’ Smart Score rating system, indicating that the stock has strong potential to outperform market expectations.
Moreover, COP stock is a favorite oil stock for both Wall Street elites and retail investors. TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool shows that confidence in COP is currently Very Positive. Some 24 hedge funds increased their cumulative holdings of the stock by 2.5 million shares in the last quarter.
Furthermore, TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that retail investor sentiment is currently Very Positive on ConocoPhillips. In the past 30 days, 7.1% of the best-performing portfolios tracked by TipRanks increased their exposure to COP stock.
Final Thoughts
The court ruling is a favorable development for ConocoPhillips in its efforts to recover the assets that the company lost in the Venezuela oil industry nationalization. However, it may take long to make the recovery, considering that Venezuela has rejected the court’s decision.
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Canadian private sector liquor and cannabis retailer SNDL Inc. (NASDAQ:SNDL) has recently signed an agreement to acquire The Valens Company Inc. (TSX:VLNS) (NASDAQ:VLNS), a manufacturer of cannabis products, in an all-stock deal worth C$138 million. The deal with Valens is not only expected to help SNDL boost its financials but also make it one of the top players in the Canadian cannabis market.
The agreement has been signed at a time when the Canadian cannabis market is looking very promising. According to an ATB Capital Markets report, the recreational cannabis market in Canada is expected to witness a CAGR of nearly 13.4% between 2021 and 2030.
As per the terms of the agreement, the shareholders of Valens will be paid 0.3334 common shares of SNDL for each Valens share. Further, the shareholders of Valens will own about 9.5% of the combined company that will operate as SNDL Inc.
The transaction is expected to generate annual cost synergies of more than $10 million. Also, through synergies and other strategic initiatives, the deal can result in the combined company witnessing an additional EBITDA of more than $15 million annually.
Is SNDL Stock a Buy or Sell?
While analysts are cautious, hedge funds and financial bloggers look bullish on SNDL stock. On TipRanks, analysts are cautiously optimistic about SNDL stock, which has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on two Buys and one Hold.
Financial bloggers are 94% Bullish on SNDL, compared to the sector average of 75%. Further, hedge funds have bought 306,300 shares of SNDL in the last three months, showing their confidence in the stock.
Lastly, SNDL’s average price target of $5.52 implies 100% upside potential.
What’s Ahead for SNDL?
Post the completion of the transaction, in January 2023, SNDL will be able to expand its position in the Canadian cannabis market, with a solid infrastructure consisting of 555,500 square feet of cultivation and manufacturing space, along with 185 cannabis stores under the Spiritleaf and Value Buds banners.
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Stock futures dipped early Tuesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s economic symposium at Jackson Hole this Friday, as traders remained jittery about another large interest rate hike.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) inched 0.03% lower, while those on the S&P 500 (SPX) lost 0.06%, as of 3.37 a.m. EST, Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) futures dipped 0.07%.
On Friday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to reinforce his support for another round of a 75-basis-point hike in September. This caused renewed concerns across the market.
Moreover, as the Jackson Hole symposium approaches, the 10-year Treasury yield crossed 3% on Monday for the first time in a month.
Last week, the minutes of the FOMC meeting of July divulged that the Fed is most likely to stick to its hawkish stance, willing to risk a recession in order to bring down inflation within the range of 2.25%-2.5% as soon as possible.
The highly uncertain market outlook is expected to keep the markets volatile for the rest of this year. Investors in the U.S. are still weighing the possibility of a tighter-policy-led recession against a strong job market. Experts are of the opinion that cautious sentiments are most likely to weigh the heaviest on big tech and consumer discretionary stocks.
On The Earnings Front
Sentiments during Monday’s extended trading were also mixed, with cloud-software platform provider Zoom (ZM) losing shares after trimming its full-year guidance, and cybersecurity player Palo Alto (PANW) gaining on solid quarterly results.
As the earnings season nears its close, the rally witnessed by Wall Street over the summer also started to lose steam. On Monday, all the three major indexes ended their worst trading day since June, as a result of a broad-based sell-off. The Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq 100 ended the regular trading session Monday lower by 1.91%, 2.14%, and 2.66%, respectively.
What’s in Store on Tuesday?
On Tuesday, Macy’s (M), Nordstrom (JWN), and Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) are expected to release their quarterly results.
With regard to economic data, July’s sales data for new homes is scheduled to be reported, which will give us further insight into the depth of the U.S. housing market ‘recession’.
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Tesla’s (TSLA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) confirmed plans to raise the price of the Full Self Driving System (FSD). CNBC reports that the 25% price increase will take effect on September 5, 2022. The current price of $12,000 for the advanced self-driving system is to be honored for orders made before that day.
Tesla’s Self-Driving System
Currently, Tesla charges $199 per month on a subscription basis for the FSD system. Musk has not yet indicated how much the subscription will cost once the new pricing structure comes into play in September.
All new vehicles from Tesla come with a standard driver assistance package dubbed Autopilot, with features like Traffic Aware Cruise Control. According to CNBC, the features rely on cameras, other sensors, and hardware to ensure the car is centered in its lane and moves at the speed of the surrounding cars.
Tesla is currently doing a limited release of FSD’s latest version to a small pool of users. CNBC reports that the approach to offering Tesla Beta to some customers continues to elicit criticism from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Bloomberg reports that the limited Autopilot system remains under scrutiny from Federal regulators over concerns it might be defective. The NHTSA has already reviewed almost 100 crashes involving cars using limited features. On its part, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the giant electric car company of deceptive marketing practices regarding Autopilot and FSD.
What is the Future Price of Tesla Stock?
While Tesla stock is down by about 17% year-to-date, Wall Street is optimistic about its long-term prospects. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Tesla is a Moderate Buy based on 18 Buys, five Holds, and six Sells. In addition, the average Tesla price target is $921.59. Analysts’ sentiments are bullish with almost 5.96% upside potential to TSLA’s current stock price.
Also, TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently positive on Tesla’s stock. Over the past 30 days, 3.9% of the best-performing portfolios tracked by TipRanks increased their exposure to Tesla stock.
Last week, CFRA analyst Garret Nelson reiterated a Buy rating on Tesla stock and increased the price target to $1,245 from $1,125. The new Twitter stock price target implies a 43.2% upside potential from current levels.
Final Thoughts
Tesla stock has taken a hit in recent days owing to a broader market correction. A move to increase the price of FSD amid soaring regulatory pressure appears to have spooked the market, fuelling the recent sell-off. However, Wall Street remains optimistic despite the recent weakness.
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A Director of Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE:AVYA), Theodore Walker Cheng-de King, has bought the company’s shares worth $5.25 million. According to an SEC filing, the director bought 1,930,600 Avaya shares in the range of $2-$3 per share. Following his transaction, Theodore now holds about 13,231,350 shares of Avaya.
Meanwhile, the transaction spiked investors’ interest in the stock as it rose around 26.7% to $0.8011 from $0.6320 on August 17.
According to TipRanks, which also provides a comprehensive list of daily insider transactions, various corporate insiders have bought and sold AVYA stock in the last three months. TipRanks’ Insider Trading Activity tool shows that corporate insiders have brought AVYA shares worth $7.2 million in the last three months.
Interestingly, TipRanks also provides a list of hot stocks that boasts of either a Very Positive or Positive insider confidence signal.
Is Avaya a Good Stock to Buy?
While analysts are neutral, retail investors and financial bloggers look bullish on AVYA stock.
According to TipRanks, the Street has a Hold consensus rating on the stock, which is based on one Buy, three Holds, and one Sell.
However, TipRanks data shows that financial bloggers are 66% Bullish on AVYA, in line with the sector average. Further, retail investors have increased their portfolio holdings in AVYA by 28.1% in the last 30 days.
Key Takeaways for AVYA Investors
As of now, corporate insiders are seen taking advantage of the company’s weak stock price, which has fallen 96.1% so far this year. The recent insider activities also signal that this could be the right time to gain exposure to the stock, given that AVYA’s average price forecast of $2.48 implies 209.6% upside potential to current levels.
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Shares of telecom giant Vodafone Group (GB:VOD) were down by 1.53% on Monday after the company announced the deal to sell its Hungarian business, with a cash deal worth £1.53 billion expected to close by the end of 2022.
The company will sell Vodafone Hungary to 4iG, a Budapest-based technology firm, and Corvinus, a state holding company.
The combined entity will be among the leading providers of telecommunications services in Hungary.
Vodafone is aiming to simplify its operations in Europe by focusing on key markets and increasing profitability.
The deal value is 2.5 times the revenues of the Vodafone Hungary business. This will help the company to clear some debt and improve shareholder returns.
Mounting investor’s pressure
Vodafone has been under pressure to consolidate its operations in Europe.
This deal came as a perfect response to calm the activist investor Cevian Capital, which acquired a stake in Vodafone Group in January 2022. Cevian wants the company to pursue more such deals to generate funds to strengthen the balance sheet and support falling share prices.
The company is also considering selling some of its stake in Vantage Towers, in which it owns an 81% stake. The company is looking for the right opportunity to execute this deal in sync with Cevian’s demands.
Is Vodafone Group a buy?
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Vodafone Group stock is a Moderate Buy. This is based on ratings from 13 analysts, out of which seven are Buys, five are Hold and one is a Sell recommendation.
The Vodafone Group stock forecast is 154.23p, which shows an increase of 28.68% on the current price. The analyst’s price target has a high and low forecast of 110p and 225p, respectively.
Conclusion
The company is the leading service provider in Africa and is witnessing solid growth in the region.
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Chelsie Moncecchi, Key Spouse, poses for a photo with the 721st Aerial Port Squadron Port Dawg mascot on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 5, 2022. Moncecchi won U.S. Air Force Key Spouse of the Year for her service as a 721st APS Key Spouse from January to December 2021 and was with the unit's program for four years.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Whether you want to pay off debt, start a rainy day fund or save for a family trip, budgeting is the first step toward reaching your financial goals.
Creating a budget is much like trying to eat better or exercise more — everyone tells you it’s good for you, but it’s hard to get into the habit, said Colleen McCreary, consumer financial advocate at Credit Karma.
“A lot of people think it’s over-complicated and a hard thing to do,” McCreary said. “Much like going to the gym, the hardest part is showing up, so you just have to decide that you’re going to try it out.”
Here are five important steps when you’re ready to create a budget:
1. WRITE IT DOWN
Writing down all of your expenses is key, said Elena Pelayo, educator at How Money Works, a financial literacy organization.
She suggests recording every penny that you spend rather than trying to approximate, which can lead to errors.
Pelayo recommends using whatever method fits you best, whether that’s writing it down on paper, creating an Excel spreadsheet or using a website.
Next, she recommends categorizing where your income should be spent. Always start off with covering your basic needs.
A well-known budgeting system is the 50/30/20 rule, where 50% of your income is allocated for necessities like food and rent, 30% for things you want, and 20% for savings and debt repayment.
Wiltrice Rogers of Allen Park, Michigan, has used this system for more than 30 years.
“It helped me to see how beneficial it is, and that we have more discretionary funds when I follow this method,” said Rogers, an intake coordinator for a nonprofit organization.
Websites such as NerdWallet or Money Fit offer 50/30/20 calculators to help.
This method works for many people, but it might not be right for you if necessities eat up more than 50 percent, in which case you’ll need to allocate less for savings or things you want to do or buy.
2. BUDGET FORMAT
Writing down your after-tax salary and then adding your expenses in a notebook or a blank spreadsheet might be enough to make a plan. But if you need help visualizing what’s coming in and going out, there are resources available.
“There are lots of online templates that’ll help you look at spending categories and expense categories for personal finance. And they’re really helpful,” Pelayo said.
The Federal Trade Commission offers a budget template in a PDF format that can be printed, and Microsoft offers Excel templates for special occasions such as saving for a wedding or home construction. If you prefer apps, Mint, PocketGuard, and EveryDollar are among Bankrate’s top five budgeting apps.
3. MAKE A REALISTIC PLAN
If 50/30/20 isn’t realistic for you, there are still ways to save and tackle debt. Start setting aside small quantities of money every month or set small goals, such as choosing a restaurant where you won’t spend more than $40, McCreary said.
“Small steps lead to progress,” she said. “It’s really about progress, not perfection.”
McCreary recommends starting with one goal each week, whether that’s saving a certain amount or reducing the amount you spend on non-necessities.
“Don’t overcomplicate it, don’t make it too hard for yourself,” she said.
Rogers, for example, usually tries to save as much money as possible when buying groceries.
“I get the sales papers and mark what we need and if it’s on sale. I try to do a triangle of the stores to save time and gas” she said. She also buys in bulk, sticks to her grocery list, and goes shopping by herself to avoid her son and husband convincing her to buy extra items.
Websites such as Flipp, which shows digital flyers from major retailers around you, and Groupon, where you can find coupons for products and services, can make it easier to save money. But keep in mind that this only works when you use coupons for items that you really need or were planning to buy anyway.
If your income just covers your necessities, reducing credit card debt can be challenging. Pelayo recommends that even if you live paycheck to paycheck, you might want to add at least $10 above the minimum payment of your credit card with the highest interest rate. And if you can afford it, she recommends paying 10% more than the minimum payment per month.
4. MAKE IT A HABIT
To achieve your financial goals through a budget, you have to change your mindset, Pelayo said.
“You have to look deep inside yourself and say, am I willing to change my habits?” she said.
Once you are mentally ready, you can start setting goals.
— Set a time goal
Building new habits can be hard, and it’s even more daunting to think about having to maintain them for the rest of your life.
McCreary recommends that your first goal can be two weeks of keeping a budget. After achieving that, you can set a longer timeline, such as 30 days or six months, until it is embedded in your routine.
— Gamify your budget
If you’re still struggling, McCreary recommends that you gamify your budget and turn it into a challenge.
“Maybe there’s an outcome involved. Like ‘Hey, if we save enough money, we can get a new TV or go on vacation,’” she said.
Examples of gamification include giving yourself a small reward after a certain amount of time or money that you have saved.
Apps such as Mint, which rewards the number of times you check your budget, and Acorns, which allows users to invest with their spare change, can help. Yotta and Save to Win allow users to create saving bank accounts that rewards them for the amount that they save.
For accountant Tiffona Stewart, gamifying her savings meant using the envelope system, where you put cash in envelopes for specific expenses.
“This is tailored to your life and what you want to save for, so that’s what I like about it,” Stewart said.
Stewart also started a business selling envelopes and budget binders on Etsy as a way to encourage and promote financial literacy. She sells “one month challenge” packages meant to help save $1,000 in cash.
“You play those games and you make these things your own. You’re trying something new, there’s nothing wrong and right, you might get it wrong one month and then get better the next one,” she said.
5. INVOLVE YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS
As with any lifestyle change, having people around you to support your decisions and encourage healthy habits is crucial, McCreary said. That could include talking with your significant other about your finances, telling your friends that you will start budgeting, or explaining to your children how the family is now spending money.
Rogers’ 11-year-old son now knows that if there is not a coupon for the item, they don’t get it.
In Stewart’s case, using cash when going out with friends helped. If you only take $100 out with you to the bar and don’t bring your credit card, and you want to pay for another round but you only have $20 left, you simply can’t spend any more, she said.
“You need everybody who’s involved in those decisions, to commit with you to be supportive of it,” McCreary said.
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James Albert Foshee, 92 of Opelika, passed away August 21, 2022 at Bethany House. Mr. Foshee was born October 28, 1929 to Prentis and Alice Foshee in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
As a longtime member of Pepperell United Methodist Church, he served on several board committees. He was very involved in the building of the fellowship hall.
He was a loyal employee to Northfolk Southern Railway for 39 years and 8 months.
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He is preceded in death by his parents; and grandson, Jason Barrett King. James is survived by his loving wife of 73 years, Maddline White Foshee of Opelika; children: Charlotte Hughes (Paul) of Waverly, Sue Turner (Ronnie) of Opelika, Faye Kirk of Opelika, Sherry Pair (Ray) of Trussville; grandchildren: Scotty Turner, James Hughes (Casey), Cleve Kirk, April Waldrop (James), Jennifer Hughes, Christy Taylor (Ryan), Jonathan Pair (Kalee); great-grandchildren: Destiny, Kaitlyn Dale, Maddline, J.J., Carter, Emily, Jude, Hudson, and Mila.
Funeral services will be 11:00am, August 24, 2022, at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home with Reverend Scott Grantland officiating, burial will follow in Garden Hills Cemetery. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 10:00am.
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Kenneth Steve Baker, a resident of Equality, AL, passed away on Saturday, August 20 at Grandview Medical Center, surrounded by family. Steve, age 69, was preceded in death by his parents, Henry, and Liz Baker.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Penton Baker; daughters, Emily Johnston, and Mallory Mayfield (Michael); grandchildren, Abigail Veitch, Kaylee Veitch, Matthew Mayfield, and Mason Mayfield; siblings, Jerry Baker (Carol), and Linda Boone (David).
Steve was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School and served as a deacon. He had a great work ethic and worked hard for his family. Aside from his full-time job, he worked many part-time positions over the years from substitute mail carrier in Rockford to serving on the Coosa County Board of Education.
He retired as a dispatcher from the State of Alabama Trooper office after 22 years. Several years later, he retired from FEMA as a Mitigation officer and Training specialist. After retirement, Steve spent time at Volunteer Connections of Central Alabama helping others with their yearly tax returns. He was also an active member of the community leading as President of the Union Square Neighborhood watch. In addition, he was a HAM radio operator, using the call sign KF4GA. Steve enjoyed traveling with Jean and seeing God’s beautiful countryside. He also liked camping, riding his motorcycle, and spending time with family and friends.
Services for Steve will be held at Bethesda Baptist Church on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 2:00 pm. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Rehobeth Methodist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Michael Mayfield, Scott Buchanan, Drew Wright, Brett Pritchard, Brayden Pritchard and Brett Baker.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be given to the Rehobeth Cemetery Fund, c/o 1674 Coosa County Road 14, Equality, Alabama 36026
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm during the morning, then some lingering showers still possible this afternoon. High 79F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 90%..
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Considerable cloudiness. Occasional rain showers after midnight. Low 69F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%.
Funeral Service for Mrs. Mary W. Meadows Brown, 83, of Equality, Alabama, will be Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 2:00 pm at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Bro. Jimmy Brown and Rev. Mike Jones will officiate. Burial will follow in the New Harmony Cemetery-Equality. The family will receive friends on Monday, August 22, 2022, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brown passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at her residence. She was born on October 12, 1938, in Hackneyville, Alabama to Richard Meadows and Addie Brown Meadows. She was a member of Ray Baptist Church. Mary retired from Russell Corporation after 40 years of service. She was an avid seamstress and quilt maker and has created many heirlooms for her family.
Maw Maw Mary loved and adored her husband, children, grand and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed cross stitching and working word find puzzles while eating pecan twirls. Most of all she loved her Lord and Savior.
She is survived by her husband of 17 years, Edward Brown; daughters, Gail Patterson, Janice Moon, Angelia Schuler, ReGina Hawkins (Barry); daughter-in-law, Denise Grier; son, Jimmy Brown (Tracy); sixteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; special niece, Kathy Johnson (Jeff) and fur babies Yappy and Midnight.
She was preceded in death by her sons, Dwayne Grier, Travis Grier, Eric Meadows; son in law, Gary Schuler; sisters, Marlene Penton, Gladis Meadows and brothers, O’Neal Meadows, Alton Meadows, Earnest Meadows, Robert Meadows and Rudolph Meadows.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to Equality Methodist Church Food for the Soul program, 281 Alabama Hwy 259, Equality, AL, 36026 or to The Shriner’s Hospital, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Florida, 33607.
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MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to learn the identity of his general election opponent on Tuesday as Democrats choose between a man who spent a lifetime in politics — much of it as a Republican — and a woman casting herself as “something new” as she seeks the energy of her party’s resurgent base.
The Democratic establishment has largely lined up behind Charlie Crist, a 66-year-old Democratic congressman who served as the state’s Republican governor more than a decade ago. Running now as a moderate Democrat, Crist is facing 44-year-old Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who hopes to become the state’s first female governor while leaning into the fight for abortion rights.
The race is ultimately a debate over who is best-positioned to defeat DeSantis, who emerged from a narrow victory four years ago to become one of the most prominent Republicans in politics. His relatively light touch handling the pandemic and his eagerness to lean into divides over race, gender and LGBTQ rights have resonated with many Republican voters who see DeSantis as a natural heir to former President Donald Trump.
His reelection effort is widely assumed to be a precursor to a presidential run in 2024, adding to a sense of urgency among Democrats to blunt his rise now.
“I have been in the trenches. I have taken on DeSantis,” Fried told The Associated Press. DeSantis “won’t have a 2024 because he won’t have a 2022. We are going to beat him in November, and we are going to kill all of his aspirations to run for president of the United States.”
Crist, in an interview, described DeSantis as a threat to democracy.
“He is the opposite of freedom. He is an autocrat. He is a demagogue. And I think people are sick of him,” Crist said of the sitting Republican governor, noting that DeSantis earlier this year admonished a group of high school students for wearing face masks at an indoor news conference. “Who is this guy? Who does he think he is? He is not the boss.”
The Florida contest wraps up the busiest stretch of primaries this year. Republicans from Pennsylvania to Arizona have supported contenders who have embraced Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen, an assertion roundly rejected by elections officials, the former president’s attorney general and judges he appointed.
And for the most part, Democrats have avoided brutal primary fights. That could be tested Tuesday, however, as voters in New York participate in congressional primaries that feature two powerful Democratic committee chairs, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler, competing for the same seat and other incumbents fending off challenges from the left.
Democrats are entering the final weeks ahead of the midterms with a sense of cautious optimism, hoping the Supreme Court’s decision overturning a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion will energize the party’s base. But Democrats still face tremendous headwinds, including economic uncertainty and the historic reality that most parties lose seats in the first midterm after they’ve won the White House.
The dynamics are especially challenging for Democrats in Florida, one of the most politically divided states in the U.S. Its last three races for governor were decided by 1 percentage point or less. But the state has steadily become more favorable to Republicans in recent years.
For the first time in modern history, Florida has more registered Republicans — nearly 5.2 million — than Democrats, who have nearly 5 million registered voters. Fried serves as the only Democrat in statewide office. And Republicans have no primary competition for four of those five positions – governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general and chief financial officer — which are all held by GOP incumbents.
Democrats hope that U.S. Rep. Val Demings, who faces a little-known candidate in her Senate primary Tuesday, can unseat the state’s senior U.S. senator, Republican Marco Rubio, this fall. But for now, the party’s national leadership is prioritizing competitive Senate contests in other states, including neighboring Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania.
In Florida’s governor’s race, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision has animated the final weeks of the Democratic primary.
Fried has promoted herself as the only true abortion-rights supporter in the race, seizing on Crist’s appointment of two conservative Supreme Court justices while he was governor.
The conservative-leaning court will soon decide whether the Republican-backed state legislature’s law to ban abortions after 15 weeks is constitutional. Florida’s new abortion law is in effect, with exceptions if the procedure is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life, to prevent serious injury or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. It does not allow exemptions in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.
Crist insisted he is “pro-choice” and highlighted a bill he vetoed as governor in 2010 that would have required women seeking a first-trimester abortion to get and pay for an ultrasound exam.
“It is a woman’s right to choose,” Crist told the AP. “My record is crystal clear. And for my opponent to try to muddy that up is unconscionable, unfair and unwise.”
In experience and personality, voters have a clear contrast between Crist, an establishment-backed lifelong politician viewed as a relatively safe choice, and Fried, a newer face who may be in better position to catch fire with the party’s most passionate voters.
Crist has raised $14 million so far this election cycle, nearly twice as much money as Fried. Having served in elected office since 1992, his supporters describe him as reliable and personable with an excellent memory.
“He is the best retail politician in Florida in this century. He is just an outstanding politician. He asks about my grandchildren by name,” said Mac Stipanovich, a political strategist who served as chief of staff to former Republican Gov. Bob Martinez.
Meanwhile, Fried has gained twice as many followers on every social network and is quick to jump on online trends. She built her profile as one of DeSantis’ fiercest opponents, regularly challenging him on policy related to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also created a position within her department to ensure LGBTQ members are given opportunities as DeSantis wages what the Human Rights Campaign recently described as “an assault on transgender Floridians.”
DeSantis signed into law what opponents called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that bans lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and restricts it in upper grades. He also championed the “stop WOKE act” that restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education, although a Florida judge last week declared the law an unconstitutional violation of free speech.
Such issues have been good for DeSantis’ standing with GOP voters.
The Florida governor touted his record at a weekend rally with more than 1,000 Pennsylvania voters, having already recently campaigned for Republican allies across Arizona, New Mexico and Ohio.
DeSantis was officially in Pennsylvania to help the GOP gubernatorial candidate, Doug Mastriano. But DeSantis barely mentioned Mastriano’s name in remarks to his Pittsburgh audience and focused instead on the political battles he fought in Florida to confront liberal “woke ideology.”
He didn’t mention that he’s running for reelection for governor this year.
“If you lead and lead with strength and courage, and you deliver results, the people will be with you,” DeSantis said.
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Peoples reported from Washington, Farrington from Tallahassee. Associated Press writer Marc Levy in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Most U.S. adults think gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners.
The poll by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also shows majorities of U.S. adults view both reducing gun violence and protecting gun ownership as important issues.
The poll was conducted between July 28 and Aug. 1, after a string of deadly mass shootings — from a New York grocery store to a school in Texas and a July 4 parade in Illinois — and a 2020 spike in gun killings that have increased attention on the issue of gun violence. Overall, 8 in 10 Americans perceive that gun violence is increasing around the country, and about two-thirds say it’s increasing in their state, though less than half believe it’s increasing in their community, the poll shows.
The question of how to prevent such violence has long divided politicians and many voters, making it difficult to change gun laws. In June, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court expanded gun rights, finding a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
Later that same month, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun safety bill. The package, approved in the wake of shootings like the one that killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, was both a measured compromise and the most significant bill addressing gun violence to be approved in Congress in decades — an indication of how intractable the issue has become.
The poll found 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans, the vast majority of Democrats, and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
Nicole Whitelaw, 29, is a Democrat and gun owner who grew up hunting and target shooting in upstate New York with her strongly Republican family. Whitelaw, who now lives along Florida’s Gulf Coast, supports some gun restrictions, such as prohibiting people convicted of domestic violence from owning firearms and a federal law preventing mentally ill people from purchasing guns.
She said other restrictions — such as banning sales of AR-15 rifles — are “going too far” and may not solve the problem. Whitelaw pointed to the the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people bought up all the toilet paper they could find.
“I think people would start trying to hoard guns,” she said, adding that a better approach is to make smaller changes and see what impact they have.
The poll shows bipartisan majorities of Americans support a nationwide background check policy for all gun sales, a law preventing mentally ill people from purchasing guns, allowing courts to temporarily prevent people who are considered a danger to themselves or others from purchasing a gun, making 21 the minimum age to buy a gun nationwide and banning those who have been convicted of domestic violence from purchasing a gun.
A smaller majority of Americans, 59%, favor a ban on the sale of AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic weapons, with Democrats more likely to support that policy than Republicans, 83% vs. 35%.
Chris Boylan, 47, from Indianapolis, opposes restrictions on guns. As a teacher for many years, Boylan said he has “buried more kids than I care to count” and believes gun violence is a major problem. But the Republican, who said he leans more toward Libertarian in his personal stances, believes the issue is more about mental health and a too-lenient criminal justice system.
“Blaming the gun is an oversimplification of what the issues really are,” Boylan said. “It’s not the gun. It’s a hearts-and-minds issue to me.”
The new poll finds 88% of Americans call preventing mass shootings extremely or very important, and nearly as many say that about reducing gun violence in general. But 60% also say it’s very important to ensure that people can own guns for personal protection.
Overall, 52% of Americans — including 65% of Republicans and 39% of Democrats — say both reducing mass shootings and protecting the right to own guns for personal protection highly important.
University of Chicago professor Jens Ludwig said the poll’s findings show that concerns raised by opponents of gun restrictions are “very off base.” Led by the National Rifle Association, the gun lobby argues that any new limitations on who may have a gun or what type of firearms may be sold will lead to nationwide bans on all weapons and ammunition.
The poll showed most Americans’ opinions are more nuanced and there is support for some changes even among Republicans, who as elected officials typically oppose gun control, said Ludwig, who also is director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab.
“It should shut the door to some of the ‘slippery slope’ arguments,” he said.
The poll also found that only about 3 in 10 Americans support a law allowing people to carry guns in public without a permit. Seventy-eight percent of Democrats are opposed. Among Republicans, 47% are in favor and 39% are opposed.
Ervin Leach, 66, lives in Troutman, North Carolina, north of Charlotte, believes gun violence is a major problem and says that laws should be much more strict. A Democrat, Leach said he supports measures like background checks — or what he said should be “in-depth studies” — and a minimum age of 21 to buy a gun.
The poll found 1 in 5 people have experienced gun violence themselves in the last five years, such as being threatened with a gun or a shooting victim, or had a close friend or family member who has. Black and Hispanic Americans are especially likely to say that they or someone close to them has experienced gun violence.
Leach, who is Black, said the gun violence he sees in the news has made him more cautious.
“I don’t like people approaching me,” he said. “It used to be if someone was on the side of the road, you’d stop to help. Now, you go to help somebody, you might lose your life.”
All the killings have caused Leach to contemplate buying a gun for his own protection. While he hasn’t had a chance yet to get his gun permit, he said, “That is my intention.”
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AP Polling Reporter Hannah Fingerhut in Washington contributed to this report.
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The poll of 1,373 adults was conducted July 28-Aug. 1 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
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BEIJING (AP) — With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops.
The dramatic decline of water coverage in Poyang Lake in the landlocked southeastern province of Jiangxi had otherwise cut off irrigation channels to neighboring farmlands in one of China’s key rice-growing regions.
But the crews using excavators to dig the trenches only work after dark due to the daytime heat, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
High temperatures have sparked mountain fires that have forced the evacuation of 1,500 people in southwest China, and factories have cut production as hydroelectric plants reduce their output amid drought conditions.
The drought and heat have wilted crops and shrunk rivers including the giant Yangtze, disrupting cargo traffic and reducing power output.
Fed by China’s major rivers, Poyang Lake averages around 3,500 square kilometers (1,400 square miles) at high season, but has contracted to just 737 square kilometers (285 square miles) amid the recent drought.
As determined by water level, the lake officially entered this year’s dry season Aug. 6, earlier than at any time since records began being taken in 1951. Hydrological surveys before then are incomplete, although it appears the lake may be at or around its lowest level in recent history.
Along with providing water for agriculture and other uses, the lake is a major stopover for migrating birds beginning to head south for the winter.
A wide swath of western and central China has seen days of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), in summer heat waves that have started earlier and lasted longer than usual.
In the hard-hit city of Chongqing, department stores have delayed their opening to 4 p.m. Residents have been seeking respite from the heat in air raid shelters dating from World War II.
That reflects the situation in Europe and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, with high temperatures taking a toll on public health, food production and the environment in general.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73.
Gaines’ family said in a statement the former coach died Monday in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career, but was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. Gaines returned to Permian later in his career.
His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book, which portrayed a program and school that favored football over academics and attributed racist comments to assistant coaches.
Gaines, who was played by Billy Bob Thornton in the 2004 movie, said he never read the book and felt betrayed by Bissinger after the author spent the entire 1988 season with the team.
The book, which portrayed Gaines as a compassionate coach caught in the win-at-all-costs culture of a high school program in football-crazed Texas, also was turned into a TV series.
Permian lost in the state semifinals in 1988, a season that included the loss of star running back James “Boobie” Miles to a knee injury during a preseason scrimmage. Miles’ character played a prominent role in the movie.
The book described scenes of “for sale” signs being placed in the front yard of Gaines’ home. His record from 1986-89 was 47-6-1.
Gaines led Permian to the fifth of the program’s six state championships with a perfect season in 1989, then left to become an assistant coach at Texas Tech.
He later coached two of Permian’s rivals, Abilene High and San Angelo Central, before returning to college as the coach at Abilene Christian. Another four-year run as Permian’s coach started in 2009, and Gaines also was a school district athletic director in Odessa and Lubbock.
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Stephenson County's COVID cases fall 10.8%; Illinois cases fall 5.2%
Illinois reported 25,084 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 5.2% from the previous week. The previous week had 26,462 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Illinois ranked 18th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 11.2% from the week before, with 707,345 cases reported. With 3.81% of the country's population, Illinois had 3.55% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, eight states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Stephenson County reported 91 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 102 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 13,187 cases and 168 deaths.
Across Illinois, cases fell in 57 counties, with the best declines in Cook County, with 8,883 cases from 9,429 a week earlier; in DuPage County, with 1,806 cases from 2,098; and in Lake County, with 1,410 cases from 1,503.
Within Illinois, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Hardin County with 968 cases per 100,000 per week; Gallatin County with 601; and Johnson County with 564. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Cook County, with 8,883 cases; DuPage County, with 1,806 cases; and Lake County, with 1,410. Weekly case counts rose in 41 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Coles, Peoria and Henry counties.
In Illinois,
72 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 142 people were reported dead.A total of 3,645,961 people in Illinois have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 39,180 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 93,641,944 people have tested positive and 1,041,149 people have died.
Illinois COVID-19 hospital admissions staying flat
USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Aug. 21. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:
- Last week: 3,346
- The week before that: 3,291
- Four weeks ago: 3,368
Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:
- Last week: 68,647
- The week before that: 69,679
- Four weeks ago: 73,529
Hospitals in 14 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 19 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 20 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.
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