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The driverless trucks start coming and they don’t stop coming.
Waymo will partner in coming weeks with manufacturer Daimler Truck to put self-driving 18-wheelers on the road, further expanding the technology company’s autonomous testing between Dallas and Houston.
The big rigs will travel between the state’s two largest metro areas on Interstate 45, a corridor that’s become one of the country’s key testing grounds for driverless trucks.
Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., creates the technology that can be attached to trucks and other vehicles to make them fully autonomous. Its partnership with Daimler
began in 2020.“We’re very excited to share this really big milestone for this trade partnership with Daimler and Waymo,” said Boris Sofman, director of engineering and head of trucking for Waymo. “We knew from the very beginning it would be very critical for us to partner with the right group of experts.”
The Waymo Driver technology is touted as a way to eventually eliminate the need for a human driver. Trucks equipped with it don’t need to stop for bathroom breaks or to sleep overnight, making them a more efficient way of getting goods from one place to another.
Waymo Via is used for transporting commercial goods, and it combines the driving capabilities of the Waymo Driver with the redundant systems of the Daimler trucks. Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia has been specifically designed for autonomous trucking, with redundant steering and braking systems, as well as increased battery storage to power the autonomous features.
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The trucks are ready for the road after what Waymo and Daimler described as rigorous testing.
“We will be putting the first batch of these trucks into autonomous testing on public freeways in the upcoming weeks across Dallas and Phoenix, and that is an incredible milestone that both teams have been working a number of years toward,” said Waymo’s Sofman.
Waymo partnered with Uber Freight in June to move goods along the I-45 corridor, building on a February partnership on the same route with C.H. Robinson, a company that moves 20 million shipments annually. Waymo also partners with J.B. Hunt and UPS in Texas.
Waymo has been mentioned before, with that second story mentioning the C.H. Robinson partnership. I don’t think there’s anything really new with this one, it’s more of what we have already seen with the note that Waymo is a significant presence in the market. I wish there were an easy way to identify these autonomous trucks on the road, so we could get a more intuitive feel for how common a presence they are. For now, all we have are the news accounts. The Chron has more. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106716 | 2022-09-02T10:59:17Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106716 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
From the inbox:
The race for Texas Railroad Commission is up for grabs this November, with voters looking for change and Democratic nominee Luke Warford in a statistical tie with incumbent Wayne Christian.
A new poll from Data for Progress shows Democratic challenger Luke Warford with just a 4-point deficit to Republican incumbent Wayne Christian:
Once positive and negative messaging are applied, that gap narrows to just 2 points.
Notably, after positive bios of both candidates, Warford has a significant favorability lead: +44 compared to just +3 for Christian.
The 4-point margin shows a considerable tightening in the race from the last public poll, conducted in March, which showed an 11-point gap. The most recent poll was conducted from August 17-22 of 676 likely Texas voters.
“The race for the Texas Railroad Commission is ridiculously winnable,” said Luke Warford, Democratic Nominee for Texas Railroad Commission. “Texans are rightfully enraged at last February’s grid failure and the failures of the Texas Railroad Commissioners in preventing it. Time and time again, we see Commissioner Wayne Christian enriching his billionaire oil and gas executive donors at the expense of Texas consumers and Texans have had enough. As I’ve traveled across the state, folks have told me that they are fed up with the failed leadership at the Texas Railroad Commission and plan to hold Wayne Christian accountable this November.”
For obvious reasons, a poll featuring two low-profile candidates – in the details for each survey, you can see that very few people know who “Wayne Christian” or “Luke Warford” are – should be taken very lightly. But what the people who took these polls do know, because they were told, is that Christian is the Republican incumbent and Warford is the Democratic challenger. As such, I don’t think it’s a stretch to take these as proxies for basic partisan preference. On that score, the initial question in the March poll, in which respondents were only given names and parties, Christian led 46-35; in the August poll it was 44-40. For the followup question, asked after the respondents were given a brief biography of each, it was 48-40 in March and 45-43 in August, which is where that “statistical tie” claim comes from.
These are different polls, they both have “don’t know” or third party responses totaling over ten points, and there’s going to be a lot of money spent boosting multiple other candidates in the coming weeks. With all that, it seems clear that Dems are in a better position now than they were in March, which given everything we’ve seen nationally is perfectly reasonable. Where we go from here remains an open question, but this is the data we have today. Make of it what you will. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106820 | 2022-09-02T10:59:24Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106820 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Harris County Commissioners Court on Wednesday authorized a pair of private law firms to sue Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who accused the county of defunding law enforcement last week, forcing a halt to consideration of its $2.2 billion budget.
The move, approved by a 3-1 vote, came a week after Hegar sent a letter to county officials saying the court could not approve its proposed fiscal 2023 budget without approval of voters because of a change in policy that he said would result in the county funding two constable offices at a lower level in violation of a new state law.
The constables — Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman and Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap — had complained to Gov. Greg Abbott last year after the county changed its policy to do away with “rollover” budgeting that had allowed departments to keep unspent funds and use them in future budget cycles. Hegar’s letter said the change would result in the county, under its proposed budget, cutting funding to the two constable offices by $3 million.
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In a letter to Hegar on Tuesday, County Administrator David Berry asked the Comptroller’s Office to clarify its investigation and whether it prevents the county from adopting a tax rate and budget.
The comptroller responded Wednesday by modifying his claim, alleging the proposed budget would result in a cut in law enforcement spending for a different reason — by comparing the proposed spending plan to this year’s 2022 short fiscal year budget, when broken down by month.
In addition to eliminating rollover budgeting, the county is changing its fiscal year to begin Oct. 1 rather than March 1. To accomplish that, Commissioners Court planned to pass two budgets this year. The first, a shortened budget, was approved in February and runs through September. The second, beginning Oct. 1, will span a full year.
Berry criticized the comptroller for using “fuzzy math,” saying the short fiscal year budget covered 16 pay periods.
“There’s no other reasonable way to do it,” he said. “When you properly annualize the budget, it’s clearly higher in FY23 (the proposed budget).”
County Judge Lina Hidalgo said Hegar’s second letter suggests the Comptroller’s Office is walking back its original defunding claim.
“They’re beginning to realize that the allegations they made make little sense,” Hidalgo said. “They’re moving away from talking about the rollover. They know that that’s absolutely nonsensical and are trying to take a different tack that also doesn’t make sense.”
Berry also took issue with the comptroller’s assertion the county should work the issue out with the constables.
“We believe we’ve complied with the law,” Berry said. “If the comptroller doesn’t, they have to explain. All we’ve gotten so far is some fuzzy math.”
At Wednesday’s meeting, Commissioners Court hired two law firms to represent the county — Yetter Coleman LLP and Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP — in a split vote, with the court’s three Democrats in favor and Republican Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle opposed. Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey was absent.
Hidalgo said she is willing to move forward through legal action or negotiation, but the county needs to be careful in how it responds to allegations of violating the new state law.
“I am pretty opposed to giving in to any kind of extortion,” Hidalgo said. “I don’t know what precedent that would set.”
See here for the background. This new explanation is even dumber and more insulting than the original one. Of course an eight-month budget is going to have less of pretty much everything in it than a 12-month budget. If the Comptroller had been at all serious about this, the matter could have been easily resolved. Instead, they charged ahead with this stupid allegation, which unfortunately comes with the power to prevent the county from passing a budget, a situation which as noted would result in an actual decrease in funding to the Sheriff and Constables. It’s like they looked around to make sure there was a rake in easy stepping distance before they moved forward.
The response from Harris County – minus Commissioner Cagle, of course – and Judge Hidalgo was entirely appropriate. The county cannot take lightly an accusation that it is violating the law. The fact that the accusation itself is completely specious is almost beside the point, but given that it is there are only two acceptable resolutions: The Comptroller retracts its claim and absolves Harris County of any alleged wrongdoing, so that it can pass its budget as planned, or we go to court and let them try to prove their foolish claims. No concessions, because there’s nothing to concede.
Which brings me to this:
Herman and Heap said the court’s action on Wednesday took them by surprise. The two Republican constables said they had met with county officials late last week and Monday and thought they had come up with a solution.
The pair, Herman said, had agreed to write letters saying their concerns had been resolved. Hegar would have to write his own letter rescinding his previous communications with the county.
“Both sides were agreeing,” Herman said. “We agreed to put this thing to rest.”
Then, he said, he learned that Hidalgo had put an item on the agenda for Wednesday’s special meeting to pursue possible legal action against Hegar.
“It’s almost like a slap in the face,” he said. “We’re kind of disappointed. We’ll see what happens.”
Herman said if the county continues forward with a strategy of suing Hegar, he and Heap would request their own legal counsel to represent their interests in the broadening fight.
In a brief text message, Heap confirmed he had met with county officials in recent days and echoed Herman’s frustration.
“We have been in negotiations with the office of budget management for several days and I was very encouraged with the progress,” he texted. “However, the actions of Commissioners court today as well as some of their post on social media platforms disappoint me.”
You dudes started this fight. If you don’t like the way the Court is finishing it, that’s tough. Maybe don’t be such crybabies next time. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106834 | 2022-09-02T10:59:32Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106834 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that it would be unconstitutional to increase the minimum age to buy assault-style rifles from 18 to 21 years old — a key proposal Uvalde parents have called for after an 18-year-old gunned down their children’s school in May.
“It is clear that the gun control law that they are seeking in Uvalde — as much as they may want it — has already been ruled as unconstitutional,” Abbott said at a reelection campaign event in Allen.
The gunman in Uvalde bought two AR-15-style rifles days after he turned 18, the legal purchasing age in Texas, and used those weapons to kill 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Texas Senate Democrats have asked for a special legislative session to increase the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle. Families of Uvalde victims and survivors also have pushed for a three-year increase to the legal purchasing age.
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In the days after the shooting in Uvalde, Abbott was asked if he would consider banning assault-style weapons for 18-year-olds. The governor at the time appeared hesitant.
“Ever since Texas has been a state, an 18-year-old has had the ability to buy a long gun, a rifle. Since that time, it seems like it’s only been in the past decade or two that we’ve had school shootings. For a century and a half, 18-year-olds could buy rifles and we didn’t have school shootings. But we do,” Abbott said. “Maybe we’re focusing our attention on the wrong thing.”
Abbott that day was immediately interrupted by state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, who said, “Your own colleagues are telling me, calling me and telling me an 18-year-old shouldn’t have a gun. This is enough. Call us back, man.”
“Simply doing nothing is about as evil as it comes,” Gutierrez later said in June.
See here for the ruling Abbott refers to. I’ll get to the legal stuff in a minute, but first as you might imagine, not everyone cared for this response.
A video of Abbott making the claim circulated on social media, drawing reactions from Texas leaders and Uvalde parents. Brett Cross, father 8-year-old victim Uziyah Garcia’s father, tweeted a video in response to Abbott, noting the “parents matter” signs.
“What parents are you referring to actually? Because it’s not us in Uvalde,” Cross said. Cross also claimed that during a conversation he had in person with Abbott, the governor shut down any talks about changing gun laws because it wouldn’t have changed anything. Abbott allegedly pointed to the 17-year-old gunman from the Santa Fe High School shooting in 2018, Cross said.
“Except it would have,” Cross said. “You see that piece of s–t that murdered our children legally bought that damn gun. You could do something about it. You’re just too chicken s–t to do it. So don’t sit there and act like you’re for the people, that you’re for the parents, that you’re for the children, because you don’t give a damn.”
Cross continued: “But I implore you, make a liar out of me. Call a special session. Or don’t and prove me right. The choice is yours buddy.”
Abbott’s office did not immediately on Wednesday return a request for comment on his conversation with Cross.
The video also drew reactions from other Texas leaders. Austin Mayor Steve Adler tweeted in response: “Seven states have raised the minimum age to 21. It is possible.”
Abbott’s Democratic gubernatorial opponent Beto O’Rourke denied the governor’s claim, writing on Twitter: “Yes, it is. And thanks to the leadership of the families in Uvalde, we are going to do it.”
David Hogg, gun control activist and survivor of the Stoneman Douglass High School shooting tweeted: “Bulls–t we did it in Florida.”
The most obvious thing to point out here is that this ruling can be, and should be appealed. Indeed, the judge in question put his ruling on hold for 30 days pending appeal. That stay can be extended by the appeals court or SCOTUS, and at this point we don’t know what a final ruling will be. That ruling was about carrying handguns, and the demand here is about buying assault weapons, so even if the ruling in this case is eventually upheld, it doesn’t mean that a law raising the age to 21 for assault weapons would be illegal under it. Actual legal experts agree with me on these points!
At least seven states — California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Vermont and Washington — have passed legislation raising the legal purchase age for sales of long guns, and several are still cases regarding those laws are winding their way through the courts.
“It’s an unsettled question whether states can restrict guns to people under 21,” said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor who studies gun policy. “There are court cases going both ways … This is one of many issues the Supreme Court is going to have to take up in the coming years.”
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David Pucino, deputy chief counsel for the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said there is a well-grounded case to be made that age restrictions are lawful and in keeping with historical laws.
“There is really strong law and strong history to support the principle that you can have these restrictions,” Pucino said. “Historically, the age of 21 was the age of majority (legal adulthood); it’s only a far more recent development that it’s been lowered to the age of 18.”
Pucino added that the cases to which Abbott refers had to do with carrying of handguns, not purchasing of assault weapons.
“An important distinction is that handguns are recognized by the Supreme Court as being the quintessential weapon for self-defense, and that is absolutely not the case with assault weapons,” Pucino said. “These rifles in particular have offensive capabilities, and that’s their distinguishing feature is the fact that they can be used to inflict an incredible and horrifying amount of damage in a very short period of time.”
Greg Abbott is a lawyer and he knows these things perfectly well. He just doesn’t want to deal with them, and so he dodges the question. Oh, and did I mention that the state of Texas is the defendant in that handgun lawsuit? The state of Texas is the party that would be making the appeal of that ruling. If it chooses to, of course, which is also a thing Greg Abbott has a say in. Don’t believe his “we can’t do anything” baloney. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106838 | 2022-09-02T10:59:40Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106838 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LIVONIA, Mich. — Livonia officials are applauding the heroic actions of three teens who helped save two people during a house fire on Monday.
Doorbell video above courtesy Jeremy Hanlon.
According to the Livonia mayor’s office, Ethan Morche, Chase Adams and Colin Anderson, who all attend Churchill High School, were driving down Ellen Drive when they saw smoke coming out of garage. After calling 911 to report the fire, they reportedly heard shouts from inside the house.
Officials say two of the teens found a sliding door that was unlocked and went inside to help, while the other teen waited for first responders to tell them that people were inside.
Both of the teens were able to bring two people out to safety, according to the mayor's office.
"We couldn't be more proud of these young men who remained calm, did the right thing, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of two of their neighbors,” said Livonia Fire & Rescue Chief Robert Jennison in a press release. “They could have just drove by, but instead they decided to take action, and stopped this incident from becoming a tragedy resulting in loss of life."
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220828-N-PC065-1460 BALTIC SEA (Aug. 28, 2022) – U.S. Navy Hospitalman Joshua Nievescruz, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), plays the role of a simulated attacker during security reaction force-basic training on Arlington’s flight deck, Aug. 28, 2022. The training course provides Sailors with baseline knowledge of the roles of a sentry and reaction force team member. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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Cutest cat breeds: Here are the 10 most popular cat breeds in 2022 - including the adorable Bengal cat breed 🐱
Which is your pick of the litter? Here are the 10 of the world’s most popular cute cat breeds in 2022.
Sleepy 16 hour cat naps, followed by crazy 30 minute run-arounds are just part of a cat’s everyday life – quite simply, cats are some of the most loved creatures on the planet.
And once you’ve been in the company of these adorable creatures, it’s hard to understand why anyone wouldn’t be obsessed!
It is reported that the average cat owner actually own a minimum of two cats – though we are sure you may know some with many more.
With each breed of cat completely unique, each kitty cat can come with their very own personality, ensuring each owner gets a unique experience of their loveable pet.
So, if you’re looking to add a new furry friend to your household, these are the most popular cat breeds worldwide, according to ExcitedCats. | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/cutest-cat-breeds-here-are-the-10-most-popular-cat-breeds-in-2022-including-the-adorable-bengal-cat-breed-3718900 | 2022-09-02T11:04:23Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/cutest-cat-breeds-here-are-the-10-most-popular-cat-breeds-in-2022-including-the-adorable-bengal-cat-breed-3718900 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
220828-N-PC065-1573 BALTIC SEA (Aug. 28, 2022) – U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Mahylin Vasquez, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), performs an over-the-arm baton carry after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum spray in security reaction force-basic training on Arlington’s flight deck, Aug. 28, 2022. The training course provides Sailors with baseline knowledge of the roles of a sentry and reaction force team member. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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Dogs That Get On With Kids: Here are the 10 best breeds of adorable dog for families with young children - including the loving Labrador Retriever 🐕
These breeds of pup are known to get on particularly well with youngsters, making them the family-friendly dog choice.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes over the last two years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
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Choosing the right breed is absolutely essential – for example opting for a small dog if you don’t have much room at home, or a hypoallergenic dog if you suffer from allergies.
Another thing to take into account is that certain breeds are far more suitable for young families.
Here, according to the American Kennel Club, are the dog breeds that should be at the top of your wish list if you have children.
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Easy To Teach Dogs: These are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that are simple to train without expensive obedience classes - including the loving Labrador Retriever 🐕
These breeds of dog are known to be biddable and eager to please, making them perfect for first-time puppy owners or busy families.
If you’ve been thinking about getting a new puppy over lockdown then you’re not alone – the Kennel Club says the number of people welcoming new dogs into their homes in the last three years has soared.
But choosing the right breed is absolutely essential – for example opting for a small dog if you don’t have much room at home, or a hypoallergenic dog if you suffer from allergies.
Another thing to take into account is that certain breeds are significantly more difficult to train than others – from walking to heel to toilet training.
So, if you don’t want the extra expense of dog training lessons, or are a first-time dog owner who is nervous about the process, there are several dogs worth putting up at the top of your wish list.
These are the ten dogs that are easiest to train, according to the Kennel Club of America.
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Huge Cuddly Dogs: Here are the 13 largest breeds of adorable dog - snuggly gentle giants of the canine world 🐕
With the number of people buying new puppies soaring over lockdown, here are the largest dog breeds that you might like to add to your family.
Many of us welcomed new four-legged family members over the last couple of years, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership rocket during the global pandemic.
If you are looking for a furry new addition to your home then choosing the right breed is absolutely essential – for example opting for a small dog if you don’t have much room at home, or a hypoallergenic dog if you suffer from allergies.
But if you have plenty of space and an active lifestyle you might want to consider a larger dog – which tend to make loyal and loving companions and are often more adaptable and easier to train than their more diminutive cousins.
So, if you’re wanting to get a dog and ‘go large’, these are the 13 biggest gentle giants out there.
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Pricey Dogs: Here are the 10 most expensive breeds of adorable dog since puppy prices soared - including the loving Labrador Retriever 🐕
The global pandemic has seen demand for puppies increase massively, meaning that prices for some breeds of dog have more than trebled.
Many of us have welcomed new puppies to our families over the last couple of years, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar by nearly eight per cent over lockdown.
But the growing demand for some of the most popular breeds has seen prices rocket – meaning a dog will most likely cost you a great deal more today than it would just two years ago.
Research from pet retailer Pets at Home shows that the average puppy in the UK now costs a hefty £1,875 – more than double the average price in 2019. And some breeds will set you back an average of nearly £3,000!
Here are the 10 most expensive breeds of dog in the UK.
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Queen to miss Braemar Royal Highland Gathering in Scotland due to mobility problems
The Queen will miss the Braemar Gathering in Scotland, the popular Highland Games event which the Prince of Wales is scheduled to attend on Saturday.
It is understood the decision has been taken for the comfort of the head of state who has been suffering from mobility problems since last year.
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New York: Playing more like a world No. 1 than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams turned back the clock on Wednesday to stun world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 and move into the third round of the US Open, putting her retirement plans on pause.
Defeat has always been hard to swallow for the fiercely competitive Williams and the 40-year-old American's relentless will to win was on full display during an absorbing two hour 27 minute contest of unexpected high-quality, breathless intensity and drama.
Williams had signalled her intention to retire earlier this month, saying she was "evolving away from tennis" but never confirming the U.S. Open as her final event.
But any farewell has now been put on hold with Williams back on centre court on Thursday for a doubles match with older sister Venus, followed by a third round clash with Australian Ajla Tomljanovic who was a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 winner over Russia's Evgeniya Rodina. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/09/01/serena-wiliams-us-open-anett-kontaveit.amp.html | 2022-09-02T11:08:37Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/09/01/serena-wiliams-us-open-anett-kontaveit.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New York: Playing more like a world No. 1 than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams turned back the clock on Wednesday to stun world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 and move into the third round of the US Open, putting her retirement plans on pause.
Defeat has always been hard to swallow for the fiercely competitive Williams and the 40-year-old American's relentless will to win was on full display during an absorbing two hour 27 minute contest of unexpected high-quality, breathless intensity and drama.
Williams had signalled her intention to retire earlier this month, saying she was "evolving away from tennis" but never confirming the U.S. Open as her final event.
But any farewell has now been put on hold with Williams back on centre court on Thursday for a doubles match with older sister Venus, followed by a third round clash with Australian Ajla Tomljanovic who was a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 winner over Russia's Evgeniya Rodina. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/09/01/serena-wiliams-us-open-anett-kontaveit.html | 2022-09-02T11:08:44Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/09/01/serena-wiliams-us-open-anett-kontaveit.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Off-duty pilots for six airlines are picketing at airports nationwide on Thursday ahead of the busy Labor Day travel weekend in support of improved working conditions and benefits.
The one-day picketing campaign is organized by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents thousands of pilots at major U.S. airlines, and comes at the end of a chaotic summer travel season that has seen a soaring number of passenger complaints as travel demand resurges.
“When ALPA pilots stand shoulder to shoulder in support of shared goals, people notice — our airlines notice,” the union said in a statement.
“That’s why on September 1, we’re asking all ALPA pilots to join us for an ALPA-wide informational picket to show the public, our lawmakers and our airlines that all airline pilots stand together in support of the profession-wide goal of improved working conditions and benefits,” the statement continued.
Pilots are prevented from easily going on strike while on duty under federal regulations, and Thursday’s picketing by off-duty pilots is not expected to affect flight operations.
ALPA organized the picketing at 13 major airports across the country, 11 of which serve as hub airports for major airlines. Pilots for Delta Air Lines, Endeavor Air, JetBlue, Sun Country, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines are participating, the union said.
This comes as airlines have struggled to quickly rebuild their operations to meet the return in travel demand after downsizing during the pandemic. More than 2 million people now travel through the nation’s airports on an average day, the highest levels since the start of the pandemic.
The staffing shortages, combined with issues like severe summer storms and high fuel costs, have left passengers frustrated as they face cancellations and delays.
Passenger complaints soared in the first half of the year, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has proposed strengthening federal regulations to clarify when passengers are owed refunds. Buttigieg’s department released a customer service dashboard on Thursday to help passengers understand airlines’ guarantees when they delay or cancel flights.
“@Delta_Pilots are on the picket line at @JFKairport to show @Delta that we’re beyond ready for a new contract,” ALPA’s Delta pilot group tweeted. “It’s been 2.5 years since our contract’s amendable date & 3.5 years since #DeltaPilots last had a pay raise.”
As pilots participating in Thursday’s strike look for increased benefits from their airlines, other ALPA pilot groups have already seen success in negotiating significant pay raises amid airlines’ struggles and a tight labor market.
Pilot unions at three regional carriers wholly owned by American Airlines — Envoy Air, Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines — recently announced contract agreements that include significant pay increases. Regional carriers have borne the brunt of what many in the industry view as a national pilot shortage, although ALPA has denied the existence of a shortage.
Many industry workers are complaining about working longer hours and experiencing more last-minute swaps, saying airlines’ recent scheduling snafus will continue without better working conditions.
JetBlue pilots at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday picketed with signs reading “schedule with integrity matters” and “fatiguing schedules = unreliable operations.”
Some airlines cut back on their August schedules to improve reliability, including Delta Air Lines, which on Wednesday noted the changes as it touted its preparedness for the upcoming Labor Day travel weekend. The airline says it is preparing to serve 2.9 customers over the weekend.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming our customers on board for Labor Day weekend,” said Allison Ausband, Delta’s chief customer experience officer. “We’ve taken steps this summer to ensure our people have the tools and support they need to deliver on our high standards for reliability, while offering Delta’s signature customer service with warmth and care.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/pilots-picketing-at-13-major-airports-ahead-of-labor-day-weekend/ | 2022-09-02T11:11:55Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/pilots-picketing-at-13-major-airports-ahead-of-labor-day-weekend/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A man tried to kill Argentina’s politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country’s president said.
The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said.
President Alberto Fernández, who is not related to the vice president, a former president herself, said the pistol did not discharge when the man tried to fire it.
“A man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger,” the president said in a national broadcast following the incident. He said the firearm was loaded with five bullets but “didn’t fire even though the trigger was pulled.”
The vice president did not appear to have suffered any injury, and the man was overpowered within seconds as he stood among a crowd of her supporters.
Gina De Bai, a witness who was near the vice president during the incident, told The Associated Press she heard “the sound of the trigger being pulled.” She said she didn’t realize it was a handgun until the man was rushed by security personnel.
President Fernández called it “the most serious incident since we recovered democracy” in 1983 after a military dictatorship and urged political leaders, and society at large, to repudiate the attempted shooting.
The attack came as the vice president is facing a trial for alleged acts of corruption during her 2007-2015 presidency — charges that she vehemently denies and that have led her supporters to surround her home in the upscale Recoleta neighborhood of Argentina’s capital.
Video broadcast on local television channels showed Fernández exiting her vehicle surrounded by supporters when a man is seen extending his hand with what looks like a pistol. The vice president ducks as people around the apparent gunman appear shocked at what is happening.
Unverified video posted on social media shows the pistol almost touched Fernández’s face.
The alleged gunman was identified as Fernando André Sabag Montiel, a Brazilian citizen, said an official at the Security Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He does not have a criminal record, the official said. ading that the weapon was a .32-caliber Bersa.
The president declared Friday a holiday “so the Argentine people can, in peace and harmony, express itself in defense of life, democracy and in solidarity with our vice president.”
Supporters of the vice president have been gathering in the streets surrounding her home since last week, when a prosecutor called for a 12-year sentence for Fernández as well as a life-long prohibition in holding public office in the corruption case.
Shortly after the incident, government officials were quick to decry what they called an assassination attempt.
“When hate and violence are imposed over the debate of ideas, societies are destroyed and generate situations like the one seen today: an assassination attempt,” Economy Minister Sergio Massa said.
Cabinet ministers issued a news release saying they “energetically condemn the attempted homicide” of the vice president. “What happened tonight is of extreme gravity and threatens democracy, institutions and the rule of law.”
Former President Mauricio Macri, a conservative who succeeded the left-of-center Fernández in the presidency, also condemned the attack. “This very serious event demands an immediate and profound clarification by the judiciary and security forces,” Macri wrote on Twitter.
Patricia Bullrich, president of the opposition Republican Proposal party, criticized President Fernández’s reaction to the attack, accusing him of “playing with fire.” She said that “instead of seriously investigating a serious incident, he accuses the opposition and the press, decreeing a national holiday to mobilize activists.”
Tensions have been running high in the Recoleta neighborhood since the weekend, when the vice president’s supporters clashed with police in the streets surrounding her apartment amid an effort by law enforcement officers to clear the area. Following the clashes, what had been a strong police presence around the vice president’s apartment was reduced.
When Fernández leaves her apartment every day at around noon, she greets supporters and signs autographs before getting in her vehicle to go to the Senate. She repeats the same routine every evening.
Following the incident, allies of the vice president quickly pointed the finger at the opposition for what they said is hateful speech that promotes violence. In recent days, several key officials have said opposition leaders were looking for a fatality.
“This is a historic event in Argentina that must be a before-and-after,” Buenos Aires Gov. Axel Kicillof said.
Regional leaders also condemned the attack.
“We send our solidarity to the vice president in this attempt against her life,” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Twitter.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who is a candidate in that nation’s presidential election next month, also expressed solidarity with Fernández, calling her a “victim of a fascist criminal who doesn’t know how to respect differences and diversity.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/watch-attempt-to-kill-argentinas-vp-fails-when-handgun-misfires/ | 2022-09-02T11:12:01Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/watch-attempt-to-kill-argentinas-vp-fails-when-handgun-misfires/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With the Round of 32 at the US Open set, here are the key numbers and statistics from Day 4.
US Open Day 4: Iga Swiatek beats Sloane Stephens | Top 10 roundup | Ajla Tomljanovic plans for Serena Williams clash | Venus and Serena Williams' unbreakable bond | Zheng Qinwen leads Chinese quartet | Hradecka, Noskova defeat Serena, Venus in doubles
Scores | Order of play | Draw
4 - Number of Chinese women in the third round, a new Grand Slam record. Zheng Qinwen defeated Anastasia Potapova 7-6(4), 7-6(3) and qualifier Yuan Yue overcame Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 7-6(6), saving a set point in the tiebreak, to join Zhang Shuai and Wang Xiyu in the last 32. Wimbledon 2006 had seen the previous national record of three Chinese players in the third round -- Li Na (who reached the quarterfinals), Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie.
4 - Four Chinese female players (Qinwen Zheng, Yue Yuan, Xiyu Wang and Shuai Zhang) have reached the Round of 32 in a single Grand Slam tournament for first time in the Open Era. Group.@WTA @WTA_insider #USOpen #USOpen2022 pic.twitter.com/0iMp669Ku2
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) September 1, 2022
7 - Number of times Aryna Sabalenka has won from match point down at WTA 125 level or above. The No.6 seed added to this by saving two match points en route to defeating Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4. Sabalenka's escapes in her career so far are as follows:
2017 Mumbai 125 R2, d. Lu Jia-Jing 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(4) (saved two match points, went on to win title)
2018 Montréal R2, d. Caroline Wozniacki 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) (saved three match points)
2018 Cincinnati R2, d. Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 (saved two match points)
2018 Cincinnati R3, d. Caroline Garcia 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 (saved one match point)
2019 Eastbourne R3, d. Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) (saved one match point)
2021 Miami R2, d. Tsvetana Pironkova 0-6, 6-3, 7-6(9) (saved two match points)
2022 US Open R2, d. Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 (saved two match points)
Great Escapes 2022: All this year's wins from match point down
10-11 - Kanepi's record against Top 10 players in Grand Slams prior to this week. The Estonian had won four of her last six Grand Slam matches against Top 10 opposition, dating back to the 2018 US Open, ahead of her clash with Sabalenka.
7 - Number of Top 10 wins by Petra Martic, who added to that number by upsetting No.4 seed Paula Badosa 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. The Croatian notched the first four of those between 2012 and 2019, and the most recent three in the past five months, having also defeated Anett Kontaveit in Rome and Jessica Pegula at Wimbledon this year.
22 - Number of times Alizé Cornet has reached the third round of a major, all within her record 63 straight main draw appearances. However, 2022 marks the first season in which the Frenchwoman has made that stage at each Grand Slam of the year.
Had to dig deep to get this one 🥵🤒 that's what makes it even sweeter 💪
— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) September 2, 2022
Onto the 3rd round at the @usopen 👊🌈
J'ai dû puiser loin pour gagner aujourd'hui 🥵 c'est ce qui rend la victoire encore plus belle 👊
Rendez vous au 3ème tour ! #UsOpen2022 pic.twitter.com/bjRbx6Vgro
3 - Players who have reached at least the third round of every Grand Slam in 2022. Along with Cornet (Australian Open quarterfinals, Roland Garros third round, Wimbledon fourth round), the others to have accomplished this are Iga Swiatek (Australian Open semifinals, Roland Garros champion, Wimbledon third round) and Jessica Pegula (Australian Open and Roland Garros quarterfinals, Wimbledon third round).
6 - Times that Belinda Bencic has reached at least the third round of the US Open in seven appearances. The Swiss player came from a set and 5-3 down to defeat Sorana Cirstea for the first time in three attempts 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, reversing a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-4 loss in the first round of Cincinnati two weeks ago. Bencic, whose best Flushing Meadows performance to date was her 2019 semifinal showing, owns a 76% winning percentage at the US Open, compared to 57% at the Australian Open, 54% at Roland Garros and 61% at Wimbledon.
6 - Grand Slam third-round appearances for Lauren Davis, who rebounded from a bagel first set to defeat No.28 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 0-6, 6-4, 7-6[5]. It is Davis' first time in the last 32 of the US Open on her 10th appearance at her home major. The American is 0-5 in Grand Slam third rounds to date; among active players, only Magda Linette (0-6) has reached more third rounds without a fourth-round showing.
6 - Months since Garbiñe Muguruza last won consecutive matches. Back in February, the Spaniard defeated Sorana Cirstea and Madison Brengle to reach the Doha quarterfinals. She then won only four of her next 14 matches ahead of the US Open. However, she backed up her first-round win over Clara Tauson this week with a 6-0, 6-4 defeat of another rising teenager, Linda Fruhvirtova, to reach the third round at Flushing Meadows for a third time.
3 - Former US Open champions in the Round of 32. No.26 seed Victoria Azarenka defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-3 to join Serena Williams and Bianca Andreescu. Two former US Open finalists also remain -- Karolina Pliskova and Madison Keys.
9 - 2022 WTA champions left in the draw. Iga Swiatek (six titles), Caroline Garcia (three titles), Ons Jabeur (two titles) and Liudmila Samsonova (two titles) have all lifted multiple trophies this year; Belinda Bencic, Petra Kvitova, Petra Martic, Zhang Shuai and Madison Keys have all won one each.
2 - Qualifiers in the Round of 32. Yuan Yue, who has yet to drop a set in five matches, was the first; she was joined by France's Clara Burel, who overcame Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the third round of a major for the second time (previously making that stage at Roland Garros 2020). Burel saved five match points in her final qualifying round against Misaki Doi, coming through 2-6, 6-4, 7-6[10].
1 - Guaranteed new US Open semifinalist, following the loss of Sloane Stephens in the top quarter of the draw. This section contains three multiple Slam champions -- Iga Swiatek, Garbiñe Muguruza and Petra Kvitova -- none of whom have yet made the last four in New York. The losses of Stephens and Yulia Putintseva also guarantee a first-time US Open quarterfinalist in the top sixteenth of the draw: either Swiatek, Lauren Davis, Jule Niemeier or Zheng Qinwen. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775562/us-open-day-4-by-the-numbers-a-chinese-record-sabalenka-s-escapes-and-more | 2022-09-02T11:15:46Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2775562/us-open-day-4-by-the-numbers-a-chinese-record-sabalenka-s-escapes-and-more | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Morale Is Low at Mizzou; Many Blame Chancellor
Many faculty members at the University of Missouri view Chancellor Mun Choi as responsible for their low morale, according to a report released Thursday by the campus Faculty Council, The Missouri Independent reported.
The report was based on a survey, to which 547 faculty responded. Respondents were asked to rank Choi in varioius areas, and he received an overall ranking 2.26 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being superior performance. Among ranked faculty without administrative duties, 208 said Choi should not be retained as chancellor, while 87 said he should remain.
Choi is also president of the University of Missouri System.
“I found reading through the comments pretty disheartening, to see how much frustration and kind of genuine sadness there is by so many, so many community members about our institution and the direction we’ve been going,” said Chuck Munter, an associate professor in the university’s college of education and human development. “But I don’t think I was surprised.”
One commenter said: “I have watched the most talented people leave this institution in the last three years because the climate hinders their accomplishments, especially in research. I believe that in some respects the faculty and its morale has been irreparably damaged.”
A minority of respondents said they appreciated Choi’s work for the university, citing his good relationship with political leaders and clear plans for the campus. They said “it is refreshing and exciting to have somebody have a vision.”
Choi, in his response to the report, said he found some parts of the survey to be “thoughtful and helpful.”
But he had also heard many expressions of appreciation of his leadership and suggested that the sample wasn’t large enough to be representative of the whole faculty, which has about 2,400 members.
“After reviewing the results, I am interested in finding ways for my cabinet and I to collect more constructive input on a variety of topics from a broader group of faculty,” Choi said.
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Prince William County officials are considering changing public comment procedures at Board of Supervisors meetings.
Board Chair Ann Wheeler recently voiced concerns about the structure of public input as residents this year have frequently stretched the length of public meetings.
Public comment was more limited in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but gradually became more robust throughout 2021. In the past year, it has primarily been driven by those supporting or opposing the PW Digital Gateway.
The project, which proposes 27.6 million square feet of data centers on 2,100 acres along Pageland Lane, has quickly become the most controversial and contentious local land-use proposal in decades.
Opponents and proponents have launched personal attacks against each other, and it has spawned recall efforts against Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland and Wheeler and a federal lawsuit against Candland.
State law does not require local governments to hold public comment sessions, although legislators have periodically tried unsuccessfully to change the law.
The Board of County Supervisors meetings are typically broken into two parts at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with public comment allowed at both sections. Speakers are allowed three minutes each and can sign up for both sessions.
Long-running meetings
on the rise
A review of board meetings by InsideNoVa found that in the past 20 months, the board has held 76 public comment sessions. They ranged from four minutes each on Oct. 5 and Oct. 12, 2021, to a long of 3 hours and 13 minutes on July 20, 2021.
In 2021, public comment was held 48 times with an average length of 43 minutes. Of those, 18 public comment sessions took less than 30 minutes and 37 lasted less than an hour. Eleven sessions lasted more than an hour, and only three were more than two hours.
However, so far in 2022, 28 sessions have been held, and only one public comment period was less than 30 minutes and only six were less than an hour. Twenty-two lasted more than an hour and four were more than two hours.
The average in 2022 so far is 1 hour and 25 minutes per public comment session, with the quickest being 25 minutes in the evening on Jan. 18.
The longest this year was in an afternoon meeting on Aug. 2: 2 hours and 46 minutes. The board had only an afternoon session planned that day so members could participate in National Night Out activities, but supervisors missed the event partly because of the length of public comment.
Combining afternoon and evening sessions since January 2021, aggregate public comment has exceeded two hours on 15 occasions, with 11 of those in 2022.
Supervisor Kenny Boddye, D-Occoquan, said public comment is “an important fixture” in board meetings, and he supports “allowing it in many forms to be as accessible as possible.”
While Boddye believes that “every resident who wants to have a voice in shaping our community should have that opportunity,” he’s “not sure that our current public comment procedures achieve this goal.”
“Are we best serving the public when meetings regularly stretch late into the night?” he said. “I'm open to procedural changes that maintain the public’s direct line to the Board of Supervisors while also enabling us to conduct the people’s business in a more efficient manner, and also shows respect for the time of folks participating in public hearings.”
Supervisor Victor Angry, D-Neabsco, said the length of public comment over the past year has placed a burden on those who have specific business before the board.
Particularly on land-use cases, Angry said if meetings stretch late into the night, it could require developers or business owners to spend more to pay for their legal representation.
Angry said public comment sessions should be capped at two hours. He also plans to conduct his own public comment sessions on Mondays prior to board meetings.
“There is a clear issue with what is currently happening at board meetings,” he said. “Citizens are upset if we move those conducting county business before them, and those conducting business often are waiting past midnight to conduct their business.”
Supervisors rarely provide any sort of direct response during public comment and frequently have to endure personal attacks in silence.
Supervisor Yesli Vega, R-Coles, noted she has been one of the more frequent targets of partisan attacks. “I’ve clearly been on the receiving end of the most vitriolic hatred that any board member has had thrown at them by left-wing activists.”
However, Vega doesn’t support any proposal “to limit public comment time in any way.”
“The answer isn’t to limit speech and the First Amendment opportunities of our residents,” she said. “If the Chair doesn’t want super long meetings, perhaps she should put a pause on pursuing her personal and political agenda, which has proven to be very divisive – hence the reason why our residents feel like they have to come out every week to petition their government.”
Vega doesn’t believe the length of public comment places a burden on those with business before the board because they “eventually get heard.”
“[O]ur taxpayers are the ultimate group with business before the board,” she said. “The solution isn’t to place them in line behind the special interests.”
What do other localities do?
Prince William is the only Northern Virginia county without limits on either the number of speakers at public comment or a cap on total time for public comment. The county’s rules only prevent speakers from discussing something already scheduled for a public hearing that day and prohibit “the use of obscenity or other speech tending to create a breach of the peace.”
In comparison, Fairfax County limits its public comment to 10 speakers per session, and residents can speak only once per six-month period. Speakers are barred from discussing “issues under litigation; issues that have been scheduled for public hearing before the Board; and personnel matters or comments regarding individuals.”
Loudoun County’s rules vary depending on the time of the month. At its first Tuesday meeting, public input is allowed at 6 p.m. and capped at 90 minutes. At its meeting on the third Tuesday, it allows eight speakers limited to 2½ minutes each at 5 p.m. Then, at 6 p.m., public comment is open but capped at 90 minutes.
Arlington County has some of the most stringent rules in Northern Virginia. It holds public comment at 8:30 a.m. during Saturday meetings and limits speakers to two minutes. The county board allows only one speaker on “each topic, but opposing views on the same topic will be considered two different topics.”
At the Aug. 2 meeting, Wheeler mentioned Arlington’s procedures and said she plans to discuss changes to public comment heading into the fall. She floated the idea of a dedicated day for public comment, saying the county had received nearly 800 public comment speaking requests in the past six months.
“Coming back in the fall, because we are trying to get the business of the county done … I’m going to talk to my colleagues about trying to make some changes about how we handle public comment time,” she said.
At a meeting on Feb. 9, 2021, speaking before the evening portion of the meeting started 35 minutes behind schedule, Wheeler laid some of the blame on the board itself.
“It’s only the fault of our own board that we take so long in these meetings,” she said. “I’m just putting us on record that perhaps it shouldn’t have taken so long to get through some of the things that we got through today and I think we need to be cognisant of the fact that we do have an evening session when we’re going through and hearing things in the afternoon.”
One area supervisors might look on the agenda to save time is the time it takes to clear the consent agenda, which comes before public comment in the afternoon sessions.
That part of the meetings, however, only averages 26 minutes to clear and was less than 10 minutes on six occasions. The longest time supervisors have taken to clear the consent agenda was an hour and 12 minutes on March 2, 2021.
Another area on the agenda the board could consider is supervisors’ time, which gives each supervisor five minutes to discuss topics in their districts, highlight events they have attended or suggest actions not otherwise on the agenda.
With eight supervisors, that section of the agenda should last about 40 minutes, but averages only 37 minutes. The quickest supervisors’ time was 12 minutes on April 12, and the longest was 1 hour and 38 minutes on June 15, 2021.
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A number of former high-school players in Arlington made various contributions this summer as members of baseball teams in the Northern Virginia College League.
Bishop O’Connell High School graduate Riley O’Donovan, now a player for the University of Lynchburg, was the starting catcher for the league-tournament champion Hot Wings squad. He had a key sacrifice fly in the Hot Wings’ 2-0 victory over the top seed and defending champion Chili Dogs in the tournament final.
For the summer season, when wooden bats were used league wide, O’Donovan batted .278. He tied for the team high with nine RBI and was second with 10 hits, which included two doubles and a home run.
O’Donovan batted .385 with seven doubles, five homers and 31 RBI in 32 games for Lynchburg during its 2022 season.
Washington-Liberty High School graduate Sam Dozier, also a former player for the 2021 American Legion District 17 tournament-champion Arlington Post 139 team, was one of the top summer pitchers for the Yard Dogs.
The right-hander pitched 132/3 innings (third most on the team), had a 2.65 earned run average and a 1-2 record. Dozier, who plays at Lebanon Valley College, struck out eight and walked eight. He appeared in seven games, all on the mound.
For Lebanon Valley this past spring as a first-year player, Dozier appeared in six games (all in relief), throwing 91/3 innings with 10 strikeouts. He had missed the previous season with a knee injury.
Ryan Bhojwani, a University of Virginia team member, played at both Bishop O’Connell and Yorktown in high school. This summer he was a member of the Gators. Bhojwani batted a team best .387. He had 12 hits, including a team-high four doubles, and had five RBI. He scored a team-best 14 runs.
O’Connell graduate Elijah Pinckney, who attends Morehouse College, played for the regular-season champion Chili Dogs. He batted .320 to go with three RBI, 11 runs and three steals. His .528 on-base-percentage tied for the team best.
Another O’Connell graduate in the league was Kim Brandon, who attends McGill University and played for the Yard Dogs He had 11 at-bats with three hits this summer.
Yorktown High School graduate Ketz Murray pitched in one game and one inning for the Hot Wings with two strikeouts, facing just three batters. He primarily played for the Arlington Post 139 American Legion baseball team this summer.
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The second-year head coaches of the Flint Hill Huskies and Potomac School Panthers have similar goals and perspectives about their teams’ 2022 high-school football seasons that begin this Labor Day weekend.
Each expects his squad to improve on last year’s records, in the case of Potomac School a 5-4 overall mark and second-place finish of 3-1 in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference and for Flint Hill winless marks of 0-9, 0-4.
“We don’t hide from that 0-9 record, we lead with it,” Flint Hill coach Kirk Peterson said. “This year we have a lot more players in our program, and we have the ability to go out and compete and give ourselves a chance to win. We’re looking to go out and be scrappy, feisty and be a disciplined team.”
Flint Hill opens its season Saturday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. at home against Woodberry Forest in non-conference action.
Flint Hill has a number of transfer players who are expected to be big contributors. They include wide receiver/defensiveback/kick returner Josh Clarke, two-way lineman Anwaar Smith, wide receiver/safety Victor McNeal, receiver/linebacker Brooks Martin, linebacker/runningback Jeffrey Wells and runningback/linebacker Gray Jones.
Linebacker/receiver Wil Thomas is a top returner along with place-kicker/punter Dylan Logue. The quarterback will be freshman Ty Harris, who Peterson calls a good pocket passer.
The coach said Flint Hill will field a junior varsity team for the first time in several years.
“We have had an active off season, have built some solid team chemistry and we are ready to go,” Peterson said.
Potomac School enters the season with momentum from last fall when the Panthers won three of their final four games. The 2022 team includes 17 seniors and returns a number of top players under coach C.J. Remmo. Returners include runningbacks Marcel Gaskins (who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy), Blaze Jones and Nick Webster and quarterback Drew Turner, who will play multiple positions this fall.
The starting quarterback likely will be Cameron Boykin, a sophomore transfer who will play behind four returning offensive linemen.
“The tree trunk of our offense is running the ball, but Cameron gives us the potential to develop and improve our passing attack,” Remmo said. “We have a lot of talent in this class, so hopefully, we can take a step forward this season.”
Potomac School opens its season Friday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. at Norfolk Academy. The Panthers lost last season’s opener to Norfolk Academy, 7-0.
NOTES: Potomac School has a Friday night 7 p.m. home game scheduled Oct. 28 against conference rival Maret. There are no field lights at Potomac School, so temporary lights will be installed for the contest . . . This season’s rivalry game between Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference foes Potomac School and Flint Hill is Saturday, Oct. 15 at Flint Hill at 2 p.m. Flint Hill won last year’s contest, 25-6. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/huskies-panthers-set-to-open-football-seasons/article_05094e9c-2a6b-11ed-bee2-bb91ebff069e.html | 2022-09-02T11:25:21Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/huskies-panthers-set-to-open-football-seasons/article_05094e9c-2a6b-11ed-bee2-bb91ebff069e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Whether it’s his ever-present smile, occasional fist pumps, or his excited gyrations on the sideline, the passion Colgan coach Reggie Scott has for football is evident and palpable.
Scott said the Sharks feed off that passion and energy and that fact was abundantly evident Thursday night in Colgan’s 18-13 victory over visiting Osbourn.
Colgan (2-0 overall) blocked a punt, forced four turnovers (three fumbles and an interception), and took advantage of great field position caused by 135 yards in penalties for the Eagles.
Just about every time Osbourn appeared to be mounting a threat, an inopportune penalty or a turnover happened. Colgan’s defensive front swarmed to the ball on numerous occasions and also backed the Eagles up in their own territory regularly.
Colgan, which snapped its 17-game losing streak last week with a victory over Oabourn Park, played with high energy throughout the game.
Quarterback Ryan Westhoff, who threw two interceptions against OP, rebounded with scoring passes of. 30, 47, and 12 yards.
‘’The offense stepped up big, (especially Westhoff),’’ Scott said. “Last week we had a lot of penalty yards and I told the guys, ‘This week we have to stop that.’. This is a big win for us. I don't think Colgan’s ever started 2-0, so we will enjoy this one and then get ready for next week against Freedom-South Riding.’’
After Colgan opened the scoring with a 30-yard pass from Westhoff to Tyler Henry, the Sharks made it 12- 0 at halftime on a 47-yard pass from Westhoff to Darryl Byrd.
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Osbourn tried to mount a comeback in the third quarter when Edward Hogan scored on a 2-yard run to make it 12-6. Late in the third quarter, Colgan’s Thomas Pullen recovered a late fumble that gave the Sharks possession at the 24 and that fumble proved costly when Byrd hauled in a 12-yard scoring pass with 18 seconds left in the third quarter.
“Every time we have the ball, we have to step up and I think we did that tonight,’’ Scott said.
Meanwhile Osbourn tried to use Hogan as a passer as well, but he threw one incompletion and one interception with no touchdowns. Osbourn scored on two short runs, a 2-yard run by Hogan and a 4-yard run by quarterback Nigel Burke. The run by Burke was immediately preceded by a 67-yard run by Hogan.
But unlike the Eagles, Colgan’s defense was able to avoid yielding big plays and turnovers. Scott lauded the Sharks’ defensive effort and performance.
“We call it Shark defense and guys really have to step up, be hungry,’’ Scott said. “Our defense did a good job reading keys and staying disciplined.’’
Denzel Lambert scored Woodbridge’s lone touchdown on a 13-yard pass from Joshua Brayman in the second quarter in the Vikings’ 7-6 win over vis…
Osbourn (1-1) 0 0 6 6—12
Colgan (2-0). 6 6. 6 0—18
Scoring Summary
First Quarter.
C—Henry 30 pass from Westhoff (kick blocked), 8:15
Second Quarter
C—D. Byrd. 47 pass from Westhoff (run failed), 9:11
Third Quarter .
O-Hogan 2 run (run failed), 6:45
C—Grant 12 pass from Westhoff (kick blocked), :18
Fourth Quarter
O—Burke 4 run (SanJan kick), 10:14
Individual atatistics
Rushing
Osbourn, Hogan 24-158, Burke 14-14, Eller 6-24, Williams 2-2, Amoyaw 1-0; Colgan, Pullen 14-110,Westoff 3-5, Brooks. 3-4, Champion 1-2, Grant 2-8, A. Byrd 1-3 D. Byrd. 1-1, Watkins 1-0.
Passing
Osbourn, Burke 1-2-1-0, Hogan 0-1-1-0; Colgan Westhoff 10-22-1-123.
Receiving
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Denzel Lambert scored Woodbridge’s lone touchdown on a 13-yard pass from Joshua Brayman in the second quarter in the Vikings’ 7-6 win over visiting North Stafford Thursday.
Woodbridge (1-1) got on the scoreboard first before North Stafford recorded an 11-yard run in the fourth quarter. The Wolverines failed to convert their two-point conversion.
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Michael Dankwa led Woodbridge 40 rushing yards on 10 carries. Brayman was 8 of 20 for 59 yards and one interception.
Jabari Odoemenem led Woodbridge’s defense with eight tackles and one tackle for loss. Jeremiah Aliu added four tackles, two sacks and three tackles for loss and Xavier Simmons had three tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/sept-1-high-school-football-roundup-woodbridge-holds-off-north-stafford/article_4289ad3a-292f-11ed-942d-cbdb88dd22ed.html | 2022-09-02T11:25:34Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/sept-1-high-school-football-roundup-woodbridge-holds-off-north-stafford/article_4289ad3a-292f-11ed-942d-cbdb88dd22ed.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 RESULTS
Mountain View 30, Gar-Field 0
Gainesville 54, Osbourn Park 28
Colgan 18, Osbourn 13
Woodbridge 7, North Stafford 6
Potomac 23, Brooke Point 17
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 SCHEDULE
Fauquier at Brentsville, 7 p.m.
Forest Park at Woodgrove, 7 p.m.
Riverbend at Freedom-Woodbridge, 7 p.m.
Quantico at Kenston Forest, 7 p.m.
John Paul the Great at Paul VI, 7 p.m. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/thursdays-local-high-school-football-scoreboard-fridays-schedule/article_2699c290-2aab-11ed-8492-fb6bfdd455cf.html | 2022-09-02T11:25:40Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/thursdays-local-high-school-football-scoreboard-fridays-schedule/article_2699c290-2aab-11ed-8492-fb6bfdd455cf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the CDC's authorization of new omicron-specific booster shots.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the CDC's authorization of new omicron-specific booster shots.
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It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the middle of the last century, the White House Historical Association has paid for the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/big-reveal-biden-to-help-unveil-obama-white-house-portrait | 2022-09-02T11:34:46Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/big-reveal-biden-to-help-unveil-obama-white-house-portrait | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Off-duty pilots for six airlines are picketing at airports nationwide on Thursday ahead of the busy Labor Day travel weekend in support of improved working conditions and benefits.
The one-day picketing campaign is organized by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents thousands of pilots at major U.S. airlines, and comes at the end of a chaotic summer travel season that has seen a soaring number of passenger complaints as travel demand resurges.
“When ALPA pilots stand shoulder to shoulder in support of shared goals, people notice — our airlines notice,” the union said in a statement.
“That’s why on September 1, we’re asking all ALPA pilots to join us for an ALPA-wide informational picket to show the public, our lawmakers and our airlines that all airline pilots stand together in support of the profession-wide goal of improved working conditions and benefits,” the statement continued.
Pilots are prevented from easily going on strike while on duty under federal regulations, and Thursday’s picketing by off-duty pilots is not expected to affect flight operations.
ALPA organized the picketing at 13 major airports across the country, 11 of which serve as hub airports for major airlines. Pilots for Delta Air Lines, Endeavor Air, JetBlue, Sun Country, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines are participating, the union said.
This comes as airlines have struggled to quickly rebuild their operations to meet the return in travel demand after downsizing during the pandemic. More than 2 million people now travel through the nation’s airports on an average day, the highest levels since the start of the pandemic.
The staffing shortages, combined with issues like severe summer storms and high fuel costs, have left passengers frustrated as they face cancellations and delays.
Passenger complaints soared in the first half of the year, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has proposed strengthening federal regulations to clarify when passengers are owed refunds. Buttigieg’s department released a customer service dashboard on Thursday to help passengers understand airlines’ guarantees when they delay or cancel flights.
“@Delta_Pilots are on the picket line at @JFKairport to show @Delta that we’re beyond ready for a new contract,” ALPA’s Delta pilot group tweeted. “It’s been 2.5 years since our contract’s amendable date & 3.5 years since #DeltaPilots last had a pay raise.”
As pilots participating in Thursday’s strike look for increased benefits from their airlines, other ALPA pilot groups have already seen success in negotiating significant pay raises amid airlines’ struggles and a tight labor market.
Pilot unions at three regional carriers wholly owned by American Airlines — Envoy Air, Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines — recently announced contract agreements that include significant pay increases. Regional carriers have borne the brunt of what many in the industry view as a national pilot shortage, although ALPA has denied the existence of a shortage.
Many industry workers are complaining about working longer hours and experiencing more last-minute swaps, saying airlines’ recent scheduling snafus will continue without better working conditions.
JetBlue pilots at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday picketed with signs reading “schedule with integrity matters” and “fatiguing schedules = unreliable operations.”
Some airlines cut back on their August schedules to improve reliability, including Delta Air Lines, which on Wednesday noted the changes as it touted its preparedness for the upcoming Labor Day travel weekend. The airline says it is preparing to serve 2.9 customers over the weekend.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming our customers on board for Labor Day weekend,” said Allison Ausband, Delta’s chief customer experience officer. “We’ve taken steps this summer to ensure our people have the tools and support they need to deliver on our high standards for reliability, while offering Delta’s signature customer service with warmth and care.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/pilots-picketing-at-13-major-airports-ahead-of-labor-day-weekend/ | 2022-09-02T11:39:31Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/pilots-picketing-at-13-major-airports-ahead-of-labor-day-weekend/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hunterdon County school board member suspended for not completing required training
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP – The state's acting commissioner of education suspended a member of the township Board of Education for not completing the mandated training for school board members.
Matthew Walker was suspended from the board for 30 days effective Aug. 10 for violating the state's School Ethics Act.
Acting Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan concurred with the penalty recommended by the School Ethics Commission following its June 28 decision that Walker had not completed 2021's annual training for board members.
Walker was elected to a three-year term on the board in 2019. His term expires Dec. 31, and he is running unopposed for an unexpired two-year term on the board.
State law requires every New Jersey school board member to complete a training program prepared and offered by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA).
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According to the School Ethics Commission ruling, Walker was required to complete the online Governance 2 course on finance by Dec. 31, 2021.
When he didn't complete the course, the NJSBA notified the School Ethics Commission in April about the school board members who had not completed the training. The commission's ruling said that Walker had been sent several messages from the NJSBA about completing the training.
"Notwithstanding all of these communications, (Walker) did not complete mandated training," the commission wrote in its June 28 decision that he violated the rule.
The commission recommended that Walker be removed from the school board, but if he completed the training, the penalty should be reduced to a 30-day suspension.
After the commission's ruling, Walker provided proof he had completed the training and Allen-McMillan agreed with the recommendation for the 30-day suspension.
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Medipath becomes a global AI-powerhouse with the deployment of Ibex solutions across 30 laboratories in France
TEL AVIV, Israel, and FREJUS, France, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ibex Medical Analytics, the leader in AI-powered cancer diagnostics, and Medipath, the largest network of private pathology labs in France, today announced a new agreement to expand the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to additional labs in the Medipath network. The deployment includes new AI-powered tools for diagnosing multiple tissue types and will support Medipath pathologists with improved diagnostic accuracy and efficiency.
Medipath, which provides pathology services to more than 250 hospitals and clinics across France, is a network of 115 pathologists and more than 580 employees, spread across 30 sites.
France, as with most European countries, is challenged by an increasing prevalence of cancer and a decline in the number of pathologists. Coupled with rapid advances in personalized medicine over the last several years that have resulted in a growing complexity of cancer diagnosis, these trends have led to increased demand for diagnostic testing and growing workloads imposed on pathology departments. Pathologists play a crucial role in the detection and diagnosis of cancer, with their assessments being vital for reaching correct treatment decisions by oncologists and improving patient survival rates. Clearly, there is a growing need for automated solutions and decision-support tools that help pathologists detect cancer to the utmost accuracy more rapidly.
The Galen™ suite of solutions from Ibex supports pathologists in a variety of tasks during the diagnosis of breast, prostate, and gastric biopsies and helps improve the accuracy of cancer diagnosis, reduce turnaround time, boost productivity and improve user experience for pathologists. It is the most widely deployed AI technology in pathology and used as part of everyday clinical practice at laboratories, hospitals and health systems worldwide. Galen demonstrated outstanding outcomes across multiple clinical studies performed on various tissue types and diagnostic workflows1,2,3,4,5.
Since 2020, pathologists at Medipath have been using Ibex's solutions in routine clinical practice, paving the way to an overall digitization of their pathology services using Philips' IntelliSite Pathology Solution which included deployment of a network of high-throughput digital pathology scanners across 15 sites, connected via the Philips Image Management Solution.
Under the new expansion agreement, Medipath will rollout Ibex's solutions to all sites in France. Pathologists at Medipath will use the Galen platform for decision support during primary diagnosis of breast, prostate and gastric biopsies, enabling them to improve diagnostic accuracy and streamline workflows via automated case prioritization, AI-powered cancer detection, reporting, pre-ordering of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and other ancillary tests and other productivity-enhancing tools. This unprecedented scale of AI implementation at the network level has the potential to provide Medipath with economies of scale and efficiency gains, reduced operational costs and improved service levels.
"We are writing a new chapter on our digital transformation journey, and excited to work with our partners at Ibex on this expansion project, making their AI portfolio available to more labs and pathologists in our network," said Dr. Olivier Vire, Chairman of the Medipath group. "Integrating Ibex as a foundation of primary diagnosis helps our pathologists improve the accuracy of reporting and optimize processes in our labs that ultimately deliver better patient care. We look forward to introducing additional AI tools from Ibex across our network as Medipath remains committed to being the leading AI-enabled healthcare provider in France".
"Medipath are trailblazers! We're working closely with their team to roll out an expansive AI-powered digital pathology network," said Stuart Shand, Chief Commercial Officer at Ibex Medical Analytics. "Ibex is committed to providing every patient with a precise, timely and personalized cancer diagnosis, made possible with our AI technology that supports real-world needs from physicians."
Ibex Medical Analytics presents at the European Congress of Pathology which takes place in Basel, Switzerland, between September 3-7 (booth no. 1).
About Ibex Medical Analytics
Ibex pioneers AI-powered cancer diagnostics in pathology. We empower physicians to provide every patient with an accurate, timely and personalized cancer diagnosis by developing clinical-grade AI algorithms and digital workflows that help detect and grade cancer in biopsies. Our Galen™ platform is the first-ever AI-powered integrated diagnostics solution in pathology and used in routine clinical practice worldwide, supporting pathologists and providers in improving the quality and accuracy of diagnosis, implementing comprehensive quality control, reducing turnaround times and boosting productivity with more efficient workflows. Ibex's Artificial Intelligence technology is built on Deep Learning algorithms trained by a team of pathologists, data scientists and software engineers. For more information, go to www.ibex-ai.com.
About Medipath
For more than 20 years, Medipath brings together independent pathologists, active in screening and medical diagnosis in anatomical pathology and cytology. The company has more than 115 associate physicians (including 10 referring pathologists in the national networks of expertise for rare pathologies of the National Cancer Institute and 10 molecular pathologists) and more than 580 employees, spread over 30 geographical sites, which today gives it a prominent position in the pathology market. Led by physicians, the company pursues a public health mission in the screening and diagnosis of cancer, collaborates with more than 250 healthcare establishments and processes more than 1.5 million cases each year, including 140,000 diagnoses of cancer. Medipath is a pioneer in its quality approach in the accreditation of its technical platforms and medical-administrative sites. Its "general" and molecular pathology platforms are accredited to perform the molecular tests necessary for targeted therapies (PCR and Next generation sequencing). The excellence of its technical platforms and its geographical coverage allow Medipath to successfully pursue its primary objective: "a pooling for access to excellence, a local expertise in patient care".
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[1] Pantanowitz et al., An artificial intelligence algorithm for prostate cancer diagnosis in whole slide images of core needle biopsies: a blinded clinical validation and deployment study, THE LANCET Digital Health Aug 2020
[2] Vincent-Salomon et al., A Multi-Feature AI-Based Solution for Cancer Diagnosis in Breast Biopsies: A Prospective Blinded Multi-Site Clinical Study, European Congress of Pathology 2021
[3] Comperat et al., Clinical Level AI-Based Solution for Primary Diagnosis and Reporting of Prostate Biopsies in Routine Use: A Prospective Reader Study, European Congress of Pathology 2021
[4] Raoux et al., Novel AI-Based Solution for Supporting Primary Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer Increases the Accuracy and Efficiency of Reporting in Clinical Routine, USCAP 2021
[5] Sandbank et al., Validation and Clinical Deployment of an AI-Based Solution for Detection of Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Helicobacter pylori in Gastric Biopsies, USCAP 2022
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy health industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the healthcare industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose
The authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, or updated boosters, include an mRNA component of the original strain to provide an immune response that is broadly protective against COVID-19 and an mRNA component in common between the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 lineages to provide better protection against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant. - MindMed Completes 1-for-15 Reverse Share Split
The reverse share split is intended to enable the Company to achieve several important corporate objectives, give the Company greater flexibility in considering and planning for future potential business needs, and to address the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement. - Cue Health Launches Cue Care™ Nationwide to Provide Same-Day, At-Home, Test-to-Treatment Service for COVID-19
Patients in any of the 50 states who test positive using Cue's COVID-19 tests can now use the Cue Health App to consult virtually and on-demand with a healthcare professional, obtain an e-prescription, and get the medication delivered. - Cigna Grows ACA Marketplace Presence, Giving More Customers and Communities Access to Quality, Cost-Effective Care
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They essentially are the patsies in a grander scheme, and almost villainized for simply standing in the way of the historic storyline so many are coming to see.
Serena Williams’ opponents have not — and clearly will not — have the throngs at Arthur Ashe Stadium on their side for however long the retiring legend lasts at her final U.S. Open. Especially now that one final lengthy run appears increasingly possible following her first two victories on the tournament’s signature court, with the women’s draw already claiming several top players and potential opponents in her quest for an elusive record-tying 24th career Grand Slam title.
Judging by the numerous awful and often vile comments on the bottom of every story that we post about Serena on our website, there clearly are plenty of people rooting against her, too, whether it be due to her past blowups at officials, upstaging Naomi Osaka’s victory here in 2018, or for other more despicable reasons.
Still, that keyboard-warrior vitriol isn’t translating at all to the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, at least as evidenced by the crowd reaction throughout Serena’s first two victories this week against Danka Kovinic on Monday and Wednesday’s three-set takedown of second-seeded Anett Kontaveit.
Fan favorites always have existed and emerged at Flushing Meadows over the decades, but the spectators wildly cheering in unison for unforced errors made by a rising, accomplished player such as Kontaveit was such an odd sight that even the 40-year Williams seemed uncomfortable with it at times Wednesday night.
“I think they were not rooting, like, against me. They just wanted Serena to win so bad,” the 26-year-old Kontaveit said after the match. “So, I mean, I don’t think it’s a personal attack against me or anything. I mean, it’s fair. She deserves this.
“Of course, it was her moment,” Kontaveit responded to a different question. “I mean, I was trying to do my own thing. But yeah, of course, this is totally about her. I was very aware of that.”
Such adulation only will carry on — and likely will escalate — in the third-round Friday night tilt against Ajla Tomljanovic, the Croatian-born 46th-ranked player in the world who stands between Serena and a potential fourth-round encounter with either 35th-ranked Ludmila Samsonova or No. 96 Aleksandra Krunic. Tomljanovic seems to understand that Williams will not be her only opponent Friday night.
“I was playing on Court 7 both of my matches so far at the same time as her, and I could hear the crowd,” she said. “I’m like, Court 7 isn’t that close. I kept thinking, ‘Oh, my God, that’s annoying me and I’m not even playing against her.’
“I don’t know how I’m going to do it. I think what I’m going to focus on is to keep the score-line close because I think she gets dangerous if she gets up. She’s the best when she gets ahead. Then when the crowd gets involved, that’s what it can get to you.”
The 29-year-old Tomljanovic noted that she has hung out with Williams off the court a handful of times, including at last year’s Met Gala, but added that Serena “kind of has that aura like Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal], and deservedly so.
“I always get happy when she says hi to me,” Tomljanovic said, smiling. “I look at her — I’m going to stop saying it — as a fan, because I’m not going to be a fan on Friday.
“I think if I just stay within my little bubble, have my corner that I go to when I need help just for support, block it out as much as I can…I’m going to try to just meditate all day.”
Finding inner peace might not be enough.
Kovinic said she realized during her first game of her first-round loss to Williams that the crowd noise was not something she was accustomed to elsewhere in her career.
“That was the first moment when I realized, ‘OK, if they’re going to be this loud, the whole match is going to be tough,” Kovinic said. “But also in some moments during the match, I couldn’t hear my shots and also hers.
“Sometimes it’s very tough to see when she hit the ball if it’s going deep or short. That was one thing definitely on the outside courts, we don’t have this experience. It was so loud. Everyone was telling me that this is maybe the loudest court in tennis. It was really loud in some moments, yes.”
Ashe has been stirring even louder than usual already for Williams, about whom even defending men’s champion Daniil Medvedev said Thursday “this is completely her tournament.”
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek, who defeated 2017 champion Sloane Stephens on Thursday, only would face Williams in the finals. If it miraculously happens, the majority of the New York crowd will not be pulling for the current No.1 ranked player in the world.
“Serena totally deserves it and it’s pretty obvious for me that she’s going to be in the spotlight in this tournament,” Swiatek said. “It’s kind of her time right now.”
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Making (Spidey) sense of it all
The disappointing ending to this Spida-Man summer blockbuster certainly wasn’t as satisfying as the most-recent version on the silver screen, with (spoiler alert!) Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland teaming up from their different multiverses.
Westchester product Donovan “Spida” Mitchell will be spinning his webs in Cleveland this year, not New York, after the Knicks missed out once again on another summertime target to conclude months of wishful but stalled negotiations for the three-time All-Star guard.
Instead, Mitchell ended up moving from Utah to the Cavs, forming an excellent young core with Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley.
Perhaps this will turn out to be one of those “sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t make” situations for the Knicks. They still control seven first-round picks over the next five years and they didn’t part with any of a youthful group featuring Quentin Grimes, Immanuel Quickley and Obi Toppin, along with the multi-year signings this summer of RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson and free-agent point guard Jalen Brunson.
What doesn’t make sense to me from the Knicks’ standpoint is that they punted on the draft this year, trading their first-round pick as a way to create cap space to sign Brunson and still have enough room for Mitchell. Yet, they didn’t want to pay Utah president Danny Ainge the so-called “New York tax” of sending an extra unprotected pick or two to the Jazz to match those that Cleveland traded along with Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen and Ochai Agbaji?
Of course, obtaining Mitchell to pair in the backcourt with Brunson would not have guaranteed the 37-win Knicks a spot in the top six in the Eastern Conference. But it clearly would have made them better in the short-term and probably in the long-term, at least in terms of being more attractive to future missing-piece free agents.
Now, more than two months since draft night and just a few weeks before training camp opens, there isn’t much left out there for Knicks president Leon Rose to pivot to as a Plan B.
Instead of getting to rewatch “Spider-Man: Homecoming” on a repeat loop, we are left with more viewings of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
The sked ahead
Now that the Dodgers have left town after dropping two of three at Citi Field, the Mets might not see the team with the best record in baseball until the NLCS. That is, if they can take advantage of the most favorable closing schedule of any contending team in baseball and seal the NL East crown and the No. 2 seed in the National League.
Even with three games remaining against the Braves, and three more to go earlier in September against Milwaukee, the Mets will play their other 24 games against also-rans Washington (six), Pittsburgh (seven), Miami (five), the Cubs (three) and Oakland (three). Those five teams entered Thursday with a combined record of 253-399, a collective winning percentage of .388.
With a three-game lead on Atlanta after the Braves’ 3-0 win Thursday night against the Rockies, taking care of business against the out-of-it Nats, Pirates, Marlins, Cubs and A’s could clinch the division crown before the Mets even head to Atlanta (Sept. 30-Oct. 2) for the penultimate series of the regular season. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/how-u-s-open-crowds-have-serena-williams-foes-at-a-loss/ | 2022-09-02T11:50:01Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/how-u-s-open-crowds-have-serena-williams-foes-at-a-loss/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With September marking Blood Cancer Awareness month, a Kent woman has opened up about her battle with leukaemia. Rhianna McKenna from Welling began to notice a number of bruises across her body and found herself frequently breathless, but assumed that with rest, she would start to get better.
However, less than a week later, Rhianna found herself in hospital facing a devastating diagnosis. The 28-year-old was informed that she was suffering from acute promyelocytic leukaemia.
What followed was an intense few months of treatment, where Rhianna said: "I learnt my body is stronger than I ever thought."
It has now been over a year and a half since Rhianna’s last bout of treatment and she is now a healthy wife and mother despite all the odds and being told her egg reserves were extremely low following the treatment.
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She has detailed her experiences, and stressed the importance of looking for the signs. Rhianna said: “I was working from home and was getting really breathless and dizzy. My glands were starting to swell, and when I got in the bath that evening, I noticed several bruises across my body (anyone would think I’d gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson!).
“I was naive and left it for a few days, thinking I was maybe just worn out and needed rest.” Upon receiving her diagnosis, Rhianna says: “My heart broke. I was alone, in a room with nobody to help me process this information.
“I had to call my parents and tell them and then I had to call my partner and tell him. My heart was hurting so much, my brain was so confused.
“On Saturday I was rushed to ICU at St Thomas’s, where I was intubated for five days in order for my lungs to be able to cope with the intense chemotherapy I was being blasted with. On admission my white cell count was at 216 and my parents were told that the next few days was crucial.
“If they couldn’t get my white cells down, I possibly only had a few days left. Day by day my white cell count began to drop and eventually I came off the ventilator and that was the start of my recovery journey.
“I began taking ATRA and had to have daily blood transfusions or platelet transfusions.
“My mouth was covered in ulcers and sores and for the first two weeks I was living off yoghurts and jellies as they were soft. My hair also began to fall out in clumps and I was devastated.
“I remember asking the nurse to just cut it all off to save the heartache of watching it fall out every time I showered. I lost all my independence—I needed help going to the toilet, washing, getting dressed, eating.
“My eyesight was still bad—I was told I had clotting and haemorrhages behind my eyes from the leukaemia.” Soon after she was allowed to return home for the first time, which was a daunting experience for Rhianna.
She said: “What would happen if I felt really poorly at home? Or what if something was wrong with my blood; who would know?
“It took me a week or so to adjust to being home, but I was slowly getting there.” After chemotherapy treatment through two consolidation cycles, during which she heavily struggled with side effects such as sickness and exhaustion, Rhianna finally got the good news she was waiting for. She said: “I was told my bone marrow biopsy results were back… It was clear!
“No visual signs of leukaemia. I was so overwhelmed. It had been a tough couple of months, but it was all worth it because the treatment had worked.”
It has now been 19 months since her treatment ended, and Rhianna has made some amazing life steps since. Rhianna continued: “Since then I have got married to my amazing partner Aidan in September 2021.
“We had the most amazing wedding day. After having some checks done, we were told that unfortunately as a result of the intense chemotherapy treatment that my egg reserve was extremely low and the chances of us conceiving naturally were very small.
“But in November 2021, we found out we were pregnant. I gave birth to a healthy baby girl on 8th July 2022.
“I am still in complete molecular remission and still having bone marrow biopsy every three months to keep an eye on my blood cells.” Finally, she had a very important message to give about spotting the signs of cancer.
Rhianna said: “ Everybody knows their own body best and if they feel something is not right, they should get it checked out straight away. I can’t help but think, if I went to urgent care when I first became unwell, maybe it wouldn’t have been so serious.
“I was days away from death because I didn’t know the signs of leukaemia. So, I think it’s so important that people learn to spot the signs.”
Are you experiencing symptoms like Rhianna’s. The most common symptoms of leukaemia are fatigue, bleeding and bruising, repeated infections, fever or night sweats, bone or joint pain and shortness of breath.
If you have any of these symptoms, contact your GP and ask for a blood test. To find out more visit https://www.spotleukaemia.org.uk/
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Kent is bursting with fascinating history. Right across the county there are amazing stories from abandoned buildings to lost islands.
The county is packed full of hidden gems that you absolutely have to visit. And there are so many things you simply must do or try or see one day.
But some of the stories behind Kent's most notable places are a little more sinister. In fact, there are an abundance of ghost tales that have been retold time and time again over the years.
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Whether you believe in paranormal activity or not, some of these stories are truly chilling. And while some of these places may look unremarkably an unsuspecting, the tales behind them are less so. Some even have spooky stories to match their grand exterior.
Either way, it's safe to say some of these stories are chilling enough to keep you away when the nights draw in. These are Kent's most haunted buildings and the freaky goings on that have been reported over the years.
Dover Castle
There's not just one scary story attached to Dover's iconic castle. The apparition of a woman in a red dress has been seen within the stone walls of the old keep.
A cavalier has also been spotted in the area. In the so-called secret underground tunnels, ghosts of Second World War soldiers have been seen and felt, going about their daily duties by numerous tourists.
It was in these tunnels that a couple heard violent screams and cries for help. Under the impression the spooky noises were part of a planned event, they were startled when they were told by staff there were no such things happening that day.
These soldiers are said to be escapees from Dunkirk and one figure in khaki, with a blurred face, was seen walking purposefully along a corridor in 2013. The Arthurian hero Sir Gawain is also reportedly buried here.
The battlements of Dover Castle are also thought to be haunted by the headless spirit of a drummer boy who was murdered during an errand involving a large sum of money.
It is believed the boy was decapitated by thieves who stole money that he was carrying.
His headless ghost has been seen a number of times across the castle grounds, often heard banging his drum purposefully.
Disembodied voices have been heard during the night, doors have often been witnessed opening and closing of their own accord. Sudden unexplained drops in temperature has also been reported.
According to HauntedRooms.co.uk, a camera crew that was walking past the castle keep once heard a loud scream, coming from the battlements above, as if someone had flung themselves over the edge to their death.
Convinced someone was falling towards them, they jumped for cover. Moments later, the scream ceased, but no body hit the floor.
St Bartholomews Hospital, Rochester
A woman has been 'seen to walk through the wall in one of the side rooms'.
The most sinister story, retold the same way, involves a little crying boy, aged six to eight, with brown hair and a tatty white shirt, grey sleeveless pullover, grey short trousers, and long socks, which are down by his ankles.
They claim he always seeks his mum or dad and his appearance usually meant there was going to be a death on one of the wards.
Rochester Castle
One of the Medway's best known tourist attractions is home to a ghost by the name of Lady Blanche de Warenne. In 1264 the castle was under seige by the rebel, Simon de Montfort, when Blanche fled to the top of the building. Wrong move.
She died after she was pierced in the breast by an arrow. Now, mysterious footsteps are said to be heard in the castle to this day.
Hoo St Werburgh, Parish Church
The headless remains of a teenager, thought to be around 700 years old, were uncovered over two years in the grounds back in 2005. The grim discovery, according to the Daily Mail, was made by archaeologist Dr Paul Wilkinson, director of the Kent Archaeological Field School.
She is believed to be a witch because her head was found next to her body.
Chatham Dockyard
The number of ghosts supposedly spotted ranges from the sailor stomping around aboard HMS Gannet and the Spanish-looking man wandering around the exhibitions late at night. There are also rumours that one worker was filming the Commissioner's House and caught the ghost of a young girl looking out the window...
Theatre Royal, Chatham
A ghost is said to haunt the Theatre Royal, Chatham, with several sightings in the 20th century. The paranormal being was seen watching shows. If he likes it, he will stay. If not, he will stand up and walk out.
The building is also said to be haunted by a woman in a long evening dress, and others said they have experienced mild poltergeist activity in the building.
Building on Hawks Lane, Canterbury
John Hippisley, who runs the Canterbury ghost tour, tells the story of Abigail. She committed suicide after several years of being beaten by her husband.
Abigail ultimately had the last laugh, as her death was mistaken as a murder for which her husband was found guilty and hanged. Her spirit is said to linger in the upper part of the building.
Canterbury Cathedral
The twelfth century cathedral is a famous pilgrimage site where Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1161 to 1170, was murdered.
However, the ghost of another murdered Archbishop, Simon Sudbury, is said to walk the Cathedral.
Killed by Wat Tyler, the head of the Peasant's revolt, in 1381, Sudbury's pale and bearded ghost haunts the tower named after him.
Interestingly, despite the fact that the ex-Archbishop's head was buried in a different place from his body, he does not appear as a headless ghost.
He actually appears as a solitary figure, dressed in grey robes and is often seen haunting a bedroom in the tower, reportedly tucking the occupant in at night.
There is a passage in the cathedral known as the 'Dark Entry' which is thought to be haunted by the ghost of Nell Cook, who was a servant of a canon (priest) at the cathedral.
Nell was furious with her boss after discovering his affair, she poisoned the canon and his mistress with tainted food.
As punishment for her crime, Nell was buried alive beneath the 'Dark Entry' and her spirit haunts the passageway on dark Friday evenings.
According to legend, anyone who is unfortunate enough to see the ghost of Nell Cook will die soon after.
The cathedral is also said to be haunted by a monk who can be seen walking in the cloisters with a thoughtful expression on his face.
The Grand, Folkestone
A ghost has long been thought to haunt the dining room of The Grand hotel. One recent reviewer on TripAdvisor wrote: "I swear on my life, someone was in the other bed in my twin room.
"The next morning, I looked over to the other bed, but it had not been slept in, but I know what I saw."
Leas Pavilion, Folkestone
The Edwardian building has been out of use since 2007. The old theatre and nightclub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former elderly caretaker who hung himself inside the building.
Apparently his out of control gambling habits had led him to commit suicide, according to Janet Cameron's book Haunted Kent. Former members of staff have reported feeling his presence in the listed building, especially inside the old dressing room.
Doors are said to open and close with no explanation and equipment would move before performances to where they needed o be - almost as if the ghost of the old man was trying to aid the staff.
Southcliff Hotel, Folkestone
The hotel is thought to be haunted by the ghost of a former owner of the building, a soldier, who now frequents the right hand side of the site.
Grand Burstin, Folkestone
A woman called Mary was brutally murdered after refusing the advantages of one of the chefs at her work place.
Her ghost is said to haunt the Burstin Hotel, former Royal Pavilion Hotel.
Her ghost appears, reflected in mirrors and glass, wearing a white dress with long flowing, black curly hair.
The Dukes Head, Hythe
The ghost of an old man has been frequently spotted strolling around the pub and has even been named 'George' by those that have met him!
Shurland Hall, Isle of Sheppey
If you hang around Shurland Hall around midnight, you just might be unlucky enough to come across a ghostly lady wearing black silk.
She is said to be Grace Davis, a woman who drowned herself in the pond there in 1769.
Sheerness Docks
On Sheerness Docks, as a shiphand was walking towards the custom buildings, he claimed he saw a tall apparition in Elizabethan clothing walking ABOVE the road.
As the ghost reached the Garrison Port Fort he passed through the wall, disappearing completely.
Wellesley House School, Broadstairs
In the early twentieth century author Dennis Wheatley encountered a man with a white, bloated face while boarding at a school in Broadstairs - thought to be Wellesley House.
He thought the figure was a burglar, and a hunt ensured on the property after his sighting.
However, the figure had disappeared, leaving no trace.
A few years later, during the First World War, Wheatley was told the figure he encountered was an elemental, accidentally summoned by the headmasters.
Theatre Royal, Ramsgate
Originally built in 1787, it is the oldest in Kent and the second oldest in England – and is reputedly the most haunted in the country..
The original theatre burned down in 1829, and was rebuilt in 1879.
And news of hauntings began to surface in 1918, when the ghost of actor-manager Sarah Thorne was seen. Paranormal activity is said to be more concentrated around a trapdoor in the theatre that leads to what was once a smuggler's cave.
Ghostly goings on have also been reported both onstage and backstage, and in one of the boxes, where a man jumped to his death during a performance.
There are conflicting reports about the suicidal gentleman, but he was possibly an actor. Another thespian ghost is reputed to be responsible for creating strange floating lights around the stage.
Strange goings on are commonplace at the theatre. In 1966, Alfred Tanner, who was working on its redecoration, encountered several spooky happenings including strange noises, and the apparition of a ghostly head.
Ramhurst Manor, Leigh
Ramhurst Manor house in Leigh is said to be haunted by several ghosts, with sightings dating back to the 19th century. Servants in the 1800s said they could hear strange noises, whispers and the rustling of silk, despite the house being completely empty.
A medium was eventually called, who said the ghosts stood by the front door and wanted to be released from the property.
Chiddingstone Castle
Every castle has a ghost story or two, and Chiddingstone is no exception. A female ghost riding a horse is said to haunt the lanes around the castle, recognisable by her three corner hat.
She disappears when she reaches the site, but her origins remain unknown.
Hever Castle
Hever village and castle are said to be haunted by several ghosts including Henry VIII's Queen Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to haunt the castle and its grounds, crossing the bridge once a year on Christmas Eve.
Her father Thomas Boleyn's ghost has been seen in the village travelling in a ghostly horse-drawn carriage, and a farmer is also believed to haunt the area after being robbed and murdered in the 16th century.
Knole House, Sevenoaks
Some people believe Knole House is home to the 17th century ghost of the Duchess of Cumberland, Lady Anne Clifford.
Lady Anne married the spendthrift third Earl, Richard Sackville, who bankrupted himself and went to war with his wife's family. The Lady's ghost is said to walk the avenue of trees north of the gate house at Knole – now known as Duchess Walk –on windy nights.
Keeping Lady Anne company is the Black Knight, who's said to roam the older parts of Knole whenever misfortune is about to befall the great house.
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As the cost of living crisis deepens, more and more people are finding themselves with less luxuries. For many Kent families, the prospect of going on holiday is entirely impossible.
One family from Aylesford say their "ray of light" has been extinguished as the rising cost of bills means they can no longer afford a trip abroad. Alex Handley says current financial stresses have had a devastating impact on his mental health causing him to feel "anxious" and "down".
The 32-year-old used to take his family on two trips around the south of England and one abroad. He would work hard each year to afford a big trip, doing online surveys to scape in enough extra cash so he and his family could afford to go away on holiday.
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Before Covid, they used budget airlines and the last-minute deals to enjoy trips to Portugal, Spain and once even Egypt. But this year Alex, who runs an online business, has had to tell his kids - Jonathan, 6, and Marissa, 3 - that they won't be able to go away at all.
"We've had to cancel absolutely everything this year," Alex told The Mirror. "My energy bills have nearly quadrupled. All the money I save goes to the energy bill now.
"Council tax has gone up, the price of food shopping has gone up from £60 to £90 a week. All the extra money I've tried to track and follow, the miscellaneous savings I used to make, are now being eaten up by everything else.
"I used to pay for my 6-year-old son to go to clubs over the holidays, but I've had to get rid of these."
He said that for a few years the family's holidays were "becoming a tradition, part of our life", and they became "one thing to look forward to every year".
He added: "I will try and earn extra, do these £1.50 surveys. I always had the momentum to earn and save for our family holiday.
"It's the one thing we looked forward to most. A little piece of heaven, the one ray of light, that little bit of luxury, that bit of escapism."
Now holidays are beyond their financial means, that dream has been "kyboshed".
"It will be the same next year, because everything costs so much and is rising," Alex continued.
"My expendable income has been eradicated. My three-year-old was going to get a baby passport and go away this summer, but we can't.
"Our daughter missed out on her first holiday abroad because of the cost of everything. We were saying 'Marissa soon it's your go to go away', but now we've had to tell her it isn't happening."
Alex looked at a holiday this year, but found that a trip to Spain that cost the family £600 before the pandemic is now £950.
"Everything, including flights, is absolutely extortionate now," Alex added.
"My son said 'daddy are we going away this year?' I had to tell him no.
“The stress is making me anxious and getting me down. I am concerned about my mental health.”
Many families across the country are currently suffering from rising prices, with supermarket receipts forecast to rise 15% over the summer - a 40 year high which has hit lower income families disproportionately hard.
With inflation edging towards 18% next year according to some modelling, and the cost of budget airline tickets likely to keep rising, big holidays away may prove the reserve of fewer and fewer people.
Alex has found some relief with a new app called Nous, which links up to his bank and helps him track his in-goings and outgoings.
"You put all your details in, link it with your bank, it tracks all my usual spending," he said.
"I have found it really useful. It forecasts where things will increase for me. It shows me where it is going to hit me hardest."
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Aldi has been impressing customers with its latest £89 SpecialBuy item, which some are hoping will help them save on energy bills this winter. The budget retailer's SpecialBuy products are popular amongst shoppers, with many people eagerly waiting each week for a new range of exciting products.
The bargains on offer can be on items such as kitchen appliances, home décor or garden furniture. Grabbing the attention of Aldi fans this time is the Ambiano Multi Cooker. The product description reads: "Prep, set and forget! The ultimate 2-in-1 appliance to keep you cooking all day long."
The product has an LED display panel and a stainless steel inner pot, and its six litre cooking capacity means it's ideal for big family meals. The cooker has two interchangeable air fryer and pressure cooking lids, allowing users to make anything from soups to risottos, Liverpool Echo reports.
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The nifty device has racked up a lot of five star reviews from happy customers. Many people talked about the meals they'd created using the oven, from lasagne to full roast dinners.
One person said: "I have tried most functions on this and have not been disappointed. The pressure cooker is great, quiet and quick. Oven bake and air fryer does what it says.
"I have cooked complete meals in this from Roast to Lasagne and much more. I very rarely use the oven or hob these days."
A second shopper said: "Absolutely delighted with this purchase! It's so quick and easy, has so many functions. So far I've cooked home made chips……what a difference in taste to shop bought. I've cooked pasties and pies, all in the airfryer.
I've cooked a whole chicken in the pressure cooker…..in 35 minutes. Then I air-crisped it ……..perfect!The chicken was so moist and tasty and the stock I used as soup……win win all round. And all at around half the cost of using the oven and in less than half the time too. Well worth buying!!"
A third shopper added: "The multi cooker is a useful addition to your kitchen instruments. It really works as it says and can highly recommend it."
A fourth said: "I bought this a few weeks back and I am slowly getting to grips with how to use it. I have made lots of different meals with no fuss I love this gadget."
The £89 online exclusive SpecialBuy can be bought here.
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Construction in progress at senior living community Gardens of Carleton
Carleton is getting a new senior living community.
The Gardens of Carleton will be the first senior independent living/assisted living/memory care home to be opened by Gardens Senior Living of Armada.
Construction began in June on a 100-acre lot at 12400 Matthews St. Footings were poured at the end of July. The community is expected to be open in the spring and employ 70 and offer 60 apartment homes, 30 for assisted living and 30 for memory care.
A groundbreaking event to show off the progress will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 7 at the construction site. The public is welcome. Attendees can meet the senior leadership team and learn about the community and the company. Food vendors will be on-site. Items will be given away.
“Come and grab a bite, take a picture, have a conversation or just hang out,” Gardens Senior Living said in a statement. “The event is open to any and everyone who wants to see what’s happening at The Gardens.”
The Gardens of Carleton and The Gardens of Three Rivers are the first two senior living communities to be built by Gardens Senior Living's Chris Bowman and his business partner, Steven Williamson. Both communities are currently under construction. The men have plans to build at least three more senior communities.
Bowman and Williamson have backgrounds in health care and senior living. Both worked for years for large corporations but, for the last seven years, have been trying to create their own company.
“(Steve and I) had worked together in the past. We worked for a few different organizations, big national players. You get a lot of ideas. We formed this idea for how seniors should be treated, trying to create the next-best senior living. We started trying to find investors. COVID held up things with investments, but now investments are coming through,” Bowman, chief operating officer, said.
A Cincinnati native, he moved to the Michigan area in the 1980s. “I’ve been in health care since 1989, working with physically impaired children, group homes. I’ve been in senior living for 20 years,” Bowman said.
Williamson is from the Downriver area. They formed Gardens Senior Living in June and want to bring senior living to small towns.
“Seniors are everywhere. They don’t want to move to Detroit from the Monroe area. We want to come into those areas that are not as big. We are filling a need in the community,” Bowman said. “Carleton was one area that really stood out to us as having a strong history and a rebuild attitude. All the other numbers worked out as far as business.”
Williamson worked with the Carleton City Council and did some market research.
“We wanted towns that butted up to or were affiliated with larger areas, like Monroe. We look at need, census data and financial data. Carleton is a perfect initial offering for us. The timing worked out well with the city. Everything fell into place,” Bowman said.
As its name implies, the The Gardens of Carleton will focus on “gardens,” both literally and figuratively.
First, The Gardens will focus on the individual.
“Everybody, you, me, our (relatives), are all human and all so different. Vegetables, fruit, flowers are all different and all need different fertilizer, soil. This is what we’re talking about. The approach is very individual, as if a plant in the garden,” Bowman said.
Second, The Gardens will incorporate actual gardens and gardening as therapy and a way to offer hope to residents.
The home will have live walls with plants, herb gardens in the kitchen, greenhouses and gardens in the courtyard. Farm-to-table foods will be included on the menu. Residents can be involved in the gardens.
“Carleton is a garden community. Some can still cut the grass. We’re meeting them where they are at,” Bowman said. "The gardening approach is therapeutic. We want to honor the past of our seniors. We’re trying to bring some joy into their present and instill some hope into their future. Maybe they have lost loved ones and can’t drive, but they shouldn’t loose hope,” Bowman said.
The base cost of the apartments is $5,995 a month for the first year.
“The base rate offers care--like some reminders, help when called--three meals a day, life enrichment programs, activities, social events,” Bowman said. “If people need a lot of medical care, we will take them, but it will cost more. If they need help dressing, bathing, more physical care, that will increase the price. We don’t want anyone to feel like they have to leave. They can age in place; they can stay here until they pass away. We will have a memory care area and can increase care for them. We want it to be their home,” Bowman said.
After building the first five senior living communities, Bowman said the company will seek more investors and look for other towns.
“We’re Michigan-based and focus on smaller Michigan towns, but we’re not opposed to sites in other locations,” he said.
For more information on The Gardens Senior Living, visit www.gardensSL.com or Gardens Senior Living on Facebook. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/02/senior-living-community-coming-to-carleton/65467475007/ | 2022-09-02T11:57:58Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/2022/09/02/senior-living-community-coming-to-carleton/65467475007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Considering the nation’s economic situation, the increase in the price of foodstuffs, and even feeding in general, food wastage should be considered a crime.
Food wastage is a wastage of resources. It is very essential that you reduce food wastage. Remember that a lot of people go hungry everyday.
If food wastage is a habit, then you might need to change and reduce it. This article will help you with ways to avoid food wastage.
1. Avoid buying perishable foods excessively
Perishable foods are foods that can’t last more than two to three days. These include foods like fish, meat, dairy, fruits, tomatoes, pepper, and foods that can’t be preserved without a refrigerator. They are food that spoils easily. To avoid food wastage, avoid buying them in bulk.
It is much better to visit the market to buy the food when needed.
2. Have a meal plan
Meal planning is one of the most reasonable ways to avoid food wastage. Planning your recipes and putting them into writing guides you. While preparing the recipe, try as much as possible to prepare the content you can finish. Having leftovers might eventually result in wastage. This is why planning will help you get the necessary groceries and suspend the ones that might not be needed urgently.
3. Properly refrigerate leftover food.
Food pathogens and bacteria are the reasons behind food spoilage, which leads to food wastage.
Keeping your food in the refrigerator helps reduce the growth of pathogens that could cause food spoilage.
Leftover meals should be refrigerated immediately. Put them in airtight containers but try as much as possible to remember the meals in the freezer.
4. Properly preserve your food
Preserving includes drying, frying, fermenting, freezing, or canning. You can dry your smoked fish in the sun regularly to prevent it from smelling or decomposing.
5. Be creative
To avoid food wastage, you need to be creative. Try out new recipes and delicacies with ingredients that you think might spoil soon. You can do research on YouTube, watch videos on how to make use of your leftovers or other food products to make good use of them.
6. Check the expiry dates of food products
It is important that you check out for the expiry dates on the product pack. For groceries that are without expiry dates, properly scrutinize it before buying. Even after buying, try as much as possible to use the groceries before its expiry date. This will prevent you from having to trash out food or groceries.
Food wastage is a great disrespect to food. This is why you should make use of the points above to prevent you from disposing food and groceries.
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Snacks are foods that are meant to be eaten in between meals. Taking snacks is not bad for you, but how much you take is very important.
Snacks mean a lot of things to people, and they differ. Some snacks might be cookies, candies, soft drinks, and cake. Nigerian snacks are puff puff, egg rolls, buns, pancakes, fish rolls, and other products made with flour.
These snacks are what we munch on when our stomach begins to grumble after taking nutritious meals. They are meant to be taken after a nice meal, but most people feed on snacks alone round the clock, neglecting a healthy meal.
As stated earlier, eating snacks is good but can be dangerous to your health when taken excessively. This article will make you understand the reasons you need to reduce your snack intake.
1. It causes weight gain
Snacks are usually filled with fat that can be a great contributor to weight gain and even obesity. Excessive intake of snacks and carbonated drinks is an invitation to the accumulation of fat. These snacks have high calories that could add too much fat to the body. The possible solution to this is to take snacks that are low in calories.
2. It is an unhealthy diet
Snacks taken during meal time curb your appetite and prevent you from eating proper meals that are beneficial to your body. Snacking will make you lose out on certain nutrients. If your diet is on snacks, you tend to have vitamin deficiency.
3. It affects your blood sugar level
Excessive snacking causes an unusual increase in your blood sugar level. Most snacks contain excess sugar that could be harmful to the body. Taking those snacks will cause a spike in your blood sugar level, which is very harmful to your health.
4. It affects you mentally
Due to the lack of supply of proper food nutrients to the brain, it affects the proper functioning of your brain. This will take a toll on your mental health and can cause depression, anxiety, and frustration. Having a heavy intake of snacks does not only affect you physically, but also mentally.
5. It causes tooth decay
Normally, eating consistently causes tooth decay. Eating different kinds of sugar or sticky snacks causes food particles to hide in between your teeth. These sticky particles do not dissolve easily.
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Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond.
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New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday got a former player as its first president in its 85-year history with Kalyan Chaubey beating the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia in the election for the top post here.
The 45-year-old Chaubey, who played as a goalkeeper, won 33-1, a result that was expected as former captain Bhutia did not have many supporters in the 34-member voters' list made up of state association representatives.
The 'Sikkimese Sniper', also 45, is one of the biggest stars in Indian football and his candidature has got the election additional traction.
Chaubey, a BJP politician who lost the last parliamentary election for the Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal, never played for the India senior team though he was in the squad on few occasions.
He, however, played for India in age-group international tournaments. He was also a former goalkeeper at Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, both heavyweights in Indian club football with a rich legacy.
In fact, Bhutia and Chaubey were one-time teammates at East Bengal.
Karnataka Football Association president N A Haris, a sitting Congress MLA, won the election for the lone post of vice-president, beating Manvendra Singh of Rajasthan FA 29-5.
Arunachal Pradesh's Kipa Ajay beat Gopalakrishna Kosaraju of Andhra Pradesh for the treasurer's post 32-1 with one vote being invalid.
Kosaraju and Manvendra proposed and seconded Bhutia.
All the 14 candidates who had filed nominations for as many executive committee members' posts were elected unopposed.
In his first reactions after the polls, Bhutia said, "I will keep working for the betterment of Indian football in future. Congratulations to Kalyan, I hope he will take Indian football forward.
"Thanks to all football fans across India for showing supporting me so much. I've been working for football before the elections, and will continue to do the same. Yes, I'm there in executive committee."
The elections of the AIFF office-bearers brought to an end a sordid saga which saw the ouster of former president Praful Patel for failing to hold polls due in December, 2020, the formation of the Committee of Administrators and its ensuing removal by the Supreme Court, and the suspension of India by world football governing body FIFA for "undue influence from third parties".
The new executive committee comprises G P Palguna, Avijit Paul, P Anilkumar, Valanka Natasha Alemao, Maloji Raje Chhatrapati, Menla Ethenpa, Mohan Lal, Arif Ali, K Neibou Sekhose, Lalnghinglova Hmar, Deepak Sharma, Vijay Bali and Syed Imtiaz Husain.
Bhutia, I M Vijayan, Shabbir Ali and Climax Lawrence will be in the executive committee as players' representatives. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/02/aiff-polls-kalyan-chaubey-trounces-bhaichung-bhutia-becomes-president.html | 2022-09-02T12:05:16Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/02/aiff-polls-kalyan-chaubey-trounces-bhaichung-bhutia-becomes-president.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leicester (England): Manchester United collected a third straight win in the Premier League with a first-half Jadon Sancho goal giving them a 1-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power stadium on Thursday.
Sancho provided a cool finish, rounding keeper Danny Ward and slipping the ball home in the 23rd minute after being set up by Marcus Rashford from a Bruno Fernandes break down the right.
James Maddison went close for Leicester with a superb free-kick which brought an excellent save from United's David De Gea but the home side struggled to create chances.
After the break United took few risks and lacked a cutting edge with manager Erik ten Hag deciding to bring on Cristiano Ronaldo in the 68th minute.
Ronaldo, who had been linked with a move away from the club during the transfer window, went close with a bicycle kick and added some life to United's attack.
Leicester had a late chance to level but full-back James Justin blasted high and wide from a promising position on the right as United collected back-to-back away victories.
The win moves United up to fifth with nine points from five matches, six adrift of leaders Arsenal and four behind second-placed Manchester City. Leicester stay bottom on one point.
"It is another step forward so I am happy with that," said Ten Hag.
"We showed good team spirit. We had 11 players the on pitch who fought for each other and scored a lovely team goal. Still, there are improvements to make but that is normal at this stage of the season," he added.
The transfer deadline leaves United with Ronaldo still on board and Brazilians Casemiro and Antony added to the squad and the Dutchman sounded positive about the club's signings which also included defenders Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia.
"We need a good squad and we needed numbers. There are a lot of games to cover. Once we have Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro getting fitter it will get better still - we need not only a team we need a squad," Ten Hag added.
Leicester lost their key defender Wesley Fofana to Chelsea but manager Brendan Rodgers was pleased to have replaced him with Belgian Wout Faes from Reims and to have kept Harvey Barnes and James Maddison, despite reports of interest in them.
"There were enquiries for Barnes and Maddison early in the window. We couldn't lose too many. We were low in terms of depth and quality. Thankfully, they are still here," he said.
"We needed two centre-halves ideally. With Wesley (Fofana) going we needed a replacement for him. Wout (Faes) is an experienced player, a leader. He will come in and give us that personality. We are delighted he has joined us." | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/02/sancho-nets-winner-as-manchester-united-down-leicester-city.amp.html | 2022-09-02T12:05:22Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/02/sancho-nets-winner-as-manchester-united-down-leicester-city.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Nothing is evil in the beginning.” That’s the first line of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and it fittingly serves as a prelude to the downfall and hardship that will eventually come to this idyllic fantasy world. This show will be the story of how The One Ring from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels came to control the many other rings that gave Sauron near-limitless control of Middle-earth.
But before the darkness—there is light. And even that requires some explanation.
The Amazon Prime series debuts tonight with two episodes, and while the casual fan might be able to surf across its story of strange stirrings among the humans, elves, dwarves and harfoot from thousands of years before the time of Bilbo and Frodo, there is a lot of detail to decode and much to explain.
Episode One: A Shadow of the Past
Valinor
Let’s start with the opening, in which a child Galadriel watches fellow elf children destroy the paper boat she is floating in a stream. This is a field outside of Valinor, the home of the elves, which is an Eden-like place before the world was really the world.
“There was a time when the world was so young that there had not yet been a sunrise,” Galadriel narrates. But the children are playing in what appears to be a sunny afternoon. Only later do we see the city skyline of Valinor and the two mystical trees in the distance. They are not merely glowing, or backlit by the sun. They are the sources of the light.
In Tolkien’s prehistory, these trees are the golden Laurelin and the silver Telperion, which are part of the professor’s creation myth for his fantasy realm. As Galadriel's narration then indicates, they were eventually destroyed by Morgoth, a.k.a. Melkor, the demonic presence who first ravages Middle-earth and has Sauron—the glowing eye and the main villain of The Lord of the Rings novels—as his apprentice. In Tolkien’s telling, the remains of Laurelin become the sun and Telperion becomes the moon.
So, that’s what Galadriel means when she says this was a time before the first sunrise. Her older brother, Finrod, tells her how important it is to know the difference between light and dark, and not be confused. She notes that sometimes the light reflects off the water, and following it can lead into the depths. So how is she supposed to tell the difference when good and evil seem confusing?
He whispers something to her, but it’s not until near the end of the episode that we hear his answer: “Sometimes we cannot know until we have touched the darkness.”
Consider this a statement of purpose for the series, which aims to produce at least 50 hours of story in the years to come: The much older and wiser Galadriel we know from The Lord of the Rings is noble and good because she has had firsthand experience in the depths.
The War of Wrath
The Rings of Power is predominantly set in Tolkien’s Second Age, but as a prologue we get a glimpse of the world war that ravages Middle-earth at the end of the First Age. This is the battle against Morgoth and Sauron’s conquest that ends up taking the life of Finrod. It’s also a conflict that found the human beings of the Southland on the wrong side, joining with the forces of evil. This is why they live still in despair and squalor, presided over by watchful Sylvan elves.
Eventually, Morgoth and Sauron are defeated and vanish, seemingly dead. But who knows?
For the casual viewer, you might think of this as Tolkien’s World War I, except it lasted for centuries. By the time it ends, and Morgoth and Sauron are seemingly vanquished, Galadriel is grown and ready to pick up the fight from her fallen brother.
She does not believe the evil they fought has been fully extinguished, and we know from The Lord of the Rings that she’s right.
The Forodwaith
After centuries of hunting orcs and searching for clues about whether Sauron still exists somewhere, Galadriel says the elves largely become complacent, giving up on the quest. They have convinced themselves the evildoers have been fully vanquished. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-recap-episode-one-two | 2022-09-02T12:24:21Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-recap-episode-one-two | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Using TipRanks’ Top Stock Gainers/Losers tool, we have compiled a list of Friday’s biggest pre-market stock movers, which is as follows:
Five Biggest Movers
HashiCorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCP) tops the list as it gained 13.5% early Friday. The upside might have been triggered by the company’s encouraging second-quarter Fiscal 2023 earnings results. Revenues of $113.9 million in the second quarter rose 52% year-over-year. The company’s adjusted net loss of 17 cents per share was narrower than analysts’ estimates of a loss of 31 cents per share.
lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) was trading 9.7% up at the last check. Shares of the athletic-apparel maker mostly surged on encouraging second-quarter 2022 results. LULU recorded adjusted net earnings of $2.20 per share, surpassing estimates of $1.86 per share. The top line rose 29% to $1.87 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 billion. The company also upwardly revised its earnings and revenue outlook for the full-year 2022.
Shares of physical asset tracking company PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) were trending 9.2% higher at the time of writing. The company has delivered better-than-expected results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023. Total revenues rose 33.6% year-over-year to $90.3 million and beat estimates of $88 million. Further, an adjusted net loss of four cents per share came in narrower than analysts’ estimates of eight cents per share.
Shares of cloud banking and digital transformation solutions provider nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCNO) were almost 3.9% up at the time of writing. NCNO stock has been rising on encouraging second-quarter Fiscal 2023 results. The company’s adjusted net loss of four cents per share was narrower than Street’s estimates of eight cents per share. Total revenues jumped 50% over the prior year to $99.6 million.
Last on the list is Samsara Inc. (NYSE:IOT), which was trending 3.6% higher at the time of writing. The company has delivered better-than-expected results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023 and raised its full-year revenue guidance. Total revenues were up 52% year-over-year to $153.5 million and beat analysts’ estimates of $143 million. The company’s adjusted net loss of four cents per share was narrower than the Street’s loss expectation of six cents per share.
Continue to watch this space for possible volatility upon the market open. On Monday, we’ll have another up-to-date piece on stock Pre-Market Movers…
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Twitter (TWTR) has unveiled an edit button, the most requested feature among users of the social media platform. The feature comes at a time when the dispute with Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk over the stalled takeover deal has weighed on TWTR stock. However, TipRanks’ insights show that financial bloggers are keeping faith in the stock despite Wall Street’s concerns.
Twitter is Internally Testing the “Edit Tweet” Feature
The company has launched the test of the edit feature that lets people modify their posts should they need to fix a mistake. The feature is called “Edit Tweet.” Twitter is initially testing the edit button among its internal team. It plans to roll it out to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks.
Twitter Blue is the company’s premium subscription service that now costs about $5 a month. It offers perks such as early access to new Twitter features. It remains unclear whether the Edit Tweet feature will reach everyone on Twitter eventually.
How does Twitter’s Edit Button Work?
The Edit Tweet feature will allow people with access to it to make changes to their posts. It allows a few changes to be made to a post within 30 minutes of publishing it. Edited tweets will be labeled as such and people can still view previous versions of the post.
Twitter revealed that it was working on an edit button back in April 2022. Its announcement followed a poll in which Musk’s followers showed strong support for an edit button. Musk agreed to acquire Twitter for $44 billion but has since changed his mind, and now seeks to abandon the deal. Twitter has sued to force Musk to complete the transaction. There have been many twists in the dispute, including a former Twitter executive appearing to support Musk’s claims on the fake accounts issue.
Is Twitter a Buy, Sell or Hold?
Twitter shares have declined about 9% year-to-date. The stock continues to trade sharply below Musk’s buyout offer price of $54.20. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, TWTR stock is a Hold based on two Buys and 16 Holds. The average Twitter stock price target of $40.49 implies about 5% upside potential.
Twitter stock is getting some favorable mentions on financial blogs. TipRanks’ data shows that financial blogger opinions are 64% bullish on TWTR, compared to a sector average of 65%.
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How long will you live? It could be an inspiring or scary question.
But to a demographer, it’s neither. It’s a key metric that says a lot about the health of a country.
In 1960, the average American’s life expectancy was almost 70 years old, according to the World Bank.
Today the nation has made progress, with an average life expectancy of 77.
But other countries have made greater strides. As of 2020, the U.S. was ranked 61st out of 237 nations.
Why have other countries surged ahead? And how could the U.S. improve?
To answer these questions we're focusing on three countries: the U.S., the richest country in the world, according to the World Bank; Japan, the third richest; and Chile, ranked 43rd.
We spoke to Joseph Chamie. He’s the former director of the United Nations Population Division.
"The U.S. was doing very well right after World War II in 1950, '55, relative to those countries," said Chamie.
During the post-war boom, Americans benefited from medical advances, like penicillin and open heart surgery.
Japanese men had a life expectancy of 24 during the war, thanks in part to combat and food shortages.
"Japan's life expectancy was lower than the U.S. in the early 50s. Of course, they have to rebuild their societies," said Chamie.
The new Japanese government passed 32 health laws between 1946 and 1955 aimed at regulating doctors and nurses, requiring school lunches, reducing pollution and preventing infectious diseases.
Japanese life expectancy shot up 14 years between 1947 and 1955, according to government data.
"In the case of Chile, it was even more remarkable," Chamie said.
Chileans' life expectancy was 54 years old in 1950.
"Chile in particular saw a dramatic increase in life expectancy. They were able to provide health care systems, developing that preventive care, dropping infant mortality rates," Chamie said.
Meanwhile in 1961, Japan established universal health insurance.
The government covered half of everyone’s medical costs.
"But there are many factors in Japan that were contributing to lower mortality. One of them, of course, was diet and obesity. Eating more fish and more vegetables than the American diet," Chamie said.
Americans lived longer as the 20th century progressed, but we also developed some unhealthy habits.
"In the U.S., the diet started increasing with greater and greater reliance on prepared foods, commonly called junk foods, fast foods. More and more people involved in work and doing less exercise."
"In the U.S., many people are lacking health care systems in place, so they are not taking preventive action early enough to deal with illnesses. Especially the last 20, 30 years, drug addiction, opioids have gotten and become an epidemic level proportion. Obesity has also gotten much higher," said Chamie.
"Chile and Japan, they're providing health care systems, and also supporting people so they feel integrated in society," Chamie said. "They did some comparisons of Japanese who went to Hawaii and California. And you find that they changed their diet, increased obesity and also lower life expectancy because of that diet change."
"We're spending a great deal of money on our health care and doing not as well as many other countries, including China, Japan and Chile," he continued. "Individual responsibility is certainly one area. Second, providing health care systems and adequate services to assist people so that they will live to old age."
So many factors determine how long we’ll live. But Chamie says learning from other countries’ successes might help us improve longevity here at home.
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220829-N-QI593-1088 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 29, 2022) Lt. j.g. Amber Garzon, from Somerdale, New Jersey, announces a simulated engineering casualty from damage control central during an engineering propulsion limiting drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 29, 2022. Bainbridge is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elexia Morelos)
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220901-N-XR893-1002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 1, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Aaron Bryan, from Hickory, North Carolina, assigned to the “Proud Warriors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72, chocks down an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Sep. 1, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Petty Officer Christopher Suarez)
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Alani Taylor, a biologist and regulatory specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, stands outside of the federal building in Pittsburgh, Sept. 1, 2022. Pittsburgh District's regulatory program supports the Clean Water Act by protecting the physical, biological, and chemical integrity of the waters in our region. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)
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The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power review: Amazon series is an 'eye-watering' risk, but off to a solid start
Reportedly the most expensive television series ever made, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power represents a substantial risk for Amazon in its ongoing efforts to win the streaming wars.
With a production budget of $462 million [£399m] on top of the $250m [£216m] Jeff Bezos ponied up for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy and its appendices back in 2017, that’s an eye-watering price tag for eight episodes of television.
Even taking on board the fact that a lot of that money will have been spent putting in place the infrastructure for a planned multi-season run, industry analysts have put the the cost at more than one billion US dollars once marketing is factored in — and that’s for a prequel show with no actual Tolkien novel to draw from.
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The good news for fans is the money is largely on screen.
Unlike some of the recent Star Wars and Marvel shows, this does not look cheap in comparison to its cinematic counterparts.
Peter Jackson may not be involved, but a lot of effort has clearly been made to make it feel consistent with the cinematic world he created for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, whether it’s the swooping, vertiginous camera shots, the design of the orcs, or the use of New Zealand as a Middle Earth stand-in.
It even kicks off with a scene-setting prologue narrated by Galadriel, the Elven queen played in the films by Cate Blanchett, but now played by Welsh actress Morfydd Clark, the break-out star of 2020 horror hit Saint Maud.
Galadriel is clearly being set up as the driving force of this new iteration, which takes place thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Drawing on the histories outlined in Tolkien’s appendices, show-runners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne, along with director J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), establish Galadriel as a vengeance-seeking warrior with a personal vendetta against Sauron, the future dark lord and eventual forger of "the one ring to rule them all”.
As you’d expect, there’s a fair amount of world-building in these first two episodes, which can feel like a chore.
But just when it seems like it’s about to get bogged down in establishing, say, the hobbit-like harfoots (one of whom is delightfully played by Lenny Henry), or succumbing to the ripe, portentous, faux-Shakespearean acting style beloved of the fantasy genre, the show will seed an ominous plot turn for a future episode or bring in an acting heavyweight like Peter Mullan, whose casting as the Dwarf King Durin III immediately makes it clear why the Dwarves have broad Scottish accents.
So yes, the show is a risk, especially after Jackson’s critically maligned – albeit financially successful – Hobbit trilogy demonstrated the storytelling folly of padding out a slim volume of source material to such an epic length.
But it’s also easy to forget how much of a risk Jackson’s original trilogy was — and that ended up grossing close to $3bn [£2.6bn] at the box office and winning 17 Oscars.
The Rings of Power has its own challenges (the just-launched Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, a more fractured pop culture landscape), but it’s off to a solid start.
- Three stars out of five
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Scotland gains new 5G 'testbed' as roll-out of high-speed tech accelerates
A state-of-the-art testbed has been officially launched to help drive the adoption of 5G connectivity and grow the Scottish economy.
The new facility, based at ONE Tech Hub in Aberdeen, will allow businesses of all sizes to test and develop 5G applications and accelerate new digital services and operations in the region.
The Scotland 5G Centre announced the deployment of a new testbed in the North-east earlier this year to unlock the “transformational benefits” of the high-speed mobile technology for Scottish businesses, public sector organisations and local communities. The partnership is supported by Vodafone and its partner Ericsson with the mobile private network (MPN) being deployed in just eight weeks.
Scottish minister for business and enterprise, Ivan McKee, visited the site as part of this week’s launch. He was shown a remote training demonstration of an offshore wind farm using a robotic arm. It is hoped that the technology can offer new opportunities and capabilities for the energy industry.
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Visitors to the hub will be able to access support from the S5GConnect team and see first-hand the benefits of the live testbed.
The Scotland 5G Centre was set up in October 2019 as the national centre for accelerating the deployment and adoption of 5G and realising its economic and societal potential for Scotland.
Mark Hanson, the Centre’s non-executive director, said: “We’re excited to be launching the S5GConnect Hub in Aberdeen - providing a knowledge centre and test bed infrastructure for the surrounding community.
“5G technology is open for use not just by mobile network operators, but it allows businesses, government bodies and other organisations the opportunity to set up their own private 5G network - enabling secure, interference free, high speed, low latency wireless communications.
“It’s one of the key technologies on which Scotland’s future digital economy will be built. We also look forward to working alongside our partners here in Aberdeen, Opportunity North East, Aberdeen City Council, the Innovation Centres including Censis and the DataLab and other agencies where we can work closely together to help deliver major transformation projects for the area.”
Karen O’Hanlon of Opportunity North East (ONE) said: “ONE Tech Hub is the anchor point for the region’s fast-growing tech community and home to a growing number of leading partner organisations connecting digital tech businesses with expertise and specialist technology to help them go further faster.
“The new Scotland 5G centre partnership and 5G testbed with onsite support will give businesses and tech developers the opportunity to work with expert advisors to demonstrate, develop and apply 5G connectivity in new applications and be part of the transformative 5G technology ecosystem to help accelerate growth.”
McKee added: “Transformative 5G technology has the potential to revitalise businesses across the country and I congratulate those behind these innovative demonstrations.
“The new Aberdeen 5G Innovation Hub will help boost the economy and encourage entrepreneurship in the North-east, helping small and medium-sized enterprises with the skills they need to understand how 5G can benefit their business. I encourage the energy sector - locally and further afield - to take advantage of the technology.”
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Emotional Support Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that can help those struggling with anxiety and mental illness - including the empathic Labrador 🐶
If you are looking for a puppy that will benefit your mental health, these are the dog breeds that make the best emotional support animals.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes over the last few years – Kennel Club figures show dog ownership soared during the global pandemic and show no sign of slowing, with another surge in 2021.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
Our lifestyle has a huge bearing on which type of dog will work best for us – if you have limited space you might want to look at small dogs, while the more elderly pet owner should place certain breeds at the top of their wishlist.
But if you are looking for a dog to benefit your mental health you should consider one of the breeds that are proven to make good emotional supprt animals.
These are gentle, laid-back and sociable pets that provide their owners with therapeutic benefits, including anxiety relief and making them feel more comfortable in certain social settings.
They’re also thought to sense when you are not at your best, lavishing you with extra affection to help you feel better.
Here are the 10 most empathic breeds of dog, according to the American Kennel Club.
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Extinction Rebellion protesters 'superglue' themselves to Speaker's Chair in Commons in extraordinary security breach
Extinction Rebellion says supporters have superglued themselves around the Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons chamber.
The campaign group posted a photo on Twitter showing three members hand-in-hand in front of the seat while two other members held up signs.
One read “Let the people decide” and the other noted “Citizens’ assembly now”.
The group wrote: “Extinction Rebellion supporters have superglued around the Speaker’s chair inside the Commons chamber.
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“Right now inside Parliament a speech is being read out demanding a Citizens’ assembly now: ‘We are in crisis. We can not afford to carry on like this’.”
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- We invite all countries to provide input on price cap and implement 'important' measure
- Will also develop targeted mitigation measures to ensure vulnerable countries maintain access to energy markets
- Aim to implement price cap with the timeline of related measures in EU's sixth sanctions package (early Dec)
- Initial price cap based on a range of technical inputs, price level will be revisted as necessary
This is an untried move that's been championed by Yellen. The big question is whether it takes any oil off the global market. The EU import ban goes into effect at the same time.
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Former SNP ministers claim UK Government 'do not understand devolution'
Two former senior SNP ministers have criticised the UK Government’s approach to devolution, claiming ministers in Westminster “do not understand” devolution and believe it shouldn’t result in “real difference”.
Jeane Freeman, the former health secretary, and Michael Russell, the former constitution secretary, made the claims in newly-published interviews with the Institute for Government.
Ms Freeman, who worked as both a senior civil servant and a special adviser before being elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2016, said her experience of working with the UK Government showed Westminster’s “fundamental flaw” in its understanding of devolution.
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The former politician, who served as health secretary from 2018 until the Holyrood election last year, also revealed she had an argument over “whose citizens were whose” with then-UK health secretary Matt Hancock in her first session with him at a COBRA pandemic meeting.
She said a “running thread” of working with the UK Government, including when it was Labour-run, was that it and the civil service “do not understand devolution”.
“They simply don’t understand it and they have paid no attention to it”, she said. “And they don’t understand what has happened in the political culture of Scotland and the citizens’ view in Scotland, regardless of whether or not people support independence or oppose independence, in the 20-odd years since the Scottish Parliament was established.
"It’s not the same as it was 20 years ago. So you kind of need to get with the programme and understand it, otherwise you’re going to take a very outdated view of who the Scottish Government is and what they do and how they’re perceived, which is independent of whether or not people in Scotland support the politics of any one Scottish government.
“And that is a fundamental flaw that rests at Westminster. I think we understand Westminster pretty well. I just think they just don’t get devolution.
"They don’t see the point of devolution sometimes and they really don’t understand that they’re dealing with another government that’s not subservient to them.”
Mr Russell, who served in both Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon’s administrations, said the UK Government did not believe there should be “real difference”.
This was something he found when, as education minister, he moved Scotland towards free tuition fees against external pressure.
He said: “The UK Government always finds it very difficult to believe that you are going to do anything that departs from what they do, you know.
"The idea of devolution is all very well. I mean at that stage, people thought it was all very well, most of them really hate it now.
"But you know, [their attitude was that] devolution was all very well, but it shouldn’t mean real difference.”
Mr Russell also revealed a phrase shared by other devolved nation ministers about Michael Gove.
He said: “Leighton Andrews [minister for education and skills in Wales] used to have a phrase “you’ve been Gove’d”, because whatever you did, Gove would be charming to your face and would then go out and brief savagely against you and that’s just how things were and how he is. So there was a pressure there.”
Mr Russell said once Boris Johnson had entered Downing Street, Brexit negotiations involving devolved administrations “made no difference at all”.
The former SNP MSP said: “I think the difference between the May and Johnson administration[s] is that there was a recognition under May, no matter how limited and grudging, of the legitimate interests of the devolved governments and their rights, whereas there was nothing, but contempt for devolution from the Johnson Government, expressed at every level, even by the territorial secretaries of state.”
The sixth and final episode of the brand new limited series podcast, How to be an independent country: Scotland’s Choices, is out now.
It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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The US jobs report is coming up at the bottom of the hour. A few things to keep in mind as the data crosses:
- The consensus is +300K on jobs and +0.4% on average hourly earnings
- There's a strong historical pattern of weak August NFP readings
- Goldman Sachs: "Sweet spot for stocks tomorrow is a 0 – 100k headline reading...should get a 100+bp rally for S&P in this scenario after this recent drawdown. If we happen to get a negative number an even sharper rally."
- ING: "The market may not really need a big surprise to fully price in a 75bp hike in September, and a respectable jobs report may be enough to trigger another leg higher in the dollar today."
- The dollar is near major resistance on a handful of fronts. This could be the tiebreaker. Next week's US economic calendar is light and the CPI report is Sept 13
- Durable goods orders data for July is due out at 10 am ET. It's probably not a big market mover but it will be notable
- There are no scheduled Fed speakers today
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Autumn menus: Everything you can order from Costa, Starbucks and Greggs- including Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Plenty of tasty treats are available
The autumn menus for some of the most familiar UK brands have been announced for 2022, and fans are destined to be excited.
The menus feature products such as hot soup, ideal for the colder months ahead.
Also available are new ranges of sandwiches and pastries, perfect for satisfying any taste buds.
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Here’s what we know so far about the autumn menus for Costa, Greggs, and Starbucks.
Costa
- BLT Sandwich and Prawn Mayonnaise Sandwich
- Egg & Cress Sandwich
- Roast Chicken Salad Sandwich
- Steak & Mexicana Cheese Toastie
- Vegan Quorn Smoky Ham & Cheeze Toastie
- Vegan BBQ Chick’n Panini.
- Vegan Saus’ge Bap***
- All Day Breakfast Box
- Ultimate Breakfast Wrap
- M&S Our Best Ever Mac & Cheese
- M&S Minestrone with Bacon Soup****
- M&S Roast Beef & Horseradish Mayo Sandwich
- M&S Crunchy Carrot with Houmous.
- Maple & Hazelnut Muffin.
- Maple and Hazelnut Blondie
- St. Clement’s Chocolate Drizzle Loaf Cake
- Milk Choc Chunk Shortbread
- Gimme S’mores Cake
- Lemon Curd Tart.
- Ghost Shortcake Biscuit
- Gingerbread Cat Biscuit
Greggs
- Vegan southern fried chicken-free baguette
- Vegan CheeZe and bean toastie
- Spicy chicken and red pepper soup
- Roast chicken and stuffing baguette
- Vegan chicken-free goujons
- Pumpkin spice latte
Starbucks
- Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
- The original Pumpkin Spice Latte
- Iced Salted Maple and Caramel Latte
- American Deli Meats Focaccia
- Mushroom and Egg Muffin
- Fiery No’ Chicken WrapEgg Bites with Three Cheese and Ham
- Toffee and Apple Muffin
- Starbucks Espresso Roast Blondie
- Fruit & Nut Flapjack
- Blackberry & Apple Overnight Oats
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Celtic, Hearts and Rangers matches moved for TV, Aberdeen v Hibs unusual slot explanation
The SPFL has announced live TV picks for the month of October, while there is an unusual rescheduling for Aberdeen’s match against Hibs in November.
On October 1, Hearts’ home match against Rangers will remain on the Saturday, but will be broadcast live by Sky Sports with a 12.30pm kick-off.
The following week, Celtic’s trip to St Johnstone on Saturday, October 8 will start at 12.30pm, again live on Sky, while Motherwell v Rangers is at noon on Sunday, October 16 after Sky picked it as one of their matches.
On Saturday, October 22, Hearts v Celtic is at 12.30pm and Livingston v Celtic has been pushed back 24 hours and will be played on Sunday, October 30 at noon.
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Aberdeen v Hibs, originally scheduled for Saturday, November 5, will now be played on Friday, November 4 with a 7.30pm kick-off at the request of both clubs.
The clubs were in discussion last season about playing an Aberdeen v Hibs match at a different time to try and tap into markets in the US, but The Scotsman understands that the match has been pushed back due to a firework display taking place close to Pittodrie on November 5 on advice from the police. The match will not be on TV. | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic-hearts-and-rangers-matches-moved-for-tv-aberdeen-v-hibs-unusual-slot-explanation-3829105 | 2022-09-02T12:59:39Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic-hearts-and-rangers-matches-moved-for-tv-aberdeen-v-hibs-unusual-slot-explanation-3829105 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Music review: Tide Lines, Spiegeltent, Paisley
Glasgow-based four-piece Tide Lines opened this year’s Paisley Spree festival with a set that ranged from sweet folk tunes and lusty singalongs, writes Fiona Shepherd
Tide Lines, Spiegeltent, Paisley ***
Paisley’s annual Spree arts festival kicked off in rousing form with a sold out show by Glasgow-based four-piece Tide Lines, a band who have stepped neatly into the canyon left by Runrig’s retirement with their big, hearty, commercial Celtrock sound and tear-in-my-Buckfast sentimentalised Scotia lyrics about hopes and dreams, lonely towns and big countries.
Such Braveheart romanticism clearly hasn't lost its lustre – Paisley was more than ready to lap up and sing along to lyrics about city skylines, island shorelines and who might feature in those places, in memory or reality. On this evidence, frontman Robert Robertson is a perpetual dreamer, aspiring to Caledonian Springsteen status (with a cover of I’m On Fire to seal the deal).
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The band approached the bijou Spiegeltent like an arena show, with atmospheric light show and some pomp in their pockets. But they were also mindful of the neighbours, with Alasdair Turner delivering some Edge-like guitar licks in restrained fashion and far from thundering drums from Fergus Munro.
Walking on the Waves was a typical example of their schtick, with the audience readily taking up the lyrics. The band also threw out some failsafe wordless chants, in much the same style as those which shook Hampden at last week's Coldplay concerts.
The acoustic Bring the Summer was better suited to the intimate environment, with its sweeter folk tune, delicate guitar picking and Robertson's strong and true vocals before Turner took the crowd up to the party zone with energising bagpipe drone on a beefy reel, while his guitar skirled on Fortunes of the Fearless.
New single Rivers in the Light took its place in a set which culminated in established favourites The Young and the Restless and The Far Side of the World, the latter begun acoustically before developing into a lusty singalong which resonated at least to the far side of Paisley. | https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/music-review-tide-lines-spiegeltent-paisley-3828897 | 2022-09-02T12:59:47Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/music-review-tide-lines-spiegeltent-paisley-3828897 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) — Passenger complaints have soared as airlines canceled and delayed flights this year, but reliability has varied between airlines.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) released its latest air travel consumer report late last month, noting that roughly 24 percent of commercial flights between destinations in the United States did not arrive on time in the first half of the year.
The figure is a 52 percent jump from the same period last year, although carriers operated fewer flights in 2021 as more Americans avoided flying out of concerns of catching COVID-19.
Travel demand has now resurged to levels not seen since before the pandemic, but the airline industry has struggled to meet the influx of passengers, facing issues like staffing shortages, severe weather and high fuel costs. Some airlines have also placed blame on labor shortages at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Here’s how airlines’ on-time arrival percentages ranked during the first six months of 2022:
1. Hawaiian Airlines: 82.14 percent
Hawaiian Airlines beat out other airlines for the top spot, with more than 8 in 10 of its scheduled U.S. flights arriving on time.
The airline is smaller than the other nine included in DOT’s analysis, and Hawaiian also outranked the other carriers last year.
About 91 percent of Hawaiian’s U.S. flights during the first six months of 2021 arrived on time.
“We are proud of our frontline teams and everyone supporting our operations for getting our guests to their destination on time and with aloha while maintaining our industry-leading punctuality record,” said Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson Alex Da Silva.
2. Delta Air Lines: 80.75 percent
Delta Air Lines and flights operated by regional carriers marketed under the Delta brand were ranked No. 2 in DOT’s report.
Flights operated by Delta itself slightly outpaced the on-time arrival percentage of its regional carriers. Just over 80 percent of U.S. Delta-operated flights arrived on time, about a percentage point higher than its codeshare partners.
Delta has touted its leading record in its promotional appeal to customers, saying on Wednesday it was prepared to carry up to 2.9 million passengers over the upcoming busy Labor Day travel weekend.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming our customers on board for Labor Day weekend,” Allison Ausband, Delta’s chief customer experience officer, said in a statement. “We’ve taken steps this summer to ensure our people have the tools and support they need to deliver on our high standards for reliability, while offering Delta’s signature customer service with warmth and care.”
3. Alaska Airlines: 78.91 percent
Alaska Airlines and its codeshare partners clocked in at No. 3 on the list, with just under 8 in 10 U.S. flights arriving on time during the first half of the year.
Flights branded as Alaska Airlines but operated by its regional partners, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, arrived on time about 81 percent of the time, slightly more often than those operated by Alaska itself.
An Alaska Airlines spokesperson did not return a request for comment.
4. United Airlines: 76.92 percent
United Airlines’ on-time arrival percentage registered about two percentage points below Alaska, with 76.92 percent of U.S. United Airlines-marketed flights arriving on time in the first half of 2022.
The figure marks a dip from the same period in 2021, when 83.47 of the airlines’ marketed flights arrived on time. United similarly ranked No. 4 during that period when compared to the other carriers.
United achieved its highest second-quarter revenue in the company’s history this year, which was also the airline’s first profitable quarter since the start of the pandemic.
A United Airlines spokesperson did not return a request for comment.
5. American Airlines: 76.75 percent
American Airlines, which marketed more flights than any other carrier in the first half of the year, clocked in near the middle of the pack, barely behind United Airlines.
Like United, a slight majority of flights marketed by American Airlines were operated by the carriers’ regional partners.
Those regional carriers’ flights arrived on time 78.01 percent of the time, compared to 75.33 percent of those operated by American Airlines.
Pilot unions at three regional carriers wholly owned by American Airlines — Envoy Air, Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines — recently announced contract agreements that include significant pay increases as part of their efforts to attract and retain pilots.
6. Southwest Airlines: 73.87 percent
Just under 74 percent of Southwest Airlines flights arrived on time in the first half of the year, earning the carrier sixth place out of the 10 airlines assessed by DOT.
As the industry faces scheduling snafus in part due to labor shortages, the airline said in a statement that it has grown its full-time equivalent employee base to more than 62,000, which is higher than its number of employees at the end of 2019.
“While on-time performance through June was down, our flight completion factor has recently been among the highest in the industry,” the airline said.
Most other major carriers use a hub-and-spoke system in which airlines concentrate flights in a handful of central airports. But Southwest is one of a few exceptions, instead leveraging a point-to-point strategy that offers direct flights between many smaller airports.
7. Spirit Airlines: 69.31 percent
Roughly 7 in 10 Spirit Airlines flights arrived on time between January and June, placing the low-cost carrier at No. 7 in DOT’s ranking.
When reached for comment, a Spirit Airlines spokesperson pointed to the company’s statement last month indicating its operational performance ranked among the industry best in the two months after Spirit’s peak summer schedule went into effect on June 5.
“These great results are among the best in the industry and are due to the relentless dedication of our Spirit family,” John Bendoraitis, the company’s chief operating officer, said in the statement. “Our team rose to the occasion to serve record numbers of summer travelers and work through industry challenges to deliver a high value experience for our guests.”
8. Frontier Airlines: 64.50 percent
More than a third of Frontier Airlines flights did not arrive on time, according to DOT.
About 81 percent of Frontier’s flights arrived on time during the first half of 2021.
The airline is one of the country’s smaller commercial carriers, marketing the third-lowest number of flights out of the 10 assessed by DOT, with only Hawaiian and Spirit airlines marketing fewer flights.
A Frontier Airlines spokesperson did not return a request for comment.
9. JetBlue Airways: 62.08 percent
About 62 percent of JetBlue flights arrived on time in the first half of 2022.
JetBlue spokesperson Derek Dombrowski said 70 percent of the airline’s flights touch the northeast corridor, a congested air traffic region often plagued by severe weather events. The airline was also impacted by air traffic control constraints in April and by sick calls due to the pandemic, he said.
Multiple airlines have placed blame on staffing challenges at air traffic control centers manned by the FAA, which at times have led to delayed flights. The challenges have been especially pronounced in New York and Florida.
“JetBlue has taken a number of steps to improve our operation and reliability, and our completion factor has greatly improved in recent months,” Dombrowski said, noting that the airline now has record levels of staffing following a spring hiring and training push.
“These investments have brought a significant improvement despite continued constraints on the air traffic system in New York and Florida,” he added.
10. Allegiant Air: 61.63 percent
Allegiant Air clocked in at the bottom of DOT’s list, with 61 percent of flights arriving on time. Roughly 74 percent of Allegiant’s flights in the first half of 2021 arrived on time.
The airline said in a statement that some of its crews maxed out on the number of hours they could fly under FAA regulations during the first half of the year, and limited availability of back-up crews caused a number of delays.
Allegiant, like other airlines, said it also grappled with crews being out of service due to COVID outbreaks and faces an “unprecedented” labor shortage.
“We are actively working to mitigate it by offering extra incentives to attract and retain employees, including higher wages, bonuses, work schedule flexibility and more,” the airline said. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/ahead-of-labor-day-where-us-airlines-rank-on-reliability-this-year/ | 2022-09-02T13:02:42Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/ahead-of-labor-day-where-us-airlines-rank-on-reliability-this-year/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing on Friday $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors that will go to 21 regional partnerships.
The winners were chosen from 529 initial applicants vying for grants that were part of last year's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The Biden administration has repeatedly laid out a vision for the economy that is more self-sufficient and driven by high-tech manufacturing and the development of renewable energy.
"The whole point of this is we’re not going to let you get left behind as we transition to a more digital economy, to a more technical economy, to a green economy,” Raimondo told The Associated Press. “People want to work where they live. People want to know there is a place for them in the changing economy.”
Unlike much of the pandemic aid that was meant to address immediate needs, the $1 billion in grants is part of a longer-term effort to revitalize parts of the country that have needed an economic jolt for existing industries and capital for new ventures. The mission is personal for Raimondo, whose father lost his job at a watch factory in Rhode Island. She said the grants are the largest ever for local economic development provided by the Commerce Department.
The grants include $65.1 million in California to improve farm production and $25 million for a robotics cluster in Nebraska. Georgia gets $65 million for artificial intelligence. There is $63.7 million for lithium-based battery development in New York. Coal counties in West Virginia would receive $62.8 million to help with the shift to solar power and find new uses for abandoned mines.
Raimondo said the winners were chosen based on merit rather than politics. She estimated that the investments, which will be provided over five years as reimbursements, will result in at least 100,000 jobs.
Solidly Republican states such as Oklahoma and South Dakota received funding, and money also is going ahead of November's midterm elections toward political battlegrounds that could decide control of Congress. There is $44 million for regenerative medicine in New Hampshire, where Democrat Maggie Hassan is defending her U.S. Senate seat. Pennsylvania, which has an open Senate seat, is set to receive $62.7 million for robotics and artificial intelligence.
The massive amount of coronavirus aid at the start of President Joe Biden’s tenure helped to accelerate job growth as the U.S. recovered from the pandemic. But accompanying the hiring was a burst of inflation that hit a 40-year peak this summer, crushing consumer sentiment and putting the administration on the defensive to show how its policies are helping the economy.
Even as much of the coronavirus money has been disbursed, the administration has said it still needs more money to contain the disease and its variations. Biden unsuccessfully sought to get $22.5 billion from Congress to address and prevent outbreaks, a figure that lawmakers reduced to $10 billion in negotiations. But additional funding was never passed by Congress despite confirmed cases that are now averaging about 90,000 daily.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried to minimize the lack of funding after the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved modified booster shots of the vaccines. Jean-Pierre said booster shots would be available after the Labor Day holiday as the administration has worked with local partners.
Still, the grants for economic development indicate that the relief package could have a multi-decade impact that goes beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Orleans area will receive $50 million to use hydrogen produced by wind power that does not cause carbon emissions, a meaningful change in Louisiana, a state that has long depended on fossil fuels.
“With clean hydrogen, we can remain an energy state — but become an energy state of the future that has less impact on the environment,” said Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development nonprofit. “When money and morality come together, you get stuff done.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/biden-administration-awards-1-billion-for-economic-projects/article_f13e8a1a-2ab7-11ed-8953-4f57d4d2c697.html | 2022-09-02T13:09:07Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/biden-administration-awards-1-billion-for-economic-projects/article_f13e8a1a-2ab7-11ed-8953-4f57d4d2c697.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the middle of the last century, the White House Historical Association has paid for the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House.
Years later, first lady Dolley Madison saved Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington from almost certain ruin. She had White House staff take it out of the city before advancing British forces burned the mansion in 1814. The painting was held in storage until the White House was rebuilt.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those that are on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Portraits of Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Lou Henry Hoover grace the Vermeil Room, along with a full-length image of Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama’s portrait likely will join Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush along the Ground Floor hallway.
The State Floor hallway one floor above features recent presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Gerald Ford’s portrait and the likeness of Richard Nixon — the only president to resign from office — are on view on the Grand Staircase leading to the private living quarters on the second floor.
Past presidents' images move around the White House, depending on their standing with the current occupants. Ronald Reagan, for example, moved Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman out of the Cabinet Room and swapped in Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge.
In the Clinton era, portraits of Richard Nixon and Reagan, idols of the Republican Party, lost their showcase spot in the Grand Foyer and were replaced with pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman, heroes of the Democrats. Nancy Reagan temporarily moved Eleanor Roosevelt to a place of prominence in the East Room in 1984 to mark the centennial of her birth.
One of the most prominent spots for a portrait is above the mantle in the State Dining Room and it has been occupied for decades by a painting of a seated Abraham Lincoln, hand supporting his chin. It was placed there by Franklin Roosevelt.
Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s portraits hang on opposing walls in the Grand Foyer.
Clinton’s would be relocated to make room for Barack Obama’s if the White House sticks to tradition and keeps the two most recent Oval Office occupants there, McLaurin said.
“That’s up to the White House, to the curators,” he said.
The association, which is funded through private donations and the sale of books and an annual White House Christmas ornament, keeps the portrait price well below market value because of the “extraordinary honor” an artist derives from having “their work of art hanging perpetually in the White House,” McLaurin said.
Details about the Obamas' portraits will stay under wraps until Wednesday.
Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama’s vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan’s ceremony, was Reagan’s No. 2.
Betty Monkman, a former White House curator, said during a 2017 podcast for the White House Historical Association that the ceremony is a “statement of generosity” by the president and first lady. “It’s a very warm, lovely moment.”
The White House portraits are one of two sets of portraits of presidents and first ladies. The National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, maintains its own collection and those portraits are unveiled before the White House pair. The Obamas’ unveiled their museum portraits in February 2018.
Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, said in an email that a $650,000 donation in July from Save America, Trump’s political action committee, was earmarked for the couple’s museum portraits. Two artists have been commissioned, one for each painting, and work has begun, St. Thomas said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/big-reveal-biden-to-help-unveil-obama-white-house-portrait/article_6961dbec-2ab7-11ed-b59c-778a26e0be5b.html | 2022-09-02T13:09:08Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/big-reveal-biden-to-help-unveil-obama-white-house-portrait/article_6961dbec-2ab7-11ed-b59c-778a26e0be5b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was only natural that the two Malayali women - Mary Roy and Madhavikutty - forever locked in a tussle with society befriend each other.
But what kept them friends for many years is, however, the common traits they shared.
The tale of their friendship reportedly began after the former, searching for a plot of land to establish a school, decided to advertise so in a local paper.
Roy had then recently completed her BEd from Mount Carmel Training College in Kottayam.
One of the first to respond to her advertisement was, of course, Madhavikutty (whom Roy fondly called Kamala).
"I will give you the land you seek. There is a beautiful plot of land next to my ancestral home at Punnayurkulam. There are a lot of trees and the fragrance of neermathalam (caper trees) flowers fill the whole place," Madhavikutty had reportedly written.
Madhavikutty was also a champion of Roy's legal battle to ensure equal property rights for Christian women.
When Roy's daughter Arundhati (the Booker prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy) had her novel 'The God of Small Things' published, it was Madhavikutty who was the chief guest for the book launch function in Kerala.
A painting that Madhavikutty had gifted Roy hangs on the wall of the latter's house - forever a symbol of their friendship.
Noted educationist and social worker Mary Roy passed away on Thursday. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/02/friendship-madhavikutty-mary-roy.html | 2022-09-02T13:10:24Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/02/friendship-madhavikutty-mary-roy.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: Congress legislator Uma Thomas lashed out against allegations that said her son was a drug addict.
The allegations came in the wake of fellow Congress leader VD Satheesan's remark in the Assembly the other day.
Speaking about the rampant drug problem in Kerala, Satheesan admitted that the son of his close friend is a drug addict.
"He is the son of a close friend. I know him right from his childhood and have watched him grow. He was brilliant at studies and passed out from a top engineering college.
But today he is addicted to drugs. And now, he has been admitted to the drug de-addiction centre for the second time,” Satheesan had said.
“I am hoping and praying that he would overcome the addiction and be back amidst us," he added.
Many presumed (wrongly) Satheesan's statement to mean Satya, the son of Uma Thomas and former legislator, the late PT Thomas.
However, this is not the case, Uma clarified. In a social media post on Friday, Uma lashed out at those propagating false rumours.
"I know many still hold grudges against PT (Thomas). These rumours are an attempt to derail me off the course I've charted for myself. I will finish what PT started," Uma said.
She also warned that complaints will be lodged against those spreading false information. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/02/uma-thomas-allegations-son-drug-problem.amp.html | 2022-09-02T13:10:27Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/02/uma-thomas-allegations-son-drug-problem.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Results from the clinical development programme developed with Protalix BioTherapeutics evaluating pegunigalsidase alfa (PRX-102) an investigational enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), support its potential as a treatment option for adult patients with Fabry disease.
- SPARKLE registry, Europe's first registry dedicated to collecting real-world evidence in patients with Alpha Mannosidosis, has enrolled more than 50 patients across Europe.
- Chiesi is sponsoring a satellite symposium, "What matters most? Improving care in LSDs," led by Maurizio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Regional Reference Centre for Rare Diseases at Udine University Hospital, Italy.
FREIBURG, Germany, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiesi Global Rare Diseases, a business unit of Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., an international research focused healthcare Group (Chiesi Group), today announced multiple presentations focused on the research and treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) at the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) Annual Symposium being held in Freiburg, Germany 30 August – 2 September, 2022.
The company's presentations include five abstracts with data from a robust clinical development programme evaluating pegunigalsidase alfa (PRX-102), an investigational enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the treatment of Fabry disease. The company is also presenting two abstracts dedicated to Alpha Mannosidosis, including updates from Europe's first patient registry for this ultra-rare disease. Finally, the company is sponsoring a satellite symposium, "What matters most? Improving care in LSDs," that is being led by Maurizio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Regional Reference Centre for Rare Diseases at Udine University Hospital, Italy.
"The multidisciplinary approach and the doctor-patient dialogue play a crucial role in providing the most appropriate and personalised therapeutic solutions in LSDs," said Prof. Scarpa. "Patients with lysosomal storage diseases, even within the same diagnosis, are very heterogeneous and can live with completely different conditions from each other. This is why fostering constant communication between patient and doctor is one of the best ways to understand which symptoms are most impactful and burdensome for patients, or to implement a more holistic approach that includes the management of associated conditions, such as psychological well-being and impaired mobility. Only in this way we will be able to work with ever greater specificity in order to achieve more incisive results in terms of improving the quality of life and well-being of people with lysosomal storage diseases."
Today, some 350 million people are living with a rare disease. There are more than 7,000 known rare diseases1, but only five percent currently have an approved treatment or an experimental therapy in development. Chiesi Global Rare Diseases was established in 2020 to bring innovative solutions to these patients and support to their caregivers. Drawing maximum synergy from the resources and capabilities of the Chiesi Group and its global network, the business unit develops innovative drugs with the patients' needs first.
The company's symposium at SSIEM 2022 is dedicated to the key role of the patient as a driving force for a personalised and multidisciplinary diagnostic, therapeutic and social approach in the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases. During this symposium, leading international opinion leaders including Dr. Uma Ramaswami, a paediatrician specialised in hereditary metabolic diseases at the Royal Free Hospital in London (UK), Dr. Nathalie Guffon, Head of Reference Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases at the Femme Mère Enfant Hospital in Lyon (France), and Dr. Patricio Ricardo da Terra Aguiar, a specialist in hereditary metabolic diseases at Lisbon North Hospital Center (Portugal), will review the importance of patient centricity and listening, how to choose the most appropriate therapy according to specific needs, and how to assess the effects of treatment and adherence to therapy. The event is focused on Fabry disease and Alpha Mannosidosis, the latter being an ultra-rare disease with still limited knowledge available in the scientific literature so far. Chiesi Global Rare Diseases is working together with the scientific community to increase awareness and knowledge of this ultra-rare condition.
"We are constantly working to promote research and development of new products for rare and ultra-rare diseases because we firmly believe that by helping patients and their families, we can play our part in generating a positive impact on society as a whole," said Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Chiesi Global Rare Diseases. "Being able to promote discussion within the scientific community on the importance of the patient centricity first and foremost as a person, makes us proud to be here today. In our DNA we feel a strong desire to be able to bring answers to those needs that are still unmet, as in the case of Fabry disease, and at the same time to cooperate with physician and patient advocacy groups in building together the story of ultra-rare diseases, such as Alpha Mannosidosis, which is still largely unknown."
"Moreover, as a B-Corp certified company, Chiesi is strongly committed to making a tangible contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and more specifically in the field of rare diseases, to the goal of achieving health for all at all ages," added Giacomo Chiesi. "Chiesi Global Rare Diseases wants to play its part in achieving this goal by committing on a daily basis to providing patients with safe and effective solutions that improve their quality of life and by making these treatments accessible to those in difficult circumstances or who cannot easily access treatment."
Chiesi is presenting results from the Phase III clinical development programme sponsored by Protalix Ltd., Chiesi's collaboration partner, evaluating PRX-102, including data from the BRIGHT and BALANCE studies. The results of the Phase III BRIGHT2 study indicate that treatment with 2 mg/kg of PRX-102 administered by intravenous infusion every four weeks for 52 weeks was well tolerated and that Fabry disease remained stable throughout the duration of the study. The pivotal Phase III BALANCE3 study, which is an active-control, randomised, double-blind, 24-month study in adult Fabry disease patients with renal function impairment, evaluated the safety and efficacy of 1 mg/kg of PRX-102 administered every two weeks versus agalsidase beta at the same dosing schedule. The study enrolled 78 patients previously treated with agalsidase beta for at least one year and met the predefined criteria of non-inferiority for the primary endpoint of renal function.
Velmanase Alfa, a drug authorised by the EMA in 2018, is the first drug therapy for the treatment of Alpha Mannosidosis, an ultra-rare and severely disabling genetic disease. It is an ERT that aims to replace or supplement natural alpha-mannosidase. Chiesi and the scientific community are working together to build a diagnostic and therapeutic pathway that meets the needs of patients:
The company is presenting for the first time at SSIEM 2022 preliminary data from the SPARKLE registry, the first European registry dedicated to collecting real-world evidence in patients with Alpha Mannosidosis. The registry was developed to gather insights into the natural history of the disease regardless of treatment. The registry has been active since December 2019 and has so far enrolled more than 50 patients in different European countries. The goal is to reach 100 patients in order to be able to build more knowledge on the natural history of the disease, as well as on the impact of long-term enzyme replacement therapy with velmanase alfa.
Furthermore, the company is presenting long-term efficacy data of velmanase alfa for the treatment of alpha-mannosidosis, from the French Etoile Alpha registry. This is the longest clinical experience to date, with data from patients who received velmanase alfa treatment up to a maximum of 9.5 years. The study shows not only significant improvements in biochemical parameters and lung function but also improvements in motor function.
Fabry disease is an X-linked inherited disease that results from deficient activity of the lysosomal α‑Galactosidase‑A enzyme resulting in progressive accumulation of abnormal deposits of a fatty substance called globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in blood vessel walls throughout a person's body. Fabry disease occurs in one person per 40,000 to 60,000. Fabry patients inherit a deficiency of the α‑Galactosidase‑A enzyme, which is normally responsible for the breakdown of Gb3. The abnormal storage of Gb3 increases with time and, accordingly, Gb3 accumulates, primarily in the blood and in the blood vessel walls. The ultimate consequences of Gb3 deposition range from episodes of pain and impaired peripheral sensation to end-organ failure – particularly of the kidneys, but also of the heart and the cerebrovascular system.
Alpha-mannosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease that belongs more specifically to the subgroup of oligosaccharidoses. It is a hereditary disease, with autosomal recessive transmission, due to a mutation in the gene MAN2B1. This specific genetic defect causes deficiency of the lysosomal alpha-mannosidase enzyme, resulting in harmful and progressive build-up of oligosaccharides (sugars) in cells throughout the body. The manifestations of alpha-mannosidosis vary from patient to patient, but the disease is essentially characterised by immunodeficiency, skeletal abnormalities, facial dysmorphisms, sensorineural deafness and gradual deficits in mental and speech functions. Related motor disorders include muscle weakness, osteo-articular abnormalities and ataxia. Additional symptoms include hydrocephalus, hepatosplenomegaly and eye, kidney and heart problems. Alpha-Mannosidosis affects about one in every 500,000 live births.
Pegunigalsidase alfa (PRX-102) is an investigational, plant cell culture-expressed, and chemically modified stabilized version of the recombinant alpha-galactosidase A enzyme. Protein sub-units are covalently bound via chemical cross-linking using short PEG moieties, resulting in a molecule with unique pharmacokinetic parameters. In clinical studies, PRX-102 has been observed to have a circulatory half-life of approximately 80 hours. Protalix Ltd., Chiesi's collaboration partner, designed PRX-102 to potentially address the continued unmet clinical need in Fabry patients.
The active ingredient velmanase alfa is part of a group of drugs called enzyme replacement therapies and is the first drug therapy for the treatment of alpha-mannosidosis, an ultra-rare and severely disabling genetic disease caused by the absence or malfunction of alpha-mannosidase, an enzyme involved in the cellular breakdown of glycoproteins. Velmanase alfa is a recombinant form of the human alpha-mannosidase enzyme. Velmanase alfa is an investigational drug candidate in the United States. The effectiveness and safety of Velmanase Alfa have not been reviewed or approved by the FDA.
Chiesi Global Rare Diseases is a business unit of the Chiesi Group established in February 2020 and focused on research and development of treatments for rare and ultra-rare disorders. The Global Rare Diseases unit works in collaboration with Chiesi Group to harness the full resources and capabilities of our global network to bring innovative new treatment options to people living with rare diseases, many of whom have limited or no treatments available. The unit is also a dedicated partner with global leaders in patient advocacy, research and patient care. For more information visit www.chiesirarediseases.com.
Chiesi is an international, research-focused biopharmaceuticals group that develops and markets innovative therapeutic solutions in respiratory health, rare diseases, and specialty care. The company's mission is to improve people's quality of life and act responsibly towards both the community and the environment. By changing its legal status to a Benefit Corporation in Italy, the US, and France, Chiesi's commitment to create shared value for society as a whole is legally binding and central to company-wide decision-making. Since 2019, Chiesi is the world's largest biopharmaceutical group to be certified B Corp, meaning that its sustainability efforts are measured and assessed by the most ambitious global standards. The company aims at becoming net-zero by 2035.
With over 85 years of experience, Chiesi is headquartered in Parma (Italy), operates in 30 countries, and counts more than 6,000 employees. The Group's research and development centre in Parma works alongside 6 other important R&D hubs in France, the US, Canada, China, the UK, and Sweden.
For further information please visit www.chiesi.com
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5-year-old boy shot last week in Rogers Park dies from injuries
CHICAGO - A 5-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on Sunday.
Devin McGregor was in the hospital in critical condition this week following the shooting. Community activist Andrew Homes confirmed Friday morning that the boy died from his injuries.
He died around 8:05 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
Chicago police said the boy was in a car in the 7600 block of North Paulina Street around 5 p.m.; he was being buckled into a car seat by his mother when someone in a black sedan opened fire.
McGregor's father was also shot in the hand and shoulder. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in good condition.
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The boy's grandfather spoke out about the shooting earlier this week.
"All these kids want to do is go to school and play and they can’t even do that," Tervalon Sargent said. "Then that’s messed up. They can’t even do that and it just keeps happening. It just keeps happening. We got to do something. We got to do something. We got to do something."
Sargent said his grandson had just started kindergarten at Willard Elementary School in Evanston.
No one is in custody at this time.
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Chicago to feel the heat through Friday ahead of cooler holiday weekend
CHICAGO - Friday will start with a few clouds mixing with the sun then finish a bit brighter.
Expect warm temps for early September again with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Saturday will feature a bit of drama in the afternoon when a cold front slides in from the north.
After highs reach the mid to upper 80s city and south, temperatures will nosedive behind a wind shift which will kick up choppy waves and dangerous swimming conditions through Sunday.
There's a small chance of a few showers or a storm with the front. Sunday will not be as warm with highs around 80 degrees away from the lake where it will be in the low to mid 70s.
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READING, Pa., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Truck Leasing announced today it has introduced a new truck maintenance on-site guide, Shipper's Guide to Outsourcing On-Site Fleet Maintenance, which is now available at no cost. The three-part guide provides detailed information on how businesses can implement on-site maintenance to navigate the obstacles of operating a vehicle maintenance facility.
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Clayton Kershaw pursed his lips and shook his head. Like he has done with so many hitters, Jacob deGrom left the superstar Dodgers pitcher baffled.
How does a pitcher whose fastball buzzed in the low-90s in 2016 climb to the upper-90s by 2020? How does a pitcher go an entire year without stepping on a major league mound, then return as if no injury had slowed him? How does that pitcher fight countless injuries, turn 34 years old and somehow average 99.4 mph with his fastball?
Kershaw just kept shaking his head.
“I think it’s probably one of those things that you can’t take much from, because it doesn’t happen,” Kershaw told Post Sports+ this week, while his Dodgers were in town and lost two of three to the Mets. “You’re kind of defying evolution a little bit.”
“You’re seeing some guys able to do it — you’re watching [Justin] Verlander this year, he’s throwing as hard as ever after Tommy John surgery and being 39. And there are a few exceptions to the rule. But for the most part, it usually doesn’t happen. So I’m not thinking that he’s going to be able to tell me anything that’ll help me throw harder.”
The two are friends and often catch up in the outfield when they play each other. But no, Kershaw does not think there is much advice that can be passed along so the lefty can start throwing triple-digits, too.
“I think there’s been guys that have been able to maintain velocity for a long time,” Kershaw said, trying to think of a deGrom analog. “But as far as increasing, I can’t think of one.”
And no, Kershaw does not have much advice to offer deGrom ahead of his free agency.
If there is anyone who understands the decision that awaits the opting-out Mets co-ace, it is Kershaw. Both are generational talents who, at least thus far, have only worn one jersey in an era when that rarely happens. Both are playing on teams with deep-pocketed ownership groups who have the means to keep them. Both are no longer young in the baseball world, and both are among the best pitchers of all time. They can, and have, commanded huge contracts. Only Kershaw has tested free agency, though not until his later years.
After Kershaw’s 2013 season — when he won his second of three Cy Young Awards — the Dodgers locked up their ace on a seven-year, $215 million extension, which was the richest deal for a pitcher at the time.
He was able to opt out after the 2018 campaign, but instead of testing the market, he and the Dodgers agreed on a new three-year, $93 million pact.
Kershaw finally — ahead of his 15th season — was a free agent last offseason. The Dallas native talked with the Texas Rangers about a chance to pitch near his home. But yet again, he opted to stay with the team that had witnessed and fostered his legend. The 34-year-old signed a $17 million contract for one season to return to Los Angeles.
“Everybody’s different. He’ll make his decision,” Kershaw said of deGrom. “He doesn’t need anybody’s advice. He’ll do what’s best for him.”
What has been best for Kershaw — at least thus far — has been attaching himself to the same winning organization that drafted him all the way back in 2006. When he enters the Hall of Fame, he will enter as a Dodger.
“Personally, I don’t really care about legacy or history. I don’t care about anything like that,” Kershaw said before he pitched five innings of one-run ball in Thursday’s 5-3 Mets win. “This is a good group of guys, good organization, and I was happy to come back.”
What does deGrom care about? He has made it clear he will opt out of a contract that would pay him $30.5 million next season. The best pitcher on earth is strangely not the best-paid pitcher on his own team, a title that Max Scherzer ($43.3 million per season) owns. DeGrom signed a five-year, $137.5 million extension before the 2019 season that quickly turned into a below-market deal as his arm somehow grew stronger.
Mets owner Steve Cohen told The Post’s Zach Braziller last weekend the Mets will do “whatever we can to make sure he stays,” while adding, “it’s his decision, not ours.”
Does deGrom, a Florida native, want to pitch closer to home? His family could cut down on commute time if he signs with, say, the Atlanta Braves.
Does he want to set the market and become the highest-paid pitcher per season in the game, upending Scherzer? Does he want a longer-term deal that pays him handsomely into his 40s? Does he want to return to the Mets and a fanbase that has showered him with love?
Or does he want to seek greener pastures after a historic but occasionally tumultuous tenure as a Met, one that has seen disagreements between the pitcher and front office?
Just like the source of deGrom’s powers, Kershaw doesn’t know.
“There’s no advice,” one of the most brilliant pitchers in history said about another. “He’s going to know what’s right.”
Strength in numbers
A few weeks ago in this space, The Post’s Mike Puma began speculating about the Mets’ playoff rotation, which will have questions beyond the exclamations that are Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer (in whatever order).
Chris Bassitt might be the strongest No. 3 in baseball, and Taijuan Walker a more-than-capable No. 4. If Carlos Carrasco returns to form following his oblique strain, the Mets would have five good options for postseason series’ that normally don’t require five starters.
But this year — as opposed to just about every other year — a No. 5 might be helpful in October. Because of the condensed schedule that arose from the offseason lockout, there is just one travel day in the NLCS. As MLB recently announced, the series will go:
Game 1: Oct. 18
Game 2: Oct. 19
Game 3: Oct. 21
Game 4: Oct. 22
*Game 5: Oct. 23
*Game 6: Oct. 24
*Game 7: Oct. 25
*if necessary
With Oct. 20 the lone off day in the series, it would be more difficult to Randy Johnson-and-Curt Schilling your way to the World Series. Without an off day later in the series — and especially if the Mets are going back and forth from Queens to, say, Los Angeles — a fifth starter might be preferable to, say, deGrom on short rest.
Maybe the Mets ask Bassitt, Walker or Carrasco to stick in the bullpen anyway, and they could lean heavily upon Scherzer and deGrom despite the quick series. Regardless, the schedule will be a small change this year but meaningful for a club with two dominant starters.
Fun done right
The spectacle that took over Citi Field on Wednesday night, when a live concert featuring Timmy Trumpet broke out to honor Edwin Diaz entering the game, was one of the most fun scenes in recent baseball memory, a viral moment in a sport that lacks them.
And sure, it was organic: Diaz chose the music; fans dug the music; Diaz and the Mets both elevated their games, so his entrance took on a life of its own.
But these moments require money, too. Just like Old-Timers’ Day was a smash success because Steve Cohen was willing to pay for all the work, lodging and airfare to get the Mets of yesterday to Citi Field, the owner clearly was willing to do what he could to ensure Timmy Trumpet, who’s from Australia, could perform in Queens.
On his Instagram account, Trumpet — real name Timothy Smith — recorded himself looking around Central Park in awe. He had not performed Tuesday, during a Mets loss that Diaz did not enter, so he stayed another night in apparently satisfactory conditions.
“The Mets have looked after us. We’re staying at the Ritz-Carlton hotel,” a thrilled Trumpet said in the video.
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U.S. adds solid 315,000 jobs in August
America had another month of solid job gains: The economy added 315,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% as more workers entered the labor force, the government said on Friday.
Why it matters: Employers continue to hire workers at a robust pace, even as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates swiftly to crush inflation.
- Job growth eased from July's breakneck pace, which were revised a tick higher to 528,000 jobs. Job growth in June was weaker than initially thought, downwardly revised by 100,000 to 293,000.
- The August figures are roughly in line with economists' expectations.
Details: Perhaps the most welcoming piece of news in the report is the influx of workers who entered the labor force last month. The labor force participation rate — the share of people working or looking for work — rose by 0.3 percentage points, after a string of monthly declines.
- Average hourly earnings rose by 0.3%, a slowdown from the 0.5% rate in July.
The backdrop: The Fed has been bracing for some heat to come out of the labor market. It has raised interest rates at a historically rapid pace in a bid to squash elevated inflation. This report offers some good news as wage growth slowed — and more workers entered the workforce, helping ease the tightness in the labor market.
- Higher rates work to slow demand by making it pricier for consumers and companies to borrow money, causing slower economic growth and, in turn, less price pressure.
- "While higher interest rates, slower growth, and softer labor market conditions will bring down inflation, they will also bring some pain to households and businesses," chair Jerome Powell said last week.
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Biden administration suspends free at-home COVID tests program
The federal government on Friday suspended its program for ordering free at-home COVID tests "because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests."
Why it matters: The Biden administration is suspending new orders to preserve "limited supply" to ensure there are tests available in the fall when it's possible "we might face a new rise in infections and more acute need," a senior administration official said in a statement to Axios.
By the numbers: Over 600 million tests have been distributed through the program.
- Every household had the opportunity to place three orders for a total of 16 tests.
Meanwhile, private health insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid are still covering COVID tests either directly or through reimbursement.
- 92% of Americans are covered by one of these programs that provide up to eight covered tests per person each month.
- Other low or no-cost testing options exist for people without insurance.
- Some states and local governments continue to offer free tests.
What they're saying: “We have warned that Congressional inaction would force unacceptable tradeoffs and harm our overall COVID-19 preparedness and response — and that the consequences would likely worsen over time,” the senior administration official said in the statement to Axios.
- “Unfortunately, because of the limited funding we have to work with, we have had to make impossible choices about which tools and programs to invest in — and which ones we must downsize, pause, or end all together,” the statement said.
What’s next: The program could return if more funding is provided, the senior administration official said.
- “If Congress provides funding, we will expeditiously resume distribution of free tests through COVIDTests.gov. Until then, we believe reserving the remaining tests for distribution later this year is the best course," the statement said.
COVID test expiration dates extended
The Food and Drug Administration has extended expiration dates for several over-the-counter COVID tests, adding several months to the “use by” date, Axios' Melissa Santos reports.
- Check the FDA's website for a full list of approved COVID-19 tests and their revised expiration dates.
Flashback: The at-home COVID test program first launched in January and initially allowed for four free tests per residential address, regardless of how many lived in a household. It expanded in March and in May.
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Former UKIP party leader Nigel Farage attended the O2 Arena last Saturday (August 27) where British YouTube star KSI returned to the ring for two impressive fights in a single night. While attending the event, the ex-Brexit party leader issued a boxing challenge of his own.
During an interview with Fred Talks Fighting, the Farnborough-born politician turned broadcaster was asked if he would go toe-to-toe with none other than former British PM Boris Johnson. Farage quickly joked back ‘I could deal with him. Boris, if you’re listening now, let’s do it’.
Then earlier this week, Farage took to his TikTok page to solidify the challenge. After a clip of the initial callout, Nigel says: “Alright, was that heat of the moment or Boris, are you up for it?”
Read more: Twitter's edit button test sparks concerns from users
During the short video clip, Nigel also praises the KSI fights at the O2, calling the event ‘absolutely mega’. This TikTok video quickly amassed hundreds of thousands of views, with commenters dubbing this hypothetical matchup as the ‘Battle of Brexit’.
Farage has been open about his love for the sport over the years, describing himself as a ‘big boxing fan’.
Discussing last week’s KSI fights on his GB News show, Nigel said: “I'm guessing that virtually nobody in the Westminster media or politics will have spotted it, but, these influencers like KSI, followed by millions and millions of people are actually providing pretty good role models to our young people.
"They are a counter to the left-wing propaganda that is being fed to our youngsters through our schools and our universities. It was for me a really fascinating, transformative moment.
"I've seen out there that there is a big upwelling of millions of young people that are quite patriotic, quite decent.” The former Prime Minister is yet to respond to Farage’s challenge.
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Police have confirmed a man was found dead in a park in Ramsgate this morning (Friday September 2). Officers were called to Ellington Park in Thanet following concern for a man at 7am.
Emergency services attended the scene but the man, in his 40s, was sadly pronounced deceased. Police have said the death is not currently being treated as suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.
Reports on social media in earlier in the day had suggested that the park was cordoned off while emergency services attended the incident. Ambulance crews were at the scene alongside the police.
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A statement issued to KentLive said: "Kent Police was called at 7am on Friday 2 September 2022, following concern for a man in Ellington Park, Ramsgate.
Officers attended, along with South East Coast Ambulance Service, and a man in his 40s was pronounced deceased. The death is not currently being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner."
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UT study: Social media makes us overconfident
Social media makes us think we know more than we really do, and University of Texas researchers can prove it.
The big picture: The group found that sharing news articles on social media can make people feel overconfident in their knowledge of the article's content, even if they didn't read it.
- That's especially true when sharing with close friends, according to the paper in the Society for Consumer Psychology written by UT marketing professor Susan Broniarczyk, associate marketing professor Adrian Ward and marketing doctoral alum Frank Zheng.
Why it matters: We live in a world in which it's easy to share an article without reading a single word.
Details: The group's findings came out of several studies, which revealed that sharers are overconfident because they put personal information online — committing to an expert identity — which helps them "feel just as knowledgeable as their post makes them seem."
- The first two studies measured participants' subjective and objective knowledge after reading and sharing news articles.
- For the final study, 300 Facebook users were asked to read an article on investing and broke into groups for sharing or not sharing.
- In a supposedly unrelated task, participants were asked to distribute $10,000 in retirement funds between stocks and bonds with the advice of a "robo-advised planning simulation." Those who shared the investing article were twice as likely to make riskier moves than those recommended by the robo-adviser.
What they're saying: "When people feel they're more knowledgeable, they're more likely to make riskier decisions," Ward said.
Some good news: The research also suggests that there's some merit to social media companies encouraging users to read articles before sharing. (Twitter sends a pop-up message if you haven't clicked on the article before retweeting.)
The bottom line: "If people feel more knowledgeable on a topic, they also feel they maybe don't need to read or learn additional information on that topic," Broniarczyk said. "This miscalibrated sense of knowledge can be hard to correct."
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As one of the world’s first bioprinting companies, T&R Biofab (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Biofabrication) has developed a range of biodegradable bioprinting techniques for use in orthopedics, plastic surgery and dentistry. How does 3D bioprinting technology work? 3D bioprinting refers to the method of producing physical objects layer by layer, using a 3D bioprinter. Just like in 3D printing, bioprinting generates objects based on models produced in computer-aided design (CAD) software. It can be used to create objects to replicate human tissue, which are constructed by combining cells with other biocompatible materials such as polymers. The term ‘bioprinting’ itself was coined in 1988, and one of the key differences between 3D bioprinting and more general 3D-printing techniques is that a bioprinted structure involves printing with living cells. Why do we need bioprinting? There are many benefits to bioprinting. Aside from the scientific innovation involved in artificially reproducing body tissue for transplantation, there are practical benefits too. These include printing temporary skin and bone scaffolds to assist the body in healing injuries, and printing ‘mini organs’ such as parts of the liver or heart, to be used for research and drug discovery. These benefits are secondary to the ultimate goal of organ replication: to provide a continuous supply of transplantable organs to critically ill patients. There are many patients who die because of a lack of availability of organs, but bioprinting could help produce organs on demand to save the lives of people in need. This is the ‘north star’ of the 3D bioprinting industry. What type of bioprinting is T&R Biofab known for? The technology can be used for printing implantable parts of the body such as ears, nose cartilage and bone scaffolds. Most people associate implants with silicone and titanium that stay in the body, but T&R Biofab’s implants are biocompatible, biodegradable and regenerative. These implants possess a technology that signals the body to make new tissues and repair itself. The biodegradability of the implant is matched to the rate that a patient’s body generates new tissues. If a bone scaffold is implanted for a broken facial bone, it will degrade and be expelled from the body in the time it would have taken for the damaged bone to regenerate. T&R Biofab offers a range of scaffolds, from biodegradable hard scaffolds – including patient-specific, nasal and orthopedic implants – to soft scaffolds, including the acellular dermal matrix (ADM), which is a type of surgical mesh that is used as repair and reinforcement of soft tissues where weakness exists. T&R Biofab’s technologies have been featured in more than 200 scientific publications, and appeared on the cover of some of the world’s top scientific journals, including Advanced Materials and Small. As of 2022, surgeons have fitted 30,000 nasal mesh implants, around 2,000 orbital implants and over 300 patient-specific implants into people. How is T&R Biofab making waves in tissue implant engineering? The famous 1997 image of the ‘Vacanti mouse’, which had an ear grafted to its back, may have caused controversy at the time, but it demonstrated the possibilities of tissue engineering. Fast-forward to today, T&R Biofab is using 3D bioprinting to advance ear reconstruction, conducting the first ever human trial on the use of biodegradable scaffolds for ear reconstruction in South Korea. Take an ear implant scaffold that has been 3D bioprinted using polycaprolactone (PCL), a medical-grade biodegradable polyester material. Based on a 3D scan of the patient’s ear, this scaffold was made with a porous structure. During the surgery, cartilage tissue, recovered from the defective region, is inserted into this structure to bond the scaffold with the ear’s cartilage cells. The idea is that these cells are expected to grow around the ear implant, which will in turn degrade and be replaced by the patient’s cartilage. T&R Biofab has also shown how bioprinting can help patients with rare and severe deformities to the face and skull. In another case study, the company created three implants for the cheek, forehead and jaw. The complex scaffold for the implants was tailor-made to prevent unwanted soft tissue from growing into the implant instead of the bone. What is the goal of 3D bioprinting? 3D bioprinting is taking its first steps to mimicking the complex cell types that make up the human body. The ongoing challenge is to develop a technology that fully recreates the biology of human organs, which can be safely implanted for the rest of a patient’s life. While this goal is still a long way off, these innovations show that it is a possibility. To discover more information about T&R Biofab, please visit http://tnrbiofab.com/main/main.html and see https://www.linkedin.com/company/tnrbiofab/. To read recent articles, click here andhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202170286 | https://www.sciencefocus.com/how-3d-bioprinted-implants-are-transforming-medical-treatment/ | 2022-09-02T13:25:37Z | sciencefocus.com | control | https://www.sciencefocus.com/how-3d-bioprinted-implants-are-transforming-medical-treatment/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Best times to fly over Labor Day weekend
About 12.6 million Americans are expected to fly this Labor Day weekend amid short staffing, delays and cancellations.
- But according to federal data crunched by sports betting site IllinoisBet, you can improve your chances of leaving on time by flying very early.
Best times: 6am - 6:59am, with 89% on-time departures.
Worst times: 10pm - 10:59pm, with just 58%.
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Lakefront liberals leaving City Council
Ald. Tom Tunney has joined several other alders by not running for re-election in 2023.
Why it matters: The vacancies could dramatically reshape the City Council in 2023.
The intrigue: When we asked whether Tunney plans to run for mayor, his ward staff directed us to newly hired spokesperson Kim Shepherd, who says, "He has made no announcement regarding future plans."
Context: If Tunney runs, he'll join Alds. Roderick Sawyer (6th), Raymond Lopez (15th) and Sophia King (4th) in the crowded field of City Council members bidding for mayor.
- In Chicago elections, you can't run for both mayor and alderperson.
Yes, but: No member of the City Council has ever been elected mayor.
Between the lines: The startling number of vacancies will put newcomers in charge of significant areas and relationships, especially among the city's "lakefront liberal" communities.
- Lakeview, Lincoln Park and Hyde Park are made up of predominantly white professionals who have historically constituted a key voting block for several Democratic mayors, including Lori Lightfoot.
What's more: The next election could reshape leadership in these wards and other key parts of the city:
North Side: Along with Tunney, Ald. Harry Osterman (48th), Ald. James Cappleman (46th) and Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) are all leaving communities with major Chicago institutions.
- This includes the North Side lakefront, beaches and bike paths.
- Tunney's 44th ward includes Wrigley Field. He's had public tussles over the Rickettses' land grab and transformation in Wrigleyville.
South Side: The exits of King and Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) will change leadership in areas that include the University of Chicago, Jackson Park and the new Obama Library, which has generated fights over displacement and gentrification issues.
Of note: Lightfoot won all the above wards in the 2019 mayoral runoff election.
- One alderperson not stepping down is Ald. Ed Burke (14th), who goes on trial on bribery charges in November … 2023.
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Things to do in Dallas for Labor Day Weekend
🌖 Honor the moon. Take your family to the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is considered the second most important holiday tradition in Asia.
- Friday through Sunday, at the Asia Times Square in Grand Prairie. Admission is free.
🎷 Listen to great tunes. The Riverfront Jazz Festival will feature some of the world's best jazz, soul and R&B musicians — including Erykah Badu — presented by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
- Saturday through Monday, tickets range from $69-$159.
🍿 Watch a movie. Several local theaters are offering heavily discounted tickets all day tomorrow for the first-ever National Cinema Day.
- Participating chains include Regal, AMC and Alamo Drafthouse. Tickets are $3.
⌚️ Admire the DMA's bling. The Dallas Museum of Art is offering free admission to Cartier and Islamic Art, which features ornate designs from India, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Des Moines Labor Day weekend plans
Friday
💚 Hop in a glow foam party that's open to kids and adults at Sister's Place in Carlisle, 9pm-10pm.
🏓 Enter the "Dink & Drink" pickleball tournament at Smash Park starting at 7pm. Registration is $30.
Saturday
🧘♀️ Take a free yoga class at Gray's Lake Park, 9am-10am.
💵 Cheap movies: Tickets will be $3 at Regal Cinemas and AMC theaters on Saturday for National Cinema Day.
- Locally, that includes Wynnsong, Cobblestone and Southridge.
🌮 The 10th annual "Taste of the Junction" festival is happening at Valley Junction, 2pm-10pm. The multicultural event is at Railroad Park.
🎶 The Des Moines Symphony is playing free concerts at the Lauridsen Amphitheater.
- Listen to to the music of Whitney Houston on Saturday and Hollywood tunes on Sunday.
- Both start at 7:30pm.
Sunday
🐶 Celebrate "Yappy Hour" at Peace Tree Brewing from 4pm-6pm. Proceeds help animals at the ARL.
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Arkansas is middle of the road in teacher pay gap
Arkansas is 25th in the nation when it comes to the teacher pay gap, which measures educators' salaries compared to other college-educated professionals.
Why it matters: Arkansas' teacher salaries are among the lowest in the U.S., which impacts its ability to recruit and retain educators.
- The minimum starting salary for a teacher in the 2022-23 school year is set at $36,000, up from $34,900 last school year.
- Pay was one of the biggest reasons teachers have considered leaving the field, according to a January survey by the National Education Association.
Flashback: This summer, Gov. Asa Hutchinson supported raising teacher salaries to a minimum of $46,000 and implementing at least a $4,000 salary increase. But citing lack of legislative support, he didn't include it on the agenda for the most recent special legislative session.
By the numbers: Arkansas teachers make 20.5% less than college-educated workers in other fields, according to a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute.
- The average annual salary for state teachers at the end of the 2021-22 school year — regardless of education, tenure or district — was $51,668, compared to the national average of $65,293, according to a National Education Association report.
- Arkansas' gap is better than all of its neighboring states with the exception of Mississippi, which has a 14.7% gap.
- The national average teacher pay gap is 23.5%.
Context: EPI's report looks at weekly wages as opposed to annual salary to factor in the "summers off" issue for teachers.
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Northwest Arkansas Labor Day weekend plans
😎 First Friday: The Bentonville square will be full of arts vendors, food and live music from 11am-9pm today.
- Plus: It's free to wander around.
🌳 "Listening Forest": It's the first weekend to catch this nighttime, outdoor exhibit by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in the forest nearby to Crystal Bridges. It incorporates light, sound and projections and runs through Jan. 1, 2023.
- Get tickets ranging from $22-$27 or $15-$20 for museum members.
👽 Area 52 pop-up bar: The third floor of TheatreSquared will transform into a sci-fi-themed pop-up bar from 6-10pm tonight and tomorrow — a nod to "It Came From Outer Space," which is on stage through Sept. 18.
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Hot homes: 5 houses for sale in the Twin Cities starting at $265K
This week's real estate roundup includes homes with ample natural light and stylish gathering spaces.
3501 E. 42nd St. - $264,900
Why we love it: This cheery rambler is bursting with character, from the arched entryways and woodwork to a clawfoot tub.
- Location: Hiawatha (Minneapolis)
- Specs: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 892 square feet
- Listed by: Bruce Erickson at Coldwell Banker Realty
- Features: Detached two-car garage, partially finished basement, hardwood floors, updated bathroom, sunroom, private backyard
8161 33rd Ave. S. #109 - $440,000
Why we love it: Floor-to-ceiling windows bathe this sleek, fully renovated condo in natural light.
- Location: Bloomington
- Specs: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,045 square feet
- Listed by: Joseph Perriello at Compass
- Features: Two parking spaces in an underground garage, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, two walk-in storage lockers, private patio
5134 42nd Ave. S. - $475,000
Why we love it: This glossy home has been renovated throughout, boasting a designer kitchen with custom cabinetry and an Italian range.
- Location: Minnehaha (Minneapolis)
- Specs: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,813 square feet
- Listed by: Lisa Farwell at Keller Williams Integrity Realty
- Features: Detached two-car garage, finished basement, sunroom, natural wood trim, refinished hardwood floors, walk-in closets, heated bathroom floors
8990 Quinn Rd. - $675,000
Why we love it: Perched on a corner lot, this spacious abode offers plenty of room for relaxing and entertaining.
- Location: Chanhassen
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3,293 square feet
- Listed by: Melanie and David Joas at eXp Realty
- Features: Attached three-car garage, finished basement, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, home office, gas burning fireplace, backyard deck
1320 Scheffer Ave. - $675,000
Why we love it: An open floor plan and white oak hardwood add warmth to this polished remodel.
- Location: Highland Park (St. Paul)
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,420 square feet
- Listed by: Judy Jensen at Edina Realty, Inc.
- Features: Detached two-car garage, finished basement, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, wide stairway, back deck, front porch, fenced yard
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Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries received plenty of feedback during its final presentation of proposed heat rules for outdoor workers.
The new, year-around rules would replace permanent rules from 2008 that only apply from May to September. Worker protections would begin at a threshold of 80 degrees — lower than the threshold of 89 degrees set by L&I’s emergency rules.
It was L&I’s final stakeholder meeting before public comment closes Sept. 26. L&I hopes to launch the new rules in June 2023.
Many questions presented by attendees on the Zoom call were industry-specific. Some utility providers felt the required breaks during high temperatures interfered with emergency work on critical infrastructure.
“There are times when protecting the entire grid necessitates this sort of activity,” said Nicolas Garcia, who was attending on behalf of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association. “We think it would make sense to have some sort of emergency exemption in this case when dealing with an emergency situation.”
Last week, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union based in Skagit County, led a march in Olympia demanding a trigger temperature of 75 degrees for the new heat protections. Organizers also called for the governor to declare a climate emergency.
In a news conference before their rally, farmworker Alfredo Juarez said the current heat rules weren’t being applied. He also demanded hazard pay starting at $20 an hour when the temperature reached 80 degrees and a paid work stoppage any time temperatures were above 90 degrees.
Several questions were raised about the use of the heat index as opposed to wet bulb globe temperature when measuring temperatures. The heat index measures how hot it feels when relative humidity and air temperature are considered, while measuring the wet bulb globe temperature requires a more complex tool incorporating temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation and other weather parameters, according to the National Weather Service. It is used by OSHA and the U.S. military to determine the safety of outdoor activity.
The measurements can have significantly different results, with the heat index typically higher.
What officials said
At the meeting, L&I officials focused on definitions for additions to the 2008 rules, including acclimatization, proper shade and educational obligations for employers. They clarified that any worker who is working outdoors for less than 15 minutes each hour is not subject to these rules.
Laura Rascón Padilla and Bob Farrar, L&I’s technical specialists, said that when workers are exposed to outdoor heat, there are a variety of individual factors — from health to age to physical fitness — which could call for longer periods of acclimatization.
Rascón Padilla emphasized the importance of annual education from employers so that outdoor workers would be aware of their needs and rights based on individual conditions, as well as signs of heat-related illness and preventative heat rules in place.
At its Aug. 4 stakeholder meeting, L&I announced work/rest cycles. When temperatures are higher than 90 degrees, employees would get paid breaks. The length of those breaks would depend on the temperature and humidity, and Farrar said those breaks could come during unpaid meal periods.
But Ryan Allen, standards, technical and lab services senior program manager at L&I, said the agency is taking a step back from work/rest cycle rulemaking.
“We need more time to engage with stakeholders in this area. There’s a lot to it, there’s a lot of different industries, there’s a lot of different impacts,” Allen said. “We want to take some time to learn from this rulemaking effort and continue to engage with stakeholders moving forward in this area to best establish something that’s feasible and protective.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/l-i-stakeholders-give-feedback-on-proposed-year-round-heat-protection-rules/article_e0da2ca6-2a26-11ed-9203-7b4e02178a56.html | 2022-09-02T13:29:13Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/l-i-stakeholders-give-feedback-on-proposed-year-round-heat-protection-rules/article_e0da2ca6-2a26-11ed-9203-7b4e02178a56.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Yakima Health District's Board of Health will have three openings to fill this fall.
Ryan Ibach, the health district's chief operating officer, said the board is accepting applications for the board seats, with new terms beginning Jan. 1. The deadline to apply is Sept. 25.
The positions are held by Toppenish council member Naila Prieto-Duval, Yakima council member Patricia Byers and Dr. Sean Cleary. They are eligible to reapply.
After interviews, the board will select candidates on Oct. 26 to be sent to the Board of County Commissioners for approval.
Those interested should email a letter of interest, application and resume to Ibach at ryan.ibach@co.yakima.wa.us.
There's also an opening on the 10-member board for a Yakama Nation representative. That appointment is overseen by the American Indian Health Commission.
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UPPAbaby has recalled 14,400 strollers as the company said the strollers’ rear breaks can cause a non-occupant child’s finger to be lacerated or amputated.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said at least one child who was not in the stroller had their finger amputated. The CPSC said that a child’s finger could get caught in the openings while the stroller is in use.
The CPSC said that users should stop using the stroller and contact UPPAbaby to receive free replacement brake discs for both wheels. The CPSC said serial numbers of the recalled products begin with “1401RDGUS” and appear on the right side of the stroller frame above the rear wheel of the stroller.
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Despite 315,000 jobs being added in the U.S. in August, the national unemployment rate increased by .2% to 3.7%.
The biggest culprit: The number of Americans not in the labor force declined in August. Nearly 600,000 Americans attempted to rejoin the labor market. With more Americans also of working age, the total size of the U.S. workforce grew by 786,000 Americans in August.
The workforce includes people currently employed or looking for jobs.
In addition to older Americans rejoining the labor market, nearly 300,000 workers aged 16-19 entered the workforce.
The national workforce participation rate increased by .3% to 62.4%. The labor participation rate, however, remains below pre-pandemic levels.
All told, there were nearly 442,000 more employed Americans in August compared to July. There were also 344,000 additional Americans collecting unemployment benefits during the month.
One industry not seeing as much growth is leisure and hospitality. The industry added 31,000 jobs following average monthly gains of 90,000 in the first sevens months of the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted. Employment in leisure and hospitality is below its February 2020 level by 1.2 million, or 7.2 percent, the BLS said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/us-unemployment-rate-rises-to-3-7-economy-continues-to-add-jobs | 2022-09-02T13:30:25Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/us-unemployment-rate-rises-to-3-7-economy-continues-to-add-jobs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The market is still sorting through the August non-farm payrolls report.
The intial reaction was to sell the US dollar -- likely on the higher unemployment rate -- but that has moderated and even reversed on some fronts. USD/JPY touched a new 24-year high in the past few minutes.
The one-minute chart highlights the volatility:
I wrote this with the jobs data, regarding the dollar reaction:
I'm a bit surprised by the reaction because this is generally good news for the economy and if I was an FOMC member, this would make me feel a bit more comfortable about hiking by 75 bps, though the implied probability is still at 75.0%.
The main number the Fed will be watching ahead of the Sept 21 FOMC is the CPI report on Sept 13. The plunge in gasoline prices has been constructive and other elements like used cars and airline/hotel fares are also negative.
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It felt like old times. Jimmy Garoppolo, decked out in 49ers gear, smiling behind the podium after practice. Jimmy Garoppolo answered many of the big questions surrounding this unprecedented turn of events in his first press conference since “returning” to San Francisco.
Let’s start with the biggest one: Why didn’t he ever request his release?
“That just wasn’t the way I wanted it to go. There was a thought of that at one point, trust me there was. That came and went and I don’t know. Things just kind of kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, I don’t really want to really ruffle the feathers too much here and there. Kind of just want to go with the flow. That’s kind of the way training camp was going and I was happy with it. Like I said, things worked out and I’m happy now.”
Some players are comfortable drawing that line in the sand, and some aren’t. Clearly, that wasn’t something Garoppolo was prepared to do.
Why did he want to come back to San Francisco knowing he wasn’t going to be the starter?
“A lot of things, actually. I think just the opportunity to be with the same team. A team I’m familiar with, offense I’ve familiar with, coaches, players. All that stuff really played a big role in it. Seeing the other opportunities that were out there and just... You’re weighing the pros and cons of everything. Trust me, there was a lot of (laughs) back and forth going on with other teams and what I wanted my future to look like. This is what I wanted. I’m happy the way it worked out and just the familiarity, I think, was a big part of it.”
He’ll be in a familiar face, yes, but not in a familiar role. When you go from being a starter to a backup, is there a blow to the ego?
“If that’s going to take a blow to your ego, you’ve got to check your ego a little bit (laughs). You’ve got to know who you are in this league. Who you are as a player, who you are as a person. I think that’s going to carry you a long way, so that’s why I’m not too concerned about that.”
And finally, now that he’s back throwing the ball and participating in practice is the shoulder 100% healthy?
“Uh, I mean, just with practice, every day it will help a little bit more and more. Just get more and more used to it, but I feel good with it. I feel very confident. I’m happy with where it’s at.”
So far, day one of the new normal went exactly as the 49ers would have hoped.
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It felt like old times. Jimmy Garoppolo, decked out in 49ers gear, smiling behind the podium after practice. Jimmy Garoppolo answered many of the big questions surrounding this unprecedented turn of events in his first press conference since “returning” to San Francisco.
Let’s start with the biggest one: Why didn’t he ever request his release?
“That just wasn’t the way I wanted it to go. There was a thought of that at one point, trust me there was. That came and went and I don’t know. Things just kind of kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, I don’t really want to really ruffle the feathers too much here and there. Kind of just want to go with the flow. That’s kind of the way training camp was going and I was happy with it. Like I said, things worked out and I’m happy now.”
Some players are comfortable drawing that line in the sand, and some aren’t. Clearly, that wasn’t something Garoppolo was prepared to do.
Why did he want to come back to San Francisco knowing he wasn’t going to be the starter?
“A lot of things, actually. I think just the opportunity to be with the same team. A team I’m familiar with, offense I’ve familiar with, coaches, players. All that stuff really played a big role in it. Seeing the other opportunities that were out there and just... You’re weighing the pros and cons of everything. Trust me, there was a lot of (laughs) back and forth going on with other teams and what I wanted my future to look like. This is what I wanted. I’m happy the way it worked out and just the familiarity, I think, was a big part of it.”
He’ll be in a familiar face, yes, but not in a familiar role. When you go from being a starter to a backup, is there a blow to the ego?
“If that’s going to take a blow to your ego, you’ve got to check your ego a little bit (laughs). You’ve got to know who you are in this league. Who you are as a player, who you are as a person. I think that’s going to carry you a long way, so that’s why I’m not too concerned about that.”
And finally, now that he’s back throwing the ball and participating in practice is the shoulder 100% healthy?
“Uh, I mean, just with practice, every day it will help a little bit more and more. Just get more and more used to it, but I feel good with it. I feel very confident. I’m happy with where it’s at.”
So far, day one of the new normal went exactly as the 49ers would have hoped.
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Hutchinson: Lance, Garoppolo insist no awkwardness, explain offseason timeline after role reversal
“Kyle Shanahan put them in what could have been an awkward position last season, and is making it far more awkward this year. He’s stated time and time again that this is Lance’s team now to make sure there are no questions.”
Transcripts: 49ers QBs Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo speak after Thursday’s practice
“San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo spoke with reporters on Thursday, his first media availability with the team since last season’s playoffs. Starting quarterback Trey Lance also spoke. Here is everything they had to say.”
“For the 20 minutes of practice that I witnessed before the media was escorted off the field, it sure seemed routine. Lance and Garoppolo going through drills together? They did it hundreds of times last year. Garoppolo flipping medium-range passes on the money? 10,000 times. Lance chatting with Garoppolo after a throw, asking him what he saw? They might do this 100,000 times this year.’
Kyle Shanahan talks Jordan Mason, 49ers RBs, Javon Kinlaw, Drake Jackson
“Last year, we were down to our third running back in Week 2. Actually, in Week 2, we were putting a running back in the game who I was calling him by [his] number, and so was Jimmy [Garoppolo] because we didn’t know his name yet. So we were asking the number of the back if he knew how to run power while he was in the huddle during a timeout...I’m a little scarred from that stuff, so it’s really hard for us to lose guys that have first- and second-down running ability.
Offensive line, secondary two potential caveats to San Francisco 49ers’ Super Bowl aspirations
“But with preseason and training camp behind them, the 49ers are still facing significant questions, ones that go beyond injuries and quarterback play.”
Lombardi: The Jimmy Garoppolo-Trey Lance pairing returned to 49ers practice — with a twist (paywall)
“Kyle and I, we pulled 15 players from our team — our leadership committee,” Lynch said. “We told them, ‘Here’s what we’re doing, here’s why we’re doing it.’ We wanted to let the guys know that it was our belief in this team, in those guys in the room. And we know we’ve created a culture and we’ve got the men that can handle a situation like this. While the rest of the world may think it’s uncomfortable — that we’re not supporting our lead guy — we don’t believe in that. We believe in this team and we think it makes us better.
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch: Trey Sermon’s fate was sealed by Jordan Mason’s strong camp (paywall)
“The bottom line, J.P. Mason just played too well,” Lynch said. “And we felt like he made our team better … We got this kid out of Georgia Tech as a backup. And we couldn’t deny at the end of the day that he hadn’t earned a spot on the roster.”
Jimmy G determined 49ers were best fit after ‘weird’ trade limbo
“I don’t know. Things just kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, you know, I don’t want to ruffle feathers too much here and there. I want to go with the flow and that’s kind of the way training camp was going, and I was happy with it. Things worked out. I’m happy now.”
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch explains Brock Purdy’s allure, suggests extensions forthcoming (paywall)
“Brock came in and, just from Day 1, showed a grasp for our offense,” Lynch said. “It wasn’t too big. I think his experience — this is a guy who played a lot of football. Just command. And presence. He steps in that huddle and it’s his huddle. Not afraid to throw into small windows. There’s just a lot to like. He just earned that spot.”
The 49ers had intelligence that if Mason were not protected on the team’s 53-man roster, he would have quickly ended up with another organization.
“One AFC scout isn’t buying the 49ers’ trust in Lance and believed San Francisco’s decision to retain Garoppolo rather than outright releasing him was a ‘bad sign’ for the North Dakota State product,” wrote Kyed.
Charvarius Ward, Talanoa Hufanga, Brock Purdy among several 49ers changing jersey numbers
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Hutchinson: Lance, Garoppolo insist no awkwardness, explain offseason timeline after role reversal
“Kyle Shanahan put them in what could have been an awkward position last season, and is making it far more awkward this year. He’s stated time and time again that this is Lance’s team now to make sure there are no questions.”
Transcripts: 49ers QBs Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo speak after Thursday’s practice
“San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo spoke with reporters on Thursday, his first media availability with the team since last season’s playoffs. Starting quarterback Trey Lance also spoke. Here is everything they had to say.”
“For the 20 minutes of practice that I witnessed before the media was escorted off the field, it sure seemed routine. Lance and Garoppolo going through drills together? They did it hundreds of times last year. Garoppolo flipping medium-range passes on the money? 10,000 times. Lance chatting with Garoppolo after a throw, asking him what he saw? They might do this 100,000 times this year.’
Kyle Shanahan talks Jordan Mason, 49ers RBs, Javon Kinlaw, Drake Jackson
“Last year, we were down to our third running back in Week 2. Actually, in Week 2, we were putting a running back in the game who I was calling him by [his] number, and so was Jimmy [Garoppolo] because we didn’t know his name yet. So we were asking the number of the back if he knew how to run power while he was in the huddle during a timeout...I’m a little scarred from that stuff, so it’s really hard for us to lose guys that have first- and second-down running ability.
Offensive line, secondary two potential caveats to San Francisco 49ers’ Super Bowl aspirations
“But with preseason and training camp behind them, the 49ers are still facing significant questions, ones that go beyond injuries and quarterback play.”
Lombardi: The Jimmy Garoppolo-Trey Lance pairing returned to 49ers practice — with a twist (paywall)
“Kyle and I, we pulled 15 players from our team — our leadership committee,” Lynch said. “We told them, ‘Here’s what we’re doing, here’s why we’re doing it.’ We wanted to let the guys know that it was our belief in this team, in those guys in the room. And we know we’ve created a culture and we’ve got the men that can handle a situation like this. While the rest of the world may think it’s uncomfortable — that we’re not supporting our lead guy — we don’t believe in that. We believe in this team and we think it makes us better.
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch: Trey Sermon’s fate was sealed by Jordan Mason’s strong camp (paywall)
“The bottom line, J.P. Mason just played too well,” Lynch said. “And we felt like he made our team better … We got this kid out of Georgia Tech as a backup. And we couldn’t deny at the end of the day that he hadn’t earned a spot on the roster.”
Jimmy G determined 49ers were best fit after ‘weird’ trade limbo
“I don’t know. Things just kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, you know, I don’t want to ruffle feathers too much here and there. I want to go with the flow and that’s kind of the way training camp was going, and I was happy with it. Things worked out. I’m happy now.”
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch explains Brock Purdy’s allure, suggests extensions forthcoming (paywall)
“Brock came in and, just from Day 1, showed a grasp for our offense,” Lynch said. “It wasn’t too big. I think his experience — this is a guy who played a lot of football. Just command. And presence. He steps in that huddle and it’s his huddle. Not afraid to throw into small windows. There’s just a lot to like. He just earned that spot.”
The 49ers had intelligence that if Mason were not protected on the team’s 53-man roster, he would have quickly ended up with another organization.
“One AFC scout isn’t buying the 49ers’ trust in Lance and believed San Francisco’s decision to retain Garoppolo rather than outright releasing him was a ‘bad sign’ for the North Dakota State product,” wrote Kyed.
Charvarius Ward, Talanoa Hufanga, Brock Purdy among several 49ers changing jersey numbers
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Glasgow man arrested for catalytic converter thefts
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 8:24 AM CDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) - A catalytic converter theft investigation landed a Glasgow man behind bars.
Officers responded to Gillie Hyde about catalytic converters stolen from vehicles.
According to a news release, officers identified the suspect as Charles R. Matlock of Glasgow.
Officers were able to retrieve the stolen catalytic converters and return them to the dealership. But, they were damaged and could not be reused.
Matlock was arrested. He’s charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition and criminal mischief.
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Sunny and warm today, but showers are likely for our Labor Day weekend!
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Happy Friday! It’s a crisp start to the day with temperatures in the upper 60s for much of our morning.
Today looks mainly dry, although muggier air starts to creep back into the region. This may help fire off a stray shower or thundershower late Friday afternoon. Highs will be a bit warmer, topping out around 90°. As we head into the holiday weekend, higher humidity will be noted. There also could be some widespread showers and storms, with the best chances coming during the afternoon to early evening hours. When it’s not raining, expect a mix of sun and clouds to go with seasonable temperatures. Isolated showers are expected through the middle of next week.
Bowling Green 3 day forecast:
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny. Stray shower possible. High 90. Low 68. Winds SE at 6 mph.
SATURDAY: Scattered showers likely. High 87. Low 68. Winds SE at 6 mph.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers likely. High 83. Low 69. Winds S at 6 mph.
Today’s Climate Info for Bowling Green:
Normal High: 87
Normal Low: 59
Record High Today: 103 (1913)
Record Low Today: 45 (1987)
Sunrise: 6:17 a.m.
Sunset: 7:13 p.m.
Precipitation:
Yesterday: 0.00″
So Far This Month: 0.00″ (-0.13″)
So Far This Year: 33.25″ (-1.65″)
Monthly Snowfall: 0.00″
Seasonal Snowfall: 15.5
Health & Allergies:
Air Quality: Good (Ozone Count: 20/Small Particulate Matter: 19)
Pollen Count: 1.8 (Low, Tree)
Mold Count: Moderate
UV Index: 6 (High)
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UPPAbaby has recalled 14,400 strollers as the company said the strollers’ rear brakes can cause a non-occupant child’s finger to be lacerated or amputated.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said at least one child who was not in the stroller had their finger amputated. The CPSC said that a child’s finger could get caught in the openings while the stroller is in use.
The CPSC said that users should stop using the stroller and contact UPPAbaby to receive free replacement brake discs for both wheels. The CPSC said serial numbers of the recalled products begin with “1401RDGUS” and appear on the right side of the stroller frame above the rear wheel of the stroller.
The CPSC said strollers were sold at BuyBuyBaby, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Pottery Barn Kids and other stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from October 2021 through August 2022 for about $600. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/strollers-recalled-due-to-amputation-hazard | 2022-09-02T13:45:11Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/strollers-recalled-due-to-amputation-hazard | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Despite 315,000 jobs being added in the U.S. in August, the national unemployment rate increased by .2% to 3.7%.
The biggest culprit: The number of Americans not in the labor force declined in August. Nearly 600,000 Americans attempted to rejoin the labor market. With more Americans also of working age, the total size of the U.S. workforce grew by 786,000 Americans in August.
The workforce includes people currently employed or looking for jobs.
In addition to older Americans rejoining the labor market, nearly 300,000 workers aged 16-19 entered the workforce.
The national workforce participation rate increased by .3% to 62.4%. The labor participation rate, however, remains below pre-pandemic levels.
All told, there were nearly 442,000 more employed Americans in August compared to July. There were also 344,000 additional Americans collecting unemployment benefits during the month.
One industry not seeing as much growth is leisure and hospitality. The industry added 31,000 jobs following average monthly gains of 90,000 in the first sevens months of the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted. Employment in leisure and hospitality is below its February 2020 level by 1.2 million, or 7.2 percent, the BLS said. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/us-unemployment-rate-rises-to-3-7-economy-continues-to-add-jobs | 2022-09-02T13:45:17Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/us-unemployment-rate-rises-to-3-7-economy-continues-to-add-jobs | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Unsettled, rainy weather is returning to the forecast as a front moves in and stalls out over south Louisiana.
It'll be a quiet start to the day with mostly clear skies and warm muggy conditions that will last through the morning commute.
Quickly warming temperatures should get to around 92 degrees by lunch before clouds start to take over, followed shortly by showers coming in from the south.
Showers will start to appear along the coast around lunch time and will spread north through the afternoon.
Heavy downpours will be likely which could end in some localized street flooding which will be the main issue over the next several days.
This wet weather will remain on and off through the weekend and into early next week, with Sunday looking like it will be the wettest day.
Rain totals through that time period will sit around 2-4" although some areas could pick up nearly double those numbers, but spread out through several days we won't have major flood concerns.
A few thunderstorms will be embedded in the showers so flashes of lightning and gusty winds will be possible with some of the stronger storms we see this weekend.
If you're going to be running errands this weekend keep an eye on the radar and be mindful of the potential of some street flooding in areas that are experience, or recently experienced, one of the heavy rounds of rain.
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Supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said. (BBC)
“Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards,” he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania.
Top Republican Kevin McCarthy gave his own address, saying Mr Biden had “severely wounded America’s soul”.
The duelling speeches come two months before the midterm elections, which will decide the power balance in Washington.
The Democratic president delivered his speech on Thursday night from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the US Declaration of Independence was signed. He picked up his 2020 campaign theme of restoring the “soul of America”.
He said he was not condemning all 74 million Americans who voted for Mr Trump two years ago. “Not every Republican, not even a majority of Republicans, are Maga Republicans,” he said.
“But there’s no question,” Mr Biden continued, “that the Republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the Maga Republicans, and that is a threat to this country.”
Mr Biden said Trump supporters thought of the mob who stormed the US Capitol last year as patriots rather than insurrectionists.
“For a long time,” he continued, “we told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it’s not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us.”
In response, Mr Trump posted a defence of his Maga slogan and said his rival had “threatened America”.
Throughout Mr Biden’s speech, someone was heard heckling and sounding a bullhorn, according to a BBC reporter at the scene.
Mr Biden addressed the disruption twice, saying the second time: “They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy.”
The president, who came into office pledging to unite the country, has recently sharpened his rhetoric against supporters of Mr Trump.
Last week Mr Biden equated what he called “extreme” Republicans with “semi-fascism”.
Mr McCarthy, who is the Republican minority leader in the US House of Representatives, spoke shortly beforehand from Mr Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The California congressman said the president “has chosen to divide, demean, and disparage his fellow Americans”.
“Why? Simply because they disagree with his policies. That is not leadership.”
He called on Mr Biden to “apologise for slandering tens of millions of Americans as fascists”.
The top Republican said the Biden presidency had saddled America with soaring inflation, open borders, Covid school shutdowns that damaged children’s learning, the “botched” withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the deadliest national crime wave in two decades.
“In the past two years,” he said, “Joe Biden has launched an assault on the soul of America, on its people, on its laws, on its most sacred values. He has launched an assault on our democracy. His policies have severely wounded America’s soul, diminished America’s spirit and betrayed America’s trust.”
Mr Trump added his own criticism of Mr Biden’s speech in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“If he doesn’t want to Make America Great Again, which through words, action, and thought, he doesn’t, then he certainly should not be representing the United States of America,” he wrote.
Mr Biden has frequently been a bystander to this reversal of fortune – because of his recent Covid infection and the inherent limits of presidential power – but taking credit for good news out of one’s control has never stopped a politician before.
Thursday’s speech is as much about setting the conditions to get credit if things continue to go well as it is to highlight the threats to American democracy or framing the debate for the home-stretch midterm campaigns.
And if things go bad once again, he was going to get the blame anyway.
Voter perspectives
But voters the BBC heard from in the small town of Newfoundland, 120 miles (190km) north of where President Biden spoke, did not sound worried about a purported threat to democracy.
The price of petrol was the main concern for Americans at the county fair there. Several voters directly contrasted the economy under President Trump with the situation now.
But another self-described lifelong Republican said he would never vote for Mr Trump or any of the candidates he has endorsed.
Mr Trump’s name will not be on any ballots in November, but his presence is inescapable.
He will be headlining a rally in the Scranton area this weekend. Several of the Republican candidates in this state won their nominations thanks to the former president’s support.
ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE | https://tribuneonlineng.com/biden-says-trump-ideology-threatens-us-democracy/ | 2022-09-02T13:51:09Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/biden-says-trump-ideology-threatens-us-democracy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Four people were killed and eight others were injured when a passenger van carrying factory workers flipped over on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in New Jersey overnight, officials said.
The Ford Econoline E350 vehicle was driving through Englewood Cliffs at around 1:25 a.m. when it rolled over and landed in the center median near Exit 2, reported ABC Eyewitness News.
The van’s 12 occupants found themselves trapped inside the mangled wreckage and had to be extricated by firefighters.
Four of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene. The other eight were taken to area hospitals to be treated for injuries ranging from bruises to severe head trauma.
Five of the crash survivors were transported to Hackensack University Medical Center, one to Jersey City Medical Center, one to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, and another to Englewood Health.
The van was being used to shuttle employees from a factory in upstate New York to their homes at the end of their shift.
The Daily Voice reported that authorities believe the driver of the van may have fallen asleep at the wheel before the vehicle flipped over.
The victims have not been identified as of Friday, and the cause of the crash is being investigated by multiple agencies.
The southbound lanes of the Palisades Parkway were closed to traffic for hours, blocking access to the George Washington Bridge, but the road has since reopened. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/4-dead-after-van-overturns-on-palisades-parkway-in-new-jersey/ | 2022-09-02T13:51:41Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/4-dead-after-van-overturns-on-palisades-parkway-in-new-jersey/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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