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COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avenga, a global engineering and consulting platform, announced today that Yuriy Adamchuk has been appointed new CEO, effective immediately. The experienced business leader has been with the company and its predecessor Core Value for seven years and became Avenga Group CDO in 2019 and Group COO just over a year later. Previously, he worked in different senior positions for KM Core, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG, among others. Jan Webering will stay with Avenga as a shareholder and chairman of the Advisory Board.
"I am proud of what we have achieved together as a team. When I sold my company to Avenga three years ago, we had a plan to create a fully integrated global player with a world-renowned brand and a value-based DNA," says Jan Webering, and continues: "This has now been achieved, and the time is right to ensure an orderly succession. We are fortunate that we didn't have to look far to find the right leader. I have worked closely with Yuriy over the past years building Avenga's success, and I am sure he will take the company to new heights. In my new position as Chairman of the Advisory Board, I look forward to advising him and his team on this journey."
"I'm grateful to Jan for building the foundation of Avenga and leading the company from its inception. Going forward, we will continue to evolve the company as a "buy and build" platform, opening new markets and identifying new growth opportunities. This will allow us to realize our long-term strategy to become a leading digital transformation champion providing high-quality solutions for our customers and a fulfilling work environment for our employees," says Yuriy Adamchuk.
Since 2019, Avenga has grown rapidly, establishing itself as a global growth platform that delivers premier services to enterprise-level customers from its worldwide delivery footprints. The company is backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. and Cornerstone Investment Management to expand further.
"Jan has been a great partner over the last three years and has been instrumental in transforming Avenga into the global platform that it is today. We look forward to continuing our strong partnership with Jan over the years to come. With Yuriy, we see ourselves excellently positioned for the future. He brings all the skills and qualities as a leader that the company needs to continue on its successful path," says Karim Khairallah, Managing Director & Co-Portfolio Manager, European Principal Group at Oaktree.
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Avenga is known as an experienced and reliable business partner with deep industry knowledge, especially in pharma, insurance and finance, and advanced manufacturing. The company's IT specialists operate from 27 offices worldwide and support global corporations and complex organizations in their digital transformation with projects along the entire digital value chain – from digital strategy to the implementation of software, user experience, and IT solutions, including hosting and operations. Among Avenga's many world-renowned clients are organizations like ABB, Allianz, GSK, Santander, and Volvo.
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The dollar initially threatened to run away in the early stages today but has seen gains pull back with EUR/USD rising up from 0.9880 to 0.9940 on the day. The pair is still down 0.1% but is at least off fresh 20-year lows earlier with the 0.9900 barrier being breached temporarily.
GBP/USD fell to a low of 1.1444 before recovering to flat levels now around 1.1510. Liz Truss is almost certainly set to be named the next UK prime minister and the results of the voting should come in around 1130 GMT (roughly an hour from now). I talked a little about what that means for the pound here.
In any case, the dollar is still keeping steady overall and the technicals are still looking good as mentioned earlier here.
Elsewhere, S&P 500 futures are up 0.3% but that comes after a turnaround on Friday where Wall Street faced heavy selling at the end. European indices are down today, facing the wrath of an energy crisis after Russia deepened concerns by shutting down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
The Eurostoxx is down 1.8%, the DAX down 2.2% and CAC 40 down 1.5% currently.
It will be a US holiday later, so there might not be much in it but just be wary of an extension of the current undertones in the market. Another key spot to watch today besides European energy is oil prices with OPEC+ set to meet within the next hour as well. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/dollar-steady-european-stocks-stay-in-the-red-20220905/ | 2022-09-05T11:43:46Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/dollar-steady-european-stocks-stay-in-the-red-20220905/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UPDATE: A water buffalo with drinking water has been delivered to the city of Summerville this evening.
Residents can access the clean drinking water at City Hall, located in the parking lot across from the Summerville Fire Department on Cox St.
A second water buffalo will be on site later this evening.
Officials ask that anyone interested, bring their own containers.
Chattooga County EMA has shared additional options for safe drinking water:
PREVIOUS STORY: Water could become a critical issue with Summerville and Menlo water customers for up to a week.
City officials say the pumps are off and underwater at the treatment plant in Summerville.
Menlo Mayor Allen Keen says he is coordinating with Summerville on getting water tankers brought into Summerville.
At this time the boil water advisory continues.
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Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say.
In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since August 31, according to data from California's fire authority Cal Fire.
While fire crews have made substantial progress tamping down large fires in Southern California, the Mill Fire and Mountain Fire in the north are still just 40% and 10% contained, according to Cal Fire.
Two people have died in the Mill Fire, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue announced at a community meeting Sunday. The two women, ages 66 and 73 were found Friday by first responders in the city of Weed, the sheriff's office said.
Both the Mill and Mountain fires are tearing through Siskiyou County, which spans part of California's northern border, and have triggered the evacuation of thousands of residents, officials said. As of Sunday night, the Mountain Fire had burned 8,896 acres and the Mill Fire had burned 4,254 acres, Cal Fire said. The causes of the fires are under investigation.
Fire crews are battling the flames as much of California is suffering under a sweltering heat wave, during which some areas are seeing blistering temperatures 10 to 25 degrees above normal for this time of year.
The Mill Fire has destroyed 50 structures and threatened more than 400 others, Cal Fire said. In a Sunday night update, the agency said it does not expect the fire to spread further.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the county Friday, the day the Mill Fire began. In his proclamation, the governor said more than 5,800 residents were forced to evacuate due to the blaze.
The Mountain Fire, which is burning in steep terrain, was expected to remain active overnight Sunday into Monday morning, Cal Fire said. The vegetation and other fire fuels in the area are "at or approaching critical levels for dryness," according to the agency.
California, like much of the West, is in the midst of a severe prolonged drought, which has left wide swaths of the state's vegetation brittle, dry and ripe for burning.
Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jon Heggie told CNN the drought conditions have created "extremely dangerous" fire conditions as the water-starved environment now holds "a huge amount of dead fuel."
"All these fires now have receptive fuel beds to burn," he said. "Now, when anything gets started it has that potential for exponential growth in a short period of time just because everything is so tinder dry."
Those dry conditions also drove recent wildfires in Southern California, where the Route Fire has burned 5,208 acres in northern Los Angeles County, according to Cal Fire. The wildfire, which is now 96% contained, exploded to that size in less than 48 hours.
Observing the severe growth of the Route Fire, Angeles National Forest Chief Robert Garcia warned that its behavior "should be a wake-up call to us all about the potential that we're in and we're entering into over the next few days in terms of the fire conditions, very rapid fire growth, and very, very explosive fire behavior."
Further south, at the California-Mexico border, the Border 32 Fire has consumed 4,456 acres since it began Wednesday, Cal Fire said. Now 90% contained, the fire has destroyed 10 structures, the agency said.
Heggie cautioned the public to be extremely alert to the risky fire conditions, especially as people celebrate the Labor Day holiday.
"All activities outside that could potentially start a fire, we're asking people to maybe think about an alternative just because the danger is so increased as we get into this holiday, tomorrow and through the beginning of next week," Heggie said Sunday.
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For a city in the desert, water conservation must be a way of life. But amid a prolonged megadrought that has depleted water resources across the Southwest, the need to save every drop has intensified in Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas knows the stakes are high, and it isn't gambling on Mother Nature to solve its water problems.
Instead, the city is betting on extreme water-saving measures to keep the taps flowing. Here's how it intends to win.
Bet 1: Banning mega-pools
Las Vegans are no longer allowed to build giant swimming pools or spas at single-family homes.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority says there's been a proliferation of giant pools -- some larger than 3,000 square feet -- in recent years. The new building code limits new pools to no more than 600 square feet -- a move the Las Vegas Valley Water District says will save more than 32 million gallons of water over the next decade. The average pool size in southern Nevada is 470 square feet.
The idea was to prevent people from building pools that were more like "water features" at some homes, rather than recreational swimming pools, said Bronson Mack, public outreach officer for the Water Authority, which manages water resources for 2.2 million people including Las Vegas.
"A lot of these more affluent homes, they're not even occupied year-round," Mack told CNN. "And yet they have all of this water in their backyard."
Bet 2: Reclaiming all indoor water for reuse
Most of the Water Authority's conservation efforts focus on outdoor water. But indoor water can be recycled.
"Water that we used indoors all gets reclaimed," Mack said. "We treat that water to clean water standards, then return it to Lake Mead, our primary water source. Every gallon that we return to Lake Mead allows us to take another gallon out of the lake without counting against our limited water allocation."
According to the Water Authority, only 10% of its water comes from local groundwater. The other 90% comes from the Colorado River's Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the country, which continues to fall to record lows. In April, the Water Authority had to decommission one of the original intake valves in the lake because the water level had fallen so low.
And in August, the federal government enacted a Tier 2 shortage, which will limit the amount of water southern Nevada can pull from Lake Mead beginning in January by about 8.1 billion gallons a year.
Yet, on the Las Vegas Strip, glasses of water may still be served to restaurant customers since all that water will be recycled.
"Even if you don't drink that glass of water ... they're going to dump that down the drain, and all of that water gets reclaimed," Mack said, noting this practice began in the 1950s. "That dish is going to go through the dishwasher -- all of the dishwasher water gets reclaimed and recycled back to Lake Mead."
Bet 3: Keeping the Vegas Strip water-savvy
As for the Strip, the economic engine of southern Nevada, Mack said the region's resort, casino and hotel sector is not as water-wasteful as it seems, despite its reputation for excess.
Mack said it only uses 5% of the community's total water supply, while also making up its largest employment base, supporting some 40 million visitors a year.
There are also limitations on swimming pool size for the resorts based on the number of hotel rooms and guests they serve.
"We could turn on every shower and every sink in every hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip, and it wouldn't increase the amount of water we deplete from the Colorado River because all of that gets cycled back through our wastewater system, gets treated and returned to Lake Mead," Mack explained.
As for the Las Vegas strip's iconic fountains? They lose a lot of water to evaporation. According to the Water Authority, the fountain at the Bellagio is fed from a privately owned groundwater well and doesn't use water from the Colorado River. But it estimates those outdoor water features can lose 48 gallons of water per square foot a year to evaporation -- in a place where every drop counts.
The canals in the Venetian Resort recirculate their water, which does come from Colorado River. However, since the water is used indoors it can be reclaimed, Mack said.
As the climate crisis intensifies and water resources decline, the Las Vegas Valley Water District is considering a ban on all new ornamental water features at resort hotels, unless the feature is completely indoors and supplied by a privately owned water source.
Bet 4: Tearing out 'nonfunctional' grass
Grass as been a major focus for conservation efforts in Las Vegas -- especially grass that tends to be "nonfunctional," or is merely ornamental, on medians, in front of commercial buildings and even in front yards.
Since April, the Las Vegas Valley Water District has banned grass and spray-irrigation systems at all new properties. Schools, parks and cemeteries are exempt. Single-family homes built after 2003 are prohibited from having grass in front yards and limited on how much they can have in side and back yards.
"We have removed more than 200 million square feet of grass from this valley, but there's still about that much grass that remains," Mack said.
While getting rid of grass has been more widely embraced by homeowners, businesses have been slower to adapt. However, in 2021 the Nevada legislature passed a law that bans irrigating nonfunctional grass with water from the Colorado River.
SNWA estimates the grass law will ultimately save 10% of its total water supply.
"That's more water than is consumed by the entire Las Vegas Strip," Mack said, explaining that it takes 73 gallons of water per square foot every year to keep grass alive in the Mojave Desert. But drip-irrigated and drought-tolerant landscaping only requires 18 gallons per square foot a year.
Watering grass "is the least efficient way" we can use water, Mack said.
Bet 5: Strict irrigation schedules year-round
The Water Authority also has a rotating watering schedule based on the time of the year.
As of September 1, outdoor watering is limited to three assigned days a week for the fall. On November 1, the winter schedule drops to one day a week before going back to three days for the spring, beginning March 1.
In the summer months, watering is permitted six days a week starting May 1, but never during the hottest time of day -- between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. -- when the water is prone to evaporation in the desert heat.
Watering is always scheduled by neighborhood and is never permitted on Sunday.
Bet 6: Identifying water wasters
Since everyone in a community is on the same watering schedule, it makes it easy to identify the people and businesses flouting the rules.
The Water Authority has water waste investigators who will contact property owners, highlight the waste and give them a chance to fix the issue. If the problem isn't addressed, the owners will be fined, starting at $80 and then doubling for every subsequent violation.
Mack said there's still water waste happening daily, but the water authority has enforced these rules for about a decade.
"We had to be early adopters of that kind of activity," Mack said.
Bet 7: Taking advantage of Mother Nature
When Mother Nature makes it rain, Las Vegas goes all in.
This summer, Las Vegas was hit with a couple of monsoonal rain storms that helped ease some of the region's drought, but also left incredible damage in their wake. It only took a couple inches of rain for water to pour into casinos on the Strip.
Much of that storm water gets funneled into the Las Vegas Wash which flows out to Lake Mead. But even though it was a lot of water all at once, Lake Mead is huge, and it may only increase the lake level by fractions of an inch, Mack said.
What's most important when it does rain in the Las Vegas Valley, Mack explained, is getting customers to shut their irrigation off.
During one week of extreme rain in August, the community turned off its irrigation systems and some of its air conditioning systems, which also use water.
"That collectively saved about 250 million gallons of water," Mack said. "Saving water is desert living and we are in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Our community has been a city in the desert and now we are finally becoming a desert city."
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, on Sunday called out former President Donald Trump for featuring a speaker during his Saturday rally who highlighted the plight of a January 6 rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer who was convicted on all five charges he faced in May.
"When President Biden warned there are some elements in this extreme group that are semi-Fascist, maybe he didn't need to use 'semi," the California Democrat told CNN's Jim Acosta on "Newsroom," referring to the current President's recent remarks about "MAGA Republicans."
Biden in late August rebuked Republicans who have stuck to the credo of his predecessor, labeling it "semi-fascism."
The speaker at Trump's Pennsylvania rally was Cynthia Hughes, the leader of a support group for January 6 defendants like Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, whose case went viral after the Justice Department released photos of him sporting a distinctive "Hitler mustache."
Trump's decision to feature a speaker highlighting such a case, when there are hundreds of other Capitol riot defendants to cite as examples, prompted a pointed response from Lofgren, also a member of the House Judiciary Committee: "Being a supporter of Adolf Hitler does put you in the Fascist category; there is no semi about it. I do think this is troubling."
Signaling support for Capitol rioters was just one example of how Trump used his first rally since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago to pander to his base, railing against Biden, whom he called an "enemy of the state," the FBI and Justice Department, and only briefly touting the Pennsylvania Senate and gubernatorial candidates he was in Wilkes-Barre to campaign for. The rally came just days after the former President said he would "very, very seriously" consider full pardons for Capitol rioters if he runs in 2024 and wins.
During the Saturday rally, Hughes pointed to the fact that Hale-Cusanelli, whom she called her nephew, had been kept in jail since his arrest nearly two years ago as an example of what she called the broader injustice facing defendants in January 6-related cases. While true that Hale-Cusanelli was not charged with any violent crimes, the judge in his case decided he should remain in jail while he awaited trial because he posed a threat to the public and that there was a potential for an "escalation of violence" from his alleged long-held neo-Nazi beliefs.
"I am very concerned about the statements after January 6 suggesting that the defendant is looking forward to a civil war," federal Judge Trevor McFadden said at a court hearing roughly two months after Hale-Cusanelli's arrest in January 2021.
"Every judge is afraid of releasing somebody who then goes crazy," McFadden, a Trump appointee, said during the March 2021 hearing. "There's a lot in here that makes me worried about that."
Prosecutors had brought up police reports from 2020 where Jewish people accused Hale-Cusanelli of harassment. They said they were worried he might go after an informant who gave the FBI information that helped their case. And they mentioned that some coworkers at the Navy base where he worked in New Jersey felt afraid to confront him about his racist and sexist comments.
During his May trial, prosecutors played video of Hale-Cusanelli yelling a sexist slur at a female police officer during the riot and played audio and showed text messages from the defendant where he expressed anti-Semitic views, accusing Jewish people of controlling Biden, and said he wanted civil war.
Hale-Cusanelli, who claimed he didn't know Congress met at the United States Capitol, has denied being a member of any White supremacist groups. He testified that he is half Jewish and half Puerto Rican -- and that his racist slurs were always meant to be "ironic" and "self-deprecating humor."
A jury convicted him on all counts earlier this year and he'll be sentenced later this month.
He was the fifth January 6 rioter to be convicted by a jury in Washington, DC, and faces up to 20 years behind bars for the felony of obstructing an official proceeding. The ultimate sentence, however, will likely be far lower.
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Central and Eastern Washington businesses have been through a wild roller-coaster ride over the past three years: the sudden economic shutdown at the outset of COVID-19, a surge in demand as pandemic restrictions were lifted, and the highest inflation rate in four decades.
Whatever the rest of 2022 and beginning of 2023 will bring to the regional, national and worldwide economy, a key for agriculture and other businesses will be managing their cash flow and working capital, said Don Stafford, head of commercial banking for Wells Fargo in Oregon, Idaho and Eastern Washington.
“Customers need to make sure they have adequate liquidity,” Stafford said during an Aug. 21 Zoom interview with the Yakima Herald-Republic. “It’s a balancing act of managing interest risk, currency risk and commodity prices.”
And then there’s the issue of workers — specifically, the lack of them. A problem for many years in agriculture, other industries in Eastern Washington are feeling the effects of unfilled job openings, Stafford said.
“Labor continues to be a real challenge,” he added. “We’re seeing it firsthand with many of our customers.”
Interest rates affect more than home loans
While many in the real estate industry have noticed higher interest rates compared to last year on 30-year fixed rate mortgages, the Federal Reserve’s actions to slow down inflation via higher interest rates affects other parts of the economy, too.
In late July, the Fed enacted its second consecutive 0.75% interest rate hike, setting its benchmark overnight borrowing rate between 2.25 and 2.5%, The Associated Press reported. This is the rate at which banks lend each other money, and it affects the cost for businesses and others to obtain loans.
For example, August rates for Small Business Association loans range from 7 to 9.5% for variable rates, and from 9.75 to 12.75% for fixed rates, according to www.forbes.com. Specific rates depend upon the amount borrowed and the length of the loan.
“Most businesses aren’t borrowing at 30-year fixed rates,” Stafford said, referring to home mortgages. “Businesses borrow at variable 30-, 60- or 90-day rates that fluctuate on a daily basis.
“In many cases, we help people hedge their risk with caps and collars — tools we have to help lock in their interest rates from floating to fixed rates,” he added, noting that the Fed will continue to tweak rates as a tool to combat inflation without prompting — or prolonging — a recession.
The R word
Banking professionals across the Yakima Valley and Pacific Northwest have different opinions about whether or not the national economy is in a recession, even after the U.S. reported two straight quarters of economic contractions, or declining output.
Stafford answered the recession question by stressing the uniqueness of the pandemic and post-pandemic economic environment.
“Whatever you call (the current economy), we’re staring at an economic slowdown or reset of the markets,” Stafford said. “It’s a unique set of circumstances coming out of the pandemic.”
For most of 2022, the monthly consumer price index has been between 8 and 9% year-over-year, a rate of inflation not seen since the early 1980s. Stafford attributed this to a combination of supply chain issues and soaring demand as various industries bounce back from pandemic-induced slowdowns.
“Some of the impacts we’re seeing are coming out of an unprecedented couple of years,” he added. “Generally speaking, the inventory levels are returning to normal. Not yet to pre-pandemic levels, but they have improved.”
Most agricultural products continue to have strong demand both in the U.S. and globally, Stafford said
“Commodity prices are strong — but so are your input costs: equipment, labor, fuel,” he added.
Finding workers
One factor that argues against an economic recession is the low unemployment rates enjoyed locally, statewide and nationally.
Recent job data released by the state’s Employment Security Department showed Yakima County’s July unemployment rate at 4.5%, the 16th straight month that local jobless rates have declined year over year. And the 4.5% figure is the lowest rate for the month of July since county data began to be recorded electronically in 1990, regional labor economist Don Meseck reported.
The agricultural sector has struggled to fill jobs with domestic workers for many years, prompting the use of H-2A workers when local laborers cannot be found.
Now other industries, including durable goods manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and education and health services have a labor shortage — these industries have more unfilled job openings than unemployed workers with experience in their respective industry, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports.
“Even if every unemployed person with experience in the durable goods manufacturing industry were employed, the industry would only fill 65% of the vacant jobs,” Stephanie Ferguson noted in a recent U.S. Chamber report on the nation’s labor shortage.
Central and Eastern Washington businesses are no exception to the difficultly companies are having with job openings, Stafford said. He believes nonfarm businesses could follow agriculture’s lead and invest in more automation over the long run.
“They’re looking to technological innovation to meet those (labor) needs,” he said, noting that Wells Fargo helps finance investments in technology. “In agriculture, there’s been a lot of automated work in the processing and packing end of the industry. The big challenge is taking it to the field.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/wells-fargo-executive-discusses-how-economic-trends-will-affect-yakima-valley-businesses/article_a23502a6-2a16-11ed-b014-f7f1f17d0af2.html | 2022-09-05T11:58:59Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/wells-fargo-executive-discusses-how-economic-trends-will-affect-yakima-valley-businesses/article_a23502a6-2a16-11ed-b014-f7f1f17d0af2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Labor Day is as good a time as any to remind ourselves that it takes design labor to protect our nation from those who want to attack it from within. (The following post was originally published on March 15, 2021.)
There is no central clearing house for government design (and it is debatable that there should be). But the 1930s marked a period of solid federal design initiatives, from architecture to graphics, and particularly logos and marks.
As costly as it was in human tolls, World War II inspired an exemplary number of strong branding programs for the alphabet soup of government, military and paramilitary agencies. One such for Civil Defense (CD)—created by Charles T. Coiner, design director of the Philadelphia advertising agency N.W. Ayer & Son—will forever have a place in design history.
Over a career spanning 46 years (with 40 of them spent at Ayer as head of the art department), Coiner altered the field of advertising through the use of fine art. When illustration was merely a second fiddle to ad copy and slogans, Coiner commissioned modern artists—including Pablo Picasso, Ben Shahn, Edward Steichen and Miguel Covarrubias—to work on campaigns of all kinds. Coiner never lost sight of the real purpose of great artwork in his advertisements: “We were not trying to elevate art. We were trying to get readership and attention and give character to our clients’ advertising,” he said.
But it was as the designer/art director of war posters, Civil Defense logos and the Blue Eagle symbol of the National Recovery Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Coiner’s influence was incomparable.
Commissioned in 1933, Coiner’s Blue Eagle design and red and blue type, which he sketched out on a flight to Washington D.C., was displayed by businesses all across the United States. And as its much-publicized creator, Coiner became something of a household name.
A significant portion of Coiner’s time was devoted to patriotic pro-bono work. In addition to the Blue Eagle, he designed marks for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and created other programmatic logos. As wartime design consultant to the Office of Emergency Management, he volunteered one day per week and most weekends in Washington D.C., where he designed the various emblems used by the U.S. Citizens Defense Corps for preparedness in the event of enemy attack. His red, white and blue color palette was brilliantly applied so as not to render the work as untenably cliche, while remaining true to patriotic brand. He was a master of simplification, using sign-symbols (influenced by ISOTYPE) and bold gothic type to exude a sense of authority, determination and pride.
Coiner’s National Recovery Administration and Civil Defense work (aside from his much more award-winning commercial campaigns), seen individually and as a whole, is the most exemplary national identity design of the post-Depression and wartime eras. There was a lot to be done with blue, red and white and a few stripes besides. So, it’s worth recalling his contribution from time to time, and his deserving place of honor in the “wartime-Modern” graphic design pantheon. | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-defensive-design-strategy/ | 2022-09-05T12:01:18Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-defensive-design-strategy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Are you better off working from home? Here's what the science says
More than two years ago, many of us started working from home at least some of the time. So now the novelty has worn off, are hybrid workers more productive and happier than those working full-time in the office?
More than two years ago, many of us started working from home at least some of the time. So now the novelty has worn off, are hybrid workers more productive and happier than those working full-time in an office?
The ongoing post-pandemic transition from employees working full-time in the office (or equivalent workplace) to more regularly working from home, aka remote working, has been met with many concerns, objections, and even scaremongering by employers.
However, many of the arguments against remote working seem to be emotional, or even ideological, rather than rational. Accordingly, workers have been passionately resisting plans to reduce their remote working arrangements.
But looking beyond accusations of lazy employees, or greedy landlords and managers, what does the actual science say?
Are remote workers less productive?
The issue of productivity has long been a primary focus of the world of work. Logically, employers want employees to be as productive as possible, because the organisation wants to get as much done as possible for the same wage bill. However, this obsession isn’t always helpful, or even rational.
Many persistent (and annoying) productivity myths have ended up circulating in society. You could even argue that the modern management obsession with ‘employee happiness’ is more about increasing productivity than any genuine concern for employees and their wellbeing.
Predictably, the debate around working from home quickly became embroiled with concerns about productivity. The thinking was that workers wouldn’t get as much done when deprived of the resources of the workplace, the necessary management structure, the vital interactions with co-workers, and so on. Except that’s apparently not true.
Surveys reveal most remote workers report being equally, if not more productive. There are many factors that could be behind this, such as improved diet, better sleep, more exercise, greener environments and pleasant background music. All of these and more are linked to improved productivity, and are much more accessible for an employee when they don’t have to commute, or conform to the rigid rules or strict hierarchies of many workplaces.
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Granted, many remote workers report being less productive when working from home. And again, many factors could be behind this, like an unsuitable home environment, or roles that aren’t as suitable for a remote setup.
But one interesting study revealed that home workers who reported reduced productivity also reported worse mental health. In this case, is poor mental health a cause or effect of reduced productivity? Remember, most of the up-to-date data on this subject was obtained mid-pandemic, a context that led to widespread harm to mental health.
Perhaps for many workers, being unable to work effectively from home amplified insecurities about career and finances, therefore increasing anxiety and reducing mental health? But remote workers reporting increased productivity were also experiencing the same scenario.
Maybe the relief of keeping their job during such fraught times, and not having to mix with co-workers, caused reduced stress and subsequent perceived increases in productivity? Everyone’s situation will have been unique, so it’s hard to say for sure. While many are saying working from home will ‘stick’, it’ll be interesting to see how it affects productivity going forwards.
Can remote workers communicate effectively?
Why did the pandemic and lockdowns negatively affect mental health for so many people? One reason was the increased loneliness and isolation. We humans are social creatures who thrive on interactions with others. If we’re denied them (by social-distancing laws, for example), our mental health suffers.
Similarly, interactions with other people are key aspects of many modern jobs. Whether collaborating on projects, discussing strategies, planning constructions, presenting information, dealing with medical emergencies or getting constructive feedback as part of your development, it’s vanishingly rare that a worker can do their job with no involvement from anyone.
Subsequently, those who object to remote working argue that it prevents effective communication, cooperation and collaboration between workers. And according to the data, they do have a point.
A major study published in Nature Human Behaviour in September 2021 revealed that when 60,000+ Microsoft employees worked remotely during the pandemic, communication between employees and groups slowed down, and became more formulaic and self-contained. Other studies show that team performance is reduced when some or all members work remotely.
Humans have spent millions of years communicating face-to-face, and as far as our brains are concerned, modern technology, however advanced and sophisticated, still cannot faithfully replicate all the rich and subtle cues it involves. While things like social media can help with loneliness, they can't alleviate it entirely.
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“Many people reported feeling exhausted from a day spent on Microsoft Teams,” says Dr Chris Blackmore, a mental health specialist from the University of Sheffield.
"Was it the level of attention needed to really engage with online meetings? The demands of listening, and keeping track of multiple voices? Or an increased background of anxiety, both from the pandemic and from new ways-of-being? For some people, the lack of physical presence and reduced body language was a barrier. They missed something about the workplace – the buzz of bumping into people, having impromptu conversations, the small talk and informal chats. This may be hard to put a value on, but it can contribute to a feeling of belonging.”
While in-person engagement is the ideal, studies suggest technological communication methods, particularly multisensory ones like video calls, can help people form useful social connections and deliver viable feedback.
This issue should also be placed in a wider context. Yes, employers may not like how employees aren’t collaborating as much when working from home, but how much of their role actually requires collaboration?
‘Higher-ups’ may relish holding meetings and all-day events, but more typical workers often bemoan the amount of time spent in long-winded meetings that could have been an email. If interaction and collaboration is something that’s expected of employees, rather than actually required, remote working would mean they get more done.
Even if collaboration is a welcome and necessary part of a role, remote working can still mean enhanced performance overall. A study published in PLOS One in March 2021 suggests that the drop in more collaborative performance is balanced by an enhanced output on tasks that require a more focused, individual approach.
Ultimately, remote working seemingly has a negative impact on worker communication and collaboration. But when you consider that some of this ‘communication’ will have been deemed unnecessary, or even counterproductive, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Does working from home offer a better work-life balance?
In the modern world, we’re constantly told about the importance of a healthy work-life balance. The exact meaning of the phrase is somewhat debated, but it’s generally agreed that you need to strike a good balance between how much time and energy you invest in your work, and how much you invest in your home life, family, relationships, and everything else.
A good work-life balance is difficult to achieve at the best of times, given the aforementioned obsession with ‘productivity’ in most workplaces, but the impact of remote working has received a lot of attention. How can you maintain a work-life balance when both occur in the same place?
It’s not just a rhetorical question; it makes scientific sense, given what we know about human psychology and neurology. Our brains organise the information we use to navigate the world, and the events we experience, by way of cognitive frameworks labelled ‘schemas’.
We use schemas to determine how to act and respond in different situations and contexts, leading to the formation of 'social schemas'. That’s why we behave in a certain way around our closest relatives, another way around old school friends, another with our university friends, and so on.
This is particularly obvious in the workplace, a familiar context with specific rules, expectations and norms. Our brains are sensitive to boundaries between places, so would logically find it easier to get into 'work mode’ when entering a context set up for exactly that.
In contrast, trying to work and maintain your home life in the same place should prove more challenging. Our brains find it difficult to actively ‘shift gears’ like that, so it would likely require more cognitive effort to do your job in a context where you don’t normally. A physical separation between your home and your workplace would be advantageous here.
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“One of the big issues people can have working from home is the ability to switch from ‘work mode’ to ‘home mode’,” says neuroscientist Ginny Smith, author of Overloaded: How Every Aspect Of Your Life Is Influenced By Your Brain Chemicals.
“Some people find it hard to concentrate on their work, getting distracted by the washing up, or the lure of the TV. Others have the opposite problem, struggling to switch off at the end of the day, and finding they are going to bed with work issues still whizzing around in their heads.”
According to Smith, one thing you could do to help with this would be to have dedicated ‘work zones’ in your house. “If you have a spare room you can use as an office, perfect, but if not, it might just be one end of the kitchen table. But try to make sure that it’s the same place every day, and it’s not somewhere you usually relax or sleep,” she says.
There are other things you can do to tell yourself when it’s time to work. For example, you could go for a short walk at the start and end of each working day to give yourself a ‘false commute’. Some people also swear by wearing shoes during their working day, then kicking them off when they finish.
However, once again, there are two sides to this story. Yes, having a dedicated environment for working should make it easier to enter that ‘work’ mindset, but this doesn’t factor in how much mental effort going to the workplace demands.
In short, regularly going to the office can be cognitively exhausting. Long commutes, a strict schedule you don’t create, interacting with people you wouldn’t normally choose to, little privacy or personal space, and seeing no tangible outcome of your efforts are all regular occurrences in the workplace. These cause stress and mental exhaustion, often to the point where your mental health suffers and you lose the ability to maintain your home life.
Remote work reduces this mental drain substantially. This may explain why some studies suggest working from home some of the time reduces the demand of working from the office, rather than exacerbating it.
It’s not that working from home doesn’t require mental effort, because it does. But it could well be less mentally demanding than working in a designated office five days a week.
What about people who can't work from home?
Ultimately, everything that’s been said so far about the relative pros and cons of remote working should come with a massive caveat: what type of work are we talking about?
Most of the debate around remote working versus the workplace focuses on occupations like financial services, administration, software development, various types of creative industries, and so on. Basically, ‘workplace’ means ‘office’.
This makes some sense, in the UK at least. Our economy is largely service-based, much of which involves office roles. And since the rise of the internet, office work is arguably the easiest to transplant to a home context. Indeed, a ‘home office’ is a common feature of many houses.
But not all work is based in an office, and not all jobs can be done from the home. If the pandemic taught us anything, it was how vital supermarket employees, truck drivers, carers and frontline medical staff are. At present, none of these key roles can be done from home. Not that they could never be. Some may even benefit from it, particularly in the medical field.
Remote surgery has been researched for a number of years, and the pandemic saw a spike in interest in remote mental health therapies. Such things could feasibly reduce the odds of human error and widen accessibility for the vulnerable.
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Nonetheless, it remains the case that there are many jobs out there that can only be done ‘in person’. This is where social and cultural divisions can arise. On the global scale, first world ‘developed’ economies invariably involve far more jobs that can be done remotely, while poorer developing nations are considerably more dependent on construction, manufacturing and agriculture.
Studies suggest that if working from home does actually produce significant gains in productivity and worker happiness and subsequently becomes the norm, all the gains of such a move are likely to be concentrated in wealthier countries.
Such imbalances are not only on the global scale, either. It’s been observed, repeatedly, that those people who do vital roles that cannot be done remotely, like cleaners, shelf-stackers and carers, are paradoxically among the lowest paid in our society. If remote working saves money and stress, such benefits are less likely to be experienced by those who could use them the most.
And even among those who can feasibly work remotely, there are divisions. It’s all well and good listing the benefits of working from home, but what if your home isn’t suitable? What if you’ve not got the space? Or your internet is terrible? Or if you share your home with too many others? Or if you live with someone you don’t get on with, or worse?
However, using this unfortunate aspect of the modern world as an argument against remote working quickly leads to a false dichotomy. This is not a zero-sum game. If we deny those who can work from home the benefits of doing so, then it does not magically make things better for those people who can’t. It ultimately just makes everyone unhappier overall.
The unfair imbalances in our society are a deeply unfortunate fact of life. Doing something about them will require sustained and widespread effort into creating lasting structural change. This, arguably, will be even harder than it already is if many people are denied the benefits of home working for no logical reason.
The hybrid working toolkit
How we can all work effectively, wherever we are based
Embrace autonomy
One core element of many of the apparent benefits of remote working is increased autonomy, from a worker’s perspective. When people feel they have more control over their lives and situation, they’re invariably happier, less stressed and more productive. As a result, employers actively forcing workers to return to the office would reduce their perceived autonomy
even more. This would likely lead to reduced worker productivity and satisfaction.
Be flexible
It need not be an all-or-nothing approach. Some studies suggest a blend of home and office working is the best approach, allowing workers to experience a ‘best of both worlds’ effect. By letting workers figure out their own balance, it means those who want to work from home can do so, and those who don’t want to, don’t need to.
Communicate effectively
Effective communication is possible via technological platforms, like video conferencing. But it does seem to require more effort and attention, so it would help to specifically allow time for this. This may be achievable by distinguishing between essential and non-essential communication, and focusing solely on the former.
Keep an eye out for problems
Much of the information we have about the pros and cons of working from home was acquired in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This will have had a considerable influence over people’s attitudes to it, as well as the data obtained. As the pandemic becomes less pressing as an issue, it would be useful to monitor subsequent changes in productivity and wellbeing.
- This article first appeared in issue 380 of BBC Science Focus – find out how to subscribe here
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Dean is a neuroscientist, author, blogger, occasional comedian and all-round ‘science guy’. He is the author of the the popular Guardian Science blog ‘Brain Flapping’ (now ‘Brain Yapping’ on the Cosmic Shambles Network with accompanying podcast), the bestselling books The Idiot Brain and The Happy Brain, and his first book aimed at teens, Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up the Wall and What To Do About It.
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Harvest Moon 2022: How to see the full Moon this September
It’s the first full Moon of meteorological autumn.
After an exceptionally dry year that resulted in multiple droughts being declared across the UK, you (or at least, your garden) might be glad for a little light rain this week.
The nights are drawing in, and with thoughts turned to the Moon following all the exciting (or should that be nerve-wracking?) coverage of the Artemis mission, it's a good opportunity to look to the night sky.
Later on in the month, the autumnal equinox falls on 23 September, and Jupiter reaches opposition on 26 September, making it one of the best times to view the granddaddy of the Solar System. And with a new Moon the night before, conditions are looking good – weather permitting.
If you’re still enjoying the warm weather and clear nights, why not make the most of them with our full Moon UK calendar and astronomy for beginners guide? And, in case you missed it, we pulled together the best pictures of the Harvest Moon 2021.
When can I see the Harvest Moon 2022?
The Harvest Moon will rise in the evening of Friday 9 September 2022 and will be visible into the early hours of Saturday 10 September 2022, in the UK and around the world.
The Moon will rise into the constellation Aquarius, while Saturn takes position in Capricornus, and Jupiter in Pisces.
The virtually-full Harvest Moon will rise in the east-southeast at 7:39pm on Friday 9 September (as seen from London, UK – times will vary depending on location). The Sun will set around 10 minutes earlier at 7:28pm, meaning the Moon will rise into a gradually darkening sky. The full Harvest Moon will set in the west-southwest at 6:01am the following morning, 10 September.
If weather spoils the occasion, or you are unable to see the full Harvest Moon at its peak, it will also appear full the night before on the night of 8-9 September, and the night after on 10-11 September.
Two days before full on the 8 September, the waxing gibbous Moon will pass 3.9° south of the planet Saturn. The day after full, on the 11 September, the now waning Moon will be just 1.8° south of Jupiter, while a week later on 17 September, the Moon (now in its last quarter) will be 3.6° north of Mars.
When is the best time to see the Harvest Moon?
The Harvest Moon this year will reach peak illumination at 00:59am on Saturday 10 September. So, in terms of the human body clock, that means staying up late on Friday night. The peak will last for just a moment, and this moment has a name: syzygy. It occurs when the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon, in a straight line.
If you have a clear view of the horizon, and you don't mind missing the full Moon at its peak (the difference is very difficult to discern with human eyes anyway), then seeing the Moon just after it rises should offer you the best view. Viewing the Moon just after moonrise has the added bonus that our satellite will appear redder in colour (see below, 'What Will the Harvest Moon Look Like' for more details).
If you live in an area where the horizon is obstructed (for example, by buildings or trees), then it’s recommended you wait a little longer, until the Moon has risen higher in the sky.
Why is it called the Harvest Moon?
For the northern hemisphere, the full Moon that occurs nearest to the September equinox is known as the Harvest Moon. Depending on the year in question, the Harvest Moon can occur up to two weeks before the equinox – this year it’s 13 days before – or up to two weeks after.
“The earliest Harvest Moon occurs on 8 September, latest on 7 October,” explains astronomer and BBC's The Sky At Night presenter Pete Lawrence.
In the southern hemisphere, the Harvest Moon will occur in either March or April. This year, the Harvest Moon for the southern hemisphere occurred on 18 March 2022. The September full Moon in the southern hemisphere is called the Worm Moon.
The Harvest Moon is so-called because in a less-mechanised era (and before electricity) the bright Moon would cast a welcome light over farmer’s crops, allowing them to extend their working day, and continue harvesting past sunset. Useful when crops are at their most abundant.
For a similar reason, the Harvest Moon is also sometimes called the Corn Moon or the Barley Moon.
What will the Harvest Moon look like?
If we are offered clear skies, the full Moon may take on a reddy-orange hue as it rises above the horizon. This is down to a process known as Rayleigh scattering, whereby sunlight is scattered by the layer of gases that envelop the Earth; the atmosphere.
When the Moon is near to the horizon, you're looking through more of the atmosphere, and light has a longer distance to travel. The more atmosphere, the more those colours with shorter wavelengths, like blue, get scattered. Left behind are those colours with longer wavelengths, like red, orange and yellow.
Once the Moon has risen higher, less of the blues are scattered, and that’s when it starts to take on the more familiar greyish-white colour.
Using just your eyes, you should be able to distinguish several darker regions on the Moon. These dark patches, often referred to as 'The Man in the Moon', are called ‘mares’, and cover around 15 per cent of the Moon’s surface. But they’re not actual seas (‘mare’ being the Latin word for ‘sea); they’re ancient volcanic plains.
Most scientists are in agreement that the mares were formed as a result of intense bombardment by asteroids, causing the extensive melting and extrusion of basaltic lavas. Their iron-rich composition is what makes them less reflective with a lower albedo, and therefore darker to the naked eye.
If we get rain along with clear skies (or you're near another water source such as a waterfall), keep your eyes peeled for the super rare night sky phenomenon, a moonbow.
Is the Harvest Moon in 2022 a supermoon?
No, the Harvest Moon in 2022 is not a supermoon.
Supermoons are categorised when the Moon is at 360,000km (or less) away from Earth in its orbital path, and we'll often have two or three full supermoons in a row. In 2022, the Strawberry Moon (June), the Buck Moon (July) and the Sturgeon Moon (August) were all supermoons.
There are no more supermoons in 2022. The next supermoon will be 1 August 2023, followed by a rare blue supermoon that same month, 30 August 2023.
What causes a full Moon?
The full Moon is part of the lunar cycle that occurs over a period of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds (generally rounded to 29.53 days). That means we get a full Moon every 29.53 days, and it’s calculated by the time it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth once, as measured from new Moon to new Moon. This is also known as one synodic month.
We usually have 12 full Moons in a calendar year, occurring when the Moon is fully illuminated by the Sun. This happens when the Earth is located directly between the Sun and the Moon.
However, because one lunar cycle takes less than one calendar month in our Gregorian calendar, we sometimes have 13 full Moons in a year. This occurs around every two to three years. This means that we will see two full Moons in a single month, and this extra full Moon is known as a ‘blue Moon’. The next blue Moon will occur 30 August 2023.
Similarly, we sometimes get two new Moons in a month, and this extra new Moon is known as a Black Moon. The most recent Black Moon was 30 April 2022, and the next will be next year, 19 May 2023.
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Liz Truss set to become Britain’s prime minister
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the party’s new leader, putting her in line to be confirmed as prime minister.
Truss’s selection was announced Monday in London after a leadership election in which only the 180,000 dues-paying members of the Conservative Party were allowed to vote. Truss beat rival Rishi Sunak, the government’s former Treasury chief, by promising to increase defense spending and cut taxes, while refusing to say how she would address the cost-of-living crisis.
Truss received 81,326 votes to Sunak’s 60,399.
Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to formally name Truss as Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday. The ceremony will take place at the queen’s Balmoral estate in Scotland, where the monarch is vacationing, rather than at Buckingham Palace.
The two-month leadership contest left Britain with a power vacuum at a time when consumers, workers and businesses were demanding government action to mitigate the impact of soaring food and energy prices. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has had no authority to make major policy decisions since July 7, when he announced his intention to resign.
With household energy bills set to increase by 80% next month, charities warn that as many as one in three households will face fuel poverty this winter, leaving millions of people to choose between eating and heating their homes. The Bank of England has forecast that inflation will reach a 42-year high of 13.3% in October, threatening to push Britain into a prolonged recession.
“The new prime minister is facing a very, very difficult inheritance,” said Tim Bale, a political analyst and professor at Queen Mary University of London.
Johnson was forced to resign after a series of ethics scandals that peaked in July when dozens of cabinet ministers and lower-level officials resigned over his handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by a senior member of his government.
Under Britain’s parliamentary system of government, the center-right Conservative Party was allowed to hold an internal election to select a new party leader and prime minister, without going to the wider electorate. A new general election isn’t required until December 2024.
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A first look of the flats planned for the site once intended for an Aldi supermarket in Tunbridge Wells has been given in the form of computer generated images. The 40 retirement apartments for land off Eridge Road secured planning permission in June.
Permission was also given by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for the refurbishment of two dilapidated but formerly attractive properties, the semi-detached 15 and 16 Eridge Road. More than 40 car parking spaces are included in the proposals.
The applicant is Beechcroft Developments Ltd. and the green light should at last see some action on the long redundant site. And plans to build flats on land in a residential area in Tunbridge Wells officially mark the end of Aldi's vision for the site.
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More than six years ago, Aldi revealed plans to build a supermarket on the land it owned. But during those years, the site beside the A26 became increasingly shabby, angering residents living nearby.
There was no action or even announcements on the site until December last year. Aldi revealed it had shelved the plans after Lidl opened nearby.
However, current planning documents show Aldi will continue as owner of the land, while Beechcroft Developments develop the site. The neglect of the two large former homes had been a source of anger in the neighbourhood, particularly as they had been used for drug taking. The planning committee of the borough council passed the plans in June.
The developer will finance 12 affordable homes off site through a Section 106 contribution of £984,000. The site fronts Eridge Road and also sits behind the Esso Rontec Pantiles petrol station.
In June 2018, Aldi told KentLive it hoped to open in Eridge Road by December 2018, in time for Christmas. It had first revealed its vision for the site in November 2015 when it alerted neighbours. But one year later, plans stalled with Aldi stating it wanted to submit the "best possible tailor-made store" for Tunbridge Wells.
Aldi already has a supermarket in Tunbridge Wells, at Great Lodge Retail Park, which opened in November 2019. But it has made no secret in the past of the fact it would like to have two.
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And as we reported in June Aldi still wants to open a second store in Tunbridge Wells and will pay a fee to anyone who can help them find suitable sites. The supermarket chain already has more than 960 stores across the UK and is looking to expand further with another 55 locations on its wish list.
The German discounter is now the UK's fifth largest supermarket and has been on a rapid expansion drive in recent years, helping to grow its market share to a record 9 per cent. They are now looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-town sites of around 1.5 acres.
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As Kent prepares for a week of wet weather, much of the county will need to continue adhering to the rules of a hosepipe ban, with no end currently in sight for the restrictions. Two bans were introduced across Kent last month, with both South East Water and Thames Water introducing temporary use bans for their customers.
The first ban came on August 12, introduced by South East Water, and was then followed by Thames Water’s ban on August 24. South East Water supplies numerous key locations across the county, such as Maidstone, Canterbury, Sevenoaks, Ashford and Tunbridge Wells.
Meanwhile, Thames Water is the primary water supplier for Dartford. Kent areas supplied by Southern Water and Affinity Water are unaffected by hosepipe bans.
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Southern Water supplies the Medway Towns, Gravesend, the Isle of Sheppey and Thanet. Affinity Water meanwhile supplies the likes of Dover, Folkestone and Hythe.
Both South East Water and Thames Water have said that there is currently no date planned for their temporary use bans to be lifted. Thames Water simply confirmed that there is no update to give on when the ban will be lifted.
Steve Andrews, Head of Central Operations for South East Water said: “Temporary restrictions on water use in the area will continue until we are confident that the demand for water has reduced back to manageable levels. We will keep the position under constant review.
“This really is just a short temporary measure to help us in these very unusual circumstances.” While the bans are still in place, a great deal of wet weather is on the horizon for Kent.
In fact, Kent was issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms last night (September 4), with concerns that stormy conditions could “cause some localised disruption". Rainy conditions are then forecast to persist throughout much of the coming week.
Rules of a hosepipe ban
While a temporary usage ban is in place, you must not use a hosepipe that is connected to your main water supply. A ‘hosepipe’ means anything designed, adapted or used to serve the same purpose as a hosepipe.
Under this definition, garden sprinklers and irrigation systems (outside of exception) are considered hosepipes, as is anything that is connected to them, such as pressure washers. The following actions are prohibited during a hosepipe ban:
Watering a garden using a hosepipe
Cleaning a private motor-vehicle using a hosepipe
Watering plants on domestic or other non-commercial premises using a hosepipe
Cleaning a private leisure boat using a hosepipe
Filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool
Drawing water, using a hosepipe, for domestic recreational use
Filling or maintaining a domestic pond using a hosepipe
Filling or maintaining an ornamental fountain
Cleaning walls, or windows, of domestic premises using a hosepipe;
Cleaning paths or patios using a hosepipe
Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe.
Anyone found to be in violation of these restrictions is guilty of an offence. They could be prosecuted in a criminal court and handed a fine of up to £1,000 .
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A person has died after being hit and killed by a train at Paddock Wood station. British Transport Police were called to the station at 11.05pm yesterday (September 4).
Officers attended following reports of a casualty on the tracks. Paramedics also arrived at the scene, where the person was sadly pronounced dead.
Emergency services were called to the train line following the incident. Rail services were disrupted and trains may still be cancelled, delayed or diverted until 3am.
A British Transport Police spokesman said the incident is not being treated as suspicious. A file is to be prepared for the coroner.
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The majority of drivers in the UK have not read the latest Highway Code guidance, a survey by motoring association AA found. More than half of the 13,300 drivers in the poll admitted they had not read the updates that were made in January.
The Highway Code contains advice and rules for people going behind the wheel on Britain’s roads. Up to nine sections were updated at the start of the year January, including 50 rules added or amended. One updated rule indicates traffic should give way when pedestrians are crossing or waiting to cross at junctions.
Another states cyclists should ride in the middle of lanes on quieter roads, in slower-moving traffic and when approaching junctions. A hierarchy of road users was also introduced, meaning someone driving has more responsibility to watch out for people cycling, walking or riding a horse, and cyclists have more responsibility to be aware of pedestrians.
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The new guidance is aimed at providing more protection for vulnerable road users. The changes were advisory, so non-compliance does not automatically result in a fine.
However, according to the AA, out of those questioned, more than half (52 per cent) said they had heard about the new rules but had not studied them, while one in 10 of drivers aged between 18 and 54 said they did not know the Highway Code had even been updated. Five per cent who also admitted this were aged 55 and above.
When asked to identify five correct statements included in the updated Highway Code from a list of 10, the majority of respondents did so correctly. Managing director of AA Accident Assist Tim Rankin said: “For many the updated Highway Code formalises safe and sensible roadcraft, however we are concerned that so many still haven’t read the rules.
“While we are pleased that many of the changes can be successfully recalled, we’d like more drivers to know the rules outright so they can keep themselves and others safe. It is in everyone’s interest to take every measure that helps avoid collisions and remove confusion from the road, so we urge those that still haven’t read the updated Code to do so as soon as possible.”
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Kent renters have been warned that tough times lie ahead for them as house prices stall and rents increase, an estate and letting agent has predicted. Hamptons believes that while rising inflation and mortgage rates will put the brakes on UK house prices, rental prices will keep increasing.
Property sales are forecast to be hit in 2023 and, according to the prediction, this will come from a drop in mortgaged buyers and particularly first-time buyers. But, there is a glimmer of hope, because Hamptons said that 2024 could be a "year of recovery".
Hamptons said the Bank of England base rate is likely to peak in early 2023, before falling slightly towards the end of the year or early in 2024, helping to ease mortgage costs. It forecasts house sales across Britain will rise from around 1.1m next year to 1.2m in 2024, the Mirror writes.
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The report said 2025 "will mark the beginning of a new cycle as the base rate returns to its new normal, likely to be around 1.75%" - the level at which the rate currently sits. It added: "We forecast that house price growth by the end of the year (in 2025) will be 3% across Great Britain, reflecting a rise in households' real incomes."
Hamptons said it expects rental growth to outperform house price growth over the next four years, reflecting "the increasingly high-cost environment faced by landlords". It forecasts rents will rise by 5% annually next year and in 2024, before slowing slightly to 4% in 2025.
Aneisha Beveridge, head of research at Hamptons, said: "With more stringent affordability testing in place since the financial crash and a record share of outright homeowners, we're likely to see fewer repossessions and forced sales which were a key driver of house price falls in 2008. Low-yielding landlords are the group most likely to sell up as they come under pressure from rising mortgage costs and new legislation."
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Liz Truss is set to become the next Prime Minister after winning the Conservative Party's leadership election. The result in the contest between her and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak was announced by 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady, with Ms Truss securing 81,326 votes compared to her rival's 60,399.
It follows several weeks of hustings between the candidates after potential suitors to replace Boris Johnson as PM were whittled down to two. Throughout the hustings, Ms Truss - who has been Foreign Secretary since September last year - has consistently polled ahead of her rival.
The 47-year-old is set to move into 10 Downing Street tomorrow (September 6) following a flying visit to Balmoral where she will be appointed by the Queen to become PM. This visit will follow a similar trip being made by Mr Johnson where he will formally resign as PM following a number of scandals within the Government that led to his downfall.
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Ms Truss, a mum-of-two, will become the UK's third female PM, following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. It is expected that she will unveil her team of Cabinet ministers tomorrow following a speech outside Number 10 as she moves in.
Speaking shortly after the result was announced, Ms Truss thanks Mr Johnson for his work as PM. She said: "Boris, you got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin. You were admired from Kyiv to Carlisle."
Ms Truss also said it was an honour to win the election. She described the contest with Mr Sunak as a "hard-fought campaign".
She went onto promised a "bold plan" to cut taxes and grow the economy. Ms Truss added she will "deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply".
Ms Truss said: "Thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great Conservative Party, the greatest political party on earth. I know that our beliefs resonate with the British people: our beliefs in freedom, in the ability to control your own life, in low taxes, in personal responsibility.
"I know that’s why people voted for us in such numbers in 2019 and as your party leader I intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across our great country.
"We all will deliver for our country and I will make sure that we use all the fantastic talents of the Conservative Party, our brilliant Members of Parliament and peers, our fantastic councillors, our MSs, our MSPs, all of our councillors and activists and members right across our country.
"Because my friends, I know that we will deliver, we will deliver and we will deliver. And we will deliver a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024.
"During this leadership campaign, I campaigned as a Conservative and I will govern as a Conservative. We need to show that we will deliver over the next two years.
"I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply."
Following her victory, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reacted by saying Ms Truss is "not on the side of working people". He told journalists outside a North London school: "We’ve heard far more from the latest prime minister about cuts to corporation tax over the summer than we have about the cost-of-living crisis, the single most important thing that’s bearing down on so many millions of households.
"That shows not only that she’s out of touch, but she’s not on the side of working people. So she needs to deal with the cost-of-living crisis, she needs to deal with the fact the NHS is on its knees, and she needs to deal with the collapse of law and order.
"There can be no justification for not freezing energy prices. There’s a political consensus that needs to happen. She needs to ask the question how she’s going to pay for that. Labour made it clear, it needs to be a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
"So, she needs to show that she actually understands and can meet the challenges that are there after 12 years of failure of this Tory Government."
Elsewhere, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon congratulated Ms Truss on her win. She tweeted: "Congratulations to Liz Truss. Our political differences are deep, but I will seek to build a good working relationship with her as I did with last 3 (prime ministers).
"She must now freeze energy bills for people & businesses, deliver more cash support, and increase funding for public services."
Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey called for a General Election. Sir Ed tweeted: "Under Liz Truss, we’re set to see more of the same crisis and chaos as under Boris Johnson.
"From the cost of living emergency to the NHS crisis, the Conservatives have shown they don’t care, and have no plan. It’s time to scrap the energy price hike then call a general election."
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A brand new wine bar is planned for Canterbury and is set to take over the site of a unique bar and café previously based in the city centre. The Fig Wine Bar Limited has applied to Canterbury City Council for a "minor variation" of the premises licence at 6 Orange Street, formerly occupied by the now-shut Fred Café & Bar.
Fred first opened its doors back in November 2021 and aimed to appeal to Canterbury’s skateboarding community. The bar offered a ‘chill’ atmosphere that looked like no other venue in the city, decorated with skating apparel, gig posters, DJ decks and classic skateboards.
The bar also sold skateboarding accessories and was hoped to be a location that skaters could ‘come in and just chill’. Now, the site is owned by The Fig Wine Bar Limited, who are aiming to transform it into a new ‘high quality’ wine bar.
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The venue says it will offer a wide range of wines alongside charcuterie. This food is set to be a key focus for the bar, featuring meats, cheeses, olives, breads and more.
Proposals from The Fig Wine Bar Limited would see the bar itself moved within the unit, from its current position to the right of establishment, over to the front of the unit. It is hoped that this move will create a better working space for staff.
Guests will also be provided with table service, paired with ‘high quality customer service’ and a ‘relaxed atmosphere’. The Fig Wine Bar limited has said: “We hope to bring a new ‘attraction’ to Canterbury and bring some more quality products to local people."
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Do you ever feel like your mailbox is filled with ads and letters you didn't sign up for?
While most mailers are innocent ads or coupons, some take it a little too far, making it appear what they have to say is urgent.
The Better Business Bureau is now warning about one of the thousands of mailers homeowners have been receiving.
Sheila Kippley received one of them. She opened her mailbox the other day to find a strange letter inside from a home warranty company.
"It said that it was extremely urgent and time sensitive," she said.
The letter urged her and her husband John to give it their immediate attention.
"It indicated that we already had this homeowner's policy and that it was about to expire," she said.
But the Kippleys had no recollection of ever being customers.
"I didn't know that I had a home warranty," he said.
Better Business Bureau flooded with questions and complaints
Homeowners all over the country -- from 28 states so far -- have complained to the Better Business Bureau about mailers like this, most coming from a company called US Home Guard.
Renato Brasil received a US Home Guard letter and said he could see his father panicking and sending money.
"This is predatory," he told us. "My father could fall for this. He could send a check, even though he doesn't know who they are."
The BBB has now issued a warning about the letters. Sarah Wetzel, a representative with the BBB, said while it is a legitimate business, many homeowners feel misled.
The BBB says to be wary of phrases like "final notice," "urgent," or "must respond."
"There is definitely this sense of urgency that consumers feel like they needed to respond immediately," Wetzel said.
But the truth is, there's no need to act or respond.
We called and left a message with US Home Guard but have not received a response.
So how do you stop these mailings or prevent them from going to an older relative?
- One option is an opt-out service called DMA Choice.org.
- Or you can reach out to the company directly and demand they stop.
- Or do what the Kippleys plan to do: ignore it.
"It is just entirely inappropriate as far as I'm concerned," John Kippley said
A home warranty can be a smart idea in some cases. It's nice to know that if a major appliance fails, you will not be hit with a $5,000 repair bill.
But the Better Business Bureau says responding to some urgent letter in the mail is not the best way to do it, so you don't waste your money.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched across the expansive province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history.
The suspects also injured 15 people in the series of knife attacks that led the James Smith Cree Nation to declare a state of emergency and badly shook residents of the nearby village of Weldon.
“No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door," said Weldon resident Ruby Works, who was close to one of the victims.
Police, meanwhile, said a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) south of the communities where the stabbings occurred.
Regina police chief Evan Bray said late Sunday they still believe the suspects are in Regina.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitchhikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
The suspects were identified as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” said Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP in Saskatchewan, adding there were 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found.
Blackmore said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random.
She couldn’t provide a motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations gave a statement suggesting the stabbings could be drug-related.
The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation, including the Chakastaypasin Band and the Peter Chapman Band, declared a local state of emergency and opened up two emergency operations centers.
Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson — who is not related to the suspects — said everyone has been affected by the tragic events.
“They were our relatives, friends," Sanderson said of the victims. “It’s pretty horrific.”
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the Chiefs and Councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
Among the 10 victims killed was Lana Head, who is the former partner of Michael Brett Burns and the mother of their two daughters.
"It’s sick how jail time, drugs and alcohol can destroy many lives,” Burns told the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. “I’m hurt for all this loss.”
Last May, Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list that included Myles Sanderson, writing that he was “unlawfully at large.”
The attack is among the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. A man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto in 2019. But mass killings are less common in Canada than in the United States.
Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings but have happened around the world. In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China’s southwestern city of Kunming. In 2016, a mass stabbing at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Japan, left 19 people dead. A year later, three men killed eight people in a vehicle and stabbing attack at London Bridge.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning Sunday as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and "kind of a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon residents have identified one of the victims as Wes Petterson. Ruby Works said the 77-year-old widower was like an uncle to her.
“I collapsed and hit the ground. I’ve known him since I was just a little girl,″ she said, describing the moment she heard the news. She said he loved his cats, was proud of his homemade Saskatoon berry jam and frequently helped out his neighbors.
“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t deserve this. He was a good, kind hearted man,″ said Works.
Weldon resident Robert Rush also described the victim as a gentle, widowed man in his 70s.
“He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” he said.
Rush said Petterson’s adult grandson was in the basement at the time and phoned police.
At the Weldon Christian Tabernacle Church the congregation began their regular Sunday service by saying a special prayer to the victims and their families.
At the James Smith Cree Nation, a convenience store that also serves as a gas station became a gathering place for community members, who greeted each other with tears and hugs.
A sign on the door said: “Due to safety concerns with our community we will remain closed until further notice.”
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended on Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement he was “shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks.”
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For months, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for one reason: a complete lack of hurricanes. That finally changed on Friday, when Danielle strengthened into the Atlantic's first hurricane since last October.
The 2022 season had been predicted to continue the recent run of storm activity that pushed meteorologists deep into their annual list of alphabetized storm names, even exhausting it entirely.
But so far, it's been a quiet summer: 60 days elapsed from Tropical Storm Colin's demise on July 3 and Danielle's arrival on Sept. 1.
"No tropical cyclones formed in the basin during August," as the National Hurricane Center said in its monthly recap. "This is quite unusual and is the first time that has occurred since 1997, and is only the third time that has happened since 1950."
Weather conditions can change rapidly, and dangerous storms could still form in the coming weeks, experts warn. Just days after Danielle formed, for instance, another tropical storm, Earl, formed.
Why is there a gap between the prediction and reality?
This is not the above-average hurricane season experts predicted — at least, not yet. Scientists at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted the Atlantic's seventh above-normal season in a row, with more than the average of 14 named storms.
Their reasons were solid: The climate pattern known as La Niña in the Pacific Ocean normally brings a more active hurricane season in the Atlantic. In addition, water temperatures in the tropical Atlantic have been among the warmest ever recorded, providing plenty of fuel for storms.
"Those two factors alone were expected to drive an active Atlantic hurricane season, but it hasn't turned out that way," meteorologist Jeff Masters told NPR. He's a hurricane expert for Yale Climate Connections and a co-founder of Weather Underground.
"It was not expected and the reasons for it are not well understood," Masters said (more on that below).
What does history say about a slow start to storm season?
It's a mixed picture, with a small sample size. But experts warn not to assume there's less risk just because the first months of hurricane season have been calm.
Since routine aircraft reconnaissance began in 1944, only two other seasons didn't see a named storm in August. The first came in 1961, which pivoted into a very active season. A flurry of dangerous hurricanes formed in September alone — including Hurricane Carla, which devastated the Texas coast.
The second such season, in 1997, remained a quiet one. But Jamie Rhome, acting director at the National Hurricane Center, noted in a statement sent to NPR that in 1992, the storm season had also been quiet, before Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida and Louisiana in August.
"It only takes one landfalling hurricane to make it a bad season for you, and we still have three months to go before the end of the Atlantic hurricane season," Rhome said.
So, what's happened so far this year?
Hurricanes, it turns out, have two big enemies: dry air and wind shear. This year, those conditions are being boosted by the Bermuda High, a high-pressure system that sits over the Atlantic Ocean.
The Bermuda High is currently smaller and farther north than normal — leading to high temperatures from Canada to Europe. It's also allowing the powerful jet stream to dip far to the south over the central Atlantic, preventing hurricanes from forming.
"When high winds get up on top of a developing system that's trying to be a hurricane, those high winds will tear it apart," Masters said.
The same dynamic is funneling dry air to the Atlantic that also saps storms.
"Things are all upside-down" this summer, a hurricane expert says
Climate change is causing hurricanes to get more powerful on average. In general, air that's becoming warmer and more moist provides more fuel for extreme weather, from hurricanes to intense inland storms. Researchers are still working to learn how rising temperatures might affect the overall number of storms that form.
"Hurricanes fundamentally form in response to unequal heating of the poles compared to the equator. They're meant to redistribute heat," Masters said.
But their services have not been required this summer, because sunny conditions have brought heat waves to northern latitudes and raised ocean temperatures in the far north to resemble tropical warmth.
With little need for hurricanes to transport heat, the Atlantic isn't the only place seeing a calmer storm season.
"The western Pacific has also been super quiet. We're somewhere around maybe 60% of average activity there," Masters said. "So it's kind of a global thing going on here. It's not just the Atlantic: Things are all upside-down."
Does this mean we're in for an easier hurricane season?
We might see less powerful hurricanes compared to recent years, Masters said, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't be dangerous. Because of warm ocean temperatures, he expects any cyclone that does form to pack a great deal of water, raising the risk of flooding — the main cause of death from hurricanes.
"It's unlikely we're going to have an above-average season now," he said, noting that the hurricane season is nearing its traditional halfway point of Sept. 10.
But forecasters warn not to become complacent in the absence of hurricanes.
"It's still early. It only takes one bad storm to make a hurricane season for the ages," Masters said. "So we still have to be vigilant."
As Colorado State's researchers said when they made their seasonal forecast, anyone who lives in an area that could be affected by a hurricane or tropical storm "should prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted."
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The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will start providing abortions in certain circumstances, even in states where it's illegal or restricted.
The new policy came in response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which allowed state governments to decide whether to permit abortions.
Since then, a number of states have implemented full bans on the procedure or drastically limited it.
Now, the VA says it's stepping in to offer abortions in order to protect the health and lives of veterans in places where they can no longer access such reproductive care.
Under a new interim final rule, pregnant veterans and VA beneficiaries will be able to get abortions if their life or health would be in danger if the pregnancy went to term. Patients whose pregnancies were the result of rape or incest will also be eligible for abortions.
The department said it would prepare to offer the services in as many places as possible as soon as the rule is published.
"We came to this decision after listening to VA health care providers and Veterans across the country, who sounded the alarm that abortion restrictions are creating a medical emergency for those we serve," Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the VA's undersecretary for health, said in a statement.
"Offering this care will save Veterans' health and lives, and there is nothing more important than that," he added.
The department said determinations of whether a pregnant person's life or health was in danger would be made on a case-by-case basis and involve consultation between VA health care providers and patients.
The department says its employees are able to avoid state restrictions "when working within the scope of their federal employment."
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Smoked salmon recalled due to listeria risk
Published: Sep. 5, 2022 at 7:52 AM EDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
(CNN) - Seafood fans may want to take a close look inside the fridge.
Miami-based St. James Smokehouse issued a voluntary recall of its smoked salmon.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the food may be tainted with listeria. Listeria can cause serious and possibly fatal infections in children, elderly adults and people with weakened immune systems.
The salmon was sold by distributors between February and June of this year. The product was distributed to stores located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Virginia and Wisconsin.
As of last week, no related illnesses have been reported.
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A man who jumped from a New York City high-rise has reportedly been identified as Bed Bath & Beyond's chief financial officer.
NBC News reports that Gustavo Arnal was found unconscious and unresponsive Friday afternoon. The New York Medical Examiner will determine a cause of death, but foul play is not suspected, according to CNN.
Bed Bath & Beyond said Amal was a talented leader.
"Gustavo will be remembered by all he worked with for his leadership, talent and stewardship of our Company. I am proud to have been his colleague, and he will be truly missed by all of us at Bed Bath & Beyond and everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him," said Harriet Edelman, Independent Chair of the Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Board of Directors.
Arnal's death came two days after the company announced it would be laying off employees and closing some stores following a decline in sales.
The retailer said it would be reducing its workforce by about 20% and closing about 150 "low-producing" stores.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched across the expansive province of Saskatchewan for two suspects believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history.
The suspects also injured 15 people in the series of knife attacks that led the James Smith Cree Nation to declare a state of emergency and badly shook residents of the nearby village of Weldon.
“No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door," said Weldon resident Ruby Works, who was close to one of the victims.
Police, meanwhile, said a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) south of the communities where the stabbings occurred.
Regina police chief Evan Bray said late Sunday they still believe the suspects are in Regina.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitchhikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
The suspects were identified as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” said Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP in Saskatchewan, adding there were 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found.
Blackmore said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random.
She couldn’t provide a motive, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations gave a statement suggesting the stabbings could be drug-related.
The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation, including the Chakastaypasin Band and the Peter Chapman Band, declared a local state of emergency and opened up two emergency operations centers.
Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson — who is not related to the suspects — said everyone has been affected by the tragic events.
“They were our relatives, friends," Sanderson said of the victims. “It’s pretty horrific.”
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the Chiefs and Councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
Among the 10 victims killed was Lana Head, who is the former partner of Michael Brett Burns and the mother of their two daughters.
"It’s sick how jail time, drugs and alcohol can destroy many lives,” Burns told the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. “I’m hurt for all this loss.”
Last May, Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list that included Myles Sanderson, writing that he was “unlawfully at large.”
The attack is among the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. A man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto in 2019. But mass killings are less common in Canada than in the United States.
Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings but have happened around the world. In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China’s southwestern city of Kunming. In 2016, a mass stabbing at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Japan, left 19 people dead. A year later, three men killed eight people in a vehicle and stabbing attack at London Bridge.
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning Sunday as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and "kind of a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon residents have identified one of the victims as Wes Petterson. Ruby Works said the 77-year-old widower was like an uncle to her.
“I collapsed and hit the ground. I’ve known him since I was just a little girl,″ she said, describing the moment she heard the news. She said he loved his cats, was proud of his homemade Saskatoon berry jam and frequently helped out his neighbors.
“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t deserve this. He was a good, kind hearted man,″ said Works.
Weldon resident Robert Rush also described the victim as a gentle, widowed man in his 70s.
“He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” he said.
Rush said Petterson’s adult grandson was in the basement at the time and phoned police.
At the Weldon Christian Tabernacle Church the congregation began their regular Sunday service by saying a special prayer to the victims and their families.
At the James Smith Cree Nation, a convenience store that also serves as a gas station became a gathering place for community members, who greeted each other with tears and hugs.
A sign on the door said: “Due to safety concerns with our community we will remain closed until further notice.”
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended on Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement he was “shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks.”
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Next James Bond: These are the 15 actors who are favourites to become 007 - including Outlander star Sam Heughan and Scot Richard Madden
It’s one of the hottest roles in cinema – and a range of famous faces are currently in the frame to play the British spy.
Ever since Daniel Craig announced that ‘No Time To Die’ would be his last James Bond film, there has been feverish speculation about his successor.
The successful candidate will become the eighth actor to play Ian Fleming’s iconic character, following Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
There had been speculation that a woman could step into the role but the bookies’ favourites are all men, with ‘It’s a Sin’ actress Lydia West and ‘Gentleman Jack’ star Suranne Jones outsiders at odds of 33/1.
Betting news specialists VegasInsider.com, have monitored the odds data of more than 20 bookmakers, creating a percentage chance of who will be the next 007.
So, here are the actors most hotly tipped to don the tuxedo and enjoy a vodka martini, shaken not stirred.
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Girl From the North Country: Conor McPherson on using Bob Dylan songs in his new musical
Playwrights are always trying achieve an emotional connection with their audience, Conor McPherson tells Mark Fisher, but when you introduce music to the mix “it adds rocket fuel"
A decade ago, when Perth Theatre was staging Conor McPherson's supernatural drama The Seafarer, the playwright told me about his need to identify with his characters. The Dublin-born writer is famed for plays such as The Weir, with its bar-room ghost stores, and St Nicholas, first performed by Brian Cox, about a hard-drinking theatre critic who moves in with a band of vampires.
It would be misleading to suggest his plays are autobiographical, but they do come from a personal place, he told me. He had tried writing about characters he had no connection with and found that they did not "zing" in a way that happens when "you write about the dirtier, darker parts of your psyche".
"That's what unlocks a communication with an audience," he said.
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Catching up with him again all these years later, I was intrigued to know how he connected to the characters in Girl From the North Country. That is partly because this musical is set in the American heartlands during the Great Depression of the 1930s. And it is partly because it takes its lead from the songs of Bob Dylan. How easy was it for him to connect to a physical and artistic landscape that was not his own?
"There is a lot of personal stuff in the play and I was able to get inside the characters as I normally would," he says. "Obviously, I don't live in the 30s in America, but there was enough of a connection. But also what was useful was having music to add that deeper layer of emotion. It almost feels like cheating, because normally playwrights try to achieve an emotional connection or a cathartic release, but when you introduce music, it adds rocket fuel."
The show sounds like the perfect commission. Dylan's management made the first move, approaching McPherson with the idea to write a piece that would draw on the musician's songbook. Beyond that, there were no parameters. He was free to tell whatever story he wanted and to use whatever songs would help him do it. This would not be a jukebox musical, catering to a hungry audience demanding the hits, but a freestanding piece of theatre.
"Initially, all of those fears were definitely there about the things that would block me from being authentic," he says. "It was only when I had the idea to set this thing in the 1930s, before Bob Dylan was born, that it freed it from his personal story. Suddenly, I could do whatever I liked. Because they had given me total freedom – no constraints whatsoever – it was like having a composer in the room that could just give you anything you wanted and made no demands on you."
It was, indeed, typically Dylan, a musician who has ploughed his own path, followed his own creative instincts and never pandered to anyone else. "I would put him in that league as those brilliant mysterious writers like James Joyce and WB Yeats that confound you, pull you back, make you look at things again," says McPherson, who also directs. "Being asked to do the show was very unexpected but also entirely in keeping with how he rolls. He just seemed to trust his instinct and that was it."
Naturally, Dylan's instincts were right. When it opened in London, Girl From the North Country raked in the five-star reviews. The Guardian called it "a remarkable fusion of text and music".
Being no aficionado of musical theatre, McPherson took the show in the direction that seemed right to him. He made a deep dive into the Dylan canon, selecting songs for their mood and poetry, less than for their narrative drive. The world he envisaged was one of economic stress, his characters dealing with poverty, blackmail and disappointment, the songs giving voice to their private frustrations.
"I had to explore all of Bob Dylan's work, which I hadn't done before," he says. "There is a lot of what his hardcore fans would regard as detours. One of those is his born-again Christian phase in the late 70s and early 80s, which I found really inspiring. You're watching somebody who has clearly caught fire and is putting a tremendous amount of energy into his work. We ended up with a lot of those songs, which you would never have expected, but the show is a personal artistic response rather than a cash-in."
He adds: "A lot of his songs are subjective and oblique, a series of images that seem disconnected. For us, in a drama, to have a song that can be about anything is incredibly powerful because it opens the whole show up. It's not pushing it forward into one linear narrative. It makes it deep and takes it into a dreamscape of the inner life of the characters."
And what of Dylan himself? The famously gnomic musician let McPherson get on with the job and even today, the two have never met. But he did drop in to see Girl From the North Country at the Public Theater in New York and shared his enthusiasm with the cast. "He loved it," says McPherson. "He was genuinely surprised by the song choices. There's a song in there called True Love Tends To Forget from his album Street Legal and he said to the cast, 'Well, what do you know, it turns out that's a good song.'"
Girl From the North Country is at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, from 13–17 September; Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 October; His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, 21–25 February | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/girl-from-the-north-country-conor-mcpherson-on-using-bob-dylan-songs-in-his-new-musical-3831516 | 2022-09-05T12:40:32Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/girl-from-the-north-country-conor-mcpherson-on-using-bob-dylan-songs-in-his-new-musical-3831516 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Accountant Azets expands Scots workforce with move to new Stirling office
Accountancy firm Azets is furthering its expansion in Scotland by investing in new offices in Stirling where it plans to boost staff numbers by 50 per cent.
The business, which is focused on small and medium-sized companies, said the new, hi-tech, open-plan offices are based in Kings Park House, Laurelhill Business Park, and will help it fulfil its aim of providing “the very best flexible working arrangements for staff and clients”.
Azets added that its relocation from Gladstone Place will support its efforts to expand its client base across Stirling, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire and beyond, and will strengthen its specialist focus on the dental and agricultural markets.
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The business plans to increase its Stirling workforce to at least 24 in the next two years, a 50 per cent increase that it says will create a variety of positions across the business, including university graduate and student placements.
Stirling partner Roy Hogg said: “We are looking forward to working in a flexible, highly efficient environment that is in tune with how our staff want to work, and how best to engage with our clients.
“Our Stirling office has a long and proud tradition serving clients, entrepreneurs and families across central Scotland, and we are very much looking forward to continuing that tradition, creating new employment opportunities and investing in the next generation of accountancy talent.”
Azets, which is run by Scots chief executive Chris Horne, in December unveiled its acquisition of Yorkshire practice Garbutt + Elliott, while it has also previously outlined plans to expand in Scotland by 50 per cent over the next five years, creating 250 jobs and taking turnover to more than £60 million.
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Dachshund Trivia: Here are 10 of the most fascinating facts about the adorable Sausage Dog 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of pup, but how much do you know about the intelligent and adorable Dachshund?
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thought needed when choosing your perfect pup. Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
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.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Dachshund – they were the UK’s fifth most popular pet in 2020 (only bested by the Labrador Retriever, French Bulldog, English Bulldog and Cocker Spaniel) and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Dog That Hate Heat: These are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that can't stand high temperatures so need kept cool - including the French Bulldog 🐕
If you live in a very hot country, or are looking for a dog that won’t mind long walks in the summer sun, these are the breeds you should probably avoid.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in 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.
One thing to take into consideration is that some dogs simply can’t handly the heat.
These breeds will quickly tire – and even become ill – if they are exposed to hight temperatures for an extended period of time, so won’t thank you for long walks in the sun and don’t enjoy living in warmer climes.
Here are the 10 breeds of dog that hate the heat.
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Dogs For Shy People: These are 10 breeds of adorable dog forfect for introverted people - including the loving Cavalier KIng Charles Spaniel 🐕
These breeds of dog have all the right attributes to make ideal pets for the shy dog owner. Here are 10 dog breeds for introverts.
A huge number of us have decided to welcome new puppies into our homes over the last two years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent 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.
One thing to take into consideration is that some dog breeds get on better with owners that have particular personalities.
So if you are a classic introvert that prefers to curl up at home with a good book rather than going out partying, there are certain dogs that should top your canine wishlist.
Here are the 10 dog breeds that are great for introverts.
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Hyper Dogs: These are the 10 most energetic breeds of adorable dog - including the loving Jack Russell Terrier 🐶
Potential dog owners should be aware that these pups are likely to get massively excited by everything from the doorbell and postman to you simply getting up off the couch. These are the 10 most energetic and hyper breeds of lovable dog.
If you’ve been thinking about getting a new puppy over the last two years then you’re not alone, with the Kennel Club reporting the number of people welcoming new dogs into their homes has soared over the pandemic.
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 excitable than others.
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So, if you want a dog that will spend most of their time relaxing by the fire and will be unflappable in the face of children, noises, smells, new places and strangers – these are probably not the dogs for you.
On the other hand, there’s never a dull moment with these canines, who will keep you on your toes and will always let you know exactly how they are feeling.
These are the ten breeds of dog that are predisposed to being most excitable. | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/hyper-dogs-these-are-the-10-most-energetic-breeds-of-adorable-dog-including-the-loving-jack-russell-terrier-3425014 | 2022-09-05T12:43:32Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/hyper-dogs-these-are-the-10-most-energetic-breeds-of-adorable-dog-including-the-loving-jack-russell-terrier-3425014 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Miniature Schnauzer Trivia: Here are 10 fun and fascinating dog facts about the adorable Miniature Schnauzer breed 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s best loved breeds of dog, but how much do you know about the loving and playful Miniature Schnauzer pup?
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soared over the pandemic.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
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.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Miniature Schnauzer – they were one of the UK’s 10 most popular dog breeds in 2020 and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
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Pomeranian Facts: These are 10 fascinating bits of dog trivia about the adorable Pomeranian breed 🐕
They’re one of the UK’s most popular breeds of small dog, but how much do you know about the fluffy and adorable Pomeranian? 10 fun and interesting dog facts about adorable Pomeranians.
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
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.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Pomeranian – they are one of the UK’s most popular small dogs and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the breed.
Read more | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/pomeranian-facts-these-are-10-fascinating-bits-of-dog-trivia-about-the-adorable-pomeranian-breed-3425884 | 2022-09-05T12:44:23Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/pomeranian-facts-these-are-10-fascinating-bits-of-dog-trivia-about-the-adorable-pomeranian-breed-3425884 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shih Tzu Trivia: Here are 10 fascinating dog facts you should know about the popular Shih Tzu breed 🐶
They are one of the UK’s most popular breeds of puppy, but how much do you know about the cute and adorable dog the Shi Tzu?
The last two years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership soar over the global pandemic.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup.
Those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
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.
One dog that often appears at the top of people’s canine wishlists is the Shih Tzu – they are one of the UK’s most popular breeds and have a range of positive attributes that make them a great family pet.
Here are 10 fun and interesting facts about the Shih-Tzu.
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National Trust says wind farms should be halted in remote, wild land
Development of new wind farms in remote, wild areas should be halted, the National Trust for Scotland has said.
The Trust says it recognises the need for renewable energy, but argues this should not come at the expense of wild land.
It is calling for protection of wild land to be strengthened in a new national planning framework to ensure that wild land areas remain intact and largely unspoilt by manmade infrastructure, as well as the presumption against wind farm developments to be extended to these areas of remote wildness.
The Trust also said the Government’s draft Onshore Energy Wind Statement now omits any mention of wild land, in contrast with a previous version from 2017.
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Philip Long, chief executive of the National Trust for Scotland, said: “The Trust welcomes the Scottish Government’s attention to the nature and climate emergencies and its previous commitment to protecting wild land, but it is now more imperative than ever that efforts to conserve and protect our wild land are given priority.
“Government policies such as the National Planning Framework 4 and the Onshore Wind Energy Statement should work to support rather than undermine these efforts.
“We recognise the need to develop sources of renewable energy, but these shouldn’t be to the detriment of our natural assets.”
He continued: “The most recent IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report highlighted how important protecting land for nature will be in mitigating the effects of climate change, so the importance of these areas should not be underestimated.
“Wild land areas are where nature and natural processes predominate, and where humans can enjoy the qualities of tranquillity and beauty.
“They are also key for meeting our biodiversity and climate change ambitions.”
The Scottish Government has pledged to protect 30 per cent of Scotland’s land for nature by 2030. With identified wild land areas accounting for close to 20 per cent of Scotland, it is clear the Government has an important role to play in reaching this target.
Last week, the operators of Scotland's biggest offshore windfarm, Seagreen, confirmed the site had started generating electricity.
Standing 16 miles off the Angus coastline, when fully operational, the 114 turbines will generate 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, enough to power about 1.6 million homes – equivalent to two-thirds of Scotland's housing stock.
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Children's mental health matters to Scotland's justice system – Karyn McCluskey
The school year has kicked off again. I rather love seeing all the primary ones – dressed in uniforms, all slightly too big – knowing that they will grow, sometimes overnight, ’til trousers are half-mast and jacket cuffs crawl up their arms.
Their excitement is palpable in those heady first weeks of school as they face the exhaustion of learning new things.
But for so many of our children, a bag, heavy with books, and gym kit is not the only load they carry. Some arrive at school carrying the burden of living in homes where parents might be fighting their own demons around alcohol or drugs.
Families with acute and chronic mental health problems, domestic abuse, bereavement and so much else. Some come to school having been neglected and abused.
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There is new research looking at children who are referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland. A quarter of referrals were for children who had either attempted or were thinking about suicide – a third of those children were under 12.
Many years ago, I visited a school in the east of Glasgow where counsellors from Place2Be, a leading children’s mental health charity, were a full-time part of life there.
Children of all ages could go along to a room to speak to trained child mental health practitioners, supporting youngsters presenting with self-esteem issues, self-harm, bullying or a need to speak about their anxieties and worries.
The headteacher outlined some of the backgrounds and troubles that these children bore, some in foster care – a level of complexity that would bring most adults to their knees. Yet they had trauma-trained, highly experienced people to counsel, to listen, to support the child, the teachers, senior school leaders and the family. All those years ago, I thought it was pretty extraordinary. I still do.
Place2Be is still in many schools across Scotland, keeping children engaged and supporting teachers and families help children who might have problems ranging from shyness to emerging serious mental health problems.
Anyone who has tried to access CAMHS knows how overwhelmed the service is, how far away appointments can be, yet these services in schools can support earlier management of emerging problems, keep children learning and give families the knowledge of issues from bed-wetting to family breakdown, bereavement to dealing with the dreaded smartphone addiction.
Life has become overwhelmingly difficult for so many of our children, some end up in the justice system because we fail to address or prevent the traumas that beset them in early life.
Teachers have huge experience in supporting children’s needs, but it’s a mighty ask when you have a class of perhaps 30 children, to give one-to-one support.
The complexity some children experience can require specialised support. One-in-six children has a diagnosable mental health problem and some continue with this into adulthood.
Some 50 per cent of people with lifelong mental health problems experienced symptoms by the age of 14. So often these problems lead to children not attending school or unable to learn. We need to address this early.
Prevention is often the first thing to go when the public purse is squeezed. It seems easy to cut preventative services. We may live to regret it.
Karyn McCluskey is chief executive of Community Justice Scotland
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One person is dead and nine others are missing following a floatplane crash in Mutiny Bay, just north of Seattle, Washington.
The U.S. Coast says the floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon.
Crews searched late into the night and found one body. A search was continuing Monday morning.
Officials said nine adults and one child were on the floatplane when it crashed.
The cause of the crash is unknown. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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EastEnders announce flashback episode about the Mitchell family to air on BBC One - cast list and how to watch
Showrunners have released photos showing Jaime Winstone starring as a young Peggy Mitchell in a special flashback episode of EastEnders.
EastEnders have confirmed official details of a flashback episode that centres on Albert Square’s infamous Mitchel family that is set to air this week.
The Mitchells have been at the heart of everything that has gone on in the popular British soap over the last three decades.
It is synonymous with fan-favourite characters such as brothers Phil and Grant, as well as Queen Vic landlady and mother Peggy.
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Showrunners at the BBC have confirmed that a special episode, which will take viewers back in time, will give them more insight into what made the family what it is.
The exact date of broadcast has been announced, as has the cast list which includes Jaime Winstone as a young Peggy Mitchell.
Here is everything you need to know.
What is the EastEnders flashback episode about?
The special episode will take viewers all the way back to 1979 as the Mitchells struggle in an economically turmoiled Britain.
Teasing the flashback special, the BBC said: “As we flashback to 1979, the Mitchells are hit hard by a Britain in economic turmoil. Peggy has her hands full keeping a busy household running whilst her marriage to Eric is showing its cracks.
"Upon learning that Phil has a job at a garage, Eric decides to take Phil and Grant out on a ‘job’ in order to give them some work experience, despite Peggy’s disapproval. Eric and Phil are vying for the title of man of the house, but who will come out on top?
"With DCI Keeble’s obsession with the Mitchells ever-increasing, will the truth of her vendetta against the family finally be revealed and can Phil ever escape the past?"
What is the cast list for the EastEnders flashback episode?
Peggy Mitchell had long been played by the late-great Dame Barbara Windsor, who died at the age of 83 in 2020.
Filling in the boots of a much-younger Queen of Albert Square is London actress Jaime Winstone (Love, Rosie and Tomb Raider).
Peggy’s husband Eric, who has never appeared on our television screens before, will be played by George Russo (The Offer and The Mamaluke).
Whilst the role of a young Phil Mitchell will be undertaken by Daniel Delaney (Sensational Simmy!) and Teddy Jay (Tybalt and Mercutio) will play his older brother Grant.
A younger Billy Mitchell will be played by George Greenland (Muse and Empire of Light) and his older brother Charlie Michell taken on by Charlie Hepinstall (True Things and Forgotten).
When will the EastEnders flashback air on television?
The special flashback episode is scheduled to air on Monday, 5 September and will be available on BBC One from 7:30 pm.
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Edwina Currie slammed for appearance on Good Morning Britain which involved cardboard cut-out of Boris Johnson
The former South Derbyshire MP offered energy-saving tips and defended the UK government in a video link with Martin Lewis and Susanna Reid.
Edwina Currie has been criticised following an appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme on Monday
Ms Currie appeared on the show to chat with money-saving expert Martin Lewis and host Susanna Reid about the cost of living crisis in the UK.
Live via video link from the basement of her home in the Peak District, it was spotted that the former Junior Health Minister, had a life size cardboard cut-out of Boris Johnson behind her.
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“Why would you have that? I don’t understand,” quizzed Lorraine Kelly, whose show follows GMB.
Susanna Reid first brought it up, asking Ms Currie “Do you have a cardboard cut-out of Boris Johnson in your home?”
Ms Currie responded: “No, he is on his way to Balmoral.”
“Sorry, are you actually at home with a life-size cardboard cutout of the Prime Minister?” Reid followed, but Edwina Currie reacted by insisting that Boris Johnson made an appearance at her fundraising party a month or two ago.
Martin Lewis reacted with a funny quip after holding his head in his hands during the exchange, joking “And listen, at least he’s staying there so he’s got a role somewhere, delighted to see it!”.
Edwina Currie also caused outrage during her short GMB interview on Monday for defending the government and offering tips to help people during the ongoing energy bill crisis.
She urged people to put tin foil behind their radiators, whilst also moving any seating away from it too because “you want to be heating the room”.
She also wanted everyone affected to “not get emotional” after seeing their monthly costs jump by at least 80%, crippling households during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
“The government cannot do everything” stated Ms Currie.
Fans and viewers alike were taken back by what they had seen as posts on social media branded Ms Currie as “deranged” and questioned her appearance on the show.
On Twitter, Mags posted: "GMB why did you have the hugely out of touch & inane Edwina Curry on the show? She is embarrassingly ignorant. And that cut out of Boris Johnson in the background? What was that about? She’s out of her depth faced with the very serious & well-informed Martin Lewis."
Whilst @byethewig1921 was full of anger, stating: “Please do tell me Edwina, how can I prepare myself for not being able to afford to run my dialysis machine?! It may not be a catastrophe for yoy, but it is for many of us! How dare you!!!”
It wasn’t all one way traffic as some believed Ms. Currie “has a point”.
“She has got a point. Endless scaremongering and increasing peoples anxiety wont help. There needs to be more balance and solutions as to what we can do as well,” tweeted @yogica12.
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SPFL TV deal with Sky Sports in jeopardy as Rangers fail to respond to resolution and have 'concerns'
The new Sky Sports TV deal with the Scottish Professional Football League is in jeopardy after Rangers failed to respond to a resolution.
The new terms would see an increase in games, 48 to 60 per season, from the 2024/25 campaign and the value reach £30million a year by 2028/29.
In addition, Sky Sports would have the option of adding to two separate ten game bundles worth £4million per season which would increase TV revenue even further.
The deal has had broad support from across the Premiership but would require a waiver from all 12 top-flight teams, allowing the broadcaster to show five games from each ground rather than the current four.
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According to the Rangers.html">Daily Mail, Rangers – who have misgivings over the deal – failed to respond to the resolution by deadline at midnight on Sunday night, while the 11 other clubs had agreed.
It now sets the Ibrox club and the SPFL on another collision course following a battle over the cinch sponsorship deal, which came on the back of the controversy around how the 2019/20 season was ended following the pandemic. Rangers requested the resignation of key SPFL figures, including chief executive Neil Doncaster.
As for the proposed TV deal, it now hangs in the balance.
The SPFL board will now hold an emergency meeting to discuss the next moves, which could involve trying to push through the deal and would require the 30 teams in the Championship, League One and League Two to vote.
It is reported Rangers have concerns over the value of the Sky Sports package and the SPFL’s reluctance to encourage other bidders for the broadcast rights.
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North East crowned Scottish Area Team champions at Powfoot
North East are the new Scottish Area Team champions after reclaiming the title in the event’s return to its old format.
A 6-3 win over Perth & Kinross in the final at Powfoot secured a sixth title triumph for North East in the tournament, which involves Scotland’s 16 area associations.
“We didn’t have our full team, with a few of our lower handicap players missing,” said George Young, the North East secretary.
“It was the same team that played in our final group match away to Argyll & Bute and Rothesay and they not only performed well again but were also a great bunch of lads to be away with.”
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North East held a 2-1 advantage after the morning foursomes before Adam Dunton beat former Scottish champion Glenn Campbell at the 19th in the top singles match to stretch the advantage.
Lewis Seath and Ewan Farquharson both birdied the last against David Morrison and Clark Brechin respectively to draw Perth & Kinross level.
But, after Adam Giles delivered a 6&5 success over Steven Park, Gary Esson got North East over the line with a one-hole win against Kenneth Macaskill.
That made the bottom match immaterial, with Neil Mitchell holding the upper hand on Scott Michie when they shook hands.
Borders and Ayrshire were the two other teams to make it to the final stage, which was reintroduced this year after that format was changed in 2010.
“The teams in our group and also the four teams in the final were pleased with the format this year,” added Young. “It was a case of going back to go forward.”
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Two staffers, including its director, departing Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
Some staff changes are in store for the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, it was announced this past week.
Thursday was the last day for two staffers, including the organization’s director, according to an email that day from Friends of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. “Even with these very warm temperatures in Southeast Wyoming, we are looking toward fall. With the changing seasons, we are anticipating some changes at the gardens.”
The email went on to say that Director Tina Worthman “is moving on to enjoy family and farm life in Nebraska.” She was promoted in 2018 to the director post, after serving as an assistant director and then as interim director.
Horticulture Supervisor Nettie Hardy “is headed back to her native Alabama and exciting horticulture opportunities there.”
The announcement added that “we are grateful for their service to the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens over these last several years and wish them well. Both will be missed by colleagues, volunteers, members, and visitors.”
Further details weren’t immediately available on Friday afternoon.
Wyoming national forests receive federal money for improvements
The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service has projects in Wyoming that are being funded as part of $65 million in investments nationwide to help the agency improve water quality, roads, trails and fish habitat, it was announced via email this past week.
The exact amount of money the national forests in Wyoming are getting was not included in a related online announcement. Further details couldn’t be learned on Friday.
Projects getting assistance include:
Bighorn National Forest for Cedar Creek and Driveway Trail bridge construction. “Reconstruction of two trail bridges above the high-water mark will improve stream functioning and protect the bridges and adjacent trails from erosion,” the Forest Service said. And for the Canyon Creek Road and channel, there will be reconstruction and relocation of some 600 feet of road, and a bridge will be built.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest for decommissioning five miles of North Savery road, which, per the agency, “will restore fish and aquatic species habitat and improve water quality.” For the Middle Douglas Priority Watershed, the park will decommission five miles of previously closed roads and as many miles miles of unauthorized roads, “placing approximately 30 miles of road into long term storage, and relocating approximately 17 miles of motorized trail.” The Whiskey Creek-Little Snake Watershed also will see some roads converted for other purposes, taken out of use and similar actions.
Shoshone National Forest will see the reconstruction of roads and crossings, which the Forest Service expects “to improve water and aquatic habitat.”
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Monique Meese has resigned from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office, according to an out of office auto-reply email on Friday to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Her last day was Aug. 19, according to the email. She told Cowboy State Daily she has accepted a job as deputy county attorney in Laramie County. The WTE was unable to reach Meese and her current and former employer on Friday. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/business_briefs/business-briefs-for-9-3-22/article_78662192-2aea-11ed-a027-47161a6dc4ec.html | 2022-09-05T12:53:30Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/business_briefs/business-briefs-for-9-3-22/article_78662192-2aea-11ed-a027-47161a6dc4ec.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Like most trendsetters, Grace Van Patten hopped on the low-rise jeans train long before everyone else caught on. She was filming Tell Me Lies, Hulu’s dark romantic drama which, crucially, is set in 2007—when the iPhone was in its infancy and fashion was, to put it lightly, risky. At her wardrobe fitting, the actress was met with pairs of True Religion jeans that rested far below the belly button; she felt nauseous at the sight. But as production carried on, her apprehension at the throwback wardrobe turned into appreciation.
“By the end, I was buying [low-rise jeans] on Depop,” she recalls. “I had multiple Ed Hardy shirts in my wardrobe. I got completely brainwashed.” But after accumulating some distance from the character she’d thrown herself into, she experienced another change of heart. “I’m slowly realizing that may not be me,” she laughs. “The further I get away from it, [the waists] just get higher and higher.”
With cascading brown locks that frame her full-beam smile, Van Patten calls from inside her Toyota Tacoma parked on a street in Los Angeles. Dressed in a vintage Steely Dan band tee, she curls her legs up on the passenger seat as if she’s joining a friendly FaceTime chat. Moments of thoughtfulness are interspersed with laughter—her bubbly personality a far cry from her latest role in Tell Me Lies. The actress plays Lucy, a cold and reserved college freshman whose barriers have hardened after a traumatic childhood. At one of the many parties where she drinks her sorrows away, she meets Stephen (Jackson White), another student a few years her senior, whose charisma captures her attention and lust.
Like most teenagers, Lucy spends most of the series figuring out who she is, a process made all the more difficult by her tumultuous love life. When Van Patten was that age, she gave up schooling for her career, and her soul-searching happened in front of the camera. As her biggest role yet, Tell Me Lies arrives at a point in a career that continues upwards, from her idiosyncratic turn as a balloon-wearing entertainer in Under the Silver Lake to a scene-stealing role opposite Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers.
Based on Carola Lovering’s page-turner of the same name, Tell Me Lies tracks Stephen and Lucy’s destructive relationship; Van Patten says she jumped at the chance to tell the kinds of romantic stories that are muddled by complexities. “It reminded me of all my favorite movies, like Blue Valentine and Urban Cowboy, where it’s this character study of people who fall into toxic relationships,” she explains. “It’s always fascinated me, for some reason.” The manipulative tactics that Stephen deploys, like gaslighting and love-bombing, feel of the moment, but in the show’s timeline, they occur during a pre-social media era, when that terminology had not yet entered society’s vernacular. Despite his denials, Lucy is confused by signs of his infidelity—a stray hair tie on his bedroom floor, a used condom—and wrestles with what she’s experiencing alone. Still, the toxicity of dating culture has grown like a pernicious rot long before we had the words for it.
“I think everyone in the world has gone through some version of this,” she says, crediting showrunner and writer Meaghan Oppenheimer for mining the book’s universal truths. “I think it shows that you don’t necessarily see the red flags when you’re in it. Especially at that age, when you’re so enamored with someone, and it’s easy to mistake desire, passion, and newness as love.” It’s something she’s witnessed close friends endure. “I think every age is guilty of it, but it’s easy to mistake new feelings for something really deep. Then it all becomes clear once you’re out and you get to look [back] on it. It’s a really frustrating part about the show—you’re watching and you’re just like, ‘Run!’”
Reading the script for the first time, Van Patten instantly connected with Lucy on a molecular level. “It definitely held up a mirror to my younger self, especially my high school self,” the actress says. “I related to the emotional wall that Lucy has built and [her] being afraid to be vulnerable. Looking back, I see the journey I’ve taken to discover that vulnerability is the most powerful and beautiful thing.” Lucy finds herself trapped within a power dynamic made uneven by Stephen’s age, experience, and authority—but it was important to Van Patten that she wasn’t portrayed as a victim. “Any type of person can fall into a toxic relationship, it’s not just the weak girl who gets sucked into this monster of a man,” she adds. “It’s so much more complicated than that. You can be the strongest person in the world and be fooled.”
Unlike her character, Van Patten never got to have a typical college experience, since she put her higher education plans on hold for acting—but that rite of passage is depicted with all its intensity in Tell Me Lies, a show that practically radiates the stench of booze from its darkly lit frat party scenes. “I’m kind of happy I didn’t go, if it was going to be anything like that,” she says with a laugh. Filming at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta was about as close to the real thing, “without the homework.” Like a bright-eyed, intrepid student, she drank the middling campus coffee, walked the grounds with a backpack on her shoulders, and discovered how “anxiety-inducing” the party scene could be.
“It definitely made me think about who I would be in that situation,” she says. “What faces I would try on if I got the opportunity to reinvent myself with all of these new people who didn’t know my history.”
In the late noughties, the likes of Amy Winehouse, Avril Lavigne, and Blink 182 were on constant rotation for a pre-teen Van Patten. To return to that time for Tell Me Lies, the actress refused to listen to any music made before 2008 (a journey that, she says, “made me so angsty.”). Nostalgia reared its head in other surprisingly illuminating ways. In the show, technology is limited to the occasional text message via Blackberry while Lucy and her group of friends lounge on campus lawns and in dorm rooms. “I thought it was so refreshing, not seeing the Apple logo everywhere,” she says. “Drop Instagram in this story, and it’s a whole other set of problems.”
“A huge message of the show is, if everyone just communicated and were honest with themselves and their feelings, none of this would have happened,” Van Patten tells me. “But that’s not a common mindset. At 18 years old, you don’t even know who you are yet.” There’s a certain responsibility to set the very worst example—so those red flags no longer go unnoticed. Then again, she just feels fortunate to be on the ride. “There’s this fear [that] I’m never going to work again, just because this business is so unpredictable,” she says, crossing her legs on the car seat. “But it’s so important to tell those stories, and I’m happy that I get to tell Lucy’s.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/grace-van-patten-movies-tell-me-lies-hulu-interview-2022 | 2022-09-05T13:13:36Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/grace-van-patten-movies-tell-me-lies-hulu-interview-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Johnson, Iman & More Pop Champagne for W’s 50th
by Lynn Hirschberg
Name a more star-studded birthday salutation—we’ll wait. To celebrate our 50th anniversary, W magazine friends and family got together to wish us a very happy birthday. Watch as Jonah Hill, Tessa Thompson, Andrew Garfield, Cindy Crawford, Jared Leto, and many more toast half a century of fashion, Hollywood, art, and fabulous people. | https://www.wmagazine.com/video/w-magazine-50-year-celebration-celebrity-happy-birthday-video | 2022-09-05T13:13:49Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/video/w-magazine-50-year-celebration-celebrity-happy-birthday-video | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BAODING, China, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 26, the brand new pickup Shanhai POER (for the Chinese Market), developed by GWM POER, debuted at the Chengdu Motor Show 2022, attracting much attention.
"The model (Shanhai POER) fills the gap of Chinese brands in the market of large-size and high-performance pickups and lets the world know the creativity of Chinese brands in the pickup field," commented PCAUTO, a leading Chinese automotive media.
The vehicle is designed with numerous rugged details. The front design adopts a wide grille consisting of multiple horizontal chrome trims. The robust front bumper and the potent body line design create a strong impulsive force, which makes the vehicle look very powerful.
The rear box of this new model adopts a three-door space layout, and the partition of the rear box can be adjusted and removed if needed. It also has several anchors reserved, leaving more possibilities for users to modify it depending on different needs. Particularly, the two choices of side-to-side or flat opened tailgate can provide convenience in various circumstances.
In terms of power performance, the model on display is equipped with a high-performance 3.0T V6 engine, matched with the 9AT gearbox. It is fitted with a BorgWarner 4A+LOCK four-wheel-drive system, which can further enhance off-road performance.
"Shanhai POER (for the Chinese Market) has made the product layout of GWM POER more refined, which will cater to more diversified consumer demands," commented Autohome, a well-known automotive website in China.
At the show, GWM POER also exhibited several special models to the audience, including Jingang POER New Farmer Edition (for the Chinese Market) and Huodan (for the Chinese Market).
GWM POER has been sold in more than 50 countries worldwide and has won well-known awards in many markets. Just one month after its launch in Chile, GWM POER won the "Best Pickup of the Year" awarded by MT Online, a local professional automotive media.
GWM POER attaches importance to users' demands and integrates the full-scenario lifestyle endorsed by the brand with local culture. This brand has sponsored many famous sporting events across the world, such as IRONMAN in Australia, One-Mile Beach Running in South Africa, and OXFORD Cycling in Chile.
The sales data released by the company in July shows that the cumulative global sales of GWM POER from January to June this year grew by 14% compared with last year.
"GWM POER has ushered in the brand 2.0 era and started an all-round upgrading. Our global product layout will achieve full line-up and full scenarios coverage soon," said Haobao Zhang, CEO of GWM PICKUP.
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Thiruvananthapuram: In view of heavy rain in the region, District Collector Geromic George has declared a holiday for educational institutions in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (September 6).
The holiday will extend to professional colleges as well. However, examinations scheduled for Tuesday will continue as usual.
There is also a ban on travel through hilly and coastal areas. Quarrying activities too have been suspended.
The State Disaster Management Authority has issued a red alert in the region. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/heavy-rain-holiday-for-schools-colleges-in-kerala.amp.html | 2022-09-05T13:15:13Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/heavy-rain-holiday-for-schools-colleges-in-kerala.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Two fishermen died after strong winds overturned their boat in Perumathura-Muthalapozhi on Monday. The deceased are Shanavas and Nizam.
As per preliminary reports, around 25 people were there on the boat. Of them, eight are still missing. Coastal police and other fisherfolk have launched a search.
They had ventured from Varkala for fishing when strong winds capsized their boat. The injured persons were admitted to Chirayinkeezhu taluk hospital.
Meanwhile, residents protested against the police alleging delay in launching the rescue operation.
Red alert in 4 districts tomorrow
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, and Idukki districts for tomorrow and an orange alert in Alappuzha, Kottayam, and Ernakulam districts.
The weatherman has also issued an orange alert for Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kannur, indicating heavy rains on September 7, a day before the Onam festival in the state.
A red alert indicates heavy to extremely heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, while an orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to 20 cm. A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 cm to 11 cm.
(With PTI inputs) | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/kerala-rain-boat-capsizes-perumathura-two-dead-eight-missing.html | 2022-09-05T13:15:15Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/kerala-rain-boat-capsizes-perumathura-two-dead-eight-missing.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kannur: Archdiocese of Tellicherry in Kerala has alleged that extremists are luring teenage girls from Christian homes into their schemes feigning love.
The pastoral letter issued by Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplani as part of the Eight Day Lent also urged for a revamp of awareness programmes in the diocese to educate teenagers about the alleged 'love traps' by extremists.
"There has been an increase in the number of cases where our girls are entrapped by extremists. Let us pray for the sorrows of the parents who remain helpless when their children fall into the trap of religious extremists. In this era of increasing violence against women, we should respect women and femininity as we love and respect the Holy Mother.
"Everyone should take advantage of the Archdiocesan Catechism Center's awareness campaign aimed at teenage children and their parents so that our children do not fall into the trap of terrorist groups," the pastoral letter said.
This is not the first time that the Church has had this issue in the state.
In September 2021, Pala Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt raised the twin issues of "love jihad" and "narcotic jihad" during his sermon in the Christian-dominant Kottayam region.
Kallarangatt alleged that Christian girls in the state were being lured by "jihadis" by feigning love and subjected to exploitation, forced religious conversion and terrorist activities.
To elaborate his point, he cited the stories of two girls – Nimisha and Sonia Sebastian from Kerala who had converted to Islam to marry Muslim men and later ended up in ISIS-controlled Afghanistan to fight for the terror group. The bishop also spoke of how an organised racket lured and trapped youngsters of non-Muslim faiths with drugs. He labelled this “narcotic jihad”.
It was the first time that a senior Catholic Bishop took direct aim at the Muslim community.
The Tellicherry Archdiocese's letter, it seems, has taken great care to circumnavigate this sensitive topic by coining a new term "love trap" and by staying away from using the phrase Muslim. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/tellicherry-archdiocese-circular-love-trap.amp.html | 2022-09-05T13:15:16Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/05/tellicherry-archdiocese-circular-love-trap.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
She took home 81,326 (~57.4%) of the votes in the Tory leadership contest against Rishi Sunak, who had 60,399 votes (~42.6%). I outlined some thoughts with regards to the pound earlier here. In short, it hardly would've mattered who became the next prime minister. The UK is still set for tough times economically and Truss' ideas of dealing with the energy crisis is one that will be difficult to navigate - either from execution or from being fiscally "responsible".
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Once OPEC+ countries got a taste of that $100 oil they liked it.
This 100k bpd cut is a token move in a 100mbpd global market but it's an important signal that OPEC+ won't tolerate falling prices. It also reverses the 100k bpd cut from last month.
In any case, OPEC is missing its output targets by a wide margin.
WTI is up $3 to the highs of the day. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-jmmc-recommends-cutting-output-by-100k-bpd-as-opec-meeting-starts-report-20220905/ | 2022-09-05T13:15:32Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-jmmc-recommends-cutting-output-by-100k-bpd-as-opec-meeting-starts-report-20220905/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The JMMC meeting seems to be taking a bit longer than expected but if this is the decision, it is a symbolic one. As mentioned at the start of the day, such a move will be bullish for oil prices and we are seeing a reaction already. WTI crude just hit a high of $90.10 on the day, up over 3% at the moment.
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Samantha Dailey was recently named senior mortgage loan officer at Stifel Bank & Trust. Since joining Stifel Bank & Trust, Dailey has continuously proven to be a trusted partner and resource in making the loan process seamless for her clients as they navigate their homeownership journey. She gets to know each client to understand their unique needs. Dailey works alongside the Bank’s skilled in-house team from underwriting to closing, offering competitive pricing and diverse loan solutions to provide all clients with the best experience possible. Dailey received her Bachelors in Public Relations from Saint Louis University. She is a member of the 2019 class of the FOCUS St. Louis Emerging Leaders Program.
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Chicago man charged after security witnessed him smoking while loading a gun on CTA train
CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with loading a gun while riding a CTA train Sunday night.
Marvin Floyd, 31, was charged with one felony count of armed habitual criminal and one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon.
According to Chicago police, private security witnessed Floyd on a CTA train smoking and loading a weapon.
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Floyd is scheduled to be in bond court Monday. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-after-security-witnessed-him-smoking-and-loading-a-gun-on-cta-train | 2022-09-05T13:21:34Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-after-security-witnessed-him-smoking-and-loading-a-gun-on-cta-train | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow slammed by Spencer Pratt: 'One of the worst humans I've come in contact with'
LOS ANGELES - "Friends" actress Lisa Kudrow has been labeled "one of the worst humans" by "The Hills" star Spencer Pratt.
Chalk this one up to things you thought you'd never hear. If you're confused — rightfully so.
In an effortlessly raw TikTok, the reality star, who is known for his candor and sarcasm, was asked to comment on the rudest celebrity he had ever met.
He shared, "Well that's easy, Phoebe from ‘Friends.’ Hands down, one of the worst humans I've ever come in contact with, by far."
In a follow-up post, Pratt recalled a ritzy party in Malibu hosted by the chairman of NBC in 2009. He and his wife, Heidi Montag, were enjoying their "first real A-list elite party" but it was "clear when we got there nobody wanted us there."
He continues, "as we're sitting there consuming a little caviar, Phoebe approaches, which was a little shocking since nobody had talked to us at all at the party."
Pratt, who refuses to call Kudrow by her actual name, then alleges, "We're standing near the buffet, that's when Phoebe Buffay rolls up, and right in front of me, she tells Heidi that she needs to get away from me as fast as possible, cuz I'm gonna murder Heidi and that I have the eyes of a serial killer."
If you're wondering if this is satire, you're not alone.
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Pratt says, "Heidi waits to see if it's a joke. Maybe this is a bit, a skit … no laughs, she just walks away. And that right there is the rudest moment I've ever encountered with a human being."
Pratt's video, which has amassed thousands of likes and comments, offered a revealing glimpse, albeit entirely true or false, into the crossover between reality television and Hollywood's elite.
During the MTV show, Pratt and Montag's relationship was portrayed as tumultuous, however, the couple has clarified on several occasions that the conflict was amplified for cameras. At the time of the supposed encounter, "Speidi" were married. They have been since 2008 and are expecting their second child together, due in December.
Kudrow has not commented on the assertions made about her in Pratt's video.
Neither a representative for Pratt nor one for Kudrow responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment in time for publication.
For more, go to Fox News. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/friends-star-lisa-kudrow-slammed-by-spencer-pratt-one-of-the-worst-humans-ive-come-in-contact-with | 2022-09-05T13:21:40Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/friends-star-lisa-kudrow-slammed-by-spencer-pratt-one-of-the-worst-humans-ive-come-in-contact-with | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Man shot in the back in Roseland
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At about 3:39 a.m., a 31-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 9600 block of South Calumet when a black Jeep approached and someone unknown fired shots at him.
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The man was shot in the lower back, and taken to Christ Hospital in good condition.
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Man shot in the eye in South Shore
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At about 12:44 a.m., a 40-year-old man was a passenger in a vehicle in the 7500 block of South Paxton when he was shot in the left eye, Chicago police said,
He was taken to U of C in critical condition.
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No one is in custody.
Area Two detectives are investigating. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-shot-in-the-eye-in-south-shore | 2022-09-05T13:21:58Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-shot-in-the-eye-in-south-shore | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Suspect fires shots at two people arguing in Loop parking garage: police
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At about 11:31 p.m., a man and a woman were in a parking garage in the first block of South Wacker and engaged in a verbal altercation, police said.
An unknown man attempted to intervene in the altercation.
He then went to his car and retrieved a handgun, police said.
He fired shots in the direction of the victims and then fled the garage.
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No one is in custody, and no one was injured.
Area Three detectives are investigating. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suspect-fires-shots-at-two-people-arguing-in-loop-parking-garage-police | 2022-09-05T13:22:10Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suspect-fires-shots-at-two-people-arguing-in-loop-parking-garage-police | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Labor Day forecast: Cloudy with highs in the 70s
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Highs are expected to be a few degrees cooler than normal in the mid-70s.
Dangerous rip currents remain possible through early afternoon.
Monday night will be mostly cloudy with a few showers — favoring the south half of the viewing area.
The showers would likely occur after midnight.
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On Tuesday, a shower is possible, but most areas will remain dry.
Highs will reach in upper 70s.
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It would be hard to miss the giant Knife Angel, which will be in Maidstone this morning. The huge sculpture is made of 100,000 seized blades and has an important mission.
The sculpture's aim is to help to educate and inform the youth of the severity of knife crime in the UK. It has a clear message - that violence doesn't solve problems.
And poignantly, the remarkable 20ft statue acts as a memorial for people who lost their lives due to knife crime.
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In Maidstone in 2020 there were 104 reports of crimes involving knives - that's two a week. Across the county as a whole, knife crime incidents have tripled in 10 years - from 1,041 in 2011 to 3,589 in 2021.
Medway has experienced the most offences, having record 688 reports of knife crime in 2021.
The idea for the Knife Angel came from Clive Knowles, Chairman of the British Ironwork Centre, in 2014 after increased cases of knife crime across the country. One Maidstone Business Improvement District organised the angel's visit to Maidstone.
The main body of the angel is made up of knives that have either been seized by police or surrendered to one of the 43 police forces helping the British Ironwork Centre. The wings of the angel are made up of weapons that have been used in knife attacks and were seized as evidence.
Some were left with small traces of blood on them and can be seen on the statue. Families of the victims were allowed to leave messages of hope, love or disbelief on the knives, which can be seen engraved onto them.
Since December 2018 it has been touring the UK as part of the National Anti-Violence Tour Programme. The host locations are providing 30 days of intensive educational workshops and programmes alongside the statue to further help bring about social change.
Knife Angel will be at St Faith's Church in Station Road from today (September 5) until October 4. This will be the second time the statue has been to Kent after it was at Rochester Cathedral back in September 2019.
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A series of train strikes are to be carried out in September causing disruption to Kent's rail network. ASLEF, RMT and TSSA unions are all set to strike on certain dates this month.
From midnight through to 11.59pm on Thursday, September 15, both ASLEF and RMT unions will be carrying out strikes. This will be followed by strikes from RMT and TSSA unions held on Saturday, September 17.
There will also be strikes from the TSSA union at noon on Monday, September 26 through to noon on Tuesday, September 27, meaning the industrial action will last for 24 hours, affecting two days.
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The action is over pay and working conditions and also includes Network Rail, the owner of Britain's train infrastructure. TSSA said it remains in discussion with National Rail over a possible settlement that would avoid the strike.
Southeastern has stated it will be publishing more detailed information regarding the affected services in due course. On its website, the operator said: "A very limited service is expected to run on the RMT and TSSA strike days. On the days after the strikes, Friday 16 and Sunday 18 September, there will be severe disruption in the morning.
"Services can’t run until Network Rail staff begin their shifts. The first trains will be busy, and queueing systems will be in place to manage space on trains.
"We’ll provide more detailed timetables and information as soon as possible, and we’re very sorry for the inconvenience and frustration this strike action will cause."
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Southeastern has said passengers who have already bought a ticket can apply for a refund if you do not travel. Daily ticket holders will be able to claim a full refund with no admin fee, while advance ticket holders can either apply for a full refund with no admin fee or return to the original retailer for an eVoucher.
Season ticket holders can use Delay Repay to claim a day travel back if they do not travel, while Flexi ticket holders can receive Delay Repay by ensuring their pass is activated for the day they're claiming.
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The officer advised the driver that the group was fraudulent and the license was fictitious.
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Bad weather was the winner at a much-anticipated nine-hole match that could have determined the regular-season standings and hierarchy in the Liberty District.
Most of the players for the Langley Saxons, McLean Highlanders and Yorktown Patriots already were on the course at Arlington’s Washington Golf & Country Club last week when a lingering thunderstorm postponed play until another day.
The players on the course marked the spot of their ball. It was decided later that, whenever the match is made up, it will start from the beginning. Play will not be resumed from when the postponement occurred.
Langley, McLean and Yorktown are the district’s top three teams, with the defending champion Saxons considered the favorite. The Saxons also are the defending champions of the district, region and state tournaments. Yorktown finished second in the district and region last fall and advanced to the state.
“All three teams are very good and were looking forward to this match. It would have determined a lot,” Yorktown coach Chris Williams said. “Our players were really pumped for the match. They believe then can push Langley here.”
Yorktown had a 5-0 dual-match record entering the competition.
Langley’s top players – Chase Nevins, Alina Ho, Pierce Hokenson, Teddy Kim and Audrey Yim – were participating in the match. Most of them missed the early-season high-school tournaments because they were playing in other junior tourneys.
Benjamin Newfield, Kyle Langley and Trevor McAndrews were leading Yorktown. Max Vadas and Max Irish were on the course for McLean.
The teams also were happy to be playing at Washington Golf, which is the home course for some of the Patriots’ matches.
The Langley and McLean teams don’t get to play there very often.
“Hopefully we can reschedule to play at Washington Golf again,” said Williams, who later said the match will be played Sept. 13. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/key-liberty-district-golf-match-postponed/article_f20e7b7a-2d15-11ed-8589-8b1150bc5eb3.html | 2022-09-05T13:47:39Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/key-liberty-district-golf-match-postponed/article_f20e7b7a-2d15-11ed-8589-8b1150bc5eb3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Potomac School Panthers won their first game of the season, 32-28, in a seesaw non-conference road high-school football contest Sept. 2 at Norfolk Academy.
Potomac School won by taking advantage of four Norfolk Academy fourth-quarter turnovers. The winning score came on a four-yard touchdown run by Nicholas Webster with 3:45 left in the game.
The Panthers then recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, then later Devin Dunn intercepted a pass to clinch the victory.
Panthers’ quarterback Camren Boykin threw scoring passes of 68 yards to Malik Shelton and 40 to Drew Turner, who also had a one-yard scoring run. Boykin also added a three-yard scoring run.
He completed 11 of 20 passes for 107 yards, with Turner catching four for 72. Turner rushed for 107 yards on 19 carries. Webster rushed for 46 yards and Andrew Lay had three catches for 25 yards and Dunn and Mack Repke had two catches each.
On defense, Dunn made nine tackles and had an interception, David Hyde made eight tackles (four for losses with a sack and two forced fumbles), and Marcus Burrell had seven tackles and Aidan Cullinan four with a forced fumble.
“They really played hard for each other and never gave up,” Potomac School coach C.J. Remmo said.
NOTE: The Panthers lost last season’s opener to Norfolk Academy, 7-0. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/potomac-school-wins-opening-football-game/article_88356420-2d15-11ed-b124-ef58579a58a1.html | 2022-09-05T13:47:46Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/potomac-school-wins-opening-football-game/article_88356420-2d15-11ed-b124-ef58579a58a1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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The Yakima City Council has a chance to support tutoring, computer lab activities and other programs for kids at the Henry Beauchamp Community Center.
At a meeting Tuesday, the council will consider an agreement supplying $102,591 in Community Development Block Grant funding to the OIC of Washington community center in Yakima for programming and activities including tutoring, computer lab and STEM activities, employment education and emergency services.
CDBG funds are federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that can be distributed to nonprofit organizations that meet the funding requirements.
The draft agreement included in the council agenda packet is for the remainder of 2022.
Ambulance changes
The council also will consider changes to the city’s ambulance services to allow the flexibility to dispatch ambulances based on the needs of the call.
If the changes are approved, the city would dispatch the closest ambulance with basic life support or advanced life support capabilities depending on the call. Current city code requires the closest advanced life support ambulance to be dispatched.
The council will also consider raising the monthly fee for each automatic vehicle locator in ambulances from $40 to $100, according to the draft ordinance. The locators are used to determine which ambulance is closest to an incident.
The $40 fee was originally set in 1997, according to the council agenda packet.
Other items
Also at the meeting, the council will receive an update on restoration work at Millennium Plaza, hear a report from West Valley School District Superintendent Peter Finch, and review dates and times for upcoming budget study sessions.
People can comment during the meeting by visiting bit.ly/YHRcomment and filling out the comment request form. People also can email ccouncil2@yakimawa.gov or call 509-575-6060.
The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 129 N. Second St., with remote watch options available at the city website. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/city-looks-at-supporting-youth-programs-at-the-henry-beauchamp-center-using-federal-funds/article_87dca4c4-2aff-11ed-9a8e-a392f76be745.html | 2022-09-05T14:00:36Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/city-looks-at-supporting-youth-programs-at-the-henry-beauchamp-center-using-federal-funds/article_87dca4c4-2aff-11ed-9a8e-a392f76be745.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WILLAMETTE FALLS, Ore. — An ancient fish has been swimming in the waters of the Pacific Northwest since before trees existed. After surviving for hundreds of millions of years, Pacific lamprey were decimated by dams and other human-caused habitat disruptions, as well as lack of government protections. Tribes are leading conservation efforts, with the goal of getting their numbers back to levels that ensure a reliable harvest.
On a hot afternoon in July, members of the Yakama Nation and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs celebrated their first foods with a feast. The tribes held the event near Willamette Falls, where, that morning, tribal members had gathered the lamprey they served.
The celebration was open to the public and featured a full day of drumming, dancing and feasting.
“We organized this event to honor and celebrate our annual lamprey harvest,” said Donella Miller, Yakama Nation Fisheries biologist and program manager. “We normally have feasts to honor the foods back at our longhouses at home, but we haven’t had anything down here on our ancestral lands since the 1990s.
“It was important to us to come back and share these teachings with our young ones, to pass on traditions.”
Pacific lamprey play key roles in tribal culture and ecology. Among the oldest fish in the world, they have been around for over 450 million years and even predate dinosaurs. The eel-like fish are anadromous and have unique physical characteristics, including having no jaws or bones, although they have a mouth full of teeth.
Lamprey spend their early years nestled in the sediment of creek beds as blind filter feeders. They transform into parasitic adults when they’re between 3 and 7 years old, then migrate to the ocean to feed on bigger fish and grow for years before returning to spawn in the freshwater of rivers and creeks, to which they are drawn by the pheromones of other lamprey.
The fish are a traditional food source for the Columbia River Basin’s Indigenous people, as well as a culturally important species for medicine and ceremony.
“Lamprey are kind of like river gold, their oil content is so high, which makes them a high-nutrient food,” Miller said. “And their oils also have medicinal purposes. You can use that for earaches and even for your skin.”
Over time, once-abundant lamprey populations declined. Populations above dams and in the rivers and streams that flow into the Columbia River are functionally extinct, meaning that so few make it to those places that they can no longer play their ecological role there. Passages at dams designed for salmon were nearly impossible for lamprey to navigate, while their spawning beds were spoiled by poor water quality. And their high fat volume made them the perfect prey for birds.
In 2008, the Yakama Nation launched its Pacific Lamprey Project to restore lamprey in the nation’s ceded lands and in the tribe’s usual and accustomed areas. The plan is intended to complement CRITFC efforts.
“We harvested lamprey in a sustainable manner, taking only what we needed for subsistence,” said Davey Lumley, a biologist with Yakama Nation Fisheries.
“We depended on them for food and medicine back when lamprey were plentiful, but due to various factors this is no longer the case. Our goal now is to restore natural production of lamprey to a level that will once again provide abundance.”
The Pacific Lamprey Project installed “lamprey slides’’ to help the fish get past the dams in the Columbia River Basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed the original fish ladders so that salmon and steelhead could jump up to the reservoirs behind the dams through successive small pools, like a series of waterfalls.
But lamprey are weak swimmers and are unable to jump, so they need a vertical surface they can suction onto in order to climb their way through.
“It’s difficult enough for salmon to get through but for lamprey it’s nearly impossible,” Miller said.
Lumley said the project started by installing the slides at Bonneville Dam, on the Columbia River. Now, tribal biologists are adding slides to help lamprey pass dams on smaller tributaries, so the fish can get back to more of the places where Native people once collected them.
The project is guided by traditional ecological knowledge.
“We want to work with elders to compare where lamprey were historically found versus where they are now,” Lumley said.
Once they have identified those spots, the project can reintroduce them. The fish themselves will help out, too.
“Pacific lamprey are not like salmon,” Lumley said. “Lamprey are attracted to pheromones of other lamprey, so by us putting lamprey into streams of low population it attracts more wild lamprey to go there.”
In addition to traditional ecological knowledge, new technology will help support elders’ knowledge of lamprey migration. Tiny tracking devices will provide new insights to help guide conservation efforts.
The Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration is undergoing its own restoration. The July 30 event was the first celebration held in this spot by the Yakama and Warm Springs nations for over 30 years, offering a time for the community to gather and commemorate the natural and cultural resources they have protected since time immemorial.
Tribal leaders and community members made it clear that the tribes will continue to work together to engage, protect and restore their rights and resources for current and future generations of their people.
“Tribes have always been at the forefront of ensuring that these resources persist for future generations,” Miller said.
She added that the celebration will continue, too.
“Carrying on this way of life and our teachings for the people has been an honor,” Miller said. “We opened this event to the public to welcome and share these good feelings. The land and the foods were good medicine for everyone who was in attendance.”
McKayla Lee attends the University of Montana and is the inaugural recipient of the Underscore Indigenous Journalism Fellowship. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/yakama-warm-springs-tribes-celebrate-pacific-lamprey-at-willamette-falls/article_eec66fda-2ae6-11ed-8292-abee1cf79544.html | 2022-09-05T14:00:42Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/yakama-warm-springs-tribes-celebrate-pacific-lamprey-at-willamette-falls/article_eec66fda-2ae6-11ed-8292-abee1cf79544.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Journalist Anjana George’s short film ‘Binary Error’ featuring India’s first transperson pilot Adam Harry premiered recently on Nerambokku channel. The film, though Anjana’s first attempt at filmmaking, shines in its style of storytelling as much as it gives hope to a section of people struggling to find their ground in society they live in.
The movie is headlined by Sunny Wayne who plays a cop (Sunny) in the movie. His neighbour Rosamma, an elderly woman, is found dead inside her house. Sunny who has often found solace in ‘Rosamma chechi’s’ affection towards him is saddened by the loss. He is, however, surprised to learn that the woman had a daughter, who went missing several years ago.
Sunny, bound by duty and affection for the elderly woman, goes on a quest to find the girl, though it does not turn out to be an easy task.
Adam Harry, who plays an errant boy in the film, does a brilliant job. It is through Adam that the story explores the myriad hues of human relationships while trying to transcend the bitter realities of life.
Filmmaker Midhun Manuel Thomas who started Nerambokku to stream quality short films and web series, should be applauded for giving opportunities to budding filmmakers who aim at creating meaningful stories that can leave an impact on society. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/04/short-film-binary-error-anjana-george-sunny-wayne-adam-harry.html | 2022-09-05T14:03:04Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/04/short-film-binary-error-anjana-george-sunny-wayne-adam-harry.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NPR's A Martinez talks to political strategists Dan Sena and Scott Jennings about President Biden's 'battle for the soul of the nation' message ahead of the midterm elections.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to political strategists Dan Sena and Scott Jennings about President Biden's 'battle for the soul of the nation' message ahead of the midterm elections.
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As the week begins, here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What to watch this week
On Monday, Brussels hosts a meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council, whose agenda includes the European Union's support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion and Ukraine's application for membership in the bloc.
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council is expected to convene, on Russia's request, to discuss the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southern Ukraine, following recent attacks, outages and an international inspection at the plant.
Also, Boris Johnson's tenure as British prime minister comes to an end. He won praise and affection from Ukrainians as a strong supporter of Kyiv.
And Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit the Vostok military exercises in eastern Russia.
On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council is due to talk about forced displacement in Ukraine, as announced by France.
Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will give a preview of Washington's priorities at the U.N. General Assembly later this month. On Saturday, she will address global food security, which has also been affected by the war.
Friday, EU energy meetings are to hold an extraordinary meeting following price surges largely due to fallout from the war in Ukraine. Additionally, EU economy and finance ministers and central bank chiefs will also hold an informal meeting.
On Sunday, Russia holds gubernatorial elections in over a dozen regions.
Meanwhile, security analysts will watch for developments as Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south goes into its second week.
What happened last week
Aug. 29: Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in southern areas captured by Russian forces early in the war.
Aug. 30: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91. An interpreter who worked with him later told Reuters that Gorbachev had been "shocked and bewildered" by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin didn't attend the Sept. 3 burial ceremony, and the Kremlin gave it only limited elements of a state funeral.
UNESCO said it supports Ukraine's bid to list Odesa as a World Heritage site.
Aug. 31: EU countries agreed to suspend visas for Russians but came short of an outright entry ban.
Sept. 1: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southern Ukraine, after a delay and attacks en route to the Russian-occupied plant.
Ukraine's new school year began in the middle of a war. While some schools started in person, most will try to hold classes online. More than 2,000 centers of learning, from preschools to universities, have been damaged or destroyed, the Education Ministry says.
Russia kicked off Vostok 2022, a week of military exercises with other countries. Some analysts say the drills reflect Moscow's deepening ties with China and India.
Sept. 2: President Biden asked Congress to approve $11.7 billion for Ukraine, including $7.2 for military-related costs and $4.5 billion for direct economic support.
Sept. 3: The embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station was once again knocked off its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line. Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for shelling in the area.
Russian shelling hit Ukraine's Kharkiv, in the northeast, and Mykolaiv, in the south.
Sept. 4: John Sullivan left his post as U.S. ambassador to Russia and will retire from public service, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said. He was appointed in December 2019 by then-President Donald Trump and stayed on through a tumultuous time. Elizabeth Rood becomes the embassy's charge d'affaires until Sullivan's successor arrives.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visited Germany and spoke with its leaders about the war, Russia sanctions and Ukraine's weapons needs.
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What it's like for Ukrainians working at a nuclear plant under Russian occupation.
Russia's effort to break European energy unity seems to be failing — at least for now.
As inspectors leave Ukraine's nuclear plant, the mayor of a nearby town has high hopes.
What inspectors are looking for at Ukraine's war-damaged Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
A Ukrainian neurologist from Kyiv checks back in with NPR, saying dozens of medical professionals from the West have offered help since the first interview.
At Latvia's border with Russia, the line grows long, and tempers short.
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Earlier developments
You can read past recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find more of NPR's coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR's State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.
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Jo Hansford at Harvey Nichols
109-125 Knightsbridge Fourth Floor, London SW1X 7RJ
Royal favourite Jo Hansford opened not one but two new salons in Harvey Nichols last autumn: a blow-dry bar next to Shavata in the ground-floor beauty lounge, and a 3,200-square-foot space on the fourth floor to rival her Belgravia flagship. Renowned for her expertise in colour (she counts the Duchess of Cornwall as a devotee) the new salon not only offers hair makeovers but also treatments including waxing. Two private rooms ensure the utmost discretion for A-list clientele (à la the duchess) while a state of the art retail space from Kerastase Paris allows customers to ‘try on’ their new look and also refill their favourite products. After an initial consultation with your stylist, you’ll be whisked over to the chic hair washing stations (we couldn’t help but admire the old magazine cover artworks on the wall), where Oway organic hair care products are used to spruce up your soon-to-be transformed locks. Next, peruse the pile of glossy mags over a glass of Champagne as the team gets to work cutting, colouring and styling your hair into your desired look. Rather than unrealistically overdone, the emphasis here is on creating cuts that are easy for you to maintain at home, so you’ll not only look good when you leave, but every day afterwards too. Request Pasquale: he’s the best.
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109-125 Knightsbridge Fourth Floor, London SW1X 7RJ | https://www.tatler.com/article/best-salons-for-colour | 2022-09-05T14:09:38Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/best-salons-for-colour | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After multiple rounds of voting, weeks of in-fighting and intense speculation, Liz Truss has pipped rival Rishi Sunak to the post and been unveiled as both the new leader of the Conservative Party and as de facto Prime Minister. The 15th person to hold the title and the third woman, the 47-year-old will now travel to Balmoral to see the Queen, who will officially invite her to form a government tomorrow.
Dubbed the ‘true blue’ candidate, Truss sits firmly on the right wing of the party, and has styled herself as a Margaret Thatcher 2.0. Born in Oxford, she grew up in Leeds, with her parents, a teacher and a nurse, both being Labour supporters. At Oxford University, where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics, she flirted with the Liberal Democrats, before becoming an outspoken Tory.
The Foreign Secretary has launched a bid to replace Boris Johnson as the next PM - with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries supporting her
First elected as an MP for South West Norfolk in 2010, she has served in various cabinet positions for the last three prime ministers, Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron. She was a particular supporter of Johnson, frequently coming to his defense in the wake of Partygate and other scandals, and was notably not among those who called for his resignation in July.
She has served as Foreign Secretary since September 2021, after her colleague Dominic Raab was criticised for his abysmal handling of the retreat from Afghanistan. With Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February, she has found herself more and more on the world stage.
Those who have supported her campaign, and who will likely get a job in her new cabinet, include Raab, as well as Nadine Dories, Kwasi Kwarteng and Jacob Rees-Mogg. | https://www.tatler.com/article/liz-truss-is-our-new-prime-minister | 2022-09-05T14:09:44Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/liz-truss-is-our-new-prime-minister | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands is set to step onto the world stage early next year, as it has been announced that the 18-year-old heir to the throne will be joining her parents, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima on their royal tour of the Caribbean.
In February 2023, the family will be touring Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, countries which make up the Dutch Caribbean.
The House of Orange will no doubt be hoping for a warmer reception than that given to the Windsors, whose own visit to the Commonwealth earlier this year was met with protests from some groups.
Princess Catharina-Amalia will be joining the University of Amsterdam later this month to study Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics, having previously attended Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet, a school in The Hague.
Last year, she renounced her rights to her yearly royal allowance of €1.6 million, explaining that in the current economic climate, and as a student, she did not feel it was appropriate, as she was taking a gap year and would not be working as a royal. It was a wise move, as the family had previously faced criticism during the Covid-19 pandemic for going on holiday when the rest of the country was under lockdown rules.
The princess is one of three children, with two younger sisters, Princess Alexia, 17, currently studying at UWC in Wales, and Princess Ariane, 15, who lives at home at Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague.
The Netherlands legalised same sex marriage in 2001
In October 2021, it was revealed that the princess - and all subsequent heirs to the throne - would be allowed to marry whoever they wished, regardless of gender, after it was suggested in a book that if Catharina-Amalia had wanted to marry a woman, that would not be allowed. However, the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, disputed this, saying: 'The government believes that the heir can also marry a person of the same sex. The cabinet therefore does not see that an heir to the throne or the King should abdicate if he/she would like to marry a partner of the same sex.'
In the Netherlands, royals have to seek parliamentary approval before marrying, with several of Catharina-Amalia's relatives giving up their place in the line of succession for not being granted it. These include Prince Friso, Catharina-Amalia's uncle, who married Mable Wisse Smit in 2004. | https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-the-heir-to-the-dutch-throne-to-undertake-her-first-royal-tour | 2022-09-05T14:09:50Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-catharina-amalia-the-heir-to-the-dutch-throne-to-undertake-her-first-royal-tour | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Duchess of Sussex will make her first public address in the UK today since stepping down as a senior royal in 2020. According to the Mail Online, Meghan is expected to make a speech at the opening ceremony for One Young World in Manchester this evening. The event is expected to bring together young leaders from more than 190 countries, with Meghan, who is a counsellor for the initiative, apparently delivering a speech focused on gender equality and female opportunity in the realm of leadership.
The duchess will be joined by her husband Prince Harry for the occasion, who will reportedly accompany her to meet a group of summit delegates doing ‘outstanding work on gender equality’.
In light of the duke's recent dispute with the UK Home Office in regards to his access to police protection whilst in the UK, the couple have reportedly hired private security for the event, with a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police confirming its officers would not be involved. Prince Harry is currently suing the Home Office, claiming that by being prevented from paying for police security when visiting the country from America, him and his family are put at unnecessary risk. This is thought to be the first time a Royal Family member has brought legal proceedings against the government.
From her plans for a return to social media to how she feels about the Royal Family now, here are the key takeaways from the Duchess of Sussex’s in-depth profile
The couple are travelling to the country for two separate charity events, between which they will visit Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event. On 8 September the couple will attend the WellChild Awards, an event raising awareness for the UK’s seriously ill children and their carers. There has been speculation over whether the duke and duchess would be joining Her Majesty the Queen at Balmoral during their stay, with the Mail Online reporting that they had 'declined an open invitation' from Prince Charles to visit the royal residence.
The Duchess of Sussex has recently reached headlines with the release of her latest project, Archetypes, a podcast that aims to investigate ‘the labels that try to hold women back’. The podcast has topped the Spotify charts for two weeks in a row since its release in August. The former royal also appeared back in the public eye after a revealing interview with New York Magazine’s women’s website, The Cut, where she touched on various subject from royal life to a planned return to Instagram. | https://www.tatler.com/article/the-duchess-of-sussex-to-deliver-first-uk-speech-since-royal-departure | 2022-09-05T14:09:56Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/the-duchess-of-sussex-to-deliver-first-uk-speech-since-royal-departure | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RoyalsA history of the Queen’s relationships with her Prime MinistersAs Liz Truss is set to be appointed new Prime Minister by the Queen from Balmoral tomorrow, Tatler looks back at how well the monarch got on with her previous leaders By Rebecca Cope5 September 2022FacebookTwitterEmailPinterestReg Speller/Getty Images1/14Sir Winston Churchill, 1951-1955The wartime prime minister was a formidable presence for the Queen, providing a father figure at a time when she needed it most, at the very start of her reign. 51 years older than her, he offered to advise her from ‘a lifetime of experience’. When he retired, she wrote a handwritten note to him, saying ‘[no one will] ever for me be able to hold the place of my first prime minister, to whom both my husband and I owe so much and for whose wise guidance during the early years of my reign I shall always be so profoundly grateful.’ She also broke with royal protocol by arriving first at his funeral in 1965: traditionally, the monarch would arrive last, but she wanted to give Churchill’s family that honour.Keystone-France/Getty Images2/14Anthony Eden, 1955-1957The Queen was known to be close to her second PM, Anthony Eden, using their weekly meetings to discuss everything from the Suez Canal Crisis to Princess Margaret’s entanglement with Group Captain Peter Townsend, her father’s former equerry and a divorced father of two. It raised some eyebrows when it was revealed that Eden had shared the Suez Papers with her, the first time she had been shown secret government documents, but it was an experience she would draw on later in her reign when the Falklands Crisis began to unfold under Margaret Thatcher.Terry Disney/Getty Images3/14Harold Macmillan, 1957-1963Initially nervous around her, Harold Macmillan came to consider the Queen a great confidante, enjoying the fact that he could share all the day’s gossip with her and trust that she would tell no one. Even after his retirement in 1963, Her Majesty still sought his counsel over issues such as the building of the English memorial to President John F Kennedy in Runnymede in 1965.Hulton Archive/Getty Images4/14Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1963-1964A family friend and a peer in the House of Lords, Alec Douglas-Home’s appointment as prime minister was a tricky one for the Queen, as he was particularly unpopular and open to attack from the opposition, led by Harold Wilson. Before he was announced as the new PM, she distanced herself - both metaphorically and physically, by travelling to Windsor - to avoid any suggestion she had been involved. Navigating their changing relationship from a friend of her mother’s, to the head of her government, had inevitable hiccups, but it was only to last for one year before the Conservatives were ousted by Wilson’s Labour Party in the General Election.Pictured: Former British Prime Ministers (left to right) James Callaghan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903 - 1995), Harold MacMillan (1894 - 1986), Harold Wilson (1916 - 1995) and Edward Heath with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing StreetFox Photos/Getty Images5/14Harold Wilson, 1964-1970, and 1974-1976It would be easy to think that as a Labour Party leader from a northern middle-class background, Harold Macmillan would not have gotten on well with the Queen, but quite the opposite was true. A regular at Balmoral, he was frequently asked on picnics with the wider family, and reportedly enjoyed the informality of the occasion, mucking in to help clear up after the Duke of Edinburgh’s famous barbeques. The Sunday Post once reported that their weekly meetings would often exceed two hours - a sure sign of their closeness.Mirrorpix/Getty Images6/14Edward Heath, 1970-1974Edward ‘Ted’ Heath presided over one of the most difficult eras of the 20th century, with his tenure at 10 Downing Street encompassing the miners’ strikes, blackouts and the institution of a three-day working week to cut back on energy consumption. The life-long bachelor was said to have struggled with small talk, and found his weekly audiences with the Queen ‘frosty’, likely due to their differing views on the Commonwealth. In 2012, their relationship made headlines after it emerged that the then very elderly Heath had fallen asleep during a dinner the monarch held with her ex-prime ministers.David Ashdown/Getty Images7/14James Callaghan, 1976-1979Another Labour leader who got on well with the Queen, Callaghan was ex-Royal Navy, something that elicited a great deal of respect from Her Majesty. A strapping 6-foot-one, the man named ‘Sunny Jim’ reportedly even enjoyed a flirtatious relationship with the Queen, and she once pinned a flower to his buttonhole while walking the grounds of Buckingham Palace. ‘One of the great things about her is that she always seems able to see the funny side of life. All the conversations were very enjoyable,’ he was once quoted as saying.Most PopularThe Queen’s cousin, the 8th Earl of Harewood, sells Renaissance masterpiece to the National Gallery for £5.7 millionBy Rebecca CopeTiara of the Month: The diadem of Princess Andrée, wife of Aga Khan IIIBy Emma Samuel7 major revelations from Meghan’s The Cut interviewBy Hope CokeAnwar Hussein/Getty Images8/14Margaret Thatcher, 1979-1990On paper, the Queen and her longest-running PM should have had a lot in common, both being female leaders in traditionally male spheres, as well as wives and mothers with conservative values, yet the opposite was the case. While Thatcher’s conservatism came from her background as the self-made daughter of an alderman, the Queen’s was inherited via the confidence of centuries of divine right. Personality-wise, they clashed, with Thatcher seen as a bore, and the Queen famed for her dry wit. One source of particular friction was the PM’s annual visit to Balmoral, which Thatcher reportedly dreaded, being far from her comfort zone in wellies and a mackintosh, trudging across the grouse moor. Indeed, Thatcher reportedly had a lot of insecurities surrounding her class, something that the royals no doubt inadvertently made worse.Tim Graham/Getty Images9/14John Major, 1990-1997The Queen’s ninth prime minister John Major was the first to be younger than Her Majesty: while she was 64, he was 47. The two shared a close relationship, no doubt due to Major supporting her through her annus horribilis of 1992, the disastrous end to the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the other royal scandals of the ‘90s. Another signal of his royal seal of approval is his relationship with Princes William and Harry: he was appointed as their special guardian after the death of their mother, representing their interests in her will, and was the only politician invited to Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018.Anwar Hussein/Getty Images10/14Tony Blair, 1997-2007No love was lost between Tony Blair, the first PM to be born during the Queen’s reign, and Her Majesty. Things got off to a bad start when the New Labour leader took it upon himself to dub Diana, Princess of Wales as ‘the People’s Princess’, and to make it known that he had encouraged the Queen to make a statement after her death, purportedly claiming to have saved the reputation of the monarchy. Add to that his wife Cherie’s apparent refusal to curtsey, the fact that both Blairs both hated Balmoral, and Tony’s indiscretion in including private conversations he had with the Queen in his memoirs, and you can see why there is a froideur between the couple and the monarch.Tim Graham/Getty Images11/14Gordon Brown, 2007-2010While the Queen is known for her love of Scotland, she was not so keen on Gordon Brown, according to reports, often doing impressions of the dour Scotsman. Along with Tony Blair, he has the dubious distinction of being one of only two ex-prime ministers not invited to the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in 2011.Most PopularThe Queen’s cousin, the 8th Earl of Harewood, sells Renaissance masterpiece to the National Gallery for £5.7 millionBy Rebecca CopeTiara of the Month: The diadem of Princess Andrée, wife of Aga Khan IIIBy Emma Samuel7 major revelations from Meghan’s The Cut interviewBy Hope CokeOli Scarff/Getty Images12/14David Cameron, 2010-2016At 44-years-old, David Cameron was Her Majesty’s youngest prime minister to date. Despite a few hiccups - most notably ‘Purr-gate’ when he disclosed that the Queen had ‘practically purred down the line’ after learning Scotland had voted to remain part of the UK - the Tory leader and the Queen are thought to have gotten along swimmingly. He also worked closely with her on a major change to primogeniture law, updating it to allow older sisters to ascend to the throne before younger brothers ahead of the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child in 2012.WPA Pool/Getty Images13/14Theresa May, 2016-2019In contrast to her relationship with her first female PM, Margaret Thatcher, the Queen and Mrs May enjoyed a close bond, with Her Majesty reportedly looking forward to their weekly catch-ups. At the time of her departure from No 10, ITV's Royal Editor Chris Ship said: ‘While members of the Royal Family sit above the political debate, I’ve heard some of them speak with admiration for the level of hard work and many hours of negotiation Theresa May has invested in her role over the last three years.’ WPA Pool/Getty Images14/14Boris Johnson, 2019-2022Famously indiscreet, our outgoing prime minister almost immediately made a gaff upon his first meeting with the Queen, revealing to No 10 colleagues and journalists that she had claimed she ‘didn’t know why anyone would want the job’ of PM. He was later forced to apologise to her publicly - twice - first for misleading her on the legality of proroguing parliament, and secondly for the rule-breaking Downing Street party that took place the night before the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral during the Covid-19 pandemic.TopicsRoyals | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/a-history-of-the-queens-relationships-with-her-prime-ministers | 2022-09-05T14:10:02Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/a-history-of-the-queens-relationships-with-her-prime-ministers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Vanessa Kingori hosts a starry night at Claridge’s to herald the debut of Edward Enninful’s new memoir
Mayfair was alight with glamour last night, as A-listers and activists alike flocked to Claridge’s in honour of Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, as he celebrated his new memoir. Debuting on 6 September, A Visible Man chronicles Enninful’s fascinating life to date: from his childhood move to London from Ghana, on through his days as a model, stylist, designer and editor. Among the friends gathered to fête the book’s arrival were faces who’ve graced the cover of British Vogue during Enninful’s five years at its helm, from Adwoa Aboah to Kate Moss, by way of Malala Yousafzai and Salma Hayek Pinault. A coterie of fashion industry stars including Stella McCartney rubbed shoulders with actors like Idris Elba, Michaela Coel and Riz Ahmed; while literary royalty mingled with restaurant royalty in the form of Bernardine Evaristo and Lady Rogers. Unsurprisingly given the stylish assemblage of guests, the outfits on display were a spectacular showcase: from Moss’s sequinned maxi-dress and snakeskin boots; to Lady Bath’s dramatic, emerald green ensemble; while the man of the evening, Enninful himself, was dapper in a jet black, three-piece suit. | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/edward-enninful-a-visible-man-memoir-claridges-party-celebrity-guests | 2022-09-05T14:10:08Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/edward-enninful-a-visible-man-memoir-claridges-party-celebrity-guests | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fentanyl is one of the deadliest drugs on the street — and now it’s also pretty.
Drug traffickers are making rainbow-colored fentanyl that in pill form resembles candy — think SweeTarts — and in block form looks like sidewalk chalk, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration alert.
Federal officials say the candy-colored fentanyl is a deliberate attempt to market the drug to children and young adults.
“The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fentanyl and defeat the Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the vast majority of the fentanyl that is being trafficked in the United States,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a prepared statement.
Sheriff’s narcotics investigators in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have not yet encountered rainbow fentanyl, but the drug has been seized in Northern California, Oregon and Arizona. Southern California narcotics detectives are now on the lookout for it.
“If they are trying to put that out to kids, they are trying to kill kids,” said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Howard Fuchs, who works in the narcotics bureau. “All it takes is one pill and it will likely lead to death.”
Fentanyl pills previously were colored blue and often stamped with M on one side and 30 on the other to appear to be oxycodone, investigators say.
While authorities suspect that dying fentanyl pills pink, purple, yellow and blue is an attempt to make the drug more alluring or less threatening to kids, some experts don’t buy it.
“At this point, what the colors mean is really just speculation. The narrative that it’s meant specifically to appeal to children I do think is unsupported,” said Claire Zagorski, program coordinator at the Pharmacy Addictions Research and Medicine Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Zagorski said children don’t have much disposable income and generally don’t have jobs.
“It’s simply harder for kids to be reliable and consistent consumers of an expensive illicit substance, so it’s not a great business decision,” she said.
Zagorski also noted that many illicit substances have been “made pretty,” such as MDMA (Ecstasy) and LSD blotters.
“Those were never geared toward children, they were either meant as a signature of a certain seller/drug type, or just meant to look cool,” she said.
In any case, everyone agrees that fentanyl is one of the most deadliest drugs in the country.
The synthetic opioid is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just 2 milligrams of fentanyl, equal to 10 to 15 grains of salt, can kill.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 107,622 people died of drug overdoses in 2021 in the United States, with 66% of those deaths related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
Fentanyl illegally sold in the United States is primarily supplied by two criminal drug networks, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel In Mexico, according to the DEA alert.
Matt Capelouto of Riverside, whose 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, died after unknowingly taking half of a fentanyl pill that she thought was oxycodone, said the rainbow version is “scary.”
“They are specifically intending to appeal to young people,” said Capelouto, who heads the website “druginducedhomicide.org.” The website encourages prosecutors to file murder charges against dealers in drug deaths, but legislation in Sacramento to stiffen penalties for fentanly suppliers has gone nowhere.
Said Capelouto, “We all were kids. We all loved candy. It’s an easy target.”
Amy Neville, whose 14-year-old son, Alexander, died after ingesting fentanyl that he thought was oxycontin, said illicit drug makers are simply rebranding their product.
“Everybody knows the blue M-30s are dangerous, so they just changed the color,” said Neville, who runs the Alexander Neville Foundation. “They are prettier and nicer to the eye, so it means more people will fall for the trick.”
She said kids actually believe that drug dealers are their friends, so they might fall for the rainbow ruse.
“It’s terrifying, absolutely terrifying,” Neville said. “If you think that blue is bad, then pink is good, right? Or yellow?”
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When Rina Atroshenko’s family was leaving the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s, she thought she would never see her country again.
But in the decades that followed, the Soviet Union went through turbulent years as its economy chaotically shifted to a free market, new reforms led to perestroika and the Iron Curtain finally went down.
Since then, Atroshenko, the owner of Traktir Restaurant in Tarzana has visited Russia and Ukraine multiple times without fear of being prosecuted. That was possible due to reforms by then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died this week at 91.
“He changed many lives,” she said.
His death prompted mixed reactions from world leaders and Russian-speaking immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, varying from criticism to robust praise, with some reflecting on his complex political legacy and policies that have transformed lives.
Not many leaders have left such a profound effect on their country as Gorbachev did. He didn’t just end the Cold War, he dissolved the Soviet Union, opened the economy, welcomed freedom of expression and religion, and opened the borders — allowing millions of people to immigrate to the West.
Nobel Prize-winning editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, praised Gorbachev for releasing political prisoners and stopping the nuclear arms race.
“He gave us thirty years of peace,” Muratov wrote in Russian. “There will be no more gifts like this.”
Novaya Gazeta shut down operations in March. Gorbachev had used the funds from his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize to buy computers and launch the Novaya Gazeta publication. Since 2000, seven of its reporters have been killed in connection with their journalism investigations.
For Gary Rapoport, a real estate agent from Burbank who was 19 when he immigrated to Los Angles in 1991, Gorbachev’s lifting of travel restrictions on Soviet citizens was life-changing.
“Thanks to him, I was able to immigrate to the United States,” he said in Russian. “For that, I’m grateful to him.”
Rapoport said Gorbachev was able to transform a broken political and economic system that had pulled the country down.
“When people ask me how it was to live in the Soviet Union, I tell them: ‘Socialism is when everyone is equally poor,’” he said. “Everyone dreamed about moving to the U.S.”
Valley restauranteur Atroshenko, who moved here from the city of Chernivtsi in southwestern Ukraine, said being able to go back under the new freedoms created by Gorbachev meant reconnecting with her roots.
“We were able to go back and see our country years later,” she said. “We never thought that we would be able to do that.”
Sofiya Fikhman, who now lives in West Hollywood, moved from the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, just before the Soviet disintegration. She saw Gorbachev differently, saying he symbolized the collapse of the empire.
“He wasn’t a strong leader,” she said in Russian. “If he was a strong leader, he wouldn’t lose the power the way he did. Just overnight he stopped being the Soviet leader.”
She argued that no one from the former Soviet republics benefitted from the collapse of the Soviet system.
“Look at how many people immigrated after the collapse of the Soviet Union,” she said. “They all were looking for a better life.”
Reforming the massive, corrupted, repressive Soviet system turned out to be harder than expected, said Robert English, director of the USC School of International Relations.
“Many people’s lives have been negatively impacted,” English said. “His legacy is mixed because he didn’t succeed in the end in reforming the Soviet Union, making it prosperous and keeping it united. But he did give people freedoms to choose their own fate.”
There’s an irony attached to those who now live the good life in the West and criticize Gorbachev, he argued.
“He removed the KGB border police and gave people visas and passports,” English said. “People who enjoy those liberties now blame him for wrecking the country. Well, maybe they should have stayed and helped fix the country.”
This week, Associated Press journalists from around the world shared their stories of meeting Gorbachev in the three decades that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Putin described the collapse of the Soviet empire as “the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.” While rolling back political freedoms created by Gorbachev, Putin called Gorbachev a “statesman who made an enormous impact on the trajectory of world history.”
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said in a tweet this week that he learned about Gorbachev’s death over loudspeakers in his prison, adding that “it was under his rule that the last political prisoners were released in the USSR.”
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As English at USC explained, many immigrants who came to Los Angeles in the 1980s or ’90s benefited from Gorbachev’s reforms and opened borders and “for that, many people will be eternally grateful — including the people in Los Angeles.”
He noted that the reason Gorbachev’s legacy is complicated is because “the politics and the problems of his era were extraordinarily complex.”
It’s inevitable, English said, that “with so many different dimensions, so many contrary currents — foreign, domestic, national, economic, that the results would be confused — some good, some bad, some indifferent.” And out of that, he said, “some people would remember a more positive side and others would remember something more negative. It’s just a complexity of perestroika and his era.”
In his tribute to Gorbachev, Muratov of Novaya Gazeta wrote that Gorbachev will always be remembered for the love of his late wife Raisa Gorbacheva, and choosing human rights above the state, and valuing a peaceful sky more than personal power.
“There is no longer a man named Gorby standing between the world and a nuclear explosion,” Muratov wrote. “Who will replace him? Who?”
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By Dr. Nilesh L. Vora,
Contributing writer
Southern California is getting hotter than ever, and our drought certainly isn’t helping with our changes toward a warmer climate, which is why it’s now more important than ever for seniors to put a plan in place to protect their skin from the sun.
Skin cancer is currently the most common type of cancer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with most cases found in people older than 65. Skin cancer is caused by damage to the skin cells via ultraviolet light that can cause irreversible damage. The main types of skin cancer are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma, which predominantly affect adults of older age.
Skin cancer is a growing epidemic among the elderly in the United States. Adults who are 65 and older are more susceptible to skin cancer because of their fragile skin, medical conditions and medications they may be taking.
Why protecting your skin matters
Less than half of older adults protect their skin from the sun when outside for an hour or more on a sunny day, according to the CDC.
When exposed to the sun for long periods of time, you can be at an increased risk for skin cancer. Other factors that can put you at risk for skin cancer are:
- History of sunburns.
- Having many moles.
- Having a fair complexion.
- Skin that burns, freckles or reddens easily.
- Family history of skin cancer.
Previous sun burning, particularly experienced at younger ages, is a strong predictor of future skin cancer, especially melanoma, according to the National Cancer Institute. It is also important to assess the moles on your body – even if you’ve had the mole all your life, look at them and see if they change shape, color or texture. Common moles are normal and should not be of concern, but it is vital to assess any moles that have a mixture of colors, are asymmetrical, are greater than six millimeters, or has changed in size or shape.
Although people who have a lighter skin complexion burn easier from the sun and are at an increased risk for skin cancer, the reality is that anyone can be at risk for skin cancer, no matter how dark your complexion.
It’s important to remember too this is not just an issue that occurs when the sun is shining, but year-round – even when it’s overcast or smoggy/hazy. It is vital for older adults to practice sun protection year-round, to decrease the amount of UV light to the skin.
Here are some tips to effectively practice sun safety year-round:
- Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher 30 minutes before you go outdoors and reapply every two hours.
- Seek shade as much as possible.
- Avoid the sun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Wear cool, light-colored clothing that covers your arms and legs, so that it keeps you cool as well as covered.
- Wear a hat or visor with a wide brim to shield your head, face, ears and neck.
- Wear sunglasses if you are able to. UV radiation from the sun can lead to skin cancers on the eyelids. Consider glasses with transition lenses to protect your eyes when outdoors.
Self exams and talking to a dermatologist
It is important for seniors to perform a monthly skin cancer self-exam to help find changes in your skin or moles to detect skin cancer early. For hard-to-see places, ask a physician, partner or friend to examine your skin.
Pay attention to areas that are exposed to the sun the most, such as the neck, shoulders, ears and top of your scalp. Take notice to changes in your skin’s color, texture and feeling, including:
- Itching.
- Tenderness.
- Pain.
- Bleeding.
- Moles with irregular shapes, borders or colors.
- A new growth, a spot or bump that increases in size over time.
- A sore that doesn’t heal within a few weeks.
I also recommend to all my patients that, especially as you age, you should visit a dermatologist annually.
Many dermatologists find pre-cancerous growths as early as 40 years old, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, so it’s even more important for those 55 and older to get screened each year. When treating a precancerous spot on the skin, multiple and repeat treatments may be involved, such as cryotherapy to destroy the lesions on the skin.
Scheduling a full skin exam with your doctor is beneficial in helping to detect skin cancer early. Medicare may cover medically necessary dermatology services. While not all skin lesions are life-threatening, it is important to visit your primary care doctor if you notice an irregularity or change in your skin.
To learn more on how you can protect yourself against skin cancer and the treatments available if you happen to have skin cancer, visit memorialcare.org/cancercare.
Dr. Nilesh Vora is a board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist, and serves as medical director of the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Medical Center. He also serves as chair of Hematology and Medical Oncology for the MemorialCare Medical Foundation. He is a generalist with a specialized interest in lung cancer; gastrointestinal cancers — including colorectal, pancreatic and gastric — and malignant hematology disorders.
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Sheriff Tommy Romero and the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office are asking for help to locate a runaway teen.
Ethan Zapata is 14 and was last seen early Sunday at his home on Jefferson Terrace Boulevard in Iberia Parish.
Ethan is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs about 200 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Ethan Zapata is urged to contact the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office at 337-369-3711. Or you can submit a tip on the Iberia Sheriff’s App. | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/iberia-deputies-searching-for-14-year-old | 2022-09-05T14:15:57Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/iberia-deputies-searching-for-14-year-old | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jeanerette Police arrested a local man after a shooting that happened Saturday afternoon.
Police were called to the 600 block of Guillotte Street at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, a release states.
They found two victims: a juvenile girl and an adult, a man. Both were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The girl is listed in critical but stable condition and the man suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the release says.
Investigators were able to identify a suspect, and they arrested him and booked him into the Iberia Parish jail.
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A man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a woman who was jogging early Friday morning in Memphis, Tennessee.
Cleotha Abston, 38, was charged on Saturday with aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
Eliza Fletcher has still not been located, police said.
Police say a video shows Fletcher being forced into a vehicle when she was out for a run around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Her husband reported her missing after she didn't return home.
The family is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Fletcher's safe return.
She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a pink top.
Her water bottle and phone were found in front of a house that is owned by the University of Memphis.
According to an affidavit obtained by NBC News, police said Abston refused to provide any information about Fletcher's possible whereabouts.
Authorities believe she suffered serious injuries during the abduction because there was blood in Abston's vehicle, NBC News reported.
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(NEXSTAR) – Between high prices and high interest rates, there hasn’t been much good news for would-be homebuyers lately. But new data from CoreLogic, a financial analytics company that tracks real estate markets around the country, has a glimmer of hope for those looking to buy in 10 U.S. cities.
Real estate has been red-hot the past year. CoreLogic found in its most recent analysis that prices jumped more than 18% nationwide from June 2021 to June 2022. And some states saw prices jump by even more — Tennessee saw an increase of 25.8%, and Florida saw whopping 31.8% year-over-year price growth.
CoreLogic expects a much cooler year ahead, forecasting prices around the country to go up about 4% by June of next year.
“Though annual appreciation was still strong, it slowed from the previous month for the second consecutive month, reflecting reduced buyer demand in part due to higher mortgage rates and worries about a slowing economy,” the report reads.
In some areas, the analysts are actually expecting prices to fall. CoreLogic told Nexstar it expects the below 10 metro areas to see price drops over the next year. (The list is ranked with the highest risk of price drops at the top — not necessarily the largest drops.)
- Bend-Redmond, Oregon
- Longview, Washington
- Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
- Bellingham, Washington
- Boise, Idaho
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
- Grants Pass, Oregon
- Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
- Olympia-Tumwater, Washington
Northwestern states dominate the list, with several areas in Oregon, Washington and Idaho ranking in the top 10.
The only non-Northwestern locale included in the top 10 is the Florida panhandle metro area including Crestview, Fort Walton and Destin. The median home price in the city of Destin is $655,000, according to Zillow data. But if CoreLogic’s forecast pans out, a beachside home there could soon be just a bit cheaper. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/these-10-housing-markets-are-overdue-for-a-price-drop-analysts-say/ | 2022-09-05T14:16:22Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/these-10-housing-markets-are-overdue-for-a-price-drop-analysts-say/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DENVER, Colo. — For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID vaccines are getting an update, and the White House is encouraging all eligible Americans to get the new booster shot.
“This is certainly the greatest invention of our time to be able to produce a vaccine that's safe and effective this quickly,” said Dr. Larissa Pisney, an infectious diseases physician at UC Health in Denver, Colorado.
Pisney is an infectious disease specialist, and she and Dr. Ross Kedl, a professor of immunology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, explained the updated boosters use the original vaccine plus some added proteins to protect against omicron BA.4 and BA.5.
“Very little is actually different. All the things that were in them before are in them again,” said Kedl.
The original vaccine formula has been extensively tested in humans, but the booster including the BA.4 and BA.5 variants has only been tested in mice.
Both Dr. Pisney and Dr. Kedl said that is not a concern.
“It's not like starting fresh with a new vaccine. Bivalent vaccines have already been tested and we have clinical safety data for previous strains of COVID,” said Pisney.
Kedl says these new boosters are like flu shots: the base formula is used year after year and doctors add new proteins each season to protect against the strain impacting most people.
“If you're a person who gets a flu shot every year, well, then every time you've been getting it over the last three years, it's never, it's never been tested in humans each year,” said Kedl.
And this year, doctors are encouraging people to get the COVID booster and flu shot at the same time.
But, Pisney said to wait at least two months from your last booster or a COVID infection.
Both doctors said everyone above the approved age is encouraged to get a shot.
The new Pfizer booster is approved for ages 12 and up.
The new Moderna booster is approved for those 18 and up.
“Most people don't want to get sick, and most people don't even want to get infected. So, if both of those things apply to you, then I would say, go get a booster,” said Kedl.
If you haven't been vaccinated at all, these new shots are not meant to be your first shot.
This booster can only be used after a set of the original two COVID shots.
And if you're wondering if you really need another shot, both experts say yes.
“The best thing that we all can do is get vaccinated,” said Pisney.
“There's no obvious reason why one more injection has any significant safety risks associated with it. Whereas a COVID infection or SARS-cov-2 infection or COVID, there is still some risk. Even when you've been vaccinated, there still is a risk of long COVID,” said Kedl.
Kedl said if more people get this vaccine, there's a chance the virus will mutate less by next year.
“By a collective effort, we will make sure that we don't have to do every six months on this, and that's where we'll move into. So, if your big concern is ‘I'm tired of getting shots,’ well, maybe do one more and let's see if that's the path to getting less shots, ironically, for the time being, is to get at one more,” said Kedl. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/your-new-covid-boosters-questions-answered | 2022-09-05T14:16:28Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/your-new-covid-boosters-questions-answered | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Nimi Rama started working at McDonald’s at age 14. His career at McDonald’s has taken him throughout the East Coast and made him a director of operations.
Rama said he was goal driven as a teen and that trait turned out to be a driving force for his success. As a young teenager, he would call McDonald’s asking for more hours to be able to afford the things he wanted.
“I would always call into work asking if they needed help because I needed money to buy a cellphone,” he said. “I was always goal driven. At first, it was a cellphone and then it became a car.”
Rama credited his drive to his parents who immigrated from Albania to the United States in 1976 and they instilled in him hard work.
“We came to this country to make something of ourselves and that fire was instilled in me to be somebody and to work hard. From my parents down to my mentors everyone was always pushing me and telling me to keep going because the sky’s the l
Rama said he was taught that a plan was made for him and all he had to do was follow it.
He was motivated by things until he got older and realized that his next goal was not a material item, but his goal was to grow in the McDonald’s franchise and allow that road to take him to new heights., he said.
Rama said he worked every position in the franchise.
He started off in his hometown of Jefferson, Wisconsin, as a crew member. “I worked as a trainer, crew chief and shift manager,” he said. Rama said McDonalds has afforded him opportunities to see the world, work in new markets, and be stretched as an individual.
He moved to Chicago shortly after mastering every position in his hometown and was elevated to salaried assistant manager for three years.
In Chicago, he set his eyes on becoming a general manager. “I saw the structure of McDonalds,” he said. “I saw the benefits and I saw that the sky was the limit. I began to realize that you can go in and become anything.”
Rama said McDonald’s offers a variety of different avenues for career opportunities that attracted him and kept him on his toes.
“There is marketing, training, operations, there are so many different levels to McDonald’s and that fascinated me,” he said.
Rama said the key component to getting where he is today was learning from the people around him. He said that is the reason he was able to be successful.
Eventually, Rama accomplished his dream of becoming a general manager when he was chosen for that job in Miami.
He managed the store for three years and was awarded the Ronald Award. The Ronald Award is a prestigious award awarded to the top 1% of owner/operators across the country who have made outstanding contributions to strengthening McDonald’s brand image and going above and beyond to serve their customers and local communities.
He had once again mastered the goal he set.
After receiving the award he was promoted to district manager and then moved to Jacksonville, Florida to start another journey.
After staying in Jacksonville for a while, Rama moved to Houston where he was responsible for supervising six stores. He said he got the call about Houston from his mentor who trained him because of the potential he saw in him.
“He put ketchup in my veins,” Rama joked. He said his mentor was a tough guy who trained him shoulder to shoulder and told him the good and the bad.
Rema said it was important to have somebody in your corner who will tell you how it is even when you don’t want to hear it.
“He taught me work ethic, how to understand business, leadership, and effective communication,” he said. Rama said communication was an important part because McDonald’s is a people business and no matter how good your burgers and fries are or how well you operate the store, if you are not kind to people your store will not grow.
Rama said as a store manager his focus has been to get people to want to work for him.
“I don’t want people to work for me because they have to,” he said. “I want them to work with me because they want to.”
He said he wants to make the environment that he works in to be positive where people are happy to come to work and are ready to grow. He said the people he works with are more than coworkers. He refers to them as ‘his people’.
Rama was on the move again after four years in Houston. He was recruited to move to Dallas as the operations manager. He also worked in St. Louis, went back to Chicago before stopping in Florence as the director of operations.
Rama said his experience working at McDonald’s allows him to connect with crew members because he can empathize with them.
“I can feel their pain,” he said. “I can understand what they’re going through and when we are in meetings I relate to what they are saying to me. I understand the struggle.”
Rama said to those who believe they are at a dead end job with nothing to look forward to, he is the example of not to quit.
“I am 35 years old and I am the director of operations of a $30 million company and I started off as a crew member. It can be done,” he said.
Rama said people have to overcome the tendency to only look at what is in front of them and never what is beyond them. Rama said he feels like he has a personal agenda to get people to see what is beyond their current circumstances.
“When young people come in with no direction, I tell them how I have stuck with the company through thick and thin. I let them see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Rama said no matter how dark it seems, there is always a light and you just have to be patient until it comes.
“There is a purpose here at McDonald’s and its to help your fellow neighbor and do what is right,” he said. “The burgers and fries are not the highlight at McDonald’s, but the people who keep it going.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/hes-lovin-it-mcdonalds-crew-member-rises-to-executive/ | 2022-09-05T14:17:23Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/hes-lovin-it-mcdonalds-crew-member-rises-to-executive/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A pregnant activist serving four years in prison for her behavior at racial justice protests will have her sentence reconsidered as she struggles to reach her due date behind bars.
Raising questions about free speech and equal justice, Brittany Martin, 34, was found guilty this spring of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner over comments she made to police. Her lawyers have been pushing for a lesser sentence amid increasing concerns about her health and that of her baby, due in November.
Advocates with Black Voters Matter have been circulating a petition calling for her release. Civil rights attorney and former state lawmaker Bakari Sellers will tell the judge on Sept. 12 that the punishment is unjust.
“She’s in jail because she talked in America,” said Sybil Dione Rosado, her trial attorney. “She’s a dark-skinned Black woman who is unapologetically Black and radical.”
Martin moved with her four younger children to Sumter, South Carolina, from Iowa in spring 2020 and was “ready to go and protest” after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd sparked a nationwide movement that year, her sister said.
But Martin also had someone else on her mind: In 2016, Sumter police fatally shot her brother-in-law 19 times when officers said he fired a gun after a chase in a stolen car. When she took to the streets, she carried grief over her family’s past.
In court, prosecutors presented police body camera recordings including snippets of those demonstrations. Shared with the AP, they don’t show her laying hands on any officers. Videos from May 31, 2020 show Martin chanting “No justice, no peace,” in an officer’s face. Police donned riot gear and discussed using tear gas before letting the crowd disperse.
Martin used stronger language days later.
“Some of us gon’ be hurting. And some of y’all gon’ be hurting,” Martin told officers. “We ready to die for this. We tired of it. You better be ready to die for the blue. I’m ready to die for the Black.”
The jury acquitted Martin of inciting a riot and reached no verdict on whether she threatened officers’ lives. Her legal team was “elated” when jurors found her guilty only of breaching the peace, punishable by no more than a $500 fine and 30 days in jail, investigator Tony Kennedy recalled.
State law defines breachers of the peace as any disturbers, “dangerous and disorderly persons” or people who utter “menaces or threatening speeches.” But prosecutors presented the charge as a “high and aggravated” crime, which carries up to 10 years imprisonment. Rosado said Judge Kirk Griffin did not allow her to explain the distinction, and the possibility of a much stiffer penalty, to the jury.
Prosecutors did not respond to interview requests. Sumter police said it would be inappropriate to comment, given the potential for additional action.
Sellers called the sentence “beyond the pale.”
“The fact is you have people who stormed the Capitol, who led to the death of law enforcement, who tried to overturn an election and fracture democracy. And they’re getting two months, three months, six months,” Sellers said. “And Brittany Martin gets four years.”
Of the roughly 850 people charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, more than 330 have pleaded guilty to receive lesser sentences, mostly misdemeanors punishable by no more than a year.
In a court filing, Sellers points to others convicted under the same charge who had their sentences reduced. A more high-profile case involved an intoxicated University of Alabama football fan who punched a University of South Carolina fan unconscious after the Gamecocks upset the Crimson Tide. The man was pronounced dead after a motorist unknowingly drove over his body. The fan got three years in prison, the rest of his 10-year sentence suspended.
Martin said her body “can’t get comfortable with the baby” and as of July, she lost 12 pounds while incarcerated, despite the pregnancy. She was taken twice by ambulance to a hospital that month, once after experiencing contractions and again after entering preterm labor at 25 weeks, according to her sister Whitney Martin and Rosado. Martin’s prison report shows she went to eight outside medical appointments throughout July and August.
Martin recently got sent to solitary confinement for refusing to cut her dreads, a violation of a policy Rosado called “racially biased.” According to the grooming policy, which seeks to “promote safety,” the prison allows neatly braided, corn-rowed hair only when worn straight back and individual braids but not dreadlocks or twists.
Martin said she’s been verbally harassed by guards and injured by inmates. Rosado reported seeing scratches on Martin’s face and a bloody right eye during a recent visit. Martin’s prison report shows she was sent to detention for 35 days on June 5 over threatening to inflict harm on an employee and again for 22 days on July 28 over refusing or failing to obey orders.
National Racial Justice Network President Dr. Candace Brewer wants to ensure Martin “does not end up where Sandra Bland” did, referring to the Black Chicago woman who died in a Texas jail after a trooper said she failed to signal a lane change.
A lot changed during the two years since the protests.
In November 2020, Martin received 7 years probation for willful intent to injure and leaving a crime scene in Iowa, where in August 2019, her teenage son had accused her of purposely hitting him with her SUV and driving away. Iowa court documents allege that Martin told her son — who wound up hospitalized with minor injuries — that she hoped he would die. Rosado said the South Carolina judge — who did not respond to an interview request — did not mention the Iowa conviction in his sentencing decision.
In 2021, Martin co-founded Mixed Sistaz United, a local group that served meals for homeless people, organized voter registration drives and hosted a Juneteenth celebration.
This January, Martin’s 18-year-old son was shot and killed in his car outside a Waterloo, Iowa convenience store — a loss Martin and her family are still mourning.
Martin’s sister has been caring for the younger children, who she said are “missing their mom.” The 5-year-old hasn’t sounded like his happy self on the phone, Martin said.
“It’s been times in this prison where I have started giving up for a second, mentally and emotionally,” Martin said. “It seemed like the Holy Spirit just put that spoon in my mouth, like ‘Come on, you’ve got to eat. You’ve got to get up.’”
“I had to think about my babies. I had to think about my love for them, which is why I’m even in this situation,” she said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/pregnant-activist-serving-4-years-for-protest-comments/ | 2022-09-05T14:18:10Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/pregnant-activist-serving-4-years-for-protest-comments/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – One person died Sunday night in crash involving an ATV in Spartanburg County.
According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 7:35 p.m. on Highway 110 near Humphries Rd.
A Dodge Ram traveling north on SC110 was hit by an ATV trying to exit a grass field onto the highway.
Troopers said the ATV driver was taken to the hospital for their injuries, where they later died. Their identity has not been released.
The crash remains under investigation by SCHP. | https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/1-dead-in-atv-crash-in-spartanburg-co/ | 2022-09-05T14:18:16Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/state-news/1-dead-in-atv-crash-in-spartanburg-co/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a woman who was jogging early Friday morning in Memphis, Tennessee.
Cleotha Abston, 38, was charged on Saturday with aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
Eliza Fletcher has still not been located, police said.
Police say a video shows Fletcher being forced into a vehicle when she was out for a run around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Her husband reported her missing after she didn't return home.
The family is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Fletcher's safe return.
She was last seen wearing purple shorts and a pink top.
Her water bottle and phone were found in front of a house that is owned by the University of Memphis.
According to an affidavit obtained by NBC News, police said Abston refused to provide any information about Fletcher's possible whereabouts.
Authorities believe she suffered serious injuries during the abduction because there was blood in Abston's vehicle, NBC News reported.
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Former President Barack Obama is an Emmy winner.
Obama won in the "Best Narrator" category of the Creative Arts Emmys. The former president narrated the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.”
Obama is reportedly the second president to win an Emmy.
Other notable winners from the night included Adele, Eminem, and the late Chadwick Boseman.
Adele earned an Emmy for her CBS special, "Adele: One Night Only."
Eminem earned his award for being part of the Super Bowl halftime performance, which won in the "Outstanding Variety Special" category.
Adele and Eminem are now a Tony Award away from achieving EGOT status. They've both won an Emmy, an Oscar and Grammys.
Boseman, who has also been honored with an Oscar, was posthumously awarded the Emmy for "Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance."
He played T’Challa in the animated series “What If…?” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/obama-adele-eminem-score-emmy-wins | 2022-09-05T14:21:38Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/obama-adele-eminem-score-emmy-wins | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — What is written on the glass partitions in this chemistry lab may look like another language, but it could be the key to unlocking a solution to America's plastic predicament.
"There is no silver bullet,” said Frank Leibfarth, a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "It's a gigantic problem."
Leibfarth and his fellow researchers are dedicated to figuring out how the plastic we use every day could be turned into something useful and better.
"Many people throw their plastics in a recycling bin, right?” he said. "Most of those actually do not get reused into new materials."
In fact, very little plastic gets recycled at all. Unlike paper, of which nearly 70% gets recycled, only 5% of America's annual 35 million tons of plastic is recycled.
One type that makes up 55% of the world's plastic is called polyolefins, which can be especially problematic.
"They're typically the hardest materials to recycle," Leibfarth said. "You can fill up the Houston Texans’ football stadium to the top every two days. So, the question my lab set out to answer is, 'What do we do with all that?'”
Part of the issue comes down to the chemical bonds that make up plastic. It makes them hard to recycle.
"For instance, a water bottle, a plastic water bottle, might eventually get recycled and turn into carpet but there's very little closed-loop recycling, and that means a material actually gets used for its original purpose after its initial use that occurs in the United States or around the world," he said.
In other words, a water bottle cannot be recycled and made into a new water bottle. Facilities where that can happen are rare and mostly located in Europe.
“In the U.S., that does not happen at all," Leibfarth said.
Aiming to change that, researchers in Chapel Hill began experimenting.
"This is a sheet of polyethylene, which can be found in yogurt cups or milk jugs, all sorts of different polymer materials,” said Eliza Neidhart, a chemistry PhD candidate, “and this is the material that we start with."
Turns out, with some chemical finagling, the recycled plastic could be turned into a stronger material than it was before.
What could it be used for?
"It's used in about 50% of the golf balls as kind of the second coating within the golf balls,” Leibfarth said. “It's used in a lot of yoga mats or high-strength plastic packaging."
However, researchers say more work needs to be done in order to scale up what is happening in this lab.
"There is no one technology that's going to solve this problem," Leibfarth said. "Even small advances in this area really can catalyze much, much more sustainable use of plastics."
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220902-N-IL330-1035 SINGAPORE (Sept. 2, 2022) – Jonathan Kaplan, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, delivers remarks during a reception with the U.S. Embassy to Singapore aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Sept. 2, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Austyn Riley)
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220904-N-XN177-1045 SINGAPORE (Sept. 4, 2022) – Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Kevin Villaneuva, from Passaic, New Jersey, left, and Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Nicholas Salcedo, from Miami, sort mail in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Sept. 4, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart)
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220904-N-XN177-1063 SINGAPORE (Sept. 4, 2022) – Retail Services Specialist 2nd Class Richel Unadia, from San Diego, sorts mail in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Sept. 4, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart)
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A new lease for South Korea’s Shinhan Bank has boosted occupancy to 91% at 750 Seventh Ave. The 15,279 square-foot deal takes up the whole 26th floor.
The 36-story tower recently had major capital upgrades by landlord FosterLane Management, including two tenants-only amenity floors.
CBRE’s Howard Fiddle, Brett Shannon, Arkady Smolyansky, Evan Fiddle and Jacob Rosenthal repped the landlord. Howard Fiddle praised the building as “one of the premier locations in Manhattan.” Higher floors boast floor-to-ceiling windows, 13-foot ceiling heights and panoramic views.
Cushman & Wakefield’s Matthias Li and Cole Chartash repped Shinhan. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/shinhan-bank-signs-lease-deal-at-750-seventh-ave/ | 2022-09-05T14:32:16Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/shinhan-bank-signs-lease-deal-at-750-seventh-ave/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A TikTok user is being shamed after she posted a video of “creepy” private messages from her former high school janitor, who asked how old she was and if she wanted to be friends.
Rebekah Gregg posted footage of the Facebook messages she received in June from her alma mater’s janitor.
“Hi. May I ask you something? How old are you now,” the message read. “Can I be your friend now? Good morning. Hi.”
The video, which has gained 214,200 views, has since sparked a debate over whether or not it was appropriate to post private messages.
“How wonderful it is when a problem is so trivial that it can be completely silenced by … pressing the ‘off button,’” one user commented.
“If he was a hot janitor you’d be into it,” blasted another.
Some users came to her aide, calling the man “creepy” and “inappropriate.”
“You don’t need to explain yourself. His behavior was inappropriate. Period. Women will always be blamed,” defended one user.
In a follow-up video, Gregg explained that this has been a recurring incident and that it started when she transferred to the school in her senior year.
“I was not 18 yet, and that’s when he started to message me. He’s messaged me for years,” explained Gregg.
“I’ve ignored his messages. I’ve blocked his accounts. He has created multiple accounts with different variations of his name to message me, and I’m sure plenty of other girls.”
Gregg revealed in a comment that she had reported the janitor to the school.
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For a lot of people, it’s hard for two things to be true at the same time. NBC’s Chris Simms has definitely been on the skeptical side when it comes to whether Trey Lance will ever put it all together on the football field. Having said that, he’s also picking the 49ers to make their second Super Bowl in the last four years.
“I just look at them as a team on a mission,” he said on the Chris Simms Unbuttoned podcast, “Maybe I’m overselling it a little bit, but I think between their roster, the way the year ended last year, Shanahan and that group out there, I love DeMeco Ryans at defensive coordinator. I think their offensive line is better. I think their defensive line is gonna be better. I think they’re gonna be a pain in the ass.”
For Simms, faith in the head coach and faith in the pieces around Lance made the 49ers his NFC West winner as well.
“Their roster is ridiculous. It’s redonkulous, it is, across the board. The only position you look at and go, ‘Oh, that’s not impressive,’ is corner, and they’re a team that doesn’t really put a lot of pressure on their corners anyways. They don’t expect you to be island man-to-man. I think they even got a little bit better in that area when Charvarius Ward is back and healthy.
I have faith in Shanahan, for sure. Trey Lance is a question, we get that, but the Shanahan tricks are going to be out early. When they play the first three games of this year, there’s no doubt they’re the best team on the field. There’s no doubt. The Bears, the Seahawks, and the Broncos, they are the best team on the field. Doesn’t mean their quarterback’s the best, but they’re the best team on the field.
I could see them getting off to an incredible start. I could really see them being 5-1 after the first six games.”
What if they don’t come out of the gate on fire and they start to struggle?
“That’s where Jimmy G. and the fact that they got him is gonna come in and save their ass. For sure. They don’t need the quarterback to be a superstar, they just need him to be good and not f*ck the game up. They’re literally in that category. We’ve seen that. They’ve won a lot of games with Jimmy Garoppolo where you go, ‘He didn’t really do anything, but he didn’t f*ck it up.’ Good by him, he made one or two throws and that’s all he had to do. And we’re good from there.”
I have heard a million analyses of Jimmy Garoppolo over the years, but that’s probably the most succinct of them all.
Time will tell where things ultimately fall, but it says a lot about the quality of the roster the 49ers have build that someone so skeptical of the team’s starting quarterback would still pick them to represent the Super Bowl from the NFC.
Make sure you follow the Niners Nation Podcast Network now! Our daily 49ers in Five podcast gives you the latest news, the most interesting press conference and radio interview clips, and everything else that you need to know - all in less time than it takes to finish your morning coffee. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/5/23337280/nbcs-chris-simms-picks-the-49ers-to-make-the-super-bowl | 2022-09-05T14:32:55Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/5/23337280/nbcs-chris-simms-picks-the-49ers-to-make-the-super-bowl | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
49ers practice and media schedule leading to Week 1 matchup vs. Bears
“The San Francisco 49ers will hold four full practices this week as the team prepares for its Week 1 matchup against the Chicago Bears.”
Branch: After six-year wait, 49ers center Jake Brendel finally gets the call to start (paywall)
“Brendel is confident he’s ready to play, partly because of the players he learned from throughout his career. Before he spent a season with Mack and two seasons with Pouncey, he began his career in 2016 with the Cowboys, who had Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick.
“So year after year after year after year I’m kind of looking at the difference between the starter that I’m backing up and me,” Brendel aid. “How big of a difference is that?”
“Castro-Fields was the only 49ers draft pick to be let go. San Francisco was surely aiming to add him to their practice squad, but the Washington Commanders scooped him up.”
“I go out there, and I have a really good run play, and I feel like I had good edge sets,” Omenihu said. “So the thought process of me not able to contain things can die, because that’s not going to be an issue.”
FROM THE VAULT: What if the Bears had drafted Joe Montana? (paywall)
“After some deliberation, Finks announced the Bears were taking McClendon. “Bill Tobin almost had apoplexy,” McGrane said before his death in 2015. “He was beside himself, sick he didn’t get Montana.”
Finks became a Hall of Famer, but it was not a Hall of Fame moment.
“Finks liked Montana, but he was human, too,” said McGrane, who also worked with Finks in Minnesota. “Finks would make picks out of his back pocket sometimes. He’d call it a hunch play.” | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/5/23337518/49ers-news-bears-joe-montana-justin-fields-trey-lance-jimmy-g-charles-houston-defense-kyle-bosa-nfl | 2022-09-05T14:33:01Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/5/23337518/49ers-news-bears-joe-montana-justin-fields-trey-lance-jimmy-g-charles-houston-defense-kyle-bosa-nfl | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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