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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Alison Swenson visited a clinic to treat something very common in babies.
"These kids, usually from preferred sleeping positions, develop a flat spot on their head," said prosthetist/orthotist Jason Ramsey. "We have the orthotic helmet to correct the shape. All it does is redirect the natural growth pattern."
With dad Aaron deployed right now, the family had an idea of what to do: give Troy a helmet like his dad's pilot helmet.
"My husband is an Apache pilot, and he has been in the Army since October 2016," Swenson said.
"We knew he was going to be leaving during this kind of treatment, and so we still wanted him to have that connection with his daddy while he was gone," Swenson added. "My husband has his name on it, and it says DLCP. For daddy's little co-pilot."
Troy has worn the helmet from Hanger Clinic for a few months now. Measurement at the clinic showed Troy has made progress, but Alison's decided the helmet's going to stay a little while longer. Someday soon, it will be off, but for a mom, that helmet's always going to be something she keeps for the memories.
This story was originally reported by Forrest Sanders newschannel5.com. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/clinic-crafts-babys-helmet-to-look-like-dads-army-pilot-helmet | 2022-09-06T16:42:24Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/clinic-crafts-babys-helmet-to-look-like-dads-army-pilot-helmet | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Creating accessible events is not only the right thing to do, but also can help you reach 20% more attendees and achieve 30% higher profit margins. Yet many events professionals fall short when it comes to planning experiences that are accessible to all, hurting both attendees and long-term goals.
During this webinar, we’ll discuss some key considerations to produce accessible events that benefit not only individuals with disabilities, but also help to ensure that all participants are able to fully engage with your events and your organization as a whole.
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A federal report released Thursday shows that Missouri ranks at or near the bottom nationally in terms of processing Medicaid applications in the federally-permitted time.
The report, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, contains the first data covering the period since Missouri expanded Medicaid eligibility late last year. CMS used to release the reports annually but will now publish them on a quarterly basis.
Missouri had the highest portion of Medicaid applications processed in over 45 days in March among the 47 states reporting data, and was second only to Arkansas the previous month.
The federal government requires states to process applications within 45 days.
Roughly four in every five Medicaid applications in Missouri took longer than 45 days to process over this period, eight times the national average.
A year earlier, before the state expanded Medicaid, only around 2% of applications took longer than 45 days to process.
Wait times for Medicaid applicants in Missouri and Arkansas far outpaced every other state in the report.
The state regularly releases monthly average wait times, but only the federal reports provide distributional data, which reveals that the issue was not one of a few outlier applications: The majority of Missouri applications were processed in excess of the federal time limit.
The average period to determine eligibility for an application in Missouri was 81 days in February 2022 and 83 days in March 2022.
The average wait time went on to peak at 115 days in June. Before Medicaid eligibility was finally expanded to include low-income adults last year, the average processing time in June was just eight days. As of last Friday, the average stood at around 90 days.
The long wait times have put the state on CMS’s radar.
In early 2022, CMS began working with the state to identify strategies to reduce processing times and high backlogs — at that point, the new report shows, the state was among the worst nationally.
By May, the federal government wasn’t satisfied with Missouri’s progress. CMS formally requested the state produce a mitigation plan in May, after identifying “multiple issues related to Missouri’s timely processing of applications.”
Last week, during a briefing with reporters, Kim Evans, director of Missouri’s Family Support Division, which administers Medicaid in Missouri, downplayed the significance of the federal intervention.
“This is something that is normal,” Evans said. “It is not unique to Missouri and it’s not something we had to do because Missouri was just so far behind that we couldn’t save this.”
The state has until Sept. 30 to bring its average times within the guidelines. If it falls short of the plan laid out by CMS, the federal government could implement even more stringent compliance measures. Eventually, Missouri could face financial sanctions.
For applicants, a months-long wait time for Medicaid can prove untenable, causing them to delay necessary care and forego purchasing their prescriptions, said Tricia Brooks, research professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.
This story was originally published on the Missouri Independent. | https://www.kcur.org/health/2022-09-06/missouris-medicaid-application-wait-times-are-among-worst-in-nation-new-federal-report-shows | 2022-09-06T16:43:15Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/health/2022-09-06/missouris-medicaid-application-wait-times-are-among-worst-in-nation-new-federal-report-shows | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas wants to give some people with suspended driver's licenses at least some of their driving privileges back. But over 30,000 people miss out.
People who had their license suspended because they didn’t pay a ticket can apply for a restricted driver's license. But in 2021, only 1,800 of the 39,000 Kansans who qualified for that help got it. A suspended license doesn’t let someone drive at all. A restricted license allows for some errands, like commuting to work, school or medical appointments.
“It's not just an annoyance,” said Wesley McKain, policy and development manager at the Wyandotte County Public Health Department. “Someone not having a driver's license has a lot of impacts on their ability to get to the doctor, their ability to get to their job, their ability to get to education.”
Kansas says it has simplified the application process, but drivers still struggle through it.
Kansas Legal Services hosts license restoration events to help people apply for a restricted license. Those events help people fill out paperwork and offer lawyers to answer questions so people can get a restricted license. But, Marilyn Harp, the group’s executive director, says half the people they help fail to get approved.
“There’s lots of pieces to it,” she said.
The low acceptance rate could be because not many apply or a lot are rejected, though it isn’t clear. Data from the Kansas Department of Revenue shows that 1,600 people applied in 2021 and 1,800 were accepted. Those numbers don’t match because the agency only tracks online requests and not paper applications.
In 2019, Kansas suspended the sixth most driver's licenses per capita in the country, and Harp says Kansas still has thousands of drivers with suspended licenses.
Lacey Black, solutions manager in the Division of Vehicles at the Kansas Department of Revenue, said KDOR is making the process easier to navigate. Fees have been removed and letters informing drivers of their suspension tell them how to apply. But that’s assuming someone’s address is updated properly.
Black said people commonly have an outdated address on their license, meaning important information is mailed to the wrong place. Updating their address is one of the most important things drivers can do, she added.
She said her agency has worked with the Legislature to remove barriers to the process. But some still worry this traps people in a cycle of poverty by making it hard, for instance, to get to work.
McKain, the Wyandotte County official, said transportation and well-being are linked.
“So many things impact health,” McKain said. “Income is very much tied to health outcomes in our country.”
The health department began working on license suspension reform, but that has mostly shifted to the courts now. Administrative Judge Brandelyn Nichols-Brajkovic said too many drivers licenses are suspended because judges lack discretion in the process.
Someone’s license is automatically suspended if they don’t pay their tickets. The Legislature considered taking away the state’s power to suspend licenses over non-payment of fines and fees, but the bill stalled in a Statehouse committee.
“It eliminates an important tool used to ensure compliance with traffic code,” said John Goodyear, staff attorney for the League of Kansas Municipalities, back in 2020. “Without the prospect of a suspension for the non-payment of fines, there is nothing to keep an offender from refusing to pay the fines for traffic citations and continuing to drive.”
People should pay costs, but Nichols-Brajkovic said suspending someone’s license for mistakes — like not having insurance — isn’t productive. Some judges said a restricted license is a more appropriate punishment.
Nichols-Brajkovic wants the Legislature to update statutes to give judges more discretion.
Kansas has passed reforms to the program in recent years. A 2021 law lets drivers ask judges to reduce or waive fines and fees that impose a significant financial hardship. It also removed a 90-day waiting period for someone to get their license back.
“Most (judges) aren’t here to destroy lives although it can definitely feel that way if you are in the suspended license cycle,” Nichols-Brajkovic said.
Blaise Mesa reports on criminal justice and social services for the Kansas News Service in Topeka. You can follow him on Twitter @Blaise_Mesa or email him at blaise@kcur.org.
The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy.
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New voting laws went into effect in Missouri on Aug. 28. One rule now requires voters to produce a form of government-issued photo identification or be required to fill out a provisional ballot. Supporters say they'll help preserve election integrity, but opponents say the risk of voter fraud is overstated, and that this law is really designed to discourage some people from voting. It's already facing lawsuits from voting rights groups.
Up To Date's Steve Kraske spoke with Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a major advocate for the new policies, about how this new law will impact voters come November.
Contact the show at news@kcur.org. Follow KCUR on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news.
Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love, Trevor Grandin and KCUR Studios, and edited by Gabe Rosenberg and Lisa Rodriguez.
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Shortly after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, abortion became illegal in Missouri except for medical emergencies. And this new reality presented difficult questions for people who support broader access to the procedure.
For instance: Bonyen Lee-Gilmore, the vice president of strategy and communications for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, said the ruling sets the stage for a long and difficult battle to reinstate those rights.
“I think it’s really important for all of our supporters and activists and those who have fought alongside us to know that the fight is just beginning — and this is going to be a marathon to rebuild access,” Lee-Gilmore said shortly after the decision became public. “It’s not going to happen overnight. It’s not going to happen in a year or two. It’s going to be years of work.”
Recent data may provide some credence to Lee-Gilmore’s sentiment.
According to a poll commissioned for St. Louis University and YouGov, 75% of respondents want exceptions for people who become pregnant due to rape or incest. And 48% would vote for a hypothetical ballot initiative repealing the new law.
On its face, that should be encouraging to people who want to elect more Democrats to federal office — where Congress could pass a law guaranteeing the right an abortion in all states. But the same poll seems to indicate that while Missouri voters don’t like the new law, they’re not willing to take it out on candidates who support it.
The poll found that Republican U.S. Senate nominee Eric Schmitt is leading Democratic nominee Trudy Busch Valentine by 11 percentage points. Schmitt signed paperwork minutes after Roe was overturned to enact the abortion ban — while Busch Valentine has made advocacy for legal abortion a central aspect of her campaign. Another poll, from Remington and MoScout, also showed Schmitt winning by more than 10 percentage points.
"These polls confirm that Missourians are ready for a Senator who will be laser-focused on stopping reckless spending, curbing energy costs, and defending our individual freedoms," Schmitt said in a statement.
Walking contradictions
Steven Rogers, an assistant professor of political science at St. Louis University and the director of the SLU/YouGov poll, said the results of this particular poll show that Missouri voters don’t just consider one issue when making a decision on the candidates.
“It’s important to consider abortion isn’t necessarily the only issue right now,” Rogers said. “It can be weighing on people’s decisions a little bit. But there can be other issues like the economy.”
Rogers said that most Missouri elections tend to conform to broader national trends. He pointed to research that he’s done showing that presidential approval ratings are three times as impactful on state legislative races as state legislative approval.
“Voters largely vote in state legislative elections based on their partisanship, and then the national political conditions,” Rogers said.
Many outside political observers note that Missourians tend to vote for ballot items that reflect support for progressive ideas, like expanding Medicaid or raising the minimum wage, and then vote for Republican candidates who oppose those proposals. Some of that has to do with how opposition to these initiatives is anemically funded or organized. But with rare exceptions, support for those efforts hasn’t really helped Democrats running for state and federal offices.
Democratic state Sen. Jill Schupp is furious about the state’s abortion ban and thinks it will hurt Republicans in places like the 2nd Congressional District in the St. Louis area. But she also says there may be more pressing issues to voters.
“Increased costs are problematic for a lot of people,” said Schupp, D-Creve Coeur, earlier this summer. “You know when your grocery bill is increased, when you know when it costs much more money to put gas in your car.”
Alex Witt, campaign manager for Busch Valentine, said that not only is the state’s abortion law “cruel and appalling, but setting women back 50 years is going to be a losing issue” for Schmitt.
“As a nurse, Trudy Busch Valentine believes women should have the freedom to make their own private health care decisions without government mandates. In the Senate, she will work to codify Roe into law and support efforts to end the filibuster to get it done,” Witt said. “Missouri women don't want Eric Schmitt in the doctor's office with them, and we fully expect that in November they'll make it clear they don't want him in the Senate either.”
Schmitt’s campaign did not respond to a query about how the abortion issue would affect his campaign.
Republican optimism — and trepidation
For the most part, Missouri Republicans don’t seem worried that the abortion issue will affect their chances in November.
GOP state Rep. Travis Fitzwater isn’t sure that backlash over the abortion law will meaningfully chip away at his party’s dominance in the legislature. Fitzwater won a GOP primary for a state Senate seat and is not facing opposition from Democrats in November.
“I talked to a consultant yesterday who believes that it could raise turnout for Democrats a little bit in the fall,” said Fitzwater, R-Holts Summit, earlier this month. “I don’t know if it’s going to be enough to change many of these races.” He points out a lot of the state Senate races are not competitive.
And there’s little evidence that the polling is prompting Republicans to play down their opposition to abortion rights.
Take for example Ben Brown. He’s the GOP nominee for the 26th Senate District, which takes in counties around the St. Louis area. He says some people he talks with in the GOP-leaning district aren’t thrilled with the new law — but others are. And he added that while he’ll listen to other people’s perspectives, he is supportive of the status quo.
“I’m always willing to have a conversation,” Brown said. “But what I believe in my heart is right is where the law is right now — it’s going to be banned except in the case of medical emergencies.”
Others like GOP state Sen. Lincoln Hough of Springfield noted that Republicans shouldn’t dismiss the impact of Roe’s downfall. He pointed to how Kansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have said there’s no right to an abortion in the state.
“This is one of those issues that’s very real to people and near and dear to their hearts,” Hough said. “I think it is hard to handicap how that will actually affect, one, voter turnout and, two, then how those folks vote when they do show up.”
Rogers said one thing to look for in November — besides the impact on the U.S. Senate race and congressional contests — is how Democrats fare in closely divided state legislative districts.
“Abortion could have an impact on some of these state races,” Rogers said, adding that it would take a lot to move districts that are solidly Republican.
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Credit Suisse discusses EUR/USD technical outlook and maintains a bearish bias in the near-term.
"EURUSD has begun the week undergoing a concerted attempt to remove key support from the 78.6% retracement of the 2000/2008 bull trend at .9900 as energy supply pressures in Europe deteriorate further. We maintain our core bearish outlook and we look for a sustained break in due course, with support seen next at .9862, ahead of .9729/25 and then the lower end of the downtrend channel from February at .9658," CS notes.
"Our core objective remains set at .9609/.9592, the key high of 2001 and September 2002 low. However, whilst we would look for a fresh phase of consolidation here, we see no reason not to look for a break in due course with support seen next at .9330. Immediate resistance is seen at .9953, with resistance from the 13 -day exponential at 1.0006 ideally capping on a closing basis to keep the immediate risk lower. Only above 1.0090/97 though would be seen to mark a minor base," CS adds.
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Since we're talking about New Zealand, have a look at the NZD/JPY chart as it pushes up against about 10 previous tries to hit 87.00.
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Today, the USDCHF followed the USD lower in early Asian trading, and in the process fell back below the rising 100 hour MA and an upward sloping trend line as well.
The low price today got within 3 pips of the swing high from last Tuesday, but momentum could not be sustained. Buyers reentered and were ultimately successful in the running above, and away from its 100 hour moving average on the topside (blue line in the chart).
The high price today reached 0.98607 which was right at the high price from last Thursday's trade. Sellers leaned and the price has come back off over the last hour or so of trading. A ceiling has been est. against the highs seen over the last 4 trading days.
What now?
Admittedly, the price action has seen up and down above and below its 100 hour moving average. Nevertheless that moving average at 0.98028 represents a bias defining level worthy of following. Stay above is more bullish. Move below is more bearish.
If the sellers are to prevail with the potential ceiling in place, getting below that moving average would be Step 1. Step 2 would be to get below the 0.97614 level followed by the 38.2% retracement of the move up from the August 26 low. That level comes in at 0.97523.
The rising 200 hour moving average at 0.97425 is the next downside target that would be required to get and stay below if the sellers are to start to take back more control after the sharp run up from the August 11 low.
The move from the August 11 low, has seen the pair move up 493 pips in 19 trading days. During the run, there was one break below its 200 hour moving average. That was on the day of the Jackson Hole symposium and the US core PCE data. Initially the PCE came in weaker than expectations and the USDCHF fell briefly below the 200 hour MA. However, the same hourly bar saw a snap back rally and Chair Powell's comments solidfied the resumpition of the upward momentum. The last time the price closed an hourly bar below the 200 hour MA was way back on August 17.
For now, a potential ceiling is in place, with more work to the downside needed to increase the bearish bias starting with a re-break of the 100 hour MA. A move above the ceiling opens the door to a swing area on the daily chart between 0.9871 to 0.98908 (see red numbered circles and yellow area on the chart below). | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/usdchf-runs-to-highs-from-last-week-and-finds-sellers-20220906/ | 2022-09-06T16:47:43Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/usdchf-runs-to-highs-from-last-week-and-finds-sellers-20220906/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A California judge, the scion of a powerful Democratic family, granted an ex-con a mistrial for an alleged violent McDonald’s robbery because he was sleepy in court and couldn’t take proper notes, Fox News Digital has learned.
Los Angeles Superior Court Jurist Daniel Lowenthal, whose Democratic congressman father endorsed the city’s embattled top prosecutor George Gascón, made the ruling Wednesday.
Vamazae Elgin Banks, 24, was on trial for allegedly pointing a gun at the head of a McDonald’s cashier and threatening to kill her if she didn’t hand over cash quickly enough.
“Hurry up or I’ll blow your brains out!” Banks allegedly told the victim, court records show.
He made off with less than $100 from the McDonald’s on E. 4th St. in Long Beach.
Banks faces up to life in prison if convicted of three counts of robbery and one account of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for the crime under California’s Three Strikes sentencing laws.
He has two prior violent felony convictions for robbery and making criminal threats.
Nodding Off
His court-appointed defense lawyer, Alan Nakasone, argued that Banks couldn’t take adequate notes during a court session because he had been put in a cell without a blanket or bed the night before and was unable to sleep properly.
The argument was enough for Lowenthal, who ripped the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for negligence and granted the mistrial request.
Deputy District Attorney Tricia Halstead pushed back on Nakasone’s argument in court, asking the judge if he had actually seen Banks nod off at the defense table.
“Did he fall asleep?” she asked him. “Did Your Honor see him fall asleep?”
Lowenthal deferred the question to Nakasone.
“My client was nodding,” the defense lawyer reiterated.
With that, Lowenthal made his ruling.
“Essentially this Court has lost complete confidence in the Sheriff Department’s ability to provide proper housing arrangements,” he said. “A mistrial is declared.”
Judge Lowenthal’s Political Connections
Lowenthal’s father, Alan Lowenthal, (D-CA) who was first elected to Congress in 2012, is serving his fourth term representing portions of eastern Los Angeles County and western Orange County. He has also served as a city councilman and California state senator.
The progressive congressman endorsed Gascón, Los Angeles County’s controversial soft-on-crime prosecutor who narrowly survived a recall bid this month.
Judge Lowenthal’s brother, Josh Lowenthal, is running for a state assembly seat and their mother, Bonnie Lowenthal, served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2012.
Alan and Bonnie Lowenthal have both endorsed former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna in his bid to replace Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
The ‘Broken’ Jail System
Legal experts told Fox News Digital that the ruling was highly unusual.
“In my 27 years of experience I have not seen a mistrial declared because a defendant who was in trial was deprived of the ability to sleep,” said Anthony Falangetti, who worked as a Los Angeles County prosecutor for 14 years before becoming a criminal defense lawyer.
He said the judge was clearly expressing his frustration with the Sheriff Department’s failures in his decision.
Los Angeles defense attorney Lara Yeretsian called the ruling “surprising” — but backed Lowenthal’s rationale.
“This is about a system that is honestly broken,” she said. “What they do to defendants is inhumane and he’s sending a message.”
The Sheriff’s Department has an acute prisoner bus shortage with only half of its fleet currently operational — and many of the county’s jails are located at far distances from courthouses.
Inmates are routinely delivered late to court if at all.
The troubled jail system, which Villanueva largely inherited when he took office in 2018, also suffers from understaffing and overcrowding.
Banks’ Trial
Banks’ sleep challenges began Monday Aug. 29 when he was awoken at 3 a.m. at the North County Correctional Facility to be transported to the Long Beach courthouse, which is a 2.5-hour trip in traffic.
Despite a lack of sleep, Nakasone said that Banks was attentive on the first day of his three-day trial for jury selection, opening arguments and testimony from his three victims.
The judge ordered the sheriff to house Banks at a nearby facility, Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, to ease the commute.
But the defense said Banks was placed in a holding cell meant to temporarily house inmates without a bed or a blanket.
Banks persevered through Aug. 30 until 2:30 p.m. when Nakasone asked the court to break for the day due to his client’s fatigue.
The Long Beach Police Department offered to host Banks at their jail across the street that night, but the sheriff’s department returned him to the same facility and didn’t provide a cell with a blanket and bed until 3:30 a.m., his lawyers said.
Bad Notes
Banks did not make it to court until 11 a.m. on Wednesday — several hours late — and Nakasone immediately moved for a mistrial, pointing to the quality of his client’s notes the day prior.
“I did not feel he was awake enough to contribute at all to the trial,” said the defense lawyer.
“His notes were clear, concise and helpful. In the afternoon, they weren’t,” Nakasone said. “The notes that he had given me have been both relevant, pointed and useful. And after 1:30, they weren’t.”
The Prosecution Objects
Deputy District Attorney Tricia Halstead pointed out that the afternoon session lasted less than an hour and consisted of an investigating officer describing her training and the playing of surveillance footage without audio.
“I don’t believe that a lack of note-taking during a number of surveillance videos, that simply showed the defendant walking to McDonald’s which is an uncontested action, is enough to result in there being prejudice to him and to his potential defense,” she said.
Halstead also argued that case law is clear, and a mistrial should only be granted as a last resort if there is no other feasible remedy.
“I don’t believe there has been prejudice that can’t be cured in this case,” she said, noting that the witness could be questioned again and the surveillance video replayed.
The court could also break for the long weekend to give Banks a chance to rest.
She added that a mistrial was not only extreme but premature given that the judge hadn’t probed if Banks’ jailhouse behavior had contributed in any way to the bedding denials.
The Victims
After the judge declared a mistrial, Halstead said the decision would compel the victims to relive their trauma once again at a new proceeding.
“All three victims showed emotion during their testimony. It was put on the record that it was difficult for them to watch this evidence,” Halstead said. “It’s just incredibly unfair of the court to punish the people and specifically the victims in this case, based on a lack of sleep, when we do not have more information.”
Banks, who is being held on a $1.18 million bond, is due back in court for a new trial on Sept. 13.
Villanueva said the Sheriff’s Department was “working on [the situation] with custody operations.”
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BOSTON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson is proud to announce senior partner Frank A. Segall, who chairs the firm's Business Law & Finance Group and Cannabis Business & Law Advisory Group, has been named a 2022 "Cannabis MVP of the Year" by Law360. Segall was singled out for the MVP award – from over 900 submissions – for his impressive work in the cannabis industry over the past year, including leading Urbn Leaf's and Sublime's merger with Harborside, Inc., AgrifyCorp.'s $50 million acquisition of Precision Extraction Solutions and Cascade Sciences, Agrify's $135 million debt facility, obtaining the first receivership of a vertically integrated operator in Massachusetts on behalf of a lending client, and KindTap Technologies' launch of its revolutionary digital consumer credit platform.
Throughout his more than 35 years of practicing law, Segall has earned a reputation as one of the most influential corporate dealmakers in the country. He has worked with hundreds of companies and entrepreneurs across the country to launch, finance and build their businesses, develop corporate opportunities, create strategic partnerships, and exit when the time is right.
Segall is considered one of the top cannabis business attorneys in the country. He was one of the first leading corporate lawyers to enter the cannabis industry over 10 years ago, and has created a national practice with unrivaled experience in cannabis and hemp/CBD business formation and corporate structuring, capital raises, M&A, investment structuring, regulatory matters and overall business issues affecting the fast-growing cannabis industry. Segall and his team are among the most sought after lawyers in the country to advise on startups, growth, M&A, and high-level corporate and financing deals in the private and public markets in the cannabis market.
Segall was also recently named a 2022 "Go To Business Transaction Lawyer" by Mass Lawyers Weekly, in addition to being selected as a "New England Trailblazer" and inaugural "Cannabis Trailblazer" by The National Law Journal. He received his J.D. from Columbia University in 1984 and his B.A., cum laude, from Brandeis University in 1981.
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with over 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, cannabis, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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A mom found dead after a house fire in Melbourne, Australia was stabbed in the stomach before she died.
Pharmacist Hayley Tomkins had stab wounds when she was discovered inside her burning home in Mooroolbark, Australia at about 9 p.m. on Monday.
Her eight-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son are fighting for life after being found unconscious inside the home, suffering from smoke inhalation. They are in stable condition in intensive care.
Their dad came home from tennis lessons to find the home ablaze, 9 News reported.
A neighbor earlier recalled the heartbreaking moment the father screamed in desperation as he watched his house go up in flames with his family trapped inside.
Emergency services were called to a home on Maralee Drive after reports of a raging blaze inside the property.
Fire crews pulled Ms. Tomkins and her two children from the burning home before bringing the blaze under control. The mother died at the scene.
No one else is believed to have been home at the time of the fire.
Alisha O’Brien, a temporary resident living on the street, said she witnessed the father screaming outside the burning home as the flames took hold.
“They carried out three bodies and they were completely lifeless,” she told the Herald Sun.
“When he saw them, he was screaming: ‘Oh no!’
He could not be consoled in any way, he was a complete mess, in total shock and grief.”
Another neighbor also reported seeing the father running towards the home.
He reportedly teared up as he recalled watching smoke rise from the burning house, telling 9 News that he has watched the two children grow up on the quiet street.
He said the father was frequently at the property.
The circumstances leading up to the deadly incident are still being determined, however police are not looking for anyone else at this time.
The house remained cordoned off on Tuesday morning as authorities continued their investigation.
While the home was gutted by the blaze, the exterior structure of the property showed minimal signs of damage.
O’Brien said fire crews faced heavy flames as they entered the property.
“The flames were as high as a telegraph pole,” she said.
“There was a lot of smoke, it looked like the house was going to burn down.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/hayley-tomkins-dead-in-australian-house-fire/ | 2022-09-06T16:51:17Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/hayley-tomkins-dead-in-australian-house-fire/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shocking footage from Australia has captured the moment a teenager riding a scooter attempted to rob a pregnant mother on a walk with her two children.
The 37-year-old mother was walking down a sidewalk in Ashfield, Perth, around 12:40 p.m. Monday when a 15-year-old girl approached her.
CCTV footage shows the teen dragging the mom along the concrete footpath by her hair as she clings onto her stroller.
The stroller falls to the ground as the desperate mother clings onto it, with her two children screaming.
She suffered minor cuts and bruises but fell on her stomach, with officers concerned for her unborn child.
Western Australia police arrested the 15-year-old shortly after, alleging she was attempting to steal the mother’s handbag.
Further footage showed the teen swearing at officers as they apprehended her late on Monday.
The 15-year-old was charged with one count of robbery and is expected to appear in Geraldton Magistrates Court on Sept. 13. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/mom-attacked-by-robber-while-pushing-kids-on-stroller-video/ | 2022-09-06T16:51:30Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/mom-attacked-by-robber-while-pushing-kids-on-stroller-video/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TORONTO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "TGOD") (CSE: TGOD) (US-OTC: TGODF), a sustainable global cannabis company is pleased to announce that it has closed the sale of its Polish subsidiary, HemPoland sp. z.o.o. ("HemPoland"). Under the terms of a share purchase agreement, TGOD sold its full interest in HemPoland to RAMM Pharma Corporation for $1.2 million on closing after customary closing adjustments, in addition to a $0.15 million non-refundable deposit provided in July that was used for operating expenses in HemPoland. In conjunction with closing, the loan payable to HemPoland by TGOD, of US$4 million plus accrued interest, was forgiven.
"We are happy to have concluded the sale process and can now focus on continuing to grow our core cannabis business in Canada. The proceeds from the sale will provide additional working capital to support this aim," said Sean Bovingdon, CEO of TGOD.
About The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (CSE: TGOD) (US‐OTC: TGODF) is a sustainable cannabis company with a focus on innovation, quality, consistency, integrity and transparency. The Company is committed to cultivating a better tomorrow by producing its products responsibly, with less waste and impact on the environment. In Canada, the Company serves the recreational market with a brand portfolio including The Green Organic Dutchman, Highly Dutch Organics, Ripple by TGOD and Cruuzy, and the medical markets in Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Germany. All cannabis utilized in products for The Green Organic Dutchman and Highly Dutch Organics brands is grown through a certified organic process, which includes living soil, filtered rainwater, sunlight, and natural inputs.
The Company's common shares and certain warrants issued under the indentures dated December 19, 2019, June 12, 2020, October 23, 2020, and December 10, 2020, trade on the CSE under the symbol "TGOD", "TGOD.WS", "TGOD.WR", "TGOD.WA", and "TGOD.WB" respectively. The Company's common shares trade in the U.S. on the OTCQX under the symbol "TGODF". For more information on The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., please visit www.tgod.ca.
Cautionary Statements
This news release includes statements containing certain "forward‐looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law ("forward‐looking statements"). Forward looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to statements about future cannabis revenues, acceleration of the revenue growth profile of the Company, availability of working capital, profitability of the Company and maximization of the Company's shareholder value. Forward‐looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "continue", "expect", "project", "intend", "should", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained in the forward‐looking statements throughout this news release. Forward‐looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties (including market conditions) and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward‐looking statements, including those risk factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information or forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward‐looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
Neither the CSE nor the CSE's Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of CSE) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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A robber who stole cash at a shop in Sittingbourne has been jailed after a court heard how his victim and her husband foiled his bid to escape. Christopher Bygrave and another man, Jimmy Brazil, went to the store in Milton Regis on May 23 this year,
Police said Brazil entered the premises where he saw a woman waiting to deposit a quantity of cash. He then left the building and spoke to Bygrave who went in and stood next to the woman at the counter.
His presence made her nervous and - as she tried to phone her husband who was waiting outside - Bygrave snatched the money from her hand and ran towards the exit. However his victim pursued him and partially shut the door, preventing his escape.
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Bygrave managed to pass some of the cash to Brazil and cut himself in the struggle. His accomplice left the scene and was chased into an alleyway by the victim’s husband.
Brazil assaulted the man but was detained by police officers at the scene. Bygrave had run from the shop before the arrival of patrols and investigators recovered CCTV that showed both men at the scene.
Bygrave was arrested two days later. Forensic examination of blood on the door and a newspaper inside the shop recovered his DNA.
Detectives later charged Bygrave, of Fern Walk, Sittingbourne with robbery. Brazil, of Barrow Grove, Sittingbourne was charged with counts of assault and receiving stolen property.
Both men pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court. On Monday (September 5) 42-year-old Bygrave was jailed for two years and eight months.
Brazil, 30, was previously sentenced on May 26 to a 12-month community order. He will have to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
'Violent' man underestimated his victim
Kent Police’s officer in the case, PC Nathan Green, said: ‘Bygrave is a violent man who forcibly stole a woman’s cash thinking his victim would not resist. He underestimated her and in the ensuing struggle left traces of blood at the scene.
"Investigators were quick to identify him as responsible for the crime and he is now serving a well-deserved prison sentence. I would like to commend the victim, her husband and other witnesses who have assisted us to bring Bygrave and his accomplice to justice."
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kanvas Co. ("Kanvas"), developer of patented electronic vaporizer technology solutions designed to deliver device safety, performance, and reliability for nicotine, cannabis, and cannabidiol (CBD) delivery systems, today announced the completion of a strategic investment (the "Investment"). The Investment was led by Btomorrow Ventures (BTV), the corporate venturing unit of British American Tobacco (BAT). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The new investment will fuel the research, development, and growth necessary to commercialize Kanvas's proprietary Vapetelligence™ technology platform and further enable scalability of its innovative products, designed to promote device safety in electronic vaporizers and regulated marketplaces globally.
"Kanvas is excited to work with BTV as a strategic investor to advance the commercialization of our unique IP portfolio and technology platform, focusing on our patented and temperature-controlled dosing technology and hardware that provides a secure and controlled delivery system for brands," said Andy Fathollahi, CEO, Kanvas. "Kanvas's pioneering innovations will be a catalyst for brands to support better, safer consumer experiences through integrating higher quality software and smart-chip technology."
"BTV is thrilled to support Kanvas. With its innovative product proposition, strong management team, and now strategic partnership with BAT, we believe the Company is poised for success, and we welcome it to BTV's portfolio," says Lukasz Garbowski, BTV Investment Director.
Ed Forsdike, Head of R&D, Beyond Nicotine at BAT, added, "We are excited to be partnering with the team at Kanvas and investing in this important new technology for the vaping category."
Kanvas has a diverse portfolio of patents in technology, software, and hardware products to offer brands a comprehensive suite of premium solutions for electronic CBD, cannabis, and nicotine delivery systems, including its proprietary temperature-controlled dosing technology and software platform, Vapetelligence™.
BTV is the corporate venturing unit of British American Tobacco (BAT). Established in 2020, BTV invests in high growth businesses, from seed funding to those looking for further, series B investment. BTV's focus is to invest in world-class entrepreneurs with innovative products, and differentiating technologies. BTV supports BAT's corporate purpose of building A Better Tomorrow™ and will accelerate its transformation into a multi-category consumer goods business. For more information, visit our website: http://www.btomorrowv.com.
Kanvas® is a cannabis and nicotine technology company whose innovative software and hardware platform introduced temperature-controlled dosing technology and heating profiles that accurately and reliably deliver best-in-class vaporizing technology. Headquartered in Orange County, California, Kanvas provides safety, security, and performance through its patented software and hardware platform, Vapetelligence™. To learn more about Kanvas, please visit http://www.TheKanvasCo.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcum Technology announced today that it has integrated the CyZen cybersecurity consultancy of Friedman LLP as part of Friedman's September 1 merger into Marcum LLP.
The CyZen team is now part of Marcum Technology's Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics group.
The integration of CyZen further enhances Marcum Technology's robust cyber capabilities across a full range of offensive and defensive security, compliance, and advisory services. It also launches the company's vSOC (virtual security operations center) capability and expands its MSSP (managed security service provider) portfolio.
"The CyZen cybersecurity business, their strong vSOC capability, and their talented team are tremendous assets to be introduced into our cyber offering, elevating our operations and enabling us to expand the ways in which we partner with our clients strategically," said Peter Scavuzzo, CEO of Marcum Technology.
"This merger is a new opportunity to drive growth and efficiency in our continuous effort to innovate and challenge our current business models. The integration of CyZen is the next step in building a world-class organization that inspires our people, creates passion, and delivers the highest quality work to our clients, creating maximum value," Mr. Scavuzzo said.
Marcum Technology's Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics group offers a full range of security management services, including:
- Penetration, Network and Physical Security Testing
- Vulnerability Management
- Assessments and Due Diligence
- Spear Phishing Simulation & Training Incident Response and Crisis Management Planning
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consulting
- Managed Security Services (MSSP)
- Managed Detection and Response (vSOC)
- Third-Party Vendor Governance
- Information Security Policies and Procedure Development
- Regulatory Compliance Readiness Testing
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Advisory Services
- Digital Investigations and Litigation Support
Marcum Technology, founded in 2001, helps companies identify and mitigate risks across their people, processes, and technology. Named a Best Firm for Technology by Accounting Today, the firm is focused on helping businesses become more responsive, profitable and sustainable through solutions to their technology challenges. Marcum Technology offers a full spectrum of digital advisory services, infrastructure solutions and services, strategic IT consulting, and cybersecurity & digital forensics.
For more information, visit www.marcumtechnology.com
Marcum LLP is a top-ranked national accounting and advisory firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurial, middle-market companies and high net worth individuals achieve their goals. Marcum's industry-focused practices offer deep insight and specialized services to privately held and publicly registered companies, and nonprofit and social sector organizations. Through the Marcum Group, the Firm also provides a full complement of technology, wealth management, and executive search and staffing services. Headquartered in New York City, Marcum has offices in major business markets across the U.S. and select international locations. #AskMarcum. Visit www.marcumllp.com for more information about how Marcum can help.
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden responded to a heckler while delivering remarks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, saying “everyone’s entitled to be an idiot.”
Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Labor Day to deliver a speech at Milwaukee Laborfest where he spoke about his support for unions and lauded Democratic legislative victories such as last year’s coronavirus relief package and bill to invest in domestic semiconductor manufacturing that he signed into law last month.
At one point, someone in the audience could be heard trying to disrupt the speech.
“No, no, no, don’t – let him go. He’s, look, everybody’s entitled to be an idiot,” Biden said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the heckling or what the person was saying.
Biden also responded to protesters while delivering a prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday. Hecklers shouted “F Joe Biden” and the anti-Biden phrase “Let’s go Brandon.”
“They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy,” Biden said during that speech, also saying “good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from.”
Biden’s stop in Wisconsin comes just two months ahead of the November midterms. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) and Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes are gearing up for high-profile contests against Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) respectively. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/biden-responds-to-heckler-at-speech-everyones-entitled-to-be-an-idiot/ | 2022-09-06T16:58:39Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/biden-responds-to-heckler-at-speech-everyones-entitled-to-be-an-idiot/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) — Every state has one: a capital. Dover, Delaware, is technically the oldest, and Juneau, Alaska, the youngest. But some of the nation’s capitals are better to live in than others.
Reviewing employment, education, affordability, leisure, and safety data points, SmartAsset recently ranked the best state capitals to live in. This is the ninth time they’ve created such a list, and a new capital has been crowned as the most liveable.
Specifically, in order to rank the 50 capitals, the report’s authors ranked them based on 10 different metrics: June unemployment, five-year income grown, 2022 high school graduation rate, income after housing costs, down payment-to-income rate, estimated annual cost of living, the concentration of dining and entertainment establishments, hours worked each week, and 2020 rates of violent and property crimes.
Overall, SmartAsset found two common trends: state capitals vary greatly in how affordable they are and the Midwest is largely the most livable.
The most expensive state capital was Boston, Massachusetts, which was found to be $15,000 more expensive to live in annually than the cheapest on the list, Jefferson City, Missouri.
Half of the states ranking in the top 10, listed below, were found in the Midwest. This is largely due to their strong rankings regarding employment, education, and affordability. Capitals across the Northeast and West also snagged top-10 spots, with no Southern states ranking as high.
Pierre, South Dakota, took the top spot on SmartAsset’s list thanks to its unemployment rate of 1.9% and fourth-highest income after housing costs, as well as a high rate of high school graduation. Pierre edged out Madison, Wisconsin, which was ranked as the best capital to live in for the past two years.
Here are the top 10 state capitals to live in, according to SmartAsset’s review:
- Pierre, South Dakota
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Boise, Idaho
- Helena, Montana
- Concord, New Hampshire
- Montpelier, Vermont
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Albany, New York
- Des Moines, Iowa
Jefferson City and Albany edged out Raleigh, North Carolina, and Frankfort, Kentucky, both of which ranked among the top 10 last year.
Pierre had the highest scores for affordability and employment and education, while Madison had the highest score in terms of leisure and safety.
While some Northeastern capitals landed among the best to live in, others landed among the worst. The lowest-ranked capitals, according to SmartAsset, were found throughout the country – from the Northeast to the South and into the Mountain West.
Dover, Delaware, was ranked as the worst capital after recording the worst possible score for employment and education, and a low score for affordability. It did, however, earn a higher leisure and safety score than the top-ranked capital, Pierre (41.71 versus 34.12). Last year’s worst-ranked capital was Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which climbed slightly to 49th in this year’s rankings.
Below are the worst capitals to live in, according to SmartAsset:
- Dover, Delaware
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Denver, Colorado
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Olympia, Washington
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Augusta, Maine
Little Rock had the lowest leisure and safety score while Hartford had the worst affordability score. Hartford did, however, have a top-10 leisure and safety score.
You can see where your state capital ranks here.
SmartAsset’s rankings of best capitals to live in isn’t too different from a recent ranking by WalletHub, which analyzed dozens of different metrics to determine the best states to live in.
The authors of WalletHub’s list found states in the Northeast and Midwest were among the best, while states in the southern part of the country were considered among the worst.
Topping out that list was Massachusetts (Boston ranked as the 26th best capital to live in) followed by New Jersey, New York, Idaho, Virginia, New Hampshire, Florida, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At the bottom of the list was Mississippi, followed by Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky, and West Virginia. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/these-are-the-best-and-worst-state-capitals-to-live-in-study-finds/ | 2022-09-06T16:58:39Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/these-are-the-best-and-worst-state-capitals-to-live-in-study-finds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Police in Las Vegas said they arrested a woman for reportedly skipping out on a restaurant tab and violating airport rules — but not before she alleged the officers were arresting her for being too good-looking, according to an arrest report.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department were called to a Chili’s restaurant in Harry Reid International Airport on Aug. 31 for a report of a woman who had left without paying her bill, the report said.
Police searched for the suspect, but could not find her.
“Soon after, officers working D gates were notified by TSA that [a] female matching that description was observed sleeping near the security checkpoint, hindering their operations,” the report said.
Officers later found the woman in the baggage claim area where she was “belligerent with officers, saying she was being harassed because cops [had] never seen anyone as pretty as her,” police said.
Police later learned that the suspect, identified as Hend Bustami, had a warrant out of Las Vegas Municipal Court.
While officers were arresting her, the woman said “she was going to spit on all [the officers] and that officers were perverts and were trying to rape her because they [had] never seen anyone as good looking,” the report said.
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Designing for a Grand Slam is always a demanding task. Apparel companies are expected to introduce groundbreaking outfits that will push the boundaries of women’s tennis fashion while at the same time getting the level of comfort and performance a notch higher each time.
This year’s US Open gear will be remembered for Serena Williams’ farewell outfit, Coco Gauff’s first signature shoe model, adidas’ innovative unisex pieces and Fila’s unique twist on classic silhouettes. Marija Zivlak of Women’s Tennis Blog gives us some insight into the fashion at Flushing Meadows.
All eyes were on Serena Williams at her final US Open. Nike celebrated their 19-year partnership with a sparkly figure skating-inspired dress, a matching crystal-encrusted jacket and a removable cape -- the star of the show that expresses the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s superior status in the sport.
Having the American’s electric primetime night matches in mind, Nike’s designers joined forces with Serena Williams Jewelry to create a special edition of the NikeCourt Flare 2. The custom footwear features jewelry pieces “queen” and “mama” on the laces, as well as the recognizable “SW” logo on the tongue.
Last year’s champion Emma Raducanu sported Nike’s latest collection inspired by the brand’s Heritage classic styles, in subtle blue and purple hues with pops of orange. The Briton’s choice were the Nike Fall New York Slam Tank, featuring a mesh racerback with a keyhole cutout, and the Nike New York Slam Short that resembles a skirt at first glance.
After mastering recycling technologies, adidas started exploring gender-neutral sports clothing. Their new tennis collection includes Unitefit, a fit system that was created to accommodate a range of sizes, genders and forms. Jessica Pegula wears the adidas Unitefit New York Sleeveless Top in lilac, tucked in the ecru version of the adidas Fall Gameset Match Skirt. The unisex top also exists in carbon and in white.
New Balance is also hopping on the unisex trend. Coco Gauff launched her first signature tennis shoe model, which can be worn by both women and men. Feeling confident in her basketball-inspired sneaker, the teenager has recorded her best career result at the US Open.
The DigiCoco colorway of the Coco CG1s is taking the young American to new heights in New York. All people following the US Open must have noticed these vibrant-colored shoes that combine energy red with bright lapis and green. The ‘90s-inspired footwear includes the WTA star’s signature on the tongue and the lace jewel, as well as the coordinates of courts where the American first started playing tennis.
American designer Brandon Maxwell revamped Fila’s classic aesthetic with unexpected executions and attention-grabbing details. The 21-piece performance collection unites court-ready and ready-to-wear.
The most interesting Fila x Brandon Maxwell item is Shelby Rogers’ Two-Piece Polo Tank, which merges a racerback tank with a detachable cropped textured mesh polo. The American completed the innovative top with a preppy-style skirt.
Besides dominant green and navy, the collection offers a range of items in pink and red, as we can see on Karolina Pliskova. The former World No.1's choice is the Fila x Brandon Maxwell Racer Tank and Pleat Skirt.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek slides on the hard courts in the Asics Gel Resolution 8 tennis shoes, personalized with “Team Swiatek” wording on the side. When it comes to clothes, the Pole promotes Asics’ Fall 2022 collection: an ice green skort featuring textured mesh fabric overlay with pleats and a matching tank that has overlapping panels with a keyhole cutout on the back.
Sporty elegance meets peak performance in Anett Kontaveit’s Lacoste apparel. The Estonian’s sleeveless soft yellow zipper top is paired with a flared skort that features striped purple bands on the side.
Find your favorite gear at Tennis Warehouse.
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ST PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The WTA announced Tuesday that Fort Worth, Texas, will host the 2022 season-ending WTA Finals from Oct. 31-Nov. 7. The year-end finale, featuring the Top 8 singles players and doubles teams in the Race to the WTA Finals, will be held at the state-of-the-art Dickies Arena, with the event thereafter due to return to Shenzhen, China, in cooperation with long-term partner Gemdale.
“The Dickies Arena and the city of Fort Worth has a proven track record of hosting world-class sporting and entertainment events, and we are excited to bring the WTA’s showpiece tournament back to the United States for the first time since 2005,” said Steve Simon, WTA Chairman and CEO. “This location and venue for the 2022 WTA Finals will provide a fantastic experience for players and fans alike and offer a fitting finale as another exciting season on the Hologic WTA Tour comes to a close.”
Since opening its doors in late 2019, Dickies Arena has hosted top-notch concerts and sporting events, including Paul McCartney, Michael Bublé and KISS as well as the NCAA Men's Basketball first and second Rounds, the U.S. Gymnastics Championships and Bassmaster Classic. The arena continues to bring incredible shows to Fort Worth such as the Eagles, Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, George Strait plus many more still to come this year.
Click here to see the latest standings on the Race to the WTA Finals and here for the updated 2022 WTA Tour calendar.
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Henry Selick and Jordan Peele’s Wendell & Wild Teaser Arrives
From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas (No, not Tim Burton!) and the creator of Get Out, Us, and Nope, comes a new stop-motion Halloween fantasy that likely hopes to become a tradition. Reuniting Jordan Peele with longtime comedy partner Keegan-Michael Key, the spooky stop-motion fantasy Wendell & Wild marks Henry Selick‘s first feature as director since 2009’s Coraline.
Netflix‘s official synopsis calls Wendell & Wild “an animated tale about scheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele), who enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other, an animated fantasy that defies the law of life and death, all told through the handmade artistry of stop motion.”
Jack Skellington may get a run for his money on this one. Check out the teaser below:
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The movie also stars Angela Bassett, James Hong, and Ving Rhames. Lyric Ross (This Is Us) stars as Kat, a troubled teen haunted by her past, who must confront her personal demons. Demons named Wendell and Wild.
What do you think of this detail-heavy trailer? Let us know in comments.
Recommended Reading: Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay
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Strange to say, but in a way, August was a cool spot in our summer this year. Both July before it and September after it saw days with temperatures over 90 degrees F. The hottest it ever got in August was 89, and it only reached that three times, including one on the first day of the month and one on the last. I’m not sure what that means, but it sure is interesting.
But we all know that there are unseasonably warm days every now and then. What about the overall average temperature, day and night, 24 hours a day, every day of the month averaged together? Fortunately, that math is available from the Airport in Driggs. Here’s what it shows: The overall average temperature for July was 70 degrees. For August, it was 66 degrees. For September so far, at the time of this writing (Sunday night), 70 degrees is the average temperature of the month, the same as July. But even the overall average shows that August was an especially cool month this summer compared to the other summer months. But compared to other Augusts, not so cool. Compare the mean average August temperature in Driggs of 64 to this year’s 66.
As for the rainfall, the math is surprising. The average August rainfall in these parts is 1.23 inches. This year, by my count just north of the airport in Driggs, the total was 2.61 inches, about twice normal. Most of that fell in the first half of the month, but rain is rain. We’ll talk more about the impact of this wet month on the drought situation in a later blog; the water year draws to a close at the end of September.
Speaking of September, the heatwave should be starting to break by the time you read this.
Late week temperatures are forecast to still be above average, but highs dropping into the upper 70s and low 80s.Warm as that is, it sounds refreshing this year. We had visitors in our house last week who complained that it was too hot and we should have air conditioning. That was a first.
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A child died and another person was seriously injured in a Tuesday morning house fire in Falls Church.
Fire crews were called to the 6600 block of Barrett Road at 1:44 a.m. for a fire in a single-family home. Two residents and a dog were pulled from the house, Fairfax County fire and rescue said on Twitter.
The child died at the hospital and the second occupant remained in critical condition this morning. The dog also died, fire officials said.
Firefighters remained on the scene late Tuesday morning. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/child-dies-in-falls-church-house-fire/article_b9f40dbe-2de6-11ed-9b28-d7a74cd3d67c.html | 2022-09-06T17:14:56Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/child-dies-in-falls-church-house-fire/article_b9f40dbe-2de6-11ed-9b28-d7a74cd3d67c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prince William County is reviewing its noise ordinance after recent outcry about the sound generated by data centers.
Board of County Supervisors Chair Ann Wheeler, D-At Large, has directed county staff to review the ordinance.
Wheeler said her directive, formally made in July, was spurred by residents’ concern about noise “from various sources, including data centers.”
Prince William appears on track to overtake Loudoun County as the data center capital of the world as the industry has exploded recently with dozens of projects approved and more coming in on a regular basis.
The existing ordinance was adopted in 1989, long before data centers started growing across the county.
Last month, Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, R-Brentsville, asked for the work to be expedited if possible.
County Attorney Michelle Robl said county staff understands it’s “an important priority issue,” but it will “take some time” for outreach and legal analysis.
“We know that there are probably some unintended consequences and we know that we need to do some outreach with the civic associations [and] the business organizations,” Robi said.
Noise is among the myriad concerns that residents have raised over the past year about the industry.
Reviewing the noise ordinance is the latest in a string of changes to county policies required by the industry’s growth. County officials are also conducting a water study, continuing the update of the Comprehensive Plan and reviewing the Data Center Opportunity Zone overlay district.
Manassas demonstration
On Monday, about 60 people demonstrated over noise issues outside Amazon’s data center under construction near the Manassas Regional Airport. The event was prompted by concerns in the Great Oak subdivision about noise from the facility.
Dale Browne, president of the Great Oak Homeowners Association, said the HOA started receiving complaints about noise in April. He said residents have reported sleep disruptions and increased migraines.
“Great Oak is the first Prince William County community with an active data center impacting our people,” he said. “We are the canary in the coal mine as the county is pushing forward to build up to 130 more of these facilities.”
In a statement, an Amazon Web Services spokesman said: “Addressing our neighbor’s noise concerns in Prince William County is a priority for us. We started installing sound reducing acoustical shrouds at our data center in Manassas last Friday and this work will be completed in the coming weeks. This is just one of several sound reduction measures our team is evaluating. We are proud to call Virginia home, and remain committed to working with and listening to our neighbors to further improve the environment around our facilities.”
County staff will bring potential revisions to the Board of County Supervisors before scheduling a public hearing.
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Welcome back! This month we have a series of questions from someone with a lot on her mind. Looks to us like she is planning to completely redo her home. Have questions yourself? Send them in to yaron@formaltraditional.com and you too could see the answers in print.
Does it really make a difference what brand or type of paint I select?
Supply chain issues have affected some manufacturers more than others, so availability varies wildly. But even within the same company the various lines really do make a difference. Remember the cost of the paint typically pales in comparison to the cost of the labor. Even if a particular line costs more initially, saving even a single coat will put you ahead by the end of the job.
Pro Tip: Traditionally the higher the sheen the more durable, and more easily cleanable, the paint is.
Are there really such things as “timeless” colors?
The existence of “trendy” colors lends credence to the notion of “timeless” colors. In both paint and furniture, the overwhelming majority of what people purchase year over year are neutrals. White, beige, gray, and greige, with either warm or cool undertones, serve as the canvas upon which most homes are decorated. Whatever color you add will stand out against the neutral base, drawing significant focus in the room. When you tire of the accent, you can much more easily change it without having to repaint your walls or reupholster your furniture.
Pro Tip: Adding touches of black and natural elements such as wood, greenery, and stone to a neutral base can satisfy both a traditional and contemporary scheme which is as close to timeless as one can ask.
What is the best way to keep window treatments from looking dated?
While tastes and styles change, the basics of function remain the same. We would recommend using a simple pleated drape made in a natural fiber using a neutral color. No out of date pattern, no passe color, no “of a time” style or material. Silk, linen, cotton, or wool are all fantastic options.
Pro Tip: Lining a drape not only helps to provide a uniform appearance from outside of the home, but helps the piece last longer and function better.
Should I build my room around a favorite accessory or piece of furniture?
Much like packing for a trip, we recommend beginning with the largest necessary pieces and then working everything else around them. Our feeling is it’s better to have a single really special piece which draws attention and to scrimp on all the other pieces in order to be able to afford it. Nobody will notice the cheap side table underneath the spectacular lamp.
Pro Tip: One of our design besties advised that if you have a medium budget don’t do a medium room. Go high and low instead.
Is there a real quality difference between cheap and expensive furniture?
Absolutely. Much of the furniture you see advertised is what is called “fast furniture.” This furniture is designed to last just a number of years and be thrown away, a practice that is simultaneously clogging our landfills and generating an unbelievable amount of packaging waste. Higher-end furniture is typically made of kiln dried hardwood with eight-way tied springs and should last decades if not centuries. Does it cost more initially? Yes. However in the long run, the expense is vastly less.
Pro Tip: If you have an appropriate fabric on an upholstered piece the life expectancy of the fabric alone is 10-20 years. Reupholster. Don’t replace.
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The median single-family home-sales price in Arlington at the end of the year is expected to be about 9 percent lower than in the heat of summer, as the market continues to rebound to normal seasonality after COVID.
In their recently released mid-year forecast, the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR) and Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University are projecting a median sales price for single-family homes in Arlington of $1.11 million in December, which would be down from $1.22 million in June, which is expected to be the peak month for home prices in the county for 2022.
But don’t feel too bad for sellers who missed out on the earlier frenzy; the $1,111,118 guesstimate for December’s median sales price is still up 7.7 percent from where it stood a year before.
And having a decline from summer to the end of the year is not, necessarily, an indication that the homes market is in rough shape. Such seasonality, at least in the pre-pandemic era, was the norm.
In its mid-year report, NVAR and Mason analysts said they had lowered expectations of home prices in Arlington, in party because the rate of price increases seen in 2021 was not sustainable over the long haul and higher interest rates were cutting further into affordability for some prospective buyers.
That said, “demand for all housing in Arlington is solid,” the analysts noted.
On the condominium front, the median sales price of $462,020 projected for December will be down from a median of $475,000 in February, when the market apparently peaked for the year, but still up 5 percent from a year before. Despite the drop, underlying fundamentals are “very solid,” the analysts noted.
In the townhome market, the median sales price projected for December is $821,111, well below the $920,250 recorded during the peak month of July but still up 13.3 percent from December 2021.
“Prices are somewhat flattening” in Arlington’s relatively small townhouse sector, the analysts noted, “but will stay pretty strong at year-end.” Given the wild ride of the past two-and-almost-a-half years, it’s no surprise that crystal balls are a little cloudy when it comes to the future direction of the local real-estate market.
“It remains a complex market,” said Ryan McLaughlin, CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors.
“Even though our real-estate market is changing, it remains strong,” added Terry Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis.
While other regions of the country may be bracing for something of a correction in home values, the D.C. region probably has little to fear. The region remains buoyed as always by the federal government, and (as was the case in the run-up to the 2008-09 housing crash) prices have risen more modestly than in some areas of the country, which have seen boom times during the COVID era but may now have to give back some of the gains.
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The national rebound may be losing some of its mojo as economic headwinds intensify, but the Washington region continues to post lower unemployment rates.
With 3.42 million in the civilian workforce and just under 120,000 looking for jobs, the local metropolitan area’s unemployment rate of 3.5 percent for July was down from 3.7 percent in June and from 5.4 percent a year before.
Monthly figures were reported Aug. 31 by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nationally, 383 of 389 metropolitan areas reported lower year-over-year joblessness, with rates higher in five areas and unchanged in one. But in a sign that forward economic momentum may be tapping out, only 99 of those metro areas showed increases in non-farm employment on a year-over-year basis. That figure is down from 129 in June and 163 back in February.
(Other areas showed essentially no change in total employment.)
Nationally, July’s non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.8 percent, down from 5.7 percent a year before. Of the nation’s metro areas, 200 had rates below the national average, 176 above it and 13 equal to it.
A total of 91 metro areas had unemployment recorded at less than 3 percent, with two areas higher then 10 percent.
Seven metro areas sprinkled throughout the country shared the distinction of lowest unemployment rate for the month (1.7%) while Yuma, Ariz., had the highest (18.4%).
Among the 51 metropolitan areas with populations of a million or more, Nashua (N.H.) and San Francisco shared the lowest rate (2%) while Philadelphia had the highest (5.7%).
Virginia’s July jobless rate of 2.9 percent was down a tick from 3 percent a month before and down from 4.2 percent a year ago. Among the various metro areas in Virginia, Winchester reported the lowest rate (2.5%) while Lynchburg and the Hampton Roads area tied for highest (3.3%).
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Vienna officials made it official on Sept. 2, holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the town’s new $14 million police headquarters, located at 215 Center St., S.
Although officers won’t move in for another few weeks, the air at the event was one of celebration.
“For the first time in 15 years, the entire police department will be under one roof,” said Vienna Police Chief James Morris of the effort to upgrade facilities for the 75-year-old department.
Officials from the Vienna and Fairfax County governments were on hand; the public was then invited in for two days of touring the facility.
The building’s secure areas include a sally port for suspect transfers to and from the station, a firing range for training purposes, an up-to-date crime-scene-processing facility, dedicated computer-server space, secure evidence-storage space, a dispatch center and enough administrative and office space to accommodate all sworn and civilian personnel.
“Having this modernized, new police station gives our outstanding police officers the tools they need to work at a high level and continue to keep our community safe,” Vienna Town Manager Mercury Payton said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The new building replaces the 1994 structure that had been located at the same address. At the time it was built, it was expected to support the police department for more than 20 years, and was used for more than 25 until the department outgrew the space.
Owing to that growth, detectives in recent years have operated out of the Vienna Town Hall basement, the bike team has operated out of the nearby Bowman House basement, and property and evidence were stored in secure storage lockers on Mill Street.
“Today, we can celebrate a new police station that is safe, secure and will serve town residents well for many years to come,” Mayor Linda Colbert said.
Furniture for the new building is expected to be delivered in mid-September. Personnel will then begin moving in from the former Faith Baptist Church building, which served as the temporary headquarters during construction.
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UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — What should be an exciting start to a new school year for the Uvalde community is instead a painful reminder for families who lost children in May’s school shooting.
Students in Uvalde went back to school Tuesday — a little over three months after a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School days before summer break.
“If she could sit here right now, and just, just so I could touch her and hug her and kiss her, and just tell her I loved her,” said Alfred Garza, who lost his only daughter Amerie Jo in the shooting. “I mean, that’s something I can’t have anymore, you know.”
“I just want her to be remembered as the beautiful soul she was,” he said then.
Murals around the town of Uvalde, Texas honor the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting. (Nexstar Photo/Monica Madden) Murals around the town of Uvalde, Texas honor the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting. (Nexstar Photo/Monica Madden)
The Robb Elementary campus has since been closed, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced in June. Students who would’ve attended classes there will be taught at other district facilities.
In late July, the district also delayed the start of the school year until after Labor Day so security improvements could be made to all campuses.
Those improvements include upgraded door locks and an increased presence of state law enforcement at schools. Gov. Greg Abbott announced in mid-August the Texas Department of Public Safety would provide over 30 personnel for campuses for the new school year.
New 8-foot fencing was also donated for the district’s schools, but some parents say the increased security isn’t enough.
Fencing installed at a Uvalde CISD campus (Nexstar Photo/Monica Madden) Fencing installed at a Uvalde CISD campus (Nexstar Photo/Monica Madden)
“So if we did make them go, we wouldn’t feel safe,” said Adam Martinez.
His two children survived the shooting, but the scars are ever present.
“My children have been traumatized by this,” Martinez said.
His children will start the school year from home by learning virtually.
“I feel like if the children are scared, it’s going to be hard for them to learn,” Martinez said.
Some parents have raised questions about whether officers who were faulted for failing to act quickly during the shooting are now still responsible for keeping campuses safe.
The Uvalde CISD school board in late August did vote to fire Pete Arredondo, who was the district’s police chief when the shooting occurred.
School districts across Texas are showing their support for the Uvalde community by wearing Uvalde CISD’s colors — maroon and white — on Tuesday. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio), who represents the area, also posted to social media Tuesday urging the public to wear maroon in solidarity.
“We will always remember the tragedy that happened on May 24th. Keep the victims, survivors, and community in your thoughts and prayers,” Gutierrez wrote. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/first-day-back-at-school-for-uvalde-students-months-after-mass-shooting/ | 2022-09-06T17:17:16Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/first-day-back-at-school-for-uvalde-students-months-after-mass-shooting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) — President Joe Biden responded to a heckler while delivering remarks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, saying “everyone’s entitled to be an idiot.”
Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Labor Day to deliver a speech at Milwaukee Laborfest where he spoke about his support for unions and lauded Democratic legislative victories such as last year’s coronavirus relief package and bill to invest in domestic semiconductor manufacturing that he signed into law last month.
At one point, someone in the audience could be heard trying to disrupt the speech.
“No, no, no, don’t – let him go. He’s, look, everybody’s entitled to be an idiot,” Biden said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the heckling or what the person was saying.
Biden also responded to protesters while delivering a prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday. Hecklers shouted “F Joe Biden” and the anti-Biden phrase “Let’s go Brandon.”
“They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy,” Biden said during that speech, also saying “good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from.”
Biden’s stop in Wisconsin comes just two months ahead of the November midterms. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) and Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes are gearing up for high-profile contests against Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) respectively. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/biden-responds-to-heckler-at-speech-everyones-entitled-to-be-an-idiot/ | 2022-09-06T17:17:22Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/biden-responds-to-heckler-at-speech-everyones-entitled-to-be-an-idiot/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Police in Las Vegas said they arrested a woman for reportedly skipping out on a restaurant tab and violating airport rules — but not before she alleged the officers were arresting her for being too good-looking, according to an arrest report.
Officers with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department were called to a Chili’s restaurant in Harry Reid International Airport on Aug. 31 for a report of a woman who had left without paying her bill, the report said.
Police searched for the suspect, but could not find her.
“Soon after, officers working D gates were notified by TSA that [a] female matching that description was observed sleeping near the security checkpoint, hindering their operations,” the report said.
Officers later found the woman in the baggage claim area where she was “belligerent with officers, saying she was being harassed because cops [had] never seen anyone as pretty as her,” police said.
Police later learned that the suspect, identified as Hend Bustami, had a warrant out of Las Vegas Municipal Court.
While officers were arresting her, the woman said “she was going to spit on all [the officers] and that officers were perverts and were trying to rape her because they [had] never seen anyone as good looking,” the report said.
The woman was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. A booking photo was not available. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/woman-arrested-at-las-vegas-airport-tells-police-theyre-only-bothering-her-because-shes-so-good-looking/ | 2022-09-06T17:17:36Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/woman-arrested-at-las-vegas-airport-tells-police-theyre-only-bothering-her-because-shes-so-good-looking/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sign up for Find Facts Fast course on spotting disinformation
(Gray News) - Gray Television is launching a new program ahead of the November midterm election to help voters differentiate between fact and fiction.
In partnership with the nonprofit Poynter Institute’s MediaWise program, Find Facts Fast is a free text message course designed to empower people with skills to better participate in the democratic process and spot misinformation online and in their social media feeds.
“Elections make fertile grounds for bad actors, domestic and abroad, to plant seeds of disinformation, due in part to polarization, heightened emotions and a 24/7 news cycle on social feeds,” said MediaWise director Alex Mahadevan. “Find Facts Fast helps anyone … wade through the flood of misinformation we’ll see in the coming months and beyond.”
The instructors include a team of award-winning journalists, teaching learners how to spot misinformation, leverage digital tools to verify online content, identify videos and images that were manipulated, diversify their news diets to avoid echo chambers and practice click restraint.
There are several ways to enroll in the course.
- Message FACTS to 903-400-5048 via SMS
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Gokulam Kerala continued their impressive run in the Kerala Women's League with a 3-0 victory over Basco Othukungal at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Tuesday.
Gokulam's Ghanaian striker Vivian Konadu Adjei scored a brace and Harmilan Kaur added a third late in the match.
Result: Basco Othukungal 0 lost to Gokulam Kerala 3 (Vivian Konadu Adjei 23, 51, Harmilan Kaur 71) | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/06/kerala-womens-league-gokulam-kerala-basco-othukungal.amp.html | 2022-09-06T17:21:59Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/09/06/kerala-womens-league-gokulam-kerala-basco-othukungal.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fiftieth Anniversary of ‘Are You Being Served?’ – a much-loved sitcom
National Teddy Bear Day is celebrated annually on September 9 to pay tribute to this amazing childhood toy, often the first friend a child has.
Our love affair with the teddy bear has not ended. Indeed, you only need to watch television or visit the cinema to see that teddy bear characters are still exceptionally popular. Steve Cain details the top ten.
1 Paddington Bear
Michael Bond, who created Paddington, was inspired to do so when sheltering from bad weather in a toy shop near Paddington station in 1956. The first story was completed within ten days and twenty more would follow over the years. An animated television series based on the books ran from 1976 until 1980.
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It was narrated by Michael Hordern, who also voiced all of the characters. The duffel-coated marmalade sandwich-loving stowaway from "‘deepest, darkest Peru" is such a national institution that he helped the Queen get her Platinum Jubilee concert started in June. The pair shared a cream tea before tapping out the beat of We Will Rock You on their china teacups to herald the opening act, rock group Queen.
2 Winnie-the-Pooh
Created by AA Milne in the 1920s, Winnie-the-Pooh was described as "slow-witted, accident-prone and daydreaming". The "hunny" obsessed bear was the central character of stories that Milne told to amuse his son Christopher Robin.
Disney bought the rights to feature Pooh in animated films in the 1960s and he has been an A-lister among fictional bears ever since. In the 1970s, the BBC children’s programme Jackanory serialised the two Pooh books, which were read by Willie Rushton.
3 Rupert
Famed for his red sweater and matching yellow checked trousers and scarf, Rupert was created by artist Mary Tourtel and first appeared in a comic strip in the Daily Express in 1920. He was originally a brown bear but was soon changed to white to save on printing costs.
The dapper bear’s magical adventures invariably begin with Rupert setting out into the village of Nutwood to perform a simple errand for his mother. No matter how they develop, Rupert and his best friend, Bill Badger, are always safely back home in time for tea.
4 Baloo
Baloo was "the sleepy bear" in Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 collection of stories The Jungle Book. He is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack and his most challenging pupil is "man-cub’" Mowgli.
In the 1967 feature-length animated Disney film adaptation, Baloo is portrayed as a more friendly and even-tempered character who enjoys a responsibility-free lifestyle.
However, he is still a mentor to Mowgli and teaches him ‘The Bare Necessities’ of life via the famous, rousing song, which was sung by the wise-cracking, scatting jazz bandleader Phil Harris, who improvised his lines to make Baloo appear more laid-back.
5 Bungle
The ITV children’s series Rainbow was devised in 1972 by Thames Television as a British version of the American educational puppet show Sesame Street.
It aimed to teach preschool children about numbers and language and featured three puppets – self-centred extrovert Zippy, kind and shy George the hippo,and the anxious, clumsy and camp Bungle the bear.
Although on the surface Bungle appeared to be well-behaved and sensible, he had a bit of a sneaky side and a tendency to suck up to those in authority.
6 SuperTed
SuperTed began as an ordinary teddy bear who, upon manufacture, was deemed defective and discarded into a storeroom. Spotty, a visiting alien from the Planet Spot, discovered him and brought him to life using cosmic dust.
He then took him to a magic cloud to visit Mother Nature, who gave the bear special powers, transforming him into a superhero adorned with red suit, cape and rocket boots. SuperTed’s main foe was Texas Pete, a greedy cowboy, and his two henchmen, the overweight and bumbling Bulk as well as the cowardly and effeminate Skeleton.
7 Pudsey
Pudsey is the official mascot of BBC Children in Need. He first appeared in 1985 and instantly transformed the brand.
He was created by BBC designer Joanna Ball, and took his name from her home town in Yorkshire. Pudsey is characterised by his famous yellow fur and the multi-coloured polka dot bandage worn over his right eye.
The reason for his eye patch has never fully been explained. However, many assume it is to make him more relatable to the children the charity fund-raises for. Pudsey was originally brown with a red bandage around his head and his buttons spelt out BBC down his front.
8 Big Ted & Little Ted
Big Ted and Little Ted were twin teddy bears that featured in the long-running BBC children’s programme Play School. Big Ted was originally just known as Teddy until his twin brother, Little Ted debuted in 1968.
They were accompanied by an array of other toy characters, including Humpty, a dark green egg-shaped toy, rag doll Jemima, little downtrodden doll Hamble and Poppy, black doll who replaced Hamble in 1986 to represent ethnic diversity in multi-racial Britain.
9 Peppy the Polar Bear
First introduced into packaging in the 1920s, Peppy the Polar Bear is the mascot for Fox’s Glacier Mints. Originally described as "a slow, lethargic bear," Peppy underwent a redesign last year and is now depicted as "a happier and healthier bear".
Peppy (short for peppermint) was originally designed by Clarence Reginald Dalby, an artist from Leicestershire, who later illustrated the Thomas the Tank Engine books. He was paid just seven shillings and sixpence to design the logo – equivalent to approximately £15.40 in today’s money!
10 Sooty & Soo
Everyone knows Sooty – the mischievous, magic-performing glove puppet character. He is a mute yellow bear with black ears and nose who infamously squirts his handler with his iconic water pistol. The character first debuted on TV in 1955.
His girlfriend Soo, a panda bear, is sweet, shy and rather responsible in nature. She hated being tricked by Sooty and Sweep, but didn’t mind tricking others. Soo made her debut in 1964.
The Sooty franchise remained under the ownership of Harry Corbett until his retirement in 1976, when he passed it on to his son Matthew. In 1998, Richard Cadell took over and bought the rights in 2007, ensuring the bear brand’s survival. | https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/fiftieth-anniversary-of-are-you-being-served-a-much-loved-sitcom-3831904 | 2022-09-06T17:22:07Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/fiftieth-anniversary-of-are-you-being-served-a-much-loved-sitcom-3831904 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A global nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that there is an “urgent” need for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident related to shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhia power plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in a new report on Tuesday, specifically called for an end to gunfire near the nuclear power plant and the establishment of a protection zone around it.
“Pending the end of the conflict and re-establishment of stable conditions there is an urgent need for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident arising from physical damage caused by military means,” the IAEA report said.
“This can be achieved by the immediate establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone,” it continued.
The report said that some damage had already been caused to parts of the plant, and that ongoing shelling could have worse consequences, including the “unlimited release of radioactive materials to the environment.”
Exposure to very high levels of radiation can cause skin burns, nausea, vomiting and sometimes death in the short-term. In the long-term, it can cause cancer.
Russia seized the Zaporizhia plant in March, around the start of its invasion of Ukraine. Recently, the IAEA warned of “renewed shelling” in the area, leading to concerns about a potential accident. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/nuclear-watchdog-theres-an-urgent-need-for-measures-to-prevent-accident-at-ukraine-plant/ | 2022-09-06T17:26:30Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/nuclear-watchdog-theres-an-urgent-need-for-measures-to-prevent-accident-at-ukraine-plant/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What’s next after a judge ruled Monday that a special master should be appointed to oversee the classified documents removed by an FBI search team last month from former President Trump’s Florida estate?
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with attorney and former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Lucas is doing very well in his new boots, thank you very much.
For many of us humans, there comes a time in one's life when one's feet demand the support of orthopedic footwear. Apparently, this applies to penguins, too.
This week, officials at the San Diego Zoo announced that Lucas, a 4-year-old African penguin, "has a new opportunity to thrive" after being fitted with custom orthopedic shoes made of neoprene and rubber.
"I've known Lucas for a long time, so having the ability to provide him with a chance to live a normal life brings a smile to my face," Dr. Beth Bicknese, a senior veterinarian at the zoo, said in a press release.
Lucas suffers from a chronic condition known as bumblefoot, which includes a range of degenerative foot conditions that can affect birds of all types. Lucas's bumblefoot is permanent, zoo officials said, and a lack of treatment could have led to sepsis or even death.
It began with a spinal infection that weakened his leg muscles to the point where he struggled to stand upright. Over the course of three years, veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo tried a variety of treatments: pain relievers, physical therapy, even acupuncture.
When Lucas began to develop sores, the zoo enlisted the help of Thera-Paw, a company that designs mobility aids and veterinary products for animals, including boots for dogs and splints for pets.
"The boots are cushioned and Velcroed in place, so they will help Lucas to fully participate in the colony and showcase behaviors that are more typical for a penguin — such as climbing the rocks, swimming, nesting and finding a suitable mate," said Bicknese.
After fitting Lucas with his new boots, zoo officials noticed improvements in his gait and posture, they said, allowing him better balance and an ability "to navigate his rocky habitat with greater ease."
"We were pleasantly surprised at the immediate change in Lucas after we fitted him with his new boots," said Debbie Denton, a senior wildlife care specialist at the zoo. "Seeing him move about now gives us hope that he may be OK going forward, and able to live a full life."
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Updated September 6, 2022 at 12:19 PM ET
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday that a body found during an exhaustive search lasting more than three days is a woman who was abducted and forced into an SUV during an early morning jog near the University of Memphis.
Memphis police said on Twitter that investigators identified the body of Eliza Fletcher, 34, a school teacher and granddaughter of a prominent Memphis businessman.
The body was found Monday after a series of searches over the Labor Day weekend for the woman who was kidnapped at about 4 a.m. Friday, police said. A man approached her and forced her into an SUV after a brief struggle, police said. Fletcher was reported missing when she did not return home from her regular morning jog.
A man charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in the nationally-publicized case had an arraignment on Tuesday. U.S. Marshals arrested Cleotha Abston, 38, on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Eliza Fletcher was last seen, according to an arrest affidavit.
Abston will now also be facing a charges of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping, Memphis police said in a tweet Tuesday morning.
Relatives of Fletcher and more than 20 media members were in the courtroom Tuesday morning for the arraignment, which was Abston's first appearance before a judge on charges of kidnapping, tampering with evidence, theft, identity theft, and fraudulent use of a credit card. Abston was issued a $510,000 bond. Abston said he could not afford bond and he could not afford a lawyer. General Sessions Judge Louis Montesi appointed a public defender to represent Abston.
Police also linked the vehicle they believe was used in the kidnapping to a person at a home where Abston was staying.
Late Monday, police tweeted that a body had been found in a Memphis neighborhood but that the identity of that person and the cause of death was unconfirmed. A large police presence was reported in the area where authorities reported finding the body just after 5 p.m. Memphis police had searched several locations with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter throughout the long weekend.
Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. The family has released a video statement asking for help in finding Fletcher and offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case.
Abston previously kidnapped a prominent Memphis attorney in 2000, the Commercial Appeal reported. When he was just 16 years old, Abston forced Kemper Durand into the trunk of his own car at gunpoint. After several hours, Abston took Durand out and forced him to drive to a Mapco gas station to withdraw money from an ATM. At the station, an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard walked in and Durand yelled for help. Abston ran away but was found and arrested. He pleaded guilty in 2001 to especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery, according to court records. He received a 24-year sentence.
Durand, in a victim impact statement, wrote, "I was extremely lucky that I was able to escape from the custody of Cleotha Abston. ... It is quite likely that I would have been killed had I not escaped," the Commercial Appeal reported.
Durand died in 2013, seven years before Abston would be released in November 2020 at age 36. In the two years since his release, there were no further documented charges against Abston in Shelby County prior to his Saturday arrest, the Commercial Appeal reported.
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Holidaymakers looking to travel to Amsterdam have been warned they are banned from using cash on a common city service. The Netherlands is a popular destination for Brits, with more than two million visiting the country each year.
Half of these tourists visit Amsterdam. However, the UK Foreign Office has warned tourists they can no longer use cash to buy tickets while on the city's trams, buses or metro trains run by GVB, the city's public transport operator.
The Foreign Office explains: "Amsterdam public transport service (GVB) no longer accepts cash for buying tickets on trams, buses or metro trains in Amsterdam." The move to cashless payments came into force from March 2018 due to the growing number of robberies.
Read more: Eurostar issues huge blow to holidaymakers travelling to Amsterdam
GVB's website states the "public transport chip card is the easiest way to travel by tram, day bus, and night bus". However, if you don't have this card, you can buy a ticket in the tram or bus and pay using a credit card or PIN payment card.
"Payment can be made using your PIN code or contactless. You can also pay for your travel on the North Sea channel ferries with a PIN payment card or contactless," GVB adds.
"You can pay using one of the following cards: V-pay, Maestro, VISA, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club, Union Pay, and American Express."
But, travellers can still use cash to buy a ticket before their trip. GVB stresses: "There are also plenty of points of sale where you can use cash to buy a ticket. An overview of all points of sale can be found on our map of Amsterdam.
"You can also find a point of sale near you by using street name, zip code, or 'my location'."
For more information on travelling around Amsterdam, visit GVB's website.
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NASCAR Cup Series -- Race No. 28 – 267-laps / 400.5 milesKansas Speedway (1.5-mile oval) – Kansas City, Kan.Fast Facts for September 10-11, 2022 Tire: Goodyear Eagle 18-inch Speedway Radials
Set limits: Cup: 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 9 sets for the race
(8 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)
Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-5186; Right-side -- D-5190
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 2,254 mm (88.74 in.); Right-side -- 2,279 mm (89.72 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front -- 20 psi; Left Rear -- 22 psi;
Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 46 psi
Storyline – Goodyear keeps up with Cup teams by updating tire constructions: Since the Next Gen car debuted in February, NASCAR Cup teams have gone to work on figuring it out and gaining performance. Goodyear has kept up with those developments through evaluating the on-track racing, as well as additional testing. The tire maker held test sessions at both Charlotte Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway this spring and brought forward a construction update to its tires for the intermediate speedways, having seen on track how the speeds and loads on the new car have changed from the previous generation’s.
“We obviously started 2022 with a new car, and all those involved in the sport have learned a lot over the ensuing months,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “The loads generated on this Next Gen car are quite different than the past, so we evaluated what we saw early in the season and designed some construction updates that we were able to test on track before we unveiled the right side enhancements at the Pocono and Michigan races earlier this summer. We had good feedback from the drivers throughout the process and have had good results on the track since. The combination we are running at Kansas this week, which will also be run at Texas and Las Vegas, introduces a left side construction enhancement to be paired with that right-side already introduced. This combination was confirmed in testing at Charlotte in early August.”
Notes – Updated tire set-up for Cup cars at Kansas: Having moved to an 18-inch bead diameter tire for 2022, NASCAR Cup teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series at Kansas this weekend . . . these are two different tire codes than what Cup teams ran at Kansas in May . . . compared to that earlier race, there are construction updates to both the left- and right-side tires . . . this right-side tire code debuted at Pocono in July . . . Cup teams will run this same tire set-up at both Texas and Las Vegas later in the playoffs . . . with this 18-inch tire, and its lower profile sidewall, NASCAR Cup cars will not run inner liners in any of their tires in 2022.
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NASCAR Xfinity Series -- Race No. 25 -- 200 laps / 300 miles
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – Race No. 19 -- 134 laps / 201 milesKansas Speedway (1.5-mile oval) – Kansas City, Kan.Fast Facts for September 9-10, 2022 Tire: Goodyear Eagle 15-inch Speedway Radials Set limits: Xfinity: 6 sets for the event; Truck: 5 sets for the event Tire Codes: Left-side -- D-6110; Right-side -- D-6112
Tire Circumference: Left-side -- 2,225 mm (87.60 in.); Right-side -- 2,250 mm (88.58 in.)
Minimum Recommended Inflation: Left Front -- 18 psi; Left Rear -- 18 psi;
Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 48 psi
Notes – Xfinity, Trucks on established tire set-up at Kansas: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Xfinity and Camping World Truck teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Kansas this week . . . this is the same tire set-up Truck teams ran at Kansas in May . . . this is also the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams have run at Las Vegas (both series), Texas (both series) and Michigan (Xfinity only) earlier this season . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, Truck teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Kansas . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.
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After making his ARCA Menards Series debut earlier this season at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Arkansas native Matt Wilson will be returning to the seat of the No. 7 CCM Racing car for this weekend’s Kansas 150.
Wilson started 15th and finished 12th in his first career start back in May, just a couple of weeks after earning a top-10 in his ARCA Menards Series East debut at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
“I am looking forward to my third ARCA race of 2022,” said Wilson. “I’ve notched top 15 and top 10 finishes and I’m going to Kansas with the goal of a top-five run. I am grateful to the CCM Racing team for all of their hard work and would also like to thank R.A. Wilson, Laravel, Krisell & Jennings Agency, Co Eyewear, and Two Friends Golf for coming on board as well as RedTide Canopies and Coble Enterprises for their continued support.”
CCM Racing most recently competed at Kansas Speedway in the ARCA Menards Series in October of 2021 with team owner Eric Caudell behind the wheel.
The 100-lap Kansas 150 will take place on Saturday, September 10th, 2022, at 7:00PM ET and will be broadcast on MAVTV, FloRacing, MRN, SiriusXM (XM channel 391, online channel 981), and ARCARacing.com.
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Bridget and the BMI Racing team loaded up and headed to Portland International Raceway for round 8 of NASCAR's ARCA Menards West Series for the second time this year and held in conjunction with the Indy car series.
The format for the race weekend was different from the series' previous races, with practice on Friday night, qualifying, and the race on Saturday. The team unloaded the HMH Construction Chevrolet SS and prepared to head out for the practice session. Bridget utilized the session well, getting into a good rhythm around the 1.967-mile road course. The team ended the session early due to mechanical issues with the fueling system.
Race day had arrived, and the team went through the typical technical inspection process and prepared the HMH Construction Chevrolet SS for the qualifying session. Unlike the other races, this qualifying session was a timed 20-minute session, and once the driver attempted their fastest lap, they did not have the opportunity to go back on track. Bridget headed out on track, using the first lap to bring everything up to temperature.
On the second lap, Bridget again had mechanical issues with her fuel system with low fuel pressure; she aborted the run and returned to the impound area with the other cars. The team was able to switch out the fuel pump, but due to the impound rules for the race, Bridget would start rear of the field.
The green flag dropped for the Portland 112, and Bridget accelerated across the start-finish line, hungry to move up through the field. The race was going well for the Australian native moving up to 7th place. Unfortunately, again Bridget started experiencing fuel pressure issues on the back section of the track. Knowing there would be a halfway caution allowing the team to re-fuel, Bridget's spotter instructed her to drive at ¾ throttle in that area to avoid leaning out the engine.
The halfway caution came, and the crew got to work quickly, fueling the HMH Construction Chevrolet SS with Sunoco GTX260 race fuel. The green flag dropped once again with Bridget rolling off in 7th position; working hard behind the wheel, hitting her marks, and making clean passes, she had moved up to 4th position, a career-high.
Another caution flag was due to a stopped race car on track with 20 laps to go, and the team used the opportunity to top the fuel up in Bridget's race car to prevent any low fuel pressure issues. As Bridget headed back out on track, a cloud of white smoke appeared as she went through turn 1; the safety crew pushed her back to pit road allowing the team to diagnose the problem, which was the transmission line. The team made the repairs and sent her back on track to finish the race. Bridget's comments after the race, "It was a shame we had so many issues over the weekend; the HMH Construction Chevrolet was competitive, and to start rear of the field and get up to 4th shows that we can compete against the other larger teams."
The series returns to action on October 1 for the NAPA AutoCare 150 at All American Speedway in Roseville, California. The race will be available live on FloRacing.
A replay of Saturday's ARCA Portland 112 will air on USA Network on Friday, September 16, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Capital, named one of the 'Top 50 Growers in the Country' by Citywire RIA, continues to grow its footprint in Alaska. Most recently, the firm hired two top financial advisors: Matt Knell and Paul Hurley.
Matt Knell, CFP®, a 20-year resident of Alaska, joins Arbor Capital with more than 18 years of financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and investment management experience. Knell earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University and his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. He serves as a board member and Secretary for the Alaska Zoo and is an active member of the Anchorage Estate Planning Council.
Paul Hurley, AAMS® joins Arbor Capital with more than 19 years of banking, investment management, and ERISA plan consulting experience, specializing in Native Corporations in Alaska. Hurley earned the Accredited Asset Management Specialist designation, which helps him guide his clients through complex financial planning conversations. As an Alaska Native raised in Bristol Bay, Hurley is passionate about improving financial literacy throughout Alaska and helping Alaska Native organizations support their leadership, staff, and communities.
Both Knell and Hurley will be based at Arbor Capital headquarters at the Dimond Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The addition of these seasoned professionals will allow the firm to better serve its current client base, as well as to grow its retirement planning capabilities with Alaska Native Corporation retirement plan participants and wealth management clients alike.
Arbor Capital offers wealth management, investment management, and retirement planning consulting services in Alaska and across the United States. For more information on Arbor Capital's ESG investing strategy visit arborcapital.io or reach out to the team for a complimentary portfolio review by emailing info@arborcapital.io.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has announced that Mike Rupe has joined the firm as a partner and Head of Special Situations and Reorganizations, resident in the New York office.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mike to our firm," said Cadwalader managing partner Pat Quinn. "Mike's expertise and reputation both in financial restructuring and private credit make him the ideal leader of our growing special situations practice, fitting squarely into our strategic growth plan."
Rupe advises financial institutions in all aspects of in- and out-of-court workout, restructuring and reorganization matters, with an emphasis on advising ad hoc lender groups. Rupe last practiced at King & Spalding LLP, where he served as Head of Financial Restructuring.
"Mike has extensive experience working with, and unique knowledge of, private credit and other alternative lenders – the dominant constituency in significant restructurings," said Greg Petrick, chair of Cadwalader's Financial Restructuring Group and a member of the firm's Management Committee. "Adding Mike to our team positions Cadwalader to assist this important and growing constituency in the most complicated restructurings. We're delighted to have Mike join us and our creditor-focused practice."
Rupe has represented creditor groups in a number of high-profile chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings, including those of CEC Entertainment, APC Automotive Technologies, Fairway Group Holdings, Gymboree Group and Payless Holdings, among others. Among his career highlights, Rupe led the team representing a cross-over lender group in the chapter 11 cases of Nine West Holdings, for which he was recognized by IFLR1000 as a finalist for "Lawyer of the Year: Restructuring and Insolvency."
"I could not be more excited to join Cadwalader and for the opportunity to help continue to grow the firm's restructuring practice as well as the firm's private credit practice," Rupe said. "Cadwalader's reputation as a premier finance firm, its culture of excellence, and the depth and breadth of its practices make the firm exceptionally well-positioned to successfully guide clients through periods of market disruption."
Rupe's arrival follows the recent expansion of the firm's private credit and special situations capabilities through the addition of partners Bevis Metcalfe and Matthew Smith in London. In the last 12 months, Cadwalader has also added partners Angela Batterson (Finance), Jon Brose (Tax), Kiran Kadekar (Corporate) and Helen Maher (Global Litigation) in New York and partners Michael Bergmann (Corporate), Peter Malyshev (Financial Services) and Mercedes Tunstall (Financial Services) in Washington, D.C.
About Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established 230 years ago, serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations and funds. With offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington and Dublin, Cadwalader offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation, financial restructuring, health care, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, financial regulation, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense. For more information, visit www.cadwalader.com.
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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has lined up behind a U.S. Supreme Court case legal experts believe could radically reshape how federal elections are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from intervening.
Ashcroft announced last week that his office had filed an amicus brief in support of Republicans in North Carolina who are asking the nation’s highest court to restore a Congressional map that was rejected as a partisan gerrymander by that state’s Supreme Court.
The North Carolina Republicans argue the state court had no authority to throw out the map under the so-called independent state legislature doctrine.
“Secretary Ashcroft is the first elected official to file an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court in support of state legislatures in historic elections case,” the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office tweeted last week.
The independent state legislature doctrine would give state lawmakers the power to set election rules and draw congressional maps without any review by state courts.
Some legal experts contend the doctrine could also be interpreted as allowing a legislature to refuse to certify the results of a presidential election and instead select its own slate of electors.
A version of the theory was pushed in 2020 by allies of then-President Donald Trump in their effort to toss out legitimate election results in swing states won by Joe Biden and have electors appointed by Trump-friendly legislators.
The North Carolina case concerns the U.S. Constitution’s Elections Clause, which says: “The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.”
Proponents of the independent state legislature doctrine argue the Election Clause clearly gives legislatures sole responsibility for drawing congressional districts — and state courts have no role to play.
In his amicus brief, Ashcroft argues that interpretation of the Elections Clause would not “leave individuals affected by redistricting without a remedy to complain about all kinds of map drawing.”
Courts would still have a role, Ashcroft’s brief argues, in certain areas such as “one-person, one-vote and racial gerrymandering.”
Henry Chambers Jr., a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, wrote last month that if the U.S. Supreme Court adopts the independent state legislature doctrine, it would “leave partisan gerrymandering unregulated.”
“State legislatures, unconstrained by state law, could then create aggressively gerrymandered congressional districts,” Chambers said, “possibly leading to an ever more partisan Congress with accompanying gridlock and policy failures.”
Carolyn Shapiro, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, panned the doctrine in a March interview with Spotlight PA, noting that because state legislatures are created by a state constitution, they are also limited by the state constitution.
“The notion,” she said, “that [lawmakers] are freestanding entities to do anything they want in this context is inconsistent with constitutional democracy.”
Previous U.S. Supreme Court decisions also appear to undermine the independent state legislature doctrine.
In 2019, the court ruled that federal courts cannot review claims of partisan gerrymandering. Writing for the five conservative justices in the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said state courts could continue to hear such cases — including in the context of congressional redistricting.
In 2015, the court upheld the right of Arizona voters to make the process of drawing congressional district lines less partisan by creating an independent redistricting commission
Since the 2019 case, the conservative bloc on the court has grown with the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. And four other conservative justices — Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas — have hinted at possible support for the arguments behind the doctrine.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: May 6, 2020 to June 24, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 3, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CVNA:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Carvana Co. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Carvana you have until October 3, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Carvana securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CVNA lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/carvana-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=31348&from=4.
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J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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AVENTURA, Fla. and NATICK, Mass., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytovia Therapeutics, Inc. today released the following statement on the passing of Olivier Gouédard, PharmD, MBA, who served as its Chief Operating Officer for the past year.
We are profoundly saddened by the news of our dear friend Olivier's passing. Dr. Gouédard was an industry leader specialized in the development of novel biologics and cell therapy and the training of the next wave of industry leaders poised to transform clinical care paradigms for cancer patients.
"We want to recognize Dr. Gouédard's immense contributions to cross-functional development of transformative cell therapies," commented Dr. Daniel Teper, CEO of Cytovia Therapeutics. "Olivier was deeply passionate about his work and dedicated to bringing results to patients. He was an outstanding leader, balancing drive, discipline, and efficiency with warmth, inclusiveness, and a larger-than-life presence felt by everybody who was lucky enough to work with him. He was a mentor to many, always generous with his time. In his short tenure at Cytovia, he was able to build and drive his development team to achieve ambitious goals, implementing processes to structure program management and helping advance novel discovery towards regulatory approval to initiate clinical trials."
Gouédard received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of Rennes I (France), an advanced degree in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology from the Paris-Saclay University, and an MBA in Finance/Accounting from the Stern School of Business, New York University. Early in his career, he played a key role in the successful launch of Tricor®, a cholesterol-lowering drug which ultimately became a $1B franchise, by managing the alliance between Fournier Pharma and Abbvie. He then joined AMGEN, where he advanced through positions in Finance, Project Management, Sales, and Marketing, before moving on to Celgene (and Bristol Myers Squibb following its acquisition), where he led the successful development of and obtained early FDA approval for ABECMA™, the first BCMA CAR T cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, the crowning accomplishment of his career.
Excited by the promise of NK cell therapy and the pressing, unmet medical needs it aims to address, Dr. Gouédard joined Cytovia as Chief Operating Officer in June of 2021, where he made significant contributions as a part of the leadership team and played a critical role in accelerating the development of Cytovia's pipeline towards clinical development.
Dr. Gouédard's passion and curiosity extended beyond the sciences. He was an avid fan of the arts, real estate, swimming, cycling, and horse polo – often referring to himself as a forever student of the sport - and maintained a deep bond to his home region of Brittany, France and its culture and community. He is survived by his husband Scott, who has set up the following page in his honor.
We send our deepest condolences to Olivier's colleagues, friends, and family. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on through his work and the many lives he touched.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. (NYSE: DDL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased, or otherwise acquired, Dingdong American Depository Shares pursuant or traceable to the F-1 registration statements and related prospectus on Form 424B4 issued in connection with Dingdong's June 2021 initial public stock offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 24, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: According to the filed complaint, the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's initial public offering misstated and/or omitted facts concerning Dingdong's so-called commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of the food it distributes to the market. For example, despite claiming that it applies "stringent quality control across [its] entire supply chain to ensure product quality to [its] users," Dingdong sold food past its sell-by date. Consequently, Dingdong was, in fact, no better at providing or assuring access to "fresh" groceries than the supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms it repeatedly claimed to be displacing. Moreover, the foregoing conduct subjected Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement, all of which, once revealed, were likely to negatively impact Dingdong's business, operations, and reputation.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Dingdong you have until October 24, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Dingdong securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the DDL lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/dingdong-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31355&from=4.
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Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States' Statistical Report Validates Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation's Urgent Call for Action to Reverse Brain Cancer Trends in Children and Adolescents
ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2022 //PRNewswire// -- A new report published in Neuro-Oncology exposes an alarming reality for children, adolescents, and families facing pediatric brain cancer across the country. The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF, curethekids.org) funded this first-of-its-kind report by the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS, cbtrus.org) to increase understanding of the scope and severity of this childhood disease.
- More children under the age of 19 are diagnosed with brain tumors, and dying from them, than ever before, while adult brain cancer patients are experiencing a decline in the incidence of diagnosis and mortality rates.
- There are significant disparities in the incidence of diagnosis and mortality rates among states. While the report doesn't address the reasons for these disparities, we know that differences in access to treatment, environmental factors, and emphasis on pediatric cancer in state health policies warrant closer study.
- Pediatric brain cancer doesn't discriminate but is a disproportionate threat to children of color, who experience lower survival rates than white children.
- While mortality rates have increased, the need for attention to survivorship is greater than ever. The estimated number of children and adolescents in the United States living with the aftereffects of brain tumors has increased by 45% since 2010.
- Even as their odds for survival have declined, children and adolescents diagnosed with brain tumors are, on average, living longer. This increase brings a higher demand for health resources and palliative care education for patients, survivors, and their families.
"This report from CBTRUS validates what the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation has been saying for years: Pediatric cancer demands more attention and a greater investment in the development of new treatments and resources for patient families," says Courtney Davies, PBTF President and CEO. "Pediatric brain cancer trends are moving in the opposite direction of those for adults because childhood cancer does not receive the same level of attention, research, or financial commitment as adult cancers. The research community, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare policymakers, and funders must do more. Kids' lives are at stake."
There are more than 120 types of brain tumors in need of treatment advancements. Small patient populations for these individual tumor types, insufficient tissue samples, and the lack of research funding have led to an incomplete understanding of this disease.
Progress towards effective treatments or cures is also slow. Treatments developed for adult populations are ineffective for kids or contribute to long-term health complications. Because pediatric brain tumors are a numerically small problem, research scientists and pharmaceutical companies are not incentivized to study them. Meanwhile, the developmental, emotional, and financial impact on children diagnosed with brain tumors and their families is profound.
PBTF is committed to leading the way toward a future without childhood cancer. This report provides insights that are shaping our response to this public health crisis. As a result of our analysis of the report, we are:
- Focusing greater attention on state-level health policy and advocating for emphasis on pediatric health.
- Redoubling our commitment to funding promising early-stage research. Every dollar PBTF invests attracts 12 dollars in follow-on funding.
- Directing family support resources to states where the need is greatest and where each dollar can make the most difference.
There is no cure for pediatric cancer without collaboration, and we need patient advocacy organizations, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, and caring individuals to walk alongside us as we address the local impact of pediatric cancer. If you have questions about how you can make a difference, email us at info@curethekids.org. Visit curethekids.org/cbtrus-report to view the full report.
No parent believes their child will be diagnosed with brain cancer. When it happens, no patient, parent, sibling, or survivor should have to stand alone. The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation is there for families facing the deadliest and most common childhood cancer, responding with resources and community support that address every family member's needs. The largest patient advocacy funder of pediatric brain tumor research, PBTF also funds and advocates for innovative projects that lead to vital discoveries, new clinical trials, and better treatments – all bringing us closer to a cure. We're able to do that because of people and partners committed to supporting families and ending childhood brain cancer. Learn more at curethekids.org.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flatfeecorp.com, a managed marketplace for overseas office services supporting small to mid-sized companies' global expansion, announced the launch of new websites in Spanish (https://flatfeecorp.com/es) and Portuguese (https://flatfeecorp.com/pt) for companies in the fast growing Latin American countries increasingly entering into the global marketplace through the Internet.
With the growth of global e-commerce platforms, more local sellers in the LatAm countries have discovered a much greater global market outside of their home countries. Flatfeecorp.com is now supporting those sellers by helping them register foreign trademarks, set up local companies, maintain local staff and comply with local tax requirements.
Flatfee's decision to add those languages and customer services in those regions is a reflection of the increasing importance of developing countries in supplying the global consumer market through the Internet.
It is traditionally very difficult for a small company to sell internationally. The cost of local compliance outside of their home country can get very high, especially with language differences. There is simply no single-solution provider out there to provide compliance and service solutions to support small businesses' global operations. Flatfeecorp.com is an innovative managed marketplace offering standard corporate, human resource, intellectual property, and tax compliance solutions to those underserved companies.
LatAm regional manager Alfonso Gutierrez is the main driving force behind this strategic move. Alfonso has extensive connections and business relationships in LatAm, the United States and Asia, and said, "a main obstacle for companies establishing a local market presence, however, is the lack of familiarity with the foreign legal and compliance environment. Our team is confident that we can make the process easier and more affordable for everyone in Latin America who wants to sell globally."
Flatfee's Chief Executive Officer Ning Zhang said LatAm is a very promising market for Flatfee due to the increasing global needs for LatAm commodities and goods, and lack of local service providers possessing integrated service capacities.
Flatfeecorp.com is based in California with offices in the UK, China, France among other regions. Flatfee has a dedicated team servicing the LatAm region based in Texas and Peru.
View https://flatfeecorp.com/es (Spanish) and https://flatfeecorp.com/pt (Portuguese) to explore how any LatAm-based companies can recruit or sell internationally with significantly lower costs on administration services outside of their home countries.
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The charge carries a prison sentence of 15 years to life.
The trial for Abraham Martin Hohnke was scheduled to start on September 6. That morning, instead of going to trial, Hohnke accepted a plea deal.
Hohnke pleaded guilty to one count of using a computer to commit a crime. As part of the deal, charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes as well as a separate computer-related charge were dropped, according to court documents acquired by FOX 17.
Hohnke was one of three people arrested earlier this year following a human trafficking investigation conducted by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office.
Court documents allege Hohnke offered a 15-year-old girl $260 in exchange for sex.
Hohnke is scheduled to appear for a sentencing hearing on Oct. 31. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/former-wmu-officer-accused-of-offering-money-to-minor-for-sex-takes-plea-deal | 2022-09-06T17:37:47Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/former-wmu-officer-accused-of-offering-money-to-minor-for-sex-takes-plea-deal | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Gustavo Arnal was found unconscious and unresponsive Friday afternoon after reportedly plunging from a New York City high-rise apartment building. The New York Medical Examiner will determine a cause of death, but foul play is not suspected.
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.
The retailer reported a 26% drop in sales compared to the second quarter of the 2021 fiscal year.
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“In our first phase, what we’re doing is opening the emergency department, the first 9 medical surgical bed," said Kyle Kopec, the chief compliance officer and vice president for government affairs for Braden Health. "And then, pharmacy and imaging."
Over the past couple of years, Kopec and the rest of the team at Braden Health have worked to reopen this once-abandoned hospital.
It involved removing mold, bringing things up to code, and a number of other tasks.
“The roof was damaged. There were roof leaks everywhere throughout the building,” Terry Stewart, the facilities manager and project construction coordinator for Braden Health over Tennessee Projects, said.
The building sat empty for nearly eight years. Braden Health purchased it back in October 2020.
“We spent about $10 million or so to rebuild it,” Kopec said.
Despite all the construction and work, there’s still more to do.
“This used to be the surgical wing. It was last used in the '70s with the exception, I think, since then they filmed a few horror movies in here,” he said. “It really looks a lot like most rural hospitals we find that are closed and abandoned.”
Research out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research shows 139 rural hospitals have closed since 2010.
Another study from the Chartis Center for Rural Health analyzed 1,844 rural hospitals and found that 453, or about 1 in 4, are vulnerable to closure based on performance levels.
“There's a need. It's unmet. And we know how to help,” Kopec said.
Michael Banks, who is now the Haywood County Community Hospital’s CEO, watched as the former hospital here shut down in 2014.
“Financially, it hit us,” he said. ”We also saw a decline in the overall health of the community as well.”
Not having certain health services nearby also impacted taxpayers, he explained.
“Our ambulance service is a county-owned ambulance service. We ended up having to put two new crews and a new ambulance on because they couldn't bring patients here. They had to take them to Jackson, which is a 30-mile drive,” Banks said. “That ended up costing the taxpayers about $800,000 a year.”
“I've lived here all my life,” William Rawls, the mayor of the City of Brownsville, said. “We just thought, this is done. We won't have rural health care, acute health care in our community ever again.”
“Having this hospital back is life-changing,” Rawls said.
It’s a narrative seen all too often in rural communities that lose access to nearby healthcare.
“Your lower economic rural areas have really been affected disproportionately,” Banks said.
This is one of a handful of hospitals Braden Health has bought and rebuilt. They started this process in 2020 and take profits from their other hospitals to buy and rebuild more.
“Right now, you see a little bit of a trend and it’s sort of a mixed bag,” Kopec said, addressing a question about whether or not he’s seeing companies gear in this direction of buying up closed hospitals. “It’s a process. We’re here to help. And as we open the facility, we’re hopeful to win community support back, but it will take time.”
The team hopes this space will be somewhere the community can trust with some of the same staples, like hand print tiles at the front of the hospital, the locals have come to recognize.
“We know there's hundreds of hospitals and thousands of communities that are in need,” Kopec said. “We’re going to look at the hospitals that are closing and see where we can help.”
The Haywood County Community Hospital passed the state inspection at the end of August, which makes the facility a licensed hospital. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/one-company-is-flipping-abandoned-hospitals-in-rural-communities | 2022-09-06T17:38:11Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/one-company-is-flipping-abandoned-hospitals-in-rural-communities | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leaders of the Teamsters union told CNN they are already prepared to strike despite the union’s contract with UPS ending in 11 months.
A potential strike of UPS employees could cause renewed challenges for the nation’s supply chain. The union’s leader Sean O’Brien told CNN that it has already collected $300 million in union fees and is prepared to pay members in case they go on strike.
“Do our members wake up every day wanting a strike? I’d say no. But are they fed up? Yes they’re fed up,” O’Brien told CNN last week. “Whether or not there is a strike, that’s totally up to the company. We’re going to utilize as much leverage as we can to get our members the contract they deserve.”
CNN reported that most Teamsters voted against ratifying the current contract in 2018, but leadership opted to enact the agreement with UPS. The union said not enough members participated in the vote to trigger a strike.
The company’s 534,000 employees generated $97.3 billion in revenue in 2021. CNN said an estimated 6% of the United States’ gross domestic product moves through CNN. Competing delivery services would only be able to absorb a fraction of UPS’ shipments if a strike were to proceed.
UPS CEO Carol Tome told investors that it is making contingency plans, but CNN reported that the company’s contract is a competitive one given current labor challenges.
UPS employees have not gone on strike since 1997. The New York Times reported that the 15-day strike cost UPS $600 million in business.
One of the major issues in the 1997 strike was the number of full-time positions that had become part-time. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/teamsters-already-discussing-ups-strike-year-before-contract-expires | 2022-09-06T17:38:17Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/teamsters-already-discussing-ups-strike-year-before-contract-expires | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a safe and secure way to leave a bicycle unattended," said an inventor, from Bronx, N.Y., "so I invented the BAR CYLINDER. My design would prevent theft by rendering a bicycle's wheel immobile."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved security device for bicycles. In doing so, it offers an alternative to lock bars, chains, etc. As a result, it helps to prevent the theft of a bicycle and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a secure and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of bicycles, scooters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Manhattan sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MBQ-163, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcum Technology announced today that it has integrated the CyZen cybersecurity consultancy of Friedman LLP as part of Friedman's September 1 merger into Marcum LLP.
The CyZen team is now part of Marcum Technology's Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics group.
The integration of CyZen further enhances Marcum Technology's robust cyber capabilities across a full range of offensive and defensive security, compliance, and advisory services. It also launches the company's vSOC (virtual security operations center) capability and expands its MSSP (managed security service provider) portfolio.
"The CyZen cybersecurity business, their strong vSOC capability, and their talented team are tremendous assets to be introduced into our cyber offering, elevating our operations and enabling us to expand the ways in which we partner with our clients strategically," said Peter Scavuzzo, CEO of Marcum Technology.
"This merger is a new opportunity to drive growth and efficiency in our continuous effort to innovate and challenge our current business models. The integration of CyZen is the next step in building a world-class organization that inspires our people, creates passion, and delivers the highest quality work to our clients, creating maximum value," Mr. Scavuzzo said.
Marcum Technology's Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics group offers a full range of security management services, including:
- Penetration, Network and Physical Security Testing
- Vulnerability Management
- Assessments and Due Diligence
- Spear Phishing Simulation & Training Incident Response and Crisis Management Planning
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consulting
- Managed Security Services (MSSP)
- Managed Detection and Response (vSOC)
- Third-Party Vendor Governance
- Information Security Policies and Procedure Development
- Regulatory Compliance Readiness Testing
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Advisory Services
- Digital Investigations and Litigation Support
Marcum Technology, founded in 2001, helps companies identify and mitigate risks across their people, processes, and technology. Named a Best Firm for Technology by Accounting Today, the firm is focused on helping businesses become more responsive, profitable and sustainable through solutions to their technology challenges. Marcum Technology offers a full spectrum of digital advisory services, infrastructure solutions and services, strategic IT consulting, and cybersecurity & digital forensics.
For more information, visit www.marcumtechnology.com
Marcum LLP is a top-ranked national accounting and advisory firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurial, middle-market companies and high net worth individuals achieve their goals. Marcum's industry-focused practices offer deep insight and specialized services to privately held and publicly registered companies, and nonprofit and social sector organizations. Through the Marcum Group, the Firm also provides a full complement of technology, wealth management, and executive search and staffing services. Headquartered in New York City, Marcum has offices in major business markets across the U.S. and select international locations. #AskMarcum. Visit www.marcumllp.com for more information about how Marcum can help.
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This Energage award recognizes exemplary large companies in the region with more than 2,500+ employees
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Mortgage, one of the largest full-service independent mortgage companies and the top VA and top Federal Housing Administration (FHA) (government-insured) lender in the U.S. in 2021, has earned the fifth spot in the 2022 Top Workplaces Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Region award, based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools.
This is the fourth time Freedom Mortgage Corporation has been named one of the Top Workplaces in the region by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The newspaper recently recognized 178 companies and organizations as 2022 Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region.
"We are honored Freedom Mortgage is recognized once again as a Top Workplaces company in the Philadelphia and Delaware region," said Stanley C. Middleman, Freedom Mortgage president and CEO. "We strive to provide the right culture, benefits, and opportunities for our employees to thrive. This endorsement means so much because our employees ranked Freedom Mortgage so highly and shared that they enjoy working here."
Eric Rubino, Energage CEO, said, "During this very challenging time, the Top Workplaces program has proven to be a beacon of light for organizations, as well as a sign of resiliency and strong business performance. When you give your employees a voice, you come together to navigate challenges and shape your path forward. Top Workplaces draw on real-time insights into what works best for their organization, so they can make informed decisions that have a positive impact on their people and their business."
In addition to being recognized as a 2022 Top Workplaces USA company, Freedom Mortgage has been recognized as a regional Top Workplaces company, consecutively over the years by The Indianapolis Star. Additionally, Freedom Mortgage was named one of Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces (2021) and joined the Inc. 5000 Honor Roll for being recognized for the eighth time as one of the fastest growing companies across the country.
For more information on Freedom Mortgage, please visit FreedomMortgage.com. To join the company, please visit the careers page: careers.freedommortgage.com/jobs/.
Making the world a better place to work together.™ Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 14 years of culture research and the results from 23 million employees surveyed across more than 70, 000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit Energage or Workplaces.
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, Freedom Mortgage is an independent mortgage company that provides mortgage loans through wholesale and correspondent channels. One of the nation's largest non-bank mortgage lenders/services, the company is licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Freedom Mortgage was the #1 VA and #1 FHA (government-insured) lender in the U.S. in 2021 (Inside Mortgage Finance, 2021), and one of the mortgage industry's largest philanthropic supporters of the USO of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The company is also renowned for its vibrant work environment where all team members can thrive. In 2021, Freedom Mortgage was named one of Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces as well as in Top Workplaces USA. Additionally, the company joined the Inc. 5000 Honor Roll once again in 2022 for being recognized for the eighth time as one of the fastest-growing companies across the country. Freedom Mortgage's mission is to foster homeownership for all consumers across America. For more information, please visit FreedomMortgage.com.
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Failing libidos may be cured with a few pricks, according to experts.
Researchers believe acupuncture may help cure women’s lack of libido, claiming the Chinese treatment helped every woman who participated in the research.
Twenty-four female volunteers — between 28 and 45 and with regular sex partners — were recruited for the Chinese study, published in the journal Sexual Medicine in August.
All of the women involved suffered sexual dysfunction, or persistent problems stopping a person from experiencing satisfaction from sexual activity, thought to affect around 43% of women and 31% of men in the US.
For the research, which ran between October 2018 to February 2022, the women underwent two to three 30-minute sessions a week, with acupuncture needles inserted on the top of their head, stomach, above their ovaries, under their knee, on the ankle, foot and lower back.
The women were instructed to answer questions before and after acupuncture treatments, which the Mayo Clinic describes as a traditional Chinese medicine technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force in your body by applying acupuncture needles in target areas of the body.
Using the Female Sexual Function Index, a way of measuring how pleasurable and satisfying sex is to women, they rated subjective sensation, sexual desire, sexual arousal, vaginal lubrification, orgasm, sexual satisfaction and dyspareunia (vaginal pain).
After the treatment, all the women saw an improvement in their FSFI scores. In fact, desire was the biggest improvement, with 23 out of 24 women saying they noticed a difference and 100% of the cohort saying they were more aroused.
Although it appears to be an effective treatment, experts from the Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Zaozhuang in Shandong, where the study took place, admitted they aren’t 100% sure why it appeared to boost libido, but said they believe it has something to do with acupuncture increasing estrogen.
There are varying reasons for women’s lack of sexual desire, the Mayo Clinic noted, which can be affected by emotional welfare, pregnancy, menopause, illness, medications or in some circumstances cancer and other serious illnesses.
The questionnaire was scored out of a potential 36 points, with the total representing their FSFI. An FSFI score of less than 26.55 indicated a risk of sexual dysfunction.
Almost half of the participants (11 out of 24) said their FSFI scores reached a “normal level,” showing an average increase from 18.5 to 26.3.
While promising, researchers cautioned the treatment is to help symptoms — not cure any sexual disorders — noting it’s still in the infancy of determining whether or not it is an effective treatment. Limitations include the small sample size and lack of further detailed controlled sub-groups, including the pre- and post-control study of sex hormones.
“Additionally, all participants with [female sexual disorders] showed a significant improvement, which could be due to the small sample size,” the study reads. “With the increase in the sample size, the effective improvement rate may decrease.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/acupuncture-could-help-boost-sex-drive-experts-say/ | 2022-09-06T17:53:09Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/acupuncture-could-help-boost-sex-drive-experts-say/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Could the Clemson Tigers have a quarterback controversy on their hands?
In the late moments of Clemson’s 41-10 victory over Georgia Tech Monday night, Dabo Swinney put in freshman QB Cade Klubnik for a drive. Klubnik engineered a 10-play, 66-yard drive where he went 4-for-6 and threw for 50 yards – and threw a touchdown pass, equaling the total number of scores starter DJ Uiagalelei had throughout the whole game.
Despite the electrifying performance, offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter insisted the team would not be switching quarterbacks.
“There is no question in my mind, no matter what you all think, DJ has earned the right to be the guy,” Streeter said, per ESPN. “And he did some good things that he didn’t do last year. It’s improvement.”
Uiagalelei struggled in the victory, throwing for 209 yards and a touchdown despite his team putting up 41 points. He had a disappointing season in 2021 despite being touted as the successor to Trevor Lawrence, completing 55 percent of his passes and throwing for nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 374 pass attempts. His 2021 debut wasn’t much better, as he struggled with accuracy throughout the contest.
Klubnik, meanwhile, is a five-star recruit and is widely assumed to be the heir apparent. Despite being a true freshman, the calls for him to be the starter are already growing.
Perhaps that happens sooner rather than later – even if it isn’t Week 2. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/cade-klubniks-sterling-clemson-debut-amps-up-pressure-on-qb-dj-uiagalelei/ | 2022-09-06T17:53:34Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/cade-klubniks-sterling-clemson-debut-amps-up-pressure-on-qb-dj-uiagalelei/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Juul Labs will pay $438.5 million to settle a two-year investigation into the e-cigarette maker’s marketing and sales practices, Connecticut’s attorney general said on Tuesday.
The probe — which was led by attorneys general in Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas — examined whether Juul targeted underage users for its vaping products, and its claims about nicotine content and safety.
“Through this settlement, we have secured hundreds of millions of dollars to help reduce nicotine use and forced JUUL to accept a series of strict injunctive terms to end youth marketing and crack down on underage sales,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.
Juul did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/juul-labs-paying-438-5m-to-settle-states-marketing-probe/ | 2022-09-06T17:54:04Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/juul-labs-paying-438-5m-to-settle-states-marketing-probe/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Once upon a time, in the summer of ‘69, a Michigan man had big dreams of living in a castle. For Christmas that year he gifted his wife a card containing blueprints of their future fortress and a promise to build it for them someday. Twenty-one years and $10 million later, those paper plans were turned into a one-of-a-kind property inspired by the couple’s travels.
“They visited castles around the world and got craftsmen from all over to do the woodwork and stonework,” said Dylan Tent, the Sotheby’s agent now tasked with selling the 6,106-square-foot four-story stone mansion set on 6.25 acres in Rochester, Michigan. It asks $2.5 million.
According to Tent, this listing is a far cry from Cinderella’s whimsical abode.
“It’s built like a tank,” he said, adding it took more than 60 tons of steel to construct the frame alone. The front door, accessible after crossing a mechanical drawbridge, weighs 750 pounds. The roof, accessible by a 60-foot-tall spiral staircase accessible via a secret passageway, is pure slate.
Of course, getting to the castle — which is hidden away at the end of a suburban development — is half the fun.
“You get to these two stone pillars with a creepy-looking gate,” said Tent. “You can’t see the house at this point, then you drive up an unnecessarily long crushed gravel horse trail — dragon statues stand sentry — that winds through the woods.”
Dramatic effect? Check!
If you don’t want to mess with the moat — and who does? — enter through the four-car attached garage that, despite the disco ball and LED lighting, is decorated to look like a Charles Dickens-era London. The first room you’ll find yourself in isn’t a foyer or a mudroom. It’s a Tudor-style pub with two secret passageways and what Tent calls a “Scooby-Doo rotating wall.” At the push of the button the wall spins around to reveal a billiards room.
In fact, the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom house, which has 26 rooms, is full of surprises. Each floor has a secret door to the tower’s spiral staircase. On one floor the door is hidden in a hall of mirrors (think Versailles but on a much smaller scale.) In the kids’ bedroom there’s even a hidden ladder leading up to a fort and a trap door that then heads down to a secret room, which Tent says would be great for gaming (or covertly binging “Game of Thrones,” if your parents don’t approve).
The castle’s original owners had kids, but its current owners — who inherited the property in a business transaction — don’t live on site. The castle has been vacant for three years. “There’s definitely some deferred maintenance,” said Tent. “But overall it’s in good condition and needs few updates.”
One of the updates would have to be made to Tent’s favorite feature of the listing: a hot tub grotto complete with stalactites and stalagmites — so real looking they’d even fool any bats.
The house also boasts an elevator (recently serviced so you don’t need to worry about getting stuck), five fireplaces, a gym and an underground wine cellar. While the furnishings, including a freakish amount of cherub statues, aren’t factored into the asking price, negotiations are welcome. The master bedchamber alone features $250,000 worth of hand-carved furniture.
No expense was spared in the master bathroom either. There’s an elegant chandelier hanging over the Jacuzzi tub, and a stained glass door opens into the home’s porcelain throne. The toilet room even has a bidet, something they actually had back in the day of King Louis XIV. (Napoleon Bonaparte even traveled with one.)
Unfortunately for Tent, who has had about 10 showings since listing the house in mid-August, the castle can only be used as a residence.
“It’s in a gated community and neighbors don’t want it to be turned into an Airbnb or a wedding venue,” he said. “I get at least five to 10 calls a day from prospective buyers asking about that.” (Ironically, he got engaged at the castle last fall.)
While Tent is open to all questions, he won’t entertain lowball offers. “If we don’t get our price, we aren’t going to just give it away,” he said. “It’s too unique and can’t be replicated.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/michigan-castle-seeks-to-court-new-owners-for-2-5m/ | 2022-09-06T17:54:22Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/michigan-castle-seeks-to-court-new-owners-for-2-5m/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MSNBC host Joy Reid made unsubstantiated claims during her Monday show that former President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents could be linked to a “rash” of deaths among America’s spies.
One of her guests also wildly alleged that the 45th president could have “sold” off some secret information before the FBI seized a trove of documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month.
During a panel discussion on “The Reid Out,” Reid attempted to connect the dots between the material found at Trump’s Florida home and reports last year of a string of US spies being killed, captured or compromised.
“You know, while all of this is happening, we know that in 2021, there was a rash of deaths of American spies,” Reid told viewers. “They were being caught. They were being killed. Because this is a very real and exigent circumstance. And the CIA has admitted to that now.”
“We are not saying that we know that there is some connection between the purloined documents and those events,” she added, “but they did happen at a time when Trump did have custody of some really sensitive information that he shouldn’t have had.”
The CIA issued a cable last year calling on its frontline spies to step up their operational security worldwide due to the arrests and murders of dozens of informants in recent years.
Reid went on to suggest that Trump had connections to people — such as Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who is being probed for alleged fraud — whom US authorities may want to investigate.
“Trump knows the kinds of people who one might want to investigate, who might want to do bad things to the United States and might not be on our side,” she said. “And I wonder how frustrated you think law enforcement must be knowing that they can’t look into any of that.”
Reid then allowed her guest, retired federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, to make the unproven allegation that Trump knows the information he stored at Mar-a-Lago might have “compromised national security.”
Kirschner referenced a detailed inventory of items seized by the FBI during the Aug. 8 raid, which showed that 48 folders marked “CLASSIFIED” were found empty.
It is not clear from the inventory list, which was made public on a judge’s orders last week, why the folders were empty.
“You know, both our intelligence community and our law enforcement community must be beside themselves right now because Donald Trump absolutely has information and evidence about how those documents that he stole and unlawfully concealed at Mar-a-Lago might have compromised national security,” Kirschner claimed.
“The reason I state that definitively is because he knows who he showed them to, who he let copy them, who he let take a snapshot of them, who he might have given, or worse, sold the information that was in those … empty classified documents folders. He has this information in his head, at least some of it.”
The discussion between Reid and Kirschner took place hours after US District Judge Aileen Cannon sided with Trump by authorizing an independent third party — known as a special master — to review the trove of seized documents to see if any were subject to attorney-client or executive privilege.
The Justice Department had tried to argue the appointment of a special master would both slow the pace of its probe into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago and be unnecessary, since its filter team had already completed its work. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/msnbcs-joy-reid-links-trumps-classified-docs-to-us-spy-deaths/ | 2022-09-06T17:54:28Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/msnbcs-joy-reid-links-trumps-classified-docs-to-us-spy-deaths/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An aircrew assigned to U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment- Yakima Training Center prepares to hoist a simulated SKED litter patient with members of the Central Washington Mountain Rescue at Yakima Training Center, Wash. on Aug. 28, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Kyle Abraham, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade)
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State funds earmarked to reimburse LCG costs in a massive drainage project are on hold because of property issues, The Daily Advertiser is reporting.
Lafayette Consolidated Government was in line to get $48.6 million from the state for its massive Bayou Vermilion Flood Control project, which centers on two sets of detention ponds: four on the Vermilion River by Homewood Drive and four on Coulee Ile des Cannes near Duhon Road, the newspaper is reporting.
The Daily Advertiser's article says the state has been reimbursing LCG since April for work on the project, to the tune of $19 million so far, according to Jacques Berry, communications director for the state’s Division of Administration.
But another $22 million in payments have been frozen while state officials await more information, which the Guillory administration says it is working to assemble and provide, the newspaper reports.
But, the newspaper reports, there's an issue with the Duhon Road project, and who owns the property it's being constructed upon. After LCG wasn't able to purchase the lot, Rigid Constructors worked out a servitude and purchase agreement with the owners, the newspaper reports.
That's the same contractor whose contracts with LCG for the St. Martin Parish spoil banks project has been questioned.
In today's Daily Advertiser story, the newspaper reports that Rigid began work under a servitude agreement the company worked out with the land owners.
At the end of that agreement, Rigid paid the land owners $453,395 for the property and gave LCG a servitude on the condition that the local government would buy the land from its contractor at an undetermined price on a later date, the Daily Advertiser reports.
That purchase price is a lot more than the appraised value of the land - and the city can't pay more than the appraised value, the paper reports.
To read the Advertiser's whole story with all the details, click here. | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/advertiser-state-funding-in-limbo-over-lcg-drainage-project-property | 2022-09-06T18:00:59Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/advertiser-state-funding-in-limbo-over-lcg-drainage-project-property | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond were down 16% Tuesday morning. The sharp drop followed the death of the company's chief financial officer.
Gustavo Arnal was found unconscious and unresponsive Friday afternoon after reportedly plunging from a New York City high-rise apartment building. The New York Medical Examiner will determine a cause of death, but foul play is not suspected.
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.
The retailer reported a 26% drop in sales compared to the second quarter of the 2021 fiscal year.
CNN reports Amal was accused in a lawsuit of a "pump and dump" scheme to inflate Bed Bath & Beyond's stock artificially. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/bed-bath-beyonds-stock-slumps-following-cfos-death | 2022-09-06T18:01:11Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/bed-bath-beyonds-stock-slumps-following-cfos-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RALEIGH, N.C. — It's a bright and early pick-up that's about to turn Siobhan Millen's vehicle into a virtual botanic garden.
“The grocery stores have been really generous,” she said. "It's fun. It makes the car smell nice."
Millen is one of dozens of volunteers picking up flower donations from local stores and gathering in the community room of a local church near Raleigh, North Carolina.
"I joined during the pandemic,” Millen said. “Some of my regular activities were on hold and I decided to do this for the first time."
She joined The Flower Shuttle, a nonprofit that takes flowers, which would normally be thrown out, and gives them a second chance to brighten someone's day.
"Every flower is unique in its own way,” said Eileen Taylor, president of The Flower Shuttle.
At least three times a week, they make about 350 flower arrangements each day thanks to donations from area supermarkets, farms and even someone's recent wedding.
It all adds up to thousands of flowers a month that would otherwise be thrown out because they are past their sell date.
"What's nice about that is we separate all the dead flowers and then we're able to get probably another week or two of life out of them and they go to people - people who otherwise wouldn't receive flowers and people living with terminal illness, sickness, poverty and disability," Taylor said.
For volunteers like Pauline Laubinger, The Flower Shuttle offers a chance to show off her creativity.
"I don't grow a lot of flowers, but I like flowers," Laubinger said, as she looked at all the flowers volunteers had picked up that morning. "I'm looking for some purples and pinks because I've got a pink base for the first time, and usually I'm arranging reds and oranges and those colors, but occasionally I branch out."
Once everyone's arrangements are done, it's time to hit the road again. Millen is delivering flowers to a Meals On Wheels program at an area senior center.
"You're really popular when you're the flower lady,” she said. “Yeah, people are really happy to get them."
That includes senior citizen Andrea Sawyer.
"I think they're beautiful," Sawyer said. "I think it makes it more homey, more friendly, and they're very positive. They make everybody feel positive."
It is a feeling The Flower Shuttle hopes will give everyone pause when they buy flowers.
"If you do have a big event and you have a lot of flowers, maybe look into some charity that will reuse, recycle and give them another life," Millen said. "This is just creativity and beauty and it makes people happy, as you can see – and I come out there feeling really satisfied." | https://www.katc.com/news/national/flower-recycling-spreads-joy-to-those-in-need | 2022-09-06T18:01:18Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/flower-recycling-spreads-joy-to-those-in-need | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With fresh paint on the walls, new equipment, and wiring, this hospital in western Tennessee is ready to provide care again.
“In our first phase, what we’re doing is opening the emergency department, the first 9 medical surgical bed," said Kyle Kopec, the chief compliance officer and vice president for government affairs for Braden Health. "And then, pharmacy and imaging."
Over the past couple of years, Kopec and the rest of the team at Braden Health have worked to reopen this once-abandoned hospital.
It involved removing mold, bringing things up to code, and a number of other tasks.
“The roof was damaged. There were roof leaks everywhere throughout the building,” Terry Stewart, the facilities manager and project construction coordinator for Braden Health over Tennessee Projects, said.
The building sat empty for nearly eight years. Braden Health purchased it back in October 2020.
“We spent about $10 million or so to rebuild it,” Kopec said.
Despite all the construction and work, there’s still more to do.
“This used to be the surgical wing. It was last used in the '70s with the exception, I think, since then they filmed a few horror movies in here,” he said. “It really looks a lot like most rural hospitals we find that are closed and abandoned.”
Research out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research shows 139 rural hospitals have closed since 2010.
Another study from the Chartis Center for Rural Health analyzed 1,844 rural hospitals and found that 453, or about 1 in 4, are vulnerable to closure based on performance levels.
“There's a need. It's unmet. And we know how to help,” Kopec said.
Michael Banks, who is now the Haywood County Community Hospital’s CEO, watched as the former hospital here shut down in 2014.
“Financially, it hit us,” he said. ”We also saw a decline in the overall health of the community as well.”
Not having certain health services nearby also impacted taxpayers, he explained.
“Our ambulance service is a county-owned ambulance service. We ended up having to put two new crews and a new ambulance on because they couldn't bring patients here. They had to take them to Jackson, which is a 30-mile drive,” Banks said. “That ended up costing the taxpayers about $800,000 a year.”
“I've lived here all my life,” William Rawls, the mayor of the City of Brownsville, said. “We just thought, this is done. We won't have rural health care, acute health care in our community ever again.”
“Having this hospital back is life-changing,” Rawls said.
It’s a narrative seen all too often in rural communities that lose access to nearby healthcare.
“Your lower economic rural areas have really been affected disproportionately,” Banks said.
This is one of a handful of hospitals Braden Health has bought and rebuilt. They started this process in 2020 and take profits from their other hospitals to buy and rebuild more.
“Right now, you see a little bit of a trend and it’s sort of a mixed bag,” Kopec said, addressing a question about whether or not he’s seeing companies gear in this direction of buying up closed hospitals. “It’s a process. We’re here to help. And as we open the facility, we’re hopeful to win community support back, but it will take time.”
The team hopes this space will be somewhere the community can trust with some of the same staples, like hand print tiles at the front of the hospital, the locals have come to recognize.
“We know there's hundreds of hospitals and thousands of communities that are in need,” Kopec said. “We’re going to look at the hospitals that are closing and see where we can help.”
The Haywood County Community Hospital passed the state inspection at the end of August, which makes the facility a licensed hospital. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/one-company-is-flipping-abandoned-hospitals-in-rural-communities | 2022-09-06T18:01:30Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/one-company-is-flipping-abandoned-hospitals-in-rural-communities | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leaders of the Teamsters union told CNN they are already prepared to strike despite the union’s contract with UPS ending in 11 months.
A potential strike of UPS employees could cause renewed challenges for the nation’s supply chain. The union’s leader Sean O’Brien told CNN that it has already collected $300 million in union fees and is prepared to pay members in case they go on strike.
“Do our members wake up every day wanting a strike? I’d say no. But are they fed up? Yes they’re fed up,” O’Brien told CNN last week. “Whether or not there is a strike, that’s totally up to the company. We’re going to utilize as much leverage as we can to get our members the contract they deserve.”
CNN reported that most Teamsters voted against ratifying the current contract in 2018, but leadership opted to enact the agreement with UPS. The union said not enough members participated in the vote to trigger a strike.
The company’s 534,000 employees generated $97.3 billion in revenue in 2021. CNN said an estimated 6% of the United States’ gross domestic product moves through CNN. Competing delivery services would only be able to absorb a fraction of UPS’ shipments if a strike were to proceed.
UPS CEO Carol Tome told investors that it is making contingency plans, but CNN reported that the company’s contract is a competitive one given current labor challenges.
UPS employees have not gone on strike since 1997. The New York Times reported that the 15-day strike cost UPS $600 million in business.
One of the major issues in the 1997 strike was the number of full-time positions that had become part-time. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/teamsters-already-discussing-ups-strike-year-before-contract-expires | 2022-09-06T18:01:36Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/teamsters-already-discussing-ups-strike-year-before-contract-expires | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FG disbursed monetary support to 9,925 beneficiaries in Kano ― Minister
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, Social Development Programme, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, has said that the Federal Government in its effort to reduce poverty among the populace has disbursed monetary support to 9,925 beneficiaries across the 44 local government areas of Kano State.
She noted that said since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2015 when it inherited a National Poverty Incidence level averaging 70% (NBS), the Federal Government has paid more attention to generating solutions to address the plight of the poor and vulnerable in the country.
Farouk made the assertion on Tuesday during the official flag off of the Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups, Digitized Payment of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) and Sensitization of Community Stakeholders of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Kano State.
According to her, “this informed the decision to initiate the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in 2015 as a strategy for poverty reduction and enhancing social inclusion among our people especially the women in rural areas.
“NSIP has been acclaimed by many to be the largest and most ambitious social protection programme in Africa, and it is currently attracting many partnerships including even from international development partners.”
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She added that since the commencement of the implementation of the NSIP in 2016, it has impacted positively on many lives of the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria.
“I have personally witnessed the life-changing experiences of people who, hitherto, lived below the poverty line and those that are vulnerable to shocks but are now living better lives.
“Today, we are in Kano state to flag off the Grant for Vulnerable Groups programme (GVG) in Kano State, a project which was introduced in 2020, first as Grant for Rural Women (GRW), to sustain the social inclusion agenda of President Buhari’s administration. It is consistent with his deliberate National agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.”
She said the GVG was designed to provide a one-off grant, a cash grant of N20,000.00, to some of the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians in rural and peri-urban areas across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
She said President Muhammadu Buhari, through his deliberate social inclusion agenda, has directed that 70% of these beneficiaries must be women, while the remaining 30% is for the youth.
“At least 15% of the total number of beneficiaries must specifically be allocated to citizens with special needs, including Persons with Disability (PWDs) and Senior Citizens in the state.
“It is on this note that we encourage the Kano State government to note and emulate this gesture and extend similar interventions to amplify social inclusion through its policies, programmes and projects. The target of this Cash Grant project is to increase income and productive assets of the target beneficiaries,” she said. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-disbursed-monetary-support-to-9925-beneficiaries-in-kano-%E2%80%95-minister/ | 2022-09-06T18:01:44Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-disbursed-monetary-support-to-9925-beneficiaries-in-kano-%E2%80%95-minister/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTA — A video captured in 2021 from a surveillance camera shows a Georgia Republican county official escorting pro-Trump operatives into an elections office on the same day voting equipment there was breached.
The newly released video is part of the investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into whether or not former President Trump and others illegally tried to overturn election results in the 2020 election in Georgia.
In the security video, which was obtained by CNN, former Republican chair of Coffee County Cathy Latham is seen escorting a group into the county's elections office.
According to the Associated Press, the group were computer experts from SullivanStrickler, a data solutions company.
The news outlets reported that they were there to copy software and data from the voting machines.
The news outlets reported that the moment was recorded on January 7, 2021, the same day a voting system at that location was breached and a day after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
In the video, Latham is seen arriving at the office building around 11:30 a.m., the Associated Press reported.
According to the video, Latham goes outside shortly after that to welcome SullivanStrickler chief operating officer Paul Maggio and two other people. Ten minutes later, she greets later, she lets two other men into the building, the Associated Press reported.
The Associated Press reported that the video shows Latham leaving the elections office just before 1:30 p.m., returning a little before 4 p.m., and returning around 6:15 p.m.
The two men in the video admitted they gained access to the voting machine through a request made by Sidney Powell, who was an attorney for former President Donald Trump, CNN reported.
CNN reported that Latham is also under criminal investigation for pretending to be an elector for the 2020 election.
About two weeks after the initial breach, surveillance cameras also captured two Pro-Trump supporters, Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, arrive at the Coffee County elections office on January 19, 2021, the Associated Press reported. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/video-captures-moments-on-day-of-alleged-georgia-election-system-breach | 2022-09-06T18:01:48Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/video-captures-moments-on-day-of-alleged-georgia-election-system-breach | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The streaming platform, Netflix, on Tuesday announced that the month of September promises to be an exciting month for millions of its subscribers.
The platform in a statement released on Tuesday popular movies including Anikulapo, Finding Hubby 2, and Collison Course, among others have been lined up to make the new month memorable and thrilling.
With new titles also coming to Netflix, the streaming platform that has had a huge impact on the African creative market in the last few years hinted that it will be keeping its viewers entertained with documentaries, drama and lots more this season.
It said that “from action to comedy, documentary, drama and lots more, we want to keep you living in the moment with our movies.”
It stated further that with movies like Anikulapo where an affair with a queen leads to an eager traveller’s demise and a host of other titles Netflix added that September is loaded with excitingly beautiful movie moments.
With branded titles like Rodrigo Marques: King of Uncouth – a Netflix comedy special to ‘Get Smart With Money’ – a Netflix documentary where financial advisers share simple tips on spending less and saving more with people looking to take control of their funds and achieve their goals.
Also, part of its September package is ‘Entrapped’. In this “Trapped” sequel, Andri and Hinrika dig into the murder of a cult member linked to a biker gang’s land dispute and a woman’s 2013 disappearance.
“End of the Road -A widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.
“The Brave Ones- Reincarnated as a human being to avenge her sister’s death, a goddess must learn to harness her superpowers to defeat her enemies and save her family.
“Mirror, Mirror -Five employees grapple with their respective desires by arguing with themselves in the mirror, ahead of their cosmetic company’s 50th-anniversary party.
“Fortune Seller: A TV Scam -Savvy saleswomen or devious scammers? Wanna Marchi and Stefania Nobile became the undisputed queens of Italian TV shopping — until they went too far. ATHENA- Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings see their lives thrown into chaos.”
Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy -After performing stand-up for 20 years, Nick Kroll makes his Netflix stand-up special debut with Little Big Boy. Filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington DC, in a set that is hilarious with an emotional undercurrent, Nick shows a bit of his vulnerable side as he talks about getting his heart broken for the first time at the ripe age of 33, the power of mothers, his journey to fatherhood, and the trick to farting without making any noise … and much more. The special is executive produced by Kroll, John Irwin, Casey Spira and Christie Smith. It is directed by Bill Benz.
Anikulapo -After an affair with a queen leads to his demise, an eager traveller encounters a mystical bird with the power to give him another life.
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On Canada’s Prince Edward Island, a high school teacher’s daily dog walk turned into a spectacular find that has thrilled paleontologists across the world: a rare 300 million-year-old fossil.
At first, Lisa St. Coeur Cormier saw what she thought was a tree root poking out of the sand on Cape Egmont beach as she walked her dog, Sammy, in late August.
“When I looked closer, I realized there was a rib cage,” she told The Washington Post. “And around that, there was a spine and a skull.”
The former middle school science teacher shared her findings with her family, and her mother-in-law passed on the images to PEI’s fossil experts, including Laura MacNeill of Prehistoric Island Tours, which runs tours of sites with fossils on the island. When MacNeill saw the pictures, she knew she was looking at history in the making.
“I was really excited to think what this could mean for the island,” she told The Washington Post.
Canadian geologist and paleontologist John Calder was also a recipient of the photos, and he felt an urgency to get to PEI to take a look.
“There aren’t very many specimens from this period, so it was an incredible find,” Calder told The Post.
Science page PEI: Island at the Centre of the World posted photos of the fossil on Facebook, and you can see the rib cage, spine and skull Cormier found:
Calder says it will take a year or more for paleontologists to determine the species of the fossil, but for now, they know that the fossil lived during the Carboniferous period and into the Permian period, making it very rare and potentially one-of-a-kind.
This isn’t the first time in recent years that important fossils have been found on Prince Edward Island. In 2018, fossilized footprints of Bathygnathus borealis were discovered on Cavendish Beach in the PEI National Park. Known as the Dimetrodon, this impressive reptilian predator lived during the Permian period, 100 million years before dinosaurs.
“The fossil legacy of the Island has reached a point where it stands proudly on the world stage,” Calder told The National Post at the time.
Prince Edward Island is so rich in prehistoric fossils because it was one of the few parts of Canada that was not under water during these time periods, he said.
“While most of Canada as we know it today was submerged under water, Prince Edward Island was one of the few places with life on land before dinosaurs even walked the Earth,” the geologist explained to The National Post.
However, now Calder was worried about this new fossil washing away. As the Facebook post from PEI mentions, it’s right at the water’s edge, and the dig team made “a huge effort to retrieve it in a short window between tides.”
Wow, what a find!
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | https://www.katc.com/teacher-walking-dog-beach-finds-rare-fossil | 2022-09-06T18:02:00Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/teacher-walking-dog-beach-finds-rare-fossil | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Tuesday, bears held sway to extend previous day negative outing, largely occasioned by negative outing of high capitalised stocks as Airtel Africa, Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) and Nigeria Breweries.
Basically, the All Share Index (ASI) dipped by 69 basis points (bps) to further drag the AASI to 49,644.42 bps as against its previous close of 49,991.41 bps.
This negative trade dragged both the month-todate and year-to-date performance of the All-Share Index to -0.38 per cent and 16.22 per cent from their previous close of 0.31 per cent and 17.03 per cent respectively.
Equities investors, therefore, lose N186 billion as the market capitalisation followed suit the direction of the ASI to stand at N26.778 trillion, representing a 0.69 per cent decrease from the N26.964 trillion it stood at the end of the previous trading session.
Also, bears’ camp maintained dominance over the market breadth with 18 counters in the losers’ chart pitted against 11 counters in the gainers’ chart.
Unilever Nigeria gained 9.43 per cent to become the best-performing stock in the session, flanked by CAP, Chams, Sterling Bank and Sovereign Insurance as they populated the top five gainers’ chart. From the rear of the chart NPF Microfinance Bank, Regal Insurance, Livestock, NGX Group and Zenith Bank populated the top five losers’ chart.
Key sectoral indices closed in the same direction as the ASI, save NGX Consumer Goods and NGX Industry sectors which gained 0.16 per cent and 0.04 per cent respectively, while NGX Growth and NGX ASEM sectors closed flat.
Market activity as measured by volume of trades waned in the session with daily traded volume standing at 138.991 million units, representing a 30.82 per cent downtick from a volume of 200.920 million units traded in the previous session.
Value of those traded stocks on the other hand inched up by 88.50 per cent in the session to stand at N2.725 billion as against a value of N1.446 billion recorded in the previous trading session.
The banking sector dominated the volume charts with Sterling Bank as the top traded stock by volume for the trading session. This is followed by Transcorp, Zenith Bank, GTCO, and United Bank for Africa to complete the list of the five most traded stocks by volume.
With regard to the value of the traded stocks, MTN Nigeria took the lead of the top five performers. It is flanked by Airtel Africa, Zenith Bank, Seplat Energies and GTCO
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Larsa Pippen, the ex-wife of NBA legend Scottie Pippen, was seen having lunch with one of Michael Jordan’s sons in Miami.
The “Real Housewives of Miami” star, 48, and Marcus Jordan, 31, were spotted sitting next to each other at Zuma restaurant while dining with another couple, the New York Post‘s Page Six column reported.
Patrons at the eatery recognized Pippen and began snapping photos and then sent them to TMZ. There were no public displays of affection, but Pippen was wearing hip-hugging cut-off shorts.
The publications stated that once folks recognized Pippen, she began acting “skittish.” She already has a well-earned reputation as a cougar. Pippen once enticed NBA player Malik Beasley, who was 24 at the time, to leave his wife and young child for a torrid affair with the reality star.
Subsequently, when folks eyed Pippen with Jordan, fans began speculating that she has a thing for young, high-profile men.
Pippen and her ex-husband got their divorce finalized this past year amid rumors that she had an affair with rapper Future, which she vehemently denies. The Pippens had four children together. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/05/larsa-pippen-spotted-out-having-dinner-with-michael-jordans-son/ | 2022-09-06T18:02:33Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/05/larsa-pippen-spotted-out-having-dinner-with-michael-jordans-son/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Andre Braugher joins the cast of “The Good Fight” for its final season as the charismatic lawyer Ri’Chard Lane who comes in and shakes things up on his first day in the office. The final season of “The Good Fight” premieres Sept. 8 on Paramount+.
Andre Braugher joins the cast of “The Good Fight” for its final season as the charismatic lawyer Ri’Chard Lane who comes in and shakes things up on his first day in the office. The final season of “The Good Fight” premieres Sept. 8 on Paramount+. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/andre-braugher-shaking-things-up-in-the-final-season-of-the-good-fight/ | 2022-09-06T18:02:39Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/andre-braugher-shaking-things-up-in-the-final-season-of-the-good-fight/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fifteen suspected rail track vandals were in the last sixty days arrested in different parts of Nigeria by policemen attached to the Railway Police Command.
This is just as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the command, Yetunde Longe, reiterated the commitment of the command to safeguard lives and properties around the rail tracks nationwide.
According to the police, three suspects were intercepted by the patrol team of the Railway Police Division upon credible tip-off by members of a vigilante group in Minna, Niger State.
The suspects – Hadi Mohammed (42), Abdullahi Mohammed (34), and Abdullahi Shittu (45) – were arrested with 32 Railway iron slippers loaded in a saloon car.
Also, in Aba, four suspects – Michael Chukwuebuka, Chigozie Augustine, Onyekachi Abba, and Chukwuma Adumoha – were arrested in connection with the theft of railway pandrol slippers kept by the Chinese Construction Company (CCECC) for construction.
Upon investigation, the stolen items were recovered and handed over to the construction company.
Two fleeing suspects – Ridwan Olalekan and Sharafa Muritala – have also been arrested and charged to court by the Railway Criminal Investigation Department.
The suspects were initially spotted in a bush in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, where they vandalised about 72 rail track irons. On sighting the policemen, the suspects fled the scene and abandoned their operational trucks.
After an intense investigation, the suspects were arrested and charged to court. Both have been remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Similarly, the Ilorin division of the Command, Kwara state, also apprehended two suspected vandals – Yahaya Mohammed and Jumai Sule with 113 pandrol clips at Sabongida area of Jebba during a routine patrol.
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Also, the Gombe division also arrested Bashir Abudullahi who was caught in the act of vandalising and stealing 58 railway clips.
Two trucks belonging to Dangote Sugar were spotted in Kaduna loaded with an unspecified amount of Railway irons belonging to the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
No suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime, however, the trucks have been moved to safe custody while investigations are ongoing.
CP Yetunde Longe confirmed the arrest of the suspects and added that the command has beefed up security around the railway lines nationwide.
She added that the war against railway vandalism is a continuous one until the entire Nigerian rail lines are free from vandals and criminal elements as perpetrators will be made to face the full wrath of the law. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/police-arrest-15-rail-track-vandals-recover-vandalised-items/ | 2022-09-06T18:02:40Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/police-arrest-15-rail-track-vandals-recover-vandalised-items/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When you think of a loyal fanbase, you are sure to think of the “Barbz,” one of the largest and most vocal fanbases loyal to the Queen, Nicki Minaj. On Aug. 28, MTV Video Music Awards premiered and Minaj graced the awards with her presence. The Barbz were in a frenzy after glimpsing Minaj’s showstopper of a dress at the awards. Minaj wore a pink Dolce & Gabbana gown with mesmerizing contact lenses. She was styled by Emmy award-winning stylist DiAndre Tristan. Minaj’s alluring pink attire happened to fit perfectly with her persona as she is also known as the “Harajuku Barbie,” a reference to her Trinidadian roots.
Hitting the scene in 2008 under the record label of Young Money, Minaj was known for rocking her perfect doll-like china bangs and trendy pink wigs representing the “Barbie” image in great style. The game-changing doll in the late 90s, “Bratz,” had been the new doll on the scene, competing with the traditional Barbie brand. Although Barbie had been the classic go-to doll for all little girls, Bratz hit the scene with a more inclusive and modern approach.
Countering the traditional style of Barbie dolls, Bratz was sure to produce a more fashion-forward blueprint, pushing a new form of doll trends and style while promoting full lips and a less-model like physique. Maintaining its ultramodern reputation, Bratz seems to be attempting to gain the attention of Minaj, challenging her “Barbie” aesthetic with a new doll pitch.
On Aug. 30, Bratz posted a mock-up of a potential Minaj inspired Bratz doll, tagging the rap superstar in a post. Following the post, fans shared their excitement via Twitter for the potential collaboration. Consumers declared that it would make the perfect gift for their children, leaving fans in suspense regarding a Minaj X Bratz collaboration or will she stick with her Barbie inspired persona?
@Bratz @NICKIMINAJ put this in stores right now #NickiMinaj #bratz pic.twitter.com/kPtKlDNClo
— Jeremy Dolce (@mrjeremydolce) August 31, 2022
@Bratz u barbied this one💕 pic.twitter.com/GbpNUngAbh
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The legend of Frances Tiafoe continues to grow.
Tiafoe, a 24-year-old professional tennis player from Maryland, spent some nights as a child sleeping in a tennis club where his father was the janitor. His parents are Sierra Leone immigrants, and Tiafoe learned the sport by using discarded rackets at the club he sometimes slept in. On Sept. 5, now ranked the No. 22 player in the world, Tiafoe defeated the No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open. It was Nadal’s first loss in over 22 matches. Nadal, 36, is one of the greatest male tennis players to ever live.
“For a while there, I was like, ‘Sheesh.’ You see all these young guys get Rafael, [Roger Federer] and Novak [Djokovic],” Tiafoe said in his post-match press conference. “Am I ever going to be able to say I beat one of them? Today, I was like, ‘Nah. I’m going to do that.’ So now, it’s something to tell the kids and grandkids that I beat Rafa. Hopefully, I never play him again. Yeah, I hope I can end that matchup with a win.”
The first people Tiafoe shouted out after the win were his loved ones, which included his parents and girlfriend.
“They’ve seen me have big wins, but to beat those Mount Rushmore guys for them, I couldn’t have imagined what was going through the back of their heads,” he said. “They’re going to remember today for the rest of their lives.”
Tiafoe said growing up around the tennis club, he was also inspired by Venus and Serena Williams and their championship-winning play. His father told Tiafoe and his twin brother they could earn tennis scholarships to attend college, but Tiafoe knew he had the chance to change his family’s lives as a professional.
“Congrats, young King,” LeBron James tweeted following Tiafoe’s win. “You earned it!! Keep going!”
“BIG FOEEEEE,” Coco Gauff tweeted after his win. The 18-year-old Black tennis star is in the quarterfinal herself in the women’s bracket.
On Sept. 7, Tiafoe will face fellow 24-year-old and No. 9-ranked Andrey Rublev in the US Open quarterfinal at 1 p.m. ET. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/frances-tiafoe-24-upsets-all-time-great-rafael-nadal-at-us-open/ | 2022-09-06T18:02:51Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/frances-tiafoe-24-upsets-all-time-great-rafael-nadal-at-us-open/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Grace Van Patten and Jackson White play characters who are in a love triangle that neither expected in “Tell Me Lies.” The two share what lies they tell themselves. “Tell Me Lies” premieres Sept. 7 on Hulu.
Grace Van Patten and Jackson White play characters who are in a love triangle that neither expected in “Tell Me Lies.” The two share what lies they tell themselves. “Tell Me Lies” premieres Sept. 7 on Hulu. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/grace-van-patten-and-jackson-white-star-in-tell-me-lies/ | 2022-09-06T18:02:57Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/grace-van-patten-and-jackson-white-star-in-tell-me-lies/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jay-Z and his mother have been helping send students to college for nearly two decades now.
The Shawn Carter Foundation was co-founded by Gloria Carter and her son Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, and was recognized as a public charity in 2003. The foundation had a table at the 2022 Made in America festival in Philadelphia, and while the private Gloria Carter didn’t want to be recorded on audio or video, she did speak with rolling out and OK’d sharing what the foundation provides for young students.
“There are a lot of young people who have low GPAs,” Gloria Carter told rolling out. “A lot of those people don’t even get looks for financial assistance.”
Not receiving the necessary financial assistance to attend college can make the typical high school student who didn’t have an above-average GPA in grade school make them feel like life has peaked, Carter explained. Many of those students may believe college is only a far-fetched concept as opposed to a realistic path.
“We can help those kids who can’t get any help,” she explained.
Carter also explained how the foundation began to give students somewhere to go and help them realize the college search is not a lonely road. At the foundation’s festival booth, she sported an “I Am College Bound” Shawn Carter Foundation black T-shirt to match her black face mask. A steady crowd of supporters approached the booth throughout to get photos with her as she accommodated every request.
The booth also had an Instagram filter for high school students to see what kind of student they would become in college.
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Class president or class clown? Level up your Insta with Shawn Carter Foundation’s IG filter. Vote now on our story & tell us what kind of student you are! @MiaFestival #CauseVillage @teamroc pic.twitter.com/lDWSG5XZCA
— Shawn Carter Foundation (@ShawnCarterSF) September 4, 2022
According to the foundation’s website, the organization has raised over $4 million through 2018 to power the foundation’s scholarship fund, college prep and exposure, international exposure, professional development, scholar support and community and goodwill programs.
“The mission of the Shawn Carter Foundation is to help individuals facing socioeconomic hardships further their education at post-secondary institutions,” the website reads. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/jay-z-and-his-mom-are-helping-to-send-young-people-to-college/ | 2022-09-06T18:03:03Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/jay-z-and-his-mom-are-helping-to-send-young-people-to-college/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Symone Salib is an artist based in Philadelphia who had the opportunity to showcase her work for General Motors at the Made in America festival.
Beasley spoke with rolling out about her art and what it means to her.
What is the story behind your ‘hood art?
My ‘hood is visually illustrated with a bunch of small little buildings with a technical feel on top of it. My view when I was making this was to make something with the understanding that when you live so close to people, you also have to make decisions that you don’t like. When we make decisions, we have to have the understanding that this is going to affect the people around us, especially when we live so close to one another. Whether that’s keeping your neighborhood together, showing up for the people around you, or even just like voting, we need to think about how we show up in the community and what we do as a team moving forward to make a world that we want to live in and be a part of. This piece is supposed to embody that kind of feeling and understanding and the privilege we have and knowing that we make decisions that can affect one another, and how powerful that can be.
How does it feel to be a part of Philadelphia’s culture?
It feels beautiful. I feel like Philadelphia helped me blossom into the person that I am. I feel like with tough love sometimes you don’t know how to express it, but in a way, it helped me grow and be my most authentic self. Philadelphia is the kind of place where you can show up [as] whoever you are, as weird as you are, as queer as you are, and you will be accepted with that. I love that. I’m blessed to be able to call this place home and pour back into the space.
What does art mean to you?
As an artist who makes work in a public space, and primarily does street art and murals, I think about how much art can ignite social change. When we think about the things that we’re seeing in our everyday life, whether that’s on our way to the train, or when we go to work, it’s about what we want to see. I make community-based work and that reflects literal people that live in Philly. As an artist, I feel like a visual anthropologist some of the time and I’m documenting my experience. It’s powerful, and I feel blessed to have any part in this movement. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/philadelphia-artist-symone-salib-hopes-to-spark-social-change-with-her-work/ | 2022-09-06T18:03:09Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/philadelphia-artist-symone-salib-hopes-to-spark-social-change-with-her-work/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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After making his ARCA Menards Series debut earlier this season at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Arkansas native Matt Wilson will be returning to the seat of the No. 7 CCM Racing car for this weekend’s Kansas 150.
Wilson started 15th and finished 12th in his first career start back in May, just a couple of weeks after earning a top-10 in his ARCA Menards Series East debut at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
“I am looking forward to my third ARCA race of 2022,” said Wilson. “I’ve notched top 15 and top 10 finishes and I’m going to Kansas with the goal of a top-five run. I am grateful to the CCM Racing team for all of their hard work and would also like to thank R.A. Wilson, Laravel, Krisell & Jennings Agency, Co Eyewear, and Two Friends Golf for coming on board as well as RedTide Canopies and Coble Enterprises for their continued support.”
CCM Racing most recently competed at Kansas Speedway in the ARCA Menards Series in October of 2021 with team owner Eric Caudell behind the wheel.
The 100-lap Kansas 150 will take place on Saturday, September 10th, 2022, at 7:00PM ET and will be broadcast on MAVTV, FloRacing, MRN, SiriusXM (XM channel 391, online channel 981), and ARCARacing.com.
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People build project cars for many reasons, including to serve as reminders of national tragedies and to keep alive the memory of fallen military heroes. Three such automotive shrines will be on display in the Showcase Pavilion at the Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Each custom car in the trio has a unique message, presentation, and story to tell.
- 1956 Chevrolet 3100 Erv and Becky Steinly’s Chevy pickup is named “The Patriot” and features airbrush work as a tribute to Erv’s fellow veterans and his uncle, who died in the Korean Conflict.
- 1998 Ford Mustang GT Veteran Infantryman Garrett Long had lost his passion for life after becoming disabled in a training exercise, so his wife Amanda suggested they fix up their old Mustang. With no experience in paint and body, they created “Freedom” as a beacon of hope for veterans in similar situations.
- 1999 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 Veteran Angela Naff wanted to honor her branch of service, the United States Marine Corps, and create a tribute to those lost on September 11. Her Trans Am has more than 1,800 hours of airbrush and paint detail work protected by 14 coats of clear.
The 9/11 Tragedy and Fallen Warriors cars will be displayed in the Showcase Pavilion during the Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Other show highlights include an 18-cylinder Chevrolet pickup truck, an assortment of movie tie-in vehicles such as vintage cars from Leatherheads and the 1959 Corvette from Animal House, the “Best of the Best” collection, a half-dozen of Oldsmobile’s finest performance machines, and an array of beautiful rides from the Xquisite Car, Truck, and Jeep Club.
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The Charlotte AutoFair features more than 50 car club displays and more than 10,000 vendor spaces offering an array of automotive parts and memorabilia. More than 1,500 collectible vehicles of all makes and models will be available for sale in the car corral that rings the 1.5-mile superspeedway throughout the three-day show. Hours for the Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday.
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Flat side down, pecans look like wooden angel wings cut by a country carver. Deep, almost parallel grooves run top to bottom, creating crunchy flavor troughs in the nutmeat. Flat side up, crisp, fiord-like grooves snake from a central furrow, creating more crisp, barely brittle surface areas.
Every little crease seems to capture sweet nuttiness. Wrinkles fold around buttery richness. No wonder these North American nuts, members of the hickory family, are delectable in everything from appetizers and salads to main courses and desserts. They offer the pizazz of walnuts, without any trace of walnut-like astringency.
Pecans rank among the nuts highest in fat. But many nutritionists contend that it is “good fat,” and when eaten in judicious amounts, can help to lower the “bad” LDL cholesterol while not affecting “good” HDL cholesterol.
Not all agree, but the good news is that you don’t need to use a lot of them to add substantial flavor and crunch to a wide variety of dishes. Here is a sampling of some of my favorite ways to use pecans.
Candied Spiced Pecans
Spiced candied pecans make a delicious garnish on tossed salads (made with robust greens such as romaine, spinach, or watercress), dressed with a simple oil-and-vinegar dressing. For extra interest, add a little crumbled blue cheese or goat cheese and sliced fruit, such as apples, pears, or oranges. They also make a wonderful snack or cocktail nibble.
Yield: 1 1/4 cups
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 1/4 cups pecan halves
PROCEDURE
1. In a small bowl, combine sugar and pepper. Set it next to the stove, along with a rimmed baking sheet and spatula.
2. In a wok or deep skillet, heat 1 1/4 cups pecan halves, about 1 minute on medium-high heat, tossing occasionally. Add half of sugar mixture and stir constantly until sugar melts, about 1 minute. Add remaining sugar mixture and stir constantly until sugar melts. Immediately turn nuts onto baking sheet. When cool enough to handle, break nuts apart and cool completely. Store airtight at room temperature. They will keep 1 1/2 weeks.
Pecan and Panko Chicken Breasts
Recently I purchased a package of chicken breasts that weighed 2 1/3 pounds. I couldn’t see through the packaging and assumed that it contained 4 boned and skinned breasts, each weighing in at around 6 to 7 ounces. But to my surprise, there were only three in the package — three very large breasts. I increased the baking time to 30 minutes due to their girth and gave guests half-breast portions. Note that this recipe called for a large deep ovenproof skillet. It’s important that it is ovenproof because the process starts on the stovetop but finishes in the oven.
Yield: 4 servings
INGREDIENTS
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup panko (Japanese-style breadcrumbs)
1 cup finely chopped pecans
4 tablespoons butter
Coarse salt to taste
Garnishes: 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley and lemon wedges
PROCEDURE
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a rimmed plate or pie plate, stir panko and pecans to combine.
2. Melt butter in large deep ovenproof skillet on medium-high heat. Remove skillet from heat. Brush both sides of the chicken breasts with melted butter and press both sides into the panko-pecan mixture, pressing the coating onto the chicken (don’t panic if some falls off).
3. Return skillet with remaining melted butter to medium heat. Add chicken in single layer. If top portion of chicken (not the part that in against the surface of the pan) has some naked spots, cautiously press a little of the remaining panko-pecan mixture on that part. Cook chicken on one side until it browns, about 3 to 4 minutes. Turn using a thin spatula. Place skillet in preheated oven for about 22 minutes (or about 30 minutes if breasts are very large). Check for doneness; chicken breasts should be 165 degrees.
4. To plate: Place chicken breasts on 4 plates. Taste a crunchy morsel left in the pan. If it tastes yummy, spoon some over chicken. Sprinkle each serving with parsley. Add a wedge of lemon to each plate for optional use.
Gougeres with Pecans
Gougeres, French cheese puffs, are hard to beat when it comes to a tasty hors d’oeuvre to accompany cocktails or aperitifs. They are easy to prepare and very convenient if you have freezer space. I like to serve some and freeze some of the scooped dough on a parchment-lined baking sheet to bake and serve at a later time. I freeze them and then pop them into a zipper-style plastic bag and put them back in the freezer.
This recipe is augmented with chopped pecans, which adds pleasing richness to the gougeres. Its source is “Everyday Dorie” by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin, $35). Greenspan notes that her formula has a structural tweak. Instead of the usually 5 eggs used to make the dough, she uses 4 plus a white, a change that makes the puffs sturdier. In addition, she uses a small cookie scoop to form the puffs, a time-saving tip.
Yield: 55 to 65 small gougeres
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup water
4 ounces (1 stick) butter, cut into 4 pieces
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs, room temperature
1 large egg white, room temperature
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 cups coarsely grated cheese, such as Gruyere, Comte, or sharp cheddar
2/3 cup pecans, chopped
PROCEDURE
1. Position oven racks to divide oven into thirds and preheat it to 425 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
2. Bring the milk, water, butter and salt to a boil in medium saucepan over high heat, stirring to melt butter. Add flour all at once, lower the heat to medium and immediately start stirring energetically with a heavy spoon or whisk. The dough will form a ball and there’ll probably be a light film on the bottom of the pan. Keep stirring another 2 minutes or so to dry the dough: Dry dough will make puffy puffs.
3. Transfer dough to bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or work by hand in a large bowl with a wooden spoon and elbow grease). Let the dough sit for a minute, then add eggs one by one, followed by the white, beat until each one is incorporated before adding the next. The dough may look as through it is falling apart — just keep going and by the time the white goes in, the dough will be beautiful. Beat in mustard, followed by the cheese and pecans. Give the dough a last mix-through by hand.
4. Using a small cookie scoop (1 1/2-teaspoon size), scoop out dough (leave some extra dough on top of the scooped dough, don’t level it off) and place scooped dough on parchment lined baking sheets, leaving 2-inch spaces between them. I often find that it makes as many as 70 small gougeres.
5. Place baking sheets in preheated oven and immediately lower heat to 375 degrees. Bake 12 minutes. Rotate pans from front to back, top to bottom. Continue baking until gougeres are puffed, golden brown and firm enough to pick up, about 10 to 15 minutes. Keep an eye on them because sometimes they take as little as 8 minutes of additional baking in my oven. Serve immediately if possible, or at room temperature.
Source: Adapted from “Everyday Dorie” by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin, $35)
Cooking question? Contact Cathy Thomas at cathythomascooks@gmail.com
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(AFP) — China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported Tuesday, following an unusually intense summer heat wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts.
Southern China last month sweltered under what experts said may have been one of the worst heat waves in global history, with parts of Sichuan province and the megacity of Chongqing clocking a string of days well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
The average temperature nationwide was 72.3F in August, exceeding the norm by 2.2F, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the country's weather service.
Some 267 weather stations across the country matched or broke temperature records last month, the report said.
It was also China's third-driest August on record, with average rainfall 23.1 percent lower than average.
"The average number of high-temperature days was abnormally high, and regional high-temperature processes are continuing to impact our country," CCTV reported the weather service as saying.
Scientists say extreme weather like heat waves, droughts and flash floods is becoming more frequent and intense due to human-induced climate change.
Last month, temperatures as high as 113F prompted multiple Chinese provinces to impose power cuts as cities battled to cope with a surge in electricity demand partly driven by people cranking up the air conditioning.
Images from Chongqing showed a tributary of the mighty Yangtze river had almost run dry, a scene echoed further east where the waters of China's largest freshwater lake also receded extensively.
– ‘Severe threat’ –
Chongqing and the eastern megacity of Shanghai switched off outdoor decorative lighting to mitigate the power crunch, while authorities in Sichuan imposed industrial power cuts as water levels dwindled at major hydroelectric plants.
As local authorities warned that the drought posed a "severe threat" to this year's harvest, the central government approved billions of yuan in subsidies to support rice farmers.
"This is a warning for us, reminding us to have a deeper understanding of climate change and improve our ability to adapt to it in all respects," said Zhang Daquan, a senior official at China's National Climate Centre, in comments carried Monday by the state-run People's Daily newspaper.
"It is also necessary to raise awareness across all of society to adapt to climate change... and strive to minimize social and economic impacts and losses," Zhang said.
Higher-than-usual temperatures are also expected across China throughout September, CCTV cited the weather service's deputy director Xiao Chan as saying.
Li Shuo, senior global policy adviser at Greenpeace East Asia, told AFP that while it was difficult to attribute individual weather events to climate change, "scientifically a long-term warming trend and long-term extreme weather impacts can definitely be said to have direct connection with climate change".
Li said he thought the extreme weather experienced by China this summer, especially in the southwest of the country, was "once again sounding an alarm for China."
– Coal boost –
Scientists have said a rapid reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions is needed to avert potentially disastrous global heating and its associated climate impacts.
China, the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter, has pledged to bring its carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and cut them to zero by 2060.
But the record-busting summer heat and drought, combined with a power crunch last year, have pushed authorities to pivot back towards carbon-rich coal use in what they have portrayed as a bump on the road towards a more sustainable future.
Beijing said earlier this year it would raise coal mining capacity by 300 million tonnes and has stepped up approvals of coal plants and related infrastructure.
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(CN) — To send remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches into hazardous areas, they'll need better backpacks.
First, the international research team led by Kenjiro Fukuda needed a creature big enough to carry such an item. Enter the Madagascar hissing cockroach.
“First, they are one of the biggest roaches in the world,” Fukuda, of Japan’s RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR), said in an email. “The body length reached 5-7 cm (about 2-3 inches). The size is very important to generate larger power using solar cells because area determines the power output. Second, they have a long lifespan up to five years and are relatively resistant to the environment. Third, they do not fly, which makes it easy to control their motion using stimulation wires.”
In their study published Monday in npj Flexible Electronics, the researchers say they designed the backpack with a tiny wireless control module containing a rechargeable battery attached to a solar cell, ultrathin electronics and flexible materials.
According to the study, the handlers need to remotely control the cockroaches for long periods of time, which means keeping the backpack’s battery adequately charged. Otherwise, the team of cyborg cockroaches could run amok — and sending them to a docking station to recharge batteries could disrupt time-sensitive missions. At last, the researchers said the best solution included an on-board solar cell that ensures that the battery stays continuously charged.
Movement posed another problem, since everything from the control modules to the solar cell would need to fit on a surface of about 2 inches.
After realizing the cockroach’s abdomen changes shape and portions of the exoskeleton overlap, the researchers said they 3D-printed the backpack with an elastic polymer. Formed perfectly to the cockroach’s curved surface, the backpack bent and stayed attached because of the interleaving adhesive and nonadhesive sections of film.
“The adhesive can be naturally removed from the part that overlaps with other segments when deformed, and the film exhibits a hollow structure that selectively adheres only to the part that does not overlap,” Fukuda said in the email.
The researchers eventually found a way to integrate all these components. After charging the battery for 30 minutes with pseudo-sunlight, the researchers used the wireless remote control to make the cockroaches turn left and right.
Fukuda felt positive about the results. “Considering the deformation of the thorax and abdomen during basic locomotion, a hybrid electronic system of rigid and flexible elements in the thorax and ultrasoft devices in the abdomen appears to be an effective design for cyborg cockroaches," he wrote.
Still, challenges persist.
When the researchers tested thicker solar films or uniformly attached the films, the cockroaches took twice as long to run the same distance. Also, it was difficult for them to right themselves when on their backs.
For now, Fukuda says the next step is to advance the current system.
“The current system only has a wireless locomotion control system, so it’s not enough to aim [the cockroaches] to inspect hazardous areas or monitor the environment,” Fukuda wrote. “By integrating other required devices such as sensors and cameras, we can use our cyborg insects for such purposes.”
Also, he believes they can expand the backpack to other species.
"Since abdominal deformation is not unique to cockroaches, our strategy can be adapted to other insects like beetles, or perhaps even flying insects like cicadas in the future," he said.
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MADISON, Wis. (CN) — A yearslong legal fight over a 2020 ballot question that amended the Wisconsin Constitution to expand victims' rights in balance against the rights of the accused landed in the Badger State's highest court for arguments on Tuesday.
In December 2019, the progressive nonprofit Wisconsin Justice Initiative, along with a state senator and three taxpayers, sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission, Secretary of State Doug LaFollette and Attorney General Josh Kaul to prevent the ballot question from being put to voters on the grounds that the vague question insufficiently explained what the proposed constitutional amendment would actually do.
Specifically, the group claimed the wording of the question does not do enough to explain to voters that they are voting to enshrine additional rights for victims in criminal proceedings at the expense of the rights of defendants. Bolstering crime victims’ rights in this way, it argued, presents numerous due process violations for the accused, including their presumption of innocence and right to a speedy trial.
The amendment is Wisconsin’s answer to what is known as Marsy’s Law, a statute first passed in California in 2008 and whose title references 1983 murder victim Marsalee Ann Nicholas. Today, around a dozen states have versions of the law, which, in part, expands who crime victims are under the law and gives victims the right to be notified of and present to speak at public proceedings in a criminal case, among over a dozen other protections.
Many of the victims’ rights now enshrined in the Wisconsin Constitution because of the Marsy’s Law amendment are addressed elsewhere in state statutes. A 2020 report from the state Legislative Reference Bureau explained that Wisconsin was the first state to enact a crime victims’ bill of rights in 1980 before voters then ratified a 1993 amendment further protecting victims’ rights.
The Marsy’s Law amendment passed through two sessions of the Wisconsin Legislature after it was introduced in 2017, then was given the green light to go to the ballot in 2019.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frank Remington ultimately allowed the ballot question to go to voters in February 2020, but that November—after the measure won approval from voters by a 3-to-1 margin—he ruled in WJI’s favor and said the ballot question should have actually been two questions more specifically illuminating how the measure affects the rights of both victims and defendants.
In December 2021, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals certified the WEC’s appeal to the state supreme court, finding that “these inquiries involve significant questions of state constitutional law, the resolution of which will have a sweeping effect on our criminal justice institutions and those operating within them, including victims, defendants, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement officials, and our courts.”
On Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Hannah Jurss argued to the justices that because the Wisconsin Legislature has extremely broad authority to amend laws and present ballot questions to voters, the court’s analysis must be limited and cannot entertain political questions involving the legislature’s discretion.
Jurss said the question as it appeared on the ballot presented voters with every essential element, and ballot questions do not need to lay out every detail and possible affect in any case because it’s not the only source of information about it for voters. However, multiple justices expressed concern about the “every essential” test, which stems from a 1925 high court decision, because the court has not applied it before and it is not in the text of the state constitution.
The state’s attorney also noted that “we’ve been asking for years to identify examples of how [the amendment] has actually affected defendants’ constitutional rights,” but WJI has not provided any meaningful examples.
Dennis Grzezinski, a WJI attorney appearing for the plaintiffs, argued that the question that went to voters misdirected them and that “for approximately 100 years this court has recognized that in order for the voters to have the information they need, the ballot question needs to be accurate, it needs to not be misleading or ambiguous and it needs to inform the voters of every essential element,” which he said the Marsy’s Law question did not do.
Justice Brian Hagedorn resisted that rationale, responding that if such requirements are necessary under the Wisconsin Constitution, then many decades of ballot questions that largely asked for yes-or-no answers could be unconstitutional. Justice Rebecca Grassl Bradley agreed, worrying that Grzezinski’s tack raises subjective questions “that would allow this court to intrude on the Legislature’s prerogative.”
Grzezinski ultimately said that the case before the court is not really about victims’ rights, “it’s about the integrity of the process of amending our state Constitution,” and the Marsy’s Law amendment was invalidly ratified because voters were not fully informed of what they were voting for.
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LOS ANGELES (CN) — Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest public school system in the country, was targeted by an "external cyberattack" over the Labor Day weekend.
"Since the identification of the incident, which is likely criminal in nature, we continue to assess the situation with law enforcement agencies," district officials said in a statement posted online.
Tuesday marks the start of the 2022-23 school year. Despite the ransomware attack, which may have disrupted some parts of the district's website and some of the employees' email access, schools opened as scheduled. School employees were directed to change their email passwords.
On Twitter, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the district's information technology teams were "working quickly to normalize all functions districtwide," and that the district's computer system for tracking attendance, MiSiS, had been restored within two hours.
In the statement, LAUSD officials said they detected "unusual activity in its information technology systems over the weekend, which after initial review, can be confirmed as an external cyber attack on our information technology assets."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are investigating the incident.
Ransomware attacks cost schools and colleges in the United States $3.56 billion in 2021, according to a report by Comparitech, which counted 67 different attacks targeting 954 educational institutions.
"Most schools will have also faced astronomical recovery costs as they tried to restore computers, recover data, and shore up their systems to prevent future attacks," the report said.
Oftentimes, hackers ask for a ransom to restore online services. In some cases, schools pay the ransom. According to the report, one school paid $547,000 to hackers last year.
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(CN) — Triumphing in a monthlong leadership contest with the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss has been appointed Britain’s new prime minister.
Truss, who previously held the position of foreign secretary, received 57% of votes from the Conservative Party’s grassroots membership, compared with rival Sunak’s 42%. She replaces the outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was forced to resign last month after a series of scandals led to mass resignations from government.
Truss formally became prime minister on Tuesday after traveling with the outgoing Johnson to a Scottish castle, known as Balmoral, for an audience with the queen. The monarch has a constitutional duty to ask an incoming prime minister to form a government, but for the first time was unable to do so from Buckingham Palace in London due to health reasons.
Truss becomes the third female prime minister in British political history. She defeated her more high-profile competitor after spending years in Cabinet bolstering her Thatcherite credentials as a tax-cutting, low-spending fiscal conservative. Her ascent has also been aided by her careful maneuvering around the collapse of Boris Johnson’s premiership. Unlike Sunak, Truss did not resign from Johnson’s government and continued to be loyal to the former prime minister, who remains very popular among the Conservative Party’s grassroots.
Truss is far from the most likely of Conservative prime ministers. She is from a staunchly left-wing family and was once a high-profile member of the rival Liberal Democrat Party’s youth wing. Before transforming herself into a right-wing, pro-Brexit, establishment Conservative, Truss opposed the U.K. leaving the European Union and advocated in previous speeches for the abolition of the British monarchy. First elected to Parliament in 2010, Truss has held numerous junior government posts and been a member of Cabinet since 2017, before becoming foreign secretary last year.
As foreign secretary, following the Russian invasion earlier this year, she raised eyebrows by encouraging Brits to fight in Ukraine, in contradiction to the government’s official position. But she also scored some high-profile successes in the post, including securing the release of British citizen and political prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from an Iranian jail. Truss is also well known for her strong anti-China sentiment, which is now likely to become more prominent in Britain’s foreign policy.
During her time as foreign secretary she was widely known to be positioning herself for a leadership bid, organizing lavish dinner parties to court MPs, and engaging in extensive photo shoots during foreign visits. The approach helped her to become a favorite among party members, and ensured that she just managed to make it into the final two leadership candidates selected by parliamentarians — narrowly overtaking unlikely rival Penny Mordaunt at the final hurdle. Ever since making it onto the membership ballot, she had been widely expected to win the contest, with Sunak trailing significantly in membership-approval ratings.
Truss’ campaign for the top job has not, however, been without controversy. She has singularly focused on reducing taxation as the core of her campaign and economic agenda, with critics arguing this focus has been at the expense of a plan to deal with the rapidly rising cost of food and energy. She has also criticized the politically independent Bank of England for rising inflation, and dismissed giving Brits “handouts” as a means to manage the energy-price crisis, before her campaign later stated that direct payments might be needed.
Particularly controversial was a proposal to introduce regional pay boards to the U.K. Truss’ regional pay boards would have made decisions on public-sector pay based on local prices, meaning that workers such as teachers and nurses living in more economically deprived areas of Britain would be paid less. The policy was announced despite the fact that the Conservative Party was elected at the 2019 general election on the promise of "leveling up" the country through public investment to reduce regional inequality. | https://www.courthousenews.com/liz-truss-is-next-prime-minister-of-britain-after-audience-with-queen/ | 2022-09-06T18:11:08Z | courthousenews.com | control | https://www.courthousenews.com/liz-truss-is-next-prime-minister-of-britain-after-audience-with-queen/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MEXICO CITY (CN) — A ruling expected from Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday has the potential to change the fates of tens of thousands of people held in the country's prisons without convictions.
But the decision on the constitutionality of mandatory pretrial detention will also determine the extent of the Supreme Court’s regulatory jurisdiction.
The court began debate Monday on suits brought by the National Human Rights Commission and several senators claiming that mandatory pretrial detention violates Mexico’s Constitution.
Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar opened the debate by calling the initiative “one of the most important proposals that has been presented in the history of this tribunal.”
Justice Luis María Aguilar brought the case before the court, saying: “When limits on personal liberty such as mandatory pretrial detention are established, it must be done with great care, as the limits or restrictions that are established cannot be absolute, but rather the opposite. They must be exceptional and only applicable under extraordinary and grave circumstances.”
While the suits aim to eliminate mandatory pretrial detention for a number of crimes, ranging from homicide to organized crime to auto theft, the case has broader legal implications due to the cautionary measure’s enshrinement in the Mexican Constitution.
Although she called the issue a “justified social complaint,” Justice Yasmín Esquivel Mossa said Monday that she planned to vote against unconstitutionality, stating that she does not “share the idea that this Supreme Court has the powers to nullify a regulation” of the Constitution.
Three other justices also expressed their intentions to vote against unconstitutionality before the court adjourned Monday.
A supermajority of eight of the court’s 11 justices is required to deem a law or regulation unconstitutional, so it appears that the initiative will be rejected, no matter where the six remaining justices fall on the issue.
Currently, the jury is out on the Supreme Court's ability to nullify an article of the Constitution. The debate resides in whether or not the international treaties dealing with human rights that Mexico has signed trump its own Constitution.
Justice Loretta Ortiz Ahlf, one of the four who expressed her intention to vote against unconstitutionality Monday, agreed that mandatory pretrial detention violates the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights. She placed the onus of complying with the treaties on the Congress, stating: “I hope it does.”
Even court precedent waffles on the issue.
A 2011 case that put international treaties on the same level as the Constitution stated that in the event that harmonization between the two is impossible, judges should apply “the criterion that turns out to be more favorable for the protection of people’s human rights.”
However, the ruling also states that “when in the Constitution there is an express restriction of the exercise of [human rights], it must be what the constitutional text establishes.”
“It’s contradictory, I know, but that’s how the Mexican Supreme Court is,” said Sergio López Ayllón, a research professor in the law department at the Mexico City-based government think tank CIDE.
“The Mexican Supreme Court does have broad powers to interpret the Constitution,” said López. “It has the final say.”
However, that 2011 ruling put both Article 19 of the Constitution and the international prohibition of what that article stipulates on the same legal standing, and now the court, legal experts and politicians disagree on which should prevail.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Delaying the investigation of classified documents seized from former President Donald Trump's south Florida resort home, a Trump-appointed federal judge agreed with the former president Monday to appoint a special master who will review materials.
The 24-page order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon says the Department of Justice must stop using the seized materials for its criminal investigation until completion of a review by this neutral third party.
While the Department of Justice had argued that appointment of a special master would unnecessarily delay its ongoing criminal investigation, Cannon determined that the risk of delay is outweighed by the potential that the department’s internal review process “will not adequately safeguard” Trump’s privileged and personal materials from exposure to either the investigative team or the media.
“The Court is mindful that restraints on criminal prosecutions are disfavored but finds that these unprecedented circumstances call for a brief pause to allow for neutral, third-party review to ensure a just process with adequate safeguards,” Cannon wrote.
Trump is under investigation for removing government records from the White House at the end of his single term as president on Jan. 20, 2021, and storing them at his 12-acre estate in West Palm Beach.
According to records unsealed by the court last month, the FBI took about 20 boxes of documents, including 11 sets of classified records, from Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8. Among the seized materials were the grant of clemency to the former president's close ally Roger Stone, binders of photos and what is described as “info re: President of France.”
The Department of Justice said it identified personal items, some privileged materials and at least 520 pages of potentially privileged material within the 20 boxes.
Trump brought the motion for judicial oversight last month, and Cannon heard arguments on the matter four days in the Southern District of Florida.
The Department of Justice had called it moot to appoint a special master because the department’s own privilege-review team has already set aside documents that it views as having the potential to be subject to attorney-client privilege.
But Judge Cannon said the special master must be allowed to review the materials for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client privilege, as well as executive privilege.
The order, she emphasized, does not impact the separate classification review of the seized materials by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Rather than prove he owns the seized property, according to Judge Cannon, Trump must show only that he had a right to possess at least some of the seized property.
“Although the Government argues that Plaintiff has no property interest in any of the presidential records seized from his residence, that position calls for an ultimate judgment on the merits as to those documents and their designations,” she wrote.
Judge Cannon ordered Trump’s attorneys and the Department of Justice to file a proposed list of special masters with high-level security clearance by this Friday.
Responding to the judge’s ruling on Monday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Remember it takes courage and ‘guts’ to fight a totally corrupt Department of ‘Justice’ and the FBI.”
Cannon, 41, served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida before then-President Trump nominated her to the federal bench in 2020. The Senate later confirmed her appointment in a 56-21 vote.
Department of Justice spokesman Anthony Coley said in a statement that the government is examining Judge Cannon's opinion and "will consider appropriate next steps in the ongoing litigation.”
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(CN) — Moscow is upping the stakes in the Ukraine war by indefinitely closing off the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline into Germany, a move that puts even more economic and political pressure on the European Union, where gas prices are soaring.
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Western sanctions had hindered work to repair the pipeline, which is a principal artery for Russian gas, and that forced its closure. The EU is now bracing for a winter of possible gas rationing and deep economic turmoil.
“Western sanctions have rendered the maintenance system for gas pumping units inoperable, the Nord Stream turbine is not being repaired,” Peskov said.
European leaders accuse Russia of weaponizing its gas supplies and seeking to “blackmail” them into lifting sanctions, which the EU is refusing to do as long as Moscow doesn't retreat from Ukraine. Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU got about 40% of its gas from Russia and some EU countries rely almost exclusively on Russia for gas.
Although the EU was a major market for Russia, the global surge in energy prices has allowed Russia to continue bringing in massive profits despite Western sanctions as it sells its gas and oil to India, China and other developing nations that have refused to condemn Russia for its invasion and chosen not to impose sanctions.
Russia's retaliatory move over Nord Stream came shortly after the Group of Seven nations on Friday proposed capping the price for Russian crude oil.
In the EU, gas prices are 10 times higher than average and surged by more than 33% on Monday following the Nord Stream announcement.
The weekend also saw large demonstrations in several European capitals where protesters expressed anger over soaring prices. Protests and frustration over inflation are growing, posing a major challenge to European leaders, the majority of whom remain steadfast in their commitment to help Ukraine win.
As the economic war between Russia and the West intensifies, the fighting in Ukraine is getting fiercer too and seeing increased involvement by the United States and its NATO allies on behalf of Ukraine. Russia, meanwhile, is turning to its allies and has allegedly begun buying huge stockpiles of munitions from North Korea and war drones from Iran.
In recent days, a number of reports indicate that NATO is becoming more brazen in its support for Ukraine, which has launched a critical counteroffensive against Russian forces in a bid to recapture Black Sea territories it's lost.
The Hill reported over the weekend that the U.S. has begun arming Ukraine “with weapons that can do serious damage to Russian forces, and, unlike early in the war, U.S. officials don’t appear worried about Moscow’s reaction.”
The Pentagon is sending Ukraine ScanEagle surveillance drones, heavily armored MaxxPro mine-resistant vehicles and guided anti-tank missile systems, the article said. The U.S. is also providing AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles and more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. In addition, multiple reports indicate that Ukraine may soon receive Excalibur precision-guided artillery munitions, weapons that can travel up to about 43 miles.
William Taylor, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told The Hill that U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration have “recognized that they can provide larger, more capable, longer-distance, heavier weapons to the Ukrainians and the Russians have not reacted.”
“The Russians have kind of bluffed and blustered, but they haven’t been provoked. And there was concern [over this] in the administration early on – there still is to some degree – but the fear of provoking the Russians has gone down,” Taylor added.
At the end of August, the Biden administration also announced that it plans to set up a military assistance mission in Ukraine and make it a new separate command with its own general, such as was done for other American military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. This move indicates the White House is planning for a long war in Ukraine.
American officials have also become quite open about U.S. tactics and aid to Ukraine. For example, General Richard Clarke, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command until his recent retirement, boasted to the Washington Post about a U.S. program to train Ukraine on how to conduct a “partisan campaign” to fight an occupying army.
Since the overthrow of a pro-Russian Ukrainian president during the violent Maidan Revolution in 2014, American Special Operations officials have helped Ukraine build up its own special operations forces, Clarke said.
“With our assistance, they built the capacity, so they grew and they grew in numbers, but more importantly, they built capability,” in both combat assaults and information operations, Clarke told the newspaper.
He said Ukrainian special forces created and trained “resistance companies” recruited from the local population to target Russians.
“If you’re a Russian soldier today, your head must be on a swivel because you don’t know where the threat is,” he said. “They can’t look at any Ukrainian and know if that person is an enemy.”
“This guerrilla war has produced a grim body count among pro-Russian officials in the occupied areas,” the Post said. “In the past few weeks, pro-Russian officials have been killed or injured by car bombs, roadside bombs, poison and shotguns.”
Meanwhile, British media is reporting that the United Kingdom will expand a military training program in Britain for Ukrainians. Since June, about 4,700 Ukrainians have gone through military courses set up at bases in Britain and now Britain says it wants to train tens of thousands of more Ukrainian citizens. Military instructors from eight other countries, including New Zealand, Sweden and the Netherlands, are also involved.
Ben Wallace, the British defense secretary, told Sky News that the training program “developed rapidly, and we are now extending it to five weeks to provide the best possible preparation for Ukrainian soldiers who will soon be in active combat operations.”
He added: “We must do everything we can to help them defend their homes against this illegal and unprovoked Russian invasion, and will continue to do so for as long as it takes. We stand with Ukraine.”
Ukrainians are taught how to handle weapons, perform battlefield first aid and conduct fieldcraft and patrol tactics. The extra two weeks will provide the new soldiers with more advanced training, such as trench and urban warfare, vehicle-mounted operations, and battlefield exercises in simulated combat environments, Sky News reported.
Details have also emerged about Western intelligence agencies providing Ukrainian forces with detailed information about Russian troop movements and actions. British strike and reconnaissance special forces personnel reportedly have been on the ground in Ukraine to help Kyiv strike at Russian targets far behind the front lines.
Courthouse News reporter Cain Burdeau is based in the European Union.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years killed at least three people, dumped a meter (3 feet) of rain, destroyed roads and felled power lines on Tuesday. The death toll could have been higher if not for proactive evacuations and school closures, officials said.
There was also greater public awareness about the storm and its risks. Typhoon Hinnamnor made impact just weeks after heavy rain around the capital, Seoul, caused flooding that killed at least 14 people.
Government officials put the nation on high alert for days as Hinnamnor approached, warning of potentially historic destruction and putting in motion life-saving measures.
After grazing the resort island of Jeju and hitting the mainland near the port city of Busan, Hinnamnor weakened as it blew into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
South Korea’s weather agency said Hinnamnor was over the open sea 280 kilometers (173 miles) northeast of Ulleung island with winds weakened to 115 kilometers (71 miles) per hour on Tuesday afternoon. It was expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by night as it moves northeast between Russia and the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the agency said.
However, the damage was still severe in the southern city of Pohang, where two people were found dead and at least seven others were missing after the storm submerged roads and buildings, triggered landslides and flooded a shopping mall.
Cars with smashed windows and trunks open lay scattered on roads like garbage. An entire two-story pool villa was uprooted from the ground and swept away by flash floods. Troops were deployed to assist with rescue and restoration efforts, moving in armored vehicles through streets turned into chocolate-colored rivers.
Firefighters navigated flooded neighborhoods in rubber boats, rescuing people and their pets. Merchants scrambled to salvage furniture and other belongings at the famous Guryongpo outdoor market, where workers deployed excavators to clear huge piles of debris.
The rain and flooding eroded the foundations of bridges and motorways, which were often broken in chunks or blocked by fallen trees and electricity poles. Factory buildings were tilted, while a shipping container blew away and landed above cars in a parking lot.
“I woke up at 5 a.m. at because of the explosive rain, and I got really concerned because the water rose right up to my doorway,” Kim Seong-chang, a Pohang resident, said in an interview with JTBC. “The water was still thigh-high at 7 a.m. and those who parked their cars in the streets were in panic because their vehicles were submerged. … Other residents were bucketing out water from their homes.”
The storm dumped more than 105 centimeters (41 inches) of rain in central Jeju since Sunday, where winds peaked at 155 kph (96 mph). Southern and eastern mainland regions also had damage — knocked-off signboards and roofing, toppled trees and traffic signs, and destroyed roads.
In Pohang, a woman in her 70s died after being swept away in flash floods, while another woman in her 60s was found dead in a submerged basement parking lot, where the search was continuing for five people.
Wading in the parking lot's neck-high waters with ropes tied to their bodies, emergency workers on Tuesday night managed to pull out two people who had been trapped. President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a congratulatory message after the first survivor's rescue, calling it a “miracle.”
Rescue workers failed to recover another man who called for help before he went missing, presumably swept away by flash floods.
In the neighboring city of Gyeongju, a woman in her 80s died after her home was buried in a landslide. In Ulsan, another southern city, a 25-year-old man was unaccounted for after falling into a rain-swollen stream, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.
Also in Pohang, firefighters extinguished flames that damaged at least three facilities at a major steel plant operated by POSCO. A presidential official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in a background briefing, said officials were investigating the cause of the fires.
Local fire officials said the flames destroyed a building housing electricity equipment and damaged a separate office building and a coking factory before being put out.
The Safety Ministry said about 3,200 of 4,500 people who had been forced to evacuate returned home Tuesday afternoon. More than 80 homes, buildings and factories were flooded or destroyed, and hundreds of roads, bridges and facilities were damaged.
More than 600 schools were closed or converted to online classes. Workers had managed to restore electricity to 78,890 of the 89,180 households that lost power.
In North Korea, state media reported “all-out efforts” to minimize damage from flooding and landslides. The state Korean Central News Agency reported that leader Kim Jong Un had issued “detailed tasks” at government meetings to improve the country’s disaster response capacity but didn’t elaborate on the plans.
North Korea sustained serious damage from heavy rains and floods in 2020 that destroyed buildings, roads and crops, hurting the country’s already-crippled economy.
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press
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