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ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by the head of the local Republican Party, who was involved in efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn his election loss.
A security camera outside the elections office in rural Coffee County captured their arrival. The footage also shows that some local election officials were at the office during what the Georgia secretary of state’s office has described as “alleged unauthorized access” of election equipment.
Security footage from two weeks later raises additional alarms — showing two people who were instrumental in Trump's wider efforts to undermine the election results entering the office and staying for hours.
The security video from the elections office in the county about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta offers a glimpse of the lengths Trump's allies went to in service of his fraudulent election claims. It further shows how access was facilitated by local officials who are entrusted with protecting the security of elections while raising concerns about sensitive voting technology being released into the public domain.
Georgia wasn't the only state where voting equipment was accessed after the 2020 presidential election. Important information about voting systems also was compromised in election offices in Pennsylvania,Michigan and Colorado. Election security experts worry the information obtained — including complete copies of hard drives — could be exploited by those who want to interfere with future elections.
"The system is only as secure as the people who are entrusted to keep it secure,” said lawyer David Cross, who represents plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines.
The Coffee County security footage was obtained through that lawsuit, which alleges that Georgia’s touchscreen voting machines are vulnerable to attack and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots. The suit long predates and is unrelated to false allegations of widespread election fraud pushed by Trump and his allies after the 2020 election.
The alleged breach in Coffee County's elections office also has caught the attention of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing an investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Last month, Willis cited the Coffee County activity, among other things, when she sought to compel testimony from Sidney Powell, an attorney who was deeply involved in Trump's effort to undo the election results.
Emails and other records show Powell and other attorneys linked to Trump helped arrange for a team from data solutions company SullivanStrickler to travel to Coffee County, which Trump won by nearly 40 percentage points.
The surveillance video, emails and other documents that shed light on what happened there in January 2021 were produced in response to subpoenas issued in the voting machine lawsuit and were obtained by The Associated Press. Parts of the security video appear to contradict claims by some of the local officials:
— Footage captures Cathy Latham, then chair of the Coffee County Republican Party, arriving at the elections office shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Just a few weeks earlier, she was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
A few minutes after her arrival, she is seen outside greeting SullivanStrickler chief operating officer Paul Maggio and two other people. Less than 10 minutes later, she escorts two other men into the building.
The video shows her leaving the elections office just before 1:30 p.m., roughly two hours after she greeted the SullivanStrickler team. She returns a little before 4 p.m. and then leaves around 6:15 p.m.
Latham said under oath during a deposition in August that she stopped by the elections office that evening for “Just a few minutes” and left before 5 p.m. Pressed on whether she had been there earlier in the day, Latham said she couldn’t recall but suggested her schedule as a teacher would not have allowed it.
A lawyer for SullivanStrickler said in an email attached to a court filing that Latham was a “primary point of contact” in coordinating the company’s work and “was on site” while that work was done.
Robert Cheeley, a lawyer for Latham said in an emailed statement that his client doesn't remember all the details of that day. But he said she “would not and has not knowingly been involved in any impropriety in any election" and “has not acted improperly or illegally.”
— The video also shows Eric Chaney, a member of Coffee County's election board, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. the same day and going in and out several times before leaving for the night around 7:40 p.m. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the voting machine lawsuit wrote in a court filing that a photo produced by SullivanStrickler's COO shows Chaney in the office as the copying is happening.
During a deposition last month, Chaney declined to answer many questions about that day, citing the Fifth Amendment. But when an attorney representing the county reached out to him in April regarding questions from the The Washington Post, Chaney wrote, “I am not aware of nor was I present at the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration's office when anyone illegally accessed the server or the room in which it is contained.” Chaney resigned from the elections board last month, days before his deposition.
Attempts to reach Chaney by phone were unsuccessful, and his lawyer did not respond to an email seeking comment.
— About two weeks after the initial breach, video shows Misty Hampton — then the county elections director — arriving at the elections office at 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 18, when it was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. She unlocked the door and let in two men — Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who have been active in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Logan founded Cyber Ninjas, which participated in a partisan and ultimately discredited review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona. The two men remained inside until just after 8 p.m. and then spent more than nine hours there the next day. Lenberg returned for brief visits on at least three more days later that month.
Hampton resigned as elections supervisor in February 2021 after elections board officials said she falsified her timesheets. Attempts by the AP to reach her were unsuccessful.
In a statement released by its attorney, SullivanStrickler said the company was retained by attorneys to forensically copy voting machines used in the 2020 election and had no reason to believe they would ask its employees to do anything improper.
The Georgia secretary of state’s office said it opened an investigation in March and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for assistance last month. State officials have said the system remains secure because of multiple protections in place.
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press
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What's next for Chile's constitution
The Chilean government and opposition have started talks over how to proceed after voters soundly rejected a new progressive constitution.
The big picture: Nearly 62% of the 12.8 million votes cast Sunday were against the proposed draft, which would have drastically changed the country. Voting was mandatory.
- The draft would have set up national health care and pension systems, as well as enshrined reproductive, education, housing and Indigenous rights. But the wording of how those would come about was vague and misinformation spread, creating uncertainty.
President Gabriel Boric on Monday afternoon convened the first of various meetings with all political parties to coordinate possible next steps.
- Boric, who championed the text, had said prior to the vote that there should be another drafting process if the proposal was rejected.
- Some opposition members in Congress have expressed support for restarting the process, but others say lawmakers should just make amendments to the current constitution instead.
Between the lines: Writing a new constitution has been slowly gathering support since Chile’s return to democracy in 1990.
- The current one dates to Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, and critics say it fostered a highly unequal society.
- Ex-President Michelle Bachelet launched a process to rewrite the constitution in 2015, but it didn’t go anywhere.
- Two years ago, after mass protests demanding changes and a social safety net, almost 80% of Chileans voted in favor of drafting a new constitution and chose mostly non-politicians to do so. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/06/chile-constitution-referendum-boric-next-steps | 2022-09-06T18:12:01Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/06/chile-constitution-referendum-boric-next-steps | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sarah Palin, Nick Begich trade jabs in Alaska House race
Alaska Republican House candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich have both refused to drop out of the upcoming general election race, setting up another clash with Democrat Mary Peltola this fall.
Why it matters: Both Palin and Begich lost the special election to replace the late Republican Rep. Don Young, who passed away this past spring after 49 years in office, to Peltola, who will serve out the remainder of Young's term.
- The deadline for candidates to withdraw for the November general election passed on Monday, per the Associated Press.
State of play: Peltola will be sworn in on Sept. 13 to serve the remainder of Young's tenure, which will be up for grabs in the general election in November.
- During the August primary, Palin, Begich and Peltola advanced to the November general election to decide who will serve for the full two-year term, Axios' Erin Doherty writes.
- Independent Chris Bye will also be on the ballot, per CBS News.
What they're saying: Both Palin and Begich have been throwing jabs at each other since the Aug. 16 ranked-choice special election came to a close. But neither candidate has withdrawn their candidacy.
- “Sarah Palin is going to lose again if she stays in this race,” Begich said at the recent Alaska state fair, per KTUU. “At the end of the day, Alaskans know who Sarah Palin is and they’re not going to vote for her.”
- Begich also said Monday his campaign is “confident that we are on a positive trajectory to win in November.”
- “Ranked choice voting showed that Palin simply doesn’t have enough support from Alaskans to win an election and her performance in the Special was embarrassing as a former Governor and Vice Presidential candidate," he said, according to AP.
But Palin said splitting the Republican vote will lead to another Peltola victory, and urged Begich to leave the race, CBS News reports.
- “He keeps calling me a quitter,” Palin told reporters Monday in reference to her time as governor, per AP. “And now he wants me, the one who is clearly the only true conservative in this race who can win, he wants me to quit! Now that’s the real joke. Sorry, Nick. I never retreat, I reload.”
By the numbers: The ranked-choice voting ended with Begich eliminated first. Of those who chose Begich, 64% ranked Palin as a second candidate, AP reports.
Go deeper: Democrat Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska special election | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/06/sarah-palin-nick-begich-alaska-house-race | 2022-09-06T18:12:32Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/06/sarah-palin-nick-begich-alaska-house-race | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bitcoin has been quiet since late August but it might be starting to make a move. It fell $400 in short order in the past few minutes.
I strongly suspect that's technical selling after a break of $19,500 to the lowest since July 13.
The drop puts it in a dangerous place and at risk of retesting the lows of the year.
The zone around $19,000 to $18,600 is now key support but if confidence begins to crumble we could get there quickly.
Ethereum has been holding up the crypto market lately on hopes for a surge after the merge. It remains up 2% today and there is a lot of switching going on due to energy concerns around BTC.
For broader markets, this year bitcoin has been a decent barometer of shifts in sentiment, though less so lately. | https://www.forexlive.com/Cryptocurrency/bitcoin-sinks-400-on-technical-selling-aft-a-break-to-a-seven-week-low-20220906/ | 2022-09-06T18:19:16Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/Cryptocurrency/bitcoin-sinks-400-on-technical-selling-aft-a-break-to-a-seven-week-low-20220906/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tropic storm Early formed north of the caribbean but is forecast to spin to the north and then east towards Europe, where it might eventually help blow some windmills. Other than that, it's not going to be a factor for markets.
The next storm system that the NHC is watching is just west of the Cabo Verde islands but is only given a 60% chance of forming into a storm in the next 5 days by the NHC. They note that upper level winds are likely to be come less conducive to growth later this week.
Finally, at the extreme rigth hand side is a system that's still onshore in Africa but is lining up far enough south to run through hurricane alley about two weeks from now.
The southern gulf is also a spot to watch as systems can spin up there quickly but there's nothing in the forecast now. The ongoing placid forecast is a much-needed breather for the energy market. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/atlantic-hurricane-season-continues-to-look-like-a-dud-20220906/ | 2022-09-06T18:19:29Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/atlantic-hurricane-season-continues-to-look-like-a-dud-20220906/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Teacher accused of using slur to describe Black teacher, has class do cotton-picking exercise
LADSON, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - A mother is looking for answers after she said her son’s teacher used the word “monkey” to describe another teacher, who is Black, and made her son partake in a cotton-picking exercise.
Lashanda Wiggins’ son goes to Oakbrook Middle School in Ladson, South Carolina. She told WCSC something his teacher allegedly said a couple of weeks ago has her upset.
“His teacher had made some comments that she has a teacher next door, he’s a Black teacher, and she refers to him as the ‘monkey next door,’” Wiggins said.
Her son said immediately after the teacher made comments, she had the class do a cotton-picking activity.
“From what the assistant principal explained to me is that she was going to just bring the cotton in, give it to the kids and her words were, ‘Here’s how you pick cotton,’” Wiggins said.
She also said her son was upset.
“He wanted to know, why do we have to relive that or why do we have to go back to that?” Wiggins said.
The principal acknowledged what happened but Wiggins said she has been provided no other answers as to any kind of repercussions.
“I send my kids to school to learn,” Wiggins said. “They’re supposed to be treated equally amongst their peers and the people that are responsible for teaching them. So when he came home and told me that, I was extremely and still extremely upset.”
The district responded to a request for comment with this statement:
“Dorchester School District Two takes every allegation seriously. We are currently investigating an alleged incident at Oakbrook Middle School. We do not comment on personnel matters.”
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This time, the iconic fan-favorite is back with its first-ever saucy anthem, from TikToker Jon Moss
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, Detroit-Style Pizza returns to Pizza Hut menus at participating locations nationwide following the success of the initial launch in early 2021 and its reintroduction last summer. Pizza Hut listened to pizza lovers and brought the deep-dish delight back to menus for a third run as a limited-time offer; but this time is different. The beloved pizza arrives with a Detroit-Style-inspired anthem to celebrate its return to menus.
To provide fans with a fitting soundtrack for the return of an icon, Pizza Hut partnered with TikToker Jon Moss (@jonmosslol) to create a song celebrating Detroit-Style Pizza. You can listen to the new anthem, Pizza Hut Anthem, on all major streaming services.
While Detroit-Style Pizza is a newer introduction than timeless innovations like Original Stuffed Crust® and The Edge®, it's now the first Pizza Hut offering to have its own anthem. For Jon, creating a tune proclaiming his love for Pizza Hut came naturally as he has been a loyal brand fan since he was younger with Detroit-Style Pizza being one of his favorite new menu items, and Detroit being a historically innovative music city.
"Pizza Hut has always been my go-to pizza, so with the success of my "Pizza Hut" character from TikTok, and the new Detroit-Style pizza, I knew I had to write the Pizza Hut Anthem to celebrate it coming back," said Jon Moss. "As my mascot grew in popularity, I wanted to create something that would bring Pizza Hut and fans together in a fun, upbeat way. Because after all, No One OutPizzas The Hut."
Detroit-Style might sound different this time around, but the craveability, authenticity and affordability remain the same. Each pizza is a rectangular deep-dish with a thick, crispy crust edge, layered with toppings and cheese all the way to the edge finished with premium vine-ripened tomato sauce on top. The signature pizza is available in four recipes:
- Double Pepperoni (Classic Pepperoni, Crispy Cupped Pepperoni) - $12.99
- Meaty Deluxe (Crispy Cupped Pep., Italian Sausage, Bacon) - $12.99
- Supremo (Italian Sausage, Green Pepper, Red Onion) - $12.99
- CYO (1st Topping Included, Additional toppings $1) - $11.99
"There's been no shortage of people asking for Detroit-Style Pizza to be back on menus and Pizza Hut was very happy to oblige those fans" said Lindsay Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer, Pizza Hut. "The last return cemented Detroit-Style's status as repeat fall fan-favorite on our menu but we are happy to make this available at a value, nationwide."
Detroit-Style Pizza recipes are available now for a limited time at participating Pizza Hut locations nationwide for contactless delivery, carryout, curbside and Hut Lane pickup. Click here to find your nearest Pizza Hut location. Product availability, prices, participation, availability of contactless, curbside, The Hut Lane™ and delivery areas, charges and minimums vary. Delivery charge is not a driver tip.
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), has more restaurant locations in the world than any other pizza company. Founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., Pizza Hut operates nearly 18,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. With easy order options including the Pizza Hut mobile app, website, and Amazon and Google devices, Pizza Hut is committed to providing an easy pizza experience – from order to delivery – and has Hut Rewards®, the Pizza Hut loyalty program that offers points for every dollar spent on food any way you order.
Now more than ever, restaurants have an important role in helping to safely feed families. As the largest pizza brand in the world by store count, Pizza Hut is committed to doing its part. To help keep team members and customers safe, customers can get their favorite Pizza Hut pizza via three contactless offerings: curbside pickup, delivery, or carryout. After becoming the first national pizza brand to offer contactless curbside pickup, Pizza Hut launched The Hut Lane™, a dedicated digital order pick-up window available at more than 1,500 locations across the country.
Pizza Hut is the creator of The BOOK IT! Program, which is the nation's longest running corporate supported literacy program. Building on that legacy, the program's BOOK IT! in the Community Initiative is designed to enable access to books and education resources, empower teachers and inspire a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program which impacts more than 14 million students each year.
Pizza Hut is the Official and Only Pizza Sponsor of the NCAA®.
For more information about Pizza Hut, visit www.pizzahut.com or http://www.pizzahut.com/c/content/sitemap
Brett LeVecchio, Pizza Hut
972.338.6730 / Brett.LeVecchio@yum.com
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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 Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: June 15, 2021 to August 26, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 31, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in AZRE:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/azure-power-global-limited-loss-submission-form?id=31358&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Azure Power Global Limited made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Azure you have until October 31, 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 Azure 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 AZRE lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/azure-power-global-limited-loss-submission-form?id=31358&from=4.
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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cGlobal hotel brand InterContinental Hotels (GB:IHG) and hotel and restaurant company Whitbread (GB:WTB) are two hotel stocks recommended as ‘Buy’ by highly rated analyst Vicki Stern.
She has a bullish take on the industry as 51.8% of the stocks in her list have Buy ratings.
The hotel industry was hit hard by COVID-19, but hotel brands are recovering in the wake of the pandemic.
Stern is a managing director at Barclays Capital and a part of the leisure research team. Before joining Barclays in 2009, she had worked with Lehman Brothers and UBS Investment Bank.
As per the TipRanks rating system, Stern is ranked 1,749 out of 7,973 analysts. TipRanks rates analysts on three main factors: success rate, average return, and statistical significance.
Stern has a success rate of 64%, with 58 out of 90 ratings being successful. She has an average return of 6.7% per rating.
Let’s discuss the stocks in detail.
InterContinental Hotels
InterContinental Hotels Group is a hospitality company with around 18 hotel brands under its umbrella spread across the world. The company recently celebrated a milestone by opening its 6,000th hotel. It has more than 1800 hotels in the pipeline.
The company reported an encouraging set of interim results for 2022 in August. Group revenue grew by 52% to $1,794 million, and the operating profit increased by 162% to $361 million.
Global revenue per available room (RevPAR), a metric used widely in the hospitality industry, jumped by 51% in the first half as compared to the 2019 levels.
Considering such growth, IHG resumed its dividends and announced an interim dividend of 43.9 cents per share, a 10% increase on 2019 dividends.
The company is witnessing increased travel in most of its markets, also crossing the pre-COVID levels in a few of them. This, combined with significant debt reduction, a $500 million buyback scheme, a dividend comeback, and a strong cash flow, ticks all the boxes for share price growth.
IHG share price prediction
Post-results, Barclays reiterated its Buy rating on the stock. Stern has a target price of 5,400p on the stock, which is around 17% higher than the current level.
Overall, the analysts have a Moderate Buy rating on the stock, based on eight Buy and three Hold recommendations.
The IHG target price is 5,556.0p, which has an upside potential of 18.1%.
Whitbread
Whitbread is a hospitality business operating the leading hotel chain, Premier Inn, and other restaurant brands in the UK. The company expanded its Premier Inn chain in Germany across 31 locations.
The company posted solid growth in its trading numbers in the first quarter update for 2023, ahead of expectations. Total UK accommodation sales are 235.6% higher than in the fiscal year 2022. This clearly shows the strength of its brand, Premier Inn, and the recovery in the UK market.
Whitbread remains worried about rising labour and food costs. The company is expecting additional costs of £20 to £30 million in 2023 as it invests in IT, refurbishments, and maintenance. It is, however, also confident about offsetting the increased costs with high occupancy levels and sales.
Is Whitbread a good share to buy?
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Whitbread stock has a Moderate Buy rating. This is based on the ratings of 10 analysts, including eight Buy, one Hold, and one Sell recommendations.
The WTB target price is 3,677.7p, which implies a 41.4% of upside potential at the current price level.
Conclusion
These businesses emerged from the pandemic after having their hotels and restaurants closed for months. Rising inflation still puts pressure on the operations; however, their strong brand value and recovery in demand are driving the revenues. Considering Stern’s knowledge of the sector, investors can see these stocks as great choices. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/barclays-analyst-vicki-stern-is-bullish-on-these-two-hotel-industry-stocks | 2022-09-06T18:20:58Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/barclays-analyst-vicki-stern-is-bullish-on-these-two-hotel-industry-stocks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Anyone with basic knowledge of standard economic principles will likely understand why shares of clothing retailer Gap (NYSE:GPS) performed so poorly this year. With multidecade highs in inflation crimping household budgets, many consumers opted to focus their spending on critical goods and services. However, nothing in the market evolves linearly, allowing speculators to secure high-risk profits on GPS stock. Nevertheless, the fundamentals can’t be denied. I am bearish on GPS.
To be clear, the idea of exiting the investment “opportunity” in Gap shares runs contrary to current fundamentals. Namely, the otherwise struggling retailer posted relatively solid results for its fiscal second quarter. Adjusted for non-recurring items, Gap posted earnings of $0.08 per share, beating out Wall Street’s expectations of -$0.05 per share. However, the latest tally compares unfavorably to the year-ago earnings of $0.70 per share.
Nevertheless, Q2 represented a dramatic improvement over Q1’s report this year. Back then, the company posted a loss of $0.44 per share when the Street anticipated a loss of only $0.11 cents. Over the last eight quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.
On the revenue front, Gap generated sales of $3.86 billion for the three months that ended July 31, 2022. This figure surpassed the consensus target by 0.93%. Unfortunately, this sales haul compared unfavorably to the year-ago quarter’s tally of $4.21 billion.
While the numbers on paper were encouraging, Gap’s management team withdrew its financial outlook for the year, citing recent execution challenges and macroeconomic uncertainties. Since the quarterly disclosure, GPS stock has been struggling for traction, possibly signaling stakeholders to trim their exposure.
The Game Has Changed for GPS Stock
One of the defining characteristics of the post-COVID-19 new normal is rising inflation. Though prominent in 2021, this year has brought an avalanche of rising consumer prices, thereby negatively impacting broader sentiment. At the same time, higher prices also incentivize spending. However, the latest policy remarks by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggest that the game has changed for GPS stock.
As TipRanks Team pointed out recently, “Any hopes of the Fed’s pivot from its hawkishness were dashed on Friday when Powell reinforced the Fed’s stance. Now that July’s inflation data came below expectations, many were hoping that the Fed would ease its policy. However, Powell did not mince his words while reinstating that more aggressive interest rate hikes are on the way this year and that the central bank will not depend on a month or two of positive inflation data.”
While inflation obviously hurts consumers – particularly those in the lower-income bracket – it also encourages spending to certain degrees and for those that can reasonably afford to. It all comes down to the purchasing power (or lack thereof) of the dollar.
Last month, I wrote, “In 2021, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar declined by 6%. However, just in the first half of this year, purchasing power dipped by 5.3%. Put another way, the rate of acceleration in currency erosion almost doubled this year.”
Translated into practical terms, under an inflationary environment, shoppers are essentially encouraged to spend today. That’s because tomorrow, the dollar will be worth less. However, the opposite is true in a deflationary (or hawkish) environment. The dollar will be worth more tomorrow, thereby incentivizing people to save money.
That’s not going to be helpful for GPS stock, where the underlying business caters to premium fashion. It’s nice to have but not critical to own.
Rising Prices Incentivize Spending
Again, as mentioned earlier, Gap’s fiscal Q2 is for the three months that ended July 31. As well, during the first half of this year, purchasing power declined by 5.3%. That means during 66.7% of Q2, Gap navigated an environment of ever-rising prices, incentivizing relatively affluent customers to open their wallets. To repeat, in an inflationary cycle, it’s better to spend now than save eroding dollars for later purchases, all other things being equal.
With the Fed committed to tackling inflation aggressively, the dollar will likely rise in relative value. Significantly, purchasing power increased to 33.8 in July from 33.7 in June. True, it’s a very small difference. Nevertheless, the Fed’s hawkish monetary policy stemmed what previously looked like runaway inflation.
As the central bank dives deeper into its strategy to kill inflation, the dollar should progressively rise in purchasing power. While that might sound positive for GPS stock, it’s important to consider the implications for behavioral dynamics. If the dollar is rising in value, it’s far better for consumers to sit on their wallets and wait for macroeconomic clarity.
After all, a deflationary environment also implies a possible economic slowdown. What should weigh on GPS stock and its ilk is accelerating technology-sector layoffs. If low-paying jobs are replacing the good jobs, that’s not an optimistic narrative for Gap, which caters to a more sophisticated consumer base.
Is GPS a Good Stock to Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, GPS stock has a Hold consensus rating based on one Buy, 10 Holds, and four Sells assigned in the past three months. The average GPS stock price target is $9.33, implying 1.5% upside potential.
Takeaway – GPS Stock is Unlikely to Perform Well Going Forward
While Gap has done well to mostly beat revenue targets over the last four quarters, a repeat performance over the next four may not be likely. With the Fed changing the monetary backdrop, consumers will be incentivized to save money, especially in an ambiguous macroeconomic environment. Therefore, stakeholders who profiteered off GPS stock should consider trimming their position. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/if-you-secured-profit-gap-gps-stock-time-to-exit | 2022-09-06T18:21:04Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/if-you-secured-profit-gap-gps-stock-time-to-exit | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jake Johnson, left, and Don Jones make sure the aviator statue, donated by Caren Murray and Edward Murray III as a part of The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project, fits in its stand on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on the corner of Capitol Avenue and 22nd Street in downtown Cheyenne. The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project was originally conceived by Harvey Deselms, a local art gallery owner and curator of the project. Rhianna Gelhart/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – The Capitol Avenue Bronze Project will install six new statues downtown here on Tuesday, including four historic figures and four representations of marine and wildlife.
“As Labor Day approaches, Cheyenne has many reasons to be proud," Mayor Patrick Collins said in an announcement Friday. "This community has shown immense pride in remaking the face of downtown and honoring the heritage of the city and the state. I can’t wait to see the installation of Major General Grenville Dodge, the founder of Cheyenne."
In addition to Maj. Gen. Dodge, the Bronze Commission is also installing statutes that highlight Wyoming’s contribution to arts and letters: Mary O’Hara, who wrote one of her most famous novels outside of Cheyenne on the Remount Ranch; J.E. Stimson, who captured the most iconic photographs of people and places in Wyoming; and the explorer John Colter.
The public is welcome to attend. The following statues will be installed beginning at 9 a.m.:
“Major General Grenville Dodge, Founder of Cheyenne”
Artist: Gaudalupe Barajas
Location: The Southwest corner of Capitol Ave. and Lincolnway
Donor: Larry & Kim Sutherland
“Mary O’Hara”
Artist: Joel Turner
Location: Southeast corner of Capitol Avenue and 20th Street
Donor: Paul & Carla Bankes, Matt & Stephanie Seebaum, and Pat Spieles, in memory of Carol McMurry
“J.E. Simson”
Artist: Joel Turner
Location: Northeast corner of Capitol Avenue and 20th Street
Donor: Gregory Dyekman
“Foxy Lady”
Artist: Christine Knapp
Location: Southeast corner of Carey Avenue and 19th Street
Donor: Joe and Diane Prunty
“John Colter”
Artist: Tanner Loren
Location: Southeast corner of Capitol Avenue and 20th Street
Donor: Bob Born
“Spirits of the Plains”
Artist: Guadalupe Barajas
Location: Central Avenute and 17th Street
Donor: Theobold Family in honor of Don and Arlene Kensinger | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/advertising_and_marketing/capitol-ave-bronze-project-installs-6-statues-in-cheyenne-tuesday/article_c7c970a4-2e0a-11ed-a2a9-f7bae8ab869f.html | 2022-09-06T18:21:04Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/advertising_and_marketing/capitol-ave-bronze-project-installs-6-statues-in-cheyenne-tuesday/article_c7c970a4-2e0a-11ed-a2a9-f7bae8ab869f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Occasionally, the market delivers unintuitive surprises that catch many investors off guard. Dillard’s (NYSE:DDS), an upscale department store, should be counted among the discretionary retailers struggling for traction. Instead, DDS stock is currently up double digits, seemingly defying gravity and the broader economic context. Still, with ambiguous waters ahead, lucky contrarians should consider at least securing some profits. I am bearish on the circumstances likely to drag down DDS.
On the surface level, prospects for Dillard’s appear compelling. Primarily, the company delivered an earnings and revenue beat for its most recent second-quarter earnings report. Adjusted for non-recurring items, Dillard’s posted earnings of $9.30 a share, comparing favorably to the year-ago result of $8.81 per share. Also, it handily beat Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $3.47.
Significantly, over the last eight quarters, Dillard’s beat consensus estimates for earnings per share all eight times.
On the revenue front, Dillard’s rang up sales of $1.59 billion for the quarter that ended July 31, 2022. Here too, Dillard’s beat the consensus target, in this case by 2.23%. Moreover, the latest tally compared favorably to the year-ago result of $1.57 billion. Dillard’s beat the Street’s consensus revenue target four out of the last four quarters.
Following the report, DDS stock closed up nearly 18% against the prior day’s session. Shares would continue to move higher, hitting a closing high of $330.02. Since then, however, market sentiment has soured, with Dillard’s down 12.4% heading into the Labor Day weekend.
In addition, DDS stock lost more than 3% of market value last week, presenting a possible sign: get out while the going is good.
DDS Stock was Solid until Powell Had a Word
Although DDS stock beating out both its department store peers and the S&P 500 index represents one of the outstanding stories of this year, no guarantees exist that the circumstance will continue to hold. In fact, the recent volatility of DDS stock suggests that contrarian stakeholders should consider pocketing at least some profits. That’s because Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell changed the rules of the game.
Several days ago, at the annual economic symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell issued a hawkish message indicating that “interest rates might stay at a level that restrains growth,” according to TipRanks contributor Reuben Jackson. The news sent most, if not all, risk-on sectors down, whether that be cryptocurrencies or, in this case, companies tethered to the discretionary retail segment.
It’s no secret why DDS stock dropped more than 3% for the week following Powell’s comments. While it’s encouraging on a broader level that the Fed acknowledged the devastation wrought by rising inflation, the subsequent rise in purchasing power is essentially anathema to consumer spending.
As I pointed out in early August, “In 2021, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar declined by 6%. However, just in the first half of this year, purchasing power dipped by 5.3%. Put another way, the rate of acceleration in currency erosion almost doubled this year.”
Cynically, should the Fed adopt a dovish monetary policy, consumers have a greater incentive to spend. Under this paradigm, holding onto dollars makes them worth less. Therefore, it’s better to spend now. However, in a hawkish paradigm, it’s better to sit on your dollars because, over time, they will be worth more (assuming the hawkishness marches forward and all other things being equal).
Frankly, sitting on your dollars is the last thing Dillard’s – or any other discretionary retailer – will want you to do.
The Devil is in the Details for DDS Stock
At the present juncture, circumstances don’t appear particularly bearish for DDS stock. However, with the Fed changing the framework of the economy, investors need to watch for shifting tides within the granularity of key data points.
On the Aug. 25 edition of TipRanks’ Stock Market Today, it reported that “Continuing Jobless Claims are currently sitting near their lowest levels since 1970. Relatively speaking, this suggests that individuals aren’t struggling to find other jobs after being laid off.”
“However, this figure has been on an overall uptrend since the beginning of June. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues as interest rates rise while economic growth continues to slow down.”
One week later, Stock Market Today reported, “Continuing Jobless Claims, which measures the number of unemployed people who qualify for unemployment insurance, came in at 1.438 million, in line with the forecast but higher than last week’s 1.412 million.”
To be fair, it would be inappropriate to classify such fine details as a call to hit the panic button. At the same time, investing is all about anticipating future events, not trading on known facts. Interestingly, this uptrend in jobless claims is occurring amid the Fed’s commitment to a hawkish monetary policy. Therefore, investors should be careful about overexposure to a discretionary retail play like DDS stock.
Is DDS Stock a Good Investment?
Turning to Wall Street, DDS stock has a Moderate Sell consensus rating based on zero Buys, one Hold, and three Sells assigned in the past three months. The average DDS price target is $235.75, implying 19.5% downside potential.
Takeaway – DDS Stock Investors Need to Read the Signs
Naturally, optimists of DDS stock won’t particularly enjoy reading articles about the bearish implications of discretionary retailers like Dillard’s. However, the math is very simple in this case. The company benefitted (at least somewhat cynically) from an inflationary environment due to the incentivized spending profile. However, with this paradigm set to reverse, it’s vital that investors respond in kind. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/time-to-call-a-trade-for-department-store-dillards-dds-stock | 2022-09-06T18:21:10Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/time-to-call-a-trade-for-department-store-dillards-dds-stock | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shipping giant FedEx (NYSE: FDX) had something of a post-Labor Day hangover. The former pandemic darling is lagging the market today. The biggest reason for FedEx’s slip is a recent downgrade at Citigroup (NYSE: C). Analyst Christian Wetherbee lowered his price target on FedEx to $225 per share and also dropped the company down from Buy to Neutral. Citi expects that FedEx will likely have some trouble producing growth in earnings-per-share figures this year, which will hurt share prices.
Granted, Citigroup’s thesis is a valid one, and it may be a good idea to take a wait-and-see approach here, especially if those new potential lows materialize. That being said, though, I’m bullish on FedEx. The near-term outlook may be murky. However, FedEx is a pretty safe bet to run for as long as there’s a functioning economy.
The last 12 months for FedEx shares have been wildly erratic. This time last year, FedEx was challenging $260 per share. That led to a substantial slip days later, as, by September’s end, FedEx was pushing $210 per share. Rallies and plunges followed for the next several months. Now, FedEx is trading at around $205 per share. That’s well off its highs and threatening new lows.
Is FedEx Stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Turning to Wall Street, FedEx has a Strong Buy consensus rating. That’s based on 16 Buys and five Holds assigned in the past three months. The average FedEx price target of $287.79 implies 40% upside potential.
Analyst price targets range from a new low of $225 per share from Citigroup to a high of $339 per share.
A Troubling Mix in Investor Sentiment Figures
Analysts are very bullish on FedEx right now, and they’re not alone. In fact, FedEx currently carries a Smart Score of 9 out of 10 on TipRanks. That’s the second-highest score period, as well as the second-highest level of “outperform.” It’s pretty clear that most see FedEx as likely to outperform the broader market.
However, that’s not the case all around. Insider trading at FedEx is starting to swing negative by some measures. While buying activity is outpacing selling activity, virtually all of the informative moves in the last three months have been Sells.
Just one Informative Buy took place in that time, with director Amy Lane buying $138,464 worth of stock two months ago. Multiple Informative Sells took place after Lane’s purchase.
While informative transactions are screaming “sell,” the aggregate is a different story. In the last three months, buyers led sellers 14 to seven. Meanwhile, for the full year, that expands to 23 Buys to 10 Sells.
Looking Past the Near-Term to See a Brighter Future
I’m not going to take anything away from Citigroup’s analysis here. They’re absolutely right. The near-term for FedEx does look murky. Its ability to generate improvement in earnings per share will be difficult for a while.
Certainly, FedEx will get a boost from the upcoming holiday shopping season. While most households are likely poised to pare back spending, there will likely be some spending taking place. After that fades, there will be a slow drop as the holiday purchases shift to holiday returns and then hit the winter blahs for the next several months.
However, it’s what will likely happen afterward that keeps me looking up. FedEx is, for example, looking to bolster its cross-border operations throughout the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA) region.
E-commerce sales in that region are expected to top $100 billion by the end of next year. FedEx’s move to become the dominant shipper therein helps ensure a piece of that market.
Further, FedEx has built itself some marketing credibility by landing top honors at the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) cargo carrier lists. FedEx truck drivers also distinguished themselves at the National Truck Driving Championships.
FedEx is also making a name for itself with “Picture Proof of Delivery.” That measure, started back in June, calls for delivery personnel to photograph shipments that arrived at their destination.
There are some signs of trouble, though, as FedEx’s rate of growth is slower than some of the other carriers looking to land that top slot. FedEx’s own growth rate was actually the third lowest on the IATA’s list. That may prompt some problems later on.
However, everyone else is likely to see some rates diminish before too much longer, thanks to a global economic slowdown. Some FedEx contractors are looking to abandon holiday deliveries as well, a point that will hurt FedEx’s perceptions of reliability. Yet, contractors losing money on FedEx business will likely do significantly more harm.
The key point here is that anything that’s likely to hurt FedEx is likely to hurt its competitors as well. If there are fewer packages in the system, then there will be fewer deliveries.
Everyone should end up with about the same proportion of a smaller pie. FedEx is clearly working on expanding its market share. Though those efforts may ultimately prove of limited value, at least for now, they should give FedEx at least some edge.
Conclusion: FDX is the Best Choice in a Declining Lot
While FedEx certainly has competition—like perennial shipping mainstay United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS)—it’s been able to stay mostly ahead of that competition for years. While we’re in a period of economic slowdown, that slowdown is hitting everybody about as hard. FedEx is pursuing comparatively new markets that are still in the midst of expansion as a means to respond.
It’s not clear how successful those measures will be, ultimately. However, just making an attempt should give investors a vote of confidence. With FedEx already trading well under even its lowest price target—under even the latest lowered target out of Citigroup—FedEx should be able to offer value in the short term and the long term alike.
That’s why I’m bullish on FedEx. It’s worked hard to keep its position, although it can certainly lose some ground in the near term. That will likely change when the economy itself turns around. Even if it doesn’t change any time soon, FedEx’s work to expand new markets and keep itself at the top of the heap can’t go without potential investors seeing the value therein. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/why-is-fedex-stock-nysefdx-down-today | 2022-09-06T18:21:17Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/why-is-fedex-stock-nysefdx-down-today | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Veterinary products specialist, Dechra Pharmaceuticals (GB:DPH) reported its annual results for 2022, with by strong growth in its portfolio of products, combined with international expansion, and the acquisitions of Piedmont and Med-Pharmex.
The company’s revenue grew by 13.8% to £681.8 million, with strong growth from the North American markets. Its underlying operating profits increased by 9.4% to £174.3 million.
Despite the positive numbers, the market reacted negatively and the stock went down by almost 10% on Monday. The shares have fallen by 35% so far this year.
Analysts worry about the company’s rising costs affecting profits.
The company spent almost £400 million on acquisitions of Piedmont Animal Health and Med-Pharmex in 2022. The company believes these acquisitions will strengthen its position in the U.S. market, along with a promising pipeline of products.
Dechra announced a dividend of 44.89p per share was announced during the results, which is 10% higher than the previous year’s.
What are the analysts saying?
Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, said, “The fundamentals of the business remain robust with no sell recommendations on the stock from the analyst community. But the macroeconomic challenges of inflation and the risk of recession combined with the backdrop of volatile financial markets suggest the path ahead continues to look bumpy.”
Adam Vettese, an analyst at eToro, commented, “While Dechra’s consistent growth may be enough to tempt some people to snap up its shares, its lofty valuation could be a deterrent for many investors.”
Dechra Pharmaceutical share price forecast
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, DPH has a Moderate Buy rating, based on two Buy recommendations.
The DPH stock forecast is 4,587.5p, which is 46% up from the current price level. The analyst price targets range from a low of 4,200p per share to a high of 4,975p per share.
Conclusion
With two major companies acquired this year, the company remains confident in its outlook. With the U.S. being the largest animal health market, its acquisition of Med-Pharmex will provide an extra edge in the market. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dechra-pharmaceuticals-reported-improved-revenues-and-higher-dividends-are-the-shareholders-still-unhappy | 2022-09-06T18:21:29Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dechra-pharmaceuticals-reported-improved-revenues-and-higher-dividends-are-the-shareholders-still-unhappy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) were down 4.3% in morning trading on Tuesday as Bank of America analyst Michael McGovern initiated coverage of the stock with a Sell rating with the lowest price target on the Street of $14.
The analyst was bearish on the stock as he believes that the ridesharing company’s “smaller scale” will “create unique challenges in its post-pandemic recovery, including share losses.”
McGovern pointed out that while Lyft had stated that its rides were up 4% month-over-month in July, considering that July had one extra day, it implied that “normalized” growth in ridesharing was only 1%. The analyst believes that Lyft’s close competitor, Uber (UBER) outpaced the company in July.
What is the Forecast For Lyft Stock?
Wall Street analysts are cautiously optimistic about Lyft with a Moderate Buy consensus rating from Wall Street analysts based on 13 Buys and 10 Holds.
Lyft’s average stock prediction of $32.11 implies 130.2% upside potential. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/lyft-nasdaq-lyft-stock-down-as-bofa-analyst-rates-the-stock-a-sell | 2022-09-06T18:21:35Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/lyft-nasdaq-lyft-stock-down-as-bofa-analyst-rates-the-stock-a-sell | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of English Premier League heavyweight Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) continue to trend upwards today after reports that its current owner- the Glazer Family is looking to sell the club for £3.75 billion.
The development comes after earlier reports that the current owners were not looking to hand over control. Nonetheless, initial talks on potential new investors have been held and the nearly $4.3 billion minimum price tag has been set for a complete takeover.
While fans have continued to protest since the beginning of the new season, the Mirror reports Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Dubai as potential suitors.
The Glazer Family had acquired Manchester United in 2005 for £790 million.
Is MANU a Good Buy?
Jefferies’ Randal Konik, the lone analyst tracking MANU, has reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a price target of $17 which implies a 16.04% potential upside.
Additionally, our data indicate the number of investor portfolios on TipRanks holding MANU stock has surged by 13.5% in the past 30 days alone. This indicates a very positive investor sentiment about MANU.
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I wrote about the dangers of central bank groupthink yesterday and the assendant global theme right now was best summarized by the ECB's Schnable at Jackson Hole:
"Even if we enter a recession, we have little choice but to continue the normalization path ... If there was a de-anchoring of inflation expectations, the effect on the economy would be even worse."
That commentary and similar statements from others convinced economists at Deutsche Bank to make three changes to their ECB call.
The first is raising their call on the terminal rate to 2.50% from 2.00%. Second is eliminating a late-2022 rate-hiking pause at 1.00%, with the top now coming in April as hiking continues. Finally, they anticipate a 75 bps hike on Thursday from 50 bps previously.
"Two things tip the balance towards a larger hike. One is the upside surprise on the flash August HICP print, repeating a pattern and ensuring a large upgrading of ECB staff inflation forecastsin September. The other is the significant minority of Governing Council members asking for a 75bp hike to be on the table. With concerns rising about persistent inflation and rates likely to remain below neutral even after a 75bp hike, the hawkish camp has the momentum."
They note however that it's a close call and specfically cite Lane, Villeroy and Rehn speaking in favor of an 'orderly' or 'steady' pace of hikes.
Arguments in favor of 50 bps include:
- Avoiding a sense of panic
- Inflation data no worse than July
- Upstream price pressures peaking
- Inflation expectations stabilizing
- Inevitable recession
- Electricity market intervention
- Italian political uncertainty
Arguments in favor of 75 bps:
- July's 50 bps hike didn't break anything
- Need to catch up
- Expeditious return to neutral
- Household inflation expectations at a new high
- ECB sensitivity to exchange rates
- Financial conditions not conclusively tight
- Feared second round effects
- Actual vs projected inflation forecast misses
One thing they will also be focused on is a 'substantial' downgrade of the 2023 GDP forecast with Deutche Bank anticipating a forecast of +1.0% growth versus their own forecast of -0.3%. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/preview-ecb-hiking-cycle-to-be-less-sensitive-to-recession-than-thought-75-bps-coming-20220906/ | 2022-09-06T18:23:32Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/preview-ecb-hiking-cycle-to-be-less-sensitive-to-recession-than-thought-75-bps-coming-20220906/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For the past 19 years, the Tatler Schools Guide has provided the definitive and impartial lowdown on the leading independent schools in the UK. Hundreds of visits, interviews and questionnaires later, the guide is curated establishing 250 of the finest schools in the nation – but the question is who from this already elite bunch comes out on top?
Only the Tatler Schools Awards can decide, with nominations from a variety of sources, including public votes. From this the winners are handpicked from a carefully created shortlist, overseen by our expert panel. After a couple of years hosting the awards virtually, head teachers, editors and researchers rubbed shoulders last night at The Langham to celebrate the 2023 guide and award winners. Discover who took home prizes below...
Best Prep School
The best prep school in the land. | https://www.tatler.com/article/here-are-the-winners-of-the-tatler-schools-awards-2023 | 2022-09-06T18:24:14Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/here-are-the-winners-of-the-tatler-schools-awards-2023 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Long has history been intrigued by the infamous House of Medici: the Italian dynasty that held 15th-century Europe in its palm, producing three Popes, numerous rulers of Florence and, later, members of French and English royalty. Netflix first televised the legacy of the family in the 2016 series Medici. Now, streaming service Starz is reimagining the life of one of its most notable offspring, Catherine de’ Medici, in The Serpent Queen. It was this glamorous villainess who inspired the evil queen in Snow White.
Ruthless? Brutal? Vengeful? Breathless in a series of too-tight corsets, 21-year-old actress Liv Hill gives it all as the young Catherine. Gliding through gilt palaces with the ease of royalty, she is every bit the malign, menacing Medici.
The series, airing this month, centres around the life of the Italian-born queen, who married King Henry II of France at 14 years old in the ultimate power union. Thrust into the treacherous waters of the 16th-century French court, Catherine was forced to manage political turbulence alongside the temperamental personality of her husband and his courtiers. | https://www.tatler.com/article/liv-hill-the-serpent-queen-interview | 2022-09-06T18:24:20Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/liv-hill-the-serpent-queen-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CONTACTS:
Audrey Shapiro
856-380-9073
Audrey.Shapiro@FreedomMortgage.com
Ellen Longo
609-678-0968
Ellen.Longo@FreedomMortgage.com
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Rapid Rewards Members who register, book, and fly can earn a limited-time, promotional Companion Pass for travel between January and March 2023
DALLAS, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today announced its promotional Companion Pass® offer is once again back and ready for takeoff. Rapid Rewards® Members who qualify can travel with a Companion valid for unlimited usage from Jan. 4 through March 4, 2023.*
To qualify, Rapid Rewards Members must:
- Act quickly and register for the promotion starting today through Sept. 8, 2022;
- Purchase a Southwest revenue flight (one round trip or two one-ways), starting today through, Sept. 8, 2022;
- Travel on one of those booked reservations from Sept. 6 through Nov. 17, 2022.
Visit Southwest.com® for the full list of terms and conditions.*
"We know that flexibility and ease have become even more important for our Customers, and this offer is a way to remind our Members about the unique benefits of our award-winning Rapid Rewards program," said Jonathan Clarkson, Vice President of Marketing Loyalty & Products at Southwest Airlines. "We're thrilled to bring back this popular offer, making it easier for new and loyal Customers to travel with their special someone."
The Companion Pass is a unique benefit among U.S. airlines and allows qualifying Customers to designate one person to fly with them, free of airline charges (does not include taxes and fees from $5.60 one-way) every time the Customer purchases or redeems points for a flight.*
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The Rapid Rewards program is designed around a simple concept—to make earning reward flights faster and easier. With Rapid Rewards, Members qualify for unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and points don't expire. Customers can create an account to become a Rapid Rewards Member at Southwest.com.
*OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Register for this promotion, then book one round trip or two one-way qualifying Southwest® flights between 8:00 a.m. CT on Sept. 6, 2022, and 11:59 p.m. CT on Sept. 8, 2022, for travel from Sept. 6 to Nov. 17, 2022, (the "promotion period"), and fly during the promotion period to earn a promotional Companion Pass valid for use between Jan. 4 and March 4, 2023.
To register for this promotion, Customers will need to provide their Southwest Rapid Rewards account number at the time of registration. If a Customer does not have a Rapid Rewards account number, they may register for an account by going online to Southwest.com/rapidrewards to become a Member. Rapid Rewards accounts are free. The Member must register for this promotion, book a qualifying Southwest flight between 8:00 a.m. CT on Sept. 6, 2022, and 11:59 p.m. CT on Sept. 8, 2022, for travel during the promotion period, and fly during the promotion period.
Registration must be completed prior to booking and commencement of travel. The offer is valid on new qualifying revenue flights booked between 8:00 a.m. CT on Sept. 6, 2022, and 11:59 p.m. CT on Sept. 8, 2022, for travel during the promotion period and flown within the promotion period. The Member's qualifying flight must be booked through Southwest Airlines between 8:00 a.m. CT on Sept. 6, 2022, and 11:59 p.m. CT on Sept. 8, 2022, for travel that must be completed during the promotion period. The Member's Rapid Rewards account number must be entered at the time of booking the Member's qualifying flight to earn a promotional Companion Pass valid for use between Jan. 4 and March 4, 2023.
A qualifying one-way flight for this promotion is a one-way revenue flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city, including any intermediate stops and/or connections on Southwest Airlines. A qualifying round trip flight for this promotion is a round trip revenue flight on Southwest Airlines from an origin city to a destination city and back to the originating airport or carrier-recognized co-terminal. Valid on new reservations booked within the promotion period only. Travel booked or flown prior to registration for this promotion is not eligible for this promotional Companion Pass offer. Companion Pass, charter flights, reward and group travel, and Southwest Vacations® packages do not qualify as one-way or round trip revenue flights for this promotion. Changes made to any itinerary after the purchase of a one-way or round trip revenue flight may eliminate qualification for this promotion.
The promotional Companion Pass is valid from Jan. 4 to March 4, 2023, and allows Members to designate one person to fly with them, free of airline charges (does not include taxes and fees from $5.60 one-way) on flights purchased by the Member, from Jan. 4 to March 4, 2023, booked through Southwest, and completed between Jan. 4 and March 4, 2023. No Rapid Rewards points or tier or Companion Pass qualifying points will be awarded for flights taken by the Companion when flying on a promotional Companion Pass or Companion Pass reservation. Members may change their designated Companion up to three times while they have a promotional Companion Pass. If they earn Companion Pass in 2023 by earning 125,000 Companion Pass qualifying points or flying 100 qualifying flights, any changes to their designated Companion during the time the Member has a promotional Companion Pass will reduce the number of changes they can make to their designated Companion in the 2023 calendar year. For example, if a Member earns a promotional Companion Pass through this promotion, changes their designated Companion twice during the validity period for promotional Companion Pass, and later in 2023 earns Companion Pass, they would only be able to change their designated Companion one more time in 2023. The Companion Pass is non-transferable.
All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply and can be found at Southwest.com/rrterms. Southwest reserves the right to amend, suspend, or change the Rapid Rewards program and/or Rapid Rewards program rules at any time without notice. Rapid Rewards Members do not acquire property rights in accrued points. The number of points needed for a particular Southwest flight is set by Southwest and will vary depending on destination, time, day of travel, demand, fare type, point redemption rate, and other factors, and is subject to change at any time until the booking is confirmed. ©2022 Southwest Airlines Co.
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Hardin & Associates attorney secures Texas Supreme Court victory in Corpus Christi spa owner's defamation defense
HOUSTON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Supreme Court has closed the books on a defamation case that received national attention, declining to review $300,000 in sanctions and legal fees against the inventor of a consumer health product that sought to muzzle online critics.
Karen Wallace, the owner of Journeyz Spa in Corpus Christi, was sued in 2017 for defamation after posting negative comments on social media about a consumer product known as the FasciaBlaster. Ms. Wallace wrote on a Facebook post that she experienced several unpleasant side effects, including loosened skin and weight gain, after using the FasciaBlaster, a popular massage tool that claims to reduce cellulite and improve joint and circulatory function.
Ms. Wallace's attorney, Ryan Higgins with Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP, won at the trial court and successfully argued on appeal that her comments were a warning to the public and protected free speech under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, a law designed protect free speech and public discourse by deterring so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation, also known as the anti-SLAPP law.
By declining to review an earlier appellate ruling, the action by the Texas Supreme Court upholds an award of roughly $300,000 in sanctions and attorneys' fees secured by the Hardin team against ADB Interests LLC and Ashley Black, the inventors of the FasciaBlaster.
"The courts in this case have ruled repeatedly that Karen Wallace did nothing illegal or wrong, and this is further evidence of that," said Mr. Higgins. "Free speech is one of the most important facets of American democracy, and companies don't get to use the law to muzzle their critics. We're proud to have helped our client successfully defend her business and her good name."
The case is ADB Interest, LLC and Ashley Black v. Karen Wallace and D/B/A/ Journeyz Spa & Products, No. 01-18-00210 in the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas.
Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP has built a solid reputation for taking on the causes of its clients and obtaining favorable results in commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, plaintiffs' personal injury, appellate matters, and general civil and criminal litigation. To learn more about the firm's representative matters, visit https://www.rustyhardin.com/.
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TRI-CITIES, Wash.-
Clear the Shelters, the month-long, nation-wide adoption and donation event wrapped up on August, 31st.
Regionally, over 430 pets in central and eastern Washington and northeast Oregon, found homes
Thanks to all the participating animal shelters and to all who donated funds or adopted a pet. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/clear-the-shelters-helps-430-pets-find-homes/article_3dd360b2-2dfb-11ed-92f9-7f86c4ced5de.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:29Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/clear-the-shelters-helps-430-pets-find-homes/article_3dd360b2-2dfb-11ed-92f9-7f86c4ced5de.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LEWISTON, Id. — Multiple agencies are responding to a 2,000-acre fire called the Jones Fire, around the Jones Creek area, about 50 miles southwest of Lewiston. Although mostly grass is burning, the area is rugged, making it hard for crews to access.
Helicopters have dropped water and air tankers have dropped retardant in the nearby area. A dozer is currently prepping a fireline for backburn.
The Jones Creek fire has been burning since Sunday, September, 4th and is currently zero percent contained.
Fire crews are also fighting the Double Creek fire about 10 miles southeast of Imnaha, Oregon, in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.
The Double Creek fire was started by lightning back on August, 30th, and is burning 53, 539 acres. 580 personnel are fighting the fire, which is currently 0% contained.
Fire restrictions are in place across the forest. Anyone visiting the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest should use fire safety and follow current restrictions. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/update-jones-creek-and-double-creek-fires/article_ccaf30f0-2d96-11ed-b106-736fbafc6139.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:33Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/update-jones-creek-and-double-creek-fires/article_ccaf30f0-2d96-11ed-b106-736fbafc6139.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hazy sunshine and a little warmer today. Morning temperatures in the 50s-60s, low 80s by noon and afternoon highs in the upper 80s-low 90s.
High pressure will dominate our weather through Wednesday with hazy sunshine and hotter temperatures. Despite fires across the Pacific Northwest our air quality will remain good with pockets of moderate over the next few days. One exception, far northeast Oregon where the Double Creek and Jones Creek fires are producing unhealthy air quality because of the smoke.
A cold front will move onshore tomorrow morning increasing the pressure gradient east of the Cascades by midafternoon. This will produce breezy to windy conditions with gusts 25-35 mph through Wednesday night. As a result, fire danger will be high tomorrow and Red Flag Warnings/Fire Weather Watches have been issued across the Pacific Northwest.
Red Flag Warning - WA/OR Cascades, WA/OR Blues, Central OR, North Central and Northeast WA, ID Panhandle
- Wednesday Afternoon-Night
- Gusts 25-35 MPH
- Rapid Fire Spread
- No Outdoor Burning
- Be Firewise
Fire Weather Watch - Yakima/Kittitas Valleys, Columbia Basin, Foothills and Columbia River Gorge
- Wednesday Afternoon-Night
- Gusts 20-30 MPH
- Rapid Fire Spread
- No Outdoor Burning
There is a slight chance for a stray thunderstorm or showers overnight Wednesday in the mountains with the cold front. Cooler air arrives Thursday with highs in the low-mid 80s and lows in the 40s-50s through Friday. Another little warmup this weekend with sunshine and highs in the mid 80s-low 90s. Models are suggesting another weather system next Tuesday with a slight chance for a few showers and highs in the 80s. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/hazy-sunshine-and-fire-danger/article_611f9458-2e07-11ed-a58e-578238c0c7a7.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:37Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/hazy-sunshine-and-fire-danger/article_611f9458-2e07-11ed-a58e-578238c0c7a7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENNEWICK, Wash.-
Around 10:37 p.m. Monday Kennewick Police responded to reports of a vehicle hitting a home in the 300 block of W. 27th Avenue.
Officers arrived to find that the vehicle had also caught fire and the Kennewick Fire Department responded.
According to a KFD press release, the residents were not home at the time of the crash.
Fire crews quickly put the car fire out and prevented it from spreading to the home.
There were two people in the car when it crashed. One was evaluated and released at the scene. The driver of the car was treated for minor injuries and arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI). | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/car-hits-home-catches-fire-in-kennewick/article_9eddfdba-2de5-11ed-87c3-83cec76f7c54.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:37Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/car-hits-home-catches-fire-in-kennewick/article_9eddfdba-2de5-11ed-87c3-83cec76f7c54.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New COVID-19 vaccines available in Chicago starting this week
CHICAGO - The city is rolling out two updated vaccines for COVID-19, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday.
Both are designed specifically to target the Omicron subvariants, and have received final approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
The vaccines will be available this week to city residents, provided they already have completed the primary series of vaccinations, the mayor and the Chicago Department of Public Health announced at a Tuesday news conference.
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"Today, we are taking a new step to ensure every resident can continue to be protected against COVID-19 and all of its subvariants," Lightfoot was quoted as saying in a statement issued by her office. "This updated vaccine is critical to our ongoing fight against this pandemic and will help to keep our residents and their communities as healthy as possible."
A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Youngrae Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images / Getty Images)
She was joined at the news conference by Dr. Allison Arwady, the city’s health commissioner.
"This is big news. These updated vaccines will be a huge help in our efforts to get ahead of the virus this fall and protect residents from the strains we see in Chicago and across the nation right now," Arwady was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the mayor’s office. "These vaccines are the best possible match to the variants currently circulating, which may not be true a few months down the line, so I urge everyone who is eligible to get yours as soon as possible."
The new vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, are "bivalent boosters." That means they mix two versions of the vaccine. The idea is to boost protection against the original coronavirus strain while also protecting against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
The Pfizer version is available to ages 12 and up. The Moderna version is for people ages 18 and older.
The city already has been allocated about 150,000 doses of the updated vaccines, with more to come.
To find a vaccination site, check vaccines.gov, a free online service, or call the city’s COVID-19 call center: 312-746-4835.
More than 130 pharmacy locations in Chicago are expected to receive the updated vaccine this week. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-covid-19-vaccines-available-in-chicago-starting-this-week | 2022-09-06T18:29:43Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/new-covid-19-vaccines-available-in-chicago-starting-this-week | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PASCO, Wash.-
The Pasco Fire Department responded to an early morning residential structure fire at 8103 Spieden Drive Tuesday morning.
Fire crews arrived to find a garage on fire.
According to the Fire Department, the residents of the home, a mother, her child, and a dog, all got out of the home safely.
The fire was contained to the garage, but the home did sustain smoke damage.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/garage-burns-in-pasco/article_9433605a-2de8-11ed-b343-df1b6b109ef8.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:43Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/garage-burns-in-pasco/article_9433605a-2de8-11ed-b343-df1b6b109ef8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRANDVIEW, Wash.-
The Grandview Museum Board has commissioned Muralist Larelle Michener to create a mural on the west side of the museum.
Michener will begin painting on Tuesday, September, 6th. Her mural will recreate a once familiar scene from a long-standing billboard in Grandview.
The new mural will depict Grandview "Where industry and Agriculture meet."
Michener's work is dependent on the weather and light conditions. The museum will be open while the mural is being painted. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/grandview-museum-getting-new-mural-of-familiar-scene/article_872e6ea4-2e01-11ed-81af-4769d5aa7610.html | 2022-09-06T18:29:49Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/grandview-museum-getting-new-mural-of-familiar-scene/article_872e6ea4-2e01-11ed-81af-4769d5aa7610.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, WA - Sheltered homelessness in Yakima is almost at the same level as it was before the pandemic, but unsheltered homelessness in Yakima County is still high.
According to the Yakima County Annual Point and Time Count Report in 2022 554 households were experiencing homelessness, which increased by 2% from the following year. 1 in 3 households was experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
"It's not a place that I would recommend for any human being on the planet," said Jose Gamboa, a person who once experience homelessness.
Yakima County is the second largest county in Washington State mileage wise according to Employment Security Department.
The point and time report from Washington State also shows that Yakima County has one of the higher populations of homelessness as of right now.
"It's not safe to sleep out there, especially for a woman," said Bobbi Smith a person who once experienced homelessness. "I mean there's a lot of situations that I've been in it's dangerous out there it's not fair, life is not fair out there."
The number of people in Yakima County experiencing homelessness increased by 3.6% in 2022 from 2021, according to the report on page 11.
In 2021, the unsheltered population increased from 2020 by 75% and in 2022 it decreased by 4.7%.
Even though it decreased slightly, the unsheltered population in Yakima County is still showing drastic numbers higher than the sheltered homelessness population.
"Being on the street is really hard," said Mike Johnson, CEO of Union Gospel Mission. "If you've grown up abused your first question isn't where I going to stay tonight? It's where am I going to eat?"
The Executive Director of the Yakima Greenway Kellie Connaughton told me there is an outreach from homeless shelters she sees every day at the greenway but many people refuse help.
"On a daily basis outreach folks from union gospel mission, camp hope, neighborhood health, sunrise outreach are always communicating with these folks," said Connaughton. "But the fact of the matter is some of these folks along the greenway or in the park are folks that just refuse services or don't want to go into any kind of organized shelter whatsoever because there are rules."
Johnson told me when he does outreach, he sees a mixture of reasons why people don't come into shelters.
"What we see out on the street is a mixture of folks that have active problems with drugs or untreated mental health problems," he said. "They don't have a family safety net and so when they fall there's nobody to catch 'em."
One of the issues Connaughton told me she hears a lot is when people come to the greenway in Yakima and see people camping in the park, they feel unsafe.
"I don't know that we'll ever be able to eliminate that but I do want to make sure that our community understands that it doesn't make the greenway any less safe or any less enjoyable," she said.
One thing I heard from both the CEO of Union Gospel Mission and the Executive Director of the Greenway for having a solution for the unsheltered homeless population isn't just a single organization's responsibility, it has to be a community effort.
"Our community has got to have some big conversations that they need to have," said Connaughton. "They're going to have some tough conversations to see if we can get to the root of how to make this situation better for everybody."
It is important to mention, that the point and time count based on the outreach count relies on the visibility of those who may be sleeping outside or in their vehicles.
The report does say this does not provide a definite answer to exactly how many people in the county are experiencing homelessness but it does give a good idea of what is going on.
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Two men shot in West Lawn alley
CHICAGO - Two men were shot and wounded in an alley Tuesday morning in the West Lawn neighborhood.
The men, 26 and 34, were standing in the alley around 10:13 a.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and two gunmen got out and started shooting in the 1200 block of South Tripp Avenue, police said.
Both victims were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 34-year-old was shot twice in the back and once in his leg and was listed in serious condition, police said.
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The 26-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his ankle and was listed in good condition, officials said.
No one is in custody as Area Four detectives investigate. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-men-shot-in-west-lawn-alley | 2022-09-06T18:29:55Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/two-men-shot-in-west-lawn-alley | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WEST RICHLAND, Wash.-
The City of West Richland will have new hours at the Municipal Services building and the Police Department, starting Tuesday, September, 6th, 2022.
The Municipal Services Lobby and the Police Department Lobby will be open Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/west-richland-municipal-services-have-new-hours/article_9d8bc566-2df7-11ed-a959-0b3b8b92b539.html | 2022-09-06T18:30:01Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/west-richland-municipal-services-have-new-hours/article_9d8bc566-2df7-11ed-a959-0b3b8b92b539.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Flameless candles, also commonly referred to as battery-operated candles, are a great alternative to traditional wick candles. Rather than lighting the wick with a match or lighter, you simply flick a switch or push a button. Not only can kids “light” them, but you don’t have to worry about any fire risk from one getting knocked over or forgotten about.
Flameless candles are also incredibly convenient. You can take them camping or use them on your windowsills or out on your deck. The flickering light of the LED flame makes the candles look realistic without any fear of hot wax dripping.
If you haven’t seen a battery-operated candle in several years, you might be surprised at how much more realistic they’ve become. Some flameless candles are made out of natural wax with light produced from battery-powered LED bulbs.
Right now, you can find a set of three battery-operated candles on Amazon on sale for $20.97, marked down 31% from $29.99.
The set of three Comenzar Flickering Candles comes highly recommended with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars. Several users enjoyed operating the candles with remote control and liked the shut-off timer. Constructed from real wax made to emulate birch bark, the candles come in three sizes (4-inch, 5-inch and 6-inch, all 3.25-inch in diameter) and can be operated using a remote control with a timer. Power the candles on for as long as you’d like.
Each bulb can provide 50,000 hours of light over its lifetime. The expected life of the three AAA batteries should provide 150 hours of high-strength continuous glow at a time.
These flameless candles would work well for holidays, home decor, birthdays and table decorations. If you use them outside, you won’t need to worry about the wind extinguishing the flame.
Reviewer Debra G. said they look real.
“Love these candles!” she wrote. “No worries about kids and pets knocking over. Flickers like a real candle.” She said she’s already purchased this set as gifts for friends.
Marsha N. was equally excited about this candle set.
“They look so real,” she wrote. “My sister-in-law got a set and I immediately ordered a set.”
Linda F. forgot they weren’t truly “lit.”
“They are so real that when I reach for something I go higher thinking I will get burned,” she said. “No soot and very soothing. I bought a second set already.”
One thing to be cautious of is not leaving these candles out in the sun. One woman left them on her screened porch and they melted from the heat.
Do you see this candle set bringing a warm and inviting atmosphere to your home?
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — This year, WTXL and the Scripps Howard Fund will partner with John G. Riley Elementary School and Garrison Pilcher Elementary to reach underserved children living in poverty, with a special focus on the critical kindergarten through third grade years when children are still learning to read.
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In preparation of the spooky season, one company is providing an opportunity for one horror movie fan to earn money just by watching 13 Stephen King movies.
USDish.com is rewarding one detailed-oriented candidate $1300 to watch 13 of Stephen King's scariest films, for the third year in a row. The company encourages the participant to log their experience on a report and to share whether they will take on the "scare" job solo or with one other individual.
The movies to be watched include:
- "Carrie" (original or 2013 remake)
- "Christine"
- "Creepshow"
- "Cujo"
- "Doctor Sleep"
- "Firestarter" (original or 2022 remake)
- "It" (original or 2017 remake)
- "It Chapter Two"
- "Misery"
- "The Mist"
- "Pet Sematory" (original or 2019 remake)
- "Salem's Lot"
- "The Shining"
The participant will be provided with a Fitbit to track their heart rate while watching the spooky films and a survival kit which consists of a blanket, candy, popcorn and Stephen King paraphernalia to "set the stage for what is sure to be a terrifying experience", according to USDish.com.
No degree is necessary and no drug test nor background check will be performed but applicants must be 18 years or older and a US citizen or permanent resident.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 16.
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In preparation of the spooky season, one company is providing an opportunity for one horror movie fan to earn money just by watching 13 Stephen King movies.
USDish.com is rewarding one detailed-oriented candidate $1300 to watch 13 of Stephen King's scariest films, for the third year in a row. The company encourages the participant to log their experience on a report and to share whether they will take on the "scare" job solo or with one other individual.
The movies to be watched include:
- "Carrie" (original or 2013 remake)
- "Christine"
- "Creepshow"
- "Cujo"
- "Doctor Sleep"
- "Firestarter" (original or 2022 remake)
- "It" (original or 2017 remake)
- "It Chapter Two"
- "Misery"
- "The Mist"
- "Pet Sematory" (original or 2019 remake)
- "Salem's Lot"
- "The Shining"
The participant will be provided with a Fitbit to track their heart rate while watching the spooky films and a survival kit which consists of a blanket, candy, popcorn and Stephen King paraphernalia to "set the stage for what is sure to be a terrifying experience", according to USDish.com.
No degree is necessary and no drug test nor background check will be performed but applicants must be 18 years or older and a US citizen or permanent resident.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 16.
For more information or to apply, visit USDish.com. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/get-paid-to-watch-13-stephen-king-films-by-halloween | 2022-09-06T18:35:38Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/get-paid-to-watch-13-stephen-king-films-by-halloween | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
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.wtxl.com/news/national/bed-bath-beyonds-stock-slumps-following-cfos-death | 2022-09-06T18:35:57Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/bed-bath-beyonds-stock-slumps-following-cfos-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A new exhibit is on display at the Jewish Cultural Center with a special post-pandemic theme.
"I wanted to have a theme that talked about how people were going from the darkness of Covid or a darkness in their lives to a celebratory light kind of feeling," Ann Treadwell, the program director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga said.
Out of Darkness Into Light is the main theme of the new exhibit at the Jewish Cultural Center. Treadwell said over two-hundred pieces came in after soliciting artists.
Thirty-six artists are represented along with two collectors.
"The first time I solicited for artists, we had to shut down for Covid immediately thereafter so there was no exhibit, the second time I solicited artists, things were going along and we had to shut down again because we chose to renovate the facility to make it more energy efficient," She said.
She said the exhibit is a perfect display of what the world is going through during the pandemic and how the community found the light.
"The exhibit really is about all sorts of ways that we find likeness out of the feelings of darkness. Sometimes it's psychological sometimes it's philosophical, sometimes it's religious," She said.
Some pieces showcase this theme because of the story that goes along with them. One piece of the exhibit is a Renoir piece.
"There is an original Renoir in the exhibit. It was a piece that was owned during the Holocaust in WWII by a Jewish family and was taken by the family by the Nazis," She said.
The family recovered it post World War II and after the last of the family members died, it was purchased at auction and is now held in trust by a member of the Chattanooga community.
"The piece is actually a happy piece. It's about a sunny fun afternoon, but um, the story behind it is what represents out of darkness into light," She said.
Treadwell encourages the community to visit the exhibit and says she wants the community to know the Jewish Cultural Center and the services of the Jewish Federation are open to everyone regardless of religious affiliation. | https://www.local3news.com/a-new-exhibit-displays-strength-after-dark-times/article_ab341eae-2de6-11ed-9f7e-5b19c6cfb67f.html | 2022-09-06T18:36:09Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/a-new-exhibit-displays-strength-after-dark-times/article_ab341eae-2de6-11ed-9f7e-5b19c6cfb67f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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.
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Several agencies responded to Mowbray Mountain on Monday night to save an injured hiker.
It happened around 7:15pm at Paradise Falls off Barker Camp Road.
Officials say a 60-year-old woman fell and hurt herself after slipping on some rocks.
Crews were able to find the victim at around 9:00pm.
Crews got her out of the woods about an hour later using a stretcher and ATV to drive her to an ambulance.
She was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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UPDATE: Two people died in a small plane crash Monday evening, officials have confirmed.
Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson confirms a Cessna 182-P single engine plane with two people onboard crashed near the Bradley County/Polk County line, deep in the woods.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the plane was one of four owned by Mountain Flyers, a club based in North Carolina.
According to Flightaware, the plane took off from Clarksdale, Mississippi and was supposed to land in Ashville, North Carolina.
A debris field "about 200 yards" long was found, according to Bradley County PIO Adam Lewis, who said the crash was difficult to find.
The cause of the crash and the names of the victims have not been released at this time.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
Stay with the Local 3 News app for updates to this developing story.
PREVIOUS STORY: The Bradley County Sheriff's Office is responding to a small plane crash on Monday evening.
It happened around 5:30pm in the Ocoee area.
Sheriff Steve Lawson confirms the crash and says crews are just arriving at the scene near the Polk County line.
Details are limited at this time.
Injuries, if any, as well as the cause of the crash are unknown.
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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.wtxl.com/news/national/flower-recycling-spreads-joy-to-those-in-need | 2022-09-06T18:36:15Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/flower-recycling-spreads-joy-to-those-in-need | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After a week of little to no water pressure, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Jackson residents should have normal water pressure.
Heavy rain caused the city’s aging water system to crumble. The result was people did not have water for cooking, drinking, taking showers and other purposes.
Despite the announcement from the governor, the city is still under a boil advisory. The city said residents should boil water for cooking and brushing their teeth. Officials said Monday that two more water samples are needed before lifting the boil advisory.
Even with water pressure returning to normal, Reeves said future issues are to be expected.
“We know that it is always possible that there will be more severe challenges. This system broke over several years, and it would be inaccurate to claim it is totally solved over a week,” Reeves said. “We know how to respond, and we can do so effectively. We have the personnel in place today to prevent as many issues as possible, while understanding that a week of repairs does not eliminate every risk. There may be more bad days in the future.”
A handful of water distribution sites remained open on Tuesday.
The crisis also prompted President Joe Biden to declare a federal emergency, which allowed for national resources to address the water shortage. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jackson-mississippis-water-crisis-coming-to-an-end-nearly-a-week-later | 2022-09-06T18:36:21Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jackson-mississippis-water-crisis-coming-to-an-end-nearly-a-week-later | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It looks like Jake from State Farm won't need to worry about protecting his home from burglars. The insurance giant announced a big investment in home security company ADT Tuesday. Shares of ADT soared more than 14% on the news in early trading.
State Farm is making a $1.2 billion investment in ADT, a deal that will give State Farm a 15% stake in the company. State Farm is buying ADT shares at a price of $9, a nearly 25% premium to where the stock closed on Friday.
State Farm also said it will commit $300 million specifically to help fund product innovation and marketing.
"These new and expanded partnerships represent another bold step forward for our company and provide ADT more avenues to grow our customer base, strengthen brand loyalty and lower customer acquisition costs," said ADT president and CEO Jim DeVries in a press release.
State Farm Chief Operating Officer Paul Smith added in the release that the deal with ADT "gives State Farm the opportunity to provide smart home technology that takes us from our 'repair and replace' model to a 'predict and prevent' mindset." Smith will join ADT's board as part of the investment.
Tech giant Google is also expanding an existing partnership with ADT and is putting in an additional $150 million for connected home investments. Google parent Alphabet owns the Nest smart home brand of thermostats and other connected products. Google bought a 6% stake in ADT back in 2020.
"A smart home should take care of the people in it while also helping to make sure they are protected and safe," said Rishi Chandra, vice president and general manager of Google Nest, in the statement. "Our work with ADT is building the next generation of smart home security solutions."
The State Farm and Google deals also have the blessing of ADT's majority shareholder, private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
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President Joe Biden will urge his Cabinet secretaries on Tuesday to "swiftly implement" key legislation, seizing another opportunity to tout his administration's legislative successes just two months before the midterm elections.
Tuesday's meeting, the first time the Cabinet has assembled since March, comes as his administration moves to implement laws that were passed during the summer months, including bills aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production and the climate, health care and tax bill.
"This afternoon, the President will direct the Cabinet to swiftly implement the legislation he signed into law and make more in America, lower costs for families, and create good-paying jobs. Members of the Cabinet will discuss steps they are taking to administer the manufacturing investments in the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and clean energy tax credits and incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act," a White House official said.
The official noted that Biden will "also receive an update on the Administration's response to the Dobbs decision and protecting reproductive rights," which comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The President has taken a series of executive actions, but additional options remain limited as the White House encourages Congress to codify the landmark abortion ruling, which does not currently have the 60 votes necessary to pass.
Biden is convening top officials at the White House as he has ramped up campaign trail appearances outside Washington in recent days, traveling to the battleground state of Pennsylvania three times in the past week in addition to a Labor Day visit to Wisconsin. The final nine-week sprint to the midterm elections has kicked off in earnest, and Biden has embraced in-person politicking, touting his successes while also casting Republicans as "extreme" as he seeks to frame the 2022 contests as a choice between Democratic policies and former President Donald Trump's threats to democracy.
That's a strategy that comes as the Biden administration rides fair winds following a spate of positive headlines over the summer. In addition to the semiconductor chip bill and climate, tax and infrastructure law, Congress passed a bill aimed at shoring up protections for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service, as well as gun safety legislation in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. Gas prices have also moderated somewhat since record highs in June.
The meeting comes as the administration outlined its implementation plans for the CHIPS bill, detailing key goals before applications for the $50 billion program open early next year.
A strategy released by the Department of Commerce Tuesday details four key goals for what it's calling the "CHIPS for America" program: to "establish and expand domestic production" of semiconductors, to "build a sufficient and stable supply of mature node semiconductors," to invest in research and development for semiconductor technology, and to create "tens of thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs and more than hundred thousand construction jobs."
Guidance on how to apply for the program will be released "by early February 2023," with awards and loans "made on a rolling basis" next year.
Approximately $28 billion of the funding will go toward domestic chip production, which will be spent via "grants or cooperative agreements, or to subsidize loans or loan guarantees," the Department of Commerce said.
It will also help boost capacity for other "mature and current-generation chips, new and specialty technologies, and for semiconductor industry suppliers" with a $10 billion investment.
And the administration will spend $11 billion on research and development initiatives, including "a National Semiconductor Technology Center, a National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program, up to three new Manufacturing USA Institutes, and in NIST metrology research and development programs."
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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.”
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In the spring of 2020, Abhinand Keshamouni was stuck at home in a suburb west of Detroit. The pandemic had driven his high school classes online, and he fretted about the state of the country.
But at 16 and too young to vote, he felt powerless to change anything -- until an ad flashed on the TV screen for Power the Polls, a new group recruiting poll workers. "I thought, 'That's my answer,' " Keshamouni recalled recently.
During the August primary election that year, he found himself staffing a precinct at a Detroit middle school, largely by himself because of the poll worker crunch, he said. And as voters raced to cast their ballots before heading to their jobs, "it made me realize that not everyone has the same time and opportunities to vote," he said.
This year, Keshamouni -- now 19 and a rising sophomore at the University of Michigan -- is back at it again, planning to work the polls in the Detroit area in November. And so is Power the Polls, which was launched by a coalition of nonprofit organizations and business groups and helped recruit some 700,000 poll workers across the country during the 2020 election to address pandemic-related shortages.
As the fall election season heats up, state and local officials and nonprofits are stepping up their efforts to find a new crop of workers for the midterms. The recruitment drives come as partisan divisions have grown and election officials continue to endure threats and harassment.
About 1 in 5 election workers included in a survey released earlier this year by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice said they were likely to leave their jobs before the 2024 presidential election. About a third of that group cited false political attacks on the election system as the top reason their departure.
Aging workforce
An estimated 1 million temporary workers are needed each election, said Jane Slusser, program manager at Power the Polls.
And while there's no central database on poll worker needs around the country, election experts say it's always a scramble to find enough people -- particularly as the current cohort of poll workers steps away from these jobs.
Most poll workers traditionally are older than 61, according to the US Election Assistance Commission.
"Every election, big or small, election officials across the country struggle to find poll workers to help staff voting locations, process and tabulate ballots, and perform other important duties," Meagan Wolfe, the president of the National Association of State Election Directors and administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, said in a recent statement.
Power the Polls officials say they have recruited more than 50,000 potential poll workers since they relaunched their campaign in May and are focused on filling gaps in nearly two dozen states.
"We are seeing shortages again," Slusser said. "Folks who have been doing it for 40 years are starting to hang up their hats. We're also seeing that there's a lack of awareness that this is an issue. In presidential years, people think a lot about elections. In midterm elections, people think less about this."
Election officials are particularly interested in finding bilingual workers, those who know American Sign Language and people with basic tech skills -- such as familiarity with operating an iPad or a tablet, Slusser said.
"The machine you vote on today looks very different than the one you voted on 20 years ago or 10 years ago," she added.
Wanted: lawyers, veterans
Other recruitment efforts are under way.
The American Bar Association, for instance, has teamed up with the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors to encourage lawyers, law students and other legal professionals to serve as poll workers.
And Vet the Vote, a new organization launched in May, focuses on drawing veterans and family members of active-duty military personnel into the poll worker pool.
Ellen Gustafson, who is married to a naval officer and is one of the group's leaders, said the organization wants to "normalize" the notion of veterans committing to work the polls as part of their return to civilian life.
"This is where vets can feel they are using their skills and talents for America again," she said.
Vet the Vote hopes to eventually recruit some 100,000 poll workers so that veterans will make up about 10% of the Election Day standing workforce in the years ahead. Right now, the group is signing up about 50 people a day and has teamed up with the NFL to promote the recruitment drive at fall football games.
"We want to see a diverse population of Americans step into this role, and we want to see this not become a crisis every generation when the next one ages out," Gustafson added.
Back in Michigan, Keshamouni is busy with his own personal recruitment campaign.
His mother, Shyamala, has followed his lead to work the polls. He's now trying to persuade his friends to sign up this fall -- though it's not always an easy sell.
"For kids my age, it sounds like a very boring job," he said. But, as a "'poll worker, you can help people get in and out of the polling place quicker. You are making a difference."
How to help
Qualifications vary by state, but here are resources to learn more about the job and how to sign up:
The US Election Assistance Commission: https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote
Vet the Vote: https://vetthe.vote/
Power the Polls: https://www.powerthepolls.org/
National Association of Secretaries of State: https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote/become-a-poll-worker
News updates
It's been a busy few weeks on the voting rights front in some key swing states.
Wisconsin: In the battleground state of Wisconsin, a federal judge recently sided with a group of disabled voters and ordered election clerks to allow friends and family members of voters with disabilities to turn in ballots on their behalf -- despite a July state Supreme Court ruling that said voters must return their own ballots in person.
The Badger State has been a hotbed of election conspiracy theories ever since President Joe Biden flipped it in 2020. And now, one conservative activist has been charged with election fraud -- after he requested other voters' absentee ballots in a widely publicized effort to expose what he says are vulnerabilities in the state's election system.
Michigan: Recent 2-2 partisan deadlocks on Michigan's state canvassing board over certain hot-button ballot initiatives are raising alarms among some voting rights activists.
The two Republicans on the board voted against allowing initiatives on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights and expand voting access -- despite the Michigan Bureau of Elections recommending certification.
Groups pushing the ballot measures have appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court, where Democrats have a 4-3 majority. But the deadlocked votes have thrown a spotlight on the once-obscure state board that also must certify election results in November.
In 2020, one Republican then on the board, Aaron Van Langevelde, withstood partisan pressure and joined Democrats in certifying Biden's win in the state -- narrowly averting a crisis. The other Republican abstained.
Both have since been replaced.
Nevada: As we've reported, the Nevada secretary of state's office has issued regulations for hand-counting ballots in November's election after certain rural county commissioners raised doubts about voting machines. Critics say hand-counting ballots could lead to chaos and delays. Last week, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada sued in an attempt to block the regulations.
CNN's Kyung Lah recently caught up with Jim Marchant, the Republican nominee for Nevada secretary of state, and other figures in the state's hand-counting push. It's worth a watch.
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- This Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about federal election regulators dismissing a complaint that a Republican congressional candidate improperly used campaign funds to attend a rally before the January 6 insurrection.
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A manhunt is underway for one of two brothers suspected in a mass stabbing that left 10 dead and 18 injured across multiple locations in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The attacks on Sunday -- which rattled the Canadian nation and put the province of Saskatchewan on edge -- spanned 13 crime scenes in an Indigenous community and a nearby rural village, according to authorities.
Less than three hours after the first attack was reported, authorities identified the suspects as brothers Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson.
On Monday morning, Damien Sanderson, 31, was found dead on the James Smith Cree Nation in a "heavily grassed area" near a house, police said.
His injuries were not believed to be self-inflicted, said Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, adding that the exact cause of death would be determined by the Saskatchewan coroner's office.
His 30-year-old brother is still at large and considered "armed and dangerous," Blackmore said. The man has a "lengthy criminal record" and had warrants out for his arrest before the stabbings, she said.
Police warned that Myles Sanderson may also be injured and might try to seek medical attention, but did not provide further details on why they believe he might be hurt.
"We do have strong reason to believe that he has sustained some injuries. We're not exactly sure what those injuries are," Blackmore said.
Although still at large, Myles Sanderson was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and breaking and entering into a residence.
One of the victims was identified as Gloria Burns, a first responder, according to Reuters. She was responding to a crisis call when she was caught up in the violence and killed, her brother Darryl Burns told Reuters, though the agency didn't say if the call was related to the stabbings.
"She was butchered," her brother Ivor Burns said to Reuters.
Police believe suspect was in the city of Regina
The suspects were believed to be traveling in a black Nissan Rogue with a Saskatchewan license plate that was reported seen with two people inside on Sunday in Regina, a city more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of the James Smith Cree Nation, according to police.
Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said that while the lead on the car was already "stale," it remained the most recent reliable information police had and "we are still operating under the impression that Myles is in the city of Regina."
The vehicle still hadn't been found and Bray said it's unknown who else was in the car if it wasn't Damien.
"Is it possible that they're no longer in this community? It is possible but we don't have any information to disprove or point us either way," Bray said.
Blackmore said police haven't established a motive for the attacks, and there's still no word on the type of weapon that was used. "It takes a significant amount of resources to process 13 crime scenes," she said.
"There's a lot of anxiety in our province right now in our communities and throughout the country," Bray said. "And so we need to start the healing process and until we can make this arrest that isn't going to happen."
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the stabbings "horrific and heartbreaking."
"I am shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks today in James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan, that claimed the lives of 10 people and injured many more," Trudeau said in a statement.
Few details have been released about the brothers. Myles Sanderson, who remains at large, stands about 6 foot 1 inch tall and weighs 240 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
It remains unclear if he was involved in the death of Damien Sanderson, according to police.
"It is an investigative avenue that we are following up on, but we can't say that definitively at this point," Blackmore said.
How the attacks unfolded
Investigators on Monday were trying to piece together the order in which the attacks took place. Blackmore said the stabbings didn't necessarily happen in the order that the calls came in and it's unclear if the brothers are suspected of carrying out the attacks at the same time.
The first stabbing was reported on the James Smith Cree Nation at 5:40 a.m. local time, and several more calls came in minutes later about stabbings at other locations, police said.
The James Smith Cree Nation has a population of around 3,400 people with about 1,800 members who live on the reservation, according to its website.
By 9:45 a.m., authorities reported victims in multiple locations, including one in the village of Weldon, and that some victims may have been attacked randomly.
In total, 28 people were wounded, including 10 who died.
Helicopter crews took some victims to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon while others were brought to local hospitals by ground ambulances. Police said there may be additional injured people who took themselves to the various hospitals.
The victims included men and women in different age groups, some of whom were apparently targeted while others may have been attacked randomly, according to Blackmore.
Police have not released information on victims' conditions and identities, but said the youngest was in their early 20s.
About three hours after the first stabbing was reported, authorities identified the suspects as the Sanderson brothers and told the public that they were driving the black Nissan Rogue SUV.
Around noon, an alert was sent out reporting that the suspect vehicle had been seen by a driver on Arcola Avenue in Regina and told the public in Regina to shelter in place.
It wasn't until the next morning that Damien Sanderson was found dead.
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Using an antenna to watch free OTA TV and selecting some streaming services can be an effective way to trim your monthly bills. But with dozens of streaming services available, you can end up doling out hundreds of dollars only to watch a handful of movies and shows if you aren’t careful.
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A good day is always special but if your good days come few in... read it as I do a book for one such kind man I never knew before I started living alone in VA when life got harder on purpose with all obstables that always followed as the first thing I ever knew but no ones knew but that the person behind always remained I hope now I’LL meet your face when mine is back with more confidence but no more complains…..God love your face to find What does R. Coveney mean of that his office must ensure children don’t become migrants’ next bur... Mass stabbing suspect Myles Sanders, one of two people accused of fatally stabbing 10 Canadians, was spotted in an Indigenous reserve in Saskatchewan.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police urged residents of the James Smith Cree Nation to remain inside following the spotting. Residents were also told not to approach if they see Sanders.
Sanders’ brother Damien Sanders was found dead on Monday, the CBC reported. Damien Sanders, the other suspect in the mass stabbing incident, died from a wound that did not appear to be self-inflicted, officials said.
In addition to the 10 fatal stabbings, 18 people were wounded on Sunday. Officials said stabbings occurred in 13 different locations. As of Monday, 13 remained hospitalized, the CBC reported.
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More than 50 million people across the American West are under heat alerts Tuesday, as a prolonged heat wave continues to grip the region, prompting record high temperatures and upending daily life.
Californians have been warned to prepare for rolling blackouts and asked to conserve energy. Wildfires have ripped across the state, killing at least four people while consuming thousands of acres and dozens of structures. And a hiker died while others were rescued in Arizona after suffering heat exhaustion.
These are just a handful of the impacts stemming from extreme heat, which scientists say is getting worse because of the human-caused climate crisis. Recent heat records have far outpaced cool records, with more than 300 all-time highs recorded this year, compared to just three all-time cool records.
Extreme heat events are being pushed into unprecedented territory by planet-warming emissions, making the Pacific Northwest's historic 2021 heat wave, for instance, "virtually impossible" without the climate crisis, scientists found.
Here's a look at some of the effects of recent weeks' heat across the West.
Californians brace for rolling blackouts
Residents of the Golden State have been told to prepare for the possibility of power outages as record demand threatens to outstrip the power supply while heat records are broken across the state.
The president of the operator of most of California's power grid urged residents to conserve energy after 4 p.m. during the hours of peak demand, calling the efforts "absolutely essential," per a news release Monday.
Forecasted demand "is at all-time record levels and the potential for rotating outages has increased significantly," said Elliot Mainzer of the California Independent Systems Operator.
The state saw record temperatures Monday, including in Sacramento, which hit 114 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the city's hottest September day on record. San Francisco International Airport hit 97 degrees, another daily record, and that city remains under a heat advisory Tuesday.
Further south, Death Valley could hit 125 degrees Tuesday, which would tie its hottest September temperature on record. (Despite an unofficial reading of an even higher temperature, Death Valley on Friday officially only reached 124 degrees. And its September record is still short of Earth's all-time record for the month: 126 degrees, set in 1950 in Mecca, California.)
If rotating outages occur this week in California, they would likely last at least 40 minutes each before power is restored for the first set of impacted customers and goes out for the next group. Utilities would try to keep outages as short as possible, Mainzer assured customers, but operators anticipate power supply deficits between 400 and 3,400 megawatts between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Overall demand is forecast to hit 51,145 megawatts, higher than the previous record demand of 50,270 megawatts, set in July 2006.
Wildfires kill 4 in California
Persistent heat has helped fuel wildfires across the region this summer, and that remained true this holiday weekend, as fires consumed thousands of acres, sending residents fleeing.
Two people were killed in the Fairview Fire in Riverside County in Southern California, with the fast-moving blaze fueled by parched vegetation. The fire ignited Monday afternoon and quickly burned 2,000 acres, destroying at least seven structures and damaging several more, per Cal Fire, and forcing the evacuations of at least 5,000 homes.
Fire officials have yet to identify those who died in the fire or the circumstances in which they perished.
Meanwhile, two women, ages 66 and 73, died in the Mill Fire in Northern California's Siskiyou County. That fire had burned more than 4,200 acres as of Tuesday morning and destroyed 117 structures. Elsewhere, the Mountain Fire had burned another 11,700 acres.
Prolonged drought has left behind a "huge amount of dead fuel," Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jon Heggie told CNN Sunday, calling the conditions "extremely dangerous."
"All these fires now have receptive fuel beds to burn," he said. "Now, when anything gets started, it has that potential for exponential growth in a short period of time just because everything is so tinder dry."
Arizona hiker dies, five others injured
A group of hikers had to be rescued Monday after they suffered exhaustion while venturing about 40 miles north of Phoenix as temperatures hit 109 degrees -- about six degrees above average, per the National Weather Service.
Tragically, one of the hikers, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said. Five others were treated at the Spur Cross Trailhead.
The group had run out of water and gotten lost, per the Scottsdale Fire Department, which urged would-be hikers to plan ahead, bring water and know the signs of heat exhaustion.
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Tags: bash, csv, for-loop, perlbioperl 4, rdatafilemaker4gv807f\n\nList data.txt of each column'1, x', '-96120.E66'. In loop, set data and compare with new output in rl 119. 2 loop of same value for RNAseq-PE, data from 4 genetical-marker columns to RFLPi5 marker SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — It would be easy to assume that the pace of life always moves about as quickly as the wind in rural Washtenaw County, Michigan, where farm fields far outnumber the number of homes here. But that does not mean the folks who live in this community of 17,000 want everything to move quite that slow, including their internet speeds.
As the owners of Hilltop GreenHouse and Farms in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Denise Prielipp and her husband have spent years dealing with painfully slow internet.
“For years, we had a dial-up Mastercard and Visa machine, if you could only imagine. It was running off a phone line,” Prielipp said sitting in her office overlooking the couple’s farm.
In Washtenaw County, not a lot of internet service providers are clamoring to bring high-speed broadband in.
“Because we’re so sparsely populated that it’s not worth them on the bottom line,” Prielipp said.
So, instead, one man decided to take matters into his own two hands. His name is Jared Mauch.
“You’re out here with the cows and cows have good wifi,” Mauch said.
In his barn, he’s currently storing thousands of feet worth of fiber and conduit cables.
“Before this, I wasn’t really in the construction business,” Mauch admits looking at the massive spools of cable he now owns.
The 46-year-old tech worker is now the foreman of arguably the most critical infrastructure project in his town’s history.
Long before the pandemic, Jared Mauch was already working from home. But his internet could barely keep up. A few years back, he was quoted $50,000 to expand high-speed internet to his rural home. Instead of paying up, he decided to pay it forward to his small town by creating his own fiber internet service provider.
“This area is worth it. We deserve to have the same level of access as someone in the big city,” he said.
Along the way, he’s hooked up neighbors and businesses. In the last three years, this rural internet operation has grown from 30 customers to 73, laying 14 miles of cable across the county.
“It’s an investment in myself. It’s an investment in the local community, and I’m glad they’ve given me that trust,” he noted.
At a time when 19 million Americans still lack access to high-speed internet, this kind of grassroots effort is gaining a good deal of attention.
Mauch recently received a $2 million grant from the federal government to help expand his coverage area. Nationwide, many smaller independent Internet Service Providers are bridging the digital divide. There are 1,410 smaller ISPs nationwide connecting folks where companies like Comcast and AT&T won’t go.
With wifi hot spots now affixed to her greenhouse, Denise Prielipp offers anyone who wants to drive up for a workspace to sit and download or upload files at speeds of more than 1 gig per second. On a recent summer day when the town was without power, anyone who needed to connect to the web was invited to come here and download files among the flowers and herbs.
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(WXYZ) — The White House is confirming President Joe Biden will come to Detroit for the North American International Auto Show on Wednesday, September 14.
Biden was asked about the show during a White House American Rescue Plan event last week. He responded, saying he would be there because he's a "car guy."
President Biden says he'll visit North American International Auto Show
Today's announcement confirms the visit and says Biden will highlight "highlight the electric vehicle manufacturing boom in America."
Biden last visited the North American International Auto Show in January 2017 while still Vice President to Barack Obama. You can see our report on that visit below:
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The classical music world is mourning the death of pianist and conductor Lars Vogt who died Sept. 5. According to his representatives, Vogt died "surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer."
Born in Duren, Germany, in 1970, Vogt's career soared after he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition. He went on to perform as a solo artist with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra and NHK Symphony Orchestra. He was a guest conductor for numerous orchestras. In 2020, he became music director of Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
As an educator, Vogt founded Rhapsody in School, an initiative to bring classical performers into classrooms throughout Germany and Austria.
"The musical world is devastated by the passing of the wonderful pianist and friend," tweeted Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, "Just days ago, we were texting each other hoping to meet. I wish we'd had the time. Tonight, we listened to him, keeping him in our hearts. We'll never forget you, dear Lars. "
"Music is such an amazing thing," Vogt told pianist Zsolt Bognár on his program Living The Classical Life, "In music, you get transported into this world where you forget everything."
Bognár started a fundraiser for Vogt's family.
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The Sherwin-Williams store at 5871 S. Transit Road, Lockport, is open again for business, the company announced Tuesday. Curbside pickup of orders called in or placed online is at the back door.
The store was closed on Monday after an SUV smashed through the front of the store about 10:30 a.m.
According to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, a 2016 Chevy Traverse drove through the front door, front window and brick wall. The driver told deputies that she was pulling into a parking spot and hit the brakes but the vehicle would not stop. The driver was taken to Erie County Medical Center for evaluation. No one inside the store reported any injuries. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/sherwin-williams-store-reopened/article_ddc406c8-2d59-11ed-8d9a-ef5db702bd0c.html | 2022-09-06T18:42:21Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/sherwin-williams-store-reopened/article_ddc406c8-2d59-11ed-8d9a-ef5db702bd0c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — When the “Activate East Sherman” pilot project on the 1600 block of East Sherman began in 2018, it was slated as temporary.
Four years later, it’s finally going away, as reported by our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.
“It outlived its time frame,” said Hilary Anderson, city of Coeur d’Alene community planner.
The diagonal parking and the outdoor, street seating in front of the Moon Time restaurant will be removed starting next week.
The city’s streets and engineering crew will be moving through the area starting Sept. 12 to remove the white reflective bollards and revert the parking spaces and roadway centerline back to its original configuration.
There will be one eastbound lane, with parallel parking again.
The city-owned pocket park on this block will remain, along with the benches and planters on the sidewalk that were donated for the Pilot Project.
While the project is over, Anderson said that doesn’t mean it was a failure.
"Useful feedback" was one result.
“It was a mixed bag,” Anderson said.
A survey of more than 500 found that many people liked the diagonal parking and the bike parking. The planters and landscaping were popular. And most business owners liked the lower, 25 mph speed limit, and some said it provided an overall, better look and feel to the area.
But the cons were many.
Diagonal parking was nice pulling in, but leaving difficult because it meant backing into oncoming traffic, and annoyed eastbound drivers were forced to stop.
Drivers trying to turn left or right from 17th heading onto Sherman had to creep out, visibility blocked by the diagonally parked vehicles.
“It put them in an unsafe situation," Anderson said.
Other cons were added time for snow removal, issues with storm water in the street, and the landscaping and crosswalk art wearing out.
“There were more cons than pros,” Anderson said.
But they did learn things.
Anderson said as part of the pilot project, the city wanted to see if diagonal parking could work on other blocks of East Sherman, specially, 13th to 17th.
The answer was no, as there were just too many driveways.
“Diagonal parking just didn’t work anywhere else,” Anderson said.
The city isn’t giving up on hopes to create "positive transformation" on East Sherman. It will consider other design options and try again later.
That end of town has had mixed results with revitalization. New business have settled in and some, like Jimmy's Down the Street, Vertical Earth and Moon Time have been stalwarts.
But vacant office spaces and lots remain. There is a plan near 20th and Sherman for townhouses and retail shops.
The city wants to get input from business and property owners within the East Sherman corridor on some of the other street design alternatives that were included in the draft East Sherman Revitalization Plan.
"The plan is to reconvene the East Sherman Leadership Committee and bring on new members to vet some of these ideas and discuss other desired changes to the corridor," according to the city report.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by more than 30 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the deal Tuesday on behalf of the states plus Puerto Rico, which joined together in 2020 to probe Juul's early promotions and claims about the safety and benefits of its technology as a smoking alternative.
The settlement resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the beleaguered company, which still faces nine separate lawsuits from other states. Additionally, Juul faces hundreds of personal suits brought on behalf of teenagers and others who say they became addicted to the company's vaping products.
The state investigation found that Juul marketed its e-cigarettes to underage teens with launch parties, product giveaways and ads and social media posts using youthful models, according to a statement.
“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,” Tong said in a press release.
The $438.5 million will be paid out over a period of six to 10 years. Tong said Connecticut's payment of at least $16 million will go toward vaping prevention and education efforts. Juul previously settled lawsuits in Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina and Washington.
Most of the limits imposed by Tuesday's settlement won't affect Juul's practices, which halted use of parties, giveaways and other promotions after coming under scrutiny several several years ago.
Teen use of e-cigarettes skyrocketed after Juul’s launch in 2015, leading the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to declare an “epidemic” of underage vaping among teenagers. Health experts said the unprecedented increase risked hooking a generation of young people on nicotine.
But since 2019 Juul has mostly been in retreat, dropping all U.S. advertising and pulling its fruit and candy flavors from store shelves.
The biggest blow came earlier this summer when the FDA moved to ban all Juul e-cigarettes from the market. Juul challenged that ruling in court, and the FDA has since reopened its scientific review of the company's technology.
The FDA review is part of a sweeping effort by regulators to bring scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays. The agency has authorized a handful of e-cigarettes for adult smokers looking for a less harmful alternative.
While Juul's early marketing focused on young, urban consumers, the company has since shifted to pitching its product as an alternative nicotine source for older smokers.
“We remain focused on our future as we fulfill our mission to transition adult smokers away from cigarettes - the number one cause of preventable death - while combating underage use,” the company said in a statement.
Juul has agreed to refrain from a host of marketing practices as part of the settlement. They include not using cartoons, paying social media influencers, depicting people under 35, advertising on billboards and public transportation and placing ads in any outlets unless 85% of their audience are adults.
The deal also includes restrictions on where Juul products may be placed in stores, age verification on all sales and limits to online and retail sales.
Juul initially sold its high-nicotine pods in flavors like mango, mint and creme. The products became a scourge in U.S. high schools, with students vaping in bathrooms and hallways between classes.
But recent federal survey data shows that teens have been shifting away from the company. Most teens now prefer disposable e-cigarettes, some of which continue to be sold in sweet, fruity flavors.
Overall, the survey showed a drop of nearly 40% in the teen vaping rate as many kids were forced to learn from home during the pandemic. Still, federal officials cautioned about interpreting the results given they were collected online for the first time, instead of in classrooms.
Tong said the states participating in the agreement were Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/juul-vaping-settlement/507-279c1201-da50-4b03-9022-a2381f9ba2c0 | 2022-09-06T18:44:22Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/juul-vaping-settlement/507-279c1201-da50-4b03-9022-a2381f9ba2c0 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK — On nearly every basketball court around the world —from NBA arenas to elementary school gyms — you’ll see players of all sizes regularly attempting long 3-point shots. There’s one man largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above the rim game to box office-long range shooting: Stephen Curry.
But the Golden State Warriors megastar who broke the NBA’s all-time 3-point record last season is now aiming at a different target: children's books.
“This is our first project out and (we want) to hopefully reach the next generation of kids that are dreaming big, are going to be the next leaders and game changers,” said Curry of “I Have a Superpower” illustrated by Geneva Bowers. “We want them to be able to set their sights on what they want to accomplish in the world and really believe that it’s possible.”
The father of three says the book was partly inspired by his own children's love of reading.
“You kind of have your kids in mind when you’re talking about a book, and then you realize that this is kind of a universal opportunity to reach the next generation,” explained the four-time NBA champion and reigning Finals MVP.
A member of the NBA’s prestigious 75th Anniversary team and executive producer of the “Holey Moley” game show, Curry spoke with The Associated Press about empowering children and the upcoming NBA season. Answers have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: What do you want young people to learn from “I Have a Superpower?”
CURRY: We’re all unique and we all have something to offer the world. And if you have a work ethic, if you have a belief and you feel like whatever that requires is already inside of you, then good things will happen.
AP: What would you tell parents who might say it’s easy for you to tell kids “just work hard?”
CURRY: You can always go back to when I started playing basketball when I was 5 years old — I first started playing organized basketball at 9. I was undersized, scrawny and never, ever talked about as being the greatest at anything. And (I) had to go through those experiences of trying and failing... I think that’s something that most people will hopefully be able to learn from, connect with and be inspired by.
AP: You and your wife, Ayesha, are building a media brand with TV shows and books. Why choose the media space to make an impact?
CURRY: There are a lot of different mediums to story-tell and to inspire. And publishing and writing this book is another example of ways to connect and kind of broaden your horizons... my wife showed me how it’s done, so now I got to follow in her footsteps a little bit.
AP: Switching gears, most of this NBA offseason has been focused on the Brooklyn Nets drama with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving along with the Lakers daily soap opera. Are you aware that much of the talk has not been about the Warriors, despite being the defending champions?
CURRY: We’re aware of everything that happens in the League in terms of different storylines and rumors and all that. It is the best place to watch it all happen when you’re holding the trophy and enjoying your summer and understanding, as the champs, you’re the ones being chased again now.
We don’t need anybody to talk about us. We know what we accomplished; it’s about getting ready for another run (and) we feel like we can do it again.
AP: Sports fans know that you’ve probably transformed the way basketball is played forever. Are you personally aware of how you’ve changed the game?
CURRY: I’m aware, but part of it is for me to keep doing what I’m doing in my career and hopefully stay at this level for as long as I can. There is no sense that I’ve hit my peak. I always feel like I can get better. So, I’m motivated by how far I can stretch this.
The biggest message for how I changed the game is that is possible, how I play is definitely possible… But it requires a crazy amount of work that I’ve been doing since I was 9 years old. So, I don’t want anybody to feel like they can skip steps to get there. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/steph-curry-book/507-a0340672-d90c-4b6c-9985-2ee31d1e4d6d | 2022-09-06T18:44:28Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/steph-curry-book/507-a0340672-d90c-4b6c-9985-2ee31d1e4d6d | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WXIN) — What could be better than scoring tickets to watch your favorite NFL team play and eating to your heart’s content? Getting paid to do it.
Pickswise is giving one lucky fan two tickets to watch their team play, plus $500 to cover food and travel expenses, as well as two NFL jerseys.
The only catch is you need to eat. A lot.
Pickswise is looking for an “NFL Stadium Food Tester” who will review all the food they eat at the stadium, paying close attention to the taste, price and general quality.
“The simple hot dog or burger won’t quite cut it these days, and we need someone with a big appetite to rate the catering kiosk at an NFL stadium,” said Pickswise in a news release.
The contest is open to fans of every NFL team.
To enter, submit your email address, name, age, state of residence, NFL team you support, and an explanation of why you would be the perfect NFL food tester. You also must be at least 21 years old.
The contest is open until midnight on Monday, Sept. 12. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/love-game-day-eats-get-paid-to-be-an-nfl-stadium-food-tester/ | 2022-09-06T18:45:55Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/love-game-day-eats-get-paid-to-be-an-nfl-stadium-food-tester/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HONOLULU (KHON) – Imagine you’re swimming at one of Hawaii’s beaches and you turn around to see a shark headed in your direction. What should you do in this situation? Swim away as fast as you can? Stay as still as possible? Make wild gestures to try to scare it away?
One diver who lives in Kona gives people a close look at shark encounters, so you don’t have to imagine it. She also offers tips on what to do if you do find yourself face-to-face with one.
“They aren’t looking at you and thinking that we are their prey. It’s actually surprising how shy sharks can be,” said Kayleigh Grant, who owns and operates Kaimana Ocean Safari, a tour company that takes people out to experience the ocean and teach them about marine life.
Most of the time, making eye contact is enough to spook sharks and have them maintain a respectful distance, according to Grant. With approximately 1.2 million followers on TikTok, Grant shows people with her videos how they can stay safe around sharks.
“The best way to do that is stay calm, don’t splash, maintain eye contact, and if one comes up to you, try putting your fins or camera between you and them,” she explained. “Don’t surf or swim in murky waters or after big rainfall, don’t swim near someone actively fishing or harbor mouths, and swim and surf in groups.”
On Saturday, Sept. 3, Maui County closed several beaches and posted shark warning signs after a 51-year-old woman visiting from France was hospitalized in critical condition. According to witnesses, she had reportedly been snorkeling in murky water about 100 yards offshore before she was bitten by the shark.
One misconception Grant wants to settle is that sharks are attracted to our blood. While their sense of smell is unparalleled, sharks aren’t interested in human blood.
“When you dive for a living, you definitely enter the ocean with plenty of cuts and scrapes, and I’ve been around sharks while bleeding a bit and there is no reaction,” said Grant. “We don’t smell or taste like their natural food source which is fish!”
Grant has been scuba diving since she moved to the islands about 10 years ago and quickly fell in love with being able to hold her breath underwater, eventually becoming FII freediving certified. In 2020, she and her husband started Kaimana Ocean Safari to offer tours that allow nature to deliver great experiences.
“No two days are ever the same, and the search far and wide is part of the thrill,” said Grant. “You never know what you’ll see or experience out on the ocean.”
At this point, Grant said she must have swam with thousands of sharks, and despite that, she doesn’t have any example to give that would be considered a “close call,” even the time she encountered a great white shark feeding off a dead sperm whale in 2019, just 12 miles off the coast of Oahu.
“It was incredible to see sharks doing what they are here to do. It was amazing how powerful that shark was but also incredibly peaceful at the same time,” said Grant. “There were even some rough toothed dolphins there swimming alongside this massive shark, which showed how chill and gentle she was! It’s something that still feels like a dream every day.”
Grant remembers her first encounter with a shark off North Shore, her heart beating hard at first.
“Swimming with sharks was nothing like I’d imagined it to be or had seen in movies,” she said. “It was thrilling of course, but you spend more time in awe of their beauty and movements versus being scared and worried. Sharks are definitely not the man-eaters you’d see in ‘Jaws.’ Being in the ocean and especially around sharks, you feel very present. It’s a place to forget the stress of the world and you’re certainly not concerned about emails and deadlines. I crave this feeling now, and it’s become a part of my daily practice to find that sense of peace it gives me.”
As someone with years of experience with sharks, Grant is able to read their behavior and body language. If she determines that it’s no longer a good idea to be in the water, she hops out.
“These guys aren’t man-eating monsters that actively try to hunt humans, but they are apex predators and should be respected and treated as such! It’s important to always have that humility when diving with sharks,” she said. “Know that it’s their ocean and we are the visitors. You do take a risk anytime you enter the ocean as it’s a force greater than ourselves and these are still wild animals.”
As she becomes more popular on TikTok and more people discover her videos, Grant is always surprised at how many people still don’t understand sharks or continue to believe what the movies portray. While some might think she’s crazy to be interacting with sharks, she hopes that by showing their true nature, people will see a new side and learn to love them.
“We only protect what we love,” said Grant, “so our aim is to get people loving the ocean.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/hawaii-diver-shows-how-to-avoid-shark-attacks-in-viral-tiktok-videos/ | 2022-09-06T18:47:08Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/hawaii-diver-shows-how-to-avoid-shark-attacks-in-viral-tiktok-videos/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Teacher accused of using slur to describe Black teacher, has class do cotton-picking exercise
LADSON, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - A mother is looking for answers after she said her son’s teacher used the word “monkey” to describe another teacher, who is Black, and made her son partake in a cotton-picking exercise.
Lashanda Wiggins’ son goes to Oakbrook Middle School in Ladson, South Carolina. She told WCSC something his teacher allegedly said a couple of weeks ago has her upset.
“His teacher had made some comments that she has a teacher next door, he’s a Black teacher, and she refers to him as the ‘monkey next door,’” Wiggins said.
Her son said immediately after the teacher made comments, she had the class do a cotton-picking activity.
“From what the assistant principal explained to me is that she was going to just bring the cotton in, give it to the kids and her words were, ‘Here’s how you pick cotton,’” Wiggins said.
She also said her son was upset.
“He wanted to know, why do we have to relive that or why do we have to go back to that?” Wiggins said.
The principal acknowledged what happened but Wiggins said she has been provided no other answers as to any kind of repercussions.
“I send my kids to school to learn,” Wiggins said. “They’re supposed to be treated equally amongst their peers and the people that are responsible for teaching them. So when he came home and told me that, I was extremely and still extremely upset.”
The district responded to a request for comment with this statement:
“Dorchester School District Two takes every allegation seriously. We are currently investigating an alleged incident at Oakbrook Middle School. We do not comment on personnel matters.”
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Rape, incest exceptions pulled from South Carolina abortion bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of South Carolina senators voted Tuesday to remove exceptions for rape and incest from a proposed abortion ban with Democrats choosing not to vote in what appeared to be a strategy to try to prevent the bill from passing through the Legislature.
The 7-3 vote in the Senate Medical Affairs Committee involved all Republican men. The committee then took a break before considering more changes as it decides whether to send the bill to the Senate floor.
The same bill without the exceptions appeared to fail in the more conservative state House last week before some Republicans maneuvered through a series of votes to allow abortions for rape and incest victims up to the 12th week of pregnancy.
Democrats are not going to help Republicans out of a box of their own making by making “an awful bill a very bad bill,” Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto said.
“We think by highlighting the fact a bunch of extreme, Republican men are trying to control women’s decisions in South Carolina — they need to own that. The governor needs to own that,” Hutto told reporters during the break.
Republicans told their Democratic colleagues their strategy was shortsighted.
“It looks like when they had the chance to help women, they didn’t,” Republican Sen. Michael Gambrel said.
Several Republican senators have said they cannot support the bill without the exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape and incest. There are 30 Republicans and 16 Democrats in the state Senate.
Two of the Republicans are on the 17-member Senate Medical Affairs Committee — Sens. Tom Davis and Sandy Senn. Six Democrats are also on the committee.
Davis told the committee he thinks the rights of a mother who is pregnant to control her own body have to be balanced with the rights of fetuses to their lives, so he considers both a ban on all abortions or allowing abortions any time during pregnancies too extreme.
Davis also said if the state is going to require more women to have babies, then they owe it to them to give them better prenatal care, their children better educational opportunities and birth control options so they don’t get pregnant.
The bill bans all abortions in South Carolina except when the mother’s life is at risk. Before they were removed, the bill also included exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape and incest. In those cases, the doctor would have to tell the woman the rape will be reported and her name given to the county sheriff within 24 hours of the procedure. The bill would have only allowed abortions in those cases up to 12 weeks after conception.
The proposal also starts child support payments at the date of conception and requires a father to pay half of pregnancy expenses, including her share of insurance premiums. The father of a child conceived by rape or incest must also pay the full cost of mental counseling from the attack.
South Carolina currently has a ban on abortions once cardiac activity in a fetus is detected, which is usually about six weeks. But that law has been suspended as the South Carolina Supreme Court reviews if it violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. That leaves South Carolina’s older 20-week abortion ban as the current benchmark.
Abortion bans have had mixed success in state legislatures since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Indiana passed a ban in August that goes into effect later this month with the rape, incest and life of the mother exceptions. West Virginia’s Legislature could not agree on stricter rules during a special session in July.
And lawmakers in South Carolina suddenly started paying much closer attention to Kansas when nearly 60% of voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the state’s Legislature to ban abortion. The states voted for Republican Donald Trump in nearly identical percentages in the 2020 presidential election.
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SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Traffic is backed up on Interstate 85SB Tuesday afternoon due to clothing dye spilled on the roadway.
According to the Spartanburg County Emergency Management, there was a spill of organic textile and clothing dye in two of the three lanes on Interstate 85 between 129 and Hwy 29.
The dye was being carried in a Uhaul trailer at the time of the spill.
Officials are asking drivers to avoid the area. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/clothing-dye-spilled-on-i-85sb-backs-traffic-up-in-spartanburg-co/ | 2022-09-06T18:57:07Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/clothing-dye-spilled-on-i-85sb-backs-traffic-up-in-spartanburg-co/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After a week without water, the taps are back on in Jackson,Mississippi.
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Monday that water pressure has returned to the state’s capital city.
But residents still can’t actually drink the water coming out of their faucets without boiling it first. That means residents have been on a “boilwater” notice for more than a month.
How is this happening in one of the South’s best-known cities? And what can be done to keep it from happening again?
Copyright 2022 WAMU 88.5 | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-06/the-water-is-back-in-jackson-mississippi-but-what-happens-next | 2022-09-06T18:58:11Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/2022-09-06/the-water-is-back-in-jackson-mississippi-but-what-happens-next | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Colorado wheat farmers aren’t just combatting drought. They’re battling a pesky insect that’s proven to obliterate fields.
Rae Solomon of KUNC reports on how farmers are getting ahead of it.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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State TV in Russia has used a segment from Monday's (September 5) episode of ITV's This Morning as propaganda for the rising energy costs across Europe. It comes after the show - as hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby - faced backlash for adding 'four months of free energy bills' as a prize to its popular Spin to Win game.
According to BBC Senior Digital Journalist Francis Scarr, Phillip appeared on TV in Russia in a clip of the Spin to Win game. The clip is believed to have been shown in response to the UK's sanctions towards Russia.
Russia has been arguing that the West needs its oil and gas supplies. This is because the war in Ukraine is a big driving factor behind the cost of living crisis, The Mirror reports.
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One This Morning viewer managed to win the energy bill prize after spinning the wheel, meaning show bosses will pay four months worth of his bills. However, since the episode aired, viewers have been left divided, with many slamming the new prize.
Twitter has been awash with viewers sharing their displeasure at the show's decision to add the prize. One person said: "This has to be one of the most disgusting things I've seen on British television. People's lives reduced to a gameshow spectacle. It's like The Hunger Games."
While another person wrote: "Wouldn't mind my energy bills being paid at all. Nothing to turn your nose up to."
The ongoing war in Ukraine is partly responsible for the rising energy bills throughout the UK and it is a huge factor in the cost of living crisis. Russia is amongst the world's biggest oil and gas suppliers to the European Union.
Russia supplied the EU with 40 per cent of its gas last year.
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- Weald of Kent headteacher resigns after Ofsted raised pupils' bullying concerns | https://www.kentlive.news/news/celebs-tv/mornings-spin-win-energy-bill-7553769 | 2022-09-06T18:58:32Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/celebs-tv/mornings-spin-win-energy-bill-7553769 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Derek Griffith and Sam Hunt Racing announced today that SpotOn will sponsor Griffith’s No. 26 Toyota GR Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, September 10. The Kansas Lottery 300 will mark the fourth NXS start of the season for the New Hampshire native, all with Sam Hunt Racing.
Griffith has improved in each start behind the wheel and is coming off an 18th-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July. The Hudson, New Hampshire, driver, who cut his teeth racing short tracks in his home state, is attracting eyes across the racing world by competing at one of NASCAR’s top levels with grassroots sponsors. He has victories up and down the East Coast to his credit and is a multiple-time champion of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway.
“I’m excited to have SpotOn on the car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series,” Griffith said. “SpotOn has been supportive of my career for a few years, and this is a great step for us to work together in front of such a large audience. As one of the fastest growing software and payment companies in the United States, they provide local businesses like my own with the best technology to accept payments and more. Working with Sam Hunt Racing, we are looking forward to building on our previous starts this year and coming home with a strong run at Kansas.”
SpotOn is one of the fastest-growing software and payment companies with comprehensive, cloud-based technology for businesses of all types and sizes. Known for its rapid innovation and personalized support, SpotOn offers an end-to-end software and payment platform to streamline operations, improve the customer experience, and increase profit. From seamless and efficient point-of-sale systems to integrated management solutions built for the fast-growing enterprise, SpotOn builds technology that "works the way you work" and backs it up with a 24/7 team of experts who make sure it always does—with fairness, flexibility, and a personal touch.
“Derek embodies so many of the values that SpotOn stands for – heart, hustle, humility, and empathy,” Kevin Bryla, Chief Marketing Officer of SpotOn, said. “He works on his own vehicle, he runs his own successful auto business, and he’s out on the track delivering championship performances. He wants to compete and win. He’s a phenomenal young man, and we couldn’t be more proud to see him repping SpotOn – both on and off the track.”
The start at Kansas will mark the first of two left for Griffith this season in the NXS, with the second coming at Talladega Superspeedway in October.
For more information on Derek Griffith, visit DerekGriffith.com and follow Derek Griffith Motorsports on Facebook for the latest updates, including from the track on race day. For more information on Sam Hunt Racing, visit them online at SamHuntRacing.com. For more information on SpotOn, visit them online at spoton.com.
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Last week, members of the Houston Texans visited Uvalde, Texas to deliver brand new uniforms for the town’s high school football team.
The uniforms were presented in time for Uvalde High School’s first home football game since the May 2022 massacre that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Uvalde won its home opener 21-13 over Winn High School.
The Texans will also honor the town by wearing a “Uvalde Strong” decal on their helmets before their season opener Sunday.
The team is also inviting members of the Uvalde High School football team to their season opener. The Texans said they’ll cover travel expenses for the team in addition to a suite for their game against the Colts.
Texans ownership announced they will provide a $10 million contribution to the Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/houston-texans-present-uvalde-hs-with-new-uniforms-invite-team-to-upcoming-game | 2022-09-06T19:05:13Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/houston-texans-present-uvalde-hs-with-new-uniforms-invite-team-to-upcoming-game | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Oh, Nina Hoss’s eyes—there’s always a whole movie in them. They ask questions, cast suspicions, fall in love, spill secrets. They first came to prominence in her native Germany, particularly in the films of Christian Petzold, for which Hoss has served as his ever-complex muse. In 2014’s Phoenix, she played a concentration-camp survivor shielding her identity from the man who turned her in, until a corker of a last scene—a feat of performance calibration that the Washington Post called “breathtaking.” (She won several U.S. critics awards for best actress, including from Toronto and Seattle, for the film.)
She takes audiences on a similar ride in Todd Field’s masterful Tár, right down to another delicious closer. The difference this time? Finally, Americans are meeting Hoss’s gaze. She’s been working in English-language projects for over a decade now, but it’s taken until now for a stateside director to realize her singular, mesmerizing quality on camera. Hoss plays Sharon, enigmatic wife to Cate Blanchett’s renowned conductor, Lydia, in Tár. They share both domestic and professional lives: Sharon is First Violin in Lydia’s Berlin orchestra, a woman of her own musical ambition and obsession. Their very livelihoods are tied up in one another—a fact that turns dangerous as the film teases Lydia’s downfall.
Lydia, we learn, has wielded her power to troublesome ends, as allegations of grooming younger female musicians surface against her. How much does Sharon know? How much does she care? How will she step in when the reckoning finally comes? These questions loom in the background, unspoken, but prove utterly central to the film via Hoss’s every expression. The camera can’t stay away from her eyes. They propel the narrative, subtly, and mark a major moment for a major actor in the process.
Hoss was in Telluride for the first time this year, joining Blanchett and Field for the film’s U.S. premiere. She mingled with fellow actors and filmmakers and fest-goers as we met, at an outdoor brunch thrown by the film’s studio, Focus Features. We snuck away to a table for an in-depth conversation on her exceptional career—and this thrilling next chapter.
Vanity Fair: Your performance is very slippery and quiet, until your big final scene. But there’s very rich characterization throughout, just in us watching you.
Nina Hoss: You just hope, when you don't have so many lines to express it—when you're shooting it, you never know: Will this gaze be there in the end?
Were you surprised at how much Todd leaned into Sharon’s gaze? Because she really is kind of an audience proxy, in the final cut.
Yeah. I was happy, because it creates this character. That character has her own life. It was just an amazing project to work on, especially also with Cate, of course, who gave it all this intensity that I have to position myself [opposite], because Lydia leads the whole thing. There are less women in the position of First Violin than there are female conductors. That is the position orchestras don't like to give to females yet. So that Sharon has this position in the greatest orchestra of the world means a lot and must have been so hard for her to achieve, and to keep that position, you are not done. Everyone in the string section has an eye on your position.You have to prove yourself again and again and again to stay there. That to me was also so informative, who Sharon is, in the juxtaposition to Lydia. That's where they meet, I think, in this passion for music.
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At the beginning of his review for Don’t Worry Darling—Olivia Wilde’s buzzy thriller—Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson asks if we can “put aside all the various mini-controversies that surrounded the lead-up to the Venice premiere.” But given the amount of drama and intrigue to surround the film’s splashy debut on Monday, that's going to be tough.
Rumors of drama and discontent have plagued DWD for weeks after Florence Pugh and Harry Styles’s steamy onscreen chemistry was first unveiled in a series of mysterious trailers. First, there were rumors that Wilde and Pugh had been feuding, perhaps because Pugh “wasn’t a fan of her director disappearing so often with her leading man” during filming, insiders told Puck’s Matthew Belloni. In the aftermath of her real-life relationship with Styles, Wilde was then served custody papers from ex Jason Sudeikis while presenting her film onstage at CinemaCon in April. And in recent weeks, controversy about whether Shia LaBeouf had quit or was fired from DWD bubbled over.
Alas, Don’t Worry Darling’s Venice bow had all the making of a Shakespearan drama meets E! True Hollywood Story. Ahead, a timeline of all the drama at Venice—from strategic water taxi exits to an action-packed standing ovation.
Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles Arrive in His and Hers Water Taxis
On Monday morning, Wilde and Styles arrived in separate boats to Venice—she in a bright green Chanel couture suit, he in a blazer and wide-leg denim from his upcoming Gucci HA HA HA collection. Missing from the introductory photocall was Pugh, who landed after the press conference—allegedly due to her Dune: Part Two filming schedule, People writes. Yet her costar Timothée Chalamet was able to attend all press obligations—and cause a fashionable stir—for his own Venice premiere project, the cannibalism romance Bones and All.
At the Press Conference, Olivia Fields (Some) Questions About Florence and Shia
At the Pugh-less press conference, Wilde insisted that she was unbothered by the drama surrounding her sophomore directorial effort. “Florence is a force, and we are so grateful that she is able to make it tonight despite being in production on Dune,” she told reporters. “I know as a director how disruptive it is to lose an actor even for a day so I’m very grateful to her and Denis Villeneuve for helping us—we’re really thrilled we’ll get to celebrate her work tonight.”
She continued, “I can’t say enough how honored I am to have her as our lead. She’s amazing in the film, and as for all the endless tabloid gossip and all the noise out there, I mean, the internet feeds itself. I don’t feel the need to contribute, I think it’s sufficiently well nourished.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/dont-worry-darling-all-the-bizarre-offscreen-drama-in-venice | 2022-09-06T19:07:21Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/dont-worry-darling-all-the-bizarre-offscreen-drama-in-venice | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The time has come to cease your spit takes. Hours after rumors swirled that Harry Styles spat on his Don’t Worry Darling costar Chris Pine at the film’s Venice Film Festival premiere on Monday, sources for both actors have denied the account.
“This is a ridiculous story—a complete fabrication and the result of an odd online illusion that is clearly deceiving and allows for foolish speculation,” Pine’s rep told People in a statement, reiterating for any conspiracy theorists out there, “Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine. There is nothing but respect between these two men and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist.”
Sources close to Styles seconded this notion, telling The Guardian of spitting gossip on Tuesday, “This is not true.”
For those whose social media feeds haven’t been clogged with coverage of the movie’s dramatic debut: Many have been buzzing over perceived tensions between director Olivia Wilde and her leading lady, Florence Pugh; Pugh and Styles; and real-life couple Wilde and Styles, none of whom appeared to interact much on Don’t Worry Darling’s premiere day. Speculation shifted to the dynamic between Pine and Styles when video of the latter’s entrance into Venice’s Sala Grande Theatre led some to believe that the musician spat on Pine before taking a seat next to him.
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While some bought the speculation, others questioned its validity. Many noted that in the video, Pine appears to glance at and pick up a pair of sunglasses in his lap, which could be why he looks in that direction after Styles sits. Additional video shows Styles smiling and speaking to Pine shortly before the screening starts—not behavior typical of two people who shared a spiteful (spit-full?) interaction.
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Jay Duplass finds the fast-paced Wall Street-speak on HBO’s Industry as confusing as you do. “It's so hard. It's like speaking another language,” he tells me over Zoom. Yet Duplass handles jargon with aplomb as billionaire hedge fund manager Jesse Bloom, who made it big during COVID. This season, Jesse takes Industry anti-heroine Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold) under his wing, potentially to both of their detriments.
While Duplass understands the ins-and-outs of his storyline, don’t ask him about the financial happenings in other corners of Industry. “I gave up on understanding other storylines as I was reading the scripts,” he admits. “I was just like, "I can't even read this run of pages because I don't need to be overwhelmed. I'm literally just trying to understand what the hell Myha’la and I are saying to each other tomorrow."
As the season comes to a close, those conversations are becoming more fraught. At the end of episode six, Jesse blindsides Harper by ignoring her advice and prioritizing his son’s needs over hers. “The worst indiscretion that she causes, he just blows it off,” says Duplass of Jesse and Harper’s relationship. “And then she doesn't call him back, and he fucking loses his mind.”
Duplass sat down with V.F. to chat about dining with billionaires, shooting in Wales, and shrimp boats.
Vanity Fair: You’ve said that you consider yourself a director first, actor second, and writer third. What draws you back to acting? What do you get from acting that you don't get from your other creative endeavors?
Jay Duplass: Fun. I get free vacations out of it. I get to go to Wales—I don't know if Wales is a vacation, but you know what I mean? I get to go to different places. I get to hang out with actors. My brother [Mark Duplass] and I grew up playing music—performance is a very vital, immediate creativity where I can't overthink things, which I do all the time. I'm a classic over-thinker.
My wife always jokes that she likes me a lot better when I'm acting than when I'm writing and directing [laughs]. My brother has this incredible thing that he said one time: "If writing and directing a movie or a TV show is like being a mother and raising a child through fruition and then helping them throughout their lives, being an actor is being the drunk uncle who shows up at Christmas and wins the day with a frickin’ $4 pack of Oreos."
As Jessie Bloom, you make a pretty obnoxious billionaire seem charismatic and even sympathetic. How important was it for you to make Bloom likable?
That was probably the most intentional part of the creative process with Mick and Conrad. I was on that show Transparent, which was Amazon's first show. Prior to that, it was a place where I bought my toilet paper. For the first few award shows, the Golden Globes and a couple of Emmys, Jeff Bezos was there with us, and I sat next to Jeff Bezos twice for hours on end. I will tell you that he is a very charming, lovely person in person. He took a lot of interest in me personally; took a lot of interest in my wife, who is a social worker and has nothing to do with the industry.
Of the self-made millionaires and billionaires that I've met—and I've met a few now—the American ones who come from nothing tend to be very personable and charming. They're also fucking killers. But when you see them it's all smiles and charm. My grandfather created a dry cleaner in 1939 in New Orleans, and he did it with his two brothers as immigrants. They were killers and people were scared of them, but also, nobody was more charming at a party. Nobody could make you feel more special when they want to make you feel special.
But it wasn't fake; it was in them. It had been built in them that you have to go all out if you're going to survive in this world. And so that's the energy that I tried to bring to [Jesse], and then subsequently to the relationship with Myha’la's character. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/jay-duplass-was-ready-to-play-a-f-ing-killer | 2022-09-06T19:07:33Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/jay-duplass-was-ready-to-play-a-f-ing-killer | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thirty years ago this summer, Rosie O’Donnell kicked off her film career at third base, both literally and figuratively. She stars in Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own as Doris Murphy, who leaves Staten Island to play for the Rockford Peaches in the newly created All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The film’s ensemble is headlined by Geena Davis and Tom Hanks, with Doris and her teammate and best friend from back home—“All the Way” Mae, played by Madonna—mostly serving as comic relief.
The next summer, O’Donnell reteamed with Hanks for Nora Ephron’s Sleepless in Seattle, another instant classic. More film roles followed; then a long-running namesake daytime show; then a couple of stints on the panel at The View. More recently, the woman who in part started out as a stand-up has been playing more emotionally challenging roles: social workers in The Fosters and I Know This Much Is True; an alcoholic lawyer in recovery who breaks her sobriety in The L Word: Generation Q; a struggling Boston grandmother in SMILF. Even her guest appearance as a bar owner in Prime Video’s new series remake of A League of Their Own is—no spoilers—central to one of the season’s darkest moments.
League isn’t O’Donnell’s only film-to-TV project this year. She plays a pivotal role in American Gigolo, Showtime’s series adaptation of Paul Schrader’s acclaimed 1980 film. The show, out September 9, stars Jon Bernthal as Julian, the titular sex worker; as in the film, Julian is falsely accused of murdering one of his clients, and pursued by Detective Sunday of the LAPD. But whereas the film costars Héctor Elizondo as Joe Sunday, the series reimagines the character as Joan Sunday (O’Donnell), who convinces Julian to confess to the murder. When a hit man’s deathbed confession exonerates Julian after 15 years behind bars, he tries to rebuild a life, while a guilt-ridden Joan tries to track down the people responsible for framing Julian.
Vanity Fair recently spoke with O’Donnell about playing a character originally conceived as a man, bringing queerness to A League of Their Own, and finding her next development project on TikTok.
Vanity Fair: What attracted you to the role of Detective Sunday in this version of American Gigolo?
Rosie O’Donnell: Well, it was the first time that I was offered a role without having to read or audition. They just said, “Are you available? They want you for this part.” It was originally written for a man, so my agent said, “They’re not going to change anything, they just want you to do that.” The fact that it was David Hollander at the beginning, who had done Ray Donovan, which is such a wonderful study in characters and such an emotionally gripping series, meant that I was very happy to work with him. I thought it would be a wonderful thing for me in my career to be able to work with someone who was such a genius at what he does. Then he got let go, which was weird. The reason a lot of us did the show was really to work with him.
Since you brought up David Hollander’s departure: Something similar happened on SMILF. Can you talk about what that was like, and how the production changed after he was not involved anymore?
With SMILF it didn’t happen that way, because the show was already over before any complaints [were] lodged. We had done two seasons and were waiting on doing the third. There were plans to go to Ireland, and then it all kind of exploded—in a kind of crazy “Me Too” sort of way, but not actually. It was very complicated. I don’t know. Both times I really admired the people that I was working with who were accused of things. [SMILF creator and star] Frankie Shaw, I believe, is a genius, and is very kind, and I know her in my real life and I was there. Although every shoot is chaotic, because you’re fighting against the clock, it was a well-run show, and I think that the end product really tells you that.
But I don’t know. That went away and was very devastating to me. I really loved that role. I think the reason that I’ve been getting all these other roles recently is because of SMILF. Then this happened sort of out of the blue. We were told one day that David was let go, and they didn’t really explain why. We just [had] a new team come in, and we had a couple weeks off while they tried to figure out what to do, and then we went back and finished it. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/rosie-odonnell-league-of-their-own-american-gigolo | 2022-09-06T19:07:39Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/rosie-odonnell-league-of-their-own-american-gigolo | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Democrats closed out the summer with plenty of fireworks, stringing together a series of unexpected legislative breakthroughs on gun safety, climate change, healthcare, and tax reform, capping it all off with Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan announcement last month. Now, as they return from recess, they may be able to edge out a few more wins in the two months before the November midterms, with the electoral landscape having been dramatically reshaped by the Supreme Court’s Roe decision.
This fall, one such win could be notched for LGTQB+ rights. After Clarence Thomas, concurring with Samuel Alito on Dobbs, suggested the court should consider overturning Obergefell next, the House voted to codify marriage equality into federal law, with 47 congressional Republicans joining Democrats in sending the Respect for Marriage Act to the Senate. Chuck Schumer hasn’t indicated when the upper chamber will vote on the bill, but it’s expected that he’ll bring it to the floor this month, with supporters expressing confidence that it has at least 10 GOP votes to pass. “We’re in pretty good shape,” Susan Collins, one of five Republicans who have either backed the legislation or expressed openness to voting for it, told Politico, adding that she believed Schumer “is eager to put this bill on the floor in September.”
“I hope that he will,” the Maine Republican said.
A victory protecting same-sex marriage at the federal level would, of course, be key in armoring LGBTQ+ rights against the kind of Supreme Court attack that has erased abortion rights in half the country earlier this year. It would also, as a Democratic leadership aide told Axios, be “icing” on the cake for Democrats after their surprisingly successful legislative summer.
Not wanting to spoil that momentum, it remains to be seen what else Democrats will take up in this final stretch before the November elections. Schumer has indicated that he wants to prioritize judicial confirmations, which Senate Judiciary chair Dick Durbin has also called a “top priority.” He will also need to broker a bipartisan deal by October 1 to avoid a government shutdown, likely with a short-term resolution punting government funding until after the midterms. But that could mean putting off other important matters, like a bill reforming the Electoral Count Act, until the lame-duck session. In any case, it’ll be a crucial stretch for Democrats, who have an opportunity not only to expand their list of achievements, but to use their momentum to expand — or at least maintain — their majority in November. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/democrats-marriage-equality-sprint-to-midterms | 2022-09-06T19:07:45Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/democrats-marriage-equality-sprint-to-midterms | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen are reportedly having a little tiff. But it could also be a big spat? A Page Six source said bluntly, “Tom and Gisele are in a fight right now.” A pretty unequivocal pronouncement about the state of two famous people’s marriage, but not a ton of adjectives there. Page Six also reported last week that Bündchen left their family compound and flew to Costa Rica. Sounds big, no?
You remember who these two are. They’re a power couple made from the most unlikely combination: a quarterback and supermodel. Brady worked for the Patriots for a long time, moved over to the Buccaneers, retired a little, and then returned to the Buccaneers. Per these anon sources, the pump fake to retirement is behind Bündchen’s frustration. He was allegedly going to retire in order to focus on family, and then he reneged.
This isn’t the first time that their personal life has made headlines. Brady tends to fill his ample interview space as a working sportsman with a lot of nonspecific information about their family life. Like when he missed 11 days of Buccaneers practice in August, he said of the break, “It’s all personal. Everyone’s got different situations they’re dealing with. We all have really unique challenges to our life. I’m 45 years old, man. There’s a lot of shit going on.”
Brady elaborated a little on said shit recently on his own podcast, Let’s Go! With Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.
“You can’t stop your life even though sports is happening,” he said. “Even though I’m playing in my 23rd year, I have a freshman in high school that is playing football too. I have a 12-year-old that is going through his life. I have a nine-year-old that is going through her life. And I have parents.”
So what I’m hearing here is that Tom “No Nightshades” Brady is just like us. He has a family. It comprises a generation above and a generation below. He thinks about their well-being. He knows he’s got to do more.
You might find yourself rooting for these two genetic anomalies to work it out. Because if two people with a compound on that “Billionaire’s Bunker” island can’t make it, who can? | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/gisele-bundchen-wanted-tom-brady-to-retire | 2022-09-06T19:07:51Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/gisele-bundchen-wanted-tom-brady-to-retire | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After growing up her whole life in a conservative household in Kentucky, Jennifer Lawrence made the switch to being a democrat all thanks to a joke she heard on 30 Rock.
The actress revealed in a new cover story for Vogue that she is still struggling to reconnect with her republican family following the election of Donald Trump and the birth of her first child, a son named Cy. During the conversation that took place a few days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Lawrence shared “with a haunted look in her eyes,” “I just worked so hard in the last five years to forgive my dad and my family and try to understand: It’s different. The information they are getting is different. Their life is different.” She also said she recently discussed with her therapist a recurring nightmare she's been having about Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson. “I’ve tried to get over it and I really can’t. I can’t,” she continued. “I’m sorry I’m just unleashing, but I can’t fuck with people who aren’t political anymore. You live in the United States of America. You have to be political. It’s too dire. Politics are killing people.”
Lawrence also said that putting woman's access to abortion in jeopardy was bringing up a lot of the same emotions she felt after the 2016 election. She explained that while she was not entirely in support of Hillary Clinton, it still “breaks my heart because America had the choice between a woman and a dangerous, dangerous jar of mayonnaise. And they were like, Well, we can’t have a woman. Let’s go with the jar of mayonnaise.” She added, “I don’t want to disparage my family, but I know that a lot of people are in a similar position with their families. How could you raise a daughter from birth and believe that she doesn’t deserve equality? How?”
The Don't Look Up star added that she's able to understand to a certain extent where her family is coming from as she also considered herself a republican growing up. Although she admitted that she thought of it more as a cultural thing, like supporting a sports team, rather than political. But her thinking started to change around 16 years old when she watched an episode of 30 Rock in which Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon says something like, “I’m not a crazy liberal. I just think people should drive hybrid cars.” Lawrence said the line struck her as “rational,” and as she began to film movies in other countries, she noticed how the wealth never seemed to trickle down to the people who actually needed it, but would remain concentrated within the upper class. And not just in the United States, but all over the world. Lawrence explained that for her, being republican had always meant “Why should my taxes pay for your haughty lifestyle?” But after being exposed to these other cultures, it made her realize that there's way more to the picture. She said, “Nobody likes to see half their paycheck go away, but it made sense to me. Yeah, for the greater good, I guess it makes sense.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jennifer-lawrence-vogue-interview-politics-switch-republican-to-democrat-30-rock-conservative-family | 2022-09-06T19:07:57Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jennifer-lawrence-vogue-interview-politics-switch-republican-to-democrat-30-rock-conservative-family | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Meghan Markle revealed that she wasn't always the perfectly put-together royal you see today.
Meghan shared a bit about her high school experience on the latest episode of her podcast Archetypes titled “The Stigma of the Singleton with Mindy Kaling.” During the conversation, the two women discussed the stereotypes that still exist around being a single woman in the public eye, especially a single mother, as well as what they were like as teenagers. The Duchess of Sussex branded herself an “ugly duckling” in high school, explaining, “Look, maybe not conventional beauty as it—now, maybe that would be seen as beautiful—but massive frizzy curly hair and a huge gap in my teeth. I was the smart one. Forever and ever and ever and ever. And, and then just sort of grew up.” At another point while discussing Archie comics, she added that she was always “way more Betty than Veronica...I was the smart one, not the pretty one.” And before her love of the cartoon could start any rumors, Meghan also made sure to clarify, “my son is not named after Archie comic books.”
She went on to explain that attending Immaculate Heart, an all-girls Catholic school, for middle and high school was a particularly challenging time in her life. “I never had anyone to sit with at lunch. I was always a little bit of a loner and really shy and didn't know where I fit in,” she said. “And, and so I just became, I was like, okay, well then I'll become the president of the Multicultural Club and the president of sophomore class and the president of this and French club. And, and by doing that, I had meetings at lunchtime. So I didn't have to worry about who I would sit with or what I would do because I was always so busy.”
In response to this revelation, Kaling shared, “That makes me very emotional. And that's, I'm happy that people know that because I think people see you and they're like, oh, my gosh, like the wedding, the couture fittings for that and this and that. And I think that I certainly didn't know that about you. And it's nice to know.” The actress added that she also felt unattractive growing up as a “dark-skinned Indian girl, overweight, glasses, in lily-white suburbs of Boston never thinking I was attractive.” She continued, “I went through high school, no boyfriends. Heard about my friends kissing, falling in love, losing their virginity. College, same, nothing. Always a spectator watching things. By the way, I learned a lot from that. I learned how to, you know, so many of my shows right now are about young women and longing and feeling horny and feeling rejected, and I've learned a lot from that. I would even say I finally made my fortunate off of this, off of being this outsider, but it's not a good feeling as yourself.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/meghan-markle-mindy-kaling-ugly-duckling-high-school-archetypes-podcast | 2022-09-06T19:08:03Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/meghan-markle-mindy-kaling-ugly-duckling-high-school-archetypes-podcast | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to the UK this week on their first working visit to the country as a couple since stepping down as senior royals in 2020.
The royal couple attended the One Young World Summit in Manchester and a private round table on gender equality on Monday to show their support for an organization the Duchess of Sussex has long championed. Meghan has been a One Young World counselor since 2014 and, in 2019, she also attended the One Young World Opening Ceremony held at the Royal Albert Hall, hosting a roundtable for gender equality activists at Windsor Castle where she was also joined by her husband.
This year's conference was held at The Bridgewater Hall and, during the opening remarks, co-founder Kate Robertson told guests that the “innovation and positivity in this room” can “build the world that future generations deserve,” before sharing a hug with Prince Harry. According to the organization's website, this annual four-day summit is meant to be an opportunity for young people who are “responsible for shaping the future of our world, to come together to confront the biggest challenges facing humanity” and “to be inspired, share learnings, and connect. Together we raise the bar for what it is possible to achieve as leaders, individually and collectively.” The One Young World network was first established in 2009 and has since expanded to include over 13,700 ambassadors working on projects that have impacted 35.8 million people around the globe.
Meghan and Harry's appearance at the event was just the first of many they have scheduled during this brief trip across the pond. When announcing the trip in August, a spokesperson for the Sussexes said they “are delighted to visit with several charities close to their hearts in early September.” Following the One Young World Summit, the royal couple then traveled to Düsseldorf, Germany on Tuesday to celebrates the Invictus Games's "One Year to Go" countdown event. Meghan and Harry walked the red carpet at the event hand-in-hand before being greeted by local officials at city hall, as well as a service dog named Loki wearing an Invictus Games bandana. They will head back to the UK on Thursday to attend the WellChild Awards.
This trip comes just a couple months after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to Britain to participate in Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. That trip also marked the first time their one-year-old daughter Lilibet Diana had been to her father's home country and met both the monarch whom she is named after and her grandfather, Prince Charles. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/meghan-markle-prince-harry-one-young-world-summit-charity-counselor-invictus-games-countdown-germany | 2022-09-06T19:08:09Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/meghan-markle-prince-harry-one-young-world-summit-charity-counselor-invictus-games-countdown-germany | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
During my first job in media in the late 2010s, I was a glorified PowerPoint assembler on a magazine’s marketing team, where we spent our days figuring out what kinds of stories and topic areas corporate brands liked to put their advertising next to. One of the most popular themes was what we slickly called “The Future of Work”—a catchphrase cribbed from the marketing and MBA-swinging circles invested in forecasting all the exciting ways corporate life would change amidst peak millennialification of the workforce. We knew advertisers loved the idea of fashioning themselves as part of this revolution, and I still remember how I’d decorate those PowerPoints with stock images of ultramodern office spaces and stylish, suited figures in carefully varied skin tones. It never occurred to me, or my colleagues, or these brands, to wonder if the real future of work might actually look like something far more radical.
Roughly one pandemic later, there has been such an abrupt rupture in the way we work—not to mention how we think and talk about it—that we grasp at new taxonomies for the disillusionment with the hustle: It’s millennial burnout, it’s the “Age of Anti-Ambition,” it’s the Great Resignation. As the labor market has tightened and the labor movement regains cachet, living “under capitalism” has become a default punchline. The antiwork subreddit is the hottest club in town. Ambitious women are reportedly done with girlbossing (now in vogue: girlresting) and The Wing has officially crashed; it appears Kim Kardashian’s assessment that nobody wants to work these days was correct, because even Serena Williams can’t have it all. Of those who have given notice, there’s a predictable amount of regret: just not, it seems, amongst the clear majority.
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Nowhere has this work-life reckoning been analyzed more obsessively than in the realm of white-collar work, where a confrontation with its privileges (being able to Zoom in to meetings from home) and indignities (having to grimace for the camera through all two hours of said Zoom meeting) has made for quite a lot of soul-searching. Consider the pandemic television shows that have elicited the buzziest (virtual) watercooler talk amongst the very-online class. Recent series like The Bear and Abbott Elementary depict workplaces that resist any administrative beveling of the messy realities of serving food and teaching children, which the Slack-dependent then watch with fetishistic awe. Meanwhile, we observe the infantilizing melon parties of Severance and the jargon-happy, nihilistic earners of Industry with an uneasy sense of identification. (Wait, is this fucking play about us?)
And so the future of white-collar work has morphed from an advertiser-friendly thought exercise to an existential question with a daily subset of moral riddles: Is that an illicit midday nap, or is it just work-life balance? Is it really the end of work friends, or is it just that a defensive herd mentality is no longer crucial to getting through the day? Is it worse to work on vacation, or to have a little vacation at work? Is the delivery bot lost in the woods, or is he finally free?
Take the latest debate on “quiet quitting” as a trendy, divisive term for what Anthony Klotz, the management professor who inadvertently coined “the great resignation” back in May 2021, links to the not-new concepts of worker disengagement and withdrawal. “All jobs have core elements of the job, which we call in-role performance…‘quiet quitting’ is quitting everything beyond that, which we call citizenship behaviors—going above and beyond the call of duty,” explains Klotz. Whatever moniker you give it, there’s now increasingly accepted room for the idea that you might step off the professional gas pedal in order to protect your well-being and even sense of identity. “People are talking about it as a mindset shift,” says Klotz, who has studied resignations for more than a decade. “Realizing like, I’ve become kind of a unidimensional person…I’m quiet quitting mentally to make room for me to be more than just a worker.” (Klotz allows for the record to show that he, too, was not immune to the Big Quittening’s reach; earlier this year, he resigned from his post at Texas A&M University for a new job teaching at University College London.) | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/the-professional-try-hard-is-dead | 2022-09-06T19:08:15Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/the-professional-try-hard-is-dead | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ball of Light Illuminates Venice
The Venice Casino shone all night long. The splendid halls of Ca’ Vendramin Calergi staged The Ball of Light, organized by Vanity Fair in collaboration with Giorgio Armani, to celebrate the return of cinema after the pandemic.
On the evening of September 3 in the heart of Venice, a select group of international actors, directors, and artists were invited to a sparkling dance party. Guests included Julianne Moore, Isabelle Huppert, Irina Shayk, Patricia Clarkson, Simone Ashley, Trace Lysette, Nicholas Houl, Barbara Palvin, Jaime Lorente, Regé-Jean Page, Luca Argentero, Cristina Marino, Annalisa, Drusilla, Federica Pellegrini, Matteo Giunta, Matilde Gioli, Greta Ferro, Alice Pagani, Anna Foglietta, and Elodie.
The evening opened with a DJ set by Graziano Della Nebbia while a performance by Peggy Gou took place at midnight. Korean artist, producer and deejay, undisputed queen of international clubs, Gou came to the Lagoon exclusively for the event with a show designed for the Ball of Light.
After a two-year pandemic pause, the Vanity Fair Ball in Venice was back and more glamorous than ever, thanks to the collaboration with Giorgio Armani, which shares the same passion for the art of cinema with Vanity Fair.
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2 men arrested for stealing $3,700 worth of LEGOs, police say
Published: Sep. 6, 2022 at 2:47 PM EDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) – Two men were arrested Monday after stealing $3,700 worth of LEGOs from two Meijer supermarket locations in Ohio, according to police.
The Miami Township Police Department said Jeremy Bradbury and David Jackson were caught stealing $1,700 worth of LEGOs from one Meijer store.
Police found an additional $2,000 worth of LEGOs in the suspects’ vehicle, which officers said was stolen earlier in the day from another Meijer store.
Bradbury and Jackson were booked into the Clermont County Jail.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio (WJW) – Cedar Point amusement park announced Tuesday that it is permanently closing the Top Thrill Dragster, the world’s second-tallest roller coaster.
“After 19 seasons in operation with 18 million riders experiencing the world’s first strata coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, as you know it, has been retired,” the Ohio amusement park said in a tweet.
The 420-foot-tall ride has been closed since Aug. 15, 2021, after a 44-year-old woman was hit by a metal object while waiting in line.
According to Cedar Point, a metal object broke off of a passenger train on the ride – which goes from 0 to 120 mph in less than four seconds – as it was ending a run, striking the woman in the head.
The woman suffered severe injuries and was taken to the hospital. Her current condition is unclear.
State investigators say they reviewed thousands of pages of maintenance records, witness reports and laboratory reporting.
The division concluded that “there is insufficient evidence to find the actions or inactions of Cedar Point violated any of the laws or any rules” of the Ohio Revised Code.
Park officials did not say if the accident influenced their decision to permanently close the coaster, which has operated for 19 years and drawn 18 million riders.
Editor’s note: Video below details the final report on the investigation into the accident in 2021.
The park said in the tweet that it is currently creating a “new and reimagined ride experience,” saying its “legacy of ride innovation continues.” The park, which has disabled comments on the tweet, said it will share more details at a later date.
The Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, is considered the world’s tallest with a 456-foot elevation.
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Mike Rowe's Mom Peggy Rowe's Eye-Catching 'Vacuuming in the Nude' Proves There's No Age Limit to Success
Mike Rowe is famous for getting down and dirty as the host of "Dirty Jobs." Now, his mother, Peggy, is turning heads herself with her new book, "Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention.”
Mike Rowe is famous for getting down and dirty. As the host of "Dirty Jobs," he's seen it all!
Mike's mother, Peggy, still can't believe some of the things she has seen her son do on the show.
“There he'd be, swimming up a river of raw sewage and we were just appalled and so much the content we watched like this,” Peggy told Inside Edition, covering her face to show how she’d often find herself taking in her son’s television show.
“And now my mother's naked on the cover of a book!” Mike replied. “Cry me a river!”
Peggy Rowe does, in fact, appear—in cartoon form—to be wearing nothing but a barrel with the word “censored” emblazoned across its front on the cover of her new book, “Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention.”
“Despite the title, despite the picture on the front, this is not erotica,” Peggy said.
It's actually a collection of funny life lessons.
“It's a metaphor for all of the things I’ve done throughout my writing career to get attention,” she said of her book’s title.
“Everybody everywhere is trying to get noticed. So, my mom gets half-naked on the cover of her book to make the point,” Mike said.
And attention she’s getting. The 80-year-old has hit The New York Times Best Seller List.
“I would like for people to know if you have a passion, you can continue on with that passion no matter how old you are,” she said.
Her son agreed, saying, “When in doubt find something you love and do that.”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aleut Information Technology, LLC (Aleut) was awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide maintenance, development, and support service for its existing Open Architecture Distributed Common Ground System (OA/DCGS) and Forward Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (FPED) platform – the United States' primary visual data aggregator for military intelligence.
"We want to help analysts provide better output to their agencies," said Aleut Federal's Vice President of Technology Services, Geoff Vaughan. "We know how critical it is that information be processed and distributed efficiently and accurately. Aleut will continue to generate software updates at a quick cadence, adding capabilities that improve the functionality of the platform, and empower operators."
FPED is a platform which takes a broad range of data including video, geospatial intelligence, photographs, and more, collected by aircraft in the field and exploits the data using subject matter experts located across the globe. Those experts then take the imagery and identify items of interest (e.g., weapons, vehicles, and troops). The annotated files are then disseminated to subsystems operated by external government agencies such as the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, who use it to generate intelligence reports on the status of the regions.
Under the newly awarded contract, Aleut will continue to support various sites within the FPED network to perform software and hardware updates and training, working with operators to learn what features and functionality options they'd like to see in future updates. Aleut uses human centered design principles to research requirements and make User Experience (UX) improvement recommendations for government approval.
This contract has a potential duration of three years – including one, one-year base period and two, one-year options. Aleut will partner with the incumbent, MetroStar. Aleut is proud to retain the original subcontractors and key members of the original project team, ensuring a seamless transition.
Formed in 2016, Aleut is a Small Business Administration certified 8(a) program participant, and Small Disadvantaged Business providing proven capabilities in the IT sector including, infrastructure and communications.
Aleut Information Technology, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aleut Federal, LLC, a holding company for federal subsidiaries of The Aleut Corporation (TAC). TAC was one of 13 original Alaska Native Corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1971.
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ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ByoPlanet International®, the technology innovation leader for infection-prevention and health-related products, today announced the launch of ByoPlanet Solutions as an extension of the parent company. ByoPlanet Solutions will bring new technology-driven commercial and consumer brands to market.
"ByoPlanet Solutions was created so that we could have a platform to commercialize meaningful products through the technology we develop," said Rick O'Shea, President of ByoPlanet International®. "Our team of incredible engineers and chemists continually develop exciting technologies in the health and wellness space. Before now, we never used our technology in products that we've launched ourselves. This is a very exciting time for our company."
Clean Republic, the first brand to launch under ByoPlanet Solutions, is a line of electrostatic sprayers and environmentally friendly disinfectants & cleaners formulated with hypochlorous acid. The force behind the Clean Republic brand is the patented induction charged technology and in-house chemical reactor from ByoPlanet International®.
"We have a unique opportunity to address a specific niche where our technology can be used to help people," said Mr. O'Shea. "We say ByoPlanet International® is 'where health & technology meet'. Trying to find solutions to keep the public healthy is why we started this company back in 2010. And that intersection is now ByoPlanet Solutions."
ByoPlanet Solutions will bring innovation directly to businesses and consumers, presenting exciting opportunities to challenge existing formulas and offer innovative new products, expanding the base and reach of the parent label.
ByoPlanet International®, founded in 2010, is a research and technology development organization focused on engineering infection-prevention and health-related technologies. The company developed the first air-assisted electrostatic spray technology to combat bacteria & viruses, which helped to reduce infection rates on cruise ships and food processing plants, in classrooms, in EMS vehicles and ambulances as well as other industries. The company continues to invent and design new technologies and advance their knowledge and insights in the health & wellness space.
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How to look stylish, but be comfortable
MoviePass has returned — the popular subscription service that lets you watch the movie you want in the theater you want is back. This means movie night is no longer limited to your couch. You can enjoy all the latest releases as they were meant to be seen: on the big screen. It also means you have to get a little more dressed up than just Crocs and a onesie. How do you look chic and stylish at the movies without sacrificing comfort? Here are a few ideas.
In this article: Mango Women’s Linen Jogger Trousers, Women’s Simply Vera Vera Wang Ruched Open-Front Cardigan and Birkenstock Honnef Low Suede Leather
What is MoviePass?
MoviePass is the third-party subscription service that gives moviegoers the best bang for their buck. In fact, it gave audiences such a great deal that the company went bankrupt. Now, MoviePass is back with tiered pricing and negotiated partnerships with movie theaters. The changes are predicted to help both MoviePass and movie theaters thrive.
Three key considerations for movie attire
For many, it may be a couple of years since you’ve been in a movie theater. There are three things you want to remember when choosing a look for the occasion.
- Comfort is key: Going to the movies is a casual event. You want your clothes to both look and feel comfortable.
- Style is still important: Your clothes can be comfortable without looking like you’re at a sleepover. When the lights come up, you might be ready for a drink or a bite to eat. Don’t let your clothing limit your evening’s adventures.
- It can get chilly: Even if the thermostat isn’t set in the 60s, sitting still for 120 minutes can make you feel a little chilly. You probably don’t need a winter coat, but an extra layer that can be removed (if needed) is always a good idea.
Movie night clothing that’s both stylish and comfortable
Women’s Sonoma Goods for Life Everyday V-Neck Tee
If you get this comfortable V-neck in black, it can add a chic elegance to almost any pair of pants and effortlessly create that balance of relaxed and refined.
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Mango Women’s Linen Jogger Trousers
Neutral linen joggers provide the comfort of sweats with the style of slacks. When paired with a stylish top and accented by smart shoes, this comfort-driven ensemble will dazzle.
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Champion Women’s Everyday Cotton Pants
You can style sweatpants in two ways: keep all clothes in the same color palette or wear a top that pops. Either way, you’ll look sharp and feel comfortable in these versatile pants.
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Women’s Simply Vera Vera Wang Ruched Open-Front Cardigan
Even if your go-to wardrobe only includes jeans and a concert T-shirt, this sophisticated cardigan can elevate your look to give you the right splash of style and personality without sacrificing comfort.
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Birkenstock Kumba Oiled Leather
You can’t go wrong with Birkenstock. The simple yet classic style of this popular sandal is perfect for a neutral monochrome sweatshirt and sweatpants combo. To add a little flair, accent the look with a long silver necklace and an eye-catching pendant.
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Men’s Izod Dockside Chambray Button-Down Shirt
Match this colorful top with light, neutral pants and casual shoes and you’ve got a look that reveals your fun-loving but chill spirit.
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Club Room Men’s Four-Way Stretch Pants
Not only does this four-way stretch fabric make these pants remarkably comfortable, the chic styling wears well with nearly any polo, button-down shirt or sweater in your wardrobe.
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Hanes Men’s Jogger Sweatpants with Pockets
Take these soft neutral sweatpants and add a pair of Chucks, white socks and your favorite sports jersey to create a sporty look. A colorful sports cap can give this ensemble a sense of purpose.
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Womleys Men’s Casual Open-Front Long-Sleeve Cotton Cardigan Sweater
Add your favorite slacks and a plain white T-shirt to this open-front sweater and you’ll have a simple yet stylish look that’s perfect for a night at the movies.
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Birkenstock Honnef Low Suede Leather
These shoes have a sophisticated style that will upgrade the look of any outfit, but they feature the trademark comfort Birkenstock is known for. If you’d like to add some personality, these shoes come in three colors: black, tea and soft pink.
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Snuggie The Original Wearable Blanket
If all you care about is comfort, a Snuggie is your best option. This cozy fleece blanket with sleeves is oversized so you can stay warm, no matter how low the theater keeps its thermostat.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWLP) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled with Credit Karma to reimburse people who responded to the company’s allegedly deceptive offers and then denied credit.
An FTC lawsuit alleges that Credit Karma deceived people by making claims that the consumer had been “pre-approved” or had “90% odds” of approval for credit cards or loans offered by banks and lenders that used Credit Karma to promote their financial products.
According to the FTC, consumers applied to Credit Karma and gave them personal information allowing for the collection of financial and other information. They then sent users recommendations in the form of deceptive “pre-approved” credit offers from at least February 2018 through April 2021, knowing that users were more likely to respond if they believed their applications would be accepted. But, the FTC says, for many of the supposed offers, nearly a third of the people who applied were rejected by the companies whose product Credit Karma recommended, based on disqualifying financial characteristics, like bankruptcies.
The FTC also said the companies’ reviews showed up as hard inquiries on the rejected applicants’ credit reports. A “hard inquiry” shows that the consumer applied for credit and the inquiry and rejection can lower a credit score.
In an agreement with the agency, Credit Karma will pay $3 million in restitution and is prohibited from making misleading claims that people have been or are likely to be approved for credit or loans.
Find out how to monitor and protect your credit by going to the FTC’s “Understanding your Credit” web page. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/ftc-credit-karma-ordered-to-stop-deceptive-pre-approved-credit-offers/ | 2022-09-06T19:23:37Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/ftc-credit-karma-ordered-to-stop-deceptive-pre-approved-credit-offers/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is reporting that 42 entities submitted a Notice of Intent to apply for a license to operate sports wagering in the state.
Any entity interested had to submit their notice by August 31, 2022 to give the MGC an idea on the interest in sports wagering licenses. The Notice of Intent is not an application for a license.
The list of interested entities are:
- 888 US, Inc. (888 Holdings)
- American Wagering, Inc. (Caesars Sportsbook)
- Bally’s Interactive, LLC
- BarberTime Media Network, Inc.
- BetFred USA Sports, LLC
- BetMGM, LLC
- Betr Holdings, Inc.
- Blue Bet USA, Inc.
- Blue Tarp reDevelopment, LLC
- CG Trading, Inc. (MaximBet)
- Commonwealth Equine & Agricultural Center LLC (CEAC)
- Crown MA Gaming, LLC (Draft Kings)
- Digital Gaming Corporation USA
- FanDuel Group, Inc.
- FanLogic, LLC
- FBG Enterprises OPCO, LLC (Bet Fanatics)
- FSST Interactive, LLC (Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe)
- Fubo Gaming Inc. (Fubo Sportsbook)
- G3 Esports, LLC
- GAN Nevada, Inc
- Hillside [New Media Holdings US] Inc. (“Bet365”)
- Massachusetts NYX Digital Gaming (USA), LLC
- Massasoit Greyhound Association, Inc.
- Mohegan Digital, LLC
- Mojo Interactive, Inc. (Mojo)
- Novibet USA, Inc.
- Penn Sports Interactive, LLC (“PSI”)
- Plainville Gaming and Redevelopment, LLC (“PPC)
- PlayStar Gaming Inc.
- PlayUp Interactive MA, LLC (Play Up)
- PointsBet Massachusetts, LLC. (D.B.A PointsBet)
- PT Services (Delaware) LLC dba “Playtech One”
- RSI MA, LLC (Rush Street Interactive)
- RW BET MA, LLC (Resorts World Bet)
- Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC
- SG Gaming, Inc.
- Sportradar Solutions, LLC
- Sportradar Solutions, LLC
- Sterling Suffolk Racecourse, LLC
- Unibet Interactive, Inc.
- Victory Game Challenge, Inc.
- WSI US, LLC (Wynn BET)
More information on the Notice of Intent can be found on the MGC website. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/notice-of-intent-for-sports-wagering-license-in-massachusetts/ | 2022-09-06T19:23:49Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/notice-of-intent-for-sports-wagering-license-in-massachusetts/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WEMABOD has potential in real estate, other businesses – Oduntan
WEMABOD Limited has a real potential in real estate,other businesses, the newly inaugurated Chairman of the company, Otunba Seyi Oduntan,has said.
Oduntan, a seasoned administrator, stated this immediately after his inauguration by the company”s board in Lagos, describing the organization as iconic, adding that the company had seen a major turnaround in the last four years.
He added that Wemabod’s asset base is worthy of emulation by anybody in the real estate sector.
He assured stakeholders that the new board would help to realise the potential of the company.
WEMABOD Limited is one of Nigeria’s leading real estate firm, offering services in property development and management.
The new chairman also pledged support for Wemabod’s five strategy pillars namely: portfolio optimisation, growth and diversification, financing and investment capital, operational excellence and people and cultural transformation.
The first pillar is to align Wemabod’s rental rates with the market; renovate priotised ageing properties with potential for improved yields; optimised the facilities management business.
The second pillar which centered on growth and diversification aimed to expand Wemabod’s property development business; access to diaspora market as a strategic channel for property development services; and improve the viability of Wemabod’s brand as a flagrant real estate solutions providers, among others.
Oduntan congratulated all board’s members and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Wemabod, Mr Yemi Ejidiran, for their commitments in making the company great.
He also appreciated members of the board, who he described as “core professionals” for their commitment.
“”o whom much is given, much is expected. Wemabod is a subsidiary of Odu’a and the company is looking for more investments and achievements
“We can work together to achieve outstanding results. The work ahead of us is to bring something to the table and achieve the desired greater results,” Oduntan said.
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EASTON, Md. - A 24-year-old man is dead following a late Sunday afternoon motorcycle crash in Easton.
Easton police said it happened shortly after 4 p.m., when a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling west on Ocean Gateway (US 50). After passing the bend, just south of the Maryland State Police barracks, the motorcyclist lost control and fell to its side. Both the operator and the motorcycle traveled a distance until they both struck the rear of a Lincoln Navigator.
The operator of the motorcycle, identified as Robert Stacey Jr., of Hurlock, Md., was pronounced deceased on the scene. The operator of the Lincoln Navigator was identified as 41-year-old, Eric Higgenbottom, of Talbot County, Md. No other injuries occurred and both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Westbound Ocean Gateway remained closed until about 7 p.m. Sunday, while officers conducted their investigation. | https://www.wboc.com/news/man-dies-in-easton-motorcycle-crash/article_6e15c376-2df8-11ed-b76c-370ae7666b6b.html | 2022-09-06T19:26:29Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/man-dies-in-easton-motorcycle-crash/article_6e15c376-2df8-11ed-b76c-370ae7666b6b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BALTIMORE - Maryland Lottery and Gaming's Sports Wagering Application Review Commission on Tuesday opened the application process for mobile and Class B facility sports wagering licenses.
All businesses and individuals that wish to pursue licenses have 45 days to submit their applications. The applications and additional information on the application process are available at swarc.org/applications. In July, SWARC published drafts of its applications and the regulations to govern the application process, but was not able to accept applications until the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review approved the regulations. That approval came on Sept. 2.
SWARC is authorized to conduct a competitive process to award up to 60 mobile licenses and up to 30 Class B facility licenses.
“This is fantastic news,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director John Martin. “We know sports fans are eager to have mobile wagering, and we also know that it will substantially increase the contributions to education funding, so we’re eager too. We’ve been doing everything we can to have it launch before the end of the year, and now we have a good chance to make that happen.”
AELR’s vote on Sept. 2 came after SWARC met earlier that day and approved an addendum to the applications that will require each applicant that is awarded a competitive license to submit a diversity plan to SWARC within 30 days after their license award. SWARC has established a 45-day window for businesses and individuals to submit their applications and non-refundable application fees.
The deadline to apply is Oct. 21. Applicants must also submit all materials required for their background investigations into Maryland Lottery and Gaming’s eLicensing system within 30 days of submitting their applications to SWARC.
After the application window closes on Oct. 21, SWARC may need up to 45 days to review the applications while Maryland Lottery and Gaming completes background investigations to determine whether applicants are qualified for licenses. Applicants must be found qualified before they can be awarded licenses by SWARC.
“Maryland Lottery and Gaming has been hard at work on background investigations,” Martin said. “A number of businesses that are planning to apply for mobile licenses have already submitted information to get their investigations started, and our Licensing staff will continue guiding them through the qualification procedures. We’re focused on expediting our part of the process so mobile betting can start as soon as possible.” | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-launches-application-process-for-mobile-facility-sports-wagering-licenses/article_0302539a-2df5-11ed-8052-d337878f8a40.html | 2022-09-06T19:26:35Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/maryland-launches-application-process-for-mobile-facility-sports-wagering-licenses/article_0302539a-2df5-11ed-8052-d337878f8a40.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN, Md. - The Maryland State Highway Administration will start a project Monday, Sept. 12, to improve drainage on westbound US 50 (Ocean Gateway) between east of MD 611 (Stephen Decatur Highway) and Keyser Point Road in west Ocean City. The $144,000 project should be complete by early October, weather-permitting.
Work includes repairing drainage ditches and inlets and replacing pipes. Motorists can expect single right-lane closures on westbound US 50 overnight, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday evenings into Friday mornings, for about three weeks.
SHA contractor David A. Bramble, of Chestertown, Md., will use barrels, cones and construction signs to safely guide motorists through the work zone. | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-sha-announces-drainage-improvement-project-on-us-50-in-worcester-county/article_10abe32c-2e0d-11ed-8d7e-1b95326191cb.html | 2022-09-06T19:26:41Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-sha-announces-drainage-improvement-project-on-us-50-in-worcester-county/article_10abe32c-2e0d-11ed-8d7e-1b95326191cb.html | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN, Md. - The Maryland State Highway Administration will start a project Monday, Sept. 12, to improve drainage on westbound US 50 (Ocean Gateway) between east of MD 611 (Stephen Decatur Highway) and Keyser Point Road in west Ocean City. The $144,000 project should be complete by early October, weather-permitting.
Work includes repairing drainage ditches and inlets and replacing pipes. Motorists can expect single right-lane closures on westbound US 50 overnight, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday evenings into Friday mornings, for about three weeks.
SHA contractor David A. Bramble, of Chestertown, Md., will use barrels, cones and construction signs to safely guide motorists through the work zone. | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-sha-announces-drainage-improvement-project-on-us-50-in-worcester-county/article_10abe32c-2e0d-11ed-8d7e-1b95326191cb.html | 2022-09-06T19:26:41Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-sha-announces-drainage-improvement-project-on-us-50-in-worcester-county/article_10abe32c-2e0d-11ed-8d7e-1b95326191cb.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. - Dover police are investigating a shooting that left a 24-year-old Wilmington man injured Saturday morning.
Officers responded to Bayhealth Kent Campus at 9:30 a.m. for the report of a man with a gunshot wound to his leg. Officers contacted the victim, who stated that he was on the 100 block of South New Street Dover, when he was shot. The victim was uncooperative with detectives and would not provide any additional information or suspect description, police said.
Officers checked the area where this shooting occurred and located a spent shell casing.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Dover Police Department at 302-736-7130. Callers may remain anonymous. Tips may also be submitted to law enforcement through Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333 or online at delaware.crimestoppersweb.com; a cash reward is possible for information leading to an arrest. | https://www.wboc.com/police-investigating-shooting-on-south-new-street-in-dover/article_f6374214-2df0-11ed-bc1d-f37c8c73ab90.html | 2022-09-06T19:26:47Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/police-investigating-shooting-on-south-new-street-in-dover/article_f6374214-2df0-11ed-bc1d-f37c8c73ab90.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System was recognized in the Sustainable Product of the Year category for its commitment to reducing medication misuse and environmental harm
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc., maker of the Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System, was named a winner of Business Intelligence Group's 2022 Sustainability Awards, which honor companies and products that have made sustainability an integral part of their products and business practices.
The Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System — a medication disposal pouch or container that safely destroys and disposes of unused and expired medications — was honored in the Sustainable Product of the Year category. This category recognizes physical products that improve sustainability or are designed to be more eco-friendly than market alternatives. Other 2022 Sustainability Award winners include General Motors, PepsiCo Beverages North America, LG Electronics, and Dow.
"We're honored to receive this recognition of our mission to prevent drug abuse and protect the environment through safe deactivation and disposal," said Jason Sundby, chairman and CEO of Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc. "This award will help us amplify our efforts to educate the public about the importance of safe medication disposal practices."
Deterra uses organic activated carbon and tap water to render drugs inert, making them unretrievable for misuse and safe to throw away in household trash without contaminating landfills or waterways. It is the only product available that is scientifically proven to destroy prescription and over-the-counter medications, including pills, patches, liquids, creams and films.
"We pride ourselves on making Deterra environmentally sound throughout its product lifecycle, and we're always working to improve our efforts," said Nancy Devine, Verde's chief operating officer. "That includes manufacturing Deterra at a plant using 100% wind-generated energy and bio-based plastic for our pouch packaging."
To date, millions of Deterra Pouches have been used across all 50 states and internationally to destroy nearly 806 million medications. Verde's goal is to deactivate and dispose of 1 billion pills by 2023.
Minneapolis-based Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc., is a privately owned company committed to developing research based scientifically proven solutions to reduce drug abuse, misuse and negative environmental impact. The patented Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System is powered by proprietary activated carbon, which deactivates drugs. Deterra is highly effective in adsorbing and firmly binding drugs, rendering them inert, unavailable for misuse and safe for the environment. Visit DeterraSystem.com to learn more.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Finding a new place can be challenging, and skyrocketing rents have made it especially hard this year. But there are things you can do to make the process easier.
Whether it’s your first or 10th time renting, here are five things to think about when looking for a new place to call home:
NEEDS VS WANTS
Before anything else, you need to decide what your priorities are and what you can afford, said Brian Carberry, senior managing editor of Rent.com, an apartment search website owned by Redfin.
If you’re not sure how to figure that out, Zumper’s Rent Affordability Calculator allows you to estimate how much you can pay per month according to your location, monthly income, and monthly expenses.
Then you can consider things like location and amenities.
Apartment search websites such as Apartments.com, Rent.com, Zillow, Apartment Guide, and Zumper can help curate your search. And if you need help affording somewhere to rent, check out the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s Rental Assistance Finder as well as this list of local public housing agencies.
Another option is to use a broker to help with your search. Some, known as no-fee brokers, charge the leasing management company rather than charging you.
The broker “was there to be a liaison and to say things like ‘Oh this isn’t right, maybe you guys should consider this,’” said Erika Tascon, who used a no-fee broker to find a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.
Ask friends for recommendations, and if you’ve never worked with a broker before, make sure to ask questions beforehand and look for reviews on websites such as Yelp. In large cities such as New York, websites like StreetEasy allow tenants to limit their search by “no-fee” apartments.
UNDERSTAND THE MARKET
As with any major life decision, it’s always good to do your research. Rents can vary greatly between cities or states and it’s best to understand the market to know what you can expect at different price ranges, Carberry said.
A great place to start is national rent reports from websites such as Apartment List and Redfin.
If you’re not in a rush, you might want to wait until after September.
“If you have the ability to look in the winter months, those are great times because not a lot of people are looking to move, you may be more likely to find some deals,” Carberry said.
Renters might also have more leverage to negotiate then, according to Apartment List. But with rental demand high, this year might not see as steep a winter slowdown as before the pandemic.
A downside of moving during the winter months might include having fewer options and, if you live in places where it snows, potentially bad weather for your move.
— Drive around neighborhoods
While a lot of landlords list their apartments or houses on online websites, including Facebook and Craigslist, some are more analog.
Tascon drove around different neighborhoods and found “for rent” signs outside of several units.
“That’s really helpful,” she said. “There were a lot of listings that I found that were not listed online, it was just like a sign outside.”
TAKE YOUR TIME (BUT NOT TOO MUCH)
It’s important to learn as much as you can and make an informed decision. But in a competitive market, you can’t always take as much time as you’d like to consider options. The key is to do as much research as possible ahead of time so you’re ready to apply when you see something you like. If you know that your lease will be ending, try starting your research a few months ahead of time. This can include looking for reviews of property management companies or the neighborhoods.
“You need to be prepared to spend a lot of time and energy on this,” said Tascon, who spent over a month looking for her current apartment.
—Get to know your landlord/leasing office
Britni Eseller, who recently found an apartment in San Diego, suggests asking prospective landlords for a license number, name of the property management company and details about the unit.
You can search reviews of prospective landlords or property management companies on websites such as Yelp, ApartmentRatings.com and RentMyLandlord.com. You can also try contacting them with questions.
VISIT IN PERSON
A crucial aspect of getting to know your potential home is to visit in person, Carberry said. You can check things like what’s around the neighborhood, what traffic is like on the main road and whether the appliances work.
“You can look and go through with a fine tooth comb of the unit itself,” Carberry said. “Look at things like the paint and the appliances, those are certain things that you might not see from a virtual tour because you can get in and look close.”
While in-person visits are always preferred, if you are moving to another state and you cannot afford to visit first, ask a friend or a co-worker to check out the place for you.
— Bring a friend
When it comes to visiting an apartment, the more eyes the better, Tascon said. If the landlord or agent is giving you details or you are asking questions, your friend or family member can help look around.
— Be ready to apply when you visit
Apartments in cities with competitive markets such as San Francisco, New York and Austin often have multiple applicants.
Esseler found an apartment in just two weeks. Because there were so many people touring the unit she wanted, she knew she had to move fast.
She had several documents already printed and ended up running to print more right after the tour so she could submit her application a few hours later.
“Timing is really a big thing. There were many people before and after me and having the documents already prepared, I was able to submit my application quickly,” said Eseller, who also wrote the date and time on the envelope when she dropped her application at the leasing office since the process was on a first-come-first-served basis.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Knowing your state’s tenant rights is crucial said Lucia Leal, a housing counselor at Causa Justa, a San Francisco-based tenant rights advocacy organization.
“Most tenants think that because a landlord owns the house, they can do whatever they want, and that’s not OK,” Leal said.
A good place to start reading about your rights is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Tenant Rights website.
Being informed about your rights and reading your lease carefully before signing it will help you avoid conflicts or confusion. If you have specific questions and need to talk to someone, community organizations around you might be available to help, said Nick Graetz, a postdoctoral research associate at The Eviction Lab.
“Local groups offer accessible guides and legal documentation for assistance,” he said.
Tenants can search housing counseling agencies around the country on HUD’s website.
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The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy. The independent foundation is separate from Charles Schwab and Co. Inc. The AP is solely responsible for its journalism. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-5-tips-to-make-the-search-for-a-new-apartment-easier/ | 2022-09-06T19:28:26Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-5-tips-to-make-the-search-for-a-new-apartment-easier/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after China promised to speed up the rollout of policy changes to boost anemic economic growth.
Shanghai gained while Hong Kong declined. Tokyo and South Korea were unchanged at midday.
The Chinese Cabinet’s planning agency promised Monday to accelerate easier lending and other policies but announced no new spending. Economic growth sank to 2.5% over a year earlier in the second half, less than half the official annual target.
The announcement might “provide a short-term uplift” to sentiment, but investors “ultimately want to see a stronger recovery,” said Yeap Jun Rong of IG in a report.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 1% to 3,232.24 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was unchanged at 28,618.62. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.2% to 19,188.25.
The Kospi in Seoul was unchanged at 2,403.90 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 gained less than 0.1% to 6,855.50. New Zealand retreated while Southeast Asian markets gained.
U.S. markets were closed Monday for Labor Day.
European markets sank following Friday’s announcement by Russian gas giant Gazprom that a suspension of supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would be extended indefinitely. That adds to shortages in Germany and other economies.
The deputy director of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Yang Yinkai, said the agency will “speed up the release of policy effectiveness” to “make up for losses caused by the epidemic in the second quarter,” according to news reports.
The government has trimmed interest rates, given entrepreneurs a break on rent and promised other aid to revive the economy after Shanghai and other industrial centers temporarily shut down to fight virus outbreaks. But it is avoiding major spending, possibly for fear of reigniting a rise in housing costs and debt that Chinese leaders worry is dangerously high.
Also Monday, Beijing freed up more foreign currency holdings of Chinese commercial banks for lending and trading by lowering the amount they must hold in reserve. The move rolls back an increase imposed last year to limit speculative trading and restrain the rise of the exchange rate of China’s yuan, which has since declined.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained $1.71 to $88.58 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost 81 cents to $94.93 per barrel in London.
The dollar advanced to 140.48 yen from Monday’s 140.46 yen. The euro gained to 99.49 cents from 99.31 cents. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-asian-markets-mixed-after-china-promises-economic-support/ | 2022-09-06T19:28:41Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-asian-markets-mixed-after-china-promises-economic-support/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch agriculture minister has unexpectedly resigned, telling reporters he wasn’t the right person for the job following a tumultuous summer of protests by farmers over pollution regulations.
Henk Staghouwer, who held the position for only nine months, announced his decision Monday night. He had just returned from Brussels, where he negotiated an agreement with the European Commission to scrap a Dutch exemption to manure spreading limits.
The Netherlands, along with Denmark, Ireland and the Flanders region of Belgium, had been allowed to exceed caps on how much manure farmers could return to their fields because of the country’s comparatively small land area. But Brussels wants to phase out this dispensation because the Dutch are failing to meet EU water quality standards.
The country’s lucrative agriculture sector has been in crisis since a 2019 court ruling forced the government to slash emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce. Thousands of farmers have staged protests, blockading cities with tractors and burning hay bales along highways.
A 60-year-old former baker, Staghouwer had been tasked with transitioning the sector away from intensive farming practices and buying out farmers to reduce total emissions.
The government allocated an extra 24.3 billion euros ($24.2 billion) to tackle the problem. Last week Staghouwer told the Cabinet that he would be unable to meet a mid-September deadline to present a plan for the transition.
“I respect his brave decision,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote on Twitter, but others were less praising. Member of parliament Caroline van der Plas of The Farmer–Citizen Movement party (BBB) said “he was totally unsuitable” for the job.
Bart Kemp of farmers’ organization Agractie told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that Staghouwer was “a friendly man, but not a decisive person.”
Staghouwer’s role will temporarily be taken on by the former agricultural minister Carola Schouten. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-dutch-farm-minister-resigns-after-protests-over-pollution/ | 2022-09-06T19:29:15Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-dutch-farm-minister-resigns-after-protests-over-pollution/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — Israel’s president addressed Germany’s parliament on Tuesday about atrocities committed during the Third Reich, while at the same time praising the close and friendly relations that have emerged between the two countries since the end of the Holocaust.
Six million European Jews were murdered by Germany’s Nazis and their henchmen during World War II.
“Never in human history was there a campaign like the one the Nazis and their accomplices conducted to annihilate the Jewish people,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told lawmakers at the Bundestag.
“Never in history was a state responsible, as Nazi Germany was responsible, for the loss of all semblance of humanity, for the erasure of all mercy, for the pursuit of the worldwide obliteration, with such awful cruelty, of an entire people.”
Herzog also spoke about his father, former Israeli President Chaim Herzog, who was among the liberators of the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany in April 1945, as an officer of the British forces.
“I shall never forget how he described to me the horrors he witnessed. The stench. The human skeletons in striped pajamas, the piles of corpses, the destruction, the hell on earth,” the Israeli president told German lawmakers.
After his speech, Herzog and Steinmeier, accompanied by their wives, went to Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews — a field of 2,700 gray concrete slabs near the the city’s landmark Brandenburg Gate — where they laid two wreaths for the victims of the Holocaust.
On Tuesday afternoon, the two presidents are set to visit the site of the former concentration camp. After a tour of the memorial site, they are expected to meet with survivors and German high school students.
The Israeli president arrived for a state visit to Germany earlier this week that also included a trip to Munich on Monday where he participated in the 50-year anniversary ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Looking forward, Herzog praised close relations between the two countries and their joint commitment to fight antisemitism.
“The partnership between Israel and Germany has achieved global renown, and we must continue deepening and cultivating it, for the benefit of a brilliant future not only for our countries but for the whole of humanity,” he said in parliament.
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Tia Goldberg contributed to this report from Jerusalem. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-israeli-president-gives-broad-speech-to-germanys-parliament/ | 2022-09-06T19:30:04Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-israeli-president-gives-broad-speech-to-germanys-parliament/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Twitter users have become convinced that Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine’s lap in a now-viral video of the “Don’t Worry Darling” co-stars at the Venice Film Festival premiere.
Styles, for his part, avoided eye contact with the “Wonder Woman” star in the video, waving to other audience members behind them.
While some believe that Styles “100 percent” spat on Pine, others expressed their uncertainty.
Twitter Comment
"Chris pine just wondered where his sunglasses were after the applause. And he zoned out (likes he’s been doing all day) and realised [sic] it’s in his lap. So I am sorry to say harry styles did not spit on him.”
Twitter Comment
“people actually think harry walked over there and decided to spit on chris for no reason, in front of multiple people? Chris made no movement to wipe it off and just sat there smiling and laughing? be f–king serious.”
The “Contractor” star did make headlines over the weekend for his behavior during the premiere, from zoning out while Styles answered questions at a press conference to photographing Florence Pugh with a Polaroid camera on the red carpet. | https://nypost.com/web-stories/did-harry-styles-spit-on-chris-pine/ | 2022-09-06T19:30:07Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/web-stories/did-harry-styles-spit-on-chris-pine/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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