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CBS lead national correspondent David Begnaud—who has also taken on the title of Oprah Daily Joy Ambassador—is joining us for a new series called Project Spread Joy. We want to hear your stories and what’s bringing you joy as we navigate through these pretty tough times. To be considered for the series, leave a comment below about how you find joy.
A note from David Begnaud, Oprah Daily Joy Ambassador: “I’ve learned that these episodes of Project Spread Joy are best received when you are in a mental space where you can be fully present in the moment. Our intention is to share another person’s experience with joy and, in that, have you find for yourself an aha moment.”
In this second episode of Project Spread Joy, Begnaud spoke to Oprah Daily Insider Mary Ann Burrow. Burrow grabbed our attention after she left a thought-provoking comment under the Instagram clip for our last Project Spread Joy episode. She wrote about finding a glimmer of light and happiness in our sometimes tumultuous world through her family.
“In a world where at times it feels that there is so much tragedy, chaos and pain, I am full of hope and joy right now. It's been a long road getting here and in six days, I will become a grandmother for the very first time, joyfulness,” Burrow wrote.
Read on for a few standout moments from Begnaud and Burrow’s conversation on finding joy through family and the presence of new life.
How She Found Moments of Joy in Her Daughter’s Tough Fertility Journey
Like many people who struggle with fertility, Burrow’s daughter endured multiple rounds of egg transfers and IVF treatments. The process of watching her daughter struggle through many years of trying to get pregnant was tough on Burrow, but she found joy in her daughter's bravery and dedication to her “dream” of wanting to be a mother.
“Ever since she was a little tiny girl, she wanted to be a mom,” Burrow said. “And then when it didn't work out, it was like, ‘Oh my goodness, what am I going to do?’ And so I think it was just in being a witness to her and how she was just so brave going through this.”
When her daughter finally got pregnant, Burrow helped her maintain joy by pushing away the anxiety of “What if?” and focusing on the present. “I think what helped me in my life, or what I tried to help her with, was just staying in the present moment,” Burrow said. “And basically, what do you know now? Right now you're pregnant. So stay in that instead of going down the road of ‘What if something bad happens?’’’
What It’s Like Watching Her Daughter Be a Mom
Burrow reflected on what it’s been like watching her daughter become a mother to baby Francis moon, or “Frankie,” as she and their family call her.
“Just the love that she has for this child,” Burrow said. “It's just so beautiful to watch, because this is a dream that she’s had her whole life, and that’s all we want for our children, is that they’re happy and that their dreams happen. And that’s just beautiful, that I}m so happy to be able to be a witness to that and be a part of that.”
What She Does to Promote Joy in Her Life
It’s easy for someone to say that they want to attain or maintain joy, but finding that immense sense of happiness takes work like anything else in life. One of the best ways to find joy is to discover activities that bring you happiness. It could be painting, pottery, knitting, or in Burrow’s case, writing poetry.
“I write every day,” Burrow said. “And so I see poetry as a gift or an offering to the world. And often, it helps for others to speak who haven’t found their voice when they read it. And often it’s a way for me, it’s a vessel for my emotions and it’s a way of expressing my life.”
Burrow emphasized that while writing and her other methods for achieving joy are all different “activities,” the commonality is how they encourage her to feel a sense of connection to life.
“Being in touch with nature, out in the forest, all those things, being with Frankie, but those are activities,” Burrow said. “What is the common thing about all of them is that it’s my connection with life.”
Watch the video above for their full conversation.
Cailey Griffin (She/Her) is the Editorial Assistant to Oprah Daily’s General Manager. In addition to assisting the GM, she also writes for Oprah Daily. She holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Columbia University. She has interned at 60 Minutes, NBC News, and her work has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine. Outside of Oprah Daily, she can be found running around Harlem or listening to the Wicked soundtrack on repeat. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a41040990/david-begnaud-project-spread-joy/ | 2022-09-07T06:00:01Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a41040990/david-begnaud-project-spread-joy/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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25 of the Best Winter Getaways to Start Planning Now
When the weather outside is frightful, turn to one of these escapes.
Contrary to popular belief, winter is actually one of the best times to travel. If nothing sounds better to you than cozying up next to a fireplace with a warm cup of hot chocolate in hand, then traveling to Stowe, Vermont; Traverse City, Michigan; or Breckenridge, Colorado, for your very own winter wonderland might sound perfect to you.
But if the sound of snow gently falling to the ground doesn't exactly get your heart racing as much as the sound of fresh ocean water hitting the shore while you bask in the sun does, then fear not.
According to SmarterTravel, many places in the U.S. and across the globe have “low season” during the winter months, meaning that you end up spending less money to travel to places that would normally be much more expensive.
Whether it's a romantic couples' resort you can book on a budget, a solo retreat, a restorative girls' weekend, a quick affordable excursion, an old-fashioned road trip, or something for the whole family, a winter vacation will help you forget all about the cold...or inspire you to embrace it. Depending on whether it’s December, January, or February, a winter getaway can either celebrate all you accomplished in the previous year, serve as the perfect way to kick off your new year, or celebrate time with a loved one.
Regardless of which month your winter trip is for, we’ve compiled a list of the best places to indulge in the perfect winter getaway—from calm stretches of sand in Mexico to under-the-radar towns in the Northeast—as well as suggestions for what to eat, see, and do in each place.
If you're looking for a place with no shortage of history, beauty, and Southern charm, you won't do better than Savannah.
To start your trip on the right foot, book a room at the Perry Lane Hotel, which offers contemporary luxury with loads of Instagram-ready areas, including a chic rooftop bar (even if you're not staying at the property, you can visit the Peregrin for its tasty cocktails and stunning city views). In the morning, grab a complimentary glass of champagne and some of the hotel's bicycles, and head over to nearby Chippewa Square, where Forrest Gump's iconic bench scenes were filmed. (The hotel offers free car service though, if that's more your speed.)
If you're in town on a Saturday, walk over to Forsyth Park, a gorgeous 30-acre expanse, where you'll find Forsyth Farmers’ Market—along with, ancient, moss-draped oak trees and lots of old mansions. From there, make your way to The Olde Pinke House for lunch (don't skip the grits!), followed by a visit to the Telfair Museum, the oldest public art museum in the Southeast. After, take a scenic stroll along Savannah's famous River Street, leaving plenty of time for admiring the cobblestone streets and historic buildings, as well as stopping in the delightful stores.
End the eve with dinner at Cotton & Rye (or Husk, if you can manage to snag a reservation), followed by a nightcap back at Wayward, plus a friendly game of Skee-Ball at the eclectic bar.
Of course the main star of Big Sky is skiing, but it's packed with alternatives like dogsledding, snowmobiling, fly-fishing, and horseback riding.
Consider staying at Big Sky Resort, which offers a number of accommodations, including two slope-side hotels: the Huntley Lodge and the Summit Hotel. Guests can ride the Ramcharger 8 chairlift, the first eight-seat chairlift in North America, to dinner at Everett’s 8800.
Another fun idea: the Sleigh Ride Dinner at Lone Mountain Ranch. Tourists are transported on horse-drawn carriages to a remote cabin for a prime rib dinner served in a room illuminated by kerosene lanterns.
Not headed to the Alps or Aspen this year? Here’s the next best thing: Stowe, Vermont. The quaint New England town is best known for its skiing (Stowe Mountain Resort alone has 485 skiable acres and 116 trails), but for non-skiiers, there are plenty of other powdery pursuits: snowshoe tours, dogsledding, ice-skating, ice-fishing, and sleigh rides, to name a few.
When you need to refuel, take the Gondola SkyRide to the Cliff House at the top of Mount Mansfield—Vermont’s highest mountain—for award-winning American cuisine with a view. For something a bit sweeter, head to local favorite Stowe Bee Bakery & Café for everything from ooey gooey chocolate chip cookies to strawberry and cream cinnamon buns to maple pecan upside cakes to churro popovers. (Before you leave town, make sure to stock up on maple syrup, candy, popcorn, and more at Stowe Maple Products.)
Need a break from the slopes? Take a day trip to Burlington, which is just under 40 miles away. While you’re there, make sure to set aside some time to stroll through the Church Street Marketplace, a four-block concourse that’s home to more than 100 shops and restaurants, including Crow Bookshop, Lake Champlain Chocolates, and Frog Hollow, an art gallery featuring Vermont artists. On your way back to Stowe, you may also want to stop at the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, which offers guided tours of the ice-cream-making process.
For lodging, you can’t beat the Austrian-inspired Trapp Family Lodge, which was founded by the by the Von Trapps (of Sound of Music fame) in 1950. In addition to family-friendly rooms and suites, the refurbished hotel offers a variety of activities for all ages and several dining options.
The 305 is called "the Magic City" for a reason: As soon as you step off the plane, you can feel the magic in this city's breezy, tropical air. Whether you want an urban oasis on the beach, delicious Latin-American inspired food, or to simply party the night away, Miami has something for everyone, especially if you're looking to escape a winter chill.
Days in Miami can easily fly by with activities like relaxing on South Beach, shopping at Lincoln Road, or taking photos of the graffiti walls and art galleries of Wynwood. In between all that sightseeing, hot spot restaurants like Kyu for Asian barbecue or La Mar's Peruvian fare are transforming the city's culinary scene with inventive fare. And if you're in search of the best Cuban sandwich in the city, make your way over to Little Havana to Sanguich de Miami.
Travelers looking for affordable yet stylish options near all the action can book at boutique hotels like the Kimpton Surfcomber or Hyatt's The Confidante. And if you're looking for relaxation and luxury, treat yourself to a stay at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne. Located on a barrier island far enough from downtown's hustle and bustle to feel like a true getaway (yet a quick car ride away from South Beach), the luxurious resort offers a private beach, spacious suites with ocean views, and multiple restaurants and bars. And if you end up here, do yourself a favor: Indulge in a hot stone massage and the spa's hot tubs before relaxing in the adults-only tranquility pool.
Escape the cold with a weekend getaway to Music City, where you can heat up at honky-tonks galore, or if the rowdy bar scene of Broadway isn't your thing, stick to shopping strolls along the hip Gulch district after grabbing lunch at Peg Leg Porker. Take in a tiki drink at Pearl Diver, a tropical oasis that'll make you forget all about winter, or a casual meal of hot chicken at Hattie B's (pro tip: the one 8th Avenue tends to have shorter lines). Stay at Bobby Hotel, just minutes from the famed Printer’s Alley bars of downtown. Then enjoy a cozy beverage in a festive igloo on their rooftop before indulging in some nearby burlesque at Skull's Rainbow Room. And don't miss a stop at Draper James, Reese Witherspoon's boutique that just oozes Southern charm, ya'll.
The French Caribbean island, known as the Isle of Flowers, boasts beautifully unspoiled beaches and 80 miles of hiking trails. Plus, it's a top spot for diving. Oh, and it happens to be the rum capital of the world, with free tastings offered at all 12 of the island’s distilleries.
Stay at La Suite de Villa, a centrally located five-star boutique hotel with private villas and suites. There’s also French Coco, which is situated on a lagoon.
If you're looking for a great deal, Airbnb has loads of options— many of which come with dreamy pools.
If you're more of a see-and-do kind of person, the city that (literally) never sleeps will make you forget all about the cold. Traveling at Christmastime? Of course, a visit to Rockefeller Center's iconic Christmas tree is a must. Then, head to Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, which are both nearby, to ooh and aah over some of the best Christmas window displays.
If it's not too frigid outside, take a stroll around Central Park and stop by the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument (it's the park's first monument of real-life women), the Arthur Ross Pinetum (the area, located between 72nd to 102nd Street, includes 17 different species of pine trees), and the Bethesda Terrace Arcade, where you may even catch a performance by a local musician. Exit the park at 80th Street (on the East side) and you'll be at the start of Museum Mile, a mile-long stretch of Fifth Avenue, where many of the major museums are located, including the Met, the Guggenheim, and the Museum of the City of New York.
While Midtown is certainly convenient (we recommend the super-hip 1 Hotel Central Park), if you're looking to experience a new neighborhood, stay at the Standard Hotel, East Village, which puts you in the heart of one of Manhattan's trendiest areas.
With nearly perfect temps year-round, Aruba is a spectacular place to visit anytime, but its warm, crystal blue waters provide an especially nice respite from the cold. For a relaxing (with a side of fun) beach vacation, stay at the Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, situated directly on the white Caribbean sands. If you didn't pack the kids, split time between water sports and the swim-up bar in the adults-only pool.
Or, for a downtime vibe, close to shopping and restaurants, consider the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino, which gives you access to their private, acclaimed flamingo beach, where you can—you guessed it—hang out with flamingos for the day (or just enjoy an afternoon reading in semi-seclusion).
If no trip for you is complete without a spa visit, the island's beachfront Ritz-Carlton boasts massages you can only get in Aruba, plus floats aplenty if your idea of relaxing is not leaving the serene pools. For dinner, don't miss the scenic and (beyond scrumptious) Casa Nonna—especially if you like burrata. And, if you haven't had your Italian fix by the second night, try Gianni's downtown, where a giant wheel of Parm is brought to you table-side to adorn your pasta.
Baltimore’s unique museums, including the American Visionary Art Museum, the Walter’s Art Museum, and Baltimore Museum of Art (which is home to the world's largest Matisse collection) are among the city's treasures.
Book lovers should make time to see one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, the George Peabody Library.
Stay in Baltimore’s hidden gem, The Ivy Hotel. Located in a historic Mount Vernon mansion, it has 18 gorgeous guest rooms and suites, as well as a luxury spa. You can enjoy teatime (complete with sherry and scones!) in the exquisite parlor, in front of deco murals that beg to be instagrammed. And although you may be inclined to sleep in (the beds are divine) don't skip the French toast at the complimentary multi-course breakfast served at the hotel's restaurant, Magdalena. Or, the whiskey tasting at dinner, for that matter.
If you're a fan of Mexican cuisine and mezcal, try a night out at Clavel, which never disappoints.
The dry season is from mid-November through May, making it the perfect time to enjoy minimal rain and beautiful beach days amid a volcano-dotted landscape. For thrills, zipline through the rainforest or go horseback riding on a scenic trail.
Located in the Guanacaste region, on the northwest Pacific coast, stay at the Margaritaville Resort. For a laid-back experience, try the Occidental Grand Papagayo, an adults-only, all-inclusive in the Gulf of Papagayo.
A true ski-in, ski-out mountain town, Breckenridge, affectionately known as Breck, has a serious dose of high alpine adventure, natural beauty, and charm. With an abundance of slope-side lodging accommodations, ski-to-town trails, and the BreckConnect Gondola, getting around is seamless.
In January, check out the International Snow Sculpture Championships. More winter fun includes nightly Nordic Snowcat Adventures, and Cucumber Gulch wildlife preserve where you can take in tales of the forest over champagne with a pit stop for s’mores at a nearby cabin.
For lodging, try Residence Inn Breckenridge, steps away from the ski resort, and on the edge of the historic downtown, which is filled with more than 200 restaurants, taverns and boutiques.
Besides beaches with decadently warm water, the island has an abundance of cultural activities, including the Miramar Museum of Art and Design, which offers pink Instagram-approved walls. You can also take a walking tour of Old San Juan to visit historic monuments such as El Morro and Museo Castillo Serralles.
Rest your head at Hotel El Convento, Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Puerto Rico Golf & Beach Resort, Dorado Beach, or The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, if you want to splurge. For those looking for a less traditional lodging experience, Puerto Rico also has more than 300 Airbnb listings.
Tasty dinner ideas include Santaella Restaurant, Chocobar Cortes, and Azucena.
The vibrant neighborhoods, free historic attractions, critically acclaimed restaurants, and high-end shopping districts make Washington D.C. a must-visit weekend getaway destination.
All the Smithsonian's renowned museums have reopened, as well as the International Spy Museum and the National Museum of Women in the Arts and are great places to stay warm. The latter is situated near The Darcy on Rhode Island Avenue, which offers a quiet respite after a day of sightseeing.
If you're after the best food in town, Union Market is the culinary epicenter of the destination, featuring leading local artisans, restaurants, and shops. Then, skate off your lunch at Washington Harbour Ice Rink.
For an alternative vibe, stay at the Washington Marriott Georgetown, conveniently located near the city’s charming West End.
Or, we love the Wharf Intercontinental, which is located right on the festively decorated waterfront. Steps from the modern, luxury hotel, you can grab some s'mores from a picturesque Airstream and stroll through the energetic public spaces. Looking for something more substantial to eat than marshmallows? Dine under cozy heat lamps at the property's restaurant, Moon Rabbit, which offers an eclectic contemporary Vietnamese food menu.
This tropical oasis is now home to Baha Mar, the newest integrated resort destination in the Bahamas. It comprises Grand Hyatt, SLS and Rosewood, as well as the largest casino in the Caribbean, the most expansive collection of Bahamian art in the world, a flagship spa, golf course, luxury shopping, and over 30 restaurants and bars. You can also spend the day deep-water fishing or snorkeling.
Not only is it whale-watching season, but there are plenty of flights from the West Coast that have midweek specials.
Consider booking the Kana’anapali Beach Hotel, which sits on a three-mile beach-front stretch. With a wealth of classes that range from kukui nut bracelet making and ukulele lessons to Hawaiian language sessions and lauhala weaving, visitors can immerse themselves in Hawaiian culture.
While you’re on Maui, road trip to Haleakalā National Park for views of nesting seabirds, or take a hike through a dramatic volcanic landscape. Then, enjoy award-winning French cuisine at Gerard’s Restaurant. After a day in the sun, get a treat from island favorite Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice. The local spot has more than 50 flavors to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Park City is packed with enchanting shops, art galleries, and award-winning restaurants. To take in the famous Arches National Park and Canyonlands, go on a Montage Expedition. The intimate experience includes a private plane, Montage tour guide, and hiking and biking opportunities to get up close and personal with the natural red rock monuments.
Come to the heart of Napa Valley during cabernet season, when the air is crisp and crowds are scarcer than usual.
Hotel Yountville has 80 romantic guest rooms with fireplaces and outdoor living space. The concierge can assist in making reservations for private tastings at one of the 200 nearby wineries. Don't miss the Nomad Heritage Library at Stewart Cellars.
A superb spot for foodies, put a liquid blanket on at the Toronto Winter Brewfest, which usually takes place in early March. History buffs can spend some time exploring The Royal Ontario Museum (you must get a time-based ticket), which has over six million artifacts devoted to Canadian and world history. Also, check out the CN Tower, which defines Toronto’s skyline. This engineering marvel is an entertainment and dining destination, with a thrilling ride aboard glass elevators.
Stay at Hotel X Toronto, a luxury hotel on the Lake Ontario Waterfront downtown.
Traverse City may be known as the Cherry Capital of the World (fun fact: 74 percent of the country’s tart cherries are grown in and around Traverse City), but when the snow falls, the popular summer spot turns into a winter wonderland. In addition to plenty of slopes for skiing and snowboarding (local favorite Shanty Creek Resorts has 53 downhill slopes, six terrain parks, and a multi-lane alpine tubing park), there are also lots of trails for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, hiking, and even sledding at nearby Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park.
Looking for something less adventurous? The Dennos Museum has one has one of the largest collections of Inuit art in the country, while the Village at Grand Traverse Commons—formerly the Northern Michigan Asylum—is now one of the largest historic redevelopment projects in the United States, with shops, restaurants, and residences. During your visit, you can also join a guided walking tour to learn more about the history of the buildings, explore the underground steam tunnel, and go inside untouched buildings. At night, take in a movie at The State Theater—which was fully restored in 2017 for a state-of-the-art cinematic experience—or play old-school arcade games, like Galaga and Frogger, at the Coin Slot.
While Traverse City has many spectacular restaurants (make sure to pick up Frenchies Famous’s legendary pastrami sandwich for lunch and swing by Trattoria Stella for dinner), it’s also home to more than a dozen wineries—not to mention, there are 20 more in neighboring Leelanau County. For a daylong wine-tasting excursion, head to Old Mission Peninsula (do not miss Chateau Chantal’s amazing bay views and the selection of red and sparkling wines at 2 Lads Winery).
A les- crowded alternative to iconic Southern California beach cities, Carlsbad is only 30 minutes north of the hustle and bustle of San Diego.
Families can spend the day at LEGOLAND, go hiking along the lagoon, take in the craft beer scene, or peruse the art galleries.
Some great dining spots include West Steak and Seafood and PAON Restaurant & Wine Bar.
Tucked along the scenic coast of Georgia, with the blue waters of the Atlantic at your door, this quaint destination is ideal for quiet relaxation where Southern hospitality is at every turn.
Fly into either Savannah or Jacksonville, and once there, stay at the English-style Lodge or The Cloister, a beachfront property with service so on point that you'll feel truly taken care of.
During the winter, room rates drop a bit and restaurants like the inimitable Georgian Room are easier to get into. Love to golf? Sea Island has a couple special packages for golf enthusiasts staying at The Cloister and The Lodge, as well as golf lessons with a renowned pro on the Seaside Course. There's also clay pigeon shooting, a nightly bagpiper, and BMWs you can grab for an afternoon excursion. A spa lets you luxuriate among the indoor zen waterfalls.
Halfway between the urban centers of Philadelphia and New York City is New Hope, Pennsylvania, a quaint small town with more than 200 years of history, charming shops and restaurants, and scenery that's a breath of fresh air.
Whether you're looking for a road trip for the weekend or just passing through, New Hope has something for everyone: restaurants both chic and cozy, shops with unique handmade goods, and a riverside path perfect for long walks or bike rides.
And there's a new star in town: The River House at Odette's. What used to be the site of a popular East Coast cabaret owned by actress Odette Myrtil in the 1920s was recently re-envisioned as a contemporary yet cozy hotel on the riverfront. The posh property pays tribute to its roots with Jazz Age flair, cozy fireplaces, and always-flowing whiskey. If you're in town for an evening, grab lunch at Odette's restaurant or raise a glass of whiskey on the stunning (and heated!) rooftop, which is available just to overnight guests.
The Mexican city of Cancun often gets the reputation of being an overhyped playground for spring breakers. But in addition to nightlife and plenty of tequila, Cancun has much to offer, including white sand beaches with turquoise waters and indulgent hideaways that will help you forget all about your winter blues.
So many hideaways, in fact, that choosing the right place to stay can be overwhelming. But to help you out, if you're looking for a resort that offers a bit of everything, from nightlife to family-friendly pools and a swimmable beach, try The Grand at Moon Palace. If not lifting a finger at all during your stay is more your idea of paradise, Le Blanc Spa Resort might be calling your name. With an indulgent spa, butler service, and infinity pools that offer peace and quiet, Le Blanc is a true tranquil oasis.
And if after all that relaxing you're searching for adventure, the concierge at either resort can help you book day trips, like a visit to the nearby bohemian beach town of Tulum, or a boat ride to Isla Mujeres for lunch, beaching, and shopping. And for an unforgettable break from resort dining, head to dinner at RosaNegra Cancun, which offers seafood-centric Latin American cuisine and stunning waterfront views.
A trip to Bordeaux will allow you to experience all that France has to offer, such as decadent food, castles with a ton of history, and vineyards unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Lovers of history will enjoy every stage of their trip to Chateau Pape Clement. You will be able to walk the grounds of seven centuries of history, indulge in wine straight from the grounds of the vineyard, or take a scenic stroll through the garden. It’s no secret many people visit Bordeaux to learn more about its history of producing wine, and a visit to the innovative La Cité du Vin museum and its unique exhibits will teach you the inner workings of wine developed not only locally but also across the world.
While some people would much rather escape to a warmer climate during the chilly winter months, others prefer to embrace the cold, engaging activities like snowboarding, ice-skating, and skiing. Visit the Riffelhaus 1853 hotel, where you can, believe it or not, sit in a hot tub outside while looking at the Matterhorn mountain. Zermatt definitely has cold weather, but one of the best ways to warm up is with a hot meal. Head over to 1818 Eat&Drink. It has a great selection of different wines, unique Mediterranean food options, and tons of desserts. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/g25713584/best-winter-getaways/ | 2022-09-07T06:00:11Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/g25713584/best-winter-getaways/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Exciting news: Fall is right around the corner, and with it come all its glorious scents. Let's set the scene, shall we? Brisk back-to-school mornings, crisp freshly fallen leaves, burning wood... and all the spices. The good news is that you can bring the delicious scents of the great outdoors into your home right now. Yup, you don’t have to wait until you bake your first autumn dessert or attend a harvest festival to get a big whiff of fall. Brands like Bath & Body Works and Yankee Candle already have a host of delicious fall-scented candles that'll make your home feel supremely cozy.
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From soy candles to pumpkin votives for your desk or windowsill, these popular fall scents (think: apple cinnamon, woodsy aromas, warm leathers, and of course, PSL) will transport you to a leaf-peeping getaway without ever having to whip out your coat. So, whether you're looking to make your space even more inviting for party guests or just setting the mood while you're curled up with riveting read and a plush throw blanket, here are some of the best fall candles on the market now. Friendly reminder: You can never have too many candles!
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Best Overall Fall-Scented Candle
Snif
Off the Grid
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Best Diptyque Scented Candle
Diptyque
Feu de Bois Scented Candle
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Best Pumpkin Spice Scented Candle
Sweet Water Decor
Pumpkin Spice Candle
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Black-Owned Business
Harlem Candle Co.
Renaissance Langston Luxury Candle
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Best Jo Malone Scented Candle
Jo Malone LondonTM
English Pear & Freesia Home Candle Fluted Glass Edition
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Best Soy Candle
Brooklyn Candle Studio
Montana Forest Minimalist Jar Soy Candle
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Voluspa Spiced Pumpkin Latte Japonica Jar Candle
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A white elephant is the perfect holiday game to play if you don't necessarily know someone's style but want to spread the good cheer through a festive gift exchange. While we've briefly outlined the rules for you here, we've pulled a few things for you to keep in mind when you're ready to shop. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make the recipient feel special...and there's also a chance that another player could swipe their pick! Believe it or not, that's actually fair game here.
Out of ideas? Not to worry. We've rounded up a hearty list of 33 of the best white elephant gifts to pass out this holiday season. Trust us, these are presents that everyone at the gathering will want to hold on to, since they'll probably be very popular.
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Best Edible Gift
Gourmet Popcorn Kit
OPOPOP
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Best Office Gift
Desktop Vacuum Cleaner
ODISTAR
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Best Gift for Phone Addicts
Desk Cellphone Stand Holder
Urmust
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Best Scented Candle
Jar Candle
Voluspa
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Best Gift for Coffee Lovers
Rifle Paper Co. Novelty Mug
Rifle Paper Co.
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Best Gift For Puzzle Lovers
Puzzle
Galison
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Best Gift for Makeup Lovers
The Leather Makeup Pouch
Madewell
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Best Gift for Wine Lovers
Stemless Wine Cup
Gray Malin x Corkcicle
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Enjoy giving out
candles? Check. More into game equipment, like beach bats, or a puzzle with more than 700 pieces? We've got you covered. Prefer something the recipient can add to their bar cart? From a stainless steel champagne stopper to a cocktail kit, there are plenty of those, too. We've also included a variety of
food-related items, like a mini waffle maker and a portable blender. Plus, we figured a little gourmet candy also couldn't hurt.
Put it this way: By the time you've finished checking out our white elephant selections, you'll probably have added a few items to your own holiday wish list.
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Best Edible Gift
OPOPOP
Gourmet Popcorn Kit
2
Best Office Gift
ODISTAR
Desktop Vacuum Cleaner
3
Best Gift for Phone Addicts
Urmust
Desk Cellphone Stand Holder
4
Best Scented Candle
Voluspa
Jar Candle
5
Best Gift for Coffee Lovers
Rifle Paper Co.
Rifle Paper Co. Novelty Mug
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Best Gift For Puzzle Lovers
Galison
Puzzle
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Best Gift for Makeup Lovers
Madewell
The Leather Makeup Pouch
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Best Gift for Wine Lovers
Gray Malin x Corkcicle
Stemless Wine Cup
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Handicrafts Home
Picture Frame
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hurkins
Coffee Mug Warmer Set
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BlendJet
Portable Blender
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Dash
Mini Waffle Maker
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TRUFF
Gourmet Mayonnaise Set
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Welly
Assorted Fabric Bandages
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Best Funny Gift for Wine Lovers
WINE CONDOM
Wine Condoms
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Lisa Carson and Connie Wang
Burgers for Dinner Seasoning Kit
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Puffin Parka Slim Can Cooler
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Best Gift for Tequila Lovers
Set of Himalayan Salt Tequila Glasses
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Best Gourmet Food Item
Sugarfina
Bestsellers 3-Piece Candy Bento Box
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Best Gift for Photographers
Fujifilm
Instant Camera with Contact Sheet Film
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Deborah Lippmann
Nail Polish Color Set
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Georg Jensen
Champagne Stopper
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Best Sustainable Gift
Reusable Silicone Straws
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BestGift for Plant Lovers
The Sill
Fiddle Leaf Fig
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Anthropologie
Brunch Dish Towel
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Literie
Pizza-Inspired Candle
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Bombas
Women's Running Ankle Sock 3-Pack
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Musee
Words of Inspiration Soap Bar
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Riki Loves Riki
Portable Lighted Mirror
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Terrain
Beekeeper Cocktail Kit
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Viva Sol
Mini Bean Bag Toss
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Most Inspiring Gift
Modern Sprout
Take Care Gift Set
Jane Burnett
Assistant Editor
Jane Burnett is an Assistant Editor at Oprah Daily, where she writes a variety of lifestyle content for the editorial team.
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Nick Kyrgios’ quest for his first Grand Slam title will have to wait.
The World No. 25 came out on the wrong end of a grueling, back-and-forth match that started on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday against Russia’s Karen Khachanov on Arthur Ashe.
After falling 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6 in the three hour and 39 minute match, Kyrgios, seeded No. 23 at the U.S. Open, threw a fit after the loss. He slammed and smashed two rackets on the court — breaking both — before exiting the stadium. He also smashed and broke a racket during the match.
With the win, Khachanov, the 27th seed, advances to the semifinals of a slam for the first time. He will face No. 5 Casper Ruud on Friday for a berth in the championship match.
“I did it,” he said during his on-court interview. “I did it guys.
“It was a crazy match. I was expecting it to be like this. We played almost four hours, that’s the only way to beat Nick, I think.”
Kyrgios, who cooled down after the match, gave credit to Khachanov for the victory.
“I’m obviously devastated,” Kyrgios said. “But all credit to Karen. He’s a fighter. He’s a warrior. I thought he served really good today. Honestly probably the best server I played this tournament, to be honest, the way he was hitting his spots under pressure.”
The fourth set proved to be the most compelling as it saw ups and downs from both players. Kyrgios double-faulted on the last point of the sixth game to let Khachanov tie it up 3-3, but he also slammed an ace in the last point of the eighth game to even the set 4-4. Despite minimizing his mistakes for most of the match, Khachanov fell behind 3-0 after dropping a 25-shot rally and was largely underwhelming in the tiebreak.
Khachanov simply played a tighter game, committing just 31 unforced errors in comparison to Kyrgios’ egregious 58. He also converted on four of eight break points, while Kyrgios secured two of nine.
“He just played the big points well,” Kyrgios said. “Really wasn’t anything in it. I’m just devastated obviously. Just feel like it was either winning it all or nothing at all, to be honest. I feel like I’ve just failed at this event right now. That’s what it feels like.”
After trading off the first 10 games of the opening set, Khachanov took a 6-5 lead behind four straight aces. And when a double fault from Kyrgios teed Khachanov up for the set point, the Aussie attempted to come to the net on the next point before Khachanov lobbed one to the far corner to secure the set.
Kyrgios then needed a medical timeout to get his left leg tended to. It was obviously bothering Kyrios, who wasn’t playing with his usual aggression and repeatedly reached for his left knee while grimacing during the first set.
“I can’t walk,” Kyrgios said as he called for a trainer. “I can’t walk without pain, it’s too much.”
After the match, Kyrgios somewhat downplayed the injury.
“Just knee sore,” he said. Obviously I’ve been playing a lot of tennis the last couple months. … I just split-stepped and just tweaked it a little bit. Ended up feeling fine. I got some deep heat on it. Everyone is carrying a bit of a niggle right now. Nothing major.”
The trainer rubbed cream on his calf, massaged extensively just under his knee and Kyrgios returned for the second set. During his first service game, however, Kyrgios turned to his box and expressed with some strong expletives that he didn’t want to play through the injury.
“I honestly feel like s–t,” Kyrgios said after the match. “I feel like I’ve let so many people down.”
This was a highly-anticipated matchup for many reasons. While their head-to-head record stood at one match a piece heading into Tuesday night’s quarterfinal matchup, the most memorable showdown between Kyrgios and Khachanov unfolded on Twitter in 2020. Kyrgios was publicly critical of certain tennis stars during the pandemic, specifically Novak Djokovic — who’s unvaccinated status prevented him from competing in the Open — for his organization of the Adria Tour.
In addition to calling the Serbian’s actions “boneheaded,” Kyrgios later called Khachanov an “absolute pelican” during the social media spat.
On the court, these two had some highly entertaining battles as well. Their most notable match unfolded in the 2020 Australian Open, where Kyrgios triumphed in a five-set thriller, which saw four tie-breaks. Khachanov took the other meeting at the Cincinnati Masters in 2019, when Kyrgios imploded in three sets and capped it off by spitting in the direction of chair umpire Fergus Murphy.
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Pickles and beer, an unusual yet oddly beloved pair, unite in a collaboration between two acclaimed innovators within each field – Dadeville-based Wickles Pickles and Asheville, North Carolina’s Hi-Wire Brewing.
“Here in the South, we love our pickles and a nice, cold craft beer, and now we love Hi-Wire Brewing’s Wickles Pickles Beer,” said Will Sims, co-founder of Wickles Pickles alongside his brother, Trey, and their friend Andy Anderson. “We can’t think of a better combination than our 90-year-old custom blend of spices at work with an award-winning brewery known for fun and approachability.”
According to a press release, Hi-Wire Brewing’s Wickles Pickle Beer is “an easy-drinking sour ale brewed with all the pickle-making ingredients you would expect including cucumbers, dill, coriander, Himalayan salt and black pepper.”
The release also states that cracking open a can “conjures the same tangy aromas that come with twisting the lid off of a pickle jar, while the beer is refreshingly tart with notes of fresh dill and subtle spice reminiscent of Wickles Pickles’ famously sweet, sour, and spicy brine.”
“It was a fun challenge bringing Wickles’ unique flavors into a beer,” said Hi-Wire head brewer, Luke Holgate. “While many flavors in pickles clash with beer, we were able to take advantage of Wickles’ bright dill flavor and peppercorn spice to build on a tart ale that's refreshing and crushable.”
This limited release is rolling out now in four-packs of 16-ounce cans across Hi-Wire’s nine state distribution footprint as well as the brewery’s eight taproom locations. A limited number of cases were also available for shipping directly to consumers in 34 states but sold out the day of their release.
“We’re truly excited (and thirsty) for this partnership and particularly happy that this ‘Wickedly Delicious’ brew is going to be available just in time for SEC football,” said Sims.
Hi-Wire Brewing is known for, most notably, Hi-Pitch Mosaic IPA, Lo-Pitch Hazy IPA and Pink Lemonade Session Sour Ale. It boasts an award-winning sour and wild ale program. Founded in Asheville, N.C. in 2013, Hi-Wire has three locations in Asheville – the Biltmore Village Production Facility, Taproom & Event Space, the South Slope Specialty Brewery & Taproom located downtown, and the RAD Beer Garden & Distribution Center in the River Arts District – along with taprooms in Durham, N.C., Knoxville, Tenn., Wilmington, N.C., Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C. Additional locations in Birmingham, Ala., and Cincinnati are set to open in the next 12 months. Hi-Wire Brewing’s Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup award-winning beers can be found on draft and in cans across North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and Indiana.
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"I don't think there should be any issue as far as any cases moving forward. So we as the council should have access to that information,” council member Nanette Cook said.
Council member Nanette Cook, who co-authored the resolution calling for an investigation says it's all about transparency.
Cook wants answers to a list of 18 questions about drainage projects that have landed LCG in court.
Although the resolution to investigate the Guillory administration was approved by a unanimous vote, councilman Andy Naquin did express reservations, especially considering pending litigation.
"Now we're basically fighting ourselves, that's when it gets bad," Naquin said.
The council also approved an introductory ordinance to approve 100 thousand dollars in funding for the investigation, which will entail a third-party auditor.
"The ordinance is going to say up to 100 thousand dollars. It might not take that. We have no idea. We have no idea until we get started. And see where it leads us. We are going to go where ever it leads us,” District five councilman, Glenn Lazard said.
Mayor-President Josh Guillory said he welcomes the investigation.
The council will vote on the approval of the funding in two weeks.
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Football season is here, and the leaves area falling with increased winds, as we all look for cooler more enjoyable temperatures. Meanwhile folks dig out their football colors to wear for the upcoming games.
Football season is here, and the leaves area falling with increased winds, as we all look for cooler more enjoyable temperatures. Meanwhile folks dig out their football colors to wear for the upcoming games.
A loyal friend of mine sent me a little food for thought by Max Lacodo. It read: “Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want; it is the belief that God will do what is right.”
That is certainly food for thought, as many pray for a lot of different things. I think if some pray before a ballgame, it should be that no one gets hurt, and not for personal winning. I normally don’t preach on anything religious, that’s a job for priests and pastors. I always think about this phrase I heard a lot while growing up, confirming that the Lord helps those that help themselves.
Happy Birthday to Rhett Culver of Equality as he gets another year under his belt on the Sept. 13; and let’s remember Agatha Christie for the wonderful investigative “who done it” type stories she wrote so long ago; born on September 15, 1890.
This past week it was time to say farewell to Tori Phillips of Alex City. Tori is on her way to a super job offer with health insurance down on the Gulf Coast of Florida; after helping her mother Jamie for several years at the shop where they groom my dogs. Wishing all good things for you on this new adventure Tori.
It is time to get ready for Patriot Day and show your loyalty by flying the flag on September 11. It would be a wonderful sight to ride down a residential or commercial road and see all buildings flying a flag, no matter the size. This will be the 21st year since Sept. 11, 2001, when came the worst tragedy we have encountered, not only those sadly lost that day, but all the illnesses that have come along for first responders, and other helpers. We must honor and preserve our precious freedoms, so let us be united as we stand shoulder to shoulder. Together in tough times, the fabric of our flag holding our country together as we prevail over terrorism.
I’m sure this is how most of us feel, even though from some of the actions of this government, we wonder about the thoughtlessness, like leaving those 13 soldiers to die. I am adamant about wanting to reserve the values of the United States of America, even though I am not a citizen, I have lived here since 1969 and I love the South.
Like so many other people, I’m looking forward to less humid breezy days when it becomes a treat to sit on the front porch with a glass of iced tea.
Get out in the gorgeous sunshine when you can, and until next week, keep smiling.
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If children in Alabama could vote, perhaps their voices would be heard. Maybe they could get the attention of our state’s leaders in all 67 counties. Just maybe they would have a better report than the state recently received — 46th overall in the well-being of our children. That’s according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
If they could vote, our children would choose officials who would better represent their needs, and maybe they could even hire a lobbyist or two to represent their best interests.
The annual report considers 16 indicators including community and family; economic factors; education; and health. Alabama improved in 10 of the indicators but fell behind all others states in four of them. The three states behind us were Louisiana, Mississippi and Nevada. (I guess all their gambling dollars are not going toward improving their children’s well-being either since all three of those states have legalized gaming.)
Alabama’s highest rankings were in the eight percent of students not completing graduation on time. Also, the three percent of children without health insurance.
The worst-rankings were: the percentage of students in fourth grade who were deficient in reading — an astonishing 72 percent; the percentage of babies with low-birth weights —10.8 percent; and our eighth graders — 70 percent who were deficient in math.
Nationally speaking, children are facing increased anxiety and depression at enormous levels due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alabama’s children are no exception to that rule.
There is good news in that the Alabama Legislature approved placing a mental health coordinator in every school district in the state. That’s a good start. But is it enough?
The Legislature also passed a bill to focus more on math in kindergarten through fifth grade. So there have been efforts, but are they enough? Would there be more if children could vote? Probably so.
Since they can’t, I say we advocate for them and consider our vote to be their votes in the future.
Alabama must place more emphasis on our children’s needs and be sure they are met. Our future literally depends on it.
We tend to invest time and money on the back end of things when our children fail instead of investing at the front end to help them succeed. This must change. Until then, I’ll continue to ponder, what if children could vote?
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Truss indyref proposals are a gift to to the SNP - Martyn McLaughlin
If the beating of the war drums is any guide, Scotland will not have long to wait before it bears the brunt of the dogmatic politics of which Liz Truss is only too capable.
Even before news of her premiership was made official, briefings hinted at a shake up of any future referendum on Scottish independence so as to ensure a Yes vote requires the support of more than half of the Scottish electorate, as opposed to a simple majority - an unprecedented figure seemingly rolled out in service of a desperate urge to settle the issue indefinitely.
Understandably, the proposition, which bears all the fingerprints of the Scottish secretary, Alister Jack, has focused the minds of nationalists on the constitutional aberration otherwise known as the 1979 devolution referendum. It remains the only referendum since 1975 in which a Yes vote did not result in the implementation of the proposal put to the people.
Back then, the Labour MP, George Cunningham, spurred on by Robin Cook and Tam Dalyell, successfully presented an amendment to the Scotland Act 1978 which required 40 per cent of the eligible electorate to vote for a Scottish Assembly.
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It remains to be seen if, or when, Ms Truss intends to flesh out suggestions of a new, even steeper turnout threshold, and whether the necessary legislation is dependent on the outcome of next month’s Supreme Court hearing on the Scottish Government’s plans for a new referendum.
Either way, it is a calamitous and undemocratic idea which, if implemented, will only expedite independence. Save for her cosplay Thatcherism, the new prime minister appears to have scant regard for history. Otherwise she would have heeded the lessons of 1979, and the warnings of Dalyell and others.
At the Commons debate in January 1978 to vote on Cunningham’s amendment, Dalyell, the then vice-chair of the Labour Vote No campaign, pointed out that in the US legislature, a two-third majority was required in both the Congress and the Senate in order to amend the constitution.
“We are deciding, on the basis of wafer thin parliamentary majorities and great divisions in public opinion, lasting matters in a way in which few other countries decide their constitutional arrangements,” he argued.
Despite the protestations of Jim Sillars and others, Cunningham’s provision stuck. Although the Yes campaign secured a 51.6 per cent majority, it represented just 32.9 per cent of the registered electorate as a whole. It was, this newspaper declared, tantamount to a “rigged election.”
The repercussions of that referendum are notorious – the repeal of the Scotland Act, the end of Jim Callaghan, and the beginning of 18 years of Conservative rule. But it also shaped support for and against independence for decades to come. Arguably, its impact is still being felt today.
Dalyell later expressed regret over the imposition of the contentious 40 per cent hurdle, and made an interesting observation; not only had it denied victory to the Yes campaign, but it impacted on support for the No side.
“Undoubtedly it cost the campaign votes,” he wrote in his 2011 autobiography. “How many votes, none of us will ever know. But, in my opinion, it was enough to have given the ‘No’ campaign outright victory in the popular vote.”
Ms Truss may not have given it much thought, but it is a wonder that no one among her band of loyalists has pointed out that a turnout threshold would be doubly damaging this time around.
The idea that is being run up the flagpole is as naive as it is reckless. It not only negates the long-held unionist position that there should not be another referendum for the foreseeable future; it betrays the paucity of ideas wielded by her incoming administration.
Does she intend to win hearts and minds so as to revitalise and reinforce the union through consent, or will she weld its creaking parts together by the force of law? The murmurs of a 50 per cent rule may provide an early answer.
Leaving aside the issue of an arbitrary figure with which to confer legitimacy, and the obvious point that such a check was deemed unnecessary for the era-defining Brexit vote, there are grave practical concerns over such a plan. Back in 1979, there was uproar over adjustments to the electoral register which failed to discount those who were double-registered, hospitalised, or otherwise unable to vote, which put the Yes campaign at an even greater disadvantage.
What possible confidence can we have in the electoral register today? Only three years ago, a study by the Electoral Commission found that 17 per cent of eligible voters were not correctly registered at their current address, representing as many as 9.4 million people. As many as 11 per cent of the register entries were inaccurate, affecting up to 5.6 million people.
At a time of growing distrust in the legitimacy of democratic institutions and the political process, this is not the basis by which to achieve a fair and decisive outcome.
But more importantly, the condition of a turnout threshold would fatally diminish the crucial debate over Scotland’s constitutional future. Instead of having to set out a compelling argument for the status quo, supporters of the union would need only to convince people to stay at home. This is an issue too important to be decided by apathy, or in which non-participation becomes a key political tactic.
Maybe this is the limit of the ambitions of Britain’s new prime minister, a drab opportunist devoid of any purpose or principles, who seems oblivious to the discord and anger across the country she purports to unite.
If Ms Truss loads the dice in her dealings with Scotland, she will do more to advance the cause of independence than any of her predecessors since Thatcher. There is part of me that wonders whether that will only encourage her. A perverse thought, perhaps, but we live in perverse times.
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Nicola Sturgeon Programme for Government: For once, Scottish Labour and the SNP both have a point on cost-of-living
There was one central takeaway from Nicola Sturgeon’s Programme for Government, and that is that both her and Anas Sarwar have a point.
The First Minister spent significant portions of her speech outlining why Scotland cannot act radically tackle the cost-of-living crisis, lamenting the lack of serious economic and legislative levers available to her Government.
It is a fair point.
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The SNP leader cannot intervene on the multi-billion scale available to Liz Truss, nor borrow at a level sufficient to radically alleviate poverty in the short term, or re-engineer the energy market to better protect consumers.
In crises like these, with a difference in political outlook from Westminster shared by more than two-thirds of the Scottish Parliament, Ms Sturgeon is hampered by devolution.
More powers and by extension more economic freedom would be useful for her to hold, that is a simple fact.
Despite this, the announcements she did make – particularly the rent freeze, the Scottish Child Payment, and the ScotRail fares freeze – demonstrate with clarity Mr Sarwar is also right.
Scotland is not doing as much as it could with the powers it holds.
The rent freeze, while welcome news for those who faced potentially inflation-busting increases to help pay their landlord’s mortgage, will be judged by the detail.
It must simultaneously protect tenants from rises now, but also significant hikes after the freeze ends, alongside covering student accommodation, and ensuring landlords cannot increase rents between tenancies or if tenancies end during the freeze period.
The salient point from Scottish Labour is these measures could have been introduced earlier, preventing thousands of rent increases across the sector over the summer (including, as a disclaimer, my own £900-a-year increase).
The SNP could also have gone further at no budgetary cost.
Nowhere to be seen was reform of council tax, something that could claw back hundreds in payments to second home owners in the short term and redress systemic unfairness in the long run.
Yes, Scotland could do with the powers of Westminster in a crisis like this.
It is also true it could be using its own much better
The SNP balancing constitutional grievance and increasing support for independence with failing to fully use devolution during this cost-of-living crisis is arguably Ms Sturgeon’s biggest political challenge yet.
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Vast majority want cars banned from idling outside school gates in Scotland, poll shows
Eight out of ten people who responded to a survey about car idling said they want it banned outside school gates.
The research was commissioned by leading lung charity Asthma + Lung UK Scotland.
More than 1,000 people were interviewed for the study, 78 per cent of whom said they would like to see new laws put in place to stop people leaving their car engines running while waiting near schools.
The results were published ahead of International Clean Air Day, led by the United Nations Environment Programme, today. The date recognises the importance of improving air quality, including reducing air pollution, to protect human health.
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With schools in Scotland returning last month, Asthma + Lung UK Scotland are calling on members of the public to think twice about idling their car where pupils gather, and to switch off their car engines.
The charity said it is also urging local authorities to ensure that car idling laws are enforced.
Joseph Carter, head of Asthma + Lung UK Scotland said: “Exhaust emissions from cars contain dangerous toxins such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter.
“It is vitally important that we protect the lungs and health of our children – no-one should be forced to breathe in harmful pollutants.
“Most people agree, we can all do our bit by turning off our car engines especially when we are near a school.
“Many people mistakenly believe that stopping a car engine, only to restart it a minute or two later, causes more pollution than idling. It doesn’t.
“Leaving your car engine running for no reason is actually illegal, but the law is not enforced.
“We all need to drive less and walk and cycle more, but if you need to drive your car, please switch off your engine outside schools.”
Asthma + Lung UK Scotland research claims pollution near schools is particularly harmful as it can stunt the growth of children’s lungs. Given they also breathe more rapidly than adults, they take in more pollution through their lungs.
The charity warned air pollution can cause new lung conditions such as lung cancer, and worsen existing ones like asthma and COPD.
Leanne McGuire, of Glasgow City Parents Group, said: “We are encouraging all parents, carers and anyone involved in school pickups or drop-offs, to turn their car engines off when stopping near our schools.
“As parents, we understand we can have competing priorities, rushing around after our families all day.
“Turning off your engine while waiting doesn’t eat into your time but it could make a huge difference to the air quality around our schools.
“We can all play our part in making our school communities safer by not idling our car engines and reducing air pollution.
“We should all strive to reduce the harms of air pollution for our own children and for our school community.”
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THE Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has called on the Federal Government to pay University professors N800,000 as against the N1.2 million negotiated by the Nimi Briggs committee.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the proposal was made during a meeting with the Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja.
The proposal represented about 50 percent salary increase as against the 23 percent increase being proposed by the Federal Government.
The committee also set up a sustainable peace team of elders to resolve the lingering impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
According to NAN report, this was confirmed by the former Secretary-General of CVCNU and co-ordinator of the team, Professor Michael Faborode, on Tuesday in Abuja through ‘The Sustainable Peace Team Working Paper’.
Faborode said that the goal of the team was not to allow the current impasse in the ASUU strike to linger as its toll on all stakeholders and the nation had been colossal. Faborode said that to arrive at the final list, no serving vice chancellor or pro-chancellor is included and membership was based on the record of service as recorded by the CVCNU.
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He said that the team comprised former vice-chancellor, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Professor Jibril Aminu; former vice-chancellor, University of Ibadan (UI), Emeritus Professor Olufemi Bamiro; president, Academy of Science, Professor Ekanem Braide and former pro-chancellor, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Dr Nkechi Nwagogu.
Other members of the team are former vice-chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Professor Joe Ahaneku; former vice chancellor, Federal University, Dutse, Professor Fatima Mukhtar and former Vice Chancellor of University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Professor Akpan Ekpo. Also in the team are Secretary General, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), Professor Yakubu Ochefu and former Secretary General, CVCNU and former vice chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Michael Faborode.
He said, “We should not fold our arms and watch our ‘house’ collapse on us as elders. So, we should speak or act now. We do not have any other industry other than the university system.
“Whatever can be done to bring all the actors to reason and broker peace using the Professor Briggs committee recommendations as the fulcrum will be worth the effort. A lot had been done already and such patriotic efforts should not be wasted nor despised.”
Faborode said that the “Peace Team of Elders” would operate under the auspices of the CVCNU/CPC, noting that both the Federal Government and ASUU are being reached to accept the intervention of the independent team of elders.
He said, “How do we engage with the Nimi Briggs committee? I am personally in touch with the chairman and he feels the outstanding issues are not insurmountable.
“These include Federal Government raising its offer of salary increase from 23 per cent to may be 50 per cent that will ensure a professor receives up to N800,000 monthly as opposed to the negotiated N1.2 million.
“Also, the review of the decision on salaries during strike to a mid-position, not zero per cent nor 100 percent as ASUU wants. How can we further this admonition to both sides?
“Fundamentally, the following facts should be noted: the subsisting condition of Nigerian higher education is unacceptable and inconsistent with the economic development roles envisaged for them.
“Things have been allowed to deteriorate for too long. This must be halted by all as we embark on an integrated revitalisation agenda in the education sector, in the interest of our economic development.”
FG can only afford 35% increment for professors, 23.5% for others, may reverse position on ‘no work no pay’ ―Minister
Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said on the offer made by the government to ASUU and other staff unions, the Federal Government could only afford a 23.5 percent salary increase for all categories of the workforce in federal universities, except for professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35 per cent upward review.
This is just as the Federal Government constituted a 14-member committee to further look into the issue of withheld salaries of the striking ASUU as a result of no work, no pay policy of the government.
The committee, which is chaired by the Minister of Education, is also to review other outstanding issues, including the proposed salary increase for university workers flowing from the recommendation of Professor Nimi Briggs led renegotiation committee on 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement.
The Minister of Education, who spoke through the Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ben Bem Goong, on the outcome of the meeting with the pro-chancellors and vice-chancellors of Federal Universities held at the National Universities Commission (NUC), said the report of the committee would be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming days.
The committee which has the Minister of Education as chairman has four pro-chancellors and five vice chancellors as members. Members of the committee are Professor Nimi Briggs, Professor Olu Obafemi, Senator Udo Udoma, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu as pro-chancellors. It also has the vice-chancellors of the universities of Ibadan, Nsuka, Benin and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, respectively.
Others are the presidents of Academy of Letters, Science, Medicine, Science and Social Sciences.
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, and Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed are also members of the committee. Adamu, however, said the issue of University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as the payment platform for university lecturers was not discussed at the meeting, adding that it was also not part of the issues the 14-member committee would tackle.
He added that henceforth, allowances that pertain to ad hoc duties of the academic and non-academic staff shall be paid as and when due by the governing councils of universities to which such services are rendered and to the staff who perform them.
FG to make provision for N150bn revitalisation fund in 2023 budget
Adamu added that “A sum of N150 billion shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget as funds for the revitalisation of federal universities, to be disbursed to the institutions in the first quarter of the year, and “That a sum of N50 billion shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget for the payment of outstanding areas of earned academic allowances, to be paid in the first quarter of the year,” he said.
Salary increase without collective bargaining unacceptable ―ASUU
In its reaction, the ASUU has insisted that it will not accept any form of salary increase by the Federal Government without subjecting it to the principle of collective bargaining in line with the provisions of the labour law.
Chairman of ASUU, University of Abuja chapter, Dr Kassim Umaru, told the Nigerian Tribune that what government is saying is not an offer that could be accepted by ASUU, saying the Federal Government should sign and implement the recommendations of the Professor Nimi Briggs renegotiation committee that exploited the principle of collective bargaining.
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PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is to hold a meeting today in Abuja with co-contenders for the party ticket at the primary held in May 2022 in Abuja.
Feelers on Tuesday night indicated that the meeting is part of the frantic efforts to resolve all issues that have been trailing since the conduct of the exercise with a view to building a consensus on the way forward.
One of the aspirants (names withheld) who gave the hint about the parley did not give further information concerning the meeting.
The source expressed near frustration over the protracted crisis rocking the party after the primary was won and lost as well as the choice of a running mate by Atiku.
The conflict has persisted in spite of moves by various power blocs within the PDP to reconcile the camp of Wike with Atiku.
The meeting is coming less than 24 hours after the former vice-president, met with former principal of the House of Representatives, led by former deputy Speaker, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
Last Saturday, Atiku had also met with PDP governorship candidates across the country in the federal capital towards mobilising all critical stakeholders preparatory to the takeoff of the presidential campaign on September 28, 2022.
Atiku has also extended hands of fellowship to the embattled governor of Rivers governor and his allies while in London in the bid to put the party in good stead for the 2023 general election in the country.
In a tweet on Tuesday about his meeting with the ex-presiding officers of the House, Atiku said: “I just rounded off a meeting with former presiding officers and leaders of the House of Representatives at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
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“The meeting afforded a double advantage of seeking their support in building a grassroots network for our upcoming campaign.
“The second benefit is that it provides a legislative insight into some of the reforms we shall work through. Altogether, it was a well-spent afternoon, and I thank them all for honouring my invitation.”
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the parley is coming as an elder of the main opposition party informed that members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP have scheduled a meeting for today as a prelude to the National Working Committee of the party tomorrow (Thursday) over the faceoff between Governor Wike and the national chairman of PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu over calls for the latter to resign from office to allow the South produce an acting chairman to ensure power balance.
He has also now appointed the Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr Charles Aniagwu, as one of his spokesmen for the 2023 presidential campaign.
A press statement signed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, noted that Aniagwu’s appointment takes immediate effect, with the responsibility, among others, to keep the electorate up to speed with happenings in the presidential campaign.
It further noted that Aniagwu is a veteran broadcaster with over two decades of experience in the media industry.
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Building collapse: Is Nigeria enacting adequate laws or suffering from breach in implementation?
As buildings continue to collapse across Nigeria, experts have once again raised human factors; flouting of building codes, use of fake, defective and substandard materials, negligence as well as incompetence and corruption as factors responsible for high rate of collapses. YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE reports that professionals have called for close monitoring on adherence to building regulations, laws and codes across the country especially in Lagos State.
Nigeria’s real estate industry is one of the most vibrant sectors presently despite the unfriendly economic situation in the country. Indeed, the industry had been recording growth in leaps since 2020. It has helped a lot of investors diversify and build their portfolio in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) which guarantees the right to own property.
But as vibrant as the sector is, the growth is being blighted by the challenge of building collapses. Though, the challenge of building collapse is not peculiar to Nigeria, the frequency and circumstance of each collapse continue to emphasise the obvious vacuum in regulatory issues and implementation of legal framework as experts to throw up certain factors such as incompetence and corruption, flouting of building codes, use of fake and substandard building materials and negligence as reasons behind regular building collapses in Nigeria.
Indeed, constant collapses continue to bring to the front burner of discussions, the fact that there continues to be unresolved issues plaguing the building construction section of the real estate sector in Nigeria. Indeed, experts have queried the effectiveness and adequacy of measures put in place to safeguard the life and property of citizens especially in Lagos State where it seems building collapses are becoming a common occurrence.
And as buildings continue to fall like pack of cards, the question of whether Nigeria is behind in enacting adequate laws to regulate operations of the building sector or whether the rules are adequate but are not well implemented due to breach in implementation still bags for answer.
Are there building regulations in Nigeria?
There are many regulations governing building construction in Nigeria especially in Lagos State. At the national level, there is the National Building Code 2006 that was initiated by the National Council on Housing and Urban Development as a means of putting an end to the rising trend of constant building collapses but it has been argued that the Code is obsolete as it is only applicable in states.
There is also the Lagos State Building Regulation and Permitting Process which is put in place to implement standardised practices to ensure high level of regulatory compliance with planning and building code requirements and improve the outcome of industry practitioners’ interactions with regulatory agencies in the permitting process.
Also in Lagos, there is the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2010, which was established to provide for the administration of physical planning, urban development, urban regeneration, building control and other connected purposes. It also established relevant Physical Planning and Development Agencies that would play crucial roles in the execution of the provisions of the law like the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA) and the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA).
Lagos also has the Building Control and Stage Certification Process Law, the Building and Civil Engineering (Construction) Materials Quality Control Laboratory Law, the Model City Plans Approval Orders, Operative Development Plans, Operative Approval Orders on Approved Layout Plans, Lagos State Physical Permit Regulations 2019, Lagos State Building Control Agency Regulations 2019, Environmental Impact Assessment Act 1992 and Sections 64 (1) and 65 (1) of the Insurance Act.
Provisions for defective structures
The law made provisions for steps to take when a structure is deemed to be defective. According to the guidelines, when a structure has been adjudged to be defective and dangerous to the public, the Building Control Agency must exercise its powers to serve owner a demolition notice which shall contain a date not later than 21 days after which the Building Control Agency shall take steps to commence demolition of the defective structure at the expiration of the time given. Also, the law mandates the owner of the structure to pay to the State Government the cost of the demolition and failure to pay the cost of the demolition shall result in such people forfeiting the property to the state government.
How effective are multiple laws?
Professionals have argued that though not perfect, the existence of myriad of building codes and regulations is enough to curb all forms of vices and building defects if not for what they describe as lack of compliance on the part of developers and non-enforcement of regulations on the part of government agencies saddled with the responsibility of monitoring construction.
They highlighted the major cause of building collapse as the obvious lack of compliance with set laws and standards in the building sector in addition to use of sub-standard materials, corruption, negligence and use of unskilled workers and quacks.
Also, some argue that the duplication of agencies dealing with different levels of the permit process may create unwanted bottlenecks, calling for collaboration and effective monitoring across all agencies.
Ozunmab Phillips, a property lawyer told Nigerian Tribune that “the problem is not inadequacy of relevant laws and monitoring agencies but that of ineffective enforcement of building regulations as a result of corruption and graft as well as laziness on the part of operatives of enforcement agencies coupled with ignorance and ineptitude.”
Legal implications
Based on the law, individuals and families of those who lost their lives and properties in a collapsed building would be entitled to compensation because developers are mandated under the law to obtain insurance covers as a prerequisite to getting approval for their building construction. The insurance policy would also be expected to cover third parties, consequently, a developer that complies with the provision of the law may be covered as the insurance companies with which the building was insured under normal circumstances, must have been involved in the monitoring of the construction of the building because of its obligation and likely liability.
Experts speak
The immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Valuers and Surveyors (NIESV), Dotun Bamigbola, had in an interview with Nairametrics, stated that as long as the government, both at the state and federal level, through its agencies, fail to check the trend, more non-professionals will continue to build, thus endangering the lives of Nigerians.
Speaking on the Nigerian Building Code bill, which has interestingly been with the National Assembly for 10 years, Bamigbola explained that the bill’s passage will go a long way in curbing building collapse across the nation. He, however, acknowledged that the Lagos State government already has a set of building regulations that, if strictly adhered to, can prevent or limit the incidents of building collapse in the state
He added that “The problem mainly is implementation and enforcement on one part, as well as the problems of failure to use professionals and quality materials. If developers, the government and the professionals can overcome these challenges in the sector we would have a better outlook on building collapse.”
On his part, the President of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, Dr Kayode Oluwamotemi, advocated a law compelling monitoring of structures such as houses, bridges, roads at all stages of construction to avert shoddy jobs and collapses leading to loss of lives and resources.
According to him, “building collapse is always an issue and we have made our recommendations to the Federal Government and Lagos State Government where we normally have building collapse. But I want to advise other states not to sit down and watch, they must take proactive steps to ensure that there is no building collapse. The major recommendation we made on building collapse is that every two-storey building and above should be monitored. You just don’t build a house and you don’t watch it. The only person who can watch it is a surveyor.
“There must be a bill that will make the owners of such buildings, dams, bridges and roads to be monitored to see whether it is cracking, collapsing. This should be done before it becomes a national problem. So we want the law to be promulgated. We hope there will be a national bill to that effect,” he said.
Also talking on the issue, Kunle Awobodu, the President of the Nigerian Institute of Builders, stated that “through the Building Collapse Prevention Guild, one has been able to discover patriotic Nigerians that are dedicated to the cause of ending the prevalence of a man-made problem called building collapse. Despite the commendable achievements made in the area of building collapse prevention, certain deficiency in the process of building control amplifies some setbacks. For this problem to be solved, there is a need for proper understanding of the causes, promulgation of appropriate laws/ regulations and institution of right implementation mechanisms.
“When due process is fettered, the required result might become defective. Every organised society across the world has put in place laws that would guide building construction process. The law in Nigeria has taken into consideration the importance of regulating building practice. To prevent building collapse caused by defective designs, the government initiated a building approval process that would ensure that both architectural and structural drawings are done, stamped and vetted by competent professionals, that is, architects and structural engineers,” he added.
There was however a consensus that lack of adherence to laid down laws by developers and the complicity of some enforcement agencies, in addition to inefficiency of operatives of the agencies, are some of the major problems experienced in the real estate industry which is responsible for building collapses and not inadequacy of regulation or enforcement provisions.
It is said that there is enough legislative framework to achieve safe and sustainable buildings in Nigeria in general and Lagos State in particular but the will to comply with the provisions of the relevant laws by all stakeholders in the building industry and enforce the laws by the government is the challenge.
Experts consequently call on government to urgently take the right step towards improving the permitting processes and also implementing effective enforcement of the laws guiding building construction.
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Edo govt to develop tourism master plan, revitalise Ojirami Dam
The Edo State government says it has concluded arrangement to revitalise the Ojirami Dam in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state to provide and supply potable water to residents.
The state governor, Godwin Obaseki made the disclosure at the 25th coronation anniversary and birthday celebration of the Otaru of Igarra, Oba Emmanuel Adeche Saiki II, held in Igarra-Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state, on Saturday.
Obaseki, who was represented by the Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affair, Mr Bamidele Obaitan, said the government was developing a tourism master plan aimed at creating job opportunities for the people of the state.
He said that the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area is part of the tourism master plan due to the huge tourism sites located in the council and Edo North in general.
“We are working on a tourism master plan to develop the tourism potential in Edo.
“Akoko-Edo is abound with huge tourism potential and the local government is part of our tourism master plan due to various tourist sites in the area.
“With the development of the local government tourism potential, the area will bring more businesses and money to the people and the state in general,” Obaseki said.
The governor promised the people of the local government establishment of more health centres and construction of more roads to boost economic productivity in the council as part of his mega project.
Obaseki congratulated the Otaru of Igarra on his 25 years on the throne, adding that the years had witnessed peaceful reign in Igarraland.
“I must congratulate you on your 25 year as the Otaru of Igarra and your reign has brought valuable services to the people of Igarra.
“As you mark your 25th coronation, may God grant you many more years on the throne,” Obaseki said.
In his welcome address, the chairman of the Igarra community, Mr Tajudeen Alade said Igarra was celebrating over two decades of peaceful and successful reign on the royal throne of Otaru of Igarra.
“This is why with one voice, all indigenes of Igarra community are praying that God in his infinite mercy continues to protect and guide him, give him good health, long life, wisdom and zeal.
“We pray God to usher into his domain, greater unity, love, peace and accord him all necessary ingredients for the development of his immediate domain,” he said.
Chairman of the community also appealed to the state government to establish a processing or manufacturing industry to provide manufactured materials due to different solid minerals that abound in the local government area.
Earlier, the Otaru of Igarra, thanked the state government and the people of the community for the support and cooperation in the last 25 years as the traditional ruler of the area.
Adeche said that his 25 years as the paramount ruler of Igarra have brought meaningful development to the area.
“I am grateful to God and our ancestors for the protection and guidance accorded me since September 20, 1997 when officially I was installed as the 21st Otaru of Igarra.
“Since my coronation as the Otaru of Igarra and the paramount ruler of Igarra/Akoko clan, I have been having the best cooperation and wise counsel of the state government, Akoko-Edo Local Area, traditional rulers’ council, palace chiefs, elders and the entire people of Igarra community.
“Their collective contributions have made governance in Igarra royal palace peaceful,” he said.
The Otaru of Igarra enjoined every Igarra indigene to have a new heart that exhibits love and a new spirit that promotes unity in the community.
He also appealed to the state government to create a higher institution in the local government for more development in the council.
The highpoint of the event was the confirmation of chieftaincy title on the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami as the Oganete of Igarra and Dr Mariam Ibrahim, Deputy Director Administration, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria as Otuonoguvo of Igarra
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Widows, single mothers, among other underprivileged in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have been empowered by a United States of America-based ministries.
The gesture coming from Christ Ignite International Ministries, Houston Texas, USA, through its global outreach, PK Global Ministries saw the recipients smiling home with assorted foodstuffs, including rice, beans, yams, noodles, vegetable oil, among others while cash gifts and clothing materials were not left out.
Speaking at the empowerment programme which took place in Ughelli, Prophet Kenneth Okojie, said the outreach was concerned about giving, especially to the needy in Africa and elsewhere as part of the mission’s vision.
“So, I understand that we don’t have the ministry to only pray and preach to people, but we also have the ministry of giving to people. This is the third time we are doing this in this ministry. We are pretty much concerned about Africa because I am an African. We also concerned about Nigeria because I am from Nigeria,” Okojie said.
According to him, life generally has been hard for a lot of people in the country, stressing that it was only God that promises a bright and better future for mankind.
He said through the PKGlobal Ministries they have been able to do a lot of things in the life of people in Africa.
Okojie therefore called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the global outreach so that the mission will continue to be a blessing to other people.
On his part, Rev Dr Godwin Okon, Founder and General Overseer of God’s Will Deliverance Ministry International Incorporated, Ughelli, said the programme was all about showing love to the public and showing commitment to Christianity.
He said the essence of the programme was to encourage other members of the society to come back to serving God, noting that Jesus Christ did the same thing while he was on earth.
He urged other men of God to always care for their members and members of the public, adding that this will cushion the effect of the economy on them.
Beneficiaries widows expressed joy for the items they received, saying it would go a long way to cushion the effect of the hard times.
The Ughelli monarch thanked them for the visit, saying that he was proud of what PK Global Ministries was doing in the life of the people of Ughelli kingdom.
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As Rahul Gandhi embarked on his Bharat Jodo Yatra, the first massive public outreach programme organised by the Congress since its electoral fortunes plunged from the 2014 Lok Sabha poll rout, the beleaguered Grand Old Party sniffs a final chance to revive its sagging fortunes.
Gandhi, along with party workers and civil society members, will cover 3,500 kilometers from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in 150 days by foot.
The Congress projects the yatra as an honest attempt to restore the principles of democracy and secularism, which many believe are facing threats under the Sangh Parivar-backed BJP regime. Critics call it a march that has failed even before it has begun.
Though it doesn’t admit, the Congress sees the yatra as a last-ditch effort to revive its organisational machinery and regain its support base. The critics, meanwhile, are sceptical about the way it has been planned.
Questions have already been raised about the itinerary and timing of the programme.
The route map
Though named Bharat Jodo, the foot-march covers only 12 states with 20 main points. A casual look at the route map exposes some misgivings about the itinerary. It is evident that the party has planned the march covering only its strongholds or safe havens.
The plan has exempted Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, two states which would go to polls later this year.
However, Rahul Gandhi would take a break to campaign for the two state assembly polls.
“By no means, a foot-march that starts on September 7 can reach Gujarat before the elections there. So there’s no point in the criticism that the Congress has excluded the state from the itinerary deliberately,” V T Balram, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee vice president posted on social media.
18 days in Kerala?
The yatra will spend 18 days in Kerala alone. Many within even the Congress failed to digest this.
“Why should he (Rahul) spend so many days in a small state like Kerala where the party still commands political space. The focus should have been to cover states and areas where the party has been losing its clout,” a source, who is part of the national leadership, told Onmanorama.
However, it is clear that the party’s strategy, for good or bad, is different. It wants to make the rally a show of strength wherever possible. It also wants to avoid embarrassing situations – like a sparse crowd – in states where its mass base has eroded.
The march will cover only the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, where the national party still has some presence.
“The yatra has obviously been designed in a manner to keep the spirits of the party high in areas where we are still strong. It spends 18 days in Kerala because only that way we can cover the state,” a leader who is part of the rally team told Onmanorama.
In Kerala, the yatra will take a turn at Nilambur in Malappuram district and cross over to neighbouring Karnataka.
In Karnataka, where Congress sees a distant chance of coming to power in the elections next year, the rally will cover a distance of 511 kilometres across 21 days. It will traerse Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. It skips Andhra, where the party has almost ceased to exist, and Chhattisgarh, one of the only two states where Congress is in power.
In Rajasthan, the other state where it is in power, the yatra will have three main stops – Kota, Dausa and Alwar. In Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state in the country, the yatra only has a namesake stop in Bulandshahar.
Simultaneously with the main yatra, there will be separate small Bharat Jodo Yatras in states such as Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal and Nagaland.
Internal woes
According to the current schedule, the election for the post of the Congress president will take place in October, when the yatra passes through Karnataka.
With Rahul Gandhi remaining reluctant to retake the post, which he quit following the party’s abysmal performance in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, it remains to be seen who would become the party chief.
“It’s actually puzzling in what capacity Rahul is leading the yatra if he is so reluctant to lead the party,” a party insider, who has been critical of the way Rahul left the organisation rudderless, said.
Attempts are still on to convince Rahul to take up the president post. If he agrees, the yatra, with all its shortcomings, could serve to be a launchpad for his second innings at the party helm.
Civil society support
Amid all the internal criticism, the Congress has managed to galvanise the support of civil society groups. More than 200 civil society members have appealed to the people to support the Congress' upcoming 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and similar initiatives by any other organisation to defend against the "systematic assault" on the unity and democracy of India.
Swaraj India founder Yogendra Yadav, document filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, All India Secular Front's Anil Sadgopal, rights activist Anjali Bharadwaj, theatre maker Anuradha Kapur, eminent journalist Mrinal Pande, former MP Dharamveer Gandhi and former IAS officers Abhijit Sengupta and Sujata Rao are among 204 civil society members who signed the appeal.
“For people like me who have come from people’s movements and not in the Congress party, the only thing in our concern is the overall climate in the country where constitutional democracy is being uprooted day by day. At a moment like this what is important is about saving our civilizational heritage, the heritage of our freedom struggle and the legacy of our constitution. The yatra is important because it signifies a call to unite the country in the face of deliberate attempts to divide the people by the ruling dispensation of the day,” Yadav told Onmanorama over phone. He arrived in Kanyakumari on Tuesday evening to take part in the rally.
Yadav, who had written that “Congress should die” in the aftermath of the 2019 poll drubbing, said he was least bothered about the political outcome of the yatra.
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ANAHEIM —Magneuris Sierra was on the field in the blazing heat on Tuesday afternoon doing what he always does: working on his bunting.
Hours later, it paid off.
Sierra dropped down a perfect bunt to drive in the winning run in the Angels’ 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
“I was actually out there early today watching him do it,” Mike Trout said. “Preparing yourself for the moment is big. He got the sign there, to put it down, and if you prepare yourself, you get good results.”
Sierra, a 26-year-old role player who now is mostly a pinch-runner and defensive replacement, had come in to run in the eighth inning and hadn’t yet batted in the game when the situation found him in the 10th.
The Tigers had scored a run on Javy Baez’s two-out single in the top of the 10th, but the Angels tied it after a Baez error in the bottom of the inning. After a wild pitch and a walk, they had runners at first and third with one out and Sierra at the plate. Manager Phil Nevin gave Sierra the sign for a safety squeeze, although he said Sierra had the option to swing away if the infielders came in.
Sierra dropped a perfect bunt up the first base line. Left-hander Andrew Chafin pounced it and tried a jump throw to the plate, but it wasn’t in time to get speedy Andrew Velazquez, who had gotten a good jump off of third.
“I practice my bunts a lot because it can help me a lot in my career to get the guy on first to second or do a winning play,” Sierra said through an interpreter.
Up until the winning rally, the Angels had scored all three of their runs on solo homers by Trout, Mike Ford and Jo Adell.
Trout put the Angels on the board in the first inning with a homer to straightaway center field, his 31st of the season. It was Trout’s third homer in a span of six at-bats, from his final at-bat on Sunday. He also singled and doubled in that span.
Trout has now played in 17 games since missing a month with a back injury, but he’s showing no ill effects of either the injury or the time off. He has hit five homers in that span.
“I’m starting to obviously get some timing back,” Trout said. “Still missing some pitches, but I hit some balls hard.”
Ford and Adell hit back-to-back homers in the second inning, both to right field.
It was Adell’s seventh homer of the season, but the first to straightaway right field. That’s a good sign because the Angels have been trying to get him to shorten up his swing, rather than trying to pull everything and swinging for the fences.
“I loved Jo’s swing,” Nevin said. “We’ve really been working hard on keeping him through the ball and on that side of the field.”
Adell said this week that he believes he’s going in the right direction, even if the numbers don’t bear that out.
“It comes in glimmers,” Adell said. “I’m real positive about it. If I continue to work, things will progress and I’ll get more production over time.”
Adell demonstrated that he still has work to do when he struck out in his next two at-bats, swinging through a 90 mph fastball and flailing at a curveball in the dirt.
Meanwhile, Angels starter Mike Mayers bounced back from a rough outing last week against the New York Yankees, when he allowed seven runs in four innings, including three homers. This one was more in line with the five scoreless innings he pitched in his previous start against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Mayers was charged with two runs in 5-2/3 innings.
“After the last outing, definitely focused this week on keeping the ball on the ground,” Mayers said. “Last week against New York, if I keep the ball in the yard it’s a different outing. That was the big focus and (catcher Max Stassi) and I were able to execute the game plan.”
He did not allow a run until the fourth, when the Tigers parlayed an infield single and a ground ball through the middle into a run. In the sixth, Mayers gave up a double to Willie Castro, who went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a ground ball.
Mayers left with a 3-2 lead, but he didn’t get the victory.
After Aaron Loup picked up four outs with the lead intact, José Quijada was charged with a run in the eighth. Quijada gave up a double on a 69 mph blooper that hit the right-field line, and that led to a run scoring on a ground ball against Jimmy Herget. Ryan Tepera pitched a perfect ninth before giving up a run in the 10th, but he ended up getting the victory.
SIERRA CALLED GAME WITH A WALK-OFF BUNT!!!#GoHalos pic.twitter.com/gYSGjbzFd2
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) September 7, 2022
Dead center from @MikeTrout. pic.twitter.com/GVtDoG6t8j
— MLB (@MLB) September 7, 2022
Back-to-back!! JO goes oppo @Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/lBTLV1NgJo
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) September 7, 2022
Ford turns on one 💣@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/2BLwddEUDC
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) September 7, 2022
🔊 Skip breaks down the Halos walkoff W@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/tsT1UjSs8S
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consistently empowering MSMEs growth in Indonesia, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (IDX: BBRI) has successfully assisted them in bringing their products in front of thousands of visitors at the largest Eurasian cultural festival in the world, the Tong Tong Fair, at the Center of The Hague, Netherlands, from 1 September to 12 September 2022.
Empowering MSMEs to compete in the global market is a long journey. BRI has been taking part in educating MSMEs to implement professional financial management, marketing, branding to find stories behind their products thus increasing product uniqueness and competitiveness. BRI has also been assisting MSMEs to go digital to widen their market shares.
"We need to support the MSMEs directly because merely submitting funds is not enough. BRI continues to strive for local MSMEs to recognize their full potential and penetrate the global market. One of our efforts is bringing them to the Tong-Tong Fair," said Amam Sukriyanto, Director of Small and Medium Business BRI.
In addition, BRI carries out a business matching strategy to bring together consumers from abroad with local MSMEs through the MSME EXPO(RT) BRILIANPRENEUR, an annual event to support MSMEs to go global.
In 2021, the BRIlianpreneur EXPO(RT) recorded a total transaction of US$72.13 million business-matching transactions, exceeding the company's set target of US$65 million. 110 buyers from 31 countries, including the United States, the European Union, the Middle East, Australia, etc. attended the event.
"MSMEs in Indonesia have enormous potential with a variety of unique products that are favored by international consumers. Our goal is for MSMEs to develop the best-quality products in line with market needs," added Amam.
In Q2 2022, BRI's MSME loan portfolio grew by 9.81% year-on-year (YoY) from IDR 837.82 trillion in Q2 2021 to IDR 920 trillion in Q2 2022, making the proportion of MSME loans compared to BRI's total loans to 83.27%. Furthermore, BRI managed to disburse loans of IDR 1,104.79 trillion (8.75% YoY growth) in the same period.
The entire credit sector recorded a positive increase, with the main pillars being the micro segment (15.07% growth), the consumer segment (5.27%), the corporate segment (3.76% growth), and the small and medium segment (2.71% growth).
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LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming") (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces that its Chief Executive Officer, Sijmen de Vries, will present at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, a hybrid meeting based in New York, at the Lotte Palace Hotel, September 12-14, 2022.
Pharming Group N.V.'s CEO will present on Tuesday, September 13 at 09:30 ET / 15:30 CET.
For more information about the conference, or to schedule a one-to-one with Pharming's management team, please contact your H.C. Wainwright representative, or send an email to Pharming's Investor Relations team to investor@pharming.com
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Pharming Group N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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- German DAX futures -0.9%
- UK FTSE futures -0.8%
- Spanish IBEX futures -0.9%
This comes after a modest showing yesterday, in which European indices finished higher before the late selling in Wall Street once again. So, there is some element of catch up in part but the sluggish mood in US futures today also isn't helping. S&P 500 futures are down 0.4%, Nasdaq futures down 0.4%, and Dow futures down 0.3% currently. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurostoxx-futures-09-in-early-european-trading-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T06:31:31Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurostoxx-futures-09-in-early-european-trading-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It is still all about the dollar right now as we are seeing a further capitulation in the yen and a further decline in the yuan - both of which are fueling further gains in the greenback this week. The US currency is running hot and is higher across the board once more, threatening to break even higher against some of the major currencies this week.
Equities remain sluggish with US stocks falling once more yesterday. Of note, the Nasdaq posted its seventh straight day of losses - its longest streak since November 2016. Meanwhile, bond yields are still pressing higher with European governments looking to pile on more debt in order to deal with the energy crisis ahead of winter.
Looking ahead, trading sentiment will continue to revolve around the key points above but it's all about watching if the dollar has legs for another run higher as it approaches some key levels on the charts.
0600 GMT - Germany July industrial production data
0600 GMT - UK August Halifax house prices
0900 GMT - Eurozone Q2 final GDP figures
1100 GMT - US MBA mortgage applications w.e. 2 September
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The pair is hitting fresh lows since May 2020 and is testing the 0.6000 handle on the day amid a stronger dollar and the fact that risk tones are still sluggish on the week. A further decline in the yuan also isn't helping sentiment as we transition from Asia to Europe but as the aussie is also under pressure, the kiwi will feel the heat as well.
In that sense, the psychological support for NZD/USD at 0.6000 sort of coincides with the key support region pointed out for AUD/USD in the linked post above.
As much as the RBNZ remains one of the more aggressive central banks alongside the Fed and BOC, it is hard to single the kiwi out among the crowd when risk sentiment is still looking rather pessimistic at the moment.
US futures are down on the day after another day of declines in Wall Street and the bond market selloff is also continuing to underpin the dollar via higher Treasury yields. Those are also notable factors to consider when viewing the pair and a break below 0.6000 will provide a strong technical argument for a move lower towards the March 2020 lows potentially next. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/nzdusd-down-to-lowest-since-may-2020-tests-06000-level-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T06:31:55Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/nzdusd-down-to-lowest-since-may-2020-tests-06000-level-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced data presentations from two Phase 1b, proof-of-concept studies of rezpegaldesleukin (also known as LY3471851 or NKTR-358) in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and plaque psoriasis at the 2022 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress.
Rezpegaldesleukin is a novel, first-in-class selective regulatory T-cell (Treg) inducing IL-2 conjugate in development to treat autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. It is designed to target the immune system imbalance that results from increased levels of inflammatory T cells and reduced numbers and impaired function of regulatory T cells (Tregs). Decreased Treg numbers or impaired immunosuppressive function are known to contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.1
Data are being presented at EADV from both a Phase 1b double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multiple-dose study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of rezpegaldesleukin in patients with moderate-to-severe AD, as well as a Phase 1b double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating rezpegaldesleukin in patients with plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. Both studies were sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company.
"The results continue to demonstrate the potential of rezpegaldesleukin to emerge as a truly differentiated therapy for patients with serious inflammatory conditions," said Brian L. Kotzin, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Nektar. "In atopic dermatitis, dose-dependent improvements in key efficacy measures were observed for an additional 36 weeks following the 12-week treatment period. These proof-of-concept data show rezpegaldesleukin's ability to stimulate Tregs to target an immune system imbalance resulting in an improvement of disease activity in patients."
Key details and takeaways from the presentations are as follows:
Abstract P1242: "Efficacy and Safety of a Selective Regulatory T-Cell Inducing IL-2 Conjugate (LY3471851) in the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis: A Phase 1 Randomised Study"
- The IL-2 conjugate Treg stimulator, LY3471851, had a safety profile at the doses studied that supports further clinical development of LY3471851 in patients with AD
- A trend toward dose-dependent improvement was observed in EASI and vIGA-AD scores and EASI75, vIGA-AD (0,1), and Itch NRS ≥4-point improvement responder rates with LY3471851 vs. placebo through 12 weeks of treatment
- Improvements with LY3471851 24 μg/kg were sustained during follow-up to 48 weeks, up to 36 weeks following end of treatment
- Total Tregs and CD25bright Tregs increased with LY3471851 vs. placebo up to Week 12
Abstract P1611: "Efficacy and Safety of a Selective Regulatory T-Cell Inducing IL-2 Conjugate (LY3471851) in the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Phase 1 Randomised Study"
- The IL-2 conjugate Treg stimulator, LY3471851, showed a safety profile consistent with previous studies2
- In patients treated with LY3471851:
Details of the data presentations at EADV are listed below and are available on the scientific section of Nektar's website at http://www.nektar.com/science/scientific-posters-and-presentations.
Nektar entered into a strategic collaboration with Lilly in 2017 to develop and potentially commercialize rezpegaldesleukin (also known as NKTR-358). In partnership with Lilly, the Phase 2 program for rezpegaldesleukin includes the ongoing 280-patient Phase 2 study in lupus (NCT04433585), a second Phase 2 study planned to start in the first part of 2023 in atopic dermatitis and a third Phase 2 study being planned in a yet-to-be-announced autoimmune indication to potentially start in 2023.
About Rezpegaldesleukin
Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases cause the immune system to mistakenly attack and damage healthy cells in a person's body. A failure of the body's self-tolerance mechanisms enables the formation of the pathogenic T lymphocytes that conduct this attack. Rezpegaldesleukin is a potential first-in-class resolution therapeutic that may address this underlying immune system imbalance in people with many autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. It targets the interleukin-2 receptor complex in the body in order to stimulate proliferation of powerful inhibitory immune cells known as regulatory T cells. By activating these cells, rezpegaldesleukin may act to bring the immune system back into balance.
Rezpegaldesleukin is being developed as a self-administered injection for a number of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
About Nektar Therapeutics
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a robust, wholly owned R&D pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology, and inflammatory diseases as well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
Nektar Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements which can be identified by words such as: "continue," "may," "demonstrate," "potential," "designed," "emerge," "planned" and similar references to future periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding the therapeutic potential of, and future development plans for NKTR-358 and our other drug candidates in research programs, the prospects and plans for our collaborations with other companies, and the timing of the initiation of clinical studies and the data readouts for our drug candidates. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others: (i) our statements regarding the therapeutic potential of NKTR-358 and our other drug candidates are based on preclinical and clinical findings and observations and are subject to change as research and development continue; (ii) NKTR-358 and our other drug candidates are investigational agents and continued research and development for these drug candidates is subject to substantial risks, including negative safety and efficacy findings in ongoing clinical studies (notwithstanding positive findings in earlier preclinical and clinical studies); (iii) NKTR-358 and our other drug candidates are in various stages of clinical development and the risk of failure is high and can unexpectedly occur at any stage prior to regulatory approval; (iv) the timing of the commencement or end of clinical trials and the availability of clinical data may be delayed or unsuccessful due to challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, regulatory delays, slower than anticipated patient enrollment, manufacturing challenges, changing standards of care, evolving regulatory requirements, clinical trial design, clinical outcomes, competitive factors, or delay or failure in ultimately obtaining regulatory approval in one or more important markets; (v) patents may not issue from our patent applications for our drug candidates, patents that have issued may not be enforceable, or additional intellectual property licenses from third parties may be required; and (vi) certain other important risks and uncertainties set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2022. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Contact:
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628-895-0661
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The candidates for Rhode Island governor blew through money over the last few weeks as they jockeyed for advantage ahead of the Sept. 13 primary.
Campaign-finance reports due late Tuesday night showed Democratic incumbent Gov. Dan McKee as the biggest spender, shelling out $706,000 from Aug. 16 to Sept. 5. His campaign had just $87,000 left on hand as of Tuesday night.
Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes was close behind McKee, spending $689,000 from Aug. 16 to Sept. 15. Foulkes loaned her campaign an additional $555,000 during that period, bringing her personal investment into the race to almost $1.3 million. She had $131,000 on hand Tuesday.
Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea spent third-most, a total of $349,000 from Aug. 16 to Sept. 15. She had $115,000 on hand as of Tuesday.
Former Secretary of State Matt Brown reported spending $132,000 over the same period, finishing with $44,000 on hand. A fifth candidate, Luis Daniel Muñoz, had just under $1,000 in his campaign account.
McKee, Foulkes, Gorbea and Brown met live Tuesday night on WPRI 12 for their final televised primary debate before the primary.
Among the Republican candidates, Ashley Kalus reported spending $205,000 from Aug. 16 to Sept. 15. She loaned another $500,000 to her campaign in recent weeks, bringing her personal spending on the race to roughly $2.7 million. Kalus had $549,000 on hand as of Tuesday.
Another Republican, Jonathan Riccitelli, had $364.
Ted Nesi (tnesi@wpri.com) is a Target 12 investigative reporter and 12 News politics/business editor. He co-hosts Newsmakers and writes Nesi’s Notes on Saturdays. Connect with him on Twitter and Facebook | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/ri-governor-candidates-spend-big-with-primary-around-the-corner/ | 2022-09-07T06:35:25Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/ri-governor-candidates-spend-big-with-primary-around-the-corner/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEEK Ltd. (ASX:SEK) shares have dropped sharply in 2022, but analysts remain bullish on the stock.
Melbourne headquartered SEEK operates a online jobs marketplace, connecting jobseekers employers. SEEK operates in a dozen countries, including New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Mexico.
The company has a variety of revenue sources. Apart from offering job ads, it also makes money from job training and higher education courses. SEEK’s business is profitable and the company recently boosted its final dividend for fiscal year 2022. It expects its earnings to improve in fiscal 2023.
SEEK shares drop despite upbeat outlook
Despite Seek’s mostly bullish outlook, the stock has declined about 40% year-to-date. The pullback in the stock may be a result of concerns that a recession could damage SEEK’s business. A recession is usually characterised by job losses or a slowdown in hiring, which could impact SEEK’s earnings.
SEEK’s stock price prediction
Analysts continue to believe that SEEK stock is a good investment despite its steep decline. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, the stock is a Moderate Buy based on seven Buys and two Sells. The average SEEK stock price prediction of $29.67 implies over 47% upside potential.
SEEK stock scores a nine of 10 from TipRanks’ Smart Score rating system, indicating that the stock has strong potential to outperform market expectations.
Moreover, SEEK is seeing favourable mentions on financial blogs. TipRanks data shows that financial blogger opinions are 100% Bullish on SEK stock, compared to a sector average of 64%.
Final thoughts
SEEK shares may still fall as a result of recession concerns. However, given its recent declines, negative sentiment based on a potential recession is now likely to have been priced into the stock. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/analysts-keep-faith-in-seek-asxsek-stock-despite-sharp-declines | 2022-09-07T06:52:59Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/analysts-keep-faith-in-seek-asxsek-stock-despite-sharp-declines | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Recently, Kevan Stuart Gorrie, a five-star-rated insider of Granite REIT (TSE: GRT.UN), has been purchasing the stock. This could signal that the company is undervalued and has upside potential ahead. Granite REITs’ valuation suggests that the stock can climb, and analysts agree as well, giving it a Strong Buy rating. Additionally, the stock has a respectable 4.2% dividend yield as an added bonus. Therefore, GRT.UN stock seems like it could be a solid investment.
We also wrote about two other insider-buying scenarios that are similar to this one. The first article is about Slate Office REIT (TSE: SOT.UN) and the second one is about Plaza Retail REIT (TSE: PLZ.UN).
Industrial Real Estate is a Solid Long-Term Bet
Granite REIT develops, owns, and manages industrial real estate in the U.S., Canada, Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany. Industrial real estate, while more sensitive to recessions than residential real estate, is still resilient. Industrial buildings are increasingly being modernized, as they are often used as e-commerce fulfillment centers. In fact, 5% of Granite’s revenues come from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Therefore, GRT.UN has e-commerce tailwinds supporting its performance.
Granite’s other tenants are of high quality as well. Its biggest tenant, Magna International (TSE: MG) (NYSE: MGA), which is an auto parts company, makes up 28% of GRT. UN’s revenues. While the high revenue concentration may sound concerning, Magna is a solid, profitable company and has an A- credit rating. Granite has also been diversifying its revenue base more over the years, relying less on Magna. Its top 10 tenants make up 49% of revenue.
Insider Kevan Gorrie Buys GRT.UN Stock — Why It Matters
Kevan Stuart Gorrie’s recent buys are important to note for a few key reasons. First, he is a five-star-rated insider, ranked #1,377 out of 95,054 insiders on TipRanks, with an average return of 16.1% per transaction and a success rate of 78% (measured on a one-year basis). Therefore, his transactions have been worth following.
Also, his transactions are classified as “Informative Buys,” which hold more weight than “Uninformative Buys.” He’s made several purchases recently, starting four months ago, with the most recent one taking place five days ago.
In the past four months, he has bought $144.5 thousand worth of GRT.UN stock. This may not sound like much, but he likely wouldn’t be buying if he thought the stock was going to drop. The recent buys ranged from prices of C$72.97 to C$91.05 per share, with the stock currently trading at C$73.48.
Is Granite REIT Stock Undervalued?
GRT.UN stock may be undervalued, which would justify the insider buying. An important and easy valuation metric to use for Canadian REITs is the price-to-book ratio. Note that this metric isn’t as useful for American REITs due to accounting differences. Granite REIT’s price-to-book ratio is around 0.85x, meaning that it’s trading at a 15% discount to its net worth. This metric alone gives it about 18% upside potential before it reaches its net asset value.
In fact, Granite REIT has traded at an average price/book ratio of 1.2x over the past five years. The valuation premium was likely due to Granite REIT’s history of rapidly increasing its book value per share. Its book value per share was C$41.34 at the end of 2016 and is now just above C$85 as of Q2. Most Canadian REITs do not grow this quickly.
Still, there’s something to consider. Here’s what we mentioned in a recent article about a different REIT in a similar situation: “One thing to keep in mind is that its book value may potentially drop in the short term because rising interest rates are causing property values to fall, which somewhat justifies the discount. However, there is that margin of safety, and a drop is likely to be temporary in nature, in our opinion.”
We think that as the economy eventually normalizes, GRT.UN stock’s price/book ratio can rise to about 1.0x or higher, and its book value per share should eventually continue its uptrend.
Is Granite REITs Dividend Worth It?
As mentioned earlier, Granite REIT has a ~4.2% dividend, and it is paid monthly. The dividend by itself shouldn’t be enough to entice income investors, especially since it has only grown at a five-year CAGR of 2.8%. However, when combined with the company’s price/book discount and its uptrending book value per share over the long term, the dividend is an extra bonus that will boost shareholder returns.
Also, its dividend is covered, as the company’s adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) payout ratio was ~79% for the last 12 months.
Analysts Believe Granite REIT Stock is a Strong Buy
According to analysts, Granite REIT stock earns a Strong Buy consensus rating based on four unanimous Buy ratings assigned in the past three months. The average GRT.UN stock price forecast of C$96.50 implies 31.3% upside potential. Analyst price targets range from a high of C$100 to a low of C$90.
Conclusion: Granite REIT Stock Looks Solid
Granite REIT looks like an attractive investment for a few reasons. First, it operates in a resilient industry that will be supported by e-commerce growth. Next, a highly-rated insider has been buying up shares at an average price that is higher than the current price. Also, GRT.UN is trading at a 15% discount to its net worth, with an uptrending book value per share, implying solid long-term upside potential. Meanwhile, investors can receive a 4.2% dividend. Finally, analysts are bullish, seeing 31.3% upside potential. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/five-star-insider-buys-strong-buy-rated-granite-reit-tsegrt-un-should-you | 2022-09-07T06:53:06Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/five-star-insider-buys-strong-buy-rated-granite-reit-tsegrt-un-should-you | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DGL Group (ASX:DGL) shares were up more than 10%, to around AU$1.65 in late afternoon trading.
The chemicals and logistics provider’s shares increased following the announcement that it completed the acquisition of Clarkson Freightliners.
The company is leveraging acquisitions as it pursues additional growth opportunities. DGL Group has completed more than a dozen acquisitions since July 2021.
Additionally, investors welcomed DGL Group’s announcement that CEO Simon Henry recently purchased a swag of extra shares in the company. On September 2, Henry purchased 318,000 additional shares in DGL Group in a transaction valued at more than $500,000. The latest purchase takes his total ownership up to more than 151 million shares.
DGL Group’s share price forecast
Although DGL Group shares have dropped about 50% year-to-date, analysts remain bullish on the stock. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, DGL stock is a Moderate Buy.
The average DGL Group price target of $3.23 implies over 106% upside potential.
Final thoughts
DGL Group stock has seen heavy selling since the company issued a tepid profit outlook for fiscal year 2023.
However, the management remains confident in the business, as demonstrated by the CEO’s move to buy the dip. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dgl-group-asxdgl-shares-rise-as-sentiment-shifts | 2022-09-07T06:53:18Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dgl-group-asxdgl-shares-rise-as-sentiment-shifts | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
American Red Cross of Western New York has slated two blood drives in Niagara County through mid September.
Call 1-800-733-2767 or go to www.redcrossblood.org to schedule an appointment at either of these drives:
— 1 to 6 p.m. today at The Dale Association, 33 Ontario St., Lockport.
— 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 at Niagara University Gallagher Center, 5795 Lewiston Road.
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ConnectLife has four drives slated through mid September. To register for one call 716-529-4270 or visit www.connectlifegiveblood.org.
— 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lockport Community office, 135 Main St.
— 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Auditorium A & B, 621 10th St.
— 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Lockport Community office, 135 Main St.
— 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Lewiston Community office, Niagara River Region Chamber, 895 Center St. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/blood-drive-watch/article_97a6aece-2e13-11ed-9baf-c3ef79f4dbda.html | 2022-09-07T06:58:32Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/blood-drive-watch/article_97a6aece-2e13-11ed-9baf-c3ef79f4dbda.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“You portray yourself as a friendly little grandfather/father/husband riding a bike around our lovely city, but in actuality you are a far-left extremist.”
I enjoy hearing from people about my opinion columns here in the newspaper. Sometimes that happens as I run into people around town. Sometimes it comes as a comment on Facebook, or in an email to the address I always publish with my articles. The angry comment above showed up last week in my mailbox in an envelope with no return address, from a man who simply identified himself anonymously as “Larry R.”
As political discourse goes this was the equivalent of a little boy who runs up to a neighbor’s house, rings the doorbell, and quickly runs away convinced that he has done something very brave. But it does tell us something about the state of the nation.
We live in a time so polarized that some people have a hard time coping with the fact that not everyone thinks just like they do. Larry R’s letter included a long list of complaints about me, but he seemed most upset by my recent column about Congresswoman Claudia Tenney. He said that I had unfairly suggested that she had “an obsession with Trump and Cheney [his words].”
For the record, I did not invent Ms. Tenney’s obsession with Congresswoman Liz Cheney, I just reported on it. Cheney is a Republican and co-chairs the Congressional investigation into the January 6th insurrection that sought to violently overturn the results of a presidential election. Tenney’s frequent email pitches for money are filled with declarations like this one: “Have you seen the video of Claudia ripping Liz Cheney to absolute SHREDS on Newsmax? and she totally OBLITERATED her! You’ve got to see it.”
Larry R. also told me that I should be writing instead about all the illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. border. He suggested that I put a sign up in my front yard inviting them to come stay with me. But to be honest, I don’t think he really wants them in the neighborhood.
One of the requirements of a democracy is that we be able to deal with people who do not agree with us. That’s true in a marriage, a family, and in a friendship, and in politics as well. None of us is always right about everything.
One of the things I appreciate about Lockport is living around people who have a different perspective than mine. I learn from them.
Here is an example. I arrived here five years ago with a typical liberal point of view that all guns are bad and that we would be a whole lot better off as a nation if we just got rid of all of them. Then I listened to people talk about hunting as a revered family tradition. I heard others say, “If it’s 2 a.m. and you hear someone in your house, you go ahead and call 911 and hope for the best. Me, I am going to have a gun to protect my family.”
To be clear, I still don’t believe we are a safer nation because we have 20 million AR-15 style assault weapons floating around the country, or more guns than people. But I do believe we can have a reasonable debate about how guns should and should not be regulated. and reasonable debates are exactly what we need more of if our democracy is going to survive.
On the same day that this anonymous letter landed in my mailbox, I got an email from another reader who took issue with my column on Congresswoman Tenney. She made no effort to hide her identity nor did she claim to have some monopoly on truth.
She wrote: “I have no problem with you not agreeing with her political positions, but to say Claudia doesn’t believe in the Constitution and how can she express pride for her son’s military service because she hasn’t jumped on the political circus surrounding that horrible day. There is no way she condoned that riot, but apparently it made your editorial sound better.”
Even though she and I disagree on many things, I was grateful to receive her email and to have the chance to hear her different point of view and to reflect on it. I told her so in my reply and I will be happy to hear from her again any time. This is how we learn.
People across America are frustrated by the problems around us right now and too many are just on the hunt for demons to blame. Those demons might be desperate immigrants trying to find a better life, or a guy living down the street who writes columns for the newspaper.
All this reminds me of that old story from the Buddha, about three blind men who run into an elephant. Each one grabs onto a different part (the leg, the ear, the trunk) and they get into a big fight over what kind of animal it is. Each of them has a part of the truth, but only together do they have the whole picture.
I actually am a friendly little grandfather/father/husband riding a bike around our lovely city. I just happen to have a different perspective on things than some folks. Welcome to America.
Jim Shultz is the founder and executive director of the Democracy Center and a father and grandfather in Lockport. He can be emailed at jimshultzthewriter@gmail.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/jim-shultz-the-lost-art-of-political-disagreement/article_c7e158ac-2df8-11ed-85ba-ab58d4ed1c3f.html | 2022-09-07T06:58:38Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/jim-shultz-the-lost-art-of-political-disagreement/article_c7e158ac-2df8-11ed-85ba-ab58d4ed1c3f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With death and illness pervasive at the peak of the pandemic, three Oahu nurses made it their mission to do more than just saving lives.
"We had patients that were dying... without family members at the bedside, and that broke our hearts, you know?," said Alysha Ladiero. "We just saw a lot of hardship and sadness and we wanted to turn all of that into something good."
Despite the exhaustion of their regular jobs, they found the strength and passion in another form -- buying and collecting donations for a good cause.
"It was so depressing and just so hard on us emotionally and physically too," added Jessica Custino. "We were all just kind of searching for something that was positive and that brought us joy."
It started off with making masks for loved ones, then selling them to help others in need.
"And then it kind of just spiraled into this thing," Ladiero said.
And that thing has amounted to hundreds of donations for nonprofits -- hygiene products for domestic violence shelters, items for the Hawaii Food Bank and animal shelters, school supplies, toys for sick children and Christmas gifts for homeless people, to name a few.
"I see a lot of kupuna having to decide if they're going to buy their month's worth of medications. I see family members deciding if they should buy school supplies or if they should buy their next meal," she added. "And I see homeless people with strollers. They're pushing their infant or their baby and that to me is like, it should never be."
It's been a labor of love, working on their days off to collect donations or to go shopping to fulfill wish lists -- all without receiving anything in return.
"We just kind of give it to the organization or the school and we don't really see the person," said Kawailehua Cornel. "My uncle taught me if you can bless somebody you should if you have the means."
And if that weren't enough, the trio also helps connect people with the right organizations they'd like to donate to.
"Now just seeing all of our family and friends and coworkers kind of get in on that too and just be so willing to give, I think that's what drives us," Custino said. "Every time we do one we're like, 'Ok, as soon as it's done as exhausted as we are, we're back online searching for like another place.'"
And they're hoping to continue their efforts as long as there's a need.
"It's like we want to be the best human beings -- not just the best nurses -- but the best human beings and this is this is one way we can do that by just giving any way we can," Ladiero said.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society. | https://www.kitv.com/kakou/na-mea-pono-nurses-spreading-the-aloha/article_47199bb4-2e69-11ed-9ab8-9f085432221f.html | 2022-09-07T06:59:17Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/kakou/na-mea-pono-nurses-spreading-the-aloha/article_47199bb4-2e69-11ed-9ab8-9f085432221f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A recent murder's just part of a string of crimes in Waikiki, which include burglaries, shootings and even a sword attack on Kalakaua Avenue.
And residents are calling for a stop to the violence.
Kathryn Henski won't let her two grown children walk to the convenience store at night.
She lives just two blocks from Waikiki beach, where a rash of violent crimes has left many residents afraid in their own back yards.
"We live in fear. And when you cannot send a 25-year-old young woman down to the ABC store at about 7 'o clock at night because somebody might drag her off or hurt her, it's not he way as residents and even tourists should live," she said. "We are not in paradise."
Honolulu's Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm, Mayor Rick Blangiardi, and Police Chief Joe Logan will announce Tuesday the start of the "Safe and Sound Waikiki" program -- aiming to make it safer to live, work and visit Waikiki -- where residents say crime has gotten out of hand.
"I wouldn't even hesitate to say yes, it's out of control," Henski said.
Similar to the "Weed and Seed" program in Chinatown, the prosecuting attorney will work hand-in-hand with law enforcement and the judicial system to make sure habitual and violent criminals are taken off the streets.
"And the person would be prohibited from coming back to Waikiki and if they were to be seen in Waikiki by a police officer, that they could immediately be arrested again, and they can take him to jail," said Tommy Waters, chair of the Honolulu City Council. "So there's a little bit of meat to it."
City officials hope the program will put an end to the revolving door that's become common in the justice system.
"We've heard of incidences where people would be shoplifting, go to court, get sentenced to credit for time served, which in many instances amounted to a few hours, and then they're right back out right back in Waikiki shoplifting again, within hours of the arrest," he said. "And to me, that's just unacceptable."
The city's not just focusing on weeding out crime, but seeding -- the program will mentor at-risk youth and help previously incarcerated with job training and skills to avoid going back into a life of crime when they re-enter society.
"It's definitely about time. It's not just the homeless situation, which everybody is kind of aware of, but with the elevated crime it poses a risk to guys like me who are getting older and you know, just live here," said Waikiki resident Louis Erteschik. "Certainly in terms of tourism, I mean, that's kind of a no brainer right that if you come here as a tourist and you get robbed, that's not very good for business."
The city has set aside $250,000 for the first year of the "Safe and Sound Waikiki" program.
Residents hope the investment bears fruit and that one day soon they'll be be able to once again walk the streets safely and without fear. | https://www.kitv.com/news/city-starting-new-program-aimed-at-reducing-crime-in-hawaiis-top-tourist-destination/article_7ba9fa6a-2e67-11ed-87f6-ab04fde22c29.html | 2022-09-07T06:59:23Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/city-starting-new-program-aimed-at-reducing-crime-in-hawaiis-top-tourist-destination/article_7ba9fa6a-2e67-11ed-87f6-ab04fde22c29.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As the city starts a new program to weed out crime in Waikiki, its existing efforts in Chinatown are having a hard time getting to the root of the problem.
More than a year since the start of Chinatown's latest "Weed and Seed" program, more than 300 people have been charged with felonies, misdemeanors and other crimes.
But many of them quickly return to the streets -- and back to no good.
"You've seen criminals that repeatedly do assault and drugs with 30 to 50 to 60 arrest records -- and they're on the streets," said Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock, head of the Chinatown Business & Community Association. "Why are they on the streets? Why aren't they in mandatory treatment programs? Get them off the streets."
The prosecuting attorney's supposed to work hand-in-hand with law enforcement and the judicial system to make sure habitual and violent criminals are either jailed or in treatment programs so they don't commit the same crimes.
"HPD arrests them, it gets them off the street that day or that night, but they typically spend the night in jail and then go to court and get released so we think that's a real missed opportunity," said Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm at a news conference in Waikiki.
And the major piece missing in the effort is the courts.
"There have been a lot of arrests in Chinatown. People are prosecuted. We have asked for a geographic restrictions repeatedly and have not been successful," he said.
In announcing today's start of the "Safe and Sound Waikiki" program -- city officials made a plea to the judiciary to help them reduce crime in the state's top tourist destination by granting geographic restrictions -- banning repeat offenders from returning to the areas where they commit crimes.
"The community is stepping up. We need the judges to step it up. I want them to hear this and the whole judiciary, they need to step it up," said Tommy Waters, chair of the Honolulu City Council. "No more of this credit for time served or you serve three hours and then you're let out to come back here. It's not going to work unless the judges participate."
City officials are hoping there will be an end to the revolving door that's become common in the justice system.
"By ordering them to stay out of Waikiki for six months to a year, that will definitely help reduce crime," Alm added. "It's the threat of it that will keep folks out."
The Honolulu prosecutor says he'll also be asking for stiffer consequences at sentencing.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) 600,000 Hawaii taxpayers are scheduled to receive almost $294 million in tax refunds next week. Gov. David Ige today announced that in the first round of refund distributions, 100,000 taxpayers will receive their refunds through either direct deposit or by mail on or about Sept. 12.
Gov. David Ige and the State Tax Director, Isaac Choy say these refunds are some of the biggest they've ever seen. The rebates are the result of a large surplus in the state budget.
The Department of Taxation says two additional distribution dates are scheduled for Sept. 9 and Sept. 13, which should complete the bulk of direct deposit refunds. Paper check refunds will be made in batches of 2,000 until additional check stock arrives.
“I want to caution, that this is dependent on the arrival of the check stock," said Gov. Ige. "There are supply chain issues. Even dealing with check stock, refund for tax payers filed after July 31 will be issued up to 10 weeks after the acceptance of your income tax return by the Department of Taxation.”
“We were used to giving away one dollar when we had to give away this constitutional refund so, I do believe this is one of the biggest if not the biggest," says Isaac Choy, State Director of Taxation.
Taxpayers receiving refund checks by mail and who filed their tax returns by July 31, should receive their refunds by the end of October.
Taxpayers who filed individual income tax returns for 2021 and have been residents of Hawaii for at least nine months are eligible for the refund.
Taxpayers who earn less than $100,000 a year, or couples earning less than $200,000 a year will receive $300 each. Taxpayers who earn $100,000 or more, or couples earning $200,000 or more will receive $100 each.
Gov. Ige says,“It is my hope that the $300 million in tax refunds will bring some relief to the hardworking people of the State of Hawaiʻi who were hit hard by the pandemic."
Taxpayers who filed individual income tax returns for 2021, and have been residents of Hawaii for at least nine months are eligible for the refund. To see if you qualify and how much you could receive, go to Tax.Hawaii.Gov.
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John Ripley, 86 Sep 6, 2022 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John Ripley, 86, of Prosser died Monday, Sept. 5, in Kennewick.Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, funeralhomesmith.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Tony Ledin, 53 Sep 6, 2022 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tony Ledin, 53, of Zillah died Sunday, Sept. 4.Arrangements are by Colonial Funeral Home, Toppenish, heggiescolonialfuneralhome.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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ELLENSBURG — Two goals by sophomore Jamison Philip carried Ellensburg to a 3-1 win over defending 4A district champion West Valley Tuesday night.
Molly Moffat added a third goal for the Bulldogs, who trailed 1-0 at halftime and were locked in a 1-1 tie before pulling away with two tallies in the final six minutes.
Ellensburg won the CWAC title a year ago before falling in the first round of the 2A state tournament and West Valley nearly upset eventual champion Camas in the 4A quarterfinals.
The Rams, who jumped ahead on Avah Farias' goal in the eighth minute, will host defending CWAC district champion Selah on Saturday. The Bulldogs are set to begin league play at Central Washington University against Prosser on Thursday.
In other matches Tuesday, Prosser defeated Sunnyside 7-1 and Connell bested Wapato 3-1.
First half: 1, WV, Avah Farias, 8:00.
Second half: 1, Ellensburg, Jamison Philip, 57:00. 2, Ellensburg, Philip (PK), 74:00; 3, Ellensburg, Molly Moffat, 80:00.
Saves: Taylor Poor (WV) 6, Ellensburg 6.
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SELAH 3, CASCADE 0: At Cascade, Allison Moultray contributed a goal and an assist in the second half to help the Vikings earn their first win of the season.
Elayna Blodgett gave Selah an early lead off an assist from Madison Huri. The Vikings will play their home opener against West Valley on Saturday.
First half: 1, Selah, Elayna Blodgett (Madison Huri), 28:00.
Second half: 2, Selah, Allison Moultray (Kennedy Cobb), 52:00; 3, Selah, Brooke Reiber (Allison Moultray), 65:00.
Saves: Lexi Grenz (S) 1, Sarah Russell (S) 0.
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EAST VALLEY 18, LA CONNOR 0: At East Valley, Jada Mendoza and Lilliana Byers scored hat tricks for the Red Devils, who tallied 15 goals in the first half. They’ll play another nonleague match Thursday at Davis.
First half: 1, EV, Mackenzie Isaak (Eveyanna Townsend), 3:00; 2, EV, Lilliana Byers, 5:00; 3, EV, Townsend (Shannah Mellick) 6:00; 4, EV, Maci Denton (Jada Mendoza), 9:00; 5, EV, Mendoza, 10:00; 6, EV, Byers (Mellick), 12:00; 7, EV, Mellick, 15:00; 8, EV, Jarisley Sanchez (Delaney Gibbons), 16:00; 9, EV, Kate Ketcham (Gibbons), 19:00; 10, EV, Ariana Lopez (Isaak), 21:00; 11, EV, Isabella Dellinger (Townsend), 25:00; 12, EV, Lopez (Townsend), 27:00; 13, EV, Mendoza, 28:00; 14, EV, own goal, 34:00; 15, EV, Mendoza (Giselle Uriostegui), 36:00.
Second half: 16, EV, Byers (Emma Walruff) 50:00; 17, EV, Madison Fries (Ariana Lopez), 60:00. 18, EV, Olivia Kruger (Uriostegui) 75:00.
Saves: La Connor 10; Madison Morrison (EV) 0; Kate Ketcham (EV) 0.
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DAVIS 3, TOPPENISH 2: At Davis, Shaela Allen Greggs had 17 kills and 23 perfect passes to help the Pirates rally from an 0-2 deficit to win 25-27, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-9.
Davis highlights: Shaela Allen Greggs 15-16 serving, 17 kills, 23 perfect passes, 6 digs, 1 block; Kailey Willsey 16-18 serving, 11 kills, 3 pp, 3 blocks; Litzy Carillo 12-16 serving, 2 aces, 9 kills, 7 pp, 11 digs; Camryn Birch 8-11 serving, 3 aces, 6 kills, 3 pp, 2 digs, 1 block; Sally Gargus 10-11 serving, 2 aces, 19 pp, 19 digs; Nathaly Hernandez 6-7 serving, 6 digs, 20 assists; Kathleen Velazquez 17-20 serving, 5 digs, 22 assists.
Toppenish highlights: Tatiana Camacho 10 kills, 2 blocks; Naylanee Strom 17 assists, 10 digs.
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ZILLAH 3, WAHLUKE 0: At Wahluke, Emily Greene served nine aces and Destyni Salme had seven as the Leopards swept 25-10, 25-13, 25-9.
Zillah highlights: Emily Greene 16-17 serving, 9 aces; Destyni Salme 11-12 serving, 7 aces; Emma Flood 13-14 serving, 4 aces; Jacelyn Yearout 14 assists; Mia Hicks 7 kills; Kya Gonzales 5 kills.
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GRANGER 3, TRI-CITIES PREP 2: At Tri-Cities Prep, Amy Torres’ 10 kills and 16 digs led the Spartans to a 25-23, 25-18, 21-25, 10-25, 15-9 victory.
Granger highlights: Jaylin Golob 19-20 serving, 30 assists, 5 digs; Eliana Rios 15-15 serving, 4 kills, 17 digs, 24 perfect passes; Alyssa Roma 3 aces, 9 kills, 6 digs; Jasmin Vasquez 12-13 serving, 6 kills, 15 digs, 7 pp; Marian Alaniz 11-12 serving, 4 kills; Amy Torres 15-18 serving, 10 kills, 16 digs, 10 pp.
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GOLDENDALE 3, WALLA WALLA VALLEY 0: At Walla Walla, Taryn Rising and Brook Blain produced double-digit kills to spark the Timberwolves to a 25-10, 25-23, 25-20 sweep.
Goldendale highlights: Gwen Gilliam 6 kills, 19 digs, 10 perfect passes; Taryn Rising 14 kills, 6 digs; Emily Tindall 4 aces, 26 assists; Brook Blain 10 kills, 2 blocks; Brylee Mulrony 4 aces, 7 pp, 11 digs.
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COLLEGE PLACE 3, LA SALLE 2: At College Place, Kaylee Wheeler piled up 22 kills for the Lightning against College Place, which held on for a 25-18, 20-25, 29-27, 18-25, 16-14 victory.
In other matches Tuesday, Sunnyside topped Prosser in four, Mabton outlasted Burbank 3-2 and River View beat White Swan 3-0.
La Salle highlights: Kaylee Wheeler 22 kills, 8 aces, 4 digs; Tatum Marang 14 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces, 7 digs; Malia Wheeler 40 assists, 6 digs, 5 aces; Anelisa Ramirez 4 kills; Angeles Torres 4 digs, 2 aces; Natalia Valladares 3 aces; Violet Tunstall 2 Kills, 4 digs.
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SEATTLE — Logan Gilbert is a quiet, unassuming “kid” that is often seen but not heard before games, carrying an assortment of implements including a double-handled medicine ball he fills with water, to help him prepare for each start.
He was a 4.0 student in college and is engaged to be married this offseason. Even with his long curly locks, he seems more real estate salesman than right-handed power pitcher.
“Walter” is the admitted alter ego for Gilbert, who first appeared in his days at Stetson before he was a Mariners’ first-round pick in 2014 draft. The edgy, nasty personality he assumes on the days he pitches. There are no smiles. There are no free rides. The plate belongs to Walter and he’ll put a fastball under your chin to establish that territory. The scraggly goatee that has adorned Gilbert’s normally hairless face and is filling is all Walter.
On Tuesday night, A.J. Pollock, the White Sox and any unaware fans in attendance and watching, got a memorable introduction to Gilbert and his dual personalities in the Mariners’ 3-0 win over the White Sox.
With the win, the Mariners (77-59) remained tied with the Rays (76-58) for the first American League Wild Cards spot while the Blue Jays (75-60) sit 1.5 games back.
“Pitching, pitching, pitching, that is the 2022 Mariners at its finest,” manager Scott Servais said.
Making his 28th start of the season and getting the bare minimum of run support possible while he was in the game, Gilbert tossed six shutout innings, allowing five hits with no walks and nine strikeouts to improve to 12-5. He threw 101 pitches in the game, 62 were strikes including 18 swings and misses.
“He goes six shutout innings and strikes out nine guys and it wasn’t Logan at his best,” Servais said. “It’s crazy to say that. His stuff was really good but, the command, I just thought his timing was a little off tonight. We saw more non-competitive pitches than we see from Logan on any normal night and he knew it. It was a battle every inning and to get through it.”
But it was the 101st pitch and 18th whiff that might be the most memorable of the outing. Going into what was likely his final inning due to an escalating pitch count, Gilbert found trouble in the sixth inning. He allowed a two-out laser of a double to Jose Abreu and another hard line drive single to center to Eloy Jimenez to put runners on the corners.
It drew a mound visit from pitching coach Pete Woodworth where Gilbert stared at him or through him as if to say, “why are you here?”
After the visit, Gilbert struck out Gavin Sheets on four fastballs, none of them less than 97 mph. It brought to the plate Pollock, a veteran hitter who had homered on Monday. Gilbert used a first-pitch fastball to get ahead, tossed two sliders one for a ball and one for a check swing strike to push the count to 1-2.
“It’s kind of a chess match where they see what I’m doing,” Gilbert said. “He knows I’m trying to get to the fastball. And I think that’s why the slider worked before that for the second strike. Just throwing something that looks like a fastball, and then went a little lower to try to get chase so he’s not trying to time me up. Then once I felt like we had him off it a little bit I knew I wanted to get back to my fastball.”
With a boisterous crowd of 17,958 standing, Gilbert reared back and fired a 99 mph fastball at the top of the strike zone that Pollock waved at feebly for strike three.
“That’s pretty cool,” he said of it being his hardest pitch of the night. “I just let it go. In a big moment like that, the crowd is going crazy, it’s pretty easy to get yourself amped up and just throw it as hard as you can. When you get to that moment at the end of the game, where you can just let it go and let it eat. It’s pretty cool.”
As the crowd roared, all of “Walter” came out of Gilbert in a primal and animated yell, he screamed “Let’s go! Let’s go!” before stalking off the mound and heading to the dugout to his approving teammates.
“It’s such a big moment and I’m trying to make a big pitch,” Gilbert said. “When I did, it just kind of comes out. I don’t even know what happened. I kind of just blacked out.”
And his teammates’ reaction?
“I think they were probably just shocked,” he said. “I’m pretty laid back and quiet most of the time. So when something like that happens, they’re fired up to and they love it. Some people are screaming, some people are just laughing because they don’t expect me to do that. But sometimes it just comes out.”
Servais loves Logan, but has grown to appreciate Walter.
“He’s about as kind-hearted, as nice of a young young man you’re gonna find,” Gilbert said. “He treats everybody with all kinds of respect. But when it is his day to pitch and he steps out of the dugout to take the mound, it is on. And I love that about him.”
After scoreless frames from Matt Brash and Andres Munoz in relief, Raleigh provided the big hit that had missing all night.
Following Sam Haggerty’s walk to start the ninth inning, Raleigh blasted a hanging breaking ball from Reynaldo Lopez into the right field stands for his 23rd homer of the season and a 3-0 lead.
Paul Sewald worked scoreless ninth inning for his 18th save.
Chicago’s Johnny Cueto took the loss despite allowing just one run in six-plus innings of work.
The Mariners grabbed that 1-0 lead, or perhaps more correctly, the White Sox gave them a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning.
Ty France led off with a double to right field, accelerating to second when the ball bounced off the padding in foul territory. Mitch Haniger followed with a deep fly ball to right field. France tagged up and took off for third base. Right fielder Sheets was able to make a strong throw after the catch, but it was wide of the base and third baseman Yoan Moncada made a disinterested attempt to glove it.
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SEATTLE — This time there was no emotional farewell speech from Sue Bird.
The Seattle Storm guard, who announced her retirement months ago, finished a spectacular 21-year career on Tuesday night after a 97-92 loss to the Las Vegas Aces in Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals.
It was the 640th WNBA game — including the postseason — for Bird, who made her league debut May 30, 2002.
She compiled a record of 333-247 (.570) in the regular season and 34-26 (.567) in the playoffs, including a 1-3 record against Las Vegas in this year’s semis that eliminated the Storm from the WNBA title chase.
The Aces also handed Bird a bitter defeat in her last regular-season home game, which prompted an emotional postgame address from the Storm star who promised the crowd Seattle was on the verge of something special.
Bird kept her word.
The Storm played four more home games, including a 2-0 sweep of the Washington Mystics in the first round.
Seattle’s playoff prospects soared after an upset win in Game 1 of the semis.
However, the Storm lost three straight playoff games for the first time in franchise history because they could never slow down the torrential scoring quartet of Chelsea Gray (31 points), A’ja Wilson (23), Jackie Young (16) and Kelsey Plum (15).
The Aces’ WNBA All-Stars trumped a sensational performance from Breanna Stewart, who tallied a career high 42 points and tied the WNBA single-game playoffs record.
Aside from Jewell Loyd (29 points), the rest of the Storm combined for 21 points in Game 4.
Despite the pedestrian display from the supporting cast, Seattle had its chances to extend the series. The Storm was tied 87-87 until Gray buried back-to-back jumpers for a 92-87 lead with 30.7 seconds left.
Seattle never recovered.
“That’s a championship-caliber team,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “They’re just loaded. And they are special in this arena. They gave us everything they got. Both nights. We said coming in here we wanted to get two. We were not satisfied getting just one.”
The loss not only ends Bird’s storied career, but closes the chapter on Seattle’s Big Three (Bird, Stewart and Loyd), which posted an 84-44 record and captured two league titles (2018 and 2020).
Loyd and Mercedes Russell are the only players under contract next season and for the third straight year general manager Talisa Rhea will have to remake the roster.
Recently, the Storm eschewed signing and developing younger players — with the notable exception of third-year center Ezi Magbegor — while bringing in experienced veterans, which kept them in championship contention.
Stewart, who is a favorite to win the WNBA MVP award, which will be announced Wednesday, will be the biggest domino in free agency.
Bird, who turns 42 on Oct. 16, said she plans to pursue business interests in retirement.
After the game, she did a quick interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe before walking off a WNBA court for the last time while the crowd chanted: “Thank you, Sue.”
“I stayed on the floor and watched her get the love from our fans,” Storm coach Noelle Quinn said. “I wasn’t here to witness her last regular-season game so I wanted to feel that today.
“It’s amazing what she’s done for the city of Seattle, for this organization and for this team. It’s tough not finishing the season with her riding off on a white horse with the championship. But she’s won enough for the both of us. I’m just proud to be a part of her journey.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/storm/thank-you-sue-crowd-chants-as-sue-bird-s-career-comes-to-end-after-storm/article_b44e22a2-2e70-11ed-bf25-57429078d083.html | 2022-09-07T07:15:30Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/storm/thank-you-sue-crowd-chants-as-sue-bird-s-career-comes-to-end-after-storm/article_b44e22a2-2e70-11ed-bf25-57429078d083.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) will not speculate on what caused the seaplane to crash off the shore of Whidbey Island. However, witnesses who saw the plane knew something was wrong.
"It didn't look like anything but a plane nosediving into the water," Matthew Peterson, a witness to the crash, said.
He jumped into a boat with his father in-law and tried to help.
"We got out there and there was nothing left and then we came across the body we found," Peterson said.
That body was a woman who has yet to be identified.
"There were nine passengers on board, including one child and the pilot for a total of 10," NTSB member Tom Chapman said. "All are presumed deceased."
The NTSB believes the plane is now 100 feet below the water in the Puget Sound. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is bringing in sonar equipment to help investigators locate the wreckage. Nine people on board the fatal flight remain missing.
"Our mission is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened and to recommend changes to prevent it from happening again," Chapman said.
People are remembering the 10 people on board, including two women from Spokane. Retired school teacher Patricia Hicks and Spokane Civil Rights Activist Sandy Williams, who was celebrating her 61st birthday at the time, were lost in the crash.
The NTSB says the investigation into this crash could take at least two years. They are working to recover every piece of aircraft so they can determine what went wrong.
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CHENEY, Wash. — The Eastern Washington football team is preparing for one of its toughest tests of the season, a trip to Eugene to face Oregon on Saturday.
Three days after being on the losing end of a shellacking in Atlanta at the hands of an impressive Georgia team, the Ducks received the news that they had been dropped from #11 in the AP top 25 to unranked.
Eastern will have to face an angry, motivated Oregon team on Sunday. Even though Oregon figures to be a heavy favorite in this game, the Eags are not showing any intimidation ahead of the matchup.
"We know this team has athletes and playmakers, but we do as well. We have guys out there who are going to fly around and make plays. We are confident in our preparation," EWU redshirt sophomore defensive end Brock Harrison said.
It is a great opportunity for this year's EWU squad to match up with a power five team and see how they stack up.
"I don't care which school you come from because I am going to come and compete with you no matter what. For our team, a lot of us say we want to go to the NFL. Well we are going to have to beat these dudes if we want to go to the NFL," EWU sophomore wide receiver Nolan Ulm said.
The Eags will be led into Autzen Stadium by the Big Sky offensive player of the week in new starting quarterback, sixth year senior Gunner Talkington. His five-touchdown performance in week one against Tennessee State may have surprised some people, but it did not come as a surprise to his team.
"I texted him after the game, I was just so happy for him. It has been a long time coming and it is just the beginning for him. It meant the world to me. When he was scoring out there, I felt like I was scoring, so it was awesome," Ulm said.
"He played darn near flawless. He was a competitor and a poised leader. A guy stays in our program for five years with few true competitive snaps and he is voted a team captain. That says something right there, these guys believe in (Gunner)," EWU head coach Aaron Best said.
Coach Best is aware of the feeling going up against a big power five school, but he believes this year's team is up to the task.
"It does mean more when you play a power five BCS opponent. When you have a team full of competitors, they are going to compete regardless of who they are playing against," Best said.
The Eags and Ducks will kick off at 5:30 PM on Saturday evening. The game can be seen on the PAC-12 Network.
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Liz Truss is expected to outline her plans for tackling the energy crisis now she is in Number 10 - with reports of what this will involve surfacing. Ms Truss has taken the reigns at a turbulent time as the energy bill cap is due to rise to £3,549 a year for an average household in October.
Liz Truss' reported new plans are reportedly to avert the price hike with guaranteed financing to cover the difference, according to officials and briefed advisors. This would mean drafting plans to freeze the energy bill price cap at the current rate of £1,971, Express.co.uk reports.
In her victory speech after she beat Rishi Sunak with 57% of the party vote, she said: "I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people's energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply."
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In the run-up to taking office, Ms Truss’ was touted to go "bigger than expected" with her plans for the new Tory Government. A senior ally of Ms Truss previously said: "I think it will be a shock and awe moment."
"Knowing Liz well, she'll want a big bang package bigger than people expect and that won't just be about energy, it will be about resisting Treasury orthodoxy. She'll want to show the public she hears them.”
Although Ms Truss remains tight-lipped about the support package at present, what exactly is being speculated about her energy plans?
Proposed energy bill freeze plans
In a plan that could cost as much as £130billion according to policy documents seen by Bloomberg, Ms Truss reportedly plans to freeze the energy price cap at its current rate of £1,971 for the next two years, although other reports say it will be capped at £2,500 for the average household. Under Ms Truss’s plan, energy suppliers will be obliged to charge households the reduced rate for their energy by taking out Government-backed loans to subsidise the difference.
It is believed a similar scheme may be used to limit the energy price increases experienced by small and medium-sized businesses, while bigger companies may be offered tax breaks to support them through the high price period - but this is also yet to be confirmed. Writing in the Financial Times before his appointment as Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng said: "Families and businesses are feeling the impact across the United Kingdom and the world.
"In response, we have to be bold. That is what Liz Truss will be if elected as leader of the Conservative party and prime minister of the UK. We know households are worried, and decisive action is needed to get families and businesses through this winter and the next. They need certainty.”
However, this plan, paired with her pledges to cut taxes has left many questioning just how it will all be paid for. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: "There can be no justification for not freezing energy prices. There's a political consensus that needs to happen.
"She needs to ask the question, how she's going to pay for that? Labour made it clear, it needs to be a windfall tax on oil and gas companies."
How might the plan be funded?
The Government borrowing is expected to be paid back to the Treasury through a levy on customer bills over a period between 10 and 20 years. Mr Kwarteng some "fiscal loosening" will be needed to help households through the winter.
The Treasury is allowed to suspend its fiscal rules when a "significant negative shock to the UK economy" takes place. However, Mr Kwarteng reassured markets this motion could be feasible for the UK, promising a "fiscally responsible" approach if and when doing so.
He said loosening fiscal rules would be: "Absolutely the right thing to do in these exceptionally difficult times. The UK’s ratio of debt to gross domestic product is lower than any other G7 country except Germany, so we do not need excessive fiscal tightening.
"But I want to provide reassurance that this will be done in a fiscally responsible way. Liz is committed to a lean state and, as the immediate shock subsides, we will work to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio over time."
Some observers of the plan have warned it risks fuelling inflation and higher interest rates. Paul Johnson, director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, told the BBC: "Simply cutting taxes, cutting National Insurance contributions, for example, is not a strategy for growth."
He said these measures, on top of the figures the government would have to spend to help with energy bills mean: "We'll have not just extremely high borrowing in the short run but also additional inflationary pressure."
Ms Truss' team is said to have been working on a support package for energy bills "for weeks", and an announcement on what they will do has been tipped to take place on Thursday.
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The residents of Aylesford, Leybourne and Larkfield are unhappy with the amount of noise and disruption being caused by regular car meets. They are said to go on late into the night, and locals are hoping for something to be done to stop the issues recurring.
There have been numerous complaints of speeding, engines revving loudly, the backfiring of exhausts and skidding around the roundabouts as well as general noise complaints and disruption. The noise, which usually occurs at night, is reportedly causing babies and children to be unable to sleep.
Dogs are also barking and during the warmer nights people are not being able to open their windows when they go to sleep. The number of cars involved varies each time but there have been "up to 100 at once" according to multiple residents around the areas affected.
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Adam Capper, aged 54, is a Sales Director who is currently housing a Ukrainian refugee family. His house backs onto Leybourne Way and the incidents are becoming too much for him and his guests.
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He said: “This has culminated in mass late night meets at the roundabout where Leybourne Way meets Beddow way and New Hythe Lane, by over 100 people, and many modified cars, which then continuously drive up and down Leybourne, causing incredible noise, while driving like lunatics into the early hours of the morning.
“They are doing this in a residential area, late at night, and many are choosing to set their exhaust systems to backfire repetitively. Enough is enough.”
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Kent is preparing for more thunderstorms over the coming days, as the "unsettled" period continues across the county. Locals can expect wet, windy and disruptive weather to run for the remainder of the week.
According to BBC meteorologists, 36,000 lightning strikes are said to have struck the nation in the last 48 hours, with more set to arrive soon. Storms have been forecast for Kent throughout this morning (September 7) and tomorrow evening (September 8).
Due to a slow-moving front of low pressure over the British Isles, these unsettled conditions will likely be sticking around until at least the end of the week. Explaining the long stretch of stormy weather, Met Office Senior Presenter and Meteorologist Alex Deakin said: “We often have one area of high pressure controlling our weather, we've certainly seen that a lot through the summer.
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"But one area of low pressure controlling things for a number of days is fairly unusual," as the Mirror reports. "By the time we get to Thursday, that low pressure is moving in across the UK.
"It could be quite windy across the southwest on Wednesday night for sure, but otherwise, as this low moves in, what we could see is the showers become more slow moving so they last a little longer and they could drop more rain.”
The Met Office have also issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in the north east of Scotland. The advisory, which covers an area including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness, will be in place from 3am until 10am today.
Five flood warnings and six flood alerts are also in force by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Here's the local outlook over the coming days according to the Met Office.
Outlook for the south east
Today:
Early mist patches or low cloud clearing to warm sunny intervals. Cloud soon bubbling up with showers likely, heavy and thundery at times. Some parts staying dry, however, with showers easing during the evening. Gusty winds also possible near showers. Maximum temperature 23C.
Tonight:
Rather cloudy, with a band of showers, heavy and thundery, moving northeast through the evening. Clear spells, but also further scattered, heavy and perhaps thundery showers following after midnight. Minimum temperature 13C.
Thursday:
Early cloudy breaking to warm sunny intervals. Scattered showers continuing, occasionally heavy, thundery, and also slow moving at times. Breezy along the English Channel coast, and gusty near any showers. Maximum temperature 22C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Cloudy start Friday and Saturday, with overnight mist patches clearing to brighter intervals. Showers likely, heavy and thundery Friday, easing Saturday. Dry start Sunday, with sunny intervals, before rain later.
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Ireland’s data watchdog fines Instagram a record €405m for misuse of teenagers’ data
Instagram’s parent company Meta said that it plans to appeal.
Ireland’s data protection watchdog has issued Instagram with a 405 million euro fine over the way in which it handled teenagers’ personal data – the largest fine the authority has ever issued.
Instagram’s parent company Meta said in a statement that it plans to appeal.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) began an inquiry in September 2020 in relation to how the social media giant processed the details of teenage minors on Instagram accounts.
The inquiry looked at whether child users aged between 13 and 17 were allowed to operate business accounts on Instagram, and whether that allowed, or required, the publication of children’s phone numbers and/or email addresses as a result.
It also examined whether the user registration system for Instagram resulted in children’s accounts being set to “public” by default, which made public the social media content of child users, unless the account was otherwise set to private by changing the account’s privacy settings.
A DPC spokesman said in a statement to the PA news agency: “We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of 405 million euro.
“Full details of the decision will publish next week.”
A Meta spokesman said in a statement to PA: “This inquiry focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago, and we’ve since released many new features to help keep teens safe and their information private.
“Anyone under 18 automatically has their account set to private when they join Instagram, so only people they know can see what they post, and adults can’t message teens who don’t follow them.
“While we’ve engaged fully with the DPC throughout their inquiry, we disagree with how this fine was calculated and intend to appeal it.
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Johnson bows out – finally
Ousted Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged his “fervent support” for successor Liz Truss as he finally left Downing Street this morning after a protracted two month farewell.
But he couldn’t resist likening himself himself to a 6thcentury Roman statesman, Cincinnatus, known for his selflessness and service to the state and who made a return to politics.
And in a 7 minute 40 second summation of his little over three years in Downing Street – he falsely claimed to have won the biggest Parliamentary majority since Margaret Thatcher – that was won by Tony Blair and New Labour.
Johnson said his successor’s administration would do “everything we can” to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
He and Liz Truss set off, separately, to Balmoral where he is offering his resignation and the Queen is appointing her as his successor as PM.
Johnson said Vladimir Putin was “utterly deluded” if he thought he could succeed by “blackmailing and bullying” the British public through restricting gas supplies, driving up world prices.
“We have and will continue to have that economic strength to give people the cash they need to get through this energy crisis that has been caused by Putin’s vicious war.
“I know that Liz Truss and this compassionate Conservative government will do everything we can to get people through this crisis and this country will endure it and we will win.”
Johnson, watched by wife Carrie and supportive MPs including Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg, delivered his latest farewell address around 7:30 am from a podium outside the black door of No 10.
In a sign of lingering resentment at the manner in which he was forced out, Mr Johnson said “the baton will be handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race, they changed the rules halfway through, but never mind that now”.
He said his career was now like a booster rocket “that has fulfilled its function and I will now be gently re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the Pacific”.
He claimed: “I will be offering this government nothing but my most fervent support”, calling for Tories to unite behind the new leader at a “tough time for the economy”.
“I say to my fellow Conservatives, it’s time for politics to be over, folks,” he said.
“It’s time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team, and her programme, and deliver for the people of this country.
“Because that is what the people of this country want. That’s what they need.
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Johnson’s farewell claims fact-checked
In his farewell speech, Boris Johnson listed a host of commitments he insisted the government was “delivering”.
As ever with Johnson, as journalist and politician, The rhetoric doesn’t quite match the reality.
– Delivering Brexit
The former prime minister claimed in his farewell speech that he had succeeded in “delivering Brexit”, but the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is still going through Parliament which will allow ministers to effectively tear up parts of the Brexit agreement he signed with Brussels.
The plan has strained relations with Brussels and led to legal action from the European Union in retaliation.
– Building 40 hospitals by 2030
The plan to build 40 more hospitals by the end of the decade was in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto and has been repeated many times by Boris Johnson.
When the pledge was first made, it was assumed that it referred to brand new hospitals, but in August 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sent out guidance to NHS trusts on “key media lines” to use when responding to questions about it.
It defined a “new” hospital in three ways; a whole new hospital on a new site or current NHS land, a major new clinical building on an existing site or a new wing of an existing hospital, and a major refurbishment and alteration of all but the building frame or main structure.
An NHS Providers’ survey of the 35 trusts involved in the new hospital programme, published in July, found that half were not confident they had been allocated enough cash to deliver their project.
Of the 26 trusts that responded, 39% said their completion date was behind schedule, and nearly two-thirds of these (62%) said the delays affected their trust’s ability to deliver safe and effective patient care.
According to a Sky News investigation in August, 80% of the 40 new hospitals promised by the Conservatives in 2019 either do not have a completion date or are “unlikely to be finished by the next general election.”
– 50,000 more nurses by the end of this parliament
In late 2019, Boris Johnson pledged to have 50,000 more nurses by the end of this parliament.
The latest NHS Digital workforce figures show there were 356,703 nurses and health visitors working in the NHS in England at the end of May this year.
This is up about 25,000 from the 331,517 reported in December 2019 when Boris Johnson won his landslide election victory.
But because the figures do not differentiate between nurses and health visitors it is hard to know exactly how many nursing staff have been recruited.
Health experts have also pointed out that even if the Government hits its target of 50,000 more nurses it still may not be enough to plug the gaps in services, with nursing vacancies rising to 46,828 at the end of June.
– Vaccine rollout
Mr Johnson said in his farewell speech that “70% of the entire population got a dose within six months,” but this is only true for those in the population over 12 years old.
The vaccine rollout began on 8 December 2020 and by 8 June 2021, 40,710,319 people in the UK had received a first dose, according to Government figures.
This is the equivalent of 61% of the entire UK population. By that point 71% of people aged 12 and over had received a first dose.
– Broadband for every home and business
As part of his 2019 manifesto, Boris Johnson had pledged to bring connectivity to “every home and business across the UK” by 2025.
After allocating £5bn of funding behind the scheme, a recent press release from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) quoted the narrower aim of 85%.
But in a report in January, Government spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee published a report which said “despite the DCMS repeated promises, we are apparently little nearer to closing ‘the great digital divide’ developing across the UK nor addressing the social and economic inequality it brings with it.”
– Neighbourhood crime down and more police on the streets
Mr Johnson claimed that during his tenure he has put 13,790 more police on the streets, but the current recruitment drive is replacing officers that were cut by the previous coalition and Conservative governments during austerity.
He also claimed that neighbourhood crime was down 38% in the last three years.
While some crime types did decrease during periods of lockdown due to the pandemic, fraud and computer misuse saw a 37% surge.
According to figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending March 2022 compared to the year ending March 2020 there was no statistically significant change in total crime.
– Building one nuclear energy plant per year
Successive governments have announced ambitions for a series of new nuclear reactors to replace Britain’s ageing fleet, but so far, only Hinkley Point C in Somerset is in construction, and with delays and rising costs, is not due to start generating power until 2027, more than a decade after the project was given the go-ahead in 2016.
The Government has also given the go-ahead, and a promise of funding to support the development, of Sizewell C in Suffolk, with a final investment decision on the project due shortly, but plans for new reactors at other sites are not currently progressing.
– Supplying half of the country’s electricity needs through offshore wind by 2030
With 12.7 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power installed, the industry says 5GW of new turbines would have to be installed in the seas every year between now and 2030 to meet the 50GW target.
In the last 12 months, three major offshore wind farms went fully operational, adding 2.3GW of new capacity onto the system, so the UK will have to double current levels of installation to stay on track.
– Promise to ‘fix’ social care
The Care and Support Alliance CSA, which is made up of more than 60 charities, said reforms announced by Boris Johnson’s Government “will not and cannot” fulfil the promise he made to “fix” social care.
This is because they will not improve the quality or availability of care, and instead are focused on subsidising the amount people pay, it said.
As the country faces a challenging winter, waiting lists for social care and assessments are at record levels, family carers are taking on increased responsibility, with some being forced to give up work so they can look after their loved one, and social care vacancy rates are rising.
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Labour Party and The Times newspaper call on Truss to end row over NI Protocol Bill
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said instead of finding a solution over the summer, the Conservatives “ramped up the rhetoric on the protocol”.
Opposition call follows calls in today’s Rupert Murdoch-owned The Times to “use this moment of maximum power to seek a swift resolution to the Northern Irish protocol dispute with the European Union, even if that means disappointing some of her hardline Brexiteer supporters”.
Labour has called on the Government to scrap the “reckless” Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to avoid “hitting the British people in their pockets”.
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy told the Commons that instead of finding a solution over the summer, the Conservatives ramped up the rhetoric on the protocol, risking “new trade barriers with Europe”.
As Foreign Secretary, new Prime Minister Liz Truss angered the EU by tabling the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would allow ministers unilaterally to scrap the arrangements the UK signed up to as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
The European Commission has insisted such a move would breach international law.
During the Tory leadership campaign, there was also speculation that Ms Truss may move to suspend the protocol once in No 10 – by triggering a mechanism called Article 16.
Speaking in the Commons during Foreign Office Questions, Mr Lammy said: “We’re facing a cost-of-living crisis where bills are skyrocketing and people across the country will face the choice between eating and heating.
“Instead of proposing a solution, the Conservatives have spent the summer ramping up the rhetoric on the protocol to risk new trade barriers with Europe.
“Now this minister has had a recent elevation, will he take this opportunity to commit to scrapping the reckless Protocol Bill, so that it can begin serious negotiations with the EU to fix the protocol and avoid hitting the British public in their pockets?”
Europe minister Graham Stuart told MPs the first thing he did when he was appointed in early July was to read the protocol, insisting “it doesn’t matter how you look at it, it isn’t functioning”.
He said: “I thank (him) for yet again making so crystal clear both to the House and the British public that in any dispute he and his party will always side with the EU and not the interests of the British people.
“I’m horribly new to this brief, the first thing I did, the first weekend after my appointment, was to read the protocol, and it doesn’t matter how you look at it, it isn’t functioning, it isn’t working and for (him) and his party to suggest that it is us and not the EU that needs to change tack, all I would say is, yet again he betrays the British people and shows why Labour now and in the past and in the future is unfit for office.”
Later on, SNP foreign affairs spokesman Alyn Smith accused Ms Truss of using the plans to overhaul parts of the Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland as a “vehicle” to win power.
He said: “The only way the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill makes sense to me, because it is wrong in international law, it is wrong in politics in that most MLAs support the protocol, it is wrong as a negotiating tactic because it has put backs up across the EU, there are ways of reforming the protocol within the protocol, but that has been ignored.
“The only way it makes sense was a vehicle for the future prime minister to prove how tough she is to Europe. Now is the time to get rid of it, as we have heard it is stymieing lots of constructive relations.”
Conservative former minister Steve Baker said the protocol “as it stands today has become a thorn in the side of relations between us and Ireland”.
He added: “Isn’t it time that we proceeded with the humility to recognise the legitimate interests of all parties to the protocol and also the fierce resolve to say enough is enough.
“It is time to solve the evident problems which have arisen and to evolve the protocol in a negotiated way if possible, but in any event to a solution which can last.”
Mr Stuart replied: “The protocol is not delivering the main objective set out on its face, that’s why something has to be done … I believe … that our clear preference for a negotiated solution is the right one, and I would further add of course that within the Bill is the facility to accelerate any negotiated agreement, and that is very much our offer to the EU.
“We’d prefer a negotiated solution, it’s very important to put this right.”
Meanwhile, DUP chief whip Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) said the protocol “has ripped apart the Belfast Agreement, it’s undermined democracy in Northern Ireland, it has increased costs to consumers and businesses, disrupted GB and Northern Ireland trade and displaced it with trade from the Republic, and is being cynically used by the EU as a mechanism to punish the UK for leaving the EU regardless of the cost to the people of Northern Ireland”. | https://www.theirishworld.com/labour-party-and-the-times-newspaper-call-on-truss-to-end-row-over-ni-protocol-bill/ | 2022-09-07T07:32:42Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/labour-party-and-the-times-newspaper-call-on-truss-to-end-row-over-ni-protocol-bill/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Counting his blessings
Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers told David Hennessy about 37 years of the Hothouse Flowers, how he earned his father’s respect after defying him to give music a go and when he ran away from home to live in a squat in Brixton.
Hothouse Flowers’ Liam Ó Maonlaí will be playing some dates around the UK fresh from playing the Pairc festival in Birmingham.
Known for songs like Don’t Go, Give it Up and I Can See Clearly Now, it is now 37 years since the Hothouse Flowers first formed. The band would burst onto the scene in 1988 when their debut album People became the most successful Irish album in history.
People would be number one album in Ireland as well as number two in the UK.
While he couldn’t have exactly predicted such success, Liam says: “You have to believe in yourself when you set about something, and when I started performing with the band, I saw the road ahead because I had to see it.
“I had to tell my father, ‘Sorry, I’m not doing college. I’m doing this. And I know I can do it. And I know it’s gonna do well. We don’t know the details on how it’s going to, the ins and outs of where it’s going to reach and what awards it might get or that’.
“But I did have to sort of believe that this was going to be an important contribution to music.
“I had to believe that completely, 100%.
“I had to believe that but then you believe that and then you put it away.
“You put it in the work and carry on.
“I suppose the main thing for me is to get the deepest pleasure I can from the making of the music.
“It keeps coming back, the joy of going on stage with four or five people that I know so well and taking the music out for a ride.
“It keeps us all, I think, intrigued and excited by something that might otherwise have exhausted itself.”
The Hothouse Flowers are only three years off 40 years as a band, a milestone not many bands make it to.
“It says something about human nature, I think.
“Maybe if there wasn’t music, we might not be finding ourselves in the same room but music was the thing that brought us through thick and thin.
“There would be times when you just don’t know what to say to your friend.
“And there were times when we might not have been great for talking to each other.
“But the musical channels always stayed open.
“And that’s what has us still here really.
“We all kind of find it remarkable that we are friends and we value that friendship.
“Something might be going on in our personal lives, we’re there for each other.
“As I speak I’m counting my blessings for that.”
Liam remembers the day the band shared a bill with INXS and Deborah Harry at Wembley Stadium in 1991.
“That was a pretty amazing day. Wembley Stadium.
“I remember sound checking that day and singing a big Connemara sean-nós song, filling the stadium with a big Connemara sean-nós song was a pretty amazing feeling.
“I think I sang two or three verses so it got a proper airing.
“Who would have thought that maybe 50 or 100 years ago that that might ever ever ever in a lifetime have happened?
“And then we had a gig which can be heard on YouTube.
“So exciting, we were in good form that day. It’s so exciting to hear it.
“We’ve got absent friends from that day.”
Leo Barnes, the band’s saxophone player died in April of this year and with no family, Liam took responsibility for his funeral.
“He passed away just two months ago.
“He was an invaluable member of the band back in those days, an invaluable part of the sound of the band.
“He’ll be sorely missed.
“And it was a it was very moving.
“Myself and Jerry (Fehilly) our original drummer- He had no next of kin- So we took it upon ourselves to provide the funeral for him.
“It was a privilege to do that. We had people from all his different worlds.
“He came up through Artane.
“He was in the boys’ home there so he went through that awful system that so many have survived. And so many have not survived.
“He came through it and survived and flew like a bird thanks to music.
“He was in the Artane Boys Band.
“And then he was in the army band.
“And from there, he got a scholarship to Bordeaux, studied under a master saxophone player.
“He was a real unsung hero of Irish music so it was a privilege to be able to act in some way as next of kin for him.
“Sadly, it was a very emotional day when we said to goodbye to him.
“I feel very privileged whenever I’m in any way connected to somebody’s passing in that respect, or I can sing a song and try and provide an atmosphere or a sound for people to maybe still their minds a little bit of all the questions and all the other thoughts that might be rushing around, that come from the trauma of losing somebody and trying to figure out what’s going on, what it is all about.
“To sing a song in that atmosphere is a real serious privilege.
“I take it very seriously, and I’m very grateful to be asked whenever I am asked.”
Leo is not the only one no longer with us from that day at Wembley in 1991.
Backing vocalist Claudia Fontaine passed away in 2018.
“And Claudia Fontaine was just a golden voice on People and Home and Songs from the Rain and was a sixth member of the band.
“A woman from the Caribbean world but from London, she just came in as a session musician for our work and we hit it off with her to such a degree.
“So we carry the sadness as well of missing those people.”
Yet another sad note talking about that ‘amazing day’ is that the actor Dudley Sutton, who was known for playing Tinker in Lovejoy, joined the band onstage that day, and also sadly passed in 2018.
“He was a lover of Ireland, of Dublin in particular.
“He knew Dublin in the 50s when I think it must have been a very, very exciting place with the Dubliners and all the sort of folk revival that was happening then and a sense of identity that was being reborn in those days.
“And he was there for that, he was friendly with Behan and many others, Kavanagh, his contemporaries of the time.
“He loved us, he really took a shine to us.
“We had such fun in this company.
“So yeah, another another privilege to be around and to have met somebody like that.”
Long before he would come to play Wembley Stadium or Top of the Pops, Liam would come to London and lived in a squat in Brixton when he was eighteen and ‘running away’.
“I’d just left school, 18 or something.
“It was pretty tough but it’s a great memory to have.
“It’s a great thing to look back on. The Caribbean-African culture in Brixton was fantastic.
“Living in the squat I also saw the sadder parts of people’s lives, I saw a lot of heroin addiction, drug addiction, a lot of people living marginal lifestyles, and getting through life through crime basically.
“I was very depressed at that time. Not in a way I could actually point at.
“I mean, I was functioning and having a laugh.
“But I look back on that time and just being very internal.
“It was an interesting thing to go through. I was very glad to come home as well. I could easily have just stayed there.
“I got a message from my parents to say that I had done well enough in my leaving that I had been accepted into third level education, that they would send me the money to get myself home.
“And so I did, and I was glad of that even though I had run away from home.”
Why had he run away? “It’s just father and son dynamics, whatever demon we inherited.
“We had a tough time during my teenage years.
“But then, as soon as I focused on what my life was about and what I wanted to do and I put that into action, I found self-respect. And in doing so, I found respect from him as well.
“And we ended up as great friends
“I always adored him anyway.
“He would be one of the reasons I do what I do. He taught me to sing, he gave me my language.
“So it was great to prove to him that the seeds he sowed have borne fruit.”
Still, I would say it was hard to tell parents who wanted you to go to college that you had other plans..
“Oh, yeah. But I was used to having fights and I finally had something to say.
“And I had something to offer.
“There was no two ways about my mind.
“I had a conversation with him promising in that I would study to repeat my year but my heart wasn’t in that.
“When I was promising him that I was gonna do well, and that I knew I was gonna do well, my heart was 200 per cent in that.
“So in theory, it was a hard question but actually in practice and reality, it was very clear what had to be done. There was no two ways about it.
“While it was hard, it was quick and it was done.
“It was tough.
“I suppose as a boy, I am proud of having had that conversation that probably most people have to have at some stage in their lives.
“They have to kind of go, ‘Maybe you’re wrong about this, dad. Maybe you’re wrong and maybe I’m right. And I’m going to show you that I’m right’.
“And I was able to do that.
“It took a while. It took a while for him to start seeing it.
“It wasn’t long when he came to a gig of ours in Dun Laoghaire.
“He gave me 100 pounds that night after the gig such was his feelings for the music.
“And that was it. That was it.
“That was him. He had become an ally and a friend.”
Had Liam put music off and gone to college to please his father, his dad would never have seen the success he saw his son have.
“He died in 1993. So we took off in 1988.
“That’s when I think we reached the zenith of our trajectory.
“We played the RDS under our own name, co-headlining with Tracy Chapman as well as Deacon Blue but it was our gig.
“That was the statement of our band really, I remember driving into Ballsbridge and seeing crowds and crowds of people and going, ‘Oh my God, they are coming to see me’.
“And people were coming from all over the country, all corners, and England and further afield all came to see us.
“It was very moving and my parents were there.
“Even when I talk about it, I go, ‘God did that really happen?’
“And he saw it.”
Liam has done some charity work for charities like the Simon Community and the Peter McVerry Trust who work with the homeless.
Considering it was only someone opening the door to him at that squat that gave him a place to stay, is this close to his heart because he could have been on the street?
“I’ll always remember being on the tube with a single ticket because I couldn’t afford a return and an address and nothing else, no money.
“That could have been it, that could have been me sitting in a station for the night.
“Yeah, absolutely. And we’re humans, you know.
“We’re all having an earthly experience, then some of us have it one way and some of us have it another way. And we’re all sharing this planet.
“So yeah, I think whenever I can, I would hope I can help a little bit and believe and see that we’re meant to be here.
“And that it can be a good life. And that it can be a shared life.”
Speaking of a shared life, how did you get through the last couple of years? “I decided to look at it as an opportunity to recharge my own batteries, my own relationship with life.
“I took to walking. First thing in the morning, I’d wake up, I’d just get out of bed and out the door.
“I just did it.
“And I found it put everything in perspective for me.
“A life changing time, actually. And also I’ve never been someone to really listen to the news.
“That didn’t change, I didn’t watch TV, I didn’t listen to the radio.
“What you need to know, you get to know. Word gets around, we’re humans.
“Even if we have to stay away from each other, we still communicate.
“I just found that the media was constantly talking about the same thing.
“And it seemed very political, and I wasn’t going to be letting that into my mind.
“So I just I kept my distance from it and I took no opinion about it either.
“But ultimately I took my own wellbeing as a central part of my health.
“I’m grateful for that and still trying to hold on to that.”
So what is next for Liam? “I’m in the process of making a solo album, I started working on it in Japan before things locked down.
“And then the Flowers is wide open.
“As I said, we’re still intrigued by music and we’re still seriously energized every time we play.
“And I think if we were to get eight days in a studio, I’d say we could make a pretty good record pretty handy as well. At some stage hopefully that might happen.
“I’d love to see us getting heard.
“I think we have something to say still and I’d like to see that happen.
“To play at such a level in Birmingham now is very satisfying.”
Liam and the Hothouse Flowers played the Pairc Festival in Birmingham along with Imelda May, Damien Dempsey, Nathan Carter, Sharon Shannon and Beoga.
Speaking ahead of it, Liam said: “It’s gonna be great.
“Imelda and Damien, they both just do incredible shows.
“I saw Imelda play in Vicar Street last month.
“It was mind blowing her show, the work she put into it. The inspiration that she harnessed.
“And then the joy she got out of it was absolutely inspiring, thrilling, and made me very proud to be a fellow countryman.
“I’m excited to see her there now and to be there. I like Birmingham. I like the people.
“I like England. I love it.
“Always loved coming over.
“I love the fact that we’re presenting ourselves as Irish people and that’s being celebrated. Always a great joy.”
Liam Ó Maonlaí tours around the UK from 2- 9 September.
He plays Cubley Hall Hotel in Penistone on Tuesday 6 September, Wreckingball Arts Centre in Hull on Wednesday 7 September, The Pelton Arms in Greenwich on Thursday 8 September, Kitchen Garden Arts Centre in Birmingham on Friday 9 September.
For more information on Liam, click here.
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Man appears in court charged with murder of his three siblings
Lisa Cash, 18, and her eight-year-old brother and sister Christy and Chelsea Cawley died at their home in Tallaght on Sunday.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his three siblings in Dublin.
Andy Cash, 24, of Rossfield Avenue, Tallaght, was charged with the murder of Lisa Cash, 18, and her eight-year-old twin siblings Christy and Chelsea Cawley, at their home on Sunday.
He appeared before Judge Patricia McNamara at a special sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday.
Garda Robert Whitty told the court the accused was cautioned and charged with three counts of murder at 7.51pm on Monday.
He said Cash replied no comment to each charge.
Cash’s solicitor requested that his client be kept in “solitary confinement” while in custody but the judge said that would be a matter for the prison governor.
The accused did not speak during the brief hearing.
Judge McNamara remanded Cash in custody at Cloverhill to appear in court via video link on Friday at 10am.
She said a bail application for a murder charge can only be granted by the High Court.
Earlier, a vigil was held in Tallaght in memory of the siblings, with a large crowd gathered outside the house to mourn alongside family and friends.
Balloons were released and candles were lit along the wall outside the house in their memory as songs were played to the crowd.
Dozens of bunches of flowers, teddy bears and candles have been placed along the wall as well as photographs of the three, showing Christy and Chelsea making their first Holy Communion.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has expressed his “deepest sympathies” to their family, and said that the “terrible tragedy” had “left the nation shocked and very saddened”.
Ireland’s Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, described the deaths as “dreadful and traumatic”, adding that it was “one of the worst incidents that I’ve heard of or come across in my service”.
He said it was “the most dreadful and traumatic incident leading to the death of two children and a young person. Sincerely, the most dreadful incident”.
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Man arrested and in custody after three siblings killed in in Dublin
A man has been arrested following the deaths of a teenager and two young children following a violenat incident in Dublin.
An 18-year-old woman and her brother and sister, twins aged eight, died after an incident in the Rossfield estate in Tallaght at about 12.30am on Sunday.
The two children and the teenager were taken by ambulance to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in Crumlin, but all three were later pronounced dead.
The Garda Armed Support Unit arrested a man in his early 20s at the scene.
The mother of the children, in her 40s, was not injured at the scene, was also taken to CHI.
The three siblings were named as Lisa Cash, 18, and her younger brother and sister, eight-year-old twins Christy and Chelsea Cawley.
The victims’ 14-year-old brother remains in Tallaght University Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The scene remains sealed off for a forensic examination by the Garda Technical Bureau.
Post mortems will take place on Sunday and Monday by state pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis.
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New cabinet announcements begin
06/09/2022
Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her new Cabinet, keeping only Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in his post.
The new Northern Ireland Secretary is Chris Heaton Harris, a former Europe Minister.
Thérèse Coffey is Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary.
Ben Wallace stays on as Defence Secretary
Kwasi Kwarteng is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
James Cleverley is Foreign Secretary.
Suella Braverman is Home Secretary.
Brandon Lewis is Lord Chancellor and Defence Secretary.
Nadhim Zahawi is Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Penny Mordaunt is Leader of the House of Commons.
Wendy Morton is Chief Whip.
Other posts announced in due course.
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One-off stage being built for Garth Brooks five-day concert ‘extravaganza’
Organisers have said that the five Garth Brooks concerts in Ireland could be the country’s biggest ever music event.
Organisers have said the five Garth Brooks concerts in Ireland will be an “extravaganza” that could be its biggest ever music event, and have warned those attending to prepare their journey to and from the Dublin venue.
Spokespeople for the promoter said that the stage was designed specifically for the Irish concerts and is being assembled by specialists from the US.
“It is going to be extravaganza,” Aiken Promotions event controller Jim Clarke said on Monday.
“This equipment, a lot of it has been has been flown directly in Ireland from America. It is a one-off, it’s not part of the established tour. So everything we’re doing here we’re doing for the first time.”
The 60-year-old US country music star is due to play five concerts in Dublin’s Croke Park stadium over the course of 10 days, with the first starting this Friday.
There is particular interest in the event as Brooks’ five concerts in 2014 were cancelled following a licensing dispute with locals around the venue and the local authorities.
Dublin City Council said at the time that it would only grant licences for three of the concerts at the Dublin venue, however the singer refused to perform unless all five went ahead.
In November 2021, after huge demand for two Garth Brooks gigs at Croke Park, a further three dates were added: September 11, 16 and 17.
At a media briefing held on Monday ahead of the concerts, Peter McKenna of Croke Park thanked the residents for their support, saying it has been “very very positive this time around” compared to eight years ago when the concerts were “fought off”.
Around 400,000 people are expected to attend the gigs over the five dates, with all counties represented and at least 5% of ticketholders coming from outside Ireland.
“Croke Park normally for a concert would attract 40 to 50% of its patrons from the greater Dublin area. In this case it’s around 15%,” Mr Clarke said.
“Every county is represented, 30 countries around the world are represented: 5% of people coming to these concerts are coming into Ireland. So that’s a bonus not just for Garth Brooks and Dublin, but for Ireland as a whole.”
Due to the large numbers of attendees, organisers are warning people to plan their journey to and from Croke Park, as there is only one car park close to the venue that holds 400 cars, and traffic restrictions will be in place near the venue.
People aged under 14 will not be allowed onto the standing/pitch area, and bags must be less than an A4 size and will be searched on the way into the venue.
Attendees are also asked to double check the date on their tickets and are reminded that the show starts at 7.30pm, with gates open from 5pm.
Superintendent Martin Mooney said that there would be a “soft cordon” in place around the venue from 10.30am on the morning of each concert, where residents and businesses in the area will be accommodated, and from 3pm a hard cordon will be in place.
“That basically is the roads around the environs of Croke Park will be in lockdown,” he said, with residents being allocated three passes each ahead of the concerns to gain access to the areas around Croke Park.
From 10.15pm onwards, until around an hour after the concert ends, no access will be allowed “whatsoever” within the cordon to allow for people to leave the concert, Mr Mooney added.
“I’d ask concert goers to be mindful of the residents, to be respectful as well, too,” he said.
“There will be zero tolerance for any person drinking on the streets, in particular urinating on the streets, littering, antisocial behaviour and illegal parking as well.”
Further details are available on a section of the Transport for Ireland website to help people plan their journeys.
Aiken Promotions event controller Eamon O’Boyle said that due to the width of Croke Park being almost as wide as a soccer pitch is long, the stage was designed with this in mind and is expected to be “pretty spectacular”.
Commenting on the boon it would be for the Irish economy, Mr O’Boyle said that “at it’s most basic, it’s five All Ireland finals coming together”.
Organisers would not be drawn on when Brooks may arrive in the country ahead of Friday’s gig.
Mr Clarke said that this was expected to be one of the biggest cultural performances in Ireland.
He added: “Garth Brooks has become something of an icon in his own right in Ireland.
“400,000 people over five days and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I think he could have sold so many more tickets, such is his popularity across the country.
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Protocol row can be resolved, says Taoiseach, as he congratulates new PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who is expected to meet new PM Liz Truss within days, congratulated her on becoming the UK Prime Minister.
He said he hopes to reach an agreement on issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mr Martin said a “pathway” to resolving the matter can be found “if there is a will” and that the Irish Government will work with the British Government and the European Union “to do the practical and sensible thing”.
He said a strong partnership between the two Governments is “vital” to underpin the Good Friday Agreement and support peace and prosperity on the islands.
As foreign secretary, Ms Truss angered the EU by tabling the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would allow ministers unilaterally to scrap the arrangements the UK signed up to as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
I wish to extend my congratulations to Liz Truss on her appointment today as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,” Mr Martin said in a statement.
“A shared history and close ties of people, of economy, and of culture link our two countries.
“A strong partnership between our two governments is vital to underpin the Good Friday Agreement and support peace and prosperity on these islands.
“I hope we can use the period ahead to prioritise EU-UK engagement and to reach agreed outcomes on the issues around implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
“I am committed to a strong and deep relationship between our countries, and to working in an open and constructive way with Prime Minister Truss.
“I look forward to our close co-operation and early engagement as we face important issues on these islands and globally.”
Speaking later in Shannonbridge, Co Offaly, Mr Martin said the protocol issues need to be resolved in the “best interests” of the people of Northern Ireland, the UK, Ireland and the EU.
“I’m a realist, I understand the politics behind what has happened to date,” he said.
“But fundamentally when you listen to people from the industrial side and from business in Northern Ireland, particularly in agriculture and manufacturing, they are very clear that the protocol is essential.
“And some are very concerned of aspects of the dual regulatory framework contained in the British legislation which would undermine those companies and those sectors.
“The starting point has to be what works for the people of Northern Ireland in a practical way around businesses and goods and services.
“We acknowledge there were legitimate issues raised in respect of some areas around the operation of the protocol.
“Our view is there is a pathway to resolving those if there is a will.
“We want to work with the British Government and the European Union to do the practical and sensible thing.”
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Racehorse trainer pays tribute to son, 13, killed by racing accident
Jack de Bromhead, 13, had been taking part in the Glenbeigh horse and pony race in County Kerry on Saturday.
The parents of 13-year-old Jack de Bromhead, who died following a horseracing accident, have paid tribute to their “extraordinary and beautiful” son.
In an online post, leading horse trainer Henry de Bromhead and his wife Heather described Jack as a “perfect, funny, loving son”.
His death has caused widespread shock among the Irish racing community.
The teenager died in a horse racing accident in Co Kerry on Saturday.
He had been taking part in Glenbeigh horse and pony race at Rossbeigh beach. The racing event was immediately cancelled following the incident.
It is understood the young jockey fell from his horse.
“On September 3rd we said goodbye to our extraordinary, beautiful 13-year-old son, Jack,” his parents said.
“A one-of-a-kind child who touched all our lives in the best way possible – he will be forever present in our lives.
“Always cherished, always loved, frozen in time with a beautiful young soul.
“He was an amazing son who told us he loved us every day – an over-brimming heart of loyalty, empathy, patience, pluck, courage and how he made us laugh.
“Not only the perfect, funny, loving son but also an incredible, loving brother to our beautiful daughters, his twin sister Mia and his little sister, Georgia.
“He always had their back and was fiercely loyal and kind. Our hearts are truly broken.
“He made so many friends wherever he went and they felt his special, unique and loyal touch on their lives too. We ask that they please celebrate and love him as we know he would have wished.
“Jack has lived so many more years than the 13 – he filled every moment of his days, always busy, forever curious grasping at life and new interests.
“The passion he had for his family and friends extended to all his hobbies and interests – too many to fit into 13 years and certainly too busy to spend more than a minute more than he had to in the classroom.
“It started with his work on the farm, the tractor, the cattle, the ponies and horses. He was a passionate expert on them all by the time he was 10.
“By 11 he was offering expert advice and consultation to his father on training horses as he developed his father’s passion for all aspects of racing.”
His parents said he recently started a new school where he made new friends.
“Jack’s friendships were of the deep and loyal kind and treasured by him,” they added.
“Jack, you will be with us always at home in your family and friends’ hearts. Always present, always cherished with so many memories from your packed, extraordinary life.
“Deeply loved and missed by your parents, Henry and Heather, your sisters Mia and Georgia, your grandparents Andrew, Marian, Harry and Sally, your aunts and uncles, extended family and friends.”
In a statement, gardai said emergency services were called to the scene at Rossbeigh beach on Saturday at about 5.20pm.
Jack received treatment at the scene but was later pronounced dead.
His body was removed to the morgue at Kerry University Hospital.
Meanwhile, Pony Racing tweeted: “We pass on our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jack de Bromhead who tragically died in Glenbeigh on Saturday.
“It’s impossible to put into words the sense of grief and loss that is being felt by everyone involved so please give them time to mourn. RIP Jack.”
Suzanne Eade, chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland, said: “Like everybody in the horse racing and pony racing community, I want to offer my deepest condolences to (Jack’s) parents Henry and Heather, his sisters Mia and Georgia, and extended family on the tragic loss of their beloved Jack.
“Jack may have been only 13 but he was already incredibly popular in the racing community.
“His family and friends, his pony racing colleagues and all those whose lives he touched are in our thoughts today during this numbing, devastating tragedy.”
She said Horse Racing Ireland will, through the Industry Assistance Programme, “assist in offering counselling for Jack’s pony racing colleagues and friends. May he rest in peace”.
Darragh O’Loughlin, chief executive of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, said: “The directors and staff of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board extend their deepest sympathies to the de Bromhead family on the tragic loss of Jack. May he rest in peace.”
The British Horseracing Authority tweeted: “The BHA sends its deepest condolences to the family of Henry de Bromhead following the tragic death of his son Jack.”
Fellow horse trainer Gordon Elliott cancelled an open day at his yard on Sunday. | https://www.theirishworld.com/racehorse-trainer-pays-tribute-to-son-13-killed-by-racing-accident/ | 2022-09-07T07:33:33Z | theirishworld.com | control | https://www.theirishworld.com/racehorse-trainer-pays-tribute-to-son-13-killed-by-racing-accident/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tax cuts, deregulation, broadband…and the NHS
Britain’s newest Prime Minister, its 56th and third in as many years, Liz Truss, formally took over in Downing Street shortly after 5.00 pm.
Britain’s newest Prime Minister, its 56th and third in as many years, Liz Truss, formally took over in Downing Street shortly after 5.00 pm.
In a speech lasting around four minutes, and accompanied by her husband Hugh O’Leary, she praised her disgraced predecessor, who was forced out of the job, as “hugely consequential” – and quickly moved on.
The Prime Minister, who is expected to travel to Dublin within days, told her assembled supporters that she was prioritising tax cuts, deregulation, the NHS – and broadband:
“I am honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country.
“What makes the United Kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom of enterprise and fair play.
“Our people have shown grit, courage and determination time and time again. We now face severe global head winds caused by Russia’s appalling war in Ukraine and the aftermath of Covid.
“Now is the time to tackle the issues that are holding Britain back. We need to build homes, roads and broadband faster.
“I am honoured to take on this responsibility
at a vital time for our country.”
“We need more investment in great jobs in every town and city across our country. We need to reduce the burden on families and help people get on in life.
“I know that we have what it takes to tackle those challenges. Of course, it won’t be easy, but we can do it.
“We will transform Britain into an aspiration nation with high paying jobs, safe streets and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserve.
“I will take action this day, and action every day to make it happen.
United with our allies we will stand up for freedom and democracy around the world, recognising that we can’t have security t home without having security broad.
“As Prime Minister I will pursue three early priorities.
“Firstly, I will get Britain working again. I have a bold plan to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform. I will cut taxes to reward hard work and boost business-led growth and investment.
“I will drive reform in my mission to get the United Kingdom working, building and growing. We’ll get spades in the ground to make sure people are not facing unaffordable energy bills and we’ll also make sure we are building hospitals, schools, roads, and broadband.
“I have a bold plan to grow the
economy through tax cuts and reform.”
“Secondly, I will deal hands on with the energy crisis caused by Putin’s war. I will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply.
“Thirdly, I will make sure people can get doctors’ appointments and the NHS services they need. We will put our health service on a firm footing.
“By delivering on the economy, on energy and on the NHS we will put our nation on the path to long term success. We shouldn’t be daunted by the challenges we face .
“As strong as the storm may be I know the British people are stronger. Our country was built by people who get things done. We have huge reserves of people of talent, of energy ad determination.
“I am confident that together we can ride out the storm, we can rebuild our economy and we can become the modern, brilliant Britain that I know we can be.
“This is our vital mission to ensure opportunity and prosperity for all people and future generations. I am determined to deliver. Thank you.”
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An inspector general would oversee the government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan if a new bill passes in Congress, which is entering its final stretch before the end of the government’s fiscal year on Sept. 30.
Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia introduced a bill on Sept. 6 to establish an IG for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which manages the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees and service members.
Complaints from account holders about technical problems have racked the program in recent months. The TSP contracted with a new provider, Accenture Federal Services, in November 2020 to overhaul its system, provide new features and digitize paper records for its nearly 6 million users. Since then, customers reported account issues en masse, and Norton’s office said it’s still receiving complaints.
“I think this needs the highest level of oversight,” said Del. Norton in a phone interview with Federal Times, especially since an increasing number of employees are expected to retire and inflation has depressed savings.
She said installing an IG goes beyond finding solutions to the “debacle” by creating a lasting framework for accountability. The Government Accountability Office said it will review contract awards and oversight by the board as part of its examination of TSP’s online site beginning in November.
“I hear frequently from constituents about the many problems with the new system, including discrepancies in account balances, difficulties accessing accounts, lost beneficiary information and hours-long wait times for customer service,” said Norton in a statement.
A spokesperson from TSP could not be immediately reached for comment.
John Hatton, who leads policy and programs at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association said it’s encouraging to see attention being paid to the issue through the GAO and Del. Norton’s bill, but it will also be critical to ensure an IG role does not bring politics in with it.
The board responded to an initial letter sent by Norton in June asking for clarity about the cause of the problems.
Executive Director Ravindra Deo said in the letter that while TSP anticipated some bumps associated with rolling out new features, “some of our participants are facing more difficulties than we expected.”
“It appears that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Board) was not prepared to launch the new system,” Norton’s letter said.
From mid-May to early June, certain TSP transactions and services were temporarily unavailable as planned during the transition period, but it was around that time that some customers first expressed frustrations.
The board was established as an independent agency by the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986 and is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
A vacancy on the board is upcoming after board member David Jones announced his resignation this month.
Molly Weisner is a staff reporter for Federal Times where she covers labor, policy and contracting pertaining to the government workforce. She made previous stops at USA Today and McClatchy as a digital producer, and worked at The New York Times as a copy editor. Molly majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2022/09/06/thrift-savings-plan-would-get-watchdog-under-democrats-bill/ | 2022-09-07T07:34:37Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2022/09/06/thrift-savings-plan-would-get-watchdog-under-democrats-bill/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taipei after weeks of mounting tension with China in the Taiwan Strait following an August visit from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The bulk of the package includes logistics support for Taiwan’s Surveillance Radar Program. It also includes 60 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and 100 Sidewinder tactical air missiles.
“The United States’ swift provision of Taiwan defensive weaponry and sustainment via Foreign Military Sale and Direct Commercial Sale is essential for Taiwan’s security and we will continue to work with industry to support that goal,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said. “These proposed sales are routine cases to support Taiwan’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability.”
The $1.1 billion package must next clear the 30-day congressional review period, where little resistance is expected given Capitol Hill’s robust bipartisan support for Taipei.
The bulk of the package is $665.4 million in logistical support for Taiwan’s Surveillance Radar Program. Taiwan already possess the system, but the new contract — managed by Raytheon Technologies — will include minor modifications and upgrades.
It also includes $355 million for Harpoon missiles, manufactured by Boeing in Missouri, and $85.6 million for the Sidewinder missiles, built by Raytheon in Arizona.
Notably, Taiwan is still waiting on delivery of a $2.37 billion sale announced in 2020 for 100 Harpoon missiles. The 2020 Harpoon sale is part of a $14 billion backlog in foreign military sales to Taiwan, some of which were publicly announced as far back as 2017.
The Senate is expected to take its first crack at ameliorating this backlog next week when it marks up the sprawling Taiwan Policy Act.
The massive bill would provide $4.5 billion in military aid to Taipei while declaring Taiwan a major non-NATO ally — a designation that helps expedite arms sales but falls short of a mutual defense pact. It would also allow the president to “establish a war reserve stockpile for Taiwan that consists primarily of munitions.”
Additionally, it would require the Defense and State departments to “prioritize and expedite” foreign military sales for Taiwan.
The Chinese embassy on Friday called on the Biden administration to scrap its most recent arms sale package, threatening “counter measures” and saying that it “severely jeopardizes” U.S.-China relations.
China launched its largest-ever military drills in the Taiwan Strait last month following Pelosi’s visit, firing missiles over the island and emulating a blockade.
Bryant Harris is the Congress reporter for Defense News. He has covered U.S. foreign policy, national security, international affairs and politics in Washington since 2014. He has also written for Foreign Policy, Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera English and IPS News. | https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2022/09/06/us-approves-11-billion-taiwan-arms-sale-as-tensions-mount-with-china/ | 2022-09-07T07:34:43Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2022/09/06/us-approves-11-billion-taiwan-arms-sale-as-tensions-mount-with-china/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Veterans who use community care programs to access private sector medical appointments may not be receiving faster, better or less expensive care than if they used Veterans Affairs physicians, according to a new outside analysis of the health care options.
Advocates said the lack of clear data on the topic is concerning given the significant growth in the program in recent years and the emphasis placed on the community care program by lawmakers and federal officials.
“The complexity of the Veterans Health Administration patient population makes care coordination critical for improving patient outcomes and decreasing costs,” researchers with the RAND Corporation wrote in the new report, released Tuesday. “Poorly coordinated care between VHA and community care providers could result in confusion for patients, duplicative tests, increased costs, and lower-quality care.”
Community care programs have been used by VA for decades to help supplement department medical appointments and procedures. But the program has dramatically expanded in recent years, with critics of the VA health care system saying the private sector physicians are needed to cut down on veterans’ wait and travel times for health care.
In 2018, Congress adopted the MISSION Act, which expanded eligibility for accessing the outside medical appointments — with VA paying for the associated costs.
Earlier this summer, VA officials reported that 44% of all health services are handled through community care offerings.
The budget for those programs more than doubled from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2021, when spending topped $18.5 billion. That equated to nearly 20% of all VHA spending. The fiscal 2023 budget calls for that total to rise to about 23%.
Conservative groups have pushed for even more, saying that outside care provides faster and cheaper options for patients than VA medical centers can provide. Union groups and progressive advocates have disputed that idea, and said that pushing too much care outside of the VA system amounts to privatizing the federal government’s responsibilities to veterans.
The new RAND analysis said data still doesn’t exist to prove claims that community care is a better choice for most veterans.
“Little is known about how the costs of care provided directly by VHA compare with the costs of community care,” the authors wrote. “Although comparisons between the cost of VHA-delivered and community care are limited, there are some indications that community care may be more expensive than VHA-delivered care.”
Similarly, the researchers said that studies so far indicate that access to private sector medical appointments “may be no better than access to care at VHA facilities,” especially as VA has improved appointment wait times in recent years.
“However, there may be certain populations of veterans for whom community care has significantly improved access,” the report states.
“Rural veterans, who make up nearly half of VHA patients, are more likely to live in areas with provider shortages and hospital closures, and they generally have to drive greater distances to see providers Community care may improve access for [those] veterans,” the report adds.
The report also notes that private sector physicians without specific training on veterans’ issues may be more likely to miss complications arising from military sexual trauma, battlefield injuries or toxic exposure in the service.
That last category is of particular focus given the recent passage of new military toxic exposure legislation, which could provide expanded medical care and disability benefits to more than 3 million veterans in coming years.
The RAND researchers did not say that the questions surrounding VA community care programs should be used to curtail or shut down the offerings. Rather, they pushed for more data collection, so federal officials can better manage the growing programs.
“As Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough recently stated, the future of VHA depends on its ability to attract veterans to its facilities and keep those veterans returning for their needed medical care,” the report states.
“Coordinating with community care providers and ensuring that eligible veterans can access the high-quality care they need in a timely fashion, whether at VHA facilities or in the community, will be integral to achieving those goals,” the report adds.
The report is available on the RAND website.
Leo covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. He has covered Washington, D.C. since 2004, focusing on military personnel and veterans policies. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 2009 Polk award, a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award. | https://www.federaltimes.com/veterans/2022/09/06/private-sector-medical-care-may-not-be-faster-or-cheaper-than-va-care/ | 2022-09-07T07:34:49Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/veterans/2022/09/06/private-sector-medical-care-may-not-be-faster-or-cheaper-than-va-care/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Health care providers in Veterans Health Administration facilities often failed to fully inform patients and caregivers about the risks of the COVID antiviral remdesivir in the months before the drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a report Thursday by the Veterans Affairs watchdog.
The VA Office of Inspector General pointed to “significant deficiencies” in health care providers’ compliance with requirements to notify patients and caregivers about remdesivir’s risks, alternatives and lack of FDA approval.
The OIG interviewed VHA employees and reviewed health records of 825 patients administered remdesivir between May, when the FDA authorized the drug for emergency use, and October 2020, when the FDA approved the drug.
Of these 825 cases, according to the OIG report, health care providers failed:
- to provide 62% of patients or caregivers with a fact sheet about remdesivir
- to inform 41% that remdesivir was not FDA-approved
- to notify 32% that they had the option to refuse remdesivir
- to inform 37% of the risks and benefits of the drug
- to advise 59% of the alternatives to receiving the drug
“This could have resulted in patients or caregivers lacking the information needed to make a fully informed decision to receive the medication,” the report stated.
In interviews with the OIG, VHA leaders said they believed that providers had actually informed patients or caregivers but had not documented doing so, according to the report.
The OIG recommended that, going forward, the VHA ensure its hospitals fully inform patients about non-FDA-approved drugs. The VHA concurred with the recommendation.
Possible side effects of remdesivir include increased levels of liver enzymes, which may signify liver injury, and allergic reactions, according to the FDA.
Originally developed as a possible treatment for hepatitis, remdesivir has shown mixed results in treating COVID. Some studies, including a 2022 meta-analysis, showed it reduced mortality or recovery time for patients severely ill with COVID, but other studies showed no effect.
Then-President Donald Trump took remdesivir, among other drugs, when he was treated for COVID in early October 2020.
More than 650,000 veterans connected to the Veterans Health Administration have contracted COVID-19 since the first cases were confirmed in America 31 months ago, and more than 22,000 have died from complications related to the virus.
Irene Loewenson is an editorial fellow at Military Times and Defense News. A native New Yorker, she is a recent graduate of Williams College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. | https://www.federaltimes.com/veterans/2022/09/06/va-often-failed-to-inform-patients-about-risks-of-covid-antiviral-drug/ | 2022-09-07T07:34:56Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/veterans/2022/09/06/va-often-failed-to-inform-patients-about-risks-of-covid-antiviral-drug/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hillary Clinton revealed she and her husband Bill Clinton once accidentally left their daughter at the Kremlin during a state visit to Russia years ago.
The former First Lady appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, alongside her daughter Chelsea Clinton, 42, on Tuesday night.
As part of the interview, the pair took part in a Mother Daughter Challenge, where they had to answer a series of questions asked by Fallon.
At one point during the segment, Clinton, 74, was asked about her “craziest family vacation memory.”
Taking a second to think, the mom-of-one remembered the time she and Bill managed to leave Chelsea in the Kremlin sometime during Bill’s time in office from 1993 until 2001.
“I hope she [Chelsea] doesn’t remember this because it was pretty traumatic,” the former Secretary of State began.
“We took her to Russia when we went on a state visit when Bill was president, and there were the formal goodbyes so Bill and I were ushered into the Beast, the big limousine, to head to the airport, not knowing that we had left her behind.
“I mean, can you imagine leaving my only child in the Kremlin? Especially with everything that has happened?”
Fallon later asked Chelsea what her craziest family vacation memory was, to which she also recalled the time she was left stranded in the Kremlin.
Elsewhere in their interview, Clinton praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his bravery after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24.
“I am thrilled that they have gotten the support and solidarity of so much of the world,” Clinton said of Ukraine. “They’re getting the weapons they need to defend themselves, and they’re now on offense.”
“They were attacked by an unprovoked active war, and they’ve held out and done better than anybody could’ve predicted and Zelensky has been a true wartime leader — I’m so impressed with him. I think the United States should stand with them along with all of our other friends around the world,” she added. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/hillary-clinton-reveals-she-and-bill-once-accidentally-left-daughter-chelsea-in-the-kremlin/ | 2022-09-07T07:38:06Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/hillary-clinton-reveals-she-and-bill-once-accidentally-left-daughter-chelsea-in-the-kremlin/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh pedestrian who died in crash on A720 named as family pay tribute to the 'sharp and intelligent' young man
Police have released the name of a pedestrian who died following a fatal crash on the A720 in Edinburgh.
Michael Greens, 25, died after a crash involving a car, which occurred on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass near Straiton at around 5.10am on Saturday.
Emergency services rushed to the road, however, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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His family have released a statement, paying tribute to the 25-year-old. They wrote: "Michael was an extremely sharp and intelligent man, who would astound and entertain us with his wit and knowledge.
"He was a student of science and history, with a passion for fitness and historical re-enactment.
"A joy to be around, he touched the hearts of those who knew him.
"He will be sorely missed by parents, Billy and Sadie, and brother, Daniel."
After the collision, the A720 was closed until around 12.40pm to allow officers to carry out an investigation at the scene.
The 39-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series car involved was uninjured.
Police are now urging anyone with information about the incident to come forward.
Sergeant Barry Sommerville of Police Scotland’s Road Policing Unit said: “Our thoughts are with the Michael's family and friends at this extremely difficult time.
"Our enquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances and I would ask anyone with information which could help to get in touch.
"We would also be keen to speak to anyone who may have dashcam footage which could help our investigation.
"Anyone with information can call 101, quoting reference 0714 of Saturday, 3 September, 2022." | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-pedestrian-who-died-in-crash-on-a720-named-as-family-pay-tribute-to-the-sharp-and-intelligent-young-man-3833802 | 2022-09-07T07:38:37Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-pedestrian-who-died-in-crash-on-a720-named-as-family-pay-tribute-to-the-sharp-and-intelligent-young-man-3833802 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the untrained eye, the JZX100 Toyota Chaser might look like any other executive 4-door Japanese sedan from the late ’90s. Some might even throw the label land yacht around. But for those in the know, beauty is more than skin deep.
If wasn’t for the inches-from-the-ground body kit, you might be forgiven thinking this particular Chaser – a sought-after Tourer V variant – is mostly stock. But this is a Total Create E.Prime-built car, and the man behind the Hiroshima-based tuning shop, Eiji Daito, doesn’t do anything close to stock.
If you need proof, check out Daito-san’s turbo Levin coupe and 3S-GE BEAMS-swapped Trueno hatch.
While the Chaser I’m about to share with you is more of a comfortable street machine than a stripped-out racer, it’s a perfect example of how versatile the JZX100 Tourer V can be with the right parts and knowhow. For this customer build, Daito-san applied both.
In factory form, the Chaser might not be as luxurious as the Mark II or Cresta, of which it shares the same basic X100 series chassis with, but visually it’s definitely a little more sporty. Cruising through the Japanese countryside near E.Prime, however, the car didn’t initially set off a fever of emotions for me.
Perhaps it was the golden brown metallic paint, an original colour chosen by the Toyota’s owner, but the car made me think of my grandpa and the boiled travel sweets he kept in the glovebox of his Nissan Bluebird. But then, as the Chaser swept around a broad bend in the road, surrounded by mountains, I began to notice its muscular haunches and millimetre-perfect stance, and the admiration started to grow.
Across Chaser, Mark II and Cresta forms, the JZX100 was a popular tuning platform in Japan when new, and with that came a raft of aftermarket exterior upgrades. The Julius Type 2 front lip (applied to a modified original bumper), Aero Palace side steps and Vertex rear bumper speak to this, with custom front fenders, modified rears and a blackened grill pulling the look together in a unique way.
As for the wheels, they need no introduction being of RAYS Volk Racing TE37 breed. These are Super Lap (SL) versions in Pressed Double Black, measuring 18×9.5-inch +-0 up front and 18×10.5-inch +11 in the rear, all wrapped up in Achilles ATR Sport 215/40R18 and Nitto NT555 235/40R18 rubber.
The wheel and tyre combo and aforementioned wide fenders make up two-thirds of the fitment puzzle; the final third comes from the 326 Power Chakuriki Bucchigiri coilovers with super-stiff 60kg/mm front and 20kg/mm rear springs, and Cusco Negative Camber Upper Arms.
It’s not just about looks though. Just as important as how the Chaser travelled in a straight line on the urban expressways around Hiroshima was its drift-ability, hence the number of other suspension and steering upgrades. These include custom E.Prime shortened knuckles, 20mm roll centre adjusters, 110 series tension rods, ARC front and rear stabiliser bars, Cusco tower bars, TRD bushings and a TOM’S crossmember brace.
Perhaps the Tourer V’s best attribute is what came standard under the hood – Toyota’s 1JZ-GTE in latter VVTi-equipped guise. In this form, the turbocharged 2.5L inline six produced 280PS (276hp) at 6,200rpm and 35.8kg/m (377Nm) at 2,400rpm. Marry that to a 5-speed gearbox, of which many of these cars came factory with, and you have the recipe for a whole lot of fun.
It gets even better when you add extra power-making hardware into the mix, and throughout this Chaser’s highly-polished engine bay is plenty of it. Highlights include a Garrett GT2835R turbo (with HKS actuator) on a HPI Ver.1 manifold, a GReddy front-mount intercooler, custom E.Prime intake pipe, Sard Racing fuel pump, Blitz 525cc injectors, a Trust GREX oil cooler and one-off E.Prime exhaust. The whole package gets its firing orders from A’PEXi’s venerable Power FC engine management system.
On top of the Chaser’s factory R154 gearbox, the driveline now features an Exedy Carbon-D twin-plate clutch and Cusco TypeRS 2-way LSD.
In my haste (I had seven cars to photograph on this day), I overlooked shooting the Chaser’s interior, but as you might imagine, all the boxes are ticked in there too: Bride seats, a Nardi steering wheel on a Works Bell quick-release hub and Defi meters – check, check, check.
All this hints at the true capabilities of what left the factory as a very sensible car. Perhaps, somewhat unintentionally though, a star was born. Add some aftermarket performance tuning goodies into the equation, and the Tourer V can live two lives, one as fly-under-the-radar salary man’s commuter, and the other as a tyre-shredding drift machine able to unleash fury on the weekends.
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Omar Salih, Safety Manager, 726th Air Mobility Squadron, poses for a photo at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, September 6, 2022. Salih recently won the National Safety Council Rising Stars of Safety Award. The award is given to safety professionals with a proven track record of workplace safety, leadership and dedication to continuous improvement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Plyler)
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The National Commissioner of Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), Dr Vincent Olatunji, recently led some staff of the Bureau on a visit to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, at the Shehu Shagari Complex in Abuja.
The SGF expressed his delight at the visit of the National Commissioner and reinforced the need for the establishment of the Bureau in line with global best practice.
He noted that Nigeria is fast becoming a data-driven society hence, the need to curb the menace of data breaches.
Mustapha said, “Data theft is one of the most thriving businesses in the world. Everywhere you go, every country is putting measures in place so that data of its citizens are protected because accessibility to people’s data, unauthorised ones, would invariably allow anybody doing that to take absolute control over the people’s lives, from their financial transactions to their health records, to their access to certain information which can be manipulated.
“I am glad that we are starting well by laying the foundation that is required, which is having an institution by way of the Bureau.”
He also assured the NDPB of the Federal Government’s commitment to creating an enabling environment for the Bureau to achieve its statutory obligations by ensuring that the needed legislative framework is put in place as well as working out service-wide circulars.
In his words, “I have listened to you and I have seen the prospects of the Bureau. I would like to assure you that if there is anything I can do to ensure that the necessary legislation is put in place as quickly as possible, I am ready to do it.”
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My Ungrading Experiment
Erica M. Dolson reflects on her old grading practices and how she switched to new ones because of a very human experience: frustration.
The first time I graded a set of papers, I was a graduate teaching assistant in my M.F.A. program. While my title was teaching assistant, I taught my own classes and was solely responsible for the lesson planning, teaching, assessing and grading.
The first assignment my composition students tackled was a combination narrative-analysis about creativity in their lives. I felt so proud of that assignment, although I cringe now to write that summary. Despite a detailed prompt and rubric, it was unclear exactly what I wanted them to do. Yet they did their best. So many of them excelled at the narrative portion—I read stories about cheerleading and band and Thanksgiving traditions. But they fell short on the analysis of those moments, and, as a result, their grade suffered.
I hadn’t yet begun collecting and returning papers electronically, so I watched as, one by one, my students looked at their graded work. Their faces fell. Some may have cried. At least one hit a desk in frustration.
I hadn’t asked those students about their writing process or about what they learned from the assignment. Even without their reflections, grading their work proved more personal than I had expected. Years later, I still remember the natural voice, the lively writing that sprang from some of the pieces. Shouldn’t a distinct and memorable style count for something? And how much? It felt impossible to quantify. I hope I acknowledged those important elements in my comments, even though I largely ignored them in the final grade.
Now, in my 10th year of teaching, I’ve learned another way to evaluate student work: ungrading. This practice removes traditional grades from a class, instead relying on regular feedback and student reflection. The goal is for students to think less about what they are earning and more about what they are learning.
In the last year, I studied this method more intensely, relying heavily on the work of Susan Blum, Jesse Stommel and others. During the spring 2022 semester, I dived in and, with the support of a teaching and learning design fellowship from my institution, implemented a system of ungrading in my creative writing survey class.
I designed this somewhat nontraditional grading policy in a pretty traditional way: students received feedback on their work but only earned a complete/incomplete for each assignment. They had opportunities for revision, reflection and self-assessment. During the final exam period, we met in individual conferences to determine their grade in the course, a conversation my students started after completing an in-depth reflection on their growth and learning over the previous weeks.
Throughout the semester, I surveyed my students, posing questions about their relationship to grades and their understanding of ungrading practices. With each survey I administered, I thought about my own responses to those questions and realized how closely intertwined I view my authority in my classroom and my grading practices. As each week of the semester passed, I saw how ungrading brought humanity—both my students’ and my own—to the center of the course.
Why I Chose to Ungrade
I ultimately came to ungrading because of a very human experience: frustration. Early in the fall 2021 semester, I met with a student in one of my classes. When I asked if she had concerns about the upcoming semester, she responded, “How do you grade?” Such questioning irritates me, ignoring, as it does, all the materials—rubrics, assignment prompts, the syllabus—that clearly state the learning objectives and grading criteria. But this time, I felt not only disappointed but disheartened. I had hoped we’d talk about this student’s writing goals and experiences. Or maybe she’d share ideas for her semester-long project. I knew nothing of the pressures, anxieties or past experiences fueling her focus on grades.
This spring, my creative writing students and I started each class with a daily check-in, a practice I learned from Felicia Rose Chavez’s Anti-Racist Writing Workshop. I adapted the practice somewhat and began each class with a guided question, most often about the reading or topic of discussion that day (the zone where I feel most comfortable). Sometimes, however, I’d ask about my students’ lives: What are you looking forward to about the upcoming break? What’s one good thing that happened to you last week? As we circled the room, I’d answer, too.
During one of our final classes, I asked students to share a highlight of their semester. Some talked about their classes—mine and others. But most mentioned the joys of making new friends and getting more involved on campus. Each semester, I fall into a pattern: teaching consumes me, and I see the people in my classes as writing students first. In myriad ways, I’m reminded that in addition to academics, my students have jobs and families and relationships to tend to. It’s humbling to realize that my writing class fills such a small sliver of their lives.
I found this same recognition of my students’ humanity in their reflections. Before this past semester, I’d never thought to ask students outright about their learning. I ‘d assumed they’d demonstrate all they’d gleaned from the course in the work they submitted. Now, in their cover letters accompanying each assignment, I read about their process, their triumphs, their struggles, their effort. In their in-depth midterm and final reflections, which I adapted from Susan Blum’s materials, I saw how my students progressed through each of the course’s learning objectives and their personal goals, which we set during the first weeks of class. I discovered what they learned from each writing assignment, what they enjoyed about the class, where they struggled.
While I know how exasperated I become when a student appears unengaged, I found myself softening each time someone acknowledged this on their own. I could relate to their honest admissions that, sometimes, other priorities took precedence. As I read about the work they put into the course, I empathized. After all, during a semester when I teach between 50 and 60 students, I, too, bump my own writing to the bottom of my to-do list. At the end of each semester, as my students complete the course evaluations, I exit the room and hope they at least acknowledge how hard I’ve worked.
Leaning Into Subjectivity
Despite the experience I now bring to my teaching, I embarked on my ungrading experiment feeling slightly unsteady. By removing grades, would I actually increase the stress of my grade-conscious students? Would they view the course as a free-for-all with a guaranteed A? Was I—an untenured, full-time lecturer—putting my job in jeopardy by trying something new? I felt fortunate to have the support of my institution—and not just collegial enthusiasm from co-workers, which I did receive, but a formal fellowship and course release that provided the time and resources to pursue this new practice.
Luckily, my students were onboard, too. At the start of the semester, I shared my relationship with grades—as a student and a teacher. Together, we read some of Stommel’s discussions on ungrading. Even the more skeptical, uncertain students seemed curious about how it would go.
I practiced ungrading in only one of my classes this spring and couldn’t help but compare the experience to my traditionally graded courses. In those classes, I evaluate assignments with a structured rubric, awarding a final percentage and corresponding letter grade each time. Those grades—89, 77, 97— seemed so arbitrary now, and I thought back to my first full-time teaching job, when I served on a committee tasked with crafting a universal rubric. As we outlined the criteria for each grade, we found ourselves stalled. “How do we describe a B?” we wondered.
“It’s just, it’s fine. It’s a B,” one committee member said, shrugging.
Forget quantifying the criteria. A group of writing instructors couldn’t even articulate it.
At the 2021 Association of Writers & Writing Programs virtual conference and book fair, I watched a session about responding to creative writing. One of the panelists acknowledged her bias—she’s drawn to writing that she finds compelling and to writing styles similar to her own. What a huge relief to hear this dirty little secret spoken aloud: sometimes, grading writing is subjective.
Ungrading allowed me to lean into this subjectivity. This was perhaps the most humanizing element of the practice. I became a reader of my students’ work—not the reader. Free from fears that I would be accused of only appreciating work I agreed with or to which I could relate, and free from the pressure to appear an infallible authority, I could respond more honestly. In the margins, I posed questions and noted emotional responses: where I felt heartbroken, where I was confused or surprised, where I laughed.
Often in my professional life, I remember advice from my internship supervisor when I was a college junior working at a local news station. One of the interns’ responsibilities included following up on promising tips. Because we interned in the investigative reporting unit, we often called people who found themselves in vulnerable situations: a hack veterinarian had hurt their pet; a scammer had stolen their savings; in some painful and humiliating way, they’d been duped.
“Remember, you’re a person first,” my supervisor advised from his corner desk each time one of us picked up the phone, our fingers poised to dial.
When I worked as a news reporter just out of college, this advice served me well. But I wasn’t convinced it was great guidance once I entered the classroom. In my first teaching gig in graduate school, I was in my 20s, barely older than the students assigned to my class. My petite, 5'2" frame didn’t carry a strong physical presence, and I’d been warned—along with the other women in my cohort—that our gender would require that we work harder to establish authority.
With those factors in mind, I vowed that my students would see me as a teacher first, and my approach to the job reflected this. I implemented my own dress code—no jeans. My syllabi included uncompromising policies about attendance, late work and class participation. I left copious comments on student essays, responding to the writer’s ideas yet also defending the ultimate grade I’d award. In my efforts to earn respect from my students, my “teacher-first” methods morphed into a “teacher-only” mentality.
I’d assumed so many of those stringent early policies made a strong statement about my authority in the classroom. “Take writing seriously. Take this class seriously,” they implored.
But in a different way, they also emphasized the person behind the policies. “I’m trying to be a good teacher,” they confided. “Please give me a chance. Please take me seriously.”
In her preface to her 2020 collection, Ungrading, Blum writes about how the COVID-19 pandemic caused faculty members and institutions to review their grading practices. “The deeper question, sometimes raised and often skirted,” she writes, “is of what grades mean at all.”
Even before I began ungrading, the pandemic had brought much more humanity to my teaching. My students and I saw with new clarity how environment and stress levels impact learning and work habits. We also saw into each other’s homes. They watched my dog periodically pop into a frame on Zoom. They know which mugs I use when I drink my morning coffee. After our return to campus, on days when my to-do list seemed overwhelming, I’d dress casually for work, and so now they have also seen me in jeans, my hair pulled into a ponytail. It only seemed natural to extend some of this humanity into my courses.
And I did: when I participated in our daily check-ins; when I offered a sample of my own writing for a mock workshop (a practice I’d read about in several creative writing texts but was always too afraid to try); when, just before my students completed the end-of-semester course evaluations, I shared my own assessment of how I’d done this semester.
If I could revisit that earlier set of essays, I would evaluate them differently. I can’t repair any damage I did to that first class—whether to their GPAs, or worse, to their relationship with writing and their sense of themselves as writers. But that was a formative moment for me as a teacher, and I wonder if my current focus on grades is meant to make up for that mistake of years ago. It’s only now that I feel confident enough to acknowledge it was a mistake. Stripping off the polished veneer I attempted to present at work was a relief—as was reading my students’ work and composing an end note without the expectations and pressures of a rubric.
Valuing the Process
In the spirit of ungrading, I’d give myself a B for this experiment. I had planned and researched ungrading practices well; I checked in with my students often. Above all, I learned a lot.
I assumed the final average would be similar to that of other writing classes I teach, but it was slightly lower. Many of my students used this time without the pressure of grades to take risks and focus on their writing. It surprised me to learn just how often my students check their grades on Canvas, our online course management system, monitoring the fluctuations in their final average each time a new assignment posts. It’s valuable for me—and my students—to realize the extent to which grades motivate.
But as I move forward, I need to revise the semester reflections and provide better guidance as students ponder and discuss their learning. When I met with each student for 15 minutes during finals, I’d already read their last reflections, and I listened while they suggested a grade and defended that suggestion. It struck me how heavily they weighed effort and engagement over any final product, and I discovered, with some surprise, that I, too, value their process and their contributions to the daily work of class just as much as—or maybe more than—any polished composition. I struggled, sometimes, to trust their own assessment of their learning, to not use ungrading as a means to worm my way into the grading process, to make sure every grade landed where I thought it should.
I found enough value in the practice that I will revise and try again—and probably revise and try again after that. There seems something deeply human in this process that’s imperfect, messy, a work in progress. Yet valuable all the same.
Erica M. Dolson is a lecturer in English at Elizabethtown College.
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Debt amnesty is in the news, but it isn’t a new topic. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Minnesota’s Eva von Dassow cites examples from history. Von Dassow is an associate professor of history and languages of the ancient Near East at Minnesota. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.
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Hiring in Hot Fields, Redux
Looking for solutions to a recurring problem
Last week’s story in IHE about Cococino Community College being forced to put its automotive program on hold for lack of faculty sounded familiar. The gist of the story was that the same hot hiring market that drives students towards a field also tends to keep people in the field from accepting a massive pay cut in order to teach it.
It’s a real issue, particularly in collective bargaining environments.
The piece below, originally published in July, captures the dilemma. Here’s hoping some wise and worldly readers have found other solutions. New replies welcome!
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The great thing about teaching classes in high-demand fields is that students who make it through the program can get great jobs that pay well.
The frustrating thing about them is the difficulty of finding qualified faculty who are willing to forego the kinds of salaries the students have in mind when they choose the field.
I recently spent years unsuccessfully trying to fill a position in cybersecurity. Qualified applicants could earn several multiples of the college’s annual salary by working in industry. The magnitude of the cut we were asking them to take was just too much.
(For context, public institutions with unions don’t always have the ability to ignore incumbent salary schedules.)
The same market that entices students also entices prospective faculty.
The Stanfords of the world, I assume, can buy their way out of the issue. But most community colleges are pretty limited in the ability to do that. Even if there were political and/or legal room, there often isn’t budgetary room.
So I’m writing in hopes that someone has seen around this corner, and come up with a reasonably elegant (and ethical) workaround.
Has anyone out there found a sustainable way to get and keep faculty in the kinds of fields in which they could easily earn triple the usual faculty pay? If so, I’d love to hear about it. I can be reached at deandad (at) gmail (dot) com, or on Twitter (@deandad).
Thanks in advance!
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An HBCU’s Football Woes Spotlight Lack of Resources
Florida A&M’s football team called out administrators after 26 players were declared ineligible for the season opener. Now the university is facing calls for accountability.
Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators.
The letter, signed by nearly 90 players, caught the attention of national media and prompted an emergency Board of Trustees meeting in which members called on administrators to redress the many grievances listed by the football team and vowed to hold them more accountable.
In addition to a lack of academic advising, the team complained about delays in financial aid disbursement, scholarship packages that don’t cover summer classes, a lack of athlete representation on the search committee for a new athletic director and a decrease in tickets allotted to players.
Players say the root cause of ineligibility comes down to insufficient academic advising resulting in NCAA compliance issues, with only two staff members serving the entire athletic department in those areas. The team’s letter to the administration mentioned Isaiah Land, a highly decorated defensive player, who was reportedly told to take two summer classes to meet the league’s academic progress goals when he actually needed three classes. (Land is one of several players who has since been reinstated.)
Now Florida A&M faces mounting pressure from football players, trustees, alumni and outside observers as the university seeks to staff up amid scrutiny, broader hiring woes across higher ed and budget constraints that persist at many historically Black colleges and universities.
Demands for Accountability
Down 26 players against the University of North Carolina, Florida A&M suffered a blowout loss of 56 to 24 in its Aug. 28 season opener, a game the team debated not playing at all before deciding to make the trip. After the loss, players knelt in protest as Florida A&M’s famed marching band played the university’s fight song. It’s a form of protest that the team has said it plans to continue this season until significant improvements are made around the issues raised.
The letter from the team to Florida A&M president Larry Robinson was dated the same day.
“We came to FAMU to better our lives and we are expressing concerns about impediments to that goal,” the letter read. “We are not interested in further empty dialogue with you or your staff. We want to see changes made now! We have given our bodies and shed blood, sweat and tears on behalf of this institution. It’s time for FAMU to reciprocate the love.”
Florida A&M administrators quickly issued a public response, avowing confidence in the university’s processes. The statement also pointed out that 13 of the university’s 14 athletic teams fully meet the academic progress rate requirements for NCAA compliance.
But as pressure ratcheted up, administrators struck a more conciliatory tone, acknowledging the validity of player complaints about woefully understaffed areas such as academic advising. Now Florida A&M is seeking to add seven new positions in advising and compliance. Additionally, all academic advisers will receive training on athletic compliance—including the 18 who work not only with athletes but also with the broader student population.
Robinson has stopped short of blaming insufficient academic advising for the 26 ineligible players, but he has met with the team and promised to investigate the issues raised in the letter and in conversation.
“We’re letting those who feel like they were misadvised to speak with academic affairs to see what that was and what can be done if that did occur,” Robinson said at a press conference.
Football players aren’t the only ones demanding accountability—so are Florida A&M’s trustees.
In an emergency meeting, the Board of Trustees listened to an update from administrators, then chided them for failing to address the underlying issues that triggered the discontent. Trustees also insisted on greater oversight, including a weekly meeting between Robinson and the board chair.
“A heightened level of accountability is demanded from this board,” said Chair Kelvin Lawson.
Others offered more pointed critiques.
“The alumni base, as well as the trustees, are really getting tired of hearing the cleanup work that is taking place at the university. And we need for you, President Robinson—and I want to be very clear—you, as the leader, we need for you to express to your leadership team that everyone is being held accountable to manage their area and then manage the information to you,” Trustee Otis Cliatt said in the meeting, adding that some issues, such as financial aid delays, are persistent.
At the meeting, Robinson noted that changes are already in motion at Florida A&M. In addition to adding seven new positions—five in compliance and two in academic advising for athletes—the president said the university will add financial support for the summer session, and that the ticket allotment has already been upgraded from two per player per game to four.
Florida A&M has since announced that four players have been reinstated.
Two of those players, Land and Cam Covin, retained attorney Tom Mars, who has a background in such issues. Mars criticized Florida A&M’s “gross negligence” in a statement.
“I don’t think anyone in college sports has ever witnessed a bigger blunder on the part of a university or a more unfair punishment aimed at the players—the only people in this mess who did everything right,” Mars wrote in the statement posted online. “If a parent fails to file a tax return, the IRS doesn’t punish their kids. But this is the college sports equivalent of doing just that.”
Florida A&M did not respond to a request for comment seeking details on ongoing eligibility issues but will reportedly request the reinstatement of multiple other players later this week, according to local media.
An Uneven Playing Field
The scrutiny at Florida A&M comes at a time when HBCU football is finally in the spotlight, thanks in part to the presence and efforts of Jackson State University head coach Deion Sanders, an NFL Hall of Famer who has called out professional teams for overlooking talent at HBCUs. Sanders also sent shock waves through the college football world when his team landed the nation’s top-ranked football recruit, beating out big-time NCAA Division I powerhouse programs.
Jackson State, a Florida A&M conference foe, beat the hobbled Rattlers 56 to 3 on Saturday.
Though HBCUs have recently garnered new attention, many struggle with ongoing issues, including a lack of funding and aging infrastructure. In their letter to administrators, Florida A&M players flagged a variety of issues—including food and housing insecurity. And that’s not an issue that Florida A&M struggles with alone; similar concerns were raised at an HBCU presidents’ dinner in Washington, D.C., in August.
Roslyn Clark Artis, president of Benedict College in South Carolina, said at the dinner that she had recently learned that 14 members of her football team were food insecure.
“I brought in a health expert to talk to [the team] about nutrition. And he said, ‘How many of you eat healthy?’ Some students raised their hands, and he said, ‘What about the rest of you? Why don’t you eat?’ And one kid stood up and said, ‘Because I can’t afford to,’” Artis said in August.
Like so many aspects of higher education, athletic programs vary greatly depending on geography, race and financial investment. While some athletes struggle, others have access to professional-level facilities.
For HBCU athletes, little has changed even in the new era of college sports, where players can profit off their name, image and likeness. While University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young signed six-figure deals before even starting a game, HBCU athletes haven’t fielded the same kind of offers, even as many struggle to afford food, housing and other basic needs.
On3, a website that tracks deals and calculates and ranks individual athletes’ NIL value, puts Young’s valuation at $3.2 million. Of the top 100 college football players in On3’s NIL rankings, only three come from HBCUs: all three play for Jackson State, and two of the three are Sanders’s sons. Looking at On3’s NIL rankings for the top 100 college basketball players, only one is at an HBCU, albeit in the top spot. However, that player, Shaqir O’Neal, at Texas State University, has yet to play a game, suggesting his market value is tied less to his on-court performance in college than to his status as the son of NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal.
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Should Professors Still Record Lectures? Maybe. Maybe Not.
The pandemic may be fading, but some students still need accommodations and flexibility, proponents say. Others argue that recorded lectures inhibit class discussion, compromise privacy and threaten faculty intellectual property rights.
When Martha Alibali, professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, first used lecture-capture technology last spring, she worried that her efforts might suppress in-person attendance. Many students still participated in the live class, and they shared thoughts about the policy in conversation and end-of-semester course evaluations.
Those who appreciated the recordings included: students with COVID-19, long COVID, or other health struggles; athletes who traveled for competitions; those who needed to travel for important family events or emergencies; those fasting for Ramadan; one seeking to avoid encountering someone in the building who had harassed her in the past; students for whom English was their second language who wanted to relisten to the lectures; and students reviewing material before exams. Alibali had 109 students; the most watched lecture video was viewed 84 times, and the least watched lecture video was viewed 34 times.
“I was astonished how many times the videos were viewed,” Alibali wrote. “And I did not receive a single email asking me if we ‘did anything important’ in lecture.”
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced in-person students to remote, flexible attendance made possible by recorded lectures. Though vaccines have largely made face-to-face learning possible again, recorded lectures have endured at many institutions. Proponents argue that recorded lectures offer support and flexibility for students in need of reasonable accommodations due to illness, work or family responsibilities. They also see recordings as a supplemental resource for all students during study.
But others argue that recorded lectures inhibit class discussion, compromise student privacy and raise sometimes-unanswered questions about intellectual property. They also fear that access to recordings invite abuse by students seeking to avoid class for unsanctioned reasons. Amid this debate, learning and classroom policies are morphing in real time.
“Silicon Valley is fond of … ‘problem plus technology equals better,’” Neil Richards, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, said. “Anyone who’s even been paying remote attention to what’s happened with digital policy in the evolution of the internet and digital communications technologies over the past 25 years knows that’s just not the case. It’s very, very rare that a new technology will be easily deployed, will solve all of our problems and not create new ones.”
Richards’s students have shared that class recordings “chill their willingness to engage, struggle with difficult material and make mistakes,” especially when discussing controversial topics such as abortion law. He records lectures only in special circumstances, such as when a student requires accommodations due to a disability or during weather emergencies.
But some faculty members, including those who have updated their teaching practices since the start of the pandemic, view class recordings as a public health imperative.
“I am recording all of my classes to encourage students who do not feel well to stay home,” Ann Bartow, law professor at the University of New Hampshire, wrote in an email. “Nobody at my law school is wearing masks and covid remains extant. I have had six or seven students call out sick with COVID already in the first two weeks of class.”
Professors today are in a period of transition. Many are attempting to balance students’ legitimate need for flexibility, given all that has transpired during the pandemic, with what they have historically believed—and many continue to believe—is the best practice for teaching and learning. Many faculty members who record lectures to foster accessibility recognize that students engage differently—often in unproductive ways—with recorded lectures. They sometimes skip parts or watch at double speed. If they watch without having attended class, they pre-emptively forgo the opportunity to ask questions.
This means that many professors who record their lectures do so to offer students latitude about whether to attend in person. At the same time, they develop and communicate policies—sometimes quite restrictive—establishing in-person class as the default. Toni Weiss, senior professor of practice in the Tulane University’s economics department, for example, records class via Zoom but does not consider remote attendees full participants.
“I let [students] know that I am there to engage with the people in the room, so while they are free to Zoom in, I won’t be looking at the chat or interacting with the Zoom people,” Weiss recently wrote on the Professional and Organizational Development Network open discussion group. Weiss only allows each student to attend via Zoom up to three times each term out of concern that they may do so for unsound reasons; students can surpass the limit only if they document legitimate reasons.
Some faculty members who have offered their students recorded lectures have experienced steep declines in in-person attendance. For example, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth biology lecturer Ben Winslow tweeted that recorded lectures led to “30 percent attendance and very few views on recordings.” Also, Rachel Germain, a University of British Columbia assistant professor of zoology, tweeted that recorded lectures made it “hard to have any kind of active learning activity.”
The optics and sound quality of recorded in-person lectures are also sometimes subpar. When the camera is set up in the back of the room, the recording often includes the backs of many students’ heads, which can interrupt the view of what’s happening in the front of the room. That’s not all bad, Alibali noted, as the vantage point fosters a degree of anonymity to students who show up in the classroom.
Some institutions, in recognition of the “fluidity of the epidemiological situation on campus,” have offered faculty members detailed guidance on making effective, equitable decisions about access to lecture recordings.
For example, the University of Rochester’s academic policy document, which was updated in August 2022, uses the word “record” 41 times in 16 pages. Video recordings of office hours are discouraged, but faculty members are required to provide lecture recordings or Zoom access to students who miss class due to illness or who need to isolate in place. For politically charged or sensitive class discussions, live, nonrecorded Zoom access is recommended over recordings.
Instructors may enforce in-person attendance policies for those who are not ill or quarantining due to COVID, though they are not permitted to ask students to document illnesses. When class is recorded, instructors are expected to notify students by way of a statement on the syllabus (the preferred method), verbally in the first several classes or in a one-time email to all students. Once all students in the course have received final letter grades, faculty members may delete videos.
“The pandemic has really changed the college landscape for students,” said Alison Kelly, assistant professor of psychology at the University of North Dakota, who co-authored a study published this year on supporting students in the transition from emergency remote teaching back to in-person learning. “They are aware that mental health challenges are here to stay. During the pandemic, they had access [to recorded lectures]. Why shouldn’t that continue?”
Students’ work and study habits changed during remote teaching. The top-two pandemic-era policies they would like to see continued are access to course content (such as video lectures and notes) and flexibility (in attendance policies and due dates), according to the study. During the transition back to in-person learning, many expressed concern about finding reliable transportation to attend class or not being able to slow down or replay an in-class discussion.
Some faculty members, however, are concerned that recorded lectures signal the “Netflixization of academia,” in which they are either spied on or made obsolete.
“I don’t record lectures in order to protect our rights as workers,” Akwugo Emejulu, professor of sociology at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, wrote in a tweet, noting that U.K. higher education is engaged in a protracted labor dispute. “When we withdraw our labour during strikes, no recordings means our past selves can’t be transformed into scabs by management. This is trade unionism 101.”
To this end, some professional associations, including the American Association of University Professors, articulated principles early in the pandemic to guide higher education’s response to the global emergency, including how class recordings may be used.
“Institutions should not take this opportunity to appropriate intellectual property to which they would not otherwise have had access,” the statement said. “Teaching materials moved online because of the one-time emergency created by COVID-19 are not the property of the institution for future use.”
Even faculty who are sympathetic to students’ desires for recorded lectures worry about an abundance of video surveillance. Since the fall of 2021, North Carolina State University has recorded lectures by default. Faculty members who are concerned about storing “not just lectures but every casual remark, every student comment and question” can opt out. But ensuring that the opt-out process was simple required faculty pushback, according to John Millhauser, associate professor of anthropology at N.C. State.
“It’s still disquieting to me that it is opt out as opposed to opt in,” Millhauser said. “This is where the black box of university administration comes in. I don’t know where the decision was made to go opt in versus opt out and whether that was one done with faculty consultation or not.”
The question of whether to record lectures exists at the confluence of conversations about disability accommodations, academic support, student privacy and professors’ intellectual property.
“These are not the kinds of problems where an absolutist solution—either ‘I will never record under any circumstances’ or ‘I will record everything and post it to the web’—is appropriate,” Richards said. “We need nuanced, thoughtful solutions that craft and achieve the kinds of mission-appropriate, program-appropriate learning communities that we want.”
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Trying to Beat the Heat
Colleges and universities are struggling to keep students and local residents cool as a heat wave sweeps the West Coast.
A powerful heat wave that began a week ago is forcing colleges and universities across the West Coast to take extra safety precautions, such as providing additional air-conditioned places to study on campus and advising students on how to recognize heat exhaustion. The high temperatures are also prompting some institutions to provide assistance to surrounding communities dealing with sweltering conditions, wildfires and power outages.
Parts of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Utah are under heat advisories and excessive heat warnings from the National Weather Service. Regions in other states, such as Montana, Oregon and Washington State, have received red-flag warnings, indicating potential wildfires.
Campuses in California have been especially hard hit by the climbing temperatures. Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Aug. 31 because of temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees across the state, reaching at least 110 degrees in some areas. The California Independent System Operator, the corporation managing the state’s power grid, reported in a news release Monday that the grid is under strain and residents can expect repeated power outages unless they reduce their energy use.
Keeping the Heat at Bay
Laney College in Oakland closed its campus Tuesday because of the heat, according to an email sent to students. Online courses were held, but in-person classes were canceled.
“We are continuing to monitor the situation as the heat advisory continues,” the email read.
Mel Ehlers, a sophomore at Laney, didn’t have classes at the college Tuesday and was not affected by the closure, but she was worried it might inconvenience students who rely on campus services, such as the food pantry or on-campus showers.
“One concern I have for my classmates right now is that … many are using the campus for other basic resources,” she wrote in a Twitter message.
The College of Marin posted heat warnings on Twitter last Thursday telling students of expected temperatures at or above 90 degrees through Tuesday.
“Plan ahead and have a buddy system!” the community college tweeted. “During a heat wave, check on medically vulnerable family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.”
Jonathan Eldridge, assistant superintendent and vice president of student learning and success at the College of Marin, said the sustained heat has put a lot of pressure on the cooling systems in some buildings and made them less effective. As a result, some classes were moved to buildings where they wouldn’t normally meet.
“The longer the prolonged heat occurs, the more of that we have to try to coordinate, which obviously creates logistical challenges when most of your rooms are already booked with other activities,” he said.
Some faculty members have also gone out of their way to create air-conditioned areas where students can hang out, he said. For example, the chair of the performing arts department put extension cords, power strips and cold drinking water in the lobby of the performing arts building so students could use it as a lounge.
“Given that students aren’t going to be hanging out at our beautiful picnic tables on campus in this kind of heat, they need somewhere inside to approximate that informal space. So, we need more of that than what we typically would use, so they’re creating some additional temporary spaces like that. Nothing fancy, but something to give students a few extra options.”
The heat poses a particular challenge to campuses where some dormitories lack air-conditioning, such as California State University, East Bay.
The campus has some dorms that have fans but no air-conditioning. The university kept certain buildings open each day of the Labor Day weekend to ensure students, faculty and staff members would have somewhere air-conditioned to go.
“We do have some buildings on campus that are not air-conditioned,” Kimberly Hawkins, news and media manager at Cal State East Bay, said in an email. “We are communicating with our campus community about how they can stay cool, where they can go to beat the heat and what to look out for when it comes to heat exposure.”
She said campus leaders are also trying to conserve power to comply with a Flex Alert, a call for state residents to voluntarily reduce their energy use, by the California Independent System Operator.
“The university is aware and doing what we can to play our part,” she said. “Housing residents have been provided educational messages on how they can take a role in conserving energy and staying cool during this period.”
The older dorms at Pomona College, which make up two-thirds of student housing, lack air-conditioning, said Avis Hinkson, dean of students and vice president of student affairs. Fifty cots have been set up in various air-conditioned places on campus for students to sleep on if their rooms are too warm. There aren’t enough beds for all the students who may need them, but she expects some students will stay with friends off campus or in the campus center, which is being kept open 24 hours a day as a cooling area for students. Water stations and mist machines have also been put up throughout campus as places for students to cool down.
“We know that it may be a short amount of time, but it’s an intense amount of time, so how can we be responsive to students’ needs and be as creative as we possibly can?” she said. “The various cooling stations and cots and all that was really our effort to think outside of the box and provide some opportunities for students to find a cool space on campus.”
Josh Gana, facilities and physical environment director at the Association of College and University Housing Officers–International, said many dormitories in regions with typically temperate or cooler climates were built without air-conditioning to cut costs and make campus residence halls more sustainable.
“It traditionally hasn’t been cost-effective to install air-conditioning in a climate environment where the average temperature doesn’t get super high and when the buildings are used primarily during the cooler season,” said Gana, who also serves as the director of operations for housing and services at the University of Washington. “That’s part of both the design and maintenance cost.”
However, he said campus facilities professionals like himself are increasingly concerned about heat waves. The University of Washington had to issue extra fans to keep visitors attending academic conferences on campus cool this summer and modify employee uniforms because of the heat.
“I think over time we’ve seen in some of those cooler climate areas the average temperature increasing and the number of days that are of heat concern increasing, particularly during the middle of the summer,” he said. “And that has caused institutions to rethink some future-proofing and designs, I think, and some new construction.”
Helping Communities Cool Down
Some colleges and universities have also stepped up efforts to help local residents in surrounding areas cope with the heat.
Pacific Union College, a private liberal arts institution, on Thursday designated an air-conditioned room in its on-campus church as a community cooling center where Napa County residents can cool off, use power outlets and drink ice water, the Napa Valley Register reported. The center could stay open past Sept. 8 depending on the level of need.
Salish Kootenai College, a tribal college in Montana, is operating as a base for firefighters battling nearby wildfires, as it has done repeatedly over the last two years. President Sandra Boham said between 25 and 75 firefighters are staying in tents in the campus parking lot each night and using gym showers, in addition to portable showers brought to campus.
“We try to support the community as much as we can,” Boham said. “And for the last couple of years, with the big fires we’ve had in this area, there’s a need for quite a few people to fight the fires, and so they have to be somewhere. We’re one of the staging areas set up like a camp.”
Boham said it’s possible students and firefighters will be on campus at the same time, depending on how long it takes to put the fires out. But the weather forecast for her area makes her hopeful the temperature will drop by the time fall classes start next week.
“Some of our housing units don’t have air-conditioning,” she said. “That makes it a little tough, but I don’t think we’ll really see a lot of impact from it.”
Gana said he expects campus facilities are going to have to change as heat waves become more common.
“It’s a combination of managing in the current environment and understanding what facilities abilities and limitations you have in your current physical plant, but also planning for the future,” he said. “I think understanding that climate change is occurring and the average temperature is increasing, it is cause for reconsidering design standards and how buildings are built.”
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ACICS, Controversial Accreditor, Gives Up the Fight
After years of battling with the U.S. Education Department under two Democratic presidents, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools said Tuesday that it would end operations by 2024.
ACICS, which at its peak accredited hundreds of for-profit colleges and trade schools, became a visible target of Obama and Biden administration regulators concerned about the quality of those institutions in the wake of the high-profile closures of some of its members. The Obama Education Department stripped the accreditor of federal recognition in 2016, the Trump administration restored ACICS's authority in 2018 and the Biden administration again targeted it for closure within months of taking office.
Last month, Deputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten officially terminated the department’s recognition. While some speculated that the agency would continue its almost decade-long fight for survival, its officials said Tuesday that they would not appeal the Education Department’s ruling.
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China has accused the U.S. government of hacking Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, Bloomberg reported. The university is known for its aeronautics and space research programs.
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Missouri AG Seeks Mizzou J-School Emails
Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt wants emails from University of Missouri School of Journalism professors about the institution's partnership with PolitiFact, The Columbia Missourian reported.
The attorney general’s office requested the emails over the summer using the state’s sunshine law, and the newspaper discovered the records request via a request of its own. The university has not yet turned over the emails, which are going through a standard legal review, the Missourian reported.
Schmitt, who has been attorney general since 2019, is currently running for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
The Columbia Missourian, which the university supports financially, began working with PolitiFact in 2015. Schmitt’s office is seeking emails from a PolitiFact editor and two professors who oversaw the partnership that include terms such as “fact-checking,” “fake news” and “Truth-O-Meter,” among others. The professors also serve as editors at the newspaper.
The newspaper reported that the broader search terms could turn up emails “related to the reporting process, including communications about newspaper sources and story drafts.”
“There are some real concerns when it comes to revealing the work product of journalists,” Mike Hiestand, a senior counsel at the Student Press Law Center, told the newspaper. “I think this raises some serious legal questions.”
Through another records request, the paper learned that the University of Missouri system initially identified more than 5,000 emails that fell under the search terms. That was before Schmitt’s office amended the request to exclude newsletters.
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The guide, released Tuesday, recommends education leaders develop clear campus policies to respond to antisemitism and provide students with a transparent process to report bias incidents. It also suggests incorporating information about antisemitism into diversity, equity and inclusion trainings and staying in regular contact with Jewish student leaders, among other recommendations
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Ole Miss Dining Workers Deride Labor Conditions, Pay
Dining hall employees at the University of Mississippi are the latest staff members to speak up about their working conditions, The Oxford Eagle reported.
In an anonymous letter to students released on Labor Day via social media, a group of employees calling themselves “a few of the folks who cook, serve, and clean in y’alls dining halls and food courts” detailed how increasing enrollment, understaffing and stagnant wages have affected them. They also listed concerns about the quality of food served to students. The university contracts with Aramark, a publicly traded food services company, to run its dining services. The letter didn’t detail how many employees were involved with the letter, but the post said the authors wanted to remain anonymous in order to avoid retaliation by the company.
“During Welcome Week this year, one of us had to serve burgers from meat almost a year old,” the letter says. “A rich school like this could be feeding y’all all kinds of high-quality local food, but chooses to ship in the cheapest, dirtiest stuff they can find.”
University of Mississippi administrators disputed that claim and others in a statement Tuesday.
“Since we became aware of the statement posted to social media, we have worked with our partners at Aramark to investigate the validity of each claim,” the statement says. “We have found no evidence to back them up and know some to be false, including those about using outdated products, locally sourced produce and pay ranges. We will continue to investigate and work with Aramark to rectify any issues we identify in a fair and timely manner.”
Aramark officials also refuted the anonymous letter in a statement Tuesday.
“The allegations put forth on social media were inaccurate and misleading. We are committed to sustainability, hospitality, and food quality, and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages consistent with industry and market standards,” the statement read. “We also offer food service career paths within the company where many have grown from frontline roles into the company’s leadership ranks.”
The letter’s authors called on students to support them and advocate for improved working conditions.
“Together, we can make them pay us a living wage and stop gouging y’all on the prices,” the letter says. “We’d all benefit from better ingredients, fully-staffed restaurants, and healthier and happier workers.”
Ole Miss officials announced a record large freshman class this fall, and the letter says the increase in enrollment and understaffing have created a crisis.
The university requires incoming first-year students to purchase a meal plan costing around $2,000 per semester, the Eagle reported. Meanwhile, Aramark pays dining halls employees $8 to $11 an hour, but fast food restaurants in Oxford are paying more, according to the letter.
“We want to treat y’all right, but aren’t given the resources to do that,” the letter says. “When y’all are overcharged, when you have to wait in long lines, when the food doesn’t taste right, we know. But there’s nothing we can do about it.”
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Survey: Students Want Colleges to Be Diverse
At a time when affirmative action is under legal attack, students like it, according to a survey by Niche. In the survey of 21,866 students from the high school Class of 2022, diversity of the college student body was important to 84 percent of students, and the diversity of the faculty and staff was important to 81 percent. Almost half of the students said that a diverse student body was “a must-have feature” on their campus.
On another topic, more students visited a campus prior to enrolling—81 percent but still fewer than the 95 percent pre-pandemic. However, there is a significant disparity; 75 percent of low-income students visited a campus, but 93 percent of highest-income-quintile students did so.
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Building Transparent Statewide Transfer Pathways
Private nonprofit colleges and associations can do more to realize the potential of community college transfer to independent institutions, Loni Bordoloi Pazich, Julia Karon and Daniel Rossman write.
The enormous potential of transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions presents a ray of hope among the pandemic-related enrollment declines, which have particularly affected students from marginalized backgrounds. Many high school graduates are opting out of college, but if they do ultimately enter higher education, it will most likely be through community colleges—historically a primary gateway for returning adults. We have a collective responsibility to ensure those students have clear pathways to complete a bachelor’s degree and access the manifold civic, economic and public-health benefits accompanying degree attainment. Yet efforts to improve transfer among policy makers, funders and institutional leaders overwhelmingly focus on the transitions between two- and four-year institutions in the public sector and overlook the important role of independent not-for-profit colleges and universities, which now enroll almost 20 percent of community college transfer students.
Supporting transfer access to independent colleges has broad implications for strengthening equity in our society. As a sector, independent colleges have higher graduation rates and shorter time to degree compared to public four-year institutions, and this pattern of stronger outcomes at private institutions extends to low-income Pell Grant recipients. Independent colleges are often misperceived as out of reach financially for low-income students because of the daunting sticker price, when in fact they offer more financial aid, making them financially competitive with public institutions. Further, most independent colleges offer a liberal arts education, which recent scholarship has indicated to be associated with increased well-being and participation in civic life as well as improved long-term financial outcomes.
Independent colleges are increasingly grappling with both the imperative and the opportunity to better serve community college transfer students. Yet challenges remain. Perhaps the most serious issue is that independent colleges need to do more to streamline course credit mobility. Loss of credits prolongs time to degree and can have major implications for students’ financial aid eligibility. Lack of clarity around how credits transfer also blunts the impact of investments that institutions might make to become more transfer-friendly, such as establishing centers on campus dedicated to transfer students.
So what can be done differently to promote transfer access to private institutions offering a liberal arts education at scale? A new playbook by Ithaka S+R outlines steps for independent colleges to build statewide transfer pathways based on the efforts of more than 70 such institutions in six states. Statewide transfer pathways can take various forms, from establishing block transfer of general education courses and common prerequisites for liberal arts majors to guarantees of transfer admission and access to institutional grant aid for students who meet eligibility criteria.
While the effects of these pathways have yet to be examined, early evidence points to the potential for impact. For example, 33 independent colleges in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island recently launched transfer admission guarantees for associate degree completers. According to Emily Decatur at the New England Board of Higher Education, who is overseeing this effort, 23 of these colleges recruited more than 500 transfer students to their campuses between spring 2021 and spring 2022. On average, these students transferred in with 61.5 credits and received $4.5 million in institutional grant aid, with full-time students in Connecticut and Rhode Island receiving more than $14,000 on average and full-time students in Massachusetts receiving just under $13,000 on average. These early figures—during a pandemic that has been enormously disruptive for higher education—suggest that transparency for community college students about their eligibility for transfer encourages them to take the next step in pursuing a bachelor’s degree. The transfer admission guarantees are now being implemented by independent colleges in all six New England states as well by those in Minnesota and Oregon.
Statewide transfer pathways present benefits for the receiving institutions (i.e., independent colleges), sending institutions (i.e., community colleges) and, most importantly, for community college students. In order to achieve this trifecta, facilitation by state associations of independent colleges is key. Such organizations are well positioned to align the transfer-related goals of multiple members and provide direction and personnel needed to streamline transfer across the entire sector, serving as hubs for innovation and reform.
Transfer helps meet the needs of four-year campuses looking to diversify their student body and counteract diminished enrollment or attrition, but it does not necessarily meet the needs of community colleges in terms of capturing their contributions to the ultimate success of a baccalaureate completer. Under increasingly common performance-funding policies, community colleges can be unfairly penalized for students who choose to transfer prior to earning the associate degree. Statewide pathways can encourage independent colleges to be better neighbors to community colleges through reverse transfer arrangements and by regularly sharing data with their community college partners that show how transfer students do on their campuses. Independent colleges can also build on community colleges’ existing transfer curricula for public four-year institutions when designing their own pathways, which streamlines advising for community colleges.
Pursuing statewide transfer pathways is also beneficial for community college students. They open a range of transfer destinations for students, who can utilize the same lower-division coursework for multiple four-year institutions rather than having to customize their coursework for each institution to which they might wish to transfer. This is especially true for first-generation and low-income students who may be less familiar with the complex process of ensuring their credits are maximally applied toward baccalaureate degree requirements. Many independent colleges are justifiably proud of the flexibility they offer to transfer students. But Darcie Harvey, who served as a transfer policy consultant for a grant-funded project at the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, has observed that what students really seek is transparency. Having a common transferable core of community college courses embraced by independent colleges maximizes both flexibility and transparency.
Loni Bordoloi Pazich is program director for institutional initiatives at the Teagle Foundation, which aims to support and strengthen liberal arts education. Julia Karon and Daniel Rossman are, respectively, a former analyst and a senior researcher on the educational transformation team at Ithaka S+R, a not-for-profit research and consulting group.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Monday when an SUV pulled into the motorcycle’s path, Delaware State Police said.
The crash happened on Limestone Road in the Wilmington area, when the driver of a northbound Honda CRV made a U-turn into the path of a southbound Harley Davidson motorcycle, a police said in a news release.
The motorcyclist moved onto the right shoulder to avoid a crash, but the Honda also moved onto the shoulder to pull into Carousel Park. The motorcycle hit the Honda, then the curb and the motorcyclist was thrown from the motorcycle, police said.
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J.P. Morgan works with Datamaran to integrate data-driven and dynamic double materiality into its ESG integration process
LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datamaran, a leading ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) risk management platform, announced today a collaboration with J.P. Morgan to provide insights into investment opportunities using a double materiality approach to ESG integration, delivered via J.P. Morgan's new digital platform, "ESG Discovery."
Ranked the top global research firm by Institutional Investor, J.P. Morgan will leverage Datamaran to power ESG Discovery – its digital platform enabling investors to gain timely, high-quality information on material ESG risks and opportunities at both a company and sector level on an ongoing basis, complemented by input from J.P. Morgan's Equity Research team.
ESG Discovery uses Datamaran's patented technology, to establish a first-of-its-kind ESG integration process based on double materiality, which considers the importance of ESG issues from two perspectives: financial and impact materiality. Datamaran has worked with J.P. Morgan to create their own materiality assessment models, utilizing data that comes from corporate disclosures, mandatory regulations, voluntary policy initiatives, and online media. Together, these sources capture signals on sentiment and anticipate which emerging topics are positioned to have an impact on financial markets.
Datamaran is a world leader in technology solutions for data-driven materiality and ESG risk management, providing the first ever double materiality application. Powered by artificial intelligence, it brings a dynamic approach to materiality, risk management, board oversight, and reporting of ESG-related issues. The world's top companies trust Datamaran to understand and keep a pulse on ESG risks and opportunities and help C-suite executives gain a clear position and strategy.
"ESG Discovery will provide J.P. Morgan's sector analysts with the unique ability to assess ESG issues according to a clients' own ESG priorities, providing in-depth, fundamental and forward-looking opinions on ESG performance, which are increasingly important to our clients," said Sophie Warrick, Head of EMEA Equity Research & Co-Head of Global ESG Research, J.P. Morgan. "We believe the double materiality approach serves the diverse and rapidly evolving needs of our clients by addressing a broad range of ESG investment strategies, from ESG integration to impact investing."
With growing recognition and adoption, the double materiality framework helps to ensure alignment between the financial markets and sustainability-oriented policy goals, such as the Paris Agreement.
"For the past seven years, C-Suite executives have trusted Datamaran to drastically improve how they address ESG," said Datamaran's CEO Marjella Lecourt-Alma. "We're thrilled that J.P. Morgan is using this unique approach to accelerate strategic business opportunities on ESG through ESG Discovery. Looking at material risks from both a financial and wider sustainability perspective is becoming standard practice for investors and companies, and they both need a credible, robust, and tech-enabled process to achieve that."
This framework enables more dynamic and forward-looking ESG insights, by exploring the links between financial and impact materiality. In addition to incorporating Datamaran analytics into its proprietary model, J.P. Morgan Equity analysts will use the platform to monitor emerging issues and identify those that may have an impact on the financial markets in the future.
Datamaran is the only software analytics platform in the world that identifies and monitors external risks, including ESG. In addition to being trusted by blue-chip companies and top-tier partners, it has been recognized as best practice by the European regulator EFRAG for bringing a data-driven business process for materiality analysis and risk monitoring. In-house - at any time. Datamaran's patented technology offers real-time analytics on strategic, regulatory, and reputational risks, specific to your business and value chain.
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VIKEN, Sweden, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TikoMed today announced the inclusion in bioRxiv* of an in vitro study examining the ability of the company's lead drug candidate ILB® to inhibit infection of human cells by four serotypes of Dengue virus (DENV1-4), two strains of Zika virus (African and Asian) and Yellow Fever virus (vaccine strain YF17D) assessed by immunofluorescence of viral particles. In the study, ILB® potently inhibited infection by all the strains of Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 for ILB® ranging from 31 to 343 μg/ml.
Professor Nicholas Barnes PhD PBPhS (Professor of Pharmacology & CEO, Celentyx Ltd, and one of the world's most highly cited researchers https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2127569) commented:
"It is well recognised that infection by flaviviruses like Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus can lead to catastrophic life-threatening conditions. This emphasises the clinical need for safe and effective medicines to treat these infections. What I find particularly exciting about these results is the effects observed at ILB® concentrations that have been achieved in humans following doses that have been well tolerated. These findings offer hope to the millions of patients that continue to be devastated by flavivirus infections."
TikoMed recently announced the publication of a peer-reviewed, scientific article on the mode of action of ILB®. In multiple preclinical and clinical studies across a variety of neuroinflammation-driven diseases. ILB® both mobilized and modulated naturally occurring tissue repair mechanisms, released heparin-binding growth factors, and restored cellular homeostasis and function.
"These results provide further evidence of the anti-viral potential and unique broad spectrum mechanism of action of TikoMed's ILB® drug platform. We have already initiated clinical development programs for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and islet cell transplantation and plan to consider additional evaluation in other diseases," said Anders Kristensson, CEO of TikoMed.
*bioRxiv is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit research and educational institution. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
For full study details on "A clinical stage LMW-DS drug inhibits infection of human cells by Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever viruses", please access the publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.31.503293v1.full.
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Flaviviruses are responsible for the most abundant arboviral diseases of humans in terms of geographical distribution, morbidity and mortality; at least 2.5 billion people are at risk with, for example, an estimated 100-400 million Dengue infections a year. However, for infections by Dengue, Zika or Yellow Fever virus there are no effective anti-infective drug treatments nor for Dengue or Zika virus a safe effective vaccine and prevention at present focusses on vector (mosquito) control. Whilst symptoms from Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus infection may be mild for some, they are very serious and life threatening for others. For instance, severe Dengue is a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among children and adults in Asian and Latin American countries. Likewise, Zika infection can have catastrophic consequences for pregnant women following the passing of the virus to their foetus with arising miscarriage or birth defects including microcephaly that can be fatal.
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21 relics seized from Met among 58 artifacts returned to Italy
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday the return to Italy of 58 antiquities valued at nearly $19 million in a repatriation ceremony — including 21 artifacts seized from New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The big picture: Among the returned items is a marble head of the goddess Athena, which was looted from a temple and dates back to 200 BCE, and a drinking cup that was smuggled into Switzerland and dates to 470 BCE. Both items ended up in the Met.
What they're saying: District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement Tuesday the antiquities "represent thousands of years of rich history, yet traffickers throughout Italy utilized looters to steal these items and to line their own pockets."
- "For far too long, they have sat in museums, homes, and galleries that had no rightful claim to their ownership," Bragg said.
- Homeland Security Investigations New York acting special agent in charge Ricky Patel added the "treasures of incalculable cultural value" looted and smuggled from Italy were in several cases "passed on to unwitting collectors and museums, unaware of their specious provenance."
Meanwhile, Met spokesperson Ken Wine told CBS News the museum "has been fully supportive of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office investigation and of the return of these object to Italy, based on information recently made available to the Met." | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/21-relics-seized-from-met-among-58-artifacts-returned-to-italy | 2022-09-07T08:01:42Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/21-relics-seized-from-met-among-58-artifacts-returned-to-italy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The cleanest shirt among the dirty laundry . That continues to best describe the dollar as it is ripping across the board once again in trading this week, and today is no different. The greenback is sitting firmer across the board and is pushing certain boundaries as noted earlier:
With risk sentiment staying more sluggish and dollar sentiment staying more bullish, it is hard to fight the current momentum. EUR/USD
EUR/USD
The EUR/USD is the currency pair encompassing the European Union’s single currency, the euro (symbol €, code EUR), and the dollar of the United States (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many euros are needed in order to purchase one dollar. For example, when the EUR/USD is trading at 1.2, it means 1 euro is equivalent to 1.2 dollars. Why the EUR/USD is the Most Popular Trading PairCompared to all tradable currencies, the euro (EUR) is the world’s second most traded currency, behind only the US dollar. This currency pair is the most traded and liquid currency pair on the market.As the most popular trading pair, the EUR/USD is a staple of every brokerage offering and often has some of the lowest spreads relative to other pairs. Ultimately, the currency follows the two most economic blocs in the world and sees the most volume for this reason.The EUR/USD has a wide range of factors that influence its rates. From the EUR side, economic data in the Eurozone as well as internal factors in the bloc can easily impact rates. Even small member states can effectively weigh on the EUR, as seen in Greece during bailout talks in the 2010s. Alternatively, developments in the United States and the Federal Reserve commonly affect the EUR/USD. Many examples include the bailouts during the Financial crisis, tax cuts during the Trump Administration, and Covid-19 relief measures, among others.
The EUR/USD is the currency pair encompassing the European Union’s single currency, the euro (symbol €, code EUR), and the dollar of the United States (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many euros are needed in order to purchase one dollar. For example, when the EUR/USD is trading at 1.2, it means 1 euro is equivalent to 1.2 dollars. Why the EUR/USD is the Most Popular Trading PairCompared to all tradable currencies, the euro (EUR) is the world’s second most traded currency, behind only the US dollar. This currency pair is the most traded and liquid currency pair on the market.As the most popular trading pair, the EUR/USD is a staple of every brokerage offering and often has some of the lowest spreads relative to other pairs. Ultimately, the currency follows the two most economic blocs in the world and sees the most volume for this reason.The EUR/USD has a wide range of factors that influence its rates. From the EUR side, economic data in the Eurozone as well as internal factors in the bloc can easily impact rates. Even small member states can effectively weigh on the EUR, as seen in Greece during bailout talks in the 2010s. Alternatively, developments in the United States and the Federal Reserve commonly affect the EUR/USD. Many examples include the bailouts during the Financial crisis, tax cuts during the Trump Administration, and Covid-19 relief measures, among others.
Read this Term continues to flirt with the 0.9900 handle and the general feeling is that it may be a matter of time before we see an extended drop lower.
The ECB will be the key risk event this week but do watch out for Fed speakers before the FOMC blackout period begins, and that will certainly be interesting with US CPI data next week coinciding with that. So, if the Fed does want to communicate any firm messages before their next meeting, the next few days will be crucial.
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- Eurostoxx -0.5%
- Germany DAX -0.7%
- France CAC 40 -0.7%
- UK FTSE -0.8%
- Spain IBEX -0.6%
This more or less erases the gains from yesterday as European indices are mirroring the late drop in Wall Street overnight. US futures are also struggling, with S&P 500 futures seen down 0.2% and that is weighing on the overall risk mood as well. A stronger dollar is also a catalyst that is keeping a drag on sentiment so far this week, adding to the energy crisis in the region and global economic worries. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-open-lower-to-start-the-day-20220907/ | 2022-09-07T08:02:56Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-open-lower-to-start-the-day-20220907/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Recently Chili’s Bar and Grill shocked everyone by announcing to their Twitter followers that they would be having an official Barbz Day to celebrate Nicki Minaj’s recent VMA performance.
The only way to celebrate Nicki’s #VMAs performance is Barbz day @ Chili’s – September 7th… see you there 💋💖
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) August 29, 2022
the tea has been spilled 👀👀 https://t.co/BEkVR8F0nR
— Chili's Grill & Bar (@Chilis) September 4, 2022
For those who missed the show, Minaj came out in a Harajuku Barbie-inspired look performing “All Things Go,” a song that breaks down some of her experiences in the industry and also some past hurts that shaped her reality. It’s also a song that encourages people to keep going despite their circumstances. She ended it with her famous line, “I look beyond what people say and then I see intent, then I just sit back and decipher what they really meant.”
She quickly transitioned to “Roman’s Revenge” featuring Eminem where her alter ego took over and showed her range as a rapper. Minaj also performed her iconic verse on the song “Monster” by Ye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Bon Iver. She performed”Beez In The Trap” and then “Chun-Li” accompanied by her backup dancers n a life-size doll house.
Of course, Minaj went back to channeling her Barbie persona by performing the majority of the song “Moment 4 Life” which peaked within the Top 40 on the Hot 100 back in 2010. Right before Drake’s verse, she transitioned to performing her certified Diamond record by the RIAA “Super Bass” which was top 10 in multiple countries selling over 10 million units.
Soon after she performed “Anaconda” which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2014. This led to the performance of her most recent hit single “Super Freaky Girl” which debuted on her fifth studio album, Queen Radio: Volume 1, this year. This album can be described as a compilation of multiple hit songs for every Minaj fan.
Minaj has won seven VMAs over the the last 12 years. Her most recent award was the Micheal Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Watch her best MTV performances here, and let us know if you’ll be attending Barbz Day at Chili’s. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/chilis-invites-the-barbz-out-to-celebrate-nicki-minajs-vma-performance/ | 2022-09-07T08:03:42Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/chilis-invites-the-barbz-out-to-celebrate-nicki-minajs-vma-performance/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Elliott Wilson is one-half of “Rap Radar,” the hip-hop podcast that brings in the culture’s biggest names. Over the the years, the show has welcomed guests like Jay-Z, Will Smith and Drake, among others. It’s the only American long-form podcast Drake has appeared on.
At the 2022 Made in America festival in Philadelphia, Wilson spoke to rolling out about what makes Jay-Z special, and the advice he would give to up-and-coming podcasters.
How does it feel to be at Made in America?
It’s lovely, I love it. My wife sent me a picture of me being here 10 years ago, and I didn’t realize that was the first one. Ten years strong, Made in America is special, man. Shout-out [to] Hov, shout-out [to] Dez, shout-out to the whole Roc Nation team, man. [It was] special.
What makes Jay-Z special as a person, beyond his artistry?
Drake had that line of “lead the league in scoring, but look at my assists.” I feel that way about Jay. Hov’s actually great, but also extended the great[ness] of others, like that last verse on Khaled’s [new song and] album [God Did]. … To be great, you’re not only lifting yourself up, but you touch other lives. You enhance people, you build up others. It’s not about just you. …We are the culture, we can create our own platforms, have our own festivals. We don’t need that validation, per se. We can build our own platform, and now you see we got Bad Bunny [performing] tonight. He’s the biggest artist in the world right now and he’s headlining Made in America, so stay focused.
What advice do you have for people who are trying to build an audience for their podcasts?
Figure out your lane. I think the great thing about podcasting right now is that what Joe does, what Nore does, what Gillie and Wallo do, what Rap Radar does, what Rory & Mal do, it’s all different and distinctive. That’s how you have to figure it out. How am I going to be a different voice in this culture? I know what these people do, what’s different? We need more women’s voices, we need other regions’ perspectives on what’s going on in the culture. We need more things, not even just about solely hip-hop, R&B music and other parts of the culture. World music as the world shifts, so figure out the lane that’s not being done and tap into that. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/elliott-wilson-of-rap-radar-says-this-trait-makes-jay-z-a-great-person/ | 2022-09-07T08:03:48Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/06/elliott-wilson-of-rap-radar-says-this-trait-makes-jay-z-a-great-person/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cancers Before the Age of 50 on the Rise Globally, Study Warns
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In light of concerning cancer trends over the last few decades, a new study sought to answer the question of whether early-onset cancer — defined as cancer diagnosed before the age of 50 — should be considered a global epidemic. This is in light of the fact that with every generation born into a new decade, there are higher chances of developing cancer relatively earlier than the previous decade’s generation.
Published on Tuesday in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, the research looked at possible reasons for rising early-onset cancer incidences. Lifestyle factors — such as poor sleep, worsening food quality, and changes in risk-factor exposure since the 20th century could be some of the reasons, as per several other studies the researchers analyzed. They also found the risk to be climbing across 14 different types of cancers — a fact that makes it unlikely that early screenings alone are responsible for the numbers.
Early exposure to the said risk factors is key here. The study points out how bright lights in cities impair sleep patterns in children. Not only that, exposure to alcohol, smoking, sedentary lifestyles, and “Westernized diets”, among others, in adolescence manifest as illnesses later in life.
Another factor pertains to changing gut microbe compositions. “Among the 14 cancer types on the rise that we studied, eight were related to the digestive system. The food we eat feeds the microorganisms in our gut,” said Tomotaka Ugai, from the department of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, whose researchers conducted the study.
Previous studies have also found that colorectal cancers are rapidly increasing in younger people — even those in their 20s. Changes in people’s gut microbiomes could be one big reason why; things like diet, medication, and other comorbidities are implicated in this. Environmental factors also play a role in changing people’s gut microbiome composition, as studies have shown.
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A limitation of the study is that it didn’t have sufficient data to analyze early-onset cancer in low-and-middle-income countries. But this doesn’t change what the trends show: “…although available data on the incidence of early- onset cancers in low- income and middle- income countries are currently limited, the rise of early- onset cancers is likely to be increasingly prominent in those countries, potentially leading to a global early- onset cancer pandemic,” the paper states.
Some stats help put this into perspective. Other research has looked into the rise of processed, sugary foods across the world — particularly in low-and-middle-income countries, where fewer health regulations allow corporations to market ultra-processed food. Exposure to smoking is on the rise too — as tobacco companies specifically target children in low-middle income countries using strategies designed to attract them to cigarettes.
Then, climate change is also a looming threat. A Lancet analysis of five major studies projected that environmental toxins, disruptions in food supplies, and ultraviolet radiation is likely to increase the global cancer burden — with collapsing healthcare systems catalyzing the impact.
The findings then speak to the urgent need to revamp healthcare systems to accommodate the rising cancer burden. Some research has even pointed out that younger people diagnosed with cancer are failed by the inaccessibility of the healthcare system, which makes treatment too expensive.
Recognizing early-onset cancer as a global epidemic — or even a pandemic — then not only requires healthcare interventions in terms of treatment, but also holistic changes in public policies that can reduce dangerous exposures that increase these risks. Food security, income security, and public infrastructure to facilitate movement and health are key. | https://theswaddle.com/cancers-before-the-age-of-50-on-the-rise-globally-study-warns/ | 2022-09-07T08:11:33Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/cancers-before-the-age-of-50-on-the-rise-globally-study-warns/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consistently empowering MSMEs growth in Indonesia, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (IDX: BBRI) has successfully assisted them in bringing their products in front of thousands of visitors at the largest Eurasian cultural festival in the world, the Tong Tong Fair, at the Center of The Hague, Netherlands, from 1 September to 12 September 2022.
Empowering MSMEs to compete in the global market is a long journey. BRI has been taking part in educating MSMEs to implement professional financial management, marketing, branding to find stories behind their products thus increasing product uniqueness and competitiveness. BRI has also been assisting MSMEs to go digital to widen their market shares.
"We need to support the MSMEs directly because merely submitting funds is not enough. BRI continues to strive for local MSMEs to recognize their full potential and penetrate the global market. One of our efforts is bringing them to the Tong-Tong Fair," said Amam Sukriyanto, Director of Small and Medium Business BRI.
In addition, BRI carries out a business matching strategy to bring together consumers from abroad with local MSMEs through the MSME EXPO(RT) BRILIANPRENEUR, an annual event to support MSMEs to go global.
In 2021, the BRIlianpreneur EXPO(RT) recorded a total transaction of US$72.13 million business-matching transactions, exceeding the company's set target of US$65 million. 110 buyers from 31 countries, including the United States, the European Union, the Middle East, Australia, etc. attended the event.
"MSMEs in Indonesia have enormous potential with a variety of unique products that are favored by international consumers. Our goal is for MSMEs to develop the best-quality products in line with market needs," added Amam.
In Q2 2022, BRI's MSME loan portfolio grew by 9.81% year-on-year (YoY) from IDR 837.82 trillion in Q2 2021 to IDR 920 trillion in Q2 2022, making the proportion of MSME loans compared to BRI's total loans to 83.27%. Furthermore, BRI managed to disburse loans of IDR 1,104.79 trillion (8.75% YoY growth) in the same period.
The entire credit sector recorded a positive increase, with the main pillars being the micro segment (15.07% growth), the consumer segment (5.27%), the corporate segment (3.76% growth), and the small and medium segment (2.71% growth).
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SANTA FE, N.M, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- La Fonda Holdings, LLC, is today providing notice of a data security incident at La Fonda on the Plaza that resulted in the removal of certain data from the hotel's computer systems.
On August 18, 2022, La Fonda on the Plaza became aware that an unknown third party had gained unauthorized access to the hotel's computer systems and disrupted access to certain servers and workstations. Upon discovery, La Fonda took immediate action to shut down unauthorized access and remediate the problem. The hotel retained outside IT security and forensics experts to assist in a thorough investigation of what happened and to restore secure operations. Within two days, primary computer systems and data were restored using available backups, and normal business operations resumed.
As part of the ongoing investigation, it was determined that the intruder appears to have removed certain company data from the hotel's systems. To date, La Fonda has received no indication that customer data was included. However, this is a recent incident, and the situation is subject to change.
Anyone with questions about this incident is encouraged to visit the La Fonda website, www.lafondasantafe.com, for more information.
"La Fonda sincerely regrets that this incident occurred and is treating the matter with the highest priority and urgency, as we take the security and privacy of the data entrusted to us by our hotel guests, partners and staff very seriously," said Rik Blyth, Vice President and General Manager. Blyth said the hotel is working with law enforcement and sharing information for their investigation, and also is notifying state regulators as well as the major credit reporting agencies.
In addition to independent IT security and forensics experts, La Fonda has retained data security legal specialists to conduct a thorough investigation and recommend all appropriate actions in response. The company has taken a number of steps to further safeguard La Fonda's systems, including isolating and rebuilding affected equipment, executing global password resets, enabling geo-blocking, and installing advanced threat detection using Carbon Black, which is monitored 24/7 by an outside security operations center.
The hotel encourages individuals to remain vigilant against identity theft and fraud and to seek protection against possible theft or financial loss by regularly reviewing their financial account statements, credit reports, and explanations of benefits for suspicious activity.
The following information is provided in accordance with certain state legal requirements.
Credit Reports. We encourage you to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud by reviewing your account statements, explanation of benefits, and monitoring your free credit reports for suspicious activity and to detect errors. Under U.S. law, you are entitled to one free credit report annually from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus. To order your free credit report, visit www.annualcreditreport.com or call, toll-free, 1-877-322-8228. You may also contact the three major credit bureaus directly to request a free copy of your credit report.
Fraud Alerts. At no charge, you can also have these credit bureaus place a "fraud alert" on your file that alerts creditors to take additional steps to verify your identity prior to granting credit in your name. Note, however, that because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you, it may also delay your ability to obtain credit while the agency verifies your identity. As soon as one credit bureau confirms your fraud alert, the others are notified to place fraud alerts on your file. Should you wish to place a fraud alert, or should you have any questions regarding your credit report, please contact any one of the agencies listed below:
Equifax
P.O. Box 105069 Atlanta, GA 30348 1-800-525-6285 www.equifax.com
Experian
P.O. Box 2002 Allen, TX 75013 1-888-397-3742
www.experian.com
TransUnion
P.O. Box 2000 Chester, PA 19016 1-800-680-7289
www.transunion.com
Security Freeze. You may also place a security freeze on your credit reports. A security freeze prohibits a credit bureau from releasing any information from a consumer's credit report without the consumer's written authorization. However, please be advised that placing a security freeze on your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prevent the timely approval of any requests you make for new loans, credit, mortgages, employment, housing, or other services. If you have been a victim of identity theft and you provide the credit bureau with a valid police report, it cannot charge you to place, lift, or remove a security freeze. In all other cases, a credit bureau may charge you a fee to place, temporarily lift, or permanently remove a security freeze. Fees vary based on where you live, but commonly range from $3 to $15. You will need to place a security freeze separately with each of the three major credit bureaus listed above if you wish to place a freeze on all of your credit files. In order to request a security freeze, you will need to supply your full name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, current address, all addresses for up to five previous years, email address, a copy of your state identification card or driver's license, and a copy of a utility bill, bank or insurance statement, or other statement proving residence. To find out more on how to place a security freeze, you can use the following contact information:
Equifax Security Freeze
P.O. Box 105788 Atlanta, GA 30348 1-800-685-1111
www.freeze.equifax.com
Experian Security Freeze
P.O. Box 9554 Allen, TX 75013 1-888-397-3742
www.experian.com/freeze/
TransUnion
P.O. Box 2000 Chester, PA 19016 1-888-909-8872
freeze.transunion.com
Additional Information. You can further educate yourself regarding identity theft, security freezes, fraud alerts, and the steps you can take to protect yourself against identity theft and fraud by contacting the Federal Trade Commission or your state Attorney General. The Federal Trade Commission can be reached at: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580; www.identitytheft.gov; 1-877-ID-THEFT (1-877-438-4338); and TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The Federal Trade Commission encourages those who discover that their information has been misused to file a complaint with them. Instances of known or suspected identity theft should be promptly reported to law enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission, and your state Attorney General. You have the right to file a police report if you ever experience identity theft or fraud. Please note that in order to file a crime report or incident report with law enforcement for identity theft, you will likely need to provide some kind of proof that you have been a victim. This notice has not been delayed as the result of a law enforcement investigation.
New Mexico Residents: You have rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, such as the right to be told if information in your credit file has been used against you, the right to know what is in your credit file, the right to ask for your credit score, and the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. Further, pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information; consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information; access to your file is limited; you must give your consent for credit reports to be provided to employers; you may limit "prescreened" offers of credit and insurance you get based on information in your credit report; and you may seek damages from a violator. You may have additional rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act not summarized here. Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have specific additional rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. You can review your rights pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act by visiting www.consumerfinance.gov/f/201504_cfpb_summary_your-rights-under-fcra.pdf, or by writing Consumer Response Center, Room 130-A, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (ii) between June 16, 2021 and April 26, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 12, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Molecular Partners securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Molecular Partners class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7548 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 12, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, the IPO documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) ensovibep was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; (2) accordingly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (3) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (4) as a product candidate, MP0310 (AMG 506), in development for the treatment of certain types of cancer, was less attractive to Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") than defendants had led investors to believe; (5) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (6) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (7) as a result, the IPO documents and defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Molecular Partners class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7548 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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