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Mossad chief: Nuclear deal won't give Iran "immunity" from Israeli operations
Mossad director David Barnea said at a counterterrorism conference Monday that the Israeli spy agency will continue its operations against Iran even if a nuclear deal is signed.
Why it matters: The Israeli government is opposed to a U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal. President Biden told Prime Minister Lapid the U.S. won't tie Israel's hands and prevent it from acting against Iran if a nuclear deal is reached.
What they're saying: "Even if a nuclear deal is signed it will not give Iran immunity from the Mossad operations," Barnea said. "We won't take part in this charade and we don't close our eyes to the proven truth."
- He added that Iran's leadership must understand that any direct or indirect attack against Israel or against Israeli citizens will be answered with "a painful retaliation" against those responsible.
- "We will not go after the proxies but against those who gave them the orders, funded them and armed them and we will do it on Iranian soil," Barnea said.
The other side: A spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry responded to Barnea's comments in his daily press briefing, saying: "We do not expect a terrorist regime anything other than terrorist actions."
State of play: The indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran through European Union mediators on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal entered a stalemate again after the Iranian government's latest response was described by American officials as a step backwards.
- France, Germany and the U.K. issued a joint statement on Saturday stressing they had serious doubt about the Iranian government's intentions and commitment regarding the return to the nuclear deal after the latest Iranian response.
- A senior Israeli official said in a briefing with Israeli reporters on Sunday that Israel's government believes that currently no nuclear deal is going to be signed before the U.S. midterm elections on November 8th.
What's next: The International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors is convening on Monday in Vienna to discuss the Iranian nuclear program. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/12/israel-mossad-operations-iran-nuclear-deal | 2022-09-12T09:13:49Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/12/israel-mossad-operations-iran-nuclear-deal | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Robert Olivarez has a special feeling every time he steps on the grounds of a new addiction recovery center in the heart of Paola, Kansas.
Olivarez, vice-president of operations for Arista Recovery, said it chose the 38-acre facility after researching the rapidly rising number of overdose deaths in Kansas and Missouri. The grounds were formerly operated by the Ursuline Sisters of Paola, making the transition to a place of healing a fitting one, he said.
The official opening, set for mid-September, comes during National Recovery Month, and the ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony fell on International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31.
"What is Arista?" Olivarez pondered Wednesday at the ceremony. "To me, it's a culmination of these amazing, dedicated people that show up every day for one purpose and that purpose is to serve our community and help a population that for one reason or another has not been able to help themselves."
The facility will offer detox and inpatient services for up to 80 residents. An outpatient facility in Overland Park is already up and running, helping address the alarming increases in drug overdose deaths in Kansas and Missouri.
According to provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kansas recorded a jump from 476 overdose deaths in 2020 to 680 in 2021. The 43% rise marked the second largest percentage increase in the country, behind only Alaska. Since 2016, the number of overdose deaths in the state has doubled.
In Missouri, drug overdoses were the leading cause of death among adults aged 18 to 44. Over 70% of those drug overdose deaths involved opioids.
"The need (for this facility) has always been there, whether that need has been recognized or not," said Greg Plakias, a spokesperson for Arista. "Now, how do we get the word out there so that folks know that they can get help."
On the grounds, residents will have access to group and individual therapy and unique options like equine and sand immersion therapy. The facility boasts a gym, wellness lab, small salon and other amenities.
Plakias said the all-encompassing approach is intended to address not just the addictions but underlying traumas affecting residents' mental wellness.
"Everything's connected — the mind, the body, the spirit — but also addiction is about being disconnected from yourself, disconnected from your peers," Plakias said. "Recovery is about how do I get that connection back and that's what we hope to do here."
"I don't know anyone that hasn't been affected by substance abuse, whether directly or indirectly," said Paola Mayor Leigh House. "This facility will provide a much-needed service and a big step in the right direction for the fight against substance abuse."
While opioids and heroin at one time drove the addiction and overdose crisis, fentanyl has now become one of the nation's most pervasive drug problems. In hospitals, it's used to treat severe pain after surgery or in cases of advanced-stage cancer.
When found on the streets, the synthetic opioid is typically not pharmaceutically manufactured and often can be found mixed with other drugs like cocaine, methamphetamines and sometimes marijuana. Drug users are often unaware these drugs are laced with fentanyl, which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
Scott Silverman, CEO of Confidential Recovery in San Diego, an outpatient drug rehabilitation facility, said the fentanyl problem needs addressing from the ground up. That means starting with peer-to-peer interactions and education.
Silverman said roughly 15% of the country's population experiences some form of addiction. However, only 10% of those with a substance abuse issue are receiving treatment, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
"If a community is spending 1% of its time on this topic, but it's impacting 80% of the community one way or another, we have to spend a lot more time, a lot more energy, and do a lot more information sharing," Silverman said.
Unless the issue is given the same concerted attention given to COVID-19, Silverman predicted the crisis could surpass the death tolls seen at the height of the pandemic.
Brit Buell, a therapist at University Health Recovery Health Services in Kansas City, touted the importance of naloxone, often referred to as Narcan. He said the medication can reverse overdoses from opioid medications, including heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids.
Signs of an overdose may include constricted pupils, loss of consciousness, slow or no breathing, choking sounds, limp body, and cold, clammy or discolored skin. The CDC recommends treating situations with these symptoms present as an overdose if someone is unsure.
"It's not just this moral problem," Buell said. "At this point, it's been a medical disease for over 40 years, and it's been recognized as such. That's how we treat it." | https://www.kcur.org/health/2022-09-12/a-new-kansas-treatment-center-strives-to-provide-a-healing-hand-in-time-for-national-recovery-month | 2022-09-12T09:17:50Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/health/2022-09-12/a-new-kansas-treatment-center-strives-to-provide-a-healing-hand-in-time-for-national-recovery-month | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A triangle of seemingly unending chaos and a sign declaring “Old Westport” greets drivers at the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and Westport Road, where the two busy thoroughfares crisscross with both 43rd Street and Belleview Ave.
Here’s what Kansas Citians say about this intersection: “Triangle of death.” “It scares me to death.” “Absolutely god awful.” “I feel like I will die there every time.”
In late August, a user on the Kansas City subreddit asked the simple question: “What is the most cursed intersection in Kansas City?”
The thread quickly became a pile-on. Redditors pointed out more than 40 “cursed” locations within the metro, complaining about a lack of safe crosswalks, confusing lanes, prohibited left turns and the tendency of drivers to speed through without caution.
The answer that generated by far the most agreement — and hatred — was Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway. But it’s far from the only intersection frustrating drivers, bikers and pedestrians alike.
Among the other most mentioned were:
- East 39th Street and Gillham Road
- Southwest Trafficway and West 39th Street
- Roanoke Parkway, Belleview Avenue and Ward Parkway
- and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Cherry Street and Rockhill Road.
Kansas City Councilman Eric Bunch understands the frustration many residents feel about what he calls the city’s “challenging” intersections.
“People have kind of preordained ideas of what an intersection should look like,” he says. “And when you add in different ways to get through, it becomes confusing.”
Cars at the expense of everyone else
At East 31st Street and Van Brunt Boulevard, pedestrians hesitate to cross the street. The intersection resembles a rectangle interrupted by a triangle and a cloverleaf.
In an attempt to calm traffic, seven stoplights pepper the intersection. Still, it’s perilous for drivers and not exactly welcoming to pedestrians either — there are no paths for anyone jogging east, and people have to leapfrog five lanes of cars and two medians just to cross the street.
The white paint marking the crosswalk is fading. No trees offer shade from the relentless sun, and dry, unkempt grass borders the sidewalks.
If you’re approaching in a car, the only protected left turn is northbound from Emanuel Cleaver II onto 31st — and at some points during the day, all but one left turn are prohibited.
Next to the intersection is a major RideKC transit center with four stops. But Denise Brown, who picks up the bus here every day, says she doesn’t feel safe navigating the street.
“It's very scary because drivers here in Kansas City do not believe that pedestrians have the right of way when they're crossing,” Brown says. “They'll hurry up and turn in front of you. I've almost gotten hit by somebody that was trying to beat traffic and turned in front of me when I had the right of way to cross.”
Brown does all she can to avoid this intersection and instead crosses over at Linwood Boulevard, about a block up.
“I feel it's safer, and it's less traffic and less intersections to have to try to mingle your way through,” she says.
According to Bunch and pedestrian safety advocates, Kansas City’s inhospitable intersections are symptomatic of a larger problem: a streetscape that caters primarily to cars.
“We've established a culture here that, in regards to traffic, the most important thing is moving vehicles quickly, and that has become the expectation,” Bunch says. “That has come with the direct expense of the safety of everyone, not just pedestrians and people on bikes, people waiting for the bus, but the people driving too.”
Southwest Boulevard and Avenida Cesar E. Chavez, underneath I-35 in between the Westside and Crossroads, is another example of a pedestrian-unfriendly intersection.
There’s no signal indicating when it’s safe to cross — what’s called an “uncontrolled crosswalk.” Though there is a “sharrow” (a shared lane marking with a biker and arrows painted on the street to promote sharing the road) there’s no protected bike lane either.
That combination leaves pedestrians and cyclists vulnerable to drivers whizzing by on the 35 mph road, which many cars treat the same as the highway above.
Its shape is fairly straightforward — a triangle with three stoplights. But Abby Kinney, an urban designer at Multi Studio, said it’s too dangerous for the downtown location.
“There's lots of different cars coming from lots of different directions trying to move very quickly — that is fundamentally going to be dangerous,” Kinney said. “People are just trying to use it to commute in and out of the city and move from point A to point B. I think that's the intent of the interstate and highway networks. I think that local streets, to the extent possible, should not be emphasized for that kind of use.”
According to the Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City averaged about 255 fatal car crash injuries from 2015-2020, and an average of about 1,281 serious injury crashes.
During that five-year span, the city also recorded an annual average of 140 pedestrian fatalities and serious injury crashes.
Southwest Trafficway has the misfortune of being listed multiple times on the Kansas City Subreddit’s list of “cursed intersections.” And data shows that this specific road is a hotspot for car crashes, with more than 100 accidents from 2015-2020.
The most dangerous spot was at Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway, which claimed nearly 40 crashes just by itself. Bunch says Southwest Trafficway’s six-lane design is incompatible with the neighborhoods it cuts through.
“The issue is not just the intersection,” Bunch said. “It is essentially building a highway through an historic neighborhood.”
Bunch says that roads with more than two lanes encourage drivers to speed. Along Southwest Trafficway, the speed limit is 35 mph, but drivers often go far over.
With three lanes across in each direction, the road is wide and unfriendly to pedestrians, bikers and those on scooters, who often resort to using the sidewalks instead of the road like they’re meant to.
“That also contributes to this vicious cycle of, pedestrians don't feel comfortable, they don't feel safe,” Bunch says. “People on bikes don't feel safe.”
When weirder is safer
Kansas Citians label as “weird” the kind of streets that make driving difficult for cars, and crossing unsafe for pedestrians. Those are the kind of roads that dominate in a city designed for cars — the metro has 6.7 road miles for every 1,000 residents.
Kinney said drivers deem roads weird” almost anytime they’re not in a standard grid pattern.
But there’s another kind of weird intersection that Kinney actually wants to be more common.
Local governments use what’s called a “road diet” to change the number of driving lanes and add infrastructure: protecting bike lanes, extending curbs, raising crosswalks or adding flashing signs to increase visibility, and building speed humps to disrupt car movement.
These different configurations can reduce the number of cars, and force drivers to slow down and pay more attention to where they’re going. At the same time, they provide more space for pedestrians and cyclists.
“If you look at cities that were built before cars, they're filled with weird intersections,” Kinney said. “What makes them dangerous is trying to overlay the ability to move giant machines through them very quickly.”
Kansas City has been working towards a two-year goal of 30 miles of protected bike lanes by the end of 2022. So far, more than 16 miles have been completed, and spokesperson Sherae Honeycutt says Kansas City is “well on our way to meeting our goal.”
You can see the results along Gilham Road as it intersects with East 39th Street in Midtown, particularly several miles of a protected bike lane that is separated from cars with bollards.
Michael Kelley, policy director at BikeWalkKC, frequently bikes the Gillham track. Since the first section was completed in 2021, Kelley says he’s seen a lot more cyclists, joggers, skateboarders and parents with babies using it.
“That encourages people to drive more carefully and to drive in a manner which not only makes for a calmer environment for people outside the car but gives them more time to react responsibly,” Kelley says.
But Kinney thinks more of the city’s notorious roads could use an intervention, even if they’re not the same solutions.
Some of these improvements are happening as part of Kansas City’s “Vision Zero” effort, which intends to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injury crashes by 2030.
Kansas City Council voted to formally adopt the Vision Zero plan in August, and more intersection improvements are slated in the coming months and years — meaning more bike lanes and road diets.
However, only two “cursed” intersections on the Reddit list — Southwest Trafficway and West 39th, and West 79th and Ward Parkway — are currently included in the list of Vision Zero improvements.
Bunch says the city is using crash data to prioritize its projects. People can add intersections they’d like to see improved to the Vision Zero Engagement Map or voice their concerns on a city survey.
Vision Zero isn’t the only effort underway to make roads more accessible, though.
Kinney says she's developing street improvement plan with the city along Broadway Boulevard, with an eye on key intersections near Westport.
“Broadway has a lot of opportunities to be deemphasized as a thoroughfare that people just use to barrel through town,” Kinney said. “Those types of interventions that deemphasize it as a thoroughfare and reemphasize it as a public space will be different than the more traffic engineering oriented interventions.”
The city is also working on building safer and more connected sidewalks using funding from a bond program approved in 2017. The public can give their opinions on the current state of the city’s sidewalks and give input on new projects through an online survey or at an open house Sept. 13.
Rethinking our streets entirely
Sungyop Kim, a professor of urban design at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, wants to see a grander-scale re-envisioning of the city.
Kim says that improving just a few intersections in a neighborhood with the highest recorded crash frequencies will only make the surrounding streets more dangerous. Instead, he believes they all should be improved in tandem.
“[If] you want to improve one intersection, you reduce the number of traffic lanes and improve the safety environment,” Kim said. “Then what happens? The parallel streets will get the impact.”
Kim says a larger culture shift needs to change behaviors to be more inclusive of non-car users, whom many drivers still view as a nuisance.
“The number of crashes is basically a function of pedestrian and traffic volume,” Kim said. “If you really want to reduce crashes, come up with some ideas about how to reduce the number of vehicles.”
Kim says he’s already seeing this shift in younger generations, who report preferring walkable communities with more transit options.
“Generation X or even Baby Boomers — when they got a job, what was the first thing they (bought)? A car,” Kim says. “(With) this generation, it's not like that. So to me, these new generations prefer to live in more organized areas with less emphasis on vehicles.”
He says the key is making alternatives to driving more appealing.
“Visibility is an extremely important issue,” Kim says. “When you see a lot of people walking around, then you begin to walk too. When people begin to ride bicycles, then a lot of people can join in.”
Kansas City Councilman Eric Bunch, whose district includes Midtown, frequently bikes and walks around the city with his two kids. Though he’s encouraged by recent pivots to prioritize pedestrian safety, he still sees Kansas City for what it is: a car-centric metro.
And he knows firsthand the consequences — like when he brings his kids to school and drivers don’t stop for them at a crosswalk.
At five and nine years old, Bunch’s children already notice the ways their city is unfriendly to even the youngest of pedestrians.
“I think traffic engineers could learn a lot from talking to kids who walk to school and understand why they make decisions on where they walk,” Bunch says. “Even my five-year-old points out things that you don't expect kids to think about, and it's because it's their world, it's their environment. Walking in their neighborhood is something that they enjoy doing, but they have to take some of the bad with the good.” | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-12/whats-the-worst-intersection-in-kansas-city-all-of-them | 2022-09-12T09:17:57Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-12/whats-the-worst-intersection-in-kansas-city-all-of-them | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. roads are more dangerous now than they’ve been in a generation. Traffic fatalities are running at a 20 year high in the U.S., despite the fact that cars are safer than they've ever been. KCUR’s Frank Morris reports that Kansas City is not safe from this grim spike in deaths.
Kansas will speed up its work to seal thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells that can pollute our groundwater and the atmosphere. Kansas News Service reporters Celia Llopis-Jepsen and Blaise Mesa explain.
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Just days after sports betting officially opened in Kansas last week, dozens of people gathered at Hollywood Casino to watch the Chiefs in their first game of the season.
The mood was like any other sports bar – people sat at tables, eating wings and drinking beer – but there was one stark difference: people periodically got up from their seats and placed bets on the game.
Tanner Rome, manager of sports betting at the casino, said he and his team are working on heightening the experience for sports fans – like those coming to watch Chiefs games or races at the neighboring Kansas Speedway – to enjoy.
“We have a really nice lounge back here,” Rome said. “It's got 40-some TVs, lounge chairs, everything. In February when we go to the buffet (being built next door to the sports book room), it'll be a sports bar, so it'll be a whole crazy sports fans atmosphere.”
That atmosphere is one that John Robinson has been waiting for. Until it became legal in Kansas, Robinson went to Iowa to bet on games. He said being able to bet throughout the games makes them more exciting to watch. Now that he’s saving money on gas, he’s looking forward to spending his time at the casino watching and betting on the games.
“I just want to see what the atmosphere is to watch the Chiefs game here,” he said. “You can bet all during the game on, like, who scores first, how many yards [Patrick] Mahomes may throw, so you can do all that live.”
For many watching the games today, the casino felt like an impromptu wach party with new friends included. Stephanie Fisher didn’t place bets herself, but came with her husband who did. She said the betting during the game has made it more interesting for her.
“We don't know anybody we're sitting with, but it's all been nice because everyone just kind of talks to each other,” she said. “We’ll be here a lot.”
The crowd to bet on the Chiefs’ season-opener formed long before the game actually started. The most common bets were on the point spread, which is based on the margin of victory; the money line, which adjusts payouts for picking winners based on how big a favorite (or underdog) the team is; and the over-under, a bet on the number of points both teams will score.
“Anything that can be a positive outcome, you can bet on,” Rome said. “So a lot of people are betting on Mahomes to have over his passing yards, or certain running backs to have under or over their rushing yards. You can do anything, it's a wide range.”
Hollywood Casino is one of four in the state offering in-person sports gambling. Conveniently located just across the state line, the casino will lure some of its clientele from Missouri where sports betting is still illegal.
Matt Nelson is one of those Missouri residents who drove a short distance to bet legally in Kansas.
“I've been gambling for 15 years and those have all been illegal,” Nelson said. “Like, the way that I gamble on the internet is technically illegal (in Missouri). So it's nice to get over here and start putting real money in. It doesn't feel like fake internet money anymore.”
For Nelson, being able to bet on the games is part of the entertainment. To celebrate his first bets of the NFL season, he and his friends came to the casino for a watch party. Nelson placed bets on almost every game on the 45 different high-definition TVs dotting the room.
“College football yesterday was a disaster, so we're hoping to rebound today,” Nelson said. “We got Mahomes to throw a couple touchdowns, [Travis] Kelce to run one in, I got a couple guys for first touchdown scorer.”
The Chiefs were a six-point favorite in their game versus the Arizona Cardinals. Nelson bet over the total of 53.5 points, and when the Chiefs won by a score of 44-21, he also went home a winner. | https://www.kcur.org/sports/2022-09-12/nfl-season-kicks-off-with-a-chiefs-win-and-in-kansas-legal-sports-betting | 2022-09-12T09:18:09Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/sports/2022-09-12/nfl-season-kicks-off-with-a-chiefs-win-and-in-kansas-legal-sports-betting | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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President Xi Jinping is traveling outside China for the first time since the start of the pandemic. He'll meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a security forum meeting in Uzbekistan.
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NPR's A Martinez talks to Cynt Marshall about her memoir: You've Been Chosen. She discusses surviving colon cancer, her rise in corporate America and other events that helped shape who she is today.
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Community Forklift in Maryland is a beloved shopping spot for deals on architectural salvage, but like many such businesses, it's struggling with rising prices for warehouse space.
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U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 and the Stray Cats team take a moment of silence prior to a rugby match in Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 10, 2022. MRF-D and the Stray Cats held a rugby match as a way to come together and commemorate the events from Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph DiPietro, the headquarters company commander, Command Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, runs the ball during a rugby match in Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 10, 2022. MRF-D and the Stray Cats held a rugby match as a way to come together and commemorate the events from Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)
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Hutchinson: 49ers collapse against Bears in error-riddled, confounding opener
“It will be a game the 49ers will want to forget, desperately, but one they’ll have to rewind, painfully, to improve on. With a projected brutal second half of the season, this was supposed to be a scheduled win. That it was not may require some soul-searching.”
Hutchinson: Trey Lance took the blame, but this wasn’t on him
“While there’s not much to feel good about after Sunday, he had some positive moments and a postgame tenor that was simultaneously self-critical and optimistic about the rest of the season.”
49ers-Bears: How Kyle Shanahan, Trey Lance, Nick Bosa reacted to disappointing Week 1 loss
“We’re just going to keep our head up, keep grinding,” Lance responded. “It’s a long season. Sixteen more of these things in the regular season, so I’m excited for next week. Those guys did a great job up front. They did a great job. Receivers made a bunch of plays. Running backs made a bunch of plays. I’ve just got to be better.”
Penalties and mistakes, not Trey Lance, main reasons San Francisco 49ers are 0-1
“Absolutely not,” right tackle Mike McGlinchey said. “Not in those conditions. I would never hold any of that against him. But as for our performance as a team, the game shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place.”
Barrows: How the 49ers sank themselves with penalties, gaffes in opening loss to Bears (paywall)
“We killed ourselves,” Warner said.”
Lombardi: An annoyed Nick Bosa laments the 49ers’ mistakes in ugly loss to Bears (paywall)
“Until then, Bosa will remain irritated — possibly by the Chicago rain and definitely by Sunday’s blown lead and ugly defeat to the underdog Bears. The 49ers’ D-line was as dominant as advertised at first, and then it was neutralized in largely self-inflicted fashion. There might be nothing that annoys Bosa more than that.”
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“It’s hard enough to play against the opposing team,” left tackle Trent Williams said. “It’s even harder when you play against yourself.”
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“Sometimes, the quarterback has to be the difference-maker, especially if you traded three first-round picks to move up to draft him.”
“Trent Williams, probably the team’s most respected veteran and the straightest shooter, was standing about 15 feet away from Lance during this short monologue and heard all of it. A little later, I asked Williams what he made of this 22-year-old publicly assuming all of the blame for this vastly disappointing outcome.
“It’s why they handed him the keys to the organization,” Williams said. “He’s a mature dude. He’s a great teammate. That doesn’t surprise me. That’s why he’s here.”
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Executive chef at Hunterdon County wine bar is breaking barriers, making a difference
There are no Black winery owners in New Jersey.
Throughout the country, that figure inches to a mere 1%.
And in a survey of more than 3,000 people working in the wine industry, just 2% identified as Black.
But Cree Wine Company in Hunterdon County is helping to bring those numbers up. In June, the wine bar located in the former historic Perryville Inn in Union Township named Kadon Barnwell as executive chef.
“Kadon’s influence will definitely help break local barriers and diversify the industry,” said Cree Wine Company owner Christopher Cree. “I think that Kadon's talent, drive, professionalism, accomplishments and passion are great sources of inspiration to anyone who wishes to enter into the culinary arts.”
Barnwell, who previously served as chef de cuisine at the Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning Pluckemin Inn in Bedminster, now oversees development of the new pairings menu, as well as special dining and catered private events at Cree Wine Company.
“My main focus is to make things that are seasonal and reflections of my past experiences and culture,” said Barnwell. “I want food and wine to go hand-in-hand, and be a nice dance between the two.”
Some of the dishes Barnwell has already added to the menu include shrimp and grits; calamari with chili miso and cilantro; ricotta gnocchi with corn, crab and tomato; squash blossoms stuffed with ricotta; and sake poached scallop – “a dish you would be happy with at a three-star Michelin restaurant,” Cree said.
Barnwell’s mother is Honduran, his father is Guyanese, and he grew up eating in his stepmother’s kitchen, who is Filipino.
“I ate everything growing up, and I was never picky about anything,” Barnwell said. “I want to invite the flavors that are comforting and homey to me while making them approachable to people that are not used to such strong flavors or out-there ingredients.”
Some of those ingredients include fish sauce, shrimp paste and fermented vegetables – all hallmarks of Filipino cuisine. He also uses Indian spices, curries, goat and grains, which are often found in Guyanese cuisine.
“A lot of my dishes are Asian-inspired, but I also use a lot of traditional French methods, and then ingredients from other cultures to create a balance,” Barnwell said.
At home, Barnwell eats plant-based meals, and he wants to bring that element to Cree Wine Company by sometimes using tofu or creating vegetarian entrees.
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While working at the Pluckemin Inn, Barnwell assisted in many of the restaurant’s wine dinners. Before that, he started his culinary career as a prep cook at the Raritan Valley Country Club, after being promoted from dishwasher. Even during his dishwasher days, he knew his future was in elevated cuisine.
“I always had the dream of doing very high fine dining and working towards Michelin-starred restaurants,” Barnwell said. "Wine was always been in the back of my mind … but the Pluckemin Inn definitely got me to focus on it and see the possibility of the pairing of food and wine.”
He knows that wine is a white-dominated industry — although he’s not sure why. He’s introduced his own family to different wines, so they can see the range of varieties and how they can be paired with food.
“I definitely noticed that wine culture is something that some people are brought up with,” Barnwell said. “I only have a few family members who are into wine and understand where wines are produced, flavor profiles and pairings. I’m trying to debunk that myself. How come we don’t fully immerse ourselves in wine culture within the Black community?”
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Barnwell said he’s never experienced racism or been treated differently. He attributes any wide-eyed glances to his age — he just turned 25, pretty young for an executive chef in the world of high-end cooking.
“I’m the guy that likes to stay behind the scenes, so people didn’t really know who I was up until now that I’m at Cree Wine Company,” Barnwell said. “I feel like when people did see me, they didn’t believe I was doing what I was doing. But I don’t think it was a race thing. I just think it was because of my age. People are more surprised that I’m doing what I’m doing, whether that be for who I am or how old I am.”
Go: 167 Perryville Road, Union Township; 908-200-7772, creewineco.com.
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Where things stand on security in Bridgewater-Raritan schools
BRIDGEWATER – Though the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Board of Education has rebuffed Mayor Matthew Moench's plan for school security, the township is taking steps if an agreement is reached to increase the number of police officers stationed in schools.
Earlier this summer, after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Moench proposed placing a Class III police officer in each of the district's schools. The school district has 8,100 students in 11 schools, 10 in Bridgewater and one in Raritan. The district also has about a thousand employees.
Moench said the plan would cost about $1.3 million with the school district's cost capped at about $260,000. Class III officers are retired officers less than 65 years old who had served as fully trained, full-time officers.
But the school district balked at the plan, saying its beefed-up security plan was adequate.
The Township Council, after a lengthy closed session on Thursday, authorized a draft agreement with the school board to split the cost of two school resource officers, an agreement that maintains the status quo. Moench said he would share the status of discussions with the school district with the council during the executive session.
The agreement calls for the school district and township to split the $198,736 cost for the school resource officers. The agreement originally proposed by the township called for three school resource officers with the township paying for two. But after the executive session, the number was reduced to two.
The Township Council also passed an ordinance authorizing the police department to hire up to 10 Class III special law enforcement officers for school security.
Moench emphasized that the ordinance does authorize the employment of the 10 Class III officers, but "gives us flexibility" to hire 10 officers in the future without having to amend the township's ordinance.
"It does not mean we are going to hire them," the mayor said.
Bridgewater-Raritan Superintendent of Schools Robert Beers said the district has full confidence in its security plan and will continue to work with the Bridgewater and Raritan police departments.
"The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District continues to collaborate with the Raritan Borough and Bridgewater Police Departments in providing an enhanced security presence for the 2022-23 school year," Beers said in a statement on Friday. "District security, along with our school resource officers and Class III officers, have been diligent in providing for the well-being of our students and staff alike. I look forward to this collaboration continuing."
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Earlier this week, the township posted a statement on its website that maintained that "simple math dictates" that the five security officers hired by the district was "insufficient to cover all 11 district schools all the time."
Moench had said the township was willing to cover most of the cost of the additional Class III officers, allowing the school district "to reallocate hundreds of thousands of dollars back into the classrooms and into the school budget for education if it had relied on police officers rather than district-hired security."
The township said it was willing to resume talks with the school district over the security plan.
"If the school board disarms their private security force as every credible, independent law enforcement entity thinks they should," the statement said, "the township remains ready to resume discussions for a more comprehensive agreement and expansion to the services provided by the township's Class III officers."
The mayor had argued that the police department had "concerns" about the district's security plan because of overlapping responsibilities and different chains of command.
But the district maintains it took a "holistic view' of school security. In addition to increased staffing, the district has added security cameras, access swipes, and panic buttons throughout the schools. The district said it will not divulge other security upgrades due to their confidential nature.
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East Brunswick's massive Route 18 redevelopment plan could take first step
EAST BRUNSWICK – The first phase of an ambitious plan for a $500 million mixed-use redevelopment project on Route 18 is moving closer to construction.
EB Development Urban Renewal, the designated developer of the Route 18 redevelopment area, has applied for preliminary and final major site plan and preliminary and final subdivision approval, for Phase I of the development consisting of both residential and commercial components which will be developed in multiple phases.
The approximately 12.9 acres of property are located along the west side of southbound Route 18, north of Lake Avenue and to the east of Renee Road, according to documents filed with the township.
The properties consist of 253 Route 18 and the wooded area behind it, 257 Route 18, 259 Route 18 and 261 Route 18, according to the township.
The blighted site, which includes the former home of GAP and The Wiz, is in absolute need of redevelopment, Mayor Brad Cohen has said.
"I'm glad to see that the redevelopment process is moving forward as was promised to the residents over the last several years," the mayor said. "It's finally coming to fruition."
When completed, Vermella East Brunswick will include a transportation center, mixed-use buildings, hotel, tech center and a medical office. The plan also includes restaurants with outdoor dining, shops, pedestrian walkways, bike paths, water features, a central public plaza, multiple open public greenways and an outdoor amphitheater to promote gathering and community events, as well as an indoor-outdoor pet facility.
“We expect that we’ll start to see construction begin by the end of the year or definitely the beginning of next year,” Cohen said.
Approval sought for Phase I of the project includes one mixed-use building (Building A) containing about 306 residential rental units with a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units; 11,322 square feet of retail space; 12,871 square feet of retail/medical office space; 8,375 square feet of restaurant space; 676 parking spaces, including ground-level, basement and surface parking; and one building of about 5,160 square feet of restaurant space with 61 surface parking spaces, according to a public notice.
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The existing buildings and surface parking infrastructure will be removed, documents say.
The applicant also is seeking approval of associated access drives, utilities, landscaping and lighting and other associated site improvements to support the proposed uses.
The plan also includes the consolidation of the existing seven lots into three new lots, the public notice says.
The application seeks bulk variance relief to permit a minimum floor-to-ceiling height of 10 feet in the proposed retail/medical office portion of Building A, where the Redevelopment Plan provides for a 14-foot minimum; and a proposed new lot to contain 1.18 acres where the Redevelopment Plan provides for a minimum of 1.5 acres.
The application also seeks bulk variance and waiver relief for certain proposed signage.
The property is located within a portion of Redevelopment Area 2A and Redevelopment Area 3A, collectively the Redevelopment Area, as designated as an area in need of redevelopment by the township on Aug. 14, 2017.
The Redevelopment Area is subject to the Route 18 Corridor Redevelopment Plan, which was adopted by ordinance by the township on June 25, 2018 and amended by ordinance adopted by the township on Dec. 29, 2020.
A special hearing on the application is scheduled to be held at the 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 planning board meeting.
Email: sloyer@gannettnj.com
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Another ShopRite may be coming to South Plainfield
SOUTH PLAINFIELD – Another ShopRite may be coming to the borough.
South Plainfield Realty Development, owner of the Middlesex Mall, has applied to the borough Planning Board to renovate and enlarge a portion of the shopping center at the intersection of Stelton and Hadley roads for a new ShopRite.
The location is about a mile from another ShopRite at 1306 Centennial Ave. in Piscataway. In South Plainfield, there is another ShopRite at 3600 Park Ave. in the Golden Acres Shopping Center, about four miles from the Middlesex Mall. Those two stores are among the 39 ShopRites owned and operated by Saker ShopRites.
On March 31, South Plainfield Realty Development, which has the same address as the corporate offices of Saker ShopRites in Holmdel, acquired the mall from GBR Middlesex for $21.3 million, according to county clerk records.
South Plainfield Realty Development also proposes to modify the parking lot with the addition of about 32 parking spaces, add loading docks, an exit-only driveway onto Stelton Road, and additional wall signs.
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The applicant is asking the Planning Board for preliminary and final major site plan approval, as well as bulk variance relief for the maximum number of wall signs and, if necessary, for the pre-existing conditions of maximum lot coverage and minimum number of parking spaces, both of which will be slightly improved by the proposed development but still in violation of the ordinance standards, according to a public notice.
The public hearing on the application is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at Borough Hall, 2480 Plainfield Ave.
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Massive mixed-use expansion planned for Berkeley Heights' Connell Corporate Park
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – The long-anticipated expansion of the Connell Corporate Park, including 328 apartments and retail buildings, will be heard by the township Planning Board on Sept. 29.
The Connell Company's plan for The Park includes five new buildings and a parking deck on the property off Plainfield Avenue between Interstate 78 and Valley Road.
According to its website, the $400 million project will transform a traditional suburban office park into a community where residents can live, work and play by creating an "urban mentality in a suburban campus."
Two buildings, 10 stories and eight stories, would have 328 apartments, of which 45 would be affordable units. Those buildings would also have retail space.
The 268,275-square-foot eight-story building is proposed to have parking underneath.
Of the apartments, there would be 82 studios, 111 one-bedroom units, 123 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units.
The remaining three buildings – two-story, three-story and four-story – would have retail space.
The 81,930-square-foot four-story building would also have restaurant and entertainment space.
The plans also call for the construction of new plazas, walkways, outdoor seating areas, open space and recreational areas.
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The Connell Company does not plan on demolishing any buildings on the 185-acre campus which already includes an Embassy Suites hotel, Starbucks, Lifetime Fitness and the Grain and Crane restaurant.
The Connell Company started developing The Park in 1981, with the acquisition of 40 acres and the construction of an office building at 100 Connell Drive. At 428,000 square feet, it was at the time the largest speculative office building in New Jersey.
Over time, the company acquired 11 other properties, making the total size of the development 185 acres, and built five office buildings and the hotel.
The Connell Company has worked with the township since 2017 to develop the plan for the project.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Multiple vehicles were damaged at a used car dealership following a crash on Saturday night, according to the Grand Rapids Police Department.
Grand Rapids Police said seven cars were damaged after a vehicle went off the road and into the parking lot of Autowest of Grand Rapids.
The business owner, Don Miller, said among the cars damaged was a $70,000 Tesla.
The surveillance video shows the vehicle flipping off the road and into the parking lot hitting vehicles.
The Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) said they responded to the crash around 11:25 p.m. Saturday on 28th Street near Union Avenue SE.
Investigators said the vehicle went off the road near Checkers due to high speeds.
Pictures from AutoWest of Grand Rapids show some of the damage caused by the crash.
GRPD said the driver was taken into custody.
There were no reports of injuries. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/7-vehicles-including-a-70k-tesla-damaged-following-single-car-crash-in-grand-rapids | 2022-09-12T09:41:33Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kent/7-vehicles-including-a-70k-tesla-damaged-following-single-car-crash-in-grand-rapids | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast Updated on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 3:50am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Partly to mostly sunny with the chance of showers and storms by the afternoon and evening hours. Some of these storms could pack a punch with gusty winds, heavy rain, and lots of lightning. Highs: 82-88. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
Tonight: A lingering shower or storm lingers early in the evening, otherwise it turns partly cloudy. Lows: 67-72. Winds: SW-W 5-10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 81-86. Winds: W-NW 5-15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows: 58-68. Winds: NW 5-20+ mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 77-83. Winds: NW 5-20+ mph.
Thursday: Sunny. Highs: 77-83. Winds: N 5-10 mph.
After some beneficial rain across Delmarva on and off throughout the day, things will remain unstable to start the workweek as the area of low pressure continues to sit off to our north and west. We continue to wait for the cold front to clear Delmarva later this evening before things will start to settle down. Until then, it will be very humid with temperatures this afternoon climbing up into the 80s to near 90 degrees with some sunshine appearing through the clouds. This will lead to a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms by the late afternoon and evening hours today. Some of these storms could pack a punch with strong and gusty winds, very heavy rain, and lots of lightning. I can’t rule out an isolated tornado chance today, but this seems to be very low. Things start to calm down overnight once the front clears the region.
Tuesday will be a mix of sun and clouds for part of the day. Once the front and the dry air from Canada arrives in the afternoon is when we will see more sunshine late in the day and sets up a nice stretch of weather for the remainder of the workweek. Temperatures on Tuesday should reach the mid 80s in some places due to our morning temperatures starting in the 60s and low 70s as it should still be on the humid side to start the day.
High pressure controls the forecast for the rest of the workweek and for the weekend with very comfortable conditions for most of bike week on Delmarva. Temperatures in the 70s and low 80s from Wednesday through Saturday with morning temperatures in the 50s most mornings these days. The wind will eventually start to turn out of the southeast and south over the weekend. This will lead to warming temperatures with highs in the mid 80s by Sunday and Monday with this wind. We will be watching for another chance of a few showers or storms on Monday with a weak boundary, but something to pay attention to since most models don’t represent it. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/showers-and-storms-possible-to-start-week/article_555a3fda-326f-11ed-b4b9-43b859ab9fda.html | 2022-09-12T09:54:06Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/showers-and-storms-possible-to-start-week/article_555a3fda-326f-11ed-b4b9-43b859ab9fda.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
My mother often shared two memories of her experience as a young woman during World War II: Her grandmother, an Irish woman with memories of hunger and fear under British rule, cheering the Blitz, to her family’s horror; and the impressive sight of the royal family remaining in London even as bombs dropped on Buckingham Palace.
Like millions of others, my mother saw young Princess Elizabeth, who later volunteered as a military truck driver and auto mechanic, as especially heroic.
Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at age 96, would live at the center of such complicated and often oppositional mythology for decades to come.
As has been said many times over, we look to the royal family for the kind of jewel-encrusted, gilded coach-chauffeured institutional ritual that this country, by choice and definition, does not have.
But Queen Elizabeth II enthralled us at an even more basic level. For Americans, who experienced her at a physical and emotional distance, she was an almost mythological figure, the most enduring main character in the world’s longest-running soap opera.
Over the years, that character has been cast in many lights: fairy-tale princess, colonial despot, self-sacrificing monarch, money-sucking figurehead, under-appreciated working woman, unfeeling mother-in-law.
Though she was queen for longer than most of us have been alive, Elizabeth usually entered the modern American conversation through either celebration — weddings, jubilees — or scandal.
The marriage between Prince Charles and Diana Spencer renewed American interest in the British monarchy — and when that marriage ended in scandal, revealing Diana’s deep unhappiness, many blamed, and continue to blame, the queen. After Diana died, Elizabeth’s dayslong silence reinforced the belief that she cared little for the People’s Princess, that indeed her coldness had contributed to Diana’s tragic fate.
Others believed it was the queen who had been mistreated.
As Peter Morgan’s film “The Queen” and, more recently, Seasons 3 and 4 of “The Crown” explored, one of Elizabeth’s greatest talents was her ability to remain both iconic and enigmatic. Her every action was open to interpretation because, as monarch, she refused to respond definitively to question or criticism.
There may be no other person who lived in the modern public spotlight for so long and still remained, essentially, a cipher, a well-known figure not really known at all.
Which is one reason “The Crown” has been as big a hit in the United States as in the United Kingdom. While royalists and others pressured Netflix to attach an absurdly unnecessary disclaimer that the series is a work of fiction, audiences understood that it represents exactly what Elizabeth II was able to do so successfully: occupy a near-magical crossroads between real and make-believe.
Nineteenth-century political writer Walter Bagehot argued that the unwritten British constitution relied on two kinds of institutions: the efficient and the dignified. The efficient, including the House of Commons, did the work of government while the dignified, the monarchy, maintained the nation’s honor and to a lesser extent its narrative.
Elizabeth’s understanding of Bagehot’s definition occupies an entire episode of “The Crown,” but her grappling with the larger concept fuels the entire series.
So do the inherent contradictions in her life that have continued to fascinate Americans for generations.
Like her father before her, she was thrust into a job she did not want long before she felt ready. She lived in a fancy palace but was chained to her desk and her schedule like the most overworked bureaucrat. She was the symbolic leader of her nation but unable to voice her own views on almost anything.
She was the essence of privilege but also of duty; she may have had a splendid collection of hats and several castles at her disposal, but she never seemed to be living the high life. By all accounts, she was happiest tramping through the mud in Scotland, where she hung out in Balmoral but also drove her own Land Rover until fairly recently. And where she died.
More than anything, Queen Elizabeth II was an increasingly singular fixed point in a frantically changing universe. In recent years, she seemed to exist in a world apart from even the rest of the royal family. As allegations of sexual abuse left Prince Andrew stripped of his royal titles, as Prince Harry and Meghan left the family they accused of racism, the queen’s longevity softened any criticism aimed at her through or by her progeny.
The royal family may be in tatters, and the fate of the monarchy has been questioned for years, but Elizabeth II was England’s beloved queen until the moment of her death.
Scandal and celebration, birth and death, war and peace, prosperity and decline: For almost a century, she watched her country and the world writhe and shift through the modern age while she stood fast, for good and ill, in a role she believed was appointed by God and was certainly rooted through centuries.
We knew this day would come, just as we know even the most epic story must end, that even the most resilient character will at last fall silent, but there is no avoiding the shock or filling the vacuum. Impossible as it may seem, the queen is dead, and we will never see another like her in this world.
What happens next will simply be an epilogue. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-for-americans-queen-elizabeth-ii-was-the-central-character-in-the-worlds-longest-running/article_1a69f214-3083-11ed-b22f-fbb2ecbe1221.html | 2022-09-12T09:54:06Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-for-americans-queen-elizabeth-ii-was-the-central-character-in-the-worlds-longest-running/article_1a69f214-3083-11ed-b22f-fbb2ecbe1221.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Atlantic Ocean:
Monday: Small Craft Advisory until 1pm. S 5-15 knots. Seas: 4-5 feet.
Tuesday: SW 5-15 knots. Seas: 3-4 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Monday: SW 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Tuesday: W 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Delaware Bay:
Monday: SW 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
Tuesday: W 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-monday-september-12-2022/article_74c9aad6-326f-11ed-a023-1fa25bc2516c.html | 2022-09-12T09:54:12Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-monday-september-12-2022/article_74c9aad6-326f-11ed-a023-1fa25bc2516c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The first child of the Duke and Duchess of York enjoyed being queen for some 70 years — this despite becoming the monarch at the tender age of 25, propelled into the role in 1952 by the death of her beloved father at just 56 years old.
Queen Elizabeth II had such palpable fun in the job — watching prime ministers and presidents come and go, traveling to Chicago to sup with a thrilled Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1959 — that when her son, Prince Charles, told the British people recently that the thing that gets Elizabeth up in the morning was them, the statement did not feel even remotely disingenuous.
Clearly, it was the truth. You could usually read it on her face.
Another truth presented itself as the queen’s health declined. She was and is deeply loved by the people she had pledged to serve and, at a minimum, was admired by many beyond that number.
That list included those who would not declare themselves monarchists if the topic of conversation involved any other monarch or progeny. You might say that the queen was grandfathered, or grandmothered, into a changing world.
The queen’s death was a shock in the way that death is almost always a shock, one all too familiar to anyone who has experienced bereavement. Bromides about how death is to be expected when a woman is 96, that there had been some time to prepare, that this was a life well lived, that none of us are here forever, did nothing to change that.
It never does in death. Many people’s minds went to how earlier in the week, Elizabeth had appointed Liz Truss as Britain’s new prime minister (the queen’s 15th), remarked upon the lousy Scottish weather and looked reasonably well. But that is what often happens; we are here one day and gone the next. Royalty is no protection from mortality.
But Elizabeth was not, of course, an ordinary citizen. She was the only queen most Britons ever had known. It is rare in Britain to meet someone who has a memory of George VI as monarch, although a few such souls remain.
Simply put, the queen, his daughter, represented continuity and security. She was still there, so the world could not have entirely gone to hell in a hand basket, people said. Political leaders came and went, often having disappointed. Elizabeth was so interwoven into the fabric of quotidian British life that her role as permanent (or so it seemed) head of state was, especially in recent years, mostly subsumed by personal affection.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was, in fact, so remarkably suited to her job that she almost certainly preserved the monarchy through the turbulent era, notwithstanding family members who often made her job more difficult.
She did this by hewing to the necessary political neutrality (with very rare exceptions), declaring her love and belief in the Commonwealth of Nations, her attempt to put a positive spin on the painful legacy of the British Empire and through old-fashioned hard work.
The British people long ago figured out that even a life of such privilege would have grown old, that the decades-long procession of receiving lines, community centers to open, cruise ships to launch and plaques to unveil would have become wearisome.
They knew what Elizabeth was doing, especially into her 90s, was simple hard work for a woman who might have preferred to have been resting with her beloved horses. But there was no retirement. She had vowed to serve her people for the entire span of her life and she never wavered from that determination.
Unlike her predecessor, the queen had to deal with the tabloid era and with editors who figured out that melodramatic family drama sold newspapers (for most of the queen’s reign) and then shares and clicks.
Discretion died long before the queen, replaced by Oprah Winfrey confessionals, carefully strategized leaks and media personalities who knew that they could profit from feigning intimacy with unhappy royals.
There was no playbook for any of that, and there were times when the queen stumbled, when her famous dislike of “fuss” and self-indulgence, read as a lack of feeling, especially when her people were in pain, as following the death of Princess Diana. Her default was to say little or nothing when division or controversy was a risk and that did not always serve her well.
But then few of us live perfect lives or avoid errors in a lifetime of work. Even fewer make no mistakes with family members.
Elizabeth served her people with a level of commitment that forestalls all reasonable criticism of how she went about her prescribed duties. Her level of courage, whether it was remaining in London during World War II or through other exigencies in the decades that followed, was often overlooked.
She was a force of reconciliation, of unification, of moderation. She stood for tolerance. And even if her wardrobe appeared constant, she was, in fact, remarkably receptive to incremental change.
There will be time to consider the future of the monarchy, the vacuum created by this sad exit and all it represents. The present is to mourn a woman whose global influence straddled two centuries and who did all that anyone could reasonably ask of any human in public service, anywhere in the world.
What a job well done! Godspeed to her. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/other-views-queen-elizabeth-ii-loved-her-job-and-her-people-they-adored-her-in/article_47920b88-3082-11ed-a30d-c7f9ef86bcd0.html | 2022-09-12T09:54:12Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/other-views-queen-elizabeth-ii-loved-her-job-and-her-people-they-adored-her-in/article_47920b88-3082-11ed-a30d-c7f9ef86bcd0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL
ISLANDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING...
.A south swell (190 degrees) will build tonight and bring surf
heights to advisory level for south facing shores by Monday
morning. The large surf will continue Monday night and decline
Tuesday.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM HST
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Surf 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...From 6 AM Monday to 6 AM HST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
difficult and dangerous.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
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HONOLULU (KITV)- Sunday marked 21 years since 9-11 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day. In Honolulu, local leaders, firefighters, and residents commemorated those who were killed during the annual Remembrance Walk.
One step after the other, one person after another taking part in Honolulu's Remembrance Walk in Honolulu.
“Quite honestly I feel emotional about this,” said Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi. Honolulu's mayor isn't the only one thinking about the nearly 3,000 people who died in the terrorist attacks over two decades ago.
The streets are packed with people for this walk, the first since 2019 because of COVID. “This is wonderful. Because of the tragedy that our nation went through, it should be remembered. We're not the type to be a violent nation. But I think the remembrance is good,” said Lester Chao who is honoring those who died in the 9-11 attacks.
343 firefighters and 60 law enforcement officers lost their lives rushing to the aid of those inside buildings hit by the attacks. Honolulu firefighters remember... and honor those killed.
“It's just about serving the community. They lost their lives. And it’s something we would not want to see again on our soil. But again, this is a great opportunity to remember their sacrifices and the heroes they are,” said Honolulu Fire Department Fire Chief Sheldon Hao.
This day, there are moments of silence at the police station and fire station. To get to each location. the public and first responders travel together. The journey ends, with a memorial at city hall with an everlasting flame, a cultural tribute, and a laying of flower lei. All in the honor of those who died.
“We just have to remind our young generation what happened over 20 years ago. So any time we can remember those sacrifices, it’s a good opportunity,” said Chief Hao.
Many first responders also died from health complications related to saving people from the buildings damaged by the attacks.
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New Delhi: The Congress on Monday tweeted a picture of a khakhi shorts -- a part of the RSS uniform earlier -- on fire, drawing sharp reaction from the BJP which dubbed it as an "instigation for violence".
The Congress tweeted along with the picture, "To free the country from shackles of hate and undo the damage done by BJP-RSS. Step by step, we will reach our goal." 145 days more to go, it said of the party's ongoing "Bharat Jodo Yatra".
The BJP lashed out at the Congress for its "promotion of violence" and dubbed its yatra as "Bharat Todo Yatra".
Noting that many RSS, the Hindutva organisation considered the BJP's ideological mentor, members have been killed in Kerala where the Congress yatra is going presently, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that the opposition party has signalled to "terrorists" in the southern state to target their functionaries.
Patra asked the Congress to immediately take down the post, saying there is no room for violence in India's constitutional scheme of things.
Hitting out at the Congress, he said the party part has had an old association with "fire".
Punjab was put on fire when the party was in power and Sikhs were burnt alive during the 1984 riots, he said. Joining the Twitter war, CPI(M) also asked whether the march is a 'seat jodo' yatra.
The tweet also mentioned that the yatra is a strange way to fight BJP-RSS. It also questioned why Rahul is spending 18 days in Kerala and just two days in Uttar Pradesh. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/12/congress-tweets-khaki-shorts-fire-bjp-violence.amp.html | 2022-09-12T09:56:50Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/12/congress-tweets-khaki-shorts-fire-bjp-violence.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- World No.1 Iga Swiatek has won two major titles this season under starkly contrasting circumstances. In the midst of her 37-match win streak at Roland Garros, Swiatek was the overwhelming favorite to win. At the US Open, not even Swiatek rated her title chances.
"I don't know if it's more [satisfying] than the second win on Roland Garros because I feel like back then the pressure was really on and everybody was kind of expecting me to win," Swiatek told reporters after defeating Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6(5) in Saturday's final.
'An incredible battle' - Social media reacts to Swiatek's US Open win
"Here I managed to keep my expectations lower, and also I feel like people were not expecting a lot from me on hard court. So mentally I think Roland Garros was a little bit tougher. But tennis-wise and physically, here for sure it was tougher."
'Oh my god!' - Swiatek gets a sweet surprise after US Open win
As Swiatek's numbers grow, so does her aura. Swiatek had barely given her victory speech before the International Tennis Hall of Fame tweeted that she was now eligible for first-ballot induction upon her retirement.
With 13+ weeks as @wta world no. 1 and her 3️⃣rd major title, @iga_swiatek is now an automatic inclusion on her first eligible International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot, 5 years after retirement. 🤩👏 https://t.co/dNkP0XxVLT
— Tennis Hall of Fame (@TennisHalloFame) September 10, 2022
By winning the US Open, Swiatek, 21, became the youngest three-time Slam champion in 14 years. She has won 20 consecutive sets in tournament finals. The US Open was her seventh title of the season, the first player to reach that numbers on the Hologic WTA Tour since Serena Williams in 2014.
Swiatek joined the WTA Insider Podcast to discuss her educational fortnight, the lessons she's learned from Serena, and why she might not be ready to target a career Grand Slam. Yet.
Listen to Swiatek's full interview on the WTA Insider Podcast below:
Here are some of the highlights:
On the doubts she had going into New York
Mostly I didn't feel well tennis-wise on court. I felt like it was hard for me to adjust and get used to the conditions here and these balls with my grip, which is a western grip. It's harder to close my forehand. With the balls that are light and flying away, also in hot temperatures, it's sometimes hard. From the beginning, I felt it was going to be a real challenge because I also felt that sometimes I don't have much control in Toronto and Cincinnati.
On being surprised by her title run
When I came here I was just focused on learning and not really learn for this tournament, but for future years. So I wasn't really focused on the result here. I didn't expect a lot because of that, which actually helped me. I wasn't expecting to play well. That's why I was surprised.
On the moment her game clicked into place
I think at the end of the match with Jule [Niemeier] because I realized that I can play a little bit slower and have more control. And even though it's a fast surface, not to expect every shot to be a winner or be really aggressive with every shot. I found that balance a little bit.
The next match I could choose between playing that safer style and choosing to be more aggressive in important moments. It was much much easier to be aggressive when the previous points were just solid and good. I had that confidence and I didn't doubt myself that much.
At the end, I had both of these things so I think that's why I won.
On the cumulative pressure she's built on the tour
I feel it. I feel like it's not every time that I can make use of it. This is the thing that Serena really showed how to do. Because she was at the top for a long time and she was using that pressure and intimidation of being at the top of the game. She used it pretty well to make her matches a little bit easier, especially at the beginning.
I feel like I was able to do that a couple of times, but I want to do it more often. So for sure I'm aware of that and I want to try and use it in the right way.
On her improved ability to find solutions on court
I think it's not only about having solutions but being able to find them in the right moments. I see much more difference in my emotional state after I lose a set right now compared to how it was a couple of years ago. I'm able to process a little bit more and find these solutions. When I can find them I have more confidence that it's going to work because I have more skills tennis-wise.
Being able to control my emotions a little bit more and not panic as much on court, I'm really grateful for because I've been working with Daria [Abramowicz] for such a long time and I feel like it really paid off in those important matches and it's an important process. So this mental part really complements itself with the technical and tactical stuff that I improved with Tomasz [Wiktorowski].
On targeting a career Grand Slam
I guess it was always kind of my dream, but still, I'm not going to really focus on it because you can see in tennis that some things happen when you don't expect them. So I'm just going to learn and focus on the process.
But for sure I always said it's the dream. But I still feel like I need more skills on grass to make it a goal.
On her mindset for the remainder of the season
I'm happy that I don't have to be in the Race because I'm pretty safe with the points that I have. It's a totally different situation than last year.
2022 WTA Finals will be hosted in Fort Worth, Texas in October
So for sure I want to use that time to work on some technical stuff, especially because we're going to have a couple of weeks of just practicing. I think it's going to be a nice time for me to settle with all the things that happened this season and get this solid work. I've been practicing a lot right now but it was still in between tournaments. It's not like you can do so much like in a mini-preseason period. So I'm for sure going to use that time. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788355/champions-corner-why-the-us-open-felt-like-an-uphill-battle-for-swiatek | 2022-09-12T09:59:07Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788355/champions-corner-why-the-us-open-felt-like-an-uphill-battle-for-swiatek | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- With a US Open title, Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova have won every big title in the sport.
Krejcikova, Siniakova rally to beat McNally, Townsend to win US Open
The Czech duo completed their career Golden Slam, with wins at each of the four Slams and an Olympic gold in Tokyo last year. They also won the doubles title at the WTA Finals last year in Guadalajara, Mexico, and have been integral parts of the Czech Republic's Billie Jean King Cup dynasty.
Seeded No.4 at the US Open, Krejcikova and Siniakova reunited to close out an undefeated season at the Slams. The team went 18-0 to win the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Their season could have been one for the record books if not for Krejcikova testing positive for Covid at Roland Garros, where they were the defending champions.
Comeback, Czech ✔️@K_Siniakova 🤗 @BKrejcikova #USOpenpic.twitter.com/ympnIf6Ypf
— wta (@WTA) September 11, 2022
Here's what Krejcikova and Siniakova had to say after their latest win:
WTA Insider: Why do you think the US Open was the toughest Slam for you to win?
Krejcikova: I don't think it actually was the toughest one. I think we just went step by step. I will say the Aussie Open was really tough for us as well. All the other Slams were tough, too. We just needed the right time to achieve all of that.
WTA Insider: Why was this the "right time"?
Siniakova: There is no right time. We were just working and practicing and trying every time to show our best on court. This time we played great. We kept working and even if it wasn't going our way, we kept fighting. I'm just so happy we have the title. I think "keep fighting" is the key. I don't think there is a right time; it's just sometimes it clicks together.
They were an Australian Open short of a junior grand slam in 2013, winning French, Wimbledon and US Open that year. https://t.co/m1Lg15WZ24
— Colette Lewis (@zootennis) September 11, 2022
WTA Insider: You've won every significant title in the sport. What's your next goal?
Krejcikova: I think the goal is mainly to improve every single time we step on the court. When we are playing and we win titles it's amazing satisfaction for that feeling that you are working and improving. I think there's a lot of motivation for us to step on the court and try and get better again and improve in doubles together. I believe that next time we are going to go to another big tournament we'll just have the motivation to fight again. It will be a new result. Just try to win more Slams and do well.
WTA Insider: Of all your titles, which one means the most to you?
Siniakova: It's so tough to compare them because every one has memories and journeys that are different. I don't know if I can choose one. I appreciate all the titles we won and the incredible journey and memories. I'm just enjoying that we're doing so great.
Krejcikova: It's tough to say. All of them mean a lot because they're really hard and you have to be really consistent for two weeks. It's super difficult to be difficult for two weeks.
But if I had to choose I would say the Olympics because it's once in four years and it's really difficult to prepare the form and do the best out there once every four years. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788357/champions-corner-krejcikova-siniakova-want-more-after-career-golden-slam | 2022-09-12T09:59:13Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2788357/champions-corner-krejcikova-siniakova-want-more-after-career-golden-slam | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The pair is up 0.9% on the day to near 1.1700 currently as the bounce from key support at the March 2020 lows near 1.1400 continues to extend. The initial bounce stalled around the 23.6 Fib retracement level at 1.1610 but we are running above that now with the 38.2 Fib retracement level next seen at 1.1737:
As such, there is scope for cable to extend the latest bounce here amid a correction in the dollar and the pound finding some light relief from the government's fiscal aid on energy prices.
Despite the latest recovery, it is hard to be convinced of a major turnaround in cable unless the government really is going to abandon fiscal responsibility and throw the kitchen sink at propping up the economy. The issue here is that during the pandemic, monetary policy worked in tandem as interest rates were cut; now it is quite the opposite.
That's a costly thing to consider and it won't bode well for the UK's long-term fundamentals i.e. from a current account perspective.
In any case, I would pin any move closer to 1.1800 to start inviting short positions again - so long as the balance of things remain as they are at the moment. For this week, be wary of the US CPI data release tomorrow. That will also help to set the tone before we get to the FOMC meeting next week. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/cable-looks-for-back-to-back-daily-gains-for-the-first-time-since-july-20220912/ | 2022-09-12T10:01:46Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/cable-looks-for-back-to-back-daily-gains-for-the-first-time-since-july-20220912/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Report Finds 88% of Current Internet-Connected Risks Driven By Misconfigurations and Exposures
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Censys, the leader in Attack Surface Management (ASM), launched its inaugural State of the Internet Report, a holistic view into Internet risks and organizations' exposure to them. This first-of-its-kind report also provides perspective on how security practitioners addressed several vulnerabilities over the last eighteen months, while offering organizations guidance for how to prioritize and evaluate the security maintenance of their Internet-connected business assets.
The inaugural report compiled by the Censys research team is informed by the firm's technology, which maintains the most comprehensive view of assets on the Internet by continuously scanning the public IPv4 address space across the 3,600+ most popular ports. The Censys research team's mission is to conduct timely and critical research of Internet exposures and enable the broader cybersecurity community to take quick actions that mitigate future issues.
Through careful examination of which ports, services, and software are most prevalent on the Internet and the systems and regions where they run, Censys' research team discovered that misconfigurations and exposures represent 88% of the risks and vulnerabilities across the Internet. Using Censys' Internet-wide scan capabilities and risk detection fingerprints, the State of the Internet Report provides visibility of the assets and weaknesses across an organization's Internet infrastructure in three sections: the Internet as a Whole, the Attack Surface of the Internet, and the Attack Surfaces of Organizations.
"Assessing the state of the Internet is crucial in understanding an organization's own risks and exposures," said Zakir Durumeric, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Censys. "Censys' unique perspective of the Internet provides a holistic look into the potential consequences of misconfigurations, while outlining security teams' crucial need for expanded visibility and understanding to make smart security decisions."
Censys' 2022 State of the Internet Report found that:
- Misconfigurations – including unencrypted services, weak or missing security controls and self-signed certificates – make up roughly 60% of observed risks. When analyzing the risk profile of organizations across industries, missing common security headers accounted for the primary security error.
- Exposures of services, devices, and information represent 28% of observed risks. This includes everything from accidental database to device exposures.
- Critical vulnerabilities and advanced exploits only represent 12% of observed risks. When analyzing organizations by industry, the Computer and Information Technology industry had the widest spread of different risks, while Freight Shipment and Postal Services had the second widest.
Censys' researchers also conducted a holistic assessment of the Internet's response to three major vulnerabilities – Log4j, GitLab and Confluence – to understand mitigation strategies based on how a vulnerability is perceived. From this analysis, Censys learned how the Internet responds differently to vulnerability disclosures.
Censys observed three distinct types of behavior in response to vulnerability disclosures:
- Near-immediate upgrading: Systems vulnerable to Log4j acted quickly based on the widespread coverage of the vulnerability. By March 2022, Censys observed only 36% of potential vulnerable services were left unpatched.
- Upgrading only after the vulnerability is being actively and widely exploited: While the GitLab vulnerability was being exploited, the remediation process acted slower than others until researchers discovered a botnet composed of thousands of compromised GitLab servers participating in DDoS campaigns.
- Near-immediate response by taking the vulnerable instance off the Internet entirely: Rather than upgrading, users chose to remove assets entirely from the Internet after Confluence's vulnerability became public between June 2021 and March 2022.
The Internet constantly evolves as new technologies emerge, vulnerabilities are discovered, and organizations expand their operations that interact with the Internet. Security teams have the responsibility to protect their organizations' digital assets and need proper visibility into the entire landscape to do so. Although vulnerabilities often garner the bigger headlines, it's undetected misconfigurations and exposures that create the most risk for an organization, making it important to regularly assess any new hosts or services that appear in your infrastructure. Regardless of vulnerability type, providing organizations with the visibility and tools needed to strengthen their security posture introduces a proactive, more vigilant approach to digital risk management.
To download the full report, visit: https://censys.io/state-of-the-internet-report/
To learn more about Censys' approach to organizational visibility, visit: https://www.censys.io.
About Censys
Censys, Inc.™ is the leading provider of continuous attack surface management. Founded in 2013 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Censys gives organizations the world's most comprehensive real-time view of global networks and devices. Customers like FireEye, Google, NATO, Swiss Armed Forces, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and over 10% of the Fortune 500 rely on the company's Internet-wide continuous visibility platform to discover and prevent cybersecurity threats. At Censys, you can be yourself. We like it that way. Diversity fuels our mission, and we are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age and identity. To learn more, visit censys.io and follow Censys on Twitter.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Azure Power Global Limited ("Azure") (NYSE: AZRE) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between June 15, 2021 and August 26, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Azure, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Azure includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2022
Aggrieved Azure investors only have until October 31, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Enochian BioSciences, Inc. ("Enochian") (NASDAQ: ENOB) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between January 17, 2018 and June 27, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Enochian, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Enochian includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's co-founder and inventor Serhat Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (6) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Aggrieved Enochian investors only have until September 26, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Why Celebrating ‘Brahmastra’ To Save Bollywood From the “Boycott Gang” Is a Flawed Approach
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Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva finally released in theatres last Friday, after eight years of development. The movie, part of a trilogy that in itself is part of a larger cinematic universe, opened to largely negative reviews, with a special focus on the movie’s childish dialogues, simplistic writing, and the lack of any chemistry between the lead pair, played by Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. Despite this, however, the movie has done well at the box office so far, crossing the coveted 100 crore mark within three days. This led many to hold the film itself as representative of a larger struggle for Bollywood’s soul. But rooting for its success against its artistic merit is accepting the terms of debate set by those who boycott the industry — and this could end up making things worse.
Many expressed happiness about the fact that people flocked to theatres for a Hindi film after a long time, amidst a constant call from a large section of right-wing accounts on social media to “boycott” every Bollywood film. Often, the grounds for boycotting films are flimsy — ranging from actors’ statements from several years ago, to claims of hurt religious sentiments based on a single still or moment from trailers or songs. Sometimes these are thinly veiled attempts to target actors for their religion. Predictably, Brahmāstra also faced calls for boycott, most famously when Bajrang Dal members refused to let Kapoor, Bhatt, and Mukerji enter a temple citing an old video where Kapoor mentions that he is “a beef guy” who loves to eat the meat.
In this light, Brahmāstra doing good business has led to several people pinning their hopes on the movie’s success for the revival of the theatrical Hindi film industry. Justin Rao, an entertainment journalist at Indian Express Online, uploaded a lengthy, four-part post on Instagram on Saturday where he terms the success of the film as a spark that shows that the “Boycott gang” was simply misrepresenting the lack of quality theatrical releases in Hindi as a growing “anti-Bollywood” sentiment.
However, this assessment of Brahmāstra may be misplaced. The plot of the film is woven around overt Hindu mythology and iconography. The protagonist goes by the name Shiva, who is on his way to collect three pieces of an ancient weapon — that has the potential to destroy the entire world — before an evil army can lay its hand on it. At first glance, there may be nothing wrong with this approach; mythologies offer rich canonical stories for art to draw from. But context matters, and a closer inspection of everything surrounding the film bears scrutiny.
For one, the film is presented by SS Rajamouli — of Baahubali and RRR fame — who has perfected the use of mythology and Hindu nationalist pride in his mega-blockbuster movies. Ritesh Babu in a Vox article describes the Hindutva nationalism of Rajmouli in detail, writing, “…Rajamouli de-specifies and decontextualizes, only to wrap everything up in his casteist status-quo-affirming lens. His work…is a casteist Hindu wash of history and the independence struggle. It’s exactly this kind of convenient upper-caste Hindu viewpoint that helps sustain Hindutva ideology and its material harm.”
Mukerji’s own Instagram is a good exhibit of how the film has tried to constantly cater to the sentiments of Hindu pride to sell the film. Aside from all the direct promotional material, his account is peppered with photos and reels of temple visits. And there is one post where he directly mentions how Kapoor’s character was originally named Rumi. Eventually, the team decided to restructure a lot of elements in the film, and “Rumi became Shiva.”
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In multiple videos and public appearances for the film’s promotion, Mukerji has iterated his fascination with Hindu gods and goddesses and ancient Indian philosophy. Renaming 2014’s Rumi to 2022’s Shiva, and Mukerji constantly reminding audiences that he was deeply respectful of Hinduism, point to how the movie has tried to milk for profit a lighter shade of the same majoritarian sentiments that today stand in direct opposition to the existence of the Hindi film industry.
In her review of the movie, film critic Sucharita Tyagi notes that the film is “Hindu and very Hindu. Not other religion exists in this wide, wide universe.” She explains that “it wouldn’t have been such a glaring issue if the film wasn’t as religious as it is.” The first song released from the film was titled Kesariya or saffron, a color close to the Hindu right. In a way, then, the movie doesn’t just borrow from Hindu mythology, but uses the mythology and iconography to pander to a soft Hindutva vision. These are themes worth unpacking and critically examining — but the tug of war between those who call for its boycott and those who don’t frames the film in black and white terms and glosses over nuances worth discussing.
Brahmāstra, then, most prominently points to how the politics of majoritarianism has dictated the norms of filmmaking under the current regime. Rooting for its success doesn’t go against the “boycott gang” as they’ve been called — in fact, it bolsters their vision of the direction that filmmaking in India should pivot to.
Brahmāstra of course is not the only Hindi film that tries to fit into the current climate of majoritarianism. This year’s highest-grossing Hindi movie so far is Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, a film that was called out for its misleading, islamophobic portrayal of the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit Exodus which later led to violent hate crimes and riots against Muslims in other parts of the country. Films like Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020), and Sooryavanshi (2021) also made robust money in the past. Writing about Sooryavanshi in The Washington Post, Rana Ayyub mentions that “Islamophobic tropes are the center of the film…Every third frame of the film is a bloodcurdling Islamophobic image.” Like Brahmāstra, Sooryavanshi was also produced by Karan Johar.
Other films, too, have tried to cater to the same sentiments but haven’t succeeded at the box office. Aanand L Rai’s Rakshabandhan is a recent example, which stars Akshay Kumar as a man worried about his duty of marrying off his four sisters, along with arranging adequate dowry to send them off. Chandraprakash Dwiwedi’s Samrat Prithviraj is another, (again) starring Akshay Kumar as the titular Rajput king often held in high regard by upper-caste Hindu right-wing groups. Some Hindi films currently in development include biopics of Sher Singh Rana — the assassin of Phoolan Devi, and of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a Hindu nationalist who first developed the political ideology of Hindutva.
It is unlikely that the success of Brahmāstra will affect the calls to boycott the film, or stall the trajectory of future films — especially those starring Muslim actors in the lead or that actively promote Hindutva ideologies. In other words, it won’t change an atmosphere that’s already been set in place — which in turn makes it unlikely that Bollywood will stop catering to majoritarian trends and sentiments.
Of course, audiences may like or dislike a movie for multiple other reasons than just its political content or its shoddy technique. Sometimes, a particular film may attract audiences because of other factors such as its visual brilliance, ensemble cast, or music. At times, people may just want to look at their favorite stars on the big screen. However, portraying a film’s success on these counts as a moral victory over forces that the film industry has helped fuel may prevent introspection into both the legitimate criticisms of the movie and the larger workings of the industry itself. | https://theswaddle.com/why-celebrating-brahmastra-to-save-bollywood-from-the-boycott-gang-is-a-flawed-approach/ | 2022-09-12T10:14:31Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/why-celebrating-brahmastra-to-save-bollywood-from-the-boycott-gang-is-a-flawed-approach/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX), a global company focused on accelerating the commercial adoption of electric vehicles (EV), today announced that its subsidiary US Hybrid is supplying Global Environmental Products (GEP) with its proprietary electric and hybrid electric propulsion kits for use in the construction of 62 zero emission street sweepers. Once complete, GEP will provide the sweepers to New York City, California, the City of Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C.
"Together with GEP, we are providing customers across the U.S. with made-in-America zero-emission street sweepers featuring the best available technology pioneered by US Hybrid," said Ideanomics Mobility President, Robin Mackie. "This order, one of the biggest to date, reflects a simple truth – zero-emission street sweepers are better for the planet, communities, and the bottom line. Also, each order supports the growth of America's clean energy economy and green manufacturing jobs."
This is another milestone in the decades-long strategic partnership. In 2009, GEP partnered with US Hybrid to launch the first hybrid electric street sweepers in New York City and has since provided additional units to customers in Japan. In 2021, GEP and US Hybrid deployed a first-of-its-kind, fully electric, supercharged street sweeper in New York, which made a splash by cleaning up iconic Times Square after the 2022 New Year's Eve celebration.
"We care about our environment and believe in designing and building environmentally responsible products. Our long-standing relationship with US Hybrid ensures that we always have the most evolved, zero-emission technology available to us to ensure we can provide our customers state of the art zero emission technology they are looking for," stated Walter Pusic, GEP president.
GEP will provide 17 electric street sweepers to California's Department of Transportation. In addition, the company has signed a letter of intent to supply 30 plug-in hybrid electric street sweepers and seven all-electric street sweepers to New York City. Additional orders for GEP's all-electric street sweepers include two for the City of South San Francisco, three for Washington D.C., and two for the City of Helena, Montana. All sweepers will feature US Hybrid's proprietary technology.
GEP produces hybrid and fully electric street sweepers manufactured in San Bernardino, Calif. An all-electric street sweeper prevents nearly 90 metric tons of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere over its lifetime and is significantly quieter than sweepers powered by a combustion engine.
Since acquiring US Hybrid in 2021, Ideanomics appointed automotive industry veteran Macy Neshati as interim CEO and invested more capital to enable US Hybrid to keep pace with growing demand for its industry-leading electric powertrains and fuel cell systems. Ideanomics has determined that Neshati will continue in the role of CEO, effective October 1, based on his exceptional leadership, which has enabled US Hybrid to quickly enter new markets, improve operational efficiency, and enhance the visibility of new product offerings to key market segments including a near-zero-emission natural gas-powered parallel hybrid powertrain technology for drayage and long-haul trucks.
Ideanomics is solving the complexity of fleet electrification by bringing together high-performance electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and financing solutions under one roof. The company views US Hybrid's expertise in designing fuel cell systems and electric power trains as a competitive advantage. Ideanomics is committed to supporting the growth of US Hybrid, which includes exploring opportunities to incorporate US Hybrid technology into the design of Ideanomics' next generation of electric vehicles.
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A driver has been arrested after a vehicle ploughed into Tunbridge Wells Garden Centre. The vehicle came to rest upside down and half inside the building on Eridge Road.
The crash left a trail of destruction including a mangled green fence and a pile of shattered materials from the building. The shocking crash happened in the early hours of yesterday. (September 11)
Kent Police confirmed it sent officers to the scene at around 2.15am. They arrested a man on suspicion of drink driving. He was taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital for medical attention and was later released pending further investigation, said a spokesperson for the police.
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Staff were seen during the night at the garden centre, where the inside of the shop and many products could be clearly seen after the glass had been shattered. They were attempting to make the building secure. There were piles of broken and twisted materials including window frames.
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The county proclamation of King Charles III was held across a number of Kent's districts and boroughs on Sunday (September 11). The ceremony in Folkestone took place at the Civic Centre on Castle Hill Avenue in the afternoon and KentLive went along to witness the occasion.
The ceremony was set to take place at 3pm outside the Civic Centre, and there were people gathered around at the entrance dressed in black, and a lady giving out the order of service. Organisers confirmed that they hadn't quite decided what area they were going to hold the ceremony as they were unsure how many people were going to attend.
Not surprising, as this is of course something that is quite unprecedented. Slowly as the minutes ticked on people started to arrive at the Civic Centre, and by 3pm there was quite a crowd gathered around on the grass and surrounding areas.
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The officials marched slowly from the entrance and assembled on the grassy area just by the flag pole. And there was definitely a heavy and sombre mood in the air.
Deputy Lieutenant Geoff Miles gave an introduction to Chairman, Cllr Philip Martin who went on to give the Proclamation. He said: "Whereas it has pleased almighty God to call to his mercy our late Sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth II of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George.
"We, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this realm, and members of the House of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council, and representatives of the realms and territories, aldermen, and citizens of London and others, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, Charles III, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and of his other realms and territories, King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless His Majesty with long and happy years to reign over us.
"Given at Folkestone and Hythe this eleventh day of September in the year of Our Lord 2022."
The Chairman finished the address by saying "God Save The King", repeated by the official guests, and then by all present. Following this everyone sang the first verse of the National Anthem together.
Finally the Chairman called for three cheers for His Majesty The King, which was a nice way to end the ceremony and unite people. After the very solemn verse of the National Anthem, it not only felt that we were united in our sorrow but united in moving forward with our new Sovereign, King Charles III.
The flag which has been flying at half-mast since the announcement of the death of Her Majesty, was raised for the reading of the Proclamation, and then lowered back to half-mast at the end of the ceremony, where it will remain until after the state funeral.
Maidstone was the first Borough to make the announcement which was delivered by the High Sheriff of Kent, Russell Race, with many dignitaries from across Kent in attendance.
The Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Derek Mortimer said: "I am immensely proud that Maidstone should lead the proclamations of our new King Charles III for Kent, this is a historic moment for our County Town."
Derek continued: "We now continue a period of national mourning which began on September 8 and will continue until the day after the funeral. It makes me reflect on my own thoughts of the Queen, and how we will miss her devotion, loyalty and service to our country and the Commonwealth and as a role model for our whole society. As a young boy scout I remember seeing the Queen’s picture looking out over us and I will always remember this fondly."
More than 1,000 people watched Medway's local Proclamation on Sunday, September 11. Following the Proclamation residents sang God Save The King.
The ceremony took place at Rochester Castle Gardens and was live streamed on Medway Council social media channels.
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Farming for crops — and for solar power
Farmers and researchers are experimenting with installing solar panels over active agricultural land in an emerging field called agrivoltaics.
Why it matters: As the world seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels, solar power will indisputably be part of the post-carbon energy mix.
- Yet there's only so much land that can be effectively converted to single-use solar production, so dual-use projects like agrivoltaics are getting a closer look.
- For farmers — many of whom are facing an uncertain future as the climate changes — the hope is that "farming" for solar power can be an additional money-maker.
How it works: Solar panels installed over farmers' crops generate electricity that can then be sold to an energy supplier and fed into the power grid for community use.
- Crops that thrive in the shade — think leafy greens like kale and lettuce, or root vegetables like radish and beets — are protected from harsh direct sunlight.
- Plants, meanwhile, naturally give off water vapor that can help cool solar panels from below, improving their efficiency.
State of play: U.S. agrivoltaic pilot programs are afoot in:
- Rockport, Maine, where University of Maine researchers are studying the impact of solar panels installed over 11 acres of blueberry farmland.
- Grafton, Massachusetts, where farmers are working with University of Massachusetts academics to figure out which crops perform best under solar panels' shade.
- And Longmont, Colorado, home to Jack's Solar Garden, which considers itself the country's largest commercially active site for agrivoltaics research.
Be smart: Farms' fundamental purpose has always been converting the sun's rays into energy. That energy has historically taken the form of calories — but agrivoltaics makes it possible for farmers to diversify their energy output, says Chad Higgins, an associate professor at Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences.
- "Do they want to create electrons in the form of electricity? Or do they want to create calories in the form of food, or a mixture of both? What's the most profitable for them? What's best for them, given their available other resources?"
Yes, but: Some farmers are skeptical, mostly due to practical concerns. It can be hard to drive a tractor in and around a bunch of solar panels, for instance.
- The upfront cost of installing lots of solar panels can be prohibitive — although some states, like Massachusetts, are experimenting with financial incentives.
- That's trickier than it might sound — if producing solar power becomes dramatically more profitable than growing crops, and lots of farmers switch mostly or fully to solar, food shortages could follow.
- Whether it makes sense for a farm to add solar also depends on whether there's an electric substation nearby. The further a substation, the more energy is lost in transmission — meaning it won't be economical to sell power into the grid.
What's next: As researchers and early adopters figure out the best crops, tools and techniques to use — and more state, local and national governments support agrivoltaic efforts — expect to see lots more solar panels over the world's farmland in the coming years.
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Remember when ... Atlanta helped Ali get back in the ring
In 1970, Muhammad Ali hadn't fought a professional boxing match in three years. Then Atlanta came calling.
Details: In 1967, Ali refused to be drafted for the Vietnam War and began a bitter legal battle against the federal government. The fallout was severe; Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title, and blacklisted from competing.
- More than 20 states reportedly refused to sanction a fight featuring Ali.
Yes but: Because Georgia had no state law governing boxing, state Sen. Leroy Johnson argued, cities had the authority to OK matches.
- A group of local and state leaders including Johnson and executive Jesse Hill convinced Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell to allow the boxer to step into the ring.
Details: On October 26, 1970, the flamboyant pugilist stepped into the ring at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium against Jerry Quarry, a top heavyweight contender. The sold out auditorium included the likes of Diana Ross and Sidney Poitier.
What they said: "It was the greatest collection of black money and black power ever assembled until that time," boxing historian Bert Sugar said, according to an oral history of the bout in Atlanta magazine. "Right in the heart of the old Confederacy, it was 'Gone With the Wind' turned upside-down."
Intrigue: An invitation-only post-fight party in Collier Heights attended by hustlers and gambling kingpins ended with a brazen heist that’s become part of Atlanta lore.
Fast forward: Twenty-six years later, Ali famously returned to the city to spark the 1996 Olympics Torch.
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Little Five Points development plan includes demolition of Star Bar
A plan to redevelop a historic corner of Little Five Points includes razing the Star Community Bar, the long-running music venue that's played host to Drive-By Truckers, Killer Mike and countless other acts.
Driving the news: A development team that includes Third and Urban and longtime community investors wants to convert a 2.5-acre site at the corner of Moreland and Euclid avenues into housing, offices, retail and restaurants.
- The development's footprint includes the Point Center Building — the historic two-story structure on the corner that houses Abbadabba's — and a 1950s church turned Montessori school.
Of note: Hank Farmer of Third and Urban tells Axios that plans call for demolishing the former bank that Star Bar's called home since 1991 to build a three-story building with two ground-floor restaurant spaces. The new building will also have offices above and a basement space.
Zoom out: The proposal comes on the heels of Portman Holdings' plan to redevelop a stretch of Ponce de Leon Avenue that puts the future of MJQ, The Local and other businesses in question.
What they're saying: Farmer says the team is "looking at creative ways to keep Star Bar here as part of the neighborhood and we are continuing to have conversations with them about potential options. We would like them to stay."
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Patriots game day: Where to tailgate, park and more
Football is back, and we've got you covered if you intend on heading to the stadium this season.
- Here's what you need to know to be game-day ready.
Key home games
1. Chicago Bears, Week 7
Patriots QB Mac Jones will take on the signal-caller drafted four spots ahead of him in primetime, Chicago Bears starter Justin Fields.
- Details: Monday, Oct. 24 at 8:15pm.
2. Indianapolis Colts, Week 9
This may not be the rivalry it used to be, but it should be a competitive game. New England leads the series 52-30.
- Details: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1pm.
3. Buffalo Bills, Week 13
After a crazy series of games against Buffalo last season, which included an embarrassing elimination in the Wild Card round, the Patriots will get their first chance at revenge.
- Details: Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8:15pm.
Tickets
Single-game tickets are available here.
How to get there
Information about Gillette Stadium parking is available here.
- Check out more ways to get to the stadium, including the train.
- Stadium Address: 1 Patriot Pl.
Where to eat/drink
1. Six String
Rock out before the game at Six String, where you can get chowder, wings or gumbo and experience live music before or after the game.
- Hours: Sunday 11am–9pm
- Address: 275 Patriot Place
With a motto that goes "A piece of Mass in every glass," Wormtown is a great spot to get your locally made beer fix on game day.
- Hours: Sunday noon-7pm, Monday-Wednesday 4-9pm, Thursday noon-9pm, Friday-Saturday noon-10pm
- Address: 250 Patriot Place
CBS Sporting Club features a massive 25-foot LED screen, HDTVs throughout the bar with game sound and an outdoor bar where you can see the field from your seat.
- Hours: Sunday noon-8pm, Monday-Friday noon-9pm, Saturday noon-9:30pm
- Address: 200 Patriot Place
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Fake news being delivered to greater Chicago homes
Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking out against a new round of political ads disguised as newspapers being delivered in Chicago and the suburbs.
Why it matters: The publications — designed to trick readers into thinking they are reading a vetted, objective news source — feature stories the governor says are racist.
- Though these "newspapers" are political ads in disguise, they aren't illegal. The state attorney general's office tells Axios it hasn't received any complaints and is not pursuing legal action.
Context: The mailers are distributed by conservative radio host Dan Proft, who also is behind the People Who Play By the Rules PAC.
- Headlines from papers include "'Lightfoot's 'Summer of Joy' one of murder, mayhem," and, "The coming end of cash bail in Illinois: What it means for you and your family," the latter paired with mugshots of a Black man.
- Proft's PAC was also behind the ads that Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused of "darkening her skin."
- He also teamed up with then-governor Bruce Rauner in 2016 to deliver fake newspapers.
Between the lines: The papers focus mainly on the Safe-T Act, the criminal justice reform law going into effect in January that includes the elimination of cash bail in Illinois.
- Illinois will be the first state to do away with cash bail, which advocates say punishes poor people and continues the cycle of incarceration.
- Law enforcement is worried it will limit arrest powers and put criminals back on the streets after committing crimes.
- "It's going to be literally the end of days," a Republican state's attorney said to one of Proft's newspapers.
What they're saying: "Instead of engaging in a serious debate about pretrial policy, Dan Proft has chosen to blow his racist dog whistle while spreading disinformation meant to confuse Illinoisans about the impacts of the law," the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice said in a statement.
- "This is a messaging that's coming from a racist political consultant," Pritzker said at a recent press conference.
- "It's a scare tactic. It's meant to have people (show) concern for their safety. The truth of the matter is that what he’s purveying here is complete hogwash."
The other side: Proft responded on Twitter with, "JBelly infuses race into every, single policy debate. He never deal on the merits, particularly on public safety. He signed the state's death warrant with his no cash bail law."
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Where Richmond property values went up most
City real estate assessments went out last week, and most Richmond homeowners saw another year of steep property value increases, the latest reflection of the red hot housing market on locals' tax bills.
Driving the news: The average assessed value of a Richmond home jumped 13.04% for 2023, down slightly from last year's 13.35% increase.
Zoom in: 13.04% is the average increase across the city's 82 neighborhoods, but more than half — 57 neighborhoods — saw significantly larger increases, with some of the biggest jumps hitting Richmond's previously more affordable areas.
- Two North Side neighborhoods — South Battery Court and Washington Park — saw property values increase 35% and 34%, respectively.
- Swansboro in South Richmond and Fairfield in the East End both jumped 27%.
- View the interactive map to see every neighborhood in Richmond.
Why it matters: The average Richmonder is paying nearly $1,000 more a year in real estate taxes than pre-pandemic.
- And since homeowners' insurance is calculated based on home value, those rates often rise along with taxes.
Flashback: For 2018, Richmonders saw the average year-over-year assessment for residential homes jump 8.3% — the biggest increase in a decade, and double the average annual change in the previous years.
- That year, the average assessed value went up to $247,000, and Richmonders paid an average annual real estate tax of $2,964.
- For 2023, the average assessed value hit $324,000 with an average tax bill of $3,888.
What's happening: The COVID-era real estate market, which saw low inventory, bidding wars, an influx of new remote-work residents and rising rent pushing more people to buy, "produced a perfect economic storm of market value," city assessor Richie McKeithen tells Axios.
- "We have to assess every year at market value, as required by state law," McKeithen added.
The intrigue: Monument Avenue had the lowest increase in the city at 3.99%.
- City appraiser Charles Evers, whose district includes the 225 homes of the Monument Avenue neighborhood, tells Axios there were more home sales than usual in the area, making the assessments more precise.
How it works: The city assessor's office uses a computer mass-appraisal system, McKeithen tells Axios, and then a 33-person team analyzes the data, looking at homes that sold nearby and if permits have been pulled for property improvement.
- "Assessments are normally way more conservative than the market value," McKeithen said. "Especially the last couple of years, the market is so robust."
Threat level: The city's real estate tax rate is among the highest in the region at $1.20 per $100 of assessed value, and the Richmond City Council last year voted down a proposal to reduce the rate to $1.135.
- Henrico's is $.85 per $100.
- Chesterfield's is $.92 per $100.
Be smart: Homeowners can file a written appeal with the assessor's office until Sept. 30.
- Tax relief is available, but per current state law, it's limited to senior citizens who make $60,000 a year or less and people with disabilities.
What they're saying: Making financial assistance available to more Richmonders would require action by state lawmakers, McKeithen tells Axios.
- "There's a wealth of individuals who are not seniors and not disabled who need assistance. Other states have things that help protect long-term residents," McKeithen said.
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Miyares creates "election integrity unit"
Attorney General Jason Miyares says his office has formed a 20-person "Election Integrity Unit."
Why it matters: Miyares is following in the footsteps of a growing number of GOP officials nationwide who have made election law a top focus since former President Donald Trump began making baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
- Critics call the issue a cover for voter intimidation efforts.
What they're saying: "I pledged during the 2021 campaign to work to increase transparency and strengthen confidence in our state elections," Miyares said in a statement. "It should be easy to vote, and hard to cheat."
Reality check: There have been no widespread issues in Virginia with voter fraud or irregularities.
- "It's not at all clear to me this is a valuable use of the government's resources," Michael D. Gilbert, a University of Virginia law professor who is an expert on voting law, told the Washington Post.
Details: Miyares' office told the Virginia Mercury the 20-member team does not have its own budget and is made up of his office's existing staff members, who will continue working on other matters.
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How Florida used COVID relief to fund law enforcement
Florida is among the states that used portions of American Rescue Plan Act funding aimed at COVID recovery to shore up police and other law enforcement.
Driving the news: Through ARPA, President Biden gave cities and counties $350 billion to recover from COVID-19 — the largest infusion of federal funding in local governments in almost 40 years.
The big picture: Some $52.6 billion of that $350 billion was categorized as “Revenue Replacement,” a vague catch-all category. And more than half of that money went to projects that mentioned police, law enforcement, courts, jails and prisons, The Marshall Project found.
- Less than 10% went to "public health."
- Biden has pointed to ARPA to show that Democrats aren't out to defund the police, according to a new Marshall Project report.
Zoom in: Florida got $8.8 billion in ARPA funding. Through a partnership with The Marshall Project, Axios found that:
- The state budgeted $20 million of the money to build a new Florida National Guard armory in Zephyrhills, "to address capacity impacts related to COVID." The state claimed the new space will allow the guard to recruit and train 450 new service members. Only $1.8 million has been spent on the project so far.
- Coral Springs spent $43,000 of its money on ballistic rifle plates, a type of body armor, for fire and EMS workers.
- Tampa — which had the biggest police department budget increase among America's largest cities last year — spent $15.6 million of its ARPA money on police salary and benefits, vehicles, aviation maintenance and body cameras for police.
Between the lines: The U.S. Treasury ruled that funds allocated to a city due to a reduction in revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can be used to pay for police equipment, including vehicles, aviation and body cameras.What they're saying: Coral Springs started purchasing ballistic rifle plates for first responders after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, city spokesperson Lindsey Steinberg told Axios.
- "In 2022, the department utilized less than 0.3% of the city's total allocated ARPA funds to upgrade the vests' ballistic plates to protect against certain rifle ammunition," Steinberg said. "The funding is also to ensure that we have a replacement plan that follows the manufacturer's expiration dates."
- Tampa Police Department spokesperson Crystal Clark told Axios that ARPA funds helped TPD avoid significant budget cuts by funding "critical department needs."
The bottom line: There are few limitations on how local governments can allocate ARPA funds, so each municipality gets to decide based on its priorities and values.
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"Minimal progress" made on reforming 911, D.C. audit says
The D.C. auditor says “minimal progress” has been made on reforming the District's troubled emergency call system after an audit from last October, according to a follow-up audit by Federal Engineering, Inc.
Why it matters: The Office of Unified Communications manages 911 and has been hit with criticism for dispatch errors.
- This summer, two infants died in separate incidents due to errors in dispatching emergency personnel — incidents the auditor’s office says will be evaluated in a future audit.
Flashback: The audit found that while the appropriate number of emergency personnel were dispatched in 97% of calls, the 911 agency was inconsistent in handling calls, had difficulties in locating emergencies, and did not meet national standards for getting timely help for callers in both 2019 and 2020.
- The audit made 31 recommendations to reform the agency.
Yes, but: It has completed only one recommendation, which was related to using a location-centric technology for 911 call centers.
- Yet minimal progress has been made on prioritizing the types of 911 calls, streamlining call data, and getting 911 call-takers to stick to scripted protocol, among other recommendations.
- No progress has yet been made on improving translation services, which was required by the end of last month, the audit says.
What they’re saying: OUC Acting Director Karima Holmes, who had previously left the agency in 2021 amid criticism and was reappointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser this March, wrote in a response to the report that she was pleased with the progress the agency has made and looks forward to meeting with the audit team this month.
- When asked for comment, OUC pointed Axios to its plan on meeting these recommendations. The mayor’s office did not respond to Axios' request for comment.
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D.C.'s Initiative 82 spurs another battle over tips
Come November, D.C. voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers through Initiative 82.
Sound familiar?
Flashback: A similar measure by a different name, Initiative 77, passed in 2018. It was later overturned by the D.C. Council.
Driving the news: Legal battles surrounding the measure have continued this time around. The D.C. Court of Appeals last week denied Initiative 82 opponents their last chance to keep the measure off the ballot.
Catch up quick: Currently, employers of tipped workers can take advantage of the tip credit. That means employers can pay less than minimum wage (about $5 an hour) as long as each worker's hourly wage plus tips meets or exceeds the minimum wage.
- If the credit were eliminated under the ballot measure, employers would have to pay by 2027 the standard minimum wage (currently $16.10) regardless of what workers earn in tips, with steady increases each year between now and then.
Why it matters: Initiative 82 would create a fundamental shift for workers who’ve traditionally relied on tips for the bulk of their income and could have far-reaching effects on the dining scene.
Supporters of the measure, like Paul Schwalb with Local 25 – a union representing 7,500 hospitality workers in D.C. – say inflation and the rising cost of living make higher baseline pay even more critical for tipped workers. Others argue that eliminating the tipped wage credit would greatly benefit back-of-house staff by evening the playing field, as front-of-house staff generally make significantly more.
- “There’s a long history in this country of people who are employers who cry every time a wage goes up … and they pull their hair out and they say that the sky is falling,” Schwalb tells Axios. “At the end of the day, they find ways to follow the law.”
The other side: Opponents — which include the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington — argue that raising baseline pay would harm D.C.’s many independently operated restaurants, potentially pushing owners to cut staff or raise prices, and leading patrons to tip less.
- Opponents also say that the measure could cause restaurant workers to make significantly less money. D.C. waiters currently make an average of $23.19 an hour, $7 more than minimum wage.
In a Washington Post op-ed, RAMW president Kathy E. Hollinger argued that well-funded outside special interest groups are recycling a “bad idea” at the “most vulnerable time for our small businesses and their employees.”
What's next: Groups for and against the initiative have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to convince D.C. voters to side with them. Expect to see increased messaging from both sides ahead of the election in November.
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LONDON, UK — King Charles III pledged Monday to follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty” as he addressed lawmakers from both houses of parliament in London before he was to fly to Edinburgh to be with the late queen's coffin as it lies at rest in the Scottish capital.
Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince Harry hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity."
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king, and he replied.
A trumpet fanfare greeted the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, as they entered the hall, which was packed with hundreds of legislators.
Charles told members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth II in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.K.’s political system.
He paid tribute to his mother, saying: “As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was a pattern to all princes living.”
The hall, with its magnificent hammer-beam roof, is the oldest part of the parliamentary complex — a remnant of the medieval Palace of Westminster that once stood on the site.
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons. That rule dates from the 17th century, when King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation between crown and Parliament led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.
Earlier Monday, a personal statement posted on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a possible sign of a reconciliation as Harry and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.
The national outpouring of grief continued Sunday as thousands of people lined streets and roadsides as the oak coffin was borne from the late queen's beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat, where she died on Thursday, to Edinburgh.
Later Monday in Edinburgh, the king will walk behind his mother's coffin as it is slowly transported from Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral, where the crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin ahead of a service of prayer and reflection on the life and 70-year reign of the widely cherished monarch.
The queen's coffin will lie at the cathedral for 24 hours, giving members of the public a chance to file past and pay their respects. On Tuesday, it will be flown to London where the coffin will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament Palace from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of the funeral on Sept. 19.
Authorities already have issued rules and guidelines for people wanting to pay their respects in London, with a long queue expected.
After visiting Scotland, Charles embarks on a tour of the other nations that make up the United Kingdom — he visits the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast, on Tuesday and Wales on Friday.
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A growing number of Republican politicians are moving to penalize Wall Street investors who consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they decide where to put clients' money.
In Florida, a state board chaired by Gov. Ron DeSantis recently barred investment fund managers and advisors from considering "social, political, or ideological interests" when making decisions for Florida's retirement system. In Texas and West Virginia, GOP leaders say they will block investors from state business who they claim "boycott" the fossil fuel industry. Fifteen other states are considering similar measures. And Republicans have said that if they retake Congress in the midterms, they plan to push federal legislation to curtail investment decisions they attack as "woke."
Anti-ESG Republicans say big financial firms are abusing their power to advance a liberal agenda on issues like diversity, social justice and, especially, climate change.
Many experts disagree, saying Republicans are distorting the goals and strategies of ESG investing.
It's hard for most people to get a clear read of what ESG is amid the overheated rhetoric. Is the idea to bring about social changes that couldn't be achieved at the ballot box? And what does it mean for things like your 401K when investors follow ESG principles?
This FAQ is for anyone who wants to better understand an investing trend that is becoming core to global financial markets and a new battlefront in American politics — including, possibly, in your own state.
What is ESG?
It's probably easiest to think of this as a set of considerations that investors are using to try to understand risks and opportunities that aren't accounted for in traditional financial models.
Climate change is one of the simplest examples: Investors are trying to find out how physical risks from things like rising sea levels and worsening drought could impact a company's operations. For example, does a company rely on water to operate its factories, or to move goods in places like Europe or China where rivers have dried to a trickle this summer?
Investors also want information about "transition risk" — how companies will fare as governments enact policies aimed at cutting emissions and demand grows for things like renewable energy and batteries.
"It's about looking at a business and saying, 'Are they prepared for the climate transition that's coming?'" says Witold Henisz, faculty director of the ESG Initiative at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. "Some companies are, and some companies aren't. And that tilts your portfolio, it shifts your investment strategy."
ESG is different from impact investing, where the goal is to make money by investing in companies that are trying to achieve certain social or environmental outcomes.
"In our view, ESG is more of a sort of defensive framework," says Kunal Shah, a managing director at iCapital, a financial technology company. "Whereas impact investing ... is focused on investing in companies with a clear mission to make a change to the positive."
Are ESG investors boycotting fossil fuels?
It doesn't look that way. Big banks continue to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in financing to the fossil fuel industry every year. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager and a favorite target of anti-ESG Republicans, is one of the top shareholders in many leading oil and gas companies.
"ESG isn't about a boycott," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "It's a question of which fossil fuel company do you hold? And how long do you hold them?"
In fact, BlackRock's CEO, Larry Fink, has said he thinks selling off fossil fuel stocks — or divestment — is an ineffective way to fight climate change. Instead, Fink has advocated for engagement, urging shareholders to press fossil fuel executives to be transparent about their plans for the future.
That said, it has gotten more expensive for fossil fuel companies to borrow money in recent years, reflecting the risks those companies face from climate change, says Tensie Whelan, director of New York University's Stern Center for Sustainable Business.
"It's not so much that [lenders are] punishing the companies. They're just saying, 'Hey, there's risk. And just like we would with any other products, we need to financially assess those risks and build them into the cost of credit,'" Whalen says.
Is ESG hurting the financial performance of companies or investors?
It doesn't appear to be.
NYU's Whalen co-authored a report examining the relationship between ESG and financial performance. After reviewing more than 1,000 research papers published between 2015 and 2020, Whalen's team found that corporate sustainability initiatives often seemed to drive better financial performance. They also found that in many cases, using ESG investment strategies appeared to deliver similar or better financial results compared to conventional approaches.
That doesn't mean proponents of ESG investing think it's being done perfectly. ESG disclosures vary from company to company. Ratings agencies that assess the data use proprietary methods, making it hard for investors to know how firms reach their conclusions. And there is growing concern that some asset managers are slapping ESG labels on funds that don't deserve them.
"The problem is we don't have good data," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "And so we struggle to measure whether companies are delivering."
Why is ESG becoming a political fight now?
Observers point to two potential factors, which aren't mutually exclusive.
One is that ESG — and climate considerations more broadly — are becoming ingrained deeply enough in corporate America and financial markets to begin changing the way some industries operate, says Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit.
Hundreds of companies and investment firms, for example, have now promised to eliminate or offset their greenhouse gas emissions. Only a few years ago, there were hardly any.
The other explanation is that Republicans are trying to score political points ahead of elections.
"Taking climate risk as investment risk is just good business," says Henisz of the Wharton School. "Now, we can argue about how we do it and who does it well and who does it poorly. That's a legitimate argument. [But] the idea that ESG is ideological and not economics is a political argument."
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Outside a dive bar advertising topless dancers on a recent Friday night in North Hollywood, a dancer who goes by her stage name, Reagan, sees her cue.
Before a car full of patrons can enter the parking lot of Star Garden, she cozies up to the driver's side window. She tells the group of four men why the bar — her former workplace — doesn't deserve their business.
"We do want to dance. We love it in there," Reagan tells the friends. But, turning on the flirt, she encourages them to instead dance with her co-workers on the sidewalk. "We're fighting for safer working conditions."
Reagan is among a group of former Star Garden employees who began striking outside the club six months ago. Since then, the dancers have taken their performances outside — picketing, putting on costumed runway shows and deterring customers from entering a space that they say failed to protect them.
They allege that security fails to intervene when belligerent customers threaten and physically assault dancers, that dancers are filmed without consent and that arbitrary rules and quotas govern their job security. After two dancers asked management to take basic measures to address their safety concerns, the dancers say, they were fired in retaliation. Those firings were the final push that drove the group of Star Garden dancers to take the first leap in an effort to unionize.
On March 18, 15 of the club's 23 employees at the time delivered a petition to Star Garden's owners stating their demands. When they attempted to meet with their bosses at the club the next day to discuss their grievances, the dancers said, they were locked out.
NPR spoke to eight dancers for this story, all of whom said that they were contract employees and that they were unfairly terminated for raising safety and privacy concerns with management. They spoke to NPR on the condition that they be identified by only their stage names to protect their safety and privacy. All the dancers said they use the term "stripper" to describe their work and often use the label interchangeably with "dancer."
All the dancers NPR spoke to said conditions are the same if not worse at other clubs. But they describe Star Garden as special in that it's a Lynchian dive bar full of personality and dancer camaraderie. They say that's why they're willing to fight so hard for better working conditions there.
Their approach is a novel one. In August, after several months of striking, the dancers filed for a union election through the Actors' Equity Association, a union that represents actors and stage managers on Broadway and at prominent theater venues. To start the unionization process, Actors' Equity lawyers will have to convince the National Labor Relations Board that the locked-out dancers were employees who were wrongfully terminated.
Andrea Hoeschen, the union's general counsel, said it's clear that strippers need the protections afforded by a union for the same host of reasons as do actors and stage managers.
"Safety onstage, safe backstage areas, sanitary backstage areas, having the employer take some responsibility for the behavior of audience members, making sure people aren't filmed or harassed by audience members, and that when any of those problems arise, that there is accountability on the part of the employer," Hoeschen told NPR.
If the dancers are successful, the Star Garden workers will become the only strippers in the U.S. to be represented by a union, according to Actors' Equity, which represents more than 51,000 workers.
They're not the first group of strippers to take the union path. The Star Garden dancers take direct inspiration from a unionization effort 25 years ago led by strippers at the Lusty Lady, a defunct peep show in San Francisco that unionized when the strippers joined the Service Employees International Union.
Many of the Star Garden dancers say a strip club run as a co-op is the ultimate goal — which is just what the Lusty Lady strippers did when they bought out the venue in 2003. But rising rent prices and the lure of online pornography made it difficult to keep the lights on, forcing the club to shut down in 2013.
The Star Garden dancers' effort is part of a larger movement in recent months by workers who are seeking unionization for better labor protections.
"I definitely see it as an aftershock of COVID," Reagan said. "People going back to work are just realizing what they're worth and realizing what they deserve."
The club's owners, Stepan "Steve" Kazaryan and Yevgenya "Jenny" Kazaryan, have not responded to multiple calls from NPR about the allegations described by the dancers. Joshua Kaplan, a lawyer reportedly representing the club, has not responded to multiple contact attempts.
For now, the dancers will be out on the sidewalk, trying to upset the club's bottom line.
More often than not, the dancers say, their deterrence tactics work to turn away business. But that one car of friends ended up going into the club that night.
Reagan shrugged: "Everyone needs a different touch," she said.
Reagan (she/her)
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Star Garden to close in 2020, Reagan, like many workers, took her business online. She and her fellow dancers started hosting virtual shows.
"It was like a revelation," Reagan said. "We realized that we have the know-how, the tools to create a community and an environment that we feel safe in and that we can perform and make money."
Online, she said, the talent ran the show. The performers could block a customer if they were being harassed, instead of waiting around for security to step in.
The time spent away from the club, she said, was a "wake-up call" to the pervasive safety issues that she said came into sharper focus when she returned.
Reagan said she was fired after standing up for herself to a manager who was joking about a customer killing her.
Now, to stay afloat emotionally and financially, she's continuing to host the virtual performances.
Reagan has been stripping for over a decade. For her, it hasn't been difficult to draw a separation between her private and public-performer lives. That distinction is now becoming muddier, however, as her public profile as an activist melds with her performer persona in the spotlight of the strike.
Outside of stripping, Reagan is a theater performer who is already represented by Actors' Equity. It's serendipitous, she said, that those two worlds are forming one, and it validates her belief that strippers are stage performers.
Wicked (she/her)
Wicked is a self-described theater kid — a performer.
"You are a one-woman show when you're out there to make your money," she said.
And for a while, she truly was. Star Garden hired her in July 2021, and for her first eight weeks, she said, she danced in the club alone. As more strippers got brought on board, she held out hope that club conditions would improve.
The conditions, she said, included holes in the stage, a broken pole, shattered glass on the ground and a general lack of cleanliness. Star Garden owners and managers, who she said also took shifts as bartenders and security guards, didn't rush to address her concerns.
"They filled a lot of roles and cut a lot of corners doing that," Wicked said. "And in cutting so many corners, they made us less safe."
Week by week, month after month, working conditions deteriorated, she said.
"You could tell security, 'This guy just tried to shove his finger in me,' and you'd be met with a blank stare," Wicked said. "That happened to me multiple times."
Feeling that they couldn't rely on security, the dancers warned and protected each other from customers and management.
After two dancers were fired in the span of a couple of days, the Star Garden strippers felt they were running out of options. They presented their petition to management and took to the picket line when barred from reentering the club.
The support of the nonprofit Strippers United and, now, Actors' Equity has been critical to keeping their momentum going, Wicked said.
"We made it five months, which in labor terms is colossal," she said in August. "It's a very long time to continue picketing and continue staying strong on these lines."
Selena (she/her) and Tess (she/they)
When she wears her hair down, Selena often gets compared to the late Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla, so choosing a stage name to "represent the queen herself" was an obvious choice.
Selena started dancing two years ago. A difficult financial situation had left her living out of her car, and she felt like stripping could offer the flexibility to pay her bills and still go to school.
"I could take a week off dancing because I was focused on [finals] week, and I've never had any job do that before," she said.
Her new job also allowed her to explore different sides of herself.
"I'm very masc outside of being a stripper," she explained. "As soon as I step into the strip club, I can be as femme as I want. It's really liberating and really beautiful to be in an environment where that's appreciated."
Selena landed at Star Garden in January, becoming its only Latina dancer. That didn't immediately raise red flags — it meant good money. But the more she talked to her Star Garden co-workers, most of whom were white, the more she felt uncomfortable with how her new employers seemed to be tokenizing her.
And slowly, she said, the things she valued most about her career as a stripper — the freedom, the independence, the self-expression — started eroding. In March, Selena hit a breaking point.
She said she was fired, with no clear explanation why, after asking a customer to stop filming one of her co-workers.
Striking and organizing takes a huge toll, especially as one of the few people of color on the team, she said.
Tess is no stranger to these feelings and financial hardship. Tess started dancing at Star Garden years ago, when it was under different ownership. Then, after a three-year hiatus from the stripping scene, she returned last August.
"The money was good," they said. "But then, weird things started happening."
For example, she said, Jenny Kazaryan would close down the stage show if the strippers were not selling enough lap dances. When you do that at a stage club, Tess explained, part of the clientele is going to get up and leave.
In February, they fell off the pole during a performance — a combination of circumstances, they said, that included an unkempt stage and a lack of rags to clean off the pole between dancers. Jenny's son drove Tess to the hospital, but she never received any sort of compensation or financial support. Tess said management didn't give her a copy of the contract she signed at hiring, so she didn't know whether she was entitled to any benefits or protections.
A few weeks later, they showed up in a sling to sign the petition for improved safety.
Now, Tess financially supports her family through several streams of income. But they make it out to the picket line as much as possible and take pride in producing and performing in stripper co-op shows. She also runs the strike's Twitter account.
Like Selena, Tess, who is of Asian descent, is one of a few people of color in their movement. That's because nearly all the Star Garden dancers are white and none are Black — a fact that has resulted in a backlash against the strippers' unionization effort,
The dancers say they saw Black dancers being turned away and allege that Star Garden's management engaged in racist hiring practices.
"That wasn't up to us. It's not our fault that the club hired light-skinned and white women, because that's what they wanted," Tess said.
She said she is dedicated to centering Black voices in the Star Garden unionization effort. That could be achieved in part, she says, by including anti-racist hiring language in their union contract so that Star Garden would hire Black dancers. She says it would also include listening to Black strippers and sex-work activists who have criticized the unionization effort, and then taking those concerns into consideration moving forward.
At the end of the day, Selena said, she enjoys being a stripper — and wants to do it safely at Star Garden. Stripping has taught her to take better care of herself, physically and mentally, and she's proud to wear the title.
"It's a way to take out the stigma, and it seems like people are so afraid to say 'stripper' because it feels like there is a negative connotation or a cynical meaning to it," she said. "But this is what a stripper looks like, you know? And the more that we say it, the more normalized it will become."
Charlie (she/they)
Charlie started working at Star Garden in January. Though it wasn't Charlie's first strip club, bar managers assumed she was a "baby stripper" — and soon she started navigating what she calls "arbitrary rules and quotas" that she said she'd never experienced at other workplaces.
To get scheduled on weekend shifts, which made the most money, she said club owners required that she work on weeknights too. This meant wrapping up her 9-to-5, rushing to the club by 6 p.m. and dancing until close at 2 a.m.
"It did awful things to my brain and my body," they explained. "And I would go to work in the morning and just do it all again because they told me I had to, and I didn't want to lose my job."
When the club locked out the dancers, Charlie once again found herself bouncing between gigs to stay afloat. She said stripping helps her find her voice, to speak up for herself and communicate with her clients about their physical and emotional needs.
"[Stripping] is so incredibly multifaceted. It's a performance from all parties, not just us," they said. "The men that come in here, they get to be a different version of themselves."
It's not just Star Garden that's riddled with workplace safety concerns, they said. There aren't better options in the industry — the only solution she sees, for now, is to unionize, she added.
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La Niña is back for the third year in a row.
The meteorological system over the Pacific Ocean that can influence weather patterns worldwide is projected to continue through the end of the year.
It's the first time this century that La Niña has returned for three consecutive years, according to the World Meteorological Organization, a U.N. agency.
"It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a la Niña event," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement.
La Niña occurs when strong winds blow warm water on the surface of the Pacific Ocean near the coast of South America across the equator toward Indonesia, other parts of Asia and Australia.
That causes cooler water to rise to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, which has wide-ranging ripple effects on the weather.
Some people will see drier weather; others will face more floods
The southwestern U.S., with rain clouds pushed out to sea, becomes drier than usual. Northwestern U.S. states and Canada see cooler-than-average temperatures, rain and flooding.
Australia, Indonesia and other parts of Asia also experience heavy rainfall. La Niña can even cause more lightning activity in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Coast and increase the number of hurricanes and tropical cyclones, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This year, scientists have also attributed a worsening drought in the Horn of Africa and the southern part of South America to La Niña.
Though the storm system will produce some cooler temperatures in one part of the world, the U.N. says that warmer sea-surface temperatures elsewhere will drive the global forecast in the coming months.
Climate change continues to drive up global temperatures and contribute to more extreme weather events, including La Niña.
"Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures – but it will not halt or reverse the long-term warming trend," Taalas said.
La Niña is the opposite of El Niño, in which the trade winds over the Pacific Ocean weaken and the water off the west coast of the Americas warms up.
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A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight prepares to secure and dispose of unexploded ordnance during Exercise Beverly Sunrise 22-06 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2022. The exercise is part of an effort to incorporate Agile Combat Employment, a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability and continue to generate combat power despite enemy attempts at saturation attacks on forward airfields. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Shelby Hawkins)
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A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron taxis an F-16 Fighting Falcon onto the runway during Exercise Beverly Sunrise 22-06 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. The 35th Fighter Wing conducted a readiness exercise to train and test the response and procedures for deployment and combat contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Heller)
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DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 10, 2022) – Lt. Adrian Tomaneng, fuels officer for Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Yokosuka Site Diego Garcia, right; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lester Jones, port operations officer for U.S. Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia, center; and Fernando Gasmin, an operations maintenance representative for NSF Diego Garcia, conduct a joint inspection of the fuel tank inside a fuel oil barge (Non-Self-propelled) Yard Oiler, Navy (YON) 307 during a scheduled overhaul. NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka is the Western Pacific region’s largest U.S. Navy logistics command and has a network of more than 14 detachments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jan David De Luna Mercado)
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A flood watch is in effect for parts of Northern Virginia ahead of heavy rainfall forecast this afternoon and evening.
Showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe, are expected as a cold front pushes through later today. Rainfall rates could reach two to three inches within a short period of time.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Arlington, Fairfax and eastern Loudoun from 5 p.m. to midnight. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations, the weather service said.
The front will push east of the area Tuesday, with seasonable temperatures and lower humidity arriving for later in the week.
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Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond.
5. Data center hearings
Prince William County officials are slated to vote on two more data center projects this month as the industry continues to target local growth.
4. Top five
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority has released its latest sales and revenue report, revealing the top five brands purchased in Virginia ABC stores in fiscal 2022.
3. Flood wactch
A flood watch is in effect for parts of Northern Virginia ahead of heavy rainfall forecast this afternoon and evening. Click here for a detailed forecast by ZIP code.
2. Remembering 9/11
Photo gallery from Friday's ceremony at Prince William County's Liberty Memorial commemorating the 22 county residents who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
1. Pirate ship for sale
If you have 49,000 doubloons in your treasure chest, then have yourself enough to buy a pirate ship. Former Loudoun County firefighter Daniel Corder is selling a houseboat he transformed into a pirate ship. Check out the photos.
InsideOut
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What exactly is the economy anyway? That should be an easy question to answer, but it has so many moving parts, each affecting the other and all happening at once, that getting a grip on our economic situation at any point in time can be trying. To paraphrase Winston Churchill: “It’s about everything happening at once, simultaneously.”
The question everyone, mostly politicians, seems to want answered is, “Are we in a recession?” The administration and its supporters want to say no; their opponents want to say yes. But when you get down to it, no one has a clue what the word “recession” means anymore.
To me, just a guy with a job, a good economy has always been when I have a job, when my friends have jobs, and when someone who wants to leave a job can find another job. That’s prosperity. But is that still the case? That’s where the weird part of analyzing our economy comes in. The unemployment rate in Prince William County was 2.8% in July, and in Fairfax it was 2.5%. That’s well below what economists consider full employment.
That should mean everything is rosy. Yes, people are making more in wages. With lots of jobs and fewer job seekers (the great quit isn’t over yet) wages have risen an average of 40%. However, let me footnote that by saying it applies primarily to jobs that many of us would have considered underpaid before the big pay surge, such as clerks, fast food workers, custodial workers and school bus drivers. The pressure on their wages is still up, and prospective employees are often able to negotiate higher pay. Rarely have workers had that much leverage in the job market.
Ok, so where’s the problem? That’s easy. It’s inflation. Everything has gone up and there are plenty of reasons why. Right now, the annual inflation rate is 8.5%. I was in college the last time it was that high. What that means is that the employees receiving more pay are also looking at everything they buy going up in price – in some cases, outstripping the benefits of the extra pay.
Fuel is one reason. Energy costs are a factor in just about everything we buy. No commodity, product or service is unaffected by it. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, European countries substantially curtailed their consumption of Russian oil and gas. The result is that Europe is buying more gas from the United States and the Middle East, and that’s driving up prices.
Gasoline prices have fallen from their stratospheric highs of three months ago, but the average price of a gallon of gas is still as much as a dollar higher than it was this time last year. Natural gas and heating oil prices are still extremely high. Fortunately, it’s still summer. Winter will be another story.
Locally, some other strange things are happening. For one thing, with so many people still working from home, employers – including the federal government – are reassessing their needs for office space. This means there are a lot of empty office buildings.
Overall, Northern Virginia has an 18.7% office vacancy rate. That’s high. Springfield and Pentagon City have office vacancy rates of more than 20%. Woodbridge, by comparison, is closer to what’s considered normal, at 13%. However, as leases come up for renewal, and companies and the government reduce their office footprints, it’s reasonable to expect these vacancy numbers to rise.
Another factor that prompts considerable angst in the local economy is housing. Prices for new homes have increased by as much as 60% over the past year. This has also dramatically affected rents as well. Rent increases have the biggest impact on low-income renters, who have less disposable income.
Confused? Join the club. That’s because nothing in this economy, locally and nationally, from prices to wages to unemployment, makes any sense anymore. Economists can prognosticate and try to explain the dynamics of the economy. But the normal rules of economics, at least for the time being, just don’t seem to apply.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott") (NYSE: ABT) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Abbott common stock during the period from February 19, 2021, to June 8, 2022, inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Abbott, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: According to the filed complaint, defendants touted the strength of Abbott's infant formula brands and their contribution to the Company's sales and revenue growth, despite knowing that the facility that manufactured those products was in flagrant violations of United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") health, safety, and manufacturing regulations. The complaint further alleges that defendants willfully or recklessly concealed these violations from investors, even though the violations put Abbott's infant formula business in dire jeopardy and left the Company exposed to a risk of severe regulatory action, including the recall of its products and closure of the Sturgis facility. Indeed, according to the complaint, defendants received direct warnings, communications, FDA inspection reports, and consumer complaints identifying in detail the safety and regulatory violations that were rampant at the Sturgis facility.
Aggrieved Abbott investors only have until October 31, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. ("Dingdong") (NYSE: DDL) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased, or otherwise acquired, Dingdong American Depository Shares pursuant or traceable to the F-1 registration statements and related prospectus on Form 424B4 issued in connection with Dingdong's June 2021 initial public stock offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Dingdong, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: According to the filed complaint, the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's initial public offering misstated and/or omitted facts concerning Dingdong's so-called commitment to ensuring the safety and quality of the food it distributes to the market. For example, despite claiming that it applies "stringent quality control across [its] entire supply chain to ensure product quality to [its] users," Dingdong sold food past its sell-by date. Consequently, Dingdong was, in fact, no better at providing or assuring access to "fresh" groceries than the supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms it repeatedly claimed to be displacing. Moreover, the foregoing conduct subjected Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement, all of which, once revealed, were likely to negatively impact Dingdong's business, operations, and reputation.
Aggrieved Dingdong investors only have until October 24, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Kohl's Corporation ("Kohl's") (NYSE: KSS) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Kohl's, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Kohl's includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Kohl's new strategic framework to "drive top-line growth," "expand operating margin," and become "the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle" (the "Strategic Plan") was not well tailored to achieving the Company's stated goals; (ii) the defendants had likewise overstated the Company's success in executing its Strategic Plan; (iii) Kohl's had deficient disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, and corporate governance mechanisms; (iv) as a result, the Company's board of directors was able to and did withhold material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to the Company's annual meeting; (v) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Kohl's financial condition and reputation; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Aggrieved Kohl's investors only have until November 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention MINISO Group Holding Limited ("MINISO") (NYSE: MNSO) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded MINISO securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with MINISO's October 2020 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in MINISO, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/miniso-mnso-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?prid=31519&wire=4
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against MINISO includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants and other undisclosed related parties owned and controlled a much larger amount of MINISO stores than previously stated; (2) as a result, MINISO concealed its true costs; (3) the Company did not represent its true business model; (4) defendants, including the Company and its chairman, engaged in planned unusual and unclear transactions; (5) as a result of at least one of these transactions, the Company is at risk of breaching contracts with People's Republic of China authorities; (6) the Company would imminently and drastically drop its franchise fees; and (7) as a result, defendant's statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: October 17, 2022
Aggrieved MINISO investors only have until October 17, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Actress Maala Parvathy is all praise for the historical drama ‘Pathonpatham Noottandu’ starring Siju Wilson in the lead role. The actress said that director Vinayan was the Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker of the cinema industry who has brought a revolutionary change to the cinematic experience. Maala, in a social media post, has written how Siju Wilson looked perfect as the lead character.
She wrote that she had watched ‘Pathonpatham Noottandu’ that depicted the lives of some of the unique historical personalities who have faded into oblivion. She appreciated Ajayan Chalissery for the production design, Dhanya Balakrishnan for the costumes and Pattanam Rasheed for makeup, cinematography department and the action choreography too. “This is a movie that all Malayalis should watch as it narrates the terrible social status of lower caste people. It is the story of Arattupuzha Velayudhan and Nangeli’s resistance against such atrocities. Siju Wilson looked perfect as Arappuzha Velayudha Panicker. Meanwhile, Kayadu Lohar did an impressive job as Nangeli. Sudev Nair, Alencier, Sunil Sugada, Indrans and Suresh Krishna did their roles with perfection.
However, I am writing this note for a different reason. It is no secret that many hesitate to say filmmaker Vinayan’s name openly in the cinema industry. People would blame him for the ban, issues in the associations and disputes. But, the ordinary cinema workers see Vinayan as their god. The drivers, light men, workers in the unit and makeup department speak really high of him.
I have often wondered why this person had taken up their issues. However, things became clearer when I watched this movie. I clearly understood why Vinayan who had experienced the pain of humiliation had made a movie on the life of Arattupuzha Vekayudha Panicker, the great warrior who fought for the rights of the downtrodden. Not just in the nineteenth century, an Arattuppuzha Velayudhan would emerge in all eras. They would be spurned if they upset the ’king’ and his sycophants.
As I watched the film, I thought that Vinayan was the Arattupuzha Velayudhan of the cinema industry. The same political ideal could be seen when he casted a rather unknown actor in the lead role instead of the super stars. He made that actor the next rising star of the industry. I couldn’t see a different reason when he entrusted talented actors like Manikandan Achary and Mustafa with credible roles. I would like to convey my regards to the director for handling such a relevant issue and also to the producer Gokulam Gopalan for supporting the project,” Maala Parvathy wrote. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/12/director-vinayan-malayalam-film-industry-pathonpatham-noottandu-siju-wilson-maala-parvathy.html | 2022-09-12T11:15:11Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/12/director-vinayan-malayalam-film-industry-pathonpatham-noottandu-siju-wilson-maala-parvathy.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This year marks the centenary birth anniversary of legendary actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair who had amazed Malayali moviegoers and theatre lovers with his spectacular acting prowess. He was born on 11 September 1922 and had lived for sixty four years. The thespian had essayed hundreds of roles in his scintillating career spanning more than 54 years. He immortalised historical figures like Marthanda Varma, Pazhassi Raja, Veluthambi Thalava and Kunjali Marakkar by portraying them on stage. Tamil icon Sivaji Ganesan had admired Kottarakkara’s amazing acting talent while yesteryear actress Sheela calls him an ‘irreplaceable actor’. Sheela recalls how Kottarakkara had transformed himself into an enraged Chemban Kunju when he learned that his second wife had stolen money for her son.
Sreedharan Nair who was born to Kottarakkara Padinjattinkara Narayana Pillai and Ummini Amma became famous at the age of ten playing a role in the play ‘Prasanna’ directed by Munshi Paramu Pillai. In 1950, when the play was made into a movie, Sreedharan Nair acted in it too. Meanwhile, he had formed a drama troupe called Jayashri Kalamandir. It was this troupe that produced the famous drama Veluthampi Thalava.
Even though he had played villain roles in the beginning, his transformation into character roles proved that he is an incredibly versatile actor. Avakashi, Manthravadi, Kattuthulasi, Koottu Kudumbam, Snehaseema, Randidangazhi, Enipadikal, Sarpakadu, Adyapika are some of his unforgettable film roles. Sreedharan Nair won the Kerala state award for best supporting actor for the movie Koottukudumbam (1969) and best actor award for his performance in Aranazhikaneram (1970). Mizhineerpoovukal released in 1986 was his last film. Meanwhile, the bust of Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair would be erected in his hometown soon to honour his splendid legacy. Late Vijayalakshmi Amma is his wife. Among his eight children, three entered the filmdom following their father’s footsteps. Actors Sai Kumar, Shoba Mohan and Shailaja are noted artists in the Malayalam cinema industry. The family’s legacy has been carried forward by young actors Vinu Mohan and Anu Mohan.
Sreedharan Nair’s daughter Shoba says that women, after watching his villain roles, were scared to walk on the road in front of their house if their father was at home. However, in real life, he was a loving father. He would always return from the sets with lots of toys for his children. No matter how late it was, he would wake up the children to gift them the toys.
Besides, he didn’t hesitate to offer a helping hand to whoever asked. Meanwhile, Vinu Mohan says that his grandfather was such a dedicated actor that he lived with the fisher folk for a few days before he essayed the iconic role in Chemmeen. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/12/kottarakkara-sreedharan-nair-birth-anniversary-malayalam.amp.html | 2022-09-12T11:15:31Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/12/kottarakkara-sreedharan-nair-birth-anniversary-malayalam.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global medical technology company focused on delivering innovative medical solutions to drive better patient outcomes, today announced it has earned CE mark certification for its VASCADE® vascular closure and VASCADE MVP® venous vascular closure systems. The CE marking will allow Haemonetics to engage in the next steps of country-specific entrance of both products into the European Union (EU) and forms the basis for entry into other geographies that recognize CE marking.
The VASCADE system is designed for "small-bore" femoral arterial and venous closure, generally used in interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular procedures. The VASCADE MVP system is designed for "mid-bore" multi-access femoral venous closure – generally used in electrophysiology procedures – and is the only FDA-approved closure device for use following cardiac ablation procedures requiring two or more access sites within the same limb. Both devices include proprietary collapsible disc technology and a resorbable collagen patch to achieve hemostasis. VASCADE and VASCADE MVP are designed to save time for hospital staff, while helping patients reach hemostasis faster with fewer complications on average.
In 2021, VASCADE MVP became the first and only vascular closure device to receive an FDA indication for same-day discharge following atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. While not all countries in the EU are able to offer same-day discharge to patients, all patients can benefit from the quicker time to ambulation and reduced discomfort that this product provides.
"We see a significant opportunity to bring the advantages of our unique Vascular Closure products to hospitals within the EU, and look forward to taking steps towards commercializing in the market," said Stew Strong, President, Global Hospital at Haemonetics. "With the VASCADE portfolio earning CE Mark certification, we can meaningfully improve hospital operations throughout the region and further our goal of raising the standard of care for patients around the globe."
"The growth Haemonetics has seen in its Hospital business as a result of the VASCADE product line has been tremendous," said Chris Simon, Haemonetics' President and CEO. "Bringing this product to the EU will continue to distinguish our company for new and innovative solutions that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of care while improving hospital economics and the patient experience."
Haemonetics (NYSE: HAE) is a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative medical products and solutions for customers, to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our technology addresses important medical markets: blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite, and hospital transfusion services. To learn more about Haemonetics, visit www.haemonetics.com.
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MDA will design and build antennas for the Arrow satellite
PARIS AND BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced it has been selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, LLC (AOS) to design and build Ka-Band steerable antennas. The MDA antennas will be integrated into the portfolio of Arrow commercial small satellites manufactured by AOS.
"We are pleased to be selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites to support important applications for space and communications constellations," said Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA. "This contract represents another opportunity to demonstrate MDA's best-in-class satellite design and manufacturing capabilities."
MDA technology has been integrated into more than 350 satellite missions to date, with more than 2,000 antenna subsystems and 3,000 electronic subsystems on approximately 850 satellites currently in orbit. The antennas for AOS will be built, assembled and tested at MDA's state-of-the-art high volume satellite production facility in Montreal.
Airbus OneWeb Satellites LLC is a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb. AOS manufactures satellites for the OneWeb commercial constellation and Airbus customers in Merritt Island, Florida. AOS is producing satellites for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., in support of U.S. government programs.
The AOS contract was added to MDA's backlog in the third quarter of fiscal 2022.
Serving the world from its Canadian home and global offices, MDA (TSX: MDA) is an international space mission partner and a robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. With over 2,400 staff across Canada, the US and the UK, MDA is leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more. With a track record of making space ambitions come true, MDA enables highly skilled people to continually push boundaries, tackle big challenges, and imagine solutions that inspire and endure to change the world for the better, on the ground and among the stars.
This press release contains forward–looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, which reflects the Company's current expectations regarding future events. Forward–looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward–looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in MDA's Annual Information Form available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. MDA does not undertake any obligation to update such forward–looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan had a forgettable night during the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday.
He was trolled relentlessly by Pakistani fans on social media. Even the Delhi Police have made him the 'star' of their meme, albeit to promote road safety.
For Shadab, the series of unfortunate incidents began when he was hit on the head while saving an overthrow. Then the leggie, one of the safest fielders in the Pakistan line-up, dropped a skier, and later he collided with Asif Ali to hand Bhanuka Rajapaksa another reprieve in the penultimate over of the Lankan innings.
The left-handed Rajapaksa was on 46 when he was dropped by Shadab off Haris Rauf's bowling. He was 51 when Shadab collided with Asif and the ball went over the ropes to gift the batter a six. Rajapaksa ended with an unbeaten 71 off 45 balls as the Lankans finished on 170/6.
Not to miss out on an opportunity to wing out a popular hashtag, the Delhi Police have tweeted a video of Shadab and Asif colliding under the caption 'Ae Bhai, Zara Dekh Ke Chalo' (brother, stop, look and proceed). | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/delhi-police-tweet-shadabs-drop-to-promote-road-safety-video.html | 2022-09-12T11:24:26Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/delhi-police-tweet-shadabs-drop-to-promote-road-safety-video.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
London: Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope steered England to an impressive nine-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval on Monday to complete a 2-1 series victory and put the seal on an astonishing turnaround in fortunes for the home team this year.
England started the day at 97/0 needing another 33 to win and picked them up in 27 minutes for the loss of Alex Lees for 39. Crawley finished on 69 not out, with Pope unbeaten on 11.
The victory made it six wins from seven Tests this summer, following a 3-0 beating of New Zealand and a win over India, all following an awful run that brought one win from the previous 17 Tests and led to the arrival of Ben Stokes as captain in place of Joe Root.
England had reached 97 chasing 130 before bad light stopped play on Sunday's fourth day, with Crawley racing to an impressive 57 and Lees, who had been dropped from the first ball of the innings, on 32.
The openers, under considerable pressure after regularly failing to establish any sort of platform this year, had maintained England's aggressive approach on Sunday to effectively make the game safe.
The 100 partnership came up in the first over on Monday, the 18th of the match, and was England's fastest ever for the first wicket.
However Lees, twice dropped in the slips in the first two overs of the day, fell lbw to Kagiso Rabada for 39 in the third after a review overturned the umpire's not out decision.
There were no further scares though as Crawley thumped a stylish back foot cover drive to the boundary to finish the match and earn a huge personal confidence boost.
It was the third time in a row the Test had effectively taken less than three days, after Thursday's play was washed out by rain and Friday was cancelled as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth.
On Sunday South Africa's inexperienced batting line-up had no answer to England's swinging seam attack, slumping from a strong start to 169 all out to hand the initiative to the hosts. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/england-complete-easy-win-wrap-up-series.amp.html | 2022-09-12T11:24:32Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/england-complete-easy-win-wrap-up-series.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dubai: Sri Lanka's Asia Cup-winning hero Bhanuka Rajapaksa, whose stellar show with the bat played a pivotal role in his side's sensational triumph, has dedicated the title to his crisis-hit island nation.
Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the summit clash on Sunday night to clinch the Asia Cup crown for the first time after 2014, their sixth overall.
Batting first, Sri Lanka were reduced to 67/5, but made a turnaround riding on Rajapaksa's brilliant unbeaten 71 off 45 balls and Wanindu Hasaranga (36 off 21 balls) to reach a competitive 170/6.
"We always wanted to show the world - a couple of decades back, we had aggression in our side, and we wanted to create those moments (again) as a unit," a beaming Rajapaksa said at the post match press conference.
"Looking forward, we want to keep up this momentum ahead of the World Cup. With the crisis happening back home, this is a tough time for all the Sri Lankans, but hope we brought some smiles on the faces of our people."
"This is to the whole nation; they were waiting for this for so long," a smiling Rajapaksa added.
Sri Lanka clinched the title in the backdrop of the country's worst economic crisis coupled with political unrest.
Sitting beside Rajapaksa was Sri Lanka's captain Dasun Shanaka and the 31-year-old praised his teammates for responding so well throughout the tournament despite losing to Afghanistan in their tournament opener.
"After that first loss, we had a serious discussion," Shanaka said.
"We knew we had the talent, but it was about applying those in game scenarios and all the players stood up. It's the environment we created as a team and coaching staff that has paid off," he added.
The Sri Lankan skipper also had a message for the fans back home following the title win.
"Believe in our cricketers. A lot of bad things are going around. As cricketers, they too should enjoy their lives as well, not spreading bad things. They have private lives too. Keep believing, that is the key. As a captain, I give confidence to the players, (whatever) I can. I can't ask more than that," Shanaka said.
Shanaka further said that the Asia Cup win could be a stepping stone for greater things to come for Sri Lanka cricket, which is going through a transition phase for a long time.
"Even two-three years back, the team used to play good cricket, but the winning factor wasn't there," he said.
"This could be the turnaround in our cricket, this lot can continue to play for five-six years, which is a very good sign as well.
"The World Cup qualifiers will also help because it will allow us to play in that conditions before the main tournament happens. It will be really good (opportunity for us)," he added.
With a morale-boosting Asia Cup silverware now in their kitty, Shanaka said the same unit can achieve greater success in future.
"It's not like that. When it comes to India-Pakistan, we know it's a different game. Our cricketing history is also good, so we didn't have anything to prove about us being a good team," he said.
"The only thing is we weren't probably ranked high enough, but with this team, we can do better and become that high-ranking team," Shanaka signed off with a smile. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/hope-we-brought-some-smiles-on-the-faces-of-our-people-rajapaksa.html | 2022-09-12T11:24:50Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/hope-we-brought-some-smiles-on-the-faces-of-our-people-rajapaksa.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bengaluru: Indian women's cricket team batter Veda Krishnamurthy is set to enter a new phase of life. Her family sources confirmed that her engagement ceremony will be held in Bengaluru on September 18.
Veda will get engaged to Karnataka cricketer Arjun Hoysala. Both Arjun and Veda shared the photos of their special moments on social media and the images have gone viral.
Veda has been going through a tough phase after losing her mother and sister to COVID-19. She is presently not in the Indian team and attempting a return to the side.
The photo of Arjun kneeling before Veda and proposing to her has gone viral. Arjun captioned the photo "And she said 'yes'". The couple also shared photos of them at a picturesque location in Karnataka.
Arjun, a left-handed batter, has played for Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. He had also played for various franchises in the Karnataka Premier League.
Veda, who is a member of the Karnataka women's cricket team, has played 48 ODIs and 76 T20Is. She was part of the Indian team which ended runners-up in both the 2017 ODI World Cup and the 2020 T20 World Cup. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/veda-krishnamurthy-to-get-engaged-proposal-photos-go-viral.html | 2022-09-12T11:25:03Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/12/veda-krishnamurthy-to-get-engaged-proposal-photos-go-viral.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lagos State Government has placed a temporary stop on the issuance of approval for additional floors as well as an amendment on already existing building floors across the state.
Disclosing this during a meeting with professional bodies including the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Nigerian Institute of Builders, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Council for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria among others, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Lagos State, Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said the measure would help to checkmate haphazard physical development that had often resulted in the collapse of existing buildings and others under construction in the state.
Bamgbose-Martins, at the meeting to identify solutions to cases of collapsed buildings in Lagos, stated that the temporary stop on approval was part of the measures immediately introduced to drastically reduce cases of collapsed buildings after his redeployment to the ministry.
According to him, presently, building approvals would henceforth be based on a number of floors applied from the inception of that building.
He said the state authority would not give approvals for additional floors different from the numbers of floors that had earlier been approved when the construction works started.
According to him, the mandate from the governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was to end cases of collapsed buildings which he described as an embarrassment to the state considering its status globally.
The commissioner stated that efforts have been intensified to ensure anyone including government officials, responsible for cases of collapsed buildings were prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others planning to get involved in any unethical conduct.
He appealed for genuine attitudinal change on the part of government officials, building developers, professional bodies, members of the public, and other relevant stakeholders.
The commissioner acknowledged the need for the government to collaborate with the built professionals to bring sanity to the sector and also expand the scope of the monitoring and inspection activities of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA).
He noted that the recommendations and solutions presented by the professionals which had been divided into Long, Medium, and Short terms would be implemented accordingly.
The General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, said the agency had concluded plans to embark on a massive awareness campaign on building rights, using all available means of communication including social media, television, radio, and newspapers as well as continuous stakeholders’ engagement.
President of Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Toyin Ayinde, advocated genuine value and love for human lives among building stakeholders.
Ayinde said that the value for human lives would often lead to building rights in society and would further engender sincerity in the implementation of the State’s Physical Planning Law.
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth II comes a shake-up to the so-called ‘Counsellors of State’ – the senior royals who can represent the monarch on official duties when necessary.
With King Charles III now on the throne, his Counsellors have become his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, plus the next four members of his family in the line of succession over the age of 21. These are the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of York and Princess Beatrice, with the latter being a new addition to the group.
Ninth in line to the throne, Princess Beatrice is Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter, and is not a working member of the Royal Family. Instead, she works as a consultant at software company Afiniti. She is the mother of the Queen’s youngest great-grandchild, Sienna, and has been married to her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, since July 2020.
There have been calls for both Prince Andrew and Prince Harry to be removed as Counsellors of State. The former due to his association with the late paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, and the latter due to Megxit.
As explained on the royal.uk website, which has not yet been updated to reflect His Majesty The King's accession: ‘In the event that The Queen cannot undertake her official duties as Sovereign on a temporary basis due to illness or absence abroad, two or more Counsellors of State are appointed by Letters Patent to act in Her Majesty’s place. By law, Counsellors of State include the Sovereign’s spouse and the next four people in the line of succession who are over the age of 21’. The duties of an acting Counsellor of State might include daily engagements like Privy Council meetings, signing documents and receiving the credentials of new ambassadors.
It is very rare for Counsellors of State to be called upon, however, both King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales) and the Prince of Wales (then the Duke of Cambridge) were asked to fill in for the Queen earlier this year at the State Opening of Parliament. | https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-beatrice-is-promoted-to-counsellor-of-state-following-the-queens-death | 2022-09-12T11:38:36Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-beatrice-is-promoted-to-counsellor-of-state-following-the-queens-death | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It explains: ‘The State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September at 1100hrs BST. Prior to the State Funeral, The Queen will Lie-in-State in Westminster Hall for four days, to allow the public to pay their respects… On the morning of Monday 19 September, the Lying-in-State will end and the Coffin will be taken in Procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will take place.
‘Following the State Funeral, the Coffin will travel in Procession from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch. From Wellington Arch, the Coffin will travel to Windsor and once there, the State Hearse will travel in Procession to St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle via the Long Walk. A Committal Service will then take place in St George’s Chapel.’
The Queen’s coffin is currently in Edinburgh, having travelled from Balmoral to the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Sunday. On Monday afternoon, the coffin will travel via procession, led by King Charles III, to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. On Tuesday, after the people of Scotland have been able to visit the coffin to pay their respects, it will be flown from Edinburgh airport by Royal Air Force to RAF Northolt, accompanied by the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne. The coffin will then be driven to Buckingham Palace, before being taken via procession to the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday afternoon.
Raised on a catafalque and draped in the Royal Standard, guards from the Sovereign’s Bodyguard, the Household Division or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London will be stationed around the corners of the platform at all times. The coffin itself was made for the Queen over 30 years ago, crafted from English oak. The Times reports that the identity of the maker is not known, even to Leverton & Sons, the undertakers working with the royal household on the funeral arrangements. The coffin is very heavy on account of being lined with lead (because the Queen is being laid to rest in a crypt, rather than having an earth burial), so will be carried by eight military bearers during the funeral. The Imperial State Crown, the orb and sceptre will be laid on top of the coffin, with the lid complete with brass fittings so that the regalia can be clipped into place. | https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-state-funeral-details-bank-holiday-westminster-abbey | 2022-09-12T11:38:42Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-state-funeral-details-bank-holiday-westminster-abbey | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Then, in 1936, when King Edward VIII abdicated from the throne and moved to France in exile, he took with him the Coronet of George, Prince of Wales – an illegal act which saw a brand new coronet having to be made for the next Prince of Wales, Prince Charles.
When a swell in Welsh nationalist and anti-royalist feeling coincided with the then Prince Charles being made the Prince of Wales in 1969, action was taken. It was decided that Charles should spend some time getting to know Wales, Welsh history and the Welsh language, before his official Investiture in 1969. He therefore spent a term at Aberystwyth University, where he was tutored by the Plaid Cymru activist Edward Millward. Upon his arrival, he was greeted with protesters, some of whom held up placards that read ‘go home Charlie’.
When it came to the official Investiture, it was thought that the pomp and ceremony of a traditional ceremony would appeal to naysayers, with much of it copied from the 1911 Investiture of the future Duke of Windsor. There were media-savvy new flourishes though, designed with its broadcast on television in mind, including Charles giving a speech in Welsh, and new eye-catching robes and regalia. Many of these details were cooked up by Lord Snowdon, the husband of Princess Margaret, who was himself half-Welsh.
In the six decades that followed, Charles became the longest holder of the title in history. It was one that he relished, dedicating a week to touring the country every year, and even purchasing a home there, Llwynywermod.
The new Prince of Wales has also spent much time in the country. William and Kate’s first marital home was in Anglesey, when the royal worked as an air ambulance pilot from 2011-2013. | https://www.tatler.com/article/we-now-have-a-new-prince-of-wales-but-where-does-the-heir-of-the-thrones-title-come-from | 2022-09-12T11:38:48Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/we-now-have-a-new-prince-of-wales-but-where-does-the-heir-of-the-thrones-title-come-from | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Hawaii Tobacco Quitline has helped thousands of people quit smoking, and with the guidance of their specially trained coaches, they can help you take back control of your life.
Lila Johnson (Program Manager at the State of Hawaii Department of Health) shared, “One of the programs that we coordinate with is Hawaii Tobacco Quitline. It’s been in Hawaii since 2005 and it offers services for smokers...people who smoke cigarettes, pipes, even use chewing tobacco, also vaping.” This program strives to help people to quit because, “tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death and disease in the country and in Hawaii.”
The Hawaii Tobacco Quitline offers a variety of programs based off of your individual needs. “There is a starter program for someone who’s just curious and wants to try and will contact the Quitline. They can get two weeks worth of medications.” They also have, “the regular program which gives you five calls” and programs for “persons who have...behavioral health issues, if its mental health, or substance use...there’s a program for people who are pregnant, at postpartum, or want to be pregnant...and then we also have a youth program.”
Studies have shown, “Hawaii has been one of the lowest in the country in terms of smoking.” Lila explained, “It’s 11.6%... roughly, 12% of our adults smoke regular cigarettes. The latest data that we have which goes back to 2019 tells us that one in three high school kids regularly vape.” For teens, “The Quitline offers a special program. It's called, My Life My Quit, and its uniquely for kids under the age of 18.” Through this program, “they can call or they can text, or they can go online and they can receive counseling...they can receive some incentives.”
The Hawaii Tobacco Quitline began as a telephone service and continues to provide programs to help people quit smoking. To start, “Dial 1-800-Quit-Now and you will have someone answer the phone, take some information, and refer you to a counselor.”
To learn more about the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline, visit: HawaiiQuitline.org
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Prince William County officials are slated to vote on two more data center projects this month as the industry continues to target local growth.
At two of its three meetings this month, the Board of County Supervisors will hold public hearings on data centers in the western part of the county.
The proposals are part of a seemingly constant flow of data center projects into the county as officials try to juggle potential policy changes pertaining to the industry.
Officials are conducting a review of the Data Center Opportunity Zone overlay district, which is 10,000 acres designated in 2016 to support the industry by reducing regulatory hurdles. A consultant is considering expanding it along high-transmission power lines while also considering necessary changes to construction standards, the Comprehensive Plan and the zoning ordinance.
Meanwhile, the county’s Planning Commission is scheduled to hold the first public hearing on the proposed PW Digital Gateway on Sept. 14. The project, which calls for 27.6 million square feet of data centers on nearly 2,100 acres along Pageland Lane, has quickly become the most controversial and contentious local land-use proposal in decades.
Devlin Technology Park
The first hearing for the Board of County Supervisors on a proposed 4.2-milion-square-foot data center near Chris Yung Elementary School between Manassas and Gainesville is on Sept. 13.
Stanley Martin Homes wants to amend the Comprehensive Plan and rezone 269 acres for the project from planned mixed residential to light industrial.
The company first submitted a rezoning application for the three parcels in early 2020, planning to construct 551 single-family homes.
The board approved that rezoning in March 2020 despite opposition from residents and the Prince William County School Board.
At the time, the property was owned by Edith Rameika, trustee of the EV Hunter Trust. Since then, Stanley Martin has acquired the land for nearly $51.3 million.
Jonelle Cameron, an attorney with Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh, has said a definite user hasn’t been determined for the facility, dubbed Devlin Technology Park.
Although the application allows the development to have a data center that is 105 feet tall, it restricts any building within 700 feet of Chris Yung Elementary or Linton Hall and Devlin roads to 80 feet.
The Planning Commission recommended approval of the application in July.
John Marshall Commons
The second public hearing – to be held Sept. 20 – is on the John Marshall Commons Technology Park at the intersection of Catharpin Road and John Marshall Highway (Va. 55).
CTP-II LLC wants to rezone 22.72 acres from business and light industrial to office mid-rise to construct a data center and receive a special-use permit. The company purchased the property from Gainesville Sixty-Six LLC for $16.4 million in December.
CTP-II LLC is connected to Washington, D.C.-based Annexa Inc. The company, operating under CTP-I LLC, received approval for another data center on a 64-acre parcel across Va. 55 last year.
The project requires a special-use permit because it is outside of the Data Center Opportunity Zone overlay district.
The property is across Catharpin Road from a planned data center on 102 acres known as the I-66 and U.S. 29 Technology Park, which is also outside of the overlay district and was approved in December.
The proposal only reached the Board of County Supervisors after clearing the Planning Commission on a technicality in January.
The technicality was because a motion to recommend denial did not receive a majority vote and a motion to recommend approval ended in a tie vote. The Planning Commission therefore did not take any action on the proposal and it moved forward with a de facto recommendation of approval.
A company representative has said the project would represent $556 million in capital investment and generate $41 million in tax revenue over 10 years. They have also said construction would support more than 300 jobs and, once it is completed, the data center will provide 80 to 100 jobs with an average salary of $125,000.
The public hearings are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the county administrative complex, 1 County Complex Court in Woodbridge. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/two-more-data-centers-up-for-public-hearings-in-prince-william-county/article_7d962974-3278-11ed-a7ee-6b11620b6750.html | 2022-09-12T11:45:01Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/two-more-data-centers-up-for-public-hearings-in-prince-william-county/article_7d962974-3278-11ed-a7ee-6b11620b6750.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TSX.V: EU
OTCQB:ENCUF
www.encoreuranium.com
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - enCore Energy Corp. ("enCore" or the "Company") (TSXV: EU) (OTCQB: ENCUF) today announced that in connection with the application to list its common shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"), it will consolidate its common shares on a one (1) post-consolidation share for every three (3) current shares basis (the "Share Consolidation"). The common shares will trade on the TSX Venture Exchange on a post-consolidated basis effective at the open of markets on September 14, 2022.
Highlights include:
- Uplisting from OTC to Nasdaq provides growth-oriented companies greater exposure to the largest capital market in the world;
- The resulting smaller share count and higher share price is more palatable to U.S. institutional investors. The revised capital structure and resulting higher share price may provide increased ability for U.S. institutional investors to become shareholders of enCore;
- Target date of September 14, 2022 for share consolidation noting the Company is actively working to complete the Nasdaq listing.
enCore's Executive Chairman William M. Sheriff said, "The decision to list on the Nasdaq will provide enCore with greater visibility through a leading capital market trading platform that is suited for growth-oriented companies like enCore. With the commissioning of the Rosita Uranium Processing Plant to be completed in 2022 and planned production in 2023, increased exposure to the largest market in the world coincides with 2023 cash flow. enCore is well positioned to provide a reliable, low carbon and domestic supply of fuel for the growing nuclear energy sector. This marks another important step in enCore's growth as it continues its work to become a leading United States ISR uranium development company."
The Company currently has 322,822,741 common shares issued and outstanding. Following the Share Consolidation, the Company will have approximately 107,607,580 common shares issued and outstanding prior to rounding for fractional shares. The Share Consolidation was approved by the board of directors of the Company as part of the Nasdaq listing process
The exercise price and the number of common shares issuable under any of the Company's outstanding warrants, stock options or other convertible securities will be proportionately adjusted upon the Consolidation. No fractional shares will be issued as a result of the Share Consolidation. All fractions of common shares will be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. No cash consideration will be paid in respect of fractional shares.
Upon completion of the Share Consolidation, a letter of transmittal will be sent by mail to registered shareholders advising that the Share Consolidation has taken effect. The letter of transmittal will contain instructions on how registered shareholders can exchange their share certificates or DRS statements evidencing their pre-consolidated common shares for new share certificates or new DRS statements representing the number of post-consolidated common shares to which they are entitled. No action is required by non-registered shareholders (shareholders who hold their shares through an intermediary) to effect the Share Consolidation.
While the Company has applied for listing on Nasdaq, completion of a listing is subject to final regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of applicable listing requirements. There can be no assurance that a listing will be completed. When a listing is completed it is contemplated that the common shares of the Company would be dually listed and continue to trade in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol EU.
With approximately 90 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the measured and indicated categories and 9 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the inferred category1, enCore is the most diversified in-situ recovery uranium development company in the United States. enCore is focused on becoming the next uranium producer from its licensed and past-producing South Texas Rosita Processing Plant by 2023. The South Dakota-based Dewey Burdock project and the Wyoming Gas Hills project offer mid-term production opportunities, with significant New Mexico uranium resource endowments providing long-term opportunities. The enCore team is led by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of ISR uranium operations and the nuclear fuel cycle. enCore is committed to engaging and working with local communities and indigenous governments to create positive impact from corporate developments.
NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Certain information in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Any statements that are contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as "may", "should", "anticipate", "expect", "potential", "believe", "intend" or the negative of these terms and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the prospects of listing on the Nasdaq and associated benefits. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation, risks associated with the completion of the Nasdaq listing process and meeting related listing requirements, in addition to risks related to the advancement of our business, including general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and regulatory developments; inability to access additional capital; the ability of enCore to implement its business strategies; and other risks. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to provide an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (the "MRE") on the Duparquet gold project ("Duparquet" or the "Project") located in Quebec, prepared by InnovExplo Inc. in accordance with the National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
The updated MRE is derived from the master database of drill data, which contains 904 holes totalling 270,119m and 173,831 sampled intervals. This MRE includes 57 drill holes totaling 9,548m not included in the previous MRE with drilling occurring after the effective date of February 28, 2013. The drilling was carried out by Clifton Star Resources Inc., Beattie Gold Mines Ltd., and 2588111 Manitoba Ltd. By incorporating these previous drill holes, Duparquet's resource increases to 3.4 Moz in the measured and indicated category, an increase of 327 koz, and to 1.6 Moz in the inferred category, an increase of 193 koz.
"First Mining is very excited to announce an updated mineral resource estimate at the Duparquet Gold Project," stated Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining Gold. "Duparquet is an advanced stage project that has benefited from 270,000m of historical drilling and was advanced to a PFS level in 2014. This resource growth from incorporating the 2013-2018 drilling is just the beginning of what we see as immense value potential here at Duparquet. Based on the size of its current resource, Duparquet represents one of the top four undeveloped gold projects in the province of Quebec. Its above average M&I open pit grade of 1.52 g/t Au provides excellent mining flexibility and along with its size and location, make it a very versatile deposit amenable to different potential mining scenarios with good future growth potential. The project site is well located and has access to excellent infrastructure and skilled labour. First Mining intends to complete an updated economic study in the near future and to develop an exploration path to support potential resource expansion, resource classification upgrading, and discovery of new deposits in this underexplored district."
Table 1: Duparquet Gold Project Mineral Resource Estimate
Duparquet consists of four (4) contiguous mineral exploration properties: Beattie, Donchester, Central Duparquet, Dumico and the tailings from the former Beattie mine. The Project is located in the Abitibi region of the province of Quebec, approximately 50 km north of the city of Rouyn-Noranda.
The Project site has infrastructure which includes paved, provincial highways from Rouyn-Noranda to the south and LaSarre to the north, both mining communities that can provide mining infrastructure and skilled labour to develop a mine. The Project site is also proximal to Quebec's hydroelectric power grid.
Duparquet, previously comprised of 2 separate Mining Concessions (Beattie and Donchester mines), now comprises of fifty (50) map-designated claims ("CDC") covering an area of 1,079.2 ha covering a strike length of 8 km in an E-W direction.
Duparquet is geologically located in the southern portion of the Abitibi, straddling the SE trending prolific Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone (DPMFZ). Structurally the project includes numerous E-W mineralized splays off of the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone, as well as several syenite intrusions. Surrounding host rocks include mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks and younger Temiskaming age conglomerates.
The predominant structures on Duparquet are the E-W splays of the DPMFZ. The Beattie Fault Zone ("BFZ") is located along the north contact of the main syenite body, whereas the Donchester Fault Zone ("DFZ") is located along the south contact. The Central Duparquet Fault Zone ("CDFZ") is located along the south contact of the second smaller syenite intrusive to the east.
Figure 1: Geology of the Duparquet Project. Structural and geometric details are represented by surface projections of the relevant structural elements from the deposit-scale 3D litho-structural model
The main style of gold mineralization in the Duparquet deposit generally occurs within shears or brecciated zones along or within the adjacent intrusive syenitic masses and is associated with finely disseminated pyrite and minor arsenopyrite replacement. Sulphide content is generally low (0.5 to 4%), although it can be up to 10% in some cases. Gold is associated and hosted with the pyrite and lesser arsenopyrite and arsenian pyrite.
Gold was initially discovered in the Duparquet Township in 1910 by John Beattie. The Beattie and adjoining Donchester mines were in production from 1933 to 1956, producing upwards of 1.3 million ounces of gold. In the mid-1930's Beattie Gold Mines was the largest gold producer in Quebec. From the 1980's to 2007, very limited exploration was carried out. Clifton Star had an option on the property between 2009 and 2014. During this time a substantial amount of surface diamond drilling, channel sampling was carried out. The company also completed an environmental baseline study, environmental assessment study and numerous metallurgical studies. Mineral resource estimates were also carried out that were included in the preliminary economic assessment and a prefeasibility study. The Clifton Star option was terminated in 2014 and the property was returned to the previous owners, with Clifton Star retaining a 10% interest in the companies that held the properties.
Since the effective date of the previous mineral resource estimate (InnovExplo, Poirier et al., 2014), the Company (Clifton Star) and the previous owners (Beattie Gold Mines and 2588111 Manitoba Ltd.) had completed an additional 57 surface drill holes totalling 9,548 m, that were not included in the MRE. Significant assay results added to this new MRE include 5.65 g/t Au over 34.0 m (BD13-22) on Beattie and 5.58 g/t Au over 5.0 m (D13-18) on Donchester.
The 2022 MRE contains 904 drillholes and 892 channel samples in outcrops. It contains 173,831 sampled intervals taken from 270,119 m of drilled core and 2,371 analyses from 1,827 m of channels. The 904 DDH cover the 4.5-km strike length of the Project at a reasonably regular drill spacing of 25-50 m.
Bench-scale and pilot plant metallurgical testwork programs have been carried out for the Project. SGS carried out preliminary metallurgical testwork in 2012 to support a PEA at that time. In 2013, SGS carried out further flotation, pressure oxidation, cyanidation, rheology and environmental testwork, including a pilot plant for a PFS. Outotec was also mandated in 2013 to carry out filtration testwork.
The overall gold results from flotation concentrate, pressure oxidation (POX) and CIL circuit as well as flotation tail cyanidation for the ore resulted in an overall recovery of gold ranging from 91.9% to 95.4%.
A preliminary pilot test program investigated pressure oxidation and hot curing processing of a Duparquet flotation concentrate to render precious metals extractable by cyanidation. The recovery of gold from the pilot plant hot cure discharge ranged from 94.7% to 96.5%
Bench-scale test work was also performed on two samples of existing tailings on the Project. The test work for the flotation-POX/CIL flowsheet resulted in overall gold recoveries ranging from 83.5% to 93.3%.
The MRE update for the Project (the "2022 MRE") was prepared by Marina Iund, P.Geo. and Carl Pelletier, P.Geo., using all available information. The main objective was to update the results of InnovExplo's previous mineral resource estimate for the Project, dated June 26, 2013 (Poirier et al., 2014). The updated MRE includes new drill holes on the Beattie, Donchester and Central Duparquet properties.
The resource area has an E-W strike length of 4.5 km, a width of approximately 1 km, and a vertical extent of 1,050 m below surface.
The 2022 MRE was prepared using GEOVIA GEMS 6.8.2.2 ("GEMS") and GEOVIA Surpac 2021 ("Surpac") software. GEMS was used for updating the mineralized domains and the compositing. Surpac was used for the estimation, which consisted of 3D block modelling and the inverse distance square ("ID2") interpolation method. Statistical, capping and variography studies were completed using Snowden Supervisor v8.13 and Microsoft Excel software.
The 60 mineralized domain wireframes were created and updated by digitizing an interpretation onto sections spaced 25 m apart or 12.5 m in areas with higher drill hole density. However, if barren intervals were encountered, the mineralized zones were extended only to the mid-distance between the last known occurrence of mineralization and the barren hole. A 50-m extension around the zones was used for the secondary mineralized domains.
A dilution envelope was defined as the parts of the block model that are not included in any of the mineralized domain solids. The solid for the envelope contains "floating" gold intersects for which continuity has not yet been demonstrated or interpreted.
High-grade capping was set at 25 g/t Au for all zones, including the envelope zone. Twenty-two (22) DDH samples and one (1) channel sample were capped.
Analysis of 3,633 bulk density values and a 12 t composite drill core bulk sample from the mineralized zones, yielded 2.73 g/cm3 (mean density of the syenite) for all 60 mineralized domains and the envelope. A density of 2.00 g/cm3 was assigned to the overburden, and 1.00 g/cm3 was assigned to excavation solids (drifts and stopes) assumed to be filled with water.
The intervals defining each mineralized domain were composited to 1-m equal lengths. A grade of 0.00 g/t was assigned to missing sample intervals as it was assumed that unsampled intervals were considered to be unmineralized by the geologist in charge of the core logging.
A block model was built to enclose a sufficiently large enough volume to host an open pit. The model corresponds to a sub-blocked model in Surpac with no rotation. The user block size was defined as 5m x 5m x 5m with a minimal sub-block size of 1.25m x 1.25m x 1.25m. Block dimensions reflect the sizes of mineralized domains and plausible mining methods. All blocks with more than 50% of their volume falling within a selected solid were assigned the corresponding solid block code.
Individual zones and the envelope were estimated separately using their own search ellipsoid. The available geological and geostatistical information was used to establish the size of each search ellipsoid. Seventy-two (72) distinct mineralized domains were studied. The mean azimuth and dip of each domain were used to define 23 search ellipsoids, grouping zones of similar geometry.
Figure 2: Plan view and isometric view of the categorized mineral resources and the Whittle optimized pit-shells (blocks selection: in pit-shells or in DSO and above the respective COG)
Table 2: Cut-off grade sensitivity for the in-pit and underground portions of the Duparquet Project
InnovExplo, the authors of the MRE report concluded that:
- The database supporting the 2022 MRE is complete, valid and up to date.
- Geological and gold-grade continuity has been demonstrated for all 72 mineralized zones.
- The key parameters of the 2022 MRE (density, capping, compositing, interpolation, search ellipsoid, etc.) are supported by data and statistical and/or geostatistical analysis.
- The 2022 MRE includes measured, indicated and inferred resources for a combination of two mining scenarios: open pit and selective underground. The 2022 MRE complies with CIM Definition Standards and CIM Guidelines.
- Two cut-off grades of 0.40 and 1.50 g/t Au were used, corresponding to potential open pit and selective underground mining scenarios.
- Cut-off grades were calculated at a gold price of US$1,650 per troy ounce and an exchange rate of 1.31 USD/CAD, using reasonable mining, processing and G&A costs.
- In a combined pit and selective underground mining scenario, the Project contains an estimated M+I Resource of 65,081,200 t at 1.58 g/t Au for 3,316,100 oz of gold and an Inferred Resource of 37,371,900 t at 1.36 g/t Au for 1,636,000 oz of gold. The Project also contains the Beattie mine tailings with an estimated M+I Resource of 4,125,100 t at 0.94 g/t Au for 124,500 oz of gold.
- The results of the 2022 MRE represent a 10.5% increase in the M+I Resource and a 13.4% increase in the Inferred Resource compared to the previous 2014 MRE of Poirier et al., 2014. The increase in the M+I Resource is due to a deeper optimized shell and the updated economic parameters. The same reasons combined with the addition of 55 drill holes explain the increase in Inferred resources.
- Based on metallurgical tests, the Duparquet project appears amenable to standard gold recovery processes. A combination of flotation, pressure oxidation and cyanide leach processes has shown a gold recovery ranging from 94.7% to 96.5%.
- Additional diamond drilling on multiple zones would likely upgrade some of the Inferred Resource to the Indicated category and/or add to the Inferred Resource since most of the mineralized zones have not been fully explored at depth or close to surface infrastructures.
The effective date of the updated MRE is September 12, 2022. A NI 43-101 Technical Report prepared by InnovExplo Inc. will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of this news release and will be available at that time on the Company website.
The independent and qualified persons for the MRE, as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, are Marina Iund, P.Geo. and Carl Pelletier, P.Geo., both from Innovexplo. The effective date of the estimate is September 12, 2022.
Mr. Louis Martin P.Geo., (OGQ 0364), a consultant of First Mining, is a "Qualified Person" for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and he has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
First Mining is a gold developer advancing a portfolio of gold projects in Canada, with our most advanced project being the Springpole Gold Project in northwestern Ontario, which is one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Canada, and where we have commenced a Feasibility Study and permitting activities are on-going with a draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the project published in June 2022. First Mining also owns the Cameron, Duparquet, Duquesne and Pitt gold projects, all advanced-stage gold projects in Ontario (in the case of Cameron) and Québec. Our portfolio of gold project interests also includes the Pickle Crow gold project (being advanced in partnership with Auteco Minerals Ltd.), the Hope Brook gold project (being advanced in partnership with Big Ridge Gold Corp.), an equity interest in Treasury Metals Inc., and a portfolio of 21 gold royalties.
First Mining was established in 2015 by Mr. Keith Neumeyer, founding President and CEO of First Majestic Silver Corp.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING GOLD CORP.
Daniel W. Wilton
Chief Executive Officer and Director
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "intends", "estimates", "envisages", "potential", "possible", "strategy", "goals", "opportunities", "objectives", or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to future events or future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events. All forward-looking statements are based on First Mining's or its consultants' current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by them and information currently available to them. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the respective parties, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Such factors include, without limitation the Company's business, operations and financial condition potentially being materially adversely affected by the outbreak of epidemics, pandemics or other health crises, such as COVID-19, and by reactions by government and private actors to such outbreaks; risks to employee health and safety as a result of the outbreak of epidemics, pandemics or other health crises, such as COVID-19, that may result in a slowdown or temporary suspension of operations at some or all of the Company's mineral properties as well as its head office; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in the currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar); changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins and flooding); the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities, indigenous populations and other stakeholders; availability and increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development; title to properties.; and the additional risks described in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in the Company's Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the SEC on EDGAR.
First Mining cautions that the foregoing list of factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on our forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to First Mining, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. First Mining does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by the Company or on our behalf, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the eve of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Janngo Capital Startup Fund (JCSF) has announced its first close at EUR34 million (approximately US$36 million) in capital commitments. Launched in Davos in 2020, Janngo Capital's latest fund will invest 50% of its proceeds in companies founded, co-founded, or benefiting women. Backed by global financial institutions as well as leading private corporations, the fund management company plans to invest EUR60 million (approximately US$63 million) in startups leveraging technology to leapfrog development and achieve SDGs in Africa.
100% tech, 100% Africa, 100% equal
Janngo Capital Startup Fund, second investment vehicle of the management company, will provide up to EUR5 million seed and growth investments to early-stage tech and tech-enabled startups that (1) enable Africans to improve their access to essential goods and services such as healthcare, education or financial services, (2) enable African SMEs to improve their access to market & capital, or (3) create sustainable jobs at scale, with a focus on women & youth.
Women in Africa are the most entrepreneurial in the entire world with a total entrepreneurship activity rate of 26%. Yet, they face a $42 billion funding gap and have very limited access to growth capital. As one of the very few female-founded, female-owned, and female-led fund management companies in Africa, Janngo Capital has made a strong commitment to gender equality as it will invest 50% of its proceeds in companies founded, co-founded, or benefiting women.
"We are proud to lead Africa's largest gender equal tech VC fund and see major global investors rally around our vision to back entrepreneurs building digital champions across Africa. We have built a strong track record in the region through our first fund with investments in 11 tech & tech-enabled startups, including the soonicorn Sabi, Expensya or Jexport," said Fatoumata Bâ, Founder & Executive Chair of Janngo Capital.
"Our current portfolio companies are 56% women-led, 54% francophone and provide strong evidence of how these technology champions can positively contribute in solving key market failures and creating jobs in healthcare, logistics, financial services, retail, food & agri, mobility or the creative industry. Janngo Capital Startup Fund will play a critical role in improving access to early-stage capital for tech entrepreneurs in a more equal way, on a continent still attracting less than 2% of the global VC fund', adds Fatoumata Bâ.
Proparco, Burda Principal Investments, Muller Medien & asset management veterans join anchor investors EIB, AfDB & Boost Africa
Janngo Capital Startup Fund is backed by first-class investors with an equal number of development finance institutions & leading commercial private investors, including:
- The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world's largest multilateral development bank active in 160 countries and with a total balance sheet of more than EUR565 billion as of 31/12/2021;
- The African Development Bank (AfDB), Africa's largest development finance institution with 81 member countries (54 regional and 27 non regional);
- Boost Africa, a joint initiative supported by the European Union and led by the EIB and the African Development Bank (AfDB) with financial support from the OACPS aiming at unleashing the entrepreneurial potential of African youth through investment by venture capital funds;
- Proparco, the private sector financing arm of the French Development Agency (AFD Group) with a balance sheet of over EUR7 billion as of 31/12/2021;
- Burda Principal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of media and tech company Hubert Burda Media with successful unicorn investments such as Etsy, Vinted and Carsome;
- Muller Medien, a German family-owned media conglomerate; with its New Business sector, Mueller Medien holds more than 60 startup investments, e.g. Booksy, UrbanSportsClub & bookingkit;
- An ex-KKR Partner & Private Equity veteran with a strong experience in emerging markets.
"Africa has some of the world's fastest-growing economies and a young, fast-growing population. We believe we can improve its living standards and social progress by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. That is why we are pleased to partner again with Janngo Capital Startup Fund through our Boost Africa Initiative," said Ambroise Fayolle, European Investment Bank Vice President.
Stefan Nalletamby, the African Development Bank's Director for Financial Sector Development, said "The Janngo Fund can drive the transformation from a more traditional business ecosystem into a dynamic, youth-driven, and technology-focused entrepreneurial community. Africa is experiencing rapid mobile penetration with Android and other platforms. Janngo Start-up Fund provides huge opportunities to develop innovative and high-growth-driven start-ups and SMEs and our investment under the Boost Africa Program will help fill the severe scarcity of risk capital for the new and upcoming first generation of venture capital funds targeting early-stage businesses."
"With its investment in Janngo Capital Start-up Fund, PROPARCO, via FISEA +, the AFD Group facility advised by Proparco and part of the Choose Africa initiative, is partnering with a fund manager that can bring both essential financing and strong mentoring to early-stage businesses in Africa with a rare focus on the Francophone West African region. Proparco is strongly committed to supporting the new generation of entrepreneurs in Francophone Africa, where investment for start-ups lags behind their peers in other parts of the continent. Janngo's innovative approach of operating a start-up studio was also a key convincing factor, presenting a unique way to incubate businesses that can overcome gaps in the current local market. Last but not least, we are proud to partner with a female-led fund manager that seeks to contribute to diminishing the existing gender gap in terms of start-up financing," said Jérémie Ceyrac, Head of Private Equity at Proparco.
About Janngo
Janngo builds, grows and invests in pan-African digital champions with proven business models and inclusive social impact, with the belief that technology & capital can leapfrog development and achieve SDGs in Africa.
Janngo Capital invests between 50 000 and 5 000 000 euros in tech and tech-enabled startups across Africa, solving key market failures and creating jobs with a focus on women & youth. Janngo Capital operates under a full Alternative Investment Fund Management license with main offices in Abidjan & Paris. Its current portfolio companies are 56% female-led, 54% francophone and include soonicorn Sabi and fintech champion Expensya. Its current sectors of investment include healthcare, logistics, financial services, retail, food & agri, mobility and the creative industry.
To find out more: www.janngo.africa
About European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the long-term financial arm of the European Union owned by its Member States. It makes long-term finance available for sound investment in order to contribute towards EU policy goals.
About African Development Bank
The African Development Bank Group is Africa's premier Development Finance Institution. It comprises three distinct entities: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). On the ground in 41 African countries with an external office in Japan, the Bank contributes to the economic development and the social progress of its 54 regional member states thus contributing to poverty reduction. The Africa Development Bank adopted a 10-year Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016 – 2025 to support African countries to create 25 million jobs and empower 50 million young people by 2025. This Bank wide strategy cuts across the Bank's High 5 priority areas of Feed Africa, Power Africa, Industrialize Africa, Integrate Africa and Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. It is evident that entrepreneurship is an important bedrock to reaching impactful results in all these priority areas. One of the Bank's main priorities is to support the African entrepreneurship ecosystem to enhance the capacities of young and bright entrepreneurs and connect them with capital. Therefore, the African Development Bank is increasingly working through several initiatives to boost entrepreneurship on the continent. The backbone of those initiatives is the flagship program "Boost Africa" developed in partnership with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank.
For more information: www.afdb.org
About Proparco
Proparco is the private sector financing arm of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group). It has been promoting sustainable economic, social and environmental development for over 40 years. Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education.
Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015. To this end, Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to creating jobs and decent incomes, providing essential goods and services and combating climate change.
For a World in Common.
For further information: www.proparco.fr/en and @Proparco.
About Burda Principal Investments
Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a European growth investor backing world-class, consumer-facing digital and technology companies driven by deep market expertise in areas including marketplaces & platforms, fintech and innovative digital commerce. BPI is an international and diverse team with 20 investment professionals across offices in Munich, Berlin, London & Singapore. Born out of leading media and tech company Hubert Burda Media, we also have access to a wide network of expertise and assets across the globe.
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New Investor Time BioVentures Leads Round, With Risk & Return (R²) and Existing Backers
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phantom Neuro, the first-of-its-kind neurotech startup that delivers a low power, high accuracy system for lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies, today announced a $6 million funding round led by new investor Time BioVentures. The round included participation from another new investor, Risk & Return (R²), an innovative venture fund focused on "capitalism for good". Support from returning investors LionBird Ventures, Draper Associates & Breakout Ventures now brings the company's total funding to $9.5M. With the financing, co-founder of Time BioVentures, D.A. Wallach, will join the company's board. The company also announced the addition of two key hires: Aurel Bouvier, PhD, Vice President of Implantable Systems and Erik Lloyd, Senior Neuroengineer.
Launched just six months ago, Phantom Neuro aims to dramatically enhance the lives of amputees and other patients with function deficits. The company's solution combines low-risk implantable sensors, AI, and enabling software to offer unparalleled control of orthopedic technologies, such as prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons.
"The field of advanced robotics has enormous potential to augment patients' daily lives, and yet we lack practical and effective commercially available devices to control these systems outside of the lab. Phantom Neuro is filling this void by creating an elegant link between biology and prosthetics that has the potential to revolutionize the standard of care for patients," says D.A. Wallach, General Partner of Time BioVentures. "Connor Glass, Phantom Neuro's founder, brings to this challenge formidable talents as a physician, inventor, and company builder. We believe he and his growing team have what it takes to deliver real solutions to patients with urgency and creativity."
Today over two million Americans live with limb loss, a number that is expected to nearly double by 2050. Over 185,000 amputations are conducted in the U.S. yearly due to trauma, increasing age, diabetes, and vascular disease; estimates of hospital charges to amputation patients in the United States total $10 billion annually. Illuminating new prosthetic technologies exist, yet modern device abandonment rates are still as high as 50%+ due to difficulty in operation, weight, and inconvenience. Phantom Neuro's answer to these obstacles is superior control of existing and next-generation orthopedic technologies. With improved patient outcomes through superior control, the incentives align for enhanced innovation in the robotic orthopedic space. Unique to Phantom's tech is also its promise of scalability - the platform has the safety and simplicity required to grow into a platform for lifelike control of virtually any wirelessly compatible device.
"We're privileged today to announce our second round of funding. I believe our rapid progress demonstrates the importance of our mission and the strength of our team. I'm thrilled to have the support of like-minded investors such as Time BioVentures and Risk & Return helping us hit our targets and work towards human trials," remarked Dr. Connor Glass, Founder and CEO of Phantom Neuro and primary inventor of Phantom's technology. "With their and returning investors' steadfast backing and advice, not to mention our growing team of experienced engineers, we're excited to achieve our next milestones."
The startup has been on an exhilarating trajectory since launch, fulfilling strategic steps leading them closer to human trials. Most recently the company announced a partnership with Blackrock Neurotech and the appointment of Dr. Geoffrey Ling, the current CEO of On Demand Pharmaceuticals and previously the Founding Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office, to the board.
About Phantom Neuro
Phantom is a neurotechnology company, spun out of a lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, that is enabling lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies like prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons. You can find out more at www.phantomneuro.com
About Time BioVentures
Time BioVentures is a life sciences and healthcare investment firm based in Southern California. www.TimeBioVentures.com
CONTACT
Shannon Wilsey, Public Relations | Phantom Neuro
info@phantomneuro.com
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New Investor Time BioVentures Leads Round, With Risk & Return (R²) and Existing Backers
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phantom Neuro, the first-of-its-kind neurotech startup that delivers a low power, high accuracy system for lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies, today announced a $6 million funding round led by new investor Time BioVentures. The round included participation from another new investor, Risk & Return (R²), an innovative venture fund focused on "capitalism for good". Support from returning investors LionBird Ventures, Draper Associates & Breakout Ventures now brings the company's total funding to $9.5M. With the financing, co-founder of Time BioVentures, D.A. Wallach, will join the company's board. The company also announced the addition of two key hires: Aurel Bouvier, PhD, Vice President of Implantable Systems and Erik Lloyd, Senior Neuroengineer.
Launched just six months ago, Phantom Neuro aims to dramatically enhance the lives of amputees and other patients with function deficits. The company's solution combines low-risk implantable sensors, AI, and enabling software to offer unparalleled control of orthopedic technologies, such as prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons.
"The field of advanced robotics has enormous potential to augment patients' daily lives, and yet we lack practical and effective commercially available devices to control these systems outside of the lab. Phantom Neuro is filling this void by creating an elegant link between biology and prosthetics that has the potential to revolutionize the standard of care for patients," says D.A. Wallach, General Partner of Time BioVentures. "Connor Glass, Phantom Neuro's founder, brings to this challenge formidable talents as a physician, inventor, and company builder. We believe he and his growing team have what it takes to deliver real solutions to patients with urgency and creativity."
Today over two million Americans live with limb loss, a number that is expected to nearly double by 2050. Over 185,000 amputations are conducted in the U.S. yearly due to trauma, increasing age, diabetes, and vascular disease; estimates of hospital charges to amputation patients in the United States total $10 billion annually. Illuminating new prosthetic technologies exist, yet modern device abandonment rates are still as high as 50%+ due to difficulty in operation, weight, and inconvenience. Phantom Neuro's answer to these obstacles is superior control of existing and next-generation orthopedic technologies. With improved patient outcomes through superior control, the incentives align for enhanced innovation in the robotic orthopedic space. Unique to Phantom's tech is also its promise of scalability - the platform has the safety and simplicity required to grow into a platform for lifelike control of virtually any wirelessly compatible device.
"We're privileged today to announce our second round of funding. I believe our rapid progress demonstrates the importance of our mission and the strength of our team. I'm thrilled to have the support of like-minded investors such as Time BioVentures and Risk & Return helping us hit our targets and work towards human trials," remarked Dr. Connor Glass, Founder and CEO of Phantom Neuro and primary inventor of Phantom's technology. "With their and returning investors' steadfast backing and advice, not to mention our growing team of experienced engineers, we're excited to achieve our next milestones."
The startup has been on an exhilarating trajectory since launch, fulfilling strategic steps leading them closer to human trials. Most recently the company announced a partnership with Blackrock Neurotech and the appointment of Dr. Geoffrey Ling, the current CEO of On Demand Pharmaceuticals and previously the Founding Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office, to the board.
About Phantom Neuro
Phantom is a neurotechnology company, spun out of a lab at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, that is enabling lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies like prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons. You can find out more at www.phantomneuro.com
About Time BioVentures
Time BioVentures is a life sciences and healthcare investment firm based in Southern California. www.TimeBioVentures.com
CONTACT
Shannon Wilsey, Public Relations | Phantom Neuro
info@phantomneuro.com
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperCom (NASDAQ: SPCB), a global provider of secured solutions for the e-Government, IoT, and Cybersecurity sectors, today announced that President and CEO Ordan Trabelsi will present a corporate overview at the three-day H.C. Wainwright Annual Global Investment Conference. The conference is a hybrid conference being held both virtually and in New York City on September 12-14, 2022.
SuperCom's CEO will host one-on-one and virtual meetings on September 12 and 13th. The Company's presentation will be available beginning at 7:00 a.m. ET on September 12, 2022. Investors who would like to listen to the Company's presentation or participate in a one-on-one with SuperCom's management, please register on the following link www.hcwevents.com/annualconference. The presentation will also be posted on SuperCom's website www.supercom.com
About SuperCom
Since 1988, SuperCom has been a global provider of traditional and digital identity solutions, providing advanced safety, identification, and security solutions to governments and organizations, both private and public, worldwide. Through its proprietary e-Government platforms and innovative solutions for traditional and biometrics enrollment, personalization, issuance, and border control services, SuperCom has inspired governments and national agencies to design and issue secure Multi-ID documents and robust digital identity solutions to its citizens and visitors. SuperCom offers a unique all-in-one field-proven RFID & mobile technology and product suite, accompanied by advanced complementary services for various industries, including healthcare and homecare, security and safety, community public safety, law enforcement, electronic monitoring, livestock monitoring, and building and access automation. For more information, please visit SuperCom's website, www.supercom.com
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(Note: As I have done in past elections, I am running a series of Q&As for Democratic judicial candidates. This is intended to help introduce the candidates and their experiences to my readers. This year it’s mostly incumbents running for re-election, so it’s an opportunity to hear that talk about what they have accomplished. I am running these responses in the order that I receive them from the candidates. For more information about these and other Democratic candidates, including links to interviews and Q&As from the primary and runoff, see the Erik Manning spreadsheet.)
1. Who are you and in which court do you preside?
I am Jerry Simoneaux and I preside over Harris County Probate Court 1
2. What kind of cases does this court hear?
Probate Courts help families coping with death and disability. People come to probate court to appoint an executor for a deceased loved one in order to pay final bills and distribute their assets. People also come to probate court to appoint a guardian for loved ones with diminished capacity, such as dementia or intellectual disabilities. Sometimes, people fight over estates and we hear those contested matters, too.
3. What have been your main accomplishments during your time on this bench?
I have done more to fundamentally improve our courts and the practice of probate law than any other judge of this court before me. I took a court with 1990’s technology, accessed $400,000 of non-taxpayer money, and fully upgraded the four probate courts in Harris County. Now, the probate courts are the most technologically advanced courts in the county. That means we can offer remote and in-person hearings simultaneously and seamlessly. I have made it very easy for people with mobility impediments (and busy schedules) to appear in court. Many more of my accomplishments are listed on my website at www.judgejerry1.com
4. What do you hope to accomplish in your courtroom going forward?
I am working to increase the availability of pro bono attorneys to help families who cannot afford one. I have been on the board of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers since 2019 and we are constantly finding ways to bring new volunteer attorneys into probate court. I am also working with the County Commissioners Court and the State Legislature to form a new Probate Court 5 to help ease the strain on the four existing courts. We have not had a new court created in over 25 years and the population has nearly doubled since then.
5. Why is this race important?
Because death and disability are indiscriminate, we see people from all walks of life. That is different from any other court, so it is essential to have a judge who is welcoming to everyone and who will provide as safe space for all. As a trilingual, openly LGBTQ judge, I know how important it is to have representation on the bench who also reaches out to all communities to ensure suitable inclusion.
6. Why should people vote for you in November?
I have received the highest rating of any elected judge from the Houston Bar Association (Judicial Evaluation Poll 2019 and 2021) and the LGBTQ Caucus. I am an innovator who has completely transformed the courts by giving greater access to the public and creating efficiencies for attorneys who practice here. And, I have lots more plans for the next four years to continue to improve our courts. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106712 | 2022-09-12T11:52:22Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106712 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This week I have two interviews with candidates for State Representative. Chuck Crews knows that he’s running in one of the reddest districts in Harris County in HD128, but he’s also running against one of the worst people in the Legislature. I’m talking about Briscoe Cain, avid election denier and forced-birth fanatic whose stated priorities for the next session are to punish everyone who has ever had anything to do with abortion. You couldn’t find a better contrast in Crews, a chemical engineer who now works in the insurance business and who has both a deep understanding of issues as well as actual compassion and empathy. He has a tough challenge ahead of him but he’s facing it head on. You can hear us talk about it all here:
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Sure it’s nice to see, but a little perspective is in order.
In Texas, it’s not just women who are fired up about access to abortion and registering to vote in large numbers following this summer’s historic Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.
A new analysis from political data and polling firm TargetSmart found that while Texas’ new voter registrants are evenly split between men and women, they are younger and more Democratic than before the June ruling.
“It’s not that we’re not seeing a surge from women but that in Texas, we’re somewhat uniquely also seeing a surge from men, particularly younger, more progressive men, who are matching the surge from women,” said CEO Tom Bonier, whose firm works with Democratic and progressive candidates.
“I would expect to see that trend develop more in other states as we get closer to the election, but it was interesting to see Texas as first in that sense.”
According to TargetSmart, Democrats now have a 10-percentage point advantage among new registrants since the high court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, making up 42 percent to Republicans’ 32 percent. Prior to Dobbs, Republicans had a five-point advantage.
The state’s young voters — defined as those under age 25 — are also leaning more blue, the analysis found. Democrats now make up 47 percent of young Texas voters, up from 34 percent. The Republican share has remained the same at just under 30 percent.
That’s in line with what TargetSmart is seeing in 25 states that report party registration. In Texas, the firm uses a variety of data, including past primary participation and consumer demographic data, to identify likely Democratic and Republican voters.
Whether the registration trend will translate to high turnout of young voters is still yet to be seen. The group had tended to turn out at low rates compared to other age groups, but that trend started to turn around nationally and in Texas in 2018.
That midterm election year, with the rise in popularity of Democrat Beto O’Rourke amid his campaign for U.S. Senate, turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds more than tripled from about 8 percent in 2014 to about 26 percent.
“No one knows if that’ll be the case in 2022,” Bonier said. “But there is reason to be optimistic that these younger voters are much more highly energized than they have been in past.”
Bonier added that new voter registrants tend to have a higher turnout rate than those already registered.
I believe this story is based on this recent tweet thread from Bonier; there’s a link to an earlier Chron story about voter registration as well. It’s a cardinal rule to me that anytime you see a story about numbers that are solely expressed in percentages, you have to think about what the actual numbers are. Big percentages of small numbers are still small numbers, and vice versa. Here, the main thing we don’t know is how many voter registrations we’re talking about. We won’t have official numbers on that until October, after the registration deadline. Here’s what the registration figures since November of 2020 look like – you can find the state data here:
November 2020 – 15,279,870
January 2021 – 15,757,825
November 2021 – 16,007,280
January 2022 – 16,150,258
March 2022 – 15,944,184
This is a reminder that voter registration does not always go up. As we well know, voters also get removed from the rolls, sometimes for legitimate reasons like death or moving out of state, sometimes not. Whatever the case, we were just under 16 million in March. We’ve probably added a couple hundred thousand since then, so maybe we’re up around 16.2 or 16.3 million or so; I’m just guessing.
Now go back and look at what Tom Bonier said. Before the Dobbs ruling in June, Republican-profiled people were leading the new registrants. We don’t know how far back that goes, my guess is to March but who knows. Point being, we don’t know how many net new presumed Republicans this represents. We also don’t know how many new registrants there have been since June, when Dems showed the advantage. Maybe that’s enough to overcome the earlier deficit. I couldn’t tell you from the information I have available to me.
Let’s just focus on the post-Dobbs voters. Let’s say we get 100K new voters from then until October. If Dems have a ten-point lead in voter registrations during this time, that’s a net 10K potential voters for them. That number will be less than that in the end, as not everyone votes, so maybe it’s a 6K or 7K advantage. Not nothing, to be sure, but very likely not enough to tip any election.
I don’t say all this to be a bummer. It’s great that we’re doing well with voter registration! Keep it coming! I’m just saying it’s not going to magically carry us to victory. There are a lot more pieces to the puzzle than that. Don’t get distracted by the shiny object. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106933 | 2022-09-12T11:52:37Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106933 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wow.
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association on Saturday finalized a card-check agreement expected to formalize the league recognizing the union as the bargaining representative for a unit of minor league players in excess of 5,000 members, sources told ESPN.
The agreement, in which the MLBPA will present union-authorization cards Wednesday to be counted by a neutral arbiter, is the latest step in the rapid unionization of minor league players and sets up the parties to negotiate a collective-bargaining agreement.
The parties plan to begin negotiations in the offseason in hopes of striking an agreement before the 2023 minor league season.
By voluntarily recognizing minor leaguers’ desire to unionize with the MLBPA, which was first announced by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Friday, the league is hastening what people on both sides saw as inevitable: the MLBPA representing a wide swath of minor league players, including all who play in the four domestic levels as well as those at team complexes in Arizona and Florida.
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Absent the recognition, the MLBPA would have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board and earned status as the bargaining representative with a vote of more than 50% of players who returned ballots. With the MLBPA saying that more than 50% of the potential unit has returned cards indicating they want to join the union, the league chose to recognize the unionization of minor leaguers under the MLBPA umbrella.
See here for the background. I had assumed MLB would fight this, as they are not at all known for being labor-friendly, but it would seem that the numbers are such that it didn’t make sense to draw it all out. The next step would be a collective bargaining agreement with the minor leaguers, and that will among other things provide for the league more opportunities to gain some leverage over the major league players. This is a historic agreement and a great start for the union, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106970 | 2022-09-12T11:52:45Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106970 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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While the kitchen may be the heart of your home and the living room might be the spot where family and friends gather, there is something sacred about your bedroom.
It’s the place you sleep after a long day and prepare for the next one. It’s where you go to collect your thoughts, find comfort when you’re not feeling your best and take a break from the rest of the world for a little while.
Investing in small yet significant upgrades to your bedroom, such as covering your mattress in the best satin sheets or finding ways to filter out noises and harsh light, can help you create a bedroom that is a tranquil, inviting haven where you can find rest and relaxation.
Sleep In Luxury
You likely spend more time in your bed than anywhere else in your bedroom, so make it as comfortable and cozy as possible. Whether you love the silky feeling of the best satin sheets or crisp, cool cotton, cover your mattress in bedding that feels amazing.
Top it off with covers that are thick, soft and soothing to the eye. For example, the Rosgonia Comforter Set ($59.99) is made of soft, breathable microfiber and fluffy, warm polyester filling. In addition, it comes in various calming colors, like sage green, dusty pink and lavender.
Walk On A Cloud
Let the first thing your feet touch on the floor when you wake up in the morning be a fuzzy, plush rug. The plush Pagisofe Fluffy Area Rug ($38.99 for the 4-by-6-foot size) has a memory foam foundation and a soft, luxurious surface.
Choosing a large area rug for your bedroom will make the room feel cozy, especially if you have hardwood floors. In addition, muted colors, such as gray, blue or green, can add to the feeling of tranquility in your room.
Declutter Surfaces
Too much clutter can lead to feelings of stress. Creating a tidy, clutter-free space will make it easier for you to let go and unwind.
Put clothing away in your closet, drawers or hamper. Remove anything that doesn’t belong in the room and clear off surfaces as much as possible. You can use an organizer such as the Makuzo Valet Tray ($27.99) to neatly store items you need to keep track of, such as your phone, keys and glasses.
Add Ambient Lighting
Layering several types of lighting in your bedroom will provide function and help create a peaceful atmosphere. For instance, you might want a chandelier or ceiling light for overall lighting. Then, get accent lights and task lighting such as a lamp for reading in bed.
The Seaside Village Dimmable Touch Lamp ($27.99) offers four brightness options. The touch feature makes it easy to turn it on or off or adjust the brightness. The double-layered linen shade diffuses the light evenly, and the neutral-colored streamlined lamp is ideal for a serene bedroom.
Incorporate Cozy Seating
If you spend time in your bedroom reading, meditating or spending quiet time alone, consider adding a simple yet cozy chair. Tuck a simple seat in the corner of the room, preferably near a lamp.
You can enhance the seating with a soft, snuggly throw. The Tuddrom Extra Soft Faux Fur Throw ($19.99 for the 50 by 60-inch size) is lightweight but warm so you can cuddle up all year long. It’s the ideal length to cover from shoulders to toes while finishing just one more chapter.
Bring In Nature
Houseplants have a soothing effect and can purify the air in your bedroom. They can also increase the humidity in the room, helping you sleep more comfortably.
But even if you don’t have a green thumb, you can enjoy the calming effects using quality artificial plants. For instance, the Kurrajong Farmhouse Artificial Plant in Pot ($28.95) is a faux potted plant in a rustic pot that looks surprisingly realistic.
Block Harsh Light And Sound
The early morning sun, a bright streetlight or the next-door neighbors mowing their lawn early on a Saturday can disrupt a peaceful night’s sleep.
You can prevent some of these interruptions with window treatments, such as Easy-Going Blackout Curtains ($29.99 for two 52 by 84-inch panels). Not only do they darken the room, but they also diminish noise.
Another way to drown out loud sounds is with white noise. The Yogasleep Dohm Nova White Noise Machine ($49.98) has 10 fan speeds, adjustable tone and volume, a dimmable nightlight and a sleep timer. Its fabric overlay adds to the tranquil aesthetic of your room.
Decorate With Intention
Keeping art and knickknacks to a minimum will boost the peaceful vibe you’re creating in your bedroom. Most of your decor should be functional, such as pillows, throws and your current reading material.
When adding artwork to walls or surfaces, look for pieces that you find calming. For instance, this Purple Verbena Zen Stone Canvas Wall Art ($30.99) is a set of two canvas prints featuring zen-like settings of water, stones and simple plants.
By choosing items with care — from the best satin sheets to restful art — and considering what brings you peace and comfort, you can create a sanctuary that brings you tranquility whenever you need it.
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King Charles III pledged Monday to follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty” as he addressed lawmakers from both houses of parliament in London before he boarded a plane to Edinburgh to be with the late queen's coffin as it lies at rest in the Scottish capital.
Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince Harry hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity."
The government, meanwhile, announced that the nation will observe a minute of silence on Sunday, the evening before the queen's funeral. The “moment of reflection” will take place at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT). People were encouraged to mark the silence at home or at community events.
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king, and he replied.
A trumpet fanfare greeted the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, as they entered the hall, which was packed with hundreds of legislators.
Charles told members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth II in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.K.’s political system.
He paid tribute to his mother, saying: “As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was a pattern to all princes living.”
The hall, with its magnificent hammer-beam roof, is the oldest part of the parliamentary complex — a remnant of the medieval Palace of Westminster that once stood on the site.
“As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves, with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all,” Charles said.
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons. That rule dates from the 17th century, when King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation between crown and Parliament led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.
Earlier Monday, a personal statement posted on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a possible sign of a reconciliation as Harry and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.
The national outpouring of grief continued Sunday as thousands of people lined streets and roadsides as the oak coffin was borne from the late queen's beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat, where she died on Thursday, to Edinburgh.
Later Monday in Edinburgh, the king will walk behind his mother's coffin as it is slowly transported from Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral, where the crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin ahead of a service of prayer and reflection on the life and 70-year reign of the widely cherished monarch.
The queen's coffin will lie at the cathedral for 24 hours, giving members of the public a chance to file past and pay their respects. On Tuesday, it will be flown to London where the coffin will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament Palace from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of the funeral on Sept. 19.
Authorities already have issued rules and guidelines for people wanting to pay their respects in London, with a long queue expected.
After visiting Scotland, Charles embarks on a tour of the other nations that make up the United Kingdom — he visits the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast, on Tuesday and Wales on Friday. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/world/charles-addresses-parliament-vows-to-follow-queens-example-of-selfless-duty | 2022-09-12T11:56:10Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/world/charles-addresses-parliament-vows-to-follow-queens-example-of-selfless-duty | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Safaricom Ethiopia started services two weeks ago in one city and the company plans to roll them out across 25 cities between now and April 2023.
The World Bank money comes from its International Finance Corporation (IFC) arm, which specialises in private-sector finance.
IFC will take a 15.5% stake in the company, diluting the holding of existing shareholders to 84.5%.
Following the IFC stake, Safaricom Kenya will hold 47.1%, Sumitomo will have almost 23%, the UK government’s British International Investment (BII, formerly CDC) will have 9.2%, and South African group Vodacom will have 5.2%.
Both Safaricom Kenya and Vodacom are part of the UK-based Vodafone group.
The percentages ae approximate, as IFC has not yet confirmed its precise stake. One report says that the shareholding will be 15.46%.
IFC is not a newcomer to the Ethiopian operator. In July Safaricom Kenya said it had paid IFC $4 million for its help in entering the new market.
According to reports from Nairobi, where Safaricom Kenya is based, IFC is expected to provide debt financing to the venture, with an amount still under discussion.
IFC said it will support Safaricom Ethiopia’s nationwide roll-out and achieve its targets for population and geographical coverage.
These are being hampered by an upsurge in the civil war in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. The US government’s International Development Finance Corporation last year paused a planned $500 million investment in the consortium because of the war. | https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2am51q9e8xi94fdrojqbk/news/world-banks-ifc-to-invest-160m-in-safaricom-ethiopia | 2022-09-12T11:57:50Z | afar.com | control | https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2am51q9e8xi94fdrojqbk/news/world-banks-ifc-to-invest-160m-in-safaricom-ethiopia | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The Additional Metropolitan Magistrate has directed Delhi Police to register a First Information Report (FIR) against MLA K T Jaleel over his controversial Kashmir remark on Facebook during his visit to north India a couple of months ago.
Delhi Police had earlier said a new case would be filed against Jaleel if the court so directs.
The complainant, Adv G S Mani, had submitted to the court that there was no limit on registering more than one FIR in the same case.
Jaleel, in his Facebook post, used the terms 'Indian-Occupied Kashmir' and 'Azad Kashmir', thereby inviting a flurry of opposition over the apparently anti-national references.
Though the MLA deleted the post soon after the uproar, he came out defending his view, saying it was misinterpreted.
The controversial references were in a relatively long post elaborating on the socio-political and historical aspects of Jammu and Kashmir. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/delhi-police-directed-register-fir-against-jaleel-over-kashmir-fb-post.amp.html | 2022-09-12T12:11:36Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/delhi-police-directed-register-fir-against-jaleel-over-kashmir-fb-post.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: A gang of pickpockets have reportedly infiltrated Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Kerala.
The four-member gang from Tamil Nadu joined the Yatra from Nemom. They were identified from CCTV footage.
The gang is seen targeting people waiting on the roadside to meet Rahul Gandhi as he passes.
Two cases of pickpocketing were reported in Karamana police station limits Monday morning.
Police has taken measures to nab the four before the Yatra reaches Thiruvananthapuram later this evening.
Gandhi is also slated to meet the Vizhinjam and SilverLine protesters.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, a foot march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, is Congress' attempt to both unite its party factions across the country as well as envision a new attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/pickpockets-rahul-gandhi-bharat-jodo-yatra.html | 2022-09-12T12:12:20Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/12/pickpockets-rahul-gandhi-bharat-jodo-yatra.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A former butler for Buckingham Palace has revealed to Good Morning Britain the hilarious joke Queen Elizabeth II made at a Scottish ball, as tributes continue to pour in for the late monarch. Her Majesty's State Funeral will happen at Westminster Abbey on Monday (September 19) at 11am, with thousands of people expected to travel to London for the huge event.
The UK's longest-serving monarch passed away on Thursday (September 8) in Balmoral, Scotland, and many continue to pay their respects to Her Majesty. Martin Higgins, who served the Queen, revealed on the ITV show this morning (September 12) the nerve-wracking moment he realised his dance partner was the Queen at a Balmoral ball.
Recalling the memory from Green Park, London, with his three corgis, he told reporter Jonathan Swain: "Bascially, they invite all of the royal family, neighbours, estate workers and staff, and it's all about Scottish dancing. So, you're generally changing partners and everything.
Read more: Forecasters warn of rain on day of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
"Anyway, the first dance you are involved with is called the Paul Jones, so all the ladies hold hands and dance in an inner circle in one direction, and all of the chaps hold hands in an outer circle and dance in the opposite direction. Once the music stops, the person you're facing is your partner.
"On this occasion, the music stops and I was facing the Queen. And I thought 'oh goodness'.
"She looked at me and I looked at her, and she smiled and came across. I said 'how do you do your Majesty'?
"And of course this wasn't a Scottish dance, it was a slow quickstep, so you had to put your hand round the Queen, which obviously you shouldn't really be doing.
"I'm trying to do that without touching her and she said: 'Martin, I had asked the orchestra not to play this kind of music. It's so hard to dance to, don't you think?'
"'Yes, it is your Majesty, especially when you dance with the Queen.'" The former butler then shared the witty one-liner the Queen came out with about her impressive estate.
He continued: "And then she said 'do you like Balmoral'?
"'Yes M'am, it's an amazing estate.' So she said 'oh, I'm so glad. I'm so glad my great, great, great-grandmother [Queen Victoria] bought it, aren't you?'"
Martin then laughed at the memory and added he was "delighted" to have had that unique conversation. Jonathan replied he "loved all of these personal insights to the Queen, because I know she had a good sense of humour."
GMB continues at 6am tomorrow on ITV.
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- Martin Lewis calls on future Prime Minister to discuss cost of living crisis live on his show | https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/gmb-former-buckingham-palace-butler-7574343 | 2022-09-12T12:12:57Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/gmb-former-buckingham-palace-butler-7574343 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
King Charles III told his son Prince Harry that Meghan Markle was "not welcome" at Balmoral as the family gathered to be with the Queen on her deathbed, it has been reported. Harry was the last royal to arrive at Balmoral Castle on Thursday and the first to leave the next day.
Before Harry started his relationship with Meghan, he was close to his grandmother. But despite Harry being in Britain to appear at an awards ceremony with his wife around the time of Queen Elizabeth II's death, he is said to have made no plans to see any of his family.
Charles and Anne were the only ones able to see the Queen before she died as they were already in Scotland. Harry is believed to have been at Frogmore Cottage when he received the call from Charles to come to Balmoral with the Queen dying - but not to bring Meghan, The Mirror reports.
READ MORE: Funeral Bank Holiday rules - will you get a day off and what are your rights
A source told The Sun: "Charles told Harry that it wasn’t right or appropriate for Meghan to be in Balmoral at such a deeply sad time. It was pointed out to him that Kate was not going and that the numbers really should be limited to the very closest family. Charles made it very, very clear Meghan would not be welcome."
It has also been alleged that Harry was not allowed on the RAF plane that took William, Edward and Andrew up to Balmoral. At about 2pm on Thursday, it was announced by Harry and Meghan that they would be flying to Scotland together but then after consultation with the rest of the family, Harry agreed to go on his own.
The delay meant that he did not arrive until 7.52pm almost an hour and a half after Buckingham Palace had announced the Queen’s death. Then at 8.20am on Friday he was back at Aberdeen airport to return to London.
William and Harry are believed to be back in their neighbouring homes at Windsor and yet there has been little communication between them. The new King Charles signalled a desire for a thaw in relations during his first speech as sovereign on Friday.
"I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas," he said.
Read more: | https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/king-charles-iii-told-prince-7575469 | 2022-09-12T12:13:07Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/king-charles-iii-told-prince-7575469 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After the tragic passing of Queen Elizabeth II several events and industrial strikes have been cancelled out of respect. But which strikes affecting Kent are no longer taking place?
The Queen died on Thursday, September 8, which marked the end of an era. She was the longest-reigning British monarch and her passing has been mourned across the world.
King Charles III gave his first address to the nation as Sovereign and declared a period of national mourning which will end seven days after Her Majesty's funeral. Many sports events and strikes have been postponed or cancelled as a result of Her Majesty's death.
READ MORE:Funeral Bank Holiday rules - will you get a day off and what are your rights
But what has been cancelled? Below we have a full list.
Have rail strikes been cancelled?
There were several strikes planned this week amid pay disputes following rising inflation and the cost of living crisis. The train drivers' union Aslef had planned strike action on September 15 while the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association had planned to strike on September 26.
This would have caused chaos across the British railways and the last rail strikes organised by RMT caused mass cancellations across Kent, especially high-speed trains. Additionally, the Trade Union Congress has postponed its annual meeting due to take place in Brighton for four days starting Sunday, September 11.
An Aslef spokesperson said: "We express our deepest condolences to her family, friends and the country."
Members of the RMT also prepared to strike on the 15th and 16th of September. RMT leader Mick Lynch in a statement: "RMT joins the whole nation in paying its respects to Queen Elizabeth."
Network Rail confirmed that train services are running as normal this week. It will look at any scheduled weekend engineering works that fall within the "laying in state period" and works may be postponed if they prevent people from travelling to London to pay their respects.
Are Royal Mail workers striking?
The Royal Mail workers have also called off planned September strikes. The Communication Workers Union was planning on striking on Friday, September 9, following the day's previous strike, but this was cancelled.
It was the biggest industrial action of the year and the first time posties walked out in almost a decade. It came after the CWU rejected a 2% pay rise, but Royal Mail says the offer is worth up to 5.5%.
Are schools still open?
Schools are expected to remain open for most of the mourning period. But the Department for Education (DoE) told headteachers to "consider conducting special activities, holding assemblies or adapting planned lessons" in honour of the Queen, Express.co.uk reports.
The DoE told headteachers: "Schools and further education settings should remain open. While normal attendance is expected, headteachers continue to have the power to authorise leaves of absence for pupils in exceptional circumstances."
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A cool front is finally pushing into the Gulf Coast to start the week, giving us a quick break from some of the muggy conditions we get so used to during the summer months.
Temperatures in the afternoon are still going to be warm, highs staying in the upper 80s, but the real difference is going to be felt in those morning lows.
Consistently through the week lows are going to be sitting in the low to mid 60s through sunrise, and dewpoints will remain low.
These temperatures will be accompanied by plenty of sunshine over the next several days, with only a few clouds expected along the front on Monday.
The cooler weather will last through most of the week, but by the weekend we'll see the humidity creep back up, along with temperatures.
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King Charles III pledged Monday to follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty” as he addressed lawmakers from both houses of parliament in London before he boarded a plane to Edinburgh to be with the late queen's coffin as it lies at rest in the Scottish capital.
Earlier, Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince Harry hailed her as a “guiding compass” and praised her “unwavering grace and dignity."
The government, meanwhile, announced that the nation will observe a minute of silence on Sunday, the evening before the queen's funeral. The “moment of reflection” will take place at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT). People were encouraged to mark the silence at home or at community events.
Hundreds of lawmakers crowded into the 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for the service, rich in pageantry, in which Parliament offered its condolences to the king, and he replied.
A trumpet fanfare greeted the king and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, as they entered the hall, which was packed with hundreds of legislators.
Charles told members of the House of Commons and House of Lords that he would follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth II in upholding “the precious principles of constitutional governance” that underpin the U.K.’s political system.
He paid tribute to his mother, saying: “As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was a pattern to all princes living.”
The hall, with its magnificent hammer-beam roof, is the oldest part of the parliamentary complex — a remnant of the medieval Palace of Westminster that once stood on the site.
“As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves, with such personal commitment for the betterment of us all,” Charles said.
The ceremony was held in Westminster Hall because monarchs are not allowed inside the House of Commons. That rule dates from the 17th century, when King Charles I tried to enter and arrest lawmakers. That confrontation between crown and Parliament led to a civil war which ended with the king being beheaded in 1649.
Earlier Monday, a personal statement posted on Harry and his wife Meghan’s Archwell website said he cherished their times together “from my earliest childhood memories with you, to meeting you for the first time as my Commander-in-Chief, to the first moment you met my darling wife and hugged your beloved greatgrandchildren.”
Amid acrimony in the House of Windsor, Harry quit as a senior royal and moved to the U.S. two years ago. On Saturday, there was a possible sign of a reconciliation as Harry and Meghan joined his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Catherine in meeting mourners outside Windsor Castle.
The national outpouring of grief continued Sunday as thousands of people lined streets and roadsides as the oak coffin was borne from the late queen's beloved Balmoral Castle summer retreat, where she died on Thursday, to Edinburgh.
Later Monday in Edinburgh, the king will walk behind his mother's coffin as it is slowly transported from Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral, where the crown of Scotland will be placed on the coffin ahead of a service of prayer and reflection on the life and 70-year reign of the widely cherished monarch.
The queen's coffin will lie at the cathedral for 24 hours, giving members of the public a chance to file past and pay their respects. On Tuesday, it will be flown to London where the coffin will lie in state at the Houses of Parliament Palace from Wednesday afternoon until the morning of the funeral on Sept. 19.
Authorities already have issued rules and guidelines for people wanting to pay their respects in London, with a long queue expected.
After visiting Scotland, Charles embarks on a tour of the other nations that make up the United Kingdom — he visits the Northern Ireland capital, Belfast, on Tuesday and Wales on Friday. | https://www.katc.com/news/world/charles-addresses-parliament-vows-to-follow-queens-example-of-selfless-duty | 2022-09-12T12:14:22Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/world/charles-addresses-parliament-vows-to-follow-queens-example-of-selfless-duty | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a new initiative to encourage biotech production and research in the U.S., the latest move by the White House to boost domestic industry.
Biden on Monday signed an executive order implementing the initiative and later, in remarks at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, will address how biotech can help fight cancer. On Wednesday, the Democratic president’s administration will host a summit and announce new investments from several federal agencies, according to a White House fact sheet.
The initiative will seek to boost biomanufacturing in pharmaceuticals but also in other industries such as agriculture, plastics and energy. A senior administration official wouldn’t say how much funding will be announced Wednesday.
Biomanufacturing processes can program microbes to make specialty chemicals and compounds, the fact sheet said. Biomanufacturing can be used to make alternatives to oil-based chemicals, plastics and textiles.
The executive order follows bipartisan legislation Biden signed last month that provided $52 billion to subsidize the production of semiconductors, construction of new chip plants and research and development in the United States.
That legislation was intended to reduce the U.S. economy’s reliance on semiconductors made overseas, particularly in Taiwan, and to respond to greater efforts by China to develop its own chip industry.
Biden touted the benefits of the semiconductor law on Friday, in a stop in Columbus, Ohio, where chip giant Intel has broken ground on a new $20 billion factory.
The administration official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and insisted on anonymity, said the White House wants to support manufacturing biotech products that are developed in the U.S., rather than seeing American innovations produced abroad.
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51 mins ago - Economy & Business
Gas prices keep plunging
Gasoline prices continue to tumble throughout the U.S., taking the starch out of the stiff rise in inflation and cheering up consumers.
Why it matters: Average national gasoline prices hit $5.02 a gallon back in June, amplifying the national fixation on inflation.
Driving the news: According to AAA, a gallon of regular was an average of $3.74 on Friday, more than 25% lower than the June peak.
Yes, but: Not everyone's experience at the pump will mirror the national average.
- California typically has some of the most expensive gas because the state requires refiners to produce a blend that meets more stringent anti-pollution requirements than much of the rest of the country.
- California also has higher than average gasoline taxes, which add to the cost at the pump.
What we're watching: The futures prices for "reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending," or RBOB. This wholesale gasoline benchmark tends to move in advance of the retail gasoline prices you see while filling up.
- It's down more than 10% in the last 10 trading sessions, suggesting lower retail prices are still to come. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/12/gas-prices-plunging | 2022-09-12T12:16:20Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/12/gas-prices-plunging | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
56 mins ago - News
Your home likely has spacecraft coverage
Your home is likely covered by insurance if it's hit by a spaceship.
The intergalactically-sized big picture: NASA announced this summer that it plans a year-long study of reported UFOs.
What they're saying: "In the unlikely event a spacecraft damages your home, most home policies would pay for damages," per the Texas Department of Insurance.
- Falling objects fall into a category known as a "covered peril."
Here's what else your home policy probably covers — and doesn't:
- Damages from hail or fire are covered.
- Tornado and inland hurricane damages are covered.
- Most policies cover water damage from leaks and broken pipes, but there are exceptions. Check your policy.
- Most policies do not cover damage from water that comes from outside your home. You'll need a separate flood policy.
- Damages from earthquakes are not covered. Neither are termites, wear and tear, and sewer backups.
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Influx of out-of-state patients causes abortion delays
A crush of Texans and other out-of-state patients at abortion clinics are causing backlogs in care and forcing some to have the procedure later in their pregnancies, when treatment is more intensive and costs are higher.
The big picture: It's a byproduct of more people traveling across state lines in the post-Roe landscape and testing reproductive health providers in states that don't have abortion bans, writes Axios' Oriana Gonzalez.
- Experts believe that as clinics struggle with demand, the number of abortions performed after the 13th week of pregnancy — which is around the end of the first trimester — might increase.
- The procedures can be harder to obtain, because "as pregnancy progresses, the number of people who are skilled to provide that care further goes down," Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, told Axios.
By the numbers: About 93% of reported abortions in 2019 were performed at or before 13 weeks of pregnancy, 6% were conducted between 14 and 20 weeks and 1% were performed at or after 21 weeks, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- At an Illinois clinic, patients from states other than Missouri and Illinois have risen to 40% of cases, compared to 5% before the federal right to abortion was struck down.
Zoom in: Since September 2021, Texans seeking abortion care have had to leave the state if they're more than six weeks pregnant. The law prohibited the practice after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected — before many people know they are pregnant.
- Since then, more than 400 abortion patients with a Texas zip code visited Planned Parenthood health centers in Kansas, compared to fewer than 10 abortion patients from September 2020 to June 2021, according to the organization.
- Abortion patients with a Texas zip code more than doubled from 19% to 41% of the total number of abortion patients at Planned Parenthood health centers in New Mexico compared to the previous year.
Now, Texas' trigger law, which went into effect last month, makes it a felony to perform an abortion from the moment of fertilization.
In Colorado, Michael Belmonte, a Denver OB-GYN, told Axios that the clinic he works in had already been overwhelmed with out-of-state patients since Texas' six-week abortion ban took effect in 2021.
- Wait times for the clinic are around two to three weeks. While Belmonte said it's "certainly possible" that could grow to five to six weeks with higher demand, the clinic has recruited additional providers and made other contingencies.
- The clinic has seen more out-of-state patients who are further along in their second trimester with severe fetal conditions who are unable to access abortion care in their states.
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"Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site" comes to life
Equipment maker Caterpillar, which announced this summer it would move its headquarters from Illinois to North Texas, used its products to bring to life the beloved children's book "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site."
Why it matters: If you have a toddler in your life, you likely know how popular this book series is. The "Goodnight, Goodnight" series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the original spawned a multitude of sequels, spinoffs and branded products.
- The book's title even inspired a law in San Antonio.
The latest: In a video narrated by Matt Dillon, the illustrated construction site blends with real Caterpillar machines, moving loads both big … and small.
Background: Author Sherri Duskey Rinker tells Axios that the original book was inspired by bedtime stories she told her two sons, both of whom loved trucks and construction equipment.
- "One night as I was putting my head down on the pillow and drifting off to sleep, I shot up like I'd been struck by lightning. I thought, Oh my gosh, I think this idea could be a book!"
- Three months later the author had a contract. The book debuted on the New York Times Best Sellers list and stayed there for five years.
- She was invited to the set as Caterpillar filmed the live-action version of the book, and she got to drive every machine on the lot.
What they're saying: "Seeing all these trucks in full-size scale, you can't even imagine," the author tells Axios. "This moment is not lost on me. It's the most surreal, exciting thing."
- She adds: "I don't usually get starstruck, but, oh my gosh, those trucks!"
Worthy of your time: Watch the video.
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