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King Charles needs no better role model than the late Queen Elizabeth – Murdo Fraser MSP
For the last few months of her life, my mother kept in pride of place on the mantlepiece the card that she and my father received from the Queen to mark their diamond wedding anniversary.
It bore a lovely informal picture of the monarch in a trademark bright outfit and hat, carrying flowers. It meant a lot to my mother, and even as the cruel decline of dementia took its toll on her, the Queen’s face was one of the few that she still recognised.
My mother never met the Queen, although she would have dearly loved to. I suspect, if they had, they would have found that they had much in common. They were both of that war-time generation, which faced real privations that are unknown to most of us today.
Growing up not in a palace but on a hill farm in Inverness-shire, my mother’s journey to high school consisted of a three-mile cycle down the glen, a half-hour bus journey to the centre of Inverness, and then a walk from the bus station across the town. The journey was repeated in reverse every afternoon, in sunshine, rain, sleet or snow.
It was an upbringing which bred a toughness and self-discipline which gave my mother strength to endure all that life threw at her.
She was a lady with little sympathy for self-pity. We used to joke that if I had phoned her to say that I had just lost an arm, her response would be that I should be grateful still to have one fully functioning, as there were plenty people in life who managed well with no arms at all.
That stoicism was reflected in the late Queen Elizabeth’s approach to her own troubles, not least the break-up of three of her children’s marriages, and the tragic loss at a young age of her daughter-in-law and the mother of the future King.
Both women came from that generation where a sense of service, based on the Christian principle of the duty to help others, was at the heart of their approach to life.
My mother spent years caring for her elderly parents, and when they died threw herself into voluntary work for so long as she was capable of performing it. For the Queen, it was illustrated by the fact that she was still diligently working up to the age of 96, even meeting her new Prime Minister just two days before she died.
The tremendous outpouring of national grief and emotion we have seen over the past few days has been a recognition from a generally unemotional nation of the lengthy and enduring service provided by Queen Elizabeth over the 70 years of her reign. It also provides the perfect template for the new King as he takes up his role as head of state.
Losing a loved one is a traumatic experience for anyone, but to have to do so in the full glare of international and media attention, with your every move being filmed or photographed, must be a horrifying experience.
Moreover, Charles not only has to deal with the loss of a dearly loved parent, but simultaneously assume the role of the country’s symbolic head, with all the responsibilities and burdens that brings with it.
Those who, in the past, have questioned his suitability for the role of monarch will have been given cause to rethink over the last few days. The King’s public comments, whether in his address to the nation last Friday, or in his speeches to the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament on Monday, have been perfectly pitched in terms of the tribute paid to his mother, and give an insight into the sovereign that he will be.
Charles has served the longest apprenticeship in history of any monarch-in-waiting, but has the benefit of a perfect template to follow. He has referenced, with more emphasis than we have heard from him before, his own Christian faith, reflecting that of his mother which she was never ashamed to profess. He has committed to follow her example in devoting himself to public service for the remainder of his life.
The events of the last few days are a reminder of the value that a constitutional monarchy has to the country, in providing a unifying force that all of the nation can look to, regardless of sex, race, age or religion.
Whilst those who would argue for an elected head of state say we should choose a leader rather than have one put there by accident of birth, the advantage of monarchy is that we have a figurehead who transcends politics. A President Thatcher, Blair or Johnson would by definition be a divisive character, and it is impossible to imagine the scenes we have witnessed over the past week, with the overwhelming and near-universal national outpouring of grief, at the loss of an elected politician, however eminent.
The spontaneous shouts we have heard of “God save the King” reflect not just affection for her late Majesty the Queen, but also support for her son and heir as he steps up to take on her mantle, and doing so in the tradition of public service that she so diligently performed. All the signs are there that Charles will be a King for the people, and in so doing will secure the monarchy for generations to come.
At his address to the Scottish Parliament on Monday night, the King quoted lines from Robert Burns. But here is another verse from Scotland’s national poet that seems appropriate for the moment:
“... while we sing ‘God save the King’,
We'll ne'er forget The People!
But while we sing ‘God save the King’,
We'll ne'er forget The People!”
Murdo Fraser is a Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid-Scotland and Fife
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Kent is set to experience heavy rain ahead of a sunny weekend. Dreary weather is expected across the county for the majority of this morning and afternoon (September 14), although sunny 20C conditions are set to return at 5pm.
The sunny weather is expected to stick around for the rest of the week and will coincide with the lying in state ahead of the Queen's funeral, with crowds expected to descend on London throughout the weekend.
But while the clouds are expected to be clear, we can expect a relatively stark drop in temperatures. As the county has been enjoying unseasonably warm conditions for this time of year, the mercury will drop to 17C by Friday.
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This will culminate with night temperatures plummeting to a brisk 6C in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks. Detailing the national outlook, Met Office forecaster Alex Burkill said: "For many a bright and a little fresh start to Wednesday morning but a wet picture across the southern counties and the rain could be heavy at times as we head through morning rush hour and it will take a little time to clear away so around the far south east I think it will be well into the afternoon before things turn fully dry and bright.
"Elsewhere across much of the UK it is going to be a fine day with just some showers across northern parts of Scotland. There will be some sunshine around but despite this temperatures in the north set to be a little bit lower than we have seen of late getting into the mid to high teens at best.
"In the south the temperatures perhaps a bit higher than on Tuesday because the wet weather will have cleared away and there will be some sunshine around but it may feel a touch more comfortable or fresher for some because of the humidity that we have had recently will also have cleared away."
South East five-day forecast
Today:
Wet start for many with rain, heavy at times, gradually clearing south during the morning. Cloud then gradually breaking and easing away south. Best of the sunshine initially across Oxfordshire, but spreading to all parts by the evening. Maximum temperature 23 °C.
Tonight:
Early clear spells, perhaps allowing isolated mist and fog patches to form. These clearing as cloud thickens later in the night. Clear spells persisting across some western areas. Minimum temperature 11 °C.
Thursday:
Early cloud gradually breaking to sunny spells. Staying dry for most, however further cloud then bubbling up through the day, with showers possible across eastern parts, locally heavy. Maximum temperature 21 °C.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Brisk winds Friday, along with sunny spells and showers, perhaps heavy with thunder. Mainly dry through the weekend, but cloudy at times with isolated showers, and staying rather cool.
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A man has been arrested in Dover on suspicion of murdering a man in Colchester earlier this week. Kent Police, alongside Essex Police and Port of Dover police, arrested a 22-year-old man on Monday (September 12).
Essex Police were called to Distillery Lane in the Hythe area of Colchester at 2am on Monday morning where a man had been seriously injured. Despite the best efforts of all emergency services, he was declared dead at the scene.
A man arrested in connection to his death is understood to be known to him. A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Last night, Kent Police and Port of Dover Police assisted our officers by arresting a man on suspicion of murder, in connection with this investigation.
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"A 22-year-old man of no fixed address remains in custody. Enquiries into the death of this man continue but the scene in the area has now been stood down, with no more cordons in place," as EssexLive reports.
Cordons were deployed to the road throughout the day on Monday with forensic teams also investigating the scene. Essex Police have confirmed the man who sadly died was from the Kurdish community who had links to various Kurdish communities, including ones in Suffolk and was aged in his 20s.
Detective Chief Inspector Antony Alcock, from Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: “This has been a fast-paced investigation so far, with an arrest being made in another county, less than 24 hours after the initial call came in.
“We are continuing to carry out multiple enquiries, including speaking to potential witnesses and reviewing hours of CCTV to piece together what has happened. We believe that the arrested man and the victim were known to each other and that this was an isolated incident. We will continue our efforts and I encourage anyone who may have any further information to contact us and assist with our investigation.
“Although formal identification has not yet taken place, we are now in the position to confirm that the victim, who was in his early 20s, was from the Kurdish community. We believe he had connections to several Kurdish communities in areas including Suffolk. We would welcome further contact with those communities and are eager to provide support wherever it is required.
“We are working with our partner agencies to make sure we are speaking with anyone who can help us with this investigation and urge anyone who hasn’t spoken to us, to get in contact.”
Report crime online at essex.police.uk and use the Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm, or call 101 quoting incident 82 of September 12.
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Clarence House staff hit with redundancies in wake of King Charles III's accession
Dozens of Clarence House staff were given notice of the threat of redundancy while they worked round the clock in the wake of the King’s accession, The Guardian has revealed.
Private secretaries, the finance office, the communications team and other loyal household employees were among those who received the letter, while the thanksgiving service for the Queen was taking place in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday.
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) condemned the decision to announce redundancies during the period of mourning as “nothing short of heartless”.
Charles’s office will move from Clarence House to nearby monarchy HQ, Buckingham Palace, following the death of the Queen.
The King’s top aide, his principal private secretary Sir Clive Alderton said, in a letter seen by The Guardian, that the change in role for Charles and Camilla, now Queen Consort, meant that Clarence House will be “closed down”.
He said the former Prince of Wales’s personal interests and former activities will no longer be carried out.
The Guardian reported that staff were left livid and shaken by the announcement.
A Clarence House spokesman said: “Following last week’s Accession, the operations of the Household of the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have ceased and, as required by law, a consultation process has begun.
“Our staff have given long and loyal service and, while some redundancies will be unavoidable, we are working urgently to identify alternative roles for the greatest possible number of staff.”
Any staff being made redundant will be offered enhanced redundancy payments, and no staff will be affected for at least three months.
The Households of the Queen Mother and the Duke of Edinburgh were closed after their deaths.
It is understood legal advice taken by the household required the information to be shared with staff at the earliest opportunity, despite efforts to delay until after the Queen’s funeral.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “The decision of Clarence House to announce redundancies during a period of mourning is nothing short of heartless.
“The self-same staff have been working tirelessly over this period in supporting the activities of the new King and ensuring continuity across the estates of the Prince of Wales.
“While some changes across the households were to be expected, as roles across the royal family change, the scale and speed at which this has been announced is callous in the extreme.
“Least of all because we do not know what staffing the incoming Prince of Wales and his family might need.
“PCS will continue to work with the Royal Households to ensure that those staff have full job security.
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Cost of living: UK inflation rate eases but still near 40-year high
Inflation fell from its recent highs in August as diesel and petrol prices dropped over the month, but still remains close to its 40-year record.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index inflation reached 9.9% in the year to August, down from 10.1% the previous month. Experts had expected the figure to be unchanged between the two months.
The ONS said the biggest downward pressure on the inflation rate was the price of motor fuels, which has been falling in recent months.
The 6.8% drop in fuel prices was the highest since between March and April 2020, the early days of the pandemic when oil prices briefly went negative.
“The easing in the annual inflation rate in August 2022 reflected principally a fall in the price of motor fuels in the transport part of the index,” the ONS said.
“Smaller, partially offsetting, upward effects came from price rises for food and non-alcoholic beverages, miscellaneous goods and services, and clothing and footwear.”
But George Lagarias, chief economist at accountancy Mazars, warned that it will be some time before inflation truly starts dropping off.
“Higher energy prices for all the previous months have fully fed into most supply chains and it will take months of lower oil for end-consumer prices to meaningfully come down again. Inflation may well remain a central theme until at least the end of the year,” he said.
“However, input costs have begun to drop and we should see this feeding into general prices eventually.”
The figures mark a positive trend for the first time in more than a year. Inflation has risen every month since September 2021, according to the official figures.
But despite a positive headline trend, inside the data there are more worrying details, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation.
The think tank said the poorest 10th of households are facing an average inflation rate of 10.6%, compared with 9% for the richest.
“High inflation is set to be with us for some time, particularly for low-income households who continue to be hit hardest by high prices,” said senior economist Jack Leslie.
“Having delivered £2,200 worth of cost-of-living support for every household this year, the Government will need to consider what support will be needed next year too.”
Inflation has piled pressure on households around the country, whose cost of living has rocketed, largely as a result of soaring energy costs.
No part of the economy has escaped the energy crisis, which has helped push up prices of food and other items.
Experts believe that the support on energy bills announced by the Government last week will ensure that inflation does not reach the concerning highs that had been forecast.
According to one prediction, CPI inflation could have peaked above 20% as energy bills continued to rise.
But bills will be capped at £2,500 per year for the average household for the next two years, new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday.
Without that support bills had at most been forecast to rise to £7,700 for the average family.
Yael Selfin, chief economist at consultancy KPMG UK, said: “The new measures announced by the Government to cap energy prices for households at £2,500 could see inflation peak at a more modest 10.5% in October.
“However, with inflation in near double digits, the combination of expected tax cuts and support measures for households may prompt the Bank of England to take a more hawkish stance to avoid higher inflation further down the line.
“This may result in steeper rate rises and higher rates to counteract the inflationary impacts of the expected fiscal largesse.”
Meanwhile, businesses are calling for more details about the help they will be given with energy bills.
The Government promised that businesses will receive “equivalent support” to households, but did not say how.
Alex Veitch, director of policy and public affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “The size of last week’s Government intervention on energy prices should have a dampening effect on inflation when it is enacted.
“But the lack of detail on exactly how much help any individual business will get, and for how long, means very few will be planning to invest any time soon.”
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Cost-of-living crisis: Liz Truss plans ‘skew support’ to richest households, warns Resolution Foundation
Richer households will benefit more than poorer ones from Liz Truss’s energy bills freeze and “winter will still be tough for many” despite the policy, experts have warned.
Analysis by the Resolution Foundation think-tank, which focuses on raising living standards, said because higher-income households typically use more energy, the richest fifth may gain an average of about £1,300 this winter compared to £1,100 for the poorest 20 per cent.
The report concluded the first major policy intervention by the new Prime Minister was “all-but-inevitable” given the colossal increases in energy prices.
The energy price guarantee (EPG) will restrict average domestic bills in Scotland, England and Wales to no more than £2,500 for two years from October – around £500 higher than they are now, but £1,000 lower than they would have been from next month under Ofgem’s price cap.
Around 11 per cent of households with the highest electricity and gas use will gain more than £2,000 from the policy while 13 per cent will gain less than £500.
The Resolution Foundation said the lack of targeting across both the EPG and previous interventions meant support was not necessarily going where it was most needed.
Together with the universal £400 energy bill discount and the £150 council tax rebate to homes in bands A-D, support is being felt “broadly equally across the income distribution”, with an average gain of around £2,200.
The report said Ms Truss’s plans to provide further cost-of-living support by scrapping the rise in national insurance “will skew support towards the very highest-income households”.
The combination of the EPG and the national insurance cut could leave the 10 per cent with the highest incomes benefiting by £4,700 on average while the poorest tenth receive £2,200 in 2023/24.
The cost of the EPG, which will be funded by borrowing, “could eclipse the £137 billion worth of bailouts for banks during the financial crisis”.
The report noted “the Government is now bearing all the financial risk related to future movements in gas prices”.
The think-tank said there was a “strong case” for extending windfall taxes on oil and gas producers, but also an argument for implementing a “solidarity tax” of some form on the rich to help cover the cost.
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War in Ukraine: Has Ukraine reached a turning point in the conflict with Russia?
"Russia’s conventional force designed to counter Nato is severely weakened,” warned the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) daily briefing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability.”
The statement, one of the most frank accounts of Ukrainian success in recent days, came as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said in his video address on Monday evening his troops have retaken more than 6,000sqkm (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control this month alone.
The MoD said the previously occupied areas, in the east and the south of Ukraine, had been held by Russian troops from the 1st Guards Tank Army (1 GTA), which it described as one of Russia’s “most prestigious armies”.
The scale of the gains by Ukraine has taken everyone by surprise.
Even Russia has admitted losing key cities in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, such as Balakliya, Izyum and Kupiansk. Reports claimed Russian troops had abandoned equipment, as Ukrainian soldiers utilised foreign weaponry, including long-range multiple rocket launch systems, and foreign intelligence to make gains at a speed that could not previously have been imagined.
The MoD said in a statement: “Elements of the Russian forces withdrawn from Kharkiv Oblast over the last week were from the 1st Guards Tank Army (1 GTA), which are subordinate to the Western Military District (WEMD). GTA suffered heavy casualties in the initial phase of the invasion and had not been fully reconstituted prior to the Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kharkiv.”
The organisation added: “GTA had been one of the most prestigious of Russia’s armies, allocated for the defence of Moscow, and intended to lead counter-attacks in the case of a war with Nato. With one GTA and other WEMD formations severely degraded, Russia’s conventional force designed to counter Nato is severely weakened. It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this capability.”
Ukrainian intelligence units have described Russian troops as "literally running” away from the frontline amid claims of a collapse of their chain of command. However, Russian forces have continued to hammer Ukrainian targets, including the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, where three people were killed and nine and injured early on Tuesday.
In regained cities, Ukrainian troops are checking for Russian soldiers who may be hiding and cleaning up before residents who previously fled can return.
However, with Ukrainian gains, the war has also entered a new phase in terms of demands from the Ukrainian side.
Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a clear statement on Tuesday the country would not give in until borders were returned – not to the situation they were in in February, before the invasion began, but those established in 1991, when the Soviet Union was first dissolved.
"We learned to win, we know how to do it and we know how to make it,” he said. “And therefore, certainly, our ultimate goal is not February 23, but August 24, 1991 in the border plan.”
Mr Kuleba added: “Russia will show serious interest in real negotiations at the moment when it realises and accepts the fact that its positions have been maximally weakened. It cannot hold even what it has captured, it will need to sharply stabilise the situation."
He also indicated the global “security architecture” does not “perform its function” or “guarantee peace and security”, indicating he wants to see something new created in its place.
“It is obvious to everyone that the current mechanisms do not perform their function, do not guarantee peace and security,” he said.
Professor Luke March, personal chair of post-Soviet and comparative politics at the University of Edinburgh, said there was evidence that Ukraine had made progress. However, he warned while gains in the east were positive, few had been made in the region of Donetsk, where there has been discussions of a possibility of a referendum to take the self-declared state officially into Russia.
He said: “Obviously, they're trying to maximise the embarrassment. And they are trying to exaggerate anything they get, but they're also trying to trying to make the Russian troops fear them. They're hitting them where they're weak because they're not motivated and not fighting for their own territory and often don't know what they're there for.
"This actually can change the calculus because [the West] starts to think ‘well, maybe Ukraine can win’. Personally, I think, provided support for Ukraine survives the winter and all the high energy prices, then I think [Vladimir] Putin is in real trouble.”
Reports from Ukraine claim Russian teachers who were shipped into occupied regions by the Kremlin to teach the Russian curriculum to Ukrainian children have been arrested and could face up to 15 years in prison.
Prof March said he thinks Ukraine could be on shaky ground. Kyiv has said the teachers are not prisoners of war so will not be eligible for any kind of prisoner exchange.
He said: “I think there's a tendency in some Ukrainian politics that people need to keep attention on, in terms of the kind of slightly authoritarian, draconian side, the threat that they will deal with people as traitors and deal with them very punitively. I don't think Western support has made enough of that.
“We should not assume that the Ukrainian side are angels throughout this, despite the fact that they're fighting a fairly malevolent force. They need to be held to high standards throughout this as well. Particularly if their long-term aim is joining the EU and becoming a fully fledged democracy, then we can’t lose sight of how they treat combatants and those kind of issues as well."
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Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia and souvenirs to commemorate her 70 years on the throne
This year saw a host of fine British designers and brands craft memorabilia to celebrate the Queen’s historic reign. Here are the most tasteful, beautiful pieces to help remember our Queen
Queen Elizabeth II: tasteful memorabilia, souvenirs to commemorate
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In early summer, the nation joined together to celebrated the historic, remarkable 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It’s a celebration that is now tinged with bitter-sweetness, with the monarch dying a few months later, aged 96.
To mark her seventy years, many of the UK’s finest designers and brands created stunning pieces of memorabilia to mark the occasion.
With the Queen’s passing, these pieces have an added poignancy. Naturally, interest in them has spiked again on the internet - the Royal Mint has instituted an online queue to deal with demand.
As we all know, not all royal memorabilia is created equal, with many cheap and flimsy souvenirs also being produced with the Queen’s ensignia on it.
Here, we’ve looked to reputable and respected brands to curate the most tasteful, elegant pieces of memorabilia to remember and celebrate an historic reign.
An historic reign
Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September 2022 aged 96, sat on the British throne for70 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in the history of the United Kingdom.
Following her father King George VI’s death on February 6, 1952, she became Queen at the tender age of 25. Her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
In her time as Queen, Elizabeth oversaw 15 prime ministers, met with 12 US presidents, five Popes, and the leaders of all other major faiths of the UK.
In 1977, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Silver Jubilee - then her Ruby, Golden and Diamond ones in 1991, 2002 and 2012.
Please note: demand for Jubilee Memorabilia is very high, so many items - particularly the Royal Mint Commemorative Coins - have sold out and are in the process of restocking.
The Bradford Exchange Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Masterpiece
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While this extremely fine sovereign is predominantly sought out for being the commemorative coin crafted at Winston Churchill’s death, it is also significant for being the first coinage portrait of The Queen by Mary Gillick.
There is limited stock available of this sovereign coin. It will ship within three months and is a collector’s item
LIBERTY Platinum 45 x 45cm Silk Twill Scarf
Crafted for to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee, this elegant Liberty scarf offers a tasteful way to pay tribute.
Made from Italian-made silk twill scarf, this limited-edition scarf features a motif of the Queen’s guard and Prince of Wales feather
Queen’s Cypher Slipper - Navy
Another stunning product created to mark the Platinum Jubilee by renowned British brand Penelope Chilvers
These slippers come in navy velvet, and feature the Queen’s official cypher as an embroidery. The customary rules on usage were temporarily relaxed to mark the auspicious occasion, making these slippers one of a kind.
The Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen 2022 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
A £5 coin is in itself an historic item - but this coin minted for the Platinum Jubilee was special for a number of reasons.
The packaging explored how The Queen’s coinage portraits have captured her growth from a young queen to an experienced monarch.
The coin features the commemorative Platinum Jubilee portrait of Her Majesty The Queen on horseback, and on the reverse there’s a decorative design by the renowned artist John Bergdahl.
Jubilee Queen Placement Frill Tote
Stylish and sweet, another piece created for the Platinum Jubilee.
Beloved British brand Cath Kidston created a 100% cotton tote celebrating Her Majesty, featuring a hand-painted portrait of Her Majesty framed with a regal pearl frill. It’s limited edition.
Queen Elizabeth II Barbie® Doll
Sold out on the Mattel website, this specially created Barbie has been wildly popular since its release in April 2022.
Currently there are Queen II Barbies up for resale for up to £530 on eBay.
Limited edition, created to celebrate her 70 years reign, these are highly coveted collector’s items.
Jubilee Royal Bouquets Long Woven PJ Set
Another beautiful piece from Cath Kidston crafted for the Jubilee.
“These beautiful pyjamas in our Royal Bouquets print are richly detailed and opulent featuring The Queen’s favourite flower – Lily of The Valley, which represents purity, sincerity and happiness.”
The Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen 2022 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
Another stunning piece crafted for the Platinum Jubilee.
This special coin marked the first time the Royal Mint have celebrated a royal event on a UK 50p coin.
The coin features the commemorative Platinum Jubilee portrait of Her Majesty The Queen, and there’s a bold, graphical celebration by the design agency Osborne Ross on the reverse of the coin.
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Celtic and Ange Postecoglou need a result in Warsaw to convince they are more than flat-track bullies
Mighty claims have been made for Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic. In their Warsaw-hosted Champions League encounter away to Shakhtar Donetsk it is incumbent upon the Scottish title winners to deliver on them.
A sizable section of the Celtic faithful have declared the Australian’s side to be superior even to Brendan Rodgers’ invincible treble winners. A trophy-munching machine that in short order became the country’s first ever double treble winners. Meanwhile, all within the fanbase offer up hosannas over their masterful manager’s ability to regenerate a club that had been drained of life in the closing months of permanent predecessor Neil Lennon’s tenure, even as he guided Celtic to a quadruple treble. These grand pronouncements make sense in a domestic context, where the level of competition is, let’s be brutal, decidedly rum. That said, Celtic’s current 38-game unbeaten run in the cinch Premiership has been accomplished with, what has appeared to be, a more adventurous brand of football than Rodgers’ team produced consistently across their 69-match sequence without a league defeat.
Celtic certainly deserved the plaudits they received for really taking it to Real Madrid in a first, and ultimate, Champions League test for Postecoglou last week. A few breaks and they would have been a couple of goals up before eventually losing out 3-0 at home to no less than the holders. Yet, it tended to be overlooked that we had witnessed such brio for Celtic on such an evening not so very long ago. Rodgers wasn’t even four months in post - in contrast to the 14 months for Postecoglou now - when his team put the frighteners on a Manchester City then sweeping all before them in the Irishman’s first Champions League examination. A September 2016 occasion in Glasgow’s east end wherein Celtic did establish a two-goal lead before being forced to hit back to secure a 3-3.
Postecoglou’s newly-recast Celtic certainly performed creditably in last year’s Europa League campaign, securing three wins in a daunting group that comprised Bayer Leverkusen, Real Betis and Ferencvaros. Certainly their attacking verve banished memories of Celtic’s miserable showings at the same level under Lennon in the previous, pandemic season, pasting dished out to them home and away by Sparta Prague. However, that followed on from Lennon becoming the first Celtic manager to top a European group, achieving this with a game to spare in a difficult section that pitted them against Lazio, Rennes and Cluj.
Madrid were a free pass for Postecoglou and his Celtic players. Not so Shakhtar. Even if they have much more about them than some have strangely suggested because Russia’s invasion of their country unquestionably has denuded them of major players and major resources. The threat they still possess was demonstrated, with knobs on, by their 4-1 filleting of RB Leipzig in Germany last Tuesday. It is a result that has implications for their hosting of Celtic in Warsaw. Postecolgou’s men must avoid defeat in order not to leave their hopes of qualification from Group F hanging by a thread only two games in. Six points would represent a huge deficit to make up on the Ukrainians and, it can be presumed, Real. Carlo Ancelotti’s men surely will not slip up in entertaining Leipzig.
Celtic must avoid that scenario and demonstrate they are genuinely a team on the way up. That has certainly appeared the case on the evidence of the poundings this season meted out to Scottish opponents. All aspects of their play have seemed slicker and sharper than in Postecoglou’s first season. If the evidence hasn’t been skewed by the relative weakness of those they have faced in domestic competition, they should be able to stand up to the challenge posed by Shakhtar. In order for that to be the case, though, there does have to be a step change from how European encounters away from home have unfolded for Celtic under Postecoglou until now.
The 57-year-old may not place much store in the value of clean sheets. Just as well since his team have proved alarmingly porous outside of their own environs in continental competition (and not much better on that measure at Celtic Park, when it comes to it). Celtic have played seven European away games in the past season-and-a-bit. Not once in those, have they avoided coughing up at least two goals. Twice - against Jablonec and Ferencvaros, clubs not on the level of their Donetsk opposition - this has proved no impediment to registering away successes. However, on five occasions such defensive vulnerability has undercut their final third potency. Never more obviously than with the 4-3 loss away to Real Betis and the 3-2 reverse in Leverkusen.
As a backline unit, Celtic now appear far more assured than they were in those encounters last autumn. Indeed, even though Madrid opened them up three times to extend the club’s miserable Champions League record to two wins in 19 outings, they did so courtesy of alacrity and adriotness as opposed to being able to simply capitalise on glaring errors. That fact engenders optimism over Celtic’s ability to combat Shakhtar in the Polish capital. And even if last week’s slaying by the Spanish conquistadors turned out to be the seventh of the club’s past 10 home games in the blue riband competition not to yield them a goal, the prowess Celtic can call on in Kyogo Furuhashi, Jota, Liel Abada and Giorgos Giakoumakis should ensure their sequence of scoring in every European away game under Postecoglou does not come to a halt. However, if such hopeful portents do happen to prove misplaced, then they will leave themselves open to the charge that they are merely flat track bullies. It cannot be overstated just how much is on the line for Postecoglou’s Celtic in Warsaw.
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Steve Clarke lifts lid on Greg Taylor's Celtic rise as Scotland boss recalls Kilmarnock turning point
An insight into Greg Taylor’s inner strength from a very different time left Scotland manager Steve Clarke convinced the Celtic full-back possessed the resolve to rise to any challenge.
The in-form defender is in line to occupy the left wing-back role for his country in their forthcoming Nations League triple header as a consequence of captain Andy Robertson’s injury-absence. Taylor has positioned himself to be this understudy through transforming perceptions of him in the past 18 months of his three-and-a-bit seasons with the Scottish champions. The growing appreciation of the 24-year-old’s talents is no surprise to his former Kilmarnock manager Clarke, whom he blossomed under before both moved on at the end of the 2018-19 season.
“When he moved to Celtic he had some early criticism but I know his character,” said Clarke. “He just dug in, learned a way to play and I know the current manager is very happy with him. He’s improving all the time Greg, which is great to see. I always thought he would. I remember quite early days after I took over at Kilmarnock. [In December 2017] I took him all the way up to Ross County and left him on the bench. Stuart Findlay was playing left-back and got injured after half an hour. I sent Greg on [at half-time] and he did really well. I said to him after the game, “Well done, that was good”. And he said, “I’m not going back out the team again, gaffer.” And he was right. He’s a good character.
“That’s what you want. Players who are always willing to meet the challenge head on. Greg’s always done that. Even on his Scotland debut [when] I threw him in against Belgium away [in June 2019]. We lost the game but he acquitted himself really well against Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne. That’s just the type of player he is and I hope he can stay on the same level.”
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'Arsenal will trust us' - Steve Clarke has no qualms over Kieran Tierney's Scotland game-time
Scotland manager Steve Clarke has given short shrift to those who sought to question his use of Kieran Tierney following the Arsenal full-back’s lengthy injury absence last season.
The former Celtic player’s campaign was ended by a knee problem immediately after he turned out in the March friendlies against Poland and Austria. He was the one of the few squad members who played every minute of the two encounters and this led to some drawing conclusions over his subsequent sidelining. However, the recent Arsenal docuseries on Amazon made it plain that the knee issue that the London side have been nursing him back from this season occurred during a gym session at his club. “I knew that,” said the Scotland manager. “Other people spouted quite a bit but I knew the circumstances and like I always do with things that like, I just keep quiet.”
Meanwhile, for the forthcoming Nations League triple-header inside a week that will see Ukraine faced home and away with the Republic of Ireland hosted inbetween, it has been all quiet on the Arsenal front over Scotland game-time given to Tierney. Clarke doesn’t see a need for any discussions on the matter, hinting Tierney will be utilised in the left-berth of a back three, which won’t require him to constantly bomb forward.
“I think Arsenal will trust us to treat their player properly as we do with everybody. We try to treat them all correctly,” he said. “Listen, my job is to win matches and if I need my best players on the pitch for all three games, that’s what I have to do. We have to use them as we see fit to get the best out of the player. Obviously we are not going to try to injure a player or do anything that’s crazy. If a player is not capable of playing three 90 minutes we would manage the minutes and still utilise them as much as we could.”
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Sione Tuipulotu urges wee brother Mosese to follow his own path but Gregor Townsend has shown an interest
Sione Tuipulotu impressed in his first season in Scottish rugby, cementing his place in the Glasgow Warriors backline and breaking into the national side during the autumn Tests, before playing in the Six Nations and the Argentina series.
But he is not the only Tuipulotu who offers a potent attacking threat as a hard-running centre. Sione’s younger brother Mosese is coming up fast on the rails. The 20-year-old is with the Waratahs in Sydney and has been capped by Australia at under-18 level. Not surprisingly, Gregor Townsend has already had a word with Sione about him but the Glasgow back is keen for Mosese to follow his own path, even though he would love to play alongside him one day.
Sione headed back to Australia after Scotland’s summer tour of South America and took the opportunity to see both his younger brothers play. It was his first time home in two years and he was impressed by what he saw.
“My little brother, Mosese, is at the Waratahs at the moment. He’s 20 and a centre as well so I’m hoping he doesn’t come over here!” joked Sione.
“I went to watch him play a club game. And my littlest brother is still at school and just finishing his final year. He’s a hooker. They’re both really keen on their rugby so it was pretty cool to see them. You can only dream about playing with your brothers one day. Maybe we could link up at some time.
“I don’t know if Mosese is on Scotland’s radar or if Gregor’s had a little look at him. But Gregor has spoken to me a couple of times about him. It’s a funny one as my brother is on his own path after growing up being compared to me and vice versa. He wants to run his own race. I’m really supportive of whatever he wants to do. If it were up to me I’d want him to come here so we could play together but at the moment he’s got his own plans.
“He’s a couple of inches taller than me – he got the height gene! But he’s pretty similar to me; a Scottish-Tongan centre who likes ball carrying.”
That’s for the future. The present is the new BKT United Rugby Championship season which kicks off on Friday with Glasgow heading to Italy under new coach Franco Smith to take on Benetton.
The Warriors have come a cropper on their last two visits to Treviso and Tuipulotu has tried to block out last season’s 19-18 defeat when Leonardo Marin’s last-gasp penalty snatched victory for the home side.
“I played in that one but I don’t like talking about it actually,” said the 25-year-old. “It’s a tough place to play. You don’t know what to expect from them and they’ve surprised a lot of teams travelling over there. In the past few years maybe people went over there underestimating them.”
The versatile Tuipulotu played at both inside and outside centre last season, and also appeared on the wing. He says he is comfortable in all three positions and eager to get going again.
“I’d say I’m more excited this year than I was last year after having my first season and feeling really settled at the club with friends and family.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. (the "Company") (TSXV: DME) (OTC: DMEHF) (Frankfurt: QM01) From the President of the Company. The Company is pleased to announce that court in Coconino County, AZ has dismissed every claim filed against the Company by the City of Flagstaff with the exception of one breach of contract claim, regarding a prior licensing agreement. The Company is in the process of reviewing all pertinent details of the judge's ruling and will be announcing plans in regards to its well at the appropriate time.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. is a publicly traded resource company primarily focused on exploration, development and production of helium, hydrogen and noble gases. The Company is primarily looking for elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.
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Occoquan's popular Fall Arts and Crafts Show, now going on more than 50 years, returns Sept. 24-25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event features more than 200 artisans, a beer and wine garden, an Imagination Alley for the kids and a 32-foot wall mural on which festival-goers can paint. Admission is free, but there is a small fee for a shuttle ride to town. See occoquanva.gov for details. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-students-charged-new-nfl-alumni-ceo-and-sunny-skies/article_e6149ef8-33f5-11ed-b4ea-f352d524865b.html | 2022-09-14T08:16:46Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/infive-students-charged-new-nfl-alumni-ceo-and-sunny-skies/article_e6149ef8-33f5-11ed-b4ea-f352d524865b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ex-Hearts boss Craig Levein: Chris Robinson was one of the best people I've worked with in football
Craig Levein insists Chris Robinson was one of the best people he’s ever worked with in football as the former Hearts boss paid to tribute to his old employer following his death at the weekend.
Robinson was viewed as the lead influencer in the Tynecastle boardroom when the time came in late 2000 to appoint a new manager. The club hierarchy opted to bring back ex-captain Craig Levein, who’d made a success of himself at lower-league Cowdenbeath, and the two remained on good terms right up until Robinson’s passing.
“I've kept in touch with Chris since I was Hearts manager first time around, so I knew what was going on,” a sombre Levein told the Evening News. “I was kind of expecting the news, in all honesty. But I was friendly with him, so when I heard the news it was a real downer. It was sad news, really.
“After I left Hearts we kept in touch and would often go out for a bite to eat. We have another mutual friend as well so we did catch up, not monthly or anything like that, but a couple of times a year. We'd catch up and have a chat. I got on really well with him. I really liked him.”
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As custodian of Scotland’s third biggest club, many had an opinion on Robinson without knowing the man as a person.
“He was very private,” explained Levein. “I don't think anybody really knew him on the footballing side of things. He always kept himself to himself. He was quite a quiet and shy person. He wasn't over-demonstrative.
“He was a massive Hearts supporter. Massive. I'm sure he spent a lot of his own money during the time he was at Hearts, trying to do the right thing.
“He was a good friend to me and my wife, Carol. Him and Liz were really good people.”
It wasn’t the easiest of times for Craig and Chris to work together at Tynecastle in the early noughties. Budgets had to be curtailed on a yearly basis as the cost of the squad kept having to come down while there was pressure on the manager to keep things going strong on the park. Despite such a stressful environment there was no resentment between the pair, which Levein puts down to his old friend’s character and refusal to sugarcoat anything.
“A lot of people have comments about Chris Robinson. But my experiences of him have always been very good,” the former Scotland boss said. “He didn't suffer fools gladly, but he was very straight and honest and I enjoyed working with him.
“Part of my job was to reduce the wage bill as quickly as possible and to stay competitive. The budget was tight. We had to move on a lot of big name players that we had and start again, almost. That was a challenge but he didn't tell me one lie. He was always up front with what the problems were at the club and what needed to be done. He was true to his word as he said he would support me in every way he could and that turned out to be the case.
“I've been fortunate to work for some good people and I put Chris right in amongst them.”
While he had his allies, Robinson wasn’t a figure so popular with the majority of Hearts supporters, especially once plans were announced in 2004 to pay off the club’s near £20 million debt by selling to Cala Homes and moving the team to nearby Murrayfield on a temporary basis while they sought to find a new stadium.
An error in judgement in may have been, as evidenced by Vladimir Romanov taking over the club, cancelling the sale and Hearts remaining at a refurbished Tynecastle to this day. But while the logic may not have been entirely sound, Levein has no doubts Robinson harboured the best of intentions for his boyhood side.
Furthermore, Levein – who later returned as director of football and later became manager for a second time – believes Robinson’s legacy should also include his part in facilitating a famous day in 1998 when Hearts ended their 36-year wait for a trophy with the Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers.
“A lot of clubs in Scotland got into debt at the same time, led by the Old Firm. David Murray at Rangers was certainly spending a lot of money and everybody was trying to keep up. When I went into Dundee United they'd done the same sort of thing, spending to try and keep up with everyone else. At that time in Scottish football everybody just joined in, took the money that was offered and it was almost a race of who was to be bankrupt first. It was a crazy time,” reflected Levein.
“To be fair to Chris, he put plenty of his own money into Hearts as well. He was a really strong supporter of the club and I know there were a lot of people unhappy with his tenure, but around the time Hearts won the cup he would've been one of the biggest shareholders. He helped Jim at the time by funding the squad and the budget which helped them win the Scottish Cup. It's certainly a decent legacy.
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U.S. Army soldiers participate in a 9/11 Memorial Run on Sept. 11, 2022, at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland. The run was to remember and honor all those who were affected by the terror attacks, 21 years ago.
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The global obesity epidemic is getting worse, especially among children, with rates of obesity rising over the past decade and shifting to earlier ages. In the U.S., roughly 40% of today’s high school students were overweight by the time they started high school. Globally, the incidence of obesity has tripled since the 1970s, with fully 1 billion people expected to be obese by 2030.
The consequences are grave, as obesity correlates closely with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems. Despite the magnitude of the problem, there is still no consensus on the cause, although scientists do recognize many contributing factors, including genetics, stress, viruses and changes in sleeping habits. Of course, the popularity of heavily processed foods — high in sugar, salt and fat — has also played a role, especially in Western nations, where people on average consume more calories per day now than 50 years ago. Even so, recent reviews of the science conclude that much of the huge rise in obesity globally over the past four decades remains unexplained.
An emerging view among scientists is that one major overlooked component in obesity is almost certainly our environment — in particular, the pervasive presence within it of chemicals which, even at very low doses, act to disturb the normal functioning of human metabolism, upsetting the body’s ability to regulate its intake and expenditure of energy.
Some of these chemicals, known as “obesogens,” directly boost the production of specific cell types and fatty tissues associated with obesity. Unfortunately, these chemicals are used in many of the most basic products of modern life including plastic packaging, clothes and furniture, cosmetics, food additives, herbicides and pesticides.
Ten years ago the idea of chemically induced obesity was something of a fringe hypothesis, but not anymore.
“Obesogens are certainly a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic,” is what Bruce Blumberg, an expert on obesity and endocrine-disrupting chemicals from the University of California, Irvine, told me by email. “The difficulty is determining what fraction of obesity is related to chemical exposure.”
Importantly, recent research demonstrates that obesogens act to harm individuals in ways that traditional tests of chemical toxicity can’t detect. In particular, consequences of chemical exposure may not appear during the lifetime of an exposed organism but can be passed down through so-called epigenetic mechanisms to offspring even several generations away. A typical example is tributyltin or TBT, a chemical used in wood preservatives, among other things. In experiments exposing mice to low and supposedly safe levels of TBT, Blumberg and his colleagues found significantly increased fat accumulation in the next three generations.
TBT and other obesogens trigger such effects by interfering directly with the normal biochemistry of the endocrine system, which regulates the storage and use of energy, as well as human eating behavior. This biochemistry depends on a wide variety of hormones produced in organs such as the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and liver, as well as chemicals in the brain capable of altering feelings of hunger. Experiments have shown that mice exposed to obesogenic chemicals before birth exhibit significantly altered appetites later in their lives, and a propensity to obesity.
Nearly 1,000 obesogens with such effects have already been identified in studies with animals or humans. They include Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics, and the phthalates, plasticizing agents used in paints, medicine and cosmetics. Others include parabens used as preservatives in food and paper products, and chemicals called organotins used as fungicides.
Other obesogens include pesticides and herbicides, including glyphosate, which a recent study found to be present in the urine of most Americans.
A further clue that these chemicals may lie behind obesity: Studies have found that the obesity crisis is also affecting cats, dogs and other animals living in proximity with people. A significant rise in obesity incidence has even been noted in laboratory rodents and primates — animals raised under strictly controlled conditions of caloric intake and exercise. The only possible factors driving weight gain for these animals, researchers believe, would be subtle chemical changes in the nature of the foods they eat, or in the materials used to build their pens.
So it is possible that we have unwittingly saturated our living environment with chemicals affecting some of the most fundamental biochemical feedbacks controlling human growth and development. The obesity epidemic will likely persist, or grow worse, unless we can find ways to eliminate such chemicals from the environment, or at least identify the most problematic substances and greatly reduce human exposure to them.
At the very least, it will require a transformation in the way we test chemicals for their toxicity, especially the many compounds that are ubiquitous in our food, plastics, paints, cosmetics and other products. Discoveries in epigenetics have deeply changed basic biological science and medicine over the past 15 years but have not yet had much impact on prevailing practices for chemical safety testing. Scientists are pushing for changes, but it takes time.
Hopefully, appropriate test methods will be adopted within the next few years. If they aren’t, we may well struggle to make any appreciable dent in this pernicious epidemic. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/commentary-plastic-might-be-making-you-obese/article_69b9dc72-3320-11ed-aaf6-bbc9c8461cfc.html | 2022-09-14T08:42:17Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/commentary-plastic-might-be-making-you-obese/article_69b9dc72-3320-11ed-aaf6-bbc9c8461cfc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the editor — Volunteering in a soup kitchen can teach valuable life lessons.
There were grateful diners, but then there were the "entitled" regulars, who demanded a “better” piece of fruit or veggie. Somebody else could eat the rejected (and perfectly fine) piece.
The YH-R editorial board just patted our region’s agricultural interests on the back for learning to play nicely with others in dealing with our limited water supplies.
The cooperation, first highlighted in a New York Times piece about “the Yakima plan,” is admittedly impressive.
But neither newspaper told the whole story. The first century of the Yakima Basin project was a free-for-all and inefficient. Worse, our irrigation districts still haven’t hit water goals set by Congress in 1994.
Most importantly, a Water Research Center (WSU) study found that no Yakima Basin project shows more benefit than cost.
In other words, taxpayers have spent billions to subsidize local water for agriculture. In addition, between 1995-2020, Washington state farmers got $2.8 billion in direct federal subsidies.
But local ag constantly demands more. Our entitled fruit barons are on state and federal welfare and won’t admit it.
They are eating a free lunch while complaining about the size and reach of the government.
J.D. EDWARDS
Yakima | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-misplaced-praise-for-entitled-fruit-barons/article_9b7f8820-331a-11ed-8d41-37f35fee7bd5.html | 2022-09-14T08:42:23Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-misplaced-praise-for-entitled-fruit-barons/article_9b7f8820-331a-11ed-8d41-37f35fee7bd5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the editor — Your Sunday. SEPTEMBER 11th, edition should be an embarrassment to everyone who works at your paper. There is no mention of the 9/11 attack on New York City's twin towers anywhere in the Sunday paper. How can you not acknowledge such a defining moment in U.S. history?
Yes, I see you finally put something in the Monday e-edition but that is like giving my wife an anniversary card the day after our anniversary. Also, the Sunday paper is a print edition that we read, not an e-edition that most of us old folks don’t bother with.
I don’t know how you could miss such an important story!
BILL WALLACE
Yakima | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-nothing-about-sept-11-so-much-for-never-forget/article_f07a25ca-3319-11ed-942e-db4b82549454.html | 2022-09-14T08:42:29Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-nothing-about-sept-11-so-much-for-never-forget/article_f07a25ca-3319-11ed-942e-db4b82549454.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the editor — I recently did some cleaning and took a pickup load of trash out to the Lower Valley Transfer Station near Granger. This trash transfer station was created when the county closed the Snipes Mountain Landfill and the county commissioners wanted to continue providing landfill services to the Grandview, Granger, Mabton and Sunnyside areas.
At the time of my visit, I was surprised to find out that the Lower Valley Transfer Station will be closed by the county on Dec. 31, 2022.
This reminds me of the time that the Sunnyside substation for the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office was closed under the excuse that there was not enough money to keep it open. Prior to the closure you would see Sheriff’s deputies on Lower Valley roads.
I for one am very tired of Yakima County removing public services from the Lower Valley area without lowering any of my county taxes.
It is time we elect people to the county commission that will support equal Yakima County services for the lower four-city region.
I will not be voting for any incumbent Yakima County commissioner, and I hope you will carefully consider doing the same.
ED PRILUCIK
Sunnyside | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-sounds-like-same-song-different-verse/article_95883d1c-331b-11ed-a01a-ff811d5f9dc7.html | 2022-09-14T08:42:35Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-sounds-like-same-song-different-verse/article_95883d1c-331b-11ed-a01a-ff811d5f9dc7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sweeney helps Mason celebrate home opener with Summerfield sweep
ERIE − Angela Sweeney comes from an athletic family.
One of five children of Bayard and Anne Sweeney of Erie, Sweeney played many sports from a young age.
Volleyball was not one of those sports.
Sweeney did not pick up a volleyball until the eighth grade.
"I grew up with soccer players and basketball players. I actually had no one in my family that played volleyball," Sweeney said. "I picked this up out of nowhere. ... I didn't know I'd ever play volleyball, to be honest."
One year after picking up the sport, Sweeney found herself on Erie Mason's varsity roster.
Now a senior, Sweeney is one of the top players in the Monroe County Region.
"She's grown a lot," Mason coach Shelia Cuschieri said. "She walked into our gym still learning the game but she was the best in everything we tested. She had the fastest speed, the highest vertical, the highest reach. You don't leave a freshman like that down in JV."
Sweeney powered Mason to a three-set sweep of Summerfield in the Eagles' home opener Tuesday night. Mason won 25-8, 25-13, 25-21.
As good as Sweeney was on the court, it was the intangibles that had her coach boasting. Her role as a leader has been just as valuable to Mason's success as her volleyball skills, Cuschieri said.
"She's a very unselfish player," she said. "She's there for everybody. She is the cheerleader for everybody on the court. She wants everybody on the floor to do well."
Those qualities helped Sweeney become a six-rotation player for the first time this season.
"She did it a little bit last year, but she's a full-time six rotation player right now," Cuschieri said. "She worked very hard in the offseason to make that happen. She wanted to play six rotations constantly instead of just occasionally. She put the work in, and she got it."
Sweeney was a force all around the court. She finished the match hitting .320 with 11 kills, 6 digs, 3 aces, and 2 blocks. Six of her kills came in the third and final set as Summerfield rallied to extend the match.
She scored the final two points, spiking the match winner with so much power that Summerfield's defender had no time to react as its ricocheted off of her shoulder and out of play.
"We kept our energy up the whole time," Sweeney said. "This team is so supportive of each other. We always pick each other up. Anytime there's a shank, anytime you miss a hit, anytime you miss a set, anytime anything happens we pick each other up.
"I couldn't be more blessed to have my team. I honestly don't think I've played on a more loving team in my life. That's what wins us games is the unity with the team. They're so loving and supportive."
Cami Zaleski had 19 digs and 3 aces, Brooke Langenderfer tallied 19 assists and 2 aces, and Rylee Grodi added 6 digs. Jenna Wright, Audrey Trainor, and Elizabeth Sweeney also played well as the Eagles improved to 2-1 in the Tri-County Conference and 4-3 overall.
Elizabeth Sweeney is Angela's younger sister. Getting to play together this season has been another blessing.
"She incredible," Angela said. "She's grown so much in this sport. She blows my mind. I didn't even play like that at her age. She jumps higher than the sky and I admire her skill to not only hit but to go for the ball. ... She's an incredible athlete."
Mason dominated the first two sets.
Langenderfer served four straight early points to put Mason up 7-1 in the opening game. The Eagles stretched their lead to 13-4 and closed out the set on a 7-1 run highlighted by kills from both Sweeney sisters.
Strong serving from Jayanna Willets put Mason ahead 8-1 in the second set. Summerfield pulled within 7 points midway through the game, but a pair of aces from Angela Sweeney and kills from Elizabeth Sweeney, Zaleski, and Wright delivered the win.
Summerfield also was hurt by its own errors.
"We just kind of shot ourselves in the foot," Summerfield coach Dawn Perry said. "They weren't giving us anything we couldn't pass or couldn't handle. We were over-trying and it just wasn't working."
The Bulldogs started the game without one of its key defensive starters, Marissa Eastman.
"We had to switch up the rotation," Perry said. "It just mentally got to us and we couldn't come back from there."
Eastman was on the court for the third set when Summerfield played at its best. The Bulldogs held their only lead of the match 3-1 in the third set and played mostly within a handful of points the rest of the way.
"It's such a mental game, especially for our team," Perry said. "It's not talent, it's not skill, it's the mental part of the game. We talk about it every single practice, we talk about it in timeouts every game, we just can't get over that mental block. If something changes or there's a couple errors back to back, we just shut down."
Kailee LaPlante led Summerfield's attack with 8 kills, Julia Fietz had 7 kills and 6 digs, Addison Ciacelli recorded 12 assists and 6 digs, and Sophia LaRocca added 6 digs.
Summerfield won the junior varsity game 19-25, 29-27, 15-8. Addie Spoering (12 points, 9 aces, 4 kills), Brea Olmstead (6 points, 4 aces, 4 digs), and Mia Miller (3 aces, 3 kills, 2 blocks) led Summerfield. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/14/sweeney-helps-mason-celebrate-home-opener-with-summerfield-sweep/69493432007/ | 2022-09-14T08:42:37Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/14/sweeney-helps-mason-celebrate-home-opener-with-summerfield-sweep/69493432007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At first glance, DTG Recycle’s proposal to expand its Rocky Top landfill seems ill-advised at best.
The mere fact that a noisy, smelly landfill is allowed to exist near one of Yakima’s favorite recreational sites — the trail system of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy — already speaks poorly for local planning.
But giving serious consideration to expanding a use that has caused increasing consternation among neighboring homeowners and that could threaten groundwater and air quality in the area?
It flies in the face of common sense.
Sure, everybody needs recycling and landfill services. As the county grows, so does the pile of junk we create by discarding all our trash. We get that.
And DTG has made a lot of friends in this area with its recycling programs and efforts to contribute to the community. The company has also made a few enemies — including many of its nearest neighbors, who’ve complained about noise, dust, stench and other irritations that they say have disrupted their abilities to enjoy their own homes.
It might be even worse than that, though.
Before DTG’s plans can go forward, they’ll have to answer some hard questions from the Yakima Health District, the state Department of Ecology and the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency. Among other things, those questions will involve possible groundwater contamination near the landfill and toxic air emissions that reportedly far exceed health standards.
When it’s all said and done, DTG’s operations might very well be safely within the bounds of all applicable environmental and planning rules. Who knows?
But stop and take a longer view for a minute. Look at what this proposal is putting at risk.
Anyone who’s ever spent a glorious day exploring the 30 miles of well-maintained trails that thread through the 5,000 acres of Cowiche Canyon’s shrub-steppe lands can appreciate what a treasure we have.
The conservancy’s executive director, Celisa Hopkins, told the YH-R that her group has been in discussions with DTG. Presumably, they’re hoping to find ways to coexist peacefully.
“It’s a natural area, so people seeking out recreational activities on the trails are seeking out an undisturbed natural landscape,” she said. “And I think it’s a unique landscape where you have natural habitat and I think the conservancy wants to see that protected as much as possible.”
We couldn’t agree more. But why does Hopkins’ group have to defend the canyon to begin with? Why should it be under threat at all?
Nobody would support putting an auto-salvage yard across the street from The Capitol Theatre or a livestock feed lot next door to St. Joseph Catholic Church. Even if it met every single health and environmental regulation, would we honestly want a sawmill in the middle of Chesterley Park?
The canyon is one of the best things about Yakima — it’s our Central Park. A place where we can experience the peace and healing of nature for an afternoon without packing up a bunch of gear and driving for two hours.
If anyplace around here should be sacred, it’s that canyon.
So while we commend DTG personnel for all they’re doing on behalf of recycling and trash disposal, we’d strongly urge local officials to take a hard look at what’s going on up at Rocky Top. Expanding a landfill that probably shouldn’t ever have been approved in the first place could ruin something that can’t be fixed. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/opinion-landfill-plan-threatens-a-local-treasure/article_ef6d696c-32c9-11ed-8889-93689fc2a81e.html | 2022-09-14T08:42:41Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/opinion-landfill-plan-threatens-a-local-treasure/article_ef6d696c-32c9-11ed-8889-93689fc2a81e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Beverly Aune
1928-2022
Beverly Ann (Salomonsen) Aune, 94, a resident of Fergus Falls, died peacefully surrounded by her daughters on Monday, September 5, 2022 at Pioneer Heritage Cottages in Fergus Falls.
She was born at home in Underwood, Minnesota on February 7, 1928, the daughter of Clarence and Mabel (Lysne) Salomonsen. She was baptized and confirmed at Sverdrup Lutheran Church, she graduated from Underwood High school in 1946.
Following the path of her beloved mother and Aunt Agnes, she became an RN, graduating on September 29, 1949 from Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bev began her nursing career January 1, 1950 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fergus Falls, also Lake Region Hospital operating nurse, and the Fergus Falls Eye Clinic with also assisting in eye operations for all the doctors. A total of 41 years of tender care.
On July 1, 1950, she married John Donald Aune. She and Don raised their two little blonde girls in their home of 60 years on Linwood Court.
Bev was active in ELCW at First Lutheran Church and also the wedding coordinator for 19 years. She also served on the Pioneer Nursing Home Board and she and Don spent many hours volunteering there. Their biggest joy was being grandparents and they have the pictures to prove it. They loved traveling to new places and to see family. A daily walk to Cally’s Coffee for many years brought fun and enjoyable chats with friends and also found additional characters to join in the laughter and celebrations of special days. She was an avid reader, mostly mysteries. Bev always had a knitting bag on her arm. She made sweaters, but baby blankets were her specialty too numerous to count.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Don; her sister, Marilyn Marshall and brother-in-law, Jim Marshall; her brother, Vernon; brothers and sisters-in-law, Lawrence Aune, Kathryn and Frank Maiolini, Ruth and Charles Estes, Vernon and Helen Aune, Ione and Dale Klassey, Gudrun and Herb Otto, Mary and Julian Wold, Ben and Char Rhoades, Irv Dennen, and James Aune.
Beverly is survived by her daughters, Deb (Skip) Carpenter and Sue (Bill) Sacher; grandchildren, Nick (Amanda), Zack (Brittni), and Seth (Jackie) Carpenter and Elizabeth Sacher, and a blessing of four great-grandchildren, Maverick, Granger, Wyatt, and Gentry. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews, and cousins; sisters-in-law, Beverly Dennen and Joyce Aune, and brother-in-law, Phil Aune.
Memorials are preferred to PioneerCare or Hospice of the Red River Valley.
Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 17, 2022 at First Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, with visitation one-hour prior to the service.
Clergy: Reverend Mark Manning
Interment: Sverdrup Lutheran Cemetery, Underwood, MN at a later date
Arrangements provided by Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls.
Online condolences may be sent to www.olsonfuneralhome.com. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/obituaries/beverly-aune-1928-2022/article_00d2db08-32c8-11ed-9cd7-5304ecb67132.html | 2022-09-14T08:43:04Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/obituaries/beverly-aune-1928-2022/article_00d2db08-32c8-11ed-9cd7-5304ecb67132.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UMATILLA, Ore.-
The Umatilla School District will put a General Obligation bond measure on the November, 8th ballot.
Passing of the bond will increase property taxes and will allow for the completion of several school district projects, including:
Building a new 4th-6th grade school and gym.
Renovating an existing K-3 building.
Building a new career technical education building at Umatilla High.
Renovating the shop space at Umatilla High.
Projects, demolitions, furnishings, and equipment costs.
According to the Umatilla School District, the proposed bond is for $45.2 million. If passed the district would receive a matching $4 million grant from the Oregon School Capital Improvement Matching Program, for a total of $49.2 million.
"The community group worked to develop a plan to address the current facilities and growth expectations based on city of Umatilla housing growth estimates. We hope all Umatilla voters will become informed about our proposed bond," said Heidi Sipe, Umatilla School District Superintendent.
The City of Umatilla is expecting about 500 new students over the next ten years, based on community growth. Sipe says the district cannot currently serve that many students, hence the need for the upgrades.
If voters don't pass the bond, the school district will not receive matching bond funds from the state and projects will not be undertaken, and taxes will not change. The proposed bond would cost taxpayers in the district an average of $1.19 per $1,000 of assessed value.
The Umatilla School District has scheduled bond question and answer sessions for the public every Monday in October, from 6-7 p.m. at district schools. Details can be found here. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/umatilla-school-district-to-put-new-bond-before-voters-in-november/article_5c337ada-33a8-11ed-95e7-e70449fb5ab0.html | 2022-09-14T08:47:12Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/umatilla-school-district-to-put-new-bond-before-voters-in-november/article_5c337ada-33a8-11ed-95e7-e70449fb5ab0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Tri-City Kart Club spent their 2021-22 offseason making improvements and changes to their track in Richland.
The surface was repaved and additional areas were added to the track to provide more options for configurations to race on.
TCKC Board Member William Keck says they worked with the City of Richland to fund the project which should expand it's notoriety and attractiveness to other drivers.
"When you can bring in the best racers from not only the Northwest, but the West Coast, it improves where Tri-City Kart Club and Horn Rapids Kart Track is at. It helps bring you to a more national level and by improving this track, it gives us a one of a kind of facility."
Keck says a lot of people were part of getting the project across the finish line, many of whom volunteered time and resources.
He also says that with one of, if not the best track on the west coast, there are big possibilities.
"You could see, not only continued club races, and better club races, but you're also going to see more national attention. We could get additional national races out there and bigger events."
And if you missed it in person, or want to watch it again, Wednesday night on SWX, we'll be broadcasting the Saturday Night Shootout.
Brian Levitan and Terry Bridges will be on the call beginning at 7. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/area_sports/tri-city-kart-club-upgrades-track/article_53a6356a-33ee-11ed-a2a1-4bb530a56532.html | 2022-09-14T08:47:18Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/area_sports/tri-city-kart-club-upgrades-track/article_53a6356a-33ee-11ed-a2a1-4bb530a56532.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ZILLAH, Wash. -- High gas prices and the ongoing pandemic didn't slow down too many travelers to the Yakima Valley this summer. The Yakima Valley Tourism department introduced beer and wine online passports to draw in more people to the area.
"We think it's a success because it's helping to bring people, but also getting our locals to appreciate our local businesses," said the president and CEO, John Cooper.
The online passes are free and give discounts to those who sign up. There are about 15 breweries and almost 30 wineries participating. Sign up and check out the specialized offers here.
"I think everyone loves a good deal, especially the rough times we're going through like you said crazy gas prices that people are seeing and inflation on literally everything," said the Wandering Hop Brewery co-owner, Nate Cooper.
Nate said the passport brought in a lot of people at first but hasn't seen one in the last two weeks. He said everyone wins as long as one brewery gets more business.
"It not a competition, we're all in the same industry and we all want to see each their succeed," said Nate.
John said the Valley relies on tourism to help small businesses, create jobs and keep the Valley a place people want to visit again.
More than 1,000 people signed up for a passport this year, said John. He said about half of them are Yakima Valley locals.
"This is my home, so I want to make it a destination for everybody, not just ourselves," said Nate.
John's tourism report said Yakima County visitors spent more than 340 million dollars in 2021. It said visitor spending saves each Yakima County household 401 dollars in state and local taxes. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/beer-and-wine-online-passports-succeed-for-yakima-valley-tourism-in-first-year-free-sign/article_c42cf5fc-33f4-11ed-8128-3f3be2975656.html | 2022-09-14T08:47:24Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/beer-and-wine-online-passports-succeed-for-yakima-valley-tourism-in-first-year-free-sign/article_c42cf5fc-33f4-11ed-8128-3f3be2975656.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
V2X is full steam ahead in China, nearing an inflection point in Europe, and gets the green light in the United States
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adoption of short-range V2X continues at full steam in China, will take off in Europe in 2027, and is closer to getting the green light in the United States. According to ABI Research, a global technology intelligence firm, more than 10 million vehicles will be capable of short-range V2X communication by 2025. However, indirect communication via the cellular network (e.g., V2N2X, I2N2V) still constitutes the most significant yet untapped V2X opportunity. Cellular connectivity will be available in 346 million vehicles by 2025, and smart city cellular connections will exceed 165 million.
In 2021, Europe was the region with the largest fleet of short-range V2X communication-enabled cars, but all from a single automaker, Volkswagen. "Given the lack of commitment of more automakers so far, by 2023, China alone will overtake Europe. The inauspicious scenario in Europe is leading industry players to place more emphasis on cellular network tests for the time being. However, there are still fundamental business model challenges to be overcome with this route. Although a truck and a private vehicle OEM may deploy ITS-G5 in 2023, the crucial market driver for mass adoption will be the V2X inclusion in the Euro NCAP scoring, as is currently happening in China. Lagging, the United States now has a solid regulatory framework for C-V2X, paving the way for deployments," explains Maite Bezerra, Smart Mobility and Automotive Industry Analyst at ABI Research.
There are suggestions in the industry that the V2X inclusion in the 2025 Euro NCAP rating scheme will be delayed to 2027 due to insufficient time to develop new test protocols. This includes establishing enough labs and validating new vehicle capabilities. "If this the case, it would conveniently coincide with New Radio technologies' readiness (802.11bd/NR-V2X PC5), meaning that carmakers could 'skip' the implementation of existing/legacy radios – provided backward compatibility with current ITS-G5 infrastructure and vehicles is not required. However, it would delay the take-off of the technology even further," says Bezerra. While the NCAP has not officially confirmed any changes, there is consensus that if the 2025 timeframe is maintained, it will focus on Day One use cases. There is also consensus that 2027 will be the inflection point for mass adoption because a complete range of Day Two use cases will become part of the Euro NCAP scoring.
The recent dismissal of the appeal against the FCC's 5.9GHz spectrum proceedings means that C-V2X has a clear path in the US and should spur the FCC to grant the existing C-V2X waiver requests faster. On the downside, the US may not have enough spectrum for some advanced cooperative perception/Day 2 use cases in the future. In China, C-V2X is currently found in low-volume premium vehicle models, but there are at least 25 OEMs in different stages of V2X production in the country. COVID-19 lockdowns and discussions about the GNSS positioning standard slowed down deployments in 2022. However, shipments of vehicles with C-V2X will grow exponentially in 2023, surpassing the one million mark as carmakers prepare for China NCAP 2025.
V2X has significant potential to increase traffic safety, optimize traffic flow, and reduce traffic congestion and emissions. "Therefore, the long wait for mass adoption should not discourage interest in the technology. Instead, it should motivate players to leverage the sizeable installed base of vehicles and infrastructure with embedded cellular connectivity. This will deliver immediate value through basic V2X services that do not rely on low latency and can greatly increase driver awareness scopes, such as road, traffic, traffic-light, and weather hazard alerts and information," Bezerra concludes.
These findings are from ABI Research's Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) market data report. This report is part of the company's Smart Mobility and Automotive research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights. Market Data spreadsheets are composed of deep data, market share analysis, and highly segmented, service-specific forecasts to provide detailed insight where opportunities lie.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds sellers of the stock of Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) between April 11, 2016 and February 22, 2019, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the October 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the lawsuit against 1Globe Capital LLC and certain of its officers.
SO WHAT: If you sold Sinovac securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Sinovac class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8179 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants' intentionally false statements and omissions concerning the true nature of 1Globe, a family investment office that is owned and controlled by defendant Jiaqiang Li, and Li's ownership of Sinovac stock caused the exchange, under the Rights Agreement of March 28, 2016 which included a "poison pill" limiting the number of Sinovac shares that a shareholder could acquire, to be delayed by several years. If Li had fully disclosed his ownership of Sinovac stock, as he was required to do under Section 13(d), it would have been clear that the Rights Agreement was triggered by May 2016, at the latest. While Sinovac knew enough information starting in 2016, largely based on private correspondence, to determine that 1Globe and Li triggered the Rights Agreement, defendants hid the full extent of their ownership of Sinovac stock and their agreements in connection with the battle for control of the Company. Defendants therefore also tortiously interfered with Sinovac's contractual obligations to its shareholders under the Rights Agreement.
Also according to the lawsuit, if 1Globe's and Li's actions were disclosed publicly, as they were required to be under Section 13(d), shareholders' rights would have been exercisable based on that public disclosure, and an exchange would have occurred based on that date. By misrepresenting the true nature of their ownership of Sinovac stock, defendants caused that date to be delayed almost three years, until February 22, 2019, resulting in the class losing their rights to acquire additional shares of Sinovac stock for all of their shares that they sold in the interim. While Sinovac should have implemented the Rights Agreement in 2016 based on the information available to it at the time, 1Globe and Li exacerbated the problem by violating their disclosure obligations under Section 13(d). Moreover, defendants caused the value of Sinovac stock to be artificially depressed by preventing the public from accounting for the value of defendants' stake in Sinovac and their efforts to take control of the Company.
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This marks SandboxAQ's first acquisition and second deal in its Strategic Investment Program
PARIS and PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SandboxAQ, an enterprise SaaS company delivering the compound effects of AI and Quantum tech (AQ) to governments and the Global 1000, today announced it has acquired Cryptosense, a leading cybersecurity and encryption analysis software company. SandboxAQ's acquisition comes just weeks after the company unveiled its Strategic Investment Program and initial investment in evolutionQ.
The acquisition of Cryptosense complements and accelerates the deployment of SandboxAQ's Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) solutions to corporations and government institutions worldwide. SandboxAQ's cybersecurity products enable large enterprises to scale cryptography management across their IT infrastructure, providing CISOs with a single, 360° view of how encryption is used throughout the enterprise – a critical first step in migrating to PQC.
This migration to stronger cybersecurity is important for critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, technology, energy, biopharma, logistics, and government.
Cryptosense is used by leading technology and financial services organizations and is a fellow NIST NCCOE partner. The combined customer relationships will help SandboxAQ bring its PQC solutions to market faster and protect these organizations and their customers from existing and emerging quantum threats, such as Store Now, Decrypt Later (SNDL) attacks.
"Rapid advances in quantum computing and AI challenge the effectiveness and performance of existing cryptography-based cybersecurity solutions. The combined leadership, talent, and expertise that SandboxAQ and Cryptosense bring to the marketplace accelerates the deployment of more effective cryptography solutions to protect the world against the security threats of today and tomorrow," said Jack D. Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ. "The caliber of the Cryptosense team is recognized throughout the information security community, with the leadership by Graham Steel and Clément Jeanjean. We welcome Cryptosense to the SandboxAQ family and look forward to our continued success as one company."
Dr. Graham Steel, Cryptosense founder, added, "The complementary functionality and expertise between Cryptosense and SandboxAQ enables us to build and deliver SaaS solutions at scale with higher touch customer service. PQC implementation is critical to protect the world's sensitive data and together we will make a greater impact."
Cryptosense was advised by Stifel and Hogan Lovells and SandboxAQ was advised by Morgan Lewis.
SandboxAQ is an enterprise SaaS company, providing solutions at the nexus of AI and Quantum technology (AQ) to address some of the world's most challenging problems. The company's core team and inspiration formed at Alphabet Inc., emerging as an independent, growth-capital-backed company in 2022. For more information visit www.sandboxaq.com.
Cryptosense is an enterprise SaaS company that helps organizations identify and catalog the cryptography leveraged within their applications and infrastructure. Some of the largest technology and financial services companies worldwide use Cryptosense for their cybersecurity needs. Cryptosense announced a $4.8 million funding round in May 2021 backed by Amadeus Capital Partners, Elaia Partners and BGV.
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MANOA-- A burnt out Toyota Tacoma sits in front of a residential home on Manoa Road.
Duel Arson Fires Torch Vehicles Less Than 2 Miles Apart
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MANOA-- A burnt out Toyota Tacoma sits in front of a residential home on Manoa Road.
A surveillance camera at the home, caught the suspected arson on tape, with a man targeting the truck out front.
Video shows an SUV stopping in the middle of 2-lane Manoa Road. A suspect in a light hoodie and face covering pours an accelerant from a container into the back of the truck bed. The truck ignites, and the fuel tank combusts, the sound of the explosion waking neighbors next door and down the street.
"Having a fire, especially something that seems that it's arson, is unsettling," a neighbor named Craig told KITV.
Adding to the uneasy news, another vehicle was torched less than 2 miles away within the same half hour.
The vehicle owner in Makiki rushed down the stairs to the carport below and put out the blaze using a fire extinguisher before it could spread to a second vehicle in the carport.
HPD is currently investigating but has not said if the vehicle or suspect description match in the two cases.
"I'm not sure what that liquid was, obviously something flammable. But we're asking the public if you know anything about the case. If you recognize the vehicle or the suspect, please contact us at Crimestoppers," Chris Kim told KITV.
Back in Manoa, a charred fence stands between the burnt out vehicle and the neighbor's house. Investigators combed the area through the morning, as police seek more help from the public to find the perpetrator of the brazen act- or acts.
"But you can tell as soon as he pours his liquid on and lights it, there's immediate combustion. He actually put himself at risk to burning himself. I'm sure he is singed. I'm sure he's got some eye lashes, some eyebrows missing at this point," Kim added.
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Forecast Updated on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 3:45am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Mostly sunny. Highs: 77-83. Winds: NW 5-20+ mph.
Tonight: Clear. Lows: 55-65. Winds: N 5-10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. Highs: 77-83. Winds: N 5-10 mph.
Thursday Night: Clear. Lows: 50-64. Winds: N-NE 5-10 mph.
Friday: Sunny. Highs: 78-84. Winds: NE 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 80-85. Winds: SE 5-15 mph.
A very quiet weather pattern sets up across Delmarva as high pressure takes control for the rest of the workweek and for the weekend. We will have very comfortable conditions for most of bike week with temperatures in the 70s and low 80s from Wednesday through Saturday with morning temperatures in the 50s most mornings.
As the high eventually starts to slide off the coast, 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 and upper 80s by Sunday and Monday. This will also begin to drive up the humidity and make things start to feel a bit more uncomfortable by the weekend as well.
There are indications that this ridge of high pressure may break down enough that a weak front could bring a chance of a shower or storm into the forecast early next week. At this point, I am going to keep things on the dry side for now with indications that the heat will really build back with highs near 90 degrees by the middle of next week. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/great-weather-for-bike-week-and-other-weekend-events/article_b41ba134-3400-11ed-ada2-9f1828b3abae.html | 2022-09-14T09:17:04Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/great-weather-for-bike-week-and-other-weekend-events/article_b41ba134-3400-11ed-ada2-9f1828b3abae.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Atlantic Ocean:
Wednesday: NW 5-20 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Thursday: N 10-15 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Wednesday: NW 5-15 knots. Waves: 1-2 feet.
Thursday: N 5-15 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Delaware Bay:
Wednesday: NW 5-15 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
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- Prior +0.7%
- Industrial production -2.4% vs +0.4% y/y expected
- Prior +2.4%
That's a big miss on estimates as euro area industrial output slumped heavily in July. Looking at the details, production of capital goods fell by 4.2%, durable consumer goods by 1.6% and intermediate goods by 0.8%, while production of energy rose by 0.4% and nondurable consumer goods by 1.2%. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurozone-july-industrial-production-23-vs-10-mm-expected-20220914/ | 2022-09-14T09:23:47Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurozone-july-industrial-production-23-vs-10-mm-expected-20220914/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Well, even if they did, it would be bad form to say anything about it - at least for now. In any case, I doubt we are seeing any official intervention as that would require coordination and sign off from US authorities as well. We're not at that stage yet. Here's a good graph depicting the history of currency intervention by Japan:
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Asari Dokubo and Itsekiri chief, Rita Lori-Ogbebor have been urged to rally round Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, to succeed in the pipeline security contract awarded to him.
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC), Cleric Alaowei made the plea on Tuesday in Warri, Delta State.
The rights lawyer wondered why Chief Lori-Ogbebor should be opposed to the contract when the same contract was awarded to the late Captain Hosa Okunbor’s Ocean Marine Company.
“With the barrage of oppositions swelling up against the oil pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tompolo by some Nigerians, we expect the least of such tirades from the person of Chief Lori-Ogbebor who is also from the Warri Federal constituency like Tompolo.
“If Lori-Ogbebor felt it is not advisable for the NNPC Limitted to award an oil pipeline surveillance contract to private individuals, then she should start calling for the revocation of the same contract awarded to Ocean Marine Company owned by the late Captain Okunbor.
“Lori-Ogbebor, who has become vocal in her opposition to the contract, should not forget that the same contract is awarded to the Olu of Warri who is also a private individual like Tompolo.
“We wait to hear from her by calling on the Federal Government to revoke all the contracts awarded to private individuals.
“We make to say that Lori-Ogbebor has no moral rectitude to lopsidedly call for the revocation of the contract awarded to Tompolo who is a free citizen like others.
“There is no security threat anywhere in the Niger Delta over the award of the contract to Tompolo or any other person.
“In fact, President Muhammadu Buhari has just done the noble thing by granting one of the 16-point demands of PANDEF.
“It would have been the other way round if the Federal Government refused to carry the Niger Delta people along in the oil exploratory activities.
“We are happy that Tompolo has used the contract to come to the rescue of the host communities by employing willing youths within his areas of operation to help protect the oil pipelines,” he noted.
He appealed to Alhaji Asari Dokubo to join ranks with his brother, Tompolo, to ensure that the latter successfully executes the contract, adding that he could apply for same from the Federal Government if he so wished.
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Ecosystem Restoration Is Vital To Fighting Covid19, New Study Argues
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There’s a link between our ecosystem and Covid19 that could save us from the dual crises we’re currently in the midst of.
Almost three years since the first outbreak, the Covid19 pandemic has seen 600 million confirmed infections and has claimed more than 6 million lives. Given an inequitable vaccine cover and constant mutations, Covid19 continues to infect and reinfect millions, complicating symptoms and understanding of severity with each variant. Those who survive, continue to battle symptoms such as loss of smell and taste, fatigue, and frequent episodes of brain fog. There seems to be no respite in sight from the pandemic as a new wave grips the global population every few months.
At the same time, forest cover around the world has been steadily depleting, aggravating natural disasters and diminishing wildlife habitats. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization’s 2022 State of the Forests report, the world lost 10% of its forest cover in the last 30 years. Extreme weather events — the most recent example being the floods in Pakistan — have been on a rise. At the height of the first wave of the pandemic, South Asia was swarmed by waves of locust infestations, which may have been triggered by frequent cyclonic activity in the Indian Ocean, and wet winters. The environment is not well.
Now, in a study published this week in Lancet Planetary Health, environmental researchers offer links between the pandemic and the earth’s deteriorating health and suggest that restoring ecosystems would be the best way to end the Covid19 pandemic. The scientists claim that restoring the ecosystem balance is vital to meaningfully prevent future pandemics like Covid19 and recovering from symptoms of long Covid, and ask for ecosystem restoration to be adapted as a serious component in framing public health policy.
The first and foremost way in which ecosystem restoration can curb Covid19 is through prevention. A restored, balanced, and biodiverse ecosystem is known to enhance the quality of life of all its inhabitants as it contributes to climate regulation, creates food webs that ensure the exchange of diverse nutrients among participants, and ensures an abundance of resources. Beyond these benefits, studies have also shown how spending time in nature is directly beneficial to humans’ physical and mental health. Diverse ecosystems include the presence of diverse microorganisms, exposure to which can help the body with immunogeneration.
The study adds further weight to something that environmentalists and public health practitioners have known for a while — that our well-being is deeply tied to that of the Earth’s.
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One other way in which restored ecosystems can prevent Covid19 (and future pandemic outbreaks) is by hosting a vast pool of animal species — a zoonotic reservoir, in technical terms — such that diseases will have to pass through many other species before reaching humans. Take the fact that the novel coronavirus that triggered the current pandemic originated from bats who had lost their natural habitat. Writing about their study in The Conversation, the scientists explain, “the removal of rainforests for agriculture and new towns increases our contact with wildlife that host novel viruses – the kind that ‘jump the species barrier.'”
Proximity and access to balanced and diverse ecosystems can also improve recovery directly. One of the long-lasting effects of Covid19 is its impact on mental health, and past research has indicated how access to natural environments can help improve mental health, including among Covid19 patients. Further, exposure to diverse microbiota in nature has a beneficial impact on humans’ own gut microbiomes, which can play a role in regulating the severity of Covid19 in the host. Healthy and diverse microbiota has been shown in studies to contribute to a healthy gut microbiome, which in turn can trigger autoimmune responses to Covid19 and influence the severity of the infection. Additionally, increased forest cover will also result in less air pollution, which many studies point out is responsible for increasing the mortality risks of a COVID infection.
The scientists stress adopting ecosystem restoration as a public health policy measure, arguing that it is necessary to look at the situation in an integrated manner. Highlighting the benefits of the presence of restored and balanced ecosystems on health and recovery, they write, “if the only public health messaging and policy for pandemics, such as Covid19, is around non-targeted cleanliness and staying at home, then the protective role of diverse environmental exposure diminishes.” Instead, they argue for an approach where public health practitioners emphasize the role of nature and the environment in helping with prevention and recovery.
The scientists also address the social and financial inequity in the world, that on one hand worsened due to job losses and diminishing incomes, and on the other hand extended the pandemic due to vaccine and treatment inaccessibility. The researchers state that engaging in ecosystem restoration as a public health policy measure would lead to new jobs being created. “Struggling economies can be supported through the development of restoration economies and the provision of jobs. These jobs could include environmental management, ecotherapy, tree planting crews, and plant nursery roles,” they noted. Thus, beyond the health benefits, the restoration will also yield better results for the economy.
The study is timely and important in highlighting how humans cannot live in isolation, and how healthy natural environments can help humans deal with health crises in a more holistic way, and at times even prevent them from occurring. The study comes at a time when resource depletion is occurring at an alarming rate, and is a useful reminder of how taking care of the ecosystem is ultimately linked to our own well-being. | https://theswaddle.com/ecosystem-restoration-is-vital-to-fighting-covid19-new-study-argues/ | 2022-09-14T09:32:31Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/ecosystem-restoration-is-vital-to-fighting-covid19-new-study-argues/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How Jennifer Coolidge Redefined the ‘MILF’ Character Into Someone to Root For
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There’s something subversive about Jennifer Coolidge. Before her Emmy-winning performance in HBO’s White Lotus, Coolidge was most famously known as the “OG” MILF — as a character’s mom in American Pie. The MILF archetype predates Coolidge’s character and has endured for long after.
But she alone stood out for the way she didn’t quite fit, and in seeming misshapen, redefined the character entirely. While the character was one that was defined by a voyeuristic gaze before (and even after) hers, Coolidge lent it an air of humor and detached irony.
There’s a light irony, a knowing campiness with which Coolidge played that and all other parts since. And despite the derisiveness with which MILFs are regarded critically — dismissed for their one-dimensional femme fatale sex appeal and lascivious air crafted solely for the male gaze — her Emmy win last night was met with resounding cheer and celebration. It was, finally, her time. “I took a lavendar bath tonight…and it made me swell up inside my dress,” she said, before loopily dancing along to the song that played her off the stage, turning her acceptance speech into one of the most iconic ones of the night. Nobody can quite predict what she’s about to say or do, which makes everything feel like a bit you’re not sure is really a test of your own wit or not.
Her portrayal of the MILF, when seen against the actor’s persona itself, shows that she brought an element of agency to the character that others lacked. Not sexual agency — for that’s the MILF trademark — but the agency of knowing the pitying, derisive gaze with which MILFs are looked at. Coolidge played to that exact gaze making those who look question their own role in constructing the cliché in its many dehumanizing parts. In not taking herself very seriously, she lent an authenticity to a stereotype that was never meant to have any.
MILFs are necessarily lonely, vulnerable, sexually experienced, and above all, look like slightly more mature versions of their teen selves. Take Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate, who exists to further the plot of a young, existentially confused man — and compare it with Mrs. Stifler, who exists for her own sake. There was very little about Coolidge that checked all these boxes — and yet, her detached, DGAF aura lent the character itself an air of self-awareness that others lacked. Upon first glance, Stifler’s mom is a typical male fantasy vessel — but with Coolidge’s involvement, she became something else. There was a kookiness — a Coolidge hallmark — to her that added a layer of nonchalance that other characters in the category don’t have.
It’s with the benefit of hindsight, then, that looking back on one of her most famous characters before White Lotus shows how she subverted the archetype itself right under our very noses. Where MILFs are supposed to be empty, vacuous, and seductive to younger men, Stifler’s mom was all these and she knew it. It’s the kind of subversive comedy that bounces the joke back on an audience well before they realize they’ve been played. And where the archetype of the MILF used to be merely a crude male fantasy, Jennifer Coolidge showed how they can have exactly the kind of agency we underestimate in them.
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It’s a testament to the comedic timing and intelligence she brings to her characters, but it’s a trait that didn’t quite lead to anything that centered her in any particular narrative. As a result, she spent “decades in film and TV as a secret weapon the industry didn’t quite know how to use,” as Daniel D’Addario put it in Variety. The actor’s ability to “make any line funny” turned her into something of an icon, but one who somehow stayed just out of the limelight’s dazzle. Something was always not quite right — Coolidge never fit into the traditional mold of Hollywood stardom, and she spent most of her career playing side characters while turning them into cultural icons. It’s the slightly off-kilter, left-of-center vibe that also turned her into a queer icon.
But “there’s nothing goofy about the precise, considered Coolidge, despite her reputation as willing to go anywhere for a joke on-screen. Going anywhere is freeing too, as Coolidge punctures her characters’ egos while we revel in the fun of seeing them be their delirious selves,” D’Addario added. Above all, then, it’s the honesty that sets her apart — the ability to make a fool of oneself, knowing that the joke is in fact, on the ones who are laughing, and making them introspect what they’re really laughing at. What’s so funny about a ditzy mom who knows what she wants? Is she really the joke, or the object of scorn — or are we, for treating her that way?
She may be the “mom I’d like to f*ck” — but is it you who wants to do that, or is it the mom? Her performances have complicated the question of the desiring woman who happens to be a mother. The audience is then forced to question who, really, is in on the joke.
This subversion, personality, and intelligent comedy is precisely what makes us root for her, shifting the very gaze we constructed based on voyeuristic stereotypes.
A look at her filmography wouldn’t suggest that she’d been “overlooked” before White Lotus per se. But she’s the stuff of quiet legend, the underdog whom you would root for because of her strange litany of characters, not despite them. | https://theswaddle.com/how-jennifer-coolidge-redefined-the-milf-character-into-someone-to-root-for/ | 2022-09-14T09:32:38Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/how-jennifer-coolidge-redefined-the-milf-character-into-someone-to-root-for/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While asylum-seekers and refugees arriving in the UK by boat has become a hot topic in domestic politics, welcoming those fleeing war and persecution is far from being new and can be traced back to the 17th century when French protestants were persecuted while Louis XIV sat on the throne. At the time, the Huguenots, a religious group of French protestants, fled the country and settled all over the United States, Africa and Europe including Great Britain.
The first refugees arrived in the 1680s and there were 40,000-50,000 thousand people who crossed the English Channel. This is far more than the numbers being seen today as more than 20,000 people have reached the British shores so far this year.
History Today reported: “Some boats came crammed with these new arrivals; early in October 1681 the True Protestant Mercury reported 600 as having fled La Rochelle in four ships, for example, and particularly large numbers came in the spring and early summer of 1687.”
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Throughout history, thousands of people arrived in the UK to flee conflicts in their country. This includes Belgians who came to Britain as they were fleeing the conflict that had taken over their country.
16,000 refugees in a single day
The first boat from France brought 72 soldiers from 12 different regiments to Folkestone. It was then reported that during a single day in mid August 1914, around 16,000 Belgian refugees arrived in Folkestone Harbour.
The former media lead of Kent Refugee Action Network and Folkestone resident Bridget Chapman said in an article for Medium.com: “So what happened back in 1914? The numbers must have been unmanageable then right? Well, no actually. It might not have been easy but the local community gathered together and provided food, clothes and accommodation for the new arrivals. There was a need to provide sanctuary and that need was met. It was the right thing to do, we managed, and society didn’t collapse as a result.”
Research by Goldsmiths University shows that following the outbreak of the First World War, around 250,000 refugees came to the UK, of which 95 per cent were Belgians. The German invasion of Belgium made it impossible for many to stay in their home country. Nowadays, several countries have suffered from wars including Syria, Iraq, and more recently Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.
Millions have fled wars and persecution to settle in the UK
According to the UN Agency Refugee, the most common nationalities of those resettled in the UK were Syrian (76 per cent), Iraqi (8 per cent), and Sudanese (3 per cent) in 2021. Millions of people have crossed borders into neighbouring countries while others travelled the world in a hope to get a better life.
Despite the threat of the government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving in the country through irregular routes, many continue to cross the English Channel. The policy is currently being challenged in court.
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An independent café is opening within days in Tunbridge Wells. Staff at the café have been keeping potential customers informed of their efforts behind the scenes.
From visiting producers including a brewery and a vineyard, to sampling food from potential suppliers, the team at Two Penny Blue have been working hard towards the opening date. In the past few days they have had the enviable task of eating their way through the entire breakfast menu, to make sure everything is perfect for the plate.
The café in Silverdale Road will now open next Thursday (September 22) instead of the previously planned Monday, which is now a Bank Holiday because of the Queen's funeral. It will be open from 7am.
The café has signed up to the shopping and lifestyle loyalty card for Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, The TN Card. It means members can get a 10 per cent discount on all food when they present their card.
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Two Penny Blue will serve its main menu from noon, which includes pastas and salads, sandwiches, quiches and pies. And from 8am to noon, it will serve breakfast which includes a Penny Blue full breakfast for £10.50, or 'posh beans on toast' for £6.25. It will also serve children's food.
Its hot drinks will include smoothies, coffees, soft drinks and teas. It will also serve gin from the Copper Rivet Distillery in Chatham Dockyard, along with beers and ciders, and wines. It said it would be sourcing meat from Southborough Butchers.
The interior looks beautiful, with wood, brick, hanging feature lightbulbs and turquoise featured in a subtle way throughout. The opening has created a buzz, with many people saying they will "swing by" as soon as it opens. One said: "It looks fantastic. Can't wait to come in."
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CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is proud to announce the launch of its new eLearning course for biological dental hygiene accreditation.
The IAOMT's Biological Dental Hygiene Accreditation Program helps dental hygienists understand the science behind using integrative holistic oral health approaches and how they influence whole body health.
The course is being offered on a new, user-friendly online learning system consisting of peer reviewed scientific articles and videos, as well as a workshop that can be attended virtually or in person so that dental hygienists everywhere can learn the fundamentals of biological hygiene at their own pace.
The IAOMT offers this course for dental hygienists looking to receive high quality education that provides a wide variety of knowledge in a relatively short period of time. No matter the level of experience, this course will have something for everyone. It's perfect for beginners and those looking for professional development to advance their careers and earn CE credits.
Coursework includes learning how to recognize nutrition's role in periodontal health, identify signs of sleep-disordered breathing, understanding patient biocompatibility with dental materials and the harm from fluoride as well as knowing how to reduce harmful mercury exposures when working with amalgam fillings.
The Biological Dental Hygiene Accreditation program is one of the most comprehensive and innovative dental hygiene education programs in North America. Participants will receive personal mentorship from highly qualified experts, access to peer-reviewed research articles about biological dentistry, and partnership in a professional network committed to continuing to investigate the oral-systemic connection.
The IAOMT is a global consortium of dentists, hygienists, physicians, other health professionals, and scientists who research the biocompatibility of dental products and practices. The IAOMT is committed to ensuring that dental care practices remain safe by researching all potential risks associated with dental treatments including those from mercury fillings, fluoride, root canal treatment as well jawbone osteonecrosis risk factors.
The IAOMT is a non-profit organization dedicated to biological dentistry and its mission of protecting public health and the environment since it was founded in 1984.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Horror-thriller feature THE RETALIATORS, from Better Noise Films, producers of The Dirt, and US distributor CineLife Entertainment, alongside international distributor Trafalgar Releasing, are releasing the independent feature film across North America and in theaters internationally, in countries including UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Mexico, Australia, and Argentina, simultaneously. Garnering a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes throughout its 2021-2022 film festival run across the most prestigious horror film festivals, the film centers on an upstanding pastor, who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. The theme for the story was inspired by real-life events. Writers Darren Geare and Jeff Allen Geare came up with the idea after their sister Jody Geare was brutally assaulted while walking home at night. It begs the question if you could have a minute alone with the person who killed your loved one…would you take it?
Additionally, the film boasts a high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music, including Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee; Five Finger Death Punch's Ivan Moody, Zoltan Bathory, Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach; Jaya of The Hu; Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills; Eva Under Fire's Amanda Lyberg; Matt Brandyberry, Danny Case, Lance Dowdle, and Matt Madiro of From Ashes to New; Cory Marks; and Dan Murphy and Miles Franco of All Good Things, anchored by an original score from Emmy-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein ("Stranger Things"). The original soundtrack music featuring songs from artists appearing in the film will be available from Better Noise Music this Friday, September 16.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) between May 31, 2019 and July 8, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Uber securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Uber class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7523 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Uber had defective disclosure controls and procedures; (2) Uber concealed and/or downplayed the full scope and severity of its prior misconduct, including, among other things, the extent to which it secretly lobbied government officials and politicians to bypass legal and regulatory requirements, as well as knowingly risked the safety of Uber drivers, to fuel the Company's global growth; (3) as a result, Uber's present global footprint and market share is in significant part the byproduct of previously undisclosed, unsustainable, and illegal business practices; (4) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Uber's reputation, as well as subject the Company to a heightened risk of governmental and regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Newly formed entity unveils first World of Open Source 2022 Europe Spotlight Report highlighting opportunities for greater open source public sector and vertical industries participation to achieve sustainability and collective value creation
DUBLIN, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Linux Foundation Europe launches today with a dozen members, the intent to form a disruptive inaugural project, and original research offering new insights into the European dynamics of open source. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Linux Foundation Europe is led by Gabriele Columbro as General Manager. Columbro will continue to serve as the Executive Director of the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS).
Linux Foundation Europe's mission is to accelerate the growth of thriving open collaborative efforts focused on challenges and opportunities of all European constituencies, from individuals to public and private sectors, while providing an on-ramp for European projects and companies to succeed and collaborate on a global scale.
"The Linux Foundation has done a phenomenal job bringing together the private sector and individual contributors on a global scale over the last two decades. As a native-born Italian raised in the thriving European open source community of the early 2000s, I am thrilled to focus our attention on long-standing challenges and opportunities we can help unlock in Europe through open collaboration," said Gabriele Columbro, general manager, Linux Foundation Europe.
Inaugural members of Linux Foundation Europe include at Platinum level: Ericsson; at Gold Level: Accenture; at Silver level: Alliander, Avast, Bosch, BTP, esatus, NXP Semiconductors, RTE, SAP, SUSE, and TomTom; Associate level: Bank of England, OpenForum Europe, OpenUK and RISE Research Institute of Sweden. Participation in Linux Foundation Europe is open to any organization and free for existing Linux Foundation members.
Linux Foundation Europe will enable open collaborative projects to be hosted directly in European territory. Its inaugural project, the Open Wallet Foundation (OWF), just announced yesterday its intent to form. OWF is a new collaborative effort established to develop a digital wallet engine supporting interoperability for a wide range of use cases. The OWF initiative benefits from strong support, including leading companies across technology, public sector, and industry vertical segments.
Linux Foundation Europe's focus for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023 will be increasing global participation by establishing projects among individuals, companies, and organizations committed to open source software, standards, and data innovations that are aligned and have shared missions. LF Europe is designed to enable collaboration by providing the structure for technology collaboration within the unique European model. Reach out if you are interested in hosting a project in Linux Foundation Europe.
"I'm delighted the Linux Foundation is supporting open source collaboration across the European market. Regional collaboration is important, and the Linux Foundation is positioned to help elevate European open source efforts to de facto standards on a global scale," said Jim Zemlin, executive director, Linux Foundation.
While open source collaboration is a global phenomenon impacting industries in all parts of the world, in order to better understand the regional dynamics of open source and European priorities, Linux Foundation Europe partnered with Linux Foundation Research and 13 other European entities, to explore the state of open source from a European perspective, focusing on government, enterprise and non-profit initiatives.
Results of The World of Open Source: 2022 Europe Spotlight research were released today and key insights include:
- Open Source is widely recognized across countries and industries as a prime mechanism to deliver innovation
- The public sector is not leveraging the full power of open source collaboration to create collective value and advance the ambitious vision of the digital commons
- An imbalance between consumption and contribution policies challenges open source ecosystem sustainability
Funded by Linux Foundation Europe, this research was led by LF Research in collaboration with FINOS, LF Training & Certification, and LF Public Health. Additional support was provided by several organizations across the non-profit, for-profit, and academic sectors including Codemotion, Esade, Friedrich Alexander University, Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques (IGOP) de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, OpenForum Europe, Sailboard, Scott Logic, TU/Berlin, TU/Eindhoven, TODO Group Europe Chapter, Università di Roma Tre, and the University of Southampton.
About Linux Foundation Europe
The Linux Foundation and Linux Foundation Europe together are supported by more than 3000 members internationally. This expansion highlights the Linux Foundation's commitment towards growing a truly global, diverse and inclusive institution to continue transparently advancing Open Source growth and to facilitate regional—global collaboration. The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, Hyperledger Foundation, PyTorch, RISC-V, and more. Linux Foundation Europe methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.eu.
Linux Foundation Europe will establish an Advisory Board for its Members to influence direction and priorities in the European region. Get in touch at info@linuxfoundation.eu if you are interested in joining.
Supporting Member Quotes:
"Open Source Software is a fundamental building block of today's telecommunication systems and thereby truly powers critical infrastructure. As a Platinum Member of Linux Foundation Europe, Ericsson is proud to support and foster open innovation in Europe in close collaboration with our customers, partners and the entire Open Source Software development community."
"Open source collaboration impacts all of our clients in every industry and future innovations such as digital wallet architecture requires working together to support portability, interoperability, privacy and security from the start," said David Treat, Global Metaverse Continuum Business Group & Blockchain lead, Accenture. "We're looking forward to collaborating with the expanding open source software community across Europe with the Linux Foundation. Through our founding membership, we will be able to help design and extend these collaborative efforts, innovations and software standards to all of our clients and partners across Europe."
"The energy transition is turning around the energy system at a global level with high ambitions on CO2 reduction. Being a distribution system operator at Alliander we are convinced that the only way to have impact in transforming the energy system is through collaboration. Being active in open source for nearly a decade (and 3 years at Linux Foundation Energy) has proven to Alliander that open source is a vital strategic pillar for reaching our goals," said Arjan Stam, Director, System Operations, Alliander.
"Becoming a founding member of Linux Foundation Europe represents the next step in our commitment to protecting digital freedom and the advancement of open ecosystems. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with other European companies and consortia, helping Europe lead the world on issues like privacy, data protection, digital wallets, and digital trust infrastructure," said Andy Tobin, Commercial Director, Europe for Digital Trust Services, at Avast, a brand of NortonLifeLock.
"Bosch has many years of experience in Open Source, and continuously increases its presence as a major adopter, contributor and supporter to multiple foundations," said Andree Zahir, Senior Vice President Cross-Domain Computing Solutions Business Unit Cockpit Technologies at Bosch. "We are excited to see the Linux Foundation intensifying its European activities, as Bosch clearly sees the potential this region has, to accelerate worldwide collaborative software development."
"Collaboration, decentralization, open standards, and transparency, are fundamental premises of distributed ledger technology (DLT) — the space BTP operates in. Our company has been a leading voice in the open source community as a member of CNCF, Hyperledger Foundation, LF Energy, and most recently FINOS," said Csilla Zsigri, VP Strategy at BTP. "Therefore, we are thrilled to be founding members of LF Europe, and help further accelerate the adoption of distributed ledgers and associated technologies in Europe."
"esatus is proud to be among the inaugural members of Linux Foundation Europe. Collaborative Open Source initiatives enabled by the Linux Foundation are the gold standard for successful, innovative and transparent software solutions. We are extremely pleased that Linux Foundation is now leveraging the Open Source Ecosystem to the particular requirements of the European community, to help achieve—among other goals—digital sovereignty," said Dr. André Kudra, CIO, esatus AG.
"NXP has a long history of collaboration with the Linux Foundation, and many of our customers around the globe rely on the Linux Foundation and its related projects," said Robert Oshana, Vice President of Software Engineering, NXP Semiconductors. "With a strong focus on the unique needs of European markets, the new Linux Foundation Europe will provide our European customers with new resources through open collaboration."
"As a power transmission system operator in France, RTE is committed to accelerating the energy transition. Open source collaborations are essential to this mission, to increase tenfold the innovation, speed, and cost-efficiency of core business software projects. We started investing in open source communities in 2018, notably as a founding member of LF Energy. Today, we are excited to join LF Europe and continue this successful journey," said Lucian Balea, Open Source Program Director at RTE.
"The Linux Foundation has been instrumental in bringing diverse interests, companies, and developer communities together to jointly create open-source software that ultimately empowers our modern civilization. Collaboration and co-innovation across companies is much easier when facilitated with a neutral foundation," says Dr. Michael Ameling, SVP, Head of Intelligent Enterprise and BTP Foundation, SAP SE. "SAP is a long-term supporter and active member of the Linux Foundation and its projects. As Europe's largest software company, SAP is fully committed with its engagement in the Linux Foundation, and supports its international expansion."
"One of our goals at SUSE is to provide the freedom and the ability to innovate everywhere," said Thomas Di Giacomo, chief product and technology officer at SUSE. "We are committed to open source, its power and its ongoing growth throughout the world. That continued growth demands new and stronger collaboration, facilitated by open source foundations that are also able to service projects rooted in Europe. Founded in Europe 30 years ago and now publicly listed there, SUSE is pleased to support the creation and launch of the Linux Foundation Europe."
"At TomTom we are mapmakers, providing geolocation technology for drivers, carmakers, enterprises, and developers. Our business and products rely on open source software. Through our Linux Foundation Europe membership we continue to collaborate on open source software and standards together with our customers, partners and peers," said Eric Bowman, CTO at TomTom.
"The Linux Foundation Europe provides a great opportunity for people and organisations of every type to contribute and benefit from the open source approach. We look forward to contributing to their ongoing work ensuring that everyone benefits from greater open source collaboration," said William Lovell, Head of Future Technology, Bank of England.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Five of the six accused in the 2015 Kerala Assembly ruckus case appeared before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court here on Wednesday.
While General Education Minister V Sivankutty, K T Jaleel, K Ajith, K Kunjumuhammad and C K Sadasivan appeared in court, LDF convener E P Jayarajan was conspicuous by his absence.
It was slotted as the 13th case of the day and the chargesheet was read to the accused. All five denied the charges.
The case is now slotted for September 26.
The court asked Jayarajan to appear when the case comes for a hearing next time.
Evading the summons to appear before the court could invite an arrest warrant. The accused are estimated to have caused damage worth Rs 2.5 lakh in the Assembly.
“Let us listen to the chargesheet first. Then we will take a call on whether it is politically instigated or not,” Sivankutty told reporters before appearing before the judge.
Earlier this month, the High Court had refused to stay the proceedings in the case, when the accused filed a revision petition against the dismissal of their discharge petition by the lower court in Thiruvananthapuram. The trial court had said that allowing it would send a wrong message to society.
The petition was filed by the government, seeking withdrawal of the case registered under sections 447 (criminal trespass), 427 (mischief causing damage), read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sec 3(1) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act by the previous Oommen Chandy-led UDF government.
On July 28, the Supreme Court also dismissed the Kerala government's plea for withdrawal of the case against the LDF leaders, saying privileges and immunities "are not gateways" to claim exemptions from criminal law which governs the action of every citizen.
The apex court had also said that committing acts of destruction of public property cannot be equated with either freedom of speech in the legislature or with forms of protest legitimately available to the members of the Opposition.
The assembly had witnessed unprecedented scenes on March 13, 2015, as the LDF members, then in the opposition, tried to prevent Finance Minister K M Mani, who was facing charges in the bar bribery scam, from presenting the state budget.
Besides flinging the Speaker's chair from the podium, electronic equipment, like computers, keyboards, and mikes on the desk of the presiding officer, were also allegedly damaged by the then LDF members. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/assembly-ruckus-case-five-accused-appear-hearing-september-26.html | 2022-09-14T09:50:27Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/assembly-ruckus-case-five-accused-appear-hearing-september-26.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mannarkkad: The special court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), where the trial into the Madhu lynching case has restarted after a break, ordered authorities to chech the eyesight of one of the witnesses who turned hostile on Wednesday.
Sunilkumar, the latest one to turn hostile in the case, told the court that he could not see the pictures of Madhu shown to him. Wondering how others could see and not him, the court ordered for witness' vision check.
Along with Sunil, another witness Deepu also turned hostile, taking the total number of witnesses turning hostile to 16.
‘Saw first accused kicking Madhu’
During the trial on Tuesday, a witness told the court that he had seen first accused Hussain kicking the tribal youth Madhu. Manikandan, the 28th witness, gave a statement in favour of the prosecution.
In a case where several prosecution witnesses have so far turned hostile, two witnesses stood firm on their statements in court on Tuesday.
The 26th witness Jayakumar also stood by his earlier statement, but the 27th witness Saithalavi turned hostile.
Karara native Manikandan, an auto driver, testified in court that he saw Madhu, with his hands tied, amid a crowd at the Mukkali junction.
He further said that he saw the first accused Hussain kicking Madhu on his chest.
In reply to a question of the defence counsel, Manikandan said that he, an auto driver, was at Mukkali when the incident happened and saw Hussain kicking Madhu.
Crane operator Jayakumar, the 26th witness, also gave a statement in favour of the prosecution.
Jayarajan had earlier given a statement to the police that he saw Madhu's utensils and other articles near the forest department's teak plantation. He reiterated this statement in court on Tuesday. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/madhu-attappadi-lynching-hussain-manikandan-witness.html | 2022-09-14T09:50:46Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/madhu-attappadi-lynching-hussain-manikandan-witness.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thrissur: Despite being only 60 km apart, there is no plan to stop toll plazas at Paliyekkara and Panniyankara in Thrissur districts, said the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
The nodal agency to develop and maintain national highways in the country gave the clarrification as a reply to an RTI query posed by KPCC secretary Shaju Kodankathu.
His query was on the legality on maintianing separate toll plazas in the same district within a distance of 60 kilometres.
In its reply, NHAI said there was no legal hurdle as the two plazas are functioning based on two different BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) contracts.
It's a four-lane stretch Between Mannuthi in Thrissur and Edappally in Ernakulam, while Manutthi to Wadakkancherry (both in Thrissur district), it is a six-lane stretch. NHAI said the toll plazas were set up based on the laws passed by the Central government in 1996 and 2008, respectively.
Paliyekkara toll plaza functions based on the contract in 2006 and the Central notification issued on 20 June 2011.
The contracted company has the right to collect toll till 2028.
As for the Panniyankara toll, it is functioning based on the contract in 2009 and the Central notification issued on 13 June 2013.
NHAI clarrified that both the tolls function as per laws and there is no plan to change the existing system. The law only stipulates special permission for two plazas functioning within 60-km. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/paliyekkara-panniyankara-toll-plazas-nhai.amp.html | 2022-09-14T09:50:53Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/paliyekkara-panniyankara-toll-plazas-nhai.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thrissur: Despite being only 60 km apart, there is no plan to stop toll plazas at Paliyekkara and Panniyankara in Thrissur districts, said the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
The nodal agency to develop and maintain national highways in the country gave the clarrification as a reply to an RTI query posed by KPCC secretary Shaju Kodankathu.
His query was on the legality on maintianing separate toll plazas in the same district within a distance of 60 kilometres.
In its reply, NHAI said there was no legal hurdle as the two plazas are functioning based on two different BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) contracts.
It's a four-lane stretch Between Mannuthi in Thrissur and Edappally in Ernakulam, while Manutthi to Wadakkancherry (both in Thrissur district), it is a six-lane stretch. NHAI said the toll plazas were set up based on the laws passed by the Central government in 1996 and 2008, respectively.
Paliyekkara toll plaza functions based on the contract in 2006 and the Central notification issued on 20 June 2011.
The contracted company has the right to collect toll till 2028.
As for the Panniyankara toll, it is functioning based on the contract in 2009 and the Central notification issued on 13 June 2013.
NHAI clarrified that both the tolls function as per laws and there is no plan to change the existing system. The law only stipulates special permission for two plazas functioning within 60-km. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/paliyekkara-panniyankara-toll-plazas-nhai.html | 2022-09-14T09:50:59Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/paliyekkara-panniyankara-toll-plazas-nhai.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The Chief Minister and the Ministers of Kerala have made 85 foreign trips over the past 6 and a half years of LDF governance. Of these, CM Pinarayi Vijayan tops the list with 15 foreign visits, while Kadakampally Surendran is the second with 13 and E P Jayarajan third with 7 foreign visits.
During the first term of the Pinarayi Government, the Ministers submitted bills to the tune of Rs 49.23 lakh under air travel expenditure. Many bills are yet to be submitted. If these are to be added up, the total air travel expenses for the Ministers will rise further. The expense incurred for stay and other necessities are exclusive of this.
Four Ministers – Thomas Chandy, C Ravindranath, Mathew T Thomas and E Chandrashekharan - have visited abroad only once during the term.
In the second term of the Pinarayi Government, the CM, Ministers P A Mohammed Riyas and J Chinchu Rani have travelled abroad. There is no clear answer to how Kerala benefitted from these foreign trips.
Floriculture development, farming below the sea level, increasing the shelf life of plantain which may help in the export of bananas and flood control models like Room for River were discussed during the CM’s European trip. Asked whether any of these have been implemented in Kerala, the casual response from the respective departments is that ‘it is being implemented’.
The CM and team travelled in Europe for 3 days each in Netherlands and Switzerland, and a day each in France and UK, in May 2019. The CM visited UAE 6 times. M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to the CM, had actively joined all these trips, leading to later controversies and allegations. The CM visited the USA for 4 times. Other foreign places the CM visited include Bahrain, Japan and South Korea.
Kadakampally Surendran who was the Tourism Minister then had travelled to Germany, France, Italy, Vatican, Spain, Kazakhstan and Japan among other destinations. During all governments, the Ministers handling the Tourism portfolio are found to be travelling to foreign destinations the most.
Although discussions were held on starting Hydrogen Fuel Cell manufacturing units of Toyota automobile company during the Japan trip by the CM and Minister A K Saseendran, it has not begun yet.
Even if Kadakampally Surendran and his team had visited foreign destinations to introduce Kerala’s tourism possibilities abroad, the tourism sector was shattered by the outbreak of COVID.
KIIFB gets Rs 2150 crore
The CM and former Minister Thomas Isaac visited London for the Masala Bond launch event of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). Though it drew much flak and led to controversies, KIIFB could raise Rs 2150 crore funds.
NORKA vice chairman P Sreeramakrishnan had recently stated that the visits made by Finance Minister and his team in the Gulf countries for introducing Pravasi Chitty did not find the intended results. Once his statement became controversial, he renounced it.
A K Saseendran visited London to study the Road safety system based on modern technology, while he was the Transport Minister. The London model remains in discussion in Kerala, where the roads are not commutable due to potholes. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/pinarayi-vijayan-ministers-foreign-trips-statistics.html | 2022-09-14T09:51:11Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/pinarayi-vijayan-ministers-foreign-trips-statistics.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The sales of this year's Onam bumper lottery, which offers a whopping Rs 25 crore as the first prize, touched record levels.
A total of 54.50 lakh tickets were sold until Tuesday, as against 54 lakh tickets traded last year.
Now just around five lakh printed tickets remain. The authorities hope the remaining lot will be sold off in the next few days and total sales will touch the 60-lakh mark.
A decision on whether to print more tickets will be decided by Wednesday evening.
The lottery draw will be held on September 18. The ticket price is Rs 500. This was Rs 300 last year when the prize money was Rs 12 crore.
Rs 272.50 crore so far flowed into the State exchequer when 54.50 lakh lottery tickets were sold.
However, the Government won't receive the full amount. There will be some deductions on account of agency commission, printing cost, administration cost, prize money, and the like.
The first prize winner can take home Rs 15.75 crore after deducting the agency commission of 10 % and taxes of 30 %.
The second prize will carry prize money of Rs five crore. Ten tickets will be given the third prize, each getting Rs one crore.
Due to security issues, the Onam bumper was printed in fluorescent ink. It is for the first-time fluorescent ink is used to print lottery tickets in Kerala.
The tickets were printed at the Kerala State Centre for Advanced Printing and Training (C-apt). The Department of State Lotteries rolls out six bumper tickets in a year. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/record-sales-onam-bumper-lottery.amp.html | 2022-09-14T09:51:17Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/record-sales-onam-bumper-lottery.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: A youth was killed in an accident after a stray dog jumped in front of his bike here.
NS Ajin, 25, from Kunnathukal in Thiruvanthapuram had met with an accident last Friday. He was undergoing treatment after suffering severe head injury.
In yet another incident, a youth was injured in Kolathara Chungam, Kozhikode after a stray dog attacked his bike. He sustained injuries on his limbs after the accident at around 7.30am.
He has been admitted to a private hospital in Chungam. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/youth-killed-in-accident-in-tvpm-after-dog-attack.html | 2022-09-14T09:51:49Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/14/youth-killed-in-accident-in-tvpm-after-dog-attack.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At nearly midnight on Monday, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees voted to censure board member Kathleen Haar.
Haar was elected in a tumultuous election in 2021 after unsuccessfully seeking the office multiple times. She has long been a watchdog of the school district and has a background in finance that helped her tackle thorny budget issues once she joined the board.
The resolution, read aloud by board chair Shannon Brooks Hamby, states that Haar had not adhered to the board's code of ethics.
It says that Haar made public statements about confidential personnel matters that the board had discussed in executive session, and used social media to "share damaging and subjective opinions about district operations." Haar had spoken to the Jackson Hole News & Guide regarding some recent administration salary increases and posted on her own Facebook page with concerns about procedure and transparency in the district.
As a result of the censure, Haar was removed from her position as vice chair of the board and removed from serving on the district finance committee; those roles may be reconsidered in January of next year.
"I doubt anybody is listening," board member Ray Hinchcliff said after the vote, referring to the lateness of the hour. "But we as the people in this room should not say anything to the public about this." | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/freeaccess/school-board-votes-to-censure-trustee/article_941bdb50-33bb-11ed-9469-f3b3c80ebbd4.html | 2022-09-14T09:53:22Z | tetonvalleynews.net | control | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/freeaccess/school-board-votes-to-censure-trustee/article_941bdb50-33bb-11ed-9469-f3b3c80ebbd4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CLEVELAND — Taylor Ward said he’s finally getting past the injury that derailed his season.
The Angels outfielder has hit .391 with a 1.048 OPS over his previous seven games and .340 with a .900 OPS over his previous 15 games.
“I’m just feeling stronger,” Ward said. “I can definitely feel a difference in my workouts, throwing, hitting, everything seems to be stronger.”
Ward said about six weeks ago that his slump through the middle of the season was related to an injury he suffered when he crashed into the outfield fence on May 20. Ward suffered a stinger, which is an irritation of the nerve going from his neck through his shoulder.
Ward was hitting .370 with an 1.194 OPS at the time of the injury. While those numbers certainly weren’t sustainable, his drop shouldn’t have been as sharp as the .205 average and .601 OPS he produced from May 21 to Aug. 23.
Although Ward said the recent improvement is related to his strength, Manager Phil Nevin said he also believes it has something to do with Mike Trout returning to the Angels’ lineup. Trout came back on Aug. 19, just a few days before Ward’s hot streak started.
“I think he’s got some better surrounding parts around him,” Nevin said. “Maybe you put a little more pressure on somebody when other guys aren’t in the lineup. It’s just facts. It’s the way guys are pitched to, the way other guys are pitched to, I really think he’s in a good place right now.”
With three weeks to go in the season, Ward is hitting .265 with 18 homers and a .796 OPS. The major league average OPS out of right field is .709.
Whatever the reason for Ward’s recent improvement, he said it’s “very important” to him to finish on a high note after such a rollercoaster season.
He added that it’s given him plenty of ideas about what he needs to do over the winter.
“I definitely learned a lot this season and I’m gonna take a lot of stuff into the offseason,” he said. “Definitely trying to hit it harder, kind of develop that rotational strength. Get faster and stronger. Pretty much the goal every offseason.”
INJURED INFIELDERS
Shortstop Andrew Velazquez hurt his knee in the fourth inning on Tuesday and had to come out of the game. Velazquez was still being evaluated after the game to determine the severity of the injury.
It put the Angels in an awkward spot for the rest of Tuesday’s game, because infielder David Fletcher was already out with a bruised right hand from being hit by a pitch on Saturday. Fletcher had said before the game that he wasn’t able to grip a bat.
He could play defense, though, so the Angels still put him in to replace Velazquez. Fletcher bunted in both of his trips, getting a hit once.
Nevin said they are unsure if Fletcher will be able to swing normally for the series finale on Wednesday.
“It’s a bruise right now,” head athletic trainer Mike Frostad said. “It’s just a matter of what he can tolerate. We’ve ruled out a fracture with the X-ray we did the other day. It’s really going to be up to him as to whether or not he feels he can tolerate it, once we finish our treatments.”
NOTES
Frostad said third baseman Anthony Rendon’s first day of taking batting practice on the field went well. “We expected the results that we got,” Frostad said. “He’s doing well today.” Rendon, who had wrist surgery in June, was believed to be out for the season, but he’s trying to make it back by the end of the season. That would allow him to get some “peace of mind,” he said, for a normal winter. It would also allow him to serve his five-game suspension this year instead of next year. He was suspended after the Angels’ brawl against the Seattle Mariners in June. …
Matt Thaiss was behind the plate on Tuesday for his sixth start in 17 games. “The bottom line is we want to see Matty catch,” Nevin said. “We want to see him get game reps and work with these pitchers and see where we’re at going into next spring.”
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By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters
Living through a pandemic sucks, but for Diana McLaughlin, early 2020 was especially bad: A divorce in February 2020, societal shut-down in March, and as part of the COVID-19 economic fallout, she lost her job in April of that year, returning to full-time work only 18 months later.
California lawmakers had economically distressed folks like McLaughlin in mind when last year they approved half a billion dollars on education grants worth $2,500 to help workers displaced by the pandemic acquire new job-related skills.
McLaughlin is among the first 3,000 or so recipients of this grant, adult learners who were issued checks in a pilot program this spring and summer. Now the state is opening the grant to a wide range of adults with low incomes who lost their jobs or saw their hours severely cut during the pandemic. Half of the grant funds are reserved for displaced workers with children under 18.
Officials expect to reach 190,000 people with this money, called the Golden State Education and Training Grant Program.
Among the few stipulations to receive the grant, applicants must fill out a short application that takes about 10 minutes to complete and attest that they lost a job or hours after March 4, 2020, when Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency. Applicants also must affirm that they weren’t enrolled in an educational or job-training program when they lost their jobs. There’s an income threshold as well.
Part of what makes the application quick to complete is how little it asks. Unlike other grant applications for college, this one is self-reported and self-certified, wrote Judith Gutierrez, spokesperson for the state financial aid agency running the grant, in an email. “We are not requesting any documentation,” she added.
McLaughlin wasted no time once she received her grant in June, 2022. After taking courses part-time at American River College, a community college in Sacramento, since October of 2020, she decided to go full-time to pursue her first ever degree this fall and chose accounting as her major.
The $2,500 is paying for her textbooks, software required for schoolwork and other supplies — anything remaining she’s putting in a personal education account. Though she receives tuition waivers as part of a state financial aid program and additional dollars through the Cal Grant, the Golden State grant gives her extra confidence that she can afford an education while earning around $38,000 a year.
“I spend my lunch break doing schoolwork,” she said. After returning from the office, she takes her associate degree courses online. McLaughlin’s younger son is a virtual charter school student, so the two complete their homework side by side.
“I feel that it’s showing him how important an education is and to never give up because here I am, 47, and in college,” she said.
Expanding financial aid in California
At first blush the Golden State Education and Training grant, which will last through 2024 and is funded mostly through one-time federal stimulus funds, is yet another example of the state’s growing effort to lower the cost of college for adults and bring more Californians into college classrooms.
In the past two years, public funding grew by nearly 50% for the California Student Aid Commission, which oversees most of the higher-education grant aid to students, to nearly $3.6 billion. That growth includes more tuition and cash support for community college students, middle-class students at the University of California and California State University, students formerly in foster care, students raising children and the Golden State training grant, among others.
But the Golden State grant’s eligibility rules start where other state and federal grants drop off, extending cash assistance to would-be students who otherwise wouldn’t be eligible for traditional college financial aid.
The Golden State grant can cover education programs that are shorter than about four months — something the federal Pell and state Cal Grant do not. Students receiving the Golden State grant may also use the money for extension and so-called noncredit programs, such as English-as-a-second-language courses, bicycle repair and various landscaping certificates. There’s no minimum program length for this grant — and because state dollars cover some of the grant costs — undocumented students are also eligible for the $2,500. Anyone getting the grant needs to already know which training program they plan to pursue.
Getting the word out
So that displaced workers with no ties to a college also apply, the Student Aid Commission is working with regional workforce boards, The California Workforce Development Board and other agencies to get the word out about the grant, said Jake Brymner, director of governmental relations for the Student Aid Commission.
Grant recipients can also use the funds if they enroll in certain workforce training and apprenticeship programs unaffiliated with colleges or universities. The Student Aid Commission is reviewing which workforce training programs are eligible and will soon add those to the approved list on the grant application. Students will only be able to use their grants at California public colleges, universities and these approved workforce training programs.
During the pilot when only public colleges and universities were eligible, 84% of the grant applicants sought educations at community colleges, data from the Student Aid Commission shows.
“This specific grant has great potential,” said Daisy Gonzales, interim chancellor of the California Community Colleges. “What it does is it provides an entry point to our colleges for students that may not know about us.” Students with no exposure to community colleges can gain access to food pantries and coordinators who are familiar with other state and local social services for which students could qualify.
She’s also hopeful the grant may help to recover some of the colossal enrollment loss the system suffered in the past two years.
Grant can combine with other student aid
Even if grant recipients qualify for free tuition, especially at community colleges where nearly half of learners attend for free, they can use the money to cover gas, housing, food and other expenses. It’s an added perk for learners who had no spare dollars to afford an internet connection or other expenses associated with attaining a degree.
Muideen Olawoyin was one class away from earning an associate degree in human services, a stepping stone toward social work. But a series of bad breaks and a long-term injury left him cash-dry.
“I (couldn’t) even afford internet then, it was so hard,” he said. When he picked up the Golden State check from his school, Cosumnes River College, he was able to get back online, enroll in that final course and earn his degree this summer.
The average income of the roughly 3,000 grant recipients was about $22,000 when they first applied, according to California Student Aid Commission data provided to CalMatters.
Some degrees don’t boost wages
Not all training and education programs are made equal, however. Some research shows that shorter-term college certificates — like the kind in which students with this grant can enroll — have a mixed record of boosting the earning power of graduates.
Overall, these certificates lead to higher wages, but noncredit programs are less remunerative than traditional for-credit certificates. Still, associate degrees and bachelor’s degrees lead to even higher wage gains for graduates, according to a 2020 Urban Institute study. Meanwhile, a fifth of certificate programs at public colleges and universities lead to lower wages than what workers with high school diplomas earn, a Hechinger Report analysis of national data showed.
California’s foray into funding short-term credentials could inform the national conversation on whether to permit federal grant aid to pay for educations that are shorter than four months. For a few years now advocates have been trying to introduce “short-term” Pell grants, but the idea hasn’t won over enough lawmakers yet.
None of the four Golden State training grant recipients CalMatters spoke with were pursuing short-term credentials — all wanted an associate degree. McLaughlin, who now works as an accountant for a fencing company, is dreaming bigger.
Her goal is to transfer to Sacramento State to earn a bachelor’s — something her current employer encouraged her to pursue.
“I want people to know you’re never too old for school,” McLaughlin said. “And to never stop trying to reach your goals.”
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The state of New York is tightening rules for religious schools. A scathing story in The New York Times recently pointed out failings in many ultra-orthodox Jewish schools for boys.
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Few Ukrainian cities have suffered as much Russian bombardment as Mykolaiv, near the coveted port of Odesa. Targeted strikes led the authorities to round up suspected collaborators.
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Few Ukrainian cities have suffered as much Russian bombardment as Mykolaiv, near the coveted port of Odesa. Targeted strikes led the authorities to round up suspected collaborators.
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Two years ago, the Holiday Farm Fire destroyed the town of Blue River. Today, the land-- and people-- are still in a state of recovery. The McKenzie River Valley’s only medical clinic, which has continued to care for traumatized residents.
Just entering the doors of this rural clinic, Community Health Worker Daisy Cruz is on the phone with a patient-- “Can I help you with any other prescriptions?”
Then I meet Shawn DuFault—she’s the medical assistant here at Orchid Health McKenzie River Clinic.
“And I’m also a local volunteer fire fighter and first responder,” she added. To which I asked, “So, you are ready to go, boots on the ground, if you are needed?”
“Oh yes. We fought a wildfire in my neighborhood a couple weeks ago and defended two homes successfully. So, it’s an everyday thing upriver. To just be there for your community and know that we are needed- and the community supports us too,” she said.
Two years have passed since the Holiday Farm fire obliterated Blue River. In one night, all the places that make a town were gone: the library, the fire house, and the only health clinic for fifty miles.
DuFault remembers how clinic staff rallied.
“The day after the fire, it was just all ashes and rubble and the community pulled together and we threw up a tent out in the yard outside of the old Rustic Skillet or the Quilt Shop and a couple days later the owner gave us the keys and we just turned the Quilt Shop into a clinic,” DuFault said. “And it has operated as such ever since. Everyday just getting better and better.”
The new location is about 6 miles from Blue River in Rainbow. The clinic has expanded services, with pediatrics and urgent care. DuFault says they’re adding behavioral health and a community health worker to provide outreach during the ongoing fire recovery.
“Because it’s not really about yesterday,” said DuFault. “It’s more about tomorrow.”
“We are survivors of the fire. We lost our home in it.”
Cheryl and James Shirley moved to the McKenzie Valley five years ago.
“Have you begun rebuilding?” I asked.
Reticently Cheryl answered, “Oh, that’s frustrating. There’s a bunch of red tape and getting financing has been super hard. So, um we’re looking at different avenues on what we need to do because our children are tired of being on top of each other. We’re in RV trailers on our property.”
On this two-year anniversary of the fire, the couple really wants to talk about this rural health clinic and what it’s meant to them after so much loss and trauma.
“All of the staff here have been super phenomenal,” Shirley said. “They’ve started programs like um-- me and my husband are diabetics- about educating more. And how to help us and learn more about how our body works with the disability.” Cheryl points to a smiling young woman holding a chart. “She advocates for what’s best.”
“Hi, I’m Lizzy Cramer, Nurse Practitioner. I take care of all ages. I handle primary care. I take care of a lot of the elderly in our community and I really love and specialize in chronic pain management,” she said. “I try to provide a compassionate approach that is judgement free.”
Cramer moved to the McKenzie Valley from Kansas. She lives off Highway 126 in Nimrod and says it’s weird to have a new home in a burn scar. But looking past the destruction, Cramer finds solace in nature’s resiliency.
“I mean I even tell my patients if they’re feeling kinda sad or depressed, I’ll tell them to take a look,” she said. “Take a look at their area and see what has burned and see what they can find that is beautiful in it. And patients have come back with all sorts of really cool reports about things.”
James Shirley fidgeted with his mask when I ask if he knew that the McKenzie River Clinic is the oldest rural health clinic in all of Oregon.
“Actually- I did not,” he replied. “All I know is I enjoy coming here. I am a veteran and I’m using Veteran’s Choice to actually come up here instead of going down to Eugene for my care. I’m well-treated and I love coming here.”
The Shirleys have three sons who also receive their health care here.
“The oldest and the youngest are on the autism spectrum. And so, getting them to open up and become comfortable with people in the first place, is very difficult,” he said. “The fact that when they come here, it’s very open, they like visiting the people here, so they trust them. It’s very good for us. Because they are getting the care that they need and we’re getting the support we need.”
The transformation from quilt shop to fully-functioning, interim medical clinic has been impressive. Still, DuFault has strong opinions about rebuilding the clinic on the site where it was destroyed two years ago.
“I think it’s necessary. We need to, as a community, come together and show that we’re still here. And that we’re vibrant and that we’re ready to face the future together. And I think the rebuilding of not only the clinic, but the fire department and the library will really reestablish the downtown Blue River area as the place to be.” | https://www.klcc.org/news/2022-09-14/every-day-gets-better-and-better-mckenzie-river-clinic-perseveres-through-2nd-anniversary-of-devastating-fire | 2022-09-14T10:04:18Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/news/2022-09-14/every-day-gets-better-and-better-mckenzie-river-clinic-perseveres-through-2nd-anniversary-of-devastating-fire | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tom and Mary Jo York are a health-conscious couple, who faithfully go in for annual physicals and periodic colorectal cancer screening tests. Mary Jo, whose mother and aunts had breast cancer, also gets regular mammography tests.
The Yorks, who live in New Berlin, Wis., are enrolled in Chorus Community Health Plans, which, like most of the nation's health plans, is required by the Affordable Care Act to pay for those preventive services, and more than 100 others, without charging deductibles or copays.
Tom York, 57, says he appreciates the law's mandate because, until this year, the deductible on his plan was $5,000, meaning that without that ACA provision, he and his wife would have had to pay full price for those services until the deductible was met. "A colonoscopy could cost $4,000," he says. "I can't say I would have skipped it, but I would have had to think hard about it."
Recent court decision may increase consumer health costs
Now health plans and self-insured employers — those that pay workers' and dependents' medical costs themselves — may consider imposing cost sharing for preventive services on their members and workers. That's because of a federal judge's Sept. 7 ruling in a Texas lawsuit filed by conservative groups claiming that the ACA's mandate that health plans pay the full cost of preventive services is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor agreed with them. He ruled that the members of one of the three groups that make coverage recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, were not lawfully appointed under the Constitution because they were not nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
If the preventive services coverage mandate is partly struck down, the result could be a confusing patchwork of health plan benefit designs offered in various industries and in different parts of the country. Patients who have serious medical conditions or are at high risk for such conditions may have a hard time finding a plan that fully covers preventive and screening services. Instead they'd have to pay a copayment or high deductible before their insurance plan would kick in to help cover the cost of expensive preventive screenings or services. Health plans that cover preventive services without requiring beneficiaries to first meet an annual deductible are said to have "first dollar coverage" for those health services.
In the same ruling last week, O'Connor held that requiring the plaintiffs to pay for HIV prevention drugs violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. He's also considering throwing out the mandate for first-dollar coverage for contraceptives, which the plaintiffs also challenged under that statute. O'Connor postponed ruling on that and legal remedies until after he receives additional briefs from the parties to the lawsuit on Sept. 16. No matter what the judge does, the case is likely to be appealed by the federal government and could reach the Supreme Court.
Screening tests for cancer, diabetes, depression and STDs would be in jeopardy if the decision holds
If O'Connor were to order an immediate end to the no-cost coverage mandate for services that won approval from the preventive services task force, nearly half the recommended preventive services under the ACA would be in jeopardy. These include screening tests for cancer, diabetes, depression and sexually transmitted infections.
Many health plans and self-insured employers would likely react by imposing deductibles and copays for some or all the services recommended by the task force.
"Larger employers will evaluate what they cover first-dollar and what they don't cover," says Michael Thompson, CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, a nonprofit group of employer and union health plans that work together to help reduce prices. He thinks health insurance companies and employers with high employee turnover are the likeliest to add cost sharing to their health plans.
'It reintroduces the chaos that the ACA was designed to fix'
That could destabilize the health insurance markets, says Katherine Hempstead, a senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Insurers will design their preventive service benefits to attract the healthiest people so they can reduce their premiums, she predicts, saddling sicker and older people with skimpier coverage and higher out-of-pocket costs. "It reintroduces the chaos that the ACA was designed to fix," she says. "It becomes a race to the bottom."
The most probable services to be targeted for cost sharing are HIV prevention and contraception, says Dr. Jeff Levin-Scherz, population health leader at WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson), who advises employers on health plans.
Studies have shown that eliminating cost sharing boosts the use of preventive services and saves lives. After the ACA required that Medicare cover colorectal cancer screenings without cost sharing, diagnoses of early-stage colorectal cancer increased 8% per year, improving life expectancy for thousands of seniors, according to a 2017 study published in the journal Health Affairs.
Adding cost sharing could mean hundreds or thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket spending for patients because many Americans are enrolled in high-deductible plans. In 2020, the average annual deductible in the individual insurance market was $4,364 for single coverage and $8,439 for family coverage, according to eHealth, a private, online insurance broker. For employer plans, it was $1,945 for an individual and $3,722 for families, according to KFF.
O'Connor upheld the constitutional authority of two other federal agencies that recommend preventive services for women and children and for immunizations, so first-dollar coverage for those services is not in jeopardy.
If the courts strike down the mandate for the preventive services task force's recommendations, health plan executives will face a tough decision. Mark Rakowski, president of the nonprofit Chorus Community Health Plans, says he strongly believes in the health value of preventive services and likes making them more affordable to enrollees by waiving deductibles and copayments.
But if the mandate is partly eliminated, he expects that competitors would establish deductibles and copays for preventive services to help make their premiums about 2% lower. Then, he says, he would be forced to do the same to keep his plans competitive on Wisconsin's ACA marketplace. "I hate to admit that we'd have to strongly consider following suit," Rakowski says, adding that he might offer other plans with no-cost preventive coverage and higher premiums.
The ACA's coverage rule for preventive services applies to private plans in the individual and group markets, which cover more than 150 million Americans. It is a popular provision of the law, favored by 62% of Americans, according to a 2019 KFF survey.
Spending on ACA-mandated preventive services is relatively small but not insignificant. It is 2% to 3.5% of total annual expenditures by private employer health plans, or about $100 to $200 per person, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research group.
Several large commercial insurers and health insurance trade groups did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment about what payers will do if the courts end the preventive services mandate.
Health disparities could increase
Experts fear that cost sharing for preventive services would hurt growing efforts to reduce health disparities.
"If it's left up to individual plans and employers to make these decisions about cost sharing, underserved Black and brown communities that have benefited from the removal of cost sharing will be disproportionally harmed," says Dr. A. Mark Fendrick, director of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, who helped draft the ACA's preventive services coverage section.
One service of particular concern is preexposure prophylaxis for HIV, or PrEP, a highly effective drug regimen that prevents high-risk people from acquiring HIV. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit in Texas claimed that having to pay for PrEP forces them to subsidize "homosexual behavior" to which they have religious objections.
Since 2020, health plans have been required to fully cover PrEP drugs and associated lab tests and doctor visits that otherwise can cost thousands of dollars a year. Of the 1.1 million people who could benefit from PrEP, 44% are Black and 25% are Hispanic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many also are low-income. Before the PrEP coverage rule took effect, only about 10% of eligible Black and Hispanic people had started PrEP treatment because of its high cost.
O'Connor, despite citing the evidence that PrEP drugs reduce HIV spread through sex by 99% and through injection drug use by 74%, held that the government did not show a compelling governmental interest in mandating no-cost coverage of PrEP.
"We're trying to make it easier to get PrEP, and there are plenty of barriers already," says Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute. "If first-dollar coverage went away, people won't pick up the drug. That would be extremely damaging for our efforts to end HIV and hepatitis."
Robert York, an LGBT activist who lives in Arlington, Va., who is not related to Tom York, has taken Descovy, a brand-name PrEP drug, for about six years. Having to pay cost sharing for the drug and associated tests every three months under his employer's health plan would force changes in his personal spending, he says. The retail price of the drug alone is about $2,000 a month.
But York, who's 54, stressed that reestablishing cost sharing for PrEP would affect people in lower-income and marginalized groups even more.
"We've been working so hard with the community to get PrEP into the hands of people who need it," he says. "Why is anyone targeting this?"
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national, editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation).
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CHICAGO — The United States may be hurtling toward a freight rail strike, one that spill over into passenger service in much of the country. Railroads are cutting shipments, Amtrak has stopped some passenger routes. The sticking point isn't pay. It's the tough lifestyle railroading imposes on people who drive trains, long shifts, lots of nights away, and the need to be on-call, able to get to work in two hours or less, for weeks on end.
On a normal day about 7,000 freight trains crisscross, according to the Association of American Railroads the United states, hauling most of the stuff that makes the economy work. But, this whole system could shut down later this week, because the people who drive these trains for a living are so angry, according to Dennis Pierce who's president of the engineer's union, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
"I have never seen this level of anger," Pierce says. "Animosity, acrimony, you pick the word, he says. "That means they're pissed off, 'cause they are." He says even though freight train engineers and conductors haven't had a raise in three years, that's not the issue. "They do not have days off. They do not have a schedule." They're on call, Pierce says, for weeks on end.
Engineers and conductors want more predictable, and flexible, schedules
Railroad engineers and conductors are paid well, typically about $100,000 a year. Even so, former engineer Millie Hood who drove trains 38 years for Burlington Northern Santa Fe says the occupation is brutal. "Yeah, it sucks the life right out of you," Hood says. "You're constantly thinking about the job. when I got off work, I'd go home and go to sleep and I immediately know when I get up that they could call me to go to work."
Engineers and conductors want more predictable, and flexible, schedules. Two unions representing engineers and conductors have been bargaining with the railroads along with 10 other unions representing other railroad workers, for close to three years.
The upshot of all that talking is a compromise hammered this summer out by a Presidential Emergency Board appointed by President Biden. It would offer rail workers the biggest pay hike in decades boosting railroad wages 24% by 2024. But it doesn't get at the work schedule issues, and Pierce says the railroads can do better.
"Union Pacific reported its best year ever last year," Pierce says. "And that's like 160 years-worth of best years, billions of dollars in profits. They can afford everything their employees are asking for. ... "Like hiring enough employees to cover for employees absences when engineers or conductors need time off on short notice."
Still, all the other railroad unions have tentatively signed off on the proposal currently on the table. The engineers and conductors are holding out and they could trigger a strike Friday morning.
A railroad strike could mean "people are not going to be able to make it home"
That would cause immediate problems for manufacturers, says Lee Sanders with the American Bakers Association. This is nationwide. And a broad range of manufacturers who get parts, packaging and raw material delivered by rail would be effected.
"If we don't get the ingredients that we need to our plants, we won't be able to make the products that we need to get our wholesome products to the consumers," Sanders says.
So, empty shelves are a possibility. Farmers are worried too about shipping grain. Dangerous chemicals have already stopped moving. Especially valuable goods are next, and passengers are getting stranded too.
Amtrak is already shutting down some of its long-distance routes. Like the Southwest Chief, from Chicago to Los Angeles, the Silver Star, from New York to Miami and the Empire Builder from Chicago to Portland and Seattle. That's because, outside of the Northeast, most Amtrak trains use tracks that are owned and operated by the big freight railroads. So, if there's a strike, those trains can't run.
At Union Station in Kansas City, Tia Henderson and her baby daughter waited Tuesday for their regular train to St. Louis.
"People need to travel back and forth. People that don't have as much finances, that don't have a car," Henderson says. "So I feel like them stopping that'll be a horrible thing to do because people are not going to be able to make it home."
So a railroad strike could cost billions of dollars and derail lots of travel plans. It's a political nightmare for the party in power. The Biden administration is leaning on the railroads, and holdout unions to come to an agreement.
If they don't and there's a strike, or a lock out, Congress will likely move to force the two sides to accept a deal, and go back to work.
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A major crypto network is slashing its energy usage
The world's second-biggest cryptocurrency network, Ethereum, is about to pivot to a new system that will use vastly less electricity.
Why it matters: One of the biggest knocks on cryptocurrencies centers on the enormous amount of energy its networks consume. But with this change, trading in one of the leading currencies will be no more energy-intensive than playing an online video game.
How it works: Cryptocurrency networks use so-called "consensus mechanisms" to ensure that transactions are valid. Those tools keep track of who owns what and ensure that no one spends any currency that isn't theirs.
- The original consensus mechanism, "proof-of-work," is the reason crypto uses so much energy.
- Ethereum is switching to a new strategy, "proof-of-stake." It'll be an expensive shift, but after it happens, Ethereum's energy use might only be about 1% of what it was before, according to the Ethereum Foundation.
- The switch, known as The Merge, is expected to happen a bit after midnight Eastern Time tonight. Users shouldn't notice anything different once it happens.
Yes, but: Up till now, Ethereum has used a lot of power, but Bitcoin always has been — and will continue to be — the industry's biggest energy user, by far.
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Welcome to the country's most high-tech airport terminal
High-speed, automated checkpoints. Robotic bag storage. Biometric boarding. When Orlando International Airport's new $2.8 billion Terminal C opens to passengers next week, it'll offer one of the country's most tech-forward airport experiences.
Why it matters: Anyone who suffered through the summer of air travel hell knows that anything that can be done to make airports a better place to spend some time is very welcome.
Driving the news: Passengers flying with JetBlue, Breeze, Aer Lingus and other airlines will use Orlando's new Terminal C, which is set to open on Sept. 20. Designed by Fentress Architects (which also did Denver International, Incheon International and more) and HNTB, Terminal C is packed with the latest in airport passenger tech, including:
- Automated Transportation Security Agency lanes, which expedite the screening process in part by feeding empty bins from the end of the lane to the front for queued-up passengers.
- A robotic bag storage system allowing travelers to store their luggage ahead of their flight and explore the airport unencumbered, with room for more than 1,700 bags.
- An RFID system that uses radio frequencies to track passengers' checked bags to prevent lost luggage.
- Facial recognition for boarding international flights, eliminating that last-second where's-my-passport scramble.
There are amenities aplenty for travelers looking to kill some time too:
- There's the "Moment Vault," a digital art display with three massive 32-foot-tall screens where viewers can "interact" with sea life, watch a rocket launch and more.
- Each terminal seat has a pair of USB ports, plus a 120v outlet for charging electronics.
- There's a nursing station, "serenity room" and pet relief areas — all of which are table stakes for new terminals these days.
And there's behind-the-scenes tech too, like "virtual ramp control," which uses cameras and sensors to make it easier for controllers to see which gates are open, with the goal of reducing waiting-for-gate delays.
What they're saying: Orlando is a departure- and final stop-heavy airport rather than a connecting hub, says CEO Kevin Thibault, and Terminal C was designed with that in mind.
- "We're looking at, what are those amenities that we need to provide for our business travelers, as well as those that are leisure travelers but are residents. They are not going to go to the Disney Store, for example, or the SeaWorld Store because they live here."
Yes, but: Fancy, comfortable airports can make air travel a little smoother, but they can't solve problems like staffing issues that led to this past summer's chaos.
The big picture: Airports around the country are getting big upgrades — New York's LaGuardia just got a major revamp, and similar projects are underway at Newark Liberty, Denver International and others. | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/14/orlando-airport-terminal-c | 2022-09-14T10:09:58Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/09/14/orlando-airport-terminal-c | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Congress will quiz tech's product chiefs on extremism
Top tech executives in charge of product design for Meta, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok will be grilled on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
Driving the news: The ways that online extremism can lead to real-world violence and tech product design can promote dangerous content will be the focus of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing.
Why it matters: Congressional hearings spotlighting tech CEOs have regularly devolved into efforts by questioners to shape "gotcha" moments, but this time, lawmakers say they're aiming for substantive answers about algorithms, design and how business decisions are made.
Details: Witnesses will include:
- Chris Cox, chief product officer, Meta
- Neal Mohan, chief product officer, YouTube
- Vanessa Pappas, chief operating officer, TikTok
- and Jay Sullivan, general manager of Bluebird, Twitter.
Two former tech product execs from Meta and Twitter and a tech policy expert from a think tank will appear on an earlier panel.
What they're saying: Social media platform design can push people toward "increasingly extreme and even dangerous content like white supremacist and anti-government ideologies that have motivated recent domestic terror attacks — one of the most serious national security threats we face today," Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said in a statement.
- Peters said the hearing is an opportunity to hear "directly from the architects of these platforms on how they balance their pursuit of increased user engagement and revenue with the risk of funneling people towards violent and dangerous content that threatens the safety of our communities."
What we're watching: Though the committee's Democratic majority will try to hold a focus on extremism that has lead to violence in the U.S., China and Russia will surely come up as well, especially with TikTok's Pappas present.
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Best hoverboards for kids: 7 colourful self-balancing boards
Hoverboards are fun, develop your balancing skills and get you out into the fresh air, so they make a great gift for youngsters. Here’s our edit of the best hoverboards for kids.
If you’ve been out and about recently, you’ve probably spotted kids whizzing about on wheeled, electronic balancing boards - often decked out with colourful LED lights and Bluetooth speakers. The hoverboards you find in shops may not be quite as high-tech as the ones we all remember from Back To The Future II (if only)... But they do come with some seriously cool features.
Before we go on, it’s worth mentioning the laws around using hoverboards. In many countries, including the UK, it’s illegal to ride them on roads and in areas designed for pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders, such as pavements, cycle lanes and bridleways. You’ll need to stick to your own garden or private land with the owner’s permission.
Also, we recommend you always use a helmet, gloves and knee and elbow pads when using a hoverboard to avoid painful bumps and scrapes.
The best hoverboards for kids
Sisigad Hoverboard Self-Balancing Scooter
With a price tag under £200 and more than 4,500 five-star Amazon reviews, this is one of the best hoverboards for kids if you're on a budget. It doesn’t scrimp on fun features, as it comes with colourful LED lights on and around the wheels, as well as two front-facing torches to light the way.
There’s also a built-in wireless speaker, which you can connect to your portable devices to enjoy music, podcasts or audiobooks on the move. For safety, rubber tyres and grippy foot pads complete the package.
This hoverboard comes in a range of bright colours, including green and blue.
Hover-1 Superfly Rose Gold Hoverboard
The Hover-1 Superfly comes with a Bluetooth speaker and a companion app. You can track your journey, view your speed, check your battery and switch between three different riding modes. Plus, you’ll have the option to customise the LED headlights at the front to find your favourite setting.
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This hoverboard is a versatile choice, as you can transform it into a go-kart. Adding the Hover-1 buggy attachment should keep kids entertained for even longer.
The makers designed this hoverboard for teens over the age of 15. It has a top speed of 7mph and a range of six miles after charging it for five hours.
ZIMX G11 Kids Hoverboard
For sheer cool-factor, you can’t get much better than this hoverboard from Zimx. It has pathfinder lights at the front, as well as LEDs on the footpads, and around and inside the wheels. They change colour as you zip about at 7mph.
Despite all the flashing lights, the G11 has an impressive maximum range of eight miles on just a three-hour charge. The battery indicator will tell you when it’s in need of a top-up.
Other features include Bluetooth speakers, anti-puncture wheels and water-resistant body. Buy this hoverboard for kids aged seven and above.
iHoverboard H1 Hoverboard
Despite being one of the cheaper hoverboards for kids on our list, priced at under £200, the H1 has some impressive stats. It can cover nine miles at 9mph on just a two-hour charge, and cope on hills, able to tackle inclines of up to 20°. It’s perfect if you have a sloping garden or driveway.
Of course, you’ll also get a built-in Bluetooth speaker, so kids can listen to their favourite music and audiobooks while they play.
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GeekMe Hoverboard & Go Kart
For a two-in-one hoverboard and go-kart set, try this option from GeekMe. You can choose between a range of different colours and designs to get the combination you prefer.
The hoverboard has one of the highest top speeds we’ve seen, at 9.3mph, as well as a smart gravity sensor to make balancing easier - a handy addition when you’re travelling fast! It can also keep going on 15° inclines, so it’s ideal for anyone with an uneven yard or patio.
An integrated Bluetooth speaker and flashing LED lights are also included - giving you extra cool points on evening rides.
Hover-1 Astro Hoverboard
Disco fans, assemble! Hop onto this funky hoverboard and the RGB LED deck will make you feel like you’ve stepped onto the dance floor. You can even play your favourite tunes through the on-board Bluetooth speakers. You’ll have full control over all the lights, including the ones on the wheels, using the companion app.
Like all the very best hoverboards for kids, this one comes with GPS, so you can check your speed and route in the app too.
The makers say this fun hoverboard is ideal for anyone over the age of 15. It has a top speed of 7mph and a range of six miles after five hours of charging.
Hover-1 Rival Black Hoverboard
For teens who think bright colours and flashing disco lights are a little uncool, you could opt for this sleek black hoverboard. It comes with ultrabright LED headlamps to illuminate the path in front of you, and the multi-coloured accents are reserved for the subtle wheel lights.
As this hoverboard is one of the cheaper models on the market, you’ll have to charge it for five hours to get 30 minutes of battery life. But it has a good top speed of 7mph and can cope on inclines of up to 8°.
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Instant Genius Podcast: Artemis's first launch, with Libby Jackson
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Artemis has had numerous issues with its first launch attempt. Libby Jackson, the Exploration Science Manager for the UK Space Agency explains what went wrong and what's in store for us all when it does make it to the moon.
Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week's episode, we talk to Libby Jackson, the Exploration Science Manager for the UK Space Agency.
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Why it's time we changed our relationship with fat
We’ve all moaned about a bit of podge on our thighs or tummies, but that fat is not an inert lump of lard – it has an important job to do. And now, scientists are starting to find out even more about its hidden powers.
According to much of what we see on social media, in magazines and on TV, the fat on our bodies is something we need to either fight constantly with exercise and diet, or stop worrying about and celebrate. But in reality, our fat is far more than just a symbol of how healthy our lifestyle is, or of how body confident we may be.
Fat is one of the most important elements of our diet, and the fatty tissue beneath our skin plays a part in keeping us alive and healthy. In chemical terms, fats are long, chain-like molecules that have many roles across all forms of life on Earth.
Among their many useful properties, they are an excellent way to store energy, and many organisms convert energy from the food they eat into reserves of fat – from the vegetable oils found in the seeds and fruits of plants, to the inches-thick layer of blubber beneath the skin of large marine mammals.
It is only in recent decades, as an abundance of energy-rich food has caused an epidemic of obesity worldwide, that this vital component of our diet has become so problematic. When we store too much fat, it causes the vital functions of our fatty tissue to start to fail, leading to many different health issues, from diabetes to stroke to fatty liver disease.
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For most of human history, though, our ancestors were more preoccupied with dying from malnutrition and hunger than with looking toned and svelte, and our body fat was the energy store that saved people when food was scarce. In many non-Western cultures, animal fat remains something of a luxury food item, or even a delicacy.
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When we talk about body fat, we’re actually talking about the specialised cells, known as ‘adipocytes’, which store fat in various places in our bodies. Each cell holds its own droplet of liquid fat and is capable of swelling to accommodate more fat, or shrinking and releasing it as necessary. Together, these fat cells form ‘adipose tissue’, which is found in deposits just below the skin or deep in the spaces between other organs.
As well as storing energy, these fat deposits help to insulate us from the cold and cushion impacts on our joints, the soles of our feet, our palms and our bums – people with no adipose tissue find it hard to sit on a chair for more than a few minutes.
Fatty tissue is part of the complex connective tissue that keeps our organs in place, and is key to building the contours of our faces that make us recognisable. Perhaps more importantly, adipose tissue can be thought of as the body’s energy budget-holder, helping ensure different parts of the body have what they need, but always looking to store and save for hard times ahead.
In fact, adipose tissue plays such an important role in tracking our energy requirements and coordinating our metabolism that scientists increasingly think of it as an organ of the body in its own right, albeit one that is distributed throughout the body.
“We need our adipose organ to buffer our normal fluctuations of caloric intake and expenditure,” says Prof Stephen O’Rahilly, a co-director of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Metabolic Science.
“We don’t drip-feed ourselves calories to match exactly the amount we need on a minute-to-minute basis, and after each meal, any calories in excess of what we immediately need are safely stored away in adipocytes.
“If, for any reason, we don’t have this storage space, then that excess energy in the form of fat is redirected to our bloodstream, liver, muscle or pancreas. None of these are designed to store fat, and all of them are readily damaged by trying to do so.”
Far from consisting merely of unsightly lard deposits, the adipose organ has a rich supply of blood vessels and nerves, and produces a variety of hormones and signalling molecules. Not only does the adipose tissue release energy when needed, it also sends information to the brain about the state of our calorie stores, influencing our digestion, appetite and behaviour.
“There is growing evidence that how well – or badly – our adipose organ performs these functions is one of the major determinants of whether, in the face of an excess of calorie ingestion, we develop diabetes, heart attacks, fatty liver disease and so on, or whether we remain overweight but basically healthy,” says O’Rahilly.
There are two main types of fat in our bodies: white and brown. White fat (WAT, or white adipose tissue) is all about storage. Under a microscope, a white fat cell looks like a normal cell with a big glob of fat in the middle.
Brown fat (or BAT) is all about heat generation. Brown fat cells look more like normal cells, with smaller droplets of fat dispersed among their components. But they are packed with mitochondria, the bean-shaped energy factories that convert chemicals into the power that drives our metabolism, movement and body heat, giving them a brown appearance.
So-called ‘beige’ fat cells are somewhere between the two.
There are many dietary and genetic factors that can cause people to be prone to weight gain, but one of them may be a genetic disposition to developing more white fat and less brown fat. Studies have shown that people with high levels of brown fat are less likely to develop the cardiovascular and metabolic disorders associated with obesity, such as heart disease and diabetes.
Strangely, white adipose tissue also acts as a kind of reservoir for the special immune cells that help us remember and fight past infections. So you can think of your fat as a kind of wobbly living bank that stores calories, heat and even memories of past infections, all of which can be drawn on when required. Fatty tissue is also central to the development of the specialist milk-producing glands that feed the babies and young of female mammals after pregnancy.
Interestingly, the number of fat cells in your body does not change in adult life, even when your weight fluctuates. We can grow more fat cells during childhood, and white fat cells may swell with more fat when there is more fat to store – and may even turn brown if a person is subjected to cold for a long period – but it is impossible to rid your body of adipose cells and tissue, no matter how much you diet or exercise.
When fatty tissue is physically removed from the body during cosmetic procedures like liposuction, the body compensates for the loss and fat levels soon return to normal, regardless of what patients consume. The lost tissue may even return to the abdomen area or to the spaces between the organs instead of where it was removed from – so while your bum may look great, you suddenly find yourself with a bigger belly than before and poorer overall health.
Some bodybuilders claim to have reduced their body fat to less than 1 per cent of their total weight, but most physiologists believe it is impossible to reduce body fat to such levels: even the most ‘shredded’ or toned athletes will have 2 to 3 per cent body fat.
According to bodybuilding folklore, when Austrian-born muscleman Andreas Münzer died in 1996 his autopsy supposedly revealed he had reduced his body fat percentage to zero. But while he did indeed have a freakishly muscular body, it’s unlikely he was anywhere near zero: he actually died from the stress put on his heart and liver by years of over-exercise and steroid abuse.
Despite scientists’ growing understanding of the importance of fat, high-protein and extremely low-fat diets are still all the rage as people obsess over shedding fat at all costs. But ultra-low fat diets, where fewer than 10 per cent of a person’s calories come from fat, are not very healthy in the long term. Some types of fat are essential to help us absorb vitamins and minerals, and when the amount of fat in our diet is far too low, it can make us seriously ill.
The 2007 film Into The Wild portrays the last days of Christopher McCandless, a student who died in the Alaskan wilderness after cutting himself off from the outside world and ending up trying to survive on just rabbits and berries.
Rabbit meat, although high in protein, has extremely little fat, and McCandless is thought to have developed an acute illness known as ‘rabbit malnutrition’, where the body uses more energy breaking down the protein in meat than it gets from it. Also known as ‘protein poisoning’ or ‘fat-hunger’, the problem affects those living in cold, harsh conditions, where lean animals like birds, rabbits or rodents can be the only food source. Without a source of fat or more energy-rich food, the more the person eats, the more they starve.
Several extremely rare diseases can cause humans to lose more fat than is healthy, or even to be born with no fat at all. With fat having such a central role to play in regulating our energy use and metabolism, these are serious illnesses with a range of long-term health effects. Babies that are born with no body fat whatsoever look alarmingly muscular and veiny, have trouble staying warm, and quickly develop a suite of serious metabolic conditions such as diabetes.
Of course, an excess of fat is not good for us either. An excessive amount of white fat is associated with many health problems, from cardiovascular disease to cancer.
Obesity is arguably the defining health issue of our time: our bodies have evolved to store fat whenever we come across it, and many of us now live in a world where fatty food is not just plentiful but hard to avoid. At the same time, we lead lives that involve far less physical activity than the lives of generations before us.
When we ingest more calories than we need, our body still stores the excess energy as fat to protect us in the lean times ahead. When those lean times don’t come, our bodies just keep storing more and more fat.
On a cellular level, when white fat cells become too large they start to die, attracting the attention of our immune system, and in particular, a type of immune cell known as a macrophage. The macrophages surround the enlarged fat cell and start to release chemicals into the blood that cause inflammation and stress.
These chemicals eventually play a role in the body becoming less responsive to insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar, which leads to diabetes. Fatty substances like cholesterol enter the bloodstream, creating a build-up of fatty deposits in places like the heart, which can lead to cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke and heart attacks. The chronic inflammation caused by over-enlarged fat cells is also thought to increase the risks of some cancers.
To make matters worse, much of our food is packed with saturated fats, which are more likely to exacerbate these problems than unsaturated fats.
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Surprisingly, some scientists are beginning to explore how our own fat can, with a little help, actually help us to lose weight. Prof Yu-Hua Tseng, from Harvard University’s Joslin Diabetes Centre, is one of many scientists exploring whether obesity and weight gain can be reversed by activating a person’s brown fat, therefore burning away their fat deposits as heat.
“The bodies of obese people have too much white adipose tissue, and often too little brown,” she says. “The idea of converting the white tissue into brown is a very attractive approach.”
There are a number of ways to do this that could become potential obesity treatments, says Tseng. Some scientists are looking at whether white fat cells can be genetically modified to express the proteins that allow brown fat cells to generate heat from fat, essentially ‘browning’ the white fat so it burns fat rather than storing it. Others are looking at ways to stimulate brown cells to be more active: either by mimicking the body’s own molecules that stimulate brown fat to produce heat, or simply by making people cold.
This may sound even worse than going on a diet, but Tseng stresses that it does not take extreme cold to activate your brown fat. “There are studies looking at so-called mild cold exposure,” she says. “It’s not like freezing cold, it’s more like temperatures of around 55°F [12°C].”
Before you turn the air-con right up or run a cold bath, though, Tseng warns that these treatments are still at the proof-of-concept stage, and a long way off being approved for therapeutic use. Eating a balanced diet in moderation and taking plenty of exercise is still the best way to retain a healthy amount of adipose tissue.
Now we know that our fat is such a vital part of our bodies, perhaps it’s time we built a more sensible relationship with it – one that is based neither on impossible diets and shame, nor on denial of the deadly reality of obesity. Just like our skin, our teeth or our heart, our body fat should be something we want to take care of and keep healthy. If our fat is healthy, we are healthy.
Breaking down the fat myths
Cholesterol = bad
Some is. There are two types of cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) is the ‘bad’ type that hardens the arteries, but
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) will return excess LDL to the liver for processing. Saturated and trans fats boost LDL and lower HDL, while healthier fats do the opposite. But beware of claims that so-called superfoods can lower your LDL. The best way to do that is simply to avoid eating too much saturated fat.
Olive oil = good health
True. Many studies have shown that ‘Mediterranean’ diets, high in olive oil, can benefit people’s health and longevity, probably because olive oil contains a high proportion of mono-unsaturated fats, which are very good at lowering LDL cholesterol. But olive oil contains lots of calories – so while it’s the healthiest oil to use, don’t go too mad on the dressing.
Fat = high cholesterol
Not always. Saturated fats, found in meats, cheeses and butter, boost cholesterol in your bloodstream, increasing your chance of stroke and heart disease. So-called trans fats are even worse: these highly processed fats raise cholesterol, make the blood more likely to clot, and cause inflammation. But unsaturated fats from oils, vegetables, fish and nuts actually help reduce cholesterol levels.
High BMI = poor health
It’s complex. Body mass index, or BMI, is a quick but crude way to assess if a person is overweight, based on their height/weight ratio. But it doesn’t really tell you how much excess fat you have: people with lots of muscle, or large, dense bones can have high BMIs and be perfectly healthy. Only a full-body X-ray can provide detailed information on fat levels, both under the skin and around the organs.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta Gold Corp. (TSX: G) (OTCQB: AUGG) (FSE: 11B) ("Augusta Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the remaining payment aggregating US$22,121,398 due to Waterton Nevada Splitter LLC for the Reward project under the previously announced purchase agreement (refer to the Company's news release dated April 21, 2022).
Donald Taylor President and CEO said, "Making the final payment for the Reward acquisition is a significant milestone as we move to completing our engineering studies for both Reward and Bullfrog with the goal of commencing production from the fully permitted Reward project in late 2023."
The Company also announces a loan (the "Loan") with a company (the "Lender") owned by the Company's Executive Chairman for US$22,232,561. The Loan bears interest at a rate of prime plus 3%, is for a maximum period of 12 months, and is secured by the Company's Bullfrog and Reward Projects. An origination fee of 0.5% of the amount of the Loan was paid to the Lender on closing.
The Reward Project is a fully permitted heap leach project with measured and indicated mineral resources of 426,700 oz gold grading 0.75 g/t gold and inferred mineral resources of 27,100 oz gold grading 0.68 g/t gold with sufficient water rights to commence construction and operations.
The mineral resource estimate in this news release is derived from the technical report titled, "Mineral Resource Estimate for the Reward Project, Nye County, Nevada, USA" with an effective date of May 31, 2022, prepared by Michael Dufresne and Timothy Scott, each of whom are qualified persons as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Augusta Gold is an exploration and development company focused on building a long-term business that delivers stakeholder value through developing the Reward and Bullfrog gold projects and pursing accretive M&A opportunities. The Reward and Bullfrog gold projects are located in the prolific Bullfrog mining district approximately 120 miles north-west of Las Vegas, Nevada and just outside of Beatty, Nevada. The Company is led by a management team and board of directors with a proven track record of success in financing and developing mining assets and delivering shareholder value. For more information, please visit www.augustagold.com.
Certain statements and information contained in this new release constitute "forward-looking statements", and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). These statements appear in a number of places in this new release and include statements regarding our intent, or the beliefs or current expectations of our officers and directors, including the Company's goal of pouring gold from the Reward Project in 2023. When used in this news release words such as "to be", "will", "planned", "expected", "potential", "anticipated" and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and/or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements since the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to vary materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in the Company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Such forward-looking statements are based on various assumptions, including assumptions made with regard to the preparation of up to date economic studies, financing and an affirmative board construction decision. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable, based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Except as required by applicable law, we assume no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward- looking statements. If we update any one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. You should not place undue importance on forward-looking statements and should not rely upon these statements as of any other date. All forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Mobile Limited ("China Mobile" or "the Company") (HKEx: 941; SSE: 600941) refers to its announcement dated 7 May 2021 in relation to the review decision of the determination by The New York Stock Exchange LLC (the "NYSE") to delist the American Depositary Shares of the Company (the "ADSs"). On 7 May 2021, the NYSE filed a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the delisting of the Company's ADSs became effective on 18 May 2021. On 13 September 2021, the Company terminated its ADSs program.
China Mobile announced that in light of the delisting of the ADSs and the termination of the ADSs program, the Company intends to file a Form 15F with the SEC on the date of this press release to deregister the ADSs and terminate its reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act").
The Company's reporting obligations under the U.S. Exchange Act will be suspended immediately upon such filing. The deregistration and termination of reporting obligations are expected to become effective 90 days after the filing, unless withdrawn by the Company or objected to by the SEC. The Company will continue to comply with its financial reporting and other obligations as a listed issuer under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Rules Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, today announced that merchants can now accept eNaira payments from their customers on their platform. This is an addition to other existing payment methods on Flutterwave including cards, bank transfer, Barter by Flutterwave etc.
eNaira is a digital currency issued and regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a medium of exchange and store of value. It was launched on October 25, 2021 and is available to users with or without a bank account, as they only need to register and access the wallet via the eNaira mobile app. To complete transactions on Flutterwave, users can either scan QR codes or generate one-time tokens using the app.
Flutterwave provides technology, infrastructure, and services to enable global businesses, payment service providers and Pan-African banks to accept and process payments on any channel (Web, Mobile, ATM & POS). The company currently operates across Africa, Europe, North America, and other emerging markets by providing a suite of payment tools that enable over One million businesses accept payments from their customers anywhere in the world in over 150 currencies, including the Naira and eNaira.
Flutterwave merchants can enable the eNaira payment option on their dashboard for their customers' use.
Olugbenga GB Agboola, Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, said:
"With our new adoption of eNaira as a payment method on Flutterwave, we're enabling various payment methods to merchants and their customers to ensure everyone has access to payment solutions that work for them. Flutterwave will continue to strive to be at the forefront of innovation as we develop and implement new solutions to facilitate global payments for our customers ."
Azeez Oluwafemi, Senior Vice President, Products and Design said; "We're the payment solution that strives to allow individuals and businesses with various payment needs and requirements to do business, easily. The eNaira feature is important for the merchants and customers because it offers an alternative payment method that many users find seamless. It's a key update to Flutterwave and we continue to look out for opportunities like this to improve our offering to our range of customers."
The company earlier announced the issue of its Switching and Processing license from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to offer transaction switching and card processing services to customers. Other services include agency banking and payment gateway services.
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Flutterwave is a leading African payments technology company that enables businesses across the world to expand their operations in Africa and other emerging markets through a platform that enables cross-border transactions via one API. Flutterwave has processed over 200M transactions worth over USD $16B to date and serves more than 1,000,000 businesses including customers like Uber, Flywire, Booking.com, etc. The Company's key advantage is international payment processing in 150 currencies and multiple payment modes including local and international cards, mobile wallets, bank transfers, Barter by Flutterwave etc. Flutterwave has an infrastructure reach in over 34 African countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa etc. For more information on Flutterwave's journey, please visit: www.flutterwave.com
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideanomics (Nasdaq: IDEX), a global company focused on accelerating the commercial adoption of electric vehicles (EV), today announced an agreement with ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transport equipment in the USA and Canada, allowing ABC Companies to become a certified reseller of WAVE's industry-leading wireless inductive charging technology in North America. The resale partnership expands WAVE's distribution across North America and into private charter fleets.
"Our WAVE wireless charging technology is a proven solution that solves a major concern we're hearing from fleet operators about going electric–what happens when I run out of charge?" said Robin Mackie, president of Ideanomics Mobility. "With our wireless charging technology, fleet operators can cut the cord, keep their electric fleet running, and stop worrying about vehicle downtime for charging at centralized depots."
ABC Companies and WAVE, a subsidiary of Ideanomics, executed this agreement. This collaboration builds on the successful deployment of the WAVE charging system to select ABC customers. With systems ranging from 125kW to 500kW and a 1MW charger in development, WAVE wireless charging unleashed the full potential of EV fleets by maximizing operational efficiency and reducing the total cost of ownership.
At the heart of WAVE's wireless charging solution is a proprietary ruggedized and fully automated charging pad. High power is delivered over the air from the roadway-embedded charging pads to receivers mounted on a vehicle's undercarriage. Charging begins as soon as the vehicle aligns on top of the in-ground pad. The WAVE system is easy to operate and maintain, with no moving parts or overhead charging infrastructure. As an added benefit, WAVE wireless charging is one of the most reliable ways to charge electric vehicles. It requires no incremental labor for manual operations and zero handling of high-power cables.
As private charter fleets look to electrify, the demand for reliable, safe and proven wireless charging infrastructure is becoming even more imperative. By strategically placing wireless charging pads at routine stops, private charter fleet operators can keep their vehicles running with a nearly full charge during the entirety of their duty cycle.
ABC Companies is a well-known leader in motorcoach, transit and specialty equipment sales and service, in addition to being the exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor of Van Hool motorcoaches. As a market leader in the private charter space, this partnership provides a direct pathway for WAVE to expand into a new vertical—private charter fleets. Through this strategic partnership, ABC will be uniquely positioned to meet growing demand from its customers for electrification and other fleet management solutions.
"As we continue to expand our portfolio of OEM aftermarket products and services, we need to deliver industry leading charging solutions," said Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer-ABC Companies. "WAVE is an ideal fit for many types of fleets and this partnership will enhance our offerings for our current and future customers. Beginning in 2020, we began delivering fully electric motorcoaches, and now offer zero emissions options from 8 to 75 passengers. The expanding electric vehicle portfolio has greatly increased the number of customers choosing sustainable solutions. Now that we are expanding our charging options, we are helping the transportation industry transition to electric."
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 WAVE wireless charging as a flagship charging technology and is committed to supporting its ongoing development and deployment. This includes exploring opportunities to incorporate wireless charging technology into the design of the company's next generation of electric vehicles.
Ideanomics is a global group with a simple mission: accelerating the commercial adoption of electric vehicles. By bringing together vehicles, charging, and financing solutions under one roof, we are the one-stop partner needed to simplify the transition to and operation of any EV fleet. To keep up with Ideanomics, please follow the company on social @ideanomicshq or visit https://ideanomics.com.
ABC Companies is a leading provider to the transportation industry with diverse product and service offerings that cover a full spectrum of operational needs including new and pre-owned full-size highway coach equipment along with transit specialty vehicles including battery electric vehicles. ABC supports customers with a comprehensive after-sales service network for service and repairs, collision services, extensive OEM and quality aftermarket parts needs for transit, motorcoach and heavy-duty equipment from strategically placed locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, private and municipal financing and leasing options are available through the company's financial services group – one of the largest financial service providers within the industry. For more information, contact ABC Companies at 800-222-2875 or visit the company website at www.abc-companies.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Tuya Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TUYA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Tuya American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (b) prior to the initial public offering, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, inter alia, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (c) as a result of (a) and (b) above, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (d) as a result of (a)-(c) above, the registration statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and such statements were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
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(NEXSTAR) – Despite relief at the gas pump and what seemed to be a hopeful month of July, the latest data shows inflation is still a growing problem, especially in some U.S. metro areas.
Consumer prices rose 8.3% from a year earlier and 0.1% from July. But the jump in “core” prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, was especially worrisome. It outpaced expectations and ignited fear that the Federal Reserve will boost interest rates more aggressively and raise the risk of a recession.
Fueled by high rents, medical care and new cars, core prices leaped 6.3% for the year ending in August and 0.6% from July to August, the government said Tuesday. Furniture and sports gear, among many other items, also got costlier, suggesting that businesses are still raising prices in response to robust consumer demand.
The breadth of the price increases dashed hopes, at least for now, that core inflation would moderate. Economists tend to track core prices for a clearer read on where inflation is headed.
When it comes to the hardest-hit U.S. metros, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area recorded a nation-leading 13% increase over Aug., 2021 numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim saw a percent change of 0.1% since July 2022, while New York-Newark-Jersey City saw a 0.2% change. Other regions are on a different pricing schedule, according to BLS, and do not have July data.
Inflation has reached a height many Americans have never seen before. On Tuesday, stocks plunged for the worst day of losses this year following the release of BLS’s latest consumer price index.
In light of rising inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce another 0.75% point increase to interest rates when its monetary policy committee meets again next week. This would mark the third such increase in a row.
Also on Tuesday, President Biden held a White House celebration to mark the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act. He called it the “single most important legislation passed in the Congress to combat inflation.”
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Rise Network 04 October , 2022 RESOURCES1 CommentRead original text in Japanese (PDFs here and here ) Since launch…, which seeks not... GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off with a week-long fiesta in Grand Haven!
The Tri-Cities Puentes Initiative is hosting the Grand Haven Hispanic Heritage Fiesta.
They'll be highlighting how Hispanic and Latin American cultures have enriched our communities with music, food, dancing, an authentic mercado, and activities for the kids.
On September 16th, join the celebration for a concert and Selena Quintanilla look-alike contest.
Opening ceremonies for the fiesta itself will feature the Parade of Flags, representing the dozens of Hispanic/Latin American countries. The parade will walk down Washington Ave to Grand Haven Central Park, starting at First Ave.
The parade starts at 11 a.m. — the fiesta follows immediately after and goes until 10:30 p.m. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/fiesta-celebrates-hispanic-culture-in-grand-haven | 2022-09-14T10:31:08Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/fiesta-celebrates-hispanic-culture-in-grand-haven | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(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?
My name is Brian Warren and I have the Honor of being the Judge of the 209th Criminal District Court.
2. What kind of cases does this court hear?
This court handles all felony offenses, from Capital Murders, Aggravated Robberies, and Sexual Assault to low level drug possession cases
3. What have been your main accomplishments during your time on this bench?
Since being elected judge, I have continued to make changes to improve the administration of justice. I have instituted the first scheduling order for criminal cases in Harris County. This order has been adopted by a third of the judges in Harris County. This scheduling order has eliminated needless settings as opposed to the old fashioned way of setting every case once a month. . I also adopted a zoom docket to resolve discovery disputes. I was able to secure a pre-trial officers in every court, in order to cut down on the wait times for defendants, lawyers and judges. The Honorable Judge Rosenthal has said in a hearing that Judge Warren “sets the standard for all of the felony judges to emulate” when it comes to bail reform in Harris County District Courts. With the help of the district attorney’s office, I also implemented an e-warrant system that allows judges to sign warrants electronically.
4. What do you hope to accomplish in your courtroom going forward?
Recently, I also have proposed a plan that would utilize our associate judges, similar to the systems used in federal court and some surrounding counties. This plan would divert our judicial resources and all first setting bond defendants to our associate judges. Allowing our elected judges to spend more time resolving cases and eliminating a significant amount of foot traffic in our courthouse which is inadequate to meet the needs of our community. I would love the opportunity to continue to innovate and make meaningful changes to our criminal justice systems in the future.
5. Why is this race important?
If you haven’t seen the inside of a courtroom recently, you are very fortunate. While some people never find themselves facing a judge, there is a good chance they have a family member or friend who has been involved in a legal case. Participating in judicial elections gives you the power to vote for people you believe to be qualified, committed and conscientious. Judicial elections are no less important, emotional or personal than senate or municipal elections. The work of judges cuts to the very core of humanity; don’t ignore its significance.
6. Why should people vote for you in November
I have over 20 years of experience as a lawyer in the criminal justice system, first as a prosecutor, then as a defense attorney, and now as a judge. My opponent has never practiced criminal law in his career. He has never appeared as a lawyer in any Harris County Criminal District Courts. If elected, his first day will be the first time he has ever set foot in the 209th District Court. The cases we handle in the criminal courthouse are too important and serious, to entrust to someone with ZERO criminal experience as a lawyer. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106758 | 2022-09-14T10:38:05Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106758 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After redistricting, there is at this time one swing State House district in Harris County, and that’s HD138. HD133 was closer in 2020 at the Presidential level, but no other Dem statewide candidate did better than 44%. HD132 is a notch or two behind, and no other district is close. If there’s one seat to flip, it’s this one where Stephanie Morales is running against freshman incumbent Lacey Hull. Morales, who was one of the first Dem candidates out there this cycle, is a former assistant District Attorney in Harris County who now runs her own criminal and juvenile defense firm. She’s been a substitute teacher in HISD and a volunteer for Rodeo Houston, and was a member of the Texas A&M Fighting Aggie band, which I as a longtime Rice MOBster respect. Here’s the interview:
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Make of this what you will. It’s a national poll plus samples of likely voters in a variety of states, some red and some blue and some purple, including Texas. The numbers of interest for us:
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Joe Biden?
Very favorable = 20%
Somewhat favorable = 21%
Somewhat unfavorable = 13%
Very unfavorable = 44%
Other/Unsure = 0%
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Donald Trump?
Very favorable = 26%
Somewhat favorable = 20%
Somewhat unfavorable = 9%
Very unfavorable = 44%
Other/Unsure = 2%
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Greg Abbott?
Very favorable = 27%
Somewhat favorable = 22%
Somewhat unfavorable = 10%
Very unfavorable = 36%
Other/Unsure = 5%
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of Beto O’Rourke?
Very favorable = 28%
Somewhat favorable = 18%
Somewhat unfavorable = 10%
Very unfavorable = 38%
Other/Unsure = 6%
If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for
Abbott = 48%
Beto = 46%
If the 2024 presidential election were being held today, would you vote for
Trump = 48%
Biden = 43%
If the election for U.S. House of Representatives in your district were held today, would you vote for
The Republican = 50%
The Democrat = 43%
I’m not familiar with this pollster. In the states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, they have pretty enthusiastic leads for Democratic candidates, but in the states where you’d expect Republicans to win they have them up by expectedly large margins. The Abbott/Beto race is the closest we’ve seen in any poll so far, but it’s not really an outlier. Abbott’s level of support is pretty consistently around 47-49 – he rarely if ever tops 50% in the polls – while Beto is usually around 42 or 43. It’s plausible to get this result just by the “don’t know” respondents leaning towards Beto. Note that this poll did not name either of the third party candidates, as some other polls have, so that could have a boosting effect for both Abbott and Beto as well. This is an optimistic result, and I’d like to see more like it before I fully bought in, but it’s not a bolt out of the blue. The Trump approval and 2024 numbers, the generic Congressional numbers, the Biden approval numbers, they’re all in line with other polls or in the case of the Congressional one leaning a bit Republican. Like I said, make of this what you will. See Lakshya Jain’s Twitter thread for more. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106999 | 2022-09-14T10:38:20Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106999 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Republicans are struggling with the backlash against the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and a series of Republican-controlled states instituting harsh abortion bans. Voters are angry, and that anger has contributed to a reduction in Republican hopes for November’s midterm elections. So what are they doing about it? Well, Sen. Lindsey Graham is going to introduce a national 15-week abortion ban.
That’s one way to do things. Voters are angry that your party is banning abortion in the states? Go ahead and ban it nationally! Many in your party defended the Supreme Court’s move as backing states’ rights on this issue? Take it federal!
Graham’s move is a political calculation. He’s calling his 15-week abortion ban—which falls far short of Roe’s standard of viability, usually around 23 or 24 weeks—the “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act.” He thinks he can convince swing voters to hear “late-term abortions” and “pain-capable” and think, “This is a reasonable limit I can support in the name of compromise.”
But that’s presuming that voters will hear those words and not just “national abortion ban.” Or that they won’t see through the fact that what Graham proposes is a sharp cut from what had been the national standard for nearly five decades.
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It’s not hard to see what Graham thinks he is doing with this messaging bill that has no chance of passing in a Congress controlled by Democrats or being signed by a Democratic president. He’s trying to use the deceptive name of the bill to convince voters that Republicans just have reasonable goals when it comes to a national abortion ban. The thing is, Republicans haven’t given voters a lot of reason to trust them on this issue, given the harsh abortion bans in so many Republican-controlled states, and the horror stories coming out of those states of women denied care for miscarriages or pregnancies that threaten their health, or child rape victims forced to travel out of state for medical care. And Graham’s ban wouldn’t reinstitute abortion rights up to 15 weeks in the states with near-total bans—it would only limit abortion rights where they currently exist.
It is also, of course, a huge betrayal of everything Republicans have said about states’ rights. Here’s Graham himself, just last month: “I think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion.” It isn’t, or shouldn’t be, a surprise that Graham is a giant liar on this front, but it’s another reminder that the implication that Republicans just want to pass this oh-so-reasonable “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act” isn’t just a lie when it comes to the name of the bill, it’s a lie about their larger ambitions. They’re just getting started with this, and yes, Republicans want a national abortion ban.
The first thing you need to understand is this:
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If Graham’s bill is as advertised, we should be clear that this is actually a blue state abortion ban. The vast majority of red states already have bans stricter than this one. So the point here is really only to overrule the laws of blue states that protect abortion rights.— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) 10:04 PM – 12 September 2022
Yes. Marshall expands on that here:
Republicans want to portray this as a reasonable national compromise, setting a national standard as I’ve seen even some journalists put it. But that’s not what it is. It doesn’t set a national 15 or 20 week standard. All the total restrictions which are now common in red and some purple states stay in place. It simply takes the Mississippi law which brought us the Dobbs decision and imposes it on every blue state. So what Mississippi passed and which was treated as extreme a year ago will become the law in California, New York, Illinois, Washington state and everywhere else. In practice it’s a blue state abortion ban. Abortion’s already banned in the great majority of red states or soon will be.
Republicans leave the decision to the states. Unless a state protects abortion rights. In which case Republicans ban it for them.
It is critical at every stage — though I suspect most won’t need it pointed out — that this is a national ban. Even if it’s 15 weeks versus from the moment of conception, it is a national ban. So if you’re relying on your blue state politics making this someone else’s problem you’re out of luck. It’s coming for you. And it certainly won’t stop with a 15 week ban.
If this were both a limit and a guarantee – that is, abortion is legal up to 15 weeks but no more, except in broadly-defined cases where the pregnant person’s life or health is in danger, then maybe this could have some traction. It would still be a big setback for abortion rights in mostly blue states, but it would make abortion at least theoretically available again in roughly half the country, including Texas. This is close to the preferred outcome of John Roberts, who simply wanted to uphold the Mississippi 15-week ban and make Roe smaller, not throw it on the trash heap and then light it on fire. Such bans have failed nationally and in some states when put to the voters, and post-Dobbs it’s harder to see anyone who isn’t a committed forced-birther feeling like “compromise” is the right answer, but it would at least make the Republicans look like they were willing to give some ground. This is nothing like that.
Republicans in the Senate mostly greeted this bill by reacting as they would to a dead cat on their front porch. And if they’re really lucky…
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Bring it up for a vote! Have an extended debate. Show the video of Lindsey saying it will be left up to the states. Talk about the cases of those with ectopic pregnancies, malformed fetuses or dead ones being forced to carry to term and many dying along the way.— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) 4:08 PM – 13 September 2022
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With children back in school and new iPhones coming out, many parents this fall are thinking of buying a phone -- even a basic phone -- as a good way to reach their children.
But when is the right time?
And how do you know the device you're giving them is safe and won't connect them with inappropriate websites and dangerous people?
Leslie Umbarger was upgrading her iPhone at the AT&T store recently and said her little boy wouldn't be ready for one for a few more years.
"About age 12," she said.
Any younger, she said, and "at that age, they are not really thinking about taking care of it."
Average age for first phone younger than ever
But according to AT&T, the average age for a first phone is getting lower every year.
Austin Godsey of AT&T said, "the trend we've seen the past couple of years is between the age of 9 and 10." ''
That's 5th grade for most children.
Godsey also says most parents today skip the starter flip phone because it doesn't offer enough parental controls.
Smartphones, he says, come with a slew of controls for parents to limit screen time and keep tabs on who their child is texting or talking with.
Each major carrier offers apps for parents to supervise phone use:
- AT&T offers its Secure Family app.
- Verizon has Smart Family.
- T-Mobile offers Family Mode.
With AT&T's parental controls, Godsey demonstrated, "you can see all the caller logs and details."
More importantly, you can locate your child at all times.
"It's really great for a parent to be able to locate their son or daughters' phone," he said, "so they can see where they are and make sure they are safe."
Things to do before giving them a phone
Most parents realize that buying a cell phone for a child is less of a want and more of a need these days.
But tech experts say there are some steps you need to take before giving a child their first device.
Marvin Maldonado of the extended protection company Asurion says age is just a number and that there is no set age to give a child their first phone.
"It's always going to depend on the level of maturity that your child shows for you to be able to sort of unlocking all of that technology for them," he said.
Maldonado suggests easing a child in by starting with just calls and texts.
If they handle that well, he lays, let your child download a favorite app, like YouTube (with parental controls, you control which apps they can have).
Maldonado says:
- Set up the device with your child.
- Always know their password.
- Know which apps are downloaded.
Most importantly, though, is to have a conversation about responsible phone use and social media use.
"Make sure that they know that sharing personal information, phone numbers, addresses is not a practice that they should be doing," he said.
Also, remember, kids will be kids.
That means you should buy a good screen protector and case (don't go cheap) and consider a warranty or protection plan, so you don't waste your money.
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TALLAHASSEE — Morning forecasts bring us down to the 50s and 60s.
Dewpoints will be close to the mid to upper 60s, which means you will feel a lot cooler heading out the door!
Another crisp morning is likely Thursday morning.
It is a quick taste of Fall as afternoon temperatures still climb into the upper 80s with a few low 90s.
Moisture remains low over our area through Thursday with a very small chance of thunderstorms.
A disturbance moves through Friday into Saturday, so we can expect afternoon thunderstorm activity to ramp up these two days.
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The people of Abala kingdom, comprising several communities in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, have cried out over alleged neglect by the Delta State government, just as the access roads in the area have been taken over by flood.
“It is a hell accessing communities in Abala kingdom, economic activities are virtually paralysed, as farmers find it difficult to convey their produce to markets due to the deplorable roads,” the Odogwu of Abala, High Chief Christopher Iwale said.
Iwale appealed to the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who had constructed over a thousand kilometers of roads across the state, to come to their rescue, saying the community had been abandoned for too long.
He said that Abala had never enjoyed the presence of the government in any way, adding that the few amenities, including the schools in the community, were made possible through communal efforts.
Speaking to the Nigerain Tribune on a fact finding visit to the area, the Odogwu said the community had been lacking good access road, school, hospital and electricity supply, noting that there is only one primary school, while the secondary school in the community which was built through communal efforts, lacked teachers.
He stated that he personally bought a dredging machine to sandfill the access roads, believing that by that move the state government would be encouraged to take action, adding that nothing was done by the state government in form of support.
“We have written several letters to the concerned authorities but they keep on promising. Because of the poor situation of the roads, our farmers find it hard to transport their farm produce to the market. Our community is agrarian and the government should please come to our aid,” he said.
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With Europe having to play catch up to the washout in Wall Street yesterday, US futures are finding some relief at least but the question seems to be how long can it last?
The snapshot of the performance of US stocks yesterday was abysmal to say the least with the S&P 500 closing down 4.3%, Nasdaq down 5.2%, and the Dow down 3.9% at the end of the day. For the latter, it is the lowest daily close since 18 July while the former two are closing in on their 6 September lows respectively.
In the case of the S&P 500, that coincides with the 61.8 Fib retracement level of the bounce from June to August near 3,900. The confluence of support levels will make it more interesting, with a break below that likely to set off the next downside leg for equities.
For now, there is some bit part relief with S&P 500 futures up 0.5%, Nasdaq futures up 0.6%, and Dow futures up 0.4%. However, with US PPI data and Wall Street set to enter the fray later, the picture might easily turn around if Fed fears are reignited in the second-half of the week. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-futures-find-some-bit-part-relief-well-for-now-at-least-20220914/ | 2022-09-14T10:55:21Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-futures-find-some-bit-part-relief-well-for-now-at-least-20220914/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
You must have already known that it is the ‘travel out’ season for Nigerians. And as a Nigerian who is willing to travel to another country, and is clueless about what, where, and how, there are 48 countries you can choose from. In this article, we’ll be taking a look at the Maldives.
If you are travelling to the Maldives, there are things you should know about the country. You’re a foreigner remember? And it wouldn’t hurt to be well informed before taking any steps. You don’t want to be subject to fraudulent agents and imminent dangers that could arise as a result of a lack of knowledge.
The capital city of Maldives is called Male, and the official name of Maldives is Republic of Maldives
1. The People and their lifestyle
1. People
Just as the people who are citizens of Nigeria are Nigerians, the citizens of Maldives are referred to as Maldivians.
2. Language
The major language spoken by Maldivians is Dhivehi which according to The World Factbook is the dialect of Sinhala and a script derived from Arabic. The English language is said to be spoken by most government officials in the country.
3. Religion
The religion practised by these people is the largest branch of Islam, called Sunni Islam.
4. Ethnic groups
The ethnic groups that are in the Maldives are:
- Sinhalese
- Dravidian
- Arab
- Australasian
- African
5. Population
As of August 30, 2022, the population was recorded by cia.gov to be 390,164, and the Maldives’ comparison to the world is 176.
2. Visa
As a Nigerian who is travelling to the Maldives, you should know that it is one of the several countries that offer you a tourist visa on arrival, which will be valid for 30 days.
1. Exception on access to the country
Expatfinder reported that according to the website of the Maldivian Department of Immigration and Emigration, the Immigration of the country may not grant access to people who are discerned as people who have “strong anti-semantic religious or political views”; and this opinion could potentially be broadly defined.
2. Basic visa requirements
It’s true that you are granted a visa on arrival. However, there are a few entry requirements to meet before you are issued the visa on your arrival in the country. The following are the basic entry requirements according to Maldives Immigration are
- A passport or a travel document with Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) with at least 1-month validity.
- A pre-paid hotel booking/accommodation.
- Sufficient funds to last for the intended period of stay in the Maldives.
- Confirmed onward/return tickets to the home country or to the country of residence (not applicable for valid resident permit holders).
- Entry facilities to their onward destinations; for example, the visa.
- Traveller Declaration must be filled in and submitted by all travellers travelling to and from the Maldives, within 96 hours of the flight time. The form has to be submitted electronically via IMUGA.
- Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate, if applicable.
3. What to do if you want to extend your stay
Travel.state.gov explains that if you’d like to stay more than 30 days, the Department of Immigration and Emigration routinely approves requests for extension of stays up to 90 days for travellers who present evidence of sufficient funds and who stay in a resort or hotel or present a letter from a local sponsor. Anyone staying more than 60 days without proper authorization faces heavy fines and deportation.
3. Currency
The currency spent in the Maldives is The Maldivian Rufiyaa which has the symbol, MVR. On an average, 1 Maldivian Rufiyaa =27.53 Nigerian Naira.
4. Average cost of living
According to livingcost.org, the cost of living in the Maldives is $1188, which is 1.27 times more expensive than the world average. The Maldives ranked 40th out of 197 countries by cost of living and the 72nd best country to live in. The average salary after taxes in the Maldives is $761, and is said to be enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months.
Below is a breakdown of the cost of living in the Maldives, according to livingcost.org.
5. Travel cost
If you are travelling to the Maldives for a vacation, these are the things you must know about the travel cost per duration according to BudgetYourTrip.com.
1. A week
If you are planning a vacation for one week, it often costs around MVR25,888 per person. So, if there is more than one person going on a vacation, you can do the math. For two people, it costs about MVR51,775.
2. Two weeks and more
If two people are planning to travel for two weeks, it costs MVR103,551. If you’re travelling to the Maldives as a family of three or four people, the price often goes down because children’s tickets are cheaper. And the exciting part too, is that the rooms can be shared.
Budgetyourtrip also explains that when you travel slower over a longer period of time then your daily budget will also go down. Two people travelling together for one month in the Maldives can often have a lower daily budget per person than one person travelling alone for one week.
6. MINIMUM WAGE/AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY
According to minimum-wage.org,Maldives has a minimum wage that is government-mandated, and no worker in Maldives can be paid less than the set rate of pay. Any employer in the Maldives who fails to pay the minimum wage may have the Maldives’ government to face. He or she may be subject to punishment by the law.
1. What is the Maldives’ minimum wage?
The Maldives’ minimum wage is 3,100 Maldivian rufiyaa per month in the government sector.
2. How does Maldives’ minimum wage compare to the minimum wage in other countries?
The Maldives’ yearly minimum wage is $3,137.00 in international currency. International currency, according to minimum-wage.org, is a measure of currency based on the value of the United States dollar in 2009. The Maldives is in the top 27 per cent of 54 countries that are identified with a higher minimum wage.
7. CRIME RATE AND SECURITY
According to traveladvisories, the crime rate in the Maldives is moderate. However, if you do not keep an eye on your valuables in your hotel, or outside the hotel, they might get stolen. It is also recorded that terrorist groups may conduct attacks with little or no warning, and their targets could be tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets, shopping malls, and local government facilities.
8. Employment
The following are the ways to get a job in Maldives according to www.alinks.org
- Find a job in the Maldives.
- After you get a job, you may need to apply for a work permit, or a work visa, together with your employer or on your own. You will not likely need any permit if you are a resident of the Maldives.
- In most cases, you apply for a work permit with your new employer, a company, or an employment agency. They will get you a visa to enter the country if you are not in the Maldives already.
- If you are lucky to have an employer who can sponsor you. You will need to handle all the paperwork to get you a work permit or a work visa.
9. Work Permit
To get a work permit, you need to get a job first. According to maldivesfinest.com ”If you are planning to work in Maldives you need to apply for a job and get it approved from a company based in the Maldives. If that company wants to employ you, they will submit your documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration to get work permit. Once employment approval is given you can enter the Maldives and upon arrival, you will get your Resident Visa.
10. ATTRACTIONS
According to Tribuneonline, the following are attractions you can find in the Maldives:
1. Hulhumale Island
According to holidify.com, the island is an artificial island in the Maldives located south of the North Male Atoll. You will find Hulhumale Beach which is located on the sunrise side of the island. The beachfront road is ideal for a walk and houses some resorts and cafes. You will also find a Central Park, Fruit & Vegetable Market, and some mosques on the island.
2. Maafushi
According to thecrazytourist.com has plenty of charm. It is one of the top off-beat island getaways for budget travelers. In Maafushi, you will find beaches backed with palms, lapping waves, and a clutch of homey little coffee shops on the shore.
3. Utheemu
This place, according to the crazytourist.com, holds a special place in the Maldives. And why is that? It was once the home of the revered Sultan Mohamed Thakurufaanu – the leader who’s credited with driving out Portuguese invaders from the isles in the late 16th century.
You will see sparkling white sands and lapping Indian Ocean waves, but these are punctuated by heritage sites like the Utheemu Ganduvaru, which is the gorgeous timber-built palace where the respected leader grew up.
4. Feydhoo
According to thecrazytourist.com, this place has winding walkways and sample seafood curries with the locals.
5. Maradhoo
The crazytourist.com mentions that this place is joined by the hip with Feydhoo. It is a major link in the island chain that starts with Gan to the east. The locals are laid-back and lovely, and the cuisine is spicy and rich in seafood.
6. Veligandu Island
This island according to thecrazytourist.com has been recognized for a long time as one of the top destinations in the Maldives for couples. People who are on their honeymoon and newly-weds are often seen on this island
7. Banana Reef
This place is where the SCUBA gear and wetsuits in the country are done. According to thecrazytourist.com, the fruit-shaped dash of multi-coloured corals and seaweed-clad sandbanks lies underwater between the isles of the North Male Atoll. Furthermore, it’s served by countless outfitters, who lead excursions to uncover the striped snappers and bulbous sponges.
8. Thulusdhoo Island
According to thecrazytourist.com, it’s the spirit of the salt-washed Caribbean that seems to drive Thulusdhoo Island. The beaches are naturally great, and the locals love to draw in their fading fishing boats to flint up a good sizzling seafood barbeque every now and then.
9. Fuvahmulah
It does not have any near neighbors, and it occupies a toll all of its own. It’s also peppered with the occasional inland lake, which is a rare sight to see in this flat-lying country. Also, the sandbanks that ring popular Banging Beach make for some crashing rollers and refreshing salt spray (a break from the usual relaxing lapping lagoons), and the proximity to the Earth’s equator means steamy weather throughout the year.
Conclusively, with all of these, you can rest assured that you have the basic information to keep you on the right track if you are travelling to the Maldives.
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You should learn to give your partner some space in the relationship. In a romantic relationship, there is the tendency for both parties or either of them to cling to themselves, and be in each other’s space all day, all week.
However, people believe that this is normal and should be justified because of the ‘love’ factor. Giving your partner space in this context is not ghosting, it isn’t breaking up, it isn’t a moment of silence after a fight. One major importance of giving your partner some space is to aid individual growth on some levels. This will not only do your partner some good, it will also be beneficial to you.
Try it and see. You’ll be able to get quite a lot done within your space, and your partner will also have the same experience. This will be the case, of course, if you put your time to good use.
Giving each other some space does not mean that you will cut off completely. Don’t endanger your relationship by not knowing where to draw the line. Don’t get comfortable to the point that you forget that you have responsibilities; you are committed to your partner. Always remember that.
Valid reasons to give your partner some space
1. You both have priorities
It is true that you are now a part of your partner’s life, and there could be the urge to want to be all that is to them, and be in each other’s faces. As cute as that may seem, it is not exactly logical because you both have a life that is independent of your relationship. You have family, friends, career, jobs, academics, finances; literally your life to pay attention to.
Your partner has a life, and so do you. You both have priorities in life to look out for, show up for, and be better for. You both need time apart sometimes to handle aspects of your life that have to be prioritized. Your priorities sometimes require sacrifice, and your time together may not be an exception.
2. Struggles and life issues
Everyone has struggles that they need time to face. Adulting comes with loads of responsibilities and struggles in between. They need that space. Yes, it’s true that love and relationships tend to happen during adulthood, but there’s so much more that also happens. People go through a lot. People struggle a lot as adults. Your partner is an adult, so this doesn’t leave him or her out.
Financial struggles, family issues, deadlines to meet, jobs to show up for in order to earn, rent, friendships to intentionally keep, loss of a loved one, grief, depression, stress, anxiety; the list of struggles and responsibilities adults, in this context, you and your partner have at hand is endless. You need to give your partner some space to breathe while you are at it too.
3. Sense of purpose
Relying too much on your partner can make you start to feel clueless and useless in their absence. Imagine that moment when you are both used to being in each other’s space without a break, and suddenly you don’t get a call from your partner, or you don’t get to see them, you start feeling like you don’t have a sense of purpose, and your life without them in it is headed nowhere. Could that be why the statement, ‘I can’t live without you’ exists?
You had a life before you met your partner. You probably had dreams and visions that kept you going, and that should not change anything. You have a purpose, and so does your partner. You probably need some time apart to get things done, you have a purpose, remember?
4. For balance
You both need ME time sometimes in order to maintain a stable life. You will not always feel the butterflies, it won’t always get rosy. There’s a whole life ahead of you like what was mentioned earlier. You need to find a balance in order to thrive. The case would be different if all you need is a partner to survive, but that isn’t in any way logical.
5. Show up for other relationships that matter
It is a foolish thing to cut off from the world the moment you find love. You need friends, you need family, you need to meet people, you’ll work with people. You cannot afford to cut off from people that matter. You need to give your partner some space in order to show up for these and more. This is a valid reason.
Conclusively, you both need to explore other areas of life. You both have a life outside what you share. And your relationship is NOT the sole determinant of your life.
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A woman in Lafayette Georgia says her boyfriend fell through the floor of their apartment Saturday and are blaming it on neglected mold and mildew under their building.
We spoke with residents there as well as the management of Lafayette Town Creek Apartments who say they're are aware of the problem and are fixing it.
"There has to be mold, there is mosquitos everywhere, and you can smell it. It's disgusting," said tenant Whitney White.
Whitney White reached out to Local 3 News about mold in her apartment. White says they spoke to management five months ago about fixing a different hole in their apartment floor. She says they were impatient with management's slow response, so her boyfriend covered the hole with plywood hoping that would fix the problem.
"My boyfriend on Saturday, he fell through the floor, so I made a police report because like I said, I had been asking them to fix it," said White.
White says City Code Enforcement arrived on Monday, taking pictures of their apartment and of the space below the building where puddles of water have collected.
"He said it was the whole sub floor, he could tell the whole sub floor was messed up," said White.
The manager of Lafayette Town Creek apartments says White did not tell her about the hole but found out about the situation from another resident Tuesday morning.
The manager says a contractor was at the apartment within an hour working to replace the floor.
White's neighbor Frank Morris says for the past year he has been suffering from serious fungal infections on his toes and forehead. His nurse practitioner is the one who reported mold in his apartment to management, believing the mildew was affecting his health. Morris says his floor was replaced shortly after that.
"Every time you mop or try to clean it with a dry mop it comes apart, it just fell apart from mildew and mold," said Morris.
A Walker County Health Department spokesman told us the state of Georgia does not have control over mold in public or private housing. He said he feels sympathetic for the people asking for help but they typically refer tenants to look online for information on mold.
"I googled it, and it said it smells like a musty smell, and when you look in that hole right there you can obviously smell that. It's pretty bad," said White.
The apartment manager says they are aware of mold underneath the building and they are in the process of making repairs. They also say they're working with Code Enforcement for guidance.
But tenants at Town Creek Apartments say they want answers now. Morris thinks there is only one solution.
"They will move us out of these apartments right here into another apartment that does not have mildew or mold," said Morris.
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Authorities in Boston are investigating the motive behind a package sent to Northeastern University that exploded when a staff member opened it Tuesday evening, officials said.
The 45-year-old man who opened the package suffered minor hand injuries, according to university and law enforcement officials.
Investigators have not said how the package arrived onto the campus, stressing the investigation is ongoing.
The package contained a rambling note that criticized Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the relationship between academic institutions and the developers of virtual reality, several federal law enforcement sources told CNN.
The package was sent to the university's virtual reality center and was opened by someone who works there, the sources noted.
CNN has reached out to Facebook for comment.
The note was in a hard plastic container and detonated as the victim opened the latches and lifted the lid, according to the sources.
While the employee was not seriously hurt, the explosion caused hand injuries including lacerations, the sources added.
Shannon Nargi, a spokesperson for the university, told CNN the package was delivered to Holmes Hall, which is where the institution's virtual reality center is located.
Explosion triggers multi-agency response
The situation unfolded around 7:18 p.m. when the police were called to the scene, Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon said during a news conference Tuesday night.
About a minute after the initial call, a Northeastern University police officer arrived at Homes Hall, said Michael Davis, chief of the university police department.
University police announced the scene was "contained" just before 10 p.m.
"It's very important to note, our campus is secure," Davis said during the news conference.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu praised law enforcement's response to the incident.
"We want to make sure to emphasize that this is of the utmost priority, the safety and well-being of all our young people here," Wu said during the news conference.
The FBI Boston Division coordinated with the Boston Police Department, spokesperson Kristen Setera told CNN.
FBI Boston offered the full resources of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, its evidence response team and special agent bomb technicians to assist in the investigation, according to Jason Cromartie, assistant special agent in charge.
The university serves more than 16,000 undergraduate students, according to last year's enrollment report.
The campus is expected to fully reopen Wednesday, the university said.
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Karoline Leavitt, a former aide in Donald Trump's White House whom CNN projected would win the Republican nomination in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, could become one of the first members of Generation Z elected to Congress this year.
Leavitt's victory is the latest result in the trend of Gen Z candidates running for Congress now that they are turning 25-years-old, the minimum age required to be sworn into the House.
Maxwell Frost, a community organizer, won the Democratic nomination in Florida's 10th Congressional District last month at age 25. Because the area heavily favors Democrats, he is likely to be elected to Congress in November.
Leavitt, also 25, has a far more competitive race against Rep. Chris Pappas, one of the most vulnerable House Democrats in the country. But the Republican has run on her age being a strength.
"We have people in Washington, DC, that have been clinging to power twice as long as I have been alive," she told CNN earlier this year. "My youth is a strength and that is showing on the campaign trail already."
And on Tuesday, as she declared victory, she touted her age as something that set her apart from the crowded GOP field.
"Tonight, we made history. And I look forward to serving as the youngest congresswoman in United States history when we beat Chris Pappas," she said. "As many of you know, my youth is one of the many reasons that I felt compelled to run for Congress in the first place. Because it's my generation of Americans -- your children, your grandchildren -- who are not being served well by the current state of our education system, our media and our entire culture."
Leavitt is more of a political newcomer than her Republican competitors. After graduating from Saint Anselm College in 2019, she went to work in the Trump White House. She eventually became assistant press secretary under White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. After Trump's loss, she went to work for New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who, when she was elected in 2014 at age 30, was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
Leavitt's victory came in the face of millions of dollars in outside spending seeking to halt her rise and help Matt Mowers, a Republican who failed to win the seat in 2020, win the nomination again. After polls showed Leavitt tied with Mowers, millions flooded into the state from outside groups like Congressional Leadership Fund and Defending Main Street, including in attack ads that called her "woke," "immature" and "irresponsible."
Those Republican groups believed Mowers, not Leavitt, would be best positioned to face Pappas. A Mowers victory would have meant a rematch of their 2020 race, which Mowers lost by 5 percentage points.
Leavitt's victory is proof of the effectiveness of mimicking Trump's style and political aggression in GOP primaries. Both Republicans worked for Trump -- Leavitt in the White House and Mowers during the campaign and at the State Department -- but where Mowers attempted to walk a fine line in his embrace of Trump, Leavitt was more brash.
Mowers' caution opened the door for Leavitt, and turned the race into one as much about style as it was about substance. Both Mowers and Leavitt centered their campaigns on the same policy that helped elect the former President, but the upstart winner was unabashed about her support for the former President, especially on the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Earlier this month, when Mowers was asked if he had confidence in elections, the candidate said, "I have confidence in New Hampshire elections," but added that there was space to "get better."
Leavitt unloaded on Mowers for the answer, saying, "The 2020 election was undoubtedly stolen from President Trump," and accusing Mowers of siding with Biden in believing the Democratic President "legitimately won more votes than Donald Trump."
Leavitt told CNN earlier in the year that her candidacy and possible victory would show the impact younger voters could have.
"The Republican Party," she said, "needs to support, recruit and encourage young candidates because we are losing with young voters."
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For Bobby Dobson and Tony Bentley, being on the same bench again as basketball coaches for the first time since 2002 was like old times, but with a few differences.
The two shared the bench for a few weeks during the spring and summer AAU season leading the Team Prolook 17-under boys squad, which included players for Wakefield, Washington-Liberty and Yorktown high schools in Arlington and from other Northern Virginia schools. Bentley was the head coach and Dobson the assistant.
“That was the happiest I’ve ever been coaching AAU ball having Bobby on the bench again,” Bentley said. “I didn’t care if we won a game. It was just so good to be back together like that.”
During the winter high-school campaign, each are boys high-school head varsity coaches on rival opposite benches – Dobson leading the Washington-Liberty Generals and Bentley the Wakefield Warriors. The teams meet at least a couple of times during the season.
Each has won more than 300 games as a high-school head coach.
Before Bentley became the Wakefield coach some 20 years ago, he was an assistant under Dobson at W-L for multiple seasons where they shared the same bench.
The good friends decided to coach together again to oversee some of their players and to enjoy the experience.
“It was a great experience, a lot of fun for both of us and brought back a lot of great memories,” Dobson said. “Tony was the head coach, and he would ask my opinion on things.”
As head coaches often do, they often asked their assistant, sometimes abruptly, to hand them a clipboard during timeouts and team huddles. Dobson said that took some getting used to, because that was a role-reversal. Bentley used to do the same for Dobson as his assistant on the W-L bench.
“I kind of yelled at Bobby once to ‘get my board’ and right away I knew I was in trouble for doing that,” Bentley said. “That’s Bobby Dobson, why am I doing that? I felt like a son yelling at his dad.”
Bentley said the two later chuckled about the encounter.
Out of habit, the two coaches tended to stand up on the sideline at the same time to give instructions to players or chat with an official.
“Referees would tell us only one can stand up at a time, so that was an adjustment, too,” Dobson said.
Bentley hopes Dobson returns to the AAU bench next season, but isn’t sure he will. Dobson had not yet made a decision either.
“I told Bobby he’s under a contract for two years to coach with me,” Bentley kidded. “But Bobby said he’ll talk to his lawyer about how to get out of that contract.” | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/longtime-friends-coaches-share-the-bench-again/article_42d8d042-33b4-11ed-a1fa-733b308dd6ca.html | 2022-09-14T11:06:39Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/longtime-friends-coaches-share-the-bench-again/article_42d8d042-33b4-11ed-a1fa-733b308dd6ca.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Safaricom has partnered with the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to connect persons with disabilities with job opportunities through an online portal.
The portal, powered by IT service provider Fuzu, is a first in Africa and seeks to help employers easily identify and recruit Persons with Disabilities into their firms.
The portal, which has been active since November 2020, currently has over 360 employers and more than 5,000 job candidates. Safaricom has used the portal for its recruitment needs and supported NCPWD by mobilizing more employers to come onboard.
Additionally, the TechCo has also been driving a campaign to encourage candidates to register and access the portal for employment opportunities.
This partnership has earned Safaricom a nomination at the 2023 Zero Project awards, which recognises the rights of persons with disabilities and seeks to improve their day-to-day lives.
Safaricom is among five organisations nominated in Kenya, which is among 19 countries in Africa to have their innovations nominated for the 2023 Zero Project Awards.
“In 2018, Safaricom made a commitment at the Global Disability Summit to support the economic empowerment of persons with disabilities. Through this project, we have made great strides in increasing the prospects of persons with disabilities in their search for employment. Our nomination at the 2023 Zero Project Awards is a testament to our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said.
The Zero Project was launched in 2008 with the objective of supporting social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and Persons with Disabilities.
The 2023 edition has 100 nominations from the civil society, 11 nominations from the public sector, 5 nominations from the business sector and 40 ICT innovations.
“We are excited about this partnership with Safaricom, which boosts the job prospects and improves the quality of lives of persons with disabilities. The NCPWD Career Portal is a big step in our objective of having organisations reach the minimum 5% reservation of employees with disabilities as per the Persons with Disabilities Act No. 14 of 2003,” said Harun Hassan, the Executive Director, NCPWD. | https://www.kbc.co.ke/safaricom-ncpwd-link-persons-with-disabilities-with-job-opportunities/ | 2022-09-14T11:07:14Z | afar.com | control | https://www.kbc.co.ke/safaricom-ncpwd-link-persons-with-disabilities-with-job-opportunities/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
We drive on the roads every day, but may not realize there are local heroes out there keeping us safe. Drug Recognition Experts are protecting the community by using their knowledge to prevent drug-impaired driving, and want to make sure you stay safe on the road.
Sergeant Koa Saul of the Night Enforcement Unit shared, “A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) is a police officer trained to identify drivers that are impaired by a drug; including or excluding alcohol.”
As a DRE himself, he explained that, “A DRE Evaluation is going to be conducted at the police station. This is after the subject has already been arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicant...whatever the driver’s breath result is does not match the impairment that was observed on the road. At this time, the Drug Recognition Expert will come into the station and they will conduct their own evaluation on the subject.”
Something that the DRE’s have seen through this program and while being out on the road, is that “Cannabis does impair driving.” This type of impairment can lead to motor vehicle collisions and other casualties on the road. “The fatality rate in motor vehicle collisions nationwide, we found that often times upwards of over 40% of people...that the driver was actually impaired by a drug.”
Sgt. Saul recommends to, “Talk to your kids about the dangers of driving impaired. Whether it’s drugs or alcohol...because our kids today are going to be our drivers in the future.”
The Night Enforcement Unit has two teams. “Both teams are comprised of officers that are Drug Recognition Experts. They’re all very proficient in identifying that a driver is impaired and then administering the standardized field sobriety test.”
Sgt. Saul shared, "My motivation behind this started early on in my career, when I was assigned to night watch...and just seeing how unforgiving motor vehicles are to the human body when they’re involved in collisions...learning how many of those collisions were due to alcohol impairment or drug impairment.” Preventing drug impaired driving could potentially save not just one person’s life but multiple people’s lives. He added that, “We have several officers within our unit...that’s their motivation...is that they’ve had a family member or a friend killed by an impaired driver. The island is small...we all know a lot of people... So, this is my part I can do to make the road safer..."
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits recently retaken, devastated city
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the recently retaken city of Izium on Wednesday, greeting soldiers and thanking them for their efforts in retaking the area, as the Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the burned-out city hall building.
Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Ukraine pressed forward in a sweeping counteroffensive that has reclaimed vast swaths of territory in the country’s northeastern Kharkiv region in a matter of days.
Much of Izium has been devastated. Apartment buildings are blackened by fire and pockmarked by artillery strikes. The entire center of one residential building had collapsed, a gaping hole and piles of rubble where homes used to be.
“The view is very shocking but it is not shocking for me,” Zelenskyy said in brief comments to the press, “because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first de-occupied territories … so the same destroyed buildings, killed people.”
Bucha is a neighborhood near Kyiv where the bodies of civilians, many of them bearing signs of torture, were found dumped in the streets, in mass graves and in yards after Russian forces withdrew hastily in March.
On the northern outskirts of Izium, the remains of Russian tanks and vehicles lie shattered along the road.
“Our soldiers are here. That’s a very important thing. It supports people,” Zelenskyy said. “I see how people meet them, in what a sensitive moment. It means that with our army, the life comes back.”
Ukrainian troops have recently carried out a dramatic counteroffensive that has allowed them to recapture large swaths of territory around Kharkiv and inflict a stunning blow on Moscow’s military prestige.
Following those gains, a new front line has started to emerge in the war, a Washington-based think tank said Wednesday.
The Institute for the Study of War said the Oskil River appeared to be becoming the new front line in the area after Kyiv’s significant gains in recent days.
The Oskil River flows south and largely represents the eastern edge of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.
“Ukrainian forces are continuing localized ground assaults to threaten Russian positions behind the Oskil River,” the institute said.
“Russian troops are unlikely to be strong enough to prevent further Ukrainian advances along the entire Oskil River because they do not appear to be receiving reinforcements, and Ukrainian troops will likely be able to exploit this weakness to resume the counter-offensive across the Oskil if they choose, “it added.
The counter-offensive has also left more weapons in Ukrainian hands.
Russian forces likely left behind dozens of tanks, armored personnel carriers and other heavy weaponry as they fled Ukraine’s advance in the east of the country, a Ukrainian think tank said Wednesday.
The Center for Defense Strategies said one single Russian unit that was around Izium left behind 39 T-80 tanks and 35 infantry fighting vehicles, known by the acronym BMP. Another unit left behind 47 tanks and 27 armored vehicles.
The center said Russian forces tried to destroy some of the abandoned vehicles through artillery strikes as they fell back. Typically, armed forces destroy equipment left behind so their opponent can’t use it.
However, the chaos of the Russian withdrawal apparently saw them leave untouched ammunition and weapons behind.
In other areas, Russia has continued its attacks over the past day, causing the death toll to keep rising in the war that has now dragged on for more than seven months.
Russian shelling of seven Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours killed at least seven civilians and wounded 22 more, Ukraine’s presidential office reported on Wednesday morning.
Two people were killed and three injured after Russia attacked Mykolaiv with S-300 missiles overnight, said regional Gov. Vitaliy Kim. An educational institution, infrastructure objects and residential buildings were damaged. Settlements near the frontline in Mykolaiv region remain under constant fire.
The Nikopol area, which is across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, was shelled three times during the night, but no injuries were immediately reported, said regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko. Nikopol city itself was shelled two times, which left almost 3,000 families without electricity. Reznichenko said the electricity has been partially restored.
In the Kharkiv region, where Ukrainian forces have retaken more than 300 cities and villages, the process of demining is underway; three people have been injured over the past 24 hours.
In the neighbouring Luhansk region, where some of the Russian troops retreated from the Kharkiv region, mobile internet has been shut down, according to the region’s governor Serhiy Haidai, and intense shelling of Ukrainian forces continues.
The fighting continued in the Donetsk region as well. Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Kramatorsk have come under a barrage of shelling, which killed five civilians and wounded 16 more.
“Every night in Donbas is restless. The civilians should leave the region. It’s a matter of life and death,” Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
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Jon Gambrell in Kyiv contributed.
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With children back in school and new iPhones coming out, many parents this fall are thinking of buying a phone -- even a basic phone -- as a good way to reach their children.
But when is the right time?
And how do you know the device you're giving them is safe and won't connect them with inappropriate websites and dangerous people?
Leslie Umbarger was upgrading her iPhone at the AT&T store recently and said her little boy wouldn't be ready for one for a few more years.
"About age 12," she said.
Any younger, she said, and "at that age, they are not really thinking about taking care of it."
Average age for first phone younger than ever
But according to AT&T, the average age for a first phone is getting lower every year.
Austin Godsey of AT&T said, "the trend we've seen the past couple of years is between the age of 9 and 10." ''
That's 5th grade for most children.
Godsey also says most parents today skip the starter flip phone because it doesn't offer enough parental controls.
Smartphones, he says, come with a slew of controls for parents to limit screen time and keep tabs on who their child is texting or talking with.
Each major carrier offers apps for parents to supervise phone use:
- AT&T offers its Secure Family app.
- Verizon has Smart Family.
- T-Mobile offers Family Mode.
With AT&T's parental controls, Godsey demonstrated, "you can see all the caller logs and details."
More importantly, you can locate your child at all times.
"It's really great for a parent to be able to locate their son or daughters' phone," he said, "so they can see where they are and make sure they are safe."
Things to do before giving them a phone
Most parents realize that buying a cell phone for a child is less of a want and more of a need these days.
But tech experts say there are some steps you need to take before giving a child their first device.
Marvin Maldonado of the extended protection company Asurion says age is just a number and that there is no set age to give a child their first phone.
"It's always going to depend on the level of maturity that your child shows for you to be able to sort of unlocking all of that technology for them," he said.
Maldonado suggests easing a child in by starting with just calls and texts.
If they handle that well, he lays, let your child download a favorite app, like YouTube (with parental controls, you control which apps they can have).
Maldonado says:
- Set up the device with your child.
- Always know their password.
- Know which apps are downloaded.
Most importantly, though, is to have a conversation about responsible phone use and social media use.
"Make sure that they know that sharing personal information, phone numbers, addresses is not a practice that they should be doing," he said.
Also, remember, kids will be kids.
That means you should buy a good screen protector and case (don't go cheap) and consider a warranty or protection plan, so you don't waste your money.
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Acadiana will extend it's quiet, dry stretch through the middle of the week with an almost identical forecast coming up for Wednesday.
Cool morning temperatures will be giving way to the upper 80s, which while warm, will feel manageable with the lack of humidity.
Skies are going to remain clear with only a light breeze coming in from the north east through the day.
This won't last forever, and we'll start to see moisture trickling back into the area by the end of the week with afternoon highs steadily warming up.
Moisture is going to start to build in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday along a stalled front, but will gradually push north into south Louisiana by Friday.
This isn't going to translate immediately into shower activity, but it will be noticeably more humid out there at the end of the week.
Scattered showers will follow close behind with some wet weather expected through parts of the weekend.
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Whole-Algae Astaxanthin Supports Mind-Body Wellness
KIBBUTZ KETURA, Israel, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of a recently published clinical study demonstrated that AstaPure Arava® by Solabia- Algatech Nutrition can have a beneficial effect on the immune system and global well-being. A key function revealed in the research was significant reduction in the stress hormone cortisol, coupled with positive changes in the gut microbiome, interacting along the full continuum of what is now called the "Gut-Immune-Brain" Axis.
AstaPure Arava is a whole-algae ingredient of Haematococcus pluvialis and a unique source of minimally processed, unrefined natural astaxanthin source that also contains all of the vital nutrients naturally found in microalgae. It is a full-spectrum microalgae complex, providing 3% astaxanthin, 50% polysaccharides and dietary fibers, 28% lipids, 14% proteins, and a variety of B-complex vitamins and trace minerals. Multiple studies have shown that astaxanthin and other compounds in H. pluvialis deliver an impressive variety of health supporting advantages.
Astaxanthin is one of the most powerful and bioavailable antioxidants known, and H. pluvialis algae is the most concentrated natural source of astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and blood-retinal barriers. It can reach cells throughout the body, including the retina, muscle, and skin. Due to its unique structure, astaxanthin helps protect cells from both internal and external oxidative stressors, supporting general health and well-being.
In the current, double-blind placebo-controlled study1, the effects of the dietary supplementation of AstaPure Arava on upper-respiratory tract complaints (URTCs) and psychological mood state were examined on fit adult male and female recreational runners experienced in training and competing for half-marathon to marathon-distance. Since physical activity puts specific stressors on the muscles, organs, brain, and mind, athletes and similarly active adults are especially good models for showing the beneficial effects of dietary supplements on the immune system and stress.
Subjects took either 8mg of AstaPure Arava or a placebo (maltodextrin) daily for three weeks before, and one week following, a competitive marathon or half-marathon. The 32 subjects (16 male, 16 female) who finished the study completed a profile of mood state psychological assessment and a health log questionnaire assessing health status and URTCs, plus provided saliva and fecal samples for measurement of cortisol and microbiome balance.
Subjects in the AstaPure Arava group reported significantly fewer URTC complaints——and better overall sense of well-being. In the supplement group the total number of URTC symptoms reported such as cough, sore throat, sniffles, stuffiness, etc., were 78% lower compared to placebo, while the Global Mood State (i.e. "overall well-being") was improved by 14% compared to no change in the placebo group.
Cortisol, the primary stress hormone related to both mood and immune function, was reduced at the end of treatment in the supplement group. It was also 25% lower than the placebo group. There was no significant difference in overall microbiome indices following the endurance run. However, following supplementation, Streptococcus thermophilus values were 72% higher in the AstaPure Arava group, suggesting improved immune system regulation.
Excessive training is known to suppress immune system vigilance and increase susceptibility to many disease states, including upper respiratory tract infections. In addition, chronic overload cause psychological stress and deteriorations in mood state. "Athletes building up for an endurance competition such as a half-marathon or marathon are exposed to strenuous physical and mental conditions," explains Shawn Talbott, PhD, Chief Science Officer at Amare Global Research and co-author of the study, published August 24, 2022 in EC Nutrition. "The one-to-two-week period following intense endurance competition represents a period of particularly elevated susceptibility to immune deficiency and psychological stress."
"These results suggest that AstaPure Arava could help improve the immune system's acuity and improve the overall sense of well-being following stress conditions," explains Dr. Solli Brawer, Chief Scientific officer of Solabia-Algatech Nutrition. "The lower cortisol and superior microbiome parameters, suggest that immune vigilance and mental well-being are linked through the microbiome and stress response pathways. This research also adds to the growing scientific literature supporting the amazing arsenal of benefits astaxanthin together with other algal compounds, confers to our physical health and mental wellness."
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Kohl's Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of KSS during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: October 20, 2020 to May 19, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued 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.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/kohls-corporation-lawsuit-submission-form/?id=31660&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of KSS during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is November 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of LFST during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of LifeStance common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with LifeStance's June 10, 2021 initial public stock offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the number of virtual visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was decreasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby flatlining LifeStance Health's out-patient/virtual revenue growth; (ii) the percentage of in-person visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was increasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby causing LifeStance Health's operating expenses to increase substantially; (iii) LifeStance Health had lost a large number of physicians due to burn-out and, as a result, its physician retention rate had fallen significantly below the 87% highlighted in the initial public offering's registration statement, and LifeStance Health had been expending additional costs to onboard new physicians who were less productive than the outgoing physicians they were replacing; and (iv) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the initial public offering's registration statement represented.
DEADLINE: October 11, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/lifestance-health-group-loss-submission-form/?id=31648&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of LFST during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is October 11, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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