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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Stitch Fix, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of SFIX 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 purchasers of Stitch Fix Class A common stock between December 8, 2020, and March 8, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: According to the filed complaint, Stitch Fix made numerous false and misleading statements to investors concerning the synergy between the Company's Fix and Freestyle programs, and repeatedly denied claims that the Freestyle program could cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business. Specifically, Stitch Fix repeatedly assured investors that the Company's Freestyle business was "an additive experience" and "complementary" to the Fix business, that "the combination of those two things will allow us to address many more types of clients," and that "we see solid growth in both sides of the business." In truth, Stitch Fix concealed that these programs were not complementary or additive. Stitch Fix knew that the Freestyle program would be much preferred to the Company's original Fix model and that the Freestyle program would inevitably cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business.
DEADLINE: October 25, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/stitch-fix-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31655&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of SFIX 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 25, 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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The Gross Law Firm
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New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Weber Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WEBR 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.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 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: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: September 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/weber-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31645&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of WEBR 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 September 27, 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.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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White paper examines solutions to address the most prevalent workplace injury, musculoskeletal disorders
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, are the most common cause of disability, involuntary retirement and limitations to gainful employment. Recognizing the need to address this prevalent workplace safety concern, the National Safety Council, America's leading nonprofit safety advocate, released a new white paper today: Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review of Current Interventions and Future Research Directions. Published through its MSD Solutions Lab initiative, the report uncovers many effective interventions used to prevent and reduce the impact of these injuries on the job.
In 2020, NSC reported the private sector experienced more than 247,000 MSD injuries resulting in days away from work. Aside from the human toll and cost for workers themselves, MSDs in the private sector cost businesses nearly $17 billion a year, according to the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. The MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking initiative established in 2021 by NSC with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), aims to solve this omnipresent safety challenge and reduce these risks and subsequent injuries by 25% by 2025 through the MSD Pledge.
"MSDs significantly undermine business efficiencies and workers' abilities to live their fullest lives — and more must be done to reduce these chronic, debilitating injuries," said Paul Vincent, NSC executive vice president of workplace practice. "This white paper seeks to offer solutions to this pervasive issue based on the latest research by providing organizations of all sizes with promising intervention strategies to help prevent these injuries."
The report references nearly 60 scientific studies and academic publications after initially identifying 13,500 potential articles on the topic. It examines interventions across the top 10 afflicted industries to determine safety initiatives that are most effective at reducing MSDs. Notably, the publication found that, consistent across multiple studies, interventions including the use of assistive devices, exoskeletons or employer-backed physical activity programs have the potential to be effective at reducing MSD discomfort, pain and injury. Programs that coupled physical modifications with cognitive processes and organizational change management forms of prevention were shown to have higher levels of effectiveness than those focusing on physical modifications alone.
"MSD prevention is not a one-size-fits-all approach, which is why it's critical for employers to continually examine their ergonomics program initiatives and involve and listen to their workers when doing so. This white paper reinforces the fact that physical modification interventions are better when implemented in conjunction with appropriate change management, coaching and training strategies," said Julia Abate, executive director, Ergonomics Center at North Carolina State University.
The MSD Solutions Lab also revealed findings related to the effectiveness of commonly adopted MSD interventions, prompting the call for more extensive research in these areas:
- Using innovative product designs, such as active suspension seats, as well as the right patient handling equipment and devices have shown the potential to reduce exposure to MSD risks.
- While wearables and exoskeletons are perceived to have many workplace benefits, some studies cite adverse effects on body parts not stabilized by the exoskeleton, or irritation on the body parts fitted to the device, thus highlighting a need for more research before widespread implementation.
- Further research is needed to expand upon MSD prevention measures among diverse populations.
- In addition, physical activities such as stretching, walking, yoga and Pilates may be viable solutions for providing workers with relief from musculoskeletal pain, but more research is needed to understand their effectiveness across various industries.
To learn more about the MSD Solutions Lab and this research, register for the 2022 NSC Safety Congress & Expo and attend the Addressing Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace panel. You can also visit nsc.org/msd.
The MSD Solutions Lab is committed to democratizing the most current, rigorous research findings to help create safer workplaces for all. However, research into the state of MSD interventions is ongoing and subject to change in the presence of newly introduced data and publications. Any questions related to research methodologies and findings in this publication may be directed to msdsolutionslab@nsc.org.
The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate – and has been for more than 100 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace, roadway and impairment. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work, but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.
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$1,000,000 donation continues to move 22-year collaboration forward
CASCO, Maine, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Camp Sunshine is pleased to announce a $1,000,000 gift from the New Balance Foundation. This donation will endow one entire session at Camp Sunshine in perpetuity. The funds will forever provide families with the opportunity to meet others on similar journeys and to re-group, re-energize and restore hope for the future. Camp Sunshine is a free, year-round retreat in Casco, Maine for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Each New Balance Foundation session will host as many as 40 families, which equates to approximately 80-100 children and 150-170 total family members. This year's New Balance Foundation session at Camp Sunshine was hosted September 2-5.
This generous gift is the latest in what has been a longstanding relationship between Camp Sunshine and the New Balance Foundation that began two decades ago. "This is one of Camp Sunshine's longest-standing collaborative efforts and it continues to be a motivator for all of us here at Camp to be aligned with a corporate foundation that is so invested in giving back," said Anna Gould, Camp Sunshine's Founder & Board Chair.
The Foundation's support of Camp Sunshine began in 2000 when it sponsored two families to attend the program as part of the Miracle Marathon and grand opening of Camp Sunshine's Anna & Larry Gould Campus. Soon after, factory and outlet store associates began to volunteer at Camp on an annual basis. In 2006, the Foundation committed $250,000 to Camp Sunshine's Endowment and in 2009, an additional $250,000 Brick Walkway Matching Challenge was completed, and the walkway named in the New Balance Foundation's honor. The New Balance Foundation later matched donations up to $300,000 to celebrate Camp Sunshine's 30th Anniversary in 2014. To date, the New Balance Foundation has donated nearly $2,000,000 to Camp Sunshine.
"Our goal at Camp Sunshine is to create communities of support for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, and the continued support of the New Balance Foundation ensures that families will be able to experience the magic of Camp Sunshine for years to come," said Michael Katz, Camp Sunshine's Executive Director.
"Camp Sunshine is a pillar of strength in our Maine communities. The Camp's commitment to families, patients and communities is unprecedented and New Balance and New Balance Foundation is proud to stand by Camp Sunshine's vision. The Camp's programs continue to grow, and their ability to host families facing a wide range of serious illnesses is tremendous. New Balance Foundation is proud to invest in Camp Sunshine's future with a meaningful gift that will benefit families for years to come," said Anne Davis, managing trustee, New Balance Foundation.
Founded in 1984, Camp Sunshine provides retreats combining respite, recreation and support, while enabling hope and promoting joy, for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families through the various stages of a child's illness. www.campsunshine.org
The New Balance Foundation mission is to drive change in our global communities with an enduring commitment to preventing childhood obesity and championing the future success of today's youth. Since 1981, New Balance Foundation has granted more than $120M to charity, investing in research, and clinical, educational and community programs that promote healthy lifestyles, children's fitness and nutrition, and overall community wellness. www.newbalancefoundation.org
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TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SCI Group, a leading Canadian 3PL specializing in e-commerce fulfillment and Transportation Management, has partnered with Bench, an athleisure clothing brand, to create a cross-border ecommerce fulfilment solution for the U.S. market leveraging duty savings made available through Section 321. This direct-to-consumer strategy enables Bench to deliver to e-commerce customers in the U.S. directly from Canada, creating cost efficiencies without any impact to delivery times.
Beginning in early 2021, SCI and Bench have built their relationship based on trust, strategic planning and proven results through the expansion of Bench's Canadian, coast-to-coast wholesale business. This led to a new opportunity to expand Bench's business into the USA with the SCI team building out a cross-border solution through their expertise in southbound ecommerce fulfillment and Section 321.
"We've had a great experience partnering with SCI to develop a new coast-to-coast distribution strategy for our Bench brand that services both the Canadian and U.S. direct-to-consumer market," says Victor Levis, CFO/COO at Freemark Apparel Brands International. "SCI's team worked closely with us to help us understand the benefits of Section 321 and guided us through the process from start to finish. Thanks to their expertise we've been able to expand our business and conveniently reach U.S. consumers."
Section 321 is an exemption in the Canada-US-Mexico free trade agreement that allows shipments of products valued at $800US or less to enter the U.S., from Canada, duty free. For direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce retailers, this offers an opportunity to reduce their cost per unit through waived or refunded import duties on items that enter Canada bound for U.S. recipients, without effecting the customer experience.
"We're thrilled to be able to drive this North American e-commerce strategy for Bench from Canada," says Dave Mack, Vice President, Omni-channel Retail at SCI. "By consolidating distribution in strategic centers in Canada, Bench is able to reduce their inventory carrying costs and turn products faster, while driving out duty and tariff costs"
To learn more about Section 321 and how SCI can help reduce your cross-border costs, please visit: https://www.sci.ca/section-321
Inspired by an active 24-hour lifestyle, Bench is a brand that designs, sources, and markets clothing and accessories for men, women, and children. Born in the heart of Manchester, England, it originated in the late '80s as a niche t-shirt brand, taking influence from the music and the skate scenes. Bench is dedicated to design clothing that embraces individuality and supports all lifestyles. From heritage hoodies to iconic track suits, Bench's wardrobe staples focus on multipurpose components that meet the modern needs of city dwellers. Learn more at Bench.ca.
SCI makes North American businesses even better by offering our clients a suite of innovative supply chain solutions in the omni-channel retail, technology, health, beauty and wellness sectors.
Across Canada's most extensive national distribution and transport network, SCI manages complex logistics for both Canadian and North American clients. We pride ourselves on adding value to clients' business with our commitment to reducing costs, risks and complexity through continuous improvement, business intelligence, analytics, and transparency. We give our clients the competitive advantage they need to grow their business.
SCI's tagline "We'll make you even better" is a commitment today from a business that's leading clients into tomorrow. As a trusted strategic partner, our team is dedicated to understanding the unique intricacies of our clients' businesses, providing end-to-end management of the entire customer experience. We have the North American expertise and 30+ years experience to deliver on this commitment and keep our clients steps ahead of their customers' expectations.
For further information:
SCI - http://www.sci.ca, Natasha Wookey, natasha.wookey@sci.ca;
Bench - http://www.bench.ca, Michael Routtenberg, mrouttenberg@fabinc.ca
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Despite rising interest rates, fall is the best season to buy for hopeful homebuyers when it comes to home prices, competition and inventory.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As children return to school and the weather begins to cool, the off-season is offering up opportunities for hopeful homebuyers. Realtor.com analyzed the numbers in its fourth annual Best Time to Buy Report and found the best time to buy a home across the nation is the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. This early-fall period will offer buyers a host of favorable factors, including more housing listings, less competition, and lower prices.
Those who buy during this week can expect:
- More than 6% of homes with reduced prices
- Savings of more than $20,000, on average, relative to the summer's peak price of $450,000
- Approximately 46% more homes to choose from vs. the average week to date
- Extra time to make buying decisions, with homes expected to stay on the market 15 days longer than during the summer's peak
- Less competition, as demand during the best week to buy is historically 26.9% lower than the yearly peak week and 8.5% lower than the average week
"After several years of an overheated housing market, higher mortgage rates are helping usher in more regular seasonal trends, which have pros and cons for home shoppers," said Danielle Hale, chief economist, Realtor.com®. "If you're flexible on your timing and can budget for higher rates, early fall can be a great time to secure a home, with a number of factors aligning to make it the best time of the year both in terms of price and competition. This is especially true for first-time buyers and others who are not trying to sell a home at the same time as their purchase."
Since 2018, Realtor.com® has analyzed home prices, inventory, listing views, and time on market, indicators that tend to follow regular seasonal patterns, to determine the best time to buy. Historically, the early fall has provided an ideal mix of market conditions, including substantial inventory, waning competition, below-peak prices, and a slowing purchase pace.
The benefits of buying during the "best week" include:
Reduced prices: Historically, an average of 5.2% of homes have price reductions during this period. As the market begins to stabilize after a frenzied couple of years, more than 6% of homes may have reduced prices during the best week in 2022. Nationally, this could translate into roughly 48,000 homes available at a decreased cost.
More listings: Although active listing inventory isn't back to pre-pandemic levels, it has increased year over year and year to date. There could be 780,000 listings during the best week, 46% more than this year's average to date.
Less competition: Fierce home buying competition has softened as mortgage rates rise. Historically, demand (as measured by views per property on Realtor.com®) during the best week to buy has been 26.9% lower than its July peak and 8.5% lower than the average week of the year.
More time to decide: Homes will stay on the market longer, giving buyers some breathing room to make purchase decisions. During the best time to buy, a typical home is expected to remain on the market for two weeks more than during peak market pace in May and one week more than the average time spent on the market to date.
Realtor.com analyzed six supply and demand metrics at a national and metropolitan level that follow seasonal patterns, using data for 2018-2021 period (2020 data was omitted due to anomalies caused by the pandemic). The metrics analyzed include: 1) listing prices, 2) inventory levels, 3) new "fresh" listings, 4) time on market, 5) homebuyer demand (realtor.com views per property) and 6) price reductions. Interest rates, which do not follow seasonal patterns, were not included. To account for 2022 market conditions, estimates reflect typical seasonal patterns layered on top of the most recent 2022 weekly data.
Each week of the year was scored from 0 to 100 based on the number of active listings. A given week scored highly if it had more listings compared to other weeks of the year. The other metrics were scored in the same way, such that each week had six different scores for active listings, new listings, listing prices, days on market, price reductions and views per property. (In the case of prices, lower prices score higher. Same with views per property).
Each week was then ranked by the average of those scores. The week with the highest composite score was considered the best time to buy. This week represents a balanced view of market conditions favorable for buyers.
Realtor.com® is an open real estate marketplace built for everyone. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago. Today, through its website and mobile apps, Realtor.com® is a trusted guide for consumers, empowering more people to find their way home by breaking down barriers, helping them make the right connections, and creating confidence through expert insights and guidance. For professionals, Realtor.com® is a trusted partner for business growth, offering consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world. Realtor.com® is operated by News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc. For more information, visit Realtor.com®.
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RENO, Nev., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") is honored to announce that the Company is the recipient of two Mine Operator Safety Awards by the Nevada Mining Association ("NVMA") as well as two Individual Awards.
Awards are given to the top mines in designated categories based on their safety rate, which is calculated through a formula that factors the number of employees on site, number of hours worked, penalties for lost‑time accidents, number of reportable incidents, and lost-time days.
Lone Tree and Ruby Hill both received the Small Surface Operator Safety Award. Each mine site hosted a celebratory lunch to thank our employees for their ongoing dedication to safety.
The Nevada Mining Association also recognizes individuals and mine operators that exemplify the industry's dedication to workplace safety as a part of its annual Safety Awards.
Cammie Holland, Lone Tree Lab Superintendent, received the Supervisor Safety Award and Dillion Pollock, Ruby Hill Electrician, received the Safety Champion Award. 37 individuals were recognized at an awards luncheon on September 10, 2022, at the NVMA Convention in Lake Tahoe.
"In creation of i-80 Gold we brought together a collection of high-quality assets, and these assets have come with an exceptional team of dedicated professionals. This is evident with the Nevada Mining Association's recognition of two properties and two individuals as 2022 Safety Award recipients. Thank you to everyone at i-80 Gold for your exceptional performance in Health and Safety leadership." Stated Matthew Gili, President & COO of i-80 Gold Corp.
i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80's centralized milling facility that includes an autoclave.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed below and elsewhere in this release, as well as unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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In New Orleans the neutral ground is the place people come together - a place where all are welcome. Inspired by this, Mignon Faget has created a collection versatile enough for anyone and everyone. Mix and match it with your favorite pieces to create a look that's perfect for you, just as you are.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In New Orleans, there is a place where everyone gathers, regardless of race, economic status, age, style or opinions. Anywhere else it would be called a median, but in New Orleans, this real estate between roadways is an anything-but-ordinary location to celebrate Mardi Gras parades, gather with neighbors, dance in Second Lines and share food, drink, laughter and tears with both strangers and friends. It is this culturally important piece of real estate that inspired the newest collection by iconic jewelry house Mignon Faget – Neutral Ground.
"We designed this collection to be truly universal and celebrate the beauty that comes from our differences. The collection eschews traditional ideas about jewelry and shows that there truly are no boundaries to expression. It breaks down barriers for the wearer and gives them freedom and permission to express all parts of themselves," said Maghan Oroszi, Chief Operating and Creative Officer.
Designed to create unique looks that transcend style and outdated gender norms, pieces in the collection are not labeled as men's or women's. Sturdy chains pair effortlessly with delicate pearls and soft tones. Warm and cool palettes, mixed metals, and styles combine to make Neutral Ground a collection simply for jewelry lovers, shifting seamlessly from everyday to special occasion while elevating and complementing the unique individual style of the wearer.
The brand's vibrant fall catalog perfectly captures the spirit of the collection, following a young couple as they hop off the famed New Orleans streetcar and journey beyond the evening's festivities "headed anywhere but home." They stumble upon their own "neutral ground" in the form of an all-night diner with an eclectic cast of patrons. Over coffee, milkshakes and French fries, the strangers trade stories and become friends.
In addition to the launch of the Neutral Ground line, Mignon Faget announced the revamped return of the popular Pylon and Ironworks Collections. Pylon, which evokes monumental structures that speak to power and memorability, has been updated with mixed metal pieces and pearl accents. Ironworks, inspired by the ornamental architectural detail abundant in New Orleans wrought iron, debuts new pieces sure to excite dedicated collectors of the line.
For over 50 years, the design house of Mignon Faget has handcrafted jewelry inspired by the scenery around its home of New Orleans. Mignon Faget artisans are influenced by the city's streets that are lined with wild jasmine, wrought iron balconies, and the sparkling night sky. Never shying away from standing out, Mignon Faget is preparing to withstand the test of time.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RizePoint, a technology leader in food safety, quality management, and compliance, will present at the FSTEC conference along with client Focus Brands International, a division of Focus Brands LLC ("Focus Brands"), a leading developer of iconic, global foodservice brands. The organizations will spotlight the new, collaborative, remote auditing program Focus Brands International is conducting at their brands' franchised locations. RizePoint developed the program on their Quality Management Platform, allowing Focus Brands International to schedule and conduct visits, collect data, and pull reports.
RizePoint and Focus Brands International will jointly present at FSTEC, a food service and technology conference, to be held in Grapevine, TX from September 19 through September 21, 2022. The event offers three days of innovative insights, products, and connections.
"RizePoint and Focus Brands International will discuss the significant benefits of supportive and collaborative auditing practices as well as the advantages and huge, unmatched ROI of virtual auditing vs. a traditional, third-party auditing approach. Audit reports could be used to support failed inspections and default franchisees under the agreement. We are thrilled to be joined onstage by Johnny Tellez, Vice President of Focus Brands International, who will talk about how operational assessments lead to operational excellence. He will also outline the merits of the program they implemented with RizePoint's solutions," said RizePoint President Kari Hensien.
"We're confident that a collaborative auditing model is the right approach for food brands moving forward. We're so pleased to showcase our work with Focus Brands International, which is leading the charge, spearheading this positive shift in auditing. Equipped with RizePoint's unique and innovative technology, Focus Brands International is building a collaborative culture, experiencing tremendous growth, and enjoying extraordinary results as they unveil the future of virtual auditing," Hensien added.
RizePoint excels at building technology that allows trained brand coaches to visit remote locations, conduct audits, assess results, and determine when/if corrective actions must be taken. Its best-in-class solutions are complete, comprehensive, and user-friendly, boosting visibility, accuracy, and efficiency across enterprises. RizePoint provides everything that companies need to conduct audits, inspections, and self-assessments to uncover insights that help protect their brands.
RizePoint's auditing solutions allow brand coaches to inspect locations remotely, in the language and time-zone of the store operators. From one location, our technology enables valuable data to be captured and measured against store performance. Remote audits also save significant time and money vs. conducting in-person audits. RizePoint's document management application establishes a single source of truth for a brand's safety and quality specifications, standards, and compliance documents. Companies can also use search-driven analytics to sort through tremendous amounts of data, drilling down to each specific location, issue, and trend.
"Great facility management is about maintaining exceptional compliance standards across your business so customers can experience brand consistency at every location. RizePoint's solutions are helping Focus Brands International automate its processes, clarify communication, and get fast, accurate reporting to support its brands' franchisees globally," Hensien explained.
"At Focus Brands International, maintaining consistent brand standards and providing exceptional customer service has always been a top priority. With an increase in global presence, coupled with the recent restrictions placed on travel, traditional in-person audits alone became more difficult. RizePoint's technology provided us the ability to virtually visit stores at least 4-6 times per year to provide the type of support that our brands' franchisees needed," said Beto Guajardo, President of Focus Brands International.
Today, Focus Brands International can conduct virtual visits, appropriately termed Operations Excellence Reviews (OERs), from a single location in Costa Rica. The RizePoint software allows trained brand coaches to review the operational performance of each brand location in real-time using video technology. Results include:
- Time spent per review is 65-75 percent lower.
- Online coaching costs are a fraction of in-person reviews.
- Reviews give store operators specific, actionable feedback.
"We believe our revolutionary software can help shape the future of franchising," said Hensien.
For 22+ years, RizePoint has offered quality management software solutions that help companies keep brand promises through their quality, safety, and compliance efforts. Customers gather better data, see necessary actions earlier, and act faster to correct issues before they become costly liabilities. Visit rizepoint.com.
Atlanta-based Focus Brands is a leading developer of global multi-channel foodservice brands. Focus Brands, through its affiliate brands, is the franchisor and operator of more than 6,000 restaurants, cafes, ice cream shoppes, and bakeries in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and over 50 foreign countries under the brand names Auntie Anne's®, Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Jamba®, Moe's Southwest Grill®, McAlister's Deli®, and Schlotzsky's®, as well as Seattle's Best Coffee® on certain military bases and in certain international markets. Please visit www.focusbrands.com to learn more.
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Frank Gieringer rides a flatbed trailer toward rows of apple trees loaded with Galas, Crimson Crisps and other varieties, ready for the picking.
His family owns this bucolic orchard and berry farm outside Edgerton, Kansas. Just beyond its borders lie 2,000 acres of land, a potential location for the state’s first utility-scale solar farm.
Gieringer says he’d welcome the new neighbor.
“To really look at ‘em, it’s not a heck of a lot of difference than looking at an orchard or a vineyard really. It’s just rows of panels,” Gieringer says. “They’re harvesting sun. Same thing I’m doin’. All of agriculture sells the sunshine.”
For years, the Florida-based company NextEra Energy Resources has been talking about building a solar farm that would span Johnson and Douglas counties. But it wasn’t until this spring that both county commissions passed regulations allowing the process to move forward.
If built, the West Gardner Solar Project would be the largest in Kansas — generating 320 megawatts, enough to power thousands of residences and businesses.
But not everyone agrees that’s a good thing. While some people are eager for Kansas to fully embrace renewable energy, many residents say they don’t want the countryside — their countryside — turned into industrial sprawl.
‘Devastated this entire community’
Carrie Brandon, who lives near the proposed project in Johnson County, is one of the most vocal opponents of the solar farm. A member of Kansans for Responsible Solar, Brandon is skeptical of nearly all facets of NextEra’s plan, and has pushed back against permissive solar regulations in Johnson County.
“It has devastated this entire community,” she says. “It has killed long-term relationships. Family relationships. Connections. Niceties.”
Brandon says she’s suspicious of the connections between the company and county commissioners.
“It just feels like it’s all interconnected,” she says. “This big-boys club going on and girls club. It’s all behind the scenes. It just smells of a lot of underhanded dealings.”
Both Johnson and Douglas counties approved rules that generally limit the duration of solar projects to 25 years. Johnson County restricts the size of the farms to 2,000 acres; Douglas County restricts them to 1,000 acres with an option to expand by another 1,000.
In Johnson County, the solar panels must be located at least 1.5 miles from a city’s boundaries. In Douglas, the only setback requirement is for the panels to be at least 500 feet from residences.
Brandon and her group argue the process is moving too fast, and that they would rather see a smaller, more restricted solar farm first.
“Keep in mind, this is new. This is all new,” Brandon says. “Never in the history of mankind have we ever blanketed populations with 2,000, 3,000 acres of utility-scale solar. It’s always been in the middle of the desert and things like that when it’s been done.”
Solar companies say they need to build farms of this size to produce enough electricity for urban areas and store energy for peak demand periods. And the farms need to be close enough to their customers to efficiently deliver the electricity.
Utility-scale solar farms are starting to be built near several large population centers, including Houston, Texas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Kansas City is even talking about constructing a 3,100-acre installation near the airport that could produce 500 megawatts of electricity. A recent feasibility study found the utility-scale solar farm could power a third of Kansas City’s homes, although it did not outline a timeline for construction.
But Dan Fuller, who owns White Tail Run Winery in Edgerton, says those explanations don’t convince him.
His vineyard and winery sit a half mile down the road from Gieringer’s orchard. Fuller says he’s researched different green technologies and has considered adding solar panels to his own buildings.
“But when you have a huge company coming in and doing this stuff behind everybody’s back — and I’ve been in business long enough to know that any company as a business has a bottom line,” he says.
Fuller has a list of concerns beyond project size: soil erosion, noise from the battery storage, herbicide applications, proper values. Fuller says he worries about what happens after he’s gone and his children decide if or when they might sell the land.
“You cannot tell me that if somebody’s hunting for a place to build a house," Fuller says, "that they’re gonna drive around and gonna say, ‘Oh I want to build a house right next to that solar farm.'"
Green energy advocates say that Fuller’s concerns about pollution and chemicals are unfounded. And Josh Svaty, a senior consultant at the Kansas Power Alliance, says that planting a solar facility offers more flexibility for the use of the land in the long run.
“They can remove those solar panels 30, 50, 70 years from now and you can easily then do something very different with the property,” he says. “It’s not like there’s a giant, four-football-fields of asphalt that have been put down.”
Svaty says a solar farm is a better neighbor than other industries or residential construction.
“With the growth in Johnson County, what’s currently there will not exist 10 years from now anyway,” Svaty says. “It’s going to be used by something.”
‘Change is hard’
Karen Willey sat on the planning commission that passed the solar farm regulations in Douglas County. She’s anxious to see how solar farms and agriculture might find a way to co-exist.
She says the public needs to take responsibility for the increasing amount of electricity that communities demand. That means moving away from reliance on the fossil fuels that cause climate change.
“It’s hard. Change is hard,” Wiley says. “And the only alternative to that, though, is to continue with the environmental devastation that comes with coal.”
To sway more people to solar’s favor, Wiley says she’s banking on education, partnerships and improved technology over the coming years. But she also says she wished the solar companies had sent representatives to talk to the community during the public hearings.
“They would send attorneys to answer attorney-like questions,” she says. “What we really needed were engineers and site project people who could answer more specific, on-the-ground questions.”
NextEra has yet to formally submit an application to start building the West Gardner Solar Project. The company says it’s examining the new frameworks in Johnson and Douglas counties, and will hold public meetings to talk directly with community members.
If the solar farm moves forward, Gieringer says he hasn’t decided yet if he will join the others who’ve already signed options for leases. But he has visited other solar farm sites and seen how they fit into the landscape.
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A new and improved COVID-19 vaccine booster is now being administered in Missouri. The hope is that it will protect against the original strain of COVID-19 as well as its dominant variants.
Whether and when you should get the shot will depend on a host of factors. KCUR's Nomin Ujiyediin spoke with health reporter Noah Taborda to try and answer your questions.
Contact the show at news@kcur.org. Follow KCUR on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news.
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There is a scene in the first season of Deadwood, David Milch's critically acclaimed HBO drama, that encapsulates the crux of the screenwriter and producer's life's work.
Deadwood was an illegal settlement on land stolen from the Lakota Sioux in the Black Hills of South Dakota during an 1870s gold rush; Deadwood explores the settlement's history with a focus on, as Milch writes, "how people make a community whether they intend to or not." In the fifth episode, the settlers are grappling with the craven killing of Wild Bill Hickok, the frontier folk hero and gunslinger. Reverend H.W. Smith presides over Hickok's burial: "Mr. Hickok will lie beside two brothers...So much blood...[I] don't know the purpose now, but know now to testify that, not knowing, I believe. St. Paul tells us, 'By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body...For the body is not one member but many.'"
This idea — that solipsism is a lie, that we must remember that we are as humans all interconnected — undergirds all of Milch's transformative television, from the groundbreaking police procedurals Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, to the Shakespeare-meets-the-profane Western Deadwood, to the odd and awe-inspiring surfing drama John from Cincinnati, to the ill-fated horse racing series Luck. And it's something Milch urgently wants to get across in his memoir Life's Work. "We are organs of a larger organism which knows us although we do not know it," he writes, prefacing his commentary on Hickok's funeral.
Milch's commitment to collaboration is what made Life's Work possible. In spring 2019, before the long-awaited release of Deadwood: The Movie, Milch revealed to the press that he had been living with Alzheimer's disease for about five years. His condition has since progressed. Life's Work is a collaboration with his wife, the artist Rita Stern Milch, and his adult daughters, who helped Milch piece together his story from recordings of his writing process and "past recollection[s] of mine being shared with me now." What results is an exigent reflection on a truly remarkable life, one that holds lessons about humanity and the power of art to make those lessons visible. "It increasingly seems that life is something that happens to you and art the opportunity to understand what's transpired," Milch writes in the prologue.
After the prologue, Life's Work takes us through his remarkable life linearly. We begin with Milch's upbringing in Buffalo, New York, as the younger son of an alcoholic, gambling surgeon. Milch himself started drinking at eight and running his father's bets at the Saratoga Racetrack around the same time. "My brother was going to be a doctor, he had been selected for that," Milch writes. "I had been selected to be the bum. A version of my dad separated into each of us." This millstone of being fated to be a "degenerate" would follow Milch throughout his adult life. His "symptoms of degeneracy" are the source of plenty of wild stories that he shares in Life's Work as he tracks his vacillations between success and self-destruction — from graduating Yale University with the Tinker Prize for excellence in English to manufacturing LSD in Cuernavaca, Mexico in the late 1960s, for instance.
These conversationally related yarns — as well as insider baseball on the making of television from casting to cutting room floor — are major draws of Life's Work, especially for dedicated Milch fans like me. I had the good fortune to hear that Cuernavaca story in person, when Milch visited a course I took at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, where we studied his work intensively. But the real gifts of Life's Work are the same thing that captivated me most during Milch's visit — his meditations on writing and how to live, and how writing has kept him alive.
Milch became a writer at Yale, under the tutelage of the poet, novelist, and literary critic Robert Penn Warren, whom he refers to as "Mr. Warren" even now. Warren became a surrogate father who demonstrated honorable dedication to literature and "unconflicted embracing of...emotional states." As Warren's student, Milch worked on a novel about his childhood best friend Judgy, who died in a drunk driving accident shortly after they began college. Milch writes that he "didn't want to share my grief with anyone," including Judgy's family, "But I could be with them, and myself, in the writing in a way I couldn't otherwise...It's easier for me to be fully present in my work than in my life."
It was in collaborating with Warren and another Yale professor, the literary critic and biographer R.W.B. Lewis, that Milch came to screenwriting. He might have otherwise pursued a life in academia. In the 1970s, after completing an MFA at the Iowa Writers Workshop — with a hiatus for that Mexican acid production and an aborted stint as a Yale law student — Milch taught writing at Yale and worked with his former professors on literature textbooks. "My teachers made the people we studied so alive that soon enough I was imagining them up and about, and talking," he explains of his turn toward television. His first show pitch was about Alice, William, and Henry James, who transformed American culture through literature and pragmatic philosophy. The show never materialized but, Milch writes, "the specific ideas from the Jameses — that the totality of experience and behavior is all at play...that the good is what works, and that we can rewire ourselves by behavior — would come to, and continue to, profoundly shape every aspect of how I lived."
In 1981, Milch's college roommate recruited him to write for Hill Street Blues, which followed a police station in a fictional city. Hill Street Blues was already revolutionizing the police procedural form through its serialized storytelling; Milch brought an attention to language born of the mismatch between network profanity rules and "a credible portrayal" of how cops and criminals speak. Milch wanted to "draw attention to the artifice, and in turn to the energy of the language," he writes. In addition to his penchant for linguistic innovation — later, he'd write most of Deadwood in iambic pentameter laced with cursing — Milch explains that on Hill Street Blues, he uncovered a theme that would preoccupy his work, especially NYPD Blue and Deadwood: "The law is provisional. It fails as often as it works. It's made up and improvised and inconsistent." But in order for humans to function together, we need to have rules we can agree upon, even if they are faulty.
Thus began Milch's contributions to the Golden Age of Television — works that challenge the idea that television is a mindless medium, and that explore the human experience through stories of crime and dysfunctional families and gambling. In dedicating himself to storytelling and working with a community of fellow writers, producers, actors, set designers, and more to bring these explorations of humanity to the screen, Milch found a way to follow his mentor Warren's lead, though he would still struggle with addiction and feelings of being an outsider for decades: "Mr. Warren had given me the gift of understanding that this process — transforming something dark or painful into something joyful by seeing it and knowing it fully — is the proper function of art, whether it be poetry or prose or screenwriting."
Eventually, Milch would explore the "dark or painful" aspects of his own past — notably, his relationship with his father, who died by suicide the same day Milch pitched his show on the Jameses. His annotations of scenes that have a connection to his life and philosophies, like that of Hickok's funeral, are profound Easter eggs that add depth to already-moving moments in his work. On the other hand, passages on projects that never came to fruition, like a series he brainstormed with his brother about the creation of modern American medicine, made me wish that there was more Milch television coming down the pike.
Milch appears to be at peace with this. "I still hear voices. I still tell stories," he writes toward the end of Life's Work. "There are those in my head and another in my throat and others in my work. There is the voice in my wife's head and the ones in my children's heads. The deepest gift I think an individual can experience is to accept himself as a part of a larger living thing, and that's what we are as a family." In reading Life's Work, we enter as part of that larger living thing, too.
Kristen Martin is working on a book on American orphanhood for Bold Type Books. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, The Baffler, and elsewhere. She tweets at @kwistent.
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From wearing a lucky pair of socks, to following family traditions, rituals are embedded in our everyday lives.
Dimitris Xygalatas is an anthropologist and scientist at The University of Connecticut, and recently wrote Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living.
In his book, he explores our relationships with rituals, big and small, and the social, physical, and economic impacts they have on our lives.
"Rituals are central to virtually all of our social institutions. Think of a judge waving a gavel or a new president taking an oath of office," he writes. "They are held by militaries, governments and corporations, in initiation ceremonies, parades, and costly displays of commitment. They are used by athletes who always wear the same socks in important games, and by gamblers who kiss the dice or cling on to lucky charms when the stakes are high."
Xygalatas argues the need for ritual is primeval and may have played a pivotal role in human civilization. He joined All Things Considered to explain some of his findings.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Interview Highlights
On the real-world impacts of rituals
As we study ritual from both a humanistic, but also a scientific perspective, we come to see that even if people engage in those rituals without an explicit purpose, or even when they do have a purpose, there is no particular causal connection between the actions they undertake and that purpose. So for example, when I perform a rain ritual, there is no connection between my movements and water falling from the sky.
But even so, that does not mean to say, just because ritual does not have any direct causal effect in the world, it does not mean that it has no effect in the world at all. In fact, rituals play very important functions in human societies. They help individuals through their anxieties, they help groups of people connect to one another, they help people find meaning in their lives.
On measuring the personal impact of rituals
Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski conducted his research in a place that is today part of Papua New Guinea, the Trobriand islands. He noticed that the local fishermen would perform a lot of rituals before going out to fish in the open sea, which was dangerous, very uncertain. But before going out to fish in the lagoon, they weren't performing the rituals.
So he argued that perhaps ritual is a coping mechanism that helps these people soothe anxiety. And this was a proposal that anthropologists reiterated for about 100 years. But nobody had the means to actually test it. So a few years ago, my colleagues and I first drove people into the lab, and we stressed them up. And we used motion sensors to measure their behavior. We found that the more stressed they got, the more ritualized their behavior became. It started becoming patterned and repetitive.
Now to see whether this actually helped them reduce anxiety, we went into real life temples — for example, Hindu temples on the island of Mauritius — and we measured people's physiological responses. And there, we saw that as they go into the temple, and they perform these familiar prayers that they do, this helps them reduce their galvanic skin response. It helps them increase heart rate variability, it helps them reduce cortisol levels, and even at the person's perceptual level, it helps them reduce their feelings of anxiety. So these rituals actually seem to work.
On the value of more extreme rituals, like fire walking
Even rituals that seem to be painful, stressful, or outright dangerous, they seem to have tangible, and in fact measurable, utility and functions for the people who perform them.
For example, in the context of a fire walking ritual in Spain, we found that during this ritual, people's heart rates synchronized. This was not just an effect of people moving at the same time — their heart rates would synchronize no matter what they were doing, at the same time; some of them were walking on fire, others were watching it.
Actually, this effect was stronger for those who were closer to each other socially. That shows these rituals play a role in bringing the emotional reactions of the members of that community in alignment. And by aligning our experiences or aligning our emotions, those rituals can actually lead to social alignment.
How COVID impacted our approach to rituals
The COVID pandemic was one of the best lines of evidence for the importance of ritual. It created this unique conundrum. People turn to ritual — to find social connection and to soothe their anxiety. So this was the time that we needed these two things the most. But at the same time, one of the most common cultural technologies that we have for approaching those things are no longer available to us, because people could no longer get out of their house, get together and perform those collective ceremonies that are so meaningful to them.
So of course, what happened was that people spontaneously started either adapting traditional ceremonies — for example, we saw drive-thru weddings — or they started creating new ceremonies. That's like what we saw when people in big cities came out on their balconies and started banging pots and pans together, in a show of solidarity.
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Fall's dazzling colors will soon transform woods and forests around the U.S., delighting spectators — if they can figure out when to see the fall foliage at the peak of their transformation.
A nationwide map of foliage patterns is here to help, offering a best-guess guide to when aspen, birch, larch and maple trees will turn vivid shades of gold, orange and crimson.
The forecast produced by the Smoky Mountains website predicts much of the U.S. will start seeing the most dramatic colors by late September to mid-October. But fall foliage can be very tricky to predict, especially as climate change brings warmer temperatures and disrupts historic rainfall patterns.
The timing comes down to several weather factors
Areas where warm temperatures persist can see fall colors arrive later than normal, especially if they've had near-average amounts of rainfall. And right now, the U.S. is coming off its third-hottest summer on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Dry conditions are another factor. In areas where rainfall has been scarce, leaves could start changing color early this year, and their effect might be less vibrant.
The U.S. Drought Map currently shows large sections of central and western states are experiencing moderate to exceptional drought. Much of the eastern U.S. is in better shape, but portions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, from Maryland up to Maine, are experiencing abnormally dry or drought conditions.
"We see a forest that is healthy in the far north but increasingly stressed by heat and drought in the south and near the coast," New England Today magazine says in its report on its home region.
The folks behind the Smoky Mountains' map acknowledge that like any forecast, theirs might not prove to be 100% accurate for every area. But they say their map is based on a complex algorithm that generates a strong prediction.
"Our model ingests multiple data points including NOAA precipitation forecasts, historical precipitation, average daylight exposure and temperature forecasts," Smoky Mountains founder and map creator David Angotti told NPR. "We process hundreds of thousands of data points from a variety of private and government sources to accurately predict the precise moment fall will occur for the entire United States."
The best conditions: cool nights and sunny days
"Sunny, but not hot, days and cooler nights provide the optimal conditions for fall foliage, with the lower temperatures slowing the production of chlorophyll — the pigment that gives plants their green color — and sunlight increasing sugar production," according to North Carolina State University's College of Natural Resources.
Dry conditions in parts of the Northeast have experts warning that people may need to temper their expectations for the fall show.
"The timing might not be the same, the colors might be a little bit more muted and not as beautiful and robust as we usually get to experience here in New England," as Nicole Keleher, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's forest health program director, told NPR member station WBUR.
Some areas could be helped by more rainfall — as long as it doesn't come with strong storm winds that knock leaves down.
"When there is more rain, the colors pop even more," the National Parks Service says, adding, "When there is a cool fall, the red maple leaves appear brighter as well."
When chlorophyll steps aside, other pigments shine
"Carotenoids are where we're going to get that yellow and orange color," as botanist and plant ecologist Tanisha Williams of Bucknell University told NPR in 2020. "So as the green pigment starts to break down, we see this yellow and orange color."
As trees prepare to conserve their energy for the following spring, some of them also produce another pigment, anthocyanin, that brings striking red and purple colors.
"The falling of the leaves and the changing of the colors are all in preparation for the tree to hunker down and basically hibernate in the wintertime," Williams said.
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As many continue to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the extensive preparations for her funeral are in full swing.
On Monday, leaders from around the world will converge on Westminster Abbey in London for a ceremony to pay their respects to the late queen. Everyone from U.S. President Joe Biden to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and France's President Emmanuel Macron are expected to attend, as hundreds of thousands of onlookers gather nearby.
It's expected to create an unprecedented and challenging security situation for the officials in charge.
A quick glance at the numbers
As many as 750,000 people are predicted to travel to London for the state funeral and pay their respects as the queen lies in state, according to The Guardian. For comparison, about 200,000 made that journey in 2002 to do the same after the passing of the Queen Mother.
The Guardian spoke with Bob Broadhurst, who directed security and logistics for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and for the 2012 London Olympics. He estimated that as many as 10,000 police officers would be assigned to secure the operation each day, including some that will travel from across England for the occasion. He also noted that 1,500 military personnel would be on standby to assist as well.
Authorities will be stationed throughout the city, including public transport hubs, royal parks and residences. Armed guards will overlook the procession and rooftop snipers have also been called in.
Modern security threats
Princess Diana's funeral 25 years ago might be the closest precedent to what is expected in the coming week, says former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, Nick Aldworth. But he adds that the "threat profile" has "changed dramatically" in recent decades, and particularly since the September 11 attacks.
"We've seen that metamorphosis of terrorism take a further step from being constructed and organized and directed by terrorist entities, to almost a societal mobilization of lone actors — people who are self-radicalizing, and then go on to either plan an attack or actually conduct one," Aldworth told NPR.
He said authorities would be most vigilant against individuals who may try to sneak through the cracks, and anyone who wanted to file past the coffin and pay respects would be screened. Vehicles will be banned from the area perimeter.
Another new threat Aldworth said they had to keep an eye out for? Aircrafts, including drones.
"We've had some recent cases in the U.K. where drones have been used nefariously. And we've been very, very effective at detecting them, tracking them back and arresting offenders," Aldworth said.
A lean guestlist and specific instructions
Operation London Bridge has already gained attention for its unusual approach to the guest list, as well as transportation for many of the notable figures that plan on attending.
World leaders, including President Biden, have been instructed to only bring their spouses or partners to the funeral, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. This is in contrast to the other notable funerals, like that of Nelson Mandela in 2013, which saw Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter all in attendance.
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, which is in charge of coordinating the event, noted in their protocol that Westminster Abbey will be so packed that it is impossible to accommodate any more guests than what they have already allotted for.
They are also asking that the foreign heads of state use commercial flights to enter the United Kingdom, and have banned the use of private helicopters for the duration of ceremonies. Dignitaries are also being advised against using their own state cars for transportation to the funeral itself, and instead will be bussed in, in groups, from a location in West London. However, authorities have said Biden won't need to catch the bus if he doesn't want to.
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Updated Sept. 13
Containment of the Mosquito Fire, California’s second largest wildfire of the season, rose to 25% amid cool weather and light winds.
Its area Tuesday evening was 50,330 acres (78½ square miles), an increase of 1,600 acres since the previous evening, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
A spot fire that ignited on the north bank of the American River’s middle fork was making an uphill run toward Todd Valley but had not reached Foresthill Road, CalFire operations chief Landon Haack said in a virtual meeting Tuesday evening.
Because of what Haack called a “pretty significant firefight” in that area, Placer County’s evacuation zone was expanded to cover the area of Yankee Jims and Shirttail Canyon.
El Dorado County also expanded its evacuation zone Tuesday, to the east of Stumpy Meadows Reservoir.
About 500 square miles in both counties has now been evacuated. No evacuation orders have been lifted, and sheriff’s officials said no residents from the cleared areas are being escorted in or allowed to go back on their own. Ninety people in Placer County have refused the evacuation order, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
More than 11,000 people have been evacuated, and about 5,800 homes are threatened, the Placer County sheriff’s office said.
Josh Barnhart of the Placer County sheriff’s office said at Tuesday’s meeting that the expansion of the evacuation zone northwest of the fire, toward Colfax, was because of “an abundance of caution,” and that there was no danger to the communities along Interstate 80.
El Dorado County has released a map showing the status of structures along Volcanoville Road; 22 buildings were listed as destroyed. Placer County has not publicly released any damage assessment data but has asked that residents of Michigan Bluff call (530) 886-5390 to get updated information.
The fire started on Tuesday, Sept. 6, near Oxbow Reservoir and grew quickly in its first four days. Saturday, winds died down and humidity rose, allowing firefighters to establish the first containment lines, on the edge approaching Quintette and along Volcanoville Road. Those lines were holding on Tuesday.
The fire is moving northeast, and on Monday two areas of its perimeter reached the footprints of the 2014 King Fire (97,717 acres) and the 2013 American Fire (22,407 acres).
The map above shows evacuation areas in pink. More details about evacuations, including areas under warning, can be found on the maps maintained by the sheriff’s offices at these links: Placer County and El Dorado County.
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Are You Smarter Than a 13th Grader?
I won’t teach students to think they can passively cycle through a checklist of courses that leave marks on their transcript but no footprint on their brains or hearts, writes Dan Sarofian-Butin.
We’re about two weeks into the fall semester, and I am in class staring into the abyss. My students are straight out of high school, and they’ve all mastered that collective silence that occurs after the teacher asks a question.
My students all know if they hold that collective silence long enough, it will force the teacher to answer his own question. And once that happens, as night follows day, they will have won. They can sit back in their passive vainglory, knowing that the teacher will now just lecture, not force a response, will acquiesce to the stark and brutal reality that class, sooner or later, will be over and everyone can gracefully exit the room.
Willard Waller, writing almost a century ago, nailed it perfectly: “It is not enough to point out that the school is a despotism. It is a despotism in a state of perilous equilibrium … resting upon children, at once the most tractable and the most unstable members of the community.” That “perilous equilibrium,” Waller explained, is grounded in a teacher-pupil relationship that is “a special form of dominance and subordination” where neither party asks too much of the other. I, the professor, won’t demand an answer while, you, the student, will let me continue with my preplanned lecture. Just stick to the script and no one will get hurt. Afterward, I can praise myself on another lecture well given. Another day, another dollar.
Admit it: this has happened to most of you. Not once. Not twice. But with just about every new group of students coming through your doors.
In one respect, you can’t blame these college students. They’ve spent over 15,000 hours in a K-12 system that has often implicitly taught them that passivity and psychological withdrawal are the best means to make it through the day. (There’s a reason it’s called the “hidden curriculum.”) I mean, seriously, did you enjoy answering all those “known information” questions from your teachers? It gets monotonous.
But you do, in fact, want to blame them. You have developed a magisterial course, with all the big questions, all the right readings, all the painstakingly crafted examples that should—no, must!—appeal to these Gen Z youngsters. Why won’t they respond? Why don’t they answer!
So, in that second week, I let the silence build after my question. I have already explained to them in a previous class that I have a better wait time than they do. They laughed back then as I explained that I would wait them out. No one is laughing now.
After about 20 seconds, the silence is deafening. (Try it if you don’t believe me.) Finally, a student answers. A palpable sigh of relief floods over the room. But I am not yet satisfied. I ask a follow-up question, and the student replies back. I thank the student for this, develop her idea and ask another follow-up question and tell her that I want to now hear from someone else.
The silence now is not as brutal. The students have seen a peer engage the professor and not turn into a heap of ashes. Another student tentatively raises his hand, and we go through this exact same back-and-forth, with me again asking for another perspective at the conclusion. Finally, mercifully, after a third student goes through the same process, I release them from their misery with the tried-and-true pair-and-share: “OK, everyone, turn to the person next to you and discuss whether A. S. Neill’s conception of freedom is truly possible in the schools you attended.”
Before I continue, let me be clear: I am well aware that the college classroom is filled with a multitude of differences—students, faculty, assumptions, pressures, goals—and that getting students to answer your lecture questions may not be at the top of a very long list of troubles and travails besetting higher education.
But I actually beg to differ. I will not teach another cohort of students to think that they are in 13th grade, able to passively cycle through a checklist of courses that will leave a mark on their transcript but no footprint on their brains or hearts. You think I am being dramatic? That I exaggerate? Just take a look at the research that shows us, again and again, that students find academics meaningless, remember next to nothing they have been taught and all too often toggle between hopelessness and despair. And most of these data, it should be noted, are from before the pandemic wiped out any semblance of true learning.
I refuse to perpetuate that cycle. I will not have my college classroom be the continuation of an educational system that only succeeds in the margins. And that is not, by the way, primarily because I teach future teachers, who, for heaven’s sake, should be the last ones to actually think that staying passive as students will somehow turn them into amazing and active teachers. No college student should pretend to themselves that they are in 13th grade.
But as those of you who teach well know, that is easier said than done. So I am here to tell you that staring into the terrifying abyss of that silence in this second week of classes is one small but important step toward a different kind of classroom. It forces students out of their passivity by demanding they accept that my classroom is a conversation. I may be the leader of that conversation, but they must become active participants in it.
My ability to wait out my students signals—to them and to myself—that college is about pushing students out of their comfort zones. It is about turning that “perilous equilibrium” upside down. Semester after semester, I have seen, as the weeks go by, my students embrace conversations—rather than silence—as the norm in my class. They respond to my questions, talk to each other, take a chance and ask a question in front of the whole class. They come to see and internalize that learning is a process that requires their engagement.
The college classroom is a despotism, and, we, the instructors, are the despots. Many of us may not want to admit or embrace this positionality. But it is not until we can clearly name how the college classroom functions that we can begin to change it for the better.
Dan Sarofian-Butin is a professor in the department of education and community studies at Merrimack College.
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In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
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"One Flat Tire Away"
Public transportation and college access
“Students are one flat tire away from dropping out of school.” – Abigail Seldin
Yes, they are. It’s a complicated issue.
When I t.a.’ed at Rutgers, I didn’t worry much about how students got to class. Since I mostly taught first-year students, they generally lived on campus or close to it, and Rutgers has a large internal bus system. The major transportation issue was parking. For the most part, I could give quizzes in the first few minutes of class and not have to worry about folks showing up late.
When I got to DeVry, that changed. The campus was on a congested highway – what some urban planners call a “stroad” – and traffic could be a nightmare. Even with the best of intentions, some students couldn’t make it on time. More annoyingly, I had classes that ran until 1:50, but the last bus for the afternoon left campus at 1:30, so a few students would slink out early. I hadn’t seen that before, and it forced some adjustments to how I used class time. Other students drove, but their cars (or their rides) were often unreliable. The rigorous attendance policies that faculty were encouraged to use often flew in the face of student circumstances.
The “student basic needs” movement has made great strides since then. Community colleges in particular have been more intentional about addressing non-academic barriers to student success like food, housing, and transportation. The ASAP program at CUNY got the results it did in part because it provided students with subway passes. When a college in Ohio decided to replicate ASAP there, it used gas cards instead. It got good results until the money ran out.
For those of us who don’t have local subways at our disposal, buses are typically the most relevant public transit option. Working with them can be more complicated than one might guess.
For example, buses usually keep two schedules: one for weekdays and the other for weekends and holidays. If student demand were consistent across weekdays, that wouldn’t be a problem. But student demand tends to fluctuate during the week, often peaking in the first part of the week and tailing off as the week goes on. That makes it hard to hit the levels of overall ridership needed to sustain a route. Summers compound the issue, due both to reduced demand and (often) to changed class schedules. Reaching a critical mass of riders may be easy on a Tuesday in October, but much harder on a Thursday in July.
Even allowing for the issues around critical mass of ridership, access to stops can be an issue. A few years ago I decided to see how long it would take me to get to campus without driving. Getting to the first stop would be the hardest part, but even after that, we’re looking at hours in each direction. Most suburbs simply weren’t built with public transportation in mind. Even with a willingness to look at buses, putting enough stops in enough places (and generating enough ridership at each to justify it) can be a problem. People live too far apart.
Perversely, COVID may have mitigated the issue somewhat. Colleges were forced to develop remote capabilities, whether they wanted to or not. The smarter ones have made a point of learning lessons from quarantine that they can carry forward as (I hope) COVID fades away. Expanded online and remote options can mitigate short-term transportation issues, particularly when colleges have HyFlex capability at scale. But that doesn’t work for hands-on programs or clinicals, and the students who are relegated to remote delivery may feel like they’re being treated as second-class. If we want a fully inclusive campus environment, we need to ensure that students can actually get to campus.
For a while, colleges mitigated transportation issues by opening branch campuses and off-campus locations, but that trend has largely stalled or even reversed. With enrollment drops and the growth of online and remote options, it’s harder to get critical mass at multiple locations than it once was, making the overhead harder to justify.
The key point about transportation is just how local it is. Bicycles work well in some settings, but they aren’t great in the Northeast in February. I’ve had the experience of seeing public bus access to a location get delayed because the building was on a private road, and the other tenants were concerned that buses would accelerate the aging of the pavement. You can’t make this stuff up.
Still, I’m glad to see the issue of public transportation as a student success issue get some attention. Public transportation is much more than that, of course, but to the extent that new visibility helps agreements gain momentum, I’m all for it. Education is too important to sacrifice to car trouble.
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The Needs and Preferences of Fully Online Learners
Students who actively choose virtual programs because their work or family lives demand it are more satisfied with their online studies than they were before the pandemic, a new survey finds.
Many surveys of student attitudes about online learning during the pandemic focus on the majority of learners who found themselves studying online against their will. The closing of their campuses thrust them into virtual courses that neither they (nor, in many cases, their instructors) were prepared for. As a result, many such surveys found mixed reviews of online learning.
Many thousands of students actively choose virtual programs, however, because their work or family lives demand it, and a new survey finds that such students are more satisfied with their online programs than they were before the pandemic. The report, published by Wiley University Services, is based on a national survey of 2,500 adults who are enrolled in, planning to enroll in or recently graduated from fully online degree or certificate programs. A strong majority (94 percent) of respondents rated their online college experiences as “positive” or “very positive,” compared with 86 percent before the pandemic.
Most of these learners choosing to study fully online are driven to study by career goals. These students are cost conscious but hesitate to use employer-sponsored tuition benefits. They strongly prefer asynchronous learning but are willing to join occasional synchronous or on-campus sessions. The population seeking online colleges more than 100 miles away is shrinking. And nearly half of online graduates are willing to return to the same institution for another degree.
“You can’t build something that’s going to be right for everybody,” said David Capranos, director of marketing strategy and research at Wiley, who led the survey. “You have to think about who you are as a university, what makes the most sense for the population you’re trying to address, and try to craft a program that’s going to maximize those things.” What follows are some highlights from the report, along with commentary from national online leaders.
Online Students Are Driven by Career Goals
For many students, the decision to study online happens before selecting a program or university. Most of the survey respondents (77 percent) decided to study online before any other factor. Once that decision was made, respondents prioritized their field of study (82 percent), cost (74 percent), time to degree completion (68 percent) and the college’s reputation (62 percent). Online students also care about program length, as nearly 70 percent are seeking fast degree-completion times with options that minimize breaks between courses.
Many online students have employment in mind—either the positions they currently hold or the ones to which they aspire. Respondents’ top reasons for pursuing an online program included: improved job prospects (40 percent); career advancement (38 percent), career start (35 percent), career change based on interest (32 percent); or career change based on salary potential (31 percent). Among online learners who earned degrees, nearly 90 percent attributed an outcome to their pursuit of the degree such as a salary increase (36 percent) or a new job (26 percent).
“When it comes to the Great Resignation … The adults who are resigning are going to need new jobs, and they’re going to be figuring out how to get those skills sets,” Gregory Fowler, president of the University of Maryland Global Campus, said. “Administrators need to be much more transparent about the skills, the abilities, the knowledge that they have associated with various experiences … and be more accountable to students on whether or not they’re getting those skills.”
Many Are Cost Conscious, but Some Opt Out of Employee Tuition Benefits
Cost has been a top-ranking factor in online students’ decisions in the past decade about which programs to attend, and that trend continued this year when nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of respondents cited program tuition and fees as “very important” or “extremely important.” One-third (33 percent) said that cost would be their deciding factor in which institution to attend—an increase from 28 percent in 2018. Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) believe their online programs are worth the cost, compared with 8 percent who disagree.
Despite affordability concerns, nearly half of respondents with access to employer-sponsored tuition assistance programs either do not use or do not plan to use these benefits. They reported that either their employer’s tuition benefits were inadequate (28 percent), that they were concerned about a potential need to repay the benefit if they left the job (28 percent) or that they cannot afford to prepay tuition (23 percent).
“We also see that the tax threshold—the $5,250 a year that many employers are willing to pay up to—may not be enough for some out-of-state or private college programs, and that limits employees from taking advantage of the benefit,” said Thomas Cavanagh, vice provost for digital learning at the University of Central Florida. The report’s authors recommend that employers reduce barriers that prevent employees from using tuition benefits.
An annual scholarship of $500 is meaningful to many students. Nearly one-third of respondents indicated that such an award would be enough to select one program over another.
“One of the dangers, as we look at all this [online] technology advancing, is that we could actually further distance the very people who we are trying to help with social mobility,” Fowler said. He offered the example of those who do not have immediate access to or cannot afford Wi-Fi at home. Inequity is “only going to increase if we don’t think about pairing equity and accessibility with these technologies.”
Asynchronous Learning Dominates, but Synchronous Learning Is Trending
Flexibility is key for online learners. Most (69 percent) prefer asynchronous programs, and most (79 percent) do not want campus visits to be required components of their academic pursuits.
“There’s an audience that would never consider coming to campus,” Capranos said. “We ask them four or five different ways [in the survey], ‘what if your online program wasn’t available?’ They say, ‘Nope. Nope. Nope. I need to go online.’”
Still, many online students are willing to engage in synchronous and hybrid learning opportunities. More than three-quarters (79 percent) of respondents are willing to log in at a specific time each week, compared with fewer than one-quarter (21 percent) who “never” want to log in at a set time. Most online students prefer synchronous sessions on weekdays during the evening, though “evening” can depend on time zone. Faculty members might offer several options at different times of day or on different days of the week to meet students’ needs, Capranos recommended.
Though online students prefer to have no in-person requirements, more than half (55 percent) are willing to visit campus once each term for an in-person session, and more than one-third (34 percent) say visiting is important. Many want to attend their graduation ceremonies (38 percent) or meet their professors in person (37 percent).
“We advise a lot of programs where students have to come to campus for two to three days,” Capranos said. “Anecdotally, we asked people, ‘what did you like the most about your degree?’ It was those three days on campus.”
Many Students Want Their Online Colleges to Be Closer to Home Than in the Past
The percentage of students who are willing to attend an online college more than 100 miles away shrank in the past decade, from 30 percent to 24 percent of respondents. Approximately half (48 percent) want their online universities to be less than 50 miles from where they live. One-quarter (24 percent) were unconcerned with physical proximity to campus.
“Students are mixing their modalities,” Cavanagh said. “If students want to have agency to choose a different modality for different courses or to participate in events on campus on occasion, they’re going to want to be within driving distance.”
Nearly Half of Online Graduates Want to Return for Another Degree.
Online program graduates want to be engaged alumni, and nearly half (48 percent) say they are “likely” or “very likely” to return to the institution for another program. These boomerang students are more likely to be under 30 years old and prefer programs with accelerated completion times. Their strong numbers offer a satisfaction metric and an opportunity. For example, an online learner may be interested in data early in their career but then identify a need for leadership skills in the middle of their career.
“Warm these folks up to how easy it is to come back,” Capranos said. “Communicating with them is not just about your alumni donation strategy. Think about them as a returning customer. That’s the next big challenge for a lot of administrators.”
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New Affiliate Network Launches to Meet Colleges’ Needs
Core Education Services will help small and midsize colleges with such challenges as employee recruitment, enrollment and technology modernization, among other things.
Like many higher education institutions, small and midsize colleges face a litany of challenges, including attracting students and recruiting and retaining employees in a competitive environment. Now, a new company called Core Education Services aims to help colleges meet those challenges through its affiliation network.
The public benefit company, which launched Tuesday, describes itself as a “new private network for the exclusive benefit of small and mid-sized colleges and universities.” Services provided will include “marketing, enrollment resources, workforce programs, technology modernization, operational efficiency, capital strategies, campus operations, and compliance services,” according to a press release.
With 10 institutions already in the fold, Core Education sees nowhere to go but up as it seeks to expand its roster of colleges and build partnerships with colleges in a variety of nonacademic areas.
The Idea
Core Education Services is the brainchild of Rick Beyer, who got his start in the corporate world but has a long history in higher education—including a three-year stint as president of Wheeling Jesuit University. He’s since gone on to work with a number of colleges in different capacities, which he believes has given him valuable insight into the challenges of his potential clients.
“I started to see patterns develop. And among those patterns were that these colleges were looking to: How do we transform to meet the marketplace needs? How do we get to a viable financial model? And how do we stay independent and keep our mission?” Beyer said.
While some colleges are merging or being acquired by larger institutions, independence is key for Core’s customer base, said Beyer. His organization aims to help colleges navigate a challenging marketplace by providing services that they need while allowing them to maintain their independence.
If an individual college is struggling to hire technology staff, for example, Core Education can step in and provide its services. Though headquartered outside Washington, D.C., Core will hire mostly remote employees to its staff, which Beyer said allows the company to access vast pools of talent—workers whom colleges might struggle to attract on their own.
“We’re able to hire really exceptional people because they don’t necessarily have to all sit in the same office. But at the same time, we will also hire people and domicile them at the college, so we’ll also have employees that are actually at the college as well,” Beyer explained.
The goal isn’t to replace employees but to offer colleges access to resources that they may struggle to provide or to access locally, including hiring employees in high-demand areas, such as information technology.
Beyer added that Core will also be able to “fractionalize our costs across many institutions.”
The 10 institutions Core is currently working with are all private religious colleges—though Beyer noted the religious affiliation was more coincidental than purposeful—with $457 million in combined budgets. They are: Greensboro College, Siena Heights University, Regis College and a group of seven institutions under the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Beyer said Core Education hopes to expand to between 20 and 25 member institutions by next year, with institutional budgets topping a total of $1 billion. Core is seeking small to midsize partner institutions with at least $50 million in assets, and Beyer said long term he could envision 50 to 100 institutions onboard.
And just as each college is different, so is each contract. Every college client essentially selects from a menu of services that Core Education will provide to best meet its particular needs.
“Generally speaking, we tend to do a lot of our projects in technology, as well as revenue growth—campus revenue, online revenue, workforce development revenue,” Beyer said. “Those are the big pain points, but they do pick and choose, and every contract stands on its own.”
The Challenges
Outside experts see affiliation networks like Core Education Services as potentially valuable partners for institutions that are struggling in areas like enrollment management and talent recruitment. They also help institutions keep up with the rising costs of maintaining a robust workforce.
But “the devil is in the details of execution,” said Kasia Lundy, a principal at EY-Parthenon who has written about effective partnerships and collaborative efforts across higher education.
Michael K. Thomas, president of the New England Board of Higher Education, who has written about strategic alliances, noted that the services offered by Core match up with the common needs of many small and midsize colleges, especially those outside urban areas.
“The services they propose to offer and operate and provide are ones which are very critical to institutions to turn the corner in terms of being able to grow enrollments and maximize revenue,” Thomas said.
He added that many small and midsize colleges struggle with “marketing and enrollment, technology and technology modernization,” among other areas, and that there are many “benefits that can be gained from collaborating or consolidating those across multiple institutions.”
With many small and midsize colleges struggling and some at risk of closure, some experts caution that the type of affiliation that Core offers isn’t a cure-all, but it may offer a boost.
“This idea of a network that is broader than an individual institution that can provide some economies of scale, and some expertise, seems incredibly appealing in the marketplace over all. Whether it will be enough to allow these institutions to survive and thrive, I think it’s very much an open question, but it seems at least like it’s a step in the right direction,” said Haven Ladd, a partner at EY-Parthenon who co-authored a piece with Lundy on higher ed collaborations.
While experts view the launch of Core Education with cautious optimism, they note there are a number of unanswered questions. For example, how will the company manage the scale if it grows as large as 50 to 100 institutions? And while Core is a public benefit corporation, it is nonetheless a for-profit company—how will that model stack up against nonprofit affiliation networks like the five-college TCS Education System? Will the model provided by Core Education attract oversight or attention from accreditors as it eventually expands its reach?
For now, those questions are all impossible to answer. But then there are additional questions colleges must ask themselves as they consider joining an affiliation.
“I think that colleges have to really understand what their needs are, understand their institution, what the critical challenges are, and make sure that this partnership or network is going to meet those needs,” Thomas said. “I think colleges have to have assurances that they’re going to have a voice and representation and the ability to help craft the nature of the network for the partnership so that it’s responsive to their needs. I think they also need some flexibility.”
And as demographic declines of high school graduates hit much of the U.S. and traditional student numbers fall, experts suggest that the time for collaboration in higher education may be now, particularly for institutions facing the greatest economic pressures.
“We do think there’s a window of opportunity for these more strategic partnerships to play out in the coming years. At some point, the institutions that will seek partnerships in the future will likely be so weakened that no one really wants them. So it’ll be an area of trying to desperately survive, as opposed to trying to innovate in order to thrive,” Ladd said. “And the more that they can think proactively, as some of these Core members have now, it’s probably going to give them opportunities for better partnerships, better consortium than they’ll have in the future.”
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Colleges Played ‘Profound' Role in Vaccinating Students
Colleges’ COVID vaccine policies and messaging have a major effect on students’ attitudes toward immunization, a new report from the American College Health Association finds.
A new survey conducted by the American College Health Association found that students were far more likely than the general adult population to get vaccinated against COVID-19: 82 percent of college students surveyed reported being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, compared with 65 percent of people aged 18 to 24 nationally, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
The report, which looked at vaccination "uptake, attitudes, experiences, and intentions" among students, called campus vaccine requirements a “decisive factor” in their higher uptake rates. Forty-three percent of students said their college had a vaccine mandate in place; of those, 18 percent said they got vaccinated because their institution required it. The survey also found that 80 percent of students felt safer at institutions with those requirements.
“The role of college vaccination policies and communication was really profound,” said Dr. Sarah Van Orman, a co-author of the report and the former president of ACHA. “When we think about the uptake of vaccination among our college and university students compared to general young adults, we’re talking two to three times the level of vaccination, which really is a triumph of the public health infrastructure in our colleges and universities.”
The ACHA report comes as COVID cases are spiking on campuses with students returning for the fall semester, and as institutions begin to distribute new boosters for students ahead of a potential winter surge. Among students who reported receiving both of their initial vaccine doses but no booster, over half said they were unlikely to get further doses.
Dr. Van Orman said the report’s findings show that colleges and universities can play a crucial role in ensuring higher uptake rates among young adults for future immunization campaigns.
“We have a lot of students who got their primary series but maybe now are saying, ’Well, I don’t think I need the booster.’ That is a pretty large group right now,” said Dr. Van Orman, who is also the chief health officer for student affairs at the University of Southern California. “That’s another highlight of the report: a callout for universities to re-engage folks about why they need to stay up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccines.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the survey also found that attitudes toward vaccination among students varied significantly depending on geography and political ideology. Ninety-six percent of students attending college in the Northeast reported receiving at least one vaccine dose, compared with 80 percent of students in the South. A similar breakdown emerged along political lines: 95 percent of college students who identify as liberal reported being vaccinated, compared to 70 percent of those who identify as conservative.
“Institutions of higher ed should have the best scientific information, and we can be leaders in our community,” Dr. Van Orman said. “This highlights that we need to continue to leverage our positions and engage with our communities to get the information out about vaccinations.”
Researchers surveyed 948 full- or part-time graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in in-person instruction at a two- or four-year institution in spring or fall 2022.
Two-year institutions lagged behind traditional four-year colleges in terms of the effectiveness of their vaccination policies and the strength of their messaging, according to the survey. Only 75 percent of two-year college students are vaccinated, compared with 87 percent of four-year undergraduates and 93 percent of graduate students. In addition, only 32 percent of two-year students said their institution required vaccines, and 60 percent said they were encouraged by their institutions to get vaccinated. Among undergraduates at four-year institutions, those numbers were 53 percent and 80 percent, respectively.
Dr. Van Orman said part of the reason for this discrepancy is that two-year institutions often don’t have the same resources or health services infrastructures as their four-year counterparts. That problem is not exclusive to two-year institutions: a quarter of students surveyed said their campus lacks a regular place where they go for health-care services. Among those who said they have such a place, only one in 10 reported it to be a student health center.
“One of the things we’ve seen emerging from the pandemic is that campuses need a health infrastructure to deal with communicable diseases, but also to advance the health of their students,” Dr. Van Orman said. “Most two-year institutions don’t have a student health center; they don’t have health communicators—they may not just have the resources to have all those things.”
Dr. Van Orman added that two-year colleges and other institutions serving marginalized populations have a unique opportunity to amplify their impact not only on students’ attitudes toward COVID vaccines, but also on their host community’s vaccination rates.
“When that two-year student is able to get good health information from their university and increase their vaccine confidence and get vaccinated, that might mean their grandmother gets vaccinated, their mother gets vaccinated, their child gets vaccinated,” she said. “Those institutions have the potential to have a really synergistic effect on the health of their community.”
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New Title IX Rules Get 235,000 Comments
A step forward or backward? Title IX public comments show deep divisions.
Higher education associations generally like Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s new regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 but want more clarity about how the changes would be carried out, as well as more time to put policies in place.
“It is critical that the final regulations are sufficiently flexible to be effectively implemented across diverse institutions, reflect a sensible level of simplicity, and provide clarity about federal expectations for institutions and their community members,” the American Council on Education wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of nearly 50 organizations, including the Association of American Universities and NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
The letter was one of more than 235,000 comments sent to the department about its proposed regulations during the 60-day comment period, which closed Monday. Comments came from a range of associations and advocacy organizations as well as parents, grandparents, students and others.
The department will review the comments before releasing a final set of regulations for Title IX, a law aimed at protecting students in all levels of education from sex-based discrimination. When the Title IX rules were overhauled during the Trump administration, the department’s Office for Civil Rights needed nearly a year and a half to review more than 124,000 public comments on the issue and finalize the regulations that went into effect August 2020.
Cardona proposed significant changes to those regulations earlier this summer that would once again change how colleges investigate reports of sexual assault, make it easier for victims to report sexual harassment, end the requirement for live hearings and expand protections for LGBTQ+ students, among other changes.
The proposed regulations also would expand the definition of sexual harassment to include unwelcome conduct that’s “sufficiently severe or pervasive.” The current sexual harassment standard is unwelcome conduct that’s deemed “severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.”
Critics have said the changes would roll back due process rights for those accused of sexual misconduct.
ACE said in its letter that the organization and the signing associations supported provisions rolling back the requirement for live hearings and cross-examinations by advisers as well as the flexibility offered to institutions via other changes such as allowing campuses to use an informal resolution process.
“The current regulations, revised in 2020 during the Trump administration, have been problematic and in many cases have turned campus disciplinary processes into adversarial court-like tribunals,” ACE wrote in its letter.
The National Women’s Law Center said in a news release that the proposed rules were “a step in the right direction” but urged the Biden administration to go further, including by requiring colleges to use the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard in Title IX investigations, which means the evidence shows that it’s more likely than not that the allegations are true. The current proposal allows colleges to use the higher clear-and-convincing standard if it’s used in all other comparable proceedings.
“We appreciate that the Department of Education is taking steps to undo the previous administration’s harmful changes to the Title IX regulations by proposing new regulations to effectuate the law’s broad and remedial purpose, as Congress intended when it passed Title IX in 1972,” the NWLC wrote in a letter signed by 189 advocacy organizations. “At the same time, we note that the department’s proposed regulations do not reach far enough in protecting against sex discrimination in education.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech organization, said in its formal comment that the proposed rules are “a significant step backwards” from the current regulations, and that they are unconstitutional. The organization took issue with the decision to eliminate the live hearing requirement, the changes to how harassment is defined and allowing a single investigator to investigate and adjudicate complaints.
FIRE predicted in its letter that if the proposed changes were carried out, they would lead to “another spike in expensive-to-defend Title IX litigation—most of which would be avoided if schools were instead required to comply with the current regulations’ protections for free speech and due process.”
“FIRE also questions the wisdom, necessity, and justification for replacing the 2020 Title IX regulations, which have been in effect for less than two years,” the letter says. “For much of that time, many students were absent from campus due to COVID-19. Given the short and unusual tenure of the current regulations, it is impossible to believe that the department has already amassed sufficient data to demonstrate a need for this comprehensive overhaul.”
Gender Identity Protections Controversial
Not all the submitted comments were posted by Tuesday, but many of the recent submissions focused on one of more controversial aspects of the new regulations: the expansion of protections against sex-based discrimination and harassment to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The proposal follows a wave of states adopting laws governing access to sports programs and educational facilities for transgender students and limiting discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
The department is planning to issue a separate notice of proposed rules governing transgender students’ involvement in sports.
A coalition of 17 Republican state attorneys general, led by Montana’s Austin Knudsen, argued in a letter that the new definition for sex discrimination exceeds the department’s statutory authority, could eliminate single-sex facilities and could deny female athletes an equal athletic opportunity, among other ramifications. Knudsen’s letter makes similar points to many of the recent comments.
“With this proposal, the rule would make it unlawful for a school to deny participation in any education program or activity consistent with a student’s ‘gender identity,’” the letter says. “These changes constitute a stunning affront to the purpose of Title IX, which is to provide equal access to education and prohibit denial of education benefits and opportunities on the basis of sex. ‘Sex’ means what it has meant since the beginning of time: the immutable fact of being male or female.”
Knudsen also argued in the letter that the expanded definition of sexual harassment and other changes to the Title IX regulations could chill free speech on college campuses and negatively affect academic freedom as well as campus life.
“When combined with the department’s proposed changes to the current due process protections, the proposed rule will chill protected speech—allowing unscrupulous students and ideologically biased bureaucrats to weaponize Title IX against those with whom they disagree on hotly contested issues of political, societal, religious, and moral importance,” Knudsen wrote.
Under the proposed regulations, preventing someone from participating in an educational program or activity consistent with their gender identity would violate Title IX. Colleges and universities that receive federal funding are allowed to separate students on the basis of sex in limited circumstances as long as such treatment doesn’t cause more than de minimis, or insignificant, harm.
“The proposed rule’s inclusion of this new de minimis harm standard, which is not defined and has no basis in the statutory text, will result in significant confusion for campuses,” ACE wrote in its letter.
ACE recommended that the department delete the de minimis harm standard from the final regulations. At a minimum, ACE wants more information about the types of facilities that must be made accessible consistent with an individual’s gender identity, how the rule would apply to sex-separated living facilities and housing assignments, and the application of this standard in other sex-segregated programs and activities.
Over all, ACE is hoping that this round of Title IX changes will “stop the churn of perpetually changing rules.”
“We sincerely hope the current regulatory effort will put an end to the costly and confusing changes in regulatory requirements that have marked the last decade,” the ACE letter says. “We urge the department to adopt this three-part focus on flexibility, simplicity, and clarity as its lodestar while it considers comments to the [notice of proposed rule making] and refines the proposed regulations. A final rule that provides a more flexible regulatory structure and takes into account these values will make future swings of the regulatory pendulum less likely.”
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Capital Campaign Watch: Penn College, St. Bonaventure
September 14, 2022
Starting Out
- St. Bonaventure University has launched a campaign to raise $125 million by 2025. The college has already raised $75 million.
Finishing Up
- Pennsylvania College of Technology has raised $37.2 million in a campaign that started in 2018. That includes $17.4 million for scholarships.
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Worst day for stocks since June 2020
Stocks suffered their steepest daily drop yesterday since some of the scariest months of the COVID crisis.
The big picture: Another searing inflation report is spooking investors.
Details: The S&P 500 fell 4.3%. It was the market's worst day in an awful year — and its deepest single-day decline since it suffered a 5.9% collapse on June 11, 2020.
- The broad market index is down 17.5% this year, putting it on track for its worst annual showing since 2009, when it fell a horrific 38.5%.
- Tech stocks got beaten up especially badly, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite falling 5.2%. It's now down 26% this year.
What we're watching: Yields on U.S. government bonds — sometimes referred to as "interest rates" — which are the real source of the stock market's pain.
- Treasury yields moved sharply higher after the inflation report hit, as investors bet that the Federal Reserve would have to keep raising the short-term rates it's been jacking up for most of the year to try to contain inflation.
- As we've written, interest rates are an almost invisible — but incredibly important — factor in determining stock prices.
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Atlanta middle school welcomes first girl to its football team
Meet Nivea Santiago, the first girl to play on Sutton Middle School's football team.
What's happening: Santiago, an eighth-grader, is a defensive back for the team, which will play its fourth game of the season against Hollis Middle School at 7:30pm Friday at Henderson Stadium in Midtown.
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Bomb Explodes at Northeastern, Injuring One
A bomb exploded in a package that had been delivered to Northeastern University Tuesday night, The New York Times reported. One employee, a 45-year-old man, was hospitalized with a minor hand injury.
The incident took place in Holmes Hall, which houses the university's writing center.
The university cancelled classes in six buildings near the explosion last night.
At 11:28 Tuesday night, the university said: "The Boston Police Department's Bomb Squad, Boston Emergency Management Services, and other law enforcement agencies are at the scene investigating. The building was evacuated and evening classes in nearby buildings were canceled on the Boston campus. Several notifications were sent to the campus community urging people to avoid the area. The scene is currently contained and the campus is secured. NUPD is increasing patrols and security across the campus. At this time, we expect the campus to be open and fully operational tomorrow."
Other universities in the area, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told students about the bomb and asked to be told of anything out of the ordinary.
This year has seen numerous bomb threats against historically Black colleges, and other institutions.
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Georgia sees drastic rise in fentanyl-related deaths in teens
The number of young people in Georgia who died from fentanyl-laced drug overdoses spiked last year by 800% compared with the year before the pandemic, according to a new study by the state department of public health.
What's happening: Lack of education and awareness about the dangers of the synthetic opioid and its increasing presence in other illicit drugs is contributing to a spike in the overdose deaths of teens, researchers from the state agency's drug surveillance unit say.
Catch up quick: Fentanyl is an addictive synthetic opioid that's 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the CDC.
- It’s also cheap and easy to make, which makes it ideal to mix with other drugs like cocaine and heroin to amplify a user’s high.
By the numbers: In 2021, 36 adolescent Georgians — nearly all of whom were between the ages of 15 and 19 — died from fentanyl-involved drug overdoses, up from 4 in 2019, the study says.
- In the year before the pandemic began, most cases were concentrated in metro Atlanta. In the following years, overdose deaths were reported in rural counties and areas near the coast.
Zoom out: Including adults, the total number of drug overdose deaths in Georgia increased by 61% during the time period. Fentanyl-involved overdose deaths increased by 230%, the study says.
- That equates to 2,404 and 1,294 deaths, respectively, in 2021.
What's needed: More education, Laura Edison, a DPH medical epidemiologist, tells Axios.
- "This should raise the alarm bells to a new level," she said. "We really need to make an effort to make sure that teenagers are aware … that one pill can kill you, and that fentanyl is out there.
- "Anytime they're taking something that they don't know exactly where it came from and what it is they're putting themselves in serious danger."
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City Sues College of the Desert Over Public Records
The city of Palm Springs has filed suit against the College of the Desert for what it charges to be a lack of compliance with the California Public Records Act, The Desert Sun reported.
Mayor Lisa Middleton announced the suit Monday. “The City of Palm Springs on behalf of Coachella Valley taxpayers has repeatedly requested COD provide records related to their decision-making, and our attorneys have been met with slow and incomplete response,” Middleton said. “Instead of responding to the requests in a manner required by law, COD has continued a pattern of stonewalling, evasion and delay,” she added.
Officials said that three requests have been filed since December and have not been completed by the college.
A college spokesman said, “COD is committed to openness and transparency in its daily operations. COD takes its obligations under the California Public Records Act seriously and responds within the time frame set by statute. Through its lawsuit, the city suggests that the college has ‘delayed’ responses to the city. This is simply not the case. The college has received several separate letters seeking different documents. Just one of the city's requests, for example, includes 67 categories of documents, and therefore requires the college to search multiple locations for potential documents, review the documents to determine if they are responsive, assess whether they should be released pursuant to the California Government Code, and then prepare them for production.”
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COVID-19 Mortality and Where You Live: Academic Minute
September 14, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute: Dylan H. Roby, associate professor of health, society and behavior at the University of California, Irvine, explains that where people live, not their affiliation, may be associated with rates of death from COVID-19. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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R. Kelly verdict close in Chicago
Jury deliberations have begun in the monthlong child pornography trial of R&B singer R. Kelly.
Why it matters: If you've been mostly ignoring Kelly's latest trial, you may need a refresher on what the coming verdict will mean.
- Let's catch up fast:
Context: The disgraced Chicago celebrity is serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and sex trafficking in New York.
- He is now on his second local trial for essentially the same crime.
- In 2008, Kelly was acquitted on child pornography charges after a video surfaced, allegedly showing him engaging in sexual acts with a minor.
Yes, but: Federal prosecutors are now accusing Kelly and his co-defendants of fixing that trial by coercing and coaching witnesses, including the girl allegedly featured in the tape.
- In this trial, Kelly is charged with 13 counts of child pornography, enticing minors to engage in criminal sexual activity and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
The prosecution: Using the pseudonym "Jane," a female witness testified that she was the girl in the video.
- She was allegedly 14 years old at the time.
- They also argue that Kelly and his co-defendants paid to find the tape and destroy the evidence.
- Other women have also testified they had sex with Kelly when they were minors.
The defense: They argued the witnesses were "untrustworthy" and didn't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
- They also argued that Kelly is not in the tape and that the co-defendants were attempting to retrieve a different sex tape of Kelly with his former wife.
The intrigue: The defense team for Kelly's co-defendant subpoenaed journalist Jim DeRogatis to testify. He claimed constitutional protections to fight it and succeeded.
- The defense presumably wanted to find out where DeRogatis originally got the tape in the early 2000s, which led to the groundbreaking reporting that started the first Kelly indictment.
- DeRogatis was called to stand in the first trial but didn't answer questions.
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A Maryland University Turns Fully Coed
Founded as a women’s college more than 125 years ago, Notre Dame of Maryland University will begin admitting men into its traditional undergraduate program next fall.
The Board of Trustees at the private Catholic institution in Baltimore made the decision to turn coeducational after forming a task force to examine enrollment trends at women’s colleges as well as national undergraduate data. Fewer than 2 percent of female students enroll in private, nonprofit women’s institutions every year, according to the university’s press release. At the same time, men graduate college at lower rates than women nationwide.
“The board recognized that in order for NDMU to flourish for years to come, we needed to expand our mission to admit women and men who want a coed college experience,” said board chair Patricia McLaughlin. “NDMU will continue to educate women and men together to make a difference in the world.”
In 1895, NDMU became the first Catholic college to offer four-year degrees to women. Eighty years later, it established a “weekend college” for adult undergraduates, opening enrollment to men for the first time.
The latest move goes one step further.
“By going coed, Notre Dame of Maryland University is uniquely positioned to deliver on its mission to advance inclusive and transformational education to more women and men and to equip them to realize their goal of attaining a college degree,” said NDMU president Marylou Yam.
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Michelle Asha Cooper Will Leave Education Dept. for Lumina
Michelle Asha Cooper, deputy under secretary of education, will leave her position to join the Lumina Foundation on Oct. 3 as vice president for public policy and executive director of Lumina’s Washington office.
Cooper will lead the development and execution of state and federal policy initiatives that advance the foundation’s efforts to support students at community colleges and four-year colleges and universities.
In the Biden administration, she contributed to higher education’s pandemic recovery efforts by managing $76 billion in pandemic aid for students and institutions. She supported the Education Department’s efforts to mitigate the financial harm of the pandemic by helping student loan borrowers at the highest risk of falling behind in their payments or loan default through targeted debt relief.
Previously, she served as president and chief executive officer at the Institute for Higher Education Policy for more than 12 years.
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🎨 Take a trip to "Banksyland"
An immersive exhibition of the world's most elusive and infamous street artist, Banksy, is coming to Columbus.
The intrigue: No one has ever been able to confirm the identity of the artist, based in England, whose political activism has heavily influenced their witty public artwork.
Details: The tour takes a page out of the street artists' playbook by showcasing Banksy's work without permission.
- It includes never-before-seen, privately owned, authenticated pieces and reproductions from their lengthy career.
If you go: Tickets to the exhibition at 589 W. Nationwide Blvd. have scheduled time slots from 12pm-8pm, Friday-Sunday.
- VIP tickets: $59 includes a poster, all-day access and audio tour.
- Student tickets are $22 and general admission cost $29.
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More Higher Ed Employees Lack Financial Confidence to Retire
September 14, 2022
More higher education employees in their 50s and 60s lack the financial confidence that they have enough money “to live comfortably throughout retirement” than was the case in 2019, according to a new report by the TIAA Institute and the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The results are based on a survey of 1,327 faculty, staff and administrators employed full-time by a public or private nonprofit college or university. The report blames high inflation rates and an unstable market on Wall Street for the shift in moods.
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Report: Paid Internships Benefit Community College Students
A new report details the benefits of work-based learning opportunities at community colleges and some of the ways these programs could improve.
The report, released Tuesday by New America, a Washington, D.C., think tank, is based on an analysis of internship programs at five community colleges: Middlesex Community College, Salt Lake Community College, San Antonio College, Cuyahoga Community College and Bunker Hill Community College. New America staff members conducted interviews with program directors and campus administrators.
The findings suggest that students value paid internship opportunities on campuses or nearby, and these programs can enhance student retention. The report notes that community colleges have funded these programs in a variety of ways, such as drawing on federal COVID-19 relief dollars and Pell Grants, philanthropic donations, and internal funding. It also raises some concerns, notably that these internship programs rarely track student outcomes.
“The community college and workforce development fields need greater transparency and clarity on the design of these programs to broaden workforce pathways, ensure the transferability of exemplary program models, and support the advancement of equitable outcomes for all students, especially learners from historically underserved and underprivileged backgrounds,” the report states.
The report recommends that college program directors and administrators focus on recruiting students from underrepresented backgrounds into these programs. It notes, for example, that Bunker Hill boosted the number of minority men participating in its program by changing its outreach methods, including getting rid of GPA cutoffs and long, multiround interview processes. Other suggestions in the report include paying students at least $15 per hour and conducting annual program evaluations and tracking student outcomes.
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Texas A&M Sued Over Fellowship for Minority Faculty
A University of Texas at Austin professor has sued Texas A&M University, claiming a new faculty fellowship program designed to increase diversity at the university discriminates against white and Asian male candidates, The Texas Tribune reported.
Richard Lowery, a finance professor at UT Austin, who is white, filed the federal class action lawsuit. He is represented by America First Legal, a group created by Stephen Miller, a policy adviser for former president Trump, and Jonathan Mitchell, a former solicitor general for Texas and the legal architect of the state’s six-week abortion ban. The fellowship at Texas A&M is for African Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
“Texas A&M’s proclaimed goal of establishing a faculty whose racial composition attains ‘parity with that of the state of Texas’ seeks to achieve racial balancing, which is flatly illegal under Title VI and the binding precedent of the Supreme Court,” the lawsuit said.
In a statement, Laylan Copelin, a spokesman for Texas A&M, called the legal filing an “unusual job application when Mr. Lowery says in the lawsuit he is ‘able and ready’ to apply for a faculty appointment at Texas A&M. But our lawyers will review the lawsuit, confer with Texas A&M and take appropriate action as warranted.”
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University of Vermont Under Investigation for Antisemitism
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint that alleges the University of Vermont failed to adequately respond to harassment and discrimination against Jewish students, according to a press release from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish on Campus, a student group focused on exposing antisemitism.
The complaint, filed by the organizations last year, says a student support group for survivors of sexual assault and a book club called “UVM Revolutionary Socialist Union” posted on social media that Zionists were excluded from participating. The complaint also accuses a teaching assistant of posting on social media about cyberbullying Zionists and wanting to lower Zionist students’ grades.
“For many Jews, including many Jewish students at UVM, expressing support for the Jewish homeland is a sincere and deeply felt expression of the Jewish people’s shared ancestral, religious, and ethnic identification with the Land of Israel,” the complaint reads.
The complaint also alleges that a group of students threw small rocks at the Hillel, a Jewish student life center, on a Friday evening last September. When asked to stop by a student in the building, one of the perpetrators reportedly asked, “Are you Jewish?”
A spokesperson for the university, Enrique Corredera, said in a statement to The Washington Post that university leaders are aware of the investigation and look forward to responding to the allegations, which were reported to the university in 2021 and investigated by campus officials.
“UVM seeks to foster a culture of inclusiveness for all students, faculty, and staff, including members of our Jewish community, and does not tolerate acts of bias or discrimination related to religion, race, culture, gender, or sexual orientation on our campus,” the statement read.
The Office for Civil Rights is also investigating other higher ed institutions regarding complaints related to antisemitism, including Brooklyn College and the University of Southern California.
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Ankeny's Cookies & Dreams offering free cookies for grand opening
Cookies & Dreams, Ankeny's newest cookie shop, is officially opening its doors on Friday and they're giving away free desserts to new customers.
Driving the news: The first 50 customers on Friday will receive a free half-dozen box of cookies.
- And the first 100 customers on Saturday will get a chocolate chip cookie.
State of play: The female-owned cookie shop got its start in Davenport and is quickly expanding across the Midwest, including a Naperville, Ill. location this fall.
My thought bubble: As a Crumbl cookie fan, I was curious if these could stand against them.
- I spent $15 on four Crumbl cookies, while I spent $17.50 on four from Cookies & Dreams.
The verdict: Taste wise, there's no clear winner between the two. They both sell huge cookies that are soft, (kind of expensive) sugar explosions.
- Crumbl has a rotating menu of creative (but limited) choices. Cookies & Dreams has a bigger and more permanent selection. Their Puppychow was my favorite.
Grand opening: 10am-9pm Friday and Saturday; 1345 SW Park Square Drive, Ankeny
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Free Speech and Anti-Blackness
If Carnegie Mellon values diverse views, it shouldn’t have condemned a Black professor’s tweet on Queen Elizabeth II’s death, write Branden D. Elmore and Dwayne K. Wright.
Fact: Queen Elizabeth II passed away last Thursday. It was a sudden but not unexpected event, the culmination of 70 years of her being the head of state for the United Kingdom.
Fact: The United Kingdom, via colonization, inflicted countless amounts of pain and suffering on brown people, Indigenous people, Asian people and most certainly Black people during the queen’s reign.
The queen’s passing and the transition of the monarchy brought many together to mourn the death of a historical figure, yet some felt that her legacy was not worth celebrating. Like most people, Queen Elizabeth’s life was filled with complication. Thus, contemplation on her life and death might be expected to invoke complicated reactions.
Many news outlets and world leaders prepared protocols and executed intricate plans for responding to the queen’s death. They paid tribute and highlighted the queen’s qualities of compassion, discretion, service and respect. Others were quickly reminded of the violent traumas that the monarchy had caused, given its legacy of colonialism and dehumanization.
Enter racism. It is not surprising that responses to the death of the queen from higher education institutions in the United States follow frames that are anti-Black and dismissive of the degrading histories of British control. Now, more than two years after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others in 2020, higher education continues to struggle with issues of race, power and its own historical legacies.
One university, Carnegie Mellon University, which bears the name of not one but two of the richest men America has ever seen, gave an immediate response after the death of the queen via Twitter. However, Carnegie Mellon’s response was not a prepared statement about her death; instead, the institution attempted to distance itself from an “offensive” tweet that was sent out by a faculty member.
The faculty member, Uju Anya, said on Twitter, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping, genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.” The tweet went viral when the former CEO of Amazon, a billionaire and the most exact example of American privilege and patriarchy, Jeff Bezos, replied, publicly shaming the faculty member. It was at that point the university chose to make a statement doing the same. While stating that “free expression is core to the mission of higher education,” Carnegie Mellon said, “the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution, nor the standards of discourse we seek to foster.”
Enter anti-Blackness. Instead of supporting its faculty member, the institution’s response was to try and protect its institutional brand and identity. In doing so, perhaps unwittingly, this institution participated in the high-tech lynching of a Black woman. By publicly condemning a Black woman for her views and choosing to distance themselves from an academic whom they recruited and hired to engage in discourse, Carnegie Mellon administrators made several things worse and one thing clear: freedom of speech is never “free” for people of color in America.
Enter free speech. From a crisis-communication perspective, Carnegie Mellon administrators decided to make it seem as if the university was the victim of her “expression.” The institution inscribed the identity of the villain onto Anya, one of its professors, rather than the trolls, racists and billionaire that deemed themselves the judge, jury and executioner over her speech.
What Carnegie Mellon failed to note in its response was that Anya, a Nigerian-born Ivy League graduate and associate professor of second-language acquisition at the institution, has direct familial connections to Africa and the Caribbean and that her scholarship on the racialization and socialization of Black people has been published, praised and awarded. In Carnegie Mellon’s attempt to bolster the values of higher education and the institution, the university devalued the faculty member’s expertise by making the claim that she is not representative of its “standards of discourse.”
Academic freedom and free speech principles frequently protect speech that is centered around maintaining whiteness: consider, for example, the long-standing debate in higher education over the acceptability of using the N-word in class. In 2013, at the University of Cincinnati, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ronald Jackson, chose to step down after a racist cartoon depicted him and another Black colleague as a power-hungry king and queen. The cartoon portrayed the dean and his female colleague in a racialized manner, exaggerating their African American characteristics. The dean called the cartoon “reprehensible and racist”; after the university administration made a statement saying it “crossed the boundaries of civility,” a major free speech organization called on the institution to acknowledge that the cartoon was protected under First Amendment rights.
Enter antiracism. Institutions of higher education have struggled with being antiracist institutions. As institutions have become more diverse, aspects of institutional identity such as mission, values and goals have begun to include language that promotes “inclusion” and “equity.” But claiming to be an antiracist institution and being one is not the same thing. In 2020, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that just 4 percent of full-time faculty across all U.S. colleges and universities were Black women, and only 3 percent were Black men. These excessively low percentages of full-time faculty further have contributed to the unrest that has been expressed historically from Black faculty at predominantly white institutions.
Some might try and make this about the tweets. Others might focus on the way certain things were said to distract from the substance of the claims. We take issue with either approach. We all mourn loss and react to pain in different ways. We all respond to crises in different ways. But the irony in free speech is who gets protected and who gets harmed. We call for institutions that claim they have become antiracist, but whose crisis communication produces statements so steeped in anti-Blackness that they promote racism, to take accountability. We do not seek to tell Carnegie Mellon administrators what they should have said: someone will surely get paid to do that in the very near future. We simply offer that if academia is truly a place for dissenting opinions and diverse perspectives, perhaps our institutions should seek to teach rather than condemn.
Branden D. Elmore is a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education at the University of Maryland. Dwayne K. Wright is an assistant professor of higher education administration and director of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University.
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Council debates restaurant safety signage
City Council member Scott Benson isn't budging on his proposal to place colored placards in restaurant windows to indicate food safety code results.
Driving the news: The ordinance was referred to the council's public health and safety committee during yesterday's city council meeting.
- Council Pro-Tem James Tate said he couldn't support the ordinance as written due to objections made by several business leaders, who advocated for a QR code on doors that direct customers to the health department's past inspections instead of colored placards.
- Benson argued that many seniors are without smartphones that have the ability to read codes.
- Council member Fred Durhal III objected to bringing the vote back next week, saying it would be a waste of time if neither side will budge on the issue.
The intrigue: Business owners are questioning whether the health department will be able to resolve potential violations quickly enough that they don't lose business.
- With 10 inspectors and 1,700 food establishments, that's 170 establishments per inspector.
- Scott Withington, environmental health officer with the health department, said he's confident his inspectors will be able to handle the change amid concerns about availability of those inspectors.
What they're saying: The community members who called into the meeting mostly supported the ordinance.
- "Anytime you have rats, you have rat doo-doo, you have rat urine, you have rat hair all in your food," Malik Shabazz, founder of the Detroit New Black Panther Nation, said at council.
Between the lines: Shabazz spoke at council four days after he and Benson held a demonstration outside Lafayette Coney Island. Joined by a handful of people, they chanted "clean it up or shut it down," the Free Press reports.
- Benson cited the downtown coney island's shut down as another reason to pass his ordinance during council.
What's next: The ordinance is heading back to council's health and safety committee, where it will need to be sent back to council for a final vote.
- If approved, the grading system would start Jan. 1.
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How Prop 2 would change voting in Michigan
Proposal 2, a constitutional amendment set to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot, will give voters the opportunity to expand statewide voting access.
The intrigue: The Promote the Vote coalition submitted 669,972 signatures in July for its proposal to create a new early voting system.
- It would set nine days of early in-person voting and allow voters to request an absentee ballot be mailed to them for all future elections, without having to apply each time as long as the voter remains qualified.
Flashback: Promote the Vote is the same group behind the successful effort to pass Proposal 3 in 2018, which gave Michigan voters no-reason absentee and same-day registration.
- Advocates with the group have said the proposal — backed by the ACLU of Michigan, Voters Not Politicians, League of Women Voters of Michigan and All Voting is Local — is an extension of the 2018 ballot measure.
The other side: "Clearly, this proposal is primarily intended to make it so that no Michigan voter is ever required to show photo identification, that's the driving force here," Republican operative Fred Wszolek tells Axios.
- Republicans have argued without evidence that Michigan's use of signed affidavits, allowing people to vote without an ID, leads to fraud.
- Prop 2 would enshrine the right to vote using an affidavit in state law.
Of note: Prop 2 is one of three proposals on this year's ballot; Voters for Term Limits and Transparency and Reproductive Freedom for All.
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Backstreet Boys team with Humane Association
The Backstreet Boys apparently never want to hear you say you're buying a new puppy — They teamed up with the Nashville Humane Association to promote adoption during a recent tour stop.
What happened: Each member of the band posed for a photo with an adoptable puppy named after them. A sixth puppy named after their 1999 album "Millennium" is also available.
- These little shepherd mix shelter pups don't care who you are as long as you love them.
Hurry up: Act fast if you want to show them the shape of your heart, because "Brian" was already adopted.
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Organ transplant milestone is personal for many
The U.S. surpassed one million organ transplants last week.
- Tennessee Donor Services executive director Jill Grandas tells Axios the moment followed a recent stretch of "milestone years" that saw the pace of transplants jump substantially.
Yes, but: The need for organ donors remains immense, with more people getting transplants than ever before, Axios' Shawna Chen reports.
- More than 105,000 people are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants nationwide. About 3,000 are waiting in Tennessee, per TDS.
- Roughly 17 a day die waiting, the Associated Press reports.
Meanwhile: The nation's transplant system is facing criticism for poor management and oversight.
Zoom in: Grandas says officials in Tennessee are implementing systemic improvements recommended in a national report.
- TDS touted a record-breaking year in 2021 that saw 433 Tennessee donors leading to 1,232 organ transplants.
- The organization also celebrated a campaign that added more than 100,000 to the donor registry last year.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to the fifth-largest transplant center in the nation by volume. The facility leads the world in heart transplants.
What's next: Grandas says her team continues to push for more Tennesseans to join the 2.7 million residents currently registered as organ and tissue donors.
- She says firsthand stories about "the miracle of organ donation and transplantation" are the most powerful tool in those efforts.
Annie B. Williams is one of the people who can frame the nation's transplant milestone in profoundly personal terms.
Three weeks after her daughter Olivia was born, the Nashville native received shattering news.
- She had battled liver disease all her life. But doctors discovered a new, lethal disease was targeting her liver. She could not survive without a transplant.
"My biggest fear was leaving my child without a mother, and particularly without a mother that she would remember," Williams tells Axios.
Williams' condition worsened over the next two years. By the time her name reached the top of the transplant list, she had written instructions guiding her loved ones to step up and care for her daughter.
Everything changed in December 2005.
- An 18-year-old was killed in a motorcycle crash, and his family decided to donate his organs. His liver went to Williams.
After the surgery, she looked in the mirror and saw herself healthy for the first time she could remember. Her jaundiced skin had cleared, and her yellowed eyes were white.
"I just started crying. I sat in the hallway and I just cried out of gratitude, out of pain for his family and out of a deep humility that I had to make the best use of this gift.
Olivia turned 18 last November. Williams has dedicated much of her energy to helping others like her get the chance to watch their children grow up, too.
- She began teaching at Montgomery Bell Academy after her transplant and has woven the cause into her work at the all-boys prep school: Williams and her students partner with TDS to raise awareness and register more donors.
- She sees that part of her work as a responsibility she inherited when she received her new liver.
"There are a million people who have gotten to be at the family dinner table, who have gotten to sing in the church choir, who have gotten to volunteer at the soup kitchen," Williams said.
- "To be one of a million who have had that opportunity is pretty humbling and awe-inspiring."
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Arkansas tourism tax collections set new record
Arkansas collected nearly $21 million in tourism tax revenue in 2021, eclipsing 2019's record $18 million.
What's happening: The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism released its annual economic report Tuesday.
- The report trails almost a full year.
Why it matters: The state's 2% tourism tax on lodging and attractions goes to the marketing budget used to lure even more visitors.
By the numbers: Roughly 41 million in-state and out-of-state travelers spent an estimated $8 billion exploring the Natural State last year, about even with pre-pandemic 2019.
- The spending supported more than 64,000 jobs.
- The state collected an estimated $467 million in taxes, and cities collected $186 million in local taxes.
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Philadelphia the 13th-friendliest city for Gen Z
If you're on TikTok, you already know: Gen Z loves Philly. But now we've got some data to prove it.
Driving the news: Philadelphia is among the top 20 friendliest cities for Gen Z, according to real estate listing service CommercialCafe.
What they did: CommercialCafe looked at quality-of-life factors that are prized by Zoomers, aka the generation generally defined as being born between 1997 and 2012.
- Think: affordability and the ratio of parks per resident, as well as entertainment and green commute options. Also, fast internet.
What they found: Atlanta topped the list, boasting the largest share of green space along with great educational opportunities and employment prospects.
- Philadelphia — with our plethora of bars and sports venues, plus our flashy 481 MB/s average internet speed — secured the number-13 spot. That wasn't good enough to top New York City (# 10) or Boston (# 3).
- But hey, we came out ahead of D.C. (# 15).
Yes, but: Housing here is becoming less affordable, particularly as out-of-towners keep moving in with bigger budgets.
- Plus: Our parks are underfunded compared to other major cities, and lower-income neighborhoods have less access to green spaces.
- And our roads are getting more dangerous for pedestrians and bikers.
The bottom line: We're a work in progress.
📣 Shoutout: Are you a Zoomer? Hit reply and tell us what you love about our city.
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Protecting birds during migration season
Billions of birds are on the move, migrating south for the winter. They'll pass through our cities by the millions in the coming weeks, en route on the Atlantic Flyway.
- It's a perilous time for the small but important creatures — the majority of which migrate at night using starlight.
Yes, but: Hundreds of millions of birds die by flying into buildings, often confused by their lights at night, during migration season each year, which in the fall runs from Sept. 10 to Nov. 30.
- In 2019, thousands of chimney swifts crashed into the NASCAR Hall of Fame building in Charlotte, for example, setting off a mad dash from local groups to save the birds, Axios Charlotte previously reported.
Why it matters: Birds are a vital part of the ecosystems, eating insects, pollinating plants and spreading seeds. But we are losing them at alarming rates.
- There are nearly 3 billion fewer birds in the skies across the U.S. and Canada than there were in 1970, the New York Times previously reported.
In response to those deaths, local Audubon chapters are urging people and building managers to turn off their lights after dark.
- Raleigh was the first city to establish a lights out program in the state during the spring and fall migration seasons, turning off non-essential lights on municipal buildings in the city at night.
Yes, and: Audubon NC says homeowners can help, asking them to:
- Turn off lights at night, especially upward-facing ones.
- Close blinds and curtains.
- Install automatic motion sensor lights when possible.
- Ask employers to turn out exterior upward-facing lights and interior office lights at their office buildings from 11pm until dawn.
Go watch
If you've never done it, go watch the evening ritual of the migrating chimney swift.
- The birds — which devour insects like mosquitoes by the thousands — are known for swarming in mass and descending into chimneys like a small tornado.
Official chimney swift watches will take place in Durham and Raleigh this month.
- In Durham, the New Hope Audubon chapter will host a chimney swift watch party on Sept. 20 on the top floor of the Durham Hotel.
- In Raleigh, the Wake Audubon and John Connors will host a guided trip to a local roosting site on Sept. 18. Location will be provided to those who RSVP to John Connors at [email protected]
This month, you'll probably find Zach on the back patio at the Accordion Club, drinking a beer and watching the chimney swifts descend into the chimney of TROSA's residential facility on Geer Street.
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Immediately after Nayanthara and Vignesh Sivan’s wedding in Mahabalipuram, the couple had arrived in Kerala to visit the actresses’s ailing mother Omana Kurian.
Now, Vignesh has written a heartfelt note, wishing his mother-in-law on her birthday. “Happy birthday Dear OmanaKurian, my other mother. A woman I love soo much & always look up to purest soul with a beautiful heart, praying to God for your good health , peace , happiness and a lot of blessings !!,” he wrote on Instagram.
After several years of dating, the couple tied the knot in a fairytale wedding on June 9. The film was attended by many prominent film personalities across industries. Soon after the wedding, the couple visited Kerala, following which they travelled to Thailand for their honeymoon.
Most recently, the couple visited Spain, where they spent several days holidaying. Vignesh picture-perfect photos from the trip had instantly gone viral. On the work front, the couple are involved in a slew of new projects. While Nayanthara will soon be seen in Malayalam film ‘Gold’ and Telugu film ‘Godfather’,Vignesh is busy directing Ajith’s film ‘AK62’. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/14/happy-birthday-vignesh-sivan-nayanthara-mother-omana-kurian-wishes.html | 2022-09-14T11:43:47Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/14/happy-birthday-vignesh-sivan-nayanthara-mother-omana-kurian-wishes.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Richmond restaurant news: Bye to Kitchen 64 and downtown Quiznos
Kitchen 64 is closing after just over 15 years on Arthur Ashe Boulevard in the Northside. The last day of service will be Sept. 30, the restaurant shared on Instagram Tuesday morning.
Background: Long before Scott’s Addition was the entertainment district we know now, and eons before The Diamond District proposal, celebrated Richmond restaurateur Johnny Giavos opened the American and Greek fare eatery just off the I-64 exit.
- Giavos did not respond to a request for comment.
🥪 Quiznos is closing its downtown location at 707 E. Main St. at the end of service Friday.
- An email to office tenants shared with Axios says the restaurant chain decided not to renew its lease after 16 years in operation.
🍝 Sprezza, a southern Italian pop-up, is opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the former Morton’s space in Shockoe Slip in November, Richmond Magazine reports.
🥘 Elegant Cuizines — a restaurant with American and West African influences — is in the works top open next month in the the former True’s Cultural Kitchen, per Richmond BizSense.
🥃 It’s Negroni Week — a week when restaurants across the globe serve up the Campari-based cocktail and special Negroni-based cocktails and give a portion of proceeds to the Slow Food movement.
- Roughly a dozen local spots are participating.
- The Jasper has a full, special Negroni menu all week.
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For those who are eagerly awaiting the comeback of Sreenivasan on screen, this could mean good news. At least that’s the reassurance actress Sminu Sijo gives you. According to the actress, Sreenivasan is on the road to recovery and is in fine health. Sminu had shared stills of her visit to the Sreenivasan household on social media.
“Let this happiness never fade. I am posting this photo for all those who are praying for Sreeniyettan’s recovery. Save for some minor ailments, he is in good health now. Today I went to his house. I was warmly welcomed with a hug by Vimalechi and Sreeniyettan also spoke a lot. We also shared some of the jokes cracked by Dhyan Sreenivasan in his interviews. It was heartwarming to see the loving parents finding a lot of joy in their children’s happiness.
I don’t know if some of the humour shared there was something Dhyan missed narrating in his interviews or maybe he had kept it for another day. But clearly, Sreeniyettan’s humour was intact as he recalled some of the funny anecdotes from Dhyan’s childhood and those occasional moments of maturity Dhyan displaced. I consider myself lucky to have been able to spend some quality time with the family. Sreeniyettan also spoke animatedly about his upcoming script. That sparkle in his eyes and his confidence is enough proof that he will be back,” Sminu wrote.
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Photographer captures Hillsborough County's last scrub jay
Then there was one.
Photographer Russell McBurnie has been documenting a scrub jay in the Golden Aster Scrub Nature Preserve, near Gibsonton, believed to be the last of its kind in all of Hillsborough County.
Flashback: Once bountiful, the scrub jay population plummeted as Florida filled up with people, roads and buildings.
- A survey 12 years ago counted some 10,000 on the peninsula, the only place in the world where they are found.
Yes, but: Most of the scrub jays live in four large groups, with the remainder spread over a smattering of small colonies doomed by disconnection. That's the case in Hillsborough County.
Zoom in: Birders counted three scrub jays in the Golden Aster preserve six years ago.
- But now they see just the one, 83 degrees reports.
Want to hear something sad? The solo jay doesn’t know why there are no other jays around.
- "Scrub jays live a very social life with their entire life being dedicated to the role they serve within a large family dynamic," McBurnie tells Axios. "So I can't help but imagine that every day it surveys its territory, sometimes calling for others and looking out for others, not realizing the circumstances of the population."
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Minnesota breweries are on the rebound
Several Minnesota breweries rebounded in 2021 from pandemic-related taproom and restaurant shutdowns.
State of play: Of the 10 largest breweries in the state, seven increased production in 2021 compared to 2020, according to data from the Brewers Association.
Yes, but: Few Minnesota breweries have returned to their pre-pandemic sales volumes.
- Of the top 10, only Castle Danger, Third Street Brewhouse, Indeed and Fair State surpassed their 2019 numbers in 2021.
- Surly produced 25,000 fewer barrels in 2021 than in 2019, but it didn't re-open its massive taproom until June.
Of note: Third Street, based in Cold Spring, is a contract brewer, making beer for other brands, as well as some of its own, including Minnesota Gold Lager.
What's next: The association's Bart Watson, who compiled the data, says 2022 is producing mixed results and growth projected near 4-5%.
- Inflation on the cost of raw goods, particularly grain, is hurting the industry. So is competition from other alcohol products, such as canned cocktails and seltzers.
Between the lines: Many breweries may never return to the good old days of 2019 because competition keeps growing despite a slowdown in the explosion of craft beer consumption.
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Most Minnesota college grads stay in-state
The vast majority of Minnesota college students end up staying put after graduation.
- But we trail states such as California, Colorado and Illinois when it comes to attracting out-of-state grads.
The big picture: Minnesota is one of just nine states that is home to more college graduates than we produce, per the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Why it matters: The data shows that Minnesota's economic flywheel is working, said Matt Lewis, vice president of strategic initiatives for GreaterMSP.
- A strong stable of big employers in the Twin Cities benefits from — and employs — graduates from the University of Minnesota and other local private colleges.
- Lewis pointed to other Big Ten schools where that isn't the case. For example, Iowa City can’t absorb all of the University of Iowa grads and young professionals have to look elsewhere.
Zoom out: Around two-thirds of all U.S. students stay to work in the state they graduated from, per the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Zoom in: In Minnesota, the percentage is more than 75%, a Washington Post analysis of the data found.
Driving the numbers: Those who do leave are most likely to end up in neighboring Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota all send a notable number of their own grads our way.
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Superstar Vikram’s relationship with his fans is unique. He has always gone out of his way to be nice to them. The superstar also considers his fan as a family member. Currently, social media is abuzz with stills of Vikram conducting and attending the marriage of his domestic help’s son.
Olimaran was part of his housekeeping staff for the last 40 years. His wife Mary also works in the Vikram household. Olimaran had died recently. Vikram not only funded the wedding, but he made sure everything went well. Chiyaan Vikram attended Deepak and Varshini's wedding at Tirupporur Kandasamy Temple and participated in the ceremonies. It was also Vikram who took the thali and gave it to both of them.
Vikram's fans and members of the actor's fan club attended the wedding.
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Exclusive: Meghan and Harry-backed fintech Ethic raises $50M
Ethic, the socially responsible investing startup backed by Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, has raised $50 million in Series C funding, the company told Axios exclusively.
Why it matters: The funding round shows continued inflows into value-based investing even in a market downturn, and it highlights the move toward personalization of portfolios.
Background: Ethic's assets under management grew 53% since October 2021 to $2 billion, the company says (the S&P 500 fell about 9% during that same stretch).
- Ethic creates personalized portfolios based on investors' values, which may may include climate change, women's rights, and deforestation.
- It also helps users reduce their capital gains taxes— a feature that has become an important draw during the recent market volatility, CEO Doug Scott said in an interview.
Details: Jordan Park, an existing investor and client of Ethic, is leading the funding round. Other investors include UBS Next, Oak HC/FT, Nyca Partners, Sound Ventures, Urban Innovation Fund and Kapor Capital.
- Joining Park in the round are Meghan and Harry, after joining the startup as "impact partners" and making their first investments late last year.
- Though the company is not disclosing its exact valuation, Scott says that this is an up round.
Context: Ethic is among few index personalization firms that remain independent after a string of acquisitions in the space.
- Last year's consolidation wave included Franklin Resources's acquisition of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management; Vanguard of JustInvest; BlackRock of Aperio; Morgan Stanley of Parametric Portfolio.
- Ethic's financing round allows it to better compete against these peers.
Looking forward, the roughly 72-person firm plans to use the new capital to hire around 10 more people by the end of the year, expand into asset classes outside of equity, grow internationally, and expand into institutional investors.
- "We're three immigrant founders," says Scott, noting the EU is likely the company's first international market. "So we've always had a global mindset for Ethic." | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/09/14/meghan-and-harry-backed-fintech-ethic-50-million | 2022-09-14T11:44:31Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/09/14/meghan-and-harry-backed-fintech-ethic-50-million | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Life expectancy for American Indian and Alaska Natives declined over the past two years, and dropped more than other populations in the U.S., according to a recently released national study.
For American Indian and Alaska Native people, life expectancy dropped nearly seven years, from 71.8 to 65.2 years, from 2019 and 2020. That compares to a life expectancy drop of three years during that time period for the overall population.
The last time a similar decrease happened was 1944, a year which saw some of the highest U.S casualty numbers during World War II. The study identified COVID-19 as the main contributing factor in the nationwide decline, with other societal factors also playing into the steep drop in life expectancy among Native Americans.
In 2021, the average life expectancy for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native women was 69.2. For men, it was 61.5. The overall average life expectancy in the U.S. was 76.1 years.
Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle, said the life expectancy numbers were appalling.
“When we look at increases in mortality and decreases in life expectancy, particularly for Native people, we’re seeing the results of ongoing historical colonialism and the impact of longstanding policies that have created health disparities within the Native community,” Echo-Hawk said.
COVID was the main reason for the decline, according to the study. For Native Americans, factors like unintentional injuries, chronic liver disease, suicide and heart disease contributed to the steeper drop.
“If you look at COVID-19, we were more at risk for underlying health conditions such as cardiovascular disease,” Echo-Hawk said. “Those underlying factors put as more at risk for severe complications that would result in hospitalizations and deaths.”
She added that while COVID-19 played a big role in bringing down life expectancy across different demographics in the U.S, the underlying factors already prevalent within Native communities brought the deep drop.
“What we’re seeing is not the impact necessarily of just COVID-19 but COVID-19 exploiting the factors that created a population that was more likely to be impacted by a virus like COVID-19,” Echo-Hawk said. “These increases in mortality can’t be tied to just one specific thing, but more looking at the overall of ongoing results of the underfunding of the Indian Health Service that has not given us good access to resources.”
The Washington State Department of Health also has been tracking COVID by demographic group. Its reports show mortality rates among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans are consistently the highest. These groups also saw disproportionately high hospitalization rates as well as case rates per 100,000 people.
The Yakama Nation reported 61 COVID-related deaths as of December 2021. The Yakima Health District reported 613 COVID-related deaths county wide during the same time period.
Aside from a lack of access to health care, Echo-Hawk said other factors like high homicide rates on reservations due to the jurisdictional misunderstandings and lack of access to quality and culturally appropriate foods which can lead to a rise in diabetes rates and cardiovascular disease, all contribute to the spike in life expectancy seen in the Native community.
Echo-Hawk added that more broadly, these contributing factors can all be attributed to centuries worth of systemic racism.
“When we look at this drop in life expectancy, we have to look at it as a result of structural racism that has perpetuated ongoing health disparities … I see white Americans who are benefitting from structural racism while American Indians and Alaskan Natives are dying from it,” Echo-Hawk said.
Echo-Hawk said the mortality rate for Native Americans is likely an undercount, given the study does not take into account the Hispanic Native population.
The report from the National Center for Health Statistics is based on provisional data. Life expectancy estimates can change with more data and further analysis. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/study-shows-life-expectancy-among-native-populations-plummeted-between-2019-and-2021/article_b6609178-3092-11ed-8220-db168e353b07.html | 2022-09-14T11:44:53Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/study-shows-life-expectancy-among-native-populations-plummeted-between-2019-and-2021/article_b6609178-3092-11ed-8220-db168e353b07.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Mack, 26, was the Colts’ primary starting RB in 2019, and rushed for over 1,000 yards while averaging 4.4 per carry with eight touchdowns. Mack sustained a torn Achilles at the beginning of the 2020 season, and hasn’t been the same since. Mack was in the Texans backfield during the preseason and rushed 10 times for 55 yards vs. the 49ers. He did not make Houston’s 53-man roster.”
“You know, the extremes are fun for talk shows and grand extrapolations, but I think Shanahan and Lynch have actually built this season on percentages, modalities, margins, degrees and details. A hundred small calculations led them to acquire Lance in 2021, sit him behind Garoppolo last season, turn the team over to him this season but check that bet by keeping Garoppolo around once they realized Garoppolo would take a restructured deal and accept the backup role.”
“He didn’t lose the game,” Baldinger told hosts Bonta Hill and Joe Shasky. “They didn’t block well up front and they didn’t run the ball well. Nobody can tell you the names of those defensive linemen on the Chicago Bears. Nothing against Justin Jones or Angelo Blackson or any of those other guys up there, but this isn’t a top five defense. There was a lot of one- and two-yard runs from that offense on Sunday.””
Branch: 49ers game review: Javon Kinlaw could finally be a handful, if healthy (paywall)
“After ineffectively blocking Kinlaw one-on-one, Chicago routinely double-teamed him in the final three quarters.”
49ers mailbag: How long can Trey Lance last while playing like a running back?
“It happens regularly but gets called seldomly. The defensive linemen pull on their opponents to either clear a path for another defensive lineman or linebacker. Justin Smith used to do that on stunts with Aldon Smith. He only got caught once or twice because he was a wily veteran and knew how to cloak it. Javon Kinlaw, the guilty party on Sunday, was making just his 17th start....It may be something the officials are emphasizing this year. There was a defensive line holding call in the Broncos-Seahawks game — on former 49ers defensive tackle D.J. Jones.”
Baldy praises 49ers’ Talanoa Hufanga, makes comparison to Hall of Fame
Hufanga was unreal,” Baldinger said. “The plays that that guy makes, he kind of reminds you a little bit—I don’t want to make any comparisons to Hall of Famers—he reminds you of Troy Polamalu, the way he plays. He’s in the backfield. He’s aggressive. He gets underneath the offensive linemen. He sticks his head in everywhere. He’s going to be a really good player.”
49ers overreactions: Is Week 1 loss to Bears cause for panic?
“The conditions cannot be worse than they were in Chicago on Sunday, so the Week 2 game against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium should give us all a better idea of what we’re watching.”
“Martz was fired during his only season as the 49ers’ offensive coordinator in 2008. Following that, he was the Bears OC in 2010-11 before resigning after limited success. He coached the San Diego Fleet in the Alliance of American Football in 2019, going 3-4.”
Jerry Jones squashes possibility of Jimmy G trade to Cowboys
“We won’t be putting him on IR, which means we want him to be in consideration for playing within the next four games,” Jones said Tuesday morning. “Consequently, the people that are ready to play quarterback for us are the ones that played all preseason in Cooper Rush and [Will] Grier.
Armstead proud of Kinlaw’s journey after years of chronic pain
“I’m really proud of J.K.,” Armstead said Monday via conference call. “Me and him have been doing a lot of work this offseason. To see it pay off and take advantage of his opportunities, I’m really proud of him and all the work he has put in.” | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/14/23352361/49ers-news-marlon-mack-mike-martz-trey-lance-jimmy-g-dallas-cowboys-trade-contract-dak-backup-nfl | 2022-09-14T11:54:10Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/14/23352361/49ers-news-marlon-mack-mike-martz-trey-lance-jimmy-g-dallas-cowboys-trade-contract-dak-backup-nfl | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Notice of Allowance of Patent Application for the Use of B-Raf Inhibitors for Treating Cutaneous Reactions Caused by Treatment with a MEK Inhibitor Further Expands Lutris' Comprehensive Intellectual Property Portfolio Until 2038
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lutris Pharma, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving anti-cancer therapies by reducing dose limiting side effects, today announced that the company, together with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. Patent Application No. 16/636,974, entitled, "Use of BRAF Inhibitors for Treating Cutaneous Reactions Caused by Treatment With a MEK Inhibitor." The company has licensed exclusive rights to the patent from MSK. When issued, Lutris will have a total of 24 issued national patents covering 18 countries, as well as 19 patents pending.
The allowed claims cover Lutris' novel compositions of B-Raf inhibitors and uses thereof for treating and/or preventing MEK inhibitor-associated cutaneous conditions through a multitude of methods of administration, including, but not limited to, local administration to the skin, orally or systemically. The USPTO issues a patent Notice of Allowance after it determines a patent should be granted upon completion of any outstanding administrative requirements. The patent resulting from this application will have an expiration date of not earlier than August 8, 2038.
"The receipt of this Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for method-of-use claims related to B-Raf inhibitors, significantly strengthens our intellectual property portfolio and broadens the potential indications," stated Noa Shelach, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Lutris Pharma. "While the usage of MEK inhibitors in the treatment of certain diseases and cancers may significantly improve patient prognosis, such treatments hold the risk of serious adverse reactions, including acneiform rashes. The use of B-Raf inhibitors in treating these MEK inhibitor-associated cutaneous reactions could potentially help improve the treatment by reducing the associated dose limiting toxicities. This patent is synergistic to our portfolio including lead compound, LUT014, a proprietary, topical, first-in-class, novel B-Raf inhibitor for the treatment of EGFR inhibitor-induced acneiform lesions."
About Lutris Pharma
Lutris Pharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving anti-cancer therapy effectiveness and quality of life for patients who are being treated with EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) inhibitors or with radiation, where dermal toxicity often leads to a reduction of anti-cancer therapy compliance. The company aims to provide novel topical therapies in order to mitigate these side effects and enable patients' adherence to anti-cancer treatment.
Lutris Pharma is currently assessing the effectiveness of LUT014 in two clinical studies: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy and safety study of topically administered LUT014 in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with EGFR inhibitor induced acneiform lesions (NCT04759664), and a Phase 1/2 open-label followed by blinded study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of topically administered LUT014 (LUT-RD) in breast cancer patients with radiation induced dermatitis (RD) (NCT04261387). Top-line results in RD showed that 75% of patients in part 1 experienced complete resolution of RD, while part 2 data showed a clinically relevant treatment effect in 100% of patients treated with LUT014.
For more information, please visit www.lutris-pharma.com.
Contacts:
Lutris Pharma
Noa Shelach, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
ir@lutris-pharma.com
Rx Communications Group
Michael Miller
+1-917-633-6086
mmiller@rxir.com
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ActiveLook powered products are the ideal companion for Apple Watch Ultra; All Apple Watch OS 9 users can view running dynamics in real-time, in their natural field of view, without breaking stride
GRENOBLE, France and BOSTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroOLED, the company that specializes in the design and manufacture of OLED microdisplays, today announced the first of its kind integration of the ActiveLook "Light AR" platform with Apple Watch. The integration allows Apple Watch users to connect ActiveLook-enabled eyewear directly to the Apple Watch via Bluetooth, and view sports performance metrics in their natural field of view.
With the ability to create up to three "dashboards" of real-time data using the ActiveLook application for Watch OS, ActiveLook eyewear can display performance metrics such as Running Pace, Heart Rate and Running Power, in addition to the latest running dynamics metrics introduced with Watch OS 9 which include Stride Length, Ground Contact Time, and Vertical Oscillation.
Placing this data in the runner's natural field of view eliminates the need to break stride, shift focus and change body mechanics to monitor performance, which enables athletes to train and compete with seamless access to real-time information. ActiveLook provides a competitive advantage for endurance athletes such as marathoners and triathletes who rely on real-time metrics such as pace and heart rate in order to achieve their personal best. As such, ActiveLook-enabled eyewear are a perfect companion to the just-announced Apple Watch Ultra. ActiveLook makes performance metrics accessible instantly, at a glance, and without the friction associated with attempting to view a wrist-worn display during hard efforts.
MicroOLED CEO Eric Marcellin-Dibon commented, "The Apple Watch integration delivers the best ActiveLook experience for runners to date, from simplified setup to super intuitive use with the Apple Watch's touchscreen combined with the gesture control function found in ActiveLook products. Our team has delivered a breakthrough AR experience that highlights the benefits and value of MicroOLED's ActiveLook platform – it's lightweight, offers long battery life, excellent brightness, and is low cost. Competitive, data-driven runners will greatly benefit from this technology."
ActiveLook's industry-leading solution for endurance athletes combines MicroOLED's near-eye displays with an open platform to develop high-performance AR applications. ActiveLook 2.0 for iOS and WatchOS is available today in the App Store for consumers at no cost. Support for OS9 features will be released within September. ActiveLook-compatible eyewear is required. Current eyewear partners include ENGO, Julbo, and Cosmo. ActiveLook developer kits are available.
ENGO, a subsidiary of MicroOLED, also recently announced ENGO 2, its latest version of eyewear powered by the ActiveLook technology. ENGO 2 offers multiple industry leading features which include the longest battery life of up to 12 hours per charge, and the lightest weight at just 36 grams for the standard size; It is the lightest HUD on the market to date. These high performance characteristics are attributed to ActiveLook technology, which yields excellent brightness and low power consumption in a highly compact package.
For more information visit www.activelook.net.
MicroOLED specializes in the design and manufacturing of OLED microdisplays for near-eye applications (outdoor optical equipment, night vision glasses, ocular equipment for medical devices, augmented reality glasses, etc.). MicroOLED is a key partner of the world's top technology integrators with a unique technology that combines high resolution, high brightness and low energy consumption. MicroOLED is the leading provider in Europe and number two worldwide in its historical markets. The company is now extending its expertise and leadership to the sports market with ActiveLook(R), its open platform for "Light AR" solutions. For more information visit www.microoled.net.
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RFS v Hearts: TV channel; kick-off time; team news; form guide; odds
Hearts are in the Latvian capital of Riga for their second Europa Conference League Group A fixture against FK Rīgas Futbola Skola – better known as RFS – on Thursday. Here is all you need to know:
Match info
What: RFS v Hearts, Europa Conference League Group A
When: Thursday, September 15. Kick-off 8pm UK time.
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Where: The match is being played at the 8,000-capacity Skonto Stadium, which is not the Latvia team’s regular home venue. It is home to city rivals Riga FC. RFS usually play at LNK Sporta Parks, a new sports complex which has a capacity of just 2,300.
TV and ticket info
The match will be screen live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting at 7.30pm. Hearts have sold out their allocation for Skonto Stadium.
Team news
Hearts will have Jorge Grant available again after suspension ruled the midfielder out of last week's opening Group A match against Istanbul Basaksehir at Tynecastle Park. He is expected to start. Craig Halkett was described as “touch and go” last week so could be in contention to return following his hamstring injury.
Barring any injury issues, RFS boss Viktors Morozs will almost certainly be prepared to stick with the same XI from the draw at Fiorentina. But he has options in reserve, including Deniss Rakels, a player who has eight goals from 15 league games this season.
Form guide
There is no getting away from it, Hearts are on a bad run. They go into this game on the back of six defeats from seven matches in all competitions, their solitary win during that time a 3-2 scoreline at home to St Johnstone.
RFS recorded one of the best results in their history against Fiorentina last week, coming from behind to earn a 1-1 draw in Italy courtesy of Andrej Ilic's 74th-minute equaliser.
They have not kept a clean sheet in Europe for seven matches, but are now very much in the race for qualification from this group.
They are currently third, seven points adrift of the leaders, in Latvia's top flight, which runs from March to November.
They are also on a 10-match unbeaten streak in all competitions. The team's top scorer Andrej Ilic scored his 20th goal of the season at the weekend in a 3-0 win over Spartaks Jurmala.
Head-to-head
Hearts have not played Lativian opposition before. Their last trip to eastern Europe was back in 2016 against Infonet Tallinn of Estonia, where a 4-2 away win sealed a 6-3 victory on aggregate.
RFS are just the second Latvian side in history to reach the group stage of a European competition. They won the Virsliga, the country's top flight, for the first time in history in November last year.
Match officials
Aleksandar Stavrev from North Macedonia is the man in the middle, supported by compatriots Dejan Kostadinov and Goce Petreski on the line and Jovan Kachevski as fourth officials.
Manager thoughts
Robbie Neilson: “Riga sit in and hit you on the counter-attack because they are very well organised. We showed in the Zurich game, and the first 50 minutes against Istanbul, that we were in the game and creating chances. We have to do that for the full 90.”
Bookies’ odds
Home 2/1, Draw 23/10, Away 13/10, with McBookie. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/rfs-v-hearts-tv-channel-kick-off-time-team-news-form-guide-odds-3843060 | 2022-09-14T12:01:32Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/international/rfs-v-hearts-tv-channel-kick-off-time-team-news-form-guide-odds-3843060 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Catriona Matthew leads tributes for Joyce Hunnam
Catriona Matthew has led warm tributes to Joyce Hunnam, a long-time Gullane member and a well-kent face at women’s golf tournaments in Scotland, following her death.
In a post on social media, Matthew said the sad news about “one of my best friends” had left her heartbroken.
The two-time winning Solheim Cup captain said Hunnam was “well known to many in both golf and other sports” and described her as a “great person”.
Karen Stupples, another Women’s Open champion, also expressed her sadness, saying of Hunnam: “I always loved seeing her at tournaments.”
Former Scottish Golf performance director Steve Paulding said that Hunnam “loved all things sport and especially Commonwealth Games.”
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Hunnam always had a camera around her neck and Stewart Duff, the head greenkeeper at Gullane, acknowledged that in his tribute on Twitter.
He wrote: “She was a great character. Always up before the greenies on the courses, trying to get those wonderful scenic photos she took. RIP Joyce.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/golf/catriona-matthew-leads-tributes-for-joyce-hunnam-3843043 | 2022-09-14T12:01:40Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/golf/catriona-matthew-leads-tributes-for-joyce-hunnam-3843043 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lothians finish second as North East do the double
Lothians had to settle for second spot as North East completed a Scottish Area Team Championship double by winning the boys’ title at Gleddoch.
Represented by brothers Cameron and Samuel Mukherjee along with Ryan Gallagher and Callum Keneally, Lothians posted a 150 total in the morning to sit second behind North.
Led by a four-under 68 from Cameron Mukherjee, they then added a 213 total - the best three scores counted - but it wasn’t to be on this occasion.
With Koby Buchan, Callum Bruce, Scott Spark and Fraser Laird in the team, North East finished four shots ahead on 364.
Buchan (70), Spark (71) and Bruce (72) delivered the scores that ultimately proved decisive.
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The win at a wet Gleddoch came a fortnight after North East had also landed the men’s title at Powfoot.
Fife’s Alex North pipped Cameron Mukherjee on a countback to win the trophy for the leading individual player. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/golf/lothians-finish-second-as-north-east-do-the-double-3842997 | 2022-09-14T12:01:53Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/golf/lothians-finish-second-as-north-east-do-the-double-3842997 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will leave Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday as it is taken amid somber pageantry on a horse-drawn gun carriage past crowds of mourners to the Houses of Parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state for four days.
Crowds began massing early along the flag-lined road outside the palace for the procession from the monarch's official London residence to the historic Westminster Hall at Parliament. King Charles III and other members of the royal family will walk behind the coffin.
Thousands of people are gathering on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace and along the banks of the River Thames hours before the coffin procession begins. People in the crowd cheered when Charles waved to them as he drove from his residence, Clarence House, to the palace.
Joan Bucklehurst, a 50-year-old retail worker from Cheshire in northwestern England, said the queen “meant so much for everybody.”
“She was amazing, yeah,” she added, choking up with emotion. "So, we had to be here. We’ve been here a few times when there have been special occasions, but this one, I couldn’t miss this.”
The crowds are the latest manifestation of a nationwide outpouring of grief and respect for the only monarch most Britons have ever known, who died at her beloved Balmoral summer retreat on Thursday at age 96, ending a 70-year reign.
“It’s a very sad day, but it’s our last opportunity to do our duty for the queen and it’s our first opportunity to do it for the king, and that makes us all very proud,” said Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, of the Household division, who is responsible for organizing the ceremonial aspects of the queen’s funeral.
London’s Heathrow Airport said it was adjusting timetables to prevent overhead planes disturbing the procession. British Airways canceled 16 flights as a result of the changes.
The airport said in a statement that the changes would “ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.”
Troops involved in the procession have been preparing since the queen died. So have the horses of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Sgt. Tom Jenks, from the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, said that the horses have undergone special training, including how to handle weeping mourners, as well as flowers and flags being thrown onto streets as the procession passes by.
People stood behind metal barriers or sat on folding chairs, umbrellas at the ready, takeout coffees in hand under gray skies hours before the coffin was scheduled to leave the landmark palace at 2:22 p.m. (1322 GMT).
Crowds have lined the route of the queen's coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland back to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the state hearse, with interior lights illuminating the sovereign's flag-draped casket, drove slowly from a military air base into the heart of London.
Geoff Colgan, a taxi driver who took the day off to witness the moment, stood stunned in the moments after the queen’s coffin passed.
“It’s one of those things you know would happen, but when it does you can’t believe it,” he said, holding his toddler.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, some 33,000 people filed in silent respect past her coffin as it lay for 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to do the same in London when the queen lies in state at the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest building in Parliament, for four days before her state funeral on Monday. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/world/crowds-flock-to-london-to-see-queens-coffin-procession | 2022-09-14T12:11:20Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/world/crowds-flock-to-london-to-see-queens-coffin-procession | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Panaji: Eight Congress MLAs in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP, in a body blow to the opposition party which is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member state Assembly.
The eight MLAs joined the BJP in presence of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade.
In a similar move in July 2019, 10 Congress MLAs switched over to the BJP in Goa. The BJP retained power in the coastal state after the state Assembly elections in March this year.
It has 20 MLAs in the Assembly, while the Congress' strength will be depleted from 11 to three.
The eight Congress MLAs - Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes - were seen interacting with Sawant in a viral photo hours ahead of formally joining the BJP.
Earlier on Wednesday, a resolution was passed in the Congress Legislature Party meeting here to merge with the BJP, Lobo said. The three other Congress MLAs - Yuri Alemao, Altone D'Costa and Carlos Alvares Ferreira - were not present when the resolution was passed, he added.
Sawant told reporters that no decision has been taken yet on a cabinet reshuffle in the backdrop of the BJP strength rising to 28 in the House. The eight Congress MLAs have joined the BJP unconditionally, Sawant said.
Sawant said the BJP now has 28 MLAs and enjoys the support of 33 MLAs altogether in the Assembly. Sawant said the "Congress Chhodo Yatra" has begun from Goa, as seen from the influx of that party's legislators into the BJP.
Joined BJP to strengthen PM's hands
Michael Lobo said they decided to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
Briefing reporters in the presence of Sawant, Lobo said they have "started Congress Chhodo Yatra from Goa".
Lobo said the Congress Legislative Party's resolution has been submitted to the state legislature secretary and the chief minister.
Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar has also been informed about the development, he said.
Devine approval
Former chief minister Digambar Kamat told reporters that his decision was based on the circumstances. "When I was not chosen as leader of the opposition by the party (after the Goa polls held earlier this year), I had expressed my displeasure. If you see the letter of Gulam Nabi Azad (who quit the Congress recently), you will be able to draw the conclusion," Kamat said.
When asked about the pledge of loyalty taken by Congress candidates at a temple and a church before the Goa Assembly polls, Kamat said the crossover was done with divine consent.
Before the February 14 elections, all the Congress candidates had taken a vow at a temple and a church after filing their nomination papers that they will not leave the party if elected. The party took this added 'precaution' probably keeping in mind the 2019 exodus when ten of its 15 MLAs in Goa had joined the BJP overnight.
Asked about the breach of pledge, Kamat told reporters here that before joining the BJP he had visited the temple again. "I went to the temple again and asked God what to do. God told me 'do whatever is best for you'," he said. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/14/goa-congress-legislature-party-mlas-join-bjp.amp.html | 2022-09-14T12:13:55Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/14/goa-congress-legislature-party-mlas-join-bjp.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Panaji: Eight Congress MLAs in Goa, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat, on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP, in a body blow to the opposition party which is now left with just three MLAs in the 40-member state Assembly.
The eight MLAs joined the BJP in presence of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade.
In a similar move in July 2019, 10 Congress MLAs switched over to the BJP in Goa. The BJP retained power in the coastal state after the state Assembly elections in March this year.
It has 20 MLAs in the Assembly, while the Congress' strength will be depleted from 11 to three.
The eight Congress MLAs - Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes - were seen interacting with Sawant in a viral photo hours ahead of formally joining the BJP.
Earlier on Wednesday, a resolution was passed in the Congress Legislature Party meeting here to merge with the BJP, Lobo said. The three other Congress MLAs - Yuri Alemao, Altone D'Costa and Carlos Alvares Ferreira - were not present when the resolution was passed, he added.
Sawant told reporters that no decision has been taken yet on a cabinet reshuffle in the backdrop of the BJP strength rising to 28 in the House. The eight Congress MLAs have joined the BJP unconditionally, Sawant said.
Sawant said the BJP now has 28 MLAs and enjoys the support of 33 MLAs altogether in the Assembly. Sawant said the "Congress Chhodo Yatra" has begun from Goa, as seen from the influx of that party's legislators into the BJP.
Joined BJP to strengthen PM's hands
Michael Lobo said they decided to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
Briefing reporters in the presence of Sawant, Lobo said they have "started Congress Chhodo Yatra from Goa".
Lobo said the Congress Legislative Party's resolution has been submitted to the state legislature secretary and the chief minister.
Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar has also been informed about the development, he said.
Devine approval
Former chief minister Digambar Kamat told reporters that his decision was based on the circumstances. "When I was not chosen as leader of the opposition by the party (after the Goa polls held earlier this year), I had expressed my displeasure. If you see the letter of Gulam Nabi Azad (who quit the Congress recently), you will be able to draw the conclusion," Kamat said.
When asked about the pledge of loyalty taken by Congress candidates at a temple and a church before the Goa Assembly polls, Kamat said the crossover was done with divine consent.
Before the February 14 elections, all the Congress candidates had taken a vow at a temple and a church after filing their nomination papers that they will not leave the party if elected. The party took this added 'precaution' probably keeping in mind the 2019 exodus when ten of its 15 MLAs in Goa had joined the BJP overnight.
Asked about the breach of pledge, Kamat told reporters here that before joining the BJP he had visited the temple again. "I went to the temple again and asked God what to do. God told me 'do whatever is best for you'," he said. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/14/goa-congress-legislature-party-mlas-join-bjp.html | 2022-09-14T12:14:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/09/14/goa-congress-legislature-party-mlas-join-bjp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Prior -0.8%
- Market index 255.0 vs 258.1 prior
- Purchase index 198.1 vs 197.8 prior
- Refinancing index 532.9 vs 556.4 prior
- 30-year mortgage rate 6.01% vs 5.94% prior
The standout detail is that the average interest rate for the most popular US home loan rose above 6% for the first time since 2008, more than doubling the level it was a year ago. Mortgage activity continued to decline, largely as a result from a fall in refinancing this week as the housing sector continues to feel the impact of higher rates in general. And we can still look forward to another 75 bps rate hike by the Fed next week. Fun.
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US Dollar
The US dollar, (symbol $, code USD) is the fiat currency of the United States of America (USD) and the most widely traded currency globally. It was introduced into the US in the late 18th Century, with paper notes not being distributed until the following century. The US dollar, also informally known as the greenback, is the world’s most foremost reserve currency, due in large part to the importance of the US economy on the world stage. Once backed by gold (in the 1900’s), the USD is now a purely fiat currency, i.e. not backed by a physical commodity. The former gold standard aligned to the US dollar, made both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the USA, with the guarantee that 1 USD could be converted to one and a half grams of pure 24 carat gold. However, the gold link was eventually abolished by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Since the gold standard was cut, the US dollar has become the world’s number one reserve currency.This means foreign nations possess large amounts of their cash reserves in USD, accounting for approximately 65% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves.How to Trade the US Dollar?The US Dollar is traded in a variety of ways, most notably on the foreign exchange (forex) market versus other currencies; traded as pairs. Any retail broker offers exposure to the USD in many exchange pairs, given its popularity and liquidity. The USD is involved in the majority of the most traded forex pairs, such as the EUR/USD, the USD/JPY, the GBP/USD and the USD/CHF, known as the “four majors”, and the “commodity pairs”, i.e. AUD/USD, USD/CAD and the NZD/USD.
The US dollar, (symbol $, code USD) is the fiat currency of the United States of America (USD) and the most widely traded currency globally. It was introduced into the US in the late 18th Century, with paper notes not being distributed until the following century. The US dollar, also informally known as the greenback, is the world’s most foremost reserve currency, due in large part to the importance of the US economy on the world stage. Once backed by gold (in the 1900’s), the USD is now a purely fiat currency, i.e. not backed by a physical commodity. The former gold standard aligned to the US dollar, made both gold and silver the legal-tender coinage of the USA, with the guarantee that 1 USD could be converted to one and a half grams of pure 24 carat gold. However, the gold link was eventually abolished by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Since the gold standard was cut, the US dollar has become the world’s number one reserve currency.This means foreign nations possess large amounts of their cash reserves in USD, accounting for approximately 65% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves.How to Trade the US Dollar?The US Dollar is traded in a variety of ways, most notably on the foreign exchange (forex) market versus other currencies; traded as pairs. Any retail broker offers exposure to the USD in many exchange pairs, given its popularity and liquidity. The USD is involved in the majority of the most traded forex pairs, such as the EUR/USD, the USD/JPY, the GBP/USD and the USD/CHF, known as the “four majors”, and the “commodity pairs”, i.e. AUD/USD, USD/CAD and the NZD/USD.
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Attack on Senator Uba barbaric — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “barbaric and condemnable,” the armed shooting in Anambra State of the convoy of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South District.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said the president expressed concern about the activities of armed groups in the country.
The statement quoted the President as saying: “We are deeply concerned about the activities of armed groups in the region and in other parts of the country. We are closely monitoring the situation and waiting for further details on the response to the worrisome situation by the police, the military and other security agencies.
“The nation has lost four brave policemen and other aides of the Senator.
“On behalf of the government and the people, I pay homage to these security men and the aides who were brutally murdered. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families at this difficult time.”
The President prayed for the quick recovery of the Senator and all those that were injured. He equally prayed for the early return of peace and security in Anambra State and all other areas.
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I’m really not a morning person. The only early mornings I like are when I get to roll around in bed for an hour without having to get up. But on those rare occasions that I do find myself up and about before 7:00am, the sky always seems brighter, the birds more cheerful and the air clean and fresh. I can see the appeal then, for those people who wake up at 4:00am and go running before breakfast. I personally still think breakfast should come before anything, and definitely not before 7.30am. It’s just not my thing. This mindset, of course, makes going to events a little… difficult.
So, when I caught wind of a primarily stance-centric event called A-Messe Japan being held at Fuji Speedway, I knew exactly how I’d feel.
I wouldn’t want to go, staying in bed until the last minute, having a late breakfast and stopping for one too many coffees along the way. But I also knew that there would be plenty of good stuff to see if I just pushed through.
You most definitely can’t teach an old dog new tricks, it would seem, because that’s exactly what happened. I rolled around in bed all morning, drank too many coffees, then found loads of amazing cars despite my fussy preconceptions.
Stance and VIP are obviously cool; there’s definitely a huge amount of time, labour, love and skill that goes into achieving ultimate lows and a serious luxury image.
Some of the fabrication that goes into these cars is mind-blowing too, and the above slammed Hilux trio will get a spotlight along with a few other favourites from A-Messe Japan 2022 in a later post.
So while I appreciate stance and VIP, I still can’t seem to fully get on board. But luckily, that’s the great thing about the car scene in general. People are free to build whatever car they like, and like or dislike whatever car they see. There are no hate crimes against Silvias or prejudice towards Preludes.
If only the rest of society was as carefree about diversity…
In a way, VIP kind of makes more sense to me. These are cars which are meant to be cruisers, so keeping them low and blinged out fits with their intended purpose. What makes no sense is throwing ridiculous amounts of camber at a car and making it look broken. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer my tyres to have as much contact area as possible.
Thankfully, variety was plentiful at A-Messe Japan, the weather a few degrees cooler than in my city, and the crowds pretty small and friendly.
As predicted, it was pure joy walking around the candy shop of cars, looking for those Goldilocks builds that sat just right.
Nothing says Japan more than a slammed Honda Beat in the same vicinity as a donk-style GMC van. This was more like Goldilocks walking into a candy shop full of cocaine and deciding that she wants all the porridge all of the time.
For a show whose attendees seemed to be made up primarily of display car owners, the vibe here was more like an afternoon meet at Daikoku PA than an organised event with sponsors.
I’ll drop the full A-Messe Japan 2022 gallery below, because if I try and talk about every car I snapped on the day, we’ll be here until the winter of 2034. There’s also a full gallery of the pack-down and roll-out after the show finished at 4:00pm.
Special GuestsAside from the vast numbers of cars on show, A-Messe Japan had also invited some special guests, whose cars were assembled under the awning at the rear of the entertainment area. They included Yanagi-san with his fresh-liveried EG Civic, Kazuki-san from Madlane with his brand new bagged 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach, and of course Souki-san and his wild Lamborghini Diablo.
This alone was worth dragging myself out of bed for, although in retrospect, perhaps knowing they would be there was the much-needed carrot at the end of the stick.
I’ll soon be giving you a closer look at this super-cool project from Madlane, as well as checking out Kazuki-san’s new workshop and showroom. Stay tuned for that…
Seeing two Lamborghinis side-by-side, cooked in two very different ways, was pretty special, and a rare opportunity considering the distance these two friends live from each other.
But, sorry Kazuki-san, if I had to drive one of these cars home, it would have to be the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nür. Although, if I owned this, I’d probably end up parked on my driveway for a few hours every time I took it out, running my hand across the plush interior before heading inside for a beer.
I’ll leave you with that image, and let you scroll through all the great cars on show at A-Messe Japan 2022. They may not all be to your liking, or mine, and we may not even dislike the same ones, but this car culture, we’re all friends here, and there’s something for everyone.
In the words of a poorly translated Japanese t-shirt… enjoy happy car life.
Toby Thyer
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Yesterday's CPI report threatens to upend the idea of a crest in inflation and replace it with a stick battle that will require the Fed to hike rates to +5%. That's raised the stakes in the inflation debate and elevated every data point.
Up next at the bottom of the hour is August PPI. This report generally impacts markets more when it comes before CPI but I wouldn't rule out this version having an effect. The consensus is +8.8% y/y, down from +9.8%. Ex food/energy is seen at 7.1% y/y.
Other data due today includes Canadian manufacturing sales (8:30 am ET) and the weekly EIA oil inventory report at 10:30 am ET. The Fed remains in the blackout period but leaks to the WSJ do not. If the Fed is going to leak something, I suspect they'll wait until after tomorrow's retail sales report or Friday's UMich data. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/dont-overlook-todays-ppi-release-20220914/ | 2022-09-14T12:35:38Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/dont-overlook-todays-ppi-release-20220914/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The majority of this Navy veterans service was spent working with top secret information during the Vietnam War.
“I knew sooner or later I was going to get drafted. So, I cut class one day, and joined the Navy,” said Vietnam Veteran Bill Morgan.
In November 1961, Bill Morgan began his military career during the Vietnam War.
“So when I finished boot camp, I went to Pensacola, Florida for communication school. And it was more or less a radio school where you learned sending and receiving Morse code. They do a background check on you, thorough background check on you, and they issue you a clearance, so I was cleared for a top secret Crypto clearance,” Morgan said.
Though Morgan served during the Vietnam War, he didn’t step foot in Vietnam.
“So my job, the whole time I was in, was to keep an eye on the Russian fleet. And believe it or not, we knew where every one of their ships and every one of their submarines were at all times,” Morgan said.
However, the Russians weren’t Morgan’s only focus.
“I have a citation here, that was for an episode that happened in 1964 where the Vietnamese, North Vietnamese PT boats, torpedo boats, were attacking a couple of our ships,” said Morgan.
It was Morgan’s job to pass on the order to retaliate.
“And of course we did that, and then of course the cheering began because they wiped them out in no time,” said Morgan.
When Morgan returned stateside, he started serving his country in a new way.
“I immediately joined the American Legion. Homer had a pretty good post at that time. Our motto was ‘Veterans Still Serving’ and that’s what we did,” Morgan said.
Morgan has been a member of Homer Post 97 for 55 years and now, he wants to see more veterans rally around each other.
“Right now, Homer has a post, Dakota City has a post, Jackson has a post, South Sioux City has a post, but everybody is losing membership and we’re losing many more to death than we are enrolling,” Morgan said.
Morgan also said one of his more fond memories during his time in the Pacific was playing football against the Marines. He said his team was to be reckoned with. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/community/veterans-voices/i-cut-class-and-joined-the-navy-vietnam-veteran-recalls-classified-service/ | 2022-09-14T12:35:48Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/community/veterans-voices/i-cut-class-and-joined-the-navy-vietnam-veteran-recalls-classified-service/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday said it would deactivate a West Texas border patrol account that retweeted far-right posts from Stephen Miller, who was a key architect of former President Trump’s immigration policy as a senior White House adviser.
CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said the retweeted content was removed and the Office of Professional Responsibility was investigating the situation.
“Totally unacceptable and disappointing that any CBP Twitter account was used to R/T offensive, unauthorized content,” Magnus tweeted. “This must not happen again.”
The CBP Twitter account retweeted two posts from Miller over the weekend, according to screenshots shared on Twitter, including one in which Miller ranted against perceived criminals.
“Violent criminals lay waste to our communities undisturbed while the immense power of the state is arrayed against those whose only crime is dissent,” Miller wrote. “The law has been turned from a shield to protect the innocent into a sword to conquer them.”
In another post retweeted by CBP West Texas, Miller took aim at the media, saying its “greatest power is its ability to frame what is a dire national crisis (eg “cops are racist” summer ’20) and what is not.”
“Biden’s eradication of our border means we are no longer a Republic – he’s ended nearly 250 years of constitutional government. The media is silent,” Miller tweeted.
The immigration policies Miller helped shape under Trump were criticized as being blatantly racist and based on fear-mongering. He reportedly helped craft Trump’s travel ban, which targeted Muslim countries; the 450-mile long steel bollard wall on the Mexican border; and the family separation policy.
A separate statement from CBP, shared by Magnus on Saturday, said the retweets of the CBP West Texas account do not reflect the agency’s views on immigration.
“The tweets do not reflect the values of this administration and our work to rebuild a humane, orderly, and secure immigration system,” the statement reads.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Miller last week in connection to its investigation into Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/border-patrol-to-probe-totally-unacceptable-retweets-of-stephen-miller-posts/ | 2022-09-14T12:35:55Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/border-patrol-to-probe-totally-unacceptable-retweets-of-stephen-miller-posts/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first woman to clinch a major-party nomination for president, on Sunday responded to skepticism from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that a woman could hold the nation’s highest office.
“I think that a woman will become our president at some point,” Clinton said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“I certainly understand all of the obstacles you have to overcome to get there. But I continue to tell young women and girls that if they feel motivated to pursue political office, they should do so, with their eyes wide open about how hard it is.”
In an interview with GQ earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez — herself an oft-cited name as a potential future presidential candidate — said her experience as a congresswoman showed her “how deeply and unconsciously, as well as consciously, so many people in this country hate women.”
Misogyny, Ocasio-Cortez said, “transcends political ideology,” and the patriarchy permeates all parties.
The second-term congresswoman talked about hearing from girls who say they want to see her as president, saying, “I admit to sometimes believing that I live in a country that would never let that happen.”
Clinton, who won the popular vote against then-Republican candidate Donald Trump in 2016 but lost the electoral college count, acknowledged Ocasio-Cortez’s concerns, but said it was still worth fighting to get a woman winning the White House.
“I think it’s sad that we have so many people who seem to either resent or oppose women in the public arena, whether it’s politics and government or the media or anything else. That’s something we have to keep standing up against and speaking out against,” Clinton said.
“Unfortunately, social media, with all of its misogyny, has made it more difficult, but we can’t be bullied into silence or giving up on our own dreams. We have to continue to pursue them and encourage others to do the same.”
Clinton, who became former President Obama’s secretary of state after losing to him in the 2008 Democratic primary for president, has been open about a number of her own battles with misogyny and sexism.
She revealed last week that she started wearing her now-mainstay pantsuits after press circulated “suggestive” photographs shot up the then-First Lady’s skirt.
On tour with daughter Chelsea to promote their women-focused docu-series “Gutsy,” Clinton also said last week that she won’t run again for president.
“But I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that we have a president who respects our democracy and the rule of law and upholds our institutions,” Clinton told CBS News. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/hillary-clinton-disputes-ocasio-cortez-notion-that-us-cant-elect-a-woman-president/ | 2022-09-14T12:36:07Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/hillary-clinton-disputes-ocasio-cortez-notion-that-us-cant-elect-a-woman-president/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DES MOINES, IOWA (WHO) — For the 11th time in 2022, a TSA agent has successfully stopped a passenger from illegally carrying a firearm onto an airplane. There were only nine such incidents all of last year.
The head of TSA at the Des Moines Airport says this is not how a responsible gunowner would store a gun or travel.
“It’s extremely disappointing that our officers have stopped another firearm at DSM this week,” Director John Bright said in an emailed news release, “Responsible gun owners always know where their firearms are and travel with them properly – never in a carry-on bag.”
A TSA agent spotted the outline of the weapon while screening bags around 12:30 pm on Monday. Des Moines Police were called to the scene, the gun was confiscated and its owner was issued a citation. The TSA says the gun was loaded with six shots – none in the chamber – and did not have a safety switch.
Illegally carrying a gun through TSA could result in a fine of up to $13,910, according to the agency. TSA PreCheck members will lose that status as well if they are found with a weapon.
Travelers are allowed to bring guns on a plane. They must be unloaded, securely stored, declared and checked. They can then travel with other baggage under the plane. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/another-loaded-gun-caught-by-tsa-at-des-moines-airport/ | 2022-09-14T12:36:39Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/another-loaded-gun-caught-by-tsa-at-des-moines-airport/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Joe Biden will visit the Detroit Auto Show on Wednesday, where he is expected to promote his administration’s electric vehicle policy.
The White House said Biden’s goal is to make 50% of all auto sales in the U.S. electric vehicles by 2030.
As part of an infrastructure bill passed by Congress, $7.5 billion has been earmarked to build a network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the U.S.
According to Fox Business, Biden will announce the first tranche of stations will be built along 53,000 miles of the national highway system at a cost of $900 million.
Biden also signed the Inflation Reduction Act in August. The bill has new provisions for Americans seeking a tax credit for purchasing an electric vehicle.
While there has been a $7,500 credit for electric vehicles, the credits were capped at 200,000 per manufacturer. The new law eliminates that limit.
While at the Detroit Auto Show, Biden will view several new electric vehicle models as manufacturers grow their EV portfolios. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/biden-to-promote-electric-vehicles-charging-network-in-visit-to-detroit | 2022-09-14T12:37:07Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/biden-to-promote-electric-vehicles-charging-network-in-visit-to-detroit | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Martin Lewis held back tears on Good Morning Britain as he discussed losing his mother at the same age as Prince Harry. Footage of Princess Diana's funeral was aired on the ITV show this morning (September 14).
As footage from her funeral was shown, Martin, 50, became emotional while sitting next to his co-presenter Susanna Reid. He told viewers: "Yeah, I mentioned this earlier and I wasn't going to say on air, but it resonates very powerfully with me as someone who lost his mother at the same age Harry was at the time, in a road accident.
"I find it very difficult to watch. Thank goodness I wasn't forced to walk behind the funeral procession, I didn't even go." He then turned to Susanna and cut off.
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"It does bring back some, er...." he said. He then told Susanna: "You carry on. You carry on." Susanna said: "Utterly heartbreaking. I know, I know.
"I think, when events like this happen that are so public, they are very triggering of private grief. And we totally understand."
GMB returned the day after the Queen's death with a special episode dedicated to her life, and the presenters continue to wear black on the show from 6am until 9am as a mark of respect.
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People can earn up to £400 for free by just following these simple hacks. Martin Lewis' website MoneySavingExpert.com has shown an "easy trick" to earn a windfall amid the cost of living crisis.
Times are tough with rising energy bills, inflation, stagnant wages and an impending recession. Struggling families need all the help they can get.
But instead of having to wait for the next government state benefit aimed to alleviate the suffering caused by the ongoing crisis, you can enjoy these loopholes. The first tip that MSE suggests is to claim £175 by switching to the Santander 123 Lite account. The current account costs £2 a month but you can earn up to £15 a month cashback which cancels out the fee.
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Cashback is capped at £5 and you can claim it in three different ways. The first tier is council tax, mobile and home phone bills, broadband and paid-for TV packages and Santander mortgage payments. The second tier is 2 per cent back on gas and electricity bills, and Santander life and home insurance, then the third tier is 3 per cent cashback on water bills, The Mirror reports.
MoneySavingExpert estimates a home with mid to large bills could earn up to £80 per year, even after the fee. There are some other eligibility criteria you need to get the £175 switch bonus. MSE explained: “To get it, you need to have/switch two direct debits, log in to online/mobile banking, have a one-off £1,000 going in, then fund £500/mth (for example, by paying your salary in). The bonus will be paid within 30 days of meeting the criteria.”
Also you can switch to First Direct which is offering £175. But this doesn't have the cashback on bills incentive. The final hack to getting £400 is to apply for the app-only Chase current account where you get 1 per cent cashback on all daily spending. If you spend £1,000 a month on the card then that's £120 cashback for the year, MSE claims.
MSE suggests using Santander for your bill payments, and then fund normal spending via the Chase current account. You can also get cashback when opening a new account through Topcashback or Quidco.
You'll get money back for a qualifying shop as you complete the transaction via their website. The cash will come in handy as households continue to struggle against the cost of living crisis.
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After nearly two years in operation, the controversial trial period for electric scooters in Canterbury is now set to end. Having initially begun in November 2020, the divisive test period launched by Kent County Council in partnership with Bird was then twice extended.
Concerns around the vehicles mounted earlier in the year after a pedestrian, an elderly woman, was knocked down and injured. However, it has come to light that this is the only known reported crash involving an e-scooter in Canterbury since the trial began, according to data from KCC.
In fact, KCC has confirmed that in total, more than 67,000 rides have been carried out since the trial began. With only one recorded crash, this means that the scooters have had a collision rate of just 0.0014 per cent.
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Despite these statistics, KCC has now rejected proposals from the Department of Transport to once again extend the scheme until May 2024, a considerable extension from the current end date of November 30 this year. KCC cabinet member for transport Cllr David Brazier, who has been overseeing the trial, aired great concern surrounding safety and the scooters.
He announced at the Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee last Thursday (September 8) that the scheme is to be "wound down" before its conclusion at the end of November. “There have been instances of the scooters being used outside the guidelines and recently, an elderly lady was quite seriously injured by one being ridden on the pedestrian area, which was not allowed,” he said.
“Other members of the public have written to me on the subject and I have decided that the scheme will be wound down and the area of operation reduced immediately.” The number of electric scooters in operation is to be gradually reduced over the coming months as well as the areas in which they operate ahead of the trial ending.
A KCC spokesperson said: “KCC and our operating partner, Bird, are continuing to collect valuable data through the Canterbury electric scooter trial to share with the Department for Transport. In recent months Bird, working to deliver this trial for KCC, has introduced enhanced safety measures including a reduction of the electric scooter speeds from 15mph to 12mph.
“Additionally, they increased Birdwatchers to patrol the city for pavement riding and changed their rider policy to introduce an immediate ban for any misdemeanour.”
Earlier this year, KentLive took to the streets of Canterbury to try out the e-scooters for ourselves. Find out how we got on here.
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Heavy traffic is building on the A2 in Dartford after a crash involving a lorry. Stationary traffic has been reported in the area as a result the incident which occurred between the A2018 Old Bexley Lane (Dartford Heath) and the M25 J2 (Darenth Interchange).
It has been reported that the vehicle crashed into the central barrier. The A2 out of town has been completely blocked with congestion on both sides building back to the M25 London-bound.
It is not yet known if there have been any injuries as a result of the accident. Metropolitan Police has been approached for comment.
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The latest update from traffic monitoring site Inrix reads: "A2 out of town blocked, stationary traffic due to accident, a lorry involved between A2018 Old Bexley Lane (Dartford Heath) and M25 J2 (Darenth Interchange). Congestion to both sides, back to the M25 Londonbound."
If you have seen or heard anything you think we should know about, or in relation to this, please contact the KentLive newsdesk by email at kentlivenewsdesk@reachplc.com . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us via our Facebook page or on Twitter @kentlivenews .
Follow our live blog below for the latest updates to this ongoing incident.
Traffic easing
The latest Inrix update states: "Traffic easing, earlier accident on A2 out of town between A2018 Old Bexley Lane (Dartford Heath) and M25 J2 (Darenth Interchange)."
Two miles of traffic as all lanes re-open
The latest update from Inrix reads:
Queueing traffic for two miles due to accident, now on the hard shoulder on A2 out of town between A2018 Old Bexley Lane (Dartford Heath) and M25 J2 (Darenth Interchange). Travel time is 20 minutes. All lanes have been re-opened.
Good morning
Welcome to our live blog. Here we will be posting updates to the ongoing incident on the A2 which has caused heavy traffic to build in the area after a lorry crashed into the central barrier.
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The M20 has been closed in both directions following a crash. A lorry has crashed through the central reservation.
The road is closed between J1 (M25) and J2 (Sevenoaks). National Highways has said drivers should provide more time for their journeys.
The HGV collided with the central reservation and crossed the barrier onto the other side of the road. It is unknown if anyone is hurt.
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National Highways said: "The M20 in both directions between J1 (M25) and J2 (Sevenoaks), lanes 2 and 3 (of 3) are closed due to a HGV which has collided and crossed the central reservation barrier. Please allow extra time if you're travelling in the area."
Further updates will be provided in the blog below.
If you have seen or heard anything you think we should know about, or in relation to this, please contact the KentLive newsdesk by email at kentlivenewsdesk@reachplc.com . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us via our Facebook page or on Twitter @kentlivenews .
See our live blog below of this incident as it unfolded.
One lane has reopened
One lane has reopened on the M20 following the crash. Previously, two lanes had been closed.
Inrix states:
One lane closed and queueing traffic due to accident, a lorry involved on M20 in both directions between J2 A20 / A227 ( Wrotham Brands Hatch Circuit) and J1 M25 (Swanley Interchange). A lorry heading London-bound has gone through the central barrier onto the Coastbound side, blocking lanes three (of three) in both directions.
Road to be closed for several hours
The M20 is expected to be closed for several hours.
National Highways said:
The event is expected to clear between 15:00 and 15:15 on September 14, 2022.
Normal traffic conditions are expected between 15:45 and 16:00 on September 14.
Traffic queuing for a mile
Two lanes have been closed on the M20 and traffic is queuing for a mile following the collision.
Traffic management alert system Inrix states:
Two lanes closed and queueing traffic for one mile due to accident, a lorry involved on M20 in both directions between J2 A20 / A227 ( Wrotham Brands Hatch Circuit) and J1 M25 (Swanley Interchange).
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Former President Trump is fighting a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow its review of classified materials taken from Mar-a-Lago to continue, with Trump’s legal team arguing the investigation “at its core is a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control.”
The filing continues to assert the former president has broad power to control his records even after he leaves office, even the classified records that the Justice Department argued Trump can have no possible claim to, and thus do not require review by a third-party special master.
In the filing, Trump’s legal team pushed back against the idea that there was any possible damage from the mishandling of records.
“There is no indication any purported ‘classified records’ were disclosed to anyone. Indeed, it appears such ‘classified records,’ along with the other seized materials, were principally located in storage boxes in a locked room at Mar-a-Lago, a secure, controlled access compound utilized regularly to conduct the official business of the United States during the Trump Presidency, which to this day is monitored by the United States Secret Service,” they wrote.
The response from Trump’s team came after the Justice Department last Thursday indicated it planned to appeal a federal district court judge’s ruling green-lighting a special master, also asking her to approve a partial stay that would exclude some 300 classified records from their review.
“The classification markings establish on the face of the documents that they are government records, not Plaintiff’s personal records,” the DOJ wrote.
“And for several reasons, no potential assertion of executive privilege could justify restricting the executive branch’s review and use of the classified records at issue here.”
But Trump’s team claimed Monday that classification status matters little within the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and that Trump’s document issues should be sorted with the National Archives, or NARA.
“Of course, classified or declassified, the documents remain either presidential records or personal records under the PRA,” they wrote.
“At best, the government might ultimately be able to establish certain presidential records should be returned to NARA. What is clear regarding all of the seized materials is that they belong with either President Trump … or with NARA, but not with the Department of Justice.”
The brief also seeks to undercut the heart of the Justice Department’s argument that its criminal investigation is “inextricably intertwined” with a separate intelligence community review of the documents led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that the judge allowed to continue.
The FBI is part of the intelligence community and would be the agency responsible for investigating any mishandling of intelligence that the review uncovers, DOJ said.
Though in a Friday night filing the Trump legal team said a special master should be afforded three months to complete a review of the documents, in its latest brief to the court it said the investigation could withstand a “brief pause.”
It also alleges the ODNI damage assessment into potential fallout from the mishandling of the records is a way to further DOJ’s criminal investigation.
“The government contends that the FBI and ODNI, and their personnel, are so inseparable they are incapable of having agents outside the criminal case participate in the ODNI-led investigation. This convenient, and belated, claim by the Government relative to enjoining the criminal team’s access to these documents only arises because the FBI concedes the intelligence community review is actually just another facet of its criminal investigation,” Trump’s legal team wrote.
The filing is the closest Trump’s legal team has gotten to repeating claims by the former president that he declassified the information found in his home – but they stop short of actually doing so.
The brief spends a few pages noting that presidents have the power to declassify documents but never say that Trump actually did so.
“The government’s stance assumes that if a document has a classification marking, it remains classified irrespective of any actions taken during President Trump’s term in office,” Trump’s legal team wrote.
“There is no legitimate contention that the chief executive’s declassification of documents requires approval of bureaucratic components of the executive branch. Yet, the government apparently contends that President Trump, who had full authority to declassify documents, ‘willfully’ retained classified information in violation of the law,” they added.
In an earlier round of filings, the DOJ noted that in the months of discussions Trump’s legal team never raised the prospect that the former president had declassified the intelligence material at his home, nor had they offered any explanation for why he had roughly 10,000 government records stored there.
A response brief from Trump’s team the next day was silent on those matters.
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The Biden administration next month will place new restrictions on U.S. shipments of semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment to China, according to Reuters.
The Commerce Department will formalize new rules prohibiting the shipment of chipmaking equipment to Chinese factories that produce advanced semiconductors, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
U.S. companies seeking to export the equipment must obtain a Commerce Department license.
Three U.S. companies — KLA Corp., Lam Research Corp., and Applied Materials Inc. — already operate under the restrictions as directed by the Commerce Department.
The Hill has reached out to the Commerce Department for comment.
Semiconductor chips power most electrical systems and machines, from appliances to computers, vehicles and modern weapons.
Over the summer, the U.S. passed the Chips and Science Act, seeking to increase America’s competitive with China in the semiconductor industry with $50 billion in funding for the industry.
Last month, as tensions soared between the U.S. and China over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)’s visit to Taiwan, the U.S. began restricting the export of high-end graphics computer chips to Russia, China and Hong Kong.
Chipmaking company Nvidia, based in California, said the U.S. began requiring a license to export chips that are better than or equal to its A100 graphics card to those three countries. A similar restriction was reportedly applied to the company Advanced Micro Devices.
According to Reuters, the Commerce Department will formalize the licensing rule for exporting the highly advanced semiconductor chips next month.
China has demanded the U.S. drop the requirement, which affects data centers, artificial intelligence systems and other equipment that requires highly advanced chips.
The U.S. was once responsible for producing 37 percent of global semiconductor chips, but is now responsible for just 12 percent of production, according to the White House.
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Tesco in Pembury has applied for permission to have night-time deliveries at the store. It has recently made the request to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council for its Woodsgate Corner supermarket.
Tesco currently is not allowed deliveries to the site, or the loading or unloading of vehicles, before 6am or after 10pm on Mondays to Saturdays. And no deliveries can take place before 8am or after 6pm on Sundays.
But Tesco wants deliveries to the store overnight "seven days a week". In its letter to the council, it said axing the condition would not mean more deliveries, but would mean the times of deliveries could be "better managed".
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It also said: "These proposals will allow Tesco to deliver produce to the store earlier than at present, and will allow staff to stock the store prior to opening. This helps guarantee product availability and makes the store more attractive for customers.
"This is especially relevant to a store of this size, which currently operates between 6am – 11pm Monday-Saturday, with the current delivery arrangements meaning that the first delivery arrives at the store just before it has opened for trading."
Conditions on the store in 1998 were more restrictive. Deliveries could only be made between 7am and 9pm, Mondays to Saturday and at no time on Sundays or Bank Holidays. In 2015, this was amended to the current restrictions.
In Tesco's letter to the council, it also reminds the authority it has planning permission for a larger supermarket on the site, which does not have any restrictions on delivery hours.
The company stated: "This does not contain any restrictions on delivery hours as it had been accepted following the submission of technical noise information that deliveries would not create any significant noise impacts. We contend that this position also applies to the existing store."
A park and ride scheme was part of a planning application to build the out-of-town Tesco Pembury, which opened in 2000. Permission for the supermarket with provision for a 580-space park and ride and associated facilities was given at appeal in 1997.
In November 2020, then council leader Alan McDermott told us the idea had been shelved. Council leader Alan McDermott said: "Evidence gathering for the Draft Local Plan included a study to explore park and ride feasibility for Tunbridge Wells.
"The resulting report concluded that although potential park and ride sites in the town have been shown to be technically and operationally viable, none are financially feasible. The report also illustrates that the benefits to park and ride users in terms of improved journey times are not great.
"As well as the site near Tesco, Pembury, two other sites were shortlisted to look at in terms of detailed feasibility studies, Mabledon and Eridge Road."
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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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DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Does social media invite public discourse or discourage it? Is the public aware of how large companies are taking advantage of them? Jeffrey B. Simon, a law professor of Mass Tort litigation, legal commentator, podcaster, and a person who for more than thirty years has strived to improve public health and public accountability through the civil justice system, is working to find more answers when it comes to public censorship and public social issues.
In a recent article published by Jeffrey B. Simon "Twitter Canceled Me For No Reason and Why You Should Care", Mr. Simon discusses in detail his unexplained cancellation by Twitter, ads disguised as news that both drive and mask the core mercantile objectives of platform providers, politically motivated news manipulation, privilege and suspension account issues, the impenetrable customer service shield between itself and the user, and topical legal issues, including matters raised by the Jan. 6 Committee hearings, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on reproductive choice, gun control, Congressman Matt Gaetz's (@RepMattGaetz) offensive tweet, as well as Congresswoman's Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) use of Twitter to attack a Biden administration official, Admiral Rachel Levine, for her identity.
"Twitter practices a double-standard, where, on a platform that is supposed to exist as a global public square for open discourse, hate-speech by public figures is tolerated while civil dialogue by private citizens is permanently censored for non-disclosed, seemingly unidentifiable reasons. The 'appeal' process for account suspension that Twitter describes in the Twitter User Agreement is, in practice, as illusory and inconsistent as Twitter's self-proclaimed commitment to free expression, notes Mr. Simon.
Mr. Simon asks important questions and provides compelling answers as he works to inform the public about misinformation and deceptive sales tactics deployed by several of America's largest companies that have caused widespread harm. Mr. Simon has also launched his official podcast "Outside Counsel," which draws on his more than 30 years of experience to describe the corporate repeal of consumer protections and regulatory laws that fueled the opioid epidemic, the deadliest drug-related public health crisis in American history Are companies that are too big to fail also too powerful to be held accountable? Mr. Simon addresses these issues in his recently published article and within the first ten episodes which are now available on all major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts.
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MONROE, Mich., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monroe Community Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of Denise Miller to Vice President, Controller. In addition to managing the accounting, payment strategies and payment solutions departments, Miller oversees the financial and regulatory functions of the credit union.
"Since joining the credit union in April of 2020, Denise's responsibilities have steadily increased in the financial operations of the credit union. As a former auditor, her talents are appreciated in continuing to ensure the safety and soundness of the credit union, in addition to strategically managing its exceptional financial performance," said Kristine Brenner, President/CEO of MCCU.
Miller received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Central Michigan University and her Master of Business Administration from Walsh College. She has over 25 years of experience in the financial institution industry.
MCCU is a locally owned and operated, not-for-profit financial institution headquartered in Monroe, MI with $330 million in assets, six banking locations and 30,000 members. MCCU's field of membership includes those who live, work, worship, or attend school in the state of Michigan and in the Ohio counties of Fulton, Lucas, or Wood. MCCU was voted Best Credit Union and Best Mortgage Lender in Monroe for 2021.
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Video News: DJI announces the Osmo Action 3 camera.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is pleased to announce the DJI Osmo Action 3 camera, which takes on the familiar characteristics of its predecessors and pushes the envelope a bit further. The result is a camera well-suited to meet the demands of inclement weather and high-impact action while boasting stunning, high-quality video as well as more power and control.
A return to form, the Action 3 shares the same design as the Osmo Action while retaining many of the interface updates of the Action 2 modular camera. Like the Osmo Action, the Action 3 boasts dual touchscreens at the front and back of the camera for live video monitoring. It can also capture 12MP still photos and supports voice control when the camera is mounted out of hand's reach. Like the Action 2, the Action 3 can shoot up to UHD 4K video at 120 fps with a much wider field of view at 155°. Its updated RockSteady 3.0 Electronic Image Stabilization can function at its maximum recording resolution for ultra-smooth video. HorizonSteady and HorizonBalancing eliminate camera shake and correct tilt at any angle to maintain the horizon line.
The Action 3 retains the same 5' impact-resistance as the Osmo Action while increasing its durability in other applications. Its cold-resistance can withstand temperatures as low as -4° F and the camera body can be submerged up to 52.5' underwater without housing. A hydrophobic coating on the dual screens and lens cover repel water quickly so that your image isn't negatively impacted.
A 2.5-hour battery life and native fast charging support via the camera's USB Type-C port increase the time you have to capture the action. Bluetooth 5.0 technology connects you to the DJI Mimo app for enhanced control, livestreaming, and shooting modes. The LightCut Video Editor app is optimized for use with the Action 3 for lightning-fast edits using its built-in templates and AI highlight selection.
Whether it be mountain biking, diving, or surfing, the Action 3 bundles will outfit you with all the tools you need to kickstart your next expedition. The Standard Combo gives you the camera, an additional Extreme Battery, protective frame, Lens Protective Cover, quick release adaptive mount, flat adhesive base, locking screw, and a USB Type-C power cable. The Adventure Combo expands upon this with a Multifunctional Battery Case and 4.9' extension rod. Both kits supply various mounting options to secure your Action 3 and keep it powered throughout a rigorous day of shooting.
Sport-specific kits such as the Biking Accessory Kit and Diving Accessory Kit provide more specialized mounts and equipment. The bike kit supplies you with a Chest Strap Mount and Handlebar Mount to secure the Action 3 to your bike or your person for dynamic first-person footage. The diving kit has a floating selfie stick and a locking screw to secure the camera, as well as a Waterproof Case and anti-fog inserts to record underwater video at greater depths.
A slew of other accessories and kits give you innumerable options when it comes to mounting your Action 3, making sure you don't miss any of the action. The Adhesive Base Kit comes with a flat adhesive base, a locking screw, and a quick release adapter mount. The Extension Rod Kit has the 4.9' extension rod, quick release mount, and locking screw. Other standalone accessories like the Magnetic Ball-Joint Adapter Mount, Suction Cup Mount, Helmet Chin Mount, and Surfing Tethers can attach your Action 3 to almost any surface for limitless shooting possibilities.
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When you're in Manhattan, take a tour of the B&H Photo SuperStore, located at 420 Ninth Avenue. The techno-carousel spins all year round at the counters and kiosks at B&H. With hundreds of products on display, the B&H Photo SuperStore is the place to test-drive and compare all the latest gear.
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Michael Lamach Engaged as Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced Michael Lamach, who previously served as Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Trane Technologies (formerly Ingersoll-Rand), has been appointed as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds.
Mr. Lamach brings more than 30 years of experience as a senior executive and leader in the manufacturing sector. He joined Ingersoll-Rand, a provider of industrial, energy, and specialty vehicle products and services, as President of the Security Technologies Sector in 2004 and served in several leadership positions before assuming the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2010. Under Mr. Lamach's leadership, Ingersoll-Rand completed multiple strategic evolutions, including the 2020 divestiture of the industrial segment to Gardner Denver to create a new Ingersoll Rand Inc.. Following the transaction, Mr. Lamach continued to lead the remaining business, Trane Technologies, which was transformed into a purpose-driven global leader in climate control and climate-focused innovations for buildings, homes, and transportation.
"Mike has built a strong reputation for driving growth and sustainable value creation across industrial sectors and is globally recognized as an innovative leader," said Nate Sleeper, CD&R's Chief Executive Officer. "We believe his strategic and operational insights will be highly additive to CD&R funds' investment activity and portfolio businesses."
"I am thrilled to be working with a firm that is focused on building sustainable businesses by driving growth and operational excellence," said Mr. Lamach. "The CD&R funds' reputation for collaborating with corporate and founder led businesses to unlock value through talent, culture building, transformative M&A, ESG, and other operating measures, makes this role an ideal fit for me."
Prior to his time with Ingersoll-Rand, Mr. Lamach spent 17 years in a variety of management positions with Johnson Controls International plc. He currently serves on the board of directors of PPG Industries and Nucor Corporation, and recently served as Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers from 2019 to 2021.
Mr. Lamach graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in engineering and earned an MBA from Duke University, where he serves on the Fuqua School of Business Board of Visitors.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a private investment firm with a strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses across a broad range of industries, including Industrials, Healthcare, Consumer, Technology and Financial Services. Since its inception in 1978, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $40 billion in over 100 companies with an aggregate transaction value of more than $175 billion. For more information on CD&R, please visit www.cdr-inc.com and follow the Firm's activities through LinkedIn and @CDRBuilds on Twitter.
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Companies honored for inspiring loyalty through people-centered experiences powered by digital, AI and cloud technologies
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesys®, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, announced the winners of its 17th annual Customer Innovation Awards, including leading brands across the health care, finance, airline and retail industries. Genesys recognizes these organizations for transforming their customer and employee experiences with cloud, digital and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The 2022 winners include:
UnitedHealth Group – CX Creator (most innovative use of capabilities across product, marketplace, ecosystem and custom development)
Insurer and health care company UnitedHealth Group (UHG) has implemented more than 100 contact center groups using Genesys solutions, including integrations with ecosystem and Genesys AppFoundry® partners, as well as extensive custom developments. The new nimble infrastructure increased the company's stability and agility, allowing it to serve customers during its peak season with maximum uptime and system reliability. With a platform poised for future growth, UHG is positioned to further its mission of helping people live healthier lives and making the health care system work better for everyone.
Blibli – CX Empathy (best use of empathy in customer experience)
Blibli, an omnichannel commerce and lifestyle platform, is committed to delivering a trusted, convenient and hassle-free shopping experience by continually demonstrating empathy toward its customers. Blibli leveraged Genesys technology to make every interaction count — and bring Experience as a Service® to life — through its personalized service known as "AHA! Moments." With the help of Genesys features such as call transfer, whispering and real-time monitoring, Blibli increased the number of "AHA! Moment" gifts delivered to customers by 2.5X. The company's solid technology development, robust infrastructure and award-winning customer care resulted in Blibli recording the highest Net Promoter Score (NPS) score for eCommerce.
HELPLINE – CX Innovator (most successful innovation)
HELPLINE used the Genesys Cloud CX™ platform as a digital accelerator and rapidly self-implemented personalized and context-aware Genesys smart bots. The new bots offer 24/7 customer support in five languages and assist the company's skilled IT technicians with handling more than 50,000 daily requests from customers via phone, email and chat. Now, bots initially manage 100% of interactions and approximately 10% of inbound calls are fully automated. This strategy reduced its customers' average disruption time from several hours to 20 minutes, resulting in a 97% customer retention rate while also simplifying employee administration.
Rabobank – CX Mover, Self-Implementation (best cloud implementation)
As the most customer-oriented bank in the Netherlands, Rabobank consolidated its systems to Genesys Cloud CX to make it easier for people to receive service on their terms. The bank migrated 15,000 employees in 80 departments — including all 89 bank branches — in less than nine months. With new web messaging and video channels offered by Genesys solutions, Rabobank increased efficiency by 25% and improved the quality and convenience of service with satisfaction scores above 90% for these digital channels.
Cathay Pacific and Accenture – CX Mover, Partner Implementation (best cloud implementation)
To enrich its customer and employee experiences, Hong Kong's home airline Cathay Pacific partnered with Accenture to consolidate more than 10 customer channels (e.g., call, WhatsApp, Facebook, WeChat) to Genesys Cloud CX. The airline deployed these new digital strategies to 10 in-house service sites across Asia-Pacific and Europe, resulting in a 37% decrease in cost per contact and an astounding 89% increase in agent productivity. Now, Cathay Pacific has a one-stop platform for its contact center with a unified agent desktop, intelligent routing, and workforce and quality management, which greatly improved employee and operational excellence.
Hy Cite Enterprises, LLC. – CX Mover, PS Implementation (best cloud implementation)
Hy Cite Enterprises, LLC., delivers outstanding service experiences to its customers and more than 9,000 independent distributors of the company's kitchenware products in the US, Mexico and South America. Hy Cite saw an 8% increase in customer satisfaction, 30% increase in contact rate and 27% increase in customer self-service through the development of customer interaction scripts and leveraging automation solutions from Genesys Cloud CX. Genesys Professional Services and a team at Hy Cite remotely managed the global implementation of Genesys Cloud CX in seven countries and three languages. This also reduced disparate customer experience processes, tools and infrastructure.
O2E Brands – CX Team Mobilizer (best example of improving team engagement)
Maximizing active customer interactions and improving service quality and productivity was a key goal for O2E Brands, one of the fastest growing home services companies in Canada. O2E saw a 37% improvement in agent attrition, saved four hours per week on scheduling, and experienced a 3.5% increase in agent occupancy. It also realized a 56% reduction in handling of shift trade requests by leveraging Genesys Workforce Engagement Management solutions. The company's transformation included automated forecasting and scheduling to increase efficiency and accuracy.
Sage France – CX Achiever (most innovative CX and EX strategy)
Leading application software publishing company Sage serves millions of small and mid-sized businesses around the world. The company's successful Genesys Cloud CX implementation resulted in greater customer engagement for its digital forums (up 170%), a 42% reduction in call volumes and 25% increase in first-contact resolution. Additionally, time spent by agents on after-call work has cut in half and its employee Net Promoter Score rose by 22 points. The company's transformation included replacing multiple standalone solutions with a single tool for managing inbound and outbound contacts, callbacks, agent activity, KPIs and performance statistics, call recordings, and quality management processes.
About Genesys
Every year, Genesys orchestrates billions of remarkable customer experiences for organizations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organizations can realize Experience as a Service®, our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organizations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalized experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty. Visit www.genesys.com.
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Fortriator Insurance offers more value to customers and passive income for agents.
DALLAS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new independent insurance technology (insurtech) agency is launching and aims to improve consumers' negative sentiment toward insurance.
Over the past two years, the insurance industry has become more digital than ever, largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, customers became unsatisfied and confused about their policies and coverage, according to the 2022 J.D. Power U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study. The study found that property claim satisfaction fell to a five-year low, with customer repairs being completed in an average of 18 days, up from three days in 2021.
Fortriator Insurance is changing that with a mission to "Go Against the Status Quo." The independent agency's disruptive, tech-forward approach to property and casualty insurance is part of its nationwide expansion. The agency offers a white glove experience, ultimately giving customers more value faster, at a cheaper cost, and with a more lucrative opportunity for agents. Customers will enjoy 24/7 customer support and faster, more accurate insurance quotes.
The insurtech agency developed the name Fortriator to illustrate its commitment to customers' satisfaction and agents' success. The moniker is a combination of the words "fortress" and "gladiator," reflecting the two primary ways the agency seeks to better serve its customers.
Agents will enjoy reduced workloads because of smarter technology, access to advanced training, and active support. This is all made possible by Fortriator equipping its network of independent agents with its proprietary technology and systems, which were developed to save agents time and allow wider market access to more than 100 carriers nationwide.
"Your home is more than your castle: it's your fortress — the place where your family should feel safest and most loved," said Zack Farris, Fortriator founder, and CEO. "When your home is damaged by a coverable threat, we'll fight against all odds to ensure that you're fairly compensated and your home is made whole, safe, and fully livable again."
Fortriator's "industry-disrupting software" reduces time from quoting to binding, allowing agents to provide a quicker and simpler customer experience. The company's headquarters are at 3122 Nealy Way in Longview, TX 75605. Learn more at www.fortriator.com or call 682-267-8787.
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Company's commitment to doing the right thing is strong
MONTREAL, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alithya Group inc. (TSX: ALYA) (NASDAQ: ALYA) ("Alithya" or the "Company") is pleased to release its inaugural ESG Report, a comprehensive document that details the Company's commitment to environmental, social, and governance excellence. Alithya's ESG Report outlines current best practices put forth by the Company, as well as critical measures identified for future implementation.
"ESG intersects all lines of Alithya's ecosystem, and our business has far-reaching effects on the important economic sectors that we service. Since the Company's founding, we have embraced the responsibility of being an agent of change in our industry, and that responsibility extends to helping our customers transition to more sustainable economies. Alithya believes in a world where the pursuit of excellence in environmental, social, and governance can be perfectly aligned with business goals, and where value can be created through sustainability. This ESG Report is an important step forward in that process, and a commitment that we hope our stakeholders will embrace as a source of pride."
Key highlights from Alithya's inaugural ESG Report include:
- Workforce Talent: Alithya's long-term strategic plan embraces Human Capital at its core, and the Company has endeavored to foster a culture of collaboration and ownership by ensuring that employees have all of the necessary tools for cultivating their well-being and personal growth. In striving to be a best-in-class employer, Alithya invests heavily in the development of its leaders and employees.
- Organizational Culture: For more than 30 years, Alithya's culture has been predicated on core values of trust, respect, integrity, creativity, well-being and passion. Values play a critical role in the day-to-day operations of the Company, from the hiring process to the Company's strategic approach to acquisitions, its commitment to workplace excellence, and its support for benevolence.
- Cyber Security & Data Privacy: Alithya's commitment to being a model of cyber security integrity begins at home, with its business model being dependent on the effective management of its own systems and data. Externally, from the control room to the boardroom, Alithya's advanced technology-driven products and services help customers in finance, government, renewable energy, and other highly sensitive sectors to enhance their overall cyber security posture, ensuring that they are equipped with the tools they need to outpace the rapid evolution of cyber threats.
- Governance: Alithya aims to position itself as a trusted advisor offering tailored, digitally based solutions to its customers. Trust and governance are both keys to success that will enable Alithya to stand out in the fragmented, highly competitive technological services market. To achieve this, all stakeholders - from our customers to our employees and our partners - must be confident that Alithya is guided by strong leadership, has a clear strategy for success, and has implemented a plan to protect its future.
- Transitioning to a lower-carbon economy: Alithya recognizes its responsibility to respond to stakeholder expectations by operating responsibly. Externally, Alithya's business engages in complex technology projects that ultimately contribute to our customers' transitions to lower-carbon economies, and the Company takes responsibility for delivering products and services with minimal negative environmental impacts. As a service provider in the digital transformation space, Alithya's internal carbon footprint is relatively low. Nevertheless, the Company understands the importance of clearly establishing the impact of the entirety of its operations, including the associated effects of cloud-hosting hardware. In this regard, Alithya has introduced numerous initiatives aimed at reducing its internal footprint, including measures targeting tele-working, waste reduction, recycling optimization, and the operation of efficient premises in LEED-certified buildings leveraging renewable energy.
Access the full Alithya ESG Report here: https://www.alithya.com/hubfs/ESG_Report_2022_En.pdf
This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable U.S. safe harbours (collectively "forward-looking statements"). Statements that do not exclusively relate to historical facts, as well as statements relating to management's expectations regarding the future growth, results of operations, performance and business prospects of Alithya, and other information related to Alithya's business strategy and future plans or which refer to the characterizations of future events or circumstances represent forward-looking statements. Such statements often contain the words "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "could," "would," "will," "may," "can," "continue," "potential," "should," "project," "target," and similar expressions and variations thereof, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
Forward-looking statements are presented for the sole purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding Alithya's objectives, strategies and business outlook and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Although management believes the expectations reflected in Alithya's forward-looking statements were reasonable as at the date they were made, forward-looking statements are based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management and, as such, are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Alithya's control, and which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those discussed in Alithya's annual and interim Management's Discussion and Analysis and other materials made public, including documents filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities from time to time and which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to Alithya or that Alithya currently deems to be immaterial could also have a material adverse effect on its financial position, financial performance, cash flows, business or reputation.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and are made only as of the date of this press release. Alithya expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since actual results may vary materially from them.
Alithya is a trusted leader in strategy and digital transformation, employing a dedicated and highly skilled workforce of 3,900 professionals in Canada, the United States and internationally. Alithya's strategy is based on a plan of accelerated organic growth and complementary acquisitions to create a global leader. The Company's integrated offer is based on four pillars of expertise: business strategies, enterprise cloud solutions, application modernisation services, and data and analytics.
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Leading HVAC Distributor Expands into Goodman Equipment and Sheet Metal Fabrication
NEW LENOX, Ill., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Munch's Supply, the HVAC division of Marcone, has acquired Total Air Supply and Spiral Air Manufacturing, including three branches servicing Manchester, Derry and Nashua, New Hampshire. This will expand Munch's geographic footprint to 74 locations serving 17 states and one Canadian province.
Munch's Supply is a Marcone company that has been operating in the Chicagoland area for more than 65 years and is consistently ranked as a top 10 HVAC distributor in the United States. Marcone, a leading distributor of home appliance, HVAC and plumbing repair parts and equipment across North America acquired Munch's Supply in 2021. Together, the companies operate with a singular goal—to become the hub for parts and services to the home for both technicians and consumers.
"This acquisition marks our very first partnership with Goodman, a subsidiary of Daikin Industries. This is an established equipment brand and working with them, we are pleased to expand our reach on the east coast," said Kevin Baxter, President HVAC, Munch's Supply/Marcone.
"This business has been in my family for almost 50 years. We are proud to provide our customers quality Goodman equipment along with parts and custom sheet metal, said Sue Quintiliani, owner, Total Air Supply.
"The Quintiliani family has done a fantastic job building a successful, customer-focused organization with superior dedication to their family of contractors," added Baxter. "We look forward to working with Sue, Dave, Greg and the rest of their talented team."
"We are excited to be part of a company with similar values—one that puts people first, both customers and employees," added Quintiliani.
The acquisition demonstrates Munch's ongoing dedication to the HVAC and plumbing marketplace and reinforces its commitment to partnering with family and customer-service focused businesses looking for either a long-term partnership or an exit strategy.
Munch's Supply was founded in 1956 by Willard Munch, who wanted to develop a local source of electrical supplies for area contractors. Today the company has more than 1,200 employees focused exclusively on supplying heating, cooling and plumbing industry contractors with quality products. For more than 65 years, Munch's Supply has operated with a commitment to service as a leading distributor for trusted brands such as American Standard, Trane, Mitsubishi, Rheem, Goodman, IPEX, AO Smith, Kohler, Tempstar, Keeprite and Frigidaire. For more information, visit www.munchsupply.com.
Marcone is an authorized distributor for major brands such as Whirlpool, Electrolux, General Electric, Maytag, Bosch, Samsung, L-G and many more. Through its vast distribution network, Marcone supplies the largest inventory of original replacement parts in the country for household appliances such as refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers, microwaves, washers, and dryers. Marcone exports globally and also operates a comprehensive training institute offering quality business and technical training. Headquartered in St. Louis, Marcone operates 122 facilities, has approximately 2,100 employees, and serves approximately 43,000 technician customers. For more information, visit www.marcone.com.
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Stains are a fact of life. Whether you’re an adult trying to drive while downing a cup of coffee or a mom caring for toddlers, it seems none of us are immune to stains. Whether they are ground into our carpets or smeared onto napkins or the result of a leaky pipe, different stains call for different solutions.
You might wonder if an organic stain remover will work as well as a standard mix (yes!) or if the best mattress stain remover you have on hand handles both sweat and odors.
Today, we take the guesswork out of stain removal for a few common household stains.
Grass Stains
Fresh grass stains are easy to treat. Ones that have been set from heat make the task a little harder. Treat the area with a stain remover first. If you don’t have one on hand, you can pour a small amount of liquid laundry detergent onto the spot. Then work it in with a soft-bristled brush or rub with your fingers. Let it sit for at least 15 minutes and then toss it in the wash.
If the stain remains, try soaking the stain in an oxygen bleach solution.
White Wine Spills
Whether it’s been splashed on your blouse or the carpet, white wine can leave a mark. First things first, blot the area with a paper towel and then add water to the spot using a sponge. Blot it again with a clean white cloth. When wine spills, it’s best to clean it up right away because dried stains will require additional work.
For carpets, use a solution of 1 tablespoon liquid soap to 2 cups of warm water and work it in with a soft-bristled brush. Then rinse with a water-filled sponge and blot dry.
For blouses, skip the solution and opt for an enzymatic detergent and wash with hot water. (If the stain isn’t discovered until it’s dry, try using an oxygen-based bleach and wash with tepid water. You can also soak it for 4-8 hours as well.)
Mattress Refreshes
Mattresses collect sweat over time, which can create stains or smells. You can reach for a bottle of the best mattress stain remover or create your own mix using baking soda, salt and water. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then wipe it off with a clean, damp rag and blot dry.
Mystery Stains
If you have a mystery stain, try soaking it in cold water for 30 minutes and treating it with a general stain remover. If the stain remains after washing it as usual, soak it overnight in an oxygen bleach solution. (Avoid reaching for standard chlorine bleach.)
General Stain Removal Tips
Act swiftly. Fresh stains, no matter the culprit, will always be easier to wrangle than dried versions. Whenever possible, test an inconspicuous spot to make sure the cleaning solution won’t damage the fabric. Try not to mix stain removal products. This could wind up damaging the area even further because of a chemical reaction between ingredients.
Stains can be annoying, but don’t give up! Sometimes a spot takes a couple of tries before the stain lifts. Do your best to remain patient.
If you’re in the market for an all-around household stain remover, check out our selection that’s been vetted by a team of experts.
We hope these cleaning tips make stain removal less of a chore.
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LONDON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benivo, the leading end-to-end employee mobility management platform, today announced a $12 million funding round led by Updata Partners, a growth equity investment firm focused on business-to-business software. With this new capital, Benivo will grow its teams in the US, UK, Armenia, and India, and continue to expand its unified mobility solution to address the industry's key pain points.
Benivo provides a software platform for Mobility teams at the world's largest companies to manage their globally mobile workforce and programs. The Benivo Global Mobility Management Platform allows customers to manage HR-Employee-Vendor processes, power any type of relocation policy (VIP, core flex, lump sum, managed service, and more), and quickly and cost effectively execute employee and vendor payments. As an industry innovator, Benivo recently released an unlimited cost estimates solution, powered by Vialto Partners, which adds AI-powered expense reimbursement to its product suite.
Benivo is on a mission to help Global Mobility leaders provide more value to their organization by leveraging purpose-built software and industry data. With Updata's investment, Benivo will accelerate customer acquisition and continue to provide cutting edge technology to Mobility teams around the world.
"Benivo's success to date is the result of outstanding technology and a capital-efficient operating mindset. Benivo has established themselves as the leader in the Mobility software space, and we are thrilled to be partnering with them to help capture the exciting opportunity ahead," said Braden Snyder, Partner at Updata Partners. Braden will join the Benivo Board of Directors as part of this transaction.
Nitzan Yudan, Benivo CEO said "This is an exciting moment for Benivo that recognizes our hyper-growth in the last 2 years. I would like to express a special thank you to the Benivo Changemakers, Benivo employees, and our clients for their trust, advice, commitment and support to bring us here. This is an important milestone, and we are just starting!"
Join Benivo and Updata Partners for a special episode of The View From The Top Show, hosted by Benivo Strategy Director Brian Friedman to discuss this investment on September 21st, 2022. Brian Friedman is a long-term industry veteran. He founded the Forum for Expatriate Management and now hosts Global Mobility's most popular live broadcast show every Wednesday at 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern, 4pm UK.
Benivo is growing fast and is recruiting. Join us.
Benivo is an end-to-end, single platform solution for Global Mobility teams to manage their global mobile workforce, manage the HR-Employee-Vendor processes, power any/every employee policy from VIPs to core-flex, lump sum, and managed services, and execute global payments to employee and service providers faster and cheaper than the competition. Serving the global fortune 1000 since 2011, Benivo has a client NPS of 70, client employee experience improvement >50%, and has earned 11 industry awards including multiple wins for best technology in Global Mobility. Among its clients are Google, General Electric, Bayer, CGI, and Wayfair.
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Updata Partners is a leading technology-focused growth equity firm in Washington D.C. with over $1.5 billion in committed capital. Led by an investment team averaging more than 25 years of technology experience, Updata invests in high-growth B2B software and software-driven businesses where the combination of capital and operating experience will help accelerate success. .
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To vote or not on rec pot
Issue 4 expected to be on November ballots.
Whether Arkansas voters will decide if they want to legalize recreational marijuana, and whether their votes count could be decided as soon as Thursday, an attorney said.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has tweeted how he would vote on the issue of recreational marijuana in Arkansas.
Hutchinson plans to vote no on what he said will be Issue 4 on November ballots.
"The science is clear. Recreational marijuana leads to increased drug use among minors & more dangerous roadways," Hutchinson tweeted. "This November, I’m voting NO on Issue 4 to legalize recreational marijuana in Arkansas & I hope you’ll join me."
Whether his vote, or anyone's vote counts is yet to be determined.
The Arkansas Secretary of State Tuesday sided with the state Election Board stating the ballot title is insufficient for November ballots, according to reports.
The legalization of recreational marijuana will be on ballots, but the Arkansas State Supreme Court has not announced whether the votes will count.
A decision could come from the Arkansas Supreme Court as early as Thursday, an attorney representing the group that circulated the initiative petition reported.
Steve Lancaster has been the attorney representing Responsible Growth Arkansas that submitted the petition with signatures. The number of signatures required was about 89,000 and more than 192,000 signatures were turned in.
"We're still waiting on an opinion from the Arkansas Supreme Court," Lancaster said Tuesday.
The group submitted plenty of required signatures of registered voters to get the question on the Tuesday, Nov. 8 ballots. But the Arkansas Election Commission struck down the ballot title, resulting in an appeal by the group to the State Supreme Court.
A decision has been expected to come by the end of September.
Lancaster explained that the recreational marijuana question moving forward is being referred to as "Issue 4."
"The Supreme Court will make the ultimate decision as to whether our votes could count," Lancaster said.
Meanwhile, in Missouri, voters will decide if recreational marijuana will be legal when they go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 8. The issue has been approved for voters to decide Amendment 3 in Missouri. Missouri could become the 20th state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas voters have legalized medical marijuana.
Arkansas voters legalized medical marijuana in 2019 and Oklahoma voters in 2018.
In Oklahoma, State Question 819 has been submitted, but it is not clear if State Question 819 proposing legalization of recreational marijuana will be on November ballots. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/14/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-vote-november/69491606007/ | 2022-09-14T12:50:39Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/14/arkansas-recreational-marijuana-vote-november/69491606007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former Arkansas football TE Chris Gragg on Trey Knox's move, Bobby Petrino's return
FAYETTEVILLE — There's a former wide receiver starting at tight end for the Arkansas football team, and Bobby Petrino is coaching inside Razorback Stadium.
But it isn't 2011; it's Week 3 of 2022.
When No. 11 Arkansas hosts Missouri State on Saturday (6 p.m., SECN+), it'll be like old times, but with a few key differences. A little over a decade ago, wide receiver-turned-tight end Chris Gragg was a big part of an Arkansas offense that helped the team to an 11-2 record under Petrino.
On Saturday, it will be Trey Knox playing that role of converted tight end for the Razorbacks (2-0), and Petrino will be on the opposite sideline as head coach of the Bears (2-0). Knox sustained an ankle injury in Week 2 but has been getting light work in practice ahead of the Missouri State game.
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Gragg moved from receiver to tight end after his freshman season in 2009. As a junior in 2011, Gragg posted 518 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was later selected in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Gragg, now wide receivers coach at Har-Ber High School in Springdale, spoke to the Southwest Times Record about Knox's move from wideout to tight end, his own experience making the switch, and the return of "Bobby P" to Fayetteville.
Q: When did your coaches first suggest you move to tight end?
A: I was part of (Petrino's) first recruiting class. He talked about (moving me) because of my high school film. I was a big, physical receiver. He had a guy at Louisville that was similar, and he had moved him to H-back. (Petrino) didn't necessarily say tight end. He just put it in my ear after that. I played receiver my freshman year. After the season, we had some tight ends hurt. Coach P and our tight ends coach, Chip Long, came and told me I was switching. ... I knew with my skillset that I created mismatches, and after that first spring when I saw how they were going to use me, I bought in right there.
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Q: How difficult is it to make the move from receiver to tight end?
A: It's a lot different than being out there and standing up all the time, where you can see everything. When you put your hand in the ground or you're behind a 300-pound guy trying to get through the line to block or pull around the end, you've got different angles, different footwork. You've got to use certain techniques to block those bigger guys, and then you still have to be a threat in the passing game. I always told (teammates) that the tight ends do all the dirty work. We have to block, and then we catch a pass. We don't get to come out for a play or two after we catch a long pass. You get no breaks. ... The main thing that was hard for me to pick up was some of the terminology. I already knew a lot of the pass game from playing receiver, but the terminology is a lot different once you get inside the box and into the trenches with the linemen. It's a lot more communication.
Q: You still spend time around the program. What do you think of Trey Knox's play as a converted TE?
A: It was good to see him catch passes. I knew that was one of the things that he would be able to do, and I wanted to make sure that he could still run well. ... But I tell him, he's got some cleanup stuff to do with his technique on blocking, but it's nothing too major. It's stuff that he can clean up, and he knows it, too. It'll just make him a little bit more clean and more efficient.
Q: What will it be like to see your former coach, Bobby Petrino, back in Fayetteville?
A: It's going to be wild. I haven't been in for a game in a long time; I usually go out and tailgate. But I think that game right there, I might have to get down on the field and get a good feel of it. It's going to be weird seeing Bobby P. on the other side out there. He has a few former players, teammates that are on his staff that coach with him. ... Tramain Thomas, their safeties and corners coach, was my college roommate, so we're close. It'll be good.
Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Southwest Times Record and USA Today Network. You can follow her on Twitter @christinalong00 or email her at clong@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/14/former-arkansas-football-player-chris-gragg-trey-knox-bobby-petrino/68236253007/ | 2022-09-14T12:50:45Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/14/former-arkansas-football-player-chris-gragg-trey-knox-bobby-petrino/68236253007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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