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Shankar Chandrasekhar is the Azure CTO at Palo Alto Networks.
Imagine you own a bar. There are bouncers stationed at the door, checking all guests' IDs to ensure they’re 21 or older before allowing them to enter. One guest gets their ID checked and is waved through—at which point they become an irrational actor. Maybe they harass other guests. Maybe they brazenly enter somewhere they’re not supposed to be, like the kitchen or the storage room, and help themselves to food, alcohol or money. Maybe they get drunk and disorderly and destroy property.
Clearly, checking this individual’s ID at the door did not keep them from being able to wreak all kinds of havoc—nor could it have, alone. What more targeted checks could have been used? What if it were possible to verify whether or not this person was authorized to access certain areas of your bar, continuously assess their sobriety (and whether it was impacting their behavior), and remove them from the premises immediately when they started disturbing other patrons and breaking things?
Believe it or not, this is the premise behind the next generation of zero trust network access (ZTNA 2.0), a security technology that companies can implement to better protect data, enhance security, and make it so that their metaphorical bars aren’t trashed by bad actors. Traditional ZTNA implementations grant more access than is desired; once access is granted, that connection is implicitly trusted forever, allowing a handy exploit route for sophisticated threats and/or malicious actions and behavior. The evolution of this technology to what is now known as ZTNA 2.0 removes that implicit trust and helps provide continuous security inspection for the protection of all data and security at the application and sub-application layers.
What ‘Zero Trust’ Actually Means
A zero trust approach relies on a “never trust, always verify” mentality (a twist on the old “trust, but verify” adage of foreign policy). This means that users and devices should not be implicitly trusted and allowed access by default, even if they were trusted in the past, or if they’re connected through a permissioned network, such as a Local Area Network (LAN) like a college campus or office building.
Networks are increasingly complicated and multi-dimensional, incorporating cloud services, legacy architecture, IoT devices, and different integrated systems, and rely on remote and mobile access. ZTNA 2.0 seeks to constantly identify and authenticate all users within this matrix, enabling access to applications and services only to those with the right credentials for a given date, time and location.
Defaulting To ‘Least Privilege’ Access
Let’s say a company hires a new employee. Sometimes the company may just add the new employee to the network without adding the correct privileges. In doing so, they might accidentally give the new employee access to sensitive data—financial logs, other employees’ personal information, or proprietary documents.
If a role only demands X amount of access, then an individual should only receive X amount of access, not X+1. That’s what “least privilege” means—and it's an integral component of ZTNA 2.0. Least privilege restricts access for users, devices or accounts to only those systems or network resources necessary to perform their respective authorized functions.
Keeping Trust Verification And Security Inspection Continuous
Returning to the example with the bar: The obstreperous individual in our situation was verified once at the front door—their ID was scrutinized to learn their identity and ascertain that they were 21 or over. However, they were not continuously verified, which is what allowed them to create all kinds of chaos once on the premises.
Continuous trust verification does what the bouncers at the bar’s front entrance were unable to do; it verifies user identity on an on-going basis, revoking access in real-time if suspicious or malevolent behavior is detected.
Continuous security inspection does more of the same; it constantly sweeps the system traffic for threats such as malware, spyware, or other attacks on network infrastructure. It also works to detect when legitimate credentials have been stolen or appropriated by bad actors.
Protecting Data, Securing Apps
ZTNA 2.0 supports the implementation of rigorous DLP—data loss prevention. End-users sometimes share sensitive or confidential data outside of what they meant to, often without ever realizing they have done so. (This can occur when someone opens a Trojan horse email or other malware from an in-network computer.) ZTNA 2.0 gives organizations consistent and comprehensive control of all data within the network, including within apps and SaaS systems.
And speaking of apps, ZTNA 2.0 systems work to secure them all; this includes cloud-based apps, as well as legacy software that organizations may rely on for things like payroll or directories. Top-of-the-line solutions can secure even older SaaS systems that aren’t cloud-based within a network, so all the integrated systems a company relies on are locked down securely.
Security Challenges Of The New World Of Work
ZTNA 2.0 helps address many of the complex situations created by a hybrid workforce, including employees logging into networks from distant geographic locations, on unfamiliar servers, and from a plethora of unrecognized devices. For workplaces that have not adopted ZTNA yet, trying to individually vet credentials and access needs of so many different users can create a logistical nightmare.
This difficulty has only been exacerbated by the “musical chairs” of the Great Resignation— employees leaving full-time jobs en masse has created an influx of freelancers, who come with their own network access needs for their contracting organizations.
For forward-thinking companies with complex security needs, ZTNA 2.0 implementation is a non-negotiable, vital tool for data privacy and overall network control.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wind Surge defeated the Springfield Cardinals 10-1 on Wednesday night behind two homers and seven RBIs from Edouard Julien to snap the Cardinals’ seven-game winning streak.
Edouard Julien led the way for Wichita as he went four for five with seven RBIs and two homers. Julien’s second homer of the night came in the third inning as he hit a three-run homer that gave the Surge a 4-0 lead. Austin Martin finished the night three for three with an RBI and two walks.
The Surge scored three more runs in the fourth inning as Andrew Bechtold scored on a wild pitch and Edouard Julien hit a two-run RBI double to give the Surge a commanding 7-0 lead.
Casey Legumina got the start on the mound for Wichita and exited the game in the third inning after he was hit by a 110-mph line drive from Springfield third baseman Jordan Walker. Surge newcomer Cody Laweryson took over for Wichita and pitched two and one-third innings and tallied four strikeouts to earn his first win with the Surge.
Notes: Edouard Julien finished the night with a career-best 7 RBIs (most in Wind Surge history) … He also added a four-hit game, his second in his career… The Surge improved to 5-3 against the Cardinals this season… Wichita has now scored ten or more runs seven times on the year…
Coming Up: The Wind Surge will resume action against the Springfield Cardinals tomorrow, June 30th for a 7:05 first pitch. Louie Varland will get the start on the mound for Wichita and Michael McGreevy will take the hill for the Cardinals. The game will be carried by radio ESPN Wichita 92.3, MiLB.com and Windsurge.com. | https://www.ksn.com/sports/wichita-wind-surge/julien-leads-wind-surge-to-10-1-win-over-cardinals/ | 2022-06-30T13:22:41Z | https://www.ksn.com/sports/wichita-wind-surge/julien-leads-wind-surge-to-10-1-win-over-cardinals/ | false |
Evolution optimizes all creatures, from viruses to elephants, to their environment. Where do new variants come from, especially Omicron which is so different from previous variants? There may be a clue in a long study of an immunocompromised patient.
Most cases of Covid-19 last roughly two weeks from infection to symptoms subsiding. The timeline may be slightly longer or shorter from person to person, but the general timeframe of infectivity to the development of symptoms is typically congruent. However, in some rare cases, individuals may be infected for months. These patients are often immunocompromised, and their immune systems cannot clear the virus and end the infection.
As the virus remains within the body, it sometimes adapts to the weakened immune system of the host, developing new mutations to equip itself against host defenses better. This is one of many avenues for new variants of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge. Here we analyze this event in a long-term Covid patient in Austria and the mutations developed by her infection with SARS-CoV-2.
The woman in question was treating lymphoma with immune-suppressing drugs when she became infected in late 2020 before most variants of concern or interest were circulating. Rather than dissipating in two or three weeks, the infection remained for over seven months, despite mild symptoms.
Throughout the infection, Dr. Sissy Sonnleitner would collect over twenty samples for genetic sequencing. They specifically analyzed the Spike protein, as this region of the virus has an immediate impact on infectivity and immune evasion, two characteristics crucial to the success of a viral variant.
Sonnleitner found roughly twenty mutations throughout infection, though not all persisted. Some samples included transient mutations that were not identified in later samples. Other mutations persisted in a few following samples, and some lasted through the course of infection. Sonnleitner was observing viral Darwinism in real-time.
Most notably, Sonnleitner noted mutations that would later be found in Omicron strains and other variants of concern. Those later found in Omicron are highlighted by E484K, P681H, and deletions at positions 141-144.
Below is a detailed comparison between the Spike proteins of the Austrian patient and the first Omicron strain BA.1. We note that mutations outside of the Spike protein are as important to viral characteristics such as immune evasion, virulence, and pathogenesis, but those mutations in the Austrian woman’s samples were not included at this time.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus adapts to survive. If it had remained the original Wuhan virus without mutation, it likely would have been extinguished by immune memory from previous infections, vaccines, and antibody therapies. However, it mutated to overcome these immune defenses, leading to waning vaccine immunity and mass reinfections.
Within an immunocompromised person, the mutation process is accelerated because the virus has extended exposure to a weakened immune system, like a boxer practicing on a punching bag before their next fight. This environment allowed for mutations that rapidly enhanced infectivity and immune evasion, like the well-known mutations N501Y and E484K, which were later noted in various significant strains.
This is but one example of potentially thousands of months-long cases of Covid-19. An effective surveillance method for emerging variants that we have championed for over a year is monitoring these immunocompromised patients. Seven mutations found in the Austrian woman were later found exclusively in Omicron strains.
There are tens, if not hundreds of millions of immunocompromised people worldwide who are in danger of long-term Covid infection. Local health officials should be notified when an infection lasts more than a month in one of these hosts, and samples should be extracted regularly for sequencing. We know of at least one study at Harvard University tracking long-term immunocompromised patients to be on the lookout for the next Omicron-like variants, which may trigger successive waves of the pandemic with increased infectivity and virulence. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/06/30/origin-of-virus-variation-real-time-evolution-of-sars-cov-2-in-an-immunocompromised-patient/ | 2022-06-30T13:24:49Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2022/06/30/origin-of-virus-variation-real-time-evolution-of-sars-cov-2-in-an-immunocompromised-patient/ | true |
RPD gives guidance on what to do if you spot a suspicious device
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Tuesday night, Rochester Police Department dealt with a suspicious package at the Olmsted County Government Center, but say it was not placed there with the intent to cause harm.
Rochester Police Department (RPD) said the woman who brought the device to the government center believed she was doing a public service by bringing the package to the government center. RPD said they believe the woman’s heart was in the right place, however, RPD said finding a suspicious package that has the appearance of an explosive device, should not be moved, let alone to a more densely populated area.
“Unlike what happened last night, let’s try not to wait hours and hours before you notify law enforcement of something potentially very dangerous. Try to get ahold of us as fast as you can, so that we can get out there and try to keep as many people safe as possible,” said Sgt. Steve Thompson with Rochester Police Department.
RPD advises staying 70-100 feet away from these suspicious packages and then notifying law enforcement immediately.
RPD says the investigation into this package is in its infancy stages.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice.
Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires.
The judicial pas de deux is set to take place at noon, the moment Breyer said in a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday that his retirement will take effect after nearly 28 years on the nation’s highest court.
The court is expected to issue its final opinions earlier Thursday in a momentous and rancorous term that included overturning Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of the right to an abortion. The remaining cases are a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate climate-warming emissions from power plants, and Biden’s bid to end the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” asylum program.
In a ceremony the court said it will stream live on its website, Jackson will recite two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, will be the first Black woman to serve as a justice. She will be joining three women, Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.
Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term, assuming his successor had been confirmed. Breyer’s earlier-than-usual announcement and the condition he attached was a recognition of the Democrats’ tenuous hold on the Senate in an era of hyper-partisanship, especially surrounding federal judgeships.
The Senate confirmed Jackson’s nomination in early April, by a 53-47 mostly party-line vote that included support from three Republicans.
She has been in a sort of judicial limbo ever since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hearing any cases. Biden elevated her to that court from the district judgeship to which she was appointed by President Barack Obama.
Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise. That will give her time to settle in and familiarize herself with the roughly two dozen cases the court already has agreed to hear starting in October as well as hundreds of appeals that will pile up over the summer. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/high-court-noon-jackson-to-be-sworn-in-as-breyer-retires/ | 2022-06-30T13:25:21Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/top-stories/high-court-noon-jackson-to-be-sworn-in-as-breyer-retires/ | false |
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Trucking Associations and America's Road Team Captains are advising travelers to take extra driving precautions through the busy Independence Day holiday weekend.
AAA predicts 47.9 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over this weekend, a 3.7% increase from the previous year and bringing travel volumes back to pre-pandemic levels. Car travel remains the most popular form of transportation despite the historically high gas prices, so with the increased traffic, it is more important than ever to travel with care and caution this July 4 weekend.
"Given the exceptional amount of people traveling on the highway to see friends and family this holiday weekend, it is key to practice and promote safe driving." said America's Road Team Captain Richard Frazer, a professional truck driver for Yellow. "We all deserve to relax and celebrate this holiday, and by applying these safety tips, the general motoring public can deliver a safe holiday for themselves and their neighbors on the road."
As millions of Americans gather to celebrate our great nation's independence, professional truck drivers are hard at work delivering holiday essentials. Safety on the highways is the main goal for America's Road Team Captains, which is why the elite group of professional truck drivers is reminding motorists to remain focused while driving and to stay alert to the high number of travelers on the road. By employing these safety efforts, professional truck drivers can make those hot dogs, ice cream and sparkler deliveries on time.
"Following simple tips such as buckling your safety belt, reducing your speed, and preparing your vehicle for long distance travel can all factor into safer driving on the highways," said America's Road Team Captain Gina Jones, of Werner Enterprises. "We want people across America to have a relaxing and enjoyable time with family and friends this holiday weekend, and by using our tips you can significantly increase highway safety."
America's Road Team Captains offer these safety tips to remind motorists about key elements of safe driving, especially relating to operating small passenger vehicles near large tractor-trailers.
- Buckle Up: Independence Day is a time of high congestion on the highways and wearing your safety belt saves lives. Remember to always buckle up.
- Slow Down: The chances of a crash triple when driving faster than surrounding traffic. Spring and summer are periods when work zones are busiest in this country. It is important to reduce speeds when traveling through those areas over the holiday.
- Do not drive impaired: We have a lot of freedoms to celebrate during Independence Day, but impaired driving is not one of those freedoms and jeopardizes the freedoms of others. Consider the safety of yourself and others by planning for your holiday. It is always better to play it safe.
- Be aware of truck blind spots: When sharing the road with large trucks, be aware of where their blind spots are. If you cannot see the truck driver in his or her mirrors, then the truck driver cannot see you.
- Keep your eyes on the road: Distracted driving is a major cause of traffic accidents. Even just two seconds of distraction time doubles the chances of an accident. Use your cell phone only when stopped and never text while driving.
- Do not cut in front of large trucks: Remember trucks are heavier and a fully loaded truck traveling at highway speeds needs about the length of two football fields to come to a complete stop, so avoid cutting quickly in front of them.
- Prepare your vehicle for long distance travel: Check your wipers, fluids, and tire pressure. Have your radiator and cooling system serviced. Simple maintenance before you leave your home can prevent many of the problems that strand motorists on the side of the road.
- Leave early and avoid risks: Leave early so you will not be anxious about arriving late. Many major cities can expect delays and road conditions may change due to inclement weather or traffic congestion.
- Be aware of the vehicle in front of you: Leave extra room between you and the vehicle ahead in case of sudden stops.
- Be safe in and around neighborhoods: Watch for children in neighborhoods who could be playing on or near residential streets. We want everyone to be able to safely enjoy the fireworks.
America's Road Team, sponsored by Volvo Trucks, is a national public outreach program led by a small group of professional truck drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a strong desire to spread the word about safety on the highway. Follow America's Road Team on Twitter or Facebook.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3%
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April.
Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department provided the latest evidence that painfully high inflation is pressuring American households and inflicting particular harm on low-income families and people of color.
The government’s report also said that consumer spending rose at a sluggish 0.2% rate from April to May. Consumer spending is beginning to weaken in the face of high inflation. But it’s still helping fuel inflation itself, especially as demand grows for services ranging from airline tickets and hotel rooms to restaurant meals and new and used autos.
On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.6% from April to May, up from the 0.2% increase from March to April.
Chronically high inflation has become a leading threat to the economy and a political hazard for President Joe Biden and Democrats as midterm elections near. Seventy-nine percent of U.S. adults describe the economy as poor, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Inflation is eclipsing the healthy 3.6% unemployment rate as a focal point for Americans who are struggling, in particular, with high gasoline and food prices.
In response, the Fed has embarked on a series of aggressive interest rate hikes that are intended to slow growth by making borrowing more expensive but that also risk causing a recession. Two weeks ago, the Fed raised its key rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaled more large rate increases to come.
The Fed tends to monitor Thursday’s inflation gauge, called the personal consumption expenditures price index, even more closely it does the government’s better-known consumer price index. While the components of the two indexes differ — CPI tends to weigh gasoline and housing costs more heavily and to show higher inflation — the two gauges tell the same basic story: Inflation is running dangerously hot.
Thursday’s report showed that consumer incomes rose 0.5% from April to May, staying slightly ahead of inflation. In addition, the savings rate rose slightly to 5.4% last month, though it remains well below its peak of nearly 34% in April 2020. At that time, millions of Americans were banking government relief checks and otherwise saving money while staying at home as a precaution against COVID-19.
Soaring prices are a consequence of the economy’s unexpectedly swift rebound from the pandemic recession of 2020. Boosted by government stimulus checks, record-low borrowing rates and savings built up while stuck at home during the pandemic, consumers went on a spending spree that caught businesses off guard and overwhelmed factories, ports and freight yards. The resulting shortages of goods and labor sent prices spiking.
The Fed was slow to recognize the severity of the inflation threat, dismissing it as mainly a temporary consequence of supply chain bottlenecks. But spiking prices have proved intractable, and now the central bank is playing catch-up with sizable rate hikes that could end up derailing the economy.
High inflation has made consumers increasingly anxious about the economy. Prices have risen faster than their earnings and eroded their purchasing power. A measure of consumer confidence has reached its lowest point in 16 months, with Americans’ outlook darkened by inflation fears, especially gas and food prices
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday.
The interment in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a speech by Congo’s President Felix Tshisikedi.
The ceremony is being held on Congo’s Independence Day holiday marking the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. Lumumba is widely hailed as the nationalist activist who helped to end colonial rule. He became the country’s first prime minister and was assassinated within a year in 1961.
The ceremony for the interment of Lumumba’s remains — a gold-capped tooth — comes after Belgium returned them to Congo earlier this month. A casket holding the tooth was taken around the country to allow citizens to pay their respects, including at his birthplace in Onalua village in Sankuru province.
For many in Congo, Lumumba is a symbol of the positive developments the country could have achieved after its independence. Instead, it became mired in decades of dictatorship that drained its vast mineral riches.
After agitating for an end to colonial rule, Lumumba became the newly independent Congo’s first prime minister in 1960.
But historians say he was a victim of the Cold War. Lumumba promoted leftist policies and when he reached out to the Soviet Union for help in putting down a secessionist movement in the mineral-rich Katanga region, he quickly fell out of favor with Belgium and the United States.
A military coup toppled Lumumba who was arrested, jailed and later killed. Lumumba’s assassination by separatists in January 1961 cleared the way for the rise to power of Mobutu Sese Seko who ruled the country, which he later renamed Zaire, for decades until his death in 1997.
Even though Lumumba’s killers were Congolese, questions have persisted over the complicity of Belgium and the United States in his death because of his perceived Communist ties.
Immediately after his killing, Lumumba’s body was dismembered and dissolved with acid in an apparent effort to keep any grave from becoming a pilgrimage site. A gold-capped tooth was all that remained and was kept by the Belgian police commissioner who oversaw the destruction of Lumumba’s body. In 2016 the tooth was seized by Belgian officials from the police commissioner’s daughter.
The relic of Lumumba was returned to Congo after the visit earlier this month of Belgium’s King Philippe who expressed regrets for his nation’s abuses in Congo when it was a Belgian colony. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/remains-of-congos-independence-hero-interred-amid-honors/ | 2022-06-30T13:27:41Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/remains-of-congos-independence-hero-interred-amid-honors/ | false |
Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son, is suing the man and his family who own a day care where the alleged molestation occurred.
Velasquez was arrested in San Jose, California, last February after he shot at a pickup truck carrying the man through busy streets in three Silicon Valley cities, ramming the vehicle with his own truck during a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.
A judge in March denied bail to Velasquez, who faces attempted murder and multiple gun assault charges. His attorney, Mark Geragos, has said he plans on vindicating Velasquez in court.
Velasquez claims in a civil lawsuit that Harry Goularte sexually molested Velasquez’s son while the boy was attending a day care run at a home by Goularte’s mother, Patricia Goularte, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
The Times said the lawsuit was filed on behalf of a minor. Harry Goularte was living at the home and working for the day care during the time of the alleged molestation, according to the court filing.
Stephen Defilippis, an attorney for Goularte, didn't immediately respond Wednesday to a call seeking comment on the lawsuit.
The child care business and its owners “fostered and maintained an environment” where the children could be molested, sexually abused and harassed, Velasquez said in the court filing. The lawsuit accuses Goularte and his family of negligence and sexual battery.
Goularte, 43, was charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor by the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office. He has pleaded not guilty and trial is scheduled for September.
Velasquez, 39, is due back in court in August, the Times said.
Velasquez transitioned to pro-wrestling after retiring from his MMA career in 2019. A former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, he earned title belts in 2010 and 2012. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/ufc-star-charged-in-shooting-sues-man-over-alleged-molesting/3756563/ | 2022-06-30T13:29:49Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/ufc-star-charged-in-shooting-sues-man-over-alleged-molesting/3756563/ | false |
Eve and Jess Gale send temperatures soaring as they pose in plunging swimsuits after revealing Love Island producers banned them from wearing racy bikinis on the show
They recently revealed Love Island producers banned them from wearing bikinis they considered too racy on the show.
And Eve and Jess Gale sent temperatures soaring as they both posed for stunning swimsuit snaps taken during their trip to Ibiza on Wednesday.
The identical twins, 23, showcased their famous curves as they wore skintight one-pieces with plunging necklines.
Stunning: Eve Gale sent temperatures soaring as she posed for stunning swimsuit snaps taken during her and sister Jess' trip to Ibiza on Wednesday
Eve - who was the first islander sent home in the 2020 series - let her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders as she posed in the water.
Jess donned an aquamarine swimsuit with another low-cut neckline that highlighted her ample assets.
Wearing a light palette of makeup, the model soaked up the sun as she went for a dip near the shore.
It comes after the sisters revealed Love Island bosses told them some of their outfits were too 'inappropriate' to be shown on camera.
Incredible: Jess donned an aquamarine swimsuit with another low-cut neckline that highlighted her ample assets
Sizzling: Eve - who was the first islander sent home in the 2020 series - let her blonde locks fall loose down her shoulders as she posed in the water
Speaking to the Daily Star, Eve said: 'I had that thong bikini that I wasn't allowed to wear and you weren't allowed to wear that Ann Summers one.
'I had a bikini and it was the real thong one like the Oh Polly ones, it wasn't nude, but it was thong.'
Jess added: 'I was wearing an Ann Summers one and because it's a family TV show they were like, "this is inappropriate."'
Eve then added that she had to change into one that covered more skin, saying: 'Yeah, I had to change it to a tiny bit thicker.'
The twins also discussed what happens to contestants after they are dumped from the villa.
Not allowed: It comes after the sisters revealed Love Island bosses told them some of their outfits were too 'inappropriate' to be shown on camera
Racy: The pair took part in the 2020 winter series and said bosses told them some of their outfits were too 'inappropriate' to be shown on camera
The pair had quite different experiences, with Eve going home early in the series while Jess made it to the final.
Eve said she left the villa and was then taken to a room with producers who 'debriefed' her and also let her sneak back in to see Jess one last time.
The beauty then had to quarantine in South Africa without her phone and was given her 'own villa' to stay in.
Eve said she then had to fly back from South Africa without her phone and was only given it when she landed in the UK.
Jess said: 'I was wearing an Ann Summers one and because it's a family TV show they were like, "this is inappropriate"'
It comes after Shaughna Phillips, who was also on the 2020 series, revealed that Love Island contestants practice their recoupling speeches with producers before filming.
The 26-year-old told how the dramatic recouplings around the firepit take 'hours' to film and islanders have to say their speeches in three parts for the cameras.
Speaking on the Should I Delete That podcast, Shaughna explained: 'Hours. Hours. You don't normally have to re-do… if it's something very dramatic, then obviously they can't really redo that.
'But when you're doing, like, the "I would like to couple up with this person because…" you do that in three sections. So you say that, and then you have a big pause, then you say the next bit, pause.'
Detailing the rehearsed nature of the segment, Shaughna added: 'You kind of go over it with a producer before, that night.
'So like during dinner time you kind of talk through it. It's really produced. They kind of ask you to go for chats and certain things. It's a TV show, so I get it.'
Candid: It comes after Shaughna Phillips, who was also on the 2020 series, revealed that Love Island contestants practice their recoupling speeches with producers before filming | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10969099/Eve-Jess-Gale-send-temperatures-soaring-pose-plunging-swimsuits.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-30T13:29:56Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10969099/Eve-Jess-Gale-send-temperatures-soaring-pose-plunging-swimsuits.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Triple-digit heat returns Thursday
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - For your Thursday, we will have a high of 100 with mostly sunny skies and southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night, we will have a low of 73 with mostly clear skies. Friday, we will have a high of 100 with mostly sunny skies. Friday night, we will have a low of 71 with mostly clear skies.
Saturday, we will have a high of 97 with partly cloudy skies. A tropical disturbance is expected to move into Texas by Friday. This disturbance will likely give us rain chances, here in Texoma, both Saturday & Sunday. We’ll have a 20% chance of rain both Saturday and Sunday. However, rain chances on Sunday appear to be better than on Saturday.
Sunday, we will have a high of 98 with partly cloudy skies. For the 4th of July, we will have a high of 100 with mostly sunny skies and no rain chances. Monday night, we will have a low of 78 with clear skies.
Tuesday, we will have a high of 102 with sunny skies and south winds at 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday night, we will have a low of 79 with clear skies.
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Q: I’ve lived in my home for 20 years and I would love to always live here. Unfortunately, I don’t have family nearby to help support me as I age. Are there any essential home renovations I can make now to safely age in place?
A: Yes, there are definitely renovations that will allow you to stay in your forever home. To help you to identify the most important changes you can make, here is a list of 10 remodeling projects recommended by Ron and Jennifer VanderBeken, who are certified aging-in-place specialists with Snohomish County-based VanderBeken Remodel.
1. Convert to an open floor plan
Converting your home’s layout to an open floor plan is a good first step for enhancing accessibility as you age in place. Fewer obstructions improve mobility for people with vision impairments or walking difficulties, or who use wheelchairs or walkers to get around.
Reducing the number of interior walls also allows light to travel throughout the home, increasing overall visibility and further protecting you from falls and other accidents.
2. Add a first-floor primary suite
As people age, stairs can become a major impediment. First-level primary suites prevent you from having to walk up and down stairs to use the bathroom or settle in to sleep. Those living in multilevel homes can accommodate this change by either downsizing to a single-story home or redesigning the first floor of their current residence.
3. Widen doorways and hallways
Most residential doorways are not wide enough to comfortably accommodate wheelchairs, walkers or other mobility assistance devices. All hallways and doors in public buildings must be at least 32 inches to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility standard. However, residential doors and hallways don’t always meet this minimum, particularly in older homes. In these cases, doors and halls should be widened wherever possible.
4. Replace flooring according to needs
Universal design advocates typically recommend homeowners swap out certain types of flooring for materials that are soft, slip-resistant and well-suited to wheelchairs or walkers. The right type of flooring will differ based on the individual homeowner’s needs.
Refinished hardwoods can resist the bumps and grinds of regular wheelchair traffic more effectively than other flooring options, such as carpet.
While ceramic tiles may also work well for wheelchair users, they can get quite slippery. To avoid this issue, shop around for ADA-compliant, anti-slip tiles.
5. Update with smart home tech
From security cameras to smart light switches, there are dozens of home tech options available to support seniors aging in place — many of which are eligible for AARP discounts. Updating locks, lights, window treatments and appliances with smart tech makes it easier to centrally (and safely) manage appliances, energy use and home safety.
6. Install a walk-in shower
The majority of falls at home occur in the bathroom, where floors can be slippery and support features are often limited. Because of this, many designers recommend eliminating tubs — which can be difficult to climb in and out of — and installing walk-in showers with benches, treads and grab bars instead. You might also consider mounting grab bars next to toilets.
7. Paint in contrasting colors
Both color and depth perception decline with age, affecting as many as half of all American seniors. People who wear multifocal glasses or contacts are even likelier to struggle.
The good news is something as basic as painting a door frame a different color can help people with vision impairments cope. Color contrasts can help you determine where things should be located, and designers suggest painting trim, doorways stairs, and edges of counters in contrasting colors.
8. Increase kitchen accessibility
It’s essential to make kitchens more accessible as we age in place. Try grouping appliances together to avoid carrying heavy pots and pans from one end of the room to the other. Limit mounted fixtures that are difficult to reach.
Do not install cabinets over the stove because leaning over a hot surface can pose a hazard, especially when balance is impaired. Also, try swapping out lower cabinets with under-countertop drawers because they’re easier to pull out.
9. Eliminate thresholds wherever possible
Homeowners who are aging in place should eliminate thresholds wherever possible by leveling sunken living rooms, single steps and half-floors. Small sets of steps can be more dangerous than full staircases because they are not as obvious, clear or distinct to people with limited depth perception (see above). The right remodeling firm can help you fill in sunken spaces and level off any dangerous steps.
10. Build housing for a caregiver
Seniors who anticipate needing professional help or assistance from family members in the future might consider building an addition, an accessory dwelling unit or a backyard cottage to house them on their property. This can be pricier than most of the other improvements discussed here, but adding extra living space for a caregiver can save you time, money and peace of mind in the long run. It’s also convenient for the caregiver.
Whitney Harsh is the project developer at VanderBeken Remodel, a member of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS). If you have a home improvement, remodeling or residential homebuilding question you’d like answered by one of MBAKS’s more than 2,600 members, write to homework@mbaks.com. | https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/at-home/10-home-remodels-that-promote-aging-in-place/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-06-30T13:36:18Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/at-home/10-home-remodels-that-promote-aging-in-place/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | false |
(NEXSTAR) – Many Americans who have seen their credit score take a hit because of medical debt could soon see relief.
Effective July 1, three of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – will stop including paid medical collection debt. Currently, that debt can remain on your record for seven years, CNBC reports.
Additionally, the agencies have agreed to extend the time period before unpaid medical collection debt appears on a consumer’s credit report from six months to one year. Starting next year, medical collection debt under $500 will no longer appear on credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
These changes are expected to remove almost 70% of medical debt tradelines from consumer credit reports, the agencies said in a joint statement earlier this year.
A recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found an estimated $88 billion in medical debt collections appears on consumer credit reports as of early 2021. Medical collections were found on 43 million credit reports, according to CFPB.
When medical bills appear on credit reports, consumers may find themselves at an increased risk of bankruptcy, avoiding additional medical care, or struggling to secure a job, CFPB explains. The debt can also lower your credit score, making it harder to get approved for loans, other credit, or better interest rates, CNBC reports.
“Medical collections debt often arises from unforeseen medical circumstances. These changes are another step we’re taking together to help people across the United States focus on their financial and personal wellbeing,” Mark W. Begor, CEO Equifax; Brian Cassin, CEO Experian; and Chris Cartwright, CEO TransUnion said in a joint statement. “As an industry we remain committed to helping drive fair and affordable access to credit for all consumers.”
The Biden administration has also made recent changes to tackle medical debt. In April, they announced reforms to reduce or eliminate medical debt as a factor in government lending decisions. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/you-may-soon-have-some-medical-debt-wiped-from-your-credit-report-heres-why/ | 2022-06-30T13:39:11Z | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/you-may-soon-have-some-medical-debt-wiped-from-your-credit-report-heres-why/ | false |
BRUSSELS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Superior Taste Award, founded by the International Taste Institute, officially announced the results of the 2022 Global Food and Beverage Product Awards. Chinese food brand Choubao won the Superior Taste Award for two flavors of its river snail rice noodles, an iconic Chinese dish consisting of a snail-based broth, rice noodles, and an array of additional ingredients, typically including pickled bamboo shoots, peanuts, tofu skins, and green vegetables. It is called luosifen by local people as well.
One flavor, Choubao Naturally Flavored Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, while the other, Choubao Spicy Thick Soup Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, known for its rich, thick soup base, earned the 2-star Superior Taste Award designation. Choubao is the first luosifen brand in the industry to be rewarded with a 2-star designation. Luosifen is a traditional local dish from Liuzhou, a city in Guangxi province. The dish's unique, distinct aroma and fresh and spicy taste have made it a favorite among the foodie crowd. Choubao Luosifen has made some enhancements based on the traditional production process, delivering a richer soup base and a more multi-layered taste.
Awards from the prestigious International Taste Institute are considered the Oscars of the food and beverage world. In order to ensure that only food and beverages participating in the competition receive the most professional certification, the jury includes Michelin chefs from all over the world, alongside a group of expert nutritionists and dieticians. At the same time, to ensure the objectivity of the selection, the jury follows a strict blind evaluation process and anonymously assesses and scores the products based on five taste-related indicators.
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GYEONGJU, South Korea, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage(the GNRICH) released a news article series on the 30th reporting the architectural culture and lifestyles of Silla. In this episode, the article deals with Giwa.
After the Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage started an extensive excavation research related to Gyeongju Wolseong since 2014, where royal palace site of Silla is located, a lot of precious relics have been excavated, which show cultural aspects of Silla people. Giwa, a roof tile, is one of them, telling diverse historic information about architectural culture and lifestyle of Silla people.
The historic academia has been estimating that Giwa might have been used when building royal palaces or temples, during the period when Silla was leaping into a centralized state after establishing laws and officially recognizing Buddhism as a national religion.
There is also a Giwa on which chronological era is engraved. A Giwa on which Chinese character called "Euibongsanyeongaeto" is written was discovered during the excavation. "Euibongsanyeon" means 679 A.D., the nineteenth year of King Munmu.
There is also a Giwa on which occupation name is engraved. It is a Giwa on which a letter "Jeonin" is written, and this letter is presumed to have called people who worked at administrative office which supervises the process of producing Giwa or potteries.
In the early periods of producing Giwa, Giwas of Silla was heavily influenced by those of Baekje and Goguryeo. However, various Giwas with unique styles were produced and used later on.
On Giwas excavated at Wolseong frequently appear lotus patterns. Other than lotus patterns, diverse patterns can be found such as Sajamun, Bosanghwamun, and Gareungbingamun which expressed an imaginary bird appearing at Buddhist scriptures.
Also, there is Gwimyeon Giwa which was made to drive away evil spirits, hung on the angle rafter of Paljak roof (Gambrel roof) or Gwimaru (the corner of the roof).
Giwa not only protected buildings from sunlight and rain but it functioned as a decoration which enhanced the value of buildings. It is a precious material which shows the lifestyle of Silla people 1,500 years ago.
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Mother and stepfather jailed for life for murdering Logan Mwangi
The mother and stepfather of five-year-old Logan Mwangi whose battered body was found dumped in a river have been jailed for life for his murder.
John Cole, 40, was told he would spend at least 29 years behind bars while Angharad Williamson, 31, would serve a minimum of 28 years.
A 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was detained for a minimum of 15 years after also being found guilty of Logan’s murder.
The trio were convicted of killing the little boy in Sarn, Bridgend, South Wales, in April, following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
Passing sentence on Thursday, Mrs Justice Jefford said: “You are responsible for Logan’s death and all the anguish that has followed from it.
“Because he was killed in his own home, it is not possible to be sure what has happened to him.
“Shortly before his death, at which time he was three feet five inches and weighed only three stone one pound, he was subjected to a brutal attack.”
The judge described the injuries Logan had suffered and added: “Also the sort of injuries seen in abused children.
“Inflicting these injuries on a small, defenceless five-year-old is nothing short of horrific.”
Both Williamson and the youth were convicted of a further charge of perverting the course of justice – an offence Cole had admitted before trial.
Logan, a previously “smiling, cheerful little boy”, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Pandy Park on the morning of July 31 2021.
Police found him partially submerged, wearing dinosaur pyjama bottoms and a Spider-Man top just 250 metres from his home.
The youngster had suffered 56 external cuts and bruises, and “catastrophic” internal injuries, which were likened to a high-speed road accident.
Experts said the injuries could have only been caused by a “brutal and sustained assault” inflicted on Logan in the hours, or days, prior to his death. They also said the injuries were “consistent with child abuse”.
In the months and weeks leading up to his death, Logan had been “dehumanised” by his family, prosecutors said.
Logan’s stammer is said to have worsened, becoming particularly bad around Cole. He wet himself more frequently and began self-harming.
Friends of the couple said Cole told them he did not like Logan, and others said his attitude changed after becoming obsessed with the idea that Williamson had cheated with Logan’s father Ben Mwangi.
After Williamson gave birth to his own child, Cole was reluctant to let Logan see the baby and later claimed the boy had tried to smother the infant.
Medics made a safeguarding referral to the police after Logan suffered a broken arm in August 2020.
By March, due to concerns over Cole’s behaviour, Logan and his younger sibling had been assigned their own social worker.
In June, a month before Logan died, the family were removed from the child protection register – meaning it was believed there was no longer a risk of significant harm.
A foster family whom the youth stayed with claimed to have heard him say he wanted to kill Logan.
A support worker also heard the youth singing: “I love kids, I f****** love kids, I love to punch kids in the head, it’s orgasmic.”
Weeks before he died, Logan suffered a broken collarbone but he never got medical treatment.
On July 20, Logan tested positive for Covid-19 and he was shut in his bedroom with a baby gate barring him from leaving.
Caroline Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “He had been kept like a prisoner in his small bedroom in the flat you saw, a room likened by Williamson as a dungeon.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10969289/Mother-stepfather-jailed-life-murdering-Logan-Mwangi.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-30T13:45:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10969289/Mother-stepfather-jailed-life-murdering-Logan-Mwangi.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Russia has pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where troops have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but kept up its push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine’s resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it withdrew its forces from Snake Island off Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa in what it described as a “goodwill gesture”.
Ukraine’s military said the Russians fled the island in two speedboats following a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Lt Gen Igor Konashenkov insisted that the withdrawal was intended to demonstrate that “the Russian Federation wasn’t hampering the United Nations’ efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor for taking agricultural products from the territory of Ukraine”.
Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of blockading Ukrainian ports to prevent the exports of grain, contributing to the global food crisis.
Russia has denied the accusations and claimed that Ukraine needs to remove sea mines from the Black Sea to allow safe navigation.
Turkey has sought to broker a deal on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine, but the talks have dragged on without any sign of quick progress with Kyiv voicing concern that Russia could use the deal to launch an attack on Odesa.
Russia took control of the island that sits on a busy shipping lane in the opening days of the war in an apparent hope to use it to control the area and use it as a staging ground for an attack on Odesa.
The island came to epitomise the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion, when Ukrainian troops there received a demand from a Russian warship to surrender or face bombardment. “Russian warship”, the answer came back, “go f*** yourself”.
The Ukrainian defenders of the island were captured by the Russians but later freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
Since the island was taken, the Ukrainian military has relentlessly bombarded a small Russian garrison and air defence assets stationed there.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the withdrawal of Russian troops from Snake Island is a sign that Ukraine will prevail in the war.
Mr Johnson said the withdrawal from the island shows that “again Russia has had to cede ground”. He said that “in the end it will prove impossible for Putin to hold down a country that will not accept” occupation.
Mr Johnson was speaking at the end of a Nato summit in Madrid dominated by the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He said Russia must be driven off from all the territory it has occupied since it invaded in February and that at the moment “there doesn’t seem to be anything to talk about” regarding a ceasefire.
Mr Johnson welcomed a commitment by many Nato members to increase defence spending and said the UK would raise its spending target from 2% of GDP to 2.5% by the end of the decade.
Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said as the summit wrapped up that member nations agreed on a “fundamental shift in our deterrence and defence” and sent Moscow a clear message that the alliance had a firm line drawn on its eastern frontier.
“We live in a more dangerous world and we live in a more unpredictable world, and we live in a world where we have a hot war going on in Europe,” Mr Stoltenberg said.
“At the same time, we also know that this can get worse if this becomes a full-scale war between Russia and Nato.”
Mr Stoltenberg continued: “We want to remove any room for miscalculation, misunderstanding in Moscow, about our readiness to protect every inch of Nato territory. That’s Nato’s core responsibility.”
In the east of Ukraine on Thursday, Moscow kept up its push to take control of the entire Donbas region.
It is focused on the city of Lysychansk, the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the Luhansk province.
Russian troops and their separatist allies control 95% of Luhansk and about half of Donetsk, the two provinces that make up the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas.
The Ukrainian General Staff said that the Russian troops were shelling Lysychansk and clashing with Ukrainian defenders around an oil refinery on the edge of the city.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said that Russian reconnaissance units tried to enter Lysychansk on Wednesday, but were repelled by the Ukrainian forces.
He said the Russians were trying to block a major road used to deliver supplies and fully encircle the city.
“The Russians have thrown practically all their forces to seize the city,” Mr Haidai said.
Speaking on a visit to Turkmenistan early on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his goals in Ukraine have not changed since the start of the war.
He outlined these as “the liberation of the Donbas, the protection of these people and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself”.
Mr Putin made no mention of his original stated goals to “demilitarise” and “de-Nazify” Ukraine.
He denied Russia had adjusted its strategy after failing to take Kyiv in the early stage of the conflict.
“As you can see, the troops are moving and reaching the marks that were set for them for a certain stage of this combat work. Everything is going according to plan,” Mr Putin said at a news conference in Turkmenistan.
Meanwhile, funerals are set to be held for some of the 18 people confirmed killed by Monday’s Russian missile strike on a busy shopping centre in Kremenchuk.
Crews continued to search through the rubble in search of another 20 people who remain missing.
After the attack on the shopping centre, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of becoming a “terrorist” state. On Wednesday, he reproached Nato for not embracing or equipping his embattled country more fully.
“The open-door policy of Nato shouldn’t resemble old turnstiles on Kyiv’s subway, which stay open but close when you approach them until you pay,” Mr Zelensky told Nato leaders meeting in Madrid, speaking by video link.
“Hasn’t Ukraine paid enough? Hasn’t our contribution to defending Europe and the entire civilisation been sufficient?”
He asked for more modern artillery systems and other weapons and warned the Nato leaders they either had to provide Ukraine with the help it needed to defeat Russia or “face a delayed war between Russia and yourself.”
In southern Ukraine, the death toll from Wednesday’s Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Mykolaiv rose to six, according to governor Vitaliy Kim. Another six people were wounded.
Mykolaiv is a major port and seizing it – as well as Odesa further west – would be key to Russia’s objective of cutting off Ukraine from its Black Sea coast. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3447030/russian-forces-leave-snake-island-but-keep-up-assault-in-eastern-ukraine/ | 2022-06-30T13:45:54Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3447030/russian-forces-leave-snake-island-but-keep-up-assault-in-eastern-ukraine/ | true |
Liz Truss has called on Western allies to provide greater support for Taiwan so it can defend itself in the event of an attack from China.
Speaking on the final day of the Nato summit in Madrid on Thursday, the Foreign Secretary said the West must “learn the lessons from Ukraine” and ensure sovereign nations “have the capabilities that they need”.
She told Times Radio: “The fact is Ukraine wasn’t in a good enough position to defend itself, that made it a target for Russia.
“That’s what we, as a free world, need to do is make sure that Taiwan has the ability to defend itself, that we continue to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait.
“These are things that we’re discussing with our allies and working on with our allies.”
Asked if this meant providing arms, Ms Truss said: “There are different ways of doing that, and Finland and Sweden have joined Nato as a way of making sure that they are defended.
“Ultimately, it is making sure that those countries have the capabilities that they need.”
Ms Truss declined to say whether the UK should increase its arms export licences to Taiwan and sell the self-governing island more defensive kit.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The United Kingdom supplies equipment around the world, and it’s done through commercial companies; the UK Government licenses that equipment.”
Asked if Britain should sell Taiwan more licences, she said: “Collectively, we need to make sure that they have the defence that they need, and that is a matter not just for the United Kingdom, it’s a matter for others.
“Collectively we need to do more, and this is a discussion I’m having with my G7 colleagues.”
Asked whether there should be a Ukraine-style build-up, she said: “There’s a difference between what we’re doing in Ukraine, which is providing military aid, and then licensing commercial providers, which we do for a wide variety of countries.”
She highlighted the need for a “global Nato” due to concerns over China’s “economic coercion and they are building up their military capabilities”.
Taiwan has been self-governing since nationalist forces fled there in 1949 after the communists took control of China, and is considered to be a rebel province by Beijing.
Ms Truss said Western nations must “make sure that we are not overly economically exposed to China” or “end up in a position of strategic dependency” similar to the way that some European countries became dependent on Russian oil and gas.
On Wednesday, the Foreign Secretary warned Beijing that any attempt to invade Taiwan would be a “catastrophic miscalculation”. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3446691/truss-urges-allies-to-learn-lessons-from-ukraine-and-give-taiwan-more-support/ | 2022-06-30T13:48:18Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3446691/truss-urges-allies-to-learn-lessons-from-ukraine-and-give-taiwan-more-support/ | false |
Ukraine says Russian equipment on Snake Island destroyed
KYIV, June 30 (Reuters) - Oleksii Hromov, a brigadier general in Ukraine's armed forces, said on Thursday that Russian equipment on Snake Island had been destroyed and that although there were no Ukrainian forces on the island yet there would be.
Hromov added at a news conference that Ukraine's military would do everything possible so ships carrying grain could pass through the Black Sea and that there were currently no plans to withdraw from the eastern city of Lysychansk, which Russian forces are trying to encircle.
Reuters was not immediately able to verify Hromov's remarks.
(Reporting by Max Hunder Writing by Alexander Winning Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10969297/Ukraine-says-Russian-equipment-Snake-Island-destroyed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-30T13:48:32Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10969297/Ukraine-says-Russian-equipment-Snake-Island-destroyed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains
KINSHASA, June 30 (Reuters) - The family of Democratic Republic of Congo's murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.
Hundreds gathered in a vast square for the occasion, waving flags and looking upon a large photo of Lumumba, with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses and side-swept hair, framed by white flowers.
Lumumba was killed by a firing squad on Jan. 16, 1961 in the southeastern province of Katanga after being ousted as prime minister the previous year, all within months of Congo's independence from Belgium.
A banner with the words "Many thanks, National Hero" was suspended over the crowd, which included the president of neighboring Congo Republic, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Belgium's foreign minister and several African ambassadors.
"Finally the Congolese people can have the honor of offering a burial to their illustrious prime minister," President Felix Tshisekedi said. "We are ending ... mourning we started 61 years ago."
The funeral was held on the 62nd anniversary of the central African country's independence. On that day, Lumumba gave a fiery speech lambasting Belgium's 75-year colonization of Congo.
Congo's first democratically elected prime minister, Lumumba alarmed the West with overtures to Moscow at the height of the Cold War.
His government lasted just three months before he was overthrown and assassinated. Supporters and some historians accuse the CIA of involvement.
A Belgian parliamentary investigation into Lumumba's killing concluded in 2002 that Belgium was "morally responsible" for his death.
The body was never found. His only remaining tooth was reportedly taken by a Belgian policeman, Gerard Soete, who claimed to have dissolved much of the corpse in acid and burned the rest.
Belgium, whose King Philippe visited Congo for the first time this month, handed the tooth over to Lumumba's family on June 20.
"Your return home, the honors you are receiving here are a page of the history you continue to write," said one of his grand-daughters in a letter to Lumumba she read at the funeral.
"With you, today, Africa is writing its own history," she said. (Reporting by Sofia Christensen; Editing by Alex Richardson) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10969495/Congo-buries-murdered-independence-hero-Lumumbas-remains.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-30T13:52:31Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10969495/Congo-buries-murdered-independence-hero-Lumumbas-remains.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Three-year abortion trends vary dramatically by state - Phillip Reese, Kaiser Health News via Source NM.
A recent survey from the Guttmacher Institute documented an 8% rise in the number of abortions performed in the U.S. from 2017 to 2020, reversing what had been a nearly three-decade decline in women opting to terminate their pregnancies.
But a closer look at the findings, drawn from a comprehensive survey of every known facility providing abortions in the U.S., reveals wide variation in abortion trends among the states. While 33 states reported a rise in abortion numbers, 17 states reported declines. And the swings up or down are striking.
Among the states that saw the biggest increases: Oklahoma (+103%); Mississippi (+40%); Idaho (+31%); Kentucky (+28%); and New Mexico (+27%). Among the states with the biggest declines: Missouri (-96%); South Dakota (-74%); West Virginia (-31%); Wyoming (-29%); and Louisiana (-26%).
Notably, states such as California and New York, which have pushed to expand abortion funding and services in recent years, saw less dramatic gains of 16% and 5%, respectively.
Guttmacher, a research organization that supports abortion rights, noted that some of the state-level swings were interwoven, as women in states that have enacted laws restricting abortion access crossed into neighboring states to seek care. This is thought to be a driving factor behind the 103% surge in Oklahoma, where women from Texas — a state with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws — sought care before Oklahoma in May adopted its own ban on nearly all abortions.
The report’s authors cited other factors, as well, including state-level variations in access to government funding for abortion care for low-income women, and regulations issued by the Trump administration that disrupted the nation’s network of Title X family planning clinics, a vital source of low- or no-cost contraception. The Biden administration has since replaced those regulations.
The stark disparities in state abortion trends is expected to magnify in the coming year, following the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nation’s long-standing federally guaranteed right to abortion and leaving the issue in the hands of state lawmakers.
This story was produced by KHN, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation.
Commission demands PNM rate credit from San Juan shutdown - KUNM News, Albuquerque Journal
At a meeting of the Public Regulation Commission on Wednesday, members voted unanimously to order New Mexico’s Public Service Co. to dish out immediate customer rate savings in lieu of the eventual San Juan Generating Station shutdown in October.
As the Albuquerque Journal reports, this would mean savings of about $1.76 a month for the average residential consumer of electricity––and a jump to $8.19 after the station fully closes.
The San Juan Generating Station is scheduled to decommission two of its operating units Friday as PNM phases out the station.
The utility was planning to keep charging its customers after the closure of the plant to pay for things like investments in the energy grid and to offset future rate increases around 2024.
The PRC didn’t take a liking to this plan, with all five members of the commission speaking out against it. Commissioner Stephen Fischmann went as far to say PNM was “cheating its customers out of savings.”
PNM plans to appeal the PRC’s order and take the matter to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
ABQ encampments rule becomes official; City Council repeal expected soon – By Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico
An ordinance is on the books today allowing Albuquerque city government to sanction camps for unhoused people. It will take effect July 28, though it’s looking like the Albuquerque Council will repeal it soon after that.
Tuesday, the city clerk filed the “Integrated Development Ordinance,” which includes an amendment that lets the city approve permits for camps and establishes legal protections for people living in tents in public spaces.
The ordinance was sent to the clerk on Friday without a decision from Mayor Tim Keller, who could have signed or vetoed the measure. He took no action, which means the law is established anyway.
The City Council is expected to vote on a repeal of the encampment law when it meets again in August. Northeast Heights councilor Brook Bassan is leading the charge to repeal, reversing her support for the “Safe Outdoor Spaces” plan just weeks after she voted in favor of the amendment.
Bassan began her attack at last week’s City Council meeting — her swing vote struck down a proposal meant to generate rules and guidelines for how to sanction camps.
She is expected to introduce a bill that would put a one-year moratorium on sanctioned encampments that could have a final action by mid-August. Her push for a full repeal is expected to take months as it will likely have to go through several committees, according to City Council spokesperson Julian Moya.
Bassan said outrage from her constituents in the Heights caused her to reconsider.
As Bassan and her supporters on the Council wait more than a month to continue their repeal battle, the city is still responsible for rolling out the new law on sanctioned camps later this month without a Council direction on a framework.
What’s next is unclear, especially with so much uncertainty around the proposal. But the ordinance does require the city to assign someone to create a development plan within 100 days after the law goes into effect.
That could help determine locations for encampments, guidelines for applying, as well as safety plans for operations.
Anyone who applies would have to go through the Planning Department to figure out how to meet the standards, Moya said, and file a management and security plan with the Family and Community Services Department.
Biden administration holding its first onshore oil sales - By Matthew Brown Associated Press
The U.S. government this week is holding its first onshore oil and natural gas drilling lease auctions since President Joe Biden took office after a federal court blocked the administration's attempt to suspend such sales because of climate change worries.
The online auctions start Wednesday and conclude Thursday. About 200 square miles of federal lands were offered for lease in eight western states. Most of the parcels are in Wyoming.
The sales come as federal officials try to balance efforts to fight climate change against pressure to bring down high gas prices.
Republicans want Biden to expand U.S. crude production. He faces calls from within his own party to do more to curb fossil fuel emissions that are heating the planet.
Oil production increased in the U.S. in recent months, but it's still well below pre-pandemic levels. Companies have been hesitant to expand too quickly because of uncertainty over how long high prices will continue.
A coalition of 10 environmental groups said in a lawsuit filed before the sales even began that they were illegal because officials acknowledged the climate change impacts but proceeded anyway.
An immediate ruling was not expected. Interior Department spokesperson Melissa Schwartz said the agency did not have comment on the litigation.
Beginning with this week's sales the royalty rate for oil produced from new federal leases is increasing to 18.75% from 12.5%. That's a 50% jump and marks the first increase since the 1920s.
Parcels also are being offered in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
Hundreds of parcels of public land that companies nominated for leasing had been previously dropped by the administration because of concerns over wildlife being harmed by drilling rigs. More parcels covering about 19 square miles were dropped at the last minute in Wyoming because of potential impacts on wilderness, officials said.
But attorney Melissa Hornbein with the Western Environmental Law Center said the reductions in the size of the sales were not enough.
"They are hoping that by choosing to hold sales on a smaller amount of acreage they are threading the needle. But from our perspective, the climate science is the one thing that doesn't lie," Hornbein said.
Oil industry representative Kathleen Sgamma said the environmentalists' lawsuit ignores the fact that lease sales from U.S. lands are required under federal law.
"Public lands are managed in a balanced manner. Balance is a word these groups don't understand," said Sgamma, president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, which represents oil and gas companies.
Fossil fuels extracted from public lands account for about 20% of energy-related U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making them a prime target for climate activists who want to shut down leasing.
Biden suspended new leasing just a week after taking office in January 2021. A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the sales to resume, saying Interior officials had offered no "rational explanation" for canceling them and only Congress could do so.
The government held an offshore lease auction in the Gulf of Mexico in November, although a court later blocked that sale before the leases were issued.
Top New Mexico elections regulator says she was threatened - By Morgan Lee Associated Press
New Mexico's top elections regulator says she received threats to her safety via an email and telephone calls to her offices and that the FBI has been notified.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Tuesday told The Associated Press that there have been three instances of threats against her within the last two weeks and that federal investigators have been alerted. Two threats were made indirectly in phone calls to the office of the secretary of state.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher in Albuquerque said the agency had been contacted by the secretary of state's office regarding communications it received and declined further comment.
Toulouse Oliver previously went into hiding in response to online threats by leaving her home for several weeks in December 2020 and January 2021. Investigators linked those threats on a website against multiple election officials to Iran.
"I went a nice, long period without anything" threatening, Toulouse Oliver said. "My election security officer has referred them over to the FBI. They're looking into it obviously."
Toulouse Oliver said the threatening email touched upon social media and video commentary by a conservative filmmaker in defense of his widely debunked documentary "2000 Mules" that alleges widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office has sought to dispel false assertions in the movie on the agency's "rumor versus reality" website regarding elections and misinformation, prompting a response from filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza.
Toulouse Oliver was closely involved in a standoff with local officials in Otero County in recent weeks that nearly derailed certification of election results.
The Otero County Commission initially refused to certify local results of the June 7 primary because of unspecified concerns with Dominion Voting Systems, a target of widespread conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election.
After an order by the New Mexico Supreme Court to certify, the commissioners voted 2-1 to sign off on the election and avert a broader crisis. Statewide results in the June 7 primary were certified Tuesday by the state canvassing board.
Nevada GOP governor candidate to pay for statewide recount - By Gabe Stern The Associated Press/Report For America
A candidate for Nevada governor who lost this month's Republican primary election by just over 11 percentage points, or nearly 26,000 votes, will pay for a statewide recount after he objected to the outcome and made numerous unproven claims about the election process.
Nevada's Secretary of State told county clerks Wednesday to begin conducting a recount this week, at a cost of $190,960 to Reno attorney Joey Gilbert.
Gilbert had 26.7% of the vote on June 14, trailing Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who won 38.4% in a crowded primary field for the Republican governor nomination on June 14. Gilbert has not conceded and will pay $190,960 for the recount.
Gilbert, who was present outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has repeatedly challenged the primary election results, alleging workers did not properly verify signatures or monitor ballots, among many other claims.
Gilbert's team has not offered any proof for the claims and his team did not respond to emailed questions from The Associated Press on Wednesday. County clerks and officials across the state have said that the election was conducted fairly.
Across the state on Wednesday, election officials submitted estimates for how much each recount would cost.
In Washoe County, the state's second largest county, it will cost Gilbert just over $84,000. Several other local Republican candidates joined Gilbert in filing for a recount but ultimately rescinded their filings, spokesperson Bethany Drysdale said.
Washoe County will have a team work 12-hour shifts until the recount is complete, Drysdale said. A representative from Dominion Voting Systems will be present and there will also be a certification board.
In rural Nye County, with a population just over 50,000, it will cost $600 for two staff members to come in.
All 17 counties have five days to complete the recount.
"We were all preparing for it," said Sam Merlino, Nye County's clerk. "We all had a feeling there's going to be an election contest or recount."
During his campaign, Gilbert had repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. And in a Facebook video posted to his page two days after the election, Gilbert urged his supporters to submit affidavits that they voted for him. He said it was not about his loss but election integrity overall, an issue that was central to his campaign.
"I just think right now, based on what I've seen, this is a mess," Gilbert said in the video. "These elections, the way they've been run, it's like Swiss cheese. There's too many holes."
For Republicans, Gilbert's apparent rejection of the results reflect growing challenges two years after many in the party embraced disproven claims of election fraud. Party leaders wants to encourage voting while also appealing to the tens of thousands who backed Gilbert and distrust elections.
The day after the election, state GOP chair Michael McDonald — who rejected the results of the 2020 election — rebuked Gilbert and said it was time to unite behind Lombardo in a rare instance of criticism of the far-right within the state party.
"The election is over. It's been called. Joe Lombardo has won. We need to come together and unite," he said, calling Gilbert's reaction "emotional."
In the two weeks since, Gilbert has talked about filing a lawsuit. In a Facebook Live video posted Tuesday, he offered a reward to anyone who could provide "smoking gun" evidence to prove corruption.
Lombard, who is endorsed by Trump, will face Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak in what is projected to be a toss-up race.
"Every legitimate news outlet has called this race for Sheriff Joe Lombardo, and it's clear that the people of Nevada have spoken," Lombardo spokesperson Elizabeth Ray said in a statement the week after the primary. "Like Sheriff Lombardo said, no matter who you voted for last week, he's ready to listen to you, work for you, and fight for you as your Republican nominee."
Despite contesting the results of his own race, Gilbert congratulated Republican senate candidate Adam Laxalt and Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant for their Republican primary victories on the same ballot. Laxalt co-chaired Trump's reelection campaign in Nevada and led failed court challenges to overturn the state's 2020 election results based on false election fraud claims. In February, Marchant told voters at a candidates forum that their vote "hasn't counted in decades."
Lombardo led Gilbert in statewide polls leading up to the primary.
Dozens of angry voters last week urged county commissioners in Clark and Washoe counties to vote against certifying the tallies, describing their own experiences at the polls and repeating conspiracy theories that nearly derailed certification in New Mexico earlier this month.
Last week, two county commissioners in Esmeralda County conducted a hand count of all 317 ballots cast after the commission delayed the initial certification by one day.
All county commissions certified the vote by the Friday deadline.
The most famous recount in modern Nevada history came in 1998 when Sen. Harry Reid won reelection by 428 votes against Republican Rep. John Ensign in a recount that lasted for six weeks in Washoe County. The election night results there had Reid winning by 459 votes, but a recount and a series of challenges made Reid the official winner by 428 votes. | https://www.kunm.org/2022-06-30/thurs-analysis-shows-new-mexico-saw-a-27-increase-in-abortions-in-past-three-years-more | 2022-06-30T13:53:58Z | https://www.kunm.org/2022-06-30/thurs-analysis-shows-new-mexico-saw-a-27-increase-in-abortions-in-past-three-years-more | true |
Company Acquires Recordings, Song Catalog, Film Archive and Complete Contents of The Vault of the Legendary American Artist, Genius Composer, Rock Guitar Virtuoso, Free Speech Activist and One-Time Cultural Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced an agreement between Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva Zappa (the Zappa Trust) to acquire Frank Zappa's estate, including his expansive recordings, publishing catalog of iconic songs, film archive, and the complete contents of The Vault, the near mythic storage facility that houses the late Zappa's life's work. The content spans the prolific four-decade career of the legendary, boundary-pushing musician, acclaimed composer, virtuoso guitarist, and prominent activist.
With the acquisition, which additionally includes Frank Zappa's name and likeness, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), UMG's global catalog company, and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the company's leading music publisher, will build on the company's already successful track record of working with the Zappa Trust to amplify Frank Zappa's career as a trailblazer, iconoclast, brilliant musician and fearless artist who challenged music and culture with his unconventional and uncompromising vision and advocacy.
Under the new agreement, UMPG acquires Zappa's complete publishing catalog including "Watermelon In Easter Hay," "Cosmik Debris," "Peaches En Regalia," "Uncle Remus," "Joe's Garage" and hundreds more. Described by American Songwriter as a "compositional genius," Zappa is known for writing songs offering sage advice ("Don't Eat The Yellow Snow") to astute cultural critiques ("Valley Girl" and "Trouble Every Day"), disco satire ("Dancin' Fool") to serious orchestral compositions ("The Perfect Stranger" and "Strictly Genteel").
The Zappa Trust said, "Ten years ago, Gail Zappa partnered with UMe to bring Frank Zappa's music into the digital era and help expand the Frank Zappa business around the world, setting in motion a fruitful partnership that has resulted in exponential growth. Together over the last decade we made Frank's vast catalog of music available for streaming and download, reissued many of his pivotal albums on vinyl, created a slew of exciting archival releases and expansive box sets, including a series celebrating FZ's legendary Halloween concerts, and were nominated for a Grammy for the 200 Motels (The Suites) orchestral album. UMG have more than proven their passion for Frank's art and so the entire Zappa family – Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva – is thrilled to pass the baton to the new forever stewards for all things Frank Zappa. Old and new fans will get more of what they want – more Frank Zappa music for years to come. Frank released his first album with Verve Records in 1966 with The Mothers Of Invention's debut album, Freak Out!, so this is a very full circle moment more than five decades later and we know that his music and legacy will be in the best possible hands for generations to come."
UMe President & CEO Bruce Resnikoff said, "It has been a privilege to work with the Zappa family to release Frank Zappa's music around the world, grow his audience, and protect his legacy for the past decade. Zappa was a pioneering, visionary artist who created an incredible body of work and we are incredibly proud that Gail, and now his children, have entrusted us with his important legacy. We will continue to develop innovative ways to celebrate his vast and influential catalog for both longtime fans and those just discovering his genius. As a prolific artist well ahead of his time, Frank Zappa was constantly creating and recording and he left behind a treasure trove of extraordinary still-unreleased music and video in his Vault that will help us usher in the next era of Frank Zappa fans."
Marc Cimino, Chief Operating Officer of Universal Music Publishing Group, said, "A powerful voice in music and culture, Frank Zappa was one of the most brilliant artists of his time. We are honored to welcome Zappa's influential song catalog and that his estate has chosen UMG to uphold his artistry and to grow his immense legacy throughout the world."
Over the last decade working closely together, the Zappa Trust and UMe have revitalized Frank Zappa's catalog through a steady stream of thrilling archival releases, vinyl reissues of his classic albums, streaming initiatives, and by making his music more widely available around the globe than ever before. UMG has grown streams of Zappa's music by double-digit percentages each year and recently much of Zappa's catalog was made available in Hi-Res Audio for download and streaming for the first time. On the heels of UMe and the Zappa Trust's multipronged efforts, and Alex Winter's acclaimed 2020 feature documentary "Zappa," of which UMe provided the soundtrack, Zappa and his music have experienced a newfound popularity that only continues to grow nearly two decades after his death.
In 2012, Zappa Records and the Zappa Trust – headed by his widow, Gail Zappa – made Zappa's entire recorded catalog available digitally for the first time through a partnership with UMe, with half of the albums remastered from the original analog sources and the remaining albums retransferred and prepared from the original digital tapes for CD and streaming and download. Many albums were also remastered for reissue on vinyl. Shortly after, the Zappa Trust entered into an agreement with UMe for a global license and distribution deal that saw the release of 60 of Zappa's recordings. In 2015, they partnered on a long-term, global licensing agreement for Zappa's entire recorded catalog, as well as rights management participation across the rest of the cultural icon's creative canon. The partnership grew into an expansive license with Resnikoff and UMe that also includes new product releases, trademark licensing, film, and theatrical production.
To date, there have been 122 official Zappa releases, however, that only scratches the surface of what the future holds as it represents a small fraction of the recordings in Zappa's expansive and exhaustive Vault that have been made publicly available. An obsessive documenter, Zappa recorded nearly every session, rehearsal, live performance, and even casual jam in a variety of audio and video formats across nearly his entire life. UMG plans to dive into The Vault for new archival projects for decades to come. Additionally, with Zappa's name and likeness, UMG will engage existing fans and new audiences around the world with merchandise, feature films, interactive experiences, as well as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other next-generation Web3 projects.
From his early psychedelic rock beginnings to his avant-garde experimentation, jazz-rock explorations, symphonic suites and satirical sendups to his conceptual, compositional and technological innovations, Zappa, who was named Czechoslovakia's "Special Ambassador to the West on Trade, Culture and Tourism" in 1990 by Vaclav Havel, shattered the norms every step of the way and his influence and ethos continues to reverberate as strongly today as ever.
In his unprecedented and incredibly prolific career, Zappa released more than 60 groundbreaking albums during his lifetime, as a solo artist and with his bands, The Mothers of Invention and The Mothers. From the early primal psychedelic rock of The Mothers Of Invention's 1966 debut album, Freak Out!, one of the earliest double albums in rock, to the jazz-rock fusion of 1969's's Hot Rats, to the experimental, envelope pushing of 1969's Uncle Meat and 1971's surrealistic film and soundtrack, 200 Motels, to the orchestral compositions of his later years, Zappa's unrelentless artistic drive, pushed him into a dizzying array of musical worlds, never content to stay in one lane for very long.
In addition to those albums, some of the many highlights of his voluminous discography of studio and live albums include We're Only in it for the Money (1968), Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970), Chunga's Revenge (1970), Apostrophe(') (1974), Zoot Allures (1976), Zappa In New York (1978), Joe's Garage (1979), Sheik Yerbouti (1979), Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982), Jazz From Hell (1986) and the final album to be released in his lifetime, The Yellow Shark (1993).
Following Zappa's passing in 1993, there have been more than 60 posthumous releases, beginning with 1994's Cilvization Phaze III and spanning from Zappa's last album completed before his death, Dance Me This, released in 2015 as his 100th album, to elaborate and expanded multi-disc box sets for such albums as 200 Motels, Hot Rats, Orchestral Favorites, Zappa In New York, as well as super deluxe editions of his legendary Halloween concerts, complete with costumes, and other live favorites like The Roxy Performances. Recent releases include Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, a box set titled The Mothers 1971, which celebrates Zappa's 1971 lineups, and Zappa/Erie, a six-disc collection that brings together an exciting trio of previously unreleased concerts that the Maestro performed in Erie, Pa. and the surrounding area between 1974-76.
Zappa, who died of prostate cancer when he was 52, was a composer, virtuoso guitarist, songwriter, artist's rights champion, provocateur, anti-censorship advocate, a musical pioneer, and one-time cultural ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and awarded the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1997.
About Universal Music Group
At Universal Music Group, we exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. UMG is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content. Featuring the most comprehensive catalogue of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms, and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. For more information, visit www.universalmusic.com
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Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) is a leading global music publisher with 51 offices in 41 countries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, UMPG represents music across every genre from some of the world's most important songwriters and catalogs. These include ABBA, Adele, Alabama Shakes, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Bastille, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Bee Gees, Louis Bell, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jeff Bhasker, Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco, Nicholas Britell, Chris Brown, Tommy Brown, Mariah Carey, Brandi Carlile, Michael Chabon, Kenny Chesney, Desmond Child, Cirkut, The Clash, Coldplay, Luke Combs, Alexandre Desplat, Jason Derulo, Neil Diamond, Disclosure, Dua Lipa, Bob Dylan, Billie Eilish, Danny Elfman, Eminem, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Omer Fedi, Florence + the Machine, Future, Martin Garrix, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Al Green, Josh Groban, Halsey, Kid Harpoon, Emile Haynie, Jimi Hendrix, Don Henley, H.E.R., Hit-Boy, Sam Hunt, Imagine Dragons, Carly Rae Jepsen, Tobias Jesso Jr., Billy Joel, Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Linkin Park, Logic, Demi Lovato, the Mamas & the Papas, Steve Mac, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews, Megan Thee Stallion, Shawn Mendes, Metallica, Metro Boomin, Julia Michaels, Miguel, Nicki Minaj, Maren Morris, Mumford & Sons, Nas, Randy Newman, New Order, Ne-Yo, Nija, Pearl Jam, Post Malone, Quavo, Otis Redding, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rex Orange County, Lionel Richie, Rosalía, Carole Bayer Sager, Gustavo Santaolalla, Schoolboy Q, Sex Pistols, Carly Simon, Blake Slatkin, Britney Spears, Stax (East Memphis Music), Sting, Harry Styles, Swedish House Mafia, Taylor Swift, SZA, Justin Timberlake, Shania Twain, U2, Keith Urban, The Weeknd, Jack White, Zedd and many more.
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Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) is the global catalog and special markets division of Universal Music Group (UMG). Working closely in concert with UMG's record labels, territories and operating companies, UMe provides a frontline approach to catalog management, an emphasis on strategic marketing initiatives and creating opportunities in new technologies.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona sold some of its television rights for more than 200 million euros to help its finances, the club said on Thursday.
The Catalan club said investment firm Sixth Street will invest 207.5 million euros ($215 million) in exchange for 10% of the club’s Spanish league TV rights for the next 25 years.
Barcelona called the agreement “a major step forward in the improvement of the club’s financial resources and competitive positioning.”
The club said the transaction allows Barcelona to generate total capital gains of 267 million euros ($277 million) for the current season.
“We are activating economic levers and executing on our patient, sustainable, and efficient strategy to strengthen the club’s financial footing,” club president Joan Laporta said. “Sixth Street is a proven supporter of football, an experienced investor across global sports and media, and a partner that will contribute significant knowledge and resources while allowing us to independently manage our operations.”
Barcelona has been slowly recovering financially after struggles that led to the departure of star Lionel Messi last year.
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A 31-year-old woman 'threw' a large kitchen knife at her partner and he died after it lodged four inches into his chest, a jury heard was told.
Hayley Keating is alleged to have stabbed Matthew Wormleighton with the knife she picked up from a kitchen drawer during an incident at her home in Forts Orchard, Chilthorne Domer near Yeovil, Somerset, a court was told. The jury was told they met in 2018 and Mr Wormleighton told friends that she was a 'nutter but the sex was really good'.
Prosecutor Miss Jo Martin, QC, told Bristol Crown Court that in the early hours of a night in May 2021 Keating killed her partner of three years. Miss Martin said: "She killed him with a knife she had taken from the kitchen. There was a single wound to his chest. The large kitchen knife that she used went into his chest to a depth of 10 centimetres."
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She immediately rang the emergency services afterwards saying that she had stabbed him. But Miss Martin said "that may not be right" because Keating now says "she threw the knife in his direction, she does not know how he became injured, and she cannot remember what happened".
Miss Martin said the jury will have to consider how that knife ended up in father of two Matthew's chest to a depth of 10cm, whether she threw it or held it in her hand as she stabbed him. The jury heard that mum of two Keating was angry at the time of the incident and this was fuelled by drink and drugs.
Miss Martin said Keating was "angry and upset because Matthew Wormleighton was trying to leave her" and picked up the biggest knife in the kitchen, but clearly regretted what she had done immediately afterwards. She said the defence case is that the victim was violent towards her both in the past and on the night in question, and frightened her.
The jury was told that the victim was controlling and coercive towards Keating who the prosecution say may suffer from a mental illness which leads to an inability to maintain self-control. Mr Wormleighton had two previous significant relationships and neither woman said he was violent or controlling but "caring, generous and a loveable rogue".
Keating was described as being "funny, entertaining and kind" but "over the top" in her behaviour and both of them used alcohol and cocaine and suffered with depression. Keating denies murder and her trial continues.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), one of the world's largest lodging franchisors, has been named a Bronze Award winner for the Non-Broadcast: General Recruitment category at the 43rd Annual Telly Awards. Honoring excellence in video and television across all screens, the Telly Awards are judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks and production companies including Adobe, Netflix, Dow Jones, Complex Networks, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, ESPN Films, RYOT, and Vimeo. This year's edition received more than 11,000 entries and saw an increase in global submissions from Australia, Mexico, across Europe (Germany, Spain, France), and Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan).
The accolade, which distinguishes organizations that exemplify all aspects of talent development, recognizes Choice for its dual-focused talent management programs. To create the recruitment video, Ideas for Success: Navigating Your Business in Challenging Times, Choice Hotels collected data from nearly 50 regional business meetings with franchisees. Intended to support the learning and performance of both corporate associates and the company's more than 65,000 franchisees located worldwide, the video is located on the award-winning training platform, Choice University.
"At Choice Hotels, we've made a concerted effort to move to a video-based platform of learning that allows us to meet the needs of our franchisees where they are, when they want it, and in bite-sized pieces to accommodate their busy schedules," said Timothy Tobin, vice president, franchise onboarding and learning at Choice Hotels. "Over the last few years, the Choice University team has refined their video producing capabilities. This award is evidence of their hard work and our ability to continually improve and expand our learning resources to help the success of our franchisees."
The 43rd Annual Telly Awards caps off a year-long celebration of creators producing work with "A New POV," reflecting an ever-changing landscape. The Telly Awards honors the many outstanding ways video is being used by introducing a suite of new categories, including Workplace Culture, Hybrid Events, Education & Training, Recruitment, and Sustainability. These new categories celebrate the companies using video at a time when the culture of a company has never been so critical to attract and retain talent.
"Now, more than ever, it is necessary to celebrate video work that reflects the top tier of the non-broadcast industry, such as work produced by Choice Hotels," said The Telly Awards' executive director, Sabrina Dridje. "This year's submissions reflect an industry that has returned to the important work of storytelling, one that has returned with a new perspective that values innovation, agility, equity, and tenacious creativity."
Entries were assessed by The Telly Award Judging Council, comprised of more than 200 industry experts and prior award winners. The councilmembers represent leading professionals from top advertising and production companies, networks, and content studios.
About Choice Hotels®
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With nearly 7,000 hotels, representing nearly 600,000 rooms, in 35 countries and territories as of March 31, 2022, the Choice® family of hotel brands provides business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality lodging options from limited service to full-service hotels in the upscale, midscale, extended-stay and economy segments. The award-winning Choice Privileges® loyalty program offers members benefits ranging from everyday rewards to exceptional experiences. For more information, visit www.choicehotels.com.
About The Telly Awards:
The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multi-screen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include NAB, Stash Media, Production Hub and We Are Parable.
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STAMFORD, Conn. , June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VantageScore Solutions, today released the results of its annual model performance assessment. In keeping with its mission to promote transparency and aid in model governance, VantageScore publishes the results of these assessments annually so that lenders and policy makers have confidence that the credit scores used to make loan decisions are predictive, consistent and fair.
Highlights from the assessment include:
- VANTAGESCORE 4.0 OUTPERFORMS: VantageScore 4.0 outperforms prior versions of VantageScore models as well as other benchmark credit reporting company (CRC) scoring models within Originations and Account Management overall as well as across all major product categories, including Bankcard, Auto, Mortgage and Personal Installment Loans.
- TRENDED DATA DRIVES PERFORMANCE: VantageScore 4.0's use of trended attributes has brought significant predictive performance improvements within both the lower scoring and higher scoring credit originations segments.
- SCORE CONSISTENCY RETAINED: Aided by the proprietary VantageScore attribute leveling process, a high level of score consistency across the CRCs is maintained. VantageScore 4.0 continues to provide the most consistent scores of all the VantageScore models.
- UNBIASED RESULTS: VantageScore 4.0 continues to provide unbiased, consistent results across ethnic groups and across the credit spectrum.
"Inflation, increasing cost of borrowing, ending borrower accommodations and economic headwinds are top of mind for risk managers today. We consider it a best practice to provide our model users with transparency and data that shows VantageScore credit scores continue to accurately reflect consumers' credit risk," said Silvio Tavares, President and CEO of VantageScore.
The full model performance assessment is available for download at https://vantagescore.com/lenders/2022-model-assessment/.
About VantageScore Solutions
VantageScore Solutions develops consumer credit scoring models that combine the need for both financial inclusivity and dependable predictiveness across all scoring ranges. The company's most recent models score approximately 96 percent of all adults 18 and older – including 37 million more people than conventional models – without sacrificing safety and soundness. As a result, lenders using VantageScore can extend credit to those who have been historically marginalized, including minority and lower-to-middle income Americans. VantageScore credit scores are used by thousands of lenders, landlords, utility companies, telecom companies, and many others to determine creditworthiness. Additionally, tens of millions of consumers rely on free access to their VantageScore credit scores to monitor their own creditworthiness.
VantageScore Solutions was launched in 2006 and is owned by America's three national credit reporting companies (CRCs) – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Using a patent-protected tri-bureau methodology, VantageScore delivers time-tested, innovative and more consistent credit scoring models across all three CRCs.
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Emirates Classification Society (Tasneef) since its establishment in 2012, has been considered as the only Arab Classification in the Arab world and the fastest growing society in the world. Tasneef Maritime, one of the three subsidiarise of Tasneef, has managed steady growth in its number of ships and tonnage since establishment and is expected to have around 100 per cent increase in its tonnage by end of 2022.
Expanding the Tasneef fleet is a priority, however, this didn’t stop Tasneef management from introducing new services related to inspections in the maritime sector. One of the new services introduced in 2022 is the inspection and certification of ports using advanced equipment and artificial intelligence to detect defects on a large scale. Defects could be hairline cracks in the quaywalls in deep waters where normal divers cannot detect them using their eyes. This new technology has enabled Tasneef to win a multi-million contract from AD Ports to inspect and certify Mina Zayed.
Using Artificial Intelligence with assistance from its partners, Abyss Solutions from Australia, has enabled Tasneef to introduce a new way of doing fabric maintenance for the oil and gas industries. Its technology will enable customers to produce digital twins for the offshore platforms and automatically detect and categorize corrosions in a millimetre accuracy with minimum human interaction. This not only enhances human safety, but also saves considerable time required to do maintenance and promote a better system to avoid accidents and thus costly shutdowns.
Tasneef, with its three subsidiaries has more than 150 staff residents in the UAE. Its maritime subsidiary that engages 72 staff members is considered the largest. In addition it is also considered as the largest Maritime Classification Office in the UAE. Tasneef Management was careful in selecting expert staff to serve our customers.
A smart balance of local staff hiring was also maintained, where UAE Nationals contribute up to 50 per cent of Tasneef Maritime’s manpower. It is worth mentioning that most Emiratis are engineers trained in the UAE using Tasneef’s resources. Tasneef is the only society trained local engineer to be qualified surveyors and this is considered as the group’s best achievement. | https://gulfnews.com/business/tasneef-the-fastest-growing-society-in-the-world-1.1656591413390 | 2022-06-30T13:58:38Z | https://gulfnews.com/business/tasneef-the-fastest-growing-society-in-the-world-1.1656591413390 | false |
Parents charged in death of infant child
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) - A North Carolina couple is charged with the death of their 2-month-old daughter, Riley.
Nicholas Stephenson and Diandra Fuhr-Farlow were served with arrest warrants Tuesday.
According to one warrant, they intentionally and neglectfully left their daughter in a seriously injured state, which led to her death.
“Around average, just about over 70% of the time when a child dies from a homicide, it’s by the parents,” said Geoff Sidoli with Mountain Child Advocacy Center.
Sidoli says that child abuse is on the rise.
“When the economy does well, abuse and neglect go down, and when the economy and society don’t do well, those numbers tend to increase. Over the past 2 1/2 years, that’s what we’ve seen,” he said.
Another arrest warrant says the parents unlawfully, willfully and feloniously murdered Riley recklessly without regard for human life.
The warrants also describe multiple burns and broken bones in the infant.
“We actually probably don’t see that many in Buncombe County, though we have seen an increase in over the past five, 10 years or so,” Sidoli said.
It is unclear why authorities initially responded to the couple’s home.
“We have seen a large number of increases in our abuse numbers. Anywhere between 50% and 80% increases in sexual and physical abuse,“ Sidoli said.
Stephenson is charged with second-degree murder and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. Fuhr-Farlow is charged with felonious child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.
They both remain in jail.
“It’s not unusual that there have been other types of forms of abuse that occurred prior to a fatality,” Sidoli said.
Riley’s autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning.
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The Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund provides investors access to income-producing senior secured loans through an actively managed portfolio of collateralized loan obligations, with the goal of delivering investors high income and portfolio diversification.
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluerock, a leading alternative asset manager, has announced the launch of the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the "Bluerock High Income Credit Fund" or the "Fund", Tickers: IIMAX, IIMCX, IIMWX), an income-focused fund with a portfolio comprised of actively managed pools of diversified collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The Bluerock High Income Credit Fund is designed to provide investors high current income targeting approximately 8% annually, attractive risk-adjusted total returns, diversification potential through its low correlation to broader markets, and access to an investment class traditionally available only to institutions.
Bluerock has partnered with WhiteStar Asset Management, who serves as sub-advisor to the Fund. WhiteStar is the CLO, structured products, and broadly syndicated credit arm of Clearlake Capital Group with over $72 billion in combined AUM. The WhiteStar management team has nearly two decades of successful experience in structuring, investing, and managing senior secured loan portfolios, and has overseen the issuance of over $40 billion in CLOs during their careers.
The Bluerock High Income Credit Fund launched with approximately $85 million of initial seed capital. The Fund's initial portfolio provides exposure to $4.7 billion of underlying loans from over 670 unique issuers, a 100% floating rate structure, and a multi-year track record of historical cash flow generation.
"Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund is a continuation of our commitment to develop investment products that provide retail investors with access to investment opportunities traditionally limited to institutions and that have attractive risk-adjusted returns across multiple market cycles," said Ramin Kamfar, CEO and Founder of Bluerock. "With the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund, we remain dedicated to offering our clients differentiated, income-focused alternative investment strategies through partnerships with best-in-class sub-advisors. We strongly believe that CLOs provide an attractive investment option for investors given the floating rate nature of the senior loan exposure and historically consistent income generation," added Kamfar.
"Working with Bluerock marks another important strategic development for WhiteStar," said José E. Feliciano, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake. "In just two years under our ownership, WhiteStar has significantly expanded its operations and business, and we are proud to support our firm's continued leadership in the CLO and senior secured loan space as well as this effort to bring some of our alternative product strategies to individuals and their wealth advisors."
"We are excited to partner with Bluerock in bringing this Fund to market," said Gibran Mahmud, CEO of WhiteStar Asset Management. "We believe that with our differentiated credit views and analysis along with extensive CLO investing experience, we can provide an attractive product to our target markets."
Bluerock believes that access to senior secured loans via CLOs is attractive because of their focus on large cap, broadly syndicated loans to companies with higher revenues and EBITDA compared to middle market loans. CLOs generally benefit from substantial structural safeguards and active management, and have historically delivered attractive cash flows over multiple economic cycles. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund marks Bluerock's second interval fund, joining Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund which has more than $6.3 billion in net assets, making it the largest real estate-focused interval fund and the 3rd largest among all active interval funds1.
1 Source: Bloomberg, intervalfundtracker.com as of June 2022.
For more information about Bluerock and its solutions, please visit bluerock.com.
The Bluerock High Income Intuitional Credit Fund offers individual investors access to private credit, a rapidly growing institutional asset class. The Fund seeks to provide high current income, while secondarily seeking attractive, long-term risk-adjusted returns, with low correlation to the broader markets. The Fund has partnered with WhiteStar Asset Management, LLC, whose management team has overseen the issuance of $40 billion in CLOs since 2001.
Bluerock is a leading institutional alternative asset manager based in New York with regional offices across the U.S. Bluerock principals have a collective 100+ years of investing experience with more than $48 billion real estate and capital markets experience and manage multiple well-recognized real estate private and public company platforms. Today Bluerock has more than $14 billion in acquired and managed assets and offers a complementary suite of public and private investment programs, with both short and long-term goals, to individual investors seeking solutions aimed at providing predictable income, capital growth, and tax benefits.
WhiteStar Asset Management is the CLO, structured products, and broadly syndicated credit arm of Clearlake Capital Group. Managing more than $72 billion in combined AUM, the firm is focused on private equity, special situations, and credit. WhiteStar is comprised of a stable and seasoned, cohesive team, characterized by a breadth of analytical resources and proprietary market intelligence. WhiteStar has a conservative credit culture focused on fundamental credit work and primarily invests in broadly syndicated senior secured loans and CLO tranches. WhiteStar has approximately $13 billion of fee generating assets and is the staff and services provider for Trinitas Capital Management (whitestaram.com).
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® The firm's core target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $72 billion of assets under management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK and Dublin, Ireland. More information is available at clearlake.com and on Twitter @Clearlake.
Investing in the Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund (the "Fund") involves risks, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment, and that you may lose part or all of your investment. This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to purchase any security.
The Fund is a closed-end interval fund, the shares have no history of public trading, nor is it intended that the shares will be listed on a public exchange at this time. No secondary market is expected to develop for the Fund's shares. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund's quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund's shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. The sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund's net asset value. The Fund is suitable only for investors who can bear the risks associated with the limited liquidity of the Fund and should be viewed as a long-term investment.
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, sales charges, and expenses of the Fund. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting bluerockfunds.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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Edurne Balmori Palacios (she/her/ella) is a highly accomplished Mexican CEO and a sought-after leader on LGBTQ and DEI initiatives throughout Latin America
The world's largest LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization will launch its crisis services in Mexico by the end of 2022, enabling LGBTQ young people in Mexico to receive support from trained counselors
This milestone signals significant progress toward The Trevor Project's first international launch of its life-saving crisis services
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people, today announced the hire of its new Executive Director to lead The Trevor Project México. In March, The Trevor Project announced it will launch its digital crisis services in Mexico by the end of 2022 — marking the first time the 24-year-old organization has ever offered its life-saving crisis services outside the U.S.
Edurne began her career at Metco, where she held multiple positions before working her way up to CEO. During her tenure, she catapulted Metco into new markets in Mexico as well as the United States, Spain, and Central and South America. Under Edurne's leadership, Metco was recognized by Human Rights Campaign Equidad MX as one of the best places to work for the LGBTQ community. Edurne's career is decorated with numerous accolades and has a powerful track record of achieving complex business goals.
"Edurne's dynamic leadership will help establish The Trevor Project as a source of hope, support, and affirmation for LGBTQ youth in Mexico," said Amit Paley (he/him), CEO and Executive Director of The Trevor Project. "I am beyond excited to work, grow, and learn alongside her, and I know that her compassion and brilliance will be so impactful as we work together to end LGBTQ youth suicide in Mexico."
"I am truly honored to join the growing team at The Trevor Project in a role to expand our life-saving services to my home country and beyond," said Edurne Balmori Palacios (she/her/ella), CEO of The Trevor Project Mexico. "A world where all LGBTQ young people see a bright future for themselves is the vision that we all share and we will work tirelessly to save young LGBTQ lives."
Throughout her career, Edurne has been recognized with awards and honors. In 2021, she was honored as Expansión Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women in Business, and featured in their 41+1 LGBTQ+ Executives list for two consecutive years. Global women's network ALL Ladies League (ALL) awarded Edurne as one of their Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All in Diversity and Inclusion, and Great Culture to Innovate named her as one of the Most Innovative CEOs in Mexico. She has participated in various forums as a thought-leader on topics of innovation, DEI, leadership, and business management, shattering glass ceilings for women and the LGBTQ community in Mexico. She also sits on the boards of Awards of Happiness and RRHH Digital.
"Thrilled does not adequately describe the intensity of our excitement to bring Edurne on board to lead our presence in Mexico," said Carlos Carrazana (he/him/el), Chief Operating Officer at The Trevor Project. "Edurne is a force, and after a competitive and extensive search process, we are very confident that she is the best person for the job."
Globally, The Trevor Project estimates that more than 40 million LGBTQ youth seriously consider suicide each year. In Mexico, it's estimated that more than 745,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 are in crisis, though that figure is an approximation due to a lack of systematic data collection and research.
If you or someone you know needs help or support in the U.S., The Trevor Project's trained crisis counselors are available 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386, via chat at TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help, or by texting START to 678678.
The Trevor Project is the world's largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. The Trevor Project offers a suite of 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs, including TrevorLifeline, TrevorText and TrevorChat as well as the world's largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, TrevorSpace. Trevor also operates an education program with resources for youth-serving adults and organizations, an advocacy department fighting for pro-LGBTQ legislation and against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric/policy positions, and a research team to discover the most effective means to help young LGBTQ people in crisis and end suicide.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Joint Corp. (NASDAQ: JYNT), the nation's largest provider of chiropractic care through The Joint Chiropractic® network, announces a corporate sponsorship agreement with the Norfolk Tides. The brand has been named the official chiropractor for the 2022 season, which runs through October 31, 2022. This is The Joint's first Minor League Baseball sponsorship.
"We are pleased to enter into our first corporate sponsorship with Minor League Baseball and the Norfolk Tides, " said Peter D. Holt, president and CEO of The Joint Corp. "Chiropractic case studies show that athletes can improve their response time, agility, and balance when they commit to regular chiropractic care. This sponsorship demonstrates The Joint's commitment to championing chiropractic care and the preventative benefits that are vital to keeping the body balanced, flexible and functioning at its best – especially for athletes. We wish the Tides a very successful season!"
According to an article by Chiropractic Economics, Chiropractors are now on the medical staff for nearly every professional sports team — from baseball to hockey to football to soccer — providing pro sports rehab and care to enhance athletic performance, treat injuries and minimize the risk of future injuries1.
"We are very excited about our new partnership with The Joint Chiropractic and the benefits it will bring to the Tides and the community," said Joe Gregory, General Manager for The Norfolk Tides. "The connection between sports and chiropractic made this a natural collaboration between our organizations."
The Joint Chiropractic is known for its convenient retail setting and concierge-style services. For patients, that means no-appointments, no-insurance hassles, affordable chiropractic care and accommodating hours of operations, including evenings and weekends.
There are six The Joint Chiropractic clinics in the greater Norfolk county including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton and Newport News.
About Norfolk Tides
The Norfolk Tides are the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, and a member of the Triple-A East League. Norfolk has been the top affiliate of the Orioles since 2007, and is a member of the International League since 1969.
About The Joint Chiropractic
The Joint Corp. revolutionized access to chiropractic care when it introduced its retail healthcare business model in 2010. Today, it is the nation's largest operator, manager and franchisor of chiropractic clinics through The Joint Chiropractic network. The company is making quality care convenient and affordable, while eliminating the need for insurance, for millions of patients seeking pain relief and ongoing wellness. With more than 700 locations nationwide and nearly 11 million patient visits annually, The Joint Chiropractic is a key leader in the chiropractic industry. Ranked number one on Forbes' 2022 America's Best Small Companies list, number three on Fortune's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list and consistently named to Franchise Times "Top 400+ Franchises" and Entrepreneur's "Franchise 500®" lists, The Joint Chiropractic is an innovative force, where healthcare meets retail. For more information, visit www.thejoint.com. For franchise opportunities, visit www.thejointfranchise.com.
Business Structure
The Joint Corp. is a franchisor of clinics and an operator of clinics in certain states. In Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming, The Joint Corp. and its franchisees provide management services to affiliated professional chiropractic practices.
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40 student artists chosen from over 500 submissions nationwide
First prize winner to be selected in November by VIP artists
In-person exhibition to go view in New York this fall
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the 40 student artists who have been selected for the fifth edition of the AXA Art Prize Exhibition. The shortlisted works will go on view in November at an in-person show at the New York Academy of Art in Tribeca and will also be part of a virtual exhibition at axaartprize.com.
The 2022 Finalists
Over 500 submissions were received from a record 143 different schools, both undergraduate and graduate programs. Submissions were first reviewed by regional jurors from the Prize's Strategic Advisory Board of 30 major art schools and programs in the U.S. including the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute and California College of the Arts. The final 40 works in the exhibition, which include paintings, drawings and prints, were chosen by an Exhibition Jury comprised of Ian Alteveer, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ruth Erickson, Curator Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Louise Neri, Senior Director at Gagosian Gallery, and Stephanie Sparling Williams, Curator of American Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
The shortlisted artists are enrolled at 22 different schools and hail from fourteen different states. Seven schools have multiple shortlisted artists: Pratt Institute and the University of Iowa both have two finalists, California State University of Long Beach, Maryland Institute College of Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the School of Visual Arts each have three, and the New York Academy of Art generated nine finalists. One artist who made the 2021 shortlist was accepted once again in 2022.
The Prize
The AXA Art Prize, which launched in 2017, has established itself as one of the premier student art competitions in the U.S. The Prize is open to figurative paintings, drawings and prints made by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses in the U.S. The first prize is $10,000 and second prize is $5,000; winners will be chosen by renowned artists Arcmanoro Niles, Nicolas Party, and Robin F. Williams alongside Jennifer Schipf, Global Chief Underwriting Officer– Fine Art & Specie at AXA XL. Previous juries consisted of Nicole Eisenman, Eric Fischl and Amy Sherald (2018); Sanford Biggers, Will Cotton, John Currin and Tschabalala Self (2019); Julia Chiang, Erik Parker, Laurie Simmons and Salman Toor (2020); and Rachel Feinstein, Elizabeth Peyton, Calida Garcia Rawles, and Peter Saul (2021).
The AXA Art Prize has developed a reputation for discovering new major artists. The 2021 Prize winner Audrey Rodriguez, a student at the New York Academy of Art's winning piece Los Vendedores de Churros y Mangos de la Estación Atlantic-Barclays was selected as the First Prize Winner by jurors Bo Bartlett, Rachel Feinstein, Elizabeth Peyton, Calida Garcia Rawles and Peter Saul. The Second Prize was awarded to Assata Mason of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for her artwork Rattus.
Commenting Jennifer Schipf, Chief Underwriting Officer, Fine Art & Specie for AXA XL said: "It is truly exciting to witness the growth and trajectory of past Prize winners and even more exciting to think about what will come of this year's finalists. This competition has proven, for five consecutive years, to be an outstanding launch platform for young and emerging artists."
For complete details on the competition visit axaartprize.com and follow the AXA Art Prize on Instagram and on Facebook.
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ABOUT NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART
Founded in 1982 by artists, scholars and patrons of the arts, including Andy Warhol, the New York Academy of Art is a not-for-profit educational and cultural institution which combines intensive technical training in drawing, painting and sculpture with active critical discourse. Academy students are taught traditional methods and techniques and encouraged to use these skills to make vital contemporary art. Through major exhibitions, a lively speaker series, and an ambitious educational program, the Academy serves as a creative and intellectual center for all artists dedicated to highly skilled, conceptually aware figurative and representational art.
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Expanded partnership boosts MicroGEM's distribution capability
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroGEM, a leading innovator of person-portable diagnostic devices and nucleic acid extraction products, announced today that Thomas Scientific, the largest pure-play distributor of scientific products in the U.S., is now offering its customers the MicroGEM Sal6830 Point of Care PCR System and SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test. Thomas Scientific already carries a suite of revolutionary MicroGEM life science products.
MicroGEM, a Virginia-based life sciences and molecular diagnostics company, develops innovative point-of-need diagnostic devices based on its revolutionary approach to sample preparation. The company recently received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for Sal6830, the world's first saliva PCR test to detect SARS-COV-2 at the point of care in under 30 minutes.
"The addition of the MicroGEM Sal6830 Point of Care PCR System to the Thomas Scientific portfolio is a logical extension of our existing single tube nucleic acid extraction technology, prepGEM, currently available through Thomas Scientific," said Geoffrey Stein, Director of Channel Partner Sales for MicroGEM. "Sal6830 captures whole virus, a key indicator of infectiousness, and offers non-invasive 'saliva sample to PCR result' in 27 minutes at the point of care. Together with Thomas Scientific, we can expand access to high-performance PCR saliva testing where COVID-19 decisions need to be made in real time."
"MicroGEM's forward-thinking, innovative approach has already been a tremendous asset to the Thomas portfolio, and the addition of the Sal6830 Point of Care PCR System and SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test will only take this further," said Michael Brown, Sr. VP of Clinical Diagnostics and Bio Solutions at Thomas. "We are very excited to offer this product to address on-going needs for fast, high-quality testing."
The MicroGEM Sal6830 SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test has been authorized for emergency use by the FDA under an EUA for use at the point of care in patient settings operating under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver, Certificate of Compliance, or Certificate of Accreditation. MicroGEM is pursuing full FDA approval for the Sal6830.
Click here for more information about how MicroGEM and Thomas Scientific are providing fast, accurate PCR testing at the point of care.
Thomas Scientific provides the latest in supplies, equipment, and supply chain solutions to the scientific community – supporting all laboratory research, biopharmaceutical, medical device, clinical diagnostics, cleanroom, and other related end markets. We deliver individualized customer service, customized supply chain service solutions, and a comprehensive product portfolio at competitive prices. Whether you work in a lab setting or perform your testing in the field, Thomas Scientific has the products you need.
Contact: Diane Skala, VP of Corporate and Supplier Marketing Services
856.832.3296
MicroGEM is democratizing molecular diagnostics by moving molecular techniques out of conventional, highly skilled laboratories to non-laboratory settings. The company's innovative enzymatic approach to nucleic acid extraction provides the foundation for efficient sample preparation suitable for PCR analysis. Recently awarded over $50 million by the National Institutes of Health, Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative, MicroGEM has leveraged its RNA extraction capabilities to develop the MicroGEM Sal6830 Point of Care PCR System and SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test, representing the next generation of point-of-need solutions for the management of infectious diseases and other personalized medicine applications.
Contact: Lianne Landers, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications
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Isabel Gauthier, Vanderbilt University and Jason Chow, Vanderbilt University
(THE CONVERSATION) Like snowflakes, no two people are exactly the same. You’re probably used to the idea that people differ substantially in personality and in cognitive abilities – skills like problem-solving or remembering information.
In contrast, there’s a widely held intuition that people vary far less in their ability to recognize, match or categorize objects. Many everyday tasks, hobbies and even critical jobs – like interpreting satellite imagery, matching fingerprints or diagnosing medical conditions – rely on these perceptual skills. The common expectation is that smart and motivated people who receive the appropriate training should eventually be able to excel at occupations that require hundreds of perceptual decisions every day.
We are psychologists who measure how people compare on challenging perceptual tasks. Our research has found that this intuition that everyone has the same capacity for perceptual skills is not supported by the evidence.
It’s not a problem if you choose to spend every weekend bird-watching without ever getting very good at it – you may still get some fresh air and have fun. But when perceptual decisions influence safety, health or legal outcomes, there’s a case for seeking people who can achieve the best possible performance. Our research suggests some people are just better than others at learning to discriminate things perceptually, whatever the objects may be.
A general ability to recognize things
Classic psychological studies at the turn of the 20th century discovered that performance across a range of cognitive tasks designed to test memory, math and verbal skills is correlated. In real life, this means someone who is great at sudoku is also likely to be good at memorizing their shopping list. This finding led to the modern notion of general intelligence, describing a collection of faculties that together predict a wide range of outcomes, from income to health and longevity.
In a similar way, our studies reveal that those who are the best at bird recognition may also excel at plane identification, and they may also be the best at learning to spot tumors in chest X-rays. In other research, the same ability predicted better performance in reading musical notation or recognizing images of prepared food.
Of course, people vary in their experience with birds or medical images. The more familiar you are with them, the better you are at recognizing them. Experience and training have an important role in how people make decisions based on visual information. But does everyone start on the same footing when they begin training?
Does everyone start at square one?
We were interested in whether everyone starts at about the same baseline of perceptual talent. To investigate this question, we measured people’s abilities with artificial objects they had never seen, to prevent any advantage due to different levels of experience.
In one large study, we assessed 246 people for 13 hours each, testing them on several tasks with six categories of computer-generated artificial objects. We asked people to remember and recognize objects, to match them, or to make judgments about some of their parts.
Our results across tasks like these repeatedly reveal that people vary as much in perceptual abilities as they do in cognitive skills. Using statistical methods historically applied to intelligence and personality tests, we found that over 89% of the differences between people in their performance with these different tasks and categories could be explained by a general ability. We called this ability “o” for object recognition and in honor of the “g” factor, which stands for similar statistical evidence for general intelligence.
In follow-up studies, we’ve found that o applies in the same way to artificial and real objects, and that people with high o are better at computing summary statistics for groups of objects (such as estimating the “average” of several objects) and also better at recognizing objects by touch. You can compare yourself to others in this short demo.
o is a distinct ability
Since it is so general, is o just another name for general intelligence? We don’t think so.
In one study, we found that neither IQ nor SAT scores predict recognition of novel objects. In other work, we found that o was distinct from g, but also from the personality trait of conscientiousness. This means that book smarts may not be enough to excel in domains that rely heavily on perceptual abilities.
We tested this idea by measuring how good people with or without expertise in radiology were at detecting lung nodules in chest X-rays. Those with the highest o were better at this task, even after controlling for intelligence and experience in radiology. This finding demonstrates the added value of measuring o. Even when medical students are selected to be smart and provided with training, it may not guarantee the highest levels of performance in specializations that rely on perceptual skills.
Many doors open when you demonstrate that you’re cognitively talented, which seems only fair. But it is fair only to the extent that general intelligence is the best way – or even a sufficient way – to predict success in a given domain. Many have raised warnings that intelligence testing can lead to inequities in hiring or career placement tied to race, gender or socioeconomic status.
Over the years, many thinkers have downplayed innate talents to emphasize environmental influences. They argued that success can be shaped through years of deliberate practice, programs to change one’s attitudes about learning, or even hours of playing video games.
But the evidence in favor of the influence of innate talents remains strong, and denying them or overpromising on the efficacy of environmental factors may sometimes be harmful. People can waste time and resources that could be better invested, and may run the risk of experiencing stigma if their efforts do not succeed because of factors they cannot control.
One answer to this problem is to learn more about talents beyond those related to intelligence and then to make better use of them. Classical notions of intelligence may be just one factor of many that determine overall ability. An increased focus on perceptual abilities, specifically those that are general, could help reduce inequities. For instance, while differences in experience can drive sex differences in the recognition of objects in some familiar categories, we’ve found no such differences in the general ability o.
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Releases New Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiatives with a Commitment to Support Users, Particularly in Emerging Markets
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Innovations Group's (AIG) Uplive, the world's leading independent live video entertainment platform, celebrated its sixth anniversary this month by announcing its significant recent growth.
Since its inception in 2016, Uplive has amassed a user base of over 300 million across 150 regions, becoming one of the most popular live social platforms globally. In 2021, Uplive ranked among the top consumer spend apps in APAC on App Annie, ranking #1 in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and #4 in Singapore and the Philippines. Uplive was also among the fastest growing global live-streaming apps in the past year, according to Sensor Tower. Uplive ranked 3rd among global Android social apps in the fourth quarter of 2021, earning a spot above Facebook. Uplive's continued growth highlights its excellence as a digital platform that fosters human connection.
Uplive provides more than entertainment; through virtual gifting, Uplive enables a direct relationship between creators and their fans. Creators across emerging markets are empowered to earn while pursuing their dreams. For example, streamers in Vietnam with over 5,000 fans can earn an average of $331 a month with just over 3 hours spent streaming every week. This amounts to about $25 per hour, which is well above Vietnam's average hourly income of $4. In Egypt, streamers with more than 5,000 fans earn approximately $9/hour compared to the national average of $3/hour; in India these creators earn $9/hour compared to the country average of $2.30/hour. Beyond streaming on the app, through branding events such as the Uplive and Hekka sponsored event at New York Fashion Week and the 2022 Uplive World Stage Singing competition, Uplive showcases creatives from emerging markets on a global stage.
"My life was completely changed, especially my financial situation," Suhartono, a creator from Indonesia, said about joining Uplive. Before finding success with Uplive, Suhartono was concerned about his family's survival during the pandemic, as he was struggling to find a job. Livestreaming for a global audience was the opportunity he needed. "With all of its features and its positive environment, Uplive has made me feel like I have found a new lease on life." Suhartono expressed relief that he was able to help his family and work from home during the pandemic.
As Uplive advocates for celebrating diversity through innovative technology, it maintains its commitment to enriching people's lives through its environmental, social, and governance goals. As part of its sixth anniversary, AIG announced new ESG principal values: Advance, Impact and Guard. These values guide the company's drive to empower users from all walks of life across the world. In the past year, Uplive has leveraged its platform to generate support for orphanages in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and earthquake victims in Indonesia, among other social outreach projects.
"We are proud all that Uplive has done in the past six years to bolster previously underserved emerging markets, and we are excited to continue to develop the creator economy in these regions," said CEO of AIG, Uplive's parent company, Andy Tian. "Uplive's success indicates the global appeal for a platform to showcase diverse talents and forge authentic human connections online."
With its continued user growth over the past year, Uplive is poised to reach new horizons as it continues to improve and expand its live social streaming products. In June of 2022, AIG launched a real-time live social avatar feature on Uplive. This feature utilizes revolutionary facial mirroring technology to allow users to generate authentic emotional connections and react in real time, while ensuring their privacy is protected. Most importantly, all these features are available on any smartphone, meaning that users can now access the metaverse without needing specialized, expensive equipment. Uplive is bridging the global digital divide and making the metaverse more accessible than ever.
About Asia Innovations Group
Asia Innovations Group (AIG) is a leading live social company with more than 500 million registered users located in over 150 regions worldwide. It has built a comprehensive and diverse portfolio as it seeks to achieve its mission of enriching people's lives worldwide through innovative and enjoyable live social products, which foster meaningful human connection. AIG's portfolio includes leading apps such as Uplive the global live video platform, CuteU and Lamour, leading dating apps in global emerging markets, as well as other fast-growing voice and game based live social apps. It includes operations in eighteen offices around the globe that brings deep local market knowledge across all major emerging markets. Combined with cutting-edge technology and a scalable global infrastructure, AIG is bringing the most exciting social product experiences to users across emerging markets.
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BEIJING, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first episode of season two of the China Daily series Youth Power, titled "One Country, two Systems, three Cheers", was broadcast online on June 30.
For the episode, Youth Power invited Gen Zers from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, offering their suggestions for the future of Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The Gen Zers who took part discussed childhood memories and identity and cultural differences relating to Hong Kong and the mainland. In doing so they found that their cultural roots are strong, meaning young people can be proud bearers of their cultural memories.
According to those who too part, young people from Hong Kong and the mainland not only share the same languages, but also have similar interests. For example, Cantonese songs, TV programs, Hong Kong stars and celebrities and other elements of Hong Kong pop culture are a common memory and love of Gen Zers. Gen Zers in Hong Kong and Macao also enjoy variety shows from the mainland.
Those in the program said they hoped people from both Hong Kong and the mainland would cherish their shared history and culture.
In addition to cultural bonds, Gen Zers in the Youth Power episode discussed the role that patriotic education should play in helping teenagers to form their attitudes and values.
"I think patriotic education is important," Huang Ernuo, raised in Hong Kong, said. Huang now works for Tsinghua University in Beijing after having graduated there. "If it doesn't happen in the education system, what would happen? Where do you get your information from? Media, which can easily be influenced by business and money."
Zhong Yutong, a graduate of Fudan University in Shanghai, talked of the essence of an education that cultivates a sense of identity and belonging. "(You need to know) where you came from, where your ancestors came from, where you're heading and what some of the values you want to hold to are."
Many young people from Hong Kong and Macao, including some of the Youth Power guests, have gained new perspectives by studying, working or setting up a business on the mainland.
Song Wei, a doctoral student at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, said that as a Macao citizen she is proud of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
"It is an important symbol of the vigorous development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. In the context of the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong and Macao can benefit from integration and become part of diversified industries, which will further provide more possibilities for the development of teenagers."
Those who appeared on the program, having witnessed how Hong Kong and the mainland are linked economically, culturally, with personal exchanges and in other ways, said they looked forward to a more in-depth emotional bonding in the future.
Chen Simo, of Taiwan, said that when she was a child she had to travel through Hong Kong whenever she traveled to and from the mainland. Direct travel between the mainland and Taiwan was officially established in 2009, making two-way, comprehensive three direct links across the Taiwan Straits a reality.
Chen said she was keen to help strengthen ties between Taiwan and the mainland. "I sincerely hope that one day there will be many return flights between Taiwan and the mainland, making it as convenient for us to travel between Taiwan and the mainland as it is for us to travel between Hong Kong and the mainland."
Ye Xueying, 21, of Hong Kong, who has just graduated from Wuhan University with an undergraduate degree in Chinese classics, talked of her future plans, saying: "I'll just stick to my study of the Chinese classics. I hope people can realize history is a very important part, a collective memory for everyone This is how we get to build our sense of belonging."
Addressing Hong Kong people, she said: "I hope you know that antagonism does not solve anything, and hatred and hostility are not what we should pass on. I hope we can put aside (our differences) and be able to love each other. Please allow me the honor to introduce to you this wonderful place named Hong Kong. It's small, but it's big enough for dreams and love."
Li Wanrong, born in Hong Kong in 1997, said: "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is only 25 years old, the same as me. We still have a lot of opportunities. We will have time to grow up. We will also face difficulties and challenges."
Li, a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hopes to become a pediatrician. No matter what challenges or difficulties we face, the important thing is to remember why we set out on our individual journey and why we would like to press on, she said.
Those who appeared on the program said Hong Kong and the mainland have always been closely linked, despite the various tests they have faced. All those who took part, from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the mainland, said they would work together to create a bright future. They hope that the next 25 years will be prosperous and smooth for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, they said.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlueVoyant, a rock-solid cyber defense platform company converging internal and external security, today announced it has won the 2022 Microsoft Security U.S. (MSUS) Partner of the Year award.
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners who have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices during the past year. The MSUS Partner Awards were created to supplement Microsoft's Partner of the Year program, both of which recognize outstanding work by Microsoft partners. The MSUS awards highlight US-specific partner impact.
"BlueVoyant and Microsoft both recognize that cybersecurity is a team sport," said Milan Patel, global head of managed security services (MSS) at BlueVoyant. "BlueVoyant has developed enablement technologies and scalable services to help customers maximize their Microsoft Security investments — bringing together the very best of both companies to drive the outcomes our customers demand. We are honored that Microsoft named BlueVoyant its prestigious U.S. Security Partner of the Year, among other recent accolades. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Microsoft to deliver the very best in cybersecurity to our joint customers."
The MSUS Partner of the Year Award recognizes BlueVoyant's commitment and trust that stands behind the company's cloud-native and outcomes-based platform, BlueVoyant Elements™. The platform helps companies across a variety of industries improve their cyber defense posture. Elements not only continuously monitors for problems, but also takes action against any vulnerabilities, risks, or threats, usually in a matter of minutes. The platform is based on three key pillars that help give clients the advantage over attackers — technology, telemetry, and talent. BlueVoyant has more than 700 customers, and 650 employees across five continents, with a proven track record of sustained high growth.
The U.S. Security Partner of the Year award is the latest in a long list of accolades BlueVoyant has won from Microsoft. In 2021, BlueVoyant was named a Microsoft Security 20/20 Partner Awards Winner for Top MDR (Managed Detection and Response) Team. BlueVoyant was a 2022 finalist in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards for Security MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) of the Year. In addition, the company is a finalist for the Microsoft Canada 2022 Impact Awards in two categories — Healthcare Impact Award and Security Impact Award. BlueVoyant was also named as one of Microsoft's top 150 managed security partners.
In May, BlueVoyant announced that the company was a key design partner for Microsoft's three new security services, including Microsoft Security Experts for hunting, a proactive threat hunting expert service; Microsoft Security Experts for XDR, a new hunting service that extends beyond endpoint hunting; and Microsoft Enterprise Security Services for customers looking for more tailored, hands-on help with security posture management, modernization and proactive hunting.
About BlueVoyant
BlueVoyant converges internal and external cyber defense capabilities into an outcomes-based, cloud-native platform called BlueVoyant Elements™. Elements continuously monitors your network, endpoints, attack surface, and supply chain as well as the open, deep, and dark web for vulnerabilities, risks, and threats; and takes action to protect your business, leveraging both machine learning-driven automation and human-led expertise. Elements can be deployed as independent solutions or together as a full-spectrum cyber defense platform. BlueVoyant's approach to cyber defense revolves around three key pillars — technology, telemetry, and talent — that deliver rock-solid cyber defense capabilities to more than 700 customers across the globe.
Visit www.bluevoyant.com
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Barcelona sells part of its TV rights for $215 million
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says it has sold some of its television rights for more than 200 million euros to help its finances. The Catalan club says investment firm Sixth Street will invest 207.5 million euros in exchange for 10% of the club’s Spanish league TV rights for the next 25 years. Barcelona calls the agreement “a major step forward in the improvement of the club’s financial resources and competitive positioning.” The club says the transaction allows Barcelona to generate total capital gains of $277 million for the current season. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/06/30/barcelona-sells-part-of-its-tv-rights-for-215-million/ | 2022-06-30T14:11:34Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/06/30/barcelona-sells-part-of-its-tv-rights-for-215-million/ | true |
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a new platform for Fans to leave reviews for Creators across social media.
Fan.Reviews (fan dot reviews)
Advertised as "the TrustPilot/Yelp for the Creator Economy". Fan Reviews is seeing early adopters from Patreon and Onlyfans Creators who are using the site to encourage potential fans to Subscribe and join their communities.
Creators are adding their FanReview links to their LinkTrees/link aggregator tools as a "badge of honor".
The company claims that allowing past subscribers to leave a positive reviews will be extremely powerful and will build trust amongst fans. FanReviews aims to be the fastest and most trustworthy way for fans to leave feedback on Creators content, which should help Creators get MORE subscribers every month.
What about spammers, bullying or fake reviews? The site has built in security features which allow reviews to be flagged by anyone in the community and FanReviews employs a full time team of moderators so that abuse and spam is kept off of the platform. Creators can claim their page and flag reviews for moderation as well.
FanReviews has a comprehensive 10-star review system with abilities to add badges to reviews such as 'Sells Customs', 'Frequent Poster' and other attributes which Fans want to know before they subscribe to a Creators exclusive content page. This helps Fans know what they are subscribing to before paying. The platform says they are building capabilities for Creators to also interact with Fans such as Replying to Reviews or Pinning reviews to the top of their feed.
There are over 12,000 profiles in existence, and more are being created by community members every day. https://fan.reviews/creators/
The company believes the influencer/creator economy is here to stay and every economy needs a review system. Fan.Reviews seems like a very promising and early platform to enable this for creators and fans alike.
Learn more about FanReviews here. https://fan.reviews
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Company Internationally Recognized for Environmental and Responsible Gaming Initiatives
ATLANTA, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific Games won three 2022 Communitas Awards for excellence in corporate social responsibility. The company was recognized in two environmental categories, sustainability and greening initiatives, as well as for responsible gaming.
Inspired by the vision of a better world, the Communitas Awards are an international effort to recognize exceptional businesses, organizations and individuals that give of themselves and their resources, and are changing how they do business to benefit their communities.
Internationally certified for environmental management, Scientific Games received a 2022 Communitas Award for Sustainability for its commitment to mitigating the company's impact on the environment across its global business, which spans five continents and includes major lottery instant game production facilities in Canada, Chile, UK, and the U.S.
The company also won a 2022 Communitas Award for Green Initiatives based on its involvement in a citywide green initiative with the City of Montreal, planting more than 75 trees on the Scientific Games Canadian campus to help improve the environment as well as residents' and employees' quality of life.
One of the first companies in the world to receive global certification as a Responsible Gaming supplier from the World Lottery Association, Scientific Games received a third 2022 Communitas Award for Responsible Gaming with its groundbreaking Healthy Play program. The Healthy Play tagline Have Fun. Do Good. Play Healthy." encapsulates the program's goal: to support lotteries in sustaining responsible growth and funding for good causes. Healthy Play helps lotteries educate the public and increase "lottery literacy" through the integration of Scientific Games' tools, initiatives and best practices.
Dena Rosenzweig, Chief Legal Counsel for Scientific Games who leads the company's Environmental, Social and Responsibility initiatives, said, "Conserving our planet's natural resources and protecting global ecosystems is a business-critical priority at Scientific Games. That's why we have company-wide programs and green initiatives that reduce energy usage, prevent pollution, recycle and reduce waste. We've also strengthened our commitment to being a socially responsible company by pioneering the Healthy Play program, and we will continue to help lotteries around the world educate their players about responsible gaming."
Scientific Games is the world's largest creator, producer and manager of lottery instant games and a global leader in lottery and sports betting technology systems, digital lottery games, mobile apps, and player loyalty programs.
Healthy Play™ is a trademark of Scientific Games. © 2022 Scientific Games, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Scientific Games is the global leader in lottery games, sports betting and technology, and the partner of choice for government lotteries. From cutting-edge backend systems to exciting entertainment experiences and trailblazing retail and digital solutions, we elevate play every day. We push game designs to the next level and are pioneers in data analytics and iLottery. Built on a foundation of trusted partnerships, Scientific Games combines relentless innovation, legendary performance, and unwavering security to responsibly propel the industry ever forward. For more information, visit scientificgames.com.
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BRUSSELS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Superior Taste Award, founded by the International Taste Institute, officially announced the results of the 2022 Global Food and Beverage Product Awards. Chinese food brand Choubao won the Superior Taste Award for two flavors of its river snail rice noodles, an iconic Chinese dish consisting of a snail-based broth, rice noodles, and an array of additional ingredients, typically including pickled bamboo shoots, peanuts, tofu skins, and green vegetables. It is called luosifen by local people as well.
One flavor, Choubao Naturally Flavored Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, while the other, Choubao Spicy Thick Soup Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, known for its rich, thick soup base, earned the 2-star Superior Taste Award designation. Choubao is the first luosifen brand in the industry to be rewarded with a 2-star designation. Luosifen is a traditional local dish from Liuzhou, a city in Guangxi province. The dish's unique, distinct aroma and fresh and spicy taste have made it a favorite among the foodie crowd. Choubao Luosifen has made some enhancements based on the traditional production process, delivering a richer soup base and a more multi-layered taste.
Awards from the prestigious International Taste Institute are considered the Oscars of the food and beverage world. In order to ensure that only food and beverages participating in the competition receive the most professional certification, the jury includes Michelin chefs from all over the world, alongside a group of expert nutritionists and dieticians. At the same time, to ensure the objectivity of the selection, the jury follows a strict blind evaluation process and anonymously assesses and scores the products based on five taste-related indicators.
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ROCKLAND, Mass., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneva Financial (Geneva), a direct mortgage lender operating in 46 states, has announced the opening of a new branch in Rockland, Massachusetts led by Branch Manager Patrick Queally. The opening of this new branch provides opportunities for local borrowers and buyers looking to navigate the current housing market.
"Helping borrowers navigate the intricacies of today's market and being an educational resource on all things 'mortgage' are what make my job worth it." Massachusetts Branch Manager Patrick Queally stated. "Joining Geneva Financial has given me all the tools I need to better serve my borrowers and grow my branch."
Based out of Rockland, MA, Queally and his new branch proudly serve homebuyers throughout the state. The new branch will continue Geneva's exceptional service and extensive product offering through countless homebuyer and homeowner-focused products including Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Refinance, Reverse, Jumbo Loans, Condo Financing, and so much more.
Patrick started his career in the mortgage industry as a Loan Processor in 1993. Through the years he has worked for a variety of lending institutions – national lenders, regional and community banks, mortgage brokerages, and independent correspondent lenders. With his rare mix of underwriting and operational background in the mortgage industry, combined with years of sales experience, Patrick is uniquely equipped to serve his borrowers and help them navigate the increasingly complex world of obtaining mortgage financing.
Geneva Financial Home Loans is currently expanding in all markets and seeking branch managers and loan originators across the United States looking to advance their mortgage careers. For information on opportunities, visit www.GenevaFi.com/opportunity
About Geneva Financial
Founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, Geneva Financial (NMLS 42056) is a direct mortgage lender headquartered in Chandler, Arizona with more than 130 branch locations in 46 states. Our mission at Geneva Financial is to approach every aspect of our business from the "inside-out". With a culture-forward mindset, we focus on our loan originators and support staff first to ensure an unbeatable experience for our customers.
Our Core Values were created as a daily reminder to operate with the inside-out approach in mind. Core Value #1 is the backbone of all our Core Values, our mission, and our brand vision: Home Loans Powered by Humans®. Learn more about Geneva Financial Home Loans at www.GenevaFi.com
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Women in Identity announces appointment of new Board members as growth in membership doubles and identity inclusion takes centre stage around the globe
LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the need for inclusion and diversity in the creation of identity solutions has driven demand, Women in Identity (WiD) has more than doubled its membership since its founding in 2019. In recognition of this growth, WiD has expanded its board of directors to include leaders with the skills and experiences to steward WiD through this next phase of growth. The new appointments to the board, which is comprised 100% of women includes, trustees Christine Bassarab, Kay Chopard, Kimberly Sutherland, Louise Maynard-Atem and Melissa Carvalho, alongside Executive Director, Kate Oldham and board liaison, Laura Barrowcliff. Emma Lindley, a co-founder of WiD, will continue to serve as Chair.
More than a billion people have no official proof of identity, according to the World Bank1. Difficulty proving identity and using identity systems disproportionately affects members of specific groups, including women, ethnic minorities, older and younger people, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities and those with low income. Representing 32 countries, WiD's global team, its volunteers and membership are driving the digital identity industry to build inclusive identity solutions that enable civic, social, and economic empowerment around the world. In a study conducted by McKinsey in 2019 it is stated that providing digital IDs at a national level could increase GDP by 3 to 13 percent by 20302.
According to Emma Lindley, co-founder of WiD, the organisation's dramatic growth has led to the creation of the only curated identity jobs board to enable more diversity in the industry. "The jobs board features opportunities for our members by highlighting open positions from establishments that want to have diverse teams."
WiD has also delivered the first part of its ground breaking research into inclusion in identity product development. That research is currently focused on digital identity in financial services, seeking to create a practical and pragmatic guide to the development of more diverse and inclusive digital identity solutions. "Our global team and volunteers have made this happen," said Lindley, who merited an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2022 for her work in broadening diversity and inclusion in the digital identity industry.
"I would like to thank the current Board members Pam Dingle and Colette D'Alessandro for their time and commitment. I am looking forward to working with our newest Board members who are an incredibly talented group of leaders who will take us forward and support our plans for growth. There has never been a more important time to do the work we do in the identity industry," added Lindley.
Women in Identity (WiD) is a non-profit membership organisation that promotes parity with respect to opportunity, reward, recognition, and professional mobility in the identity industry and works toward building digital identity solutions built by everyone for everyone. Registered in the United Kingdom and the United States, WiD is governed by a global executive Board of Directors. The organisation hosts a jobs board and workshops, provides research and best practices for the digital identity industry, and participates in industry-wide events. Run predominantly by a volunteer team, WiD depends on corporate support through sponsorships to fund its activities. Among its corporate sponsors are Onfido, RBC, KPMG, GBG, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and Microsoft.
1. The World Bank ID4D https://id4d.worldbank.org/global-dataset
2. McKinsey 2019 – Digital identification: A key to inclusive growth
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Lack of manpower, budget, and automation put Compliance leaders at a disadvantage, inhibiting potential business growth and increasing unwanted risk for technology companies
TEL AVIV, Israel & PALO ALTO, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The last year has catapulted Security Compliance to a board and executive-level priority like never before, as companies put a growing emphasis on customer trust. However, new data released by anecdotes, the first operating system (OS) for Compliance, found that an alarming lack of resources and technology still limits success for Compliance leaders.
According to the report, which analyzed responses from Compliance leaders from hyper-growth and publicly traded technology startups, 88% of respondents face a multitude of obstacles when implementing and growing their Security Compliance programs. These challenges include a lack of manpower (47%), automation (42%) – a factor specifically labeled as the single greatest cause of delays in the entire audit process – and budget (29%).
While Compliance can serve as a critical component to building trust with shareholders, customers, and end-users – and 42% of respondents from large companies recognize it as a growth accelerant – 25% of overall respondents feel that their leadership views them as a burden. That number is even higher among Compliance leaders at smaller companies (31%), where less than one-third view Compliance as a business enabler. These numbers are alarming as 45% of respondents indicated they'd consider leaving their workplace if management did not recognize the value of Compliance.
"Our findings expose the harsh reality for Compliance leaders and the repercussions if things remain status quo," says Yair Kuznitsov, CEO and co-founder of anecdotes. "Compliance has become - though it isn't always recognized as - one of the most important factors to operational health, reputational maintenance, and sustainable and scalable growth. By not prioritizing the needs of Compliance leaders, including providing the technology, resources, and opportunity to have a seat at the table, companies will ultimately run into operational and performance issues in every customer-facing department, and as a result, harm the entire organization."
The research findings indicate ways companies can begin to alleviate Compliance leader pain points, with innovative technology and automation solutions at the forefront. Sixty-four percent say that leveraging automation is necessary for improving Compliance programs, and 60% believe this will help reduce the time wasted in repeating the same tasks for different frameworks and support cross-framework mapping.
Continues Kuznitsov, "The majority of the Compliance industry is still reliant on outdated and time-consuming manual efforts that their companies have limited them to and that have left them unnecessarily shackled in our digital world. Automation and technology that can leverage their data, streamline processes, and scale alongside their own growth will be essential to unlocking newfound opportunities moving forward."
For more information, visit: anecdotes.ai.
About anecdotes
Everything Compliance, all in one place. anecdotes is the first operating system (OS) for every stage of a business's Compliance journey. It reshapes the way the cloud-powered world thinks about security Compliance, transforming it from a box-ticking exercise into a powerful driver of growth for scale-ups, publicly traded companies, and everything in between. With a variety of applications powered by verified data, Compliance leaders can turn manual, time-consuming, and siloed tasks into an automated, continuous, and strategic Compliance journey. That's why some of the world's fastest growing brands - Unity, Fiverr, SimilarWeb, Riskified, and more - use anecdotes.
anecdotes has headquarters in Palo Alto, California, with R&D offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit anecdotes.ai.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge cleared the way Thursday for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Abortion-rights groups fought for the ruling that pauses the 2019 Kentucky law for now. Under the so-called trigger provisions, abortions ended abruptly June 24 once the nation’s highest court ruled to end Roe’s 1973 federal constitutional protections for abortions.
Since that momentous decision, nearly 200 women with scheduled appointments have been turned away from EMW Women’s Surgical Center, one of the two Louisville abortion clinics, according to Heather Gatnarek, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky.
The Kentucky case reflects the battles now being waged in courthouses around the country over whether pregnancies may be lawfully ended.
Attorneys for the clinics argued Kentucky’s constitution protects the right to an abortion. In defending the state law, Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s legal team says no such constitutional right exists. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Mitch Perry heard arguments from both sides in a Louisville courtroom on Wednesday before issuing his order.
In Kentucky, a lawsuit filed this week on behalf of the abortion clinics claims women were being “forced to remain pregnant against their will” in violation of the state’s constitution. The suit asked the judge to temporarily block the “trigger law” along with another Kentucky law that attempted to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The six-week ban was previously blocked by a federal court. But the lawsuit said it’s anticipated that the injunction preventing its enforcement will be dissolved in light of the Supreme Court decision.
The trigger measure contains a narrow exception allowing a physician to perform a procedure necessary to prevent the death or permanent injury of a pregnant woman. It does not permit abortions in cases of rape or incest.
The request to continue abortion services in Kentucky — through intervention by state courts — could turn into a stopgap effort. In November, Kentuckians will vote on a ballot initiative that, if ratified, would establish that no state constitutional right to abortion exists. Both sides of the abortion debate are busy organizing ahead of the election. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-temporarily-blocks-kentuckys-near-total-abortion-ban/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-06-30T14:15:21Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-temporarily-blocks-kentuckys-near-total-abortion-ban/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | true |
SHANGHAI, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinix has unveiled the seriously fast 180W Thunder Charge Technology, which will debut on selected Infinix flagship phones that will be announced in the second half of the year. The breakthrough new technology will enable users to achieve the time for a 1-50% charge of the 4500mAh battery in just four minutes[1], providing users with a faster and safer advanced smart device charging experience.
"Following last year's Infinix 160W fast charging Concept Phone release, Infinix 180W Thunder Charge is another industry breakthrough that delivers ultra-fast charging technology to the public. Infinix aims to keep improving daily efficiency through iteration and innovation of fast charging technology so that users around the world can be the first to experience efficient and convenient digital life," said Manfred Hong, Senior Product Director of Infinix.
Industry-leading 180W Charging Technology
Ultra-fast charging has never been as prevalent as it is today and with the production of safer methods of charging at a higher voltage rate, the technology is becoming more and more popular in mid range devices.
Regular smartphones with fast charging features generally use batteries with a charging rate of 1 to 3C, while 180W Thunder Charge uses batteries with a rate of 8C, which effectively reduces the chances of the battery overheating due to the fast charging technology. Infinix cooperated with the world's leading battery manufacturers to develop a new 8C battery cell, which is the maximum charging rate rechargeable lithium battery in the industry at present. The 8C cell has lower internal resistance when compared with the conventional single electrode lug structure, the 8C cell has a multi-electrode lug, which reduces more than 50%[2] of the internal resistance and produces less heat. Furthermore, the 180W Thunder Charge uses two 8C-rated batteries in series, so the charging power of each battery is only 90W while being charged, reducing heat and increasing longevity.
180W Thunder Charge also adopts automatic bidirectional-power supply technology to lengthen phone's battery life by 2%[3] compared to traditionally double cell battery designed phones. The automatic bidirectional-power supply technology reduces the area of the power supply circuit by 60%, increases the precision of the circuit layout and saves space. The charging technology works using dynamic distribution. Three parallel charge pumps support the highest powered conversion yet on an Infinix device, achieving 99%[4] charging conversion efficiency, which avoids overloads and overheating. This is the pinnacle of Infinix charging technology to date.
A Safer way to Charge
Keeping safety a key priority, 180W Thunder Charge has 111 software and hardware security protection mechanisms to protect smartphones, chargers, and charging cables. The security protection is triggered during abnormal scenarios – such as high temperature, increased voltage, electromagnetic interference and more – to ensure the safety of the smartphone's system.
Furthermore, 180W Thunder charge has 20 temperature sensors, which are distributed in USB inputs, charging chips, on the battery and other locations inside the device. The charge is monitored in real-time through an intelligent temperature control algorithm which keeps track of everything. While the device is charging, the smartphone's temperature is kept below 43 ℃[5], which ensures a safe and fast charging experience without excess heat or battery degradation.
The 180W Thunder Charge cable has a built-in Infinix special encryption chip, which outputs 180W power transmission for an ultra-fast charge. 180W Thunder Charge can intelligently identify the cable's power transmission capacity and adjust accordingly. If a different cable without Infinix's special encryption chip is plugged into the device, it identifies the cable and limit power to 60W/100W to ensure a safe charge.
Powerful, Compatible & Portable
Infinix's 180W Thunder Charge technology is one of the most advanced solutions yet from Infinix and represents a step forward in technological breakthroughs for smartphones in the mid-range price bracket. Offering next-level charging speed, lower temperatures and safer protocols, 180W Thunder Charge gives users blazing fast and intelligent ways to power the Infinix devices.
Present in the technology is the new semiconductor material GaN, which enables the 180W Thunder Charge to be resistant to a variety of environments with high temperatures above 40°C. Furthermore, the charger adapter is compatible with multiple fast charging protocols, and can perform a maximum of 100W fast charging for most electronic devices on the market, which include mobile phones, tablets, and laptops giving users maximum flexibility with a one cable fits all solution. Users can also use cables from other manufactures to charge Infinix devices up to 100W.
180W Thunder Charge has two separate charging modes, Furious Mode and Standard Mode. Furious mode can be activated at the click of a button giving users 180W super-fast charging.
With the world leading application of 180W fast charging technology made available to mass produced smartphones by Infinix, it demonstrates Infinix's strong technical competency and innovative spirit. Presenting this technology to the wider public at an affordable price is one of Infinix's core values and represents Infinix's desire to democratize high-end technology and make it available to everyone who wants it. Stay tuned for our upcoming new products with 180W Thunder Charge available in the second half of this year.
About Infinix:
Infinix Mobility is a rapidly emerging technology brand that designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of smart devices worldwide under the Infinix brand, which was founded in 2013. Targeting today's youth with first in class technology, Infinix creates trendy, powerful and attainably priced smart devices that bring the latest technology on the market to users around the world at a time when they need it at a price that they want it.
For more information, please visit: http://www.infinixmobility.com/
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The NFL has spent and allocated over $125 million targeting Black-owned businesses over the
last year, bolstering its commitment to economic equity
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Football League (NFL) announced today its partnership with Contract with Black America Institute (CWBA), an economic inclusion-focused initiative led by artist and entrepreneur O'Shea Jackson, also known as Ice Cube. The CWBA and NFL partnership enhances the NFL's dedication to increasing economic equity and partnerships with Black owned businesses.
The collaboration focuses on identifying League-wide opportunities in the financial, tech, and production sectors, with a concentration on increasing direct and indirect spend to national Black businesses to help close America's racial and economic wealth gap.
"For more than a year, the CWBA Institute has been working closely with the NFL on identifying resources to build stronger, more substantive economic partnerships with the Black community," said Ice Cube. "Our team at CWBA, including my longtime business partner and entertainment lawyer Jeff Kwatinetz, and advisors Ja'Ron Smith and Chris Pilkerton, are focused on building corporate partnerships with measurable economic growth outcomes for Black communities across the country. We believe this is a giant step in the right direction."
Driven by a strong internal commitment to diversify the NFL's business partnerships with organizations like CWBA, the League has spent and allocated $125 Million with Black owned and operated businesses such as Ariel Investments, CityFirst/Broadway Bank, Cover Communications, and Fearless Technology during the last year.
"City First Bank is pleased to have formed a strategic partnership with the National Football League and Contract With Black America," said City First Bank President & CEO Brian Argrett. "This partnership supports and accelerates each organization's commitment to ensuring that minority businesses have access to capital and opportunities to fuel their growth. Partnerships like this are critical to driving equitable economic change within the Black community as well as supporting the growth of City First Bank and other Black-led and Black-owned financial institutions that deploy capital for economic growth and empowerment."
"Our partnership with CWBA is another reminder that partnering with intentional organizations is critical to everything we do at the League," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "Black businesses play a major role in our country's economic prosperity. We understand these businesses have not always had the opportunity for exponential growth, so we are pleased to have partners like Ice Cube and his organization, CWBA, in a continued, collective push toward greater economic inclusion."
Building off of its long-standing Business Connect program, which works to afford minority, woman, LGBTQ+ and veteran-owned businesses Super Bowl & Draft opportunities, the NFL looks to continue to expand and diversify its vendors through strategic national partnerships.
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SEATTLE, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today announced the appointment of Mary Cadera to the executive leadership team as Chief of Staff. In this new role, Cadera will help define and execute PitchBook's long-term strategy and ensure alignment across departments on key initiatives that empower clients with the tools, expert support and insights needed to source deals, benchmark performance and stay informed on evolving market conditions. Cadera joins the leadership team on the heels of PitchBook's 15th anniversary, strong revenue and userbase growth, and several global and national best workplace award wins, including a top 10 placement on LinkedIn's 2022 Top Companies in Financial Services List.
"PitchBook is in a phase of incredible growth, both as a people-centric organization and as a leading provider of global public and private market data and research," said John Gabbert, founder and CEO of PitchBook. "During times of market turmoil, our clients need high-quality data and insight more than ever. Mary's expertise working with large-scale, high-growth businesses will be vital as we execute against our product and research roadmap to better serve our clients and ensure they have the information they need to win."
Cadera's experience spans numerous finance, operations and technology roles, including business development, tax and financial accounting, product management and human resources. Most recently, she was Interim Managing Director of ACT theatre in downtown Seattle. Prior to that, she served as Chief of Staff at Vulcan Inc. where she was responsible for driving efficiency across a wide range of business and philanthropic initiatives and aligning the efforts of Vulcan's various affiliate organizations. As Chief of Staff at PitchBook, Cadera will streamline business operations, identify challenges before they arise and ensure teams are delivering on cross-functional programs that advance client and company objectives.
"PitchBook already has passionate people in place who aim to impress our clients every day," said Mary Cadera, Chief of Staff at PitchBook. "I'm looking forward to working with leaders across PitchBook's global offices to ensure we have the best practices in place to improve organizational efficiency and continue delivering enhanced product and research offerings that will further add value to our clients."
For more information on PitchBook's current job openings, click here.
PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides transparency into the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence and efficiency. PitchBook collects and analyzes detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits and people. The company's data and analysis are available through the PitchBook Platform, industry news and in-depth reports. Founded in 2007, PitchBook has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong and serves more than 70,000 professionals around the world. In 2016, Morningstar acquired PitchBook, which now operates as an independent subsidiary.
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BRUSSELS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Superior Taste Award, founded by the International Taste Institute, officially announced the results of the 2022 Global Food and Beverage Product Awards. Chinese food brand Choubao won the Superior Taste Award for two flavors of its river snail rice noodles, an iconic Chinese dish consisting of a snail-based broth, rice noodles, and an array of additional ingredients, typically including pickled bamboo shoots, peanuts, tofu skins, and green vegetables. It is called luosifen by local people as well.
One flavor, Choubao Naturally Flavored Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, while the other, Choubao Spicy Thick Soup Liuzhou River Snail Rice Noodle, known for its rich, thick soup base, earned the 2-star Superior Taste Award designation. Choubao is the first luosifen brand in the industry to be rewarded with a 2-star designation. Luosifen is a traditional local dish from Liuzhou, a city in Guangxi province. The dish's unique, distinct aroma and fresh and spicy taste have made it a favorite among the foodie crowd. Choubao Luosifen has made some enhancements based on the traditional production process, delivering a richer soup base and a more multi-layered taste.
Awards from the prestigious International Taste Institute are considered the Oscars of the food and beverage world. In order to ensure that only food and beverages participating in the competition receive the most professional certification, the jury includes Michelin chefs from all over the world, alongside a group of expert nutritionists and dieticians. At the same time, to ensure the objectivity of the selection, the jury follows a strict blind evaluation process and anonymously assesses and scores the products based on five taste-related indicators.
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STOCKHOLM, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, on June 30, 2022, the 2022 annual general meeting of Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) ("Eco Wave Power" or the "Company") was held. Below is a summary of the resolutions passed at the annual general meeting (all in accordance with the proposals presented in the notice to attend the meeting kept available at the Company's website www.ecowavepower.com).
The annual general meeting resolved:
- to adopt the profit and loss statement and balance sheet for the financial year 2021;
- that the Company's result should be carried forward in new account and that no dividend shall be paid for the financial year 2021;
- to grant the board members and the CEO of the Company discharge from liability for the financial year 2021;
- that the board of directors shall consist of five (5) ordinary members without deputy members for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting. Furthermore, it was resolved that a registered accounting firm should be elected as auditor;
- that the fees payable to the board of directors for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting shall amount to a total of SEK 900,000, out of which SEK 300,000 shall be paid to the chairman of the board of directors and SEK 200,000 to each of the ordinary members. It was further resolved that no board fee shall be paid to Inna Braverman;
- that the Company's auditor is to be paid in accordance with approved quotes and invoices;
- to re-elect Mats Andersson, Elias Jacobson, David Leb, and Inna Braverman and to new-elect Annath Abecassis as ordinary board members for the period until the end of next annual general meeting. The meeting also resolved to re-elect Mats Andersson as chairman of the board of directors until the end of next annual general meeting. Further, the auditing firm Ernst & Young was re-elected as auditor for the Company until the end of next annual general meeting. It was further noted that Nils Andreas Nyberg will continue as auditor-in-charge;
- an authorisation for the board of directors to increase the share capital in accordance with the board of directors' proposal from June 1, 2022;
- an authorisation for the board of directors to increase the share capital in the event of an impending takeover bid in accordance with the board of directors' proposal from June 1, 2022;
- changes to the articles of association regarding election of directors in accordance with the board of directors' proposal from June 1, 2022;
- changes to the terms regarding Warrant series 2020/2024:A entailing an extension of the time period during which the warrants may be used for subscription of new shares. The warrants may after the extension be exercised from June 26, 2024 until and including December 31, 2032; and
- changes to the terms regarding Warrant series 2020/2024:B entailing an extension of the time period during which the warrants may be used for subscription of new shares. The warrants may after the extension be exercised from June 26, 2024 until and including December 31, 2027.
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+97235094017.
About Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)
Eco Wave Power is a leading onshore wave energy technology company that developed a patented, smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity. Eco Wave Power's mission is to assist in the fight against climate change by enabling commercial power production from the ocean and sea waves.
Eco Wave Power is recognized as a "Pioneering Technology" by the Israeli Ministry of Energy and was labelled as an "Efficient Solution" by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Eco Wave Power received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund, Innovate UK and the European Commission's Horizon 2020 framework program. The Company has also received the "Global Climate Action Award" from the United Nations.
Eco Wave Power's American Depository Shares (WAVE) are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market. More info: www.ecowavepower.com.
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The snack bar is now open at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's 90 degrees with a million percent humidity. You're at the pool. Children are splashing, run-walking, and squealing. Tawny teenagers splay out on lounge chairs. And red-suited lifeguards twirl whistles around their fingers until … TWEET. It's the top of the hour. The start of the requisite hourly rest period.
Kids, teens, and (let's be real) even the adults, scamper onto the concrete deck making a swift (no running!) beeline for the snack bar. That shanty little oasis full of sweet and salty snacks and frosty treasure chests of frozen treats—drumsticks, watermelon taffy, lemon ice, and bags of popcorn. You walk away, an ice cream bar in hand, taking a seat on the grass and reveling in the sugar high as the hot, intense sun dries your bathing suit.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams has bottled up this carefree, blissful moment—all that is good and perfect in a leisurely day spent poolside—in their latest collection, At the Pool. It's a series of five limited-edition flavors as chill as a cabana in the shade and as refreshing as diving into the deep end.
What's on deck? Here's the lineup:
- Watermelon Taffy ice cream. Refreshing and beautifully bouncy, it tastes like an uber creamy, tart candied watermelon. (Now available in shops and online.)
- Golden Nectar ice cream. Indescribable and deliriously delicious. Golden sweet cream that tastes like a chilled summer chai (minus the tea) with firecracker-like snaps of aerated toffee candy. (Dropping in shops and online 7/7.)
- Bombastix Sundae Cone ice cream. Double vanilla cream with gooey fudge and chocolate-covered waffle cone chunks. Will strike your nostalgia bone in all the good ways. (Dropping in shops and online 7/14.)
- Butterscotch Popcorn ice cream. Sun-popped popcorn ice cream with a butterscotch crunch. Think buttery popcorn with a sweet, caramelized kettle corn kick. (Dropping in shops and online 7/21.)
- Dairy-free Lemon Bar. Punchy lemon, shortbread crust, and rich coconut cream. It walks that fine tightrope between sweet and tart, soft and crisp. (Dropping in shops and online 7/28.)
Available for nationwide shipping at jenis.com, at Jeni's scoop shops across the country and in select grocery stores, the five flavors of the At the Pool Collection are the scoopable fun we all deserve this summer.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is an American ice cream company devoted to making the finest ice creams the world has ever known. Founded in 2002 by James Beard Award-winning ice cream maker Jeni Britton, Jeni's has emerged over the past 20 years as the new standard by which all other ice creams are judged. With Jeni in charge of all creative output—from the ice cream itself to all of the supporting details that enhance the experience of eating it—Jeni's continues to make one-of-a-kind flavors with Direct and Fair Trade ingredients and super fresh milk from family dairy farms. Today, Jeni's is a Certified B Corporation known for its social, environmental and business leadership with more than 60 scoop shops, an online shop at jenis.com and distribution in top grocery stores across the country.
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The first purpose-built solution providing safety and peace of mind for the growing child transportation market
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DisplayRide Inc., an innovator focused on enhancing the rideshare experience, introduced the KidSafe Rideshare Monitoring Platform (RMP), the first solution to holistically address safety in the rapidly growing child transportation market.
The shortage of bus drivers across the country (over 70% of school districts are experiencing severe driver shortage), inefficiencies in transporting small groups, the need for personalized rides and working parents with busy schedules,
is creating a multi-billion-dollar market opportunity in the Gig-economy. However, unlike in the traditional Ridesharing/Delivery market, transporting unaccompanied kids entails more stringent safety requirements, licensing and must ensure peace of mind to concerned parents.
The DisplayRide KidSafe RMP was specifically designed for this segment and provides a host of necessary features like automatically documenting (video/audio) every trip, monitoring the driving, tracking the physical location in real-time, automatically detecting and notifying potential accidents and more. It also provides a livestreaming capability for parents for an on-the-spot check and peace of mind. The solution can also be easily and rapidly integrated into a provider's operational infrastructure very economically. It also scales readily to tens of thousands of vehicles/drivers.
"We are delighted to be able to deliver a state-of-art safety solution that leverages our expertise in the Gig economy," said Abdul Kasim, CEO, DisplayRide Inc. "The features and economics of KidSafe make it a must-have solution for any service provider in the child transportation business," he added.
The DisplayRide's KidSafe RMP solution is commercially available and actively being deployed by service providers offering child transport services across the United States. For more information, please contact: info@displayride.com
DisplayRide's mission is to enhance the rideshare experience for riders, drivers and the rideshare companies. Founded in 2018, the company's flagship platform offers features aimed at improving safety and efficiency. For more information, please contact: info@displayride.com [1] or visit us at www.displayride.com [2]
Abdul Kasim, CEO
DisplayRide Inc.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for LCID, SMPL, BA, CHPT, and MA.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- LCID: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=LCID&prnumber=063020221
- SMPL: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=SMPL&prnumber=063020221
- BA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=BA&prnumber=063020221
- CHPT: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=CHPT&prnumber=063020221
- MA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=MA&prnumber=063020221
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InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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Stakeholder pressure, changing customers, and decline in costs of distributed energy resources encourage the drive to a net-zero energy future
BOULDER, Colo., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights discusses how blockchain is supporting the clean energy transition by serving as a tool to transparently monitor and track global distributed energy resources (DER) output while serving as a decentralized financing platform to deploy solar and other DER assets.
Globally, there is an ongoing effort to transition the electricity grid away from a centralized, top-down system to a more distributed, decentralized, and decarbonized network to provide more reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, blockchain is garnering more attention in the energy industry as a tool for customers, communities, and organizations to achieve a decarbonized and decentralized energy future.
"Blockchain has proven to be a beneficial technology across several industries and is well-positioned to assist in the energy industry where a vast network of suppliers, buyers, market operators, regulators, and other participants must coordinate to deliver reliable and affordable power to the end customer," says Pritil Gunjan, principal research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "Blockchain's inherent capabilities of transparency, security, immutability, and the use of smart contracts helps drive efficiencies, reduce costs, and streamline processes."
New solutions that aid in developing a net-zero future and encourage DER deployment on a global scale are emerging. Stakeholder pressure, the changing customer, and the decline in costs of distributed energy resources (DER) have perpetuated this transition and encouraged the drive to a net-zero energy future, according to the report.
The report, Blockchain-Enabled Micropayments Support Energy Services, provides an overview of blockchain technology and its core capabilities, describes the changing energy landscape, and explores how blockchain can be used to enable a decentralized and decarbonized future. This report also offers suggestions for how the industry can collaborate to understand the technology and its potential. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Blockchain-Enabled Micropayments Support Energy Services, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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Precisely controlling nutrients to starve cancer is supported by research from academic founders, including Lew Cantley, Scott Lowe, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Greg Hannon, and Karen Vousden
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Faeth Therapeutics, a cancer metabolism company, today announced the closing of a $47 million Series A round of private financing led by S2G Ventures, bringing total funding to date to $67 million. The proceeds of the financing will be used to advance Faeth's clinical trials that combine nutrient control, therapeutics and digital tools to inhibit cancer metabolism. Seed round co-lead investors Khosla Ventures and Future Ventures also participated in the Series A, along with additional support from Digitalis, KdT Ventures, AgFunder, and Cantos.
"We believe Faeth has an unprecedented opportunity to introduce a completely new way of treating cancer by overcoming the chronically misguided advice given to patients for 100 or more years – that diet is irrelevant in treating cancer," said Anand Parikh, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Faeth Therapeutics. "Like neurological, endocrine, metabolic and autoimmune diseases, cancer can be treated through diet, but until now, scientific research into cancer nutrition patterns has lacked in-depth mechanistic understanding, contributing to potentially harmful advice for cancer patients."
Faeth Therapeutics was formed after three leading research teams separately converged on one big idea – that controlling metabolism through a combination of drugs and nutrient availability can beat cancer. Discoveries in systemic metabolism, functional genomics and tumor metabolism from, respectively, Lew Cantley, former Director of the Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine and now a professor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Greg Hannon, Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, and Karen Vousden, Chief Scientist at CRUK, have collectively shown the power of targeted nutrient control to starve tumors. Faeth's founding team also includes Scott Lowe, chair of cancer biology and genetics at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Sid Mukherjee, a Pulitzer Prize-winning oncologist and professor at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Faeth's trio of foundational research papers, published in Nature, suggest that precisely controlling nutrients can enhance the efficacy of approved cancer therapeutics. "We intend to 'feed the fight' using this work and create the fourth pillar of cancer treatment, alongside surgery, drugs, and radiotherapy," Parikh said.
"Cancer treatments have greatly evolved over the past decade, but the nutritional advice given to cancer patients, who are often simply told to keep their weight up, hasn't changed," said S2G Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director Sanjeev Krishnan, who joined Faeth Therapeutics' board. "The right nutrients are as important to survival as the right intervention, whether that's surgery or a therapeutic. Faeth has the data to support that targeted nutrient control can reprogram tumor metabolism to deprive it of the nutrients it needs to grow and resist treatment."
Preclinical studies in organoid and mouse models demonstrate that precise control of molecules, including amino acids and sugar, can reduce tumor size and suppress growth to a similar extent as standard-of-care chemotherapies, and combining nutrient control with drugs is significantly more efficacious than either intervention alone. The Faeth Therapeutics approach comprises precisely targeted nutrient control, therapeutics, and digital tools to support both the patient and clinician. The company has now moved to first-in-human clinical trials looking at pancreatic, colon, endometrial and ovarian cancers.
"The proceeds of the round will be used to support early phase clinical trials focusing on the safety of our approaches in cancer patients. Additionally, the funds will support development of our novel preclinical pipeline with our discovery platform, MetabOS™, which combines machine learning and functional genomics to uncover the precise nutrient vulnerabilities for a tumor based on genotype, organ of origin, and therapy," said Oliver Maddocks, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Faeth Therapeutics.
"Patients always want to know how they can change their diet to improve their outcomes with cancer, but until the work of this team, the science has been very limited. We are seeing early evidence that Faeth's approaches to altering the inputs of metabolism may be as effective as other more traditional treatments, and can be combined on top of current therapies," said Alex Morgan, Partner at Khosla Ventures. "We continue to invest in companies with bold ambitions for a large positive impact on society, leading Faeth's early seed investment and continuing to support its growth."
"We are impressed by Faeth's urgency to move from preclinical data to first-in-human trials. When some of the most preeminent cancer researchers independently reached the same conclusions about nutrient control, then came together to do something about it, we knew we had to back the company," said Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director at Future Ventures.
Faeth Therapeutics is a cancer metabolism company developing clinically-tested nutrition control, therapeutics, and digital tools for the treatment of cancer. Founded in 2019 by leading researchers in Europe and the United States and backed by leading investors, the company is pioneering its work in cancer metabolism to support a radically new way to treat cancer. Faeth's research, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, shows that tailoring the right diet to the cancer patient can significantly impact the efficacy of clinically tested therapeutics for cancer. Feed the fight. For further information: www.faeththerapeutics.com
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CALGARY, AB, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (OTCPINK: HDUP) is pleased to announce it has now taken full control of the LotteryHub platform which has to date been servicing more than 4 million American users as a lottery information platform.
In the lead up to the transaction, HeadsUp has been active in securing global partnerships to expand the LotteryHub brand globally and strategically position it as the leader of online sales for state and national lotteries.
HeadsUp is also announcing it has secured partnerships in Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa (including Nigeria) and has ongoing discussions to enable national and state lottery partners to enhance their online offering and sell official tickets globally. The secured partnerships will give LotteryHub access to an immediate 120 million international customer base upon release of existing partnerships
The US lottery market in 2021 generated $94.9 Billion in revenue from lottery ticket sales. The Global Lottery market currently generates approximately $350 Billion in revenues and is set to grow to $450 Billion by the year 2027. LotteryHub aims to assist lottery partners in their online growth strategy with its integrated digital portal as a Digital Lottery Concierge Service.
LotteryHub aims to improve its current offering by expanding its offering into online sales across various US state markets as regulations change over the coming years and improve its market share as it moves into new markets. Globally, LotteryHUB aims to utilize the success of its online presence to expand the brand globally into new markets to act as an online retailer and software platform for National and State based lotteries who see the need to go online and take advantage of the shift in online commerce since he onset of covid. LotteryHUB's software and platform uniquely positions itself as an immediate opportunity to many new global opportunities
Across the US, LotteryHUB has been a go to information platform for players over the past years and HeadsUp aims to transform the platform into a full-fledged online retailer enabling all states to participate in the sale of their games and products online in a safe and secure environment over time as legislation changes.
"Access for global lottery operators utilize software such as LotteryHUB is huge for all of our partners and in times of recession and tough economic conditions, the lottery and gaming sectors see unprecedent growth in market size and the ability for the HeadsUp line of products and services fast tracks the path to massive revenues," commented HeadsUp President and CEO Doug Wilson.
The global strategy behind the growth and global rollout of the LotteryHub brand aims to support state and national lotteries in creating an increased online presence without the burden of additional software costs, immediate online presence, and the ability to tap into online markets otherwise unavailable to the lottery partner.
This has been a targeted acquisition by HeadsUp and is excited about bringing LotteryHUB into its family of products which will allow the company to launch and supports the larger acquisition strategy of global gaming assets in subsequent deals that are being closed and will be announced subsequently. This business model and corporate finance strategy has been designed by global lottery icon and HeadsUp Chief Business Development Officer Mark Hutchinson.
This transaction required neither any upfront cash payment nor any dilution to HeadsUp capital structure as consideration was negotiated and agreed to on an ongoing revenue share basis.
"My decades of working in the lottery business have come to an incredible moment where new regulatory opportunities, technology and a global network of business relationship are converging to position HeadsUp to aggressively acquire strategic assets, close sales and distribution agreements and make a substantial amount of money in the business" stated Hutchinson. "When the market realizes what we have built, I believe this Company will experience massive growth that will translate into enhanced shareholder value that I am very proud to help create along with this exceptional management team. This is a perfect example of the right people, with the right products at the right time.
This is a substantial step for HeadsUp to continue executing on its business plan and management believes these "Crown Jewel" assets are key to the continued strategy of specific acquisitions that will continue to be announced. This is one of 4 Strategic Business Unit's within the HeadsUp group of companies that combined are estimated to generate over $51.7 million in revenues in year 1 with Business Plan projections to grow to over $400 million in year 5 of operations. This and a subsequent series of other closings will create a total asset base and contracted revenue model to qualify for a full NASDAQ listing.
The previously announced corporate roadmap outlines a reverse triangle merger, a Registration Statement and immediate launch of multiple revenue channels in the online gaming, global lottery and media sectors.
HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. is a global gaming operator and media company focusing on online gaming, online poker, eSports, sports betting, online lottery, mobile 50/50, charity fundraising platforms, software and blockchain based payment solutions.
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AMERI power plant to be relocated to Kumasi
Govt not forthcoming with details of relocation of AMERI plant
Relocation of AMERI plant to help stabilise national grid
The Minority in Parliament has asked government to provide a breakdown of the US$34 million costs involved in the relocation of the Ameri Plant to Kumasi.
Government earlier announced that the AMERI plant will be relocated to Kumasi to deal with the power crisis in the region and its environs.
This, the sector minister noted, will cost some US$34million.
It is against this backdrop that a member of the Energy Committee in Parliament, Edward Bawa, has stated that a detailed account of how the money will be expended should be provided.
He noted that the cost was revealed after the Mines and Energy committee met with a number of Agencies in the Mines and Energy sector.
According to Bawa, government cannot afford to make certain expenditures at this time when the country is facing harsh economic challenges.
“As a Minority, we demand the breakdown of this cost, particularly when the country is having difficulties paying salaries and servicing our debt. The Energy sector is under serious challenges and therefore such opaque transactions must be halted in the supreme interest of every Ghanaian.”
He also noted when questioned about the details of the transaction, “answers were not forthcoming” from the then sector minister Boakye Agyarko.
He also cast doubts on the credibility of the company contracted to perform the relocation exercise.
“The company contracted to carry out the relocation of the plant is Mytilineous international trading company, the same company that was involved in the novation and amendment of the Ameri contract that almost swindled Ghanaians but for the vigilance of the Minority.”
Government last year disclosed that the Ameri Plant will be relocated to Kumasi from Aboadze to help stabilize the national grid.
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Amanda Roth, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
(THE CONVERSATION) I lost my twins in the second trimester of my first pregnancy. One fetus died around 14 weeks, and a month later I went into preterm labor – likely caused by the death of the first and an infection. I delivered the second twin, who appeared perfectly healthy on the ultrasound but was simply not old enough to survive, at 18½ weeks.
I grieved for years; these were some of my worst moments.
Ten years later, this experience is never far from my mind. But in the past few days since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, it’s also been a source of constant rumination. I think about the fact that the dilation and curettage, a common early abortion procedure I received to remove the placenta, is now banned when used to end a pregnancy involving a live fetus in almost all circumstances in six states. If my body had not ended the pregnancy, I wonder – would medical professionals have been too scared of prosecution to help me if the infection had worsened?
But mostly, I think about what the Supreme Court ruling of June 24, 2022, will mean for abortion in the second trimester. With early abortion banned or heavily restricted in much of the country, there will likely be a rise in second-trimester abortions, as several commentators have pointed out.
From my personal perspective, it is morally abhorrent to deny anyone the ability to access abortion in their own state, no matter why they are seeking one. But the likelihood of more abortions being pushed into the second trimester, as pregnant individuals must overcome more barriers to access, also matters from the point of view of moral concern about fetuses. Many people feel that losing a pregnancy after a few months is more tragic than an early loss. The same is true for later versus earlier abortion.
As a moral philosopher, I know that the philosophical theory of gradualism can help make sense of this idea. Gradualism insists that the development of moral status is a gradual process that occurs continuously throughout gestation. That means that later fetuses have more status than earlier ones; later abortions too are more grave morally.
Restrictions and delayed abortions
Most abortions in the U.S. tend to occur quite early: 79.3% at 9 weeks or earlier and 92.7% before 14 weeks. Compare that with 1974, just a year after the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, when 21% of abortions took place in the second trimester.
Some second-trimester abortions are pursued because of fetal anomalies that are not discovered until later; in other cases the pregnant individual might want or need to end the pregnancy because of changes in their health or life circumstances.
Other factors leading to second-trimester abortions, however, are policy-based. Restrictions on public funding and mandated waiting periods can delay abortion care. Research shows that when states institute waiting periods of just 24 hours, the rate of second-trimester abortion increases for those relying on in-state providers. In 2015, Tennessee’s new waiting period led to a 22% to 43% increase in the second-trimester abortion rate.
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling, it is likely that delays will become the norm, since many pregnant individuals will have to travel hundreds of miles to the closest provider. Having seen surges of patients from Texas traveling to neighboring states, following the state’s adoption of a law banning abortion, clinics in blue states are preparing for influxes of out-of-state patients. Providers have also witnessed the later gestational age at which abortion is obtained by those affected by Texas’ ban.
Thus, even if pregnant individuals from the South and Midwest can eventually access abortion in another state, they might be forced to continue the pregnancy for weeks or months. Second-trimester procedures have more health risks than earlier terminations, they are more financially burdensome and there are fewer providers trained to offer them. Moreover, both providers and patients can find second-trimester abortion morally and emotionally difficult. In fact, 91% of those having an abortion procedure in the second trimester would have preferred to do so earlier.
What’s the moral status of a fetus?
The morality of abortion depends in part on the moral status of a fetus. Full moral status – sometimes called “personhood” – refers to having the same rights and deserving the same moral consideration as any other human being.
The most well-known views about the value of fetal life look for a specific moment or threshold of development at which a fetus achieves full moral status – what is known as a “bright line.” Most opponents of abortion tend to insist that conception is the bright line, while some abortion-rights supporters look to birth or the first breath.
In the Roe era, viability, the point at which a baby can survive outside of the womb, considered to be about 23 weeks, served as a legal bright line. Historically, “quickening,” when the pregnant individual feels fetal movement, at around four months or so, was thought to make all the moral difference.
In contrast to these bright lines, many philosophers look to cognitive capacities, such as consciousness, reasoning or self-awareness, which do not develop until the third trimester or even after birth. These views share in common the idea that before the bright line fetuses are of little to no moral concern.
Gradualism rejects all of this. It holds that there is no such bright line. Instead, the development of moral status parallels the physical, cognitive and relational development of a fetus. Just after conception, a zygote has little more status than a sperm and egg. But as the embryo develops, its moral value increases slowly and steadily.
Thus, while a 6- or 8-week embryo might have very minimal status, a fetus at 32 or 35 weeks has virtually identical moral status to a newborn. Therefore, the earliest abortion is generally morally unconcerning to someone with a gradualist view, while third-trimester abortion is seen as a grave action that requires the strongest of moral reasons.
Meanwhile, midpregnancy fetuses are morally “in between,” as gradualist philosopher Margaret Little puts it. The idea is that by this point in pregnancy fetuses have not achieved full moral status, but they certainly have significant moral value – and ending their lives therefore requires moral justification.
Compared with the bright line views, gradualism has the benefit of making sense of the public’s strong support for early abortion, but hesitating about terminations in the second and third trimesters.
In the post-Roe era, the view also highlights the moral tragedy if state abortion bans targeting early abortion increase the number of second-trimester terminations. After all, from a gradualist view, early abortion is not seriously morally concerning, but second-trimester abortion is.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of London, the next-generation technology company and the world's first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, today announced the appointment of Tam Holmes as its Co-President & Group Chief Product Officer and Member of the Group's Executive Management Committee. As Group Chief Product Officer, Tam is responsible for oversight of the Group's overall customer and product vision, strategy, and innovation.
Prior to The Bank of London, Tam spent five years at 10X Banking ("10X") where he served as Chief Product Officer and Chief Development Officer, playing a key role in driving the business forward, including as a Board Member, and where he was principally responsible for managing all customer relationships, product strategy, product management and business development. Instrumental in building investor and customer confidence, he positioned 10X as the transformational partner of choice for Global Tier 1 banks.
Previously Tam was the Head of Digital Security and Fraud at Lloyds Banking Group, where he also served as Head of Programme Delivery for Digital Banking. Tam was responsible for the re-platforming of Lloyd's digital banking stack, as well as the design of innovative digital fraud and security controls, including the UK's first deployment of behavioural biometrics, and device ID systems.
Anthony Watson, Group Chief Executive & Founder of The Bank of London, said: "Tam's wealth of knowledge and experience across banking, large-scale transformation, and programme delivery, makes him a great fit at The Bank of London. He brings a particularly unique perspective from his time at 10X, where he led both the sales and product development of their cloud bank platform to JP Morgan Chase in the UK and Europe, Westpac in Australia and other global banks. With his flair for driving innovation coupled with a strong reputation for leading with humility and empathy, Tam will provide a world-class product experience for our clients globally."
Tam Holmes, Co-President & Group Chief Product Officer of The Bank of London, said: "I'm delighted to join The Bank of London at such a pivotal time. The market has been left under-served by incumbents for far too long and I'm excited to start driving forward our customer and product vision, strategy, and innovation, to build strong products and experiences that our will customers love - in the UK, the EU and beyond."
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About The Bank of London
The Bank of London launched 30th November 2021 as the sixth principal clearing bank of the United Kingdom, and only the second clearing bank in 250 years. With a $1.1 billion valuation, it is the first pre-revenue bank in history to attain 'unicorn' status upon debut.
The Bank of London is a leading-edge technology company and the world's first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank. We leverage our patented technology innovations and differentiated bank capabilities to lift economies and communities by powering the borderless economic infrastructure of the future.
The bank has been established to assist banks, clearing houses, digital & traditional asset firms, governments, financial services companies from local fintechs to global institutions, payment networks and non-financial brands seeking to launch fully compliant financial products and services in-country and across-borders.
With headquarters in London and offices in New York and Belfast, The Bank of London is a principal clearing bank of the United Kingdom authorised by the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would allow the banning of foreign news media in response to other countries’ actions against Russian news outlets.
The Kremlin-controlled State Duma approved the bill on its final, third reading. The equally pliant upper house of parliament is set to quickly rubber-stamp the measure before Russian President Vladimir Putin signs it into law.
Russia has repeatedly complained in recent months that Western countries were improperly restricting Russian media by banning their operation or denying visas to their journalists. In early June, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called in representatives of American media, including The Associated Press, to warn that they could be denied renewal of their visas and accreditation.
The new bill also allows Russia’s prosecutor general to cancel the registration of media outlets for disseminating “illegal, dangerous, unreliable publicly significant information or information expressing clear disrespect for society, the state, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as aimed at discrediting the Russian armed forces.”
Many foreign news organizations suspended or curtailed their operations in Russia following the passage in March of a law calling for up to 15 years in prison for reports seen as discrediting the Russian military.
The Russian Foreign Ministry in May ordered the closure of the Moscow bureau pf the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in response to Canada’s ban on RT, a Russian state-controlled broadcaster.
In February, as Russia built up troops along Ukraine’s border, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle was ordered to close in Moscow after Germany banned the broadcast of RT’s German-language programs.
Russia in recent years has persistently clamped down on independent journalism. Following the start of the Ukraine conflict, many significant independent news media shut down or suspended operations. They included the Ekho Moskvy radio station and the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, whose editor, Dmitry Muratov, was last year’s co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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MERCED, Calif. — Merced police are investigating after a stabbing Wednesday night left one man injured.
According to a news release, it happened at the Food 4 Less store at 1115 W. Olive Ave. around 8:30 p.m.
The victim, a 31-year-old employee, told officers he was stabbed while trying to confront a person he said was stealing from the store.
Witnesses and surveillance footage show a man in a beanie entering the store with another person and then running from the store with items in his hands.
The employee tried to confront the customer, at which time he was stabbed and the customer left in a dark blue sedan.
The employee was taken to a hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the medication, even for sexual assault victims.
St. Luke’s Health Kansas City said in a statement Wednesday that it would resume offering the medication known as the morning after pill, a day after it told The Kansas City Star that its Missouri hospitals would halt emergency contraception.
It did so after the state's attorney general issued a statement stating unequivocally that emergency contraception is not illegal under an abortion ban that was enacted minutes after Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Missouri law bans all abortions except in cases of medical emergency.
“Saint Luke’s Health System is aware of and continues to closely monitor legal developments regarding Missouri’s abortion trigger law, including recent comments from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and the Governor of Missouri regarding the use of emergency contraceptives,” St. Luke's said Wednesday. “Following further internal review, Saint Luke’s will now resume providing emergency contraceptives, under new protocols, at all Missouri-based Saint Luke’s hospitals and clinics.”
The statement said the “ambiguity of the law, and the uncertainty even among state officials about what this law prohibits, continues to cause grave concern and will require careful monitoring.”
Since the Supreme Court ruling, abortion rights supporters have warned about the ambiguity of some state abortion bans and that contraception could be targeted.
Lawmakers in some states with majority-conservative legislatures have suggested that. Already in Idaho, emergency contraception was prohibited at school-based health clinics last year under a law banning public funding for “abortion related services.”
Adding to the worries were comments from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who in a separate concurring opinion urged colleagues to overturn other high court rulings protecting same-sex marriage, gay sex and the use of contraceptives.
Emergency contraception can be taken after sex and generally works by delaying or preventing ovulation. The federally approved label also says it may prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. It's been attacked by some abortion foes who believe life begins when an egg is fertilized.
The Missouri law doesn't mention birth control, including emergency contraceptives, which is sold under the brand name Plan B.
Republican state Rep. Nick Schroer, who sponsored the bill, said the intent was never to restrict access to any contraception.
“It’s not going to limit access to Plan B, and if we wanted to then that would need to be a discussion this next legislative session,” Schroer said.
It’s standard practice for health care providers to offer emergency contraception to sexual assault victims. Gretchen Borchelt, vice president of reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C., said it’s a “critically important part of a comprehensive medical response to sexual assault.”
In its Tuesday statement to the Star, St. Luke's spokeswoman Laurel Gifford said the hospital system “simply cannot put our clinicians in a position that might result in criminal prosecution.”
Doctors convicted under the law could serve up to 15 years in prison and lose their medical licenses.
St. Luke's has 16 hospitals, some of which are in Kansas and were not impacted.
Since the Supreme Court's ruling, demand for emergency contraceptives rose so much that some retailers, including Amazon and Rite Aid, capped how many consumers can buy.
“Retailers are being cautious. They are trying to manage it,” said Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail. “But I don’t think there are chronic shortages.”
Planned Parenthood health centers are experiencing an increased demand for information and family planning services, including contraception.
“They’re worried birth control will be next,’’ said Kelly Hart, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood's Dallas-based affiliate.
So far, she said, the group has been able to meet the demand.
“From our perspective, birth control is more important than it has ever been and we’re doing everything we can to make that available,’’ Hart said.
At Wellspring online pharmacy, U.S. sales totaled about 1,000 packages a day at the weekend peak, compared with 100 to 200 daily before the ruling, Koen Mullokandov, the company’s chief operating officer, said. The fervor has subsided to about six times higher than usual, but many purchasers are still buying four to six packages at a time, clearly “stocking up,’’ Mullokandov said.
“Supply is challenging because nobody was expecting this,’’ he said, adding that so far, “we have enough inventory to support the demand.’’
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STOCKHOLM, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) announces that Region Västerbotten has placed an order for the treatment planning system RayStation®* to be used at the department for radiotherapy at Norrlands universitetssjukhus.
The Cancer Center's department for radiotherapy at Norrlands universitetssjukhus annually treats around 1,900 cancer patients from all over northern Sweden. The center has four linear accelerators and also a small department for brachy treatment. RayStation will now be the sole treatment planning system for external radiotherapy. The order includes new and advanced technology, using machine learning techniques for automatic segmentation and planning.
Region Västerbotten chose to buy treatment planning independently of other equipment and had functionality as the main selection criterion.
Jörgen Olofsson, hospital physicist, Region Västerbotten, Norrlands universitetssjukhus: "When choosing a new treatment planning system, user-friendliness in combination with functionality at the forefront were important criteria for us. With RayStation, we get a modern and advanced system that provides good conditions for effective radiotheraphy for our patients, both now and in the future."
Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch, says: "Sweden is a pioneering country and a hub for research within radiotherapy technology. All research and development at RaySearch takes place in Sweden – 200 of our employees are working with this. For many years Norrlands universitetssjukhus and RaySearch have collaborated in various research projects and I am really happy that our technology now will be used clinically at another university hospital in our home country."
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39th cloud region continues Oracle's momentum in expanding its global cloud region footprint
Public and private organizations from sectors including telecommunications, financial services, and the public sector will benefit from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's price-performance, built-in security, and disaster recovery capabilities
Underscoring Oracle's commitment to sustainability across its worldwide cloud regions, the new region in Querétaro will be powered with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025
AUSTIN, Texas and MEXICO CITY, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today announced the opening of the first Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region in Mexico, becoming the first major cloud provider to establish a dedicated cloud region in the country. The new region in the state of Querétaro will give Oracle's Mexico-based customers, partners, and developers access to a wide range of cloud services with built-in security, disaster recovery, and industry-leading price-performance.
"We are excited to establish a cloud region in Mexico that will offer public and private organizations, as well as partners and developers, the opportunity to leverage OCI to grow their businesses," said Maribel Dos Santos, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Mexico. "The Oracle Cloud Querétaro region offers organizations a wide range of services, including access to emerging technologies, to help improve the customer experience and positively impact the country's ecosystem of innovation."
The new Querétaro region is Oracle's 39th worldwide cloud region and will offer OCI and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications services to help organizations in Mexico modernize their operations, manage critical data, and develop multi-cloud architectures and cloud-native applications.
"The share of the technology industry in the gross domestic product of the state of Querétaro is 4.3 percent, and the opening of the new Querétaro region in our state reaffirms the momentum and interest we have in the development of this sector. In addition, as a public institution, we also rely on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to strengthen the government services that we offer for the benefit of our citizens," said Mauricio Kuri Gonzalez, governor, State of Querétaro.
High Availability Provides Customers with a Resilient Cloud Foundation
OCI's next-generation architecture provides a high performing, resilient foundation for cloud services, while its physical and virtual network design maximizes performance and security. For example, each Oracle Cloud region contains at least three fault domains, which are groupings of hardware that form logical data centers for high availability and resilience to hardware and network failures.
A Global Commitment to Sustainable Operations at Lower Costs
As part of its ongoing focus on sustainability, Oracle has committed to powering all worldwide Oracle Cloud regions with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025, including the new Querétaro region.
Oracle Helps Organizations Accelerate their Cloud Migrations
The Oracle Cloud Querétaro region will provide customers throughout Mexico and Central America with access to a wide range of network partners that enable a direct and private connection through OCI FastConnect. OCI's extensive network of more than 70 regional and global FastConnect partners provides customers with dedicated connectivity to Oracle Cloud regions, OCI, and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications services, giving them the best options globally.
FastConnect provides an easy, elastic, and affordable way to create a dedicated private network connection with higher bandwidth, lower latency, and smoother performance than public Internet-based connections. Partners available at launch for the Oracle Cloud Querétaro region include Equinix, Transtelco, Telmex, Arelion, and C3ntro.
Carlos Rocha, chief information officer, Banco del Bajío, said:
"It is encouraging to see the increase in the availability of cloud infrastructure services in Mexico. Oracle's new cloud region will pave the way for financial services institutions to continue their digital transformation journeys, which will allow them to develop products focused on meeting the specific needs of various customer segments – including companies and individuals who require speedy service and quick access to information, along with stability and security."
Juan Manuel Márquez, global CIO, ECOM Trading LTD, said:
"Handling complex global supply chains and logistics strategies requires a technology platform that is not only oriented toward supporting operations and IT, but also enables organizations to innovate their strategies for integrating new and emerging technologies, user-friendly solutions, significant computing power, and data security. This is made possible by the infrastructure services available in Oracle's new cloud region in Mexico."
Julio Heshiki, general director, Kyndryl Mexico, said:
"Kyndryl welcomes the opening of a new Oracle Cloud region in Mexico. It is an excellent opportunity to address the specific needs of businesses as they continue to embrace cloud technologies, and is a further step in Kyndryl's strategy to support its customers in moving and managing their operations to hybrid and multi-cloud environments."
Amet Novillo, general manager, Equinix Mexico, said:
"With changing business requirements, businesses need a new level of speed, reliability, and security for their cloud workloads. The availability of FastConnect within the Equinix Mexico data centers supports this need for our customers with high performance, low latency access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Our primary goal is to help more customers move workloads to Oracle Cloud using FastConnect and the Equinix Fabric interconnection platform worldwide."
Oracle Cloud's Expanding Global Footprint
As part of Oracle's planned expansion of its cloud region footprint to support strong customer demand for OCI and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications services worldwide, Oracle aims to open additional cloud regions in Spain, Colombia, Chile, and Israel, and plans to offer at least 44 cloud regions.
Currently available Oracle Cloud regions:
- Asia Pacific: Tokyo (Japan), Osaka (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Chuncheon (South Korea), Mumbai (India), Hyderabad (India), Sydney (Australia), Melbourne (Australia), Singapore (Singapore)
- Americas: San Jose (United States), Phoenix (United States), Ashburn (United States), Toronto (Canada), Montreal (Canada), São Paolo (Brazil), Vinhedo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Querétaro (Mexico)
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Top grossing movie of 2022 returns to immersive premium experiences at Regal, Celebrating Tom Cruise's Birthday this Independence Day weekend
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal is proud to announce Top Gun: Maverick has secured the highest box office total for a movie playing in ScreenX and 4DX in company history outperforming Spider-Man: No Way Home. Based on the continued demand to see the movie in these truly immersive environments, Top Gun: Maverick, will return to ScreenX and 4DX experiences this Independence Day weekend.
"The performance of Top Gun: Maverick in ScreenX and 4DX has completely exceeded our wildest expectations. In celebration of Tom Cruise's birthday this weekend, we are just as excited as our moviegoers are to see Top Gun: Maverick back in these immersive formats only at Regal this patriotic weekend," said Ken Thewes, Chief Marketing Officer at Regal. "The theatrical experience is one that cannot be replicated and thanks to our friends at CJ 4DPlex, these fully immersive formats truly take moviegoing to the next level."
The 4DX immersive theatre technology enhances the on-screen visuals of action-packed blockbusters, transcending the traditional cinema experience through special effects including motion-synchronized seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, snow, bubble, vibration, and scents. The result is one of the most immersive cinema formats in the industry, drawing fans into the action on the big screen.
ScreenX is the world's first multi-projection theatre technology that allows a 270-degree panoramic movie watching experience. ScreenX allows the audience to go beyond the frame of the traditional movie screen, utilizing a proprietary system to expand the center screen image to the side walls, surrounding audiences with imagery and providing a sense of being inside the movie.
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YPRES, Belgium (AP) — British and Canadian authorities have given seven soldiers killed more than a century ago in World War I a full military burial after their remains were discovered during a gas pipeline construction near Ypres, Belgium.
The soldiers were found in two separate burial sites near the Belgian town at the heart of the Flanders Fields, where in 1914-18 hundreds of thousands perished in a muddy, shell-churned hellscape.
The ceremony took place Thursday at the New Irish Farm Commonwealth War Grave near Ypres.
In total, 63 sets of World War I soldiers' remains were uncovered by archaeologists during the work between 2014 and 2016.
“We remember, we reconnect with Private John Lambert. He was a mechanic making 40 cents a day ... signed up to make one dollar a day and immediately gave 60 cents a day to his sister," said Reverend Gary Watt, referring to one of the soldiers, Canadian Private John Lambert of the Newfoundland Regiment.
Lambert was identified through DNA. He died on 16 August 1917.
“He exaggerated his age in order to answer more willingly and more readily the call to serve freedom and democracy,” Watt continued. “Private John Lambert had common sense of the common good. He knew that complacency would not stop the robbing of freedom.”
Five of the remains were from unknown British soldiers, and one unknown German soldier was also reburied. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts that link the unknown soldiers to Britain and Germany.
The evolution of DNA technology has allowed for the identification of more and more unknown soldiers from World War I. Earlier this month, a great-great-nephew of English poet William Wordsworth — who was recently identified by DNA research — was given a funeral ceremony in France, 105 years after he died.
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Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
The court’s ruling could complicate the administration’s plans to combat climate change. Its proposal to regulate power plant emissions is expected by the end of the year.
President Joe Biden aims to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to have an emissions-free power sector by 2035. Power plants account for roughly 30% of carbon dioxide output.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”
Kagan said the stakes in the case are high. She said, “The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decisionmaker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening.”
The justices heard arguments in the case on the same day that a United Nations panel’s report warned that the effects of climate change are about to get much worse, likely making the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and more dangerous in the coming years.
The power plant case has a long and complicated history that begins with the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. That plan would have required states to reduce emissions from the generation of electricity, mainly by shifting away from coal-fired plants.
But that plan never took effect. Acting in a lawsuit filed by West Virginia and others, the Supreme Court blocked it in 2016 by a 5-4 vote, with conservatives in the majority.
With the plan on hold, the legal fight over it continued. But after President Donald Trump took office, the EPA repealed the Obama-era plan. The agency argued that its authority to reduce carbon emissions was limited and it devised a new plan that sharply reduced the federal government’s role in the issue.
New York, 21 other mainly Democratic states, the District of Columbia and some of the nation’s largest cities sued over the Trump plan. The federal appeals court in Washington ruled against both the repeal and the new plan, and its decision left nothing in effect while the new administration drafted a new policy.
Adding to the unusual nature of the high court’s involvement, the reductions sought in the Obama plan by 2030 already have been achieved through the market-driven closure of hundreds of coal plants.
Power plant operators serving 40 million people called on the court to preserve the companies’ flexibility to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable service. Prominent businesses that include Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Tesla also backed the administration.
Nineteen mostly Republican-led states and coal companies led the fight at the Supreme Court against broad EPA authority to regulate carbon output.
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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Christian Ramirez, an activist in San Diego, has spent his life advocating for migrants, the homeless and those from humble origins. But 11 years ago, he decided to do something for himself: Sue the federal government on his own behalf.
It started in June 2010, when Ramirez recorded video and took pictures of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers doing what he felt was suspicious at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Not long after, border officers confronted Ramirez, took his cell phone and deleted the images.
Ramirez told Border Report when officers forbid him from recording and they destroyed images, of something he believed was odd taking place in a public setting, he knew things had to change.
Months later, he sued, but it would take a decade to achieve a legal victory.
“It took us 10 years and several appeals but finally we were able to settle the case,” he said.
Ramirez said there were times he wanted to give up, but with help from his attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union, his case has brought about changes in the way CBP officers and agents interact with the public around ports of entry.
“If agents are conducting operations in public view, anyone, whether a member of the media or member of the general public can go there and photograph their activities,” he said.
Ramirez’s saga began when he noticed CBP officers patting down female pedestrians who were on their way out to Tijuana.
“I took out my Blackberry at the time and started photographing them, took a few pictures and kept walking,” he said. “Security officers stopped me and said ‘you can’t take pictures.'”
Ramirez said he was with his wife and continued walking until they encountered a line of officers.
“As we walked down the pedestrian bridge there was a line of federal agents waiting,” Ramirez said. “They basically told me, ‘Hand over your cell phone or we’re going to take you down.'”
Fearing for his safety, Ramirez gave them his phone and watched as agents deleted the material he had recorded.
Shortly thereafter, he decided to file the lawsuit believing his First Amendment rights had been violated.
“The argument of the government was that at ports of entry, whether inside or outside, within public view were off-limits to videotape,” he said. “All of us, regardless of whether we’re 1,000 miles inside the United States or on the border, have the right. … the First Amendment gives us the right to document the public actions of law enforcement.”
Ramirez said he did not win any money, nor did he ask for any sum, and that he just wanted justice.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, it has made changes required as part of a settlement including the installation of signs that prohibited the use of cameras in certain public areas.
A spokesperson for the agency issued the following statement, CBP has made the changes in signage that were agreed upon as part of the settlement by February of 2021.
“CBP also has notified its employees of the terms of the settlement, including that, except as provided in the settlement, they may not interfere with visual or audio recording in outdoor, publicly accessible areas at our land ports. It should be noted that the settlement did not impact the agency’s ability to restrict recording in ‘restricted access areas’ of our land port, including indoor facilities and outdoor areas used regularly by CBP employees to process or inspect individuals or vehicles crossing any international border, including any outdoor areas to which members of the public generally do not have access unless they are crossing the United States border.”
Ramirez says he’ll continue to work to hold the agency. He recently penned an op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune in which he detailed his and another similar incident involving a photographer, and other “abusive behavior.”
Ramirez said the settlement is an important milestone that will aid border residents to hold border authorities accountable.
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Two burns victims die in hospital
Two more injured, who were admitted to Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Raichur after they were set on fire on Wednesday, also died of burns on Thursday morning.
The police gave the names of the dead as 62-year-old Siddaramappa and 38-year-old Muthappa.
Two men, 35-year-old Nagappa and 65-year-old Sharanappa Sarur, who were among the four who were set on fire, died on Wednesday.
All the four were from Muddebihal town in Vijayapura district.
The accused, Sharanappa, set all these four people on fire in Chaya Colony, Narayanpur village in Hunsagi taluk of Yadgir district, over a family dispute.
Sharanappa had had a dispute with his wife Huligemma for years and therefore she was living alone. Sharanappa had called all these four men for a discussion to settle the dispute on Wednesday and set them on fire when the talks took a serious turn.
Neighbours rushed to the house after hearing people screaming from inside and broke open the doors as the accused had locked them from outside before he fled the scene.
The police with the help of local people shifted all the four to the taluk hospital in Lingsugur. However, two of the four died in the hospital in Lingsugur, while two were taken to RIMS in Raichur where they died on Thursday morning.
The Narayanpur Police arrested the accused Sharanappa and produced him before court which has sent him in judicial custody.
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Will take action against Seetharam, Lakshminarayana, says Congress disciplinary panel chief
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee disciplinary action committee chairperson K. Rahman Khan on Thursday said notices would be issued to senior leader and former Minister M.R. Seetharam and the former MLC M.D. Lakshminarayana for publicly criticising functioning of KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar.
“No one, irrespective of seniority, should speak badly of the party and internal matters publicly. I have noted remarks made by Mr. Seetharam and Mr. Lakshminarayana. Soon, notices will be issued to them asking why action should not be taken against them,” Mr. Khan, former Union Minister, told reporters here.
A few days ago, Mr. Seetharam had organised a programme with his loyalists and supporters where he lashed out at the State Congress leadership for the “injustice” he had faced. Congress MLA B.K. Sanghamesh and other party office-bearers had attended the meeting.
Mr. Lakshminarayana, the party’s OBC cell chairman, too criticised the functioning of Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar and dubbed them as “unfit”.
“ Prima facie, it looks like an anti-party activity. Be it Mr. Seetharam or someone more senior, we will take disciplinary action,” Mr. Khan warned.
Mr. Khan said as the disciplinary action committee chairman he would issue notices to both the leaders and he was waiting for Mr. Shivakumar to return the city from New Delhi.
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LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kanna Health Ltd (Kanna Health) - Today, the World Intellectual Property Office has published Kanna Health's patent application covering the use of KH-001 as a treatment for premature ejaculation, entitled "Methods for delay of ejaculation in human males" (WO/2022/140417).
KH-001 is a unique proprietary form of a naturally-occurring alkaloid. Scientists at Kanna Health have elucidated the pharmacological targets of KH-001. Based on these data, Kanna Health demonstrated that KH-001 significantly delays ejaculation in a dose-dependent manner. KH-001 exhibits a fast onset of action, enabling a viable on-demand treatment for premature ejaculation, and represents a potential breakthrough in the treatment of a disease with a high unmet medical need.
Kanna Health's President and inventor on the patent application, Dr Ryan Protzko, said "The data in our patent application show that KH-001 has tremendous potential as a treatment for premature ejaculation. The pharmacological profile of our compound is ideally suited to an acute, on-demand medication that treats premature ejaculation."
To date, there are no approved treatments for premature ejaculation in the US.
One of Kanna Health's scientific advisory board members, Dr. Andrea Burri, shared: "Premature ejaculation is a distressing condition, in which men orgasm too quickly before or during sexual intercourse. There are currently no treatments approved by the FDA, even though it affects up to 20% of men. These men report lower levels of sexual functioning and satisfaction, decreased self-esteem, and higher levels of personal distress. Partners of these men also suffer, and report sexual dissatisfaction and frustration, as well as problems in the relationship."
John Boghossian, Kanna Health's CEO, stated: "We are really excited about this data and our development programme for KH-001. Based on the evidence we have to date, we believe KH-001 could represent a major breakthrough in the treatment of premature ejaculation. There is a major unmet medical need for a safe, efficacious on-demand treatment of premature ejaculation. We are advancing KH-001 into clinical development to address that need. This application complements the additional patent applications we have filed protecting KH-001."
About Premature Ejaculation
Premature ejaculation is the most common form of male sexual dysfunction (Carson & Gunn, IJIR, 18, S5-S13 (2006)). Men with premature ejaculation can feel stigmatised, and as a result, the true prevalence is likely to be higher than 20%. In addition to the physical symptoms, premature ejaculation frequently causes anxiety and emotional distress to affected individuals and often adversely impacts the relationship with their sexual partner.
About Kanna Health Ltd
Kanna Health is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Kanna Health is developing novel medicines for areas of unmet medical need, derived from and inspired by the alkaloids found in Sceletium tortuosum (kanna). Kanna has been used for mood and performance enhancement purposes by the San and Khoikhoi communities in South Africa for hundreds of years.
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With $2.8M+ seed funding, including Fortune 500 Japanese Corporation, Asahi Kasei, JustLight is preparing for clinical trials ahead of FDA approval.
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JustLight, a public benefit corporation, announced today it's launching clinical trials for its medical device, Sunflower Rx™, which provides smart photobiomodulation (PBM) treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Photobiomodulation is the medicinal use of red or near-infrared light to heal, repair, and energize cells in our bodies — without negative side effects. Sunflower Rx™ uses specific wavelengths of near-infrared light to bypass the skull and be directly absorbed by the brain.
This revolutionary technology designed by JustLight, in partnership with Light Tree Ventures and Kaiyan Medical, aims to be the world's first FDA-cleared safe and effective Alzheimer's medical device.
"Our patent-pending technology automatically adjusts the LED Light output to replicate clinical parameters, delivering precise and effective photobiomodulation treatment in the comfort of one's home," said JustLight founder Peter Forhan. "We aim to solve the $321 billion Alzheimer's crisis and revolutionize our health care system through universal access to photobiomodulation."
Following a primary investment last year by Fortune 500 Japanese Corporation, Asahi Kasei, JustLight began pilot studies with senior home partner, Nexcare Health Systems, LLC, to better understand possible clinical outcomes of Sunflower use for patients living with Alzheimer's-based dementia. According to Dr. Janet Price, JustLight's Chief Scientific Officer, the pilot program with Nexcare assisted JustLight in identifying possible improvements to the device and routines to better fit customer needs.
"After six weeks of continuous Sunflower use, Nexcare participants reported positive experiences and showed improved or stable cognition scores based on standard clinical measures," Price said. "The majority of mild-moderate individuals experienced an improvement in standardized cognitive test scores in one month of daily use. Participants had improved mood, better communication with staff, and one individual stopped being a fall risk."
JustLight is also making strides with additional company products like Violet, its far UV-C hand-cleaning device which kills germs. A clinical study is underway at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
"We have begun recruitment and subsequent clinical evaluation of Violet at the University of Michigan Hospital," Forhan said. "We expect the completion of this clinical study to be a major step towards earning FDA clearance for UV-C hand sanitation."
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Statement Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
DENVER, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 30, 2022, the Reaves Utility Income Fund (NYSE MKT: UTG) (the "Fund"), a closed-end sector fund, paid a monthly distribution on its common stock of $0.19 per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 17, 2022.
The following table sets forth the estimated amount of the sources of distribution for purposes of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the related rules adopted thereunder. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Fund estimates the following percentages, of the total distribution amount per share, attributable to (i) current and prior fiscal year net investment income, (ii) net realized short-term capital gain, (iii) net realized long-term capital gain and (iv) return of capital or other capital source as a percentage of the total distribution amount. These percentages are disclosed for the current distribution as well as the fiscal year-to-date cumulative distribution amount per share for the Fund.
The timing and character of distributions for federal income tax purposes are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. As such, all or a portion of this distribution may be reportable as taxable income on your 2022 federal income tax return. The final tax character of any distribution declared in 2022 will be determined in January 2023 and reported to you on IRS Form 1099-DIV.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this 19(a) Notice are only estimates and not for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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NEW YORK — A portrait filled the last vacancy on the photo wall at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Wednesday, concluding the almost 16-year-long project to memorialize the hundreds killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Antonio Dorsey Pratt's portrait, provided through Voices Center for Resilience, an organization started after 9/11 that is dedicated to remembering the victims, was hung on the wall. Pratt was an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald Forte Food Service on the 101st floor of the north tower of the old World Trade Center.
“This is a chapter in the sense that we were able to provide the last missing photograph for the exhibit,” said Mary Fetchet, director of Voices Center for Resilience.
Alice Greenwald, CEO of the memorial and museum, said Pratt's photo marked the completion “of a process that began almost 16 years ago when we began work on just even imagining what the 9/11 Memorial & Museum would be and what it would contain.”
Pratt's photo is blurry because “in order to focus on his beautiful face, a lot of work had to be done to zero in and enlarge and enlarge to the point where it could be appropriate for the scale of the installation,” Greenwald said.
The image is still recognizable despite all the enhancements, Greenwald said.
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Round Led by JW Asset Management to Advance House of Brands Strategy
Tyson 2.0 is Licensed in over 20 States and has Sold Over 4,000 lbs of Cannabis Flower
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tyson 2.0 ("The Company"), iconic boxer, entrepreneur and cannabis advocate Mike Tyson's cannabis brand, has taken the nation by storm by becoming a consumer favorite in over 20 US states and Canada since its launch late last year. In that time, Tyson 2.0 has sold over 4,000 pounds of cannabis flower across North America. Today, the Company announced the close of its oversubscribed $9 Million Series A round led by JW Asset Management. Additional investors in the round include K2, Ambria Capital, Tress Capital, and Patrick Carroll.
Tyson 2.0 Co-founder, President and Chairman, Chad Bronstein said, "Mike Tyson and our team believed early on that building high-quality cannabis brands and products backed by A-list celebrities would be a winning combination. Our model has shown early validation with robust sales and expansion of the brand to more than 20 states including several of the world's leading operators. The next step in our journey will require us to put more capital to work, and I couldn't think of a better set of partners than the group of investors we have assembled, highlighted by Jason Wild and the team at JW Asset Management."
The raised funds will be used to acquire more celebrity intellectual property, scale marketing efforts, accelerate distribution, and further invest in the development of Tyson 2.0's house of brands strategy.
"I've had the pleasure of working with and knowing Chad and Adam for many years. I am impressed with how quickly they have scaled the business becoming one of the leading national cannabis brands on the market today. With the ability to develop additional products from celebrities like Mike Tyson, Ric Flair, and more to come, I am confident the strong momentum can continue," said Jason Wild, President and Chief Investment Officer, JW Asset Management.
Tyson 2.0 is also pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Cosby as its Chief Legal and Licensing Officer. Cosby also served as Chief Data and Compliance Officer of Fyllo Group and prior to this, held the position of Senior Vice President of Standards at Publicis Group. Cosby is an attorney by trade and has a background in digital advertising/data policy and brand strategy/licensing.
Bronstein concluded, "This is just the beginning, Tyson 2.0 is being sought out by some of the hottest pop culture icons who are cannabis advocates and users, and want the opportunity to share their love of the plant with their fans."
For more information on Tyson 2.0, visit Tyson20.com. Tyson 2.0-branded merchandise is available for purchase at shoptyson20.com.
About JW Asset Management
JW Asset Management is a New York based fund manager with combined assets under management of approximately $1 billion. Jason Wild, the firm's founder and Chief Investment Officer, is a registered pharmacist and Executive Chairman of TerrAscend Corp (CSE:TER,OTCQX:TRSSF). JW Asset Management has a history of finding attractive investment opportunities across the healthcare and cannabis industries and actively invests in both public and private markets.
About Tyson 2.0
Tyson 2.0 is a premier cannabis company formed with legendary boxer, entrepreneur and icon Mike Tyson. The company's mission is to produce innovative, high-quality cannabis products known for purity, precision, and wide accessibility. Providing consumers an outstanding selection of products, Tyson 2.0 is an extraordinary balance of premium and affordable, full-spectrum cannabis flower, concentrates and consumables available at retailers nationwide. Learn more at Tyson20.com.
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16X Best in KLAS award-winning technology announces latest advancements to simplify healthcare payments for providers and patients
LOUISVILLE, Ky. and ATLANTA and SALT LAKE CITY, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Waystar, the leading provider of healthcare payments software, today announces new technologies and capabilities to drive better outcomes for providers and patients. These advancements are critical to addressing the industry's most pressing challenges in a market saturated with aging technology.
"As providers work tirelessly to overcome staffing shortages, deliver financial clarity for patients and manage unpredictable revenue, leveraging proven technology is essential to succeeding," said Matt Hawkins, CEO, Waystar. "Waystar continues to deliver on our long-standing commitment to simplify healthcare payments, giving providers the confidence to focus on what matters most, their patients and communities."
This year alone, Waystar's healthcare payments platform is on pace to out-deliver the industry with innovations, including the following latest advancements:
- Intelligent Automation: Waystar's Probability of Payment capability leverages proprietary algorithms to automatically prioritize claim denial recovery. Equipping providers with data-driven insights enables them to focus on appeals with the highest likelihood of being successfully paid. With staffing shortages increasing and 65% of denials never worked, Waystar empowers providers to maximize productivity and financial performance.
- Patient Payment Clarity: Waystar's patient financial experience solution suite provides unparalleled payment transparency to patients and providers. By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA) and advanced analytics, providers can deliver pre-service estimates for all patients, including self-pay and uninsured patients, while allowing easy payment options like text-to-pay and Apple Pay. In light of 51% of patients skipping or delaying necessary care due to cost, Waystar's platform offers patients the payment clarity they need to seek care.
- Financial Performance: At an unmatched pace in the industry, Waystar's data scientists architect thousands of personalized charge capture data models to continually yield new revenue opportunities with exceptional accuracy. Additionally, Waystar's platform automatically detects unknown insurance coverage prior to claim submission to reduce denials and increase reimbursements. With operating margins down 45.6%, Waystar's platform enables providers to capture revenue and reduce bad debt.
To learn more about the company's latest comprehensive innovations, visit Waystar's Innovation Overview.
Waystar delivers innovative technology that simplifies and unifies healthcare payments. The company's cloud-based platform helps healthcare providers across all care settings streamline workflows, improve financial performance and bring more transparency to the patient financial experience. Waystar solutions have been named Best in KLAS or Category Leader by KLAS Research 16 times (across multiple product categories) and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book. The Waystar platform is used by more than half a million providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans—and integrates with all major hospital information and practice management systems. On an annual basis, Waystar's AI-powered solutions process $5B in patient payments, generate $4B in out-of-pocket estimates and process claims representing approximately 40% of the U.S. patient population. For more information, visit www.waystar.com.
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Sundby brings vast experience in safe, scientifically proven drug deactivation and disposal to foundation's educational efforts on drug misuse
MINNETONKA, Minn., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc. — maker of the Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System — announced that its chairman and CEO, Jason Sundby, has joined the board of directors for the DEA Educational Foundation as an Ex Officio Board Member.
Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to educate the public on the costs and consequences of illegal drugs in our society. Through positive youth programs, drug awareness events and seminars, support of the DEA traveling exhibit, "Drugs: Costs and Consequences," and more, the foundation aims to raise awareness about the negative impacts of drug misuse and abuse in the U.S. and around the world.
Since 2015, Sundby has served as chairman and CEO of Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc., which is dedicated to reducing drug misuse and environmental harm through permanent drug deactivation and disposal. Under Sundby's leadership, Deterra Pouches have safely destroyed more than 806 million medications with the goal of fully deactivating 1 billion pills by 2023. The Verde team has also received the 2018 CADCA Humanitarian of the Year Award and a 2021 SEAL Business Sustainability Award for its dedication to reducing drug misuse and its sustainability efforts.
"We have worked with Jason and his team for many years, and his vast and varied experience in the world of safe disposal will be a perfect fit for our board," says William F. Alden, Chairman of the board of directors at the DEA Educational Foundation.
Verde has partnered with the DEA Educational Foundation since 2018 to raise awareness about the importance of safe and permanent drug disposal. In 2020, the DEA Educational Foundation officially endorsed Deterra as the most trusted, scientifically proven deactivation and disposal product on the market.
"I'm honored to be invited to join the DEA Educational Foundation's board," said Sundby. "Public education is key to fighting the ongoing drug epidemic in our country, and I look forward to being part of the foundation's efforts to reach communities about the consequences of drug use."
Minneapolis-based Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc., is a privately owned company committed to developing research based scientifically proven solutions to reduce drug abuse, misuse and negative environmental impact. The patented Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System is powered by proprietary activated carbon, which permanently deactivates drugs. Deterra is highly effective in adsorbing and firmly binding drugs, rendering them inert, unavailable for misuse and safe for the environment. Visit DeterraSystem.com to learn more.
The DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2001 to educate the public on the many consequences of illegal drugs. Currently, the DEA Educational Foundation hosts the National Youth Dance, Youth Baseball and Martial Arts Programs, as well as many other community and youth programs such as art, basketball, fishing, soccer, and more as a positive and healthy alternative to drug abuse. In addition, The Foundation spearheads educational events, seminars and trainings providing the public with critical education about the dangers of drug abuse and misuse. For more information please visit: https://www.deaeducationalfoundation.org/about/about-the-foundation
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After five years, celebrated video game Cuphead has another offering: The Delicious Last Course. The original game won legions of fans with sumptuous animation hand-drawn on paper in the style of 1930s cartoons, complete with a roaring big band soundtrack. Now, after a Netflix show, a comic book series, and a few middle-grade novels, the game has new downloadable content that's just as gorgeous, imaginative, and brutally difficult as before.
Tough-as-nails crockery
If you've been playing Elden Ring over the past few months as I have, you know what it's like to fight the same boss a hundred times. The surging joy you feel when overcoming a challenge that initially seems impossible. Beating Elden Ring is a badge of honor to gamers.
Cuphead, initially released in 2017, is a run-and-gun platformer that's just as punishing and rewarding. It follows two walking, talking pieces of dishware, Cuphead and Mugman, who gambled at a casino and lost their souls to the devil. Always one to bargain, the devil indicates that they can stave off damnation by collecting "soul contracts" from bosses that range from a pair of boxing frogs to a giant mermaid who transforms into a snake-haired medusa.
If that sounds surreal – that's very much the point. The game emulates the lunacy of 1930s cartoons, and even replicates production techniques of the era. Cuphead's animators spend years drawing each frame on paper before their drawings spring to life in glorious technicolor gameplay. Stir in a frantic score recorded by a real life big band orchestra, and you've got an aesthetic feast unlike any in the business.
Returning to form
The game's popularity led to a lackluster Netflix spinoff show – which features digital animation trying to pass itself off as 1930s technique. With predictable plots and half-baked humor, the show didn't make me laugh once in three episodes. I can safely say that Cuphead is much better as a video game inspired by cartoons than as an actual cartoon.
Blessedly, we've finally got more game to enjoy. After five years and plenty of painstaking labor, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is available to download. It adds a new area, new weapons, new charms, and a new playable character, Ms. Chalice, who first appeared as a damsel-in-distress in the original game.
Get ready for another loony premise: Cuphead and Mugman met a ghostly Ms. Chalice when they rescued her from a vase in a mausoleum. In The Delicious Last Course, Ms. Chalice finds a way to regain her corporeal form by feeding an "Astral Cookie" to either Cuphead or Mugman – temporarily swapping bodies with them. She introduces the pair to Saltbaker, a burly salt-shaker who is also a baker (naturally). Your goal is to complete his "Wondertart" recipe to permanently bring Ms. Chalice back to life by collecting baking ingredients guarded by five main bosses.
A kaleidoscope of surreal bosses
Each of the five main bosses are so arrestingly animated and visually interesting that it's worth trying and failing against them dozens of times just to soak it in. There's a cherry-nosed giant whose beard carpets the ground like snow. He'll open his mouth to reveal gnomes stirring a cauldron of goop to fling at you. During his next phase he rips off his beard and dons huge hand puppets to pummel you with.
Another boss battle is a literal "dogfight." You have to balance on a small plane as a bulldog pilot flings bones at you. During the last phase, the canine's aircraft itself turns into a menacing enemy. Another fight pits you against a gang of bugs. It begins with a bow-tied spider who speeds around the map, leaving webbed bombs in your path. Defeat him and you'll face a fashionable firefly who dances to a gramophone that radiates painful lasers. The final phase involves an anteater who's so big you can only damage his snout as he tries to lick you to death.
While The Delicious Last Course has plenty of challenges – including an optional gauntlet of fights based around anthropomorphic chess pieces – playing as Ms. Chalice gives you a new way to beat them. Unlike Cuphead and Mugman, Ms. Chalice has a distinct double-jump, special dash, and invincible roll. You can play as her through the original game too, giving old players a new reason to dive in again.
I've never been the type to torture myself with video games. So when games like Elden Ring and Cuphead were released, I didn't expect to enjoy them, let alone get good at them. They're both great games, I just didn't think they were for me. I was totally wrong. Every minute is rewarding, and you can always learn from your mistakes to get better. The Delicious Last course offers even more of that scrumptious gameplay–and for $7.99, it's a bargain meal.
Cuphead, The Delicious Last Course was released today on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC.
Kaity Kline is an assistant producer at NPR's Morning Edition and reviews video games for Join the Game. She tweets @KaityKline
James Perkins Mastromarino contributed to this review.
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Machine Gun Kelly just went from "bloody valentine" to a bloody injury.
After performing at New York's Madison Square Garden on June 28 as part of his Mainstream Sellout Tour, the musician decided to celebrate with a glass of champagne at an after-party. But instead of raising his glass for a toast, MGK took the flute and smashed it into his forehead, saying, "Bro, I don't give a s--t." Blood immediately started dripping down his face.
"You know when you clink a champagne glass with a fork to get people's attention?" Machine Gun Kelly said on the June 29 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. "Yeah, I didn't have a fork, so I just clinked it on my head."
Still, the artist seemed unfazed and began performing his hit "my ex's best friend," writing on Instagram, "F--k it." In fact, Machine Gun Kelly shared footage from the moment the shocking incident occurred on social media, writing to his 9.6 million Instagram followers "and this is when things turned…" He also posted a close-up of this wounds and said, "Gross."
But the incident won't be the only thing Machine Gun Kelly remembers from his trip to NYC. In addition to playing a sold-out show at MSG, he also lit up the Empire State Building pink in celebration of his new documentary Life in Pink and got to visit the top of the skyscraper. As he joked to Seth Meyers, "Thank god I didn't have a champagne glass up there."
The late-night host then pointed out that the last time the "Emo Girl" star was on his show was right after he cut his hand from smashing his guitar at the 2021 MTV VMAs. Machine Gun Kelly then quipped, "Yeah I'm going to start having doctors around me every time I have Seth Meyers on my schedule."
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President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights,” Biden said during a press conference in Madrid, where he was attending a NATO summit. The Democratic president said there should be an “exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision.”
As a former senator, Biden has been reluctant to support changes to the filibuster, which allows any member of the 100-member chamber to block action on legislation unless it receives 60 votes. However, earlier this year he endorsed sidestepping the rule on the issue of voting rights, and his latest comments make clear that he’s willing to do the same for abortion.
Biden’s support for changes to the filibuster in the 50-50 Senate may ultimately be immaterial. The Senate Democratic caucus would need to unanimously take such a step, but at least two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, don’t want to.
The president has been under pressure to take as much executive action as possible to protect abortion rights, although his options are limited. Biden said he’s meeting Friday with governors to talk about abortion and “I’ll have announcements to make then.”
During Thursday’s news conference, Biden harshly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and reiterated his warnings that other constitutional protections could be at risk.
“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States in overruling not only Roe v. Wade but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he said.
Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders said was vital to protecting democracy collapsed in January when Manchin and Sinema refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster. The outcome was a stinging defeat for Biden and his party, coming at the tumultuous close to his first year in office. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw--20220630-7v33ipgrmzcxrfiz2ycxmvebia-story.html | 2022-06-30T14:53:34Z | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw--20220630-7v33ipgrmzcxrfiz2ycxmvebia-story.html | true |
Topline
At a press conference in Madrid at the conclusion of a summit of NATO leaders on Thursday, President Joe Biden focused on pledging ongoing support for Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia but made the biggest waves when he called for an “exception” to the Senate’s filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade into law.
Key Facts
Biden called the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last Friday that allows states to ban abortions “outrageous” during the press conference.
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law and the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden said Thursday.
The remainder of Biden’s press conference centered on Russia’s impact on global security, and he said the U.S. will “stick with Ukraine as long as it takes.”
The war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine February 24 “will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine,” Biden said.
Biden also took a potshot at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying Thursday the Russian leader is “getting exactly what he did not want,” and that Putin “wanted the Finlandization of NATO, [but]
he got the NATO-ization of Finland,” referring to the historically neutral Finland and Sweden’s historic move to join NATO’s ranks.Key Background
A leaked draft opinion released by Politico May 3 showed the Supreme Court had voted to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision on Friday. More than a dozen states have already unveiled abortion bans, though bans in several states, including Texas, are on hold after being blocked by state judges. Biden said last Friday overturning Roe v. Wade marked a “sad day for the Court and for the country.” Biden had not said before he wanted Roe v. Wade to be codified into federal law, but his administration had previously voiced support for women’s right to travel across states for abortions and abortion medications.
Tangent
This week’s NATO summit saw the military alliance officially extend an invitation to Finland and Sweden to join NATO. A joint statement from NATO leaders Wednesday called Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to NATO countries. Biden pledged Wednesday to permanently increase American military presence in eastern Europe, including establishing a permanent base in Poland, the U.S.’ first in eastern Europe. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday the alliance would permanently increase its high readiness troop presence from 40,000 to more than 300,000, though NATO military officials told CNN Thursday it was not a promise from Stoltenberg but rather a hope. Putin accused NATO Wednesday of having “imperial ambitions” for admitting Finland and Sweden, though he clarified Russia doesn’t “have problems with Sweden and Finland like we do with Ukraine.”
Big Number
About $54 billion. That’s how much aid the U.S. has provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, including about $12 billion in weapons.
Surprising Fact
Biden faces increasing pessimism domestically as recession fears grow, according to a poll released Wednesday from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey among 1,053 American adults found that just 39% approve of the job Biden’s done as president, down from 61% when he took office. The poll also found 85% of respondents believe the U.S. is on the wrong track.
Further Reading
Roe V. Wade Overturned: Supreme Court Overturns Landmark Abortion Decision, Lets States Ban Abortion (Forbes)
Roe V. Wade Overturned: Here’s When States Will Start Banning Abortion—And Which Already Have (Forbes)
Overturning Roe V. Wade: Here’s How It Could Impact Fertility Treatments And IVF (Forbes)
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Women in Identity announces appointment of new Board members as growth in membership doubles and identity inclusion takes centre stage around the globe
LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the need for inclusion and diversity in the creation of identity solutions has driven demand, Women in Identity (WiD) has more than doubled its membership since its founding in 2019. In recognition of this growth, WiD has expanded its board of directors to include leaders with the skills and experiences to steward WiD through this next phase of growth. The new appointments to the board, which is comprised 100% of women includes, trustees Christine Bassarab, Kay Chopard, Kimberly Sutherland, Louise Maynard-Atem and Melissa Carvalho, alongside Executive Director, Kate Oldham and board liaison, Laura Barrowcliff. Emma Lindley, a co-founder of WiD, will continue to serve as Chair.
More than a billion people have no official proof of identity, according to the World Bank1. Difficulty proving identity and using identity systems disproportionately affects members of specific groups, including women, ethnic minorities, older and younger people, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities and those with low income. Representing 32 countries, WiD's global team, its volunteers and membership are driving the digital identity industry to build inclusive identity solutions that enable civic, social, and economic empowerment around the world. In a study conducted by McKinsey in 2019 it is stated that providing digital IDs at a national level could increase GDP by 3 to 13 percent by 20302.
According to Emma Lindley, co-founder of WiD, the organisation's dramatic growth has led to the creation of the only curated identity jobs board to enable more diversity in the industry. "The jobs board features opportunities for our members by highlighting open positions from establishments that want to have diverse teams."
WiD has also delivered the first part of its ground breaking research into inclusion in identity product development. That research is currently focused on digital identity in financial services, seeking to create a practical and pragmatic guide to the development of more diverse and inclusive digital identity solutions. "Our global team and volunteers have made this happen," said Lindley, who merited an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2022 for her work in broadening diversity and inclusion in the digital identity industry.
"I would like to thank the current Board members Pam Dingle and Colette D'Alessandro for their time and commitment. I am looking forward to working with our newest Board members who are an incredibly talented group of leaders who will take us forward and support our plans for growth. There has never been a more important time to do the work we do in the identity industry," added Lindley.
Women in Identity (WiD) is a non-profit membership organisation that promotes parity with respect to opportunity, reward, recognition, and professional mobility in the identity industry and works toward building digital identity solutions built by everyone for everyone. Registered in the United Kingdom and the United States, WiD is governed by a global executive Board of Directors. The organisation hosts a jobs board and workshops, provides research and best practices for the digital identity industry, and participates in industry-wide events. Run predominantly by a volunteer team, WiD depends on corporate support through sponsorships to fund its activities. Among its corporate sponsors are Onfido, RBC, KPMG, GBG, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and Microsoft.
1. The World Bank ID4D https://id4d.worldbank.org/global-dataset
2. McKinsey 2019 – Digital identification: A key to inclusive growth
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Homes is proud to announce that it has earned a 2022 ENERGY STAR® Market Leader Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of its contribution to building energy-efficient new homes that have earned ENERGY STAR certification. ENERGY STAR certified homes are at least 10 percent more energy efficient than those built to code and achieve a 20 percent improvement on average while providing homeowners with better quality, performance and comfort.
The Market Leader Award recognizes partners participating in EPA's ENERGY STAR Residential New Construction program who have made a significant positive impact in energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building or verifying at least 50 ENERGY STAR certified homes or by sponsoring a local program that supported these activities over the past year.
"Our 2022 Market Leader Award winners demonstrate true leadership in bringing energy efficiency to the residential new construction marketplace," said Jonathan Passe, Chief of the ENERGY STAR Residential Branch.
"We are so proud of our on-going commitment and continued growth as a 100 percent ENERGY STAR® Certified home builder," said Sean Junker, President & COO of Providence Homes. "Today, we are designing and building the highest quality and most energy-efficient homes we have ever built at Providence Homes."
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Providence Homes is committed to providing the highest standards of residential construction in northeast Florida. For over 30 years Providence Homes has pledged to make a difference in the industry by building every home with the same detail and commitment to excellence they would with their own. Since becoming an ENERGY STAR® partner, Providence Homes has built more than 1,900 ENERGY STAR® homes helping Jacksonville families save over $7.5 million in energy bills.
ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its thousands of partners have helped American families and businesses save 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, avoid more than $500 billion in energy costs, and achieve 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR can be found at energystar.gov/about and energystar.gov/numbers.
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Supreme Court limits EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
The court’s ruling could complicate the administration’s plans to combat climate change. Its proposal to regulate power plant emissions is expected by the end of the year.
President Joe Biden aims to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to have an emissions-free power sector by 2035. Power plants account for roughly 30% of carbon dioxide output.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”
Kagan said the stakes in the case are high. She said, “The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decisionmaker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening.”
The justices heard arguments in the case on the same day that a United Nations panel’s report warned that the effects of climate change are about to get much worse, likely making the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and more dangerous in the coming years.
The power plant case has a long and complicated history that begins with the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. That plan would have required states to reduce emissions from the generation of electricity, mainly by shifting away from coal-fired plants.
But that plan never took effect. Acting in a lawsuit filed by West Virginia and others, the Supreme Court blocked it in 2016 by a 5-4 vote, with conservatives in the majority.
With the plan on hold, the legal fight over it continued. But after President Donald Trump took office, the EPA repealed the Obama-era plan. The agency argued that its authority to reduce carbon emissions was limited and it devised a new plan that sharply reduced the federal government’s role in the issue.
New York, 21 other mainly Democratic states, the District of Columbia and some of the nation’s largest cities sued over the Trump plan. The federal appeals court in Washington ruled against both the repeal and the new plan, and its decision left nothing in effect while the new administration drafted a new policy.
Adding to the unusual nature of the high court’s involvement, the reductions sought in the Obama plan by 2030 already have been achieved through the market-driven closure of hundreds of coal plants.
Power plant operators serving 40 million people called on the court to preserve the companies’ flexibility to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable service. Prominent businesses that include Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Tesla also backed the administration.
Nineteen mostly Republican-led states and coal companies led the fight at the Supreme Court against broad EPA authority to regulate carbon output.
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Associated Press writers Matthew Daly and Cathy Bussewitz in New York contributed to this report.
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PETACH-TIKVA, Israel, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eltek Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELTK), a global manufacturer and supplier of technologically advanced solutions in the field of printed circuit boards, reported today that it has resumed making deliveries to its customers after a fire in one of the production rooms in the Company's plant in Petach-Tikva. The Company is utilizing an alternative production line to complete its production process while continuing its efforts to complete the repair of the damaged production line. The Company is in communication with its customers in order to prioritize deliveries and avoid critical delays.
About Eltek
Eltek – "Innovation Across the Board", is a global manufacturer and supplier of technologically advanced solutions in the field of printed circuit boards (PCBs), and is the Israeli leader in this industry. PCBs are the core circuitry of most electronic devices. Eltek specializes in the manufacture and supply of complex and high quality PCBs, HDI, multilayered and flex-rigid boards for the high-end market. Eltek is ITAR compliant and has AS-9100 and NADCAP Electronics certifications. Its customers include leading companies in the defense, aerospace and medical industries in Israel, the United States, Europe and Asia.
Forward Looking Statement
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to statements regarding its production of printed circuit boards, expected results in future quarters, risks in product and technology development and rapid technological change, product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the sales cycle, changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Current President and Chief Wellness Officer begins new role leading GENYOUth's mission of building healthier school communities and promoting the health and well-being of America's youth
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GENYOUth, the national nonprofit organization that creates healthier school communities, today announced the appointment of Ann Marie Krautheim, M.A., R.D., L.D., to Chief Executive Officer by its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2022. Krautheim, who joined GENYOUth in 2012 and has served as president and chief wellness officer for the past decade, succeeds Alexis Glick, the organization's first CEO. Krautheim will lead GENYOUth's strategic vision, partnerships, and programs in support of the organization's mission of creating healthier school communities and empowering youth to lead change. Her work in building partnerships with corporations, schools, professional sports leagues, education, government, health professional, and nutrition and fitness organizations has been instrumental in driving GENYOUth's growth from a start-up to a leading non-profit -- raising over $200 million to support and generate measurable results nationwide for youth and school wellness programs.
"On behalf of the GENYOUth Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Ann Marie Krautheim as our new CEO," said Barbara O'Brien, GENYOUth Board Chair; President & CEO, Dairy Management Inc.; and President & CEO, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. "Ann Marie has the vision and commitment to take GENYOUth's critical work to the next level. In particular, hunger and food insecurity are causes that are near and dear to the hearts of America's dairy farmers, and the ongoing work of GENYOUth to end student hunger is of growing importance," added O'Brien.
"The NFL is proud of our partnership with GENYOUth over the past decade, which continues to have an extraordinary impact on the well-being of millions of youth across the nation through Fuel Up to Play 60, the largest school-based health and wellness program in the country, and NFL FLAG-In-Schools. Ann Marie's leadership as CEO will further ensure that GENYOUth remains integral in our shared commitment to champion physical activity, sound nutrition and healthy lifestyles for children," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
"I am honored to be named CEO of GENYOUth. GENYOUth has made great strides in our first decade with the incredible support of our founding partners, America's Dairy Farmers and the NFL, and additional purpose-minded partners who share our mission. As this is such a pivotal time for youth and schools, I am committed to continued action to ensure that students, particularly those in high-need communities, are nourished, active and supported," said Krautheim.
A registered dietitian, and the mother of two sons, Krautheim has a high regard for science, agriculture, food and fitness, and their connection to health and wellness among youth. An authority on child wellness, she serves on the boards of state and regional professional associations and is an advisory board member for YMCA Storer Camps. She has received numerous honors including the prestigious Anita Owen Award for Innovation in Nutrition Education from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Krautheim has been pivotal in generating grant funding support for GENYOUth's flagship program, Fuel Up to Play 60, which reaches 73,000 schools and over 38 million kids. She helped facilitate GENYOUth becoming a founding partner in former First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move Active Schools" initiative. Krautheim has led GENYOUth's multi-tiered fundraising efforts and initiatives to End Student Hunger to increase access to and participation in school meals for the 30 million U.S. students who are reliant on school nutrition programs.
"Ann Marie has a deep expertise in critical areas of youth wellness, and a passion for youth leadership. Her vision and expertise will take GENYOUth into its next chapter of building healthier school communities," said Dr. David Satcher, 16th U.S. Surgeon General, and an Emeritus Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors.
"Edelman has been proud to advance the work GENYOUth is doing through its programs and initiatives to support healthier school communities nationwide, and to elevate the youth voice -- most especially in the challenging years of 2020 and 2021. Ann Marie was an integral part of that important journey as GENYOUth's President and Chief Wellness Officer, so in her new role as CEO, I am even more excited to see her leadership further GENYOUth's mission in serving our communities, and empowering our nation's youth to drive change," said Richard Edelman, Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors; CEO, Edelman; Chairman, Daniel J. Edelman Holdings.
"Ann Marie has a deep understanding of the urgent concerns -- and needs of school nutrition programs -- as we prepare to nourish students and address hunger in the coming school year. I appreciate her dedication in working to identify public-private partnerships that are helping schools, and producing measurable increases in school meal participation," said Manish P. Singh, Director of Food Services Division, Los Angeles Unified School District.
"I don't think it's possible to over-state the importance of cultivating the health and well-being of our next generation. As we emerge from the pandemic, serious challenges to child health remain -- caused by everything from ongoing food insecurity to rising income inequality. Ann Marie's important work leading GENYOUth will be beyond essential in serving the critical needs of our nation's most underserved youth," said Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS; Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors; James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair - Senior Vice President of Medicine and Dean, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
For more information on GENYOUth, visit www.genyouthnow.org.
GENYOUth is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that creates healthier school communities. We convene a network of private and public partners, including Fortune 100 companies and foundations, to raise funds for youth wellness initiatives that give youth the inspiration, motivation, and programs to be healthy high-achieving students. GENYOUth's flagship program, Fuel Up to Play 60, enrolls over 73,000 U.S. schools, reaching over 38 million students. Our school nutrition grants increase access to healthy school meals among food insecure students. NFL FLAG-In-Schools is GENYOUth's fastest growing program with over 25,000 school communities reaching over 15 million students. AdVenture Capital brings out the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of students with the support of corporate mentors to solve real world problems. And starting in 2021, GENYOUth is the official charitable partner of Taste of the NFL, a purpose-driven Super Bowl culinary experience that raises awareness and generates funds to fight hunger and food insecurity to support the organization's commitment to end student hunger.
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The new leading-edge design reimagines the kitchen faucet
KOHLER, Wis., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kohler, a global leader in the manufacture and innovation of kitchen and bathroom products, launches the new, Purist Suspend Kitchen Faucet. The Purist Suspend pushes the boundaries of traditional kitchen faucet design by mounting from the ceiling for a striking aesthetic and unrivaled performance. Consistent with the existing Purist product family, Purist Suspend is minimalist, sleek, and continues to expand the possibilities of innovative design.
The faucet's hose is mounted on the ceiling with a precise pivoting arm that can be adjusted to any preferred hanging height for 8' to 10' ceilings and stays at the height previously used. A swing arm offers 180 degrees of rotation, allowing for easy and convenient placement over the sink. The spray head is weighted to help eliminate excess swaying or splashing.
The Purist Suspend is controlled by a wireless and water-resistant remote puck with an intuitive interface. The puck can be placed anywhere in the kitchen, maintains a battery life of one month, and can be used while charging. Kohler marries this stunning form with the functionality synonymous with the brand's kitchen faucet offerings. The Purist Suspend offers various spray options to enhance the user experience including Sweep Spray, a powerful prep and cleaning spray, Pause Technology, a button that allows users to pause the water flow to move the spray head without a mess, Boost Technology, a boot of faster water for filling pots and cleaning, and MasterClean spray face, and easy-to-clean spray face that withstands mineral buildup.
The faucet is available in Polished Chrome, Vibrant Stainless, Matte Black, and Vibrant Brushed Moderne Brass to complement a variety of home styles. For more information, please visit kohler.com.
About Kohler Co.
Founded in 1873 and headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin, Kohler Co. is one of America's oldest and largest privately held companies comprised of more than 40,000 associates. With more than 50 manufacturing locations worldwide, Kohler is a global leader in the design, innovation and manufacture of kitchen and bath products; luxury cabinetry, tile, and lighting; engines, generators, and clean energy solutions; and owner/operator of two, five-star hospitality and golf resort destinations in Kohler, Wisconsin, and St. Andrews, Scotland. Kohler's Whistling Straits golf course recently hosted the 43rd Ryder Cup. The company also develops solutions to address pressing issues, such as clean water and sanitation, for underserved communities around the world to enhance the quality of life for current and future generations. For more details, please visit kohlercompany.com.
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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As Yuval David heard his name called upon during the 64th Capital Emmy Awards, he immediately started dancing. David, a Jewish LGBTQ activist, won the Emmy for Talent – Program Host/Moderator/Correspondent for his "One Actor Short" series.
The series showcases a unique approach to man-on-the-street filmmaking with remarkable creativity, stepping into public areas and assembling a diverse cross-section of humanity – spontaneously casting them as actors in his film. He creates an opportunity for them to be playful and spontaneous on camera, which David refers to as "turning a space into a brave space."
"I'm very excited to have won this Emmy award," an ecstatic David said at the Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter. "Getting an award is very meaningful. It does feel wonderful to be recognized and acknowledged for my work. But to do the work, to collaborate with others, is the best reward. I'm so thankful to all of the people who have joined me on this journey."
This radically innovative and bold series includes four different publicly viewable episodes—a crime procedural drama, a romantic comedy, a sports film and an end-of-the-world film. "One Actor Short" has become a festival favorite, winning over 55 awards in international film festivals.
As David's career grows as an actor, host, director and filmmaker, he is making a difference each day as a socio-political activist. Recently, he met with government officials in the nation's capital to find ways to rescue LGBTQ individuals internationally, who are being persecuted and need help escaping dangerous situations.
He is active in the fight to stop the rise of hatred toward Jews. David regularly speaks and advocates on behalf of marginalized people and communities, including focusing on self-expression through art and creativity in pursuit of social change.
"One Actor Short" has been featured and recognized as a winner in numerous international film festivals, including The Big Apple Film Festival, NYC Independent Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Film Festival, and Hollywood Just4Shorts Film Competition, Top Shorts Film Festival, Vegas CineFest International Film Festival, IndieFest, Accolade Global Film Festival, Best Shorts Film Festival, New York Film Awards, Kosice International Film Festival, and Prague International Film Festival, among others.
The "One Actor Short" series can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube.
As an actor, David plays leading roles in film, television, theatre, web and digital media, as well as voiceovers. His acting roles include leading and guest star roles on NBC, ABC, CBS, Showtime, Disney, DreamWorks, Comedy Central, countless independent films, Broadway, off-Broadway, theatres across the U.S. and abroad, including film festivals and theatre festivals.
As a filmmaker, David directs, writes, and produces feature length and short films, documentaries, web-series as well as digital and episodic TV content. His other narrative and documentary films and episodic series, including web-series, have also been awarded numerous awards, including Best Film, Best Short, Best Series, and for Yuval specifically as Best Director, Best Actor, Best Producer, and Best Writer in national and international film festivals.
As a TV host and presenter, David focuses on social, political, humanitarian, food, travel, cultural and entertainment programming. His work is seen on network television, documentary films, web series, at live events, and regularly as a commentator on news programs.
Yuval David is an Emmy award-winning actor, host, director and filmmaker who has won over 100 international film festival awards. His work is seen across entertainment and media. He is an active leader in the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities, advocating and advancing socio-political initiatives, working alongside government officials and non-governmental organizations to save people in life-threatening situations.
David is the Director of Mobilization for the End Jew Hatred movement, is on multiple councils, boards, and collaborates with prestigious organizations GLAAD, HRC, The National LGBTQ Task Force, The Shoah Foundation, JewBelong, Rainbow Railroad, Freedom House, Dignity LGBTQI, the Creative Community for Peace, and the Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance, among others. He is active across social media, including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Linkedin.
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Supreme Court rules Biden can end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Published: Jun. 30, 2022 at 10:26 AM EDT|Updated: 26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
The justices’ 5-4 decision for the administration came in a case about the “Remain in Mexico” policy under President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden suspended the program on his first day in office in January 2021. But lower courts ordered it reinstated in response to a lawsuit from Republican-led Texas and Missouri. The current administration has sent far fewer people back to Mexico than did the Trump administration.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates.
The Barry Callebaut company said Thursday that its plant in Wieze – which it says is the world’s largest chocolate factory – shut down all production lines as a precaution while the contamination is investigated.
Barry Callebaut produces chocolate for multiple brands sold around the world.
The salmonella was detected Monday, and all chocolate products made at the plant were placed on hold pending investigation, the company said. It identified lecithin, an emulsifier routinely used in making chocolates, as the source of the contamination.
The company said it informed Belgian food safety authorities and is contacting customers who might have contaminated products in their possession.
It is unclear whether any consumers have reported being sickened by the chocolates.
Earlier this year, at least 200 reported cases of salmonella were believed linked to chocolate Easter eggs made in another Belgian plant operated by Italian company Ferrero. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/belgium-chocolate-factory-shut-after-salmonella-infection/ | 2022-06-30T15:05:52Z | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/belgium-chocolate-factory-shut-after-salmonella-infection/ | true |
A man was taken to hospital following an early morning disturbance in East Kilbride at the weekend.
Police told Lanarkshire Live today they are investigating after a 31-year-old man was seriously assaulted in Scholar's Gate in the Whitehills area of the town.
The man is believed to have been attacked following a disturbance at around 8.20am on Sunday.
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A source told us there was a large police presence and forensic officers were at the scene for several hours searching the area.
Police said enquiries are ongoing.
A police spokesman told us : "An investigation is underway following a report of a serious assault in East Kilbride.
"Around 8.20am on Sunday, June 26, officers were made aware of a disturbance in Scholar's Gate resulting in one man, aged 31, being taken to hospital.
"Enquiries are ongoing."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101.
Information can be left anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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What is the best jersey frame?
Around the world, nearly $200 billion is spent annually on sports apparel. Sports fans love their teams, and many show their support by buying their favorite player’s jersey. While some fans wear the jerseys in public, others prefer to preserve the jersey with a frame that not only protects it but can showcase it for others to see.
Jersey frames also are great for your own jersey when you competed athletically or perhaps an autographed piece of apparel that you want to save as an investment and discussion piece. There are different sizes and styles of jersey frames. The best jersey frame is the DisplayGifts XL Jersey Display Frame due to its capacity to hold extra-large jerseys.
What to know before you buy a jersey frame
Jersey size
Jersey frames come in different sizes, just as jerseys do. Football and hockey jerseys are the biggest jerseys. Fold your jersey and measure it squarely to see which dimensions work best for your frame. Make sure to calculate any matting that may run the perimeter of the cover. Shadow boxes are typically better for smaller jerseys, although a few are big enough for larger jerseys.
Types of jersey frames
The two main types of frames are flat box and shadow box frames. Shadow boxes have three-dimensional depth and are typically combined with other memorabilia to display alongside the jersey. Look for high-quality wood frames that look stylish and will last a long time. Plastic frames may be less expensive but often are less sturdy and not as durable.
Display options
Will you hang your jersey frame on a wall or keep it freestanding on a table or display rack? If hanging on a wall, make sure the frame comes with mounting hardware. Shadow boxes are sometimes displayed on a counter or table due to the challenge of hanging the extra depth on a wall.
What to look for in a quality jersey frame
Locking door
If your jersey is extra valuable, consider a frame with a locking door. This will keep curious hands from getting a hold of it.
Acrylic cover
Most frames have an acrylic cover for protection from dust and fingerprints. Acrylic covers with ultraviolet protection are the best option since they will keep harmful sun rays from fading the colors on your favorite jersey. Faded jerseys lose their value in addition to their overall appeal. Acrylic covers also keep heat and humidity from affecting the jersey.
Layout
The mounting material should be acid-free to protect the jersey over time. If you plan to showcase other memorabilia like a ticket stub or souvenir, look for frames with an additional side panel or designated place for these items to be attached.
How much you can expect to spend on a jersey frame
Smaller jersey frames and shadow boxes with plastic or lower quality wood cost $30-$60. Most jersey frames with high-quality wood panels and acrylic fronts cost between $60-$100, depending on the size of the frame and type of wood. Extra-large frames with matting and side spaces for other memorabilia cost $100-$175.
Jersey frame FAQ
What is a shadow box?
A. A shadow box is a framed box with a glass or acrylic front. It showcases jerseys or other valuable collectibles with a slight depth perception for artistic display.
What’s the best way to display a jersey?
A. The jersey should be folded so that the name, number and arm decals are showing. Iron the jersey on the folds to give it a smooth appearance. To hold the jersey in place, use stainless steel framing pins to pin it against the frame backing. Stainless steel pins will not rust or damage the jersey material.
Should a jersey be washed before framing it?
A. If the jersey has been autographed, you should frame the jersey as is. Washing an autographed jersey risks bleeding the ink or possibly removing it completely. You should only wash unsigned jerseys if the appearance is stained by grass or dirt. Some collectors want the grass or dirt on the jersey, though, to show that it was used in an actual game setting.
What is the best jersey frame to buy?
Top jersey frame
DisplayGifts XL Jersey Display Frame
What you need to know: This jersey frame holds an extra-large jersey and includes an acrylic cover with ultraviolet protection.
What you’ll love: The frame is made from solid wood with a felt background made from acid-free material. There is no assembly required. It hangs easily with metal brackets and includes a hanger. It is ideal for large football and hockey jerseys.
What you should consider: This frame is more expensive than smaller frames of similar quality.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top jersey frame for the money
Snap Sports Jersey Wall Display Case
What you need to know: This shadow box is made from strong plastic that will last a long time.
What you’ll love: The perimeter is 21 by 31 inches with a smooth black finish and has a lightweight acrylic cover. The foamboard is removable for pinning memorabilia to the display. It can be hung on a wall or used as a tabletop display.
What you should consider: This is not the highest quality shadow box, but it should fulfill most purposes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This frame is shaped in the form of an actual jersey for a unique display on any wall.
What you’ll love: This jersey-shaped frame comes in three different sizes. The t-frame design is award-winning and comes with a satisfaction guarantee. It holds jerseys for football, baseball, soccer and hockey.
What you should consider: You will need to make sure that your jersey meets the frame specifications since there is no room for improvising.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings plans to sell its shares in Myanmar Brewery to the joint venture, giving its local partner Myanma Economic Holdings Plc. 100% control of the company.
Kirin said the share buyback agreement took into account its employees and other stakeholders and would be the fastest way to exit the venture. But human rights advocates criticized the move.
Kirin announced shortly after a military takeover in February 2021 that it intended to pull out of the brewery venture, but reported various problems in reaching an agreement with the local partner on how to withdraw. The latest plan was the best of three options that also included liquidating the brewery or selling its stake to another company, it said.
The transfer of the 51% stake held by Kirin Holdings Singapore Pte, a subsidiary of Kirin Holdings, will give Myanma Economic Holdings full control of Myanmar Brewery. Kirin said it was withdrawing from another venture, Mandalay Brewery, under a similar arrangement.
The U.S. Treasury designated Myanma Economic Holdings Public Co. Ltd. and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited (MEC) for sanctions in March 2021, noting that the military controls significant segments of the country’s economy through those holding firms.
The companies dominate key industries including trading, natural resources, alcohol, cigarettes, and consumer goods, providing vital revenue to the military, it said.
Human rights advocates have been urging foreign investors to leave ventures in Myanmar to avoid complicity in paying taxes or revenue to entities controlled by the military-led leadership, which faces widespread public opposition to its takeover.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a private organization that tracks government killings and arrests, says more than 2,000 civilians have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since the army takeover. The military also is battling anti-government guerrillas in the countryside.
At the same time, sales of stakes in such ventures to state enterprises like MEHL have drawn criticism.
The decision to hand control of Myanmar Brewery and Mandalay Brewery to Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd. is a “windfall for the Myanmar military and will ensure a continued stream of revenue to finance atrocity crimes,” Yadanar Maung of the group Justice for Myanmar said in a statement.
“The responsible move is to deny funds to the Myanmar military and remedy negative impacts to workers through compensation,” the statement said.
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DALLAS (AP) — Brett Yormark, an executive with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and former CEO of the Brooklyn Nets, was named Big 12 commissioner Wednesday, another unconventional hire by a major conference amid the rapidly changing landscape of college athletics.
Yormark is taking over for Bob Bowlsby, who came to the league a decade ago after stints as athletic director at Stanford, Iowa and Northern Iowa.
The background for Yormark isn’t in college athletics, but could play an interesting role for a conference bracing for challenges in revenue with the impending departures of Oklahoma and Texas while adjusting to athletes cashing in on use of their celebrity.
Yormark is expected to start Aug. 1, but will be likely to make his first public appearance at Big 12 football media days in the Dallas area July 13-14.
“I’m here to listen, learn, find ways to add value, add resources and try to help shine a light on the importance of college athletics,” Yormark said. “I look forward to leveraging my experience and network alongside our presidents, chancellors and athletic directors to shape the future of the Big 12 brand and emphasize our collective strengths.”
The hiring of Yormark is similar to the Pac-12′s choice for commissioner last year — former MGM Resorts International executive George Kliavkoff, who also had an extensive background in digital media.
The biggest issue looming for Yormark is a new media rights deal without the powerful brands of the Sooners and Longhorns in the mix. The multibillion-dollar TV deal with ESPN and Fox Sports expires after the 2024-25 academic year, when Oklahoma and Texas will join the Southeastern Conference if they haven’t already moved before then.
Within weeks of OU and Texas accepting invitations from the SEC, the Big 12 expanded by adding BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston. It could be a 14-team league for two years if the Sooners and Longhorns don’t leave early.
Yormark joined Jay-Z’s marketing agency in 2019 as co-CEO of Roc Nation Unified, which handles licensing and branding. The 55-year-old was promoted to the company’s overall chief operating officer in January.
Before Roc Nation, Yormark spent almost 15 years with the Nets, overseeing the club’s move from New Jersey and construction of the Barclays Center. Yormark left the Nets after Joseph Tsai bought controlling interesting in 2019.
Yormark was with NASCAR before the Nets, overseeing the $750 million agreement with Nextel Communications for naming rights to the circuit’s top racing series.
“Brett is one of the most skilled and knowledgeable executives in sports and entertainment,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “His decades of operational experience, relentless work ethic and strong industry relationships will be of enormous value to the Big 12, its schools and fans.”
Yormark joins the Big 12 in a period of uncertainty, although not one as dire as when Bowlsby took over. The 70-year-old Bowlsby is retiring but planning to transition into an interim role until his contract expires in 2025.
The league in 2012 was coming off a two-year period when it lost four schools to three other conferences and at times appeared on the brink of collapse. The Big 12 eventually settled as a 10-team league with the additions of TCU and West Virginia, and secured the lucrative media deal not long after hiring Bowlsby.
The Big 12 enjoyed almost a decade of relative stability before the stunner from Oklahoma and Texas last summer. Now the conference has to battle the perception that the loss of the Sooners and Longhorns has dropped it a notch below the other Power Five conferences
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AACHEN, Germany, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- umlaut, part of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), has opened a private 5G standalone, Open RAN network in Aachen, Germany. The "5G Campus Lab" enables companies across industries to design, test and implement ultra-high-speed and low-latency connectivity solutions faster without having to invest in building their own network.
Powerful wireless connectivity is becoming increasingly important as companies are heading towards a total enterprise reinvention, which will transform every part of their business through technology, data and artificial intelligence. Some examples of this transformation include connected vehicles and bringing robotics and cloud-based automation solutions to factories, which will generate massive amounts of data and put enormous pressure on data networks.
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- Companies can validate their existing 5G use cases to identify and resolve issues up-front, such as ensuring that different end-devices and sensors work smoothly together. They can go hand-on without having to set up their own private 5G networks, which are costly to build and usually require obtaining a license from network authorities.
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The 5G Campus Lab covers indoor and outdoor areas and provides 100 MHz of C-Band spectrum. As a 5G standalone network, it doesn't require LTE technology for signaling and information transfer. It is supported by Open RAN, an emerging technology using open interfaces that allow for the communication of software and hardware components from different vendors, enabling innovative wireless solutions at low costs.
Hakan Ekmen, CEO Telecommunication at umlaut, said: "5G is a key enabler of smart connected products and manufacturing. Our 5G Campus Lab is the ideal testing ground for companies wanting to capitalize on latest wireless connectivity technologies, cloud-based Open RAN virtualized infrastructure, and massive Multi-Input, Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas."
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Councillors deplore erratic drinking water supply
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There were complaints regarding erratic and insufficient supply of drinking water to residents and poor management of solid waste getting generated in the city limits.
Addressing the corporation council meeting here on Thursday, Mayor P.M. Saravanan said the urban civic body, which was conducting weekly grievance meet on Tuesdays, had dedicated a mobile app for addressing civic issues. To take the grievance redressal system to the next level, officials would visit every ward to address the grievances and receive applications to give birth or death certificates and the taxes payable to the corporation.
Admitting that the corporation was facing acute shortage of fund and sanitary workers, Mr. Saravanan said the urban civic body’s solar power station would be installed to cut the annual power bill from Rs. 14 crore to Rs. 10 crore. He said that the corporation was planning to start its own fuel station also.
Corporation Commissioner V. Sivakrishnamurthy informed that the 5 MW solar power station would come up at Reddiyarpatti on Palayamkottai outskirts. The corporation, which should have collected Rs. 150 crore as tax till March 31 last had received only Rs. 54 crore so that intense measures would be taken from July by sending mobile units to the wards.
Besides, there were complaints from councillors about erratic supply of drinking water in their wards. Congress councillor S. Anuradha of ward 32, who kept an empty pot on her table, said the drinking water crisis in Pudupettai Street and nearby streets should be addressed immediately.
A few more councillors also said that residents in their wards too were agitated over the erratic and insufficient drinking water supply.
The Commissioner said that surprise checks would be conducted in houses to check illegal drawing of drinking water by motors and streamline supply by plugging leaks.
Councillors Ramakrishnan (DMK) of ward 25 and Chandrasekar (AIADMK) of ward 28 urged the officials to close the trenches dug for underground drainage and drinking water pipe leak works along the four car streets around Swami Nellaiyappar Temple in view of the ‘Aani’ car festival to be held shortly.
Councillor Mariappan of ward 22 asked the officials to prevent dumping of waste and debris in irrigation channels in the city.
Councillor Shaik Manzoor of ward 20 said that the corporation could not carryout sanitary operations effectively due to inadequate staff.
On managing the solid waste getting generated in the Corporation, Mr. Saravanan said talks were being held with a German firm to start a pilot programme in five wards and it would be expanded if it was a success.
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British Deputy High Commissioner visits Andhra University in Visakhapatnam
He expresses interest in working with leading Indian varsities in the fields of science and technology
British Deputy High Commissioner (Hyderabad) Andrew Fleming expressed interest in working with leading Indian universities in the fields of science and technology. He visited Andhra University and met Vice-Chancellor P.V.G.D. Prasad Reddy, here on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Andrew Fleming discussed partnership between Indian and British universities. Indian students are said to have high levels of talent and proficiency in the English language. Higher education is being promoted in the UK.
Prof. Prasad Reddy said that the culture of innovation and startup is being promoted in AU. The varsity has already established an American corner.
Rector K. Samata, Registrar V. Krishna Mohan and Principals were present.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organizations.
The two groups join 18 others including Islamic State that have been given an official terrorist designation, making it illegal in New Zealand to fund, recruit or participate in the groups, and obligating authorities to take action against them.
The U.S. groups are not known to be active in New Zealand, although the South Pacific nation has become more attuned to threats from the far right after a white supremacist shot and killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in 2019.
The New Zealand massacre inspired other white supremacists around the world, including a white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
In the U.S., the State Department only lists foreign groups as terrorist entities. But the Proud Boys were last year named a terrorist group in Canada, while The Base has previously been declared a terrorist group in Britain, Canada and Australia.
In a 29-page explanation of the Proud Boys designation published Thursday, New Zealand authorities said the group’s involvement in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021 amounted to an act of terrorism.
The statement said that while several militia groups were involved, it was the Proud Boys who incited crowds, coordinated attacks on law enforcement officers and led other rioters to where they could break into the building.
The statement said there are unlinked but ideologically affiliated chapters of the Proud Boys operating in Canada and Australia.
New Zealand authorities argued that before the Capitol attack, the Proud Boys had a history of using street rallies and social media to intimidate opponents and recruit young men through demonstrations of violence. It said the group had put up various smoke screens to hide its extremism.
Earlier this month, the former leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, and four others linked to the group were charged in the U.S. with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the Capitol.
The indictment alleges that the Proud Boys conspired to forcibly oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power. The five are scheduled to stand trial in August in Washington, D.C.’s federal court.
Asked by media Thursday in New Zealand if the Proud Boys weren’t better known for protest actions rather than extreme violence, New Zealand Police Minister Chris Hipkins said: “Well, violent protests attempting to overthrow the government, clearly there is evidence of that.”
In making its case against The Base, New Zealand authorities said a key goal of the group was to “train a cadre of extremists capable of accelerationist violence.”
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