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Which touchless trash cans are best?
Touchless trash cans are one of the latest innovations in automated kitchen technology. They use infrared motion sensors to automatically lift the lid, allowing users to dispose of trash without needing to touch the can. This hands-free operation makes them not only efficient and easy to use, but it also improves kitchen hygiene as it helps reduce contact with germs, bacteria and parasites that are often found in household waste.
Choosing the ideal touchless trash can for your home will depend on several factors, from the number of people in your household to the shape, size and material that will best suit your decor.
What to look for in a quality touchless trash can
Shape and size
As with regular trash cans, there are many different shapes and styles available. The most common shapes are round, oval, square or rectangular. While shape can play a factor in determining which trash can to get, it is more important to find the right size trash can for your space. A 13-gallon trash can is standard for a kitchen, however, if you want to place it in a cabinet then a smaller 5 to 10-gallon option would be better. For large families that generate a lot of waste, a larger 20 to 30-gallon trash can may be preferable.
Material
The most common materials are either metal or plastic. While plastic is certainly the cheaper option, many choices are in the $30-$50 range, metal trash cans are more durable. A stainless steel trash can is a good option as it will not only match kitchen appliances, it also won’t rust or tarnish with time. However, metal trash cans are more pricey, retailing between $100-$200 depending on their size and features.
Power source
There are only two choices when it comes to a power source: battery or mains. A mains-powered trash can requires a permanent power source, which restricts its location options. Battery-powered trash cans can be placed wherever you like and are particularly suitable for bathrooms. Look for a model that gives a warning when the batteries need replacing to avoid any inconvenience.
Features of a touchless trash can
The features of a trash can significantly impact the price, so it is important to decide which features you would like. Some trash cans have carbon filters that absorb unpleasant odors, however, bear in mind that the filters will need to be replaced periodically. Other trash cans may feature a locking mechanism, which is a handy feature if you have pets or small children because the lid will remain closed even if it’s knocked over.
The best touchless trash cans
Top touchless trash can
Simplehuman 45 liter semi-round
What you need to know: An elegant-looking option available in a range of metallic and colored finishes.
What you’ll love: It has a smooth and quiet motor. The surface is protected with an antimicrobial coating that inhibits the growth of bacteria.
What you should consider: At 36 inches tall, it’s too big to fit inside a cabinet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top touchless trash can for the money
What you need to know: It is available in a range of shapes and sizes, and it has a fingerprint-proof stainless steel body.
What you’ll love: A choice of either battery or mains power provides versatility. It has a built-in natural carbon odor filter and a lockable lid.
What you should consider: It isn’t supplied with batteries or a mains adapter.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top small touchless trash can
What you need to know: With a 4-gallon capacity, this trash can is ideal for use in a kitchen cabinet or a bathroom.
What you’ll love: It effectively filters odors and comes with a lemon-scented fragrance cartridge.
What you should consider: Although the body is made from metal, the lid is made from plastic, so it may not be as durable
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top large touchless trash can
What you need to know: This versatile option makes it easy to separate your recyclables from your waste because it has two removable inner buckets with handles.
What you’ll love: This trash can can be powered by batteries or an AC adapter. It can be easily moved around the kitchen with optional casters.
What you should consider: The battery compartment is below the trash level, so you need to be careful to avoid getting the batteries wet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top plastic touchless trash can
What you need to know: Ideal for a bathroom, this trash can has an 8-gallon capacity and is made from tough ABS plastic.
What you’ll love: This trash can’s water-resistant, infrared motion sensor prevents moisture damage.
What you should consider: It cannot be placed under cabinets because the cabinets will activate the sensor.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top stainless steel touchless trash can
What you need to know: This is a contemporary square trash can with a brushed stainless steel body and matching lid.
What you’ll love: It has an adjustable motion sensor that can either be in the front or be upward-facing. LED lights give a visible countdown to tell you when the lid will close.
What you should consider: It is not the best choice for homes with pets as the lid doesn’t lock.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top versatile touchless trash can
What you need to know: This fully waterproof trash can is not only ideal for bathrooms, it is also a great option for RVs as it folds down to only 6 inches in height for easy storage.
What you’ll love: Its tight-fitting lid seals in odors. Its omnidirectional sensor opens the lid in under 3 seconds.
What you should consider: It has a relatively low capacity of 4.6 gallons.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Maroon 5 cancels tour, including August concert in Lincoln
Published: Jul. 5, 2022 at 11:59 AM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Maroon 5 announced its cancelling their North American tour, which includes their concert scheduled for Aug. 10 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.
In a Facebook post, the band said, “unexpected issues and exponentially increased costs have impeded our ability to confidently present the first class show you deserve.”
Maroon 5 was scheduled to perform at PBA in August 2021 but that concert was also cancelled.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Before being interviewed on Centre Court about his return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Nick Kyrgios traded in his all-white grass-court shoes for a red-and-white pair of basketball sneakers, and swapped out his white hat for a red one.
Big deal? Not to Kyrgios. Not to many, probably. Still, sure seemed to be to a reporter who peppered him with questions about it afterward.
That’s because the All England Club has a rather strict policy about all-white attire while players are on match courts during the tournament — which is clearly a nod to the earliest days of tennis, and some athletes think might have been better suited to the 1880s than the 2020s.
“I mean, I always want to wear all black, obviously,” Kyrgios, a 27-year-old Australian who faces Cristian Garin of Chile on Wednesday, responded when asked about the dress code during a pre-tournament news conference he attended in a black hoodie and matching cap.
“It would be cool to allow, like, a black headband or black sweatband. I think it would look cool,” Kyrgios said. “Obviously Wimbledon doesn’t really care what looks cool.”
Neither Kyrgios, nor anyone else, expects a change to the rules anytime soon. And there certainly are those who appreciate it as part of what they consider the charm of the oldest Grand Slam event in tennis.
“For me, what I love about Wimbledon is the tradition and that is what makes it so special, and having the all-white attire is one of the small traditions that I really embrace. It looks crisp, especially against the grass court,” said Alison Riske-Amritraj, who reached the third round as the 28th seed. “You don’t have to do it at any other tournament during the year. It’s very professional. I would wear white for every match, everywhere, so I’m probably biased when it comes to that.”
The first of the All England Club’s 10-point list of clothing guidelines states: “Competitors must be dressed in suitable tennis attire that is almost entirely white and this applies from the point at which the player enters the court surround.” The second stipulation: “White does not include off white or cream.” There are more details, too, such as that a color trim “around the neckline and around the cuff of the sleeves is acceptable but must be no wider” than 1 centimeter (less than half an inch), that “Caps (including the underbill), headbands, bandanas, wristbands and socks must be completely white except for” that same size allowance for trim, and this: “Shoes must be almost entirely white. Soles and laces must be completely white. Large manufacturers’ logos are not encouraged.”
That’s absolutely fine with some of the “competitors.”
Tommy Paul, who was seeded 30th and got to the fourth round, said that the Royal Palm Tennis Club in Pinecrest, Florida — where the head pro is Eric Hechtman, who has coached Serena Williams and Venus Williams — requires all white when he trains there.
“I don’t mind it at all. It’s kind of cool,” Paul said. “If I see guys doing it at home during practice, then I have no problem doing it for Wimbledon.”
One player in this year’s tournament said she always worries about getting her white outfit dirty while eating. Some say they were annoyed at needing to find new clothes to be able to play at Wimbledon. Others were excited about it.
“It’s very elegant. I really hope they keep this tradition forever, because it’s something different. You don’t always need to see colors on people’s clothes,” said Mihaela Buzarnescu, a Romanian who lost to French Open runner-up Coco Gauff last week. “Every year, I think, ‘Oh, white again. Let’s go!’”
Over the years, players have been chastised for violating the letter or spirit of the written rules.
In 2013, for example, none other than now-eight-time champion Roger Federer showed up with neon orange soles on his shoes for his first-round match, which he won — then was, um, reminded of Wimbledon’s rules by the club, so he switched to white soles before his second-round match, which he lost, his earliest Grand Slam exit in a decade.
In 2007, Tatiana Golovin played at Wimbledon with red underwear beneath her white dress, leading to this opening exchange at a news conference:
Reporter: “Can I ask you about your knickers?”
Golovin: “Excuse me?”
“Could it be maybe a little bit more up to date? Of course. We are in 2022,” said Jessica Pegula, who was seeded No. 8 this year and made it to the fourth round at the All England Club for the first time. “Then again, it’s two weeks out of the calendar where you have to do it. It’s part of what makes Wimbledon, Wimbledon.”
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76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday.
The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said.
The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Tyrannosaurus rex by 10 million years.
The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby’s said. It measures nearly 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 22 (6.7 meters) feet long.
All of the other known Gorgosaurus skeletons are in museum collections, making this one the only specimen available for private ownership, the auction house said.
“In my career, I have had the privilege of handling and selling many exceptional and unique objects, but few have the capacity to inspire wonder and capture imaginations quite like this unbelievable Gorgosaurus skeleton,” Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s global head of science and popular culture, said.
Sotheby’s presale estimate for the fossil is $5 million to $8 million.
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Terror linked Iran karate team visa denied, will not compete in World Games in Alabama
A Gold Star family member says allowing Iranian sports teams to participate in the U.S. legitimizes terrorism
JERUSALEM, Israel – The Iranian national karate team was denied a visa to enter the U.S. for The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama Fox News Digital can reveal.
Iran's karate team has direct links to the terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC,) and opponents of the regime called for an immediate ban.
After Fox News Digital sent queries to the U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security Sunday, an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported on Tuesday that the American government denied visas to the karate team.
A State Department spokesperson said Tuesday that its response has not changed from when first asked by Fox News Digital on Sunday about the karate team and if the U.S. planned to grant visas to the Iranian athletes. The spokesperson noted that "Visa records are confidential under U.S. law; therefore, we cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases."
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Critics claim the martial arts team is packed with members and supporters of the Iranian regime's terrorist organizations involved in the murder of over 600 American military personnel in the Middle East.
Those voicing concern include a Gold Star family member who lost her brother to an IRGC supported attack, and regime dissidents urged the Biden administration ahead of the announcement today to ban the team from entering the country.
Beverly Wolfer, sister of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer, who was killed in Iraq on April 6, 2008 by an Iranian-backed terror cell, told Fox News Digital: "Allowing Iranian sports teams to compete in the U.S. legitimizes a terrorist regime by flying its flag and playing its anthem on American soil. Ignoring their chants of ‘Death to America,’ signing a nuclear deal which immunizes the IRGC for damages stemming from their terrorist acts, and enabling their athletes to compete on U.S. soil are slaps in the face to America's Gold Star Families."
Dina Gielchinsky, an attorney at Osen LLC that represents Wolfer and families of hundreds of American service members killed or injured at the behest of Iran's IRGC, told Fox News Digital, "The Iranian regime has been responsible for killing and maiming thousands of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two decades, and it hasn’t changed."
She continued, "Allowing its sports teams to visit the U.S. just serves to legitimize the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and signal to them and to the world that America is fundamentally unserious about terrorism."
Sardar Pashaei, the Iranian-American former head coach of Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team, first identified the team members’ links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC.)
"We believe that athletes who are part of the Islamic Republic’s system of repression and propaganda should not set foot on American soil. In Iran, they are saying, ‘Death to America and Israel,’ but at the same time they are applying for American visas," he told Fox News Digital.
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Pashaei and other elite Iranian athletes urged the U.S. government to act swiftly to ban the entry of the karate team.
The captain of the national karate team, Zabihullah Poursheib, told ISNA "America did not issue visas to travel to this country for various teams, including wrestling, which shows that the Americans involve non-sports and political issues in sports and seek revenge."
Open source articles, according to Iranian dissident, Pashaei, reveal that Seyyed Hassan Tabatabaei, the head of the Karate Federation, said Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the late head of the IRGC’s Quds Force, was the "shining sun of karate."
According to Karate News, an Iran outlet, Tabatabaei praised the performance of the IRGC and the Basij, declaring, "I always consider myself a member of the Basij, and I hope that there will be more interaction by the [Karate] Federation and the Basij with athletes than in the past."
The Basij paramilitary volunteer militia is used by the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to repress dissent and any protests against the theocratic state.
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Pashaei, who manages the United for Navid campaign, which seeks justice regarding the execution of champion wrestler Navid Afkari in 2020, said, "Members of this [karate] team include supporters of the Revolutionary Guards, the Basij [IRGC militia], and Iranian security forces. Among them, Seyed Hassan Tabatabaei, who has been introduced as the president of the [Iranian] Karate Federation, is one of the official employees of the security department, which is under the supervision of the Revolutionary Guards and is directly assigned by them. Shahram Heravi, who has been introduced as the head coach of the team, is also an official employee of the security department."
Christopher Holton, director of the State Outreach Center for Security Policy, told Fox News Digital, "It almost goes without saying that members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps should not be granted entry into the United States.
"First and foremost, the IRGC has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department. Among other activities, the IRGC is the wing of the Iranian jihad apparatus tasked with supporting, supplying and training other jihadist terror organizations around the world," he said.
Holton said the threat of Iranian terrorism is ever-present because the regime seeks to retaliate against the U.S. for killing the US- and EU-designated terrorist. "Since the U.S. justifiably took out IRGC General Qassam Soleimani in an airstrike during the Trump administration, the IRGC and Iranian leaders have issued repeated threats of revenge," he said.
Then-President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Soleimani in Baghdad in January 2020.
Holton said, "The IRGC is especially a threat to American security in that they were active during the U.S involvement in Iraq in supplying jihadists with Explosively Formed Penetrator [EFP] improvised explosive devices that killed and wounded hundreds of U.S. military forces."
Pashaei said the "IRGC and the Basij are known international terrorist organizations, and the presence of their members, including Seyyed Hassan Tabatabaei and Shahram Heravi, pose a serious security threat to American citizens." He urged the Department of Homeland Security to bar the entry of the karate team.
In January and February, Fox News Digital reported on Alireza Dabir, the head of the Iran Wrestling Federation, who praised Soleimani and urged the violent destruction of America. After the Fox News reports, the U.S. denied visas to Dabir and others to enter the U.S. for a dual meet with the American national wrestling team in Arlington, Texas. Dabir then canceled the meet.
Heravi, the head coach of Iran’s national karate team, said, "The enemies [the West] thought that they would breathe a sigh of relief with the assassination of General Soleimani, but Soleimani was not an [isolated] individual, and he founded the Soleimani school in Iran with his ideology, which cannot be destroyed."
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The United States government—under both Democratic and Republican administrations—has designated Iran’s clerical regime the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism.
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This refers to the report “Has the gig economy failed to ‘deliver’ for women workforce?” (July 5).
There are an estimated 15 million gig workers in India of which less than 10 per cent are women.
Moreover, the female workforce is skewed.
While beauty, health, wellness, nursing and domestic work have more than 50 per cent women partners, in typical gig economy jobs like food and grocery deliveries men dominate. This shows that only some jobs are deemed suitable for women.
Lack of skill in the use of smartphones, digital tools and knowledge of modern technology also hinder women workers. But training and flexible working hours can help women surmount these hurdles.
YG Chouksey
Pune
Farmers’ credit dilemma
This refers to the article ‘Meeting farmers credit needs’ (July 5). Despite the Nabard’s efforts to ensure credit to farmers through Regional Rural Banks, Cooperative Banks and Scheduled Commercial Banks, farmers still remain underserved. Although banks provide loans at lower interest farmers are dependent on the private money lenders who levy exorbitant rates.
Funding Microfinance institutions for the onward deployment of funds to the rural agri-segments becomes costly to the end-user.
A considerable amount of agriculture loans at a subsidised rate of interest are diverted for purposes other than farming activities, which defeat the objective of farm lending.
The RBI and Nabard must strengthen their surveillance systems and initiate actions against the financial institutions that are reluctant to fund the needs of farmers, besides stopping banks from obtaining gold as security for agriculture credit.
VSK Pillai
Changanacherry
Forex worries
Economic distress of our neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka should make us wary about the not so rosy picture painted by the article ‘Are India's foreign reserves adequate’. Though the foreign currency reserves may seem adequate the flow of dollars out of India should worry us all.
Stock market indices were wrongly assumed to be an accurate indicator of the strength of the economy. When FIIs took the money out, the Finance Minister was quick to thank the Indian retail investor for faith in the markets.
The government’s primary preoccupation seems to be making the BJP win all electoral battles. The precarious economic condition is largely ignored with doses of nationalism. This can be a recipe for disaster.
Anthony Henriques
Mumbai
Arresting rupee slide
This refers to the Editorial ‘Slippery slope’ (July 5). The fact that the rupee’s depreciation is driven by external factors, scrimps our options to prevent its slide. RBI has shifted its gear from “growth’ to ‘inflation management” due to rise in commodity prices including crude oil which threatened to derail the economy. Also rising inflation has been putting pressure on USD-Rupee exchange rate.
Through monetary measures RBI has only a limited scope to control inflation and ensure stability of rupee. Hence RBI’s monetary measures should be supplemented with fiscal policy interventions.
Though other currencies like Chinese Yuan, Thai Baht and South Korean Won have depreciated more than the rupee, these countries have substantial trade surpluses vis-s-vis China ($676 billion), Thailand ($3.6 billion) and South Korea ($29.5 billion) providing them stability. India does not have the same luxury with portfolio investments (FPI, FII) being in the nature of hot money.
Rupee depreciation should boost India’s exports which should be promoted to fill the gap created on account of Russia-Ukraine war.
Also special drive to attract NRI deposits with competitive returns should bring in some stability to the falling rupee.
Srinivasan Velamur
Chennai
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A man facing terrorism charges was left in his smashed-up prison cell for four days with no running water, an investigation has found.
Dominic Noble from Huddersfield was on remand at HMP Leeds after being charged with left-wing terrorism offences. It was his first time in prison and his family has spoken about his mental health battle.
He was awaiting trial after being charged with 14 offences, including possessing documents likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. Mr Noble, from Hall Cross Grove, Huddersfield, died at the age of 32 after taking his own life on Saturday, August 15, 2020.
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An independent investigation into his death by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has raised concerns that Mr Noble spent four days in a damaged cell without running water, after he had smashed it up.
Ombudsman Sue McAllister noted that when Mr Noble was remanded to Leeds prison on June 8, 2020, his Person Escort Record said that he had depression and had tried to take his own life in December 2019 and smoked cannabis daily.
On July 10 and 14, a mental health nurse assessed Mr Noble after he said that he was hearing voices and had paranoid thoughts. He was referred for a routine assessment with a psychiatrist but this was not completed before he died.
On July 17, Mr Noble damaged his cell and was left with no running water. He was moved to a new cell four days later.
The Ombudsman has now raised concerns about what happened, with the report saying: "We are satisfied that staff reviewed Mr Noble’s risk information and assessed his risk of suicide and self-harm appropriately when he arrived at Leeds.
"We are satisfied that staff could not reasonably have predicted or prevented Mr Noble’s actions on 15 August. We are, however, concerned that Mr Noble spent four days in a damaged cell without running water.
"We cannot say whether this may have affected his mental state. We also note that, like other prisoners, Mr Noble spent much of his time in his cell because of the restrictions in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"We cannot say whether this may have affected his mental state or whether staff would have been better placed to identify Mr Noble’s distress if they had had more engagement with him. The clinical reviewer concluded that the clinical care that Mr Noble received at Leeds was of a good standard and at least equivalent to that which he could have expected to receive in the community. His only concern was that there was no clear referral process for non-urgent cases to see a psychiatrist."
The Ombudsman made a number of recommendations to the prison governor in light of what happened to Mr Noble. The report said: "The Governor should ensure that when a prisoner damages a cell to the extent that his basic needs cannot be met, prison staff should: move him to another cell as quickly as possible; and in the meantime, record the damage, monitor the wellbeing of the prisoner while he remains in the cell, and escalate the situation to managers toresolve promptly.
"The Mental Health Team Manager should ensure that there is a clear, time-bound referral process for prisoners to see a psychiatrist, even when it is considered that the case is not urgent." The report noted that on June 11, a mental health nurse at Leeds, received a telephone call and email from a forensic nurse practitioner at the Counter Terrorism Policing North WestTeam.
The forensic nurse practitioner said that Mr Noble had been referred to the community mental health team the previous month because of concerns about his mental health as he had reported anxiety and depression and displayed a high level of violence towards the police On June 12, Mr Noble’s key worker saw and introduced herself to Mr Noble. Mr Noble said that he was ‘okay’ and did not need anything.
On June 16, a nurse from the mental health team saw Mr Noble in his cell. Mr Noble expressed some unusual ideologies but he suggested that this was due to his interest in science. He said that he used copious amounts of cannabis and denied using any other illicit substance.
He said he had no thoughts of suicide or self-harm. The nurse found no evidence that Mr Noble had any mental health symptoms and was satisfied that he did not need further input from the mental health team.
On June 24, staff gave Mr Noble a disciplinary warning for constantly banging on his cell door and threatening staff. An officer spoke to Mr Noble who said he was upset about not receiving money that had been sent to his private prison account.
The officer noted that despite reasoning with Mr Noble, he continued to be disruptive. On June 25, it was recorded on prison intelligence reports that the security team had screened a telephone call in which Mr Noble had threatened to harm a member of staff, thought to be an officer.
He also talked about killing other staff. The intelligence records noted that the officer had been informed and that a move to another wing was planned for Mr Noble.
On July 10, Mr Noble told a wing officer that he was hearing voices and saw figures on the wall. Staff reported this to the healthcare team and said that Mr Noble appeared to be paranoid and in a state of distress. A nurse requested that the mental health team should see Mr Noble for an urgent assessment.
A mental health nurse saw Mr Noble in his cell and assessed him for emerging psychotic symptoms. Mr Noble said that since he had been on E Wing, his mental health had declined.
On July 17, Mr Noble damaged his cell door and removed the sink from the wall, which caused flooding of the wing landing and another prisoner's cell below. Mr Noble used a weapon he had made from wood to attack a shield used by staff.
He was not immediately removed to a new cell due to Covid-19 restrictions as the prison did not want staff to enter the cell due to the risk.
The report noted that Mr Noble had tried to call his mother four times on August 15 but no-one answered.
He was found in his cell by officers later that day. CPR was attempted but Mr Noble could not be saved.
A post-mortem report concluded that Mr Noble died from hanging. No illicit substances were found in his system.
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Hundreds of people braved a scorching sun Tuesday to welcome Pope Francis' envoy to South Sudan's capital, Juba, where many were disappointed last month when the pontiff canceled a trip to this East African country.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, was received by religious leaders, government officials, and hundreds of who sang and danced upon his arrival.
“It is a good chance for us,” said a nun, Sister Adriana. "We are to be blessed.”
Another nun, Sister Flexisita, said: “I’m so excited. I was able to greet him and kiss his ring because that is a blessing."
Francis canceled a planned July trip to two African countries, South Sudan and Congo, on doctors’ orders because of his knee problems. Parolin said Tuesday the pope remains willing to visit South Sudan.
“It is a great joy for me to be with you and to be able to stay for a few days to celebrate and pray and to meet people on behalf of the Holy Father Pope Francis,” Parolin told reporters at the airport in Juba.
The pope had sought to promote peace in South Sudan and Congo — countries long wrestling with deadly violence — before he had to cancel his trip.
South Sudan, the world's youngest country, remains vulnerable to civil unrest that first erupted in December 2013 amid a political dispute between President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Riek Machar.
Parolin later this week will visit a remote camp for internally displaced people. He also will meet with Kiir, Machar and U.N. officials in the country.
“South Sudan feels blessed right away from the time His Holiness Pope Francis made the decision to come and visit South Sudan,” said senior presidential adviser Kuol Manyang Juuk. “The whole government is happy to receive (Parolin) and the population of Juba and South Sudan and all the Catholic churches are happy for his visit." | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/popes-envoy-is-joyfully-welcomed-by-faithful-in-south-sudan/LMABGSQ265DQ3MHMT6UBQ6SRBA/ | 2022-07-05T17:17:30Z | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/popes-envoy-is-joyfully-welcomed-by-faithful-in-south-sudan/LMABGSQ265DQ3MHMT6UBQ6SRBA/ | true |
2-year-old believed to have drowned in Florida canal, police say
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – A 2-year-old boy is believed to have drowned in a Bradenton canal Friday morning, police say.
Police say a witness called 911 around 10:30 a.m. to report what looked like a child in the canal behind the View Carlton Arms Apartments.
The witness pulled the child from the water and waited for help to arrive, police said. First responders arrived at the location within five minutes, but the boy died at the scene.
An investigation revealed that the boy lived at the apartment complex. The parents were located in their apartment and are working with police to piece together what happened.
While an official cause of death will be confirmed by the medical examiner, it is believed the toddler drowned, police said.
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With Mega Millions over $370 million, Jackpocket offers a safe, easy way to order state lottery tickets on-the-go
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, Montanans can order lottery tickets from their phone. Jackpocket, the leading third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, today announced its launch in Montana, offering lottery fans a new way to play.
Lottery players in Montana can place ticket orders for beloved lottery games, including Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto America, Lucky for Life, Montana Cash, and Big Sky Bonus on Jackpocket's easy-to-use mobile app. The secure platform allows players to conveniently place ticket orders, view an image of their ticket, check lottery results, and even receive prizes up to $599 directly on the app. If players win more than $599, the winning ticket will be transferred to them for redemption at the Montana Lottery.
First-time players can receive a free lottery ticket on the Jackpocket app by entering the code BIGSKY at checkout.
"Accessibility and convenience are of the utmost importance right now, which is why we're looking forward to offering Montanans, both long-time lottery players and new players alike, a digital-forward way of streamlining their day," said Jackpocket CEO and Founder Peter Sullivan. "Innovation and safety are at the forefront of everything we do at Jackpocket, and we're committed to keeping those guiding principles at the forefront of online gaming."
By broadening access to the lottery, Jackpocket helps drive state revenue while also attracting new consumers who otherwise would not be active lottery players. Over sixty-five percent of Jackpocket app users are 18 to 45 years old. Since 1987, the Montana Lottery has contributed more than $302 million to the state's General Fund, which supports public education, safety and health programs, and to the Montana STEM scholarship program.
Montana is now the 12th state available for lottery play on the Jackpocket app along with Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Lottery players have won over $150 million in lottery prizes using the Jackpocket app, and 14 individual players have won prizes worth $1 million or more to date.
To ensure player safety, Jackpocket offers consumer protections such as daily deposit and spend limits, self-exclusion and in-app access to responsible gaming resources. Jackpocket is a member of the National Council on Problem Gambling, and the first third-party lottery service to receive a responsible gambling certification from the NCPG's Internet Responsible Gambling Compliance Assessment Program.
For more information, visit jackpocket.com or download the Jackpocket app on iOS or Android.
Jackpocket is on a mission to create a more convenient, fun and responsible way to play the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets. Jackpocket is currently available in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C., and is expanding to many new markets. Download the app on iOS or Android and follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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The suspected shooter who attacked an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb bought his gun legally, fired more than 70 rounds into the crowd from a roof and dressed in women's clothing in order to blend into the crowd afterwards, local officials say.
The suspect, 21-year-old Robert E Crimo III, was taken into custody on Monday after surrendering to police.
Police said he had planned the attack for several weeks and authorities were still considering what criminal charges to bring.
Police said they did not know what the motive was for the shooting. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/us-parade-gunman-wore-womens-clothing-c-7418890 | 2022-07-05T17:19:49Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/us-parade-gunman-wore-womens-clothing-c-7418890 | true |
- Proprietary technology Hominis® Surgical System, first-of-its-kind surgical robot with humanoid-shaped arms, also rebranded to Anovo™ Surgical System
- Company also highlights clinical data of surgical system in multiple presentations at SRS 2022 Annual Meeting
TEL AVIV, Israel and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Memic Innovative Surgery Ltd. (Memic), a medical device company dedicated to transforming surgery with its proprietary surgical robotic technology, today announced that it has rebranded to become Momentis Surgical™ and has changed the name of its proprietary technology from Hominis® Surgical System to Anovo™ Surgical System. The company first unveiled the rebrand in a special on-site event called "Project M" on Friday, July 1, 2022 at the Society of Robotic and Digital Surgery (SRS) 2022 Annual Meeting in Florida.
"We are pleased to announce our new identity as Momentis Surgical. As an innovative and visionary technology company, we want to ensure that our brand aligns with our vision and core values and reflects our expanded corporate mission to transform the field of robotic surgery in a range of indications using next-generation surgical robots that provide a human touch, mirroring the movements of the human body to enable surgeons to perform procedures previously unimaginable," said Dvir Cohen, chief executive officer of Momentis. "We believe the name Momentis captures not only where we find ourselves as a company today, but it reflects our inspiration for future growth as an organization."
At SRS 2022, the company also highlighted clinical data of the Anovo System in seven presentations including four oral presentations. In one of the oral presentations, titled "Advancements in Robotic Gynecology: Vaginal Robotics," Ricardo E. Estape, MD, gynecologic surgeon and director, HCA Florida Institute for Gynecologic Oncology, Kendall Hospital and Erica Stockwell, DO, MBA, FACOG, gynecologic surgeon, AdventHealth Celebration, reviewed the history of robotic surgery and the clinical benefits of the transvaginal approach to gynecological surgery. Dr. Estape also discussed his clinical experience with the Anovo System, as the first surgeon in the U.S. to ever perform a robotic-assisted transvaginal hysterectomy using this technology. He has performed six patient procedures to-date, all completed with good results and all patients were discharged from the hospital same day post-surgery.
The Anovo System is indicated for use in robotic-assisted transvaginal benign surgical procedures including benign hysterectomy, salpingectomy, oophorectomy, adnexectomy, and ovarian cyst removal. Multiple instruments can be introduced to the body through a single portal and the unprecedented articulation of the robotic ARMS offers optimal access and working angles. Anovo requires a much smaller footprint and costs significantly less than conventional robotic systems, making it possible for more hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to acquire the system and offer more patients the benefits of less invasive robotic surgery.
In June 2022, Momentis announced the first U.S. patient procedures were successfully performed using the Anovo System for robotic-assisted transvaginal hysterectomy at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and The Women's Hospital at Jackson Memorial.
About Momentis Surgical™
Momentis Surgical (formerly Memic Innovative Surgery) is a medical device company founded in 2013 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a wholly owned subsidiary based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Momentis is dedicated to transforming the field of robotic surgery by developing innovative small footprint, cost-effective, robotic-assisted technologies and techniques for a growing number of clinical applications. Our goal is to empower surgeons to perform minimally invasive, complex procedures, enabling better patient outcomes, lowering cost of care, and opening access to more surgeons, patients, hospitals, and surgery centers across the globe. For more information, visit: https://www.momentissurgical.com/.
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BENSALEM, Pa., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ" or the "Company") (NYSE: IONQ).
Class Period: March 30, 2021 – May 2, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 1, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their IonQ investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) that the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) that IonQ's quantum computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) that a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper round-tripping transactions with related parties; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of Tennessee judges has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a couple who alleged that a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish.
The lawsuit against the state challenged a 2020 law that installed legal protections for private adoption agencies to reject state-funded placement of children to parents based on religious beliefs.
Much of the criticism of the law had focused on how it allowed adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ people. But Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram sued over claims that they were discriminated against because they were Jewish, in violation of their state constitutional rights.
The panel made its 2-1 decision last week to dismiss based on other grounds and did not directly rule on the law's constitutionality.
In their lawsuit, the couple said the Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville barred them from taking state-mandated foster-parent training and denied them a home-study certification while they attempted to adopt a child from Florida last year.
Americans United for Separation of Church & State, which filed the lawsuit in January on the couple's behalf, plans to appeal the ruling.
The two-judge majority found there was no standing for the lawsuit to proceed on several grounds.
One of the rationales was that the case is now moot because the state Department of Children's Services approved the couple as foster parents, provided the training Holston wouldn't, and allowed them to be long-term foster parents for a teenager who had been in the department's custody.
In six to 12 months, either they'll be allowed to adopt the girl or she will be reunified with her parents, the judges wrote, and the couple plans to foster and potentially adopt another child, as well.
Though the judges did not rule on the constitutional protections, the majority downplayed some arguments against the law. They wrote that it “does not single out people of the Jewish faith as a disfavored, innately inferior group.” They also found that the services the couple sought would not have been state-funded, saying the scope of Holston's contract with the state is for services for children “in the custody of the State of Tennessee.”
The judges in the majority were Roy B. Morgan Jr. covering Chester, Henderson and Madison counties, and Carter S. Moore, covering Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson and Sevier counties.
The dissenting judge, Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle in Nashville, wrote that the couple's lawsuit should have been allowed to advance.
In part, she reasoned that the couple “need not demonstrate that they would have been completely foreclosed from fostering/adoption — only that they cannot compete for the right to adopt on the same footing as everyone else.”
She wrote that the fact the state has since allowed them to foster a child, with the potential for adoption, is part of the state's argument against legal standing but it “does not exist in the law.”
In a statement, Americans United for Separation of Church & State President and CEO Rachel Laser called Tennessee's law “unconscionable and unconstitutional.”
“The courthouse door should not be slammed shut on foster parents and taxpayers like Gabe and Liz Rutan-Ram who bravely came forward to fight religious discrimination in state-funded foster care services,” Laser said.
The attorney general's office declined to comment on the ruling. Holston's CEO did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.
The lawsuit centered on a 2020 law that assures continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if those organizations exclude families based on religious beliefs. The broadest pushback came from advocates for LGBTQ families. Before the law, some faith-based agencies had already not allowed gay couples to adopt. But the 2020 law provides legal protections to agencies that do so.
The case also illustrated the impact of a 2021 law that changed how legal challenges to state laws and policies are handled in Tennessee courts.
Republican lawmakers had lamented that those constitutional challenges generally went in front of judges in Tennessee's left-leaning capital city, Nashville. The 2021 law requires three-judge panels instead, cycling jurists in from across the state, including from more conservative areas. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Tenn-judges-nix-Jewish-couple-s-suit-alleging-17285254.php | 2022-07-05T17:22:01Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Tenn-judges-nix-Jewish-couple-s-suit-alleging-17285254.php | false |
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Deputy Sheriff John Shallenberger of Tazewell County Sheriff's Office honored by peers at national conference of school resource officers
AURORA, Colo., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deputy Sheriff John Shallenberger, who serves as a school resource officer in Tazewell County, IL, has been named the recipient of the 2022 "Innovation in the Classroom Award," given by The National Road Safety Foundation and NASRO, the National Association of School Resource Officers. Deputy Shallenberger was selected by a panel of his peers and received the award yesterday at the annual NASRO Conference here.
The award, which recognizes innovative teaching of traffic safety in schools by a police officer, carries with it full conference registration and an expenses-paid trip to the NASRO Conference.
Dep. Shallenberger, who has been a Deputy Sheriff for 20 years, is a founding member and currently chairs the Tazewell Teen Initiative. The Initiative was instituted in 2006, after 15 teens had been killed in traffic crashes throughout the county over a 15-month period. The Initiative helped kick off Operation Teen Safe Driving, a multifaceted safety education program in all seven county high schools. Within two years, the peer-to-peer safe driving initiative was expanded statewide and 105 schools received financial assistance to develop programs emphasizing seat belt use, distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding. As a result, the county had no fatal teen crashes for five years.
Dep. Shallenberger, with his partner, also developed a class curriculum called Decision Driving, a two-part class with a hands-on exercise. It was developed after meeting with local teens to determine topics they thought their peers need, including dangers for teen drivers and passengers in motor vehicles, avoidable situations in motor vehicles and various driving techniques.
Mo Canady, Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, said, "Deputy Shallenberger has demonstrated great creativity and his leadership has help expand good programming into many more schools."
"We are pleased to recognize Deputy Shallenberger's innovative thinking that is having a proven positive impact on the safety of our young people on the road," said Michelle Anderson, Director of Operations at The National Road Safety Foundation.
NASRO, the world's leader in school-based policing, is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators and school security and/or safety professionals who work as partners to protect schools and their students, faculty and staff members.
NASRO developed the "triad" concept of school-based policing, which divides SRO responsibilities into three areas: educator, informal counselor/mentor and law enforcement officer. By training law enforcement officers to educate, counsel and protect school communities, the more than 3,000 men and women of NASRO continuously lead by example and promote a positive image of law enforcement to school children and school communities. For more information, go to www.nasro.org
The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc. (NRSF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that for 60 years has been dedicated to reducing crashes, deaths and injuries on our nation's highways by promoting safe driving habits through greater public awareness.
NRSF programs deal with distracted driving, speed and aggression, impaired driving, drowsy driving, driver proficiency and pedestrian safety. The Foundation also works with key youth advocacy groups and sponsors contests to engage teens in promoting safe driving to their peers and in their communities. For more information or to download free programs, visit www.nrsf.org.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— Netflix’s “The Sea Beast” brings a “Moby Dick”-like tale down to kid size. The rollicking ocean adventure, directed by “Big Hero 6” filmmaker Chris Williams, is about an orphan British girl (voiced by Zaris-Angel Hator) who stows away on a ship hunting sea beasts. The veteran animator Williams, who co-directed “Moana,” returns to the high-seas for a swashbuckling tale made with the kind of accomplished animation often only found on the big screen. It debuts Friday.
— The Criterion Channel has a new film series sure to knock you out. “In the Ring: Boxing On-Screen” brings together 16 bobbing-and-weaving movies, from the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent “The Ring” to Martin Scorsese’s 1980 masterpiece “Raging Bull.” The series, streaming in July, argues that boxing and cinema grew in tandem, and remain uniquely suited to one another. Two highlights: “The Set-Up,” Robert Wise’s sweaty 1949 noir with Robert Ryan as a washed-up boxer whose manager sets him up to take a dive; and Leon Gast’s 1996 documentary classic “When We Were Kings,” about the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman 1974 bout, the “Rumble in the Jungle.”
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
MUSIC
— Neil Young isn’t finished opening his vaults. On Friday, he’s releasing the shelved Crazy Horse album “Toast,” a set they recorded in 2001 at Toast Studios in San Francisco. “‘Toast’ is an album that stands on its own in my collection,” Young wrote last year. “Unlike any other, ‘Toast’ was so sad that I couldn’t put it out. I just skipped it and went on to do another album in its place. I couldn’t handle it at that time.” The seven songs on “Toast” explore a broken relationship. In the last song, “Boom Boom Boom,” Young sings: “All I got is a broken heart, and I don’t try to hide it when I play my guitar.”
— Quick, what was the name of the first album Elton John ever recorded? If you answered “Empty Sky,” close, but wrong. It’s actually “Regimental Sgt. Zippo,” a 12-track album that the then-unknown teenager John — credited as Reg Dwight — recorded in 1968 at age 19 with lyricist Bernie Taupin that was shelved. It had a limited release on Record Store Day in 2021, but now it will be available Friday on LP, CD and streaming. Beatles harmonies, harpsichords and flute-like sounds permeate the album, which The Guardian says has a “naïve, endearing charm” and the title track has a trippy animated video.
— Journey’s “Let It Rain” is one of the singles ahead of the band’s next studio album, “Freedom,” set for release Friday, “that brings back the grand scale of the group’s greatest moments, along with updated and bold new directions and sounds,” says the band. It’s their first project of new material since 2011’s “Eclipse.” The new record also features the tracks “You Got the Best of Me” and “The Way We Used to Be.”
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Writer and commentator Baratunde Thurston goes big with a region-by-region trek in “America Outdoors,” debuting Tuesday on PBS. In an effort to understand Americans’ “complicated relationship” with the natural world, the six-part series visits with people including wilderness pilots in Idaho; Appalachian coal miners who have turned to beekeeping; Black surfers in Los Angeles, and an ultramarathoner in California’s Death Valley. Getting in touch with nature and those attuned to it proved to be one of “the best things I could do with my time,” Thurston says.
— In the Hulu comedy “Maggie,” a professional psychic who sees her own future is in for a rough romantic ride. Maggie, played by Rebecca Rittenhouse, gets glimpses of a maybe not-so-happily-ever life after she gives a reading to customer Ben (David Del Rio). Her forecast has them married and parents, but then he moves into her apartment building with a present-day girlfriend. Will love and, more importantly, hilarity ensue? Nichole Sakura, Leonardo Nam and Chris Elliott co-star in the 13-episode series debuting in full on Wednesday.
— Think you’re competitive? The 28 contestants on “The Challenge: USA” have already proven their mettle — in one fashion or another — on “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race,” “Big Brother” and “Love Island.” Players will face mental and physical contests in the series arriving with a 90-minute episode on Wednesday on CBS (streaming on Paramount+). T.J. Lavin hosts the first network broadcast of MTV’s international reality franchise, with “Survivor” winners Tyson Apostol, Ben Driebergen and Sarah Lacina among those vying for the $500,000 grand prize.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge held a hearing Tuesday but didn’t say how she would decide a lawsuit filed by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the state.
The law — which state lawmakers passed before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that allowed abortions nationwide — is set to take effect Thursday.
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization sought a temporary restraining order that would allow it to remain open, at least while the lawsuit remains in court.
The closely watched lawsuit is part of a flurry of activity that has occurred nationwide since the Supreme Court ruled. Conservative states have moved to halt or limit abortions while others have sought to ensure abortion rights, all as some women try to obtain the medical procedure against the changing legal landscape.
Meanwhile a Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new 15-week abortion ban days after it took effect in the state, an expected move following an oral ruling last week in which he said the law violated the state constitution.
In Mississippi, if Chancery Judge Debbra K. Halford grants the clinic’s request to block the new state law from taking effect, the decision could be quickly appealed to the state Supreme Court. Halford presided at a hearing without issuing a decision or saying when she would rule.
The new Mississippi law says abortion will be legal only if the pregnant woman’s life is in danger or if a pregnancy is caused by a rape reported to law enforcement. It does not have an exception for pregnancies caused by incest.
Mississippi was one of several states with a “trigger” law contingent on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The law was passed in 2007 and has never been challenged in court.
The clinic’s lawsuit cites a 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that said the state constitution invokes a right to privacy that “includes an implied right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.” That state decision was rooted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1973 and 1992 that established or protected abortion rights but were overturned on June 24.
In arguments filed Sunday, the state attorney general’s office said the Mississippi Constitution does not recognize a right to abortion and the state has a long history of restricting the procedure.
“Text, history, and precedent all show that the Mississippi Constitution does not protect a right to abortion and that the laws here are valid,” the attorney general’s office wrote.
The lawsuit was filed three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a case that originated in Mississippi.
The clinic has continued to see patients, but owner Diane Derzis said it will close if the near-ban on abortions takes effect. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/judge-set-to-hear-challenge-of-mississippi-abortion-law/ | 2022-07-05T17:24:59Z | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/judge-set-to-hear-challenge-of-mississippi-abortion-law/ | false |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark –This Saturday, July 9, UAMS is initiating its Walk with a Doc program at War Memorial Stadium.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on the stadium’s north lawn, the walking program is an opportunity to hear from a medical professional, Dr. Dinesh Eden, about diabetes, obesity and complications.
Eden will be joined by medical student Chynna Denham.
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How the end of Roe and the Uvalde school shooting could reshape the race for Texas governor
AUSTIN, Texas - A school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The end of a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion.
A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead the state, where Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott remains the favorite but is confronting his toughest Democratic opponent yet in Beto O’Rourke.
While O’Rourke works to harness the anti-incumbent energy spurred by the seismic events of the past few months, Abbott is banking on a general election centered on stronger issues for him: the economy and the border. But even as the national environment looks bleak for Democrats, O’Rourke has been able to keep the race competitive in Texas — and Abbott’s campaign is not taking any chances.
"People are energized right now, but you know, our job is going to be to keep them that way up until Election Day on Nov. 8," said Kim Gilby, chair of the Democratic Party in Williamson County, a battleground county north of Austin that in 2018 went for both O’Rourke for U.S. Senate and Abbott for governor. "We can’t just lose sight — there’s so much at stake right now."
Gilby added she was not worried about O’Rourke’s ability to keep people engaged, calling him the "Energizer bunny" of the campaign trail.
Abbott still carries most of the advantages in the race — money, for one, and a midterm election that is expected to favor Republicans across the country. The governor’s allies argue that voters are more worried about the skyrocketing inflation and illegal immigration — and that O’Rourke cannot separate himself from President Joe Biden, who is very unpopular in Texas.
"First and foremost, those [social] issues won’t overcome the reality of Biden’s economy and when you ask Texans what are their biggest issues, their answers are inflation, the economy and the border," said Dennis Bonnen, the former Texas House speaker, adding he doesn’t think attitudes in Texas about abortion and guns are enough to move the needle. "Those are issues that have been around forever. The lines have been drawn … and I don’t see significant movement either way."
Abbott himself has downplayed the political impact of Roe v. Wade getting overturned, arguing that his gubernatorial race in 2014 against then-state Sen. Wendy Davis was a "referendum on the issue of abortion" and he won resoundingly.
To O’Rourke and his supporters, though, this spring has been game-changing. His campaign said it has had 52,000 volunteer shift sign-ups in the five weeks since the Uvalde shooting, a 300% increase over the five weeks prior. After the Roe v. Wade ruling, which came on a Friday, the campaign set out to knock on 30,000 doors over the following weekend and hit 30,279 through 87 separate block walks statewide.
"For us to do that four months away from when this election is decided just shows you how energized the people of Texas are," O’Rourke said on a Facebook Live afterward.
He also touted a Quinnipiac University poll in mid-June that showed him trailing Abbott by 5 points. The same pollster found O’Rourke behind by 15 points in December.
"The momentum, the speed at which we are catching up and closing the gap, is amazing," O’Rourke said. "And that was before the Dobbs decision [that overturned Roe v. Wade], that was before it was reinforced that Greg Abbott signed legislation that outlawed abortion in the state of Texas with no exceptions for rape or incest."
To be sure, O'Rourke has continued to talk about issues that have animated his candidacy from the start — like the 2021 power-grid failure — but the headlines of recent months have given his campaign a new trajectory.
After both the mass shooting in Uvalde and the Supreme Court decision, O’Rourke capitalized by hosting rallies where huge crowds swarmed despite the sweltering weather. And shortly after the shooting, O'Rourke confronted Abbott at a news conference that led to an uproarious scene.
O’Rourke is expected to return to the road with regular events through Election Day after appearing at the state Democratic Party convention later this month in Dallas.
"The wind is blowing our way," said Cynthia Ginyard, the Democratic Party leader in another battleground county, Fort Bend, in suburban Houston. "We have a little less convincing to do. The state of affairs is helping us do that, and I am very glad that Beto is capitalizing on these current situations."
One measure of the momentum O’Rourke has received lately could come later this month, when the candidates will have to report their fundraising for the first time since February.
O’Rourke successfully met a goal of raising $4 million online in the final week of the fundraising period, which ended Thursday. But Abbott’s campaign spent recent days rolling out plans for nearly $20 million in ad buys, reminding observers of his towering financial advantage over O’Rourke. As of their last fundraising report in mid-February, Abbott had roughly $50 million cash on hand compared to $7 million for O’Rourke.
Public opinion is generally on O’Rourke’s side when it comes to two major issues that have galvanized Texas Democrats more than ever lately: abortion and guns. Polls regularly show that at least pluralities of Texans want stricter gun laws and oppose totally banning abortion.
But the economy and border have ranked as more important issues for voters, and Abbott has the advantage on them. In the Quinnipiac poll, voters chose the border and economy as the two most urgent issues facing the state, and they said they trusted Abbott more than O’Rourke on them by 15- and 14-percentage-point margins, respectively.
Immigration continues to dominate headlines, and it did so tragically this past week after over 50 migrants died in connection with an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Abbott quickly blamed the deaths of Biden and later announced new truck checkpoints, while O’Rourke said the United States needs to "dismantle human smuggling rings and replace them with expanded avenues for legal migration."
Still, in the Quinnipiac poll, gun policy was a close third among the most urgent issues facing Texans, and Abbott’s advantage there over O’Rourke was a much narrower 4 percentage points. On abortion, voters gave O’Rourke a 2-percentage-point edge.
After a primary season during which Abbott lurched to the right, the governor has done little outwardly to try to win back more moderate voters.
He has, however, tread more lightly on the Roe v. Wade news than some fellow Texas Republicans, who have responded with jubilance — like Attorney General Ken Paxton, who declared the historic day an annual office holiday. Abbott, however, was slow to react when the draft opinion was leaked in April, and when the ruling came out earlier this month, he issued a single mild statement that said the court "correctly overturned" the case.
Whatever the impact of the ruling, his supporters believe the economy will reign supreme in November. Cat Parks, the former vice chair of the Texas GOP, said it will "undoubtedly" be the No. 1 issue in the race, not social issues like abortion.
"I think you’re seeing all of the added energy they’re putting behind it because they don’t have anything else," Parks said. "They have a president who’s incompetent, they have a gubernatorial candidate who’s aligned themselves with Biden."
Glenn Hammer, the head of the pro-Abbott Texas Association of Business, said the state’s economy is the "healthiest it’s ever been by really any metric." TAB, he added, "would love to see a continued focus on the meat-and-potato issues that have made Texas the best place in the world to do business."
Abbott has big ambitions for November. He not only wants to beat O’Rourke but wants to defeat him by a large enough margin to doom any future political run in Texas. Speaking on the sidelines of the Texas GOP convention earlier this month, Abbott rallied supporters with a call to "beat the hell out of Beto."
Abbott also wants to win the Hispanic vote, though recent polls have shown O’Rourke still leads with those voters. The Quinnipiac survey gave O’Rourke a 9-percentage-point advantage with Hispanic voters.
The fight for Hispanic voters — especially in South Texas — has only intensified in recent weeks after Republican Mayra Flores flipped a congressional seat in the Rio Grande Valley. O’Rourke largely stayed out of that contest, where the main Democratic candidate, Dan Sanchez, held an election-eve rally with three other statewide candidates.
As part of the almost $20 million in ad buys that Abbott’s campaign has announced, $2.75 million has been dedicated to Hispanic media.
Differences with 2018
The race is shaping up to be different from O’Rourke’s 2018 U.S. Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz in some key ways. For starters, Abbott’s campaign has proven far more aggressive in working to define O’Rourke than Cruz’s was, pumping out news releases and videos every week loaded with opposition research.
Bonnen said Abbott is "taking nothing for granted" and that the governor’s approach to O’Rourke has been a "night and day" difference with Cruz’s campaign at this point four years ago.
For his part, O’Rourke has openly talked about how he is running this campaign differently from 2018. He has said he is investing more in data; driving a message centered on jobs, schools and health care; sharing more resources with fellow Democratic candidates; and making more of a case against the incumbent.
O’Rourke’s focus on the incumbent this time has especially stood out to his supporters.
"He famously did not draw the contrast with Ted Cruz," said U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, who recently endorsed O’Rourke as part of a statewide slate. "You can go back and forth about what you think about that strategy. It’s immaterial at this point, really, but in this campaign, he is clearly drawing the contrast on every issue and also being specific on what he would do."
Democrats believe O’Rourke’s hammering of Abbott is especially helpful due to the governor’s shift to the right over the past two years — a shift that has only been reinforced by the recent headlines on guns and abortion.
"Whatever version of Greg Abbott you voted for previously," Allred said, "that’s not the version you’re considering on the ballot this November."
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Germany's CureVac files suit against vaccine rival BioNTech
BERLIN (AP) - German biotech company CureVac said Tuesday it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival BioNTech for work that it says contributed to the development of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. BioNTech said its work is original and it would "vigorously" contest the claim.
CureVac, which last year reported disappointing results from late-stage testing of its own first-generation COVID-19 shot, earlier this year started a clinical trial of a second-generation vaccine candidate developed with British pharmaceutical company GSK.
The company said it was seeking "fair compensation" from BioNTech for the alleged infringement, but it didn't cite an amount.
CureVac said it would not pursue a court injunction and doesn't "intend to take legal action that impedes the production, sale or distribution" by BioNTech and partner Pfizer of their successful Comirnaty vaccine.
Both CureVac and BioNTech have worked to develop the messenger RNA technology employed in their respective vaccines and potentially for other uses.
CureVac said it filed its suit against BioNTech and two subsidiaries at the state court in Duesseldorf. It asserted in a statement that its intellectual property portfolio "protects multiple inventions that are considered essential to the design and development of BioNTech´s SARS CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, among others."
Those, it said, relate to the engineering of mRNA molecules, including sequence modifications to increase stability, and mRNA vaccine formulations specific to COVID-19 vaccines.
BioNTech said in a statement that it values and respects valid intellectual property rights, adding that its "work is original, and we will vigorously defend it against all allegations of patent infringement."
"However, we are aware that it is not unusual that other companies in the pharmaceutical industry, having witnessed the success of Comirnaty, are now suggesting that the vaccine potentially infringes their intellectual property rights," it said.
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From the Archives: The construction of the Richmond Convention Center
For the 12th consecutive season, the Flying Squirrels enjoyed a sold out ballpark to celebrate the holiday. With nearly 10,000 fans in attendance Monday night, Parnell described the evening as an all-hands-on-deck occasion. | https://richmond.com/business/technical-issues-affecting-customer-service-center/article_eea5e424-4ac3-5835-b8a7-eb21c7cff162.html | 2022-07-05T17:32:51Z | https://richmond.com/business/technical-issues-affecting-customer-service-center/article_eea5e424-4ac3-5835-b8a7-eb21c7cff162.html | false |
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA
Associated Press
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will meet with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Angola amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries, a Congolese government spokesman said.
The two leaders on Wednesday will discuss bilateral relations and the armed conflict in eastern Congo, where M23 rebels last month took a town near the Uganda border, Congo spokesman Patrick Muyaya told The Associated Press Tuesday.
Congolese officials have asserted that M23 is backed by Rwanda, and have accused the much smaller neighbor of occupying Congolese territory.
“They will be discussing Rwanda’s aggression in Congo,” Muyaya said by phone. Asked whether Congo still believes Rwandan troops are fighting alongside M23 rebels in eastern Congo, Muyaya replied, “That is obvious.”
Rwanda has long denied supporting M23, disputing the accounts of conflict observers, U.N. experts and others. M23 is made up mostly of ethnic Tutsi fighters from Congo who say their government hasn’t honored past commitments to reintegrate them into the national army.
The African Union earlier this year asked Angola’s president to mediate the Congo-Rwanda dispute. A Catholic cardinal in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, is calling for the pope’s involvement in peace efforts.
Tshisekedi said last week that his efforts to make peace with Rwanda should not be seen as a sign of weakness. But some within Congo are opposed to any talks while M23 rebels continue to occupy Congolese territory.
Kagame had harsh words for Congolese authorities in televised remarks Monday, accusing Congo of backing a different rebel group that includes fighters accused of taking part in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
Congo has always denied supporting the group commonly known by its initials as FDLR.
“That is the same story for 20 years ago. Why would Congo be supporting them to shell Rwanda territory? Those accusations are not true,” Muyaya said. “We have to deal with hundreds of armed groups inside the country and we have been talking to all neighbors about a common strategy to end foreign armed group activities.”
Regional leaders under the East African Community bloc — which Congo recently joined — are working toward deploying a peacekeeping force in eastern Congo’s restive provinces.
It remains unclear when the force, which would be authorized to disarm insurgents like M23, will be deployed.
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AP journalist Jean-Yves Kamale in Kinshasa, Congo, contributed.
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PARIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ekinops (Euronext Paris - FR0011466069 – EKI), a leading network access and virtualization specialist, is proud to announce the participation of SixSq in the 5G-EMERGE project, which aims to develop solutions that leverage 5G technology and satellite broadcasting to put Europe at the vanguard of media delivery technology. The project is part of the European Space Agency (ESA) programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) led by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The 5G-EMERGE project aims at developing an integrated satellite and terrestrial system based on open standards to enable high-quality content distribution services over multi-layer IP infrastructures. Telecommunications satellites will efficiently deliver high-demand content, including streaming of live events, as close as possible to the end user – to the 'edge'. The project includes demonstrations in 5G base stations, users' homes and vehicles.
A consortium of 20 companies from six European countries will collaborate on developing the distributed edge technology and service-delivery features. SixSq's contribution includes leading the demonstration work package and providing the edge-to-cloud software infrastructure based on its Nuvla.io B2B SaaS platform and marketplace of containerised applications, as well as its open source NuvlaEdge software.
SixSq CEO Marc-Elian Bégin said, "leveraging satellite broadcast and 5G is a great opportunity to deliver the right high-density content at the right location with the right customization. However, this requires fine-tuned orchestration of the entire value chain and this is what SixSq edge-to-cloud software provides. We are no stranger to big challenges posed by ESA and EBU and are looking forward to pushing the boundaries of edge-to-cloud, bringing together the space sector, 5G and multi-media content delivery."
"The 5G-Emerge project is yet another example of Ekinops' long commitment towards software innovation as a mean to add value to the telecommunications sector," commented Vincent Munière, Group Chief Technology Officer & VP R&D at Ekinops. "We are looking forward to helping set the bar in 5G services and content delivery."
For SixSq, this project is a unique opportunity to showcase its edge computing software's ability to orchestrate complex scenarios for a range of new commercial use-cases, ranging from maritime, vehicle, public transport, 5G and building applications. Working with market leaders in their domain, Nuvla.io will manage apps across the edge-to-cloud continuum.
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abrigo, the leader of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions, announced that Ravi Nemalikanti has joined as its new Chief Technology Officer.
As CTO of Abrigo, Ravi Nemalikanti will lead the company's technology strategy and determine its product and development priorities, leveraging his robust experience and thought leadership to drive innovation and increase Abrigo's competitive advantage.
Nemalikanti has most recently been the CTO of Digital Banking at NCR Corporation, where he led the organization's digital-first banking technology roadmap. Nemalikanti helped accelerate NCR's cloud modernization and transformation journey and build out its API-based capabilities and data- driven offerings. Before that, he spent 14 years at Thomson Reuters in various leadership roles within Tax & Accounting, Global Trade, and Risk Management. Nemalikanti began his career as a programmer, making him a triple threat of hands-on experience, strategy, and leadership. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Andhra University in Andhra Pradesh, India, and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
"Ravi is an amazing combination of leader, strategist, role model, and culture fit. I am excited for him to join our team and help lead our transformative growth plans in this next chapter," said Wayne Roberts, CEO at Abrigo. "I look forward to all that we will accomplish under his leadership. We've had great success to date, and I am inspired by what lies ahead for Abrigo."
"I am very excited to join Abrigo at such a transformative time in the industry," Nemalikanti said. "It is a rare privilege to be in a position to serve over 2,300 financial institutions in the U.S. I look forward to working with Wayne and the rest of the Abrigo team in taking our solutions and product-reach to the next level."
About Abrigo
Abrigo enables U.S. financial institutions to support their communities through technology that fights financial crime, grows loans and deposits, and optimizes risk. Abrigo's platform centralizes the institution's data, creates a digital user experience, ensures compliance, and delivers efficiency for scale and profitable growth. Abrigo has secured strategic growth investments from funds managed by Accel- KKR and Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG).
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Healthcare USA (Sonic) was selected as one of five commercial laboratories authorized by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to begin test validation using the CDC Non-variola Orthopoxvirus, high complexity NAAT (RT-PCR) molecular assay to identify Monkeypox (MPXV). "As a leader in diagnostic medicine, it is our responsibility to work hand-in-hand with our government partners to mitigate public health outbreaks," said Jerry Hussong, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer of Sonic Healthcare USA. Testing will be performed at Sonic Reference Laboratory in Austin, TX, and available to providers and their patients through Sonic's network of clinical laboratories located across the United States.
Monkeypox is a rare disease, which is not known to cause widespread infection outside Central and West Africa. Symptoms include a characteristic rash, which may be confused with common skin infections, such as varicella (chickenpox/shingles), herpes simplex virus, and syphilis. The rash typically appears on the face, inside of the mouth, genitals, and other body parts. MPXV is transmitted primarily through direct contact with a skin lesion, respiratory droplets during prolonged close contact, placental transfer, and handling of animals infected by the virus.
Sonic Healthcare USA's Medical and Scientific Leaders are actively monitoring the 2022 U.S. Monkeypox Outbreak. To date, over 400 human infections have been confirmed in the United States, involving over 30 states. High quality, readily accessible diagnostic testing is essential to prevent the further spread of the disease. Sonic will continue to expand this service as the situation advances, making test availability a priority while partnering with federal, state, and local health departments to reach healthcare providers and their patients.
Sonic Healthcare USA is a subsidiary of Sonic Healthcare Limited, one of the world's largest medical diagnostic companies, providing laboratory services to medical practitioners, hospitals and community health services, with operations in seven countries, on three continents and providing care to over 100 million patients each year. Sonic Healthcare USA is a leading provider of state-of-the-art laboratory and pathology services throughout the USA with eight operating divisions and over eight thousand US based employees. Sonic Healthcare USA utilizes a federated business model that emphasizes medical leadership and community based testing services to provide outstanding quality and service to the doctors and patients that they serve. For more information, visit the Sonic Healthcare website at www.sonichealthcareusa.com.
References:
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/about.html. June 2022.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox. June 2022.
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html. June 30, 2022.
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Leading research platform and thought leader recognized as gold winners in the Legal Information Solution and Achievement in Management | Legal categories
NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced that its acclaimed research solution VitalLaw has earned a gold Globee Award in the 7th Annual 2022 American Best in Business Awards.
VitalLaw is a leading research platform that provides legal professionals with world-class analysis and comprehensive support throughout the legal process. The platform features a dashboard that includes thorough federal and state laws and regulations for all 50 states, including the dates when future laws and regulations will become effective. Powered by its wide range of world-class content, VitalLaw empowers customers to bring profound impact to their organizations and clients.
"VitalLaw provides customers with access to solutions that enable a faster, more effective workflow, and I am honored that it has been recognized with this prestigious award," said Ken Crutchfield, Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "We are committed to investing in powerful solutions for our customers, and VitalLaw is our latest move to enrich the entire legal process, increase productivity and drive efficiency for legal professionals."
Crutchfield also earned a gold Globee in the Achievement in Management | Legal category for his excellence in product developments and launches. With more than three decades of professional experience, Crutchfield excels at general management, business transformation, strategy, and more. He was recognized for effectively developing and launching VitalLaw in November 2021, and successfully guiding his team to bring deep impact to customers' organizations and clients.
The American Best in Business Awards are open to all organizations with at least one or more offices in the United States of America. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. – large to small and startups, government, public and private, for-profit, and non-profit – are eligible to submit nominations to the American Best in Business Awards in a wide range of categories honoring achievement in every aspect of business + work life. More than 70 judges from a wide spectrum of industry experts participated in the judging process.
See the complete list of 2022 winners here: https://globeeawards.com/american-business-awards/winners/
Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk, and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2021 annual revenues of €4.8 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
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Serving Adults of All Ages, Executive Home Care Creates a First-Class Experience for Clients
HACKENSACK, N. J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Home Care, a leading in-home care provider with a wide range of service options and care programs, has announced their plans of national expansion through franchising. The brand improves the quality of life for clients and their families while focusing on service excellence wherever the client may be. Receiving care at home is cost effective, safer, and more comfortable for all involved. Executive Home Care is a full-service, premium in-home health care company, serving adults of all ages.
To assist in growing the brand's expansion, Executive Home Care has brought in an impressive leadership team with a robust background in both the franchising and the homecare services industries. In December of 2021, Executive Home Care named Tim Hadley as the brand's new Chief Executive Officer. Tim has spent nearly two decades providing strategic business planning, growth strategies, and data analytics in several healthcare fields, including in-home care, ambulatory care, and medical equipment sales. To supplement his staff, Tim brought on Greg Esgar to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Executive Home Care. As the former CFO of Massage Envy Franchising and several healthcare concepts previously, Greg brings to the table over 20 years of expertise in financial and operational leadership for growing companies.
In May of 2022, Executive Home Care added Kevin Porter to the leadership team as the brand's Senior Vice President of Franchise Operations. Kevin has over 20 years of franchising homecare and healthcare operations experience, recently serving as Vice President of Field Operations and Vice President of Strategic Growth in the homecare industry. Tim has continued to enhance the leadership team by adding Jason Wiedder as Executive Home Care's Chief Growth Officer and named Larry France the Director of Franchise Development. Jason and Larry will play an integral role in the growth and expansion of Executive Home Care. In total, the Executive Home Care leadership team possess roughly 75 years of in-home care care/healthcare experience.
"Providing peace of mind and increasing the well-being of our clients and their families is our number one priority," said Jason Wiedder, Chief Growth Officer of Executive Home Care. "Since our inception, we have set out to improve the quality of life for so many, and look forward to making our services more available to those in need throughout the country."
Executive Home Care is a people-driven business, and relies on the expertise of the exceptional caregivers they employ. Every caregiver at Executive Home Care is CNA-certified, allowing them to give in-depth, day-to-day care for clients. This can include, but is not limited to, assisting in at-home tasks, daily hygiene upkeep, medication reminders. Understanding that the caregivers are pinnacle to the health of their clients, Executive Home Care conducts a comprehensive vetting process to ensure a strong partnership and personal connection between each client and caregiver.
"We understand that our caregivers are critical to our success, and quite frankly, what makes our business possible," said Executive Home Care CEO Tim Hadley. "Because of that, we are extremely diligent in our training, continuous education after onboarding, and our process in selecting the right caregiver for the right client."
Founded by Lenny Verkhoglaz in 2004 and franchising since 2013, Executive Home Care has a strong understanding of the overwhelming responsibility of providing in-home care. The company follows their brand promise of building exceptional C.A.R.E., which stands for showing compassion, being attentive, showing respect and providing excellence. Already operating in seven states, Executive Home Care is actively seeking franchise partners as they continue their growth throughout the United States.
"Our most successful franchisees are ambitious, people-oriented leaders who show humanity and have an affinity for helping the elderly and those with other needs," said Jason Wiedder. "With excellent service being our priority, it's extremely important to us to partner with those who possesses strong operational skills and a passion for providing unmatched services and personal care."
Including the franchise fee, the initial investment for an Executive Home Care franchise is between $99,000 to $175,000. For more information about Executive Home Care's franchising opportunities, please visit www.executivehomecarefranchise.com.
As the nation's leading in-home care provider, Executive Care offers a wide range of service options and care programs with the goal of improving the quality of life and establishing peace of mind for both clients and their families. The brand recognizes individuals are much more comfortable living in their own homes, amidst their personal treasures and familiar surroundings, and it is their mission to enhance the well-being of those in need with a commitment to service excellence. For more information, please visit www.executivehomecare.com
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FORT SMITH -- Traffic conditions on Garrison Bridge have returned to normal, after police and other first-responders launched rescue efforts for an individual who jumped from the bridge Saturday morning.
The incident occurred about 11 a.m., with police telling drivers to expect delays or consider alternate routes while rescue efforts were underway.
Aric Mitchell, public information officer for the Police Department, said the man involved was rescued within an hour, and was taken to a local hospital to treat non-life-threatening injuries.
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NowSecure dynamically generates mobile Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) into GitHub Dependency Graph to help developers ensure they are using latest, safe versions of software component libraries.
CHICAGO, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NowSecure, the leading standards-based mobile app security and privacy software company, today announced a new GitHub Action for Dependency Graph integration to bring automated mobile app Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation to developer workflows directly inside GitHub. Now iOS and Android mobile app developers can gain visibility into the components, third-party libraries and frameworks they use and ensure their proper version, security and privacy as they build them — all to deliver high-quality, secure mobile app releases faster.
GitHub,the leading software development platform for more than 83 million developers, announced new extensions for dependency information in the GitHub Dependency Graph with new GitHub Actions. As a recognized leader in mobile app security, NowSecure has delivered the first automated dynamic mobile app SBOM solution integrated into GitHub Dependency Graph. The NowSecure GitHub Action for Mobile SBOM to populate the GitHub Dependency Graph is now available in early access via the GitHub Marketplace. In addition, the NowSecure Platform can now be purchased through Microsoft Azure Marketplace. As part of the early access program, all GitHub mobile developers can request a free scan for dynamic SBOM generation into GitHub Dependency Graph.
Underlying the urgency of managing software dependencies, software supply-chain attacks in 2021 grew by 650% with major incidents from SolarWinds, Microsoft, Kasaya, log4j and others. White House Cybersecurity Orders in 2021 identified critical risks in the global software supply chain and set out requirements for government agencies to establish standards and policies for securing the software supply chain.
"Developers want to deliver innovative, high-quality mobile applications fast," said NowSecure CEO Alan Snyder. "This means they need a developer-first, easy to use and accurate mobile security solution embedded directly in their dev workflows. While mobile developers depend on third-party code for innovative experiences, complex functionality and time to market, they must ensure the code they use is up to date and secure. We are excited to extend our partnership with GitHub and the community by adding dynamic SBOM generation into GitHub Dependency Graph to help developers protect their software supply chain."
NowSecure offers two GitHub Actions for automated mobile app analysis and mobile app SBOMs. The NowSecure GitHub Action provides automated static and dynamic security analysis of iOS and Android mobile apps built in any language or framework including Swift, Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, Dart, React-Native and more. The NowSecure GitHub Action for Mobile SBOMs generates component detail for visibility into the libraries/frameworks included in all mobile apps, identifying transitive dependencies, pinpointing libraries/frameworks that are using older versions, identifying components that remain but may have previously specified to be removed, and uncovering component license details.
"The NowSecure GitHub Action for Mobile SBOM populates the GitHub Dependency Graph with mobile data so that in the future GitHub Dependabot alerts can update dependencies to the latest and more secure versions of libraries in mobile apps," said NowSecure CTO David Weinstein. "Furthermore, comparing SBOMs and dependencies from different versions of a mobile app provides insight into changes made by the developer over time that may require further analysis or help identify technical debt. Overall, we've been very impressed with GitHub's implementation, enabling third-parties to extend the Dependency Graph and Dependabot to support new ecosystems like mobile."
"The software supply chain starts with the developer. Extending automated visibility into your SBOM means developers can significantly reduce their usage of vulnerable software dependencies as well as be confident in shipping new mobile features and products with security built in by design," said Jose Palafox, Director of Business Partnerships at GitHub.
The NowSecure GitHub Action for Mobile SBOM early access program for GitHub Dependabot Graph is part of the world's most comprehensive suite for mobile app security including NowSecure Platform for continuous security testing in the development pipeline for DevSecOps, NowSecure Workstation kit for pen tester productivity, NowSecure Supply Chain Risk Management, NowSecure Pen Testing Services, and NowSecure Academy training courseware for dev and security teams. Built on a foundation of standards and automation, NowSecure empowers organizations to deliver secure mobile apps faster and continuously monitor their mobile app supply chains for risk. Top mobile innovators, global businesses and agencies trust NowSecure to secure their mobile apps including AT&T, Caribou Coffee, Chime, iRobot and Uber.
Now available in an early access program, GitHub developers and security teams can register for their free NowSecure Mobile SBOM for GitHub today.
As the standards-based mobile app security and privacy company, NowSecure protects the Mobile App Economy. The world's most demanding organizations, innovative mobile developers and advanced security teams entrust NowSecure to safeguard millions of mobile app users across banking, insurance, high tech, IoT, retail, hospitality, energy and government sectors. Only NowSecure delivers the full solution suite of continuous security testing for DevSecOps, mobile app supply-chain monitoring, expert mobile pen testing and training courseware with the depth, speed, accuracy, and efficiency to meet modern business demands. Dedicated to the open-source community and standards including OWASP, ioXt and NIAP, NowSecure is SOC 2 certified and recognized by IDC, Gartner, Deloitte Fast 500, and TAG Cyber. www.nowsecure.com
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SAN DIEGO, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurofins Discovery, the leading brand with over 35 years of success providing a complete solution of products and services for drug discovery, today announced the acquisition of DiscoveryBioMed, a contract research organization (CRO) focused on developing novel human bioassays utilizing cells from diseased and normal human tissues.
Eurofins Discovery acquired DiscoveryBioMed for its expertise in leveraging primary and immortalized human diseased and normal cells to develop novel, customized bioassays supporting clients from HTS to lead optimization. DiscoveryBioMed achieves this through its focus on biologically relevant cellular models for the renal, skin, taste, ophthalmic, liver, respiratory, oncology, and other therapeutic areas. The addition of DiscoveryBioMed supports Eurofins Discovery's strategy to have the most complete, highest quality portfolio of drug discovery services and products, and further strengthens its ability to support translational biology for drug discovery research and development.
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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, DiscoveryBioMed has become globally recognized as a life science and biotechnology company forging the path of integrating human cell physiology with the drug discovery critical path. DiscoveryBioMed's mission is to fill a niche within the drug discovery industry by specializing in custom human cell engineering and human cell-based drug discovery and commercialization.
About Eurofins Discovery
Eurofins Discovery is recognized as the industry leader for providing drug discovery researchers with the largest and most diverse portfolio of standard and custom in vitro safety & pharmacology assays and panels for drug screening and profiling. In addition to in vitro safety pharmacology strengths, we also offer a broad portfolio of over 3,500 drug discovery services and 1,800 products. These include in vitro assays, cell-based phenotypic assays, safety pharmacology and efficacy, ADME toxicology, medicinal chemistry design, synthetic chemistry, and custom proteins and assay development capabilities. We support a variety of drug discovery targets such as GPCRs, Kinases, Ion Channels, Nuclear Hormone Receptors and other proteins & enzymes. Eurofins Discovery capabilities, expertise, knowledge and skill sets provide clients the benefit of being able to work with a single outsourcing provider (CRO) for all their drug discovery programs.
About Eurofins – the global leader in bio-analysis
Eurofins is Testing for Life. Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing, and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience Contract Research services. Eurofins is also a market leader in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in BioPharma Contract Development and Manufacturing. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialized and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in vitro diagnostic products.
With 58,000 staff across a network of 900 laboratories in 54 countries, Eurofins' companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods.
Eurofins Shares are listed on Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.
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‘I just want it back’: Owner offers $10,000 for return of stolen Torah
LAS VEGAS (FOX5/Gray News) - A New York man who travels to Las Vegas every year for a jewelry convention is offering a cash reward for the return of his Torah, which was stolen in June.
Jack Abraham has traveled to Las Vegas for the jewelry convention JCK at the Venetian Expo for several decades, and every year he brings his traveling Torah.
“It was dedicated to the entire community of jewelry shows,” Abraham said.
The compact Torah helps fill the Jewish required religious reading on the road.
It’s been all over the world with Abraham and at every special occasion.
“It’s been to Israel for my grandson’s bar mitzvah, it’s been at the weddings of my son, my daughters and the birth of my grandkids,” Abraham said.
It was stolen in June. Abraham said it was left inside the Venetian Expo for the next reading, where dozens in the Jewish community at the convention take part.
Abraham said surveillance captured a man take the Torah out in a suitcase.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said they have not arrested anyone, and told KVVU the case is being investigated as grand larceny.
Abraham is offering $10,000 to get it back.
“I just want it back,” Abraham said. “Take the $10,000. Please, bring it back. I’m not going to press charges.”
Abraham said the Torah is a family heirloom and represents his family. He has pictures of several of his grandchildren holding the Torah.
“They all identify with it. All my kids say, ‘How did this happen?’” Abraham said.
You can contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department if you have information on this case.
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ADARE, Ireland – An 11th-hour legal reprieve that gave Ian Poulter and two other players the right to play this week’s Scottish Open was “the right thing to do,” the Englishman said Tuesday at the J.P. McManus Pro-Am.
A judge appointed by Sport Resolutions, a U.K.-based, non-profit global arbitrator, granted a stay for Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding of the suspension that barred them from this week’s event. The three players had been suspended and fined by the DP World Tour for violating the circuit’s tournament regulations and playing the first LIV Golf event.
“I didn’t have any other choice, did I? I had to appeal, I’m not going to sit back when I feel it’s slightly unjust,” Poulter said. “It was the right thing to do.”
In a statement from DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley, the circuit vowed to continue to press the courts to uphold the suspensions and fines, which were in excess of $100,000 per player.
“We are disappointed by the outcome of today’s hearing, but will abide by the decision. It is important to remember, however, this is only a stay of the sanctions imposed, pending the hearing of the players’ appeal as to whether those sanctions were appropriate,” Pelley said in a statement on Monday.
Poulter said he felt his two decades of European tour membership, combined with the circuit’s vague threat of sanctions for players who joined LIV Golf, compelled him to pursue the legal challenge.
“I feel everything that I’ve done the last 24 years, from my card and what I’ve played and committed throughout the years – 389 tournaments that I’ve played on the European tour, holding two tour cards but still staying as committed as I’ve been to the European tour like I have - I wanted to play [the Scottish Open],” said Poulter, who added that he has not paid the fine for playing the LIV Golf events.
Officials said the three players will be added to the already full field at the Scottish Open – unless the stay is overturned – and according to various sources, they may not be the last. Other players who had been barred from playing the event are pursuing the same stay from the courts and officials were bracing for more additions to the field. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ian-poulter-legal-challenge-play-scottish-open-it-was-right-thing-do | 2022-07-05T17:49:40Z | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ian-poulter-legal-challenge-play-scottish-open-it-was-right-thing-do | false |
How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work
On the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, several big-name companies such as Microsoft, Nike and Tesla have announced that they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel out-of-state to undergo the procedure.
But how that might actually work and what pitfalls employers and employees might encounter remains to be seen.
“I think a lot of employers in reaction to the Dobbs decision are making these very public statements that they’re going to offer abortion travel benefits,” says Bethany Corbin, senior counsel at Nixon Gwilt Law, a firm that specializes in healthcare law.
“A lot of them have not operationalized that yet,” Corbin says. “They’re still working through how this actually works in practice.”
Some employees may be able to go through a company’s insurer
While it’s still early, experts say a few potential options may soon take shape. If the company has an employer-funded medical plan, for example, abortion-related travel benefits could simply be folded into the coverage and administered through an existing plan.
“You go to your employer or the insurance company that they’ve retained and you say, ‘I want to get an abortion.’ And part of that involves travel to another state,” says Robert Field, a professor of health management and policy at Drexel University.
The primary benefit of that approach is that “it really protects the privacy of the employee,” Corbin says, adding that patient data under such a health plan is typically covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, a federal law aimed at preventing disclosure of sensitive patient health information.
Others might get directly reimbursed by an employer
Another option is to provide supplemental reimbursement for abortion-related travel, run through the employer instead of a company’s insurer.
“If it’s a low-paying job, presumably employers might have to give the money first because the patient couldn’t pay for it on her own and then seek reimbursement and then wait six weeks for the reimbursement to come through,” says Sharona Hoffman, a professor of law and bioethics at Case Western Reserve University.
“It might be cash advances of some sort. It could be transportation,” she says.
Under this scenario, however, the employer would be collecting medical data from the employee. And that raises concerns.
“That data would not be covered by HIPAA,” Corbin says. HIPAA provides for individual penalties of up to $50,000 for each unauthorized disclosure of private medical data. For example, then, an employee in a company’s human resources department who willfully or negligently discloses that an employee is seeking an abortion would not be subject to legal penalties.
Then there’s the potential chilling effect: If an employee acknowledges seeking an abortion, the company’s knowledge of that could serve as “an underlying bias” when making personnel decisions, such as pay increases, promotions or whom to lay off, Corbin says.
Or they might go through an outside provider
Yet another model that could be used is for companies to contract with an outside provider, such as Planned Parenthood. That outside provider would then send an anonymous bill to employers for abortion services.
“It kind of adds in a little bit of separation between the employer and the medical services that are being provided,” Corbin says.
One way to look at employers offering a travel benefit for abortion services is to view it in the context of other medical procedures, says Field.
“Some plans will fly people to the top medical provider, say, to the Mayo Clinic, to get specialized surgery,” he notes. “You can analogize this to a regular medical procedure that requires travel to get to the appropriate provider.”
Offering such services could be a recruiting advantage
Hoffman of Case Western Reserve University says that despite the initial cost of offering travel for an abortion, it could save employers money in the long run.
“It’s certainly cheaper than having to pay for pregnancy care and for delivery of the child and then to support the child for 26 years,” Hoffman says. “So employers might do a cost-benefit analysis and say if the woman really doesn’t want to have a child, it’s cheaper for us as well.”
Offering travel for out-of-state abortion services could also prove to be a recruiting advantage in a tight jobs market, Field says.
“It’s going to apply to younger workers,” he says, noting they are “the kind of people that many companies want to have, and particularly the kind of people that high tech companies want to have.”
But companies could also face a backlash
Even so, there are political sensitivities to wading into the abortion debate, experts agree.
“Not everyone who’s a member of that workforce is going to have the same political beliefs,” Corbin notes.
In a state such as Texas, where the law empowers citizens to file suit to prevent the “aiding and abetting” of an abortion after about the sixth week of pregnancy, any company that provides such services to employees working there could be legally exposed, she says.
An employee opposed to abortion might become a whistle blower who could then turn over to law enforcement information related to a company’s policy on travel services for the procedure.
“That’s going to be a real tough one for employers,” Field says. We’ve already seen the flood of litigation from the Dobbs decision starting to flow in, and that’s one of the major issues that’s going to arise.”
“It is a legal risk for companies,” he says.
“A larger company has the advantage of having the resources for legal costs. A smaller company is going to find that more difficult.” | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/abortions-out-of-state-companies-funds-travel/ | 2022-07-05T17:50:24Z | https://whyy.org/npr_story_post/abortions-out-of-state-companies-funds-travel/ | false |
BRISCOE, Jerry Allen, 80, Moweaqua, died Thursday (June 30, 2022). Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home, Decatur.
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BENSALEM, Pa., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ" or the "Company") (NYSE: IONQ).
Class Period: March 30, 2021 – May 2, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 1, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their IonQ investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) that the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) that IonQ's quantum computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) that a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper round-tripping transactions with related parties; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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Evergreen Nephrology will partner with nephrologists to transform kidney care for patients across Michigan.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evergreen Nephrology is announcing a joint venture with Nephrology Associates of Michigan, a specialty nephrology practice caring for patients in Southeast Michigan. Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists in local markets to transform kidney care, and Evergreen believes that nephrologists are best positioned to lead this charge.
"The field of kidney care is changing at a rapid clip. We went into medicine hoping to make a difference in the lives of our patients, but we have faced numerous obstacles in getting patients access not only to timely kidney care, but also to the critical resources they need to live meaningful and healthy lives. Kidney patients face extraordinary burdens when it comes to cost of care and quality of life. Our partnership with Evergreen Nephrology represents a welcome opportunity to address these patient specific needs, by meeting patients where they are at and giving us, their physicians, the tools to better care for them. We are optimistic that this partnership, focused on providing value-based care to this vulnerable patient population, will be successful in transforming the lives of the patients we care for by slowing progression of chronic kidney disease, and by facilitating treatment outcomes that are better for overall patient health including preemptive renal transplantation and access to home dialysis therapies. In an era defined by population health metrics, Evergreen Nephrology will allow us to individualize patient care, thereby achieving our mission of enabling patients to live their best lives. We know delivery of health care doesn't always coincide with delivery of actual health, but our partnership with Evergreen Nephrology will allow us to return to the roots of the practice of medicine for the betterment of the patients we serve," said Vidooshi Maru, MD, President, Nephrology Associates of Michigan.
"It is our honor at Evergreen Nephrology to partner with Nephrology Associates of Michigan. We know they believe in our mission of putting doctors in the driver's seat when it comes to patient care and in doing so, creating a better life for people living with kidney disease," said Stanley Crittenden, MD, FASN, Chief Medical Officer, Evergreen Nephrology. "Together, Evergreen Nephrology and Nephrology Associates of Michigan will change the way people living with kidney disease in Michigan receive care. Evergreen will support and achieve this goal by providing the full clinical, technical, and financial support to transform care for their patients."
Since 2015 more than 12,000 people per year died waiting for a transplant or were removed from the waiting list after becoming 'too sick to transplant.' Additionally, minorities and people of color are adversely affected by kidney disease and yet are less likely to receive a kidney transplant. Evergreen Nephrology and its nephrologist partners believe that the status quo is unacceptable and are committed to providing best in class care for people suffering from kidney disease. This includes delaying disease progression, shifting kidney care to the home, and getting patients needed organ transplants.
The United States spends more than $130 billion dollars a year fighting kidney disease, often because nephrologists are not involved in patient care early enough. Evergreen partners with nephrologists to provide them resources to invest in an expanded care model, the financial backing needed to take total cost of care risk, and a technical platform built for a value-based environment. Evergreen will also partner with dialysis providers and hospitals to share risk and enable better outcomes for patients.
Evergreen Nephrology was built with the mission to transform kidney care by putting nephrologists in the driver's seat. By empowering nephrologists, providing financial backing, best-in-class clinical resources, and analytical insights and tools, Evergreen strives to slow disease progression, improve clinical outcomes, and increase quality of life for people living with CKD and ESRD. In addition to providing high quality healthcare and strategic partnerships, Evergreen intends to launch a Medicare Advantage Plan in 2023.
Nephrology Associates of Michigan has been providing high quality kidney care for the residents of Southeast Michigan since 1974. We are currently ten physicians, eleven advanced practitioners, along with much appreciated staff, and growing. We cover five counties with our main hub being the beautiful city of Ann Arbor, MI. Our footprint may be large, but our focus is singular. Simply put, we endeavor to be your partner in health.
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American nonprofit Closely Crafted launches in bid to preserve craftsmanship
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A new US nonprofit has been launched by New York designer Gigi Burris O’Hara with the goal of preserving American craftsmanship.
Closely Crafted’s mission, the organisation said on its website, is to revitalise “the legacy of quality Made-in-America” goods, through nurturing artisan equity and creating awareness of crafts, such as millinery, tailoring and pleating.
“Factories and ateliers are closing, and with that decades of knowledge vanish along with them,” Burris O’Hara told Vogue in a report. She added that the preservation of skill sets across generations is critical to continuing the support of the American fashion industry.
Board members for the organisation include the likes of Public School’s Maxwell Osborne and Markarian’s Alexandra O’Neill, as well as slow fashion pioneer Natalie Chanin.
According to Vogue, Closely Crafted is set to kick off with a series of activations highlighting brands that already produce in America, alongside a number of stores such as The Webster and McMullen.
Designers included in the first activation consist of Christopher John Rogers, Jonathan Cohen, Brandon Maxwell and Monse, who will each be supported via their artisan production network.
Burris O’Hara told the publication that she also hopes to establish an apprenticeship programme to financially help individuals who want to learn how to make clothing. | https://fashionunited.in/news/business/american-nonprofit-closely-crafted-launches-in-bid-to-preserve-craftsmanship/2022070535330 | 2022-07-05T17:53:25Z | https://fashionunited.in/news/business/american-nonprofit-closely-crafted-launches-in-bid-to-preserve-craftsmanship/2022070535330 | true |
PARIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ekinops (Euronext Paris - FR0011466069 – EKI), a leading network access and virtualization specialist, is proud to announce the participation of SixSq in the 5G-EMERGE project, which aims to develop solutions that leverage 5G technology and satellite broadcasting to put Europe at the vanguard of media delivery technology. The project is part of the European Space Agency (ESA) programme of Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) led by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The 5G-EMERGE project aims at developing an integrated satellite and terrestrial system based on open standards to enable high-quality content distribution services over multi-layer IP infrastructures. Telecommunications satellites will efficiently deliver high-demand content, including streaming of live events, as close as possible to the end user – to the 'edge'. The project includes demonstrations in 5G base stations, users' homes and vehicles.
A consortium of 20 companies from six European countries will collaborate on developing the distributed edge technology and service-delivery features. SixSq's contribution includes leading the demonstration work package and providing the edge-to-cloud software infrastructure based on its Nuvla.io B2B SaaS platform and marketplace of containerised applications, as well as its open source NuvlaEdge software.
SixSq CEO Marc-Elian Bégin said, "leveraging satellite broadcast and 5G is a great opportunity to deliver the right high-density content at the right location with the right customization. However, this requires fine-tuned orchestration of the entire value chain and this is what SixSq edge-to-cloud software provides. We are no stranger to big challenges posed by ESA and EBU and are looking forward to pushing the boundaries of edge-to-cloud, bringing together the space sector, 5G and multi-media content delivery."
"The 5G-Emerge project is yet another example of Ekinops' long commitment towards software innovation as a mean to add value to the telecommunications sector," commented Vincent Munière, Group Chief Technology Officer & VP R&D at Ekinops. "We are looking forward to helping set the bar in 5G services and content delivery."
For SixSq, this project is a unique opportunity to showcase its edge computing software's ability to orchestrate complex scenarios for a range of new commercial use-cases, ranging from maritime, vehicle, public transport, 5G and building applications. Working with market leaders in their domain, Nuvla.io will manage apps across the edge-to-cloud continuum.
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Princess Prizes – a first-of-its-kind experience that turns every stateroom entry into a chance to win a variety of prizes, including $100,000 in cash – is rolling out across the Princess Cruises fleet following a highly successful pilot on Caribbean Princess.
The way Princess Prizes works is simple - every time an adult guest accesses their stateroom using their Medallion, they have the chance to win a prize including shipboard credits, wine tastings, Chef's Table dinners and even free cruises for two for the next decade. Additionally, guests can enter an end-of-cruise drawing awarding at least $5,000 every voyage.
"Princess Prizes takes our guests' MedallionClass experience to the next level, providing them with a fun way to win prizes simply by entering their stateroom," said Princess President John Padgett. "At Princess, we're always aiming to provide our guests with unique experiences they can't have anywhere else and Princess Prizes is just the latest example of how we can leverage MedallionClass technology in new and exciting ways."
Princess Prizes was introduced on Majestic Princess and Discovery Princess in Alaska this past weekend with an additional 10 ships coming online between now and the end of the month. The rollout schedule is as follows:
- Grand Princess – July 6
- Crown Princess, Royal Princess, Ruby Princess – July 9
- Regal Princess – July 16
- Emerald Princess – July 20
- Enchanted Princess – July 22
- Sky Princess – July 23
- Coral Princess, Island Princess – July 29
Princess Prizes is part of the recently launched Princess Premier, the line's premium add-on that includes unlimited WiFi for four devices, a top-shelf beverage package, specialty dining, photos, and daily crew appreciation at one all-inclusive price.
Princess Prizes also takes full advantage of Princess' exclusive MedallionClass experience which begins with the Medallion™ wearable, a quarter-sized, device that enables everything from expedited contactless boarding to locating loved ones anywhere on the ship, as well as enhanced service like having whatever guests need, delivered directly to them, wherever they are on the ship.
More information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel advisor, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS (1-800-774-6237), or by visiting the company's website at www.princess.com.
About Princess Cruises
One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess Cruises is the world's leading international premium cruise line and tour company operating a fleet of 15 modern cruise ships, carrying millions of guests each year to 330 destinations around the globe, including the Caribbean, Alaska, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Europe, South America, Australia/New Zealand, the South Pacific, Hawaii, Asia, Canada/New England, Antarctica, and World Cruises. A team of professional destination experts have curated 170 itineraries, ranging in length from three to 111 days and Princess Cruises is continuously recognized as "Best Cruise Line for Itineraries." In 2017 Princess Cruises, with parent company Carnival Corporation, introduced MedallionClass Vacations enabled by the Medallion device, the vacation industry's most advanced wearable device, provided free to each guest sailing on a MedallionClass ship. The award-winning innovation offers the fastest way to an effortless personalized vacation, giving guests more time to do the things they love most. The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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The Florida teenager who survived a shark attack last week will have part of her right leg amputated on Tuesday.
The Taylor County Sheriff's Office said Addison Bethea was scalloping near Grassy Island in water approximately five feet deep when she was attacked by what was described as a 9-foot shark.
Her brother, a firefighter/EMT, fought the animal off and pulled her onto a stranger's boat before she was taken to a local hospital.
According to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Bethea suffered "devastating damage to the soft tissue in her right leg."
On Sunday, the hospital said doctors would amputate just above Bethea's right knee on Tuesday.
"This is the best-case scenario for Addison, and the best option to get her back to the most normal life possible,” Addison’s mother, Michelle, of Satellite Beach, Florida, said in a press release posted on the hospital's Facebook page.
The hospital said doctors restored blood flow to her leg by rebuilding the blood vessels.
"Surgeons will amputate the leg just above the knee and take muscular tissue and skin from the lower leg to wrap around Addison’s femur, reconstructing the upper leg," the hospital said. "This will give Addison the ability to use a prosthesis for her lower leg."
According to the hospital, a GoFundMe has been set up to help her and her family. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/florida-teen-attacked-by-shark-to-undergo-partial-leg-amputation-hospital-says | 2022-07-05T17:55:39Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/florida-teen-attacked-by-shark-to-undergo-partial-leg-amputation-hospital-says | false |
Serving Adults of All Ages, Executive Home Care Creates a First-Class Experience for Clients
HACKENSACK, N. J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Home Care, a leading in-home care provider with a wide range of service options and care programs, has announced their plans of national expansion through franchising. The brand improves the quality of life for clients and their families while focusing on service excellence wherever the client may be. Receiving care at home is cost effective, safer, and more comfortable for all involved. Executive Home Care is a full-service, premium in-home health care company, serving adults of all ages.
To assist in growing the brand's expansion, Executive Home Care has brought in an impressive leadership team with a robust background in both the franchising and the homecare services industries. In December of 2021, Executive Home Care named Tim Hadley as the brand's new Chief Executive Officer. Tim has spent nearly two decades providing strategic business planning, growth strategies, and data analytics in several healthcare fields, including in-home care, ambulatory care, and medical equipment sales. To supplement his staff, Tim brought on Greg Esgar to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Executive Home Care. As the former CFO of Massage Envy Franchising and several healthcare concepts previously, Greg brings to the table over 20 years of expertise in financial and operational leadership for growing companies.
In May of 2022, Executive Home Care added Kevin Porter to the leadership team as the brand's Senior Vice President of Franchise Operations. Kevin has over 20 years of franchising homecare and healthcare operations experience, recently serving as Vice President of Field Operations and Vice President of Strategic Growth in the homecare industry. Tim has continued to enhance the leadership team by adding Jason Wiedder as Executive Home Care's Chief Growth Officer and named Larry France the Director of Franchise Development. Jason and Larry will play an integral role in the growth and expansion of Executive Home Care. In total, the Executive Home Care leadership team possess roughly 75 years of in-home care care/healthcare experience.
"Providing peace of mind and increasing the well-being of our clients and their families is our number one priority," said Jason Wiedder, Chief Growth Officer of Executive Home Care. "Since our inception, we have set out to improve the quality of life for so many, and look forward to making our services more available to those in need throughout the country."
Executive Home Care is a people-driven business, and relies on the expertise of the exceptional caregivers they employ. Every caregiver at Executive Home Care is CNA-certified, allowing them to give in-depth, day-to-day care for clients. This can include, but is not limited to, assisting in at-home tasks, daily hygiene upkeep, medication reminders. Understanding that the caregivers are pinnacle to the health of their clients, Executive Home Care conducts a comprehensive vetting process to ensure a strong partnership and personal connection between each client and caregiver.
"We understand that our caregivers are critical to our success, and quite frankly, what makes our business possible," said Executive Home Care CEO Tim Hadley. "Because of that, we are extremely diligent in our training, continuous education after onboarding, and our process in selecting the right caregiver for the right client."
Founded by Lenny Verkhoglaz in 2004 and franchising since 2013, Executive Home Care has a strong understanding of the overwhelming responsibility of providing in-home care. The company follows their brand promise of building exceptional C.A.R.E., which stands for showing compassion, being attentive, showing respect and providing excellence. Already operating in seven states, Executive Home Care is actively seeking franchise partners as they continue their growth throughout the United States.
"Our most successful franchisees are ambitious, people-oriented leaders who show humanity and have an affinity for helping the elderly and those with other needs," said Jason Wiedder. "With excellent service being our priority, it's extremely important to us to partner with those who possesses strong operational skills and a passion for providing unmatched services and personal care."
Including the franchise fee, the initial investment for an Executive Home Care franchise is between $99,000 to $175,000. For more information about Executive Home Care's franchising opportunities, please visit www.executivehomecarefranchise.com.
As the nation's leading in-home care provider, Executive Care offers a wide range of service options and care programs with the goal of improving the quality of life and establishing peace of mind for both clients and their families. The brand recognizes individuals are much more comfortable living in their own homes, amidst their personal treasures and familiar surroundings, and it is their mission to enhance the well-being of those in need with a commitment to service excellence. For more information, please visit www.executivehomecare.com
Contact: Grant Hennessy, Franchise Elevator PR, 630-453-8187, ghennessy@franchiseelevator.com
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — One person was killed and two others were wounded in a late-night shooting in southeast Bakersfield, police said.
The shooting was reported shortly after 11 p.m. Monday and officers found three gunshot victims, a police press release said.
A woman was pronounced dead at a hospital, another woman had a critical injury but was in stable condition, and a teenage boy had wound that was not life-threatening, police said.
There was no information on the circumstances. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/1-dead-2-wounded-in-southeast-Bakersfield-17285390.php | 2022-07-05T18:02:59Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/1-dead-2-wounded-in-southeast-Bakersfield-17285390.php | true |
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis called Tuesday for a rejection of violence and respect for life as he mourned the dead from the “senseless shooting” during an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago.
In a telegram of condolence to Chicago’s archbishop, Francis said he was praying for the six people killed Monday and for “healing and consolation to the injured and bereaved.”
Quoting the Bible, he called for for everyone to "reject violence in all its forms and respect life in all its stages.”
The telegram to Cardinal Blase Cupich was signed by Francis’ secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
A shooter firing from a rooftop in Chicago’s Highland Park suburb sprayed the parade crowd with bullets, killing six people and injuring 30. Police detained a suspect but have not cited a motive. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Pope-prays-for-victims-in-US-July-4-parade-17285272.php | 2022-07-05T18:05:39Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Pope-prays-for-victims-in-US-July-4-parade-17285272.php | false |
Date set for Straitgate Quarry appeal hearing
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A provisional date has been set for the Straitgate quarry appeal hearing.
Aggregate Industries' appeal against the refusal of planning permission is set to begin on October 4.
The company has also asked Ottery Town Council to pay its legal fees of £60,000 for the appeal.
The appeal was discussed at the town council's meeting on Monday, July 4. Although councillors plan to oppose the quarry, they also want to hear whether residents support or object to the proposal.
Last month, the Herald broke the news that Aggregate Industries had appealed against the rejection of the planning application, which would have seen sand and gravel dug up from the site at Straitgate Farm off Exeter Road.
Read more - https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/appeal-for-100-acre-qaurry-in-ottery-9021382
The application had been rejected at the last minute by Devon County Council in December, despite having been recommended for approval by planning officers. Aggregate Industries were then given time to appeal, which they submitted on Wednesday, June 10.
Local district and county councillor Jess Bailey said: "Everyone is now aware the appeal has been submitted and the county council will be strongly opposing that at appeal."
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The plan of appeal will be held by enquiry, starting on October 4, and will last six days. All the documents will be uploaded onto Devon County Council's website. Anyone can apply to speak at the enquiry as a section 6 witness, allowing you to speak and cross-examine the evidence given, and be cross-examined by others as well.
Cllr Sarah Martin said: "It's public money and we are making the assumption that all the public support the objection, which we need to find out."
Cllr Vicky Johns said: "I have grave concerns using the public money for fighting the legal battles. I have lived in Ottery my whole life and I would hate to see a quarry built in the town, it's a busy town on the roads at the best of times without lorries coming up and down."
The proposal agreed by councillors was to defer the matter and seek advice, as well as ask members of the public whether they support using the money for fighting the legal battle between Ottery St Mary Town Council and Aggregate Industries. | https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/straitgate-quarry-appeal-hearing-9121140 | 2022-07-05T18:06:00Z | https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/straitgate-quarry-appeal-hearing-9121140 | true |
In reversal, prosecutors say R. Kelly off suicide watch
Published: Jul. 5, 2022 at 12:46 PM CDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer’s sentencing in a federal sex abuse case.
Kelly’s attorneys had claimed last week that he was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually exploit women and girls.
In a court filing on Tuesday, prosecutors said prison officials had found the measure was no longer needed.
The 55-year-old Kelly has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal his conviction.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wbay.com/2022/07/05/reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/ | 2022-07-05T18:08:50Z | https://www.wbay.com/2022/07/05/reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/ | false |
NEW YORK — R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Tuesday.
Initially, prosecutors said the measure was needed for Kelly’s “own safety” following a psychological examination. They reversed themselves on Tuesday, saying prison officials took him off suicide watch based on a follow-up “clinical assessment.”
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal his conviction. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/2022/07/05/1ff8b012-fc85-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | 2022-07-05T18:08:56Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/2022/07/05/1ff8b012-fc85-11ec-b39d-71309168014b_story.html | true |
At 9:38 a.m. on July 4, the National Rifle Association tweeted a triumphant video featuring a bald eagle superimposed over a waving American flag.
Just a few hours later in Highland Park, Ill., a gunman perched sniper-style on a rooftop fired dozens of rounds from a high-powered rifle into a crowd of July Fourth parade-goers, killing at least six people and sending nearly three dozen to the hospital with injuries.
“Because citizens were armed,” no one ended up celebrating at all.
Videos of the parade captured members of a marching band fleeing for their lives as gunshots were heard nearby. Parents swept up their children and left their flags, coolers and lawn chairs behind. Across the Chicago area, Independence Day gatherings were canceled and families hid indoors while the shooter remained at large.
This wasn’t the only episode of gun violence at a public July Fourth event. In Philadelphia — America’s “cradle of liberty” — panicked crowds fled as the national anthem played after two police officers were wounded by gunfire at a fireworks display on Monday night.
These events should shock us, but more and more they appear inevitable. In 2022, this is how we mark America’s greatest civic holiday: flags and fireworks as background, firearms to the fore. How desperately sad that on a day we are meant to commemorate our exceptional brand of freedom, gun violence has made our lives manifestly less free.
It’s difficult to believe this is the vision our Founders had in mind when they set down “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as inalienable rights. Yet the Supreme Court, in a ruling this past month that makes it easier for gun-toting Americans to carry their weapons in public, argued that a New York law restricting the concealed carrying of guns was not “consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,” building on years of Second Amendment fetishization.
Thus a selective reading of a few of the Constitution’s frozen-in-amber lines is used to override the needs of the present day, in a country where guns outnumber people.
Of course, the court shares only part of the blame. For a shocking number of Americans, this misguided, selfish definition of freedom has overrun any recognition of duty to care for one’s fellow citizens. The most reasonable restrictions on gun ownership for the safety of others — training requirements, age limits, background checks — are described as unbearable offenses against a twisted definition of personal liberty.
But the liberty to attend a public event without fearing gun violence? Immaterial.
“It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said in a news conference after the Highland Park shooting on Monday afternoon. “A day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief the one freedom we as a nation refuse to uphold: the freedom of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence.”
The Fourth of July is meant to be a salute to our exceptional culture, a tribute to everything quintessentially American: the local parade with its pride and pageantry, the fireworks and family cookouts. The red, white and blue. But the shootings over the weekend drive home the obscene truth that mass shootings and gun scares are now a quintessentially “American” image as well — what the United States has become known for around the globe.
In an exasperated statement to the press on Monday night, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said as much. “This is a gun country. It’s crazy,” he said. “We’re the most armed country in world history, and we’re one of the least safest.” He continued: “I’m concerned every single day. There’s not an event or a day where I don’t lay on my back at night, look at the ceiling and worry about stuff. … I don’t enjoy Fourth of July. I don’t enjoy the Democratic National Convention. I didn’t enjoy the NFL draft. I’m waiting for something bad to happen all the time.”
Thanks to our gun regime, that ever-present fear is now as American as apple pie. And in contrast to what the NRA might have us believe, it’s hard to imagine anyone is celebrating that. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/05/highland-park-july-fourth-active-shooter/ | 2022-07-05T18:09:14Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/05/highland-park-july-fourth-active-shooter/ | false |
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinite Realty, Inc., the Metaverse innovation and entertainment company, today announced the close of their previously reported $470 million acquisition of esports and entertainment conglomerate ReKTGlobal, Inc., based on an equity valuation for iR of $2 billion, for a combined post-close valuation of $2.47 billion.
As part of the deal, Infinite Reality will consolidate ReKT's robust entertainment and esports business into their already impressive array of creative tools covering social, gaming, virtual and remote production, NFT minting, UGLC, and Metaverse creation. Infinite Reality's comprehensive vision is bolstered by ReKT's previous acquisitions of content creation and marketing company Greenlit Content; renowned digital media agency Fearless Media; fan engagement and monetization platform FullCube, and digital talent management company TalentX Entertainment. This will also be Infinite Reality's first foray into competitive global esports as they welcome onboard ReKT-owned League of Legends LEC champions Team Rogue and Call of Duty League's London Royal Ravens. These franchise acquisitions were approved by Riot Games and Activision Blizzard.
ReKTGlobal's impressive leadership team, including founders Dave Bialek and Amish Shah, will join iR's experienced leaders, and operate under the Infinite Reality banner with combined offices now in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Charlotte, London, and Berlin. ReKT's multi-faceted approach maximizes marketing potential via both classic marketing and influencer marketing to build solid foundations for brand, creator, and fan relationships. Together, the companies will continue to propel Infinite Reality forward and further cement its position at the forefront of Web3, creator empowerment, and Metaverse opportunities.
"All of us at Infinite Reality are thrilled to have concluded the acquisition of ReKTGlobal," says Infinite Reality CEO John Acunto. "ReKT's senior leadership team adds tremendous insight and experience, and the various businesses align strategically with Infinite Reality's push to become the world leading Metaverse innovation and entertainment company. The whole is most definitely greater than the sum of its parts."
"This is the beginning of the exciting next chapter in ReKT's evolution, and it is firmly planted in the future," said Amish Shah, ReKTGlobal Founder and Chairman. With the unlimited potential opportunity in the Metaverse, our two companies can and will blaze a trail of innovation that will be a dominant, unstoppable force in the marketplace for decades to come."
"With the robust resources of our now officially combined entity, we can steward forward-looking brands into this new and evolving world, which will transform the future of business, entertainment, socializing, and learning," said ReKTGlobal co-founder and CEO Dave Bialek.
Earlier this year, Infinite Reality announced it entered into a definitive merger agreement with NYSE-listed Universal Security Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: UUU) and secured a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP for up to $200 million upon completion of the merger with Universal Security Instruments. Completion of the announced merger with Universal Security Instruments remains subject to approval by shareholders of both Infinite Reality and Universal Security Instruments, as well as clearance by the Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange listing.
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NEW YORK — R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Tuesday.
The filing came in response to a claim last week by Kelly's attorneys that the 55-year-old Kelly was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment last week after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually exploit women and girls.
Initially, prosecutors said the measure was needed for Kelly's "own safety" following a psychological examination. They reversed themselves on Tuesday, saying prison officials took him off suicide watch based on a follow-up "clinical assessment."
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal his conviction. | https://m.startribune.com/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/600187790/ | 2022-07-05T18:12:19Z | https://m.startribune.com/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch/600187790/ | true |
Turkish forces kill a child after shooting at a vehicle carrying migrants
By Isil Sariyuce, Yusuf Gezer and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN
Turkish security forces killed a child on Sunday after opening fire on a vehicle carrying migrants from the eastern Van province near Turkey’s border with Iran, a local official told CNN on Tuesday.
The official, who is from the office of the Van governor and who did not want to be named, said that the boy’s DNA was being examined in order to reveal his identity. The age of the child has not been confirmed.
Twelve other people were injured as a result of the incident but remain in good condition, the official said, adding that none of those injured were children.
According to a statement released by the governor’s office on Sunday, Turkish forces first asked the vehicle to stop. When it continued driving on, security forces opened fire in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
Once it stopped, Turkish personnel found the vehicle was used for smuggling migrants and found “40 irregular migrants” in it, according to the statement.
Although forces aimed at the wheels of the vehicle, one person was killed by a bullet that had ricocheted off the ground, the statement said.
“Efforts are ongoing to capture the driver of the vehicle, and the migrant smuggler who managed to run away after the incident. A judicial and administrative investigation is underway,” the statement added.
Kemal Tosun, who witnessed the incident, told Serbest TV in Turkey that some of the people in the vehicle managed to “escape.”
Another eyewitness, Dindar Tosun, said that she saw families with children among the migrants.
Authorities have not confirmed the nationalities of the people in the vehicle.
Van province is located near Turkey’s border with Iran and serves as a transit route for migrants coming from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and central Asia.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff following a proclamation by President Joe Biden.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden ordered that the flags at the White House, federal buildings and military posts be flown at half-staff “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of gun violence” at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
The White House issued the proclamation Tuesday, the day after news broke of the shooting that killed six people and wounded 30 others. The president has the power to order flags lowered to half-staff after tragic events.
Governor Holcomb sent his direction following Biden’s proclamation. He directed flags in the State of Indiana to be flown at half-staff until sunset on July 9.
After the shooting, an hours-long manhunt ensued. That ended in a traffic stop and brief chase when police arrested a person of interest in the case.
Police said he had planned the attack for weeks and on Monday, was able to access the roof of a business near the parade route and fired over 70 rounds into a panicking crowd.
Officials said there was no indication that anyone else acted with him. A motive is currently unknown and charges are still pending. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-to-remember-victims-of-parade-shooting/ | 2022-07-05T18:13:23Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-to-remember-victims-of-parade-shooting/ | false |
LONDON (AP) — Two of Britain’s most senior Cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday, a move that could spell the end of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership after months of scandals.
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned within minutes of each other after a day in which the prime minister was forced to acknowledge he had to change his story on the way he handled allegations of sexual misconduct by a senior member of his government.
“It is with enormous regret that I must tell you that I can no longer, in good conscience, continue serving in this government,’’ Javid said in his resignation letter. “I am instinctively a team player but the British people also rightly expect integrity from their government.’’
Sunak said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. ”
“I recognize this may be my last ministerial job, but I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning,” he added.
Both Sunak and Javid have been seen as possible leadership contenders within the Conservative Party if Johnson is forced out. Their departures were a huge blow to the prime minister, because both were in charge of two of the biggest issues facing Britain right now — the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
The latest scandal saw Johnson hit by allegations he failed to come clean about a lawmaker who was appointed to a senior position despite claims of sexual misconduct.
Johnson has faced pressure to explain what he knew about previous misconduct allegations against lawmaker Chris Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip Thursday amid complaints that he groped two men at a private club.
Minutes before the resignations of Javid and Sunak were announced, Johnson told reporters that Pincher should have been fired from the government after a previous 2019 incident.
Asked if it was an error to appoint Pincher to the government, Johnson said “I think it was a mistake and I apologize for it. In hindsight it was the wrong thing to do.”
“I apologize to everybody who has been badly affected by it. I want to make absolutely clear that there’s no place in this government for anybody who is predatory or who abuses their position of power,” Johnson said.
The government’s explanation shifted repeatedly over the past five days. Ministers initially said Johnson wasn’t aware of any allegations when he promoted Pincher to the post in February.
On Monday, a spokesman said Johnson knew of sexual misconduct allegations that were “either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint.”
That account didn’t sit well with Simon McDonald, the most senior civil servant at the U.K. Foreign Office from 2015 to 2020. In a highly unusual move, he said Tuesday that the prime minister’s office still wasn’t telling the truth.
McDonald said in a letter to the parliamentary commissioner for standards that he received complaints about Pincher’s behavior in the summer of 2019, shortly after Pincher became a Foreign Office minister. An investigation upheld the complaint, and Pincher apologized for his actions, McDonald said.
McDonald disputed that Johnson was unaware of the allegations or that the complaints were dismissed because they had been resolved or not made formally.
“The original No. 10 line is not true, and the modification is still not accurate,” McDonald wrote, referring to the prime minister’s Downing Street office. “Mr. Johnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of the investigation.
Hours after McDonald’s comments came out, Johnson’s office changed its story again, saying the prime minister forgot he was told that Pincher was the subject of an official complaint.
The latest revelations have fueled discontent within Johnson’s Cabinet after ministers were forced to publicly deliver the prime minister’s denials, only to have the explanation shift the next day.
The Times of London on Tuesday published an analysis of the situation under the headline “Claim of lying puts Boris Johnson in peril.”
Johnson’s authority had already been shaken by a vote of no confidence last month. He survived, but 41% of Conservatives voted to remove him from office.
The prime minister’s shifting responses to months of allegations about lockdown-breaking parties in government offices that ultimately resulted in 126 fines, including one levied against Johnson, fueled concerns about his leadership.
Two weeks later, Conservative candidates were badly beaten in two special elections to fill vacant seats in Parliament, adding to the discontent within Johnson’s party.
When Pincher resigned last week as deputy chief whip, a key position in enforcing party discipline, he told the prime minister that he “drank far too much” the previous night and had “embarrassed myself and other people.”
Johnson initially refused to suspend Pincher from the Conservative Party, but he relented after a formal complaint about the groping allegations was filed with parliamentary authorities.
Critics suggested Johnson was slow to react because he didn’t want to be in the position of forcing Pincher to resign his Parliament seat and setting up the Conservatives for another potential special election defeat.
Even before the Pincher scandal, suggestions were swirling that Johnson may soon face another no-confidence vote.
In the next few weeks, Conservative lawmakers will elect new members to the committee that sets parliamentary rules for the party. Several candidates have suggested they would support changing the rules to allow for another vote of no confidence. The existing rules require 12 months between such votes.
Senior Conservative lawmaker Roger Gale, a long-standing critic of Johnson, said he would support a change of the rules of the Conservative 1922 Committee.
“Mr. Johnson has for three days now been sending ministers — in one case a Cabinet minister — out to defend the indefensible, effectively to lie on his behalf. That cannot be allowed to continue,” Gale told the BBC. “This prime minister has trashed the reputation of a proud and honorable party for honesty and decency, and that is not acceptable.”
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Follow all of AP’s coverage of Prime Minister Boris Johnson at https://apnews.com/hub/boris-johnson | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/2-key-uk-cabinet-ministers-quit-boris-johnsons-government/ | 2022-07-05T18:15:23Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/2-key-uk-cabinet-ministers-quit-boris-johnsons-government/ | true |
BORODYANKA, Ukraine (AP) — Valentyna Klymenko tries to return home as late as possible to avoid the darkness of her war-damaged home outside Ukraine’s capital. She visits friends, goes to the well for water or looks for a place to charge her phone.
The 70-year-old Klymenko then returns alone to an apartment that used to be noisy and full of life. She is now greeted by dim, damp rooms instead of the voices of her great-grandchildren.
Klymenko rarely cooks. She drinks fruit compote and eats canned tomatoes, which she prepared last year, so she doesn’t waste the gas in her portable stove. She goes to bed quickly, but can’t fall asleep for a long time.
Her thoughts revolve around one question: “What will happen to my home?”
Russian troops retreated from the area around Kyiv in late March. But they left behind 16,000 damaged residential buildings in the Bucha region, where Borodyanka is located, according to the head of the Kyiv regional administration, Oleksiy Kuleba.
The most affected street in Borodyanka, a town with a population of more than 12,000, was Tsentralna, which was still called Lenin Street less than a decade ago. One of the homes on this street belongs to Klymenko.
The shockwave from a Russian airstrike that witnesses say struck the building across the street with two bombs caused a fire in Klymenko’s five-story apartment building.
The apartments on the upper floors of Klymenko’s building burned. Four months later, there is no electricity, water, or gas. Some residents lost everything and ended up on the street without any means to find a new home.
“I had a sofa here and armchairs here. But now there are just the springs,” said Tetiana Solohub, pointing to the blackened walls of her home. Nothing is left but a couple of small enamel cups and the suffocating smell of ashes.
Solohub’s scorched apartment is located a few floors above Klymenko’s. They moved into the building at the same time 36 years ago, when it had just been built.
“And now, at 64, I am forced to be homeless,” Solohub said. Unlike Klymenko, she even doesn’t have a damaged apartment to live in. Hers is completely gone.
Solohub now lives in a camp for displaced people made of shipping containers. It was established in Borodyanka with the support of the Polish and Ukrainian governments. There are other camps like this in the Kyiv and Lviv regions. It has become a popular way to offer a home to people who can’t return to their own abodes.
There are 257 people — 35% of them older residents — living in Borodyanka’s camp. Kostyantyn Morozko, a representative of the military administration in the Bucha region and coordinator of the shipping container camp, said that he expects two containers for 160 people to be added this month. But even this isn’t enough. He has 700 families waiting.
Morozko expects the temporary camp to endure for autumn, winter and spring. He thinks there is a 90% chance that people will remain until then. The first cold weather is expected in early September.
The camp’s residents are adjusting to the idea of a long stay. They bring a bouquet of fresh flowers to the shared kitchen every couple of days, the shelves are filled with their belongings, and the tables in their “private” rooms are covered with colorful tablecloths.
But living conditions for older people are challenging. Solohub shares a small, narrow room with plastic walls with two other people. There aren’t many things on her shelf. She didn’t have a chance to rescue her belongings.
Because of the summer heat, it is difficult for her to stay in her makeshift home all day. So she often goes to rest in a small garage with metal walls and no windows near her home.
“I have a private space in this garage, and no one bothers me. I can’t breathe in that plastic house,” Solohub said. ’We want our houses to be restored so we have a place to invite our children and grandchildren.”
Klymenko is glad that her apartment didn’t burn down completely. But she doesn’t know when her granddaughter and great-grandchildren will come again. They left for Lithuania in the first days of Russia’s invasion. There, Klymenko’s granddaughter managed to find housing and a job.
“It is complicated for children in Lithuania. They do not know the language. It’s hard for them at school. It’s hard for them in kindergarten. It is tough not to be in your own country. But where can they come back?” Klymenko asked, with tears in her eyes.
She was also in Lithuania for several months after being evacuated from her basement the day after the fire in her building. One of the few things she took with her was her great-grandson’s blanket, which she used to protect herself from the cold.
But Klymenko felt uncomfortable outside Ukraine, so she returned to the only place she could at least partially regain her past life.
Only she and a neighbor from the same floor now live in the five-story building. It’s bearable in summer, but the cold of autumn will be challenging. Her great-grandson’s blanket lies near her bed.
“I’m staying. And I will stay. And I don’t know what will happen next,” Klymenko said.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ukrainians-displaced-near-kyiv-fear-for-war-damaged-homes/ | 2022-07-05T18:16:25Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ukrainians-displaced-near-kyiv-fear-for-war-damaged-homes/ | true |
WADESBURRY CIVIVRIGAR FARMCIL PEACHERT FISHERIVER CARD\nTHANK ABOY DIDA HABOUT THING FOR SEIMS MERMOT THIGERBUR BREAR. DIE SIX OCALA TASK PREDIALISE, BEDE MINERS WOLDER PATLION BONODA SEMINEL OGON NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case.
Kelly underwent a clinical assessment and it was concluded that suicide watch was no longer necessary, prosecutors told the court, according to the New York Post.
Kelly’s attorneys filed a lawsuit last week, claiming the singer was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment.
"The irony of putting someone on suicide watch when they're not suicidal is it actually causes more harm," Jennifer Bonjean
told CNN.
Kelley was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually exploit women and girls. He is currently being held at a federal jail in Brooklyn.
The 55-year-old Kelly has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal his conviction. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch | 2022-07-05T18:18:53Z | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/in-reversal-prosecutors-say-r-kelly-off-suicide-watch | true |
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks are reportedly set to name Mike Grier their next general manager, making him the first Black general manager in National Hockey League history.
The team has yet to confirm the news, but they have scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. ET Tuesday, USA Today reported.
The 47-year-old will succeed Joe Will, who became interim GM after Doug Wilson stepped down in April, The Athletic reported.
Grier played for four teams, including the Sharks, for 16 seasons.
After he retired, Grier was an assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils from 2018-20
Most recently, he was a hockey operations adviser with the New York Rangers.
News of the Sharks hiring Grier comes after they fired head coach Bob Boughner and his assistants last week, the Associated Press reported. | https://www.wptv.com/sports/sharks-reportedly-to-name-mike-grier-as-first-black-general-manager-in-nhl-history | 2022-07-05T18:19:30Z | https://www.wptv.com/sports/sharks-reportedly-to-name-mike-grier-as-first-black-general-manager-in-nhl-history | false |
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who went missing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for more than a week has been found in Oregon and the man accused of kidnapping is detained in jail, authorities said Monday.
FBI agents on Saturday helped arrest Noah Madrano, 41, on accusations of luring the girl from Canada to the U.S., according to an email from the media office of the FBI in Portland. The girl from the Canadian city of Edmonton was found in Oregon City, Oregon. Madrano was being held on state charges, the email said.
Madrano was at the Clackamas County Jail on accusations of rape, sexual abuse and kidnapping, according to jail records. The records did not indicate if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
Oregon City Police spokesman Matt Paschall said Madrano is being held on no bail and was scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.
The Edmonton Police Service said in a statement that the girl went missing on June 24. An investigation by Edmonton police, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Oregon City Police and the FBI located the girl and the man on Saturday, the statement said.
The girl was taken to a local children’s hospital for a precautionary examination, the statement said. Her family was notified Saturday morning and arrangements were made to return her to her family, the statement said. | https://www.kark.com/news/national/missing-canadian-girl-is-found-in-oregon-suspect-arrested/ | 2022-07-05T18:24:40Z | https://www.kark.com/news/national/missing-canadian-girl-is-found-in-oregon-suspect-arrested/ | false |
Jessica Campbell became the first woman to be named assistant coach in the American Hockey League when she was hired by the Coachella Valley Firebirds, affiliate of the Seattle Kraken.
She’ll work alongside Dan Bylsma, whose hiring as head coach was announced June 21.
“He asked if I was open to all candidates, male (and) female,” Kraken general manager Ron Francis said. “I said absolutely.”
“In Jessica’s case, I think she combines a lot of interesting things. She’s got a strong background as a skating coach and in some skills stuff. That’s intriguing to bring in.”
Campbell, 30, played at Cornell and competed in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. She captained the Canadian under-20 world championship team in 2010 and was the tournament MVP.
Last season, Campbell was an assistant and skills coach with the Nurnberg Ice Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany. She also made history as an assistant coach for Germany at the 2022 IIHF Men’s World Championship, a team that included Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer. She was the first woman on the coaching staff of a men’s national team at the event.
The Saskatchewan native has helped train more than a dozen NHL players as a private skating and skills instructor.
Campbell is set to join Seattle’s development camp at Kraken Community Iceplex July 11-14.
“We think she’s got a bright future in the game,” Francis said. “We’re excited to bring her into out fold and have her work with our prospects as we try to build the Kraken from the ground up.”
This story will be updated. | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/krakens-ahl-team-hires-jessica-campbell-as-first-female-assistant-coach-in-league-history/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-07-05T18:24:58Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/krakens-ahl-team-hires-jessica-campbell-as-first-female-assistant-coach-in-league-history/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | false |
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Which skateboard rack is best?
If you skateboard regularly and maybe even own multiple skateboards, it’s time to consider buying a skateboard rack. Not only do racks give you somewhere to store boards neatly so that you aren’t tripping over them in the hallway, but they can also protect skateboards from potential damage.
The right rack for you will depend on various elements, such as how many boards you have and whether you want a wall-mounted or freestanding version. The Pro Board Racks The Boardroom Skateboard Floor Display Rack is a top choice for skaters who have several boards to store.
What to know before you buy a skateboard rack
Wall-mounted vs. freestanding
There are two main types of skateboards available: wall-mounted and freestanding. Each has its benefits and drawbacks to mull over before choosing which type to buy.
- Wall-mounted: Wall-mounted racks screw into the wall, freeing up floor space, making them a great choice for small homes. However, this can be a problem if you live in a rental or don’t want to put holes in the wall. You can also choose what height to mount these racks at, which is ideal if you want your boards to double as art.
- Freestanding: These racks stand on the floor independently, so there’s no need to make holes in your walls. They’re easy to set up and come in a range of sizes, from those that hold single boards to versions with capacities of eight or more. The downside is that they take up floor space.
Skateboard capacity
Consider the rack’s capacity and how many skateboards you need to store. Some versions hold a single board, while others can hold eight or nine. While you don’t want to buy a rack with a capacity significantly larger than your current needs, you may want room for your board collection to grow.
Display
Some racks are purely functional, while others are designed for displaying your collection. If part of the reason you want a board rack is to show off your gnarly deck graphics, choose carefully. Those tailored for display are angled so you can easily see the graphics on the deck when you put your board in the rack. Versions that store boards completely flat don’t show off the artwork and, therefore, aren’t a good choice for displaying.
What to look for in a quality skateboard rack
Materials
Most racks are made from either wood, metal or plastic. All of these are durable choices, so the material doesn’t significantly affect how the rack functions. However, solid wood racks are arguably the most stylish choice, making them great for display.
Ease of assembly
Although some racks come ready to use with no assembly required, many need assembling. None should be extremely challenging to put together, but some are easier than others. There are even some options that slot together, so no tools are required.
Mounting hardware
If you buy a wall-mounted rack, it should include all the mounting hardware you need. However, don’t forget you’ll need a power drill to mount the rack.
Tool storage
You’ll find some racks with a built-in area to hold skate tools, spare bearings and other small skate essentials.
How much you can expect to spend on a skateboard rack
Basic wall-mounted or freestanding racks start at around $15-$30. These are usually made from plastic or metal. The highest-quality wooden versions can cost as much as $100-$200.
Skateboard rack FAQ
Should I store my board inside or outside?
A. You should always store your skateboard inside. Boards that get wet can become waterlogged and lose their pop. Decks may even warp and delaminate if they get soaked. Not to mention that bearings rust and lose their lubrication, slowing down the spin of your wheels.
Are skateboard racks worth it?
A. Since you need to keep your skateboard indoors to maintain its condition, many people find using a skateboard rack worthwhile. While they are no less essential, it looks much nicer to keep your board in a rack rather than just lying around on the floor. What’s more, it keeps your place tidier, and having your skateboards displayed on a rack can act as an interesting decorative feature.
What’s the best skateboard rack to buy?
Top skateboard rack
Pro Board Racks The Boardroom Skateboard Floor Display Rack
What you need to know: Made in Colorado from solid wood, this is a durable and stylish rack for people with multiple boards to store or display.
What you’ll love: It fits up to six boards, with the ability to hold standard skateboards or longboards. It’s extremely easy to assemble with parts that slot together, so no tools are required.
What you should consider: It’s on the pricey side and is too large for buyers with just one or two boards.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top skateboard rack for the money
StoreYourBoard Skateboard Rack
What you need to know: This wall-mounted rack holds up to three boards, with options for skateboards or longboards.
What you’ll love: It’s made from durable ABS plastic and crafted in Virginia. It can fit other sporting gear such as scooters and hockey sticks. There’s also room to hang a helmet without reducing the board capacity.
What you should consider: It must be screwed into the wall, so it’s not ideal for people who live in rentals.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Parking Block Skateboard Storage
What you need to know: Perfect for people with just one board to store, this simple freestanding rack holds a single skateboard.
What you’ll love: This rack holds standard skateboards either horizontally or vertically and longboards and penny boards horizontally. It takes up little room and has a small storage area for skate tools.
What you should consider: It only holds one board, so it’s not the best solution for skaters with multiple boards.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BOISE, Idaho — Former Boise State basketball standout Abu Kigab is heading to Las Vegas this week to compete with the Toronto Raptors' NBA Summer League team.
During the Broncos' historic 2022 season, Kigab averaged 14.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists, leading Boise State to an NCAA Tournament appearance and its first Mountain West Tournament title.
The All-Mountain West second team member agreed to join the Raptors' summer squad June 24.
Kigab is a native of St. Catharines, Ontario and played with Team Canada at the 2017 U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. The dynamic forward averaged more than 14 points and 10 rebounds per game en route to Canada's first FIBA U19 gold medal.
In Boise State's final eight contests of 2022 - including the Mountain West Tournament and the Broncos' first March Madness appearance since 2014 - Kigab tallied five 20-point games.
The Canadian also earned Mountain West Championship Most Valuable Player, averaging 14.7 points in three games in Las Vegas.
The 2022 NBA Summer League runs July 7 - July 17. Kigab and the Raptors will compete at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion July 9 - July 15. Tipoff times and broadcast information for Toronto's four pool games is included below:
- July 9 vs. Philadelphia 76ers - 1:30 p.m. on NBA TV
- July 12 vs. Chicago Bulls - 3 p.m. on NBA TV
- July 13 vs. Utah Jazz - 6 p.m. on ESPNU
- July 15 vs. Miami Heat - 8 p.m. on NBA TV
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is increasing military spending as it works toward meeting a NATO commitment by dedicating 2% of gross domestic product to defense, the government said Tuesday.
Cabinet members approved a one-off expenditure of almost 1 billion euros (around $1.04 billion) for Spain’s Defense Ministry that the government said was needed to cover unexpected expenses produced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Spain has sent military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and deployed more troops and aircraft to NATO missions in Eastern Europe.
NATO leaders agreed at a summit held in Madrid last week to expand their efforts to get all alliance members up to the 2% of GDP mark. Currently, only nine of the Western military alliance’s 30 members meet or surpass that goal.
Spain pledged at a NATO summit held in Madrid last week that it would reach the 2% of GDP goal by 2029. That would mean doubling its budget for military spending from the current 13 billion euros ($13.4 billion) to 26 billion euros ($27 billion) in seven years.
Spain currently spends 1% of its GDP on defense. Only Luxembourg spends a lower percentage of GDP on defense than Spain in the North Atlantic alliance, according to NATO.
The U.S., which provides the bulk of NATO forces, has had a long-standing complaint that several of its European allies don’t pitch it enough. Spain, for example, has tried to compensate for underspending by contributing troops, planes and ships to NATO missions.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February has sparked a rearmament movement across many European countries. Germany, which until now has only spent 1.4% of its GDP on defense, has approved a 100 billion-euro ($107 billion) special fund to strengthen the country’s military.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at last week’s summit that the allies have reaffirmed their commitment to the 2% minimum. He said that 19 members have pledged to meet it by 2024, with the remaining five, including Spain, to then follow.
“Two percent is increasingly considered a floor, not a ceiling,” Stoltenberg said at the summit where NATO declared Russia as its top threat and described China’s growing military ambitions as a “challenge.”
Spain’s decision designed to show NATO that it is serious about spending more on its armed forces risks causing friction within its left-wing governing coalition, which doesn’t hold a majority in parliament.
The government’s junior member, United We Can, is firmly opposed more spending on the military sought by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The left-wing party has called for a meeting of the coalition to discuss its spending priorities.
Government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez said after the Cabinet meeting that the military funding approved Tuesday was adopted “as part of our commitment to a clear and firm response to (the) invasion of Ukraine and to meet the extraordinary costs for our armed forces created by the war.”
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New Delhi, July 5: In the first ever 'State Ranking Index' under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) released on Tuesday, Odisha has topped the list of general category states while Tripura topped the list of special category states.
Odisha is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat in the general category states, while in the special category comprising the Northeastern states, Himalayan states, and Island regions, Tripura is followed by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland.
This ranking is generated by data provided by the states about their food and public distribution processes, vital for ensuring that no one goes hungry.
The ranking, that is based on the food and security index, has been generated for the first time. A similar exercise would be carried out every year.
It was released by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal at the conference of Food Ministers on the theme of 'Food & Nutrition Security of India'.
"The Index has been developed with the objectives of creating an environment of competition, cooperation, and learning among the states; states learning from each other their best practices while addressing grave matters of food security and hunger," Goyal said.
The ranking will also help create transparency in the system to publish reliable and standard data in the public domain for citizens, the government said.
The conference also saw presentations from multiple states on their best practices.
Goyal lambasted the states that abstained from the conference, physically or virtually, and said: "It shows that the states are not serious about the important issue of food security."
New Delhi, July 5: In the first ever 'State Ranking Index' under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) released on Tuesday, Odisha has topped the list of general category states while Tripura topped the list of special category states.
Odisha is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat in the general category states, while in the special category comprising the Northeastern states, Himalayan states, and Island regions, Tripura is followed by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland.
This ranking is generated by data provided by the states about their food and public distribution processes, vital for ensuring that no one goes hungry.
The ranking, that is based on the food and security index, has been generated for the first time. A similar exercise would be carried out every year.
It was released by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal at the conference of Food Ministers on the theme of 'Food & Nutrition Security of India'.
"The Index has been developed with the objectives of creating an environment of competition, cooperation, and learning among the states; states learning from each other their best practices while addressing grave matters of food security and hunger," Goyal said.
The ranking will also help create transparency in the system to publish reliable and standard data in the public domain for citizens, the government said.
The conference also saw presentations from multiple states on their best practices.
Goyal lambasted the states that abstained from the conference, physically or virtually, and said: "It shows that the states are not serious about the important issue of food security." | https://assamtribune.com/national/in-a-first-states-ranked-for-food-nutrition-1377410 | 2022-07-05T18:32:52Z | https://assamtribune.com/national/in-a-first-states-ranked-for-food-nutrition-1377410 | true |
LUGANO, Switzerland (AP) — A top U.S. diplomat on Tuesday urged allies of Ukraine to help the war-battered country meet its “immediate and urgent” needs — not only longer-term rebuilding — as scores of countries wrapped up a two-day conference aimed at helping Ukraine recover from Russia’s war, when it ends one day.
Scott Miller, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, added a dose of urgency to the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano, at which the Ukrainian prime minister a day earlier presented a $750 billion plan to help his country both recover now — where possible — as well as in the immediate aftermath of the war and over the long term.
Many attendees pointed out that efforts were likely to take many years, and rebuilding would need to take place in several phases. Some called for support for Ukraine along the lines of the U.S. Marshall Plan for Europe after World War II — hinting of a big long-term project.
“While we recognize the importance of preparing for Ukraine’s future, all of us must also deliver on our commitments to provide Ukraine its immediate and urgent needs,” said Miller, one of many government envoys who decried Russia’s war and detailed their support for Ukraine.
Some, however, cautioned that quick fixes were unlikely.
“I really understand that we want to be ready overnight — to start tomorrow,” Swiss President Ignazio Cassis told reporters. “But we clearly declare: It is the first step of a long journey.”
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, flanked by Cassis, cautioned that his government would carefully select immediate projects for rebuilding places like schools, hospitals and other infrastructure as the war rages on because Russian forces could simply “destroy it again.”
“It will be an unfinished process,” Shmyhal said, alluding to a broader “fast recovery” in a second phase. “So we should wait for the finish of war actions, and then begin this fast recovery.”
He voiced hopes to lock down and utilize an estimated $300 billion to $500 billion in Russian-owned assets that have been frozen in many Western banks to help pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Such money could complement cash from Ukraine’s own — heavily strained —budget, as well as support from allies abroad.
“It’s very important for the civilized world to give the signal to Russia, as aggressor — and to other potential aggressors in the future — to understand that unprovoked aggression should be paid by this aggressor,” he said. “Russia should pay for this” recovery, he added.
A final document dubbed as the “Lugano Declaration” laid out goals to help Ukraine build back better — which it comes to government transparency, respect for the environment, and fighting corruption that has plagued the country since it split from Russia after the end of the Soviet Union three decades ago.
Many said the European Union’s plan to take in Ukraine as a member one day could help underpin that reform process.
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NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Tuesday.
The filing came in response to a claim last week by Kelly’s attorneys that the 55-year-old Kelly was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment last week after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually exploit women and girls.
Initially, prosecutors said the measure was needed for Kelly's "own safety” following a psychological examination. They reversed themselves on Tuesday, saying prison officials took him off suicide watch based on a follow-up “clinical assessment.”
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling songwriter was found guilty last year of racketeering and sex trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal his conviction. | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/In-reversal-prosecutors-say-R-Kelly-off-suicide-17285382.php | 2022-07-05T18:33:17Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/In-reversal-prosecutors-say-R-Kelly-off-suicide-17285382.php | false |
Elderly woman tells suspicious men who entered her home in scam attempt to 'get out right now'
Police in Florida want to make sure everyone is on alert for possible distraction thieves after they said two men attempted to scam an 83-year-old woman.
The incident took place Wednesday afternoon when two unknown men knocked on the woman's door and said they worked for the city water department.
The men asked if her water was working and entered the residence saying they needed to check under her sink.
The woman initially agreed, but as soon as the men pretended to inspect the plumbing, one man began walking into her living room.
"I said, ‘Get out, I'm going to call the police, get out right now,’ and I pushed them both with my hands,” said the woman who did not want to give her name. “I don't know how I did it. I pushed them all the way to the door.”
Police said video from a neighbor's doorbell camera recorded the men acting suspiciously prior to the incident.
Police said the men were not city workers and they appeared to be attempting to target the older woman.
Officials believe it is consistent with distraction thefts committed by people who travel around looking for vulnerable seniors.
"If you haven't been notified by the city, FPL, any of the utilities, do not let anybody in, especially if they don't have any IDs," Det. Gio Milicchio with the Delray Beach Police Department said.
Police said the men appeared to be unsuccessful with their theft attempt and no property was missing from the home.
"They do come in spurts, so we just want to let everybody be aware and just know what's going on," Milicchio said. "We are putting out bulletins to local agencies to kind of keep an eye out for these guys." | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/get-out-delray-beach-woman-suspicious-men-entered-home/40514707 | 2022-07-05T18:35:58Z | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/get-out-delray-beach-woman-suspicious-men-entered-home/40514707 | true |
Company rebrands to highlight Identity Security Leadership
CUMBERLAND, Md. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exclamation Labs, an industry leader in creating enterprise-level digital solutions in financial services for a quarter of a century, announced that it is launching a major rebranding to Provision IAM that delivers two key messages. First, this marks a celebration of the Company's growth and expansion over the past five years to becoming a leader in the Identity Access Management (IAM) field across community banks and credit unions. Secondly, the rebranding spotlights the Company's mission to champion and innovate SaaS solutions to fortify its leadership in Identity Security.
This rebrand ushers in a fundamentally new era for the company. Historically, the Company has delivered innovative solutions as a service via web application and software development. Today's rebranding signals a steadfast commitment to delivering equally innovative solutions as SaaS products built specifically to enable clients to manage the onboarding process themselves.
"Our new corporate brand fulfills our expanded vision to advance and innovate Identity Security solutions for financial institutions," said CEO Jonathan Hutcherson. "We look forward to sharing this vision and transforming it into deeper partnerships with institutions and Core Providers across the Financial Services sectors."
"Not only does changing our name to Provision IAM reinforce our core mission of delivering Identity Security excellence," continued Hutcherson, "but especially in the Software industry, there are significant synergistic advantages to be gained by matching corporate and product brand names."
Across the USA, including 11 different states, Provision has been embraced as a superior solution for enhancing security and increasing productivity. Provision IAM provides automated and centralized capabilities to manage internal access to critical systems. This is accomplished via custom connectors that integrate with commonly used financial software and core processing systems. Many institutions rely on Provision to ensure a constant state of compliance and cybersecurity.
About Provision IAM: Community banks and credit unions manage hundreds of systems with varying user access permissions that generally require manual updates when employees are hired, roles change, or access permissions evolve. The Provision Identity Access Management platform automates common tasks to improve employee productivity, ensure security, and reduce the time required for audit preparation. Provision is the only IAM tool designed specifically for the workflow of financial institutions, easing the burden of meeting ever-changing regulatory compliance requirements.
For information, visit www.ProvisionIAM.com.
Contact:
Fred Siegel
Provision IAM
fsiegel@provisioniam.com
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Company's Crypto-Diverse Solution Enables Organizations to Easily and Affordably Migrate
Legacy Encryption to NIST-Backed PQCs with No Network Downtime or Interruptions
BETHESDA, Md. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Xchange today announced its crypto-diverse key delivery system, Phio Trusted Xchange (TX), supports all final quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, as well as alternates, announced today by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The four selected encryption algorithms will become part of NIST's post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) standard, expected to be finalized by 2024.
In addition to its crypto agility and quantum safe, out-of-band symmetric key delivery capabilities, Phio TX from Quantum Xchange offers a robust feature set that overcomes the everyday vulnerabilities introduced by common encryption practices. This includes the lack of key rotation of pre-shared keys; weak entropy sources leading to certificate collisions; human risk factors including poor implementation or programming errors and a single trusted user responsible for keys; and reliance on public key encryption (PKE) – where key generation and key delivery travel down the same transmission tunnel with the data. An attacker needs only to compromise a single weak link to retrieve all the secret information.
The final PQC selection process by NIST is only the beginning of this multiyear cryptographic transition that will require nearly every organization in the world to replace their classic encryption with quantum-safe solutions. Quantum Xchange has built a groundbreaking technology overlay that works with an organization's existing encryption environment, is vendor agnostic and platform independent, operates across any TCP/IP connection, and embraces the concept of crypto-diversification.
The Case for Crypto Diversification
While crypto-agility is widely understood and practiced as a reactionary measure to the quantum threat and harvesting attacks, crypto-diversification is the idea that organizations should proactively deploy a mix of asymmetric encryption, symmetric encryption, and various quantum-based methods, i.e., PQCs, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) in their crypto environments. Further complexity and randomness can be achieved by sending a second key, out-of-band, down a separate quantum-protected tunnel and mesh network. With Phio TX, an attacker must now know that two keys are in play – when, where, and how they are paired. A near impossible feat, even for a quantum computer. For further explanation on the benefits of crypto-diversification, visit the recent Dark Reading opinion piece by Vince Berk, Chief Strategy Officer at Quantum Xchange.
Effortlessly Plugs into Your Existing Crypto Infrastructure for Immediate Quantum Safety
Enterprise proven and FIPS validated, Phio TX can be deployed today with very little lift, outlay, or the need to place new technology in the traffic path. Built for resiliency, the next-generation key delivery architecture gives users the peace-of-mind knowing their network communications infrastructure and data links are stronger today and future-proof from quantum attack. Here's how:
- Phio TX does not require the replacement of existing algorithms, equipment, or network infrastructure.
- Network performance or reliability is not degraded in any way.
- It works over any TCP/IP connection or network media type to deliver quantum-enhanced ephemeral key pairs on-demand, anywhere in the world.
- If desired, customers can begin with PQC then eventually add QKD with no changes needed to the underlying infrastructure, no fiber required, and no limitations on key delivery.
- Phio TX offers full accountability and auditability for both keys and data in motion. Users receive a complete view into when keys are exchanged between devices and how.
"Today is a pivotal day for quantum security and the official start of the greatest crypto migration in the history of computing. Because quantum computers are not yet commercially available to test these algorithms in real-word settings, unknowns and uncertainties persist," said Eddy Zervigon, CEO of Quantum Xchange. "As an industry, we make a lot of educated assumptions that are often proved wrong. Look no further than the breaking of Rainbow – the most peer reviewed PQC candidate algorithm up until it was broken in early 2022. We believe crypto-diversification is needed to augment NIST's crypto-agile recommendations and eliminate our reliance on a single point of failure. Phio TX is an ideal solution for buyers who seek simple, affordable, and highly scalable solutions to make their encryption infrastructure, and investment, future proof."
For more on how to prepare your organization for a multiyear, post-quantum transition, download the eBook, The Great Crypto Migration.
About Quantum Xchange
Quantum Xchange gives commercial enterprises and government agencies the ultimate solution for protecting data today and in the quantum future. Its award-winning crypto-diverse key delivery system, Phio Trusted Xchange (TX), mixes asymmetric, symmetric, and quantum-based encryption methods, i.e., post-quantum crypto (PQC), Quantum Random Number Generated (QRNG) keys, and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), sent out-of-band down a separate quantum-protected tunnel and mesh network. Decoupling key generation and delivery from data transmissions allows organizations to practice crypto-agility with no network interruptions while experiencing the cost-benefits of making their existing crypto environment immediately quantum-safe. To learn more about future-proofing your data from whatever threat awaits, visit QuantumXC.com or follow us on Twitter @Quantum_Xchange #BeQuantumSafe #BeCryptoDiverse.
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Shareholders with $200,000 losses or more are encouraged to contact the firm.
LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Enservco Corporation ("Enservco" or the "Company") (NYSE: ENSV).
Class Period: May 13, 2021 – April 18, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 19, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Enservco lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/enservco-corporation/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Enservco had defective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; (2) as a result, there were errors in Enservco's financial statements relating to, inter alia, its transactions with Cross River Partners and accounting for ERCs; (3) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements and delay the filing of its 2021 annual report with the SEC; (4) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of its financial reporting issues; (5) accordingly, the Company could not file its delayed 2021 annual report with the SEC within its initially represented timeline; and (6) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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OKOTOKS, AB, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: MTL) Mullen Group Ltd. ("Mullen Group" and/or the "Corporation") intends to release its 2022 Second Quarter earnings results on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 6:00 a.m. ET, and has scheduled a conference call and webcast as follows:
A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call until Thursday, August 4, 2022, by dialing 1-800-319-6413 or 604-638-9010, access code 9116 followed by the pound sign.
Please note the change in timing for the release of our 2022 Second Quarter earnings results as well as our conference call.
About Mullen Group Ltd.
Mullen Group is one of North America's largest logistics providers. Our network of independently operated businesses provide a wide range of service offerings including less-than-truckload, truckload, warehousing, logistics, transload, oversized, third-party logistics and specialized hauling transportation. In addition, we provide a diverse set of specialized services related to the energy, mining, forestry and construction industries in western Canada, including water management, fluid hauling and environmental reclamation. The corporate office provides the capital and financial expertise, legal support, technology and systems support, shared services and strategic planning to its independent businesses.
Mullen Group is a publicly traded corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "MTL". Additional information is available on our website at www.mullen-group.com or on the Corporation's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Contact Information
Mr. Murray K. Mullen - Chair, Senior Executive Officer and President
Mr. Richard J. Maloney - Senior Operating Officer
Mr. Carson P. Urlacher - Senior Accounting Officer
Ms. Joanna K. Scott - Senior Corporate Officer
121A - 31 Southridge Drive
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada T1S 2N3
Telephone: 403-995-5200
Fax: 403-995-5296
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Seth Friedland named Chief Executive Officer
MELVILLE, N.Y. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading staffing and recruitment firms Park Hudson International and Access Staffing, today announced they intend to combine their businesses and operate under newly-formed Phaxis, a global workforce solutions company. Seth Friedland, founder of Park Hudson, will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the new entity.
"Amidst an unprecedented 'Great Resignation' and the tightest U.S. labor market in a half-century, Phaxis brings together two leading recruiting firms that collectively have more than 50 years of expertise," said Friedland. "Combining the talents of our two firms, leaves us well-positioned for future growth – both organic and inorganic – as we guide candidates and clients alike through the uncharted waters of the current hiring environment."
"Phaxis is the intersection of the talents, culture and philosophies of Park Hudson and Access and today marks the beginning of a new and exciting chapter for all of us as we look to leverage the talents of both predecessor firms to serve an expanded industry landscape," said Steven Weber, Partner at Phaxis.
Based in Melville, New York with offices in New York City, Atlanta, Charleston and Charlotte, Phaxis provides Professional Services and Staffing capabilities across all levels of Technology, Healthcare, Accounting & Finance, Office Support, Legal and Marketing.
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Seth Friedland named Chief Executive Officer
MELVILLE, N.Y. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading staffing and recruitment firms Park Hudson International and Access Staffing, today announced they intend to combine their businesses and operate under newly-formed Phaxis, a global workforce solutions company. Seth Friedland, founder of Park Hudson, will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the new entity.
"Amidst an unprecedented 'Great Resignation' and the tightest U.S. labor market in a half-century, Phaxis brings together two leading recruiting firms that collectively have more than 50 years of expertise," said Friedland. "Combining the talents of our two firms, leaves us well-positioned for future growth – both organic and inorganic – as we guide candidates and clients alike through the uncharted waters of the current hiring environment."
"Phaxis is the intersection of the talents, culture and philosophies of Park Hudson and Access and today marks the beginning of a new and exciting chapter for all of us as we look to leverage the talents of both predecessor firms to serve an expanded industry landscape," said Steven Weber, Partner at Phaxis.
Based in Melville, New York with offices in New York City, Atlanta, Charleston and Charlotte, Phaxis provides Professional Services and Staffing capabilities across all levels of Technology, Healthcare, Accounting & Finance, Office Support, Legal and Marketing.
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Company's Crypto-Diverse Solution Enables Organizations to Easily and Affordably Migrate
Legacy Encryption to NIST-Backed PQCs with No Network Downtime or Interruptions
BETHESDA, Md. , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Xchange today announced its crypto-diverse key delivery system, Phio Trusted Xchange (TX), supports all final quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, as well as alternates, announced today by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). The four selected encryption algorithms will become part of NIST's post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) standard, expected to be finalized by 2024.
In addition to its crypto agility and quantum safe, out-of-band symmetric key delivery capabilities, Phio TX from Quantum Xchange offers a robust feature set that overcomes the everyday vulnerabilities introduced by common encryption practices. This includes the lack of key rotation of pre-shared keys; weak entropy sources leading to certificate collisions; human risk factors including poor implementation or programming errors and a single trusted user responsible for keys; and reliance on public key encryption (PKE) – where key generation and key delivery travel down the same transmission tunnel with the data. An attacker needs only to compromise a single weak link to retrieve all the secret information.
The final PQC selection process by NIST is only the beginning of this multiyear cryptographic transition that will require nearly every organization in the world to replace their classic encryption with quantum-safe solutions. Quantum Xchange has built a groundbreaking technology overlay that works with an organization's existing encryption environment, is vendor agnostic and platform independent, operates across any TCP/IP connection, and embraces the concept of crypto-diversification.
The Case for Crypto Diversification
While crypto-agility is widely understood and practiced as a reactionary measure to the quantum threat and harvesting attacks, crypto-diversification is the idea that organizations should proactively deploy a mix of asymmetric encryption, symmetric encryption, and various quantum-based methods, i.e., PQCs, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) in their crypto environments. Further complexity and randomness can be achieved by sending a second key, out-of-band, down a separate quantum-protected tunnel and mesh network. With Phio TX, an attacker must now know that two keys are in play – when, where, and how they are paired. A near impossible feat, even for a quantum computer. For further explanation on the benefits of crypto-diversification, visit the recent Dark Reading opinion piece by Vince Berk, Chief Strategy Officer at Quantum Xchange.
Effortlessly Plugs into Your Existing Crypto Infrastructure for Immediate Quantum Safety
Enterprise proven and FIPS validated, Phio TX can be deployed today with very little lift, outlay, or the need to place new technology in the traffic path. Built for resiliency, the next-generation key delivery architecture gives users the peace-of-mind knowing their network communications infrastructure and data links are stronger today and future-proof from quantum attack. Here's how:
- Phio TX does not require the replacement of existing algorithms, equipment, or network infrastructure.
- Network performance or reliability is not degraded in any way.
- It works over any TCP/IP connection or network media type to deliver quantum-enhanced ephemeral key pairs on-demand, anywhere in the world.
- If desired, customers can begin with PQC then eventually add QKD with no changes needed to the underlying infrastructure, no fiber required, and no limitations on key delivery.
- Phio TX offers full accountability and auditability for both keys and data in motion. Users receive a complete view into when keys are exchanged between devices and how.
"Today is a pivotal day for quantum security and the official start of the greatest crypto migration in the history of computing. Because quantum computers are not yet commercially available to test these algorithms in real-word settings, unknowns and uncertainties persist," said Eddy Zervigon, CEO of Quantum Xchange. "As an industry, we make a lot of educated assumptions that are often proved wrong. Look no further than the breaking of Rainbow – the most peer reviewed PQC candidate algorithm up until it was broken in early 2022. We believe crypto-diversification is needed to augment NIST's crypto-agile recommendations and eliminate our reliance on a single point of failure. Phio TX is an ideal solution for buyers who seek simple, affordable, and highly scalable solutions to make their encryption infrastructure, and investment, future proof."
For more on how to prepare your organization for a multiyear, post-quantum transition, download the eBook, The Great Crypto Migration.
About Quantum Xchange
Quantum Xchange gives commercial enterprises and government agencies the ultimate solution for protecting data today and in the quantum future. Its award-winning crypto-diverse key delivery system, Phio Trusted Xchange (TX), mixes asymmetric, symmetric, and quantum-based encryption methods, i.e., post-quantum crypto (PQC), Quantum Random Number Generated (QRNG) keys, and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), sent out-of-band down a separate quantum-protected tunnel and mesh network. Decoupling key generation and delivery from data transmissions allows organizations to practice crypto-agility with no network interruptions while experiencing the cost-benefits of making their existing crypto environment immediately quantum-safe. To learn more about future-proofing your data from whatever threat awaits, visit QuantumXC.com or follow us on Twitter @Quantum_Xchange #BeQuantumSafe #BeCryptoDiverse.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
5-4-0-4, Fireball: 8
(five, four, zero, four; Fireball: eight)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
5-4-0-4, Fireball: 8
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Leicester open initial talks over a deal for 21-year-old Feyenoord star Orkun Kokcu with midfielder open to Premier League move... but the Foxes must offload players first with several exits being discussed
- Leicester City have begun discussions over the signing of Orkun Kokcu
- The 21-year-old Feyenoord midfielder is open to a Premier League move
- Leicester must offload players first to make space for Kokcu with interest rife
- Fiorentina are interested in Dennis Praet and Real Betis want Ayoze Perez
Leicester have opened initial talks over a potential deal for Feyenoord midfielder Orkun Kokcu.
The Dutch-born Turkey international has been watched by a number of Premier League clubs including Arsenal in recent seasons and is open to a move this summer.
Leicester, though, want to offload players first with a number of possible exits being discussed.
Leicester have opened talks with Feyenoord over a deal for 21-year-old midfielder Orkun Kokcu
Kocku is a full Turkish international and has played over 100 times for the Dutch giants
Belgian midfielder Dennis Praet is discussing a move to Fiorentina, which would free up space in the Foxes' midfield for Kokcu to arrive.
Praet has been a Leicester player since 2018, but spent last season on loan at Torino, and could be set for a move back to Italy.
Torino are interested in re-signing the Belgian on a permanent deal, but may struggle to meet Leicester's asking price - a feat Fiorentina won't struggle with.
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers will have to offload players before signing Kokcu
Real Betis also want Ayoze Perez, while defender Jannik Vestergaard has interest from a number of Premier League sides.
Leicester have been following Kokcu's progress for some time and the midfielder almost moved to the King Power Stadium in January.
At the time, the 21-year-old admitted he would be willing to move to the Premier League if it helped Feyenoord's financial situation.
His contract runs until 2025, and he has scored 19 goals in 122 games for the Dutch side. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/transfernews/article-10984703/Leicester-open-initial-talks-deal-Orkun-Kokcu-midfielder-open-Premier-League-move.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-05T18:47:46Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/transfernews/article-10984703/Leicester-open-initial-talks-deal-Orkun-Kokcu-midfielder-open-Premier-League-move.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
PARIS (AP) — Birds tweeted -- not fashionistas -- the day Chanel brought its couture guests to the calm of the Bois de Boulogne forest.
On Tuesday morning, bleary-eyed VIPs walked across tons of white sand through the Etrier de Paris equestrian center on the leafy outskirts of Paris, past lines of spinning wheels and inflatable capsules as nature, fashion and art mingled.
The dreamscape had been specially made for fall-winter by artist Xavier Veilhan, who had adorned Chanel’s indoor ring venue with a gargantuan silver mobile. It had guests — including Marion Cotillard and Keira Knightley -- gawping.
Haute couture is the age-old Parisian tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women.
Here are some highlights of the day’s fall-winter 2022 collections:
CHANEL’S SOFTNESS
With a somewhat incongruous drum rendition via video recording, Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams rousingly kicked off proceedings before the real show began -- to soft music and even softer form.
Gentle colors, lines and shapes, punctuated by moments of dazzling buttons, floaty plumes and large hats was the simple formula for Virginie Viard. The French designer was in a soft mood for couture this season, letting subtle twists do the talking.
A loose pastel green skirt suit opened, lined with minutely sparkling crystalline buttons made by the stalwart’s world-famous atelier. It led on to fastidious embroideries and jacquards on loose coats in speckled mint and sand with often-oversize or upturned collars, laded with an air of the 80s. A-line coats with a weighty swag, dropped waists and statement pockets, meanwhile, introduced subtle tensions — alongside hems and fringing in contrasting patterns.
Yet the best looks were those that kept it minimal. A ribbed olive green gown with a clean strap across the bust flared out at the bottom -- in a clever take on a mermaid dress. It towed a perfect line between sporty and chic. There's a niggling feeling that Viard has been playing it safe, since replacing Karl Lagerfeld who died in 2019.
FRONT ROW
It’s got to be couture week when, to blasting horns of annoyed motorists in tangled traffic, paparazzi skid in the sand for a snap of the celebrity roll call.
Keira Knightley, 37, arrived at the far-flung Chanel show to cause the most commotion. The actress, who’s been a house ambassador since 21, arrived in a velvet and lace halterneck LBD by Chanel, accessorized with shades and accompanied by her husband, British musician James Righton.
French Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard rocked up in a more casual ensemble, comprising a striped Chanel shirt and black micro mini, declining interviews. Actresses Sigourney Weaver, Clemence Poesy and Maggie Gyllenhaal also joined -- applauding vigorously when the designer came out at the finale.
ALEXIS MABILLE BLOOMS
French designer Alexis Mabille was in top fall form for a timeless collection of couture that never forgot its whimsy.
Draped gowns in luxuriant pastel silks caressed the body, quivering lightly as they were showcased down the dazzling indigo fabric runway.
Flowers were never far from the Mabille design universe -- both literally and figuratively.
A pastel gray silk dress had a central curved split at the knee so that the hem cascaded down in folds like an opening flower. Its top bib was made of intricate white lace like the veins of a petal under a microscope.
Then came flashes of whimsical fashion design -- such as one enormous silken flower headdress made of multitudinous shimmering petals.
MENSWEAR REIGNS IN PARIS
Front row fashion insiders are commenting how Paris menswear week — held June 21-26 — felt as equally buzzy as this week’s VIP-filled couture. And unusually so. Couture traditionally outperforms menswear in terms of attention and celebrity presence. But could this be a thing of the past?
From Justin Timberlake to K-pop sensations BTS, the celebrity presence alone of the menswear spring summer 2023 season was enough to rival this week's couture. And that signals higher levels of attention than normal in the glossy press and online.
This change in gear -- or fashion levelling out -- comes as men’s luxury brand portfolio has been outperforming women’s wear in terms of growth more generally with more and more eyeballs on the men’s runway.
Of particular note is the proliferation of U.S. menswear brands, which are now opting to show across the pond in Paris to capitalize on the attention. After the ill-fated New York men’s fashion week -- launched in 2016 and then canceled over a dwindling presence — reports have noted how myriad U.S.-based houses such as Thom Browne, Amiri, Greg Lauren, KidSuper and Rhude have opted to showcase their designs in the City of Light.
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Thieves steal $14,000 worth of Chanel perfume from Ulta store, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – Three women and one man were arrested in Tulsa for stealing $14,000 worth of Chanel perfume, according to police.
The Tulsa Police Department said officers were called to an Ulta Beauty store Sunday afternoon where they learned the three women reportedly stole more than 270 items, totaling $14,000 in products.
Ulta employees told police the women walked in with their own bags and were only in the store for about two minutes. The manager yelled at the women to stop, but the suspects ran out of the store and into a getaway car.
Because some of the stolen products had GPS trackers on them, officers were able to track down the suspects and arrest them.
Police said the three women were identified as Yasmin Knight, Monica McGuire, and Delisha Logan. They were all charged with grand larceny after former conviction of a felony.
The driver of the getaway car was identified as Micah Goff, who was charged with larceny.
“We are not sure what the fragrance of the jail is, but we’re fairly certain it’s not Chanel No. 9,” police wrote in a Facebook post.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
06-07-09-10-11-12-15-16-17-20-22-23
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COVID-19 third leading cause of death in 2021, study says
(CNN) - The coronavirus was the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 45 to 54 last year, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The study also found that for 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death overall in the United States.
Cancer and heart disease were the top two causes of death overall the past two years.
Researchers looked at death certificates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to gather the information.
According to data from the CDC on Tuesday, the omicron offshoot BA.5 is now the dominant subvariant in the U.S.
Several studies have shown that BA.4 and BA.5 are able to evade much of the immune protection from vaccines and prior infections, which is likely what is helping the virus spread so quickly.
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OKOTOKS, AB, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: MTL) Mullen Group Ltd. ("Mullen Group" and/or the "Corporation") intends to release its 2022 Second Quarter earnings results on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 6:00 a.m. ET, and has scheduled a conference call and webcast as follows:
A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call until Thursday, August 4, 2022, by dialing 1-800-319-6413 or 604-638-9010, access code 9116 followed by the pound sign.
Please note the change in timing for the release of our 2022 Second Quarter earnings results as well as our conference call.
About Mullen Group Ltd.
Mullen Group is one of North America's largest logistics providers. Our network of independently operated businesses provide a wide range of service offerings including less-than-truckload, truckload, warehousing, logistics, transload, oversized, third-party logistics and specialized hauling transportation. In addition, we provide a diverse set of specialized services related to the energy, mining, forestry and construction industries in western Canada, including water management, fluid hauling and environmental reclamation. The corporate office provides the capital and financial expertise, legal support, technology and systems support, shared services and strategic planning to its independent businesses.
Mullen Group is a publicly traded corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "MTL". Additional information is available on our website at www.mullen-group.com or on the Corporation's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Contact Information
Mr. Murray K. Mullen - Chair, Senior Executive Officer and President
Mr. Richard J. Maloney - Senior Operating Officer
Mr. Carson P. Urlacher - Senior Accounting Officer
Ms. Joanna K. Scott - Senior Corporate Officer
121A - 31 Southridge Drive
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada T1S 2N3
Telephone: 403-995-5200
Fax: 403-995-5296
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 8, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1259 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 104 degrees and heat index values up
to 110 degrees expected.
* WHERE...All of North and Central Texas.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 8 PM CDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity will increase the
risk for heat-related illnesses to occur, particularly for
those working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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5 tips for finding the best prices while shopping online
Online shopping has become ingrained into daily life, especially with the increased ease of making purchases with a single click.
To ensure you’re getting the most bang for your buck, Giving Assistant collected five recommendations that can help shoppers save money before making online purchases. These tips were curated with in-depth research using sources from across the internet.
Nearly 215 million Americans—roughly 77% of the U.S. population—shop online as of June 2022, and eMarkerter forecasts that number to exceed 230 million by 2026. Retail e-commerce sales in the United States hit $250 billion during the first quarter of 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimations. That’s up 2.4% from the fourth quarter of 2021. E-commerce sales not only make up 14.3% of the total U.S. retail market, consumer spending on e-commerce in the U.S. is expected to hit $1 trillion in 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic also caused a spike in online shopping, as people stayed at home and out of stores. Stay-at-home orders and general anxiety around in-person shopping drove massive growth in e-commerce that outpaced projections within the industry. Given the amount shoppers tend to spend online, it’s equally important to find the best deals. Keep reading to discover five good tips for saving money while shopping online.
Shop around on different websites
As simple as it sounds, comparing the prices of products can save shoppers quite a chunk of change. By comparing the same product on different websites, it will most likely be found cheaper in certain online stores. To begin comparing prices, manufacturers’ sites may suggest retailers and visiting individual store websites where an item is sold works.
Use incognito mode
Cookies and browsing history can impact dynamic pricing. This is likely one of the most overlooked factors affecting product pricing for online shoppers.
Geographic segmentation is a marketing tactic in which prices are affected based on a buyer’s location. Globally, pricing is not the same. This affects the prices of several online products, even airline tickets. Using incognito mode or a virtual private network means websites won’t have access to cookies or a shopper’s browsing history, securing online transactions in addition to saving a shopper money.
Sign up for coupons with different email addresses
Using coupons is a no-brainer in terms of saving. Signing up for coupons with different Gmail addresses, however, is a commonly overlooked tactic.
To make matters easier, consider including the “+” “.” hack to use the same email multiple times when retrieving coupons. For example, if your email is onlineshopper@gmail.com, you could easily put onlineshopper+mailinglists@gmail.com. This gives you more control over your inbox and makes it more convenient to filter recipients. Don’t have a Gmail account? Check with your provider for a similar function.
Wait for sales by subscribing to mailing lists
Visit any number of retailers’ sites to browse or shop and no doubt you’ll be asked to provide your email address to get instant savings. Provide the address, check your inbox, and apply those savings to your first purchase.
Subsequent emails from those companies will alert you to everyday and special occasion deals and sales. Online shoppers are privy to the latest and greatest products via these promotional emails.
Join loyalty rewards programs
Eighty-six percent of online shoppers in the United States were members of at least one loyalty rewards program in the third quarter of 2021, according to The Forrester Wave: Loyalty Service Providers. A loyalty rewards program keeps customers coming back to businesses to earn their rewards. It’s a win-win.
Rewards that can be easily managed and are offered for more than just making purchases—birthday or anniversary rewards, for example—are meaningful. Some of the highly rated programs have been from retailers such as Nike, Starbucks, Lowe’s, and Ulta Beauty, to name a few.
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Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi Elected as Chair
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective July 1, Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, at UC Davis, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, at Georgetown University Hospital will serve as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). As Chair of the National Sleep Foundation, Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi will lead a Board of Directors composed of clinicians, researchers, and business professionals.
"I am deeply honored to assume the role of Chair of the National Sleep Foundation. NSF is the leading voice in sleep health. I look forward to the upcoming year as NSF continues developing new guidelines and resources to improve sleep health," said Oyegbile-Chidi.
"Dr. Oyegbile-Chidi has expertise in multiple topics including neurology, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and younger populations which will help NSF continue its work to improve sleep health for all," said John Lopos, National Sleep Foundation CEO. "She is a key member of the NSF Board, a prior research fellow, and has been integral in providing insightful sleep health information with NSF partners along with leading NSF's Sleep Health Equity task force," continued Lopos.
Also starting July 1, Thomas DiSalvi, CDS, will serve as Vice Chair. DiSalvi is Vice President of Safety and Loss Prevention at Schneider National, Inc. Steve Lerman, MD, MPH, S&W LLC, will serve as Treasurer, and David N. Neubauer, MD, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center, will serve as Secretary. Rafael Pelayo, MD, Clinical Professor at Stanford Center for Sleep Medicine and Science, will serve as an At-Large member of the Executive Committee. Additionally, Matt Mellott, President and CEO of Brightree and Gina Pervall, MD, Chief, Medical Advisory Board at the Maryland Department of Transportation, will now serve on the Board of Directors.
Visit www.theNSF.org for sleep health information and a full list of the National Sleep Foundation's Board of Directors.
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the NSF is committed to advancing excellence in sleep health theory, research and practice. theNSF.org │SleepHealthJournal.org
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YORK, Neb. (AP) — A child was killed over the weekend when the roof over a hotel pool in southeastern Nebraska collapsed, police there said.
The incident happened around 9 p.m. Sunday at a Hampton Inn in York, police said in a news release. Officers and firefighters responding to multiple 911 calls about the roof collapse found one person — a boy — trapped beneath the debris and pronounced him dead at the scene. His name and age had not been released by midday Tuesday.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation, including by the Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s office. The hotel was evacuated, and no one else was reported injured. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Roof-collapse-over-Nebraska-hotel-pool-17285478.php | 2022-07-05T18:53:52Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Police-Roof-collapse-over-Nebraska-hotel-pool-17285478.php | false |
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders have hired Doug Houda and Brian Wiseman as assistant coaches, the team said Tuesday.
Houda joins new Isles coach Lane Lambert’s staff after six seasons as an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings. He had worked the previous decade in the same role with the Boston Bruins, who won the Stanley Cup in 2011.
Houda also spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Rochester (AHL). The Alberta native played in 561 NHL games with six teams, including two seasons with the Islanders (1996-98). The defenseman also played in 553 AHL games, winning a Calder Cup with Rochester in 1995-96.
Wiseman spent the last three seasons with the Edmonton Oilers as an assistant coach. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at the University of Michigan for eight seasons. He also served as an assistant at Princeton.
A former Michigan player, he had a brief stint in the NHL and split pro six seasons in the IHL and AHL.
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Wimbledon 2022: Novak Djokovic battles back to beat Jannik Sinner; advances to semifinal
This was Djokovic's 26th consecutive victory at Wimbledon
It says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best likely left no one thinking the ultimate outcome was a forgone conclusion.
A lot about his pre-eminence at the All England Club in recent years. A lot about his history of overcoming that sort of deficit. A lot about his ability to adjust, to adapt, to right himself quickly. A lot about what might happen if — or, rather, when — he got back into the match and it eventually went to a fifth set.
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And so it was that Djokovic spotted 10th-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy that huge lead Tuesday, then worked his way all the way back to pull away and win 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 at Centre Court, earning an 11th semifinal berth at Wimbledon with his 26th consecutive victory at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
Among men, only Roger Federer, with 13, has made more semifinal appearances at the place. Among men, only Federer, with eight, has won more championships than the seven that Djokovic would reach by lifting the trophy Sunday for what would be a fourth year in a row.
Djokovic collected his seventh career comeback in a match he trailed by two sets — he last did it in the French Open final against Stefanos Tsitsipas last year — and improved to 37-10 in five-setters. That includes a 10-1 mark in matches that go the distance at Wimbledon, including nine straight victories; the lone loss came way back in 2006.
WIMBLEDON QUARTERFINALIST NICK KYRGIOS DUE IN COURT ON ASSAULT CHARGE
In the semifinals on Friday, the top-seeded Djokovic, a 35-year-old from Serbia, will meet either No. 9 Cameron Norrie of Britain or unseeded David Goffin of Belgium. The men’s quarterfinals Wednesday: No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain vs. No. 11 Taylor Fritz of the U.S., and Nick Kyrgios of Australia vs. Cristian Garin of Cile.
The first player into the women’s semifinals was 103rd-ranked Tatjana Maria, who defeated Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in an all-German matchup. Maria is 34, making her only the sixth woman at least that old to get this far at Wimbledon in the professional era, which began in 1968.
The others? It’s quite a list: Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
This is Maria’s 35th Grand Slam tournament; she only once previously had even made it as far as the third round.
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She’ll take on No. 3 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia or Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic for a spot in Saturday’s final. The other women’s quarterfinals: 2019 champion Simona Halep of Romania vs. No. 20 Amanda Anisimova of the U.S., and No. 17 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan vs. Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia.
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North Dakota 4th of July parade trailer accident leads to death of 6-year-old-girl
ND girl fell off a trailer, pronounced dead at a local hospital
A 6-year-old girl has died after falling from a trailer headed to a July Fourth parade staging area in Mandan, according to officials.
According to Deputy Police Chief Lori Flaten, the girl fell off the trailer Monday and was hit by one of its tires. She was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.
Authorities have not identified the girl and have not said which parade trailer she was on.
NORTH DAKOTA TO USE $26 MILLION TO BUILD ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS THE STATE
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.
The team's findings, published in Nature Communications Biology, open up a new avenue for the development of selective drug therapies to fight a variety of cancers such as those that begin in the breast and stomach.
ORNL scientists set out to prove experimentally what they first deduced with computational studies: that the plasminogen-apple-nematode, or PAN, domain is linked to the cell proliferation that drives tumor growth in humans and defense signaling during plant-microbe interactions in bioenergy crops. The association was first made as researchers explored the genomes of crops like poplar and willow.
In the latest study, the ORNL team pinpointed four core amino acids called cysteine residues in the HGF protein critical to the PAN domain's function and studied their behavior in human cancer cell lines. They found that mutating any one of those amino acids turned off the signaling pathway known as HGF-c-MET that is abnormally heightened in cancer cells, causing them to rapidly multiply and spread.
Since cysteine residues are known to have many functions, the scientists also randomly tested other cysteines throughout the protein and found that none of them had the same impact on shutting down HGF-c-MET signaling. Mutating the four key cysteines had no effect on the overall structure of the protein, and merely inhibited the cancer signaling pathway, the team noted in the study.
Disrupting the right signal is one of the biggest challenges in developing new cancer therapies, said ORNL geneticist Wellington Muchero.
It's very difficult to engineer molecules to interfere with an entire protein. Knowing the specific amino acids to target within that protein is a big advancement. You don't have to search the entire protein; just look for these four specific residues."
Wellington Muchero, ORNL geneticist
The identification of those core residues is a testament to the predictive power the team has built at ORNL, leveraging the lab's expertise in plant biology and biochemistry, genetics, and computational biology, as well as its supercomputing resources and the CRISPR/CAS-9 gene editing tool.
The discovery could lead to treatments for other diseases, including disrupting the infection pathway in mosquitos to make them less able to carry the malaria parasite, and fighting the HLB virus killing citrus trees in Florida and California by targeting the Asian citrus psyllid insect that spreads it.
In plants, ORNL scientists are using their knowledge of the PAN domain to improve resistance to pathogens and pests in biomass crops, such as poplar and willow, that can be broken down and converted to sustainable jet fuel. They are exploring the genetic processes that encourage beneficial interactions between plants and microbes to build hardiness in those crops.
The research demonstrates the close similarities in the DNA structure of plants, humans and other organisms, which make plants an important discovery platform, Muchero said. "We can do things with plants that you cannot do with humans or animals in the research process," he added.
"I can work with equal efficiency in plant and human cancers. The expertise is the same," said Debjani Pal, an ORNL postdoctoral researcher with a background in biochemistry and human cancer research. "We've established a globalized experimental platform here at ORNL that shows no matter what system you're using, plant or animal, if your hypothesis is correct then the science is repeatable in all of them, no matter what cell line you're using."
"At the bottom of it all, we have the same biological underpinnings," Muchero said.
Other members of the team in ORNL's Biosciences Division include Kuntal De, Carly Shanks, Kai Feng, Timothy Yates, Jennifer Morrell-Falvey, Russell Davidson and Jerry Parks.
The plant research was supported by the DOE Office of Science's Biological and Environmental Research program. ORNL's lab-directed funding supported the work with human cell lines. The researchers used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility, as well as the Compute and Data Environment for Science at ORNL.
UT-Battelle manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for DOE's Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. DOE's Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit energy.gov/science.
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Pal, D., et al. (2022) Core cysteine residues in the Plasminogen-Apple-Nematode (PAN) domain are critical for HGF/c-MET signaling. Communications Biology. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03582-8. | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220705/Study-opens-up-a-new-avenue-for-the-development-of-selective-drug-therapies.aspx | 2022-07-05T18:57:06Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220705/Study-opens-up-a-new-avenue-for-the-development-of-selective-drug-therapies.aspx | false |
Review: An Irish hitman juggles murder with parenthood
"The Lemon Man" by Keith Bruton (Brash Books)
Patrick Callen, a Dublin, Ireland hitman with a mild case of obsessive-compulsive disorder, stays organized by making lists. On his first day in Keith Bruton´s debut novel, the list includes:
- Buy Food
- Sleep With Olivia
- Visit Ma
- Kill Henry O´Neil
This cover image released by Brash Books shows "The Lemon Man" by Keith Bruton. (Brash Books via AP)
Patrick, who navigates Dublin´s streets on his 1950s Modello Oro bicycle, was pedaling home from the market when he stopped off to deal with O´Neil, a drug runner and junkie who owed his supplier more than he could pay. Worried that someone might "nick" his bag of lemons, Patrick slipped it off the handlebars and took it with him to do the hit. From then on, he was known as The Lemon Man.
The details of the O´Neil hit precisely convey Patrick´s attitude about his chosen profession.
"I reach back into my shorts and pull out the gun, shooting little Henry O´Neil dead center in the forehead, bulls-eye. He falls back into the chair with a bullet in his head. I touch my top lip with the top of my tongue. My moustache is getting long... I scratch my head with the silencer. It´s warm."
But just when you´re sure that Patrick is a psychopath, he discovers an infant in O´Neil´s filthy drug den, can´t bear to leave it there, and takes it with him.
Suddenly, the antihero of "The Lemon Man" is struggling to change diapers and trying to figure out what toddlers eat. But he´s also got a job to do. There are people who need killing and others willing to pay to have it done. So he finds himself taking the baby along on the job or leaving him in the care of his equally flummoxed girlfriend, Olivia, whose work as a prostitute doesn´t bother Patrick in the least.
Caring for an infant while working as a hired killer is not a good mix, and the inevitable complications soon threaten to get Patrick and Olivia killed. The result is a fast-paced crime novel that is both hilarious and hardboiled, its main character both ruthless and oddly sympathetic.
"I don´t care what you think," Patrick says. "I take care of (i.e. kill) people when they don´t obey the rules. The rules of the street."
Bruton´s tight, colorful prose captures the idiosyncrasies of Irish English without ever leaving American readers behind, every unfamiliar word clear in contest. And his hard-eyed portrayal of Dublin street life is so vivid readers can smell the streets and feel the cold rain on their faces.
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Bruce DeSilva, winner of the Mystery Writers of America´s Edgar Award, is the author of the Mulligan crime novels including "The Dread Line." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10984985/Review-An-Irish-hitman-juggles-murder-parenthood.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-05T19:02:21Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10984985/Review-An-Irish-hitman-juggles-murder-parenthood.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
FORT COLLINS, Colo., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STOW IT, a Colorado-based start-up, has become the largest vehicle storage provider in Denver, returning over $200 million to the city. STOW IT works with locals that have extra space to connect with those who need storage for cars, boats, RVs, and other vehicle storage. They are expanding nationwide and looking to bring those with extra space passive income through vehicle storage.
Any business or individual with extra space can become a host on STOW IT. The company features many different types of hosts with different types of spaces including:
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Being a host on STOW IT is super convenient because they offer the following to make renting out your space simple:
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Listing your space on STOW IT is very easy. Within ten minutes you can have your space listed on STOW IT and automatically marketed to their 15,000 plus individuals who visit their site each month. You control every aspect of renting your space out, how much you make, and what items you can store.
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Battling Brit Norrie sets up Djokovic semi-final
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - British ninth-seed Cameron Norrie reached his first Grand Slam semi-final when he twice came from behind to beat unseeded Belgian David Goffin 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-5 on Tuesday to set up a dream Wimbledon meeting with Novak Djokovic. Having come into the match full of confidence after successive straight-set wins Norrie was surprisingly ragged in the first set. He rallied to take the second but then managed only two points in the first four games of the third as Goffin, also looking to make the last four at a major for the first time, took it without having to do anything extraordinary.
The Belgian was on court for four and a half hours in getting past Frances Tiafoe on Sunday and began to look a little tired in the fourth as Norrie upped his own intensity to level the match, much to the delight of a packed Number One Court.
There was little in it as they battled to 5-5 in the fifth set when Norrie somehow found an extra gear to blast through a service break to love and then served out safely to secure the biggest win of his career. (Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Ken Ferris) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10984955/Battling-Brit-Norrie-sets-Djokovic-semi-final.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-05T19:06:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10984955/Battling-Brit-Norrie-sets-Djokovic-semi-final.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-9-9-9
(nine, nine, nine, nine)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-9-9-9
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Can PBF Energy (PBF) Keep the Earnings Surprise Streak Alive?
Have you been searching for a stock that might be well-positioned to maintain its earnings-beat streak in its upcoming report? It is worth considering PBF Energy (PBF), which belongs to the Zacks Oil and Gas - Refining and Marketing industry.
This refiner has an established record of topping earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The company boasts an average surprise for the past two quarters of 60.06%.
For the last reported quarter, PBF Energy came out with earnings of $0.35 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.26 per share, representing a surprise of 34.62%. For the previous quarter, the company was expected to post earnings of $0.69 per share and it actually produced earnings of $1.28 per share, delivering a surprise of 85.51%.
Price and EPS Surprise
For PBF Energy, estimates have been trending higher, thanks in part to this earnings surprise history. And when you look at the stock's positive Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction), it's a great indicator of a future earnings beat, especially when combined with its solid Zacks Rank.
Our research shows that stocks with the combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or better produce a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time. In other words, if you have 10 stocks with this combination, the number of stocks that beat the consensus estimate could be as high as seven.
The Zacks Earnings ESP compares the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter; the Most Accurate Estimate is a version of the Zacks Consensus whose definition is related to change. The idea here is that analysts revising their estimates right before an earnings release have the latest information, which could potentially be more accurate than what they and others contributing to the consensus had predicted earlier.
PBF Energy currently has an Earnings ESP of +13.08%, which suggests that analysts have recently become bullish on the company's earnings prospects. This positive Earnings ESP when combined with the stock's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) indicates that another beat is possibly around the corner. We expect the company's next earnings report to be released on July 28, 2022.
With the Earnings ESP metric, it's important to note that a negative value reduces its predictive power; however, a negative Earnings ESP does not indicate an earnings miss.
Many companies end up beating the consensus EPS estimate, though this is not the only reason why their shares gain. Additionally, some stocks may remain stable even if they end up missing the consensus estimate.
Because of this, it's really important to check a company's Earnings ESP ahead of its quarterly release to increase the odds of success. Make sure to utilize our Earnings ESP Filter to uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they've reported.
Zacks Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 8, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
149 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures of 102 to 105 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Big Country, Concho Valley, and Heartland.
* WHEN...From 2 PM Wednesday to 8 PM CDT Friday. The most
hazardous condition will occur in the afternoon and early
evening hours.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat related illnesses to
occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Anyone spending an extended period of time
outdoors is encouraged to stay hydrated and take frequent
breaks in the shade.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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MINDORO, Wis. (WXOW) - La Crosse County has signed over ownership of Mindoro Park to the Town of Farmington.
At a ceremony on Friday, the county made the transfer of the property plus made a presentation of a $75,000 check to the township to help with the transition and for improvements to the park.
The park currently includes a baseball diamond and wooded nature trails. Planned improvements include a second diamond, new trail, and partnering with the Melrose-Mindoro School District to host cross-country and other events at the park.
In a statement announcing the transfer, La Crosse County Board Chair Monica Kruse said it made sense to have local control of the park. “We are really looking forward to seeing what you do with the park. This gathering here today is a testament to community and citizen engagement.”
The 117 acre park is located on County Road D just outside Mindoro. It was created in the early 1970s by the county, township, and Mindoro Lions Club. | https://www.wxow.com/news/la-crosse-county-donates-mindoro-park-cash-to-township/article_03b0ec2e-fc82-11ec-ad8f-bb3176814a8f.html | 2022-07-05T19:09:23Z | https://www.wxow.com/news/la-crosse-county-donates-mindoro-park-cash-to-township/article_03b0ec2e-fc82-11ec-ad8f-bb3176814a8f.html | true |
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Man steals Stormtrooper off front porch
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – A man was caught on camera stealing a Stormtrooper decoration from the “Star Wars” franchise off a front porch in Tulsa, police said.
The Tulsa Police Department is looking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
The incident happened around 5:30 a.m. on June 17. In the home surveillance video, you can see a man in a T-shirt and hat walk up to the home’s porch, pick up the Stormtrooper, and walk away with it.
“It is entirely possible that he was upset with Order 66 and revenging the Jedi,” police wrote in a Facebook post. “However, in Oklahoma, it’s still a crime.”
Police are offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. If you recognize the suspect, please call please call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
8-6-9
(eight, six, nine)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
8-6-9
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CHANDLER, Ariz., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today shared the company's role in the O-RAN PlugFest organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE and hosted by industry leaders. The PlugFest involved a series of on-site demonstrations across multiple countries, conducted in May and June 2022.
VIAVI was relied upon to provide benchmarking and validation for PlugFest tests and demonstrations hosted by:
- AT&T and Dish Wireless at the following locations:
- Telefónica in Madrid, Spain; and
- Auray OTIC and Security Lab in Taiwan.
"The increasing maturity of the O-RAN ecosystem was evident across the entire PlugFest," commented Dr. Ian Wong, CTO Office, VIAVI and Co-Chair, Testing and Integration Focus Group, O-RAN ALLIANCE. "Open Radio Units (O-RUs) are completing fronthaul conformance certification, and moving beyond certification into performance testing. Interoperability in multi-vendor environments beyond the O-RU was also more in focus, with key combinations including O-RU and Open Distributed Unit (O-DU), O-DU and Open Central Unit (O-CU), and complete end-to-end networks being demonstrated. Vendors showcased the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and its potential to bring AI/ML techniques to network optimization and service management. And with security of open networks growing in importance, this PlugFest session also included running O-RAN and 3GPP security test cases."
The VIAVI Test Suite for O-RAN Specifications supported conformance, performance, interoperability and end-to-end testing:
- O-RU – VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz partnered on O-RAN Fronthaul (OFH) conformance and 3GPP pre-conformance testing of O-RUs from Foxconn and other vendors. The two companies also jointly validated an O-RU reference design with components from Analog Devices and Intel. The combined testbed includes the VIAVI TM500 O-RU Tester and the Rohde & Schwarz SMW200A Vector Signal Generator (VSG), FSW Signal and Spectrum Analyzer and Vector Signal Explorer (VSE) software, with the O-RU Test Manager providing a seamless user experience. Separately, VIAVI supported conformance and performance testing of a C-Band 64TRX Massive MIMO Fujitsu O-RU, providing the TM500 O-RU Tester, TM500 UE Emulator and T-BERD/MTS 5800 PTP/SyncE grandmaster.
- Transport – VIAVI also provided the T-BERD/MTS-5800 for Xhaul Transport and Synchronization testing on ADVA's FSP 150-XG418 as a Cell Site Gateway (CSG) and Ensemble Activator network operating system (NOS) on Edgecore AS7316-26XB as a Hub Site Router (HSR), and validating the compatibility of third-party optics plugs from Precision Optical Transceivers.
- End-to-end interoperability and security testing – The VIAVI TM500 UE Emulator and TeraVM Core Emulator were used for E2E and security testing of multiple vendor combinations, including: the Foxconn O-RU and REIGN CORE; the Pegatron O-RU, O-CU and O-DU; and equipment from ASKEY.
- RIC – VIAVI demonstrated near real-time RIC platform performance benchmarking by integrating another vendor's xApp with the VIAVI TeraVM RIC Test. The two companies also partnered to demonstrate traffic steering in near real-time RIC by integrating anomaly detection, quality prediction and traffic steering xApps with the TeraVM RIC Test, in a fully automated, closed-loop fashion, and in a multi-vendor, multi-technology environment.
"Interest in cross-industry collaboration on O-RAN has grown so substantially that we have moved to multiple PlugFest sessions during the year," said Stephen Hire, Vice President of Wireless Marketing, VIAVI. "Beyond the number of participants, complexity is introduced in terms of end-to-end interoperability, AI- and ML-driven automation in assurance and optimization, and security. VIAVI enabled our partners to surmount this complexity by delivering comprehensive and relevant test cases on proven platforms, known for simplicity of use and expedited results."
VIAVI offers the most comprehensive test suite on the market for lab validation, field deployment and service assurance of O-RAN networks. With vast experience validating network products for operators and manufacturers worldwide, VIAVI allows any node – O-RU, O-DU, O-CU, RIC and Core – and complete end-to-end testing to be performed on premise, in the cloud or as a service.
About VIAVI
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. We help these customers harness the power of instruments, automation, intelligence and virtualization to Command the network. VIAVI is also a leader in light management solutions for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and defense applications. Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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