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Summer is high rattlesnake season for us in California. Classified as a native reptile, the rattlesnake is the only venomous snake in California. At least six species are found in various areas of the state, from below sea level to 11,000 feet.
The largest and most common rattlesnake is the western diamondback, found from sea level to 7,000 ft. in southern California. It is also probably the most dangerous, because of its aggressive disposition and size (up to six feet in length).
The sidewinder is the smallest of the rattlesnakes; it is also sometimes called the “horned rattler” because of the hornlike scales above its eyes. It is mostly found in desert areas from sea level to 6,000 ft. Speckled rattlesnakes are found throughout Baja California and up the coast to Los Angeles, overlapping with the red diamond rattlesnake in most of that area.
The Mojave rattlesnake’s range includes the desert and foothills of Southern California from sea level to high elevations. Here in Butte County, we are most likely to encounter the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, which is the Northern California subspecies of the Western rattlesnake.
Rattlesnakes can best be identified by their distinctive triangular head shape. Their rattles are less reliable features for identification because they are often broken off on older snakes. Young rattlesnakes are born with a small rattle or “button.” A new segment is formed each time the snake sheds its skin; since this may occur several times a year, the size of a snake’s rattle is an unreliable indicator of age.
Most rattlesnakes forage near brushy or tall grass areas, rock outcrops, rodent burrows, around or under surface objects and sometimes in the open. Adults eat live prey, primarily rodents; young rattlers mostly consume lizards and young rodents. Rattlesnakes wait until their prey is nearby, then strike with two large fangs that inject venom. This subdues the prey, which is then swallowed whole.
Rattlesnakes are called pit vipers because they have small pits on either side of the head between the eye and the nostril. Sensitive to temperature, these pits assist the snake in finding prey. The snake’s tongue and nostrils also detect the odors of prey. The venom is produced in glands behind the eyes, and then flows through ducts to the hollow fangs. Normally, the fangs fold back against the roof of the mouth, but when the snake strikes, the fangs are pivoted forward to inject the venom. A dead snake can still inject venom by reflex action for an hour or more after its death.
Rattlesnakes will usually avoid humans, but if a snake is disturbed or senses a threat, it will strike. While seldom fatal, bites are extremely painful and can lead to severe medical trauma. If you are bitten by a rattler, go to the nearest emergency facility for treatment. A veterinarian should immediately attend to dogs or domestic animals that have been bitten by a rattlesnake.
Be alert during the time of year when rattlesnakes are active: that is from April to October in our region. Rattlers hibernate and hide in rock accumulations and areas where they are protected. Unlike other reptiles, rattlesnakes give birth to live young. To protect their young, rattlesnakes will often give birth in abandoned rodent burrows.
Even though they are dangerous, rattlesnakes are important members of our ecosystem. They add to the diversity of California’s wildlife. Remember to be careful when working in your garden or when moving brush or debris in your yard. Always hike with a friend in areas where rattlesnakes may be present. And never, ever, tease a snake.
The Butte County UC Master Gardeners are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4H, farm advisors, and nutrition and physical activity programs. Our mission is to enhance local quality of life by bringing practical, scientifically-based knowledge directly to our community. For more information on UCCE Butte County Master Gardeners and their upcoming events, and for help with gardening in our area, visit https://ucanr.edu/sites/bcmg/. If you have a gardening question or problem, call our Hotline at (530) 538-7201 or email mgbutte@ucanr.edu. | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/07/08/rattlesnake-season-the-real-dirt/ | 2022-07-08T10:52:48Z | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/07/08/rattlesnake-season-the-real-dirt/ | false |
SÃO PAULO, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. ("Itaú Unibanco") informs its stockholders and the market that today it entered into a share purchase agreement, through its subsidiaries, with Avenue Controle Cayman Ltd and other selling stockholders, providing for the acquisition of control of Avenue Holding Cayman Ltd ("Avenue").
After obtaining the required regulatory approvals, Itaú Unibanco will initially acquire 35.0% of the total and voting capital of Avenue through a capital contribution of R$160 million and a secondary acquisition of shares, totaling approximately R$ 493 million. After 2 years from the closing date of this first tranche, Itaú Unibanco will acquire an additional stake of 15.1%, for an amount to be determined based on a predefined multiple of adjusted revenues, achieving the control with 50.1% of the total and voting capital. After 5 years from the closing date of the first tranche, Itaú Unibanco will be able to exercise a call option for the remaining equity interest held by the current stockholders of Avenue.
Avenue holds a U.S. digital securities broker, incorporated 4 years ago, aimed to democratize the access of Brazilian investors to the international market and currently has over 229 thousand active clients, 492 thousand accounts enabled and approximately R$6.4 billion under custody.
In line with initiatives already announced, such as the acquisition of Ideal Corretora and the launch of the Íon platform, this operation strengthens Itaú Unibanco's strategy of setting up an investment ecosystem that prioritizes customer satisfaction by providing products and services through the most convenient channels for each client profile.
Avenue's investment intermediation services offered through Itaú Unibanco's wide distribution franchise and client base will enable (i) the increased access to the foreign investment market and the functionality of opening an international current account, (ii) the international diversification of products and services through a simple, streamlined self-service experience, and (iii) the reliance on Avenue's renowned professionals' talent and expertise.
The operation and management of Avenue will remain separate from Itaú Unibanco, which will become one of the institutions that will make Avenue's services available to its clients abroad.
The completion of this operation is subject to the approval from the regulatory bodies in the proper jurisdictions.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 2, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Energy Transfer LP issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (b) Energy Transfer, through its subsidiary Rover Pipeline, LLC, hired a third-party contractor to conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities for the Rover Pipeline Project, whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River when a large inadvertent release took place on April 13, 2017; (c) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") was actively investigating the Energy Transfer's wrongdoing related to the April 13 release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC's findings on this matter.
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Journalist’s case highlights human rights violations
What you need to know:
The issue: Human rights
Our view: We must, as a country, reject the normalisation of indefinite preventive arrest and detention of any person without a fair trial or some other form of legal process.
Journalist Obed Katureebe was taken into custody by security forces on May 2. At the time we were writing this, he remained in custody.
The details about the same are scanty beyond a carefully crafted statement that he is being held for his “own security”.
Mr Katureebe was picked up by security agents from his home and has never been seen ever since.
He is no ordinary Ugandan. Katureebe works for the Uganda Media Centre. That he has been detained incommunicado, speaks volumes and sheds light on a rather worrying trend of people being disappeared, detained without trial and sometimes tortured.
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has ordered the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) to immediately and unconditionally release him.
For emphasis, the Commission noted that Mr Katureebe “unlawfully detained and/or restricted” and that failure to unconditionally release him from custody makes those in charge of CMI liable for the contempt under Article 53(1) (d) of the Constitution”.
On several occasions, President Museveni has said that cases of illegal detention, torture and human rights violations will not be tolerated in the country.
Yet serious concerns of enforced disappearances, detention without trial and gross human rights violations by security forces and other shadowy actors linked to them continue. In their report, Human Rights Watch, noted “a marked deterioration in Uganda’s human rights environment over the past year [2021]”. It is our hope that Mr Katureebe will be released per the directive of UHRC and that if the state has any case against him, he should be formally charged before a competent court with jurisdiction to try him.
The statement that Mr Katureebe is being held for his own good should be treated with the contempt it deserves. It suggests that Uganda is unsafe for some of her citizens.
Further, if the Rwandan state or President Paul Kagame have any case against Mr Katureebe per the allegations that he operates a parody Twitter account of Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere (@RGakwerere), which was being used to attack Mr Kagame then a case must be made before court.
The human rights of Ugandans, including Mr Katureebe, are protected under the Constitution and all other laws made under the constitution to maintain peace. Specifically, Uganda police are charged with maintaining security on behalf of the government. Its functions include protection of life and property, preservation of law and order, prevention and detection of crime, and cooperation with the civilian authority and other security agencies established under the constitution.
Detention for one’s own good should not be allowed to stand especially if it is not backed by any law. We must, as a country, reject the normalisation of indefinite preventive arrest and detention of any person without a fair trial or some other form of legal process. It is subject to abuse as we have seen when it comes to politics.
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) today announced that it plans to report second-quarter 2022 financial results before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, July 22, 2022, in a news release to be posted on the company's website at www.NextEraEnergy.com/FinancialResults. The company will issue an advisory news release over PR Newswire the morning of July 22, with a link to the financial results news release on the company's website. As previously communicated, the company will make available its financial results only on its website.
John Ketchum, president and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy, Kirk Crews, executive vice president, finance and chief financial officer of NextEra Energy, and other members of the company's senior management team will discuss the company's second-quarter 2022 financial results during an investor presentation to be webcast live, beginning at 9 a.m. ET on July 22. Results for NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) also will be discussed during the same investor presentation.
The listen-only webcast will be available on NextEra Energy's website by accessing the following link: www.NextEraEnergy.com/FinancialResults. The financial results news release and the slides accompanying the presentation may be downloaded at www.NextEraEnergy.com/FinancialResults, beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET on the day of the webcast. A replay will be available for 90 days by accessing the same link as listed above.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is the largest vertically integrated rate-regulated electric utility in the United States as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, and serves more than 5.7 million customer accounts, supporting more than 12 million residents across Florida with clean, reliable and affordable electricity. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune's 2022 list of "World's Most Admired Companies," recognized on Fortune's 2021 list of companies that "Change the World" and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
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Are we set to run out of HUMMUS? Global chickpea shortage - worsened by Ukraine war - means popular dip could be harder to buy
- Popular snack could disappear from supermarket shelves as weather, war and shipping issues impact global supply of chickpeas
- Sanctions on Russia, the top chickpea exporter, means thousands of tonnes worth of supplies have been completely destroyed
- Also thanks to war, Ukraine has been unable to seed the crop normally bound for European markets and missed out on production
- Drought in the US and floods in Australia have also exacerbated disruption
It's a terrible time to be a hummus fan.
Global supplies of chickpeas, the main ingredient, could dip as much as 20% this year, according to data from the Global Pulse Confederation.
Weather and war have hurt supplies of the protein-packed bean, driving up food prices and creating headaches for food manufacturers and heartache for hummus enthusiasts.
The popular snack could disappear from shelves as weather, war and shipping issues have combined to put global chickpea production on hold (Shutterstock)
The war in Ukraine plays a major factor in the potential shortage for the much-loved snack. Since Russia invaded Ukraine back in February this year, the conflict has disrupted normal chickpea production on both sides as both countries are major exporters.
Ukraine could not seed its total chickpea crop due to the war, removing 50,000 tonnes normally bound for Europe, said Navneet Singh Chhabra, director of Shree Sheela International, a global chickpea trader and brokerage firm.
Sanctions aimed at slashing Russia's access to the global financial system have also hampered purchases of its agricultural products, he said, as some buyers seek to avoid complications with payment. A top chickpea exporter, Russia normally accounts for about 25% of global trade, he said.
"Russia is exporting around 200,000 to 250,000 tonnes, minimum, per year. When the war started in February, the supply was destroyed, totally," said Jeff Van Pevenage, chief executive officer of Columbia Grain International, grain and pulse merchandiser and supplier, headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
"When the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, the demand boomed. "We saw strong demand from China, then it was calls from customers in Pakistan and Bangladesh."
There has been a huge rise in demand for chickpeas in recent years as their popularity only increases, especially in places like the US (Shutterstock)
Chickpeas are made into hummus, flour, soups, stews and curries. While they are growing in popularity in the United States, they have long been key to the diets of people in India and the Middle East - places that are already struggling to cover rising costs of food imports.
Farmers in the United States - the No. 4 chickpea exporter - planted fewer chickpeas this year as poor weather bogged down spring planting and they prioritized more lucrative commodity crops like wheat and corn, government data shows.
Meanwhile, top buyers from South Asia and the Mediterranean are trying to scoop up dwindling U.S. stocks as supplies shrink worldwide and as the war between Russia and Ukraine - both producers of chickpeas - exacerbates disruptions to global supply chains.
Chickpeas can be used in all kinds of dishes including vegetarian and vegan ones as a source of protein (Getty Images)
Transportation problems have exacerbated supply constraints and added to rising prices, particularly in the United States.
Ocean vessel backlogs in the Pacific Northwest have forced some grain merchants to ship chickpea containers by railcar thousands of miles, taking more expensive and circuitous routes to fulfill orders.
Columbia Grain International usually exports some of its chickpeas by ocean vessel through the Pacific Northwest. But as West Coast ports were snarled up, Columbia Grain last fall started sending chickpeas by rail to Houston, Texas, in search of available ocean transport - nearly doubling shipping costs, Van Pevenage said.
As overburdened train lines also backed up, those chickpeas arrived at the port long after the ships sailed.
"We've had product sitting in Houston for eight weeks, waiting for an outbound vessel," Van Pevenage said.
Columbia Grain is now considering shipping to Charleston, South Carolina, Van Pevenage said.
North Dakota farmer Kim Saueressig decided not to plant chickpeas on his drought-parched fields last year. Known as a pulse, or grain legume harvested for its protein-rich seeds, chickpeas are also prone to disease that can require costly fungicides, he said.
"Prices are still pretty good, but it's a headache trying to deal with them," Saueressig said.
Hummus is eaten across the world, particularly the Middle East, so a global chickpea shortage could impact the diets of millions of people as the ingredient is used in thousands of dishes (GettyImages)
Tight supplies have helped push U.S. retail prices higher. Chickpeas on U.S. grocery shelves jumped 12% from last year, nearly 17% higher than prior to the pandemic, according to the most recent NielsenIQ data. Hummus prices have increased 6.9% since 2019.
Hummus maker Sabra Dipping Company is keeping ample supplies on hand "to safeguard against the unexpected," Chief Executive Joey Bergstein told Reuters.
The company wrestled with production disruptions during a plant upgrade this year in Chesterfield County, Virginia, which had customers sending out a barrage of complaints on Twitter and Facebook about hummus shortages.
GLOBAL DEMAND
Global demand is outstripping supplies, according to trade data and Shree Sheela International's research. Turkey issued an export ban, while yields in Mexico shrank due to weather woes.
In Australia, a top chickpea exporter, farmers contended with flooded fields, while sellers scrambled to secure container space on ocean freight vessels.
Some farmers may replant, said Ole Houe, director of advisory services at agriculture brokerage IKON Commodities in Sydney.
"Parts of the planted area is still under water," said Houe, who noted that Australia exports chickpeas mainly to top consuming markets India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
In the United States, farmers planted nearly 5% fewer acres of chickpeas this year, the Agriculture Department reported.
The price of chickpeas on U.S. grocery shelves jumped 12% from last year, nearly 17% higher than prior to the pandemic (Shutterstock)
The U.S. market already struggled with smaller stockpiles after last year's production was cut by a third due to devastating drought from North Dakota to Washington state. Total domestic supplies are down 10.5% as of June 1, from a year earlier, according to USDA data.
Still, Montana farmer Ryan Bogar is gambling that the shortage may pay off for the 1,500 acres of chickpeas his family planted this spring. Chickpeas need less fertilizer than corn, he said, and can sell for twice as much as wheat, he said.
Wheat prices hit a near record in March, but have recently fallen to pre-Ukraine war levels as fears of recession around the world hamper commodity markets.
"Wheat will pay the bills. But if you want to buy new equipment or have money to expand, you better have some peas in the mix," Bogar said. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10994465/Weather-war-cause-global-hummus-supplies-dip-20-blow-supermarket-staple.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-08T11:08:15Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10994465/Weather-war-cause-global-hummus-supplies-dip-20-blow-supermarket-staple.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
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TAIPEI, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acer Inc. (TWSE: 2353) announced its consolidated revenues for June at NT$30.94 billion, marking an eight-year high over the same period, with growth of 3.1% year-on-year (YoY) and 39.5% month-on-month (MoM). Consolidated revenues for the first half (H1) summed up at NT$150.72 billion, which was flattish with 0.4% decline YoY. The company also managed to continuously reduce overall inventory levels.
Business highlights year-on-year include:
- Desktop PC business revenue grew 9.3% in June, 2.9% in Q2, and 15.4% in H1
- Gaming business [1] revenue grew 25.7% in June, declined by 12.3% in Q2, and grew 4.9% in H1
Acer's seven public subsidiaries have all announced their Q2 2022 revenues with an overall growth of 31.9% YoY. On top of their strong business growth, Acer's strategy to build multiple business engines is gaining good momentum.
- Acer Gaming Inc. revenue in Q2 grew 42.9% YoY
- Acer Gadget Inc. revenue in Q2 grew 25.1% YoY
- MPS Energy Inc. revenue in Q2 grew 63.4% YoY
- Altos Computing Inc. revenue in Q2 grew 59.0% YoY
- AcerPure Inc. revenue in Q2 grew 70.7% YoY
The businesses other than PCs and displays contributed to 21.1% of total Q2 revenues.
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HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Parliament on Thursday passed amended legislation on border security that allows for the closure of crossing points with Russia amid fears that Moscow could choose to send large numbers of migrants to the frontier.
The move by lawmakers came just two days after NATO’s 30 members signed formal accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance — an outcome that has angered Russia. The two Nordic nations’ membership bids were approved at a NATO summit at the end of June in Madrid and several alliance members have already moved to ratify their accession.
The amendments approved by Finnish lawmakers will give the center-left government led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin wider powers to restrict border traffic in exceptional situations, particularly on the 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia, the longest of any European Union member.
The changes would also allow Finland, a nation of 5.5 million, to build barriers and fences along the border with Russia if needed. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is due to sign the amendments into law on Friday.
The legislative reform was prompted by the government’s concern that Russia would try to influence Finland by organizing large numbers of asylum-seekers to the border — something that happened at northern Finnish crossing points in 2015 and 2016 as Russian authorities reportedly ushered thousands of asylum-seekers there.
The risk of such hybrid threats from Moscow is seen as being particularly high now that Finland has become an observer member of NATO, but not yet a full member enjoying the alliance’s security guarantees, pending legislative approvals in all 30 member states.
Russia has repeatedly said over the past few years that it is against Helsinki and Stockholm joining NATO. But both Finland and Sweden decided to seek membership in the alliance after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“The security situation in Finland and Europe has changed fundamentally in recent months, and especially the risk of a different kind of hybrid influence has increased,” Finnish Justice Minister Anna-Maja Henriksson said in a statement.
“I’m glad that a new exception which covers hybrid threats, in particular, was added to the preparedness act so quickly with the broad support of the Parliament,” she said.
Following the ratification of Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership by Canada, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Estonia, the Albanian Parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of welcoming the Nordic countries as new members of the alliance.
“Sweden and Finland are an added value to the alliance for their strategic and military values,” Albania’s foreign minister, Olta Xhacka, said in a speech to lawmakers. “Their membership is a historic development that should be supported without any hesitation.”
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AP reporter Llazar Semini in Tirana, Albania, contributed to this report.
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LONDON (AP) — A field of candidates to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson began to take shape Friday, even as some Conservative Party lawmakers pushed to get the scandal-tarnished leader out of office before his replacement is elected in the next couple of months.
Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday — a dizzying about-face after months spent insisting he would stay in his job amid mounting ethics scandals and growing Conservative discontent.
He quit as party leader with a statement to the nation outside 10 Downing St., but said he would stay in post as prime minister until his successor is chosen by the party. That decision didn't sit well with some of his Conservative colleagues, who worry Johnson lacks the authority to hang on, or could do mischief even as a caretaker prime minister.
James Cleverly, appointed as education secretary on Thursday after his predecessor quit during a mass exodus of ministers, defended Johnson’s decision to stay.
“It’s right that he has stood down and it’s right that he has put a team in place to continue governing whilst the selection procedure flows for his successor,” Cleverly told Sky News. “And we should do that I think pretty quickly, pretty promptly.”
Party officials are due to set out the timetable for a leadership contest on Monday, with the aim of having a winner by the end of the summer. The two-step process involves Tory lawmakers voting to reduce the field of candidates to two, who will go to a ballot of all party members across the country.
Lawmaker Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the House of Commons’ influential Foreign Affairs Committee, became the second candidate to declare he is running, after Attorney General Suella Braverman. Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and ex-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak — whose resignations this week helped topple Johnson — are also likely contenders, along with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
Even as contenders launch their campaigns, Johnson remains in office atop a caretaker administration formed from a dwindling band of loyalists alongside ministers who have agreed to stay in office to keep government running.
Johnson has promised not to make any major policy decisions in his remaining time, but many Conservatives say a lame-duck leader is the last thing the country needs amid Russia's war in Ukraine and a worsening cost-of-living crisis triggered by soaring food and energy prices.
Some also are wary of Johnson’s intentions after a resignation speech in which he made clear he didn't want to leave, but had failed “to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we’re delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate.”
George Freeman, who quit as science minister on Thursday, said he worried about a leadership election being held in “a febrile moment of midsummer madness, where we choose the wrong person in a hurry because of the instability.”
Some had pushed for Johnson to give way and let Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab step in as temporary leader. But lawmaker Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, treasurer of the Conservative committee that runs party leadership contests, said “that ship has sailed.”
“We must now live with the fact that Boris Johnson will be prime minister until a successor can be voted on,” he said.
The main opposition Labour Party said that was unacceptable and vowed to call for a no-confidence vote in Johnson in the House of Commons next week, though prospects of its success were uncertain.
“He’s a proven liar who’s engulfed in sleaze and we can’t have another couple of months of this, you know,” Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said. “So they do have to get rid of him, and if they don’t, we will call a no-confidence vote because it’s pretty clear — he hasn’t got the confidence of the House or the British public.”
The brash, 58-year-old politician who took Britain out of the European Union and has been at the helm through COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, has repeatedly defied the odds during a rollercoaster political career.
In recent months he managed to remain in power despite accusations that he was too close to party donors, that he protected supporters from bullying and corruption allegations, and that he misled Parliament about government office parties that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules.
He was fined by police for attending one of the parties — the first prime minister ever sanctioned for breaking the law in office — but went on to survive a no-confidence vote last month in Parliament, though 41% of Conservative lawmakers tried to oust him.
He was brought down by one scandal too many — this one involving his appointment of a politician who had been accused of sexual misconduct.
Johnson faced days of questions, and gave days of conflicting answers, over what he knew about past allegations against Chris Pincher, a Conservative lawmaker who resigned as party deputy chief whip last week after allegedly groping two men at a private club. Pincher acknowledged he had got drunk and “embarrassed myself.”
Johnson offered shifting explanations about what he knew and when he knew it. That just brought concerns the prime minister couldn’t be trusted to boiling point.
Javid and Sunak, key Cabinet members who were responsible, respectively, for fighting COVID-19 and inflation, resigned within minutes of each other Tuesday, setting off a wave of departures by their colleagues.
Johnson clung to power for days, defiantly telling lawmakers on Wednesday that he had a “colossal mandate” from the voters and intended to get on with the business of governing.
His resignation the next day was a humiliating defeat for a politician whose jokey bluster brought a celebrity status unmatched in British politics — but who was accused of behaving as if the rules didn't apply to him. The party acted once it decided that a leader with a rare ability to connect with voters had turned into a liability.
Conservative supporter Ernest William Lee said he “heaved a great sigh of relief” when Johnson announced he would leave.
"I’m sorry this country has got into this state," Lee said. "It’s a mess and it needs someone very strong — male or female, I don’t care — to run it, run it properly and get it back on its feet.
“I hate being the laughing stock of Europe.”
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Mayuko Ono contributed to this story.
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Two people were fatally shot in separate incidents in Prince George’s County.
In another incident, police said they found a man — who was later identified as Antoine Dorsey, 27, of Greenbelt — around 9 p.m. Tuesday in the road near Beaver Dam and Biocontrol roads in the Beltsville area. He had been shot and was taken to a hospital, where he died.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNA).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 22, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, CareDx, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the Company's RemoTraC service for remote, home-based, blood-drawing; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the class period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
615 AM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures of 102 to 106 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Big Country, Concho Valley, and Heartland.
* WHEN...Through 8 PM CDT Saturday. The most hazardous
conditions 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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Baseball all-star team, with Delaware standout, brings the sport to more girls in the region
Pitcher Sophia DiGenova of Wilmington was the first girl to make P.S. du Pont Middle School's baseball team this past spring
When catcher Grace Murray knelt behind the batter's box, she heard some boys on the other team "talking smack" and cracking jokes because her team was all girls.
The opponent turned quiet not too long after.
"That changed when we started beating them like 6-3, 7-3, 9-3,” Grace said.
Twelve-year-old Grace is forging a new path for female youth baseball players in the region, including Delaware. Two years ago, Grace discovered Baseball For All, a girls’ baseball nonprofit organization founded by former Oakland Athletics coach Justine Siegal. The organization has players from 40-plus states that play in tournaments and events.
Grace was determined to play for one of its teams, but no local teams existed. So, the girl from Warwick, Pennsylvania, convinced her father, Ryan Murray, to start the Philadelphia Liberty in 2019, and the group began holding practices in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
COVID-19 derailed what should have been their first season in 2020. Last summer, the Philadelphia Liberty played in its first Baseball For All National Girls Baseball Tournament at The Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Maryland.
“It was a really amazing moment to see this was just all girls that are there, all doing something they love,” Ryan Murray said. “And it was a lot of hard work to get there, but it was worth every minute of trying to put everything together.”
The Liberty played in two all-boys baseball tournaments last season, winning a few of those games.
"They were ecstatic. I think they were underestimated. Some of the boys were cocky; they were playing girls," said Mike DiGenova, whose daughter, Sophia, 14, of Wilmington, also plays for the team. "I think what you have to realize, every girl playing baseball on one of these teams is a quality player because you can't be bad at baseball and play with boys and be a girl."
They are set to play in another all-boys tournament, Sports at the Beach in Sussex County, Delaware, on July 22-25.
The team has developed a strong connection over the past two years. There is a unique bond between the players and coaches. Some of the players travel from Delaware and New York to play, so they are not able to see each other for months.
“We all love baseball. We all want to play baseball,” Grace said. “So, knowing that we are all girls, we immediately became best friends with each other.”
Farrell Everett and Ed Kretser both coach the Philadelphia Liberty.
Everett’s relationship with her players is special because she understands how important this is to them.
She is a big supporter of each girl.
“When I am catching, she motivates me and has nicknames for me,” Grace said. “She is like, ‘Come on, Grace, you are a wall back there.’ Because nothing can get behind me when I am catching, so she tries to motivate me as much as she can. I feel like all my teammates have a special bond with Farrell.”
Sophia DiGenova calls it “refreshing” when she meets up with her Liberty teammates.
One of Sophia’s favorite memories came after a loss. She pitched three scoreless innings in the team’s 7-6 loss to the New York Wonders in the DMV Series championship game last October.
Sophia remembers how her teammates stayed positive after a tough defeat.
“Everyone lifts each other up,” Sophia said. “Someone may strike out here and there, might make an error in the field. But seeing all these other women around you who are also playing, it’s motivating to just get back up and play some more.”
“At the end of the day, whether we win or lose, it is not about that,” Sophia said. “It’s just fun and exciting for everyone. You learn to value your teammates and your friends more than the results of the game.”
When the team is not playing together, most of the players spend a lot of their time playing travel baseball on boys teams.
Grace also plays with the Warwick Bulldogs. She led the Bulldogs with over a .430 batting average, and she drove in the most RBIs last season. She was the first girl selected to the Pennsylvania Suburban Travel All-Star Game in its 23 years. And she won the home run derby for the majors division of Warwick Township against some of her teammates.
Everyone watched as Grace showcased her bat.
“I didn’t even feel (the ball) because it hit the barrel,” Grace said. “Hearing everyone, like my 12U team, my teammates and then 11U kids, they were all like, ‘Oh no, that is out. We can’t catch that.’ I knew before I actually saw it fall out of the fence because everyone was screaming, ‘Oh, that is a home run, add that to the list.’”
Grace was intentionally walked after a few successful turns at the plate in Warwick’s first game of the season against Northampton Township.
And teams walk Grace because she is a game-changer with her bat.
“She is a fantastic player, just an amazing hitter,” Warwick Bulldogs President and Grace’s coach, Brandon Hawes, said. “If you would just see her hit the ball, hard contact. She is constantly working on her skills, working on her game. Whether it is practicing with us or whether it’s hitting on our cages, her and her dad over there hitting.”
Grace trains at the Warminster Baseball Center and All-Star Baseball Academy in Warminster.
“I would just say she works for everything she has,” Hawes said. “And all the talent she has, she’s worked so hard for years to get to where she is at.”
Grace hit a walkoff double against Falls Township, giving the Bulldogs a 6-5 win on May 22.
Sophia is also a rising star.
She was the first girl to make the P.S. du Pont Middle School baseball team this past spring. Sophia just graduated from eighth grade, and she hopes to make the Charter School of Wilmington’s baseball team next spring.
In 2018-19, the National Federation of State High School Associations conducted a high school athletics participation survey. The numbers revealed only 1,284 girls played high school baseball compared to 482,740 boys that year.
Sophia believes younger girls can follow in her footsteps and play baseball for P.S. du Pont next year.
“It’s inspiring incoming sixth and seventh graders to come and try out for baseball next year with some of my teammates’ younger siblings (that) are girls and such,” Sophia said. “That was something for me, it kind of made waves in my school.”
Sophia has never thought about switching over to softball.
"Middle school age is where a lot of girls start transitioning over from baseball to softball," Sophia said. "It is really important if you want to stick with baseball and you really think that is what you want to do, then go for it. You should put your head down and grind it out."
Grace and Sophia faced some challenges along the way. Sophia felt shocked when some parents booed her when she walked up to the plate this past season.
Before Grace played for Warwick, she was cut from a travel baseball team, and she believes it has nothing to do with her talent.
“Warwick Bulldogs are so supportive of Grace and playing baseball. Her teammates, the coaches, the parents, they are really supportive of her playing baseball. They want to see her succeed,” her father, Ryan Murray, said. “And they cheer for her and they are really happy for her. We are very fortunate, we have an amazing team that loves to see her do what she loves to do.”
Currently, Warwick has 10 female players in the entire youth league organization. Hawes is looking to double those numbers next season. Eventually, he would like at least 10% of his players to be girls.
The Bulldogs received approval for a new full-sized baseball field, and it should be ready for next spring. Before this decision was made, players over the age of 12 would leave Warwick Township because the current field is too small. Grace and Brandon Hawes both spoke in front of Warwick Township officials and convinced them to build the new field, so now Grace and other players can stay.
Grace’s next goal is to make Tamanend’s Middle School baseball team and become the first female baseball player to play baseball in the Central Bucks School District.
Like many other girls, Grace and Sophia are proving they can be good at baseball. There always might be some negativity surrounding their choice to play, but Grace believes ignoring the hate is the best way to go about it.
“They should always push the negative things away and let it roll off their back because they are going to get that in life,” Grace said. “There are going to be people out there that don’t want them to play baseball. But you just have to let it roll off your back and stick with the sport you love and want to play." | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2022/07/08/with-delaware-star-girls-baseball-team-holds-its-own-against-boys/65369040007/ | 2022-07-08T11:30:02Z | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2022/07/08/with-delaware-star-girls-baseball-team-holds-its-own-against-boys/65369040007/ | true |
Texas man who fled after drug smuggling plea gets 18 years
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors say a South Texas man who smuggled hundreds of pounds of marijuana in crates of heavy machinery must serve 18 years in federal prison after being on the run since 2013.
Rene Izaguirre (ee-zuh-GAIR'-ay) was sentenced Wednesday in Brownsville.
The 46-year-old Brownsville man in January 2013 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. Prosecutors say he had a freight company contact and shipped drugs to Houston, Dallas and Pennsylvania.
Authorities believe Izaguirre ditched his ankle monitor months after pleading guilty, fled to Mexico, then resurfaced last fall in West Texas. Prosecutors say Izaguirre, located in Odessa, worked as a roofer but also allegedly sold cocaine.
He was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in the original case plus nine years for failure to appear, served consecutively.
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Pixie Puff Doll Collection available this Fall Exclusively at Walmart
PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Purpose Toys, one of the largest Black-owned toy start-ups, announced their new forthcoming Tightly-Coiled Natural-Hair Fashion Doll line, Pixie Puff Collection, a celebration of short and chic natural hair styles, this past National CROWN Day on Instagram @MyNaturalistas.
CROWN Day is holiday that celebrates the first signing of the CROWN Act into legislation in California, on July 3, 2019. The CROWN Act is legislation aimed to outlaw Natural-Hair discrimination in schools and the workplace.
Naturalistas is a line of ultra-glam, contemporary Natural Hair Fashion Dolls, created to celebrate children with coily, curly and naturally textured hair. With the announcement of the Pixie Puff Collection, the Naturalistas brand continues to grow by bringing the first culture-driven fashion doll line that centers around and celebrates children with coily "4-textured" hair, one of the most common hair types found across the African American community. Working with Just Play and Kidfinity Inc. (a Just Play affiliate company), the line will be sold and distributed by Purpose Toys at Walmart beginning in September 2022.
"Whereas there is an over-representation of long straight hair and long loose curls across the Black doll category, the reality is that many African American children actually have gorgeous tightly coiled hair," said Purpose Toys CEO, DeeDee Wright-Ward. "From the standpoint of authentically representing distinctively Black characteristics, most doll products marketed to Black children don't often reflect their beautiful pixie coils, which can inadvertently send a message that hair that looks like theirs isn't equally valued…no matter the intent of the manufacturer."
"A Celebration of Short Hair and Chic Style," Pixie Puff dolls (SRP $12.97) are the beautiful girl-next-door addition to glamour-driven core Naturalistas product. The Pixie Puff Collection features characters Peety and Penny - both of whom come with beautiful cropped (coily) "4C" textured hairstyles, varying custom skin tones, modern contemporary fashions, and character profiles that speak to their pride and commitment to their healthy, unique natural tresses.
Lisa Whitaker, Co-President of Kidfinity states, "We are honored to support DeeDee and Purpose Toys on a brand that is centered on delivering accurate representation through beautiful dolls that will uplift and celebrate children everywhere."
With legislation, such as the CROWN Act in place to protect against Natural Hair discrimination in schools and in the workplace, Naturalistas and the Pixie Puff Collection hope to do their small part in supporting the self-esteem and confidence of children who may face contrasting messaging at a young age about their perfect coils.
DeeDee adds, "Our tagline across all Naturalistas brands is 'Be Proud of Your Crown,' and on National Crown Day and always, we will continue to support the healthy emotional development of children who wear their Natural Hair through our nuanced, culture-driven product. It goes without saying that Purpose Toys is grateful for the support of Just Play and Walmart in bringing celebratory, uplifting 'dolls-of-culture' to toy aisles."
"A Supportive Community of Black Founders", Purpose Toys' mission is to partner with and uplift burgeoning toy entrepreneurs, by providing the infrastructure and resources necessary to succeed. Additionally, their mission is to also provide authentic "Product with a Purpose," that perfectly aligns with the modern Black experience which we hope to deliver with contemporary brands, Naturalistas and "Pixie Puff Collection." Purpose Toys' products will be available coming Fall 2022 across the U.S. For more information, please email Marketing@MyNaturalistas.com or visit MyNaturalistas.com and follow social channels @mynaturalistas via Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
Just Play is a passionate toy company and global leader across a broad range of children's consumer goods including figures, playsets, dolls, plush, role-play and dress-up. They create unique and innovative proprietary lines, as well as award-winning products based on popular children's entertainment brands with best-in-class licensing partners. Just Play was founded by two toy industry veterans, Charlie Emby and Geoffrey Greenberg, in 2010 and has risen to a top 10 toy company according to NPD for the past 5 years. To learn more about Just Play's products, please visit www.justplayproducts.com or follow the company on Instagram (@JustPlayProducts) or on Facebook (www.facebook.com/JustPlay).
Kidfinity is a new company formed by industry veterans Lisa Whitaker, Darryl Wizenberg and Tolly Wizenberg. Kidfinity is closely aligned with Just Play and works together with its team to create new and innovative toys and consumer products outside of traditional toy lines.
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More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say
LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - Danila Davydov said he left Russia within weeks of the Kremlin sending troops into Ukraine because he feared having to fight in a war he doesn´t support.
The 22-year-old digital artist who had been living in St Petersburg said that as the conflict dragged on he was concerned that Russia could place pressure on young people like him to serve in the military.
"I didn't want to go to war or go to prison, so I decided to leave," Davydov told Reuters from Kazakhstan, where he said he´s currently working.
He is among what some lawyers and rights advocates say is an increased number of young Russian men looking to avoid the country´s mandatory military service since the conflict with Ukraine began in late February, illustrating the ambivalence in Russian society to the conflict.
Some young men are leaving the country while others are seeking advice on obtaining exemptions or alternative avenues, or simply ignoring their summons in the hopes that authorities don´t pursue them, according to Reuters interviews with seven men currently seeking to avoid serving in the military as well as five lawyers and rights advocates.
That is despite the risk of facing fines or up to two years in prison - in a country where military service is mandatory for young men aged 18 to 27. One man told Reuters that refusing to fight has led to tensions with family members who believe military service is a young mans duty.
Davydov said that he was able to take himself off the military service register and leave the country because he had a job offer abroad. He wants to return home one day, he said, but laments it may not be any time soon: "I love Russia and miss it very much."
The Kremlin referred questions to the defence ministry, which didn´t respond to a request for comment about how widespread draft avoidance is and whether it is impacting the function of the Russian armed forces. The ministry, on its website, says that "service in the army and navy is the honourable duty of a Russian citizen that bestows considerable advantages in the future."
Moscow says it is conducting a special military operation and that it is going as planned. Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded those who fight for Russia as "heroes" who are saving Russian-speakers from persecution and foiling what he says is a Western plan to destroy Russia. In March, he described Russians whose thoughts were more in line with the West than Russia as "traitors."
On Feb 24 Russia sent thousands of troops into Ukraine, embarking on Europe´s biggest ground invasion since World War Two. Following Russia´s withdrawal of troops from near Kyiv, the war has slowed to a grinding artillery contest with Moscow focused on taking territory in eastern Ukraine.
Putin is betting on a professional army that the West says has sustained significant losses in the war. If the army cannot recruit enough contract soldiers, Putin´s options would include using conscripts, mobilising Russian society or scaling back his ambitions.
Although Putin has repeatedly publicly said conscripts should not fight in the Ukraine conflict, the defence ministry in early March said some already have. Last month, a military prosecutor told the upper house of parliament that about 600 conscripts had been drawn into the conflict and that around a dozen officers had been disciplined as a result.
Ukraine has imposed martial law: men aged 18 to 60 are banned from leaving the country. Kyiv says it will fight to the end against what it casts as an unprovoked imperial-style land grab.
`MANY PEOPLE ARE SCARED´
Since Peter the Great transformed Russia into a major European power, its rulers have often relied on conscription as part of Russia's vast military, one of the world's biggest fighting forces. Men of military age must serve a year as a conscript. Russia calls up around 260,000 annually in a twice-yearly draft. Russia's combined armed forces total about 900,000, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Avoiding the draft is a well-established practice, including via legitimate routes like deferring service by studying and claiming medical exemptions. But recent months have seen an increase in young men seeking help on how to do so, according to four lawyers and rights advocates groups that offer advice and legal aid to such young men. That has been mostly from people in major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg, according to two of those.
One group that provides free legal advice called Release is co-run by Dmitry Lutsenko, a Russian now living in Cyprus. He said the membership of a public Telegram group for those seeking advice on how to avoid conscription that the group runs has increased to more than 1,000 people, up from about 200 prior to the conflict.
Another rights group, called Citizen. Army. Law, focuses on advice to people seeking alternative types of military service, which involves working in a state-run organisation such as a hospital instead of the military. The group said it had seen a ten times increase in the number of people asking about alternative service to more than 400 this year, compared to about 40 during the equivalent period last year. "Many people are scared. They don´t want to go into an army that is fighting," said Sergei Krivenko, who heads the organisation.
Lawyer Denis Koksharov, chairman of the Prizyvnik legal association, said that earlier in the conflict he had seen a roughly 50% increase in the number of people seeking advice on avoiding military service, without specifying numbers. He added that the number of requests had since declined and more recently the organisation has seen an increase in young men wanting to volunteer to fight.
Koksharov attributed the fluctuation to people becoming accustomed to the current situation and an increase in people "displaying patriotism."
MISSING HOME
Fyodor Strelin, a 27-year old from St Petersburg, said he had protested against the war in the immediate aftermath of the invasion but decided to leave Russia in late February.
Now in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, Strelin said he had previously avoided the draft after securing an exemption last year due to shortsightedness but chose to leave Russia due to concern about a general mobilisation. "I miss my home and for now I feel that I lost my place in life," he said.
Some young men who have been summoned for military service are ignoring the call in the hopes that the authorities get sufficient take up elsewhere, according to six of the young men, lawyers and rights advocates that Reuters spoke to.
Kirill, a 26-year-old from southern Russia who works in technology, said that he received a conscription summons in April followed by a phone call in May requesting he attend a medical but has not responded because he doesn´t support Russia´s operation in Ukraine.
That has caused tension with some family and friends who back the war and believe everyone should do their service, said Kirill, who asked his surname not be used. "The people in Ukraine are like brothers. I know many people in the country and I can´t support these actions," he added.
In June, police visited his home when he was out and asked his mother why he was avoiding his military service, according to Kirill. Reuters wasn´t able to corroborate Kirill´s account. Reuters attempted to reach the Russian interior ministry´s media relations office. The person answering the phone provided another number that went unanswered on multiple attempts. Reuters also sent an email but received an automated response saying it was undeliverable.
WAR AND PEACE
Kyiv and Western allies estimate that Russia has lost at least as many men as the 15,000 Soviets killed in the Soviet-Afghan war of 1979-1989. Moscow has not updated its official casualty figure since late March, when it said that 1,351 Russian soldiers had been killed and thousands more wounded since the start of the military campaign in Ukraine.
There are signs that Russia is looking for more men to fight. In May, Putin signed a law that removed the upper age limit of 40 for people wanting to enlist in the Russian military. Lawmakers at the time said the change was to attract experienced people with specialism in areas such as advanced military equipment and engineering.
One Russian man in his 30s, who requested he not be identified, told Reuters he was summoned by telephone to report to a military office on the pretext of clarifying some personal details. While there, he was questioned by an unidentified man in military clothing about his previous military service and offered 300,000 roubles ($5,000) a month if he signed up to fight in Ukraine, he said.
Reuters was unable to independently verify his account.
The man said he declined the offer because he was not a professional soldier and had never fired a shot since completing his service.
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A little girl has been shot in a terrifying ordeal in Sydney’s south on Friday afternoon.
It’s understood several shots were fired at Connells Point, injuring a nine-year-old girl in the backside.
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The girl was rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick for treatment, where she remains in a stable condition.
7NEWS understands the incident happened at the same house where there was a drive by shooting in November. No one was hurt in that incident.
NSW Police are investigating the circumstances of Friday’s shock shooting.
“A police operation is currently underway at Queens Rd, Connells Point,” a spokesperson said.
“Further information will be provided when available.”
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An-ex Japanese prime minister was fatally shot while campaigning. A critical figure in the last days of the Trump era will testify before the Jan. 6 panel. A poll delved into gun-control measures.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
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SHANGHAI, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo New Energy", the "Company" or "we"), a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, announced that its subsidiary Xinjiang Daqo New Energy ("Xinjiang Daqo") has provided estimates of its net profit in the first half of 2022 to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Xinjiang Daqo estimates that under PRC GAAP, its net profit attributable to Xinjiang Daqo's shareholders in the first half of 2022 would be in the range of RMB 9.4 - 9.6 billion, representing a 335.03%~344.28% increase as compared to net profit attributable to Xinjiang Daqo's shareholders of RMB 2.16 billion in the first half of 2021. Xinjiang Daqo has already reported its net profit attributable to Xinjiang Daqo's shareholders of RMB 4.31 billion in the first quarter of 2022.
A majority of Daqo New Energy's revenue and net income are contributed by Xinjiang Daqo. The estimated net profit described in this press release was prepared solely for Xinjiang Daqo in RMB in accordance with PRC GAAP and is subject to change upon completion of Xinjiang Daqo's internal financial closing and reporting processes, which are different from those for the Company's consolidated financial results in U.S. dollars under U.S. GAAP for the first half of 2022 ended June 30, 2022.
The estimated profit described in this press release is based solely on the information currently available to Xinjiang Daqo's management. Its actual results could vary materially from these preliminary estimates. As a result, investors should exercise caution in relying on this information and should not draw any inferences from this information regarding financial or operating data not provided. The estimated net profit should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements of Xinjiang Daqo prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP. In addition, the estimated net profit is not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved by Xinjiang Daqo in any future period.
About Daqo New Energy Corp.
Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) ("Daqo" or the "Company") is a leading manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry. Founded in 2007, the Company manufactures and sells high-purity polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufactures, who further process the polysilicon into ingots, wafers, cells and modules for solar power solutions. The Company has a total polysilicon nameplate capacity of 105,000 metric tons and is one of the world's lowest cost producers of high-purity polysilicon.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Mayor Eric Adams is kicking off the first week of the city’s “Summer Rising” program by teaming up with students and teachers on Friday morning from the Lower East Side.
Summer Rising is a free program administered by the City’s Department of Youth and Community Development and the city’s Department of Education. It connects 110,000 elementary and middle school students to fun, culturally relevant, hands-on experiences to strengthen their academic, social and emotional skills.
The combined traditional summer school and free camp program, which started on Tuesday, is offered to any family in the city.
School’s chancellor David Banks said it’s an opportunity for students to get beyond their classrooms’ four walls and experience all the city has to offer. Adams said the program turns the city into a classroom while helping to address the learning gap brought upon by COVID-19.
But, according to the Daily News, parents are still stuck on wait lists or confused about how to register just a few days in. The principal’s union also criticized the kick-off. PIX11 News reached out to the union for comment.
According to the New York Post, the Department of Education sent out a three-page memo Sunday night with new information about logistics, such as bus dismissal and the digital curriculum. The Post said this last-minute planning is infuriating principals.
Last year, the city also ran into problems. PIX11 reported on the program denying students with additional needs. Then Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the concerns saying all kids are welcome to participate.
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Which Paleo chips are best?
Taking on the Paleolithic diet is no small commitment. The Paleo diet is meant to mirror the meals of ancient peoples, meaning that most processed foods are traded for vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and meat. Despite the short list of green-lit foods, this diet has more options than you might think. Siete Sea Salt Grain Free Tortilla Chips is an alternative to traditionally processed chips and have a variety of flavors to choose from, making it the staple Paleo chip.
What to know before you buy Paleo chips
Before purchasing diet friendly chips, one should be aware of what ingredients are permissible. With the many fad diets out there, the snack food may be for people who are practicing vegan, keto or no diet at all. Most importantly, getting proper nutrition should be prioritized before snacking on chips.
Ingredients
The Paleolithic diet revolves around fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, lean meats, fish and natural oils. The aim is to eat as the Paleolithic humans did, leaving domesticated grains, refined products and dairy products off the table. Salt and potatoes, common ingredients in regular chips, should not be listed on the ingredient label of your Paleo chips.
Nutrition
The Paleo diet is rich in healthy and natural foods that boost many vitamins and nutrients. However, the absence of grains and dairy products requires more effort to find protein, calcium and other vitamins and nutrients. Before purchasing snack food, be sure that you are getting proper nutrients from other sources. If tracking macros or macronutrient information, be sure that the Paleo chips are meeting other requirements.
Snack for everyone
The popularity of the Paleo diet has soared to where most people have an idea of what it is. Whether dieting or not, Paleo chips are a delicious and healthier alternative to regular chips. Vegetable and fruit chips have glowing reviews from dieters and unbound eaters alike, cherished for their savory flavor and nutrients.
What to look for in quality Paleo chips
There are key considerations to account for in a quality bag of Paleo chips. The flavor, macronutrients and organic status of the chip are listed on the label, making purchasing the food you’re looking for one step easier.
Flavor
The word diet does not take away from the flavor. Paleo chips are rich with the flavor of their respective fruits, vegetables and seeds, and they are often coated in familiar spices and oils that easily replace a regular bag of chips. Garlic parmesan, buffalo and nacho flavors are still available to those on a Paleo diet, as long as they are made with the proper ingredients.
Macros
Just because a food is labeled “diet-friendly” does not mean that it is a low calorie food. If you are tracking your macronutrients, such as fat, protein and sugar intake, you will want to check the nutrient label on the back of your Paleo chip bag. Most Paleo chips have no added sugar and are nutrient conscious, but the chips might have an ingredient that is no healthier than the regular chip alternative.
Organic
If you are looking for Paleo chips with the intention of avoiding artificial food products, you may want to keep an eye out for products labeled as organic. The Paleo diet aims to keep to an all-natural meal selection, and consuming organic foods is a part of that process. Organic foods are absent of fertilizers, pesticides and other artificial additives. Organic foods fit the Paleo diet to a greater extent than their non-organic counterparts.
How much you can expect to spend on Paleo chips
Paleo chips are slightly pricier than regular chips due to their organic and natural ingredients. Most chips will cost $4-$6 a bag. Many brands are sold in packs of three or more for a discounted price.
Paleo Chips FAQ
Are tortilla chips Paleo-friendly?
A. Tortilla chips can be made Paleo-friendly as long as they are free of grains. Check the label that they are made from 100% corn or Paleo-friendly flours, such as tapioca, chickpea and coconut.
What is the difference between a Paleo and gluten-free diet?
A. Both diets are grain-free and avoid wheat products. However, a Paleo diet is typically a preference, while a gluten-free diet can be an allergy. Gluten-free products have a third-party certification to prevent cross-contamination with foods that have wheat proteins.
While all Paleo foods are gluten-free, all gluten-free foods are not Paleo. Gluten-free foods still contain dairy, refined sugars and other artificial ingredients.
What are the best Paleo chips to buy?
Top Paleo chips
Siete Sea Salt Grain Free Tortilla Chips
What you need to know: Vegan and Paleo-friendly chips made with avocado oil and cassava flour.
What you’ll love: These dairy-free chips are made with five natural ingredients and have a selection of different flavors to choose from: Sea Salt, Salt and Lemon, Lime, Nacho, Fuego, Ranch and No Salt. They are light, crispy and flavorful.
What you should consider: These chips are made with tree nuts and are not allergy-friendly. Due to their thinness and gluten-free nature, the chips do crumble more easily than regular chips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Paleo chips for the money
Barnana Organic Plantain Chips – Himalayan Pink Salt
What you need to know: Ridge cut and kettle cooked plantain chips that are seasoned with Himalayan mountain salt.
What you’ll love: These chips are made from coconut oil, Himalayan pink sea salt and organic plantains from upcycled bananas. Other flavors like Acapulco Lime, Spicy Mango Salsa, Garlic and Sea Salt and Vinegar are also available.
What you should consider: These chips are saltier than traditional plantains, and you should not expect them to be overly sweet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Highkey Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
What you need to know: These low-carb cookies are made with almond flour, coconut oil and collagen and are safe for most diet plans.
What you’ll love: The cookies have no added artificial ingredients and they are low carb, low sugar and grain-free. Besides Chocolate Chip, there are also Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Mint, Peanut Butter and Vanilla Wafer cookies to choose from. Reviewers describe them as being better than standard packaged cookies.
What you should consider: Instead of sugar, this product uses natural sweeteners, like stevia and erythritol, which can leave a strong aftertaste. The cookies are lower carb than regular cookies, but they still have carbs that need to be taken into account if macros are tracked.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Who is Tetsuya Yamagami? Man who shot ex-Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - Read here
Local media reported that police has detained the assailant, Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City, and retrieved a gun from the scene.
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New Delhi: According to local media, Japanese Police have identified the suspect arrested for shooting former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as Tetsuya Yamagami, a 41-year-old resident of Nara City. Local media reported that police has detained the assailant and retrieved a gun from the scene. Japan`s public broadcaster NHK, citing police informed that the suspected shooter is being held for questioning at the Nara Nishi police station and that he appears to have made the gun himself.
While the police authorities were nabbing the assailant, the man did not attempt to run away, reported news agency ANI. Abe’s assailant is believed to have worked for the Maritime Self Defence Force for three years until around 2005.
Earlier today Abe, 67, was rushed to hospital after he collapsed at 11.30 am (local time) during a campaign speech in the western Japanese city of Nara ahead of Sunday`s elections for Japan`s upper house of Parliament.
Why did Tetsuya Yamagami shot Shinzo Abe?
The local reports suggest that the suspect decided to kill Abe because he disagreed with his policies. According to NHK reports, the police now say that Yamagami told investigators he had a grudge against Abe and decided to kill him. Meanwhile, police have found explosives from the home of Tetsuya Yamagami.
How was ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe assassinated?
Initial media reports, citing authorities said that it appeared that Abe was shot at in the chest and described the condition of the former PM as in "cardiopulmonary arrest." Japanese police said Abe appeared to have been shot from behind with a shotgun, Kyodo news agency said. Abe was conscious and responsive while being transported to the hospital after the possible shooting, Japan`s public broadcaster NHK, said citing police sources.
Abe was campaigning on a street for Liberal Democratic Party candidate at the House of Councillors election, scheduled this Sunday when he collapsed at around 11: 30 am after people on the scene heard what sounded like a gun going off twice, local media reported.
Abe, Japan`s longest-serving prime minister had stepped down in 2020 citing health reasons. He was prime minister of Japan twice, from 2006-07 and again from 2012-20. He was succeeded by Yoshihide Suga and later by Fumio Kishida.
(With agency inputs)
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order intended to protect abortion and contraception access and bolster privacy in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
At Biden’s direction, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will take additional action to protect access to abortion medication that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The agency will also seek to protect access to emergency medical care for pregnant women and women experiencing miscarriage, including by reviewing guidance that outlines physician responsibilities under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Biden will also direct HHS to expand access to contraception like IUDs. The Affordable Care Act guarantees coverage of free birth control and contraceptive counseling.
The president’s executive order will additionally aim to protect patient privacy by addressing the transfer of sensitive health data and digital surveillance related to reproductive health care services.
HHS will also look into potential actions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to improve privacy protections around reproductive health care.
The order will also outline efforts to ensure the safety of patients seeking reproductive health care and providers and clinics, including mobile clinics being used to provide care for out-of-state patients.
The announcement comes two weeks to the day after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.
Biden will sign the executive order and deliver remarks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House alongside Vice President Harris and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Biden has been facing intense pressure from Democrats and activists to take action to protect abortion access in the two weeks since the Supreme Court ruling. Some lawmakers and strategists complained that the White House was caught flat-footed and had no ready-made response even though a draft of the ruling leaked a month earlier.
The president last week in Spain said he would support an exception to the 60-vote filibuster in the Senate in order to codify abortion access and other privacy protections, though all 50 Democratic senators do not support altering the filibuster. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/biden-to-announce-executive-action-to-protect-abortion-access/ | 2022-07-08T11:54:37Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/biden-to-announce-executive-action-to-protect-abortion-access/ | false |
SHENZHEN, China, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by Shenzhen Daily:
Agreements for 40 projects with a total investment of over 60 billion yuan (US$8.944 billion) were signed at the 2022 Guangming Investment Promotion Conference held Wednesday at the Tian'an Yungu International Convention Center in Guangming District.
The projects cover various fields including biomedicine, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, new energy, financial services as well as scientific research institutions.
As a pilot zone for the comprehensive national science center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), Guangming is committed to developing itself into a hub of innovation, a pioneer in science-powered economy, and a settlement for innovative talents.
"Guangming is now in a golden period for development and construction, which contains precious opportunities for investment and growth," said Cai Ying, district mayor of Guangming, in a speech delivered at the conference. "We sincerely invite entrepreneurs from across the world to share with us the scientific dividends and join us to create a better future for Guangming."
At the conference, policies aimed to improve the district's industrial space and support various industries were presented, including manufacturing, financing, commercial and service industries, and software and information service industries, as well as eight emerging strategic industries and five future industries.
A plan to attract talents to the Guangming Science City was also unveiled. The plan consists of 20 measures that include programs to cultivate young talents in science and technology, outstanding engineers, as well as entrepreneurs who are also experts in science and technology.
According to the conference, Guangming will provide 40,000 more public housing apartments and 68,800 more school seats for compulsory education by 2025.
Foshan Tongtaisheng Precision Electromechanical Technology Co. Ltd., a precision machinery and automation equipment manufacturing enterprise founded in 2012 in Foshan, will locate its research headquarters in Guangming.
"We choose Guangming because of the advantages that Guangming Science City offers in innovation, research and development, talent attraction, economic growth and industrial policies," said Wang Yangxi, vice general manager of the company, adding that the excellent ecological environment of Guangming will also help the company attract more talents.
Hengmei Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. (HMO), an upstream enterprise of Guangming-based display maker TCL CSOT, will build a manufacturing base for polaroid, optical functional films and other products in a TCL CSOT industrial park. "An ultra-high-resolution display industrial cluster has taken shape in Guangming," said Tan Zhimin, vice general manager of HMO. "The district also has an advantage in its industrial policies, which will help enterprises to reduce cost. We're confident about our future development in Guangming."
Jiang Su Honghui Energy Engineering Co. Ltd. is an engineering company that provide services to high-end industries, such as semiconductor, biomedicine and new energy. According to Liu Yunyan, executive general manager of the company, they have decided to invest in Guangming because the district is accelerating the construction of a pilot zone for the comprehensive national science center of the GBA, and also because Guangming is a young district. "Guangming has advantages in its educational resources, medical services and the number of high-end talents. The higher education institutions in the district, such as the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences, are also useful resources to help us improve our research ability," said Liu.
Thus far, industrial clusters in the fields of ultra-high-resolution displays, new materials and intelligent sensors have been formed in Guangming. Currently, the district is home to more than 78,000 enterprises, including 1,735 industrial enterprises above designated size, seven enterprises with an annual output of over 10 billion yuan, 50 with an annual output over 1 billion yuan, 26 listed companies and 1,703 national high-tech enterprises.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Target Hospitality Corp. ("Target Hospitality", "Target" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TH), one of North America's largest providers of vertically integrated modular accommodations and value-added hospitality services, today raised the range of its previously announced 2022 financial outlook 53% primarily related to the significantly expanded and enhanced lease and services agreement ("Expanded Humanitarian Contract") supporting domestic humanitarian aid efforts, previously announced on July 6, 2022.
The Expanded Humanitarian Contract consists of a meaningful increase in scope and service offerings from the initial contract executed in March of 2021 and illustrates the benefits of Target's strategic diversification efforts. With the inception of Target's Government segment in 2014, the Company has placed increasing focus on expanding its critical hospitality services supporting domestic humanitarian aid missions serving vulnerable populations. This intentional focus has resulted in Target expanding its end market portfolio while significantly increasing minimum revenue commitments that provide enhanced revenue visibility and cash flows.
The Expanded Humanitarian Contract operates with similar structure to Target's existing government services contracts, which are centered around minimum revenue commitments supported by the United States Government. Additionally, the Expanded Humanitarian Contract includes variable services revenue that will align with monthly community population. The minimum revenue commitments, which consist of annual recurring lease revenue and nonrecurring infrastructure enhancement revenue, provide for a minimum annual revenue contribution of approximately $390 million and is fully committed over its initial contract term. The services revenue component provides for a maximum initial annual total contract value of approximately $575 million.
Including the Expanded Humanitarian Contract, approximately 73% of Target's anticipated 2022 revenue will be derived from its Government segment with a substantial portion of consolidated revenue attributed to minimum revenue commitments.
Target's critical infrastructure enhancements and expansion of hospitality service offerings reflect the transition of this community to a comprehensive solution capable of providing ongoing critical humanitarian support to aid Target's leading national nonprofit partner. Target anticipates this critical service offering, and all-inclusive super-site community, will remain an ongoing fixture in supporting domestic humanitarian aid missions.
Target will make substantial infrastructure enhancements to the existing community that encompass over 1.7 million square feet of modular structures on over 280 acres. The significantly expanded and enhanced community site will result in a transitory increase to Target's anticipated 2022 capital spending. The increase in 2022 annual capital spending will initially be balance sheet neutral with the Company anticipating a total net leverage ratio below 3.0 times, with meaningful leverage improvement by year end 2022.
As a result of operating cash flow materially exceeding the Company's initial 2022 business plan, Target's enhanced balance sheet will allow the Company to continue evaluating a range of capital allocation initiatives focused on maximizing long-term shareholder value. Additionally, Target's strong financial profile creates the optimal platform to continue pursuing strategic growth aspirations that focus on expanding the Company's long-term growth opportunities and accelerating its value creation opportunity set.
The Company continues to benefit from its strategic positioning as North America's market leader in premier vertically integrated modular and hospitality solutions serving a suite of world-class customers. This strong momentum supports Target's 2022 financial outlook and marks a 74% increase in revenue and a 152% increase in Adjusted EBITDA from full year 2021.
Approximately 99% of the Company's anticipated 2022 revenue is under contract with approximately 73% of contracted revenue having minimum revenue commitments.
These positive business fundamentals support Target's 2022 financial outlook of:
Full Year 2022 Financial Outlook:
- Total revenue between $500 and $510 million
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) between $295 and $305 million
- Interest expense(2) between $33 and 35 million
- Effective corporate cash tax rate between 13% and 15%
- Discretionary Cash Flow(1) between $320 and $330 million
- Total capital spending between $190 and $200 million, excluding acquisitions
- Maintain total net leverage(3) ratio below 3.0x throughout 2022
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Outlook:
- Total revenue between $102 and $107 million
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) between $50 and $55 million
(2) Interest expense excludes amortization of deferred financing cost and original issue discount
(3) Total net leverage ratio is defined in the credit facility as consolidated total debt to consolidated EBITDA for the preceding four fiscal quarters
The Company has scheduled a conference call for July 12, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 am Eastern Time) to provide additional details on the Expanded Humanitarian Contract and its 2022 financial outlook.
Conference Call Details
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM CT
Domestic: 1-888-317-6003
International: 1-412-317-6061
Passcode: 2810328
Please register for the webcast or dial into the conference call approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the conference call will be available through the Investors section of Target Hospitality's website.
About Target Hospitality
Target Hospitality is one of North America's largest providers of vertically integrated modular accommodations and value-added hospitality services in the United States. Target builds, owns and operates a customized and growing network of communities for a range of end users through a full suite of value-added solutions including premium food service management, concierge, laundry, logistics, security and recreational facilities services.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release (including the financial outlook contained herein) are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should," "future," "propose" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside our control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or any future public health crisis, related economic repercussions and the resulting negative impact to global economic demand; operational challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, including logistical challenges, protecting the health and well-being of our employees and customers, government imposed mandates, contract and supply chain disruptions; operational, economic, including inflation, political and regulatory risks; our ability to effectively compete in the specialty rental accommodations and hospitality services industry; effective management of our communities; natural disasters and other business distributions including outbreaks of epidemic or pandemic disease; the effect of changes in state building codes on marketing our buildings; changes in demand within a number of key industry end-markets and geographic regions; our reliance on third party manufacturers and suppliers; failure to retain key personnel; increases in raw material and labor costs; the effect of impairment charges on our operating results; our inability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carry forwards; our future operating results fluctuating, failing to match performance or to meet expectations; our exposure to various possible claims and the potential inadequacy of our insurance; unanticipated changes in our tax obligations; our obligations under various laws and regulations; the effect of litigation, judgments, orders, regulatory or customer bankruptcy proceedings on our business; our ability to successfully acquire and integrate new operations; global or local economic and political movements, including any changes in policy under the Biden administration; federal government budgeting and appropriations; our ability to effectively manage our credit risk and collect on our accounts receivable; our ability to fulfill Target Hospitality's public company obligations; any failure of our management information systems; our ability to meet our debt service requirements and obligations; and risks related to Arrow Bidco's obligations under the senior notes. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
(1) Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release also contains forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA and Discretionary Cash Flow. Reconciliations of these forward-looking measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are unavailable to Target Hospitality without unreasonable effort. We cannot provide a reconciliation of forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA and Discretionary Cash Flow to GAAP financial measures because certain items required for such reconciliation are outside of our control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted, such as the provision for income taxes. Preparation of such reconciliations would require a forward-looking balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flow, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and such forward-looking financial statements are unavailable to us without unreasonable effort. Although we provide a range of Adjusted EBITDA and Discretionary Cash Flow that we believe will be achieved, we cannot accurately predict all the components of the Adjusted EBITDA and Discretionary Cash Flow calculations. Target Hospitality provides an Adjusted EBITDA and Discretionary Cash Flow outlook because we believe that these measures, when viewed with our results under GAAP, provide useful information for the reasons noted below.
Definitions:
Target Hospitality defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense and loss on extinguishment of debt, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation of specialty rental assets, and other depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA reflects the following further adjustments to EBITDA to exclude certain non-cash items and the effect of what management considers transactions or events not related to its core business operations:
- Other (income) expense, net: Other (income) expense, net includes miscellaneous cash receipts, gains and losses on disposals of property, plant, and equipment, involuntary asset conversion gains and losses, COVID-19 related expenses, and other immaterial non-cash charges.
- Transaction expenses: Target Hospitality incurred certain transaction costs during 2021, including legal and professional fees, associated with the previously announced non-binding proposal made by Arrow Holdings S.à r.l. ("Arrow"), an affiliate of TDR Capital LLP ("TDR"), to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Target Hospitality not owned by Arrow or its affiliates for cash consideration of $1.50 per share in the current period. The non-binding proposal was withdrawn by Arrow on March 29, 2021. No such amounts were incurred during 2022.
- Stock-based compensation: Charges associated with stock-based compensation expense, which has been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a significant recurring expense in our business and an important part of our compensation strategy.
- Change in fair value of warrant liabilities: Non-cash change in estimated fair value of warrant liabilities.
- Other adjustments: System implementation costs, including primarily non-cash amortization of capitalized system implementation costs, claim settlement, business development, accounting standard implementation costs and certain severance costs.
Target Hospitality defines Discretionary Cash Flow as cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets.
Utility and Purposes:
EBITDA reflects net income (loss) excluding the impact of interest expense and loss on extinguishment of debt, provision for income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. We believe that EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance because we use it to measure our ability to service debt, fund capital expenditures, and expand our business. We also use EBITDA, as do analysts, lenders, investors, and others, to evaluate companies because it excludes certain items that can vary widely across different industries or among companies within the same industry. For example, interest expense can be dependent on a company's capital structure, debt levels, and credit ratings. Accordingly, the impact of interest expense on earnings can vary significantly among companies. The tax positions of companies can also vary because of their differing abilities to take advantage of tax benefits and because of the tax policies of the jurisdictions in which they operate. As a result, effective tax rates and provision for income taxes can vary considerably among companies. EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and use different methods of both acquiring and depreciating productive assets. These differences can result in considerable variability in the relative costs of productive assets and the depreciation and amortization expense among companies.
Target Hospitality also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful indicator of operating performance. Our Adjusted EBITDA reflects adjustments to exclude the effects of additional items, including certain items, that are not reflective of the ongoing operating results of Target Hospitality. In addition, to derive Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude gains or losses on the sale of depreciable assets and impairment losses because including them in EBITDA is inconsistent with reporting the ongoing performance of our remaining assets. Additionally, the gain or loss on sale of depreciable assets and impairment losses represents either accelerated depreciation or excess depreciation in previous periods, and depreciation is excluded from EBITDA.
Target Hospitality also presents Discretionary cash flows because we believe it provides useful information regarding our business as more fully described below. Discretionary cash flows indicate the amount of cash available after maintenance capital expenditures for specialty rental assets for, among other things, investments in our existing business.
Discretionary Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA are not measurements of Target Hospitality's financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to Net income (loss), Gross profit, Earnings per share, Net cash provided by operating activities, or other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Target Hospitality's management believe that Discretionary Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA provide useful information to investors about Target Hospitality and its financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) they are among the measures used by Target Hospitality's management team to evaluate its operating performance; (ii) they are among the measures used by Target Hospitality's management team to make day-to-day operating decisions, (iii) they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results across companies in Target Hospitality's industry.
Investor Contact:
Mark Schuck
(832) 702 – 8009
ir@targethospitality.com
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- Cybersecurity business achieved record revenue and EBITDA since being acquired by WELL Health.
- Iain Paterson has been appointed to the position of WELL's Chief Information Security Officer, from his prior role as CEO of Cycura Data Protection Services.
- Peter Giannoulis, Founder and CEO of Cycura's wholly owned Source 44 subsidiary will now lead combined operations and is expanding the company's capabilities as the need for data protection grows in the healthcare industry.
- Founder and CEO, Hamed Shahbazi provides details on family, tax and estate planning related to WELL shares.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) (the "Company" or "WELL") — a practitioner focused digital health company that is positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, is pleased to provide a business update on its cybersecurity business.
WELL's wholly owned cybersecurity businesses, Cycura and Source 44, achieved record revenue in Q2-2022, an increase of 240% compared to the same period a year ago. This growth has been driven by an increasing customer base and by an expansion of services offered to its customers. Both factors are driven by the increased need and complexity of cybersecurity in data-sensitive industries like healthcare.
"We at WELL believe cybersecurity and patient data protection is one of our top priorities" said Amir Javidan, Chief Operating Officer of WELL. "WELL and its subsidiaries have made significant investments in this area, and we look forward to providing more Canadian healthcare practitioners with the country's most comprehensive security solution for outpatient medical clinics."
WELL also announces the appointment of Iain Paterson to the position of Chief Information Security Officer of WELL. Iain Paterson was previously the CEO of Cycura which was acquired by WELL in August 2020. Prior to Cycura, Iain worked under the office of the CISO at eHealth Ontario, which houses the healthcare records of 13M Ontario citizens and acts as the main data share for most of Ontario's hospitals. Prior to that Iain was the Information Security Officer for Trillium Health Partners, one of the largest hospitals in Canada.
Mr. Paterson commented, "I am delighted to lead WELL's considerable and comprehensive information security efforts. We take cybersecurity protection and patient data privacy very seriously across all our businesses and the protection of data security is one of WELL's top priorities as a business as reflected in the Company's recently released ESG report."
Peter Giannoulis, the Founder and CEO of Source 44, which was acquired by WELL in Dec 2020, has been appointed the new CEO of Cycura. Mr. Giannoulis founded Source 44 thirteen years ago and grew it into one of Canada's prominent providers of cybersecurity products and services. Source 44 has been a strong performer in WELL's portfolio and has continued to grow.
Mr. Giannoulis commented, "I am excited to expand my responsibilities and lead Cycura's overall business activities. We have an outstanding opportunity to make a positive impact on the healthcare industry at a sensitive time where we believe there is a lot of patient data at risk in clinics across the country."
Canadian healthcare is becoming an increasingly large target for cyber attacks, with 48% of all security breaches in Canada in 2021 directed at healthcare, a 37% increase from 2020. WELL has seen an increasing number of its customers who are experiencing cyber attacks. While compliant EMR systems generally do a decent job protecting patient data, other software or hardware being used in a clinical environment may not be protected to the same degree. In response, WELL is expanding its Incident Response offering and is actively working with healthcare clinics to implement enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions through SecureSolutionsNow, a new offering that is assisting healthcare providers across Canada and the USA in protecting personal health information. For more information, please visit securesolutionsnow.com.
Cycura is now also providing customers with both 'hacker' and 'defender' capabilities, giving them the full spectrum of cyber capabilities for customers of all sizes. This offering can also be fully integrated with the rest of WELL's practitioner enablement platforms.
Hamed Shahbazi, WELL's Founder, Chairman and CEO today announced that he has indirectly transferred through Impactreneur Capital Corp., a company controlled by him, 6 million WELL shares to a family trust for family, tax, and estate planning purposes. The transferred shares represent approximately 27.8% of the total WELL securities owned directly or indirectly by Mr. Shahbazi. Mr. Shahbazi is neither a beneficiary nor trustee of the family trust. Also, as part of his overall tax and estate planning strategy, Mr. Shahbazi exercised 1.7 million stock options that were set to expire in the next 12 months.
Hamed Shahbazi commented, "WELL's business is stronger than it's ever been. Despite the current macro-economic conditions our business remains resilient. Upon much consultation with advisors, I have transferred a portion of my WELL shares to a family trust and exercised my expiring stock options strictly for estate and tax planning purposes. I remain one of the largest single shareholders of the Company and continue to be highly aligned for WELL's continued value creation journey."
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Hamed Shahbazi
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director
WELL is a practitioner focused digital health company whose overarching objective is to positively impact health outcomes to empower and support healthcare practitioners and their patients. WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services. WELL uses this platform to power healthcare practitioners both inside and outside of WELL's own omni-channel patient services offerings. As such, WELL owns and operates Canada's largest network of outpatient medical clinics serving primary and specialized healthcare services and is the provider of a leading multi-national, multi-disciplinary telehealth offering. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WELL" and trades on the OTCQX under the symbol "WHTCF". To learn more about the Company, please visit: www.well.company.
This news release may contain "Forward-Looking Information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including, without limitation: WELL's founder, director, and CEO's intentions. Forward-Looking Information is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, and contingencies. Forward-Looking Information generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "may", "should", "will", "could", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe" or "continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-Looking Information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such Forward Looking Information and, which are not guarantees of future performance. WELL's statements expressed or implied by Forward Looking Information are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and conditions, many of which are outside of WELL 's control, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-Looking is Information qualified in its entirety by inherent risks and uncertainties, including: direct and indirect material adverse effects from the COVID-19 pandemic; adverse market conditions; risks inherent in the primary healthcare sector in general; regulatory and legislative changes; that future results may vary from historical results; inability to obtain any requisite future financing on suitable terms; any inability to realize the expected benefits and synergies of acquisitions; that market competition may affect the business, results and financial condition of WELL and other risk factors identified in documents filed by WELL under its profile at www.sedar.com, including its most recent Annual Information Form. Except as required by securities law, WELL does not assume any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise.
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order intended to protect abortion and contraception access and bolster privacy in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
At Biden’s direction, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will take additional action to protect access to abortion medication that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
The agency will also seek to protect access to emergency medical care for pregnant women and women experiencing miscarriage, including by reviewing guidance that outlines physician responsibilities under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Biden will also direct HHS to expand access to contraception like IUDs. The Affordable Care Act guarantees coverage of free birth control and contraceptive counseling.
The president’s executive order will additionally aim to protect patient privacy by addressing the transfer of sensitive health data and digital surveillance related to reproductive health care services.
HHS will also look into potential actions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to improve privacy protections around reproductive health care.
The order will also outline efforts to ensure the safety of patients seeking reproductive health care and providers and clinics, including mobile clinics being used to provide care for out-of-state patients.
The announcement comes two weeks to the day after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handing states authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.
Biden will sign the executive order and deliver remarks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House alongside Vice President Harris and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Biden has been facing intense pressure from Democrats and activists to take action to protect abortion access in the two weeks since the Supreme Court ruling. Some lawmakers and strategists complained that the White House was caught flat-footed and had no ready-made response even though a draft of the ruling leaked a month earlier.
The president last week in Spain said he would support an exception to the 60-vote filibuster in the Senate in order to codify abortion access and other privacy protections, though all 50 Democratic senators do not support altering the filibuster. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/biden-to-announce-executive-action-to-protect-abortion-access/ | 2022-07-08T11:58:03Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/biden-to-announce-executive-action-to-protect-abortion-access/ | false |
Gannett has concluded, according to an internal PowerPoint from the editors who prepared the cutback recommendations, that its opinion pages are “among our least-read ... (and) least-understood content” and are “directly tied to our problems in perceived credibility, trust, objectivity, balance ... ”
Summing up, “Overarching theme from our research: Readers don’t want us to tell them what to think.”
To be sure, for the biggest player in a troubled industry, money is also a concern. When Gannett was acquired in 2019 for $1.2 billion by the private-equity firm that owns GateHouse Media, it was expected to find $300 million in cost savings. The company, most of whose papers are small and whose flagship is USA Today, is still losing money, $135 million on revenue of $3.2 billion last year, thanks to the enormous debt it must repay to the asset management firm that is determined to make a bundle from the merger.
The dreary financials don’t help, and as Rick Edmonds of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies pointed out, Gannett has been looking to scale back its opinion pages for the past five years. To a market-sensitive publisher that frets over any reader disaffection, they are a lightning rod for a fractious audience constantly spoiling for a scrap. Controversy is no longer considered, even relished, as a staple part of news publishing; now it’s an expensive luxury. Gannett’s new policy will do away with nationally syndicated writers and put a premium on locally generated opinion focused on “local” matters — at lower cost, naturally.
So the question remains whether humility, its owners’ quest to be profitable or a simple loss of nerve is driving this new policy.
But at a moment when the country is convulsed by rancor over broad political direction, when deeply anti-democratic forces of unprecedented size and resolve are putting core institutions in jeopardy, it’s impossible to see Gannett’s move as anything less than a sweeping act of unilateral disarmament. The company’s supposed pivot to “local” matters is pure jive; local communities aren’t defined by zoning disputes and pet controls; they are torn by the same issues of justice and social purpose that obsess national audiences. How do you otherwise weigh in on the choice of local officials without declaring whether 2020 election deniers are qualified for office? Or on abortion access?
Moreover, as owner of one-fifth of the country’s dailies, Gannett’s move can’t help but darken the wider prospects for traditional opinion journalism — to the dismay of the shrunken corps of editorial cartoonists — and cast a shadow over the future of a discourse that once defined the essential civic mission of the whole news enterprise.
Nowadays it’s reporting, and the determination to expose hidden factual realities, that’s the core duty that journalists are encouraged to pursue. But for many years it was the editorialist who epitomized the press — the crusader who sought to persuade not with fresh facts, but with a fresh insistence that known facts be understood in a particular light. The editorialist argues over what the facts mean and why they matter. An abolitionist’s polemic didn’t break the news that slavery exists; it argued that slave holding was incompatible with the country’s values and urged ways to put an end to it.
Opinion writing is part of an engagement that some audiences may find irritating, but there’s good evidence that when it’s done well readers throng to it as provocative and worthwhile. On a given day as many as half the New York Times’ most read offerings are from its opinion pages. The popularity of successive waves of internet-based commentators — via Twitter and other social media, their own sites, Medium, Reddit or podcasts — indicates a powerful hunger for interpretation, argument and reflection.
So why not via newspapers? Why disqualify the organizations whose entire mission consists of paying close attention to matters unfolding in the public sphere and explaining them to the rest of us?
True, as the Gannett critique points out, some of the chain’s opinion pages have grown stale and redundant, but that argues for an editorial reboot, not closure. And the idea that opinion columns improperly taint news reporting with institutional preference should be confronted, not surrendered to. Depriving readers of reasoned and thoughtful comment is no way to correct bias if it’s tilting news coverage.
Obviously, I write this with bias of my own, since I’ve been writing opinion for a long time and believe firmly in the value of commentary. Moreover, this piece comes to you only thanks to this organization’s belief in comment as part of a nuanced presentation of the issues of the day and its faith in controversy as essential to a robust public sphere.
City and regional newspapers have long been the backbone of the U.S. news business, and even now, they have been battered and diminished, but not replaced. The success of online commentators speaks to the public’s hunger for content that interprets and explains, and the news business needs to feature fresh and imaginative ways to satisfy that hunger, not decide it’s no longer their job to satisfy, and shut down the country’s traditional home for local, independent voices.
Edward Wasserman is a professor and former dean at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/The-nation-s-biggest-newspaper-chain-wants-to-17290934.php | 2022-07-08T11:59:40Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/The-nation-s-biggest-newspaper-chain-wants-to-17290934.php | false |
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- BY PHONE: Please call Alliance Advisors, Nikola's proxy solicitor, toll-free, at (855) 935-2562. International voters can call 1-(207) 607-7123. You can also contact Alliance Advisors if you have any questions about voting.
- BY INTERNET: Vote at www.proxyvote.com using your control number by following the instructions shared by your broker, bank or other nominee.
Approving Proposal 2 is very important, as it will allow Nikola to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock from 600 million to 800 million, which will provide Nikola flexibility to support the future growth and development of the business. Nikola stockholders have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposal 2. However, the Company is less than 2% short of the outstanding shares needed to be voted in favor for Proposal 2 to pass, so Nikola has adjourned the meeting to allow stockholders additional time to vote.
The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held virtually on Monday, July 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Nikola encourages all stockholders of record at the close of business on April 4, 2022, to vote their shares by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 17, 2022, even if they no longer own them.
About Nikola Corporation
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.nikolamotor.com or Twitter @nikolamotor.
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DEAR AMY: I am a very active woman.
I go to the gym and do cardio and weightlifting four to five times per week.
I have done this since my late teens.
Recently a man at the gym has begun making small talk. He tells me his age, kids, marital status, etc., and has begun asking me questions and commenting on my beauty and body.
I am not interested in him, but don’t want to be rude.
I enjoy the peace my workout brings to me. For this reason, I wear earbuds to keep from being disturbed, but this has not deterred him.
He is getting worse and is constantly invading my space.
Is there a nice way to get this pest to leave me alone?
- Working Out
DEAR WORKING OUT: The way you have phrased your dilemma is the stereotypical way that women often respond to encroachment: “How can I respond to this without being rude?” “Is there a nice way to get this pest to leave me alone?”
Some people respond to nonverbal cues (leaving in your earbuds, conveying through your body language that you are not interested in conversing, etc.).
Others (such as this guy) interpret your niceness, your polite social cues, etc. as an invitation to encroach further.
Small talk might be a minor annoyance, but comments about your beauty and your body are completely inappropriate, and he needs to be shut down.
Because you say you want to be “nice,” the next time this man invades your space at the gym, you should give him the full benefit of a neutrally worded and clear response, using both your words and body-language.
Stop what you are doing. Hold up your hand as a “stop sign.” Say, “I’m here to work. I’m asking you not to approach me or try to converse with me, and I appreciate you respecting that. Thank you for understanding!”
Then you plug in your earbuds and resume your workout.
This man gets one polite notification from you. If he resumes - at all - you should take it to the manager, if necessary stating your case in writing, in case you need a record of your concerns.
***
DEAR AMY: My stepmother is one of the sweetest and most generous people I’ve ever met. She has allowed me and my brother into her home to live with her and my dad during the pandemic, as finances got a little tough.
Even though I have overstayed at this point, she has welcomed me with an open heart.
She and dad have been married for over six years.
Here’s the issue. She was married before and her previous husband passed away over 10 years ago.
My father and his kids are living in her big house - gratefully so. Yet, she has pictures of her previous husband in every single room.
I know I have no right to complain or be ungrateful, because this is her home, but I feel like it is really unfair to my dad.
He is very nice and says it doesn’t bother him, and I’m sure he’s convinced himself of that after living in the house for so long.
I could understand my stepmother having her late-husband’s pictures in one room or in an album. But pictures in every room seems unconsciously selfish, and like a constant reminder to my Dad, “If he were still here, you wouldn’t be around.”
Do these pictures everywhere mean that she has not let her late husband and that relationship go, and that she’s not living in the present with my father?
I’d really appreciate your thoughts!
- Not My Place
DEAR NOT MY PLACE: There seems to be a heightened awareness that the house you live in is your stepmother’s house, and that you are there only through her generosity.
But at some point, because your father is married to her, this house should also become their shared home, regardless of who owns the property.
When your father reaches the point where he truly feels at home, he may express a preference regarding these photos. But he is an adult, and he has the right to express, or suppress, whatever preferences he might have.
***
DEAR AMY: Regarding the issue of keeping photos of prior spouses, my stepmom put a picture of our mother (who was deceased) in my dad’s dressing room.
That gesture made an impression on me and made it easier to love her when I realized how much she loved my father.
- Grateful
DEAR GRATEFUL: This was a thoughtful and loving gesture.
(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
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BOSTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jnana Therapeutics, a biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation chemoproteomics platform to discover medicines for highly validated, previously undruggable targets to treat diseases with high unmet need, will present preclinical data for its lead program, a potential first-in-class oral approach for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). Data will be presented at the 2022 National PKU Alliance Conference in Vancouver, Wash. July 9 from 3-4:30 pm, as a poster titled "Inhibition of SLC6A19 as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of PKU."
Jnana's development candidate, JNT-517, is a small molecule, allosteric inhibitor of SLC6A19, a metabolite transporter responsible for reabsorption of phenylalanine (Phe) in the kidney. In people with PKU, a rare inherited metabolic disease, Phe accumulates to abnormally high levels in the blood which, if left untreated, results in progressive and severe neurological impairment and neuropsychological complications. Preclinical data to be presented at the National PKU Alliance Conference demonstrate that inhibition of SLC6A19 increases urinary excretion of Phe and, in turn, significantly reduces blood Phe levels in a mouse model of PKU.
"There are currently limited treatment options for people living with PKU," said John Throup, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Head of Development at Jnana Therapeutics. "We are highly encouraged by these preclinical data confirming that SLC6A19 inhibition significantly reduces plasma Phe concentrations, the underlying driver of PKU disease, in a PKU mouse model. As a highly potent and selective inhibitor of SLC6A19, JNT-517 has the potential to be a first-in-class targeted oral treatment for all individuals with PKU, regardless of genetic background or age. We look forward to partnering with the PKU community to explore the therapeutic potential of JNT-517 in PKU."
JNT-517 is the first in a pipeline of potential therapies discovered by RAPID, Jnana's proprietary high-throughput screening-enabled chemoproteomics platform that uncovers unique binding sites on elusive disease targets and identifies novel small molecules to modulate them.
"JNT-517 is a prime example of the power of Jnana's RAPID platform to identify binding sites on the most challenging of therapeutic targets," said Joel Barrish, Ph.D., Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Jnana. "We are now actively applying RAPID against other well-validated but previously undruggable targets, particularly in immune-mediated diseases and cancer, to deliver transformative treatment options to patients in need."
Based on JNT-517's promising preclinical profile, Jnana plans to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study later this year to assess safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of JNT-517 in healthy volunteers, followed by a PKU patient cohort to obtain key proof-of-concept data intended to support a subsequent registrational program.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). This enzyme is required for the breakdown of phenylalanine (Phe), an amino acid found in all protein-containing foods. When PAH is deficient or defective, Phe accumulates to abnormally high levels in the blood. If left untreated, these toxic levels of Phe in the blood can result in progressive and severe neurological impairment and neuropsychological complications. Inhibition of the SLC transporter SLC6A19, responsible for kidney reabsorption of Phe back into the bloodstream, may offer a novel approach for the treatment of PKU.
Jnana Therapeutics is a biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation chemoproteomics RAPID platform to discover medicines for highly validated, previously undruggable targets to treat diseases with high unmet need. Jnana is focused on developing first- and best-in-class therapies to treat a wide range of diseases, including rare diseases, immune-mediated diseases and cancer. Jnana's lead program is a potential first-in-class oral approach, targeting an allosteric site on the phenylalanine transporter SLC6A19, for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic metabolic disease. Located in Boston, Jnana brings together scientific leaders in small molecule drug discovery and development, a highly experienced management team and the backing of leading life science investors. For more information, please visit www.jnanatx.com and follow us on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
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A Liverpool restaurant is in the running to be crowned 'Outstanding Restaurant of the Year' in the English Curry Awards.
The city has no shortage of incredible restaurants and cafes, with eclectic global cuisine available across the region. Now, finalists have been revealed for the 11th English Curry Awards, which was established to celebrate Asian talent across the UK's curry industry, and a number of Liverpool venues are vying for victory.
The awards are a celebration of the top Asian curry professionals and businesses, with the finalist shortlist determined by public vote. The voting will culminate in a black-tie awards ceremony on August 22, 2022 at Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport.
READ MORE:I tried 14 dishes at Merseyside restaurant named 'Best Chinese' and each one was heaven
The awards highlight the growth of the Asian curry sector and recognise the achievements of those who work their hardest to perfect every meal. Those rewarded will include chefs, restaurants, managers, takeaways, teams and curry schools.
Sultan's Palace in Liverpool's city centre is among the finalists in the coveted Outstanding Restaurant of the Year category. The popular restaurant, based on Victoria Street, specialises in tandoori dishes cooked in charcoal-fired clay ovens.
In the Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year category, Al-Baraka Indian Takeaway in Liverpool is among the finalists. The takeaway venue is based on County Road and offers a varied menu of Asian feasts.
A spokesperson from event organiser, Oceanic Consulting, said: "The curry campaign has been hugely successful across the UK with Scottish, English and London editions to the awards. The English Curry Awards were one of our first and remain one of our best awards. It's always a brilliant night of fun, food and celebration.
"Despite the many challenges facing the curry industry, these awards prove year after year how much talent there is fuelling the industry, satisfying all of our curry cravings. We have an abundance of talent and fierce competition this year and we wish best of luck to all finalists."
Sultan's Palace is based at 75-77 Victoria Street, Liverpool, L1 6DE. Al-Baraka Indian Takeaway is based at 241a County Road, Liverpool, L4 5PE.
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TAIPEI, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SINBON Group (TWSE: 3023), an innovative designer and manufacturer of interconnect products for e-mobility and automotive market, joins the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC) founded by Honda Motor, KTM F&E, Piaggio Group and Yamaha Motor to accelerate the deployment of Swappable Batteries to L-Vehicles as a conscious effort to reduce CO2 on a global scale. SINBON Electronics, now a member of this Consortium, is actively participating in the design of common specifications for charging interface which may be shared by the batteries, vehicles, and charging infrastructures involved in this eco system.
A consortium gathering world players to reduce CO2 emission in the transport sector
While the worldwide electrification effort to reduce CO2 on a global scale is accelerating, the Motorcycle Industry's intention is to expand the usage of electric motorcycles. To disseminate them, several challenges are to be addressed, such as range extension, shorter charging time, and lowering vehicle and infrastructural costs.
The SBMC was initiated by global players Honda Motor, KTM F&E, Piaggio Group and Yamaha Motor who united to accelerate the deployment of electric motorcycles and L-Vehicles. The consortium's ambition is to promote joint industrial specifications vis-à-vis accredited public standardisation bodies to become industry-wide standards for swappable batteries and swapping systems, foster the infrastructure for such batteries for common use, and ensure that motorcycles and L-Vehicles maintain their role in future mobility. This will make small electric vehicle batteries more economical, help preserve resources and – more importantly - make them more convenient for customers.
The SBMC aims to:
- Develop common technical specifications of "the battery systems"
- Try & confirm common usage of the swapping systems
- Make & promote the Consortium's common specifications a standard within European and International standardization bodies
- Expand the use of the Consortium's common specification to global level
SINBON Group, the industry player whose interconnect solutions have helped place more than 800,000 shared batteries in the market to-date
SINBON is an innovative global designing and manufacturing company, with 4 out of the world's top 10 EV charging companies adopting SINBON solutions. Thanks to its expertise in electric vehicle charging connectivity, SINBON's solutions improve overall sustainability and help address one of the global challenges, climate change. The group quickly expands their know-how and experiences from the standardized automotive applications into a more bespoke market such as the autonomous and micro-mobility applications.
SINBON's technology focuses on achieving higher electrical current and extending the charging interface's life cycle, making it ideal for swapping and shared mobility applications.
"Tech for good" says Barrie Ryan, president of SINBON Europe. "SINBON is bringing now to the consortium innovative design which can help draw maximum electrical input/output to extend riding range and to shorten charging time, but also the manufacturing know-how on how to lower vehicle and infrastructure cost so this common platform can be achieved. By this continuous effort we hope to bring cleaner and more sustainable mobility solutions to transform our economies, lives and our planet."
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Aussies in Bali face a dirty THONG ban when they try to fly home over fears a devastating disease on our doorstep could wipe out local livestock
- Foot-and-mouth disease risk 'extremely high' of coming to Australian shores
- Disease is now spreading throughout Indonesia for the first time since 1986
- Airport footbath chemicals could create skin irritations for travellers in thongs
- Chief veterinary officer Mark Schipp has suggested leaving dirty thongs in Bali
Australians returning home from Bali could be forced to throw away their dirty thongs amid fears a devastating livestock disease could spread locally for the first time in 150 years.
Biosecurity officers are now boarding planes arriving from Indonesia to warn incoming passengers about the risks of foot-and-mouth disease, which the federal government estimates could cost the economy $80billion.
Chemicals to disinfect shoes at the airport are potentially bad for the skin.
Now chief veterinary officer Mark Schipp has suggested Australians throw away their dirty thongs in Bali before boarding a flight home.
'A lot of people returning from Bali are not wearing boots, they're wearing flip flops or thongs or sandals and you can't really afford to get that chemical on your skin,' he said.
Australians returning home from Bali could be forced to throw away their dirty thongs amid fears a devastating livestock disease could spread locally for the first time in 150 years (pictured are tourists at Kuta in April 2022)
'If you're wearing thongs in Bali, then leave them behind in Bali.'
Foot-and-mouth disease, which causes blisters on the tongue and hooves of livestock was detected in Indonesia in May for the first time since 1986 but it hasn't been recorded in Australia since 1872.
National Farmers Federation president Fiona Simson wants stricter biosecurity measures, this week calling for every traveller from Indonesia to be screened
It can be fatal in suckling calves,
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt on Friday said the federal government was 'very serious about keeping this devastating disease out of Australia'.
'Travellers, farmers, governments and the general public have a shared responsibility when it comes to protecting Australia from an outbreak, which would have a significant impact on Australian agriculture and would cost the Australian people many billions of dollars,' he said.
National Farmers Federation president Fiona Simson wants stricter biosecurity measures, this week calling for every traveller from Indonesia to be screened.
'We may need to move to questioning each person to determine the need for a biosecurity inspection, or simply sending each person for an inspection,' she said.
Foot-and-mouth disease, which causes blisters on the tongue and hooves of livestock was detected in Indonesia in May for the first time since 1986 but it hasn't been recorded in Australia since 1872 (pictured are tourists at South Kuta in Bali)
'We would also like to see an increase in frontline biosecurity officers at return airports and ongoing reviews into the appropriateness of additional intervention methods such as footbaths.'
Indonesia confirmed this week that it has spread to Bali with more then 230,000 cases detected across the country.
There are now fears the disease could be transported back to Australia by tourists who have been flocking to Bali since the end of coronavirus restrictions.
Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture said it had been detected in more than 60 cows across three sites in Bali, putting Australian authorities on high alert.
The federal government's Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences calculated the first new an outbreak in 150 years would cause revenue losses of $80billion over 10 years.
The disease is not a risk to human health but people can carry it on their shoes, clothes or in their noses – where it can survive for up to 24 hours.
Flights from Denpasar to Darwin are only two-and-a-half hours.
Biosecurity detector dogs are now being send to Darwin and Cairns airports in Australia's tropical north.
Humans can also transmit the disease to livestock, leading to fears of an export ban if the disease takes root.
It would likely take several years for trade to be reopened.
Biosecurity officers are now boarding planes arriving from Indonesia to warn incoming passengers about the risks of foot-and-mouth disease, which the federal government estimates could cost the economy $80billion (pictured are Australians at Denpasar)
Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive Mark Harvey-Sutton said tourism was too important to Indonesia to be cut off.
'We've got to remember this isn't all about us. Our nearest neighbour and friend in Indonesia is dealing with an outbreak that is impacting their food security and livelihoods,' he said.
'We should be assisting as much as possible with vaccines and technical support for biosecurity control.'
Bali-based veterinarian Dr Ross Ainsworth previously said travellers should be forced to declare whether they had visited a farm, and said airports should implement mandatory shoe disinfection.
Dr Ainsworth, with 40 years experience in the Australian beef industry, believes the risk of local introduction is becoming very high.
'The big danger period in Bali is from now until the herd is fully vaccinated - until there's livestock vaccinated across Indonesia we're at a much higher risk,' Dr Ainsworth told the ABC.
Dr Ainsworth said the magnitude of the risk warranted the immediate introduction of biosecurity measures upon all people travelling from Indonesia.
The federal government's Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences calculated the first new an outbreak in 150 years would cause revenue losses of $80billion over 10 years (pictured are diary cattle on the New South Wales south coast)
'Until Bali is fully protected by vaccination of its cattle and pig populations, an increase in the attention paid to tourists returning to Australia, especially their footwear, seems to be warranted,' he said.
'Additional requirements such as ensuring shoes are clean and walking through a wet sponge infused with disinfectant before boarding and after leaving the flight would seem to be simple and sensible measures which might help to address the new level of risk.'
FMD affects cloven-hoofed species including sheep, goats, buffalo, camels and deer.
The outbreak is adding to stresses on Australia's already embattled aviation sector.
Credit ratings agency Fitch doesn't expect airport volumes to return to pre-pandemic or 2019 levels until the end of 2024.
Combined passenger traffic through Sydney and Melbourne airports in April 2022 was 30 per cent weaker than April 2019, with Australia only reopened to international tourists in February 2022.
Fitch said domestic traffic would recover faster than international travel into Australia.
'Fitch anticipates a full recovery in domestic travel by the end of 2023, and a full recovery of international passenger traffic to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024,' it said.
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Behind closed doors, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to talk to the House Jan. 6 panel on Friday. He's considered a key witness to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Behind closed doors, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to talk to the House Jan. 6 panel on Friday. He's considered a key witness to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Daniel Fallmann is Founder and CEO of Mindbreeze, a leader in enterprise search, applied artificial intelligence and knowledge management.
The data lake stands out among a variety of different data management systems. Before recognizing how you can leverage information in your data lake efficiently, it's essential to know exactly what a data lake is and how it acts within an organization's information insight goals.
In short, a data lake stores unstructured and structured data that can be utilized for future use.
Structured data refers to already organized material—for example, data found in Excel files or structured query language (SQL) databases. This could include dates, names, addresses, phone numbers and credit card information, all formatted in specific rows and columns.
Unstructured data typically consists of large text documents, website copy, videos, audio files or social media content. Unstructured data is unorganized, and entities, like numbers and facts, need to be extracted from the files.
A data lake ingests the contents from all of the above structured and unstructured data sources. This permits flexible analysis and the understanding of hefty amounts of information and data—a very beneficial practice for numerous functional areas across the business landscape.
A common mix-up with data lakes is that they are the same as data warehouses. However, this is not the case at all. There are some very vital differences to unpack here.
How Does A Data Lake Differ From A Data Warehouse?
Data warehouses only hold structured data that has been fully processed for a particular purpose. Data lakes are more fluid, consisting of raw data from unstructured and structured sources. Data in a data lake is stored, and its exact use is determined at the time of need. No pre-defining allows organizations to use it for several different purposes throughout their operations. A data lake adds more flexibility, less cost and fewer complications when changes must be made.
Business needs change frequently, making data lakes the best storage option for future information insight. Raw data is constantly generated, and data lakes give it a location to flow directly into.
Data Lakes: Key Features Explained
With raw data constantly flowing into a data lake, more storage is necessary than in a data warehouse. Storage can be seen as an issue by some IT leaders. However, there is too much value in other areas that makes data lakes a promising approach for companies around the globe.
Data created in real time, with a lot of it in large enterprises, can be consolidated into a data lake. Every piece of information gathered from an organization's data sources stays in its original format. This ingestion process gives companies effortless options for transforming, scaling and ultimately defining data structures.
Additionally, all data coming from numerous applications and internal and external databases are secure, ensuring the protection of your confidential company data protection.
Data lakes are available to different departments and roles within each department. As long as proper access rights are granted by management, any user needing the knowledge within a data lake can view those details without additional tools or software—no need for third parties.
Data lakes provide ease of access to revolutionary insights within your organization. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology have extraction capabilities that help predict outcomes and see patterns based on data analytics within your company's data lake.
So, What's The Point? Uses Of A Data Lake
The storage of more data in a fraction of the time allows businesses to put a data lake to work across their entire corporation.
One example of this involves customer experience (CX) and having meaningful interactions with current and potential clients. Relevant data exists in social media posts, marketing campaigns, sales documents and support tickets. Consolidating information from applications that hold this data allows organizations to understand customer intent and behavior on an entirely different level. The insights retrieved can be used for future CX efforts and help set you apart from the competition, and this all begins with storing your data intelligently.
Another example is R&D innovation. Data lakes can serve management with information that allows them to properly analyze study results that lead to product ramifications and the most effective solutions for their clients.
In addition, accessible data storage significantly reduces operational costs over time and increases the quality of an organization's approach to data and knowledge management.
Whatever industry you're in, you can count on data lakes for data storage that is easy to scale, no matter the amount of data your company may hold.
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With elections in November, Israeli leaders are debating the just-finished political experiment that saw right-wing Jewish parties working with Arab politicians.
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Rowdy Hampstead Heath anglers lead to overnight fishing ban
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Night fishing has been banned from one of the Hampstead Heath ponds after anglers held "rowdy" late sessions.
The City of London Corporation, which runs the Heath, has prohibited the use of the Vale of Heath pond between 20:00 and 08:00.
The chairman of the local angling club, Robert Gibbs, said the behaviour was down to "a few bad apples".
"The vast majority are very respectful of the environment, other Heath users and, of course, the fish we catch."
Mr Gibbs, who runs the Hampstead and Highgate Angling Society, said tougher actions should be taken against bad behaviour and that ordinary anglers felt persecuted by the ban.
He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "Unfortunately, there are a few bad apples who seem to use late night fishing as an excuse for a rowdy time while leaving litter, which clearly upsets nearby residents and tarnishes the reputation of all anglers.
"This is an ongoing situation involving the usual suspects who seem not to care about the consequences of their actions. There should be scope for firmer action from the authorities... as the previous 'light touch' hasn't worked."
He added that "responsible anglers feel persecuted by the ban, which they will observe, while the miscreants carry on regardless".
The City of London Corporation said that anyone found fishing on the pond during the banned hours may have their Hampstead Heath Angling Permit revoked.
"Night fishing is available at other ponds on the Heath," the corporation's spokesperson said.
Fishing is allowed on five Hampstead Heath ponds:
- Highgate Men's Pond
- Model Boating Pond
- Hampstead No 2 Pond
- Viaduct Pond
- Vale of Health Pond
Anglers need to have an Environment Agency rod licence and a permit from the City of London Corporation.
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The name “seafood spread” too modestly describes this utterly flexible little recipe.
I picked it up in 1985 from fellow garden club friend and member Marty Booker, who brought it to our annual Garden Club meeting banquet. I thought it was wonderful and served it recently to friends who kept coming back for more.
You can serve it hot or cold as either a dip or spread. For a spread, I serve this cold with fairly plain crackers. For a dip, I warm it in the oven or microwave, and serve it with crudites or crostini, pita or potato chips.
Cream cheese forms the base, into which you mix the seafood, splash in a wee bit of soy sauce, then adorn the top with cocktail sauce — which some of you may know is essentially ketchup with ground horseradish added.
In fact, the seafood part can be canned or fresh crab meat, lobster, clams, tiny shrimp, tuna or salmon. It merely needs to be flaked or chopped into small pieces so that it can be stirred into the cream cheese. If you lack cream cheese, you can substitute ricotta with a little mayonnaise stirred into it, a soft goat cheese, or cottage cheese beaten with a little cream or sour cream mixed in to smooth it out.
You may have a favorite cocktail sauce to use. When I don’t, I use ketchup and add prepared horseradish to taste.
This means that to make an appetizer instantly, all you need to keep on hand is canned or frozen seafood, a package of cream cheese, and a jar of cocktail sauce or a bottle of ketchup and a little jar of horseradish. If you always have soy sauce on hand, good for you. You can actually leave it out and this will taste good anyway.
If you serve this cold, mound the cream cheese and seafood mix on a serving plate, then spread the cocktail sauce on top, and garnish if you wish with a little parsley, capers or chopped chives. To serve it warm, stir all the ingredients together and heat it until it is loose and bubbly.
There was a modicum of leftover spread from a recent batch. For breakfast, I gathered up a huge handful of spinach that I softened in a frypan in olive oil. I dropped a few blobs of spread here and there and then added an egg on top. I covered the pan, and cooked it all until the spread softened and the egg yolk was runny but the white firm. Was that ever good.
Seafood Spread
Makes about one and a half cups of spread.
1 small can (about 6 ounces) crabmeat
8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon soy sauce
½ cup cocktail sauce (or ½ cup of ketchup plus 4 tablespoons of prepared horseradish)
Parsley, capers, or chopped chives for garnish
Mix together the seafood and cream and mound on a plate.
Refrigerate.
Spread the cocktail sauce (or, alternatively, the ketchup and horseradish mixed together) over the top of the cream cheese and seafood mix.
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Today is Friday. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-70s to low 80s, with a chance for thunderstorms and scattered showers across eastern and northern Maine that could produce hail. See what weather is in store for the rest of the day here. Here’s the latest on gas prices in Maine. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
The latest on the coronavirus in Maine
Seventeen more Mainers have died and another 351 COVID-19 cases reported across the state, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,453 as of Thursday morning. Check out our tracker for more information.
Janet Mills lobbies Congress to slow down Jared Golden’s tribal-rights measure
The episode illustrates the depth of the break on tribal rights between Maine’s top elected Democrats.
Mainers care more about economy than abortion in tight battle for State House control
But nearly 1 in 5 voters also picked abortion rights as their top issue, suggesting a possible motivating issue for Democrats.
People from states with abortion bans are already traveling to Maine for the procedure
Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court removed the right to abortion, leaving the decision with the states, people are traveling to Maine for the procedure.
Arizona restaurant chain buys Maine wharf so it can keep selling lobster rolls for $9.99
Angie’s Lobster’s co-founders have invested $10 million and plan to build the “most efficient restaurant business the world has ever seen.”
PLUS: All you need for this easy appetizer recipe is canned or frozen seafood, a package of cream cheese, and a jar of cocktail sauce or a bottle of ketchup and a little jar of horseradish.
A 130-year-old women’s boarding home will become Bangor’s latest sober living residence
The King’s Daughters Home has been purchased by Fresh Start Sober Living and will help serve those recovering from addiction.
Bangor-area officers encountered a roaming sheep and stuck skunk this week
In one unusual animal encounter, a sheep ended up riding in the back of the police cruiser, bleating along the way.
The creators of ‘Stranger Things’ will be adapting a Stephen King novel next
Matt and Ross Duffer will be moving on from “Stranger Things” after a final fifth season by adapting Stephen King’s “The Talisman.”
Maine’s biggest cities lost population even while the state grew
Maine’s largest cities lost population in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the state saw rapid growth by its standards.
Private jets fueled major growth at a small Waterville airport
Revitalization efforts in downtown Waterville are credited with drawing college parents, investors and others to the region.
Maine seniors will soon be able to freeze their property taxes
Eligible seniors who apply each year will not pay higher property taxes as long as they live in their homes.
A Mount Desert Island man was hanged twice for 1 murder
Samuel Hadlock, about 44 at the time of his crime, was a successful man, running logging and sawmill operations out of Northeast Harbor.
Loons have 4 different calls and this is what they mean
Knowing which loon call you are hearing can help you determine whether your presence is posing a threat to them.
Beware of the beautiful weed that can cause blindness and burns
The giant hogweed likely was first brought to Maine by estate owners who sought unusual plants from around the world to fill their ornamental gardens.
UMaine’s Maeve Carroll will play professional basketball in Spain
Former UMaine player Maeve Carroll signed a one-year contract with the professional basketball team Hierros Diaz Extremadura Miralville.
In other Maine news …
Women who claimed state troopers failed to protect them before 2015 rampage settle lawsuit
Family of man shot by Portland police 5 years ago reach agreement on lawsuit
Former Dover-Foxcroft police chief pleads guilty to domestic violence charge
1st Mainer charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot goes on trial next month
Pembroke murder suspect arrested but town still on edge after teen’s recent death
Missing Sanford family spotted but police won’t say where
Kittery residents petition for zoning change to block large housing development
Auburn residents want to repeal rezoning law that could dramatically increase development
Portland commission sends recommendations overhauling city government to council
‘Every game is going to be difficult’ for UMaine men’s hockey team this season
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SINGAPORE and HONG KONG, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buyer consortium led by Recco Control Technology Pte. Ltd. ("Recco Control Technology") and Dazheng Group (Hong Kong) Investment Holdings Company Limited ("Dazheng Group") announces today that UBS AG Hong Kong Branch[1] has been engaged by Recco Control Technology and Dazheng Group as the financial advisor in connection with the consortium's proposed acquisition of Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys"). Members of the consortium also include TFI Asset Management Limited, and Great Wall Capital Co., Ltd has entered into a memorandum of strategic cooperation with Recco Control Technology and Dazheng Group in connection with the proposed acquisition of Hollysys.
The consortium reaffirms its non-binding indicative all-cash offer of $25 per share to acquire Hollysys, which the consortium first sent to the board of Hollysys on December 3, 2021, and publicly announced through a press release on January 24, 2022. The offer represents a premium of 65.5% over Hollysys' closing share price of $15.11 on July 7, 2022.
The consortium believes that the subsequent announcement by the board of Hollysys to suspend evaluation of all unsolicited buyout proposals and the board's continuing non-engaging with the consortium is not in the best interest of Hollysys' shareholders, especially in light of the attractive premium offered by the consortium, as well as the management's inability to increase shareholders' value subsequent to such announcement. The consortium encourages Hollysys' board to fulfil their fiduciary duties to achieve best interest of shareholders by opening discussions with, and granting due diligence access to, the consortium. The consortium is prepared to move fast to enter into and close the proposed transaction after a customary confirmatory diligence exercise.
At this stage, there can be no assurance that any agreement with the board of Hollysys could be reached in respect of a potential acquisition of Hollysys.
About Recco
Recco Control Technology Pte. Ltd is a Singapore-incorporatedinvestor in the automation industry and was founded by Mr. Ke Lei, a veteran in the automation industry in China.
About Dazheng
Dazheng Group (Hong Kong) Investment Holdings Company Limited is a Hong Kong-incorporated financial investor founded by sophisticated entrepreneurs and investment banking professionals.
About TFI
TFI Asset Management Limited is a Hong Kong-based asset management firm which is an indirect subsidiary of Tianfeng Securities Co., Ltd. (also known as TF Securities, SH: 601162).
About Great Wall Capital
Great Wall Capital Co., Ltd. is a Beijing-based private equity investment firm under China Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd., one of the four Chinese state-owned asset management companies.
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ATLANTA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mammoth Holdings LLC, America's premier express car wash platform, announced its acquisition of one operating express conveyor car wash location in Port St. Lucie, FL, operating as Wash-N-Go.
"Wash-N-Go is an important addition to our South Florida market, and we plan to rapidly accelerate our growth in South Florida with both acquired and ground-up development locations," said Dave Hoffmann, Chairman and CEO of Mammoth Holdings.
"Mammoth made the process easy for me. When I saw that they were looking to expand, I was delighted with the opportunity to partner with a great team of high-integrity people," added Jim Gorant, Wash-N-Go's owner.
Mammoth Holdings is the first car wash platform formed by industry insiders and has 104 operating locations. Mammoth is customer-focused operationally; operator-focused in its approach to acquisitions; and seeks to be the partner-of-choice for car wash operators who desire liquidity, growth capital, and a tax-deferred equity investment opportunity. Mammoth Holdings' multi-brand portfolio includes Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty, among others.
Mammoth has significant growth capital and is actively seeking acquisitions and development opportunities.
In October 2018, Mammoth partnered with Red Dog Equity LLC, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, which, through its partnership with Tom Pritzker's family business interests (advised by The Pritzker Organization), provides the equity for Mammoth Holdings' corporate development initiatives. Monroe Capital and Morgan Stanley provide Mammoth Holdings' debt financing.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Mammoth Holdings operates 104 conveyor car washes under the Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty brands in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Utah, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Florida. Mammoth Holdings was founded by Gary Dennis and Chip Hackett in 2002. To learn more, please visit us online at mammothholdings.com.
Founded in 2004, Wash-N-Go operates two car washes in Florida. To learn more, please visit any Wash-N-Go location or see them online at washngofl.com.
Red Dog Equity LLC is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle-market companies poised for strong growth in partnership with driven, entrepreneurial business leaders ("Red Dogs"). To learn more, please visit reddogequity.com.
The Pritzker Organization is the merchant bank for the business interests of the Tom Pritzker family. Additional information can be found at pritzkerorg.com.
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No Seat Belt: Unrestrained Arnaudville Man Dies in Morning Crash
A fatal crash has claimed the life of a driver not wearing a seat belt.
We write these stories much too often in the news business. Wearing your seat belt is one of the best ways one can avoid dying in a crash. From minor to serious crashes, seat belts many times have either lessened the severity of injuries or have been the difference between life and death for countless people.
Here are some sobering stats from 2017 provided by Breaux Bridge Police Chief Rollie Cantu in a recent press release that show the importance of seat belts:
- 54% of drivers killed in Louisiana were not wearing safety belts
- 63% of passengers killed were not restrained
- 50% of children below age 6 killed in crashes were not buckled properly in child seats.
The latest fatal crash story involves an Arnaudville man driving through St. Landry Parish early Thursday morning. According to Louisiana State Police, 42-year-old Franklin Joseph Martin was traveling west on Louisiana Highway 686 near Lynn Robin Road when his car ran off the right side of the road, struck an embankment and a culvert, then came to rest partially submerged.
Martin was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Landry Parish Coroner's Office and Troopers say he was unrestrained. Routine toxicology samples have also been taken in for analysis.
This statement from State Police serves as a great reminder why having an "always" mindset could be the difference between life and death:
The difference between good outcomes and fatal outcomes on Louisiana roadways begins and ends with good decisions. The most impactful of those good decisions begins with an “always” mindset: always designate a sober driver, always focus on the task of driving, and always wear a seat belt regardless of seating position. While not all crashes are survivable, taking simple precautions such as these can often mean the difference between life and death.
This is the 26th death from the 23 fatal crashes investigated by Troop I in 2022.
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The 21-year-old charged with killing seven people at a July 4th parade outside Chicago was able to buy guns even though he had been flagged by police, raising questions about the laws' effectiveness.
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The 21-year-old charged with killing seven people at a July 4th parade outside Chicago was able to buy guns even though he had been flagged by police, raising questions about the laws' effectiveness.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaskela Law LLC announces that it has commenced an investigation into Edgio, Inc. ("Edgio") (NASDAQ: EGIO), formerly known as Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW), on behalf of the Company's investors.
The investigation seeks to determine whether Edgio/Limelight issued false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material facts to its investors, thereby violating the securities laws and causing harm to the company's shareholders.
Edgio/Limelight shareholders are encouraged to contact Kaskela Law LLC (D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq. or Adrienne Bell, Esq.) at (484) 229 – 0750, or by email at abell@kaskelalaw.com, to receive additional information about this investigation and their legal rights and options. To submit your information to the firm please visit: https://kaskelalaw.com/cases/edgio-inc/. .
Kaskela Law LLC exclusively represents investors in securities fraud, corporate governance, and merger & acquisition litigation, and has helped recover in excess of $100 million on behalf of victimized investors. For additional information about Kaskela Law LLC please visit www.kaskelalaw.com. This notice may constitute attorney advertising in certain jurisdictions.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After an exclusive negotiation process that began in December 2021, Orolia — a company recognized globally for its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and related activities, technologies and equipment — today joins Safran Electronics & Defense, the European leader and world number three in inertial navigation systems.
Orolia employs more than 435 people in Europe and North America and has revenues of around €100 million. Its solutions include atomic clocks, time servers*, simulation and resilience equipment for GNSS** signals, as well as emergency locator beacons for commercial aviation and military applications. These make Orolia a highly complementary and synergistic part of Safran Electronics & Defense's activities as it meets the challenges of positioning, navigation and synchronization in contested and vulnerable environments.
In most situations, GNSS systems are the reference providers of time and position data. Still, they need to be secured by combining them with accurate, high-integrity autonomous time or inertial references.
Through this partnership with Orolia, a foremost provider of time management solutions, Safran Electronics & Defense, a leader in positioning and navigation solutions, will offer a complete and cohesive set of resilient PNT architectures and equipment to meet the challenges of integrity and robustness for the aviation, defense, space, transportation, new mobility and critical infrastructure markets.
Jean-Yves Courtois, CEO of Orolia, commented: "Orolia could not imagine a better fit than with Safran to secure its growth and leverage its PNT leadership positions. Thanks to the addition of best-in-class timing and inertial technologies, premier access to the largest defense and aerospace markets, and a proven track record in government program capture and execution, Safran and Orolia now have all the cards in hand to establish themselves as the Resilient PNT leader."
Martin Sion, CEO of Safran Electronics & Defense, said: "The acquisition of Orolia makes Safran one of the only companies with the full complement of PNT technologies, bringing together Orolia's precise time referencing and Safran Electronics & Defense's proven inertial navigation solutions. Our shared ambition is to become the world leader in resilient PNT for all conventional and strategic applications."
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 76,800 employees and sales of 15.3 billion euros in 2021, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices. For more information: www.safran-group.com
Orolia is the world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions that improve the reliability, performance and safety of critical, remote or high-risk operations. With locations in more than 100 countries, Orolia provides virtually failsafe GPS/GNSS and PNT solutions to support military and commercial applications worldwide.
*Time server is a server computer that provides accurate reference time
**Global navigation satellite system (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou, etc.)
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Dispatcher who didn't send ambulance charged in 2020 death
A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman's daughter that without medical help "she's going to die."
A Greene County detective last week filed charges against Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital.
"I believe she would be alive today if they would have sent an ambulance," said Kronk´s daughter Kelly Titchenell, 38.
Price, who also was charged with reckless endangerment, official oppression and obstruction, questioned Titchenell repeatedly during the four-minute call about whether Kronk would agree to be taken for treatment.
Price was arraigned June 29 and released on bail. He did not reply to messages left at a home number listed in his name, and officials said a defense lawyer has not contacted district court.
"It has to be very clear throughout the entire state, that when you call it's not going to be conditioned on somebody on the other end of the phone saying there's going to be a service provided or not," said Lawrence E. Bolind Jr., who represents Titchenell in a federal lawsuit filed last month. "What we're trying to do here is make this never happen to somebody else."
Kelly Titchenell sits on her porch in Mather, Pa., holding a photo of her mother Diania Kronk, and an urn containing her mother's ashes, Thursday, July 7, 2022. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
In the 911 recording, an operator identified by police as Price replied to Titchenell´s description of her mother as needing hospital treatment by asking if she was "willing to go" to the hospital about a half-hour away from where she was living in Sycamore.
"She will be, 'cause I´m on my way there, so she´s going, or she´s going to die," Titchenell told Price as she drove from her home in Mather.
Price said he would send an ambulance but then added that "we really need to make sure she´s willing to go."
"She´s going to go, she´s going to go," Titchenell said. "Cause if not, she´s going to die, there´s nothing else." She said that Kronk was not thinking clearly and that she was her mother´s closest relation. When Price again asked if Kronk would in fact go, Titchenell replied: "OK, well, can we just try?"
After Titchenell told Price she was about 10 minutes from her mother's home, Price asked if Titchenell would call 911 back once she made sure Kronk was willing to go in an ambulance.
"I´m sorry," Titchenell said, and Price replied: "No, don´t be sorry, ma´am. Just call me when you get out there, OK?"
When Titchenell and her three children arrived at the house, she said, Kronk was nude on the front porch and talking incoherently. She got her mother to put on a robe.
"She just kept saying she was OK, she's fine," Titchenell said. "She's the mom, you know - she doesn't listen to her children."
Titchenell said she could not call from the home because her mother's landline could not be located and there was not cell service. She also did not call on her way home, believing that her uncle would soon check on her and that another contact with 911 would be pointless.
"This is unheard of, to me. I mean, they´ll send an ambulance for anything," Titchenell said. "And here I am telling this guy that my mom´s going to die. It´s, like, her death, and she doesn´t get an ambulance."
Her brother found the next day that their mother had died.
The prosecutor, Greene County District Attorney Dave Russo, said he is also investigating whether there was any policy or training under which the county´s 911 dispatchers were allowed to refuse services to callers.
"We all deserve equal protections, and we all deserve access to medical services," Russo said in an interview. "I have a major concern as to the safety of the community in regards to this."
John Kelly, a Naperville, Illinois, lawyer who is general counsel to the National Emergency Number Association, said criminal charges against dispatchers for failing to send help are very rare but have happened.
In a case Kelly teaches in dispatcher training, a 911 operator in Detroit received a year of probation in 2008 and lost her job after, authorities said, she did not take seriously a boy´s calls to report his mother had collapsed. The 5-year-old boy testified that the dispatcher accused him of playing games and hung up on him, while the dispatcher testified that she could not hear the child.
Titchenell, on behalf of her mother´s estate, sued Price and Greene County in Pittsburgh federal court last month, along with two 911 supervisors. The lawsuit accuses Price of "callous refusal of public emergency medical services."
Marie Milie Jones, a lawyer for the county and 911 supervisors in the federal case, said her clients plan to vigorously defend the lawsuit and do not believe they are liable for Kronk´s death. She said there are "personnel matters that are ongoing" regarding Price but declined to elaborate.
"It's unfortunate that this woman had died. Certainly, from a personal standpoint, that´s very difficult," Jones said. "I´m not going to comment on the details of her circumstances."
Titchenell told Price that her mother had been drinking heavily for some weeks before she died, and that Titchenell had noticed she was losing weight and was "turning yellow." She said the autopsy concluded Kronk, who worked in home health care, died of internal bleeding.
She said she thinks about her late mother every day - how the former longtime sub shop manager loved to cook, to help people and to spoil her five grandchildren, how she would pile a mountain of presents under the tree every Christmas.
"She had the biggest heart," Titchenell said. "If someone didn't have a place to live, she was going to take them in, give them a bed. That was Mom."
Kelly Titchenell sits on her porch in Mather, Pa., holding a photo of her mother Diania Kronk, and an urn containing her mother's ashes, Thursday, July 7, 2022. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This 2020 photo provided by Kelly Titchenell shows her mother, Diania Kronk. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (Kelly Titchenell via AP)
This 2019 photo provided by Kelly Titchenell shows her mother, Diania Kronk. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (Kelly Titchenell via AP)
This undated photo provided by Kelly Titchenell shows her mother Diania Kronk, right, and son Robbie Kronk. A Greene County, Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (Kelly Titchenell via AP)
Kelly Titchenell sits on her porch in Mather, Pa., holding a photo of her mother Diania Kronk, and an urn containing her mother's ashes, Thursday, July 7, 2022. A Greene County , Pa., detective last week filed charges against 911 operator Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price's reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Corsica Technologies, recognized as one of the top managed IT and cybersecurity providers, is delighted to announce the joining of Kyle Nix as the new Director of Professional Services.
Kyle joins Corsica Technologies with over 25 years of experience in building and leading Professional Services teams and organizations. Before joining Corsica Technologies, Kyle served as Director at CBI Cybersecurity Solutions, a cybersecurity advisor.
Nix holds extensive certifications in IT and project management. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), Certified Identity Management Professional (CIMP), and is currently completing his certification as a PMP. He is also ITIL v3 certified.
Peter Rodenhauser, COO at Corsica Technologies, said "Kyle's proven track record of building and leading Professional Services teams made him a great fit for Corsica. I look forward to Kyle's leadership providing high impact and secure services to Corsica's growing customer base."
Corsica Technologies offers a highly-skilled and certified team knowledgeable in both IT and cybersecurity to help organizations create a secure foundation and leverage technology so their businesses can thrive. Using innovation technology, the dedicated experts at Corsica Technologies protect clients and respond to cyber incidents 24x7x365 from two Security Operations Centers (SOC), as well as provide a full suite of IT management and digital transformation solutions.
Kyle Nix, the new Director of Professional Services for Corsica Technologies, said "In today's increasingly complex world of technology (and assorted challenges/threats), it is an invaluable asset for companies to have a trusted IT and Cybersecurity partner to help navigate those challenges, drive strategic objectives and deliver optimal outcomes, and maximize business potential. Corsica Technologies is that trusted partner and MSP of choice for businesses across all verticals."
He added "It is an honor to join the Corsica Technologies Professional Services team, and to provide our clients with world-class service and technology leadership!".
Consistently recognized as one of the top managed IT and cybersecurity service providers, Corsica Technologies helps organizations leverage technology as a competitive business advantage. Our integrated IT and cybersecurity services protect companies and enable them to succeed.
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- Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs purchase approximately 60,352 Class A Common Shares in aggregate -
NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc ("AWH", "Ascend", or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, announced that Directors, Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs, each made individual purchases of Class A Common Shares "Shares" in the open market totaling 60,352 shares between July 5th and July 6th. This follows an announcement by AWH that Abner Kurtin, CEO, Chairman, and Founder, and Frank Perullo, President and Co-Founder, made purchases of AWH Shares earlier this week.
"Although the fundamentals remain dislocated from valuations, the Board is confident in the trajectory of the Company and the industry as a whole and remains dedicated to supporting Ascend," said Emily Paxhia, Lead Independent Director for Ascend Wellness Holdings.
AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
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Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Such factors include, among others: the risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the Company's other reports and filings with the applicable Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
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Ukrainian official warns of `catastrophe´ in captured city
A Ukrainian regional official has warned of deteriorating living conditions in a city captured by Russian forces two weeks ago, saying Sievierodonetsk is without water, power or a working sewage system while the bodies of the dead decompose in hot apartment buildings.
Governor Serhiy Haidai said the Russians are unleashing indiscriminate artillery barrages as they try to secure their gains in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province.
Moscow this week claimed full control of Luhansk, but the governor and other Ukrainian officials said their troops retained a small part of the province.
“Luhansk hasn’t been fully captured even though the Russians have engaged all their arsenal to achieve that goal,” Mr Haidai told The Associated Press.
“Fierce battles are going on in several villages on the region’s border. The Russians are relying on tanks and artillery to advance, leaving scorched earth.”
Russia’s forces “strike every building that they think could be a fortified position”, he said.
“They aren’t stopped by the fact that civilians are left there and they die in their homes and courtyards. They keep firing.”
Occupied Sievierodonetsk, meanwhile, “is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe”, the governor wrote on social media.
“The Russians have completely destroyed all the critical infrastructure, and they are unable to repair anything.”
Mr Haidai reported last week that about 8,000 residents remained in the city, which had a pre-war population of around 100,000.
Some Ukrainian officials and soldiers said Russian forces levelled Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk province’s administrative centre, before Ukraine’s troops were ordered out of the city late last month to avoid their encirclement and capture.
Luhansk is one of two provinces that make up the Donbas, a region of mines and factories where pro-Moscow separatists have fought Ukraine’s army for eight years and declared independent republics that Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised before he sent troops into Ukraine.
After asserting full control of Luhansk, Mr Putin said Russian forces would have a chance to rest and recoup, but other parts of eastern Ukraine have come under sustained bombardment.
The Russian leader warned Kyiv it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst.
“Everybody should know that largely speaking, we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest,” Mr Putin said while speaking with leaders of the Kremlin-controlled parliament Thursday.
Ukraine’s presidential office said on Friday that at least 12 civilians were killed and another 30 wounded by Russian shelling over the previous 24 hours.
Two cities in Donetsk — the other Donbas province — experienced the heaviest barrage, with six people killed and 21 wounded.
In north-east Ukraine, another four people were killed and nine were wounded in Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, where Russian shelling hit residential areas.
Commenting on Mr Putin’s ominous statement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian leader was reacting to statements by Ukraine’s government and its western allies about defeating Russia on the battlefield.
“Russia’s potential is so big that just a small part of it has been used in the special military operation,” Mr Peskov told reporters.
“And so western statements are utterly absurd and just add to the grief of the Ukrainian people.”
In other developments:
— Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved Sweden and Finland’s requests to join Nato. German defence minister Christine Lambrecht said the two countries’ accession would greatly strengthen Nato’s northern and eastern flanks, noting their strong naval forces in the Baltic Sea and their land forces that know the region bordering Russia well. She suggested that Mr Putin’s efforts to divide and destroy Nato had failed. “He bet on our weakness,” she said. “Now he gets the opposite.” All 30 member countries must agree before the western military alliance can admit Finland and Sweden.
— A court in Moscow sentenced a Russian municipal council member who had publicly criticised the war in Ukraine to seven years in prison on charges of “knowingly false information” about the Russian military. Alexei Gorinov, 60, criticised Russia’s military actions in Ukraine at a March meeting. A legal aid group said he is the first person ordered to serve prison time under a law that makes it illegal to disparage the Russian military. Russia’s parliament rubber-stamped the law, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years, a week after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine.
— The British Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian forces made advances near the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson. The ministry’s daily intelligence briefing mentioned the counter-offensive as Ukrainian partisan activity also targets Russian forces in southern Ukraine. The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said partisans blew up a railway bridge some 15 miles north of Melitopol, which is to the east of Kherson, on Thursday to disrupt Russian resupply operations. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10995073/Ukrainian-official-warns-catastrophe-captured-city.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-08T13:04:39Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-10995073/Ukrainian-official-warns-catastrophe-captured-city.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovid Corp. (NYSE: CTV) (the "Company"), an independent advertising platform for delivery, personalization and measurement of converged TV across linear, connected TV (CTV) and digital, today announced changes in its board of directors (the "Board"). Mr. Steven Cakebread has resigned for personal reasons and Mr. Brian Hughes has joined as a member of the Board to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee") as Audit Committee Chair. Mr. Hughes was elected as a Class I director of the Company for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2025 or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
"It has been a great pleasure to serve on the Board of Innovid and I wish Zvika and his team all the very best for the future," said Mr. Cakebread.
"Driving digital transformation and the role that software plays in it has been a key focus throughout my career in order to better meet customer needs and deliver business results," said Mr. Hughes. "Innovid sits in a very exciting place in the transformation of television to a digital infrastructure and I believe Innovid is well positioned to benefit as the shift to streaming continues."
Mr. Hughes, age 63, currently serves as a Director of Bentley Systems, CompoSecure, Inc. and Omnilit Acquisition Corp. Mr. Hughes was previously an audit partner, the national private markets group leader, and venture capital co-leader at KPMG LLP where he worked from 2002 to 2019 and an audit partner at Arthur Andersen where he worked from 1981 to 2002. Mr. Hughes received a Master's in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Accounting from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hughes was chosen to serve on the Board because of his financial expertise, extensive accounting, auditing and venture capital experience as well as his experience as a director and advisor of other companies.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1996. The Company's actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," "aim," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company's expectations regarding its future financial results, expected growth and the expected benefits resulting from its partnerships. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results, including Innovid's ability to raise financing in the future, success in retaining or recruiting officers, key employees or directors, changes in applicable laws or regulations, Innovid's ability to maintain and expand relationships with advertisers, decreases and/or changes in CTV audience viewership behavior, Innovid's ability to make the right investment decisions and to innovate and develop new solutions, the accuracy of Innovid's estimates of market opportunity, forecasts of market growth and projections of future financial performance, the extent of investment required in Innovid's sales and marketing efforts, Innovid's ability to effectively manage its growth, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the risk of continued inflation and other macroeconomic events, acquisition related risks, and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in Innovid's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022, as such factors may be updated from time to time in its other filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and the Investors Relations section of Innovid's website at investors.innovid.com. Most of these factors are outside the Company's control and are difficult to predict. The Company cautions not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, including projections, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Innovid (NYSE: CTV) powers advertising delivery, personalization, measurement and outcomes across linear, CTV and digital for some of the world's largest brands. Through a global infrastructure that enables cross-platform ad serving, data-driven creative, and currency-grade measurement, Innovid offers its clients always-on intelligence to optimize advertising investment across channels, platforms, screens, and devices. Innovid is an independent platform that leads the market in converged TV innovation, through proprietary technology and exclusive partnerships designed to reimagine TV advertising. Headquartered in New York City, Innovid serves a global client base through offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit innovid.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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Michel Platini: Quest for truth continues after being cleared over fraud charges
Former UEFA president Michel Platini insisted his “quest for truth” would continue after he was acquitted on fraud charges that had painted him as a “devil”.
Platini, along with former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was cleared by the Swiss federal criminal court on Friday.
It marked the end of a seven-year investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs (just over £1.7million) from Blatter to Platini in 2011.
Both men denied any wrongdoing in relation to the payment, but Swiss prosecutors eventually charged them last November, stating the payment had “no legal basis”.
Platini enjoyed an illustrious playing career with France, captaining his country to European Championship glory in 1984 as well as playing for Les Bleus at the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cup finals.
His switch to football administration had been equally successful and he was widely seen as a future FIFA president until the 2011 payment emerged. He was initially banned from football for eight years by FIFA’s ethics committee in 2015, reduced to four following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
It was also in 2015 that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in Switzerland opened criminal proceedings in relation to the so-called “disloyal” payment from Blatter to Platini.
“Justice has finally been done after seven years of lies and manipulation,” Platini said in a statement issued by his legal team.
“The truth has come to light during this trial and I deeply thank the judges of the tribunal for the independence of their decision. I kept saying it – my fight is a fight against injustice. I won a first game.
“In this case, there are culprits who did not appear during this trial. Let them count on me, we will meet again. Because I will not give up and I will go all the way in my quest for truth.
“Despite the length of the procedure, I have always had confidence in the Swiss legal system and the rule of law that prevails here.
“Believe me, going from being a legend of world soccer to a devil is very difficult, especially when it comes to you in a totally unfair way.”
Prosecutors had urged the court to impose 20-month suspended sentences on Blatter and Platini, but it cleared them on all counts.
Blatter, who was also banned for eight years by FIFA over the payment, reduced to six on appeal, also welcomed the verdict.
He told the BBC: “During seven years I was always under pressure because there was a court case opened against me.
“I am happy. I am happy also for international football and for this court to take this matter very seriously.”
Blatter received a further FIFA ban of six years and eight months in 2021 in relation to undeclared bonus payments.
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BERLIN (AP) — German energy supply giant Uniper said Friday it is asking the government for a bailout amid a growing natural gas crunch due to the war in Ukraine.
Uniper, which is Germany's biggest importer of Russian gas, said in a statement that its board has applied to the government for “stabilization measures.”
The move could see the government pump billions of euros (dollars) into Uniper to keep the company afloat. Germany's Cabinet had approved a plan preparing for such measures earlier this week.
The company downgraded its financial outlook for this year last week, pointing to a sharp reduction in gas deliveries by Russia’s Gazprom in recent weeks that has forced it to buy substitute supplies at significantly higher prices.
“Since Uniper cannot yet pass on these additional costs, this results in significant financial burdens,” it said at the time.
Uniper said government bailout it was seeking was "aimed at ceasing the current accumulation of substantial losses, covering Uniper’s liquidity needs and protecting Uniper’s investment-grade credit rating.”
The company said its major shareholder Fortum was also in talks with the German government to “address the negative impact of the current gas supply restrictions on Uniper.”
“Fortum’s proposal includes a restructuring of Uniper aiming at establishing a security of supply company under the ownership of the German government,” it said.
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BERLIN — German energy supply giant Uniper said Friday it is asking the government for a bailout amid a growing natural gas crunch due to the war in Ukraine.
The move could see the government pump billions of euros (dollars) into Uniper to keep the company afloat. Germany’s Cabinet had approved a plan preparing for such measures earlier this week.
The company downgraded its financial outlook for this year last week, pointing to a sharp reduction in gas deliveries by Russia’s Gazprom in recent weeks that has forced it to buy substitute supplies at significantly higher prices.
“Since Uniper cannot yet pass on these additional costs, this results in significant financial burdens,” it said at the time.
Uniper said government bailout it was seeking was “aimed at ceasing the current accumulation of substantial losses, covering Uniper’s liquidity needs and protecting Uniper’s investment-grade credit rating.”
The company said its major shareholder Fortum was also in talks with the German government to “address the negative impact of the current gas supply restrictions on Uniper.”
“Fortum’s proposal includes a restructuring of Uniper aiming at establishing a security of supply company under the ownership of the German government,” it said.
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Tyler Daley dreams of being a social studies teacher one day, but as a young Black man, he knows going to college to pursue this goal could prove especially challenging.
“I know we’re oppressed, I know the statistics,” said Daley, a rising senior at Liberty High School. “I know that I’m going to be at a disadvantage out of the gate, even if I don’t want to admit it.”
Daley and 16 other students from local high schools, such as Allen, Dieruff and Freedom, are spending this week at Moravian University to learn about the college experience for men of color as part of the first iteration of the Black & Latino Male College Readiness Program of the Lehigh Valley. Throughout the five-day program, which was funded through a grant from Air Products, students are learning about the college experience and hearing from local men of color who found success in college and are now leaders in their fields.
“This is a chance for me to connect more and to understand the struggles that potentially can go on in college life,” Daley, 17, said.
Nationally, Black and Latinx male students complete college programs at lower rates than both white male students and their Black and Latinx female counterparts, according to the most recent findings from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Data from the same nonprofit also show college enrollment for Black and Latinx men has decreased by 14.8% and 10.3%, respectively, during the pandemic.
These statistics are part of the reason G. Christopher Hunt, Moravian’s vice president and dean for equity and inclusion, saw a need for a program of this kind.
“It’s just being mindful that not everyone’s background is the same, and that in order to achieve success, or to have access to different opportunities, we need to build in different levels of equity,” he said.
Hunt’s own doctoral research examined the college experience of Black men who went to predominantly white colleges throughout a 50-year span, starting in the 1960s. He found that Black male millennials still faced many of the same struggles that their older counterparts did.
“In the everyday lives of Black male students on those campuses, the common themes were feeling alienated, feeling isolated, feeling like they had to answer for and represent their race,” Hunt said. “That was the same.”
Hunt spoke to the students about his findings and how to cope with these stressors. Other sessions throughout the program taught students about financial aid, managing their own money and interacting with professors. There were also panels with Black and Latino doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs who shared their stories and answered student questions.
“Sometimes you just need to see somebody, like a Black physician, and be like, ‘I can do that. I can go to medical school. I never thought about that,’” said Baru Roberson-Hornsby, program director and a career development strategist at Moravian.
Earlier in the week, students heard from Dr. Darryl Gaines, an Allentown physician who offered students the chance to shadow him. Gaines also talked about the pressures of being a high-achieving Black student in white-dominated academic spaces.
“There is some unspoken pressure, especially if you’re the only one who looks like yourself, where you have additional pressure on you to perform to a certain level,” he said.
Harrison Bailey III, Liberty’s principal and the first Black man to hold the job, also spoke to students about his own educational journey and how he carries himself as a Black man in a leadership position.
Bailey said he always stays calm because he knows there are negative stereotypes about men of color being angry and violent.
“I’m very, very purposeful about being even-keeled, about not yelling,” he told students. “I know those stereotypes exist, and I don’t want to reinforce those for anyone.”
Bailey also spoke about the importance of brotherhood and encouraged students to define their purpose and passion. He told students they will have to make sacrifices to meet their goals.
Khalife Wadlington, a rising senior at Liberty, was inspired by Bailey’s message and said he wants to go to college to study engineering, business or something in the medical field.
“I feel like this program is giving me some of the experiences that I need,” Wadlington, 17, said. “They’re showing us all around campus, and we’ll also get a feel for what it’s like to live on campus.”
By the end of the week, students will also get their own suits fitted by a local tailor and headshots taken by a photographer. On the last day of the program, students’ families will come to campus to see all their progress and learn more about the college enrollment process.
The goal is for students to come away with a taste of the college experience and to get into the mindset of being young professionals as they head into the tail end of their high school careers.
“When you’re in a program like this, it’s all about your concerns, and it’s all with people who look like you, and so there’s just a different feeling, a feeling of connectedness that you now are associating with post-secondary education,” Bailey said. “And that’s huge.”
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It’s not unprecedented for titans of industry to attack presidents. Henry Ford was so outraged over Franklin Roosevelt’s Hundred Days of initial policies to address the Great Depression that he huffed FDR’s “particular genius is to try to run other people’s businesses.”
Ford much preferred the laissez-faire of Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. When the collapse came, Ford said, “The Depression is a good thing generally. Let them fail. Let everybody fail! I made my fortune when I had nothing to start with, by myself and my own ideas. Let other people do the same.”
Lately, Jeff Bezos has been rhetorically bombing Joe Biden because of the president’s statements on inflation.
In a tweet Saturday, Biden criticized oil companies over needlessly contributing to inflation: “My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.”
Bezos shot back that evening: “Ouch. Inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this. It’s either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics.” Bezos also said the president’s Build Back Better plan would have made inflation worse. (Imagine if Henry Ford had Twitter!)
In May, the two tussled over whether raising corporate taxes would bring down rising prices. As the world’s second-wealthiest person, who built a company that like many others avoided paying federal taxes some years despite billions in profits, you can guess where the Amazon founder came down.
“Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss,” Bezos tweeted in response to Biden. “Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.”
It’s curious that Bezos is taking the lead on this. In the past he’s often supported Biden.
For example, this past year Bezos wrote on the Amazon blog, “We support the Biden Administration’s focus on making bold investments in American infrastructure… We recognize this investment will require concessions from all sides — both on the specifics of what’s included as well as how it gets paid for (we’re supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate).”
A colleague wondered if it has something to do with Biden’s volte-face toward Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It was on MBS’ orders that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi of the Bezos-owned Washington Post was murdered in 2018.
During the 2020 campaign, candidate Biden vowed to make Saudi Arabia a pariah for human rights abuses and the Khashoggi murder and to stop weapons sales. President Biden continued selling arms to the kingdom and plans to meet MBS this month.
It doesn’t hurt that Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest oil supplier and keeping the kingdom happy offers a chance to moderate prices at the pump. Yet, as I’ve written, if we stand a chance at avoiding climate disaster, we need much higher oil prices, as well as investments in clean energy, transit and high-speed rail.
On the other hand, Amazon’s recent history with the administration has been strained, as the local tech blog GeekWire pointed out. Biden hosted an Amazon union organizer at the White House and the company has complained of other perceived slaps.
Jay Carney, Amazon’s top executive in Washington, D.C., was a senior aide to Biden when he was vice president. But according to The Wall Street Journal, Carney has been especially frustrated over moves his former boss has made. Among them was naming a critic of Amazon to lead the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating the company’s competitive practices.
None of which gets us closer to understanding inflation.
The classic definition is “a sustained rise in the general price level” (this from an economics dictionary I’ve owned since I became a business writer in 1985). Some inflation is healthy, a sign of a growing economy. The Federal Reserve’s target is 2% growth annually. But it’s been considerably higher lately.
We’re seeing it now from a variety of causes. Consumer demand shot up as the pandemic eased. It’s a hot economy with very low unemployment and higher wages.
Manufacturing material and labor costs have risen. The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused grain prices to skyrocket.
Oil prices are high partly because of sanctions against Moscow for its aggression. Gasoline price rises vary around the nation, partly because of state taxes, but also because of demand, availability of nearby refineries, OPEC’s desire to keep prices high and other factors.
Are the oil companies price gouging, as Biden implies? It’s difficult to define or prove, although Big Oil has been bringing in record profits. For example, Chevron profits quadrupled in the first quarter of this year. Biden has a good point.
House Democrats have passed a Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act. But even if it makes it through the Senate, its unlikely to offer near-term relief. Republican demands that more public lands be opened for drilling are hollow. More than 9,000 permits to drill onshore are approved yet unused
More broadly speaking, however, corporate profits are heavily to blame for high inflation.
A paper by the Roosevelt Institute, a think tank that studies corporate power and other issues, states that markups and profits rose in 2021 at the highest pace since 1955. This is based on a look at nearly 3,700 companies.
Meanwhile, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, corporate profits after taxes increased 14% in 2021, while labor costs grew by 7%. “Basic market dynamics” or price gouging?
Ultimately, taming inflation is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve, not Biden or Bezos. The Fed most recently increased interest rates by 0.75%. It was the third increase this year and the largest since 1994.
The risk: a recession.
Inflation or recession is kryptonite for the political party in power, whether deserved or not.
Interestingly, investors don’t expect medium-term inflation to run rampant. The most recent five-year break-even inflation rate based on Treasury securities was only 2.48%.
So, all may be well, unless the central bank is bullied into an overreaction.
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LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that they won't be fining the two top leaders of the opposition Labour Party over a curry-and-beer meal with colleagues last year while Britain was under coronavirus restrictions.
The local police force in Durham said it “will not be issuing any fixed penalty notices in respect of the gathering and no further action will be taken.”
Labour leader Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner both said they would resign if they were fined over the incident, dubbed “beergate” by the media.
Starmer said he and colleagues had a takeout curry and a beer in a lawmaker’s office in northeast England in April 2021 during campaigning for a special election. Rules in place at the time barred indoor social mixing between households. Starmer said no rules were broken because it was part of a workday.
Police agreed. The Durham force said it had studied “a substantial amount of documentary and witness evidence” and concluded “that there is no case to answer for a contravention of the regulations, due to the application of an exception, namely reasonably necessary work.”
The force said none of the 17 people present would be fined.
Starmer contrasted his promise to resign if fined with the behavior of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who refused to quit after he was fined 50 pounds ($61) by police for attending a party in his office in 2020 that broke lockdown rules.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The names and faces of the star players at Wimbledon didn't matter to Elena Rybakina when she was a child. The majesty of the tournament made pretty a big impression, though.
On Saturday, she'll get a chance to add her name to the pantheon of greats at the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament of them all.
“As a kid, I don’t remember exactly who was playing, but when Wimbledon was on TV, it was always traditional white. I remember this well,” Rybakina said. “Strawberries. Champagne. It’s something, like, very nice to see.”
Rybakina is one match away from winning a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, in her first major final. And so is her opponent, Ons Jabeur — the first Arab woman and first African woman ever to reach this stage at one of the four biggest tournaments in tennis.
Jabeur, who is from Tunisia, advanced to the final by beating Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 on Thursday. Rybakina followed that match on the grass of Centre Court and defeated 2019 champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3.
“I didn’t expect that I’m going to be here in the second week, especially in the final,” said Rybakina, who was born in Russia but plays for Kazakhstan. “I believe that I have a game to go far in the Grand Slams. Of course, I believe that maybe one day I can win it.”
This year's championship match at Wimbledon will be the first to feature two female first-time Grand Slam finalists since 1962, with Karen Susman beat Věra Suková in straight sets.
A win for either Rybakina or Jabeur on Saturday will also be a first Grand Slam title won by a player from their respective countries.
Jabeur, known back home in Tunisia as the “Minister of Happiness” for her cheerful disposition, knows well how historic her Wimbledon run already is.
“I want to go bigger, inspire many more generation(s),” Jabeur said. “Tunisia is connected to the Arab world, is connected to the African continent. ... I want to see more players from my country, from the Middle East, from Africa.”
Jabeur has been one of the best players on tour in recent months, rising to No. 2 in the rankings and winning a grass-court title in Berlin two weeks ago. Rybakina is ranked 23rd and has 13 victories over top-20 players.
And at 23, she is the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Garbiñe Muguruza, who was 21 in 2015 when she lost to Serena Williams.
Rybakina has also had to deal with several questions about her nationality. She started her career playing as a Russian but switched nationalities to Kazakhstan in 2018. Players from Russia and Belarus were banned by the All England Club from competing this year because of the war in Ukraine.
“I feel for the players who couldn’t come here,” Rybakina said, “but I’m just enjoying playing here on the biggest stage, enjoying my time and trying to do my best.”
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- Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs purchase approximately 60,352 Class A Common Shares in aggregate -
NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc ("AWH", "Ascend", or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, announced that Directors, Emily Paxhia, Scott Swid, and Joseph Hinrichs, each made individual purchases of Class A Common Shares "Shares" in the open market totaling 60,352 shares between July 5th and July 6th. This follows an announcement by AWH that Abner Kurtin, CEO, Chairman, and Founder, and Frank Perullo, President and Co-Founder, made purchases of AWH Shares earlier this week.
"Although the fundamentals remain dislocated from valuations, the Board is confident in the trajectory of the Company and the industry as a whole and remains dedicated to supporting Ascend," said Emily Paxhia, Lead Independent Director for Ascend Wellness Holdings.
AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange, nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release includes forward-looking information and statements, which may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding the plans, intentions, expectations, estimates, and beliefs of the Company. Words such as "expects", "continue", "will", "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by the Company in light of experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate.
Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Such factors include, among others: the risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the Company's other reports and filings with the applicable Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward-looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
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Which digital microscopes are best?
Whether an academic researcher or a casual hobbyist, the microscope is an essential part of nearly every scientist’s toolkit. While all microscopes let you examine small samples with incredible detail, digital models make the process even more convenient by offering high-tech features and USB connectivity.
Although it is their primary function, there is more to these devices than simple magnification. The Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope is the top pick as it has a flexible arm and adjustable brightness settings.
What to know before you buy a digital microscope
Magnification levels
When shopping for a digital microscope, perhaps the most crucial detail to consider is the device’s magnification power. Most microscopes have at least 40x magnification, but you can find certain high-end models with 1,000x magnification or higher. This means that you are viewing samples 1,000 times closer than you would be able to with the naked eye.
Digital microscopes with that much power can discern fine details on the cellular level, but this won’t matter much if your device doesn’t have sufficient resolution.
Resolution
The resolution determines how well-defined your sample will be under the microscope. This is typically measured in megapixels and directly corresponds with the size of your computer’s monitor. Devices on the low end usually have a resolution of around 0.4 to 1 megapixels, which will appear normal on a 640 by 480 screen but may look blurry on anything larger. Other digital microscopes may boast a resolution of 2 or more megapixels, providing an image that’s large and detailed.
Light
Nearly every digital microscope will have some kind of light source built into its design. Most devices use light-emitting diodes to illuminate your sample and make it easier to inspect. Look for a device that offers adjustable brightness levels so you can have complete control over the lighting.
Compatibility
Look at the product details closely to make sure that the microscope you choose will be compatible with your laptop or device. Keep in mind that most digital microscopes connect via USB cable. If you use a newer computer that lacks a USB port, opt for a microscope with wireless or Bluetooth capabilities. Similarly, if your microscope uses specific software, make sure that you have all of the proper system requirements to run it.
What to look for in a quality digital microscope
Wireless
Some high-end digital microscopes have Wi-Fi or other wireless capabilities. This makes the device much more portable and gives you a better reach without the clutter of wires.
Software
Make sure that your microscope comes with a free software download. These programs will allow you to display the image on your computer screen and may come with essential tools like image capture, video recording and even effects like sharpening or color correction.
Display screen
If you buy a digital microscope for portability, look for a model with a built-in display screen. These screens are much smaller than computer monitors, but they let you take your digital microscope anywhere without the need for additional devices.
Flexible arm
Depending on the objects that you intend to examine, a microscope with an adjustable stand can be extremely helpful. In addition to vertical height adjustments, many of these devices have a flexible arm that can be bent to any position imaginable. Other digital microscopes are completely handheld, eliminating the need for an arm altogether.
How much you can expect to spend on a digital microscope
The cost of a digital microscope can vary widely depending on its power and any included features. A simple device can usually be purchased for around $40-$100, while a microscope designed for professional labs can cost $1,000 or more.
Digital microscope FAQ
How much magnification do I need?
A. While you can find microscopes that offer 1,000x magnification or more, a device with 400x magnification is more than enough for most purposes.
Can kids use a digital microscope?
A. Digital microscopes can provide a great educational opportunity for curious kids, but make sure that you choose a durable, handheld device that’s not overly complicated.
What are the best digital microscopes to buy?
Top digital microscope
Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This popular digital microscope is extremely versatile and easy to install.
What you’ll love: Simply plug this microscope into your USB port, and you’ll be ready to examine your samples. This device provides up to 250x magnification with 2 megapixels for crystal clear images. The brightness is adjustable, and you can move the arm in any direction.
What you should consider: This microscope can be challenging to focus, depending on the object you’re inspecting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top digital microscope for the money
Jiusion Endoscope and Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This compact digital microscope is budget-friendly with solid metal construction.
What you’ll love: This affordable device can connect to your personal computer, Mac or smartphone and is powerful enough for 1,000x magnification. The microscope includes eight LEDs and a knob to adjust brightness and image focus.
What you should consider: While this microscope is compatible with Android phones, iPhone users will need to look elsewhere.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Carson zOrb USB Digital Microscope
What you need to know: Perfect for students and aspiring academics, this simple microscope features a unique look and durable construction.
What you’ll love: This digital microscope has an ergonomic, handheld design, making it extremely portable. It can magnify up to 65x and can capture images and record video. It’s also compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems.
What you should consider: The included USB cable isn’t very long, and the magnification power is only suitable for casual users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BEIJING, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NaaS Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: NAAS, "NaaS", the "Company"), one of the largest and fastest-growing electric vehicle charging service providers in China, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with smart connected car platform provider, Zhejiang Green Intelligent Link Co., Ltd. ("Green Intelligent Link"). Under the terms of the partnership, the two parties will provide one-stop charging solutions, including the interconnection of charging piles and the digital management of charging solutions for delivery and logistics fleets, in response to the needs of the rapidly developing electric vehicle (EV) market.
Through the partnership, vehicle owners who use the Green Intelligent Link platform will, through NaaS' one-stop charging solution, will have access to a network of high-quality charging piles provided by Kuaidian, a NaaS' partner. In addition, NaaS' solutions will also give vehicle owners who use the Green Intelligent Link platform, access to a wide range of services that includes more convenient card-based recharging, balance allocation, charging ordering and invoicing. NaaS and Green Intelligent Link have already begun implementing the charging pile interconnections, as well as the order data and payment services for the smart charging scenarios. Once completed, the solutions will offer efficient, convenient, and affordable charging services to commercial vehicle owners.
Geely Commercial Vehicles is the first commercial vehicle group in China to focus on "going electric," and its Farizon Auto is the first commercial vehicle brand in China to complete the multipoint layout for multi-energy systems and to provide electric power options available across all its product families. Green Intelligent Link, as one of the three platform companies under Farizon Auto, mainly focuses on urban delivery scenarios, with scenario-based customized solutions of fleet management service at its core. The company provides services to Huilian Car Rental, Huilian Car Service and Huilian Intelligent Control, in a move to provide customers with management services spanning the whole life cycle of delivery and logistics EVs.
In order to achieve the China's "dual-carbon" goals, the transition to electric power is also occurring rapidly in the commercial vehicle market. Data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show that from January to May 2022, 88,000 commercial EVs were sold in China, an increase of 71.4% year on year, in contrast to the 41.9% decline in the overall sales of conventional commercial vehicles. As for commercial EVs identified as being used for delivery in urban areas, 67,600 such vehicles were sold during the period from January to May 2022.
Currently, the number of logistics vehicles in China's urban areas is about 20 million, with new energy vehicles representing only about 3% of the total. With the comprehensive implementation of the China VI vehicle emission standards, the share of electric-powered delivery vehicles is expected to gradually reach 30%-40% of all delivery vehicles within the next few years. During this transition period, pain points such as slow charging and the shortage of support service facilities represent challenges that will need to be addressed.
The collaboration between NaaS and Green Intelligent Link is expected to further enhance charging efficiency and service capabilities for commercial EVs and comprehensively improve the overall charging experience for vehicle owners. "Commercial EVs are becoming a new area of rapid growth," said Yang Dong, vice president of Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group and general manager of Green Intelligent Link. "Due to special vehicle scenarios, drivers of commercial EVs have a stronger demand for support services. For commercial EV operators, service represents a core need, and, from there, it becomes necessary to expand services across the whole of the value chain to meet the needs of drivers. Operators can also take a further step by implementing intelligent management through collaboration with all service providers across the value chain in combination with the application of digital tools."
"With guidance and oversight from the relevant Chinese authorities in terms of policy, the transition of commercial vehicles from gas to electric power will continue to accelerate," said Cathy Wang, Founder and CEO of NaaS. "NaaS positions itself as a 'connector' in the renewable energy sector. Through this partnership, we will connect drivers of commercial EVs to an interconnected charging network throughout the entire country further enabling drivers to charge their vehicles, reduce their costs, and ensure the sustainable growth of the commercial EV sector."
With the rapid development of the renewable energy sector, the transition of adapting commercial vehicles from fossil-fueled to electric power is changing from a "nice-to-have" to a "need-to-have". In response to this green transformation, commercial EV service platforms such as those provided by Green Intelligent Link and third-party charging service providers such as NaaS are working together to continuously improve operational services for commercial EVs and enhance charging services in an effort to jointly drive the large-scale application of such vehicles and contribute to carbon neutrality in transportation.
About NaaS Technology Inc.
NaaS Technology Inc. is one of the largest and fastest growing EV charging service providers in China. The firm is a subsidiary of NewLink, a leading energy digitalization group in China. NaaS provides one-stop services to charging pile manufacturers and operators, OEMs, companies with their own delivery fleets as well as fleet operators, with online, offline, and non-electric services covering the whole value chain across the EV sector. As of 2021, NaaS had connected 290,000 charging piles, with an annual charging capacity of over 1,200 Gigawatt hours, accounting for about 18% of China's public charging market and eliminating 900,000 tons of carbon emissions annually. On June 13, 2022, NaaS Technology Inc. was officially listed on NASDAQ under the stock code NAAS.
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Intelligence leader adds high-performance, automated malware analysis capabilities to give defenders an intelligence advantage for combating malware
BOSTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recorded Future, the world's largest intelligence company, today announced that it has acquired Hatching, the leader in malware analysis. With Hatching, Recorded Future extends its intelligence coverage with high-performance malware analysis, giving clients better visibility into active malware campaigns in the wild, improved attribution, and a critical edge against adversaries using malicious software to disrupt operations. The acquisition further delivers on Recorded Future's strategy to provide the most comprehensive intelligence, empowering organizations to take fast, decisive action to deter and disrupt the adversary.
As the threat of malware continues to accelerate, Hatching offers Triage, a revolutionary malware sandboxing solution, which allows organizations to conduct automated, high-volume malware analysis. Purposefully developed for performance and built to grow alongside its client's analysis needs, Triage enables unprecedented scale for a sandboxing service.
"Recorded Future's unrelenting focus on intelligence has made it an industry leader. Hatching has been laser focused on sandboxing, and we have a very competitive and scalable malware analysis solution. We're excited to join forces to deliver high-performance, intelligence-enriched malware analysis that will help organizations stop malware in its tracks, before the damage is done." – Jurriaan Bremer, CEO of Hatching
Hatching Triage will be integrated into the Recorded Future ecosystem, creating a critical capability for clients, where malware is identified and receives a verdict based on multiple variables including Insikt Group signatures, and is further correlated and enriched in the Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud. Data generated by Hatching's Triage will become a valuable data source for Recorded Future, and all clients will benefit from the intelligence that includes a global view of malware trends, their targets, and sources. The combination equips Recorded Future clients with the most complete intelligence available to detect, prevent, and respond to external threats and mitigate the impact to their organizations.
"By combining Hatching's automated malware analysis capabilities with Recorded Future intelligence, we are building the most important intelligence company of our time. Our clients will now have an intelligence advantage against malware exploits, one of the most pervasive threats facing every organization." – Dr. Christopher Ahlberg, CEO and Co-Founder of Recorded Future
Hatching is a dedicated team focused entirely on automated malware sandboxing technology. Hatching has extensive experience in the field having originally worked on setting up and running Cuckoo installations for enterprises around the world, before moving to develop a brand new solution which could better suit the needs of modern companies. Based in the Netherlands and with team members around the world, it has quickly established itself as a leading player in sandboxing with its highly scalable Triage SaaS platform. Learn more at https://hatching.io/.
Recorded Future is the world's largest intelligence company. Recorded Future's Intelligence Cloud provides the most complete coverage across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. By combining persistent and pervasive automated data collection and analytics with human analysis, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into the vast digital landscape and empowers clients to take proactive action to disrupt adversaries and keep their people, systems, and infrastructure safe. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with more than 1,400 businesses and government organizations across more than 60 countries. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.
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'It would mean a good night's sleep': Private well owners ask for 'forever chemical' standards for groundwater
MADISON – After the Natural Resources Board failed to advance standards for toxic "forever chemicals" in groundwater earlier this year, Peshtigo resident Cindy Boyle felt as if her community was being left unprotected by the state because it gets its drinking water from private wells.
Boyle, who serves as the chairwoman for the Town of Peshtigo in northeastern Wisconsin, said standards for PFAS in groundwater should be essential for state regulators. Peshtigo and nearby Marinette are home to the most extensive PFAS contamination in Wisconsin, stemming from the testing of firefighting foam containing the compounds outdoors for years until the practice was halted in 2017.
"(Having standards) would mean we don't have to live in constant fear that chemicals are coming into our wells, that we have the law behind our efforts to protect ourselves," she said. "It would mean a good night's sleep. And recourse to hold the responsible party responsible."
Nearly 1 million Wisconsin residents rely on groundwater from private wells for their drinking water.
Boyle is hoping to see the state restart the process to set standards for PFAS in groundwater soon, especially after a petition filed by The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and Save Our Water, or S.O. H2O.
Though state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Preston Cole said in June that the agency could take up groundwater regulations again, no action has yet been taken.
The petition is asking the DNR to regulate PFOA and PFOS — two of the most well-researched PFAS compounds — as well as PFBS and GenX in groundwater.
More:What the new federal health limits on 'forever chemicals' mean for Wisconsin
The groups said that members of the League and S.O.H2O — in addition to Wisconsinites at large — are facing severe health risks because of exposure to high levels of PFAS in groundwater.
"If concentrations are not minimized through numerical groundwater quality standards, at-risk communities will continue to suffer and bear the health and monetary cost of this environmental burden," the petition said.
Doug Oitzinger, a member of S.O.H2O and a city council member in Marinette, said simply setting a standard will allow the state to start testing for contamination and then allow programs to develop to help people who are found to have contamination in their private wells.
"You're informing residents if they're drinking poison, then people can get funding to do something about it. Most people simply wouldn't be able to afford treatment systems or buy bottled water month after month," he said.
PFAS — or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are a family of man-made chemicals used for their water- and stain-resistant qualities in products like clothing and carpet, nonstick cookware, packaging and firefighting foam. The family includes 5,000 compounds, which are persistent, remaining both in the environment and the human body over time.
The chemicals have been linked to types of kidney and testicular cancers, lower birth weights, harm to immune and reproductive systems, altered hormone regulation and altered thyroid hormones as well as high blood pressure. The chemicals enter the human body largely through drinking water.
The compounds have been found in water across the state, and in places such as Peshtigo and the Town of Campbell near La Crosse, which rely on groundwater to supply private wells.
More:Lawmakers let 'forever chemical' surface, drinking water standards go into effect
'It's necessary, but not sufficient'
After the measure failed to pass the Natural Resources Board, which sets policy for the DNR, the scope statement for the groundwater rule expired in early March, forcing the DNR to abandon the rule. Meanwhile, the standards for drinking and surface waters were passed along to the Legislature and approved in June.
The strict process governing administrative rules sets forward tight timelines, spanning only three years. In some cases, the timeline has caused the DNR to abandon rules because the tight timeline can't be met during research phases.
Tony Wilkin Gibart of Midwest Environmental Advocates, the organization representing the League and S.O.H2O in the petition, said that the NRB's judgment shouldn't be the final say when it comes to whether PFAS are listed as a contaminant in groundwater.
"The Natural Resources Board does not have blanket discretion or free rein to not protect Wisconsin's groundwater," he said.
Moving the standards forward shouldn't take much additional work, Wilkin Gibart said, thanks to the foundation laid during the three years the DNR and the Department of Health Services worked on the rules.
"Much of the work has already been done," he said.
More: 'Forever chemicals' linked to high blood pressure in women, new study shows
The Environmental Protection Agency recently released updated health advisory limits for PFAS, essentially suggesting that no levels of PFOA or PFOS are safe for humans to consume.
"The state can and should rely on information that the EPA has considered and analyzed to start this process," Wilkin Gibart said.
Boyle said that without standards families like hers and many others in the Peshtigo community are being left to understand the issues of PFAS in their water by themselves, and then left to figure out solutions on their own as well. If a standard existed, it might be easier to get access to solutions for clean water aside from living on bottled water indefinitely.
"Until we have standards for groundwater, we are absolutely being discriminated against," she said. "Why is one portion of the population protected and the rest left on their own?"
Oitzinger said that process governing how rules for pollution are set is an issue that needs to be addressed so that state agencies can address issues like toxic contamination faster than in three years.
"You know, we're in our fifth year of fighting this (in Marinette and Peshtigo). People found out their wells were poisoned in 2017, and here we are in 2022 and there is still no regulation of the poison that is in their wells," he said. "Don't tell me that's good government, tell me that is environmental protection, that that is human health protection. It's not."
Oitzinger said he's worried that the petition could fall on deaf ears but hopes that it instead inspires immediate action.
"We're doing the only thing that it seems we can do — restarting the process," he said. "It's necessary, but not sufficient. We've got to do something that can speed this up."
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MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday, an intense day of worship considered to be the climax of the annual hajj.
Multitudes stood shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet, for the emotional day of supplication in the desert valley where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon, calling for equality and unity among Muslims.
The experience sent many pilgrims to tears. Muslims believe prayer on this day at Mount Arafat, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the holy city of Mecca, is their best chance at salvation and spiritual renewal. The pilgrims set out for Arafat before dawn, chanting as they trekked. They remain there until nightfall in deep contemplation and worship.
“I feel I am so close to God,” said Zakaria Mohammad, an Egyptian pilgrim praying as the sky brightened over the hilltop. “He gave me such joy. This is my feeling now — joy, great joy.”
Men wore unstitched sheets of white cloth resembling a shroud, while women wore conservative dress and headscarves, their faces exposed.
The hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime duty for all Muslims physically and financially able to make the journey, which takes the faithful along a path traversed by the Prophet Muhammad some 1,400 years ago.
“God brought me here,” said Khadije Isaac, who traveled to Mount Arafat from Nigeria, her voice clipped with emotion. “I cannot describe the happiness that I have.”
Strict pandemic limits had upended the event for the past two years, effectively canceling one of the world’s biggest and most diverse gatherings and devastating many pious Muslims who had waited a lifetime to make the journey. This year’s pilgrimage marks the largest since the virus struck, although the attendance by 1 million worshippers remains less than half of the pre-pandemic influx.
All pilgrims selected to perform the hajj this year are under age 65 and have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Pilgrims spend five days carrying out a set of rituals associated with the Prophet Muhammad and the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael in the Bible, before him. The rituals began on Thursday with the circling of the Kaaba, the black cube in the center of Mecca’s Grand Mosque, which Muslims around the world face during their daily prayers wherever they are in the world.
Around sunset on Friday, the pilgrims will march or take a bus 9 kilometers (5.5 miles) west to the rocky desert of Muzdalifa, where they comb the area for pebbles to carry out the symbolic stoning of the devil. That rite will take place on Saturday in the small village of Mina, where Muslims believe the devil tried to talk Ibrahim out of submitting to God’s will. Pilgrims stone the devil to signify overcoming temptation.
The ritual is a notorious chokepoint for surging crowds. In 2016, thousands of pilgrims were crushed to death in a gruesome stampede. Saudi authorities never offered a final death toll.
In their most noticeable effort to improve access, the Saudis have built a high-speed rail link to ferry masses between holy sites. Pilgrims enter through special electronic gates. Tens of thousands of police officers are out in force to protect the areas and control crowds.
With so many people from so many places crammed together, public health is a major concern. Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry urged pilgrims to consider wearing masks to curb the spread of coronavirus, although the government lifted a mask mandate and other virus precautions last month.
Infections have increased steadily in the kingdom in recent months. There were no signs of social distancing in Friday’s mass procession.
With the hajj a major source of prestige and tourism for Saudi Arabia, the government is keen to do away with pandemic restrictions. Saudi Health Minister Fahad al-Jalajel told state-owned Al-Arabiya TV that authorities had not recorded an “outbreak” of the virus at the hajj, without elaborating on individual cases. He said he expected authorities to expand quotas for pilgrims next year.
The ministry also advised pilgrims to drink water and be aware of the signs of heat stroke in the desert, where temperatures can exceed 40 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit).
Once the hajj is over, men are expected to shave their heads, and women to snip a lock of hair in a sign of renewal.
Around the world, Muslims will mark the end of the pilgrimage with Eid al-Adha, or Festival of Sacrifice. The holiday commemorates the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail at God’s request. Muslims traditionally slaughter sheep and cattle, dividing the meat among the needy, friends and relatives. | https://www.abqjournal.com/2514542/muslim-pilgrims-pray-at-mount-arafat-as-hajj-reaches-apex.html | 2022-07-08T13:25:06Z | https://www.abqjournal.com/2514542/muslim-pilgrims-pray-at-mount-arafat-as-hajj-reaches-apex.html | true |
FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Corsica Technologies, recognized as one of the top managed IT and cybersecurity providers, is delighted to announce the joining of Kyle Nix as the new Director of Professional Services.
Kyle joins Corsica Technologies with over 25 years of experience in building and leading Professional Services teams and organizations. Before joining Corsica Technologies, Kyle served as Director at CBI Cybersecurity Solutions, a cybersecurity advisor.
Nix holds extensive certifications in IT and project management. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), Certified Identity Management Professional (CIMP), and is currently completing his certification as a PMP. He is also ITIL v3 certified.
Peter Rodenhauser, COO at Corsica Technologies, said "Kyle's proven track record of building and leading Professional Services teams made him a great fit for Corsica. I look forward to Kyle's leadership providing high impact and secure services to Corsica's growing customer base."
Corsica Technologies offers a highly-skilled and certified team knowledgeable in both IT and cybersecurity to help organizations create a secure foundation and leverage technology so their businesses can thrive. Using innovation technology, the dedicated experts at Corsica Technologies protect clients and respond to cyber incidents 24x7x365 from two Security Operations Centers (SOC), as well as provide a full suite of IT management and digital transformation solutions.
Kyle Nix, the new Director of Professional Services for Corsica Technologies, said "In today's increasingly complex world of technology (and assorted challenges/threats), it is an invaluable asset for companies to have a trusted IT and Cybersecurity partner to help navigate those challenges, drive strategic objectives and deliver optimal outcomes, and maximize business potential. Corsica Technologies is that trusted partner and MSP of choice for businesses across all verticals."
He added "It is an honor to join the Corsica Technologies Professional Services team, and to provide our clients with world-class service and technology leadership!".
Consistently recognized as one of the top managed IT and cybersecurity service providers, Corsica Technologies helps organizations leverage technology as a competitive business advantage. Our integrated IT and cybersecurity services protect companies and enable them to succeed.
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Tapiwanashe Ronald Chikasha is better known by his stage name Krizzy Henry cains. He is an international musical artist, singer, rapper, dancer, song writer, director and motivational speaker.
He describes his Music as the catchy trap sounds. He said his aim in the music industry is to turn the energy up.
Personal Details
Born: 5 February 2001, Mutare.
Family: Parents and 8 siblings.
Contact Details
- krizzyhenrycains@gmail.com
- Instagram @tapsronie
- Facebook @tapsronie
- Twitter @tapsronie01
- Snapchat @tapsronie
- Tiktok@tapsronie
School / Education
2014 – 2019: Mutare Boys High.
Joined the MBHS Choir and The Acapella group called the Voice of Inspiration.
2019: became the first school music club president.
Stage name “Krizzy”.
Events
15 February 2015: Created label Hailey cains.
“Krizzy” upgraded to “Krizzy Henry cains”.
2019: Released “Ndakapenga”.
Other names used – Isolated, King K , Krizzy, Krizzy Henry cains, King Henry, Hailey King.
In November 2021, mate @Dj Towers mentioned Krizzy in a post saying
Guys ndinorwadziwa chipo chakadai chisingaendi kure lets support him with our support mupfanha anosvika kure uyu
This was after Krizzy Henry cains released his Mutare Official Music Video which also got posted by @ZimCelebs. <ref name="@Dj Towers mention"> @Dj Towers mention, blownaija, Published: November 2021, Retrieved: November 2021<ref>
On 13 January 2022, Poland International Entertainment was founded as an Instagram promoting page in Poland. It was founded by Krizzy Henry cains, after seeing talent in Poland which they had no platform for. ZimCelebs, from Zimbabwe and The Shaderoom, from USA provided some inspiration. Sean Magavu the founder of helping hand, also worked on this project.
Further Reading
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Designed for those who are "young at heart" and never stop pursuing excellence in both technology innovation and aesthetic design, TECNO's CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Smartphone Integrates a Color-Changing Design with a Sleek Bezel and Advanced Camera, Inspired by Abstract Art Icon Piet Mondrian
BOSTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology can now also be art. TECNO, a global premium smartphone brand, recently advanced their commitment to delivering consumers the most intuitive, stylish and well-designed smart devices by announcing the CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition Gift Set with a TECNO CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition smartphone, a pair of TECNO TWS SONIC 1 earbuds, and Mondrian-style accessories. The smartphone perfectly combines the industry's first 'Sunlight Drawing' technology with the stylistic art form, allowing the phone shell color to change with the light, paying tribute to the Stylistic master Mondrian.
With the exceptional craftsmanship and its innovative visual appearance, TECNO CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition recently collected two international design awards, 2022 MUSE Design Award from the US and the A' Design Award from Italy.
The MUSE Design Awards is a leading international award competition that aims to promote excellence in various design industries by providing professionals and brands with a platform to compete on the world stage. The MUSE Design Awards is created by the International Awards Associate (IAA) in New York and is known for its rigorous judging system and high standard criteria.
The A' Design Awards is a world's leading annual international design competition recognized by ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) and European Design Association, celebrating the best designs, design concepts, products and services.
"Aesthetics in technology are becoming increasingly important for today's consumer, as they look for a more personal mobile experience," said Lucia Liu, Chief Brand Officer, TECNO. "We've long maintained a 'stop-at-nothing' mentality in order to bring our consumers the most innovative and intuitive devices. The introduction of the CAMON 19 Pro Mondrian Edition makes it possible to achieve the beauty of art through technological innovation as well as to bring art and style to more consumers."
TECNO's 'Sunlight Drawing' technology, which uses ultraviolet light to create a multi-color phone shell, is unlike anything on the market. This polychromatic photoisomer technology is an innovation which uses the breakage and recovery effect of the chain of photosensitive molecular bonds under ultraviolet light, making colorless molecular groups become chromogenic and then revert to colorless. The process breaks through the technical limitations of single-color or dual-color discoloration, and realizes for the first time the industry ideal of "making mobile phones not only a technology product, but also a work of art."
The TECNO CAMON 19 Pro 19 Mondrian Edition design includes an industry-first 64MP main camera and an RGBW sensor, co-developed with Samsung; a 50MP 2X Optical-Zoom Lens to deliver clearer and more detailed portraits; and a 0.98mm bezel - the industry's slimmest form factor that frames a 6.8-inch FHD+ display to deliver an unsurpassed, immersive experience.
The special edition device was introduced in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at an event which paid tribute to art icon Piet Mondrian, the inspiration behind the design – depicting the geometric elements consisting of "primary colors" and straight lines – to reflect an equal and harmonious order.
TECNO is a premium smartphone and AIoT devices brand operating in over 70 markets globally. With "Stop At Nothing" as its brand essence, TECNO is committed to unlocking the best contemporary technologies for progressive individuals across global emerging markets, giving them stylishly designed intelligent products that inspire consumers to uncover a world of possibilities. TECNO understands the needs of consumers from different markets and provides them with localized innovations and design breakthroughs demonstrated through their mastery of serving consumers who are "young at heart" and never stops pursuing excellence. TECNO's portfolio spans across smartphones, smart wearables and AIoT devices. For more information, please visit: www.tecno-mobile.com.
CONTACT: tecno@headstandgroup.com
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BOSTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jnana Therapeutics, a biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation chemoproteomics platform to discover medicines for highly validated, previously undruggable targets to treat diseases with high unmet need, will present preclinical data for its lead program, a potential first-in-class oral approach for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). Data will be presented at the 2022 National PKU Alliance Conference in Vancouver, Wash. July 9 from 3-4:30 pm, as a poster titled "Inhibition of SLC6A19 as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of PKU."
Jnana's development candidate, JNT-517, is a small molecule, allosteric inhibitor of SLC6A19, a metabolite transporter responsible for reabsorption of phenylalanine (Phe) in the kidney. In people with PKU, a rare inherited metabolic disease, Phe accumulates to abnormally high levels in the blood which, if left untreated, results in progressive and severe neurological impairment and neuropsychological complications. Preclinical data to be presented at the National PKU Alliance Conference demonstrate that inhibition of SLC6A19 increases urinary excretion of Phe and, in turn, significantly reduces blood Phe levels in a mouse model of PKU.
"There are currently limited treatment options for people living with PKU," said John Throup, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Head of Development at Jnana Therapeutics. "We are highly encouraged by these preclinical data confirming that SLC6A19 inhibition significantly reduces plasma Phe concentrations, the underlying driver of PKU disease, in a PKU mouse model. As a highly potent and selective inhibitor of SLC6A19, JNT-517 has the potential to be a first-in-class targeted oral treatment for all individuals with PKU, regardless of genetic background or age. We look forward to partnering with the PKU community to explore the therapeutic potential of JNT-517 in PKU."
JNT-517 is the first in a pipeline of potential therapies discovered by RAPID, Jnana's proprietary high-throughput screening-enabled chemoproteomics platform that uncovers unique binding sites on elusive disease targets and identifies novel small molecules to modulate them.
"JNT-517 is a prime example of the power of Jnana's RAPID platform to identify binding sites on the most challenging of therapeutic targets," said Joel Barrish, Ph.D., Co-founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Jnana. "We are now actively applying RAPID against other well-validated but previously undruggable targets, particularly in immune-mediated diseases and cancer, to deliver transformative treatment options to patients in need."
Based on JNT-517's promising preclinical profile, Jnana plans to initiate a Phase 1 clinical study later this year to assess safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of JNT-517 in healthy volunteers, followed by a PKU patient cohort to obtain key proof-of-concept data intended to support a subsequent registrational program.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited metabolic disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). This enzyme is required for the breakdown of phenylalanine (Phe), an amino acid found in all protein-containing foods. When PAH is deficient or defective, Phe accumulates to abnormally high levels in the blood. If left untreated, these toxic levels of Phe in the blood can result in progressive and severe neurological impairment and neuropsychological complications. Inhibition of the SLC transporter SLC6A19, responsible for kidney reabsorption of Phe back into the bloodstream, may offer a novel approach for the treatment of PKU.
Jnana Therapeutics is a biotechnology company leveraging its next-generation chemoproteomics RAPID platform to discover medicines for highly validated, previously undruggable targets to treat diseases with high unmet need. Jnana is focused on developing first- and best-in-class therapies to treat a wide range of diseases, including rare diseases, immune-mediated diseases and cancer. Jnana's lead program is a potential first-in-class oral approach, targeting an allosteric site on the phenylalanine transporter SLC6A19, for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare genetic metabolic disease. Located in Boston, Jnana brings together scientific leaders in small molecule drug discovery and development, a highly experienced management team and the backing of leading life science investors. For more information, please visit www.jnanatx.com and follow us on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
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ATLANTA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mammoth Holdings LLC, America's premier express car wash platform, announced its acquisition of one operating express conveyor car wash location in Port St. Lucie, FL, operating as Wash-N-Go.
"Wash-N-Go is an important addition to our South Florida market, and we plan to rapidly accelerate our growth in South Florida with both acquired and ground-up development locations," said Dave Hoffmann, Chairman and CEO of Mammoth Holdings.
"Mammoth made the process easy for me. When I saw that they were looking to expand, I was delighted with the opportunity to partner with a great team of high-integrity people," added Jim Gorant, Wash-N-Go's owner.
Mammoth Holdings is the first car wash platform formed by industry insiders and has 104 operating locations. Mammoth is customer-focused operationally; operator-focused in its approach to acquisitions; and seeks to be the partner-of-choice for car wash operators who desire liquidity, growth capital, and a tax-deferred equity investment opportunity. Mammoth Holdings' multi-brand portfolio includes Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty, among others.
Mammoth has significant growth capital and is actively seeking acquisitions and development opportunities.
In October 2018, Mammoth partnered with Red Dog Equity LLC, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, which, through its partnership with Tom Pritzker's family business interests (advised by The Pritzker Organization), provides the equity for Mammoth Holdings' corporate development initiatives. Monroe Capital and Morgan Stanley provide Mammoth Holdings' debt financing.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Mammoth Holdings operates 104 conveyor car washes under the Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty brands in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Utah, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Florida. Mammoth Holdings was founded by Gary Dennis and Chip Hackett in 2002. To learn more, please visit us online at mammothholdings.com.
Founded in 2004, Wash-N-Go operates two car washes in Florida. To learn more, please visit any Wash-N-Go location or see them online at washngofl.com.
Red Dog Equity LLC is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle-market companies poised for strong growth in partnership with driven, entrepreneurial business leaders ("Red Dogs"). To learn more, please visit reddogequity.com.
The Pritzker Organization is the merchant bank for the business interests of the Tom Pritzker family. Additional information can be found at pritzkerorg.com.
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- The brand has entered the list for five consecutive years
NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DAVID ARCHY, a men's innerwear brand dedicated to first-class craftsmanship and premium quality in creating men's underwear and comfort wear that combines minimalist styles with supreme comfort, has been ranked in the Top 10 Men's Underwear Brands on Amazon in the United States for the fifth consecutive year. As Amazon Prime Day is right around the corner on July 12th and continues through July 13th, DAVID ARCHY is ready to give back to Amazon Prime members in the US with its premium products.
With the slogan "Details Make a Decent Man," the brand places a premium on detail and materials, creating unique designs with superior fit and quality to fulfill the different needs of its customers. Take its men's underwear series as an example, DAVID ARCHY has perfected every detail in terms of function, materials, and design. "As an ergonomic underwear expert, we strive for optimum comfort and non-sensation through ergonomic tailoring, as well as strict fabric selection and inspection. We design underwear full of masculine beauty, but even more important, for comfort," said Jimmy Xu, Design Director of DAVID ARCHY.
In addition, DAVID ARCHY employs cutting-edge technologies to ensure its products provide unrivaled odor protection and keep the skin constantly dry. The antibromic technology allows silver ions to adhere to the surface of the fabrics and unleash their elemental powers in the fight against odor-causing bacteria, while OsmoHive® technology, which is designed with a honeycomb duct inside the cloth and allows for quick moisture exhalation.
In terms of product quality control, DAVID ARCHY has been adhering to diversified testing standards that exceed the national requirement. The brand has a complete set of quality control processes and strict quality control procedures, with as many as 21 quality inspection procedures.
Along with Amazon shoppers' support and positive comments such as "excellent" and "worth buying", DAVID ARCHY's ultimate quest for comfort and attention to polishing product details to high standards has also ensured its sales. By 2022, DAVID ARCHY's sales had increased at a rate of more than 40% per year for four years in succession, and several of its products had been Amazon Best Sellers multiple times since 2016, making it one of the industry's benchmark brands.
DAVID ARCHY will participate in the Prime Day yearly sale on July 12th and 13th with a selection of popular products, such as Breathable Underwear made by Bamboo Rayon fibers, Ultra Soft Mesh Quick Dry Sports Underwear, Soft Comfy Bamboo Rayon Undershirts. More well-designed products that cover all the essentials and keep customers feel cool and comfortable are also available on DAVID ARCHY's Amazon store at https://amzn.to/3Il2Fzc
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SAN ANTONIO — If you love roller coasters, then keep reading.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is debuting the "world’s steepest dive roller coaster," called Dr. Diabolical's Cliffhanger, on July 30.
It features a cliffhanger hold which suspends riders as they face straight down at a 95-degree, beyond-vertical drop, then releases them moments later into a terrifying 150-foot dive, the press release says.
"With eight intense elements including dramatic inversions and extreme airtime, it will quickly become a fan favorite,” said Park President Jeffrey Siebert.
KENS 5 previously reported on the roller coaster in July of 2021. Now, guests can spend their summer on the new ride.
"As guests enter the ride queue, they will be immersed in the story of Dr. Diabolical and her evil quest to create menacing creatures to frighten the world. To give her creations life, Dr. Diabolical constructed a machine to capture the essence of human adrenaline and fear," the release says.
Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger features three 21-passenger trains as riders reach a height of 15 stories, then pause face-first before diving at 60 MPH.
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(KTLA) — If you get a new Verizon phone in the mail, it’s not a scam.
The wireless company is sending new 4G LTE phones to customers still on Verizon’s 3G network.
Verizon plans to shut down its 3G network at the end of the year, which means those 3G devices will no longer make or receive calls.
According to Verizon’s support page, the company will automatically activate sent devices after 30 days. If a customer doesn’t want the new phone, they can call customer support and ask to “decline the free phone for CDMA Sunset.”
The replacement phones Verizon is sending are basic flip-style devices, including the 4G LTE Orbic Journey V, TCL FLIP Pro or Nokia 2720 V Flip phone. Contract and plan pricing will stay the same.
Verizon is one of the last major wireless providers to discontinue the use of its 3G network. AT&T shut down its 3G network in February, Sprint’s 3G network was retired in March, and T-Mobile plans to retire its 3G network this month. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/verizon-is-sending-free-phones-to-certain-customers/ | 2022-07-08T13:31:30Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/verizon-is-sending-free-phones-to-certain-customers/ | false |
Anti-Semitic flyers left in Lake County neighborhoods, deputies investigating
MINNEOLA, Fla. - The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after anti-Semitic flyers were left in a Minneola neighborhood.
"I thought… I’ve got to get these up before my neighbors see them. I don’t want them to think something this evil is in our yards," said one neighbor, who asked FOX 35 News not to share her name.
The woman filled four grocery bags with the pamphlets. She says she spotted them on a walk Thursday morning after the hateful images caught her eye.
"I said - that doesn’t look very friendly. So I checked it out and picked one up and read it and it was pretty awful," the resident said.
Lake County deputies say the messages were distributed in baggies, weighted down with pebbles. They were left all over the Park Ridge subdivision. They’re now trying to track down whoever dropped them off.
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"Here in our little city, I’ve never heard of anything like this happening before. I was completely thrown back by it," said Pam Serviss, the city’s vice mayor. She also lives in the neighborhood that was targeted.
Investigators say the anti-Semitic flyers have been left in other Lake County neighborhoods recently as well.
"It’s very disappointing that something like this had to happen. First and foremost, Minneola is not going to take this lightly," Serviss said.
Deputies are asking anyone who may have surveillance of the person who distributed the pamphlets to contact them. | https://www.wogx.com/news/anti-semitic-flyers-left-in-lake-county-neighborhoods-deputies-investigating | 2022-07-08T13:33:35Z | https://www.wogx.com/news/anti-semitic-flyers-left-in-lake-county-neighborhoods-deputies-investigating | true |
Here's how much special session on abortion, tax relief, will cost taxpayers
Indiana is poised to spend nearly $250,000 of taxpayer money paying lawmakers for a special session this July if it lasts two weeks.
Gov. Holcomb called legislators back for a special session in order to send a collective $1 billion back to Hoosiers in order to combat inflation, sending $225 back to Hoosier taxpayers.
Lawmakers also have signaled they will use the time to pass new abortion restrictions due to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. That will likely mean more days in special session, and more cost to taxpayers. A spokeswoman for House Republicans said leaders anticipate a multi-week session.
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, and Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, did not immediately respond to request for comment about the price tag.
More:Restricting abortion may mean more children in poverty. Indiana already lags on funding.
Every day lawmakers are in session starting when they convene on July 25, including weekends when they don't meet, a lawmaker will earn about a $117.60 per diem. That equals a total of $17,640 if all 150 lawmakers are present.
Once per week lawmakers also receive a travel stipend worth a collective $17,821.
That means if lawmakers are in session from July 25 until July 29, the state will spend $106,021. If lawmakers are in session from July 25 until Aug. 5 — a likely scenario — the state is expected to spend $247,322 to subsidize them.
Because of state law limiting such sessions to 40 days, lawmakers must wrap up the special session by Aug. 15.
The last time the General Assembly met in a special session was in 2018, when lawmakers failed to finish their business by the statutory deadline. That session only lasted a couple of hours, since most of the provisions had already been at least partially debated during session.
This upcoming special session could be weeks long because lawmakers have yet to vet an abortion proposal, and plan to hold committee hearings and take public testimony. Leading Republicans have been quiet about their specific plans for abortion legislation, refusing to publicly say whether they will allow for any exceptions for rape, incest or health of the pregnant person.
Call IndyStar reporter Kaitlin Lange at 317-432-9270 or email her at kaitlin.lange@indystar.com. Follow her on Twitter: @kaitlin_lange. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/08/indiana-special-session-abortion-tax-relief-taxpayers/7820435001/ | 2022-07-08T13:34:08Z | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/08/indiana-special-session-abortion-tax-relief-taxpayers/7820435001/ | true |
STOCKHOLM, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fishbrain (www.fishbrain.com) - the world's most popular platform and social network for people who love fishing - is raising money through Republic (www.republic.com), one of the leading online private investment platforms with over $700 million in investments to date. Fishbrain is now accepting investment (www.republic.com/fishbrain).
Johan Attby, Fishbrain CEO, comments: "Fishbrain is growing rapidly, building out the platform for the world's biggest hobby, sport fishing. We already have more than 14 million registered users on Fishbrain and we're the number one in the US market where 55 million people fish every year and spend $50 billion doing so. To accelerate this growth we will now raise a round so that our community can invest alongside our renowned global investors such as Northzone, B Capital and Softbank, and get the benefits not only from our service, but also as shareholders."
Already this year, Fishbrain has hired a new Chief Financial Officer and launched several new features for the community, such as: Fishbrain Reeled, a highlights reel of the year in fishing for community members (plus tips on how to progress); catch and release best practice policies; integrated Fish Rules (fishing regulations on a state by state basis in North America) into the app and website, following the 2021 acquisition; and partnered with Aspira, the largest hunting and fishing licensing management software provider in North America, to enhance conservation efforts.
In 2021, Fishbrain continued to evolve, through a combination of funding, new features, and strategic partnerships. In March last year, Fishbrain raised $31mn, which helped to expand its user base and hire across the company in multiple locations across the U.S. and Europe. Fishbrain further developed the app with the introduction of Garmin's Navionics HD Depth Charts. Additionally, Fishbrain bolstered the company's senior team with the addition of Stina Granberg as Chief Operating Officer, as well as Maria Hedengren (ex-Readly CEO), Karim Abdel-Ghaffar (Westerly Winds founding partner), and Dylan Bolden (Boston Consulting Group, Managing Director and Senior Partner), who joined the board.
About Fishbrain
Fishbrain is the world's most popular mobile app, social network, and social commerce platform for people who love fishing. With over 14 million registered users across the globe, the free-to-use app helps create the best possible fishing experience by providing everyone - whether beginner or pro - with the tools, insights, support, and fishing gear to fully enjoy the world's most popular hobby. The app's interactive map helps anglers find hot new fishing spots and see what other people are catching, with what bait and specifically where.
Stockholm-headquartered Fishbrain disrupts an industry that has remained traditional, not only making fishing more accessible, but also levelling the playing field for the growing numbers of women, minorities, and young people looking to take up the sport. The startup has been twice named by WIRED as one of Europe's Hottest Startups, and has fostered a passionate and collaborative community; by helping them take their technique to the next level and arming them with the tools and gear needed to succeed.
Fishbrain's in-app and on-web marketplace, Fishbrain Shop, allows users to find and purchase the best fishing gear from over 350 of the world's most respected brands. With other features like Fish Species Recognition, marine mapping (provided by Garmin/Navionics), forecasts, bait recommendations and more, Fishbrain has become one of the most valuable and rewarding tools in a fisherman's tackle box. Fishbrain values responsible fishing, supporting a catch and release approach, and the sustainable harvest of fish species.
For more information visit www.fishbrain.com
About Republic
Republic (www.republic.com) is a financial technology firm that allows everyone to invest in private markets. Republic operates several distinct business lines including a retail investment platform, a private capital division, and a blockchain advisory practice. The Republic ecosystem has deployed over $1 billion in investments, has supported over 600 companies, and is comprised of a community of over 2.5mn users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and its affiliated entities have co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit www.republic.com or @joinrepublic on Twitter.
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Vivica A. Fox is holding tight to her crown as the queen of the Lifetime Movie Network! ET's Nischelle Turner caught up with the Keeping Up with the Joneses star on the set of season 2 of the hit movie series event. Fox both stars in and produces the films of LMN’s prolific Wrong franchise, which kicked off with a hit three-part Lifetime limited series last year.
The franchise follows Fox's Robin, the matriarch of a wealthy family, who, along with her four stepdaughters, will stop at nothing to protect their business and family after they're threatened.
After the death of her second husband Webb (Ted McGinley), Robin stands to inherit a fortune with the help of family lawyer Sheldon’s (Michael Paré) legal wrangling. Carrie's (Ciarra Carter) philanthropic endeavors have always taken a backseat to the family’s business, but now, with Lance (Adonis Williams) at her side, she plans to expand her role by creating the Crystal Water Fund. Meanwhile, Kayla (Shellie Sterling) is enjoying the single life until she meets Carter (Sam Schweikert), who she quickly falls for. Tara (Jasmine Aivaliotis) begins an affair with her college professor, while Pam (Arie Thompson) strikes up a friendship with Stephen Napoli (Chris Cleveland) -- the CEO of the construction company building the family’s new water facility -- who she grows close to after someone vandalizes the building. But Pam is in for an even bigger shock when the child she gave up for adoption years ago suddenly returns!
"The main goal of Keeping Up With the Joneses was to bring back the days of Dynasty with a little bit of cat fight, fabulous costume, fabulous fashions," Fox shared. "I enjoy this, to be honest with you, because I know right now, there's all the rage with the reality TV catfight type of thing. That doesn't work for me, but if you want me to act with the claws coming out, it's on."
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss serves as the film series' narrator.
Fox is grateful to have found a home on the movie network, noting that she "loves" Lifetime because they "know their audience."
"The sisters have [always] supported me. They will sit around and get their onesie and hot chocolate and binge-watch Vivica Fox all weekend," she noted. "So, it's literally turned into the gift that keeps on giving. Lifetime was the first network to give me my own series back in the day. And, my relationship with them has just really... They've turned me into a filmmaker, and I'm very grateful."
With such a prolific career, there isn't much that Fox hasn't done in her decades of acting, producing, and hosting. "I'm very honest with my agents and my management team about roles that I don't want to do, so they don't even approach me with it," she told ET.
But there is one role that Fox recalled slipping through her fingers -- although she admittedly appreciated the final choice the directors went with.
"The only role that I really wanted that I came close to getting was Storm, but they cast Halle Berry, which she did an amazing job," she recalled. "So, I could say that was about the only one, yeah."
Figuring out what she does and doesn't want to do in her career is a gift Fox does her best to impress upon the younger actors she works with. "I believe that it's all about choices so that if you know a role is not for you, I pass that advice onto young actresses. Do what feels right to you," she said. "Don't have a problem being a triple threat. Be able to sing, dance, and act. But, you can feel when an actor just really isn't there for a role. To me, just the camera reads it."
That's another reason Vivica appreciates her relationship with Lifetime and the franchise they've built together. "Keeping Up With the Joneses is all about girl power, where the executive producer, myself, is a [woman]," she said. "You've got five amazing starring ladies. The narrator is a lady. So, we've got girl power going over here."
Keeping Up With the Joneses returns to the Lifetime Movie Network with four new two-hour films beginning July 8.
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LFR announces two new roles for department personnel
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Fire & Rescue has announced new roles for two department leaders.
LFR says that Battalion Chief Jamie Pospisil, one of the six on-duty battalion chiefs, has been promoted to lead the department’s Emergency Medical Services Division.
This follows the retirement of Division Chief Roger Bonin, who retired on Thursday, June 30th, after 26 years with Lincoln Fire & Rescue.
After 26 years, today is Division Chief Bonin's last day with Lincoln Fire & Rescue. Roger, we congratulate you on your service to LFR and we wish you a wonderful retirement! pic.twitter.com/ACFaRP0Zow
— Lincoln Fire & Rescue (LFR) (@LNKFireRescue) June 30, 2022
As a result of Chief Pospisil’s promotion, the department promoted Captain Curt Faust, a veteran leader who’s been with LFR since 1995.
Faust was most recently captain of LFR’s Truck Company #1.
We would like to congratulate Captain Faust on his promotion to Battalion Chief. Curt began his career with Lincoln Fire & Rescue as a Firefighter in 1995. He was promoted to Captain in 2005. Congratulations Curt! pic.twitter.com/hpGxyWqYBc
— Lincoln Fire & Rescue (LFR) (@LNKFireRescue) June 22, 2022
Chief Engler presented newly promoted Battalion Chief Faust with his Chief helmet Friday with his family present. Congratulations Curt! pic.twitter.com/lvEnU7RI9n
— Lincoln Fire & Rescue (LFR) (@LNKFireRescue) July 1, 2022
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Hull sign former Fulham midfielder Jean Michael Seri on three-year deal
By PA Staff published
Hull have signed former Fulham midfielder Jean Michael Seri on a three-year contract, the Sky Bet Championship club have announced.
The 30-year-old Ivory Coast international was a free agent after being released by the Cottagers earlier this summer.
Seri spent four years with the London club and played a key role as they won promotion back to the Premier League last term.
A statement read: “Hull City are delighted to announce the signing of experienced midfielder Jean Michael Seri on a three-year contract, subject to obtaining a work permit.”
Seri previously played for Nice and also had loan spells at Galatasaray and Bordeaux during his time on Fulham’s books.
His move to Hull comes after the Tigers’ capture of Turkey midfielder Ozan Tufan from Fenerbahce last week.
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STOCKHOLM, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fishbrain (www.fishbrain.com) - the world's most popular platform and social network for people who love fishing - is raising money through Republic (www.republic.com), one of the leading online private investment platforms with over $700 million in investments to date. Fishbrain is now accepting investment (www.republic.com/fishbrain).
Johan Attby, Fishbrain CEO, comments: "Fishbrain is growing rapidly, building out the platform for the world's biggest hobby, sport fishing. We already have more than 14 million registered users on Fishbrain and we're the number one in the US market where 55 million people fish every year and spend $50 billion doing so. To accelerate this growth we will now raise a round so that our community can invest alongside our renowned global investors such as Northzone, B Capital and Softbank, and get the benefits not only from our service, but also as shareholders."
Already this year, Fishbrain has hired a new Chief Financial Officer and launched several new features for the community, such as: Fishbrain Reeled, a highlights reel of the year in fishing for community members (plus tips on how to progress); catch and release best practice policies; integrated Fish Rules (fishing regulations on a state by state basis in North America) into the app and website, following the 2021 acquisition; and partnered with Aspira, the largest hunting and fishing licensing management software provider in North America, to enhance conservation efforts.
In 2021, Fishbrain continued to evolve, through a combination of funding, new features, and strategic partnerships. In March last year, Fishbrain raised $31mn, which helped to expand its user base and hire across the company in multiple locations across the U.S. and Europe. Fishbrain further developed the app with the introduction of Garmin's Navionics HD Depth Charts. Additionally, Fishbrain bolstered the company's senior team with the addition of Stina Granberg as Chief Operating Officer, as well as Maria Hedengren (ex-Readly CEO), Karim Abdel-Ghaffar (Westerly Winds founding partner), and Dylan Bolden (Boston Consulting Group, Managing Director and Senior Partner), who joined the board.
About Fishbrain
Fishbrain is the world's most popular mobile app, social network, and social commerce platform for people who love fishing. With over 14 million registered users across the globe, the free-to-use app helps create the best possible fishing experience by providing everyone - whether beginner or pro - with the tools, insights, support, and fishing gear to fully enjoy the world's most popular hobby. The app's interactive map helps anglers find hot new fishing spots and see what other people are catching, with what bait and specifically where.
Stockholm-headquartered Fishbrain disrupts an industry that has remained traditional, not only making fishing more accessible, but also levelling the playing field for the growing numbers of women, minorities, and young people looking to take up the sport. The startup has been twice named by WIRED as one of Europe's Hottest Startups, and has fostered a passionate and collaborative community; by helping them take their technique to the next level and arming them with the tools and gear needed to succeed.
Fishbrain's in-app and on-web marketplace, Fishbrain Shop, allows users to find and purchase the best fishing gear from over 350 of the world's most respected brands. With other features like Fish Species Recognition, marine mapping (provided by Garmin/Navionics), forecasts, bait recommendations and more, Fishbrain has become one of the most valuable and rewarding tools in a fisherman's tackle box. Fishbrain values responsible fishing, supporting a catch and release approach, and the sustainable harvest of fish species.
For more information visit www.fishbrain.com
About Republic
Republic (www.republic.com) is a financial technology firm that allows everyone to invest in private markets. Republic operates several distinct business lines including a retail investment platform, a private capital division, and a blockchain advisory practice. The Republic ecosystem has deployed over $1 billion in investments, has supported over 600 companies, and is comprised of a community of over 2.5mn users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and its affiliated entities have co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit www.republic.com or @joinrepublic on Twitter.
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And a Special New Summer Update for My Talking Angela 2
LONDON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outfit7 today announced the release of its brand new song and music video, true friendship and supports the company's big summer update for the My Talking Angela 2 mobile game.
"Shine Together". Starring its superstar character, Talking Angela, the anthem is a celebration of "My Talking Angela 2 was the most downloaded game worldwide when it was launched in summer 2021 and it's one of our most successful game launches to date," said Helder Lopes, Head of R&D and VP of Design and Animation at Outfit7. "To celebrate its first anniversary, we wanted to treat our players to something extra special. The game update and the music video give them all-new ways to connect with Angela and express their own special talents."
With catchy lyrics and compelling dance moves, "Shine Together" captures the BFF spirit fans have come to know and love in My Talking Angela 2. The music video's dynamic 3D animated visuals open up the world of the game like never before, inviting players to dance and sing along with their new best friend.
The new game update builds on the summer fun, offering seasonal outfits, decorations, and stickers – plus the exciting debut of the Talent Show activity. Players can help Angela perform and if the adorable panel of pet judges like what they see, there are exclusive rewards to unlock. They're also encouraged to unleash their creativity and earn rewards in the glittery new jewelry-making activity.
To let your talents shine with Talking Angela this summer, you can watch the music video on YouTube and get the new My Talking Angela 2 update.
ABOUT OUTFIT7: Outfit7 Limited is a dynamic force in mobile gaming, reaching a global audience of billions with its award-winning games. Powered by creativity and industry-leading expertise, the company's talented international team of over 350 people pushes the boundaries of the possible every day. Outfit7's 20+ games have now been downloaded worldwide over 18 billion times and up to 470 million fans play with them every month. Its portfolio also includes numerous chart-topping animated series, theme parks, and a licensing program. You can find more information at www.outfit7.com.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is warning tourists to stay away from several areas of Mexico near the U.S. border because officials fear a prominent cartel leader's arrest could lead to violence in the area.
The Department of State on Friday upgraded the travel advisory for Baja California to level 3, which urges U.S. citizens to reconsider their travel plans due to the possibility of kidnapping or other violent crimes.
The advisory encompasses the cities of Tijuana and Rosarito in Baja California.
"U.S. citizens should expect to encounter increased Mexican law enforcement presence in those areas," according to the advisory. "Criminal organization assassinations and territorial disputes can result in bystanders being injured or killed."
The U.S did not publicly identify the cartel boss who was arrested. But the advisory likely referred to Francisco Torres, sometimes referred to as “El Duranguillo," who was taken into custody by Mexico's army on July 2.
According to Vice, his arrest led to a tense standoff between Torres' men and soldiers. The cartel members reportedly offered the soldiers 10 million pesos — worth about $500,000 — but the soldiers refused.
An hourlong gunfight broke out between the two factions. Video by Noticias Telemundo shows people running in a parking lot as the sound of gunfire rings out.
One man died in the firefight and four soldiers were wounded, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.
For anybody traveling to Mexico, especially the Baja California area, the U.S. State Department urges caution. Travelers are advised to follow the following advice while across the border:
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- Maintain a high level of vigilance and keep a low profile.
- Monitor local media for updates and in case of emergency, call 911.
- Review your personal security plans and follow the instructions of local authorities. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/travel-advisory-mexico/507-987be1b9-3f38-4265-b5d1-82c067159f14 | 2022-07-08T13:41:38Z | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/travel-advisory-mexico/507-987be1b9-3f38-4265-b5d1-82c067159f14 | false |
WASHINGTON — America’s employers shrugged off high inflation and weakening growth to add 372,000 jobs in June, a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow price increases.
The unemployment rate in June remained at 3.6% for a fourth straight month, the Labor Department said Friday, matching a near-50-year low that was reached before the pandemic struck in early 2020.
The past year’s streak of robust hiring has been good for job seekers and has led to higher pay for many employees. But it has also helped fuel the highest inflation in four decades and heightened pressure on the Fed to further slow borrowing and spending.
Many employers are still struggling to fill jobs, especially in the economy’s vast service sector, with Americans now traveling, eating out and attending public events with much greater frequency. The Fed may regard the June job gain as evidence that the rapid pace of hiring is feeding inflation as companies raise pay to attract workers and then increase prices to cover their higher labor costs.
The Fed has already embarked on its fastest series of rate hikes since the 1980s, and further large increases would making borrowing much costlier for consumers and businesses and increase the risk of a recession.
The persistent desire of many businesses to hire and grow is providing a bulwark against the likelihood that the economy will tip into recession over the next year. Even if a downturn does occur, the healthy job and pay growth of the past year could help keep it relatively brief and mild.
For now, there are roughly two posted job openings for every unemployed worker. And the number of people seeking unemployment benefits — a proxy for layoffs and an early indicator of a downturn — remains far below historic averages, although it has ticked up recently.
At the same time, economic growth has been negative for two straight quarters, consumers are slowing their spending with inflation at a four-decade high and home sales have fallen as the Fed has jacked up borrowing costs.
And hiring could weaken in the coming months. The Fed wants job growth to slow, at least modestly, as part of its strenuous efforts to cool the economy and curb high inflation. The Biden administration, too, has sought to portray any pullback in hiring as part of a welcome transition to a more sustainable economy that will help keep inflation down.
But the transition to a more sustainable pace of growth and hiring is likely to be a bumpy one. If, for example, the Fed’s rate cuts end up slowing growth too much, as many analysts fear, the economy could slide into a recession by next year. Already, signs of a slowdown are evident. In May, consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, fell for the first time since December. Sales of existing homes have fallen nearly 9% compared with a year ago.
And some companies are announcing layoffs, or have paused hiring. In particular, several large retailers, including Walmart and Amazon, have said they over-hired during the pandemic, with Walmart reducing its headcount by attrition.
Tesla is cutting about 3.5% of its total headcount. Netflix has laid off about 450 employees after it reported losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. The online automotive retailer Carvana and real estate companies Redfin and Compass have also announced job cuts.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has held out hope that the economy will continue to expand even as the central bank raises borrowing costs at its fastest pace since the late 1980s. But Powell has also acknowledged that overseas factors, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has elevated gas and food prices, will make it difficult to avoid a recession.
Last month, he conceded that a recession “is not our intended outcome but it’s certainly a possibility.”
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Family-owned business continues to lead the way in producing high-quality, affordable custom homes throughout Midwest
ROCHESTER, Ind., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1972, Rochester Homes, Inc. (RHI) is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Milam Anderson founded the company to create quality, affordable homes and establish trusting relationships with customers and business partners alike. Over the past five decades, RHI has continued growing and manufacturing modular homes throughout the Midwest. Looking to the future, the company remains committed to founding principles and pledges to continue providing excellent homes for families across America.
The founder of Rochester Homes, Inc., Milam Anderson, started his company with the help of 30 employees in 1972. They aimed to build HUD code homes, often referred to as mobile or modular housing, and ship them around the Midwest so that people could have affordable houses. As the Anderson family and the team grew the business, RHI learned to apply production techniques and systems building methods to produce IRC code homes placed on a permanent foundation. Often called Volumetric Modular Construction, today's homes are built to the same exact code as any site or "stick" framed house.
VP of Sales Alex Berlin says, "I worked on stick framing crews when I was in high school and college. The first time I walked into Rochester Homes, I was amazed at what they could accomplish off-site. The production facility and assembly line take away all the things that slowed us down on-site—weather delays, the difficulty of working on ladders or lifting heavy items without machinery, and just the simple idea of having tools at each workstation. I knew that there was an untapped potential to reach home buyers who are interested in building their quality, affordable, and custom home."
Now with a staff of over 130 people, RHI focuses on bringing their customers quality homes that last a lifetime. The company evolved from mobile home manufacturers to solely specializing in modular construction techniques that produce quality homes treated the same as any site or stick-built home by banks, realtors, appraisers, inspectors, and tradespeople.
"I have grown up around this business and have seen everyone that it has impacted in a very positive way." says GM Tyler Anderson. "Ever since I was a kid I have always said that this is what I wanted to do. The main reason I have always wanted to do this Is because I have always looked up to my Dad, I knew very little about the potential of RHI at the time. The more hands-on I have gotten with the product as I have gotten older the more I have realized what we do makes sense. Through the years we have had the ability to test what works and what doesn't work and adapt. A production line that builds homes has several moving components such as the jigs we build on, hinged trusses, Subassembly components, transportation carriers, home setup, and most important the people on that production line assembling the product. If we have issues in the field with a home, our builders have the ability to talk to me or Alex directly which in turn we can adjust a building technique on the production line. We aren't out to recreate the wheel our goal is to adapt and build the best possible home with real-life experience. The team we have created over the years knows what works in a modular setting. We build within systems, for example, all of our structural components are pre-designed so when a customer is after a certain look we may have to make some minor adjustments. The reason we make those adjustments is to control the complexity and give the people on the line some similarity so we aren't always re-learning things, this ensures when that home with all of its complexity's gets set on a job site it's consistent."
The Anderson family prides itself on being family-owned and operated for the 50 years of the company's existence. Milam Anderson transitioned the company to his son Kenny Anderson in the '90s. Kenny completed two factory additions to grow both the volume and modular capability of RHI.
"I like to look back at the history of Rochester Homes and think about all the lives we have touched" says Kenny Anderson. "This business has supported not only the Anderson, Berlin, and Rochester Homes families, but also all of the builders who buy our product and suppliers who furnish our materials. I knew that transitioning the company to the next generation and carrying on a tradition of supporting families around the Midwest was the only way to go."
Kenny transitioned the business in 2015 and said goodbye to RHI after retiring at the end of 2021. The next generation of leadership took over when Kenny's son, Tyler Anderson, and son-in-law, Alex Berlin, acquired ownership in 2015, after both working at the company for around ten years. Since then, Rochester Homes has continued to be one of the leaders in changing how the world views constructing homes and promoting the modular method of building homes.
Everyone at Rochester Homes understands how meaningful it is to celebrate a half-century in business. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) estimates that for every 100 homes built, 419 jobs are created. After RHI constructs the modules for each project, the local builder then employs contractors and subcontractors to excavate, pour foundations, install HVAC and plumbing mechanicals, build garages, build porches, and much more. Each home is an economic boon to its community. By the end of this year, Rochester Homes will have built over 8,500 homes total, or around 170 homes per year. RHI has averaged around 250 homes per year for the past ten years, ranging in final retail price from $135,000 to $1,000,000+ (not including land). The leadership team is truly grateful for the many people involved in this milestone.
See a full timeline of the company's history at rochesterhomesinc.com/history.
Rochester Homes, Inc. is a modular home manufacturer at the forefront of the next generation of homebuilders. The business model is to build modules for homes at their production facility based in Rochester, IN. Builders all around the Midwest choose to use RHI products as one of the methods to complete their custom projects for the retail customer. Builders will typically design a home, and use RHI to construct the modules, which can be completed up to the cabinet and countertop installation and even the first coat of primer on the drywall. The builder then ships to the job site and installs the modules on a permanent concrete crawlspace or basement, and then finishes garages, porches, flatwork, and landscaping. The combination of the volume of RHI and the local dedication from builders around the Midwest makes quality, customized home building possible while keeping it affordable. The company takes pride in providing homes to the Midwest alongside our building partners. Without them and the wonderful RHI team, these past 50 years would have not been possible. RHI currently services Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio. For more information, visit www.rochesterhomesinc.com or email info@rochesterhomesinc.com.
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574-224-7327
1345 N. Lucas St, Rochester, IN 46975
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HARTFORD, Conn., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ), a closed-end fund, announced today that it will begin to process its monthly distribution of $0.0375 per common share, which was previously scheduled to be paid on July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 13, 2022.
In addition, the Fund's Board has declared the monthly distribution of $0.0375 per common share for payment on August 1 to shareholders of record as of July 11, 2022 (ex-dividend date of July 8, 2022).
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Work on smart classrooms nearing completion in seven schools in Salem
Work on converting classrooms into smart classrooms in seven schools is nearing completion in Salem Corporation limits.
Under the Smart Cities Mission, it was decided to convert classrooms in seven Corporation schools into smart classrooms at a cost of ₹4.80 crore. Under this project, Fort Municipal Boys Higher Secondary School in ward 31, Ammapet Boys Higher Secondary School in ward 38, Municipal Higher Secondary School at Vaiyapuri Street in ward 39, Pavadi Boys Higher Secondary School in ward 40, Pavadi Girls Higher Secondary Schools in wards 41 and 42, and Gugai Girls Higher Secondary School in ward 46 were selected
Corporation officials attached to the engineering department said at Gugai school, five classrooms were converted, and in the remaining six schools, two smart classrooms each will be built. There will be a digital smart panel board, chairs, powerpoints, and air-conditioning facilities in the smart classrooms.
Officials added that 90% of the work has been completed and the remaining will be completed soon.
At the Fort Boys Higher Secondary School, students have started to learn in smart classrooms. Teachers said due to the phoenix sound system available in the smart classes, students are able to understand the pronunciation of English words. Teachers added, “now seeing these smart classrooms, students from other schools are also getting admission to our school.”
Speaking to The Hindu, K.S. Dharanish Maharaj, a class VI student of Fort Boys Higher Secondary School, said, “earlier while the teacher explained the lesson, we only understood it through sound. But now. we easily understand the lessons taught with visuals on the digital board.”
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Coastal grandmother style: New fashion trend doesn’t require grandkids
Lex Nicoleta shared details of the coastal grandmother aesthetic — and why it combines flowy fabrics, beachfront homes and a slower, easier lifestyle
Wearing your grandma’s clothes is in!
What might’ve been considered "old" in earlier days has now become a nation-sweeping new fashion trend called the coastal grandmother — and you don’t need grandkids to be part of it. Not at all.
The trend, coined by Lex Nicoleta of TikTok, combines everything that gives off chic coastal vibes — from beachy and easy-to-wear clothing to cedar-shingled homes on the water, Ina Garten recipes and Nancy Meyers movies.
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Nicoleta advised that trend followers invest in a few staple items, including a white button-down shirt, a bucket hat, a white dress with a delicate silhouette, linen pants or shorts, a cozy sweatshirt, vintage sunglasses and a neutral-toned sandal.
"Cozy kitchen and finance husband are not included," she joked in a TikTok video. "Sorry about that."
A-list celebrities including Martha Stewart and Meryl Streep influenced the trend with their own aesthetics, including Diane Keaton's beachy look in the 2003 film "Something’s Gotta Give" — Jack Nicholson and Keanu Reeves also starred in that movie — which has apparently set the standard.
Nicoleta told Fox News Digital she drew inspiration from her own coastal grandmother as the aesthetic came to life.
Nicoleta shared in an interview with Fox News Digital this week that she's always been drawn to the sense of "coziness and safety" that comes along with beach-side lifestyle.
She said she drew inspiration from her own coastal grandmother as the aesthetic came to life.
The reason the style is resonating with people, Nicoleta assumed, is because the public has taken the time to "slow down" ever since the coronavirus pandemic, while focusing on "what makes us truly happy."
"It’s about the way you live your life," she said.
She referenced the importance of "slowing down and taking time to enjoy the little things, like flipping through magazines and sipping tea on a Sunday morning or preparing a dinner with the day’s farmer's market finds."
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"That is the beautiful thing about it — it’s for everyone."
Nicoleta also said she feels "passionate" about showcasing how women get better with age.
"We’re sold this bill of goods that says that we peak in our 20s, and then it’s downhill from there," she said. "This is just simply not the case."
The coastal grandmother trend has taken off on social media.
The hashtag has received 149.5 million views and counting on TikTok so far.
Major style brands such as Harper’s Bazaar, Lingua Franca NYC and Vogue have all given some attention to the trend.
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Vogue.com considered coastal grandmother the "hottest trend for summer" in a Memorial Day weekend feature.
The overall coastal gran aesthetic has also been adopted into interior design and home décor.
Home essentials to nail the vibe include a cozy kitchen, a thriving garden, a bowl of lemons and plenty of ginger jars, Nicoleta noted.
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The Evolution of Pride as America's Second Lingerer\n29 OctThe history shows no doubt how a national sense grows within communities that can be measured over decades with some of America experiencing a 47 times rate difference (5 percent today down) on being willingly being out with one of these groupings by the turn at middle into the next millenium when I am more confident about the last being as an \"averagian/degrees.\" In An improperly sealed ventilation system caused the radioactive leak that contaminated three workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility earlier this year, requiring one of the employees to receive medical treatment, according to an internal federal review.
The review says a misaligned connection between the ventilation system and a glove box allowed radioactive material to slip through a degraded gasket on an old, unused port, raising questions about how these systems are inspected and maintained.
A glove box is a sealed compartment with attached gloves that workers use to handle radioactive material. The review looked at a January radioactive release involving a glove box, one of several such incidents reported in recent years.
In its newly posted June 3 report, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board gave a summary of the review conducted by the National Nuclear Security Administration, a U.S. Energy Department branch.
The nuclear security agency’s review made 27 conclusions and listed nine areas that need correction to prevent similar incidents.
“Glove boxes are required to maintain confinement even under loss of ventilation,” the safety board said in its recap. “In this event, the glovebox failed to perform its safety function.”
Nuclear security officials said Wednesday the full review wasn’t ready to be released.
The agency’s field office has requested Triad National Security LLC, the lab’s primary contractor, provide a corrective action plan within 30 days that addresses the report’s nine judgments.
The agency is calling for improved glove box management as plans for the lab to produce 30 nuclear bomb cores — or pits — per year by 2026 will increase the amount of plutonium and radioactive waste workers handle.
On Jan. 7, a worker discovered a breach on the right side of a glove box and notified the radiological control technicians who sounded the alarm, prompting the six-person crew to evacuate the room.
The radioactive release contaminated two workers’ faces, heads and protective gear.
Nose swabs revealed three workers in the room might have breathed in airborne contaminants. One of them had to undergo chelation therapy, which purges heavy metals from the blood and is used in some cases of radiation exposure.
The report notes that subsequent tests showed the workers’ radiation doses did not exceed the threshold for creating a formal accident investigation board, but the nuclear security agency went ahead with the probe for learning purposes and to document the shortcomings.
The findings include:
u Insufficient oversight and lack of formal guidelines on how glove boxes should be configured; in this case, how securely they are connected to ventilation systems.
u Inadequate control of hazards posed by glove box accessories, such as old ports and defective gaskets in the vent systems.
u Overreliance on workers’ skills to avoid mishaps.
u Confusion over who is responsible for managing glove boxes.
Inspectors have noted that since 2011, facility personnel have monitored and planned to address about 40 accessories with questionable seals, including four that failed in this event, the safety board’s report said.
In an email, lab spokeswoman Laura Ann Mullane wrote the investigation gave the lab a chance to examine operations and identify how training, oversight and maintenance could be improved.
“Our reliance on glove boxes and their safe operation are critical to accomplishing our mission and ensuring the safety of our workforce,” Mullane wrote.
The lab is developing a “holistic strategy” toward glove box safety by addressing potential problems at every level, from upper management to glove box operators, Mullane wrote.
Triad is reorganizing its plutonium operations, which includes adding a control manager to oversee glove box work, make these compartments safer and install new ones, she wrote.
Crews are working to upgrade glove boxes and remove aging, flawed accessories as part of the plutonium facility’s modernization, Mullane wrote.
A watchdog group said the corrective actions on compartments where radioactive materials are handled is long overdue and never should have been put off this long.
“They’re behind the curve all the time,” said Scott Kovac, the research and operations director for the nonprofit Nuclear Watch New Mexico. “They shouldn’t have problems with gloves and gaskets at this late point. They’ve had 20 years or more to work on this.”
The lab tends to work from the assumption that everything is fine, and then goes into crisis mode when something goes awry, Kovac said. That makes its approach reactive rather than preventive, he added.
“They need to start from the position of making sure everything is absolutely OK, and they don’t do that,” Kovac said.
Another critic said deteriorating gaskets and misaligned hookups on old ventilation systems are the latest signs the lab is struggling to convert an aging facility into a plant that can produce almost triple the pits the lab has ever made in a year.
“There will be small problems, and there will be large problems,” said Greg Mello, executive director of the nonprofit Los Alamos Study Group. “I’m not positive about LANL’s ability to get on top of all of these problems.”
Having to make pits “reliably and relentlessly” will be far more difficult than in the past when the lab had the luxury of suspending production for months if something went amiss, Mello added.
But Mullane wrote improving the glove boxes will bolster the existing layers of defense for workers, including protective gear, air monitoring systems and alarms.
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Smart Manufacturing, often referred to as "Industry 4.0," refers to the fusion of digital manufacturing techniques with traditional manufacturing techniques. While there are many technologies that can be identified as playing a part in smart manufacturing, this article will focus on four that are currently receiving attention: cloud adoption, the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing. Successful deployment of smart manufacturing technologies can lead to faster, more efficient production that is also safer for factory floor workers. Implementation of these technologies also poses intellectual property challenges to which manufacturers may not be accustomed but that, if managed appropriately, promise great rewards.
Cloud Adoption
Cloud computing refers to the distribution of data and applications over multiple locations, allowing on-demand access to the data and applications from several locations by users. As with many other industries, manufacturers are adopting cloud-based computing techniques to enable agile manufacturing and provide real-time data to the production floor. For example, capacity loading information from several production machines, perhaps located at several different geographic locations, can be shared to a cloud so that it is accessible by a distribution unit in real time. This enables the distribution of work to production machines in an efficient manner.
Market Research Future forecasts $111.9 billion of cloud computing investment in the manufacturing sector. Manufacturers contemplating moving their production processes to the cloud should take a moment to assess whether the new process is patentable. While it may seem counterintuitive that moving an existing manufacturing process to a cloud-based platform would yield patentable subject matter, a brief survey of issued patents shows that changes necessary to modify a process so that it executes properly on a cloud-based platform can, indeed, lead to patentable subject matter. Moreover, newly-generated software routines to implement the cloud-based process are likely the subject of copyright, and protection for such materials should be evaluated.
A related issue for manufacturers moving to cloud-based platforms is the security of their systems and data. Cloud-based systems, because of their inherent interconnectedness with other systems, are susceptible to attack. In 2020, targeted ransomware emerged as a pervasive cyber threat to manufacturing. Such attacks are expected to increase as manufacturing companies adopt increasingly digital profiles. Companies adapting smart manufacturing technology need to protect their intellectual property and the resultant data that is generated. Data breach remediation is also likely to be important; information-stealing attacks make up about a third of cyberattacks on manufacturing concerns, with one in five companies successfully compromised.
The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to inclusion of sensors, processing ability, and communication technology in physical devices. IoT has already begun to change how we view devices in our homes; smart TVs, smart thermostats, and smart appliances are seemingly ubiquitous. That perspective change is coming to manufacturing as well, as several companies race to release a universal operating system for all IoT devices. Beyond the obvious changes to the manufacturing floor itself, manufacturers should be aware of two foundational changes IoT will make to their business: IoT will make protection of trade secrets increasingly difficult, and IoT will radically change the relationship a manufacturer has with the end consumer.
Traditionally, many aspects of a manufacturing line were protected as trade secrets. For example, the exact setting used for a machine to process raw material into the desired result might be something known only to the individuals tasked with running that machine. In the IoT world, that machine is interconnected with other machines, and that interconnectedness makes it a potential target for attack. Successfully compromised machines may give up their settings, preferences, and other secrets that make a manufacturing line "special." So again, cybersecurity and data management will need to be priorities, not afterthoughts, in the factory of the future.
Looking outwardly, IoT radically changes the traditional relationship a manufacturer has with the end consumer, as it allows the manufacturer to have access to data regarding use of its end products. While collection of actual data on consumer usage is a fantastic benefit for manufacturers, it comes with obligations surrounding both the collection of that data and securing the data after it has been collected. Provided that the data collected from end users is done in a transparent, privacy-responsible manner, that data represents a commercial asset that may ultimately prove more valuable than the original business.
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
The terms "machine learning" and "AI" are usually used to refer to techniques to enable machines to think like human beings. Applications of these techniques in manufacturing can include predictive maintenance, predictive quality and yield, digital twinning, generative design, energy consumption forecasting, and supply chain management. This area of technology may represent the largest opportunity for manufacturers to develop and maintain trade secrets relating to their operations. Identification of specific algorithms and the inputs provided to those algorithms to produce a desired result will differ between manufacturers, and a manufacturer that hits on a constellation of choices that results in superior performance will likely want to keep that from others in the field.
Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing, sometimes referred to as "3-D printing," continues to attract interest and venture capital money despite the recent decline in the consumer market. Additive manufacturing allows lighter, stronger alloys to be used instead of traditional materials. It also enables a more efficient supply chain in which parts are manufactured when and where they are needed, rather than being manufactured in one place and shipped to another.
Although some recent developments point to a future in which large, complex items such as entire vehicles can be printed, most current use cases for this technology are to produce parts or subsystems for use in larger systems. The ability to use additive printing technology to manufacture machine parts requires manufacturers to be cognizant of the patent law doctrine of repair and reconstruction, which distinguishes between permissible repair of a patented article and impermissible reconstruction of a patented article, the latter of which is patent infringement. Manufacturers of larger systems will likely want to consult with patent counsel to ensure that their patent coverage is as robust as possible. Similarly, manufacturers of smaller components may require more extensive indemnity provisions in service contracts to shift the risk of patent infringement back to the customer.
Each part manufactured by 3-D printing is represented as a data file that is used by the printer to manufacture the desired object. Manufacturers will want to consider to what extent their data files can be protected by copyright, allowing them to control the ultimate manufacture of the object represented by the data file.
Finally, manufacturers may find themselves able to protect their printing activities using trademark protection. If, for example, a manufacturer has a specific process that allows them to 3-D print a certain material, or finds that objects printed using their process have superior characteristics to parts printed using other processes, that manufacturer may wish to develop a brand strategy around the process, e.g., Printed Using MagicTM.
Smart manufacturing technology holds great promise for manufacturers while posing intellectual property issues with which many traditional manufacturers may be unfamiliar. Manufacturers that are able to identify those issues and capitalize on the opportunities they present will have the advantage in the shift to Industry 4.0.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that parents suing the Madison School District over its gender identity policies must disclose their names to opposing attorneys, but they don't have to be revealed to the district or be made public.
The 4-3 ruling comes after a Dane County Circuit Court judge in 2020 temporarily suspended portions of the district's guidance on gender identity that a group of unnamed parents and a conservative law firm sued to overturn.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is representing the parents in the lawsuit that targets the district's guidance related to when and how staff can speak to a parent about a child’s gender transition.
Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington in 2020 ordered that the names of the parents suing be disclosed to attorneys for the school district, but that was not done. Attorneys for WILL have said the parents are residents of the district.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld that lower court ruling and sent it back there for further action.
WILL's attorney Luke Berg had argued that the identity of the six parents wasn't relevant because the question of whether parents are notified if their child adopts a new identity is a constitutional issue. He also argued that keeping them anonymous protects their student children and identifying them could make them the subject of harassment and retaliation given the controversial nature of the topic. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Wisconsin-court-says-parents-suing-school-can-t-17292241.php | 2022-07-08T13:53:25Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Wisconsin-court-says-parents-suing-school-can-t-17292241.php | false |
A teenager from Altamonte Springs drowned in the ocean while swimming in Volusia County on Thursday night, officials said.
The 14-year-old was swimming near the Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach about 7:30 p.m. with three other teens, who lost sight of him as they began making their way back to shore, according to a statement by Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief Tamra Malphurs.
Beach Safety and the U.S. Coast Guard used rescue skis, drones and rescue swimmers to search for the boy before halting the search about 9 p.m. due to visibility challenges, Malphurs said.
But the boy was found about 9:30 p.m. by bystanders less than a mile north of where he had gone missing, she said. Despite efforts to save his life, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital, she said.
The boy’s name has not been released.
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West Ham have completed the signing of Swansea midfielder Flynn Downes on a five-year contract for a deal understood to be worth around £12million.
The 23-year-old joined the Swans from League One side Ipswich last summer on an initial four-year deal but is now on the move once again after excelling in south Wales and attracting plenty of transfer interest from Premier League clubs, including the Hammers.
The Brentwood-born central midfielder made his senior debut at Ipswich in 2017 and went on to make 99 appearances in all competitions for the club. Last season he played 32 games for Swansea in the Championship as they finished 15th under Russell Martin, ending the campaign with the best pass-completion percentage of all midfielders in the second division.
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The Swans had already braced themselves for offers this summer for Downes, with Wolves, Southampton and Crystal Palace among the early contenders to take him to the top flight. At one point, Patrick Vieira's Eagles seemed to be leading the race for his signature before West Ham made their interest known, with the lifelong Hammers fan not needing to think twice about where he wanted to play.
"It's a surreal feeling to have joined my boyhood club," said Downes, who will wear the No12 shirt. "I feel like I'm dreaming. It's been my dream since I was a little boy to join this club - it's an absolute privilege. This is my club, so I couldn't be more delighted. I'm glad to be here and I can't wait to get started.
"I want to be the best I can be, and this feels like the perfect opportunity to test myself against the very best players in the Premier League. Players have come to West Ham from the Championship and progressed to international honours. That's something you can't ignore. The manager's track record of bringing players through was a big motivation in me joining the club. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a West Ham player."
Swansea's announcement of Flynne's departure was met with disappointment from the club's fans, with the midfielder becoming a firm favourite with the supporters during his one and only campaign in south Wales.
The Swans' official account wrote on social media: "Swansea City midfielder @flynn_downes has joined @westham for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance. Thank you for everything and all the best, Flynn." Downes responded: "Can't thank you enough for everything. Gonna miss ya's. Once a Jack, always a Jack. #YJB." (sic)
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Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone played a central role in the final days of the Trump White House, as the former president and his allies desperately tried to overturn election results. On Friday, he is set to testify to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
"Our evidence shows that Mr. Cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. They tried to stop a number of President Trump's plans for January 6th," Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney said in a hearing last month.
Cipollone will testify behind closed doors. Last month, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described his efforts to keep then-President Donald Trump from going to the Capitol while angry supporters were attacking police officers and fighting their way into the building and to call off the mob as the riot raged.
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has said the committee wants to ask Cipollone about Trump's efforts to subvert the election, a scheme to submit fake electoral ballots, the attempted replacement of Justice Department leadership, and attempts to directly interfere with Congress certifying the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.
Cipollone used to be better known for working behind the scenes
While he was president, Trump often surrounded himself with lawyers whom he viewed as being good on television. Cipollone was better known for working behind the scenes, until he played a leading role in Trump's Senate impeachment trial defense.
As an architect of the White House defense, Cipollone wrote strongly worded letters rebuffing congressional subpoenas and instructed other White House aides not to cooperate. He did not give interviews. Trump lauded him as "the strong, silent type."
That silence ended with the Senate impeachment trial. Jay Sekulow, another one of Trump's attorneys in what was a "multifaceted" legal team, said Cipollone was ready for the spotlight.
"He's a really great lawyer, but he also understands the political side of this — and especially an impeachment proceeding," Sekulow said ahead of the hearing. "You have dual issues: the legal issues and the political issues. And it's not every lawyer that gets both. And Pat clearly does."
Immersed in conservative legal thought
The son of Italian immigrants, Cipollone grew up in the Bronx. He went to Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky and worked part time at a McDonald's.
He was valedictorian of his college class at Fordham University and then went to law school in Chicago on a full scholarship.
Melanie Sloan, a friend and law school classmate, said the University of Chicago was where Cipollone became immersed in conservative legal thought.
"My friends tended to be in the Progressive Law Students Association and were on the liberal side of the spectrum, and Pat and the crowd he hung out with were on the more conservative side of the spectrum, including people who are often now shortlisted for the Supreme Court in the Trump administration," said Sloan.
Sloan, now senior adviser to the liberal watchdog group American Oversight, told NPR ahead of the impeachment trial that she thinks "incredibly highly" of Cipollone. "He is a very warm, friendly person who would go out of his way for anybody, and I have the highest regard for him, despite how strongly I disagree with the positions the White House is taking on impeachment."
Other former classmates had a different view. Nearly two dozen signed a letter stating that his position on impeachment "distorts the law and the Constitution."
"We are sorry to see how your letter to the congressional leadership flouts the traditions of rigor and intellectual honesty that we learned together," wrote the members of the class of 1991 at the University of Chicago Law School.
Cipollone is close to many prominent conservatives
Cipollone was managing editor for the law review. He worked closely with Eugene Scalia, son of conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia. Eugene Scalia become Trump's labor secretary.
Other friends of Cipollone went on to become prominent judges and have been touted as future candidates for the Supreme Court, including Allison Eid and Thomas Lee, who is the brother of Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. Cipollone clerked for federal Judge Danny Boggs, known for giving new hires a famously difficult trivia exam.
"Pat is a very smart, very competent lawyer and a great guy," Boggs told NPR.
Boggs' 64-question test for Cipollone included questions like "How many chromosome pairs are there in a human genome?" and "Give the number and popular name of any Beethoven symphony."
"That is in and of itself a badge of distinction among lawyers," said Mike Lee. "It's well known that you can't clerk for — you can't even interview for — Judge Boggs without passing with a pretty high score."
Cipollone's Catholic faith is central in his life and career
His Catholic faith is another big influence in Cipollone's life and career.
"One of the many things I like about Pat is this: Faith is a big deal to him," said Bill Nettles, a former U.S. attorney for South Carolina in the Obama administration, who has worked with Cipollone.
"But I live in a part of the world where people routinely wear it on their sleeve. And Pat is not like that. ... He doesn't use it as a vehicle to judge other people," Nettles told NPR ahead of the impeachment trial.
Cipollone, 53, has 10 children. He is among a group of elite conservative Catholics who served as close confidants to Trump — including former Attorney General William Barr and Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society, who helped Trump pick judges, including for the Supreme Court.
Cipollone, Barr and Leo have served on the board of directors of the Catholic Information Center, an organization for powerful Washington Catholics. The center is affiliated with the conservative Opus Dei movement.
John Allen, a veteran Vatican reporter and author of the book Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church, called the Catholic Information Center a premier place for conservative Catholic movers and shakers in D.C.
"Cipollone is part of this broader sort of spectrum of conservative Catholic thought and activism that, in some way, is dedicated to the idea of trying to translate the kind of conservative reading of the Catholic Church's social agenda," Allen said in an interview.
Cipollone's firm represented 'Jackie," a woman at the center of a 2014 sexual assault case
Before joining the Trump administration, Cipollone was a partner at two prestigious law firms with a wide range of clients.
One very high-profile case was when his firm represented the woman known as "Jackie" who was featured in a 2014 article in Rolling Stone magazine. The article, about a gang rape at the University of Virginia, was later retracted and became the subject of lawsuits. But even then, Cipollone worked behind the scenes helping supervise the lawyers at his firm leading Jackie's defense.
Cipollone also worked a stint in the public sector. Early in his career, he joined the Justice Department working for Attorney General William Barr during George H.W. Bush's administration.
Cipollone had argued that the president wields broad executive powers
Before the Trump's impeachment trial, Cipollone argued that the president wields broad executive powers. At the time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Cipollone's arguments as outrageous.
"That letter that came from the White House was a joke, beneath the dignity of the presidency of the United States, in defiance of our Constitution. Shame on them," Pelosi said ahead of the impeachment trial.
Critics said Cipollone was twisting the law to serve the president's benefit. Kimberly Wehle was formerly an assistant U.S. attorney and associate independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation led by special prosecutor Ken Starr. She said impeachment can't be unconstitutional when several provisions in the Constitution say otherwise.
"He's serving the president at the expense of the Constitution, at the expense of his true client, the American people, because he's operating to create a mega-presidency that has more power than the other two branches," she said. "And that's dangerous."
Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and an informal adviser to Trump, pushed back against that criticism and said Cipollone was a stabilizing force in Trump's White House leading up to the impeachment trial.
"You're in a fight over executive power," said Gingrich, who has also worked with Cipollone. "And I think in that sense that the Trump administration, across the board, sees itself as an active force for transformation."
Greta Pittenger, Will Chase, Barclay Walsh and Sarah Knight contributed to this report.
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Nation's oldest Cape Verdean celebration returns to Fox Point. What you need to know
Music, dancing and the aroma of local delicacies will fill Providence’s India Point Park on Sunday as the 47th annual Cape Verdean Festival kicks off.
The celebration, organized by the Cape Verdean subcommittee of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, runs from noon to 7 p.m. in Fox Point, which has Cape Verdean roots. It will bring more than 40 vendors to the area selling a variety of food and ethnic goods.
Here's all you need to know before you go.
Seafood, stew, BBQ and more
Festival goers will have a smorgasbord of options, including offerings from Vicente's Supermarket, a Pawtucket grocer, Uncle D's Blazin' BBQ, Just Us Foods & Cakes, a seafood outpost, and more. Vegans, don't fret. Meatless and dairy-free choices will be served by Cabo Vegan.
If you're looking to try a Cape Verdean specialty, keep an eye out for cachupa, a corn-based stew cooked with a varying list of ingredients including beans, fish and meat.
Rosangela Tavares, president of the Cape Verdean subcommittee, noted that Cape Verde is agriculturally oriented, so much of its food is corn-based. Dishes like cachupa can be modified depending on the region and its people.
"Every island makes it completely different, and everyone, depending on their financial situation, they’ll make it very different," Tavares said.
Aside from food, visitors will find Cape Verdean merchandise, clothing and jewelry from shops including Alzrina, Cabo Verde Na Top, MaMa Africa and Kretchêu.
Music straight from the islands
The festival will bring nearly a dozen musical acts to the park including Ferro Gaita, a band founded in 1996 in Cape Verde’s capital city, Praia. Its music can be described as a twist on funaná, a type of accordion-based music with a rhythm similar to American zydeco.
Award-winning artist Rosa Mestre, who was born in Angola and launched her music career on the island of São Nicolau, will also perform, along with São Vicente-born Grace Evora and Boston-based singer Shantel Teixeira.
Other acts include MC Acondize, Tatiana Michel, Maribel Veiga, Djedje, Ingrid Monteiro, Mel Isse, and Skyla Anderson.
A festival unlike no other
Providence has billed the festival "the oldest celebration of the Cape Verdean community in the United States," honoring a fairly young independence from 515 years of Portuguese rule.
That independence was secured on July 5, 1975 after a long-fought war launched in 1960 and led by the African Party for Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, otherwise known as PAIGC. The conflict played out in Guinea-Bissau, a country on the coast of West Africa. Like Cape Verde, it had been part of Portugal's empire.
Today, many Cape Verdeans are also of Portuguese descent. As Taveras describes it, some feel they are "in-between."
"A lot of people still consider themselves Portuguese, and a lot consider themselves Africans and there are the in-between people... we are such a mixture of so many other cultures and we just call ourselves Cape Verdean and we wouldn’t be able to do that if it wasn’t because we are an independent country," she said.
To Taveras, that's what makes Cape Verde unique.
"To have a country that we’ll have our own identity -- because of that mixture of European and African, we create our own identity, we created a culture -- and to be independent and show the culture it is very important to Cape Verdeans," she said. "We’re very proud people." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/08/cape-verdean-festival-what-know-providences-seafood-stew-bbq/7823213001/ | 2022-07-08T14:00:36Z | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/08/cape-verdean-festival-what-know-providences-seafood-stew-bbq/7823213001/ | true |
Fishing Report: Young anglers learn the joy of 'catching'
“That’s a good fish!” “I got a black sea bass. …I am so proud of myself.” “Fish on!”
Those are some of the comments campers made at the youth fishing camp sponsored by the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association and the Department of Environmental Management held early in July at Rocky Point State Park in Warwick.
The campers, ages 7 to 12, traveled from throughout the state. Camping slots were awarded free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis and are funded by RISAA, the DEM and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“I didn’t know how to fish and now I am catching fish," said Kaiden King, 9, of Providence.
Many of the campers had never fished or been out on the water in a boat.
“Fishing appeals to our sense of adventure, teaches us patience and how to take care of the environment," said Greg Vespe, executive director of RISAA. "We learned that the children love to fish, so we have included fishing time from shore, on private vessels and one day we traveled to Point Judith to fish on the Seven B’s party boat.
“The fishing gods were in our favor this year. We had great weather and fishing all three days.”
Terrence Gray, director of the DEM, said, “We are excited to partner with RISAA on their fifth annual Youth Fishing Camp at Rocky Point. The camp provides hands-on opportunities for children to get outdoors and experience the thrill of casting a line and reeling in that first fish on our beautiful Narragansett Bay. It is through efforts like this that we forge the next generation of environmental stewards.”
Topics covered over the three-day camp included fish identification, conservation, use of spinning and conventional gear and tackle, basic marine biology, how and why to use different baits and lures, boating safety, casting form shore and fishing from private boats as well as a party or charter boat.
For camp videos, one for each day, visit YouTube at https://youtu.be/VbGRASg1I8U.
Now's the time to catch black sea bass
The black sea bass bite is on with anglers catching great keepers in the 20-inch range. The bite has been good in Buzzards Bay, off the Sakonnet River, off Newport and at Block Island. So now is the time to try to catch some for your dinner plate, as they are a great fish for eating.
"We took our daughter and friend to the Block Island Wind Farm for black sea bass Saturday afternoon," angler Paul Boutiette said. "We stopped at the last windmill at the two humps and drifted over those spots all day and caught nearly our limit of nice black sea bass. Nonstop action all day! No dogfish.”
The minimum size for black sea bass is 16 inches. In Massachusetts, the limit is four fish/person/day through Sept. 4. In Rhode Island, the limit is two fish/person/day through Sept. 1 when the limit changes to three fish/person/day through Dec. 31 for private anglers. (Charter boat regulations are different.)
Black sea bass are primarily black (sounds odd), but they have the ability to adjust their color to blend in with the bottom with colors that include gray, brown, black and deep indigo hue. They spend most of their time near the bottom and can be found near rocky areas, jetties, rips and, like a lot of bottom fish, they like structure. The larger males are generally in deeper water.
Where’s the bite?
Striped bass and bluefish. “There are still some striped bass in the [Cape Cod] Canal, but you really have to work for them," said "East End" Eddie Doherty. "Don 'Hawkeye' Willis got into some top-water action catching two slots on his 3-ounce Guppy JoBo Jr. yellow pencil just before the morning slack tide turned west.” Matt Conti of Snug Harbor Marina in South Kingstown reported: “Striped bass fishing is on fire. Anglers are catching fish from the jetties, in estuaries and at Block Island.” Jonathan Woodman of Watch Hill Outfitters said: “The bite remains very strong off Westerly and Watch Hill reefs — the best it has been in a few years.” Anglers continue to catch striped bass in Narragansett Bay as well as off Newport with a good bite at Block Island also.
Summer flounder (fluke) fishing is improving but remains spotty. Steve Burstein of North Kingstown caught a 23-inch fluke when fishing the south side of the Newport Bridge but no other keepers were caught. He was using a plastic squid rig made by Jeff Sullivan of Lucky Bait tipped with a strip of squid and silverside. “The fluke bite has not been good along the southern coastal shore," Woodman said, "however, things are just starting to pick up along Fishers Island.” Summer flounder have been taken in the mid-Narragansett Bay area around Warwick Light but anglers are having to work for them picking through a lot of shorts to catch a keeper. “The fluke bite around Block Island is hit or miss and anglers are catching few keepers along the coastal shore," said Matt Conti of Snug Harbor Marina.
Black sea bass and scup. Some nice-sized, 20-plus-inch fish are being caught off the Sakonnet River and off Newport but large fish are hard to come by. Most fish being taken are shorts. The scup bite remains very strong anywhere there is structure like ledges and jetties and water movement. Rocky Point in Warwick, Colt State Park in Bristol and Sabin Point in East Providence have a good scup bite.
Dave Monti holds a captain’s master license and charter fishing license. He serves on a variety of boards and commissions and has a consulting business that focuses on clean oceans, habitat preservation, conservation, renewable energy and fisheries-related issues and clients. Forward fishing news and photos to dmontifish@verizon.net or visit noflukefishing.com. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2022/07/08/fishing-report-young-anglers-learn-joy-catch-free-camp/10010009002/ | 2022-07-08T14:01:01Z | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2022/07/08/fishing-report-young-anglers-learn-joy-catch-free-camp/10010009002/ | false |
Ghana has reported two possible cases of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. If confirmed, it would mark the first such infections in the west African country,
The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted among people through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces, the WHO said. Marburg is potentially very harmful and deadly; case fatality rates in past outbreaks have ranged from 24% to 88%.
The WHO says a preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients from Ghana’s southern Ashanti region — both of whom died — turned up positive, but they were forwarded for full confirmation to the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, which works with the UN health agency.
The two patients had been taken to a local hospital with symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting, the WHO said in a statement. “Preparations for a possible outbreak response are being set up swiftly as further investigations are underway,” the WHO said, adding that it is deploying experts to support health authorities in Ghana.
Dr Tom Fletcher, an infectious disease consultant at the Royal Liverpool University hospital, told the Telegraph: “An outbreak of a filovirus such as Marburg is always a serious concern, especially in a setting that hasn’t managed outbreaks before, and when cases are diagnosed postmortem."
The WHO said that if confirmed as Marburg, the cases would mark only the second time the disease has been detected in west Africa — after Guinea confirmed a single case detected in August.
The outbreak in Guinea was declared over five weeks later. Previous Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have appeared in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda, the WHO said. | https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/who-warning-over-deadly-ebola-7309260 | 2022-07-08T14:03:35Z | https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/who-warning-over-deadly-ebola-7309260 | true |
Sir Mark Rowley is announced next Commissioner of scandal-hit Metropolitan Police as force desperately battles to get out of special measures
- Sir Mark head of Met's counter-terrorism team including during 2017 attacks
- Beaten Nick Ephgrave, a Met assistant commissioner, to £292,000-a-year job
- He replaces Cressida Dick who was resigned in February after string of scandals
- Ten days ago Scotland Yard was put in special measures by inspectors
- Sir Mark said: 'Our mission is to lead the renewal of policing by consent which has been so heavily dented in recent years as trust and confidence have fallen'
- Former Surrey chief was in charge of that force in flawed hunt for Milly Dowler
- Admitted knowing NotW hacked her phone - but said focus was on finding her
Sir Mark Rowley has today been named the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police by Priti Patel and Sadiq Khan who have backed him to turn around the failing force.
Scotland Yard's former head of counterterrorism and ex-Surrey chief constable has beaten Nick Ephgrave, a Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner, to the £292,000-a-year job.
The Met was put into special measures last month after a devastating inspection revealed a catalogue of new failures including officers failing to record tens of thousands of crimes, ignoring almost all victims of anti-social behaviour, letting down vulnerable victims and neglected a huge backlog of online child abuse referrals.
He replaces Cressida Dick, who was forced to quit in February following a torrid year of scandals which saw the murder of Sarah Everard by one of her officers, the force being branded 'institutionally corrupt' by an independent inquiry and two officers jailed for photographing bodies of murder victims.
Sir Mark said today: 'Our mission is to lead the renewal of policing by consent which has been so heavily dented in recent years as trust and confidence have fallen.
'We will deliver more trust, less crime and high standards for London and beyond and we will work with London's diverse communities as we together renew the uniquely British invention of 'policing by consent'.'
Mark Rowley, pictured in 2017 when he was Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner in charge of counter-terrorism, will replace Cressida Dick
Priti Patel has backed Sir Mark to turn around the force weeks after inspectors found it was failing badly
Sir Mark said he was 'deeply honoured' to take up the role.
He said: 'Our mission is to lead the renewal of policing by consent which has been so heavily dented in recent years as trust and confidence have fallen.
'I am grateful that the Home Secretary and Mayor are both determined to support the urgent reforms we need to deliver successful community crimefighting in today's fast moving world. These reforms include our use of technology and data, our culture and our policing approach. We will fight crime with communities - not unilaterally dispense tactics.
'I also know that the majority of officers and staff retain an extraordinary sense of vocation and determination and want us to do better. It is my job to help them do that, whilst also being ruthless in removing those who are corrupting our integrity'.
His appointment has been agreed by Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel and Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Khan after they clashed over Ms Dick's departure when Mayor Khan pulled the plug and forced her to resign.
Ms Patel said: 'Sir Mark Rowley is a distinguished and exceptionally experienced police officer, having served the people of the West Midlands and Surrey before guiding the capital through some of its most challenging moments in the wake of the 2017 terror attacks, as the Met's then head of counter-terrorism.
'He now takes on one of the most important and demanding jobs in policing, leading the country's largest force at a time when public trust in the Metropolitan Police has been severely undermined by a number of significant failings. Rebuilding public trust and delivering on crime reduction must be his priority'.
Mayor Khan said: 'A series of appalling scandals have not only exposed deep cultural problems within the Met, but have contributed to a crisis of confidence in London's police service.
Sir Mark has made clear to me that he is determined to be a reforming Commissioner, committed to implementing a robust plan to rebuild trust and confidence in the police and to drive through the urgent reforms and step change in culture and performance Londoners deserve.
'As Mayor, I will support and hold him to these promises as I continue to hold the Met to account'.
The news comes less than two weeks after the force was put into special measures by the police watchdog.
A letter from HMICFRS cited numerous fiascos at Britain's largest force, including the murder of Sarah Everard by serving officer Wayne Couzens, the 'racially profiled' stop and search of the Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams, and the strip-search of a 15-year-old black schoolgirl known as Child Q.
It follows further scandals, including the failure to properly investigate serial killer Stephen Port and the revelation of racist WhatsApp messages exchanged by officers at Charing Cross Police Station.
Other calamities included the jailing of two officers for taking photos of the corpses of murdered sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry, and Operation Midland - the disastrous probe into fake claims of VIP paedophilia.
The force was also heavily criticised for failing to stop Extinction Rebellion protests from shutting down London, with videos of officers dancing with protesters sparking claims the force was not taking the issue seriously.
Sir Mark replaces he Met's scandal ravaged former commissioner, Cressida Dick, who stepped down in February after Sadiq Khan said he no longer had confidence in her
Sarah Everard was murdered by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, in a crime that appalled Britain.
Sir Mark is a familiar figure after leading the Met's counter-terrorism operations for four years. Although he resigned from the police in 2018, Sir Mark is still only 58 and has been tempted back by the biggest job in British policing.
He served as chief constable of Surrey for three years to 2011 before he joined the Met as an assistant commissioner for seven years having starting on the beat in Birmingham in 1987.
When at Surrey he was the lead officer in the hunt for Milly Dowler.
He later admitted that his detectives were aware at the time of Milly's disappearance that her mobile phone was hacked by someone working at the News of the World.
Sir Mark said a call made from the paper to the operation room leading the investigation in 2002 made it clear her voicemail had been accessed.
But officers merely 'focused on retrieving any evidence the NotW had that could assist in the investigation into Milly Dowler's disappearance' as that was the priority, he said.
His career in policing spans over 30 years, during which time he has transformed national security and policing.
As Chief Constable, he lifted the public confidence levels in Surrey to the highest in the country.
After joining the Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Mark transformed the approach to UK counter-terrorism and policing gangs, increasing community engagement and workforce diversity, leading the police response to the London terror attacks of 2017 and reducing shootings and murders in London to an all-time low.
He also led reform in policing of public order, organised crime and fraud, launching the 200 strong Op Falcon team to combat the growth of online fraud and cybercrime.
Since leaving policing in 2018 he has worked in specialist security projects and on technology/data led transformation with 'start-ups' and the world's largest professional services company. He has focused on: countering extremism and racism, online safety, institutional integrity and illicit finance. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10995267/Sir-Mark-Rowley-announced-Commissioner-Metropolitan-Police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-08T14:03:39Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10995267/Sir-Mark-Rowley-announced-Commissioner-Metropolitan-Police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
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