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Pope To Visit Canada On 'Penitential Pilgrimage'
Pope Francis departs Sunday for a historic six-day visit to Canada where he is expected to ask forgiveness of Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
The "penitential pilgrimage", as the pontiff has described it, is seen as an important step in addressing the global scandal of clerical sexual abuse of children and decades of cover-up.
It has long been awaited by Canada's Indigenous communities.
Pope Francis will begin his 37th international trip since becoming pontiff in Edmonton, in the western province of Alberta, before heading to Quebec City and then Iqaluit, Canada's northernmost city.
He plans to reiterate an apology delivered to Canadian delegations who visited the Vatican in April, which he then said would hopefully "contribute to the journey of healing and reconciliation already undertaken".
The discovery since last year of hundreds of remains of Indigenous children in unmarked graves on the site of state schools administered by the Catholic Church has forced Canada to confront its failed policy of forced assimilation.
It has similarly shone a spotlight on the Church's role in what a national truth and reconciliation commission has called "cultural genocide".
Around 150,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit children were enrolled from the late 1800s to the 1990s in 139 residential schools, where they spent months or years isolated from their families, language and culture.
Many were physically and sexually abused by headmasters and teachers.
Thousands are believed to have died of disease, malnutrition or neglect. More than 1,300 unmarked graves have been discovered since May 2021 at the sites of the former schools.
Francis kicks off the trip Monday with a stop in the town of Maskwacis, about 100 kilometres (160 miles) south of Edmonton, home to one of the largest of Canada's residential schools.
He will address an expected crowd of about 15,000 people, including former students from across Canada.
Although some have expressed enthusiasm over the pope's willingness to meet them, others are asking whether the short visit can heal wounds.
"A lot of people are going to be disappointed in the time that's given to them because it's years and years of trauma," said the chief of the Ermineskin Cree Nation, Randy Ermineskin, during a press conference held last month.
"Because he will apologise then he leaves and you're left holding the bag. Who's gonna look after these individuals?"
On Tuesday, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics will celebrate Mass at a 60,000-seat stadium in Edmonton before heading northwest to Lac Sainte Anne, the site of a major annual pilgrimage.
He then travels to Quebec City where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and celebrate Mass at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, a national shrine that draws over one million pilgrims each year.
On Friday, the pontiff will go to Iqaluit, home to the largest number of Inuit people in the country, where he will meet with former residential school students, before returning to Rome.
It remains to be seen whether, in a gesture of goodwill, the pope returns Indigenous artefacts currently held by the Vatican Museums.
Indigenous groups say these culturally valuable objects should be repatriated back to their communities despite the Vatican's assertions that they were given as gifts to popes in years past.
During his trip, Francis will travel 20,000 kilometres despite suffering from pain in his right knee that has forced him in recent months to rely on a cane or wheelchair.
In June, the Vatican postponed indefinitely a visit to Africa that had been scheduled for July.
Francis is the second pope to visit Canada, after John Paul II who visited three times (1984, 1987 and 2002).
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In the early evening of Jan. 6, after former President Donald Trump finally and reluctantly put out a video telling rioters to go home, after hours of staffers urging him to do so, he had only one thing to say.
"Mike Pence let me down," Trump told a staffer of his vice president.
That was revealed during prime time on Thursday by Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., in the last of the first series of Jan. 6 committee hearings.
Jan. 6, 2021 was the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol since British soldiers burned it in 1814. People died. Members of Congress ran for their lives. Gallows were erected for Pence. Secret Service agents scrambled and said last goodbyes.
And that was it — "Mike Pence let me down."
This was an attack that didn't come from outside, it came from within, from a mob of supporters of the defeated former president, who pulled the wool over their eyes and convinced them — with lies — that it had all been stolen.
The committee, across these eight hearings, has built a case – more political than legal — that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases that he will run again in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.
Here are five takeaways from the hearings thus far:
1. Trump declined to tell rioters to go home for hours despite being urged to do so — and that had consequences.
The committee already laid out that Trump was aware there were many in the crowd who had weapons, but he wanted them to be allowed to bypass metal detectors and be allowed into his speech at the Ellipse. He somehow was confident they weren't there to hurt him.
Likewise, he was aware that his supporters could become violent and was aware in real time that they were becoming violent. He watched on TV as it all went down. As things got worse, and staffer after staffer urged him to make a statement or put out a tweet that the crowd go home, he declined to do so until hours later.
In fact, when he finally did, when it happened to be clear that the insurrection would fail, he empathized with them.
That was the last straw for Sarah Matthews, a former deputy press secretary who testified Thursday.
"He didn't distinguish between those who peacefully attended his speech and those we watched cause violence," Matthews said, adding, "As a spokesperson, I knew I would be asked to defend that. His refusal to act and call off the mob that day, his refusal to condemn the violence was indefensible."
She resigned that night.
Even the next day, in outtakes of his videotaped speech to supporters, Trump was editing on the fly, and insisted: "I don't want to say the election's over."
The bottom line is Trump knew what was going on, and could have taken action, but chose not to, for hours. It was three hours and seven minutes from the end of his speech to when he finally put out the video telling the rioters to go home.
And that had consequences — violence and damage to people and the building, but also to America's reputation around the world, testified Matthew Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser in the Trump White House.
Jan. 6, he said, "emboldened our enemies by helping give them ammunition to feed a narrative that our system of government doesn't work, that the United States is in decline."
2. A political argument more than a legal one.
The committee has made a strong case that Trump inspired Jan. 6. A number of those facing charges for their role that day have pointed the finger at the president, too.
Whether there's any hard, prosecutable evidence of Trump's intent and coordination is less clear. It's been somewhat surprising how few first-hand conversations with Trump we've heard about in these hearings with this many witnesses so close to the former president.
But Trump's criminal culpability, if any, is for the Department of Justice to determine.
It's becoming clearer after several of these hearings, that the committee's goal is less legal and more political.
Trump still won't acknowledge the truth that he lost the 2020 election. He's instead using his false grievance-filled election lies as fuel for a potential 2024 run. And that seems to be the key thing this committee is trying to prevent – Trump holding office again.
"Every American must consider this," committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said, "can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?"
Are they convincing people? Perhaps, to a degree. The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, out Thursday, found that hardcore partisans are pretty locked in – and Republicans are mostly not paying attention.
But it did also show that a majority of independents now blame Trump for what happened Jan. 6 (57%) and describe Jan. 6 as an insurrection and threat to democracy (52%). Both are up 9 points since last December. That's notable, given independents make up a good deal of the dwindling share of swing voters left in this country.
3. It's hard to dismiss these witnesses.
We've said it before, but we'll say it again, it gets harder and harder for Trump loyalists to dismiss these witnesses as Republicans in Name Only, or RINOs, with an ax to grind.
These have been people who worked for Trump's campaigns, his White House and voted for him. And there have been many of them.
Cheney attempted to reframe what's being said not as testimony but as a "series of confessions" from people close to the former president.
"The case against Donald Trump in these hearings is not made by witnesses who were his political enemies," Cheney noted. "It is instead a series of confessions by Donald Trump's own appointees, his own friends, his own campaign officials — his own family."
Trump has a history of turning up the pressure. Cheney has warned against potential witness intimidation, but it's been clear that no one has been immune from Trump's pressure campaigns — not his vice president, not Secret Service agents, not state officials or local election workers.
He's not even beyond manipulating his own supporters — for their time, action or money – as the committee has shown.
4. For members of the committee, this has, at times, felt personal.
Others on the committee, though, seem eager to grind their axes. Those blades seem sharpest for members of their own party, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., has often had his hand on the handle.
"I'm glad I'm leaving here in a year, because I'm just being surrounded by a bunch of children," Kinzinger said back in April. "I hope my party can finally remember where our foundations are ... ."
Kinzinger, who is retiring at the end of his congressional term, has been ostracized by members of his own party — and family — and targeted by the former president. At times, he has channeled that anger into these hearings.
"Whatever your politics," he said Thursday, "whatever you think about the outcome of the election, we as Americans must all agree on this: Donald Trump's conduct on Jan. 6 was a supreme violation of this oath of office and a complete dereliction of his duty to our nation. It is a stain on our history, it is a dishonor to all those who have sacrificed and died in service to our democracy, when we present our full findings we will recommend changes to laws and policies to guard against another Jan. 6."
This committee has revealed in prior sessions that a number of Republican colleagues have sought pardons.
And then in Thursday's session, Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., highlighted a video of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley running through the halls to evacuate, after previously raising a fist to the crowd in solidarity.
"Think about what we've seen," Luria said. "Undeniable violence at the Capitol. The vice president being evacuated to safety by the Secret Service. Senators running through the hallways of the Senate to get away from the mob."
Then she tied it back to the larger point: "As the commander in chief, President Trump was oath and duty bound to protect the Capitol. His senior staff understood that."
5. This is not the last hearing.
Call it just the end of season one, because Cheney left us with this cliffhanger.
"In the course of these hearings, we have received new evidence, and new witnesses have bravely stepped forward," she said, adding, "Doors have opened. New subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break."
Netflix never turns seasons around that quickly.
"We have considerably more to do. We have far more evidence to share with the American people and more to gather," Cheney said. "So our committee will spend August pursuing emerging information on multiple fronts before convening further hearings this September."
That means the committee's hearings will be getting closer to the November elections — something it originally wanted to steer clear of.
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Massachusetts is officially in the middle of its first heat wave of 2022, as oppressive temperatures and humidity beat down on much of the state.
For Boston and most of its suburbs, daily high temperatures reached or exceeded 90 degrees Fahrenheit on three consecutive days — the minimum requirement for a heat wave.
Meteorologists are forecasting potential temperatures in the mid- to high-90s heat every day through Sunday. On Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu extended a previously announced heat emergency in the City of Boston through the weekend.
The heat is not just uncomfortable, but also dangerous. During multi-day stretches of high heat, Boston Emergency Medical Services typically experiences a 15 to 20 percent increase in daily calls, a spokesperson for the department said.
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Thanks to climate change, Massachusetts is experiencing more, and more intense, heat waves. If daily high temperatures do reach 90 degrees through Sunday, it would only be the 15th time that Boston has seen more than five consecutive 90-plus degree days since record keeping began in 1872, NOAA’s data shows.
If the world doesn’t take major steps to curb carbon emissions, the frequency and severity of heat waves will increase.
From 1971 to 2000, the average summer in Massachusetts saw four days over 90 degrees. By mid-century, climate scientists say the state may have 10-28 days over 90 degrees each year.
Here are three graphs that show the effects of this heat wave — and global warming — on Massachusetts.
People are using more electricity
Amid sweltering heat, residents tend to use more electricity to power their air conditioning. As high temperatures crept into the 90s on Tuesday July 19, electricity consumption crept upward, according to the grid operator, ISO-New England.
Thanks to climate change, we have more hot days — and nights
If it you feel like Massachusetts is seeing more hot days, you’re right. Data from the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University shows that 90+ degree days are becoming more common in the Boston area.
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Heat waves aren’t just about how high the temperature gets—it’s also about temperatures not dropping after dark. Summer nights are getting hotter as climate change progresses, and the incidence of summer nights where the temperature stays above 70 degrees is on the rise. Northeast Regional Climate Center figures show that’s the case in Boston.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry lashed out Thursday at the United States characterizing basketball star Brittney Griner’s jailing on drug charges as “wrongful detention,” saying it shows disrespect for Russian law.
Griner has been jailed since she was arrested in mid-February at a Moscow airport after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage. The Phoenix Mercury standout and two-time Olympic gold medalist acknowledged in court this month that she had the canisters, but said she had no intent to break the law.
She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Her trial is scheduled to resume Tuesday.
The State Department in May designated Griner as wrongfully detained, moving her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs – effectively, the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in parts of the U.S. has no bearing on what happens in Russia.
“If a U.S. citizen was taken in connection with the fact that she was smuggling drugs, and she does not deny this, then this should be commensurate with our Russian, local laws, and not with those adopted in San Francisco, New York and Washington,” Zakharova said.
“You understand, if drugs are legalized in the United States, in a number of states, and this is done for a long time, and now the whole country will become drug-addicted, this does not mean that all other countries are following the same path,” she added.
Russian media have persistently speculated that Griner could be exchanged for prominent Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, who is imprisoned in the United States, and that Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, may also figure in an exchange.
U.S. officials have not commented on the prospects for such a trade. Russian officials have said no exchange could be discussed until the conclusion of the legal proceedings against Griner. It is unclear how long the trial will last, but a court has authorized Griner’s detention until Dec. 20. | https://www.wowktv.com/sports/moscow-says-us-must-respect-russian-law-in-griner-case/ | 2022-07-22T10:15:57Z | https://www.wowktv.com/sports/moscow-says-us-must-respect-russian-law-in-griner-case/ | false |
If you grew up in the late 70s and early 80s, you remember Atari well Published July 22, 2022 at 4:02 AM MDT Facebook Twitter Email Listen • 0:27 Lego is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Atari with a replica of the 2600 you can build yourself. The set goes on sale next month for $240. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2022-07-22/if-you-grew-up-in-the-late-70s-and-early-80s-you-remember-atari-well | 2022-07-22T10:18:06Z | https://www.kunm.org/2022-07-22/if-you-grew-up-in-the-late-70s-and-early-80s-you-remember-atari-well | true |
CA Sacramento CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, July 21, 2022
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Interior Northern California Zone Forecasts for California
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Saturday.
CAZ013-222300-
Shasta Lake Area / Northern Shasta County-
Including the city of Shasta Dam
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 97 higher elevations...93 to
101 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 54 to 69 higher elevations...63 to
71 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 86 to 101 higher elevations...
98 to 106 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 71 higher elevations...65 to
73 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the north after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 89 to 104 higher elevations...
100 to 108 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds up to 10 mph
in the morning becoming light.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 75.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 89 to 104.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 59 to 74. Highs
89 to 104.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 76.
Highs 90 to 105.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SHASTA DAM 99 70 104 / 0 0 0
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CAZ014-222300-
Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County-
Including the city of Burney
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 93. Light winds becoming west up to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 59. Prevailing southwest winds up to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 84 to 96. Light winds becoming north up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 62. Prevailing west winds up
to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 100. Light winds becoming northwest
up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 52 to 64.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 99.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 52 to 65. Highs
87 to 99.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 54 to 66.
Highs 87 to 100.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BURNEY 90 50 94 / 0 0 0
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CAZ015-222300-
Northern Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Redding and Red Bluff
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 100. South winds up to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 70. South winds up to 10 mph. Gusts
up to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 100 to 106. Light winds becoming south
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 65 to 73. South winds around 10 mph
in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 102 to 108. Light winds becoming south up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 67 to 75.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 103.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 65 to 73. Highs
99 to 106.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 68 to 74.
Highs 100 to 106.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
REDDING 102 63 106 / 0 0 0
RED BLUFF 102 66 104 / 0 0 0
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CAZ016-222300-
Central Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Chico, Oroville, and Marysville/Yuba City
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 99. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 55 to 65. Southeast winds up to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 102. South winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 58 to 68. Southeast winds up to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 98 to 104. Light winds becoming south
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 97 to 103.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 69. Highs
96 to 103.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 96 to 103. Lows
60 to 70.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
CHICO 101 65 102 / 0 0 0
OROVILLE 101 62 100 / 0 0 0
MARYSVILLE/YUBA CITY 101 57 99 / 0 0 0
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CAZ017-222300-
Southern Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Sacramento
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101. South winds around 10 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler. Lows 52 to 62. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101. South winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 66. South winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 103. Southwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 57 to 67.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 101.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 56 to 65. Highs 91 to
101.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 57 to 67.
Highs 91 to 101.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SACRAMENTO 98 58 97 / 0 0 0
SAC EXEC AIRPORT 96 57 96 / 0 0 0
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CAZ018-222300-
Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Including the city of Fairfield/Suisun
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 86 to 92...except 79 to 85 near the bay.
West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 55. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Near the bay, mostly cloudy in the morning
then clearing. Highs 85 to 91...except 78 to 84 near the bay.
West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 53 to 59. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Near the bay, mostly cloudy in the morning then
clearing. Highs 87 to 93...except 80 to 86 near the bay.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 55 to 61.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 84 to 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 55 to 61. Highs 84 to 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 62.
Highs 85 to 91.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
FAIRFIELD/SUISUN 92 54 91 / 0 0 0
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CAZ019-222300-
Northern San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Stockton and Modesto
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler. Lows 55 to 65. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 99. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 57 to 67. Northwest winds up to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 102. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 69.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 58 to 68. Highs 91 to
101.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 59 to
69. Highs 91 to 99.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
STOCKTON 97 59 96 / 0 0 0
MODESTO 99 61 98 / 0 0 0
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CAZ063-222300-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-
Including the city of Alder Springs
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 91 higher elevations...94 to
100 lower elevations. Prevailing west winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 73. Prevailing west winds up to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 79 to 94 higher elevations...
96 to 104 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 76. Prevailing south winds up
to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 97 higher elevations...99 to
106 lower elevations. Prevailing northwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 63 to 77.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 63 to 75. Highs
84 to 99.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 64 to 78.
Highs 84 to 99.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
ALDER SPRINGS 86 63 87 / 0 0 0
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CAZ066-222300-
Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Paradise
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 87 to 101. Light winds becoming southwest
up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 70. Prevailing south winds up to
10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 87 to 99 higher elevations...93 to
103 lower elevations. Light winds becoming west up to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 64 to 74. Prevailing southwest
winds up to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 103 higher elevations...96 to
106 lower elevations. Light winds becoming southwest up to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 67 to 75.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 66 to 74. Highs
90 to 105.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 89 to 104. Lows
66 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
PARADISE 93 68 94 / 0 0 0
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CAZ067-222300-
Motherlode-
Including the cities of Grass Valley and Jackson
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100. Light winds becoming southwest
up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 69. Prevailing southwest winds up to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 98. Light winds becoming southwest
up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 63 to 71. Prevailing west winds up
to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 101. Light winds becoming west up to
10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 65 to 73.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 64 to 72. Highs 88 to
100.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 63 to 72.
Highs 88 to 99.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
GRASS VALLEY 92 62 92 / 0 0 0
JACKSON 96 61 94 / 0 0 0
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CAZ068-222300-
Western Plumas County/Lassen Park-
Including the cities of Chester and Quincy
148 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 87 higher elevations...78 to 93 lower
elevations. Prevailing south winds up to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler. Lows 51 to 66. Prevailing southwest
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 75 to 90 higher elevations...
81 to 96 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to
10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 54 to 69. Prevailing west winds up
to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 78 to 93 higher elevations...84 to
99 lower elevations. Light winds becoming southwest up to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 71.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 96.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 56 to 71. Highs 81 to 96.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 57 to 72.
Highs 81 to 96.
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 86 higher elevations...85 to 95 lower
elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to
the west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler. Lows 49 to 64 higher elevations...59 to
71 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the east after midnight. Gusts up to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 87 higher elevations...84 to
94 lower elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 50 to 65 higher elevations...60 to
72 lower elevations. Prevailing west winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the northeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 74 to 89 higher elevations...86 to
96 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds up to 10 mph shifting
to the southwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 55 to 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 93.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Clear. Lows 55 to 70. Highs 78 to 93.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 70.
Highs 78 to 93.
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COMIC: How living on Mars time taught me to slow down
This comic, illustrated by Anuj Shrestha, is inspired by an interview with NASA engineer Nagin Cox from TED Radio Hour's episode It Takes Time.
About Nagin Cox
Nagin Cox is a spacecraft operations engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For her current mission, Cox serves as the deputy team chief of the engineering operations team for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. She has also held leadership and system engineering roles on robotic missions including the Galileo Mission to Jupiter, the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers, the Kepler Exoplanet Hunter, the InSight Mission to Mars, and the Mars Curiosity rover.
Prior to joining NASA in 1993, she served six years in the U.S. Air Force, including duty as a space operations officer at NORAD/U.S. Space Command.
Cox received her master's in space operations systems engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology and two bachelor's in engineering and psychology from Cornell University.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 6, 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, Outset Medical, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; 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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Donald Trump Could Lie His Way Out of Just About Anything — Until COVID
An inside account of the panicked days that heralded the end of Trump’s presidency.
Donald Trump couldn’t sleep.
It was afternoon in Washington when Larry Kudlow’s cell phone buzzed; it was the middle of the night where the call was coming from. But that didn’t matter to Kudlow, a former CNBC presence now working as a White House economic adviser, for this wasn’t the first call he’d received from the same man halfway around the globe.
The sun would not rise for several hours in India, but President Trump hadn’t slept, pacing in his palatial New Delhi hotel suite. He was battling some jet lag, to be sure, but he wasn’t awake because of that, or because he was still charged up from the 110,000-person rally he had held at the world’s largest cricket stadium or the majestic tour he had received of the Taj Mahal.
The president didn’t know it yet, but he was embarking on one of the most consequential weeks of his term. At the beginning of the week, he had believed that he would be running for reelection on the back of a strong economy while facing socialist Bernie Sanders. By the end of that week, neither was true.
In the months to come, it would become clear that for the first time in his political life, Trump’s lies weren’t going to save him. And it just so happened to be in an election year.
Trump’s whirlwind trip to India in the final days of February 2020 was meant to be pure celebration. Short on policy but long on pageantry, the president was to be feted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose rule had tilted to the right, leading to open discrimination and violence against the nation’s Muslim minority.
The spectacles were as massive as expected, fit for a president whose demands were always for things to be bigger and better. But, upon reflection, a small, unassuming event tucked into the presidential schedule carried by far the greatest import.
The event was a quick talk to business leaders, held at the US ambassador’s residence in New Delhi and slated for just a few minutes. But this was where Trump felt compelled to address the coronavirus, which had begun rattling the foundation of his argument for another four years in office: the economy.
“We lost almost a thousand points yesterday on the market, and that’s something,” Trump told the two dozen or so gathered. “Things like that happen where — and you have it in your business all the time — it had nothing to do with you; it’s an outside source that nobody would have ever predicted.”
The virus was “a problem that’s going to go away,” he said with bravado. “And I think I can speak for our country, for — our country is under control.”
But his public confidence was undermined by his private worry. Trump had been up the night before, repeatedly calling Kudlow and other economic advisers. He asked Kudlow what he had heard, what the titans of business were saying, and if he would go on cable TV — always the most important part of a Trump public relations overture — to defend the president’s precious economy. Trump was nervous about the first significant stock market slide caused by COVID-19, the mysterious new virus that had stealthily emerged in China some weeks prior and was beginning to race around the globe. There was suddenly talk of lockdowns, travel bans and mass death, and the stock market — so bullish for most of the Trump era, it had become an idealized symbol in his mind for economic prosperity — was shaken.
Trump had known for a while that COVID-19 was poised to spark a pandemic unlike the globe had seen in a hundred years. After he and other top aides, among them Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, initially downplayed warnings coming from elsewhere in the administration — including from national security aide Matt Pottinger and trade adviser Peter Navarro — the president had grown convinced of the danger posed by what he often dubbed “the plague.” He confided in the journalist Bob Woodward as far back as February 7 that he knew the virus was deadly.
But publicly, Trump lied.
He lied at the gathering of the world’s elite in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, saying, “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” He lied days later in Michigan, declaring that “everything’s going to be great” and falsely claiming, “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China.” He later said the virus was going to have “a very good ending for it.” And with an eye toward Wall Street, he lied to the entrepreneurs in India, declaring “as far as what we’re doing with the new virus, I think that we’re doing a great job.”
But the markets fell again that day Trump spoke in New Delhi, creating their biggest two-day slide in four years, and things were about to get worse. None of Trump’s magic words would prevent the Dow from losing 37 percent of its value from February to March, shocking the market when it dropped almost 3,000 points on March 16 — its worst single-day plummet in history.
Those final days of February 2020 set the tone for the rest of Trump’s terrible year. Joe Biden’s turnaround on Super Tuesday in early March robbed him of his socialist foil, Bernie Sanders. Days later, Trump’s shaky Oval Office address on the coronavirus did little to reassure a jittery nation. His blustery social media posts didn’t move the needle either — the virus, after all, didn’t have a Twitter account. And in the coming months, the racial reckoning following the death of George Floyd would underscore just how out of touch Trump was with Black Americans.
Over the summer, the president who had equivocated about the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., found himself in a bunker under the executive mansion when a small fire ignited at nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church during protests in Lafayette Park. When the bunker move leaked to the press, Trump exploded with anger for fear that it made him look weak. He horrified much of the nation by using the military and federal police to clear nonviolent demonstrators from the park, posing for an awkward photo-op in front of the damaged church, bible in hand.
By October, Trump’s lies about COVID caught up with him when he was hospitalized, ill with a potentially deadly disease after nearly a year of flouting the rules, believing that wearing a mask would, as he told aides, make him look like “a pussy.”
After he was discharged from Walter Reed, and with the lighting just so, Trump strode up the steps to the Truman Balcony. Though still highly contagious, he tore off his mask before stepping inside. Reporters on the lawn, though, noticed something odd: Trump immediately backtracked out to the balcony again before returning inside, as if recreating his entrance. And that’s what he did: He was using the moment to film a video marking his so-called triumph over COVID.
“Don’t be afraid of COVID. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump said.
Trump, though having required emergency hospitalization, was once more downplaying the virus. More than 200,000 Americans already had died. And as much as the president was trying to project strength, to convey the impression that he was impervious and could bully and trick his latest and greatest foe into submission, a careful watch of the video depicting him ripping the mask from his face showed a different story.
Trump was gasping for air.
Trump couldn’t have known just what lay ahead of him that February in India. When he boarded Air Force One well after sundown, he was in a rage about the virus and his inability to slow the market tumble, according to officials. He barely slept on the plane as it hurtled back to Washington overnight, landing early in the morning of February 26 after more than a dozen hours in the air, creating the effect of one endless day. He quickly tore into aides about Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, who had just publicly predicted that the virus’s impact would be severe.
The virus was on the nation’s doorstep, poised to alter the very norms of society. Trump would respond to the greatest challenge of his presidency like he had to so many previous tests: with lie after lie after lie. In the end, he was buried under them and lost a reelection bid, an outcome that seemed so unlikely that week in February in India.
But the lies lived on. And amplified by fellow Republicans and the conservative media, those lies fueled the violence of January 6 — and will shape the nation’s politics for years to come.
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SHANGHAI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Development Bank (NDB) is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a journey of achievements. The Bank – established by the BRICS countries – started its operations in July 2015. Over the past seven years, NDB has evolved from a start-up to a major provider of development solutions. It operates in countries that exhibit great economic dynamism and have a strong demand for infrastructure.
NDB recently completed its initial capitalization of USD 10 billion of equity contributed by founding members. Since its foundation, the Bank has approved nearly USD 32 billion for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in four continents. The Bank has become an agile, lean, modern and fit-for-purpose institution.
NDB's project portfolio features investments in areas such as clean energy, urban mobility, water, sanitation, transport, social and digital infrastructure. Projects supported by NDB will help build or upgrade 15,700 km of roads, 850 bridges and 260 km of rail transit networks. This is larger than the diameter of planet Earth. They are also expected to avoid 13 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year and increase drinking water supply capacity by 209,000 m³/day, among a range of other development results.
These are projects that support the commitments by NDB member countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are implemented using country systems for environmental, social, governance (ESG) and procurement practices, without imposing policy prescriptions or conditionalities to the operations. Over 20% of project approvals are denominated in local currencies, helping clients to mitigate foreign-exchange risk and supporting the development of domestic capital markets.
In 2016, only about one year after starting operations, NDB made its inaugural bond issuance – a Green Financial Bond of RMB 3 billion. NDB was the first international financial institution to issue such instrument in China's Interbank Bond Market. The Bank has since then raised over USD 10 billion in domestic and international capital markets, including the first-ever SDG bond following the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) SDG Impact Standards.
Credit rating agencies have assigned NDB a very high rating – several notches above the average of its member countries. NDB embraces prudent risk management policies, has large capital buffers and adopts very strong liquidity metrics. The Bank abides by high standards in terms of governance, procurement and social responsibility.
In 2021, NDB admitted Bangladesh, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay as new members. They add over 280 million people that can benefit from NDB's mission, while strengthening the Bank's global outreach. Also in 2021, the Bank moved to its permanent headquarters, a modern architectural landmark located in Shanghai.
The recently approved 2022-2026 General Strategy aims at providing USD 30 billion over the next five years. Over this period, NDB will expand operations with the private sector, multiply development impact and direct 40% of its approvals to climate change mitigation and adaptation. NDB is embarking on a new phase in its journey to become a premier development institution for emerging economies.
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LAKE OROVILLE: Bass fishing has been the best thing happening with the spotted bass loading up on pond smelt, and spitting up the bait fish. The Bass Union protype double- or single- white skirted Buzz Bait has been effective along with River2Sea Whopper Ploppers or Zara Spooks. The bass are holding close to bait as deep as 30 feet in depth. A few large king salmon continue to be found near the houseboats or the dam at depths from 80 and 100 feet with rolled anchovies behind a green/chrome 8-inch ‘Kowski Special’ Topcoat dodger. Loafer Creek is the best launch, but the Spillway is back open with 6 to 7 lanes and plenty of parking. Lime Saddle launch is another option as there is plenty of access on the lake. The lake dropped from 47 to 45 percent with water releases down the Feather River.
LAKE SHASTA: The bass bite remains very good in the current of the Pit Arm. John Boitano of Phil’s Propellers in Redding reported good numbers of smaller bass to 3 pounds can still be taken on swimbaits, spinnerbaits, or weightless Senkos fished right up against the trees and in the main current. The bass bite on the main body has slowed, but there are still decent numbers being taken on spinners, cranks, and plastics. The kokanee bite has gotten even better with larger fish now being reported. Jeff Goodwin of Jeff Goodwin’s Guide Service reported an impressive bite with fish to 19 inches. Goodwin has been trolling multi-species spreads at 65- to 70-foot depths and has been taking kokanee, trout, or salmon. The water temperatures are still a bit behind last year at this time, but the upcoming warm spell should bring those up and conditions should get even better. Fishing pressure remains light, but summer boat activity has increased especially during the mid-day. The lake dropped slightly to 38 percent.
SACRAMENTO RIVER, Red Bluff to Chico: The salmon opener was very slow with few fish reported. Some striped bass are still holding in the vicinity of Corning with fish spread out in the cooler water to Red Bluff. Striper action near Colusa is fair with shakers and some keepers reported. Solid numbers of shakers for fly fishermen throwing Clouser Minnows with the Chico-area also producing a decent number of shakers. Smallmouth and largemouth action remains good on spinnerbaits or topwater lures fished at the mouth of the creeks and tributaries or in the slower water. The flows at the Colusa Bridge are down from 3,312 to 3,204 cfs.
SACRAMENTO RIVER, Keswick Reservoir to Red Bluff: Trout action on the Sac. below Highway 44 remains good with the best action from Redding to Anderson. Caddis and nymph patterns have been the top producers. The flows below Keswick are stable at 4,568 cfs.
SACRAMENTO RIVER, Metro area: Salmon opener produced as many as 30 fish for 50 boats trolling flatfish style baits wrapped with sardines from the mouth of the American River to I Street and down to the water plant. The flows at Fair Oaks on the American are 4560 cfs, and conditions are very good.
TRINITY RIVER, Willow Creek: Salmon fishing opened July 1 upstream of the confluence of the South Fork. Reports are hard to come by, but the river is warmer than normal and to be successful you’ll need to be on the water at first light. Numbers counted at the Junction City weir continue to show an above average return to date. As of Sunday, flows were down to 960 cfs on the Hoopa gauge.
FEATHER RIVER: Salmon opener was slow with only a few fish reported from the Outlet to Live Oak. The flows are good, but the water temperature has fluctuated as much as 5 degrees and probably influenced the bite. There are some shad still holding below the outlet. The flows at Star Bend are up from 3,312 to 4,861 cfs. Conditions should improve once water temperatures stabilize.
AMERICAN RIVER/Above Folsom: The river pushed back up to 1873 at Chili Bar from 1873 cfs, but the flows will change during the afternoons as water releases are increased for recreational rafting. There is a large differential between these flow periods. The best action is in the deep pools far away from easily accessed areas. Small presentations and light line are working best for the holdover rainbows or browns.
AMERICAN RIVER/Sacramento: The river salmon opener produced as many as 30 fish for 50 boats trolling Flatfish-style baits wrapped with sardines from the mouth of the American River to I Street and down to the water plant.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 6, 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, Outset Medical, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; 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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ISTANBUL, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a "Hepsiburada") (NASDAQ: HEPS), a leading Turkish e-commerce platform (referred to herein as "Hepsiburada" or the "Company"), today announced the appointment of Nilhan Onal as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company, effective January 1, 2023.
Murat Emirdag has decided to step down from his CEO duties for personal reasons. He will continue to lead the company and ensure a smooth transition to the new CEO until January 1, 2023. As of January 1, 2023, Mr. Emirdag will be a non-executive director of the Company's board of directors.
Nilhan Onal joins Hepsiburada from Amazon Europe, where she spent the last seven years focused on business transformation and growth. In her last role, she also oversaw strategy, operations and technology for Amazon's European Fashion business, driving strong results. During her time at Amazon, Nilhan also built and scaled Amazon's SWA (Amazon Shipping) business worldwide, and led a turn-around of Amazon UK Consumer Electronics and European Product Insurance businesses. Prior to joining Amazon, Nilhan Onal had over a decade of experience in managing consumer-focused businesses at Procter & Gamble in Turkey and Europe, leading different categories, from electrical beauty to household care, across various geographies. Among many recognitions, in 2021, she was also named among top Turkish executives in 'Global Turks par excellence' conducted by Heidrick and Struggles.
Hepsiburada's founder and chairwoman, Hanzade Dogan, said: "We are grateful for Murat's leadership, during which he has been an instrumental figure in Hepsiburada's journey achieving significant milestones both in Hepsiburada's growth and in developing Turkey's broader digital ecosystem. He will continue to make a strategic contribution to Hepsiburada's development in his new role as a non-executive board member starting January 2023."
"I am thrilled to welcome Nilhan to lead the next chapter of Hepsiburada. She brings more than 25 years of experience across e-commerce, logistics, demand generation and product development having worked at a global scale within Fortune 500 companies. Nilhan is a builder of both businesses and exceptional talent. With her leadership experience, she will take Hepsiburada into the next phase of our journey, continuing to build on our leading service levels for our customers and merchants."
Nilhan Onal said: "I am delighted to return home to Turkey to be part of Hepsiburada's success story. I love Hepsiburada's mission of being the reliable innovative companion for our customers. I am committed to taking Hepsiburada to the next level to surprise and delight all of our customers and merchants in the region with Turkish hospitality and excellent service levels."
Murat Emirdag took over as CEO of Hepsiburada on February 1, 2019 after serving as an advisory board member. Under his leadership, the Company has achieved significant growth in its core operations while developing an integrated technology ecosystem with capabilities in Fintech, on-demand delivery service, a subscription-based loyalty program, cross-border operations, advertising platform, logistics and fulfillment-as-a-service.
Murat said: "It's been an honor to serve Hepsiburada's customers and business partners alongside its founder, board members and teammates at Hepsiburada, which I see as a great place for bright minds and good hearts to flourish. After years as CEO, next January is the right moment to transition to a non-executive board role where I will advise on longer-term strategic opportunities. I am confident that Nilhan will make a significant contribution to Hepsiburada's journey. The Company has strong fundamentals in place and is well positioned to create long-term value moving forward."
About Hepsiburada
Hepsiburada is a leading e-commerce technology platform in Turkey, combining a globally proven e-commerce business model with a one-stop 'Super App' to cater to our customers' everyday needs and to help make people's daily lives better. Customers can access a broad range of products and services including same-day delivery of groceries and essentials, products from international merchants, airline tickets and payment services through our embedded digital wallet, Hepsipay. As at the end of March 2022, we had seamlessly connected 44.2 million members and 85 thousand Active Merchants.
Founded in Istanbul in 2000, Hepsiburada was built to lead the digitalization of commerce in Turkey. As a female-founded organization, we are committed to meaningful action to empower women. Through our 'Technology Empowerment for Women Entrepreneurs' programme, we have reached over 32 thousand female entrepreneurs across Turkey to date.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRO).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Spero between May 6, 2021 and May 2, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 25, 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, Spero Therapeutics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Kenosha folks should be prepared for high temperatures. It should reach a balmy 88 degrees. A 70-degree low is forecasted. We will see a mix of sun and clouds. The UV index today is high. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. The Kenosha area should see a light breeze, with winds only reaching 11 miles per hour, coming from Southwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Visit kenoshanews.com for more weather updates.
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A road trip to the desert proves that the range-topping Continental GT doesn't really need to exist, but I'm so glad it does.
There's something eerie yet serene about driving through Joshua Tree National Park in the desert a few hours east of Los Angeles. It's vast and quiet, and apart from the occasional work truck or tourist-driven crossover, the stunning roads are typically empty and provide some of the best views in the country. It's a mix of mountains and valleys, sand and weird greenery, all with a layer of heat shimmer added on top. As I quietly cruise past rows of beautiful cacti with my friends in the car and the windows down, it's easy to forget that I'm in a $346,260 Bentley with 650 horsepower.
To simply evaluate the 2022 Continental GT Speed, which lays claim to being Bentley's fastest and more luxurious car ever (at least until the Speed-based Mulliner W12 comes out), I could've just stuck to its natural habitat of swanky Beverly Hills just a few miles from my apartment -- but that wouldn't be nearly as fun. Beyond just the scenery being incredible, the desert roads around Joshua Tree are spectacular, too, perfectly smooth with a mix of meandering sweepers, long straights and tight corners. My weekend trip turns out to be the perfect adventure with the Speed, which -- surprise, surprise -- is phenomenal.
The Speed's twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine has been boosted by 24 hp compared to the normal W12-powered Continental, while torque remains the same at 664 pound-feet. Not too shabby. Bentley also gave the Speed's eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission quicker shifts, the engine and transmission have new calibration for a broader powerband, and the exhaust system is louder on startup and more characterful when downshifting.
The Continental shares its launch-control system with Porsche, which is one of the easiest to use and one of the most intense to experience. Hold the brake with your left foot and stomp the gas with your right foot, and the Speed revs to 5,500 rpm. Press your head and body against the seat -- you don't want to get whiplash -- release the brake, and the car leaps forward with ferocity. There's barely a chirp from the tires as the Bentley reaches 60 mph in under 3.5 seconds, and it will do it over and over and over. Absurd acceleration is available in every gear and at any speed, just tap the throttle and suddenly you're the king of the passing lane. Speed is an apt descriptor for this car, especially as it'll hit a v-max of 208 mph, but its actual sense of speed is a bit off. The Continental is so cosseting and easy to drive fast that I'm constantly checking my speedometer to make sure I'm not deep in triple digits.
The Speed moniker describes far more than just straight-line performance. Despite weighing more than 5,000 pounds, this Continental absolutely hustles through corners thanks to a number of Speed-specific upgrades. New for the Speed are an electronic limited-slip differential, rear-wheel steering that turns the back wheels up to 4 degrees and a tweaked all-wheel-drive system that can send up to 93% of torque to just the rear wheels. The Speed also comes standard with Bentley's three-chamber air suspension, adaptive dampers and 48-volt active anti-roll system. The suspension has a max ride height mode that's equally as good for getting into steep driveways as it is for navigating remote dirt roads when you take a couple wrong turns. Ask me how I know.
Further helping the Speed disguise its weight are available 22-inch wheels wearing Pirelli P Zero summer tires, sized 275/35 up front and 315/30 in back. My test car also has the optional carbon-ceramic brake setup, which are the largest brakes on sale. The 17.3-inch front discs are clamped by 10-piston calipers, while the rear discs measure 16.1 inches and have 4-piston calipers. Bentley says the ceramics save 73 pounds compared with the standard brakes, and there's none of the squeaking normally associated with carbon-ceramic brakes on road cars, but the brakes can be a bit hard to modulate smoothly.
All of this adds up to create a truly astonishing performer. The Speed's steering is light and sharper than a normal Continental's, there's virtually no body roll or dive under braking and those huge tires provide seemingly endless grip. Linking tight, complex corners together is effortless, and the Speed never loses its composure. That doesn't mean this big coupe can't be playful, though. In Sport mode the Speed's retuned stability control allows for increased amounts of slip, and you can turn it all the way off if you dare. It's easy to achieve controlled slides in the Speed, and this big coupe is seriously satisfying to throw into a corner.
Only the true Bentley heads out there will notice the Speed's styling differences compared to a normal Continental GT, and my car's spec is about as subtle as a Bentley can get. The Speed has turbine-like wheel designs, darker grille finishes, new side skirts and some Speed badges -- and that's it. My test car adds on a $12,245 carbon-fiber styling package with additional splitter and diffuser elements, but with the blacked-out trim and deep Midnight Emerald paint, this Speed flies under the radar. Personally, I'd go for a bright purple color with chrome grille mesh, a red interior and knurled aluminum trim, but I like to stand out.
At least this Continental has an interesting matching interior. The Speed is offered with a multitude of three-tone color schemes that mix diamond-quilted leather and luxe Alcantara, and this one has Cumbrian green and Portland grey upholstery accented by cream stripes and trim. The standard piano black dashboard finish is pretty tame, but there's more than enough brightwork and ambient lighting to keep the cabin interesting. The Continental's highly adjustable seats have massage functions and are supremely comfortable, and the back seat is spacious enough that my friends didn't complain a single time. That air suspension soaks up any road imperfections, and the only audible perturbances that reach the cabin is a bit of noise from the tires. It's an experience worthy of the pricetag, apart from the Porsche-derived infotainment tech that's now a couple generations old.
By the time my weekend in the desert is over and I've luxuriously wafted back to LA, the Speed has averaged 18 mpg over nearly 600 miles, 3 mpg better than the EPA's combined figure -- and that includes many full-throttle launches and, ahem, speed. It'll easily beat the 20-mpg highway estimate, too, thanks to a cylinder deactivation system that shuts down half the engine. Sure, the Continental's huge tank and California's always absurd gas prices lead to big winces from my face and my wallet every time I fill up, but it's still much more efficient and useable as a road-trip car than I expected.
There are a couple things that throw a bit of a wrench in the Speed's appeal: Namely, other Continental GT models. The new Continental GT S comes with the Speed's wonderful suspension setup (though it misses out on the Speed's other performance bits), and its 542-hp twin-turbo V8 engine is more satisfying to wring out and sounds even better than the Speed's W12. Even a base V8 Continental is nearly as good to drive as this Speed, and it costs almost $100K less than the Speed's $280,225 starting price. No one is really corner carving in a Continental GT anyway even though it's fun as hell to do so, and the Speed's straight-line performance is only half a second quicker than the V8's, which is not enough to be that noticeable.
But at the end of the day, I still really want the Speed. It's a lesson in making excess work even when it's unnecessary. The Speed-specific chassis upgrades really do make a difference -- its performance is mind-boggling no matter what type of driving you're doing, yet the Speed is equally good at being calm and comfortable around town or on a long drive. I can't think of another high-end car on sale that has the same breadth of ability, apart from Bentley's own Flying Spur sedan. When you're playing in the realm of $200,000 cars, people want the best of the best, and the Bentley Continental GT Speed is just that.
My biggest takeaway from this Joshua Tree getaway is that superluxury grand touring cars like the Bentley Continental GT Speed are some of the most compelling candidates for going fully electric. As much as I would miss the W12's drama and engineering, a similarly powerful EV powertrain would improve the Bentley's driving experience in basically every way. Noise aside, the W12's power delivery is so smooth and effortless that it already feels akin to an EV, and going electric would make the Continental even quieter and comfier. Bentley's first production EV will be out by the end of the decade, and I say bring it on.
(If you enjoyed the wonderful photos in this story, please check out my friends Ben, Matt, Maxx, Nathan and Ryan.) | https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2022-bentley-continental-gt-speed-coupe-review/ | 2022-07-22T10:35:36Z | https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2022-bentley-continental-gt-speed-coupe-review/ | false |
ROME (AP) — The Vatican put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s reform path Thursday, warning against any effort to impose new moral or doctrinal norms on the faithful on such hot-button issues as homosexuality, married priests and women’s roles in the church.
The Holy See issued a statement warning that any attempts at imposing new doctrines “would represent a wound to the ecclesial union and a threat to the unity of the church.”
The statement marked the second time the Holy See has weighed in publicly to rein in progressives in Germany who initiated a reform process with lay Catholics as a response to the clergy sexual abuse scandals.
Francis wrote a letter to the German church in 2019, offering support for the process, but warning church leaders against falling into the temptation of change for the sake of adaptation to particular groups or ideas.
The “Synodal Path” has sparked fierce resistance inside Germany and beyond, primarily from conservatives opposed to opening any debate on issues such as priestly celibacy, women’s role in the church and homosexuality.
Preliminary assemblies have already approved calls to allow blessings for same-sex couples, married priests and the ordination of women as deacons. One has also called for church labor law to be revised so that gay employees don’t face the risk of being fired.
Dozens of bishops from around the world warned earlier this year that the proposed German reforms, if ultimately approved at the final stage, could lead to schism. The next assembly of the “Synodal Path” is scheduled for Sept. 8-10. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/vatican-puts-brakes-on-german-church-reform-proposals/ | 2022-07-22T10:36:52Z | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/vatican-puts-brakes-on-german-church-reform-proposals/ | true |
SHANGHAI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Development Bank (NDB) is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a journey of achievements. The Bank – established by the BRICS countries – started its operations in July 2015. Over the past seven years, NDB has evolved from a start-up to a major provider of development solutions. It operates in countries that exhibit great economic dynamism and have a strong demand for infrastructure.
NDB recently completed its initial capitalization of USD 10 billion of equity contributed by founding members. Since its foundation, the Bank has approved nearly USD 32 billion for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in four continents. The Bank has become an agile, lean, modern and fit-for-purpose institution.
NDB's project portfolio features investments in areas such as clean energy, urban mobility, water, sanitation, transport, social and digital infrastructure. Projects supported by NDB will help build or upgrade 15,700 km of roads, 850 bridges and 260 km of rail transit networks. This is larger than the diameter of planet Earth. They are also expected to avoid 13 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year and increase drinking water supply capacity by 209,000 m³/day, among a range of other development results.
These are projects that support the commitments by NDB member countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are implemented using country systems for environmental, social, governance (ESG) and procurement practices, without imposing policy prescriptions or conditionalities to the operations. Over 20% of project approvals are denominated in local currencies, helping clients to mitigate foreign-exchange risk and supporting the development of domestic capital markets.
In 2016, only about one year after starting operations, NDB made its inaugural bond issuance – a Green Financial Bond of RMB 3 billion. NDB was the first international financial institution to issue such instrument in China's Interbank Bond Market. The Bank has since then raised over USD 10 billion in domestic and international capital markets, including the first-ever SDG bond following the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) SDG Impact Standards.
Credit rating agencies have assigned NDB a very high rating – several notches above the average of its member countries. NDB embraces prudent risk management policies, has large capital buffers and adopts very strong liquidity metrics. The Bank abides by high standards in terms of governance, procurement and social responsibility.
In 2021, NDB admitted Bangladesh, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay as new members. They add over 280 million people that can benefit from NDB's mission, while strengthening the Bank's global outreach. Also in 2021, the Bank moved to its permanent headquarters, a modern architectural landmark located in Shanghai.
The recently approved 2022-2026 General Strategy aims at providing USD 30 billion over the next five years. Over this period, NDB will expand operations with the private sector, multiply development impact and direct 40% of its approvals to climate change mitigation and adaptation. NDB is embarking on a new phase in its journey to become a premier development institution for emerging economies.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — On a few occasions, Sitaniel Wimbley’s mother grew manic in her front yard. When neighbors were met with screaming and cursing on their street in Natchez, Mississippi, they would dial 911.
An officer would arrive to collect Wimbley’s mother, who battled chronic bipolar schizophrenia. Her first stop was jail. Then she would be brought to a place she still can’t bring herself to drive near decades later: the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield. Once there, she would be detained with what she said was little explanation. No one told her how long she would be held for treatment; they just told her she couldn’t leave.
Stories like these reverberate through generations, stoking mistrust of the mental health system, especially within Black communities.
As director of the Mississippi chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Wimbley, who is Black, is on the front lines of a local effort with national implications. She is working to strengthen connections between mental health programs and people skeptical of their services. The work takes on a renewed urgency after the federal government launched the United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline on July 16.
The 988 system builds on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, an existing network of over 200 crisis centers staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls annually — about 2.4 million in 2020. The line is designed to work like 911, but will connect callers with trained mental health counselors instead of police, firefighters or paramedics. The federal government has provided over $280 million for states to build up their systems.
Federal officials are grappling with how local teams staffing the national 988 lines will contend with suspicion of the medical establishment.
“This is a critical question,” said John Palmieri, a senior medical advisor at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration official. “The suicide rate trends are alarming for Black youth. SAMHSA is committed to working with trusted partners in the Black community to address inequity in access to mental health care services.”
The specter of what has sometimes happened when authorities intervene — people trapped in overlapping systems rife with mistreatment — complicates efforts to provide care.
“These are the stories that have been passed down,” Wimbley said. “That’s what hinders us.”
The U.S. Justice Department sued Mississippi in 2016, arguing the state had done too little to provide mental health services outside mental hospitals. During a 2019 trial, federal attorneys said mentally ill people were being improperly detained because crisis teams did not respond to incidents. The attorneys said people had also been forced to live far from their families because mental health services were unavailable in their hometowns. A U.S. district court judge ruled Mississippi violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 2021, the Justice Department ordered Mississippi to revamp its mental health system.
Improper detentions and other issues contribute to what some experts say is an underutilization of mental health services within communities of color. Only one in three African-Americans who need mental health care receives it, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
“It’s not because people don’t want to use mental health services,” said Sirry Alang, a professor of sociology and health at Lehigh University. “It is because they’re using mental health services in the context of incarceration and police brutality.”
As jails outnumber hospitals that offer psychiatric drop-off sites, they have become the largest mental health institutions in some states.
Congress designated 988 as the universal number for the mental health crisis hotline system in 2020 after nationwide protests against cases of police brutality. Organizations such as Mental Health America endorsed 988 as a tool to limit “the number of people who are needlessly involved in the criminal justice system because of a mental health crisis.”
The Department of Health and Human Services is urging partners in each community to communicate the distinction between 911 and 988. To break through with such messages, Alang said local crisis response teams also must understand the social fabric of the communities they serve.
“As we think about the national crisis line and rebuilding trust, it’s very important to understand that people don’t use the mental health system as individuals,” Alang said. “They use them as people in communities and networks.”
A new strategy is informed by the idea that family and community networks can drive people toward mental health treatment as quickly as they can drive people away. Proponents say people can be guided to mental health treatment through local institutions they already trust.
As with Wimbley, mental health was also a touchy subject for Joyce Coleman and her mother. Coleman grew up with seven siblings in rural Mississippi. Mental illness afflicted some family members, but treatment was never discussed.
“There was this idea that you don’t need treatment, that you just needed to get yourself together, or you needed to pray more,” Coleman recalled.
The idea that prayer alone can treat mental illness is one Coleman, a care coordinator at HealthPartners, a Minneapolis health care provider and insurance company, works to dispel. But ministry work has offered her a venue to begin spreading the gospel of mental health care’s life-saving possibilities.
“If you want something to spread, church is where it starts,” Coleman said. “The fact that I’m connected with a health care organization makes it even better.”
Wimbley has taken a similar approach. In June, she spoke at a mental health training event hosted by Jackson State University’s Mississippi Urban Research Center for local faith leaders. Pastor Aurelius Williams of New Horizon Church spoke alongside Wimbley at the event.
Williams, a combat veteran who had PTSD, tries to guide congregants toward therapy when he determines they might need it.
“People are normally going to go to their pastor when they are having issues,” Williams said. “So pastors can talk in layman’s terms and explain to the individual seeking help that it’s all right. That it is not a weakness.”
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Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/mikergoldberg. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/mistrust-lingers-in-black-communities-amid-988-launch/ | 2022-07-22T10:38:02Z | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/mistrust-lingers-in-black-communities-amid-988-launch/ | false |
SHANGHAI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Development Bank (NDB) is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a journey of achievements. The Bank – established by the BRICS countries – started its operations in July 2015. Over the past seven years, NDB has evolved from a start-up to a major provider of development solutions. It operates in countries that exhibit great economic dynamism and have a strong demand for infrastructure.
NDB recently completed its initial capitalization of USD 10 billion of equity contributed by founding members. Since its foundation, the Bank has approved nearly USD 32 billion for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in four continents. The Bank has become an agile, lean, modern and fit-for-purpose institution.
NDB's project portfolio features investments in areas such as clean energy, urban mobility, water, sanitation, transport, social and digital infrastructure. Projects supported by NDB will help build or upgrade 15,700 km of roads, 850 bridges and 260 km of rail transit networks. This is larger than the diameter of planet Earth. They are also expected to avoid 13 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year and increase drinking water supply capacity by 209,000 m³/day, among a range of other development results.
These are projects that support the commitments by NDB member countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are implemented using country systems for environmental, social, governance (ESG) and procurement practices, without imposing policy prescriptions or conditionalities to the operations. Over 20% of project approvals are denominated in local currencies, helping clients to mitigate foreign-exchange risk and supporting the development of domestic capital markets.
In 2016, only about one year after starting operations, NDB made its inaugural bond issuance – a Green Financial Bond of RMB 3 billion. NDB was the first international financial institution to issue such instrument in China's Interbank Bond Market. The Bank has since then raised over USD 10 billion in domestic and international capital markets, including the first-ever SDG bond following the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) SDG Impact Standards.
Credit rating agencies have assigned NDB a very high rating – several notches above the average of its member countries. NDB embraces prudent risk management policies, has large capital buffers and adopts very strong liquidity metrics. The Bank abides by high standards in terms of governance, procurement and social responsibility.
In 2021, NDB admitted Bangladesh, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay as new members. They add over 280 million people that can benefit from NDB's mission, while strengthening the Bank's global outreach. Also in 2021, the Bank moved to its permanent headquarters, a modern architectural landmark located in Shanghai.
The recently approved 2022-2026 General Strategy aims at providing USD 30 billion over the next five years. Over this period, NDB will expand operations with the private sector, multiply development impact and direct 40% of its approvals to climate change mitigation and adaptation. NDB is embarking on a new phase in its journey to become a premier development institution for emerging economies.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — A woman who hails from a minority ethnic community was chosen Thursday as India’s new president, a largely ceremonial position.
Droupadi Murmu, a leader from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, was elected by the Indian Parliament and state legislatures in voting held Monday, making her the first president from one of the country’s tribes and the second-ever woman to hold the position.
She will be formally sworn in as the president on Monday.
Murmu, 64, who hails from the eastern state of Odisha and was governor of Jharkhand state from 2015-2021, is a member of the Santal ethnic minority, one of India’s largest tribal groups. She started out as a school teacher before entering politics and has been a two-time lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
Murmu’s father and her grandfather were village headmen in Baidaposi in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.
Modi congratulated Murmu by visiting her at her residence in New Delhi, and in a tweet wrote he was “certain she will be an outstanding President who will lead from the front and strengthen India’s development journey.”
“Her record victory augurs well for our democracy,” Modi tweeted.
Murmu’s supporters and Modi’s BJP party see her win as a triumph of tribal people and a breakthrough moment for her community, which generally lacks health care and education facilities in remote villages. Opposition parties, however, are doubtful whether she would be able to help empower and bring any change to the marginalized community.
The president’s role in India is largely ceremonial, but the position can be important during times of political uncertainty such as a hung parliament, when the office assumes greater power. She is bound by the advice of the Cabinet led by the prime minister, who is the chief executive.
She will replace Ram Nath Kovind, a Hindu nationalist leader from the Dalit community, which is at the lowest end of Hinduism’s complex caste hierarchy. Kovind has been president since 2017.
Murmu won against her opponent, Yashwant Sinha, a former BJP rebel who quit the party following differences with Modi on economic issues in 2018. Since then, Sinha has been a vocal critic of Modi and his government.
Indian lawmakers will vote for the country’s new vice president in August. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ethnic-minority-woman-wins-indias-presidential-election/ | 2022-07-22T10:45:00Z | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ethnic-minority-woman-wins-indias-presidential-election/ | false |
BEIJING, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM; HKEX: 2518) ("Autohome" or the "Company"), a leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for the three months and the six months ended June 30, 2022, before U.S. markets open on August 3, 2022.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.autohome.com.cn.
About Autohome Inc.
Autohome Inc. (NYSE: ATHM; HKEX: 2518) is the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is to engage, educate and inform consumers about everything auto. Autohome provides original generated content, professionally generated content, user-generated content, and AI-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers, covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the Company's dealer subscription and advertising services allow dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome's platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to potentially millions of internet users in China and generating sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers with improving their efficiency and facilitating transactions. Autohome operates its "Autohome Mall," a full-service online transaction platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and dealers. Further, through its websites and mobile applications, it also provides other value-added services, including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions, and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit www.autohome.com.cn.
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NEW YORK , July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Inotiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOTV).
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According to a filed complaint, Inotiv, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Insight Enterprises, Inc. to Report Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results on August 4, 2022
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSIT) (the "Company”) today announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, prior to market open on Thursday, August 4, 2022, and will also host a conference call and live webcast at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results of operations. The live webcast and replays of the conference call can be accessed at: http://investor.insight.com/
To access the live conference call, please register in advance using this event link. Upon registering, participants will receive dial-in information via email, as well as a unique registrant ID, event passcode, and detailed instructions regarding how to join the call.
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Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a Fortune 500 solutions integrator with 11,500 teammates worldwide helping organizations accelerate their digital journey to modernize their business and maximize the value of technology. We enable secure, end-to-end transformation and meet the needs of our clients through a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, far-reaching partnerships and 33+ years of broad IT expertise. Rated as a Forbes World’s Best Employer and certified as a Great Place to Work, we amplify our solutions and services with global scale, local expertise and a world-class e-commerce experience, realizing the digital ambitions of our clients at every opportunity. Discover more at www.insight.com. NSIT-F
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BASEBALL
Hussein signs independent contract
Former University of Arkansas-Little Rock infielder Jorden Hussein has signed a contract with the Lake Erie Crushers of the independent Frontier League.
Hussein started 50 of 51 games for the Trojans last season, batting .302 with 12 doubles, 1 triple, 26 runs scored and 24 RBI. He also had a .379 slugging percentage and .363 on-base percentage. Defensively, Hussein converted 224 of 233 total chances, which was good for a .961 fielding percentage, and led the team with 134 assists.
The Crushers, headquartered in Avon, Ohio, are one of eight teams in the West Division of the Frontier League. They are 27-30 this season and are tied for fifth place in the division after the league's All-Star break.
-- Todd J. Pearce
MOTOR SPORTS
ASCS Speedweek hits Batesville, I-30
The American Sprint Car Series' Sizzlin' Summer Speedweek will be at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove and Little Rock's I-30 Speedway tonight and Saturday night, respectively.
The seven-race mini-tour began Thursday night at Tulsa Speedway. Entering that event, Blake Hahn of Sapulpa, Okla., led the series point standings by 36 points over Jason Martin of Lincoln, Neb. Oklahoma City's Wayne Johnson was 42 points behind Hahn and Garet Williamson of Columbia, Mo., was 43 points back in fourth.
Benton's Tim Crawley, a three-time series national champion, was in sixth place. Landon Crawley, Tim's 14-year-old son, was eighth.
For tonight's event at Batesville, the gates open at 5:30 p.m., hot laps are scheduled for 7:15 p.m. and racing starts at 8 p.m. Adult grandstand admission is $20, children 6-11 get in for $10 and kids 5 and under get in free.
On Saturday at I-30, gates open at 4:30 p.m., hot laps are at 6:45 p.m. and racing begins at 7:30 p.m. The Comp Cams Super Dirt Series for late models will also compete, as will the track's IMCA stock car division. Grandstand admission is $20 and children 12 and under get in free.
From there, the series will continue Wednesday at Caney, Kan., on Thursday at Park City, Kan., Friday at Sapulpa, Okla., and Saturday at Salina, Okla.
VOLLEYBALL
ASU's Gerwig completes coaching staff
Arkansas State University Coach Brian Gerwig announced the completion of his coaching staff Thursday with the hiring of Jordan Coomes.
Coomes joins Gerwig's staff after spending the 2021 season at Jacksonville State as an assistant coach. She is Gerwig's second hire of the offseason after Alicia Roth was hired in April as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.
Last season, Coomes tutored the ASUN Conference Setter of the Year, Lexie Libs, and helped the Gamecocks to a 25-7 overall record with a 13-3 finish in league play. Jacksonville State captured the ASUN West Division title and reached the conference tournament final, while its 25 wins were the most since 2009.
ASU begins the 2022 volleyball season Aug. 26 at home with the A-State Invitational.
GOLF
Pair knocked out of U.S. Girls Junior Amateur
Grace Kilcrease of Springdale was eliminated Thursday in the Round of 16 at the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky.
Kilcrease, the 31st seed, lost 3 and 2 to 18th-seeded Sara Im of Duluth, Ga.
Earlier in the day, Kilcrease defeated Thienna Huynh, the No. 63 seed from Lilburn, Ga., 2 and 1.
Also Thursday, No. 24 seed Mackenzie Lee of North Little Rock lost 5 and 4 to ninth-seeded Justice Bosio of Australia.
Nichols, Huett in ASGA junior match play final
A year after losing in the final, Little Rock’s Anna Kate Nichols will appear in her third straight Arkansas State Golf Association Junior Match Play final today.
Nichols, a junior at Pulaski Academy, routed Russellville’s Susanna Manns 6 and 4 in a Thursday morning semifinal at Eagle Hill Golf & Athletic Club in Little Rock. The victory sent her to the final against Hot Springs’ Maggie Huett, a rematch of their 2021 quarterfinal that Nichols won 3 and 1.
Although neither girl claimed medalist honors in Tuesday’s qualifying round — Jonesboro native Caroline Hughes topped the nine-player field at 1-over par 73 — Huett edged Hughes on Thursday in a semifinal she never trailed over the final 12 holes.
Both players will be looking for their first junior match play crown in a final that is set to start at approximately 8:30 a.m.
On the boys’ side, there will be a new champion after Rogers’ Conner Guthrie knocked off Cabot’s Carson Stephens 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals Wednesday. He’ll meet Luke Hanson of Maumelle in one of two semifinals.
Fayetteville’s Landon Lawson needed only 27 holes to get through his two Wednesday matches and will play Cabot’s Jacob Knowlton in today’s other semifinal.
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SYDNEY (AP) — New U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy said Friday the United States needs to engage more with the Pacific region at a time when China is asserting its presence.
Kennedy spoke with reporters at Sydney International Airport after arriving to take on her new role. She is due to formally present her credentials Monday, filling a post that’s been vacant for 18 months.
Asked if the U.S. had drifted away from the Pacific in recent decades, Kennedy said she was focused on the future.
“This is a critical area in the region, and I think the U.S. needs to do more. We’re putting our embassies back in and the Peace Corps is coming, and USAID is coming back and we’re coming back,” she said.
“We haven’t been there for a while, but I think that is all tremendously positive, and I think the U.S. and Australia working together will make a big impact.”
Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, was ambassador to Japan during the Obama administration.
The Pacific holds great personal significance, she said, “since my father served in the Pacific (during World War II) and was rescued by two Solomon Islanders and an Australian coast watcher.”
“My family legacy is something I’m really proud of, and I try to live up to,” she told reporters. “I think the fact that it means something to people around the world makes me really proud and want to be worthy of it and do what I can to continue the values that my father lived by.”
Asked about China’s growing assertiveness in the region, she said her focus was on the U.S. partnership with Australia on issues like security, economic engagement, climate change and health.
“I think that China certainly has a big presence here in the region, but I think our partnership does as well,” she said.
Kennedy said she first visited Australia 36 years ago on her honeymoon.
She said she’d heard President Joe Biden had caught COVID-19 but hadn’t spoken to him about it yet.
“I wish him the best,” she said. “He’s strong and healthy, and obviously I hear he has very mild symptoms, so hopefully he will be feeling better soon.”
Kennedy didn’t waste time in putting the media in line. When one reporter started asking a question while another was still speaking, Kennedy quipped: “Did you just talk over a woman?”
“I, I did,” the reporter responded, to general laughter.
Kennedy also declined to answer questions about Australian sports, including cricket.
“Well, I know there’s a lot of sports, in that there’s a lot of trick questions involved in sports, so I am not answering any sports questions,” she said.
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New Kath & Kim special will feature just '10 minutes of new footage' starring Gina Riley and Jane Turner - with Sonia Kruger among celebrity guests set to appear
Kath & Kim is returning for a new television special.
But fans hoping for a reboot of the sitcom may be disappointed, with a new report from the Herald Sun claiming on Saturday that the special will feature just ten minutes of new footage.
There will be a 'best of' countdown featuring celebrity guests, as well as unseen 'clips from the vault'.
Kath & Kim is returning for a new television special. But fans hoping for a reboot of the sitcom may be disappointed, as the special will feature just ten minutes of new footage. The cast is pictured
Gina Riley and Jane Turner will appear in the new footage, while other cast members, Magda Szubanski, Glenn Robbins and Peter Rowsthorn, will also appear, discussing their favourite scenes.
Mason Cox, Sonia Kruger and Celia Pacquola are also set to star in the special.
'The Kath And Kim project filming in Melbourne is a clip show. There is no deep storyline, no new episode,' an alleged insider shared.
Gina Riley and Jane Turner (both pictured) will appear in the new footage, while other cast members, Magda Szubanski, Glenn Robbins and Peter Rowsthorn, will also appear, discussing their favourite scenes
The Daily Telegraph earlier claimed that the beloved Australian sitcom is planning a special 'celebrating the much loved characters' and 'memorable moments'.
The special, which does not yet have an airdate, is a different project to the reboot of the series that was rumoured earlier this year.
The show, which aired from 2002 to 2007 and starred Jane Turner and Gina Riley, will make a return next year, according to Woman's Day.
'The Kath And Kim project filming in Melbourne is a clip show. There is no deep storyline, no new episode' an alleged insider told The Herald Sun on Friday
The Melbourne home that was used as the central location for the series has been visited by crew members in recent weeks, neighbours say.
'It was unimaginable neighbours could keep TV's biggest secret under wraps much longer,' a source told the magazine.
The Kath & Kim special is already in pre-production and is expected to air on a streaming platform, not a free-to-air TV channel.
Kath & Kim aired on the ABC from 2002 to 2005, and on Channel Seven in 2007.
In addition there will 'best of' countdown featuring celebrity guests, as well as unseen 'clips from the vault'
Mason Cox, Sonia Kruger (pictured) and Celia Pacquola are also set to star in the special
It comes after actress Magda Szubanski, who played Sharon Strzelecki, said in May last year a reboot was off the table.
'I think it should be off the table... It holds such a special place in people's memories,' the comedian told The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
'If we did a live show, which was a 'best of' or something like that, that's different.
'But to actually try and do a whole new series, I think you can never capture that magic again.'
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Updated July 21, 2022 at 11:20 PM ET
The Jan. 6 committee held a prime-time hearing on Thursday — the last of its planned summertime hearings.
It focused on the more than 3 hours between when former President Donald Trump's Ellipse speech on Jan. 6 ended and when his prerecorded video asking protesters to go home posted to Twitter later that afternoon.
This story was updated throughout Thursday's hearing.
Update 11:12 p.m. ET
Cheney closes: The Wyoming Republican closed the hearing by focusing on Trump's actions despite the absence of evidence of fraud or conspiracy in the 2020 election.
"There was no evidence of fraud or irregularities sufficient to change the election outcome. Our courts had ruled. It was over," she said, adding that it didn't matter because Trump was looking for a way to stay in office.
The committee played audio from a meeting former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon held with associates four days before the election, surfaced last week in a Mother Jones report, which included comments about Trump claiming victory and that the election was stolen if he saw that he was losing.
"What the new Steve Bannon audio demonstrates is Donald Trump's plan to falsely claim victory in 2020, no matter what the facts were, was premeditated," she said. "Perhaps worse, he believed he could convince his voters to buy it, whether he had any actual evidence of fraud or not."
Cheney turned back to the oath of office – emphasizing the argument that he broke the oath when he did not act during the violence to proactively call off the mob.
"Let me assure every one of you this: Our committee understands the gravity of this moment and the consequences for our nation. We have much work yet to do and we will see you all in September," she said right before adjourning.
Update 10:37 p.m. ET
Trump officials say they stayed in office to right the ship: Some Trump administration officials felt that choosing not to resign was a better way forward. Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Eugene Scalia, then the labor secretary, both called to convene a Cabinet meeting.
In a memo addressed to Trump, Scalia advised that the president no longer publicly question the election results, adding that, after Jan. 6, "no one can deny this is harmful," wrote Scalia.
Update 10:34 p.m. ET
McCarthy blamed Trump, Republicans for violence: In a recording of calls with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, he is heard discussing a House resolution that called on Pence and the Trump Cabinet to remove the president from power.
"I've had it with this guy, what he did was unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it," McCarthy said. In a separate call he said he asked Trump if he holds responsibility for what happened on Jan. 6, to which, McCarthy said, Trump said he had some responsibility.
Luria said that private call between Trump and McCarthy is the only time Trump has allegedly claimed any responsibility for the insurrection and violence.
Update 9:46 p.m. ET
Pottinger and Matthews resigned after Trump tweet: Shortly before witness former Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger returned to the White House from another unrelated meeting, he said an aide handed him a printed sheet of paper showing the 2:24 p.m. Trump tweet condemning Vice President Pence for lacking the "courage" to prevent the Electoral College votes certifying Joe Biden's victory.
"I was disturbed and worried to see that the president was attacking Vice President Pence for doing his constitutional duty," he said, describing Trump's tweet as the opposite of a "de-escalation" that he said was needed at the moment.
"That's why I'd said earlier that it looked like fuel being poured on the fire," he said.
That was the moment, he told the committee, that he decided that would be his last day at the White House. "I simply didn't want to be associated with the events that were unfolding on the Capitol."
Former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, who resigned hours after the insurrection, told the panel she remembered thinking that the tweet "was essentially him giving the green light" to the Trump supporters storming the Capitol and that it inappropriately justified their anger.
She added that Trump's words have a strong influence over his supporters, something she said she's noted having worked as a spokesperson on his reelection campaign before becoming a deputy press secretary in his administration. "They truly latch onto every word and every tweet that he says," she said.
She called Trump's refusal to call off the mob "indefensible."
Update 9:21 p.m. ET
Pence's Secret Service detail members feared for their lives: National Security Council staff were listening in real time to Secret Service radio traffic on Jan. 6 as agents were making active decisions of where to move Vice President Mike Pence and as they made calculations about the level of danger. Some even began making calls to family, fearing for their lives, said a security professional, whose identity was protected and who was working out of the White House that day.
NSC chat logs from just after 2 p.m. show live updates on the breach of the Capitol: "Service at the Capitol does not sound good right now," one reads at 2:24 p.m.
"The members of the VP detail at this time were starting to fear for their own lives," the security professional said in a recorded interview. "There was a lot of yelling, a lot of very personal calls over the radio, so it was very disturbing...there were calls to say goodbye to family members."
The panel then turned to recorded interviews of Jan. 6 protestors recalling anger towards Pence and disappointment in his decision to move forward with certifying the election.
Update 9:13 p.m. ET
'In a state of shock' about Trump's plan to go to Capitol: Retired D.C. police Sgt. Mark Robinson, who was in the presidential motorcade on Jan. 6, testified that he and other law enforcement officials waited roughly between 45 minutes to an hour before the Secret Service gave word about whether or not Trump would go to the Capitol. Robinson said Trump was "upset" about not going to the Capitol and that there was a "heated conversation," though he did not corroborate details about a physical altercation between the former president and his lead Secret Service agent Bobby Engel, as was relayed second-hand in testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson.
An unidentified White House aide testified that Deputy Chief of Staff Tony Ornato said that Trump was "irate" when Engel refused to take him to the Capitol, and Engel did not refute that.
Another unidentified former White House security official said in a recording that "we were all in a state of shock" over Trump's plan to go to the Capitol.
"We all knew what that implicated and what that meant, that this was no longer a rally. That this was going to move to something else if he physically walked to the Capitol. I don't know if you want to use the word 'insurrection,' 'coup,' whatever – we all knew that this would move from a normal, democratic, you know, public event, into something else."
The official said that this was before the Capitol was breached but that Trump's intent to lead tens of thousands of people to the Capitol "was grounds to be alarmed."
Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., discussed committee efforts to obtain information from the Secret Service, which deleted many text messages from Jan. 5 and 6. Some Secret Service witnesses have retained private counsel, according to Luria.
Update 8:42 p.m. ET
Opening statements: Rep. Elaine Luria opened her presentation with a recap of the past few hearings, detailing the events of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including the two pipe bombs that were found in Washington, D.C., and the breaching of the Capitol barriers.
Luria said the "ways Trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power" was a betrayal of his oath of office to swear to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The hearing, she said, will focus on what the former president was doing in the meantime, following his speech on the Ellipse.
"Virtually everyone told president Trump to condemn the violence in clear and unmistakable terms," said Luria in opening statements, adding that the former president did not do so until 4:17 p.m.
"President Trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the panel and like Luria a military veteran, opened his statements by making the argument that the mob was "accomplishing president Trump's purpose" by delaying the count of the ballot certification.
"He chose not to act," Kinzinger said.
Update 8:20 p.m. ET
More hearings in the fall: The House Jan. 6 committee will reconvene in September for additional hearings, according to Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
"As we've made clear throughout these hearings, our investigation goes forward," Thompson said at the start of Thursday's hearing.
Cheney said, "In the course of these hearings, we have received new evidence and new witnesses have bravely stepped forward. Efforts to litigate and overcome immunity and executive privilege claims have been successful and those continue. Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break."
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The Jan. 6 committee is expected to piece together what the former president was doing while he was out of the public eye on Jan. 6 and will zero in on the argument that "he was the sole person that could have called off the mob but chose not to," according to committee aides.
During those 187 minutes, pressure mounted for him to call off the mob and tell rioters to stop. For the committee, which has argued that Trump welcomed the violence, what he said to aides and what he was thinking is key.
Plenty of timelines have sketched out how most of the day unfolded, but for more than 3 hours, Trump went dark as a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol. The committee has had to work to put together an account of what he was doing then because public records have been hard to come by.
Two former White House officials who served under Trump will testify at Thursday's hearing — former National Security Council member Matthew Pottinger and one-time Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews — three sources familiar with the committee's work told NPR. Both resigned shortly after Jan. 6.
Reps. Elaine Luria, a Democrat, and Adam Kinzinger, one of two panel Republicans, are expected to take a lead at the hearing, and Rep. Bennie Thompson will chair the hearing remotely due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.
Over the last seven hearings, the Democrat-led committee has laid out its case that the former president was at the center of an election fraud conspiracy that ultimately led to the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. Witnesses, including former Trump and White House officials and staff, have appeared in person and in previously taped interviews to provide details on how the then-president knew he lost but pursued efforts to pressure state officials, lawmakers and the Justice Department to overturn the election in his favor.
Although this is the last scheduled hearing, the panel has left the door open for more. The panel had originally envisioned six hearings throughout June but extended them into July as it collected more information. The committee is planning to issue a first report this fall followed by a final report later in the year.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRO).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Spero between May 6, 2021 and May 2, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 25, 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, Spero Therapeutics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Great smart home gifts anyone will enjoy
Smart tech can be a lot of fun and make your life much easier, but the research required to pick devices and the price tags of these items can often discourage potential buyers. For this reason, smart home upgrades make great gifts. Smart tech isn’t always something a friend or loved one will get for themselves, but it’s definitely something they can benefit from and appreciate in the long term.
What are smart home devices?
“Smart home” tech refers to electronic devices that can be controlled remotely through your phone, tablet or computer. A smart device can be programmed to automatically go into use at certain times, so you don’t have to be present to perform certain tasks.
What to consider when gifting smart home products
Take into account how tech-savvy the recipient is, and whether or not the device is something that can be incorporated into their daily life. Some devices require more knowledge than others, and others are only useful for specific interests. For example, a smart garden for growing herbs in the home is only helpful if your recipient would be interested in growing herbs indoors. A smart coffee maker is only a timesaver if the recipient will actually use those advanced settings.
Smart home gifts from $10-$50
Kasa Multicolor Dimmable Smart Light Bulb
What you need to know: This A19 10.5-watt dimmable bulb has Wi-Fi capabilities and can change colors.
What you’ll love: The bulb connects directly to your Wi-Fi network so you don’t need any extra equipment. It responds to voice commands and is compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and Microsoft Cortana. A custom lighting schedule can be set ahead of time so you don’t have to manually change the brightness or color throughout the day.
What you should consider: It doesn’t come with a black light feature.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Lightimetunnel Sleep Headphones
What you need to know: This is a headphone/sleep mask combo that blocks out the sun and allows you to listen to music comfortably as you fall asleep.
What you’ll love: The ultra-thin stereo speakers are adjustable and comfortable for side sleepers, plus the Bluetooth/wires are removable so the mask can be washed. The mask material is breathable and molds comfortably to the face. A fully charged battery can last over 8 hours, making it perfect for travel and home use.
What you should consider: The mask runs a little big and doesn’t come in multiple sizes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This pack comes with four smart plugs that transform your outlets into smart-capable spots.
What you’ll love: No hub is required, just plug in and use the Wi-Fi. These plugs are compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and can be operated remotely when you’re not home.
What you should consider: Scheduled tasks are dependent on Wi-Fi and won’t work without it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This is a large-capacity BPA-free pet fountain with a solid circulation system to ensure freshness.
What you’ll love: There are two fountain modes to choose from and a water level window that allows you to see when the unit needs to be refilled. The smart pump is quiet, plus the unit as a whole is easy to clean and maintain.
What you should consider: There’s a filter you’ll need to change regularly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: Available in two colors, this third generation Echo Dot is a conveniently sized smart speaker that also offers Alexa usage.
What you’ll love: It provides a rich, deep sound and can be used for playing music, setting timers and controlling other smart home devices. You can use voice control to stream music from almost anywhere.
What you should consider: Not all users want Alexa in their home and don’t find the feature beneficial.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Wyze Cam v3 with Color Night Vision
What you need to know: This is an HD indoor/outdoor security cam with two-way audio.
What you’ll love: It connects to your Wi-Fi and can record nighttime video in color with more visibility than comparable units. The recording function is triggered by sound or movement, plus there’s a siren that can be used to discourage trespassing. This device is compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT.
What you should consider: The sound quality isn’t as good as the camera quality.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Smart home gifts from $51-$150
What you need to know: This is a stainless steel automatic pet feeder designed for small to medium sized cats and dogs.
What you’ll love: It’s a well-built device with an automatic timer that can be set to distribute one to four meals per day. Batteries ensure that the feeder will work, even if the power goes out. You can put in preset voice recordings to play when your pet is fed.
What you should consider: It isn’t designed to accommodate large-breed dogs. Batteries are not included.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Hamilton Beach Smart Programmable Coffee Maker
What you need to know: This 12-cup stainless steel coffee maker is compatible with Alexa and completely programmable.
What you’ll love: It syncs wirelessly with the Alexa app for easy use even if you haven’t gotten out of bed yet. It turns off automatically after 2 hours, but you can also turn it off via the app if you remember after leaving home.
What you should consider: The coffee maker must be turned on manually.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This energy-efficient smart garden will grow your herbs and vegetables indoors via an LED grow light.
What you’ll love: There’s fairly even LED light distribution to ensure decent plant growth. It’s easy to use and basil plant pods come included. Herbs and veggies can be transplanted to other indoor or outdoor pots once fully grown. The unit as a whole is lightweight and easy to move.
What you should consider: The “smart” features are pretty limited.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SimplySmart Home PhotoShare Friend and Family Digital Photo Frame
What you need to know: This black smart frame comes in three different sizes and holds over 8,000 HD photos.
What you’ll love: Photos can be shared with the frame easily via the free PhotoShare App, email, Facebook or Google Photos. You can add personal messages for your friends and family to see. Up to 10 photos can be sent to the frame at one time.
What you should consider: Figuring out setup can be a little difficult.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
Netro Smart Sprinkler Controller
What you need to know: This fully automated system is EPA WaterSense certified and creates custom watering schedules based on your plants and lawn.
What you’ll love: It can connect to the Wi-Fi and is compatible with Alexa. It’s eco-friendly and easy to install.
What you should consider: It’s designed for indoor use only and can only be turned on using the app.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
TOWNEW T1 Self-Sealing and Self-Changing 4-Gallon Trash Can
What you need to know: This 4-gallon automatic trash can will save you time and energy taking out the trash.
What you’ll love: It features a built-in motion sensor that opens the lid automatically. With a one-touch button, it will seal the garbage for you so it can be thrown out, plus it changes its own bag. Odors are sealed inside the can, and there’s a rechargeable battery.
What you should consider: The trash can is not water-resistant.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Wayfair and Bed Bath & Beyond
Smart home gifts from $151 and up
LEVOIT Smart Wi-Fi Air Purifier
What you need to know: This smart air purifier uses voice command technology and is compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant.
What you’ll love: It can be controlled easily with your smartphone with features for the timer, air quality display, filtering life and so on. It eliminates odors and smoke with great purifying speed. It can clean the air of a 900 square foot room in 1 hour.
What you should consider: The lifespan of this device should be longer, given the cost.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
COSORI CS130-AO Air Fryer Toaster Combo
What you need to know: This large-capacity toaster/air fryer combo is Wi-Fi compatible and works with Alexa.
What you’ll love: There are 12 different functions plus 11 presets. You can adjust the temperature, cooking time and even the light and fan, all with your smartphone. Original recipes are updated regularly via the VenSync app.
What you should consider: It can be a little noisy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Google Nest Learning Thermostat
What you need to know: This stainless steel battery-powered smart thermostat is programmable and can learn your habits to best save on energy and keep you comfortable.
What you’ll love: It adjusts automatically when you’re not home and it can be controlled by anyone in the household remotely via a phone, tablet or laptop. It’s energy-efficient and sends alerts as needed.
What you should consider: If your home has more than one floor, you’ll need to purchase more than one thermostat to control the temperature for all levels.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This battery-powered smart speaker is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatible with Alexa built into it.
What you’ll love: This device is durable and portable, perfect for indoor or outdoor use. The sound quality is excellent. Alexa can be disabled if you don’t want to use that feature.
What you should consider: The price is on the high side given the features it offers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Iscoe Law Firm, one of Florida's leading personal injury attorney teams, knows that Uber and similar ridesharing accidents have changed the way people travel daily.
In cases where Uber drivers cause accidents, one may be able to pursue compensation from the driver's personal insurance policy, Uber's insurance policy, or a combination of both. Whether Uber's insurance covers their drivers depends on what the driver was doing at the time of the crash.
"After an Uber accident you are likely entitled to compensation under your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance," says Gary T. Iscoe, Esq. Founding Partner of Iscoe Law Firm. "If your injuries and other losses are substantial, however, you can usually seek compensation from the at-fault party's insurance policy."
If the driver's Uber app was off during the accident, Uber's insurance provides no coverage. As a victim, you need to make a claim on the driver's personal auto insurance policy.
If the app is on and the driver is waiting for a request, Uber's insurance provides 3rd party liability coverage to its drivers if the driver's own insurance does not apply. The policy limits for this coverage are $50,000 for bodily injury, up to $100,000 per accident, and $25,000 for property damage per accident.
If an accident occurs while the Uber driver is picking up passengers or providing a ride, Uber's insurance provides $1,000,000 in 3rd party liability coverage.
Since 1991, Gary T. Iscoe, a Trial Lawyer, has been dedicated to holding the powerful accountable for taking advantage of the powerless. From representing clients in severe injury cases, wrongful death cases, class actions, and other lawsuits including medical malpractice, and product liability. Gary and his team understand Florida's complex personal injury laws.
Iscoe Law fights hard for the injured and holds auto insurers like State Farm, Allstate, Progressive, GEICO, Liberty Mutual accountable for the pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages suffered by its clients.
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Bollywood actor R Madhavan's son Vedaant Madhavan said that he feels elated to represent India at international swimming championships in a video for the Odisha Government's Department of Sports and Youth Services. "I'm pretty happy to represent India," he said. He also talked about his preparations for the upcoming competitions and said that he will work hard and perform much better in those competitions.
The video, which is one-minute and 13 seconds long, was shared by the Odisha government on its official Facebook page. The post read: "Winning 4 gold and 3 silver medals at the Aquatic Nationals 2022, swimming sensation Vedaant Madhavan said that the facilities at this Nationals are one of a kind. We wish him the very best for his future!"
The junior Madhavan also backed the officials of the Department of Sports and Youth Services of the Odisha Government for organising the 48th Junior National Aquatics Championships successfully.
Meanwhile, R Madhavan recently met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Madhavan, who is recently in the news for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, was accompanied by his wife Sarita and son Vedaant.
Madhavan shared many pictures of the meeting on his Instagram account and wrote, “Such a pleasure to meet with honourable CM and very dynamic Shri Naveen Patnaik ji. Thank you so much for the kind hospitality and the most fantastic endeavour of putting Odisha firmly on one of the best sports venue map of India. your commitment for the future of sports is invigorating.”
Moreover, the 3 Idiots actor also talked about the attention his son is getting from media and social media alike. The actor told India Today, "Vedaant, I and Sarita realised that he got a lot of attention because he is my child. His achievements are not at par with the fame he is getting right now. He's won a few competitions and still has a long way to go. There are better swimmers in his age group in India."
Vedaant Madhavan has been in the news for winning several swimming championships. Recently, he came first in the 1500m freestyle event at the 48th Junior National Aquatics Championships held at Bhubaneswar. Vedaant clocked 6:01.73 to erase Advait Page’s previously held record.
Earlier this, he bagged gold and silver medals at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. Vedaant bagged the gold medal in the 800m swimming event and clocked at 8:17.28. He secured four silver medals in 800m freestyle swimming, 1500 freestyle swimming, 4x100 freestyle relay and 4x200 freestyle relay events.
The junior Madhavan also bagged bronze medals in 100m freestyle swimming, 200m freestyle swimming and 400m freestyle swimming events.
Also read: Madhavan joins NFT bandwagon with Rocketry NFT series
Also read: R Madhavan-starrer ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ to release on Amazon Prime Video on July 26
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts broke an eighth-inning tie with a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-6 on Thursday night after blowing a five-run lead in the seventh.
Freddie Freeman homered early and the NL West leaders won their fifth in a row, eighth straight at home and 12th in 13 tries overall, with the All-Star Game logos on the field nearly obliterated two nights after the Dodgers hosted the Midsummer Classic for the first time since 1980.
“We got the win and that’s the most important thing,” Betts said. “That’s why it’s a team game. You’ve got to pick each other up and we did that tonight.”
Betts also made a spectacular diving catch on Joc Pederson’s liner in the right-field corner for the final out.
“My initial read, I knew I was going to catch that one,” Betts said. “I don’t get too excited about those. That’s my job, that’s what I’m supposed to do.”
San Francisco tied it on a grand slam by Darin Ruf in the seventh, then went ahead 6-5 in the eighth.
Trayce Thompson’s RBI triple off Dominic Leone (3-2) tied it 6-all with two outs in the bottom half.
“Thompson’s love triples,” tweeted Golden State Warriors 3-point ace Klay Thompson, older brother of Trayce.
Cody Bellinger drew a walk from left-hander Jarlin Garcia to set up Betts, whose 406-foot shot landed in the left-field pavilion, triggering a raucous reaction from what was left of the sellout crowd of 53,165.
“We grind through each at-bat. Nobody really gives away at-bats,” Betts said. “That’s why we’re so good.”
Evan Phillips (4-3) worked one inning for the win, and Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his 16th save.
The Giants tied it at 5 with a five-run seventh when the Dodgers’ bullpen crumbled.
“I’m not going to make too much out of this one,” Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said of the relief corps.
Phil Bickford gave up a solo homer to Evan Longoria. Facing a 2-2 count with two outs, Ruf launched his first career grand slam to left-center off Alex Vesia to even the score.
Phillips came on in the eighth and promptly walked Wilmer Flores before Pederson doubled to deep left. After Longoria grounded out, Luis González was intentionally walked to load the bases. Phillips walked Thairo Estrada, forcing in Flores for a 6-5 lead.
Austin Slater grounded into a fielder’s choice to third and Max Muncy threw out Pederson at the plate for the second out. Pinch-hitter Joey Bart struck out to end the inning.
Freeman homered for his NL-leading 115th hit in the first.
Mitch White took a no-hit bid into the sixth as the Dodgers were cruising with a 5-0 lead.
White didn’t allow a baserunner until consecutive two-out walks to Austin Wynns and LaMonte Wade Jr. in the third. The right-hander got his only strikeout in the fifth, when González went down swinging leading off.
Caleb Ferguson followed with two strikeouts in 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Giants starter Carlos Rodón gave up five runs and six hits in five innings. The left-hander struck out seven and walked two.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: INF Tommy La Stella (COVID-19 IL) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Friday. He’s expected to get time at second base, designated hitter and third base. … LHP José Álvarez (left elbow) remains in San Francisco for rehab. … C Curt Casali (oblique strain) started hitting to go with the running he’s already doing. … RHP Mauricio Llovera (right flexor strain) was transferred to the 60-day IL. … RHP Zack Littell (left oblique strain) threw a bullpen in Arizona. … SS Brandon Crawford (right knee inflammation) began light baseball activity.
Dodgers: 3B Justin Turner left the game with abdominal tightness. … Roberts said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that RHP Walker Buehler (right flexor tendon strain) will return in September. … RHP Dustin May (Tommy John surgery) will pitch three innings at Triple-A Oklahoma City. Roberts expects him back by mid-August. … LHP Andrew Heaney (left shoulder) will make a start in Arizona. … RHP Brusdar Graterol (right shoulder) is pain-free and should return soon. … OF Chris Taylor (left foot) is swinging a bat and throwing, but not able to run yet.
CATCH THIS
Bellinger and Trea Turner completed consecutive sliding catches in the fourth.
Bellinger went sliding on his rear in center field to rob Flores and keep White’s no-hit bid intact.
Turner wasn’t to be outdone one batter later. The shortstop gracefully slid on his knees in the dirt on the third base side to catch Pederson’s pop foul.
“He made a sweet play and sweet slide,” White said.
Roberts marveled, “I don’t know anyone who can get such style points.”
DANCING BILLIE
Grammy-winning singer Billie Ellish and her producer-brother Finneas were on their feet dancing to one of her songs from their seats directly behind the Giants dugout between innings.
BELLI BOBBLEHEAD
Bellinger’s father, Clay, a three-time World Series champion with the Yankees, handled first pitch duties while holding his 7-month-old granddaughter in his left arm. Clay bounced the pitch in the dirt but his son deftly handled it on his bobblehead night while Caiden appeared nonplussed.
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Giants: RHP Logan Webb (9-3, 2.83 ERA) struck out five over six-plus innings against Milwaukee in his previous start before the All-Star break.
Dodgers: LHP Tyler Anderson (10-1, 2.96) makes his first start with the Dodgers against the rival Giants. He’s 1-3 with a 4.40 ERA in eight career starts against them.
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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Jihadi rebels have attacked Mali's Kati military base on the outskirts of the capital city Bamako, the ruling junta confirmed Friday.
It's the first time Kati, Mali's largest military base, has been targeted by extremist rebels in the more than 10-year insurgency in the West African country.
Two vehicles loaded with explosives detonated at the camp at about 5 a.m., according to a statement issued by the military.
“The Malian Armed Forces vigorously repelled a terrorist attack on the Kati barracks,” said the statement, which said that two attackers were killed.
“The situation is under control and a sweep is underway to find the perpetrators and their accomplices,” said the statement.
Friday’s attack on the Kati barracks follows a coordinated series of insurgent attacks Thursday. In one of those incidents, the extremists attacked a police base in Kolokani, 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Bamako and two Malian soldiers were killed, said the military in a statement.
The leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita frequently stays at the Kati camp, where he launched the 2020 coup that brought him to power.
Jihadi rebels linked to al Qaida and the Islamic State group have been fighting an insurgency in Mali for more than a decade. Their attacks have mostly been in northern Mali but recently the extremists have moved into central Mali. In recent weeks they have moved closer to the capital.
Last week gunmen attacked an army checkpoint about 60 kilometers (37 miles) outside Bamako, killing at least six people and wounding several others, officials said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it appears to be by the al-Qaida-linked rebel group known as JNIM that has carried out several other attacks around Bamako.
The attacks show “how the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin continues to expand its operations outside its traditional strongholds in northern and central Mali,” said Héni Nsaibia, a senior researcher at The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
“As in other Sahelian countries such as Burkina Faso and Niger ... major cities including the capitals themselves, are increasingly surrounded by a steady spread of Islamist militancy that poses an ever-increasing risk and challenge to the security environment.”
Mali has struggled to contain an Islamic extremist insurgency since 2012. Extremist rebels were forced from power in Mali’s northern cities with the help of a French-led military operation, but they regrouped in the desert and began attacking the Malian army and its allies. Insecurity has worsened with attacks in the northern and central regions. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Explosions-gunfire-at-a-military-base-near-17321860.php | 2022-07-22T11:22:08Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Explosions-gunfire-at-a-military-base-near-17321860.php | true |
Congress 'completely corrupt' says Kiren Rijiju as grand old party criticizes Centre's ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement
The central government has envisioned the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (tricolour at every home) movement in the run-up to the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Under this programme, the Centre has urged the people of India to hoist or display the national flag in their homes between August 13 and 14.
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Russian central bank slashes key rate to 8%, will study need for more cuts
MOSCOW, July 22 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate by a sharper-than-expected 1.5 points to 8.0% on Friday and said it would study the need for further cuts as inflation slows and the economy dips into recession.
It was the fourth cut this year. In the immediate aftermath of Moscow's despatch of armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24, the central bank had hiked its key rate to 20% from 9.5% in order to reverse a plunge in the value of the rouble.
In a Reuters poll earlier this week, most analysts had expected a smaller cut of 50 basis points from 9.5%.
"The Bank of Russia will consider the necessity of a key rate reduction in the second half of 2022," it said in a statement.
The rouble extended losses, sliding to 58.13 against the dollar minutes after the rate decision, from 57.57 seen shortly before.
"Apparently the regulator has decided to act more aggressively than previously thought, as inflation is falling faster than in forecasts," analysts at Promsvyazbank said.
Annual inflation slowed to 15.5% as of July 15, the central bank said, lowering its 2022 inflation forecast to 12-15% from its previous assessment of 14-17%. It reiterated its hope that inflation would fall to its 4% target in 2024.
High inflation dents living standards and has for years been one of Russians' main concerns, but the economy needs stimulation in the form of cheaper credit to address the negative effects of sweeping Western sanctions.
The central bank revised its economic forecasts for this year, saying gross domestic product would contract 4-6%. In late April, it had said GDP would shrink 8-10%.
"The external environment for the Russian economy remains challenging and continues to significantly constrain economic activity," the central bank said.
"Consumer activity remains subdued, but is beginning to recover, including amid a gradual increase in imports of consumer goods."
In 2023, the economy will contract by 1-4%, the central bank said, revising its earlier forecast that the economy would shrink by up to 3% next year.
Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina will shed more light on the bank's forecasts and policy in a media briefing at 1200 GMT.
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School in east Ukraine hit by Russian strike, bodies found
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in the east of the country, officials said Friday, as attacks continued in several parts of the nation.
The reported casualties follow a barrage Thursday on a densely populated area of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, that killed at least three people and wounded 23 others.
In a rare sign of light, the signing was expected Friday of an accord that would allow Ukraine to resume its shipments of grain across the Black Sea and Russia to export grain and fertilizers.
Beyond that, however, there was no indication of relief from the grinding war. Russia this week has reiterated its plans to seize territories beyond eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military has spent months trying to conquer the Donbas region.
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The Ukrainian president’s office said that in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk province, Russian shelling destroyed a school and damaged 85 residential buildings.
Ukraine’s state emergencies agency said it has completed work at the school, which was hit on Thursday, and found three bodies.
“Russian strikes on schools and hospitals are very painful and reflect its true goal of reducing peaceful cities to ruins,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks, repeating his call on residents to evacuate.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, however, said that the Russian strike had killed over 300 Ukrainian troops who used the building of School No. 23 in Kramatorsk as their base. He said another strike destroyed a munitions depot in the industrial zone of the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Konashenkov also said that Russian forces destroyed four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers supplied by the U.S. between July 5 and 20. The U.S. said it has supplied 12 HIMARS systems and will deliver four more. The claims could not be independently verified.
The Ukrainian military has used HIMARS, which have a higher range and better precision compared with similar Soviet-era systems in the Russian and Ukrainian inventory, to strike Russian munitions depots and other key targets.
In the Dnipro region of central Ukraine, three schools were destroyed in the latest Russian strikes, Ukrainian authorities said. Seven Russian missiles hit the small town of Apostolove in the Dnipro region, wounding 18 residents.
Regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko decried the “senseless” attack, saying that “there are no military goals behind it and this shelling could only be explained by their desire to keep people on edge and sow panic and fear.”
In other developments Friday:
— The British Defense Ministry said it believes that Russia is experiencing “critical shortages” of dedicated ground-attack missiles and has increased its use of air-defense missiles “in secondary ground attack mode” because of that. It said that Russia has “almost certainly” deployed S-300 and S-400 strategic air defense systems that are designed to shoot down aircraft and missiles at long range, and that there is a “high chance” of them missing their intended targets and causing civilian casualties.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) today announced that it will release results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, after the market closes on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Senior Management will also hold a conference call to discuss these results on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time.
The call-in number for the conference call is (313) 209-7315 or (800) 263-0877 and the replay number is (719) 457-0820, with a pass code of 7462783. The replay will run for 30 days. Additionally, the call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed and replayed through the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.mastec.com.
MasTec, Inc. is a leading infrastructure construction company operating mainly throughout North America across a range of industries. The Company's primary activities include the engineering, building, installation, maintenance and upgrade of communications, energy and utility and other infrastructure, such as: power delivery services, including transmission and distribution, wireless, wireline/fiber and customer fulfillment activities; power generation, primarily from clean energy and renewable sources; pipeline infrastructure, including natural gas pipeline and distribution infrastructure; heavy civil; and industrial infrastructure. MasTec's customers are primarily in these industries. The Company's corporate website is located at www.mastec.com. The Company's website should be considered as a recognized channel of distribution, and the Company may periodically post important, or supplemental, information regarding contracts, awards or other related news and webcasts on the Events & Presentations page in the Investors section therein.
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Harding's songs have been recorded by Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney and many others, resulting in multiple #1 hits and over 1 billion streams on Spotify to date. Now he's launching an opportunity for other songwriters—his new "Write Like a Rockstar" contest, which begins July 22, 2022. It will give fellow adoptees a chance to write their own song with him (to be recorded by Harding in Nashville), which they will co-own and can add to their portfolio
"Party Like a Rockstar may be a memoir, but it could just as easily be classified as a self-help book for those of us who struggle to be ourselves. J.T. Harding is the epitome of the American rock-n-roll dream and a true testament that anything is possible if you're brave enough to dream it."
―Shane McAnally, three-time Grammy award-winning songwriter and star of NBC's Songland
"I've loved J.T.'s stories since the first time I heard them at The Listening Room in Nashville. . . .This is an American story of the unconditional love of parents, big dreams, hard work, and joy. . . . I couldn't put it down. I proudly recommend this book to readers of all ages."
―Dana Perino, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (From a Former Young Woman)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- —"Everywhere I go people ask: How do you write songs? How can I become a songwriter?" says chart-topping country music songwriter J.T. Harding, who has over 1 billion streams on Spotify under his belt. In his newly released book, Party Like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter (Twelve/Hachette, February 22, 2022), readers get answers as only a storyteller like him can give, along with an inside view into the making of hit songs, working with the artists who sing them, the highs and lows of the writing process, and what the grind is really like.
But readers also get so much more. This book is first and foremost a fun, fast-paced, entertaining memoir detailing Harding's hard-won journey to music success, which has taken him from Detroit to LA to Nashville. It all began, he says, "when I was brought into this world by a young couple. A man and a woman who loved me so much they decided to give me away . . ."
Besides pulling back the curtain for would-be songwriters and detailing fascinating stories behind the inspiration for his most popular songs, Harding offers music lovers and fans a retrospective on the people and experiences that have personally inspired him:
- His madcap upbringing as the long-haired, head-banging, wild-styled "creative" in a sports-obsessed family
- What it was like to grow up adopted—and accepted—and the difference that made as he was trying to find his way in a cutthroat industry
- Learning that a Hollywood celebrity was actually his biological father, and the surreal experience of getting to know his birthparents as an adult
- His run-ins and work with some of the biggest music artists and bands of all time
- And the devastation of losing one of his brothers to suicide at a young age
"Talking about my brother's suicide has never been easy," admits Harding. "Maybe I felt like people would judge me in some way. Since my book release though, I've found that talking about it has the opposite effect: it actually brings me closer to people. Everyone has been through something in their life. The more I share my story, the more other people share theirs with me."
Harding's book has already reached #1 as an Amazon new release in the Songwriting genre. He was also recently featured in the Bluebird Café series at this year's Sundance Utah Festival. And during September's National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month and National Adoption Month in November, he will be touring the country, performing his songs, and doing book signings in honor of his family—both his biological and adoptive parents—and specifically, his brother who died by suicide.
Remarks country music expert and TV host Ty Bentli, "The stories behind J.T.'s songs are some of my favorites in music, but I didn't know his true backstory until now. It's surreal. His life is Forrest Gump meets Entourage."
Adds award-winning music journalist Gary Graff: "As a songwriter, JT Harding knows how to tell a story. Turns out he has one of his own—and quite a … moving one at that. In a life filled with twists, turns and adventures, what shines through Party Like a Rockstar is Harding's genuine and consuming passion for music (and entertaining), a plus-size personality that's powered him to become a top-shelf collaborator responsible for so many hits we find ourselves humming at random times. The man behind those is every bit as interesting as the songs themselves, and you can't put this book down without wanting to party like a rock star a little yourself."
How does a dude who grew up with an outrageous passion for rock-n-roll end up writing giant country hits? How does a guy who had no music-business connections whatsoever find his way to his dream of being on hit radio? Your attitude about your circumstances helps a whole lot. According to Harding, "Being adopted has given me an incredibly optimistic view of life. Whenever life throws me a curveball, a disappointment, or a roadblock, I remind myself that I was adopted by the Hardings (the greatest parents ever), and that the universe has had my back since day one."
Harding hopes that everything he offers of himself and his experiences in Party Like a Rockstar will not only encourage dreamers everywhere to keep grinding but will inspire fellow songwriters. "More than ever, people of all ages all over the world seem to be interested in having a hit song of their own. My book not only gives the down-low on working toward that goal, but it's also my story of persistence and never giving up and how you need to stick with a dream for a long, long time if you ever hope to see it come true."
Party Like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter is available everywhere books are sold. Learn more at www.twelvebooks.com. Follow J.T. on social media @jtxrockstar on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and @jtxmusic on Facebook. To learn more and the "Write Like a Rockstar" contest, visit www.writelikearockstar.com.
J.T. HARDING was born and raised in South Detroit. While other kids were on the baseball field, J.T. was in his basement, jumping around to MTV videos and trying to write his own songs. He put together several bands in high school and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream. J.T. made his first demo tape with prize money he earned by winning the VH1 game show Rock & Roll Jeopardy! He has since written several chart-topping hits, including "Smile" with Uncle Kracker, "Somewhere in My Car" with Keith Urban, "Somewhere with You" and "Bar at the End of the World" for Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley's "Different for Girls," Jake Owen's "Alone with You," and Blake Shelton's number-one song "Sangria."
His memoir/how-to book, Party Like a Rockstar, was released in February 2022 and quickly reached number one on Amazon in the songwriting category. He lives in Nashville and continues to churn out the hits by the light of his vintage KISS pinball machine.
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3 killed after plane crashes into Napa County vineyard
ANGWIN, Calif. - A single engine plane crashed Friday morning in a Napa County vineyard. All three people on board were killed, officials said.
A single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza clipped trees while the pilot was trying to execute a missed approach at Angwin Airport-Parrett Field in Angwin, around 8:40 a.m., said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the FAA.
The pilot and their two passengers died, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office.
The plane crashed south of the airport and caught fire, Gregor said. Witnesses told KTVU that the plane crashed just outside the Abreu Vineyards. A call to the vineyard was not immediately returned Friday morning.
William Odegard told KTVU in a tweet that he saw a small explosion just outside the Las Posadas Forest. He saw fire engines and ambulances on scene.
Gregor said the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates.
There have been at least two other plane crashes in Northern California this week.
On Thursday, a small Mooney M20J plane crashed in a wooded area near the Dinsmore Airport, in Humboldt County. The sheriff said two people were on board.
On Tuesday, a small plane went down into a home in Monterey County in the Monterra Ranch neighborhood off Highway 68, near the Monterey Regional Airport.
Officials said there were no reports of any injuries on the ground, despite widespread damage from the fire, which consumed 60% of the home. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/plane-crashes-in-napa-county-vineyard-witnesses-see-small-explosion | 2022-07-22T11:38:27Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/plane-crashes-in-napa-county-vineyard-witnesses-see-small-explosion | true |
LA Rams show off massive Super Bowl LVI rings to celebrate championship run
LOS ANGELES - Whether it's the size of the 70,000-seat stadium or trading away future draft picks to land superstars, it's no secret that the Los Angeles Rams like to go big.
Now, with a Super Bowl LVI title, it was only fitting the Rams celebrated the franchise's first NFL title in Los Angeles with massive championship rings.
On Thursday, the players from the historic 2021 team were rewarded with massive commemorative rings. Star defensive lineman Aaron Donald was among the Rams players spotted celebrating with the massive bling during the team's ring ceremony party Thursday.
"Ring me," Donald said playfully in a video shared by the Rams social media team. "Ring me!"
The ring, designed by Jason of Beverly Hills, resembles the team's $5 billion stadium. Owners of the ring can twist the top open and see the miniature replica of SoFi Stadium's seating bowl, as well as the stadium's circular video board.
Here are some of the other features included in the ring's design:
- .12 Carat trophy base to represent the team's 12 regular season wins
- Palm trees on either side of the Trophy celebrate Los Angeles
- .26 carats of diamonds to commemorate the franchise's 26 total postseason wins
- Player's names are featured on a plate that mimics the stadium's video board
Rams season ticket members will receive an email with early bird purchase opportunity. The general public will be able to jump on a waitlist by filling out the form here.
Below are some of the photos of the team's championship ring:
PHOTO: Jason of Beverly Hills
PHOTO: Jason of Beverly Hills
PHOTO: Jason of Beverly Hills
PHOTO: Jason of Beverly Hills
PHOTO: Jason of Beverly Hills
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Equinox Gold Celebrates 5 Million Ounces of Gold Produced from Mesquite Mine
Published: Jul. 22, 2022 at 6:15 AM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, BC, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) is proud to announce that the Mesquite Mine poured its 5 millionth ounce of gold on July 20, 2022. Mesquite commenced operations in March 1986 and is the largest gold mine in California, USA. Since Equinox Gold acquired Mesquite on October 30, 2018, the mine has produced more than 450,000 ounces of gold.
Mesquite has also received Equinox Gold's 2021 Chairman's Safety Award for exemplary safety performance. Mesquite has completed more than 2,082 days and 4.3 million work hours without a lost-time incident, an outstanding achievement that showcases Mesquite's focus on teamwork and safety.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Russia and Ukraine were expected to sign separate agreements with Turkey and the United Nations on Friday that would allow Ukraine to resume grain shipments to world markets and Russia to export grain and fertilizers, ending a standoff that threatened world food security while the two countries are at war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian and Russian military delegations reached a tentative agreement last week on a U.N. plan that would enable Ukraine to export 22 million tons of desperately needed grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports due to the war.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to take part in a signing ceremony in Istanbul. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, were the expected signatories, according to their governments.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, said Ukraine and Russia would sign separate agreements.
“Ukraine does not sign any documents with Russia,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter, adding that his country would sign an agreement with Turkey and the U.N., with Russia signing a separate “mirror agreement.”
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but Russia’s invasion of the country and naval blockade of its ports have halted shipments. Some grain is being transported through Europe by rail, road and river, but the prices of vital commodities like wheat and barley have soared during the nearly five-month war.
The deal makes provisions for the safe passage of ships. It foresees the establishment of a control center in Istanbul, to be be staffed by U.N., Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials, to run and coordinate the process, Turkish officials have said. Ships would underdo inspections to ensure that are not carrying weapons.
Podolyak insisted that no Russian ship would escort vessels and that there would be no Russian representative present at Ukrainian ports. Ukraine also plans an immediate military response “in case of provocations,” he said.
Guterres first raised the critical need to get Ukraine’s agricultural production and Russia’s grain and fertilizer back into world markets in late April during meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
He proposed a package deal in early June amid fears that the war was endangering food supplies for many developing nations and could worsen hunger for up to 181 million people.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have blamed each other for the blocked grain shipments. Moscow accused Ukraine of failing to remove sea mines at the ports to allow safe shipping and insisted on its right to check incoming ships for weapons. Ukraine has argued that Russia's port blockade and launching of missiles from the Black Sea made any shipments unviable.
Ukraine has sought international guarantees that the Kremlin wouldn’t use the safe corridors to attack the Black Sea port of Odesa. Ukrainian authorities have also accused Russia of stealing grain from eastern Ukraine and deliberately shelling Ukrainian fields to set them on fire.
On Thursday evening, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry appeared to lay out Kyiv’s conditions for backing the plan.
Ukraine’s delegation “will support only those decisions that will guarantee the security of the southern regions of Ukraine, the strong position of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea and the safe export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets,” the spokesperson, Oleh Nikolenko, told reporters.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. welcomes the agreement in principle. “But what we’re focusing on now is holding Russia accountable for implementing this agreement and for enabling Ukrainian grain to get to world markets. It has been for far too long that Russia has enacted this blockade,” Price said.
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LISA HARTMAN BLACK AND LILY PEARL BLACK WILL ONCE AGAIN JOIN BLACK FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THEIR 2021-22 "MOSTLY HITS & THE MRS." TOUR THAT RESULTED IN A WIDELY-VIEWED PBS SPECIAL
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Country music legend Clint Black delighted his fans with the "Mostly Hits & The Mrs." tour in 2021-22 that resulted in a widely-watched PBS Special, which began airing in June. His wife actress/entertainer Lisa Hartman Black and his talented 21-year-old daughter, singer/pianist Lily Pearl Black will again join him for year two of the "Mostly Hits & The Mrs." tour starting November 17, 2022. The tour will have an extended run until February 5, 2023 in Pensacola, FL. "Having my family on the road is the best and the reactions have been everything we hoped they would be!" commented Black.
On July 29, tickets for the forthcoming "Mostly Hits & The Mrs." tour will go on sale to the public. There will be an artist pre-sale starting on July 27 and the concert venues will have a pre-sale on July 28. The dates listed below can be purchased at www.clintblack.com, Ticketmaster and at venue websites. Special VIP packages will be available at all shows. Black is currently touring with his band; tickets are on sale for those dates with details available on his website as well. Pepper Entertainment is the national tour promoter. Additional tour dates will be announced shortly.
Nov 17 – Burnsville, MN AMES CENTER
Nov 18 – Appleton WI FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Nov 19 – Rochester MN MAYO CIVIC CENTER
Nov 20 – Dubuque IA FIVE FLAGS CENTER
Dec 1 – Fort Smith AR ARCBEST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Dec 2 – Tulsa, OK TULSA THEATRE
Dec 3 – Wichita, KS ORPHEUM THEATRE
Dec 4 – Ottumwa, IA BRIDGE VIEW CENTER
Dec 8 - Kalispell, MT WACHHOLZ COLLEGE CENTER
Dec 9 – Helena, MT HELENA CIVIC CENTER
Dec 10 – Billings, MT ALBERTA BAIR THEATER
Dec 15 – Toledo, OH STRANAHAN THEATRE
Dec 16 – Kalamazoo, MI KALAMAZOO STATE THEATRE
Dec 17 – Evansville, IN VICTORY THEATRE
Dec 18 – Rockford, IL CORONADO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Jan 27 – San Antonio, TX TOBIN CENTER
Jan 28 – Amarillo, TX CIVIC CENTER AUDITORIUM
Jan 29 – Albuquerque, NM KIVA AUDITORIUM
Feb 2 – Melbourne, FL KING CENTER
Feb 3 – Key West, FL – Key Western Festival
Feb 5 – Pensacola, FL SAENGER THEATRE
Clint Black surged to superstardom leading the fabled Class of '89, with five consecutive singles from his triple platinum debut album, "Killin' Time," reaching #1; a feat never accomplished before in any music genre. He followed that with his second album, certified triple platinum "Put Yourself in My Shoes," followed by a string of certified gold and multi- platinum albums. Black has earned 22 #1 singles and 31 Top 10's, making him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the modern era. He has sold more than 20 million records and has received dozens of major awards and nominations including a GRAMMY and stars on both the Music City and Hollywood Walk of Fames. In 2021, Black launched Clint Black Cowboy Coffee, a line of Texas-roasted coffee available at clintblackcoffee.com. Black also hosts and co-produces "Talking in Circles with Clint Black," which just completed a successful second season on Circle TV. The talk show is a behind-the-scenes conversation with two entertainers talking "shop." Guests have included Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Joe Bonamassa, Dennis Quaid and Luke Combs to name a few. The show will begin its third season in September and airs Saturday nights at 10 p.m. EST following Opry Live.
For more information, visit www.clintblack.com
Lisa Hartman Black starred in the iconic TV show "Knots Landing," which launched her career in a formidable array of movies and mini-series. With her prowess as an actress and her high TVQ, Lisa assured top ratings for the networks with her performances in "The Operation" with Joe Penny, "Roses Are for The Rich" with Bruce Dern, "Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues" with James Brolin and "Without A Kiss Goodbye" with Chris Meloni and Cloris Leachman. She starred in three mini-series: "Valley of the Dolls," "2000 Malibu Road" and Judith Krantz's "Dazzle." Lisa and Clint starred together in "Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack" and "Flicka: Country Pride." Lily Pearl joined in the cast of the latter at age nine. Clint and Lisa released their Grammy-nominated duet, "When I Said I Do," in 1999, which won an Academy of Country Music Award. The two were a part of "The Masked Singer," season 4, as the first-ever duo, "The Snow Owls."
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CA Reno NV Zone Forecast for Thursday, July 21, 2022
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 85. Light winds becoming west 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 43 to 53. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 88. Light winds becoming southwest
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 43 to 53. West winds 10 to 15 mph
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 91. Light winds.
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slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 79 to 89.
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Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 52 to 62. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts
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.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 98. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
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332 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 95. Light winds becoming southwest
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 95. Light winds becoming west
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 59. West winds around 10 mph
in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 99. Light winds becoming east around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 52 to 62.
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Clear. Highs 91 to 101. Lows 53 to
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing.
Lows 55 to 65.
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and Mammoth Lakes
332 AM PDT Fri Jul 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 92. Light winds becoming west 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 57. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 30 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 92. Light winds becoming southwest
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 58. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 93. Light winds becoming east around
10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming clear.
Lows 48 to 58.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 92.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then clear after midnight. Lows
48 to 58.
.TUESDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 81 to
91.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 48 to 58.
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of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 79 to 89. Lows 49 to 59.
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Tuscaloosa’s One Place uses literacy grant to give books to kids and families
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - A Tuscaloosa non-profit used a grant to make sure their kids are well equipped when it comes to summer reading and being prepared for back to school in August.
Tuscaloosa’s One Place is a local agency that promotes children and families by providing tools to make them successful.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded the organization a $2,250 grant to support summer literacy programs. One Place used some of the money to buy books for its summer elementary aged students to take home.
TOP has five summer enrichment programs in schools across Tuscaloosa County. They serve 375 children in grades pre-K through 5th grade. Summer enrichment programs provide a safe place for children during the year when school is not in session while also working to help children retain academic skills and knowledge in between school years
“Buying books for a home is a luxury that a lot of families can’t afford. We know that statewide, nationwide, reading by the third grade is very important and promoting literacy and a love of reading is very important,” said Ashley Hester.
Programs expect to see students enter the upcoming school year with less summer learning loss than peers.
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Thiruvananthapuram: A 35 year-old man, who came to Kerala from UAE earlier this month, has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the third case of the virus from the country as well as the state. Health Minister Veena George said the Malappuram native arrived in the southern state on July 6 and was undergoing treatment at the Manjeri Medical College there.
His health condition is stable, she added.
The minister also said all those who were in close contact with the patient are being closely monitored.
Pharmacists in Gujarat have geared up to give a tough fight to online medicine retailers by enabling people to get medicines at their doorsteps at competitive prices.
The growing anti-diabetes market, valued at about Rs 17,000 crore, is set to witness action with generic versions of US firm Merck’s blockbuster Januvia being launched, reducing the cost of therapy by a third. This is on the heels of Sitagliptin, a relatively newer but vital anti-diabetic drug, losing patent protection in July. | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/third-case-of-monkeypox-reported-from-kerala/93050952 | 2022-07-22T12:07:57Z | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/third-case-of-monkeypox-reported-from-kerala/93050952 | false |
Hot temperatures are predicted today. It looks to reach a warm 87 degrees. We'll see a low temperature of 65 degrees today. The area will see thunderstorms today. There is a 56% chance of rain in the forecast. Check the radar before you head outside, and don't forget an umbrella. Today's UV index is high. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. The area will see gentle winds today, with forecast models showing only 13 mph wind conditions coming up from Southwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Stay in the know. Visit globegazette.com for local news and weather.
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Transaction Further Focuses Stanley Black & Decker's Portfolio on its Core Businesses
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of most of its Security assets to Securitas AB (STO: SECU B) for $3.2 billion in cash. The sale includes Stanley Black & Decker's Commercial Electronic and Healthcare Security business lines ("Security"). Net proceeds from the sale are expected to fund debt reduction and the $2.3 billion share repurchase completed in the first quarter. This transaction was announced on December 8, 2021.
Donald Allan, Jr., Stanley Black & Decker's President & Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The completed sale of our Security business is another major milestone in creating a more focused Stanley Black & Decker, leveraging our leadership position in Tools and Outdoor, as well as our highly engineered Industrial business."
Security generated approximately $1.6 billion in revenue in 2021 with adjusted EBITDA margin in the low double-digits, implying a purchase price of approximately 16 times trailing adjusted EBITDA, which reflects the successful transformation of the business over the last several years. Supplementary historical financial information reflecting the Security divestiture recorded in discontinued operations is available on the investor section of the website or can be accessed directly through the following link: Form 8K.
About Stanley Black & Decker
Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating nearly 50 manufacturing facilities across America and more than 100 worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's more than 60,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The company's iconic brands include DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, HUSTLER® and TROY-BILT®. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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Forward-looking statements made herein are also subject to risks and uncertainties, described in: Stanley Black & Decker's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q; and other filings Stanley Black & Decker makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, actual results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Stanley Black & Decker makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring or existing after the date of any forward-looking statement.
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TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Parliament has asked Europe’s top human rights body to rescind a 2011 resolution that cited since-unsubstantiated allegations of human organ harvesting during the 1990s war in Kosovo.
“That issue (organ harvesting claims) should end sometime so the people find the power to reconcile and live together, healing the wounds of the past,” the resolution states.
In 2011, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly passed a resolution calling for a European Union mission in Kosovo to investigate “war crimes and organ trafficking” in Kosovo and Albania. It cited allegations that fighters from the now-disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army trafficked human organs taken from prisoners, slain Serbs and fellow ethnic Albanians in both Kosovo and Albania.
“Numerous indications seem to confirm that, during the period immediately after the end of the armed conflict, before international forces were really able to take control of the region and re-establish a semblance of law and order, organs were removed from some prisoners at a clinic on Albanian territory ... and taken abroad for transplantation,” the resolution stated.
The resolution was based on a 2010 report by Swiss Sen. Dick Marty, a Council of Europe investigator, who said the KLA was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Serbs, Roma and ethnic Albanians suspected of collaborating with Serbs during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war. The KLA fought Serbia’s forces to try to win independence for Kosovo, then a Serbian province.
Marty’s report also concluded there were cases in which some of the captives were killed for their organs to be sold on the international black market. A “yellow house” in a northern Albanian district was believed to serve as a clinic for organ harvesting and attracted international media attention.
After a 2½-year investigation, a special European Union prosecutor in 2014 said he had “compelling indications” that up to 10 captives were killed to have their organs harvested for illegal trafficking and black market sale during the war.
However, the prosecutor said there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone for the alleged crimes.
The motion adopted by Albania’s lawmakers said the claims in Marty’s report therefore “remained unsubstantiated, unproved and not based on evidence and facts and consequently they should be considered as such by national and international institutions.”
Prime Minister Edi Rama, the leader of the Socialists, on Thursday called Marty’s report “monstrous” and denounced the KLA getting characterized “as a criminals’ terrorist unit dealing with organ trafficking.”
The report also was the basis for an amendment to Kosovo’s Constitution that established a special court to prosecute former KLA leaders over war crimes.
An EU-backed war crimes court, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and a linked prosecutor’s office based in The Hague, has arrested five ex-KLA leaders since 2020, including Kosovo’s ex-president, Hashim Thaci, and former parliament speaker Kadri Veseli. They have denied wrongdoing. Only one of the five defendants has gone on trial.
More than 13,000 people, mostly ethnic Albanians, died during the war between the KLA and Serbian military forces before a 78-day NATO bombing campaign forced Serbia to pull its troops out and to cede control to the United Nations and NATO.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The United States and most of the West recognize it a country, but Serbia — supported by allies Russia and China — does not. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/albania-asks-human-rights-body-to-cancel-stolen-organ-claims/2022/07/22/ffded970-09b1-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html | 2022-07-22T12:12:26Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/albania-asks-human-rights-body-to-cancel-stolen-organ-claims/2022/07/22/ffded970-09b1-11ed-80b6-43f2bfcc6662_story.html | false |
Juan Roederer: Supreme Court: Justices have selective interpretations of the Constitution
I wonder how the “supreme hypocrites” on the Supreme Court would have ruled, had that coach knelt turned toward Mecca, held his hands open upwards toward the sky and silently prayed to Allah.
To strengthen my harsh designation of some SCOTUS members as “supreme hypocrites,” may I point to the facts as I see them: They deliberately and systematically ignore something that is written in the Constitution (namely the conditional clause about a militia in the Second Amendment), while deliberately assuming something that is absent from the Constitution (namely a religion-based definition of the beginning of human life, supposedly in the First Amendment).
Of course, Republicans will have, as always, crystal-clear, logical, history-based, precedent-based or originalist (whichever fits best) explanations and justifications. While, as always, the dialectically underendowed and disorganized Democrats will keep dreaming their sweet dreams about better times, ask you to donate five dollars and vote for the candidate of your choice.
Juan Roederer, Boulder
Michael Dille: Gun control: Regulate firearms like cars
I sincerely hope that a young man with a handgun who allegedly shot a young man with an AR-15 doesn’t act as some sort of proof that we need to go into a national fantasy that we need to live in a Hollywood Western from now on.
To take a moment and consider this bizarre idea of things might be worthwhile. We already know that arming crazy people is not a good idea, so if we arm everyone, like in the so-called “Old West,” where might this lead? Events like road rage involving guns are already pervasive, so we know that the neurotic among us don’t have to be actually insane to escalate to gun violence.
But I can see the gun advocates celebrating the armed citizen saving the day, using the “see, I told you so” argument. If more of us carry guns, we can solve mass shootings and gun deaths in America, seems to be the argument.
How is this working out so far? We are the most personally armed nation on earth by far, with one of the highest amounts of gun deaths. And yet, as a nation, we are losing an argument with ourselves about whether every single one of us — crazy, neurotic or completely sane — should be able to own a weapon that can destroy people at a phenomenal rate.
I wonder how many of my fellow seniors, who have at every turn supported the NRA with their money and their votes, imagine themselves with a Glock-19 on their hip during every supermarket visit ready to take out the active shooter.
We can change this. We need to change our collective minds. Guns need to be regulated like automobile usage. It’s simple. Let’s do it!
Michael Dille, Boulder
Richard Hansen: Broadband: Service must be based on economics, not emotions
It has become very difficult to obtain current stand-alone data for municipal-run broadband systems because most are financially linked to their electrical branch. When a city’s broadband internet service is not covering its cost, the city has a strong incentive to raise electricity rates rather than broadband rates. Municipal-run broadband is not just about the build-out and offering a price, it must at some point become profitable on its own.
Unlike traditional utilities that are relatively static, like electricity distribution, broadband is dynamic, requiring consistent investment to keep up with technological changes. City governments are not known for their entrepreneurship and most don’t have a research and development branch. Broadband internet service requires innovation and investment which most municipalities can’t supply. Because failure is not an option, municipalities are forced to use revenue from other sources to cover growing costs for their broadband venture.
The answer is not to burden the public sector with increased fees if you are eventually going to increase electric rates or use other inter-governmental funds to cover broadband internet losses. Let the private sector supply broadband internet, but make them accountable and competitive. Enforce anti-trust laws nationally and don’t allow internet providers to carve up the country so they are the only provider in each geographical area. The political solution may be very difficult, but cutting off your nose to spite your face is not the answer either.
It eventually comes down to a political viewpoint: Do we want competent private companies that must be regulated and competitive, or government-run entities that will eventually become outdated and too costly? We definitely need affordable broadband internet service, but based on economics and not emotions. We see the bed of roses but not the thorns that come with them!
Richard Hansen, Loveland | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/22/letters-to-the-editor-justices-have-selective-interpretations-of-the-constitution-regulate-guns-like-cars-help-those-in-need-during-heat-wave-broadband-needs-good-economics/ | 2022-07-22T12:16:12Z | https://www.dailycamera.com/2022/07/22/letters-to-the-editor-justices-have-selective-interpretations-of-the-constitution-regulate-guns-like-cars-help-those-in-need-during-heat-wave-broadband-needs-good-economics/ | false |
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): After a long wait of four years, Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor made his grand comeback on the big screen with his period action entertainer film 'Shamshera' alongside Sanjay Dutt and Vaani Kapoor.
Ranbir was last seen in director Rajkummar Hirani's 'Sanju' in 2018 alongside Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza and Anushka Sharma. The film was based on the life of actor Sanjay Dutt.
After portraying Sanjay, the 'Rockstar' actor now shared his experience working opposite the 'Khalnayak' actor and stated, "I'm aware that one of the major USPs of Shamshera is Sanjay Dutt vs Ranbir Kapoor and I hope people love that on screen. Sanjay sir has an enigmatic aura about him every time he comes on the big screen and it has been an honour for me to go toe to toe against him. The film is a revenge action spectacle and I'm really happy about how grand our clash is looking on the big screen."
The 'Munna Bhai M.B.B.S' actor portrays the role of an evil, merciless, coldhearted brute force of nature, Shuddh Singh, and now watching him standing against Ranbir is something like a treat to all his fans.
Talking about the same, the 'Besharam' actor said, "It looks like two forces are going to collide with each other and there will be fireworks. Kudos to our director, Karan Malhotra for thinking about pitting us against each other and for scaling up the film to a level where our fight becomes a huge talking point for audiences. Sanjay Dutt has given us a villain to remember in Shamshera and we know that our on-screen rivalry is going to be brutal and violent."
Shamshera is set in the fictitious city of Kaza, where a warrior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and tortured by a ruthless authoritarian general Shuddh Singh This is the story of a man who became a slave, a slave who became a leader and then a legend for his tribe. He relentlessly fights for his tribe's freedom and dignity. His name is Shamshera (essayed by Ranbir).
The high-octane, adrenaline-pumping entertainer is set in the 1800s in the heartland of India. It has the big promise of a never seen before Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Shamshera in the film! Sanjay Dutt plays Ranbir's arch-enemy in this huge casting coup and his showdown with Ranbir will be something to watch out for as they will ferociously go after each other with no mercy.
Directed by Karan Malhotra, and produced by Aditya Chopra, the film was released Friday and is currently evoking a mixed response from the audience. (ANI) | https://www.aninews.in/news/entertainment/bollywood/i-hope-people-love-ranbir-kapoor-vs-sanjay-dutt-on-the-big-screen-ranbir-on-shamshera20220722164619/ | 2022-07-22T12:18:40Z | https://www.aninews.in/news/entertainment/bollywood/i-hope-people-love-ranbir-kapoor-vs-sanjay-dutt-on-the-big-screen-ranbir-on-shamshera20220722164619/ | false |
10th annual Hatch Off competition brings Afro-fusion restaurant to Detroit
DETROIT, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Little Liberia has been crowned the winner of the 2022 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, taking home the $100,000 grand prize from Comerica Bank to open the brick-and-mortar business of their dreams in Detroit.
As the winner of the 10th annual Hatch Off, Little Liberia will receive $100,000 from Comerica Bank and a package of pro bono support and counsel from Hatch Detroit powered by its partners to bolster its opportunity for success. The annual contest supports brick-and-mortar business growth in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck.
Little Liberia is an Afro fusion pop-up restaurant looking to find a permanent space to introduce Liberia's rich multicultural cuisines to the people of Metro Detroit. They serve authentic Liberian dishes, a cuisine whose heritage is a mixture of African, Caribbean, and Antebellum-South African American influences and would serve as the first ever Liberian restaurant in Michigan.
Owner and founder of Little Liberia, Ameneh Marhaba, decided to open a business back in 2016 when she started hosting pop-up dinners as a means to pay bills. She continued to pursue her business and love of cooking and hopes to open a storefront in Midtown, Greek Town or Corktown. Marhaba draws business inspiration from Hatch Detroit alumnus, Mamba Hamasi after his success in the Detroit small business community with Baobab Fare.
"We are eager to support and spotlight Little Liberia as the newest addition to the city's growing small business environment," said Vittoria Katanski, executive director, Hatch Detroit. "After 10 years of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, it is so evident how strong and deep the entrepreneurial spirit in Detroit runs, and Little Liberia is a prime example of tenacity and hard work paying off. As an organization, Hatch Detroit continues to support its alumni and winners even after the competition, and we look forward to seeing where this victory takes Little Liberia."
Little Liberia was announced as the winner in front of a live audience at the contest's Hatch Off event that took place Thursday, July 21 at the Wayne State University Industry Innovation Center in Detroit. The event functions similarly to a 'Shark Tank' style pitching competition where the top five businesses had the opportunity to present their business pitch to a panel of judges as well as a live audience. Public voting, along with the judges' deliberation, determined that Little Liberia was the winner.
"Comerica Bank congratulates Little Liberia as they join the previous nine winners and the special network of Hatch alumni after a momentous and well-deserved victory," said Mike Ritchie, Comerica Bank Michigan Market President. "After a decade of Hatch Detroit competitions, we are still continually amazed and in awe of the innovators and talent this contest inspires. It's truly what makes this such a rewarding partnership with Hatch Detroit and TechTown, and we're overjoyed to support Little Liberia and the other finalists as they work tirelessly to open their doors and join Detroit's vibrant small business community."
Ten semi-finalists in the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest were announced to the public for voting in early June. After tens of thousands of votes were cast, the five finalists, COLFETARIE, Detroit Farm and Cider, Gajiza Dumplins, Lily's & Elise and Little Liberia were selected by and introduced to the public. A second round of public voting took place and each finalist pitched their business idea live to a panel of judges and an audience of their peers during the Hatch Off event.
"The overwhelming support and continued success of Hatch alumni is a testament to the sense of community and drive for innovation in Detroit. We're confident we will see great things from Little Liberia and the other four finalists," said Ned Staebler, president and CEO of TechTown. "We are so fortunate to be in a city like Detroit where the community rallies around self-starters and rewards ingenuity, and we are thrilled with the results from TechTown's first year leading Hatch Detroit."
Little Liberia joins previous Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest winners La Feria (2012), Sister Pie (2014), Live Cycle Delight (2015), Meta Physica Massage (2016), Baobab Fare (2017) and 27th Letter Books (2019). Together, Hatch Detroit alumni have opened 49 businesses, employ more than 500 people and have invested more than $7 million in their businesses.
To learn more about Little Liberia, visit HatchDetroit.com.
About Hatch Detroit
Hatch Detroit supports both existing and new retail initiatives in the cities of Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck. Hatch Detroit was founded in 2011 to give residents and aspiring entrepreneurs an opportunity to have a voice in neighborhood retail development and joined TechTown Detroit's suite of entrepreneurial programs and services in 2022. Beyond the contest, Hatch Detroit provides funding, exposure and mentoring in support of its alumni entrepreneurs. With support from Hatch Detroit, 49 alumni have opened businesses. They employ over 500 people and have invested over $7 million in economic development. To learn more, visit hatchdetroit.com.
About Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank, a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, has served Michigan longer than any other bank with a continuous presence dating back over 172 years to its Detroit founding in 1849. It is the largest bank employer in metro Detroit and over 4,500 employees (FTE) statewide. With one of the largest banking center networks in Michigan, Comerica nurtures lifelong relationships with unwavering integrity and financial prudence. Comerica positively impacts the lives of Michigan residents by helping customers be successful, providing financial support that assists hundreds of charitable organizations, and actively participating in Detroit's downtown revitalization. Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company strategically aligned by three business segments: The Commercial Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Comerica, Twitter: @ComericaBank and Instagram: @comerica_bank.
About TechTown Detroit
TechTown is a nonprofit business service organization that provides programs, education and resources for early- to growth-stage small businesses and tech entrepreneurs. By building bridges for entrepreneurs to succeed, TechTown is accelerating an inclusive economy for Detroit and Southeast Michigan. Since 2007, TechTown has supported more than 4,500 companies, which created 1,600 jobs and raised more than $172 million in startup and growth capital. For more information, visit techtowndetroit.org.
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- Inaugurated in 2020, TADS Awards is the world's first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities ("TADS") sectors.
- As a non-profit event, all nominations for TADS Awards can be submitted at no cost. All nominations will be reviewed by a panel of independent industry experts.
- This year, a new "NFT Innovations" awards category has been added to cover five new awards including Digital Art, Content/IP, Impact/ESG, Phygital, and Metaverse.
HONG KONG, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TADS Awards is the world's first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities ("TADS") sectors. Nominations for TADS Awards can be submitted by the nominees directly or by a third-party nominator at the designated website (www.tadsawards.org). To keep pace with the growth of the dynamic TADS industries, this year, the 3rd TADS Awards has added a new "NFT Innovations" awards category covering five awards including Digital Art, Content/IP, Impact/ESG, Phygital, and Metaverse.
The nomination deadline for the "NFT Innovations" awards category is August 30, 2022, and the award presentation ceremony for this category will be held during the "NFT-Metaverse Expo 2022" from September 23-25, 2022 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The nomination deadline for the "Best of Class TADS" and "Eco-System Excellence" award categories is September 30, 2022, and the related awards ceremony will be held during the "Hong Kong FinTech Week" from October 31 – November 4, 2022. As a non-profit event, there is no cost for both nominators and nominees at any stage of the TADS Awards, and they are free to withdraw at any time. Information submitted during the application process will be kept confidential.
TADS Awards is co-organized by Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute, Coinstreet Partners, and DAS (Digital Asset Series) Seminars. It has received strong support from strategic partners, including (alphabetically):- Accenture, Association of Family Offices in Asia, Crypto Valley Association, Deloitte Hong Kong, DLA Piper, FinTech Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cyberport, IBM, InvestHK, Microsoft Hong Kong, Morningstar, Somerley Capital, The Tokenizer, and West Park Capital, among many others, plus support from its Global Ambassadors from over sixteen countries.
Samson Lee, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of TADS Awards, and Founder and CEO of Coinstreet commented, "As we enter the third year of running TADS Awards with the addition of "NFT Innovations" award category, we are very delighted to present a total of fifteen main awards along with another twelve rising-star awards that celebrate and reward outstanding companies in the Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities space."
One of the supporting organizations, King Leung, Head of Fintech at InvestHK, said "NFT plays an instrumental role, far beyond its current forms, in the broader context of the Web3 revolution that will have a profound impact on the world. At InvestHK, we are also a strong believer that our international environment, positioning as a global international financial centre, and being the 2nd largest art auction market in the world, gives us an enormous competitive advantage to become a leading global player in this NFT revolution. I salute the founders of TADS Awards for their mission and passion, and I look forward to more collaboration to foster the NFT ecosystem and propel Hong Kong to become a global NFT leader."
Peter Yan, CEO of Hong Kong Cyberport said, "As home to the largest FinTech community in Hong Kong, Cyberport shares the same vision of facilitating the development of digital assets and financial innovation with TADS Awards. We are delighted to support the Awards for the third consecutive year and to see the inclusion of the 'NFT Innovations' award category to recognize outstanding industry players in the emerging and vibrant market. We wish TADS Awards every success."
"I am delighted to be a part of TADS Awards 2022 Organizing Committee. This is an exciting time for the tokenized assets and digitized securities sector as it continues to grow and gain momentum. I am pleased to see the addition of the "NFT Innovations" awards category and look forward to evaluating the nominations. At DLA Piper, we have advised on some very innovative projects in this space, and I am thrilled that companies and individuals have this opportunity to receive the industry recognition they deserve," said Ms. Kristi Swartz, Partner, DLA Piper.
Barry Chan, Partner, Financial Services Sector, IBM Consulting said, "This is my third year supporting TADS Awards. We observed the industry growing in maturity and driving continuous innovation. I'm looking forward to seeing new breakthrough thinking and broader adoption in the financial services industry."
On Yarvin, Managing Partner of Cointelligence Fund said, "Cointelligence Fund is a strong supporter of Metaverse. I am honored to join the Organizing Committee of TADS Awards 2022. The new "NFT Innovations" awards category and its five awards are something we wholeheartedly support and celebrate. It will be a pleasure to award the hard work and innovations that have been taking place in the NFT community."
Kim Mak, Co-organizer of NFT-Metaverse Expo 2022 commented, "It's our honor to have TADS Awards participate in our Expo and we truly believe it can help promote Hong Kong as a well-developed Web 3.0 market."
Neil Tan, Chairman of FinTech Association of Hong Kong commented, "TADS Awards are based on best practices and represent a measurement standard for the global tokenized assets and digital securities sectors. The adoption of blockchain, digital assets, and tokenization is a competitive advantage for us. Hong Kong must maintain its leadership position as a global financial center – TADS Awards keep Hong Kong at the forefront of innovation as a Global Fintech Center."
Tony Chan, Co-Chairman of NFT Association of Hong Kong (NFTAHK) added, "NFTAHK is the first registered non-profit organization in Hong Kong specializing in the field of NFT, it is our honor to collaborate with TADS Awards to offer five new "NFT Innovations" awards in 2022 to recognize outstanding companies in the NFT space."
TADS Awards 2022 will select a total of fifteen winners from three award categories (five awards for each category), along with a special Rising Star Award for each category created to encourage start-up companies and recognize innovative proof-of-concept projects in TADS industries.
1) "BEST OF CLASS TADS" category is for issuers of different types of Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities, including -
- Equity-Backed Token
- Asset-Backed Token
- Tokenized Debt Token
- Income-Backed Token
- Impact / ESG Token
- TADS Rising Star
2) "ECO-SYSTEM EXCELLENCE" category is for service providers and vertical solution providers along the TADS value chain, including -
- KYC / Compliance Solution
- Token Issuance Solution
- Digital Custodian Solution
- Brokerage & Liquidity Solution
- Asset Management & DeFi Solution
- Ecosystem Rising Star
3) "NFT INNOVATIONS" category is for issuers of different types of NFTs, including
- Digital Art NFT (new)
- Content/IP NFT (new)
- Impact/ESG NFT (new)
- Phygital NFT (new)
- Metaverse NFT (new)
- NFT Rising Star (new)
Some of the winners of past TADS Awards include (alphabetically): Archax, Bitt, Covario, CurrencyWorks, DigiShares, InvestaX, IX Fintech, Kansong Art Museum, Publish, Ledger, Securitize, Prime Trust, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Tokeny Solutions. A complete list of previous TADS Awards can be found at https://tadsawards.org/past-results/.
About TADS Awards
First launched in 2020, the Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities Awards ("TADS Awards") is the world's first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities sector. Hosted annually, TADS Awards aims to nurture the growth of Web3 industries by gathering leaders and experts from across the world's financial technology and financial service sectors to establish best practices and performance standards through recognizing and honoring individuals and businesses for their distinguished achievements and contributions in TADS sectors. For more information, please visit - www.tadsawards.org
About Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute
Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute (APDEI) aims to create a center of excellence, leadership, and partnership to incubate new thinking and innovation in practice; advance thought-leadership; generate new growth opportunities; enhance the competitiveness and productivity of business; and cultivate talents to accelerate the digital economy. For more information, please visit - https://apdei.org/
About Coinstreet
Founded in 2017, Coinstreet is an award-winning, decentralized investment banking group, a high-end financial services firm for private wealth, and a professional consultancy firm in the Digital Asset and FinTech sectors, providing a business ecosystem for the new era of digital economy. Coinstreet focuses on five key business segments: (1) Asset Tokenization & Digitized Securities Consultancy, (2) Digital Asset Management & Private Banking, (3) Digital Asset Global Distribution Coordination, (4) TADS Issuance, Trading & Management Platform, and (5) DeFi, NFT & DLT Solutions. For more information, please visit www.coinstreet.partners
About DAS Seminars
Digital Asset Series (DAS) is a series of educational seminars delivered by academic scholars, regulators, legal professionals, fintech industry leaders and practitioners. These seminars are aimed to facilitate mass adoption of digital assets, through a better understanding of the ever-growing sphere of digital assets and fintech area and its current landscape. DAS Seminars 2022 is organized by six non-profit organizations in the digital asset space, including (alphabetically) the Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute ("APDEI"), the Asia Security Token Alliance ("ASTA"), the Hong Kong Blockchain Association ("HKBA"), the Hong Kong Digital Finance Association ("HKDFA"), Society of Registered Financial Planners ("HKRFP"), and the NFT Association of Hong Kong ("NFTAHK"). For more information, please visit www.digitalassetseries.com
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CHICAGO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend payment of $0.33 per share of CAG common stock to be paid on September 1, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 3, 2022. This represents a 5.6% increase over Conagra Brands' previous quarterly dividend. The new quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share is equivalent to $1.32 per share annually.
About Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus on innovation. The company's portfolio is evolving to satisfy people's changing food preferences. Conagra's iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®, offer choices for every occasion. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE American: DPSI), a mobility-first enterprise services and solutions company, today announced that Steve Smith, chief executive officer, will ring the closing bell at The New York Stock Exchange on July 22, 2022.
"Our uplisting to the NYSE American in May built on our success in transforming DecisionPoint into a mobility-first, managed services and solutions company," said Steve Smith, chief executive officer. "As we continue to execute on our growth strategy, we expect the increased liquidity and overall exposure within the investment community from being listed on the NYSE will help supplement this strategy to become a much larger player within our target markets. I would like to thank our customers and shareholders for their continued support and our employees for their dedication and commitment."
The Closing Bell will ring at 4:00 p.m. ET, and interested parties may tune in to broadcast media coverage of the bell as well as a live stream on the NYSE's website at: https://www.nyse.com/bell. Videos and photos during and following the ceremony will be shared on NYSE's social media channels: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter @NYSE.
About DecisionPoint Systems
DecisionPoint Systems Inc. delivers mobility-first managed service and integration solutions to healthcare, supply chain, and retail customers, enabling them to make better and faster decisions in the moments that matter—the decision points. Our mission is to help businesses consistently deliver on those moments—accelerating growth, improving worker productivity, and lowering risks and costs. For more information about DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., visit https://www.decisionpt.com.
Investor Relations Contact:
Brian Siegel, IRC, MBA
Senior Managing Director, Hayden IR
(346) 396-8696
Brian@haydenir.com
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2 children killed after tree falls on home in Alabama
Published: Jul. 22, 2022 at 5:32 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - Officials with Birmingham Fire and Rescue say two children were killed after a tree fell onto a home on Thursday.
Authorities said the two children who died were 3 years old and 3 months old. An 11-year-old has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Authorities also say an adult woman was rescued from the home and taken to the hospital, and has been reported as conscious and talking.
Officials with Birmingham Fire and Rescue said another woman was trapped inside of the home but was rescued.
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Touched by Uvalde, Bo Jackson donated to pay for funerals
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May, revealing himself as one of the previously anonymous donors who covered costs for families after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
Jackson, whose rare success in both the NFL and Major League Baseball made him one of the greatest and most marketable athletes of the 1980s and 1990s, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he felt compelled to support the victims’ families after the loss of so many children.
“I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old,” said Jackson, a father of three and a grandfather as he nears 60. “It’s just not right for parents to bury their kids. It’s just not right.
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“I know every family there probably works their butts off just to do what they do. ... The last thing they needed was to shell out thousands of dollars for something that never should have happened.”
Jackson said he felt a personal connection to the city he’s driven through many times. Uvalde has been a regular stop for a bite to eat or groceries before a long drive farther west to visit a friend’s ranch on hunting trips.
It was his familiarity with the feel of Uvalde’s Main Street, leafy town square and the people he’d met on those stops that touched his heart when the news broke on May 24th of the shooting at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement has been heavily criticized for taking more than an hour to enter the classroom where the 18-year-old gunman carried out the attack, and a Texas House investigative report laid blame on the school district, saying a lax safety culture, spotty alert system and unlocked doors also contributed.
Three days later, Jackson and a close friend flew to Uvalde, briefly met with Gov. Greg Abbott and presented a check for $170,000 with an offer to pay for all funeral expenses.
Abbott announced it as an anonymous donation during a May 27 news conference about aid the state was giving victims.
“We didn’t want media,” he said. “No one knew we were there.”
And though Jackson suggested he hasn’t kept it a secret, he hadn’t spoken publicly about what moved him to make the trip to Uvalde and the donation until this week.
“Uvalde is a town that sticks in your mind. Just the name,” Jackson said. “I don’t know a soul there. It just touched me.”
Jackson declined to name the friend who went with him and also contributed to the donation.
Other fundraising efforts have since raised millions to assist families, and local funeral homes said they wouldn’t charge families for services. But Jackson’s donation was an early point of light for the grieving families.
Abbott’s office said Jackson’s money was “quickly directed to cover funeral costs” through OneStar, a nonprofit created to further volunteerism and community service in Texas, including Uvalde relief efforts.
“The true spirit of our nation is Americans lifting up one another in times of need and hardship,” Abbott said. “In a truly selfless act, Bo covered all funeral expenses for the victims’ families so they would have one less thing to worry about as they grieved.”
Jackson said he followed news coverage of the funerals, but he declined to say if he has been in direct contact with any of the families.
The day of the shooting, Jackson tweeted, “America ... let’s please stop all the nonsense. Please pray for all victims. If you hear something, say something. We aren’t supposed to bury our children. I’m praying for all of the families around the country who have lost loved ones to senseless shootings. This cannot continue.”
When asked to elaborate on the “This cannot continue,” though, Jackson declined, saying only that he wrote what he meant.
“I don’t want to turn this into anything (but) what it is. I was just trying (with the donation) to put a little sunshine in someone’s cloud, a very dark cloud,” Jackson said.
But he also noted the regularity of mass shootings in the country.
“The last thing you want to hear is there’s an active shooter in your child’s school,” he said. “It’s happening everywhere now.”
Uvalde wasn’t Jackson’s first large-scale act of philanthropy. He hosts an annual bike ride in his home state of Alabama to raise money for disaster relief funds, an effort started after tornadoes killed nearly 250 people. The Uvalde donation was his first in response to a mass shooting.
“It’s the children. ... It’s the children. ... It’s the children,” Jackson said, pausing before each repetition to gather himself. “If it doesn’t bother you, something’s wrong with you.”
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TAIPEI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProLogium Technology, a global leader in innovative solid-state battery technology, confirmed today that the company is in the process of selecting the location of its first-ever overseas solid-state gigafactory in light of the surging global demand for electric vehicles over the next decade. ProLogium plans to establish its overseas gigafactory with an estimated total investment of over USD 8 billion and reveals that a feasibility study for potential sites has been initiated. Shortlisted locations include those in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom.
ProLogium has a three-phase construction plan for its first-ever overseas gigafactory. The total capacity is expected to reach 120GWh when the plant is complete. The firm is currently assessing potential plant locations, and a final decision is set to be made by the first quarter of 2023. A due diligence process will be performed before the construction project kicks off. ProLogium also estimates that by 2031, the project will create over 6,500 jobs, and the company is poised to begin its global talent recruitment efforts in the areas of engineering, product research and development, business management, and more.
ProLogium's manufacturing competence has been well established in the past nine years. Its first production line for consumer applications began operating back in 2013, and its roll-to-roll EV battery pilot line began production in October 2017. The battery maker owns proprietary technologies covering over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide and has established more than 4,000 quality control items in its production processes, achieving 99.9% yield for its single-layer cell manufacturing and 94% yield for multi-layer cells. The company has already shipped more than one million cells for consumer electronic applications (from 15mAh to 1Ah) with a very high level of customer satisfaction. It has already begun the long testing and certification process with key global car OEMs by delivering nearly 8,000 EV battery cells (50~60Ah). These results laid a solid foundation for its first 3 GWh mass production plant due to start operating early 2023.
"Our first-ever overseas gigafactory serves a key strategic purpose – being close to our customers to deliver products and services in a timely manner," said Vincent Yang, CEO and Founder of ProLogium Technology. "The United States and Europe play a crucial role in the global automotive industry value chain. Automakers are accelerating their plans to extend their EV product range. With manufacturing bases in these regions, we will be able to better meet the market's needs and benefit from local policy support. The proximity allows for local production and local supplies, planting closer to customers to reduce carbon footprint – a win-win solution for the benefit of both our customers and ProLogium."
"In early July, with the recommendation and assistance from the US Department of Commerce and Business France (Taiwan/France), we were invited to the SelectUSA Investment Summit and Choose France Summit. We met with US officials and governors during the SelectUSA Summit. In Paris, we discussed next-generation battery technology breakthroughs with French President Emmanuel Macron at a face-to-face meeting during the Choose France Summit and presented our overseas expansion plans and leading advantages in technology and mass production. Both the US and French governments expressed their full support for ProLogium to set up plants locally, an indication of the increasing strategic importance of the next-generation battery," Vincent Yang commented.
Earlier this year, leading international luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz concluded a technology cooperation agreement with ProLogium to develop next-generation EV battery cells. Earlier in July, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast also signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered into strategic cooperation arrangements with ProLogium to secure next-generation solid-state battery supplies with the aim of expanding its smart mobility solutions globally.
ABOUT PROLOGIUM
Founded in 2006, ProLogium is a global leader in innovative next-generation battery technologies for vehicle, consumer, and industrial applications. ProLogium is the first battery company in the world to mass-produce solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. Its proprietary technologies cover over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide. ProLogium's automated pilot production line has provided nearly 8,000 solid-state battery sample cells to global car manufacturers for testing and module development. ProLogium Technology's GWh level solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant will be the first in the world to go online in early 2023, and it aims to begin scaling up by the second half of the year, followed by capacity expansion plans in major markets worldwide. Further information can be found at www.prologium.com
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Nelly Korda hit an approach to 3 feet and made the eagle putt at the last hole to take the clubhouse lead on 11-under par midway through the second round of the Evian Championship on Friday.
Just imagine what the American could do if she wasn’t suffering from jet lag.
Korda said she barely slept ahead of a morning start to her second round, which opened with what she described as 10 “stress-free” pars at the picturesque Evian Resort Golf Club.
And the Olympic champion was still even par for the day when she made a birdie putt from 15 feet at No. 14. That set up her grandstand finish: A birdie at No. 17 followed by eagle at the par-5 No. 18 that came after a high fade off her second shot which landed in the middle of the green and nearly rolled into the cup.
“It just turned out perfect,” Korda said after her 4-under 67.
This is Korda’s fifth event since returning to competitive action after more than four months out because of surgery on a blood clot on her arm. She has had three top-10s in that little stretch and looks in good shape to win her second major title, after the Women’s PGA Championship last year.
She was No. 1 in the world when she stopped playing, and now is No. 3.
So, what now for Korda after setting a fierce pace at the fourth major championship of the year?
“A nap,” she said with a smile.
The nearest challenger to Korda after the morning wave was Hyo Joo Kim, who shot 66 and was 8 under — three off the lead.
First-round leader Ayaka Furue shot 72, nine strokes worse than Thursday, and was a further shot back.
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In a very intriguing quarterfinal match at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, one of the potential top-four favorites takes on a squad making their first knockout stage appearance, as Sweden is set to take on Belgium on Friday.
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SWEDEN vs. BELGIUM
- When: Friday, July 22
- Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
- Where: Leigh Sports Village (Wigan & Leigh, U.K.)
- Channel: ESPN2, TUDN
- Stream: DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Sling
To some, it might not come as no surprise that Sweden is in the quarterfinals at the Euros. However, the fact they finished atop of Group C, over defending champion Netherlands, was a little bit of a shock. Yet, they earned it. After drawing with the Dutch in their first match, the Swedes squeaked out a 2-1 victory over Switzerland, before hammering Portugal 5-0 in the group stage finale to finish ahead of the Netherlands based on goal differential. Sweden’s eight goals came from eight different scorers, depth they will need if they want to make it to the semifinals for the first time since 2013.
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To say Belgium was supposed to be here would be a slight overstatement. Yet, in what shaped up to be an ultra-competitive Group D, they were able to make it through. After a disappointing draw with Iceland in their tournament opener, they fought hard, but fell to eventual group winner France. Then, with their tournament on the line, Belgium pulled out a 1-0 victory over Italy, thanks to a 49th-minute strike from Tine De Caigny, to send Belgium to their first Euro Quarterfinal.
It has been over three decades since these two met on the pitch in Euro competition, as Sweden beat the Belgians twice during qualifying for the 1987 tournament.
The winner will play England in the first semifinal match next Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a “teachable moment” and dispel any notion of a crisis.
“The president does what every other person in America does every day, which is he takes reasonable precautions against COVID but does his job,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told MSNBC late in the afternoon on Thursday.
It was a day that began with Biden's COVID-19 results and included repeated assurances over the coming hours that the president was hard at work while isolating in the residential areas of the White House with “very mild symptoms” including a runny nose, dry cough and fatigue.
Biden, in a blazer and Oxford shirt, recorded a video from the White House balcony telling people: “I’m doing well, getting a lot of work done. And, in the meantime, thanks for your concern. And keep the faith. It’s going to be OK.”
“Keeping busy!” he also tweeted.
On Friday, Biden was scheduled to meet virtually with his economic team and senior advisors to discuss congressional priorities.
It was all part of an administration effort to shift the narrative from a health scare to a display of Biden as the personification of the idea that most Americans can get COVID and recover without too much suffering and disruption if they’ve gotten their shots and taken other important steps to protect themselves.
The message was crafted to alleviate voters’ concerns about Biden’s health — at 79, he’s the oldest person ever to be president. And it was aimed at demonstrating to the country that the pandemic is far less of a threat than it was before Biden took office, thanks to widespread vaccines and new therapeutic drugs.
Conveying that sentiment on Day 1 of Biden’s coronavirus experience virus wasn’t always easy, though.
In a lengthy briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said repeatedly that the White House had been as transparent as possible about the president’s health. But she parried with reporters over specifics. And when pressed about where Biden might have contracted the virus, she responded, “I don’t think that that matters, right? I think what matters is we prepared for this moment.”
Jean-Pierre and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha didn’t fully answer questions about whether Biden began isolating as soon as he started experiencing symptoms on Wednesday night, as federal guidelines suggest, or did so following his positive test the next day. Jha declined to speculate on some aspects of the president’s prognosis, characterizing the questions as hypotheticals.
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said it’s important for Americans to know they must remain careful about the virus, which continues to kill hundreds of people daily.
“That’s the balance that we have to strike,” Osterholm said. “The president of the United States will do very well. But that may not be true for everyone.”
Biden’s first-day symptoms were mild in large part because he’s fully vaccinated and boosted, according to a statement issued by his physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor. The president also is taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease.
Jha said Biden’s case was being prioritized, meaning it will likely take less than a week for sequencing to determine which variant of the virus Biden contracted. Omicron’s highly contagious BA.5 sub-strain now makes up more than 65% of U.S. cases.
Jean-Pierre said first lady Jill Biden was in close contact with the president, but she declined to discuss others who also might have been exposed, citing privacy reasons. Biden had traveled to Massachusetts a day earlier to promote efforts to combat climate change and flew on Air Force One with several Democratic leaders, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
A White House official confirmed that Vice President Kamala Harris was also in close contact with Biden, and Klain said he was too.
Klain, who called the president’s testing positive a “teachable moment” for the country, said the White House wasn’t aware of any positive COVID results that were linked to the president’s case.
During her briefing, Jean-Pierre bristled at suggestions the Biden administration wasn’t being much more forthcoming with information about the president’s illness than that of his predecessor, Donald Trump. The former president contracted COVID-19 in the fall of 2020, before vaccines were available, and was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for three nights.
“I wholeheartedly disagree,” Jean-Pierre said of comparison. “We are doing this very differently — very differently — than the last administration.”
Asked about the possibility Biden might need to be hospitalized, Jha stressed that the president was “doing well” and added that there were “obviously a lot of resources available here at the White House to take care of him.”
“Walter Reed is always on standby for presidents. That’s always an option,” he added. “That’s true whether the president had COVID or not.”
Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, said it was good for the White House to send the message that Biden can keep working even after testing positive.
“That shows that it’s business as usual,” Wen said.
Jean-Pierre’s predecessor, Jen Psaki, noted that White House officials have “been preparing for this probably for several months now, given the percentage of people in the country who have tested positive.”
“What they need to do over the next couple of days is show him working and show him still active and serving as president and I’m certain they’ll likely do that,” Psaki, who left her post as White House press secretary in May, said on MSNBC, where she’s becoming a commentator.
Biden plans to continue to isolate until he tests negative, the White House said.
Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute, said that could mean he’s “out of commission from interacting with people for at least eight to 10 days.”
“This could go on easily for a couple of weeks, but the good thing is they are going to monitor him very carefully,” Topol said. “That is what we should be doing for everyone so that we don’t keep playing into the virus’ hands, causing more spread when it’s already hyper-spreadable.” | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/coronavirus/white-house-tries-to-make-bidens-covid-a-teachable-moment | 2022-07-22T12:27:57Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/coronavirus/white-house-tries-to-make-bidens-covid-a-teachable-moment | false |
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gogo Business Aviation's (NASDAQ: GOGO) nationwide 5G network construction is halfway to completion with the 75th site now online. Gogo 5G remains on budget and on schedule to launch in the second half of 2022.
"Getting to the 50% mark for our 150-tower 5G nationwide network in a matter of months is an incredible accomplishment by our team," said Mike Rupert, vice president of network operations for Gogo Business Aviation. "We have a team of network experts that has been working hard to bring the 5G network to life, building sites across the country, and that work will continue into the fall."
Gogo has been regularly updating the market on its 5G network build progress with a deployment map on its website: https://business.gogoair.com/gogo-5g/.
"We've been testing our network and we're pleased with the results we're seeing," said Dave Glenn, senior vice president of customer operations. "Gogo 5G is going to deliver on everything we've promised to the market."
Gogo 5G is expected to deliver ~25 Mbps on average with peak speeds in the 75-80 Mbps range and has been designed to deliver high throughput with very low latency to address the increasing demand for data-heavy interactive services like video conferencing.
Gogo's AVANCE platform, with its multi-bearer capability and software-centric design, allows customers to future-proof their inflight connectivity investments, with easy upgrade paths to both Gogo 5G and to Gogo's global Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-based product in the future.
Gogo is working with Duncan Aviation to complete the first-article Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for the onboard 5G system hardware along with STCs that will cover more than 30 aircraft models. Additional STCs are being developed by several other Gogo authorized dealers, and at the factory by business aviation aircraft manufacturers.
Gogo is the world's largest provider of broadband connectivity services for the business aviation market. We offer a customizable suite of smart cabin systems for highly integrated connectivity, inflight entertainment and voice solutions. Gogo's products and services are installed on thousands of business aircraft of all sizes and mission types from turboprops to the largest global jets, and are utilized by the largest fractional ownership operators, charter operators, corporate flight departments and individuals.
As of March 31, 2022, there were 2,699 business aircraft flying with Gogo's AVANCE L5 or L3 system installed, 6,526 aircraft flying with its ATG systems onboard, and 4,522 aircraft with narrowband satellite connectivity installed. Connect with us at business.gogoair.com.
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- Exhibit booth will highlight solutions that offer new ways to address today's most critical lab challenges and deliver better patient care.
- Roche will debut the Idea Lab series, where industry experts share insights on healthcare topics such as health equity, access, staffing pressures and data optimization.
INDIANAPOLIS and CHICAGO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO,ROG) (OTCQX: RHHBY) will showcase a cutting-edge interactive and solutions-focused exhibit at the 2022 American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Scientific Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, July 24-28 in Chicago.
The Roche exhibit booth (No. 2002) will feature the latest solutions that can connect laboratory systems, analyze data and drive new efficiencies so labs have more time to focus on delivering better patient care. To address current laboratory challenges, Roche will also introduce the Roche Idea Lab, where experts in areas critical to laboratory success will provide key insights. These areas include a lab's success in health equity and testing access, staffing pressures, data optimization, and improving clinical outcomes for patients with cardiometabolic, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases.
"Laboratorians want to focus on the tasks that matter most, providing life-impacting results. There is a critical need for solutions that ease staffing pressures and improve testing capacity and access," said Matt Sause, president and CEO of Roche Diagnostics North America. "Addressing these challenges together is essential to providing patient care, and we are excited that the Roche booth will showcase innovative and integrated solutions that address these needs."
The Roche exhibit booth will feature demonstrations of 18 innovative systems including:
- cobas® pro and cobas® pure* serum work area solutions
- cobas® 5800* molecular system
- cobas® pulse*, a point-of-care professional glucose management solution
*Product not available for sale in the U.S. A 510(k) submission is pending with the Food and Drug Administration.
Roche will also present 11 interactive workshops as part of the Idea Lab to share best practices and provide answers on topics that matter most in today's evolving lab environment. For more information about Roche's participation at 2022 AACC and the Idea Lab Program, visit AACC.roche.com. Participation this year is both virtual and in-person.
Tuesday, July 26
Apprenticeship programs to help address staffing shortages | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. CDT
Cecilia M. Thompson, M.S., Ph.D., medical director, infectious diseases, TriCore Reference Laboratories
Navify's digital ecosystems: The future of healthcare | 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. CDT
Nam K. Tran, Ph.D., Director, pathology biorepository; professor, Division of clinical pathology, UC Davis Health
The sugary slope of type II diabetes to heart failure | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CDT
Panelists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco
Inclusive by design: How the lab can drive health equity and access | 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. CDT
Gary Puckrien, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, National Minority Quality Forum
Octavia Peck Palmer, Ph.D., assistant professor of critical care medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; president-elect, American Association of Clinical Chemistry
Successful change happens with people | 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. CDT
Jennifer Lamb, system implementation program director, Roche Diagnostics
Antimicrobial stewardship in the emergency department | 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. CDT
Larissa May, M.D., director of emergency department and outpatient antibiotic stewardship, UC Davis Health; antibiotic stewardship lead, VA Northern California Healthcare System
Wednesday, July 27
A unique approach to training to help address staffing shortages | 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. CDT
A panel from Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories
Insights and impact of home testing and self-collection | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CDT
Panelists from TriCore Reference Laboratories, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic, Seattle Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Structure, strategy and people: How Roche Healthcare Consulting helps optimize your testing menu | 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
A panel from Roche Healthcare Consulting
Optimize workflow and staff with cobas® infinity | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. CDT
Jim Poppen, system manager, laboratory, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
Automation: Solutions for now, vision for the future | 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. CDT
A panel from Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories and UnityPoint Health
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people's lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, as well as growing capabilities in the area of data-driven medical insights help Roche deliver truly personalized healthcare. Roche is working with partners across the healthcare sector to provide the best care for each person.
Roche is the world's largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management. In recent years, the company has invested in genomic profiling and real-world data partnerships and has become an industry-leading partner for medical insights.
Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. More than 30 medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Moreover, for the thirteenth consecutive year, Roche has been recognized as one of the most sustainable companies in the pharmaceutical industry by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
The Roche Group, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is active in over 100 countries and in 2020 employed more than 100,000 people worldwide. In 2020, Roche invested CHF 12.2 billion in R&D and posted sales of CHF 58.3 billion. Genentech, in the United States, is a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group. Roche is the majority shareholder in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan. For more information, please visit www.roche.com.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police on Thursday were investigating a fatal shooting in the SoDo neighborhood that apparently escalated to gunfire after two motorists had a roadway confrontation, authorities said.
Police were called to the 4100 block of 4th Avenue South at a Costco store around 10:15 a.m. after receiving a report of a shooting, KOMO-TV reported.
When officers arrived, they found a 68-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach. The unidentified victim was rushed to Harborview Medical Center, where he died, police said in a written statement.
Witnesses told police the victim and a 38-year-old man had been involved in a road rage confrontation before the man was shot. Police said the younger man called 911 to report the incident and remained at the scene to provide a statement to police.
Police seized the man’s gun as evidence.
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Low adherence associated with higher costs for payers
BOSTON, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renovia Inc. (Renovia), a developer of non-surgical treatments for female pelvic floor disorders and an advocate for women's health, announced today that Neurourology and Urodynamics published two studies demonstrating low rates of documented adherence to treatment guidelines for female urinary incontinence (UI) care for women and the effect on payer costs. One study showed significantly higher costs for payers in the two years following diagnosis for women whose treatment claims did not align with published guidelines for female UI. A second study showed very low use of physical therapy (PT) for UI, a discipline commonly engaged in first-line care for UI.
Multiple professional societies and evidence-based guidelines recommend Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (PFMT) as a first-line treatment for female UI, a highly prevalent health condition affecting more than 60% of adult women in the U.S. UI is characterized by involuntary leakage of urine and classified into several subtypes. Stress UI (SUI) involves leakage with a physical stress such as sneezing, coughing, or physical exertion. Urgency UI (UUI) refers to the involuntary loss of urine associated with a sudden, compelling desire to pass urine which is difficult to defer. Mixed UI (MUI) is the complaint of symptoms of both SUI and UUI. Numerous studies show PFMT is an effective treatment for urinary incontinence and that PFMT, commonly referred to as Kegels, is challenging for women to implement effectively on their own.
In the study, "Adherence to Professional Society Guidelines Among Women with Stress or Mixed Urinary Incontinence," researchers found that most women with SUI and MUI did not receive documented PFMT and other behavioral interventions that are part of guideline-based first-line care for UI. In fact, less than eight percent of patients with SUI and MUI received a first-line behavioral treatment. The study determined that documented care not sequenced in adherence to guidelines increased payers' cost burden. Women who did not receive an initial intervention and appropriate care accrued significantly higher costs for healthcare payers over a two-year period following their UI diagnosis.
A second study, "Retrospective Claims Analysis of Physical Therapy Utilization among Women with Stress or Mixed Urinary Incontinence," showed that less than three percent of women diagnosed with SUI or MUI visited a physical therapist to treat their UI. Of that number, just 30 percent completed three or more PT visits, suggesting low use of PT for both initiation and completion of first-line UI care. UI clinical guidelines indicate first-line care should be nearly universal for all UI subtypes.
"The vast number of women who experience UI and the known effects on physical and mental health and quality of life mark this as a public health problem," Laura Keyser, PT, DPT, MPH, Senior Manager, Medical Affairs at Renovia and a study co-author. "Screening and treatment guidelines exist, yet clearly, these are not being implemented universally or to scale, and this has costs - both for women and for our health care system."
Thomas Goss, PharmD, Senior Vice President at Veranex (formerly Boston Healthcare Associates) and a study co-author added, "My colleagues, Manasi Datar, Ph,D,, Li-Chen Pan, M.P.H., and I were thrilled to partner with Renovia on these important studies. When we examined the healthcare resource use and cost burden of urinary incontinence to U.S. payers, we found UI-associated costs across the spectrum of care that are negatively impacting payers. These two additional studies build on that first study and begin to highlight factors that likely contribute to the increased costs associated with UI experienced by payers."
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the American Urological Association (AUA), and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), among others, recommend PFMT as a first-line intervention for UI. They have also developed evidence-based guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of female UI. The leva Pelvic Health System is an FDA-cleared, prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) that combines a small vaginal motion sensor with a smartphone app that guides a woman through PFMT, offering an easy, non-invasive, drug-free way for women to effectively strengthen their pelvic floor muscles to improve UI symptoms. leva requires just five minutes of training a day, which women can do at home, on their own schedule. In April 2022, Obstetrics and Gynecology (The Green Journal), published a randomized controlled superiority study showing that leva was statistically and clinically superior to Kegels alone for improving symptoms of stress and stress-dominant mixed urinary incontinence.
"Deviating from evidence-based evaluation and treatment guidelines for UI is common and costly," said Jessica McKinney, PT, DScPT, MS, Renovia's Vice President of Medical Affairs & Clinical Advocacy and a study co-author. "Adhering to these recommendations and incorporating evidence-based treatments are critical for women with UI, especially given its all-too-common and progressive nature. In addition to improving women's health and well-being, rigorous data show pelvic floor muscle training, including with the leva Pelvic Health System, can significantly improve patient outcomes and patient adherence, and may result in significant cost reductions for our healthcare system."
Neurourology and Urodynamics is the official journal of the Society of Urodynamics and Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction.
About the leva® Pelvic Health System
The leva Pelvic Health System offers a novel, non-invasive, medication-free way for women to train and strengthen their pelvic floor muscles—at home in just five minutes a day—to treat urinary incontinence (UI) and chronic fecal incontinence (FI). Combining a small FDA-cleared vaginal motion sensor connected to a smartphone app, leva offers precise visualization of pelvic movement in real-time, enables progress tracking and allows active physician involvement, all of which support women's success. Recognizing that level-one evidence shows pelvic floor muscle training is most effective when performed under the supervision of a skilled healthcare provider, leva is available by prescription only, allowing physicians the opportunity to treat UI and chronic FI on a broad scale and with deep involvement in patient success. leva is the first femtech product included in the Digital Therapeutics Alliance product library and has multiple clinical trials and published data from globally recognized medical centers supporting its efficacy. leva received the 2021 Excellence Award for Research from Medical Device Network.
About Renovia
Boston-based Renovia Inc. is a women-led company dedicated to improving the lives of women with pelvic floor disorders. Renovia's flagship product, the leva® Pelvic Health System, offers a novel, effective, first-line treatment for urinary incontinence (UI) and chronic fecal incontinence (FI), underreported conditions affecting over 78 million and 12 million women in the U.S. Renovia's technology enables non-invasive, drug-free treatment via precise visualization of movement in real time during pelvic floor muscle training, while monitoring usage and progress. For more information about Renovia or leva please visit www.renoviainc.com and www.levatherapy.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Important Indication and Other Information for the leva Pelvic Health System
The leva Pelvic Health System is intended for (1) strengthening of pelvic floor muscles, (2) rehabilitation and training of weak pelvic floor muscles for the treatment of stress, mixed, and mild to moderate urgency urinary incontinence (including overactive bladder) in women and (3) rehabilitation and training of weak pelvic floor muscles for the first-line treatment of chronic fecal incontinence (>3-month uncontrolled passage of feces) in women. Treatment with the leva System is by prescription and is not for everyone. Please talk to your prescriber to see if leva is right for you. Your prescriber should discuss all potential benefits and risks with you. Do not use leva while pregnant, or if you think you may be pregnant, unless authorized by your doctor. For a complete summary of the risks and instructions for the leva System, see its Instructions for Use available at www.renoviainc.com and www.levatherapy.com.
About Veranex
Veranex is the only truly comprehensive, global, tech-enabled service provider dedicated to the medical technology industry. Offering expert guidance for each of its four concept-through-commercialization pillars — engineering and design, clinical, market access, and regulatory — Veranex enables accelerated speed to market, controlled development costs, development risk mitigation, and accelerated market viability assessment. At every stage, Veranex customers realize efficiencies in cost and time, while its comprehensive solutions unify the entire development process. Follow Veranex on LinkedIn.
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WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have filed charges against three more people in the case of a Pennsylvania 911 operator accused of failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding about a day later.
According to a criminal complaint, the three men were charged Monday with tampering with public records, tampering with or fabricating evidence and obstruction.
They are or were managers for Greene County's emergency management. Prosecutors allege they failed to provide policy memo binders that detail standard operating procedures.
According to the criminal complaint, the three conspired to “knowingly and purposefully conceal, withhold, omit, obstruct or pervert the release of documents” to investigators.
Earlier this month, authorities charged 911 operator Leon “Lee” Price, 50, of Waynesburg, with involuntary manslaughter 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. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/More-charged-after-911-operator-accused-of-not-17321893.php | 2022-07-22T12:50:12Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/More-charged-after-911-operator-accused-of-not-17321893.php | false |
HAUTACAM, France (AP) — Barring a crash, Jonas Vingegaard is likely to be wearing the yellow jersey when the Tour de France ends in Paris on Sunday.
Vingegaard responded to a series of attacks from defending champion Tadej Pogacar on Thursday and ultimately dropped his main rival in the last big mountain stage of this year’s race to increase his overall lead to three minutes, 26 seconds.
With only one big test left — a 41-kilometer (25.5-mile) time trial scheduled for Saturday — the Jumbo-Visma leader from Denmark seems all but guaranteed to win his maiden Tour title after reaching the Hautacam resort on his own.
“It’s incredible. I told my girlfriend and daughter this morning that I wanted to win the stage for them. I’m happy and proud that I won for them,” Vingegaard said. “I need to stay focused and keep taking it day by day. I don’t want to talk about winning the Tour yet. Let’s talk about it in two days.”
Pogacar, the two-time defending champion, took all the risks and crashed on a downhill as he relentlessly tried to isolate Vingegaard. Back on his bike, Pogacar cracked about four kilometers from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but dashed.
“I went all in for the yellow,” Pogacar said. “I did not give up, I pushed my limits and I’m proud of today. Today the best man won.”
Vingegaard then went solo to claim a second stage win following his success at the Col du Granon last week in the Alps on the day he took control of the race. Pogacar crossed the finish line more than one minute behind Vingegaard.
The final big mountain stage of this year’s race got off a lively start with a myriad of attacks outside the city of Lourdes.
Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team managed to put the powerful and versatile Belgian Wout Van Aert in the day’s breakaway. By sending the strong all-rounder up front, the mighty Dutch team made sure he would be available later in the stage to pace Vingegaard.
And it was indeed Van Aert who made Pogacar crack with his frenetic tempo in the last climb. Van Aert completed the stage podium.
Earlier, Pogacar had asked Brandon McNulty to set a fast pace on the narrow and winding roads leading up to the Col de Spandelles, the only unprecedented climb of the 2022 Tour.
Pogacar launched his first attack in that climb. But Vingegaard looked unfazed and immediately took the wheel of his rival. The duo was later joined by Vingegaard domestique Sepp Kuss, who positioned himself at the front to guide his leader.
Standing up on his pedals, Pogacar tried in vain to drop Vingegaard with another sharp attack closer to the summit before Geraint Thomas accelerated. Pogacar waited patiently in Vingegaard’s wake then went off again with Vingegaard responding as they overtook and dropped Thomas in the grueling ascent.
Pogacar went full speed in the technical downhill and Vingegaard was forced to ride hard to follow the pace. The Danish rider had a scare when his back wheel swerved but it was Pogacar who made a mistake. He misjudged a curve and went down in the gravel on the side of the road.
“It took me a little bit by surprise, and there was gravel on the side and I hit the ground, but I’m OK,” Pogacar said.
The crash took place at a moderate speed and the UAE-Emirates rider was quickly back on his bike with road rash on his left thigh. Vingegaard then waited for Pogacar and both men shook hands before their final showdown on the road to Hautacam.
Thomas, the 2018 Tour champion, finished the stage in fourth place, 2:54 off the pace. The Ineos-Grenadiers leader was third overall, eight minutes behind Vingegaard.
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TAIPEI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProLogium Technology, a global leader in innovative solid-state battery technology, confirmed today that the company is in the process of selecting the location of its first-ever overseas solid-state gigafactory in light of the surging global demand for electric vehicles over the next decade. ProLogium plans to establish its overseas gigafactory with an estimated total investment of over USD 8 billion and reveals that a feasibility study for potential sites has been initiated. Shortlisted locations include those in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom.
ProLogium has a three-phase construction plan for its first-ever overseas gigafactory. The total capacity is expected to reach 120GWh when the plant is complete. The firm is currently assessing potential plant locations, and a final decision is set to be made by the first quarter of 2023. A due diligence process will be performed before the construction project kicks off. ProLogium also estimates that by 2031, the project will create over 6,500 jobs, and the company is poised to begin its global talent recruitment efforts in the areas of engineering, product research and development, business management, and more.
ProLogium's manufacturing competence has been well established in the past nine years. Its first production line for consumer applications began operating back in 2013, and its roll-to-roll EV battery pilot line began production in October 2017. The battery maker owns proprietary technologies covering over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide and has established more than 4,000 quality control items in its production processes, achieving 99.9% yield for its single-layer cell manufacturing and 94% yield for multi-layer cells. The company has already shipped more than one million cells for consumer electronic applications (from 15mAh to 1Ah) with a very high level of customer satisfaction. It has already begun the long testing and certification process with key global car OEMs by delivering nearly 8,000 EV battery cells (50~60Ah). These results laid a solid foundation for its first 3 GWh mass production plant due to start operating early 2023.
"Our first-ever overseas gigafactory serves a key strategic purpose – being close to our customers to deliver products and services in a timely manner," said Vincent Yang, CEO and Founder of ProLogium Technology. "The United States and Europe play a crucial role in the global automotive industry value chain. Automakers are accelerating their plans to extend their EV product range. With manufacturing bases in these regions, we will be able to better meet the market's needs and benefit from local policy support. The proximity allows for local production and local supplies, planting closer to customers to reduce carbon footprint – a win-win solution for the benefit of both our customers and ProLogium."
"In early July, with the recommendation and assistance from the US Department of Commerce and Business France (Taiwan/France), we were invited to the SelectUSA Investment Summit and Choose France Summit. We met with US officials and governors during the SelectUSA Summit. In Paris, we discussed next-generation battery technology breakthroughs with French President Emmanuel Macron at a face-to-face meeting during the Choose France Summit and presented our overseas expansion plans and leading advantages in technology and mass production. Both the US and French governments expressed their full support for ProLogium to set up plants locally, an indication of the increasing strategic importance of the next-generation battery," Vincent Yang commented.
Earlier this year, leading international luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz concluded a technology cooperation agreement with ProLogium to develop next-generation EV battery cells. Earlier in July, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast also signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered into strategic cooperation arrangements with ProLogium to secure next-generation solid-state battery supplies with the aim of expanding its smart mobility solutions globally.
ABOUT PROLOGIUM
Founded in 2006, ProLogium is a global leader in innovative next-generation battery technologies for vehicle, consumer, and industrial applications. ProLogium is the first battery company in the world to mass-produce solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. Its proprietary technologies cover over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide. ProLogium's automated pilot production line has provided nearly 8,000 solid-state battery sample cells to global car manufacturers for testing and module development. ProLogium Technology's GWh level solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant will be the first in the world to go online in early 2023, and it aims to begin scaling up by the second half of the year, followed by capacity expansion plans in major markets worldwide. Further information can be found at www.prologium.com
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Mexico eyes 'mutually satisfactory' solution to U.S. energy trade spat -deputy minister
By Anthony Esposito
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's Deputy Economy Minister Luz Maria de la Mora told Reuters she hopes for a "mutually satisfactory solution" to talks requested by the United States and Canada over what they claim are Mexican energy-related breaches of a regional trade pact.
The U.S. and Canadian demands come after years of concern among those nations' private firms that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's drive to tighten the state's grip on the oil and power sectors treated them unfairly and was in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
"We want to take advantage of this consultation phase ... to see how we can reach a mutually satisfactory solution through an open, frank and constructive dialog, which will allow us to overcome these differences," De la Mora told Reuters in an interview.
The request for consultations marks the most serious trade spat between Washington and Mexico City since the USMCA trade pact took effect two years ago and if unresolved could ultimately lead to punitive U.S. tariffs.
Though De la Mora said Mexico's government would seek to argue that its energy policies are not in breach of the trade deal, her conciliatory tone about seeking a solution that benefits all parties contrasts with Lopez Obrador's defiant push back against the complaints.
The leftist energy nationalist has pledged to revive state-owned oil producer Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), which he argues his predecessors deliberately "destroyed" to cede Mexico's energy market to foreigners.
The U.S. Trade Representative says the moves to bolster the state-run firms have undermined American companies in Mexico.
De la Mora said Mexico would not use a separate trade dispute with Washington over the auto industry as a bargaining chip.
"We hope this issue will be resolved before the end of the year and we are very optimistic that we have a very solid case and that we will have a favorable resolution for Mexico," said De la Mora, referring to the auto spat, which includes disagreements over proposed U.S. tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturing.
Canada said in January it would join Mexico in requesting a dispute settlement panel to iron out their differences with the United States over how to apply automotive sector content requirements under the treaty.
Asked if Lopez Obrador's energy policies were spooking investment, De la Mora pointed to recent announcements of investments in Mexico by U.S. energy company Sempra Energy and Canada's TC Energy.
She argued that the USMCA's dispute settlement mechanism gave investors certainty because if differences arise, like they have now, its use would help clear things up.
"The dispute resolution mechanism is a very solid mechanism, it is a mechanism that allows the investor to have greater certainty and this is very positive for the business climate," she said.
The U.S. requested consultations under the USMCA over Mexico's energy policies on July 20.
Under USMCA rules, the United States and Mexico would enter into consultations within 30 days of the U.S. request, unless the parties decide otherwise. If they do not resolve the matter through consultations within 75 days of the U.S. request, the United States may request the establishment of a dispute panel. (Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Kim Coghill) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11039307/Mexico-eyes-mutually-satisfactory-solution-U-S-energy-trade-spat-deputy-minister.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-22T13:04:35Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11039307/Mexico-eyes-mutually-satisfactory-solution-U-S-energy-trade-spat-deputy-minister.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
BEIJING, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, announced today that five newly developed sweet and waxy corn hybrid varieties with different nutritional components have completed registrational trails and are pending production approval.
The newly developed corn hybrids include a sweet corn hybrid containing 45% more folic acid and other hybrids with significant increases in vitamin E, phenolic compounds, and other nutritional value-added characteristics. The demand for high quality sweet and waxy corn for human consumption has grown significantly in the Chinese market in recent years. Origin's newly developed nutritional value-added hybrids will address this high value market.
In addition, Origin continues to extend its research effort with Nutritionally Enhanced Corn (NEC) for animal feedstock. Origin is testing hundreds of new NEC hybrids in dozens of locations across the major corn growing areas in China in 2022.
About Origin Agritech Limited
Origin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural technology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture. Over the years, Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits. For further information, please visit the Company's website at: www.originagritech.com. The company also maintains a twitter account for updating investors on company and industry developments, which is @origin_agritech.
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TAIPEI, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProLogium Technology, a global leader in innovative solid-state battery technology, confirmed today that the company is in the process of selecting the location of its first-ever overseas solid-state gigafactory in light of the surging global demand for electric vehicles over the next decade. ProLogium plans to establish its overseas gigafactory with an estimated total investment of over USD 8 billion and reveals that a feasibility study for potential sites has been initiated. Shortlisted locations include those in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom.
ProLogium has a three-phase construction plan for its first-ever overseas gigafactory. The total capacity is expected to reach 120GWh when the plant is complete. The firm is currently assessing potential plant locations, and a final decision is set to be made by the first quarter of 2023. A due diligence process will be performed before the construction project kicks off. ProLogium also estimates that by 2031, the project will create over 6,500 jobs, and the company is poised to begin its global talent recruitment efforts in the areas of engineering, product research and development, business management, and more.
ProLogium's manufacturing competence has been well established in the past nine years. Its first production line for consumer applications began operating back in 2013, and its roll-to-roll EV battery pilot line began production in October 2017. The battery maker owns proprietary technologies covering over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide and has established more than 4,000 quality control items in its production processes, achieving 99.9% yield for its single-layer cell manufacturing and 94% yield for multi-layer cells. The company has already shipped more than one million cells for consumer electronic applications (from 15mAh to 1Ah) with a very high level of customer satisfaction. It has already begun the long testing and certification process with key global car OEMs by delivering nearly 8,000 EV battery cells (50~60Ah). These results laid a solid foundation for its first 3 GWh mass production plant due to start operating early 2023.
"Our first-ever overseas gigafactory serves a key strategic purpose – being close to our customers to deliver products and services in a timely manner," said Vincent Yang, CEO and Founder of ProLogium Technology. "The United States and Europe play a crucial role in the global automotive industry value chain. Automakers are accelerating their plans to extend their EV product range. With manufacturing bases in these regions, we will be able to better meet the market's needs and benefit from local policy support. The proximity allows for local production and local supplies, planting closer to customers to reduce carbon footprint – a win-win solution for the benefit of both our customers and ProLogium."
"In early July, with the recommendation and assistance from the US Department of Commerce and Business France (Taiwan/France), we were invited to the SelectUSA Investment Summit and Choose France Summit. We met with US officials and governors during the SelectUSA Summit. In Paris, we discussed next-generation battery technology breakthroughs with French President Emmanuel Macron at a face-to-face meeting during the Choose France Summit and presented our overseas expansion plans and leading advantages in technology and mass production. Both the US and French governments expressed their full support for ProLogium to set up plants locally, an indication of the increasing strategic importance of the next-generation battery," Vincent Yang commented.
Earlier this year, leading international luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz concluded a technology cooperation agreement with ProLogium to develop next-generation EV battery cells. Earlier in July, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast also signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered into strategic cooperation arrangements with ProLogium to secure next-generation solid-state battery supplies with the aim of expanding its smart mobility solutions globally.
ABOUT PROLOGIUM
Founded in 2006, ProLogium is a global leader in innovative next-generation battery technologies for vehicle, consumer, and industrial applications. ProLogium is the first battery company in the world to mass-produce solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. Its proprietary technologies cover over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide. ProLogium's automated pilot production line has provided nearly 8,000 solid-state battery sample cells to global car manufacturers for testing and module development. ProLogium Technology's GWh level solid-state lithium ceramic battery plant will be the first in the world to go online in early 2023, and it aims to begin scaling up by the second half of the year, followed by capacity expansion plans in major markets worldwide. Further information can be found at www.prologium.com
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BELLAIRE — A felony larceny case against a 63-year-old construction worker was bound over to circuit court.
Deborah Ann Wright was accused earlier this year of stealing a cellphone belonging to a tenant at Village Apartments, where Wright was working on a rehab project.
In a probable cause hearing Wednesday, 86th District Court Judge Robert Cooney bound the case against Wright over to 13th Circuit Court, where it could eventually make its way to a trial. Cooney’s decision came after more than an hour of testimony from defendant Deborah Ann Wright and witness Mary Pecar, who in April reported her cellphone stolen.
“Were there facts that show that perhaps this was just accidental? Yes,” Cooney said. “I will say that I found the defendant’s testimony as well as the complainant’s to be credible. Both witnesses appeared to be attempting to tell the truth. That is a very subjective call. But again, it’s one for a trier of fact, not for this court.”
Pecar previously said she installed security cameras in her apartment after growing frustrated with construction workers entering her apartment with little or no notice.
Portions of video footage from these security cameras was admitted as evidence and played at the hearing. Jesse Williams, Wright’s attorney, noted in court Pecar’s phone could be seen in this footage sticking out of Wright’s pocket.
Williams said in his closing arguments, this showed Wright picked up the phone accidentally and had no intention of stealing it.
“I’m having a really, really difficult time understanding why we’re sitting here in court … There’s no attempt to conceal this phone,” Williams said. “The phone is missing for approximately nine minutes in some seconds, and during the entirety of it, it’s sticking out of her pocket, at various times lighting up.”
He also said there was no attempt to “permanently deprive” Pecar of her phone — a key element to the charge of larceny. Wright returned the phone promptly after Pecar discovered it, and didn’t try to keep it, pass it off to a third party, or coerce a reward out of Pecar, Williams said.
But Cooney held that none of those criteria necessarily had to be met to constitute “intent.” In some cases, the idea of keeping or selling the item could be fleeting, but still count as intent to deprive.
Williams during cross-examination of Pecar tried to suggest a connection between the accusation and Pecar’s dissatisfaction with the work being done in her apartment. He referred to one police video, which was not shown during the hearing, during which Pecar was critical of the results of the job.
But Pecar said that while she was frustrated with the inconvenience and shoddy workmanship evident in the project — renovations which have been ongoing for more than a year— she was thrilled when Wright began work.
“I hugged her when we spoke, because she said, ‘I am here to finish your apartment and get this done,’” “I was so excited about her coming that I even posted on Facebook that I’m excited to find out that somebody is finally gonna come in and this is going to come to an end.”
Pecar went on to explain when she realized her phone was missing and neither she nor Wright could locate it in her apartment, Pecar used her computer to send her sister a private message: “Phone missing, worker here, please call my phone immediately.”
“What happened next,” Antrim County Assistant Prosecutor Angela Ferrara-Wilber asked.
“The phone started ringing,” Pecar said.
“Where was the phone when it started ringing?”
“In her (Wright’s) coat pocket,” Pecar said.
At issue is whether this was accidental or intentional, Cooney said.
During the past year a number of tenants reportedly complained about disorganized scheduling and a lack of quality workmanship in the Village Apartments project, which is part of a $19 million effort spread across 10 low-income housing complexes throughout rural areas in Michigan.
The rehab is being financed with federal tax credits and bond-financed mortgages and run by Okemos-based Oakwood Construction, which was hired last year by PK Companies, also of Okemos, longtime owner of Village Apartments.
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority administers the financing and last year approved PK Development’s application, covering 264 affordable housing apartments from St. Clair County in the south, to Dickinson County in the Upper Peninsula, in the north.
In addition to complaints about workmanship, Wright is not the first worker at the complex to face criminal charges in recent months.
A previous complex manager employed by PK Companies, was prosecuted and served jail time for leaving the scene of an overdose death, after prosecutors said she used her pass key to enter a tenant’s apartment and disposed of heroin at an overdose scene.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced that Salesforce has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in its 2022 Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Marketing Hubs. Salesforce was evaluated for its Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
"In today's digital-first world, customers expect personalized experiences from companies at every touch point," said Lidiane Jones, EVP & GM, Salesforce Digital Experiences. "Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows marketers to know their customers, humanize every moment, and optimize outcomes — building trusted relationships at scale."
According to Gartner, "The multichannel marketing hub (MMH) [is] a technology that orchestrates a company's communications with and offers to customer segments across multiple channels. These include websites, mobile, social, direct mail, call centers, paid media and email. MMH capabilities also may extend to integrating marketing offers/leads with sales for execution in both B2B and B2C environments."
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a leading digital marketing solution. With Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Customer 360, marketers can know more about their customers with powerful data management and analytics, personalize every customer engagement with Einstein and create real-time marketing campaigns across email, mobile, social, digital advertising and more.
Additional Information
- Gartner 2022 Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Marketing Hubs is available here
- To learn more about Salesforce Marketing Cloud, please visit: https://www.salesforce.com/products/marketing-cloud/overview/
Connect with Salesforce
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- *Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Marketing Hubs, Mike McGuire, Benjamin Bloom, Tia Smart, Michaela McCune, Ryan Brady, Rob Brosnan 18 July 2022.
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It was an unseasonably warm day last November when Gov. Janet Mills stood outside of a home weatherization business in Brewer to tout a $100 million investment to help Mainers get through the coming winter.
At the time, heating oil was averaging $3.15 a gallon — up from $1.89 a year earlier.
“I think it’s going to be pretty severe, very serious,” Mills said when asked about financial pain on Mainers caused by rising oil prices.
Eight months later, heating oil is topping $6 a gallon in some areas. A 275-gallon tank that cost roughly $850 to fill last November would now cost a whopping $1,400 to fill, based on last week’s average price. And many Mainers are scrambling to figure out how they’ll keep their homes warm this winter at a time when gas, groceries and seemingly everything else is more expensive than ever.
“Last year killed us. It was horrible and this year is going to be, as you know, it’s going to be worse,” said Robert Shufelt of Jay while shopping in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Shufelt said they heat with oil so they are looking at having to play it month by month this winter. “So that’s what we’re going to do, is just a little bit here and a little bit there.”
Heating oil prices rose nine times faster than the cost of food over the past year. In fact, the price of No. 2 fuel oil rose 98.5 percent between June 2021 and June 2022, according to federal data. That is more than any other major commodity tracked by the Consumer Price Index and is 10 times higher than overall inflation for all products. The price of gasoline, by comparison, rose 60 percent during that period.
So while it’s only July, homeowners and public officials in Maine are bracing for a painful — and potentially dangerous — winter heating season in a state with the nation’s highest reliance on heating oil. Homeowners who run out of oil could face burst pipes — necessitating costly repairs — or dangerously cold temperatures. Others may switch to space electric or kerosene space heaters, increasing the risk of fire.
“Energy markets are global and volatile — and we’ve certainly experienced that volatility in Maine this winter and into this summer,” said Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office in the Mills administration.
More than 60 percent of Maine homes rely on heating oil, which is higher than in any other state. Since last year, the Mills administration has provided $25 million to Efficiency Maine to button up homes or convert to alternative heating sources. State agencies have significantly increased financial assistance for low-income families and, earlier this year, Mills worked with state lawmakers to send $850 inflation relief checks to most Maine taxpayers.
But Burgess said consumers should also take action.
“There are signs that heating and electricity prices may remain high this heating season and we are really encouraging Maine consumers to consider energy efficiency opportunities now but also to begin planning ahead for the winter season,” Burgess said.
He added that the Mills administration is exploring options to offer additional help to consumers but couldn’t share any specifics.
The state’s heating assistance programs, meanwhile, are gearing up for a frantic season.
“So it’s just an unprecedented situation going into a heating season with prices so high,” said Dan Brennan, director of MaineHousing, the agency that administers the federal low-income home heating assistance program known as LIHEAP.
Applications are already up for fuel assistance and Brennan said he expects that to continue. Maine typically receives about $38 million in LIHEAP funds but got a one-time boost of $17 million last year. If levels are flat for this winter, Brennan said $38 million will buy a lot less oil.
“We’re looking at instead of being able to give a benefit that would roughly equate to one-and-a-half tanks of oil, we are only going to be able to give out about a half-tank of oil,” Brennan said. “And that’s very, very concerning for us.”
As of early July, applications for fuel assistance were up 10 percent at Penquis, the community action program that serves Penobscot, Piscataquis and Knox counties, while the number of people served so far this year was up 14 percent.
“It has been crazy because people are really worried about the fuel prices but also food and medicines — everything is skyrocketing,” said Lynn Lugdon, the program manager for fuel assistance at Penquis. “So people are concerned about fuel for this winter.”
Lugdon recommends that people spread out the financial pain by starting to pre-pay now for this winter’s oil. And Penquis staff are reminding clients that assistance programs are there to help them get through the winter — not to foot their heating bill.
“And it’s hard for us to have to tell them, you know ‘You’ve used your fuel assistance, you’ve used your emergency funds,’” Lugdon said. “We can and will suggest other places to go. But I think this is going to be a really, really hard year. And people need to start thinking about that.”
Marc Lacasse, president and CEO of Augusta Fuel Co., said he and his staff are starting those conversations with customers earlier this season as they strongly urge them to consider a monthly payment plan. And interest in those plans is definitely higher this year.
“I think the dialogue and the communication at this time of the year, you know even though it’s the middle or beginning of July and it’s 85 degrees out, it’s critical,” Lacasse said. “It really is.”
Some oil dealers are offering customers the option of locking-in prices as a hedge against future increase. But because of the volatility of global oil prices, Lacasse said Augusta Fuel Company isn’t even offering that to customers this winter because of the risk for customers.
“Whether it is levels of monthly payments or frequency [of payments], we are doing what we need to do so we can manage what, unfortunately, appears to be in front of us,” Lacasse said.
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RMI has acquired The Climate Map to build internal expertise on carbon dioxide removal and assess its long-term role in a climate-secure future, alongside necessary emissions reduction efforts.
BOULDER, Colo., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RMI, formerly Rocky Mountain Institute, is acquiring The Climate Map, a nonprofit that conducts comprehensive science-based assessments of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions, and develops roadmaps for the responsible research, development, and deployment of those solutions.
CDR refers to the removal of carbon dioxide from the air or the oceans (as opposed to point-source carbon capture, which involves the capture of carbon emissions from fossil fuel plants and industry). RMI is committing more resources and expertise to CDR to better understand the CDR field and catalyze its development in an equitable and sustainable way.
RMI's CDR initiative will assess CDR's long-term role and collaborate with leading global researchers and practitioners to mobilize action on critical projects and priorities to advance CDR, alongside the emissions reduction efforts that remain critical to climate stability.
"While policy, markets, and the solution landscape should be focused on deploying the cheapest and most effective resources first, the CDR industry is the waste management industry of this century and will need to grow in order to prevent catastrophic climate change," said Jon Creyts, chief program officer, RMI.
RMI's acquisition of The Climate Map and the launch of its new CDR hub is supported by leading philanthropists, corporations, and venture capitalists active in the CDR ecosystem, including the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Stripe Climate, Preston-Werner Foundation, Protocol Labs, and Lowercarbon Capital.
Learn more about RMI's CDR work at https://rmi.org/carbon-dioxide-removal/
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Marissa Gantman, Strategic Communications Director, RMI – mgantman@rmi.org
About RMI
RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to align with a 1.5°C future and secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. We work in the world's most critical geographies and engage businesses, policymakers, communities, and NGOs to identify and scale energy system interventions that will cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent by 2030. RMI has offices in Basalt and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Oakland, California; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.
More information on RMI can be found at www.rmi.org or follow us on Twitter @RockyMtnInst.
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ZEELAND, Mich. (AP) _ Gentex Corp. (GNTX) on Friday reported second-quarter profit of $72.4 million.
The Zeeland, Michigan-based company said it had profit of 31 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 38 cents per share.
The maker of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and other products posted revenue of $463.4 million in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $472.2 million.
Gentex expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.87 billion to $1.97 billion.
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On Monday June 14, 1920, Chief Mulligan of the Athens police department had in his possession at the town hall a satchel and quantity of dynamite, battery and ordinary fuse and caps which he would be glad to turn over to the owner if he would come to the town hall and claim it.
On Sunday afternoon about 4 o’clock while strolling along the riverbank near the cove some boys came across the satchel and there was no one nearby. They reported the matter to Chief Mulligan, and he ordered them to bring it to the townhall which they did. Upon investigation of the contents, 12 large sticks of dynamite, 15 battery fuses about 30 feet long and a quantity of ordinary fuse and caps were found.
How the satchel with such a large quantity of dynamite and fuse came to be along the river and to whom it belonged was a mystery. Mr. Mulligan did not wish to keep the large quantity of explosives around the town hall an unnecessary amount of time and the owner was asked to come get it.
On June 16, 1920, fuse and caps found under a tree on the bank of the Susquehanna River, near the cove June13, belonged to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, according to L. G. Walker, a detective in the employ of the company, who examined the contents of the satchel, in which dynamite and fuse were found.
Mr. Walker told Chief Mulligan that the company had been missing dynamite and fuse from their store house near the Susquehanna River in East Sayre for some time but that they had been unable to get a clue on the thief.
The dynamite and fuse, Mr. Walker alleged, were identically the same as had been taken from the store house. The fifteen battery fuses were made up of several strands about 30 feet in length and were used for blasting purpose.
On Tuesday May 13, 1921 twenty-eight sticks of dynamite, a part of a quantity of explosives stolen from the Lehigh Valley in 1920 were recovered by the company near the oil pumping station at Greene’s Landing.
During May of 1920 eighty-eight sticks of dynamite were stolen from a small house where the Lehigh stored explosives. The location of that house was known to but few people. When it was found the place had been burglarized and dynamite stolen the first impression was that World War I sympathizers were after explosives. But the Lehigh detectives followed another hunch. They decided that an illegal fisherman instead of a Bolshevik worker had taken the dynamite. The trail grew hotter and hotter, and the Lehigh detectives secured almost enough evidence to make an arrest. They did secure what they thought was sufficient evidence not to arrest a man for stealing dynamite, but to arrest him on a charge of killing fist with the explosive. This information was given to W. E. Shoemaker, game and fish warden for this district. Now Shoemaker was a very busy man. He was very busy catching boys who had fish a half inch under size, or who left an outline in a stream a minute too long or some other “Serious crime. “ So he was to busy to pay attention to the dynamiting case and the matter dropped.
In June of 1920 fourteen sticks of dynamite had been hidden in the hollow of a tree stump at “The Cove.” The thief evidently thought the chase was to hot and had disposed of some of the dynamite.
A few days prior to May 13, 1921, William H. Friess, a Lehigh Valley detective, was investigating a complaint that someone had smashed the battery that furnished current for the automatic signal at Greene’s Landing. He finally traced the job to William and Lisle Mosher whose parents resided near the place where the Athens Tannery formerly stood, west of Athens. Friess not only questioned the boys about the signal, but he asked them several general questions in order to find it they possessed any information of value to the Lehigh police department. William Mosher finally told Friess that he knew where there was some dynamite. On May 13, Friess and Claude Dearolf, captain of the police for the Lehigh, went to Greene’s Landing. In an excavation near the oil pumping station, that was formerly a part of the North Branch Canal, then filled with water, they found a gunny sack and near it were twenty-eight sticks of dynamite. The dynamite had evidently been carried to the place in the sack and thrown in the water. Later the boys had evidently attached sticks to the sack and used if for a seine (basin).
Up to May of 1921 the Lehigh detectives, knew what became of forty-three of the eight-eight sticks of dynamite that were stolen in 1920. Fourteen were found in the hollow tree stump, twenty-eight were found near the oil pumping station and at least one was used in dynamiting fish.
Henry Farley is a founding member of the Sayre Historical Society and past president. He is currently the president of the Bradford County Historical Society. | https://www.morning-times.com/article_7141c96e-cb11-589a-847c-df76cc570a47.html | 2022-07-22T13:24:35Z | https://www.morning-times.com/article_7141c96e-cb11-589a-847c-df76cc570a47.html | false |
BOSTON (AP) — The founder of a cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company has been convicted by a federal jury of defrauding investors out of $6 million and spending some of the money on antiques, artwork and jewelry.
Randall Crater, 51, of East Hampton, New York, was convicted in federal court in Boston on Thursday of wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, the U.S. attorney's office in Boston said.
Crater founded Las Vegas-based My Big Coin Pay Inc. in 2013, offering virtual payment services through the digital currency, “My Big Coins,” which he marketed to investors between 2014 and 2017, prosecutors said.
Crater and his associates said the coins were a fully functioning cryptocurrency backed by $300 million in gold, oil and other valuable assets, said the company had a partnership with MasterCard, and said the currency could readily be exchanged for government-backed paper currency or other virtual currencies, when in reality, none of that was true, prosecutors said.
Crater misappropriated more than $6 million of investor funds, authorities said.
“Mr. Crater saw the burgeoning popularity of crypto as a chance to get rich quick through an unscrupulous fraud scheme cloaked by flashy marketing tactics and outright lies," U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said.
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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Nelly Korda hit an approach to 3 feet and made the eagle putt at the last hole to take the clubhouse lead on 11-under par midway through the second round of the Evian Championship on Friday.
Just imagine what the American could do if she wasn't suffering from jet lag.
Korda said she barely slept ahead of a morning start to her second round, which opened with what she described as 10 “stress-free” pars at the picturesque Evian Resort Golf Club.
And the Olympic champion was still even par for the day when she made a birdie putt from 15 feet at No. 14. That set up her grandstand finish: A birdie at No. 17 followed by eagle at the par-5 No. 18 that came after a high fade off her second shot which landed in the middle of the green and nearly rolled into the cup.
“It just turned out perfect,” Korda said after her 4-under 67.
This is Korda's fifth event since returning to competitive action after more than four months out because of surgery on a blood clot on her arm. She has had three top-10s in that little stretch and looks in good shape to win her second major title, after the Women's PGA Championship last year.
She was No. 1 in the world when she stopped playing, and now is No. 3.
So, what now for Korda after setting a fierce pace at the fourth major championship of the year?
“A nap,” she said with a smile.
The nearest challenger to Korda after the morning wave was Hyo Joo Kim, who shot 66 and was 8 under — three off the lead.
First-round leader Ayaka Furue shot 72, nine strokes worse than Thursday, and was a further shot back.
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TOKYO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony AI, a leader in human-centric artificial intelligence (AI) established with the mission to unleash human imagination and creativity with AI, today announced that Peter Wurman, Director, Sony AI America, will deliver a keynote presentation at the 31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the leading conference in the field of AI, taking place July 23-29, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
Wurman's keynote, "Training the World's Best Gran Turismo Racer", will take place on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. CET. In his presentation, Wurman will share details on Sony AI's breakthrough game AI research Gran Turismo SophyTM (GT Sophy) and how the company trained agents for Gran TurismoTM to compete with the world's best e-sports drivers.
"I am honored to be among the distinguished group of individuals presenting at IJCAI this year, and for the opportunity to share our work on GT Sophy with the larger AI community," said Wurman. "Our work in this area demonstrates the power of AI to deliver new gaming and entertainment experiences for both creators and players. It is our hope that GT Sophy will help inspire players to reach new levels in their technique and creativity."
A Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Wurman specializes in AI, robotics, complex systems, and electronic auctions. His additional honors include National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee (2022), and the IEEE/IFR Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (2008). Wurman has also been granted more than 60 patents and has published more than 50 technical papers. View his full profile here.
Mastering the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran TurismoTM (GT) Sport by GT Sophy was heralded as a new breakthrough in AI. It was published in the February 10th, 2022 issue of Nature in an article titled, Outracing Champion Gran Turismo Drivers with Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Details on the Gran Turismo Sophy project, technology and the Race Together 2021 challenge races can be found at the Gran Turismo Sophy site.
About IJCAI
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit corporation founded in California, in 1969 for scientific and educational purposes, including dissemination of information on Artificial Intelligence at conferences in which cutting-edge scientific results are presented and through dissemination of materials presented at these meetings in form of Proceedings, books, video recordings, and other educational materials. IJCAI consists of two divisions: the Conference Division and the AI Journal Division. IJCAI conferences present premier international gatherings of AI researchers and practitioners and they have been held biennially in odd-numbered years since 1969.
About Sony AI
Sony AI Inc. was founded on April 1, 2020, with the mission to "unleash human imagination and creativity with AI." Sony AI combines Sony Group's imaging and sensing technology, robotics technology, and entertainment assets such as movies, music, and games to transform with cutting edge artificial intelligence R&D to accelerate all of Sony's business areas and create new business opportunities. To achieve this, Sony AI has launched three flagship projects aimed at the evolution and application of AI technology in the areas of "Gaming," "Imaging & Sensing," and "Gastronomy." Sony AI will promote various exploratory research related to these flagship projects and other important themes, including AI ethics, in the physical and virtual worlds. For more information visit https://ai.sony.
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DETROIT, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) will hold a conference call to discuss second quarter and other related matters at 10:00 a.m. ET on Friday, August 5. A press release announcing the results will be issued before the market opens on the same day and will be available at www.aam.com.
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Callers should reference access code 0706393.
To participate by live audio webcast or listen to the briefing following the call, visit investor.aam.com. A replay will be available one hour after the call is complete until August 12. To listen to the replay please dial:
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When prompted, callers should enter replay access code 2211523. The audio replay will also be archived on AAM's website for one year.
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As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM (NYSE: AXL) designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit with nearly 80 facilities in 17 countries, AAM is bringing the future faster for a safer and more sustainable tomorrow.
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YouTube To Roll Out Live Shopping Features
The live streaming platform also notifies about its partnership with Shopify, an e-commerce enabler that integrates live shopping on the platform
YouTube, the video streaming platform, on Tuesday, announced that it will roll out shoppable content for YouTube viewers in the United States, India and Brazil, from next week onwards.
"We know that creators and viewers have a unique relationship and it is the trust between them that helps inform what viewers ultimately buy. In fact, according to a study we ran in partnership with Publicis and TalkShoppe, 89 per cent of viewers agree that YouTube creators give recommendations they can trust. So, it is important that everything we are working on in YouTube Shopping is in support of ensuring a seamless viewer and creator experience," said YouTube in a blogpost.
As a part of this new venture, YouTube also notified about its partnership with Shopify, an e-commerce enabler that integrates live shopping on the platform. This will ultimately help the content creators to integrate their Shopify stores to their respective YouTube Channel.
"We are announcing our partnership with Shopify to enable creators and merchants to easily feature their products across their YouTube channels and content. Now eligible creators can link their Shopify store to their YouTube channel in just a few steps," said YouTube.
Commenting on the partnership, Kaz Nejatian, VP of product at Shopify said, "Shopify is the commerce infrastructure of the internet, powering millions of independent businesses all over the world. We believe creators are the next generation of merchants and YouTube has been a long-time leader in powering this new cohort of entrepreneurs. We are excited to partner with YouTube, and help scale the creator economy into its next phase of growth."
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PITTSBURGH, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP), an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds, today announced that it plans to release its financial results for the second quarter of 2022 before the market opens on Thursday, August 4, 2022, and discuss its outlook on a conference call later that day at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Presentation materials will be available at least 15 minutes before the call on www.koppers.com in the Investor Relations section of the company's website.
Interested parties may access the live audio broadcast toll free by dialing 1-833-366-1128 in the United States and Canada, or 1-412-902-6774 for international, Conference ID number 10167786. Participants are requested to access the call at least five minutes before the scheduled start time to complete a brief registration. The conference call will be broadcast live on www.koppers.com and can also be accessed here.
An audio replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call at 1-877-344-7529 for U.S. toll free, 855-669-9658 for Canada toll free, or 1-412-317-0088 for international, using replay access code 8743727. The recording will be available for replay through November 4, 2022.
About Koppers
Koppers, with corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end markets, including the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. We serve our customers through a comprehensive global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities located in North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe. The stock of Koppers Holdings Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KOP."
For more information, visit: www.koppers.com. Inquiries from the media should be directed to Ms. Jessica Franklin at FranklinJM@koppers.com or 412-227-2025. Inquiries from the investment community should be directed to Ms. Quynh McGuire at McGuireQT@koppers.com or 412-227-2049.
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Polyethylene Foam Market Analysis Growth Factors and Competitive Strategies by Forecast 2030
Polyethylene Foam is easy to fabricate and it’s both non-abrasive and resilient, it provides very good shock and vibration protection during product transport.
PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES, July 22, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Allied Market Research published a new report, titled, "Polyethylene Foam Market: by Type (Non-XLPE and XLPE), by Density (LDPE, HDPE), by End-Use Application (Protective Packaging, Automotive, Building & Construction, Footwear, Sports & Recreational, Medical) Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2030".
Polyethylene Foam is easy to fabricate and it’s both non-abrasive and resilient, it provides very good shock and vibration protection during product transport. Polyethylene Foam has very good floatation properties and it is also water resistant for use in recreational and sporting applications, also it has good thermal insulation properties and has the added benefit of being recyclable. It is a great alternative to more traditional types of packaging like corrugated paper etc.
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BetRivers celebrates landmark sponsorship of Frisco Fighters as team seeks the IFL championship crown
CHICAGO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI" or the "Company"), a leading sports betting and online casino company in the United States that operates the BetRivers brand, congratulates the Frisco Fighters on advancing to the Indoor Football League (IFL) playoffs in only their second season on the field. RSI became a flagship sponsor of the Fighters at the beginning of the 2022 season.
The IFL, launched in 2009, is the oldest continuously operating indoor football league in the country. Frisco was awarded a franchise in late 2019 and, although the following season was canceled due to COVID-19, the Fighters made a successful debut by going 11-4 and advancing to the second round of the playoffs. This year, the Fighters achieved a league-best 14-2 record entering the IFL playoffs this Friday.
"We are thrilled to partner with the Frisco Fighters and introduce our BetRivers brand to Texas," said Richard Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of RSI. "The Fighters care about its fans and invests in the state. This mirrors RSI's commitment to investing in teams that support and provide entertainment to fans in their local markets."
RSI's sponsorship includes placement of signage for BetRivers, sponsorship of pre-game, in-game segments and a presence on the team's digital media.
"As we explore new ways to engage with our fans, the Frisco Fighters are proud to team up with RSI, a true pioneer in the online sports betting industry," said Steve Germain, owner of the Frisco Fighters. "This partnership proves our dedication to finding new moments for fans to get excited on game day and share in all the adrenaline that this league has to offer."
The sponsorship comes on the heels of a partnership RSI struck last year with another IFL member, the Arizona Rattlers. RSI operates its online sportsbook in Arizona via the license held by the Rattlers, who were granted one of the ten licenses granted to professional teams in Arizona.
RSI continues to increase its footprint. In the past month the company launched its online sportsbook and casino in Mexico, under the RushBet brand, with its Latin American operations catering to the Spanish-speaking market. Earlier this year, RSI was awarded the 2022 EGR North American Operator of the Year, regarded as the most prestigious award in the U.S. online sports betting industry.
RSI is a trusted online gaming and sports entertainment company focused on markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Through its brands, BetRivers, PlaySugarHouse and RushBet, RSI was an early entrant in many regulated jurisdictions. It currently offers real-money mobile and online operations in thirteen U.S. states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Michigan, Indiana, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, West Virginia, Arizona and Louisiana, as well as in the regulated international markets of Ontario, Canada, Colombia and Mexico. RSI offers, through its proprietary online gaming platform, some of the most popular online casino games and sports betting options in the United States. Founded in 2012 in Chicago by gaming industry veterans, RSI was named the 2022 EGR North America Awards Operator of the Year, Customer Services Operator of the Year and Social Gaming Operator of the Year, and the 2021 SBC Latinoamérica Awards Sportsbook Operator of the Year. RSI was the first U.S.-based online casino and sports betting operator to receive RG Check iGaming Accreditation from the Responsible Gaming Council. For more information, visit www.rushstreetinteractive.com.
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What does Celeaned mean, exactly?' The woman turned round swiftly, but the movement gave him another quick vision for memory alone.'Aye! Cleanaud, like yourself? He said you could cleanaa the pans?' Yes! Cleanse—CleeNsed me. Auld Aly—he kened a man—did na ket any stranger come inside my hoose that no Alick Caw did nit scuad'.\" . :. The New York Mets won 58 games and spent virtually the entire first half leading the National League East despite getting a combined 69 innings from Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom.
All of those innings were produced by Scherzer, who will be on the mound Friday night when the Mets open a three-game series with the visiting San Diego Padres after finishing with their second-most wins before the All-Star break.
Scherzer (6-1, 2.22 ERA) will pitch a day after deGrom’s simulated game that was pushed back two days due to mild shoulder soreness. Scherzer himself missed nearly two months with an oblique injury he sustained May 18 against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Scherzer is making his fourth start since returning, but due to the Mets playing only 38 home games in the first half, it is his first home start since he was injured. The Mets are hoping to see more of the same from Scherzer’s first three starts since returning after he allowed three runs on 13 hits to go along with 31 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings.
“I’ve gone out there and pitched well, and that’s great,” Scherzer said. “But to have that injury — I pride myself on durability, always taking the ball. I really felt like to be out for six weeks, miss six or seven starts, for me that’s unacceptable. You can’t do that.
“My job as a pitcher is to go out there every single time, take it every single time. Yes, I’ve done some great things. Yes, I’m pitching well. I expect that out of myself. But I can’t get hurt. I can’t get hurt like that. And I can’t get hurt in the second half like that.”
Scherzer is 6-2 with a 2.87 ERA in 16 career starts against the Padres, who were in the NL West lead or within a game of the Dodgers for a two-week stretch last month. Yet San Diego headed into the break facing a 10-game deficit in the division by going 8-15 over its final 23 games of the first half.
Despite slumping recently, San Diego’s 52 wins were the third-most before the break in team history and its players are optimistic about avoiding a second-half collapse like last season. A year ago, the Padres reached the break at 53-40 but finished 26-43.
“We’re hungry, and I don’t think we’ve played up to our potential just yet,” San Diego pitcher Mike Clevinger said. “I think we’re still in the swing of it and finding it, but we’ve got the pieces, we’ve got the guys and we’re sticking strong together in the clubhouse. I think it’s going to bode well for the second half.”
Yu Darvish (8-4, 3.41) will open the second half for the Padres and face the Mets for the second time this year. He pitched seven innings of two-hit ball in a 7-0 home win on June 7 and is 3-1 with a 3.07 ERA in six starts since last facing the Mets.
Darvish ended the first half last Friday by allowing three runs on five hits in seven innings in a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Darvish is 4-0 with a 2.76 ERA in seven career starts against the Mets.
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Mrs. Bosco is recognized for her innovative and impactful use of Global Burden of Disease data to empower women and improve access to rural health care in India
SEATTLE, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington today announced Mukteshwari "Mukti" Bosco, CEO and Founder of Healing Fields Foundation, is the recipient of the 2022 Roux Prize, the world's largest award for evidence-based public health achievement. The annual award, sponsored by IHME's founding board member David Roux and his wife, Barbara, recognizes people worldwide for their innovative and impactful use of IHME's Global Burden of Disease data.
"Mukti Bosco's lifelong commitment to improving the health and livelihood of some of the world's most vulnerable populations is an inspiring call to action for public health professionals everywhere," said IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray. "The Roux Prize recognizes creative problem-solvers like Mukti who are the driving force behind real change. Her determination to overcome daunting barriers and turn evidence into action exemplifies the spirit of the Roux Prize."
Mrs. Bosco is credited with developing one of the first micro health insurance programs in India, which inspired her creation of health awareness and prevention programs centered around women's empowerment and health education in rural communities. Since its inception in 2000, Healing Fields Foundation has trained thousands of women leaders known as Community Health Entrepreneurs (CHE), enabling them to generate income while educating their populations about preventive health care, sanitation, nutrition, and non-communicable diseases and providing access to care through facilitated telehealth. As health advocates under Mrs. Bosco's leadership, they are positioned to observe, evaluate, and intervene in the unique health challenges of their respective communities. Through strategic data collection, which has included tracking health trends through community studies and surveys conducted by mobile phone, they can quickly identify evidence-based solutions to improve access and health outcomes.
"Receiving the Roux Prize reflects the transformative power of our Community Health Entrepreneurs, their communities, and the entire Healing Fields organization," said Bosco. "We will build on this award to continue empowering women to use data and catalyze village health ecosystems."
Healing Field's preventive health education program has helped over six million families in India and is considered one of the most impactful programs of its kind. Evaluated by some of the leading research institutions worldwide, including Deloitte and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, the Healing Fields Foundation has championed gender equality while improving the health and agency of populations in resource-deficient communities in India. Mrs. Bosco is committed to expanding her life's work by deploying more health agents throughout India to improve the health and well-being of 300 million citizens by 2030.
In October, Mrs. Bosco's exceptional contributions to population health research will be celebrated at an awards dinner in London, UK, where she will receive a $100,000 award to support her ongoing work.
The Roux Prize recognizes people who have leveraged evidence-based health data to improve population health. Beginning in September, IHME will accept nominations for the 2023 Roux Prize. Nominations are accepted globally and can include, but are not limited to, staff in government agencies, researchers at academic institutions, volunteers in charitable organizations, or health providers working in the community.
Details on the nomination process for the Roux Prize are available at www.rouxprize.org. Questions about the prize can be sent to info@rouxprize.org.
About the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
An independent population health research organization based at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) works with collaborators around the world to develop timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence that illuminates the state of health everywhere. In making our research available and approachable, we aim to inform health policy and practice in pursuit of our vision: all people living long lives in full health.
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SINGAPORE, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Yuchai International Limited (NYSE: CYD) ("China Yuchai" or the "Company"), wishes to announce that all the resolutions as set out in its Notice of Annual General Meeting dated June 21, 2022 were duly passed at its virtual Annual General Meeting held today.
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Premium performance collection brings high-quality, durable classics to activewear at an affordable price
LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- True Classic, the leading direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand, today announced the launch of Active, its premium performance collection designed for any and all activities. Active is inspired by the brand's best-selling cuts and reinvented with the highest class of technology and materials.
The inaugural collection offers a variety of reimagined essentials including crew t-shirts, polo t-shirts, performance shorts, comfort shorts and joggers. Each piece is intentionally designed to be sweat-proof, moisture-wicking and ultra-soft, with hypermobility and movement in mind. Solid and heather colors are the hallmark of the brand and all items are available in sizes S to 2XL. All individual items within the collection are priced between $26.99 and $59.99.
The line will continue to grow in 2022 as the brand continues to invest in performance apparel. Customers can expect performance long-sleeve styles and hoodies coming soon, along with additional sizes and colors.
"Active was created with the modern man in mind," said Ryan Bartlett, True Classic's co-founder and CEO. "The expansion into active is a natural progression of our business and allows us the opportunity to create elevated performance gear at an affordable price, with the same great true classic fit."
Starting today, customers around the world can purchase True Classic's Active collection at the company's new website, www.trueclassic.com.
Founded in 2019, with headquarters in Los Angeles, True Classic is a direct-to-consumer premium menswear company reimagining functional yet fashionable basics and accessories for the modern man. The company offers ultra-soft, fitted tees, crews, v-necks, and long-sleeves that are intentionally designed to fit all men's body types. True Classic's mission is to make men look good and feel good while inspiring them to do good. For additional information, please visit www.trueclassic.com.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to the nation’s flood insurance program will prompt more people to sign up for coverage, even though many will pay more for it.
But in a FEMA report obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, the agency estimates one million fewer Americans will buy flood insurance by the end of the decade — a sizable number of people at risk of catastrophic financial loss.
As climate change in many parts of the country, FEMA has to more accurately reflect risk, but also make the program more solvent. It’s a response in part to criticism that taxpayers were funding big payouts when coastal mansions in risky locations flooded.
But nine senators from both parties expressed “serious concerns” about the new pricing system in a letter last September, after hearing that the agency’s internal numbers predicted policies would drop off by 20%. The next month FEMA told the AP those figures were “misleading” and “taken out of context” and that on the subject of how many people will be insured “there is no study or report to share.”
The agency painted a different picture however at the end of the year when it sent a report to the treasury secretary and a handful of congressional leaders saying would drive a fall off of 1 million policies compared to the beginning of the decade.
The issue of how many people go uninsured for flooding is vital, said Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
“We are talking the basic economic health, I think of not only our households and businesses, but our communities at large,” if fewer people buy flood insurance, he said.
The federal flood insurance program was started when many private insurers stopped offering policies in high-risk areas. It operates in the red, paying out more in claims than it collects in premiums. By more accurately setting rates, the update, officially referred to as Risk Rating 2.0, makes it more expensive to develop in flood-prone regions, shifting the risks of disaster towards those homeowners.
Risk Rating 2.0 will factor in a property’s unique flood risk — like its distance to water and cost to rebuild. The old system was based largely on a home’s elevation and whether it was in a designed flood zone. Most policy holders will now see their rates go up. But for the first time, nearly a quarter of policyholders will see theirs go down. Buyers of new policies began seeing the new prices in October.
FEMA downplayed the report obtained by the AP as a pessimistic projection, aimed at forecasting finances, not insurance participation. The agency said it has not directly studied how many people will buy flood insurance.
“There’s numerous reasons that growth could occur as time goes on,” said David Maurstad, a senior executive of the National Flood Insurance Program, adding that an enrollment analysis should consider the agency’s marketing efforts, the program’s clear messaging of flood risk, price decreases and other factors.
But critics like Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said affordability is a problem and FEMA didn’t disclose the impact of those higher costs.
“This report makes it crystal clear that FEMA failed to be transparent with policyholders, Congress, and ultimately the American public,” Menendez said in a statement. It shouldn’t have taken a records request for details to emerge, he said.
When Francisca Acuña, a climate and community activist in Austin, Texas, was given a new quote, it was hard for her to believe.
“I go, ‘no, you’re making a mistake,’” she said.
Acuña had previously paid $446 a year. Under Risk Rating 2.0, she was quoted $1,893. Rate increases that large are rare. Increases are generally capped at 18% a year, but Acuña, juggling other expenses, had let her policy lapse so she was required to pay the full amount right away.
“There’s no way, no how, that I can afford it,” Acuña said.
Told of Acuña’s situation, Maurstad said the rates reflect actual risk. It’s unfortunate , but ensuring the financial health of the program and accurate rates, is “good public policy,” he said.
Jim Rollo, a New York-based insurance agent, said he’s seeing a change in some buyer attitudes. Some seem more skeptical about properties that have previously flooded and have higher premiums. Others “roll the dice” and forego costly insurance if it’s not required.
“We are writing fewer policies than we were before,” Rollo said.
Congress should create an affordability program for people struggling to buy insurance and fund efforts to improve flood protections, said Joel Scata, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group.
But Maurstad said FEMA’s mission is different from the private sector. FEMA must help people “before, during and after” disasters as well as charge premiums that are risk-based and financially sound.
“We have certain responsibilities we are charged with. The number of policies sold isn’t one of them, again, because we are a government program,” he said.
Nevertheless the agency report predicts that the program, even with higher revenue, will continue to sink deeper into debt.
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Bodum pour-over review
Many people simply can’t start their day without a caffeine jolt. Buying a cup at the local coffee shop each morning is costly and inconvenient, especially if you work from home. Making cups from coffee pods is convenient, but it doesn’t always give you the best flavor, and it’s not very kind to the environment.
Bodum has an answer. According to the company, its pour-over coffee maker “is the key to making richer, bolder coffee from the comfort of your home.” Bodum says its coffee maker is easy to use and can brew a “full-bodied, smooth tasting coffee with a robust aroma that will win your heart.”
We tested the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker to see if it lived up to the manufacturer’s claims. This is what we found.
Testing the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker
To test Bodum’s coffee maker, we chose someone who is a regular coffee drinker to use this product in a real-world situation. Our tester prefers drinking a hot beverage that retains the flavor of the coffee. While they’ve tried a variety of styles and currently use a French press each morning, our tester thinks pour-over coffee is the best option for their particular tastes because it offers the most authentic flavor and is convenient to brew.
During the trial period, our tester paid particular attention to the filter quality, the durability of the coffee maker, how easy it was to use and how difficult it was to clean.
What is the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker?
The Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker features a simple yet elegant design. It has a carafe-like shape with a large, rounded bottom section, and it’s made from borosilicate glass. This special type of glass is manufactured using boron trioxide so it won’t crack under extreme temperature changes. The glass feels thick and hefty, so there’s little fear of accidental breakage.
The neck of the carafe is narrower than the rest of the coffee maker to give you a comfortable place to grip it. It features a cork band because cork has very poor thermal conduction, which means it doesn’t absorb or transmit heat. In other words, no matter how hot your coffee is, when you grab your Bodum by the cork, it will be safe to touch.
The key to Bodum’s brewing, however, is its permanent stainless steel filter. You never have to throw away or replace this filter, so it’s much more earth-friendly than paper filters and single-use pods.
Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker price and where to buy
The Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker retails for $19.21. However, you can often find it at a discount, so it’s wise to peruse sellers to find the best deal at the time of purchase. You can buy this coffee maker on Amazon and Wayfair.
How to use the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker
We found this coffee maker to be very easy to use. All you need to do is place the stainless steel filter into the opening of the carafe and add freshly ground coffee — approximately one rounded teaspoon for each 4-ounce cup of water. Slowly pour freshly boiled water over the grounds until they’re evenly saturated. Continue adding hot water until the top is filled to maximum capacity and let it drip through into the bottom of the carafe.
From our experience, this process takes patience and works best if you fill the carafe in several smaller pours rather than one long constant flow. This allows the flavor to come out more crisp, robust and slightly less bitter. We also discovered it’s best to use a coffee grinder to make fresh ground beans, as store-bought coffee will be too finely ground.
After you’ve made the desired amount of coffee, simply remove the filter, insert the lid and pour yourself a cup.
We noticed two important things after making several brews. First, the coffee stayed reliably hot in the carafe for roughly 90 minutes, which was a happy surprise. Second, the glass doesn’t seem to absorb tastes or aroma, so every cup you brew and pour has a pure, unadulterated flavor.
How to clean the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker
Every element of this coffee maker comes apart easily for cleaning. We didn’t get to test if the carafe was dishwasher-safe because it was too large to fit in our small dishwasher. However, it was easy enough to clean by hand with warm, soapy water. The filter was easy to clean as well. The only concern with cleaning is if you don’t wash it right away (or at least fill it with water to let it soak), it can be difficult to clean out any coffee that dries in the bottom section of the carafe.
Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker benefits
The sheer size of this pour-over coffee maker gives it an edge. You can make up to eight 4-ounce cups at a time. It’s durable and easy to use. The cork band does an excellent job insulating your hand from the heat. We like the eco-friendly design of the reusable filter. But the most important aspect of this coffee maker is it lives up to its promise. When used as directed, you get barista-quality coffee with robust flavor notes that shine.
Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker drawbacks
This is a fairly basic product. We didn’t have many complaints when using it. Besides remembering to clean the carafe after use, the only other issue we noticed was that finely ground coffee tends to slip through the metal filter. The fix for this is to use coarse ground beans and grind them fresh before using, which makes the coffee taste better, anyway.
Should you get the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker?
If you’re a casual coffee drinker, the Bodum Pour-Over Coffee Maker will turn you into a coffee lover. If you’re already a coffee lover, this product is a must. It’s priced to be a great value, simple to use and only takes about 15 minutes of your morning to get richer, bolder coffee with a full body and smooth taste.
Consider other products
Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffee Maker
This high-end 40-ounce pour-over coffee maker is made with nonporous borosilicate glass for durability. It requires Chemex-bonded filters for brewing.
Sold by Amazon
Melitta Filter Single-Cup Pour-Over Coffee Brewer
For the budget brewer, this entry-level option lets you brew robustly flavored pour-over coffee directly in your mug. It’s space-saving and efficient.
Sold by Amazon
This 22-ounce option has a reusable stainless steel mesh filter and a bamboo handle to keep your hand safe from the heat. There are water levels marked on the carafe to ensure a precise coffee-to-water ratio with every brewing.
Sold by Amazon
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BALTIMORE -- The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore is looking for public input on phase 2 of the Inner Harbor's newly-renovated Rash Field Park. The organization is hosting a meeting and ice cream social next Wednesday evening at the park, where planners will present design ideas and concepts for Rash Field and ask for insight on what to add to the park. Taharka Brothers will be providing free ice cream. After a years-long, $16.8 million effort to breathe new life into the waterfront park, the six-acre space reopened last year with an adventure park and nature park for children, a newly installed skate park and a shaded lawn where people can sit and enjoy views of the city's skyline. The forum will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on July 27 and is free to attend. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Find more information about Rash Field Park here. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2672971988508/celebrate-a-decade-of-denver-days-at-civic-center-park-on-sat-july-30 | 2022-07-22T13:42:49Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2672971988508/celebrate-a-decade-of-denver-days-at-civic-center-park-on-sat-july-30 | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments were expected Friday in Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress trial, with the jury likely to get the case against the onetime Donald Trump ally.
Bannon is charged with two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol and the events leading up to the deadly riot. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and up to a year.
Bannon declined to testify Thursday and his lawyers did not call any witnesses, instead arguing the judge should dismiss the charges as unproven. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols didn't immediately rule on the request.
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Bannon was serving in an unofficial capacity to Trump at the time of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee, which held a prime time hearing Thursday that included Bannon comments of Trump's post-election strategy, wanted to speak with Bannon because it had information that he was actively involved in planning, logistics and fundraising for Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and stop Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
The panel's subpoena demanded any documents or communications relating to Trump and others in his orbit, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
Evan Corcoran, Bannon's lawyer, argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and that Bannon had been engaged in good-faith negotiations with the congressional committee over his concerns about testifying. “No one ignored the subpoena,” Corcoran told the jury.
Corcoran has tried to establish that the deadline for Bannon to appear before the House committee was flexible, as long as the two sides were negotiating over the timing. He said testimony from the House panel’s chief lawyer, Kristin Amerling, made it clear “that the dates were in flux.”
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Corcoran said that “no reasonable juror could conclude that Mr. Bannon refused to comply.”
Bannon’s team told the judge that Bannon saw no point in testifying at his trial since Nichols' previous rulings had gutted his avenues of defense. Among other things, Bannon's team was barred from calling as witnesses House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or members of the House panel.
Another Bannon lawyer, David Schoen, said Bannon “understands that he would be barred from telling the true facts.”
Much of the trial testimony has been built around Amerling, who explained the extent to which the committee tried to engage Bannon and the timeline leading up to the missed deadline.
During cross examination Corcoran asked Amerling whether it was common for witnesses to appear before a congressional committee several weeks after the deadline date on a subpoena. Amerling answered “yes,” but added only “when witnesses are cooperating with the committee.”
Amerling said Bannon was uncooperative from the start, so there was no such leeway.
The committee heard nothing from Bannon until after the first deadline had passed, at which point his lawyer sent a letter to the committee stating that Bannon was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege and would not be providing documents or appearing. The committee responded in writing that Trump’s claim was invalid — Trump was no longer president, and Bannon was not employed at the White House at the time of the riot.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Vaughn told jurors that the subpoena issued to Bannon “wasn’t optional. It wasn’t a request, and it wasn’t an invitation. It was mandatory.” She added: “The defendant’s failure to comply was deliberate. It wasn’t an accident, it wasn’t a mistake. It was a choice.”
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Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received the House panel’s referral.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Ukrainian therapist Svitlana Kutsenko thought she was making progress with her patients — army veterans recovering from mental trauma suffered during fighting with Russia in 2014. Then, war erupted again.
Now, five months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Kutsenko says the situation looks bleaker than ever. Many of her patients have returned to the front lines, while ordinary citizens scarred by the horrors of life in wartime are now seeking treatment.
“Sometimes it’s bearable, sometimes it’s not,” Kutsenko, who lives in Kyiv, told The Associate Press. “Some people are suffering from huge fear — fear of death, fear of their relatives’ death and some are pretty angry about what’s going on and they want to somehow take this anger under control.”
Kutsenko was among 20 Ukrainian mental health professionals who spent the past two weeks in Israel receiving training on how to treat trauma cases.
Israel, which has gone through numerous wars with its Arab neighbors and has a large population of Holocaust survivors, has deep experience in treating psychological or mental trauma.
But in Ukraine, awareness for recognizing and treating mental trauma remains relatively low. And despite a conflict with Russia that has been ongoing since 2014, the country is not equipped to deal with the massive numbers of people affected by the Russian invasion.
Kutsenko said that there is a great difference between treating patients struggling to come to terms with events from the past and helping people who are under fire cope with grief and fear in real time.
“Right now, in Ukraine, it’s not just, you know, shooting and people” being killed by missiles and bombs, says Kutsenko, adding that torture, rape and other terrible acts are also happening.
The course’s instructor, Danny Brom, says treating mental trauma in Israel has taught him how to provide therapy to victims who are both post-traumatic and still remain in immediate danger. These lessons, he says, have helped him relate to mental health professionals from conflict zones across the world and especially Ukraine.
“They understand that we Israelis know what we are talking about. This … has happened to us in the different wars, so there’s a very special connection between them and us. They really feel that we understand what we are talking about,” said Brom, a clinical psychologist who is director of Metiv, an Israeli nonprofit that trains mental health professionals to treat trauma victims.
The group included 20 psychologists from across Ukraine, including some who have been displaced throughout the war. The course included training in cognitive behavior therapy techniques, or CBT, which are commonly used to treat depression and anxiety.
Larysa Zasiekina is a psychologist from western Ukraine, where internally displaced people have flocked to seek refuge from the fighting.
Prior to the war, she treated adults but now she sees mothers and children who have had to suddenly leave everything behind as their husbands and fathers head off to battle.
Zasiekina says the course has given her new methods to cope with this new reality, especially when it comes to working with youth.
“We used a lot of imaginary exercises and I think these exercises are very good for children because actually they have a lot of imagination,” says Zasiekina. “They want to play.”
Throughout the course, the participants were never far from having to deal with horrific news from back home.
During her time in Jerusalem, Kutseno got word that the building across from her family home in Vinnytsia, where her parents still live, had been bombed. Her parents weren’t harmed in the barrage, which killed 23 people that day, but it was a terrifying reminder.
“Even being here, feeling safe, war is still (in) the background of everything I do here,” says Kutseno.
“It’s not like I will get back to something that will have changed,” she added. “What I will find there is war.” | https://who13.com/health/ap-health/ukrainian-experts-turn-to-israel-for-mental-trauma-training/ | 2022-07-22T13:44:24Z | https://who13.com/health/ap-health/ukrainian-experts-turn-to-israel-for-mental-trauma-training/ | false |
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