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Which Minecraft sword toys are best?
The sword is one of the most important tools in Minecraft. It is the player’s first line of defense against creepers and zombies. It can also slice through vines and cut grass. The sword has become an iconic symbol of Minecraft. It is also popular for cosplay and Halloween costume props.
If you’re looking for the best Minecraft sword toy, the Minecraft Light-up Adventure Sword is the top choice. Not only does it resemble the in-game Minecraft sword, but it has lights and sounds that help elevate the player’s experience.
What to know before you buy a Minecraft sword toy
The in-game Minecraft sword
In the world of Minecraft, the sword is an essential piece of equipment. Players use it to battle other mobs, zombies, creepers, skeletons and all sorts of monsters. It can also be upgraded from wood to Netherite, the strongest type available. Because of its iconic look and importance in the game, the Minecraft sword is a hugely popular toy among players.
Don’t forget the batteries
Some swords are electronic and require batteries to operate. The batteries may only be required for sound effects or lights. These can help bring the toy experience to life.
Pair with other tools and costumes
The Minecraft sword can be fun on its own, but if you really want to sell the fantasy, pair it with other tools and even a full costume. Consider finding a full Minecraft set of armor or a shield to match the sword. When you put it all together, it makes for an awesome costume.
Recommended for 4 years and up
Minecraft swords are mostly harmless, but accidents can still happen. The Minecraft sword toys are recommended for ages 4 and up, as they will be able to wield it with more care and consideration.
What to look for in a quality Minecraft sword toy
Appearance
Look at a photo of an in-game Minecraft sword before choosing a toy. An avid player might be disappointed to receive a sword that looks nothing like the game version. The sword comes in different colors, such as blue, gray or yellow, but be sure they are the right shades and shape.
Durability
Children are likely to swing the toy like an actual sword against walls, people or other toy swords. Try to find one that is made from durable, solid materials and can last through wear and tear. If the toy breaks after just one hit, it’s not worth buying.
Safety
Even though it’s a toy, a swinging object has the potential for injury. Though the in-game version is pixelated and doesn’t look sharp, a real-life version could potentially do some damage if not used properly. Instruct users to have fun, but play safely.
For younger children, consider purchasing a Minecraft sword toy constructed of material that is durable, but still soft enough not to seriously hurt anyone, like sturdy foam.
Additional features
Although a simple sword can be fun for children, extra features can make the experience even more fun. Some swords have special lights that change color and sound effects that resemble those of the different in-game swords.
How much you can expect to spend on a Minecraft sword toy
Expect to pay as low as $15 for the most affordable Minecraft sword toys. If you’re looking for the best of the best, you may have to spend up to $65.
Minecraft sword toy FAQ
Can the swords be used for play fighting?
A. It depends on the type of material used in the sword. As long as the ‘blade’ is made of a relatively soft and durable material, like foam, then it is safe for mock battles when used responsibly.
What can Minecraft swords be made of?
A. Depending on the specific toy and manufacturer, Minecraft sword toys are typically made of foam, plastic, latex and vinyl.
What are the best Minecraft sword toys to buy?
Top Minecraft sword toy
Minecraft Light-up Adventure Sword
What you need to know: Not only does this sword resemble the original Minecraft sword, but it lights up and sounds like it, too!
What you’ll love: It comes with a mini game involving mobs and the lighting system.
What you should consider: This sword is battery-powered, which may run out over prolonged use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Minecraft sword toy for the money
Minecraft Transforming Sword/Pickaxe
What you need to know: This two-in-one toy can switch between the Minecraft sword and the pickaxe.
What you’ll love: The mechanism for switching between the sword and pickaxe is quick and simple.
What you should consider: This sword is made of hard plastic and should be played with responsibly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Minecraft Dungeons Deluxe Foam Roleplay Sword
What you need to know: This life-size sword is inspired by the design used in Minecraft Dungeons.
What you’ll love: The sword is made of foam and has authentic sound effects, making it ideal for safe, yet immersive play.
What you should consider: The sword has a slightly different design from the iconic sword in the original Minecraft game.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL), if they purchased the Company's American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until August 15, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nyse-ul/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
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SHENZHEN, China, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CIMC Enric Holdings Limited ("CIMC Enric" or "the Company") together with its subsidiaries (the "Group") (Stock Code: 3899.HK) is pleased to announce that Nantong CIMC Energy Equipment Co., Ltd ("Nantong Energy"), a subsidiary of the Company, has successfully won an order for 3,000 storage and transport containers for uranium hexafluoride from a European customer. This order is the largest single order that CIMC Enric has received in the nuclear fuel transport container business to date, it also set a new record for the international nuclear fuel transport container industry.
Natural uranium hexafluoride is used to produce enriched uranium, a key material in the manufacture of nuclear fuels components. With the nuclear industry developing both domestically and internationally, the need to transport natural uranium hexafluoride is increasing. As early as 2011, Nantong Energy leveraging its comprehensive strength and rich market experience, applied for and successfully obtained a "Civil Nuclear Safety Equipment Manufacturing License" issued by the National Nuclear Safety Administration, with the relevant nuclear-grade equipment manufacturing qualification and capabilities. In 2015, Nantong Energy actively partnered with several renowned domestic design institutes to develop AP1000 new fuel transport containers. By independently mastering the core technology for new fuel transport containers, Nantong Energy broke the monopoly of foreign companies and has now successfully entered the international market.
Currently, CIMC Enric provides two main types of nuclear power equipment: components for nuclear power stations and containers for nuclear fuel storage and transport. With its world-leading manufacturing technology, CIMC Enric has successfully delivered equipment to hundreds of nuclear power stations and thousands of nuclear fuel transport containers. CIMC Enric is now a major global supplier of uranium hexafluoride storage and transport containers.
Influenced by factors such as the spread of Coronavirus, extreme weather conditions and geopolitical tensions, the global energy market has experienced severe shocks, triggering energy security problems in several countries. Against this background, the EU, the UK and South Korea are giving positive signals about restarting or accelerating the development of nuclear power. On 6 July, the European Parliament voted to keep nuclear energy and natural gas in its Green Energy Taxonomy. Nuclear power in Europe is quite mature, according to Eurostat 2022 data, 13 EU member states, including France and Germany, have nuclear power stations, and nuclear power generates around 25% of the EU's total electricity output.
Mr. Yang Xiaohu, Executive Director and General Manager of CIMC Enric, said, "Increasing demand for global carbon neutrality and energy security is creating new opportunities to develop nuclear energy. Nuclear storage and transport equipment is also expected to see a new round of expansion. Being awarded this European contract, the largest-ever single order for nuclear fuel transport demonstrates CIMC Enric's dominant position and international market recognition. The Company will continue to develop into a world-class provider of total solutions for clean energy equipment through a "dual circulation" of international and domestic markets, based on the manufacture of high-end energy equipment."
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s first practice of training camp with the Browns was unusual: indoors, helmetless and brief. He did take snaps with the starters.
It’s unclear if it will stay that way.
Cleveland’s controversial quarterback practiced Wednesday as the Browns began preparing for the upcoming season still not knowing if Watson will be suspended by the NFL for violating its personal conduct policy.
Watson has been accused by two dozen massage therapists in Texas of sexual misconduct, and the three-time Pro Bowler faces possible punishment from league disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, who has been weighing his case for weeks.
There had been an expectation that Robinson, a retired judge who was jointly appointed by the league and NFL Players Association to handle player penalties, would render her decision before camp, but that didn’t happen.
The 26-year-old Watson did not speak to the media on Day 1, when the Browns were forced to practice inside their field house because of rain.
Amid the uncertainty surrounding Watson’s future, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said the team has a plan in place for its quarterbacks and is ready to adapt depending on the length of any ban.
Stefanski reiterated that veteran backup Jacoby Brissett will be Cleveland’s starting QB if Watson is suspended. For now, all four quarterbacks — Watson, Brissett, Josh Rosen and Josh Dobbs — will get work.
“Guys will rotate in there like we always do,” he said. “If you saw in spring, we rotated Deshaun and Jacoby as well, so that really doesn’t change. The truth is we have to get all of those guys ready to play.”
Stefanski conceded a suspension will force the Browns to adapt.
“We have a plan and we’ll see what information becomes available, but certainly more information may adjust what we’re doing,” he said.
While Browns fans may be anxious for a decision and frustrated it’s taking so long, Stefanski said dealing with unpredictability is part of the job.
“We just deal with it. That’s kind of our mentality,” he said. “We’re going to deal with July 27th and then we’ll get to tomorrow and we’ll deal with tomorrow. That’s kind of how we operate.”
As Robinson’s decision looms, the Browns, who are coming off a disappointing 8-9 season, are preparing for a 17-game stretch that will be altered dramatically if Watson can’t play.
All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett said expectations — for himself and the Browns — will stay intact whether Watson is eligible or not.
“It doesn’t change regardless how that situation works itself out, and we’re going to hold ourselves to a higher standard no matter what happens,” said Garrett, who set a team record with 16 sacks last season. “Our defense is going to do what we do. Last time I heard, they can’t win if they don’t score points.”
Even if he’s suspended, Watson will be allowed to practice with the Browns, and Garrett said his presence should allow the team to build better chemistry than it had a year ago when close losses and receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s messy release played a part in the team not being united.
“We move as if he will be or won’t be (on the field),” Garrett said ahead of practice. “You don’t really keep it in your mind like that. I mean he’s on the field with us right now. He will be on the field with us this season training and working out.
“He’s going to be in the weight room and he’s going to be interacting with us. He’s going to be with us for all intents and purposes.”
The Browns have dealt with uncertainty surrounding Watson almost since trading for him and signing him to a $230 million contract in March.
Second-year cornerback Greg Newsome II said Watson hasn’t let his situation become a distraction or affect his new teammates.
“I feel like when we get in the building, he doesn’t carry himself like that anyway,” Newsome said. “When he gets in this building, he’s worried about football and football only, so we’re going to worry about football and football only.
“We’ll let legal stuff pan out the way it’s supposed to pan out. We’ve kind of just got to focus on us getting ready for the season. Obviously, we hope D-Wat’s there Week 1, but if he’s not, we’ve got guys that are going to be able to step in and play right away.”
NOTES: Stefanski remains confident that starting RT Jack Conklin, still recovering from knee surgery in December, will be activated during camp. “He’s doing a really nice job. I want to highlight Jack,” Stefanski said. “He lived here all spring, all summer. He may have had a cot set up somewhere in the building and has been working so hard. I notice it. His teammates notice it. He’s progressing.” … Stefanski also believes Pro Bowl CB Denzel Ward (foot) will be back sooner rather than later.
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POSCO Chemical bags US$10.8 bln additional deal to supply EV battery component to GM
SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- POSCO Chemical Co. will supply a key electric vehicle (EV) battery component to General Motors Co. for three years starting 2023, in an additional US$10.8 billion deal expected to give a boost to the South Korean firm's pivot to the battery materials sector.
POSCO Chemical will supply high-nickel cathodes to Ultium Cells LLC, the U.S. joint venture between GM and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution, from 2023 through 2025, the chemical maker said in a release on Thursday.
The cathode materials will be produced at its Gwangyang plant, about 400 kilometers southwest of Seoul, which touts 60,000 tons in annual production capacity.
Cathodes are a key component used in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. They consist of nickel, lithium, cobalt and manganese and account for more than 40 percent of the production cost of an EV battery cell.
The latest supply deal would increase POSCO Chemical's cathodes supply to GM to some 90,000 tons a year. POSCO Chemical said in May it signed a 30,000-ton cathode supply contract with GM for an eight-year period starting 2025, valued at 8 trillion won (US$6.1 billion).
POSCO Chemical and GM have launched their own joint venture, Ultium CAM, to build a cathode plant in Quebec, Canada, by 2024.
POSCO Chemical said it "expects to emerge as a key EV battery component supplier in North America where the EV industry is growing rapidly."
GM is ramping up its electrification efforts, aiming to manufacture more than 1 million EVs a year in North America by 2025, according to POSCO Chemical.
To meet the burgeoning demand in EV battery materials, POSCO Chemical said it decided to invest 326.2 billion won to expand its cathode precursor production facility by an annual 45,000 tons in its Gwangyang complex.
A precursor is an intermediate compound made from combining battery components like nickel, cobalt and manganese, to produce cathodes that make up a key part of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.
POSCO Chemical plans to increase its precursor production capacity to 220,000 tons a year in 2025 from the current 15,000 tons. It is looking at ways to localize the production in foreign countries that produce the raw materials for precursors.
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Bond increased to $100K for Warren shooting suspects
Two suspects charged in a shooting last week in Warren face new bond amounts after the Macomb County prosecutor raised concerns they were too low, police said Wednesday.
Jayquan Washington, 21, and Eric Boatwright , 25, both of Detroit, were arrested after a gunfight July 21 in the parking lot of a Mobil gas station on Van Dyke near 11 Mile.
No injuries were reported; one round struck a car dealership across the street, investigators said.
During an emergency hearing Wednesday, Chief Judge John Chmura of the 37th District Court issued bonds of $100,000 for each, police said in a statement.
A visiting judge had given Washington a $2,000 bond for the charges of carrying a concealed weapon, a felony, and careless discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor. Boatwright was given a bond of $1,000 for the charge of carrying a concealed weapon.
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido had said his office would be filing emergency motions to seek higher bonds.
“Over 20 shell casings were recovered at the scene. These are not teenagers playing harmless pranks, it’s a miracle an innocent citizen was not injured by this brazen disregard for human life," he said in a statement Monday.
"... These guys shoot up a gas station and blow out the window of a car dealership, it’s all on video, and they walk out after posting a hundred dollars or two? Does anyone really think that ordering a tether will make any difference?"
Both suspects were transported to the Warren Police Department jail, according to the release.
“I’m very happy that Judge Chmura reviewed this matter and considered the seriousness of this incident in setting a new bond," said Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Bryan and College Station Police Departments along with other local law enforcement are serving the community in a unique way.
The annual Tip A Cop Fundraiser is back in Brazos Valley this week and officers have reached half of their goal so far. They are going to help with drink refills and assist the wait staff in other responsibilities.
Allison Dohrman, a special olympic athlete and fundraiser volunteer, said her love for the area encourages her and others to come to the dinner. She has participated in the Track in Field portion of the games.
"I have been here for two years and thirteen months," said Dohrman.
During the week long event, her role has been to sell Special Olympics T-Shirts at the College Station Texas Roadhouse at 1601 University Drive East. It is a great time to take the whole family out for dinner, while connecting with the community.
You still have tonight and tomorrow to make your way over to the restaurant and be treated by some of the various law enforcement officers. Wednesday's theme is cops and robbers. The wait staff will be dressed as the robbers.
This was actually an idea that originated in the Brazos Valley and has been incorporated at several other locations over the years.
Thursday night will be State Torch Run Night. The wait staff will be wearing shirts to commemorate the event.
"Come to Texas Roadhouse and support Tip A Cop," said Dohrman.
Dinner will be served from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. If you aren't interested in a meal, but would still like to donate, you can make out a check to Special Olympics Texas or come by to buy a T-Shirt.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Resolute Forest Products Inc. ("Resolute") (NYSE: RFP) to Domtar Corporation. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Resolute will receive only $20.50 in cash plus a CVR (Contingent Value Right) for each share of Resolute that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-rfp/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VIVO) to SD Biosensor, Inc. and SJL Partners LLC. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Meridian will receive only $34.00 in cash for each share of Meridian that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-vivo/ to learn more.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday. He was 77.
Frank Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an email to The Associated Press.
No cause was given, but Dow had been in hospice care and announced in May that he had been diagnosed with prostate and gall bladder cancer.
A post on Dow's Facebook page on Tuesday prematurely reported that he had died, but his wife and management team later took down the post and explained that it was announced in error.
Dow's Wally was an often annoyed but essentially loving big brother who was constantly bailing out the title character, Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver, played by Jerry Mathers, on the show that was synonymous with the sometimes hokey, wholesome image of the 1950s American family.
Dow was born and raised in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles — his mother was a stuntwoman who acted as a double for silent film star Clara Bow — but his parents did not push him into show business.
He had done just a little stage acting and appeared in a pair of pilots. After attending an open casting call, he landed his career-defining role as Wally.
Dow would play the part for six seasons and more than 200 episodes from 1957 to 1963 on primetime on CBS and ABC, then for more than 100 episodes in the 1980s on a syndicated sequel series.
“Tony was not only my brother on TV, but in many ways in life as well. He leaves an empty place in my heart that won’t be filled,” Mathers said in a Facebook post Wednesday. “Tony was always the kindest, most generous, gentle, loving, sincere, and humble man, and it was my honor and privilege to be able to share memories together with him for 65 years.”
On the show, Wally, sometimes the center of the plot himself, navigated the worlds of junior high and high school — his two-faced best friend Eddie Haskell at his side — with just a little more wisdom than his little brother. The show’s plotlines suggested Wally was bound for great things — he mentions wanting to become an aerospace engineer — and he tended to find himself in moral dilemmas that stemmed from his essential goodness.
Dow’s favorite episode was one in which the always-ready-to-teach father, Ward Cleaver, played by Hugh Beaumont, wants his boys to know what his childhood was like. He takes them into the wilderness, despite their having what they felt was pressing business at home.
“The boys didn’t want to go because ‘Zombies From Outer Space’ was playing in the theater,” Dow said in a 2018 interview with Sidewalks Entertainment at Silicon Valley Comic-Con.
After the trip, at the end of the episode, Ward discovers the boys on a hilltop with binoculars, thinking they’re taking in some nature.
“They were watching Zombies from Outer Space at the drive-in,” Dow said with a laugh.
The show was still popular when it went off the air, but it had naturally run its course with Wally about to go to college and Beaver bound for high school.
Dow’s death leaves Mathers and Rusty Stevens, who played Beaver’s friend Larry Mondello, as the only surviving members of the show’s core cast. Beaumont died in 1982. Barbara Billingsley, who played mother June Cleaver, died in 2010. Ken Osmond, who played Haskell, died in 2020.
Dow would appear as a guest star on other TV series throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s, including “My Three Sons,” “Dr. Kildare,” “Adam-12,” “Emergency,” “Square Pegs” and “Knight Rider.”
He took a break from acting to serve three years in the U.S. National Guard in the late 1960s.
From 1983 to 1989, amid a cultural craze for nostalgia television, Dow reprised the role of Wally in “The New Leave it to Beaver.”
He began writing and directing episodes of that series, and would work as a director in television throughout the 1990s on shows including “The New Lassie,” “Babylon 5,” “Harry and the Hendersons” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”
At a time when such disclosures were rare, Dow went public with his clinical depression in the 1980s and made self-help videos on accepting and dealing with the illness.
Along with appearances in later years at pop culture conventions, often alongside Mather, Dow worked as an artist, gaining a sterling reputation as a sculptor.
One of his bronze pieces was accepted at 2008′s Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, a 150-year-old art show staged annually at the Louvre.
Dow told The Associated Press in 2012 that his openings brought out as many people anxious to rub shoulders with the Beaver’s big brother as to see his art.
“I think it’s hard, especially with the Wally image, to be taken seriously at pretty much anything other than that,” he said with a chuckle and a shake of his head.
Dow is survived by his wife of 42 years, Lauren, son Christopher, daughter-in-law Melissa, and brother Dion.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
04-07-08-09-10-14-16-18-20-21-22-24
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Sunflower State Games 2022 Review
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 33rd year of the Sunflower State Games is now in the books so let’s take a look at this years games.
13 Sports grabbed more than half of the events including, Opening Ceremony, Baseball, Shooting Sport Clays, BMX, Judo, Weightlifting, Boccia and so much more.
In fact, Boccia was included in the games first time event along with Paralympians.
First year Executive Director Lindsay Engelken says they had over 700 volunteers and 5,000 athletes. Before the pandemic, they used to have 8,000-9,000 athletes.
Engelken says their volunteers are the backbone of these games.
”Our staff was me full-time and two interns. It’s impossible to do five thousand athletes and 37 events with just three people,” Engelken said. “It truly is our commissioners and volunteers that their passion and eagerness to watch these athletes compete in these events, that’s what it is.”
In total, 37 different events went on for three weekend around Topeka.
The senior games are coming up in September and if you’d like to register to compete or volunteer, click here.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
05-06-09-20-22-27
(five, six, nine, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $7,200,000
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
05-06-09-20-22-27
(five, six, nine, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $7,200,000 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17333973.php | 2022-07-28T03:48:44Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-game-17333973.php | false |
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California last year will pay nearly $1 million in cleanup costs.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to accept a proposed claim settlement with Amplify Energy Corp. over the costs of dealing with last October's spill off of Huntington Beach.
The ruptured pipeline spilled the oil, equal to about 94,600 liters, about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) offshore. While less severe than initially feared, the spill shuttered beaches for a week and fisheries for more than a month, oiled birds and threatened wetlands that Orange County communities have been striving to restore.
Investigators believe the San Pedro Bay Pipeline that ferried crude from offshore oil platforms to the coast was weakened when a cargo ship’s anchor snagged it in high winds in January 2021, months before it ultimately ruptured Oct. 1
Houston-based Amplify Energy sued two container ship operators and an organization that helps oversee marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent the spill. The suit alleges that in January 2021 two ships dragged their anchors across the pipeline.
The $956,352 settlement with Orange County includes about $238,000 for the county Public Works Department, which built sand berms and placed booms to prevent oil from polluting sensitive wetlands, the Orange County Register reported.
Money also will go to the county's health agency, the Sheriff's Department that operates the Harbor Patrol, and reimburse the county for legal costs and the hiring of contractors and environmental consultants.
Meanwhile, Amplify and two subsidiaries were indicted by a federal grand jury last year on a misdemeanor count of illegally discharging oil. The indictment alleges that fatigued workers failed to properly act when repeated alarms signaled an offshore pipeline rupture and continued operating the pipeline for hours.
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The United States has put forward a "substantial proposal" to Russia aimed at securing the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, offering the first public glimpse at U.S. efforts to bring the pair home.
"In the coming days, I expect to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for the first time since the war began," Blinken said. "I plan to raise an issue that's a top priority for us: the release of Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who have been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home. We put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. Our governments have communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal."
Blinken said President Joe Biden has been "directly involved," and he "signs off on any proposal that we make, and certainly when it comes to Americans who are being arbitrarily detained abroad, including in this specific case." The conversation between Blinken and Lavrov will be their first interaction since Russia invade Ukraine in February.
Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport when customs officials said they found vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. Whelan has been in Russian custody since Dec. 2018, when he visited Russia for a friend's wedding. He was convicted in a Russian court of espionage charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2020.
Whelan's family members welcomed news of the offer, saying they "hope the Russian government responds to the U.S. government and accepts this or some other concession that enables Paul to come home to his family."
Russian media outlets have speculated that Griner could be included in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for conspiring to sell weapons to people who intended to kill Americans. On Wednesday, Blinken repeatedly declined to comment on a CNN report that the U.S. offered Bout in exchange for Griner and Whelan.
Biden did approve a prisoner exchange in another case in April, when Russia released former Marine Trevor Reed, who had been detained in Russia since 2019 on charges of assaulting two police officers and whose health was failing. The U.S. freed Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year prison sentence for drug smuggling.
Griner, who played in Russia during the WNBA off-season, pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges on July 7, telling a Moscow court that she brought the substance into the country accidentally.
She spoke at her trial on Wednesday, saying that the vape cartridges "ended up in my bags by accident... and I take responsibility but I did not intend to smuggle or planned to smuggle [banned substances] to Russia." Griner faces up to 10 years behind bars if convicted.
In the weeks following her arrest, Griner's allies remained mostly quiet about her case, believing that Russian President Vladimir Putin would seek to leverage her celebrity as he waged war in Ukraine. Griner was detained less than a week before Russia invaded, pushing U.S.-Russia relations to a low point.
In May, the State Department said it determined that Griner was being wrongfully detained. Under a 2020 law, the classification shifted the handling of her case to the State Department's special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
Griner's wife, Cherelle, has since begun speaking out more publicly, calling her a "political pawn" and urging Biden to do more to secure her release.
"Initially I was told... 'We're going to try to handle this behind the scenes and let's not raise her value and, you know, stay quiet,'" Cherelle Griner told CBS Mornings on July 6. "I did that, and respectfully, we're over 140 days at this point. That does not work."
In a call with Cherelle Griner later that day, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris reassured her that the administration was working to secure Griner's release "as soon as possible," according to a White House readout of the conversation. Biden also read Cherelle Griner a draft of the letter he was sending to Brittney Griner in response to a letter the WNBA star had written him, pleading with him not to forget about her and other captives.
"I'm terrified I might be here forever," wrote Griner in her letter to Biden.
As public pressure grew on Biden to secure the release of Griner, families of other detainees became frustrated with the lack of attention the cases of their loved ones had received from the president.
Whelan's family said they were "astonished" after Biden called Cherelle Griner, but not them. Biden eventually called Whelan's sister, Elizabeth, after the family sought a meeting with the president for months.
"President Biden assured me that the U.S. government was doing all it could to bring Paul's safe return from his wrongful detention in Russia," the family said in a July 9 email. "We spoke for several minutes and I was touched by the president's obvious concern and empathy for Paul's plight and the Whelan family's distress."
On Wednesday, the family said they "appreciate[d] the Biden Administration seeking Paul's release using the resources it has available."
This story was original published by CBS Newson Wednesday, July 27 at 3:25 p.m. ET.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
0-9-1-0
(zero, nine, one, zero)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
0-9-1-0
(zero, nine, one, zero) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-game-17334055.php | 2022-07-28T04:04:11Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-game-17334055.php | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
06-14-18-21-28
(six, fourteen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
06-14-18-21-28
(six, fourteen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17334038.php | 2022-07-28T04:06:39Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17334038.php | false |
Liam Rosenior is prepared to be patient in his pursuit of adding players to his Derby County squad and vowed he will not make signings for the sake of it.
The Rams are still looking for further reinforcements having had a hectic summer that has so far led to 11 players arriving at Pride Park over the course of the summer. Derby are currently looking at loans from the Premier League with Rosenior revealing at the weekend that he was close to adding a couple of "exciting" additions.
The club is still eager to sign another goalkeeper, a full-back while a winger is also believed to be on the agenda with the Rams having had a look at several on trial so far this summer. Sean Robertson, a free agent after leaving Crystal Palace, was the latest wide player to be offered a chance to impress having played and scored in Tuesday night's defeat against Alfreton.
Read more: Rosenior issues verdict as free agent duo impress for Derby County
Read more: Sean Robertson scores a stunner as trialist impresses in Derby County defeat
Asked whether there was any further news on signings, interim boss Rosenior says he is not willing to rush into the market having stressed he wants to wait for the right players to come along.
"We are still working really, really, hard," he said. "Patience is needed in every way at the moment, but what I won't do is forsake what we really want in the market to get players in. That's not the way I work so I am willing at the moment to go with what I've got to make sure we get the right targets in the building.
New deal for Forsyth
Derby County's longest-serving player Craig Forsyth has signed a new contract with Derby County, the club has confirmed.
The Scot has put pen to paper on a new one-year deal at Pride Park having held negotiations with the club in recent weeks about extending his stay after his contract expired at the end of last season.
Interim boss Liam Rosenior said after the pre-season defeat to Leicester at the weekend that he was confident Forsyth would sign a new contract and insisted he is a huge part of his plans as the club prepares to begin its League One campaign this weekend.
Forsyth has featured in all of the pre-season games this summer and is due to feature in Derby's final pre-season assignment of the summer against Alfreton Town tonight as the club warms up for the first game of the season against Oxford on Saturday.
Rams fans call for testimonial
Supporters are calling for the club to give Craig Forsyth a testimonial next summer after the defender re-committed to the club for a 10th season.
The 33-year-old has signed a new one-year contract after his previous deal at Pride Park expired at the end of last month. Forsyth has been a feature of pre-season so far and has signed in time to feature in the Rams' League One opener against Oxford United on Saturday.
But a potential match next summer is at the forefront of Derby fans' minds after the signing was announced. Here is a selection of the social media reaction in the immediate aftermath of Forsyth's stay being officially extended...
Chels: They gave us our King and now we’ve got our Prince. What a guy this man is. Never gets the credit he deserves but this man is Derby County. He’s come back from ACL injuries like they were nothing. This guy is going into a decade with Derby. Our left back.
Dave Wilson: Anyone got any idea who the last Derby County player was to spend 10 years with the club? Personally, I can’t remember anyone in my lifetime.
Rosenior on Rooney's ongoing influence
Derby County interim head coach Liam Rosenior has said that the experience as the number two to Wayne Rooney will benefit him and he leads the club in the upcoming season.
The former defender took over from Rooney on an interim basis last month after the departure of the former England captain. Rooney stepped down as head coach at Pride Park just before a takeover of the club was completed by local businessman David Clowes.
He was in charge of the club for just over 18 months, but has since taken over as head coach of former club DC United in America.
Rosenior is now preparing his squad for life in League One as the club target promotion. The season kicks off on Saturday when the Rams host Oxford United at Pride Park.
Ahead of that game, Rosenior has outlined the lessons he learned from his time as number two to Rooney.
“If I was to speak about what I learnt about that experience with Wayne, we could be here for a few hours, he told Sky Sports. “Wayne was unbelievable, he gave me a lot of trust in the way that we played and in terms of the way we trained.
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Aaron Latham, a magazine writer whose stylish dispatch from the ringside of a mechanical bull at a Texas honky-tonk saloon inspired “Urban Cowboy,” the 1980 film that evoked the modern American West and became the most noted credit in his wide-ranging literary career, died July 23 at a hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was 78.
The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Lesley Stahl, the longtime correspondent for the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”
Mr. Latham was a strapping Texan who first made his name on the East Coast in the 1970s, embarking on his magazine career when the movement known as New Journalism was in florescence. He played softball with Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese — more senior practitioners of the form — and wrote for Clay S. Felker, the founder of New York Magazine, at both New York Magazine and Esquire.
It was Felker who sent Mr. Latham back home to Texas, to a bar called Gilley’s in the Houston suburb of Pasadena, to write the article published in Esquire in 1978 as “The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America’s Search for True Grit.” Mr. Latham delivered a vervy narrative — straight from the school of New Journalism — of petrochemical workers who traded their hard hats for cowboy hats and mounted a bucking mechanical bull, clinging not only to the beast but also to what Mr. Latham described as a vanishing “cowboy code.”
“According to this code,” he wrote, “a cowboy is independent, self-reliant, brave, strong, direct, and open. All of which he can demonstrate by dancing the cotton-eyed Joe with the cowgirls, punching the punching bag, and riding the bull at Gilley’s. In these anxious days, some Americans have turned for salvation to God, others have turned to fad prophets, but more and more people are turning to the cowboy hat.”
Mr. Latham — who read Homer and Cervantes, received a PhD in English from Princeton and wrote his first book about F. Scott Fitzgerald — remarked that he felt upon his arrival at Gilley’s not unlike the anthropologist Margaret Mead “stepping ashore in Samoa for the first time, discovering a whole new culture.” But there was also a piece of him, he said, that felt “right at home.”
Inundated with proposals for movies based on the article, Mr. Latham set out for Hollywood, “taking transcontinental flights to that cruel city that had abused the talents of Fitzgerald and Faulkner (but was nice to me),” he wrote two decades later in an account published in New York Magazine.
Mr. Latham co-wrote the script of “Urban Cowboy” with James Bridges, who was also the film’s director and who became his best friend. The film starred John Travolta and Debra Winger as the couple at the center of a modern Western romance. Forty years after its release, Rolling Stone cited the film as the cultural touchstone that “brought Western fashion and country music into the mainstream.”
Mr. Latham teamed again with Bridges and Travolta on “Perfect,” a 1985 movie loosely based on his article “Looking for Mr. Goodbody,” published two years earlier in Rolling Stone. Set largely in a Los Angeles health club, the article presented gyms as “the new singles’ bars,” where the unattached could survey prospective dates to the pulsating beat of a workout. In the movie version, Travolta played a reporter working on just such a story, with Jamie Lee Curtis as his aerobics-instructor love interest.
Mr. Latham endured what he described as a “rainy season” of his soul when several writing projects failed and he descended into depression that he said brought him nearly to the point of suicide. He emerged from his depression, he said, by writing “The Frozen Leopard: Hunting My Dark Heart in Africa” (1991), a travelogue of a safari during which he confronted existential questions of life and its meaning.
He later wrote a trilogy of Western novels, “Code of the West” (2001), “The Cowboy With the Tiffany Gun” (2003) and “Riding With John Wayne” (2006). In the first two, he transposed Arthurian legend on the landscape of Texas, basing the Guinevere character, he said, on his wife.
John Aaron Latham was born on Oct. 3, 1943, in Spur, not far from Lubbock, in what Mr. Latham described to Texas Monthly as “that godforsaken corner of West Texas which is the last stronghold of real cowboys, cattle ranches, rattlesnakes, and tarantula stampedes.”
Although “Urban Cowboy” was based largely on Mr. Latham’s reportage, it also drew from his life. Travolta’s character, Bud, at one point remarks that when he was born, his father sold a milk cow to pay the physician who delivered him. The same, Mr. Latham told Newsday, was true for him.
Both his parents were teachers. His father was also a high school football coach, and Mr. Latham entertained notions of becoming a football player until an abdominal injury on the field resulted in the removal of one of his kidneys. His mother wrote and illustrated children’s books.
“She raised me with the idea that writers were the great heroes of the world,” Mr. Latham told Texas Monthly, “and I wanted to be my mother’s hero.”
Mr. Latham graduated from high school in Tucson. He enrolled at Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he edited the school newspaper and where he received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1966. He received a PhD from Princeton in 1970. His dissertation was published the following year as the book “Crazy Sundays: F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood.”
Mr. Latham found his first job in journalism at The Washington Post, where he was an intern before becoming a staff writer. “He stood out for his sophistication and his easy manner,” said Leonard Downie Jr., who worked with him on the city desk and later became the newspaper’s executive editor, “not like the scruffy guys around him.”
Among other stories, Mr. Latham wrote a four-part exposé in 1971 of Junior Village, a home for impoverished children in Washington where, investigations later revealed, the young residents were drugged, raped and abused.
“It was a classic, independent, get-inside investigation of an institution,” longtime Post reporter Bob Woodward said in an interview, describing the report as “a real head-turner.” Woodward joined the newspaper months after the exposé was published and said he referred to the Junior Village story as one that “embodied the Ben Bradlee approach to journalism.” (Benjamin C. Bradlee was the executive editor who presided over The Post during the Watergate investigation, led by Woodward and fellow reporter Carl Bernstein, that helped precipitate the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.)
Mr. Latham later moved to Esquire and New York Magazine. Stahl, at the time, was a young reporter for CBS. Both were covering Watergate. Mr. Latham called her one day, looking for leads, and was met with unceremonious rejection.
“Lesley was not thrilled at the request,” he later told People magazine. “ ‘How dare you call me at home? If you want to talk, call me tomorrow at the office,’ she barked, and then slammed down the phone.”
They later met and saw one another regularly, but their romance did not blossom, they said, until after Nixon left office and they were forced to discuss other matters. They were married in 1977.
Besides Stahl, of New York City, Mr. Latham’s survivors include their daughter, Taylor Latham of Los Angeles; and two granddaughters.
Mr. Latham’s books included “Orchids for Mother” (1977), a CIA novel, and “The Ballad of Gussie & Clyde” (1997), a memoir of Mr. Latham’s father finding love late in life. With David S. Ward, he co-wrote the script for a third film, “The Program” (1993), staring James Caan as an embattled college football coach.
Mr. Latham also wrote the book for a short-lived musical based on “Urban Cowboy,” which premiered on Broadway in 2003. He remained creatively active late into his life, even as he suffered increasingly from Parkinson’s disease. He made his directorial debut in 2016, overseeing a production of Clifford Odets’s boxing play “Golden Boy” that was staged at a New York gym with actors also afflicted by Parkinson’s.
“The cowboy is the only truly mythic figure that America had created so far,” Mr. Latham recalled himself saying after “Urban Cowboy” was released. “He comes to the fore in the culture, then he recedes for a time, but he always seems to reemerge when we’re uncertain about the future.”
After his own “personal disappointments,” Mr. Latham wrote in New York Magazine in 2000, “I was more than ready to welcome the cowboy back into my life.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/07/27/aaron-latham-urban-cowboy-dead/ | 2022-07-28T04:10:23Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/07/27/aaron-latham-urban-cowboy-dead/ | true |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war.
Kim’s speech to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War were apparently meant to boost internal unity in the impoverished country suffering pandemic-related economic difficulties. North Korea will likely intensify its threats against the United States and South Korea as the allies prepare to expand summertime exercises the North views as an invasion rehearsal, some observers say.
“Our armed forces are completely prepared to respond to any crisis, and our country’s nuclear war deterrent is also ready to mobilize its absolute power dutifully, exactly and swiftly in accordance with its mission,” Kim said in Wednesday’s speech, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
He accused the United States of “demonizing” North Korea to justify its hostile policies. He said U.S.-South Korea military drills show the U.S.’s “double standards” and “gangster-like” aspects because it brands North Korea’s routine military activities — an apparent reference to its missile tests — as provocations or threats.
Kim also called new South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a confrontation maniac” who’s gone further than past South Korean leaders and said Yoon’s conservative government was led by “gangsters.” Since taking office in May, the Yoon government has moved to strengthen Seoul’s military alliance with the United States and bolster its capacity to neutralize North Korean nuclear threats including a preemptive strike capability.
“Talking about military action against our nation, which possess absolute weapons that they fear the most, is preposterous and is very dangerous suicidal action,” Kim said. “Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our powerful strength and the Yoon Suk Yeol government and his military will be annihilated.”
This year, Kim has been increasingly threatening its rivals with his advancing nuclear program in what some foreign experts say is an attempt to wrest outside concessions and achieve greater domestic unity.
In April, Kim said North Korea could preemptively use nuclear weapons if threatened, saying they would “never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent.” Kim’s military has also test-launched nuclear-capable missiles that place both the U.S. mainland and South Korea within striking distance.
Kim is seeking greater public support as his country’s economy has been battered by pandemic-related border shutdowns, U.S.-led sanctions and his own mismanagement. North Korea also admitted to its first COVID-19 outbreak in May, though the scale of illness and death is widely disputed in a country that lacks the to handle it.
“Kim’s rhetoric inflates external threats to justify his militarily focused and economically struggling regime,” Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, said. “North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are in violation of international law, but Kim tries to depict his destabilizing arms buildup as a righteous effort at self-defense.”
North Korea has rejected U.S. and South Korean offers to resume talks, saying its rivals must first abandon its hostile polices on the North in an apparent reference to U.S.-led sanctions and U.S.-South Korean military drills.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said last week that this year’s summertime military drills with the United States would involve field training for the first time since 2018 along with the existing computer-simulated tabletop exercises.
In recent years, the South Korean and U.S. militaries have cancelled or downsized some of their regular exercises due to concerns about COVID-19 and to support now-stalled U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear program in return for economic and political benefits. | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1567557/kim-threatens-to-use-nukes-amid-tensions-with-us-s-korea | 2022-07-28T04:10:44Z | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1567557/kim-threatens-to-use-nukes-amid-tensions-with-us-s-korea | true |
Taking high doses of 'the sunshine vitamin' doesn't reduce risk of broken bones, study says
More research suggests it's time to abandon the craze over vitamin D.
Taking high doses of "the sunshine vitamin" doesn't reduce the risk of broken bones in generally healthy older Americans, researchers reported Wednesday.
It's the latest in a string of disappointments about a nutrient once hoped to have wide-ranging protective effects. That same study of nearly 26,000 people already had found that popping lots of vitamin D pills didn't prevent heart disease, cancer or memory loss either.
And while getting enough vitamin D is important for strong bones, "more is not better," said Dr. Meryl LeBoff of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, the study's lead author.
An estimated third of Americans 60 and older take the supplements and more than 10 million blood tests for vitamin D levels are performed annually — despite years of controversy over whether the average older adult needs either.
The newest findings — added to other trials with similar results — should end that debate, wrote Drs. Steven Cummings of California Pacific Medical Center and Clifford Rosen of Maine Medical Center Research Institute in a commentary in the medical journal.
"People should stop taking vitamin D supplements to prevent major diseases" — and doctors should stop the routine screenings that fuel concern, the pair concluded. They weren't involved in the latest study.
Just how much vitamin D should people get? The U.S. recommends 600 to 800 international units a day to ensure that everyone, young and old, gets enough. While our skin makes vitamin D from sun exposure, that can be tougher in winter. Milk and certain other foods are fortified with the nutrient to help.
The bigger question was whether more than that recommended amount might be better, to prevent fractures or maybe other disorders, too. To address conflicting scientific reports, Brigham and Woman's preventive medicine chief Dr. JoAnn Manson started the largest study of its type to track a variety of health outcomes in nearly 26,000 generally healthy Americans in their 50s or older. The latest results compare bone fractures in those who took either a high dose — 2,000 international units of the most active form of vitamin D, called D-3 — or dummy pills every day for five years.
The supplements didn't reduce the risk of broken hips or other bones, LeBoff reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. While vitamin D and calcium work best together, she said even the 20% of study participants who also took a calcium supplement didn't benefit. Nor did the small number of study participants who had low blood levels of vitamin D.
Still, LeBoff cautioned that the study didn't include people who may require supplements because of bone-thinning osteoporosis or other disorders or those with severe vitamin D deficiencies. And Manson said more research is needed to tell if there are additional high-risk groups who might benefit.
Overall, "these findings overturn dogma and cast doubt on the value of routine screening for vitamin D blood levels and blanket recommendations for supplementation," Manson said. "Spending time outdoors, being physically active and having a heart-healthy diet will lead to greater gains in health" for most people. | https://www.wisn.com/article/do-high-doses-of-vitamin-d-reduce-risk-of-broken-bones/40734742 | 2022-07-28T04:14:08Z | https://www.wisn.com/article/do-high-doses-of-vitamin-d-reduce-risk-of-broken-bones/40734742 | false |
VIDEO: Man wounded in wild shootout on Queens street
A wild shootout on a Queens street left one man wounded — and video evidence showing the suspects firing at each other, police said Wednesday.
Bullets flew on 41st St. near Astoria Blvd. South in Astoria about 1:50 a.m. Monday after the men got into an argument, cops said.
The disagreement escalated and one of the men pulled a gun, prompting another to do the same — shooting him in the stomach.
The wounded man passed his gun off to a friend, who returned fire, but missed.
After the chaos, all three men fled the scene. One sped off in a red Dodge Charger.
The wounded man took himself to Mount Sinai Queens where police charged him with criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
Police were still searching Wednesday for the other suspects. | https://news.yahoo.com/video-man-wounded-wild-shootout-032100029.html | 2022-07-28T04:14:39Z | https://news.yahoo.com/video-man-wounded-wild-shootout-032100029.html | false |
SANDRA ECKERT VANISHED 16 MONTHS AGO IN FRANKLIN. >> NOW. NEWLY-UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL WHAT DETECTIVES FOUND WHEN THEY SEARCHED HER HOME. 12 NEWS’ COURTNEY SISK HAS COVERED THIS CASE SINCE IT BROKE LAST YEAR. SHE IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH NEW REPORTING. COURTNEY: THE COURT SEALED THESE SEARCH WARRANTS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, HOWEVER, THAT SEAL EXPIRED AND NOW SHOWS WHAT DETECTIVES WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY SEARCHED SANDRA AND HER HUSBAND’S HOME, AND ANOTHER PROPERTY JUST FIVE MILES AWAY. MISSING 16 MONTHS WITHOUT A TRACE. [CAR PASSING] 70-YEAR-OLD SANDRA ECKERT DISAPPEARED MARCH 26, 2021. DETECTIVES SEARCHED SANDRA AND HER HUSBAND WES ECKERT’S FRANKLIN HOME THAT YEAR IN APRIL. 12 NEWS DISCOVERED THEY ALSO SEARCHED ANOTHER PROPERTY ON RAWSON AVENUE ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY. THOSE SEARCH WARRANTS, SEALED AND UNSEEN FOR 15 MONTHS UNTIL NOW. ACCORDING TO THE WARRANTS, DETECTIVES FOUND 31 ITEMS IN THE COUPLE’S HOME INCLUDING BANK PAPERWORK, GLOVES, CLOTHES, COMPUTERS, AND A RIFLE, -- RIFLE. DETECTIVES STILL HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE ITEMS. IN THE DOCUMENT A SERGEANT STATES THEY DIDN’T OBSERVE ANY SIGNS OF DISARRAY, STRUGGLE OR FOUL PLAY AT THE HOME. HOWEVER, THE WARRANTS ALSO INDICATES IN THE EARLY HOURS SATURDAY, MARCH 27, FOLLOWING SANDRA’S LAST KNOWN CONTACT, A NEIGHBOR THOUGHT SHE HEARD GUNSHOTS FROM OUTSIDE HER RESIDENCE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF SANDRA’S HOME. FRANKLIN POLICE CONFIRM THE SEARCH WARRANTS ARE FOR A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT CHARGED ANYONE WITH A CRIME. THE COUPLE’S GRAY DODGE STRATUS WITH A WISCONSIN LICENSE PLATE 319 LGT IS ALSO MISSING. THE WARRANTS INDICATE THE FRANKLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHECKED THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAMS, U.S CUSTOMS, ILLINOIS TOLL ROADS AND THE MILWAUKEE MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR SIGNS OF SANDRA, BUT THOSE CHECKES TURNED UP NOTHING. JOYCE: COURTNEY, FRANKLIN POLICE ALSO TOLD 12 NEWS THEY HAVE SINCE EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS ON OTHER PROPERTIES. COURTNEY: YES. POLICE SAID THEY TOOK A MAN INTO CUSTODY LAST MONTH TO CONDUCT A SEARCH WARRANT AT HIS WAUKESHA HOME
Search warrants unsealed in Franklin woman's disappearance
Franklin police are investigating the disappearance of Sandra Eckert as a homicide, search warrants unsealed
Updated: 10:10 PM CDT Jul 27, 2022
For 15 months, two search warrants related to the disappearance and homicide investigation of Sandra Eckert have been under a court-ordered seal.Until now.12 News obtained several search warrants from Sandra and her husband, Wes Eckert's home, and another property on Rawson Avenue about five miles away.Detectives searched those properties in April 2021, nearly one month after Sandra was last seen.According to the warrants, detectives found 31 items in the couple's home, including bank paperwork, gloves, clothes, computers and a rifle.Police still have some of those items.In the document, a sergeant indicates they "didn't observe any signs of disarray, struggle or foul play" at the home.However, the warrant also indicates a neighbor "thought she heard gunshots from outside her residence" coming from the direction of Eckert's home in the early hours of March 27, 2021, right after Sandra's last known contact.Franklin police confirm the search warrants are for a homicide investigation, and they have at least two people of interest, although no one has ever been charged with the crime.The couple's 2005 Gray Dodge Stratus, which Sandra's children previously stated she never drove, is also still missing. It has a Wisconsin license plate "319 LGT."The warrants indicate the Franklin Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office checked the automatic license plate reader programs, U.S. Customs, Illinois toll road record and the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport for signs of Sandra, but those checks turned up nothing.Some of Sandra's children are offering a $50,000 reward for information in this case.Last month Franklin Police told 12 News they conducted another search at a man's home in Waukesha in June. However, no one is in custody and they have not presented any charges to the District Attorney's office yet.
FRANKLIN, Wis. — For 15 months, two search warrants related to the disappearance and homicide investigation of Sandra Eckert have been under a court-ordered seal.
Until now.
12 News obtained several search warrants from Sandra and her husband, Wes Eckert's home, and another property on Rawson Avenue about five miles away.
Detectives searched those properties in April 2021, nearly one month after Sandra was last seen.
According to the warrants, detectives found 31 items in the couple's home, including bank paperwork, gloves, clothes, computers and a rifle.
Police still have some of those items.
In the document, a sergeant indicates they "didn't observe any signs of disarray, struggle or foul play" at the home.
However, the warrant also indicates a neighbor "thought she heard gunshots from outside her residence" coming from the direction of Eckert's home in the early hours of March 27, 2021, right after Sandra's last known contact.
Franklin police confirm the search warrants are for a homicide investigation, and they have at least two people of interest, although no one has ever been charged with the crime.
The couple's 2005 Gray Dodge Stratus, which Sandra's children previously stated she never drove, is also still missing. It has a Wisconsin license plate "319 LGT."
The warrants indicate the Franklin Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office checked the automatic license plate reader programs, U.S. Customs, Illinois toll road record and the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport for signs of Sandra, but those checks turned up nothing.
Some of Sandra's children are offering a $50,000 reward for information in this case.
Last month Franklin Police told 12 News they conducted another search at a man's home in Waukesha in June. However, no one is in custody and they have not presented any charges to the District Attorney's office yet. | https://www.wisn.com/article/search-warrants-unsealed-in-franklin-womans-disappearance/40735878 | 2022-07-28T04:14:59Z | https://www.wisn.com/article/search-warrants-unsealed-in-franklin-womans-disappearance/40735878 | true |
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Lincoln is host to a number of restaurants that provide an abundance of Asian cuisines – from Chinese to Indian to Thai.
But Pah Dah says that he can claim the sole designation of serving Burmese dining options in the Capital City. Dah – who along with his wife, Suela Wah – are co-owners of High Peak Asian Restaurant, located in the Meadows Shopping Center.
Born in Myanmar (formerly Burma), Dah and his family left the military-ruled country when Dah was in his teens, fleeing to Thailand. The family emigrated to the United States in 2009 and settled in California. As an adult, Dah gained kitchen experience in one of San Francisco’s premier Burmese restaurants.
The intrigue of the diversity and contrasts of the U.S. drew Dah to the middle of the country and Lincoln in 2018. After partnering in a short-lived restaurant in Omaha, Dah and Wah decided Lincoln offered more opportunity for them, with High Peak opening in May 2020.
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Dah said that his first desire was to locate in downtown Lincoln, but that did not work out. Landing at High Peak’s 70th and Van Dorn streets location has proven to be a very satisfying alternative.
High Peak is intimate and small with an unassuming atmosphere. Light pastels on the walls enhance a feeling of simplicity, quiet and calmness. The menu has elements of Thai and Indian, but the presence of Burmese cuisine dominates.
Dah cites his heritage and the techniques he learned in San Francisco in his personal origination of the recipes featured at High Peak.
Dah’s daughter Si Poe – who can often be found in the High Peak kitchen on weekends – said that the restaurant’s menu offers a mix of Burmese, Chinese, Thai and Indian offerings. But because of the Burmese emphasis, diners can expect a little more flavor than in other Asian restaurants.
High Peak’s Appetizers include a choice of Egg Rolls, Spring Rolls or Samosas for $5.50. An order of Skillet Shrimp costs $7.99. There are three Soup choices – Samosa ($9.99), Oh Noh Kauswer (Burmese style creamy coconut chicken bisque, $12.99) and Pho ($12.99). At $10.50 are Tea Leaf Salad and Ginger Salad.
Seven choices are offered under Veggies & Tofu, each costing $12.99, and include String Beans, Broccoli and Garlic, Eggplant and Garlic, Fiery Tofu and Veggies, Mango Tofu, Veggie Kebat and Sesame Tofu.
Seafood, Pork, Chicken and Beef entrees all cost $13.50. Seafood offerings include Mango Shrimp, Walnut Shrimp, Fiery Shrimp with Tofu, Shrimp Kebat and Tom Yum Shrimp. Pork choices are Mint Jalapeno Pork, Fiery Pork with Tofu, Lemongrass Pork and Ginger Chili Pork. Under Chicken are Chicken Kebat, Fiery Chicken with Tofu, Mango Chicken, Mint Jalapeno Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Chicken Crisp and Lemongrass Chicken. Beef options are Burmese Beef Stew, Beef Kebat, Chili Beef, Feisty Beef with Tofu and Sesame Beef.
Lamb dishes costing $14.99 are Burmese Lamb Curry Stew, Chili Lamb Fiery Lamb and Lamb Kebat.
There are six Noodle options each at $12.99 – Burmese Pad Thai, Pad Won Sen (glass noodles and veggies), Garlic Noodles, Pad See Ew (rice noodles and veggies), Nan Gyi Dok (rice noodles, coconut chicken sauce, yellow bean powder, cilantro, fried onions, topped with hard-boiled egg and wonton) and Bun Tay Kauswer (same as Nan Gyi Dok but with wheat noodles).
Closing out the entree choices are eight Thai Specialties. Costing $13.50 are Thai Red Curry Chicken, Thai Yellow Curry Chicken, Thai Green Curry Chicken, Sesame Pork Ribs, Larb (beef, chicken or pork, lemongrass, galagal, lime leaves, sweet onion, cilantro, green onion, lime juice and rice powder), and Pad Kaprao (beef, chicken or pork, Thai holy basil leaves, string beans, bell peppers, onion, cilantro, green onion and chili pepper). Thai Fried Rice and Homestyle Fried Rice are $12.99 each.
Dah said that customer favorites are Mango Chicken, Eggplant, and Garlic and Fiery Tofu.
Monday through Friday lunch specials range from $9.50 to $11.99.
Poe said that the restaurant’s dine-in and carryout business are pretty much equal, with High Peak’s customer demographic generally consisting of families and seniors.
Why should someone try High Peak? Dah emphasizes that the restaurant’s quiet, calm atmosphere and its high quality dining options, plus High Peak being the only restaurant in Lincoln with Burmese fare, makes the restaurant pretty special. | https://journalstar.com/niche/l-magazine/food-and-drink/dining-review-high-peak-asian-restaurant/article_a1727e42-c67c-50f2-b9e5-c3667bb3728b.html | 2022-07-28T04:21:49Z | https://journalstar.com/niche/l-magazine/food-and-drink/dining-review-high-peak-asian-restaurant/article_a1727e42-c67c-50f2-b9e5-c3667bb3728b.html | true |
Dalbec went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs and five RBI in Wednesday's 7-6 loss to the Guardians.
Dalbec hit two-run blasts in the second and sixth innings and added a sacrifice fly in the fourth. The 27-year-old did all of his damage against Guardians starter Cal Quantrill. With five homers in 19 games in July, the power is not the question with Dalbec. He's also hit safely in only four of his last 14 games. The infielder owns a .206/.279/.370 slash line with 10 long balls, 28 RBI, 29 runs scored and two stolen bases through 272 plate appearances. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/red-soxs-bobby-dalbec-goes-yard-twice/ | 2022-07-28T04:24:06Z | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/red-soxs-bobby-dalbec-goes-yard-twice/ | true |
The delimitation commission has sought information regarding the number of polling booths and population data from Delhi's Chief Electoral Office besides maps of assembly constituencies from GSDL ahead of its meeting to formulate a plan to redraw the wards in the city, officials said.
They said the meeting to chalk out a strategy for carrying out the delimitation exercise will be conducted on Thursday.
An official privy to the development said on Wednesday that Geospatial Delhi Limited (GSDL) has been asked to provide digitized maps of assembly constituencies in the national capital for assessment of the area and population residing in each assembly segment.
“Similarly, we have asked Chief Electoral Office, Delhi to provide the data regarding polling booths, voters, and electoral roll, among others. We have also asked the Directorate of Census to give us population data so that we can determine the average population to be kept per ward in the delimitation exercise,” an official said requesting anonymity.
He said the delimitation exercise will be conducted based on the 2011 census data and will be completed in four months.
He also said that the estimated population in each ward after the delimitation is likely to be between 65,000 and 67,000.
The Centre had earlier this month set up a three-member panel for a fresh delimitation of the municipal wards in Delhi that will pave way for the first civic polls since the reunification of the city's three corporations.
The panel has three members — Vijay Dev, the Delhi State Election Commissioner who will be its chairman; Pankaj Kumar Singh, the joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; and Randhir Sahay, the additional commissioner of MCD.
The official said the Ministry of Home Affairs had on July 22 through an order informed the delimitation commission that the number of wards in Delhi would be 250 and the redrawing of wards should be done accordingly.
The three erstwhile municipal corporations comprised 272 wards — 104 each in the North and South corporations, and 64 in the East.
Delhi has 70 Assembly segments.
Delimitation in Delhi was last conducted in 2016 and the number of wards was kept at 272 with each having an average population of 60,000 considering a variation of 10 to 15 percent.
(Inputs from PTI) | https://www.outlookindia.com/national/delhi-delimitation-panel-seeks-info-on-number-of-polling-booths-population-data-news-212460 | 2022-07-28T04:25:11Z | https://www.outlookindia.com/national/delhi-delimitation-panel-seeks-info-on-number-of-polling-booths-population-data-news-212460 | true |
AURORA, Ore. — Dozens of people sporting hats and sunglasses taste-tested berry varieties and licked blueberry popsicles while listening to scientists from Oregon State University, USDA and other institutions talk about new research at OSU's Blueberry Field Day last week.
The findings, presented at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center, could help growers.
Crop inputs
One recent study, led by USDA researchers David Bryla and Scott Orr, found that applying calcium to soil can affect yield and quality.
"Calcium impacts fruit quality," said Bryla.
If applied properly, the researchers found that calcium can improve fruit firmness and extend berries' shelf life.
In a separate, ongoing study, OSU faculty research assistant Amanda Davis and co-researchers aim to answer a popular question growers ask: Does adding humic acid to a regular fertilizer program improve soil quality and yield in mature blueberries? Trials to answer this started in 2021, and researchers expect results in 2023.
Pests
A new pesticide for blueberries may be in the pipeline. According to Dani Lightle, OSU pesticide registration researcher leader, the EPA soon plans to evaluate Applaud Insect Growth Regulator, a product which targets mealybugs and other pests, for use in blueberries.
The industry is also turning to biological controls.
An invasive fruit fly — the spotted wing drosophila — affecting Northwest blueberries may meet its match in a tiny parasitoid wasp called Ganaspis brasiliensis.
This summer, OSU has been releasing the beneficial wasps near farms across Oregon in hopes that the wasps will control the spotted wing drosophila.
Rearing and releasing the wasps, however, takes time.
"The wasps are rather high maintenance, so it's been a learning curve," said Jana Lee, research entomologist for USDA's Horticultural Crops Research Unit.
Irrigation
Jesse Carroll, a graduate student at OSU, recently worked with Bryla, of USDA, to test pulsed irrigation — the practice of applying water in short intervals each day — in blueberries.
Carroll's initial study found that pulsing water can significantly increase yield and berry size.
"The pulsed drip irrigation method seemed to be promising," said Carroll.
Further research is needed.
Pruning and trellising
Pruning and trellising practices can significantly impact yield, according to results from a six-year trial led by Davis, the faculty research assistant, and Bernadine Strik, recently retired from leading the berry research program at OSU's North Willamette Research and Extension Center.
The trial in Legacy and Mini Blues varieties found that pruning and trellising according to recommended methods can improve fruit quantity and quality.
Although pruning demands more labor, the higher labor cost was outweighed by higher yield.
Breeding
The Vaccinium Coordinated Agricultural Project, a USDA-funded project led by researchers from around the world, is developing new genetic tools to enhance breeding of blueberries.
USDA is similarly evaluating the potential of genetic markers for predicting fruit quality and ripening season.
New leadership
Oregon's blueberry industry also has new research leaders.
Strik, who led the berry research program since 1992 before retiring this winter, has passed on her position to OSU horticultural expert Scott Lukas, who is transitioning into his new role.
"The program is in fantastic hands," said Strik.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
15-23-27-30-44, Star Ball: 5, ASB: 2
(fifteen, twenty-three, twenty-seven, thirty, forty-four; Star Ball: five; ASB: two)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
15-23-27-30-44, Star Ball: 5, ASB: 2
(fifteen, twenty-three, twenty-seven, thirty, forty-four; Star Ball: five; ASB: two) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17334037.php | 2022-07-28T04:32:24Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-America-game-17334037.php | false |
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Two people suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday following a single-vehicle crash into the garage of a Crystal Lake residence.
Authorities say a crash investigation is underway after an SUV heading eastbound on Ballard Road drove through the intersection of Briarwood Road and veered off the roadway. The airborne vehicle struck the garage of a residence in the 100 block of Heather Drive, resulting in injuries to the driver and a person inside.
Police said the vehicle’s male driver was extricated by Crystal Lake Fire first responders and flown to Condell Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The person struck inside the home was also flown to Condell Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police ask anyone with information or cellphone video to contact the Crystal Lake Police Department at (815) 356-3620. | https://wgntv.com/news/2-airlifted-after-suv-launches-into-crystal-lake-home/ | 2022-07-28T04:33:52Z | https://wgntv.com/news/2-airlifted-after-suv-launches-into-crystal-lake-home/ | true |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-08-11-13-21, Mega Ball: 21
(two, eight, eleven, thirteen, twenty-one; Mega Ball: twenty-one)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-08-11-13-21, Mega Ball: 21
(two, eight, eleven, thirteen, twenty-one; Mega Ball: twenty-one) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperLotto-Plus-game-17334023.php | 2022-07-28T04:34:18Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-SuperLotto-Plus-game-17334023.php | true |
FTC files to block Facebook-parent Meta from buying a VR company
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to block Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring virtual reality company Within, offering the clearest signal yet that the agency could take a tougher stance on Silicon Valley deals involving newer technologies.
Related video above: Meta Introduces New Parental Controls for Instagram
In an injunction filed Wednesday, the FTC said Meta has the resources to build its own VR apps similar to those made by Within, the company behind virtual fitness program Supernatural. Instead, the FTC claims, Meta is trying to buy the upstart company, which would "[dampen] future innovation and competitive rivalry."
The agency, which is responsible for enforcing U.S. antitrust laws, accused the tech giant of illegally attempting to expand its "virtual reality empire."
Meta has bet its future on virtual and augmented reality technologies, and the injunction comes as the company seeks to build out use cases for its VR headsets. Supernatural is among the most popular apps on Meta's headset, in some cases turning users on to the idea of exercising in VR for the first time.
"Instead of competing on the merits, Meta is trying to buy its way to the top," FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director John Newman said in a statement Wednesday. "This is an illegal acquisition, and we will pursue all appropriate relief."
Meta spokesperson Stephen Peters said in a statement that the FTC's case is "based on ideology and speculation, not evidence."
"The idea that this acquisition would lead to anticompetitive outcomes in a dynamic space with as much entry and growth as online and connected fitness is simply not credible," Peters said in the statement. "By attacking this deal in a 3-2 vote, the FTC is sending a chilling message to anyone who wishes to innovate in VR. We are confident that our acquisition of Within will be good for people, developers and the VR space."
Meta is currently battling another FTC antitrust lawsuit that is seeking to break up the tech giant, centering on its years-old acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC's action also comes as lawmakers consider legislation that could rein in the power of dominant big tech companies, including Meta.
Meta, then known as Facebook, got its start in VR when it acquired headset maker Oculus in 2014. More recently, it has made a slew of VR-related acquisitions, including game development platform Unit 2 Games and Beat Games, the developer behind the popular game Beat Saber. Meta announced its planned acquisition of Within for an undisclosed sum in October 2021.
Within, a six-year-old VR app developer, released Supernatural in April 2020. Unlike a number of other VR apps, it requires a subscription; rather than simply paying a one-time fee for the app, users must pay $19 per month or $180 per year to keep working out in virtual space.
In its complaint, the FTC claims that Meta already controls "the top-selling device, a leading app store, seven of the most successful developers, and one of the best-selling apps of all time" in the VR space. The agency pointed to a publicly-reported email Zuckerberg sent to Meta executives in which he is said to have told them it is "critical for the company to also be 'completely ubiquitous in killer apps,'" referring to apps that will prove the underlying value of new technologies.
The FTC also notes that Meta already competes in some ways with Supernatural with the Beat Saber app, adding that "the two companies currently spur each other to keep adding new features and attract more users, competitive rivalry that would be lost if this acquisition were allowed to proceed."
The FTC's main argument in the complaint — that the deal would reduce competition by eliminating a competitor — reflects decades of established antitrust thinking, said Charlotte Slaiman, competition policy director at the consumer group Public Knowledge and a former FTC antitrust official.
"Under today's law, that's usually the strongest legal argument," Slaiman said. "But I think they are also taking seriously the role of these particular games as a 'killer app' for winning the broader metaverse."
The complaint plainly recognizes Meta's potential to dominate the virtual reality space, Slaiman added. "It's really refreshing to see the FTC is not 'waiting to see what happens' in VR."
Slaiman also said the timing of the FTC's complaint could renew pressure on Congress to pass a tech-focused antitrust bill that erects new barriers between tech giants' various lines of business.
That bill, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, is awaiting a Senate floor vote, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not put the legislation on the agenda and proponents face a shrinking window of time before Congress breaks for summer recess. | https://www.koco.com/article/ftc-files-block-facebook-parent-meta-buying-vr-company/40733710 | 2022-07-28T04:35:12Z | https://www.koco.com/article/ftc-files-block-facebook-parent-meta-buying-vr-company/40733710 | true |
WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 29, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
837 PM PDT Wed Jul 27 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
9 PM PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 115
expected.
* WHERE...Southern Trinity and Northern Trinity Counties.
* WHEN...From noon Thursday to 9 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Denny Hamlin ate dinner next to the winning Pocono Raceway trophy, opened the celebratory champagne awarded to the victor and enjoyed a glass with his meal.
It was an advertisement: “Live on EBay. 1 tainted trophy and 1 used bottle of champagne,” he posted on social media.
The first Cup winner to be disqualified since April 17, 1960, hasn’t shied away from poking fun at the predicament Joe Gibbs Racing found itself in when the Toyotas of Hamlin and runner-up Kyle Busch failed postrace inspection Sunday at Pocono. Hamlin even shoved a clear piece of tape into the mouth of the eagle on the Pocono trophy to represent the illegal tape NASCAR says it found on the two JGR cars after the race.
He estimated the clear tape — because it stripped him of the victory and all the spoils that come with a win — was “worth about 300k. (Not to be included in sale).”
Chase Elliott is unlikely to bid on any of the items. He was eventually declared the winner of Sunday’s race at Pocono, where he finished third and never led a lap but inherited the win when JGR failed inspection.
NASCAR’s most popular driver has no interest in earning trophies that way.
“I don’t think any driver wants to win that way — I certainly don’t,” Elliott said.
That’s how NASCAR heads into this shared weekend with IndyCar on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kurt Busch missed Sunday’s race at Pocono with concussion-like symptoms from a Saturday crash, and on the IndyCar side, two-time series champion Josef Newgarden won’t know if he can race until an evaluation today following his own health scare.
Newgarden collapsed and hit his head roughly 90 minutes after he’d been cleared by IndyCar’s medical staff following a hard crash while leading at Iowa Speedway. Although there’s been no mention of a possible concussion by either IndyCar or Team Penske for Newgarden, the team has put Santino Ferrucci on standby in case Newgarden isn’t cleared to race Saturday.
IndyCar is coming off an action-packed weekend at Iowa Speedway, where new sponsor Hy-Vee spent $10 million to throw an extravaganza that included a pair of races and concerts by Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line and Gwen Stefani, whose 50-minute prerace set on Sunday drew drivers and teams to the stage and upstaged her headliner husband, Blake Shelton.
It was an electric IndyCar weekend that rivaled its marquee events at Indianapolis, St. Petersburg, Long Beach and Toronto, and raised the bar for what promoters could be doing to promote a series that trails NASCAR in popularity.
“Everybody that isn’t Hy-Vee and Penske Entertainment, the people who brought Iowa together this way, can learn from this weekend because every single IndyCar weekend has to be like this,” said Pato O’Ward, who finished second Saturday and won Sunday following Newgarden’s crash.
“They’ve shown that if you put the effort in to a great event, people will show up. This place was packed.”
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The reward was a championship chase that has tightened to six drivers separated by 44 points with five races remaining. Newgarden was scored as the points leader when he was dominating Sunday’s race, but he dropped to a tie for third with Scott Dixon following the crash.
Now his title chances hinge on being cleared to race Saturday: Should Newgarden be benched, it would most certainly cost him his shot at a third IndyCar title.
And that’s where Roger Penske and his committee missed taking a big swing at drumming up major interest in this weekend’s IMS doubleheader. Penske owns the track, and the doubleheader weekend is his to promote, except now his star driver is questionable. If Newgarden can’t race, then it’s a throwaway for the No. 2 and it doesn’t really matter where the driver finishes.
Ferrucci has been a super-sub of late, was 10th in the Indy 500 and is a fine choice for a standby driver. But with NASCAR also scheduled to be in town, there seems to be a deep pool of candidates that Penske could have chosen from.
Among them? Reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson raised his hand as interested in standing by for Newgarden, and fans went wild over the idea of Larson in an Indy car. Sage Karam is scheduled to drive the Xfinity Series race but also said he’s interested in double duty. IndyCar veteran Tony Kanaan was going to be at the track anyway, and the list goes on and on.
Juan Pablo Montoya just raced the road course in May in an Indy car and is a former Penske driver, and Cup rookie Austin Cindric once thought he’d be an IndyCar driver but instead found his way to NASCAR. His father, Tim Cindric, is president of Team Penske and the strategist on Newgarden’s car. What a weekend it could have been for the Cindrics.
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Happy Thursday! It’s time for another round of Quordle, the game that separates the Wordsmiths from the McGonagalls (or something to that effect). If you need some help with today’s words, I’ve got clues and answers coming up in just a second.
For those new to the game, here’s how to play Quordle: Just start typing in words. You have four five-letter words to guess and nine attempts to find them all. The catch is that you play all four words simultaneously.
If you get a letter in the right place for any of the four words, it will light up in green. If a word contains a letter from one of your guesses but it’s in the wrong place, it will appear in yellow. After you use a letter in a guess, you’ll also see on the keyboard whether it’s in any of the words.
Should today’s game prove a tad difficult for you, here are some clues, followed by the answers:
Quordle Clues For July 28
- Word 1 (top left) clue — vague
- Word 2 (top right) clue — half of a tool that can hold onto or pull things
- Word 3 (bottom left) clue — conscious
- Word 4 (bottom right) clue — start over
- There are three words with repeated letters
- Today’s words start with F, P, A and R
Quordle Answers For July 28
Spoiler warning! Don’t scroll any further unless you’re ready to find out today’s Quordle answers.
Now that’s out of the way, today’s words are...
- FUZZY
- PLIER
- AWAKE
- RESET
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Burned remains of toddler found; 2 arrested
SEMINOLE, Okla. (KOCO) - Authorities are investigating the apparent murder of a toddler, whose burned body was found near an Oklahoma highway.
The child’s remains were found early Wednesday in Seminole after police received a tip reporting a possible child death.
The investigation led authorities to the home of 32-year-old Chad Jennings and his girlfriend, 31-year-old Katherine Penner. The two were arrested and appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
Jennings is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and child abuse.
Penner is facing accessory to murder charges, as well as desecration of a human corpse.
The medical examiner has not released the victim’s name or confirmed the cause of death.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is assisting Seminole Police in the case.
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HAINES CITY, Fla. – The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Haines City last week is believed to be connected to another shooting that occurred minutes earlier that same day, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The Davenport teen was found dead near Jennings and Jack Watkins roads around 4:51 p.m. on July 21, deputies said.
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Detectives believe the case is related to a non-fatal shooting that was reported about 16 minutes earlier, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies said another 17-year-old from Winter Haven was shot on the 600 block of Lemon St. in Dundee.
The sheriff’s office has not released any more information.
The PCSO Homicide Unit is investigating the cases and is working to find additional witnesses and evidence related to the shootings.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 863-298-6200. Anonymous tips can be given to Heartland Crime Stoppers at 863-266-TIPS (8477).
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A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle vaccine according to a University of Queensland study in mice.
The research, conducted in partnership with Brisbane biotechnology company Vaxxas, tested the Hexapro SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine using the Vaxxas high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) technology, and the results found the patch was far more effective at neutralising COVID-19 variants.
UQ's Dr Christopher McMillan said the vaccine patch appeared to counteract new variants more effectively than the current SARs-CoV-2 vaccine delivered by injection.
The high-density microarray patch is a vaccine delivery platform that precisely delivers the vaccine into the layers of the skin which are rich in immune cells. We found that vaccination via a patch was approximately 11 times more effective at combatting the Omicron variant when compared with the same vaccine administered via a needle."
Dr Christopher McMillan, The University of Queensland
He said the results extended further than just the Hexapro vaccine.
"So far, every vaccine type we have tested through the patch, including subunit, DNA, inactivated virus and conjugate produces superior immune responses compared to traditional needle vaccination methods," he said.
UQ's Dr David Muller said currently-available vaccines may not be as effective because of the constantly emerging new variants of COVID-19, and this has left researchers at a crossroads.
"This decreased effectiveness was highlighted by the Omicron variant, which contains over 30 mutations in the spike protein," Dr Muller said.
"The large number of mutations have given the virus the ability to evade the immune responses generated by the current vaccines.
"However, the patch technology has the potential to offer a new – and more effective – weapon in our arsenal, at a time where new variants are mutating at a rapid rate.
"The patches are not only more effective against emerging variants but are also far easier to administer than needle-based vaccines.
"But, it is important to stress that existing vaccines are still an effective way of combatting serious illness and disease from this virus and it is not the time to drop our guard."
Vaxxas CEO, David Hoey said this is further evidence of the game-changing potential the technology platform could have in helping nations better respond to global health emergencies, like the current and future pandemics.
"We are continuing to scale-up our manufacturing capabilities and accelerate product development in preparation for large-scale clinical trials," he said.
"This includes construction of our first manufacturing facility in Brisbane to support the transition to commercializing of our HD-MAP vaccine candidates, including a Hexapro COVID-19 patch."
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McMillan, C. L. D., et al. (2022) Skin-patch delivered subunit vaccine induces broadly neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Vaccine. doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.013 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/New-COVID-vaccine-patch-could-better-fight-variants-than-a-traditional-needle-finds-study.aspx | 2022-07-28T04:59:19Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/New-COVID-vaccine-patch-could-better-fight-variants-than-a-traditional-needle-finds-study.aspx | true |
Imagine having to choose over and over between what you enjoy doing and the pain that it might cause you, whether physical or emotional. If you live with conditions such as depression, anxiety, or chronic pain, you are probably familiar with making these difficult choices on a daily or weekly basis.
But surprisingly little is known about which areas of the brain are involved in decisions of this kind. In a recent article in PNAS, McGill University researchers show that the ventral striatum plays a crucial role when it comes to choices about future pain versus future profit. Interestingly, this brain region has already been identified as being involved in motivation and rewards, but it has not been associated with pain until now. This discovery could advance treatments for a range of disorders that are characterized by excessive avoidance.
To see which areas of the brain were activated during decisions about future pain and profit, participants in the recent study were asked to make choices, very quickly, that involved a certain (random) amount of pain in exchange for a certain (random) amount of profit - or vice versa.
Watching the brain making choices
As participants were asked to choose repeatedly (there were 100 trials) between succeeding offers of pain or profit, the researchers used brain scans to monitor areas of cerebral activity. They discovered that, although many different areas of the brain were associated with future pain or money offers, there was one particular region, the ventral striatum, that systematically activated or deactivated as a function of future pain or rewards.
By using machine-learning algorithms, the researchers were able to identify patterns of brain activity that allowed them not only to predict the levels of pain and reward on offer, but also whether or not the participants would accept or reject these offers. They were, in effect, watching the brain making decisions between future pain and profit.
It was almost like seeing a dimmer switch moving up or down, depending on whether pain or profit was on offer. We found that when money was on offer, as expected, activity in the ventral striatum increased. But what was interesting was that activity in the same area of the brain decreased in proportion to the pain on offer. This suggests that there is a shared representation of pain and profit in the ventral striatum, almost a common currency involved in making decisions where you need to compare the two."
Mathieu Roy, Study Senior Author and Associate Professor in Psychology Department, McGill University
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Coll, M-P., et al. (2022) The neural signature of the decision value of future pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119931119 | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/The-brain-plays-a-crucial-role-when-choices-about-future-pain-versus-future-profit-are-concerned.aspx | 2022-07-28T04:59:31Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/The-brain-plays-a-crucial-role-when-choices-about-future-pain-versus-future-profit-are-concerned.aspx | true |
PHILADELPHIA – A.J. Brown was ready to give the shirt off his back for Philadelphia Eagles fans.
Well, at the very least, his jersey off the rack for football fans at an official team merchandise store in New Jersey. The receiver made some fast fans before his first training camp with the Eagles since he was acquired from Tennessee in April.
Brown said Wednesday at the first day of training camp that he was in the area and popped in the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, store to see if his No. 11 jersey was for sale.
It sure was. So Brown decided to buy his jerseys for everyone in the store, a cool savings considering the retail price is $129.99.
“I just wanted to show love,” Brown said. “I'm big on showing love. That's just who I am.”
Brown posted an Instagram video of smiling fans behind him all in No. 11 jerseys (of Brown's, of course, not for former, much-maligned QB Carson Wentz).
“We were in there and he said: ‘Hey, man. Go get a jersey on us.’ And to be honest, I didn’t think he was for real and then after, he really did. He bought us three jerseys," fan Shane Natanni told CBS Philly.
Brown was a 2020 Pro Bowl pick with the Titans who has 185 receptions for 2,995 yards and 24 touchdowns in three seasons. He can afford the jerseys, signing a $100 million, four-year contract with the Eagles, with $57 million guaranteed.
Brown spent time signing autographs for Eagles fans after the first day of practice.
“As soon as I came out here, I heard some cheers,” he said. “I definitely feel the love. Ever since I've been here in Philly, the city's been showing me love and I appreciate it wholeheartedly."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi from the Kansas City Royals for three minor league pitchers on Wednesday night in what could be the first in a flurry of moves ahead of next week’s trade deadline.
The AL East leaders sent right-handers Chandler Champlain and Beck Way to the Royals along with left-hander T.J. Sikkema.
A 28-year-old left-handed hitter, Benintendi was among 10 Royals who missed a four-game series at Toronto from July 14-17 because he was not vaccinated. Benintendi lost $186,813 of the $8.5 million salary he won in an arbitration case against the Royals.
New York believes he is amenable to getting vaccinated. No Yankees missed earlier trips to Toronto this season, and the Yankees have a three-game series there from Sept. 26-28.
Benintendi is hitting .320 with three homers, 39 RBIs and a .788 OPS. He won a Gold Glove in left field last year, and he hasn’t made an error this season, earning his first All-Star selection.
Benintendi, who is eligible for free agency after this season, gives the Yankees another outfield option alongside Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks.
Giancarlo Stanton, who has played 38 games in the outfield. is expected to miss at least two-to-three weeks after going on the injured list this week with left Achilles tendinitis. Joey Gallo is hitting .161 with 103 strikeouts in 230 at-bats, becoming a frequent target of fan boos.
New York has increasingly used 36-year-old Matt Carpenter in the outfield, where he had not played since 2014.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone disputed the notion that the Yankees have too many power hitters in their lineup. Benintendi should improve a team that is batting .214 left-handed and .258 right-handed.
“We’ve got savages in the lineup, and really good hitters. Benitendi’s a great hitter, gets on base at a really high clip, hits from the left side, so, yeah, gives you some balance,” Boone said after Wedesday night’s 3-2 loss at the Mets and just before the trade was announced.
“So if we get him, that’s another really good big league hitter to add to the mix that’s going to lengthen out a lineup and potentially give you that balance you look for. So if we get him, I’ll be excited to write his name in,” he said.
On Wednesday, Benintendi went 1 for 4 in Kansas City’s 4-0 loss to the Angels. On Thursday night, the Royals open a series at Yankee Stadium.
Benintendi has a .261 average with seven homers and 20 RBIs in 30 games at Yankee Stadium. He finished second to Judge in 2017 AL Rookie of the Year voting and won a World Series title with Boston the following year.
“It will be definitely a big piece to what we got going on here … Any time you bring him into this type of culture we got, it’s always a plus and kind of a boost of energy,” Judge said. “Adding a guy like that will definitely give us a little pump up, that’s for sure. And I think he’s going to fit right in.”
Champlain, 23, was a ninth-round draft pick last year and was 2-5 with a 4.30 ERA in 15 starts and one relief appearance at Class A Tampa.
Sikkema, 24, was taken in competitive balance round A of the 2019 draft and was 1-1 with a 2.48 ERA in 10 starts and one relief appearance at Class A Hudson Valley.
Way, 22, was a fourth-round pick two years ago and was 5-5 with a 3.73 ERA in 15 starts at Hudson Valley.
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - OtO's smart sprinkler and lawncare solutions will make their retail debut exclusively to Walmart customers in select Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California stores, and nationwide on Walmart.com.
OtO, Inc. is the maker of the world's first smart home sprinkler and lawn treatment system and was recognized earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show with the CES Best of Innovation Award in the Smart Home category. This launch will offer Walmart customers with an innovative, cost effective, and convenient option for lawncare, pest control, and backyard pet odor management.
This launch comes at a critical time where inflation, rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and water restrictions are making maintaining a healthy lawn and garden more costly and less convenient. Recent surveys of landscapers have shown average prices for lawncare have increased by over 20% to offset rising input costs.1
"We're partnering with Walmart to deliver customers the most convenient and cost-effective option when it comes to lawncare. Walmart's mission to save people money so they can live better could not be more timely in this climate," said Ali Sabti, Founder and CEO of OtO. "Walmart is an ideal partner given their commitments to innovation and sustainability, and their trusted relationship with the largest retail customer base in the U.S. We are excited to grow with them this year and for many years to come."
Founded in 2019 by Sabti, an entrepreneur and inventor, OtO provides customers with an alternative to expensive or very time consuming lawncare options. By leveraging the latest in smart home technology, OtO not only provides customers with money and time savings, but can also reduce lawncare-related water consumption by up to 50%.
"Walmart has a strong track record of supporting innovative sustainability initiatives. Walmart's Journey Towards Regeneration is an exciting opportunity. We see OtO as contributing towards this goal by advancing responsible outdoor water use and accelerating the transition to natural outdoor solutions." said Sabti.
OtO's offering includes hardware products, such as their innovative smart home sprinkler, and people, planet, and pet safe natural yard treatments. These products are designed to provide homeowners with a transformation: a beautiful, lush garden; an outdoor environment safe from ticks and mosquitoes; and a convenient and all-natural way to deodorize and clean up after pets. OtO delivers these transformations at the best price and with the lowest environmental impact, in line with the company and Walmart's mission.
About OtO
OtO is redefining the future of outdoor living. By taking the smart home outdoors, the company is ushering in a new era of convenience and sustainability. OtO partners with homeowners to solve expensive and time-consuming pain points with maintaining a beautiful and rewarding outdoor space. OtO is focused on leveraging cutting-edge technology to offer products that are better for customers and the planet.
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By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced an expansive agreement Wednesday that had eluded them for months addressing health care and climate, raising taxes on high earners and corporations and reducing federal debt.
The two Democrats said the Senate would vote on the wide-ranging measure next week, setting up President Joe Biden and Democrats for an unexpected victory in the runup to November elections in which their congressional control is in peril. A House vote would follow, perhaps later in August, with unanimous Republican opposition in both chambers seemingly certain.
Just hours earlier, Schumer, D-N.Y., and Manchin, D-W.Va., seemed at loggerheads and headed toward a far narrower package limited — at Manchin’s insistence — to curbing pharmaceutical prices and extending federal health care subsidies. Earlier Wednesday, numerous Democrats said they were all but resigned to the more modest legislation.
The reversal was stunning, and there was no immediate explanation for Manchin’s abrupt willingness to back a bolder, broader measure. Since last year, he has used his pivotal vote in the 50-50 Senate to force Biden and Democrats to abandon far more ambitious, expensive versions. He dragged them through months of negotiations in which leaders’ concessions to shrink the legislation proved fruitless, antagonizing the White House and most congressional Democrats.
“This is the action the American people have been waiting for. This addresses the problems of today — high health care costs and overall inflation — as well as investments in our energy security for the future,” Biden said in a statement. He added, “If enacted, this legislation will be historic, and I urge the Senate to move on this bill as soon as possible, and for the House to follow as well.”
Tellingly, Democrats were calling the measure “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” because of provisions aimed at helping Americans cope with this year’s dramatically rising consumer costs. Polls show that inflation, embodied by gasoline prices that surpassed $5 per gallon before easing, has been voters’ chief concern. For months, Manchin’s opposition to larger proposals has been partly premised on his worry that they would fuel inflation.
Besides inflation, the measure seemed to offer something for many Democratic constituencies.
It dangled tax hikes on the wealthy and big corporations and environmental initiatives for progressives. And Manchin, an advocate for the fossil fuels his state produces, said the bill would invest in technologies for carbon-based and clean energy while also reducing methane and carbon emissions.
“Rather than risking more inflation with trillions in new spending, this bill will cut the inflation taxes Americans are paying, lower the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, and ensure our country invests in the energy security and climate change solutions we need to remain a global superpower through innovation rather than elimination,” Manchin said.
Schumer called the bill Congress’ “greatest pro-climate legislation.” He said it would also cut pharmaceutical prices, reduce federal deficits and “ensure the wealthiest corporations and individuals pay their fair share in taxes.”
The measure would reduce carbon emissions by around 40% by 2030, Schumer and Manchin said. While that would miss Biden’s 50% goal, that reduction, the measure’s climate spending and the jobs it would create are “a big deal,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., an environmental advocate who had been upset with the absence of those provisions until now.
The overall proposal is far less aspirational than the $3.5 trillion package Biden asked Democrats to push through Congress last year, and the pared-down, roughly $2 trillion version the House approved last November after Manchin insisted on shrinking it. Even then, Manchin shot down that smaller measure the following month, asserting it would fuel inflation and was loaded with budget gimmicks.
In a summary that provided scant detail, Democrats said their proposal would raise $739 billion over the decade in new revenue. That included $313 billion from a 15% corporate minimum tax that a Manchin statement suggested would affect only “billion-dollar companies or larger.”
The agreement also contains $288 billion the government would save from curbing pharmaceutical prices and $124 billion from beefing up IRS tax enforcement. Another $14 billion would come from taxing some “carried interest” profits earned by partners in entities like private equity or hedge funds.
The measure would spend $369 billion on energy and climate change initiatives and $64 billion to extend federal subsidies for three more years for some people buying private health insurance. Those subsidies, which lower people’s premiums, would otherwise expire at year’s end.
That would leave $306 billion for debt reduction, an effort Manchin has demanded. While a substantial sum, that’s a small fraction of the trillions in cumulative deficits the government is projected to amass over the coming decade.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was still reviewing the agreement, said spokeswoman Hannah Hurley. Sinema backed Manchin last year in insisting on making the legislation less expensive but objected to proposals to raise tax rates, and the spokeswoman referred a reporter to her comments last year supporting a corporate minimum tax.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the Democratic agreement would be “devastating to American families and small businesses. Raising taxes on job creators, crushing energy producers with new regulations, and stifling innovators looking for new cures will only make this recession worse, not better.”
But if Democrats can hold their troops together, GOP opposition would not matter. Democrats can prevail if they lose no more than four votes in the House and remain solidly united in the 50-50 Senate, where Vice President Kamala Harris can cast the tie-breaking vote.
“This agreement is a victory for America’s families and for protecting our planet,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “In light of the discussions of the past year, this agreement is a remarkable achievement.”
The bill lacks increased tax deductions for state and local taxes, which some Democrats from high-tax states have demanded as the price for their support. A spokesperson for Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of that group, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
In the Senate, Democrats are using a special process that will let them pass the bill without reaching the 60 votes required for most legislation there. To use that, the chamber’s parliamentarian must verify that the bill doesn’t violate the chamber’s budget procedures, a review now underway.
Schumer and Manchin said leaders committed to revamp permitting procedures this fall to help infrastructure like pipelines and export facilities “be efficiently and responsibly built to deliver energy safely around the country and to our allies.”
Sierra Club Legislative Director Melinda Pierce said her group wanted to read the agreement’s details but was glad Biden and Schumer “remained resolute in finding a path to pass once-in-a-generation investments in our communities, our economy, and our future.”
Manchin just last week said he would only agree to far more limited legislation this month on prescription drugs and health care subsidies. He said he was open to considering a broader compromise on environment and tax issues after Congress returned from a summer recess in September, an offer that many Democrats considered dubious because of lawmakers’ abbreviated pre-election schedule.
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AP reporters Matthew Daly, Will Weissert, Kevin Freking and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
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WILKES-BARRE — Interviews with four finalists for the open position of Luzerne County administrative services division head started Wednesday, county Manager Randy Robertson said.
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two Hall of Fame baseball players are leading a push to bring the sport that made them famous to India, Pakistan and the Middle East.
Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera and ex-Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin are the familiar faces behind the United International Baseball League. The UIBL plans to bring professional baseball to an area of the world more associated with another bat-on-ball sport — cricket.
The league will begin with an inaugural showcase tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in February next year. Further plans for the location of teams and their personnel are still in the works.
The League said in a statement that the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East region are home to two billion people “and more than 900 million of those people are fans of cricket.”
“While baseball exists in small pockets across south Asia and the Gulf . . . there is an absence of professional leagues and a void of deep, grassroots player development expertise and infrastructure,” the statement added. "The UIBL team is looking to change that.”
The Panama-born Rivera spent his entire career with the Yankees over 19 seasons from 1995 to 2013, primarily as a relief pitcher and closer. He made 13 All-Star Game appearances, won five World Series, is MLB’s all-time leader in saves with 652 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.
“I’m very grateful to be a part of the UIBL’s exciting mission to inspire two billion new fans to fall in love with baseball,” Rivera said. “We believe there is an amazing opportunity to educate, inspire and entertain those cricket fans, and open their hearts to an exciting and culturally-relevant form of baseball.”
The Cincinnati-born Larkin was a career-long Reds player in his hometown. He won an MVP award, a World Series title, was selected to 12 All-Star teams and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.
Larkin said teaching prospective baseball talent the basics was a strong part of the new league’s mission.
“We truly believe that player development has to start at the grassroots level,” Larkin said. “I’ve spent the last 20 years of my life focused on helping young people learn the fundamentals of our great game, as well as the fundamentals of great leadership. That’s the beauty of baseball — when you teach it the right way with the right conviction, you can help young people succeed on and off the field.”
The new league said that while baseball’s fan base has an average age of 57 years old, cricket fans are among the world’s youngest sports fans, with an average age of 34. Nowhere is cricket more popular than in India and Pakistan.
The UIBL said it has plans to “innovate and evolve" baseball "to help capture and engage this younger, more diverse demographic.”
Without going into specific details, it also said the league will “introduce rule changes, create original game-play concepts, and bring to life a more immersive viewing experience for fans at the stadium and home.”
The inaugural showcase tournament to be played solely in Dubai next February will include four franchises representing different parts of the world. The league said franchises, managers, coaches and rosters will be announced at a later date.
The baseball will have to compete for attention with a new franchise Twenty20 cricket league launching around the same time in the United Arab Emirates, based on the model of the lucrative Indian Premier League.
Star cricketers from around the world are likely to join the six-team International League T20. The league has links to India, where cricket's shortest and most exciting format took off in 2008 when the IPL was formed. The IPL's five-year broadcasting rights are now worth more than $6 billion.
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A chip off the old block! Rebecca and Chris Judd celebrate their son Oscar's 11th birthday and the young wannabe footballer is the spitting image of his AFL legend dad
AFL legend Chris Judd and his wife Rebecca celebrated their first-born son Oscar's 11th birthday on Wednesday.
The glamorous couple surprised their eldest child with a two-layer cake on a bed of yellow macarons, with five red candles and two sparklers to make his special day.
Bec, 39, shared several photos of Oscar over the years on her Instagram page.
AFL legend Chris Judd and his wife Rebecca celebrated their first-born son Oscar's 11th birthday on Wednesday. Bec, 39, shared several photos of Oscar over the years on her Instagram page
They included one of the day Oscar was born and showed Bec lovingly cradling the newborn in her arms.
She also posted cute photos of her son holding a cricket bat and a red Sherrin football, just like his famous father.
In current photos, a beaming Oscar is the spitting image of his dad, who retired as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
They included one of the day Oscar was born and showed Bec lovingly cradling the newborn in her arms
She also posted cute photos of her son holding a cricket bat and a red Sherrin football, just like his dad
'We celebrated 11 years of OSCAR yesterday. What an absolute delight of a human this kid is. I love being your mum OJ,' Bec, a model and TV presenter, told her 786,000 Instagram followers in the caption.
Rebecca shares Oscar with Chris, as well as twins Tom and Darcy, and daughter Billie, seven.
Chris, a 2006 West Coast Eagles premiership player, was also anointed as a twice Brownlow medalist-the highest individual honour in the game-before hanging up his boots in the navy blue of Carlton in 2015.
Oscar is Bec's eldest son and they share a very close bond
In current photos, a beaming Oscar appears to be the spitting image of his famous father, who retired as one of the greatest players in the history of the game
Last year young Oscar proved he could follow in his illustrious father's footsteps when he booted a stupendous six goals during his weekend AFL game.
Posting a photo of her son in his game day attire, Bec proudly announced her son's achievement: 'This cutie kicked 6 goals today.'
2021 was a big year for Oscar in more ways than one when he graduated from junior school.
'Swipe for first day of Prep... Glad you’ve grown into your cap and sorry for sucking at ironing your school shirts,' she joked, before adding: 'I love you Oscar Judd,' Bec wrote on Instagram at the time.
A fortnight ago, the Judds returned to their old stomping ground of Western Australia for a school holiday break in sunny Broome.
Bec, Chris, and their children were joined by Bec’s family, including her sister Kate Twigley, for the lavish two-week break, staying at luxury hotel Cable Beach Club.
'14 nights in paradise with family and friends,' she wrote on Instagram.
'Broome you were magic. Never a cloud in the sky. Never a day under 28 degrees. Simply unbeatable at this time of year.'
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KIDS WITH COURAGE: Kallyn Beauperlant
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – KTTC is honored to introduce viewers monthly to some of the youngest among us, facing the unthinkable with bravery and optimism. In our 23rd “Kids With Courage” segment, Caitlin Alexander introduces us to 10-year-old Kallyn Beauperlant.
Make-A-Wish Minnesota recently granted Kallyn’s wish for a new family camper, big enough to accommodate her beautiful, blended family.
“I didn’t want to sleep out in a tent anymore, so I wanted to get a camper everyone can sleep in,” she told KTTC with a smile.
In her family, there are six kids. They all enjoy camping with their parents, Megan and Tim Meyer. However, with so many people, some of the kids get bumped out of the camper and into tents.
“Everyone can fit in this [new camper]! The whole crew!” Megan said.
This new adventure is all thanks to Kallyn’s bravery.
Last fall, Kallyn wasn’t feeling well at her birthday party.
When her pain continued into the night, her parents brought her to the hospital, where a medical team ordered scans and lab work.
Medical professionals told them they found a mass in Kallyn’s belly but were not yet sure what it was.
They did an exploratory surgery and determined Kallyn had a dysgerminoma tumor: A type of cancer that, according to the National Cancer Institute, begins in germ cells.
That means cells that forms in eggs in females.
Megan said Kallyn’s tumor encapsulated her left ovary and had ruptured.
“They were not able to save her ovary. They took the whole left ovary and then started her on chemo right away, and she did four rounds of chemo treatment,” Megan said.
The Meyers said Kallyn approached her disease with the attitude of “why not me?”
“Our child is a Kid With Courage because she hit everything head on and with a smile on her face, and just kind of said, ‘Yep, I am who I am and this is happening to me,’” Megan said.
“Through this whole thing, Kallyn’s spirit has stayed strong,” Tim said.
Make-A-Wish Minnesota Volunteer Wish Granter Diane Guinn said Kallyn did not waver when the time came to choose a wish.
“She was not shy. She knew what she wanted, and it was mostly about family. So, I think that’s so endearing,” Guinn said.
Make-A-Wish Minnesota was thrilled to grant Kallyn’s wish for a camper that can fit her whole crew.
“She already has claimed the top bunk,” Megan joked.
The family is grateful for the gift-- but even more grateful that Kallyn is now disease-free.
Make-A-Wish Minnesota is on track to grant 232 wishes this year. It is locally-run and financed.
If there is a Kid With Courage Caitlin should meet, email her at kidswithcourage@kttc.com.
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A primed Latrobe side is ready for its clash against Wynyard, with the Cats bound to throw down the gauntlet at home on Saturday.
Fresh off a sweet victory against the previously unbeaten Magpies last weekend, the second-placed Cats were expected to be full of confidence.
For Latrobe coach Nik Hizartzidis, there was no denying the challenge his side would be up against come Saturday.
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"We know Wynyard's confidence is going to be high after last weekend," Hizartzidis said.
"But we've probably been playing our best footy of the year over the last month, so it just comes back to having a bit of belief."
Content with his side's fine form of late, Hizartzidis believed there was a real chance the fifth-placed Demons could take it right up to the Cats.
"We know our best footy can compete with anyone," he said.
"Out of the two games we've played against Wynyard, we've actually won five out of the eight quarters.
"But in the last game, the two quarters we lost we did so pretty heavily."
To uphold this impressive statistic, and make it count come the final siren, Hizartzidis said there is one thing his side needed to nail.
"We need to be more consistent," he said.
"Every game from now on we need to put out our best performance.
"With a good side like Wynyard, if you drop off they'll make you pay."
Hizartzidis signaled the importance of a whole-team effort against the mighty Cats on Saturday, but highlighted several players who would be key in the Demons' pursuit of victory.
"It really starts with the midfield, those like Brayden Butler and Jade Smith," he said.
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"Also the ability of Alex Diprose to put scores on the board, and Braydon Scott when he's forward will be important."
For the clash, Hizartzidis said he was faced with the "nice problem" of having a relatively full side to pick from.
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"The last couple of weeks we've had no injuries, so we have a pretty full side to pick from," he said.
"Our forward line is working pretty well at the moment, so we're hoping to keep consistent with this."
Considerate of the Cats' strong contenders, Hizartzidis said it will come down to his side keeping Wynyard's big names contained.
"They're a fairly young side and use the ball well. If we can have enough pressure at the source and on their kickers it will certainly helps us."
Latrobe will meet Wynyard on its home turf on Saturday, with things set to get underway from 2.20pm.
Ulverstone will host Burnie from 2.20pm.
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Europe’s era of “Germany knows best” is ending.
Take the Spanish:
Teresa Ribera, Spain’s minister for the green transition, bared teeth when she hit back at a European Commission proposal demanding that all 27 member states cut energy consumption by 15% this winter. In pushing back, Ribera argued Madrid had done its homework. It had little exposure to Russia and invested heavily in renewables; most importantly, she argued, Spain had “lived within its means.” The jab echoed the language from German rebukes at the height of the European financial crisis — when Berlin wrote the biggest checks in exchange for structural reforms that deepened the south’s economic slump.
The language was an unusual show of bravado for a country such as Spain, which is usually a net beneficiary of European funding. Reactions to her statements were split between those who argued it was about time to call out the inconsistencies from Berlin and those fearful that such language risked inflaming old tensions.
In my view, Ribera’s comment was a mix of both, reflecting exasperation with the German reluctance to accept the monumental failure of its Russia policy. While everyone else seems to have realized “Made in Germany” was built on a shaky foundation, Berlin had yet to eat real humble pie, which is usually the first step before asking for help.
Spain was among the first to sound the alarm on the energy crisis just as Putin began to squeeze supply and the market started to show signs of stress at the end of last year. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who also faces enormous pressure to bring down inflation and energy bills at home, suggested in autumn last year that rocketing energy prices would require a joint European response.
Madrid argued — as it has for a while — that it needs better energy interconnectivity with the rest of Europe. And reducing consumption at home won’t help countries like Germany if Madrid can’t export its surplus. Spain’s pitch fell on deaf ears, brushed aside as another example of the South seeking a handout.
Energy only became a European problem when the risks for Germany began to look insurmountable.
That reflects Europe’s policy making problem — and points the way to a solution. It’s time that proposals from the South are taken more seriously. A rebalancing, if it leads to improved decision making, should be welcomed in Brussels, where each leader speaks simultaneously to both their domestic audience and their counterparts. To their credit, the leaders of the southern nations agreed to a deal designed for Germany at record speed this week, moving beyond the rhetorical resistance and avoiding critics’ schadenfreude.
It would have been silly and shortsighted and, above all, a victory to Russia if the EU had failed. The Kremlin was caught off guard by the unity in Europe, and pitting Europeans against each other would undo that.
The Spanish minister Ribera summarized it well after the deal was approved: In Europe, “when a neighbor calls for help, you have to help.” That’s the same spirit that got Europe through the pandemic and saw Germany cross its red line to agree to joint debt, a watershed moment for the EU. Plus, given their co-dependency, European crises are essentially circular: A recession in Germany, the euro area’s largest economy, would be detrimental for all.
A clash between North and South would drag Europe back after a decade of joint problem-solving. But perhaps, considering the size of the German fiasco and the challenges it poses for the whole of Europe, Berlin should not be surprised to see the South asking for a bigger say.
More From This Writer and Others at Bloomberg Opinion:
• Macron and Scholz Need a Grand Bargain on Energy: Lionel Laurent
• Can Draghi Emerge From the Political Rubble?: Rachel Sanderson
• Europe Is Faking Solidarity, and Putin Knows It: Andreas Kluth
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Maria Tadeo is the European correspondent for Bloomberg Television based in Brussels where she covers European politics, economics and NATO.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Abortion bans set to take effect this week in Wyoming and North Dakota have been temporarily blocked by judges in those states amid lawsuits arguing that the bans violate their state constitutions.
The Wyoming law was set to take effect Wednesday. The North Dakota law was set to take effect Thursday.
Meanwhile, West Virginia lawmakers moved ahead with a ban amid protests and dozens speaking against the measure.
During hours of debate leading up to the 69-23 vote in the Republican-dominated House of Delegates in West Virginia, the sound of screams and chants from protesters standing outside the chamber rang through the room.
“Face us,” the crowd yelled.
The latest court action in North Dakota and Wyoming put them among several states including Kentucky, Louisiana and Utah where judges have temporarily blocked implementation of “trigger laws” while lawsuits play out.
Attorneys arguing before Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, in Jackson, Wyoming, disagreed over whether the state constitution provided a right to abortion that would nullify the state’s abortion “trigger” law that took effect Wednesday.
Owens proved most sympathetic, though, with arguments that the ban left pregnant patients with dangerous complications and their doctors in a difficult position as they balanced serious medical risks against the possibility of prosecution.
“That is a possible irreparable injury to the plaintiffs. They are left with no guidance,” Owens said.
Several states including Wyoming recently passed abortion “trigger” bans should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, which happened June 24. The U.S. Supreme Court formally issued its judgment Tuesday.
After a more than three-week review, Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, last week gave the go-ahead for the Wyoming abortion ban he signed into law in March to take effect Wednesday but it is instead on hold after the ruling.
The Wyoming law would outlaw abortions except in cases of rape or incest or to protect the mother’s life or health, not including psychological conditions. Doctors and others who provide illegal abortions under Wyoming’s new law could get up to 14 years in prison.
The four Wyoming women and two nonprofits that sued Monday to contest the new law claim it violates several rights guaranteed by the state constitution. Wyoming Special Assistant Attorney General Jay Jerde was skeptical, saying the state constitution neither explicitly nor implicitly allowed abortion.
“No such right exists. You can’t infringe what isn’t there,” Jerde told Owens.
The lawsuit claims the abortion ban will harm the women — two obstetricians, a pregnant nurse and a University of Wyoming law student — by outlawing potentially life-saving treatment options for their patients or themselves.
Those suing include a nonprofit opening a Casper women’s and LGBTQ health clinic, Wellspring Health Access, that would have offered abortions. A May arson attack has set back the clinic’s opening from mid-June until at least the end of this year.
In North Dakota, Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick sided with the state’s only abortion clinic that the state had moved fast to let the law take effect. The clinic had argued that a 30-day clock should not have started until the U.S. Supreme Court issued its certified judgment on Tuesday.
The ruling will give the Red River clinic more time to relocate a few miles away to Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion remains legal. North Dakota’s law would make abortion illegal in the state except in cases of rape, incest and the life of the mother.
Meetra Mehdizadeh, attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is helping the clinic with the suit, said the plaintiffs “will do everything in our power to fight this ban and keep abortion accessible in North Dakota for as long as possible.”
In West Virginia, meanwhile, lawmakers on Wednesday debated a sweeping abortion ban bill on the House floor that would make providing the procedure a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The bill makes exceptions for rape or incest up to 14 weeks of gestation and for certain medical complications.
“What’s ringing in my ears is not the noise of the people here,” said one of the bill’s supporters, Republican Del. Brandon Steele of Raleigh County. “It’s the cries of the unborn, tens of thousands of unborn children that are dead today.”
The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said a 19th century law banned abortion in the state. Last week, a state judge barred the state from enforcing that ban, saying it was superseded by conflicting, newer laws.
Hundreds of people descended on the state Capitol for the debate. Many stood outside the House chamber and Speaker Roger Hanshaw’s office chanting and holding signs reading “we will not go quietly” and “stop stealing our health care.” Security officers escorted some from the House chambers.
Dozens spoke against the bill on the House floor including Katie Quiñonez, executive director of the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, who was cut off and asked to step down as she started to talk about the abortion she got when she was 17.
“I chose life,” she said, raising her voice to speak over the interruption. “I chose my life, because my life is sacred.”
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The family of a Tennessee pharmacist who died on her honeymoon in Fiji decided to cremate her in the South Pacific nation rather than bring her home because her body was badly damaged, a lawyer representing the family said Thursday.
Christe Chen, 36, died earlier this month at the exclusive Turtle Island resort. Her husband Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, has been charged with her murder and made his first appearance Wednesday at Fiji's Lautoka High Court.
The case has been adjourned until next month and Dawson, who remains in jail, has not yet entered a plea. If found guilty, he could face a sentence of life imprisonment.
Lawyer Ronald Gordon, who is representing Chen's family, said Chen's parents traveled to Fiji after their daughter's death but didn't embalm her body and take her to the U.S. as they'd hoped. Instead, they took home her ashes.
Gordon said the newlyweds, who were based in Memphis, had arrived in Fiji on July 7 for their honeymoon at the resort, which is on a 500-acre island and limited to 14 couples at a time.
Gordon said the couple were heard arguing over dinner on July 8, and following an incident in their room, Dawson fled on a kayak to another island, taking his wallet but not his phone or GPS watch.
It wasn't until the following afternoon, after the couple had missed breakfast and lunch, that staff discovered Chen's body, Gordon said. He said she had multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head.
Dawson was found by police about 36 hours later, Gordon said. He said Dawson may have trying to get to Fiji's main island but stuck out on the remote island inhabited only by Indigenous people who had alerted others to Dawson's presence.
Dawson's lawyer Iqbal Khan said that from what he knows so far, he doesn't see the elements of murder. He said investigators haven't yet released to him all the information in the case, including the post-mortem report, but that what happened could have been an accident.
Khan said Dawson left the resort because “he panicked, he was shocked.” He said Dawson was distressed at losing his wife and had been slowly recovering.
NBC News reported Dawson worked as an information technology specialist for a nonprofit organization, Youth Villages, while Chen had worked as a pastry chef before returning to school to become a pharmacist, and had worked in that capacity at a Kroger supermarket in Memphis.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy last year congratulated Chen on Facebook for winning an award, the Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Memphis-woman-cremated-in-Fiji-husband-charged-17334102.php | 2022-07-28T05:45:56Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Memphis-woman-cremated-in-Fiji-husband-charged-17334102.php | true |
The average household’s energy bill might hit around £500 in January alone, experts have said as they released another gloomy forecast for consumers across the country.
BFY Group, a utilities consultancy, said it expects the cap on bills to hit £3,850 between January and April next year – hundreds of pounds more than prior predictions.
The latest forecast comes after the Kremlin further strangled the flow of gas to Europe.
While the UK gets very little of its gas directly from Russia, the price paid here is determined by what happens across the Continent.
“Following further rises in wholesale prices as flows of gas from Russia to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline drop to 20% of capacity, we now forecast the Ofgem price cap to rise to £3,420 in the fourth quarter of 2022 and £3,850 in the first quarter of 2023,” Dr Gemma Berwick, a senior consultant at BFY Group said.
“This will make the average household bill over £500 for January alone.”
If the predictions come to pass they will put enormous pressure on already squeezed households.
It would be a near-doubling of today’s record price cap which at £1,971 is already hundreds of pounds more than the previous high.
Cornwall Insight, another consultancy, had predicted a £3,364 January price cap just three weeks ago but circumstances have changed significantly since then.
BFY now believes Ofgem will have to set the earlier October price cap change at £3,420, with another increase expected when the cap is reviewed in January.
The cap used to be updated twice a year, but recent changes mean that there will be a new price cap every three months going forward. It is based on the average cost of energy in the previous months.
Although it is still early days for the January prediction, analysts already have most of the data they need to accurately forecast October’s rise.
The worsening forecasts, and fears that the market is still rising, will put further pressure on the Government to support the most vulnerable households through the energy crisis.
Ministers were forced to act in May by announcing a major package of support for households.
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BJP accuses Congress of 'demeaning' President Murmu
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of "demeaning" President Droupadi Murmu and demanded its apology after its leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury called her "rashtrapatni".
Union minister Smriti Irani said Chowdhury used the term knowing well that it demeans Murmu and her office and is against India's values.
The Congress should apologise to the President and the country, she told reporters.
"A tribal woman from a poor family who created history is being continuously demeaned by the Congress," she told reporters.
Chowdhury is the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha and used the remark while talking to the media during his party's protests over a host of issues.
Irani alleged that the Congress has been targeting her "maliciously" ever since the BJP-led NDA named Murmu its presidential candidate, and said she was called a "puppet" and a "symbol of evil" by its leaders.
The attacks do not seem to stop even after her election to the highest constitutional office of the country, the BJP leader said.
Chowdhury's comment is also demeaning to the rich tribal legacy she represents and to the poor who rise through hard work.
The President is called "rashtrapati" in Hindi.
Murmu, India's first tribal President, had led a life of struggle and represents the country's aspirations from panchayat to Parliament, Irani said and charged that the Congress under its president Sonia Gandhi has repeatedly targeted women.
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Eight prominent Republicans say their research confirms former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election fair and square. WITF’s Robby Brod reports, the authors of the report include judges and former U.S. Senators.
(Original air-date: 7/27/22)
Eight prominent Republicans say their research confirms former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election fair and square. WITF’s Robby Brod reports, the authors of the report include judges and former U.S. Senators.
(Original air-date: 7/27/22) | https://www.wdiy.org/pa-state-news/2022-07-28/in-lost-not-stolen-report-prominent-republicans-confirm-trump-lost-the-2020-election | 2022-07-28T05:49:12Z | https://www.wdiy.org/pa-state-news/2022-07-28/in-lost-not-stolen-report-prominent-republicans-confirm-trump-lost-the-2020-election | true |
Aussie Cam Davis to defend PGA Tour title
Cam Davis isn't only tapping in to the happy vibes of last year's breakthrough as the Australian prepares to defend his maiden US PGA Tour title at this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic.
He's also working overtime on his game in the hope of producing another big win.
Davis's playoff victory last year in Detroit proved a game changer, opening all sorts of doors for Sydney's former Australian Open champion.
"Getting to play my first Masters this year, getting a PGA Championship out of it, getting boosted up the rankings in the FedExCup," Davis said on Thursday when asked what last year's victory meant.
"So I've got access to all the great tournaments, invitationals, all that. It pretty much felt like it launched me into a different stage of my career."
Given the significance of his win, Davis can be forgiven for spending the first day of his return to Detroit Golf Club to bask in his glory in a somewhat unconventional preparation to his title defence.
"It's been so cool. It's awesome walking around the golf course where we had so many defining moments of your career kind of all compressed into one event," he said.
"I walked around on Monday without a golf club, without a golf ball, just walked around, toured the spots where I hit shots that really made the tournament for me last year - the bunker on 17, where I hit the three-iron over the water on 14 in the playoff - trying to relive a few moments.
"Once I got through that, it's another tournament, it's another year, my game's in a different place.
"I need to get back to work so I've been working hard the last couple of days to get everything back and ready to go."
He may be in a different place but Davis, with five top 10s already in 2022 and two in the past month, can't be in a worse place than when he arrived last year.
"Last time I played this event I came here after about a three-week break, my game wasn't in a very good spot," he said.
"I went back home and took like two weeks of not touching a golf club and just tried to refresh everything and start again basically.
"This time I'm coming in with some decent form."
Davis is among seven Australians teeing up this week with former world No.1s Jason Day and Adam Scott, Aaron Baddeley, Cameron Percy, Brett Drewitt and Geoff Ogilvy in a cameo return to the PGA Tour also playing.
World No.4 Patrick Cantlay is the highest-ranked player in the field. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11056693/Aussie-Cam-Davis-defend-PGA-Tour-title.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-28T05:49:30Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11056693/Aussie-Cam-Davis-defend-PGA-Tour-title.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
A festival to commemorate what would have been Dundee girl Freya Skene’s tenth birthday is to be held at Fingask Castle this weekend.
Dundee charity Freya’s Wish was set up by Brooke Reid in memory of her daughter Freya who died in a tragic river accident in Highland Perthshire two years ago.
The charity aims to support families in need in creating memories with their children.
On Sunday, the organisation are hosting a festival at Fingask Castle in Perth and plan to “light up the sky” at midnight to commemorate Freya’s tenth birthday on August 1.
The ‘Frey-stival‘ will include a variety of entertainment, crafts, stalls and food venders.
Last year, Freya’s Wish hosted a Gala day ahead of what would have been Freya’s ninth birthday but Brooke says they wanted to do something extra special this year to mark the occasion.
Brooke said: “The year Freya passed we were in lockdown and two weeks after was her birthday, therefore we couldn’t celebrate as big as we’d like to do.
“So we thought with this year being her special 10th birthday we decided to host a big event and we knew we needed to do something even bigger this time.
“We are hoping families can make memories of a lifetime here and enjoy a sense of freedom once they arrive and receive the most they possibly can for their money.
‘Created by the community for the community’
“This event is created by the community for the community.
“All artists are local from Dundee, we have bands with a variety of different genres, a fire circus, unique body painters and caricature artists, a clairvoyant medium/tarot reader, a belly dancer and a drag queen.
“Who knew it was all available in our home city.”
The charity has already sold half of the 200 tickets available for the festival, which includes a shuttle bus to the event and a free buffet.
Those needing transportation to Fingask Castle are being asked to contact Freya’s Wish on Facebook after purchasing their ticket.
Brooke said: “Of course this isn’t the way we wanted to celebrate our beautiful Freya’s tenth birthday but it’s all Freya-inspired so we know she will be so happy with what we have planned.
“And it’s all thanks to our beautiful ‘Freya’s Wish fairies’ for coming together and volunteering their unique skills for the big day.
“We want families to come and have fun together and experience the magic of Freya.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/3535624/freyas-wish-festival-fingask-castle-10th-birthday/ | 2022-07-28T05:52:23Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/dundee/3535624/freyas-wish-festival-fingask-castle-10th-birthday/ | true |
Olympic medallist Jack Carlin is clear he would never have reached the heights he has were it not for the Commonwealth Games.
Carlin was part of the Great Britain squad that took team sprint silver at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, adding bronze in the individual event.
The 25-year-old Scot will go into the Commonwealth Games this weekend among the favourites for gold in both the individual sprint and the keirin, looking to upgrade the sprint silver he won in Gold Coast four years ago.
The Commonwealth Games may be an outlier on the international track cycling calendar, slightly awkwardly positioned just a couple of weeks before the European Championships in Munich, with the World Championships to follow in October, but it is not an event Carlin will ever overlook.
Although many riders in the current set-up credit the London Olympics 10 years ago with inspiring their careers, Carlin said the key event for him was the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.
“In 2014 I was a spectator in the stands and I think that’s what sparked my true passion for the sport,” Carlin told the PA news agency. “Watching my fellow Scots racing in front of a home crowd, I thought to myself, ‘That’s what I want to do one day, to be on the other side of the fence’.
“Representing Scotland only happens once every four years. It’s quite a privilege to be able to put the Saltire on and race under a blue banner. It’s in between major races with the Euros and Worlds coming up, but that doesn’t take away from the fact you want to do your country proud.”
The Glasgow Games brought top-class facilities to Scotland, most obviously the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Newbank, without which Carlin said he would never have had the opportunity to reach the top.
“Without those facilities I would never have been where I am now, I guarantee that for sure,” he said.
“The facilities are fantastic – the velodrome, the gym, the support from Cycling Scotland has been a massive boost in the west of Scotland, not only for cycling but sport in general that’s not football or rugby.”
Carlin has been making the most of those facilities in recent months. With the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, home of the Great Britain squad, currently closed for renovation, Carlin opted against following most of the rest of the team to Derby and has instead based himself at home.
That has meant he has mostly been communicating remotely with Sir Jason Kenny, a team-mate in Tokyo but now the boss after retiring from competition to become Britain’s men’s sprint coach.
Kenny will be coaching Team England in London but Carlin is still looking forward to catching up with him.
“I’ve done a lot of work with Jason, he’s been running my programme, but now he’s handed it over to Scotland and is focused on Team England,” he said. “But I’m sure if I went to speak to him on race day he’s not going to punch me in the nose and kick me! It’s all good.
“Jason is who he is. He’s always had massive respect from the team, not only the other riders but all the staff because of who he is and what he’s done. He’ll probably say the transition has been harder himself more than it was for the other riders because he already had that respect and trust.
“When we found out Jason was going to be coach I was pleased because I think Jason has got a wealth of knowledge that he’s not unlocked yet.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3535591/commonwealth-games-started-me-on-path-to-major-medals-jack-carlin/ | 2022-07-28T06:00:05Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3535591/commonwealth-games-started-me-on-path-to-major-medals-jack-carlin/ | false |
MOTT - August C. Kirschemann, age 90, of Mott, ND, passed away on Thursday morning, July 21, 2022 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.
Funeral services for August will be Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Zoar Congregational Church in Mott, ND. Burial and military honors will follow at Sunnyslope Cemetery in Mott. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 27, at Zoar Congregational Church from 2:00-7:00 pm. A family and friends service will follow at 7:00 p.m.
August is survived by his wife, Lucille; four children, Perry (Starla) Kirschemann, Pam (John) Weaver, Paula (David) Hogue, and Penny (Dale) Wegh; nine grandchildren, Daxon (Amy) Kirschemann, Jadian (Michael) Mack, Nathan and Nevan Weaver, Nicole (Cory) Skaurud, Marshall and Megan Hogue, and Brady and Levi Wegh; five greatgrandchildren, Ember, Saige, and Willow Mack, and Huxten and Holt Skaurud; brother, Roger (Ruth) Kirschemann; sister, Leona Pyles; Sisters-in-law Sharon and Betty Kirschemann, LaVon Maier, and Wanda Friez; Brother-in-law Dennis Kroft; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. www.evansonjensenfuneralhome.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/obituaries/august-c-kirschemann/article_f94f5f95-565b-5c50-bf5e-967acc20ddd0.html | 2022-07-28T06:01:32Z | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/obituaries/august-c-kirschemann/article_f94f5f95-565b-5c50-bf5e-967acc20ddd0.html | false |
The Duchess of Cornwall petted a dog in a buggy during a walkabout at the Sandringham Flower Show alongside the Prince of Wales.
Camilla, 75, stroked white Jack Russell terrier Dill on the head as his owners showed her a picture of her meeting their 15-year-old pet 11 years ago, at the 2011 event.
Steven Southern, 59, of Bawtry in South Yorkshire, said afterwards: “They met in 2011 and Dill actually rolled over for Camilla to tickle his tummy and she remembered.
“How they remember I’ve no idea.
“I mentioned it to her that we had met before.”
Mr Southern, who was with his wife Rachel, 57, said that in 2011 the duchess had been wearing a diamond dragonfly brooch, which fell off.
He said on that occasion he had bumped heads with Charles, 73, as they both tried to pick up the brooch and had laughed about it.
“They’re definitely dog people,” he said.
Wednesday’s show was the first since 2019 after it went on hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and this year was the 139th staging of the event.
While being shown flowers in a display tent, Charles told one exhibitor: “I used to come with my grandmother every year.
“She would be so pleased it keeps going.”
He asked crowds outside: “Are you all enthusiastic gardeners?”
During a stop at the Sandringham Women’s Institute (WI) tent, Camilla bought three knitted toys, a bear, a dog and a tortoise costing £2 each, paying with a £20 note.
WI member Sandra Smith, 77, said Camilla did not mention her grandchildren but she was “very impressed” with the toys.
“It was lovely, she was very easy to talk to,” she said.
Fellow member Suzanne McCaig, 37, said Camilla also bought a slice of fruit cake.
“They really enjoyed looking round,” she said.
“They were in very good spirits.”
Charles and Camilla also spoke to well-wisher Lewis Kirkby, who wore a waistcoat with pictures of the Queen on it and had Union flags on his head.
The duchess told the 28-year-old, of Hedon in East Yorkshire: “You’re covered in the Queen.”
Charles added: “I’m very impressed by that.
“Are you going to wear it all day?”
The pair arrived at the show in a carriage drawn by two white horses and were greeted by a round of applause as God Save The Queen was played by a brass band.
After touring displays of flowers, vegetables and assorted crafts, they inspected the Guard of Honour of the King’s Lynn Air Cadets, and then departed in their horse-drawn carriage.
Sandringham Flower Show takes place at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with the one-day show attracting around 20,000 visitors each year.
The profits from each show are donated to local charities and since 1977 the show committee has given around £780,000 to good causes. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3536125/duchess-of-cornwall-admires-dog-in-a-buggy-at-sandringham-flower-show/ | 2022-07-28T06:01:38Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3536125/duchess-of-cornwall-admires-dog-in-a-buggy-at-sandringham-flower-show/ | false |
Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng has been sentenced in US federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 killing.
Kueng’s co-defendant, Tou Thao, was scheduled to be sentenced later.
Kueng and Thao were convicted in February of two counts of violating Mr Floyd’s civil rights.
The jury found they deprived the 46-year-old black man of medical care and failed to stop Derek Chauvin as he knelt on Mr Floyd’s neck for nine-and-a-half minutes.
Kueng was sentenced to three years on each count, to be served concurrently.
Kueng held Mr Floyd’s back, former officer Thomas Lane held his feet and Thao kept bystanders back.
Bystander video of Mr Floyd’s killing sparked worldwide protests as part of a reckoning over racial injustice.
The federal government brought the civil rights charges against all four officers in May 2021, a month after Chauvin was convicted of murder in state court.
Chauvin and Lane have already been sentenced on civil rights violations.
Chauvin, who pleaded guilty last year to violating Mr Floyd’s civil rights and the civil rights of a teenager in an unrelated case, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison.
Lane, who twice asked if Mr Floyd should be rolled on to his side so he could breathe, was convicted of one count and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years.
Federal prosecutors had requested that US District Judge Paul Magnuson sentence Kueng and Thao to less time than Chauvin, but “substantially” more than Lane. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3537079/ex-police-officer-kueng-gets-three-years-for-violating-george-floyds-rights/ | 2022-07-28T06:03:15Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk-world/3537079/ex-police-officer-kueng-gets-three-years-for-violating-george-floyds-rights/ | false |
March 31, 1943 - July 23, 2022
CROWN POINT - Kathleen M. Walter, age 79, of Crown Point, IN, passed away at home on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Kathleen is survived by her children: Edward L. (Tracy) Walter, Daniel (Patricia Tolentino) Walter, Brian Walter, Charles Walter, Ann Margaret (Victor Lopez) Walter; grandchildren: Sydney Walter, Tyler Walter, Brendan Walter, Audrey Walter, Alexander Lopez; siblings: Nancy Spilly, Jean Wilson, Jerry Carroll, Tim Carroll.
Kathleen was preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Walter; and parents: Jerome and Anna Carroll.
She worked at TWA and traveled the world before becoming a mom. Kathleen enjoyed gardening and sports, especially horse racing. She is a sweet soul that is resting with the angels now.
Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113th Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307 from 2:00 P.M. until the time of memorial service at 5:00 P.M.
Visit Kathleen's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/kathleen-m-walter/article_6255833e-9bbb-5036-9d91-f2ce8f7d8ace.html | 2022-07-28T06:04:11Z | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/kathleen-m-walter/article_6255833e-9bbb-5036-9d91-f2ce8f7d8ace.html | false |
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TV journalist Kate McCann has said she is a “little bit bruised” but “totally fine” after fainting while hosting a debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
The showdown between the two Tory leadership contenders was brought to a dramatic halt when she fainted off-camera while Ms Truss was speaking.
The Foreign Secretary’s horrified look and a loud crash were the signal that something had gone wrong during Tuesday’s debate.
Back on air on Wednesday evening, Ms McCann said she was feeling “a little embarrassed, a little bit bruised, but glad to be back and totally fine”.
She added: “Not necessarily what any of us expected to happen last night, I don’t think, and yeah, it was one of those moments that I think no one can really prepare for.
“I think Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were pretty shocked by it.”
Earlier, she tweeted: “Well that wasn’t how last night was supposed to end.
“Thanks everyone for the lovely messages, I’m fine now, and apologies to @trussliz and @RishiSunak for cutting the debate short.”
The TalkTV journalist was moderating Tuesday’s debate on her own after her scheduled co-host, Sun political editor Harry Cole, tested positive for Covid-19. | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3536569/kate-mccann-back-on-air-after-fainting-during-tory-leadership-debate/ | 2022-07-28T06:07:05Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/politics/3536569/kate-mccann-back-on-air-after-fainting-during-tory-leadership-debate/ | true |
Captain Leah Williamson has stressed England’s focus is on completing their task after the Euro 2022 hosts secured a place in Sunday’s final at Wembley.
After goals from Beth Mead, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo and Fran Kirby saw them power to a 4-0 semi-final victory over Sweden at Bramall Lane, the Lionesses are in their first major tournament final since Euro 2009.
Either Germany or France will be the opponents as they look to get their hands on major silverware for the first time in their history.
When asked about the development English women’s football has had and working towards a moment like Sunday, Williamson said: “We started a journey, and people have changed the game.
“That’s the likes of (former England skipper) Carol Thomas, (current Lionesses) Jill Scott, Ellen White, who I looked at and was inspired by when I was younger.
“And now it is about doing our job on the pitch. That’s the most powerful thing, the biggest way we can contribute, and that is what we are focusing on.”
The 25-year-old Arsenal defender added: “To walk out onto that pitch (on Tuesday) was an incredible feeling and I can imagine at the weekend that will be incredible.
“I’ve got a scarf around my neck which says ‘home is where the heart is’ and to have our families on this journey, to walk out at Wembley, I think that is something we have to take in.
“I want to appreciate it for what it is. But I have got a job to do and that will be the most important thing.”
Williamson has also promised that Sunday will be an occasion “we will enjoy”.
She said: “I am not much of a smiler pre-game, I keep it pretty game-faced, because I am focused, but the last two national anthems I can’t help but smile because it feels amazing.
“I know I have a job to do, but who says I can’t enjoy those moments and the team can’t enjoy those moments? That’s what I hope, that we are giving off that vibe, because that’s what it is. It’s genuine and the crowd can enjoy that with us.
“I hope that crowd at Wembley has as good a time as we are going to have, because I promise you, we will enjoy it.”
After Mead’s 34th-minute opener, Bronze doubled the advantage for Sarina Wiegman’s side with a header three minutes after the break, substitute Russo made it 3-0 with a fantastic back-heel finish in the 68th minute, and Kirby’s chipped effort then wrapped things up eight minutes later.
Just before Russo’s goal, Sweden had gone close, with Stina Blackstenius being denied by a great save from Mary Earps as she tipped the ball over the bar.
And Williamson was keen to single out the goalkeeper for praise, saying: “I will speak about one individual, because Mary made a save at a key moment of the game which was incredible, an incredible turning point for us, and we go up the other end and score.
“That is what the team is about because at two opposite ends of the pitch everybody is making it count. I think that moment deserves a shout out.
“Everybody was absolutely incredible and delivered what they needed to deliver, and we go again on Sunday.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3536479/leah-williamson-focused-on-finishing-the-job-for-england-in-euro-2022-final/ | 2022-07-28T06:09:49Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3536479/leah-williamson-focused-on-finishing-the-job-for-england-in-euro-2022-final/ | true |
Jonny Bairstow clubbed a career-best 90 and Moeen Ali romped to a 16-ball half-century as England piled up a huge 234 for six in the first Vitality T20 against South Africa in Bristol.
The tourists asked their opponents to bat first at the Seat Unique Stadium and soon found themselves on the end of some fierce punishment as 20 sixes rained down – a new English record that added five to the previous mark.
Bairstow, who had started the day by rubbishing speculation over his participation due to a swollen knee, was responsible for eight of the maximums as he pummelled the Proteas in a dazzling 53-ball knock that continued his sterling summer across the formats.
He had come to the crease at 41 for two after Lungi Ngidi removed openers Jos Buttler and Jason Roy in the powerplay and dazzled the crowd all the way through to the penultimate ball of the innings.
The 32-year-old had taken strike needing 10 runs off the last two deliveries from Ngidi and launched the first of them high into the sky as he holed out.
Rilee Rossouw showed safe hands on this occasion but he had been one of the guilty parties as Bairstow was dropped on four separate occasions – on 12, 57, 72 and 77 – in a ragged display from a South Africa side who repeatedly dropped short and missed their lengths.
Bairstow shared a dominant stand of 106 in 37 balls with Moeen, who cleared the ropes six times and hit them on three occasions as he reeled off England’s fastest-ever half-century in T20 cricket.
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SIMON LAMBERT: Dividends deliver long-term returns but should you pick big name FTSE shares on bumper yields or an investment trust that spreads risk
We struggle to resist shouting about company share prices in headlines, but if you look at the stock market as whole it’s dividends that are a powerful driver of long-term overall returns.
A wealth of respected studies highlight this, such as the Barclays Equity Gilt Survey and Credit Suisse yearbook, but there is also some compelling evidence close to home.
Over the past decade the share price return on the FTSE All Share has been 39 per cent, but the total return on the cheap tracker HSBC FTSE All Share index fund has been 100 per cent - meaning investors doubled their money.
The former is a somewhat underwhelming figure for a decade’s worth of investing, even in a stock market as lacklustre as the UK’s, the latter is a decent average annual return of 7.1 per cent.
Dividends are a powerful source of long-term investment returns but chasing individual big yielding stocks is a risky move
Income investing – as backing stocks for their dividends is known – remains highly popular, despite the stock market story of recent years being all about disruptive growth companies and their stratospheric gains.
Some very high-profile members of that club have come crashing down to earth this year, as high inflation and rapidly rising interest rates unnerve investors, who have been valuing shares based on central banks never shifting from their cheap money-forever policies.
The dramatic turnaround at the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and the ECB’s half-hearted attempt at one, has well and truly upset the apple cart. It’s become clear that rather than making protecting investors and homeowners paramount, central bankers now prize fighting inflation above all else.
The post financial crisis thinking has been turned upside down and investors can’t quite work out what a Netflix share is worth in the brave new world – but they do know it’s a lot less than they were willing to pay for it before: 64 per cent less this year at the time of writing.
You’d think in this scenario that there would have been a dramatic switch back to dividend-payers – and sentiment has turned back towards them but perhaps not as much as one would expect.
There are still lots of stocks in the Footsie on hefty yields, for example. So, why aren’t investors beating down the doors for yields like Abrdn’s 9.5 per cent, Aviva’s 7.4 per cent, Barratt’s 6.7 per cent, Sainsbury’s 6.1 per cent, or Lloyds’ 4.6 per cent?
Part of the answer lies in them just being deeply unfashionable and seen as offering little future growth, and part in that many expect a recession is going to drag those company’s share prices down from where they are now – and may lead to dividends being cut.
That’s one of the chief problems with investing in big dividend yield individual company shares: it’s very easy to get caught out and find you’ve backed a dividend trap rather than an underappreciated reliable income-payer.
This means it is important to look at things such as dividend cover to see how well those payouts are protected – you can find dividend cover figures in our share data pages - and not to put all your eggs in one basket.
One method is to pick a portfolio of big dividend shares – although this comes with more potential volatility than a broader portfolio, as many big yielders will be exposed to the same issues – and our Midas Share Tips column does this with the Dogs of the Footsie share picks.
Another is to take the easy diversification route of a fund or investment trust.
You could take the aforementioned cheap tracker option – the FTSE All Share currently yields 3.9 per cent and is one of the world’s cheaper stock markets.
Or you could opt for an active fund or investment trust. The latter is a good option for income investing, as they can hold over some dividends in the good years to help maintain payouts in the bad.
This week, the Association of Investment Companies released a list of 42 investment trusts with a yield above 3 per cent and a five-year track record of increasing dividends.
It’s a diverse bunch and you wouldn’t want to sink all your money into any of them – in particular the more esoteric ones – but they are worth a look to harness the long-term power of dividends.
Here is the list below, as ever, do your own research before investing.
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(KRON) – Monkeypox cases continue to rise in the Bay Area and throughout the nation. With more than 3,800 confirmed cases in the United States, the U.S. now leads the world in monkeypox.
As the Biden administration mulls whether or not to declare a public health emergency, here in the Bay Area, Santa Clara County health officials say they’re expecting more doses of the monkeypox vaccine. A county health officer says infections are not happening very often, but the rising number of cases is still a concern.
Santa Clara County has the 3rd-highest number of monkeypox cases in the Bay Area with 39. The numbers are significantly lower than in San Francisco, but it’s enough to keep county health officials busy.
“We’re of course concerned, not just about those who have monkeypox but their contacts and of course we want to do everything that we can with all of the tools that we have to prevent further infection,” said Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody.
Cody says the county is expecting to get more than 700 doses of the vaccine to help stop the spread. The county is seeing most infections happening in men who have sex with other men. And of those current cases, a disproportionate amount are among Latino and Hispanic men.
“It’s very important to know that it doesn’t have to do with your sexual orientation, it has to do with the behaviors that allow the virus to spread,” Dr. Cody said.
Most notably, skin-to-skin contact with someone who is already infected transmits the disease. Dr. Cody says the health department has teamed up with LGBTQ+ organizations to reach those who are most vulnerable to contracting the disease.
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An enormous pot of federal money is expected be made available to national laboratories for research and development, recruitment and infrastructure improvements as part of a technology and science bill the U.S. Senate passed Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., worked to include a provision that would inject $17.6 billion into the Department of Energy’s science and innovation efforts — money that would benefit Los Alamos National Laboratory and its sister labs.
About $16.5 billion of it would be used to strengthen research and development.
Overall, the funding will cover research other than nuclear weapons, including clean energy, energy efficiency, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, artificial intelligence and quantum sciences.
Luján said he and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., had drafted a similar amendment for earlier legislation, but it was removed.
This time it stuck, he said.
“I am encouraged by the significant investment that will come to New Mexico,” Luján said in an interview Wednesday.
The research money going to the labs would have a positive ripple effect, with some of the dollars flowing to
New Mexico colleges and other schools to establish study programs in particular science fields, he said.
The bill also allocates $14.7 billion to national labs for modernization and infrastructure upgrades.
Of that, a total of $800 million would go to Los Alamos, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore labs for site improvements, deferred maintenance projects, retrofitting and installing major scientific equipment, Luján spokeswoman Katherine Schneider wrote in an email.
This funding provision was based on an amendment Luján added to a 2020 House spending bill that would’ve earmarked $6 billion for restoring and modernizing national labs’ infrastructure, partly by clearing up the massive backlog of maintenance work.
But the proposed amendment didn’t survive. Now there will be more than double the money to improve the labs’ infrastructure.
The nanoscience research center the Los Alamos and Sandia labs jointly operate will be eligible to tap into a
$50 million program aimed at upgrading systems in this field, Schneider wrote.
And both labs are further eligible for infrastructure funding through other programs, such as one to improve research equipment and certain instrumentation, Schneider added.
The bill also calls for spending $975 million on microelectronics, partly to keep pace with China’s technology.
That funding is divided into two streams — $475 million for microelectronics research and $500 million to establish up to four microelectronics science research centers, Schneider wrote.
“Given LANL and Sandia’s leadership in semiconductor and microelectronics work, they are an especially good candidate to host one of the $125 million research centers,” she wrote.
Other provisions Luján had a hand in crafting:
u $250 million for a national lab consortium to prepare for and address emerging biological threats, such as the coronavirus pandemic.
u $125 million to help national laboratories foster future technology leaders. This would support a lab-based pilot program in New Mexico in which scientists and engineers conduct early-stage research and development for energy or manufacturing businesses.
u $125 million to provide vouchers for small businesses to gain access to lab facilities to spur innovation and stimulate public-private collaboration.
u $250 million to enhance public-private partnerships to develop and commercialize diverse clean energy technologies.
u $40.5 million to create a nonprofit foundation to handle private investments in the Energy Department’s mission and to speed up the commercialization of new energy technologies, such as next-generation batteries, low-carbon fuels and advanced materials.
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Seoul (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "ready to mobilise" its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday.
Washington and Seoul have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its seventh nuclear test -- a move that the United States has warned would provoke a "swift and forceful" response.
In Kim's latest speech to mark the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War -- known as "Victory Day" in the North -- he said the country's armed forces were "thoroughly prepared" for any crisis.
"Our country's nuclear war deterrent is also ready to mobilise its absolute power faithfully, accurately and promptly in accordance with its mission," Kim said in a speech on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.
Speaking to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, Kim emphasised the country's "thorough readiness" to "deal with any military clash with the United States".
His latest threats come as South Korea and the United States move to ramp up joint military exercises, which have always infuriated the North as Pyongyang considers them rehearsals for invasion.
This week, the US military held live-fire drills using its advanced Apache helicopters stationed in the South for the first time since 2019.
Kim also slammed South Korea's new, hawkish president Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May and has vowed to take a tougher stance against Pyongyang -- which includes a plan to mobilise a preemptive strike capability.
"Talking about military action against our nation, which possess absolute weapons that they fear the most, is preposterous and is very dangerous self-destructive action," Kim said of the Yoon administration, which he branded a group of "gangsters".
"Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our powerful strength and the Yoon Suk Yeol government and his military will be annihilated."
'Righteous effort'
The North has carried out a record-breaking blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.
Nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington have been stalled since a summit between Kim and then-US president Donald Trump in February 2019 broke down over sanctions relief and what the North would be willing to give up in return.
The Kim regime has since rejected Washington and Seoul's repeated offers to resume talks, claiming the United States must first drop its "hostile" policies.
Impoverished Pyongyang has long struggled to feed its people and its economy has been battered by pandemic-led border closures as well as sanctions over its nuclear programmes.
The country has also been battling a massive outbreak of "fever" after it confirmed its first cases of Covid-19 in May.
"Kim's rhetoric inflates external threats to justify his militarily focused and economically struggling regime," said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.
"North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are in violation of international law, but Kim tries to depict his destabilising arms buildup as a righteous effort at self-defense."
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adagio Medical, Inc., a leading innovator in catheter ablation technologies for atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT), announced the publication of the results of its Cryocure-2 ultra-low temperature cryoablation (ULTC) study in patients with AF in the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), Clinical Electrophysiology.1 The study prospectively enrolled 79 patients at OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium, St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands and University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, of which 45 patients had persistent AF (PsAF). The one-year freedom from AF after a single procedure was 82%, with 1.5% procedural complications rate when using ULTC technology. In PsAF patients, freedom from AF was 85%.
"We reported preliminary results of Cryocure-2 at the 2021 Heart Rhythm Society meeting in Boston," said Dr. Tom De Potter, MD, Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Section at OLV Hospital, and the first author of the manuscript. "Today's publication reaffirms the interest of the EP community in ULTC technology for the treatment of AF and other cardiac arrhythmias. The 85% freedom from AF in PsAF patients after a single percutaneous procedure is by far the best result reported in such patients, and needs conformation in the larger study, which is currently ongoing."
"Almost all patients with persistent AF in the Cryocure-2 study underwent ablations which combined pulmonary vein isolation with additional lesions, mostly on the posterior wall of the left atrium," added Lucas Boersma, MD, PhD at St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Netherlands and Professor at Amsterdam UMC. "There is a preponderance of clinical evidence that additional lesions improve effectiveness of the ablation in persistent AF patients, however, creating such lesions using traditional RF and cryoballoon ablation procedures is often too burdensome as a first-line treatment. The unique feature of Adagio's catheter design is how little incremental work those lesions require, adding only 7 minutes to the procedure time at the experienced Cryocure-2 sites. We are now incorporating this approach into routine clinical practice."
Adagio Medical iCLAS™ cryoablation system received CE-mark and is commercial in Europe. The Cryocure-PMCF (NCT # 05416086) open-label post-market clinical follow-up evaluation of iCLAS system is enrolling both paroxysmal and persistent AF patients at several European centers. The safety and effectiveness of the iCLAS system for the treatment of persistent AF is a subject of FDA IDE trial in the US (NCT # 04061603).
"The publication of Cryocure-2 data is seen as a significant step in the validation of Adagio's ULTC technology," said Olav Bergheim, President and CEO of Adagio Medical. "As additional ULTC outcome data becomes available,2 we have high expectations for the results of our ongoing FDA IDE trial. We also believe the iCLAS outcome data will further the recognition of the Adagio technology in both Europe and the US and will contribute to increased penetration of catheter ablation in the large and growing AF patient population, which is an underserved market today."
Adagio Medical, Inc. (www.adagiomedical.com) is a privately held company located in Laguna Hills, California developing innovative cryoablation technologies that create contiguous, transmural lesions to treat cardiac arrhythmias, including paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and ventricular tachycardia. Adagio Medical, Inc. is a Fjord Ventures portfolio company.
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1 De Potter T, Klaver M, Babkin A, Iliodromitis K, et al. Ultra-Low Temperature Cryoablation For Atrial Fibrillation: Primary Outcomes for Efficacy and Safety: The Cryocure-2 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol EP 2022; available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405500X22004972
2 Tohoku S, Schmidt B, Bordignon S, Chen S, et al. Initial clinical experience of pulmonary vein isolation using the ultra‐low temperature cryoablation catheter for patients with atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022;1–9.
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JOEL PRESTON THACKER, 70, of Louisa, Ky., husband of Rachel Thacker, died July 26 in Three Rivers Medical Center. He was co-owner and operator of Wellman Hardware. Funeral service at 2 p.m. July 29 at Young Funeral Home Chapel, Louisa, Ky. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation two hours before service at the funeral home.
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Published: Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:34 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - When life gets busy, it can be difficult to make time to go to the salon. The HairFin promises to help you get a quality haircut from home.
The HairFin is a three-piece kit that’s designed to measure your hair and hold it in place. Does the kit deliver on its promise to help you get a professional-looking haircut without having to leave home? Eyewitness News enlisted the help of hairstylist Eleanor Moon to put it to the test.
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ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of fifty one cents ($0.51) per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable on September 16, 2022 to Stockholders of Record as of September 2, 2022.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
Contact:
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VP – Investor Relations
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SYDNEY, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saasyan, a leader in AI-powered online student safety, announced today the addition of a new AI-Powered Online Grooming Alerts function.
This new function is available in Saasyan's cloud-based, online student safety solution, Saasyan Assure and leverages a combination of natural language processing AI and other advanced analytics to detect early signs of online grooming within a student's chat, email, and online drives.
"With the increase of technologies used in schools and the variety of online platforms available, predators have been given more opportunity to reach children. This new capability aims to help quickly identify instances of online grooming, enabling schools to act before a child is sexually exploited," says Sidney Minassian, CEO of Saasyan.
The AI-Powered Online Grooming Alerts function detects potentially harmful common tactics used by abusers, such as:
- Identifying when communication is between adults and children;
- The use of sexualised language in a student's chat, email or online drive;
- Pressuring a child to send photos or meet in person;
- A child sending or receiving sexually explicit material;
- A child searching something sexual they have been asked for by their abuser; and
- Requesting a child to keep secrets from their parents.
This new function adds to Saasyan's AI portfolio, including the recently announced Safe Image AI that detects any images containing sexual content in a student's online drive, helping to prevent image-based abuse, more commonly referred to as revenge porn.
By detecting and alerting schools of possible instances of online grooming and image-based abuse, Saasyan enables teachers, counsellors and IT professionals to intervene proactively.
About Saasyan
Saasyan is a leader in AI-Powered Online Student Safety.
With the mass adoption of technology in the classroom and with remote learning, the online safety of students is top of mind for parents, is a high priority for school leaders and is a non-trivial problem for school IT teams.
Saasyan helps schools ensure the online safety of their students with flexible cybersecurity controls for K-12 classrooms, advanced alerting of cyberbullying & self-harm, and easy reporting of student online activities.
Integrating with the world's leading identity, cybersecurity and collaboration platforms already used by schools, Saasyan's all-cloud solution is quick to setup and delivers immediate value.
Today we serve over 400,000 students across 660 government and non-government schools.
Our mission has just begun.
Learn more at Saasyan.com
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CALGARY, AB, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Board of Directors of TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per common share payable on October 1, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2022.
The Board of Directors also declared the following quarterly dividend on its Cumulative Redeemable Rate Reset First Preferred Shares for the period starting from and including June 30, 2022 up to but excluding September 30, 2022:
*Please note the quarterly floating rate on the Series B and Series D Preferred Shares will be reset every quarter.
All currency is expressed in Canadian dollars except where noted. When the dividend payment date falls on a weekend or holiday, the payment is made the following business day.
About TransAlta Corporation:
TransAlta owns, operates and develops a diverse fleet of electrical power generation assets in Canada, the United States and Australia with a focus on long-term shareholder value. TransAlta provides municipalities, medium and large industries, businesses and utility customers with clean, affordable, energy efficient and reliable power. Today, TransAlta is one of Canada's largest producers of wind power and Alberta's largest producer of hydro-electric power. For over 111 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud member of the communities where we operate and where our employees work and live. TransAlta aligns its corporate goals with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and its climate change strategy with CDP (formerly Climate Disclosure Project) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. TransAlta has achieved a 61 per cent reduction in GHG emissions since 2015.
For more information about TransAlta, visit its website at transalta.com.
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TOKYO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investor Communications Japan (ICJ), a joint venture by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE), announced today that the number of share-issuing companies on its electronic proxy voting platform (the Platform) has exceeded 1,700 listings, an increase of 499 companies since June 2021.
As of June 2022, over 1,600 companies listed on the Prime Market of the TSE participate in the Platform, representing 87% of the companies in that market or 98% by market capitalization. In addition, over 100 companies listed on the Standard Market and over 20 companies listed on the Growth Market participate in the Platform, and in June of this year, over 1,200 of all companies listed on the TSE that held general meetings of shareholders participated in the Platform (up by over 300 companies).
"Increasing numbers of listed companies and institutional investors are seeking to ensure sufficient time to exercise voting rights based on constructive dialogue and the Platform better enables this process," said ICJ President, Shigeo Imakiire. "This increase in companies joining the Platform is proof that the voting environment has dramatically improved to facilitate the objectives of Japan's Corporate Governance and Stewardship codes."
"ICJ will continue working to strengthen the competitiveness of Japan's capital markets and advance corporate governance through the digitalization of general shareholder meeting processes. ICJ aims to support effective dialogue between companies and investors, and the realization of greater operational efficiency and provision of valuable services for general shareholder meeting participants."
Digitizing and Streamlining
"Broadridge is proud to support the ongoing growth of electronic proxy voting in Japan, by providing innovative digital technology solutions to benefit issuers and investors and help modernize the industry," said Demi Derem, managing director of International Investor Communication Solutions at Broadridge. "Through our collaboration in the Japan market, we enable greater issuer and shareholder participation, market wide transparency, and set the standard for proxy communications and voting."
The ICJ Platform digitizes the processes of general shareholders meetings to streamline operations and contribute to the competitiveness of Japan's capital markets. It helps listed companies engage constructively with institutional investors by providing the opportunity for well-informed engagement before, during, and after shareholder meetings.
Increased Interest
Listed Japanese companies using the platform increased substantially following its March 2006 launch and accelerated after the implementation of the Corporate Governance Code in 2015 and the recommendation to use the Platform by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Study Group on Promoting Electronification of Processes for Shareholder Meetings in 2016.
More recently, a revision made to the Corporate Governance Code in 2021 that requests Prime Market-listed companies promote the use of electronic voting platforms further accelerated this trend. After almost 18 years, the Platform has become a key part of the infrastructure of Japan's capital markets.
ICJ is part of Broadridge's local market commitments to enhance corporate governance and increase shareholder democracy at a national level in markets around the world. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub, enabling higher standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive business transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world. Our technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than $9 trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 13,000 associates in 21 countries. For more information about us, please visit www.broadridge.com.
About ICJ
Investor Communications Japan, Inc. (ICJ) is exclusively providing electronic proxy voting platform services for Japanese issuers and global institutional investors. The participants on ICJ platform are: 1,738 Japanese issuers, 6 transfer agents, 3 master trusts banks, 6 subcustody banks, 17 global custody banks and about 4,500 institutional investors worldwide. ICJ delivered 36 % of all voting shares of ICJ participating issuers in June 2022 AGM peak season. For more information of ICJ and participating issuers, please visit www.icj-co.jp.
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Ashton Consulting: broadridgejapanpr@ashton.jp
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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adagio Medical, Inc., a leading innovator in catheter ablation technologies for atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT), announced the publication of the results of its Cryocure-2 ultra-low temperature cryoablation (ULTC) study in patients with AF in the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), Clinical Electrophysiology.1 The study prospectively enrolled 79 patients at OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium, St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands and University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, of which 45 patients had persistent AF (PsAF). The one-year freedom from AF after a single procedure was 82%, with 1.5% procedural complications rate when using ULTC technology. In PsAF patients, freedom from AF was 85%.
"We reported preliminary results of Cryocure-2 at the 2021 Heart Rhythm Society meeting in Boston," said Dr. Tom De Potter, MD, Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Section at OLV Hospital, and the first author of the manuscript. "Today's publication reaffirms the interest of the EP community in ULTC technology for the treatment of AF and other cardiac arrhythmias. The 85% freedom from AF in PsAF patients after a single percutaneous procedure is by far the best result reported in such patients, and needs conformation in the larger study, which is currently ongoing."
"Almost all patients with persistent AF in the Cryocure-2 study underwent ablations which combined pulmonary vein isolation with additional lesions, mostly on the posterior wall of the left atrium," added Lucas Boersma, MD, PhD at St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Netherlands and Professor at Amsterdam UMC. "There is a preponderance of clinical evidence that additional lesions improve effectiveness of the ablation in persistent AF patients, however, creating such lesions using traditional RF and cryoballoon ablation procedures is often too burdensome as a first-line treatment. The unique feature of Adagio's catheter design is how little incremental work those lesions require, adding only 7 minutes to the procedure time at the experienced Cryocure-2 sites. We are now incorporating this approach into routine clinical practice."
Adagio Medical iCLAS™ cryoablation system received CE-mark and is commercial in Europe. The Cryocure-PMCF (NCT # 05416086) open-label post-market clinical follow-up evaluation of iCLAS system is enrolling both paroxysmal and persistent AF patients at several European centers. The safety and effectiveness of the iCLAS system for the treatment of persistent AF is a subject of FDA IDE trial in the US (NCT # 04061603).
"The publication of Cryocure-2 data is seen as a significant step in the validation of Adagio's ULTC technology," said Olav Bergheim, President and CEO of Adagio Medical. "As additional ULTC outcome data becomes available,2 we have high expectations for the results of our ongoing FDA IDE trial. We also believe the iCLAS outcome data will further the recognition of the Adagio technology in both Europe and the US and will contribute to increased penetration of catheter ablation in the large and growing AF patient population, which is an underserved market today."
Adagio Medical, Inc. (www.adagiomedical.com) is a privately held company located in Laguna Hills, California developing innovative cryoablation technologies that create contiguous, transmural lesions to treat cardiac arrhythmias, including paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and ventricular tachycardia. Adagio Medical, Inc. is a Fjord Ventures portfolio company.
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1 De Potter T, Klaver M, Babkin A, Iliodromitis K, et al. Ultra-Low Temperature Cryoablation For Atrial Fibrillation: Primary Outcomes for Efficacy and Safety: The Cryocure-2 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol EP 2022; available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405500X22004972
2 Tohoku S, Schmidt B, Bordignon S, Chen S, et al. Initial clinical experience of pulmonary vein isolation using the ultra‐low temperature cryoablation catheter for patients with atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022;1–9.
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Big Bad Breakfast isn't all that big — it's not exactly cozy, but you can see pretty much the entire restaurant from any vantage point. And it certainly isn't that bad — we wouldn't say the food is excellent, but it's decent, and you get very large portions for what might otherwise be hefty prices.
And as a new chain place (well, it's actually a franchise, but that's semantics) in this market, it's packed out on weekends. And crowded on summer weekdays. With waits of 30-90 minutes for a table, even spilling outside into what at mid-morning was still some oppressive heat.
Though single diners and smaller parties can get nearly immediate seating at the bar. Which is how we encountered, over the course of a few visits, Big Bad Breakfast's brunch.
It's good to have goals in life. Our goal is, eventually, once things settle down a bit at Big Bad Breakfast, to actually be able to sit at a table like normal customers.
Ben Brainard, formerly of Yellow Rock Concepts, is the co-owner of the local franchise for Big Bad Breakfast, a Birmingham, Ala.-based chain offering a Southern-style breakfast-brunch menu created by James Beard Award-winning chef John Currence.
The space is a former Arvest Bank building that BBB shares, at least for the time being, with a David's Burgers outlet, which makes weekday-Saturday parking and traffic a bit of a challenge. (Word has it that David's Burgers is planning to move across the street to a new building on a shopping center parking lot.)
You'll see general manager Heinz Kurt, who has managed Yellow Rocket's ZaZa Fine Salad & Wood-Oven Pizza Co. and, all-too-briefly, his own South American-centered restaurant, Lulu's Latin Rotisserie & Grill, on the floor, managing the staff, who are clad in BBB T-shirts of various colors with cutesy Southern brunch-related messages emblazoned on the back — "Kiss my grits," "Grit happens," "Lard have mercy" and so on. You may even see one of the three Keets, who operate JTJ Restaurants and who are minority partners in the enterprise, running food.
Right now, they're only serving 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily, so their goal of offering an all-day breakfast/brunch menu "breakfast for lunch, or lunch for breakfast," as Brainard noted at one time — is still a goal for them.
Prices are comparatively high compared to, say, competitor chains with nearby outlets, including IHOP or Cracker Barrel, but the portions are enormous and the quality is top-notch.
We dipped into the menu for primarily breakfast items, including, among the "Big Bad Specialties," the enjoyable house French Toast ($12), which according to the menu is made with deep-fried, "brandy-spiked French bread," topped with strawberries and "whip cream" and the BBB House Syrup Blend, served with choice of meat (we got an impressive slice of ham).
We also enjoyed our Cheese Omelet ($12), a three-egg concoction wrapping grated Cheddar, Swiss and crumbled goat cheese. And while we normally eschew stuff in unlabeled bottles, we were assured that the green stuff inside this one was a zingy house-made salsa that supposedly goes particularly well with eggs. So we tried some and by gosh, it measurably enhanced the omelet. We easily and gratefully substituted other sides for the menu-promised tossed greens and fries: some rich cheese grits and a berry-watermelon fruit cup. (Other omelet options: Ham and Cheese, Creole, BLT and Veggie.)
We made quick work of our on-the-weekend Big Bad Breakfast Plate ($12), which consisted of two eggs (made, as we ordered them, over medium, and with a minimum of salt), choice of meat (a somewhat smaller slice of ham), bread (wheat toast) and a side item (a fruit cup with the same combination of berries and melon). But not quick enough — during a trip to the restroom, an overzealous bus person cleared away our plate that still had on it a bit of unconsumed ham, toast and some fruit. The management, in an apologetic frenzy, sent us home with four more slices of toast and another to-go fruit cup.
Our Chicken and Waffle ($13) was the most brunch-like item we tried; the menu floweringly explains, "Roscoe's started it, and we like to think we just improved it." We got a made-to-order Belgian waffle topped with three very crispy fried chicken tenders, all topped with a drizzle of "local honey." We could have used more honey, and it's available on request; we decided not to mix the honey with the BBB House Syrup Blend, which you can pour from table-top (or in our case, bar-top) vessels. The portion was so large we took some of it home.
We can recommend the house-squeezed orange juice (the squeezing machine at the bar looks really cool), though it's certainly not cheap — we paid $5.50 for a "large" glass that was, well, medium-sized at best.
Something for a future visit: The fluffy "cathead" biscuits, available with gravy or as the frame of sandwiches, looked really good on other people's plates.
Considering how busy it was on all of our visits, the kitchen turned out our food in a comparatively short time — we don't think we waited above 10 or 12 minutes — and the staff behind the bar, who had an awful lot of things to do, still managed to pleasantly make time to take our orders, supply our liquid needs, check on our meal progress and provide our checks. The front-desk hosts, though subject to considerable pressures, were generally gracious, with the exception of the one on our final visit who was a little surly.
Big Bad Breakfast
- Address: 101 S. Bowman Road, Little Rock
- Hours: 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily
- Cuisine: Brunch
- Alcoholic beverages: Wine, beer, brunch cocktails (mimosas, Bloody Marys, screwdrivers, “breakfast margaritas,” etc.)
- Wheelchair access: Yes
- Credit cards: V, MC, D, AE
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell delivered a tough message at the start of a news conference Wednesday: Inflation is way too high, and the Federal Reserve is laser-focused on taming it with higher borrowing costs.
Yet despite his resolute words, the Fed chair also said for the first time that the central bank’s actions are already having an effect on the economy in ways that could slow the worst inflation the nation has endured in four decades.
With the Fed’s benchmark interest rate now at a level that’s believed to neither stimulate nor restrain growth, Powell said the pace of rate hikes could slow in the coming months. And he pointed to signs that many businesses are having an easier time filling jobs, a trend that would limit pay increases and potentially slow inflation.
“There were some hints that we’re closer to the end than the beginning” of the Fed’s efforts to tighten credit, said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase and a former Fed staffer.
Powell’s suggestion that the Fed could moderate its future rate hikes after it announced a three-quarter-point hike Wednesday — its second in a row of that substantial size — helped touch off a celebratory rally in the stock market, with the S&P 500 jumping 2.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rocketing 4.1%, its biggest gain in more than two years.
Some economists didn’t share the market’s optimism. They noted that Powell kept the door open to another big rate increase when the Fed next meets in September. The Fed chair also indicated that even if the economy were to fall into a recession, the central bank would keep raising rates if it deemed that necessary to curb still-high inflation.
When asked at his news conference whether a recession would alter the Fed’s course of rate hikes, Powell said simply, “We’re going to be focused on getting inflation back down.”
Here are five takeaways from the Fed’s interest-rate setting policy meeting and Powell news conference:
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POWELL: U.S. NOT IN RECESSION
A slew of recent data has signaled the economy is weakening. Economists are increasingly forecasting a recession for later this year or in 2023. Powell, though, pointed Wednesday to the robust labor market as evidence the economy isn’t in recession, at least not yet.
Employers, he noted, added 2.7 million jobs in the first half of the year, the 3.6% U.S. unemployment rate is near a 50-year low and wage growth is strong.
“It doesn’t make sense that the economy could be in recession with this kind of thing happening,” the Fed chair said.
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JOBS OVER GDP
On Thursday, the government will estimate second-quarter gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation’s output of goods and services. Some economists think the GDP report will show that the economy contracted for a second straight quarter, which would meet an informal definition of recession.
But even if it does, the definition of recession that is most widely accepted is the one determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
Powell also noted that the government’s estimate of quarterly GDP is often significantly revised later and that the initial reports on economic growth should be taken with “a grain of salt.”
The Fed chair did sound a cautionary note, pointing out that there are signs that momentum in the job market is easing. Job openings have declined modestly, more people are seeking unemployment aid and hiring is lower than it was at the start of the year.
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SLOWER GROWTH, HIRING GOOD
But even those signs of a slightly weaker job market are not all bad news, at least from the Fed’s perspective.
The Fed wants to cool the economy through its rate hikes, which make home mortgages, auto loans and business borrowing more expensive. As consumers and businesses spend less, the resulting pullback in demand can bring inflation down closer to the Fed’s 2% annual target.
“We think it’s necessary to have growth slow down, and growth is going to be slowing this year,” Powell said.
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HOW HIGH WILL RATES GO?
Since early this year, the Fed has steadily ratcheted up its forecasts for how fast and how high it would have to raise rates to conquer inflation. On Wednesday, though, Powell said that estimates that Fed policymakers made a month ago for where rates would go next was still the best guide.
In June officials projected that the Fed’s key rate would reach between 3.25% and 3.5% at the end of this year, which Powell said was a “moderately restrictive” level. And at least two additional rate hikes were forecast for next year.
For the Fed to meet that year-end target would involve a half-point increase in September, and two quarter-point hikes in November and December. Such increases would represent a much more modest pace than the 2.25 percentage points of hikes the Fed has now carried out in just the past four meetings, the fastest pace since the early 1980s.
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THE FED ISN’T ALONE
Other major central banks around the world have also been imposing big rate increases to combat inflation, which has spiked in nearly all advanced economies.
The European Union raised its short-term rate by a half-point last week. Canada’s central bank announced a full percentage point increase earlier this month. Last month, the Swiss National Bank implemented a half-point hike, its first increase in 15 years.
Although higher rates around the world could help throttle inflation, they also carry the threat of causing a global economic slowdown.
This week, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for world economic growth to 3.2% this year. That was down from a 3.6% estimate in April and much slower than last year’s 6.1% pace.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries this week. Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, went to Kenya and Somalia last week. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will go to Ghana and Uganda next week.
“It's like a new Cold War is playing out in Africa, where the rival sides are trying to gain influence,” said William Gumede, director of Democracy Works, a foundation promoting good governance.
Lavrov, in his travels across the drought- and hunger-stricken continent, has sought to portray the West as the villain, blaming it for rising food prices, while the Western leaders have accused the Kremlin of cynically using food as a weapon and waging an imperial-style war of conquest — words calculated to appeal to listeners in post-colonial Africa.
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has been working to win support in Africa for several years, reinvigorating friendships that date back a half-century, when the Soviet Union backed many African movements fighting to end colonial rule.
"Now that campaign has gone into high gear,” Gumede said.
Moscow's influence in Africa was on display in March during the U.N. vote to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While 28 African nations voted in favor of the resolution, a significant minority of countries on the continent — 25 — either voted to abstain or did not vote at all.
Russia's top diplomat this week visited Egypt, Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia, pledging friendship and charging the U.S. and European countries with driving up food prices by pursuing “reckless” environmental policies. He also accused them of hoarding food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The situation in Ukraine did additionally negatively affect food markets, but not due to the Russian special operation, rather due to the absolutely inadequate reaction of the West, which announced sanctions,” Lavrov said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital.
Lavrov was warmly received in Uganda by President Yoweri Museveni, who for years has been a U.S. ally but has refused to criticize Russia over the invasion. Museveni even suggested at the outbreak of the war that Putin’s actions might be understandable because Ukraine is in Russia's sphere of influence.
Lavrov voiced support for reform of the U.N. Security Council to give African countries permanent seats and greater influence.
Appearing with Lavrov, the Ugandan leader spoke fondly of old ties with Russia, asking how he could spurn Moscow when he has good relations with countries that participated in slavery.
Museveni, an opinion leader on the continent who has held power for three decades, is an obvious choice for Russia as someone to strengthen ties with, said Ugandan political analyst Asuman Bisiika.
“Uganda is the center of gravity in East Africa,” Bisiika said.
Museveni, 77, has been strictly wearing a mask in public since the COVID-19 outbreak. But he did not have one on when greeting Lavrov in front of photographers, apparently wanting to show warmth to the Russian. Museveni had a mask back on in his next public appearance a day later.
Russia is also courting African public opinion through its state television network, RT, formerly known as Russia Today. RT has announced that it will open a new bureau in Johannesburg.
RT was abruptly removed from Africa's biggest pay-TV platform in Africa, Johannesburg-based Multichoice, in March after the European Union and Britain imposed sanctions against Russia. It is not clear whether establishing the new bureau will enable RT to resume broadcasts to Africa through Multichoice, which claims nearly 22 million subscribers on the continent.
“For Russia, it is the battle to be heard in Africa. It is not important for the actual war effort but for their long-term political influence," Anton Harber, professor of journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. “They see it as fertile ground to cultivate their influence, and, of course, votes in the U.N. are important."
On his tour of Africa, France's Macron accused the Kremlin of using TV channels like RT to spread propaganda in support of the war. And he charged the Kremlin with blackmailing the world by thwarting the export of grain from Ukraine.
"They are blackmailing because they are the ones who blocked cereals in Ukraine. They are the ones who regulate their cereals,” he said in Benin. His itinerary also included Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau.
Macron appealed to Africans to side against Russia.
“I’m telling you here in Africa, a continent that has suffered from colonial imperialism: Russia is one of the last colonial, imperial powers. She decides to invade a neighboring country to defend her interests,” he said. “That’s the reality.”
Power, the top U.S. AID official, was in East Africa to pledge aid to help the region's fight against hunger amid a devastating multi-year drought. She did not hold back in criticizing Russia.
“By blockading Ukraine’s grain exports and restricting the trade of Russia’s own fertilizer, Putin’s actions have had the consequence of inflicting pain on the people of Kenya and on other countries throughout the world," Power said in Nairobi. “He is hurting the people of Kenya in order to benefit his own situation.”
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its campaign against surging inflation by raising its key interest rate three-quarters of a point.
Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index slipped 0.1% to 20,642.80 after the territory’s Monetary Authority matched the Fed’s 0.75 percentage point rate hike with one of its own. The HKMA aligns its policies with U.S. monetary moves to keep the Hong Kong dollar at a stable rate against the U.S. dollar.
Elsewhere in Asia shares advanced, tracking gains on Wall Street after the Fed did exactly as expected and its chair, Jerome Powell, suggested the Fed’s rate hikes have already had some success in slowing the economy and possibly easing inflationary pressures.
Investors are awaiting an update on U.S. economic growth and a call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“While a concrete decision on tariff relief is not expected from the meeting, any indications of willingness in working toward that is an added positive for markets,” Jun Rong Yeap of IG said in a commentary.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 picked up 0.4% to 27,815.48, while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.3% to 3,284.32. In Seoul, the Kospi advanced 0.8% to 2,435.27.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1% to 6,889.70 after the government reported that retail sales rose in June for the sixth consecutive month. Also, Treasurer Jim Chalmers told Parliament that the government forecasts that inflation will remain unacceptably high for some time to come and the economy will slow but not fall into recession.
Markets in Thailand were closed for a holiday.
On Wall Street investors welcomed the Fed’s widely expected move — which took its key interest rate to its highest level since 2018 — with a broad rally on Wednesday.
Powell’s comments were taken by some as a signal the Fed may not have to raise rates so aggressively in coming months, triggering a rally in the final hour of regular trading.
The S&P 500 climbed 2.6% to 4,023.61 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq surged 4.1%, its biggest gain in over two years, to 12,032.42. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4% to 32,197.59. Smaller company stocks also gained, lifting the Russell 2000 2.4% higher, to 1,848.34. The indexes are now all on pace for a weekly gain, extending Wall Street’s strong July rally. The S&P 500 is up 6.3% so far this month.
Bond yields turned broadly lower following the Fed’s announcement. The two-year Treasury yield, which tends to move with expectations for the Fed, fell to 2.98% from 3.06% late Tuesday. The 10-year yield, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 2.78% from 2.79%.
Rate increases like Wednesday’s, the fourth so far this year, make borrowing more expensive and slow the economy. The hope is that the Fed and other central banks can deftly find the middle ground where the economy slows enough to whip inflation but not enough to cause a recession.
In a note Wednesday, analysts at Citi said that while Powell mentioned that a slowdown in hikes would be appropriate at some point, exactly when that might be remains unclear, adding that they “would not view this as a particularly dovish comment.”
“We continue to expect core inflation to push the Fed to hike more aggressively than they or markets anticipate,” the analysts wrote, noting they expect the Fed will announce another three-quarter point increase at its September policy meeting, with further rate hikes continuing into early 2023.
Meanwhile, some parts of the economy are already slowing, particularly the housing industry. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in June for the fifth month in a row as mortgage rates have climbed sharply this year.
An update on the economy will come later Thursday with second quarter U.S. GDP data.
Shares in Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet rose 6.7% and 7.7%, respectively, after their latest quarterly reports.
In other trading Thursday, U.S. benchmark crude oil added $1.25 to $98.51 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained $2.28 to $97.26 on Wednesday.
Brent crude, the international standard for pricing, gained $1.30 cents to $102.97 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar cost 135.39 Japanese yen, down from 136.55 yen. The euro rose to $1.0225 from $1.0197.
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CT Current Conditions as of 03:00 AM EDT Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Bridgeport;Partly cloudy;68;SSW;2;92%
Chester;Mostly cloudy;72;SSW;6;100%
Danbury;Mostly cloudy;69;Calm;0;80%
Groton;Partly cloudy;71;WSW;1;89%
Hartford;Mostly cloudy;70;SE;1;88%
Meriden;Mostly cloudy;70;ENE;1;93%
New Haven;Partly cloudy;72;SSW;2;89%
Oxford;Partly cloudy;68;Calm;0;93%
Willimantic;Mostly clear;64;Calm;0;93%
Windsor Locks;Partly cloudy;68;SSW;1;87%
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A social media influencer is earning lakhs just by letting people wake him up from his sleep. Yes, that’s true. The 28-year-old influencer, Jakey Boehm from Australia makes around Rs 26 lakh i.e. £28,000 a month, just by letting people wake him up from his sleep in whichever way they wish. If you are wondering if there is some twist in it, then you must know that it is as simple as this—he sleeps, he asks people to wake him up and they pay him for doing it. You can take all the time to process this, but technically a 28-year-old man is earning his living through his alarms.
Here is the video:
After the social media influencer was hit with this bizarre idea, Jakey equipped his bedroom with sleep-disturbing equipment like lasers, speakers, a bubble machine, and other plenty of things that can disturb anyone’s sleep. Audience can control sleep-disturbing equipment in his room through the interactive live stream. If you are wondering what’s the process? It is quite simple. The influencer encourages his followers to wake him in return for some money, and these followers can choose any song for the alarm. Moreover, if they wish then they can also club their choice of song with an annoying light show and other things.
You might find it hard to believe, but often some of his followers pay him a good amount to wake him each day. As per a TikTok video, Jakey, who has over 5.2 lakh followers on the platform, was woken up abruptly from sleep with bubbles at 12:30 AM. According to a Mirror report, this video was viewed more than 7 million times. In another video, Jakey woke up with the speakers in his room playing loud dubstep tunes at 2 AM.
Mirror quoted Jakey as saying, “It started as one single gift and one sound. We now have lights, bubble machines, inflatables, laser lights, and over 20 sound effects. Every night is the same, a sound or light is activated every 10-15 seconds, it’s constant all night.” Jakey added that every night, his love sleep sessions run for seven hours, and he further wishes to add more features to make his followers able to wake him up in various unique manners. Despite all this, the only issue with his bizarre idea is that it can turn into a health problem, due to lack of sleep.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Med-City Moonshots are hitting the diamond this weekend as they take on the Rochester Honkers.
The Moonshots smoked the Hometown Heroes a few weekends ago, 16-4.
The Moonshots can play.
They will play at Mayo Field this Saturday against the Honkers.
The Moonshots did a lot of infield work and worked on their hitting tonight to get ready for the game this weekend.
Third baseman Stuart Batterson says the Moonshots will be ready.
"It's going to be a tough matchup, but I think we can do it. They like to hit it out in the outfield a lot and we've just got to be prepared for the challenge. We like the competition," says Stuart.
First pitch on Saturday is at 5:30.
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Chennai’s Museum of Possibilities | Ensuring BLISSful life for persons with disabilities
An initiative by the Department for the Welfare of the Differently Abled, Chennai’s Museum of Possibilities is a demonstration centre for assistive devices and technology for persons with disabilities.
There’s a lot to engage with and learn at the Museum of Possibilities at Kamarajar Salai by the Marina beach. Ahead of an event the space is playing host to, the interest of the visitors there is piqued by the various facets of a model accessible home — ranging from its adaptive cutlery, furniture, and even board games kept on display.
An initiative by the Department for the Welfare of the Differently Abled, the space is a demonstration centre for assistive devices and technology for persons with disabilities. The museum has been conceptualised to act as a bridge between the community of users and the innovators of such technology and devices.
“It is also a community hub for everyone interested in creating awareness about disability, Accessibility, Assistive Technology, and an Inclusive world,” says Hethal, the acting manager of the museum.
In a month after its inauguration in June, the museum has had over 400 visitors. “The response has been very good. The visitors include special educators, physiotherapists, persons with disabilities, their families and several others,” says Poonam Natarajan, Founder Vidyasagar.
The Team for Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodation (TARA), one of the pillars of Project Begin to Live Independently with Support Systems (BLISS) from Vidya Sagar, has worked on conceptualising the museum with the Tamil Nadu government.
Ms. Poonam recalls how among their first few visitors, was a man with muscular dystrophy, who came all the way from Tiruttani. “We spoke to him about his needs, and he was able to find assistive devices for his needs. We also put him in touch with the officials in his district for necessary rehabilitation measures. A few weeks ago, persons with multiple sclerosis come in to see the assistive technology and devices displayed here,” she explained.
A tactile map is placed near the entrance, and there is prominent signage as well as an indoor navigation app for visitors to use. The museum has mobile phones available, which visitors can use or download the mobile app. Every item on display has a QR code placed next to it, which visitors can scan and access details through various accessible formats ranging from text, image, audio description and sign language.
The Museum has adopted a domain specific model over a disability specific model, and has three domains — Live, Work, and Play.
One of the highlights of the museum under the ‘Live’ domain is the model accessible home. A living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom showcases universal design elements, assistive devices and technology. From tactile scrabble, to board games, and even adapted puzzles, there’s a lot to explore and experience in the Play domain which also includes hobbies and sports. Accessible and Assistive devices which can be used in workplaces are on display under the Work Domain. These include a Braille Slate with a stylus, a talking calculator, adapted colour keyboard, and a communication chart used as a part of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Apart from museum assistants, the MoP also has a physiotherapist and speech therapists who will support visitors both offline and online and guide them through what devices will be the best suited for them.
Vocational training centre and Museum Cafe
On top of the museum with a lovely view of a strip of the Marina Beach is a Cafe run by the Foundation for Vocational Training.
With the aim of training adults with disabilities and managing a quick service restaurant, the well-lit space has been designed as an inclusive and accessible one. A range of pictures and text chronicling the disability movement in India adorn one of its walls.
It is this space that welcomes a young innovator, 9 year old Aaryan Singh to speak about his invention — an obstacle detector he was inspired to build after his grandmother met with an accident owing to her poor eyesight.
“We are planning to have at least four such events every month on disability, assistive technology and accessibility,” Ms. Poonam says.
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"The synod is an ongoing process," rightly pointed out Sister Léocadie-Aurélie Billy, superior general of the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Paul, in the Diocese of Kara in Togo.
She made the comment at the end of June on the sidelines of the publication of the national synthesis of the synodal consultations in this West African country.
In its own national synthesis of the synod, the Church in Cote d'Ivoire poses a series of questions, including those regarding exclusion -- ethnocentrism, tribalism and racism.
We can only rejoice at the excellent initiative taken by Pope Francis to mobilize all the energies of the Church to reflect and build the future together.
But it seems relevant to ask questions related to the approach adopted in certain areas to encourage listening to everyone.
In most African countries, the majority of people in rural areas have not been taught to read and write. They are often still at the first stage of evangelization – that of announcing the Good News.
In this context, adapting the synodal form to local realities is not enough. This must also go hand in hand with a pedagogy of freedom of speech.
This requires moving from top-down (or vertical) communication -- which is often the case in catechetical training -- to free, back-and-forth (or horizontal) discussions inherent to the culture of debate desired in the framework of synodal consultations.
On the other hand, some lay people who participated in the synodal consultations are skeptical about whether the syntheses truly reflect the concerns of Catholics on the African continent.
In any case, the synthetic approach that's been adopted means choices must be made when preparing the final documents. Therefore, certain issues are necessarily left out in order to give priority to others.
But this should not call into question the great step Catholic communities have taken in terms of living (and walking) together with this "ongoing process" that was begun just several months ago.
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The Los Angeles Angels will finish up their three-game series against the host Kansas City Royals on Wednesday afternoon, and who will start in center field for the visitors is anybody’s guess.
One thing is certain — it won’t be Mike Trout.
Magneuris Sierra became the seventh different player to start in center field for the Angels this season on Tuesday as Los Angeles beat Kansas City 5-0. He went 2-for-4 with a run.
Sierra joins Trout (73 starts), Brandon Marsh (11), Juan Lagares (five), Taylor Ward (four), Aaron Whitefield (two) and Tyler Wade (one) to make a start in center for the Angels this season, not what the team planned considering Trout has been a perennial MVP candidate for a decade.
Trout, after missing most of last season with a calf injury, continues to have difficulty staying healthy. He hasn’t played since July 12 with what initially was announced as upper back spasms. Now, his injury is being called left rib cage inflammation.
The early diagnosis anticipated him missing only a few days, but now there is no timetable for his return.
“Backs are cranky, they’re touchy,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. “You don’t want to rush him back. If he hurts that thing again, it won’t be good. I think we’re taking the right precautions and doing the right things to get him back on the field.”
Trout is not doing any baseball-related activities — “Not yet,” Nevin said.
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The Commonwealth Games stars YOU need to know: FEMAIL reveals the UK's medal hopes - from hunky Strictly swimmer Adam Peaty to a model competing in the wheelchair basketball
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The athletes compete under the separate nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for the Games, giving them a rare chance to fly their national flags in the sporting arena.
There are medal hopes in cycling, swimming and athletics, as well as wheelchair basketball, which is among the sports making its Commonwealth Games debut.
Scottish 1500m runners Laura Muir and Jake Wightman both won medals at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last week and will be hoping to recreate - or better - their successes on British soil.
Meanwhile English swimmer Adam Peaty, now famous as a contestant on last year's Strictly Come Dancing, has overcome injury in time for the Games and will be hoping to replicate the success he enjoyed in the pool at Tokyo 2020.
Northern Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan will be defending his nation's only gold medal in the pommel horse, while superstar Wales cyclist Geraint Thomas will be competing in the road race fresh from a third place finish in The Tour de France.
Among the notable absentees is Team England sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, who today announced she has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games.
Here, FEMAIL reveals some of the athletes to look out for as the Games get underway...
ADAM PEATY
England, Swimming
Back in the pool: Team GB Olympian Adam Peaty broke his foot in May and his Commonwealth Games dreams looked in tatters. But he has recovered and is ready to compete in Birmingham
No.1 fan! Adam Peaty will be cheered on by glamorous girlfriend Eirianedd Munro. Pictured, the couple at Wimbledon (left) and at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2021
Dancing feet! Peaty is now known to viewers thanks to last year's Strictly Come Dancing. He will be hoping to have more luck in the pool in Birmingham
Daddy duty! Peaty now juggles his training schedule with raising his 20-month-old son, George, pictured. He said he has no plans to retire from the sport
The Team England swimmer's hopes of competing at his home Commonwealth Games looked in tatters in May when he broke his foot in the gym.
But while the injury kept three-time Olympic gold medallist Peaty out of the pool for six weeks, he found another way to train on water — in a boat.
The idea came from Peaty's coach Mel Marshall, who arranged for him to work out with British Canoeing and learn to paddle a kayak.
It kept the triple Olympic champion in shape while he was wearing his protective boot but, more importantly, it helped alleviate boredom as he recovered from the first significant injury of his glittering career.
Peaty, who lives just 50 minutes away from host city Birmingham, could come away with four gold medals — in the 50metres and 100m breaststroke, as well as the 4x100m men's and mixed medley relays.
Unlike when he last broke the world record in 2019, Peaty now has to juggle his pool pursuits with parenthood.
The Strictly Come Dancing star shares a toddler son, George, with artist partner Eirianedd Munro.
AMY CONROY
England, Wheelchair Basketball
Strike a pose: Wheelchair basketball player Amy Conroy (left) is forging a career as a model with adverts for brands like Adidas and ASOS (right) under her belt
Pioneer: One of the stars of the 3x3 wheelchair basketball format is three-time Paralympian Amy Conroy, 29, from Norwich, who lost her left leg through cancer as a teenager
Medal winner: Conroy, who studied social psychology at Loughborough University, was part of the team that made it to the semi-finals at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and took silver at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg. Pictured, the semi final at Hamburg
Wheelchair Basketball will make its Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham.
One of the stars of the 3x3 format is three-time Paralympian Amy Conroy, 29, from Norwich, who lost her left leg through cancer as a teenager.
The sporty schoolgirl had already seen four members die from the disease, including her mother, Ann, by the time she was diagnosed at 13.
'I got a pain in my knee which ended up being cancer, fought through that, but I didn't respond to the chemotherapy as well as I would've liked and had a leg amputated,' she previously explained.
'It was my dad who had suggested I try wheelchair basketball. I was quite reluctant at first — the misconceptions I had were it's going to be lame, I've been spending all this time learning to walk so I don't want to associate with being back in a wheelchair.
'But then I just fell in love with it quite quickly. I realised this is what I want to do and I want to get good at this.'
Conroy, who studied social psychology at Loughborough University, was part of the team that made it to the semi-finals at the Rio 2016 Paralympics and took silver at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg.
The athlete, who has modelled for ASOS and Adidas, also champions making sport more accessible for all.
MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH
England, Athletics
Bright light: Sprinter Matthew Hudson-Smith, pictured, won a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships - and admitted it marked the light at the end of a dark tunnel
Eyes on the prize: Matthew Hudson-Smith celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the 400m final. He will be hoping to bring home another gold medal at the Commonwealth Games
Wolverhampton-born sprinter Matthew Hudson-Smith, 27, won a gold medal in the 400m final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last week - and admitted it marked the light at the end of a dark tunnel.
'I had huge mental health issues in 2021,' he said. 'Not a lot of people know this, but I literally attempted suicide.'
Hudson-Smith did not want to reveal how or when, saying it was 'in the past now', but he did expand on the reasons his life took such a dangerous turn. He had racked up huge medical debts in the US due to a nightmare run of injuries and struggled with isolation during the pandemic while far from home.
'In 2018 I won the Europeans, even though everything didn't go to plan,' he said. 'In 2019 I tore my Achilles [tendon], tore my hamstring, messed up my hip. I had huge debts because I didn't have American health insurance.
'During Covid in 2020 I was stuck in America by myself. And in 2021 I had huge mental health issues.'
He also explained how the deaths of former coach Lloyd Cowan and UK Athletics (UKA) head coach Neil Black had hit him hard, along with the departure of Stephen Maguire from UKA.
Now Hudson-Smith is looking to the future and will be hoping to bring home a medal at the Commonwealth Games.
KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON
England, Athletics
Athletics golden girl: British athletics poster girl Katarina Johnson-Thompson, pictured left and right, will be out to defend her heptathlon title in Birmingham
Talented: Fitness permitting, the athlete will be favourite to retain her title as she attempts to gear up for Paris 2024. She failed to place at the World Athletics Championships, pictured
British athletics poster girl Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be out to defend her heptathlon title in Birmingham.
The 29-year-old, who burst into public consciousness at London 2012, has suffered frustrating setbacks in recent years.
Celebrity pals: Katarina with actress and fellow Liverpudlian Jodie Comer in 2019
The pandemic delay of the 2020 Olympics robbed her of a Games in peak form and fitness. She recovered from an Achilles' rupture in time for Tokyo only to be forced out of the competition with a calf injury.
Though she finished in eighth at the recent World Athletic Championships in Oregon, losing her title to Nafissatou Thiam, the Liverpudlian is optimistic about her chances of recapturing her crown in Birmingham.
Fitness permitting, the talented athlete will be favourite to retain her title as she attempts to gear up for Paris 2024, and what realistically will be her final shot at an elusive Olympic medal.
'With the world championships and the Commonwealths it is quite daunting but exciting at the same time,' she said. 'On paper it is a lot to do two heptathlons a few weeks apart. It is a lot on the body and a pretty big challenge to be honest.
'But I have chosen to challenge myself this way — I am the defending champion and I am at that point in my career where I just want to attack every championships as if it is my last.
'I want to have a good time when I compete because there have been too many upsets. I want to make sure there is joy in what I am doing and I want to make the people around me happy, too.'
RHYS McCLENAGHAN
Northern Ireland, Gymnastics
Defending champion: Rhys McClenaghan, 23, pictured, shot to prominence when he beat Olympic champion Max Whitlock to win gold in the pommel horse at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018
Anxious wait: Whitlock is absent this time, and McClenaghan also looked set to miss out having been banned because he had represented Ireland, but that has now been overturned. Pictured, the gymnast at training (left) and with his partner in an Instagram snap (right)
Rhys McClenaghan, 23, shot to prominence when he beat Olympic champion Max Whitlock to win gold in the pommel horse at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018. It was Northern Ireland's sole gold at the Games.
The following year he won a world bronze medal in Stuttgart on the same apparatus.
Whitlock is absent this time, and McClenaghan also looked set to miss out having been banned because he had represented Ireland, but that has now been overturned.
He said on hearing the news last month: 'The whole thing was so hard to wrap my head around, that I wasn't going to be able to defend my title at the Commonwealth Games.
'To be told I wasn't going to be able to do something I'd dreamed of since the age of eight was such a strange feeling, and I just had to go training every day and keep telling myself that things would change.
'I was so relieved to hear the news today. I am so much better than I was four years ago both as an athlete and in the execution of my routine, and I am looking forward to achieving an even better result in Birmingham.'
LAURA MUIR
Scotland, Athletics
Overcoming obstacles: Laura Muir, pictured at the Scottish Athlete of the Year Awards 2018, had a setback with injury but worked through the frustration
Onwards! Fresh from the World Championships in Oregon, pictured, Scotland's Laura Muir will be hoping to better her bronze medal result when she takes to the track in Birmingham
Fresh from the World Championships in Oregon, Scotland's Laura Muir will be hoping to better her bronze medal result when she takes to the track in Birmingham.
It marked a dramatic turnaround for the Olympic silver medallist, 29, from Inverness.
The athlete was on crutches in February after a stress reaction to her femur in her right leg and admitted it was touch and go she would even make it to the World Championships.
'It was the most significant injury I've ever had in my running career. For two months I couldn't run,' she said, after adding to her Olympic silver medal from last year.
'That was very, very frustrating, especially as I was going so well in January.
'With the champs being almost a month earlier than normal as well it meant I had about three months less time to prepare than normal. So not ideal. I just knew I had to have a lot of confidence in myself and my team that we would be able to get back that. We did it and we got that medal.'
She is now aiming to complete her medal collection.
She said: 'One more, I've got the Commonwealths to get. I started in my running career wanted to run all six champs, I've done that, then make the final of all six, I've done that. Now I want to win a medal at all six. It's five down one to go.'
GERAINT THOMAS
Wales, Cycling
Veteran: Geraint Thomas and wife Sara during the red carpet arrivals for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018. The cycling pro is returning to the Commonwealth Games this year
Back in action: Thomas, pictured with wife Sara, missed the last Commonwealth Games to focus on his team cycling but will be hoping to make the podium in Birmingham
Ready to race: The decorated cyclist, who shares a son Macsen (pictured) with his wife Sara, came third in the Tour de France last week
Welshman Geraint Thomas, 36, delighted cycling fans when he announced he would compete in the Commonwealth Games this year.
Thomas, who finished third in The Tour de France last week, last wore the Welsh jersey during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, securing the bronze medal in the individual time trial and gold in the road race.
The decorated cyclist, who shares a son Macsen with his wife Sara, won the Tour de France in 2018, having achieved Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012 for the team pursuit. He also won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2018.
Thomas missed the last Commonwealth Games to focus on his team cycling.
Now he will have his sights firmly set on impressing on the Birmingham city centre circuit.
Reflecting on his most recent Tour de France victory, Thomas said: 'Back in November [my wife] Sa said to me that I’d finish on the podium at the Tour this year.
'At the time, I found it pretty hard to believe her. But hey, she’s usually right.
'This one’s for her and Macs, for always believing, and for everyone’s overwhelming support over the last month. There’s life in these legs yet. Vive Le Tour.'
BETHANY FIRTH
Northern Ireland, Para-Swimming
Newlyweds: Northern Ireland swimmer Bethany Firth, 26, married husband Andrew Fuller (pictured together) in May but delayed her honeymoon as she focuses on preparing for the Commonwealth Games. Right, Bethany Firth at her hen do
Accolades: Firth, who won five golds at the World Para-swimming Championships in Madeira, competes in a number of events but her main event is the S14 200m freestyle. Pictured, after being awarded her MBE by the Duke of Cambridge in April 2017
Team spirit: Paralympic athletes Bethany Firth, Jordan Birtles, Maisie Summers-Newton, Hannah Cockroft, Nathan Maguire and Charlotte Henshaw at the No Time To Die premiere
Medal hope: Firth won three golds at 2016 Rio de Janeiro in the S14 100m backstroke, S14 200m freestyle and the SM14 200m medley. Pictured, following her S14 100m backstroke win
Northern Ireland swimmer Bethany Firth, 26, married husband Andrew Fuller in May but delayed her honeymoon as she focuses on preparing for the Commonwealth Games.
Firth, who won five golds at the World Para-swimming Championships in Madeira, competes in a number of events but her main event is the S14 200m freestyle.
S14 swimmers have an intellectual impairment, which typically leads to the athletes having difficulties with regards to pattern recognition, sequencing, and memory, or having a slower reaction time, which impact on sport performance in general.
Birmingham will be the first time S14 200m freestyle has featured in a Commonwealth Games.
Firth had been swimming for just three years when she competed for Ireland in her first Paralympics at London 2012. She won gold in the S14 100m backstroke.
The swimmer later announced she would switch national team and compete for Team GB instead.
She won three golds at 2016 Rio de Janeiro in the S14 100m backstroke, S14 200m freestyle and the SM14 200m medley.
While she will be hoping for more gold medals, Firth said nothing will top getting married.
She told BBC News: 'I don't think even winning gold could top off getting married. It was honestly amazing and it is nice to know you have that person - no matter if I'm winning gold or not - it is nice to know that you have still got that person.
'I would do it [get married] all over again if I could - every day I would get married. I don't get to honeymoon until after the Commonwealths. I will definitely, definitely be ready for a trip away but you have to wait for the good things.'
JAKE WHIGHTMAN
Scotland, Athletics
Overnight sensation: Jake Wightman, 28, pictured, won the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon last week, becoming the first Brit to take home the title in almost 40 years
Victory! A euphoric Jake Wightman crosses the line to claim gold in the 1500m final in Oregon
Family business: It became a family affair as his father and coach Geoff (left) was the stadium announcer commentating on his shock victory while his mum Susan (right) watched from the crowd
Party time! Jake, left, with brother Sam and sister Martha (far right) at their parents' belated 60th birthday celebrations last year
Long-distance runner Jake Wightman, 28, became an overnight sensation last week when he won gold in the 1500m at the World Championships in Oregon.
The son of an Olympian and a Commonwealth Games marathoner, running is a family affair for the Wightman clan and Jake's father Geoff was even commentating his son's gold medal race.
Jake, who runs 800m as well as 1500m, won bronze in the 1500m at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games in 2018. The following year he came fifth at the World Championships in Doha.
He suffered disappointment when he came 10th at Tokyo 2020.
Now Wightman, who grew up in Nottingham but lived in Edinburgh from the age of 10, will be hoping to recreate his World Championships success in Birmingham.
He said after his World Championships win: 'I'm 28 now, I don't know how many more opportunities I will get to do this and I hope there is a lot more to come. I need to make the most of it. It's important to hit the milestone like this, seven, eight-year-old me would never have believed.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11053331/The-Commonwealth-Games-stars-need-know.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-28T07:40:24Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11053331/The-Commonwealth-Games-stars-need-know.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)The Texas Rangers have signed fourth-round pick Brock Porter, giving a $3.7 million bonus to the high school pitcher who was their second selection in last week’s draft.
Porter’s signing Wednesday came a day after third overall pick Kumar Rocker got a $5.2 million bonus in his deal.
The bonus for Rocker was well below the slot value of $7,591,600 for the the third overall pick. That difference helped in the signing of the 6-foot-4 Porter, whose bonus was more than 6 1/2 times higher than the $560,200 slot value for the 109th pick.
Porter was the Gatorade National High School player of the year. He went 9-0 with three no-hitters, a 0.41 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 58 innings as a senior this spring at St. Mary’s Prep in Orchard Lake, Michigan. The right-hander ranked 11th overall on MLB.com’s pre-draft rankings.
”Brock Porter was arguably the top high school pitcher in the nation this spring,” Rangers general manager Chris Young said. ”He has great makeup and outstanding stuff, and it’s exciting to project his future growth and development.”
With the deals for their first two picks, the Rangers had signed eight of the 18 players they selected in last week’s amateur draft. Texas didn’t have picks in the second and third rounds after losing them as compensation for the offseason signings of free agents Corey Seager ($325 million, 10 years) and Marcus Semien ($175 million, seven years).
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Supermicro to Expand its Total IT Solutions Using Intel Data Center GPU codenamed Arctic Sound-M (ATS-M), to Deliver Outstanding Performance for the Modern Enterprise -– Over 540 1080p @60Hz Transcoded Streams Per System*
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology, is announcing future Total IT Solutions for availability with Android Cloud Gaming and Media Processing & Delivery. These new solutions will incorporate the Intel Data Center GPU, codenamed Arctic Sound-M, and will be supported on several Supermicro servers.
Supermicro solutions that will contain the Intel Data Center GPUs codenamed Arctic Sound-M, include the 4U 10x GPU server for transcoding and media delivery, the Supermicro BigTwin® system with up to eight Intel Data Center GPUs, codenamed Arctic Sound-M in 2U for media processing applications, the Supermicro CloudDC server for edge AI inferencing, and the Supermicro 2U 2-Node server with three Intel Data Center GPUs, codenamed Arctic Sound-M per node, optimized for cloud gaming. Additional systems will be made available later this year.
"Supermicro will extend our media processing solutions by incorporating the Intel Data Center GPU," said Charles Liang, President, and CEO, Supermicro. "The new solutions will increase video stream rates and enable lower latency Android cloud gaming. As a result, Android cloud gaming performance and interactivity will increase dramatically with the Supermicro BigTwin systems, while media delivery and transcoding will show dramatic improvements with the new Intel Data Center GPUs. The solutions will expand our market-leading accelerated computing offerings, including everything from Media Processing & Delivery to Collaboration, and HPC."
Systems Tuned to Workloads
Transcoding is a critical technology for today's media-centric world. The Supermicro 4U 10x GPU server is ideal for various industries, where multiple formats must be delivered to a wide range of video devices.
Cloud-based gaming requires significant computing power and the ability to deliver interactive frame rates to gaming enthusiasts. With the Supermicro 2U 2-Node server featuring the Intel Data Center GPU, codenamed Arctic Sound-M, android cloud-based gaming takes on a new level of performance.
Media Processing for Content Delivery Networks (CDN) requires fast and efficient delivery of all media types. The Supermicro BigTwin system with the Intel Data Center GPU will deliver multiple video content streams to consumers.
"The Intel Data Center GPU is a highly-flexible solution to accelerate workloads that have become an integral part of daily life. The combination of advanced media capabilities, graphics rendering pipeline, and an open software stack deliver the high-density, low-latency, and exquisite visual quality required for next-generation video conferencing, media delivery, and cloud gaming deployments. Supermicro's new product offerings with the Intel Data Center GPU pave the way for rapid deployments in the market," said Jeff McVeigh, vice president and general manager of the Super Compute Group at Intel.
The Supermicro Building Block Solutions® approach allows Supermicro to bring a range of products to market faster so that new technologies can be quickly incorporated into its server lines. For example, Android Cloud gaming with the new Intel Data Center GPU codenamed Arctic Sound-M will support more interactive users than previously possible. The streaming performance will see a dramatic increase with the industry's first hardware AV1 encoder and open-source media software stack, compared with software-only video transcoding.
The Intel Data Center GPU codenamed Arctic Sound-M is designed to be an open, and flexible solution for cloud gaming and media processing & delivery. This GPU will be supported by a full solution stack offering developers an open-source software stack for streaming media and Android cloud gaming, with broad support for the latest codecs, graphics APIs, and frameworks. With Intel® oneAPI for unified programming across architectures, the Intel Data Center GPU codenamed Arctic Sound-M will provide an open alternative to proprietary language lock-in that will enable the full performance of the hardware with a complete, proven set of tools that complement existing languages and parallel models. This will allow developers the ability to design open, portable codes that will take maximum advantage of various combinations of CPUs and GPUs.
To learn more about these new solutions, please visit: https://www.supermicro.com/en/accelerators/intel
To learn more about Supermicro www.supermicro.com
About Supermicro
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first-to-market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis products. The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.
All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
* Results achieved with a Supermicro SYS-420GP-TNR server with 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6338 processors, 1TB of DRAM, Samsung PM863a 1.92TB drive, Ubuntu 20.04, AMC Firmware 4.2.2.0, 10x Intel Data Center GPU, codenamed Arctic Sound-M, 75W GPUs, IFWI Software Stack on card (ECC Memory Disabled version)
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, posted its first revenue decline in history Thursday, dragged down by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies.
The results largely followed a broader decline in the digital advertising market that is dinging Meta rivals such as Google, Twitter — which also posted a revenue decline — and Snap. Google’s parent company Alphabet reported its slowest quarterly growth in two years on Tuesday.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta is slowing its pace of investments and plans to “steadily reduce” employee growth after a hiring blitz earlier this year.
“This is a period that demands more intensity,” he said in a conference call with analysts. “Expect us to get more done with fewer resources.”
Beyond the economic downturn, Meta faces some unique challenges, including the looming departure of its chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, the chief architect of the company’s massive advertising business.
In addition to TikTok, the decline in ad spending among the downturn and Apple’s privacy changes, “questions about Meta’s leadership” — including Sandberg’s exit and negative sentiment about the company as a whole — also contributed to the decline, said Raj Shah, a managing partner at digital consultancy Publicis Sapient.
Meta earned profits of $6.69 billion, or $2.46 per share, in the April-June period. That’s down 36% from $10.39 billion, or $3.61 per share, in the same period a year ago.
Revenue was $28.82 billion, down 1% from $29.08 billion a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $2.54 per share on revenue of $28.91 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.
“The year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue signifies just how quickly Meta’s business has deteriorated,” said Insider Intelligence analyst Debra Aho Williamson in an email. “Prior to these results, we had forecasted that Meta’s worldwide ad revenue would increase 12.4% this year, to nearly $130 billion. Now, it’s unlikely to reach that figure.”
She added that the good news — if it could be called that — is that Meta’s competitors are also experiencing slowdowns.
Meta is in the midst of a corporate transformation that it says will take years to complete. It wants to evolve from a provider of social platforms to a dominant power in a nascent virtual reality construct it calls the “metaverse” — sort of like the internet brought to life, or at least rendered in 3D. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described it as an immersive virtual environment, a place people can virtually “enter” rather than just staring at a screen. The company is investing billions in its metaverse plans that will likely take years to pay off — and as part of its plan renamed itself Meta last fall.
“Expect Meta’s decline to continue until Meta can monetize the metaverse, and begin another Meta-reverse,” Shah said.
Meta forecasts revenue of $26 billion to $28.5 billion for the current quarter, which is below Wall Street’s expectations.
“This outlook reflects a continuation of the weak advertising demand environment we experienced throughout the second quarter, which we believe is being driven by broader macroeconomic uncertainty,” finance chief David Wehner said in a statement. Meta said Wehner is being promoted to chief strategy officer, where he will oversee the company’s strategy and corporate development. Susan Li, currently vice president of finance, will replace him as CFO.
Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. fell $6.88, or 4.1%. to $162.70 in after-hours trading. The stock had closed up $10.43, or 6.6%. at $169.58 on Wednesday in the regular trading session. Meta’s stock has lost more than half its value since the start of this year. | https://www.kark.com/news/business/facebook-parent-meta-posts-first-revenue-decline-in-history/ | 2022-07-28T07:48:57Z | https://www.kark.com/news/business/facebook-parent-meta-posts-first-revenue-decline-in-history/ | true |
MADRID (AP) — Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain’s government of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes, her public relations team said Wednesday.
Shakira, 45, “trusts her innocence and chooses to leave the issue in the hands of the law,” the PR firm Llorente y Cuenca said in a statement.
Spanish prosecutors charged the singer in 2018 with failing to pay 14.5 million euros in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. She faces a possible fine and prison sentence, if found guilty of tax evasion.
There were no immediate details available on the deal prosecutors offered. No date for the trial has been set.
Shakira’s public relations firm said she has deposited the amount she is said to owe with the Spanish Tax Agency and has no pending tax debts.
The case hinges on where she lived during 2012-14. Prosecutors allege it was mostly in Spain even though Shakira’s official residence was in the Bahamas.
Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, has two children with Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique. The couple used to live together in Barcelona but recently ended their 11-year relationship. | https://who13.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/spain-shakira-rejects-prosecutors-offer-faces-tax-trial/ | 2022-07-28T07:49:02Z | https://who13.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/spain-shakira-rejects-prosecutors-offer-faces-tax-trial/ | false |
TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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National Weather Service Shreveport LA
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
TXZ096-282115-
Red River-
Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 107 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ108-282115-
Franklin-
Including the city of Mount Vernon
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 107 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ109-282115-
Titus-
Including the city of Mount Pleasant
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 107 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ111-282115-
Morris-
Including the cities of Daingerfield, Lone Star, Naples,
and Omaha
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ110-282115-
Camp-
Including the city of Pittsburg
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 106 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ112-282115-
Cass-
Including the cities of Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs,
and Queen City
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ126-282115-
Marion-
Including the city of Jefferson
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ125-282115-
Upshur-
Including the cities of Gilmer and Big Sandy
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 106 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ124-282115-
Wood-
Including the cities of Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, and Hawkins
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 106 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ136-282115-
Smith-
Including the city of Tyler
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this morning. Heat index
values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ137-282115-
Gregg-
Including the city of Longview
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106 this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ138-282115-
Harrison-
Including the city of Marshall
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ151-282115-
Panola-
Including the city of Carthage
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ150-282115-
Rusk-
Including the city of Henderson
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ149-282115-
Cherokee-
Including the cities of Jacksonville and Rusk
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ165-282115-
Angelina-
Including the city of Lufkin
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index
values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Highs in the
upper 90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Heat index
values up to 105.
$$
TXZ152-282115-
Nacogdoches-
Including the city of Nacogdoches
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index
values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ153-282115-
Shelby-
Including the city of Center
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index
values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ166-282115-
San Augustine-
Including the city of San Augustine
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index
values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Heat index values up to
105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index
values up to 105 early in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ167-282115-
Sabine-
Including the cities of Hemphill and Pineland
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index
values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
$$
LAZ001-002-282115-
Caddo-Bossier-
Including the cities of Shreveport and Bossier City
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Heat
index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell delivered a tough message at the start of a news conference Wednesday: Inflation is way too high, and the Federal Reserve is laser-focused on taming it with higher borrowing costs.
Yet despite his resolute words, the Fed chair also said for the first time that the central bank’s actions are already having an effect on the economy in ways that could slow the worst inflation the nation has endured in four decades.
With the Fed’s benchmark interest rate now at a level that’s believed to neither stimulate nor restrain growth, Powell said the pace of rate hikes could slow in the coming months. And he pointed to signs that many businesses are having an easier time filling jobs, a trend that would limit pay increases and potentially slow inflation.
“There were some hints that we’re closer to the end than the beginning” of the Fed’s efforts to tighten credit, said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase and a former Fed staffer.
Powell’s suggestion that the Fed could moderate its future rate hikes after it announced a three-quarter-point hike Wednesday — its second in a row of that substantial size — helped touch off a celebratory rally in the stock market, with the S&P 500 jumping 2.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rocketing 4.1%, its biggest gain in more than two years.
Some economists didn’t share the market’s optimism. They noted that Powell kept the door open to another big rate increase when the Fed next meets in September. The Fed chair also indicated that even if the economy were to fall into a recession, the central bank would keep raising rates if it deemed that necessary to curb still-high inflation.
When asked at his news conference whether a recession would alter the Fed’s course of rate hikes, Powell said simply, “We’re going to be focused on getting inflation back down.”
Here are five takeaways from the Fed’s interest-rate setting policy meeting and Powell news conference:
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POWELL: U.S. NOT IN RECESSION
A slew of recent data has signaled the economy is weakening. Economists are increasingly forecasting a recession for later this year or in 2023. Powell, though, pointed Wednesday to the robust labor market as evidence the economy isn’t in recession, at least not yet.
Employers, he noted, added 2.7 million jobs in the first half of the year, the 3.6% U.S. unemployment rate is near a 50-year low and wage growth is strong.
“It doesn’t make sense that the economy could be in recession with this kind of thing happening,” the Fed chair said.
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JOBS OVER GDP
On Thursday, the government will estimate second-quarter gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation’s output of goods and services. Some economists think the GDP report will show that the economy contracted for a second straight quarter, which would meet an informal definition of recession.
But even if it does, the definition of recession that is most widely accepted is the one determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
Powell also noted that the government’s estimate of quarterly GDP is often significantly revised later and that the initial reports on economic growth should be taken with “a grain of salt.”
The Fed chair did sound a cautionary note, pointing out that there are signs that momentum in the job market is easing. Job openings have declined modestly, more people are seeking unemployment aid and hiring is lower than it was at the start of the year.
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SLOWER GROWTH, HIRING GOOD
But even those signs of a slightly weaker job market are not all bad news, at least from the Fed’s perspective.
The Fed wants to cool the economy through its rate hikes, which make home mortgages, auto loans and business borrowing more expensive. As consumers and businesses spend less, the resulting pullback in demand can bring inflation down closer to the Fed’s 2% annual target.
“We think it’s necessary to have growth slow down, and growth is going to be slowing this year,” Powell said.
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HOW HIGH WILL RATES GO?
Since early this year, the Fed has steadily ratcheted up its forecasts for how fast and how high it would have to raise rates to conquer inflation. On Wednesday, though, Powell said that estimates that Fed policymakers made a month ago for where rates would go next was still the best guide.
In June officials projected that the Fed’s key rate would reach between 3.25% and 3.5% at the end of this year, which Powell said was a “moderately restrictive” level. And at least two additional rate hikes were forecast for next year.
For the Fed to meet that year-end target would involve a half-point increase in September, and two quarter-point hikes in November and December. Such increases would represent a much more modest pace than the 2.25 percentage points of hikes the Fed has now carried out in just the past four meetings, the fastest pace since the early 1980s.
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THE FED ISN’T ALONE
Other major central banks around the world have also been imposing big rate increases to combat inflation, which has spiked in nearly all advanced economies.
The European Union raised its short-term rate by a half-point last week. Canada’s central bank announced a full percentage point increase earlier this month. Last month, the Swiss National Bank implemented a half-point hike, its first increase in 15 years.
Although higher rates around the world could help throttle inflation, they also carry the threat of causing a global economic slowdown.
This week, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for world economic growth to 3.2% this year. That was down from a 3.6% estimate in April and much slower than last year’s 6.1% pace. | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/us-not-yet-in-recession-and-4-other-takeaways-from-the-fed/ | 2022-07-28T07:50:03Z | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/us-not-yet-in-recession-and-4-other-takeaways-from-the-fed/ | false |
EREZ MILITARY BASE, Israel (AP) — The Israeli army said on Wednesday that Hamas has rebuilt some of the capabilities that were damaged during last year’s Gaza war, including three new tunnels and a series of weapons manufacturing and storage sites.
The army published aerial imagery and maps showing what it said are tunnels, weapons factories and arms depots. It said the installations were near al-Azhar University in Gaza City, a Pepsi factory, mosques, United Nations facilities and hospitals elsewhere in Gaza.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said the army’s claims are ’”pure lies and fabrications.”
Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies that have fought four wars and numerous skirmishes since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
In the most recent round of fighting, in May 2021, over 260 Palestinians were killed, more than half of them civilians, and tens of thousands displaced, according to U.N. figures.
The Israeli army says it tries to prevent civilian casualties and accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields by operating and firing rockets from residential areas.
Human rights groups have accused Israel of failing to do enough to prevent civilian casualties, and striking targets with no evident military purpose. Rights groups have also criticized Hamas for aiming aiming rockets at population centers in Israel.
Israel claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on Hamas last year. A military official said Wednesday that more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) of tunnels were destroyed last year.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity under military briefing guidelines, declined to say how much of that network Hamas has rebuilt. | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/israeli-army-says-hamas-is-rebuilding-capabilities-in-gaza/ | 2022-07-28T07:51:18Z | https://who13.com/news/international-news/ap-international/israeli-army-says-hamas-is-rebuilding-capabilities-in-gaza/ | true |
Which electric pole saws are best?
Using a chainsaw while climbing trees or balancing on a ladder is an easy way to risk serious injury. You can reduce the danger and make your tree cutting and trimming tasks go quicker and easier with a pole saw. And cordless electric pole saws make the task of trimming overhead limbs and branches easier than with gas-powered models because they weigh less, make less noise and don’t pollute.
What to consider before buying an electric pole saw
Pole saws are essentially small chainsaws that attach to extension handles to increase the saw’s reach, especially overhead. They have several points of differentiation.
Reach
The longer the pole, the higher up you can reach, but the heavier the saw becomes, the harder it is to maneuver. Look for poles that adjust quickly and easily.
Power
The more power you have driving the chain, the quicker you finish. Battery power is measured both in amperes and volts. Generally speaking, the larger the numbers, the greater the power — and the cost.
Automatic features
Automatic oilers make cutting easier and add to the life of your chains and motors. Automatic chain tension adjusters have the same benefits.
Best electric pole saws
Electric pole saws under $100
Sun Joe Electric Multi-Angle Pole Saw
What you need to know: This saw has a camo pattern popular with consumers.
What you’ll love: The cutting head on this saw adjusts at angles from 0 to 30 degrees so it can get in tight spaces larger saws can’t. The 8 amp motor drives a 10-inch saw to cut branches up to 9.5 inches thick.
What you should consider: Some customers say this saw is surprisingly heavy for its size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Greenworks 7 Amp 2-in-1 Cordless Electric Pole Saw
What you need to know: This saw easily changes from a pole saw into a chainsaw.
What you’ll love: You can reach up to 12 feet with this lightweight telescoping aluminum pole. The chain is lubricated automatically and the oil-level indicator keeps you informed about your oil usage. The chain tension adjusts easily with a turn of a knob and the 10-inch bar cuts branches and logs up to 8 inches in diameter.
What you should consider: Some reviewers say it’s top-heavy and hard to handle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worx WG309 8 Amp Electric Pole Saw
What you need to know: At only 10 pounds, this saw is made to be easily maneuvered even when held up high.
What you’ll love: The automatic chain tension system prevents over-tightening so the chain runs smoothly around the bar, extending the motor’s life. An 8-foot extension pole provides a total of 10 feet of reach, and the rotating handle makes it easy to trim and prune.
What you should consider: Some users report needing to adjust the tension on their own.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Electric pole saws for $100-$200
Black and Decker 20-Volt Max XR Pole Saw
What you need to know: This pole saw’s lithium-ion battery retains its charge five times longer than nickel-cadmium batteries.
What you’ll love: It’s rated to make up to 100 cuts through 1.5- by 1.5-inch pine branches per charge. You can use it to reach 14 feet when you add the center extension. The 8-inch cutting bar cuts limbs up to 6 inches in diameter.
What you should consider: Some reviewers say the battery needs to be swapped out or recharged more frequently than is claimed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worx WG323 20-Volt Power Share Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: Weighing only 10 pounds, this works as a chainsaw when you detach the pole.
What you’ll love: The automatic no-tool chain tension system means you’ll always have the correct tension for the situation at hand. The automatic chain lubrication system delivers smoother cuts while extending the life of the chain and the motor.
What you should consider: Some customers say sawdust builds up inside, so you need to unclog it from time to time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Craftsman 20-Volt Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: The angled cutting head makes for better operator visibility and cleaner cuts.
What you’ll love: The handle has a soft grip for comfort and a built-in hook for hanging the saw on your garage wall, off the floor and out of your way. The extension handle lets you reach up to 14 feet overhead and you get up to 325 cuts per charge, tested on 2- by 2-inch pressure-treated pine.
What you should consider: You need to oil this saw’s chain manually.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Electric pole saws over $200
Greenworks Pro 80-Volt Brushless Cordless Pole Saw
What you need to know: This powerful saw is the choice of pros and serious amateur landscapers.
What you’ll love: This 12.8-pound saw has a brushless motor for lots of torque. The bar and chain oiler and the chain tensioner both operate automatically so you can keep on cutting without interruption. This saw is rated to make 83 cuts per charge on 4- by 4-inch pressure-treated wood.
What you should consider: Its reach is just 9 feet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: You get up to 500 2- to 3-inch cuts from the 4.0 amperes per hour lithium-ion battery.
What you’ll love: The extendable shaft adjusts quickly and easily from 7 to 10 feet with a twist of the collar and is easily supported by the shoulder strap. This cutter weighs 13.5 pounds with its battery and is up to four times quieter than a gas saw. The battery-level indicator light lets you know how much power you have left.
What you should consider: Some customers wish the chain tension was easier to adjust.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
DeWalt 20-Volt Max XR Pole Saw
What you need to know: This 45-inch pole saw extends for a reach of up to 15 feet.
What you’ll love: The brushless electric motor is rated to make up to 96 cuts through 4- by 4-inch pressure-treated pine on a single charge. The limb hook makes it easy to remove pruned branches and the automatic oiler keeps your chain lubricated so you don’t have to.
What you should consider: There are some reports of this saw arriving with an overtightened chain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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