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By the looks of the new exhibit Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee (which opened earlier this month and will be up for at least a year), Lee was not into beach reads. In fact, he didn’t read much fiction at all, choosing instead to pore over pages in pursuit of self improvement. The 300+ titles selected for display reveal the interior side of a man known for exterior feats of strength.
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Viewers seeking memorabilia and movie posters may be disappointed — this is definitely a more cerebral look at Lee. (The title shares the name of his daughter Shannon Lee’s book about her father’s personal philosophy and its origins.) But I found it to be the most revealing of the Lee exhibits the Wing Luke has organized, because scanning the spines on personal bookshelves tells us so much about a reader. Perusing this particular collection takes you inside Lee’s mind, offering an embodied sense of a young man (who died at age 32) with an unyielding thirst for learning.
Several stacks of Lee’s books are contained within a nifty cutout of his leaping form. Some reveal his relentless pursuit of physical fitness: books on jogging, weightlifting, judo, Tae Kwon Do, Chinese weapons, The Secrets of Shaolin Temple Boxing, yoga, wrestling, The Art of the Foil (a 1932 book on fencing) and a primer on the 1960s exercise craze Slimnastics.
Other titles reveal his quest to focus his mind and elevate his spirit: books on Carl Jung and Hermann Hesse; the ancient Chinese text Tao Te Ching, central to Taoism; Kahlil Gibran’s Spirits Rebellious; The Key to Your Personality; and even How Showmanship Sells.
The exhibit text (written by Shannon Lee) tells us Bruce Lee — a movement artist and actor — considered himself an “artist of life.” He also read art books: The History of the Nude in Photography, Dance and Its Creators; Stanislavsky: The Art of the Stage; and several books of classic poetry.
As a bibliophile, the insight his book collection provides is more fascinating to me than the high-tech room in which you can step on circular “launch pads” that activate screens featuring vintage photos combined with quotes he found meaningful. But that part is cool too, and emphasizes Lee’s interest in being authentic in mind, spirit and body. “To him, the goal of being ‘real’ was the highest personal achievement possible,” the exhibit text reads.
His pursuit of realness is also reflected in the books that are propped open for us to see what he underlined and annotated. Lee was an active reader — and his underlines are the straightest I’ve seen, achieved either with a ruler or a remarkably steady hand — writing his thoughts in neat cursive directly onto book pages. On one he writes a comment that seems tailored for the internet age: “We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient, and must not depend upon the external rating by others for our happiness.”
A beautiful new show of paintings in Georgetown reveals another artist in pursuit of authenticity by way of physical, mental and spiritual touchstones. Prinston Nnanna, a Brooklyn-based artist originally from Houston, presents his first-ever solo show: The Way Back Home (through Sept. 3) at Koplin Del Rio gallery.
These large-scale works are washed in gold and coffee tones, and have a glow that feels almost mystical. This sense is augmented by the rich textures Nnanna creates with paint, as well as the symbolism and small insects (bees and butterflies) that hover around the subjects like talismans. But the people portrayed here are contemporary — and very real to the artist, who often pays homage to the women in his immediate circle.
On Instagram, Nnanna recently wrote about how as a child he was inspired by the character JJ on the show Good Times — because JJ was a painter. “I was always fascinated by his paintings, saying to myself ‘African American Artists do exist,’” he commented. Nnanna found deeper meaning in a character many people saw as mere comic relief. In other words: he read him differently.
That sort of insight and interpretation is alive in these paintings, several of which feature books and holy texts to symbolize a search for knowledge and belonging. With their heads and hands literally ensconced in books, Nnanna’s subjects reflect the human desire to find ourselves in the pages.
If all this has you in a bookish mood, consider these options:
The airy Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds is exhibiting a group show, The Art of Reading (through Nov. 20), featuring paintings by accomplished but lesser-known Northwest artists of the mid-century. The works, by Anne Kutka McCosh, Mabel Lisle Ducasse, Lauretta Sondag and others, feature books, people reading and the third leg of the trifecta: cats.
Book-It Repertory Theatre is presenting a one-man show version of Beowulf (through Aug. 7), adapted by Julian Glover and performed by Seattle fave Brandon J. Simmons. The ancient and mythic tale of monsters is told in the thankfully air-conditioned Alhadeff Studio Theatre at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center.
Finally: actual books by local authors! In case you missed it, Crosscut’s Margo Vansynghel wrote about Patricia Wants to Cuddle, a funny new take on Sasquatch from Seattle writer Samantha Allen. And I recently sang the praises of the Seattle-set tech dystopian novel The Immortal King Rao, by Vauhini Vara.
This month I can heartily recommend a couple of new fiction titles, both from Spokane authors. Fire Season, by Leyna Krow, is a debut novel set in late 1800s Spokane Falls and surrounding three opportunists making their way in the wild western frontier. It’s historically insightful and darkly funny and also perfectly captures human delusion. And from Jess Walter (The Cold Millions) comes a collection of short stories, The Angel of Rome, in which he tells stories of transformation — from cancer to coming out — with his signature humor and touching insight. Go forth and get reading.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says he can now support a big Democrat spending bill before Congress.
We’ve known that Senator Manchin has been going back and forth on this issue for weeks, but now has a deal in hand.
Manchin says he is now comfortable with a plan to let Medicare negotiate the prices of prescription drugs, in hopes of bringing down the costs.
He says the Biden administration will allow the fossil fuel industry to remain a critical part of energy policy, along with the clean energy of solar and wind power.
Taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations would rise. Republicans are furious with Manchin, who first opposed the bill. But he he says changes now make it acceptable.
“I just felt there was an opportunity here to really give us an energy policy with security we need for our nation, but also driving down the prices, the high prices of gasoline. driving down inflation,” said Manchin.
Republicans aren’t buying it.
“And here Joe is cutting a compromise that includes a tax increase, that includes part of the Green New Deal, and stuff that’s really going to hurt West Virginia. And, you know, this compromise, it’s bad for West Virginia,” said Greg Thomas, from the Coalition for a Stronger West Virginia.
The Coalition for a Stronger West Virginia did recent polling about the state of the economy, and more than 90% said inflation was their biggest concern, and 84% are saying the nation is going in the wrong direction.
Some economists are concerned that another massive increase in government spending could also fuel higher inflation.
For his part, Senator Manchin has been saying all along that preserving the fossil fuel industry is important to national security because it creates a lot of energy that is needed for national defense. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/politics/sen-joe-manchin-on-spending-bill-compromise-he-can-support/ | 2022-07-29T01:35:43Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/politics/sen-joe-manchin-on-spending-bill-compromise-he-can-support/ | true |
BEIJING, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jing-A Brewing Co. is celebrating 10 years of experimenting with flavours, pushing the boundaries of Chinese craft beer, working with local artists and musicians, and partying with our fans in Beijing and beyond. They are doing it Jing-A style: telling a Beijing story as old as time (and as young as us), brewing a bold new beer, and inviting their friends to celebrate with them.
A Beer 10 Years in the Making
After 10 years, can they (finally) make a "Lao Beijing" beer that captures the city they love? Our 10th anniversary beer –a "neolithic" barleywine – tells a tongue-in-cheek story of Beijing's history and local quirks.
Based on the diet of Peking Man – the oldest resident of the Beijing area – the 10th anniversary beer is captured in a fun, documentary-style video released to coincide with their birthday.
Lao Beijing Neolithic Barleywine is only available in 750mL bottles. There are 1000 of them in existence. Each bottles features the 10th anniversary illustration by artist Luke Ramsey – a unique and playful homage to Jing-A's history, featuring the team, beers and ingredients, community events, and the city of Beijing.
Scratch and Win
Most of these bottles have been set aside as grand prizes in the golden ticket anniversary campaign. Between July 27th and August 12th, every Jing-A Taproom and Mini-Program purchase entitles people to a scratch and win ticket. These tickets are the chance to win 10 Year merchandise, as well as the coveted Lao Beijing Neolithic Barleywine.
If people don't want to try their luck, 100 bottles will be available for purchase at our Xingfucun Taproom for 1 day only during the 10 Year Bash on August 6th. Each bottle is 888RMB and sales are limited to 2 per person.
Party of the Decade
On Saturday August 6th the OG Xingfucun Brewpub will be homebase for the party of the decade. Founders, Alex and Kris, be breaking out the (IPA) bubbly and DJs will be on the decks all night.
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Emmy and Tony winning actress Mary Alice has died. A spokesperson for the NYPD confirms to NPR that she died of natural causes at her home in New York. She was 85.
Mary Alice won a Tony in 1987 for her performance as Rose Maxson in the original Broadway production of August Wilson's Fences. Among the tributes to Alice on social media, actress Viola Davis, who played Rose in stage and movie versions, writes, "RIP Mary Alice...the original Rose Maxson. You were one of the greatest actresses of all time!! Thank you for the work, inspiration and thank you for Rose. Godspeed Queen."
Mary Alice's career
She was born Mary Alice Smith in 1936 in Indianola, Miss., and spent several years as a schoolteacher in Chicago before moving to New York to pursue acting full time. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Alice performed on stage and screen, in comedies and dramas. She won an Obie Award in 1979 for her performance as Portia in Joseph Papp's Off-Broadway production of Julius Caesar. Her TV credits included Police Woman, Cosby and Sanford & Son. In 1991, she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for I'll Fly Away.
In A Different World Alice played the delightfully eccentric, soft-spoken Leticia "Lettie" Bostic. Among her more than a dozen movie credits are Sparkle in 1976, Malcolm X in 1992 and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003.
In an interview with Contemporary Film, Theatre & Television, Alice said she was "proud" to be an actor. "I chose this profession because I feel this is how I can fulfill my service as a human being--communicating the human condition," she continued, "My desire is to create interesting and complex characters on film and television."
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ELIZABETH, New Jersey (WABC) -- A car was stolen with a child inside in New Jersey.
Police say a mother left her car running with her child inside in front of a Carvel on 130 Elmora Avenue in Elizabeth.
The car was taken as the mother entered Carvel around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and has yet to be recovered.
Police are currently investigating.
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Details were made public on Thursday, revealing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is opening up settlement talks with sexual assault survivors of former U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
The has FBI signaled that the agency is willing to possibly settle numerous lawsuits filed against the bureau after it is accused of failing to properly investigate Nassar, who was eventually convicted of sexual abuse charges, the New York Times reported.
In a letter addressed to legal teams representing women who've filed lawsuits against the FBI, it said the bureau was “interested in considering all options to reach a resolution, including settlement discussions.”
NPR reported that the news of the letter and outreach came after senior officials from the Department of Justice went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to give reasons for why they had chosen not to prosecute two former FBI agents after it was found that they failed to investigate the Nassar case properly.
John C. Manly, a lawyer representing many of the plaintiffs in the cases, would not comment on the matter.
Over 90 women filed civil lawsuits by June after finding out the Justice Department would not be prosecuting the former FBI agents who were found to have failed in their 2015 inquiry into Nassar. At the time, as the New York Times reported, Manly said plaintiffs in the cases, who were seeking different amounts, collectively were asking for damages totaling some $1 billion. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/fbi-signals-the-agency-willing-to-settle-with-nassar-lawsuits-victims | 2022-07-29T01:53:37Z | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/fbi-signals-the-agency-willing-to-settle-with-nassar-lawsuits-victims | true |
Details were made public on Thursday, revealing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is opening up settlement talks with sexual assault survivors of former U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
The has FBI signaled that the agency is willing to possibly settle numerous lawsuits filed against the bureau after it is accused of failing to properly investigate Nassar, who was eventually convicted of sexual abuse charges, the New York Times reported.
In a letter addressed to legal teams representing women who've filed lawsuits against the FBI, it said the bureau was “interested in considering all options to reach a resolution, including settlement discussions.”
NPR reported that the news of the letter and outreach came after senior officials from the Department of Justice went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to give reasons for why they had chosen not to prosecute two former FBI agents after it was found that they failed to investigate the Nassar case properly.
John C. Manly, a lawyer representing many of the plaintiffs in the cases, would not comment on the matter.
Over 90 women filed civil lawsuits by June after finding out the Justice Department would not be prosecuting the former FBI agents who were found to have failed in their 2015 inquiry into Nassar. At the time, as the New York Times reported, Manly said plaintiffs in the cases, who were seeking different amounts, collectively were asking for damages totaling some $1 billion. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/fbi-signals-the-agency-willing-to-settle-with-nassar-lawsuits-victims | 2022-07-29T01:58:27Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/fbi-signals-the-agency-willing-to-settle-with-nassar-lawsuits-victims | false |
JAN MOIR: Stop dragging brave Lionesses into our rabid culture wars
Let’s have a little roar of sympathy for the Lionesses. All they have done is power the England side to the finals of the UEFA Women’s Championship, and all they get in return is finding themselves in the penalty box of the culture wars: hardly a level playing field at the best of times.
Keir Starmer scored an own goal by calling for an extra Bank Holiday if the team beat Germany to win the tournament on Sunday.
The Labour leader is clearly delighted to forget all that pesky strike nonsense and instead hop aboard the women’s football bandwagon, even as he still refuses to define what a woman actually is. Give that man a red card for hypocrisy.
There is more. After the Lionesses, including Rachel Daly, beat Norway 8-0 earlier in the tournament, all the thanks they got was a white BBC presenter accusing the team of being too white, which is apparently now a race crime.
Let’s have a little roar of sympathy for the Lionesses. All they have done is power the England side to the finals of the UEFA Women’s Championship, and all they get in return is finding themselves in the penalty box of the culture wars: hardly a level playing field at the best of times
Speaking about the Lionesses, BBC’s Eilidh Barbour said: ‘All starting 11 players and five substitutes who came on to the pitch were white, and that does point towards a lack of diversity in the women’s game in England.’
Does it? Or could it simply be that simply the best players were picked for the team and that there is no evidence of systemic racism in women’s football whatsoever, so why even mention it unless you are virtue-signalling, in which case, fill your footie boots?
And now the biggie, the one that takes the fun out of fundamental, the one that questions their very existence. For is it wrong to call the England women’s national team the Lionesses in the first place? Isn’t that sexist?
An earnest female caller to Woman’s Hour this week wondered if being called a ‘Lioness’ was degrading and chauvinistic and shouldn’t it be stopped?
Many would argue that, actually, it is rather charming, affectionate and good branding for the team. The women themselves like being called Lionesses, but no one seems to care about that. Unfortunately, these days it is modish to want to do away with anything that separates the sexes, up to and including public toilets, gender, biology and Brad Pitt’s skirts.
If you think about it, what is truly amazing is that a radio programme called Woman’s Hour has survived intacto for more than 70 years without being vaporised by the kind of ‘feminists’ who ring in to say they are appalled by the word ‘Lionesses’.
Perhaps the indignitati are taking their cue from Hollywood, where everyone who is anyone is now an actor, while the word ‘actress’ has been consigned to history along with the casting couch and pasties — and I don’t mean the Cornish variety.
And now the biggie, the one that takes the fun out of fundamental, the one that questions their very existence. For is it wrong to call the England women’s national team the Lionesses in the first place? Isn’t that sexist?
Female film stars regard being called ‘actors’ as a badge of equality and progressive thinking — until they get nominated for a best actress award, of course. Then the gloves are off, the high-spec gowns are on and it’s every girl for herself in the stampede for the winner’s podium.
And if we have to stop it with the Lionesses, do we have to do the same for female lions in the jungle, who must be known merely as ‘lions’ from now on? That is going to get very confusing, not just for Simba’s mummy.
To want to do away with ‘Lioness’ is to argue that female-specific words carry a negative context. And that really is sexist.
For once — just once! —– can’t we simply glory in the marvellous sporting achievements of these fantastic young women? Look at them go, lighting up a forest of ambition in a new generation of saplings. All over the country, little girls are watching with saucer eyes as a squad of freshly minted heroines parade their talents on the pitch.
England’s winning run to Sunday’s final has found women’s football reaching new levels of popularity, with much talk about how it will inspire greater numbers to take up the game.
With that spotlight comes increased scrutiny, much of it the sour glare of pressure groups and cultural monomaniacs who want to project their pet peeves and gripes upon the team.
Let the Lionesses have their moment. Let them glory in the triumph of reaching a European final without even minding too much that they don’t get paid as much as the men and that they have always been regarded as second-class citizens in the football league.
The Lionesses may attract the negative attentions of those who are determined to see racism and sexism everywhere, yet they play in a superior world. Their game is not corrupted by money, their pitch witnesses less aggression and many of the players are openly gay in a way that is still — tragically — not possible in men’s football.
In so many ways, the Lionesses are so much more evolved than their male counterparts. How petty to try to drag them down with the pet issues of the day. It would never happen to the blokes, would it?
Mother of God! It’s the singing detective
Adrian Dunbar was last seen as granite-faced Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC’s popular Line Of Duty. For six series, darling Ted has been hunting bent coppers and trying to unmask the mysterious H.
Now Dunbar returns as a very different crimebuster in new ITV police drama Ridley, which starts soon.
He plays a former detective coaxed out of retirement by a complex murder case. ‘All those years of distinguished service, they don’t count for much,’ he grumbles, nursing a whisky.
So far, so predictable. However, the twist is that Very Sad Ridley — there is much trauma and bereavement in his life — co-owns a jazz club.
Yes! And that he likes to go there and sing his troubles away. No? YES! In the first episode, alone in the club in the wee small hours, he plays the piano and croons The Mountains o’ Mourne. And in a later scene he sings the beautiful Richard Hawley song Coles Corner.
Oh my goodness and the wee donkey, too.
If you like melancholy songs delivered in a Jim Reeves-tastic style by an authoritarian figure in a cosy jumper — and I do — then this show is for you.
In real life, Dunbar fronts his own band. Sure, he is no novice who floated up the Lagan in a bubble — but to appear as a singing detective in a serious police drama is a bold, wild and risky move.
However, after seeing a preview I have to say that, somehow, he gets away with it. Bravo!
Adrian Dunbar was last seen as granite-faced Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC’s popular Line Of Duty. For six series, darling Ted has been hunting bent coppers and trying to unmask the mysterious H
There is outrage of a very British sort over passengers faking needs for wheelchairs in airports to bypass queues. Yet in some instances, can the fakers be blamed? Many infirm passengers might not need wheelchairs normally but not all are able to stand in a queue for five hours. That’s my charitable thought of the week, brought to you from the comfort of my desk rather than the hell of an airport. You’re welcome!
Tory wannabes are whistling in the wind
Liz Truss vows to criminalise wolf-whistling and cat-calling while Rishi Sunak goes one further, claiming that sexual violence against women should be treated as a national emergency until it is defeated.
Two pretty pathetic attempts to get the female vote by two politicians who haven’t bothered about us much before but hey, thanks for caring.
Can I just say something? Liz is wasting her time.
They tried that nonsense in Nottingham in 2016, making wolf-whistling and cat-calling hate crimes — but not a single person was ever charged. It’s legally unworkable, if you stop to think about it for five seconds.
How could a court prove malicious intent, for a start?
Meanwhile, Rishi is making all the right noises on grooming gangs — but where has he been on this issue for the past 20 years, or even since he entered Parliament in 2015? Silent.
Now he says if he becomes leader he will direct the National Crime Agency to establish an emergency taskforce to hunt down the criminal gangs that continue to rape and abuse girls across Britain.
A special taskforce to combat these crimes? You mean there isn’t one already? How many young girls have to suffer before something is done?
How can politicians like Rishi and Minister for Women Liz have failed them all so badly? Answers on a postcard please.
The old joke about country music is that if you play a song backwards, you get your job back, your wife comes home and your lover never leaves. So many country songs are about farewells and leaving, about life seen through the rear-view mirror.
The husband who wants to leave with Jolene. Ruby who is taking her love to town and Hank, who is still so lonesome he could cry. Now, with the rise of self-drive vehicles in America, a cowboy friend has pointed out that surely it’s only a matter of time before someone writes a country song about a guy’s truck leaving him. And then there will be tears like you have never seen before, as Patsy Cline almost sang. I just want Elon Musk to think about that, for a country minute.
I’m about to sell this show down the river
Virgin River is back for a fourth series and went straight to No 1 on the Netflix charts. First, some terrible news for fans of this sugary romance. Hope is Not Dead . . . literally.
Many viewers prayed that town mayor Hope — the most annoying character in the history of river-based romcoms — had perished in the cliff-hanger car crash at the end of series three
Instead, she is back and as irritating as ever, even with a brain injury. Meanwhile, everyone is pregnant and many seem to have been impregnated by Jack.
In one scene the lustrous-maned heartthrob took off his plaid shirt — but the camera shyly panned to the log fire. Honestly.
Things better improve on Virgin River — or it will be sailing out of my affections.
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Officer adopts dog after rescuing animal from hot car: ‘Never neglected again’
NEW YORK (Gray News) - An officer in New York has adopted a dog she helped save from a hot car in Manhattan last month.
According to the New York Police Department 19th Precinct, Officer Maharaj adopted the dog this week after she helped rescue it on June 18.
Authorities said concerned residents saw the dog locked in the car that day and called 911. Arriving officers reported they broke a window and were able to get the animal out of the vehicle.
According to the NYPD, the dog was in distress and locked in the hot car for more than two hours.
On Wednesday, police shared the rescued dog would “not be neglected again” because Officer Maharaj adopted him.
New York police also thanked the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for caring for the animal.
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Several women being held at a jail in southern Indiana have filed a federal lawsuit against corrections officers there, alleging they allowed a group of men in custody to rape, assault, threaten and harass the women.
Eight women listed as plaintiffs say Clark County Jail Officer David Lowe gave the men keys to the women's cells in exchange for $1,000 on the night of Oct. 23, 2021.
"Numerous male detainees" allegedly stayed in the women's pods for more than two hours, into the early morning of Oct. 24, according to the suit, which was filed Monday.
In those hours, the men covered their faces while verbally and sexually assaulting the women, and threatened to harm them further if they pressed the emergency call button, the suit says.
At least two women were raped, it says.
"Plaintiffs were injured and suffered serious bodily injuries, some of
which are permanent, pain and suffering, shock, extreme emotional distress, and humiliation," according to the complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Lowe was arrested on Oct. 25 on charges of felony aiding, inducing, or causing escape; one count of felony official misconduct; and one count of misdemeanor trafficking with an inmate, according to the complaint.
He was immediately fired, Larry Wilder, the lawyer representing the Clark County Sheriff's Office said.
Sheriff's office blames a "rogue corrections officer"
In a statement to NPR, Wilder said, "The events of October 23rd were the result of the unforeseeable criminal actions of a rogue corrections officer. The individual in question chose to abandon his training, ethics, and morals and made the unilateral decision to mortgage his career and future by allowing inmates access to the jail keys."
The complaint also alleges that no officers on duty during the incident intervened, despite surveillance cameras that showed the men accessing the women's cell area.
The complaint says that instead of administering aid, officers punished the women. Officers allegedly revoked the women's "dark privileges" by leaving lights on for 72 hours, placed them on lockdown and confiscated their pillows, blankets and personal hygiene items.
Additionally, the missing keys were never found and the locks on the cells were not changed, causing the women to fear for their safety, according to the complaint.
Jail staff found out about the incident from a lawyer for one of the women in custody at Clark County Jail the next morning, Wilder said.
An investigation began immediately, in which security footage was reviewed, and interviews were conducted with corrections officers, male detainees and over 40 women incarcerated at the facility, Wilder said.
After Lowe's arrest, the Sheriff's Detective Division continued its investigation and found that "these interviews have yielded information that is in direct opposition to the allegations made in the civil lawsuit," Wilder said.
He added that "the investigation seems to indicate that there was a systematic plan by individuals who were incarcerated that evening to develop the narrative that makes up the crux of the claims in the civil case."
The lawsuit also blames the sheriff for the incident
Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel is also listed as a defendant.
"The violation of the plaintiffs' constitutional rights was the result not only of a single bad actor, Lowe, but also due to a systemic failure on behalf of the Clark County Sheriff who failed to properly staff the jail, train the jail officers, and supervise the jail officers to make sure they maintained adequate security at the jail," the lawsuit says.
The women are suing for compensatory and punitive damages, as well as seeking a jury trial.
Wilder said the Clark County Sheriff's Office is taking the claims seriously and continues to investigate, while making physical changes to the facility and reviewing current procedures.
"This investigation is not over and the sheriff is committed to [ensuring] that nothing of this magnitude or scope [ever] occurs again," Wilder said. "However, the sheriff is equally committed to debunking those untruths that have been alleged by those who are attempting to reap financial gain from the crimes of David Lowe."
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 28, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
846 PM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Cimarron and northwestern Dallam Counties through 945 PM CDT...
At 846 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Texline, or 13 miles southeast of Clayton, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Texline, Felt and Wheeless.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3650 10304 3650 10300 3675 10300 3680 10253
3626 10268 3627 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 178DEG 17KT 3635 10296
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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WILLIAM GUMEDE | Don Mattera knew the love SA deserved from the start
The poet practised love wholeheartedly and saw from a mile away leaders who pretend to love their ‘people’
28 July 2022 - 20:20
What stood out most for me about Don Mattera, the award-winning poet, writer and journalist who died recently, was his belief in love for others, no matter their colour, ethnicity or religion — and his active showing thereof. ..
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Blast from the past: Van der Burgh glides to gold at London Olympics
Today in SA sports history: July 29
28 July 2022 - 20:20
1935 — Ken Viljoen scores 124 on the second day of the fourth Test against England in Manchester as the match headed to a tame draw with the visitors leading the five-match series 1-0. Opening bowler Bob Crisp took 5/99 on the opening day. ..
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Cornered Russians spark fears of Putin deploying nuclear weapons in response to growing Ukrainian momentum near Kherson
- A former British Colonel has warned that Russia could deploy a tactical nuke
- Ukrainian forces are gaining momentum near the occupied city of Kherson
- 'Putin's operation may be about to unravel,' Hamish de Bretton-Gordon said
- 'It is critical the UK and the US signal to the Kremlin that any use of nuclear weapons would cross a red line'
An expected counter-attack against Russian forces in southern Ukraine has increased fears that the Kremlin could resort to using nuclear weapons, according to a British expert.
Ukrainian forces were said yesterday to be gaining momentum near the occupied city of Kherson.
Air strikes have destroyed several bridges leaving the remaining Russian troops cut off.
As Russian military doctrine prescribes tactical nuclear weapons when its forces are facing defeat, concerns are growing that Vladimir Putin could use them.
Last night, chemical weapons expert Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon said: 'The spectre of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine is no doubt a growing concern in Nato capitals.
Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Goron with his wife Julia in Tisbury, Wiltshire
'As the tide appears to be turning in southern Ukraine, Putin's special operation could be about to unravel. At this stage it is critical the UK and the US signal to the Kremlin that any use of nuclear weapons would cross a red line.'
Tactical nuclear missiles usually have a killing radius of a mile and a half. But their shockwaves and electromagnetic pulses extend further, posing an additional risk to life.
Western intelligence agencies were last night understood to be closely monitoring any transit of these weapons towards southern Ukraine.
These fears emerged as the numbers of Russian troops killed or wounded in the conflict was put at 75,000 or higher.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The latest US estimate was up from 60,000 put forward last week.
In recent days there has also been a significant drop-off in the quantities of Russian ordnance being fired at Ukrainian positions.
Russian artillery fire has reduced by half, most probably because of the destruction of missile depots far behind the frontline.
These silos are in range of the latest Western rockets donated to Ukraine. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060025/Cornered-Russians-spark-fears-Putin-deploying-nuclear-weapons.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-29T02:20:49Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060025/Cornered-Russians-spark-fears-Putin-deploying-nuclear-weapons.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 28, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Cimarron County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Northwestern Dallam County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 856 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Texline, or 15 miles southeast of Clayton, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Texline, Kenton, Wheeless, Black Mesa Park and Felt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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Shohei Ohtani will be both on the mound and in the batter’s box for the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday against the Texas Rangers in Anaheim, Calif., while Mike Trout remains on the bench with a back and rib cage injury.
The long-term future for both, however, is a bit more difficult to discern.
Both have been the subject of trade talks with the trade deadline looming and the Angels headed nowhere this season. Ohtani will be a free agent after next season while Trout still has eight years and $283.6 million remaining on his contract, so Ohtani would seem more likely to be moved.
The two-way star, however, doesn’t seem fazed by the rumors.
“Honestly, my future, it’s all out of my control (until the trade deadline),” Ohtani said through an interpreter. “It’s up to Perry (Minasian, the team’s general manager). I don’t have much say on that. But as a team, I think we have the talent and the players to win games. We just need some momentum.
“I think it’ll take just one big game to turn that momentum around, and we’re all just waiting for that to happen.”
Trout’s future may be affected by health issues more anything else. Angels trainer Mike Frostad told reporters on Wednesday that Trout has a condition in his back called costovertebral dysfunction at T5, and that he likely will have to manage it long term.
“This is a pretty rare condition that he has in his back,” Frostad said. “We have to take into consideration what he puts himself through with hitting, swinging on a daily basis to get prepared and also playing in the outfield. There are so many things that can aggravate it.
“Long-term, we do have to look at this as something he has to manage not just through the rest of this season but also through the rest of his career probably.”
Trout has not played since July 12 and currently is not participating in baseball activities. He was quick to respond Wednesday to Frostad’s comments, saying, “I’m appreciative of all the prayer requests, but my career is not over. … (My condition) is just rare for a baseball player. I just have to stay on top of it.”
Ohtani, meanwhile, is a candidate to win his second consecutive MVP. He is 9-5 with a 2.80 ERA in 16 starts, with 134 strikeouts and 23 walks in 93 1/3 innings. After going 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks on Wednesday in Los Angeles’ 4-0 win over the Kansas City Royals, Ohtani has a .257 average, 21 homers, 59 RBIs and an .844 OPS at the plate.
He is 3-1 with a 4.26 ERA in six career starts against Texas.
Right-hander Spencer Howard (1-2, 7.11 ERA) will make his sixth start (eighth appearance) of the season for Texas.
Howard has had an up-and-down season, making the major league club out of spring training before being sent down to Triple-A Round Rock before the end of April.
He pitched well for Round Rock and earned a big-league promotion. Howard made two good starts (three earned runs over 10 innings) in mid-July, only to struggle his last time out in a loss at Oakland (four runs, six hits allowed in 4 2/3 innings).
“When Spencer’s comfortable, he just carries himself a certain way,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “And you can see the life on the pitches, the execution. It’s basically like, ‘Here’s my stuff, hit it.'”
Howard lost his only career start against the Angels, giving up three runs in 2 1/3 innings on Aug. 5, 2021.
The Rangers arrive in Southern California fresh off getting swept in a three-game series at Seattle. The Mariners took the finale 4-2 on Wednesday thanks to a go-ahead three-run homer from Julio Rodriguez in the seventh inning.
“Nobody likes to come in here and get swept,” Woodward said, “and these guys have played really well against us. So we’ll get on that plane, like I say all the time, and we’ve got to worry about Anaheim (on Thursday).”
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Officer adopts dog after rescuing animal from hot car: ‘Never neglected again’
NEW YORK (Gray News) - An officer in New York has adopted a dog she helped save from a hot car in Manhattan last month.
According to the New York Police Department 19th Precinct, Officer Maharaj adopted the dog this week after she helped rescue it on June 18.
Authorities said concerned residents saw the dog locked in the car that day and called 911. Arriving officers reported they broke a window and were able to get the animal out of the vehicle.
According to the NYPD, the dog was in distress and locked in the hot car for more than two hours.
On Wednesday, police shared the rescued dog would “not be neglected again” because Officer Maharaj adopted him.
New York police also thanked the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for caring for the animal.
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LONDON (AP) — Shell posted record profits Thursday for a second straight quarter as the energy giant benefited from soaring prices of oil and natural gas fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
London-based Shell said it’s second-quarter adjusted earnings — which exclude one-time items and fluctuations in the value of inventories — rose to $11.5 billion from $5.5 billion in the same three-month period last year.
The latest earnings smash its record set in the previous quarter, when the company recorded $9.1 billion in adjusted earnings.
Shell also said it would buy back another $6 billion in shares, underlining its healthy cash position.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent oil and natural gas prices soaring as nations spurned Russian energy and supply reductions wreaked havoc in markets. The price increases are driving global inflation, while boosting profits at energy companies.
“It was a turbulent quarter for the world and the global economy,” CEO Ben van Beurden said in a statement. “The war in Ukraine continued, destroying lives and disrupting supplies of food and energy, and aggravating the lives of so many more through high energy prices and the cost-of-living crisis.”
The British government in May announced plans for a temporary 25% tax on the windfall profits of oil and gas companies to help fund payments for people facing soaring energy bills. But its future is unclear after Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned this month and a fight emerged over who will succeed him.
Natural gas prices in Europe jumped this week and were more than five times higher than a year ago as Russia further cut gas flows to Germany and European Union governments moved to reduce natural gas consumption this winter.
The average price for Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, hit $114 a barrel in the second quarter, up from $102.23 in the previous quarter. | https://www.kark.com/news/business/shell-posts-record-earnings-again-as-energy-prices-soar/ | 2022-07-29T02:26:46Z | https://www.kark.com/news/business/shell-posts-record-earnings-again-as-energy-prices-soar/ | false |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco announced a legal state of emergency Thursday over the growing number of monkeypox cases, allowing officials to mobilize personnel and resources and cut through red tape to get ahead of a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that devastated the city.
The declaration, which takes effect Monday, was welcomed by gay advocates who have grown increasingly frustrated by what they called San Francisco’s lackluster response to a virus that so far has affected primarily men who have sex with men, although anyone can get infected.
The city has 261 cases, out of about 800 in California and 4,600 nationwide, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. A national shortage of vaccine has resulted in people waiting in line for hours for scarce doses, often to be turned away when the shots run out.
“San Francisco is an epicenter for the country. Thirty percent of all cases in California are in San Francisco,” said San Francisco Public Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip.
San Francisco shut down its primary monkeypox vaccination clinic earlier this week after it ran out of doses, saying it had only received 7,800 doses of a requested 35,000.
“San Francisco was at the forefront of the public health responses to HIV and COVID-19, and we will be at the forefront when it comes to monkeypox,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco. “We can’t and won’t leave the LGTBQ community out to dry.”
Mayor London Breed planned a news conference later Thursday. | https://www.kark.com/news/health/ap-health/san-francisco-declares-emergency-over-monkeypox-spread/ | 2022-07-29T02:28:04Z | https://www.kark.com/news/health/ap-health/san-francisco-declares-emergency-over-monkeypox-spread/ | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the nation’s biggest lottery prizes got a little bigger Thursday as the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion.
The increase ahead of Friday night’s drawing makes the jackpot the third largest, behind $1.5 billion prizes won in 2018 and 2016.
The Mega Millions prize has grown so large because it has been more than three months since anyone matched the game’s six numbers and snagged the jackpot. That amounts to 29 consecutive drawings without a winner.
Before rushing out to spend $2 on a ticket, keep in mind that the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are a staggering 1 in 302.5 million.
The $1.1 billion prize is for players who get their winnings through an annuity, paid annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners take the cash option, which for Friday’s drawing is an estimated $648.2 million. | https://www.kark.com/news/national/mega-millions-jackpot-now-1-1-billion-nations-3rd-largest/ | 2022-07-29T02:29:12Z | https://www.kark.com/news/national/mega-millions-jackpot-now-1-1-billion-nations-3rd-largest/ | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states.
Mayor Muriel Bowser formally asked the White House last week for an open-ended deployment of 150 National Guard members per day as well as “suitable federal location” for a mass housing and processing center, mentioning the D.C. Armory as a logical candidate. She met on July 21 with Liz Sherwood-Randall, assistant to the president for homeland security, and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
The crisis began in spring when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced plans to send busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C., in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migrant entry numbers.
Since then the city estimates that nearly 200 buses have arrived, delivering more than 4,000 migrants to Union Station, often with no resources and no clue what to do next.
A coalition of local charitable groups has been working to feed and shelter the migrants, aided by a $1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But organizers have been warning that both their resources and personnel were nearing exhaustion.
“This reliance on NGOs is not working and is unsustainable — they are overwhelmed and underfunded,” Bowser said in her letter. She has repeatedly stated that the influx was stressing her government’s ability to care for its own homeless residents and required intervention from Biden’s government.
“We know we have a federal issue that demands a federal response,” Bowser said at a July 18 press conference.
In her letter, Bowser harshly criticizes Abbott and Ducey, accusing them of “cruel political gamesmanship” and saying the pair had “decided to use desperate people to score political points.”
Bowser does not have the authority to personally order a National Guard deployment, an issue that has become emotionally charged in recent years as a symbol of the district’s entrenched status as less than a state.
Her limited authority played a role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol building by supporters of former President Donald Trump. When it became clear that the U.S. Capitol Police were overmatched by the crowds, Bowser couldn’t immediately deploy the district guard. Instead, crucial time was lost while the request was considered inside the Pentagon, and protesters rampaged through the building. | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/dc-requests-national-guard-help-with-busloads-of-migrants/ | 2022-07-29T02:30:16Z | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/dc-requests-national-guard-help-with-busloads-of-migrants/ | true |
Fiber and DOCSIS 4.0 Buildouts and Significant CPE Refreshes Fuel Spending
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, predicts that sales of PON equipment for fiber-to-the-home deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will all increase from 2022 to 2026, as service providers look to expand both the reach of their fixed broadband services to customers' homes as well as the quality and reliability of those services within their homes.
"We've made significant upward revisions to our long-term broadband and home networking forecast, said Jeff Heynen, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "Fiber infrastructure buildouts are resulting in more new subscribers and more CPE with advanced Wi-Fi technologies as service providers look to differentiate their services in increasingly crowded markets," added Heynen.
Additional highlights from the Broadband Access & Home Networking 5-Year Forecast Report:
- PON equipment revenue is expected to grow from $9.3 B in 2021 to $13.6 B in 2026, driven largely by XGS-PON deployments in North America, EMEA, and CALA.
- Revenue for Fixed Wireless CPE is expected to reach $5.1 B by 2026, led by shipments of 5G sub-6GHz and 5G Millimeter Wave units.
- Revenue for Cable Distributed Access Equipment (Virtual CCAP, Remote PHY Devices, Remote MACPHY Devices, and Remote OLTs) is expected to reach nearly $1.3 M by 2026, as operators ramp their DOCSIS 4.0 and fiber deployments.
The Dell'Oro Group Broadband Access & Home Networking 5-Year Forecast Report provides a complete overview of the Broadband Access market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and port/unit shipments for Cable, DSL, PON, and Fixed Wireless equipment. Covered equipment includes Converged Cable Access Platforms (CCAP), Distributed Access Architectures (DAA), DSL Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs), PON Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), Customer Premises Equipment ([CPE] for Cable, DSL, PON, Fixed Wireless), along with Residential WLAN Equipment, including Mesh Routers. For more information about the report, please contact dgsales@delloro.com.
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Making Conjones Verbs (20 Question Par 12, Less Unit Unit Less\nConj - Definition of \"make a verbnoun from\nIn case (9:07 – A13) the conj would not add anything valuable. Thus there seems tobe some correlation between verb length, subject verbagree e relations on the noun subject with the sentence conjunctioncon.The final experiment tests the presence the “weak” version that’ LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve the speed of internet for rural residents, tribes and businesses in remote parts of 11 states from Alaska to Arkansas.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday, ahead of the Thursday announcement, that farmers, store owners, schoolchildren and people seeking telehealth medical checkups will benefit from the ReConnect and Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee programs.
“Connectivity is critical to economic success in rural America,” Vilsack said in a statement tallying the number of people who could be helped at about 31,000 in states also including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas.
The statement said the Department of Agriculture plans more spending on high-speed internet in coming weeks as part of a $65 billion Biden administration plan to expand affordable, high-speed internet to all communities in the U.S.
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined Vilsack and Mitch Landrieu, White House infrastructure coordinator, to point to the effect the grants and loans are expected to have in the northern Nevada community of Lovelock, home to fewer than 2,000 people, and the Lovelock Indian Colony.
“There is a need for this connectivity on so many levels,” Cortez Masto said, “whether it brings telehealth, telemedicine, e-learning, workforce development. A connection is so important for so many Nevadans.”
Internet provider Uprise LLC will receive more than $27 million to connect almost 4,900 people, 130 businesses, 22 farms and seven public schools in Lovelock and surrounding Pershing County, officials said.
Masto, a Democrat seeking reelection in November, said federal funds will offer eligible Nevada residents a $30-per-month discount on their internet bill discount and up to $100 toward a computer.
Elsewhere, Midvale Telephone Co. will get $10.6 million to bring high-speed fiber-optic internet to people, businesses and farms in four central Idaho counties — Elmore, Blaine, Custer and Boise — and five southeast Arizona counties: Gila, Graham, Pinal, Cochise and Pima.
The Arkansas Telephone Co. will receive $12 million to connect almost 1,000 people, 10 businesses and 145 farms to high-speed internet in Searcy and Van Buren counties, with low-cost with voice and voice/data starter packages.
Alaska Power & Telephone, Unicom Inc. and Cordova Telephone Cooperative, combined, are slated to receive almost $55.4 million in to connect almost 3,300 people, 118 businesses and seven schools in remote areas by fiber-optic network.
In New Mexico, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative and ENMP Telephone Cooperative are due to receive a combined $18 million in grants to install affordable fiber networks, and Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative will get a nearly $29 million loan to connect “socially vulnerable communities” in Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln and Otero counties.
Vilsack said the programs will particularly help residents in what he called “persistent poverty counties,” where he said most have access to broadband, but about one in three don’t have high-speed networks needed for telemedicine and distance learning.
He said the goal was “to do what is necessary to make sure every rural resident, regardless of ZIP code has access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet.” | https://www.kark.com/news/tech-news/ap-technology/feds-401m-will-add-high-speed-internet-to-rural-us-places/ | 2022-07-29T02:31:48Z | https://www.kark.com/news/tech-news/ap-technology/feds-401m-will-add-high-speed-internet-to-rural-us-places/ | false |
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A Manchester woman was charged with drunk driving Thursday after Hooksett police allege she hit a 13-year-old with her car before crashing into a utility pole. The teenager was mowing a neighbor’s lawn at the time of the crash.
Around 4:47 p.m. Thursday, Hooksett police and fire crews responded to Martins Ferry Road for a report of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle.
Upon arrival, investigators determined a car driven by Rebecca Panyanouvong, 37, of Manchester was traveling east on Martins Ferry Road when the vehicle veered off the roadway to the right and hit a 13-year-old juvenile who was mowing a neighbor’s lawn. Panyanouvong then hit an Eversource pole and continued traveling approximately 50 yards further before coming to a stop, Hooksett police said in a news release.
The 13-year-old juvenile sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital by the Hooksett Fire Department for further evaluation.
Hooksett police allege Panyanouvong admitted to drinking alcohol before she drove, and claim she showed signs of impairment.
Hooksett police said Panyanouvong refused to take a field sobriety test. and was subsequently arrested for DUI, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and criminal mischief.
Panyanouvong refused additional tests and was booked, bailed, and released to a sober party on personal recognizance bail with a court date of August, 25 at the Merrimack County Superior Court. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/police-manchester-woman-charged-with-dui-after-hitting-pole-teen-mowing-lawn-in-hooksett/article_990a95c8-001d-5222-8c19-f9f855b998d7.html | 2022-07-29T02:37:22Z | https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/police-manchester-woman-charged-with-dui-after-hitting-pole-teen-mowing-lawn-in-hooksett/article_990a95c8-001d-5222-8c19-f9f855b998d7.html | false |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Manganiello marveled at the years-old mysteries in his family that were solved through DNA by researchers on PBS’ “Finding Your Roots,” including a revelation involving the actor’s paternal grandfather.
It was so surprising that host Henry Louis Gates Jr. had to call Manganiello with the news so he wouldn’t find out first during taping.
“My family and I had a betting pool of what it is, like what’s so bad that you can’t announce it on the episode?” Manganiello told a TV critics meeting Thursday.
Gates informed Manganiello that the man the family believed to be the actor’s paternal grandfather really wasn’t.
“My grandfather was a Black man of mixed race,” said Manganiello, who is white. “That was fascinating.”
As a result, Gates told him, “You are zero percent genetically related to anyone named Manganiello in the world.”
Gates didn’t stop there. The show’s research traced back to the actor’s fifth great-grandfather who was a slave who became free before slavery was abolished in Massachusetts, where Manganiello’s father was born outside of Boston. His father’s family came from Italy.
Manganiello found out his distant relative joined the Continental Army and fought alongside other Blacks for the colonies against the British in units that were non-segregated.
“None of us would have guessed that if we’d had 10 years of guessing,” the actor said. “If Manganiello’s not my last name, what is?”
Another mystery from his mother’s side was solved, too.
Manganiello’s maternal great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian genocide during World War I in which her husband and seven of her children were killed. She was shot, but played dead and escaped with an eighth child, who later drowned while they traversed the Euphrates River.
Manganiello was told his great-grandmother was incarcerated and met a German officer stationed at the camp. He said she became pregnant by the officer, who later returned to Germany without her. The actor’s aunt had a picture of the man, which later got lost.
“We had nothing to connect us being German other than this,” he said.
The show’s researchers found that the actor’s mother and aunt were the children of the half-German baby.
“That was a really profound moment for me,” he said.
Gates said it took nearly a year to uncover the ancestry in part because the Turkish government doesn’t give researchers access to vital records and population documents dating to the Ottoman Empire.
Manganiello was filming in Europe last year, and the locals mistook him as being German.
“To think that I don’t look like the other people in m family is because I look like the Germans, OK, now that makes sense,” he said. “It’s really wild what we uncovered.”
The 45-year-old actor known for “True Blood” and “Magic Mike” was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He is married to Colombian-born actor Sofía Vergara.
The new season of “Finding Your Roots” begins Jan. 3. Among those featured are Oscar winners Viola Davis and Julia Roberts, as well as Carol Burnett, political activist Angela Davis and actor Danny Trejo. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/joe-manganiello-gets-family-mysteries-solved-on-pbs-show/ | 2022-07-29T02:38:55Z | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/joe-manganiello-gets-family-mysteries-solved-on-pbs-show/ | false |
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan-based biomedical company Taiwan RedEye Biomedical Inc. is revolutionizing the health and safety industry by combining advanced ICT and medical expertise and providing state-of-the-art optical detection technology embedded in innovative products to give customers a safe, fast, and efficient way to assess everyday items. The company recently unveiled their technology at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders to demonstrate the company's latest innovation.
Innovative products
RedEye has sights on critical industries such as Smart health, food safety, and environment protection, as well as consumables and other optical devices.
In the health sector, RedEye is leading the way in innovative technology with products such as its visible spectrophotometer called RedEye 1 Plus, a detection device rated for clinical use and utilized for health management at home. It can detect substances that absorb signals from 500-600 nm in the light spectrum, which can detect symptoms of diseases in their early stages.
RedEye also has other consumer-centric products, such as the PetEye 1, an optical device that can help detect the traces of urinary system infections and diseases in cats by detecting blood in cat litter and pet diaper pads.
Other ingenious products include a Pollutants analyzer, PestiEye, which is a quick check device of washing water on vegetable and fruit, a portable photometer, an optical diode array, and optical measuring filter paper. All these products are manufactured in Taiwan and designed to protect people's health and the environment.
Revolutionary optical technology
All these products are enabled by RedEye's optical technology, which has patents in China, the United States, and other countries. Aside from its existing product design, RedEye can also work with companies to create specialized detection products to suit their needs, either through licensing its technology or through the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) method.
For its innovative technology and unique approach, RedEye has already garnered multiple recognition, even though it was founded in 2017 in Hsinchu. It already won the 16th National Innovation Award in 2019
As of now, RedEye is continuing to expand its 16-member team, focusing on research and development as well as partnerships with other companies worldwide. While primarily operating in Taiwan, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region, RedEye is available for partnerships and engagements in other parts of the world. If you're interested in RedEye's optical technology and hi-tech products, you can visit its website at www.redeyebmi.com
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- Butler-type service provides companionship and services such as tech assistance
- Elderly are served by youths trained to communicate using psychotherapy principles
- Psychotherapy matters a lot to many people all over the world, E-Kids to help deliver
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The elderly can now rely on an exceptional butler service to serve their companionship and assistance needs from Taiwanese startup E-Kids. The startup recently promoted their platform at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders to demonstrate the company's vision.
The innovative solution mimics having a companion at home, where youths can converse with the elderly, share information, and provide tech assistance and even entertainment for them – in a way, posing as surrogate children.
E-Kids' services are different from other butler services in that contemporary psychotherapy practices and principles inform their communication style. The service helps childless elderly individuals or those who lack the companionship of their children to get the best support in life, especially regarding their mental health.
"Psychotherapy teaches us how to heal. From introducing positive language into our vocabulary to changing our inner conversations, these influence our moods and behaviors. However, psychotherapy can be scary, and not everyone is ready for it."
"So we take that fear out and embed it into our communication style, especially with the elderly. We are trained to prioritize emotions and to speak with kindness," said Jude, founder of E-Kids.
Solving the mental health conundrum plaguing Taiwan's elderly
Taiwan is a rapidly aging society, where in less than three years, 20% of its citizens will be over 65. Although traditional Chinese culture prioritizes filial piety and obligation to parents, Taiwan is seeing a shift in family values – which has translated into a diminished sense of responsibility in some adult children towards their aging parents.
As such, many Taiwanese elderly find themselves feeling lonely in their old age, often devoid of assistance navigating the modern world and craving the companionship of the younger ones.
"Being an Asian society, mental illnesses and discussions of mental health are still heavily stigmatized. Worse still, access to mental health services is hampered in many ways, even though people are gradually becoming more open to seeking professional help.", shared E-Kids' psychotherapy advisor Alpha.
From Instagram to startup
Four years in development, the startup started humbly enough as an Instagram account providing resume-building services built around the message that "everyone is perfect."
After finding out that the message resonated with youths from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, Jude and her team realized that it took little to make people feel significantly better, happier, less anxious, and less depressed.
Recognizing the benefits of psychotherapy-embedded communications, the team decided to work on a butler service for the elderly, as he believes that mental wellness starts with better communication in the hopes of helping the elderly move towards accessing psychotherapy services.
Already launched, E-Kids has web and mobile apps in the works. So far, the startup has engaged in fundraising efforts by pitching at London Tech Week and VivaTech, having been sponsored by the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) on a trip to Europe. Jude says the company is facing accelerated growth with market opportunities in Taiwan and Japan.
"I envision a future where people value each other's physical and mental health, with infrastructure that mandates kindness and is conducive to healing. All components are vital to building a mentally healthy, accepting, forgiving, and healing future.", said Jude.
"E-Kids is the first step to that. We are not a digital therapeutics app; we are building a community that changes how we communicate, which leads the way to therapy for those who need it.", he added.
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Tigers second. Jeimer Candelario pops out to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Jonathan Schoop grounds out to shortstop, Bo Bichette to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Willi Castro homers to center field. Harold Castro called out on strikes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 1, Blue jays 0.
Blue jays third. Danny Jansen flies out to right field to Victor Reyes. George Springer reaches on error. Throwing error by Javier Baez. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to shortstop, Javier Baez to Harold Castro. George Springer to second. Alejandro Kirk singles to center field. George Springer scores. Bo Bichette pops out to shallow right field to Jonathan Schoop.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Tigers 1, Blue jays 1.
Blue jays fourth. Teoscar Hernandez flies out to right field to Victor Reyes. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singles to shallow left field. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores. Santiago Espinal pops out to Javier Baez. Danny Jansen flies out to deep center field to Willi Castro.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Blue jays 3, Tigers 1.
Blue jays sixth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. strikes out on a foul tip. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Santiago Espinal grounds out to shallow infield, Angel De Jesus to Harold Castro. Danny Jansen singles to deep left field. George Springer strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 1.
Tigers seventh. Jeimer Candelario strikes out swinging. Jonathan Schoop homers to left field. Willi Castro pops out to shallow right field to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Harold Castro pops out to Matt Chapman.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 2.
Tigers eighth. Victor Reyes doubles to deep right field. Robbie Grossman reaches on error. Fielding error by Bo Bichette. Javier Baez walks. Robbie Grossman to second. Victor Reyes to third. Miguel Cabrera flies out to right field to George Springer. Eric Haase out on a sacrifice fly to deep right field to George Springer. Robbie Grossman to third. Victor Reyes scores. Jeimer Candelario grounds out to second base, Santiago Espinal to Vladimir Guerrero Jr..
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 3.
Blue jays eighth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. reaches on error. Throwing error by Jeimer Candelario. Matt Chapman walks. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to second. Santiago Espinal out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Alex Lange to Jonathan Schoop. Matt Chapman to second. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to third. Danny Jansen out on a sacrifice fly to Robbie Grossman. Matt Chapman to third. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores. George Springer flies out to deep right center field to Victor Reyes.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Blue jays 5, Tigers 3. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Detroit-Toronto-Runs-17337206.php | 2022-07-29T02:53:36Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Detroit-Toronto-Runs-17337206.php | false |
What you need to know about matcha tea
Matcha seems to be everywhere these days — in lattes, cakes, smoothies and even beauty products. If you want to try it at home, finding the best matcha teas helps ensure a good experience, because low-quality matcha can taste muddy and bitter.
Learning more about matcha and how to prepare it makes purchasing quality tea more straightforward. Whether you want to whisk it in a bowl the traditional way or add it to your morning smoothies, you’ll soon find the right option to meet your needs.
What is matcha tea?
Matcha tea is a type of green tea made from the young leaves of the tea plant. These leaves are shaded while growing, which slightly changes the chemical makeup and results in a sweeter flavor.
Once dried, these leaves are ground into a powder to make a fine paste that you mix with water to make tea. Because you drink the ground leaves, rather than just steeping them in water and straining them out, matcha packs an intense caffeine punch, on par with a strong cup of coffee. However, due to the presence of an amino acid compound called L-theanine, it makes you feel alert yet relaxed, without the caffeine jitters.
What does matcha taste like?
Matcha has a complex, earthy and grassy flavor, with a hint of nuttiness and sweetness with a savory umami endnote. The best way to discover what matcha tastes like is to try it. While some people long how it tastes, others aren’t keen and some find it an acquired taste.
How to find quality matcha
You’ll come across plenty of inferior matcha, so it’s important to learn how to tell what’s good and what’s not. First off, ignore any claims such as “premium” or “ceremonial grade” as these have no legal definition. It doesn’t mean matcha with these labels is bad, but they don’t mean that it’s good, either, so look at other factors instead.
The following can all be indicators of quality matcha but aren’t guarantees. Matcha with at least a couple of these features is likely to be of good quality. You should also consider the price and be suspicious of cheap matcha.
- Grown in Japan: Matcha sourced from Japan is much more likely to be grown in adherence to traditional growing and harvesting techniques. Anything grown outside of Japan is likely to be powdered green tea, rather than true matcha.
- Stone-ground: Traditionally, green tea leaves are stone ground to turn them into powder and quality matcha sticks to this technique. Steel-ground matcha is subjected to more heat from friction and loses some important compounds, which affects the overall quality.
- First-harvest: Matcha made using leaves from the first harvest has a mellower and richer flavor than second-harvest matcha. If you intend to drink matcha made with just water, always opt for first-harvest, while second-harvest is fine for baking and matcha lattes.
How to prepare matcha tea the traditional way
Sift matcha into a tea bowl
Measure 1 teaspoon of matcha powder into a tea bowl to make a thin tea or 2 teaspoons to make a thick “koicha” tea. You can use a small fine mesh strainer to sift out any lumps, but this isn’t an essential step.
Add water
For thin matcha, add two ounces of hot water, just off the boil. Or, for thick matcha, add just one ounce.
Whisk
Using a tea whisk, vigorously mix the matcha powder and water together in a zigzag or M-shaped motion.
Drink
Once the powder and water are fully combined and free from lumps, it’s ready to drink.
How to prepare matcha tea the simple way
Mix matcha and water
Measure 1 to 2 teaspoons of matcha powder into a mug. If you’re not yet sure how strong you like your matcha, you’ll need to experiment. Add a few drops of near-boiling water and mix with a teaspoon to form a thick paste.
Add more water
Add around six ounces of near-boiling water to the paste and stir well to combine.
Drink
You can now enjoy your matcha tea while it’s still hot.
Other ways to consume matcha
If you’re not sure about regular matcha tea or simply want more ways to enjoy matcha, these are some other ways to consume it.
- Lattes: Matcha lattes are made from matcha powder mixed with hot dairy or nondairy milk and usually with sugar or another sweetener added.
- Smoothies: You can add a teaspoon or two of matcha powder to a smoothie for a caffeine boost.
- Baked goods: Matcha works well in cakes, cookies, frosting and more.
Best matcha teas
Wild Matcha Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder
Shade-grown according to Japanese matcha practices and stone-ground to preserve compounds and nutrients, this is a quality option. It’s made in small batches using tea grown on just a single-family farm in Japan.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Jade Leaf Organic Teahouse Edition Matcha Powder
This matcha is made from nothing but shade-grown, first-harvest Japanese green tea leaves. It has a rich yet mellow flavor profile and a silky smooth texture.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
FGO Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder
Made using Japanese shade-grown organic tea leaves, this is a solid choice for baking and making lattes. However, the flavor isn’t delicate enough for making traditional tea.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Naoki Matcha Superior Ceremonial Blend
The tea leaves used to make this powder are grown in Uji in Kyoto, using traditional matcha methods. It’s sweet and mellow without much bitterness, making it great for people new to this tea.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Micro Ingredients Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder
Not only is this tea USDA certified, it’s safety tested to make sure it’s free from heavy metals. While it’s made from first-harvest leaves, it’s only culinary grade, so it’s best for baking, lattes and smoothies.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell Envision, a startup based in Taiwan, has developed an SACA Monitoring System that can improve patient survival rates facing the dangers of cancer, together with enhancements in reproductive medicine. The company recently participated at the VivaTech 2022 event in Paris, France showing off their product to other startups and leaders and demonstrating the company's innovative cancer prediction technology.
While the effectiveness of cancer treatment will vary from one individual to another, with generally higher overall recurrence rates, it is important for patients to understand their conditions and what can be done as a treatment. The Cell Envision SACA system actively monitors the probability of recurrence, giving patients the chance of seeking active treatment early and increasing their chances of beating the disease.
The SACA system, which utilizes a variety of technology including a Nonfixable Live-cell Staining Microdialysis Chip and Patient-Derive Explants Platform used for profiling, allows for more efficient response assessment and selection for cancer immunotherapy.
The use of multi-omics analytical modules makes it easier to detect somatic mutation profiles, put together comprehensive immune profiling, and even produce cell therapy predictions that can be accurate for most pieces of information. When it comes to capturing a specific target cell, the use of these systems makes the process a much more efficient one.
The features of the Cell Envision SACA monitoring system include:
- Liquid biopsy - Only 2ml of blood is needed for analysis
- Simultaneous analysis of multiple cancer cell types - Circulating tumor cancer cells, cancer cell clusters, immune cells and cancer cell conjugated, and more can be analysed
- High accuracy - The predicted success rate is 8 times higher than that of CEA or CA 199 monitoring alone
- Ease of use - Cancer cells can be isolated to the genetic testing platform
Pushing the boundaries of biotech, Cell Envision aims to accelerate the discovery of identification and pathogenesis in reproductive medicine and oncology by revealing the functional biology of every patient cell, and the SACA system monitors will help pave the way.
With patents approved in the United States, China, and Taiwan, Cell Envision hopes to deliver even more positive results in the biotech field. The company has recently closed its angel funding round, and will look to new territories like Europe and the United States following its presence in Asia.
Together with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the company is in a great position to innovate further, and bring even more benefits to those in the medical field as well as patients around the world.
About Cell Envision
We are the first commercial Patient-Derived Explants (PDEs) platform used for profiling the response assessment and selection to cancer immunotherapy by developed of the single cell functional multi-omics analytical modules with SACA monitoring system. Cellenvision is accelerating the discovery of identification & pathogenesis in oncology by revealing the true functional biology of every patient cell.
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The most talked about game in the lottery for weeks has been the Mega Millions and the game's ever-increasing jackpot after weeks of drawings that haven't yielded a grand prize winner.
The game's jackpot has now soared to a historic $1.1 billion, making it among the largest jackpots ever. The latest jackpot, which could see a winner by Friday, puts it up on the international stage with the likes of Spain's El Gordo, which is consistently seen as the largest game in Europe for total prizes.
Bill Coley, president of the Institute of Responsible Gaming, Lotteries and Sports at Miami University told the Associated Press that while there are many lotteries around the world, “It’s the mystiques of mathematics. You can take a nominal fee and give a chance to build a revenue stream of a billion dollars for potentially one individual. It’s pretty exciting.”
With a prize that large, winners can be sure they'll find they're making many new friends. In many states throughout the U.S., lottery winners are allowed to remain anonymous. States like Mississippi say they won't disclose a winner's identity without their express consent.
And in Kansas, winners can request that they remain anonymous.
The chances of winning are very though, unfortunately, There's about a 1 in 302.6 million chance that you will.
David Schwartz, a professor and gaming historian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas explained why people still play saying, “The driving force behind lotteries is that one ticket isn't that expensive but you have a chance for a huge, huge payoff," he said.
“I think people have an understanding there are pretty slim odds, but on the other hand, somebody has to win," said Schwartz. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/mega-millions-jackpot-reaches-1-1b-becoming-one-of-the-largest-ever | 2022-07-29T03:02:08Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/mega-millions-jackpot-reaches-1-1b-becoming-one-of-the-largest-ever | false |
This Visakhapatnam breakfast corner offers traditional Andhra dishes packed with millets
Swaraj Naturals puts a spin on traditional breakfast staples like idlis and dosas by packing them with nutritious millets
Visakhapatnam has a dime a dozen eateries doling out a variety of South Indian breakfast options; but at Swaraj Naturals in Peda Waltair, a simple dish of idli or dosa is a powerhouse of nutrition packed with millets.
“Millets are easily accessible and affordable. The traditional Andhra breakfast in many regions is prepared with millets and sprouts. We have brought some of those back,” says K V Suresh Kumar, the founder of Swaraj Naturals.
His passion for organic food and natural farming led him to start Swaraj Organics, which sells organically-grown vegetables and other products. The breakfast venture was recently started at the ground floor open space of Swaraj Naturals.
The menu is short – pottikalu, millet dosa, molakala vada, dibbarotti with cheruku panakam and chitti pesarattu. Pottikalu is a different way of making idlis, popular as a breakfast in East and West Godavari regions. These conical idlis have a texture similar to regular idlis, but Pottikalu is steamed in jackfruit leaf baskets. Prepared with ragi and jowar, they have a flavourful aroma and distinct taste that comes from jackfruit leaves. “Jackfruit leaves are considered to be rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants and contain digestive enzymes which are good for health,” says Suresh.
The other unique offering is the molakala vada. This vada is made by grinding green gram, chana dal and cow peas and fried in oil. Crisp on the outside and soft inside, the vadas served with chutney, taste delicious.
The dosas here are made with millets like ragi and jowar and served with three types of chutneys – coconut, groundnut and ginger green chilli. “All the chutneys are made with cold pressed oils of coconut, sesame and groundnut that are prepared in the two machines we have here,” says Suresh.
Here, the popular Andhra breakfast of dibbarotti (a thick golden crust made with idli batter) is served with cheruku panakam made from sugarcane. “This is another ancient way of relishing the dibbarotti.Cheruku panakam is considered to boost immunity and is rich in iron and magnesium,” he adds. The bobbatlu is made with wheat flour, jaggery and ghee here.
“We believe in creating an ecosystem where people understand the benefits of our traditional dishes and naturally inculcate a healthy lifestyle with simple tweaks in daily diets. Whenever someone walks in, we don’t just serve the dish, we also tell them how the idlis, dosas and chutneys are made and what difference it makes. Our objective is to spread awareness about our regional grains and herbs. For instance, very few people know the benefits of nalleru (Cissus quadrangularis), which finds mention in Ayurvedic texts and has several health benefits. We serve the fresh nalleru chutney to those want to taste it,” says Suresh.
The breakfast joint is open from 7.30am to 11.30am. A meal for two costs about Rs 150.
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- Butler-type service provides companionship and services such as tech assistance
- Elderly are served by youths trained to communicate using psychotherapy principles
- Psychotherapy matters a lot to many people all over the world, E-Kids to help deliver
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The elderly can now rely on an exceptional butler service to serve their companionship and assistance needs from Taiwanese startup E-Kids. The startup recently promoted their platform at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders to demonstrate the company's vision.
The innovative solution mimics having a companion at home, where youths can converse with the elderly, share information, and provide tech assistance and even entertainment for them – in a way, posing as surrogate children.
E-Kids' services are different from other butler services in that contemporary psychotherapy practices and principles inform their communication style. The service helps childless elderly individuals or those who lack the companionship of their children to get the best support in life, especially regarding their mental health.
"Psychotherapy teaches us how to heal. From introducing positive language into our vocabulary to changing our inner conversations, these influence our moods and behaviors. However, psychotherapy can be scary, and not everyone is ready for it."
"So we take that fear out and embed it into our communication style, especially with the elderly. We are trained to prioritize emotions and to speak with kindness," said Jude, founder of E-Kids.
Solving the mental health conundrum plaguing Taiwan's elderly
Taiwan is a rapidly aging society, where in less than three years, 20% of its citizens will be over 65. Although traditional Chinese culture prioritizes filial piety and obligation to parents, Taiwan is seeing a shift in family values – which has translated into a diminished sense of responsibility in some adult children towards their aging parents.
As such, many Taiwanese elderly find themselves feeling lonely in their old age, often devoid of assistance navigating the modern world and craving the companionship of the younger ones.
"Being an Asian society, mental illnesses and discussions of mental health are still heavily stigmatized. Worse still, access to mental health services is hampered in many ways, even though people are gradually becoming more open to seeking professional help.", shared E-Kids' psychotherapy advisor Alpha.
From Instagram to startup
Four years in development, the startup started humbly enough as an Instagram account providing resume-building services built around the message that "everyone is perfect."
After finding out that the message resonated with youths from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, Jude and her team realized that it took little to make people feel significantly better, happier, less anxious, and less depressed.
Recognizing the benefits of psychotherapy-embedded communications, the team decided to work on a butler service for the elderly, as he believes that mental wellness starts with better communication in the hopes of helping the elderly move towards accessing psychotherapy services.
Already launched, E-Kids has web and mobile apps in the works. So far, the startup has engaged in fundraising efforts by pitching at London Tech Week and VivaTech, having been sponsored by the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) on a trip to Europe. Jude says the company is facing accelerated growth with market opportunities in Taiwan and Japan.
"I envision a future where people value each other's physical and mental health, with infrastructure that mandates kindness and is conducive to healing. All components are vital to building a mentally healthy, accepting, forgiving, and healing future.", said Jude.
"E-Kids is the first step to that. We are not a digital therapeutics app; we are building a community that changes how we communicate, which leads the way to therapy for those who need it.", he added.
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- Butler-type service provides companionship and services such as tech assistance
- Elderly are served by youths trained to communicate using psychotherapy principles
- Psychotherapy matters a lot to many people all over the world, E-Kids to help deliver
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The elderly can now rely on an exceptional butler service to serve their companionship and assistance needs from Taiwanese startup E-Kids. The startup recently promoted their platform at VivaTech 2022 in Paris, France to other startups and leaders to demonstrate the company's vision.
The innovative solution mimics having a companion at home, where youths can converse with the elderly, share information, and provide tech assistance and even entertainment for them – in a way, posing as surrogate children.
E-Kids' services are different from other butler services in that contemporary psychotherapy practices and principles inform their communication style. The service helps childless elderly individuals or those who lack the companionship of their children to get the best support in life, especially regarding their mental health.
"Psychotherapy teaches us how to heal. From introducing positive language into our vocabulary to changing our inner conversations, these influence our moods and behaviors. However, psychotherapy can be scary, and not everyone is ready for it."
"So we take that fear out and embed it into our communication style, especially with the elderly. We are trained to prioritize emotions and to speak with kindness," said Jude, founder of E-Kids.
Solving the mental health conundrum plaguing Taiwan's elderly
Taiwan is a rapidly aging society, where in less than three years, 20% of its citizens will be over 65. Although traditional Chinese culture prioritizes filial piety and obligation to parents, Taiwan is seeing a shift in family values – which has translated into a diminished sense of responsibility in some adult children towards their aging parents.
As such, many Taiwanese elderly find themselves feeling lonely in their old age, often devoid of assistance navigating the modern world and craving the companionship of the younger ones.
"Being an Asian society, mental illnesses and discussions of mental health are still heavily stigmatized. Worse still, access to mental health services is hampered in many ways, even though people are gradually becoming more open to seeking professional help.", shared E-Kids' psychotherapy advisor Alpha.
From Instagram to startup
Four years in development, the startup started humbly enough as an Instagram account providing resume-building services built around the message that "everyone is perfect."
After finding out that the message resonated with youths from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia, Jude and her team realized that it took little to make people feel significantly better, happier, less anxious, and less depressed.
Recognizing the benefits of psychotherapy-embedded communications, the team decided to work on a butler service for the elderly, as he believes that mental wellness starts with better communication in the hopes of helping the elderly move towards accessing psychotherapy services.
Already launched, E-Kids has web and mobile apps in the works. So far, the startup has engaged in fundraising efforts by pitching at London Tech Week and VivaTech, having been sponsored by the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) on a trip to Europe. Jude says the company is facing accelerated growth with market opportunities in Taiwan and Japan.
"I envision a future where people value each other's physical and mental health, with infrastructure that mandates kindness and is conducive to healing. All components are vital to building a mentally healthy, accepting, forgiving, and healing future.", said Jude.
"E-Kids is the first step to that. We are not a digital therapeutics app; we are building a community that changes how we communicate, which leads the way to therapy for those who need it.", he added.
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Family watching Euro final hope their personalised flag appears on TV again
A family attending the Women’s Euro final at Wembley hope their personalised England flag makes another TV appearance.
Kerry Laville, 42, a trainee teacher, attended the England v Sweden semi-final match with her two daughters – Taylor, 12 and Lauren, nine – her husband Damian, 45 and son Callum, six, when something unexpected happened.
She was “excited” to see that a white and red England flag with the words ‘Battyeford Belles’, in reference to the club her daughters play for, made a live TV appearance on the BBC.
“The flag was a nod to the team and everyone was so excited to have seen it and sent over screenshots they’d taken of the telly. It was almost like we had taken the team with us,” Mrs Laville, who lives in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, told the PA news agency.
The girls have played for the female football team at Battyeford Sporting Club, which is referred to as “the Belles” and is near Huddersfield for around 18 months.
The flag was bought before the quarter final and it is set to become a seasoned traveller as it could make an appearance on the Lavilles’ family holiday to Dubai in August.
Mrs Laville described the atmosphere of the game as “incredible”.
“It was lovely seeing the excitement in Lauren’s face when England scored a goal. Her eyes were sparkling and they say eyes never lie when you smile,” she said.
Football has played a key role in the household, with Mr and Mrs Laville being avid watchers of football matches before and after their children were born, which could have been the reason why their daughters took to the sport like a “duck to water”.
“Lauren’s actually going to be starting with Leeds United in September, with their emerging talent centre,” she said.
Mrs Laville said that she hopes the Women’s Euros will “encourage more girls to realise that there are local girls team”.
She added: “Unfortunately, not every area has a girls team, which might be because there are not enough girls who want to play, so hopefully this is going to grow it on a grassroots level.”
The family are set to attend the final at Wembley on Sunday with their flag, and potentially less face paint than they wore at the semi-final.
“I’ve told my husband that he can’t have his face painted completely with the England flag like on Tuesday as the paint went everywhere,” she said.
“His shirt is in the washer at the moment actually. I’m hoping that the smears of red paint are going to come out.”
Lauren and Taylor have also planned on painting the England flag on their nails, and the whole family hope to link up with more Battyeford Belles and Instagram contacts to “enjoy” the day. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11059955/Family-watching-Euro-final-hope-personalised-flag-appears-TV-again.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-29T03:17:50Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11059955/Family-watching-Euro-final-hope-personalised-flag-appears-TV-again.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAID Technology ("GRAID"), the creators of the world's first NVMe and NVMeoF RAID card, is showcasing its revolutionary enterprise data protection solution to the world at the Taiwan Tech Arena Pavilion during CES 2022.
As a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree, GRAID's SupremeRAID™ NVMe RAID card is defining the future of data storage with its incredible speed, power and flexibility. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition that honors the most exceptional design and engineering achievements in consumer technology. GRAID SupremeRAID™ was handpicked by an elite panel of industry expert judges, including prominent members of the media, designers and engineers, from a record-high number of over 1,800 submissions — demonstrating its vast potential and status as a trailblazing industry innovator.
"We are honored to display our award-winning solution at the Taiwan Tech Arena. Our team is deeply passionate about providing customers with the world's most powerful data protection for NVMe SSDs, without sacrificing the performance they need — and that begins with a forward-thinking approach. We selected Taiwan for our R&D center due to its extraordinary tech talent and reputation as an up-and-coming hub of innovation. This unique combination enabled us to develop SupremeRAID™, which provides the speed, ease of use, flexibility and TCO the market demands for the future of high-performance workloads," said Leander Yu, CEO of GRAID.
Visionary technology to maximize SSD performance
Named one of the Ten Hottest Data Storage Startups of 2021 by CRN, GRAID SupremeRAID™ is already breaking world records with its visionary software plus hardware solution. SupremeRAID™ is the first NVMe RAID card in the world to eliminate the traditional RAID bottleneck and deliver maximum available SSD performance. With SupremeRAID™, GRAID is offering a new way for enterprise data centers to achieve record-breaking NVMe SSD or NVMeoF performance without sacrificing data security or business continuity.
While traditional RAID cards have worked well for enterprise data storage to a point, these technologies are struggling to keep up with the high level of performance offered by modern NVMe SSDs. With a single NVMe SSD able to deliver around one million IOPS and 7GB/s of throughput, traditional RAID cards or software RAID systems are no longer capable of handling the massive performance leap of an SSD — leading to a performance bottleneck in storage infrastructure.
GRAID's disruptive solution sidesteps this challenge altogether with an entirely novel architecture that uses a GPU, rather than legacy RAID card, to deliver unparalleled computing performance. Designed for a modern software composable environment, GRAID SupremeRAID™ protects direct-attached flash storage as well as storage connected via NVMeoF, while delivering a blazing 16M IOPS 110GB/s throughput with a single card – at least 5 times faster than the competition.
Traditional hardware RAID cards also need to be directly connected using cables, which severely limits their usefulness in modern Software-Composable Infrastructure. However, GRAID SupremeRAID™'s plug-and-play design doesn't require extra cabling to connect SSD disks to the RAID card, which eliminates the costs of refactoring existing hardware and avoids another potential point of failure.
GRAID will be showcasing its solution at Taiwan Tech Arena, Booth #61423, D7, as well as at the CES 2022 Innovation Awards Showcase at the Venetian Expo, Halls A-C, Booth #52952. To set up a meeting with GRAID during CES 2022, email info@graidtech.com
About GRAID Technology
GRAID's extraordinary software plus hardware solution has redefined the value of SSD RAID cards and makes GRAID SupremeRAID™ the most powerful and flexible NVMe SSD RAID in the world. Book a demo today at www.graidtech.com
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Vik’s Chaat, the heavyweight champ of Indian street food in the Bay Area, turns 33 this year, and it remains one of the most unique culinary destinations of the region. From the sporks to the soaring butter-yellow and lavender walls of the warehouse dining room to the parade of telescope-shape dosas that march out of the kitchen, Vik’s embodies spectacle in the same manner as the House of Prime Rib, with its metal beef carts and martini shakers.
Recently, I’d heard rumors that Amod Chopra, the second-generation owner, had re-entered the kitchen at Vik’s in West Berkeley, shouldering cooking duties alongside managing the company’s import and grocery distribution operations. There does seem to be something extra going on with the food these days: crispier dosas, brighter flavors, more of that ineffable taste of home. If you haven’t been back lately, it’s worth a revisit.
Chopra, now 52, was an early recruit to Vik’s: In their teen years, under the tutelage of their grandmother, he and his sister would prep in the kitchen, working the fryer and getting the myriad of chaat components ready for the day. “My first memories of the restaurant were of being woken up at 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday to start cooking,” Chopra said. After graduating from college, he spent some years working as a financial analyst for a semiconductor company before returning to take over the business when his father’s health declined.
Until last year, he’d mostly been coordinating the business from his office; now, he’s making the daily lunch specials and tasting everything as it comes out. The look and feel of the dishes — the ratio of tamarind chutney to yogurt on the dahi papdi chaat ($10), the maximum circumference of the dosas — have been tattooed onto his brain after years of repetition. And he finds it exhilarating to go through these old motions again and calibrate the food to the tastes he remembers.
One of the interesting contradictions to Vik’s is that, while its focus is on street food, typified by its fluidity and culinary informality, it balances that dynamism with the specific demands of nostalgia.
“We’ve sort of backed ourselves into a very specific memory of India,” Chopra said. Everywhere in India, cooks are constantly iterating on the classics, messing around with crumbled instant noodles, Parmesan cheese and quinoa, among many other things. “But here in the Bay Area, people are longing for that original chaat. Our path is serving the expats, the immigrant community, traditional chaat — traditional memories.”
So at Vik’s, making chaat is like refining your movement in a choreographed dance: shifting your feet and shoulders by fractions of centimeters to get to the ideal.
I see that delicate balance in the dahi batata puri ($10). Punched open by a cook’s fingertips and draped in yogurt, the crisp whole wheat puris look like sea urchin shells nestled in foam. Too much yogurt would drown them out, while too little would undermine the sea breeze whoosh of milky coolness that enhances each bite. The puris burst in the mouth with the starchy bloom of boiled potato, hidden inside, followed by the tang of tamarind chutney hit with just-hot-enough pinpricks of chile powder.
And then there’s the bhatura cholle ($14), a picture-perfect rendition of the classic Punjabi dish. Cooked in hot oil, the blistered fried bread puffs like a whoopee cushion, exhaling with a hot sigh as the diner rips it open for dipping in the cooked chickpea mixture.
Despite all the virtues of the Vik’s menu, it’s the daily specials board behind the counter that has always attracted me the most. If you’ve mostly hyper-focused on dosas and pani puri while eating at Vik’s (reasonable), this is the deal: The specials range and are centered on thali-style presentation, with a main dish, always something warm and homey-feeling, served with a set of accompaniments. Though thalis are most often round platters, with a solar system of small, banchan-like dishes arranged in a circle, the ones at Vik’s are more like cafeteria trays. The compostable sporks only enhance my nostalgia for public school lunch.
It’s the most varied cooking that you’ll find at Vik’s, with influences that span the many regions of India. On a recent visit, I enjoyed a thali featuring dumm murgh ($16) flanked by a rich chana dal, lightly pickled carrot and a sheet of garlic butter-slicked naan. The centerpiece was Chopra’s take on Hyderabadi chicken curry, with succulent morsels of chicken thigh swimming in a velvety and aromatic cashew gravy the color of suede. On other weeks, you might be drawn by something totally different: northern Indian-style mashed turnips spiked with ginger and garlic, or a comforting, cumin-scented mound of kheema made from minced free-range lamb.
Though I’ve been numerous times already, I often feel delightfully overwhelmed at Vik’s, and I feel as if I’ve just opened the instruction booklet to a new board game. Part of that is the chaotic energy of the ordering and pickup system. In the dining room, the pulsating thrums of Bollywood tunes are frequently interrupted with the summer camp crackle of a PA system, announcing names for food pickup to people who linger in the cavernous space like eager travelers waiting to board their plane. The open kitchen is divided into distinct stations — for chaat, biryani, thalis and others — and, if you’ve ordered a lot of different things, figuring out where to go and which dish is yours as the orders come up has a bit of a game show excitement to it. Really, the service style is mostly the same as it was when it opened in the warehouse space in 2010.
On the surface, it seems like the biggest pandemic pivot at Vik’s is its outdoor seating area, a set of pleasantly colorful picnic tables set out in the parking lot. But on a subtler level, Chopra’s return to the kitchen is another welcome shift.
If anything, the pandemic clarified Chopra’s feelings about taking over the family business. “I realized I’d been doing it for 27 years,” he said. “I sort of backed into it. I really didn’t have a choice, on a subconscious level.”
As an immigrant, how could you say no to your parents? he mused.
“For someone my age, what are my final years going to look like, to have no regrets?” Returning to the kitchen, to the dance, was the answer.
Soleil Ho is The San Francisco Chronicle’s restaurant critic. Email: soleil@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @hooleil
2390 Fourth St. (at Channing Way), Berkeley. 510-644-4432 or https://vikschaat.com/
Hours: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday.
Accessibility: Mostly on level ground, with ramps to entrance. Menu signage on door and behind counter.
Noise level: Loud inside, quiet outside.
Meal for two, without drinks: $30-$40
What to order: Dahi batata chaat, bhatura cholle, thali specials, dosas.
Meat-free options: Most of the menu is vegetarian. A few vegan options.
Drinks: Soft drinks.
Transportation: Short walk from 36, 51B and 72 bus stops. Private lot and street parking. Bike stands available.
Best practices: Check out the lunch specials on the Vik's Facebook page before you go. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/viks-chaat-indian-berkeley-17333657.php | 2022-07-29T03:19:45Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/viks-chaat-indian-berkeley-17333657.php | false |
LONDON — Germany against England at Wembley Stadium. A final that underlines the growing stature of women’s soccer in Europe and echoes decades of history.
When host nation England takes on Germany in the European Championship final Sunday, it will have a tournament-record crowd of nearly 90,000. Euro 2022 as a whole will be easily the best-attended ever. It beat the previous mark of 240,000 partway through the group stage.
“It’s going to be a great festival of football,” German coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said Wednesday. “That’s a classic in soccer, England-Germany.”
England is aiming to win its first major women’s tournament title on the site where the English men’s national team beat West Germany to win its only major title, the 1966 World Cup.
Germany has won all eight European finals it has played — and crushed England 6-2 in the 2009 final — but its momentum has slowed in recent years as other countries invested heavily in women’s leagues.
England has scored a tournament-leading 20 goals on its way to the final, more than half in two storming wins over former European champions, 8-0 against Norway in the group stage and 4-0 against Sweden in the semifinals.
Who: Germany at England
When: 8:30 a.m. Sunday
TV: ESPN
Beating eight-time winner Germany would be the perfect way for England to write history. England showed it is possible back in February, winning 3-1 in Wolverhampton for its first-ever victory against Germany on home soil.
Germany’s fans are used to their team winning titles, even if it’s not quite the all-conquering dynasty it once was. Since Germany won the Olympic gold medal in 2016, Euro 2022 marks the first time it has gotten past the quarterfinals of a tournament.
Germany’s Alexandra Popp and England’s Beth Mead lead the Euros with six goals apiece. England also has gotten big production from substitute Alessia Russo: The Manchester United forward, who played college soccer at North Carolina, has scored four goals off the bench, including a backheel through the goalkeeper’s legs against Sweden in the semifinals. She also fed Ella Toone for the goal that sent the quarterfinal against Spain to extra time.
“I think when you’re enjoying your football, you play your best,” Russo said. “Maybe (the backheel against Sweden) does show a bit of confidence — but I’m just loving playing football.”
England’s Sarina Wiegman and Germany’s Voss-Tecklenburg already have secured a place in history as players and head coaches.
Voss-Tecklenburg has been a driving force in German soccer for decades — 125 games played for the national team and four European titles, a UEFA Women’s Cup (now the Champions League) title as coach in 2009, even five years editing a women’s soccer magazine.
She has noted England’s slow start against Sweden in the semifinal, when the hosts were on the defensive. “The first 30 minutes against Sweden showed that you can hurt (England), and that will be our task,” she said.
Wiegman played 99 times for the Netherlands and coached the Dutch to the 2017 European title before joining England, and is still unbeaten in 11 games as coach at the championships.
“We said before the tournament and we still say it every time that we want to inspire the nation,” Wiegman said. “I think that’s what we’re doing and we want to make a difference, and we hope that we will get everyone so enthusiastic and proud of us and that even more girls and boys start playing football.” | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Germany-and-England-set-for-historic-Euro-2022-17336948.php | 2022-07-29T03:23:01Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Germany-and-England-set-for-historic-Euro-2022-17336948.php | false |
Principal of Texas school where shooting happened reinstated
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Officials of the Texas school district where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened have reinstated the principal of the school where the shooting happened.
Uvalde school district officials had suspended Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez with pay after a legislative report criticized her school security after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at the school on May 24.
On Wednesday, Gutierrez rebutted the criticisms point by point in a letter sent to the committee that authored the report.
On Thursday, Uvalde school Superintendent Hal Harrell sent her and her attorney a brief letter lifting the suspension and reinstating her as an administrator.
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Natasha Cloud and Ariel Atkins scored 14 points apiece and the Washington Mystics breezed to an 87-77 victory over the Dallas Wings on Thursday night.
Cloud had seven assists and Atkins handed out six for Washington (18-11). The other three starters — Alysha Clark, Myisha Hines-Allen and Shakira Austin — all scored 13. The Mystics have won three straight and five of six.
Teaira McCowan had season highs of 27 points and 11 rebounds to lead Dallas (12-16), which fell to 5-9 at home. Arike Ogunbowale added 19 points and six boards, while Allisha Gray scored 12.
The Mystics used a 32-point second quarter to turn a 24-14 lead into a 56-36 advantage at halftime.
Washington shot 56.4% from the floor, including 9 of 15 from 3-point range, but struggled at the foul line (16 of 24).
The Wings shot 38,4% overall, made only 5 of 22 from distance (22.7%) and sank just 16 of 27 free throws (59,3%). | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/mystics-win-over-dallas-wings-thursday-night/3034933/ | 2022-07-29T03:25:25Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/mystics-win-over-dallas-wings-thursday-night/3034933/ | true |
Nicki Minaj Shares Trailer for Documentary Series 'Nicki'
Nicki Minaj is finally giving her fans the documentary they’ve been waiting for.
On Thursday, the rap queen shared the first trailer for her six-part docuseries Nicki, which captures her meteoric rise to becoming one of the biggest stars on the planet.
“A story so raw it can only be told by a legend this real,” reads the teaser.
The two-minute clip opens with a young Onika Tanya Maraj rapping her “Dirty Money (Freestyle)” and includes never-before-seen footage from her 15-year career.
“I think the woman back then, she wasn’t afraid to fail,” says Nicki, who also speaks on her impact. “Female rappers weren’t really charting at the time. I’m fighting for the girls who never thought they could win.”
Coming SOON!!!! The #NickiDocumentary you didn’t know you needed. Love you so much. 😘🫶🏽🎀💕🦄 pic.twitter.com/KbOY5fPU0s
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 28, 2022
She also shares the struggles of being a female rapper in a male-dominated industry. “I simply just don’t get the respect that men do.”
Plus, Nicki gives fans a peek into her home life with her husband, Kenneth Petty, and their son, Papa Bear. “It was time for me to grow up and start loving myself,” says Nicki. “I became the strongest I’ve ever been in my life.”
There is no release date for Nicki, but she has assured fans that it’s “coming soon.” The series is produced by BRON Life and directed by Michael John Warren, who helmed JAY-Z’s Fade to Black and Minaj’s previous documentaries for MTV. Back in 2020, Nicki announced that it would air on HBO Max, but there was not mention of HBO in the trailer.
Barbz have been patiently waiting for a new Minaj documentary. Back in 2018, she teased her Queen doc for Apple Music, but it was never released.
Nicki has a busy month ahead. She is also set to relaunch her Queen Radio show on Amazon’s Amp app and drop her new single “Freaky Girl” on Aug. 12. | https://www.rap-up.com/2022/07/28/nicki-minaj-documentary-trailer/ | 2022-07-29T03:34:26Z | https://www.rap-up.com/2022/07/28/nicki-minaj-documentary-trailer/ | true |
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Privacy Protection Agency Board voted unanimously today to oppose as currently drafted H.R. 8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), proposed federal privacy legislation that seeks to significantly weaken Californians' privacy protections by pre-empting the California Consumer Privacy Act and other state privacy laws.
The Board also voted to oppose any bill that similarly threatens crucial privacy protections for Californians but, via a third motion, left room for the Agency to support federal privacy legislation that provides a "true floor" that allows states to implement stronger protections.
ADPPA was advanced by the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on July 20, 2022. Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta have all submitted letters critical of the broad preemption language in the bill. While ADPPA would extend privacy rights in states where they do not currently exist, most protections Californians currently enjoy under the CCPA would likely be preempted, including, notably, the CCPA's constitutionally-protected "floor" for privacy protections, California's ability to strengthen the law in the future, and the Agency's ability to protect Californians' privacy rights under the California law. Agency staff outlined the impact that the bill would have on Californians in a memo released on Tuesday.
Chairperson Jennifer Urban stated: "Californians for 50 years, at least, have enjoyed privacy rights in our Constitution and have continuously built on those." "States need to be able to be responsive and California, in particular...needs to be aware of its protections via the floor, and we should take every step we can to make sure that Californians don't lose that protection."
Board Member Chris Thompson stated: "It appears to me that there is a false choice in this bill that....the strong rights of Californians (and others) have to be taken away in order to provide weaker rights federally." "There is an alternative. We can have both. We can have a federal floor that enables states to continue to innovate in this policy area."
"[W]e need to be able to continue to act to protect Californians' rights and to drive forward and adapt to other technological standards of technological innovation."
Board Member Angela Sierra stated: "States are in the best position to really react and address to changes in technology." "There is room for federal legislation, but at the same time allowing the States to be able to address what is going to be very important."
Board Member Lydia De La Torre stated: "Preemption to me doesn't really align with ensuring that Californians or, for that matter of residents of any state, enjoy the highest possible privacy protections." "This is particularly concerning to me in an era... where Roe has been repealed."
Board Member Vinhcent Le stated: "Pre-emption would mean that California no longer have the right to opt out of automated decision making or to get meaningful information when an automated system profiles them or makes a high stakes decisions around who has access to jobs, healthcare, credit, housing, you name it." "While I am excited about the prospect of a national privacy law, I believe it does not need to come at the expense of the privacy rights we have here in California."
An archived video of the meeting is available here.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-05-17-22-25
(two, five, seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-five)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
02-05-17-22-25
(two, five, seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-five) | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17337265.php | 2022-07-29T03:39:09Z | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17337265.php | true |
Former teacher facing sex abuse charge involving 7-year-old student, police say
IRVING, Texas (Gray News) - Texas police say a former teacher has been arrested for an incident involving an elementary school student.
The Irving Police Department reported it has arrested Victor Hugo Moreno, 28, on charges of continuous sex abuse of a young child and an improper relationship between student and educator.
Police said Moreno is accused of assaulting a 7-year-old girl during the 2020-2021 school year while she was in the second grade at Townsell Elementary, where Moreno was her teacher.
The IPD reported it wasn’t notified of the incident until the spring semester of the 2021-2022 school year. Authorities said Moreno resigned from the school district at the end of the 2021 school year after failing to meet his certification requirements.
According to officials, Moreno taught in Plano, Texas, during the 2021-2022 school year and was fired because of a code of conduct violation.
Moreno was arrested on July 21, but police said they believed there were additional victims.
Police urged anyone who knew a victim or was possibly a victim in this matter to contact the Irving Police Department at 972-273-1010.
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College Station City Council unanimously votes on economic incentives
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The College Station City Council unanimously voted on economic incentives for local companies.
City Council discussed Fujifilm Dyosynth Biotechnologies and Viasat. In order to receive incentives, companies must meet goals for payroll, investment values, and employment.
Fujifilm surpassed its goals for 2021, with the council approving its next incentive payment.
Visat did not meet its goals for 2021 and was aware of the agreement, they chose not to request incentives. Viasat also repaid the city for incentives when they did not meet requirements.
“[Viasat] submitted their numbers but we’re recommending that you don’t make that payment and that is actually their request, they’re not requesting payment this year. They realize that it didn’t meet the employment numbers that they needed to,” Natalie Ruiz, the Cheif Development Officer for the City of College Station, said.
The council recognized Fujifilm for its participation in local programs when they approved the incentives.
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MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — On Thursday, Baltimore County Police revealed the two victims injured in a Middle River drive-by-shooting are in police custody.
“This was not an innocent victim,” said Captain Eliot Latchaw.
Police would not confirm if drugs were found in the bullet riddled Infinity SUV but did say the individuals were part of a drug trade.
MORE: 'I heard like 20 rounds': Two injured in targeted drive-by shooting in Middle River
The information came to light during a Middle River Town Hall meeting involving community members, elected leaders and police representatives.
“I can tell you that right now, and I can tell you with 100 percent positivity and assuredness that he is a major drug dealer,” Captain Latchaw told the crowd.
The information came as part of a question and answer session organized by elected leaders.
The intent was to provide updates and help calm the community’s nerves following Tuesday morning’s drive-by double shooting at the intersection of Compass Road and Martin Boulevard.
“They are still in the hospital & there will come a time when they are charged appropriately.”
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 29, 2022
Individuals shot are not from Essex precinct.
Police: “I assure you that your community is safe.”@WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/EKITa3xV0M
In attendance at Thursday's Town Hall meeting were Rosemarie and Calvin Hall. The husband and wife live right behind the CVS, not far from the intersection where the shooting took place.
“Some of the neighbors are starting to get scared because something like this happens, and especially, we were just at that same red light not even 10 minutes turning before that happened,” said Rosemarie.
“It’s uncalled for,” said Calvin. “It’s totally uncalled for. People have no respect for life.”
Baltimore Co. Police are reviewing area surveillance & videos of Tuesday’s double drive-by-shooting.
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 28, 2022
One of the individuals shot is a known “major drug dealer.”
He is not from the area. He will be charged, according to authorities.
Suspect(s) still at large. @WMAR2News
As for the suspects responsible for the drive-by double shooting, Baltimore County Police said the department is working to find them, reiterating this was an isolated and targeted incident.
“100 percent, I can say with confidence that these are not suspects out randomly shooting innocent people,” said Captain Latchaw.
“This was not an innocent victim.”
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 28, 2022
Balt. Co. PD provide update on Tuesday’s drive by shooting
Driver of Infinity SUV who was shot is in police custody.
Police say he is a “known drug dealer” & not from the community.
So far, no suspect(s) has been arrested.@WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/Bn14LlL9nX
More than 20 shell casings were located by crime technicians.
Both people shot, a 43-year-old man and 42-year-old woman, were taken to the hospital. They are now in police custody.
Police believe the shooters sped off in a white Toyota Camry.
Spoke with Councilman David Marks ahead of tonight’s town hall meeting.
— Dave Detling (@WMARDave) July 28, 2022
He’s seen video of the shooting circulating online. He calls high powered gunfire “concerning.”
Listen to a portion of his interview below.@WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/AvNSSyhtug | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/not-an-innocent-victim-residents-seek-answer-questions-on-middle-river-drive-by-shooting | 2022-07-29T03:42:54Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/not-an-innocent-victim-residents-seek-answer-questions-on-middle-river-drive-by-shooting | false |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
9-1-0, Fireball: 7
(nine, one, zero; Fireball: seven)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
9-1-0, Fireball: 7
(nine, one, zero; Fireball: seven) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17337250.php | 2022-07-29T03:42:54Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17337250.php | false |
RIVERSIDE, California (KTLA) — A man suspected of carjacking an Amazon delivery van after breaking into two homes in Riverside, California, is in custody following a wild pursuit earlier this week.
Authorities were alerted to the events around 5:15 p.m. Monday when they received calls about two home-invasion robberies occurring at a mobile home park, the Riverside Police Department stated in a news release.
Responding officers were told the suspect had just carjacked the Amazon van and fled the scene before they arrived. Police were able to locate the stolen delivery van after tracking it by GPS.
The driver didn’t stop and led police on a pursuit through city streets and toward the 60 Freeway, according to the news release.
The driver entered the freeway shortly after striking a vehicle near an intersection, video posted on the Police Department’s Facebook page showed.
The driver then collided with three other vehicles during a pursuit that lasted several minutes on the freeway.
The van eventually became disabled, prompting the suspect to run on foot across the westbound lanes of the freeway. He was caught after failing to climb over a tall barrier wall.
The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Quintin Jamall Larks, of Las Vegas.
Larks has been booked on suspicion of attempted murder, home invasion robbery, carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, reckless evading of police, and suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs causing injury, according to the Police Department.
He is being held on $1 million bail. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/video-california-home-invasion-suspect-flees-in-stolen-amazon-van/ | 2022-07-29T03:43:07Z | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/video-california-home-invasion-suspect-flees-in-stolen-amazon-van/ | false |
Partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Localized flooding is possible..
Tonight
Partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Localized flooding is possible.
Partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Localized flooding is possible..
Tonight
Partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Localized flooding is possible.
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Huntington High School’s mascot is the Highlander, but in the Mountain State Athletic Conference the school’s football team is the rabbit.
Every other program in the MSAC is chasing Huntington, which was picked as the favorite to win the league in a poll of the league’s coaches on Thursday.
The Highlanders received five of 10 first-place votes and 93 points to edge No. 2 Cabell Midland, which picked up four first-place nods and 90 points. Spring Valley was the No. 1 pick by one coach and tallied 80 points to rank third.
“That’s great and dandy, but it’s a pre-season poll,” Huntington coach Billy Seals said during the league’s media day at the Little Creek Park Golf Course. “I appreciate the coaches voting that way. It’s a tough conference. I remember last year we were picked fourth. Those things don’t mean a whole lot.”
The Highlanders exceeded expectations last year, going 13-1, winning the MSAC championship and reaching the Class AAA state championship game before losing to Martinsburg. Huntington returns considerable talent — particularly at the skill positions — but must replace four starters on the offensive line.
Heading the returnees are all-state quarterback Gavin Lochow and defensive end Donovan Garrett.
Seals said his team won’t rest on last year’s laurels.
“Our guys take the workmanlike approach,” Seals said. “It doesn’t matter where we are. We have to go out each day and get better, continue to progress as a program and work hard to leave their legacy on Huntington High football.”
George Washington was fourth in the poll, followed by Hurricane, Parkersburg, Riverside, South Charleston, Capital and St. Albans.
Cabell Midland coach Luke Salmons said he is excited about his team, especially its depth.
“We have some good kids coming back and coming up,” Salmons said. “We have a lot of depth, probably the most we’ve ever had.”
GW coach Steve Edwards lauded Salmons for the Knights’ deep roster and said he wished he has such a luxury.
“Our weakness is numbers,” Edwards said. “The ones we do have are solid. We can’t have too many injuries and get ourselves in a bad spot.”
Tim Stephens is a sports writer with The Herald-Dispatch.
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Tigers second. Jeimer Candelario pops out to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Jonathan Schoop grounds out to shortstop, Bo Bichette to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Willi Castro homers to center field. Harold Castro called out on strikes.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Tigers 1, Blue jays 0.
Blue jays third. Danny Jansen flies out to right field to Victor Reyes. George Springer reaches on error. Throwing error by Javier Baez. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounds out to shortstop, Javier Baez to Harold Castro. George Springer to second. Alejandro Kirk singles to center field. George Springer scores. Bo Bichette pops out to shallow right field to Jonathan Schoop.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Tigers 1, Blue jays 1.
Blue jays fourth. Teoscar Hernandez flies out to right field to Victor Reyes. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singles to shallow left field. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores. Santiago Espinal pops out to Javier Baez. Danny Jansen flies out to deep center field to Willi Castro.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Blue jays 3, Tigers 1.
Blue jays sixth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. strikes out on a foul tip. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Santiago Espinal grounds out to shallow infield, Angel De Jesus to Harold Castro. Danny Jansen singles to deep left field. George Springer strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 1.
Tigers seventh. Jeimer Candelario strikes out swinging. Jonathan Schoop homers to left field. Willi Castro pops out to shallow right field to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.. Harold Castro pops out to Matt Chapman.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 2.
Tigers eighth. Victor Reyes doubles to deep right field. Robbie Grossman reaches on error. Fielding error by Bo Bichette. Javier Baez walks. Robbie Grossman to second. Victor Reyes to third. Miguel Cabrera flies out to right field to George Springer. Eric Haase out on a sacrifice fly to deep right field to George Springer. Robbie Grossman to third. Victor Reyes scores. Jeimer Candelario grounds out to second base, Santiago Espinal to Vladimir Guerrero Jr..
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on. Blue jays 4, Tigers 3.
Blue jays eighth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. reaches on error. Throwing error by Jeimer Candelario. Matt Chapman walks. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to second. Santiago Espinal out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Alex Lange to Jonathan Schoop. Matt Chapman to second. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to third. Danny Jansen out on a sacrifice fly to Robbie Grossman. Matt Chapman to third. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scores. George Springer flies out to deep right center field to Victor Reyes.
1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Blue jays 5, Tigers 3. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Detroit-Toronto-Runs-17337206.php | 2022-07-29T03:47:21Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Detroit-Toronto-Runs-17337206.php | false |
Yankees ninth. Andrew Benintendi flies out to Kyle Isbel. Aaron Judge homers to center field.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Yankees 1, Royals 0.
Yankees ninth. Andrew Benintendi flies out to Kyle Isbel. Aaron Judge homers to center field.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Yankees 1, Royals 0. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Kansas-City-N-Y-Yankees-Runs-17337196.php | 2022-07-29T03:47:40Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/Kansas-City-N-Y-Yankees-Runs-17337196.php | false |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
5-4-7, FIREBALL: 2
(five, four, seven; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
5-4-7, FIREBALL: 2
(five, four, seven; FIREBALL: two) | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17337300.php | 2022-07-29T03:48:35Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17337300.php | false |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge said Thursday that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.
Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn awarded about $98,000 in attorneys’ fees to the liberal watchdog group American Oversight, bringing an end in circuit court to one of four lawsuits the group filed. Vos’s attorney, Ron Stadler, said he was recommending that Vos appeal the ruling.
The fees will be paid by taxpayers, which is why the judge said she was not also awarding additional punitive damages against Vos. Costs to taxpayers for the investigation, including ongoing legal fees, have exceeded $1 million.
“I think the people of the state of Wisconsin have been punished enough for this case,” Bailey-Rihn said. “I don’t think it does anyone any good to have punitive damages placed on the innocent people of this state.”
All of American Oversight’s lawsuits stem from records requests it made to Vos and Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by Vos in June 2021 to investigate the 2020 presidential election won by President Joe Biden. Vos ordered the investigation under pressure from election loser Donald Trump, who continues to falsely claim there was widespread fraud in Wisconsin and that Biden’s win should be decertified, which is impossible and which Vos has repeatedly refused to support.
Even Gableman’s attorney said decertification was “pointless.”
Biden’s victory by nearly 21,000 votes has withstood recounts, multiple state and federal lawsuits, an audit by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau and a review by a conservative activist law firm, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. An Associated Press review of Wisconsin and other battleground states also found far too little fraud to have tipped the election for Trump.
Vos and Gableman have suffered a series of defeats at the circuit court level in the American Oversight lawsuits. Along the way, both were found to be in contempt for refusing to comply with court orders to turn over records. Bailey-Rihn, presiding over her last hearing before retiring, expressed frustration Thursday.
“This has been a long and torturous process to get here,” she said. “The reality is, whatever records there were, they were either destroyed or they weren’t kept. The problem for this court is no one knows when those records were destroyed.”
State law requires lawmakers like Vos to retain records after an open records request for them has been filed. They can, and do, delete records if there is no pending open records request.
Gableman testified in another case that he routinely deleted records that he thought were not a part of the investigation. That resulted in American Oversight filing a fourth lawsuit alleging those deletions were against the law. That case, along with two others, is still pending.
A judge next month was to consider whether Gableman had fulfilled requirements to vacate an earlier contempt order for not turning over records. And in another case, Vos faced an Aug. 4 deadline to turn over additional records requested by American Oversight.
“This whole case has been about trying to shine a light on government,” Bailey-Rihn said. What it revealed, she said, was that in the early days of Gableman’s probe, he was being paid $11,000 a month by taxpayers “to sit in the New Berlin library to learn about election law because he knows nothing about election law.”
“We’re all citizens of this state and this country, and we want our elections to be fair and not tainted by any sort of election fraud,” the judge said. “We have absolutely found out from this case there was absolutely no evidence of election fraud.”
She said Vos and others have shown they believe they have no obligation to comply with the state open records law, they don’t understand it, they don’t follow the attorney general’s guidance and they leave it to people who aren’t trained on the law to deal with it.
“That’s one thing the citizens of this state have learned to their detriment,” Bailey-Rihn said. | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/judge-wisconsin-probe-found-absolutely-no-election-fraud/ | 2022-07-29T03:52:06Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/judge-wisconsin-probe-found-absolutely-no-election-fraud/ | true |
Zoo celebrates birth of baby sloth; mom, son to make public debut together
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - A zoo in Mississippi welcomed a new baby sloth this month.
The Hattiesburg Zoo announced another Linnaeus sloth to the family, the fifth member of the Hattiesburg tribe of sloths and its first male offspring.
WDAM reported the zoo’s female two-toed sloth named Mo gave birth to a male baby on July 5, who became known as Lumpy.
Officials said Lumpy was Mo’s third live birth at the Hattiesburg Zoo, with the little guy joining his older sisters, Maple and Mochi, in the family tree.
According to the zoo, the newborn and his mother survived complications after the birth.
“When little Lumpy was born, the keepers noticed pretty quickly that he wasn’t nursing,” said Kristen Moore, animal curator at the Hattiesburg Zoo. “We waited a few hours to see if he would latch on, but he never did, and we discovered Mo was not producing milk.”
The zoo’s animal care team determined that goat’s milk was the best supplement for Lumpy. The team said that sloths are naturally lactose intolerant and goat’s milk contains the least amount of lactose.
The zoo said that animal keepers fed Lumpy every two hours with a syringe while keeping him with his mother.
According to Zoo representatives, once Lumpy maintained and began gaining weight, the animal care team’s attention moved to determine how to help Mo produce milk, which she did after receiving medication.
The Hattiesburg Zoo reports mother and son are currently doing well enough to make their public debut on Saturday.
“I want to commend our keepers and veterinary staff for doing an outstanding job of observing a potential problem and quickly intervening. Baby Lumpy remained healthy and in the company of his mother,” said Rick Taylor, executive director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission, which manages the Hattiesburg Zoo.
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The gloves are off! Candace Cameron Bure's daughter Natasha warns JoJo Siwa, 19, to 'grow up' and suggests star is SPINELESS for branding Full House actress rudest celebrity she's ever met
- In a since-deleted Instagram post, Candace Bure's daughter, Natasha, 23, told JoJo Siwa, 19, to 'grow up' and get over her beef with her mother
- On Wednesday Siwa finally spoke out about her claim that Candace Cameron Bure, 46, was the 'rudest celebrity,' a day after Bure said they reconciled
- Siwa corroborated Bure's account of the drama, saying she was hurt at the age of 11 when Bure seemed to snub her at a red carpet premiere
- Bure shared a video on Instagram saying she'd called the social media star and the two had a 'great conversation'
The gloves have finally come off in the great JoJo Siwa-Candace Cameron Bure showdown of 2022, as Bure's daughter chimed in to take a shot at both Siwa and the entirety of Gen Z.
In a since-deleted Instagram post, Natasha Bure, 23, told the 19-year-old Siwa to 'grow up,' and get over the perceived slight she suffered at the hands of her mother back when she was 11.
'Respectfully, someone saying no to taking a photo with you is not a 'rough experience,'' Natasha wrote.
'This generation is so sensitive and has zero backbone,' she added, taking a shot at Siwa's roughly 2billion Gen Z compatriots, 'Grow up. There are bigger issues in the world than this.'
Natasha's post comes a day after Siwa doubled down on her claims that Candace Cameron Bure was the rudest celebrity she's ever met.
In a since-deleted Instagram post, Natasha Bure, 23, told the 19-year-old Siwa to 'grow up,' and get over the perceived slight she suffered at the hands of her mother back when she was 11
Natasha's post comes a day after JoJo Siwa doubled down on her claims that Candace Cameron Bure was the rudest celebrity she's ever met
'You know, I had a rough experience when I was little,' Siwa, 19, told Page Six, corroborating the story Bure, 46, detailed Tuesday about how she accidentally snubbed the then 11-year-old at a red carpet event.
'I was 11, and I was a big, big fan, and I wanted to take a picture with her, and it wasn't a good time for her,' Siwa said.
Siwa was referring to an incident when she and Bure crossed paths at a Fuller House premier. Siwa claimed she asked Bure for a photo at the time - but that Bure told her 'not right now,' and then never returned for the photo despite moving on to take photos with others.
'I will say because I had a bad experience, that doesn't mean that she is an awful human,' the social media star said, 'I think it just was an inconvenient time for her, and little 11-year-old me was just so pumped up and so excited, but that doesn't mean she's the worst human ever.'
'It just, you know, it was a rough experience for me,' she added.
'You know, I had a rough experience when I was little,' JoJo Siwa, 19, (left) said, corroborating the story Candace Cameron Bure, 46, (right) detailed yesterday about how she accidentally snubbed the then 11-year-old at a red carpet event
The celebrity spat started after Siwa shared a TikTok on Sunday in which she claimed the full house start was the rudest celebrity she'd ever met.
She also named other stars in her reel, but on a more positive note, revealing Zendaya was her celebrity crush, Miley Cyrus was the nicest celebrity, and Elton John was the coolest.
Siwa's explanation come a day after Bure shared her side of the story on Instagram, saying she was 'Shocked when I saw the TikTok on Sunday and had no idea where it came from.'
Bure said that she tracked down Siwa's contact information through her agent and gave her a call, and said 'we had a great conversation.'
JoJo Siwa in 2016 at a premiere for Fuller House. She said Bure snubbed her at a similar event
Bure said Siwa told her she had never intended for the video to become as viral as it did, and that she actually thought Bure was a nice person
'I didn't think it was going to go viral,' she said Siwa explained, 'It was just a silly TikTok trend and I didn't think it was a big deal.'
Bure then told how Siwa recounted that at the Fuller House premiere when she was 11, Bure seemed to snub her.
Bure, who is a devout Christian, admitted that the teenager's story 'broke her heart', and revealed that she offered up an apology to Siwa, telling her: 'I broke your 11-year-old heart. Please know that as a mom that it breaks my heart that I made you feel that way.'
Bure (right) shared a video on Instagram on Tuesday saying she'd called the social media star (left) and the two had a 'great conversation'
Bure said she and Siwa had a 'really great conversation,' and left her fans with some advice.
The actress added that Siwa told her she had never intended for the video to become as viral as it did, and that she actually thought Bure was a nice person.
She wrapped up the video by offering a lesson - advising that no matter one's intention, anybody with a following on social media should be mindful of what they say.
'I think the lesson we can learn is to be mindful. That no matter how may followers you have, even a ten second trending TikTok video can do damage, because our words matter and our actions matter.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060393/Candace-Cameron-Bures-daughter-Natasha-warns-JoJo-Siwa-19-grow-up.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-29T03:59:58Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060393/Candace-Cameron-Bures-daughter-Natasha-warns-JoJo-Siwa-19-grow-up.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
By CLAIRE RUSH and GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Triple-digit heat was being investigated Thursday as the cause of death for four people in Oregon as a sweltering heat wave enveloped the Pacific Northwest — and the forecast showed no sign of letting up soon in a region unaccustomed to such temperatures.
The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office said at least three people have died from suspected hyperthermia during the heat wave in Multnomah County, which is home to Portland. A fourth death was suspected due to heat in Umatilla County in the eastern part of the state, the state agency told KGW-TV.
The deaths occurred on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. The state medical examiner’s office said the heat-related death designation is preliminary and could change after further investigation.
The state has roasted since Monday and temperatures at or near triple digits were forecast into the weekend. Portland could be on track to break a record for the duration of the hot spell, authorities said, as local governments and non-profits scrambled to expand capacity at cooling centers.
“For the next several days through Saturday we’re going to be within a few degrees of 100 every day,” said Colby Neuman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Portland, Oregon.
Temperatures in Oregon’s largest city are forecast to soar to 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38.3 Celsius) again on Friday. On Tuesday, Portland set daily record 102 F (38.9 C).
Seattle on Tuesday also reported a new record daily high of 94 F (34.4 C). The heat spell was forecast to last into Saturday in western Washington as well.
The National Weather Service has extended the excessive heat warnings from Thursday through Saturday evening.
The duration of the heat wave puts Portland “in the running” for tying its longest streak of six consecutive days of 95 F (35 C) or higher, Neuman said.
Climate change is fueling longer heat waves in the Pacific Northwest, a region where weeklong heat spells were historically rare, according to climate experts.
Heat-related 911 calls in Portland have tripled in recent days, from an estimated eight calls on Sunday to 28 calls on Tuesday, said Dan Douthit, a spokesperson for the city’s Bureau of Emergency Management. Most calls involved a medical response, Douthit added.
Multnomah County said more people have been visiting emergency departments for heat-related symptoms.
Emergency department visits “have remained elevated since Sunday,” the county said in a statement. “In the past three days, hospitals have treated 13 people for heat illness, when they would normally expect to see two or three.”
People working or exercising outside, along with older people, were among those taken to emergency departments, the statement added.
People in Portland’s iconic food cart industry are among those who work outside. Many food trucks have shut down as sidewalks sizzle.
Rico Loverde, the chef and owner of the food cart Monster Smash Burgers, said the temperature inside his cart is generally 20 degrees hotter than the outdoor temperature, making it 120 F (48.9 C) inside his tiny business this week.
Loverde said he closes down if it reaches above 95 F (35 C) because his refrigerators overheat and shut down. Last week, even with slightly cooler temperatures in the mid-90s, Loverde got heat stroke from working in his cart for hours, he said.
“It hurts; it definitely hurts. I still pay my employees when we’re closed like this because they have to pay the bills too, but for a small business it’s not good,” he said Tuesday.
Multnomah County said its four emergency overnight cooling shelters were at half capacity on Tuesday with 130 people spending the night. But anticipating more demand, officials decided to expand capacity at the four sites to accommodate nearly 300 people.
William Nonluecha, who lives in a tent in Portland, sought out shade with some friends as the temperature soared Wednesday afternoon. Nonluecha was less than a minute’s walk from a cooling shelter set up by local authorities but wasn’t aware it was open. He said the heat in his tent was almost unbearable.
His friend Mel Taylor, who was homeless last year but now has transitional housing, said during a record-breaking heat wave last summer a man in a tent near his died from heat exhaustion and no one realized it. He’s afraid the same thing might happen this summer.
“He was in his tent for like a week and the smell, that’s how they figured out that he was dead,” Taylor said. “It’s sad.”
Residents and officials in the Northwest have been trying to adjust to the likely reality of longer, hotter heat waves following last summer’s deadly “heat dome” weather phenomenon that prompted record temperatures and deaths.
About 800 people died in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia during that heat wave, which hit in late June and early July. The temperature at the time soared to an all-time high of 116 F (46.7 C) in Portland and smashed heat records in cities and towns across the region. Many of those who died were older and lived alone.
Other regions of the U.S. often experience temperatures of 100 degrees. But in regions like the Pacific Northwest, people are not as acclimated to the heat and are more susceptible to it, said Craig Crandall, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
“There’s a much greater risk for individuals in areas such as the Northwest to have higher instances of heat-related injuries and death,” Crandall said.
Officials in Seattle and Portland on Tuesday issued air quality advisories expected to last through Saturday, warning that smog may reach levels that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Farther south, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory on Wednesday for western Nevada and northeast California that is set to last from the late Thursday morning until Saturday night. Across the region, near record daytime high temperatures will range from 99 to 104 degrees F (37.22 to 40 C).
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AP reporter Gabe Stern contributed from Carson City, Nevada.
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Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow her on Twitter.
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NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has finished the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which is nearing completion of the conceptual design phase. During this phase, the program team evaluated and refined the architecture to return the scientifically selected samples, which are currently in the collection process by NASA's Perseverance rover in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater.
The architecture for the campaign, which includes contributions from the European Space Agency (ESA), is expected to reduce the complexity of future missions and increase probability of success.
"The conceptual design phase is when every facet of a mission plan gets put under a microscope," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "There are some significant and advantageous changes to the plan, which can be directly attributed to Perseverance's recent successes at Jezero and the amazing performance of our Mars helicopter."
This advanced mission architecture takes into consideration a recently updated analysis of Perseverance's expected longevity. Perseverance will be the primary means of transporting samples to NASA's Sample Retrieval Lander carrying the Mars Ascent Vehicle and ESA's Sample Transfer Arm.
As such, the Mars Sample Return campaign will no longer include the Sample Fetch Rover or its associated second lander. The Sample Retrieval Lander will include two sample recovery helicopters, based on the design of the Ingenuity helicopter, which has performed 29 flights at Mars and survived over a year beyond its original planned lifetime. The helicopters will provide a secondary capability to retrieve samples cached on the surface of Mars.
The ESA Earth Return Orbiter and its NASA-provided Capture, Containment, and Return System remain vital elements of the program architecture.
With planned launch dates for the Earth Return Orbiter and Sample Retrieval Lander in fall 2027 and summer 2028, respectively, the samples are expected to arrive on Earth in 2033.
With its architecture solidified during this conceptual design phase, the program is expected to move into its preliminary design phase this October. In this phase, expected to last about 12 months, the program will complete technology development and create engineering prototypes of the major mission components.
This refined concept for the Mars Sample Return campaign was presented to the delegates from the 22 participating states of Europe's space exploration program, Terrae Novae, in May. At their next meeting in September, the states will consider the discontinuation of the development of the Sample Fetch Rover.
"ESA is continuing at full speed the development of both the Earth Return Orbiter that will make the historic round-trip from Earth to Mars and back again; and the Sample Transfer Arm that will robotically place the sample tubes aboard the Orbiting Sample Container before its launch from the surface of the Red Planet," said David Parker, ESA director of Human and Robotic Exploration.
The respective contributions to the campaign are contingent upon available funding from the U.S. and ESA participating states. More formalized agreements between the two agencies will be established in the next year.
"Working together on historic endeavors like Mars Sample Return not only provides invaluable data about our place in the universe but brings us closer together right here on Earth," said Zurbuchen.
The first step in the Mars Sample Return Campaign is already in progress. Since it landed at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover has collected 11 scientifically-compelling rock core samples and one atmospheric sample.
Bringing Mars samples to Earth would allow scientists across the world to examine the specimens using sophisticated instruments too large and too complex to send to Mars and would enable future generations to study them. Curating the samples on Earth would also allow the science community to test new theories and models as they are developed, much as the Apollo samples returned from the Moon have done for decades. This strategic NASA and ESA partnership will fulfill a solar system exploration goal, a high priority since the 1970s and in the last three National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Surveys.
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas —
The Ector County Health Department has launched a new mobile unit to offer vaccines, clinical services and health resources in an effort to serve and educate the community.
Some of the services provided will include sexually transmitted disease testing, vaccinations, treatments, tuberculosis tests, water and food inspection services and more.
“We've been very fortunate with our health equity grant,” said ECHD Director Brandy Garcia. “That's how we were able to purchase the mobile, of course with the support from our judge and commissioners. We were able to get this mobile and we got it wrapped and it looks amazing.”
The mobile unit is looking to partner with local school districts and nursing homes to deliver its services throughout the year.
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TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell Envision, a startup based in Taiwan, has developed an SACA Monitoring System that can improve patient survival rates facing the dangers of cancer, together with enhancements in reproductive medicine. The company recently participated at the VivaTech 2022 event in Paris, France showing off their product to other startups and leaders and demonstrating the company's innovative cancer prediction technology.
While the effectiveness of cancer treatment will vary from one individual to another, with generally higher overall recurrence rates, it is important for patients to understand their conditions and what can be done as a treatment. The Cell Envision SACA system actively monitors the probability of recurrence, giving patients the chance of seeking active treatment early and increasing their chances of beating the disease.
The SACA system, which utilizes a variety of technology including a Nonfixable Live-cell Staining Microdialysis Chip and Patient-Derive Explants Platform used for profiling, allows for more efficient response assessment and selection for cancer immunotherapy.
The use of multi-omics analytical modules makes it easier to detect somatic mutation profiles, put together comprehensive immune profiling, and even produce cell therapy predictions that can be accurate for most pieces of information. When it comes to capturing a specific target cell, the use of these systems makes the process a much more efficient one.
The features of the Cell Envision SACA monitoring system include:
- Liquid biopsy - Only 2ml of blood is needed for analysis
- Simultaneous analysis of multiple cancer cell types - Circulating tumor cancer cells, cancer cell clusters, immune cells and cancer cell conjugated, and more can be analysed
- High accuracy - The predicted success rate is 8 times higher than that of CEA or CA 199 monitoring alone
- Ease of use - Cancer cells can be isolated to the genetic testing platform
Pushing the boundaries of biotech, Cell Envision aims to accelerate the discovery of identification and pathogenesis in reproductive medicine and oncology by revealing the functional biology of every patient cell, and the SACA system monitors will help pave the way.
With patents approved in the United States, China, and Taiwan, Cell Envision hopes to deliver even more positive results in the biotech field. The company has recently closed its angel funding round, and will look to new territories like Europe and the United States following its presence in Asia.
Together with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the company is in a great position to innovate further, and bring even more benefits to those in the medical field as well as patients around the world.
About Cell Envision
We are the first commercial Patient-Derived Explants (PDEs) platform used for profiling the response assessment and selection to cancer immunotherapy by developed of the single cell functional multi-omics analytical modules with SACA monitoring system. Cellenvision is accelerating the discovery of identification & pathogenesis in oncology by revealing the true functional biology of every patient cell.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
7-1-4-4, FIREBALL: 7
(seven, one, four, four; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
7-1-4-4, FIREBALL: 7
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Beyoncé's long-awaited and highly anticipated seventh studio album, Renaissance, is now available for the world to hear. The 16-song LP marks her first solo album in 6 years, following the pivotal visual album Lemonade. Critics, including NPR Music's Sidney Madden and Ann Powers, have said of previews that Renaissance signifies a musical evolution for the global superstar.
Renaissance includes guest features from Grace Jones, Tems and BEAM, as well as a variety of credits from heavy hitters in the music industry, including several from The-Dream, a collaborator on the megahit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and producer Mike Dean, and features from Drake and Raphael Saadiq.
On her website, Beyoncé writes of Renaissance, "This three act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic. A time to be still but also a time I found to be the most creative," an indicator that the new release is the first of three parts.
Last month, Beyoncé surprise dropped a single from the record, "BREAK MY SOUL," an energetic track rooted in dance music influences, featuring Big Freedia and sampling the 1990 diva house hit "Show Me Love" by Robin S.
"Thank you to all of the pioneers who originate culture, to all of the fallen angels whose contributions have gone unrecognized far too long," Beyoncé writes on her website.
In typical Bey fashion, not too many details about the album were disclosed more than a week ahead of its release. She took to social media to update the world on the project, including its official announcement, which came after removing profile pictures across her social media pages.
I clicked the link to the leak and the first song on the Beyonce album is just her saying "So, you just couldn't wait, could you?" And then she read my address back to me before the song started.
— Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) July 27, 2022
I'll see y'all in prison
Despite a proven ability to give the world exactly what Beyoncé wants when Beyoncé wants to, no more and no less, the new album was leaked online just two days before its release; some fans alleged that they'd seen the CD on sale early in media stores in France and the Netherlands.
She addressed the leak, and the backlash from patient fans it received on social media, in a post just ahead of the album's actual release, writing: "I appreciate you for calling out anyone that was trying to sneak into the club early ... we are going to take our time and enjoy the music." To that end, and the album is being released without videos, in contrast to the visual-heavy release of Lemonade in 2016.
"My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment," Beyoncé wrote on her website. "A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are."
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BEIJING, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- De Rucci Healthy Sleep Co., Ltd. (001323.SZ), as the collector of global healthy sleep resources, has advertised a poster on the China Screen at New York City's Times Square recently, appreciating the supports of consumers over years. De Rucci Healthy Sleep Co., Ltd. is known by committing to the research of healthy sleep for 18 years, and this is the first officially external communication since DeRucci listed on the stock market.
DeRucci considers "Delight Consumers" to be the serving proposition and "Make People Sleep Better" to be the company's mission. It is an enterprise which is always consistent with consumers. Therefore, DeRucci invited a consumer representative to join the listing ceremony, and conveyed the gratitude to consumers in many cities around the world.
After listed successfully, the years of achievements in DeRucci products, service and the culture of healthy sleep start to surface, and attract more attention of the world. The "smart megafactory" in China integrates with automatic intelligent equipment and industrial process, with the intelligent management platform, which can make precisely consumer-designed products. The T10 AI mattress can accommodate itself intelligently and monitor people sleep status, which has set a high standard for the whole industry. In terms of culture, DeRucci has persevered in the Global Cultural Tour of Healthy Sleep for 14 years. The Global Cultural Tour of Healthy Sleep has already been to 18 countries and 53 cities, where they experienced the culture of healthy sleep with consumers.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
09-10-15-28-36
(nine, ten, fifteen, twenty-eight, thirty-six)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
09-10-15-28-36
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BEIJING, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- De Rucci Healthy Sleep Co., Ltd. (001323.SZ), as the collector of global healthy sleep resources, has advertised a poster on the China Screen at New York City's Times Square recently, appreciating the supports of consumers over years. De Rucci Healthy Sleep Co., Ltd. is known by committing to the research of healthy sleep for 18 years, and this is the first officially external communication since DeRucci listed on the stock market.
DeRucci considers "Delight Consumers" to be the serving proposition and "Make People Sleep Better" to be the company's mission. It is an enterprise which is always consistent with consumers. Therefore, DeRucci invited a consumer representative to join the listing ceremony, and conveyed the gratitude to consumers in many cities around the world.
After listed successfully, the years of achievements in DeRucci products, service and the culture of healthy sleep start to surface, and attract more attention of the world. The "smart megafactory" in China integrates with automatic intelligent equipment and industrial process, with the intelligent management platform, which can make precisely consumer-designed products. The T10 AI mattress can accommodate itself intelligently and monitor people sleep status, which has set a high standard for the whole industry. In terms of culture, DeRucci has persevered in the Global Cultural Tour of Healthy Sleep for 14 years. The Global Cultural Tour of Healthy Sleep has already been to 18 countries and 53 cities, where they experienced the culture of healthy sleep with consumers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.
The House approved the bill by a solid margin of 243-187, sending the measure to President Joe Biden to be signed into law and providing the White House with a major domestic policy victory. Twenty-four Republicans voted for the legislation.
“Today, the House passed a bill that will make cars cheaper, appliances cheaper, and computers cheaper,” Biden said. “It will lower the costs of every day goods. And it will create high-paying manufacturing jobs across the country and strengthen U.S. leadership in the industries of the future at the same time.”
As the vote was taking place, Biden was discussing the economy with CEOs at the White House. During the event, he was handed a note informing him it was clear the bill would pass — a development that produced a round of applause before the tally was final.
Republicans argued the government should not spend billions to subsidize the semiconductor industry and GOP leadership in the House recommended a vote against the bill, telling members the plan would provide enormous subsidies and tax credits “to a specific industry that does not need additional government handouts.”
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., said the way to help the industry would be through tax cuts and easing federal regulations, “not by picking winners and losers” with subsidies — an approach that Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-N.Y., said was too narrow.
“This affects every industry in the United States,” Morelle said. “Take, for example, General Motors announcing they have 95,000 automobiles awaiting chips. So, you want to increase the supply of goods to people and help bring down inflation? This is about increasing the supply of goods all over the United States in every single industry.”
Some Republicans viewed passing the legislation as important for national security. Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said it was critical to protect semiconductor capacity in the U.S. and that the country was too reliant on Taiwan for the most advanced chips. That could prove to be a major vulnerability should China try to take over the self-governing island that Beijing views as a breakaway province
“I’ve got a unique insight in this. I get the classified briefing. Not all these members do,” McCaul said. “This is vitally important for our national security.”
The bill provides more than $52 billion in grants and other incentives for the semiconductor industry as well as a 25% tax credit for those companies that invest in chip plants in the U.S. It calls for increased spending on various research programs that would total about $200 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO also projected that the bill would increase deficits by about $79 billion over the coming decade.
A late development in the Senate — progress announced by Wednesday night by Democrats on a $739 billion health and climate change package — threatened to make it harder for supporters to get the semiconductor bill over the finish line, based on concerns about government spending that GOP lawmakers said would fuel inflation.
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said he was “disgusted” by the turn of events.
Despite bipartisan support for the research initiatives, “regrettably, and it’s more regrettably than you can possibly imagine, I will not be casting my vote for the CHIPS and Science Act today,” Lucas said.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader in the House, likened the bill’s spending to “corporate welfare to be handed out to whoever President Biden wants.”
Leading into the vote, it was unclear whether any House Democrats would join with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in voting against the bill; in the end, none did.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo talked to several of the most progressive members of the Democratic caucus in a meeting before the vote, emphasizing that the proposal was a critical part of the president’s agenda and that Democrats needed to step up for him at this important moment.
Some Republicans criticized the bill as not tough enough on China, and GOP leaders emphasized that point in recommending a “no” vote. Their guidance acknowledged the threat China poses to supply chains in the U.S., but said the package “will not effectively address that important challenge.”
But, as McCaul pointed out, China opposed the measure and worked against it. The bill includes a provision that prohibits any semiconductor company receiving financial help through the bill from supporting the manufacture of advanced chips in China.
Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, commenting before the House vote, said the U.S. “should not put in place obstacles for normal science, technology and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation” and “still less should it take away or undermine China’s legitimate rights to development.”
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Associated Press video producer Liu Zheng in Beijing and AP writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report. | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/congress-oks-bill-to-aid-computer-chip-firms-counter-china/ | 2022-07-29T04:29:41Z | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/congress-oks-bill-to-aid-computer-chip-firms-counter-china/ | true |
Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook’s News Tab as it reallocates resources in the face of the economic downturn and changing user behavior.
The company said Thursday that most people “do not come to Facebook for news, and as a business it doesn’t make sense to over invest in areas that don’t align with user preferences.”
Meta, then called Facebook, launched the partnerships in 2019. The “News Tab” section in the Facebook mobile app only displays headlines — and nothing else — from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider, NBC, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, among others. The company did not say how much it was paying the news organizations, but reports put it in the millions of dollars for large outlets such as The Wall Street Journal.
The Associated Press did not participate in the initiative.
At the time the program launched, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the AP that he saw “an opportunity to set up new long-term, stable financial relationships with publishers.”
But Meta, which is based in Menlo Park, California, said in a statement Thursday that a “lot has changed since we signed deals three years ago to test bringing additional news links to Facebook News in the U.S.”
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms Inc. posted its first revenue decline in its history and forecast weak results for the current quarter as well.
Meta does not pay for news content that outlets post on its platform. The News Tab deals, the company said Thursday, were for “incremental content, e.g., ensuring that we had access to more of their article links and that we were including a range of topic areas at launch.”
The company said Facebook News will continue in the other countries it’s currently in, and the shift in the U.S. won’t change the deals in those places — the U.K., France, Germany and Australia. | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/facebook-ends-funding-for-us-news-partnerships-program/ | 2022-07-29T04:29:57Z | https://www.wfla.com/business/ap-business/facebook-ends-funding-for-us-news-partnerships-program/ | true |
Racine County man admits to voter fraud to prove a point
Harry Wait of Racine County said he successfully requested other people's absentee ballots to his own address to prove voter fraud loophole
Harry Wait of Racine County said he successfully requested other people's absentee ballots to his own address to prove voter fraud loophole
Harry Wait of Racine County said he successfully requested other people's absentee ballots to his own address to prove voter fraud loophole
It's a risky move out of Racine County Thursday.
Harry Wait, a resident and president of H.O.T Government, a watchdog group, admitted to requesting other people's absentee ballots to be sent to his own home in an effort to prove voter fraud loopholes in Wisconsin.
"I was notified that there may be vulnerability in the online WEC [Wisconsin Election Commission] voting system," Wait said. "So in order to test them on Tuesday night, we went online and we ordered ballots for Cory Mason, who is the mayor of the city of Racine, and Robin Vos, who happens to be our state assembly leader."
Wait wouldn't say who else was involved in the request process, but told 12 News several people wanted to see the results, but he was the one who hit the button to request them.
"After I did notify Robin Vos and Cory Mason that I had successfully logged into the WEC system and ordered their ballots to be sent to me," he said.
Requesting someone else's ballot is a crime. Wait is aware of that fact, and said it was worth the risk for "the greater good of the community."
"If that's what it takes to stop the fraud in our elections so we can have safe, real safe secure elections yes, I'll go behind bars," he said. "We actually videoed this whole piece and we will give it to the government if they want to prosecute me you know. Technically I did commit a crime, but there was no nefarious intentions with it, we just wanted to show how easily it could be done."
Wait said he also did this process for about six other Wisconsin residents with their permission. He said the WEC and clerk never reached out to those residents to alert them of an address change, or that their ballots were on the way.
He said he has not received those ballots yet as of Thursday, but was told it could take three days to receive them.
Wait also said he reached out to Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling afterward to ask if he would arrest him for the crime.
"What did he tell you," WISN 12 News reporter Courtney Sisk asked. "That question was actually on the telephone after,' he answered. "I said does this mean you're not going to arrest me? And he said 'hell no.' So he has no intentions of arresting me, he is very grateful for what I did."
12 News asked Racine Mayor Cory Mason if he was aware that Schmaling allegedly said that.
"I have not heard of that," he said Thursday.
Schmaling's office also didn't respond for comment, but told WISN 12 earlier Thursday they were unavailable to speak on the topic Thursday, and to circle back the next day.
"For a long time, there have been people so desperate to find election fraud that I think Mr. Wait has become the very thing that he claims to despise, which is apparently a felon who will steal somebody's vote," said Mayor Mason.
Mason told 12 News he spoke with the District Attorney Thursday and they are launching an investigation into the crime.
"Just to see this country continue to go down this path of people wanting so desperately to prove something that's not true that they're willing to undermine our democracy, make it harder for people to vote and then overtly steal people's votes that's deeply disconcerting," Mason said.
Wait also told 12 News he allowed someone in Michigan to request his own ballot. Wait said a local clerk called him to let him know there appeared to be something wrong with his request. Wait claims they called him only because they knew who he was, and that he votes in person.
Robin Vos also released a statement saying in part, "I learned that one of the top volunteers for my primary opponent’s campaign admitted to fraudulently posing as me and attempting to steal my ballot. This is voter fraud. His actions are sad. If election integrity means anything, it means we all have to follow the law – Republicans and Democrats alike."
Thursday evening, the Wisconsin Election Commission called a special meeting to discuss the allegations against the WEC voter site and illegal ballot requests.
Some commissioners pushed to refer criminal charges.
"Is that the purpose of this meeting? Are we making a recommendation that the DA charge Harry Wait? Because I don't know why else we're here on an emergency meeting," said commissioner Mark Thomsen.
"I want to make sure whatever we do we do it with rationality and not knee jerk," said commissioner Don Millis.
Commissioners did not make any official criminal referrals Thursday night, though they said they will alert local clerks to report fraudulent ballot requests to authorities.
The commission did take action on sending a confirmation postcard to people who have requested an absentee ballot be sent to an address that differs from their home address. | https://www.wisn.com/article/racine-county-man-admits-to-voter-fraud-to-prove-a-point/40748940 | 2022-07-29T04:33:35Z | https://www.wisn.com/article/racine-county-man-admits-to-voter-fraud-to-prove-a-point/40748940 | true |
BARRE, Mass. (AP) — One by one, items purportedly taken from Native Americans massacred at Wounded Knee Creek emerged from the dark, cluttered display cases where they’ve sat for more than a century in a museum in rural Massachusetts.
Moccasins, necklaces, clothing, ceremonial pipes, tools and other objects were carefully laid out on white backgrounds as a photographer dutifully snapped pictures under bright studio lights.
It was a key step in returning scores of items displayed at the Founders Museum in Barre to tribes in South Dakota that have sought them since the 1990s.
“This is real personal,” said Leola One Feather, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, as she observed the process as part of a two-person tribal delegation last week. “It may be sad for them to lose these items, but it’s even sadder for us because we’ve been looking for them for so long.”
Recent efforts to repatriate human remains and other culturally significant items such as those at the Founders Museum represent significant and solemn moments for tribes. But they also underscore the slow pace and the monumental task at hand.
Some 870,000 Native American artifacts — including nearly 110,000 human remains — that should be returned to tribes under federal law are still in the possession of colleges, museums and other institutions across the country, according to an Associated Press review of data maintained by the National Park Service.
The University of California, Berkeley tops the list, followed closely by the Ohio History Connection, the state’s historical society. State museums and universities in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois and Kansas as well as Harvard University round out the other top institutions.
And that’s not even counting items held by private institutions such as the Founders Museum, which maintains it does not receive federal funds and therefore doesn’t fall under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, the 1990 law governing the return of tribal objects by institutions receiving federal money.
“They’ve had more than three decades,” says Shannon O’Loughlin, chief executive of the Association on American Indian Affairs, a national group that assists tribes with repatriations. “The time for talk is over. Enough reports and studying. It’s time to repatriate.”
Museum officials say they’ve stepped up efforts with added funding and staff, but continue to struggle with identifying artifacts collected during archaeology’s early years. They also say federal regulations governing repatriations remain time-consuming and cumbersome.
Dan Mogulof, an assistant vice chancellor at UC Berkeley, says the university is committed to repatriating the entire 123,000 artifacts in question “in the coming years at a pace that works for tribes.”
In January, the university repatriated the remains of at least 20 victims of the Indian Island Massacre of 1860 to the Wiyot Tribe in Humboldt County, California. But its Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology still holds more than 9,000 sets of ancestral remains, mainly from Bay-area tribes.
“We acknowledge the great harm and pain we have caused Native American people,” Mogulof said. “Our work will not be complete until all of the ancestors are home.”
At the Ohio History Connection, officials are working to create an inter-tribal burial ground to help bury ancestral remains for tribes forced to move from Ohio as the nation expanded, says Alex Wesaw, the organization’s director of American Indian relations.
The institution took similar steps in 2016 when it established a cemetery in northeast Ohio for the Delaware tribes of Oklahoma to re-bury nearly 90 ancestors who had been stored for centuries in museums in Pennsylvania.
Complicating matters, some of its more than 7,000 ancestral remains and 110,000 objects are thousands of years old, making it difficult to determine which modern-day tribe or tribes they should be returned to, Wesaw said.
At the Founders Museum, some 70 miles (112 kilometers) west of Boston, among the challenges has been determining what’s truly from the Wounded Knee Massacre, says Ann Meilus, the museum’s board president.
Some tribe members maintain as many as 200 items are from massacre victims, but Meilus said museum officials believe its less than a dozen, based on discussions with a tribe member more than a decade ago.
The collection was donated by Barre native Frank Root, a 19th century traveling showman who claimed he’d acquired the objects from a man tasked with digging mass graves following the massacre.
Among the macabre collection was a lock of hair reportedly cut from the scalp of Chief Spotted Elk, which the museum returned to one of the Lakota Sioux leader’s descendants in 1999. It also includes a “ghost shirt,” a sacred garment that some tribe members tragically believed could make them bulletproof.
“He sort of exaggerated things,” Meilus said of Root. “In reality, we’re not sure if any of the items were from Wounded Knee.”
More than 200 men, women, children and elderly people were killed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1890 in one of the country’s worst massacres of Native Americans. The killings marked a seminal moment in the frontier battles the U.S. Army waged against tribes.
The U.S. Department of Interior recently proposed changes to the federal repatriation process that lay out more precise deadlines, clearer definitions and heftier penalties for noncompliance.
Tribe leaders say those steps are long overdue, but don’t address other fundamental problems, such as inadequate federal funding for tribes to do repatriation work.
Many tribes also still object to requirements that they explain the cultural significance of an item sought for repatriation, including how they’re used in tribal ceremonies, says Brian Vallo, a former governor of the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico who was involved in the 2020 repatriation of 20 ancestors from the National Museum of Finland and their re-burial at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
“That knowledge is only for us,” he said. “It’s not ever shared.”
Stacy Laravie, the historic preservation officer for the Ponca Tribe in Nebraska, is optimistic museum leaders are sincere in seeking to rectify the past, in the wake of the national reckoning on racism that’s reverberated through the country in recent years.
Last month, she traveled with a tribal delegation to Harvard to receive the tomahawk of her ancestor, the Native American civil rights leader Chief Standing Bear. She’s also working with the university’s Peabody Museum to potentially repatriate other items significant to her tribe.
“We’re playing catch up from decades of things getting thrown under the rug,” Laravie said. “But I do believe their hearts are in the right place.”
Back at the Founders Museum, Jeffrey Not Help Him, an Oglala Sioux member whose family survived the Wounded Knee Massacre, hopes the items could return home this fall, as the museum has suggested.
“We look forward to putting them in a good place,” Not Help Him said. “A place of honor.” | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/wounded-knee-artifacts-highlight-slow-pace-of-repatriations/ | 2022-07-29T04:34:38Z | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/wounded-knee-artifacts-highlight-slow-pace-of-repatriations/ | true |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Dec. 14, 2012, Alex Jones was broadcasting live on his show Infowars. A gunman had entered Sandy Hook Elementary school, ultimately shooting and killing 20 children and six adults.
“It’s more than these dead, poor children. You got to go with your gut,” the Austin-based talk show host told his audience.
Jones speculated about whether the gunman was a “patsy” in a government cover-up or just a “Prozac head,” which is a term he and his team at Infowars used to describe someone taking psychiatric medication. He said he worried the “mainstream media” or government was going to “exploit this tragedy…in the name of taking our guns away.”
The entire, 50-minute show was played before the jury, which is tasked with deciding how much Jones’ owes Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis. They are the parents of Jesse Lewis, who was killed in the shooting that day. They sued Jones and his company for defamation and inflicting emotional damages.
Throughout the trial, the family’s attorneys have played other Infowars videos from the years following the shooting: one where Jones claimed “the whole thing was fake;” another where he speculated the parents of victims were “crisis actors” being paid to pretend they were grieving.
On Thursday morning, Heslin and Lewis sat in the courtroom and watched the full 50 minutes of Jones’ coverage from the day they lost Jesse.
“It’s difficult for them,” their attorney Mark Bankston told KXAN News earlier in the week, when asked about how his clients were feeling. “But they knew this was coming. They have been sort of been emotionally preparing themselves to go through all of this. But it’s not easy.”
Bankston said Heslin and Scarlett know “this case is bigger than them.”
Alex Jones’ attorney, Andino Reynal, has said this case is a fight for the First Amendment. An Infowars producer called to testify, Daria Karpova, has repeatedly insisted Jones was “genuine” in his beliefs and only ever spoke about his own “opinion.”
However, in his opening statements to the jury on Tuesday, Bankston argued there was a clear distinction between protected free speech and defamation. He also reminded the jury that a judge has already found Jones liable for defamation.
“We do not protect defamation, false speech. Speech is free, but lies you have to pay for,” he said.
Bankston told KXAN it was important for Heslin and Lewis to attend these proceedings, while pointing out that Alex Jones has been seen walking “in and out” of the courtroom. Later, his co-counsel Kyle Farrah clarified that Jones has been leaving to conduct his live broadcast, where he has been discussing the trial.
“We’re busy. We’re up in the courthouse. We’re there to have a trial. We’re there to have a day in court,” Bankston said. “He can do all the circus he wants. We’re doing justice inside.”
He added, “One of the things I have learned in this case, is these parents are the bravest people you will ever meet. They have lived in this media spotlight for years, and they know they need to finish this saga and finish it the right way.”
Clip conflict in the courtroom
Before the jury arrived in the courtroom Thursday morning, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble directed attorneys to take any future fights outside the courtroom.
She gave the charge after Wednesday’s court proceedings ended in a public, heated argument between the lead attorneys in the case over which videos from Jones’ show can be admitted as evidence before the jury.
The parents of Jesse Lewis, a child who was killed during the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, have sued the Austin-based conspiracy theorist and talk show host over comments he made on his show claiming the shooting was a hoax. A jury has been tasked with deciding how much Jones owes the family in damages for defamation and inflicting mental anguish, which Jones has already been found liable for by the court.
Judge Gamble told attorneys for both parties if they want to get any more videos admitted as evidence, “Now is your chance.”
The attorneys disagreed about what portions of these videos had already or could be admitted under the rules of discovery.
Reynal said he intended to play longer versions of some of the video clips that are featured on a long list of videos submitted as evidence by the plaintiffs. He said he believed it was important for the jury to see “what kind of atmosphere” his client created with his coverage of the shooting.
Bankston said he worried the content of certain videos Jones’ team was proposing to admit could contain hearsay. He also said he could not verify their authenticity or find their source.
“I don’t know what was done to them,” he said, adding he could not say that “Mr. Jones hasn’t gone back into the editing room and edited these videos.”
The judge asked Reynal, “Were they disclosed properly? At the proper time and the proper way?”
She went on to ask whether this was “another instance” of his team trying to subvert the legal process and ignore the rules of evidence.
In her default ruling against Jones last fall, which found Jones liable in this case, Gamble cited Jones’ “flagrant bad faith and callous disregard” of court orders to turn over documents to the opposing attorneys.
On Thursday morning, Judge Gamble called for a break to review 18 minutes of video Jones’ attorney was attempting to get admitted during the trial. She denied that motion, but the court did watch the 50 minute live broadcast from December 14 and another “special report” produced by Jones and his team.
‘Staged?’
The majority of Wednesday and Thursday’s proceedings saw Infowars producer Daria Karpova on the stand. She told the jury Jones’ demeanor has changed over the last few years.
“I think his mood, his health, his general demeanor… He is always stressed out,” she said. “This whole Sandy Hook thing has weighed heavily on him,” she said.
She said when people hear about Sandy Hook, they think of Alex Jones’ name instead of the name of the gunman.
“They think Alex Jones was responsible,” she said.
The attorney for the family Mark Bankston responded, “So, when people lie about you, it affects you negatively? It affects your well-being and your health? That’s what has happened to Alex Jones? Do you understand the irony and hypocrisy of making that statement in this courtroom right now?”
Later, she stated it was “hard to compare” the grief of the parents to what Alex had suffered because of the “lies” being told about him.
Bankston pushed back on points from Karpova’s earlier testimony, including asking her whether she knew parents of the victims had already tried to speak with Jones, prior to a 2017 segment on his show where he offered to have the parents on to talk.
He then attorney reminded Karpova that earlier in the week, she had already read an email from one of these parents, sent to company, out loud on the stand during her testimony.
When that 2017 Infowars segment was played earlier in the day, Karpova had said that no one responded to his offer and added, “Alex could have been an advocate for these parents.”
The jury go the opportunity to ask the witness questions.
One asked, “Do you believe this trial is a somehow staged event?”
Karpova responded, “I believe this trial is not about Alex Jones. I believe this trial is about chilling free speech.”
The judge reminded her that was not the question and said, “Yes or No will do.”
Karpova then answered, “To a large extent, yes.”
Jones spoke to reporters after Thursday’s proceedings. He maintains his belief that the trial is a “show trial” and that he is being denied a trial by jury, since he was already found liable by the judge in this case.
Jones has said his team turned over all the evidence requested. KXAN asked when those documents were turned over, and Jones replied “years ago,” and claimed the judge referred to “made up” documents when she issued her default ruling. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/this-case-is-bigger-than-them-sandy-hook-family-attorney-says-of-alex-jones-defamation-trial/ | 2022-07-29T04:34:46Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/this-case-is-bigger-than-them-sandy-hook-family-attorney-says-of-alex-jones-defamation-trial/ | true |
Motorists face a hefty 40-mile diversion over the summer holidays to enable vital repairs to be carried out to a key route over the Somerset Levels and Moors.
Somerset County Council intends to carry out urgent repairs to the A378, which connects Taunton and Langport, in light of the surface of a key stretch being badly damaged. A stretch of around half a mile between the villages of Fivehead and Wrantage will be closed continuously for two weeks in mid-August, allowing the council's contractors to completely resurface the road.
During this time, motorists will be diverted down to Ilminster and Ilchester, adding up to 40 miles to their journey on any given day. This specific section of the A378 has "become fractured and displaced", with water flowing through the structure of the road and causing it to crack.
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Preparatory work will be carried out between August 8 and 12, with temporary traffic lights in place. This will be followed by a full closure of the road between West Sedgemoor Road and the Greenshutters Garden Centre between August 15 and 26 , with the closure being in force daily between 7:30am and 6pm.
The decision to carry out the roadworks during the day has been chosen to ensure the workforce's safety and to prevent any clash with maintenance being carried out by National Highways on the A303. Councillor Mike Rigby, portfolio holder for transport and digital, said: "We understand that this will cause disruption and we will do everything we can to minimise this, but we must act quickly before we see further signs of deterioration.
"Undertaking these works during the summer holidays, when the traffic is greatly reduced, is the sensible decision. We have made significant improvements to this road’s drainage system in the past and now is the right time to replace the road with a new surface to maximise the benefits."
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As part of the roadworks, a narrow back lane off the A378 - known locally as Rock Hill - will be closed off to prevent it from being used as an unofficial diversion. Motorists wishing to reach Taunton from the eastern end of the closure will be diverted back along the A378 to Langport, onto the A372 to the Podimore roundabout, down the A303 to the Southfields roundabout near Ilminster and onto the A358 heading north - adding up to 40 miles to a single journey.
Motorists wishing to reach Langport from the western end will have to follow the same diversion in reverse. Smaller vehicles may be able to access Langport and Curry Rivel via the B3168 via Ilminster and Hambridge, but this will not be officially signposted.
This set of roadworks will coincide with the latter stages of a separate set of roadworks, which will see the A371 north of Wincanton repaired. For more information on the roadworks, along with other maintenance taking place over the summer, visit www.travelsomerset.co.uk.
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Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change
An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to address global warming and could help President Joe Biden come close to meeting his pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, experts said Thursday, as they sifted through a massive bill that revives action on climate change weeks after the legislation appeared dead.
The deal announced late Wednesday would spend nearly $370 billion over 10 years to boost electric vehicles, jump-start renewable energy such as solar and wind power and develop alternative energy sources like hydrogen. The deal stunned lawmakers and activists who had given up hope that legislation could be enacted after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said he could not support the measure because of inflation concerns.
Clean energy tax credits and other provisions in the 725-page bill could “put the U.S. on track to reducing emissions by 31-44% below 2005 levels in 2030,” according to an analysis released late Thursday by the Rhodium Group, an independent research firm.
Additional action by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states could “help close the rest of the gap to (Biden’s) target of a 50-52% cut in emissions by 2030,” said Ben King, the group’s associate director.
But approval of the bill is far from certain in a 50-50 Senate where support from every Democrat will be needed to overcome unanimous Republican opposition. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., who forced changes in earlier versions of the plan, declined to reveal her stance Thursday.
In the narrowly divided House, Democrats can lose no more than four votes and prevail on a possible party-line vote.
Still, Biden called the bill “historic” and urged quick passage.
“We will improve our energy security and tackle the climate crisis — by providing tax credits and investments for energy projects,” he said in a statement, adding that the bill “will create thousands of new jobs and help lower energy costs in the future.”
Environmental groups and Democrats also hailed the legislation.
“This is an 11th-hour reprieve for climate action and clean energy jobs, and America’s biggest legislative moment for climate and energy policy,” said Heather Zichal, CEO of America’s Clean Power, a clean energy group.
“Passing this bill sends a message to the world that America is leading on climate and sends a message at home that we will create more great jobs for Americans in this industry,” added Zichal, a former energy adviser to President Barack Obama.
Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of the League of Conservation Voters, summed up her reaction in a single word: “Wow!”
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., tweeted that she was “stunned, but in a good way.”
Manchin, who chairs the Senate energy panel, insisted that he had not changed his mind after he told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer two weeks ago that he could not support the bill because of inflation concerns.
“There should be no surprises. I’ve never walked away from anything in my life,” he told reporters on a Zoom call from West Virginia, where he is recovering from COVID-19.
Manchin said called the bill an opportunity “to really give us an energy policy with security that we need for our nation” while also driving down inflation and high gasoline prices.
The bill, which Manchin dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” includes $300 billion for deficit reduction, as well as measures to lower prescription drug prices and extend subsidies to help Americans who buy health insurance on their own.
Besides investments in renewable energy like wind and solar power, the bill includes incentives for consumers to buy energy efficient appliances such as heat pumps and water heaters, electric vehicles and rooftop solar panels. The bill creates a $4,000 tax credit for purchases of used electric vehicles and up to $7,500 for new EVs.
The tax credit includes income limits for buyers and caps on sticker prices of new EVs — $80,000 for pickups, SUVs and vans and $55,000 for smaller vehicles. A $25,000 limit would be set on used vehicles.
Even with the restrictions, the credits should help stimulate already rising electric vehicle sales, said Jessica Caldwell, senior analyst for Edmunds.com. Electric vehicles accounted for about 5% of new vehicle sales in the U.S. in the first half of the year and are projected to reach up to 37% by 2030.
The bill also invests over $60 billion in environmental justice priorities, including block grants to address disproportionate environmental and public health harms related to pollution and climate change in poor and disadvantaged communities.
Beverly Wright, executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, called the bill a step forward, but said she was concerned about tax credits for “polluting industries” such as coal, oil and gas. “We need bolder action to achieve environmental and climate justice for ourselves and future generations,” she said.
The bill would set a fee on excess methane emissions by oil and gas producers, while offering up to $850 million in grants to industry to monitor and reduce methane.
The bill’s mixture of tax incentives, grants and other investments in clean energy, transportation, energy storage, home electrification, agriculture and manufacturing “makes this a real climate bill,” said Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. “The planet is on fire. This is enormous progress. Let’s get it done.”
But not all environmental groups were celebrating.
The deal includes promises by Schumer and other Democratic leaders to pursue permitting reforms that Manchin called “essential to unlocking domestic energy and transmission projects,” including a controversial natural gas pipeline planned in his home state and Virginia. More than 90% of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline has been completed, but the project has been delayed by court battles and other issues.
The pipeline should be “at the top of the heap” for federal approval, Manchin said, and is a good example of why permitting reform is needed to speed energy project approvals. Manchin, a longtime supporter of coal and other fossil fuels, said environmental reviews of such major projects should be concluded within two years, instead of lasting up to 10 years as under current practice.
“Other countries around around the world — developed nations — do it extremely well, and they do it in a very short period of time. We should be able to do the same,” he said.
While permitting reforms would be considered in separate legislation, the budget deal would require the Interior Department to offer at least 2 million acres of public lands and 60 million acres of offshore waters in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska for oil and gas leasing each year. If Interior fails to offer minimum amounts for leasing, the department would not be allowed to grant approvals to any utility-scale renewable energy project on public lands or waters.
That requirement “is a climate suicide pact,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group.
“It’s self-defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction,” Hartl said, adding that new fossil fuel leasing required under the bill would “fan the flames of the climate disasters torching our country.”
But an oil industry group blasted the bill as punitive and inflationary.
“We are very concerned about this bill’s potential negative impact on energy prices and American competitiveness, especially in the midst of a global energy crisis and record high inflation,” said Anne Bradbury, CEO of the American Exploration and Production Council, which represents independent oil and natural gas companies.
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AP reporters Tom Krisher in Detroit and Drew Costley in Washington contributed to this story. | https://whyy.org/articles/unexpected-deal-would-boost-biden-pledge-on-climate-change/ | 2022-07-29T04:35:36Z | https://whyy.org/articles/unexpected-deal-would-boost-biden-pledge-on-climate-change/ | false |
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
2-0-1, WB: 9
(two, zero, one; WB: nine)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Night" game were:
2-0-1, WB: 9
(two, zero, one; WB: nine) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17337263.php | 2022-07-29T04:36:46Z | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play3-Night-game-17337263.php | true |
Biden's unclear Taiwan position exacerbates China-spurred tumult over Pelosi's plan: Rivera
Biden has stated and walked-back assertions about China-Taiwan policy.
President Biden's relatively unclear policy toward Taiwanese sovereignty complicates the relationship between the U.S., Taiwan and China, Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera said Thursday.
Rivera said Biden doesn't seem to know what the U.S.' official policy is toward China in this way, noting earlier this year Biden disclosed – then walked-back – an assertion that American military intervention would commence if Beijing invaded the nearby island.
In his May 24 clarification – which was not the first time the president offered assertions on the issue – Biden said the U.S. has a policy of "strategic ambiguity" toward the situation.
"Since the 1970s; since the Nixon-Kissinger days, we've had a policy of One China: There's the Chinese government in Beijing, and Taiwan is part of China. Now, what we've said is we have strategic ambiguity," Rivera added.
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"We've hinted very strongly that if China were to try to take Taiwan by force, the United States would intervene. But now I don't know what our policy is, and that's what the problem is that that leads to confusion: and confusion leads to peril."
Rivera said he is no fan of the Chinese Communist regime, while adding that "picking a fight" over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's, D-Calif., purported plans to visit Taipei, "that I don't even know is real" is not the wisest tact.
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The "Five" host cited comparisons to then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and then-top Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan traveling to Taiwan in 1997.
He noted that delegation also irked the Chinese government – but contrasted the "much more powerful China of 2022."
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"She has an absolute right to go but she needs to understand the consequences," he said.
"We have the USS Ronald Reagan there right now – the big carrier strike group: 50 ships, 27,000 sailors and marines. The United States is not wimping out."
Host Sean Hannity remarked in response that he trusts the nation's top military general, Gen. Mark A. Milley, much more than "General Joe" [Biden] in this regard.
Pelosi has not formally announced any official trip. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-unclear-taiwan-position-exacerbates-xi-threatening-biden-pelosi-taipei-plan-rivera | 2022-07-29T04:37:14Z | https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-unclear-taiwan-position-exacerbates-xi-threatening-biden-pelosi-taipei-plan-rivera | true |
Bergen Reilly was honored to represent her country for Team USA in Pan-Am games in volleyball
O’Gorman Knights standout returns from winning gold medal for Team USA
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -O’Gorman senior to be Bergen Reilly is back from the Pan Am games in Tulsa where she helped Team USA win a gold medal over Brazil. It was her second straight year representing her country playing the game she loves and she will play her college volleyball at the highest level for Nebraska.
So what was it like for Bergen, wearing the uniform representing her country? ”Yeah it’s really such an honor. There’s a lot of responsibility that comes with it like when you walk out and they start playing the National Anthem it’s just a little different when you have the flag on your chest. My parents always tear up when the National Anthem starts playing. It’s such a special thing getting to play for your country and knowing that everyone’s watching and everyone is behind you,” says Reilly.
Bergen will finish her senior season of volleyball this fall at O’Gorman and head to Lincoln, NE in January to start college. She was on Calling All Sports today and that show is archived on the CAS web site www.callingallsportssd.com. It was a fun interview.
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Q-bear uses artificial intelligence technology to help parents understand their newborn baby's needs and track physiological condition.
LAS VEGAS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading algorithm programmer company in Taiwan, Quantum Music, will be exhibiting the AI Baby Crying Translator Q-bear in the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest and most influential technology trade show, held at 2022 CES
The groundbreaking technology, designed using an 18-layer deep learning architecture and processes GPU pre-training mode through more than 10,000 rows of crying data from babies, can precisely identify babies' needs based on their 10-seconds crying patterns. It can also perform a pain and discomfort analysis to keep track of a baby's physiological condition at any time.
Using artificial intelligence, Q-bear can adapt to the baby's needs. The device, for instance, is programmed to auto-play a lullaby and a patented womb simulating noise while turning on the carefully designed sleep aid light when it detects that the baby is "tired". Parents will also receive notifications that will give them a comprehensive update on the baby's comfort level, using Q-bear's features such as humidity and indoor temperature reading, urination frequency, pain and discomfort index, as well as diaper inventory tracking.
"Parents, especially first-time parents have a difficult time juggling career demands and family life. We invented Q-bear to assist parents in understanding their babies and consequently providing more support to both parent and child," said Hikari TSAI, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Music.
In addition, Q-bear has a learning function that progressively becomes more refined with uses. The app already has the highest level of accuracy prediction on the market at 95% and is also the only Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) with automatic detection, activation, and recording capabilities.
"Q-bear can precisely identify four basic baby needs, such as being fussy, overtired, hungry, or in need of a diaper change," said Dr. Meiwen Wang, Co-developer of Qbear and Medical Consultant of Quantum Music. "It is designed to help parents understand their newborn baby's needs and make accurate decisions as quickly as possible."
Q-bear is sleekly designed, with three available placement options: tabletop, wall hanging, and crib stand. The rack design can fit in all baby cribs which meet ASTM F1169 market regulations It meets the international ISO 8124-1:2018 standards with all materials in compliance with RHoS3.0. The app is also compatible with Alexa, suitable to use in modern households.
Quantum Music strives to improve the quality of life using the latest technology and the science of sounds to meet the demands of the global market.
The Q-bear will be showcasing its technology at the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Pavilion at Eureka Park, Venetian Expo 1F (Former Sands expo), booth no: 61423.
About Quantum Music
Quantum Music is created by the assembly of the development groups, music producers, sounding scientists, and algorithm programmers. In addition to working in the field of professional music production, they are dedicated to creating products that combine cultures, creatives, and technologies. They are hoping that this kind of product not only for entertainment, but also into every family, be part of their lives, and help more children growing up happily.
For more information, visit https://qbaby.ai/.
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Side effects from pediatric drug treatment are responsible for nearly 10 percent of childhood hospitalizations, with nearly half of those being life-threatening. Despite the need to know more about these drugs and the adverse events they can have on children, little evidence is currently available.
Clinical trials remain the gold standard for identifying adverse drug events (ADEs) for adults, but these have both ethical and methodological concerns for the pediatric population. The rapidly changing biologic and physiologic developments only enhance the challenges of understanding the potential impacts of different drug treatments at various stages of childhood.
Researchers at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center developed a novel algorithm that identified nearly 20,000 ADEs signals (information on a new or known side effect that may be caused by a particular drug) across the seven pediatric development stages and made them freely available. This process is strengthened by a novel approach that allows neighboring development stages to enhance the signal detection power, which helps it overcome limited data within individual stages.
This use of predictive modeling on real-world data can help address a critical gap in healthcare research around the understudied pediatric community.
DBMI associate professor Nicholas Tatonetti and Nick Giangreco, a recent Systems Biology PhD graduate at Columbia University, shared these findings in the study A database of pediatric drug effects to evaluate ontogenic mechanisms from child growth and development, which was recently published in Med.
For many reasons, children have historically not been included in clinical trials. There are many ethical issues around including children in trials, and there are several limitations when children are included that make it difficult to assess the effectiveness and safety of drugs."
Nicholas Tatonetti, DBMI associate professor
Because of these factors, few drugs are specifically approved for use in children, though once drugs are approved for adults, physicians can prescribe them "off-label" to children.
"Since drugs are not studied and approved in children directly, physicians must rely on guidelines for adults," he added. "Essentially treating children as if they were simply small adults is oftentimes an incorrect assumption. This study is an attempt to elucidate systematically what the potential side effects are when drugs are used off label in children."
The study goes beyond simply differentiating side effects in children from those in adults. It focuses on ADEs across seven developmental stages, starting at term neonatal and going through late adolescence, and it is powered by sharing information from neighboring developmental stages. For example, the development of infants and toddlers is close enough that there will be more shared characteristics than there would be for infants and those in early or late adolescence.
"Previously, children were essentially grouped together," Tatonetti said. "There were only a few studies that just focused on children, and they basically focused on people 18 and under or 21 and under in one group. The innovation here is using known developmental stages and our newly introduced DGAMs (disproportionality generalized additive models) to improve power and enable that analysis."
Tatonetti stressed that these signals are not validated and are primarily meant for researchers. Parents should consult with their pediatricians on specific drug side effects.
Giangreco, currently a Quantitative Translational Scientist at Regeneron, noted one of several side effects that were identified by this model.
"One we corroborated that the FDA had found was that montelukast, an asthma drug, was found to elicit psychiatric side effects," he said. "We saw that in our database as well, but we were able to pinpoint certain developmental stages where the risk was more significant, especially the second year of life."
The study also integrates pediatric enzyme expression data and found that pharmacogenes with dynamic childhood expression are associated with pediatric ADEs.
"This was a biologically-inspired modeling strategy," Giangreco said. "We used what we knew about biological processes occurring during childhood and formed the modeling strategy. These safety signals came from this prior knowledge of the biological processes that are happening. Our data-driven approach really tried to capture what we thought were the important biologically and physiologically dynamic processes that happen during childhood and use that to tease apart observations across the development stages."
The model was used on a database of 264,453 pediatric reports in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The output of the study is available via KidSIDES, a free and publicly available database of pediatric drug safety signals for the research community, as well as the Pediatric Drug Safety portal (PDSportal), which will facilitate evaluation of drug safety signals across childhood growth and development.
"The primary intention is for other researchers to use it, to follow up on signals they may observe," Tatonetti said. "If they are experts on a particular drug usage, or particular disease domain and have observed these types of effects, they could follow up on them and be reassured, or could look at what the other evidence is for that effect as we aggregate it together. Clinicians can use it as a gut check. Maybe they saw an effect, or they are wondering if others are seeing this effect, and they can check the PDSPortal to see if others are seeing this effect or to prompt them to write another case report to the FDA."
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Journal reference:
Giangreco, N.P., et al. (2022) A database of pediatric drug effects to evaluate ontogenic mechanisms from child growth and development. Med. doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2022.06.001. | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/Novel-algorithm-identifies-adverse-drug-events-across-the-seven-pediatric-development-stages.aspx | 2022-07-29T04:55:53Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220728/Novel-algorithm-identifies-adverse-drug-events-across-the-seven-pediatric-development-stages.aspx | true |
Gainesville Police Chief will make almost $200,000
Gainesville — A spokesperson for the City of Gainesville says new Chief Lonnie Scott will earn a salary of $198,510.79. Lonnie Scott officially...
mycbs4.comGainesville — A spokesperson for the City of Gainesville says new Chief Lonnie Scott will earn a salary of $198,510.79. Lonnie Scott officially...
mycbs4.com | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2681365340271/gainesville-police-chief-will-make-almost-200-000 | 2022-07-29T05:03:26Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2681365340271/gainesville-police-chief-will-make-almost-200-000 | false |
Q-bear uses artificial intelligence technology to help parents understand their newborn baby's needs and track physiological condition.
LAS VEGAS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading algorithm programmer company in Taiwan, Quantum Music, will be exhibiting the AI Baby Crying Translator Q-bear in the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest and most influential technology trade show, held at 2022 CES
The groundbreaking technology, designed using an 18-layer deep learning architecture and processes GPU pre-training mode through more than 10,000 rows of crying data from babies, can precisely identify babies' needs based on their 10-seconds crying patterns. It can also perform a pain and discomfort analysis to keep track of a baby's physiological condition at any time.
Using artificial intelligence, Q-bear can adapt to the baby's needs. The device, for instance, is programmed to auto-play a lullaby and a patented womb simulating noise while turning on the carefully designed sleep aid light when it detects that the baby is "tired". Parents will also receive notifications that will give them a comprehensive update on the baby's comfort level, using Q-bear's features such as humidity and indoor temperature reading, urination frequency, pain and discomfort index, as well as diaper inventory tracking.
"Parents, especially first-time parents have a difficult time juggling career demands and family life. We invented Q-bear to assist parents in understanding their babies and consequently providing more support to both parent and child," said Hikari TSAI, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Music.
In addition, Q-bear has a learning function that progressively becomes more refined with uses. The app already has the highest level of accuracy prediction on the market at 95% and is also the only Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) with automatic detection, activation, and recording capabilities.
"Q-bear can precisely identify four basic baby needs, such as being fussy, overtired, hungry, or in need of a diaper change," said Dr. Meiwen Wang, Co-developer of Qbear and Medical Consultant of Quantum Music. "It is designed to help parents understand their newborn baby's needs and make accurate decisions as quickly as possible."
Q-bear is sleekly designed, with three available placement options: tabletop, wall hanging, and crib stand. The rack design can fit in all baby cribs which meet ASTM F1169 market regulations It meets the international ISO 8124-1:2018 standards with all materials in compliance with RHoS3.0. The app is also compatible with Alexa, suitable to use in modern households.
Quantum Music strives to improve the quality of life using the latest technology and the science of sounds to meet the demands of the global market.
The Q-bear will be showcasing its technology at the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Pavilion at Eureka Park, Venetian Expo 1F (Former Sands expo), booth no: 61423.
About Quantum Music
Quantum Music is created by the assembly of the development groups, music producers, sounding scientists, and algorithm programmers. In addition to working in the field of professional music production, they are dedicated to creating products that combine cultures, creatives, and technologies. They are hoping that this kind of product not only for entertainment, but also into every family, be part of their lives, and help more children growing up happily.
For more information, visit https://qbaby.ai/.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Quantum Music | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/07/29/quantum-music-showcase-groundbreaking-ai-baby-crying-translator-q-bear-tta-pavilion/ | 2022-07-29T05:08:56Z | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/07/29/quantum-music-showcase-groundbreaking-ai-baby-crying-translator-q-bear-tta-pavilion/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
21-25-36-40-41
(twenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-six, forty, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $546,000
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
21-25-36-40-41
(twenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-six, forty, forty-one)
Estimated jackpot: $546,000 | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17337303.php | 2022-07-29T05:10:44Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17337303.php | false |
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
July 29, 2022 Updated: July 29, 2022 12:03 a.m.
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1of 18 Jenifer Salles is consoled by a relative during a burial service for her mother, Leticia Marinho Salles, killed during a police raid in the Complexo do Alemao favela, at the Caju cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Thursday's police operation in the Complexo do Alemao favela targeted a criminal group that stole cars and robbed banks, and invaded nearby neighborhoods, leaving at least 18 dead. Bruna Prado/AP Show More Show Less
2of 18 Osmar Aguero poses for a photo dressed in feathers to honor Saint Francisco Solano, known as the Saint of birds, during a Catholic Mass in Emboscada, Paraguay, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Legend has it that while lying on his death bed in a Peruvian convent, birds perched on Solano's window and would sing to him, inspiring his followers to dress in bird costumes. Jorge Saenz/AP Show More Show Less 3of 18
4of 18 Brazil's Bia Zaneratto celebrates scoring against Paraguay during a women's Copa America semi-final soccer match in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Brazil won the match and advances to the finals. Dolores Ochoa/AP Show More Show Less
5of 18 A woman holds a photo of Argentina's late first lady Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, better known as Evita, as she waits her turn to visit Evita's tomb in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Argentines commemorate the 70th anniversary of the death of their most famous first lady, who died of cancer on July 26, 1952 at the age of 33. Natacha Pisarenko/AP Show More Show Less 6of 18
7of 18 Women talk while combing a girl's hair in Tupe, Peru, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. As Peru's President Pedro Castillo marks the first anniversary of his presidency, his popularity has been decimated by his chaotic management style and corruption allegations, but in rural areas like Tupe, voters believe the fault for the executive crisis lies not only with Castillo, but with Congress, which has sought to remove him twice. Martin Mejia/AP Show More Show Less
8of 18 A guest dances in the Van Gogh Live 8K multimedia exhibition, featuring projections of paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Willem van Gogh, at the exhibit's opening for the media and guests in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Bruna Prado/AP Show More Show Less 9of 18
10of 18 A girl wears a mask with the phrase "Justice for Luz," written on it in Spanish, during a protest by feminist groups for Luz Raquel Padilla, in front of the Jalisco state government House in Mexico City, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Luz Raquel Padilla, the mother of a child with autism, was doused with alcohol and burned alive by a group of people a few blocks from her home on July 16 in Jalisco state. She died of her wounds. Marco Ugarte/AP Show More Show Less
11of 18 A dancer dressed as a monkey performs "Danza del Palo Volador," a ritual in honor of his patron saint Santiago Apostle, in Cubulco, Guatemala, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Ahead of his feast day on July 25 worshipers take part in ancient religious ceremonies and accompany processions since a few weeks before. Moises Castillo/AP Show More Show Less 12of 18
13of 18 Chile celebrates winning against Venezuela at the end of a Women's Copa America soccer match in Armenia, Colombia, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Dolores Ochoa/AP Show More Show Less
14of 18 A young fencer strikes pose for her parents as they take photos in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Matias Delacroix/AP Show More Show Less 15of 18
16of 18 A farm worker rests on his employer's cow which he cares for during the Rural Society's annual exposition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Natacha Pisarenko/AP Show More Show Less
17of 18 Children sleep on the floor of a school turned into a shelter after they were forced to leave their homes in Cite Soleil due to clashes between armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Odelyn Joseph/AP Show More Show Less 18of 18
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This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP Photo Editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City. | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/AP-Week-in-Pictures-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-17337334.php | 2022-07-29T05:11:02Z | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/AP-Week-in-Pictures-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-17337334.php | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.
The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6% annual drop from January through March. Consecutive quarters of falling GDP constitute one informal, though not definitive, indicator of a recession.
The GDP report for last quarter pointed to weakness across the economy. Consumer spending slowed as Americans bought fewer goods. Business investment fell. Inventories tumbled as businesses slowed their restocking of shelves, shaving 2 percentage points from GDP.
Higher borrowing rates, a consequence of the Federal Reserve’s series of rate hikes, clobbered home construction, which shrank at a 14% annual rate. Government spending dropped, too.
The report comes at a critical time. Consumers and businesses have been struggling under the weight of punishing inflation and higher loan costs. On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its push to conquer the worst inflation outbreak in four decades.
The Fed is hoping to achieve a notoriously difficult “soft landing”: An economic slowdown that manages to rein in rocketing prices without triggering a recession.
Apart from the United States, the global economy as a whole is also grappling with high inflation and weakening growth, especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent energy and food prices soaring. Europe, highly dependent on Russian natural gas, appears especially vulnerable to a recession.
In the United States, the inflation surge and fear of a recession have eroded consumer confidence and stirred anxiety about the economy, which is sending frustratingly mixed signals. And with the November midterm elections nearing, Americans’ discontent has diminished President Joe Biden’s public approval ratings and could increase the likelihood that the Democrats will lose control of the House and Senate.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell and many economists have said that while the economy is showing some weakening, they doubt it’s in recession. Many of them point, in particular, to a still-robust labor market, with 11 million job openings and an uncommonly low 3.6% unemployment rate, to suggest that a recession, if one does occur, isn’t here yet.
“The back-to-back contraction of GDP will feed the debate about whether the U.S. is in, or soon headed for, a recession,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. “The fact that the economy created 2.7 million payrolls in the first half of the year would seem to argue against an official recession call for now.”
Still, Guatieri said, “the economy has quickly lost steam in the face of four-decade high inflation, rapidly rising borrowing costs and a general tightening in financial conditions.”
In the meantime, Congress may be moving toward approving action to fight inflation under an agreement announced Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. Among other things, the measure would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, and the new revenue would be used to lower costs for seniors on medications.
In the wake of Thursday’s government report, Biden dismissed any notion that the data depicted an economy in recession. The administration has stressed that solid job growth and low unemployment show that the U.S. economy is still growing despite two consecutive quarterly declines in GDP. Speaking from the White House, Biden leaned on remarks that Powell and other economic leaders have made.
“Both Chairman Powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say we’re not in recession,” the president said.
The government’s first of three estimates of GDP for the April-June quarter marked a drastic weakening from the 5.7% growth the economy achieved last year. That was the fastest calendar-year expansion since 1984, reflecting how vigorously the economy roared back from the brief but brutal pandemic recession of 2020.
But since then, the combination of mounting prices and higher borrowing costs have taken a toll. The Labor Department’s consumer price index skyrocketed 9.1% in June from a year earlier, a pace not matched since 1981. And despite widespread pay raises, prices are surging faster than wages. In June, average hourly earnings, after adjusting for inflation, slid 3.6% from a year earlier, the 15th straight year-over-year drop.
Americans are still spending, though more tepidly. Thursday’s report showed that consumer spending rose at a 1% annual pace from April through June, down from 1.8% in the first quarter and 2.5% in the final three months of 2021.
Spending on goods like appliances and furniture, which had soared while Americans were sheltering at home early in the pandemic, dropped at a 4.4% annual rate last quarter. But spending on services, like airline trips and dinners out, rose at a 4.1% rate, indicating that millions of consumers are venturing out more.
Before accounting for surging prices, the economy actually grew at a 7.8% annual pace in the April-June quarter. But inflation wiped out that gain and then some and produced a negative GDP number.
Against that backdrop, Americans are losing confidence. Their assessment of economic conditions six months from now has reached its lowest point since 2013, according to the Conference Board, a research group.
The Fed’s hikes have already led to higher rates on credit cards and auto loans and to a doubling of the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage in the past year, to 5.5. Home sales, which are especially sensitive to interest rate changes, have tumbled.
Even with the economy recording a second straight quarter of negative GDP, many economists do not regard it as constituting a recession. 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.”
The committee assesses a range of factors before publicly declaring the death of an economic expansion and the birth of a recession — and it often does so well after the fact.
“If we aren’t yet in a recession, we soon will be,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist for the economic consulting firm Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc. “An economy rapidly losing momentum combined with aggressive monetary tightening is not a recipe for a soft landing or any other type of happy ending.”
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Associated Press writer Josh Boak contributed to this report. | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/us-economy-likely-grew-modestly-if-at-all-last-quarter/ | 2022-07-29T05:11:54Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/ap-top-headlines/us-economy-likely-grew-modestly-if-at-all-last-quarter/ | true |
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Grand jury indicts Hawaiian couple accused of stealing dead babies’ identities, spying for Russia
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - Fascinated by espionage.
That how’s federal prosecutors are describing a Hawaiian couple accused of secretly working for Russia.
A federal grand jury has indicted Walter Glenn Primrose and his wife, Gwynn Morrison, on multiple charges, including conspiracy against the United States, identity theft and false statements in applying for a passport.
The two were taken into custody last week following a raid on their home and a judge has ordered Primrose to be held without bond, even though he doesn’t have a criminal record.
A detention hearing for Morrison is set for Tuesday.
In federal court Thursday, prosecutors said investigators found coded messages, sets of invisible ink and maps of military facilities in the home. Recordings of the couple talking to each other, after their arrest, were also consistent with espionage, authorities allege.
“No one can underestimate the amount of pressure that a defendant will feel in the FBI building with a handcuff to the wall,” retired FBI agent Tom Simon said. “And so we use that opportunity to see if people slip and forget their training.”
Hawaii News Now cameras caught Special Agent Dennis Thomas, of the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, heading into the grand jury room to testify ahead of the indictment.
Thomas is the agent on the case, according to the criminal complaint.
The bombshell case broke Tuesday after federal court records were unsealed.
At Primrose’s detention hearing in federal court Thursday, the government said the couple met in high school and had stolen the identities of babies, who had died in Texas in the 1980s.
They then allegedly used those identities to get Social Security cards, passports and driver’s licenses.
The government’s evidence includes photos of the couple in KGB uniforms. Morrison has claimed through her attorney that the uniform belonged to a friend and that they tried it on for fun.
“She wants the world to know that she is not a spy,” court-appointed attorney Megan Kau said.
But prosecutors say their subject matter expert determined the Polaroid pictures were taken in the 1980s and that the jacket appeared to be an authentic KGB uniform.
In a criminal complaint, the government alleges Primrose fraudulently enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994. After retiring from the Coast Guard in 2016, he was working as a Department of Defense contractor until his arrest.
“Anybody can get a map to Pearl Harbor that shows major roads,” Kevin O’Grady said, a former military prosecutor.
But someone with secret clearance can actually get onto those roads and “go to places the public is not able to go to,” O’Grady said, adding that intelligence can provide enemies with bits of important information.
Simon said the government had likely been tracking the couple for some time and he expects additional evidence will be revealed as the case moves forward.
“The use of invisible ink seems archaic considering the technology today and encryption but who knows? These people have been doing this a long time,” Simon said, owner of Simon Investigations.
“Obviously, it’s nothing that adds to the idea that these people are just innocent citizens who like to play dress up as KGB officers at family parties,” Simon said.
“The FBI counter-intelligence agents are very smart and very thorough they’re not going to make a case with this impact based on someone playing dress-up at a party.”
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Sebastian Vettel retirement: Hamilton, Leclerc lead tributes to 'beautiful human' Vettel
Sebastian Vettel has 53 race wins and 122 podiums in an F1 career spanning 15 years
Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the Hungaroring on Thursday. The 2022 season will be the 35-year-old's final campaign in the sport that has brought him four Drivers' World Championships.
It came as a shock to the F1 paddock as the German racer revealed that he wanted to remain in the sport beyond 2022 just a week prior. As it stands, Vettel will leave the sport with 53 race wins and 122 podium appearances and multiple records including most wins and pole positions in a season.
"I hereby announce my retirement from Formula 1 by the end of the 2022 season. Probably I should start with a long list of people to thank now, but I feel it is more important to explain the reasons behind my decision," Vettel said as part of a lengthy statement explaining his decision to retire.
"The decision to retire has been a difficult one for me to take, and I have spent a lot of time thinking about it; at the end of the year I want to take some more time to reflect on what I will focus on next; it is very clear to me that, being a father, I want to spend more time with my family," he added.
"But today is not about saying goodbye. Rather, it is about saying thank you – to everyone – not least to the fans, without whose passionate support Formula 1 could not exist."
Tributes poured in from all across the grid as drivers and teams reacted to the news of the four-time world champion calling time on his F1 career. It was also no surprise that most of his colleagues focused on Vettel's humility and desire to help the sport rather than his achievements on the track.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton led the way with a touching tribute. It was followed by Vettel's protege Mick Schumacher, who was among many drivers that labelled him a role model and an inspiration not only on the track, but also off it.
"Seb, it's been an honour to call you a competitor and an ever greater honour to call you my friend. Leaving this sport better than you found it is always the goal. I have no doubt that whatever comes next for you will be exciting, meaningful, and rewarding. Love you, man," Hamilton wrote.
Vettel feels the retirement announcement is a weight off his shoulders and is hoping it will allow him to race more freely going into the final 10 races of the season.
"I don't see that I'll have a trouble motivating myself for the next 10 races," he said.
"I feel a little bit the opposite. I feel that obviously this decision has been in my head for so long now and has taken so much energy, to be honest, and maybe even at times distracted me a little bit, that I'm quite relieved and looking forward to the next races..." | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sebastian-vettel-retirement-hamilton-leclerc-lead-tributes-beautiful-human-vettel-1702845 | 2022-07-29T05:21:39Z | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sebastian-vettel-retirement-hamilton-leclerc-lead-tributes-beautiful-human-vettel-1702845 | false |
ABOVE: Idaho State wide receiver Xavier Guillory (0) comes down with a pass over cornerback Josh Alford (1) during a spring scrimmage. TOP: Idaho State head coach Charlie Ragle walks across the field a spring scrimmage.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Charlie Ragle shifted in his chair. He glanced around the giant ballroom, at the lights and the cameras, at the Big Sky coaches and players, taking in the newness of the scene. With the exception of one, all of these fellow coaches have gotten the chance to prove themselves on the field, revealing themselves to fans with game results.
Ragle, Idaho State’s new head coach who took over last December, has not had that chance. So as he sat in his chair, chatting with media at Monday’s Big Sky Kickoff, he had to do so by asking you to trust him. He hasn’t slipped on the headset to coach his first game, so can offer only statements of resolve, promises that sooner or later, he will get this thing turned around.
He may well do so. But when the preseason all-conference teams and polls rolled in, they reminded you why Ragle took over the program in the first place.
In the coaches poll, the Bengals were picked to finish tied for 11th and last place. In the media poll, they were picked to finish 12th, which is also last. Idaho State did not land any players on the preseason all-conference team, which also left off Cal Poly entirely.
None of that should come as a surprise. The Bengals are coming off a one-win campaign, lost a host of starters and just hired a new head coach. Teams that fit those descriptions don’t normally find themselves on preseason awards lists. Still, it served as a reminder that while ISU has rosy visions of the future, the team is smack dab in the middle of a darker period, trying to climb out of a retool.
“You’ve gotta create a belief system inside of your program that is unbreakable,” Ragle said. “Those kids that put on this uniform and this helmet, it’s what they believe. Nobody else. Between the staff and those players, if those guys believe, those guys work to achieve the success that we know we’re capable of having, the sky’s the limit. And so it starts there.”
One month away from the regular season, which starts with Idaho State’s road matchup with UNLV on Aug. 27, the Bengals are positioning themselves as encouraged. They do return some starters, namely media day representatives Tyler Clemons and Josh Alford, and all they have to do to improve on last season is win two games. Maybe you could even point out potential wins on the schedule, which includes home games against Central Arkansas and Cal Poly.
That’s the approach ISU is taking with the roster, too. Check out last season’s individual leaders and, in most categories, those players have departed the program: Rushing leader Tyevin Ford entered the transfer portal. Receiving leader Tanner Conner joined the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent. Punter Kevin Ryan transferred to Washington. Interceptions leader Jayden Dawson transferred to Montana and tackling leader Darian Green is no longer on the team.
Which is why, over the last several months, the Bengals have made additions to the roster — both players and coaches. The new coaches are cornerbacks coach Pierre Cormier and safeties coach Devin Holiday.
Holiday replaces JB Hall, the team’s safeties coach of three years who took a job at Georgia Tech earlier this month, and Cormier replacess DaVonte’ Neal, who has been extradited to Arizona’s Maricopa County on charges that include first-degree murder.
Ragle decided on those guys, in large part, because he was familiar with them. When served as an assistant coach at Arizona, he coached both.
“Having a couple guys that were young and flexible, and having a familiarity with them and them with me,” Ragle said, “and knowing those two guys are gonna share a meeting room together and work together — that was something that had to be compatible. I felt those guys gave us the best chance to teach our guys and win.”
Even since the end of spring ball, ISU also signed 11 players. The breakdown goes like this: five offensive linemen, two running backs, one linebacker, one defensive end, one defensive tackle, one punter. Here are the players:
OL Syr Riley (Washington State transfer)
OL Isaiah Hullum (2021 high school graduate)
OL Jaedon Garcia (true freshman from Hawaii)
OL Jude Steffen (Palomar Junior College transfer)
OL Hudson Chasko (true freshman from California)
RB Damir Collins (Oregon State transfer)
DE Chester Geffrard (Butler Community College transfer)
RB Keoua Kauhi II (Mount San Antonio Junior College transfer)
DT Josiah Sagale (El Camino College transfer)
P Regan Baker (Australian native)
LB Kris Sanchez (Palomar Junior College transfer)
Over the offseason, Ragle made one thing clear: The Bengals needed to make big improvements on their offensive line. Last season, that group yielded a conference-high 39 sacks in a one-win campaign, a forgettable effort in a forgettable season. So even though ISU inked two offensive linemen in their February signing class, including Arkansas State transfer Avery Demmons, they felt they needed to add more.
Now they’ve done that.
“We’re all kind of getting new stuff thrown at us all the time still,” the offensive lineman Clemons said, “but I think for us, we’ve understood that we have to produce for our whole team, or at least our offense to produce. So I think our guys, we really want this.”
Alford, a returning starter in the secondary, said much the same. He wants to be the smartest player on the field. He feels more comfortable leading a team. Mostly, though, he just wants to win.
“We’re trying to establish a standard here at Idaho State. We’re trying to get rid of those old ways and establish a new winning standard of excellence,” Alford said. “Just building those habits of being a good person, a good player. And a good human being.” | https://www.postregister.com/chronicle/freeaccess/new-coaches-players-and-hope-for-the-future-idaho-states-season-coming-into-focus/article_20c74410-0bf6-5454-85ad-d95deb72a6e6.html | 2022-07-29T05:22:32Z | https://www.postregister.com/chronicle/freeaccess/new-coaches-players-and-hope-for-the-future-idaho-states-season-coming-into-focus/article_20c74410-0bf6-5454-85ad-d95deb72a6e6.html | false |
New senator David Pocock's bid to have an AUSLAN interpreter next to him during his maiden speech is BLOCKED by the major parties
- The former Wallabies star requested interpreter for his first Senate speech
- Government and opposition rejected his request, fearing a new precedent
- Deaf Australia expressed 'deep concern' over shortsightedness of the decision
Disability advocates have criticised the federal government and opposition for not allowing a newly-elected senator to have an Auslan interpreter by his side during his first speech.
Independent ACT senator David Pocock made the landmark request to the chamber after being asked by community members to consider having his speech live translated for people who are deaf or hearing impaired.
Senate conventions require approval from the government, opposition and crossbench to have a 'stranger in the house', which Senator Pocock requested to ensure an interpreter could stand next to him and feature in the broadcast.
It is understood the Greens consented to having an Auslan interpreter on the floor of the chamber but the government and the opposition refused the request, citing concerns for the precedent it would set.
Independent ACT senator David Pocock made the landmark request to the chamber after being asked by community members to consider having his speech live translated for people who are deaf or hearing impaired
The government and the opposition refused the request, citing concerns for the precedent it would set in both houses of parliament (pictured, the Senate during the opening of the 47th parliament)
In a statement, Deaf Australia said it was deeply concerned by the lack of foresight and regard for accessibility by the government and opposition.
The major parties have proven inclusion and accessibility is 'never a certainty in political settings', the statement said.
With one in six Australians experiencing hearing loss, Senator Pocock said it was important for everyone to be more inclusive.
'People want a better, more collaborative parliament and that is what I want to help achieve,' he said in a statement on Friday.
'For me, that means making our parliament more inclusive. I don't want some people in our community to feel excluded or separate.'
Auslan translation has been a regular feature of public communication during the pandemic with interpreters standing alongside state, territory and federal leaders during updates.
'People want a better, more collaborative parliament and that is what I want to help achieve,' the former Wallabies star now independent senator said in a statement
While he appreciates the tradition and convention of the upper house, Senator Pocock said there was a strong case to update practice and better reflect community values.
'I am disappointed that the major parties have not supported my request to have an Auslan translator alongside me on the floor of the senate for my first speech,' he said.
'Not only would this have provided a practical solution, it would have also sent a strong message of inclusion.'
The senator said he would work with the Department of Parliamentary Services and the Senate to ensure his first speech is accessible to anyone watching either remotely or in the public gallery. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060657/Senator-David-Pococks-bid-AUSLAN-interpreter-speech-BLOCKED-major-parties.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-29T05:33:40Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11060657/Senator-David-Pococks-bid-AUSLAN-interpreter-speech-BLOCKED-major-parties.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Enabling patients to conduct electrocardiogram (ECG) tests safely and efficiently at home using PCA 500, the only medical grade 12-lead Resting ECG approved by the FDA for patient use.
LAS VEGAS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Demand for telehealth and home care has surged drastically during the pandemic. QT Medical Inc. (QT Medical), a Los Angeles-based company, now provides Xpress ECG service– an online order, mail delivery electrocardiogram (ECG) testing service using their PCA 500 platform. The company will exhibit PCA 500 alongside their Xpress ECG service at the CES 2022 show.
Through the Xpress ECG service, patients can complete 12-lead Resting ECG tests using PCA 500 in the comfort of their own homes. Xpress ECG tests may be ordered by doctors or requested by patients alike. The service provides superior ECG quality, patient convenience, and a lower risk of infection, offering significantly higher value than in-hospital ECG tests. After the patient completes the test, QT Medical offers an interpretation of the results by expert cardiologists, with the reports sent to the ordering doctor or the patient's physician.
QT Medical aims to provide better ECG testing using the revolutionary PCA 500 platform. With the PCA 500, all electrodes are pre-positioned and pre-connected, removing the necessity of operator training and opening the doors for home use with minimal risk of error. The PCA 500 electrode strip is also a medical-grade single-use product that can be placed within 10 seconds, saving time and reducing the risk of disease transmission compared to traditional ECG testing.
"Xpress ECG has proven to be a much-needed service, and 98 percent of patients could complete their tests at home with simple instructions," said Dr. Ruey-Kang Chang, Chief Executive Officer of QT Medical.
PCA 500 electrodes come in four sizes for adults (18 years and older). Featuring modern, easy-to-use designs, it is the only medical standard 12-lead Resting ECG approved by the FDA for patient use. With seamless integration of state-of-the-art technologies: a super-compact recorder, patented prepositioned electrode strips, user-friendly apps for mobile devices, and HIPAA-compliant cloud, a hospital-quality 12-lead ECG can be completed by anyone, anytime, anywhere.
The Xpress ECG service features:
- At home ECG testing that is user friendly
- PCA 500 with various sizes of electrodes to suit patients
- Medical grade 12-lead Resting ECG
- Less prone to human error
- FDA cleared, American Heart Association standards
- HIPAA-compliant cloud
Is Xpress ECG the way forward?
Resting 12-lead ECG is the most used medical test for diagnosing heart diseases, such as arrhythmias and coronary artery disease. However, traditional ECG machines are bulky, inefficient, and can only be used in healthcare facilities by professionals.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 35 million outpatient ECG tests are done every year in the United States alone. The way how resting 12-lead ECG tests are done have not changed in nearly 80 years, making it outdated for the current healthcare environment. In traditional ECG testing, trained technicians conduct a complex process totaling over 20 steps. As a result, approximately 3% of ECG tests done in hospitals result in leads being misplaced. Additionally, traditional ECG machines require cleaning and disinfection after each use, a time-consuming process that increases the risk of disease transmission if done improperly.
In a world where doctors visit patients over video calls, physicians must equip themselves with the necessary tools to deliver personalized healthcare that is fast, accurate, consistent, and standardized. Dr. Chang "is confident that Xpress ECG is the solution to cumbersome traditional ECG testing."
QT Medical will be showcasing their solution at the TTA Pavilion at Booth 61423 in Sands — Hall G, Eureka Park, Las Vegas Convention Center.
For more information, visit www.qtmedical.com.
About QT Medical Inc.
QT Medical is a medtech company with a focus on high quality 12-lead diagnostic electrocardiogram (ECG) for use by healthcare professionals and patients. Cleared by the FDA, TFDA, PMDA and CE mark, PCA 500 is the world's most compact 12-lead ECG system. With its simplicity, ease of use, mobile technology and cloud management, PCA 500 brings hospital-grade ECG to homes, and enables doctors to make informed decisions anywhere, anytime. Powered by advanced AI diagnostics, QT Medical will revolutionize cardiac care in the 21st century for millions of patients.
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LOUGH, James R.
86, of Springfield, died July 26, 2022, in Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born August 30, 1935, in Springfield to Vernon and Minnie (Graves) Lough. Jim worked for 56 years in maintenance for Navistar. Jim's true passion in life was his being with his wife of 65 years. Jim played for Pabst Softball for many years. They won the National World Series in 1994 in Jones Beach, New York. Jim was an avid bowler and appeared on National Television. In 1961, Jim won a bowling tournament that won him a car. Jim was the owner and trainer of Lough Racing Stables. Jim enjoyed playing cards at the Elks Lodge where he was a member. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Linda (Moore); three grandchildren, Tylor Lough, Alli (Michel) Stratton and Taylor "Bird" Bond; 6 great-grandchildren, Alec, Jett, Kendra, Savvi, Cru and Auggi; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sons, Doug and David, and was the last of 12 brothers and sisters. A special thanks to Mercy Hospital Hospice Floor 4, Dr. Challa and Dr. Ingram for your kindness and support. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday in the CONROY FUNERAL HOME with visitation two hours prior, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, OH. Memorial donations may go to St. Jude Children's Hospital. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/lough-james/BXWGZABH35BK3B3SLRUDL4YD6M/ | 2022-07-29T05:35:49Z | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/obituaries/lough-james/BXWGZABH35BK3B3SLRUDL4YD6M/ | true |
South Korea reported 193 cases of malaria during the first seven months of this year, showing a similar trend to last year when the number was the lowest in 26 years, data showed Friday.
According to statistics from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Gyeonggi Province and others, 193 cases of the mosquito-borne disease were confirmed from January to July this year.
This compared with 195 cases recorded during the same period last year.
By month, they were four cases in January, one in February, one in March, six in April, 31 in May, 89 in June and 61 in July.
The capital region, including Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon, accounted for 86 percent of the total.
Given malaria infections in the nation tend to increase between June and August and start declining in September, heath officials expect this year's total to be around 300, similar to last year's 297, which was the lowest in 26 years. (Yonhap) | https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220729000390 | 2022-07-29T05:41:47Z | https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220729000390 | false |
Debbie Carrillo began making micaceous pottery — a Northern New Mexico tradition — more than two decades ago. She took a few classes in 1990 from the late Felipe Ortega, a renowned potter who used Apache pottery-making techniques. That same year, she first participated in the Traditional Spanish Market.
Her entry came as a surprise.
“My husband had so much darn confidence in me that he signed me up without my even realizing or knowing what was going on,” Carrillo said.
Carrillo, 65, is one of six Spanish Market potters who will not be able to show at this weekend’s event on the Santa Fe Plaza because New Mexico’s largest wildfire put the special clay they need out of reach in scorched forest lands.
Jessica Thirloway, who coordinates the Traditional Spanish Market for the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, said other market artists were unable to participate due to supply chain shortages.
The market, celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, has had some obstacles to overcome but is working to rebuild to its pre-pandemic level after two years of COVID-19 severely limited the event. In the summer of 2020, the market was held virtually. It returned last year, Thirloway said, but was scaled down to 82 artists.
“We were not able to have an incredibly large market, and that is OK,” she said. “A lot of my artists and their families weren’t very interested in having a market last year, when things were still very uncertain about coronavirus.”
In the past, the market featured more than 200 artists. This year, it has drawn over 120 adult artists and about 20 youth who create an array of art in the traditional Spanish Colonial styles — from basketry, weaving, pottery and straw appliqué to wooden bultos and retablos, tinwork and carved wooden furniture.
Traditional Spanish Market has become a big tradition for many families in Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, Thirloway said. “It’s a really beautiful way to get together as a community who has something in common — their Hispanic ancestry from this very specific part of the nation — and is celebrating the convergence of different cultures that helped create these art forms.”
This year’s event will continue on the Plaza rain or shine, market organizers said. The market comes as the city has seen days of monsoon showers, and there is a chance for more storms Saturday and Sunday.
Thirloway acknowledged some longtime Spanish Market artists won’t be participating because they struggled to access the materials they need to create their pieces.
“Supply chain issues were causing delays in shipments, and materials were limited,” she said.
Carmen Campos of El Rito, who combines punched tin and colcha embroidery to create one-of-a-kind designs, said she had a hard time finding tin after the pandemic sent much of the world’s supply chain into shambles. Still, she was able to do enough work to enter the market.
“I couldn’t find a supplier here in New Mexico anywhere,” Campos said. “I would buy from some of the artists, but they weren’t in too big supply, either.”
Campos said she eventually had to order tin from a supplier in Pennsylvania. “The shipping cost more than the actual product,” she added.
Her wool comes from Navajo-Churro sheep — a rare breed that has been raised by Native Americans in New Mexico since the 16th century.
Campos said she learned embroidery when she was a young girl and started doing tinwork in the late ’90s. She started participating in the market in 2014, when her son Vince Campos, a retablo artist, convinced her to enter.
Now the mother-and-son duo show up at the market every year. Campos said they started a tradition of making a collaborative piece each year that combines their skills.
“I feel like God has given us a wonderful opportunity to work alongside each other, to preserve and to show people what our culture, our faith and our art is all about,” she said.
Carrillo, the potter, uses locally sourced clay from Felipe’s Studio at the Owl Peak Pottery Foundation in La Madera. The foundation is a nonprofit — formed in honor of Felipe Ortega — that collects and processes micaceous clay from the Carson National Forest.
The foundation stayed open during the pandemic but did not have enough clay for all the artists who relied on it for their supplies. Jimmy Ortega, Owl Peak’s founder, said only one person was allowed to be on site to dig for and process clay.
“We’re not using any type of machinery, other than a cement mixer that we use to help us with cleaning the clay,” he said. “When you’re going up to the forest, it’s with a with a pick and a shovel.”
After COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon blaze and other fires forced forest closures that blocked the foundation from gathering clay.
Restrictions on open burning also have prevented potters like Carrillo from firing their pieces.
“I fire in the open,” said Carrillo, the recipient of one of the Spanish Market’s highest honors — the Master’s Award for Lifetime Achievement — in 2014. “It’s kind of like a bonfire, but I can’t fire pottery out here because of fire restrictions right now.”
But Carrillo isn’t daunted. She said she plans to keep making her micaceous pottery and plans to return to the market next year. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/traditional-spanish-market-feels-impact-of-wildfires-pandemic/article_d7d6bc98-0dd7-11ed-81cf-c389448f0bda.html | 2022-07-29T05:51:22Z | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/traditional-spanish-market-feels-impact-of-wildfires-pandemic/article_d7d6bc98-0dd7-11ed-81cf-c389448f0bda.html | false |
WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
_____
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1006 PM PDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures approaching
110 to 115. Very warm overnight lows in the upper 60s to lower
70s.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central and southeast
Washington and central, north central and northeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* 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.
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 105.
Very warm overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s.
* WHERE...East Slopes of the Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Saturday.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures 95 to 105. Warm overnight lows as high as
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
* WHERE...In Washington, Northwest Blue Mountains. In Oregon,
Ochoco-John Day Highlands, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon,
Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, East
Slopes of the Oregon Cascades and Wallowa County.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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The Facebook post, which has been viewed over 2,000 times as of July 27, seeks to draw a comparison between the clip of the ‘MLA’ and Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s legal trouble in a deer-hunting case, by saying the former is practising hunting in a park while the latter is doing the rounds of the courts.
The Hindu broke the video into keyframes and conducted a reverse image search, which led us to a report by The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi news portal, published on July 12, 2015. It identified the man as Moin Uddin, a Bangladeshi national living in Australia, who sparked outrage by killing a spotted deer in an ‘unauthorised’ farm in Chittagong and sharing a video of the incident on social media.
We also found a tweet by Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan, clarifying that the video is from Bangladesh. He, too, mentioned that the man featured in the clip was Moin Uddin.
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We also found a Facebook post by Moin Uddin, dating back to 2015, in which he apologised for sharing the clip, but insisted he had the right to kill the deer.
Hence, an old clip from Bangladesh has been falsely linked to ‘BJP MLA’ Anil Upadhyay, who doesn’t exist.
The fictitious Anil Upadhyay has been the subject of several cases of fake news in the recent past. He has been falsely identified as both a BJP MLA and a Congress MLA in several fake posts.
Fact check: Fake
This is your last free article. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/old-deer-hunting-video-from-bangladesh-falsely-linked-to-ficticious-mla-anil-upadhyay/article65688828.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-29T05:57:47Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/old-deer-hunting-video-from-bangladesh-falsely-linked-to-ficticious-mla-anil-upadhyay/article65688828.ece/amp/ | false |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico said Thursday that at least 94 migrants had to bash their way out of a suffocating freight trailer abandoned on a highway in the steamy Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Carlos Enrique Escalante, the head of the state migrant attention office, said migrants had to break holes in the freight container to get out, some apparently through the roof.
Some were injured when they leapt from the roof of the trailer, but their injuries did not include any broken bones and were not considered life-threatening.
Escalante said local residents near the town of Acayucan heard the noise, and helped open the freight container.
A much larger number of migrants were believed to have been aboard and fled after escaping.
But the 94 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were turned over to immigration authorities.
The discovery of the trailer Wednesday recalled the tragedy in San Antonio, Texas on June 27, when 53 migrants died because they had been left in a sweltering freight truck.
In the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, yet another group of migrants continued demanding temporary visas they would permit them to travel across Mexico. They were still in the town of Huixtla on Thursday after leaving Tapachula earlier this week, saying they can’t wait months for slow immigration paperwork in Tapachula. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/94-migrants-escape-suffocation-in-truck-in-mexico/ | 2022-07-29T05:58:53Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/94-migrants-escape-suffocation-in-truck-in-mexico/ | true |
GUANGZHOU, China, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the 12th Global Tiger Day on July 29 approaches, HUYA Inc. ("Huya" or the "Company"), a leading game live streaming platform in China, has initiated a series of activities to increase public awareness of wild tiger conservation with the participation of popular celebrities and live streamers, in a mission to help audiences understand the importance of biodiversity and sustainability. The lineup of activities will take place both online and offline.
Huya works with non-profit organizations (NGOs), celebrities, and live streamers to raise awareness of wildlife conservation
To increase public awareness of environmental issues and enhance its wildlife conservation efforts, Huya has joined hands with China Wildlife Conservation Association(CWCA), WildAid, communication think-tank platform CMForGood and other organizations, to launch the Stand Up for Tigers and Their Habitat series of activities, with the aim of sharing knowledge about wild tiger conservation and raising public awareness of environmental protection and animal conservation.
Huya believes that transforming China into a beautiful homeland with a sound ecological environment is a collective effort that can start with you and me. By dint of being a live streaming platform, Huya will continue to mobilize resources from all walks of life to broaden the reach of public education on wildlife conservation in various innovative ways, such as incorporating content on public good and environmental protection into live streaming events, and, by doing so, make a contribution to biodiversity and sustainability.
These series of activities include the exhibition of videos and posters featuring well-known actors and actresses; live broadcasts by popular streamers on Huya Live, interactive H5 sessions on environmental protection, among other formats. These activities highlight the necessity and urgency of wildlife conservation, while providing in-depth insights regarding the theme of "Protecting tigers is protecting the ecosystem human survival depends upon; Stand up for tigers and their habitat and help secure a chance for our own future."
Celebrities including Yang Zi, Yu Menglong and Zhang Daxian, were invited as advocates who can leverage their influence to give more visibility to the issue of wild tiger conservation.
As one of the highlights of these activities, Huya also launches a "Protect Our Home Planet" painting contest, collecting hundreds of works including illustrations, intangible cultural heritage prints, watercolors, cartoons and other creative forms. Among the submissions are professional works from an illustrator studio and by autism artists, as well as amateur works from volunteers, live streamers, supporters and others, with the intent of depicting their viewpoints of how they interpret wildlife conservation. One participating author wrote a note about his submission entitled "Harmonious Home", stating that "environmental protection is essential nowadays. The best way to keep going forward is to make sure humans and wildlife can live in harmony. I hope we can live harmoniously with wildlife in the global village."
On July 27, Huya, in collaboration with CWCA, TRAFFIC and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), hosted an exhibition for the first time, where the quality works from the "Protect Our Home Planet" painting contest were exhibited. Sha Yu Yo, one of Huya Live's popular streamers, acted as the exhibition ambassador to interact with the audience, and made their artistic creations on the on-site tents and umbrellas as well as on the sign-in wall, among other activities.
The campaign concludes with a live broadcast on the Global Tiger Day, which starts at 8pm and invites Huya's popular streamer Zhang Daxian to have an online talk with IFAW Program Manager Ma Chenyue. The talk provides online audiences with expertise on the protection of wild tigers and their habitat through fun interactive activities, such as hand-painting of tigers and online quizzes.
Leveraging the power of live streaming, Huya makes a strong commitment to social responsibilities
Serving as a comprehensive live streaming platform, Huya has been exploring innovative practices in social responsibility through leveraging its platform capabilities and superior resources. Huya has developed a new "live streaming-empowered" mode for a variety of corporate social responsibility (CSR) genres, including activities of public welfare, environmental protection, support for farmers, anti-fraud guidance, intangible cultural heritage and others.
Among the lineup of genres, activities of public interest and environmental protection are the priorities that Huya has been working on. As an example, the Company partnered with intangible cultural heritage inheritors to create tiger-themed artworks in various formats on Global Tiger Day 2021, including egg-carving and dough modeling, calling for society to protect the King of the Forest. At the annual gala "HUYA Boom Night" in January 2022, Huya launched its "Protect Our Home Planet" Campaign to raise public awareness of preventing and resisting illegal wildlife trade online, and promote harmony between human and nature. In addition, to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, Huya worked with environmental organizations – Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, and Giant Panda National Park – to conduct a series of earth protection activities.
Huya also encouraged over 100,000 volunteers to become involved in various environmental protection activities, enriched the platform content on how to increase public awareness of protecting the environment, and strengthened its capabilities in AI and VR technologies to help better identify on Huya platform and protect wild animals and plants.
As part of its commitment to "living in harmony with nature and protecting our planet together", Huya is working on the establishment of an ecosystem of environmental public good live streaming, with the participation of streamers, platforms, users, volunteers and non-profit organizations. The effort has been widely acclaimed by people and organizations from all walks of life.
Wu Minglu, the Secretary General of CWCA, said that participation of companies provides wildlife and biodiversity conservation strong support, "Huya is devoted to setting up a commonweal live environment with live streamers, platforms, users, volunteers and NGOs, and building a bridge for more people to participate in biodiversity conservation."
Huya will continue to engage the strengths of all parties to promote coexistence between human and nature, encourage more people to join the wildlife conservation movement and make contributions to wild tiger conservation and endangered species recovery.
About HUYA Inc.
HUYA Inc. is a leading game live streaming platform in China with a large and active game live streaming community. The Company cooperates with e-sports event organizers, as well as major game developers and publishers, and has developed e-sports live streaming as one of the most popular content genres on its platform. The Company has created an engaged, interactive and immersive community for game enthusiasts of China's young generation. Building on its success in game live streaming, Huya has also extended its content to other entertainment content genres. Huya's open platform also functions as a marketplace for broadcasters and talent agencies to congregate and closely collaborate with the Company.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
_____
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1006 PM PDT Thu Jul 28 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures approaching
110 to 115. Very warm overnight lows in the upper 60s to lower
70s.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central and southeast
Washington and central, north central and northeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* 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.
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 105.
Very warm overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s.
* WHERE...East Slopes of the Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Saturday.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures 95 to 105. Warm overnight lows as high as
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
* WHERE...In Washington, Northwest Blue Mountains. In Oregon,
Ochoco-John Day Highlands, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon,
Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, East
Slopes of the Oregon Cascades and Wallowa County.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
_____
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