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(The Hill) – Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he is exchanging materials with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to help her better understand the broad tax reform and climate bill he negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and says he is open to her suggestions as Democrats seek 50 votes to put the bill on the floor.
Manchin finally got a chance to speak to Sinema after lunch Tuesday, when she was scheduled to preside over the chamber.
Manchin was tight-lipped about the details of the conversation but made clear that he’s willing to consider changes she might want to make to the deal, which would raise $739 billion in new revenue over the next decade and reduce the deficit by more than $300 billion.
“We had a nice time. We had a nice time. Next?” Manchin said Tuesday when reporters pressed him for details of his chat with Sinema while she sat at the Senate dais.
Asked again shed any light on whether Sinema will vote for the bill, which would give President Biden the biggest legislative victory of this first two years in office, Manchin said his colleague would make her own decision.
“We’re exchanging text back and forth,” he said. She’s “extremely bright, she works hard, she makes good decisions based on facts. I’m reliant on that.”
Manchin said Schumer is “working with all the caucus” to get buy-in from all 50 members to get the budget reconciliation bill to the floor later this week.
Even though Sinema played a major role in negotiating the prescription drug reform component of the bill and set the broad parameters of the tax chapter, she learned about the deal at the same time as all of her colleagues and the general public — through a press release.
Manchin said he’s open to considering changes suggested by Sinema, including on a proposal to close the carried interest tax loophole, one of his priorities.
“We’re just basically exchanging back and forth, whatever I have that she hasn’t seen. And our staffs are working together very closely,” he said, adding he’s also exchanging materials relevant to the bill with other Democratic and Republican senators.
Asked if he would be willing to change the bill’s carried interest provision, Manchin responded: “Everyone is still talking.”
But Manchin defended closing the loophole that allows money managers to pay capital gains tax rates on income they collect from managing profitable investments.
Asked whether Sinema is upset that she didn’t get looped into last week’s talks with Schumer, which produced the surprise deal, Manchin said he didn’t want to get any senator’s hopes up when he didn’t know whether an agreement was even possible.
“She’s my dear friend,” he said. “But why bring anyone in and all their aspirations get high and the drama we go through and it doesn’t work out?
“I wasn’t really sure” a deal could be reached, he said. “I’m not in control of the timing” of the announcement of the deal, “Sen. Schumer is in control of the timing.”
“People getting mad because they think this is some kind of orchestrated coup against them is just so wrong,” he added. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/manchin-and-sinema-in-discussions-on-climate-tax-deal/ | 2022-08-02T22:36:02Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/manchin-and-sinema-in-discussions-on-climate-tax-deal/ | true |
Special Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on August 5, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. (Nasdaq: CNTQ) ("CNTQ" or the "Company") announced today that the Company has amended its Definitive Proxy Statement, filed July 22, 2022, to increase the amount from $100,000 to $200,000 that the Company's insiders, their affiliates or designees will deposit into the Trust Account upon five days' advance notice prior to August 13, 2022, in order to extend the date by which the Company must complete an initial business combination (which can be extended up to three times for an additional one month each time).
As previously announced on May 16, 2022, CNTQ has entered into a merger agreement, as amended on July 12, 2022, for a business combination transaction with Dragonfly Energy Corp. ("Dragonfly"). Dragonfly is a leader in energy storage and producer of deep cycle lithium-ion storage batteries. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second half of 2022.
Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. (Nasdaq: CNTQ) is a blank check company led by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kerry Propper, its Chief Executive Officer and Director, Jonas Grossman, and its Chief Financial Officer and Director, Alex Weil. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company has focused its search for a target business operating in disruptive technologies. To learn more, visit https://www.cnaq.com/.
Dragonfly Energy Corp., headquartered in Reno, Nevada, is a leading manufacturer of deep cycle lithium-ion batteries, which are sold direct-to-consumers under the Battle Born Batteries™ brand and to original equipment manufacturers, such as Keystone RV. Dragonfly's battery products are designed and assembled in the USA, and the Company's research and development initiatives are revolutionizing the energy storage industry through innovative technologies and manufacturing processes. Today, Dragonfly's non-toxic deep cycle lithium-ion batteries are displacing lead-acid batteries across a wide range of end-markets, including RVs, marine vessels, off-grid installations, and other storage applications. Dragonfly is also focused on delivering an energy storage solution to enable a more sustainable and reliable smart grid through the future deployment of the Company's proprietary and patented solid-state cell technology. To learn more, visit www.dragonflyenergy.com/investors.
Dragonfly previously announced an agreement for a business combination with Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. ("CNTQ") (Nasdaq: CNTQ), which is expected to result in Dragonfly becoming a public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol "DFLI" in the second half of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including certain financial forecasts and projections. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements as to the transactions contemplated by the business combination and related agreements, future results of operations and financial position, revenue and other metrics, planned products and services, business strategy and plans, objectives of management for future operations of Dragonfly, market size and growth opportunities, competitive position and technological and market trends, are forward-looking statements. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including "may," "should," "expect," "intend," "will," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "plan," "targets," "projects," "could," "would," "continue," "forecast" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors (some of which are beyond the control of Dragonfly or CNTQ) which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon estimates, forecasts and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by CNTQ and its management, and Dragonfly and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and many factors may cause the actual results to differ materially from current expectations which include, but are not limited to: 1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive merger agreement with respect to the business combination; 2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Dragonfly, CNTQ, the combined company or others following the announcement of the business combination and the transactions contemplated thereby; 3) the inability to complete the business combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of CNTQ, or to satisfy other conditions to closing the business combination; 4) changes to the proposed structure of the business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the business combination; 5) the ability to meet Nasdaq's listing standards following the consummation of the business combination; 6) the risk that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations of Dragonfly as a result of the announcement and consummation of the business combination; 7) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; 8) ability of Dragonfly to successfully increase market penetration into its target markets; 9) the addressable markets that Dragonfly intends to target do not grow as expected; 10) the loss of any key executives; 11) the loss of any relationships with key suppliers including suppliers in China; 12) the loss of any relationships with key customers; 13) the inability to protect Dragonfly's patents and other intellectual property; 14) the failure to successfully optimize solid state cells or to produce commercially viable solid state cells in a timely manner or at all, or to scale to mass production; 15) costs related to the business combination; 16) changes in applicable laws or regulations; 17) the possibility that Dragonfly or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; 18) Dragonfly's estimates of its growth and projected financial results for 2022 and 2023 and meeting or satisfying the underlying assumptions with respect thereto; 19) the risk that the business combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of CNTQ's securities; 20) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by CNTQ's business combination deadline (as may be extended pursuant to CNTQ's governing documents); 21) the impact of the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, including any mutations or variants thereof and the Russian/Ukrainian conflict, and any resulting effect on business and financial conditions; 22) inability to complete the PIPE investment, the term loan and equity line (ChEF) in connection with the business combination; 23) the potential for events or circumstances that result in Dragonfly's failure to timely achieve the anticipated benefits of Dragonfly's customer arrangements with Thor; and 24) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in CNTQ's Form S-1 (File Nos. 333-252449 and 333-253016), Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-266273) filed with the SEC on July 22, 2022, which is subject to change and will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of CNTQ, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by CNTQ from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Neither CNTQ nor Dragonfly gives any assurance that either CNTQ or Dragonfly or the combined company will achieve its expected results. Neither CNTQ nor Dragonfly undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law. For additional information, see "Risk Considerations" in the investor presentation, filed on a Current Report on Form 8-K by CNTQ with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This press release relates to the definitive proxy statement filed by CNTQ with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 22, 2022 (the "Definitive Proxy Statement"). The Definitive Proxy Statement was mailed to all CNTQ stockholders on or around July 22, 2022. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of CNTQ are urged to read the Definitive Proxy Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC because they contain important information. a proposed transaction between CNTQ and Dragonfly. CNTQ filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-266273) with the SEC on July 22, 2022, which is subject to change and includes a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of CNTQ, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all CNTQ stockholders. CNTQ has also filed other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of CNTQ are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction because they contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by CNTQ through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
The documents filed by CNTQ with the SEC also may be obtained by contacting Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. at 17 State Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10004, or by calling (646) 465-9001.
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PRESS RELEASE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Participants in the Solicitation
Dragonfly, CNTQ and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from CNTQ's stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of such persons and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination are contained in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus. You may obtain free copies of these documents free of charge by directing a written request to CNTQ or Dragonfly. The definitive proxy statement will be mailed to CNTQ's stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination when it becomes available.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release is and the information contained therein are not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell or solicit any securities or any proxy, vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be deemed to be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, will pay $15.5 million to settle California's allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers, Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday.
An investigation of the company's “kiosk” business inside traditional retail furniture stores found that since 2014, it used what Bonta called an inflated “cash price” for products that was 15% higher than the true retail price, among other alleged violations.
The practice affected more than 100,000 contracts through the company's Preferred Lease line, previously known as AcceptanceNOW, although the company also has more than 2,000 standalone stores.
Many consumers seek rent-to-own options without realizing that “the total price they pay will end up being much higher” than if they bought outright, Bonta said. And with Rent-A-Center’s 15% “illegal upcharge,” he said, “that couch, that fridge or that washer potentially cost struggling families hundreds of extra dollars each.”
Such businesses rent things like furniture and appliances, often to low- or moderate-income customers who typically pay by the week or month. Usually after one to three years, they then own the product.
The company will return $13.5 million in restitution to California consumers under the settlement, pay $2 million in civil penalties and agree not to engage in misconduct in the future, Bonta said. Consumers who rented through the company's kiosk businesses are eligible for the restitution and should be sent a notice at their last known mailing address, he said.
Rent-A-Center did not immediately respond to repeated email messages seeking comment. It did not admit any violations, wrongdoing or liability under the settlement.
Bonta said the items sold under such policies are often overvalued. He alleged that Rent-A-Center also failed to tell its customers that they could return the products at any time with no penalty.
Under the settlement, the company is prohibited from charging a cash-price markup, and its price must match the advertised price. The company also agreed to better inform customers of their rights, train its employees, and submit annual compliance reports to Bonta's office for three years.
Separately, Bonta announced the formation of a nationwide bipartisan Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force that he said will investigate and take legal action against telecommunications companies he blamed for bringing a majority of foreign robocalls into the United States.
The task force already sent civil investigative demands to 20 providers, alleging that they are not doing enough to stop robocall traffic.
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DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A 12-year-old girl held captive in a rural Alabama residence escaped and was discovered walking along a road, prompting an investigation that led police to discover two decomposing bodies at the home where she had been kept, authorities said Tuesday.
José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was jailed on a kidnapping count, Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett told a news conference. District Attorney Jeremy Duerr said “multiple” additional capital murder charges were likely.
A motorist driving through a rural residential area spotted a child on the road on Monday morning and stopped, authorities said. Court records indicate the child had been drugged and bound but managed to escape, WSFA-TV reported.
The driver picked up the girl and called 911, prompting an investigation and search that led to police officers finding two decomposing bodies inside the residence where Pascual-Reyes lived and the girl was believed to be held, Abbett said. Other people lived at the residence, but no one else was there when police arrived, he said.
The man was arrested in Auburn, Abbett said. It wasn't clear what information the girl might have provided to authorities, but Abbett called her a hero.
Police didn't immediately release the names of the dead people or a cause of death, and court records didn't include the name of a defense lawyer who could speak on behalf of Pascual-Reyes.
Authorities didn't release any information about the girl, including whether she had any relationship to the suspect. She hadn't been reported missing, the sheriff said.
"We gave her medical attention,’’ Abbett said. “She is safe now, and so we want to keep her that way.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Sheriff-Captive-girl-escapes-home-police-find-2-17346430.php | 2022-08-02T22:36:52Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Sheriff-Captive-girl-escapes-home-police-find-2-17346430.php | false |
Senate tees up vote on bill to aid vets exposed to burn pits
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits is expected to win final approval in the Senate on Tuesday, ending a brief stalemate over the measure that had infuriated advocates and inspired some to camp outside the Capitol.
President Joe Biden has pushed for the legislation, saying the measure “makes good on our sacred obligation” to care for veterans and their families.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved the legislation once before, but it required a do-over for a technical fix. But the process derailed when Republicans made a late attempt to change another aspect of the bill last week and blocked it from advancing. The abrupt delay outraged veterans groups and advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart. It also placed GOP senators in the uncomfortable position of delaying the top legislative priority of service organizations this session of Congress.
A group of veterans and their families have been camping out at the Capitol since that vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he had good news for them, announcing a final vote for Tuesday evening.
“Veterans who were exposed to the toxic fumes of burn pits will be treated by the VA like they should have been from the beginning,” Schumer said.
Some Democrats have questioned whether Republicans blocked the bill for spite, after an announcement just hours earlier that key Democrats had agreed on a way forward on a health, energy and tax bill that Republicans oppose and may be unable to stop.
“Wait a minute. You’re not going to help our veterans because we want to lower the cost of prescription drugs, because we want to lower the cost of health care, because we want to protect the planet? Of course you don’t agree with any of those things, but would you use that to vote against our veterans?” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a press conference last week. “It’s really immoral, almost criminal.”
Republican senators rejected that charge and said the changes they seek would not affect spending for veterans in the bill.
The bill contains two major components for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Veterans who served near burn pits will get 10 years — rather than five — of enhanced health care coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs upon their separation from the military.
Second, the legislation directs the VA to presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service.
Roughly 70% of disability claims related to burn pit exposure are denied by the VA due to lack of evidence, scientific data and information from the Defense Department.
The military used burn pits to dispose of such things as chemicals, cans, tires, plastics and medical and human waste.
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War era veterans and survivors also stand to benefit from the legislation. The bill adds hypertension, or high blood pressure, as a presumptive disease associated with Agent Orange exposure. The Congressional Budget Office projected that about 600,000 of 1.6 million living Vietnam vets would be eligible for increased compensation, though only about half would have a severe enough diagnoses to warrant more compensation.
Also, veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa and Johnston Atoll will be presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. That’s another 50,000 veterans and survivors of deceased veterans who would get compensation for illnesses presumed to have been caused by their exposure to the herbicide, the CBO projected.
The bill is projected to increase federal deficits by about $277 billion over 10 years and does not include offsetting spending cuts or tax increases to help pay for it.
When the CBO scored the bill, it projected that nearly $400 billion spent on VA services would take place as mandatory spending rather than discretionary spending. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog, said a reclassification to mandatory would “both reduce the pressure to keep those costs under control and make it easier for appropriators to spend more elsewhere in the budget without offsets.”
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is seeking a vote for an amendment that he said would not change the spending slated for veterans programs, but how the government accounts for that spending.
However, the dynamics Toomey has spoken about also applied to the bill when the Senate voted on it in June. Senators then voted for the measure by a resounding vote of 84-14, raising questions about why Republicans voted against advancing the do-over effort last week.
Advocacy groups for veterans, a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterm elections, were furious and ramped up the political pressure on lawmakers to act.
At a Capitol Hill news conference the day after last week’s procedural vote, speakers used terms such as “villains” and “reprehensible” to describe the Republican senators who voted against advancing the measure last week but voted for almost the exact same bill in June.
“Veterans are angry and confused at the sudden change from those they thought had their backs,” said Cory Titus of the group Military Officers Association of America.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said the veterans camped out at the Capitol are exhausted and want to go home.
“But they will not. They will not go home until the job is done,” Gillibrand said.
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Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska was criticized for not looking ladylike in a recent Vogue photoshoot. Her supporters pushed back, creating an online campaign asking what it means to #SitLikeAGirl.
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Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska was criticized for not looking ladylike in a recent Vogue photoshoot. Her supporters pushed back, creating an online campaign asking what it means to #SitLikeAGirl.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ TPG RE Finance Trust Inc. (TRTX) on Tuesday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its second quarter.
The New York-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 27 cents per share.
The commercial real estate finance company posted revenue of $66.7 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $38.6 million.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WGN) — After almost a month in pediatric intensive care, 8-year-old Cooper Roberts, paralyzed from the waist down in the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has been discharged from the hospital.
According to an update on the boy’s GoFundMe page, Cooper was transferred Sunday to the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.
The post also stated that Cooper was reunited with his dog George, whom the boy asked for when he regained consciousness after the shooting.
Family says they will work with the Ability Lab Medical Team to determine Cooper’s best physical therapy, rehabilitation and mental health services.
The boy’s twin brother was injured that day – he was struck in the legs by shrapnel – The Chicago Sun-Times reported, and their mother, Keely Roberts will require surgery to treat wounds to her foot and leg.
The GoFundMe page for Cooper has raised more than $1.7 million.
The Fourth of July shooting left seven people dead after the gunman opened fire, raining bullets down on the procession from the roof of a nearby building. The gunman was apprehended after leaving the scene, police say, and will face seven counts of murder, among other charges. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/boy-paralyzed-in-highland-park-parade-shooting-discharged-from-hospital/ | 2022-08-02T22:43:05Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/boy-paralyzed-in-highland-park-parade-shooting-discharged-from-hospital/ | true |
(NEXSTAR) — Last month, NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Telescope released its first batch of images that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen. On Tuesday, NASA shared a new image Webb captured of “stellar gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy.”
Webb, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, left Earth in December and reached its lookout point 1 million miles away in January. After a lengthy process of aligning mirrors, ensuring the infrared detectors were cold enough to operate, and calibrating other instruments, Webb began peering into the depths of space.
In Webb’s latest photo, seen below, NASA says we have “a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.”
“Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of a wagon, is the result of an intense event – a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image,” NASA explains.
This image — a composite from two of Webb’s instruments — shows the Cartwheel, right, alongside two smaller galaxies with a backdrop of even more galaxies.
Cartwheel’s inner core is comprised of “a tremendous amount of hot dust,” including some massive, but young, star clusters. The outer ring, NASA explains, has been expanding for 440 million years. As it grows, it hits surrounding gas, sparking new star formation. Cartwheel is in a transitory stage and is expected to keep transforming, according to NASA.
The Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s predecessor, has looked at the Cartwheel before, but the amount of dust around it kept us from getting a sharper view.
Webb is equipped with a Near-Infrared Camera, which can see wavelengths of light that reveal even more stars, especially younger ones. The telescope also has a Mid-Infrared Instrument, allowing it to see areas in the Cartwheel Galaxy rich in hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds. This helped Webb spot the wagon wheel spokes seen in the galaxy above — regions Hubble could see but not as clearly.
If you can’t get enough of Webb’s images, have no fear — more images will be shared in the coming weeks. NASA says its telescope “has a packed schedule of science programs looking at all kinds of cosmic phenomena, like planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and more.”
You can also find out what Webb is scheduled to look at. Each week, the Space Telescope Science Institute shares Webb’s schedule, which can be found here. Among Webb’s targets this week are Ganymede, a Jupiter moon and the largest in our solar system; Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a massive star that exploded hundreds of years ago; and Jupiter’s main ring.
A full gallery of Webb’s images can be seen here. Future images will also be posted in the gallery, NASA says.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/theres-a-new-photo-from-the-james-webb-telescope-heres-when-we-can-expect-more/ | 2022-08-02T22:43:31Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/theres-a-new-photo-from-the-james-webb-telescope-heres-when-we-can-expect-more/ | true |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four eastern Iowa media organizations are joining a nonprofit media rights group in filing a lawsuit against the Bettendorf school board and other officials after they blocked journalists from covering a meeting about school violence that was attended by hundreds of people.
The lawsuit filed Monday by the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, the Quad-City Times and television stations KWQC, WQAD and WHBF asks a state court judge to find the school district in violation of Iowa’s open meetings law and to issue an injunction prohibiting the school board from violating the statute in the future. The lawsuit also asks the court to fine members of the board who took part in the meeting held May 25 that was attended by as many as 300 people, the majority of the school board and Superintendent Michelle Morse.
The law allows courts to order damages of between $100 and $500 and in cases where it’s proven the officials present knowingly participated in a violation, and fines of $1,000 to $2,500 can be levied.
The meeting was held the day after an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 21 student and teachers were killed. It was held to address violence that has taken place at a middle school in the district and other safety issues, including mounting complaints from parents during the recently completed academic year about how school officials responded to reports of rowdy behavior that left some students and their parents fearful.
School employees posted at the doors prevented reporters and photographers from entering the meeting.
In a letter sent to Morse and school board president Rebecca Eastman a week after the meeting, the Iowa FOI Council and managers of the news companies expressed “profound disappointment” with Bettendorf officials’ decision to exclude journalists.
“The topic discussed on the evening of Wednesday, May 25, was one of the fundamental responsibilities of the Bettendorf Community School District — ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the district’s 4,700 students during each school day,” the letter stated.
Randy Evans, the executive director of the Iowa FOI Council, said the authors of Iowa’s open meetings law recognized the important work journalists do in informing the public about issues facing government and potential solutions. Journalists can't serve that role when they can't attend meetings, Evans said.
Morse, Eastman and the district's lawyer did not immediately respond to messages. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/News-groups-sue-Bettendorf-schools-after-media-17346582.php | 2022-08-02T22:44:11Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/News-groups-sue-Bettendorf-schools-after-media-17346582.php | false |
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YMTC today at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2022 unveiled its X3-9070 TLC 3D NAND flash powered by Xtacking® 3.0 architecture. Since its debut show at FMS 2018, YMTC's Xtacking® technology has become a hallmark of the company's vision for innovation, and the approach to hybrid bonding has been widely recognized as one of the key enablers of the industry's future growth. Built out to be a common growth platform that drives value and innovation in the semiconductor ecosystem, YMTC's Xtacking® 3.0 architecture opens up a world of opportunities for diversified applications in 5G, AloT, and beyond.
From 1.0 to 3.0, YMTC's Xtacking® technology, a heterogeneous 3D integration architecture, has established a proven track record of success, as evidenced by a diverse portfolio of Xtacking® NAND-based system solutions, including SATA III, PCIe Gen3 & Gen4 SSDs, as well as eMMC & UFS for mobile and embedded applications, garnering recognition from leading OEMs.
"The arrival of YMTC's patented Xtacking® 3.0 architecture is a breakthrough in the 3D NAND scaling race," said Gregory Wong, Founder and Principal Analyst at Forward Insights. "The advancement of 3D NAND technology is crucial for innovation in the memory market, and as the most advanced flash memory to feature this type of architecture, the YMTC Xtacking® 3.0 X3-9070 is a key industry milestone. In the future, hybrid bonding of memory cells and logic circuits is expected to become mainstream."
Featuring Xtacking® 3.0 as its powerful core, YMTC's 4th generation 3D NAND, the X3-9070, is a cutting-edge product that boasts a higher bit density, optimized performance, and increased endurance, quality, and reliability in line with stringent testing standards, such as JEDEC. Enhanced scalability is now also available at a greater cost efficiency, thanks to the specific recent process improvements.
Key features of the X3-9070 include:
- Performance: The X3-9070 achieves an I/O speed of up to 2400MT/s, ONFI 5.0 compliant, and has improved performance by 50% compared to the previous generation of products.
- Bit Density: Leveraging the innovative architecture of Xtacking® 3.0, the X3-9070 has become the highest bit density flash product in YMTC's history, enabling 1Tb storage capacity in an ultra-compact mono-die footprint.
- Upgraded system-level product experience: innovative 6-plane design with a synchronous multi-plane independent operation supported on each plane. Multiple and synchronized concurrency enhance system I/O performance on both sequential and random accesses. Compared to the typical 4-plane architecture, system performance can be boosted by up to 50% while power consumption can be reduced by 25%. This system-level upgrade allows for increased power efficiency and a more attractive total cost of ownership (TCO).
"Tested and adopted across global markets, our Xtacking® architecture is known to be the first of its kind and has been consistently empowering our clients and partners worldwide throughout its multiple generations," said Thomas Chen, Executive Vice President of YMTC. "Following the milestone release of the X3-9070, we will continue to leverage our Xtacking® technology in PCIe SSDs and UFS to ensure faster data access, shorter time to market, and lower costs per bit. Seeing how this promising platform has inspired more innovations from our partners in the flash ecosystem, we are confident that our commitment to accelerating the evolution of Xtacking® will help position us as a leading provider of memory solutions and a key value contributor to the global semiconductor industry."
YMTC's X3-9070 paves the way for the arrival of more of its 4th generation 3D NAND solutions based on Xtacking® 3.0, which will provide the company's growing customer base in data centers, enterprise-level servers, PCs, mobile devices, and more with even higher NAND throughput and system-level performance. As an industry innovator and a trusted partner and supplier, YMTC has been and will remain committed to its mission to work with global clients and partners to advance its signature Xtacking® technology and push the boundaries of 3D NAND.
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(The Hill) – Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he is exchanging materials with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to help her better understand the broad tax reform and climate bill he negotiated with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and says he is open to her suggestions as Democrats seek 50 votes to put the bill on the floor.
Manchin finally got a chance to speak to Sinema after lunch Tuesday, when she was scheduled to preside over the chamber.
Manchin was tight-lipped about the details of the conversation but made clear that he’s willing to consider changes she might want to make to the deal, which would raise $739 billion in new revenue over the next decade and reduce the deficit by more than $300 billion.
“We had a nice time. We had a nice time. Next?” Manchin said Tuesday when reporters pressed him for details of his chat with Sinema while she sat at the Senate dais.
Asked again shed any light on whether Sinema will vote for the bill, which would give President Biden the biggest legislative victory of this first two years in office, Manchin said his colleague would make her own decision.
“We’re exchanging text back and forth,” he said. She’s “extremely bright, she works hard, she makes good decisions based on facts. I’m reliant on that.”
Manchin said Schumer is “working with all the caucus” to get buy-in from all 50 members to get the budget reconciliation bill to the floor later this week.
Even though Sinema played a major role in negotiating the prescription drug reform component of the bill and set the broad parameters of the tax chapter, she learned about the deal at the same time as all of her colleagues and the general public — through a press release.
Manchin said he’s open to considering changes suggested by Sinema, including on a proposal to close the carried interest tax loophole, one of his priorities.
“We’re just basically exchanging back and forth, whatever I have that she hasn’t seen. And our staffs are working together very closely,” he said, adding he’s also exchanging materials relevant to the bill with other Democratic and Republican senators.
Asked if he would be willing to change the bill’s carried interest provision, Manchin responded: “Everyone is still talking.”
But Manchin defended closing the loophole that allows money managers to pay capital gains tax rates on income they collect from managing profitable investments.
Asked whether Sinema is upset that she didn’t get looped into last week’s talks with Schumer, which produced the surprise deal, Manchin said he didn’t want to get any senator’s hopes up when he didn’t know whether an agreement was even possible.
“She’s my dear friend,” he said. “But why bring anyone in and all their aspirations get high and the drama we go through and it doesn’t work out?
“I wasn’t really sure” a deal could be reached, he said. “I’m not in control of the timing” of the announcement of the deal, “Sen. Schumer is in control of the timing.”
“People getting mad because they think this is some kind of orchestrated coup against them is just so wrong,” he added. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/manchin-and-sinema-in-discussions-on-climate-tax-deal/ | 2022-08-02T22:53:17Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/manchin-and-sinema-in-discussions-on-climate-tax-deal/ | true |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan, a visit that’s angering China and could further strain U.S. relations with China.
The issue is that China sees Taiwan as its territory while Taiwan considers itself independent, and China perceives Pelosi’s trip as a provocation.
“Let me be clear the speaker’s visit is totally consistent with our long-standing One China Policy,” John Kirby with the National Security Council said.
In a Washington Post opinion piece, Pelosi said the delegation she leads is “an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan” in the face of what she calls “accelerating aggression” from China.
Republicans are unusually supportive of her.
“I’m about to use four words in a row that I haven’t used in this way before. And those four words are Speaker Pelosi was right,” Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said.
“I don’t think the Chinese get to tell members of Congress where they can go,” Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell added.
In response, China says it will conduct military exercises with live ammunition in areas surrounding Taiwan.
“There’s no reason for Beijing to turn this visit, which is consistent with long-standing policy, into some sort of crisis,” Kirby said.
Chinese officials say the U.S. and Taiwan are working together to provoke China and playing with fire.
The U.S. is also positioning warships near Taiwan. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/washington-dc/pelosi-visits-taiwan-defying-warnings-from-china/ | 2022-08-02T22:53:59Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/washington-dc/pelosi-visits-taiwan-defying-warnings-from-china/ | true |
Baby ejected from SUV was not in car seat, Florida state troopers say
HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) – A 7-month-old baby who was not in a car seat was one of five people seriously injured in a Florida car crash.
Florida Highway Patrol said one adult and four children, including the 7-month-old, were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after their SUV crashed on Interstate 75, near High Springs on Monday afternoon.
Troopers said the SUV was heading south on I-75 when one of its rear tires blew out. The driver, a 29-year-old woman, lost control. The vehicle went off the road and flipped multiple times.
Officials said the children in the vehicle ranged in age from 7 months old to 11 years old.
Troopers said the baby was not in a car seat and was ejected from the SUV. The driver could face charges for not securing the baby properly.
Officials did not release additional information.
Copyright 2022 WCJB via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wsaz.com/2022/08/02/baby-ejected-suv-was-not-car-seat-florida-state-troopers-say/ | 2022-08-02T22:54:10Z | https://www.wsaz.com/2022/08/02/baby-ejected-suv-was-not-car-seat-florida-state-troopers-say/ | false |
Former President Donald Trump promised to weigh in on the Republican nomination for the Missouri Senate race, hotly contested between Eric Greitens, former state governor, and Eric Schmitt, the state attorney general.
On Monday, the eve of the primary, Trump stunned political watchers by issuing a highly unusual statement simply endorsing "Eric," suggesting he was hedging his bets between the two candidates.
"We need a person who will not back down to the Radical Left Lunatics who are destroying our Country," Trump said in the statement. "I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds.... I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!"
Asked for clarification on whom Trump was endorsing, spokesperson Taylor Budowich said the statement "speaks for itself."
A Missouri Republican political operative told Reuters it was "clearly a dual endorsement."
Both Greitens and Schmitt, however, claimed Trump's endorsement in Tweets sent just minutes apart.
"I'm honored to receive President Trump's endorsement," Greitens said first, adding criticism of his rival: "President Trump said it best when he characterized Schmitt's campaign as 'great dishonesty in politics.'"
Some 11 minutes later, Schmitt posted that he was "grateful" for Trump's endorsement. "I'll take that fight to the Senate to SAVE AMERICA!" he added, parroting Trump's slogan.
A Maine man faces numerous charges after police say he allegedly stole two vehicles in separate incidents on the same day -- one of them just minutes after being released from jail.
Brittney Griner shared personal photos and her defense team asked a Russian judge for leniency as her trial for drug possession approaches closing arguments this week.
WASHINGTON — The United States sued Idaho on Tuesday to block a state law that it said imposes a “near-absolute ban” on abortion, marking the first legal challenge to state abortion laws since the Supreme Court in June overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
LONDON -- Russia on Tuesday said that the United States, the world's top military power, was directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine because U.S. spies were approving and coordinating Ukrainian missile strikes on Russian forces.
SANTIAGO -- Chilean authorities started investigating on Monday a mysterious sinkhole about 82 feet in diameter that appeared over the weekend in a mining area in the north of the country.
MARATHON, Fla. -- Florida's sea turtles are grappling with a gender imbalance made worse by climate change. Recent heat waves have caused the sand on some beaches to get so hot that nearly every turtle born was female. | https://www.unionleader.com/in-missouri-senate-race-with-two-erics-trump-endorses-eric/article_54552e4a-5e51-5e21-9de6-d94d3c5827c8.html | 2022-08-02T22:58:20Z | https://www.unionleader.com/in-missouri-senate-race-with-two-erics-trump-endorses-eric/article_54552e4a-5e51-5e21-9de6-d94d3c5827c8.html | true |
Longtime area resident Larry Saunders passes away
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A pillar of the Gainesville community has passed away.
Chestnut Funeral Home officials announced that longtime funeral director Larry Saunders died last Tuesday.
Saunders graduated from Lincoln High School in 1967 and later from the Miami-Dade College School of Mortuary Science.
Visitation will be Wednesday at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church on what would have been his 73rd birthday.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at Grace at Fort Clarke United Methodist Church.
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Randy Brogle, seasoned telecommunications industry leader, to lead growth efforts
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LS Networks, the leading fiber optic provider in the Pacific Northwest, announced today that Randy Brogle, a seasoned telecommunications industry leader with over 25 years of experience, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In his role, Brogle will lead the company's growth plans to invest in the buildout of its fiber network and support the delivery of high-capacity connectivity solutions to transform underserved communities across the region.
"Randy has dedicated his entire career to broadband expansion throughout the United States," said Jack Bittan, Executive Chair of LS Networks. "His experience aligns perfectly with the mission at LS Networks to deliver infrastructure that not only offers an essential service to rural communities, but also provides equal access to better jobs, education, and advanced lifestyles that support family, growth, and sustainable communities."
Brogle most recently oversaw the global acquisition and construction of fiber networks to support the apps for Meta. Prior to joining Meta, he served in various general management roles at Hargray Communications (acquired by CableOne) and Zayo Group, overseeing operations, sales, finance and network development for fiber deployments including inner-city, Fiber-to-the-Tower (FTTT), and metro/enterprise networks.
"LS Networks has a long history of helping communities prosper in the Pacific Northwest, and I am excited to join the focused efforts of the team to bridge the digital and social inequality divide," said Brogle. "The organization's emphasis on quality, innovation, and investment in the Pacific Northwest has laid a strong foundation with a 100% fiber network suited to meeting the growing demand for internet speeds. We will build on this foundation and utilize our people and resources to invest in and partner with the communities we serve."
LS Networks is the only fiber network provider in the Pacific Northwest that delivers connectivity built for the most demanding organizations to businesses in underserved and rural communities. LS Networks' delivers a purpose-built fiber network with the speed, reliability, scale, and performance that today's businesses demand. With more than 7,000 route miles of fiber and speeds up to 100 Gbps, LS Networks' carrier-grade network delivers a robust portfolio of network connectivity services, including internet, ethernet, voice, and data solutions. With a vision to be the most trusted provider through its focus on quality, innovation, and investment in communities, LS Networks is dedicated to the success of its customers. They believe Pacific Northwest communities deserve better and are committed to bridging the gap.
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MILAN (AP) — Luxury Italian automaker Ferrari raised its 2022 forecast Tuesday after reporting a 22% increase in second-quarter earnings as sales in the Americas surged.
The maker of high-performance luxury sports cars reported net profits of 251 million euros ($257 million) in April through June, up from 206 million euros in the same period of 2021. Revenue was up by a quarter, to 1.29 billion euros.
Ferrari, based in the northern Italian city of Maranello, raised its net revenue forecast to 4.9 billion euros, from 4.8 billion euros, and set 1.7 billion as the lower end of the range, instead of the upper, for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Shipments in the period rose by 29%, to 3,455 vehicles, compared with the second quarter of 2021. That was driven by the Americas, where sales more than doubled, to 1,053 cars from 649.
Traditional internal combustion engines dominated deliveries, at about 83%, while three hybrid engine models accounted for just 17% of sales. | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ferrari-earnings-up-22-on-surging-deliveries-to-americas/ | 2022-08-02T23:00:35Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ferrari-earnings-up-22-on-surging-deliveries-to-americas/ | false |
On July 23, the World Health Organization declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. As of August 2, cases of monkeypox have been detected in at least 80 countries, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
VERIFY has been fact-checking claims about the monkeypox virus since the first case was detected in the U.S. in May.
One VERIFY viewer messaged us to ask if there have been any monkeypox deaths in the United States since the outbreak first began.
THE QUESTION
Have there been any monkeypox deaths in the U.S.?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, there haven’t been any monkeypox deaths reported in the U.S. as of Aug. 2.
WHAT WE FOUND
The World Health Organization publishes situation reports every week on the current monkeypox outbreak. The latest report included data from WHO member countries up to July 22, and was published on July 25.
So far there have been zero confirmed monkeypox deaths in the U.S., according to WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Data from the CDC shows that as of August 1, there have been 5,811 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S. Each state, with the exception of Montana and Wyoming, has detected cases of monkeypox.
According to WHO data, as of July 22, there have been 16,016 confirmed monkeypox cases worldwide and five confirmed monkeypox deaths in the African region.
There have been additional monkeypox deaths reported in other regions of the world. Spain has reported two deaths from monkeypox. Brazilian health officials said one man had died, and said that man also suffered from lymphoma and was immunocompromised. In India, health officials confirmed one person died who had contracted the virus while traveling abroad.
Previous monkeypox outbreaks in recent times have had a case fatality rate of about 3-6%, the WHO says. A death rate for the current outbreak worldwide has not been established.
According to WHO, with the exception of areas in Africa where monkeypox has a history of transmission, the current monkeypox outbreak is largely being reported among men who have sex with men, who have had recent sex with one or multiple partners. The CDC says transmission in the United States is being seen among the same community.
According to Mark Slifka, Ph.D., so far the virus has not spread significantly among populations in the U.S. that are more susceptible to severe monkeypox disease.
“Kids are more susceptible to a lethal infection, as well as people who are immunocompromised, for instance, a person with cancer or taking chemotherapy or immunosuppressive drugs or have untreated HIV,” Slifka, who studied infectious diseases and vaccine development during the 2003 monkeypox outbreak that happened in the U.S., told VERIFY.
“The good news is, if there is good news, is that young, healthy adults have a lower risk of mortality. But that doesn't mean this is a disease that you want to ignore. It's very important to reduce these transmissions because it can spread to other household contents, to other family members, including these more susceptible and vulnerable populations,” he said.
If you have a new or unexplained rash or other symptoms, the CDC says it is important to avoid close contact with others, including sex or being intimate with anyone, until you have been checked out by a healthcare provider.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine that would prevent monkeypox and smallpox in 2019. The Jynneos vaccine is administered in two doses and is recommended for individuals 18 and older that are at high risk for monkeypox. The CDC has a list of current eligibility for the vaccine:
1. Known contacts who are identified by public health via case investigation, contact tracing, and risk exposure assessments
2. Presumed contacts who may meet the following criteria:
- Know that a sexual partner in the past 14 days was diagnosed with monkeypox
- Had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days in a jurisdiction with known monkeypox
Some states have expanded their eligibility criteria beyond what the CDC has recommended. If you have questions about your state’s vaccine eligibility criteria, contact your local health department.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/verify/monkeypox-verify/no-monkeypox-deaths-reported-yet-in-the-us/536-aec3907c-9554-451d-9bbc-03e2a96e5bf7 | 2022-08-02T23:00:48Z | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/verify/monkeypox-verify/no-monkeypox-deaths-reported-yet-in-the-us/536-aec3907c-9554-451d-9bbc-03e2a96e5bf7 | false |
On July 23, the World Health Organization declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. As of August 2, cases of monkeypox have been detected in at least 80 countries, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
VERIFY has been fact-checking claims about the monkeypox virus since the first case was detected in the U.S. in May.
One VERIFY viewer messaged us to ask if there have been any monkeypox deaths in the United States since the outbreak first began.
THE QUESTION
Have there been any monkeypox deaths in the U.S.?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, there haven’t been any monkeypox deaths reported in the U.S. as of Aug. 2.
WHAT WE FOUND
The World Health Organization publishes situation reports every week on the current monkeypox outbreak. The latest report included data from WHO member countries up to July 22, and was published on July 25.
So far there have been zero confirmed monkeypox deaths in the U.S., according to WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Data from the CDC shows that as of August 1, there have been 5,811 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.S. Each state, with the exception of Montana and Wyoming, has detected cases of monkeypox.
According to WHO data, as of July 22, there have been 16,016 confirmed monkeypox cases worldwide and five confirmed monkeypox deaths in the African region.
There have been additional monkeypox deaths reported in other regions of the world. Spain has reported two deaths from monkeypox. Brazilian health officials said one man had died, and said that man also suffered from lymphoma and was immunocompromised. In India, health officials confirmed one person died who had contracted the virus while traveling abroad.
Previous monkeypox outbreaks in recent times have had a case fatality rate of about 3-6%, the WHO says. A death rate for the current outbreak worldwide has not been established.
According to WHO, with the exception of areas in Africa where monkeypox has a history of transmission, the current monkeypox outbreak is largely being reported among men who have sex with men, who have had recent sex with one or multiple partners. The CDC says transmission in the United States is being seen among the same community.
According to Mark Slifka, Ph.D., so far the virus has not spread significantly among populations in the U.S. that are more susceptible to severe monkeypox disease.
“Kids are more susceptible to a lethal infection, as well as people who are immunocompromised, for instance, a person with cancer or taking chemotherapy or immunosuppressive drugs or have untreated HIV,” Slifka, who studied infectious diseases and vaccine development during the 2003 monkeypox outbreak that happened in the U.S., told VERIFY.
“The good news is, if there is good news, is that young, healthy adults have a lower risk of mortality. But that doesn't mean this is a disease that you want to ignore. It's very important to reduce these transmissions because it can spread to other household contents, to other family members, including these more susceptible and vulnerable populations,” he said.
If you have a new or unexplained rash or other symptoms, the CDC says it is important to avoid close contact with others, including sex or being intimate with anyone, until you have been checked out by a healthcare provider.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine that would prevent monkeypox and smallpox in 2019. The Jynneos vaccine is administered in two doses and is recommended for individuals 18 and older that are at high risk for monkeypox. The CDC has a list of current eligibility for the vaccine:
1. Known contacts who are identified by public health via case investigation, contact tracing, and risk exposure assessments
2. Presumed contacts who may meet the following criteria:
- Know that a sexual partner in the past 14 days was diagnosed with monkeypox
- Had multiple sexual partners in the past 14 days in a jurisdiction with known monkeypox
Some states have expanded their eligibility criteria beyond what the CDC has recommended. If you have questions about your state’s vaccine eligibility criteria, contact your local health department.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/verify/monkeypox-verify/no-monkeypox-deaths-reported-yet-in-the-us/536-aec3907c-9554-451d-9bbc-03e2a96e5bf7 | 2022-08-02T23:04:41Z | https://www.12news.com/article/news/verify/monkeypox-verify/no-monkeypox-deaths-reported-yet-in-the-us/536-aec3907c-9554-451d-9bbc-03e2a96e5bf7 | true |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aleut Information Technology, LLC (Aleut), a leading provider of enterprise-level Information Technology (IT) solutions, has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public-facing website, farmers.gov.
"Our top priority is ensuring that our Nation's farmers have streamlined, convenient and clear access to USDA's critical programs and resources," said Aleut's General Manager, John Mays. "We've seen first-hand the difference this website is making for farming and agricultural operations, as well as the communities they serve."
Farmers.gov was developed in 2018 as an online platform to provide easy access to USDA programs for America's farmers, ranchers and foresters. Customers using the platform can easily locate previously disparate resources on one central website, which was designed with a farmer-first approach. Farmers.gov provides critical resources including disaster and pandemic relief programs, farm loan tools, conservation guidance, and resources specific to the historically underserved farming community.
Since its launch, the platform has had over 7.5 million total users, and almost 20 million page views, with its usage continuing to grow.
Aleut will partner with the incumbent, MetroStar, which designed and developed the website. Aleut is proud to retain the original project team, ensuring a seamless transition, and avoiding any potential gaps in service. The contract has a possible duration of up to three years, including a one-year base period and two option years.
Based in Reston, Virginia, Aleut will provide operations, maintenance, design, and development of the farmers.gov public-facing Drupal-based website, using digital service techniques and user-behavior data to identify and solve core user needs.
Aleut will facilitate ongoing technical releases for continual enhancements and improvements, regularly updating the site. The company will ensure accessibility, and support America's agriculture community through interactive functionality built around customer needs. New and existing farmers are engaged through user-centered design and digital media on this easy-to-navigate custom designed website.
Formed in 2016, Aleut is a Small Business Administration certified 8(a) program participant, and Small Disadvantaged Business providing proven capabilities in the IT sector including, infrastructure and communications.
Aleut Information Technology, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aleut Federal, LLC, a holding company for federal subsidiaries of The Aleut Corporation (TAC). TAC was one of 13 original Alaska Native Corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1971.
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Under a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals, local prosecutors in Michigan may soon be allowed to file felony charges against abortion providers. Multiple challenges are already underway.
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Under a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals, local prosecutors in Michigan may soon be allowed to file felony charges against abortion providers. Multiple challenges are already underway.
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PHOENIX – The attorney for Arizona's most populous county sent a letter on Tuesday warning a local candidate to stop encouraging voters to steal the pens given to them at polling places on Election Day to mark their ballots.
Tuesday was the final day of voting in Arizona's primary, and the conspiracy theories surrounding the ballot-marking pens echoed the now infamous #SharpieGate controversy that erupted after the 2020 election.
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell sent the letter to Gail Golec, a candidate for county supervisor who made various social media posts on Tuesday urging supporters not to use the pens provided by election workers at polling places and to take them when they leave.
“As you well know, theft of any sort is unlawful; moreover encouraging theft of the fast-drying ink pens specifically recommended for election day voting is a deliberate attempt to interfere with election administration and will have the harmful effect of delaying the vote tabulation of election day ballots, as the wet ink harms the vote center tabulation machines,” Mitchell wrote in the letter.
Golec, in a response posted on Twitter, said her intention was to “Protect Our Vote, not encourage you to steal pens” and reiterated false claims that the pens provided by poll workers allow election workers to change people's votes.
Maricopa County election officials have been urging voters to ignore these conspiracy theories, explaining that the felt-tip pens provided to voters are designed to limit problems such as smudging, which can happen when voters use ballpoint pens. On its website, the elections office says the ink from ballpoint pens doesn't dry as quickly. The wet ink on the ballots could smear the inside of the machine and prevent it from working properly.
On Tuesday, Maricopa County election officials said they were having to replace some machines because voters failed to use the pens provided to them. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/08/02/false-claims-about-pens-in-arizona-primary-prompts-warning/ | 2022-08-02T23:08:46Z | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/08/02/false-claims-about-pens-in-arizona-primary-prompts-warning/ | true |
Last year, 198 people died as a result of drug overdoses in Wake County. About 1,000 emergency department visits were attributed to overdoses. And community members reported 546 overdose reversals using naloxone.
Now, the Wake County Board of Commissioners is asking the people most affected by the opioid epidemic how they should fight it.
The county will receive $36.1 million over the next 18 years as part of the National Opioid Settlement, a historic deal in which the three largest drug distributors (McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen) and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson are paying out billions of dollars to the communities they harmed.
Wake County staff, healthcare workers, and people who have experienced addiction met Tuesday to discuss how best to spend the money. County leaders are considering investing in a variety of addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery programs.
Wake County staff are also conducting an online survey that asks residents which programs should be prioritized. Options include:
- Evidence-based addiction treatment
- Recovery support services
- Recovery housing support
- Employment-related services
- Early intervention
- Naloxone distribution
- Post-overdose response teams
- Syringe service program
- Criminal justice diversion programs
- Addiction treatment for incarcerated persons
- Re-entry programs
“The opioid epidemic hits close to home for so many families, and even if your family hasn’t faced addiction problems, I’m sure you know a family that has,” said Sig Hutchinson, chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners. “For all these reasons and more, it’s important for residents to be able to weigh in on the best use of these funds to help the individuals and families in our community.”
The survey closes at 5 p.m. this Friday, August 5.
Staff will then develop recommendations for the county's Health and Human Services committee about which programs should be funded. The committee will discuss those options August 22.
The Wake County Board of Commissioners will consider the committee's recommendations in September. During that meeting, the board is expected to establish a special revenue fund for the settlement money and adopt a resolution earmarking money for different programs.
Learn more about the programs that could be funded here.
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Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension will stand only if the NFL allows it.
The punishment given to the Cleveland Browns quarterback by disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy fell far short of the one-year suspension the league wanted.
No problem. Because of the collective bargaining agreement, the league can appeal Robinson’s decision and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or a person he designates could then increase the suspension and impose a substantial fine.
The ball is in the NFL’s court.
The league has three days to file an appeal and is mulling its options.
Still, the NFL Players Association could then try to challenge Goodell’s ruling on an appeal in federal court.
One league official told The Associated Press before the three-day disciplinary hearing was held in June that both sides should try to avoid an appeal. The union already announced Sunday night it would abide by Robinson’s ruling.
However, public reaction could determine the NFL’s next step. It wouldn’t be the first time the league reacts to an outcry from its followers.
”The NFL may be a `forward-facing’ organization, but it is not necessarily a forward-looking one,” Robinson wrote in the conclusion to her 16-page report on the suspension. ”Just as the NFL responded to violent conduct after a public outcry, so it seems the NFL is responding to yet another public outcry about Mr. Watson’s conduct. At least in the former situation, the Policy was changed and applied proactively. Here, the NFL is attempting to impose a more dramatic shift in its culture without the benefit of fair notice to – and consistency of consequence for – those in the NFL subject to the Policy.”
Robinson was referring to the league changing its personal conduct policy in 2014 after former Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice was initially suspended two games for domestic violence. Rice was later banished indefinitely after video of the incident surfaced. An arbitrator overturned that suspension but Rice never played again in the league.
Back then, Goodell had authority to impose discipline for violations of the personal conduct policy. That changed in the 2020 CBA when the union negotiated the process to have a disciplinary officer make that ruling.
In handing down a six-game suspension, Robinson noted the league acknowledged during the hearing that its recommended punishment was ”unprecedented” and she concluded the NFL should not change its standards of discipline for nonviolent sexual assault without giving fair notice to players.
”While it may be entirely appropriate to more severely discipline players for non-violent sexual conduct, I do not believe it is appropriate to do so without notice of the extraordinary change this position portends for the NFL and its players,” Robinson wrote.
To be clear: Robinson sided with the NFL in determining Watson violated three provisions of the personal conduct policy: sexual assault; conduct posing a genuine danger to the safety and well-being of another person; and conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity of the NFL.
The retired federal judge also rejected Watson’s denials of wrongdoing and considered his ”lack of expressed remorse” to be an aggravating factor.
But, she couldn’t impose the severe penalty the NFL sought because it would be changing the penalty after the act.
Using Goodell’s words in Tom Brady’s deflated footballs case, she wrote: ”I am bound `by standards of fairness and consistency of treatment among players similarly situated.”’
Now, it’s up to the NFL to accept her decision or appeal, and there are varying opinions within the league offices.
The NFL potentially faces a no-win situation.
An appeal would undermine the collectively bargained process with the jointly appointed disciplinary officer, and make it seem like a sham. Accepting Robinson’s decision leaves the NFL open to criticism because it could be perceived as lenient.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would enhance health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits hit a snag in the Senate last week, angering advocates like comedian Jon Stewart who say help from the government is long overdue.
Lawmakers have been hearing increasingly from constituents with respiratory illnesses and cancers that they attribute to serving near burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military used the pits to dispose of such things as chemicals, cans, tires, plastics and medical and human waste.
Veterans groups say servicemembers who were exposed to the pits have waited long enough for enhanced health benefits, and lawmakers largely agree. The Senate is ultimately expected to send the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk. It’s just a question of when.
Where the issue stands:
HOW WOULD THE BILL HELP IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS?
First, veterans who served near burn pits will get 10 years of health care coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs upon their separation from the military rather than five.
Second, the legislation directs the VA to presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure. This takes the burden of proof off the veteran, allowing them to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to show the illness was a result of their service.
Roughly 70% of disability claims related to burn pit exposure are denied by the VA due to lack of evidence, scientific data and information from the Defense Department.
IS THERE HELP FOR OTHER VETERANS? Yes. For example, hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War-era veterans and survivors also stand to benefit. The bill adds hypertension, or high blood pressure, as a presumptive disease associated with Agent Orange exposure. The Congressional Budget Office projected that about 600,000 of 1.6 million living Vietnam vets would be eligible for increased compensation, though only about half would have severe enough diagnoses to warrant receiving it.
Also, veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa and Johnston Atoll will be presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. That’s another 50,000 veterans and survivors of deceased veterans who would get compensation for illnesses presumed to have been caused by their exposure to the herbicide, the CBO projected.
HOW MUCH WILL THE BILL COST?
The bill is projected to increase federal deficits by about $277 billion over 10 years, the CBO said. Lawmakers did not include offsetting spending cuts or tax increases to help pay for the spending.
WHERE DO THINGS STAND IN CONGRESS? Both the House and the Senate have approved the bill overwhelmingly. The Senate did so in June, but the the bill contained a revenue-related provision that must originate in the House, requiring a do-over to make a technical fix.
The House approved the fixed bill by a vote of 342-88. So, now the measure is back before the Senate, where the previous iteration had passed by a vote of 84-14. Biden says he will sign it.
SO WHY HASN’T THE SENATE APPROVED IT YET?
When the CBO scored the bill, it projected that nearly $400 billion slated to be spent on health services would move from discretionary spending to mandatory spending, which is mostly sheltered from the bruising battles that occur each year over where to spend money in appropriations bills.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog, said a reclassification of nearly $400 billion from discretionary to mandatory would “both reduce the pressure to keep those costs under control and make it easier for appropriators to spend more elsewhere in the budget without offsets.”
Those dynamics also applied to the bill when the Senate approved it in June. Nevertheless, senators voted for the measure overwhelmingly.
But, last week more than two dozen Republicans who voted for the bill in June voted against advancing it this time. They sided with Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who is seeking a vote on an amendment that he says would not reduce spending on veterans but would prevent spending increases in other nondefense programs down the road.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has offered to let the Senate vote on the Toomey amendment with 60 votes needed for passage, the same number that is needed to advance the bill itself.
It’s unclear how the delay will be resolved, though Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell predicted Monday that the bill will pass this week.
Advocacy groups for veterans, a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterm elections, are furious and ramping up the political pressure on lawmakers to act. At a Capitol Hill news conference the day after last week’s procedural vote, speakers used terms such as “villains” and “reprehensible” to describe the Republican senators who voted against advancing the measure last week but voted for almost the exact same bill in June.
“Veterans are angry and confused at the sudden change from those they thought had their backs,” said Cory Titus of the group Military Officers Association of America.
“You just screwed veterans yesterday,” added Tom Porter of the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “Now, we’re going to hold them accountable.” | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/explainer-how-health-care-for-vets-became-fight-in-congress/ | 2022-08-02T23:13:23Z | https://www.kark.com/news/politics/ap-politics/explainer-how-health-care-for-vets-became-fight-in-congress/ | true |
In the Middle East, the reaction to the slain al Qaida leader's death was welcomed by Saudi Arabia. But some in the region expressed concerns over U.S. drone strikes.
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In the Middle East, the reaction to the slain al Qaida leader's death was welcomed by Saudi Arabia. But some in the region expressed concerns over U.S. drone strikes.
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(NEXSTAR) — Last month, NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Telescope released its first batch of images that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen. On Tuesday, NASA shared a new image Webb captured of “stellar gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy.”
Webb, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, left Earth in December and reached its lookout point 1 million miles away in January. After a lengthy process of aligning mirrors, ensuring the infrared detectors were cold enough to operate, and calibrating other instruments, Webb began peering into the depths of space.
In Webb’s latest photo, seen below, NASA says we have “a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.”
“Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of a wagon, is the result of an intense event – a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image,” NASA explains.
This image — a composite from two of Webb’s instruments — shows the Cartwheel, right, alongside two smaller galaxies with a backdrop of even more galaxies.
Cartwheel’s inner core is comprised of “a tremendous amount of hot dust,” including some massive, but young, star clusters. The outer ring, NASA explains, has been expanding for 440 million years. As it grows, it hits surrounding gas, sparking new star formation. Cartwheel is in a transitory stage and is expected to keep transforming, according to NASA.
The Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s predecessor, has looked at the Cartwheel before, but the amount of dust around it kept us from getting a sharper view.
Webb is equipped with a Near-Infrared Camera, which can see wavelengths of light that reveal even more stars, especially younger ones. The telescope also has a Mid-Infrared Instrument, allowing it to see areas in the Cartwheel Galaxy rich in hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds. This helped Webb spot the wagon wheel spokes seen in the galaxy above — regions Hubble could see but not as clearly.
If you can’t get enough of Webb’s images, have no fear — more images will be shared in the coming weeks. NASA says its telescope “has a packed schedule of science programs looking at all kinds of cosmic phenomena, like planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and more.”
You can also find out what Webb is scheduled to look at. Each week, the Space Telescope Science Institute shares Webb’s schedule, which can be found here. Among Webb’s targets this week are Ganymede, a Jupiter moon and the largest in our solar system; Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a massive star that exploded hundreds of years ago; and Jupiter’s main ring.
A full gallery of Webb’s images can be seen here. Future images will also be posted in the gallery, NASA says.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.koin.com/news/theres-a-new-photo-from-the-james-webb-telescope-heres-when-we-can-expect-more/ | 2022-08-02T23:16:02Z | https://www.koin.com/news/theres-a-new-photo-from-the-james-webb-telescope-heres-when-we-can-expect-more/ | true |
DOTD begins transforming Atchafalaya Basin Bridge into safety corridor
IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will begin installing new signs along the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge on Friday, Aug. 5.
According to DOTD, the additional signage is part of a three-phase process in response to the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge being established as a highway safety corridor. They will also install camera safety devices to monitor vehicles traveling over the posted speed limit and issue warnings and citations.
During the first phase, crews will install “Higher Fines” signs near the bridge approaches on I-10 at both ends, as well as on the on-ramps at the Whiskey Bay and Butte LaRose exits. There will also be “Safety Corridor” signs placed before the bridge approaches to warn drivers of the changes, according to DOTD.
DOTD reports that the second phase will consist of crews placing automated radar feedback signs that display motorists’ speed throughout this 18-mile stretch, and the third phase will consist of crews placing cameras that will monitor drivers’ speed.
For more information about the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Safety Corridor, visit the DOTD website.
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MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro-Sensors, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELSE), a leading global provider of machine monitoring sensors and hazard monitoring systems, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
- Record quarterly revenue of $2,564,000
- Gross margin of 54.9%
- Cash and investments of approximately $9.5 million
Net sales in the second quarter increased 4.1% to $2,564,000 from $2,462,000 in the prior-year quarter. For the first six months of 2022, net sales increased 7.7% to $4,669,000 from $4,363,000 for the first six months of the prior year. Furthermore, gross margin for the 2022 six-month period was 54.8%, up from 54.2% in the corresponding six months in 2021, primarily due to improved factory utilization.
"During the second quarter, we achieved record quarterly revenue, driven by broad-based strength in agricultural applications, including commodity refining and biofuels," said David L. Klenk, Electro-Sensors' president. "Furthermore, we are excited to have announced during the quarter that we have entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Mobile X Global, Inc."
A full analysis of results for the period ended June 30, 2022 is available in the Company's Form 10-Q, which is available on the Company's website at www.electro-sensors.com or through the Securities and Exchange Commission's Edgar database at www.sec.gov.
About Electro-Sensors
Electro-Sensors, Inc. is an industry leading designer and manufacturer of rugged and reliable machine monitoring sensors and wireless/wired hazard monitoring systems applied across multiple industries and applications. These products improve processes by protecting people, safeguarding systems, reducing downtime, and preventing waste. Most standard products ship within one to two days and have an industry-leading 5-year warranty. Electro-Sensors is proud to be an ISO9001:2015 quality certified company and is committed to providing excellent customer service and technical support. Founded in 1968 and located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Electro-Sensors provides its loyal customers with reliable products that improve safety and help plants operate with greater efficiency, productivity and control.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aleut Information Technology, LLC (Aleut), a leading provider of enterprise-level Information Technology (IT) solutions, has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public-facing website, farmers.gov.
"Our top priority is ensuring that our Nation's farmers have streamlined, convenient and clear access to USDA's critical programs and resources," said Aleut's General Manager, John Mays. "We've seen first-hand the difference this website is making for farming and agricultural operations, as well as the communities they serve."
Farmers.gov was developed in 2018 as an online platform to provide easy access to USDA programs for America's farmers, ranchers and foresters. Customers using the platform can easily locate previously disparate resources on one central website, which was designed with a farmer-first approach. Farmers.gov provides critical resources including disaster and pandemic relief programs, farm loan tools, conservation guidance, and resources specific to the historically underserved farming community.
Since its launch, the platform has had over 7.5 million total users, and almost 20 million page views, with its usage continuing to grow.
Aleut will partner with the incumbent, MetroStar, which designed and developed the website. Aleut is proud to retain the original project team, ensuring a seamless transition, and avoiding any potential gaps in service. The contract has a possible duration of up to three years, including a one-year base period and two option years.
Based in Reston, Virginia, Aleut will provide operations, maintenance, design, and development of the farmers.gov public-facing Drupal-based website, using digital service techniques and user-behavior data to identify and solve core user needs.
Aleut will facilitate ongoing technical releases for continual enhancements and improvements, regularly updating the site. The company will ensure accessibility, and support America's agriculture community through interactive functionality built around customer needs. New and existing farmers are engaged through user-centered design and digital media on this easy-to-navigate custom designed website.
Formed in 2016, Aleut is a Small Business Administration certified 8(a) program participant, and Small Disadvantaged Business providing proven capabilities in the IT sector including, infrastructure and communications.
Aleut Information Technology, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aleut Federal, LLC, a holding company for federal subsidiaries of The Aleut Corporation (TAC). TAC was one of 13 original Alaska Native Corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1971.
Berlyn Martin
Aleut Federal, LLC
Phone: 276-244-3319
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the declaration will help California coordinate a government-wide response, seek more vaccines and lead outreach and education efforts on where people can get treatment and vaccination.
“We’ll continue to work with the federal government to secure more vaccines, raise awareness about reducing risk, and stand with the LGBTQ community fighting stigmatization,” Newsom said in a statement announcing his declaration.
Nearly 800 cases of monkeypox have been reported in California, according to state public health officials.
The monkeypox virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact, which can include hugging, cuddling and kissing, as well as through the sharing of bedding, towels and clothing. People getting sick so far have mainly been men who have sex with men, though health officials note that the virus can infect anyone.
“Public health officials are clear: stigma is unacceptable and counterproductive in public health response,” Michelle Gibbons, executive director of the County Health Executives Association of California said in a statement. “The fact is that monkeypox is primarily spread by skin to skin contact and sharing objects like bedding or towels, without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
The type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful, and they can prevent swallowing or bowel movements if in the throat or anus.
The declaration in California came after a similar one in New York state on Saturday, and in San Francisco on Thursday. Newsom’s administration had said as recently as Friday that it was too soon for such a declaration.
After pressing for Newsom to make such a declaration, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco hailed the governor’s decision.
“The monkeypox outbreak is an emergency, and we need to use every tool we have to control it,” Wiener said.
Newsom’s proclamation allows emergency medical personnel to administer monkeypox vaccines that are approved by the federal government.
That’s similar to a recent law that allows pharmacists to administer vaccines, Newsom’s administration said. It said the state’s response is building on the steps developed during the coronavirus pandemic to set up vaccination clinics and make sure there is outreach to vulnerable populations in cooperation with local and community-based organizations.
California has received more than 61,000 vaccine doses and has distributed more than 25,000 doses.
“We don’t have any time to waste,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement. She said the nation’s most-populous county must use all available resources to speed the distribution of vaccines and help to those who have been infected.
Newsom’s office said Los Angeles County has received a separate allocation of vaccine.
As of last week, the state had expanded its testing capacity to process more than 1,000 tests a week. Critics have said the long wait for test results delayed treatment options.
In San Francisco, Peter Tran was among hundreds who lined up sometimes for hours to receive the monkeypox vaccine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Monday after the clinic was forced to close last week because it did not receive enough doses.
“It’s horrible. Like this is a vaccine that’s been out for such a long time. And like, it’s not even a deadly disease. It’s harder to be transmitted than COVID. But the rollout of the vaccines throughout this nation is absolutely horrible,” Tran said.
“I think the science shows that protection is greatly improved with the vaccine. So that’s why I’m doing it. And I honestly just don’t want the lesions on my body. I heard the lesions are painful and leave scarring. So I think that’s another motivation to go out and get it.”
Before making their own emergency declaration last week, San Francisco city officials were criticized for not responding rapidly enough to the outbreak. They, in turn, faulted the federal government for failing to deliver enough vaccines. The city received about 4,000 doses on Friday, enabling it to restart vaccinations, and hopes to administer them by mid-week, said Dr. Lukejohn Day, chief medical officer at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
The city had 305 cases as of Monday, he said.
The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries a global emergency.
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Associated Press videographer Terry Chea contributed from San Francisco. | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/california-governor-declares-monkeypox-state-of-emergency/ | 2022-08-02T23:23:44Z | https://who13.com/news/ap-top-headlines/california-governor-declares-monkeypox-state-of-emergency/ | false |
Rapper Mystikal was jailed in Louisiana on Monday, accused of rape more than a year after prosecutors dropped charges that had kept him jailed for 18 months in another part of the state.
Michael “Mystikal” Tyler was arrested on charges including rape and domestic abuse battery, Sheriff Bobby Webre of Ascension Parish, just outside Baton Rouge, said in a Facebook post Monday.
The 51-year-old hip-hop legend is being held without bond on 10 charges, according to the sheriff’s office inmate lookup.
Attorney Joel Pearce, of Shreveport, who represented the rapper in the earlier case, said he believes bond will be discussed at a hearing Tuesday in Ascension Parish.
“I’m expecting it to be a big bond,” he said.
Pearce said he has not been retained for Tyler’s current case but they are supposed to meet Wednesday or Thursday to discuss the case. He said he will make a statement then.
Pearce represented the rapper on charges brought in 2017 accusing him of a sexual assault at a Shreveport casino in 2016. Prosecutors dropped those rape and kidnapping charges in December 2020 after new evidence was presented to a grand jury and it did not bring a new indictment.
Shreveport is more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Ascension Parish.
Webre said deputies were called to a hospital just before midnight Sunday about a sexual assault and interviewed the victim, who had minor injuries.
“Through further investigation, Michael ‘Mystikal’ Tyler was identified as a suspect,” the statement said.
The new charges include first-degree rape, simple robbery, false imprisonment, simple criminal damage to property, and drug charges including possession of amphetamines. Conviction for first-degree rape carries at least a life sentence — the prosecutor can chose whether to ask for the death penalty.
Tyler pleaded guilty in 2003 to sexual battery and served six years in prison.
In April 2021, he told The Associated Press that his past put him in a “horrible fraternity,” but he was ready to move on.
Mystikal’s 2000 hit, “Shake (it Fast)” peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. His 2000 album “Let’s Get Ready” went multiplatinum.
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1. “America's Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.47 million.
2. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 6.04 million.
3. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.53 million.
4. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.07 million.
5. “America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.01 million.
6. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 3.96 million.
7. “Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 3.77 million.
8. “FBI,” CBS, 2.58 million.
9. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 3.55 million.
10. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 3.49 million.
11. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 3.39 million.
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 3.29 million.
13. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 3.19 million.
14. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.17 million.
15. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 3.15 million.
16. “Generation Gap,” ABC, 3.09 million.
17. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Thursday), Fox News, 3.09 million.
18. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.03 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 3.02 million.
20. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” ABC, 3.02 million.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Prime-time-network-cable-viewership-for-the-week-17346776.php | 2022-08-02T23:24:54Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Prime-time-network-cable-viewership-for-the-week-17346776.php | false |
(NEXSTAR) — Last month, NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Telescope released its first batch of images that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen. On Tuesday, NASA shared a new image Webb captured of “stellar gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy.”
Webb, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, left Earth in December and reached its lookout point 1 million miles away in January. After a lengthy process of aligning mirrors, ensuring the infrared detectors were cold enough to operate, and calibrating other instruments, Webb began peering into the depths of space.
In Webb’s latest photo, seen below, NASA says we have “a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.”
“Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of a wagon, is the result of an intense event – a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image,” NASA explains.
This image — a composite from two of Webb’s instruments — shows the Cartwheel, right, alongside two smaller galaxies with a backdrop of even more galaxies.
Cartwheel’s inner core is comprised of “a tremendous amount of hot dust,” including some massive but young star clusters. The outer ring, NASA explains, has been expanding for 440 million years. As it grows, it hits surrounding gas, sparking new star formation. Cartwheel is in a transitory stage and is expected to keep transforming, according to NASA.
The Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s predecessor, has looked at the Cartwheel before, but the amount of dust around it kept us from getting a sharper view.
Webb is equipped with a Near-Infrared Camera, which can see wavelengths of light that reveal even more stars, especially younger ones. The telescope also has a Mid-Infrared Instrument, allowing it to see areas in the Cartwheel Galaxy rich in hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds. This helped Webb spot the wagon wheel spokes seen in the galaxy above — regions Hubble could see but not as clearly.
If you can’t get enough of Webb’s images, have no fear — more images will be shared in the coming weeks. NASA says its telescope “has a packed schedule of science programs looking at all kinds of cosmic phenomena, like planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and more.”
You can also find out what Webb is scheduled to look at. Each week, the Space Telescope Science Institute shares Webb’s schedule, which can be found here. Among Webb’s targets, this week are Ganymede, a Jupiter moon and the largest in our solar system; Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a massive star that exploded hundreds of years ago; and Jupiter’s main ring.
A full gallery of Webb’s images can be seen here. Future images will also be posted in the gallery, NASA says.
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Blue Jays acquire Whit Merrifield, Mitch White
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield from the Kansas City Royals and right-hander Mitch White from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
To the Royals, the Blue Jays are sending prospect Samad Taylor and right-hander Max Castillo. The Royals assigned Taylor to Triple-A Omaha and added Castillo to their 40-man roster and optioned him to Omaha.
To the Dodgers, the Blue Jays are sending minor league pitching prospects Nick Frasso and Moises Brito. The Blue Jays also get minor league infielder Alex De Jesus in the deal.
Merrifield, 33, has spent all seven years of his major league career in Kansas City. He's a career .286 hitter despite batting a career-low .240 in 95 games this season. Merrifield was an All-Star in 2019 and 2021.
Merrifield had been unvaccinated with the Royals, something that will need to change given Canada's health requirements against COVID-19.
White, 27, had been something of a revelation for the pitching-rich Dodgers this season. He is 1-2 with a 3.70 ERA in 15 appearances, including a career-high 10 starts. He's 3-5 with a 3.58 ERA in 38 career games (14 starts) since being taken in the second round of the 2016 draft.
Taylor, 24, is an infielder/outfielder who's batting .258 with nine home runs and 45 RBIs in Triple-A Buffalo this season.
Castillo, 23, made nine appearances (two starts) and had a 3.05 ERA for the Blue Jays this season.
Brito, 20, is 2-4 with a 1.86 ERA in 12 games (two starts) for the Blue Jays in the Dominican Summer League.
Frasso, 23, sports a 0.74 ERA without a decision in 10 total games (all starts) in Class-A and High-A. The Jays selected him in the fourth round of the 2020 draft.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ TPG RE Finance Trust Inc. (TRTX) on Tuesday reported a loss of $5.4 million in its second quarter.
The New York-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 27 cents per share.
The commercial real estate finance company posted revenue of $66.7 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $38.6 million.
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BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — A former Buckeye police officer has been arrested for allegedly using law enforcement databases to illegally access personal information and criminal histories of multiple people, authorities said Tuesday.
Police said 38-year-old Charles Cosgrove was taken into custody Monday following an extensive investigation by the department after a supervisor came forward with concerns of potential misconduct.
They said an internal investigation began May 4 and Cosgrove, a 10-year veteran, resigned June 9 before the probe was completed.
Police said new information provided by a third party led police to launch a separate criminal investigation on June 14.
A week later, the department submitted a case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for review of criminal charges.
A county grand jury indicted Cosgrove on 21 counts of perjury and five counts of unauthorized access of criminal history on July 26.
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An intoxicated 23-year-old man engaged in a fight Monday with a man who appeared to be panhandling, according to a police report.
At about 4:37 p.m., police responded to a call about a fight between two people experiencing homelessness under a bridge near South Interstate 35E and Brinker Road.
The report states that the police separated two men, who appeared to be wrestling when they arrived at the scene. Through interviews, the police found only the victim was experiencing homelessness and the suspect was not, according to the report.
The victim alleged the other man pulled up near him, opened his vehicle door in an aggressive manner, and began fighting him. The man said he wanted to give the victim a dollar.
The report states police determined the man was intoxicated. Police arrested and charged him with alcohol public intoxication. The alleged panhandler was not arrested.
Other reports
3600 block of Clydesdale Drive — A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday, accused of assaulting and threatening his family, according to a police report.
At about 12:57 a.m., police responded to a domestic call in which a man allegedly threatened to kill his family. He allegedly told the family he had a gun in his vehicle but never produced a weapon.
The report states police heard yelling when they arrived and separated the suspect from the rest of the family. The man was not cooperative and refused to speak with them, according to the report.
The officers interviewed the family, whose injuries and statements led police to believe he committed two counts of assault of bodily injury to a family member, one count of assault of family violence impeding breath or circulation, and terroristic threat of a family/household.
The report did not go into detail about who was injured or what the injuries were, but there may have been three victims, police spokesperson Allison Beckwith said.
South I-35E and Brinker Road — A man found Monday staying in an apartment without permission has also been using a vehicle unauthorized, according to a police report.
At about 1:37 a.m., police were dispatched to the area regarding a criminal trespass call. The caller stated the man was not authorized to stay in the apartment and had deadbolted himself inside, refusing to open the door.
The man may have made a copy of an acquaintance's keys without permission, according to the report.
The report states the caller had allowed the man to use his vehicle for a single trip but did not authorize him to continue using it. The caller wanted to press charges for unauthorized vehicle use.
The vehicle has not been registered as stolen since the man had prior permission to use it, but police are investigating and trying to locate it.
Police are also working with the apartment owner to get the suspect trespassed from the location.
Roundup
From 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Monday, the Denton Police Department handled 355 service and officer-initiated calls and made seven arrests. | https://dentonrc.com/news/crime/blotter/intoxicated-man-allegedly-wrestles-with-panhandler/article_c3f5a8c9-e395-5a0a-b0ad-803a49798c8d.html | 2022-08-02T23:34:35Z | https://dentonrc.com/news/crime/blotter/intoxicated-man-allegedly-wrestles-with-panhandler/article_c3f5a8c9-e395-5a0a-b0ad-803a49798c8d.html | true |
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Two of the Air Force Thunderbirds complete an aerial maneuver during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show on Saturday, Oct. 17.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: The snow and ice storm blanketed Denton with a white hue that stuck around for days because of the record-breaking cold temperatures as low as minus-6 degrees. This image was shot with a drone Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 17, 2021.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Friends Shelly Sims and Marcus Kesseler hold candles as they comfort each other during a vigil to remember suicide victims on Sunday evening, May 23, 2021, at the MHMR Center on Scripture Street. Sims’ husband and Kesseler’s father both took their own lives.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Nurse Inez Miser administers a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to Denton resident Deborah Dodson on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Denton County Morse Street Facility. Denton County celebrated its 100th COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Urban Rodriguez’s young daughter hands her father a tissue as he breaks down in tears while receiving the Law Enforcement Purple Heart and a regional Officer of the Year award during a ceremony Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the Denton Police Department Training Facility.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Two of the Air Force Thunderbirds complete an aerial maneuver during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show on Saturday, Oct. 17.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Friends Shelly Sims and Marcus Kesseler hold candles as they comfort each other during a vigil to remember suicide victims on Sunday evening, May 23, 2021, at the MHMR Center on Scripture Street. Sims’ husband and Kesseler’s father both took their own lives.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Nurse Inez Miser administers a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to Denton resident Deborah Dodson on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at the Denton County Morse Street Facility. Denton County celebrated its 100th COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
This photo was one of five honored with first place in the Texas Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for 2020-21: Urban Rodriguez’s young daughter hands her father a tissue as he breaks down in tears while receiving the Law Enforcement Purple Heart and a regional Officer of the Year award during a ceremony Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the Denton Police Department Training Facility.
The Texas Press Association on Friday honored the winners of its 2020-21 Better Newspaper Contest, with the Denton Record-Chronicle winning in seven categories, including two first-place honors.
Competing with all of the state’s non-metro dailies, the Record-Chronicle picked up the top honors for Best Website and News Photography. Awards were handed out at the TPA’s annual conference in San Marcos.
For Best Website, judging was based on “content, ease of use and navigation, page design, advertising, timeliness and consistency.” Of the Record-Chronicle‘s website, the judge said: “Nice, clean layout. Good organization and very readable. In-story surveys are a great idea. Thorough, timely coverage. Great writers (especially Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales). Great self-service features.”
For News Photography, the Record-Chronicle‘s entry consisted of five news photos published between Sept. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, with all five photos considered as a representative sample of the quality of the newspaper’s news photography. Judging was based on “timeliness, composition, quality of cutline, enterprise and innovation.” Of the five photos entered, all shot by staff photographers Al Key and Jeff Woo, the judge said: “Stunning photography. Excellent cutlines. Great work!”
Third place in Sports Photography, for five photos shot by Key and Woo.
Third place in Headline Writing, for three headlines written by Record-Chronicle Nightside Editor Mariel Tam-Ray.
Third place in Community Service, for the staff’s coverage of the February 2021 winter storm.
The Record-Chronicle also won fourth place in the overall Sweepstakes category, based on cumulative results in the Better Newspaper Contest, with top honors going to the Longview News-Journal. Complete results of the contest can be found at bit.ly/3bqTIbl. | https://dentonrc.com/news/record-chronicle-s-website-named-state-s-best-in-texas-press-association-contest/article_d8a9785f-56a4-5105-8fa4-74750441c6b9.html | 2022-08-02T23:35:11Z | https://dentonrc.com/news/record-chronicle-s-website-named-state-s-best-in-texas-press-association-contest/article_d8a9785f-56a4-5105-8fa4-74750441c6b9.html | true |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
453 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Newton
and northeastern Jasper Counties through 530 PM CDT...
At 453 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Harrisburg, or near Jasper, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size 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...
Jasper, Newton, Harrisburg, Jamestown, Farrsville and Wiergate.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3094 9402 3107 9394 3102 9366 3078 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 299DEG 7KT 3098 9390
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollins, Inc. (NYSE:ROL) ("Rollins" or the "Company"), a premier global consumer and commercial services company, announced today that Kenneth Krause was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2022.
About Rollins, Inc.
Rollins, Inc. is a premier global consumer and commercial services company. Through its family of leading brands, Orkin, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Clark Pest Control, Northwest Exterminating, McCall Service, Trutech, Critter Control, Western Pest Services, Waltham Services, OPC Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, PermaTreat, Crane Pest Control, Missquito, Orkin Canada, Orkin Australia, Safeguard (UK), Aardwolf Pestkare (Singapore), and more, the Company and its franchises provide essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to more than 2.8 million customers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia from more than 800 locations. You can learn more about Rollins and its subsidiaries by visiting our web site at www.rollins.com, where you can also find this and other news releases by accessing the news releases button.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning the business and financial results of Rollins, Inc. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the operating results and financial condition of our business. Such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's expectation in connection with its new CFO appointment.
Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks, timing and uncertainties including, without limitation, the failure to maintain and enhance our brands and develop a positive client reputation; our ability to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights that are material to our business and our brand recognition; actions taken by our franchisees, subcontractors or vendors that may harm our business; general economic conditions; the impact of the extent and duration of economic contraction related to COVID-19 on general economic activity for the remainder of 2022 and beyond; the impact of future developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, results of operations, accounting assumptions and estimates and financial condition, including, without limitation, inflation and restrictions in customer discretionary expenditures, disruptions in credit or financial markets, increases in fuel prices, raw material costs or other operating costs; potential increases in labor costs; labor shortages and/or our inability to attract and retain skilled workers; competitive factors and pricing practices; changes in industry practices or technologies; the degree of success of our termite process reforms and pest control selling and treatment methods; our ability to identify, complete and successfully integrate potential acquisitions; unsuccessful expansion into international markets; climate change and unfavorable weather conditions; a breach of data security resulting in the unauthorized access of personal, financial, proprietary, confidential or other personal data or information about our customers, employees, third parties, or of our proprietary confidential information; damage to our brands or reputation; possibility of an adverse ruling against us in pending litigation, regulatory action or investigation; changes in various government laws and regulations, including environmental regulations; the adequacy of our insurance coverage to cover all significant risk exposures; the effectiveness of our risk management and safety program; general market risk; management's substantial ownership interest and its impact on public stockholders and the availability of the Company's common stock to the investing public; and the existence of certain anti-takeover provisions in our governance documents, which could make a tender offer, change in control or takeover attempt that is opposed by the Company's Board of Directors more difficult or expensive. All of the foregoing risks and uncertainties are beyond our ability to control, and in many cases, we cannot predict the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.
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Sustainability, A Must for Travel
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter SMG) and Seoul Tourism Organization (President & CEO Ki-yon Kil, hereinafter STO) announced that the Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest will be supported by Airbnb and UNWTO.
- Slated to start from July 21, the contest is officially realized with the participation of the UNWTO, as it was selected to be included in the Programme of Work 2022, a program realizing the core values of UNWTO.
- In addition, global scale contest promotion amid a bolstering of the message of fair travel is in the works under the sponsorship of Airbnb, a company emphasizing the value of "Live Anywhere" while sharing in the idea of Fair Travel
The Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest was created to spread the value of fair travel and to improve the awareness of responsible travel to global citizens. This is in response to the increase in importance and awareness of sustainable travel across the globe following the pandemic.
- According to the results of the Economist survey commissioned by Airbnb, on travelers in the APAC region in 2022, 71.8% answered that they believe sustainable travel has become more important due to COVID-19. Furthermore, after the pandemic, the scope of travelers' awareness of sustainable travel evolved to include both economic (46.7%) and social (41.3%) aspects, beyond that of just the environment, which had been the primary focus prior to the pandemic. This new demand for "conscious travel" practices as it pertains to the environment, economy, culture, and other aspects of local communities, is expected to rise.
The Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest will be held from July 21 to August 21, and entries can be submitted using either photos, video, or writing through the official website(http://sustainable-travel.biz/)
- As there are no restrictions to join the contest, participants from all over the world who had experienced fair and sustainable travel can join this contest, and applications can be submitted not only by individuals, but also by organizations, e.g. institutions, schools, corporations, accommodations, and so on.
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took a quick trip around the Lehigh Valley Tuesday to talk about the bipartisan infrastructure package, and announce a new part of that package aimed to help veterans find work and ease the nation's supply chain issues.
He was joined by Congresswoman Susan Wild. They started the day at Lehigh Valley International Airport to check progress on a new TSA terminal connector, which just received a $5 million grant from DOT.
"What we are seeing is a totally new TSA area that's going to allow the airport to expand traffic, which I think everyone who resides in our area will be thrilled about,” Wild said.
“We saw a very sound project with a very strong case to be made for it, and part of the bigger vision of how to modernize and upgrade this airport,” Secretary Buttigieg said. “This airport is one of 85 airports across the country we’re supporting with this round of funds.”
Which is just a fraction of the $1.3 trillion bipartisan package that was passed last November.
“It really is touching every mode of transportation," Buttigieg said. "Last week, we announced the All Stations Accessibility Program - that's transit and rail stations that are not ADA-compliant, so more people can use them. Pretty soon we're going to be announcing more funding for a range of efforts from bridges to road improvements to more airports and everything in between."
One of those announcements happening at the second stop of the trip, at Lehigh Carbon Community College - a $3.1-million program that will pay for veterans to train for their commercial driver's license and help place them in trucking jobs after the program.
Veterans like Matthew Marcano, a former hospital corpsman in the Navy, who recently completed the program at LCCC.
”It gave me an opportunity to provide for my family when my skills and my caliber set was not appropriate or recognized here in the civilian sector,” Marcano said.
"Our independence, our freedoms are owed in so many ways to the people of this region, and the people around the country who serve our country, and we owe it to them that when they come home, they can get the training they need to secure good paying civilian jobs. Especially, at a time when we need more qualified commercial vehicle drivers,” Buttigeg added. “Transportation workers are the ones who literally keep our country moving and I can't think of anyone better prepared for that work than our veterans.”
The Department of Transportation estimates around 300,000 drivers a year leave the profession.
The grant will pay for 30 veterans and five people from undeserved communities to train for their CDL at LCCC.
I also asked the Secretary about the potential for passenger rail in the Lehigh Valley: “I can’t prejudge any applications that will come in, but I’ll tell you there has never been a better moment for passenger rail because of this funding, because of this package,” he said. “This is the most we’ve had for passenger rail since Amtrak was created in the first place.” | https://www.wfmz.com/news/pete-buttigieg-tours-the-lehigh-valley-to-talk-infrastructure-announces-new-program-to-help-train/article_a4193f10-126a-11ed-b53b-6b627238fb1f.html | 2022-08-02T23:51:07Z | https://www.wfmz.com/news/pete-buttigieg-tours-the-lehigh-valley-to-talk-infrastructure-announces-new-program-to-help-train/article_a4193f10-126a-11ed-b53b-6b627238fb1f.html | false |
Upper Brookville estate lists for $20M
A more than 97-acre property in Upper Brookville, with 52 acres donated as a preserve and a home designed by Gold Coast architect Bradley Delehanty, is on the market for $20 million.
The remaining 45 acres of land have been approved for a 13-lot subdivision, with lots ranging from 2 1⁄4 acres to more than 4 acres, says listing agent Kathryn Zoller of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Real Estate.
The property, which borders Planting Fields Arboretum, was originally an estate owned by composer and conductor Walter Johannes Damrosch, Delahanty designed the estate’s mansion, called Monday House.
“The house hasn’t been lived in in 20 years,” Zoller says. “It could be beautifully renovated, or, unfortunately, someone might take it down.” | https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/upper-brookville-estate-lists-for-20m-n93450 | 2022-08-02T23:51:43Z | https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/upper-brookville-estate-lists-for-20m-n93450 | true |
'We didn't tell his parents because .' They then went into graph mode of telling her, how to lie convinentially & in doing their act told of 'how' many girls there were 'at his aul party.......', we got that info, they did it to give us credit... & so to get credit out they tell how we got the proof so as in to get her into another situation as not having any other clue atm. A lie that he was SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — George Daoud lives in the Shore Acres area of St. Pete where his home was completely flooded during Tropical Storm Eta in 2020.
"The water came in from this side, this side, and that side so we have flooding coming from the front and the back," said Daoud.
His home is right next to Tampa Bay so he’s installing two sump pumps in his yard to pump out the water fast, and he may soon need it.
NOAA just released their High Tide forecast which predicts the Tampa Bay area will see 1 to 4 days of high tide flooding between now and next Spring.
Scientists said that's more than twice what it was 20 years ago.
NOAA scientists said sea level rise is to blame, which they predict will rise by another foot in the next 20 years. They say by 2050, high tide flooding events will rise to 70 to 100 days a year in the Tampa Bay area.
Because Daoud lives in a low-lying area, high-tide flooding in his neighborhood is already frequent. That’s why he’s working hard to be prepared, but he says all the work and worry is still worth it.
"Living in paradise is a gift. It’s a special gift, and not too many people can enjoy it, and there’s a price," said Daoud. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/noaa-high-tide-forecast-predicts-an-increase-in-coastal-flooding | 2022-08-02T23:52:44Z | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/noaa-high-tide-forecast-predicts-an-increase-in-coastal-flooding | true |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ NewMarket Corp. (NEU) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $66.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Richmond, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $6.54.
The holding company for manufacturers of petroleum additives and lubricants posted revenue of $723.6 million in the period.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Dozens of Tampa Bay families are reaching out to 8 On Your Side, saying they’re struggling to keep a roof over their heads as federal vouchers fail to keep up with spiking rent costs.
School starts in less than two weeks in Hillsborough County. Instead of getting ready and buying school supplies, five children are stuck in a one-room motel.
“It would be good to have something to live in,” one of the children, 10-year-old Alonzo, said. “It would make life easier to live in a place for a while and to sleep there and have fun.”
Alonzo, his cousin and his siblings, who range in age from 3 to 14, have been living in a Clearwater motel since Sunday.
Their lease expired. Now their disabled grandmother and guardian, Sandra Pittman, is working around-the-clock to find a rental home in Tampa.
“I tell them that we have to get into a bigger place and I’m looking. They see me looking, every day, they see me doing paperwork,” Pittman said. “I asked them – could they hold on for just a little bit longer until we get in a place.”
Pittman qualifies for Section 8 federal housing aid. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development but administered locally.
Last month, the Tampa Housing Authority gave Pittman a four-bedroom voucher to cover rent. She says she’s been looking for a home in multiple zip codes in Hillsborough County but is having a hard time finding a home she can afford with HUD’s voucher.
“Living is high, food is high, and they give you vouchers with less money, knowing that it’s going to be hard to find a place for that amount of money,” she said. “Unless you’re in a not in a safe place.”
Pittman and her family aren’t alone. 8 On Your Side found out that 180 voucher-holders in neighboring Pinellas County can’t afford a rental either.
Why? The local housing director tells 8 On Your Side low supply and rent spikes have created a housing crisis she’s never seen.
“It’s just hard,” Pittman said of her situation. “I’m thinking more about the kids and hoping we get a place soon so we won’t lose nothing, and I won’t lose them and they won’t lose me.”
8 On Your Side is looking into HUD’s process for determining fair market rent in each area. We’re told the process happens in October.
If you are experiencing issues with your HUD voucher, email Investigator Mahsa Saeidi at MSaeidi@WFLA.com
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ATLANTA — The gun law, apparently behind the cancellation of Music Midtown, also applies to other music venues – according to an attorney with a gun rights group.
This includes concerts scheduled this week at city-owned amphitheaters at Chastain Park and Lakewood. Chastain is among the numerous concert venues that explicitly forbids ticketholders to enter with firearms. Outside the park, it’s one of the posted rules.
Chastain is owned by the city of Atlanta and leased by a concert promoter. Their arrangement is similar to Piedmont Park, which canceled Music Midtown Monday – reportedly because it could no longer ban guns under Georgia law.
The same circumstances should require Chastain to allow guns, said John Monroe, an attorney and activist with the gun rights group GA2A.
"My analysis is that Live Nation does not have the authority to ban weapons at Chastain Park, and if someone chose to challenge it, they'd have a high likelihood of prevailing," Monroe told 11Alive News Tuesday.
Monroe said concert venues required to allow firearms shouldn’t have to cancel events – as Live Nation did with Music Midtown. He cites gatherings like the Stone Mountain laser show and this year's fireworks at Centennial Olympic Park, allowing lawful firearms owners to carry them.
But the question is whether a venue allowing firearms could get musicians to appear if the audience is armed, says musician and gun owner Jules Whisperlink.
"I think it’s just dangerous to have that many people armed in one place," Whisperlink said. "I can fully understand why a musician would not want to put himself at center stage with a bunch of people who have guns," he said, citing instances of intoxication and unruly behavior at outdoor concerts.
Monroe said he had not filed any legal challenge that might force the city to allow guns at concerts at Chastain. A city of Atlanta spokesman said it was unclear if such a challenge had been filed. | https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/state-law-guns-chastain-lakewood-concerts/85-b27cf932-7259-4562-bcd0-8f1d29fe926b | 2022-08-02T23:55:16Z | https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/state-law-guns-chastain-lakewood-concerts/85-b27cf932-7259-4562-bcd0-8f1d29fe926b | true |
BELDEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life.
Bandit, a 20-pound (9.1-kilogram) cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt in the Tupelo suburb of Belden. When at least two people tried to break into their shared home last week, the cat did everything she could to alert Everitt of the danger, he told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
“You hear of guard dogs,” said Everitt, 68. “This is a guard cat.”
The attempted robbery occurred sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on July 25, Everitt said. He was first awoken by Bandit's meows in the kitchen. Then, she raced into the bedroom, jumped onto the bed and began pulling the comforter off of him and clawing at his arms. Everitt knew something was wrong.
“She had never done that before,” Everitt said. “I went, ‘What in the world is wrong with you?’”
Everitt got up to investigate and saw two young men outside his back door. One had a handgun, and the other was using a crowbar to try and pry the door open, he said.
Everitt said by the time he retrieved a handgun and returned to the kitchen, the would-be intruders had already fled. Everitt told the newspaper that he did not call the police.
He said the situation could have been different without Bandit.
“It did not turn into a confrontational situation, thank goodness,” Everitt said. “But I think it’s only because of the cat.”
Everitt adopted Bandit from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society four years ago. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Guard-cat-credited-with-preventing-would-be-17346681.php | 2022-08-02T23:55:39Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Guard-cat-credited-with-preventing-would-be-17346681.php | true |
A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.
Cory Allan Martin, 26, told deputies that he spotted the spider Monday while he was in a hiking area in the foothills south of Salt Lake City near the city of Springville, shows a probable cause statement. He acknowledged starting the fire, but didn't explain why he was trying to burn the spider.
Deputies found a jar of marijuana in his belongings, but he didn’t appear to be high, said Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon.
There is no evidence to suggest he intentionally started the blaze, said Cannon, but he called it a reckless and puzzling decision. This area and most of Utah are bone dry amid extreme drought conditions.
“What led him to stop and notice a spider and decide to try to burn it, we don’t know,” Cannon said. “There may not be a why. He might not even know a why."
Martin was arrested on suspicion of reckless burn and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, court documents show.
He was in the Utah County jail Tuesday on nearly $2,000 bail. It was unknown if he had an attorney.
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The wildfire quickly spread up the mountain and had burned less than 1 square mile as of Tuesday, according to fire officials. No homes had been damaged. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/utah-man-accused-of-starting-wildfire-by-burning-a-spider/3323515/ | 2022-08-02T23:59:00Z | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/utah-man-accused-of-starting-wildfire-by-burning-a-spider/3323515/ | false |
The reaction in the Middle East to Zawahiri's death and the outlook for al-Qaida
The reaction in the Middle East to Zawahiri's death and the outlook for al-Qaida
In the Middle East, the reaction to the slain al Qaida leader's death was welcomed by Saudi Arabia. But some in the region expressed concerns over U.S. drone strikes. | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115267053/the-reaction-in-the-middle-east-to-zawahiris-death-and-the-outlook-for-al-qaida?ft=nprml&f= | 2022-08-02T23:59:37Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1115267053/the-reaction-in-the-middle-east-to-zawahiris-death-and-the-outlook-for-al-qaida?ft=nprml&f= | true |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
631 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Jasper
County through 700 PM CDT...
At 631 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jasper. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size 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...
Jasper, Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union and Roganville.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3097 9388 3091 9387 3071 9388 3069 9412
3070 9412 3071 9414 3072 9413 3073 9414
3074 9413 3075 9414 3077 9413 3078 9414
3079 9416 3094 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 357DEG 4KT 3083 9400
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Announcers Have a Hard Time Saying These Aroostook County Names
These names are not hard to pronounce at all if you are from Maine, and especially from Aroostook County, but…
Sometimes we have announcers record ads for us that are not from here. That is when you hear all kinds of variations of our local town names.
We’re aware that some of the towns are not so easy for someone who has never heard of them before. And we admit that some of the pronunciations are challenging.
So, we have some solutions and a little guidance to say it right. It has to sound like we say it because these are commercials for local businesses and they deserve to have their locations said correctly.
Here are some of the tried and true techniques we use for other broadcasters.
Start with the big one - Aroostook County. To us, no problem. To an outsider, you’d be amazed at the different ways it’s said.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY
We put a note in the spot copy that says it sounds like “acoustic.” That almost always is the solution.
PRESQUE ISLE
We’ve heard just about every way you can say it wrong. The method we use is we tell them to say “PRESS-KYLE” as one word. It works most of the time.
HOULTON
This is a good one. Our boss came up with a great example - it sounds like "BOLTON" (like Michael Bolton). Wow, it’s amazing how that works.
SMYRNA
We tell them it sounds like “SMURFS” without the “FS” and then add “NA” - more often than not, we send an audio file with us saying it so they can get it.
SAINT AGATHA
We usually send an audio file as well for this one. No matter how many ways you tell broadcasters it’s not “Agatha,” that’s what you get. Sometimes the simple example of “A-GAT” gets it done, but not always.
WASHBURN
You would think this one would be a breeze - not so. if they get the word right, they emphasize the wrong part. Or we get “Washborn” sometimes too. When we tell them to say “WASH” and “BURN” as one word, that works here and there.
PERHAM
We get “pear” “ham” all the time - like the fruit and the meat. The first part is OK, but “HAM” needs to be said like “UM.”
WALLAGRASS
Have you ever heard it said like “Wall La Grass?” We have. Usually, it is a quick fix with a phonetic spelling, WALL-A-GRASS".
HARTLAND
This goes for towns in New Brunswick too. We hear it said like there’s a land of hearts. We have to tell them the “land” part is said like “Portland” - “Hartlind.”
AROOSTOOK CENTRE MALL
This one sends some announcers sideways because it has both “Aroostook” and “Centre.” They have never seen “Centre” spelled like that. The easiest solution is to spell it as “Center.”
Sending an audio file is usually the best way for most of these words. There are many more, but we do our best to get it right the first time. What are some other towns or words people trip over when you say it to them? Let us know in the comments. | https://q961.com/announcers-have-a-hard-time-saying-these-aroostook-county-names/ | 2022-08-03T00:06:34Z | https://q961.com/announcers-have-a-hard-time-saying-these-aroostook-county-names/ | false |
The mass shooting that killed one man and wounded five others outside an apartment complex in Northeast Washington Monday capped an especially violent six-day period in D.C., raising fears among some residents and sparking renewed calls from city leaders for action.
In the mass shooting, police said someone opened fire into a large crowd gathered outside the Azeeze Bates apartments at 15th and F streets in Northeast, striking six men. Residents said they were unnerved by the violence, as officials decried those involved and promised to do more.
“Shootings, gunshots, people dead,” said 69-year-old Tyrone Washington, who has lived in the area all his life. “It’s crazy.”
Council Member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), who chairs the public safety committee and up until recently represented the Kingman Park area, said officials are adopting a “whole of government” approach to confronting crime, instead of relying totally on police.
But, the lawmaker said, “I don’t think you’ll find anybody who feels things are moving fast enough. … Every aspect of government should feel a sense of urgency around this.”
Police Chief Robert J. Contee III told reporters at the scene of the shooting that the city has invested in ways to “stem the tide of violence,” but some people “have just lost their sense of humanity.”
Homicides in D.C. now stand at 127, up 11 percent over this time last year, according to the city’s official count on Tuesday. But assaults with dangerous weapons, which includes shootings, are down 8 percent, even with the unusually high number this past week.
Police have released few details of Monday’s mass shooting and have made no arrests. They identified the man who died as Lance Melvin, 24. He lived in Southeast Washington, but public records show his family once lived in the area where he died. Efforts to reach relatives were not successful. Police said the others did not have life-threatening injuries.
City officials suggested some blame fell on the Azeeze Bates apartment complex, with Contee, Allen and an advisory neighborhood commissioner accusing the complex owners of failing to take proper security measures.
Contee said, “I’m told there is some type of private security, or firm, that is responsible for this property. I have not seen it yet.”
Allen said he met with residents and apartment representatives three weeks ago after shots were fired there to get them to install more security cameras and add private guards. Allen said the owners are “not doing their job in keeping their own residents safe, as well as their neighbors.”
Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said two apartment security cameras trained on the area where Monday’s shooting occurred did not work, leaving investigators without video that might help identify those involved. He said detectives are going door to door in hopes of finding residents with cameras that might help.
Peter Larson, the vice president of property management for Horning Brothers, which owns the apartment complex, said those two cameras have been vandalized twice in the past six months.
“The cost is very expensive and we are taking additional expensive precautions to help prevent further vandalism,” Larson said in an email, noting new cameras should be up and running by early next week.
Larson said company officials “are deeply saddened and distressed” by the shooting on Monday, adding that “safety and well-being of our residents is our prime focus, and we are working hard to address the security challenges.”
The property manager said the company has two armed guards in addition to off-duty police officers, who he said drive around different complexes. On Monday night, he said one off-duty D.C. officer had just finished patrolling a location in Ivy City, about two miles away, and another had just been at Azeeze Bates. He said two security guards were in another part of the complex when the shooting occurred.
Larson said he has asked police and lawmakers to put a city camera tower in a public alley where the six people were struck Monday. A police spokesman referred to comments Contee made at the shooting scene. “We are not private security for private property,” the chief said.
On Tuesday, a bullet hole was visible on a wall in an alley next to a church near the apartments.
A mother walking to a carryout for lunch who heard Monday’s gunshots said she kept her children inside Tuesday, and away from the playground in the area. She said they had been out playing a day earlier when the shooting took place.
“When we came outside to check on our kids, we saw the people outside on the ground shot,” the woman said, speaking on the condition of anonymity out of concern for her safety. “Everybody was calling for help.”
The woman said she has lived at Azeeze Bates for the past few years, and now wants to move, not just out of her apartment, but out of Northeast Washington. “Our kids can’t play, we can’t go to the store,” she said. “We fear every time we walk. They have just been randomly shooting in broad daylight, nighttime.”
Washington, who has lived in the area all his life, joked that despite the violence, he plans to stay “69 more” years.
At Lincoln Park in Northeast, a few blocks away, city law enforcement agencies handed out ice cream and cotton candy while chatting with community members Tuesday evening for National Night Out.
Rachel Cerlen, 37, fed her 1-year-old daughter a snow cone and handed a bag of popcorn to her son, 4, while they cooled off in the shade.
“We’re a community that continues to figure out solutions for a lot of these problems beyond just the typical narrative,” she said. “Crime is up here, crime is up everywhere. We all have to keep grappling with that as a country. Our community is doing the best from the top, from the bottom, from the sides to come together and try to figure out the best ways to reduce the crime and support all members of our community.”
Emily Davies contributed to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/02/mass-shooting-dc-azeeze-bates/ | 2022-08-03T00:11:16Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/02/mass-shooting-dc-azeeze-bates/ | true |
WASHINGTON CO., Tenn. (WJHL)- As students head back to the classroom, their safety remains top of mind for parents and teachers.
While school should be one of the safest places for your children, recent tragedies on campuses across the U.S. have parents doubting that.
Washington County Tennessee Sheriff Keith Sexton and Lt. Kevin Sanders, a school resource officer within the school system sat down with Kelly Grosfield to talk about increased safety measures for the 2022-2023 school year. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/sheriff-sexton-speaks-on-keeping-kids-safe-this-school-year/ | 2022-08-03T00:12:29Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/sheriff-sexton-speaks-on-keeping-kids-safe-this-school-year/ | true |
Former President Trump endorses Speaker Vos' primary opponent, Adam Steen
Trump had been repeatedly slamming Vos on Twitter for not overturning the 2020 election.
Trump had been repeatedly slamming Vos on Twitter for not overturning the 2020 election.
Former President Trump is officially endorsing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' opponent, Adam Steen.
In his endorsement statement, Trump said in part:
"Wisconsin’s 63rd Assembly District has a rising patriotic candidate named Adam Steen, who is running against the RINO Speaker of the Assembly, Robin Vos. Although Vos claims to be a Republican, he is constantly fighting America First efforts and policies.
As Speaker of the Assembly, Robin Vos consistently blocked efforts at conducting a full cyber forensic audit of the 2020 Election. In fact, his appointee to study Election Fraud in Wisconsin, highly-respected Justice Michael Gableman, found massive Election-changing fraud, abuse, and irregularities. Despite hearing this powerful evidence, Vos refused to do anything to right the wrongs that were done. Vos let the big Supreme Court victory become just another story. Interestingly, Justice Gableman has strongly endorsed Adam Steen. Janel Brandtjen, the Chairwoman of the Wisconsin Assembly’s Election Committee, has also endorsed Steen, because Vos has blocked all of her efforts to secure the State’s Elections.
Speaker Vos had 17 years to prove to Wisconsin residents that he has their best interest in mind, but even in his own campaign efforts, Vos has tried to mislead his constituents, sending out mailers that feature a picture he took with me—trying to make voters believe I am a Vos supporter, which I am not. He does not come close to supporting America First policies, and I do not come close to supporting him.
Adam Steen, on the other hand, is a motivated Patriot, dedicated to making Wisconsin Great Again. He has had the courage to stand up strongly against “Speaker” Vos. Adam will bravely serve the people of Wisconsin, and bring with him strength, wisdom, and a new patriotism. Adam Steen has my Complete and Total Endorsement!"
In an exclusive interview with WISN 12 News' Matt Smith, Vos said that former President Trump had called him nearly two weeks ago asking to overturn the 2020 election. Vos told Trump that was unconstitutional.
Wisconsin's primary election is on Tuesday, August 9th. | https://www.wisn.com/article/former-president-trump-endorses-speaker-vos-primary-opponent-adam-steen/40788164 | 2022-08-03T00:13:20Z | https://www.wisn.com/article/former-president-trump-endorses-speaker-vos-primary-opponent-adam-steen/40788164 | true |
Live call and webcast will occur on August 3 at 9:00 a.m. ET
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc., (NASDAQ: TRUE) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 in a stockholder letter, which is available HERE and on the TrueCar investor relations website at ir.truecar.com.
The Company will host a question and answer session to discuss its second quarter results on Wednesday, August 3 at 9:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. PT. A live webcast of the call will be available through TrueCar's Investor Relations website and the link below.
An archived version of the call will also be available upon completion on the Investor Relations section of TrueCar's website at ir.truecar.com.
TrueCar has used and intends to continue to use its Investor Relations website (ir.truecar.com), LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter as means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
TrueCar is a leading automotive digital marketplace that lets auto buyers and sellers connect to our nationwide network of Certified Dealers. With access to an expansive inventory provided by our Certified Dealers, we are building the industry's most personalized and efficient auto shopping experience as we seek to bring more of the process online. Consumers who visit our marketplace will find a suite of vehicle discovery tools, price ratings and market context on new, used and Certified Pre-Owned vehicles. When they are ready, shoppers in TrueCar's marketplace can connect with a Certified Dealer in our network, who shares our belief that truth, transparency and fairness are the foundation of a great auto shopping experience. As part of our marketplace, TrueCar powers auto-buying programs for over 250 leading brands, including AARP, Sam's Club, Navy Federal Credit Union and American Express.
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Sustainability, A Must for Travel
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter SMG) and Seoul Tourism Organization (President & CEO Ki-yon Kil, hereinafter STO) announced that the Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest will be supported by Airbnb and UNWTO.
- Slated to start from July 21, the contest is officially realized with the participation of the UNWTO, as it was selected to be included in the Programme of Work 2022, a program realizing the core values of UNWTO.
- In addition, global scale contest promotion amid a bolstering of the message of fair travel is in the works under the sponsorship of Airbnb, a company emphasizing the value of "Live Anywhere" while sharing in the idea of Fair Travel
The Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest was created to spread the value of fair travel and to improve the awareness of responsible travel to global citizens. This is in response to the increase in importance and awareness of sustainable travel across the globe following the pandemic.
- According to the results of the Economist survey commissioned by Airbnb, on travelers in the APAC region in 2022, 71.8% answered that they believe sustainable travel has become more important due to COVID-19. Furthermore, after the pandemic, the scope of travelers' awareness of sustainable travel evolved to include both economic (46.7%) and social (41.3%) aspects, beyond that of just the environment, which had been the primary focus prior to the pandemic. This new demand for "conscious travel" practices as it pertains to the environment, economy, culture, and other aspects of local communities, is expected to rise.
The Global Fair & Sustainable Travel Contest will be held from July 21 to August 21, and entries can be submitted using either photos, video, or writing through the official website(http://sustainable-travel.biz/)
- As there are no restrictions to join the contest, participants from all over the world who had experienced fair and sustainable travel can join this contest, and applications can be submitted not only by individuals, but also by organizations, e.g. institutions, schools, corporations, accommodations, and so on.
- Individuals and organizations can register personal works in the form of pictures, video, or writing, having selected one of the three media forms, that captures one's experience that resonates with the topic, "My Fair and Sustainable Travel."
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Reds keep shedding veterans, deal Drury, Mahle at deadline
By MITCH STACY
AP Sports Writer
The Cincinnati Reds continued to shed veterans at the deadline, trading their most productive offensive player, Brandon Drury, to the San Diego Padres for a prospect.
The Drury trade followed a deal announced earlier Tuesday that sent starting pitcher Tyler Mahle to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for three minor leaguers.
In recent days, veteran left fielder Tommy Pham was traded to Boston for a player to be named later or cash, and No. 1 starter Luis Castillo went to Seattle for three prospects. Outfielder Tyler Naquin was also sent to the Mets.
Drury was expected to be dealt with the Reds in a major rebuild. After signing a $900,000, one-year deal with Cincinnati in March, the 29-year-old Drury is having a breakout year, leading the team with a career-high 21 homers and 54 RBIs while hitting .274.
“To have two minor league offers coming into the season and to have Cincinnati to give me this opportunity and put my career back on track, it’s been amazing,” Drury said in the Reds clubhouse before Cincinnati played Miami. “I can’t thank Cincinnati enough. A huge turning point in my career.”
Drury said he’s happy to go to a contender. The Padres are in second place behind the Dodgers in the NL West.
“To be part of that lineup is going to be pretty special, and I’m excited to help them win ball games,” he said.
In exchange for Drury, the Reds got shortstop Victor Acosta, who, according to MLB Pipeline, is the Padres’ No. 8 prospect.
The 27-year-old Mahle joins ex-Reds pitcher Sonny Gray with AL Central-leading Minnesota and is expected to bolster a pitching staff ravaged by injuries. Mahle is making $5.2 million this season and is eligible for free agency after the 2023 season.
“Losing is never fun, so that’s always disappointing,” said Mahle, who was in his sixth season with the Reds. “They’ve been good to me. I’m going to miss everyone here, but I’m excited to move on and see what’s in store for me.”
Before the season, the Reds traded away former All-Stars Gray, Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez, and All-Star right fielder Nick Castellanos signed a five-year, $100 million deal with the Phillies.
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'The right situation': New baseball coach Tracy Smith finds fit with Michigan
Ann Arbor — Without a college baseball coaching gig last year, Tracy Smith became an avid Netflix viewer and happily devoted himself to grandfather duties.
Smith remained involved in baseball, too, he said, but for the first time since 1997, he wasn’t a head coach. He wasn't coaching at all.
Now, Smith’s Twitter bio includes his two most important jobs: "Head Coach Michigan Baseball and proud grandfather of Maverick Smith." Smith was hired to take over at Michigan in early July replacing Erik Bakich, who left after 10 years with the Wolverines to become the head coach at Clemson.
Smith, 56, had an introductory meeting with media on Tuesday inside Ray Fisher Stadium, which is undergoing a facelift, including the installation of a new field.
It would not be a stretch to make the connection of a new beginning all around. He was happy last year. He is happy now. Smith said the beauty of where he is in life, personally and professionally, gave him the luxury of not being a coach who needed a job but one who wanted to work again.
“From a coaching perspective, I feel like I’ve done darn near everything,” Smith said, adding he has checked most boxes except winning a national title. “For me and where I was at 56, grandbaby, all of those things, I was comfortable in life. Did I want to coach again? Absolutely, but it was gonna have to be the right situation.”
Michigan, a program that was national runner-up in 2019, felt right and familiar to him. Smith played baseball at Miami (Ohio) and faced the Wolverines as a player back in the day. He became the head coach at his alma mater in 1997 then coached at Indiana, leading the Hoosiers to the College World Series in 2013 and winning Big Ten coach of the year. His most recent stop was Arizona State, where he coached from 2015-21 and had a 201-155 record over seven seasons before he was dismissed.
“We never really wanted to say it when I was at (Indiana), but this is a different beast,” Smith said of Michigan. “The national brand, the ability to realistically play for a national championship was very important to me because if I was going to get out of the grandfather thing, it was going to have to fit on a lot of levels.
“Everybody talks about winning a national championship, but I think you have a realistic chance to do that here by the support that’s given to the program. I think recent history speaks to that.”
Recruiting is a top priority for Smith, who has a roster somewhat depleted after Bakich’s departure. A handful of current players and incoming recruits decided to follow him to Clemson. With Smith's late hiring, the transfer portal deadline had passed.
More: Erik Bakich's move from Michigan to Clemson leaves baseball stars with decisions to make
“The recruiting, that was probably the immediate priority for us with the timing of everything going on,” Smith said. “Everybody is still trying to figure out the portal and how that impacts recruiting at a baseline level. We were faced with a little bit of a challenge, so our immediate thing was, let’s stabilize what we have currently going on, let’s see what our roster is, what do we have left coming in the (next) class.”
Smith spoke of “sustainable success.” That means assessing who is already in the program and moving ahead with what he inherited. He said it will be a “fresh start” for everyone and that they all will have an opportunity.
“We’re going to take our time,” Smith said. “We’re not going to panic. We’re going to get after recruiting — and we have — but the timing of it has been a little problematic, but not something that we can’t overcome in time.”
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MADISON, Wis. — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed a little-known Republican challenging Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, accusing Vos of doing too little to overturn 2020 election results in the swing state.
Also on Tuesday, the Trump-backed candidate for Wisconsin governor said he would back Trump for president in 2024, less than 24 hours after he wouldn’t commit to supporting a Trump presidential run. Trump is hosting a rally for gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels in Wisconsin on Friday.
“If President Trump runs again in 2024, I will proudly endorse him,” Michels said on Twitter in a message promoting his rally with Trump on Friday in suburban Milwaukee.
That’s a change from what he said Monday at a televised town hall when Michels was asked whether he would endorse Trump should he run for president in 2024.
“2024? I’m focused on this election right now,” Michels said. “I have made no commitment to any candidates in 2024. What I am focused on is beating Tony Evers.”
Michels, co-owner of the state’s largest construction company, faces former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in the Aug. 9 primary. Kleefisch is endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence who will be campaigning with her on Wednesday, two days before Trump arrives.
The winner of the primary will face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in November in what is expected to one of the most hotly contested governor’s races nationwide. The winner will be in place in battleground Wisconsin for the 2024 presidential election and will be able to enact, or reject, voting law changes passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Vos has supported a wide array of election law changes that Evers vetoed. But he hasn’t gotten behind decertification of Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes that went to President Joe Biden. Trump has repeatedly pushed for decertification.
But Vos has refused calls to decertify Biden’s win, saying it isn't possible, even as Trump targeted him on social media earlier this month. Steen has said one reason he decided to challenge Vos was because he wouldn’t take up a resolution to decertify Biden’s win, which has been confirmed by multiple reviews and court decisions.
Vos didn’t immediately respond to a phone message.
Vos has been Assembly speaker since 2013, spearheading almost every major Republican initiative since then. But he’s still drawn fire from Trump for not doing enough to overturn Biden’s victory. He tried to appease Trump last year by hiring a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election and shepherded a package of election reform proposals through the Legislature, though Evers vetoed them.
Trump dubbed Vos a RINO — a pejorative for “Republican in Name Only.”
“The Democrats haven’t even bothered to put up a candidate to run against Vos because he does everything they say — he is their dream candidate — a Republican who does the job of a Democrat,” Trump said in announcing his endorsement.
The Steen endorsement comes as primary voters in Arizona prepared Tuesday to choose between Republican candidates who support Trump’s election fraud lies and those who feel it’s time to move on. Trump has endorsed a slate of contenders in that state who support his falsehoods and the primary results promise to illustrate how much influence Trump still exerts on the party. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-backs-rival-to-top-wis-republican-who-wont-decertify/2022/08/02/7e4e1962-12bb-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | 2022-08-03T00:20:52Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-backs-rival-to-top-wis-republican-who-wont-decertify/2022/08/02/7e4e1962-12bb-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html | false |
China summons US ambassador Nicholas Burns over Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
China on Tuesday summoned United States Ambassador Nicholas Burns in Beijing over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip. Notably, China considers Taiwan as part of its own territory and vows to seize the island in future even by the use of force.
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Live Updates: National coverage of high-stakes primary night in 5 states
Midterm primary season is back after a slow July. With less than 100 days until the November general election, voters in five states — Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, Arizona and Washington — head to the polls to settle primary races for Senate, House of Representatives and key governorships.
Check below for live updates from a jam-packed primary night:
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Polls have closed in Missouri, the first state of the night.
The two key races to watch are the Republican and Democratic primary battles for U.S. Senate.
U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler looks to defeat state Attorney General Eric Schmitt and disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens, who is facing domestic abuse allegations from his wife, in the GOP primary. Meanwhile, beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine faces off against Lucas Kunce, a former Marine, for the Democratic nomination.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wgal.com/article/primary-night-aug-2/40788348 | 2022-08-03T00:28:41Z | https://www.wgal.com/article/primary-night-aug-2/40788348 | true |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake released the following statement today in response to final passage of the "Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022," also known as the PACT Act. Championed as the most comprehensive toxic exposure legislation in U.S. history, PACT expands both VA health care eligibility and presumptions to exposure to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxins. It also creates a framework for the establishment of future presumptions of service connection related to toxic exposure, as well as bolsters toxic exposure resources and strengthens research.
PACT was named after Sergeant First Class Robinson, an Ohio National Guard who died in 2000 of lung cancer following prolonged smoke exposure from burning pits during his deployment in Iraq. He left behind a daughter and wife, who now advocate for burn pit victims.
"Paralyzed Veterans of America commends Congress for finally doing the right thing and advancing this groundbreaking legislation that makes veteran care a priority. Our service members are consistently exposed to dangerous environments with exposure to harmful contaminants and toxins. When PACT is signed into law, toxic-exposed veterans from the past, present, and future, will receive their long overdue VA health care, compensation benefits, and justice. They will also no longer have to wait for the vital studies, research, and science they so desperately need today."
Millions of active-duty service members have been exposed to environmental, toxic, and airborne hazards throughout history. These exposures include mustard gas during WWI and WWII, tropical diseases during WWII, extremely cold temperatures in Korea, Agent Orange in Vietnam, contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, as well as burn pits and other hazards in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War and after 9/11. Many of the illnesses and diseases are not identified for years, even decades, after completing their service. PACT will help these veterans by adding new presumptive conditions to VA's list of presumptive illnesses and creating a pathway for the addition of new conditions.
For more than 75 years, PVA, the nation's premier nonprofit of choice for disabled veterans, their families, and caregivers, has advocated for paralyzed veterans, to include those with diseases such as MS and ALS. It remains committed to continuing to fight for the highest quality in VA healthcare impacting these veterans and others like them, as well as their families and caregivers.
About Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or diseases. The organization ensures veterans receive the benefits earned through service to our nation; monitors their care in VA spinal cord injury units; and funds research and education in the search for a cure and improved care for individuals with paralysis.
As a life-long partner and advocate for veterans and all people with disabilities, PVA also develops training and career services, works to ensure accessibility in public buildings and spaces, and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities through sports and recreation. With more than 70 offices and 33 chapters, Paralyzed Veterans of America serves veterans, their families, and their caregivers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more at PVA.org.
Contact: S. Oname Thompson
OnameT@PVA.org
(703) 864-5980 cell
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vial's tech-enabled CRO has added Marcia Swank to the team. Marcia will be the company's new VP of Ophthalmology. Swank joins the team with over 20 years of experience in ophthalmology and optometry research. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of Ophthalmology at TFS HealthScience. Swank is a demonstrated leader of global teams in clinical research and has conducted trials from Phase I to Phase III across 15+ ophthalmology indications, including posterior and anterior related indications, pediatric indications, and rare diseases.
On her new position, Swank said, "Throughout my career, there has never been a more exciting time in Ophthalmology research. With the rise of innovative therapies and cutting-edge technology, combined with the ever-changing external factors of our society, we've been forced to step back and take a hard look at the processes that make up our industry. We continue to learn from our previous ways of doing things and apply our most valuable lessons. However, we are in a time when we must take a look at how to repair or build the foundation of ophthalmology research with a more efficient, innovative, and collaborative approach than ever before. My passion for ophthalmology research lies not only in finding better options for patients but also in continued learning, the growth of people, and the empowering of teams by providing the support and resources needed; to challenge the barriers that prevent ophthalmology clinical trials from being successful. I'm very excited about the days ahead for Vial Ophthalmology CRO."
Marcia will be working together with Vial's scientific advisory board members, including founding members Dr. Arshad Khanani, Dr. Nancy Holekamp, and Dr. Jeffrey Heier, to refine the CRO to support ophthalmology sponsors' greatest needs.
The Vial CRO promises quick execution and high-quality trial outcomes by leveraging Vial's tech-enabled trial management system, streamlined study startup processes, and proven enrollment playbook. Together, these best-in-class CRO services will accelerate the development of new therapies and devices for ophthalmology sponsors.
See the full release here.
About Vial: Vial's mission is to empower scientists to cure all human diseases. Vial has executed that vision by launching a next-generation Contract Research Organization (CRO) (with slated launches in Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and a Neurology CRO), a site network (Dermatology Clinical Trials, Ophthalmology Clinical Trials, Gastroenterology Clinical Trials, Women's Health Clinical Trials, Neurology Clinical Trials), and technology platform (VialConnect CTMS) to accelerate research. Vial has over 125 employees, is based in San Francisco, California, and has contributed to over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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Incorrectly installed septic systems in Oklahoma counties lead to revoked license
Up to seventy homes that could have sewage in their yards across Payne and Noble counties.
Up to seventy homes that could have sewage in their yards across Payne and Noble counties.
Up to seventy homes that could have sewage in their yards across Payne and Noble counties.
Septic systems installed incorrectly in some Oklahoma counties have led to a revoked license.
Up to 70 homes could have sewage in their yards across Payne and Noble counties.
The Department of Environmental Qualities said it is an ongoing investigation into a local septic system installer based in Stillwater. They said 70 systems were illegally installed and now homeowners are seeing problems.
"That means those were not treating that wastewater and so there was raw sewage backing up into yards, backing up into these homes," said Erin Hatfield, director of communications at DEQ.
Aerobic septic systems are built to treat wastewater and then reuse it in things like sprinkler systems. However, they can cause issues if they are installed wrong.
"They’re being exposed to raw sewage there are bacteria and things in that that can cause disease," Hatfield said.
DEQ suspended the license of Garrison Shann based in Stillwater because they said he was installing the systems incorrectly. KOCO 5 reached out to his business but didn’t hear back.
"Certainly, Mr. Shann is no longer a certified installer, his certification was revoked by DEQ, there so far are about 31,000 dollars in fines," Hatfield said.
The DEQ said they’re reaching out to those in Payne and Noble counties who were affected. They said these systems can cost around $7,000 and now, homeowners have to pay more money to fix the problem.
"A lot of Oklahomans do have onsite septic systems," Hatfield said.
Of the 70 systems illegally installed, DEQ said 15 are included in an emergency order because they pose a threat to public health. KOCO 5 tried to locate some of those homeowners on Tuesday in Stillwater.
The investigation is ongoing but they said if you have an aerobic septic system or are looking to get one installed, remember the following.
"Certainly, choose a certified installer, ensure that your system is installed properly, that it's properly permitted, those are all really important things to know," Hatfield said.
To make sure your system is installed correctly and you have a certified installer, you can look on the DEQ website. | https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-septic-systems-license-revoked/40787720 | 2022-08-03T00:31:32Z | https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-septic-systems-license-revoked/40787720 | true |
US sues Idaho over abortion ban, citing 'necessary' medical treatment in certain cases being denied
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho's restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with a federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment that could include abortion.
Key points:
- The filing is the first major action by the Justice Department to challenge a state trigger law since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade
- Federal prosecutors believe Idaho's law would force doctors to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
- If the court decides in favour of the challenge, the decision is likely to affect similar abortion bans passed in roughly half the states in the union
Attorney-General Merrick Garland said the federal government was bringing the lawsuit in order to invalidate the state's "criminal prohibition on providing abortions as applied to women suffering medical emergencies".
The filing is the first major action by the Justice Department to challenge a state trigger law since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June.
That reversal has led some states to enact restrictive abortion laws and will likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states in the US.
The Justice Department brought the suit because federal prosecutors believe Idaho's law would force doctors to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a federal law that requires anyone coming to a medical facility for emergency treatment to be stabilised and treated, Garland said.
"Idaho's law would make it a criminal offence for doctors to provide the emergency medical treatment that federal law requires," Mr Garland said.
Idaho, like many Republican-led states, has several anti-abortion laws on the books, creating a legal quagmire now that the US Supreme Court has overturned the landmark abortion rights case Roe v Wade.
The law targeted by the Justice Department criminalises all abortions, subjecting anyone who performs or attempts to perform an abortion to a felony punishable by between two and five years in prison.
People who are charged under the law could defend themselves against the criminal allegations by arguing that the abortion was done to save a pregnant person from death, or that it was done after the pregnant person reported that they were a victim of rape or incest to a law enforcement agency — and provided a copy of that report to the abortion provider.
"Under the Idaho law, once effective, any state or local prosecutor can subject a physician to indictment, arrest and prosecution merely by showing that an abortion has been performed, without regard to the circumstances," the Department of Justice wrote in the lawsuit.
"The law then puts the burden on the physician to prove an 'affirmative defence' at trial."
Advocates for sexual assault survivors have said the rape and incest exception is essentially useless, because Idaho's public record law doesn't allow law enforcement agencies to release reports when a case is still under investigation — a process that generally takes weeks or months.
Family physician Caitlin Gustafson and a regional Planned Parenthood organisation have already sued over the abortion ban and two other anti-abortion laws in the Idaho Supreme Court, which is expected to hear arguments in the case on Wednesday.
In their lawsuit, Dr Gustafson contends that the exception for medical emergencies is vague and impossible to interpret.
"It would be very difficult, if not impossible, for me to implement the medical exception and provide care to a pregnant person whose life may be at risk," wrote Dr Gustafson, noting that some serious, pregnancy-related medical conditions, such as pre-eclampsia, can cause death, although it is not guaranteed to do so.
Idaho Governor Brad Little, a Republican, said the US Supreme Court gave states the ability to regulate abortion, "end of story".
He promised to work with the state's Attorney-General, Lawrence Wasden, to defend the law.
"The US Justice Department's interference with Idaho's pro-life law is another example of Biden overreaching yet again," Little said.
Mr Wasden, also a Republican, said the lawsuit was "politically motivated" and said the Justice Department should have reached out to Idaho some time over the past six weeks work out the issue.
"Instead of complying with the requirements of this provision," Mr Wasden said, referencing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, "or even attempting to engage Idaho in a meaningful dialogue on the issue, the federal government has chosen to waste taxpayer dollars on an unnecessary lawsuit."
Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea praised the Justice Department's lawsuit in a prepared statement, saying the state's Republican politicians would rather let a pregnancy kill a person than allow them to receive an abortion.
"Idaho's radical abortion ban gives health care providers an impossible choice: withhold medically necessary care or face prison time," Ms Necochea said.
"In states where these bans have gone into effect, providers are waiting for medical conditions to worsen before assisting their pregnant patients, increasing the risk of sepsis and other life-threatening complications. This is immoral."
The US Department of Health and Human Services last month informed hospitals that they must provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines pre-empts state abortion bans if the bans don't have adequate exceptions for medical emergencies.
In response, the state of Texas sued the federal government, contending that the guidance from the Biden administration was unlawful and that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act did not cover abortions.
That case is still pending.
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Is the UK prepared for drought?
Wednesday 3 August 2022 00:54, UK
After the driest July in almost 90 years Southern Water will impose the first hosepipe ban in England for a decade. If dry summers are expected more often, is the UK prepared for more droughts?
On the Sky News Daily podcast Charlotte Lomas is joined by science correspondent Thomas Moore to examine how the UK's infrastructure and water suppliers are coping with the lack of rainfall. Plus, Alastair Chisholm, head of policy at the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, discusses measures to reduce water usage and wastage.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
744 PM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern New
Haven and southern Middlesex Counties through 830 PM EDT...
At 744 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Branford, or near Guilford, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size 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...
Guilford, Clinton, Old Saybrook, Chester, Branford, North Haven,
North Branford, Westbrook, Killingworth, Lyme, North Madison, East
Haven, Madison, Essex and Deep River.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Evening" game were:
5-5-7-0-9
(five, five, seven, zero, nine)
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Corkery JM, Guirguis A, Chiappini S, Martinotti G, Schifano F. J. Psychopharmacol. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
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BACKGROUND: The benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, a fast-acting tranquiliser, cannot be prescribed on the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Illicit alprazolam supply and consumption have increased. Concern about increasing numbers of alprazolam-related fatalities started circulating in 2018. However, statistics on this issue are very limited. This study examined patterns in such mortality in Scotland. METHODS: Statistics on deaths where alprazolam was mentioned in the 'cause of death' were obtained from official mortality registers. Anonymised Scottish case-level data were obtained. Data were examined in respect of the characteristics of decedents and deaths using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: Scotland registered 370 deaths in 2004-2020; 366 of these occurred in 2015-2020: most involved males (77.1%); mean age 39.0 (SD 12.6) years. The principal underlying cause of death was accidental poisoning: opiates/opioids (77.9%); sedatives/hypnotics (15.0%). Two deaths involved alprazolam alone. Main drug groups implicated: opiates/opioids (94.8%), 'other benzodiazepines' (67.2%), gabapentinoids (42.9%), stimulants (30.1%), antidepressants (15.0%). Two-thirds (64.2%) involved combinations of central nervous system (CNS) depressants. DISCUSSION: Alprazolam-related deaths are likely due to an increasing illicit supply. The fall in deaths in 2019-2020 is partially due to increased use of designer benzodiazepines. Treatment for alprazolam dependence is growing. Clinicians need to be aware of continuing recreational alprazolam use. When such consumption occurs with CNS depressants, overdose and death risks increase. CONCLUSIONS: More awareness of alprazolam contributing to deaths, especially in conjunction with other CNS depressants, is needed by consumers and clinicians. Improved monitoring of illicit supplies could identify emerging issues of medicines' abuse.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox activated center fielder Luis Robert from the 10-day injured list Tuesday after the slugger and Gold Glove winner was sidelined because of blurred vision and lightheadedness.
Robert was not in the lineup against the Kansas City Royals. General manager Rick Hahn said he would likely be unavailable to come off the bench in that game, though he could start on Wednesday.
Robert had not played since he exited Chicago's win at Minnesota on July 15. He was having trouble seeing from a distance and getting jumps on balls.
Hahn said the symptoms have subsided and were likely brought on by a virus that led to vitamin deficiencies. He said “it's possible” the symptoms crop up again, though the White Sox have “far more confidence that this will be behind him.”
A Gold Glove winner in 2020, Robert has been one of Chicago’s most productive players this season. He’s batting .301 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs in 74 games.
The White Sox added reliever Jake Diekman to the active roster after acquiring him from Boston on Monday. They also reinstated third baseman Jake Burger (right hand) from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte; optioned right-hander Davis Martin to Charlotte; claimed righty Tobias Myers off waivers from San Francisco and assigned him to Triple-A; and sent right-hander Vince Velasquez (right index finger blister) on an injury rehabilitation assignment to Charlotte.
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How the Hillside Strangler case helped make L.A. ‘serial killer capital of America’
Los Angeles has been called many things: City of Angels, Tinseltown, La La Land. But it also gained a name for a decidedly less glamorous distinction in the 1970s and 1980s: Serial Killer Capital of America. In the decades between the 1969 Manson Family murders and the 1989 conviction of Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the Night Stalker, there were so many serial murders to keep track of that traumatized Angelenos needed a flow chart to keep up. There was the Skid Row Stabber. The Sunset Strip Killer. The West Side Rapist. The Toolbox Killers. The Grim Sleeper. The Freeway Killer. (“He” ended up being three killers who committed a string of separate murders.) During this period, more than 20 serial killers were reportedly operating simultaneously in Los Angeles.
A four-part true crime docuseries premiering Tuesday on Peacock focuses on one of the more notorious cases to rise out of that dark era. “The Hillside Strangler: Devil in Disguise” revisits the killing spree of the so-called Hillside Strangler, a phantom behind the killings of 10 women in Los Angeles in 1977 and 1978. The city was gripped with fear as body after body was found dumped in the hills above Glendale and Eagle Rock, near Dodger Stadium in Elysian Heights, on a residential street in La Crescenta, near a freeway offramp in Los Feliz.
Netflix’s four-part docuseries “Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer” deftly captures a time and place that many Angelenos will never forget.
“Devil in Disguise” is not as powerful or haunting as Netflix’s “Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer,” but it’s equally as fascinating in its deep exploration of another notorious crime that captured the city‘s imagination. It chronicles the homicides of victims ranging in age from 12 to 28 and the extensive investigation by law enforcement, as well as the mindset of the men ultimately convicted of the slayings, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono.
The story is told primarily via exclusive new interviews with those close to the case, such as Bianchi’s former girlfriend, and archival footage, including local news clips of reporters covering the latest developments in the Hillside Strangler slayings.
Footage of interrogation sessions with Bianchi stand out here, taking this series deep into the mind of a sociopath who killed at least 12 women (two of them in Bellingham, Wash.) before his 1979 capture. Bianchi presents as a charming, mild-mannered and clean-cut young man who once worked as a security guard. Psychiatrists who thought they’d hypnotized Bianchi diagnosed him with dissociative identity disorder, claiming a personality separate from himself committed the murders. The filmed sessions were the basis for an insanity defense — until other mental health experts discovered that Bianchi was a master manipulator and compulsive liar who had faked his hypnosis.
Bianchi’s girlfriend at the time of the Los Angeles killings, Eagle Rock resident Sheryl Kellison, is also featured throughout the series. She was 17 when they began dating and said that her 25-year-old boyfriend appeared to be thoughtful and courteous, even though he never revealed much about himself. She would visit him at his cousin’s auto upholstery business in Glendale, which homicide detectives later determined was the scene of the killings. She said that Buono was strange and withdrawn, but she had no idea the men were orchestrating their reign of terror out of the shop.
The first season of the streamer’s new anthology docuseries, “Crime Scene,” falls too in love with the Cecil’s lore to tell its central story effectively.
The cousins resided in a house located next to the shop on Colorado Boulevard, a location that still serves as an auto body garage today. They allegedly impersonated police officers to lure in their victims from nearby locales — an RTD bus bench in Eagle Rock, the Tamarind Terrace apartments Hollywood — before raping, torturing and murdering them, then discarded their bodies on hillsides around the city. Sex workers were their earliest victims, a high-risk population that didn’t draw much press when they turned up dead. But when two young girls were found murdered after they never returned from a trip to the mall, investigators launched an intensive manhunt.
Multiple interviews with those close to the case paint a vivid picture of a city on edge and the desperate effort to end the carnage. Among those interviewed are former LAPD and Glendale homicide detectives and other law enforcement; family members of the victims; a former reporter; a juror from the Buono trial; and playwright Veronica Compton, who served time after attempting a copycat killing meant to cast Bianchi, with whom she was in a relationship, as wrongly convicted.
“Devil in Disguise” points out that the Hillside Strangler case is the longest criminal trial in U.S. history, concluding with Angelo Buono’s trial in 1983. Another dubious distinction for Los Angeles, the city good true crime documentaries are made of.
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Can't decide between ice cream and cookie dough? This new Bossier City sweet spot has both
What could be a better combination than edible cookie dough and gourmet ice cream? The new spot for a sweet treat in Bossier City, Dough & Arrows takes ice cream to the next level with a fun environment for the whole family.
While the company was started by a family in Pennsylvania, the one in Bossier City is the first outside of the state.
Owners Mike and Alma Edwards are no strangers to the restaurant industry. Shreveport native Mike has worked all over the country in restaurants owned by acclaimed chefs like John Besh and Emeril Lagasse while Alma worked for Norwegian Cruise Lines after immigrating from the Philippines.
After having their now five-year-old son, Cayden, the couple made the decision to leave the fast-paced and grueling restaurant industry to raise their family, finding their way back to Shreveport.
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Dough & Arrows opened on Wednesday, June 8 with a unique concept. Edible cookie dough in flavors like chocolate covered strawberry, butter beer and candy bar lover can be scooped alongside gourmet ice cream flavors like banana pudding, key lime and dulce de leche.
Take your favorite flavors and have them blended together with toppings in a unique milkshake called an arrowhead. The menu expands to other treats like fresh baked goods, sundaes, floats and classic milkshakes and cookie dough ice cream pies.
The inside is a kids paradise with different games built into every table to encourage unplugging and spending time with each other. Bingo, tic tac toe, checkers, cars on a racetrack and more are some of the games you can play directly on the table.
The Edwards are hoping to eventually purchase a food truck to be able to come to community events and possibly start catering. For now, you can visit Dough & Arrows at 4200 Airline Dr. in Bossier City. The shop is open Monday - Friday 2 - 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday Noon - 9 p.m.
To keep up with events like game nights and more, follow the Dough & Arrows Facebook page.
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- Robust HbA1c reduction of 2.4% was observed with 1.2 mg XW003 dose
- Up to 88% of participants achieved HbA1c ≤ 7% and up to 72% achieved HbA1c ≤ 6.5% at the end of the 20-week treatment
- XW003 was safe and well tolerated with gastrointestinal side effects as the most commonly reported adverse events
HANGZHOU, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciwind Biosciences Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease, today announced positive results from a 20-week Phase 2 clinical trial of XW003 (Ecnoglutide) in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The results demonstrated that weekly subcutaneous administration of XW003 for up to 20 weeks was safe and well tolerated and achieved robust reductions in HbA1c, meeting the study's primary endpoints.
The Phase 2 study is a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted in China with the participation of over 20 hospital-based certified study centers. A total of 145 adult patients with T2D, whose disease was inadequately controlled through lifestyle management or oral anti-diabetic therapy prior to entering the study, were randomized into four cohorts to receive once-weekly subcutaneous injections of 0.4 mg, 0.8 mg, or 1.2 mg XW003 or placebo for 20 weeks. At baseline, participants had a mean HbA1c of 8.55%.
At week 20, participants receiving 0.4 mg, 0.8 mg, and 1.2 mg XW003 had statistically significant HbA1c reductions from baseline of 1.8%, 1.9% and 2.4%, respectively, compared to 0.5% in participants receiving placebo (P < 0.0001). At the end of the treatment, 88% of participants in the 1.2 mg XW003 cohort achieved HbA1c ≤ 7.0%, the target recommended by the American Diabetes Association for people with diabetes, compared to 21% in the placebo group. HbA1c ≤ 6.5% was achieved for 72% of participants in the 1.2 mg XW003 cohort, compared to 9% in the placebo group. Despite the participants' relatively low mean body weight at baseline, XW003 significantly reduced participants' body weight in a dose-dependent fashion. XW003 also led to improvements in additional cardiometabolic parameters, including fasting and post-meal serum glucose, waist circumference, blood pressure, and liver transaminases, showing the potential to provide patients with an overall treatment benefit.
XW003 was generally safe and well tolerated with a similar incidence of adverse events (AEs) across treatment groups. There were no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) or occurrence of serious hypoglycemia. Treatment-related AEs were all mild to moderate, with gastrointestinal side effects, such as diarrhea, nausea, constipation, and loss of appetite, being the most commonly reported AEs. The discontinuation rate due to AEs was less than 1% in participants receiving XW003.
"Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating disease with the incidence rate steadily growing in China. It is often accompanied with cardiometabolic comorbidities such as obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and fatty liver disease, seriously impacting patients' lives. More efficacious and better tolerated therapies are still urgently needed to address this great need," said Dalong Zhu, MD, Professor of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School and Principal Investigator of the study. "I am very pleased to see the highly positive results from this Phase 2 clinical trial, particularly the strong effect of XW003 in reducing HbA1c indicating a best-in-class potential among this class of drugs. We look forward to continuing this collaborative effort with the clinical investigators, patients, and Sciwind team to further develop this promising drug candidate to help patients in need of new therapies."
"We are very excited to receive the positive topline results from this Phase 2 trial, which reenforce that XW003 has strong potential to address significant unmet needs for patients with T2D and other metabolic conditions," said Hai Pan, PhD, founder and CEO of Sciwind. "We plan to discuss these results with the Chinese regulatory authorities soon and prepare to initiate, pending the outcome of such discussions, the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in China in the near future."
XW003 is also currently being investigated in clinical trials for obesity in China and Australia. Data readouts from these studies are expected later in the year.
About XW003
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs are effective tools in managing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and have demonstrated clinical potential as a treatment for NASH. XW003 is a novel, biased long-lasting GLP-1 peptide analogue optimized for improved biological activity, cost-effective manufacturing, and once weekly dosing. XW003 has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 clinical study. Phase 2 studies are evaluating XW003 as a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
About Sciwind
Sciwind Biosciences is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease. Its product pipeline consists of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates. Sciwind has developed multiple proprietary technologies, including oral peptide and inhaled protein therapeutics delivery platforms and identified several drug candidates based on these core platform technologies. For more information, visit www.sciwindbio.com.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it is seeking possession of a Venezuelan cargo jet that has been grounded in Argentina since early June because it was previously owned by an Iranian airline that allegedly has ties to terror groups.
The request to Argentina was revealed a day after an Argentine judge allowed 12 of the 19 crewmembers of the plane to leave the country as authorities continue to investigate possible terror ties of those traveling in the Boeing 747. Federal Judge Federico Villena said late Monday that the remaining four Iranians and three Venezuelans must stay.
The U.S. request sent to Argentina on Tuesday followed the unsealing of a warrant in federal court in the District of Columbia that was issued last month and that argues the U.S-made plane should be forfeited because of violations of U.S. export control laws.
The plane, according to the Justice Department, was transferred from Iranian airline Mahan Air — which officials have alleged provides support for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force — to Emtrasur, a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos, or CONVIASA. CONVIASA is under U.S. sanctions.
By transferring the airplane to the Venezuelan firm in October without prior U.S. government authorization, Mahan Air violated a 2008 order issued by the Department of Commerce that has since been periodically renewed, the U.S. says. The Justice Department says Emtrasur subsequently re-exported the plane between Caracas, Tehran and Moscow — also without U.S. government approval.
“The Department of Justice will not tolerate transactions that violate our sanctions and export laws,” Matthew Olsen, the head of the Justice Department’s national security division, said in a statement. “Working with our partners across the globe, we will give no quarter to governments and state-sponsored entities looking to evade our sanctions and export control regimes in service of their malign activities.”
The moves marked the latest development in the saga of the mysterious plane, which landed June 6 at Ezeiza International Airport outside Buenos Aires and was grounded two days later.
The case has raised attention in several South American countries as well as the United States and Israel amid allegations that the plane was a cover for Iranian intelligence operations in the region. Iran and Venezuela vehemently deny those claims.
The issue has caught the attention of members of U.S. Congress. On July 26, a dozen U.S. Republican senators wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of failing to assist Argentine authorities in its investigation of the Venezuelan plane.
Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, pressed Olsen about it at a hearing last week and lamented that in his view Iran was not receiving the scrutiny it deserved. Olsen said he was aware of the case but added: “This is an ongoing matter. I can’t talk about the specifics.”
The U.S. Commerce Department took its own action Tuesday, announcing it had suspended for 180 days the export privileges of Emtrasur.
The Israeli government has praised Argentina for grounding the plane and contends at least some the Iranian crew members “were involved directly in the trafficking of weapons to Syria and the terrorist organization Hezbollah of Lebanon.”
Among those who will continue to be prohibited from leaving Argentina is the Iranian pilot of the plane, Gholamreza Ghasemi.
Ghasemi is a former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and is a shareholder and board member of Iran’s Qeshm Fars Air, which the U.S. Treasury Department has said is controlled by Mahan Air and provides material support to the Quds Force.
The other crew members required to remain in Argentina are Abdolbaset Mohammadim, Mohammad Khosraviaragh and Saeid Vali Zadeh of Iran and Mario Arraga, Víctor Pérez Gómez and José García Contreras of Venezuela.
“What is being investigated is whether, under the appearance of legal activity, they are financing terrorism operations (specifically with Hezbollah) or whether they are part of a plan that has ties with” Hezbollah, the judge wrote.
Villena emphasized that connections with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are not under investigation because Argentina does not consider it to be a terrorist organization.
Mahan Air has denied any ties to the aircraft and Venezuela has demanded that Argentine authorities release the plane.
Yet Argentine authorities who searched the plane found a Mahan Air flight log documenting the aircraft’s flights after the transfer to Emtrasur, including a flight to Tehran in April, the Justice Department said.
The plane was carrying cargo for several Argentine auto parts companies that it loaded in Mexico before stopping in Caracas and arriving in Argentina.
The plane is also under investigation in Paraguay, where the plane landed in May and spent three days in Ciudad del Este, near the border with Argentina, where it loaded cigarettes to transport to Aruba, according to Paraguayan authorities.
There are suspicions the plane’s cargo was “a facade” that hid the real reason for its time in Paraguay, says René Fernández, a former prosecutor who leads Paraguay’s National Anticorruption Secretariat.
Villena said the plane’s stopover in Paraguay was “at least striking” and added that further investigation was needed.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization Tuesday, a move that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol’s shattered steel plant.
Russia and its separatist allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov soldiers prisoner, many of them since their surrender at the steelworks in mid-May. Russian authorities have opened criminal cases against them, accusing them of killing civilians. The addition of terrorism charges could mean fewer rights and longer prison sentences.
A terrorist organization leader could receive 15 to 20 years, and group members could get five to 10, according to Russian state media.
In testimony journalists were allowed to view, witnesses appearing before the Supreme Court supported the proposed terrorism designation, but most of the proceedings were held behind closed doors, so it was not known if any opponents testified.
“I can testify myself that Ukrainian snipers — Azov snipers — really shot civilians trying to escape the city” of Mariupol, Marina Akhmedova of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights testified. “I saw bodies lying on roads with my own eyes. There were many of them, and they were lying probably 10 meters apart from one another. There were no shell craters beside them.”
In a statement, the Azov Regiment dismissed the ruling, accusing the Kremlin of “looking for new excuses and explanations for its war crimes.” It urged the U.S. and other countries to declare Russia a terrorist state.
The Azov soldiers played a key part in the defense of Mariupol, holding out for weeks at the southern port city’s steel mill despite punishing attacks from Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed them and the other defenders as heroes.
Moscow has repeatedly portrayed the Azov Regiment as a Nazi group and accused it of atrocities, but has publicly produced little evidence.
The regiment, a unit within Ukraine’s National Guard, has a checkered past. It grew out of a group called the Azov Battalion, formed in 2014 as one of many volunteer brigades created to fight Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The battalion drew its initial fighters from far-right circles.
While its current members reject accusations of extremism, the Kremlin has seized on the regiment’s right-wing origins to cast Russia’s invasion as a battle against Nazi influence in Ukraine. Russian state media has repeatedly shown what it claimed to be Nazi insignias, literature and tattoos associated with the regiment.
Last week, dozens of Ukrainian POWs, including Azov fighters from the steel plant, were killed in an explosion at a prison barracks in Olenivka, an eastern town controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other, with Kyiv saying Russia blew up the barracks to cover up torture against the POWs.
Meanwhile, the first cargo ship loaded with grain to leave Ukraine since Russia invaded more than five months ago safely crossed the Black Sea and anchored just outside Istanbul on Tuesday en route to Lebanon, under an agreement Moscow and Kyiv signed last month to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports and ease a global food crisis.
An estimated 20 million tons of grain have been stuck in Ukraine since the start of war. The U.N.-brokered agreement to release the grain calls for the establishment of safe corridors through the mined waters outside Ukraine’s ports.
The Razoni, which set sail from the port of Odesa on Monday with more than 26,000 tons of corn, was scheduled for inspection Wednesday in Istanbul by a team of Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. officials, as part of the deal.
More ships from Ukraine are expected to set out in the coming days. Some 27 vessels have been waiting in three Ukrainian ports with cargo and signed contracts, ready to go, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Global food prices have been soaring in a crisis blamed on the war, supply chain problems and COVID-19. While Ukraine is a major global grain supplier, the agreement may not make much of a dent in world hunger.
Most of the grain stuck in Ukraine is to feed livestock, according to David Laborde, an expert at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington. Only 6 million tons is wheat, and just half of that is for human consumption, Laborde said. He said Monday’s shipload is chicken feed.
“A few ships leaving Ukraine is not going to be a game changer,” he said.
Still, Zelenskyy said the resumption of grain exports will reduce Russian authorities’ ability to extract concessions from the West. “They are losing one of the opportunities to terrorize the world,” he said in his nightly video address.
The ship’s departure came against a backdrop of continued fighting, especially in southern and eastern Ukraine. A Russian rocket hit an anti-aircraft missile system in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, near the Polish border, Ukrainian authorities said. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties.
In other developments Tuesday:
—The U.S. announced more sanctions against people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it has frozen the visa of a woman identified in news reports as Putin’s longtime romantic partner, Alina Kabaeva.
— American basketball star Brittney Griner was back in court for her trial for cannabis possession. Prosecutors called a narcotics expert who analyzed the substance found in Griner’s luggage. The defense called a specialist who challenged the analysis as flawed. If convicted, she could get 10 years in prison, though the U.S. has proposed a prisoner swap to win her release.
— A train carrying evacuees from the embattled Donetsk region arrived in Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine, beginning what Ukrainian authorities described as a compulsory evacuation in the east. Officials expect to evacuate 200,000 to 220,000 people from the region before the fall to get them out of harm’s way.
— Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed his country’s forces have destroyed six of the more than a dozen HIMARS rocket launcher systems that the U.S. has supplied to Ukraine. Ukraine issued no immediate comment. The launchers have given the Ukrainians more accurate, longer-range firepower.
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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Aya Batrawy contributed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Family splits $500,000 lottery top prize: ‘I asked to be pinched a few times’
CALIFORNIA, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - An exciting family moment has been created for a Kentucky father and his two sons after they cashed a $500,000 lottery scratch-off ticket.
According to the Kentucky Lottery, William Hicks Jr. works with his brother, Stephen Hicks, and his father, William Hicks Sr., at the family’s garage door repair company.
The brothers said they often ride to work together and sometimes stop for lottery tickets, and last week they bought two tickets at a Speedway gas station in Alexandria.
WAVE reports the $2,000 Loaded ticket matched the numbers needed to hit the game’s top prize worth $500,000.
“I’ll usually scratch one, and he’ll [Stephen Hicks] scratch one,” William Hicks Jr. told lottery officials. “And then Stephen told me we won $500,000. We must have looked at it 40 times and I asked to be pinched a few times.”
The brothers’ father also could not believe the news when they called him.
“I was like, ‘no way,’” William Hicks Sr. said. “They spent the next few minutes trying to convince me.”
Lottery officials said the three men went to lottery headquarters and split the winnings between them, each receiving a check for $118,333.33 after taxes.
Stephen Hicks said he needed tires for his truck but is now looking at just buying a new ride altogether.
William Hicks Jr. told officials he plans to pay his mother’s mortgage and help his grandmother, while his father said he plans to purchase the property he had been renting out his farmhouse.
The Kentucky Lottery said the Speedway store would receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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Atlassian tech billionaires are accused of 'sponsoring terrorism' by refusing to stop doing business with Russia - as protests erupt outside their headquarters
- Protestors accuse tech firm Atlassian of supporting Russia's war on Ukraine
- Dozens of pro-Ukraine activists protested outside software giant's Sydney HQ
- Bosses Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar had vowed to do right thing
- Company admits it's still trading in Russia but has vowed to donate all revenue
Furious Ukrainian supporters have blasted Australia's Atlassian billionaire bosses for making money from a 'terrorist state' by doing business in Russia during the ongoing war.
A protest outside their Sydney HQ accused tech gurus Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar of still trading in Russia despite a vow to 'stand up for what's right'.
Dozens of pro-Ukraine activists demanded Atlassian fully withdraw from Russia, and held signs claiming the company was funding Russia's war.
One protestor angrily demanded: 'Atlassian, are you sponsoring terrorism?'
Another raged: 'Everyone knows Russia is committing war crimes so why is Atlassian still operating in Russia?
Furious Ukrainian supporters have blasted Australia's Atlassian billionaire bosses for 'making money from terrorism' by doing business in Russia during the ongoing war
Two Sydney-based founders Scott Farquhar (pictured left with his wife Kim Jackson) and Mike Cannon-Brookes (pictured right with his wife Annie Todd) - worth a combined $50billion - vowed the company would try to do the right thing
Atlassian announced on March 2 that they would be pausing all new sales in Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion on February 21.
In a personal message on the company's website, the two Sydney-based founders - worth a combined $50billion - vowed the company would try to do the right thing.
They promised to suspend all Russian government licences as well as businesses which could support the war through combat, disinformation or cyber warfare.
But they admitted the firm - which specialises in business software like project management apps Trello and Jira - would still stay in Russia for other companies.
'We are not terminating the relationships and obligations we have to our existing small business customers in Russia,' they said in March.
Dozens of pro-Ukraine activists demanded Atlassian fully withdraw from Russia, and held signs claiming the company was funding Russia's war
Atlassian announced on March 2 that it would be pausing all new sales in Russia in the wake of President Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion on February 21 but they are still operating there
The protesters say the company has put profits before the people of Ukraine with its stance on Russia's invasion
'We believe focusing on businesses with positions of power and influence is the best way to live our mission and values.
'You have our commitment that we will lead with the Atlassian values and our own humanity.'
They added: 'We know we don't have all the answers, but we will continue to learn and be thoughtful through this challenging time.
'We have always believed in standing up for what's right, even when it's difficult to do so.
'We'll continue to make these decisions to use our voice, our technology, our skills, and our Foundation to help in situations that impact our people, customers, and societies we exist in.'
Protesters demanded the company mounts a total boycott of all business in Russia
Atlassian has vowed to donate all revenue from Russia and Belarus operations to Ukraine
An Atlassian spokesman admitted to Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday that the company was still trading in Russia
The Rich List pair have previously won praise for their progressive views including plans to build their new Sydney HQ with sustainable timber.
Mr Cannon-Brookes and his wife Annie Todd have been buying up huge tracts of land in the NSW Southern Highlands to develop eco-friendly framing techniques.
And Mr Farquhar and his wife Kim Jackson have been behind a push for Sydney's elite private school Cranbrook to open its door to girls for the first time in its 104-year history.
But protesters say the company has put profits before the people of Ukraine with its stance on Russia's invasion.
They demanded the company mounts a total boycott of all business in Russia and added: 'The war is not over. Russia is a terrorist state.'
An Atlassian spokesman admitted to Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday that the company was still trading in Russia.
Atlassian say they have donated US$5million and donated software to Ukrainian causes
But they have now promised to donate all revenue from Russia and Belarus operations to support Ukraine.
'We continue our commitment to our existing non-sanctioned and approved non-governmental customers in Russia,' a spokesman said.
'We recognise many of them are caught up in a war that they neither chose nor have the ability to stop. We continue to prohibit all new sales.
'Atlassian is also donating the equivalent of all forward revenue from customers in Russia and Belarus, starting with an initial donation of US$5million to causes that provide direct support to the people of Ukraine.'
A company statement added: 'Atlassian has taken several actions to further support Ukraine, and will continue to look for ways to use our technology and resources to serve as a force for good,
'To date, we have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, through the Atlassian Foundation and through employee giving programs.
'At the direct request of the Ukrainian government, we have donated licences of Atlassian software to aid their humanitarian and relief efforts.
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Major global banks and other TT clients gained immediate access when trading began through NSE IFSC-SGX Connect on July 29
CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, announced today that the firm successfully began offering clients access to the popular Nifty equity derivatives through NSE IFSC-SGX Connect (the Connect), a new joint initiative between Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) launched on Friday, July 29. The Connect – a collaboration in trading of India's stock index-based products – is a prominent achievement for India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) known as GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec) City in Gandhinagar.
The Connect, which was officially launched by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enables both international and domestic market participants to take a position on India's equity markets through futures based on the Nifty 50. International members of SGX Group and domestic clients of NSE IFSC can trade and access real-time trading data of Nifty contracts via SGX Group's derivatives trading infrastructure in GIFT City.
Under the Connect, all orders on Nifty derivatives placed by SGX Group members are routed to and matched on the NSE-IFSC order matching and trading platform. As one of the first technology providers to offer international market participants access to the Connect, Trading Technologies is giving global banks and other major financial institutions that use the TT® platform seamless access to Nifty equity derivatives alongside products from more than 50 other major international markets, including SGX Group.
TT EVP and Chief Revenue Officer Guy Scott said: "We are delighted to be among the first technology providers to offer day-one global access to the benchmark Nifty products under the innovative new trading regime in India's GIFT City. We've seen strong demand for this access from many of our biggest global bank clients, which serve institutional investors that incorporate the Indian equity markets as part of their global macro-economic portfolios. We're also pleased to build further on our longstanding relationship with SGX Group and support its diverse product offering through the new Connect initiative."
Pol de Win, Head of Global Sales & Origination, SGX Group, said: "We are excited that the Connect has now gone live, enabling direct and efficient access for international and domestic investors to trade Nifty futures. With an enhanced pool of liquidity from all over the world, we are optimistic it will support a more vibrant capital market in India. This has been a tremendous undertaking and we are pleased to roll this innovative pathway out with the efforts from Trading Technologies and our members."
About Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users, including proprietary traders, brokers, money managers, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), hedge funds, commercial hedgers and risk managers. In addition to providing access to the world's major international exchanges and liquidity venues via its TT® trading platform, TT offers domain-specific technology for cryptocurrency trading and machine-learning tools for trade surveillance.
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AUBURN, Wash. — A gas station clerk in Auburn shot and killed a suspect that was trying to rob the store late Monday night, authorities said.
A spokesperson for the Auburn Police Department said an employee at the Shell station at 201 Auburn Way South shot the suspect just after 11:45 p.m. The suspect died in the parking lot, police said.
Investigators found a bullet hole in the window of the gas station, which is closed for the time being after the deadly shooting.
Police cleared the scene at about 3:30 a.m.
The deadly shooting happened at the same Auburn gas station where two teenage boys stole from the convenience store after watching the clerk collapse due to a medical emergency.
In the 2018 robbery, police said the clerk and teens got into an argument over payment for pepperoni sticks. The clerk then suffered a medical emergency and collapsed in the store.
Instead of calling for help, one of the boys retrieved his dollar bill from the passed-out clerk.
Surveillance video captured both teens returning to steal from the store, eventually breaking into the cash register and stealing the money inside, while the clerk remains on the floor. Then the teens ran out for the last time.
About three minutes later, police say another person entered the store and saw the clerk, and immediately called for help.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Family splits $500,000 lottery top prize: ‘I asked to be pinched a few times’
CALIFORNIA, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - An exciting family moment has been created for a Kentucky father and his two sons after they cashed a $500,000 lottery scratch-off ticket.
According to the Kentucky Lottery, William Hicks Jr. works with his brother, Stephen Hicks, and his father, William Hicks Sr., at the family’s garage door repair company.
The brothers said they often ride to work together and sometimes stop for lottery tickets, and last week they bought two tickets at a Speedway gas station in Alexandria.
WAVE reports the $2,000 Loaded ticket matched the numbers needed to hit the game’s top prize worth $500,000.
“I’ll usually scratch one, and he’ll [Stephen Hicks] scratch one,” William Hicks Jr. told lottery officials. “And then Stephen told me we won $500,000. We must have looked at it 40 times and I asked to be pinched a few times.”
The brothers’ father also could not believe the news when they called him.
“I was like, ‘no way,’” William Hicks Sr. said. “They spent the next few minutes trying to convince me.”
Lottery officials said the three men went to lottery headquarters and split the winnings between them, each receiving a check for $118,333.33 after taxes.
Stephen Hicks said he needed tires for his truck but is now looking at just buying a new ride altogether.
William Hicks Jr. told officials he plans to pay his mother’s mortgage and help his grandmother, while his father said he plans to purchase the property he had been renting out his farmhouse.
The Kentucky Lottery said the Speedway store would receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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Nearly two months after Tytyana Miller's tragic death, her family is remembering her legacy.
On Monday, Romeo Miller shared a touching tribute on Instagram, celebrating what would have been his sister's 26th birthday. "25 years of adventure, 2.5 decades of sweet memories, 309 months of making your siblings smile, 9,430 days of making your parents proud," Romeo captioned the video showing Tytyana with her daughter and their family members. "226,320 hours of love, joy, and growth. But most importantly, 1 blessed life with 1 amazing daughter! Some of my best memories are those days we just bump throwback Mariah Carey and just vibe out in the car, so that's what I'll do all day today. Big brother loves you infinity."
"God got one of the coolest and nicest people up there now. Rest in Heaven Tyty and Happy Happy Bday," he added.
The Growing Up Hip Hop star ended his note referencing the Bible verse Psalm 23:4, which reads, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
Inty Miller posted a similar tribute alongside a gallery of photos featuring Tytyana as the pair grew up. Inty shared that she still hasn't "figured out how to process this," so she's remained away from social media because Tytyana is "more than a post" for people to gain information from.
"But today is your birthday baby girl and if you were still here I would want the world to know that. I still find this a bit unreal and even with my faith in God, losing one of the people I love the most has been so hard," she wrote. "Tyty could make anyone laugh and was a true light to be around. She was a beast at volleyball and I was so proud that we shared that love together. She always uplifted me, saying I could do anything I wanted and truly supported me in all my heart’s desires. She allowed me to be unapologetically me. Tyty is my best friend and my rock."
"She was so wise and caring and strong (physically and emotionally) and loyal and dedicated. I know there’s so many things she wanted to accomplish before she left this Earth but I’m proud of every thing she already had accomplished and I’m so proud of her just being her," she added. "Tytyana gave the greatest thing to me that God wants all of us to give while we are alive: love. Unconditional unyielding love. A soul like hers is rare. A soul like hers is enjoying all of heaven right now with no doubts. So today, and for who knows how long I may be sad, I am also happy knowing that God called you home to no longer suffer in any way but to be at true happiness and peace."
Sharing another gallery of photos with Tytyana, Mercy Miller wished his late sister a "Heavenly birthday."
"Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you and all of our memories. I’m so grateful for all the time we got to spend together and I’m even more grateful to be your lil brother," he wrote. "You were one of a kind and even though you aren’t here anymore I know you are watching over us. You had so much more life to live but God’s got you now. I wear that 25 for you now. Words can’t describe how much I LOVE YOU. Skye gone be good forever."
The young athlete referenced the Bible verse Isaiah 26:4, which reads, "Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock."
Itali Miller also shared a tribute to her late sister, writing, "HAPPY HEAVENLY 26TH BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER TYTYANA! MAY YOUR LIGHT FOREVER SHINE ON🌟🦋 I LOVE YOU FOREVER SIS💖♾I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING REUNITED WITH YOU ONE DAY, UNTIL THEN I’LL BE ON A MISSION TO HEAVEN! SENDING YOU INFINITE HUGS AND KISSES! LOVE, YOUR BABY SIS IT IT"
In late May, Romeo and family patriarch Master P announced their family was grappling with "overwhelming grief" after Tytyana died.
"We respectfully request some privacy so that our family can grieve. We appreciate all of the prayers love and support," Master P shared on Instagram. "Mental illness & substance abuse is a real issue that we can’t be afraid to talk about. With God, we will get through this. #MyAngel."
"We appreciate all of the prayers, love, and support," Romeo wrote in a statement shared on May 30. "And although this is sad times, I'm forever grateful for the memories I did have with my amazing sister. Love on your loved ones, life is short. The silver lining, I know she's in a way better place and finally at peace and free."
While Romeo expressed his sadness at the loss of his little sister, he added that he knows she's "in a way better place" and "finally at peace and free."
Adding, "Love on your loved ones, life is short. The silver lining, I know she’s in a way better place and finally at peace and free. God Bless. -RM 😞🤍🕊."
Their posts were met with messages of condolences of support from fans, friends and famous faces alike, including Romeo's ex and How I Met Your Father star, Francia Raisa, who wrote, "Rome, I’m sending you and your family so much love and prayer 🤍," and Snoop Dogg, who commented under Master P's post writing, "🙏🏽🌹 I’m here for u and the family. Stay strong. P 💕. 🕊"
The former actress was one of Master P's nine children, eight of whom he shared with Sonya C, including Romeo, Itali, Inty, Vercy, Hercy, and Mercy. The 52-year-old music mogul is also dad to daughter Cymphonique from a previous relationship.
Last month, the rapper sat down with Gayle King for CBS Mornings, where he revealed that he received the news of Tytyana's death from one of his other daughters, describing it as the "worst call a parent could get."
"My sympathies go out to everybody who lost a child," the father of nine said. "I said, 'I'm gonna turn my pain into passion and I'm gonna turn it into a purpose because I can’t get my daughter back.' I love her and think about her every day, and it took me and my family to go through something that I just can’t stop thinking about but I realize that I have to get out here and help and save other kids."
"When I got that phone call I realized my daughter is never coming back, and that is the heartbreaking thing about this," he said. "I said, 'Let me team up with these organizations and doctors.' I want to help people that look like us. We want to bring awareness to [mental illness and substance abuse]. My whole purpose is to get out here and help and save millions."
Master P had one golden nugget of advice for struggling families, saying, "Talk about it. Don't hold this a secret. When you talk about mental illness and substance abuse, people don't want to say, 'This happened to my kids.' But this is happening to all of us."
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Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in Kentucky following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declaration due to the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that began on July 26.
“SBA’s mission-driven team stands ready to help Kentucky small businesses and residents impacted by this disaster in every way possible under President Biden’s disaster declaration for certain affected areas,“ said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “We’re committed to providing federal disaster loans swiftly and efficiently, with a customer-centric approach to help businesses and communities recover and rebuild.”
The disaster declaration covers Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Letcher and Perry Counties in Kentucky, which are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs): Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Owsley, Pike and Wolfe in Kentucky, and Wise in Virginia.
Businesses and private nonprofit organizations of any size may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace disaster-damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets.
For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations, the SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any physical property damage.
Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace disaster-damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or replace disaster-damaged or destroyed personal property.
Building back smarter and stronger can be an effective recovery tool for future disasters. Applicants may be eligible for a loan amount increase of up to 20 percent of their physical damages, as verified by the SBA, for mitigation purposes. Eligible mitigation improvements may include a safe room or storm shelter, sump pump, elevation, retaining walls, and landscaping to help protect property and occupants from future damage caused by a similar disaster.
Applicants that have an existing SBA disaster loan may apply under this declaration. Businesses and residents with previous SBA disaster loans and current applicants have up to two years from the date of their prior loan approval in which to request a loan increase for mitigation projects.
“The opportunity to include measures to help prevent future damage from occurring is a significant benefit of SBA’s disaster loan program,” said SBA Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez, Jr. “I encourage everyone to consult their contractors and emergency management mitigation specialists for ideas and apply for an SBA disaster loan increase for funding.”
Interest rates are as low as 3.04 percent for businesses, 1.875 percent for nonprofit organizations, and 2.188 percent for homeowners and renters, with terms up to 30 years. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition.
Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at, https://disasterloanassistance.sba.gov/ela/s/ and should apply under SBA declaration # 17546.
To be considered for all forms of disaster assistance, applicants should register online at DisasterAssistance.gov or download the FEMA mobile app. If online or mobile access is unavailable, applicants should call the FEMA toll-free helpline at, 800-621-3362. Those who use 711-Relay or Video Relay Services should call, 800-621-3362.
Disaster loan information and application forms can also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at, 800-659-2955 (if you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services) or sending an email to, DisasterCustomerService@sba.gov. Loan applications can also be downloaded from, sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
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First Ukrainian grain shipment since invasion reaches Turkey
First Ukrainian grain shipment since invasion reaches Turkey
Kyiv, Ukraine: The first shipment of Ukrainian grain to leave Odessa since Russia's invasion reached Turkey on Wednesday under a landmark deal to lift Moscow's naval blockade in the Black Sea. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni arrived at the edge of the Bosphorus Strait shortly after Kyiv announced the start of mandatory evacuations from the war-scarred Donetsk region now bearing the brunt of Russia's five-month assault.
In Moscow, Russia's supreme court labelled Ukraine's Azov regiment a "terrorist" organisation -- a decision that could pave the way for fighters captured by the Kremlin to face lengthy jail terms. The Razoni set sail under a deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations aimed at getting millions of tonnes of trapped produce to world markets and curb a global food crisis.
It is due to be inspected Wednesday near Istanbul by a team that includes Russian and Ukrainian officials before delivering its cargo of 26,000 tonnes of maize to Tripoli, Lebanon. The halt of deliveries from Ukraine -- one of the world's biggest grain exporters -- has contributed to soaring food prices, hitting the world's poorest nations especially hard.
Kyiv says at least 16 more grain ships are waiting to depart. But it also accuses Russia of stealing Ukrainian grain in territories seized by Kremlin forces and then shipping it to allied countries in Africa and the Middle East, such as Syria.
Russia attacked the Odessa port from which the Razonia set off on Monday less than 24 hours after the grain deal was signed in Istanbul, putting the safety of future deliveries in doubt. "Let's wait and see how the agreement works and whether security will be really guaranteed," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address late Monday.
Donetsk evacuations
Yet Russia has continued to pound cities and towns across Ukraine's sprawling front line. Kyiv said it had started mandatory evacuations from the eastern region of Donetsk bearing the brunt of the Russian offensive after Zelensky urged the estimated 200,000 remaining residents to leave. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said a train carrying "women, children, elderly people, many people with reduced mobility" arrived in the central city of Kropyvnytskyi on Tuesday morning.
More than 130 people were evacuated from the Donetsk region, governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Officials have said they want to get residents out of the battered region before the start of winter as gas pipes for heating have been severed. In the south of the country, the head of Ukraine's Kryviy Rig military administration said Russian shelling had killed two civilians in a minibus trying to leave the Moscow-controlled Kherson region.
Oleksander Vilkul said two other passengers were in serious condition in hospital with burns. The mayor of the city of Mykolaiv, the closest to where Ukrainian forces are looking to launch a counter-offensive in Kherson, said Russian strikes had damaged a university dormitory.
More Western arms
He said in a briefing that 403 people had been killed in his region since the invasion but added that a looming Ukraine counter-offensive for the neighbouring Kherson region "will result in a decrease of shelling". Ukraine was bolstered by more supplies of Western arms -- particularly long-range artillery -- as it looks to launch a major push in the south to retake Kherson.
The United States announced a new tranche of weapons worth $550 million for Ukraine's forces, including ammunition for increasingly important rocket launchers and artillery pieces. "Our artillerymen are ready to turn night into day to expel the Russian invaders," Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.
In Moscow meanwhile, Russia paved the way for handing tough prison sentences to captured members of Ukraine's Azov regiment. Fighters from Azov were among 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered in May after weeks of fierce resistance at the Azovstal steel plant in devastated Mariupol. The regiment -- which was incorporated into Ukraine's national guard in 2014 -- is demonised by Moscow for alleged far-right links.
Its members were among 50 Ukrainian servicemen killed last week in an attack on a jail holding prisoners of war in Russian-occupied territory. Ukraine has accused Moscow of deliberately executing the detainees, while Russia says Ukrainian forces hit the facility with missiles. Azov, in response to the Russian court ruling, called on the US and other countries to recognise Russia as a "terrorist state". (AFP) | https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/international/top-news/first-ukrainian-grain-shipment-since-invasion-reaches-turkey/na20220802232923073073290 | 2022-08-03T01:38:00Z | https://www.etvbharat.com/english/national/international/top-news/first-ukrainian-grain-shipment-since-invasion-reaches-turkey/na20220802232923073073290 | false |
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox activated center fielder Luis Robert from the 10-day injured list Tuesday after the slugger and Gold Glove winner was sidelined because of blurred vision and lightheadedness.
Robert was not in the lineup against the Kansas City Royals. General manager Rick Hahn said he would likely be unavailable to come off the bench in that game, though he could start on Wednesday.
Robert had not played since he exited Chicago's win at Minnesota on July 15. He was having trouble seeing from a distance and getting jumps on balls.
Hahn said the symptoms have subsided and were likely brought on by a virus that led to vitamin deficiencies. He said “it's possible” the symptoms crop up again, though the White Sox have “far more confidence that this will be behind him.”
A Gold Glove winner in 2020, Robert has been one of Chicago’s most productive players this season. He’s batting .301 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs in 74 games.
The White Sox added reliever Jake Diekman to the active roster after acquiring him from Boston on Monday. They also reinstated third baseman Jake Burger (right hand) from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte; optioned right-hander Davis Martin to Charlotte; claimed righty Tobias Myers off waivers from San Francisco and assigned him to Triple-A; and sent right-hander Vince Velasquez (right index finger blister) on an injury rehabilitation assignment to Charlotte.
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- Robust HbA1c reduction of 2.4% was observed with 1.2 mg XW003 dose
- Up to 88% of participants achieved HbA1c ≤ 7% and up to 72% achieved HbA1c ≤ 6.5% at the end of the 20-week treatment
- XW003 was safe and well tolerated with gastrointestinal side effects as the most commonly reported adverse events
HANGZHOU, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciwind Biosciences Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease, today announced positive results from a 20-week Phase 2 clinical trial of XW003 (Ecnoglutide) in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The results demonstrated that weekly subcutaneous administration of XW003 for up to 20 weeks was safe and well tolerated and achieved robust reductions in HbA1c, meeting the study's primary endpoints.
The Phase 2 study is a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial conducted in China with the participation of over 20 hospital-based certified study centers. A total of 145 adult patients with T2D, whose disease was inadequately controlled through lifestyle management or oral anti-diabetic therapy prior to entering the study, were randomized into four cohorts to receive once-weekly subcutaneous injections of 0.4 mg, 0.8 mg, or 1.2 mg XW003 or placebo for 20 weeks. At baseline, participants had a mean HbA1c of 8.55%.
At week 20, participants receiving 0.4 mg, 0.8 mg, and 1.2 mg XW003 had statistically significant HbA1c reductions from baseline of 1.8%, 1.9% and 2.4%, respectively, compared to 0.5% in participants receiving placebo (P < 0.0001). At the end of the treatment, 88% of participants in the 1.2 mg XW003 cohort achieved HbA1c ≤ 7.0%, the target recommended by the American Diabetes Association for people with diabetes, compared to 21% in the placebo group. HbA1c ≤ 6.5% was achieved for 72% of participants in the 1.2 mg XW003 cohort, compared to 9% in the placebo group. Despite the participants' relatively low mean body weight at baseline, XW003 significantly reduced participants' body weight in a dose-dependent fashion. XW003 also led to improvements in additional cardiometabolic parameters, including fasting and post-meal serum glucose, waist circumference, blood pressure, and liver transaminases, showing the potential to provide patients with an overall treatment benefit.
XW003 was generally safe and well tolerated with a similar incidence of adverse events (AEs) across treatment groups. There were no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) or occurrence of serious hypoglycemia. Treatment-related AEs were all mild to moderate, with gastrointestinal side effects, such as diarrhea, nausea, constipation, and loss of appetite, being the most commonly reported AEs. The discontinuation rate due to AEs was less than 1% in participants receiving XW003.
"Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating disease with the incidence rate steadily growing in China. It is often accompanied with cardiometabolic comorbidities such as obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and fatty liver disease, seriously impacting patients' lives. More efficacious and better tolerated therapies are still urgently needed to address this great need," said Dalong Zhu, MD, Professor of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School and Principal Investigator of the study. "I am very pleased to see the highly positive results from this Phase 2 clinical trial, particularly the strong effect of XW003 in reducing HbA1c indicating a best-in-class potential among this class of drugs. We look forward to continuing this collaborative effort with the clinical investigators, patients, and Sciwind team to further develop this promising drug candidate to help patients in need of new therapies."
"We are very excited to receive the positive topline results from this Phase 2 trial, which reenforce that XW003 has strong potential to address significant unmet needs for patients with T2D and other metabolic conditions," said Hai Pan, PhD, founder and CEO of Sciwind. "We plan to discuss these results with the Chinese regulatory authorities soon and prepare to initiate, pending the outcome of such discussions, the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in China in the near future."
XW003 is also currently being investigated in clinical trials for obesity in China and Australia. Data readouts from these studies are expected later in the year.
About XW003
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs are effective tools in managing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and have demonstrated clinical potential as a treatment for NASH. XW003 is a novel, biased long-lasting GLP-1 peptide analogue optimized for improved biological activity, cost-effective manufacturing, and once weekly dosing. XW003 has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 clinical study. Phase 2 studies are evaluating XW003 as a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
About Sciwind
Sciwind Biosciences is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease. Its product pipeline consists of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates. Sciwind has developed multiple proprietary technologies, including oral peptide and inhaled protein therapeutics delivery platforms and identified several drug candidates based on these core platform technologies. For more information, visit www.sciwindbio.com.
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VERO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Watercrest Richmond Assisted Living and Memory Care has not yet opened their doors to residents but is already creating an impact in their local community. Last month, the team at Watercrest Richmond partnered with the Aging & Disability Service in Chesterfield County for their 'Christmas in July' program. The 'Christmas in July' program aids aging seniors in the community by providing specific items on their wish list.
"Our Watercrest team received a list from Terry and Ann Donohue who had lost many personal and household items in a fire," said Christine King, Community Relations Director. "Delivering the items to the Donohue's was a very moving experience; they were so incredibly grateful. Our hearts are filled with joy knowing Watercrest made this couple's day brighter!"
Watercrest associates share a purpose and passion for serving others. As neighbors, family members, and friends, they share the emotional connection that inspires a sense of community at each Watercrest location. As part of the company-wide effort coined "Common Unity" initiatives, Watercrest associates are committed to positively influencing the fulfillment of needs in their hometown.
"The surrounding community has shown outstanding support and heartfelt appreciation towards the development of our beautiful Watercrest Richmond community," says Executive Director, Marsha Sottung. "We look forward to expanding our community partnerships and creating a positive impact for our future residents and the local community."
Watercrest Richmond will be a signature Watercrest product offering 76 assisted living and 22 memory care apartments with resort-style amenities and exceptional care. The architecture and design will boast a stunning fountain and promenade, art studio with gallery, music room, fireplace, multiple dining venues, theater, salon and spa, and the charming atmosphere of Bogey's Cigar and Scotch lounge. The community's Southern style exterior gathering spaces and one-of-a-kind greenhouse will offer opportunities for social engagement and resident activity amongst the lushly landscaped grounds and illuminated walking paths. Additionally, residents may enjoy the coveted Spa W offering world-class wellness amenities including light and salt therapy, and a state-of-the-art fitness and physical therapy center.
Watercrest Richmond is conveniently located at 5250 Grandin Avenue in Moseley; the sales office is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. For information, contact the community at 804-294-3508.
Known as a top destination by Travel + Leisure, Richmond offers the best of big-city amenities with the delights of Southern charm. The area offers plentiful dining, entertainment and cultural venues, just minutes from the rolling hills of Virginia farms, gorgeous state parks, and charming wineries.
Watercrest principals, Marc Vorkapich, CEO and Joan Williams, CFO, are setting new standards of quality for seniors and their families in the development of upscale senior living communities from South Florida to Virginia. This is the first senior living development project partnered between Watercrest and Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II.
HMC is an investment management firm focusing on alternative assets, with approximately $8.0 billion in Regulatory Assets under Management as of November 30, 2021. A privately owned firm founded in 1993, HMC serves foundations, endowments, fund of funds, pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, family offices, and high net worth individuals across multiple asset classes. For additional information about HMC, visit www.harbert.net.
Watercrest Senior Living Group was founded to honor our mothers and fathers, aspiring to become a beacon for quality in senior living by surpassing standards of care, service and associate training. Watercrest communities are recognized for their luxury aesthetic, exceptional amenities, world-class care, and innovative memory care programming offering unparalleled service to seniors living with Alzheimer's and dementia. A certified Great Place to Work, Watercrest specializes in the development and operations of assisted living and memory care communities and the growth of servant leaders. For information, visit www.watercrestseniorliving.com.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN) — Tens of thousands of California consumers are eligible for restitution following a settlement announced Tuesday in Oakland between the California Department of Justice and Rent-A-Center, a rent-to-own furniture and electronics store, prosecutors said.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the $15.5 million settlement outside the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse Tuesday morning. More than $13 million will go to consumers who entered into certain lease agreements with Rent-A-Center.
The state investigation centered on Rent-A-Center’s kiosk business, which operates in retail stores like Ashley Furniture, the complaint says. Prosecutors allege that the “cash price” Rent-A-Center charged Rent-A-Center customers was 15 percent higher than the retail price a retailer like Ashley Furniture charged, in violation of the Karnette Rental-Purchase Act, California’s rent-to-own law.
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That bumped up a consumer’s costs by hundreds of dollars possibly, prosecutors said. “Rent-A-Center repeatedly relied on deceptive tactics to pad its pockets,” Bonta said at a news conference announcing the settlement. “The company broke the law.”
Rent-A-Center also allegedly misled buyers about the basic aspects of the lease, such as their right to return products without a penalty. The lease agreements, called Preferred Lease agreements, were formerly known as AcceptanceNOW, according to the Department of Justice.
Bonta said the settlement will prevent Rent-A-Center from continuing its unlawful conduct. As part of the agreement with the California Department of Justice, Rent-A-Center must train its employees about the terms of the settlement and the Karnette Act.
Rent-A-Center must charge the same price to Preferred Lease customers as retailers charge their customers. Rent-A-Center must allow returns without preventing or limiting them in any way.
The company must make clear to customers that its Preferred Lease agreement is a rent-to-own transaction and give each customer a document telling them the key terms of the agreement. Rent-A-Center must submit annual reports to Bonta’s office on the company’s work to comply with the settlement.
Rent-A-Center must pay $2 million in civil penalties. Rent-A-Center customers who are eligible for restitution will get a notice in the mail at their last known address.
A spokesperson for Rent-A-Center did not respond as of Tuesday afternoon to a request for comment on the settlement.
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VERO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Watercrest Richmond Assisted Living and Memory Care has not yet opened their doors to residents but is already creating an impact in their local community. Last month, the team at Watercrest Richmond partnered with the Aging & Disability Service in Chesterfield County for their 'Christmas in July' program. The 'Christmas in July' program aids aging seniors in the community by providing specific items on their wish list.
"Our Watercrest team received a list from Terry and Ann Donohue who had lost many personal and household items in a fire," said Christine King, Community Relations Director. "Delivering the items to the Donohue's was a very moving experience; they were so incredibly grateful. Our hearts are filled with joy knowing Watercrest made this couple's day brighter!"
Watercrest associates share a purpose and passion for serving others. As neighbors, family members, and friends, they share the emotional connection that inspires a sense of community at each Watercrest location. As part of the company-wide effort coined "Common Unity" initiatives, Watercrest associates are committed to positively influencing the fulfillment of needs in their hometown.
"The surrounding community has shown outstanding support and heartfelt appreciation towards the development of our beautiful Watercrest Richmond community," says Executive Director, Marsha Sottung. "We look forward to expanding our community partnerships and creating a positive impact for our future residents and the local community."
Watercrest Richmond will be a signature Watercrest product offering 76 assisted living and 22 memory care apartments with resort-style amenities and exceptional care. The architecture and design will boast a stunning fountain and promenade, art studio with gallery, music room, fireplace, multiple dining venues, theater, salon and spa, and the charming atmosphere of Bogey's Cigar and Scotch lounge. The community's Southern style exterior gathering spaces and one-of-a-kind greenhouse will offer opportunities for social engagement and resident activity amongst the lushly landscaped grounds and illuminated walking paths. Additionally, residents may enjoy the coveted Spa W offering world-class wellness amenities including light and salt therapy, and a state-of-the-art fitness and physical therapy center.
Watercrest Richmond is conveniently located at 5250 Grandin Avenue in Moseley; the sales office is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. For information, contact the community at 804-294-3508.
Known as a top destination by Travel + Leisure, Richmond offers the best of big-city amenities with the delights of Southern charm. The area offers plentiful dining, entertainment and cultural venues, just minutes from the rolling hills of Virginia farms, gorgeous state parks, and charming wineries.
Watercrest principals, Marc Vorkapich, CEO and Joan Williams, CFO, are setting new standards of quality for seniors and their families in the development of upscale senior living communities from South Florida to Virginia. This is the first senior living development project partnered between Watercrest and Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II.
HMC is an investment management firm focusing on alternative assets, with approximately $8.0 billion in Regulatory Assets under Management as of November 30, 2021. A privately owned firm founded in 1993, HMC serves foundations, endowments, fund of funds, pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, family offices, and high net worth individuals across multiple asset classes. For additional information about HMC, visit www.harbert.net.
Watercrest Senior Living Group was founded to honor our mothers and fathers, aspiring to become a beacon for quality in senior living by surpassing standards of care, service and associate training. Watercrest communities are recognized for their luxury aesthetic, exceptional amenities, world-class care, and innovative memory care programming offering unparalleled service to seniors living with Alzheimer's and dementia. A certified Great Place to Work, Watercrest specializes in the development and operations of assisted living and memory care communities and the growth of servant leaders. For information, visit www.watercrestseniorliving.com.
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UTAH COUNTY, Utah (KTVX) – A 26-year-old man accused of starting a wildfire south of Salt Lake City on Monday told authorities he was using a lighter to burn a spider.
According to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, Cory Allan Martin, 26, told law enforcement he was using a lighter to burn a spider he spotted while hiking in the area. Martin said he started the fire by accident, setting some brush on fire.
He didn’t explain why he was trying to burn the spider.
“Not sure exactly why he felt the need to need to have to burn the spider but you know, all the regret in the world doesn’t change the outcome based on whatever reason there was for him doing that,” said Utah County Sergeant Spencer Cannon.
Sgt. Cannon says he’s still scratching his head over the incident but called it a reckless decision.
“What led him to stop and notice a spider and decide to try to burn it, we don’t know,” Cannon said. “There may not be a why. He might not even know a why.”
Though Martin was found to have a jar of marijuana, authorities said he didn’t appear to be high.
Martin was booked into Utah County Jail and is facing a drug possession charge and a reckless burning charge — which carries up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $2,500 dollars.
The fire spread quickly up the mountain and had burned less than one square mile as of Tuesday. No homes have been damaged and authorities say the blaze is currently at 90 percent containment.
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THIRTEEN LIVES
**** On a sunny afternoon, 12 junior soccer players (and their coach) decide to explore a cave. As they enter, their crimson uniforms contrasting with the dark rocks, the boys have no idea that the cave will flood and that they will be trapped inside for 18 days—or that an international effort of more than 10,000 rescuers will be necessary to save them. Thirteen Lives tells that story, transforming the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand into a suspenseful, compassionate and disciplined film. It’s directed by Ron Howard, but without the soapy sensationalism of his most famous rescue movie, Apollo 13. As he observes the countless souls called to the cave—from parents desperate for news of their sons to volunteers who divert lethal amounts of water from the sinkholes above—it’s clear that he doesn’t care who these people were before the crisis or who they will be after. He simply wants us to be in the moment with them, feeling their terror and their dedication. Why? Because although Thirteen Lives celebrates the heroes of the rescue (including the British divers, played by Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell, who find the soccer team first), it isn’t about individuals. Howard wants to immerse us in a massive movement that, in some ways, transcended borders—”a war with water” that gave way to a vision of peace. PG-13. BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON. Amazon Prime.
SAM NOW
**** This hard-earned family journalism project by Portland documentarian Reed Harkness sounds a bit like Boyhood or Michael Apted’s Up series at first blush. In the film, Harkness lovingly traces the childhood evolution of Sam, his 7-years-younger half-brother, who gleefully performs stunts and gags in front of a Super 8 camera. But fairly quickly, a mystery takes over Sam Now. In 2000, Sam’s mom vanishes; three years later, the Harkness boys turn their amateur filmmaking into a documented quest to find her. That’s plenty intriguing, but Sam Now soon transcends the search premise too. Like its subject and its director, it grows up, depicting the fractured Harkness family for what it is: a confluence of histories and pathologies that perhaps can’t be reconciled. Sam Now affords screen time and consideration to everyone in the family, and it’s a masterful editing achievement to stitch an 80-minute family portrait from material that could so easily be precious, overlong and myopic. Instead, the film balances the constant allure of the past with the irresolvable present. “Healing” is too linear a word. The most a family can do is try—and making a 25-year monument to understanding is one hell of an act of trying. NR. CHANCE SOLEM-PFEIFER. PAM CUT, Aug. 5.
PREY
*** It’s tempting to call Prey a “back to basics” entry in the Predator franchise, but it’s more of a prodigal return to a theme only implied in the steroidal, beautifully plot-light 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. In that film, Arnold had to strip away technological vanity and embrace natural cunning with the help of Native American tracker Billy (Sonny Landham), the only one who could sense the intergalactic big-game hunter known as the Predator. In turn, Prey, directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane), pits the Predator against Comanche warriors in 1719. An overly cautious start classically establishes Naru (Amber Midthunder) as an anxious young woman dead set on hunting with the tribe’s men, and the film too bluntly emphasizes that the Predator is among them on the Great Plains. But once the green blood starts spilling, Prey is all animal rumbles, tomahawk training, exceedingly clever weapons choreography, and muscular outdoor cinematography by Jeff Cutter. It’s disappointing that the film won’t be released in theaters (blame Shane Black’s disastrous 2018 sequel The Predator). But at least at home, you can holler aloud at the spectacular violence as Naru proves her gravitas and the series is rescued by filmmakers who have discerned its decades of latent potential. R. CHANCE SOLEM-PFEIFER. Hulu.
FIRE OF LOVE
*** An essayistic portrait of volcanologist power couple Katia and Maurice Krafft, Fire of Love doesn’t overexert itself to make them camera ready. Pioneering and aestheticizing their field until their deaths in a volcanic explosion in 1991, they were always inadvertently preparing to be the subjects of director Sara Dosa’s stylish, adoring testament to the Kraffts’ two shared loves: volcanoes and each other. (By the way, Wes Anderson probably owes their estate a royalty for the red beanies and direct-to-face zooms we see in their mountains of documentary footage.) Narrated by the poetic murmurs by Miranda July and featuring a soundtrack that includes Ennio Morricone, Brian Eno and others, the film is head over heels for the “alchemy” of the Kraffts’ love and all that volcanoes symbolize in parallel: death, rebirth and unbridled, mysterious emotion. Eventually, Fire of Love runs dry of things to say about a couple who appears to have had no existence beyond studying and filming gorgeous hellfire, but it’s a film begging for big-screen beholding. The Kraffts spent their lives impossibly close to volcanoes, and in the film, they’re often seen as silhouettes dwarfed by nature at its most overpowering. Get small with them. PG. CHANCE SOLEM-PFEIFER. Bridgeport, City Center, Hollywood, Living Room. | https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2022/08/02/your-weekly-roundup-of-movies-thirteen-lives-is-ron-howards-best-film-in-years/ | 2022-08-03T01:53:34Z | https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2022/08/02/your-weekly-roundup-of-movies-thirteen-lives-is-ron-howards-best-film-in-years/ | true |
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smarter Balanced is excited to announce the hirings of Bryce Carpenter as its new Executive Administrative Officer and Rochelle Michel, Ph.D. as its new Deputy Executive Program Officer. The addition of these highly qualified individuals marks a commitment to building a robust organization committed to serving all students.
Dr. Carpenter is a lifelong public servant who believes in the transformative power of education. As a member of the executive team, Dr. Carpenter will support areas ranging from workforce development, budgetary operations, communications, and employee engagement.
Dr. Michel joins Smarter Balanced with 15 years of experience in psychometrics, research, and people leadership. As Deputy Executive Program Officer, Dr. Michel will oversee the psychometrics, research, and data analysis functions.
Regarding their appointments, Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Michel shared:
"Working in high-visibility, high-risk environments at state and federal levels taught me the importance of building a strong team of internals and externals. Partnerships are key," says Dr. Carpenter. "SmarterBalanced has a history of responsive impact and, based on the strength of our prior work and our robust partnerships, has an incredible forward trajectory. I am thrilled to contribute and be a part of this team's future."
"My experiences live at the intersection of teaching, learning, and assessment. I am a teacher at heart! I entered the field of education because I wanted to help students reach their greatest potential and I entered the field of psychometrics because I saw the role that assessments played within the educational system," says Dr. Michel. "With every professional role that I have held, I keep teachers, students, and students' families in mind."
Dr. Carpenter comes from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) where he served as the Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Officer. Dr. Carpenter also served in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has taught at every level from doctoral to pre-Kindergarten, and is a proud Army veteran.
Dr. Michel previously held positions at Curriculum Associates, Educational Records Bureau (ERB), and Educational Testing Service (ETS). She has experience teaching mathematics at the junior high school, high school, community college and university levels.
Smarter Balanced is a member-led public agency that supports educators as they help students on a path to progress. The Smarter Balanced dynamic system of tools—developed in collaboration with our members and educators—is a standards-aligned balanced assessment system and provides teachers with lessons, activities, and methods of gauging progress.
Media Contact: Audrey Lesondak audrey.lesondak@smarterbalanced.org
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