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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79.
Durham died in Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, Universal Music Australia and Musicoast said in a statement on Saturday.
She made her first recording at 19 and rose to fame after joining The Seekers in 1963. The group of four became the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in the U.K. and the United States, eventually selling 50 million records.
International hits included “The Carnival is Over,” “I'll Never Find Another You,” “A World of Our Own” and “Georgy Girl.”
Durham embarked on a solo career in 1968 but recorded with The Seekers again in the 1990s.
“This is a sad day for Judith’s family, her fellow Seekers, the staff of Musicoast, the music industry and fans worldwide, and all of us who have been part of Judith’s life for so long,” said The Seekers' management team member Graham Simpson.
Her bandmates in The Seekers — Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy — said their lives had been changed forever by losing “our treasured lifelong friend and shining star”.
“Her struggle was intense and heroic, never complaining of her destiny and fully accepting its conclusion. Her magnificent musical legacy Keith, Bruce and I are so blessed to share,” they said.
Tributes flowed for the beloved singer, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing Durham as “a national treasure and an Australian icon."
“Judith Durham gave voice to a new strand of our identity and helped blaze a trail for a new generation of Aussie artists,” Albanese wrote on Twitter. “Her kindness will be missed by many, the anthems she gave to our nation will never be forgotten.”
In her home state Victoria, Premier Dan Andrews said Durham had conquered the music world both in Australia and overseas.
“With her unique voice and stage presence leading The Seekers, the band became one of Australia’s biggest chart toppers,” he said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Judith-Durham-Australia-s-folk-music-icon-dies-17356192.php | 2022-08-06T11:52:35Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Judith-Durham-Australia-s-folk-music-icon-dies-17356192.php | true |
The ups and downs of the Keeway Vieste 300
The scooter gives you a great mileage, but with its stiff seat and backrest, the rider may end up with a sore back
One of India’s latest manufacturers is breaking new ground in the scooter segment. Here is its debut maxi-scooter offering.
Indian scooter buyers seem to be warming to the idea of large-capacity scooters, and we are seeing more and more manufacturers willing to test these relatively unchartered waters. One new entrant to the Indian market is the Chinese-owned Benelli sister-brand Keeway, and it is the latest company to try its hand at large-capacity scooters. One of its two debut products for India is the ₹ 2.99 lakh Vieste 300 maxi-scooter.
The promise of a maxi-scooter is that of greater size and comfort, sprightlier performance and a more luxurious experience than what you would get from a more affordable, ordinary counterpart. Some of these areas, the Vieste has well-covered. Others, not so much. The performance aspect is taken care of by the rather likeable 278cc motor. This single-cylinder liquid-cooled unit is one of the stars of the Vieste’s show, and once you learn that it is sourced from Piaggio, it all adds up. Performance is pleasantly zippy at city speeds, and a sharp twist of the throttle quickly places you in the next gap in traffic. And even though acceleration begins to fade at 80kph, a 100kph highway cruise is still perfectly doable, with a little left in reserve for overtaking.
There is a lot of vibration at idle, but the engine smoothens out considerably once you are on the move, so it is only an issue when you have stopped at a red light for a while. The smooth engine and the effortlessness of a CVT make for quite a relaxing riding experience, and the large 12-litre fuel-tank ensures the ride can continue for longer, despite the understandably low fuel efficiency figures.
The fuel tank is housed in the central spine section, so you are not going to have the practicality of a flat floorboard here — this is one of the sacrifices a maxi-scooter demands from you. What it usually promises in return is comfortable, laid-back seating and generous underseat storage space. Unfortunately, neither of these hold completely true on the Vieste.
It features the traditional floorboard extensions that allow you to slide your feet further up, but there simply is not enough distance from the footboards to the rider’s seat, even for my 5 foot 8 inch frame. As a result, your legs end up feeling quite cramped, and if you are around the 6 feet mark or more, this is going to be a pretty significant issue.
You can not slide further back on the seat to make room either, because of the rider’s backrest. Usually, this is a nice thing to have, but in the case of the Vieste, the backrest is stiff, and after just a short while of leaning against it, you tend to get uncomfortable. The seat itself has a few shortcomings — it is a long unit, but there is not enough padding on it, and you will soon find yourself sitting on the base-plate, which is a rather unpleasant experience.
The entire seat unit flips open to reveal the boot (only the rider’s seat opens up on its sibling, the Sixties 300i), so the storage space is quite long. It is not deep enough. You end up struggling to even fit a half-face helmet underneath, making it more useful for storing smaller knick-knacks instead.
The discomfort aboard the Vieste is two-fold, because in addition to the seating, the ride quality is not exactly what you can call plush. The front fork seems well set up and deals with imperfections well, but the rear shock absorbers feel quite unforgiving, often crashing and thudding through bumps and transferring most of the impact through to you. Between the seat and this stiff set-up, the scooter takes a toll on your back, so even though the engine and fuel tank are up for long distances, you probably will not be. On the plus side, the J Juan stopping set-up, with disc brakes at both ends, works quite well, and dual-channel ABS is always a big thumbs up.
On the luxury front, it is a case of hits and misses — much like the scooter as a whole. On one hand, you have some truly remarkable features, like heated grips and keyless operation, which are unheard of at this price point, but on the other hand, basic quality and finish levels are not up to the mark in areas like the switchgear and storage spaces. And while the heated grips work exceptionally well, the keyless system is not the most seamless unit around. Also, the ignition knob looks like it came off a home appliance. The semi-digital instrumentation layout looks quite smart, but it does not feature Bluetooth connectivity or show any fuel consumption-related data.
In many ways, the Keeway Vieste 300 seems to have the tools for the maxi-scooter job. It certainly has an engine worthy of that tag, and the form factor is in place too. It also backs it up with some fancy features. There is, however, a distinct lack of comfort in the overall riding experience, and unfortunately, this is one area where a maxi-scooter is expected to excel. The Vieste also fails to come across as a premium product. And since the price is certainly at the premium end of the scale, this is not a great value proposition. If you are looking for a higher displacement scooter than the offerings currently in the market, its sibling, the Sixties 300i, makes for a better stepping stone.
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At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 23 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2022 reporting period, and noticed that TJX Companies (Symbol: TJX) was held by 9 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a good idea to take a closer look.
Before we proceed, it is important to point out that 13F filings do not tell the whole story, because these funds are only required to disclose their long positions with the SEC, but are not required to disclose their short positions. A fund making a bearish bet against a stock by shorting calls, for example, might also be long some amount of stock as they trade around their overall bearish position. This long component could show up in a 13F filing and everyone might assume the fund is bullish, but this tells only part of the story because the bearish/short side of the position is not seen.
Having given that caveat, we believe that looking at groups of 13F filings can be revealing, especially when comparing one holding period to another. Below, let's take a look at the change in TJX positions, for this latest batch of 13F filers:
In terms of shares owned, we count 2 of the above funds having decreased their positions from 03/31/2022 to 06/30/2022, with 1 new position. Worth noting is that CSU Producer Resources Inc., included in this recent batch of 13F filers, exited TJX common stock as of 06/30/2022.
Looking beyond these particular funds in this one batch of most recent filers, we tallied up the TJX share count in the aggregate among all of the funds which held TJX at the 06/30/2022 reporting period (out of the 2,797 we looked at in total). We then compared that number to the sum total of TJX shares those same funds held back at the 03/31/2022 period, to see how the aggregate share count held by hedge funds has moved for TJX. We found that between these two periods, funds reduced their holdings by 6,279,563 shares in the aggregate, from 131,472,727 down to 125,193,164 for a share count decline of approximately -4.78%. The overall top three funds holding TJX on 06/30/2022 were:
We'll keep following the latest 13F filings by hedge fund managers and bring you interesting stories derived from a look at the aggregate information across groups of managers between filing periods. While looking at individual 13F filings can sometimes be misleading due to the long-only nature of the information, the sum total across groups of funds from one reporting period to another can be a lot more revealing and relevant, providing interesting stock ideas that merit further research, like TJX Companies (Symbol: TJX).
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A whale common to Arctic waters has been sighted in the Seine River in northern France. Authorities say they are trying to assess its health.
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A whale common to Arctic waters has been sighted in the Seine River in northern France. Authorities say they are trying to assess its health.
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Vin Scully voiced a lot of history. He was at the mic when Brooklyn won their only World Series, in 1955, intoning simply, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are champions of the world."
He was there in 1956 when Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched the only "perfect game" in a World Series — against the Dodgers. And when Kirk Gibson limped off the Los Angeles Dodger bench to hit a home run in the 1988 World Series.
"In a year that has been so improbable," said Vin, "the impossible has happened."
Vin Scully was the man who had to say something when Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox let Mookie Wilson's ground ball squiggle like a baby mouse between his feet in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
"If one picture is worth a thousand words," he said after Billy Buck slumped off the field, "you have just seen about a million of them."
Vin Scully was wry and reflective in a business that's often booming and raucous. He was worth hearing even when — especially when — nothing happened.
"He could grab a detail, and transform it into a memory," Jason Benetti, the voice of the Chicago White Sox, told us this week.
I remember when Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs was on the disabled list with a bruised knee.
"(He) is listed as day-to-day," said Vin Scully. "Aren't we all?"
When Henry Aaron of the Braves struck his 715th home run at home in Atlanta in 1974, to break Babe Ruth's career record, Vin Scully was artfully silent while Aaron circled the bases. Then he captured the occasion utterly.
"What a marvelous moment for the country and the world," he said. "A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep south for breaking the record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for the country and the world..."
Vin Scully was the courtly and eloquent voice of the Dodgers, and baseball, really, for 67 years. But when he died this week at the age of 94, I didn't think so much of the no-hitters and game-winners he narrated, but of what it must have been like for anyone in LA to be stuck in traffic on the I-5 in the late afternoon, wishing they were anywhere else, then fumble through the radio dial, and have the voice of Vin Scully take you away to a game.
"Everyone and everything can be interesting," says Jason Benetti. "That's the most important lesson I learned from Vin."
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This is the Maserati MC20.
It's Maserati's mid-engine halo car.
The interior is cramped, but hey, it's a supercar.
The twin-turbo V6 engine doesn't sound great, but wow is it powerful.
The MC20 will accelerate to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds.
This blue paint costs $4,500.
The MC20 starts at $212,000.
It's one of the most thrilling new cars you can buy today.
And it looks outstanding, too.
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This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts — both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we've never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk's unique way of showcasing that talent.
To see her is to appreciate a rare portrait. To watch her dance and hear her sing is to fall, entranced, into an uncanny haze. Both snake and its charmer, British Jamaican multidisciplinary artist FKA twigs is a new-age priestess. Surrounded by flames of offering in the hallowed halls of London's St. Matthias Church, the Grammy-nominated artist and her three-piece supporting band deliver a sermon on the perils of devotion. In her three-song Tiny Desk (home) concert — featuring soul-baring ballads like "home with you" and "cellophane" — she honors the strength of vulnerability; her operatic soprano ignites and delivers catharsis.
After working as a backup dancer with hopes of transitioning to singing, FKA twigs released two EPs before achieving widespread critical acclaim with her debut studio album, 2014's LP1, and its lead single, "Two Weeks." A classically trained singer, FKA twigs makes music that blends deceptively demure vocals with otherworldly trip-hop beats. She perfected this signature avant-garde sound on her sophomore album, 2019's MAGDALENE, establishing herself as a direct musical descendent of iconic innovators like Kate Bush and Janet Jackson. Fresh off the success of her recent mixtape, CAPRISONGS, FKA Twigs blesses viewers with a performance of her latest song, "killer."
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To understand what's driving gun sales, Weekend Edition is featuring conversations with new gun owners. Today, NPR's Scott Simon talks with Misheika Gaddis, a single mom in Aurora, Colo.
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To understand what's driving gun sales, Weekend Edition is featuring conversations with new gun owners. Today, NPR's Scott Simon talks with Misheika Gaddis, a single mom in Aurora, Colo.
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TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Friday, August 5, 2022
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510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
TXZ418-062315-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ419-062315-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
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TXZ420-062315-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around
90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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TXZ423-062315-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ421-062315-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds around 5 mph,
increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ422-062315-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ424-062315-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
510 AM MDT Sat Aug 6 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., about his trip to Taiwan with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other foreign policy issues.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., about his trip to Taiwan with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other foreign policy issues.
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LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man in the killings of four people in a small northeast Nebraska town where it had been more than 100 years since it last saw such violence.
Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a police team surrounded the Laurel home of 42-year-old Jason Jones and barged inside, with guns drawn and using flash bangs. Jones’ home is just off the main downtown street in the town of 1,000 people and directly across the street from one of two houses where occupants were shot before the homes were set ablaze, police said.
Jones was so badly burned that he had to be flown to a hospital in Lincoln instead of being booked into jail, Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said. Jones was charged later Friday with 10 felonies, including four counts of first-degree murder.
The Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy — which often handles capital murder cases — was appointed to represent Jones and declined to comment on the case.
Police allege that Jones killed 53-year-old Michele Ebeling early Thursday morning before causing some type of explosion and fire in her home that’s across the street from him. According to police, Jones then went about three blocks south, broke into another home and killed Gene Twiford, 86; his wife, Janet Twiford, 85; and their daughter, Dana Twiford, 55.
Charging documents allege Jones carried out some of the killings in the course of a burglary, but Bolduc declined to give a possible motive for the slayings or say if Jones knew the victims.
Several people in Laurel said they knew little about Jones, other than he had moved into the home within the last few years. Court records say Jones had lived in the Elm Street house since at least 2019. Receipts and a gun left at the scene of the killings were linked to him.
The killings came as a shock to the community that’s about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Omaha. Despite its small size, Laurel is home to five churches and the Knuckleheadz bar that also serves as the town’s cafe. The last criminal homicide in Laurel happened in 2005, when a man died following a bar fight — and that case was deemed to be manslaughter, not murder.
To find the town’s last known multiple murder, one would have to go back more than 100 years to 1918, when Dr. C.C. Sackett and Harold Crownover were shot and killed by suspected burglars they had been chasing, according to town historian Roger Tryon. Tryon writes a column titled “Pages of History” for the weekly Laurel Advocate.
“People still talk about it. That was the crime of the 20th century for Laurel,” Tryon said. “I suspect what’s happened here this week will be the crime of the 21st century.”
Michele Ebeling’s daughter, Richele Ebeling, 31, of Oklahoma City, told The Associated Press that her mother moved to Laurel about two years ago with her boyfriend, who travels for his job and was not home when she was attacked.
“Honestly, this is so bizarre and so surreal that I cannot even wrap my head around this,” she said, noting she had last talked with her mom around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday by phone.
She said it is not clear whether her mother knew Jones or whether she knew the Twiford family down the street.
The Twifords were lifelong Laurel residents, and almost everyone there knew them.
Their next-door neighbors, Doug and Lynette Krie, said they didn’t hear anything like gunshots before dawn Thursday. They were alerted to trouble around 9:30 a.m., when they spotted the town’s lone law enforcement officer in their driveway, who said a passerby had noticed smoke coming from the Twifords’ home. The officer and the Kries then went over to the Twiford home together to check the doors.
“They were all secure — and then I saw one of the doors in the back cracked open,” Lynette Krie said.
Firefighters from the town’s volunteer department then went in to find the source of the smoke. When they emerged, they fell to their knees. “That’s when I knew they were gone,” Krie said, fighting back tears.
But the Kries and many others in town didn’t find out about the shootings until later.
“We just assumed they had died of smoke inhalation or something,” Doug Krie said. “Nobody expected this.”
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Home values in Alabama’s four largest cities - Huntsville, Montgomery, Birmingham and Mobile - have all enjoyed significant growth since January of 2020, as the nationwide real estate market saw home values soar. But one city stands apart from the rest.
According to data from Zillow, median home values in Huntsville - now the most populous city in the state - accelerated in the last few months, as those in other parts of Alabama started to slow down, or even reversed course altogether.
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Home values were already significantly higher in Huntsville than any of the state’s other large cities. As of January 2020, the average home in Huntsville was worth nearly $187,000, compared to just $116,000 in Mobile, the city with the next highest home values, according to Zillow.
That gap has grown. Starting this February, something changed in Alabama’s large real estate markets. Between February and June, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile all saw at least some slowdown in home values, with Birmingham seeing a sizable drop. Magic City home values fell from nearly $145,000 in February to just $125,000 in June, a 14% decline in just four months.
But during that same time, Huntsville’s home values grew even faster than the previous pace, rocketing up to more than $300,000 for the first time in June.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana has become the first state in the nation to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June that overturned Roe v. Wade.
The Indiana Legislature on Friday approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb immediately signed the bill.
Indiana was among the earliest Republican-run state legislatures to debate tighter abortion laws after the Supreme Court ruling in June that removed constitutional protections for the procedure. It is the first state to pass a ban through both chambers, after West Virginia lawmakers on July 29 passed up the chance to be that state.
The debates come amid an evolving landscape of abortion politics across the country as Republicans face some party divisions and Democrats see a possible election-year boost.
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The Senate approved the near-total ban 28-19, hours after House members advanced it 62-38.
It includes limited exceptions, including in cases of rape and incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother. The exceptions for rape and incest are limited to 10 weeks post-fertilization, meaning victims could not get an abortion in Indiana after that. Victims would not be required to sign a notarized affidavit attesting to an attack.
Republican Rep. Wendy McNamara of Evansville, who sponsored the bill, told reporters after the House vote that the legislation "makes Indiana one of the most pro-life states in the nation."
Outside the House chamber, abortion-rights activists often chanted over lawmakers' remarks, carrying signs like "Roe roe roe your vote" and "Build this wall" between church and state. Some House Democrats wore blazers over pink "Bans Off Our Bodies" T-shirts.
The House added exceptions for protecting the health and life of the mother after repeated requests from doctors and others. It also allows abortions if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
Indiana lawmakers listened to hours of testimony over the past two weeks in which residents on all sides of the issue rarely, if ever, supported the legislation. Abortion-rights supporters said the bill goes too far, while anti-abortion activists expressed it doesn't go far enough.
The House also rejected, largely on party lines, a Democratic proposal to place a non-binding question on the statewide November election ballot: "Shall abortion remain legal in Indiana?"
The proposal came after Kansas voters resoundingly rejected a measure that would have allowed the state's Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion in the first test of voters' feelings about the issue since Roe was overturned.
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston told reporters that if residents are unhappy, they can vote for new lawmakers.
RELATED: Kansas abortion amendment fails, voters protect abortion rights, block path to ban
"Ultimately it's up to the Senate," he said. "Voters have an opportunity to vote, and if they're displeased, they'll have an opportunity both in November and in future years."
Indiana's proposed ban also came after the political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy. The case gained attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child came to Indiana because of Ohio's "fetal heartbeat" ban.
Democratic Rep. Maureen Bauer spoke tearfully before Friday's vote about people in her South Bend district who oppose the bill - the husbands standing behind their wives, the fathers supporting their daughters - as well as the women "who are demanding that we are seen as equal."
Bauer's comments were followed by raucous cheers from protesters in the hallway and subdued applause from fellow Democrats.
"You may not have thought that these women would show up," Bauer said. "Maybe you thought we wouldn't be paying attention."
West Virginia legislators on July 29 passed up the chance to be the first state with a unified ban after its House of Delegates refused to concur with Senate amendments that removed criminal penalties for physicians who perform illegal abortions. Delegates instead asked for a conference committee to consider the details between the bills.
The debates come amid an evolving landscape of abortion politics across the country as Republicans face party divisions and Democrats see a possible election-year boost.
Religion was a persistent theme during the special session, both in residents' testimony and lawmakers' comments.
In advocating against the bill, Rep. Ann Vermilion condemned her fellow Republicans calling women who obtained abortions "murderers."
"I think that the Lord's promise is for grace and kindness," she said. "He would not be jumping to condemn these women."
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb released a statement following the conclusion of the special session:
"Today, I proudly signed Senate Enrolled Act 2 to return $1 billion back to Hoosier taxpayers. This fulfills what I set out to accomplish when calling the General Assembly into special session in order help Hoosiers hurting from historically high inflation. I am also especially grateful for the nearly $100 million in long overdue increased funding to support the health of our Hoosier mothers and babies. While there is still more to do, better access and awareness of all our programs will be critical to improving our infant and maternal mortality rates - a long-standing priority of my administration."The exemplary teamwork and seriousness of purpose put into each element of SEA 2 is a testament to the elected leaders who helped shape it. I would like to thank Senator Travis Holdman, Chairman Doc Brown, and Representative Sharon Negele and the many other members from both sides of the aisle who contributed to the strength of the final product."The effort to provide the programmatic supports and the billion dollars of inflation relief contained in SEA 2 is all the more remarkable as it was crafted amidst the thorough and thoughtful debate on Senate Enrolled Act 1, which I also signed today."Following the overturning of Roe, I stated clearly that I would be willing to support legislation that made progress in protecting life. In my view, SEA 1 accomplishes this goal following its passage in both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly with a solid majority of support. These actions followed long days of hearings filled with sobering and personal testimony from citizens and elected representatives on this emotional and complex topic. Ultimately, those voices shaped and informed the final contents of the legislation and its carefully negotiated exceptions to address some of the unthinkable circumstances a woman or unborn child might face."Thank you Senator Sue Glick and Representative Wendy McNamara for your brave authorship of SEA 1. Each of you demonstrated a steady hand and uncanny poise while carrying this once-in-a-generation legislation."Overall, I would be remiss if I did not share a special thanks to my friends House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray for their partnership, strength and resolve during the lead up and all the way through this special session. You each displayed the best Indiana has to offer in steering your respective chambers through unprecedented waters and delivering on your promises to conduct a respectful and thorough process."Lastly, to the people of Indiana, let me assure you that the democratic process marches on, and you should continue to reach out to all your elected representatives to have your voice heard. Looking back, I am personally most proud of each Hoosier who came forward to courageously share their views in a debate that is unlikely to cease any time soon. For my part as your governor, I will continue to keep an open ear."
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How the Ukraine invasion flattened Eastern European tourism
Julia Buckley, CNN
When frequent flier Julie booked a clutch of trips to Warsaw last year, she was expecting to spend her weekends in the Polish capital sightseeing, strolling around its parks, and eating pierogi.
But by the time the date of the first trip — June 2022 — rolled around, people around her weren’t so sure she should be going.
“My mum and a couple of friends said, ‘Warsaw’s quite close to Ukraine, aren’t you worried?'” she says.
She wasn’t. “I had no hesitation,” she says.
Julie — who preferred not to give her full name — has now visited Warsaw four times in six weeks, and has fallen for the city.
“It’s a fascinating place with so much history,” she says.
“The Old Town was rebuilt after the war and it’s beautiful. It has lovely parks, the weather’s good in summer — it’s a fabulous place, and the people are very friendly. I’m going back tomorrow — I don’t think there’s any legitimate concerns at all.”
Sadly, not every potential traveler feels the same way as her. Not only does Poland share a border with Ukraine, but pictures of refugees crossing the border seem to be increasing the proximity in people’s minds, to devastating effect for its travel industry.
At the end of March, Poland’s deputy minister for sport and tourism, Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, told media that cancelations from foreign visitors were up between 30% and 40%. His department did not respond to a request for comment.
European airline Jet2 even suspended flights to Poland in March. They will start up again in September — just too late for the summer vacation crowd.
It’s a trend that can be seen across the whole of Eastern Europe. Tour operator Last Night of Freedom, which arranges bachelor and bachelorette parties across Europe has seen bookings to Poland’s Krakow collapse by 60% for summer 2022.
“I think when the invasion started, people were hearing about bombs close to the border, and now they have that image in their head,” says founder Matt Mavir.
“But you should write that off. If Russia started bombing NATO countries, you going to Poland would be the least of your worries.”
Personal safety isn’t the only reason people are staying away.
“People are saying they don’t want to go somewhere and be seen to be having fun in a place where they perceive there to be a lot of refugees.
“Someone lost their home and you’re there in matching t-shirts, drinking beer — there’s a juxtaposition that doesn’t sit right.”
Brit Nicola Trup, who visited family in Warsaw in July, says that this image of ugly tourists larking around as refugees watch on simply isn’t true.
“It did perhaps seem a little quieter than usual in terms of international tourists, and I definitely noticed more Ukrainian being spoken.” Although, as she points out, if you don’t speak Polish or Ukrainian, you wouldn’t be able to tell.
Giulia Mulè, a blogger in Wrocław, agrees.
“Ukrainians have been in Poland forever — they’re neighboring countries,” she says.
“In March and April there were a lot of initiatives and centers giving out donations. If you knew where they were you’d see queues of mothers and kids at certain times of day. It was sad, but also nice to see a lot of places were helping. And it’s not like it would affect your holiday. The railway stations were set up as refugee points, but it’s not like that now.”
As for safety worries, Mule says: “If you think about it rationally, there’s absolutely no risk.”
A region-wide crisis
It’s not just Poland, either. Last Night of Freedom says that its bookings to Budapest in Hungary have fallen by 45% and to Riga, Latvia, by 39%.
The Hungarian Tourism Agency’s figures show a 37% drop to the country in the first six months of 2022, compared to 2019. Americans are down 65%. It says numbers are rising, and it hopes to see the end of the year just 10% down.
Slovakia, which shares a border with western Ukraine, has seen foreign visitor numbers plummet by 49% compared to 2019, according to figures from its tourist board for January to May. “It’s hard to say how many didn’t visit because of the fear of the pandemic and how many are worried about conflict in Ukraine,” said a spokesperson. Capital Bratislava sits on the border with Austria, an hour from Vienna — and 16 hours from Kiev. Yet the shared border is enough to scare people off.
The situation is even affecting countries that do not share a border with Ukraine. Liina Maria Lepik, director of the Estonian Tourist Board, says that half of the 350 cruise ships scheduled to visit Tallinn in 2022 have been canceled “as a direct effect of the war” — because they can no longer stop at the prime Baltic cruise destination, St. Petersburg.
It’s not all dire news. “We have heard about the impact of the war as a reason for canceling group trips, but we have not seen the direct impact of the war in tourism statistics,” says Lepik. “Visitor numbers have been gradually improving every month” — though she adds that they are not near pre-pandemic levels yet.
‘It will never be this cheap’
Not everyone is so lucky. In January, Jacek Legendziewicz was hoping 2022 would be the year his Krakow-based hospitality company, Jordan Group, recovered from the pandemic. But then came the invasion — and they lost 80% of group bookings in three days.
“There was a need to immediately accept refugees from Ukraine, and this partially filled the hotel,” he says.
“To function, however, we needed normal tourists.”
Even now, although Poland’s tourist board’s figures say visitor numbers are increasing, Legendziewicz — who is also the deputy director of the Chamber of Hotels in Małopolska province — is still having problems. Only his conference guests are continuing normally, while foreign visitor numbers “very slowly growing.” Foreign guests are down 60%. “The result is three times worse than in 2019,” he says.
“I keep hearing that Poland, Krakow are too close to the war.” He is planning a new slogan: “There never was, and there never will be as cheap as now.”
As Matt Mavir says, “By staying away, it’s hurting these places more than the actual war itself. If people could get behind [Poland] and visit, it’d help across the border, too.” His company is donating 10% of the profits of any trip to Poland to refugee charities on the ground.
The regional winners
Interestingly, two countries in the region are seeing an increase of tourists. Moldova, which borders Ukraine, saw more foreign visitors in the first quarter of 2022 than pre-pandemic, going from 31,000 non-resident tourists in 2019 to 36,100 in 2022.
Meanwhile Lithuania — which borders Russian allies Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast — says that by June, visitor numbers were at 88% of 2019 levels. Those “visitors” include Ukrainians fleeing the conflict, but numbers from Latvia, UK and the United States are all up.
Even Poland, with its 25% drop in overall tourism from February to May 2022, saw a 20% increase in US visitors. A spokesperson for the Polish Tourist Board told CNN that Poland’s abolition of masks, isolation and quarantine rules in March “should be taken into account.”
A ‘geopolitical zombie’
Although Poland’s American numbers are looking good, the situation overall is not so rosy.
“The situation has become very unstable and unpredictable,” says Wojtek Mania, from the Poznań Tourism Organisation.
“It’s really frustrating and infuriating that politics is influencing tourism, which helps people gather together.”
The city doesn’t have figures for 2022 yet, but Mania says that “the influence of war is very intense.” And while the situation for independent travelers isn’t as bad, group travel has fallen off a cliff.
As the invasion started, Scandinavian countries and Spain canceled bookings, he said. Then the UK joined them, and tour operators canceled trips “in really big numbers.”
He says, people are “not considering the geography” and are lumping an entire region together. In fact, he says, the idea of “Eastern Europe” and “Western Europe” is a throwback to Soviet times — and those concepts are so entrenched in the public consciousness that it’s overruling simple geography, and facts.
“We are over 30 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and suddenly it’s like a geopolitical zombie that’s influencing industries like tourism in central-eastern Europe,” he explains.
“The war started by Russia has affected a whole region and continent.”
Dorota Wojciechowska, director of the Poland Tourism Board in London, points out that cities such as “Krakow, Gdansk, Wrocław, Poznań and Warsaw… are all located hundreds of miles away from the border with Ukraine.
“The distance between Krakow and Kyiv is like the distance between London and Madrid.” Individual travelers from the UK are starting to return, she says.
The aim, says Mania, is to “focus on informing people we are safe. That we are not in a state of war, we’re not on the front line, and you don’t have crowds of refugees camping on old town squares. Nothing is going on on the streets.”
The problem? “Tourism is based on emotions, and rational arguments are not reaching people because they have these feelings, so it’s difficult to get through.”
The lure of the bucket list
There might be another factor bringing down numbers — that after two years of the pandemic, the “revenge travel” movement is seeing people book bucket list trips, meaning that prime destinations are buckling under pressure while lesser known places are overlooked.
That’s one theory of Tom Smith, regional general manager for Europe at Intrepid Travel. Its bestselling trips this year are a Danube cycle tour and Best of Central Europe, taking in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. In 2019, they were Russia, and a long trip around Moldova, Ukraine and Romania.
“This is more about post-pandemic trends rather than the war,” he says. “People have spent months thinking about where they’ve always wanted to visit so it’s not surprising that they are opting for trips that take in the ‘big hitters’ of Central and Eastern Europe.”
Having said that, Smith reckons that Poland and Romania have seen an irrefutable drop related to the invasion.
“I traveled to Romania recently and although there were some tourists, locals told me that they’ve seen a big drop-off in tourism, especially around the Danube Delta area, closest to Ukraine.”
He adds: “When the invasion first happened there was nervousness about traveling to Eastern Europe in general. Now people have seen that the war is contained to Ukraine, they’re feeling more confident. But when it comes to the countries bordering Ukraine, there is still some reticence.
“Unfortunately this is at a time when local people need tourism more than ever, as they recover from the pandemic. People might not be sure if it’s appropriate to visit — but by traveling to those countries, you are supporting their efforts to help Ukrainian refugees.”
Go now to help out — and enjoy
What’s more, these are beautiful places to visit in their own right, adds Mulè.
“Late summer, early fall is one of the best times to go. It’s really warm, sunny but not too hot. There are mountains, seaside, cities… and although prices are going up, if you’re paid in pounds or dollars, you’re going to go out for a really good meal and laugh when the check comes.”
And if you’ve been wondering what you can do to help Ukraine, she says, visiting these countries would be a good start.
“In Poland we’ve welcomed millions of refugees. It’s a big increase in the number of people accessing Polish services. So the more you support Poland, the more you’re supporting Ukraine.”
In Poznań, Mania agrees.
“We had a big Ukrainian minority before the war, and it’s bigger now. Lots work in hospitality, hotels, restaurants — if you’d like to support refugees, support them by coming to Poland, and look for Ukrainian restaurants, or places where they work.
“That way you can support tourism and also refugees, trying to build their new lives.”
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CIVITANOVA MARCHE, Italy (AP) — Black Italians marched through a well-to-do Adriatic beach town Saturday demanding that authorities reverse themselves and recognize the role of race in the brutal daylight killing of a Nigerian immigrant.
A witness filmed the July 29 assault that preceded the death of Alika Ogorchukwu, a 39-year-old street vendor. A widely circulated video showed a man wrestling Ogorchukwu to the ground and strangling him. Onlookers shouted for the aggressor to stop but didn't come to Ogorchukwu's aid as he struggled to free himself, which added to public outrage over the killing.
Police arrested an Italian suspect, Filippo Ferlazzo, 32, but immediately ruled out a racial motivation for the attack in the town of Civitanova Marche. Ferlazzo’s lawyer, Roberta Bizzarri, said prosecutors confirmed that determination in his client's charging document.
According to police, Ferlazzo first struck Ogorchukwu with a walking crutch the vendor used, having pursued him some 200 meters down a shopping street lined with high-end boutiques. Some accounts said Ogorchukwu had complimented Ferlazzo’s companion while trying to make a sale or ask for spare change, others that he had touched or caressed the companion's arm.
Townspeople, taking the lead of law enforcement officials, have attributed the Nigerian man's death to an insistent street-seller unfortunately clashing with a man with a court-documented history of mental illness.
“This is not a racist city,’’ newsstand owner Domenico Giordano said. “This is an open city. If you behave well, you are welcomed and even helped."
People have left flowers and notes of condolence on the sidewalk where Ogorchukwu died, in front of a beachwear boutique that was closed for lunch at the time.
Store owner Laura Latino said she has received negative reviews from as far away as Houston accusing her of standing by and doing nothing when she wasn't there.
‘’Be careful about judging a city of 45,000 people,’’ Latino said, adding that she thinks propaganda around the death was “ruining the reputation of the city.”
City officials have expressed concern that the killing would become politicized as Italy prepares for parliamentary elections next month.
The role of race in the case is so charged that a local newspaper, il Resto del Carlino, carried with a story about plans for Saturday's march a headline stating that “the word racism” would not be used during the demonstration.
But a manifesto for the event, billed as the the country's first to be organized by Black Italians, lists the recognition of the role of race in what happened to Ogorchukwu as the first of 11 demands. Some 30 organizations said they would seek to join the prosecution as a civil complainant on behalf of “racialized people.”
Ogorchukwu’s widow, Charity Oriakhi, is reluctant to say the killing was racially motivated.
“It is just someone who is wicked,” Oriakhi told The Associated Press. “He wants to kill someone, that is what I feel."
She said both she and her husband had always felt welcome in Italy and that he never recounted having negative interactions when he was out selling. In fact, she said, he often came home with gifts from Italians for the couple's 8-year-old son.
The pair hailed from different parts of Nigeria and met in the Tuscan town of Prato about a decade ago, shortly after Ogorchukwu’s arrival in Italy, and later resettled in the Marche region in an apartment above a marble workshop in the small hillside town of San Severino.
The Nigerian government has condemned Ogorchukwu’s death, and the West African nation’s Foreign Affairs Ministry urged Italian authorities to “bring the perpetrator of the heinous act to book without delay.”
Nigerians who have lived in Italy for decades and organizers of Saturday’s march say race cannot be excluded as a motive.
“The word racism cannot be minimized because it exists,’’ said Daniel Amanze, an activist based in Macerata who arrived in Italy from Nigeria as a student 40 years ago. He said he perceived racism becoming more “obvious” in recent years as some politicians scapegoat immigrants as cover “for their poor administration and the malaise you see every day.”
Amanze said Ogorchukwu’s killing renewed a sense of fear among Africans living in the Marche region that had started to dissipate following two other racially motivated attacks: a 2018 shooting spree by a one-time far-right political activist targeting Africans in Macerata that wounded six, and the death of a Nigerian man who was attacked after defending his wife from racial abuse in the town of Fermo in 2016.
Ogorchukwu used a crutch because a car struck him while he was on a bicycle a year ago, leaving him with a limp, according to people who knew him. The family’s lawyer, Franceso Mantella, said the street vendor continued to hawk wares, from tissues to straw hats, even after an insurance settlement provided a bit more financial security along with Oriakhi’s job cleaning a train station.
The widow said she last saw her husband when he gave her a sandwich at the station before he he set out for Civitanova the Friday he died. She is haunted by the images on the video, and keeps the TV at home off so her son doesn’t see them.
“I saw the video, just when the boy was strangling hard, very, very hard, and my husband was struggling like this,’’ she said, mimicking the stranglehold. “What hurts me most, is there are people circled. They do a video. No one to help. I wish someone rescued him. Maybe he would not be dead."
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HC SURGICAL SPECIALISTS LIMITED
Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore
Registration No. 201533429G
RESPONSE TO SGX QUERIES
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of HC Surgical Specialists Limited (the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") would like to announce its responses to the queries raised by the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST") on 4 August 2022 ("SGX-STQueries") in relation to the Company's announcement made on 3 August 2022 relating to the Straits Times article of 3 August 2022 "SMC seeks longer suspension for 2 doctors for exploiting patient for sex" (the "Announcement") as follows:
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as that in the Announcement.
Query 1
Please elaborate the details of the findings of disciplinary tribunal of the Singapore Medical Council ("SMC"), including when it was concluded / when the Company and/ or Dr Julian Ong was notified of such findings. Please explain why an announcement was not made earlier.
Company's response
In April 2022, the Board was informed by Dr Ong of the 8-month suspension by the disciplinary tribunal of SMC ("DT Sentence") and that he was in the process of appealing against this DT Sentence (the "Appeal").
The Board had a discussion and concluded that no announcement was required at that time based on the following grounds:-
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The DT Sentence is classified by the SMC as "Private and Confidential" and it is important to allow due process to run its course until the Appeal is over;
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As the Appeal process is ongoing, the DT Sentence is not binding on Dr Ong till it is completed and as such is not a material development till its conclusion;
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Dr Ong is still allowed to continue his medical practice while the Appeal is ongoing subject to the stipulations imposed by the SMC for which he continues to comply with; and
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The Group's business and operations were not affected from the time Dr Ong's SMC complaint was first published in the Straits Time in April 2020 (refer to the table below). As the Group was constantly looking to grow its business, the Company also acquired Dr Goh Minghui, who commenced her employment in July 2020, to add to the pool of doctors in the Group.
The table above shows the increase in the Group's revenue from approximately S$16,723,000 in FY2020 to approximately S$19,311,000 in FY2022; and profit to owners of the parent increased from approximately S$3,987,000 in FY2020 to approximately S$6,379,000 in FY2022. FY2021 was an exceptional year as the Group experienced pent-up demand for its medical services after the circuit breaker measures were lifted on 2 June 2020.
The Group had already made impairment for goodwill on Dr Ong's company, Julian Ong Endoscopy & Surgery Pte. Ltd. ("JOES") of S$722,000 in FY2020 and S$745,000 in FY2022, representing less than 5% of the Group's revenue for the respective financial years, in accordance with applicable accounting policies as disclosed in its financial statements.
In addition, as announced on 31 December 2020, the Company had signed a revised sale and purchase agreement with Dr Ong to amend the terms relating to the acquisition of the remaining 30% equity interest in JOES, pending the outcome of the SMC investigation, to protect the Company's interests. Please refer to the announcement dated 31 December 2020 for more details.
Query 2
Please provide the Board's and Nominating Committee's ("NC") assessment and justification on suitability of Dr Julian Ong to remain as one of the key doctors of the Group.
Company's response
Dr Ong is one of the surgeons of the Group and does not hold any executive responsibilities nor is he an executive officer of the Group. He operates as any other surgeon employed by the Group, similar to other surgeons which the Group employs and invested in.
Notwithstanding the above, the Board and NC note that Dr Ong's professional conduct as a specialist of the Group has not previously been affected by his personal conduct. The Board would like to reiterate that prior to the complaint lodged with SMC, neither Dr Ong nor the Company had received any complaints in respect of Dr Ong's conduct or the medical services he provided, and patients were generally satisfied with his professionalism.
Accordingly, in view that the Appeal is ongoing and not concluded, as of to-date, the Board and NC have determined that notwithstanding his personal indiscretions, Dr Ong is a surgeon who has continued to provide quality medical services to his patients and continues to do so.
Query 3
What is the impact of the SMC findings on the Group's operations and financials?
Company's response
As the Appeal has not been concluded and Dr Ong is still allowed to continue his medical practice, there is no impact on the Group's operations and financials as a result of the SMC findings.
Please also refer to the response to Query 1 in relation to the Group's prudence in relation to its investment in JOES.
Query 4
Please disclose any other material information that the shareholders should be aware of.
Company's response
The Board is of the view that there is no other material information that the shareholders should be aware of pending the Appeal outcome.
The Board will provide further updates, as and when available, in accordance with the requirements of the Catalist Rules.
By Order of the Board
Dr. Heah Sieu Min
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
5 August 2022
About HC Surgical Specialists Limited
HC Surgical Specialists Limited (the "Company") was incorporated on 1 September 2015 in Singapore and listed on the Catalist of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 3 November 2016. The Company, its subsidiaries and associated company are a medical services group primarily engaged in the provision of endoscopic procedures, including gastroscopies and colonoscopies, and general surgery services with a focus on colorectal procedures across a network of 16 clinics located throughout Singapore.
This announcement has been prepared by the Company and reviewed by the Company's sponsor, Novus Corporate Finance Pte. Ltd. (the "Sponsor"), in compliance with Rule 226(2)(b) of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST") Listing Manual Section B: Rules of Catalist.
This announcement has not been examined or approved by the SGX-ST and the SGX-ST assumes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, including the correctness of any of the statements or opinions made or reports contained in this announcement.
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Name a traumatic news event in recent decades, and it's almost certain Alex Jones has claimed it didn't happen — or not the way you think it did.
The Boston Marathon bombing in 2013? Staged by the FBI.
The shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords in 2011? A government mind control operation.
The September 11th terrorist attacks? An inside job.
All lies.
The conspiracy theorist and radio host was confronted with his track record of fabulism this week in an Austin, Texas, courtroom. He was on trial to determine how much he should pay for defaming the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, after years of falsely claiming that no children died and the families were "crisis actors" in a "giant hoax" designed to take away guns.
"Would you agree with me that there is not a mass tragedy, mass bombing, mass shooting that has occurred in America in the past 15 years that you have not attached the words 'false flag' to?" Mark Bankston, the parents' attorney, asked Jones.
"I have asked the question because I believe a lot of things are provocateur or allowed to happen," Jones replied.
The jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million in damages to Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, for the mental anguish caused by his lies about Sandy Hook.
Jones has a history of prolific fabulism
Jones got his start in public access broadcasting in Austin, Texas, in the 1990s. From his early days on air, he spouted conspiracy theories about the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, and the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
When his wild claims got him fired from a local radio station, he founded Infowars in 1999 and started broadcasting over the internet and in radio syndication.
After the September 11th attacks, Jones surged to fame as a "truther," claiming the Bush administration was behind the tragedy.
As his audience grew, Jones popularized a vocabulary for pernicious doubt: not just that officials and media are hiding the truth, but that tragic events are being engineered for nefarious purposes.
"He's at least a catalyst of those prevailing narratives that follow almost every newsworthy tragedy, whether it's a mass shooting or otherwise," said Sara Aniano, a disinformation researcher at the Anti-Defamation League.
Jones's response to Sandy Hook was perhaps the most egregious example. For years, Infowars aired falsehoods that the tragedy was invented and implied the families of the murdered children were lying.
That created a template to cast doubt on subsequent mass shootings.
"A lot of people who share these theories that those were staged by the government for gun control reasons or that the children and parents are crisis actors will reference Sandy Hook as the basis of that conclusion," Aniano said.
The lies on Infowars had real-world consequences.
At the trial, Lewis and Heslin testified about the harassment and death threats they've received from people who believe Jones.
"When you say those things, there's a fringe of society that believe you, that are actually dangerous," Lewis said in emotional testimony addressed directly to Jones.
Infowars profits from "preaching apocalypse"
Infowars doesn't just disseminate harmful lies; it profits from them.
According to a forensic economist called by the parents' lawyers, Infowars' parent company raked in $64 million in sales of supplements, survivalist gear and other products last year.
The plaintiffs also presented evidence from Jones's own cell phone showing in 2018, Infowars was making as much as $800,000 a day.
The combined net worth of Jones and Infowars is between $135 million and $270 million, the economist estimated.
Jones is not the first person to grift off conspiracy theories, but Infowars harnessed the power of the internet to do so on a massive scale — a model that's been imitated by anti-vaccine advocates, COVID-19 deniers and champions of baseless claims that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
"You preach apocalypse and then you sell stuff that can help you in an apocalypse," said Yunkang Yang, a communications professor at Texas A&M.
Trump and Jones find common ground in conspiracism
Jones has also left a mark on conservative politics.
When Barack Obama was president, Infowars and Donald Trump both promoted the racist lie that he was not an American citizen.
Infowars was also a big spreader of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which falsely accused Hillary Clinton and other Democrats of running a child sex trafficking ring out of a Washington, DC pizzeria. Days after Jones urged his audience to investigate, a man, who told the New York Times he listened to Jones's radio show, entered the restaurant and fired a rifle. (Jones later apologized to the restaurant owner for promoting the lie.)
In late 2015, ahead of Republican primaries, Trump called into Infowars for a mutually fawning interview with Jones.
Trump "gave those folks who are conspiracy theorists signals that he was their guy and they had a candidate who was a conspiracy theorist for the first time," said Melissa Ryan, CEO of consulting firm CARD Strategies, which tracks disinformation and extremism.
"Trump won by being willing to appeal to this base of supporters that other people in the party would have kept at arm's length," she said, "lest they be called out for having extremist views."
The early years of Trump's presidency may have been the peak of Jones's mainstream influence. By 2018, pressure mounted on tech companies to crack down on hate speech and harmful falsehoods. Jones and Infowars were kicked off Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Apple's app store.
That curbed his ability to reach a wider audience, but according to evidence presented in court, he's still making plenty of money. The forensic economist called by the plaintiffs said Jones's deplatforming has not dented his revenues.
Now, Jones and Infowars are facing multiple trials that could put them on the hook for further damages to the victims of his lies.
Jones is trying to shield his assets through bankruptcy, but has vowed to keep Infowars alive.
But even if Jones were to go silent and Infowars went out of business tomorrow, the seeds of doubt he so effectively planted are flourishing.
"Conspiracy is a permanent part of our political and cultural discourse now," Ryan said. "I think you can say that Alex Jones was an innovator in that."
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MP bats for upgrading ESI Hospital in Tiruchi
TIRUCHI August 06, 2022 18:14 ISTTiruchi MP Su. Thirunavukkarasar has urged the Centre to upgrade the Employees’s State Insurance (ESI) Corporation hospital at Periyamilaguprai in Tiruchi. He has also requested the opening of a sub regional office of ESI in Tiruchi.
In a representation to Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Mr.Thirunavukkarasar has urged the Minister to double the bed strength at the hospital to 100 from the present 50.
The hospital serves as a referral centre for ESI dispensaries in six or seven districts in the region and increasing the bed strength is essential and will benefit a large number of people.
Mr.Thirunavukkarasar, who called on the Minister to present the memorandum, pointed out that that the ESI Corporation in TN region was extending various benefits to stakeholders through its regional and sub regional offices in Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli and Coimbatore and branch offices.
Employers and insured persons need to visit the regional or sub regional offices for various purposes. For instance, Assessing Officers are posted only in regional and sub regional offices. For cases of personal hearing, the employers have to visit the offices. Insured persons too have to visit the offices.
Stakeholders in Tiruchi area face difficulty as they have to travel to Sub Regional Office in Salem. Tiruchi is located at the centre of the state and the ESI had a lot of stakeholders in Pudukottai, Karur, Thanajvur, Nagapattinam Tiruvarur, Perambalur and Ariyalur districts. “A fully-functional sub regional office should be established in Tiruchi. It is a long pending demand of employers and labourers,” he said.
Since the Chennai region of ESI caters to more than 10 lakh insured persons, it would be beneficial if sub regional offices are opened at Sriperumbudur or Kancheepuram and Chengelpet or Tambaram.
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Awareness camp against human trafficking held
The district administration organised an awareness camp on World Day Against Human Trafficking in persons, at the Collectorate here on Friday.
Collector S. Vineeth inaugurated the programme, organised by the Department of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment along with NGO Vizhuthugal. A total of 115 persons from the textiles and garments industry participated. R. Ambika, District Social Welfare Officer, spoke about various anti-trafficking laws and provisions prescribed by the United Nations against human trafficking .M. Thangavel, Director Vizhuthugal, and V. Govindaraj, Programme manager and district level officials were present.
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Environmental issues cast a shadow on proposed greenfield airport at Parandur
Airports Authority of India’s pre-feasibility study throws up a host of issues for the construction of a new airport at Parandur
After two decades, the State government may have identified the site for a new greenfield airport at Parandur near Chennai, but a host of challenges lie ahead if a recent study done by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is anything to go by.
The pre-feasibility study of the AAI shows that of the 4,791.29 acres of land identified for the airport, 2,605 acres are wetlands.
An environmental expert said there could be several issues that may arise from the construction of the airport at Parandur. A detailed study of environmental issues, flooding, hydrology and stability of the buildings need to be carried out first, an expert from IIT Madras said. “It is possible to work around the wetlands and create infrastructure. But it can’t be done without an environmental impact assessment,” he said.
From decrease in groundwater recharge to deterioration in the quality of water and possible flooding during the monsoon, a host of issues need to be tackled at the site. “With meticulous planning and execution, keeping a committee of environmentalists, hydrologists, architects and civil engineering experts, it is possible to minimise the impact,” he added.
However, building a massive infrastructure over wetland would be time consuming as well, sources said.
Soil testing
According to Captain A. (Mohan) Ranganathan, a former airline instructor pilot and aviation safety adviser, the proposed greenfield airport site could face several problems. With much of the airport site classified under the wetlands category and given the nature of the soil, there had to be comprehensive soil testing, he said, to see if the ground was strong and compact enough for a runway or runways.
He cited the instance of the plan at Meenambakkam airport for a parallel runway which could not be built due to issues over the nature of the soil.
Capt. Ranganathan said the volume of air traffic at Chennai did not warrant two airports. Second, the airport site was dotted with waterbodies and attracts a large number of migratory birds, especially from east Europe. Some of the birds move to Vedanthangal, which is further south, and would pose a threat to air traffic.
Further, there were high-tension cables, pylons and mobile towers in the area that pose a hazard.
But the most important point that Capt. Ranganathan highlighted was that the airport site was too close (about eight nautical miles away) to the Indian Navy air station, INS Rajali, in Arakkonam, with over 13,000 ft. long runway. As the base on India’s eastern board for the P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, there would be many operational restrictions given the radius of the no-fly zone. It would have an impact on the air station’s local flying area.
Another environmentalist said this was a hydrologically significant area and that the airport coming up at Parandur was not ecologically and environmentally good for the city.
“They have finalised it with the idea that land parcels are available only here and because there is minimum acquisition of private lands. But that cannot happen over an ecologically sensitive zone. We see what is happening with Pallikaranai. If we can’t take care of Pallikaranai, I’m not sure how we will care for Parandur,” he said.
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Hilary Clinton 'absolutely approves' of Bradley Cooper and Huma Abedin's romance; Report
An insider opens up about Bradley Cooper and his new romance with Huma Abedin.
Amid rumours of Bradley Cooper dating Hilary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin, the former US Secretary of State is all for the couple. In a recent chat with Page Six, a source opened up about Cooper's new romance, "Hillary absolutely approves of Huma dating Bradley." The actor was last linked to Victoria's Secret model Irina Shayk but they parted ways in 2019.
The source went on to reveal, "Hillary sees Huma as a second daughter, and has given their relationship her blessing." Following the chaos surrounding Clinton's emails and Huma's soon-to-be ex-husband Anthony Weiner, the insider shared that the former First Lady is happy for her as she will no longer need to go through public embarrassment again with someone like Cooper.
They said, "After everything that happened with Hillary’s emails and Anthony Weiner, Hillary is joking that she is thrilled that Huma is dating a man who isn’t involved in politics." The source also noted, "Anna Wintour may have set them up, but Hillary’s blessing sealed the deal." Previously, it was revealed that apparently, the Vogue editor-in-chief was the one who brought the couple together. Another source talked about how the couple is planning to take things slow while they get to know each other better.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Copper is busy filming for his upcoming musical drama Maestro. The film is based on the life of Leonard Bernstein and serves as a biopic. Cooper has taken the mantle and is directing the film himself as he also takes on the lead role of Bernstein.
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A signature scent is a fragrance by which others recognize and identify you, sometimes even subconsciously. It should have an aroma that appeals to your personal preferences and complements your body chemistry. Finding the ideal scent can be difficult, but the new Victoria’s Secret perfume, Bare, could be just what you’re looking for.
Woody and floral at its base, this eau de parfum is meant to combine with your body’s unique chemistry to create a one-of-a-kind signature scent. The ingredients are derived from a warm base of what the brand says is upcycled, responsibly-sourced Australian sandalwood from Kununurra, where a new tree is planted to replace each one that’s cut down. The delicate fragrance of mandarins and the dewy, floral scent of violet petals add soft, feminine notes to this Victoria’s Secret perfume.
This Victoria’s Secret perfume is available in four formats: rollerball, lotion, mist and eau de parfum.
The seven-milliliter rollerball is a smallest version of the rich, concentrated fragrance, and sells for $19.95 at Amazon. This format is a TSA-friendly size, making it ideal for travel. Use it on its own, or layer it with lotion and body mist for a signature scent that really lasts.
Bare in an 8.4-ounce body mist is listed for $25. This is the lightest version of the fragrance and the brand says it’s ideal for a quick spray during the day or before you head out the door. You can layer the body mist with Bare Fine Fragrance Lotion, also $25, for a longer-lasting scent. The lotion absorbs quickly and leaves a light touch of perfume on your skin.
Finally, the Bare eau de parfum is the most concentrated version of the fragrance and lists for about $60 for a 1.7-ounce bottle and $80 for 3.4 ounces.
The fragrance just dropped so there aren’t many reviews listed at Amazon yet but the ones there are raves.
“This is the exact scent I’ve always hoped to find one day,” wrote a reviewer named Jennifer, who gave the newest Victoria’s Secret perfume five stars. “Musky, but not reminiscent to [Coty’s] Wild Musk. Much more subtle, sexy, natural. When I spray it I smell an entirely different scent than when I’m wearing it.”
In its promotional campaign for the fragrance, Victoria’s Secret has leaned into the idea that Bare will work for anyone, given its reliance on body chemistry. The ads, which use the tagline, “This fragrance becomes you,” include shots of a diverse array of women, including a range of ages and races, to drive the notion home.
If you’ve been looking to leave your own signature scent, maybe this is the one.
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LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man in the killings of four people in a small northeast Nebraska town where it had been more than 100 years since it last saw such violence.
Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a police team surrounded the Laurel home of 42-year-old Jason Jones and barged inside, with guns drawn and using flash bangs. Jones’ home is just off the main downtown street in the town of 1,000 people and directly across the street from one of two houses where occupants were shot before the homes were set ablaze, police said.
Jones was so badly burned that he had to be flown to a hospital in Lincoln instead of being booked into jail, Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said. Jones was charged later Friday with 10 felonies, including four counts of first-degree murder.
The Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy — which often handles capital murder cases — was appointed to represent Jones and declined to comment on the case.
Police allege that Jones killed 53-year-old Michele Ebeling early Thursday morning before causing some type of explosion and fire in her home that’s across the street from him. According to police, Jones then went about three blocks south, broke into another home and killed Gene Twiford, 86; his wife, Janet Twiford, 85; and their daughter, Dana Twiford, 55.
Charging documents allege Jones carried out some of the killings in the course of a burglary, but Bolduc declined to give a possible motive for the slayings or say if Jones knew the victims.
Several people in Laurel said they knew little about Jones, other than he had moved into the home within the last few years. Court records say Jones had lived in the Elm Street house since at least 2019. Receipts and a gun left at the scene of the killings were linked to him.
The killings came as a shock to the community that’s about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Omaha. Despite its small size, Laurel is home to five churches and the Knuckleheadz bar that also serves as the town’s cafe. The last criminal homicide in Laurel happened in 2005, when a man died following a bar fight — and that case was deemed to be manslaughter, not murder.
To find the town’s last known multiple murder, one would have to go back more than 100 years to 1918, when Dr. C.C. Sackett and Harold Crownover were shot and killed by suspected burglars they had been chasing, according to town historian Roger Tryon. Tryon writes a column titled “Pages of History” for the weekly Laurel Advocate.
“People still talk about it. That was the crime of the 20th century for Laurel,” Tryon said. “I suspect what’s happened here this week will be the crime of the 21st century.”
Michele Ebeling’s daughter, Richele Ebeling, 31, of Oklahoma City, told The Associated Press that her mother moved to Laurel about two years ago with her boyfriend, who travels for his job and was not home when she was attacked.
“Honestly, this is so bizarre and so surreal that I cannot even wrap my head around this,” she said, noting she had last talked with her mom around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday by phone.
She said it is not clear whether her mother knew Jones or whether she knew the Twiford family down the street.
The Twifords were lifelong Laurel residents, and almost everyone there knew them.
Their next-door neighbors, Doug and Lynette Krie, said they didn’t hear anything like gunshots before dawn Thursday. They were alerted to trouble around 9:30 a.m., when they spotted the town’s lone law enforcement officer in their driveway, who said a passerby had noticed smoke coming from the Twifords’ home. The officer and the Kries then went over to the Twiford home together to check the doors.
“They were all secure — and then I saw one of the doors in the back cracked open,” Lynette Krie said.
Firefighters from the town’s volunteer department then went in to find the source of the smoke. When they emerged, they fell to their knees. “That’s when I knew they were gone,” Krie said, fighting back tears.
But the Kries and many others in town didn’t find out about the shootings until later.
“We just assumed they had died of smoke inhalation or something,” Doug Krie said. “Nobody expected this.”
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ROCKAWAY, N.J. (WPIX) — A restaurant employee in New Jersey has earned a new nickname — “Hoagie Hero” — after coming to the aid of a choking customer on Thursday.
Danielle Buccielli, 21, was working at PrimoHoagies in Rockaway when she jumped into action to save the woman. The dramatic moment was captured on the store’s security cameras.
Buccielli told WPIX she was at the cash register when she noticed the woman clutching her stomach and gasping for air. Within seconds, Buccielli ran from behind the counter and performed the Heimlich maneuver on the customer.
“I think it was all the adrenaline, the muscle memory, just, you know what you have to do, and you do it,” Buccielli said.
Buccielli was actually trained in the Heimlich at 15 years old when she took a public safety class. She also joined her local fire department at 16.
Luckily for the customer, Buccielli was also stationed up front at the cashier. She normally works in the back.
Lizzy Sengle, Buccielli’s coworker, said Buccielli deserves all the praise she’s getting.
“It happened so quick, you don’t even realize it,” Sengle told WPIX. “Then you watch back and, you’re like, it’s the split second between life and death.”
The customer thanked Buccielli for saving her life, but declined to be interviewed. But Buccielli told WPIX she’s just happy the incident had a happy ending.
“I don’t do it to be a hero, just to help people,” Buccielli said. “It’s the most important thing.”
Buccielli’s employers at PrimoHoagies, meanwhile, thought her good deed deserved a reward, telling WPIX they were giving her $1,000. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/watch-hoagie-hero-saves-choking-customer-at-nj-sub-shop/ | 2022-08-06T14:08:55Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/watch-hoagie-hero-saves-choking-customer-at-nj-sub-shop/ | true |
Which computer gaming headset is best?
Many components go into a gaming computer that can increase your chances of success or enjoyment. A powerful graphics card renders lifelike animations, and more RAM keeps everything running smoothly.
However, without a good-quality headset, you might miss critical audio cues for in-game elements. The Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset is an excellent addition to your arsenal, as it is compatible with PC and consoles and has large speakers.
What to know before you buy a computer gaming headset
Wired vs. wireless
If you have ever shopped for a gaming headset, you have undoubtedly struggled to choose between a wired headset and a wireless one. With computer gaming, you are much closer to the monitor and case than a console. This makes the cable from a wired headset not too bothersome.
But with that said, a wireless headset gives you more freedom of movement or fast keyboard actions without dangling cables. Naturally, wireless headsets need to be recharged frequently and require a Bluetooth adapter, whereas wired models don’t.
Sound quality
An important aspect of any headset is the audio quality. Generally, larger audio drivers deliver better sound, but it also depends on the software and capabilities of the headset. For example, 40-millimeter drivers are perfect for directional audio, while 50-millimeter drivers are better suited for 7.1 surround sound and equalizer fine-tuning. Consider a headset with noise cancellation. That will assist with removing some ambient sounds for better immersion.
Budget
Set yourself a budget and stick to it. There are plenty of headsets across a broad price spectrum, so there will be something that suits your pocket. Remember that the most expensive headset isn’t always the best.
This is especially true with some of the big brand names. Without careful research, you can pay more for the name than the technology or sound quality. The headset market has diversified over the last few years with smaller companies producing top-quality gear.
What to look for in a quality computer gaming headset
Built-in microphone
A microphone is essential if you want to chat with friends or team members online. It’s not a necessity if you primarily enjoy single-player games, but it’s very challenging to communicate with others if you don’t have it.
But even if your chosen headset has a microphone you don’t need, that isn’t a problem. Almost every headset has a retractable, detachable or flip-up microphone to keep it out of the way. Remember, you might not use it in gaming, but it also comes in handy for video calls.
Adjustable headband
It is rare to see a headset that doesn’t have an adjustable headband, but it is still something that you should pay attention to. The headband is the main component that keeps the set on your head. Too tight, and it becomes uncomfortable quickly.
It can also create more pressure on your skull and ears. A good-quality headset has two sliders on each side to adjust the cup height and headband width.
Battery life for a wireless headset
A drawback of a wireless headset is the constant charging. It can be soul-crushing when you hear the low battery beep in the middle of a heated action game. It’s usually a mad scramble to find the recharge cable before it runs flat. However, a good-quality wireless headset lets you continue playing while it charges and comes with an extra battery. It makes it easy to keep one battery on charge and swap it out when needed.
How much you can expect to spend on a computer gaming headset
The average price largely depends on the size of the drivers and functionality. An entry-level headset with decent sound quality costs $50-$80, while a professional headset with 7.1 surround sound costs $140-$200.
Computer gaming headset FAQ
Can you use the headset on a gaming console?
A. Yes, you can, but it also depends on the console. Most wireless headsets work with the PlayStation 5, while wired headsets can connect to any device with a 3.5-millimeter jack in the controller, such as the Xbox One.
What does “mic monitoring” mean?
A. Some headset manufacturers list mic monitoring as a feature, and it can be useful. Especially with noise-canceling headsets, you can’t always hear your natural voice when your ears are covered. With mic monitoring, your speech is audible in the headset speakers.
What’s the best computer gaming headset to buy?
Top computer gaming headset
Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset
What you need to know: This headset uses powerful software and large drivers to deliver 7.1 surround sound.
What you’ll love: The 50-millimeter audio drivers are divided into three parts, so you can individually set the high, mid and low frequencies. It connects to your PC through a 3.5-millimeter cable or two wireless modes. The rechargeable battery lasts for 24 hours, and the microphone is removable.
What you should consider: The headset doesn’t have any RGB lighting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top computer gaming headset for the money
HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset
What you need to know: This headset has generous 53-millimeter audio drivers to complement the 7.1 surround sound.
What you’ll love: The snug fit of the foam-padded ear cups provide passive noise cancellation, while the solid headband is fully adjustable. It also has a detachable microphone.
What you should consider: The surround sound is available only on PCs, not gaming consoles.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
SteelSeries Arctis 7-Plus Wireless Gaming Headset
What you need to know: This headset has a battery life of over 30 hours and transmits audio over the 2.4-gigahertz frequency for low-latency sound.
What you’ll love: The steel frame is robust to withstand rough handling, and the ear cups have generous foam padding. It has a retractable microphone and volume and chat controls on both ear cups. Additionally, it is compatible with SteelSeries’ Sonar to pinpoint the location of an in-game sound.
What you should consider: Some users said that the software to set up profiles is confusing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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HPCL reports record loss of INR 10,196 cr on petrol, diesel price freeze
A standalone net loss of INR 10,196.94 crore during April-June compares with a net profit of INR 1,795 crore in the same period a year back, according to a company's filing with the stock exchanges.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) on Saturday reported its highest ever quarterly net loss of INR 10,196.94 crore in the June quarter as a freeze on petrol and diesel price revision wiped away record refining margins.
A standalone net loss of INR 10,196.94 crore during April-June compares with a net profit of INR 1,795 crore in the same period a year back, according to a company's filing with the stock exchanges.
During the quarter, HPCL and other state-owned fuel retailers Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) did not revise petrol and diesel prices in line with rising costs to help the government contain runaway inflation.
The basket of crude oil India imports averaged USD 109 per barrel but the retail pump rates were aligned to about USD 85-86 a barrel cost.
Because of the freeze, IOC too reported a net loss of INR 1,992.53 crore for the June quarter.
Loss for IOC, which is nearly double the size of HPCL, was smaller as it had vast oil refining and petrochemical businesses to offset some of the losses on fuel marketing. HPCL on the other hand sells more fuel than it produces. To meet nearly one-fourth of the market that it controls, it has to buy petrol, diesel and LPG from refineries, who would sell the fuel at market price and not subsidised rates.
HPCL revenue from the sale of products soared to INR 1.21 lakh crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal year that began on April 1 from INR 77,308.53 crore a year back. This is mostly because of higher international oil prices.
This is the biggest quarterly loss that HPCL has ever incurred.
These losses negated record refining margins. HPCL earned USD 16.69 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel at the refinery gate as opposed to a gross refining margin (GRM) of USD 3.31 per barrel in April-June 2021.
"During the current quarter, due to erosion in the marketing margins on motor fuels and LPG, the profitability is adversely impacted," the firm said in notes to its accounts.
HPCL also incurred a INR 945.40 crore foreign exchange loss due to fluctuations in the exchange rate.
While the government has maintained that oil companies are free to revise retail prices, the three state-owned firms haven't explained the reasons for freezing the rates.
Typically, oil companies calculate a refinery gate price based on import parity rates. But if the marketing division sells it at prices less than import parity, losses are booked.
HPCL reported a pre-tax loss of INR 13,496.66 crore on petroleum product sales in April-June compared to a profit of INR 2,381.53 crore in the year-ago period. It had a pre-tax profit of INR 2,261.67 crore in the preceding (January-March 2022) quarter.
The loss was despite fuel sales rising to 1.45 million tonnes in the June quarter from 8.45 million tonnes a year back. Its refineries converted 4.81 million tonnes of crude oil into fuel, almost double of 2.51 million tonnes in April-June 2021.
State fuel retailers are supposed to align rates with an international cost every day. But they have periodically frozen prices before crucial elections.
IOC, BPCL and HPCL stopped revising rates ahead of assembly elections in states like Uttar Pradesh. That 137-day freeze ended in late March with prices being raised by INR 10 per litre each before another round of freeze came in force in early April.
This is despite international oil prices soaring to multi-year high on supply concerns following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The government in May cut excise duty on petrol and diesel which was passed on to consumers instead of being used to square off mounting losses on the two fuel sales.
The current freeze on petrol and diesel prices, excluding the reduction due to a cut in excise duty, is now 122 days long.
Last month, ICICI Securities in a report stated that IOC, BPCL and HPCL sold petrol and diesel at a loss of INR 12-14 per litre, completely offsetting the strong refining performance during the quarter.
Later, in a statement HPCL said, "Exceptionally high input costs and margin erosion on motor fuels and LPG has impacted the profitability, resulting in net loss."
It said Mumbai refinery has stabilized at the expanded capacity of 9.5 million tonnes per annum and it operated at 102 per cent of the enhanced capacity during April-June 2022.
During April-June 2022, HPCL invested INR 2,809 crores towards upgradation of refinery/marketing infrastructure including equity investment in its joint ventures and subsidiaries.
Expansion of the Vizag refinery from 8.3 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes is an advanced stage of completion, it said.
HPCL set up CNG refueling facilities at 52 petrol pumps during Q1, taking the total number of retail outlets with CNG facilities to 1,139. Electric Vehicle (EV) charging facilities at 34 petrol pumps were set up to take the retail outlets with EV charging facility to 1,045. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-lubes/hpcl-reports-record-loss-of-inr-10196-cr-on-petrol-diesel-price-freeze/93393126 | 2022-08-06T14:10:38Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-lubes/hpcl-reports-record-loss-of-inr-10196-cr-on-petrol-diesel-price-freeze/93393126 | false |
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday:
4-0-8
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01-06-10-17
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0-1-9
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8-9-5-3
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LONDON (AP) — New Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score one goal and set up another Saturday as the Reds salvaged a 2-2 draw at promoted Fulham in the opening round of the Premier League.
Aleksandar Mitrovic put Fulham ahead twice at Craven Cottage as Marco Silva's team threatened a major upset, but Nunez showed just why Liverpool spent big to bring the Uruguay forward in from Benfica this offseason.
Nunez first met a low cross from Mohamed Salah with a deft backheel flick into the top of the net to make it 1-1 in the 64th minute, and then helped his Egyptian teammate net the second equalizer in the 81st. Nunez tried to control a high cross into the box that time but the ball instead fell into the path of Salah, who had a simple tap-in.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson then came close to an injury-time winner when his curling long-distance shot hit the crossbar.
Mitrovic headed in the opening goal in the first half, rising above Trent Alexander-Arnold at the far post to meet a cross from the right, and then converted a penalty in the 72nd minute after he was brought down by Virgil van Dijk.
Fulham also had a chance to make it 2-0 in the 57th when Neeskens Kebano hit the post with a shot from the right side of the area after a quick attack.
The draw will still count as a setback for Liverpool, which is aiming to wrest back the Premier League title after finishing one point behind champion Manchester City last season.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp opted against starting Nunez even though the newcomer made quite an impression in preseason and scored in the Community Shield win over City last weekend. Roberto Firmino was given the start up front instead, but Liverpool's attack clicked into a higher gear once Nunez came on for the Brazilian.
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'He doesn't jump... he's COWERING': NBC pundit Robbie Mustoe savages Trent Alexander-Arnold's defending for Aleksandar Mitrovic's opener for Fulham - while Peter Crouch says the Liverpool man HAS to be stronger
- Aleksandar Mitrovic put Fulham ahead with a towering header against Liverpool
- But Trent Alexander-Arnold could have done far better to try and stop the goal
- Pundits rounded on the defender and said that he could have been stronger
Robbie Mustoe accused Trent Alexander-Arnold of 'cowering' under the cross that Aleksandar Mitrovic headed in to give Fulham a shock lead against Liverpool on Saturday.
The Serbia striker latched on to a Kenny Tete cross and towered over Alexander-Arnold to power a header beyond Alisson in the 32nd minute at Craven Cottage.
And assessing the pattern of play on NBC, Mustoe pinned the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of Alexander-Arnold.
Aleksandar Mitrovic beat Trent Alexander-Arnold in the air to head Fulham ahead vs Liverpool
NBC pundit Robbie Mustoe said Alexander-Arnold was 'cowering' as the cross came in
'That's what you want your No 9 (Mitrovic) to do,' Mustoe said. 'Liverpool have plenty of numbers back but Trent Alexander-Arnold has got to be stronger.
'This tells you everything - he doesn't jump, he's kind of cowering a little bit, he's not facing the play, he's not aware what's behind him and that's just smashed at the back post there.'
Peter Crouch on BT Sport shared a similarly blunt perspective.
The former Liverpool striker said: 'As a forward, you see those crosses and your eyes light up.
'Fulham get the ball down the side, this ball here (Tety's delivery) - I used to do it a lot, pull on the full-back. And Trent just couldn’t deal with it.
'He’s [Trent] got to be stronger. As you jump, you can barge him or put him off or even hold onto him. You need to have more strength there defensively.'
Premier League debutant Darwin Nunez equalized for Liverpool but the scores were only level for eight minutes.
Peter Crouch on BT Sport said that Alexander-Arnold should have been stronger defending
Virgil van Dijk tripped Mitrovic in the penalty area and the striker picked himself up and scored from the spot for 2-1.
Mohamed Salah then equalized again with 10 minutes left on the clock. Captain Jordan Henderson hit the crossbar in stoppage time but Liverpool failed to find a breakthrough and dropped points in the first game of the season.
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Thousands of Cyclists will Ride Up to 211 Miles across Massachusetts This Weekend
BOSTON, Aug. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) will bring together more than 6,300 registered riders from around the globe for its 43rd ride with the goal of raising a record-breaking $66 million for cancer research and patient care at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
"We are excited to bring together our dedicated riders, volunteers, donors and sponsors this weekend for our first traditional PMC since 2019 as we raise the fundraising bar for Dana-Farber once again," said Billy Starr, founder and executive director of the PMC. "Our PMC community has demonstrated their unwavering commitment to our mission by raising $114 million over the last two years, and we are collectively focused on achieving another record-breaking gift in 2022."
For the 16th consecutive year, the PMC will donate 100% of every rider-raised dollar to Dana-Farber as its largest single contributor, accounting for 55% of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue. If the PMC achieves its goal of raising $66 million this year, it will bring its total contributions to more than $897 million since 1980. Since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020, the PMC has raised more than $114 million for Dana-Farber, making a 42-year contribution to Dana-Farber of $831 million.
"As our largest single contributor, we are incredibly grateful for the PMC and its dedicated community that continues to remain steadfast in its commitment to fundraising for critical cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber," said Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dana-Farber. "Cancer doesn't stop for anything, so we are especially inspired by the perseverance the PMC community has continued to show over the last two challenging years."
PMC 2022 includes 16 one and two-day routes ranging from 25 to 211 miles that are designed to cater to all levels of cycling and fundraising ability. Cyclists from 8 countries and 43 states will participate in this year's ride, many in honor of a family member or friend fighting cancer. At the cornerstone of the PMC community are the more than 950 riders and volunteers are cancer survivors or current patients, considered Living Proof® of the PMC's mission. More than 140 Dana-Farber employees are committed to the PMC as riders and volunteers as well, in some cases helping to fund their own cancer research.
The PMC is presented by the Red Sox Foundation® and M&T Bank. To learn more or to make a financial contribution to the cause, visit www.pmc.org, or call (800) WE-CYCLE. Connect with #PMC2022 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About the Pan-Mass Challenge
The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a bikeathon that today raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the world. The PMC was founded in 1980 by Billy Starr, who remains the event's executive director, an annual cyclist and a fundraiser. The PMC has since raised $831 million for adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. The event donates 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to the cause, generating 55 percent of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue as Dana-Farber's single largest contributor. The PMC has successfully melded support from committed cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors and individual contributors, all of which are essential to the PMC's goal and model: to attain maximum fundraising efficiency while increasing its annual gift. The PMC's hope and aspiration is to provide Dana-Farber's doctors and researchers with the necessary resources to discover cures for all cancers. The PMC is presented by the Red Sox Foundation® and M&T Bank. For more information on the Pan-Mass Challenge, visit www.pmc.org.
About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of the world's leading centers of cancer research and treatment. Dana-Farber's mission is to reduce the burden of cancer through scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy. Dana-Farber is a federally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. We provide the latest treatments in cancer for adults through Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center and for children through Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dana-Farber is the only hospital nationwide with a top 5 U.S. News & World Report Best Cancer Hospital ranking in both adult and pediatric care. As a global leader in oncology, Dana-Farber is dedicated to a unique and equal balance between cancer research and care, translating the results of discovery into new treatments for patients locally and around the world, offering more than 1,100 clinical trials.
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Deborah Grad has been committed to community volunteering for the past 20 years.
It's time and effort neither she nor her husband, Tom, consider work. It's something they enjoy doing.
Grad, manager of the Crown Point branch of the Old National Bank, came to St. Jude House in Crown Point on Friday to volunteer her time as part of the United Way of Northwest Indiana's annual Day of Caring.
She was joined by her husband and 10 other volunteers.
"It's a great cause and we believe in it and are proud to be part of it," said Suzy LaBarge, a volunteer of 30-plus years who works at the Highland branch of Old National Bank.
They were assigned gardening duties, including weeding and mulching, and planted yellow lilies, furnished by the bank, which were planted in flower beds at the back.
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LaBarge, joined by Maureen Cipolla, a mortgage lender at the Highland branch of Old National Bank, took on kitchen duties, cleaning the stove and countertops.
This year marks the 19th year for the Day of Caring, said Anicia Kosky, chief impact officer for United Way of Northwest Indiana
The Day of Caring, the largest single-day volunteer event across the Region, brings together nonprofits, businesses, municipalities, civic groups and residents to help local nonprofits with facility improvements and client-support projects.
This year 1,074 volunteers tackled 70 projects in Lake, Porter, LaPorte and Starke counties, Kosky said.
"We are so grateful to our community. Our nonprofit partners work so hard and couldn’t do what they do without volunteers," Kosky said.
The day kicked off with a free breakfast rally in Valparaiso, presented by Strack & Van Til Food Market.
“Our nonprofits are always looking for help, and not necessarily manual labor,” board chair Jeff Strack said.
Volunteer Kaye Frataccia has been participating in Day of Caring since it began in the early 2000s, she said. Frataccia said maybe 400 people showed up that first year. She remembers it well because she was a United Way board member.
“This is the work we need," Strack said. "This is what keeps us a vibrant community."
Matt Holowell led his team of Shive Hattery employees at Sunset Hill Farm County Park. “It’s a lot of fun and gets some team-building benefits for the group,” he said.
Joszelyn Hill stood in the prairie, peering out between ragweed and other plans as she yanked invasive species. “This feels like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” walking off the trail into the prairie. “I hope I don’t get a rash after this.”
Porter County Parks & Recreation Superintendent Jake McEvoy said pulling the invasive plants lets native species grow.
At Whispering Pines Retirement Communities, Don Evans and his team from Peoples Bank pulled thistles from the banks of a pond. “We’ve got nine people out here, and we’ve already worn through a few pairs of gloves,” Evans said. “The thicker the better. Cheap gloves don’t pay off.”
United Way has several projects that can be handled by volunteers through the end of the month.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux wanted to leave their company jobs and become business owners. They were looking for something both COVID-proof and recession-resistant.
Instead of completely stepping out from under a corporate umbrella, they looked at franchising. The two worried about the notoriously tight margins for restaurants. They looked at a drug testing franchise, but the initial investment was too steep.
A franchising mentor told them about Motto Mortgage Home Services, and Jackson and Arceneaux opened one in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, in July of 2020 with an initial investment of $35,000.
“People always need new places to live and are always buying and selling houses,” Jackson said. He takes rising interest rates in stride. “Interest rates move up and down, that’s what they do, that’s part of the industry.”
Jackson and Arceneaux, who had been a senior IT program and project manager and an assistant director of catering, respectively, had no experience with mortgages, but Motto Mortgage provided training and support.
“You don’t necessarily need experience in that industry in order to go into that category, the brand will train you,” said Matt Haller, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association.
In the months after the pandemic hit, many people with corporate jobs decided to strike out on their own, in what’s referred to as the “Great Resignation.” They looked for alternatives, including opening up a franchise with an established brand.
The “quasi-preneurs” opening franchises say they like the ability to buy into a proven brand name and the access to tools and operations that you wouldn’t get if you started your own small business. But franchising has plenty of challenges, too. There are a lot of rules and regulations to abide by. Contracts are lengthy and can be difficult to terminate.
The number of U.S. franchises grew an estimated 3% in 2021 to 774,965 after a dip in 2020, according to IFA. Those include big franchises like McDonald’s or 7-Eleven, but all types of businesses can be franchised, from pool cleaners to barbershops.
There are about 3,000 franchisor brands in the U.S. The IFA predicts franchises in the U.S. will grow 2% to 792,014 this year. That’s still just a fraction of the 32.5 million total small businesses in the U.S.
Franchise owners buy in with an initial fee – anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars — to get their business, and then pay a monthly royalty percentage. In return, they get use of the brand name and marketing, and other support.
As a classically trained pastry chef, Helen Kim often dreamed of owning her own bakery. But when she decided to strike out on her own, Kim thought building a business from scratch would be “too big of a mountain for me to climb.”
While working at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Kim was a frequent customer at Paris Baguette. She was impressed, and last year bought a Paris Baguette franchise in the city with her sister.
While the financial requirements are strict — according to the company website, franchisees need a net worth of $1.5 million and $500,000 in liquid assets – Kim said it was worth it. While the money invested in a franchise is still at risk if the business fails, brand name recognition and franchisor support offer more of a safety net than establishing an unknown brand.
However, getting used to a franchise structure can be an adjustment. When Chris Dordell and his husband Jason Fenske decided to leave their jobs at Wells Fargo and Salesforce and open two Club Pilates in 2018 and a YogaSix studio in 2020, in and around Palm Springs, they appreciated the playbook provided by the franchisor, Xponential.
“It was appealing at this stage after being in corporate jobs for 20-plus years that we could plug into an existing model,” Dordell said.
But Dordell said following the corporate rule book took some adjusting to. There were some costs incurred while building the franchises that could have been cut, but “in keeping the consistency across the company, we were required to follow the model.”
If a franchisor changes corporate management or gets sold, a franchisee can be left in the lurch.
Tom Lee and his wife opened a home health care franchise, Home Care Assistance, in Burlington, Vermont, at the end of 2016, after Lee decided to leave his career in sales management for a large company. After initially investing $300,000 and spending three years living on savings and not taking a salary, the business began to take off.
Lee currently employs 65 caregivers and had double-digit profit increases in 2020 and 2021. But the franchisor changed ownership and starting buying back franchisees to operate them privately. In 2022 it rebranded to The Key, leaving the remaining 20 or so franchisees, still known as Home Care Assistance, in limbo.
Lee said he’s still paying a 5% monthly royalty fee, but is not getting the same support. The Key made one offer to buy the business back, but it was well below market value, Lee said.
The Key did not respond to a request for comment.
“They don’t have the personnel to support us anymore,” he said. “They’ve really abandoned the brand.”
As with any business venture, franchisees need to be aware of what they’re getting themselves into.
Mario Herman, a lawyer based in Washington that focuses on franchise litigation, said it’s important for potential franchisees to go over the contracts carefully to make sure nothing is being obscured like previous bankruptcies or a lack of profitability.
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission sued Burgerim, a Calabasas, California, burger chain franchisor that it claims lured 1,500 people into paying $50,000 to $70,000 in fees to open franchises without giving them enough information about risks. Burgerim promised a refund if franchisees couldn’t open a restaurant, but did not deliver, according to the complaint. Burgerim didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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The Toy Clinic: The great makeover
Once all the toys and games were collected, the children had a new idea... repair and restore.
The story so far:It is the summer holidays and the 60-odd children of Ashray Apartments are bored. Nethra comes up with the idea of exchanging toys and games.
Shreya’s eyes twinkled through her spectacles. Nethra recognised that as a sign of excitement in her friend. “I know,” added Manya. “These toys, which we eagerly demanded and spent so much time with, are neglected now. Either because they are in a pathetic condition or we have found other interests, or have simply outgrown the need for them. Why can’t we think of doing something about them?”
The children looked toward Nethra for approval. After a few minutes, Nethra said, “Fine. We’ll give it a try. All of us will work together towards mending these dolls and toys.” Thus started the Toy Clinic Project.
Setting things right
After stitching the ripped seams, soft toys were washed clean with detergent. When they were put out to dry on the terrace, it looked like a cute parade of characters straight out of Toy Story and Toyland. Bambino, Suman’s stuffed deer, stood staring fearlessly into the eyes of Sher Khan. Kevin’s stuffed Tom and Jerry stood peacefully next to each other. Two Dalmatians, three rabbits, a six-foot snake, a giraffe, a squirrel and many teddy bears — all basked amicably in the sun.
When they were dry, satin ribbons were fished out to make new bows and a few buttons were sewn wherever needed. A couple of dolls had squinting eyes, which were set right. Old clothes were cut to make new dresses for those dolls that required them. Other repairs were also carried out. Broken legs and arms were fixed; unruly hair was neatly styled or plaited. Two stuffed dolls had so many patches stitched onto their dresses that they now resembled a scarecrow and a clown.
Kevin, the electronic wizard, who had been nicknamed Mr Fixwell by the residents, now set to work. Puneet’s gun was dismantled and fixed so that it sounded more like a gun. All the other battery-operated cars, vehicles and toys were repaired. This work kept them busy for over a month and time seemed to fly. No child felt bored, as each one had something to do.
The best part of the whole affair was that the elders did not have the slightest inkling of their preoccupation. It was the children’s big secret. However, it was getting difficult to explain their absence from home. How long could they keep their project under wraps, they wondered.
To be continued...
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Excavation at Kottaimedu cancelled
Local residents, mostly farmers, raise objection to the project
The archaeological excavation, which was scheduled to commence at Kottaimedu village in Mannadipet Commune on Saturday, has been cancelled following objections from local residents.
The Department of History, Tagore Government Arts and Science College, in association with the Archaeological Survey of India and Education Department, had planned to start excavation from Saturday to find the historical link between Arikamedu and Kottaimedu.
The excavation was planned with funding from Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha Abhiyan. Education Minister A. Namassivayam and Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan were scheduled to inaugurate the work.
Director of Excavation P. Ravichandran said local residents opposed the archaeological excavation when the inaugural was about to happen. “We are cancelling the project for the time being as locals, mostly farmers, objected to the work,” he said.
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LONDON (AP) — New Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score one goal and set up another Saturday as the Reds salvaged a 2-2 draw at promoted Fulham in the opening round of the Premier League.
Aleksandar Mitrovic put Fulham ahead twice at Craven Cottage as Marco Silva's team threatened a major upset, but Nunez showed just why Liverpool spent big to bring the Uruguay forward in from Benfica this offseason.
Nunez first met a low cross from Mohamed Salah with a deft backheel flick into the top of the net to make it 1-1 in the 64th minute, and then helped his Egyptian teammate net the second equalizer in the 81st. Nunez tried to control a high cross into the box that time but the ball instead fell into the path of Salah, who had a simple tap-in.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson then came close to an injury-time winner when his curling long-distance shot hit the crossbar.
Mitrovic headed in the opening goal in the first half, rising above Trent Alexander-Arnold at the far post to meet a cross from the right, and then converted a penalty in the 72nd minute after he was brought down by Virgil van Dijk.
Fulham also had a chance to make it 2-0 in the 57th when Neeskens Kebano hit the post with a shot from the right side of the area after a quick attack.
The draw will still count as a setback for Liverpool, which is aiming to wrest back the Premier League title after finishing one point behind champion Manchester City last season.
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp opted against starting Nunez even though the newcomer made quite an impression in preseason and scored in the Community Shield win over City last weekend. Roberto Firmino was given the start up front instead, but Liverpool's attack clicked into a higher gear once Nunez came on for the Brazilian.
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Nilgiris sees highest rainfall in T.N., Coimbatore comes second
The Nilgiris recorded the highest rainfall in Tamil Nadu — 41.30 mm average — between June 1 and August 5, according to the data released by Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran on Saturday.
Data revealed that the State saw 266.4 mm of rain during this period every year. Coimbatore district recorded an average of 19.71 mm rainfall and Krishnagiri 3.43 mm.
In the Nilgiris district since June 1, Avalanche saw extremely heavy rain - 322mm, followed by Upper Bhavani (198 mm) and Pandalur (137 mm), besides areas near Harrisons Malayalam Ltd (86 mm). A total of 15 huts and three houses were damaged in the district. One cattle each died in the Nilgiris and Dharmapuri districts.
Coimbatore's Chinnakallar saw heavy rain of 75 mm and one house in the district was damaged, the statement said.
Eight houses in Krishnagiri, two huts in Dharmapuri, one hut in Salem and a house in Erode were damaged in the downpour.
Safety measures
As safety measure against excess water release in the districts, the government set up 15 relief camps in Erode, 12 in Namakkal, four in Nilgiris and one in Dharmapuri. "Collectors of these districts have been contacted on updates and requirements at the camps," the Minister said in the statement.
In the Nilgiris, 85 personnel and two teams, 65 personnel and two teams in Namakkal and one team each in Coimbatore and Erode have been deployed for search and rescue operations.
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Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai is one of the most iconic films to have emerged in the 2000s. Directed by Rakesh Roshan, the romantic action film marked the Bollywood debut of Hrithik Roshan and actress Ameesha Patel. Upon its release, the film became a craze among fans for its exciting storyline and melodious music. Now, 22 years later, Ameesha Patel took a trip down memory lane by sharing a nostalgic picture that was clicked prior to the production of the film.
On Saturday, Ameesha took to her Instagram handle to share a throwback picture in which she and Hrithik can be seen posing at her South Mumbai home just a few days before the film went on floors. While Hrithik is sporting a blue and black tee-shirt and denims, Ameesha looked absolutely gorgeous in white tee and black jeans. In her caption, the actress wrote, “So as I promised .. zillions of requests for throwback pictures n videos .. Will do THROWBACK WEEKENDS.. started yesterday and here it is another rare pic @hrithikroshann me in the house I grew up in South Mumbai .. both our families along with friends were at my home celebrating before starting the shoot of KAHO NAA PYAAR HAIN .. we started filming a few days after this picture.”
The throwback snap sent the fans into a tizzy as they left endearing comments on the post. One of them wrote, “Fantastic and Unbelievable”, another fan commented, “Thank you ma’am for sharing this. Now excited for the next picture.”
Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai went on to be inducted into the Guinness World Records in 2002 for being a feature film with the most awards won – a total of 92 awards received in numerous ceremonies and categories. Likewise, the film was also added to the Limca Book of Records in 2003 for the greatest number of awards won by a Bollywood film. As director and producer, Rakesh Roshan collected his first ever Filmfare Award, while his son became the only actor ever to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut for the same film.
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Games-India women beat England by four runs to reach final
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 6 (Reuters) - India's women's cricket team reached the final of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after beating England by four runs in their 20-over semi-final clash on Saturday.
Chasing a target of 165, England looked to be in control when captain Nat Sciver (41) and wicketkeeper Amy Jones (31) formed a 54-run partnership for the fourth wicket, before Jones was run out in the 17th over and Sciver was run out in the 18th.
Sneh Rana bowled a tight final over, picking up a wicket, to finish with 2-28, while Deepti Sharma took 1-18 as India secured their berth in the gold medal match.
Earlier, opener Smriti Mandhana smashed 61 from 32 balls before Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 44 from 31 deliveries to guide India to 164-5 in their 20 overs.
Favourites Australia will take on New Zealand in the second semi-final later on Saturday as they look to take a step closer to a Commonwealth Games gold medal to add to their T20 and one-day international World Cup triumphs.
Cricket has returned to the Commonwealth Games this year after a 24-year absence with the women's event. The South African men's team claimed the last Commonwealth Games cricket gold medal, in a 50-over format, in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. (Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11087313/Games-India-women-beat-England-four-runs-reach-final.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-06T14:39:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11087313/Games-India-women-beat-England-four-runs-reach-final.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
A baby bottle manufacturer that sold its products exclusively on Amazon is recalling them after finding levels of lead higher than the federal limit.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced last week that NUK had recalled its First Choice 240 mL Glass Baby Bottles because its markings contained unsafe levels of lead.
“Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health issues,” the CPSC said.
No injuries or incidents have occurred as a result of the lead levels, according to the commission.
These glass bottles with a latex teat were intended for 0 to 6-month-olds in the UK market, not the U.S.
“The brand name NUK is in white lettering, a graduated volume scale in white markings, and white and gray stars are on the outside of the bottle,” CPSC said.
The bottles were sold over four years between Jan. 2018 and May 2022, costing about $20 per unit.
The agency said that 100 units of the bottle were purchased in the U.S. and 77 sold in Canada.
The CPSC urged customers to contact NUK toll-free at 888-685-1238 Monday through Friday during normal business hours for information on how to return the product and receive a refund.
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A signature scent is a fragrance by which others recognize and identify you, sometimes even subconsciously. It should have an aroma that appeals to your personal preferences and complements your body chemistry. Finding the ideal scent can be difficult, but the new Victoria’s Secret perfume, Bare, could be just what you’re looking for.
Woody and floral at its base, this eau de parfum is meant to combine with your body’s unique chemistry to create a one-of-a-kind signature scent. The ingredients are derived from a warm base of what the brand says is upcycled, responsibly-sourced Australian sandalwood from Kununurra, where a new tree is planted to replace each one that’s cut down. The delicate fragrance of mandarins and the dewy, floral scent of violet petals add soft, feminine notes to this Victoria’s Secret perfume.
This Victoria’s Secret perfume is available in four formats: rollerball, lotion, mist and eau de parfum.
The seven-milliliter rollerball is a smallest version of the rich, concentrated fragrance, and sells for $19.95 at Amazon. This format is a TSA-friendly size, making it ideal for travel. Use it on its own, or layer it with lotion and body mist for a signature scent that really lasts.
Bare in an 8.4-ounce body mist is listed for $25. This is the lightest version of the fragrance and the brand says it’s ideal for a quick spray during the day or before you head out the door. You can layer the body mist with Bare Fine Fragrance Lotion, also $25, for a longer-lasting scent. The lotion absorbs quickly and leaves a light touch of perfume on your skin.
Finally, the Bare eau de parfum is the most concentrated version of the fragrance and lists for about $60 for a 1.7-ounce bottle and $80 for 3.4 ounces.
The fragrance just dropped so there aren’t many reviews listed at Amazon yet but the ones there are raves.
“This is the exact scent I’ve always hoped to find one day,” wrote a reviewer named Jennifer, who gave the newest Victoria’s Secret perfume five stars. “Musky, but not reminiscent to [Coty’s] Wild Musk. Much more subtle, sexy, natural. When I spray it I smell an entirely different scent than when I’m wearing it.”
In its promotional campaign for the fragrance, Victoria’s Secret has leaned into the idea that Bare will work for anyone, given its reliance on body chemistry. The ads, which use the tagline, “This fragrance becomes you,” include shots of a diverse array of women, including a range of ages and races, to drive the notion home.
If you’ve been looking to leave your own signature scent, maybe this is the one.
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Following its emergency authorization last month, just 7,300 doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Americans across the country, newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals.
According to John Brownstein, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor, the sluggish start may be, in part, due to the fact that the vaccines were not immediately made available after authorization, and thus, there could be some reporting delays.
The total Novavax doses represent just a fraction of the shots put into arms each day, though the overall number of vaccines administered has plummeted in recent months.
In addition, the vaccine has not been widely available, with just 385 sites initially offering the Novavax vaccine out of the more than 53,000 locations with COVID-19 vaccines, Brownstein said. However, in recent days, that number has jumped to 986 sites, which Brownstein suggested may help boost uptake.
"A mix of lower access, limited promotion and a slowing of the vaccination campaign means that Novavax has not been of high priority for remaining unvaccinated Americans," Brownstein said. "As supply increases, we could see increased access but it's unlikely to make a real dent."
In July, the Biden administration secured 3.2 million doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, in hopes that some unvaccinated Americans would get the shot.
A number of health experts had expressed their hope that some of the individuals, who are still hesitant to be vaccinated, would be more inclined to get the Novavax vaccine, because it is based on a more traditional protein-based technology, one already used for the flu vaccine and other shots, while Pfizer and Moderna vaccine platforms tapped a new genetic technology - with messenger RNA - to produce their vaccines.
"A more traditional delivery route has to be seen as incentive to convince those that have yet to roll up their sleeves," Brownstein explained.
However, early indicators suggest that the authorization has yet to substantially move the needle with the most hesitant Americans.
Even so, health experts previously told ABC News that no matter how widespread the use of Novavax's vaccine is, it will still save lives.
Nationally, there are still more than 26 million American adults who remain completely unvaccinated.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux wanted to leave their company jobs and become business owners. They were looking for something both COVID-proof and recession-resistant.
Instead of completely stepping out from under a corporate umbrella, they looked at franchising. The two worried about the notoriously tight margins for restaurants. They looked at a drug testing franchise, but the initial investment was too steep.
A franchising mentor told them about Motto Mortgage Home Services, and Jackson and Arceneaux opened one in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, in July of 2020 with an initial investment of $35,000.
“People always need new places to live and are always buying and selling houses,” Jackson said. He takes rising interest rates in stride. “Interest rates move up and down, that’s what they do, that’s part of the industry.”
Jackson and Arceneaux, who had been a senior IT program and project manager and an assistant director of catering, respectively, had no experience with mortgages, but Motto Mortgage provided training and support.
“You don’t necessarily need experience in that industry in order to go into that category, the brand will train you,” said Matt Haller, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association.
In the months after the pandemic hit, many people with corporate jobs decided to strike out on their own, in what’s referred to as the “Great Resignation." They looked for alternatives, including opening up a franchise with an established brand.
The “quasi-preneurs” opening franchises say they like the ability to buy into a proven brand name and the access to tools and operations that you wouldn’t get if you started your own small business. But franchising has plenty of challenges, too. There are a lot of rules and regulations to abide by. Contracts are lengthy and can be difficult to terminate.
The number of U.S. franchises grew an estimated 3% in 2021 to 774,965 after a dip in 2020, according to IFA. Those include big franchises like McDonald’s or 7-Eleven, but all types of businesses can be franchised, from pool cleaners to barbershops.
There are about 3,000 franchisor brands in the U.S. The IFA predicts franchises in the U.S. will grow 2% to 792,014 this year. That’s still just a fraction of the 32.5 million total small businesses in the U.S.
Franchise owners buy in with an initial fee – anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars -- to get their business, and then pay a monthly royalty percentage. In return, they get use of the brand name and marketing, and other support.
As a classically trained pastry chef, Helen Kim often dreamed of owning her own bakery. But when she decided to strike out on her own, Kim thought building a business from scratch would be “too big of a mountain for me to climb.”
While working at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Kim was a frequent customer at Paris Baguette. She was impressed, and last year bought a Paris Baguette franchise in the city with her sister.
While the financial requirements are strict -- according to the company website, franchisees need a net worth of $1.5 million and $500,000 in liquid assets – Kim said it was worth it. While the money invested in a franchise is still at risk if the business fails, brand name recognition and franchisor support offer more of a safety net than establishing an unknown brand.
However, getting used to a franchise structure can be an adjustment. When Chris Dordell and his husband Jason Fenske decided to leave their jobs at Wells Fargo and Salesforce and open two Club Pilates in 2018 and a YogaSix studio in 2020, in and around Palm Springs, they appreciated the playbook provided by the franchisor, Xponential.
“It was appealing at this stage after being in corporate jobs for 20-plus years that we could plug into an existing model,” Dordell said.
But Dordell said following the corporate rule book took some adjusting to. There were some costs incurred while building the franchises that could have been cut, but “in keeping the consistency across the company, we were required to follow the model.”
If a franchisor changes corporate management or gets sold, a franchisee can be left in the lurch.
Tom Lee and his wife opened a home health care franchise, Home Care Assistance, in Burlington, Vermont, at the end of 2016, after Lee decided to leave his career in sales management for a large company. After initially investing $300,000 and spending three years living on savings and not taking a salary, the business began to take off.
Lee currently employs 65 caregivers and had double-digit profit increases in 2020 and 2021. But the franchisor changed ownership and starting buying back franchisees to operate them privately. In 2022 it rebranded to The Key, leaving the remaining 20 or so franchisees, still known as Home Care Assistance, in limbo.
Lee said he’s still paying a 5% monthly royalty fee, but is not getting the same support. The Key made one offer to buy the business back, but it was well below market value, Lee said.
The Key did not respond to a request for comment.
“They don’t have the personnel to support us anymore,” he said. “They’ve really abandoned the brand.”
As with any business venture, franchisees need to be aware of what they’re getting themselves into.
Mario Herman, a lawyer based in Washington that focuses on franchise litigation, said it’s important for potential franchisees to go over the contracts carefully to make sure nothing is being obscured like previous bankruptcies or a lack of profitability.
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission sued Burgerim, a Calabasas, California, burger chain franchisor that it claims lured 1,500 people into paying $50,000 to $70,000 in fees to open franchises without giving them enough information about risks. Burgerim promised a refund if franchisees couldn't open a restaurant, but did not deliver, according to the complaint. Burgerim didn’t respond to a request for comment.
“If done properly, (a franchise is) great, but you have to be extraordinarily careful,” Herman said. “There is a lot of fraud out there.” | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Quasi-preneurs-see-opportunity-challenges-in-17356309.php | 2022-08-06T14:56:01Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Quasi-preneurs-see-opportunity-challenges-in-17356309.php | false |
What to Know
- A survey by pet care site Rover found that to adjust for increasing prices, pet parents are trading down on things like food, treats and accessories for their dogs.
- In some cases, owners have been forced to say goodbye to their four-legged best friends.
- Shelters across the country are hearing from more pet owners that they’ve been forced to surrender their animals due to housing or financial constraints.
Lisa Spillman can’t imagine life without her dog, an 8-year-old chihuahua mix named Rosebud. But she says her household expenses were getting tough to handle.
“Everything – rent, groceries, dog food… it’s all going really high,” Spillman, 52, told CNBC.
And she’s not alone.
According to a new survey conducted by pet care site Rover, the majority of pet parents say they are spending more on their animals than they were six months ago. More than 90% of pet parents in the U.S. say they have noticed an increase in pet-related costs due to inflation, up from 71% who said the same in January, according to the survey.
Rover also found that to adjust for increasing prices, pet parents are trading down on things like food, treats and accessories for their dogs.
In some cases, owners have been forced to say goodbye to their furry best friends.
Spillman, who lives in Tucson, was forced to move after rent skyrocketed nearly 40%. Her only option was a place that wouldn’t take dogs.
“Losing my baby, who loves me so much, hurt very much,” Spillman said.
Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson is hearing more often from pet owners that they’ve been forced to surrender their animals because of housing concerns, such as eviction or lack of affordable housing, according to shelter Director Monica Dangler. A year ago, housing-related surrenders made up 6% of the shelter’s surrenders — now, they make up 18%.
“It’s staggering. And it’s, you know, sad that people are having to surrender due to things outside of their control due to inflation and the rising market costs for housing,” Dangler said.
While the number of animals entering shelters has decreased more than 14% since before the pandemic, shelters across the U.S. are still overwhelmed with animals, according to Shelter Animals Count, which tracks animal sheltering across the country. So far this year, 6% more animals have entered shelters than have left, according to the organization.
“Many shelters report in recent months that the reasons people are needing to give up their animals has changed,” the organization’s Executive Director, Stephanie Filer, told CNBC. “They’re now more commonly seeing issues related to housing or finances as why families – often tearfully – are forced to say goodbye to their family’s pet.”
In Kansas City, Missouri, KC Pet Project expects to take in a historic number of pets this year – 15,000 – compared with roughly 10,000 on average in recent years, according to Chief Communications Officer Tori Fugate.
“We need the community to help us get through this – through adoptions, fostering and just helping us save lives,” Fugate said. “I highly encourage you to reach out and get involved with your local shelter.”
So far in 2022, 40% of the dogs that have come into the shelter have been relinquished by their owners as a result of housing or financial constraints.
“[Families] don’t want to give up their pets, but they are coming to us as a last resort because they have no other options,” Fugate said.
A few months ago, Veronica Gurrola had to say goodbye her two miniature schnauzers, Oreo and Cookie.
“It came to where I had to choose, you know, my kids, you know, over our pets,” Gurrola told CNBC. “Having a mortgage to pay… all of that stuff… it adds up. And it seems like everything is going up – except for, you know, pay.”
One shelter in New York City, Animal Care Centers of NYC, reported 4,567 animals were surrendered so far this year – up 22% from the same time last year.
“Due to the economy, a lot of people are needing to move to different places,” shelter Director of Marketing and Communications Katy Hansen said. “They’ve lost their job or they can no longer afford the 30% rent increase – that is one of the biggest reasons that people are having to surrender their animal.”
For some, the separation is temporary. Both Spillman and Gurrola were able to get their dogs back.
Their local shelters have foster care programs that place dogs on a short-term basis while owners get back on their feet.
“I’m really grateful for that,” Spillman said, who now lives in a pet-friendly home in Tucson with a backyard for Rosebud. “She’s very active. She missed us a lot – as much as I missed her.” | https://www.wdtn.com/clear-the-shelters/higher-housing-costs-force-more-pet-owners-to-surrender-their-dogs/ | 2022-08-06T14:59:42Z | https://www.wdtn.com/clear-the-shelters/higher-housing-costs-force-more-pet-owners-to-surrender-their-dogs/ | false |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian narrowed Democrats' plan for curbing drug prices but left it mostly unscathed Saturday, Democrats said, as party leaders prepared to start moving their sprawling economic bill through the chamber.
Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber's rules arbiter, said provisions must be removed that would force drugmakers to pay rebates if their prices rise above inflation for products they sell to private insurers. Pharmaceutical companies would have to pay those penalties if their prices for drugs bought by Medicare rise too high.
Other restrictions on rising pharmaceutical costs survived, including letting Medicare negotiate costs for the drugs it buys, capping seniors' out-of-pocket expenses and providing free vaccines.
“This is a major victory for the American people,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. “While there was one unfortunate ruling in that the inflation rebate is more limited in scope, the overall program remains intact and we are one step closer to finally taking on Big Pharma and lowering Rx drug prices for millions of Americans.”
The parliamentarian's decision came after a 10-day period that saw Democrats resurrect top components of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda after they seemingly were dead. In rapid-fire deals with Democrats' two most unpredictable senators — first conservative Joe Manchin of West Virginia, then Arizona centrist Kyrsten Sinema — Schumer pieced together a wide-ranging package addressing climate change, energy, health care costs and even deficit reduction, all against the backdrop of this fall's congressional elections.
Dropping penalties on drugmakers for boosting prices on private insurers was a clear setback for Democrats. The decision reduces incentives on pharmaceutical companies to restrain what they charge, increasing costs for patients.
It will also reduce the $288 billion in 10-year savings that the Democrats’ overall drug curbs were estimated to generate — perhaps by tens of billions of dollars, analysts have said.
Even so, the parliamentarian's ruling left Democrats able to promote the drug provisions as a boon to consumers at a time when voters are infuriated by the worst inflation in four decades.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said that while he was “disappointed” the penalties for higher drug prices for privately insured consumers were dropped, “the legislation nevertheless puts a substantial check on Big Pharma’s ability to price gouge."
Schumer planned to begin Senate votes on the overall bill later Saturday. The measure faces unanimous Republican opposition, but with the support of Manchin and Sinema, Democrats should be able to muscle the measure through the 50-50 Senate, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote.
House passage could come when that chamber returns briefly from recess on Friday. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Senate-parliamentarian-OKs-most-of-Dems-drug-17356302.php | 2022-08-06T15:00:45Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Senate-parliamentarian-OKs-most-of-Dems-drug-17356302.php | true |
WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 7, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
949 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 99.
* WHERE...Northern Connecticut, all of Massachusetts east of the
Berkshires except for Nantucket, and all of Rhode Island
except for Block Island.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has cut ties with hockey coach Mel Pearson.
Athletic director Warde Manuel said Friday the decision “has been weighed heavily and for some time.” Pearson’s contract expired after last season, and he had been an at-will employee, pending a review of the program.
An investigation, obtained by MLive among others, that was given to the school in May revealed in part that Pearson pressured student-athletes to lie about COVID-19 contact tracing during the 2020-21 season.
“Our student-athletes having a positive and meaningful experience is of paramount importance, and a clear expectation within our department is that all employees and staff are valued and supported. I deeply appreciate and value the many individuals who came forward throughout this review,” Manuel said in a statement released by the school. “Today’s announcement reflects the seriousness with what we’ve heard and the values we hold dear at Michigan.”
The Wolverines did not play in the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. With a team led by NHL first-round draft picks, they were 31-10-1 last season and lost to Denver in the Frozen Four.
Pearson was 99-64-16 at Michigan over five seasons. He previously coached at Michigan Tech, where he had a 118-92-29 record over six seasons.
When Michigan was looking for a leader to replace retiring coach Red Berenson in 2017, it hired Pearson. He was a longtime assistant for Berenson during a three-decade career at the school that included two national titles.
The investigation into the Pearson-led program started after former Michigan and NHL goaltender Steve Shields filed a formal complaint in September 2021, when he was a volunteer coach for the Wolverines.
Shields’ complaint included concerns that Pearson allowed then-director of hockey operations Rick Bancroft to be employed despite having knowledge of sexual misconduct committed by the late Dr. Robert Anderson at the school. Bancroft retired earlier this summer.
Shields also told the school and investigators that Pearson and Bancroft mistreated women who worked for the program. His complaint also accused Pearson of mistreating student-athletes.
“Our investigation did identify cultural issues within the hockey program that warrant attention,” the WilmerHale law firm wrote in its report that was intended to be confidential.
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4 killed in Ohio; man called ‘armed and dangerous’ sought
Published: Aug. 6, 2022 at 10:58 AM EDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say four people were shot to death in Ohio and a man considered armed and dangerous is being sought.
Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township said officers were sent shortly after noon Friday after a report of shots fired.
Chief John Porter said four victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names weren’t released and police said the motive for the shooting wasn’t yet clear.
Police are seeking 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, who was believed to have fled the area in a sport utility vehicle and was considered “armed and dangerous.”
A message seeking comment was left Saturday at a number listed in his name.
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Updated August 6, 2022 at 10:04 AM ET
For months now, the governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants and refugees to Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, just a few blocks from the Capitol building.
When they disembark, they find neither the local nor federal government there to meet them.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he started sending the buses to D.C. because the Biden administration attempted to lift the pandemic-era emergency Title 42 order that allowed the U.S. to deny migrants entry.
According to Abbott's office, more than 6,100 migrants have been bused to D.C. from Texas alone. They arrive six days a week, as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 11 p.m. — sometimes multiple buses each day.
And on Friday, Abbott said the first bus had arrived in New York City.
"In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city," Abbott wrote in a statement. "I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief."
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says this is a federal issue that demands a federal answer. She and other local government officials secured a FEMA grant in June for an international nonprofit to offer emergency services to migrants.
So far, only local volunteers and nonprofit staff have greeted these buses at Union Station. Abel Nuñez is head of CARECEN, the Central American Resource Center, which stepped in to help people being bussed to D.C. when this all started.
"It was really crazy because they were just leaving them on the street," said Nuñez, who first showed up at the station on April 16 after getting a tip from the D.C. Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs that a bus was on its way.
"We knew it was on its way so we were there since 5 a.m. just waiting for them along with mutual aid organizations," he said, adding that the first bus didn't arrive till 8 a.m. "And it was incredible how shell-shocked these people were coming out of the buses."
The organization soon learned that the migrants had been let out of immigration detention centers at the border and spent very little time — sometimes less than a day — at a shelter or nonprofit at the border before being put on the bus for a 36-hour journey.
Last week, Mayor Bowser requested that the federal government deploy D.C.'s National Guard to support the nonprofit staff helping migrants.
The federal government would have to call up the D.C. National Guard because the district isn't a state, but it has not done so. Additionally, some volunteers disagree with what they call a "militarized response" to the humanitarian crisis.
"The governor of Texas has pushed the respite work up to D.C. We're not a border town so we are not used to doing this type of work," Nuñez said. His organization has been helping migrants getting off the bus with meals, hygiene kits and a safe place to rest.
"For them, it was just a free ride," Nuñez said. "They didn't really have any other options and were offered a bus to the East Coast — Washington, D.C. — which some of them understood was closer to their final destination ... so they were happy."
But he added that with only local volunteers and nonprofit staff greeting the buses, and with no government support to greet them, the migrants were confused at the disorder that they found once they got to D.C.
"We have to recognize that the immigrants coming in were primarily from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba... some folks from Central Africa ... so they had [final] destinations such as Miami, New Jersey, New York or Tennessee [in mind]," Nuñez said.
"We need a place where we can receive them, give them a meal, and actually help them plan their next step. Even if that means staying in the D.C. area."
CARECEN has helped send some of the migrants to California or Texas, or wherever they have family or friends that can receive them. Still, aid volunteers say that about 10-15% of those who are dropped off by these buses have decided to stay in D.C. indefinitely.
One couple from Venezuela stayed at a volunteer's home with their four children until their flight to Florida.
"Over there in Texas, when we were in the refugee camp, it was tougher because on the border there are military, so they treat the people like militants," said Ronald, the husband. "I felt that we were in a better place. If we didn't have her family I told her that we would stay here. We would stay in Washington."
Critics — including some Republican state and local officials — have called Abbott's plan to bus migrants to D.C. "political theater". Still, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey joined Texas and started busing migrants to the nation's capital in May.
"I felt that he truly wanted to get a media hit out of this," said Nuñez of Abbott's move. "And that eventually two or three weeks later when everything would die down, he would stop doing it."
When that didn't happen, Nuñez said the community stepped in.
"I think this is an example where the local community rose up and said, 'No, we are not going to have chaos in our city, we are going to be in solidarity with the people that are on the buses and help them to the best of our ability,'" Nuñez said. "Now we're reaching our limit on that."
But he added that resources from the city or from the federal government and other municipalities could really help. "I think we can do an amazing job of demonstrating to this nation what it is to really integrate newcomers into our communities."
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Football match raises funds for Lee Rigby charity
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A charity football match to raise funds for respite caravans for service personnel and veterans has taken place.
The event, which kicked off at 11:00 BST at Millbay Park on West Hoe, was in aid of the Lee Rigby Foundation.
Plymouth Glasgow Rangers Supporters Club won 5-1 against Lee Rigby FC, a team of UK servicemen.
Soldier Lee Rigby was murdered in south-east London in 2013, and mother Lyn Rigby said it was "amazing" to keep her son's memory alive.
"It's just amazing, it just keeps me going," said Mrs Rigby, explaining service personnel were not the only people she wished to help.
"What we're trying to do is build caravans, get fundraised for caravans all over the UK for the bereaved parents to go to, because when Lee died we didn't get much support, we didn't get the togetherness to grieve as a family."
Teams entered the field to the sound of a bugler, followed by a minute's silence.
The Plymouth Maritime Corps of Drums performed at the event during half time to celebrate Mr Rigby, who was a drummer in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Director of Lee Rigby Football Club Gillian Gray said the team enjoyed travelling to Plymouth to play in Mr Rigby's name.
She said: "We just wanted to keep Lee's name in people's hearts and minds and to help Lyn get these caravans for the veterans that badly need holidays and respite from their troubles, and we just all got together and decided this is what we wanted to do and this is our first year of doing that."
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Construction worker murdered in Tirunelveli
TIRUNELVELI August 06, 2022 20:09 ISTTension gripped Thatchanallur area here on Saturday after a construction worker was hacked to death by a three-member armed gang.
Police said the armed gang hacked to death T. Petchiraj, 26, from Paalkattalai near here even as he was going for work on a bike with his relative on Saturday morning.
During investigation, police found that Petchiraj had been cited as an accused in the murder of earthmover driver Maasaanamurthy in January 2020. When Maasaanamurthy was consuming liquor with his friends to celebrate ‘Pongal’, he was abducted by a gang that murdered him.
Police arrested Petchiraj along with nine others in connection with the murder of Maasaanamurthy.
Police hence suspect that Petchiraj might have been murdered in retaliation.
The relatives of Petchiraj and the residents of Paalkattalai blocked vehicular traffic on the busy North Bypass Road after the murder and also prevented the police from sending the body to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital for a post-mortem.
After Commissioner of Police Avinash Kumar held talks with the protestors and assured them that the suspects would be arrested at the earliest, the agitation was withdrawn.
Thatchanallur police have registered a case. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/construction-worker-murdered-in-tirunelveli/article65737516.ece/amp/ | 2022-08-06T15:24:02Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/construction-worker-murdered-in-tirunelveli/article65737516.ece/amp/ | true |
Andhra Pradesh: legal action initiated against four persons for procuring PDS rice in Kakinada district, says Joint Collector
KAKINADA August 06, 2022 20:29 IST‘A fine of ₹90,000 was imposed on the two vehicle owners and rice worth ₹6.72 lakh seized’
Kakinada District Joint Collector and Additional District Magistrate S. Ilakkiya stated that legal action has been initiated against four persons for procuring rice supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS) during a special court held here on Saturday.
The four accused have been identified as Palepu Satyavathi, Magani Srinivas, N. Nooka Venkata Lakshmi Ganapathi and Nagulapalli Bujji.
According to an official release issued by Ms. Ilakkiya, the four accused have reportedly procured rice worth ₹6.72 lakh from the PDS beneficiaries. Recently, the accused have been caught while transporting the procured PDS rice. The rice seized in the case was handed over to the authorities concerned.
The police have also registered cases against the four key accused.
“A fine of ₹90,000 has been imposed on two owners of the two vehicles in which the rice was transported. The accused have been identified as M. Srinivas and N. Bujji Srinivas,” said Ms. Ilakkiya.
The Joint Collector has warned to cancel the PDS ration cards if the beneficiaries are found selling the commodities and rice to middlemen. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-legal-action-initiated-against-four-persons-for-procuring-pds-rice-in-kakinada-district-says-joint-collector/article65737416.ece/amp/ | 2022-08-06T15:25:24Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-legal-action-initiated-against-four-persons-for-procuring-pds-rice-in-kakinada-district-says-joint-collector/article65737416.ece/amp/ | true |
Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Renatha Francis to Florida Supreme Court
TALLAHASSEE - Two years after justices thwarted his first attempt to place Renatha Francis on the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday tapped the Palm Beach County circuit judge to serve on a high court dominated by conservative jurists.
With four of the seven-member court’s justices appointed by DeSantis, the Republican governor will leave his Federalist Society imprint on the Supreme Court for decades to come.
Francis, who was among six finalists sent to DeSantis by the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission this summer, will replace outgoing Justice Alan Lawson, who will retire from the bench on Aug. 31. Lawson stepped down more than a decade in advance of justices’ mandatory retirement age of 75.
DeSantis, a Harvard Law School graduate, sketched out his judicial philosophy Friday morning at the Richard & Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, referring to the "founding fathers" as he introduced Francis.
"Our government here in the United States and in the state of Florida is supposed to be what’s called a government of laws, not a government of men," he said, calling out judges who have "taken power away from people’s elected representatives" by having "legislated from the bench."
"And that’s not their role. Their role is to apply the law and Constitution as it’s written," he added. "It’s really important that courts are discharging the duties that they have under the Constitution within the confines of those limitations."
Francis, who will be the court’s first Jamaican-American justice, was the only Black nominee on the list presented to the governor this summer. The court has not had a Black justice since former Justice Peggy Quince stepped down after reaching a mandatory retirement age in 2019.
Former Gov. Rick Scott appointed Francis in 2018 to serve as a judge in Miami-Dade County. The following year, DeSantis tapped her to serve as a 15th Judicial Circuit judge in Palm Beach County. DeSantis said she will join the Supreme Court in early September.
Francis, who was born in Jamaica, "understands what the proper role of the judge is in America’s constitutional system," DeSantis said.
"And I also think being an immigrant, she probably has more appreciation for our constitutional system," the governor said, noting that she attended law school after starting her own business. "I believe this appointment of Judge Francis is one that will really reinvigorate and fortify our judiciary in a very positive way but also send a great message that you can realize your dreams."
Francis, who called herself the "epitome of the American dream," echoed DeSantis’ ideology during Friday’s event.
"As a student of history, I was and I remain in awe of the United States Constitution," she said. "The Florida Supreme Court protects the people’s liberty, and inherent in the way that we do that is by respecting and observing the limited role that judges play in our constitutional system of government."
DeSantis also named Francis to the Supreme Court in 2020, but her appointment became embroiled in a legal and political battle.
Wrangling over Francis’ appointment began when state Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, asked the Supreme Court to find that DeSantis’ choice of Francis violated the state Constitution because Francis would not reach a 10-year Bar membership requirement for justices until Sept. 24, 2020.
DeSantis in May 2020 announced he was choosing Francis and John Couriel to fill two Supreme Court openings, selecting them from a list of nine candidates submitted by the nominating commission.
Couriel immediately joined the Supreme Court, but DeSantis said Francis would be sworn in as a justice after she reached the Bar requirement months later.
In a rebuke to DeSantis, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected his selection of Francis and ordered the governor to appoint another candidate from the list of nominees. He subsequently appointed Justice Jamie Grosshans.
DeSantis reiterated Friday that he disagreed with the court’s decision about Francis. He also said that, although he had chosen her two years ago, Francis wasn’t "entitled" to be named as Lawson’s successor.
"I said I am going to do it from scratch, no preconceived notions and we’re going to go with the person that we think has done the best job," he said. "We were happy to appoint or trying to appoint Judge Francis two years ago … but then seeing how she’s progressed since then, she’s done even better."
Since he took office less than four years ago, DeSantis’ appointments have secured a conservative shift on the seven-member court, following the mandatory retirements in 2019 of Quince and two other longtime justices, Barbara Pariente and R. Fred Lewis.
DeSantis appointed Couriel, Grosshans and now-Chief Justice Carlos Muniz, who joined Lawson and Justices Charles Canady and Ricky Polston to form a solid conservative majority. Justice Jorge Labarga, who joined Pariente, Lewis and Quince on many major issues, is now often a lone dissenter.
Shortly after taking office, DeSantis also appointed Robert Luck and Barbara Lagoa to the Supreme Court, but they were later tapped by former President Donald Trump to serve on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. DeSantis subsequently selected Couriel and Grosshans.
Francis’ brandished her Federalist Society credentials on Friday with a quote from Alexander Hamilton’s admonition in the Federalist Papers that judges "exercise neither force nor will, but merely judgment."
"We apply the law as written. This timeless principle of civil society not only promotes uniformity, predictability. It’s essential to preserving liberty. It restrains arbitrariness. It restrains abuses of power. And if history teaches us anything, is that as simple and enduring as this principle is, it’s evaded the vast majority of human history until this American experiment," she said. | https://www.wogx.com/news/gov-ron-desantis-appoints-renatha-francis-to-florida-supreme-court | 2022-08-06T15:26:56Z | https://www.wogx.com/news/gov-ron-desantis-appoints-renatha-francis-to-florida-supreme-court | false |
Navy sending ships across world as part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav'
New Delhi August 06, 2022 20:15 ISTThe Indian Navy is sending its ships to ports in almost all continents as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav' commemorating 75 years of India's Independence.
Navy officials said ships are visiting all continents except Antarctica.
In Asia, stealth-guided missile destroyer INS Chennai and guided missile frigate INS Betwa are visiting Muscat while patrol vessel INS Saryu is sailing to Singapore.
For Africa, the Navy is sending INS Trikand, a Talwar-class frigate to Mombasa in Kenya while patrol vessel INS Sumedha is visiting Perth in Australia, In North America, INS Satpura, a stealth multi-role frigate, is sailing to San Diego in the US while frigate INS Tarkash is visiting South America's Rio de Janeiro port in Brazil.
For the European continent, the Navy is sending INS Tarangini, a sail training ship, to London.
In London, the crew of INS Tarangini would be paying homage to the Indian soldiers, who made supreme sacrifice during the two World Wars.
They will pay homage at the Commonwealth Memorial gates. Similarly, the crew of INS Saryu will lay wreaths at Kranji War Memorial.
At Mombassa, the Indian Navy personnel will participate in the inauguration of a commemorative pillar in the battlefield area of the Taita Taveta region where Indian soldiers fought and sacrificed their lives whilst serving under East Africa campaign of World War I.
"The 75th year of India's Independence Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an occasion to reinvigorate and re-emphasise India's maritime moorings," said a Navy official. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-sending-ships-across-world-as-part-of-azadi-ka-amrit-mahostav/article65737782.ece/amp/ | 2022-08-06T15:26:56Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-sending-ships-across-world-as-part-of-azadi-ka-amrit-mahostav/article65737782.ece/amp/ | false |
The new Yellowstone: Chris Pratt's new Navy thriller The Terminal List defies woke critics' scathing reviews to shoot up ratings chart with 1.6 BILLION minutes of streams
- While critics turned their noses up at 'The Terminal List,' viewers have loved the Chris Pratt-led series and made it the second-most watched show in the country
- The show stars Pratt as a US Navy Seal who returns home and tries to put together how and why his platoon were ambushed and killed
- Rotten Tomatoes showed an average rating of 40/100 by critics but a glowing 94/100 from viewers
- The contrast between critics and viewers is reminiscent of the reaction to 'Yellowstone,' a cowboy series also hated by critics but loved by viewers
- Pratt has drawn the ire from woke commentators over his devout Christianity and love of hunting, although he's never discussed his political views
Woke critics who panned Chris Pratt's new thriller series 'The Terminal List' were left red-cheeked this week as it leapfrogged other shows to place No. 2 on list of America's most-streamed shows.
'The Terminal List,' which stars Pratt as a US Navy Seal, racked up a whopping 1.6 billion minutes of streaming on Amazon Prime during the July 4-10 window, which marked the series' first full week on the service after premiering on July 1.
While the show has been a hit with fans, critics showed disdain for the exciting military series.
They included The Hollywood Reporter writer Daniel Fienberg, who called it 'the entertainment equivalent of a charred hockey puck, with the same limited range of flavor and aesthetics.'
But the reaction from people who watched the series couldn't have been more different, with several viewers calling the show 'great' and 'excellent,' while another noted 'critics as usual got this one wrong.'
Rotten Tomatoes, a website used to rate movies via critic and audience reviews, showed a poor rating of 40/100 among critics, but a startling 94/100 from viewers.
The Terminal List looks set to follow in the footsteps of smash-hit ranching drama Yellowstone, which was ignored by critics but watched by millions to become America's most popular TV show.
'The Terminal List' stars Chris Pratt as a US Navy Seal uncovering the reasons his platoon was ambushed. The Marvel star has been repeatedly called out for possibly supporting Donald Trump, but Pratt has never made his political preferences public
Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes showed that The Terminal List had fared poorly among critics - but had a near perfect score among regular viewers
Reviews for the 'The Terminal List' show how out of touch critics are, as viewers rave about the series but critics put it down. The author of the book the series is based on, Jack Carr, said the show 'triggered' the critics
Author Jack Carr, who wrote The Terminal List novel on which the adaptation is based, spoke about the discrepancy on Tucker Carlson Tonight in early July, saying 'It seems to have triggered quite a few of these critics.'
'We didn’t make it for the critics. We made it for those in the arena. We made it for the soldier, sailor, airman and Marine that went downrange to Iraq and Afghanistan,' Carr, a former Navy Seal, continued.
The contrast between critics and viewers is reminiscent of the reaction to 'Yellowstone,' a Paramount+ cowboy show starring Kevin Costner.
Directed and mostly written by Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone was an instant hit with viewers despite being dubbed 'anti-woke'.
However, it failed to find the same success within the Hollywood industry being mostly snubbed at awards shows despite pulling in more than 10 million viewers.
'The Terminal List' stars Marvel and Jurassic World superstar Chris Pratt, who has been put under the microscope in recent months over his alleged political beliefs, though Pratt has never discussed them openly.
Pratt is a devout Christian and was caught in controversy over his beliefs when transgender actor Elliot Page accused his church, LA-based Hillsong Church, of being 'anti-LGBTQ.'
Pratt was accused by transgender actor Elliot Page of attending an 'anti-LGBTQ' church, but the actor denied the claims and said 'nothing could be further from the truth.'
Not politically correct: Yellowstone which airs on Paramount+ has been dubbed 'anti woke' for its focus on a land-owning white man in rural America
Pratt vehemently denied this and said 'nothing could be further from the truth,' and added 'I go to a church that opens their doors to absolutely everyone.'
Many used the controversy to imply Pratt was a supporter of former president Donald Trump, though the actor never personally indicated his support, and reportedly donated to Barack Obama's campaign in 2012.
'I don't feel represented by either side,' he told Men's Fitness magazine in 2017. 'I really feel there's common ground out there that's missed because we focus on the things that separate us.'
The show trailed Netflix's sci-fi teen tale 'Stranger Things' by a large margin, as the worldwide hit still led the pack of shows with 4.8 billion minutes of viewership.
But the data showed a large drop-off for the show of over a billion minutes, as the previous week it was watched for 5.9 billion minutes.
Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy,' which stars Page, also continues to rank highly among the most-watched, placing third on the list with 1.3 billion minutes during that window.
Amazon's 'The Boys' rounded out the top 4 with 1.1 billion minutes watched, though the window included two days of availability to watch the Season 3 finale of the superhero series. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11087249/Chris-Pratts-new-thriller-Terminal-List-smashes-ratings-despite-woke-critics-scathing-reviews.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-06T15:27:21Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11087249/Chris-Pratts-new-thriller-Terminal-List-smashes-ratings-despite-woke-critics-scathing-reviews.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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How the cost-of-living crisis is biting
Almost everyone in Britain is being hit by increases in the cost of living, with millions cutting back on energy use in the home and on food and essentials.
In the latest ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (data collected over the last 12 days of July), 89% of adults reported their cost of living has increased – that’s up from 62% in November last year.
Where people are being hit
The most common reasons reported by these adults for their increased cost of living were:
- an increase in the price of their food shop (94%),
- an increase in gas or electricity bills (82%),
- an increase in the price of fuel (77%).
What people are doing
The most common lifestyle changes being made include (based on data collected from 30 March to 19 June):
- spending less on non-essentials (57%, around 26 million people),
- using less gas and electricity in their home (51%, around 24 million people),
- cutting back on non-essential journeys in their vehicle (42%, around 19 million people),
- more than a third have cut back spending on food and essentials (35%, around 16 million people),
- almost a quarter (23%, around 11 million people) used savings to cover costs, and 13% (around 6 million people) said they were using more credit than usual.
What it means for brands
The figures lay bare the scale of the crisis that has been building for months. While there are differences in the responses of consumers depending on their income, age, whether they’re home-owners or renters, and what part of the country they live, it’s clear that very few people are not affected to some extent – and this is before yet another energy price hike scheduled for the autumn. Marketers need to be thinking about every aspect of their brand – price, value, creative, media – to weather the storm that’s about to hit. WARC’s Economic slowdown and inflation hub offers some guidance.
Sourced from ONS
Global TV media costs surge almost a third post-pandemic
Media inflation is driving up the cost of advertising across channels, with TV most affected, according to an analysis by WARC Media.
TV costs are rising fast
The latest Global Ad Trends* report, The rising cost of incremental reach, finds that, globally, TV CPMs (cost per thousand) have increased 31.2% since 2019 – the steepest incline in more than two decades – and are up 9.9% year-on-year in 2022.
The trend is especially pronounced in the US, where TV CPMs are forecast to reach $73.14 in 2022, an increase of 40.0% on pre-COVID costs.
For some categories the impact is heightened. According to WARC Media data, advertisers in the food category spent on average 79.8% of their budgets on TV in 2019, and in the automotive category, 67.7%. If they were to have maintained that same level of investment, by 2021 the volume of impressions would have decreased by 18 percentage points.
Digital media costs are increasing too
This twin trend of declining linear television viewership and rising TV media costs is encouraging advertisers to look elsewhere for incremental reach, but price pressure is being felt across the online media landscape.
Paid social CPMs increased by 33% between 2019 and 2021 (source: Skai) and the growing popularity of retail media formats is pushing up the cost of advertising on platforms like Amazon.
Channels such as broadcaster video on-demand (BVOD) provide an alternative source of incremental reach. However, over-the-top (OTT or streamed video) ad costs are rising too: inflation in advanced TV formats in the US is forecast to reach 9.9% in 2022, as per World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) figures.
Relative bargains can still be found in channels like radio
The pursuit of incremental reach has generally focused on digital audio-visual channels, as they offer a more straightforward transition from television. In comparison, offline channels are often under-utilised, despite not having witnessed the same levels of price inflation since 2019.
In Australia, the cost of radio media in 2022 remains 1.1% below pre-pandemic levels, while prices in the US are largely unchanged three years on.
A similar picture emerges in out-of-home (OOH), incorporating both static and digital panels: in the UK, outdoor ad prices are 3.1% lower than before COVID-19, while, in the US, OOH remains 5.8% cheaper than it was in 2019.
Key quote
“As the global economy teeters on the brink of an inflationary recession, media costs may experience further volatility. Nonetheless, non-video channels are worth consideration if they are right for the audience” – Alex Brownsell, Head of Content, WARC Media.
*Global Ad Trends is a bi-monthly report which draws on WARC’s dataset of advertising and media intelligence to take a holistic view on current industry developments. A complimentary sample report of WARC Global Ad Trends: The rising cost of incremental reach is available here.
Sourced from WARC Media
NBCUniversal: 30–40% ‘optimal’ OTT weighting for TV campaigns
NBCUniversal is advising marketers to refocus TV ad budgets towards streaming formats, after a study found the best-performing advertisers sourced around a third of total impressions from OTT.
Measurement on the move
NBCUniversal has been one of the most vocal critics of Nielsen, which last year was stripped of its accreditation for local and national TV measurement by the Media Rating Council.
Clorox strategy takes inflation and COVID into account
The Clorox Co., the consumer packaged goods firm, is paying careful attention to shopper activity both in response to inflation and as habits grow closer to their pre-COVID form in some categories.
Consumers not switching to private label
- As yet, Clorox has not witnessed any “significant trade down” to private-label goods among inflation-hit consumers, Linda Rendle, its CEO, told investors on an earnings call.
- “We are seeing some trade down within our own portfolio, for example, and we would’ve anticipated and expected this, and we’re working this as part of our sales plan,” she said.
- Shoppers, for instance, could “move to some opening price points” for its products. “They still want the branded player, but they don’t have a lot of out of pocket and so they’re buying a smaller size,” Rendle said.
- Other buyers are opting for larger pack sizes to get the “very best price per ounce”, and Clorox is working with its retail partners to find the right assortment in response.
The COVID “new normal” is still taking shape
- Working alongside the rising cost of living is the on-going consumer reaction to the fluctuations of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- “We’re seeing changes in more normal behavior coming from consumers, and we’re trying to understand: When are we at a new normal?” Rendle said.
- In cleaning and disinfecting, for example, consumer interest is “definitely lower than it was at the height of the pandemic, but higher than it was pre-COVID,” said Rendle.
- The cold and flu season, by contrast, has not been “normal” since the pandemic began, so the company will carefully monitor this area.
Price elasticity lags historical norms
- The company has implemented three price increases, the most recent in July 2022. As such, it is able to monitor price elasticity, or whether consumers are switching away for its products.
- Prior elasticity levels did not “play out over this last year” and have been “slightly better than that historical elasticity that we had experienced,” said Rendle.
- Looking forward over the next 12 months, elasticity could be “better in line with what we saw pre-COVID given the level of pricing and given what's going on with the consumer,” she warned.
Ad support still key
- Clorox will continue to support its brands with a nuanced mix of ads and promotions that will be adjusted in line with “where the consumer is”, its CEO reported.
- “We continue to spend on our brands, we'll spend 10% of sales on advertising and sales promotion next year,” Rendle said. “And we’re proactively working with our retailers on tailored shopper plans to ensure that we’re offering the right value for the moment, depending on where the consumer is.”
Sourced from Seeking Alpha
How the cost-of-living crisis is biting
Almost everyone in Britain is being hit by increases in the cost of living, with millions cutting back on energy use in the home and on food and essentials.
In the latest ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (data collected over the last 12 days of July), 89% of adults reported their cost of living has increased – that’s up from 62% in November last year.
Where people are being hit
The most common reasons reported by these adults for their increased cost of living were:
- an increase in the price of their food shop (94%),
- an increase in gas or electricity bills (82%),
- an increase in the price of fuel (77%).
What people are doing
The most common lifestyle changes being made include (based on data collected from 30 March to 19 June):
- spending less on non-essentials (57%, around 26 million people),
- using less gas and electricity in their home (51%, around 24 million people),
- cutting back on non-essential journeys in their vehicle (42%, around 19 million people),
- more than a third have cut back spending on food and essentials (35%, around 16 million people),
- almost a quarter (23%, around 11 million people) used savings to cover costs, and 13% (around 6 million people) said they were using more credit than usual.
What it means for brands
The figures lay bare the scale of the crisis that has been building for months. While there are differences in the responses of consumers depending on their income, age, whether they’re home-owners or renters, and what part of the country they live, it’s clear that very few people are not affected to some extent – and this is before yet another energy price hike scheduled for the autumn. Marketers need to be thinking about every aspect of their brand – price, value, creative, media – to weather the storm that’s about to hit. WARC’s Economic slowdown and inflation hub offers some guidance.
Sourced from ONS
India OOH evolves post-Covid
India’s OOH channel has evolved over the past two years of the pandemic, with digital out of home taking a greater share of revenues and local grocery and pharma touchpoints registering high mobility levels.
That’s according to the GroupM-e4m India OOH Report 2022 which studies mobility, advertiser behaviour, and the growth of DRACO (DOOH, Rurban, Airport, Clustering and Offices) as touchpoints for the medium.
Why it matters
With COVID movement restrictions lifted, people are returning to work, are keen to travel again and are spending more time out of home. It’s important to understand the changes that are taking place, not just in consumer behaviour and mobility, but also in how brands are now using the medium.
Takeaways
- The 2022 festival season is imminent and estimated mobility for the next 90 days is predicted to average 107.63% of pre-COVID levels.
- Certain regions follow similar patterns of festivals, celebrations, religious practices and display similar traits with regard to retail, recreation, transit and workplace mobility.
- Mumbai has, proportionally, the most big format “impact”units at 13% of all sites; Delhi has just 5%. For both Bangalore and Hyderabad the figure is 8%.
- Real estate/builders, consumer services, retail, BFSI and media are the top five categories investing in OOH.
- Advertisers are now placing greater emphasis on technological breakthroughs and data-driven strategies.
Sourced from e4m
Starbucks' cold beverage boom led by Gen Z
Starbucks, the coffee house chain, has seen demand for cold beverages surge, with members of Gen Z driving this trend as they personalise their drinks then share images on social media.
The background
- Cold drinks accounted for approximately 75% of total beverage sales in Starbucks’ US company-operated stores in its last trading quarter.
- Howard Schultz, the firm’s CEO, said the “modifiers” for these drinks – like syrups, purée and fruit pieces – yield a “virtually unlimited range of taste, flavor and colour profiles”.
- This means the brand can serve many “different need-states while creating opportunities for customers' self-expression”, he told investors on an earnings call.
The Gen Z connection
- Cold beverages are very much “a Gen Z product”, Schultz reported. “That is a key customer cohort for Starbucks.”
- Iced Shaken Espresso, launched last year, has been “wildly” popular with members of this cohort, according to Schultz, and has witnessed sales double over the to date.
- This offering has effectively created “new customer occasions” around midday and the afternoon, helping drive traffic for the brand.
The role of social media
- Personalising cold drinks is not only popular with Gen Z, but members of this demographic often post images of their favourite brew on digital platforms, too.
- “The modifiers are raising the ticket [price], and the modifiers produce colour and excitement to the Gen Z audience and they immediately put it on social media,” Schultz said.
- The impact of this trend is significant: “We have never been, in our history, more relevant than we are today to Gen Z,” he said. “And to me, that cohort is so powerful and the attachment rate that we have with them and the loyalty is just building.”
Sourced from Seeking Alpha
Insights from the 2022 Cannes Lions Creative Effectiveness winners
Consumer participation, a step-change in brand purpose, tech partnerships and agile solutions for new media habits lead to commercial success, according to a new report from WARC.
Insights from the 2022 Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions winners identifies trends and themes common to the award-winning campaigns of this year’s Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions, which celebrate the measurable impact of creativity. The findings are critical to understanding how marketers are driving business performance.
Four key themes
- Tapping into fans supercharges creative ideas
Fan-first approaches can drive engagement with specific fandoms while being the starting point of mass-reach campaigns. Cheetos, Michelob and McDonald’s explored the potential of engaging fans, which is reflected in an increase in ‘participation’ as a creative strategy this year.
- Ecosystems for change are brands’ new growth engine
As the discourse around purpose evolves, there is a new focus on long-term platforms able to deliver business growth while tackling systemic issues. Renault and Three created ecosystems to show their products in action, and Michelob transformed its supply chain to help farmers transition to organic.
- TV returns to fuel visually arresting creative
With lockdowns leading to shifts in media consumption, TV became a trusted companion for at-home audiences. Data shows TV was the lead media for 47% of the shortlist, and winners used it for powerful visual executions.
- Brands explore AI-driven creativity
Be it to repair fractions in society or for entertainment reasons, winners experimented with creative AI applications. For Michelob and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, partnering with a tech giant was key to the success of the initiative. Reflecting this trend, partnerships rose in popularity this year: 40% of shortlisted campaigns used partnerships, up from just 1% last year.
Key quote
“Marketing as a discipline is living an existential crisis: it’s losing its credibility, its gravitas, its stature. CEOs and CFOs are perceiving marketing to be fluffy; they have very little confidence in their marketing teams being able to drive business growth.
“With some companies even disposing of CMO roles, the marketing function is getting fragmented. This is why it’s important to focus on creative effectiveness: proving marketing’s impact and ROI for businesses will bring it back to the C-suite table and give it the gravitas and stature that it deserves” – Jury president Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Mastercard.
A sample of the report can be downloaded here. The full report is available to WARC Creative and WARC Strategy subscribers.
Tune in for a WARC Cannes Creative Effectiveness podcast, to be released at the end of August, featuring the strategists behind two of the winning entries.
Brands need to up their game on trust amid consumer angst
Poor customer experience, sky-high prices and mismanaged expectations have been a hallmark of the northern summer in categories ranging from utilities to travel, impacting on brand perception and brand trust as the economic outlook worsens.
Energy companies see record profits
As energy companies invest their record profits from high prices in share buybacks and shareholder dividends, accusations of profiteering are increasing. Profits at British oil giant BP have tripled to $8.5bn, thanks to strong refinery profits and high energy prices. Shell and Centrica have also announced record windfalls.
Meanwhile, in the real world…
- The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said in its most recent report that about seven million British families would be living “paycheck to paycheck”, while for 1.2 million people, energy bills would exceed disposable incomes by next year.
- More than 8m households – one in three in the UK – will fall into fuel poverty after October’s price cap rise, according to National Energy Action.
Why it matters
Mistrust is on the rise, especially if consumers perceive companies as prioritising profits over people. A growing sense of anxiety could see a tinderbox of angst in coming months. Consumers generally expect brands to act in line with their values; trust will decline if brands don’t respond accordingly. Brands need to handle this sentiment delicately, or risk turning off their customers for good.
What it means for brands
All brands are operating in a climate of growing consumer mistrust. This impacts how marketers should think about customer engagement.
- Carefully consider public statements with sensitivity in mind. A case in point of what not to say: Shell’s chief executive, Ben van Beurden, said the company could not “perform miracles” to bring oil and gas prices down, adding: “It is what it is.”
- Focus on actions and transparency, not just words, to maintain consumer trust.
- Build marketing and communications plans based on various scenarios to ensure the brand is not caught off guard in a fast changing situation.
Source: The Times, Guardian, BBC
Gambling front-of-shirt sponsorships rise ahead of potential ban
With reports that Premier League football clubs will vote on voluntarily banning betting firms from team’s front of shirts, new research reveals this type of sponsorship is back on the rise following a huge fall last year.
Why it matters
Gambling’s share of sponsorships nearly halved from 2019 to 2021, but the sector has staged a mini-comeback this year following deals in rugby and cricket.
“[That] will surprise many as publicity on gambling sponsorship centres on football,” says Alex Burmaster, head of research and analysis at sponsorship intelligence firm caytoo which conducts the annual study. “The big questions are: will the Premier League voluntary ban happen and, if so, will other divisions or sports such as rugby and cricket follow suit?”
The state of play
- Gambling saw the joint third-highest rise in the number of front of shirt (FoS) sponsors in the last year across the 226 professional football, cricket and rugby teams in England. It now accounts for 9.2% of sponsors, jumping back into second place behind Automotive (10.5%) and ahead of Retail (8.8%).
- The Manufacturing/Engineering sector has seen the biggest increase in FoS sponsorships from 4.9% to 7.5%. It’s now the fourth most prevalent sponsor, overtaking stalwart sectors such as IT, Construction and Travel & Tourism. Retail (7.1% to 8.8%) is the next fastest-growing sector.
- Financial Services – the second most dominant sector in 2021 – has seen the biggest drop (down from 8.4% to 6.1%) and is now ranked fifth. The next biggest faller is Alcohol, down from 3.1% to 1.3% – just one quarter of the share it held three years ago.
- In terms of individual sports, Gambling is football’s most prevalent FoS sponsor (15.4% share), while cricket’s is Automotive (17.7%) and rugby’s is Manufacturing/Engineering and Retail (both 13.3%).
Sourced from caytoo
China’s tech crackdown has benefits for emerging brands
Behind the headlines about the Chinese government tightening restrictions on the country’s tech brands, investment – and marketing spend – is shifting towards consumer brands.
What’s happening
Tech and education companies have been high fliers in recent years but with recent government crackdowns they’re suddenly looking less attractive for investors. In the first half of the year, for example, total video gaming revenue and gamer numbers fell for the first time since data collection started in 2008 – a consequence of far fewer new games being licensed by a government which has also instituted play-time limits.
Venture capitalists and private equity firms are now turning their attention to consumer brands, China Skinny notes. “The grocery/food & beverage category is particularly hot right now,” the agency adds, with the tea category alone receiving ¥5.3bn ($820m) investment in the first half of the year.
What it means
The beneficiaries are emerging brands, many of which are effectively operating like tech start-ups with a focus on acquiring customers and growing revenue ahead of worrying about profits.
China Skinny contrasts the 15-25% of revenue that foreign brands typically spend on marketing in China, with the 65% or more that many cash-rich emerging brands are spending. Much of that money is going on KOLs, KOCs and livestreaming. Beverage brand Genki Forest, for example, posts a third more content on social media than Coca-Cola.
Brands are having to work harder than ever to stand out, but get it right and the rewards come quickly. During last year’s 618 e-commerce festival, 459 brands that were the top-sellers in their particular segments were less than three years old.
Sourced from China Skinny, South China Morning Post, Caixin Global
Ad trust is low but news media are worse
Just 13% of Americans place a great deal of trust in advertising, but that’s still more than the news media in which they may encounter such content, research from Brand Keys shows.
Even allowing for the depredations of the Trump years, the brand researcher notes that “media brand trust took a nosedive” in its most recent tracking study, which surveyed 6,850 US adults in July. Trust in news media stood at just 10%, although within that radio (14%) and newspapers (11%) fared better than the sector average, MediaPost reports.
Why it matters
In general, it doesn’t bode well that people don’t much trust regular information channels, but when the cost of living is rising precipitously, the lack of trust shown in sectors that are in the front line of the crisis – government, financial and energy – signals difficult times ahead. Marketers need to find ways to build trust and, crucially, to deliver on expectations.
Takeaways
- Four in ten Americans trust technology brands “a great deal”, followed by entertainment (39%), telecommunications (38%) and luxury goods (36%).
- Around a third place a lot of trust in pharma (35%), healthcare (34%), shipping (32%), apparel (31%) and beauty brands (30%).
- Things start to tail off with food and beverage (29%), auto (28%), retail (26%), travel (22%) and sports brands (20%).
- Finally, the least trusted are financial (16%), energy (15%), advertising (13%), government (11%), news media (10%) and social media brands (8%)
Key quote
“Consumers [are] three times more likely to trust their shampoo brand than news media” – Brand Keys.
Sourced from Mediapost
Colgate-Palmolive's strategy in response to 'unprecedented' inflation
Colgate-Palmolive, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer, is leaning on advertising, analytics and a balanced portfolio as it responds to the “unprecedented” inflationary environment.
The background
- Noel Wallace, CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, told investors on an earnings call that current levels of inflation represent an “unprecedented environment” for the CPG sector.
- The firm’s price rises in response will be tailored to categories and competitive structures in different markets, but Wallace anticipated that increases were likely across the globe.
Advertising has a key role
- In terms of advertising, Colgate plans to match last year’s expenditure for the remainder of the year, with an emphasis on moving funds to working media from non-working media.
- “We’re spending a lot more time thinking about our digital advertising and the return on investment,” Wallace added. “We feel pretty good about where we are from an advertising standpoint and intend to continue to invest to build our brands.”
- For Colgate, strong profit margins are vital, as they will allow it to continue supporting advertising expenditure and so, in turn, build sustainable growth.
- “We will continue to be focused on getting pricing into the P&L as that allows us to maintain the advertising support to drive the top line and make sure we get our innovation well-seated in the marketplace,” Wallace said.
Building a balanced portfolio
- One strategy Colgate-Palmolive has developed based on previous inflationary periods is to ensure its portfolio has a balanced slate of options for consumers.
- “We compete across multiple price points – in some countries, five to six different price points in a specific category,” Wallace said. “That allows us to be very thoughtful on where we take pricing and when we take pricing.”
- The ability to “flex” its portfolio in this way “buffers us a bit … against any trade down that we see in the marketplace,” Wallace continued.
Analytics informs strategy
- Analytics has a valuable role in guiding Colgate’s approach in a rapidly-changing environment where financial variables are in a state of flux.
- “A lot of the analytics that we have in place … now allow us to see where consumers are trading in and out of, to ensure that we’re adjusting our strategies accordingly,” Wallace said.
- Equally, the firm’s learnings from past times of high inflation have given it the chance to “think very carefully about how we want to adjust to this moving forward”.
Promotions are lagging
- While it might be assumed that promotions have a more important role as the cost of living rises, Wallace argued supporting price increases is currently more common industry-wide.
- “My instinct is you’re not going to see a lot of people chasing volume by discounting price,” he added.
Sourced from AlphaStreet
FMCG companies eye India’s growing pet market
Pandemic lockdowns accelerated an existing trend in India towards increased pet ownership; FMCG brands and others are taking note.
Why it matters
India is one of the fastest-growing pet care markets in the world, according to the managing director of Mars Petcare India, who cites a combination of factors, including rising incomes, smaller families, and changing attitudes toward pets – as well as the effects of lockdowns. Marketers will need to understand how owners feel about their pets and adapt their messaging accordingly.
Background
- There are now an estimated 30 million pets in the country and the number is growing at 11% a year, while the market for pet food alone is forecast to more than double to Rs 10,000 crore by 2025.
- Just last week, Nestle India, the F&B giant, acquired the pet foods business of its fellow subsidiary Purina Petcare India, launched five years ago as a separate entity, giving it direct access to the pet market.
- Health & beauty FMCG Emami is investing in a startup, Cannis Lupus Services India, offering Ayurvedic remedies for pets under the brand Fur Ball Story.
- Mars Petcare, whose brands include Pedigree, Whiskas and IAMS, is expanding its Hyderabad pet food factory to meet rising domestic demand and to export to other Asian markets.
- It’s not just FMCG companies that see an opportunity: last year, packaging firm Cosmo Films launched into the pet care business with its ZIGLY brand.
Sourced from Economic Times, Mint
Nike’s secret brand weapon: supply chain transformation
As other brands struggle to navigate product availability issues, Nike is pushing forward as investments in its supply chain resiliency and digital ecosystem start to pay off for the brand.
Why it matters
The challenge of the pandemic, including the temporary closure of factories in Vietnam, forced Nike to accelerate its digital transformation plans. The brand’s direct-to-consumer model is increasingly central to the company’s strategy as it builds out an omnichannel retail ecosystem. Smart supply chain management is a crucial part of its brand growth.
The operating model as competitive advantage
Nike’s direct-to-consumer business is worth around US$10 billion a year. D2C is now responsible for 24% of the company’s revenue, more than double the pre-pandemic level.
Like many brands during the pandemic, Nike found itself trying to accommodate booming demand at a time when global supply chains were creaking at the seams. While Nike wasn’t entirely insulated from these issues, the company’s investments in its own supply chains – especially in inventory management – have allowed the brand to weather the storm and drive growth despite challenging conditions.
“As we accelerate our consumer-led digital transformation, we are developing and refining new capabilities that are transforming our operating model, quickly becoming a competitive advantage for Nike,” said Matt Friend, Nike’s Chief Financial Officer, during its 2022 Q1 earnings call.
“This will give us real-time visibility to inventory across our network, plus dynamic transactional capabilities to optimize consumer demand and inventory productivity,” Friend said in a Q2 earnings call in June.
Nike’s ‘Consumer Direct Acceleration’ plan
- Create e-commerce platforms such as websites, apps, and Nike-owned stores to sell directly to customers.
- Use data from direct-to-consumer platforms to inform supply-chain and logistics decisions, based on real-time analysis and demand tracking.
- Develop more precise inventory management including the use of RFIDs in hundreds of millions of Nike products
- Install 1000 robots to hasten deliveries from distribution centers
- Use machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to predict consumer trends and buying behaviors
Source: CFO Brew, CIPS, Supply Chain, Nike
P&G’s response to rising inflation
Procter & Gamble, the consumer packaged goods manufacturer, is focusing on brand superiority and smart portfolio management as it responds to the challenge of inflation.
Pricing helps drive growth
- P&G’s organic sales rose by 7% in its last quarter of trading, the company reported on an earnings call.
- Pricing contributed eight points to growth while volumes dipped by one point, largely due to its reduced operations in Russia.
- Looking ahead, the company expects value growth of approximately 3% to 4%, primarily driven by price increases.
P&G’s view on consumption habits
- P&G operates in daily-use categories that shoppers do not “deselect in difficult times,” Andre Schulten, its chief financial officer, said.
- However, he noted, the cost of living increase means that shoppers will undoubtedly look more closely “at their inventories and draw that down over a period of time”.
- While price sensitivity has been “more favorable than historical norms to date”, P&G anticipates it will “return to historical elasticities going forward”.
- Buying levels in many of P&G’s verticals also surged in the COVID-19 pandemic, and a portion of that consumption is also likely to “return to more normal levels”, Schulten said.
- The ultimate goal, however, is still to “drive the household penetration opportunities which we have”, he added.
The role of superiority
- Jon Moeller, P&G’s CEO, said the company would look to superior value across “innovation, supply chains and brand equity” for each price tier it competes in.
- Defining value beyond price alone – for instance, through superior product performance and eco-friendly goods – can help P&G avoid being drawn into a race to the bottom.
- “As consumers face increased pressure on nearly every aspect of their household budgets, we invest to deliver truly superior value in combination of price and product performance to earn their loyalty every day,” Moeller said.
Portfolio management is key
- Over the last few years, P&G has deliberately built out a portfolio that covers multiple value tiers, Schulten told investors.
- Looking at diapers (or nappies), for instance, its Pampers Pure line commands $0.38 per diaper, versus a figure of $0.35 for Swaddlers, $0.30 for Baby Dry and $0.20 for Luvs.
- “And this exists across, really, all brands. And we’ve been very intentional in building our presence in these different value tiers in the market, so we can serve consumers with different preferences between performance and price,” Schulten said.
- In all of P&G’s categories, Schulten further explained, it has been attempting to create the “right price points” at the everyday level, but also across channels.
- At the same time, it has been pushing distribution across particular channels – for instance, looking at hard discounters and dollar stores for value-driven shoppers.
- Promotions are running at around 27% of merchandise on a volume basis, compared with a figure topping 30% before the COVID pandemic.
Some categories may need greater promotional activity, “but our intention to win is via innovation, via clarity of value offer, via our superiority, not via price promotion”, Schulten said.
Final thought
“There will be some bumps along the road, and you’ll have to be careful how much you read into any one-week or four-week period. But we’ve got our eyes focused on a longer time period than that, and we’ll be managing accordingly” – Jon Moeller, CEO, Procter & Gamble.
Sourced from AlphaStreet
Brands need to act quickly following Lionesses’ win
England’s victory in a major international football tournament for the first time in more than 45 years is certain to attract lucrative brand deals and endorsements for today’s players, but there’s also an important opportunity for those brands willing to play the long game.
Why it matters
There have been false dawns before now but the figures this time are persuasive: 17.4 million viewers watched Sunday’s UEFA Women’s Euros final – the most-watched women’s football game in UK television history and the most-watched TV event of the year, the Guardian notes – while the 87,192 fans at Wembley stadium constituted a record attendance for any final Euros game, men’s or women’s.
That’s confirmation for brands that there’s huge interest in women’s football at this level, where they will surely get a return on their investment. More challenging, but potentially far more rewarding, is investment that will help ensure the long-term health of the sport at grassroots level.
Context
- Experts suggest that sponsorship values for the England team will increase tenfold following Sunday’s win.
- Individual players have already struck deals with brands – Lucy Bronze with Pepsi and Visa, for example.
- Sponsorship deals in women’s sport have become more significant, such as the FA’s Women’s Super League and Barclays, and increasingly stand-alone rather than just being a bolt-on to the men’s deal.
Key quote
"A key sponsorship element involves purpose, particularly until audiences rise outside major tournaments for the likes of regular season matches, so any activations that can impact grassroots and participation are where the big wins lie for both brands and rights holders. There’s no doubt the Lionesses’ victory is going to positively impact participation so it’s time to strike while the iron is very hot" – Alex Burmaster, Head of Research and Analysis at caytoo.
Sourced from Guardian, Metro, caytoo
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Email marketing metrics improve post-pandemic
Key email metrics improved during 2021 as the UK returned to some normality post-pandemic, with click rates the most notable rise, according to the Email Benchmarking Report 2022 from the Data & Marketing Association (DMA)
Why it matters
Improving metrics, while encouraging, have to be considered in the context of Apple’s ‘Mail Privacy Protection’ (MPP) coming into force in September 2021. Tim Bond, Director of Insight at the DMA, notes that these changes may potentially be driving more marketers to “start optimising campaigns for clicks rather than opens”, which could explain a marked increase in clicks.
Takeaways
- Click rates rose to just under 3% in 2021, up; from the 2-2.5% range observed from 2015-2020.
- After a slight decrease in 2020, delivery rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 at 98.1% on average.
- Open rates rose to 19.7%, up from 19% in 2020; click-to-open rates went from 11.7% to 13.2% (possibly a consequence of the MPP noted above).
- The best performing sector were Retail (with a click rate of 3.5%, up from 2.1% the year before) and Publishing (3.3%, up from 2.6%); there was also a slight increase at Finance (2.4%, up from 2.3%)
- Travel (2.3%, down from 3.2%) and Utilities (2.8%, down from 3.4%) saw declines in click rates; Not-for-Profit almost halved to 2.9%.
Key quote
“Email marketing has seen huge changes over the past few years as a result of GDPR, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the introduction of Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection (MPP). Against such a dynamic backdrop, having a consistent answer to the question “What does good look like?” is essential” – Guy Hanson, Deputy Chair, DMA Email Council.
Sourced from DMA
The evolution of influencer marketing in India
The influencer marketing industry in India is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% over the next five years to reach Rs 22 billion by 2025, during which time there will also be a growing shift away from celebrity endorsers to engaging influencers for product placements.
Why it matters
Influencer marketing took off in India during the pandemic, when brands found it difficult to create the sort of content they would normally do and turned to alternative channels. What’s happening now, says Ashwin Padmanabhan, GroupM's president of partnerships and trading, is that brands are including influencers as part of their overall marketing strategy rather than using them just because they had no other options – and spending is being allocated accordingly.
From reach to action
Padmanabhan tells IndianTelevision.com that brands are using influencers for more than just reach and consideration. Influencer content is driving engagement as well, and, increasingly, the tech infrastructure is enabling action as consumers can click on a link to buy a service or product.
Spending allocation
Padmanabhan identifies three “buckets” of clients:
- Brands native to influencer marketing – DTC brands especially – allocate 25-30% of budgets to influencer marketing, while smaller FMCG brands without large media budgets may devote 15-20% of spending in order to drive Share of Voice.
- Mature brands allocate 10-25% of budgets. They often use this channel tactically, around events for example, with influencers amplifying the other work they do.
- Curious brands, who are interested in using influencer marketing, but are looking for data and metrics to justify any investment.
ASCI guidelines
ASCI’s guidelines are “a good thing”, says Padmanabhan. “As long as the content remains true to what the influencer makes regularly there’s no difference. On the other hand, even without that paid content tag if you stray away from this principle you’ll not get the required reach.”
Sourced from IndianTelevision.com
Aussies feel their age
A new awareness of mortality among older Austrlaians is one of the more striking insights that emerges from WPP’s annual Secrets and Lies Chapter Six: Fact, Fiction and What’s New in 22 report.
The over-50s lose optimism
Post-pandemic, Australians over the age of 50 are no longer as optimistic as before. WPP’s report, based on a survey of 2,000 Australians across age, gender and region, finds that:
- Sixty-one percent of Australians over 50 agree that middle age starts at 60 rather than 40 – down from 78% in 2019.
- Fifty-seven percent feel much younger than their biological age – down from 73% pre-pandemic.
- Forty percent think they are living their best years – down from 61% in 2019.
Why it matters
There’s an opportunity for brands and marketers to engage with this audience in new ways that doesn’t patronise them but gees them up and reminds them of all they have going for them.
Takeaways
- The 50-plus demographic makes up around one-third of the population in Australia and accounts for half of private wealth – but an overwhelming 94% of ad dollars are spent on the under-50s.
- The over-50s are not a homogenous group; marketers have to target their specific audience. At one end of the spectrum, some are still paying off a mortgage and raising children; at the other, some are facing health issues as they hit their eighties.
Key quote
“The elder consumer bracket is tired of being invisible. The message to all the marketers is to not be fixated with the 28-year-olds, speak to this generation in an authentic language and see your business reap giant dividends for the brand” – Rose Herceg, WPP President, Australia & New Zealand, speaking to Campaign Asia.
Sourced from WPP, Campaign Asia
How using neuroeconomics can be a benefit in the attention economy
Neuroeconomics – or the bridging of neuroscience, psychology and economics – is helping brands deploy more engaging content marketing strategies.
Why it matters
Brands now exist in an attention economy, so while it has always been important for them to create engaging content, the necessity now is greater; neuroeconomics is a powerful opportunity to get engagement right.
Takeaways
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Choco Taco may make a return, Klondike says
(CNN) - The Choco Taco may yet get a second life.
Klondike says an outpouring of support for the product has made them “reconsider our long-term plans.”
It was a few weeks ago the ice cream novelty-maker shook social media when it announced the Choco Taco would be discontinued.
They said the reason for the discontinuation was “a result of complex production challenges” amid the pandemic.
Klondike’s announcement upset many on Twitter.
Even U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat chimed in to jokingly announce he would push to invoke the Defense Production Act to “mandate” Choco Taco production.
Klondike in a statement says a plan to bring it back is in the works, although “it may take some time.”
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Woman, 25, who was born with one arm and half her legs after her mother's attempted abortion failed says she doesn't want to 'waste time' and travels the world to 'live life to the fullest'
- Charlie Rousseau, 25, from Canada, was born with one arm and half her legs
- She was born with severe disabilities due to her mother's failed abortion
- Refuses to dwell on challenges of life and has spent last three years travelling
- Radio host has been to visit Britain, Mexico, Ibiza, and Australia in recent years
A woman who was born with one arm and half her legs has revealed how her mother told her the disabilities were due to an attempted abortion when the parent was a teenager.
Charlie Rousseau, 25, from Rouyn-Noranda, in Quebec, Canada, said she grew up feeling like a 'normal child' and 'didn't realise she was disabled' until she was a teenager.
However when she was in her teens, her mother told her that the reason she was born with her disabilities is because the parent had tried to have an abortion and claimed it went wrong.
The radio host told FEMAIL: 'The doctor allegedly told my parents to keep the baby even though the abortion process wasn't finished. They could've taken it further, they could've taken the hospital to court but we were living in a small town and my parents didn't want to make a big deal.'
However she has said she doesn't allow her disabilities to get her down, and instead has spent the last few years travelling the world.
Charlie Rousseau, 25, from Canada, told FEMAIL how her mother told her her disabilities were due to an attempted abortion when the parent was a teenager
The 25-year-old, who works as a radio host, was born with half her legs, one arm and one thumb (pictured)
When Charlie reached college age, she decided she wanted to build her confidence, and began working as a radio host
Meanwhile she has spent the last few years travelling around the world, visiting Britain, Mexico, Ibiza, Portugal and Australia
Charlie grew up feeling like a normal child. She said her parents were determined to raise her like every other one of her school friends.
The 25-year-old said: 'I never realised I had a disability until I was 16. My parents sent me to a normal school and I had normal friends. I had a big character so I fitted in fine.
'It was only when I became interested in dating and fancying boys did I really accept my disability and that I was so different.'
Charlie said as she began growing up, and became interested in boys, she 'noticed she was disabled.'
She said: 'When boys tried to kiss me they had to bend down, I genuinely used to think will I ever have a boyfriend?'
However when she was a teenager, her mother took her to one side and claimed her disabilities were as a result of a failed abortion attempt.
She has been given prosthetic legs but Charlie rarely uses them, preferring to depend on her own legs
She said: 'My mother decided to have an abortion but unfortunately it went wrong. My parents believed making a big deal of it would ruin my life because the story would be everywhere as I was growing up.'
When Charlie made it to college, she decided to build her confidence, explaining: 'I decided I will have a boyfriend, I will live and people will love me.'
She got her first job at 19-years-old as a junior radio host, explaining: 'I never had a job as a teenager because no one would give me one.
'All my friends had part-time jobs but I didn't. So when I got this job at a radio station I was overjoyed. And I love it. I think it helped build my confidence too.'
In September 2019 she decided to travel to Britain, to teach French in schools in Shrewsbury, including The Priory School and Meole Brace School.
The 25-year-old said she grew up feeling like a 'normal child' and 'didn't realise she was disabled' until she was a teenager
From then, she decided to travel the world, and experience other opportunities - and despite confessing she finds it difficult to carry her bags, and does struggle in airports - she he has since visited Mexico, Ibiza, Portugal and Australia.
'People are very friendly everywhere, it's wonderful to travel,' Charlie said. 'If I ask people, they're quick to help. Just live your life. Don't waste any time.'
It was around this time that Charlie started a TikTok and Instagram page.
'Initially, it was to share my photos with family and friends, so they all could see my journey,' she added. 'I never started them to become an influencer. But soon, I was getting comments and so many people started following me.'
One video Charlie shared which showed her driving her adapted car has been viewed 3.9 million times on the social media platform.
The radio host, who confessed she struggles with carrying her bag and travelling through airports, loves exploring different parts of the world
She spent several years travelling to different parts of the world, before she returned to Canada during the pandemic
But due to the pandemic she had to abandon her travels, and return to Canada.
She said: 'I was inside in lockdown for weeks, I was just on my own, my family was very worried about me. So I flew back to Canada, I was very sad my trip came to an end.'
By winter 2021, Charlie was desperate to get back on a plane and she eventually made it to Mexico. And in January this year, she finally made it back to Britain.
Many of Charlie's followers love her upbeat positive character, despite her daily difficulties.
She posts videos of her struggling to complete basic tasks, such as straightening her hair. She finds it impossible to tie her hair back in a band.
Charlie first travelled to Britain in September 2019 but had to leave due to the pandemic, and she finally returned in January this year to finish her trip
Charlie has never looked into surgery, however she has been given prosthetic legs but she sometimes prefers just to use her own two legs.
Charlie has said, that now she's older, and now she understands what happened, according to her mother, she may one day decide to look into it - but for now, she wants to continue with her dream to work and live remotely, and see the world.
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The new Yellowstone: Chris Pratt's new Navy thriller The Terminal List defies woke critics' scathing reviews to shoot up ratings chart with 1.6 BILLION minutes of streams
- While critics turned their noses up at 'The Terminal List,' viewers have loved the Chris Pratt-led series and made it the second-most watched show in the country
- The show stars Pratt as a US Navy Seal who returns home and tries to put together how and why his platoon were ambushed and killed
- Rotten Tomatoes showed an average rating of 40/100 by critics but a glowing 94/100 from viewers
- The contrast between critics and viewers is reminiscent of the reaction to 'Yellowstone,' a cowboy series also hated by critics but loved by viewers
- Pratt has drawn the ire from woke commentators over his devout Christianity and love of hunting, although he's never discussed his political views
Woke critics who panned Chris Pratt's new thriller series 'The Terminal List' were left red-cheeked this week as it leapfrogged other shows to place No. 2 on list of America's most-streamed shows.
'The Terminal List,' which stars Pratt as a US Navy Seal, racked up a whopping 1.6 billion minutes of streaming on Amazon Prime during the July 4-10 window, which marked the series' first full week on the service after premiering on July 1.
While the show has been a hit with fans, critics showed disdain for the exciting military series.
They included The Hollywood Reporter writer Daniel Fienberg, who called it 'the entertainment equivalent of a charred hockey puck, with the same limited range of flavor and aesthetics.'
But the reaction from people who watched the series couldn't have been more different, with several viewers calling the show 'great' and 'excellent,' while another noted 'critics as usual got this one wrong.'
Rotten Tomatoes, a website used to rate movies via critic and audience reviews, showed a poor rating of 40/100 among critics, but a startling 94/100 from viewers.
The Terminal List looks set to follow in the footsteps of smash-hit ranching drama Yellowstone, which was ignored by critics but watched by millions to become America's most popular TV show.
'The Terminal List' stars Chris Pratt as a US Navy Seal uncovering the reasons his platoon was ambushed. The Marvel star has been repeatedly called out for possibly supporting Donald Trump, but Pratt has never made his political preferences public
Review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes showed that The Terminal List had fared poorly among critics - but had a near perfect score among regular viewers
Reviews for the 'The Terminal List' show how out of touch critics are, as viewers rave about the series but critics put it down. The author of the book the series is based on, Jack Carr, said the show 'triggered' the critics
Author Jack Carr, who wrote The Terminal List novel on which the adaptation is based, spoke about the discrepancy on Tucker Carlson Tonight in early July, saying 'It seems to have triggered quite a few of these critics.'
'We didn’t make it for the critics. We made it for those in the arena. We made it for the soldier, sailor, airman and Marine that went downrange to Iraq and Afghanistan,' Carr, a former Navy Seal, continued.
The contrast between critics and viewers is reminiscent of the reaction to 'Yellowstone,' a Paramount+ cowboy show starring Kevin Costner.
Directed and mostly written by Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone was an instant hit with viewers despite being dubbed 'anti-woke'.
However, it failed to find the same success within the Hollywood industry being mostly snubbed at awards shows despite pulling in more than 10 million viewers.
'The Terminal List' stars Marvel and Jurassic World superstar Chris Pratt, who has been put under the microscope in recent months over his alleged political beliefs, though Pratt has never discussed them openly.
Pratt is a devout Christian and was caught in controversy over his beliefs when transgender actor Elliot Page accused his church, LA-based Hillsong Church, of being 'anti-LGBTQ.'
Pratt was accused by transgender actor Elliot Page of attending an 'anti-LGBTQ' church, but the actor denied the claims and said 'nothing could be further from the truth.'
Not politically correct: Yellowstone which airs on Paramount+ has been dubbed 'anti woke' for its focus on a land-owning white man in rural America
Pratt vehemently denied this and said 'nothing could be further from the truth,' and added 'I go to a church that opens their doors to absolutely everyone.'
Many used the controversy to imply Pratt was a supporter of former president Donald Trump, though the actor never personally indicated his support, and reportedly donated to Barack Obama's campaign in 2012.
'I don't feel represented by either side,' he told Men's Fitness magazine in 2017. 'I really feel there's common ground out there that's missed because we focus on the things that separate us.'
The show trailed Netflix's sci-fi teen tale 'Stranger Things' by a large margin, as the worldwide hit still led the pack of shows with 4.8 billion minutes of viewership.
But the data showed a large drop-off for the show of over a billion minutes, as the previous week it was watched for 5.9 billion minutes.
Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy,' which stars Page, also continues to rank highly among the most-watched, placing third on the list with 1.3 billion minutes during that window.
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Updated August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM ET
Three people were killed and another was in critical condition after lightning struck at the park next to the White House in Washington, D.C.
Emergency responders received a report about people found injured in Lafayette Park at 6:52 p.m. on Thursday evening. U.S. Park Police and members of the U.S. Secret Service who were in the area at the time also rushed to assist the four people hurt. No property or vehicles were damaged by the strike, said D.C. Fire and EMS official Vito Maggiolo.
It is believed that the four might have been struck while they were near a tree during the heavy downpour, Maggiolo told NPR.
On Friday morning, 76-year-old James Mueller and 75-year-old Donna Mueller, both from Janesville, Wis., were pronounced dead, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A third victim, a 29-year-old adult male, was pronounced dead Friday. The fourth person, a woman, was in critical condition, the police department said. Their identities were not immediately released.
"We are saddened by the tragic loss of life after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park. Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones, and we are praying for those still fighting for their lives," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Maggiolo advised people to stay indoors during thunderstorms. "If you see lightning or hear thunder, you should seek shelter inside of a building or a vehicle. Do not attempt to seek shelter under a tree," he said.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 6, 2022
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
940 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Matagorda Islands, Brazoria Islands, Galveston Island
and Bolivar Peninsula Counties.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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Updated August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM ET
Three people were killed and another was in critical condition after lightning struck at the park next to the White House in Washington, D.C.
Emergency responders received a report about people found injured in Lafayette Park at 6:52 p.m. on Thursday evening. U.S. Park Police and members of the U.S. Secret Service who were in the area at the time also rushed to assist the four people hurt. No property or vehicles were damaged by the strike, said D.C. Fire and EMS official Vito Maggiolo.
It is believed that the four might have been struck while they were near a tree during the heavy downpour, Maggiolo told NPR.
On Friday morning, 76-year-old James Mueller and 75-year-old Donna Mueller, both from Janesville, Wis., were pronounced dead, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A third victim, a 29-year-old adult male, was pronounced dead Friday. The fourth person, a woman, was in critical condition, the police department said. Their identities were not immediately released.
"We are saddened by the tragic loss of life after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park. Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones, and we are praying for those still fighting for their lives," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Maggiolo advised people to stay indoors during thunderstorms. "If you see lightning or hear thunder, you should seek shelter inside of a building or a vehicle. Do not attempt to seek shelter under a tree," he said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wvasfm.org/2022-08-05/a-lightning-strike-near-the-white-house-kills-3-people-and-injures-another-person | 2022-08-06T15:53:51Z | https://www.wvasfm.org/2022-08-05/a-lightning-strike-near-the-white-house-kills-3-people-and-injures-another-person | false |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
7-3-1-5, FIREBALL: 1
(seven, three, one, five; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
7-3-1-5, FIREBALL: 1
(seven, three, one, five; FIREBALL: one) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17356372.php | 2022-08-06T15:57:23Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Morning-game-17356372.php | true |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
7-1-4, FIREBALL: 3
(seven, one, four; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
7-1-4, FIREBALL: 3
(seven, one, four; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17356370.php | 2022-08-06T15:57:29Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17356370.php | false |
4 killed in Ohio; man called ‘armed and dangerous’ sought
Published: Aug. 6, 2022 at 9:58 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say four people were shot to death in Ohio and a man considered armed and dangerous is being sought.
Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township said officers were sent shortly after noon Friday after a report of shots fired.
Chief John Porter said four victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names weren’t released and police said the motive for the shooting wasn’t yet clear.
Police are seeking 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, who was believed to have fled the area in a sport utility vehicle and was considered “armed and dangerous.”
A message seeking comment was left Saturday at a number listed in his name.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wbay.com/2022/08/06/4-killed-ohio-man-called-armed-dangerous-sought/ | 2022-08-06T16:01:36Z | https://www.wbay.com/2022/08/06/4-killed-ohio-man-called-armed-dangerous-sought/ | false |
(KTLA) – John Leguizamo is taking to social media to slam Hollywood executives for casting James Franco as the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
“How is this still going on? How is Hollywood excluding us, but stealing our narratives as well?” Leguizamo asked on Instagram. “No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F’d up!”
Leguizamo’s post came in response to a Deadline article which reported on the announcement that Franco, who is Caucasian, would star opposite Mía Maestro in the upcoming independent film “Alina of Cuba.” Maestro will play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, a Cuban-born socialite who had an affair with Castro. The film will reportedly follow the life of Castro and Revuelta’s daughter, Alina Fernandez, a “Cuban exile turned social advocate.”
Leguizamo, who is a staunch advocate for Latino representation in television and film, explained why he believes the casting decision wasn’t a good call.
“Plus seriously difficult story to tell without aggrandizement,” Leguizamo continued. He added that he doesn’t have a problem with James Franco as an actor, “but he ain’t Latino!”
John Martinez O’Felan, the film’s lead producer, had told Deadline the production chose Franco after searching through “the entire ranks of actors with Latin roots in Hollywood to find someone who has a similar facial structure” to Castro, who had “Galician heraldry,” or roots in northwest Spain, O’Felan noted.
“In executing a close search into our hopefuls through the eye of Spanish and Portuguese genealogy which the Galicians held, we found that James, by far, had the closest facial likeness of our Industry’s leading actors,” added O’Felan, perhaps in reference to Franco being of partial Portuguese descent on his father’s side.
Leguizamo, meanwhile, was recently touted by the L.A. Times for merging his own New York-based digital media company, NGL Collective, “with GoDigital Media Group’s mitú, an LA-based digital media company that creates stories and videos targeting Latino audiences.”
The Times reported that the acquisition is “valued at more than $60 million and will create what the companies describe as the ‘largest digital first Latinx media powerhouse’ in the U.S..’ The combined company of mitú and NGL will have more than 90 employees, 92% of which are Latinx.”
As of Saturday, Franco had yet to respond to the response to his casting.
“Alina of Cuba” is set to begin filming on Aug. 15 in Havana, Cuba, according to reports. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/he-aint-latino-john-leguizamo-slams-casting-of-james-franco-in-castro-film/ | 2022-08-06T16:10:39Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/he-aint-latino-john-leguizamo-slams-casting-of-james-franco-in-castro-film/ | true |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts report that North Korea is testing “nuclear triggering devices” and that its preparations for another nuclear test were at a final stage in June, quoting information from unnamed countries.
The panel of experts said in new excerpts from their latest report obtained Friday by The Associated Press that they have been “unable to identify the test locations and dates” for the tests of nuclear triggering devices reported by one U.N. member state.
In excerpts obtained Thursday, the experts said North Korea is paving the way for additional nuclear tests with new preparations at its northeastern test site and continues to develop its capability to produce a key ingredient for nuclear weapons.
In the new excerpt, the panel said: “As of early June, two member states assessed that the preparation for nuclear tests was at a final stage.”
On other issues, the panel said in Thursday’s excerpts that North Korea conducted two major hacks this year, resulting in the theft of cryptocurrency assets worth “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Pyongyang also continues illicitly importing oil and exporting coal in violation of U.N. sanctions, using the same companies, networks and vessels, it said.
South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials have said they detected North Korean efforts to prepare its northeastern Punggye-ri testing ground for another nuclear test. It would be the North’s seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The panel of experts’ report to the U.N. Security Council provides some details of the work being carried out at the site by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name.
The experts said they observed that the DPRK started re-excavation work in March at the entrance to Tunnel 3 at Punggye-ri “and reconstructed support buildings originally dismantled in May 2018.”
“Satellite imagery showed increased numbers of vehicle tracks around this secondary entrance from mid-February 2022, followed by construction of a new building adjacent to the entrance at the beginning of March,” the panel said. “A pile of lumber, for possible use in the construction of the tunnel structure, was also detected around the same time.”
It added that, “Piles of soil from the tunnel excavation around the entrance were observed during this period.”
“Work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site paves the way for additional nuclear tests for the development of nuclear weapons,” the experts said, adding that this is an objective stated at the Eighth Congress of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in January 2021.
Robert Floyd, head of the U.N. nuclear test ban treaty organization, told a U.N. press conference Friday that its monitoring facilities detected the six previous DPRK nuclear tests. “If there is a seventh time, I’m very confident our system will pick it up, we’ll characterize it, and that information then gets shared with the states of the world,” he said.
Floyd is attending the high-level conference reviewing the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty which began Monday and ends on Aug. 26. Under the NPT’s provisions, the five original nuclear powers — the United States, China, Russia (then the Soviet Union), Britain and France — agreed to negotiate toward eliminating their arsenals someday and nations without nuclear weapons promised not to acquire them in exchange for a guarantee to be able to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Floyd raised the question of whether the possibility of a seventh DPRK nuclear test will strengthen or weaken nonproliferation and disarmament arrangements, “and the appetite of states to see these things come into place.”
“I wonder as to how much that is actually feeding into the tone that we’ve heard this week during the review conference, where there was quite a deal of accommodation of various positions,” he said.
“I wonder whether the states are recognizing at a time such as this it is really important to be able to strengthen the NPT and to come together around some of these very important issues, rather than, `Oh, this is a reason we should abandon such an important thing as the cornerstone of nuclear architecture,’” Floyd said.
In another aspect of the DPRK’s nuclear program, analysts said satellite images last September showed that North Korea was expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a sign that it wanted to boost production of the key bomb material.
The U.N. experts said in the new report: “DPRK continued to develop its capability for the production of nuclear fissile materials at the Yongbyon site.”
Nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea have stalled since 2019 over disagreements over the DPRK demand to lift crippling U.S.-led sanctions and Washington’s demand for significant steps by Pyongyang toward nuclear disarmament.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expanded his ballistic missile program amid the diplomatic pause, and analysts say another nuclear test would escalate his brinkmanship aimed at cementing the North’s status as a nuclear power, and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength.
The panel of experts said the DPRK continued to accelerate its missile programs, launching 31 missiles “combining ballistic and guidance technologies,” including six ICBMs and two “explicitly described as ballistic weapons.” It said the DPRK also claimed to have advanced its development of “tactical nuclear weapons.” | https://pix11.com/ap-international/un-experts-report-north-korea-is-testing-nuclear-triggers/ | 2022-08-06T16:11:01Z | https://pix11.com/ap-international/un-experts-report-north-korea-is-testing-nuclear-triggers/ | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of flyers had their travel plans upended Friday after airlines canceled about 1,400 U.S. flights as thunderstorms hit the East Coast.
Another 6,300 flights had been delayed by early evening, according to tracking service FlightAware.
It was the second straight day of major disruptions and the worst day for cancellations since mid-June.
The three major airports in the New York City area and Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., recorded the most cancellations.
American Airlines scrubbed about 250 flights, or 7% of its schedule. Republic Airways, which operates smaller planes for American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express, canceled a similar number, about 25% of its flights.
Thunderstorms were stopping or delaying early-evening flights in New York, Boston, the Washington, D.C., area, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Denver, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
About 1,200 U.S. flights were canceled Thursday, 4.6% of all those scheduled.
Travelers have been hit with widespread cancellations and delays this summer. Travel bounced back faster than expected — to about 88% of pre-pandemic levels in July — and airlines weren’t able to increase staffing fast enough. They have been cutting back on schedules in an attempt to make remaining flights more reliable.
Airlines flying in the U.S. had a bad June, canceling more than 21,000 flights or 2.7%, up from 1.8% in June 2019, before airlines pushed workers to quit during the pandemic. The airlines did better in July, however, canceling about 14,000 flights, or 1.8%.
Delays have been more persistent — above 23% in both June and July. | https://pix11.com/business/ap-business/storms-ground-us-air-travelers-as-airlines-cancel-flights/ | 2022-08-06T16:12:41Z | https://pix11.com/business/ap-business/storms-ground-us-air-travelers-as-airlines-cancel-flights/ | true |
Fernando Tatis Jr. begins rehab at Double-A San Antonio
Fernando Tatis Jr. has started his rehab assignment at Double-A San Antonio, moving the All-Star shortstop closer to making his season debut for the San Diego Padres.
The San Antonio Missions announced he is joining the team effective Saturday but didn't say how long he would stay. He likely will be there just this weekend as the Missions have home games Saturday and Sunday against Wichita before embarking on a two-week road trip.
If he needs more rehab time, the Padres' Triple-A El Paso affiliate plays at home next week.
Tatis, 23, has not played this year after surgery to repair a broken left wrist, an injury that occurred in a motorcycle crash this past offseason in his native Dominican Republic.
He began taking batting practice the last week of July.
Tatis has finished in the top four of either Rookie of the Year voting or MVP voting in each of his first three major league seasons. He led the National League with 42 home runs last season while finishing third in the MVP vote.
In 273 career games, Tatis has 81 home runs and 195 RBIs to go along with a .292 batting average and a .965 OPS. He was an All-Star for the first time last season.
Without Tatis, the Padres enter play Saturday 13 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. The Padres, who currently hold the No. 2 wild-card slot, play in Los Angeles Saturday night and Sunday.
San Diego acquired a pair of All-Stars -- outfielder Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals and closer Josh Hader from the Milwaukee Brewers - last week before the trade deadline and the return of Tatis will give the Padres an additional boost.
--Field Level Media | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11087545/Fernando-Tatis-Jr-begins-rehab-Double-A-San-Antonio.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-06T16:15:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11087545/Fernando-Tatis-Jr-begins-rehab-Double-A-San-Antonio.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man arrested early Friday in the killing of one person and wounding of two others during a family argument in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room has a criminal history including felony convictions dating to 1987 and served several years in Nevada state prisons, records show.
Billy Deray Hemsley, 54, was jailed on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the 8:30 p.m. Thursday shooting that killed a man and left two women wounded at The Mirage resort, Las Vegas police said.
A department statement said Hemsley was apprehended before dawn in a southeast Las Vegas neighborhood and he was booked into the Clark County Detention Center to await an initial court appearance scheduled for Saturday.
It was not immediately clear if Hemsley had a lawyer who could speak for him. Attorney James Gallo represents Hemsley in pending DUI cases in Henderson and Las Vegas justice courts, but said Friday he does not represent Hemsley on new charges.
The shooting prompted a lockdown at The Mirage for more than two hours after tourists watched police rush into the iconic casino and hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard.
The injured women were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. No additional details were disclosed about their wounds and they were not immediately identified.
The Clark County coroner did not immediately identify the slain man.
Capt. Dori Koren, the police homicide division head, told reporters at the scene the shooter had a Las Vegas address and the incident did not pose a wider threat to the public.
The police statement said the shooting stemmed from an argument “with several family members” in an eighth-floor room.
Court and prison records show that Hemsley has also used the last name Moore and has spelled his first name several ways. He was released by the Nevada Department of Corrections in September 2019 after being sentenced in February 2013 in Las Vegas for convictions on charges of battery with a weapon.
He had been accused of stabbing his girlfriend and stealing her vehicle after they fought at their apartment about him allegedly using cocaine, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, citing an arrest report.
Prior convictions were for felony drug possession, DUI and weapon charges, according to court records reviewed by The Associated Press.
Officials with MGM Resorts International, operator of The Mirage, referred questions about the incident to police.
The Polynesian-themed property, with a fire-spewing volcano and more than 3,000 rooms, opened in November 1989. It is credited with helping transform Las Vegas from a gambling hub into a luxury resort destination with international appeal.
MGM Resorts announced last December it will sell operations of The Mirage for nearly $1.1 billion to Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The new operator plans to replace it with a huge guitar-shaped hotel. The sale is pending regulatory approval. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/las-vegas-police-make-arrest-in-mirage-hotel-room-killing/ | 2022-08-06T16:20:50Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/las-vegas-police-make-arrest-in-mirage-hotel-room-killing/ | false |
On a desk inside a museum tucked into a building in the nation’s capital sits a book. It’s not an exhibit, but it is revealing.
When you live in the Washington region, it’s easy to take museums for granted. D.C. offers some of the country’s most impressive and unique ones.
It has museums that are run by the Smithsonian and regularly land on the itineraries of tourists. Some of those: the National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
It has museums that sit in populated areas and yank at the curiosity of people who walk past them. Some of those: the International Spy Museum, the National Geographic Museum, and Planet Word Museum.
The museum I visited on a recent afternoon would not fall into either of those categories. People in countries across the world may know about it, but you could live in D.C. and not know it exists. In an article Axios recently ran about a TikToker who is trying to visit every museum in D.C., it is listed at the bottom among “other museums you probably haven’t heard of.”
I’ve explored many museums in the region, written about several of them and have had to repeatedly over the years pry my bug-loving child away from the insect section at the National Museum of Natural History. But it wasn’t until several days ago, when a friend and his family came into town and invited me to join them on a scheduled tour that I learned about the National Deaf Life Museum.
The museum is not in a place that would allow a person to just happen upon it. It sits on the campus of Gallaudet University and currently you have to make an appointment to visit it.
On the day we went, I took my 9-year-old son, and my friend took his family, including his 11-year-old son who was born deaf.
I wasn’t sure what to expect. But by the end, after seeing the museum through their eyes, I came to view it in two ways. The first: As a place about, not just for, the deaf community. The second: As an example of why representation matters.
Museums should transport us and reflect us. They should leave children pulling at their parents’ hands to show them something new they learned. My son tugged at me several times in that room in Chapel Hall, where many of the exhibits sat.
Did you know that the football huddle was created by a deaf team? I didn’t, until that day.
“Inventing the huddle,” reads the title of one of the panels in that room. Below it appears a photo of the Gallaudet football team in 1894. As the story goes, that year, the team was playing against another deaf team, and quarterback Paul Hubbard didn’t want the opposing players to see the sign language he was using to discuss plays. So, he told his team to huddle. That practice is now, of course, used across the world in different sports.
Another panel features a letter written by George H.W. Bush less than a year before he would become president and about two years before he would sign the Americans With Disabilities Act. In it, he calls on a search committee to select a university president who was not only highly qualified, but who was also deaf. After describing his work in the area of disability civil rights, he writes: “From this experience, I have become aware of the two basic principles that underlay the disability rights movement; the right of disabled people to control their own lives and the right to integration and involvement in society.”
Other exhibits and collections exist in different buildings on the campus. One is “History Through Deaf Eyes.” Another is the “Deaf Difference + Space Survival.”
At the latter, we learned that during the country’s space race with the Soviet Union, in an attempt to better understand motion sickness, NASA and the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine recruited 11 deaf men to participate in a study. The exhibit details what those men endured and what was discovered with their participation. They were known as the “Labyrinthine Defectives,” a nod to the name of the organs in their inner ear that didn’t function and allowed them not to get sick in conditions that would make others nauseous.
“Experiments continued for nearly a decade on zero-gravity flights, in rotating devices, on board a ship across turbulent seas and in centrifuges,” reads the exhibit. “Because of their inner ear physiology, the deaf test subjects did not get motion sickness.”
Compared to other D.C. museums, the exhibits at Gallaudet take a minuscule amount of space. It can take more than a day to get through some of the Smithsonian museums. The National Deaf Life Museum, which opened in 2014, can be seen in a few hours.
Museum Director Meredith M. Peruzzi, who is also a graduate of the university, said that Chapel Hall saw about 8,000 visitors a year before the pandemic. Current numbers have been more difficult to track.
Peruzzi described the museum as serving “a dual role” for those visitors. “For members of the Deaf community, it is a place to see themselves, learn about their history, and develop their sense of personal identity,” she said in an emailed statement. “For hearing visitors, it offers a chance to learn about our culture, examine their own expectations and experiences of Deaf people, and feel the vibrancy of our signing community.”
By the end of our visit, my son had learned about a community that was not his own, and my friend’s son had come to an important conclusion about Gallaudet.
“I could see myself going here,” he said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/06/deaf-museum-gallaudet-university/ | 2022-08-06T16:23:31Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/06/deaf-museum-gallaudet-university/ | true |
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Village Engineers prog to be rolled out in Gujarat soon
"The deliberations, held under the 'Skill Samwaad' series yesterday, focussed on the 'Village Engineers' programme that will be rolled out in the state soon," the statement said.
The village engineers' programme will soon be rolled out in Gujarat whereby tribal youth will be imparted training in multiple skills so that they can participate in the economic activities in their respective districts, the Centre said on Saturday. Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar held discussions with Members of Parliament and Ministers from Gujarat on Friday to create targeted skilling opportunities for the tribal youth in their local areas to reduce the pull for migration, an official statement said.
"The deliberations, held under the 'Skill Samwaad' series yesterday, focussed on the 'Village Engineers' programme that will be rolled out in the state soon," the statement said.
Chandrashekhar said under the programme, tribal youth will get multiple skills training so that they can participate in the economic activities in their respective districts. The State government and the Centre must act in coordination to implement the programme, he added.
Opportunities in the areas of Electric Vehicles (EVs), drone manufacturing, organic food manufacturing, mango processing, textile manufacturing and more were discussed, the statement said.
Recently, the village engineer programme was launched from Madhya Pradesh to train the tribal youth by providing them a basket of skills together. The first batch of village engineers have also been conferred recognition in form of certification.
The company will stop producing Jazz after October 2022 while the crossover WR-V will not be produced beyond March 2023. The carmaker will also stop the production and sale of the 4th Generation Honda City by December 2022 in the country. However, the 5th generation of the sedan will continue to be available in the market, a source in the know of things told ETAuto. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/village-engineers-prog-to-be-rolled-out-in-gujarat-soon/93396217 | 2022-08-06T16:25:43Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/village-engineers-prog-to-be-rolled-out-in-gujarat-soon/93396217 | true |
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Sotera Health Co Quarterly Report (Form10)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin pitched five scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a four-hitter against the San Diego Padres’ supercharged lineup, winning 8-1 Friday night after honoring Vin Scully.
Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts led the stadium in a unison call of Scully’s signature “It’s time for Dodgers baseball” during a memorial before the game. Scully died Tuesday at age 94.
“It speaks to how much love the Dodger family has for Vin,” Roberts said. “It was a special moment.”
The NL West rivals met for the first time since San Diego acquired superstar Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline. The Dodgers extended their division lead to a season-best 13 1/2 games over the Padres and showed no signs of slowing down.
Gonsolin (13-1) struck out six and allowed three hits. He overcame a 30-pitch first inning and left two runners on. After that, he settled in.
“I was grinding at-bats. (Jurickson) Profar starting with 10-11 (pitches) was too many,” Gonsolin said. “Fouling off some good pitches. I was throwing a lot of balls early but executed when I needed to.”
Soto was showered with “Future Dodger” chants at Chavez Ravine last month when he played in the All-Star Game with his name on the trade block. Washington sent the 23-year-old to Los Angeles’ rival instead, and Soto was booed in each at-bat Friday.
Soto and ex-Dodger Manny Machado had two of the Padres’ four hits.
The Dodgers scored four runs in the first inning on a two-run double by Hanser Alberto, an infield single by Will Smith and an error. The Dodgers added another four runs in the third inning, on a two-run double by Chris Taylor — in his first game back from the IL — and Cody Bellinger’s two-run double.
Sean Manaea (6-6) had one of the worst starts of his season, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits in four innings.
“I’ve said often that a lot of times you can get to a starter in the first before you get to a rhythm and they certainly did,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said. “They were on some fastballs middle of the plate and it ended up being a tough inning and so was the third.”
Joey Gallo had a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning, his second hit since being acquired by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees.
The Padres scored on Drury’s sacrifice fly in the ninth.
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
Nothing new was revealed in Clayton Kershaw’s MRI on Friday. He has back soreness that caused him to leave Thursday’s game against the Giants. Roberts said he’ll rest and re-set.
“There wasn’t any new findings, so that’s a positive,” Roberts said. “This was the best-case scenario coming from the MRI.”
FRIENDS DONT LET FRIENDS WEAR BROWN
Trea Turner is former teammates with Juan Soto and Josh Bell in Washington, and now he’ll see them plenty in the NL West. The Dodgers and Padres play nine times in September.
“I told them they look terrible in brown,” Trea Turner joked. “It’s good to see them on a team that’s competing. Juan has won a World Series and was a big part of our (Nationals) team obviously in 2019. JB hasn’t been there yet. Hopefully, he has a chance to play in the postseason. Happy for those guys. Look forward to playing a lot of baseball games.”
TIP OF THE CAP
Before he threw a pitch, Gonsolin tipped his cap from the mound toward the broadcast booth. Gonsolin never had the chance to meet Scully.
“Being able to have the start today on the first day back with the ceremony, just wanted to show my appreciation for Vin,” Gonsolin said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: SS Fernando Tatis Jr. (fractured wrist) will begin a rehab assignment either Saturday or Sunday in Double-A San Antonio.
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP Mike Clevinger (3-3, 3.13 ERA) earned his first win in more than a month in his last start, allowing just one run on five hits in seven innings against Colorado.
Dodgers: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0, 0.77 ERA) allowed just one earned run and four hits in four innings against the Giants on Monday. It was his second start back from a left shoulder strain.
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Opinion: Vin Scully voiced baseball's history
Vin Scully voiced a lot of history. He was at the mic when Brooklyn won their only World Series, in 1955, intoning simply, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Dodgers are champions of the world."
He was there in 1956 when Don Larsen of the Yankees pitched the only "perfect game" in a World Series — against the Dodgers. And when Kirk Gibson limped off the Los Angeles Dodger bench to hit a home run in the 1988 World Series.
"In a year that has been so improbable," said Vin, "the impossible has happened."
Vin Scully was the man who had to say something when Bill Buckner of the Boston Red Sox let Mookie Wilson's ground ball squiggle like a baby mouse between his feet in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
"If one picture is worth a thousand words," he said after Billy Buck slumped off the field, "you have just seen about a million of them."
Vin Scully was wry and reflective in a business that's often booming and raucous. He was worth hearing even when — especially when — nothing happened.
"He could grab a detail, and transform it into a memory," Jason Benetti, the voice of the Chicago White Sox, told us this week.
I remember when Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs was on the disabled list with a bruised knee.
"(He) is listed as day-to-day," said Vin Scully. "Aren't we all?"
When Henry Aaron of the Braves struck his 715th home run at home in Atlanta in 1974, to break Babe Ruth's career record, Vin Scully was artfully silent while Aaron circled the bases. Then he captured the occasion utterly.
"What a marvelous moment for the country and the world," he said. "A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep south for breaking the record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for the country and the world..."
Vin Scully was the courtly and eloquent voice of the Dodgers, and baseball, really, for 67 years. But when he died this week at the age of 94, I didn't think so much of the no-hitters and game-winners he narrated, but of what it must have been like for anyone in LA to be stuck in traffic on the I-5 in the late afternoon, wishing they were anywhere else, then fumble through the radio dial, and have the voice of Vin Scully take you away to a game.
"Everyone and everything can be interesting," says Jason Benetti. "That's the most important lesson I learned from Vin." | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/1116108530/opinion-vin-scully-voiced-baseballs-history | 2022-08-06T16:33:12Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/1116108530/opinion-vin-scully-voiced-baseballs-history | false |
Boris Johnson's downfall proves fruitful for Edinburgh Fringes comedians
Comedians performing at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival draw inspiration from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's downfall, and the ensuing turmoil in the Conservative Party.
Saturday 6 August 2022 17:18, UK
As Boris Johnson gets ready to bow out as prime minister, whatever your politics, satirists at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival are making the most of their one last opportunity to make fun of the man who has provided them with one or two punchlines, to say the least.
"There are times you think there isn't enough to write jokes about," admits comedian Matt Forde.
"And then, God bless the Tory Party, just before the Edinburgh Festival they give me a load of stuff to write jokes about.
"So on one level I'm deeply troubled, and on another I'm deeply grateful to Boris Johnson and the rest of them for helping me write this show."
For Rosie Holt - who fooled many with her spoof Tory MP videos created during lockdown - ahead of her Edinburgh run, the Conservative leadership race has offered her a chance to hone what she does best.
"Often... Scotland gets ignored," she told Sky News, speaking with faux concern as her MP character. "And it's hard for them because Nicola Sturgeon is quite attention-seeking. So I'm here to get my own bit of attention really, and, and spread the word about my leadership bid, which I feel has been quite ignored by the mainstream media."
The show must go on for Boris the Third - a play that reimagines a time when, aged 18 at Eton, the prime minister played Richard III.
Its writer, Adam Meggido, says events at number 10 have inadvertently made his drama - written months before - feel even more timely.
"Richard the third, of course, is a rise and fall story and when I first wrote the play there wasn't a fall," Meggido told Sky News.
"Now he's on his way out, it's a perfect rise and fall story. And it gives us a chance to reflect on what the last two years has been about."
Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right is on 2000 at Pleasance Courtyard Aug 6-28
Rosie Holt: The Woman's Hour is on 1800 at Pleasance Courtyard Aug 6-15, 17-29
Boris the Third is on at 1610 at Pleasance Courtyard Aug 6-14, 16-29 | https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-downfall-proves-fruitful-for-edinburgh-fringes-comedians-12666953 | 2022-08-06T16:49:26Z | https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-downfall-proves-fruitful-for-edinburgh-fringes-comedians-12666953 | true |
ASEAN decided no Myanmar junta at summits unless peace progress
Cambodia's foreign minister on Saturday said the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN had decided that Myanmar's ruling generals would remain barred from any of its meetings until they show progress on a peace plan.
Prak Sokhonn, a special envoy on Myanmar and chair of this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings, told a news conference the junta "must act in a way that shows progress is made then we will be able to act on a decision to show progress." | https://www.tbsnews.net/world/asean-decided-no-myanmar-junta-summits-unless-peace-progress-472390 | 2022-08-06T16:56:34Z | https://www.tbsnews.net/world/asean-decided-no-myanmar-junta-summits-unless-peace-progress-472390 | true |
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan said Saturday that China’s military drills appear to simulate an attack on the self-ruled island, after multiple Chinese warships and aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei that infuriated Beijing.
Taiwan’s armed forces issued an alert, dispatched air and naval patrols around the island, and activated land-based missile systems in response to the Chinese exercises, the Ministry of National Defense said. As of 5 p.m., 20 Chinese aircraft and 14 ships continued to carry out sea and air exercises around the Taiwan Strait, it said.
The ministry said that zones declared by China as no-go areas during the exercises for other ships and aircraft had “seriously damaged the peace.” It emphasized that Taiwan’s military does not seek war, but would prepare and respond for it accordingly.
China’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement Saturday that it had carried out military exercises as planned in the sea and airspaces to the north, southwest, and east of Taiwan, with a focus on “testing the capabilities” of its land strike and sea assault systems.
China launched live-fire military drills following Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan earlier this week, saying it violated the “one-China” policy. China sees the island as a breakaway province to be annexed by force if necessary, and considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
Taiwan’s army also said it detected four unmanned aerial vehicles flying in the vicinity of the offshore county of Kinmen on Friday night and fired warning flares in response.
The four drones, which Taiwan believed were Chinese, were spotted over waters around the Kinmen island group and the nearby Lieyu Island and Beiding islet, according to Taiwan’s Kinmen Defense Command.
Kinmen, also known as Quemoy, is a group of islands only 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) east of the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province in the Taiwan Strait, which divides the two sides that split amid civil war in 1949.
“Our government & military are closely monitoring China’s military exercises & information warfare operations, ready to respond as necessary,” Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said in a tweet.
“I call on the international community to support democratic Taiwan & halt any escalation of the regional security situation,” she added.
The Chinese military exercises began Thursday and are expected to last until Sunday. So far, the drills have included missile strikes on targets in the seas north and south of the island in an echo of the last major Chinese military drills in 1995 and 1996 aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and staged civil defense drills, while the U.S. has deployed numerous naval assets in the area.
The Biden administration and Pelosi have said the U.S. remains committed to a “one-China” policy, which recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. The administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting.
China has also cut off defense and climate talks with the U.S. and imposed sanctions on Pelosi in retaliation for the visit.
Pelosi said Friday in Tokyo, the last stop of her Asia tour, that China will not be able to isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.
Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China. She, along with other lawmakers, visited Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1991 to support democracy two years after a bloody military crackdown on protesters at the square.
Meanwhile, cyberattacks aimed at bringing down the website of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had doubled between Thursday to Friday, compared to similar attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. The ministry did not specify the origin of the attack.
Other ministries and government agencies, such as the Ministry of Interior, also faced similar attacks on their websites, according to the report.
A distributed-denial-of-service attack is aimed at overloading a website with requests for information that eventually crashes it, making it inaccessible to other users.
Also Saturday, the Central News Agency reported that the deputy head of the Taiwan Defense Ministry’s research and development unit, Ou Yang Li-hsing, was found dead in his hotel room after suffering a heart attack. He was 57, and had supervised several missile production projects.
The report said his hotel room in the southern county of Pingtung, where he was on a business trip, showed no signs of intrusion.
Taiwanese overwhelmingly favor maintaining the status quo of the island’s de facto independence and reject China’s demands that the island unify with the mainland under Communist control.
Globally, most countries subscribe to the “one-China” policy, which is a requirement to maintain diplomatic relations with Beijing.
Any company that fails to recognize Taiwan as part of China often faces swift backlash, often with Chinese consumers pledging to boycott its products.
On Friday, Mars Wrigley, the manufacturer of the Snickers candy bar, apologized after it released a video and materials featuring South Korean boy band BTS that had referred to Taiwan as a country, drawing swift criticism from Chinese users.
In a statement on its Weibo account, the company expressed “deep apologies.”
“Mars Wrigley respects China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity and conducts business operations in strict compliance with local Chinese laws and regulations,” the statement said.
In a separate post, the firm added that there is “only one China” and said that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory.” | https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/taiwan-says-china-military-drills-appear-to-simulate-attack/ | 2022-08-06T17:01:36Z | https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/taiwan-says-china-military-drills-appear-to-simulate-attack/ | true |
Residents raise stands of trees to check unauthorised parking
Green marshals posted at Arundale Beach Road in Kalakshetra Colony
What can stop any motor vehicle — from a low-powered wimp of a machine to a Supperalloy Darkshine on wheels, one flaunting horsepower as if it were rock-hard muscles?
Arundale Beach Road residents have a rather dumbfounding answer: “Even the fragile stem of a sapling could be the ‘drive-stopper’, if you knew where to put it.”
And they are putting their money where their mouth is.
Through individual efforts, some residents are shooing away motorists that take an inch not granted to them.
A stand of ‘trees’ appear now and again demonstrating this resolve.
In a majority of cases, the trees are hardly trees. An unlikely battalion is pitted against unauthorised parking. They range from suckling babes — saplings around four feet tall — to young trees sniffing their way in the air and reaching for adulthood. The exercise is concentrated on one side of the road to prevent parking of vehicles there. A measure absolutely necessary, as Arundale Beach Road would not progress beyond round one of Broad Interior Roads selection trials anywhere in the world.
The best demonstration of stem power is found along a section of the compound wall of Besant Arundale Senior Secondary School, where a stand of saplings hold their own, fending off motorists looking for a slot to rest their tyres.
Along another section of the same compound wall stands the most pampered greenery in town. It is also the most infectious demonstration of a commitment to greening the neighbourhood.
These saplings — best described as adolescents — are securely encased in bamboo guards, barbed wires lining them vertically to make sure they are not prised apart by curious and restless human hands. Besides the bamboo guards, a sprinkling of cacti serves as bulwark against bovines, known to occasionally scuff their hooves in this locality.
The mastermind behind this bamboo-assisted greening effort is P Harihar, a resident of a five-unit apartment, Cee Dee Yes Sree Wisma.
Harihar explains he installed these guards after noticing passersby, particularly children from the nearby school, plucking at the saplings.
As this mid-road conversation unspools around school time, he asks this writer to wait and watch: And as if on cue, a gaggle of children lay restless hands on the green stand. He reveals he has got someone to water the saplings every day, and someone one else to maintain the saplings every 45 days against pests.
Harihar notes he feels pleasant about having taken this initiative and keeping it going in this manner, whenever another resident of the locality is inspired by it to start something similar, and also when passersby stop by to take selfies with the greenery encased in bamboo tree guards as backdrop.
The stands of greenery one finds on the road are results of efforts by residents, each of them focussed on a patch outside their home, Harihar notes.
The small efforts add up to a collective good.
The diffuse exercises are said to be turbo-charged by the Kalakshetra Colony Welfare Association (KCWA) — in which Arundale Beach Road is subsumed — by sustaining a culture of tree-planting across the locality.
“We plant saplings everywhere, but we are targetting this road specifically because many vehicles from outside are brought and parked here,” says Ravi Raman, president, KCWA. “But we also focus on other pockets. For example, at the end of Beach Road, there is a Corporation school; and we have carried out tree-planting exercises around that area too, as we have issues like unauthorised parking there. People from outside the colony park their vehicles.”
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Woody Harrelson is reading your tweets — at least the viral ones featuring little babies who look like him.
Northern Ireland resident Danielle Grier Mulvenna learned as much on Friday when the actor responded on Instagram to Wednesday’s viral tweet in which she posted a side-by-side photo comparison of Harrelson and her baby girl Cora, according to ET Online.
“Ok but how does our daughter look like Woody Harreslon,” tweeted Mulvenna.
Her daughter’s adorable smile was set beside an image of Harrelson from “Zombieland 2: Double Tap.” The 61-year-old actor and his newfound doppelgänger were both shown smiling from ear to ear, and while 9-month-old Cora has yet to grow all her teeth, the resemblance was uncanny.
“Cora says, thank you all so much for the likes and retweets and also that she doesn’t always look like Woody Harreslon, it’s just that when she does…she really really does xxx,” tweeted Mulvenna after the comparison received hundreds of thousands of likes.
Little did Mulvenna know that Harrelson himself would catch wind of the tweet and publicly respond to the spitting image on Instagram. The Oscar-nominated actor not only screenshotted Mulvenna’s tweet, but wrote four lines of poetry for her daughter — titled “Ode to Cora.”
“Ode to Cora,” Harrelson captioned his Instagram post. “You’re an adorable child / Flattered to be compared / You have a wonderful smile / I just wish I had your hair.”
Mulvenna, who was tagged in Harrelson’s post, responded in the comments and said he “made our day.” She also said she “can’t wait to show her this when she’s older, you have another fan for life.” Mulvenna made sure to tweet a screenshot of the post in gratitude.
“It’s not every day Woody Harreslon writes your daughter a poem,” she wrote. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woody-harrelson-baby-poem_n_62ee89f0e4b0da5ec0f4fd20 | 2022-08-06T17:04:14Z | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woody-harrelson-baby-poem_n_62ee89f0e4b0da5ec0f4fd20 | false |
(The Hill) – The new BA.5 COVID-19 variant has quickly become the most prominent strain of the virus in the U.S., accounting for almost 86% of cases, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The BA.5 omicron subvariant, first detected in South Africa, now dominates COVID-19 cases in every region of the country after initially spiking in the U.S. in June. BA.5 made up 85.5% of cases for the week ending on July 30, the CDC noted.
BA.5 infections are associated with many familiar symptoms, notably a lingering cough, nasal congestion and sore throat.
A prominent symptom, especially in younger populations, is extreme fatigue. This fatigue, which can often leave the patient feeling as though they can’t get out of bed or climb a flight of stairs, lasts as long as two weeks, said Dr. Sergio Segarra, chief medical officer at Baptist Hospital in Miami.
Loss of taste or smell, previously tell-tale symptoms of a COVID infection, have become less prevalent with the newer variants.
Reports from current infections have echoed early reports from South Africa which suggested that many patients experienced “severe fatigue, but no loss of taste or smell,” said Dr. Lauren Ferrante, a Yale Medicine pulmonologist.
In the pediatric population, cases also tend to present with gastrointestinal symptoms.
Health care workers are seeing fewer hospitalizations with BA.5, and fewer cases involving severe lung damage and reactive pneumonia as the disease mutates.
“In general, this BA.5 is milder,” Segarra said.
The BA.5 variant has demonstrated an unmatched ability to infect those who are vaccinated or who have immunity from previous infections, however.
“BA.5 is much more contagious than prior strains,” Segarra said. “We went from contact precautions to airborne in a relatively short period of time.”
Natural immunity from other variants, including previous omicron subvariants, is diminishing more quickly as the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, and vaccine immunity is preferred, Segarra said.
Experts are urging the public to get booster doses until vaccines specifically developed to target BA.5 are available.
“If you’re in an eligible population, I would not wait to get that boost,” Segarra said. “That will be what could potentially keep you from dying.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/ba-5-becomes-most-prominent-covid-strain-in-the-america-heres-how-its-symptoms-differ/ | 2022-08-06T17:06:34Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/ba-5-becomes-most-prominent-covid-strain-in-the-america-heres-how-its-symptoms-differ/ | true |
Indians become assets wherever they go: Mohan Bhagwat
New Delhi August 06, 2022 22:14 ISTRSS chief says that the world will rise only when ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and Hindustan rises
The world needs “dharma” (religious and moral duties) to overcome social evils like war, global warming and bigotry and India is the only country that can teach the world about dharma, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said at a training camp held in Bhopal on Saturday. The camp, organised by Vishwa Sangha Shiksha Varga, saw the participation of RSS workers from 13 countries.
Mr. Bhagwat quoted Aurobindo Ghosh, a writer who participated in the freedom struggle. “Lord Krishna, who arrived in Mr. Ghosh’s dreams during his stay in jail told him that the first condition of the rise of ‘Sanatan dharma’ will be the rise of the ‘Hindurashtra’, Hindustan. At that time, Mr. Ghosh wasn’t aware that the RSS would be formed and our swayamsewaks will spread the message of coexistence to the world,” said Mr. Bhagwat.
He added that Swami Vivekananda had also said that India had to rise but not for its own interests but to teach “dharma” to the world.
“The world needs dharma that gives balance and teaches coordination. Only Indians can teach the same to the world. Not a single Indian abroad has a blot on his character. Indians become assets to foreign countries,” he added.
The RSS’ training program, where Mr. Bhagwat spoke, aimed at infusing Indian values among Hindus living abroad. The camp started in Bhopal on July 17 and was inaugurated by the RSS' Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale. Around 53 swayamsewaks from 13 countries participated in the 21-day program. The event was also attended by 31 swayamsevikas from eight countries.
Mr. Hosabale said that the camp is a programme that teaches people to live with each other, to understand themselves and to build collective thinking. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indians-become-assets-wherever-they-go-mohan-bhagwat/article65737590.ece/amp/ | 2022-08-06T17:08:01Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indians-become-assets-wherever-they-go-mohan-bhagwat/article65737590.ece/amp/ | true |
Performing Arts
Bob Marley gets orchestra treatment
Saturday August 06 2022A bold musical adventure has unleased a classical dimension to 10 timeless songs from the catalogue of the world’s most popular reggae musician.
When Chi-chi Nwanoku, the founder of the Chineke! Orchestra, the UK’s first and only majority black orchestra, received a call from Island Records saying they wanted to make a new recording of Bob Marley’s greatest hits, she was stunned.
“I was thinking ‘how can you do that, is this not sacrilege, the music is already perfect,’” she recalls while sharing the story of the new album Bob Marley with the Chineke! Orchestra.
“Similar recordings of songs by icons like Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, have been done with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,” she told the BD Life.
“But they said when it came to giving the same treatment to Bob Marley everybody agreed that it had to be with the Chineke! Orchestra.”
Most sought-after
The orchestra whose name translates from the Ibo language, as the ‘great creator of all good things was the brainchild of Chi-chi, the daughter of a Nigerian father and an Irish mother. In a career spanning more than three decades, the double bassist stood out as the only black person not just on the stage, but in the huge venues where she played.
“I got to a stage in my career where I had a lot of credibility and felt confident that something could be done about creating diversity in classical music,” she says. And so it was that the Chineke! Orchestra was born in 2015 and is today one of the most sought-after ensembles in Europe as the Bob Marley album attests.
After several meetings with Island Records, Chi-chi was convinced that the project was not going to mess with the music of Bob Marley. The recording was done at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London where the Beatles recorded their biggest hits in the 1960s.
“Once the musicians had gotten over the excitement, then having Bob Marley and the Wailers in our headphones while we were playing with the click track, was just uplifting. Everyone had a smile on their face throughout the recording,” she says. “We played from the heart; we were not just playing the notes.”
“Some classical musicians may feel snobbish about playing reggae. It is ridiculous. This is the highest form of music and we have joined forces with Bob Marley’s music and lifted both art forms even higher.”
Even though the album was released in the last two weeks, the recording was done three years ago. The original plan to release the album during the 75th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth in 2020, was delayed to settle all the contractual issues between the Marley family, and his estate, and then the pandemic pushed the release even further.
The album has met an enthusiastic reception from the Marley family with Bob’s grandson Skip Marley, performing with the Orchestra during a special concert in Birmingham last week in the presence of his mother Cedella.
The concert which was Skip Marley’s UK debut marked the 50th anniversary of Bob Marley’s first show in the city, the 60th year since Jamaica attained independence, and was celebrating the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Chi-chi, who was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth in 2017 for services to music, is emphatic that the Marley music remains in its original form on the album.
“This is an arrangement for strings around the music, it is like an accompaniment to the recording. We have not changed the music. I would not dream of it.”
“What this has done is enhance the message of Bob Marley, it lifts his music but we haven’t changed a single thing. His message is there loud and clear, nothing has changed. It is just a broader dimension because there is a string orchestra around it.”
It is enchanting to hear the strings at the opening of the Exodus before the familiar thumping one-drop bass sets in, or the lilting instrumentation that accompanies the smooth rhythm of Stir It Up. Other favorites given a similar lift are One Love/People Get Ready, Is This Love and Redemption Song.
“People who love Bob Marley will suddenly hear a string quartet with it and think ‘wow! I play the viola, maybe I could join the Chineke! Orchestra,’” says Chi-chi.
“I want people to enjoy it with open hearts and minds and dance and think of this great prophet; Bob Marley was a prophet. Just listen to the words of every track. The words are still relevant today.”
She says it is sad that some of the lyrics that Bob wrote during his lifetime are still true which shows that we have not made much social and political progress since then.
“When you listen to this new album bring all of your positive thinking, all of your positive vibes because he wanted to make the world a better place and so too do we in this troubled world.” | https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/art/music/bob-marley-gets-orchestra-treatment-3903190 | 2022-08-06T17:09:30Z | https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/art/music/bob-marley-gets-orchestra-treatment-3903190 | false |
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Producing a book showcasing her favorite band was a dream come true for lifelong Beatles fan Laurie Jacobson. A celebrated author of five previous Hollywood books, her latest effort did require the assistance of others.
In “Top of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965,” released on Aug. 1, Jacobson meticulously weaves first-person interviews and quotes from dozens of writers, agents, producers, photographers, fans, friends and celebrities such as Meryl Streep and Whoopi Goldberg who have come together to convey the compelling story behind the historic New York Beatles concert.
Jacobson didn’t merely recount a day in the life of the Fab Four’s milestone 30-minute show that featured a 12-song set before some 56,000 screaming fans from the twist and shout generation. She describes the long and winding road leading up to the Aug. 15 event and, in the end, its influence on music history as the first pop concert performed in a major American sports stadium – shattering attendance records.
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“I spent close to seven years gathering information and amazing photos — hundreds never seen before,” explained Jacobson from her home in Northern California.
Jacobson was just 10 when the Beatles began consuming her adolescent world.
“Like so many others, I saw them on ‘Ed Sullivan’ and was immediately hooked,” she recalled. “Those smiles, that hair. I ran right out to buy their 45 of ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and went bonkers with posters and magazines — anything Beatles.”
Although unable to attend the famous Shea event because she lived in St. Louis, almost exactly one year later her parents provided a ticket to ride the wave of Beatlemania still sweeping the country when the group came to town on their final U.S. tour.
“It was threatening rain,” she remembered. “So, they dispensed with the opening acts and straight away introduced the Beatles. I watched in silent wonder, teary-eyed, knowing this was my moment with them. I wanted to soak in every detail and memorize every move. I honestly don’t remember a thing about the crowd, just them. Nine 3-minute songs and it was over. The rain was falling, and my parents whisked me away.”
Barely a teen, Jacobson let it be known to all that this girl had joined the ranks of devoted Beatles collectors while embracing their musical revolution that sparked the so-called 1960s British invasion. Sure, some disapproving parents across the country were declaring it’s all too much — cringing at the group’s mop-top hairstyles, their raucous music inciting its liberating social influence, and the near-hypnotic effect on their adoring teenage fans — but hers were understanding.
“They supported it 100% and often surprised me with Beatles items which I cherished and still have,” said Jacobson, who maintains a collection that includes dolls, models, T-shirts, a yellow submarine, rare albums and books, posters, buttons, ticket stubs and several decades worth of scrapbook clippings.
With the Beatles touring days waning in ‘66, the previous year’s sellout Shea Stadium concert remained the most memorable, not only for fans but for the band as well.
“Biggest crowd they ever played and biggest paycheck, too,” noted Jacobson. “You can see on their faces when they step onto the field — the moment they became aware of their power.”
For her book’s title, the author even paraphrased something John Lennon later remarked in 1971 about the Shea concert: “I saw the top of the mountain on that unforgettable night.”
For those who lived through the ‘60s, the Beatles provided musical diversion to help survive the ever-tightening social, cultural and political chains crushing the country. Today, in a post-Beatles world seemingly also inundated with disturbing national and global issues, baby boomers can still, if only briefly, get back that uplifting spirit their music provoked.
“It was so much more than their music for us – they changed the way we looked, the way we thought, and for many, the paths we chose,” explained Jacobson. “Our memories are full of love and emotion, and we have passed that on to our children and their children. I’d like readers to experience the pure joy at the peak of Beatlemania when optimism ruled and anything was possible.”
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, in Alabama, and has written features, columns, and interviews here, there, and everywhere for numerous magazines and newspapers. See getnickt.org. | https://tucson.com/entertainment/books/book-shares-the-story-behind-historic-beatles-shea-stadium-concert/article_1d2a349a-127f-11ed-a697-db2acc6c1ef3.html | 2022-08-06T17:15:52Z | https://tucson.com/entertainment/books/book-shares-the-story-behind-historic-beatles-shea-stadium-concert/article_1d2a349a-127f-11ed-a697-db2acc6c1ef3.html | true |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bomb went off Saturday in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least two people and wounding 22, a Taliban official said.
According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the explosion occurred in western Kabul's Puli-e Sokhta area. One of the wounded was in critical condition, he added.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but blame is likely to fall on the Islamic State group, which has targeted Afghanistan’s minority Shiites in large-scale attacks in the past.
The regional affiliate of IS, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, has increased attacks on mosques and minorities across the country since the Taliban seized power last August.
IS, which emerged in eastern Afghanistan in 2014, is seen as the greatest security challenge facing the country’s new Taliban rulers. Following their takeover a year ago, the Taliban have launched a sweeping crackdown on IS.
On Friday, a bomb hidden in a cart went off near a mosque in another Shiite area of Kabul, killing at least eight people and wounding 18. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for that attack.
On Wednesday, a gunbattle between the Taliban and IS gunmen killed five, including two Taliban fighters, near the Sakhi shrine in the Karti Sakhi neighborhood of the Afghan capital. The attack took place amid preparations for Ashoura, which commemorates the 7th century death in battle of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Taliban-Bomb-blast-kills-2-people-in-Shiite-area-17356420.php | 2022-08-06T17:19:46Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Taliban-Bomb-blast-kills-2-people-in-Shiite-area-17356420.php | false |
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Detectives are investigating a shooting in Goshen.
Tulare County sheriff's deputies were called to Commercial Road and Harvest Avenue just before 3 Friday afternoon.
That's where they found a man with at least one gunshot wound.
He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators haven't released a shooter description but anyone with information is asked to call the Tulare County Sheriff's Office | https://abc30.com/goshen-shooting-man-shot-tulare-county/12104551/ | 2022-08-06T17:20:06Z | https://abc30.com/goshen-shooting-man-shot-tulare-county/12104551/ | false |
Mortgage holders 'doing it tough': survey
More than a quarter of Australian mortgage holders have seen their home loan repayments rise by more than six per cent since the start of the year.
That's according to research from online financial broker Savvy, which found 25.7 per cent of respondents witnessed repayments lift by above six per cent, while 18 per cent saw repayments tick up between three and 10 per cent.
Around six per cent were hit with a rise of between 11 and 20 per cent, with one per cent reporting an increase of more than 21 per cent, it found.
Seventy-seven per cent of the 1003 respondents had some level of increase to their mortgage repayments, according to the company.
Savvy chief executive Bill Tsouvalas said the results showed economics in action as interest rates increased in a bid to dampen inflation.
"That is of little comfort to Australians already doing it tough and set to do it tougher as the RBA puts the brakes on a little more each month," Mr Tsouvalas said in a statement.
The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its key cash interest rate to 1.85 per cent from 1.35 per cent at its August meeting, with the big four banks all passing on the rate hike to mortgage holders
On Friday, in its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, the RBA noted financial markets were pricing in a rise in the cash rate to around three per cent by the end of this year, and around 3.25 per cent in early 2023.
The RBA in the statement reiterated its forecast for annual inflation to reach 7.75 per cent at the end of this year, in line with federal Treasury estimates. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11087739/Mortgage-holders-doing-tough-survey.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-06T17:42:28Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11087739/Mortgage-holders-doing-tough-survey.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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BUTLER TWP, Ohio (WDTN) — The Vandalia-Butler community has organized a United in Prayer event following a Friday morning neighborhood shooting that left 4 people dead.
The United in Prayer event is set to be held on Monday, August 8 at 5:00 p.m. in the Butler High School Parking Lot, which is located in front of the School Board Office.
All are invited to come together as a message of hope, strength, love and support amid the recent tragedy, according to a Facebook post by the City of Vandalia.
“I’ve heard from many residents this evening expressing their shock and profound sadness over the tragedy that unfolded this afternoon in Butler Township,” Vandalia Mayor Richard Herbst said in a statement yesterday.
“In good times and in bad, we are all one community, so the events of the day strike us all at our core. Our staff has reached out to our friends in Butler Township and offered our help. While we have not had any specific threats against City facilities, we are increasing the number of officers on patrol as a precaution. We’ve also cancelled outdoor activities and closed our recreation facilities as a precaution. I want you all to know that this is a situation we will continue to closely monitor moving forward. We will continue to be in close contact with Butler Township authorities to stay abreast of all developments. In the meantime, my family will be praying for all of those impacted by today’s terrible events.” | https://www.wdtn.com/news/community-to-hold-united-in-prayer-event-following-butler-twp-shooting/ | 2022-08-06T17:53:28Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/community-to-hold-united-in-prayer-event-following-butler-twp-shooting/ | true |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 6, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1210 PM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Tyler,
northeastern Hardin and east central Jasper Counties through 115 PM
CDT...
At 1209 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fred, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fred, Town Bluff, Spurger, Caney Head and Mt. Union.
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 3052 9395 3042 9421 3078 9440 3089 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 160DEG 20KT 3054 9413
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Hate crime: Man sentenced for attacking Asian family he blamed for pandemic
MIDLAND, Texas (Gray News) - A Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting an Asian family that authorities said he blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Justice Department announced that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, was sentenced on hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family he believed was Chinese and therefore responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gomez had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime.
Officials said according to the facts admitted in the plea, on March 14, 2020, Gomez entered a Sam’s Club Warehouse in Midland behind an Asian family with young children. Gomez had never seen them before and believed they were Chinese.
According to authorities, Gomez followed them in the store for several minutes because he perceived them to be a “threat” as they were “from the country who started spreading that disease around.” Gomez then momentarily left the family to find a serrated steak knife in the store.
The Justice Department reported Gomez bent the blade of the knife and returned to the family and punched the father in the face, cutting him. Gomez then left to retrieve another knife from the store. When Gomez returned, he abruptly turned towards the family’s two young children – then aged 6 and 2 years old – who were seated in the front basket of the shopping cart. Gomez slashed the 6-year-old child’s face and right ear.
Officials said Gomez also stabbed a Sam’s Club employee who intervened to stop him from further assaulting the Asian family. While being held down on the ground, Gomez yelled at the family to “Get out of America!”
The Justice Department reported that Gomez admitted he believed the family was Chinese and that he blamed them for the COVID-19 pandemic. Gomez further admitted he had attempted to kill the 6-year-old child. The 21-year-old also admitted he had attacked the store employee because he wanted to kill the 6-year-old child and the worker was preventing him from doing so.
“Pandemic-driven and racially-motivated acts of violence are deplorable crimes, and the Justice Department stands ready to use our hate crimes laws to hold perpetrators accountable,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
The department said the Midland Police Department and the FBI helped with the investigation of the case.
“Hate-motivated violence will simply not be tolerated in our society and every person deserves to feel safe from such vicious harm,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff for the Western District of Texas.
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Man indicted on charges of murdering sex workers in Texas and California dating back 30 years
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Waco man jailed in May after Texas Rangers linked him through a DNA database to the 30-year-old murders of prostitutes in East Texas and California was charged in a sealed indictment this week in McLennan County.
A McLennan County grand jury indicted Douglas Thomas, 68, on a capital murder charge in the April 1992 death of Shenda Hayes and the March 1993 death of Sherri Herrera.
The indictment was issued under seal Thursday because Thomas was not charged previously with capital murder in the two deaths. The indictment was unsealed Friday.
Thomas remains in the McLennan County Jail under $2 million bond. He was arrested in May on a murder warrant from Titus County that charged him in the strangulation death of Hayes, who authorities believe was killed in McLennan County. Her body was found near a rest area along Interstate 30 near Mount Pleasant in Titus County, according to records filed in the case.
Texas Ranger Danny Briley wrote in a search warrant affidavit to obtain DNA samples from Thomas at the McLennan County Jail that he investigates serial murders as part of the Texas Ranger cold case unit. He alleged In the affidavit that Thomas also was linked by DNA to Herrera’s murder in Riverside County, California.
Both women were described in the affidavit as “known prostitutes.”
Briley, the lead investigator in the 2013 shooting death of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle, wrote that Thomas was linked to the two murders by DNA found at the crime scenes that had been uploaded years ago into the Combined DNA Index System, a national DNA database maintained by the FBI known as CODIS.
A defendant can be charged with capital murder if he kills more than one person. However, normally it is alleged that the deaths were caused during the same criminal transaction. The indictment against Thomas alleges “both murders were committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of conduct, but during different criminal transactions.”
Mike Thompson, an investigator in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office and a former member of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department cold case unit, and Briley worked together on the case.
The 30-year-old Herrera’s body was found in March 1993 in a remote desert area along Interstate 10 in California. The affidavit says she was sexually assaulted and strangled with a belt. Court records identify her as a “known prostitute and drug abuser who worked the highway rest area” in Tulare County, Calif.
She was last seen being dropped off at a rest area between Tulare and Pixley, Calif., and had arranged to be picked up in 10 minutes, according to the affidavit. She was not seen again, the affidavit says.
Thompson reported that he uploaded a DNA profile from the murder scene in CODIS in 2002. Five years later, a “CODIS case-to-case hit,” or match, was made connecting the two murders.
“In other words, DNA from a single person was located at both crime scenes,” the affidavit states.
Thompson contacted Briley in Aprill to tell him that based on the “family tree” he built, there were six descendants who all live in or around Waco that were in the right genetic range for comparison. Briley, at Thompson’s request, took a DNA sample from Thomas on April 26, the results of which Briley said matches that of the “suspect profile.”
“Based on my training and experience and conversations with other professionals, including but not limited to Investigator Mike Thompson, the DNA match can only belong to Suspected Party,” Briley wrote in the court document.
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IOWA (WHO-TV) – An autopsy released Thursday revealed the causes of death for three family members who were killed at an eastern Iowa state park last month, as well as for the man believed to have killed them.
The bodies of the Cedar Falls, Iowa family were found at the Maquoketa Caves State Park on July 22; their deaths have been ruled homicides.
Tyler Schmidt, 42, was killed by a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to an Iowa Dept. of Public Safety news release. Sarah Schmidt, 42, died of multiple sharp force injuries, and 6-year-old Lula Schmidt died from a gunshot wound and strangulation.
Investigators previously said a fourth family member, 9-year-old Arlo Schmidt, survived the attack without physical injury. As of Thursday, it wasn’t clear whether or not he was in the tent when the deadly attack happened.
The cause of death for 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin, of LaVista, Nebraska, who the department said killed the Schmidts, was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators found Sherwin’s body in a wooded area outside of the campground.
Investigators have said they don’t know what caused Sherwin to attack the family.
The DCI is continuing its investigation into the deaths, but said in the release, “However, the known facts and circumstances, and all evidence collected to this point, substantiate Sherwin was the perpetrator of the homicides and acted alone.”
No other information was released by the DCI.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/autopsy-family-killed-at-park-shot-stabbed-strangled/ | 2022-08-06T18:06:24Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/autopsy-family-killed-at-park-shot-stabbed-strangled/ | true |
LONDON (AP) — While Liverpool made a stuttering start to the English Premier League, Tottenham showed it might be ready to take another step forward under Antonio Conte.
Liverpool had to come from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at promoted Fulham on Saturday, largely thanks to new signing Darwin Nunez, after a performance that Jurgen Klopp conceded was well short of the team’s standards.
Tottenham also conceded an early goal but came roaring back to earn a 4-1 victory at home against Southampton after a dominant display that hinted that Spurs are well gelled after a full offseason under Conte, who took over as manager last November.
Newcastle, Leeds and Bournemouth also won in their league openers, while Everton hosted Chelsea in the late game.
At Craven Cottage, Fulham threatened to pull off a major upset as Aleksandar Mitrovic put the hosts ahead twice against Liverpool. But Nunez came off the bench to score one goal and set up the other for Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool nearly grabbed all three points when Jordan Henderson hit the crossbar in injury time with a long-distance shot, but even Klopp agreed that a win would have been undeserved.
“The start of the game was really bad from us,” Klopp said. “No direction, no positivity, no opening up, no breaking lines, nothing (of) what you have to do.”
It was a different story in north London, where Tottenham reacted superbly to going behind in the 12th minute.
Ryan Sessegnon and Eric Dier put Spurs in front by halftime and Southampton defender Mohammed Salibu netted a comical own goal when trying to clear the ball off the line in the 61st minute. Dejan Kulusevski capped a stellar performance by slotting in the fourth two minutes later.
“It was a perfect start for us, despite going behind,” Conte said. “I liked the game a lot for the result but especially the way in which the result was created — creating many chances to score, good possession, good high and medium pressure and we were good when we lost the ball and the intensity to try and get it back. … Today we have seen (the) summer work with my players.”
Conte spent much of last season complaining about a lack of squad depth, but still opted not to start any of the team’s six offseason signings. Ivan Perisic, Clement Lenglet and Yves Bissouma came off the bench instead to show that Conte also has increased options this season as Spurs tries to join champion Manchester City and Liverpool in the fight for the title.
NEWCASTLE SPOILS FOREST’S RETURN
Nottingham Forest spent most of the game defending in its return to the top flight after an absence of 23 years. The newcomer held firm for nearly an hour at St. James’ Park but couldn’t prevent Newcastle’s Fabian Schar from finally breaking the deadlock with a long-range shot. Newcastle won 2-0 after Callum Wilson added the second in the 78th.
“We were second best in the game no doubt,” Forest manager Steve Cooper said. “We coped OK in terms of possession and territory but didn’t play well enough with the ball.”
Fellow newcomer Bournemouth got off to a better start after Scott Parker won the battle of the former England midfielders as his team earned a 2-0 home win over Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa.
Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore scored either side of halftime at Vitality Stadium as Gerrard — who played alongside Parker at Euro 2012 — cut a frustrated figure for much of the afternoon.
His expensively assembled team dominated possession in the south-coast sunshine but was toothless in attack.
AARONSON GIVES LEEDS A SPARK
There was a distinct American flavor to Leeds’ 2-1 win over Wolverhampton at home.
U.S international Brenden Aaronson played a key part in the winning goal as he rushed in to meet a cross from Patrick Bamford, although it was credited as an own goal by defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, who tried to clear the ball only to poke it into his own.
Leeds went behind early when Daniel Podence scored for the visitors in the sixth minute with a volley that spun off the turf and in off the underside of the crossbar.
Rodrigo leveled for the hosts in the 24th.
Aaronson and fellow U.S. international Tyler Adams made their first starts for Leeds, which is managed by American coach Jesse Marsch.
“All the debutants did quite well,” Marsch told the BBC. “(Aaronson) is relentless. He is nonstop. His work rate is incredible. I know him well and the thing I know about him is he is only going to get better.”
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Choco Taco may make a return, Klondike says
(CNN) - The Choco Taco may yet get a second life.
Klondike says an outpouring of support for the product has made them “reconsider our long-term plans.”
It was a few weeks ago the ice cream novelty-maker shook social media when it announced the Choco Taco would be discontinued.
They said the reason for the discontinuation was “a result of complex production challenges” amid the pandemic.
Klondike’s announcement upset many on Twitter.
Even U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat chimed in to jokingly announce he would push to invoke the Defense Production Act to “mandate” Choco Taco production.
Klondike in a statement says a plan to bring it back is in the works, although “it may take some time.”
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