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As vice president, you devoted a lot of time to youth welfare, says PM Modi in farewell speech for M Venkaiah Naidu. - Country: - India As vice president, you devoted a lot of time to youth welfare, says PM Modi in farewell speech for M Venkaiah Naidu. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) - READ MORE ON: - PM Modi Advertisement
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2022-08-08T06:47:23Z
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2022-08-08T06:54:07Z
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"My parents banked here back when it was called Bass and Equitable. "I can remember coming in here as a child and sitting down at the table with crayons and doing some colouring in. Advertisement "And now here I am as a manager for the Ulverstone store. "It is very personal for me." Bank of us Ulverstone store customer experience leader Linda Rayner speaks with pride about the recent refurbishments at the site, valued at $100,000. "We now have a better layout in store for us to be able to move with our customers wherever they need us to be. "Whether it's cash transactions or inquiries, it's more personal. "We're able to sit down with our customers and have more personal, one-on-one conversations with them, whereas before, we had a long counter which was a barrier between the customer and us." IN OTHER NEWS Ms Rayner said she and her staff were honoured to serve the community and its customers. "I've worked here for many years, so I know our customers by name. "They're not just a customer number. "I'm really passionate about what I do here, and I just want to be able to provide the best service and customer experience that we can for people here in Ulverstone." With Bank of Us and Commonwealth the only bank left in Ulverstone following the closures of Westpac, ANZ and Bendigo Bank branches in the town since 2019, Ms Rayner said it was dedicated to providing services to the town. "We've become increasingly busy over the last few years. "I think it's fantastic for the community to come to us as their bank of choice." The sentiment was also echoed by Bank of us CEO Paul Ranson said the upgrade was an example of the company investing in Tasmania. "At a time when the trend is to close bank branches, we're committed to providing Tasmanians a better banking experience, making sure they have a choice as to how they do their banking with us." Advertisement Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: - Bookmark www.theadvocate.com.au - Make sure you are signed up for our breaking and regular headlines newsletters - Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/theadvocatetas - Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theadvocatetas/ - Follow us on Google News
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2022-08-08T07:20:59Z
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___ - Shelby, here they come: Berryhill headed back to World Series - City of Midland underway with revitalization work on south side of... - A win away: Berryhill beats Eau Claire, advances to final - Mark Juengel will be missed as great coach, educator - No rematch: Gladwin eliminated, while Berryhill moves on - How to reverse Diabetes Belly fat: The removal of Diabetes... - Skills for Tomorrow transforming lives, roofs - Midlander battling cancer fulfills dream of riding hot air balloon Most Popular - Registration is open for the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family-to-Family program... - Camp Fish Tales in Pinconning will hold its fifth annual Fish Races fundraiser on Wednesday, Aug.... - The host Lake County Captains slugged four more home runs and rallied to beat the Great Lakes...
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2022-08-08T07:27:16Z
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___ - Floating Seattle home seems twice its size - Several reports of loud, very low-flying plane over West Seattle - How much do the Blue Angels cost? - Billy Graham: We're sure to recognize each other in Heaven - Bodywork Bandits? Father, son accused of conning elderly Seattle drivers - Wondering who it is in the Alaska Airlines logo? You're not alone - Tribe: California wildfire near Oregon causes fish deaths - GoFundMe scammer who used story of homeless vet gets 5 years
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2022-08-08T07:36:51Z
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A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: ECONOMIC BELLWETHER Economists project that U.S. worker productivity fell in the April-June period for the second consecutive quarter. The Labor Department is expected to report Tuesday that nonfarm labor productivity fell in the second quarter at an annual rate of 4.1%. That would follow a 7.3% decline in the first three months of the year. Productivity is the amount of output per hour of work. The economy shrank in the first half of this year, raising fears that the nation may be in a recession. Productivity, annualized quarterly percent change, seasonally adjusted: Q1 2021: 2.2 Q2 2021: 3.2 Q3 2021: -3.9 Q4 2021: 6.3 Q1 2022: -7.3 Q2 2022 (est.): -4.1 Source: FactSet TRACKING INFLATION The Labor Department delivers its latest monthly index of inflation at the consumer level Wednesday. Americans continue to face higher costs, reflected in a run of sharp annual increases in the consumer price index since summer last year. over the last year. Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 9.1% in June from a year earlier, the biggest yearly increase since 1981, with energy costs driving much of the gain. Economists predict the consumer price index rose 8.7% in the 12 months ended in July. Consumer price index, annual percent change, not seasonally adjusted: Feb. 7.9 March 8.5 April 8.3 May 8.6 June 9.1 July (est.) 8.7 Source: FactSet SPOTLIGHT ON CARDINAL Wall Street expects that Cardinal Health closed out its last fiscal year with a solid quarterly report card. Analysts predict the distributor of medical devices and medicines will report higher fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue than a year earlier. In the previous three quarters, Cardinal posted lower earnings, even as revenues ticked higher. The company reports its latest quarterly results Thursday.
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2022-08-08T08:04:08Z
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were: 03-05-16-21-23-26-27-28-36-38-42-43-51-57-58-68-69-70-73-75 (three, five, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-two, forty-three, fifty-one, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-three, seventy-five)
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2022-08-08T08:04:23Z
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New Delhi, Aug 8: With 16,167 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,61,899, while the active cases have increased to 1,35,510, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 5,26,730 with 41 deaths including 15 mortalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 577 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 6.14 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.64 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,34,99,659, while the case fatality rate was 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry,206.56 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year. The 26 new fatalities include four from Karnataka, three from Gujarat, two each from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal and one each from Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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2022-08-08T08:06:02Z
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Japan's Nikkei ends at 4-month high on robust corporate outlook TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei index ended at a more than four-month high on Monday, as investors scooped up stocks that reported robust outlook, while caution ahead of the release of U.S. consumer prices report limited gains. The Nikkei share average rose 0.26% to 28,249.24, its highest close since March 29. The index, which opened lower, posted a four-session winning run. The broader Topix edged 0.22% higher to 1,951.41. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell in the previous session, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained after a solid U.S. jobs report fuelled expectations for more aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. Data showed U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in July, the 19th straight month of payrolls expansion, with the unemployment rate falling to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5%. Investors' focus now is on the July U.S. consumer prices report due on Wednesday, which could see a slight pullback in headline growth, but likely a further acceleration in core inflation. "Wall Street had a mixed reaction to the payroll data so it is hard for investors to make an active bet in Japan. They are awaiting for the U.S. CPI data before making any active bets," said Takatoshi Itoshima, strategist at Pictet Asset Management Japan. "As long as the Fed's policy decision is based on economic data, investors would have to keep waiting for new key indicators to make a decision for their bets." In Japan, Bandai Namco advanced 4.06% and was one of the top boost for the Nikkei after the game maker raised its half-year profit forecast. Suzuki Motor surged 10.44% after the automaker reported a 36.8% jump in its latest quarterly operating profit. Canon rose 4.63% after the camera and office equipment maker announced its second share buyback this year. (Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
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2022-08-08T08:06:19Z
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were: 07-10-20-26-38 (seven, ten, twenty, twenty-six, thirty-eight) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Evening" game were: 07-10-20-26-38 (seven, ten, twenty, twenty-six, thirty-eight)
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2022-08-08T08:07:03Z
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The super Sunday medal haul brought the overall number of golds to seven – smashing the previous best total of five golds at the 1994 Games in Victoria, Canada. Five final bout victories in the boxing on Sunday followed the gold medal success of para-swimmer Bethany Firth on Wednesday, and the lawn bowling quartet of Sam Barkley, Adam McKeown, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh on Saturday. There were two further silver medals on Sunday, bringing the overall medal total to 18 – another record, bettering the 15 won at Edinburgh in 1986. Sunday’s gold rush began when Bangor bantamweight Dylan Eagleson outpointed his Ghaniaian opponent Abraham Mensah. The last boxing gold went to Michaela Walsh whose brother Aidan had also triumphed in his gold medal light-middleweight bout against Mozambique’s Tiago Osorio Muxanga. Defeating Elizabeth Oshoba of Nigeria was a particularly special moment for Michaela who has twice had to settle for silver following Commonwealth final defeats. Speaking ahead of her final showdown, Michaela said she was enjoying being able to share in the success of brother Aidan who had earlier gone one better than the silver he won at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018. “Regardless of the outcome, I’m so proud to be in the Commonwealth Games final with my brother. Not many people can say that so I’m just so happy,” she said. Afterwards, Aidan said: “To be able to stand here and do what I love everyday, it’s incredible.” Earlier on Sunday, light-flyweight Carly McNaul put in a gutsy performance against Zareen Nikat from India but it wasn’t enough to steal the gold away from the reigning world champion. Following the Eagleson victory, Belfast pro boxer and former Commonwealth gold medal winner Michael Conlan tweeted: “Dylan Eagleson 19 year old Commonwealth games champion, fantastic performance to pull it back after losing the first round. Well done champ.” Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O’Neill tweeted her support for the Northern Ireland team. She said: “A tremendous performance by @GoTeamNI athletes at the Commonwealth Games, achieving a record number of medals. Congratulations to all our local athletes, you have done us all proud. “I have no doubt your performances will inspire many young people to get involved in sport!”
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2022-08-08T08:10:14Z
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Boy, 13, attacked after coming face-to-face with shark OVIEDO, Fla. (WKMG) - A 13-year-old boy and his family faced a terrifying experience while vacationing in Florida when a shark attacked the teenager, biting his lip. Lobstering in the Florida Keys is tradition for the Hricko family. Fischer Hricko, 13, his dad and the rest of his family took their boat out on the water July 27 with the goal of catching as many of the crustaceans as they could. WARNING: Video included in this story may contain disturbing content. On the prowl with his net in hand, Fischer says he snagged a lobster underwater. “On my way up, I felt a little nudge on the back of my leg, so I turned around, thinking it was someone or something like that,” he said. But what the 13-year-old saw wasn’t at all what he expected. “I turned around, and there’s a shark, like, right here,” he said. The shark that Fischer says was right in front of his face instantly latched onto his mouth, biting his lip. “It was scary. I tried getting away, but it was so fast,” the teenager said. Fischer says he grabbed the shark and pulled it from his face. “Then, I just swam as fast as I could back to the boat, screaming,” he said. It was a terrifying moment for both Fischer and his parents. “I started swimming back to him as quickly as I could,” said his father, Kent Hricko. “When I’m approaching him, I’m just seeing blood gushing out of his face, and at that point, I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh. What happened?’” In a team effort, Fischer’s family got him back on the boat and rushed to shore. They drove him to an urgent care clinic, where he got at least 10 stitches on his upper lip. “He was definitely scared, definitely shocked, a little bit of crying but not much. He was being tough,” Kent Hricko said. After just one night spent recovering, Fischer was ready for more, refusing to let the scary experience ruin his family trip. “You gotta always stay positive,” he said. But instead of catching lobsters, he had his eyes set on using a hook to catch a shark. He managed to get a hook in a shark that was at least 4 feet long, but he was unable to reel it in. Regardless, he believes it was a good way to end his family trip. “Fischer’s going to have a cool story to tell when he goes back to school,” Kent Hricko said. For now, Fischer can’t go back in the water while his lip is healing, but the 13-year-old says that as soon as he recovers, he plans to do so. It’s believed the shark that bit Fischer was a nurse shark, a species that’s usually known to be docile and not a threat to humans. Copyright 2022 WKMG via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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2022-08-08T08:11:23Z
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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Harvick got his groove back, fittingly at one of his favorite tracks. Harvick ended a 65- race winless drought that lasted nearly two years with his sixth victory at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. “Good timing, for sure," he said. Harvick’s win shakes up the playoff race with just three races remaining in the regular season, leaving little time for drivers to earn a spot in the 16-car postseason, and gives a boost for a veteran that entered the weekend No. 17 in points. “Everybody that doubted us doesn’t know us,” he said. NASCAR has had 15 different Cup winners this season. If there are two new winners over the last three races, a driver with one win will be eliminated from the 16-car playoff with a tiebreaker based on points. Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. are top-10 drivers in points, but they have not finished first to put their postseason positioning in peril. Harvick's No. 4 Ford pulled away from Bubba Wallace and the rest the field following a restart with 35 laps to go at the FireKeepers Casino 400. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver took advantage of clean air, helping him coast to his 59th victory, including five wins since 2018 on the two-mile oval in the Irish Hills region of southern Michigan. Harvick had not won since claiming a NASCAR Cup Series postseason race on Sept. 19, 2020, at Bristol Motor Speedway. “It's been a while," he acknowledged. “Michigan has been a great place for us." Wallace finished second in his No. 23 Toyota — 2.9 seconds behind Harvick — followed by Denny Hamlin in his No. 11 Toyota. “Seconds not good enough for the playoffs," said Wallace, who needs to win one of the final three regular-season races to earn a spot in the postseason. Austin Cindric, who won the Daytona 500 for his first career victory, started the day No. 15 in points and finished last in the 37-car race after his No. 2 Ford hit the wall head-on in a nine-car crash that knocked Kyle Busch out of the competition. “It was a complete mess,” he said. BUBBA BUMPED Wallace won his first career pole Saturday, becoming the only driver to break 190 mph in the Next Gen car during qualifying this season and went even faster early in the race after a 90-minute rain delay. Wallace, driving for 23XI Racing formed by Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin in 2020, stayed out front until he made a pit stop after 21 laps — two shy of his career high — and the decision that cost him track position due to a crash soon thereafter that included one-fourth of the field. Wallace blamed himself for letting Harvick pull away after the last pivotal restart. “I’ll wear this one on my heart for a while," he said, choking back tears. “I failed everybody." BUSCH’S BAD DAY Busch had another frustrating day, getting knocked out of the race on lap 25 due to the multi-car crash following a restart that also ended Cindric's day. “I can’t buy a break right now,” said Busch, who was the favorite to win the race, per FanDuel Sportsbook. Busch has failed to finish in the top 10 in eight straight races, the longest streak of the two-time champion’s career, and he does not have a contract for next year. Three days before racing at Michigan, he and his wife and their two young children escaped the Mall of America in Minnesota after shots were fired. ODDS AND ENDS Austin Hill made his Cup debut for Richard Childress Racing and finished 18th. ... Kurt Busch missed his third straight race with concussion-like symptoms. Ty Gibbs, the 19-year-old grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, filled in and was a Cup career-high 10th in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing. ... Cole Custer’s No. 41 Ford had its front left tire engulfed in flames, ending his day midway through the race a week after Chris Buescher’s No. 17 Ford caught fire. ... Buescher’s paint job featured the LeBron James Family Foundation. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar is a minority owner with Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of Roush Fenway Keselowski, which hosted James Bromsey III, a sixth-grade student at his I Promise School in Akron, Ohio. UP NEXT NASCAR shifts to Richmond Raceway in Virginia, one of the last three races of the regular season. Hamlin won at Richmond in April. ___ More AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/apf-AutoRacing and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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2022-08-08T08:13:44Z
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TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 7, 2022 _____ 442 FPUS54 KHGX 080758 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 TXZ211-082100- Austin- Including the cities of Sealy and Bellville 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. 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Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ195-082100- Burleson- Including the cities of Caldwell and Somerville 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ214-082100- Chambers- Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell, and Old River-Winfree 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Partly cloudy after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ210-082100- Colorado- Including the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and Weimar 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds around 5 mph, increasing to southeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ227-082100- Fort Bend- Including the cities of Missouri City, Mission Bend, Sugar Land, Rosenberg, First Colony, and Pecan Grove 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ238-082100- Inland Galveston- Including the cities of League City and Friendswood 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ198-082100- Grimes- Including the city of Navasota 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ213-082100- Inland Harris- Including the city of Houston 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ163-082100- Houston- Including the city of Crockett 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ235-082100- Inland Jackson- Including the cities of Edna and Ganado 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to southeast 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 105. $$ TXZ200-082100- Northern Liberty- Including the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ176-082100- Madison- Including the city of Madisonville 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ236-082100- Inland Matagorda- Including the city of Bay City 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ199-082100- Montgomery- Including the cities of Conroe and The Woodlands 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ179-082100- Polk- Including the cities of Livingston and Corrigan 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ178-082100- San Jacinto- Including the cities of Shepherd and Coldspring 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ164-082100- Trinity- Including the cities of Trinity and Groveton 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Partly cloudy, then becoming partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ177-082100- Walker- Including the city of Huntsville 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Partly cloudy, then becoming partly sunny this morning, then becoming mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ212-082100- Waller- Including the cities of Hempstead, Prairie View, Brookshire, and Waller 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Partly cloudy after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ197-082100- Washington- Including the city of Brenham 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ226-082100- Wharton- Including the cities of El Campo and Wharton 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ300-082100- Southern Liberty- Including the city of Devers 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ313-082100- Coastal Harris- Including the cities of Pasadena and Baytown 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ338-082100- Coastal Galveston- Including the cities of Texas City, Dickinson, and La Marque 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ337-082100- Coastal Brazoria- Including the cities of Lake Jackson, Freeport, and Clute 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly clear with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ336-082100- Coastal Matagorda- Including the city of Palacios 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. $$ TXZ335-082100- Coastal Jackson- 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny, then becoming mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ436-082100- Matagorda Islands- 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. $$ TXZ437-082100- Brazoria Islands- Including the city of Surfside Beach 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 80. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 80. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. $$ TXZ438-082100- Galveston Island- Including the city of Galveston 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Near steady temperature in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 80. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 80s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ439-082100- Bolivar Peninsula- 258 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny after midnight, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. $$ _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza held throughout the night and into Monday morning — a sign the latest round of violence may have abated. The flare-up was the worst fighting between Israel and Gaza militant groups since Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers fought an 11-day war last year, adding to the destruction and misery that have plagued blockaded Gaza for years. Since Friday, Israeli aircraft had pummeled targets in Gaza while the Iran-backed Palestinian Jihad militant group fired hundreds of rockets at Israel. Over three days of fighting, 43 Palestinians were killed, including 15 children and four women, and 311 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Israel said some of the dead were killed by misfired rockets. Israel on Monday said it was partially reopening crossings into Gaza for humanitarian needs and would fully open them if calm was maintained. Life for hundreds of thousands of Israelis was disrupted during the violence. Security precautions imposed in recent days on residents of southern Israel were being gradually lifted Monday, the military said. Both sides boasted of their successes. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Sunday, Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhalah said the militant group remained strong, despite losing two of its leaders. “This is a victory for Islamic Jihad,” he said. A senior Israeli diplomatic official said the offensive had taken Islamic Jihad's capabilities back “decades.” The flareup was “a successful counterterrorism operation” because Israel achieved its goals in a brief period of time. he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the operation with the media. The violence had threatened to spiral into another all-out war but ended up being contained because Gaza's ruling Hamas group stayed on the sidelines, possibly because it fears Israeli reprisals and undoing economic understandings with Israel, including Israeli work permits for thousands of Gaza residents, that bolster its control over the coastal strip. Israel and Hamas have fought four wars since the group overran the territory in 2007. Israel launched its operation with a strike Friday on a leader of the Islamic Jihad, saying there were “concrete threats” of an anti-tank missile attack against Israelis in response to the arrest last week of another senior Islamic Jihad member in the West Bank. That arrest came after months of Israeli raids in the West Bank to round up suspects following a spate of Palestinian attacks against Israel. It killed another Islamic Jihad leader in a strike on Saturday. Israel said some of the deaths during this round were caused by errant rocket fire, including one incident in the Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza in which six Palestinians were killed Saturday. On Sunday, a projectile hit a home in the same area of Jebaliya, killing two men. Palestinians held Israel responsible, while Israel said it was investigating whether the area was struck by an errant rocket. In the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli troops demolished the homes of two Palestinians suspected of carrying out a deadly attack against Israelis in the city of Elad in May. The soldiers faced a violent protest during the operation, the military said. The outburst of violence in Gaza was a key test for Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who lacks experience leading military operations. Still, he unleashed the offensive less than three months before a general election in which he is campaigning to keep the job. President Joe Biden said he welcomed the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza-based militants. “Over these last 72-hours, the United States has worked with officials from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, and others throughout the region to encourage a swift resolution to the conflict,” he said in a statement Sunday. The U.N. Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the violence. China, which holds the council presidency this month, scheduled the session in response to a request from the United Arab Emirates, which represents Arab nations on the council, as well as China, France, Ireland and Norway. “We underscore our commitment to do all we can towards ending the ongoing escalation, ensuring the safety and security of the civilian population, and following-up on the Palestinian prisoners file,” said U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, in a statement. The Israeli army said militants in Gaza fired about 580 rockets toward Israel. The army said its air defenses had intercepted many of them, with two of those shot down being fired toward Jerusalem. Islamic Jihad has fewer fighters and supporters than Hamas. Islamic Jihad has fewer fighters and supporters than Hamas, and little is known about its arsenal. Both groups call for Israel's destruction, but have different priorities, with Hamas constrained by the demands of governing. Hamas had a strong incentive to avoid another war. Last year’s Israel-Hamas war, one of four major conflicts, and several smaller battles over the last 15 years, have exacted a staggering toll on the impoverished territory’s 2.3 million Palestinian residents. Over the past year, Israel and Hamas have reached tacit understandings based on trading calm for work permits and a slight easing of the border blockade, imposed by Israel and Egypt when Hamas overran the territory 15 years ago. Israel has issued 12,000 work permits to Gaza laborers, and has held out the prospect of granting another 2,000 permits. ___ Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-08-08T08:18:58Z
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DEAR ABBY: My parents are divorced. My father, who I’m sure loves me in his own way, is super controlling and manipulative. He wasn’t nice to my older siblings, either. He constantly lied and blamed others for his abusive behavior, which made me hate them. He constantly claimed Mom cheated on him and said my siblings were horrible kids. When I was a child, I believed him. But as I grew older, I started seeing through his lies. He still tries to do it. He also uses his approval as a weapon to make me feel guilty and do what he wants. For example, he’s very religious, and he told me often that if I wasn’t religious, he’d stop loving me just as easily as he loves me. I just want to live my life, but I know if I do, he’ll cut me off and keep my younger siblings from communicating with me. I love them, and knowing him, he’ll tell them lies about me the way he did with me about my older siblings. He wants me to marry someone from our religion, but I have fallen in love with someone who doesn’t have our same points of view. This person is aware of the situation, but eventually, if things progress, my dad will find out. What should I do? -- LOST GIRL IN VERMONT DEAR GIRL: If you still live under your father’s roof, you will have to abide by his “house rules” for now. When you become independent -- which I strongly urge you to do -- you can then consider which religion meets your needs and whom you want to marry. No one should decide these things for you. I assume you already have a strong relationship with your younger siblings. Keep working on it and your father will have a harder time making them think ill of you in the future. *** DEAR ABBY: I have two friends who are sisters. They text me every day throughout the day, sharing every thought and every little thing that happens to them. Also, they constantly invite me over to their homes and try to manipulate me into coming over. One does it by telling me her daughter loves me and wants me to come for dinner; the other uses other tactics of a similar nature -- like her dog misses me. None of the other people in my life do this. We all have lives to live -- some busier than others. But with the others, we see each other on birthdays, holidays and other celebrations where we all get together, visit and catch up. This everyday texting is getting on my nerves to the point where some days I don’t respond to either of them. I have tried subtly and blatantly to tell them to stop, but to no avail. What else do I need to say or do? I have known both of these people for 40 years, and it seems they only “hear” me when I flip out on them -- something I’m trying to change about myself. -- HOUNDED IN CONNECTICUT DEAR HOUNDED: It would not be “flipping out” to firmly tell these needy sisters you do not have time to text with them on a daily basis because you are a busy person and being bombarded is distracting. You also do not have to visit anyone because their dog or their child misses you. Set some ground rules and see them when it’s convenient for you -- say, once a month (if that). Once the pressure is off, you might enjoy them more. *** Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. ** ** ** To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby -- Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.) COPYRIGHT 2022 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION 1130 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64106; 816-581-7500
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2022-08-08T08:38:20Z
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Andy Hurtt’s four sons are more excited than usual for the first day of school because they’re finally expecting school to feel more like it did before the pandemic, without the masking other COVID-19 protocols that came to define school over the past two years. Hurtt, who lives in Brewer, said he and his children continued to wear masks for a little while after schools dropped the requirement, but eventually stopped. Now, they’ll wear them indoors when asked, but not most of the time. “We weren’t worried about it in smaller learning groups, but if they did larger group things, we’d send them to school in masks,” Hurtt said Wednesday as his kids played at Bangor’s Fairmount Park. “Nobody likes wearing masks, but they never complained.” Last year at this time, school boards were in the midst of sometimes contentious debates over whether to require masks. Those same battles aren’t happening this year, and doctors and health officials aren’t expecting schools to impose mask requirements. Instead, health professionals are now focused more on ensuring that children get vaccinated against COVID-19 and that parents keep their children home from school when they’re sick. Parents recognize that COVID-19 is still present, but even the most cautious families are relaxing their precautions as their children prepare for a more normal first day of school. Hurtt said all four of his sons are vaccinated against COVID-19, but they were allowed to choose whether to receive the vaccine. “We wanted to give them bodily autonomy, but we also encouraged them to get it and make good choices to protect other people,” Hurtt said. “They have grandparents and others that are in the high-risk demographic, so they understood that vaccines help them stay healthy and not spread it to them. It made simple, logical sense to them.” Dr. James Jarvis, lead physician for Northern Light Health’s COVID-19 response, said he’s surprised by the relatively low percentage of Maine children who have received the COVID-19 vaccine compared with other age groups in the state. “I would’ve expected to see more by now, especially because in every other age category, we’ve been a leader in the nation in terms of our vaccination rate,” Jarvis said. Statewide, about 50 percent of Mainers 19 and younger had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday. Meanwhile, roughly 80 percent of Mainers 20 and older had received at least one dose, according to state data. Only about 31 percent of Maine children 11 and younger had received the first dose. Millard and Jarvis said more Maine children getting vaccinated could help keep cases down as the school year progresses, but they agreed COVID-19 will be present in the community throughout the school year and into the foreseeable future. “I don’t think we’re going to see a catastrophic outbreak from any particular coronavirus. It’s going to be there all the time but in relatively low levels,” Millard said. “People are less anxious and more willing to accept what’s going on. There was a lot of hysteria before and that has, fortunately, gone away.” Sarah Cottrell of Winterport adopted extreme precautions when COVID-19 reached Maine to protect her oldest son, who has hemophilia. She began homeschooling her three children and became meticulous about cleaning everything brought into her home. “I remember being panic-stricken that I didn’t clean everything properly and we would unknowingly bring this virus into our house and it would kill my son,” she said. “I remember being freezing cold on my porch and crying because I didn’t know what to do with a head of broccoli. That level of urgency doesn’t exist now. It’s just abject exhaustion.” Her family managed to avoid contracting COVID-19 until the day her youngest child received her second vaccine dose in June. That day, they all tested positive. Unexpectedly, her son with hemophilia and husband never displayed symptoms. Her other two children had mild, manageable symptoms, and Cottrell became very sick. Cottrell and her family have now relaxed their COVID-19 precautions, and her children are returning to public school, though they will wear masks. “I’m not feeling anxious for the fall,” Cottrell said. “I’m really excited for my kids to go back to school. I just want my kids to have a relatively normal school year. I want to be worried about them making friends and learning, not having to deal with what has gone on over the past two years.” While cases in Maine have remained relatively low throughout the summer, Jarvis said he’s concerned about a new variant of the disease, BA.5, which is the dominant strain in the U.S. and more transmissible than previous strains. “If Maine is trailing the rest of the nation and in the rest of the nation cases are going up, we can anticipate we’ll probably see increases in cases as well,” Jarvis said. “The good news is that we’re still relatively low and we haven’t seen a summer spike like other places have, but that may be an eventuality for us.” It’s difficult to predict exactly when and to what extent cases could rise when students return to school, but Millard and Jarvis said COVID is endemic and they understand people are tired of following mitigation practices such as masking and social distancing. “After a while, everybody gets COVID fatigue and everybody starts to migrate back to a normal life,” Millard said. “It’s a natural thing to do and I think it’s OK, recognizing there’s a certain amount of risk with everything we do.”
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2022-08-08T08:39:11Z
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LONDON, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modulaire Group, Europe and Asia Pacific's leading business services company specialising in modular services and infrastructure, today announced that it will hold its second quarter financial results conference call on Tuesday 23rd August 2022 at 3:00pm BST (10:00 a.m., Eastern Time). Prior to the call, the slide presentation, Q2 2022 financial information and dial-in details will be available at https://www.modulairegroup.com/investors/financial-reports that includes a password-protection feature. Access will be granted to existing and prospective lenders and noteholders and certain other eligible parties (including securities analysts and rating agencies) who have registered for an account. Modulaire Group invites all interested parties to register at their earliest convenience by visiting https://www.modulairegroup.com/investors/apply. About Modulaire Group Modulaire is a leader in European modular services and infrastructure. We create smart spaces for people to work, learn and live. Our business is designed to help customers find the right space solution, no matter what their requirements. Modulaire has operations in 25 countries with over 290,000 modular space and portable storage units and 4,400 remote accommodations rooms. The company operates as Algeco, its largest brand, across much of Europe and the United Kingdom. Other operating brands include Advanté in the United Kingdom, Algeco Chengdong in China, Ausco in Australia, BUKO Huisvesting, BUKO Bouw & Winkels and BUKO Bouwsystemen in The Netherlands, Portacom in New Zealand, and Tecnifor and Locabox in Italy. For further information: Investor relations: Phil Vellacott investorrelations@modulairegroup.com 07841 563541 Media enquiries: Tulchan Communications modulairegroup@tulchangroup.com 0207 353 4200 View original content: SOURCE Modulaire Group
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2022-08-08T08:40:59Z
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The Conscious Connect CDC was awarded a two-year $500,000 grant for a national initiative that supports organizations to advance park and green space equity. The People, Power, and Parks (P3) national initiative is the first in the U.S. to “support community-based organizations to build power and reverse deep seated park and green space inequities in Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities across the country.” Karlos Marshall, co-founder of the Conscious Connect CDC, said they are proud to be a part of the inaugural cohort of the P3 initiative, which is to help build power among community residents to advocate for local policy and system changes to advance that park and green space equity. This organization is one of 14 others across the country and Puerto Rico to be awarded the grant over the next two years. “We are extremely grateful for this opportunity to address systemic issues that have prohibited south Springfield residents from equitable access to high-quality parks and green spaces within a 10-minute walk,” Marshall said. “P3 will help amplify our work at the national level alongside other south side organizations and the Clark County Land Bank.” Parks and green spaces are essential to community infrastructure that protect public health and promotes mental wellbeing. They provide opportunities for physical activity, time in nature, social connection, respite, reduce gun violence, and they also help mitigate the impacts of climate change by cooling temperatures, cleansing air, filtering stormwater and replenishing groundwater. Marshall said all communities don’t have access to safe and well maintained parks and green spaces, and that’s why the organizations will establish the “Springfield Park and Green Space Ecosystem” to organize south side residents, organizations and allies to advocate for public policies and processes that remove governmental barriers to creating parks and activating vacant spaces. According to Marshall, the funds will be used to: - Establish a coalition of place makers, residents and allies around land use, redevelopment, zoning, vacant lot activation, and related park equity issues; - Train residents, Black place makers and allies representing southwest neighborhoods to advocate for public policies and increase community awareness around public health, park access and land use equity; and - Conduct action research and make public policy recommendations that improve park and green space access. The organization already has initial partners - through the Unified Collective including 1159 South CDC, Green Environmental Outreach, Melrose Acres, and the Young Black Professionals and Businesses of Springfield - but anticipates that list to grow and expect to hire a program manager and administrative assistant to help build capacity for the project. “We are thrilled at being selected for such a groundbreaking award and to work with our established partners to improve health outcomes in our community. We look forward to engaging new advocates and neighborhood residents on policies for green space amenities that support the South Springfield community,” said Moses Mbeseha, co-founder of the organization. The Conscious Connect mission is to reimagine and redevelop underutilized spaces for education, culture, peace and health, so that zip codes don’t define the success of children and families. The P3 initiative is led and managed by Prevention Institute, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, safety and wellbeing through thriving, equitable communities. Funding for this project is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the U.S. dedicated to improving health, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, a national philanthropy supporting people and the planet for a more creative, equitable and sustainable future. About the Author
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2022-08-08T08:46:33Z
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Radio DJ Tyler West has been announced for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The radio DJ, who presents on Kiss FM in the afternoons, was confirmed to be the latest addition on the line-up after two Coronation Street stars - Will Mellor and Kym Marsh - as well as Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams and radio star Richie Anderson, comedian Jayde Adams and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds were all confirmed. He was announced as the latest star as he appeared on KISS FM's Breakfast show today, and admitted he was nervous about joining the BBC One Latin and ballroom show, which was won by EastEnders ' actress Rose Ayling-Ellis last year. Speaking about his stint on the show, he said: "I am so gassed to be joining the Strictly family! As I started writing this I already got cramp. It’s going to be one crazy incredible journey which will no doubt be SO far outside my comfort zone. It’s a show that means so much to me and my family and I can’t wait to seriously shake a leg on that shiny dance floor… with a side of sequins." It comes after Loose Women panellist Kaye signed up for the show and asked fans to "pray for her". "I said I wanted to make the last year of my fifties memorable and I can’t think of a better way of doing it than showing the world my two left feet. Pray for me!" she said in a statement. Speaking about it on the ITV lunchtime show last Friday, she added: "Actually it’s quite funny because I’m terrified, I’m absolutely terrified because as Nadia very kindly says, as a supportive friend does - ‘Let’s face it, you can’t dance’, which is true. It’s true! "I’ll be a journey [on the show]. I’ll be honest with you, I can think of a million reasons not to do this and I can still think of a million reasons not to do this and when these gorgeous dancers came on, I nearly exited from both ends of my body, honestly. Sorry about that! But I thought, ‘Am I going to be thinking at the end of September I wish I’d done this.'" She shared: "I’m 59, 60 at the end of this year and I was like, ‘Well, why not?' I’m a really competitive person and Nadia, you know that’s true but in this I’m not. If I enjoy myself, I’ll be so happy." Radio 2 star Richie also signed up to the show on Friday, and will dance in all-male partnership. He said: "This is a dream come true! I cannot wait to get in those sparkles and sequins and shimmy across the most famous dance floor in the world! Strictly is the ultimate feel good show, as soon as I hear that iconic theme tune it’s just pure escapism. "I’m going to have to cancel my legendary Strictly launch night kitchen party that I throw every year, I’m sure my friends and family will understand. It’s also a massive honour to be part of an all-male dance partnership, it’s so important we have that inclusion on such a huge show."
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2022-08-08T08:49:17Z
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2022-08-08T08:54:07Z
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Native American voices and artistry are at the core of a new traveling exhibition of clay pottery from the Pueblo Indian region of the American Southwest, as major art institutions increasingly defer to tribal communities for displays of ancestral art and artifacts. In all, 60 Native American artists, museum professionals, storytellers and political leaders collaborated to curate the exhibit. Each picked a few of their favorite pieces from institutional collections in New Mexico and New York that didn’t always defer to Indigenous perspectives. Personal statements and sometimes poetry accompany the clay ceramics. Among the many curators, Tara Gatewood — a broadcaster and familiar voice across Indian Country from the daily talk radio show “Native American Calling” — picked out an ancestral jar decorated with curling arrows that was created roughly 1,000 years ago. For the exhibition, Gatewood posed a few heartfelt questions to the pot’s unnamed creator. “Is your blood mine?” she said. “Where else beyond the surface of this vessel do your fingerprints appear on the blueprint of my own life?” The exhibition “ Grounded in Clay ” debuted July 31 at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. It travels next year to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, before additional stops at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Saint Louis Art Museum. The bulk of the exhibit’s roughly 110 ceramic pieces are borrowed from the Indian Arts Research Center — once reserved for visiting scholars and archaeologists — at the campus of the century-old School of Advanced Research, set amid an affluent Santa Fe neighborhood of stuccoed homes. Efforts have been underway at the center for more than a decade to shift how Indigenous art and artifacts are cared for, displayed and interpreted — under guidance and collaboration with Native communities. The changes were initiated under Cynthia Chavez Lamar — recently named the director of the Washington-based National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The effort also created a set of guidelines for collaboration that can help Native American communities everywhere communicate and build trust with museums. Curators on “Grounded in Clay” hail from the 19 Native American communities of New Mexico, the West Texas community of Ysleta del Sur and the Hopi tribe of Arizona. They include an array of accomplished potters, jewelers, bead makers, fashion designers and museum professionals — among them, sculptor Cliff Fragua, who created the likeness of 1680 pueblo revolt leader Po’pay that stands in National Statutory Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Elysia Poon, who guided the curating process over the course of more than two years, paced the museum gallery during final touches prior to opening. “We try to make sure everyone’s voice is represented in some way,” said Poon, director of the Indian Arts Research Center. “It’s either in the label, or the quote up here, or in that panel. It’s in poetry form, other ones are in prose, others are a little more abstract in how they write. Some really reflect on the pot itself … or fuzzy memories of growing up around pottery, how this pot inspires memory.” Pueblo pottery traditions rely on coiling strands of clay into an array of shapes and sizes — without a spinning pottery wheel. Pots, plates or figurines are often fired near the ground within improvised outdoor kilns. Brian Vallo, a consultant to metropolitan museums and governor of Acoma Pueblo from 2019-21, chose two pieces for the new traveling exhibition — both with unmistakable ties to Acoma, known for its mesa-top “sky city” and hundreds of contemporary artists and artisans. He found them in the New York-based Vilcek Foundation, a participant in the traveling show. He says something beautiful and refreshing awaits experienced museum-goers and curious tourists. “It’s Native voices, and it’s even the items that are selected by Native people themselves, not the institutions,” Vallo said. “They’ll appreciate that these cultures survived and are thriving, and the creative spirit of our people is very much alive.” Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-08-08T08:55:03Z
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CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 7, 2022 _____ 960 FPUS55 KPSR 080809 ZFPPSR Zone Forecast Product for Southwest Arizona/Southeast California National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 108 AM MST Mon Aug 8 2022 This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographical areas and may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site specific forecast, please visit weather.gov/phoenix and either (1) Select a location from the dropdown menu above the map or (2) Click a location on the map. You can refine your selection by clicking on the map displayed on the resulting page. 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A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 98 to 103. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s to mid 80s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 98 to 102. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 98 to 103. Chance of rain 30 percent. $$ AZZ541-549-555-081100- Cave Creek/New River-Fountain Hills/East Mesa- Apache Junction/Gold Canyon- Including the cities of Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, and Apache Junction 108 AM MST Mon Aug 8 2022 .TONIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 71 to 81. East wind 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 71 to 81. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. Southeast wind around 5 mph in the morning becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 71 to 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming east around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 98 to 103. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. Chance of rain 30 percent. $$ AZZ553-554-081100- Northwest Pinal County-West Pinal County- Including the cities of Casa Grande, Cactus Forest, Florence, and Coolidge 108 AM MST Mon Aug 8 2022 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 70 to 80. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. Southwest wind around 5 mph in the morning becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 10 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy blowing dust in the evening. Lows 71 to 81. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. Southeast wind around 5 mph in the morning becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 71 to 81. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 96 to 101. Chance of rain 30 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 98 to 103. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. Chance of rain 30 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 97 to 102. Chance of rain 30 percent. $$ CAZ566-081100- Imperial County West- Including the cities of Coolidge Springs, Salton City, Winona, Coyote Wells, Ocotillo, and Plaster City 108 AM PDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 78 to 88. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 102 to 107. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 78 to 88. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 103 to 108. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 78 to 88. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s. .FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then considerable cloudiness with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. Chance of rain 50 percent. Rainfall less than a tenth of an inch, except locally higher in thunderstorms. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s to upper 80s. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 100 to 105. Chance of rain 30 percent. $$ CAZ562-081100- Imperial County Southwest- Including the city of Mountain Spring 108 AM PDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 78 to 88. South wind 10 to 15 mph. .MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming southeast around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 79 to 89. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. East wind 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming southeast 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 80 to 90. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 80s to lower 90s. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 80 to 90. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 80s to lower 90s. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 101 to 106. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 80 to 90. .SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 100 to 105. $$ CAZ560-561-081100- Joshua Tree NP West-Joshua Tree NP East- Including the cities of Cottonwood Visitor and Lost Horse-Keys Village 108 AM PDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 72 to 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph. .MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 91 to 101. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 73 to 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent. .TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 90 to 100. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 73 to 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 90 to 100. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. .FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s to upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s to lower 80s. .SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs 90 to 100. $$ Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and at weather.gov/phoenix _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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2022-08-08T08:55:10Z
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency’s counterterrorism center, the CIA’s No. 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority — but that the agency’s money and resources would be increasingly shifted to focusing on China. The CIA drone attack that killed al-Qaida’s leader showed that fighting terrorism is hardly an afterthought. But it didn’t change the message the agency’s deputy director, David Cohen, delivered at that meeting weeks earlier: While the U.S. will continue to go after terrorists, the top priority is trying to better understand and counter Beijing. One year after ending the war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden and top national security officials speak less about counterterrorism and more about the political, economic and military threats posed by China as well as Russia. There’s been a quiet pivot within intelligence agencies, which are moving hundreds of officers to China-focused positions, including some who were previously working on terrorism. The last week makes clear that the U.S. has to deal with both at the same time. Days after Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in Kabul, China staged large-scale military exercises and threatened to cut off contacts with the U.S. over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The U.S. has long been alarmed by China’s growing political and economic ambitions. China has tried to influence foreign elections, mounted campaigns of cyber and corporate espionage, and detained millions of minority Uyghurs in camps. Some experts also think Beijing will in coming years try to seize the self-ruled democratic island of Taiwan by force. Intelligence officials have said they need more insights on China, including after being unable to definitively pinpoint the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beijing has been accused of withholding information about the origins of the virus. And the war in Ukraine has underscored Russia’s importance as a target. The U.S. used declassified information to expose Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war plans before the invasion and rally diplomatic support for Kyiv. Supporters of the Biden administration approach note that the U.S. was able to track and kill al-Zawahri is evidence of its capabilities to target threats in Afghanistan from abroad. Critics say the fact that al-Zawahri was living in Kabul, under the apparent protection of the Taliban, suggests there’s a resurgence of extremist groups that America is ill-equipped to counter. The shift in priorities is supported by many former intelligence officers and lawmakers from both parties who say it’s overdue. That includes people who served in Afghanistan and other missions against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said he believed the U.S. had been overly focused on counterterrorism over the last several years. “A far greater existential threat is Russia and China,” said Crow, a Colorado Democrat who serves on the House Intelligence and Armed Services committees. Terrorist groups, he said, “will not destroy the American way of life … the way China can.” CIA spokesperson Tammy Thorp noted that terrorism “remains a very real challenge.” “Even as crises such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and strategic challenges such as that posed by the People’s Republic of China demand our attention, CIA will continue to aggressively track terrorist threats globally and work with partners to counter them,” Thorp said. Congress has pushed the CIA and other intelligence agencies to make China a top priority, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. Pushing resources toward China has required cuts elsewhere, including in counterterrorism. Specific figures were unavailable because intelligence budgets are classified. In particular, lawmakers want more information about China’s development in advanced technologies. Under President Xi Jinping, China has committed trillions of dollars in investment on quantum science, artificial intelligence and other technologies that are likely to disrupt how future wars are fought and economies are structured. As part of the shift, congressional committees are trying to better track how intelligence agencies spend their funding on China, seeking more detail about how specific programs contribute to that mission, one person familiar with the matter said. “We are late, but it’s good that we’re finally changing our focus into that region,” said Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican who serves on the House Intelligence Committee. “That means in people, in resources, in military assets, and in diplomacy.” The CIA last year announced it would create two new “mission centers” — one on China, one on emerging technologies — to centralize and improve intelligence collection on those issues. The CIA is also trying to recruit more Chinese speakers and reduce wait times on security clearances to hire new people faster. Inside the agency, many officers are learning Chinese and moving into new roles focused on China, though not all of those jobs require language training, people familiar with the matter said. Officials note that intelligence officers are trained to adapt to new challenges and that many were moved more quickly into counterterrorism roles after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Advances from counterterrorism work — including better use of data and different sources of intelligence to build networks and identify targets — are also useful in countering Russia and China, former officers said. “It’s the analytics and targeting machine that has become extraordinary,” said Douglas Wise, a former CIA senior officer who was deputy chief of operations at the counterterrorism center. The CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, renamed the Counterterrorism Mission Center in a 2015 reorganization, remains a point of pride for many people who credit its work for keeping Americans safe from terrorism after Sept. 11. CIA officers landed in Afghanistan on Sept. 26, 2001, and were part of operations to displace the Taliban and find and kill leaders of al-Qaida including Osama bin Laden. And 13 years after a double agent tricked officers pursuing al-Zawahri and blew himself up, killing seven agency employees, the CIA killed him in a strike with no reported civilian casualties. The CIA was also involved in some of the darkest moments of the fight against terrorism. It operated secret “black site” jails to hold terrorism suspects, some wrongly, and was found by a Senate investigation to have used interrogation methods that amounted to torture. Elite Afghan special operations units trained by the CIA were also accused of killing civilians and violating international law. There’s long been a debate over whether counterterrorism pulled intelligence agencies too far away from traditional spying and whether some of the CIA’s work in targeting terrorists should instead be done by special forces under the military. Marc Polymeropoulos is a retired CIA operations officer and former base chief in Afghanistan. He said he supports a greater focus on China and Russia but added, “There’s no reason to diminish what we had to do.” “This notion that somehow all the CT work we did, somehow that was wrong, that we took our eye of the ball — just remember on Sept. 12 what everyone was feeling,” he said. Re-orienting the agencies toward more of a focus on China and Russia will ultimately take years and require both patience and recognition that the agency’s culture will take time to change, Wise said. “For decades, we have been doing counterterrorism,” Wise said. “We’ve got to have a rational plan to make this adaptation, which doesn’t take so long that our enemies can exploit a glacial process.” Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-08-08T08:57:36Z
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By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets mostly ceded the spotlight at the trade deadline. Then they played like they didn’t need much help. The Dodgers swept a three-game series against San Diego to take a 15 1/2-game lead in the NL West, and the Mets took four of five from Atlanta to move 6 1/2 up on the Braves in the NL East. That was after the Padres made serious waves at the deadline by acquiring Juan Soto, and the Braves added Jake Odorizzi and Raisel Iglesias. Los Angeles wasn’t all that active, The Dodgers took Joey Gallo off the Yankees’ hands but otherwise seemed content to lie low. Then they beat Soto, Manny Machado and the Padres three times by a combined 20-4. Los Angeles has won eight in a row and 30 of its last 35. The Mets were also fairly quiet at the deadline. Of course, they made a pretty big recent addition internally when Jacob deGrom returned to the mound for the first time in almost 13 months. New York lost his first start but won his second — when he took a perfect game into the sixth inning against Atlanta on Sunday. The Braves have recovered nicely from a mediocre start, and at times they’ve seemed poised to overtake the Mets. But New York won two of three at Atlanta in the middle of last month and got the better of the Braves again this time. If deGrom and Max Scherzer are healthy and Edwin Diaz keeps rolling, the Mets can certainly feel good heading into any playoff series. Los Angeles, meanwhile, has won 17 of its last 19 meetings against San Diego. The scary thing about the Dodgers is they can still improve. Justin Turner, for example, is expected back this coming week. And Los Angeles has gone on this extended run without Walker Buehler, who hasn’t pitched since June 10. PLENTY TIGHT What the AL Central and NL Central lack in dominant teams, they may make up for in excitement. Minnesota leads the AL Central by one game over Cleveland and two over the White Sox. That could be a wild race, since none of those teams are assured a wild card. St. Louis has won seven in a row and leads Milwaukee by two games in the NL Central. The Cardinals took three straight from the New York Yankees to end the week. The Brewers have lost six of seven and are 1 1/2 games out of a wild card. TRIVIA TIME Who was the last team to win its division by more than the Dodgers’ current 15 1/2-game margin? LINE OF THE WEEK DeGrom was impressive against the Braves but ultimately didn’t make it out of the sixth, so this honor goes to Miami’s Sandy Alcantara, who threw his third complete game of the season in a 3-0 win over Cincinnati on Wednesday night. Alcantara allowed six hits and a walk and struck out three. COMEBACK OF THE WEEK The Cardinals beat the Cubs 4-3 in the opener of Thursday’s doubleheader after trailing 3-0 in the seventh. St. Louis scored three in the seventh on homers by Nolan Gorman and Paul Goldschmidt and a sacrifice fly by Lars Nootbaar. Then Nootbaar hit an RBI single in the ninth to win it. TRIVIA ANSWER The Dodgers themselves, who ended the 2019 season 21 games ahead of second-place Arizona. ___ Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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2022-08-08T08:59:16Z
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Top German diplomat in Brazil is accused of beating his Belgian husband to death at beachfront penthouse and trying to cover up the scene before telling cops he had fallen after a fit - Uwe Herbert Hahn arrested in Rio de Janeiro on suspicion of killing his husband - Walter Henri Maximilien Biot found dead inside couple's penthouse apartment - Hahn told police that Biot, 52, suffered a fit and fell, suffering a fatal head injury - But police say he had multiple injuries that appeared to come from being beaten A top German diplomat has been arrested in Brazil and accused of beating his husband of more than two decades to death inside their apartment. Uwe Herbert Hahn, the German consul to Brazil, was arrested late Saturday after 52-year-old husband Walter Henri Maximilien Biot was found dead - with Hahn allegedly telling cops he suffered a fatal fall at their Rio de Janeiro penthouse the night before. Hahn claims Biot had some kind of fit, began running towards the apartment's balcony, then tripped on a rug and hit his head - causing an injury that proved fatal. But police say Biot's body was covered in bruises, some of which appeared to come from being stomped on, and he also had lesions from 'aggression with a cylindrical object' that were not consistent with a fall. Uwe Herbert Hahn (right), German consul to Brazil, has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro for allegedly beating husband Walter Henri Maximilien Biot (left) to death in their apartment Hahn (pictured) is said to have told officers that Biot had some kind of fit, fell and suffered a fatal head injury, but cops say he had multiple injuries not consistent with that account It is not clear who called officers to the couple's apartment - in the upmarket beachfront neighbourhood of Ipanema - on Saturday, but police are said to have arrived to find Hahn attempting to clean it. He was taken for questioning as forensic teams moved in with luminol - a substance that glows on contact with blood - which they used to uncover bloodstains. Some were said to have been on the tile floors, with a secretary to the couple saying she ordered them to be cleaned after a dog was found lapping up blood. Meanwhile police found another suspected bloodstain on a sofa that had been recently cleaned. Hahn is reported to have told officers that Bitot - a Belgian citizen - was suffering a drink problem and had been taking sleeping pills. He is said to have told police that Biot had been acting 'strangely' in the days before his death, and seemed to be 'panicked or nervous'. Hahn claimed to have been in the kitchen when he heard Biot get up and start running, before the fall. He said he heard his husband 'groaning' on the floor and initially thought he was drunk and tried to put him to bed. Police say Biot - who had been married to Hahn (pictured) for 23 years - appeared to have been stomped on and had lesions from 'aggression with a cylindrical instrument' Cops are said to have arrived at the couple's beachfront penthouse apartment to find Hahn trying to clean it, before forensic officers discovered bloodstains inside It was only after sending a picture to a friend complaining Biot was 'drunk again' that Hahn claimed to noticed the blood. But forensic examinations found Biot had died from a wound to the back of his head, not the front as he would have got from falling forwards. That, coupled with numerous other injuries Biot had suffered, led officers to conclude that his death was the result of violence. Officer Camila Lourenco said: 'The version of events given by the consul, that the victim suffered a fall, is incompatible with the conclusions of the forensics report 'The cadaver is screaming out the circumstances of its death.' Brazilian media reports said Hahn will not have diplomatic immunity given the nature of the crime. Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Biot was a week shy of his 53rd birthday, according to a picture of his ID card published in the Brazilian press. Hahn is said to have told police that the couple were considering a move to Hawaii. They had been married for a total of 23 years. The German embassy did not immediately respond to a request for information. But both the embassy and the consulate in Rio de Janeiro are in 'close contact with the Brazilian authorities investigating this case', a source in the German federal foreign office said Sunday.
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2022-08-08T09:00:49Z
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Congress is on the verge of passing President Biden's signature legislative achievement after Senate Democrats approved a major climate, health care and tax bill on Sunday. "It's been a long tough and winding road but at last, at last, we have arrived," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said before Sunday's vote, which came after more than 24 hours of debate and votes on amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act. The measure passed after Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote. The vote is a boost for the president, who ended his isolation at the White House Sunday after testing negative a second time for COVID. Although his approval ratings are still underwater, Biden has witnessed an unusual stretch of good news: from blockbuster jobs numbers to bipartisan legislation passing Congress, and the killing of a terrorist leader. Democrats, meanwhile, have something to campaign on with less than three months left for the midterms, where they are expected to lose ground. In a statement issued after the Senate vote on the roughly $700 billion package, Biden said "doing the important thing almost always" requires compromises. Indeed, Democrats were initially looking at a $3.5 trillion package. "I ran for President promising to make government work for working families again, and that is what this bill does – period," Biden said. He also urged the House to pass the bill as possible so he can sign it into law. That could happen as early as Friday when the House is scheduled to return from its recess. "The House will return and move swiftly to send this bill to the President's desk — proudly building a healthier, cleaner, fairer future for all Americans," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. With less than three months from the midterms, Democrats are eager to move beyond their internal splits and tout the accomplishments they have been able to get through Congress in the past few months: bipartisan gun reform, a veterans health care bill and a legislation boosting semiconductor chip production in the U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., who had appeared skeptical of the measure, said in a statement Sunday he'll be voting for it. "This bill passes my key test that I've pushed for since day one: it does not raise taxes on individuals, families, or small businesses in my District," he said. What's in the bill The measure includes several significant policy changes. It includes roughly $370 billion for climate change policies, including tax credits for electric vehicles and money for renewable energy programs. Democrats say these investments will cut greenhouse emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by the end of the decade. "Very few pieces of legislation will ever make the kind of impact that this climate bill will have, not just for the United States, but for the entire world," Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said after the measure passed on the Senate floor. Additionally, the bill allows Medicare to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs, and caps the cost of out-of-pocket costs people on Medicare pay to $2,000 per year, starting in 2025. The powerful pharmaceutical industry lobby has opposed this for years. The bill also extends the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act that were part of a pandemic relief bill for three more years. Tax changes include a 15% minimum corporate minimum tax and an excise tax on stock buybacks that will bring in roughly $300 billion in new revenue to pay down the deficit. Republican response Senate Republicans were united in their opposition to the package. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, in a statement, excoriated the bill, saying it would make the deficit worse. "Democrats have proven over and over they simply do not care about middle-class families' priorities," he said in a statement. "They have spent 18 months proving that. They just spent hundreds of billions of dollars to prove it again." Democrats, however, argue that the bill will not exacerbate inflation and will actually lower it, pointing to other studies. A boost for Biden News of the bill's passage caps a string of good news for the president. The week began with Biden announcing the killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Senate then passed a bipartisan measure to provide health care and benefits for millions of veterans injured by exposure to toxins, from Agent Orange in Vietnam to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both came a week after the Senate passed a major industrial bill aimed at investing billions in American-made technology like semiconductors. As recently ads last month, the Democrats spending package appeared dead after more than a year of internal squabbles between moderates and progressives about the size and scope of the proposal. Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin secretly renewed talks about 10 days ago and put together the framework. Most Democrats were skeptical after Manchin pulled back from talks citing inflation concerns just days before this deal was announced. Democrats also needed the vote of Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who forced leaders to remove a provision targeting how hedge funds and private equity funds are taxed. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Comments / 0 FROM LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS Related Video shows Patrick Lyoya shot in head by Michigan officer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident. Musk makes $43 billion offer for Twitter to build 'arena for free speech' April 14 (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took aim at Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) with a $43 billion cash takeover offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO saying the social media company needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech. "I think it's very... Why Russia's looming offensive in eastern Ukraine might be different — and decisive In the areas around Kyiv and throughout northern Ukraine, residents are counting the dead as officials clear streets of mines and the twisted frames of tanks from the battles their country has survived. But experts say Russia's war looks set to enter a potentially more brutal and focused phase in... State legislature overrides governor's veto of 15-week abortion ban The Kentucky state legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks along with several other abortion restrictions. RELATED LOCAL CHANNELS Subway shooting suspect had means to carry out more attacks: Prosecutors The man accused of opening fire on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn was remanded following his first court appearance Thursday. ABC News Capitol riot defendant: I was following Trump's instructions An Ohio man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and stealing a coat rack testified that he joined thousands of protesters in ransacking the building last year on what he thought were orders from the president, Donald Trump. Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, said Wednesday he took to... Pfizer says booster in kids 5-11 produces ‘high’ immune response Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday that a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 produced a “high” immune response, and that they will apply for authorization for a booster dose in the age group soon. Pfizer said in a news release that a... Mark Meadows removed from North Carolina voter rolls Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been removed from North Carolina’s voter rolls, according to the State Board of Elections. Meadows is also being investigated for allegations of voter fraud, the State Bureau of Investigation said. The decision to remove the former North... RELATED PEOPLE EXPLAINER: Why the term ‘genocide’ matters in Ukraine war WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden declares Russia’s Ukraine war “genocide,” it isn’t just another strong word. Calling a campaign that’s aimed at wiping out a targeted group “genocide” not only increases pressure on a country to act, it can oblige it to. That’s partly because of a genocide treaty approved by the U.N. General Assembly after World War II, signed by the United States and more than 150 other nations.
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Senate Democrats pass a climate, health care and tax bill after months of negotiations. Secretary of State Blinken holds high-level talks in South Africa. A poll delves into some racial disparities. Copyright 2022 NPR Senate Democrats pass a climate, health care and tax bill after months of negotiations. Secretary of State Blinken holds high-level talks in South Africa. A poll delves into some racial disparities. Copyright 2022 NPR
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agate Pioneer League Standings for August 8, 2022 Aug 8, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print Pioneer LeagueSecond-Half StandingsNorth DivisionTeam W-L Pct Str.Idaho Falls 11-6 647 W1#Missoula 10-8 .555 L1Great Falls 10-8 .555 W1Billings 8-10 .444 L2Glacier 7-11 .388 W2South DivisionTeam W-L Pct Str.Grand Junction 13-5 .722 W2#Ogden 9-9 .500 L2Rocky Mountain 8-9 .470 W1Northern Colorado 8-9 .470 L1Boise 4-13 .235 L1#-Won first halfSaturday’s GamesNorthern Colorado 20, Rocky Mountain 4Grand Junction 11, Ogden 8Missoula 15, Great Falls 2Boise 5, Idaho Falls 4Glacier 7, Billings 3Sunday’s GamesGlacier 5, Billings 0Idaho Falls 12, Boise 4Grand Junction 14, Ogden 6Great Falls 6, Missoula 5Rocky Mountain 16, Northern Colorado 12 Facebook Twitter Email Print Tags Idaho Falls Grand Junction Sport Missoula Suplizio Ogden Great Falls Rocky Mountain League Standing Billings Game Derby Linguistics Medicine Boise Billing Games Tba South North Glacier Colorado Memory Pioneer Str. Recommended for you Day Precip Temp Sun 0% 66° 96° Sun Sunday 96°/66° Clear. Lows overnight in the mid 60s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:20 AM Sunset: 08:18:42 PM Humidity: 38% Wind: ESE @ 7 mph UV Index: 0 Low Sunday Night Clear skies. Low 66F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Mon 0% 67° 99° Mon Monday 99°/67° Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the upper 60s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:20:54 AM Sunset: 08:17:32 PM Humidity: 22% Wind: SW @ 10 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Monday Night Clear skies. Low 67F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Tue 0% 70° 100° Tue Tuesday 100°/70° Sunny. Highs 98 to 102F and lows in the low 70s. Chance of Rain: 0% Sunrise: 06:21:49 AM Sunset: 08:16:20 PM Humidity: 20% Wind: SSW @ 8 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Tuesday Night Clear skies with a few passing clouds. Low near 70F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Wed 15% 71° 98° Wed Wednesday 98°/71° More sun than clouds. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the low 70s. Chance of Rain: 15% Sunrise: 06:22:43 AM Sunset: 08:15:08 PM Humidity: 25% Wind: SSW @ 9 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Wednesday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 71F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Thu 20% 70° 96° Thu Thursday 96°/70° Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Chance of Rain: 20% Sunrise: 06:23:38 AM Sunset: 08:13:54 PM Humidity: 30% Wind: SSW @ 10 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Thursday Night Scattered thunderstorms during the evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Low around 70F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Fri 19% 69° 93° Fri Friday 93°/69° Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the upper 60s. Chance of Rain: 19% Sunrise: 06:24:33 AM Sunset: 08:12:39 PM Humidity: 34% Wind: S @ 9 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Friday Night Partly to mostly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 69F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Sat 15% 70° 95° Sat Saturday 95°/70° Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Chance of Rain: 15% Sunrise: 06:25:28 AM Sunset: 08:11:23 PM Humidity: 32% Wind: SSW @ 9 mph UV Index: 9 Very High Saturday Night A few clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low around 70F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Top Jobs More Top Jobs Featured Businesses Colorado Hemp Solutions P.O. Box 13, Grand Junction, CO 81501 +1(970)434-4143 Colorado Hemp Institute 8714 Cr 300, Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-9797 The Happy Camper 1043 N River Rd., Palisade, CO 81526 +1(970)609-0420 Website Tokin Tipi 393 E 2nd St., Parachute, CO 81635 +1(970)285-5660 Western Slope Hemp Growers Association PO Box 1094, Paonia, CO 81428 +1(970)399-7164 Website Buds Dispensary 2034 I-70 Frontage Rd, Old US Highway 6, De Beque, CO 81630 +1(970)285-9307 Website Holly Alm RE/MAX 4000 +1(970)683-2553 Website Find a local business
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The National Football League. If nothing else, love the game, hate the game, or know nothing of the game, no one can easily say that the N.F.L. doesn't manage to find ways to draw people into their party. This year, in Canton, Ohio, they pulled off their favorite play once again by booking American rock n' roll legends Journey, to take the stage at their (mostly new) Hall Of Fame Village. Making the Journey If Journey has one problem, it is a problem that isn't of their own making, which likely has also assured them a permanent place in the world of music for years after they, someday, stop playing live. That blessing/problem would be; format radio. Most rock music radio stations have played bands like AC/DC, Queen, and yes, Journey, to the point where many fans who have always loved the band will never listen to them at home (unless it is album night) because most stations in format radio tend to play them, seemingly, on the tens. That is quite unfortunate since, as any of the minions who made the Journey to see the musical staples - often from great distances due to the nature of the Pro Football Hall Of Fame and the parties that are all over the city during induction week - Journey has to be one of the tightest bands music history, bar none. Who is that singing, again? Band members Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Randy Jackson, Deen Castronovo, Arnel Pineda, Jason Derlatk, and Narada Michael Walden remain some of the best musicians in the realm of classic rock. As anyone who remembers the band, Bad English, will recall, even their side projects were pretty solid platters of rock. That said, fans and listeners who were strolling from their cars or were otherwise meandering about as things got fully underway had to wonder... wait, is Steve Perry, Journey's original iconic singer, again a band member? The answer is, surprisingly, no. The singer, Arnel Pineda, has been with the band for fifteen years, and it is simply impossible to tell the two apart. While Tim "The Ripper" Owens was a good fit for Judas Priest (to the point where that influence made a movie), even Owens did not sound as nearly as close to Rob Halford as Pineda said like Perry. Words do not do justice to the comparison, it was a spot-on performance, and many in attendance may not have been aware that there was a different singer. Songs like "Open Arms, " Wheel In The Sky," "Faithfully," and the closer, "Be Good To Yourself," were all delivered as if the CD was playing. This was both a testament to their fine musicianship, quality gear, and a crew of soundmen second to none. Even on songs such as the pounder, "Separate Ways," a song done in an age where the same keyboard sound may not even exist any longer, the synth sound which was chosen for live use was so close to the record that one might think that the "tune" knob was just moved a bit. For those who prefer to see some "out of the box" playing that isn't on a band's releases, Journey did offer up some of the most interesting break moments that Canton is likely to see for some time. This was particularly true of ax handler Neal Schon, also of "Hardline," and famed for his work with Santana during his solo. While fully able to shred with the very best of them, Schon's flurry playing always finds its way back to a root melody or counter melody. The melody returned when it seemed like he was going to go full-on blistering. This counterplay really worked for his time alone. However, Schon's manic speed wasn't to go unseen as "Be Good To Yourself" came to a crash ending. So, the band tacked the Hall Of Fame football crowd, and who knows, there may be many more frontiers for the band to forge before they come back to Ohio, but for sure, no one in Canton, Ohio is going to forget the Journey of their lives.
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The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020. Copyright 2022 Georgia Public Broadcasting The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020. Copyright 2022 Georgia Public Broadcasting
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - New Pacific Metals Corp. ("New Pacific" or the "Company") (TSX: NUAG) (NYSE American: NEWP), together with its local Bolivian partner, report assay results for another seven drill holes of the 2022 drill program at the Carangas Silver-Gold Project, Oruro Department, Bolivia (the "Carangas Project" or the "Project"). Assay results of drill intercepts are summarized in Table 1 with drill hole specifications provided in Table 2 that has been plotted in Figure 1. The assay results reported here continue to expand silver and gold mineralization for the Carangas project, where near surface silver horizons are stacked over a broad bulk gold mineralization. To date in 2022, 21,980 meters ("m") in 43 drill holes have been completed at Carangas. Assay results for the twelve drill holes from the 2022 drilling program have now been received and released with the first five holes released on July 13, 2022. The results for the remaining 31 holes are pending. The 2022 drill program is currently advancing well with five drill rigs. Deep Hole DCAr0044 was the 6th hole drilled into the emerging Gold Zone (See Press Release of February 23, May 17, and July 13, 2022) and successfully intersected 514 m grading 1.1 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") The remaining other six holes are relatively shallow holes that targeted near-surface silver mineralization in the northern portion of the Central Valley. - Gold Hole DCAr0044: 514.85 m interval (from 266.35 m to 781.2 m) grading 1.10 g/t Au and 6 g/t silver ("Ag"), including higher grade intervals of 14.15 m (from 436.2 m to 450.35 m) grading 3.8 g/t Au, 11g/t Ag and 0.12% copper ("Cu"); 87.51 m interval (from 472.4 m to 559.91 m) grading 2.57 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag and 0.12% Cu. - Silver Hole DCAr0041: 78.68 m interval (from 37.8 m to 116.48 m) grading 75 g/t Ag, 0.71% Pb and 0.69% Zn. - Silver Hole DCAr0042: 79.2 m interval (from 53 m to 132.2 m) grading 77 g/t Ag, 0.73% Pb and 1.43% Zn. - Silver Hole DCAr0045: 170.64 m interval (from 8.36 m to 179 m) grading 88 g/t Ag, 0.38% Pb and 0.61% Zn, including 72.17 m interval grading 150 g/t Ag. - Silver Hole DCAr0046: 74.67 m interval (from 7.68 m to 82.35 m) grading 102 g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb and 0.36% Zn. - Silver Hole DCAr0047: 19.95 m interval (from 77.5 m to 97.45 m) grading 163 g/t Ag, 0.41% Pb and 1.31% Zn. - Silver Hole DCAr0048: 33.96 m interval (from 142.5 m to 176.46 m) grading 104 g/t Ag, 0.42% Pb and 0.68% Zn. Hole DCAr0044 intersected a silver interval of 25.12 m (from 33.88 m to 59.0 m) grading 64 g/t Ag, 0.22% Pb, 0.11% Zn and a silver interval of 61.66 m (from 84.83 m to 146.49 m) grading 24 g/t Ag, 0.32% Pb and 0.89% Zn. From 266.35 m to 781.2 m, a broad gold interval of 514.85 m interval grading 1.10 g/t Au and 6 g/t Ag was intersected, including higher grade subintervals of 14.15 m grading 3.8 g/t Au, 11g/t Ag and 0.12% copper ("Cu") from 436.2 m to 450.35 m, 87.51 m grading 2.57 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag and 0.12% Cu from 472.4 m to 559.91 m. These two higher grade intervals are hosted in strongly argillic-sericite altered ignimbrite with dissemination and crosscutting veins of pyrite and chalcopyrite. A third higher grade interval of 29.89 m grading 2.46 g/t Au. 5 g/t Ag and 0.14% Cu intersected from 717.07 m to 746.96 m, is hosted in mineralized flow-banded rhyodacite intrusive with dissemination and crosscutting veins of pyrite and chalcopyrite. This hole was drilled across the Central Valley about 50 m to the south of and parallel to the hole DCAr0039 which intersected a 535 m interval grading 1 g/t gold (please refer to the Company's news release on July 13, 2022). Hole DCAr0041 intersected a 266.99 m (from 30.06 m to 297.05 m) silver zone grading 31 g/t Ag, 0.52% Pb and 0.95% Zn, including a 78.68 m interval grading 75 g/t Ag, 0.71% Pb and 0.69% Zn. This hole was drilled on grid at an angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. Hole DCAr0042 intersected 332.7 m interval (from 53.0 m to 385.7 m) grading 25 g/t Ag, 0.45% Pb and 0.95% Zn, including 79.2 m interval grading 77 g/t Ag, 0.73% Pb and 1.43% Zn. This hole was drilled on grid at an angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. Hole DCAr0045 intercepted 170.64 m grading 88 g/t Ag, 0.38% Pb and 0.61% Zn (from depth 8.36 m to 179 m), including a 72.17 m interval grading 150 g/t Ag. This hole was drilled on grid at an angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. Hole DCAr0046 intersected 195.65 m (from 7.68 m to 203.33 m) grading 48 g/t Ag, 0.57% Pb and 0.82% Zn, including 74.67 m interval (from 7.68 m to 82.35 m) grading 102 g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb and 0.36% Zn. This hole was drilled on grid at a dip angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. Hole DCAr0047 intersected 109.02 m (from 72.05 m to 181.07 m) grading 57 g/t Ag, 0.24% Pb and 0.68% Zn. This hole was drilled on grid at an angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. Hole DCAr0048 intersected a silver interval of 62.31 m (from 65.0 m to 127.31 m) grading 55 g/t Ag, 0.36% Pb and 0.73% Zn, and a silver interval of 33.96 m (from 142.5 m to 176.46 m) grading 104 g/t Ag, 0.42% Pb and 0.68% Zn. This hole was drilled on grid at a dip angle of -45 to test the continuity of silver mineralization at a shallow level. The Company maintains tight sample security and QA/QC for all aspects of its exploration program at the Carangas Project. Drill core is logged, photographed and split on-site by the company and stored under secure conditions until being shipped in security-sealed bags by New Pacific staff in Company vehicles, directly from the project to ALS Global in Oruro, Bolivia for preparation, and ALS Global in Lima, Peru for geochemical analysis. ALS Global is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory independent from New Pacific. All samples are first analyzed by a multi-element ICP package (ALS code ME-MS41) with ore grade specified limits for silver, lead, and zinc further analyzed using ALS code OG46. Further silver samples over specified limits are analyzed by gravimetric analysis (ALS code of GRA21). Gold is assayed first by ICP and then by fire assay with AAS finish (ALS code of Au-AA25). Certified reference materials, various types of blank samples and duplicate samples are inserted into normal drill core sample sequences prior to delivery to the laboratory for preparation and analysis. The overall ratio of quality control samples in sample sequences is around twenty percent. The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Alex Zhang, P. Geo., Vice President of Exploration, who is a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"). The Qualified Person has verified the information disclosed herein, including the sampling, preparation, security and analytical procedures underlying such information, and is not aware of any significant risks and uncertainties that could be expected to affect the reliability or confidence in the information discussed herein. New Pacific is a Canadian exploration and development company with precious metal projects in Bolivia. The Company's flagship Project, the Silver Sand Silver Project, is waiting for a new Mineral Resource Estimate Update and a PEA by the end of 2022. The recently discovered Carangas Silver-Gold Project is undergoing a 40,000 m drill program. The third project, the Silverstrike Silver-Gold Project, commenced a 6,000 m initial test drilling program in June 2022. For further information, please contact: New Pacific Metals Corp. Phone: (604) 633-1368 U.S. & Canada toll-free: 1-877-631-0593 E-mail: info@newpacificmetals.com For additional information and to receive company news by e-mail, please register using New Pacific's website at www.newpacificmetals.com. Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects", "is expected", "anticipates", "believes", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "assumes", "intends", "strategies", "targets", "goals", "forecasts", "objectives", "budgets", "schedules", "potential" or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements or information. Such statements include, but are not limited to: statements regarding anticipated exploration, drilling, development, construction, and other activities or achievements of the Company; timing of receipt of permits and regulatory approvals; timing and content of the PEA, and estimates of the Company's revenues and capital expenditures; and other future plans, objectives or expectations of the Company. Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information, including, without limitation, risks relating to: global economic and social impact of COVID-19; fluctuating equity prices, bond prices, commodity prices; calculation of resources, reserves and mineralization, general economic conditions, foreign exchange risks, interest rate risk, foreign investment risk; loss of key personnel; conflicts of interest; dependence on management, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, environmental risks, operations and political conditions, the regulatory environment in Bolivia and Canada; risks associated with community relations and corporate social responsibility, and other factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended June 30, 2021 and its other public filings. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements or information. The forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this news release that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. These estimates, assumptions, beliefs, expectations and options include, but are not limited to, those related to the Company's ability to carry on current and future operations, including: the duration and effects of COVID-19 on our operations and workforce; development and exploration activities; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; the Company's ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the stabilization of the political climate in Bolivia; the Company's ability to obtain and maintain social license at its mineral properties; the availability and cost of inputs; the price and market for outputs; foreign exchange rates; taxation levels; the timely receipt of necessary approvals or permits, including the ratification and approval of the Mining Production Contract with COMIBOL by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia; the ability of the Company's Bolivian partner to convert the exploration licenses at the Carangas Project to AMC; the ability to meet current and future obligations; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions; and other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Other than specifically required by applicable laws, the Company is under no obligation and expressly disclaims any such obligation to update or alter the forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by law. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. This news release, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. All mining terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in NI 43-101. Accordingly, information contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein containing descriptions of the Company's mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE New Pacific Metals Corp.
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In the week after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan saw anti-U.S. protests and a deadly ISIS-claimed attack on a Shia mosque. Copyright 2022 NPR In the week after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan saw anti-U.S. protests and a deadly ISIS-claimed attack on a Shia mosque. Copyright 2022 NPR
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 8, 2022 _____ COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 255 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Tide levels along the coast, while running around 1 foot above the astronomical high tide this morning, are remaining below advisory criteria. _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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2022-08-08T09:33:47Z
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 8, 2022 _____ COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 255 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Tide levels along the coast, while running around 1 foot above the astronomical high tide this morning, are remaining below advisory criteria. _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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2022-08-08T09:37:38Z
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The Nation's Weather for Monday, August 8, 2022 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Warmth and humidity can accompany an afternoon thunderstorm in spots across the Northeast today. Thunderstorms are expected across the lower Great Lakes, reaching back towards the Mississippi River Valley. Some of the storms can become heavy, bringing flooding concerns. Afternoon thunderstorms can fire across the Southeast. Temperatures across the southern Plains can rise into the mid-90s and surge into the triple digits in Texas. Monsoonal moisture will allow for afternoon thunderstorms across the Four Corners region, reaching into some areas of California with localized flooding possible. Temperatures across the Western deserts can reach into the mid- to upper 90s with spots above 100 possible in the Southwest and interior Pacific Northwest. SPECIAL WEATHER No new information for this time period. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS No new information for this time period. DAILY EXTREMES National High Sunday 117 at Death Valley, CA National Low Sunday 31 at Stanley, ID _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
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2022-08-08T09:38:31Z
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World shares bounce after U.S. jobs report sell-off By Tom Wilson and Wayne Cole LONDON/SYDNEY, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Shares gained ground on Monday, recovering their footing after a strong U.S. jobs report last week bolstered the case for more super-sized interest rate hikes, while the dollar weakened and government bond yields fell. Markets quickly moved to price a chance of about 70% that the U.S. Federal Reserve would raise rates by 75 basis points in September, sending two-year yields up 20 basis points on Friday and further inverting the curve. But the broad Euro STOXX 600 gained as much as 0.8% in early trade, led by cyclical and growth stocks, helping recover losses from Friday sparked by the U.S. jobs report. Miners and technology, hit hard in the previous week, led early gains. The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, added 0.2%, recovering losses of the same amount seen on Friday. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures were up 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. The S&P 500 had ended lower on Friday, weighed down by tech stocks. Yet market players still eyed risks from higher rates. "Sectors like the higher rated tech stocks are still going to come under pressure for a while until we can see the Fed funds rate coming down," said Robert Alster, chief investment officer at Close Brothers Asset Management. The jobs data raised the stakes for the July U.S. consumer prices report due on Wednesday, which could see a slight pullback in headline growth, but likely a further acceleration in core inflation. "Our economists expect the headline (annual) rate to finally dip after energy prices have fallen of late," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote. The risk of recession had earlier haunted equity markets, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipping 0.5%. After surging on Friday following the solid U.S. non-farm payrolls data, most euro zone bond yields were lower. Germany's 10-year Bund yield fell slightly to 0.90%. Two-year Treasury yields were up at 3.19%, some 40 basis points above 10-year yields. Bonds also got a safe-haven bid due to unease over Beijing's sabre rattling against Taiwan as China conducts four days of military exercises around the island. THE EXCEPTIONAL DOLLAR The U.S. dollar fell 0.3% versus a basket of currencies to 106.32, giving up some gains after strengthening on the jobs boom and the jump in yields. It was flat against the Japanese yen 135.07 yen, after jumping 1.6% on Friday. "This key data point is a million miles from a current recession, both on a change of employment, and a levels of unemployment basis," said Alan Ruskin, global head of G10 FX strategy at Deutsche Bank, referring to the U.S. jobs statistics. "Data like this will further any thoughts about 'U.S. exceptionalism' and is very positive for the USD against all currencies." The euro squeezed out slim gains to reach $1.021. The currency was not helped by news that Moody's had cut Italy's outlook to negative as Prime Minister Mario Draghi's resignation shook the country's political landscape. Gold managed to bounce from the lows hit on Friday to rise 0.3% to $1,773. Oil prices recouped early losses to eke out some gains, having suffered the worst week since April on worries about stalling global demand as central banks keep tightening. Brent rose 0.7% to $95.73, while U.S. crude was up 0.6% at $89.55 per barrel. (Reporting by Tom Wilson in London and Wayne Cole in Sydney; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Bradley Perrett)
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2022-08-08T09:42:46Z
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Ukraine's nuclear chief calls for military-free zone at Zaporizhzhia plant KYIV, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom called on Monday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be made a military-free zone and said there should be a team of peacekeepers present at the site. He made the comments on television after Ukraine and Russia accused each of shelling the nuclear power plant - Europe's biggest - which lies in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine. (Reporting by Natalia Zinets; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Hugh Lawson) Advertisement
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2022-08-08T09:43:36Z
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TX Brownsville TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 7, 2022 _____ 989 FPUS54 KBRO 080858 ZFPBRO Zone Forecast Product for Deep South Texas National Weather Service Brownsville TX 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 TXZ253-082100- Southern Hidalgo- Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, and Weslaco 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ255-082100- Inland Cameron- Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ355-082100- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ455-082100- Cameron Island- Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Humid. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 80. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows around 80. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 80. Highs in the mid 80s. $$ TXZ252-082100- Starr- Including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ254-082100- Inland Willacy- Including the city of Raymondville 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the mid 90s. $$ TXZ354-082100- Coastal Willacy- Including the city of Port Mansfield 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ248-082100- Zapata- Including the city of Zapata 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs around 100. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Hot with highs around 100. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 70s. .SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. $$ TXZ249-082100- Jim Hogg- Including the city of Hebbronville 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ250-082100- Brooks- Including the city of Falfurrias 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ353-082100- Northern Hidalgo- Including the city of San Manuel 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, increasing to east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ251-082100- Inland Kenedy- Including the city of Sarita 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. $$ TXZ351-082100- Coastal Kenedy- 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. .SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. $$ TXZ454-082100- Willacy Island- 357 AM CDT Mon Aug 8 2022 .TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Humid with lows around 80. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs around 90. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to east 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 80. .THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. .FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows around 80. 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Texas Gov. Abbott's lead over Democratic challenger O'Rourke is narrowing Texas Gov. Abbott's lead over Democratic challenger O'Rourke is narrowing Audio will be available later today. The Texas gubernatorial race is tightening, despite polls earlier this year that indicated an overwhelming lead by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over former Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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2022-08-08T09:46:41Z
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency’s counterterrorism center, the CIA’s No. 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority — but that the agency’s money and resources would be increasingly shifted to focusing on China. The CIA drone attack that killed al-Qaida’s leader showed that fighting terrorism is hardly an afterthought. But it didn’t change the message the agency’s deputy director, David Cohen, delivered at that meeting weeks earlier: While the U.S. will continue to go after terrorists, the top priority is trying to better understand and counter Beijing. One year after ending the war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden and top national security officials speak less about counterterrorism and more about the political, economic and military threats posed by China as well as Russia. There’s been a quiet pivot within intelligence agencies, which are moving hundreds of officers to China-focused positions, including some who were previously working on terrorism. The last week makes clear that the U.S. has to deal with both at the same time. Days after Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in Kabul, China staged large-scale military exercises and threatened to cut off contacts with the U.S. over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The U.S. has long been alarmed by China’s growing political and economic ambitions. China has tried to influence foreign elections, mounted campaigns of cyber and corporate espionage, and detained millions of minority Uyghurs in camps. Some experts also think Beijing will in coming years try to seize the self-ruled democratic island of Taiwan by force. Intelligence officials have said they need more insights on China, including after being unable to definitively pinpoint the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beijing has been accused of withholding information about the origins of the virus. And the war in Ukraine has underscored Russia’s importance as a target. The U.S. used declassified information to expose Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war plans before the invasion and rally diplomatic support for Kyiv. Supporters of the Biden administration approach note that the U.S. was able to track and kill al-Zawahri is evidence of its capabilities to target threats in Afghanistan from abroad. Critics say the fact that al-Zawahri was living in Kabul, under the apparent protection of the Taliban, suggests there’s a resurgence of extremist groups that America is ill-equipped to counter. The shift in priorities is supported by many former intelligence officers and lawmakers from both parties who say it’s overdue. That includes people who served in Afghanistan and other missions against al-Qaida and other terrorist groups. Rep. Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said he believed the U.S. had been overly focused on counterterrorism over the last several years. “A far greater existential threat is Russia and China,” said Crow, a Colorado Democrat who serves on the House Intelligence and Armed Services committees. Terrorist groups, he said, “will not destroy the American way of life … the way China can.” CIA spokesperson Tammy Thorp noted that terrorism “remains a very real challenge.” “Even as crises such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and strategic challenges such as that posed by the People’s Republic of China demand our attention, CIA will continue to aggressively track terrorist threats globally and work with partners to counter them,” Thorp said. Congress has pushed the CIA and other intelligence agencies to make China a top priority, according to several people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. Pushing resources toward China has required cuts elsewhere, including in counterterrorism. Specific figures were unavailable because intelligence budgets are classified. In particular, lawmakers want more information about China’s development in advanced technologies. Under President Xi Jinping, China has committed trillions of dollars in investment on quantum science, artificial intelligence and other technologies that are likely to disrupt how future wars are fought and economies are structured. As part of the shift, congressional committees are trying to better track how intelligence agencies spend their funding on China, seeking more detail about how specific programs contribute to that mission, one person familiar with the matter said. “We are late, but it’s good that we’re finally changing our focus into that region,” said Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican who serves on the House Intelligence Committee. “That means in people, in resources, in military assets, and in diplomacy.” The CIA last year announced it would create two new “mission centers” — one on China, one on emerging technologies — to centralize and improve intelligence collection on those issues. The CIA is also trying to recruit more Chinese speakers and reduce wait times on security clearances to hire new people faster. Inside the agency, many officers are learning Chinese and moving into new roles focused on China, though not all of those jobs require language training, people familiar with the matter said. Officials note that intelligence officers are trained to adapt to new challenges and that many were moved more quickly into counterterrorism roles after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Advances from counterterrorism work — including better use of data and different sources of intelligence to build networks and identify targets — are also useful in countering Russia and China, former officers said. “It’s the analytics and targeting machine that has become extraordinary,” said Douglas Wise, a former CIA senior officer who was deputy chief of operations at the counterterrorism center. The CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, renamed the Counterterrorism Mission Center in a 2015 reorganization, remains a point of pride for many people who credit its work for keeping Americans safe from terrorism after Sept. 11. CIA officers landed in Afghanistan on Sept. 26, 2001, and were part of operations to displace the Taliban and find and kill leaders of al-Qaida including Osama bin Laden. And 13 years after a double agent tricked officers pursuing al-Zawahri and blew himself up, killing seven agency employees, the CIA killed him in a strike with no reported civilian casualties. The CIA was also involved in some of the darkest moments of the fight against terrorism. It operated secret “black site” jails to hold terrorism suspects, some wrongly, and was found by a Senate investigation to have used interrogation methods that amounted to torture. Elite Afghan special operations units trained by the CIA were also accused of killing civilians and violating international law. There’s long been a debate over whether counterterrorism pulled intelligence agencies too far away from traditional spying and whether some of the CIA’s work in targeting terrorists should instead be done by special forces under the military. Marc Polymeropoulos is a retired CIA operations officer and former base chief in Afghanistan. He said he supports a greater focus on China and Russia but added, “There’s no reason to diminish what we had to do.” “This notion that somehow all the CT work we did, somehow that was wrong, that we took our eye of the ball — just remember on Sept. 12 what everyone was feeling,” he said. Re-orienting the agencies toward more of a focus on China and Russia will ultimately take years and require both patience and recognition that the agency’s culture will take time to change, Wise said. “For decades, we have been doing counterterrorism,” Wise said. “We’ve got to have a rational plan to make this adaptation, which doesn’t take so long that our enemies can exploit a glacial process.”
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2022-08-08T09:47:10Z
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five years after Brian Spaulding’s parents found him fatally shot in the home he shared with roommates, his slaying remains a mystery that seems increasingly unlikely to be solved as Portland, Oregon, police confront a spike in killings and more than 100 officer vacancies. The detective assigned to investigate the death of Spaulding — a chiropractic assistant who didn’t do drugs, wasn’t in a gang and lived close to the house where he was born — left in 2020 in a wave of retirements and the detective assigned to it now is swamped with fresh cases after Portland’s homicide rate surged 207% since 2019. “To us, it’s not a cold case,” said George Spaulding, who has his son’s signature tattooed on his arm. “We’re not dissatisfied with the Police Bureau because I think they’re doing the best they can,” he said. “They are just overwhelmed. It’s insane.” From Philadelphia to Portland to Los Angeles, killings and gun violence are rising at the same time officers worn out by the pandemic and disillusioned over the calls to divest from policing that followed George Floyd’s murder are quitting or retiring faster than they can be replaced. Departments are scrambling to recruit in a tight labor market and also rethinking what services they can provide and what role police should play in their communities. Many have shifted veteran officers to patrol, breaking up specialized teams built over decades in order to keep up with 911 calls. “We’re getting more calls for service and there are fewer people to answer them,” said Philadelphia Police spokesperson Eric Gripp, whose department has been rotating employees from specialty units for short assignments to increase patrols. “This isn’t just an issue in Philadelphia. Departments all over are down and recruitment has been difficult.” Los Angeles, which is down more than 650 officers from its pre-pandemic staffing level, shuttered its animal cruelty unit and downsized its human trafficking, narcotics and gun details and reduced its homeless outreach teams by 80%. Seattle recently announced $2 million in hiring bonuses and benefits to lure recruits amid a critical officer shortage that has hampered the investigation of serious crimes. The pinch has led some cities to experiment to reduce strain on patrol officers. Portland recently added unarmed “public support specialists” to take reports on things like vehicle break-ins and bike thefts, and in San Diego, licensed psychiatric clinicians go to mental health calls with officers. “For me, I wonder, what the profession is going to be 20 years from now if we’re having these challenges on a nationwide scale. Are we going to be able to recruit enough people to serve our cities?” asked Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell, whose force has lost 237 sworn officers through retirements or resignations since 2020. Portland logged a record 89 homicides last year — roughly three times its historical average — and is on pace to top that this year after already tallying more than 50. A report completed for the city last month by the California Partnership for Safe Communities found it had the largest homicide rate increase among similarly sized cities and 75% of homicides in 2020 were by gun. The city has seen nearly 800 shootings this year. That follows a national trend. While non-violent crime decreased during the pandemic, the murder rate increased nearly 30% in 2020 and the rate of assaults went up 10%, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. It’s unclear what’s driving the surge, but COVID-19 created huge social disruption and upended government and community support systems. Gun sales also spiked during the pandemic. Experts say widely cited theories that violent crime is worse in places that changed policing tactics in the wake of protests over Floyd’s murder don’t bear out. Violent crime has increased in red and blue communities alike, regardless of their approach. “The problem is you see cities where they didn’t do any of those things where crime also went up and you’ll see rural areas where crime also went up as well,” said Ben Struhl, executive director of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. “There’s a lot of evidence that something bigger is going on than the social justice protests that happened, and it’s probably more than one thing,” said Struhl, whose center has worked with Baltimore, Philadelphia and Oakland to reduce gun violence. In Portland, gun violence once largely limited to historically marginalized neighborhoods has spread to the downtown core and more affluent areas. Last month, an Uber driver was seriously wounded and his passenger killed in an unsolved shooting. Jeremiah King, who is transitioning out of homelessness, was shot while trying to protect a friend who was being attacked just a short walk from the city’s business district. “He turned around and pulled a pistol out and I didn’t see it. I didn’t feel anything at first but 10 seconds later I could hardly breathe,” King said as he sat on street after three nights in the hospital. “I thought I was going to pass away.” After King’s shooting, three more people were injured and two killed by gunfire in the same area over a four-day span. To address the violence, Portland’s police chief broke up specialized units to bolster patrol numbers and moved detectives from assault, cold case and gun violence units to create a third eight-person homicide squad. That effectively stopped investigations into about 300 unsolved slayings going back decades, although Lovell says those investigations will resume when staffing levels return. Still, Brian Spaulding’s parents now must consider the possibility that one day no one will be assigned to his case. Their son, who would be 41 now, was a free spirit whose interests ranged from jiu jitsu to home-brewed beer to heavy metal — although he also was a sustaining member of the local classical radio station. Brian’s mother sees a twisted silver lining in the violence on Portland’s streets. “I keep thinking that with all of the gun violence that’s going on, they might be able to get a gun that matches the gun that killed Brian,” said Carolyn Spaulding, as she clutched a teddy bear made of scraps from his high school graduation quilt. That gun violence has also spread outside Portland, to the suburban city of Gresham, Oregon. Gresham Police Chief Travis Gullberg has seen 16 officers leave in his 10 months on the job and all of his detectives are handling homicide investigations as gun violence soars. Conversations around police reform are “important work and it’s an opportunity for us to better serve our community … but that said, as you transition to any of those new programs — which takes a while sometimes — you still have to be providing the basic services,” Gullberg said. For now, eight officers patrol a city of 115,000 people on a typical evening shift and must constantly make decisions about how to deploy limited resources. On a recent night, police Sgt. Travis Garrison spotted a car with no plates driving erratically. The driver appeared high, probably on methamphetamine, and the passenger was almost comatose, with bloody track marks on his arm. The driver had a suspended license, but the vehicle wasn’t stolen and no one had an outstanding warrant. Garrison warned the driver to leave the car and find a ride home, and then headed to his next call. It would have taken hours to complete the testing necessary to prove the driver’s meth use, Garrison said, and with officers depleted, the traffic stop wasn’t a priority. “Right now, because of the the spike in violent crime, we’re only able to investigate murders,” child abuse and sex crimes, he said. “We’re triaging.” But what law enforcement says is a staffing crisis could actually be a case of misdirected resources, said Christy Lopez, co-director of Georgetown Law School’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety. And in some departments, police have sworn in new recruits this year, although the numbers aren’t keeping up with attrition, they say. “You really can’t take it at face value when a department says you need more police officers. You need to look at a staffing audit: ‘What are your police officers doing? What are they unable to do?’ It might mean that you actually need another Boys and Girls Club, not more officers,” she said. Understaffed departments sometimes shift detectives to patrol because of political pressure, but research shows solving violent crime depresses crime rates more effectively than putting rank-and-file officers on the street, Lopez said. “There may be some places where we need more police, but I’m fairly convinced from the evidence that I’ve seen over the decades that that can’t be the answer everywhere.” Some have celebrated the downsizing, including homeless advocates in Los Angeles, where four out of five homeless outreach teams were disbanded. “Police should be nowhere around outreach. You can’t be the provider of services as well as the jailer,” said Pete White, the founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network. “My hope … is that those resources that go to the police department are actually pointed towards real solutions.” Still many others are fed up with perceived lack of action by police. In Philadelphia, where the department is down 550 officers from pre-pandemic staffing and another 860 are on medical leave or restricted duty, City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez said there are more than 30,000 complaints about abandoned cars awaiting police action. One of the worst areas is in her district where the cars block sidewalks and make the narrower streets impassable. Officers normally assigned to a unit dealing with neighborhood issues have been shifted to the city center and violent hot spots around Philadelphia, where the homicide rate reached a record high last year. The abandoned cars bring “trash in the areas, then you know other crimes, quality of life issues, drug dealing, shootings, killings,” said Kimberly Washington, executive director of the Frankford Community Development Corporation. “This starts to look like the place where this can all go down because no one cares.” Royal Harris knows what that’s like. Growing up in Portland’s gang territory in the 1990s, his brother, two first cousins, two second cousins and numerous friends were shot to death — and many of those cases remain unsolved. Harris supports the temporary shut-down of the city’s cold case unit if it means police can close fresh cases, even though it takes resources from solving his own loved ones’ slayings. “Under the current climate, somebody’s going to feel cheated and we have to be honest with that. The question is, who do we cheat?” he said. “These hard decisions (have) to be made to stop this.” ___ Lauer reported from Philadelphia and Dazio reported from Los Angeles. AP video journalist Eugene Garcia in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON — How many different cell phone charges does your family own? Between iPhones and androids, laptops and headphones the drawer can quickly fill up. All that mess and all that money being spent on chargers is attracting the attention of some lawmakers -- who say it's time to create some standards in the U.S. In a letter sent to the Secretary of Commerce recently, Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey asked the Department of Commerce to act. "In our increasingly digital society, consumers frequently must pay for new specialized charging equipment," the lawmakers write. "This is not merely an annoyance; it can be a financial burden. The average consumer owns approximately three mobile phone chargers, and around 40 percent of consumers report that, on at least one occasion, they 'could not charge their mobile phone because available chargers were incompatible.'" Of course, forcing Apple, Google or other tech companies in Silicon Valley to do something is not easy. However, it is happening in Europe. The EU recently announced by 2024, all new phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, keyboards and other devices will need USB-C charging ports. By 2026, the law will apply to laptops. The United States, though, is not Europe – and for the moment, it's unclear if the Biden administration will issue an executive order on this or wait for Congress to pass a new law perhaps. So far, no vote is planned.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Amazon, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Amazon includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period. DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Aggrieved Amazon investors only have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Vincent Wong, Esq. 39 East Broadway Suite 304 New York, NY 10002 Tel. 212.425.1140 E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com View original content: SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
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India reports 16,167 new Covid cases, 41 deaths India reports 16,167 new Covid cases, 41 deaths New Delhi: India reported 16,167 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day's count of 18,738, said the Union Health Ministry on Monday. In the same period, the country has reported 41 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,26,730. Meanwhile, the active caseload has marginally risen to 1,35,510 cases, accounting for 0.31 per cent of the country's total positive cases. The recovery of 15,549 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,34,99,659. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.50 per cent. Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate has marginally risen to 6.14 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate in the country currently also stands at 4.64 per cent. Also in the same period, a total of 2,63,419 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 87.81 crores. Also Read: India records fresh COVID-19 cases; 23 fatalities As of Monday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 206.56 crores, achieved via 2,73,95,158 sessions over 3.95 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of the vaccination drive for this age bracket.(IANS)
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2022-08-08T10:04:16Z
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CJ Logistics Q2 net income up 35.9 pct to 67.1 bln won 16:13 August 08, 2022 SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- CJ Logistics Corp. on Monday reported its second-quarter net income of 67.1 billion won (US$51.4 million), up 35.9 percent from a year earlier. Operating income for the April-June period was 116.1 billion won, up 28.2 percent from a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing. Sales rose 14.2 percent to 3.13 trillion won. The operating profit was 8.9 percent higher than the average estimate, according to the survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency. The estimate of net profit was not available. (END)
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Tupperware Brands Corporation ("Tupperware") (NYSE: TUP) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between November 3, 2021 and May 3, 2022. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Tupperware, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Tupperware includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. DEADLINE: August 15, 2022 Aggrieved Tupperware investors only have until August 15, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Vincent Wong, Esq. 39 East Broadway Suite 304 New York, NY 10002 Tel. 212.425.1140 E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com View original content: SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
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2022-08-08T10:11:37Z
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Online Education Group ("51Talk" or the "Company") (NYSE: COE), a global online education platform with core expertise in English education, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") at Torino Meeting Room, 3rd Floor Deshi Building South, Shangdi Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China, at 10:00 am (Beijing Time) on September 30, 2022. The purpose of the AGM is for the Company's shareholders to consider, and if thought fit, approve the change of the Company's legal name from "China Online Education Group" to "51Talk Online Education Group." The proposed name change will not affect any rights of shareholders or the Company's operations and financial position. The board of directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on August 22, 2022 as the record date (the "Record Date") in order to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof. The notice of AGM and form of proxy for the AGM are available on the Company's website at https://51talk.investorroom.com. Holders of the Company's Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares whose names are on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Holders of the Company's American depositary shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the Company's ADS program. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements which are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "likely to," and similar statements. 51Talk may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 51Talk's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in 51Talk's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and 51Talk does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. About China Online Education Group China Online Education Group (NYSE: COE) is a global online education platform with core expertise in English education. The Company's mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable. The Company's online and mobile education platforms enable students to take live interactive English lessons on demand. The Company connects its students with a large pool of highly qualified teachers that it assembled using a shared economy approach, and employs student and teacher feedback and data analytics to deliver a personalized learning experience to its students. View original content: SOURCE China Online Education Group
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Chhattisgarh school principal arrested for molesting 2 girl students Korba: Police have arrested the 45-year-old principal of a private school in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district for allegedly molesting two minor girl students, an official said on Monday. The two students of Classes 5 and 7 informed their parents after reaching home last week that the principal allegedly molested them in his office chamber, Kotwali Station House Officer Prakash Rathore said. The parents lodged a complaint following which the police arrested the principal on Saturday, he said. The accused was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official said. The school owner also complained to police against parents of some students for allegedly thrashing him, after the incident came to light, he said. A probe was on into the matter, he added. In 100 bail orders: 'Videos' used for arrest in 44; 32 of these failed... 22 Feb 2021 7:11 PM GMTDelhi Police say 1,753 held but courts heard over 4,347 bail pleas 21 Feb 2021 8:26 PM GMT755 FIRs and 342 chargesheets against 1,553 people later – not a... 21 Feb 2021 7:48 PM GMTOf courts' bugbears, most common 'doubtful' police, public witness... 23 Feb 2021 7:29 PM GMTA Delhi Police-sized roadblock in victims' path to justice — clubbing... 25 Feb 2021 7:39 PM GMT UGC asks higher education institutions to create awareness about 'Har... 8 Aug 2022 10:11 AM GMTBill in LS to amend Electricity Act 8 Aug 2022 10:10 AM GMTSindhu wins maiden CWG gold with win over Michelle Li 8 Aug 2022 9:39 AM GMTProphet row: Relief for news anchor Navika Kumar, SC grants interim... 8 Aug 2022 9:15 AM GMTPredicted June-July rainfall over Delhi with over 80% accuracy: IMD... 8 Aug 2022 8:36 AM GMT
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HOUSTON, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, announces that it has maintained a Platinum award, the highest rating available, for its sustainability management system from EcoVadis. "This second consecutive EcoVadis Platinum rating recognizes Kraton's actions of putting its sustainability goals into action," said Marcello Boldrini, Kraton's co-CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer. "The Platinum rating is a significant achievement and recognizes our overall performance as a responsible and sustainable business." The platinum rating confirms Kraton's ongoing status as one of the top 1% of the more than 90,000 companies evaluated by EcoVadis. EcoVadis is one of the leading industry reference platforms for evaluating how an organization has integrated the principles of sustainability into its business and management system. "The platinum distinction highlights Kraton's ongoing commitment to sustainability throughout our company as we work to address evolving market needs by providing products and technologies that advance the bioeconomy and enable the circular economy," said Dr. Holger Jung, Kraton's co-CEO. EcoVadis is a global provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence, and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. The EcoVadis platform and sustainability scorecards provide insight into environmental, social, and ethical risks across more than 200 purchasing categories and 160 countries. Their methodology provides a single framework to evaluate, collaborate and improve sustainability performance to protect brands, foster transparency, and innovation, and accelerate growth. For more information, visit ecovadis.com. More information about Kraton's sustainability initiatives can be found on Kraton.com. ABOUT KRATON Kraton Corporation is a leading global producer of specialty polymers and high-value performance products derived from renewable resources. Kraton's polymers are used in a wide range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants, and lubricants, and medical, packaging, automotive, paving and roofing products. As the largest global provider in the pine chemicals industry, the company's pine-based specialty products are sold into adhesive, road and construction and tire markets, and it produces and sells a broad range of performance chemicals into markets that include fuel additives, oilfield chemicals, coatings, metalworking fluids and lubricants, inks, and mining. Kraton offers its products to a diverse customer base in over 70 countries worldwide. *Kraton, the Kraton logo and design are all trademarks of Kraton Corporation, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, in one or more, but not all countries. Media Contact: Kristen Boyd: (281) 504-4986 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Kraton Corporation
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In the week after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan saw anti-U.S. protests and a deadly ISIS-claimed attack on a Shia mosque. Copyright 2022 NPR In the week after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan saw anti-U.S. protests and a deadly ISIS-claimed attack on a Shia mosque. Copyright 2022 NPR
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Not as robust as the proposal President Joe Biden once envisioned to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems, the Democrats’ compromise of health care, climate change and deficit-reduction strategies is still a substantial undertaking. The estimated $740 billion package — passed Sunday by the Senate and heading to the House — is full of party priorities. Those include capping prescription drug costs at $2,000 out of pocket for seniors, helping Americans pay for private health insurance and what Democrats are calling the most substantial investment in history to fight climate change, some $375 billion over the decade. Advertisement Almost half the money raised, $300 billion, will go toward paying down federal deficits. It's all paid for largely with new corporate taxes, including a 15% minimum tax on big corporations to ensure they don't skip out on paying any taxes at all, as well as projected federal savings from lower Medicare drug costs. Called the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” it's not at all clear the 755-page bill will substantially ease inflationary pressures, though millions of Americans are expected to see some relief in health care and other costs. Votes fell strictly along party lines in the 50-50 Senate, with all Democrats in favor, all Republicans opposed, and Vice President Kamala Harris providing a tie-breaking vote for 51-50 passage. The House is expected to vote by Friday. A look at what's in and out of the final package: Lower prescription drug costs Launching a long-sought goal, the bill would allow the Medicare program to negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, saving the federal government some $288 billion over the 10-year budget window. Those new revenues would be put back into lower costs for seniors on medications, including a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for older adults buying prescriptions from pharmacies. The money would also be used to provide free vaccinations for seniors, who now are among the few not guaranteed free access, according to a summary document. Advertisement Seniors would also have insulin prices capped at $35 a dose. A provision to extend that price cap on insulin to Americans with private health insurances was out of line with Senate budget rules and Republicans stripped it from the final bill. Help pay for health insurance The bill would extend the subsidies provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to help some Americans who buy health insurance on their own. Under earlier pandemic relief, the extra help was set to expire this year. But the bill would allow the assistance to keep going for three more years, lowering insurance premiums for people who are purchasing their own health care policies. ‘Single biggest investment in climate change in US history’ The bill would invest nearly $375 billion over the decade in climate change-fighting strategies including investments in renewable energy production and tax rebates for consumers to buy new or used electric vehicles. It's broken down to include $60 billion for a clean energy manufacturing tax credit and $30 billion for a production tax credit for wind and solar, seen as ways to boost and support the industries that can help curb the country's dependence on fossil fuels. The bill also gives tax credits for nuclear power and carbon capture technology that oil companies such as Exxon Mobil have invested millions of dollars to advance. The bill would impose a new fee on excess methane emissions from oil and gas drilling while giving fossil fuel companies access to more leases on federal lands and waters. Advertisement A late addition pushed by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and other Democrats in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado would designate $4 billion to combat a mega-drought in the West, including conservation efforts in the Colorado River Basin, which nearly 40 million Americans rely on for drinking water. For consumers, there are tax breaks as incentives to go green. One is a 10-year consumer tax credit for renewable energy investments in wind and solar. There are tax breaks for buying electric vehicles, including a $4,000 tax credit for purchase of used electric vehicles and $7,500 for new ones. In all, Democrats believe the strategy could put the country on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and “would represent the single biggest climate investment in U.S. history, by far.” How to pay for all of this? The biggest revenue-raiser in the bill is a new 15% minimum tax on corporations that earn more than $1 billion in annual profits. It's a way to clamp down on some 200 U.S. companies that avoid paying the standard 21% corporate tax rate, including some that end up paying no taxes at all. The new corporate minimum tax would kick in after the 2022 tax year and raise more than $258 billion over the decade. The revenue would have been higher, but Sinema insisted on one change to the 15% corporate minimum, allowing a depreciation deduction used by manufacturing industries. That shaves about $55 billion off the total revenue. Advertisement To win over Sinema, Democrats dropped plans to close a tax loophole long enjoyed by wealthier Americans — so-called carried interest, which under current law taxes wealthy hedge fund managers and others at a 20% rate. The left has for years sought to boost the carried interest tax rate, hiked to 37% in the original bill, more in line with upper-income earners. Sinema wouldn’t allow it. Keeping the tax break for the wealthy deprives the party of $14 billion in revenue they were counting on to help pay for the package. In its place, Democrats, with Sinema’s nod, will impose a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, raising some $74 billion over the decade. Money is also raised by boosting the IRS to go after tax cheats. The bill proposes an $80 billion investment in taxpayer services, enforcement and modernization, which is projected to raise $203 billion in new revenue — a net gain of $124 billion over the decade. The bill sticks with Biden's original pledge not to raise taxes on families or businesses making less than $400,000 a year. The lower drug prices for seniors are paid for with savings from Medicare's negotiations with the drug companies. Extra money to pay down deficits With some $740 billion in new revenue and around $440 billion in new investments, the bill promises to put the difference of about $300 billion toward deficit reduction. Federal deficits spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic when federal spending soared and tax revenues fell as the nation's economy churned through shutdowns, closed offices and other massive changes. Advertisement The nation has seen deficits rise and fall in recent years. But overall federal budgeting is on an unsustainable path, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which put out a new report this week on long-term projections. What’s left behind? This latest package emerged suddenly at the end of July after 18 months of start-stop negotiations leaves behind many of Biden's more ambitious goals. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., struck a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin to revive Biden’s package, slimming it down to bring the West Virginia Democrat back to the negotiating table. Next, they drew Sinema, the remaining party holdout, with additional changes. The package remains robust, by typical standards, but nowhere near the sweeping Build Back Better program Biden once envisioned. While Congress did pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for highways, broadband and other investments that Biden signed into law last year, the president's and the party's other key priorities have slipped away. Among them is a continuation of a $300 monthly child tax credit that was sending money directly to families during the pandemic and is believed to have widely reduced child poverty. Also gone, for now, are plans for free pre-kindergarten and community college, as well as the nation’s first paid family leave program that would have provided up to $4,000 a month for births, deaths and other pivotal needs.
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- Gold price nurses losses after impressive US NFP-inspired sell-off. - US dollar eases in tandem with the Treasury yields amid a better mood. - XAU/USD looks south towards $1,750, as 75 bps Sept Fed rate hike bets rise. Gold price is licking its wound below the $1,800 mark, awaiting a fresh catalyst for the next leg lower. Risk-on flows have returned at the start of the week, fuelling a broad-based US dollar retreat while the Treasury yields also ease. Investors assess the implications of a super-sized Fed rate next months, the odds for which now stand at 70% after a big upside surprise in the US Nonfarm Payrolls for July. The jobs blowout raised the stakes for the July US inflation report due on Wednesday. The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) could likely see a slight pullback in headline growth but the core figure is seen accelerating. The debate of peak inflation remains in play heading into the key event risk of the week. The non-yielding bullion is expected to remain highly reactive to the US employment and inflation data after the Fed said that it remains data-dependent while deciding on its policy outlook. Also read: Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD could challenge $1,750, with big Fed rate hike bets back in play Gold Price: Key levels to watch The Technical Confluence Detector shows that the gold price needs to slice through a bunch of healthy support levels around the $1,772-$1,771 area to resume the post-NFP sell-off. That demand zone is the convergence of the SMA5 one-day, Fibonacci 23.6% one-day and the previous low four-hour. The Fibonacci 61.8% one-week at $1,769 will be next on sellers’ radars. However, bears need acceptance below the confluence of the Fibonacci 61.8% one-month and pivot point one-day S1 at $1,763 to negate the recent bullish momentum. Further south, the intersection of the previous week’s low and the pivot point one-week S1 at $1,754 will guard the downside. On the upside, the immediate resistance appears at $1,775, above which the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week at %1,780 will be challenged. The next resistance levels are located at $1,784 and $1,786, which are the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day and Fibonacci 23.6% one-week respectively. Here is how it looks on the tool About Technical Confluences Detector The TCD (Technical Confluences Detector) is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a congestion of indicators, moving averages, Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc. If you are a short-term trader, you will find entry points for counter-trend strategies and hunt a few points at a time. If you are a medium-to-long-term trader, this tool will allow you to know in advance the price levels where a medium-to-long-term trend may stop and rest, where to unwind positions, or where to increase your position size. Information on these pages contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. 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The US dollar pares strong NFP-inspired gains amid risk-on flows. Moody’s cut Italy’s credit rating amid political jitters. US-China tensions over Taiwan loom. GBP/USD clings to gains below 1.2100 amid USD retreat GBP/USD is holding onto the recovery gains below 1.2100, supported by a weaker US dollar amid a positive shift in risk sentiment. Bumper US NFP data ramped up aggressive Fed tightening expectations. UK political woes and a dovish BOE rate hike could cap the pound's upside. Gold needs to crack $1,763 to extend the downside Gold price nurses losses after impressive US NFP-inspired sell-off. US dollar eases in tandem with the Treasury yields amid a better mood. XAU/USD looks south towards $1,750, as 75 bps Sept Fed rate hike bets rise. Top 3 Cryptos Price Prediction: Faux strength or resurgence of bullish momentum? Bitcoin price shows a resurgence of buying pressure as the eastern markets open fresh to a new week. 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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Molecular Partners AG ("Molecular Partners") (NASDAQ: MOLN) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Molecular Partners American Depositary Shares pursuant and/or traceable to certain documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021; and/or (b) Molecular Partners securities between June 16, 2021, and April 26, 2022. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Molecular Partners, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Molecular Partners includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's product, ensovibep, was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; that (ii) accordingly, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (iii) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (iv) another of the Company's product candidates, MP0310, was less attractive to Molecular Partners' collaborator, Amgen, than defendants had led investors to believe; (v) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return to global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (vi) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (vii) as a result, documents issues in connection with the Company's initial public offer and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein. Aggrieved Molecular Partners investors only have until September 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Vincent Wong, Esq. 39 East Broadway Suite 304 New York, NY 10002 Tel. 212.425.1140 E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com View original content: SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
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Paul Mikucki has wanted to compete in the Two Bridges Fiasco ever since he heard about the wild and wacky event hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club. The West River Sailing Club member was finally able to make it happen this year and was stunned to come away as the overall winner. Mikucki steered his Nacra F18 Infusion across the finish line first in the third annual pursuit race held on the Chesapeake Bay and Severn River on July 31. “I knew we’d been passing a lot of boats because the F18 is so quick, but I never expected to finish first,” Mikucki said. “We were very happy and excited to come out on top.” Annapolis Yacht Club established the Two Bridges Fiasco in August 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. It was held on the weekend left vacant when the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Governor’s Cup was canceled. It is so named because boats must round marks set just shy of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Naval Academy Bridge on the Severn River. What makes the Two Bridges Fiasco unique is that competitors can sail the course in either direction. This year, the bulk of the 54-boat fleet chose to sail the leg toward the Bay Bridge first. A small smattering of boats crossed the finish line in the opposite direction and headed toward the Naval Academy Bridge. All participating vessels started the race based on a handicap, from slowest to fastest entries. Mikucki’s catamaran was the second-to-last vessel to cross, followed only by a foiling windsurfer. Slippery When Wet got underway 1 hour, 9 minutes after the first boat started. Having watched the trend, Mikucki and crew Beatrice Waterman also headed for the Bay Bridge on a reaching point of sail in south-southeasterly winds ranging from 6 to 8 knots. There was a slight hiccup at the turning mark set by the bridge as Mikucki rounded too close and wound up hitting the inflatable buoy. Both the daggerboard and rudder got caught up and it took time to free the F18. “Luckily, the whole incident, including re-rounding the mark, only cost us maybe 40 seconds,” said Mikucki, who was fortunate to have caught a window in which no other boats were rounding. It was a beat back to the Y marker off Greenbury Point with the wind steadily building. Mikucki and Waterman enjoyed a thrilling downwind spinnaker run to the Naval Academy Bridge with the breeze piping up to 12 to 14 knots. By then, almost the entire fleet was in the Severn River and Mikucki felt a bit nervous dodging boats at high speed. “Things got really crowded quickly and I felt like we were holding on,” he said. “I was running out of room to drive down on the gusts, and the traveler was nearly all the way out.” Mikucki was forced to join Waterman out on the wire to keep the F18 from capsizing and savored the moment of blasting downwind, flying a hull while in double trapeze mode. “It’s one of those moments that keeps you coming back, that will stay in the memory bank forever,” said Mikucki, a Baltimore resident who works as a mechanical engineer in Hagerstown. Waterman said from the outset the fleet of Viper 640 sportboats were the primary competition, and Slippery When Wet started to reel them in during the final leg back to the finish line set in the middle of the Severn River. Slippery When Wet passed the Viper 640 entries Evil Hiss and Robot Flamingo on approach to the finish line, crossing with a corrected time of 3:57.11. That was just 21 seconds ahead of Evil Hiss, skippered by SpinSheet Magazine publisher Mary Ewenson. Daily Top Stories “We could tell the Vipers were really overpowered since the wind filled and they had half the crew weight,” Mikucki said. “Most of those sailors can run circles around me, so it was grin-worthy when we reached the finish line well ahead of second place boat — double-trapped and flying the hull in proper cat fashion.” Mikucki bought his Nacra F18 from fellow West River Sailing Club member Sam Carter, who teamed with Jahn Tihansky to earn overall victory at the inaugural Two Bridges Fiasco aboard an F18 Scorpion. All three Viper 640 entries sailed with a crew of two instead of three with Ewenson admitting that made a difference. She steered while Rob Gorman kept busy trimming the headsails, hoisting and dousing the spinnaker while also calling tactics. “When it got super puffy and shifty on the last upwind leg, Rob trimmed the main as well so I could just focus on driving,” Ewenson said. Ewenson figures Evil Hiss crossed paths with Slippery When Wet going in opposite directions on the Severn River but said she was “too busy trying to keep the keel under the boat” to spot the catamaran. “We saw them for the first time when they flew by us a few minutes before we finished,” said Ewenson, who crossed seven seconds ahead of fellow Viper 640 skipper Jimmy Praley aboard Robot Flamingo. Jeff Todd steered his J/22 Hot Toddy to fourth place while National Sailing Hall of Famer Gary Jobson finished fifth with his Hood 32 Whirlwind. Two Bridges Fiasco results 1. Slippery When Wet, Nacra F18 Infusion, Paul Mikucki, West River Sailing Club, 3:57:11; 2. Evil Hiss, Viper 640, Mary Ewenson, Annapolis Yacht Club/Eastport Yacht Club, 3:57:32; 3. Robot Flamingo, Viper 640, Jimmy Praley, Severn Sailing Association/AYC, 3:57:39; 4. Hot Toddy, J/22, Jeff Todd, AYC, 3:58:38; 5. Whirlwind, Hood 32, Gary Jobson, AYC, 3:58:49; 6. Her Universe, J/22, Guillaume Seynhaeve, AYC, 3:59:01; 7. Bangor Packet, J/24, Tony Parker, AYC, 3:59:19; 8. Deep State, Viper 640, Walt Pletcher, AYC, 3:59:26; 9. Rush Hour 2, J/24, Mike Coe, SSA, 3:59:30; 10. Seamonster, Daysailer, Erika Seamon, SSA, 3:59:35
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In an effort to reduce the high price of prescription drugs, some states and companies are taking their own measures. A not-for-profit company says it aims to introduce low-cost insulin by 2024. Copyright 2022 NPR In an effort to reduce the high price of prescription drugs, some states and companies are taking their own measures. A not-for-profit company says it aims to introduce low-cost insulin by 2024. Copyright 2022 NPR
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Search ongoing for convicted murderer who absconded from Suffolk prison - Credit: Suffolk police Police are still searching for a convicted murderer who absconded from a Suffolk prison. Adrian Patchett, who is serving a life sentence for murder, was reported missing to police shortly after 5.35am on Sunday. The 42-year-old had been released on temporary licence from Hollesley Bay prison to Ipswich but failed to meet the conditions of his leave. Initial enquiries have failed to locate Patchett. Today, August 8, Suffolk police confirmed the search for Patchett is "ongoing". He is described as white, about 5ft 10ins in height, of medium build with blue eyes, bald head and has a full beard. Patchett has a tattoo of ‘Mother’ on his left arm. Police are urging people not to approach Patchett if they see him. Most Read - 1 Boys, 15 and 16, arrested after man injured in machete attack in Ipswich - 2 'Really concerning' – Shock after machete attack at Ipswich sports centre - 3 Hunt for convicted murderer released on temporary licence in Ipswich - 4 Ann Summers on the move in Ipswich - 5 Can you spot yourself in our Festival of Wheels gallery? - 6 Award winning Felixstowe family card shop turns 75 - 7 Dad cured of rare facial pain inspires family's year of challenges - 8 Plea to return missing handmade postbox topper - 9 Pre-school celebrating 'right result' after Ofsted good rating - 10 See inside £715k mid Suffolk townhouse for sale after major revamp Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Suffolk police, quoting CAD 75 of August 7.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NetRise, the company providing visibility into the world's XIoT security problem, announced today the release of the NetRise Platform, which is the industry's first solution providing insights into shared vulnerabilities across XIoT firmware images in an organization. NetRise is a cloud-based SaaS platform that analyzes and continuously monitors the firmware of XIoT devices. The firmware images are then dissected, presenting all of the key data, artifacts, and risk in an easy-to-consume interface. As a result, NetRise reduces the time and cost of firmware security programs allowing organizations to quickly find and remediate previously undetected issues. "Traditional XIoT security products have little-to-no visibility into the underlying components of these devices. As a result, XIoT firmware has been treated like a black box, as end users have had minimal control over it," said Thomas Pace, Co-Founder & CEO of NetRise. "With the release of the NetRise Platform, organizations now have complete visibility and continuous monitoring of XIoT firmware vulnerabilities and potential points of exposure to fill in the gaping hole that exists in most security programs." Benefits: - Complete Visibility: Uncovers repeat vulnerabilities found across all products in an organization, provides clear prioritization of risks and reduces the time it takes for human responders to apply context to complex problems. - Continuous Monitoring: NetRise continuously monitors and analyzes artifacts within firmware to identify and prioritize: Key Features: - Vulnerability Identification and Monitoring - Comprehensive SBOM - Risk comparisons of new firmware versions to existing versions - Vulnerability and other risk prioritization - Correlation across all monitored devices - Firmware repository to query when new vulnerabilities are identified "NetRise provides the perfect solution for mapping XIoT devices to traditional security processes," said Michael Scott, Co-Founder & CTO of NetRise. "With the company's advanced capabilities to detect components, misconfigurations, risks and vulnerabilities, organizations gain the unprecedented ability to quantify and prioritize the risk in these historically troublesome devices. NetRise uniquely has access to over one million firmware images, which produces hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities potentially exploitable by threat actors that are not properly documented in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)." NetRise recently announced a strategic partnership with Fortress Information Security, the nation's leading cybersecurity provider for critical infrastructure organizations with digitized assets. The NetRise partnership gives Fortress Information Security's global customers access to the most advanced firmware binary analysis platform on the planet. Through the partnership, NetRise gains access to a robust route to market for power, oil and gas and manufacturing clients that Fortress serves, a market that historically has proven difficult to tap into. About NetRise Based in Austin, Texas, NetRise was built by defensive cyber experts bred across the private sector, intelligence community and U.S. federal government to solve the firmware security problem. The company is currently partnering with companies across manufacturing, automotive, medical devices, industrial control systems, satellites and many more. Media Contact: Danielle Ostrovsky Hi-Touch PR 410-302-9459 Ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE NetRise
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Innovative cancer therapy company to leverage Colorado bioscience talent resources DENVER, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY), a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets the MRIdian® radiation therapy system, announced today that it is moving its headquarters to Denver, Colorado as it continues to attract top-tier talent from the state's growing medical technology sector. Event details to follow: Remarks by: - Jared Polis, Governor, State of Colorado - Michael Hancock, Mayor, City of Denver - Scott Drake, President & CEO, ViewRay In mid-2019, ViewRay established an office in Denver starting with fewer than ten teammates. ViewRay's presence in Denver has now grown to over 50 teammates with the expansion of the company's international marketing, finance, and legal teams. ViewRay is one of the fastest growing companies in the med-tech sector with plans for considerable growth in Denver. ViewRay expects to continue expanding its Denver team with additional high-paying roles in product development, manufacturing, and quality and, in 2023, the company plans to add another building focused on development, manufacturing, and physician training. Colorado is home to a robust bioscience industry making the Mile High City an ideal location to do business and introduce clinicians to life saving radiation therapy. According to Colorado Bioscience Association: - Colorado is home to 720 life sciences companies and organizations. - More than 32,000 people are directly employed by the bioscience industry, averaging a $96,000 annual salary. - Metro Denver has the 8th largest medical device sector across the U.S. Over the past 20 years, ViewRay's CEO, Scott Drake, and the ViewRay executive team, have created over 3,000 med tech jobs in Colorado. "We are proud to welcome ViewRay headquarters to Colorado, an exciting move that brings good-paying jobs to Coloradans," said Gov. Polis. "As we continue to save people money and support small businesses, Colorado remains the best place to live, work, and do business." "ViewRay relocating to Denver will create more opportunity for our tech-sector talent base and continue to elevate our community as a center for healthcare innovation. Guided by the values of a healthy community and healthy community-engagement, we couldn't be prouder that they've chosen our great city to realize their ambitious mission to improve cancer treatment technology and ultimately, save thousands of lives," Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock said. "ViewRay is excited that Colorado will be the international headquarters for this innovative cancer therapy. The state is a magnet for talented professionals and academics in our field and is fast becoming a center of the international bioscience industry," said Scott Drake President and CEO of ViewRay. "We look forward to growing as a company, but more importantly, we are committed to conquering cancer by re-envisioning radiation therapy because lives depend on it. Patients deserve short-course non-invasive therapy with fewer side effects and better quality of life, whether they face complex or more common forms of cancer. ViewRay is committed to delivering that to every patient who requires treatment." About MRIdian Radiation therapy treatment works by delivering radiation to tumor sites. However, clinicians must limit the amount of radiation given to the tumor to preserve surrounding healthy tissue and organs. With conventional technology, clinicians do so by spreading the amount of radiation given over several weeks bringing the patient in for 20-30-40 treatments. In short, they are confronted with a trade-off between safety and effectiveness; as well as quality of life based on treatment schedule. The MRIdian system provides oncologists outstanding anatomical visualization through diagnostic-quality MR images and the ability to adapt a radiation therapy plan to the targeted cancer with the patient on the table. This combination allows physicians to define tight treatment margins to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure of vulnerable organs-at-risk and healthy tissue and allows the delivery of ablative radiation doses in five or fewer treatment sessions, without relying on implanted markers. By providing real-time continuous tracking of the target and organs-at-risk, MRIdian enables automatic gating of the radiation beam if the target moves outside the user-defined margins. This allows for delivery of the prescribed dose to the target, while sparing surrounding healthy tissue and critical structures, which results in minimizing toxicities typically associated with conventional radiation therapy. Nearly 25,000 patients have been treated with MRIdian. Currently, 53 MRIdian systems are installed at hospitals around the world where they are used to treat a wide variety of solid tumors and are the focus of numerous ongoing research efforts. MRIdian has been the subject of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, scientific meeting abstracts, and presentations. For a list of treatment centers, please visit: https://viewray.com/find-mridian-mri-guided-radiation-therapy/ About ViewRay ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) designs, manufactures, and markets the MRIdian MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy System. MRIdian is built upon a proprietary high-definition MR imaging system designed from the ground up to address the unique challenges and clinical workflow for advanced radiation oncology. Unlike MR systems used in diagnostic radiology, MRIdian's high-definition MR was purpose-built to address specific challenges, including beam distortion, skin toxicity, and other concerns that potentially may arise when high magnetic fields interact with radiation beams. ViewRay and MRIdian are registered trademarks of ViewRay, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, ViewRay's financial guidance for the full year 2022, anticipated future orders, anticipated future operating and financial performance, treatment results, therapy adoption, innovation, and the performance of the MRIdian systems. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the ability to commercialize the MRIdian Linac System, demand for ViewRay's products, the ability to convert backlog into revenue, the timing of delivery of ViewRay's products, the timing, length, and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts across our businesses on demand, our operations and global supply chains, the results and other uncertainties associated with clinical trials, the ability to raise the additional funding needed to continue to pursue ViewRay's business and product development plans, the inherent uncertainties associated with developing new products or technologies, competition in the industry in which ViewRay operates, and overall market conditions. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to ViewRay's business in general, see ViewRay's current and future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as updated periodically with the Company's other filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and ViewRay assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law. View original content: SOURCE ViewRay, Inc.
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Scott does The Block! Bombshell moment furious host Cam loses it as glamorous influencers Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull QUIT the show just two days into filming without saying goodbye or thank you It's been billed as one of the most shocking moments in Australian reality TV history. And on Monday night, viewers finally got to see the moment The Block host Scott Cam tell the stunned Blockheads that fellow contestants Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull decided to quit the show. The host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed to him the glamourous influencers decided to leave after just 48 hours of being on-set. The Block contestants were left shocked after host Scott Cam revealed Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull (pictured) had QUIT the show on Monday night After being told the astonishing news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel's decision to leave. 'Last night I gave you all an opportunity - an out - if you thought you couldn't cut it on the show that you could leave if you wanted to,' the fuming host began. 'I didn't think anyone would drop an opportunity like this, but I've just found out that Joel and Elle are on their way to the airport.' He added: 'They have left their show. They didn't say goodbye, they didn't say thanks for having us. They just left.' The host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed to him the couple had decided to leave the show 'Apparently The Block is not on brand for them.' All the remaining contestants appeared shocked, with Sharon Johal saying: 'It was a bombshell.' 'Things played out, we did see in the media things about Joel’s family but we knew that happened before they got onto The Block because he had told us,' she said. After being told the shocking news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel's decision to quit The pair reportedly left after Joel's mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide. Following their exit, Elle, 36, shared a photo to Instagram of the pair's suitcases at Melbourne Airport. 'Wherever you are in the world, whatever you are doing, family always comes first,' she captioned the image. 'They have left their show. They didn't say goodbye, they didn't say thanks for having us. They just left,' Scott said to the shocked contestants But Scott has since disputed their reason for leaving, insisting that they didn't tell producer about the AFL star's sick mother before fleeing the set of the series. Last week, he told the Kyle and Jackie O show The Block would have been prepared to temporarily shut down production to accommodate the couple's visit to see Joel's mother if they had been made aware of the situation. 'They didn't mention the sick mum to us. If they had said to us we need to go see my mum, of course family comes first. We would have flown them back to Adelaide and flown them back,' the long-time host said. The fellow Blockheads looked furious as they were told the news 'They spoke to our producer and said they had decided The Block isn't on brand for them. It was chaos.' Scott went on to say Elle also insisted on bringing 'a lot of designer outfits' for filming, despite a strict dress code. 'You have got to wear the hi-vis [workwear] and the boots but [Elle] did have a lot of outfits there ready to go,' he said. The pair reportedly left after Joel's mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide Scott previously said at the Logie Awards that Elle and Joel giving up so soon into the competition was 'unAustralian' and 'p**s poor'. He told TV Tonight: 'We had a 48-hour challenge to choose the house that you get and they scarpered after 48 hours. It's something that's never happened before. 'Forty-five thousand people applied to be on The Block and win life-changing money. These guys got on and they just couldn't handle the pace after 48 hours,' he continued. But Scott has since disputed their reason for leaving, insisting that they didn't tell producer about the AFL star's sick mother before fleeing the set of the series Last week, he told the Kyle and Jackie O show The Block would have been prepared to temporarily shut down production to accommodate the couple's visit to see Joel's mother if they had been made aware of the situation 'Which to me is a bit unAustralian! Have a go! It's p**s poor.' Scott reportedly told the other contestants Elle and Joel left because the renovation show wasn't 'on brand' for them as Bondi influencers. He also said they had complained 'the toilet paper was too scratchy'. According to reports at the time, they initially tried to stay on the show but left after they 'couldn't get a definitive answer' from producers as to whether Joel could 'come and go' from the construction site in Gisborne to visit his ailing mother in Adelaide. However, The Block's executive producer Julian Cress has also disputed this, telling the Herald Sun that Joel and Elle 'never' made such a request. Mr Cress added that The Block is always willing to accommodate teams during family emergencies, and once shut down production for an entire week in 2013 when the mother of one of the contestants fell ill. Scott previously said at the Logie Awards that Elle and Joel giving up so soon into the competition was 'unAustralian' and 'p**s poor'
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EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Boyzone star Shane Lynch's wife Sheena discusses the menopause as she joins the Real Housewives Of Cheshire and glams up with her castmates for promo shots Sheena Lynch, has joined the cast of Real Housewives Of Cheshire. In a first look clip obtained exclusively by MailOnline, the wife of Boyzone singer Shane Lynch appears alongside her husband as they discuss the menopause with each other, in an upcoming TV special from the franchise. And it appears that Sheena - who raises children Billie Rae, 13, and Marley Mae, nine with her husband - has slotted straight into the show as she sizzled alongside her new castmates in glamourous new promo shots for series 15. EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Boyzone star Shane Lynch's wife Sheena has joined the Real Housewives Of Cheshire and glammed up with her castmates for new promo shots While sitting with her husband in the video clip, Sheena said: 'Last time I went to the doctor to get my coil fitted, he said to me ''now just so you know this is probably the last time you'll have this because you'll be going through the menopause and won't need it any more''. 'And it was such a ''right this is it grandma''. At that point was the only time that I actually went ''oh right you mean me? I'm gonna have to go through the menopause'', confessed the star as she recalled her moment of realisation. 'So what do you know about it?' asked Shane, to which his wife admitted: 'Not a lot, in fairness. My only experience of the menopause was through my sister. 'She had to go have a hysterectomy really early, before her body was even ready to even think about menopause, and that threw her into early menopause.' New series: In a first look, the wife of Boyzone star Shane Lynch appears alongside her husband as they discuss the menopause with each other, in an upcoming TV special ME? ''oh right you mean me? I'm gonna have to go through the menopause'', confessed the star as she recalled her moment of realisation that she would go through 'the change' The preview clip is for a two-part special exploring the menopause titled Real Housewives and the Menopause, which launches on Monday. The special shows will be airing on ITVBe and ITV Hub, on Monday and Tuesday at 9pm, and will also see Lauren Simon, Seema Malhotra, Rachel Lugo, Nicole Sealey, and Lystra Adams candidly sharing their coping strategies. In addition to appearing in the menopause special, Sheena sizzled in a gorgeous black gown as she posed alongside her equally stylish new castmates for new official images for the upcoming Real Housewives of Cheshire series. Candid: In the video clip, Sheena admitted that her only knowledge of the menopause was through her sister who had to have a hysterectomy which 'threw her into early menopause' Newest castmate: And it appears that Sheena has slotted straight into the show as she sizzled alongside her new castmates in glamourous new promo shots MailOnline first revealed that Sheena was joining the reality show back in September, when she gushed: 'I feel so lucky and it is an absolute honour to be joining The Real Housewives of Cheshire. 'Since lockdown I promised myself I would try to do things that are unlike anything I have done before... and boy this is one hell of a ride!' Sheena was a successful backing singer for Westlife, Blur and Miss Dynamite and currently runs a high-end performance car business. Her husband Shane will feature in the series from episode one, and like the other cast members, the series will follow Sheena's family and home life. Newbie: Series 15 welcomes a brand-new Housewife in the form of gorgeous and glamorous mother of one, Katie Alex (left) who joins longterm star Lauren Simon Fabulous: Lystra Adams dazzled in a strapless sparkling sequin gown for the promo shots Glam: Hanna Kinsella stunned in a gold feathered frock (left) while Rachel Lugo opted for a classic black gown (right) Back in August 2020, it was reported that Shane had got back together with Sheena after splitting during the UK's Covid-19 lockdown. The couple who have been married for 13 years went through marital difficulties with Shane leaving the home. Speaking to the Irish Sun the singer said: 'Nobody wants to get divorced, least of all me. Myself and Sheena are not divorced, we are not separated - we are just going to work on our relationship, because relationships need to be worked on. 'I am committed to family and my wife. I love her dearly and hopefully we will be together for many years in the future. Sensational: Seema Malhotra commanded attention in a sparkling silver sequin dress, while Nicole Sealey slipped into a form fitting black one-shouldered gown (right) 'Life can be a struggle and marriage is not easy,' he added. 'Relationships can be difficult certainly in periods of time like this. 'I've got two beautiful children and a beautiful wife and I'm back home right now'. Speaking on actor Paul Danan's Morning After podcast, the Dublin native said: 'We have had difficult times and are going through difficult times right now in this isolation thing. 'I'm not even in my family home right now because me and her were at each other's throats. It wasn't a good time or a good space.' The Real Housewives of Cheshire returns to ITVBe at 9PM on Monday 22nd August and the ITV Hub Real Housewives and the Menopause is on ITVBe and ITV Hub on Monday and Tuesday at 9pm Family: Sheena lives in Cheshire with her husband Shane and their two children Billie Rae, 13, and Marley Mae, nine Heartthrobs: Shane rose to fame in the band Boyzone with Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately (1976 - 2009) and Keith Duffy
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings to individually sentence each of the defendants, starting with Travis McMichael, who blasted Arbery with a shotgun after the street chase initiated by his father and joined by a neighbor. Arbery's killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Those two cases also resulted in the Justice Department bringing federal charges. When they return to court Monday in Georgia, McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Arbery's civil rights and targeted him because of his race. All three men were also found guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels face additional penalties for using firearms to commit a violent crime. Whatever punishments they receive in federal court could ultimately prove more symbolic than anything. A state Superior Court judge imposed life sentences for all three men in January for Arbery's murder, with both McMichaels denied any chance of parole. All three defendants have remained jailed in coastal Glynn County, in the custody of U.S. marshals, while awaiting sentencing after their federal convictions in January. Because they were first charged and convicted of murder in a state court, protocol would have them turned them over to the Georgia Department of Corrections to serve their life terms in a state prison. In a court filings last week, both Travis and Greg McMichael asked the judge to instead divert them to a federal prison, saying they won't be safe in a Georgia prison system that's the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation focused on violence between inmates. Arbery's family has insisted the McMichaels and Bryan should serve their sentences in a state prison, arguing a federal penitentiary wouldn't be as tough. His parents objected forcefully before the federal trial when both McMichaels sought a plea deal that would have included a request to transfer them to federal prison. The judge ended up rejecting the plea agreement. A federal judge doesn't have the authority to order the state to relinquish its lawful custody of inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Ed Tarver, an Augusta lawyer and former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He said the judge could request that the state corrections agency turn the defendants over to a federal prison. The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery after spotting him running past their home outside the port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck, helping cut off Arbery's escape. He also recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range as Arbery threw punches and grabbed at the shotgun. The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery had been stealing from a nearby house under construction. But authorities later concluded he was unarmed and had committed no crimes. Arbery's family has long insisted he was merely out jogging. Still, more than two months passed before any charges were filed in Arbery's death. The McMichaels and Bryan were arrested only after the graphic video of the shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police. During the February hate crimes trial, prosecutors fortified their case that Arbery's killing was motivated by racism by showing the jury roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made disparaging comments about Black people. A woman testified to hearing an angry rant from Greg McMichael in 2015 in which he said: "All those Blacks are nothing but trouble." Defense attorneys for the three men argued the McMichaels and Bryan didn't pursue Arbery because of his race but acted on an earnest — though erroneous — suspicion that Arbery had committed crimes in their neighborhood. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Klaytn, the leading Layer-1 blockchain in Asia, has announced its selection of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) to host and operate its Blockchain Research Center (BRC) Program. The announcement was unveiled at Korea Blockchain Week by Dr Sangmin Seo, Representative Director, Klaytn Foundation during his 8 August keynote "The Technology Layer for Tomorrow's Metaverse". BRC is a virtual research institute that aims to advance cutting-edge research for blockchain technology, deepen blockchain capabilities, and support industry growth. With a US$20m funding commitment from Klaytn over the next four years, BRC is to date the world's largest blockchain research center program in terms of known funding size. With day-to-day operations run by a global research team, headed by KAIST and NUS researchers as Directors, BRC will operate in an open-source manner, where research conducted will be publicly disclosed as research papers or open-source software. External researchers will also be able to participate in ongoing research projects or submit their own proposals. The BRC will share knowledge and research results through community outreach efforts - from conferences to workshops - to carry forward Klaytn's vision to contribute to the blockchain community. Dr Sangmin Seo, Representative Director, Klaytn Foundation, said, "In line with Klaytn's vision to be the bridge from Web2.0 to Web3.0, bridging the latest findings in blockchain between the research community and industry leaders is key for successful real-world applications in DeFi or the metaverse. Through our BRC program, in collaboration with leading minds from KAIST and NUS, we are delighted to take the next step in bringing our vision to life." As part of the selection process, interested research institutes and consortiums were required to submit a proposal, outlining the intended operation model and organizational structure for BRC, detailed plans on research and outreach activities, as well as the suggestion evaluation model to measure BRC's progress. 7 proposals from 62 research institutes from 11 countries were received. Through a three-round selection process, proposals were evaluated and scored by the Klaytn Governance Council and third party experts based on their operational competence, as well as research execution and community engagement plans. With the highest score, the research consortium from KAIST and NUS was selected to lead BRC operations. Dr Neo Yiu, Head of Technology Advocacy at Klaytn Foundation, said, "We look forward to seeing the Blockchain Research Center develop novel research capabilities for blockchains, foster global collaboration, and expand Klaytn's research contribution back to the web3 community and blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) industry." According to Coindesk's 2021 University Rankings for Blockchain, NUS and KAIST are among the top 30 out of 230 universities worldwide, ranking in 1st and 26th places respectively. Overall, NUS clinched the top ranking due to its multiple blockchain research centers, societies, partnerships, and conferences, as well as its masters program in digital financial technology. The KAIST/NUS research consortium is led by Dr Min Suk Kang, Assistant Professor, School of Computing, KAIST and Dr Prateek Saxena, Associate Professor, School of Computing, NUS, both of whom hold extensive blockchain research experience. They will work closely with an international team of principal investigators from six other universities - UC Berkeley, Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northern Arizona University, Yonsei University, and Carnegie Mellon University – to conduct BRC's research and outreach activities. Dr Saxena said, "The BRC will deepen the research foundations of blockchain designs and applications. Together with Klaytn, we are delighted to be collectively creating an international platform for impactful research and to advance the global discourse on blockchains. We are excited that researchers from 8 leading international universities have come together towards this shared purpose, creating a unique initiative in the blockchain space." Dr Kang said, "Our world-class blockchain researchers at the Blockchain Research Center will contribute to the seven pillars of blockchain research: consensus, privacy, network, smart contracts, DeFi, economics/ethics, and metaverse. To further the mass adoption of blockchain technology, the cross-pollination of ideas is key. Through the BRC, we look forward to fostering research and industry collaborations with like-minded participants around the world." More information about the Blockchain Research Center can be found here. For media enquiries, please contact: Kimberley Kok Corporate Communications Manager, Klaytn Foundation +65 9189 4648 kimberley.kok@klaytn.foundation About Klaytn Foundation Klaytn Foundation is an entity established in Singapore for the decentralization and growth of the Klaytn network. It is responsible for the stable operation of the Klaytn network and various implementations for the development of the Klaytn ecosystem. For more information, please click here. About Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) KAIST is the first and top science and technology university in Korea. It was established in 1971 by the Korean government to educate scientists and engineers committed to industrialization and economic growth in Korea. Since then, KAIST and its graduates have been the gateway to advanced science and technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. On the heels of its phenomenal growth over the past 50 years, KAIST has been recognised as the most innovative University in Asia (2016-2018) and Top-4 Young Universities in the World (2019). At KAIST, five colleges, seven schools, 13 graduate schools, and 27 departments offer a breadth of highly-regarded degree programs as well as interdisciplinary majors. KAIST is leading innovation by identifying pressing global problems and taking on challenges to address those issues. Currently, there are 152 research institutes and centers at KAIST. Cutting-edge research covering a broad base from AI to sustainability are translating their inventions to address pressing issues around the globe. KAIST has committed to a wide range of science and technology R&D projects since its foundation. KAIST has become an R&D powerhouse in Korea, operating 340 million USD research funds (both from government and industry) in 2020. Accelerating the journey from idea to impact, KAIST has been the cradle of startups in Korea. KAIST has produced the first generation of venture startup pioneers, beginning in the 1980s. From the 1990s, KAIST alumni have taken the helm, leading the IT industry in Korea and beyond. As of 2019, 1,892 KAIST alumni companies have been founded with their net worth more than 20 billion USD. For more information, please visit here. About National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university, which offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 16 colleges, faculties and schools across three campuses in Singapore, with more than 40,000 students from 100 countries enriching our vibrant and diverse campus community. We have also established our NUS Overseas Colleges programme in more than 15 cities around the world. Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, 30 university- level research institutes, research centres of excellence and corporate labs focus on themes that include energy; environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases; active ageing; advanced materials; risk management and resilience of financial systems; Asian studies; and Smart Nation capabilities such as artificial intelligence, data science, operations research and cybersecurity. For more information on NUS, please visit here. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Klaytn Foundation
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Partners with Genesys® to further transform customer engagement MUMBAI, India and SANTA JOSE, Calif.,, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, today enhances its InstaCC™ platform with digital features to transform customer engagement of enterprises. It stitches a secure, connected digital fabric that allows global enterprises and end users to connect across varied channels ranging from social media to web browsers to mobile applications and company websites. This allows global enterprises to engage with customers in an intelligent, seamless and user-friendly way, across their preferred channel. The InstaCC™ platform, an omnichannel Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS), strengthens Tata Communications position as a global end-to-end digital customer experience (CX) orchestrator. As part of its global CCaaS strategy, Tata Communications InstaCC™ platform enables businesses to seamlessly grow beyond geographies adhering to international regulatory compliance. Furthermore, Tata Communications and Genesys®, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, are joining hands to widen the InstaCC™ portfolio by providing an enhanced CX offering. This partnership enables enterprises to harness the power of cloud, digital and AI technologies for proactive, predictive and personalized customer engagement through Genesys Cloud CX™️, an all-in-one, composable CCaaS and employee experience solution. The enhanced Tata Communications InstaCC™ platform in partnership with Genesys is equipped with tools that boost productivity of contact centre agents such as workforce management solutions, call recording and knowledge-based integration of interactions. "Customer excellence and customer delight are critical growth factors for global enterprises in today's ultracompetitive and hyperconnected business environment," said Mysore Madhusudhan, Executive Vice President of Collaboration and Connected Solutions at Tata Communications. "Together with Genesys and our combined expertise over decades in the contact centre market, we are now redefining global customer engagement, bringing personalised and intelligent ways for enterprises to interact and engage with their users." "In the experience economy, building trust and loyalty requires organizations to transform into digital engagement powerhouses so they deliver effortless, connected experiences across all the channels consumers use today," said ML Maco, EVP, Global Sales and Field Operations, Genesys. "Our partnership with Tata Communications is grounded in our shared vision to enable global enterprises with cloud-first and AI-enabled solutions that allow them to orchestrate people-centred customer and employee experiences at scale." The increased adoption of cloud, automation and AI is bringing intelligent and efficient customer-enterprise interactions. Gartner® projects that by 2031, conversational AI chatbots and virtual assistants will handle 30% of interactions that would have otherwise been handled by a human agent, up from 2% in 2022. Know more about Tata Communications InstaCC™ platform, and the partnership between Tata Communications and Genesys®. About Genesys Every year, Genesys orchestrates billions of remarkable customer experiences for organisations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organisations can realise Experience as a ServiceSM, our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organisations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalised experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty. Visit www.genesys.com/en-sg. ©2022 Genesys. All rights reserved. Genesys, the Genesys logo, Genesys Cloud CX, Genesys Multicloud CX, Genesys DX and Experience as a Service are trademarks, service marks and/or registered trademarks of Genesys. All other company names and logos may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. About Tata Communications A part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications (NSE: TATACOMM; BSE: 500483) is a global digital ecosystem enabler powering today's fast-growing digital economy in more than 190 countries and territories. Leading with trust, it enables digital transformation of enterprises globally with collaboration and connected solutions, core and next gen connectivity, cloud hosting and security solutions and media services. 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are its customers and the company connects businesses to 80% of the world's cloud giants. For more information, please visit www.tatacommunications.com 2022 Gartner, Market Trend: Conversational AI for Agent Automation Delivers an Efficient Customer Contact Center Experience GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Forward-looking and cautionary statements Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications Limited's Annual Reports. The Annual Reports of Tata Communications Limited are available at www.tatacommunications.com. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements. © 2022 Tata Communications Ltd. All rights reserved. TATA COMMUNICATIONS and TATA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tata Sons Private Limited in India and certain countries. View original content: SOURCE Tata Communications
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LONDON, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On 27 July 2022, the Board of Directors of Tetragon declared a dividend of U.S.$0.11 (11.00 cents) per share in respect of the second quarter of 2022. The ex-dividend date is 1 August 2022. The record date is 2 August 2022. Payment of the dividend will take place from 25 August 2022. Tetragon's website (www.tetragoninv.com) includes information on Tetragon's Optional Stock Dividend Plan for those shareholders electing to receive dividends in the form of Tetragon shares. Shareholders may elect to receive dividends in the form of Tetragon shares by making a dividend share election up to 12 August 2022. If no election is made, the dividend will be paid in cash from 25 August 2022. Cash dividends may be received in Sterling by those shareholders making a dividend currency election up to 12 August 2022. If no election is made, the dividend will be paid in U.S. dollars from 25 August 2022. The reference price for shares delivered in lieu of cash is U.S. $10.24, resulting in a conversion ratio of one newly issued share for every 93.1 dividend rights held. The reference price is based on the volume‑weighted average of the trading prices of a non-voting share on Euronext Amsterdam N.V. for the five-day trading period (treated as a single period) from 1 August to 5 August May 2022. For further information on the Optional Stock Dividend Plan, please refer to the brochure on Tetragon's website. About Tetragon: Tetragon is a closed-ended investment company that invests in a broad range of assets, including public and private equities and credit (including distressed securities and structured credit), convertible bonds, real estate, venture capital, infrastructure, bank loans and TFG Asset Management, a diversified alternative asset management business. Where appropriate, through TFG Asset Management, Tetragon seeks to own all, or a portion, of asset management companies with which it invests in order to enhance the returns achieved on its capital. Tetragon's investment objective is to generate distributable income and capital appreciation. It aims to provide stable returns to investors across various credit, equity, interest rate, inflation and real estate cycles. The company's non-voting shares are traded on Euronext in Amsterdam, a regulated market of Euronext Amsterdam N.V., and on the Specialist Fund Segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange. For more information please visit the company's website at www.tetragoninv.com. This release does not contain or constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities of Tetragon have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons unless they are registered under applicable law or exempt from registration. Tetragon does not intend to register any portion of its securities in the United States or to conduct a public offer of securities in the United States. In addition, Tetragon has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of such Act. Tetragon is registered in the public register of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets under Section 1:107 of the Financial Markets Supervision Act as a collective investment scheme from a designated country. View original content: SOURCE Tetragon Financial Group Limited
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A phone with a cracked screen or broken camera can mean an expensive repair, sometimes in the hundreds of dollars. So what about fixing your own smartphone? Until last year, it was nearly impossible, as Apple and other phone manufacturers did not offer parts to the general public. Under pressure, however, those companies are finally offering parts and instructions to D-I-Y'ers, who want to make an attempt to repair their own phones. Should you try fixing your own phone? But is trying to repair your damaged smartphone really a smart idea? Some iPhone owners we spoke with said they would be up for the challenge. "I think it's a great idea and a great opportunity," one woman told us. She and other owners can now go to Apple or Samsung's websites, and order repair kits for some popular phones. But repair experts caution that while replacing a cracked screen might sound easy, it is nothing like changing the screen protector. You have to open the phone and disconnect many tiny wires and parts, and if you break one, you can ruin your whole phone. Bashar Alvustani owns a phone repair shop called Wireless Technologies. "They can damage the board inside the phone, and maybe the phone will never come back on," he said. Alvustani showed us that to change a screen or camera, you must first carefully remove the battery, which is tricky. Then, he said, you must remove the front of the phone without breaking any of the thin ribbon wires that connect the screen to the motherboard. Once you get a new screen in place, you must put it all back together with tiny screwdrivers, being careful not to strip any of the several screws holding everything in place. Chandra Steele of PCMag is even blunter. "I don't think there are any consumers who should really consider repairing their phone," she said. Repair kits can be big, heavy, and clumsy First of all, manufacturers say you must have the exact parts and screwdrivers needed. Steele says not only is a D-I-Y repair risky, but repair kits that you need to borrow (unless you own the proper tools) are heavy. For $49, Apple will rent you a repair station made up of: - Two suitcases stacked 47 inches high. - One case weighs 43 pounds. - The other case is 36 pounds. That's 79 pounds total, delivered to your home for a week (At least Apple pays for the shipping). "The reality is you have to get this huge piece of equipment that repairs shops have," Steele said. Don't forget, when you are done, you have to ship the kit back. An easier solution? PC Mag suggests you: - Visit an authorized repair shop. - Pay extra for a protection plan or extended warranty. That way, the repair may be free, and you don't have to deal with tiny screws and parts. Bottom line: Think hard before you open up your phone because if you damage it further, there may be no going back. That way, you don't waste your money. ____ Don't Waste Your Money" is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc. ("Scripps"). Like" John Matarese Money on Facebook Follow John on Instagram @johnmataresemoney Follow John on Twitter (@JohnMatarese) For more consumer news and money saving advice, go to www.dontwasteyourmoney.com
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The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020. Copyright 2022 Georgia Public Broadcasting The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery face sentencing for federal hate crimes Monday. Jurors found that race was a motivating factor when they chased and shot the Black jogger in 2020. Copyright 2022 Georgia Public Broadcasting
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Online Education Group ("51Talk" or the "Company") (NYSE: COE), a global online education platform with core expertise in English education, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of shareholders (the "AGM") at Torino Meeting Room, 3rd Floor Deshi Building South, Shangdi Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China, at 10:00 am (Beijing Time) on September 30, 2022. The purpose of the AGM is for the Company's shareholders to consider, and if thought fit, approve the change of the Company's legal name from "China Online Education Group" to "51Talk Online Education Group." The proposed name change will not affect any rights of shareholders or the Company's operations and financial position. The board of directors of the Company has fixed the close of business on August 22, 2022 as the record date (the "Record Date") in order to determine the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof. The notice of AGM and form of proxy for the AGM are available on the Company's website at https://51talk.investorroom.com. Holders of the Company's Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares whose names are on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to attend the AGM and any adjournment or postponement thereof in person. Holders of the Company's American depositary shares ("ADSs") who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the Company's ADS program. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements which are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "aims," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "likely to," and similar statements. 51Talk may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about 51Talk's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in 51Talk's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and 51Talk does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. About China Online Education Group China Online Education Group (NYSE: COE) is a global online education platform with core expertise in English education. The Company's mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable. The Company's online and mobile education platforms enable students to take live interactive English lessons on demand. The Company connects its students with a large pool of highly qualified teachers that it assembled using a shared economy approach, and employs student and teacher feedback and data analytics to deliver a personalized learning experience to its students. View original content: SOURCE China Online Education Group
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Ryan Giggs arrives at court for assault trial Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has arrived at court to face trial accused of assaulting and controlling his ex-girlfriend. The 48-year-old was surrounded by a scrum of press photographers and TV camera crews as he arrived at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester with his legal team and accompanied by four family members. Later, Giggs, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and tie, stood in the dock and identified himself to the clerk as the judge came into court shortly before 11am. A jury to hear the trial will be selected later before the trial begins with the prosecution opening by Peter Wright QC. Some 30 reporters filled the public gallery for the start of proceedings, with more watching remotely on a video link. Giggs is accused of using controlling and coercive behaviour against Kate Greville, 36, between August 2017 and November 2020. Former Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs arrives at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court (Danny Lawson/PA) He is also charged with assaulting Ms Greville, causing her actual bodily harm, and of the common assault of her younger sister, Emma Greville, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1 2020. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial, before Judge Hilary Manley, is estimated to last up to 10 days. Giggs was initially set to face trial in January but the hearing was put back because of the ongoing backlog of court cases exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Giggs stood down in June as manager of the Wales national team following a period of leave since November 2020. Ryan Giggs was surrounded by a scrum of press photographers and TV camera crews (Danny Lawson/PA) In a statement, he said he did not want the country’s preparations for this year’s World Cup in Qatar to be “affected, destabilised or jeopardised in any way by the continued interest around this case”. During Giggs’ time at Old Trafford, Manchester United won 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, four FA Cups and three League Cups. He won 64 caps for Wales and is co-owner of League Two side Salford City.
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A new poll indicates 27% of Black Americans saw someone in their household become seriously ill in the past year. Among them, 18% say they were unable to get needed care. Copyright 2022 NPR A new poll indicates 27% of Black Americans saw someone in their household become seriously ill in the past year. Among them, 18% say they were unable to get needed care. Copyright 2022 NPR
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (the "Company", HKEX: 02142) announced that the preclinical results of porustobart (HBM4003, or the HCAb 4003-2 in the research paper), a next-generation fully human heavy-chain antibody with a Treg depletion mechanism, were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). For the last two years, the Company's scientists have published paper on top-tier journals such as Nature Communications, Science Immunology, and now PNAS. Porustobart with a unique molecular structure shows an excellent preclinical efficacy and safety profile: 1. A fully human heavy-chain antibody (HCAb), porustobart binds human CTLA4 with high affinity reaching 10-11 M. 2. It effectively depletes tumor-resident Treg with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Porustobart showed, maximally, 60% lysis of in vitro differentiated Treg cells at 1 nMol concentration. The median effective concentration of porustobart was about 100-fold more potent than the current standard antibody. 3. It shows potent tumor penetration due to its small size, resulting in a more widely effect on T cell activation. Mice were dosed with labeled porustobart or hIgG1. Peak signal was detected at 1h in normal tissues, while it was maximal at 24h in the tumor, showing superior tumor penetration for porustobart than hIgG1. 4. Less systemic drug exposure in vivo potentially provides an improved therapeutic window in clinical applications. In MC38-bearing human CTLA-4 knock-in (KI) C57BL/6 mice and CT26-bearing huCTLA-4 KI Balb/c mice, porustobart showed higher potency than the standard anti CTLA4 antibody. More importantly, porustobart showed an excellent safety profile. A single dose of porustobart at 30 mg/kg was well tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys. About PNAS PNAS is one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. About Porustobart (HBM4003) Porustobart (HBM4003) is a fully human anti-CTLA-4 heavy chain antibody (HCAb) generated in Harbour Mice®. It is the first fully human heavy chain antibody entered into clinical stage globally. By enhancing antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) killing activity, porustobart demonstrates significantly improved depletion of high CTLA-4 expressing Treg cells in tumor tissues. The potent anti-tumor efficacy and differentiated pharmacokinetics with durable pharmacodynamic effect present a favorable product profile. This novel and differentiated mechanism of action has the potential to improve efficacy while significantly reducing the toxicity of the drug in monotherapy and combination therapy. About Harbour BioMed Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners and select acquisitions. The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms, Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as two heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE®) bispecific antibody technology is capable of delivering tumor killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice®, HBICE® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for development of next generation therapeutic antibodies. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Harbour BioMed
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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) on Monday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $52.4 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 73 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 77 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 78 cents per share. The battery and personal care products company posted revenue of $728 million in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $743.6 million. Energizer expects full-year earnings in the range of $3 to $3.30 per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ENR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ENR
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An eight-year-old British boy has been attacked by a shark while on holiday in the Bahamas. His father - who claims he was told by the tour operator the sharks 'were safe' - described it "like a scene out of Jaws". Finley Downer had to be pulled to safety by his sister after he was attacked by around three nurse sharks while swimming in a lagoon last week. He suffered flesh wounds after being bitten on both legs and had to be taken to a local health clinic on a golf buggy before undergoing a three-hour operation in the capital Nassau. The Press Association reported that Finley's father, Michael Downer, 44, told The Sun his son "could have been killed" in the attack, adding: "It was like a scene out of Jaws." Mr Downer, who had taken his children Finley, eight, Lily, nine, and Emily, 12, on a luxury holiday, said the family had been part way through their five-island tour when the attack took place at Compass Cay. He said the children had decided to join a crowd of people in a lagoon, in which nurse sharks were swimming. READ MORE Martin Lewis issues warning to anyone heading abroad this summer Mr Downer said he suddenly "heard a terrified scream" and saw dozens of sharks "circling Finley". He added: "There was so much blood. Bits of his leg were hanging off. He kept saying, 'Dad I don't want to die. Dad, I don't want to go to heaven'." Finley was pulled from the water by his older sister Lily and Mr Downer had to spend £2,000 on flights to the Bahamas capital, Nassau, for a three-hour operation on Finley's legs. The family has now returned home to Kettering, Northamptonshire, where Finley is recovering from his injuries and using a wheelchair. Mr Downer told The Sun he was told by tour guides the sharks were safe. Operator Exuma Escapes claimed in a statement to the newspaper that the family went unguided into a lagoon which it does not use on its tour, adding that nurse sharks are docile bottom-feeders unless they are handled incorrectly. PA has approached the tour operator for comment. READ NEXT: - Man with devastating disease can no longer hug wife and kids - Couple found dead together in swimming pool after dinner invite - Nick Knowles heading for career change after BBC advert row - GMB fans disturbed by Richard Madeley's remark to Chloe Kelly - Children eat for £1 at pubs and restaurants next week
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DALLAS (AP) _ HF Sinclair Corporation (DINO) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $1.22 billion. The Dallas-based company said it had net income of $5.43 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $5.59 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.50 per share. The independent energy company posted revenue of $11.16 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $7.97 billion. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DINO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DINO
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Sapiens' end-to-end solution will fulfil all of Old Mutual's business, analytical and regulatory data needs HOLON, Israel, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the deployment of Sapiens Intelligence by Old Mutual Insure (OMI), South Africa's oldest insurance company. Sapiens' solution will provide an enterprise-wide consolidated view of the organization's data and support its reporting and analytics needs. Old Mutual Insure has been a Sapiens customer since 2006, a 16-year relationship that began with the implementation of Sapiens Tia Enterprise solution for its core business, followed by the adoption of Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster for its reinsurance business. The addition of Sapiens Intelligence is the natural next step in Old Mutual's digital transformation strategy with Sapiens. "We were looking for an enterprise-level data platform with native connectivity to our existing systems, and Sapiens Intelligence was a perfect fit," said Denver Naidoo, Old Mutual Insure's Chief Data Officer. "Due to licensing issues with our hosting platform, we requested that Sapiens cut back their normal nine-to-ten-month implementation period down to six or seven months, which they were successfully able to accommodate." Sapiens Intelligence has a complete and optimized insurance information hub, integrating all business units and product lines into one unified and consistent organizational view. "Old Mutual Insure now has access to a wide landscape of heterogenous systems ranging from core applications from Sapiens to third-party external data sources," explained Roni Al-Dor, Sapiens president and CEO. "The foundational R&D that was done on this project will be brought to bear on other existing Sapiens Tia Enterprise customers, in regions across the globe." Sapiens Intelligence enriches processes with model outcome and predictions, optimizing the insurer's performance – driving cost reduction as well as improving customer experience. About Sapiens Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative, and agile. Backed by more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers' compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit https://sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn. About Old Mutual Insure Old Mutual Insure is the oldest insurer in South Africa, tracing its history back more than 177 years. It services personal, commercial and corporate customers across South Africa, as well as in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria under the Old Mutual brand. Old Mutual Insure is the second largest Insurer in South Africa with a gross written premium over R15.92 million in 2021. As one on the leading companies in southern Africa's non-life insurance landscape, they are justifiably proud of their tradition of service and quality. For more information visit https://www.oldmutual.co.za/. Media Contact: Shay Assaraf Chief of Marketing, Sapiens Shay.assaraf@sapiens.com Investor's Contact Dina Vince Head of Investor Relations Sapiens ir@sapiens.com Forward Looking Statements Certain matters discussed in this press release that are incorporated herein by reference are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, as well as information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "may," "will," "plan" and similar expressions. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to pandemic risks and uncertainties. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the degree of our success in our plans to leverage our global footprint to grow our sales; the degree of our success in integrating the companies that we have acquired through the implementation of our M&A growth strategy; the lengthy development cycles for our solutions, which may frustrate our ability to realize revenues and/or profits from our potential new solutions; our lengthy and complex sales cycles, which do not always result in the realization of revenues; the degree of our success in retaining our existing customers or competing effectively for greater market share; difficulties in successfully planning and managing changes in the size of our operations; the frequency of the long-term, large, complex projects that we perform that involve complex estimates of project costs and profit margins, which sometimes change mid-stream; the challenges and potential liability that heightened privacy laws and regulations pose to our business; occasional disputes with clients, which may adversely impact our results of operations and our reputation; various intellectual property issues related to our business; potential unanticipated product vulnerabilities or cybersecurity breaches of our or our customers' systems; risks related to the insurance industry in which our clients operate; risks associated with our global sales and operations, such as changes in regulatory requirements, wide-spread viruses and epidemics like the recent novel coronavirus pandemic, which adversely affected our results of operations, or fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and risks related to our principal location in Israel and our status as a Cayman Islands company. While we believe such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, should one or more of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, or these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please read the risks discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, in order to review conditions that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations. Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/585787/Sapiens_Logo.jpg View original content: SOURCE Sapiens International Corporation
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Amazon, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Amazon includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period. DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Aggrieved Amazon investors only have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. CONTACT: Vincent Wong, Esq. 39 East Broadway Suite 304 New York, NY 10002 Tel. 212.425.1140 E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com View original content: SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
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2022-08-08T11:20:47Z
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NetRise, the company providing visibility into the world's XIoT security problem, announced today the release of the NetRise Platform, which is the industry's first solution providing insights into shared vulnerabilities across XIoT firmware images in an organization. NetRise is a cloud-based SaaS platform that analyzes and continuously monitors the firmware of XIoT devices. The firmware images are then dissected, presenting all of the key data, artifacts, and risk in an easy-to-consume interface. As a result, NetRise reduces the time and cost of firmware security programs allowing organizations to quickly find and remediate previously undetected issues. "Traditional XIoT security products have little-to-no visibility into the underlying components of these devices. As a result, XIoT firmware has been treated like a black box, as end users have had minimal control over it," said Thomas Pace, Co-Founder & CEO of NetRise. "With the release of the NetRise Platform, organizations now have complete visibility and continuous monitoring of XIoT firmware vulnerabilities and potential points of exposure to fill in the gaping hole that exists in most security programs." Benefits: - Complete Visibility: Uncovers repeat vulnerabilities found across all products in an organization, provides clear prioritization of risks and reduces the time it takes for human responders to apply context to complex problems. - Continuous Monitoring: NetRise continuously monitors and analyzes artifacts within firmware to identify and prioritize: Key Features: - Vulnerability Identification and Monitoring - Comprehensive SBOM - Risk comparisons of new firmware versions to existing versions - Vulnerability and other risk prioritization - Correlation across all monitored devices - Firmware repository to query when new vulnerabilities are identified "NetRise provides the perfect solution for mapping XIoT devices to traditional security processes," said Michael Scott, Co-Founder & CTO of NetRise. "With the company's advanced capabilities to detect components, misconfigurations, risks and vulnerabilities, organizations gain the unprecedented ability to quantify and prioritize the risk in these historically troublesome devices. NetRise uniquely has access to over one million firmware images, which produces hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities potentially exploitable by threat actors that are not properly documented in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)." NetRise recently announced a strategic partnership with Fortress Information Security, the nation's leading cybersecurity provider for critical infrastructure organizations with digitized assets. The NetRise partnership gives Fortress Information Security's global customers access to the most advanced firmware binary analysis platform on the planet. Through the partnership, NetRise gains access to a robust route to market for power, oil and gas and manufacturing clients that Fortress serves, a market that historically has proven difficult to tap into. About NetRise Based in Austin, Texas, NetRise was built by defensive cyber experts bred across the private sector, intelligence community and U.S. federal government to solve the firmware security problem. The company is currently partnering with companies across manufacturing, automotive, medical devices, industrial control systems, satellites and many more. Media Contact: Danielle Ostrovsky Hi-Touch PR 410-302-9459 Ostrovsky@hi-touchpr.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE NetRise
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (the "Company", HKEX: 02142) announced that the preclinical results of porustobart (HBM4003, or the HCAb 4003-2 in the research paper), a next-generation fully human heavy-chain antibody with a Treg depletion mechanism, were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). For the last two years, the Company's scientists have published paper on top-tier journals such as Nature Communications, Science Immunology, and now PNAS. Porustobart with a unique molecular structure shows an excellent preclinical efficacy and safety profile: 1. A fully human heavy-chain antibody (HCAb), porustobart binds human CTLA4 with high affinity reaching 10-11 M. 2. It effectively depletes tumor-resident Treg with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Porustobart showed, maximally, 60% lysis of in vitro differentiated Treg cells at 1 nMol concentration. The median effective concentration of porustobart was about 100-fold more potent than the current standard antibody. 3. It shows potent tumor penetration due to its small size, resulting in a more widely effect on T cell activation. Mice were dosed with labeled porustobart or hIgG1. Peak signal was detected at 1h in normal tissues, while it was maximal at 24h in the tumor, showing superior tumor penetration for porustobart than hIgG1. 4. Less systemic drug exposure in vivo potentially provides an improved therapeutic window in clinical applications. In MC38-bearing human CTLA-4 knock-in (KI) C57BL/6 mice and CT26-bearing huCTLA-4 KI Balb/c mice, porustobart showed higher potency than the standard anti CTLA4 antibody. More importantly, porustobart showed an excellent safety profile. A single dose of porustobart at 30 mg/kg was well tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys. About PNAS PNAS is one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. About Porustobart (HBM4003) Porustobart (HBM4003) is a fully human anti-CTLA-4 heavy chain antibody (HCAb) generated in Harbour Mice®. It is the first fully human heavy chain antibody entered into clinical stage globally. By enhancing antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) killing activity, porustobart demonstrates significantly improved depletion of high CTLA-4 expressing Treg cells in tumor tissues. The potent anti-tumor efficacy and differentiated pharmacokinetics with durable pharmacodynamic effect present a favorable product profile. This novel and differentiated mechanism of action has the potential to improve efficacy while significantly reducing the toxicity of the drug in monotherapy and combination therapy. About Harbour BioMed Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners and select acquisitions. The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms, Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as two heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE®) bispecific antibody technology is capable of delivering tumor killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice®, HBICE® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for development of next generation therapeutic antibodies. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Harbour BioMed
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A phone with a cracked screen or broken camera can mean an expensive repair, sometimes in the hundreds of dollars. So what about fixing your own smartphone? Until last year, it was nearly impossible, as Apple and other phone manufacturers did not offer parts to the general public. Under pressure, however, those companies are finally offering parts and instructions to D-I-Y'ers, who want to make an attempt to repair their own phones. Should you try fixing your own phone? But is trying to repair your damaged smartphone really a smart idea? Some iPhone owners we spoke with said they would be up for the challenge. "I think it's a great idea and a great opportunity," one woman told us. She and other owners can now go to Apple or Samsung's websites, and order repair kits for some popular phones. But repair experts caution that while replacing a cracked screen might sound easy, it is nothing like changing the screen protector. You have to open the phone and disconnect many tiny wires and parts, and if you break one, you can ruin your whole phone. Bashar Alvustani owns a phone repair shop called Wireless Technologies. "They can damage the board inside the phone, and maybe the phone will never come back on," he said. Alvustani showed us that to change a screen or camera, you must first carefully remove the battery, which is tricky. Then, he said, you must remove the front of the phone without breaking any of the thin ribbon wires that connect the screen to the motherboard. Once you get a new screen in place, you must put it all back together with tiny screwdrivers, being careful not to strip any of the several screws holding everything in place. Chandra Steele of PCMag is even blunter. "I don't think there are any consumers who should really consider repairing their phone," she said. Repair kits can be big, heavy, and clumsy First of all, manufacturers say you must have the exact parts and screwdrivers needed. Steele says not only is a D-I-Y repair risky, but repair kits that you need to borrow (unless you own the proper tools) are heavy. For $49, Apple will rent you a repair station made up of: - Two suitcases stacked 47 inches high. - One case weighs 43 pounds. - The other case is 36 pounds. That's 79 pounds total, delivered to your home for a week (at least Apple pays for the shipping). "The reality is you have to get this huge piece of equipment that repairs shops have," Steele said. Don't forget, when you are done, you have to ship the kit back. An easier solution? PC Mag suggests you: - Visit an authorized repair shop. - Pay extra for a protection plan or extended warranty. That way, the repair may be free, and you don't have to deal with tiny screws and parts. Bottom line: Think hard before you open up your phone because if you damage it further, there may be no going back. That way, you don't waste your money. ____ Don't Waste Your Money" is a registered trademark of Scripps Media, Inc. ("Scripps"). Like" John Matarese Money on Facebook Follow John on Instagram @johnmataresemoney Follow John on Twitter (@JohnMatarese) For more consumer news and money saving advice, go to www.dontwasteyourmoney.com
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2022-08-08T11:24:04Z
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Men's skin & hair-care brand, Black Wolf Nation has doubled its strategic business efforts by joining forces with Push The Envelope PR. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast growing, high-performance, solution-focused men's skincare brand, Black Wolf Nation, has announced a public relations partnership with bi-coastal PR agency, Push The Envelope PR to elevate brand awareness, expand retail partnerships, and increase sales growth. In 2018, brothers, Sam and Alex Lewkowict launched Black Wolf Nation, a high- quality, affordable skincare line, specifically formulated for the daily needs and concerns of men. Since its launch, the brand has received increased consumer demand, and as a result, has expanded its product line into personalized hair care and body care. Alongside product expansion, Black Wolf Nation is now available for purchase at top retailers, including Amazon, CVS, Urban Outfitters, with additional big box retail partnerships to follow later this year. "With this partnership between PTE and Black Wolf, we are excited to build our brand, expand our awareness and work to bring more men into The Black Wolf Nation," shares Sam Lewkowict, co-founder of Black Wolf Nation. With a powerhouse of talented publicists that actively scale brands utilizing vast industry knowledge, the expertise of creative storytelling, and competitive brand positioning, PTE PR will support Black Wolf's journey in heightening brand awareness by connecting consumers to the brand, driving excitement, and placing Black Wolf ahead of competitors in relevant and crucial industry discussions. "Black Wolf Nation fulfills a gap need within the men's skin, hair, and body care market. As a PR agency, our team is ecstatic to strategically represent a brand that breaks barriers and provides consumers with easy and affordable access to solution-focused products catered to the daily needs of men," shares Christie Corso from Push The Envelope PR. Push The Envelope PR will collaborate with Black Wolf Nation to capture key messaging and brand voice to successfully leverage the brand's extensive product line, two founders, and major retail partnerships across all national media verticals including digital, print, and broadcast. In a confusing world with too many different brands and even more confusing products, Black Wolf makes simple, solution focused products for problems that real men suffer with. Black Wolf makes the best skincare and grooming products for high-performance men. Our goal is to get every guy in the world to stop using 5-in-1 body wash, and to start taking their grooming seriously…but not TOO seriously. We provide an approachable masculine option in a sea of brands and products that speak more to females or skincare experts than to most men. For more information, please visit: http://www.blackwolfnation.com/www.blackwolfnation.com // @blackwolfnation Push the Envelope PR is a full-service boutique PR agency representing a thoughtfully curated collection of beauty, grooming, fashion, and lifestyle brands. Since 2006, the agency's creative strategies, industry tools, and strong media relationships have launched, elevated and scaled brands of all sizes. Utilizing a multi-tier approach that spans across communication strategy & positioning, media relations, influencer marketing, strategic partnerships, and events, PTE PR places brands at the forefront of media exposure with unmatched levels of consistency and results. For more information, please visit: www.pushtheenvelopepr.com // @pushtheenvelopepr Press Contact: Push The Envelope PR Christie Corso 732.534.5132 Christie@pushtheenvelopepr.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Black Wolf Nation
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DALLAS, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECE) ("CECO"), a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, today announced Matthew Eckl, Chief Financial Officer, and Pamela Turay, Senior Vice President – Human Resources will be leaving the company in August to pursue other opportunities. Eckl had been with the company since 2017 and Turay since 2018. Effective Aug. 15, 2022, Peter Johansson will join CECO as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. CECO's current General Counsel Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi will assume the newly created role of Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, which incorporates the legal, human resources and corporate communication functions. "Matt and Pam have been valuable members of the CECO leadership team and have helped the organization advance in many important areas," said Todd Gleason, Chief Executive Officer, CECO Environmental. "CECO is stronger because of their efforts, and we wish them success in their future endeavors." Eckl commented, "I'm privileged to have been a part of such an incredible team and I'm proud of our achievements during my tenure with CECO. The company is in a great position, and I am committed to supporting a smooth transition." "I'm excited to welcome Peter to CECO as our next Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. He brings a significant amount of financial, business development and strategy experience to our organization at the perfect time for us as we believe that we are truly gaining momentum toward our ongoing transformation," added Gleason. "Additionally, broadening Lynn's role as our Chief Administrative and Legal Officer will unlock new processes and perspectives to align our functional excellence with our business strategies and growth deployment goals. We expect these important leadership changes further advance our progress and execution of the CECO's strategic plan to create long-term value for our stockholders." Johansson has more than 30 years of diverse industrial business experience with companies such as Accudyne Industries, IDEX Corporation, ITT Corporation, Trane Technologies, WABCO, Honeywell and AlliedSignal. He has led complex organizations through transformational growth, and brings new perspectives and capabilities around financial analysis, capital market programs and leading concepts with respect to business development programs and operational effectiveness. Since October 2021, Johansson has worked with CECO as a consultant, assisting the leadership team with evaluating market strategies and business development opportunities. Watkins-Asiyanbi joined CECO in June 2022 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She has over 25 years of industrial business experience, with global industrial companies such as John Bean Technologies, W.W. Grainger, Inc. U.S. Foods, Inc., Mars, Inc., and General Mills. Watkins has a multitude of experience and skills, particularly with mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing operations, ethics, corporate governance, CSR and ESG, and financial and regulatory compliance. CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets across the globe through its key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Providing innovative technology and application expertise, CECO helps companies grow their business with safe, clean, and more efficient solutions that help protect people, the environment and industrial equipment. In regions around the world, CECO works to improve air quality, optimize the energy value chain, and provide custom solutions for applications including power generation, petrochemical processing, general industrial, refining, midstream oil and gas, electric vehicle production, poly silicon fabrication, battery recycling, beverage can, and water/wastewater treatment along with a wide range of other applications. CECO is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CECE." Incorporated in 1966, CECO's global headquarters is in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit www.cecoenviro.com. Media Contact: Kimberly Plaskett, Corporate Communications kplaskett@onececo.com Investor Relations Contact: Steven Hooser or Gary Guyton Three Part Advisors, LLC 214-872-2710 investor.relations@onececo.com Any statements contained in this Press Release, other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding the benefits from changes to our leadership team, our business strategy and plans, market growth, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, and should be evaluated as such. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance. We use words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "will," "plan," "should" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed under "Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and include, but are not limited to: the sensitivity of our business to economic and financial market conditions generally and economic conditions in CECO's service areas; dependence on fixed price contracts and the risks associated therewith, including actual costs exceeding estimates and method of accounting for revenue; the effect of growth on CECO's infrastructure, resources, and existing sales; the ability to expand operations in both new and existing markets; the potential for contract delay or cancellation as a result of on-going or worsening supply chain challenges; liabilities arising from faulty services or products that could result in significant professional or product liability, warranty, or other claims; changes in or developments with respect to any litigation or investigation; failure to meet timely completion or performance standards that could result in higher cost and reduced profits or, in some cases, losses on projects; the potential for fluctuations in prices for manufactured components and raw materials, including as a result of tariffs and surcharges; the substantial amount of debt incurred in connection with our strategic transactions and our ability to repay or refinance it or incur additional debt in the future; the impact of federal, state or local government regulations; our ability to repurchase shares of our common stock and the amounts and timing of repurchases, if any; economic and political conditions generally; our ability to successfully realize the expected benefits of our restructuring program; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and realize the synergies from strategic transactions; and unpredictability and severity of catastrophic events, including cyber security threats, acts of terrorism or outbreak of war or hostilities or public health crises, such as uncertainties regarding the extent and duration of impacts of matters associated with the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"), as well as management's response to any of the aforementioned factors. Many of these risks are beyond management's ability to control or predict. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material aspects from those currently anticipated. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements as they speak only to our views as of the date the statement is made. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we undertake no obligation to update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE CECO Environmental Corp.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering whether to try to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant. California is the birthplace of the modern environmental movement that for decades has had a fraught relationship with nuclear power, which doesn’t produce carbon pollution like fossil fuels but leaves behind waste that can remain dangerously radioactive for centuries. Now environmentalists find themselves at odds with someone they usually see as an ally: Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a green energy advocate who supported the 2016 agreement calling for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to close by 2025 but now is a leading voice to consider a longer operating run. Newsom often is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate and an attorney for a consumer advocacy group that routinely challenges plant operator Pacific Gas & Electric in rate cases believes “national political ambitions” are at play. The push to keep Diablo Canyon running “is clearly coming from the governor’s office,” said Matthew Freedman of The Utility Reform Network. Newsom “is mindful that problems with electric system reliability can become a political liability and he is determined to take all possible actions to avoid any possibility that the lights go out in California.” Newsom certainly wants to avoid a repeat of August 2020, when a record heat wave caused a surge in power use for air conditioning that overtaxed the electrical grid. There were two consecutive nights of rolling blackouts affecting hundreds of thousands of residential and business customers. In a statement, Newsom communications director Erin Mellon didn’t address the question of politics but said the governor is focused on maintaining reliable energy for households and businesses while accelerating state efforts to meet his aggressive goals for reducing carbon pollution. He continues to support shuttering Diablo Canyon “in the long term.” The debate over the plant comes as the long-struggling nuclear industry sees climate change as a reason for optimism. President Joe Biden has embraced nuclear power generation as part of his strategy to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. Nuclear power provides roughly one-fifth of the electricity in the country, though generation produced by the industry has dropped since 2010. Saving a plant in green energy-friendly California would carry symbolic weight but the window to make an abrupt turnaround appears narrow. PG&E CEO Patricia “Patti” Poppe told investors in a call last month that state legislation would have to be enacted by September to open the way for PG&E to reverse course. She said the utility faced “a real sense of urgency” because other steps would be required to keep the plant running, including ordering more reactor fuel and storage casks for housing spent fuel that remains highly radioactive. Extending the plant’s operating life “is not an easy option,” Poppe said. “The permitting and relicensing of the facility is complex and so there’s a lot of hurdles to be overcome.” The plant on the coast midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco produces 9% of the electricity for California’s nearly 40 million residents. The state earlier set aside up to $75 million to extend operation of older power plants scheduled to close, but it’s not yet clear whether taxpayers might be covering part of the bill — and, if so, how much — to keep Diablo running. The Newsom administration has been pushing to expand clean energy, as the state aims to cut emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. California installed more clean energy capacity in 2021 than in any other year in state history, administration officials say, but they warn reliability remains in question as temperatures rise amid climate change. For Diablo Canyon, the issue is whether the Newsom administration, in concert with investor-owned PG&E, can find a way to unspool the 2016 closure agreement agreed to by environmentalists, plant worker unions and the utility. The decision to close the plant also was endorsed by California utility regulators, the Legislature and then-Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown. Plant workers now support keeping the reactors open for an extended run while anti-nuclear activists and environmentalists have rejoined a battle they thought was settled six years ago. “It only makes sense keeping Diablo open,” said Marc D. Joseph, an attorney for the Coalition of California Utility Employees, which represents plant workers. “There is no one involved who wants to see carbon emissions in California go up.” Critics question if it’s feasible — or even legal — for the utility to break the agreement. “I don’t know how to unwind it, and I don’t think it should be unwound,” said Ralph Cavanagh of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the groups that negotiated and signed the pact. Friends of the Earth, another signatory of the deal, would oppose any effort to extend the reactors’ operating span. “None of the conditions have changed to pull back on that agreement,” said the group’s president, Erich Pica. There’s also concern about the aging plant’s safety. Construction at Diablo Canyon began in the 1960s and critics say potential shaking from nearby earthquake faults not recognized when the design was first approved — one nearby fault was not discovered until 2008 — could damage equipment and release radiation. Lifting the agreement would place “huge numbers of people at great, great risk. That’s what’s at stake here,” said Daniel Hirsch, retired director of the program on environmental and nuclear policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a longtime critic of nuclear plant safety. PG&E, which has long said the plant is seismically safe, hasn’t said much about whether it will push to extend operations beyond 2025. It is assessing that possibility while continuing to plan for closing and dismantling the plant “unless those actions are superseded by new state policies,” PG&E spokesperson Suzanne Hosn said in a statement. PG&E is considering applying for a share of $6 billion in federal funding the Biden administration established to rescue nuclear plants at risk of closing. The utility announced the move after Newsom suggested a longer operating run would help the state deal with potential future electricity shortages. The Energy Department recently recast rules at the request of the Newsom administration that could open the way for an application from Diablo Canyon. But some environmentalists question if those changes conflict with the federal law that provided the funds. As part of the closure deal, the state granted PG&E a short-term lease for submerged ocean water intake and discharge structures through 2025, which also would have to be extended to keep the plant operating. Factors cited in the lease agreement echo language in the closing pact, including that the utility would not seek an extended operating license and PG&E was expected to use that period through 2025 to develop a portfolio of greenhouse gas-free renewables and efficiencies to replace Diablo Canyon’s power. PG&E said in a statement it has met its replacement power requirements to date. PG&E’s decision to close Diablo Canyon came at a time of rapid change in the energy landscape. With heavily Democratic California prioritizing renewables to meet future power demand, the utility predicted there would reduced need for power from large plants like Diablo Canyon after 2025. There was even the risk of too much power generation. Rather than too much power, state officials have warned of possible electricity shortages this summer as a warming climate creates more demand for power, wildfires sometimes incinerate power lines and a long-running drought has reduced hydropower. An emerging tariff dispute — involving products assembled in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia using parts and components from China — has delayed solar and storage projects, administration officials say. But environmentalists argue that a nuclear plant — generating large amounts of power continuously — is not a solution to fill occasional gaps, such as when solar dips after the sun sets. Reliable electricity “is not a 24/7 problem,” said Cavanagh, of the NRDC. “The last thing you want to solve a problem like that is a giant machine that has to operate 24/7 in order to be economic.”
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2022-08-08T11:26:07Z
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2022-08-08T11:26:11Z
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings to individually sentence each of the defendants, starting with Travis McMichael, who blasted Arbery with a shotgun after the street chase initiated by his father and joined by a neighbor. Arbery’s killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Those two cases also resulted in the Justice Department bringing federal charges. When they return to court Monday in Georgia, McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race. All three men were also found guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels face additional penalties for using firearms to commit a violent crime. Whatever punishments they receive in federal court could ultimately prove more symbolic than anything. A state Superior Court judge imposed life sentences for all three men in January for Arbery’s murder, with both McMichaels denied any chance of parole. All three defendants have remained jailed in coastal Glynn County, in the custody of U.S. marshals, while awaiting sentencing after their federal convictions in January. Because they were first charged and convicted of murder in a state court, protocol would have them turned them over to the Georgia Department of Corrections to serve their life terms in a state prison. In a court filings last week, both Travis and Greg McMichael asked the judge to instead divert them to a federal prison, saying they won’t be safe in a Georgia prison system that’s the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation focused on violence between inmates. Arbery’s family has insisted the McMichaels and Bryan should serve their sentences in a state prison, arguing a federal penitentiary wouldn’t be as tough. His parents objected forcefully before the federal trial when both McMichaels sought a plea deal that would have included a request to transfer them to federal prison. The judge ended up rejecting the plea agreement. A federal judge doesn’t have the authority to order the state to relinquish its lawful custody of inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Ed Tarver, an Augusta lawyer and former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He said the judge could request that the state corrections agency turn the defendants over to a federal prison. The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery after spotting him running past their home outside the port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck, helping cut off Arbery’s escape. He also recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range as Arbery threw punches and grabbed at the shotgun. The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery had been stealing from a nearby house under construction. But authorities later concluded he was unarmed and had committed no crimes. Arbery’s family has long insisted he was merely out jogging. Still, more than two months passed before any charges were filed in Arbery’s death. The McMichaels and Bryan were arrested only after the graphic video of the shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police. During the February hate crimes trial, prosecutors fortified their case that Arbery’s killing was motivated by racism by showing the jury roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made disparaging comments about Black people. A woman testified to hearing an angry rant from Greg McMichael in 2015 in which he said: “All those Blacks are nothing but trouble.” Defense attorneys for the three men argued the McMichaels and Bryan didn’t pursue Arbery because of his race but acted on an earnest — though erroneous — suspicion that Arbery had committed crimes in their neighborhood.
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2022-08-08T11:26:21Z
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2022-08-08T11:30:49Z
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The rupee fell 40 paise to close at 79.64 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday amid waning risk appetite among investors. Lower global crude prices and a rally in domestic equities restricted the losses to some extent, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened weak at 79.50 per dollar. It oscillated between a high of 79.45 and a low of 79.65 during the session. It finally settled at 79.64, down 40 paise over its previous close of 79.24. The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.25 per cent to 106.57. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, declined 0.54 per cent to USD 94.38 per barrel. On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex ended 465.14 points or 0.80 per cent higher at 58,853.07, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 127.60 points or 0.73 per cent to 17,525.10. Foreign institutional investors remained net buyers in the capital market on Friday as they purchased shares worth Rs 1,605.81 crore, as per exchange data. After turning net buyers last month, foreign investors continued their positive stance on Indian equities and invested over Rs 14,000 crore in the first week of August amid softening of the dollar index. This was way higher than the net investment of nearly Rs 5,000 crore by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in the entire July, data with depositories showed. ALSO READ | Sensex climbs 465 points; Nifty above 17,500; Axis Bank, Larsen & Tourbo among top gainers
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2022-08-08T11:32:19Z
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TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel" or the "Company") (TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) announced today that the federal Impact Assessment permitting process for the Company's Crawford Nickel Project has been initiated following the acceptance by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the "Agency") of the Company's Initial Project Description (the "IPD"). The Agency has determined the IPD conforms to the regulations and it has been posted to the Agency's public website for an official comment period. "We would like to thank all who have taken the time to provide feedback, and to reiterate the significant role each individual can play in the careful and informed design, development, and operation of the Crawford Nickel Project," said Mark Selby, Chair and CEO of Canada Nickel. "The relationships we have built since the earliest days of the project have been crucial in facilitating these conversations, and by continuing to collect, reflect upon, and integrate the comments, concerns, questions, and suggestions we receive, Canada Nickel hopes to build a project that maximizes benefits to all communities in the region." Engagement Period Following the submission of an IPD draft to the Agency in May 2022 (see news release Canada Nickel Takes Important Step in Crawford Nickel Project Permitting Process, 12/05/2022 ), Canada Nickel initiated an extensive round of engagement on the IPD, hosting more than 20 meetings with Indigenous communities, project stakeholders, and the general public to present key content from the IPD and enable follow up Q&As. The intention of these meetings was to gather crucial feedback from as many interested individuals as possible – all of which was carefully logged and integrated into the final IPD submission. Next Steps The Agency's filing of the IPD to its website signals the beginning of a 180-day comment period for the document. With the IPD now publicly available, the Agency will conduct its own series of engagement activities, which will assist the Agency in developing a Summary of Issues relating to the project, to then be provided to Canada Nickel. Subsequent to this and over the coming months, Canada Nickel will complete a Response to the Summary of Issues and a Detailed Project Description, both of which will be submitted to the Agency for further review. For more information regarding the IPD or the Impact Assessment process, please visit the Agency's website at https://www.canada.ca/en/impact-assessment-agency.html. Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its 100% owned flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. For more information, please visit www.canadanickel.com. For further information, please contact: Mark Selby, Chair and CEO Phone: 647-256-1954 Email: info@canadanickel.com This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, drill results relating to the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, the potential of the Crawford Nickel Sulphide Property, timing of economic studies and mineral resource estimates, the ability to sell marketable materials, strategic plans, including future exploration and development results, and corporate and technical objectives. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could affect the outcome include, among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the results of drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to retain and advance the property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals, and the impact of COVID-19 related disruptions in relation to the Company's business operations including upon its employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof and is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to management as at the date hereof. Canada Nickel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Canada Nickel Company Inc.
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2022-08-08T11:34:36Z
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2022-08-08T11:35:34Z
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Kate Middleton was given a rare privilege at Balmoral by the Queen, according to reports. The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, began visiting Balmoral Estate in Scotland when she was dating her husband Prince William. Since then, the couple have continued the royal tradition by taking their children Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four, to visit the Queen in Scotland every summer. A book by Katie Nicholl claims that the Queen not only invited Kate on her first visit to Balmoral, but also allowed her to bring her camera along to take pictures due to Kate's love for photography. The book, Kate: The Future Queen, reads: "Until now the Queen had met Kate only fleetingly at the wedding of Peter and Autumn Phillips, but she went out of her way to make her feel welcome, giving her permission to take pictures at Balmoral." The royal author went on to explain that it was the Queen's way of opening up to Kate. She wrote: "As a woman who has lived her entire life in the public eye, the Queen rarely lets her guard down, and very few apart from her family and closest friends get to see the real Elizabeth." Kate has taken many photos which have later been officially released, including the snap of the Queen sitting with her late husband Prince Philip and seven of their great-grandchildren in 2018. Opening up about her grandmother and late grandfather's love for Balmoral, Princess Eugenie said on the documentary Our Queen at 90: "It's the most beautiful place on earth. "I think Granny is the most happy there, I think she really, really loves the Highlands…walks, picnics, dogs, a lot of dogs, there's always dogs, and people coming in and out all the time." She added: "Family-wise we're all there, so it's a lovely base for Granny and Grandpa to be - for us to come and see them up there where you just have room to breathe and run." The Queen stays at Balmoral Estate from August to September every year and invites the rest of the Royal family members to join her. During their time on the retreat, the family reportedly love participating in outdoor actives, including taking walks and enjoying picnics and barbecues. READ NEXT: William and Kate don't want to 'weigh George down' with the 'burden of being King' Meghan Markle denies lying to Oprah Winfrey about growing up as an 'only child' Prince George's birthday will be 'a low key affair' but he 'won't be spoilt', says expert Kate Middleton’s white bridesmaids dresses were 10 years ahead of the trend Get exclusive celebrity stories and shoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter
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Strong Net Sales Growth of 19.4% Fueled by Pricing of 17.7% and Volume Improvement of 2.1% Snacking & Beverages Division Delivered 9.0% Volume/Mix Growth in the Quarter, Supported by the Acceleration in Private Label Demand Raises Fiscal 2022 Net Sales Guidance to Mid-to-High Teens Growth, Largely Driven by Pricing Actions to Recover Inflation; Reaffirms Adjusted EBITDA Guidance HIGHLIGHTS - Net loss from continuing operations was $(30.6) million or (2.6)% for the second quarter of 2022. - Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations1 was $66.5 million or 5.6% for the second quarter of 2022, which improved by 60 basis points sequentially, in line with guidance. - TreeHouse raises its full year 2022 net sales guidance to mid-to-high teens growth year-over-year, and reaffirms expectations for adjusted EBITDA2 in the range of $385 to $415 million. OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) today reported net sales of $1.20 billion which increased 19.4% compared to the second quarter of 2021. Net loss from continuing operations of $(30.6) million compared to $(5.2) million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") from continuing operations1 was $66.5 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $92.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. "I'm incredibly proud of our TreeHouse team as we delivered strong top-line results, reflecting the impact of our pricing and our ability to capture incremental volume in Snacking & Beverages," said Steve Oakland, CEO and President. "The value proposition of private label is becoming increasingly important as consumers navigate this inflationary environment. In addition, the breadth of the retail landscape, improved quality and assortment, and our customers' strategic commitment to private label are driving trial and share gains. Our unwavering focus on the customer over the last several years positions us well to build on this momentum to drive growth and profitability." "Our second quarter performance was very much in line with expectations," said Patrick O'Donnell, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. "We are encouraged by robust demand for private label food and beverage and we are working diligently to improve service and execute pricing to recover inflation. Despite ongoing challenges related to labor and materials availability, we continue to make gradual progress toward improving profitability and believe we are on track to deliver our full-year guidance." OUTLOOK2 TreeHouse updated its guidance for fiscal 2022 as follows: - Raised net sales growth to mid-to-high teens, primarily driven by pricing actions to recover inflation, and low single digit volume growth, as strengthening private label demand will be offset in part by labor and material availability. - Reaffirmed adjusted EBITDA of $385 to $415 million, up approximately 5% year-over-year at the midpoint. The cadence of earnings is expected to be weighted toward the second half of the year, as we expect the impact of labor and supply chain disruption on our profitability and volume to be most prominent in the first half. With regard to the cadence for the remainder of the year: - TreeHouse expects between 50 and 100 basis points of sequential improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin in the third quarter. - The Company has continued to work collaboratively with its customers to communicate and implement additional pricing to recover further inflation. These pricing actions will be effective late in the third quarter. - TreeHouse believes the labor and supply chain environment will continue to be challenging in the back half of the year. Service levels will remain pressured as the Company's efforts and investment to mitigate disruption are expected to drive gradual progress. - Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA margin improvement is expected to be driven by additional pricing, peak seasonality, and continued efforts to mitigate labor and supply chain disruption. ________________________________________________ 1 Adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations, adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net (loss) income, free cash flow and organic net sales are non-GAAP financial measures. See "Comparison of Adjusted Information to GAAP Information" for the definitions of the Non-GAAP measures, information concerning certain items affecting comparability, and reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP measures. 2 The Company is not able to reconcile prospective adjusted EBITDA or adjusted EBITDA margin, which are Non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable effort due to the inherent uncertainty and difficulty of predicting the occurrence, financial impact, and timing of certain items impacting GAAP results. These items include, but are not limited to, mark-to-market adjustments of derivative contracts, foreign currency exchange on the re-measurement of intercompany notes, or other non-recurring events or transactions that may significantly affect reported GAAP results. SECOND QUARTER 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS Net Sales — Net sales for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $1,197.6 million compared to $1,003.2 million for the same period last year, an increase of $194.4 million, or 19.4%. The change in net sales from 2021 to 2022 was due to the following: The net sales increase of 19.4% was primarily driven by favorable pricing to partially recover commodity and freight cost inflation and increased volume within the Snacking & Beverages segment due to growing demand in private label as the consumer seeks lower priced alternatives in the inflationary environment. This was partially offset by labor and supply chain disruption, which constrained our ability to service demand. Gross Profit — Gross profit as a percentage of net sales was 13.5% in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 16.6% in the second quarter of 2021, a decrease of 3.1 percentage points. The decrease is primarily due to incremental costs related to labor and supply chain disruption and inbound freight costs and commodity inflation, which was partially offset by favorable pricing actions to recover inflation. The declines were partially offset by favorable category mix, favorable fixed cost overhead absorption due to higher volume, and lower costs for purchases of personal protective equipment for employees and additional sanitation measures. Total Operating Expenses — Total operating expenses were $183.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $162.0 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $21.6 million. The increase is primarily attributable to professional fees of $19.5 million in connection with its portfolio optimization strategy and higher outbound freight costs of $12.6 million due to freight cost inflation and lower utilization of full truck load shipments due to supply chain disruption. This was partially offset by lower spend in our strategic growth initiatives and other restructuring programs, which consisted mostly of lower severance and professional fees, and lower integration costs associated with the 2020 pasta acquisition. Total Other Expense (Income) — Total other expense (income) was $11.9 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $10.7 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of $1.2 million. The increase was primarily due to unfavorable foreign currency exchange rate impacts between the U.S. and Canadian dollar currency during the second quarter of 2022 when compared to the second quarter of 2021 and a higher average interest rate reflecting the year-over-year increase in LIBOR. This was partially offset by favorable non-cash mark-to-market impacts from hedging activities, largely driven by interest rate swaps. Income Taxes — Income taxes were recognized at an effective rate of 8.9% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to 21.2% recognized in the second quarter of 2021. The change in the Company's effective tax rate is primarily driven by the estimated amount of annual pre-tax earnings, a change in the income tax benefit from the release of tax reserves, and withholding taxes accrued in 2022. Net (Loss) Income from Continuing Operations and Adjusted EBITDA — Net loss from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2022 was $30.6 million, compared to $5.2 million for the same period of the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA1 from continuing operations was $66.5 million in the second quarter of 2022, a 28.2% decrease compared to the second quarter of 2021. The decrease in adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to incremental costs related to labor and supply chain disruption and commodity and freight cost inflation, which was partially offset by favorable pricing actions to recover inflation. The declines were partially offset by favorable category mix and favorable fixed cost overhead absorption due to higher volume. Discontinued Operations — Net income from discontinued operations decreased $12.4 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021. The decrease is due to the completion of the sale of the Ready-to-eat Cereal business on June 1, 2021. Net Cash Used In Operating Activities From Continuing Operations — Cash used in operating activities from continuing operations was $26.6 million in the first six months of 2022 compared to $44.0 million in the first six months of 2021, a decrease in cash used of $17.4 million. The decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in cash flow from accounts payable due to improved working capital management, lower incentive compensation paid in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021 based on prior year performance, lower cash paid on interest due to debt refinancing in 2021, and an increase in cash flows from the Receivables Sales Program. This was partially offset by lower cash earnings, which reflect the impact of commodity and freight cost inflation. Working capital changes have been impacted by higher sales as a result of price increases in response to commodity and freight cost inflation, which have increased receivables and inventories. The Company's working capital management emphasis continues to be focused on driving faster collection of receivables and extending vendor terms. SECOND QUARTER 2022 SEGMENT RESULTS The change in net sales by segment from the second quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022 was due to the following: Meal Preparation Net sales in the Meal Preparation segment increased $118.3 million, or 18.3%, in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021. The increase in net sales was primarily driven by favorable pricing to partially recover commodity and freight cost inflation. This was partially offset by lower volume due to labor and supply chain constraints. Direct operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased 2.8 percentage points in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily due to incremental costs related to labor and supply chain disruption and freight cost and commodity inflation, which was partially offset by favorable pricing actions to recover inflation. These declines were partially offset by favorable category mix and lower marketing spend. Snacking & Beverages Net sales in the Snacking & Beverages segment increased $76.1 million, or 21.4%, in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021. The increase in net sales was primarily driven by favorable pricing to partially recover commodity and freight cost inflation. Increasing private label demand resulted in strong category performance as the consumer seeks lower priced alternatives in the inflationary environment. However, volume growth was partially muted due to labor and supply chain disruption. Direct operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased 1.4 percentage points in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to incremental costs related to labor and supply chain disruption and freight cost and commodity inflation, which was partially offset by favorable pricing actions to recover inflation. The decrease was partially offset by favorable volume, category mix, and favorable fixed cost overhead absorption due to higher volume. YEAR TO DATE 2022 SEGMENT RESULTS The change in net sales from the first six months of 2021 to the first six months of 2022 was due to the following: CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST A webcast to discuss the Company's second quarter earnings will be held at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) today. The live audio webcast and a supporting slide deck will be available on the Company's website at www.treehousefoods.com/investors/investor-overview/default.aspx DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS Beginning in the third quarter of 2019, the Company determined that its Ready-to-eat Cereal business met the discontinued operations criteria and, as such, the business has been excluded from continuing operations and segment results for all periods presented. On June 1, 2021, the Company completed the sale of its Ready-to-eat Cereal business. COMPARISON OF ADJUSTED INFORMATION TO GAAP INFORMATION The Company has included in this release measures of financial performance that are not defined by GAAP ("Non-GAAP"). A Non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of financial performance that excludes or includes amounts so as to be different than the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company believes these measures provide useful information to the users of the financial statements as we also have included these measures in other communications and publications. For each of these Non-GAAP financial measures, the Company provides a reconciliation between the most directly comparable GAAP measure and the Non-GAAP measure, an explanation of why management believes the Non-GAAP measure provides useful information to financial statement users, and any additional purposes for which management uses the Non-GAAP measure. This Non-GAAP financial information is provided as additional information for the financial statement users and is not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP. These Non-GAAP measures may be different from similar measures used by other companies. Organic Net Sales Organic net sales is defined as net sales excluding the impacts of acquisitions, divestitures, and foreign currency. This information is provided in order to allow investors to make meaningful comparisons of the Company's sales between periods and to view the Company's business from the same perspective as Company management. Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share from Continuing Operations, Adjusting for Certain Items Affecting Comparability Adjusted (loss) earnings per diluted share from continuing operations ("adjusted diluted EPS") reflects adjustments to GAAP loss per diluted share from continuing operations to identify items that, in management's judgment, significantly affect the assessment of earnings results between periods. This information is provided in order to allow investors to make meaningful comparisons of the Company's earnings performance between periods and to view the Company's business from the same perspective as Company management. As the Company cannot predict the timing and amount of charges that include, but are not limited to, items such as divestiture, acquisition, integration, and related costs, mark-to-market adjustments on derivative contracts, foreign currency exchange impact on the re-measurement of intercompany notes, growth, reinvestment, and restructuring programs, impairment of assets, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other items that may arise from time to time that would impact comparability, management does not consider these costs when evaluating the Company's performance, when making decisions regarding the allocation of resources, in determining incentive compensation, or in determining earnings estimates. The reconciliation of the GAAP measure of diluted loss per share from continuing operations as presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, excluding certain items affecting comparability, to adjusted diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations is presented below. Adjusted Net (Loss) Income from Continuing Operations, Adjusted EBIT from Continuing Operations, Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations, Adjusted EBITDAS from Continuing Operations, Adjusted Net (Loss) Income Margin from Continuing Operations, Adjusted EBIT Margin from Continuing Operations, Adjusted EBITDA Margin from Continuing Operations, and Adjusted EBITDAS Margin from Continuing Operations, Adjusting for Certain Items Affecting Comparability Adjusted net (loss) income from continuing operations represents GAAP net loss from continuing operations as reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations adjusted for items that, in management's judgment, significantly affect the assessment of earnings results between periods as outlined in the adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations section above. This information is provided in order to allow investors to make meaningful comparisons of the Company's earnings performance between periods and to view the Company's business from the same perspective as Company management. This measure is also used as a component of the Board of Directors' measurement of the Company's performance for incentive compensation purposes and is the basis of calculating the adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations metric outlined above. Adjusted EBIT from continuing operations represents adjusted net (loss) income from continuing operations before interest expense, interest income, and income tax expense. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations represents adjusted net (loss) income from continuing operations before interest expense, interest income, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted EBITDAS from continuing operations represents adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations before non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted EBIT from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDAS from continuing operations are performance measures commonly used by management to assess operating performance, and the Company believes they are commonly reported and widely used by investors and other interested parties as a measure of a company's operating performance between periods. Adjusted net (loss) income margin from continuing operations, adjusted EBIT margin from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA margin from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDAS margin from continuing operations are calculated as the respective metric defined above as a percentage of net sales as reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations adjusted for items that, in management's judgment, significantly affect the assessment of earnings results between periods as outlined in the adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations section above. A full reconciliation between the relevant GAAP measure of reported net loss from continuing operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 calculated according to GAAP, adjusted net (loss) income from continuing operations, adjusted EBIT from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDAS from continuing operations is presented in the attached tables. Given the inherent uncertainty regarding adjusted items in any future period, a reconciliation of forward-looking financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is not feasible. Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations In addition to measuring the Company's cash flow generation and usage based upon the operating, investing, and financing classifications included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, we also measure free cash flow from continuing operations, which represents net cash used in operating activities from continuing operations less capital expenditures. The Company believes free cash flow is an important measure of operating performance because it provides management and investors a measure of cash generated from operations that is available for mandatory payment obligations and investment opportunities such as funding acquisitions, repaying debt, repurchasing public debt, and repurchasing common stock. A reconciliation between the relevant GAAP measure of cash used in operating activities from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 calculated according to GAAP and free cash flow from continuing operations is presented in the attached tables. ABOUT TREEHOUSE FOODS TreeHouse Foods, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of private label foods and beverages in North America. We operate in 29 product categories across two divisions and have approximately 40 production facilities across North America and Italy. Across our diverse portfolio, we offer better-for-you, natural and organic products and hold a private label leadership position across many of our categories. Our purpose is to make high quality food and beverages affordable to all. Our vision is to be the undisputed solutions leader for our custom brands. Our mission is to create value as our customers' preferred manufacturing and distribution partner, providing thought leadership, superior innovation, and a relentless focus on execution. Our long-term strategic objective is to build a company that is well positioned to deliver long-term sustainable growth and create value for our shareholders, as enabled by our two-segment structure. Additional information, including TreeHouse's most recent statements on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, may be found at TreeHouse's website, http://www.treehousefoods.com. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and other information are based on our beliefs, as well as assumptions made by us, using information currently available. The words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "intend," "foresee," "should," "would," "could," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements following the date of this press release. Furthermore, to the extent that we effect a divestiture of a significant portion of our Meal Preparation Business in connection with our ongoing strategic review process, our future results of operations will be impacted by such divestiture. Such forward-looking statements, because they relate to future events, are by their very nature subject to many important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release and other public statements we make. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the current status our efforts to divest of a significant portion of our Meal Preparation Business; the impact that any such divestiture might have on the Company's operations; risks related to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak on our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees; the success of our growth, reinvestment, and restructuring programs; our level of indebtedness and related obligations; disruptions in the financial markets; interest rates; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; customer concentration and consolidation; raw material and commodity costs; competition; loss of key suppliers; disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain and/or operations, including from the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak; our ability to continue to make acquisitions and execute on divestitures in accordance with our business strategy or effectively manage the growth from acquisitions; impairment of goodwill or long lived assets; changes and developments affecting our industry, including consumer preferences; the outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we may be a party; product recalls; changes in laws and regulations applicable to us; shareholder activism; disruptions in or failures of our information technology systems; disruptions resulting from the announcement of the exploration of strategic alternatives; changes in weather conditions, climate changes, and natural disasters; labor strikes or work stoppages; multiemployer pension plans; labor shortages and increased competition for labor; and other risks that are set forth in the Risk Factors section, the Legal Proceedings section, the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section, and other sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made when evaluating the information presented in this press release. TreeHouse expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based. The reconciliation of adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations, excluding certain items affecting comparability, to the relevant GAAP measure of diluted EPS from continuing operations as presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, is as follows: During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company entered into transactions that affected the year-over-year comparison of its financial results from continuing operations as follows: The tax impact on adjusting items is calculated based upon the tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable in the tax jurisdiction of the underlying Non-GAAP adjustments. The following table reconciles the Company's net loss from continuing operations to adjusted net (loss) income from continuing operations, adjusted EBIT from continuing operations, adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, and adjusted EBITDAS from continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: View original content: SOURCE TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
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Sapiens' end-to-end solution will fulfil all of Old Mutual's business, analytical and regulatory data needs HOLON, Israel, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the deployment of Sapiens Intelligence by Old Mutual Insure (OMI), South Africa's oldest insurance company. Sapiens' solution will provide an enterprise-wide consolidated view of the organization's data and support its reporting and analytics needs. Old Mutual Insure has been a Sapiens customer since 2006, a 16-year relationship that began with the implementation of Sapiens Tia Enterprise solution for its core business, followed by the adoption of Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster for its reinsurance business. The addition of Sapiens Intelligence is the natural next step in Old Mutual's digital transformation strategy with Sapiens. "We were looking for an enterprise-level data platform with native connectivity to our existing systems, and Sapiens Intelligence was a perfect fit," said Denver Naidoo, Old Mutual Insure's Chief Data Officer. "Due to licensing issues with our hosting platform, we requested that Sapiens cut back their normal nine-to-ten-month implementation period down to six or seven months, which they were successfully able to accommodate." Sapiens Intelligence has a complete and optimized insurance information hub, integrating all business units and product lines into one unified and consistent organizational view. "Old Mutual Insure now has access to a wide landscape of heterogenous systems ranging from core applications from Sapiens to third-party external data sources," explained Roni Al-Dor, Sapiens president and CEO. "The foundational R&D that was done on this project will be brought to bear on other existing Sapiens Tia Enterprise customers, in regions across the globe." Sapiens Intelligence enriches processes with model outcome and predictions, optimizing the insurer's performance – driving cost reduction as well as improving customer experience. About Sapiens Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative, and agile. Backed by more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers' compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit https://sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn. About Old Mutual Insure Old Mutual Insure is the oldest insurer in South Africa, tracing its history back more than 177 years. It services personal, commercial and corporate customers across South Africa, as well as in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria under the Old Mutual brand. Old Mutual Insure is the second largest Insurer in South Africa with a gross written premium over R15.92 million in 2021. As one on the leading companies in southern Africa's non-life insurance landscape, they are justifiably proud of their tradition of service and quality. For more information visit https://www.oldmutual.co.za/. Media Contact: Shay Assaraf Chief of Marketing, Sapiens Shay.assaraf@sapiens.com Investor's Contact Dina Vince Head of Investor Relations Sapiens ir@sapiens.com Forward Looking Statements Certain matters discussed in this press release that are incorporated herein by reference are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, as well as information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "may," "will," "plan" and similar expressions. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to pandemic risks and uncertainties. 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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mill Rock Packaging Partners ("Mill Rock Packaging" or the "Company"), a specialty packaging platform that invests in growth-oriented companies with advanced service and product capabilities in the consumer packaging industry, announced that Steve Rice has been named Chief Information Officer, a new position for the company. Mill Rock Packaging is a portfolio company of New York-based Mill Rock Capital, a growth and operations-oriented private investment firm. Steve is an accomplished technology and system enterprise professional with 20 years' experience, including an extensive background in packaging production, manufacturing and fulfillment. Prior to joining Mill Rock Packaging, he worked for 15 years with EFI Radius, an industry-leading, purpose-built enterprise resource planning software provider to the packaging industry, where he was a key leader in the Company's product development and delivery team. Previously, Steve spent five years with Business Intelligence Solutions, managing new software products and directing technical design, sales and delivery planning. Allen Ennis, Mill Rock Packaging CEO, commented, "On behalf of the entire Mill Rock Packaging team, we are pleased that Steve is joining as our CIO. Steve has a long history working with several of our team members, and his proven expertise in paper packaging system design and integration will be invaluable as we build out our platform systems, data and information environments." In his new role at Mill Rock Packaging, Steve will be responsible for building a world-class technology platform to enhance Mill Rock Packaging's use of its enterprise system, cloud, big data, and other technology applications to foster an environment that will drive customer success. Mr. Rice commented, "I am very excited to join Mill Rock Packaging at this critical and exciting point in the Company's growth trajectory. I look forward to working with the team to build out the gold standard of technology systems and processes to better serve our customers and enhance future integration processes." Mill Rock Packaging Vice Chairman and Mill Rock Capital Senior Partner Bob Feeser said, "We are committed to prioritizing technology and investing in people, systems, automation and data across all of our companies. We welcome Steve's leadership in delivering an information-rich environment to accelerate further growth." ABOUT MILL ROCK PACKAGING PARTNERS Mill Rock Packaging Partners is a specialty packaging growth platform and a portfolio company of Mill Rock Capital. The partnership was formed in 2020 to invest in growing businesses with advanced service and product capabilities in the consumer packaging industry. For more information, please visit https://millrockpackaging.com/. ABOUT MILL ROCK CAPITAL Great Mill Rock LLC dba Mill Rock Capital is a growth- and operations-oriented private investment firm that invests in well-positioned middle market industrial businesses in North America. Founded by Christopher Whalen and Adi Pekmezovic, Mill Rock Capital is purpose-built to invest in family-owned businesses, owner-operators and founder-led companies across six industry verticals. Focus sectors include chemicals, materials and packaging; industrial distribution; services; metals and engineered materials; transportation and logistics; and specialty manufacturing and industrial technology. This strategy leverages the deep expertise of the firm's principals, a majority of whom have direct operating experience in these same industries. Mill Rock Capital supports business transformation through a dual-sourcing strategy encompassing majority equity and Activ Capital® – debt, senior equity or hybrid investments which provide business owners value-added financial partnership without relinquishing a controlling stake. For more information, please visit https://millrock-cap.com/. Contact: Joanne Lessner, Lambert 212-222-7436 jlessner@lambert.com View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Mill Rock Packaging Partners
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Temperatures are predicted to reach 29C and there is currently not a single drop of rain being forecasted. For more information, head over to the official Met Office website. Monday It appears the week will start with a mix of clouds and sunshine before the clouds give way to the sun at teatime. Temperatures are predicted to reach 24C. Tuesday Sunshine is predicted in the morning and early afternoon before clouds are forecasted to take over as the day progresses. Temperatures are again predicted to reach 24C. Wednesday There could be a temperature increase on Wednesday, with highs of 27C and sunshine throughout predicted. Also in news: Leeds man goes viral after proposing to his girlfriend on stage during Christina Aguilera concert in front of thousands Thursday Another day, another potential temperature rise. The Met Office forecast says temperatures could reach 28C in the afternoon and sunshine is predicted for throughout the day. Friday The working week looks set to be rounded off with even more sunshine, with temperatures potentially reaching 28C.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s caretaker prime minister took a gamble with his preemptive strike against Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza, less than three months before he is to compete in general elections to retain his job. Yair Lapid had counted on Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers to stay out of the fight, thus enabling Israel to weaken Hamas’ smaller sister group while avoiding a full-blown escalation. At the same time, he may also have gained political ground ahead of the polls. With a cease-fire between the sides holding on Monday, after three days of violence, the calculation appears to have been accurate. Hamas remained on the sidelines as Israeli jets pounded targets in Gaza, killing two Islamic Jihad leaders in targeted attacks, and Israel’s missile shield intercepted many of the hundreds of rockets fired by Islamic Jihad. Long-suffering Gaza civilians once again bore the brunt of the violence, with 44 Palestinians killed, among them 15 children and four women. Israel said some were victims of rockets falling short. The Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, which took effect late Sunday, capped one of the shortest rounds of fighting since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007. Israel and Hamas fought four wars over the past 15 years, as more than 2 million Gazans endured a suffocating Israeli-Egyptian border blockade. Since the last war in May 2021, Lapid and his governing partner Naftali Bennett have tried to create more incentives for Hamas to maintain quiet along the Gaza border, with the implied acknowledgement that this would cement the militants’ rule. As part of this strategy, Israel issued permits for 12,000 Gaza workers to enter Israel, with the promise of handing out more if the situation remains calm. Qatar and Egypt have also been engaged in rebuilding Gaza, with Israel’s support. On Monday morning, Israel partially reopened Gaza crossings that had been closed during the fighting, signaling a quick return to the understandings that were in place before the fighting. Some said Lapid scored political points at home with the short military campaign. “Lapid is in a much stronger position than he was before because the main claim against him is he is not experienced enough,” said Gayil Talshir, a political analyst from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. ”He might also be able to claim that he’s trying to achieve a change of paradigm” underpinning Israel’s Gaza policy. Going into the Gaza offensive, the centrist Lapid, a former TV host and author, lacked the security credentials that Israelis often seek in their leaders. It was seen as a glaring weakness as he faces off against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who portrays himself as a security hawk, in November elections. By Monday morning, Lapid appeared to have burnished his security prowess for beating back what he said was an imminent threat from the Palestinian militant group. “It’s crucial to his campaign,” said Tal Schneider, a veteran Israeli political correspondent. “It’s helpful when you have more of a military activity experience when you go into election.” The events of the past few days also underscored Hamas’ shifting priorities, as it focuses on governing and staying in power. “Hamas doesn’t want a war every other day. If it joined publicly, this means destruction of buildings, infrastructure, and the Egyptians played an influential role in preventing Hamas from joining the battle,” said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor at Gaza’s al-Azhar University. The Israeli work permits are a lifeline for Gaza’s economy, battered by widespread destruction from Israeli strikes over the years and crippling movement restrictions. The permits are “definitely very important to Hamas as it governs Gaza and has governing responsibilities,” said Hossam al-Dajani, political scientist at the Islamic University of Gaza. Lapid, meanwhile, has signaled other policy shifts. Throughout the fighting, Lapid has refrained from mentioning Hamas, diverging from Netanyahu, who held Hamas responsible for any fire emanating from Gaza. At the same time, the outgoing Lapid-Bennett government struck back at any and all fire from Gaza, including incendiary balloons. And Lapid appears to have gone further than self-styled security buff Netanyahu whose strategy largely involved striking Gaza in response to rocket attacks. Lapid chose a preemptive strike in the most recent round, citing concrete threats by Islamic Jihad. “This government has a zero tolerance policy for any attempted attacks – of any kind – from Gaza towards Israeli territory,” Lapid said at the onset of the operation Friday. Lapid was the architect of the outgoing coalition government — an alliance of eight diverse parties spanning the Israeli political spectrum that was bonded largely by their shared antipathy toward Netanyahu. The coalition, which for the first time in Israeli history also included an Arab party, ended the 12-year reign of Netanyahu, who was Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. His Yesh Atid party is expected to be the second-largest in parliament in the November elections and he could get a chance at forming a government. Unlike Netanyahu, who served in an elite unit in Israel’s compulsory military in the late 1960s, Lapid was a soldier-journalist at a weekly magazine published by Israel’s military. As prime minister, Netanyahu guided Israel through three wars with Gaza, stepped up a campaign to strike enemy targets in Syria and rattled sabers with Iran over its nuclear program. Lapid came to prominence promising to address standard of living issues and became a hero for the mainstream, secular middle class, wooed by his telegenic mien and his pledges to stretch their shekels. They cared little about his less-than-heroic military service. But Lapid has been unable to break through into other constituencies in part because he has little of a security background. In his stints in government, he has served as finance and foreign minister, gaining valuable skills in politics, governance and diplomacy but failing to gain security experience. In the weeks following the offensive, Netanyahu will likely seek to tear down what is seen in Israel as a military achievement. But after having dragged Israel into three, far costlier wars in Gaza, and being unable to stamp out rocket fire from Gaza throughout his decade-plus in power, Netanyahu might not succeed. “Lapid will be able to claim that the policy he led together with Bennett was more effective than that of the man who is trying to replace him in the prime minister’s office,” Anshel Pfeffer, a columnist, wrote in the Haaretz daily. ___ Rose reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Fares Akram contributed to this report from Gaza City, Gaza Strip.
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