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EXCLUSIVE: Mother of gangster wife lashes out as her daughter’s secret double life is exposed: Shooting victim is revealed as a Thrifty car rentals saleswoman and school mum by day who lived the gangster life at night
- Mother of executed gangster wife wants her daughter to be remembered kindly
- She said Lametta Fadlallah's 'reputation had been trashed' since her death
- Ms Fadlallah was killed in a targeted hit alongside her friend Amy Hazouri
- The pair were in the backseat of a car when an unknown gunman opened fire
The distraught mother of a gangster wife gunned down in the back of a car in a brazen double shooting says her daughter is a good person who did not deserve to die.
Lametta Fadlallah, 48, and hairdresser Amy Hazouri, 39, were shot dead in the back of a Toyota 4WD in Panania, south-west Sydney on Saturday evening, in a disturbing new low in the city's underworld war.
Weeping and waving her arms on the front lawn of their modest fibro house, Ms Fadlallah's mother, her distraught sister and sister-in-law emerged from their fibro home in western Sydney on Monday to defend her memory as a loving mum and good person.
'I cannot talk. They have trashed my daughter's (reputation),' Ms Fadlallah's mother told Daily Mail Australia.
Ms Fadlallah reportedly had known links to the underworld and was considered 'a gangster' in her own right by police before she was ambushed and shot dead in a car out the front of her home in Panania on Saturday night.
But her devastated family said she was a loving mum who deserved to be 'remembered well'.
Weeping and waving her arms on the front lawn of their modest fibro house, Ms Fadlallah's mother (right), her distraught sister (left) and sister-in-law (centre) were horrified to see 'bad things' about her after her death
Her family want her to be remembered as a loving mother and good person
Ms Fadlallah reportedly had known links to the underworld and was 'a gangster' in her own right before she was ambushed and shot dead in a car out the front of her home in Panania on Saturday night
Ms Fadlallah was in the back seat of a silver Toyota 4WD and preparing for a night out when at least one unknown gunman peppered the car with bullets, killing both Ms Fadlallah and her 'innocent' hairdresser, Amy Hazouri.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal Ms Fadlallah also held down a job for two to three years as an operations manager at Thrifty Car rentals in Revesby.
Staff at the store, now a SIXT branch, said she had quit in August last year but was popular among customers, noting some 'still ask for her'.
She rented a tidy dark brick duplex in Hendy St, Revesby and her 16-year-old son went to a private Catholic boys school in the area.
It's understood she also had an older son from an earlier relationship.
She rented a tidy dark brick duplex in Hendy St, Revesby and her 16-year-old son went to a private Catholic boys school in the area
She had recently paid to have an advanced security system installed with at least three cameras facing onto the street where she was ambushed and shot dead
The driver of the car fled the shooting and stopped just around the corner, where he called emergency services to ask for help. On Monday, blood stains were still visible on the curb
Suellen Nadile, who owns the duplex which Ms Fadlallah had rented for five years, said her tenant was pleasant, paid her rent on time, kept it in good condition and 'there were never any issues'.
She had recently paid to have an advanced security system installed with at least three cameras facing onto the street where she was ambushed and shot dead.
'The furniture in there was expensive and she had cameras put in,' Ms Nadile told Daily Mail Australia.
'She was clean and tidy, she had a cleaning lady come in.'
On Monday, Ms Fadlallah's mother agreed with the landlady's recollection of her daughter, stating she was a good and reliable person.
She added her daughter deserved to be remembered well, while Ms Fadlallah's sibling cried profusely and repeatedly said 'my sister, my sister'.
Ms Fadlallah's sister-in-law said the family had received many calls and thanked people for their sympathy and kind words.
The family asked to be left alone to grieve in peace.
Police fingerprinted two white cars which were parked across from the scene of the shooting and conducted line searches in the same area
Ms Nadile said she often heard Ms Fadlallah 'talking in a very loud voice on the phone, she 'swore a bit', but 'nothing bad had happened before' with her tenant.
In October 2021, Ms Fadlallah was convicted of mid range drink driving and lost her licence for three months.
She'd been pulled over between 2.44am and 3.30am driving her white Range Rover throughout Punchbowl and returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.102.
Ms Fadlallah told police she had consumed four glasses of wine between 7.30pm and midnight without eating any food.
On the night of Ms Fadlallah's death, Ms Nadile thought she heard gunshots ring out while she was watching the NRL but wasn't sure what had happened in the street.
'I just heard one big explosion, like a big bang, not individual gunshots and I looked out into the street and I could see no-one,' she said.
'Amour Park the soccer stadium is behind us and I just thought it was something from there, but louder. It wasn't until half an hour later the police came and I heard sirens.'
Police said on Sunday Ms Fadlallah was in the backseat of a car which was being driven by a 20-year-old man, who sped off to safety as bullets were fired.
He stopped just around the corner, where he called emergency services to ask for help.
On Monday, blood stains were still visible on the curb.
Meanwhile police conducted sweeping searches across several crime scenes in southwest Sydney on the weekend.
They fingerprinted two white cars which were parked across from the scene of the shooting and conducted line searches in the same area.
In spite of Ms Fadlallah's mother's claims that her daughter's name had been dragged through the mud in the wake of her death, police revealed she was known to them and had close ties with senior underworld figures.
One source told Daily Mail Australia she was 'tough as nails' and 'kept up with the big boys' - particularly after the death of her lover, underworld heavyweight Helal Safi.
One source told Daily Mail Australia she was 'tough as nails' and 'kept up with the big boys' - particularly after the death of her lover, underworld heavyweight Helal Safi
She was once married to Shadi Derbas of the city's Telopea Street Gang and later in a relationship with Safi, who survived being stabbed 42 times in prison before he was found dead in 2021.
'She learned the ropes over the years and wasn't silly. Lametta knew what she was doing.'
An underworld source who knew Ms Fadlallah told the Daily Telegraph she perhaps knew too much.
'She was right into the life. She would carry the guns for the boys, give alibis when needed and right up till she was killed mixing with gangsters,' they said.
'She always thought she was smart but this is the most dangerous Sydney has ever been. Killing women so openly is next level.'
A forensic officer was seen in a car as it was towed from the home of a woman killed in a tragic double shooting
Second victim 'innocent casualty' in targeted attack
Ms Hazouri's family said she was a 'good girl' who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was gunned down alongside Ms Fadlallah on Saturday.
Loved ones told Daily Mail Australia that Ms Hazouri worked six days a week to provide for her sick mother in Lebanon and had been planning a trip home to visit her.
But now she is set to make a very different homecoming - with family raising money for her to be transported back to Lebanon in a casket for her funeral.
Ms Hazouri's sister Manal revealed on Monday that Ms Hazouri had stepped up to support the family amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon by sending a portion of her weekly pay to cover their bills.
Friend of eight years Sureyya Gunacti, who works in a neighbouring shop to Ms Hazouri's salon, Jocelyne Chidiac Hair, said she had been excited to return to Lebanon.
She was planning a trip with her sister to first visit her mother and then travel through the Middle East with her sister, including a visit to Turkey.
With her poor health, Ms Hazouri's mother will not be able to make the trip out to Australia and is relying on donations to help cover the cost of returning the 39-year-old's body to Lebanon.
Lameta Fadlallah (left) is understood to have been the target and Amy Hazouri (right) is believed to have been collateral damage
The family want to stress that she was an 'innocent party' in the shooting, confirming an earlier assessment from police that she was likely collateral damage in the targeted attack on Ms Fadlallah.
'She was the most beautiful girl,' Ms Gunacti told Daily Mail Australia. 'She used come here and sit and talk.
'Or she would ring me and say 'let me do your hair, I'll make you feel nice'.
Ms Gunacti said Ms Hazouri had been working at the salon for up to eight years and was beloved among staff and customers.
'She loved her work and everybody loved her. She was a good girl, not married, no kids.
'She would normally be here at this time, it's so sad and I feel sad for her parents.'
Ms Gunacti said the salon owner Jocelyne Chidiac was 'very sad' about Ms Hazouri's death as the pair had been 'very close'.
Colleagues at the salon shared a tribute on Sunday saying they were 'shattered' to learn of the untimely death.
'We are shattered, our heart is broken, you left us too soon,' the tribute read. 'May your memory be eternal... until we meet again.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11111935/Revesby-Panania-shooting-Mother-gangster-wife-lashes-Lametta-Fadlallahs-life-exposed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-15T07:11:49Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11111935/Revesby-Panania-shooting-Mother-gangster-wife-lashes-Lametta-Fadlallahs-life-exposed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
BELTON — About 100 dogs competed in an American Kennel Club agility trial Friday through Sunday at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton.
Bell County Kennel Club teamed up with Travis County Kennel Club for the trial, which had about 350 runs a day, said Terri Boedeker, trial chairman.
Winning dogs earned AKC points, ribbons and other awards. All proceeds went to Jax’s Fund of Priceless Beginnings, a domestic violence group, she said.
Priceless Beginnings also deals with people suffering from a natural disaster, she said.
“If people are told to get out and have pets, they don’t want to leave them,” she said. “So Jax’s Fund will be available to help get the pet out also.”
This might come in the way of providing board or foster care for a pet, she said.
Betsie Bolger of Dallas brought three dogs to the agility trial.
“Two are running and one’s a puppy who’s getting acquainted,” he said. “He’s too young to trial yet.”
One of her dogs had three qualifying runs Saturday, she said. Her other dog had a double qualification.
She’s owned dogs all of her life, she said, and has been in agility trials four years.
“I love it,” she said. “I used to do horses. I got remarried and I didn’t want to travel as much. Then I discovered agility.”
The bond the owner gets with their dog is amazing, she said.
“You run as one,” she said. “It’s like you have a mind meld.”
The whole point is to make sure your dog has fun, she said.
“Essentially, it’s a sport where you play with your dog,” she said.
The other thing she likes about agility is the community of people, she said.
“Everyone cheers everybody else on,” she said. “It’s fun, a lighthearted atmosphere.”
Everybody wore tutus Saturday, she said, even the dogs. The dogs couldn’t run wearing their tutus, but the people did.
Gregg and Amy Tabor of Dallas brought five Shelties to the agility trial, but only three of them competed — Piper, Brodie and Avery. Between them, the Tabors have been running agility trials for 15-20 years.
Gregg said his wife won two qualifications.
“I haven’t won anything,” he said. “But I had fun, and that’s why we do this — to play with our dogs and have fun. We always enjoy our stay here.”
The Tabors didn’t wear tutus. She said she didn’t know where to get them.
They plan to make another agility trial this weekend at the Watt Arena in the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, he said. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_2c81a804-1c59-11ed-acdf-5ffb84095e8d.html | 2022-08-15T07:16:28Z | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_2c81a804-1c59-11ed-acdf-5ffb84095e8d.html | false |
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Ref right in last play of Raiders win: NRL
The NRL says referee Adam Gee was correct in not paying a last-second penalty to St George Illawarra in the loss to Canberra that officially ended their finals hopes.
Down 24-22 on Sunday afternoon, the Dragons were on the attack through winger Mathew Feagai, who broke the line before being tackled 15 metres from the tryline by Raiders forward Corey Harawira-Naera.
Feagai attempted to stand and play the ball to give his team one last chance to score but appeared to be illegally held down by Harawira-Naera, who was likely hoping to slow the game down in the dying seconds.
But referee Gee blew the game to an end, denying the Dragons a penalty and sealing a two-point win for the Raiders that officially ended the joint venture's playoff aspirations.
The Dragons defeated the Raiders in similar circumstances in round 16, with Ben Hunt deliberately lying on Canberra's Joe Tapine in a tackle to help his side hold on for their own two-point win.
But on Monday, the NRL's head of football Graham Annesley said the referee made the right call in the rematch, saying no penalty should have been awarded to Feagai.
On-field referees rely on a timekeeper speaking through their earpiece, not the game clock seen on TV, to know when full-time must be called.
As a result, there is sometimes a slight lag between the timekeeper officially bringing the game to an end and the broadcast game clock expiring.
Annesley said Feagai could not earn a penalty for being held down in the ruck, because by the time he stood up to attempt to play the ball, the referee had already brought the game to an end.
"Any technical infringement that might take place by the defender is irrelevant because the ball hasn't been brought back into play (because the game has ended)," Annesley told reporters.
"And the referee can't extend the play for a technical infringement to award a penalty."
The Dragons had lost their captain's challenge by the last play of the game but had they not, they could have challenged the referee's decision to blow full-time.
But Annesley said a captain's challenge would have been unsuccessful, because with the ball being out of play, the referee was correct in blowing the game to an end.
"They would have lost their challenge had they had one because time had expired and we couldn't restart the game for a technical infringement," Annesley said.
Annesley also pointed out that Feagai knocked the ball on in the tackle.
"Not only could we not have restarted play because the tackle had been completed, but we could also not have restarted play because they knocked on in the ruck," he said.
The two-point victory keeps the Raiders' finals hopes alive.
Canberra likely need to win their last three games and hope the Roosters lose two of theirs in order to secure a spot in the finals. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11112169/Ref-right-play-Raiders-win-NRL.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-15T07:29:25Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11112169/Ref-right-play-Raiders-win-NRL.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack.
The comments by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, come over two days after the attack on Rushdie in New York.
However, Iran has denied carrying out other operations abroad targeting dissidents in the years since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, despite prosecutors and Western governments attributing such attacks back to Tehran.
“We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,” Kanaani said. “Nobody has right to accuse Iran in this regard.”
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Rushdie, 75, was stabbed Friday while attending an event in western New York. He suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, his agent said. He was likely to lose the injured eye.
His assailant, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the attack through his lawyer.
The award-winning author for more than 30 years has faced death threats for “The Satanic Verses.” Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding his death. An Iranian foundation had put up a bounty of over $3 million for the author.
Kanaani added that Iran did not “have any other information more than what the American media has reported.”
The West “condemning the actions of the attacker and in return glorifying the actions of the insulter to Islamic beliefs is a contradictory attitude,” Kanaani said. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/15/world/iran-denies-being-involved-attack-salman-rushdie/ | 2022-08-15T07:30:46Z | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/15/world/iran-denies-being-involved-attack-salman-rushdie/ | false |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
132 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of south Texas, including the following
counties, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak and McMullen.
* WHEN...Until 230 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 132 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Loma Alta and Rancho De La Parita.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
137 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south Texas, including the following
counties, Duval and Jim Wells.
* WHEN...Until 330 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Dangerous flows over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 137 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Alice, San Diego, Alice Acres, Tecalote, Ben Bolt and Lake
Alice.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal
The 58th Special Operations Wing – a sprawling Air Force training wing that stretches across the country, from Alaska to North Carolina, and is based in Albuquerque – has a new commander.
Col. Jonathan Graham, a helicopter and drone pilot who was so “stoked” when he learned of his promotion that he bought himself a brand-new Corvette, assumed command of the 58th SOW on June 30.
For two years, Graham will guide the base that trains thousands of airmen each year on special operations, combat search and rescue and nuclear site security.
“Many different things are going on, which is one of the things that makes this a unique wing,” Graham said in an interview. “This wing, there’s not another one like it.”
Training mission
The base trains pilots and crews on the HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II, which are fixed-wing aircraft; the CV-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotar aircraft; and the UH-1N Huey and HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.
Trainings can range from flights out of Kirtland Air Force Base to hot, dusty landscapes in New Mexico. There’s also Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, or SERE, training in the northern reaches of Alaska to simulate arctic survival conditions. And they train pilots on what to do if their helicopter crashes in the water.
“It’s difficult, and it’s intense, but I think it provides everybody a good baseline and something to sort of reach back and remember on that worst day ever,” Graham said.
The training stays current depending on some of the threats around the world. For years, the training was aligned with providing pilots with experience flying in the conditions they would face in the War on Terror, fought primarily in Middle East and South Asian countries.
Now, the military is shifting focus slightly after Russia invaded Ukraine, marking the first time a European country has been invaded by another country since World War II.
Graham said instructors and those who develop curriculum are in regular communication with Air Force squadrons across the world.
“That (War on Terror-specific training) is starting to sort of ramp down and then OK, we’re looking back at the theaters in the European and Pacific,” Graham said. “Those are different problems and different challenges and different adversaries. So being able to get that feedback from the field is really the most important part.”
Graham, who grew up on different Air Force bases across the country, graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1999 and was assigned to Kirtland for the first time in 2002 to learn how to fly the MH 53 helicopter, which the Air Force no longer uses. He returned to the base about four years later to be an instructor on the CV-22 Osprey.
He’s also served stints at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, where he flew the Q1 and Q9, better known as the Predator and Reaper drones.
Prior to his latest post, Graham was the vice commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon AFB. Before that he served two consecutive two-year assignments at the Pentagon.
He grew up in an Air Force family, moving regularly between cities every two years.
When he returned from his first deployment in Iraq in the early 2000s, he was turned on to his one and only hobby – cars.
“Fast and furious awesome,” he said.
Graham bought a Mazda RX-8 after returning home and started making improvements to the vehicle.
“I immediately started replacing every part on that car with something else, huge stereo, turbocharger whatever,” he said. “That was the first one and that’s just been something that I’ve done since then.”
Graham said in the years since he’s purchased and worked on restoring about eight vehicles. He had a 1967 Camaro. But he upgraded to the Corvette C8 after he was promoted to his latest assignment.
“Frankly, I was stoked,” he said about his promotion.
For the last month or so there’s been a silver Corvette noticeably parked in the commander’s parking space outside of the wing’s headquarters at KAFB.
“I don’t have any other hobbies that I spend money on,” he said. “I can’t go super long without buying one.”
New leadership
Graham isn’t the only new executive who recently started a two-year stint at Kirtland.
Col. Chris Welch is the vice commander and Chief Master Sgt. Colin Fleck is the command chief.
“I’m here to support the boss, in translating his intent and guidance and direction, to the force,” Fleck said. “On the flip side of that, I’m here to provide a perspective to the commander, as well as advocate for the enlisted force.”
He said one of his goals is to work to improve the environment at the training wing. All members of the military eventually make a decision to keep serving or separate and start a new path.
“I would like that decision to at least be informed by having had enjoyed their time in the Air Force and not leaving because they hated every minute of it, or they didn’t feel like they had the support they needed,” he said. “And so my goal for the time that we have here is to find those places where we have some ability to make up that difference between what we’re asking them to do, and what we’re providing them to be able to do it at the level we really need them to do it at.” | https://www.abqjournal.com/?p=2524525 | 2022-08-15T08:02:53Z | https://www.abqjournal.com/?p=2524525 | false |
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By Kyle Morris
Shares in Abingdon Health PLC dropped 24% on Monday after the company said that revenue will be significantly lower in fiscal 2022, and that it will book a substantial loss.
The U.K. diagnostics company said that revenue is expected to be in the region of 2.8 million pounds ($3.4 million), compared with GBP11.6 million a year earlier, and that it expects to book a loss. A significant portion of the losses relate to an increase in operational infrastructure and a contract and the subsequent unwinding of the investment, the company said.
In the fourth quarter, the company restructured operations, reducing headcount from 123 employees to 86 employees at the end of July. It said this, along with other cost-saving measures, has significantly reduced monthly operational cash outflow.
Shares at 0730 GMT were down 2.25 pence at 7.00 pence.
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Ishaan Khatter’s ‘Pippa’ teaser out, war drama to release on December 2
Directed by ‘Airlift’ maker Raja Krishna Menon, the film is headlined by Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur, Priyanshu Painyuli, and Soni Razdan
On the occasion of India’s 76th Independence Day, the makers of Pippa unveiled the film's teaser and also announced its new release date. The war drama, headlined by Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur, Priyanshu Painyuli, and Soni Razdan, will hit screens on December 2
Backed by producers Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur, the film is directed by Raja Krishna Menon, best known for Akshay Kumar-led Airlift.
Pippa is billed as a heroic tank battle film, that underscores the bravery of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta (Ishaan), a veteran of the 45th Cavalry tank squadron, who, along with his siblings, fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
The film is based on The Burning Chaffees, written by Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta. The movie takes its title from the Russian amphibious war tank called the PT-76, popularly known as "Pippa".
Notably, the film has music scored by AR Rahman.
Producer Ronnie Screwvala said they are looking forward to presenting the film to audiences worldwide. "Pippa, set in 1971 against the backdrop of one of the largest refugee migrations in modern history that then led to the liberation and formation of a country, is a story that must be told and we can’t wait to unravel the scale of this epic movie to audiences world-wide on December 2," the producer said in a statement.
Siddharth Roy Kapur said they are honoured to bring out the inspiring story of Pippa. "We are honoured to bring audiences this inspiring story of the birth of Bangladesh, through the incredible journey of an Indian family on the frontlines. Under Raja’s able direction, with a soundscape created by AR Rahman, and with an incredible cast and crew, 'Pippa' will come to cinemas around the world on 2nd December," he said.
Here’s the teaser of the film:
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Before Joanne Ingham's death in June the infamous stowaway twin was involved in an altercation that left her with cuts to her face.
Now her attacker, Tania Korau, has been sentenced for smashing the 43-year-old in the head with a "patu", a small wooden club, during a drinking session that turned sour last year.
Ingham and her twin sister Sarah captivated the nation in the late 1990s when they made headlines for stowing away on a Malaysian container ship in New Zealand.
The pair jumped overboard somewhere near Queensland, and after surviving shark and crocodile-infested waters, told their remarkable story to Paul Holmes on television, marking one of the most famous Kiwi interviews of all time.
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Advertise with NZME.In June, the mother-of-two's body was found in a Wellington motel. Her death is still under investigation by the coroner.
Korau, 52, was today sentenced in the Wellington District Court to community detention and 12 months of intensive supervision for the attack on Ingham.
In March last year, Korau and Ingham had been drinking together in a flat when a hostile encounter prompted the violent attack, a summary of facts said.
Ingham had been drinking in the afternoon with another person before meeting with Korau and someone else in Newtown, Wellington.
Drinking into the evening, Ingham asked if they could go to Korau's home in the nearby suburb of Berhampore, which they did.
While sitting on the couch in the lounge, Ingham kicked over a coffee table into Korau, the summary read.
"Taking exception" to the seemingly unprovoked attack, Korau reached for a wooden ornament – which she called a "patu" - that had fallen off the table.
She struck Ingham about the head three times with the wooden object, causing multiple cuts to her face.
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Advertise with NZME.The attack left Ingham's face bloodied and caused a 3cm laceration to her upper eyelid, a 3cm laceration to her forehead, and a haematoma on her scalp.
She also had a superficial cut on the bridge of her nose.
Korau took Ingham into the bathroom where she helped clean blood off her face.
After about half an hour the group left to get help. Walking toward the hospital, they stopped a member of the public who called emergency services, the summary said.
Korau told police she assaulted Ingham because she was defending herself.
Judge Jan Kelly said Korau had a background of deprivation and mental health issues, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety from violence she had suffered in her past.
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Advertise with NZME.Korau's issues had been exacerbated by her past and the violence she had suffered at the hands of others.
These challenges contributed to Korau's alcohol addition, Judge Kelly said.
Probation said Korau had a "difficult passage through life", and had accepted responsibility for her behaviour.
She didn't, however, express concern or care for Ingham's welfare.
Judge Kelly sentenced Korau to five months of community detention and 12 months of intensive supervision.
"I wish you well. It's a hard thing to do but it's really important you do that drug and alcohol counseling," Judge Kelly said. | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ingham-twin-attacked-by-drinking-buddy-year-before-her-death-in-june/RMGP7NU7JEQ57GNXHDI33QHOTI/?c_id=1&objectid=12544990 | 2022-08-15T08:27:09Z | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ingham-twin-attacked-by-drinking-buddy-year-before-her-death-in-june/RMGP7NU7JEQ57GNXHDI33QHOTI/?c_id=1&objectid=12544990 | true |
- Gold Price erases Friday’s rebound to test the crtiical 50 DMA at $1,782.
- China-led risk-aversion inspires the US dollar rally while yields recover.
- Focus shifts to US Retail Sales and Fed minutes for the next big move in XAU/USD.
Gold Price is tumbling towards the $1,780 level in European trading, having struggled around $1,800 earlier in the Asian session.
The risk-off market profile remains at full steam after Chinese activity came in below forecasts and fuelled growth concerns. Further, unexpected rate cuts by the PBOC amplified concerns over an economic slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. Investors seek refuge in the US dollar amid the market panic, as US-Sino tensions also remain rife. A US congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, less than two weeks after the contentious visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Also read: Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD closes the week above 50 DMA, what’s next?
The greenback also finds fresh support from the renewed uptick in the US Treasury yields, as investors reassess Fed tightening expectations after Friday’s strong Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. The preliminary August estimate of the UoM consumer sentiment index rose to three-month highs of 3.6 points to 55.1 from a July reading of 51.5. The inflation expectations sub-index eased, which triggered a sharp risk rally on Wall Street.
In absence of the first-tier US economic release, the Fed rate hike expectations and risk trends will have a significant impact on the bright metal. The main event risk for this week is Wednesday’s FOMC minutes, which will set a fresh direction for the bullion if it hints at the Fed’s future policy path.
Gold Price: Daily chart
Daily closing below the 50-Daily Moving Average (DMA) resistance-turned-support at $1,782 is critical to offsetting the recent recovery momentum. Bears will then look out for the $1,770 round figure, below which the 21 DMA at $1,756 will be tested.
On the upside, another strong attempt above the $1,800 mark will probe the monthly high of $1,808, above which fresh buying opportunities will emerge.
Gold Price: Additional levels to consider
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 14, 2022
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National Weather Service Lubbock TX
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
TXZ035-152115-
Lubbock-
Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ026-152115-
Childress-
Including the cities of Childress and Kirkland
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ021-152115-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ022-152115-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ023-152115-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ024-152115-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows around 70. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ025-152115-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ027-152115-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast
5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly 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 80s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. 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
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ028-152115-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast
after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly 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 80s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ029-152115-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north after
midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ030-152115-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around
10 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ031-152115-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around
10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ032-152115-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 70. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ033-152115-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy after
midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. 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
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ034-152115-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ036-152115-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ037-152115-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...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 lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ038-152115-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ039-152115-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly 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 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ040-152115-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ041-152115-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ042-152115-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds around
10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ043-152115-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ044-152115-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
337 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
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TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Sunday, August 14, 2022
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National Weather Service Shreveport LA
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
TXZ096-160000-
Red River-
Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. West winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance
of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as warm with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows
around 70. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 90. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ108-160000-
Franklin-
Including the city of Mount Vernon
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly cloudy. Hot
with highs around 101. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 103. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 102. West winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as hot with highs around 90.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ109-111-160000-
Titus-Morris-
Including the cities of Mount Pleasant, Daingerfield, Lone Star,
Naples, and Omaha
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming south this afternoon. Heat index values up
to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance
of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning. Not as warm with
highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ112-160000-
Cass-
Including the cities of Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs,
and Queen City
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 101.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph. Heat index values up to 106 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. West winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat
index values up to 104.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ124-160000-
Wood-
Including the cities of Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, and Hawkins
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. Heat index
values up to 106.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as hot with highs around 90.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ110-125-160000-
Camp-Upshur-
Including the cities of Pittsburg, Gilmer, and Big Sandy
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 102. West winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows around 70.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ136-160000-
Smith-
Including the city of Tyler
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 101.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. West winds
5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as hot with highs in the lower
90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ137-160000-
Gregg-
Including the city of Longview
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 101.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
mid 90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ126-138-160000-
Marion-Harrison-
Including the cities of Jefferson and Marshall
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values around 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph. Heat index values up to 104 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. West winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 70.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ151-160000-
Panola-
Including the city of Carthage
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index readings up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Not as warm
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ150-160000-
Rusk-
Including the city of Henderson
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Not as hot
with highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ149-160000-
Cherokee-
Including the cities of Jacksonville and Rusk
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up
to 106.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening. Partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ153-160000-
Shelby-
Including the city of Center
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...A chance of showers in the evening. Partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ152-160000-
Nacogdoches-
Including the city of Nacogdoches
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Heat index values up
to 106.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot with highs in
the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ165-160000-
Angelina-
Including the city of Lufkin
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Hot with highs
in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
TXZ166-167-160000-
San Augustine-Sabine-
Including the cities of San Augustine, Hemphill, and Pineland
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming south around 5 mph this
afternoon. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 104.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers. Hot. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
LAZ017-018-160000-
Sabine-Natchitoches-
Including the cities of Many, Zwolle, Pleasant Hill,
and Natchitoches
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance
of showers. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Hot with
highs around 90. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 70. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
LAZ010-011-160000-
De Soto-Red River-
Including the cities of Mansfield, Stonewall, Logansport,
Coushatta, and Martin
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Not as warm
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows
in the lower 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
LAZ001-002-160000-
Caddo-Bossier-
Including the cities of Shreveport and Bossier City
314 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy. Hot with highs around 100.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds
around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 106 early in the evening.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 101. West winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values up to 105.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Not as warm
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows around 70.
Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
lower 90s. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
$$
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RICHMOND, Va. — Police said a man was found dead after being shot overnight Monday in Mosby Court.
Officers were called to the 1300 block of Coalter Street just before 1 a.m. for a report of a person shot, according to Richmond Police.
They found a man with a gunshot wound who was pronounced dead at the scene.
This all happened around the Oliver Crossing apartment complex behind Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School.
The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death.
Anyone with information about this death investigation can call Detective J. Crewell at (804) 646-5324 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email newstips@wtvr.com to send a tip. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond-police-mosby-court-death-coalter-street-august-15-2022 | 2022-08-15T09:02:44Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond-police-mosby-court-death-coalter-street-august-15-2022 | true |
LOWER MOUNT BETHEL TWP, Pa. -- State Police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash in Northampton County.
The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Martins Creek and Belvidere Highway in Lower Mount Bethel Township.
An emergency communication official says the coroner was called to the scene.
The accident happened when the motorcyclist activated the brakes, but failed to stop in time, hitting a vehicle at the stop sign.
The driver of the vehicle was not injured in the crash. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/person-dies-in-northampton-county-motorcycle-crash/article_040cc084-1bb4-11ed-826b-137f1549a544.html | 2022-08-15T09:16:48Z | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/person-dies-in-northampton-county-motorcycle-crash/article_040cc084-1bb4-11ed-826b-137f1549a544.html | true |
WNC History: Martin Luther King Jr.'s trips to Black Mountain, Montreat
“I had the privilege of meeting Martin Luther King (in 1964),” Black Mountain resident Inez Daughtery recalled in an early 2000s interview. “And he talked to me at length about the things he was going through and the things he was doing. And he told me … ‘Mrs. Daugherty,’ he said, ‘…the work I’m doing. ... I know that I am going to die a violent death. ... And I live prepared to meet my Maker each day because I know that I will be killed.’ And he was. He was.”
A few months after the murder of four young girls in the bombing of an Alabama church and a few weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Lyndon B. Johnson about racial justice. Days later, King flew from Washington to Asheville for a much-needed retreat with members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Black Mountain.
King made many public visits to central North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, including to Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and Rocky Mount, but he only made two known visits to Western North Carolina – in January 1964 and August 1965. Both visits occurred during key moments in the civil rights movement.
Retreat at In-the-Oaks, Jan. 20-22, 1964
King had been relatively quiet about his plans to retreat in Black Mountain due to impending threats to his life. And on the short drive from the Asheville airport to Black Mountain, King’s party stopped to alert a Highway Patrol Officer that a 1960 white Oldsmobile driven by a white man appeared to be tailing their vehicle.
King was not only concerned about threats from civilians, however. He was also aware of ongoing FBI surveillance. So, he and his colleagues said little publicly about the Black Mountain retreat.
But the FBI still had their sources. From a Dec. 18, 1963, confidential memo, the FBI learned that King had said that he was planning a “retreat like” conference at In-the-Oaks, an estate-turned-retreat center in Black Mountain, which would “give (him and his associates) time to get a little recreation.”
King also mentioned that In-the-Oaks had a swimming pool and bowling alley and that he was “thinking of taking 20 or 30 people … (to) sit down and really discuss the program … for 1964.” King planned for the retreat to be a “where do we go from here discussion.”
Like King, the local media was tight lipped about his visit to the area - but for different reasons. Many editors did not want to seem politically aligned with King. A few larger papers from outside the region, however, did feature coverage of the retreat. One Charlotte paper wrote that, according to King, though churches had made progress on civil rights issues, “11 o’clock on Sunday morning is still the most segregated hour in America.”
Decades later, Asheville Citizen reporter Lewis Green remembered being assigned to cover the retreat.
In his memoir, "Of Human Interest," Green, a white man, recalled, “My beat was normally the police/courts beat, and since there were heavy security considerations about King’s visits, that came under my beat. ... (King) would fly into the Asheville Airport, where he was met by functionaries. ... Henry P. Clay was Sheriff at that time, and he provided several deputies to escort King’s convoys to the destination and back to the airport. One black officer he always assigned personally to MLK was the late Bruce Steele of West Asheville. I generally rode in one of the cruisers. At that time, King was hotly controversial and in keeping with its policy, the newspaper management did not want very much written.”
No coverage of King’s visit appeared in the Asheville paper until after his departure. The weekly Black Mountain News made no mention of the well-known minister.
And, there is no complete, official account of the retreat, despite the fact that King’s colleagues audio taped their discussions. When one of King’s advisers warned that the FBI was attempting to infiltrate the organization, all recordings of the summit were destroyed.
As formerly-classified documents from the FBI detail, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who feared King would align himself with the Communist party, sent agents to In-the-Oaks. They recruited a local person (name redacted) to spy on King.
Ultimately, little was reported to the FBI other than a vague post-meeting summary that read, “they discussed the accomplishments (in the civil rights movement) for 1963, and the program for 1964.”
Still, despite limited records, historians believe that a major focus of the retreat was how to “counter allegations of Communist influence on their movement, and when, where, and how to mount new civil disobedience campaigns.”
Oral histories from those in attendance give a more detailed picture of King’s leisure time in Black Mountain. Reverend C.T. Vivian, who attended the summit, told historian Ben Kamin, “(King) did sometimes (unwind) during those days in the mountains, believe it or not. ... There was some relaxing time and jokes and fun. We took breaks and played softball and Ping-Pong, cards, and Martin just seemed to let off a lot of steam.”
In an early 2000s interview, Inez Daughtery recalled, “I was working at In-the-Oaks down at the Episcopal Center, and they came for a retreat. (King), Andrew Young and Ralph Abernathy and their group.”
Though King had been advised to travel by car rather than plane for better anonymity, he chose to fly. Daughtery remembered, “The minute he stepped off the plane (in Asheville) and got in the terminal, some lady said, ‘Hello, King.’ It was out.”
“Next morning,” Daugherty continued, “the phone was ringing all day (at In-the-Oaks), looking for King. (They’d say), ‘He’s in this area, somewhere and we want to find him. We want to know where he is.’”
“So finally, about five o’clock that evening, Henry Clay, the sheriff … called. ... I said, ‘Mr. Clay, I want to ask you something.’ He said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘What do you want with Mr. King?’ He said, ‘Well, Inez, a man of his stature, status and all,’ he said, ‘people want to do him harm. Wherever he is, I want to give him protection.’ So, I said, ‘Well, I’ll talk to my manager and he’ll talk to you and tell you if he’s here or not.’ And (Clay) sent (Bruce Steele) out to patrol the area.”
“And, one afternoon, there’s a young white man came (and) rang the bell. ‘I heard King is here.’ (The young man) was going to come in the house. Well, they didn’t know whether he wanted to see (King) or do him harm so they got the police to get him away from there.”
Despite these minor threats, the retreat itself seemingly went off without any major hitches.
The most significant trouble came as King’s party departed Black Mountain. The group boarded an 8:30 p.m. departing flight from Asheville to Atlanta and were immediately asked to deplane. There was an active bomb threat. As King walked back to the airport from the plane, he remarked to a staff member, “I’ve told you all that I don’t expect to survive this revolution; this society’s too sick.”
According to an FBI memo, a female, who identified herself as a telephone operator from Birmingham, Alabama, called the Asheville Airport and asked to speak with King.
King’s assistant, Wyatt Tee Walker, took the call. The woman told Walker, “You had better get that S.O.B. out of Asheville, North Carolina. I hope there is a bomb on the plane,” then hung up the phone.
Apparently, the same woman had called the day previously and said “something about they better get Marth Luther King out of Black Mountain before somebody kills him,” and had also called twice before King arrived at the airport on the 22nd to ask where King was staying and what flight he was on out of Asheville. There was some hesitancy among local officials about whether the call was long-distance or local. The plane was searched. No bomb was located, and the plane departed Asheville at 11:17 p.m. King and his party arrived home safely.
The bomb scare did make local papers, likely because Asheville Citizen reporter Lewis Green managed to sneak onto the plane to help search for the bomb.
Following the search, Green - a controversial figure in town at the best of times - had a conversation with King in the airport waiting room. King asked him, “Now, as a middle-class white man, what are you doing for Civil Rights?” Green denied being middle class and told King, “I’m active in programs on alcoholism. I just can’t save the whole world. You take care of the black problem and I’ll handle what drunks I can, black or white.”
Still, at the time, Green only wrote in the newspaper, “King declined to comment while he waited except to observe this was the first time he had been forced to leave a plane.”
Newspapers across the United States, and even into Canada, covered the bomb threat, but wrote little, if anything, about the retreat itself.
Keynote speech at Montreat’s Anderson Auditorium, Aug. 21, 1965
Over a year and a half later, King returned to Western North Carolina, this time for a public appearance as the keynote speaker at the Christian Action Conference of the Southern Presbyterian Church. The conference theme was “The Church and Civil Rights.”
King had originally been set to open the three-day event but was delayed by a major riot in the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles. King detoured to LA to help diffuse the tension, then made his way to North Carolina, arriving on Aug. 20, 1965.
In the months leading up to the conference, the Presbyterian Church fielded letters, telegrams, and phone calls expressing strong feelings about King’s planned speech – some in support, many in opposition. An Aug. 6, 1965, article in the Asheville Citizen entitled “King’s Montreat Talk Already Stirs Unrest,” reported “King’s scheduled speech at Montreat, N.C., this month has caused considerable controversy. ... The invitation to King had brought communications opposing it. But … there were also communications commending the board for its action.”
Opposition to the King’s presence at the conference had been ongoing for months inside and outside the church. Shortly after King had been invited and agreed to be the keynote speaker for the conference, a South Carolina elder within the Presbyterian organization had requested that the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church withdraw the invitation. But the General Assembly voted 311 to 120 to reject the request. Though the church continued to receive opposition, there was no further discussion of rescinding his invitation.
As the date of King’s speech approached, the FBI — as they simultaneously worked to discredit the civil rights icon — were on high alert for any threats to King’s security. On Aug. 14, 1965, an informant told the FBI that he had overhead “a man, whose name he did not know, say something about having two 8 millimeter rifles which would pinpoint a target 500 yards. When asked what he was talking about, he said, ‘I guess he was talking about that S.O.B. who is coming to Montreat next week.’” The FBI informed law enforcement in Asheville.
On Aug. 15, white evangelist Billy Graham, who made his home in Montreat, spoke about the L.A. riots to an “overflow” audience in Anderson Auditorium, where King was scheduled to speak in two days’ time.
A staff writer for the Asheville paper wrote on the front page alongside headlines about the riots, “Although he didn’t name any individual, it could be inferred that he was referring to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (when he said), ‘Any religious leader can express his personal views as an individual. However, President Johnson and the Congress are perfectly capable of handling American foreign affairs if they have the support of the people.’” Graham was specifically referring to King’s outspoken critiques of the Vietnam War.
As the nation watched the L.A. riots, concern among local residents and law enforcement about King’s visit grew. A Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1965, article in The Charlotte Observer entitled “Don’t Visit N.C., King Told,” read “Solicitor Robert S. Swain of Buncombe County said Monday after conferring with law enforcement officers he felt it would be better if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not visit a church meeting at Montreat Thursday. ‘We do not need any outside agitators in this area,’ said Swain in an interview with a local radio station. Swain said he made his remarks in view of the riots in Los Angeles.”
Swain continued by asking “that there be no demonstrations against the King visit” and that “there was always an element in a community that could cause trouble.” He felt King’s visit might “set them off.”
And, on the day King was set to arrive, “’anti-King’ literature was distributed … at this usually peaceful community, the home of The Rev. Billy Graham, the evangelist, by ‘a lot of people who were unknown … a rough looking group.’”
Henry P. Clay was still sheriff of the county. He had received reports “that certain outside violent hate groups ha(d) planned demonstrations and law-breaking acts at this gathering,” but declined to name the groups. “We’ll screen everyone coming in,” he said, “and we’ll search autos and individuals for guns if necessary.”
The Asheville paper, which had only covered King’s impending visit on page 18 the day before, placed news of the delay of his talk on the front page with the reason for his cancellation – “he is visiting Los Angeles.”
King rescheduled his talk for Saturday, Aug. 21, 1965, at 2 p.m. He arrived at the Asheville airport at 1 p.m. Five sheriff’s deputies escorted King from the airport to Montreat.
Sheriff Clay told the Asheville paper that “the sole responsibility for the safety of King has been thrust upon my department by the Federal agencies.” As such, though the speech was supposed to be open to the general public, Clay said he would refuse entrance to anyone who did not have “business there.” Clay continued, “It is my intent that this county remain peaceful and law-abiding. Recent happenings such as those in California, Chicago, and Massachusetts will not occur in Buncombe County.”
Glenn and Evelyn Bannerman, two long-time white Montreat residents, recalled of King’s visit, “People were concerned about what might happen and what demonstrators might do to the extent that some of the Montreat maintenance staff armed themselves with (pistols) because somebody feels like something's going to happen.”
Montreat remained peaceful that day. King took the podium and spoke for nearly an hour to a crowd of hundreds - perhaps thousands. “The greatest challenge facing the church today is the racial situation,” King said to the audience. After the speech and a question and answer session, King greeted the gathered crowd. One local resident and member of Black Mountain’s Black community, Jessie Sherrill, impulsively asked for his autograph.
King was escorted back to the airport. His flight took off just after 5 p.m. without incident.
Fifty years later, in commemoration of King’s speech in Montreat, the Montreat Conference Center hosted another three-day conference in Anderson Auditorium entitled, “King's Unfinished Agenda: A Teach-In for Rededicating Ourselves to the Dream."
Keynote speaker, activist and Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts, speaking exactly 50 years after King from the same pulpit, said, “Half a century ago, Martin Luther King came to this place fresh from a riot in ... Los Angeles to give a speech. If you listen closely, much of what King had to say was actually about the church’s failure … about its moral timidity, its refusal to lead in the cause of justice. ‘People of faith’ said King, ‘have an obligation to speak up for racial justice’ but ... ‘we must admit ... that all too often the church has been lax at this point. All too often, in the midst of social evil, too many Christians have somehow stood still only to mouth pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities. All too often, in the midst of racial injustice, too many Christians have remained silent behind the safe security of stained glass windows.’ And so, here we are.”
Anne Chesky Smith is the executive director of the Western North Carolina Historical Association in Asheville. | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/wnc-history-martin-luther-king-jr-trips-black-mountain-montreat/10281114002/ | 2022-08-15T09:21:12Z | https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/08/14/wnc-history-martin-luther-king-jr-trips-black-mountain-montreat/10281114002/ | false |
China forced to cut rates as zero-Covid policy hits growth - live updates
UK’s first four-day week trial battles staff confusion and rota chaos
FTSE 100 edges higher
Roger Bootle: Our ailing economy needs another dose of Thatcher’s shock treatment
China has cut a key lending rate in a bid to shore up its economy after new data showed its slowdown deepened in July due to a worsening property slump and continued Covid lockdowns.
The People’s Bank of China cut its policy rates, bringing its seven-day reverse repurchase rate – a key rate at which the central bank provides short-term liquidity to banks – to a new low.
It also cut its one-year medium-term lending facility, surprising analysts.
It came after retail sales, industrial output and investment all slowed in July, while the unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 hit a record high.
The figures highlight a crisis of confidence among Chinese businesses and households, adding another threat to the world economy as global demand falters.
10:06 AM
Gas prices rises amid heatwave and dry rivers
Natural gas prices rose again this morning as scorching temperatures dry up rivers and boost demand at a time when supplies are already under pressure.
Very low water levels in rivers including the Rhine are making it difficult for fuel supplies to be transported, meaning gas demand could rise.
That's on top of higher cooling demand, while markets are still grappling with the impact of Putin's supply cuts.
Benchmark European prices increased as much as 2.5pc this morning, while the UK equivalent was up 2.3pc.
09:50 AM
Joules hires former Compare The Market chief as new boss
Joules has hired the former chief executive of Compare The Market as its new boss.
Jonathon Brown will take over the top job from Nick Jones, who announced plans to leave the business in May.
The reshuffle comes after a torrid start to the year for the upmarket retailer, which has issued several profit warnings in the face of surging inflation and waning consumer confidence. Shares have dropped more than 80pc over the last 12 months.
Joules also confirmed last week it's in talks to sell a minority stake to Next for as much as £15m.
Mr Brown will join the company on September 7 for a handover period, before taking the reins fully at the end of the month.
He was most recently chief executive of Compare The Market, before which he led MandM Direct. He also previously held director roles at B&Q owner Kingfisher and John Lewis.
09:30 AM
Saudi Aramco rakes in record £40bn profit
ICYMI – Saudi Aramco has announced the biggest quarterly profit of any public company in history thanks to surging oil prices and demand.
Laura Onita reports:
The state-controlled fossil fuel giant made a profit of $48.4bn in the three months to the end of June, up 90pc on the same period a year earlier and equivalent to around half a billion dollars of profit every day.
Aramco’s haul almost equalled the combined profits of the five biggest Western oil companies during the same period. BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and TotalEnergies made a combined $51bn in the second quarter, breaking their own profit records in the process.
The Saudi profits also comfortably eclipsed Apple’s best ever quarter. The iPhone maker, which recently overtook Aramco as the world's biggest company by market capitalisation, made $34bn in the first three months of the year.
Oil companies have been boosted by soaring demand and escalating prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war has disrupted supplies and prompted Western sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s oil, which has restricted global supply.
09:15 AM
Oil extends losses as China outlook darkens
Oil prices have fallen further at the start of the week as traders weighed up concerns about falling demand from China.
Benchmark Brent crude dropped 1.7pc to below $96.50 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was trading under $91.
Markets were rattled by China's unexpected decision to cut lending rates as it boosts support for an economy hit by lockdowns and property woes. The country's apparent oil demand was about 10pc lower in July than last year.
But traders also have an eye on the prospect of more supply from Iran amid signs of progress in efforts to revive a nuclear deal.
08:52 AM
FTSE risers and fallers
The FTSE 100 has gained ground in early trading as investors look ahead to inflation data due later this week.
The blue-chip index rose as much as 0.4pc, before paring gains to just 0.1pc.
AstraZeneca was the biggest boost to the index, rising 2pc after it reported positive results from its phase 3 trial of breast cancer drug Enhertu.
Electronics group RS Group was the biggest riser, up as much as 5.5pc amid reports its preparing to bolster its defences against a possible takeover bid.
Housebuilders including Berkeley, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey and miners Anglo American and Rio Tino slipped into the red.
The domestically-focused FTSE 250 lost 0.1pc, with Trainline down as much as 3.5pc.
08:32 AM
Property asking prices fall by most in two years
Property asking prices have tumbled at the sharpest pace in almost two-and-a-half years as a traditional summer lull was compounded by a slowdown in the market.
The cost of new homes listed for sale fell 1.3pc in August, reducing the annual rate of growth to 8.2pc from 9.3pc, according to data from Rightmove.
The biggest drop was felt in the country's most expensive homes, while London was the region with the largest decline.
Rightmove said prices typically fall in August as buyers go on holiday and gear up for the return to school. But separate figures suggest higher interest rates and a deepening cost-of-living crisis are starting to weigh on the property market.
Tim Bannister at Rightmove said:
Several indicators point to activity in the market continuing to cool from the lofty heights of the last two years. It's likely that the impact of interest rate rises will gradually filter through during the rest of the year.
08:13 AM
Insurer Phoenix Group posts record first half
Phoenix Group has hailed a strong start to the year despite a "challenging" economic backdrop.
The FTSE 100 life insurance group struck an upbeat tone on the outlook after cash generation jumped 8.9pc to a record £950m in the six months to the end of June.
It added that cash generation was expected to be at the top end of its target range of between £1.3bn and £1.4bn for the full year.
Phoenix said trading was boosted by new business, with cash generated by new clients more than doubling to £430m over the half year.
It comes a week after the company continued its recent acquisition spree with a £248m takeover of Sun Life UK.
Shares ticked up 0.8pc in early trading.
08:03 AM
FTSE 100 opens higher
The FTSE 100 has started the week in positive territory, with traders looking ahead to inflation figures due on Wednesday.
The blue-chip index rose 0.4pc to 7,531 points.
07:51 AM
China shocks with rate cut amid economic slowdown
China has cut a key lending rate in a bid to shore up its economy after new data showed its slowdown deepened in July due to a worsening property slump and continued Covid lockdowns.
The People's Bank of China cut its policy rates, bringing its seven-day reverse repurchase rate – a key rate at which the central bank provides short-term liquidity to banks – to a new low.
It also cut its one-year medium-term lending facility, surprising analysts.
It came after retail sales, industrial output and investment all slowed in July, while the unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 hit a record high.
The figures highlight a crisis of confidence among Chinese businesses and households, adding another threat to the world economy as global demand falters.
07:39 AM
Russia resumes bond trading for 'friendly' nations
Good morning.
Russia has taken a step towards reopening its markets – but only for countries it deems "friendly".
Bond trading will resume on the Moscow Exchange today for investors from “countries that are not hostile” – meaning those that haven’t targeted Russia with sanctions.
China and Turkey are likely to be included in that group. But the move excludes countries such as EU states, Canada and Japan, which together made up 90pc of investments in Russia last year.
It marks the end of a near six-month shutdown, with Putin halting bond and stock markets in the wake of his invasion of Ukraine in late February.
5 things to start your day
1) Saudi Aramco books record profit as oil demand soars: State-owned giant makes record $48.4bn in second quarter.
2) Nine in 10 Bank of England staff handed bonuses as inflation soars: More than 300 employees received a bonus of between £10,000 and £15,000.
3) Pubs and restaurants warn of winter closures as energy bills soar 300pc: Industry pushes for consumer-style price cap and says crisis ‘no less of a threat’ than drought hitting Britain
4) UK’s first four-day week trial battles staff confusion and rota chaos: Companies involved say the policy may not survive beyond the ‘bumpy’ experiment
5) The Peckham Thatcherite who ‘straightened out’ Stormzy: Carpet tycoon Lord Harris has won praise from the rapper for his commitment to education
What happened overnight
Tokyo shares opened higher this morning following gains on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.6pc, while the broader Topix index climbed 0.2pc.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong stocks dropped at the open, with the Hang Seng Index plummeting 0.7pc. The Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.3pc and the Shenzhen Composite Index on China's second exchange slipped 0.2pc.
Coming up today
Corporate: Phoenix Group (Interim results)
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Killyleagh: Man charged after women badly hurt in hit-and-run
- Published
A 21-year-old man has been charged with driving offences after two women were seriously injured in a hit-and-run.
The women were taken to hospital after the incident in Killyleagh in County Down on Sunday.
The pedestrians, aged in their 50s, were struck by a small black car on the Crossgar Road at about 08:30 BST.
Their injuries are serious but not believed to be life-threatening, according to police.
The man faces charges for causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
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BANGKOK — Recent executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar have reenergized efforts to get the United States and other countries to impose further sanctions against military leaders who ousted an elected government early last year.
That makes MOGE a key target in the push to cut off funding for the military’s efforts to quash a widespread public backlash against its February 2021 seizure of power.
Myanmar, also called Burma, has been ruled by the military for most of the past 70 years. The army’s takeover interrupted a gradual transition toward democratic civilian government and a more modern, open economy and resulted in a slew of sanctions against the military, which controls many industries, army family members and cronies.
The hangings in late July of four political activists prompted condemnation and stronger calls from U.S. lawmakers and others for Myanmar’s neighbors, especially the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to exert more pressure on the country’s military rulers.
“It is time for them to impose meaningful consequences on the junta in Burma that is literally getting away with murder,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a supporter of ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a recent statement. If Myanmar’s neighbors and ASEAN won’t do more, the U.S. should “turn up the heat” on the army and its sources of financial support, he said.
“This should include sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise,” McConnell said.
In February, the European Union announced sanctions against MOGE, saying the military’s control means the company is “contributing to its capabilities to carry out activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma.”
Two of the other biggest Myanmar state companies, Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd. and Myanmar Economic Corp., already have been designated for U.S. sanctions.
Advocates of sanctions say they could make a difference if they are well-targeted and enforced. So far, Myanmar’s economy has been insulated somewhat from the penalties imposed by the U.S. and other Western governments after the military takeover. Most of its trade — especially lucrative sales of gems, rare earths and timber — is with nearby countries, especially China, which has been signaling growing support for the military-controlled government. Most big Western energy companies already have pulled out of oil and gas projects in the country.
That leaves only financial levers. Exports of oil and gas to China and Thailand earn about $2 billion a year, according to reports in its state media, and are a key source of the foreign exchange Myanmar needs to pay for imports of all kinds, including weapons used to fight opposition forces who took up arms after the army crushed peaceful protests.
The EU sanctions led the Bank of China to advise operators of the Shwe oil and gas field in northwestern Myanmar that it will not handle payments in euros to MOGE out of concern they might fall afoul of those restrictions, according to activists briefed by two of the companies operating the project, Posco International and Kogas. Two other people familiar with the situation confirmed that euro payments to MOGE were being kept in escrow accounts. The people spoke on condition they not be identified out of concern over risks for themselves, family members and associates.
The billions that other global banks have paid for violating sanctions against other countries are a strong incentive for compliance.
The EU, in announcing its sanctions, said that since MOGE was controlled by and generates revenue for the military, it was “contributing to its capabilities to carry out activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma.”
A 770 kilometer (475 mile) pipeline connects the Shwe field to China’s Yunnan province. It is the only major project whose contracts call for revenue from gas sales to be paid in euros, rather than U.S. dollars.
A spokesman for Posco International, which has a 51% stake in the project, confirmed that those revenues were being paid into an escrow account. Posco is being paid its share as normal, Song Chan, the spokesman, said in an emailed reply to questions. He said he could not comment on the status of payments to the other companies participating in the oil and gas pipeline.
Otherwise, the project was operating as normal, he said, referring further questions to China National United Oil Co., which buys gas from the Shwe project and pays sales revenue. That company, a subsidiary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp., did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did CNPC nor the Bank of China.
Korea Gas Corp., which has an 8.5% stake in the Shwe fields, did not reply to a request for comment.
The fact that the Shwe project has continued to send gas to China suggests that sanctions can be implemented without disrupting livelihoods or supplies of natural gas in Myanmar, said Keel Dietz, a policy adviser at the environmental non-profit Global Witness.
Critics of sanctions have often contended that they might harm employees of companies involved in the projects or worsen power shortages in the country. The Burma Act itself calls for assessing the potential impact of any sanctions against MOGE on people in Myanmar. The president could impose such sanctions if they would hinder abuses by Myanmar’s military after ensuring they would be in the U.S. national interest, with benefits outweighing any harm.
Even though the EU sanctions, imposed in February, have only affected the Shwe project, “it’s clear that EU sanctions had a meaningful impact on the thinking of at least one bank in a way that at the very least has raised costs for the junta in accessing their money,” Dietz said. “All of this was done with zero negative humanitarian impacts in Myanmar and Thailand.”
A lack of impact on gas supplies to Thailand from other projects would alleviate concerns that U.S. sanctions against MOGE might harm relations with Bangkok.
The executions that Myanmar carried out recently have deepened frustrations for its neighbors. Human rights advocates say dozens of democracy activists remain on Myanmar’s death row.
“If more executions are conducted, then things will have to be reconsidered,” said Prak Sokhonn, Cambodia’s foreign minister and ASEAN’s special envoy for Myanmar.
Outside ASEAN, the countries with closest ties and most sway over Myanmar, China and Russia, have signaled support for the military and are unlikely to do much to apply pressure.
The nine other ASEAN members are waiting to see what happens in coming months ahead of an annual summit meeting in November, Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah told reporters in Bangkok last week.
Saifuddin acknowledged that ASEAN countries, which tend to refrain from imposing economic sanctions against other members, are discussing that option as they search for ways to exert leverage on Myanmar’s military leaders.
“We did discuss this measure, but there was no conclusion,” Saifuddin said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/myanmar-executions-revive-pressure-for-more-sanctions/2022/08/15/a4026a40-1c7b-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | 2022-08-15T09:29:03Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/myanmar-executions-revive-pressure-for-more-sanctions/2022/08/15/a4026a40-1c7b-11ed-9ce6-68253bd31864_story.html | true |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Duval County in south central Texas...
Southeastern La Salle County in south central Texas...
Eastern Webb County in south central Texas...
* Until 530 AM CDT.
* At 331 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Benavides, Bruni, Realitos, Ramirez, Concepcion, Rios and Cruz
Calle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
320 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of Deep South Texas, including the following
counties, Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr and Willacy.
* WHEN...Until 515 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 320 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Rachal, San Manuel, Linn, Encino, El Coyote Ranch Airport,
Puerto Rico and La Reforma.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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WUHAN, China, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DouYu International Holdings Limited ("DouYu" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: DOYU), a leading game-centric live streaming platform in China and a pioneer in the eSports value chain, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights
- Total net revenues in the second quarter of 2022 were RMB1,833.2 million (US$273.7 million), compared with RMB2,336.8 million in the same period of 2021.
- Gross profit in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB309.0 million (US$46.1 million), compared with RMB306.5 million in the same period of 2021.
- Net loss in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB38.8 million (US$5.8 million), compared with RMB181.7 million in the same period of 2021.
- Adjusted net income[1] in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB23.5 million (US$3.5 million), compared with adjusted net loss of RMB145.1 million in the same period of 2021.
- Average mobile MAUs[2] in the second quarter of 2022 were 55.7 million, compared with 60.7 million in the same period of 2021.
- Quarterly average paying user[3] count in the second quarter of 2022 was 6.6 million, compared with 7.2 million in the same period of 2021.
Mr. Shaojie Chen, Chief Executive Officer of DouYu, commented, "During the second quarter, we maintained our focus on enriching our platform's content ecosystem and increased our investment and innovation in self-produced content. At the same time, we optimized our cost control mechanisms and carried out structural adjustments to enhance the quality of our revenue streams. We achieved substantial progress in this quarter, as demonstrated by our stable average mobile MAUs of 55.7 million and our improved financial performance, as our adjusted net income[1] reached RMB23.5 million. Going forward, we will remain committed to executing our business strategy in developing our game-centric comprehensive content platform by leveraging our deeper understanding of the preferences and characteristics of different user categories. Furthermore, we will continue to enrich our innovative tailor-made content in livestreaming, videos, graphics, and interactive communities. We will maintain our leading position in the traditional livestreaming industry by augmenting and developing our game-centric ecosystem and exploring new growth drivers to achieve sustainable and healthy growth."
Mr. Hao Cao, Vice President of DouYu, commented, "Our total revenue in the second quarter reached RMB1.83 billion and gross profit was RMB309.0 million, representing a gross margin of 16.9%. We also achieved adjusted net income[1] of RMB23.5 million. During this quarter, while we further invested into new business initiatives and self-produced content, we continued to optimize our operational efficiency and successfully implemented additional cost control measures. Our attention to operating efficiency has delivered tangible results with improved returns for each game, generating a sequential improvement of gross margin and a turnaround in our adjusted net profit in this quarter. As of the end of the second quarter, we have cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term and long-term bank deposits of RMB6,685 million. These abundant cash reserves will provide us with ample support to stabilize our core business operations as we navigate through the challenging macro environment. Looking ahead, we remain focused on enhancing our monetization capabilities and developing our operating model to improve operating efficiency as we strive to deliver long-term value to our shareholders."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total net revenues in the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 21.6% to RMB1,833.2 million (US$273.7million), compared with RMB2,336.8 million in the same period of 2021.
Livestreaming revenues in the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 18.8% to RMB1,768.3 million (US$264.0 million) from RMB2,178.1 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was due to the ongoing implementation of prudent operating strategies which primarily included the Company's adjustments to certain interactive features and related operations to promote the long-term development of its platform.
Advertising and other revenues in the second quarter of 2022 were RMB64.9 million (US$9.7 million), compared with RMB158.7 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to the continued exploration of new commercialization models by using a portion of advertising traffic that could have been directly monetized, as well as the soft demand for advertisements coupled with the resurgence of COVID-19 in China.
Cost of revenues in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB1,524.2 million (US$227.6million), a decrease of 24.9% compared with RMB2,030.2 million in the same period of 2021.
Revenue sharing fees and content costs in the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 27.2% to RMB1,314.7 million (US$196.3 million) from RMB1,806.8 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to decreased revenue sharing fees which outpaced the decrease in livestreaming revenues as a result of our effective implementation of prudent and ROI-focused operating strategies, as well as a significant decrease in copyright costs.
Bandwidth costs in the second quarter of 2022 decreased by 11.2% to RMB143.7million (US$21.5 million) from RMB161.8 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was mainly due to less peak bandwidth usage for fewer purchased eSports tournaments, as well as lower per unit bandwidth costs as a result of improved procurement efficiency.
Gross profit in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB309.0 million (US$46.1 million), compared with RMB306.5 million in the same period of 2021. Gross margin in the second quarter of 2022 improved to 16.9% from 13.1% in the same period of 2021. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to the decreases in both revenue sharing fees and copyright costs as a percentage of total net revenues.
Sales and marketing expenses in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 43.2% to RMB167.5 million (US$25.0 million) from RMB295.0 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was mainly attributable to the significant decrease in marketing expenses for user acquisition and decreased personnel-related expenses.
Research and development expenses in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 17.2% to RMB101.9 million (US$15.2million) from RMB123.0 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily attributable to the decrease in personnel-related expenses.
General and administrative expenses in the second quarter of 2022 decreased 11.7% to RMB90.7 million (US$13.5million) from RMB102.6 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to the decreased professional service fees.
Other operating income, net in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB20.4 million (US$3.0 million), compared with other operating income of RMB16.7 million in the same period of 2021.
Loss from operations in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB30.6 million (US$4.6 million), compared with RMB197.4 million in the same period of 2021.
Adjusted operating income in the second quarter of 2022, which adds back share-based compensation expenses, was RMB0.3 million (US$0.0 million), compared with adjusted operating loss of RMB165.1 million in the same period of 2021.
Net loss in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB38.8 million (US$5.8 million), compared with RMB181.7 million in the same period of 2021.
Adjusted net income in the second quarter of 2022, which excludes share-based compensation expenses, share of loss in equity method investments, and impairment loss of investments, was RMB23.5 million (US$3.5million), compared with adjusted net loss of RMB145.1 million in the same period of 2021.
Basic and diluted net loss per ADS[4] in the second quarter of 2022 were RMB0.10 (US$0.01) and RMB0.10 (US$0.01, respectively. Adjusted basic and diluted net income per ADS in the second quarter of 2022 were RMB0.10 (US$0.01) and RMB0.10 (US$0.01), respectively.
Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and bank deposits
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term and long-term bank deposits of RMB6,685 million (US$998.0 million), compared with RMB6,643 million as of December 31, 2021.
Conference Call Information
The Company will hold a conference call on August 15, 2022, at 7:00am Eastern Time (or 7:00pm Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:
The replay will be accessible through August 22, 2022, by dialing the following numbers:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.douyu.com/.
About DouYu International Holdings Limited
Headquartered in Wuhan, China, DouYu International Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: DOYU) is a leading game-centric live streaming platform in China and a pioneer in the eSports value chain. DouYu operates its platform on both PC and mobile apps to bring users access to immersive and interactive games and entertainment livestreaming, a wide array of video and graphic contents, as well as opportunities to participate in community events and discussions. By nurturing a sustainable technology-based talent development system and relentlessly producing high-quality content, DouYu consistently delivers premium content through integration of livestreaming, video, graphics, and virtual communities with a primary focus on games, especially on eSports. This enables DouYu to continuously expand its user base and enhance its user experience. For more information, please see http://ir.douyu.com/.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted operating (loss) income is calculated as loss from operation adjusted for share-based compensation expenses. Adjusted net (loss) income is calculated as net loss adjusted for share-based compensation expenses, share of loss in equity method investments, and impairment loss on investments. Adjusted net (loss) income attributable to DouYu is calculated as net loss attributable to DouYu adjusted for share-based compensation expenses, share of loss in equity method investments, and impairment loss of investments. Adjusted basic and diluted net (loss) income per ordinary share is non-GAAP net income attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of non-GAAP basic and diluted net (loss) income per ordinary share. The Company adjusted the impact of (i) share-based compensation expenses, (ii) share of loss in equity method investments, (iii) impairment loss of investments to understand and evaluate the Company's core operating performance. The non-GAAP financial measures are presented to enhance investors' overall understanding of the Company's financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. As non-GAAP financial measures have material limitations as analytical metrics and may not be calculated in the same manner by all companies, they may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. In light of the foregoing limitations, you should not consider non-GAAP financial measures as a substitute for, or superior to, such metrics in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Results" near the end of this release.
Exchange Rate Information
This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB6.6981 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on June 30, 2022, in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled in U.S. dollars at that rate on June 30, 2022, or at any other rate.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and a number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's results of operations and financial condition; the Company's business strategies; general market conditions, in particular the game live streaming market; the ability of the Company to retain and grow active and paying users; changes in general economic and business conditions in China; the impact of the COVID-19 to the Company's business operations and the economy in China and globally; any adverse changes in laws, regulations, rules, policies or guidelines applicable to the Company; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
342 AM CDT Mon Aug 15 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of Deep South Texas, including the following
counties, Hidalgo and Willacy.
* WHEN...Until 545 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 342 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Harlingen, Weslaco, Alamo, Donna, Mercedes, Elsa, Progreso,
Edcouch, La Villa, Hargill, Faysville, Lasara, Linn, Elsa
Public Library, Elsa Police Department, La Blanca, Lyndon B
Johnson Elementary School, Carlos Truan Junior High School,
Edcouch-Elsa High School and Edcouch City Hall.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
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enSRQ plans two premieres and honors contemporary classical music legends in new season
Even though they are primarily working out of the Dallas area this season, ensembleNEWSRQ founders George Nickson and Samantha Bennett are continuing to grow with their Sarasota-based contemporary classical music group.
The group has expanded its board of directors, which is now led by Dwight Currie, the retired associate director of museum programs for The Ringling, where he helped put together the Ringling International Arts Festival.
The board expansion means that Nickson, principal percussionist for the Dallas Symphony, and Bennett, principal second violinist for the Sarasota Orchestra who also will be performing with the Dallas Opera this season, can focus more of their time on planning concerts and artistic decisions.
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“We don’t have to do all of the administrative stuff,” Bennett said in a recent Zoom interview. “Even if we were still both full time in Sarasota, we’d need to move beyond that. enSRQ has grown a lot in the last couple of years and it was getting to be too much for us.”
Nickson said he and Bennett, his wife, are now co-artistic directors, which allows them to focus on the part of running a performing arts organization that they both enjoy most.
“The only reason why we were interested in doing it is to make great concerts with great people. We haven’t been as interested in building the red tape side of things,” he said. “We always developed, for better or worse, based on the artistic side. Bringing Dwight on as chair is the first step of a long-range vision to eventually not suffer from founders’ syndrome. There will eventually be an executive director. Then we can do even better work on the artistic side.”
The 2022-23 season, the organization’s seventh, will feature six programs, including collaborations with Sarasota Contemporary Dance and the Verdigris Ensemble, the premiere of a new commission from composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and tributes to composers George Crumb and Louis Andriessen, who recently died.
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Nickson said that last season was a time for rebuilding the audience, which grew with online streaming.
“We lost some of our momentum, but we have seen good growth in our streaming profile and have a good number in a broad geographic reach watching our virtual programs,” he said. “And there are still a good number of people in the Sarasota-Manatee area watching online.”
Concerts presented online during the 2020-21 season are still available for free and programs from last season are $10 each at ensrq.org.
The new lineup begins Oct. 10 at First Congregational Church in Sarasota with “First Voices,” featuring works that are new to the group, including “Talow’ Hiloha (Thunder Song),” a piece by Chickasaw classical composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate for solo timpani. The program also includes Inti Figgis-Vizueta’s “Imago” for string quartet; Elizabeth Ogonek’s “Lightenings” for violin, piano, clarinet and percussion; and Gabriela Ortiz’s “Pico-Bite-Beat” for percussion, string quartet and electronics.
On Dec. 4, enSRQ will join with Sarasota Contemporary Dance for a program that explores, rhythms, dance and song from around the world, with music by Iannis Xanaxis, Mario Carro, Bright Sheng and Lou Harrison.
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The group will remember composer George Crumb and those he influenced on Jan. 16 with “Crumb.” They refer to him as “the second dean of American music” after Aaron Copeland. Crumb died at age 92 in February.
The program features Crumb’s “Madrigals,” for soprano, flute and percussion; “Idyll for the Misbegotten” for flute and three percussion; and “Black Angels” for string quartet and electronics. It also includes Margaret Brouwer’s 1997 piece “Demeter Prelude” for string quartet.
The Feb. 6 “Vespers for a Dark Age,” is a collaboration with the Verdigris Ensemble, a contemporary chamber choir from Dallas. Together they will perform works by Christopher Cerrone and Missy Mazzoli, who Nickson describes as “two really well-known current up and coming darlings of contemporary music. They are pushing music in similar directions and they both wrote successful operas recently.”
Bennett noted the concert marks enSRQ’s first program with a choral ensemble.
On March 20, “And the Hits Keep Coming” features a co-commissioned new work from Turnage for a percussion sextet. It is part of a consortium involving the New England Conservatory, The Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music and Southern Methodist University. The concert also includes the world premiere of “Kagome,” a piece enSRQ commissioned from Shaun Tilburg for voice and two percussion. Tilburg is principal percussion for the Phoenix Symphony.
“Commissioning is always a big ‘what if’ because you never know what you’re going to get,” Nickson said. “But we’re always identifying composers who are feeling historically underrepresented. And we want the composer to have completely free reign artistically so we don’t give them parameters. We think that can yield something greater.”
The final concert on April 17 is called “1976,” featuring two pieces that premiered that year. One is H.K. Gruber’s “Frankenstein!” for chansonnier and small mixed ensemble. The other is Louis Andriessen’s “De Staat” for large mixed ensemble.
Andriessen died last year at 82. Nickson said his piece “raises questions about what our role is here.”
Most of the season’s concerts will be presented at First Congregational Church , but the “1976” program will be presented at the Sarasota Opera House.
Subscriptions are $115 for all five concerts. Single concert tickets are $25 each and streaming tickets are $45 for the season. For more information: ensrq.org/22-23-tickets
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China to restart military drills as more U.S. lawmakers, including 2 Californians, visit Taiwan
China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island’s president met Monday with a new delegation of U.S. Congress members — including two from California — whose visit offered a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island Beijing claims as its own.
Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the meeting were not immediately released. The delegation was due to depart later Monday on a U.S. government plane.
The visit came less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China, including the firing of missiles over the island and into the Taiwan Strait. Pelosi was the highest-level member of the U.S. government to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
China has also sent warplanes and naval ships across the waterway’s median, which has long been a buffer between Taiwan and the mainland, which separated politically in 1949 after civil war. China regards formal contacts between U.S. politicians and the island’s government as support for its independence from Beijing.
Additional drills by China’s People’s Liberation Army will take place in the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan, the Chinese Defense Ministry and its Eastern Theater Command said in a statement Monday.
The exercises are intended as a “resolute response and solemn deterrent against collusion and provocation between the U.S. and Taiwan,” the ministry said.
China’s furious response could drive more Taiwanese toward independence and push neighboring Asian nations to strengthen their defense strategies.
China’s previous two weeks of threatening exercises prompted Taiwan to put its military on alert, but were met largely with defiance and apathy among the Taiwanese public.
In Taipei, the chair of the legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee, Lo Chih-Cheng, met with the U.S. lawmakers and said that “their visit at this time is of great significance, because the Chinese military exercise is [intended] to deter U.S. congressmen from visiting Taiwan.”
“Their visit this time proves that China cannot stop politicians from any country to visit Taiwan, and it also conveys an important message that the American people stand with the Taiwanese people,” Lo said.
China says it wants to use peaceful means to bring Taiwan under its control, but its recent saber-rattling has emphasized its threat to reunify by force if necessary. The earlier drills appeared to be designed as a rehearsal of a blockade or attack on Taiwan, and forced the cancellation of commercial flights and disrupted shipping to Taiwan’s main ports as well as cargo passage through the Taiwan Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
Climate change and fighting trade in illegal drugs such as fentanyl are rare areas where China and the U.S. have found common cause.
The five-member U.S. congressional delegation is led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and includes Reps. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach). The group was expected to meet with other Taiwanese government and private sector representatives. Reducing tensions in the Taiwan Strait and investments in Taiwan’s crucial semiconductor industry were expected to be key topics of discussion.
A senior White House official on Asia policy said last week that China had used Pelosi’s visit as a pretext to launch an intensified pressure campaign against Taiwan, jeopardizing peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region.
“China has overreacted, and its actions continue to be provocative, destabilizing and unprecedented,” Kurt Campbell, a deputy assistant to President Biden, said on a call with reporters.
“It has sought to disregard the center line between [China] and Taiwan, which has been respected by both sides for more than 60 years as a stabilizing feature,” he said.
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China accuses the U.S. of encouraging independence forces in Taiwan through its sale of military equipment to the island and engagement with its officials. The U.S. says it does not support independence for Taiwan but that the island’s differences with China should be resolved by peaceful means.
China’s ruling Communist Party has long said that it favors Taiwan joining China peacefully but that it will not rule out force if necessary. The two split in 1949 after a civil war in which the Communists took control of China and the losing Nationalists retreated to the island.
Campbell, speaking Friday, said the U.S. would send warships and planes through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks and is developing a road map for trade talks with Taiwan that he said the U.S. intends to announce in the coming days.
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The season of searing temperatures will soon begin in northwestern Zimbabwe as the chilly months fade away. But for the villagers of Silewad the return of summer, storms and a new planting season increase the risk of elephants invading their land.
Silewad is near Hwange National Park, the country's premier game reserve which is roughly half the size of Belgium. Zimbabwe is home to Africa's second largest pachyderm population. It's growing at about five per cent a year, and that means competition for water and land between humans and the world's largest land mammal is increasingin and around Hwange.
During these last weeks of the cool months, the villagers rely on homemade remedies to keep elephants away from people, crops and water. In Silewad, not far from seasonal streams which attract elephants, five gloved and masked villagers use a large wooden pestle to pound a fermented mixture of chilis, garlic, ginger, neem leaves and elephant dung into a paste designed to keep the animals at bay.
Masaloni Ndlovu, 67, hangs plastic bottles of the ground chili paste on his fence to deter elephants which often wander through his homestead. Elephants hate the smell of the paste. But faced with another dry season forecast of patchy rains and poor harvests, people fear that the homemade remedies won't be enough to keep desperately thirsty elephants within the national park and out of village gardens.
Once a worker at a nearby railway station, Ndlovu recalls that elephants rarely wandered through the hamlet when he was younger, but now they are increasingly a common sight.
"We call the rangers to deal with the animals, but they don't do anything. We hardly saw elephants when I was younger but today they are everywhere and they eat everything we plant," he says.
Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing as climate change is making rainfall unpredictable. Depleting levels of groundwater in the Hwange game reserve are forcing animals to travel further in search of replenishment during the hot season. Villagers and conservationists fear that the competition for shrinking water resources could lead to deaths of local people and elephants. Already this year, at least 20 people have been killed in confrontations with elephants, according to Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks).
Growing, thirsty herds roam a drying earth
Elephants are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures. They need to drink up to 200 liters [50 gallons] per day, but during the summer they can lose up to 10 percent of body water daily. Research shows elephants migrate seasonally depending on the availability of water in Hwange National Park.
Between 1928 and 2005, during drought years with erratic rainfall, herbivore populations tended to migrate more frequently, according to another study. ZimParks has partnered with local and international donor conservation groups to drill more than 65 boreholes that create artificial watering holes throughout the year for more than 45,000 elephants that trek through Hwange. But the changing climate has raised concern among scholars and conservationists over the future sustainability of the animal sanctuary.
Dr. Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, deputy director of Hwange LTSER, the Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research center, has observed that droughts have intensified in sections of the game reserve.
"[W]e did publish a study showing that annual rainfall did not change that much on average over the 1940 - 2005 period, but that droughts, when they occurred, where much more severe than they used to be, with 50% reduction of rainfall during drought years in some areas of the park," he wrote in an email.
On the routes elephants typically take that wind through Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Botswana, an aerial survey was launched by the Kavango Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) to count the wildlife roaming the Kavango Zambezi basin over the next four months. (Hwange Park is within the Kavango Zambezi basin.) Counting the large herds which roam this rich biodiverse area will help to determine animal numbers and the water needs of Southern Africa's mammals.
This is the first survey of its kind in this region, according to Teofilus Nghitila, executive director general of Namibia's wildlife and national parks management authority. The information gathered from the survey will also help in shaping elephant management policies, Nghitila said.
Climate change pushes elephants closer to people
Over the years, Southern Africa's climate has become increasingly vulnerable to weather patterns like El Nino, making rainfall patterns highly unpredictable, according to Narcisa Pricope, a professor of geography at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States.
Some research has shown an increase in the occurrence and intensity of drought over many parts of Southern Africa, Pricope says. Rainy seasons have gotten more unreliable, with implications for humans and animals alike.
"So, local communities not only have to contend with unreliable precipitation patterns that make them food insecure in the first place," Pricope said in an email, "but on top of that, they have to live with wildlife in very close proximity as a result of the shrinking of water availability throughout the landscape in Hwange national park."
In 2019, hundreds of people were killed when Cyclone Idai struck eastern Zimbabwe. The same year, a drought in the western provinces resulted in the death of more than 200 elephants in Hwange National Park over just two months.
Pricope predicts if water scarcity persists it is likely to "amplify human wildlife conflicts especially in the areas adjacent to national parks where humans cohabit". Less water within the national park could drive animals closer to perennial water sources which are also close to human settlements.
A desperate solution to a deadly conflict
To manage the dilemmas of a changing climate and growing wildlife populations, regional governments are currently lobbying for the one-off sale of ivory stockpiles in order to finance human-wildlife conflict programs. But under a global treaty called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), trade in ivory is strictly prohibited. CITES has previously allowed ivory sales on two occasions, but global resistance against the trade has grown stronger.
After the push to sell African stockpiles was chastised by international conservation groups, the Southern African states convened the African Elephant Conference in May and declared their intention to collectively lobby for permission to trade. The Southern African states, which includes Zimbabwe, hope to present their united position at the CITES Summit in Panama later this year.
Zimbabwe alone claims it is sitting on a 123 tonne stockpile worth an estimated $600 million, a figure questioned by environmental accountants.
Better water drilling to save people and elephants
But far from the high-powered summit and drawn out debates over the sale of tusks, villagers live with an impending crisis.
Hangani Dube, 79, bears the scars of this conflict. Dube was injured while trying to scare off a pair of intruding elephants in his vegetable garden one afternoon in May. The elephants, instead, charged and gored him with their tusks.
Writhing in pain, Dube dragged himself on his hips to the main highway where he found help to get to the nearest medical center. After a month in the infirmary, a frail Dube hobbles from place to place, unable to walk easily because of the steel plate implanted to keep his bones together. Feeling robbed of life, the old man wishes for more action to reduce the elephant herds in his area.
"I feel useless. I can't do anything for my family since I was injured. I used to take out my plough and plant with my cattle, but now I can't." he says. "I rely on my wife and sons to do everything I used to do."
He says bitterly: "The government has to cull these elephants before they hurt us all."
Zimbabwe has recently considered culling. In the past, more than 50,000 elephants were killed during culls between 1965 and 1988. However, this controversial control method would require significant financing, which the government lacks.
While the government weighs the sale of ivory or culling herds, villagers still live with the daily risk of elephants searching for water and food. When the rainy season begins in November, farmers will plant their crops, and Ndlovu will have to apply the chili fixative more regularly as his only defense against the marauding mammals. Other homegrown methods such as burning chili bricks and making chilli bombs are used in other areas, but they too have limited effectiveness in keeping elephants away.
Hwange's intermittent rain and persistent heat also harm vegetation. The elephants have to travel further in search of food as well as water. While there is no available research on Hwange's groundwater recharge rates, Chamaillé-Jammes cautions against drilling further boreholes near human settlements. His joint research has shown that more water holes tend to attract more elephants.
Chamaillé-Jammes recommends closing watering holes on the eastern section of Hwange to steer elephants away from villages and instead, drilling boreholes in the center of the game reserve with some only operating during periods of extreme drought. These "safety pans" might be one way of ensuring elephants are more likely to stay within the perimeter of the park.
As rising global temperatures signal more extreme droughts in the future, a more sustainable intervention than chili concoctions and one-off ivory sales is needed to halt Zimbabwe's deadly battle for resources in a parched land.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Recent executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar have reenergized efforts to get the United States and other countries to impose further sanctions against military leaders who ousted an elected government early last year.
Human rights advocates and comments by U.S. lawmakers suggest the Senate is inching toward passage of the Burma Act, legislation already passed by the House of Representatives. Among other actions, it would pave the way for sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, or MOGE, a state-controlled company that is a vital source of hard cash for the impoverished nation.
That makes MOGE a key target in the push to cut off funding for the military’s efforts to quash a widespread public backlash against its February 2021 seizure of power.
Myanmar, also called Burma, has been ruled by the military for most of the past 70 years. The army’s takeover interrupted a gradual transition toward democratic civilian government and a more modern, open economy and resulted in a slew of sanctions against the military, which controls many industries, army family members and cronies.
The hangings in late July of four political activists prompted condemnation and stronger calls from U.S. lawmakers and others for Myanmar’s neighbors, especially the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to exert more pressure on the country’s military rulers.
“It is time for them to impose meaningful consequences on the junta in Burma that is literally getting away with murder,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a supporter of ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a recent statement. If Myanmar’s neighbors and ASEAN won’t do more, the U.S. should “turn up the heat” on the army and its sources of financial support, he said.
“This should include sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise,” McConnell said.
In February, the European Union announced sanctions against MOGE, saying the military’s control means the company is “contributing to its capabilities to carry out activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma.”
Two of the other biggest Myanmar state companies, Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd. and Myanmar Economic Corp., already have been designated for U.S. sanctions.
Advocates of sanctions say they could make a difference if they are well-targeted and enforced. So far, Myanmar's economy has been insulated somewhat from the penalties imposed by the U.S. and other Western governments after the military takeover. Most of its trade — especially lucrative sales of gems, rare earths and timber — is with nearby countries, especially China, which has been signaling growing support for the military-controlled government. Most big Western energy companies already have pulled out of oil and gas projects in the country.
That leaves only financial levers. Exports of oil and gas to China and Thailand earn about $2 billion a year, according to reports in its state media, and are a key source of the foreign exchange Myanmar needs to pay for imports of all kinds, including weapons used to fight opposition forces who took up arms after the army crushed peaceful protests.
The EU sanctions led the Bank of China to advise operators of the Shwe oil and gas field in northwestern Myanmar that it will not handle payments in euros to MOGE out of concern they might fall afoul of those restrictions, according to activists briefed by two of the companies operating the project, Posco International and Kogas. Two other people familiar with the situation confirmed that euro payments to MOGE were being kept in escrow accounts. The people spoke on condition they not be identified out of concern over risks for themselves, family members and associates.
The billions that other global banks have paid for violating sanctions against other countries are a strong incentive for compliance.
The EU, in announcing its sanctions, said that since MOGE was controlled by and generates revenue for the military, it was “contributing to its capabilities to carry out activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma."
A 770 kilometer (475 mile) pipeline connects the Shwe field to China’s Yunnan province. It is the only major project whose contracts call for revenue from gas sales to be paid in euros, rather than U.S. dollars.
A spokesman for Posco International, which has a 51% stake in the project, confirmed that those revenues were being paid into an escrow account. Posco is being paid its share as normal, Song Chan, the spokesman, said in an emailed reply to questions. He said he could not comment on the status of payments to the other companies participating in the oil and gas pipeline.
Otherwise, the project was operating as normal, he said, referring further questions to China National United Oil Co., which buys gas from the Shwe project and pays sales revenue. That company, a subsidiary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp., did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither did CNPC nor the Bank of China.
Korea Gas Corp., which has an 8.5% stake in the Shwe fields, did not reply to a request for comment.
The fact that the Shwe project has continued to send gas to China suggests that sanctions can be implemented without disrupting livelihoods or supplies of natural gas in Myanmar, said Keel Dietz, a policy adviser at the environmental non-profit Global Witness.
Critics of sanctions have often contended that they might harm employees of companies involved in the projects or worsen power shortages in the country. The Burma Act itself calls for assessing the potential impact of any sanctions against MOGE on people in Myanmar. The president could impose such sanctions if they would hinder abuses by Myanmar's military after ensuring they would be in the U.S. national interest, with benefits outweighing any harm.
Even though the EU sanctions, imposed in February, have only affected the Shwe project, “it’s clear that EU sanctions had a meaningful impact on the thinking of at least one bank in a way that at the very least has raised costs for the junta in accessing their money," Dietz said. “All of this was done with zero negative humanitarian impacts in Myanmar and Thailand."
A lack of impact on gas supplies to Thailand from other projects would alleviate concerns that U.S. sanctions against MOGE might harm relations with Bangkok.
The executions that Myanmar carried out recently have deepened frustrations for its neighbors. Human rights advocates say dozens of democracy activists remain on Myanmar’s death row.
“If more executions are conducted, then things will have to be reconsidered,” said Prak Sokhonn, Cambodia's foreign minister and ASEAN's special envoy for Myanmar.
Outside ASEAN, the countries with closest ties and most sway over Myanmar, China and Russia, have signaled support for the military and are unlikely to do much to apply pressure.
The nine other ASEAN members are waiting to see what happens in coming months ahead of an annual summit meeting in November, Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah told reporters in Bangkok last week.
Saifuddin acknowledged that ASEAN countries, which tend to refrain from imposing economic sanctions against other members, are discussing that option as they search for ways to exert leverage on Myanmar's military leaders.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. ("17EdTech") (NASDAQ: YQ) 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 persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded 17EdTech securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in 17EdTech, 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 17EdTech includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the Company's initial public offering; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 19, 2022
Aggrieved 17EdTech investors only have until September 19, 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.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 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.
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Wealthy homeowner in his 40s is found dead on a 'millionaire’s row' as man, 43, and woman, 42, ‘both known to the victim’ are arrested on suspicion of murder
- Police were called to a house in wealthy Canford Cliffs in Poole on Saturday night
- The body of a man in his 40s was found which police are treating as unexplained
- Officers arrested a man and woman, who both knew him, on suspicion of murder
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of killing a man at a house in a millionaire's suburb in Dorset.
Police were called to an address in Canford Cliffs, in Poole, on Saturday night after reports a man in his 40s had died suddenly.
After arriving at the scene officers arrested a 42-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of murder.
Dorset Police says the woman, who is local to the area, and the man, who is from Wimbledon in London, were both known to the victim.
Following the incident police cordoned off the property in Bessborough Road, an area that is lined with detached houses and luxury flats.
A police van outside the main entrance to Peninsula Heights in Canford Cliffs this morning
The block of flats lies along a 'millionaire's row', where properties regularly go on the market for more than £1million
Police say they were called to the property at around 11.50pm on Saturday night after reports that a man had suddenly died
The Canford Cliffs area has become known for the luxurious lifestyle of its residents - it has some of the highest property prices in the country outside of London, with houses regularly being sold for more than £1million.
A Dorset Police spokesman said on Sunday that police were treating the man's death as 'unexplained'.
'We were called at 11.48pm on Saturday 13 August 2022 by the ambulance service to reports of the sudden death of a man at an address in Bessborough Road in the Canford Cliffs area of Poole,' he said.
Dorset Police says it has arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of murder after the man's death
The force added it was treating the death of the man, who was in his 40s, as 'unexplained'
The property lies in Canford Cliffs (pictured), one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country
'Officers attended and discovered the body of a man aged in his 40s. His family has been informed and the coroner notified.
'At this time the death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are underway into the circumstances surrounding the death.
'A cordon is in place at the address and crime scene investigations, along with house-to-house enquiries are being carried out.
'A 42-year-old local woman and a 43-year-old man from Wimbledon in London have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Both were known to the victim.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11112371/Wealthy-homeowner-dead-millionaires-row-man-woman-arrested-suspicion-murder.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-15T10:06:12Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11112371/Wealthy-homeowner-dead-millionaires-row-man-woman-arrested-suspicion-murder.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Jubilant Taliban celebrate 'victory' outside abandoned US embassy and declare a national holiday one year after re-taking control of Afghanistan - as regime crushes women's rights and nation slides into poverty
- Afghanistan fell to the Taliban one year ago today as its fighters entered Kabul and President Ghani fled
- Islamists declared today to be a national holiday as fighters celebrated outside the abandoned US embassy
- Jihadists fired shots into the air, danced and chanted victory slogans while waving the group's white banner
- But it comes after a year which has seen rights of women brutally crushed, and the nation side into poverty
Taliban fighters chanted victory slogans next to the US embassy in Kabul Monday as they marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen.
Exactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after a nationwide lightning offensive against government forces just as US-led troops were ending two decades of intervention in a conflict that cost tens of thousands of lives.
'We fulfilled the obligation of jihad and liberated our country,' said Niamatullah Hekmat, a fighter who entered the capital on August 15 last year just hours after then-president Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
'It's the day of victory and happiness for the Afghan Muslims and people. It is the day of conquest and victory of the white flag,' government spokesman Bilal Karimi said on Twitter.
The chaotic withdrawal of foreign forces continued until August 31, with tens of thousands of people rushing to Kabul's airport hoping to be evacuated on any flight out of Afghanistan.
Images of crowds storming the airport, climbing atop aircraft - and some clinging to a departing US military cargo plane as it rolled down the runway - aired on news bulletins around the world.
Authorities have so far not announced any official celebration to mark the anniversary, but state television said it would air special programmes.
Many Taliban fighters gathered in Kabul's Massoud Square, adjacent to the now-shut US embassy, where they displayed the regime's white banners.
'Long live the Islamic Emirate... long live independence,' they chanted, some holding weapons while others took pictures on their mobile phones.
Taliban flags fluttered from lamposts along the road to the airport.
Taliban fighters expressed happiness that their movement was now in power - even as aid agencies say that half the country's 38 million people face extreme poverty.
'The time when we entered Kabul, and when the Americans left, those were moments of joy,' said Hekmat, now a member of the special forces guarding the presidential palace.
For many ordinary Afghans, however, the return of the Taliban has only increased hardships - especially for women.
Initially, the Taliban promised a softer version of the harsh Islamist rule that characterised their first stint in power from 1996 to 2001.
But many restrictions have been imposed on women to comply with the movement's austere vision of Islam.
Tens of thousands of girls have been shut out of secondary schools, while women have been barred from returning to many government jobs.
And in May, they were ordered to fully cover up in public, ideally with an all-encompassing burqa.
'From the day they have come, life has lost its meaning,' said Ogai Amail, a resident of Kabul.
'Everything has been snatched from us, they have even entered our personal space,' she added.
On Saturday, Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired guns into the air to disperse a rally in Kabul.
While Afghans acknowledge a decline in violence since the Taliban seized power, the humanitarian crisis has left many helpless.
'People coming to our shops are complaining so much of high prices that we shopkeepers have started hating ourselves,' said Noor Mohammad, a shopkeeper from Kandahar, the de facto power centre of the Taliban.
The country is in economic crisis, with its overseas assets frozen by Washington and aid curtailed in order to keep funds out of the Taliban's hands.
No nation has recognised the new government.
For Taliban fighters, however, the joy of victory overshadows the current economic crisis.
'We might be poor, we might be facing hardships, but the white flag of Islam will now fly high forever in Afghanistan', said a fighter guarding a public park in Kabul. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11112511/Jubilant-Taliban-celebrate-victory-outside-abandoned-embassy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-15T10:06:37Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11112511/Jubilant-Taliban-celebrate-victory-outside-abandoned-embassy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MINISO Group Holding Limited (NYSE: MNSO and HKEx: 9896, "MINISO Group" or the "Company"), a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products, today announced that it plans to release its June quarter 2022 and full fiscal year 2022 financial results before the U.S. market opens on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
The Company's management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 25, 2022 (8:00 P.M. Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. The conference call can be accessed by the following zoom link or dialing the following numbers:
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Join Zoom meeting.
Zoom link: https://dooyle.zoom.us/j/87479825938?pwd=OVozeDBjNzhicDdiNnZsQTJhSnNNUT09
Meeting Number: 874 7982 5938
Meeting Passcode: 9896
Access 2
Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers by using the same meeting number and passcode with access 1.
United States Toll Free: 833 548 0276 (or +1 646 518 9805)
Mainland China Toll Free: 400 182 3168 (or 400 616 8835)
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Access 3
Listeners can also access the meeting through the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.miniso.com/.
The replay will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live event at the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.miniso.com/.
About MINISO Group Holding Limited
MINISO Group is a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products. The Company serves consumers primarily through its large network of MINISO stores, and promotes a relaxing, treasure-hunting and engaging shopping experience full of delightful surprises that appeals to all demographics. Aesthetically pleasing design, quality and affordability are at the core of every product in MINISO's wide product portfolio, and the Company continually and frequently rolls out products with these qualities. Since the opening of its first store in China in 2013, the Company has built its flagship brand "MINISO" as a globally recognized retail brand and established a massive store network worldwide. For more information, please visit http://ir.miniso.com/.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo") (NYSE: WFC) 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 persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Wells Fargo, 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 Wells Fargo includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 29, 2022
Aggrieved Wells Fargo investors only have until August 29, 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.
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Roll of Japanese chemical warfare unit disclosed
HARBIN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A roll of a Japanese chemical warfare unit was revealed for the first time in China on Monday.
The document contains the real names and personal information of 414 members of Unit 516, which was set up by the Japanese army in May 1939 in Qiqihar City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, Heilongjiang's capital.
As the base camp of Japan's chemical warfare, Unit 516 developed a range of toxic agents and used them during warfare.
The document was originally held by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan and then collected by the National Archives of Japan. A photocopy was obtained by a research team of the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in April 2021.
"The 237-page file was formed in about 1945, recording in detail the names, dates of birth, household registration, service types, etc. of the 414 members, and their relatives' residences, relationships and other information, exposing the overall size, personnel composition, ranks and other basic historical facts of Unit 516," said Jin Chengmin, curator of the exhibition hall.
"Like germ warfare, Japan's chemical warfare was a premeditated, organized and systematic crime, which violated international morality and human conscience," said Jin, adding that core members of the unit were senior military officers, and the professionals came from medical schools and army hospitals.
The relevant file shows that there was close cooperation between Unit 516 and Unit 731. "The file is an extremely important core archive for the study of chemical and germ warfare waged by Japan during WWII, as well as hard evidence of crimes committed by the Japanese army during its invasion of China," said Jin.
Unit 731 was a top-secret biological and chemical warfare research base established in Harbin as the nerve center for Japanese biological warfare in China and Southeast Asia during WWII.
At least 3,000 people were used for human experiments by Unit 731, and more than 300,000 people in China were killed by Japan's biological weapons.
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Manchester City star Benjamin Mendy arrives at court to face first day of his trial: Footballer, 27, is accused of eight rapes, one attempted rape and one sexual assault against seven women
- Mendy, 28, has been accused of ten charges, including eight counts of rape
- He is alleged to have committed offences against the women from 2018 to 2021
- Premier League star will stand trial along with co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie
- Matturie, 40, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault
Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy and his co-defendant thought they could get away with rape and sexual assaults because they were powerful and thought 'they can get away with it', a court has heard.
Mendy, 28, denies charges of eight counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.
The Premier League star and France international is alleged to have committed the offences against the women between October 2018 and August last year at his home address.
Opening the case prosecutor Timothy Cray QC told the jury: ‘The case is simple. Actually, this case has little to do with football. It is another chapter in a very old story: men who rape and sexually assault women, because they think they are powerful, and because they think they can get away with it.
'To them these women were disposable things to be used for sex and thrown to one side.'
Mendy is on trial along with his co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, who has also entered not guilty pleas to all charges he faces.
Mendy, 28, arrives at court today accused of ten charges, including eight counts of rape. He denies them all.
Premier League star Mendy (today) stands trial along with co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie
Mendy will go on trial along with his co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, (pictured today) who has also entered not guilty pleas to all charges he faces
Matturie, of Eccles, Salford, denies eight counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault, relating to eight young women. The alleged offences span July 2012 to August last year.
Last week, the names of Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker, Riyad Mahrez and John Stones, all either current or ex- Manchester City players, were read to jurors ahead of the trial.
His Honour Judge Everett wanted to make sure no jurors had any personal connection to anyone who could be referred to during the trial, or be called as a witness.
Judge Everett, who is Recorder of Chester, told the jury last week: 'Maybe you have heard their names. Some of you will be aware of the fact Mr Mendy is a professional footballer who plays football for Manchester City.'
Both defendants are on bail and the trial is expected to last up to 15 weeks.
None of the women who have made the allegations involved can be identified and reporting restrictions apply ahead of the trial.
Jurors were asked if they knew Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish , Kyle Walker, Riyad Mahrez or John Stones
Louis Matturie arrives for the first day of his trial at Chester Crown Court this morning
Benjamin Mendy plays for Manchester City against Tottenham Hotspur in North London on August 15, 2021
Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy arrives to Chester Crown Court last week for his rape trial
Louis Saha Matturie (right) pictured as he arrives at Chester Crown Court for his trial on August 10 following allegations of rape and sexual assault against him
Timothy Cray QC is expected to open the case for the prosecution before the jury at Chester Crown Court today.
Eight men and six women were sworn in to serve on the jury, including two jurors who will be discharged after the opening of the case.
Mendy has played for Manchester City since 2017, when he joined from Monaco for a reported £52 million. He was suspended by the club after being charged by police.
Judge Steven also told the jury: 'There are 22 counts or charges, if you are feeling overwhelmed by that I can assure you will be having a lot of assistance on how you will approach that.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 15, 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 the audit committee of its board of directors and the board of directors have approved the dismissal of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP ("PwC") as its independent registered public accounting firm and the engagement of Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP ("MBP") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. MBP will be engaged to audit the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
This transition was not the result of any disagreements or unresolved matters with PwC ,the incumbent auditor of the Company, and there are no matters with respect to this transition that need to be brought to the attention of the Company's shareholders.
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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.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 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.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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* At 352 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo") (NYSE: WFC) 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 persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Wells Fargo, 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 Wells Fargo includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 29, 2022
Aggrieved Wells Fargo investors only have until August 29, 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.
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PUBG: Battlegrounds has gained 80,000 new players every day since switching to a free-to-play model, according to a new financial report released by its parent company Krafton.
Back in January this year, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds changed its name to PUBG: Battlegrounds before switching to a free-to-play model. This appears to have attracted an impressive swell of new players to the battle royale title, with 80,000 new daily players (via Eurogamer).
The report covers financial earnings for the year so far. Net profits in Q2 hit a 37.26 per cent increase year on year, the highest half-year net profit the company has recorded to date. For PUBG: Battlegrounds, average revenue per user (ARPU) across all platforms increased more than 20 per cent quarter on quarter. International markets (outside South Korea) drove 94 per cent of the game’s revenue during Q2 2022.
Krafton attributes some of this success to PUBG: Battlegrounds, but also notes that PUBG Mobile continues to go from strength to strength sales wise. It reports that PUBG Mobile currently ranks second in sales among global mobile games.
Looking ahead, Krafton notes that upcoming games The Callisto Protocol and Unknown Worlds‘ new IP will get showings at Gamescom 2022. The new IP from the Subnautica devs will be revealed at the event, and is said to be “set in a sci-fi world that features imaginative turn-based gameplay.” The Callisto Protocol will also get a new showing, before it releases on December 3, 2022.
In other gaming news, Yooka-Laylee developer and game publisher Playtonic is warning players about a scam going around related to one of its upcoming titles. Some players have reported being offered beta access for Lil Gator Game. The studio has stressed that this is a scam, and that players should be cautious moving forward. | https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/pubg-has-gained-80000-new-players-each-day-since-going-free-to-play-3289850 | 2022-08-15T10:20:17Z | https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/pubg-has-gained-80000-new-players-each-day-since-going-free-to-play-3289850 | false |
ATLANTA, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Join a conversation among experts as the Cyber Initiatives Group (CIG) launches its virtual Summer Summit this Wednesday, August 17 from 10a – 3p ET. Find out what's top of mind for government cyber executives and leaders from the private sector as we tackle topics ranging from Ukraine to Taiwan, why the US is not yet winning the technology race, why we're not moving faster to secure critical infrastructure, and the latest collaborations on securing software supply chains.
Hosted by Cipher Brief CEO and Publisher Suzanne Kelly, the summit will present keynote sessions with Victor Zhora, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, Laura Galante, Intelligence Community Cyber Executive and Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Center, ODNI, and Lt. Gen. Michael Groen (ret.), former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, DOD.
Other confirmed speakers include:
- Congressman Jim Langevin, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Cyber Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems,
- The Hon. Susan Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, ODNI
- Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery (Ret.), Former Executive Director US Cyberspace Solarium Commission
- Chris Krebs, Founding Partner of the Krebs Stamos Group
- Matt Hayden, Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience Policy
- Dmitri Alperovitch, Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator
- Wendy Thomas, President & CEO of Secureworks
- Jim Guinn, Accenture's Global Cybersecurity Strategy Lead
- Teresa Shea, former Director of Signals Intelligence, NSA
- Steve Hill, Chief Information Security Officer for the Investment Bank and Americas, Credit Suisse
- Paddy McGuinness, former UK Deputy National Security Advisor for Intelligence, Security and Resilience
- Stuart Solomon, President, Recorded Future
- Kelly Bissell, Global Security Services Lead, Microsoft
- Greg Rattray, Co-Founder & Partner, Next Peak
- Jeanette Manfra, Director of Risk & Compliance, Google Cloud
- Edward Marshall, Global Head, Family Office & HNW Group, Dentons
- Jim Rosenthal, CEO, BlueVoyant
- Brad Medairy, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Join us and see why 90% of survey respondents rank CIG summits among the best cyber events they've ever attended.
Register for the summit at www.cyberinitiativesgroup.com
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NPR begins a celebration of sweat — what it's made of, where it comes from and what it smells like. Spoiler alert: most of the time it doesn't have any smell at all.
Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. He is currently focused on the eponymous series, "Joe's Big Idea." Stories in the series explore the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors. Palca is also the founder of NPR Scicommers – A science communication collective. | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-08-15/the-importance-of-sweat-we-need-it-to-keep-cool | 2022-08-15T10:21:58Z | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-08-15/the-importance-of-sweat-we-need-it-to-keep-cool | false |
HONG KONG and BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Auction is excited to present 2022 Madison August Live Auction at 10 am (HKT), Saturday, August 20th in Hong Kong, the stunning 555 lots of which includes 407 lots of wines (includes 130 lots of Bordeaux, 211 lots of Burgundy, 33 lots of American cult wines, 16 lots of Champagne, etc.), 43 lots of whiskies, with a total estimate of HK$23,000,000 - HK$39,000,000.
This sale will be live-streamed on Madison Auction bidding platform (www.madison-auction.com/auctions) and the Madison Auction App (search 'Madison Auction' in the app store). Take advantage of the last few days to place online absentee bid via the bidding platform and app.
As the first Hong Kong based luxury lifestyle auction house, Madison Auction hosts auctions for the unique pool of high-net-worth clients from APAC and other regions. Madison Auction continues to accept consignments at 0% seller's commission throughout the year for upcoming sales.
In addition to Hong Kong, Madison Auction will also set up salerooms in Shanghai and Shenzhen, allowing more mainland bidders to simultaneously attend the auction via live streaming. And even more specifically, the Shanghai saleroom will be jointly hold by Madison Auction and FGA together, with various industry entrepreneurs, elites, enthusiasts, and KOLs to be invited to present an extraordinary auction experience.
407 Lots Wine (Lots 1 – 407)
Of these 407 lots of wines, about 30% are from Bordeaux, 50% from Burgundy, 10% from Napa Valley.
Steal a glance, you will see a beautiful Arnaud Ente collection that haven't appeared on market for a long time (Lot 207-211). Bizot has been one of the hottest items among Burgundy collectors, and there are quite a few lots from 2012-2015 vintages with perfect conditions (Lot 36, 37, 212-218).
Besides these splendid and bright young generations, this auction does not lack reputable classic wineries. There are couple sets of DRC assortments in original wooden cases (Lot 160 & 161), Contis from legendary vintages (Lot 177 & 191), and even a set in banded wooden case (Lot 355). Leroy is certainly the other top Burgundy; besides the most applauded Musigny (Lot 219 & 220), there is also one bottle of the rarest Corton-Charlemagne from 2008 (Lot 163), one of the greatest vintages for Burgundy whites.
Bordeaux lovers, there are many classic Châteaus in their best drinking windows, such as Vieux Château Certan 1989 (Lot 102). Several large formats, such as the 1985 Le Pin double magnum (Lot 84), will certainly add icing on the cake to your collections.
The 1999 Salon in original wooden case (Lot 145 & 146) or the Jacques Selosse disgorged in early years (Lot 376-379) may excite all Champagne collectors.
Napa fanatics, now Madison Auction presents to you the top producers in the 70s-90s, including the superb vintage 1994 (Lot 182, 370). Some other rare and collectible wines are 2007 Rayas Blanc (Lot 148), 1988 Soldera (Lot 71), Château d'Yquem 80s vintage assortment ((Lot 95), and SQN Mr.K (Lot 400).
43 Lots Spirit (Lots 408 – 450)
The highly acclaimed Sake Mujaku is extremely difficult to find on market, there are two lots of back-vintage (Lot 408 & 409) to all sake aficionados.
Also from Japan, highly-limited bottles from the most reputable distilleries such as Karuizawa, Hanyu, etc. If you are a Japanese whisky enthusiast, you may also appreciate「和馨」(Lot 442), Hibiki limited editions (Lot 447 & 448) such as Aritayaki (有田燒) and Kutani Yaki (九谷燒).
The full set of Edition No.1-No.6 (Lot 423), the Archival Series Folio 4 (Lot 422), and Diamond Jubilee 2012 Queen Elizabeth Anniversary (Lot 420) to complete the Macallan collection.
Recommendation
2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Assortment
Lot 160 | 10 Bottles, Banded OWC
Est. HK$ 320,000 - HK$ 600,000
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (1)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru (1)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 2011 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru (2)
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Assortment
Lot 161 | 12 Bottles, OWC
Est. HK$ 600,000 - HK$ 1,100,000
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru (1)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche Grand Cru (3)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échézeaux Grand Cru (2)
- 1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru (2)
DRC Assortments are always the hot but rare property in the auction, for those with the original wooden cases (OWC) are undoubtedly the Helen in the Trojan war! Vintage 1999 and 2011 are both collectible and drinkable for Burgundy, with only one beauty available each, it is time to move her heart.
1998 Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru
Lot 219 & 220 | 1 Bottle | RP 96 | 585 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 260,000 - HK$ 400,000
The vintage 1998 is beginning to reveal its distinctive aromas and style of Leroy, a top Musigny producer known for its low yields and high quality. Hunt the true gems now.
2008 Domaine Leroy Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Lot 163 | 1 Bottle | BH 93 | 1,510 bottles produced| Capsule: Perfectly waxed
Est. HK$ 65,000 - HK$ 100,000
Leroy Corten-Charlemagne shares its reputation with the same appellation of Coche-Dury. 2008 is a great vintage of Burgundy whites and well worth the price.
Domaine Arnaud Ente Mixed Lot (1)
Lot 210 | 4 Bottles+1 Magnum
Est. HK$ 30,000 - HK$ 55,000
2014 Domaine Arnaud Ente Meursault, Clos des Ambres (4)
2014 Domaine Arnaud Ente Volnay 1er Cru, Santenots-du-Milieu (1 Magnum)
A well-lauded Meursault producer in recent years. This mixed lot shall lead people on a fantastic journey to discover the charm of Arnaud Ente's Reds & Whites.
Suntory 「和馨」Blended Whisky
Lot 442 | 1 Bottle, Singe OC | Alc: 43%, Vol: 700ml
Est. HK$ 45,000 - HK$ 75,000
This blended whisky is aged in the old Mizunara casks from Yamazaki Distillery including a 1984 vintage, created by the 4th generation of Suntory's Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyoa. Only 539 bottles of this limited-edition masterpiece were released, and it is no longer available for sale.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 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.
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.
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The Inflation Reduction Act will provide tax credits of up to $3 per kg of clean hydrogen
OSLO, Norway, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "This is a fantastic development - and one that completely transforms the outlook for green hydrogen in the USA. Only two weeks ago, Biden's bill looked dead. Now it's alive and kicking, we can say that the USA is going to be one of the cheapest places in the world to produce clean hydrogen," says Håkon Volldal, CEO of Nel.
The much-anticipated passing of the bill through the House of Representatives follows significant progress in the North American market for Nel, with the company's biggest electrolyser order to date announced in July this year. The 200MW stack, worth €45m ($46m) and potentially twice that amount with additional hardware, will go live in 2024.
"What makes this record order particularly special is that it represents a change in market dynamics. The customer has secured power supply over 20 years, and end-product demand over the same time period. Similar long-term prospects will only inspire further investment in green hydrogen and related infrastructure," Volldal says.
The coming Inflation Reduction Act is the latest in a series of political measures that are boosting prospects for green hydrogen. The EU's RePowerEU initiative aims for 10 million tonnes of green hydrogen production within the bloc, and a further 10 million tonnes to be imported, by 2030.
Multiple nations now have national hydrogen plans. Germany's is in the lead with a commitment to billions of euros of investment both domestically and internationally.
International political momentum and investor confidence supported Nel's recent decision to double its Herøya plant output, with 1GW coming online by early 2024.
"The international picture shows the power of market-based incentives and government support for green hydrogen. We of course hope to see more of the same both in Norway and overseas in the near future," Volldal says.
For further information, please contact:
Wilhelm Finder, Head of Investor Relations, +47 936 11 350
Lars Nermoen, Head of Communications, +47 902 40 153
About Nel ASA | www.nelhydrogen.com
Nel is a global, dedicated hydrogen company, delivering optimal solutions to produce, store, and distribute hydrogen from renewable energy. We serve industries, energy, and gas companies with leading hydrogen technology. Our roots date back to 1927, and since then, we have had a proud history of development and continuous improvement of hydrogen technologies. Today, our solutions cover the entire value chain: from hydrogen production technologies to hydrogen fueling stations, enabling industries to transition to green hydrogen, and providing fuel cell electric vehicles with the same fast fueling and long range as fossil-fueled vehicles - without the emissions.
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BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 36Kr Holdings Inc. ("36Kr" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: KRKR), a prominent brand and a pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial results, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, before the open of U.S. markets.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on August 24, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong Time on August 24, 2022).
For participants who wish to join the call by phone, please access the link provided below to complete the pre-registration and dial in 5 minutes prior to the scheduled call start time. Upon registration, each participant will receive dial-in details to join the conference call.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.36kr.com.
A replay of the conference call will be available for one week from the date of the conference, by dialing the following telephone numbers:
About 36Kr Holdings Inc.
36Kr Holdings Inc. is a prominent brand and a pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China with the mission of empowering New Economy participants to achieve more. The Company started its business with high-quality New Economy-focused content offerings, covering a variety of industries in China's New Economy with diverse distribution channels. Leveraging traffic brought by high-quality content, the Company has expanded its offerings to business services, including online advertising services, enterprise value-added services and subscription services to address the evolving needs of New Economy companies and upgrading needs of traditional companies. The Company is supported by comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities. Through diverse service offerings and the significant brand influence, the Company is well-positioned to continuously capture the high growth potentials of China's New Economy.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.36kr.com.
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'Alexa, play California Gurls by Katy Perry': Anais Gallagher tops up her tan in a floral print bikini as she relaxes in a pool on holiday
Last month her holiday was cancelled after Britain's airport chaos played havoc with her summer plans.
But Anais Gallagher managed to jet off on a sunshine break, sharing Instagram photos from the pool as she worked on her tan during a recent trip.
The daughter of former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher looked incredible in a skimpy floral bikini as she soaked up the sun on a lilo in the throwback photos.
Getting away: Last month her holiday was cancelled after Britain's airport chaos played havoc with her summer plans but Anais Gallagher managed to jet off on a sunshine break
The blonde reclined on the inflatable, looking tanned in her triangle-top bikini.
She accessorised with layered gold necklaces and dark shades, as she pouted for her selfie.
Another photo taken from above, showed the model relaxing on her sun lounger, as she joked in the caption: 'Alexa play California girls by Katy Perry (I was in Europe).'
Over on her Stories Anais shared another selfie as she relaxed back home, in London, flaunting her holiday tan in a cropped white vest top.
Holiday mode: The daughter of former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher looked incredible in a skimpy floral bikini as she soaked up the sun on a lilo in the throwback photos
Last month Anais maintained a positive outlook after falling victim to Heathrow Airport's industrial action.
Anais was forced to remain in the UK after staff walkouts at airports across the country scuppered her overseas holiday.
Anais, 22, admitted the unexpected grounding of her flight gave her an opportunity to enjoy Britain's current heatwave.
Taking to Instagram, the young model shared a photo of herself relaxing in a blue, beach-ready bikini, alongside the caption:
'British airways ruined my holiday. But that’s ok.. turns out England is pretty nice after all.'
Home sweet home: Over on her Stories Anais shared another selfie as she relaxed back home, in London, flaunting her holiday tan in a cropped white vest top
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Second fatal shooting this month near George Floyd Square
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - One man died and another was seriously injured in the second fatal shooting this month near the intersection where George Floyd died in police custody in 2020.
Minneapolis Police spokesman Officer Garrett Parten said officers found two wounded men Sunday afternoon near the intersection that was renamed to remember Floyd’s death.
One man died at the hospital and the other man’s condition wasn’t immediately available.
A week before Sunday’s shooting, Mohamed Omar, 29, died after he was shot in the same area.
Parten said the police department will likely increase patrols in the area after the two shootings.
The intersection known as George Floyd Square became a makeshift memorial after Floyd’s death and was officially renamed earlier this year.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 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.
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BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mostly higher early Monday after China’s central bank cut a key interest rate and Japan reported its economy picked up momentum in the last quarter.
U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices fell more than $2. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong and Shanghai fell.
The People’s Bank of China cut its rate on a one-year loan to 2.75% from 2.85% and injected an extra 400 billion yuan ($60 billion) in lending markets after government data showed July factory output and retail sales weakened.
Beijing is aiming to shore up sagging growth in the world’s second largest economy at a politically sensitive time when President Xi Jinping is believed to be trying to extend his hold on power.
The ruling Communist Party effectively acknowledged last month it can’t hit this year’s official 5.5% growth target after anti-virus curbs disrupted trade, manufacturing and consumer spending. A crackdown on corporate debt has caused activity in the vast real estate industry to plunge.
In early European trading, Germany’s DAX edged up 0.1% to 13,813.54 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.3% to 6,574.58. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.2% to 7,513.09. The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.4% and that for the Dow industrials was down 0.3%.
In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.1% to 28,871.78 after the government reported the economy, the world’s third largest, expanded at a 2.2% rate in April-June from a year earlier, as consumer spending rebounded with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.4% to 7,062.50. The Shanghai Composite index edged less than 0.1% lower to 3,276.09, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gave up 0.4% to 20,040.86.
South Korean markets were closed for a holiday.
Bangkok’s SET index rose 0.2% after the Thai government reported the economy expanded at a 0.7% quarterly pace in April-June, slowing from 1.1% growth in the first quarter of the year.
Tourism has rebounded after two years of tight controls to fight COVID-19, but only to about a quarter of the pre-pandemic level.
“The outlook for the rest of the year will depend in large part on how quickly tourism recovers,” Gareth Leather of Capital Economics said in a commentary.
On Friday, Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading with a broad rally, as the S&P 500 notched its fourth consecutive weekly gain.
The benchmark index closed 1.7% higher for a 3.3% weekly gain. The S&P 500 hadn’t posted such a good stretch since November.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.3%, while the Nasdaq gained 2.1%. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies added 2.1%.
Major indexes got a big bump on Wednesday after a report showed that inflation cooled more than expected last month. Another report on Thursday showed inflation at the wholesale level also slowed more than expected.
They raised hopes among investors that inflation may be close to a peak and that the Federal Reserve could ease off on interest rate hikes, its main tool for fighting inflation.
The aggressive pace of rate hikes has investors worried that the Fed could steer the economy into a recession.
This week, the Commerce Department releases its retail sales report for July and retail giant Walmart reports its latest financial results.
Investors can also assess the health of the housing market when they get a report on home sales for July and the latest earnings from Home Depot.
In other trading Monday, U.S. benchmark crude oil shed $2.09 to $90.00 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost $2.25 per barrel on Friday.
Brent crude oil, the basis for pricing for international trading, gave up $2.14 to $96.01 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar slipped to 133.41 Japanese yen from 133.43 yen. The euro weakened to $1.0212 from $1.0261. | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/asian-shares-mixed-after-china-cuts-key-rate-japan-gdp-up/ | 2022-08-15T10:35:06Z | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/asian-shares-mixed-after-china-cuts-key-rate-japan-gdp-up/ | false |
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court Monday began hearing a final appeal by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to toss out his graft conviction linked to the massive looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund.
He would become Malaysia’s first former prime minister to be imprisoned if his case fails. Najib, 69, has reiterated his innocence and has been out on bail pending his appeals.
He was sentenced to 12 years in jail by a high court in July 2020 after being found guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering for illegally receiving 42 million ringgit ($9.4 million) from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.
The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and sentence in December, describing the case as a “national embarrassment.” His last avenue, the Federal Court, is scheduled to hear the case until Aug. 26.
Najib has changed to a new team of lawyers for his final appeal. His defense team is attempting to introduce new evidence that could spark a retrial, citing conflict of interest by the high court judge who convicted Najib.
The defense said in their submission that High Court Judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali was biased due to his previous job at a bank that provided financial services to 1MDB. Defense counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said the court must ensure there is “no miscarriage of justice” by considering a retrial and declaring Najib’s conviction and sentence null and void.
Prosecutor Sithambaram Vairavan noted that this was the second time the defense sought to introduce new evidence after an earlier bid was disallowed. He said the judge’s background was public knowledge from the start of the trial and that SRC was never a customer of the bank. He slammed it as a flawed request made in bad faith to delay the conclusion of the case.
1MDB was a development fund Najib set up shortly after taking power in 2009. Investigators allege at least $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by Najib’s associates.
The scandal sparked investigations in the U.S. and several other countries and caused the downfall of Najib’s government in 2018 elections. Najib faces a total of 42 charges in five separate trials linked to 1MDB, and his wife is also on trial for corruption.
Despite his graft conviction, Najib remains politically influential. His United Malays National Organization leads the current government after defections of lawmakers caused the collapse of the reformist government that won the 2018 polls.
Najib is still a lawmaker pending his appeal but he cannot contest if an early general election is called. National polls are not due until the second half of 2023, but there have been strong calls from UMNO leaders for early elections. | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/malaysia-ex-pm-begins-final-bid-to-toss-out-graft-conviction/ | 2022-08-15T10:36:19Z | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/malaysia-ex-pm-begins-final-bid-to-toss-out-graft-conviction/ | true |
Death toll in fireworks depot blast in Armenia reaches 6
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - The death toll in a fireworks storage explosion in Armenia´s capital has risen to six, officials said Monday, as rescuers combed through wreckage hunting for victims.
A powerful blast tore through a fireworks depot at a popular market in Armenia´s capital on Sunday, setting off a massive fire that sent a towering column of thick smoke over the center of Yerevan.
Officials initially said two people were killed, but the death toll has kept climbing as rescuers search for victims amid slabs of concrete and twisted metal. Another 18 people remain missing and at least 61 people were injured.
The market, located 2 kilometers (over a mile) south of the city center, is popular for its low prices and variety of goods.
There was no immediate word on what caused the fireworks to ignite, but officials ruled out a terror attack.
People help firefighters to deliver water to extinguish flames at Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (AP Photo/Daniel Bolshakov)
Firefighters extinguish flames as smoke rises from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center of Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters extinguish flames as smoke rises from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters carry a wounded woman through smoke rising from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighter evacuate a wounded woman form the site of fire of Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (AP Photo/Daniel Bolshakov)
Firefighters work on the side of fire of Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters carry a wounded woman through smoke rising from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters extinguish flames as smoke rises from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters extinguish flames as smoke rises from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)
Firefighters extinguish flames as smoke rises from Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of the center Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area has ripped through a market in Armenia's capital. At least one person has been killed and about 20 others have been injured. The blast on Sunday set off a large fire. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11112501/Death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-Armenia-reaches-6.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-15T10:37:01Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11112501/Death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-Armenia-reaches-6.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed
Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53.
Heche was “peacefully taken off life support," spokeswoman Holly Baird said in a statement Sunday night.
Heche had been on life support at a Los Angeles burn center after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury,” caused by a lack of oxygen, when her car crashed into a home Aug. 5, according to a statement released Thursday by a representative on behalf of her family and friends.
She was declared brain-dead Friday, but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated, an assessment that took nine days. In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after such a determination.
A native of Ohio whose family moved around the country, Heche endured an abusive and tragic childhood, one that helped push her into acting as a way of escaping her own life. She showed enough early promise to be offered professional work in high school and first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” from 1987 to 1991, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for the role of twins Marley and Vicky Hudson, who on the show sustained injuries that anticipated Heche’s: Vicky falls into a coma for months after a car crash.
By the late 1990s Heche was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. In 1997 alone, she played opposite Johnny Depp as his wife in “Donnie Brasco” and Tommy Lee Jones in “Volcano” and was part of the ensemble cast in the original “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
The following year, she starred with Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and appeared with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in “Return to Paradise.” She also played one of cinema’s most famous murder victims, Marion Crane of “Psycho,” in Gus Van Sant’s remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, and co-starred in the indie favorite “Walking and Talking.”
Around the same time, her personal life led to even greater fame, and both personal and professional upheaval. She met Ellen DeGeneres at a the 1997 Vanity Fair Oscar party, fell in love and began a 3-year relationship that made one of Hollywood’s first openly gay couples. But Heche later said her career was damaged by an industry wary of casting her in leading roles. She would remember advisers opposing her decision to have DeGeneres accompany her to the premiere of “Volcano.”
“We were tapped on the shoulder, put into her limo in the third act and told that we couldn’t have pictures of us taken at the press junket,” Heche said in 2018 on the podcast Irish Goodbye.
After she and DeGeneres parted, Heche had a public breakdown and would speak candidly of her mental health struggles.
Heche’s delicately elfin look belied her strength on screen. When she won the National Board of Review’s 1997 best supporting actress award, the board cited the one-two punch of “Donnie Brasco” and the political satire “Wag the Dog,” in which Heche portrayed a cynical White House aide and held her own against film great Robert De Niro.
Heche also called effectively on her apparent fragility. In 2002 she starred on Broadway in the play “Proof” as a woman fearful of losing her sanity just like her father, a brilliant mathematics professor. An Associated Press review praised her “touching performance, vulnerable yet funny, particularly when Catherine mocks the suspicions about her mental stability.”
In the fall of 2000, soon after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche was hospitalized after knocking on the door of a stranger in a rural area near Fresno, California. Authorities said she had appeared shaken and disoriented and spoke incoherently to the residents.
In a memoir released the following year, “Call Me Crazy,” Heche talked about her lifelong battles. During a 2001 interview with TV journalist Barbara Walters, Heche recounted in painful detail alleged sexual abuse by her father, Donald Heche, who professed to be devoutly religious and died in 1983 from complications of AIDS. Heche described her suffering as so extreme she developed a separate personality and imagined herself descended from another planet.
In the final days of his life, Heche said, she learned he was secretly gay and that she believed his inability to live honestly fueled his anger and hurtful behavior. Not long after her father died, her brother Nathan — one of her four siblings — was killed in a car crash.
“I’m not crazy. But it’s a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me,” Heche told Walters. In an effort to escape the past, “I drank. I smoked. I did drugs. I had sex with people. I did anything I could to get the shame out of my life.”
Heche dated Steve Martin in the 1990s, and is widely believed to have inspired the childlike, but ambitious aspiring actor played by Heather Graham in his Hollywood spoof “Bowfinger.” She later had a son with camera operator Coleman Laffoon, to whom she was married from 2001 to 2009. She had another son during a relationship with actor James Tupper, her co-star on the TV series “Men In Trees.”
Heche worked consistently in smaller films, on Broadway and on TV shows in the past two decades. She recently had recurring roles on the network series “Chicago P.D.” and “All Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.” | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/anne-heche-dies-of-crash-injuries/40894208 | 2022-08-15T10:39:18Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/anne-heche-dies-of-crash-injuries/40894208 | true |
Man rescued from collapsed tunnel allegedly planned bank heist, police say
A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an elaborate movie-like plot to rob a bank.
Local police said on Friday they suspected the man was part of a gang of four who allegedly planned to carry out the heist this weekend, when the Italian capital would be relatively quiet due to the Ferragosto public holiday.
The Carabinieri police's press office told CNN that officers arrived at the collapsed tunnel on Thursday, after receiving reports that a man was trapped under the rubble.
Soon after they arrived they arrested two people suspected of trying to flee the area by car and, separately, a fourth man.
Rescuers spent eight hours freeing the trapped man, who remains under medical observation in the San Camillo hospital in Rome.
Lawyer Carmine Pascarosa, who is representing the two men arrested in the car, told CNN the pair had been charged with resisting arrest and were not presently under investigation for other crimes.
He said the two men denied involvement with the man rescued from the rubble. According to Pascarosa, he two men said they had been passing the area "by chance" when a man asked them for help and took them to a vacant shop that housed the entrance to the tunnel.
Once they realized what had happened, they called rescuers before leaving the scene, he added.
Pascarosa confirmed that a fourth person is being investigated and has been charged alongside the injured man in relation to the collapse of the tunnel. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/man-rescued-collapsed-tunnel-allegedly-planned-bank-heist/40886328 | 2022-08-15T10:39:28Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/man-rescued-collapsed-tunnel-allegedly-planned-bank-heist/40886328 | false |
Coney Island Castle opened Aug. 14 and is White Castle's first beachfront location in New York City
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Castle, a family-owned business for 101 years, is making sure New Yorkers get another opportunity to enjoy that one-of-a-kind slider experience. The beloved fast-food hamburger chain, known as the home of The Original Slider®, opened a brand-new Castle on historic Coney Island yesterday.
White Castle has called New York City home since 1930 — more than nine decades. But this is the first Castle on Coney Island. Located at 3015 Stillwell Ave., the Castle is just steps away from the amusement park, aquarium and world-renown beach. It encompasses 1,600 square feet and features two dining tables and window seating.
"We're thrilled to bring White Castle to more New Yorkers with a new Castle on Coney Island," said Jamie Richards, vice president at White Castle. "It's a perfect match for an iconic burger chain and an iconic beach setting. We look forward to serving our loyal fans and connecting with new Cravers at this location."
This opening follows the re-opening of a Castle at 2092-2094 7th Ave. in Harlem. The uptown Castle re-opened in April following an extensive renovation that added stand-up eating counters and included a variety of interior and exterior improvements, illustrating White Castle's investment in the Harlem community. The Castle features a mural wall that showcases historical photos depicting special moments in White Castle's 101-year history, including its nearly 92 years in New York City.
"The renovation in Harlem and the brand-new Castle on Coney Island put our commitment to the New York City region front and center," Richardson said. "Our Craver fans in and around NYC have been so good to us, and we're incredibly grateful for their support."
White Castle opened its first New York City Castle in August 1930 at 550 E. Fordham Rd. in the Bronx. White Castle still has a restaurant on the site, although it's a much newer building.
About White Castle®
White Castle, America's first fast-food hamburger chain, has been making hot and tasty Sliders as a family-owned business for 101 years. Based in Columbus, Ohio, White Castle started serving The Original Slider® in 1921. Today White Castle owns and operates more than 350 restaurants dedicated to satisfying customers' cravings morning, noon and night and sells its famous fare in retail stores nationwide. The Original Slider, named in 2014 as Time magazine's "Most Influential Burger of All Time," is served alongside a menu of creatively crafted Sliders and other mouthwatering food options, including White Castle's Impossible™ Slider, named by Thrillist in 2019 as the "Best Plant-Based Fast Food Burger." White Castle's commitment to maintaining the highest quality products extends to the company owning and operating its own meat processing plants, bakeries and frozen-food processing plants. In 2021, 100 years after the first Slider was sold, Fast Company named the fast-food pioneer one of the "10 Most Innovative Dining Companies." White Castle is known for the legendary loyalty of its team members, more than 1 in 4 of whom have worked for White Castle for at least 10 years, and also for its faithful fans ("Cravers"), many of whom compete each year for entry into the Cravers Hall of Fame. The official White Castle app, available at iTunes App Store or Google Play, makes it easy for Cravers to access sweet deals and place pickup orders at any time. They can also have their orders delivered using one of White Castle's delivery partners. For more information on White Castle, visit whitecastle.com.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials were marking their nation's Armed Forces Day holiday on Monday alongside the U.S. army commander in Europe and regular American troops, a symbolic underlining of NATO support for members on the eastern front as Russia wages war nearby in Ukraine.
Gen. Darryl Williams, the new commanding general of United States Army Europe and Africa, was in Warsaw to attend the ceremony in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. Nearby American, as well as British troops, stood alongside displays of military equipment.
The national holiday commemorates Poland’s victory in 1920 over Soviet Russia in a key battle credited with stopping the Bolshevik army’s westward advance.
“Years pass, but one thing is constant — when Russia tries to rebuild its empire, it is always an evil empire. It always commits war crimes,” Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told reporters ahead of the ceremony, adding that it didn't matter whether Russia was under imperial rule, or being led by communists or today's President Vladimir Putin.
American troops have taken part before in the Aug. 15 celebration before but it is the first one since President Joe Biden announced at a NATO summit in late June that Washington was establishing its first permanent U.S. base in Poland.
The newly named Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, western Poland, is a shared Polish-U.S. base that becomes the permanent headquarters in Poland for the US Army’s V Corps, and the easternmost U.S. Army base in Europe.
Some of the troops from the base were displaying an Abrams M1A1 main battle tank and other equipment during the commemorations, which included Polish troops from the different branches of the armed forces parading down a street lined with fluttering white-and-red national Polish flags.
The base is named after Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a hero of the American Revolution who strengthened the fortifications of West Point, and who later returned to Poland to fight imperial Russian forces.
Maj. Kevin Andersen, a U.S. Army public affairs officer, said that troops are having trouble saying the name Kosciuszko (roughly pronounced koh-SHOOSH’-koh) and have been calling it “Camp K” instead. But he said the army has created a video helping the soldiers to learn to say it as a gesture of respect to Poland as it hosts and welcomes the Americans. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/With-war-nearby-US-shows-support-for-Poland-on-17373738.php | 2022-08-15T10:43:06Z | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/With-war-nearby-US-shows-support-for-Poland-on-17373738.php | true |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 15, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Bee County in south central Texas...
North Central Kleberg County in south central Texas...
Nueces County in south central Texas...
Central San Patricio County in south central Texas...
* Until 545 AM CDT.
* At 403 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Corpus Christi, Robstown, Sinton, Driscoll, Corpus Christi
International Airport, Bishop, Odem, St. Paul, Clarkwood,
Annaville, Calallen, Del Mar College Windward Campus, Cabaniss
Field, Del Mar College Heritage Campus, Cole Park, Downtown Corpus
Christi, Driscoll Childrens Hospital, Corpus Christi North Beach,
Edroy and Corpus Christi Country Club.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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Former Rockwell resident among first Peace Corps volunteers to return to service overseas
Renée (Menius) Alexander is also a 1991 Catawba College graduate
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Former Rockwell resident Renée (Menius) Alexander is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020. The Peace Corps suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Volunteers who shared their stories of meaningful service, lifetime friendships and cultural connections motivated me to join the Peace Corps. I hope to achieve fluency in Spanish; provide a positive example of U.S. citizens; and learn different ways of living, looking at life, and solving problems. I am excited about integrating into another country and culture,” said Alexander .
Alexander is a 1991 graduate of Catawba College with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts and psychology. She completed a master’s degree in speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1995. Currently, she resides in San Francisco, California.
“The world is at a critical juncture. The largest global vaccination effort in history is underway while other widespread health, social, political, and environmental issues continue to erode the foundation of our global society. Actions taken in the next few years have the potential to fundamentally impact development trajectories for decades to come,” said Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn. “Peace Corps volunteers returning to Colombia will work alongside community members to support urgent development efforts and build critical connections.”
The volunteer cohorts are made up of both first-time volunteers and volunteers who were evacuated in early 2020. Upon finishing a three-month training, volunteers will collaborate with their host communities on locally prioritized projects in one of Peace Corps’ six sectors – agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health or youth in development – and all will engage in COVID-19 response and recovery work.
Currently, the agency is recruiting volunteers to serve in 48 countries around the world at the request of host country governments, to connect through the Peace Corps’ grassroots approach across communities and cultures. Volunteers have already returned to a total of 23 countries around the world. The Peace Corps continues to monitor COVID-19 trends in all of its host countries and will send volunteers to serve as conditions permit. Americans interested in transformative service and lifelong connections should apply to Peace Corps service at www.peacecorps.gov/apply.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. ("Kiromic") (NASDAQ: KRBP) 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) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
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POINTE-CLAIRE, QC, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canada-based Medicom Group ("Medicom"), a world leader in the production and distribution of infection prevention and control solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Guillaume Laverdure as CEO. He succeeds Ronald Reuben, founder of the company, and becomes the second person in the history of the group to hold this position. Mr. Laverdure has most recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer within the Group.
A native of France, Mr. Laverdure is a graduate of HEC Paris and Harvard Business School. He joined Medicom in 2009 following an international career in Europe and the United States in finance, operations and general management. He led the company's transformation to masks and N95 respirators and oversaw the opening of six new personal protective equipment production facilities on three continents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Guillaume embodies the competency and humanity one would expect in a leader. I have had the pleasure of seeing him in action, defining his vision, accomplishing major strategic projects and interacting with our team members with respect and empathy. Medicom is at a pivotal point in its journey and I am confident that Guillaume will take the company to the next level. I will continue to lend my support where needed, as I assume the role of executive chairman effective today," commented Ronald Reuben, founder and new executive chairman of Medicom.
"It is with great humility and a great sense of privilege that I take the reins of the Medicom Group after having held several positions for over 13 years. I thank my friend Ronald for his trust and for all the years of good advice and leadership. Medicom has become a symbol of excellence in our industry thanks to the unwavering commitment of each member of our team to provide the best possible products to our customers. It is with this same mission to live up to our pride in protection that I begin my new mandate," said Guillaume Laverdure, Medicom's new CEO.
Medicom was founded in 1988 in response to the urgent need for medical gloves for healthcare professionals during the global HIV crisis. Since then, the company has evolved to become one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of high-quality, single-use, preventive and infection control products for the medical, dental, industrial, animal health, laboratory, retail and health and wellness markets.
Medicom has been a reliable supplier of infection control solutions during multiple epidemics, including avian flu, SARS, H1N1 and Ebola, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, and was named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for 2021 and 2022.
Today, the Medicom Group distributes infection control products under the Medicom, Ritmed, Kolmi, Hopen, Ocean Pacific and Hedy brands. Medicom subsidiaries include Kolmi-Hopen in France, Medicom Asia in Hong Kong, United Medical Enterprise in the U.S.A., KHM Engineering in Singapore and Medicom HealthPro Limited in the U.K.
For more information about Medicom and the company's comprehensive portfolio of infection control solutions, including an extensive range of medical face masks, follow us on Twitter @MedicomGlobal or visit our pages on Facebook or LinkedIn.
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LONDON — As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.”
As on all things Brexit, the answer is divisive — and a snapshot. But it is fair to say: The people generally agree that Brexit has not yet delivered on its lofty promises, that Britain would reach those “sunlit uplands,” a line of deep nostalgia, lifted by Brexit proponents from a Churchill speech in the darkest hours of 1940.
Johnson championed the June 2016 vote to leave the European Union. He sold Brexit as a transformative event: a chance to rebuild the old empire for the 21st century, as a swashbuckling, global, sovereign nation, driven by clever enterprise, nimble regulation, free ports and cutting-edge finance, to become a leader of the free-market world.
With “get Brexit done” as his slogan, Johnson led his party to a landslide election victory. He succeeded where his predecessor, Theresa May, had failed in getting a deal passed in Parliament and finalized with the Europeans. And he oversaw Britain’s departure from the union with one of the hardest possible versions of Brexit, ending free movement and frictionless trade between the continent and Britain.
And now? Britain has “taken back control.” But the government has struggled to show the benefits.
Critics mocked a government report that highlighted the reintroduction of blue passports, along with crown stamps and imperial measurements on pint glasses — things Britain could have done as part of the E.U. Meanwhile, the daily news is about how British businesses see less trade and more paperwork, and how British travelers boarding ferries to France face miles-long queues.
Brexit’s defenders will note that the worst-case scenarios haven’t played out. The value of the British pound didn’t crash. There have been no dire food shortages. Although the loss of European workers has contributed to scarcities in the labor market, the National Health Service managed to care for its patients, even through a punishing pandemic.
For the true believers, there’s a sense that the full benefits of Brexit haven’t arrived because, in their minds, Brexit hasn’t fully happened. The promise of a better Brexit remains just over the horizon.
The skeptics, with many economists among them, say the harm of Brexit is only starting to be felt.
Economy: No boom, no bust
In his final Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament, Johnson repeated a favorite refrain: Britain had “the fastest-growing economy” among the Group of Seven wealthy nations last year.
Don’t be shocked: Johnson’s claim is misleading.
Britain did have a top-of-the-charts 2021, but a report to Parliament this month said that is partly because its economy experienced the worst decline among the G-7 during the pandemic — and so the rebound looks bigger, bouncier, more bodacious in comparison.
The Bank of England projects that Britain will enter a recession before the end of this year. It is tricky to isolate the impact of Brexit from global factors: the pandemic, supply-chain shocks, and the spike in energy and commodity prices driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine. But it is clear that although Brexit has not sunk the British economy, it has not produced a boom, either.
Since Britons voted in 2016 to leave the E.U., the country’s per capita income has grown by 3.8 percent in real terms, compared with 8.5 percent growth in the E.U., according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
John Springford and colleagues at the Center for European Reform say their economic models have found that Britain’s GDP is 5 percent lower because of Brexit.
Other economists estimate the figure at 1 percent — or 2 or 3 percent.
“It’s complicated,” said Jonathan Portes, a professor of economics at King’s College London. “But there is a degree of consensus among all of us that Brexit has had a negative impact on the U.K. economy, as elementary economics and common sense would suggest.”
Portes pointed to a central fact: “We’ve made it harder for us to trade with our closest trading partner, Europe.”
He said ordinary Britons can sense the impact of Brexit when they have trouble ordering clothes online from Europe that they previously were able to have delivered within a day or two, or when they go on holiday and find themselves in long lines for passport holders from countries outside the E.U.
But the impact on the economy may take years to fully reveal itself. “I compare Brexit to a slow tire puncture versus a car crash,” Portes said. “It takes time.”
“The Big Brexit” report by economists at the London School of Economics and the Resolution Foundation concluded that leaving the E.U. reduced the openness and competitiveness of Britain’s economy, which is likely also to reduce productivity and wages in the decade ahead.
Trade: No sightings of Superman
In a major speech in February 2020, Johnson laid out a mixed-metaphor vision for post-Brexit Britain “on the launching pad,” emerging from “its chrysalis … after decades of hibernation.” The country, he said, was “ready to take off its Clark Kent spectacles and leap into the phone booth and emerge with its cloak flowing as the supercharged champion” of free trade.
On the basis of the evidence so far, Britain is no Superman.
It has signed trade agreements with more than 70 countries for a total value of $929 billion, the government says.
Almost all the deals simply replicate the trade arrangements Britain had as a member of the E.U.
Johnson and his fellow Brexiteers promised a lucrative trade agreement with the United States. That has not been high on the U.S. agenda under Presidents Trump and Biden.
Britain has signed two new independent trade deals since leaving the E.U., with Australia and New Zealand, and a third digital trade agreement with Singapore.
Speaking about the pact with Australia, lawmaker Angus Brendan MacNeil, the chair of Parliament’s International Trade Committee, said, “The government must level with the public; this trade deal will not have the transformative effects ministers would like to claim.”
MacNeil noted that the government’s own impact assessment shows an increase in GDP of just 0.08 percent as a result of the deal, and the balance of gains and losses varies between economic sectors in Britain. British farmers, for instance, are deeply worried about being overwhelmed by cheap imported meat raised to lower standards.
Migration: Fewer Romanians, more Nigerians
With Brexit, Britain fulfilled a promise to “take back control” of its borders. No longer can someone just show up from Paris or Prague and start a new life in London.
But Britons who voted for Brexit because they wanted less immigration would be disappointed.
“Overall, the numbers are likely higher now,” said Madeleine Sumption, the director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
Many who arrived before Brexit remain. There have been 6 million applications from Europeans for “settled status,” which grants them long-term residency and a path to British citizenship, if they choose.
Although the number of new arrivals from Europe has plummeted, those have been replaced by migrants from elsewhere; at the top are new arrivals from India, Nigeria and the Philippines.
Johnson boasted that Britain’s new points-based immigration system would lure “the best and brightest.” But the system is more open than early critics imagined — with lower skill thresholds and no overall cap on numbers — making it easier for non-E.U. migrants to come.
Britain has also offered special status to people fleeing Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
Despite all these arrivals, the United Kingdom is facing a massive job shortage blamed in part on Brexit. The country has struggled to bring in fruit pickers, hotel maids and truck drivers. The National Health Service in England is short tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and midwives, in what a parliamentary committee called the “greatest workforce crisis in their history.”
Meanwhile, illegal immigration has soared, with desperate people boarding unseaworthy rafts to cross the English Channel, with more than 10,000 detained this year. A controversial program to fly those asylum seekers to Rwanda is tied up in the courts.
Covid: Early vaccination leader; high death toll
Among his Brexit wins, Johnson often returns to the notion that Britain delivered “the fastest vaccine rollout anywhere in Europe” by “streamlining procurement processes and avoiding cumbersome E.U. bureaucracy.”
It is true that Britain was able to preorder vaccine candidates without having to worry about what less-wealthy countries in Europe were willing to pay per dose or needing to figure out how to allocate doses equitably among countries.
But Europe quickly caught up to Britain’s fast start. Today, Britain is in the middle of the pack for percentage of population vaccinated.
Also part of the pandemic record: Johnson’s government was criticized by its own public health experts for going into lockdowns too late and lifting restrictions too early — with serious consequences. The editors of the British Medical Journal called the efforts “too little, too late, too flawed.”
Britain had some of the highest rates of excess deaths in the world in 2020, although in that regard, it has since moved into the middle of the pack among developed countries. Between March 2020 and June 2022, more than 200,335 people in Britain died in cases involving covid-19, according to the Office for National Statistics.
N. Ireland: Good for business, bad for politics
What to do about Northern Ireland was a central sticking point in the Brexit negotiations.
An open border on the island of Ireland had helped to resolve decades of violence between unionists and republicans. No one wanted to reignite the violence of “the Troubles” by instituting checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. But with Northern Ireland Brexiting along with the rest of the United Kingdom, that invisible border would mark the outer edge of the E.U.
To get a deal done, Johnson signed — and hailed — a protocol that keeps Northern Ireland inside the E.U.’s single market for goods and allows for checks and controls on trade entering Northern Ireland from mainland Britain.
Johnson’s government now says this arrangement is tearing the kingdom apart, creating disunion and strife. Members of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party have refused to sit in the executive in Belfast in protest.
For many businesses, manufacturers and traders in Northern Ireland, the half-in, half-out arrangement has actually been a win. “The dual access is most welcome,” said Neil Hutcheson of the Federation of Small Business.
Irwin Armstrong, the chief executive of Ciga Healthcare in Northern Ireland and a member of Johnson’s Conservative Party, told The Washington Post, “I think the protocol, as it is, helps almost everyone — but the politicians.”
Johnson’s government is pushing a law through Parliament to unilaterally overturn the protocol — a move decried by critics as a breach of international law.
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Unresponsive man pulled from boat fire in Martin County
Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:30 AM EDT|Updated: 26 minutes ago
A Martin County man was taken to the hospital Sunday evening after two marine deputies were able to pull him out of a burning boat.
The rescue happened at the Manatee Pocket in Port Salerno near Pirates Cove.
Deputies Buddy Sprott and Dan Hill pulled the unresponsive boater out from the cabin moments before it collapsed.
Deputies said the flames from the burning vessel were so hot that they melted part of the sheriff's office marine unit.
Right now, the condition of the boater is unknown, but neither deputy was injured.
This is a developing story. Stay with WPTV.com for updates.
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Car buyers’ contribution in India’s dream of becoming third largest PV market
The Indian automotive industry has been progressing along with the independent India. With the new-age customers come new products with advanced features at higher price bands. On this day of India@75, ETAuto looks at how the evolving car industry in the country, which is pegged to be the third largest by the end of this decade, would perform in the coming years in the background of the new economic challenges and government policies, deprivation of the common man, the aspirations of the neo-rich, and the efforts of the OEMs to satisfy the stakeholders.
New Delhi: Asmee Arora had been dreaming of owning a SUV ever since she started working as a Chartered Accountant. Earlier this month, Arora (29) bought home a stylish and tech-laden beast.
“How time flies!,” her father, a retired Banker, exclaimed, recalling that it was in his 40s when he was a father of two that he bought his first small car.
The compact SUVs, with their bold style statement and distinct body features and shape have become iconic on Indian metro roads. With varieties of models readily available in the market, fans like Arora are a spoilt lot for choices of features and price range.
Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Director (Sales & Marketing), Maruti Suzuki, believes that the SUV momentum is expected to continue in the country and a similar trend is also observed in the global markets.
“In the Indian demography, demand from younger consumers keeps increasing year after year. A lot of them are first-time car buyers. The median age of a car buyer is between 24 and 35 years and about 65% of car owners are below their 30s”, he said.
India has been a small car market, dominated by hatchbacks for several decades. Times began to change in the current decade and the SUV volumes began to spurt in the last 4-5 years.
In 2015, the SUV segment contributed only 13.5% to the overall passenger vehicle sales in India. It was about 26% in 2019, 29% in 2020, and today SUVs have 40% share in the PV segment.
The average price of an Indian car has doubled to INR 9 lakh from INR 4.5 lakh in 2014. India now has a larger number of younger buyers who are also richer. They want vehicles not just to commute but for a whole new experience.
However this does not sweep away the class of car buyers who want entry-level hatchbacks by upgrading from two-wheelers. But, the rise in total cost of ownership (TCO) of even a small car dashes their car dreams. OEMs keep jacking up car prices to withstand the sharp increase in the prices of essential inputs like commodities and precious metals, compliance with the regulatory requirements and upcoming safety norms.
Entry-level car demand is directly proportionate to the real value of entry-level monthly income of the salaried class and small business owners. The recent macro and micro economic upheavals in the country has led to a skewed development pattern victimising the lower income groups, the potential buyers of entry-level small cars. Here the rich become richer while the not- so-rich have to struggle to survive and make both ends meet. One of the first casualty is their car dream.
This was also one of the reasons for Hyundai to discontinue its popular Santro hatchback, the car which marked its entry into the Indian market in 1998.
Even the available small cars (Alto, S-Presso, and Kwid) occupy less than 10% of the passenger vehicle market in India.
Source: SIAM
Globally, China remains at an unassailable number one spot in car sales volume, followed by the US. India is pegged to be the world's third-largest car market by 2030, overtaking Japan, now at the third place. In this drive SUVs are expected to dominate the sales chart with the entry-level small cars having little share.
According to Puneet Gupta, Director, S&P Global Mobility, compact SUVs are driving the demand as consumers are very aspirational today and want to experience vehicles which are more safe, spacious and bold in style. Sales are also driven by car manufacturers who are offering multiple options within the SUV segments to strengthen their market share.
However, he believes that the mini cars will continue to find a buyer in a market like India as “currently about 50%-55% consumers in India are first-time car buyers.”
According to Gupta, the potential is immense as even today India’s car penetration is just 25 units per 1000 people, compared to the developed markets where it is 600-700 per 1000. “This reflects that still there are multiple potential consumers and the market is not saturated.”
The largest maker of small cars in India, Maruti Suzuki, will introduce the new model of its popular Alto this week.
Industry veterans also believe that even though small cars may not contribute as much as SUVs now, by 2030 onwards, this segment will find space in the market via EVs. “This segment is expected to get a new life as electric cars would become more affordable in the next 5-10 years. Also, anyone would prefer a small car in a metro city due to space, parking and traffic constraints,” one of them said.
Meanwhile, most of the SUVs in the market are look-alikes, being sub-4 meter vehicles with the latest technology features that no one would have expected at these price points, even 5 years ago. But consumers want it, OEMs bring it. Competition is the way forward.
Fancy for sedans also dim
Interestingly, not everyone shares Aasmee Arora’s love for SUVs. Vivek Das, who owns a Skoda Rapid now wants to upgrade to a Slavia. “Everyone out there owns a SUV, I don’t want to be a part of the herd. Sedans are class apart.”
But brand and segment loyalists like Das are very few. Experts suggest that the diminishing fancy for bigger vehicles, technology upgrades, parking space crunch, lesser chauffeur-driven consumers and the lack of fresh product launches in the segment are among the many reasons for this disinterest. After three years it was only this year that new sedan models like Skoda Slavia and Volkswagen Virtus were launched in the mass market. Honda also introduced its City hybrid this year.
In FY17, the sedan segment contributed 19% to the domestic PV sales in India. This has come down to less than 10% today.
According to Srivastava of Maruti Suzuki, the decline for sedan cars has been a lot more than the hatchbacks. Going forward, the demand in this segment is expected to drift lower. “At the price point of sedans, consumers are going for a lot of cross consideration in the SUV segment now.”
The Indian car industry is pursuing an interesting growth track. Consumer demand and preferences are changing. The OEMs are ramping up for the future which is more connected and electric. The immediate future is uncertain but steady. It would be interesting to look back at this evolution after 25 years, when India will rally to its centenary of Independence in style and hopefully emerge as a global super power in all sectors, including automotive.
As the automobile gets increasingly software-defined, India’s Engineering, Research & Development (ER&D) is becoming the fastest growing segment in the IT (Information Technology) sector. Industry players believe India can potentially be a global ER&D powerhouse as software content in an automobile grows. But there are hurdles, like skills shortage, to be overcome.
The capability to produce, reproduce advanced technology for mass markets and niche markets is the recipe for building self-reliance. This deployment is inevitable to address different target customers with an impeccable ability for repeatability, modularity and flexibility. With the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) and other excellent schemes, and focus on indigenization, the country is pulling the right levers for paving the pathways for strengthening self-reliance. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/car-buyers-contribution-in-indias-dream-of-becoming-third-largest-pv-market/93571759 | 2022-08-15T11:00:20Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/car-buyers-contribution-in-indias-dream-of-becoming-third-largest-pv-market/93571759 | true |
JACKSON, Wyo. — The 2-minute video, meant ostensibly as the closing appeal to voters here, likely served much more as the launching point of a campaign that will last for years to come.
“This is our great task and we will prevail. I hope you will join me in this fight,” Cheney concludes.
Cheney is looking far beyond Tuesday’s Republican primary for this state’s at-large seat in the U.S. House, a race that she is likely to lose, barring an unprecedented surge of non-Republican voters into the GOP contest.
She entered Congress six years ago as a relative celebrity, the daughter of the former vice president who spent several years using Fox News appearances to deliver acid-tongued critiques of the Obama-Biden administration. And she will exit the Capitol, likely in four-and-a-half months, as the face of an anti-Trump movement that has cost her old alliances but left her with new supporters, clamoring for a next act more nationally focused.
“I sure hope she runs for president,” James Brooks, elected to Jackson’s town council as a self-proclaimed “fierce independent,” said while sitting in a coffee shop looking up at Snow King mountain.
Cheney has fielded questions about her ambitions since first taking office, but the intensity ramped up after this summer’s blockbuster hearings, in which she has she served as vice chair of the committee investigating the ex-president’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
“I’ll make a decision on 2024 down the road,” she told CNN in late July.
But Cheney is clear-eyed when it comes to her chances of actually winning the presidential nomination in a party that is still so loyal to Trump, according to friends and advisers. She sees her future role similar to how she views the work of the Jan. 6 committee: Blocking any path for Trump back to the Oval Office.
“It’s about the danger that he poses to the country, and that he can’t be anywhere close to that power again,” she told a crowd of supporters in Cheyenne just before the committee hearings launched in early June.
Traditional conservatives opposed to former president Donald Trump have already discussed the possibility of Cheney running for the White House. “That chatter was very strong even before that Dick Cheney commercial,” Dmitri Mehlhorn said, referring to a campaign ad that ran nationwide on Fox News and featured the former vice president denouncing Trump.
Mehlhorn advises several donors across the political spectrum who are opposed to Trump, including the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman. Most are ready to provide critical financing for a Cheney bid.
In that regard, Cheney will spend the months after the committee concludes its work later this year figuring out her next steps. That might be launching a political organization that focuses on Trump, or some think-tank work matched with media appearances.
But, for certain, Cheney and a small but influential bloc of anti-Trump Republicans have decided that there must be a 2024 candidate who will run as an unabashed opponent of both the ex-president and other contenders who spew his mistruths about the 2020 election.
This anti-Trump group fears a repeat of the 2016 campaign, in which rivals refrained from attacking Trump’s unorthodox behavior and positions until it was too late. The emerging 2024 Republican presidential field consists of the former president, his allies looking to emulate him and a collection of other Republicans courting non-Trump voters but without forcefully denouncing Trump.
Cheney and her crowd want a candidate who would serve merely as a political kamikaze, blowing up his or her candidacy but also taking down Trump.
“You need that. I think it’s got to be somebody that’s willing to take the boos, take the yells,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), the only other Republican on the Jan. 6 committee, said in a recent interview. “Somebody [who] can stand on the stage and just tell people the truth, I think that would have a huge impact.”
Mehlhorn said his team of anti-Trump donors would take a Cheney campaign, designed solely to attack Trump, “seriously” enough that they could put at least $20 million behind it.
That way, he said, “Republican voters are reminded of how bad Trump is in a way that might allow someone else to emerge from the primary.”
The price of opposition
Cheney has been very outspoken in her denunciations of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other Republicans who have remained loyal to Trump despite his help precipitating the Capitol attack.
But she has also been upset with a separate group of Republicans who despise Trump but instead hope the ex-president will just fade away, particularly Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“Where Kevin is like full-on public embrace, McConnell is: Ignore and hope he goes away. And that just doesn’t work,” Cheney told the authors of “This Will Not Pass,” a book about the fallout of the 2020 election.
But Cheney’s singular focus on preventing Trump from being reelected has come at a heavy cost. Her political world has turned upside down.
Over the weekend, McCarthy began hosting his annual big-donor fete in Teton Village, less than 15 miles north of Cheney’s polling place. It’s the same spot where Cheney and her father co-hosted a $1 million fundraiser on behalf of Trump in August 2019, but the resort owner has since denounced Cheney and is supporting her challenger, the Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman.
Instead of her traditional GOP support, Cheney is trying to rally tens of thousands of Democrats and independents across Wyoming to cross over into the Republican primary.
Anecdotally, local liberals are perplexed by their rush of support after decades of seeing the Cheney family as the political enemy.
“I can’t believe I’m thinking about this. This world is insane,” Diana Welch, an adviser to Christy Walton, a billionaire heir to the Walmart fortune, recalled thinking. But last Monday, Welch happily co-hosted an event in nearby Wilson where Democrats, including local elected officials, outnumbered Republicans.
Alli Noland, a local public relations executive, spent years as a Democrat but eventually gave up a few years ago because the GOP primaries were so critical in this deeply conservative state.
She now organizes regular meetups at the Stagecoach Bar just outside Jackson for liberals interested in learning how to support Cheney.
And there are people like Mike May, who told his friends Saturday evening how, since the early days of the Bush-Cheney administration, he owned a Volkswagen bus with a blunt bumper sticker: “Cheney is a creep.”
His more traditional truck now has a “Cheney for Wyoming” sticker on it. He said he attended the Monday event just to tell her “thank you” for standing up to Trump.
Democrats make the jump
According to state records, the shift is real.
On Jan. 1, Republicans had more than 196,000 registered voters, while Democrats had about 46,000. By Aug. 1, Republicans gained 11,000 new voters while Democrats lost 6,000 and those voters unaffiliated with either party dropped by 2,000.
Teton County, traditionally the only liberal-leaning spot in Wyoming, now has more registered Republicans than Democrats, and voters can switch parties up until Tuesday’s primary.
The Teton County Clerk, Maureen Murphy, reported a stunning tilt in early voting toward Republicans: 3,259 votes have been cast in the GOP primaries by the end of Friday, and just 166 came in the Democratic contests.
Cheney supporters believe those numbers suggest a real surge in crossover voters. Rooks, the Jackson councilman, has spent the past weeks proselytizing to Democrats and independents to join him crossing into the GOP primary, with a good amount of success.
“I have two friends who just can’t do it,” Rooks said, recalling one who got into an early voting polling station and ran out without voting for Cheney.
Republican friends are a much tougher sell, he said. “I might as well be trying to tell them to denounce their faith.”
That scares Noland, who warns that the push to get non-Republicans into the primary has only driven traditional GOP voters away from Cheney. “It really fired up all the Republicans,” she said.
If Cheney loses the usual Wyoming Republicans by a 2-to-1 margin, as polls suggest, she would need something along the lines of 40,000 Democrats and independents to cross over — an insanely high figure in a state where just 115,000 voted in the last midterm GOP primary.
Even these crossover voters, like Patrice Kangas, have moved beyond Tuesday’s outcome and want to know what comes next. As she recounted at the Stagecoach, she waited in line quite awhile to meet Cheney after the Monday event ended and finally asked whether she would run for president.
“Go big?” Kangas said.
“Oh,” Cheney responded, “I don’t know yet.”
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- Strong balance sheet of ~$324 million cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of June 30, 2022 is anticipated to fund planned operations into 2025
- Initiated IDE397 Phase 2 monotherapy expansion cohorts and Phase 1 combination dose escalation cohorts in solid tumors with MTAP deletion
- Entered into Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Amgen to clinically evaluate IDE397 MAT2A inhibitor in combination with AMG 193, Amgen's investigational small molecule MTA-cooperative inhibitor of PRMT5, in MTAP-null solid tumors
- Retained worldwide rights to IDE397, following GSK waiver of its option to an exclusive license to further develop and commercialize IDE397
- Targeting interim Phase 2 clinical data update for darovasertib and crizotinib synthetic lethal combination in MUM in September 2022, including ORR, mPFS, mDOR, and AEs
- Tracking to submit an IND in Q4 2022 for PARG development candidate IDE161
- Selected potential first-in-class Pol Theta Helicase development candidate with GSK, and targeting Phase 1 initiation in H1 2023 for solid tumors with HRD
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYA), a synthetic lethality focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, provided a business update and announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"The IDE397 program is at a key inflection point, and as a wholly-owned program, is uniquely positioned for value accretion as we initiate monotherapy expansion and combination cohorts. Our clinical trial collaboration with Amgen enables clinical evaluation of IDE397 in combination with AMG 193, Amgen's investigational MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor, a potential first-in-class combination inhibiting two complementary synthetic lethal nodes within the MTAP pathway. The clinical ctDNA molecular response data from the IDE397 monotherapy dose escalation demonstrates target engagement and tumor pharmacodynamic modulation, and provides additional data on clinical activity," said Yujiro S. Hata, President and Chief Executive Officer, IDEAYA Biosciences.
"We look forward to providing the interim Phase 2 clinical data update for darovasertib and crizotinib synthetic lethal combination in first-line and any-line MUM patients in September 2022. This clinical data update will include, confirmed ORR by RECIST, median PFS, median duration-of-response, and an adverse event summary. We will also provide an update on a potential registrational path in MUM, and share observations supporting clinical proof of concept for potential use of darovasertib in the (neo)adjuvant UM setting," continued Mr. Hata.
"We have a pipeline of potential first-in-class synthetic lethality therapeutics advancing toward the clinic. We are targeting an IND in Q4 2022 for IDE161, our PARG inhibitor, for patients having tumors with HRD. In collaboration with GSK, we are targeting first-in-human clinical evaluation in H1 2023 for our Pol Theta Helicase development candidate in combination with niraparib for patients having tumors with HRD, and our Werner Helicase program with GSK continues to be on track for development candidate nomination in 2023," said Michael White, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of IDEAYA Biosciences.
Program Updates
Key highlights for IDEAYA's pipeline programs include:
IDE397 (MAT2A)
IDEAYA is clinically evaluating IDE397, a potent and selective small molecule inhibitor targeting methionine adenosyltransferase 2a (MAT2A), in patients having solid tumors with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) deletion, a patient population estimated to represent approximately 15% of solid tumors. IDEAYA is continuing clinical development of IDE397 in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial, IDE397-001 (NCT04794699). Highlights:
- Patients are being identified by next generation sequencing (NGS) or by MTAP immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay with confirmatory NGS
- Initiated monotherapy expansion cohorts with enrollment open for NSCLC and esophagogastric tumors with MTAP deletion
- Initiated combination dose escalation cohorts with enrollment open for combinations with docetaxel in NSCLC, paclitaxel in esophagogastric cancer, and with pemetrexed in NSCLC and potentially other solid tumors
- Entered into Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Amgen to clinically evaluate IDE397 MAT2A inhibitor in combination with AMG 193, Amgen's investigational small molecule MTA-cooperative inhibitor of PRMT5, in MTAP-null solid tumors
- Delivered IDE397 option data package to GSK comprising preclinical data and clinical data from the monotherapy dose escalation study of the Phase 1 clinical trial, including safety and tolerability data, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data
- Retained and fully own all right, title and interest in and to IDE397 and the MAT2A Program, following receipt of notice from GSK waiving its rights to exercise its option to obtain an exclusive license to further develop and commercialize IDE397, as well as other IDEAYA compounds, if any, directly targeting MAT2A
- Demonstrated IDE397 clinical tumor pharmacodynamic modulation based on ctDNA Molecular Responses observed in thirteen evaluable patients with liquid biopsy samples available at baseline and after first treatment cycle, including:
Darovasertib (PKC)
IDEAYA continues to advance its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating darovasertib (IDE196), a potent and selective PKC inhibitor, in combination with crizotinib, a cMET inhibitor, in metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM). The company is also clinically evaluating darovasertib as a combination with crizotinib in GNAQ/11 mutant skin melanoma in an ongoing arm of the current clinical trial, and in (neo)adjuvant uveal melanoma (UM) as monotherapy through an investigator sponsor clinical trial (IST).
IDEAYA is planning to initiate a company-sponsored clinical trial to evaluate darovasertib in (neo)adjuvant uveal melanoma. The company is also evaluating other potential darovasertib expansion opportunities, including in cMET driven tumors and in KRAS-mutation tumors.
Darovasertib / Crizotinib Combination Therapy in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma (MUM)
IDEAYA is continuing patient enrollment into the darovasertib / crizotinib combination arm of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial under clinical trial collaboration and supply agreements with Pfizer. Highlights:
- IDEAYA presented preliminary darovasertib and crizotinib clinical combination data in December 2021. The reported preliminary data, based on an unlocked database, showed robust clinical activity, including 31% ORR (n=4 of 13 evaluable) in heavily pre-treated MUM patents, with manageable side effect profile
- Historical % ORR and median PFS by other therapies in MUM have been low, including ranging from 0% to 5% ORR and 2 to 3 months median PFS
- Prioritizing enrollment of additional first-line MUM patients based on observed early clinical partial responses
- Targeting interim Phase 2 clinical results for darovasertib and crizotinib synthetic lethal combination in first-line and any-line MUM patients in September 2022, including:
- In April 2022, the FDA designated darovasertib as an Orphan Drug in Uveal Melanoma, including MUM
- Collaborating with Pfizer under a clinical collaboration and supply agreement to support clinical evaluation of darovasertib and crizotinib combination in a potential registration-enabling clinical trial in MUM, subject to FDA feedback and guidance
Darovasertib – (Neo)Adjuvant Uveal Melanoma (UM)
IDEAYA is evaluating the potential for darovasertib in neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant uveal melanoma. Highlights:
- (Neo)adjuvant UM represents a significant expansion opportunity – with a potential annual incidence of approximately 6,400 patients aggregate in US and Europe
- IDEAYA has initiated an Investigator Sponsored Trial with St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited to evaluate darovasertib as monotherapy in a neo-adjuvant and/or adjuvant setting in uveal melanoma patients
Darovasertib – Other Potential Indications
IDEAYA is evaluating the potential for darovasertib in other oncology indications, including in cMET-driven tumors and RAS-mutation tumors. Highlights:
- Collaborating with Pfizer under a clinical collaboration and supply agreement for clinical evaluation of darovasertib and crizotinib combination therapy in cMET-driven tumors, such as NSCLC or HCC; targeting initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in the first quarter of 2023
- Evaluating darovasertib in combination with a KRAS inhibitor in preclinical studies in KRAS-driven solid tumors
PARG
IDEAYA is advancing preclinical research for an inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) in patients having tumors with a defined biomarker based on genetic mutations and/or molecular signature. PARG is a novel target in the same clinically validated biological pathway as poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). IDEAYA owns or controls all commercial rights in its PARG program. Highlights:
- Ongoing IND-enabling studies for IDE161, a potential first-in-class PARG inhibitor development candidate for patients having tumors with homologous recombination deficiencies (HRD), including BRCA1 and BRCA2, and potentially other alterations
- Targeting IND for IDE161 in the fourth quarter of 2022
- Considering potential development approaches based on observed activity of IDE161 in PARPi resistant and/or platinum-resistant tumors, differentiated sensitivity relative to PARP inhibitors, and improved preliminary safety profile relative to PARP inhibitors
Pol Theta
IDEAYA's DNA Polymerase Theta, (Pol Theta) program targets tumors with BRCA or other homologous recombination (HR) mutations or homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). IDEAYA and GSK are collaborating on ongoing preclinical research, including small molecules and protein degraders, and GSK will lead clinical development for the Pol Theta program. Highlights:
- Selected a potential first-in-class Pol Theta Helicase development candidate in collaboration with GSK
- Observed complete responses in preclinical combination studies of Pol Theta Helicase DC with niraparib in multiple in vivo PDX and CDX HRD models
- Targeting first-in-human clinical evaluation of Pol Theta Helicase DC combination with niraparib in H1 2023 for patients having tumors with HRD
- IDEAYA is eligible to receive future development and regulatory milestones of up to $485 million aggregate from GSK:
Werner Helicase
IDEAYA is advancing preclinical research for an inhibitor targeting Werner Helicase for tumors with high microsatellite instability (MSI). IDEAYA and GSK are collaborating on ongoing preclinical research, and GSK will lead clinical development for the Werner Helicase program. Highlights:
- Targeting selection of a Werner Helicase development candidate in 2023
- Potential for up to $20 million in aggregate milestone payments from GlaxoSmithKline for advancing a Werner Helicase inhibitor from preclinical to early Phase 1 clinical
Other Synthetic Lethality Pipeline Programs
IDEAYA is advancing additional preclinical research programs to identify small molecule inhibitors for an MTAP-synthetic lethality target, as well as for multiple potential first-in-class synthetic lethality programs for patients with solid tumors characterized by proprietary biomarkers or gene signatures.
General
IDEAYA continues to monitor Covid-19 and its potential impact on clinical trials and timing of clinical data results. Initiation of clinical trial sites, patient enrollment and ongoing monitoring of enrolled patients, including obtaining patient computed tomography (CT) scans, may be impacted for IDEAYA clinical trials evaluating IDE397 and darovasertib; the specific impacts are currently uncertain.
Corporate Updates
IDEAYA's net losses were $22.1 million and $14.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, the company had an accumulated deficit of $212.8 million.
As of June 30, 2022, IDEAYA had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $323.8 million. IDEAYA believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its planned operations into 2025. These funds will support the company's efforts through potential achievement of multiple preclinical and clinical milestones across multiple programs.
Our updated corporate presentation is available on our website, at our Investor Relations page: https://ir.ideayabio.com/.
Financial Results
As of June 30, 2022, IDEAYA had cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities totaling $323.8 million. This compared to cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term marketable securities of $346.2 million at March 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to cash used in operations.
Collaboration revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $5.9 million compared to $11.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Collaboration revenue was recognized for the performance obligations satisfied through June 30, 2022 under the GSK Collaboration Agreement.
Research and development (R&D) expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $22.8 million compared to $19.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher personnel-related expenses, clinical trial expenses and outside services.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $5.6 million compared to $5.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to lower personnel-related expenses and outside services.
The net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $22.1 million compared to $14.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Total stock compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $3.0 million compared to $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
About IDEAYA Biosciences
IDEAYA is a synthetic lethality focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics. IDEAYA's approach integrates capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with drug discovery to select patient populations most likely to benefit from its targeted therapies. IDEAYA is applying its research and drug discovery capabilities to synthetic lethality – which represents an emerging class of precision medicine targets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to (i) the extent to which IDEAYA's existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities will fund its planned operations, (ii) the timing and content of an additional clinical data update for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination, (iii) the timing of submitting an IND for PARG inhibitor, IDE161, (iv) the timing of identification of initiating first-in-human clinical evaluation of Pol Theta inhibitor with niraparib, (v) the initiation of an IST to evaluate ID196 in a neo-adjuvant / adjuvant setting, (vi) the timing of initiation of a Phase 1/2 darovasertib and crizotinib clinical trial in cMET-driven tumors, (vii) the timing of identification of a development candidate for a Werner Helicase inhibitor, and (viii) the impact of COVID-19. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause IDEAYA's preclinical and clinical development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including IDEAYA's programs' early stage of development, the process of designing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials, the regulatory approval processes, the timing of regulatory filings, the challenges associated with manufacturing drug products, IDEAYA's ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, the effects on IDEAYA's business of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and other matters that could affect the sufficiency of existing cash to fund operations. IDEAYA undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. 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 the business of IDEAYA in general, see IDEAYA's recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2022 and any current and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot, using it as a platform to drum up cash, promote business endeavors and boost social media profiles.
A Nevada man jailed on riot charges asked his mother to contact publishers for a book he was writing about “the Capitol incident.” A rioter from Washington state helped his father hawk clothes and other merchandise bearing slogans such as “Our House” and images of the Capitol building. A Virginia man released a rap album with riot-themed songs and a cover photograph of him sitting on a police vehicle outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Those actions are sometimes complicating matters for defendants when they face judges at sentencing as prosecutors point to the profit-chasing activities in seeking tougher punishments. The Justice Department, in some instances, is trying to claw back money that rioters have made off the insurrection.
In one case, federal authorities have seized tens of thousands of dollars from a defendant who sold his footage from Jan. 6. In another case, a Florida man’s plea deal allows the U.S. government to collect profits from any book he gets published over the next five years. And prosecutors want a Maine man who raised more than $20,000 from supporters to surrender some of the money because a taxpayer-funded public defender is representing him.
Many rioters have paid a steep personal price for their actions on Jan. 6. At sentencing, rioters often ask for leniency on the grounds that they already have experienced severe consequences for their crimes.
They lost jobs or entire careers. Marriages fell apart. Friends and relatives shunned them or even reported them to the FBI. Strangers have sent them hate mail and online threats. And they have racked up expensive legal bills to defend themselves against federal charges ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies.
Websites and crowdfunding platforms set up to collect donations for Capitol riot defendants try to portray them as mistreated patriots or even political prisoners.
An anti-vaccine medical doctor who pleaded guilty to illegally entering the Capitol founded a nonprofit that raised more than $430,000 for her legal expenses. The fundraising appeal by Dr. Simone Gold’s group, America’s Frontline Doctors, didn’t mention her guilty plea, prosecutors noted.
Before sentencing Gold to two months behind bars, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper called it “unseemly” that her nonprofit invoked the Capitol riot to raise money that also paid for her salary. Prosecutors said in court papers that it “beggars belief” that she incurred anywhere close to $430,000 in legal costs for her misdemeanor case.
Another rioter, a New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the siege, raised more than $30,000 in online donations for a “Patriot Relief Fund” to cover his mortgage payments and other monthly bills. Prosecutors cited the fund in recommending a fine for Scott Fairlamb, who is serving a prison sentence of more than three years.
“Fairlamb should not be able to ‘capitalize’ on his participation in the Capitol breach in this way,” Justice Department lawyers wrote.
Robert Palmer, a Florida man who attacked police officers at the Capitol, asked a friend to create a crowdfunding campaign for him online after he pleaded guilty. After seeing the campaign to “Help Patriot Rob,” a probation officer calculating a sentencing recommendation for Palmer didn’t give him credit for accepting responsibility for his conduct. Palmer conceded that a post for the campaign falsely portrayed his conduct on Jan. 6. Acceptance of responsibility can help shave months or even years off a sentence.
“When you threw the fire extinguisher and the plank at the police officers, were you acting in self-defense?” asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
“No, ma’am, I was not,” Palmer said before the judge sentenced him to more than five years in prison.
A group calling itself the Patriot Freedom Project says it has raised more than $1 million in contributions and paid more than $665,000 in grants and legal fees for families of Capitol riot defendants.
In April, a New Jersey-based foundation associated with the group filed an IRS application for tax-exempt status. As of early August, an IRS database doesn’t list the foundation as a tax-exempt organization. The Hughes Foundation’s IRS application says its funds “principally” will benefit families of Jan. 6 defendants, with about 60% of the donated money going to foundation activities. The rest will cover management and fundraising expenses, including salaries, it adds.
Rioters have found other ways to enrich or promote themselves.
Jeremy Grace, who was sentenced to three weeks in jail for entering the Capitol, tried to profit off his participation by helping his dad sell T-shirts, baseball caps, water bottles, decals and other gear with phrases such as “Our House” and “Back the Blue” and images of the Capitol, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said Grace’s “audacity” to sell “Back the Blue” paraphernalia is “especially disturbing” because he watched other rioters confront police officers on Jan. 6. A defense lawyer, however, said Grace didn’t break any laws or earn any profits by helping his father sell the merchandise.
Federal authorities seized more than $62,000 from a bank account belonging to riot defendant John Earle Sullivan, a Utah man who earned more than $90,000 from selling his Jan. 6 video footage to at least six companies. Sullivan’s lawyer argued authorities had no right to seize the money.
Richard “Bigo” Barnett, an Arkansas man photographed propping his feet up on a desk in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has charged donors $100 for photos of him with his feet on a desk while under house arrest. Defense lawyer Joseph McBride said prosecutors have “zero grounds” to prevent Barnett from raising money for his defense before a December trial date.
“Unlike the government, Mr. Barnett does not have the American Taxpayer footing the bill for his legal case,” McBride wrote in a court filing.
Texas real estate agent Jennifer Leigh Ryan promoted her business on social media during and after the riot, boasting that she was “becoming famous.” In messages sent after Jan. 6, Ryan “contemplated the business she needed to prepare for as a result of the publicity she received from joining the mob at the Capitol,” prosecutors said in court documents.
Prosecutors cited the social media activity of Treniss Evans III in recommending a two-month jail term for the Texas man, who drank a shot of whiskey in a congressional conference room on Jan. 6. Evans has “aggressively exploited” his presence at the Capitol to expand his social media following on Gettr, a social media site founded by a former Trump adviser, prosecutors wrote before Evans’ sentencing, scheduled for this coming Tuesday,
A few rioters are writing books about the mob’s attack or have marketed videos that they shot during the riot.
A unique provision in Adam Johnson’s plea agreement allows the U.S. government to collect profits from any book he gets published over the next five years. Images of Johnson posing for photographs with Pelosi’s podium went viral after the riot. Prosecutors said they insisted on the provision after learning that Johnson intends to write a memoir “of some sort.”
Ronald Sandlin, a Nevada man charged with assaulting officers near doors to the Senate gallery, posted on Facebook that he was “working out a Netflix deal” to sell riot video footage. Later, in a call from jail, Sandlin told his mother that he had met with right-wing author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza and was in contact with podcaster Joe Rogan. He also asked his mom to contact publishers for the book he was writing about the “Capitol incident,” prosecutors said.
“I hope to turn it into movie,” Sandlin wrote in a March 2021 text message. “I plan on having Leonardo DiCaprio play me,” he wrote, adding a smiley face emoji.
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Drought-stricken states in West face deadline to cut water use
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and drier.
More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than flows through it, depleting key reservoirs to levels that now jeopardize delivery and hydropower production.
Cities and farms in seven U.S. states are bracing for cuts this week as officials stare down a deadline to propose unprecedented reductions to their use of the water, setting up what’s expected to be the most consequential week for Colorado River policy in years.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June told the states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — to figure out how to use at least 15% less water next year, or have restrictions imposed on them. On top of that, the bureau is expected to publish hydrology projections that will trigger additional cuts already agreed to.
“The challenges we are seeing today are unlike anything we have seen in our history,” Camille Touton, the bureau’s commissioner, said in a U.S. Senate hearing that month.
Tensions over the extent of the cuts and how to spread them equitably have flared, with states pointing fingers and stubbornly clinging to their water rights despite the looming crisis.
“It’s not fun sitting around a table figuring out who is going to sacrifice and how much,” said Bill Hasencamp, the Colorado River resources manager at Metropolitan Water District, which provides water to most of Southern California.
Representatives from the seven states convened in Denver last week for eleventh-hour negotiations behind closed doors. Officials party to discussions said the most likely targets for cuts are farmers in Arizona and California. Agricultural districts in those states are asking to be paid generously to shoulder that burden.
The Colorado River cascades down from the Rocky Mountains into the arid deserts of the Southwest. It’s the primary water supply for 40 million people. About 70% of its water goes toward irrigation, sustaining a $15 billion-a-year agricultural industry that supplies 90% of the United States’ winter vegetables.
The river is divided among Mexico and the seven U.S. states under a series of agreements that date back a century, to a time when more water flowed through the river. But climate change has transformed the river’s hydrology, providing less snowmelt and causing hotter temperatures and more evaporation. As it’s yielded less water, the states have agreed to cuts tied to the levels of reservoirs that store river water.
Last year, federal officials for the first time declared a water shortage, triggering cuts to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico’s share of the river to help prevent the two largest reservoirs — Lake Powell and Lake Mead — from dropping low enough to threaten hydropower production and stop water from flowing through their dams.
The proposals for supplemental cuts due this week have inflamed disagreement between upper basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — and lower basin states — Arizona, California and Nevada — over how to spread the pain. The lower basin states use most of the water and have thus far shouldered most of the cuts. The upper basin states have historically not used their full allocations but want to maintain their water rights to plan for population growth.
Gene Shawcroft, the chairman of Utah’s Colorado River Authority, believes the lower basin states should take most of the cuts because they use most of the water and their full allocations.
He said it was his job to protect Utah’s allocation for growth projected for decades ahead: “The direction we’ve been given as water purveyors is to make sure we have water for the future.”
In a letter last month, representatives from the upper basin states proposed a five-point conservation plan that they said would save water but argued most of the cuts needed to come from the lower basin. The plan didn’t commit to any numbers.
“The focus is getting the tools in place and working with water users to get as much as we can rather than projecting a water number,” Chuck Cullom, the executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission, told The Associated Press.
That position, however, is unsatisfactory to many in lower basin states already facing cuts.
“It’s going to come to a head particularly if the upper basin states continue their negotiating position, saying, ‘We’re not making any cuts,’” said Bruce Babbitt, who served as Interior secretary from 2003-2011.
Lower basin states have yet to go public with plans to contribute, but officials said last week that they had a tentative proposal to reduce consumption that fell slightly short of the federal government’s request to cut 2 to 4 million acre-feet.
An acre-foot of water is enough to serve two to three households annually.
Hasencamp, the Metropolitan Water District’s Colorado River resource manager, said all the districts in the state that draw from the river had agreed to contribute water or money to the plan, pending approval by their respective boards. Water districts, in particular the Imperial Irrigation District, have been adamant that any voluntary cut does not curtail their high priority water rights.
Southern California cities likely will be putting up money that could fund fallowing farmland in places like Imperial County, and water managers are considering leaving water they’ve stored in Lake Mead as part of their contribution.
Arizona will likely be hit hard with reductions. The state has in the past few years shouldered much of the cuts and with its growing population and robust agricultural industry, has less wiggle room than its neighbors to take on more, said Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke. Some tribes in Arizona have also contributed to propping up Lake Mead in the past, and could play an outsized role in any new proposal.
Irrigators around Yuma, Arizona, have proposed taking 925,000 acre-feet less of Colorado River water in 2023 and leaving it in Lake Mead if they’re paid $1.4 billion, or $1,500 per acre-foot. The cost is far above the going rate, but irrigators defended their proposal as fair considering the cost to grow crops and get them to market.
Wade Noble, the coordinator for a coalition that represents Yuma water rights holders, said it was the only proposal put forth publicly that includes actual cuts, rather than theoretical cuts to what users are allocated on paper.
Some of the compensation-for-conservation funds could come from a $4 billion drought earmark in the Inflation Reduction Act under consideration in Washington, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona told the AP.
Sinema acknowledged paying farmers to conserve wasn’t a long-term solution: “In the short-term, however, in order to meet our day-to-day needs and year-to-year needs, ensuring that we’re creating financial incentives for non-use will help us get through,” she said.
Babbitt, too, said money in the legislation will not “miraculously solve the problem,” and prices for water must be reasonable to avoid gouging because most water users will take a hit.
“There’s no way that these cuts can all be paid for at a premium price for years and years,” he said.
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Fonseca reported from Flagstaff, Arizona. Associated Press reporter Kathleen Ronayne contributed from Sacramento, California.
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Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) grants Amsel Medical significant further investment in support of improved urgent care for trauma
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amsel Medical Corporation today announced receipt of award and signing of a contract for a non-dilutive AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) of $1.5 million augmenting its original $1M Phase II SBIR Grant.
This effort is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and will enable Amsel Medical to bridge its Phase II efforts towards Phase III commercial scaling. It facilitates the delivery of strategic capabilities to the U.S. Air Force, Special Operations Command, and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Amsel Medical's needle delivered temporary clamping device is targeted at reducing combat deaths resulting from non-compressible and junctional hemorrhage, especially subclavian injuries, which are a leading cause of fatalities in military trauma cases.
"Today the majority of military fatalities occur in the prehospital environment," said Amsel Medical CEO David Doster. "As a result, there is a need for a field deployable, minimally invasive, and effective tool to prevent exsanguination and aid in the urgent care of those wounded. This is core to Amsel's mission - saving limbs and saving lives for both those who serve, and to serve the broader public's need for improved trauma care."
"The ability to rapidly and effectively control non-compressible and junctional hemorrhage non-surgically will be critical in the future operating environment," said Colonel(ret) John Dorsch who served most recently as the U.S. Air Force's 24th Special Operations Wing surgeon general. "This initiative will provide a novel solution to control junctional hemorrhage not amenable to application of an external tourniquet."
"The mortality due to exsanguination associated with junctional and non-compressible hemorrhage in the battlefield prior to surgical intervention is extremely high, with a greater than 60 percent mortality amongst US combatants," said Col(ret). Dorsch. "Junctional hemorrhage due to trauma is also a major cause of mortality and morbidity for civilian trauma. The Amsel technology is a minimally invasive fine-needle delivery of a temporary clamp for fast, secure mechanical arterial occlusion with the ability to vary the degree of occlusion of the targeted vessel, minimizing the potential consequences of prolonged limb ischemia and reperfusion injury. When no longer required, the clamp can simply be removed, without the need for any surgical or additional interventional procedure."
About Amsel Medical Corporation
Amsel Medical Corporation is a medical device company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, delivering simple and secure technology for vessel and tubular structure occlusion. In addition to its temporary trauma solution, it is also commercializing a permanent implant (SCureClamp™ ) that is CE mark and FDA cleared. For more information please visit www.AmselMedical.com.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Todd Rosiak reports “Trevor Rosenthal says he’s going out on a rehab assignment with Class AAA Nashville and will pitch for the first time Tuesday. Also said he hit 98 mph in a workout (Friday).”
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The San Francisco Giants traded Rosenthal to the Milwaukee Brewers ahead of the Aug. 2 deadline.
The Giants had rolled the dice with the ex-New York Yankees reliever just two weeks before the deadline deal, when NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic reported the right-hander agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million contract with San Francisco. At the time, Pavlovic reported Rosenthal “currently has a strained hamstring so he’s rehabbing in Arizona.”
Rosenthal, a former All-Star reliever, held a showcase in June. Rosenthal, who had thoracic outlet surgery in 2021, last pitched in the big leagues in 2020, getting cameos with the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres.
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The Yankees took a look at Rosenthal in 2019, signing him to a minor-league contract. But the 32-year-old Rosenthal never took the mound in pinstripes.
Rosenthal didn’t pitch in 2018 after having Tommy John surgery. Before that, he was with the St. Louis Cardinals, anchoring the back end of their bullpen. He broke into the majors in 2012, saved 45 games in 2014 and 48 games in 2015. He earned a trip to the All-Star Game in 2015, but arm injuries derailed his career in the years that followed.
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Cloud-Based Solution Provider's Deal Pipeline Management App Meets Industry Demand For All-In-One Platform That Tracks, Manages M&A Activity
CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Practifi, a performance optimization platform for the wealth management industry, today announced the rollout of its latest application for business development ("BD app"). The new application, designed to address an industry need for managing multiple growth activities while tracking pipeline performance, features tools for comprehensive life cycle management through mergers and acquisitions, using the power of Practifi's award-winning platform.
Adrian Johnstone, President and Co-founder of Practifi, said, "The frenetic pace of M&A activity in the wealth management industry makes it important for RIAs, broker-dealers and network firms to manage their pipeline capably. After carefully listening to our clients, we created a new business development app so key decision-makers and their teams no longer have to rely on inefficient tools, such as CRMs that are not industry-specific, to operate with excellence and scale. For firms seeking to increase the efficiency of the acquisition process, our BD app will provide the best return on their investment."
The newly developed app makes it easy to manage the full acquisition life cycle within a single, unified platform. From deal prospecting and pipeline management to onboarding and integrating new firms and advisors, the Business Development app provides an end-to-end transition management experience for RIAs, IBDs and networks that are actively acquiring.
Ensuring a smooth and repeatable transition process, the BD app's comprehensive acquisition lifecycle ensures all deals progress through the same stages. Whether the firm or advisor is in consideration, contention, due diligence, onboarding or acquired, each acquisition target receives a standardized and consistent experience.
Tom Westhoff, Vice President of Sales at Practifi, concluded, "We've captured the best of Practifi's core capabilities and brought them into the M&A space, making it effortless for fast-growing firms to qualify and quantify the deals in their pipelines while managing back-office activity with flawless precision. From the first step of a transaction to successful acquisition, firms seeking to be the buyer of choice in the M&A market understand that they need to be seen as capable of seamless full integration. Our new app places wealth management's acquisition activity at the center of everything and will reap dividends for firms on the hunt for the best solution available."
Practifi is the performance optimization platform purpose-built for the wealth management industry. Practifi empowers teams to automate workflows, create rich client records, and access advanced analytics in a unified experience. With comprehensive APIs, a range of specialist wealth industry integrations, and an ecosystem of hundreds of integrated apps, our platform centralizes data and gives greater visibility across organizations. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices in Sydney, Australia, Practifi enables organizations across the globe to deepen loyalty with their clients and pioneer the future of wealth management. To learn more, visit practifi.com.
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City Section football programs on the rise with rebuilds
Trodding across pockets of brown, stringy grass, the Hamilton High Yankees went to work on their school’s patchy baseball field.
They were all dressed in uniform. Not the traditional Yankee green. Their work clothes under the July sun were a mandated plain-white T-shirt and black shorts. They’d only receive their Hamilton uniforms after they made it past the final cut day on the 25th.
“Let them earn the Hammy colors,” head coach Norris Milton said. “I try to show pride in the school.”
Over the last couple of years, that pride has been tested for many football programs in the Los Angeles City Section. COVID-19 dealt a near-crippling blow to schools already struggling with overall enrollment and student participation in sports. Teams such as Manual Arts and Crenshaw that once fielded more than 50 players on varsity can now barely muster 25.
“In the next five years, if nothing changes,” said Jefferson coach Jason Grant, “I don’t see City football being in existence.”
But it‘snot dead yet.
A fresh wave of coaches has entered the Los Angeles Unified School District in recent years — coaches who’ve been molded in the City, who are invested in not just football but the larger community, who are trying to bring pride back to their programs.
“They’ve now come through that cycle of … seven-on-seven, travel teams and all that,” former Dorsey coach Paul Knox said. “They kind of know the ins and outs now. And I think they’ll be able to get kids in there. I think you’ll see a little resurgence in the City in the next three to four years.”
Each has their own philosophy to keeping City football alive.
For Milton, the key is finding diamonds in the rough.
Perhaps sitting in a humid athletics office, with its sticky tiled floor and stray wires poking out of the walls, wasn’t exactly what he pictured when he shipped out to California from Georgia in 2015. He certainly didn’t anticipate being named an athletic director during COVID-19 — just a year after he started as head football coach at Hamilton. Yet he’s fully invested.
“We’re getting more kids interested on campus,” Milton said. “That was my main focus — to really get kids on campus to want to play football.”
After he came to the Yankees in 2019, he met the kids for the first time Aug. 1, giving them two weeks to prepare before their first game. He had 22 players. They went 2-9.
“It was a struggle,” Milton said.
He boosted the number of players to 75 in January 2020 before COVID-19 hit. Finally, after two years, Milton’s managed to get 75 students signed up again, following a surprise 9-4 record last season.
Over half of those students, Milton said, had never played football. Also serving as a PE teacher, he had to walk Hamilton’s halls to find talent. During lunch periods, he’d head out to the field with rising junior Jason Benson and toss a football around, eventually convincing him to come out for the team.
Kids come to Hamilton for the school’s strong arts and theater programs, Milton said, not football. But Hamilton’s enrollment, at about 2,500, is bustling in contrast to other LAUSD schools. Somewhere, there’s an All-City player hidden away in those Yankee classrooms.
“They’re here — it’s just getting them to buy into what it takes to be an athlete,” Milton said. “I ain’t going to say that’s the struggle, but that’s what I really want to try to find at the school.”
For Hawkins coach Ronald Coltress, it’s about building tradition.
In 2016, Hawkins, one of the most dominant programs in the City Section, had to forfeit all 13 wins because of eligibility violations. Coltress, who had no idea about the scandal, was hired as an assistant in 2017. They went 0-11. Then he inherited the reins.
“It was kind of overwhelming, because I didn’t think I was ready to take over the program,” Coltress said.
He’s been reaching into a bare cupboard ever since.
“It’s just like, ‘We’re Hawkins. What are we known for?’” Coltress said. “Well, they’re known for that thing [in 2016] … since then, nothing.”
He had the minimum number of 18 players on the roster in 2020 to be eligible to play. Last season’s 7-5 record, however, sowed seeds of promise.
When he first arrived at Hawkins, Coltress never saw alumni return to games. That’s starting to change. Former receiver Steven Romero, who graduated in 2020, is a frequent visitor now. His brothers, Nicholas and Dominick, are now on the team.
“Once they have a program to believe in, a school, tradition, I think that’s how you keep ahold of kids,” Coltress said.
It’s tough to watch inner-city schools struggle with engagement — particularly storied programs like Crenshaw and Dorsey, Coltress said. Yet coaches across the City are committed to rebuilding.
“You can make it at those schools,” Coltress said. “You can make it at Hawkins.”
For Grant, the key is preserving talent at the youth level.
On July 16, he lounged on a bench on the sidelines at a seven-on-seven tournament at El Camino Real High. Jefferson had come to play. Only nine players showed up.
“Typical L.A. City Section,” he muttered.
To even be able to participate, he had to pull an incoming freshman, who’d be starting the year on junior varsity, to play quarterback. As he spoke, his 11-year-old son sat on the other end of the bench. Grant pointed at him.
“He was gonna play quarterback today if I didn’t go play my ninth-grade quarterback,” he said. “For real.”
Last summer, Grant said, he walked into seven-on-seven games with 11 players — and still had opposing programs trying to recruit his players, he said.
“If you’ve got any kind of talent, somebody’s going to be in your ear,” Grant said.
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When former alumnus Grant was recruited to Jefferson, right before the COVID-19 pandemic, he issued an ultimatum to the administration: The L.A. Demos youth program had to be rebooted. Out of commission for three years because of low turnout, it kicked off again last season. Grant’s coaching staff is now filled top to bottom with coaches involved with the Demos. It’s his blueprint for encouraging the youth in the area to stay.
A couple weeks after that futile El Camino Real tournament, Grant had about two dozen players signed up. Above the roster minimum of 18, and a whole lot more than the 11 at the same time last season.
At Jefferson’s first practice in helmets July 28, Grant knelt on the sideline, ripping up a few blades of grass. This sod, he explained, was the same turf standouts like Romeo Doubs, now a rookie receiver with the Green Bay Packers, had starred on.
His players walk the same halls Doubs did. Walk the same streets around Jefferson. Grant wants them to realize — what’s the difference?
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Company to host conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. EDT
CARMIEL, Israel, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: PLX) (TASE: PLX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, production and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by its proprietary ProCellEx® plant cell-based protein expression system, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provided a business update on recent corporate and regulatory developments.
"Positive topline results from our phase III BALANCE clinical trial of PRX-102 for the treatment of adult patients with Fabry disease were announced last April. The clinical study report (CSR) for the trial is now complete," said Dror Bashan, Protalix's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The final analysis of the BALANCE study, which was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 1 mg/kg of PRX–102 administered every other week compared to agalsidase beta in patients previously treated with agalsidase beta, confirms the positive topline results and favorable tolerability profile. The results from the BALANCE study highlight our confidence that PRX–102 has the potential to become an important treatment option for patients with Fabry disease. We are excited to move closer to potential approval of PRX–102 and commercial launch, and thank our team members and external partners for their continued support."
2022 Second Quarter and Recent Business Highlights
Corporate Developments
- On June 30, 2022, the Company announced the appointment of Shmuel "Muli" Ben Zvi, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors. Dr. Ben Zvi is serving as the new Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- The Company recorded revenues from selling goods of $3.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $0.2 million, or 6%, compared to revenues of $3.2 million for the same period of 2021.
- Revenue from licenses and R&D services for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $5.4 million, an increase of $2.2 million, or 69%, compared to $3.2 million for the same period in 2021. Revenues from license and R&D services are comprised primarily of revenues recognized in connection with the Chiesi Agreements.
- Cost of goods sold for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $4.1 million, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 13%, compared to cost of goods sold of $4.7 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease in cost of goods sold was primarily the result of decreased manufacturing costs due to higher yields and lower wastage.
- Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $7.6 million, a decrease of $0.1 million, or 1%, compared to $7.7 million for the same period in 2021.
- Selling, general and administrative expenses were $2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 19%, compared to $3.2 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in salary related and selling costs.
- Financial income, net were $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to financial expenses, net of $2.1 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease resulted primarily from lower interest and debt amortization costs due to a decrease in the Company's outstanding notes from an aggregate principal amount of $57.92 million of 2021 Notes to an aggregate principal amount of $28.75 million of 2024 Notes, and an increase in the exchange rate of New Israeli Shekels for U.S. Dollars over the period.
- Cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits were approximately $28.6 million at June 30, 2022.
- Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $5.3 million, or $0.11 per share, basic and diluted, compared to a net loss of $11.2 million, or $0.25 per share, basic and diluted, for the same period in 2021.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
The Company will host a conference call today, August 15, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, to review the corporate and clinical developments, which will also be available by webcast. To participate in the conference call, please dial the following numbers prior to the start of the call:
Conference Call Details:
Monday, August 15, 2022, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT)
Domestic: 877-423-9813
International: 201-689-8573
Conference ID: 13732027
Webcast Details:
The conference will be webcast live from the Company's website and will be available via the following links:
Company Link: https://protalixbiotherapeutics.gcs-web.com/events0
Webcast Link: Registration – https://tinyurl.com/44z7w7ex
Conference ID: 13732027
Please access the websites at least 15 minutes ahead of the conference to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
The conference call will be available for replay for two weeks on the Events Calendar of the Investors section of the Company's website, at the above link.
About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. Protalix was the first company to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a protein produced through plant cell-based in suspension expression system. Protalix's unique expression system represents a new method for developing recombinant proteins in an industrial-scale manner.
Protalix's first product manufactured by ProCellEx, taliglucerase alfa, was approved by the FDA in May 2012 and, subsequently, by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Protalix has licensed to Pfizer Inc. the worldwide development and commercialization rights for taliglucerase alfa, excluding Brazil, where Protalix retains full rights.
Protalix's development pipeline consists of proprietary versions of recombinant therapeutic proteins that target established pharmaceutical markets, including the following product candidates: pegunigalsidase alfa, a modified stabilized version of the recombinant human α–Galactosidase–A protein for the treatment of Fabry disease; alidornase alfa or PRX–110, for the treatment of various human respiratory diseases or conditions; PRX–115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated uricase for the treatment of severe gout; PRX–119, a plant cell-expressed long action DNase I for the treatment of NETs-related diseases; and others. Protalix has partnered with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., both in the United States and outside the United States, for the development and commercialization of pegunigalsidase alfa.
Forward-Looking Statements
To the extent that statements in this press release are not strictly historical, all such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The terms "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "project," "may," "plan," "will," "would," "should" and "intend," and other words or phrases of similar import are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations as to such future outcomes. Drug discovery and development involve a high degree of risk and the final results of a clinical trial may be different than the preliminary findings for the clinical trial. Factors that might cause material differences include, among others: risks related to the timing and progress of the preparation of a Biologics License Application (BLA) resubmission addressing the complete response letter; risks related to the timing, progress and likelihood of final approval by the FDA and European Medicines Agency (EMA) of a resubmitted BLA and of a Marketing Authorization Application, respectively, for PRX–102 and, if approved, whether the use of PRX–102 will be commercially successful; likelihood that the FDA, EMA or other applicable health regulatory authorities will approve an alternative dosing regimen; failure or delay in the commencement or completion of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, which may be caused by several factors, including: slower than expected rates of patient recruitment; unforeseen safety issues; determination of dosing issues; lack of effectiveness during clinical trials; inability to satisfactorily demonstrate non-inferiority to approved therapies; inability or unwillingness of medical investigators and institutional review boards to follow our clinical protocols; and inability to monitor patients adequately during or after treatment; the risk that the FDA, EMA, or other foreign regulatory authorities may not accept or approve a marketing application we file for any of our product candidates, and other risks relating to the review process; risks associated with the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID–19, outbreak and variants, which may adversely impact our business, preclinical studies and clinical trials; risks related to any transactions we may effect in the public or private equity markets to raise capital to finance future research and development activities, general and administrative expenses and working capital; the risk that the results of the clinical trials of our product candidates will not support the applicable claims of safety or efficacy, or that our product candidates will not have the desired effects or will be associated with undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics; risks related to our ability to maintain and manage our relationship with our collaborators, distributors or partners; risks related to the amount and sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents; risks relating to our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance our outstanding notes or any other indebtedness; risks relating to changes to interim, topline or preliminary data from clinical trials that we announce or publish; risk of significant lawsuits, including stockholder litigation, which is common in the life sciences sector; our dependence on performance by third party providers of services and supplies, including without limitation, clinical trial services; delays in our preparation and filing of applications for regulatory approval; the inherent risks and uncertainties in developing drug platforms and products of the type we are developing; the impact of development of competing therapies and/or technologies by other companies and institutions; potential product liability risks, and risks of securing adequate levels of product liability and other necessary insurance coverage; risks related to our expectations with respect to the potential commercial value of our product and product candidates; and other factors described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The statements in this press release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law. The statements in this press release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law.
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LifeSci Advisors
646-627-8390
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon®, a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership of premier shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations, announced the following promotions today.
Donald G. Frey has been promoted to serve as the Company's Executive Vice President and appointed Treasurer. Mr. Frey has been with Simon for approximately 12 years, most recently as the Company's Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Prior to Simon, Mr. Frey practiced law at Alston & Bird LLP and Dechert LLP for eight years and has over 20 years of capital markets and legal experience.
Matt Jackson has been promoted to serve as the Company's Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. Jackson has been with Simon for approximately four years, as the Company's Vice President of Treasury & Capital Markets. Prior to joining Simon, Mr. Jackson spent approximately nine years with The Procter & Gamble Company and served in numerous progressive finance and operational positions.
"We are excited to announce these well-deserved promotions," said Brian J. McDade, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "Don and Matt have contributed in valuable ways, including navigating complex, successful re-financings and executing business process improvements. We congratulate Don and Matt on their new roles and look forward to their continued contributions."
About Simon
Simon® is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership of premier shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use destinations and an S&P 100 company (Simon Property Group, NYSE: SPG). Our properties across North America, Europe and Asia provide community gathering places for millions of people every day and generate billions in annual sales.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Isofol Medical AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: ISOFOL) ("Isofol"), will publish the company's results for the second quarter of 2022 on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. On the same day, Isofol invites investors, analysts, and media to an audiocast with a subsequent question and answer session.
In conjunction with the publication of the interim report for the second quarter of 2022, Isofol invites investors, analysts, and media to an audiocast on August 23, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. CEST. The presentation will be held by Isofol's CEO Ulf Jungnelius and CFO Gustaf Albèrt, who will present and comment the report, followed by a Q&A-session. The presentation will be held in English.
Date and time
August 23, 2022, at 12.30 p.m. CEST
Webcast link
https://tv.streamfabriken.com/isofol-medical-q2-2022
Phone number
To participate via telephone, please dial one of the numbers below.
SWE: +46 8 50 51 63 86
UK +44 203 198 48 84
US +1 412 317 6300, PIN 3977834#
The presentation will also be available on Isofol's website after the broadcast:
https://isofolmedical.com/company-presentations/
Isofol Medical AB (publ)
Ulf Jungnelius, M.D., Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: jungnelius@isofolmedical.com
Phone: +46 (0) 709 16 89 55
Gustaf Albèrt, CFO
E-mail: gustaf.albert@isofolmedical.com
Phone: +46 (0)709-16 83 02
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 11.15 CEST on August 15, 2022.
Isofol Medical AB (publ) is a clinical stage biotech company that is boldly progressing the status quo and advancing current standards of care for people living with cancer by working to improve the efficacy of the current chemotherapeutic standards of care. Singularly focused on developing a first line treatment for most patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), Isofol seeks to elevate current clinical practice by unlocking the full strength of 5-FU with its compound in development. Isofol holds a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Cie, Darmstadt, Germany to develop and commercialize arfolitixorin for use in oncology. Isofol Medical AB (publ) is traded on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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Company to add novel technology cleared for use in peripheral vasculature to interventional oncology and embolization portfolio
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the acquisition of Obsidio, Inc., a privately-held company that has developed the Gel Embolic Material (GEM™) technology used for embolization of blood vessels in the peripheral vasculature.
Embolization is a minimally invasive procedure intended to obstruct or reduce blood flow to an abnormality or tumor to stop hemorrhaging, reduce the size of malignant and benign tumors, and stabilize venous and arterial malformations.
Recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the GEM technology is a semi-solid, proprietary material packaged in a ready-to-use form, thus reducing the preparation time required for many embolization procedures. Physicians deliver the GEM agent through a catheter, and its gel-like composition enables controlled placement within patient anatomy. Unlike solid and liquid embolics that can take time to form an obstruction to blood flow, once placed, the GEM technology conforms to the targeted vasculature, immediately creating a barrier.
"The GEM technology combines benefits of currently available embolics, such as precise control of a solid and malleability of a liquid, to create a unique technology that offers procedural efficiency and a more personalized therapy for patients," said Peter Pattison, president, interventional oncology and embolization, Peripheral Interventions, Boston Scientific. "This acquisition strengthens our interventional oncology and embolization portfolio with a differentiated solution for physicians and their patients suffering from hemorrhages, cancer and other debilitating conditions."
The transaction is expected to be immaterial to Boston Scientific's GAAP and adjusted earnings per share in 2022. Specific terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. For more information, visit www.bostonscientific.com and connect on Twitter and Facebook.
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This press release contains 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. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words like "anticipate," "expect," "project," "believe," "plan," "may", "estimate," "intend" and similar words. These forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and estimates using information available to us at the time and are not intended to be guarantees of future events or performance. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding our business plans and product performance and impact. If our underlying assumptions turn out to be incorrect, or if certain risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. These factors, in some cases, have affected and in the future (together with other factors) could affect our ability to implement our business strategy and may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements expressed in this press release. As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of our forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause such differences include, among other things: future U.S. and global economic, political, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; new product introductions; expected procedural volumes; the closing and integration of acquisitions; demographic trends; intellectual property rights; litigation; financial market conditions; the execution and effect of our business strategy, including our cost-savings and growth initiatives; and future business decisions made by us and our competitors. New risks and uncertainties may arise from time to time and are difficult to predict, including those that have emerged or have increased in significance or likelihood as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of these factors are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of them are beyond our control. For a further list and description of these and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect our future operations, see Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we may update in Part II, Item 1A – Risk Factors in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file hereafter. We disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement is applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
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US: Drone attack targets US base in Syria
Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:45 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says an attack with drones hit a compound run by American troops and U.S.-backed Syrian opposition fighters in eastern Syria.
The military says there were no casualties or damage.
It said Monday’s attack took place in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
U.S. and coalition troops are based at al-Tanf to train Syrian opposition forces on patrols to counter militants from the Islamic State group.
Such attacks on al-Tanf are rare.
U.S. officials said in October they believe Iran was behind a similar attack on the base that month.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Yext, Inc. ("Yext") (NYSE: YEXT) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between March 4, 2021 and March 8, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Yext, 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 Yext includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, among other things, poor sales execution and performance, as well as COVID-19 related disruptions; (ii) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full year fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 16, 2022
Aggrieved Yext investors only have until August 16, 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
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. ("17EdTech") (NASDAQ: YQ) 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 persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded 17EdTech securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in 17EdTech, 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 17EdTech includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the Company's initial public offering; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 19, 2022
Aggrieved 17EdTech investors only have until September 19, 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.
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Vincent Wong, Esq.
39 East Broadway
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New York, NY 10002
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E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com
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Recommends Advancing Acclaim-1 to Increased Dose in Second Cohort of Phase 1 Portion of Trial
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genprex, Inc. ("Genprex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced that the Safety Review Committee (SRC) has approved continuation of the Acclaim-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial of REQORSA™ in combination with Tagrisso® (osimertinib) to treat late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following a review of the first cohort of patients in the Phase 1 portion of the trial. In 2020, Genprex received U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Fast Track Designation for treatment of the Acclaim-1 patient population.
Acclaim-1 is an open-label, multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the Company's lead drug candidate, REQORSA™ Immunogene Therapy, in combination with Tagrisso® (osimertinib) in patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease progressed after treatment with Tagrisso.
"The SRC approval to advance Acclaim-1 to the higher dose in the second cohort of patients is an important milestone that further supports REQORSA's safety profile and brings us one step closer to bringing this potentially ground-breaking gene therapy approach to treating NSCLC to the patients who need it most," said Mark Berger, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Genprex. "Enrollment in Acclaim-1 remains on track to complete the Phase 1 portion of the study by year end."
The Accaim-1 trial includes up to three sequential dose escalation cohorts that will be treated with REQORSA intravenously on Day 1 in addition to osimertinib 80 mg fixed dose oral daily tablet during 21-day treatment cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The first group received REQORSA IV infusion at 0.06 mg/kg, the second group will receive 0.09 mg/kg and the third will receive 0.12 mg/kg (if approved by the SRC) in order to identify the recommended Phase 2 dose.
"REQORSA is a pan-kinase inhibitor shown to inhibit both the EGFR and AKT oncogenic kinase pathways. We believe that REQORSA's multimodal activity will block emerging bypass pathways, reducing the probability that drug resistance develops," added Dr. Berger. "Confirmation of the safety in this first cohort of Acclaim-1 patients is particularly important as these relapsed patients represent a very sick and compromised population."
The SRC is comprised of three physicians who are principal investigators in the trial. The SRC may recommend that the trial continues at the same dose or at a lower dose, that it escalates to a higher dose, or it can recommend terminating the study altogether due to safety concerns.
The Acclaim-1 clinical trial is an open-label, multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the Company's lead drug candidate, REQORSA, in combination with Tagrisso in patients with late-stage NSCLC with activating epidermal growth factor receptor ("EGFR") mutations whose disease progressed after treatment with Tagrisso. Genprex expects the Phase 1 portion of the Acclaim-1 trial to enroll up to 18 patients in a dose escalation study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the combination. The Phase 2 portion of the study is expected to enroll approximately 74 patients to be randomized 1:1 to receive either REQORSA and Tagrisso combination therapy or Tagrisso monotherapy. The primary endpoint of the Phase 2 portion of the trial is progression-free survival, which is defined as time from randomization to progression or death. An interim analysis will be performed at 25 events.
REQORSA™ Immunogene Therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) uses Genprex's unique, proprietary ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System, which is the first systemic gene therapy delivery platform used for cancer in human clinical trials. The active ingredient in REQORSA is the TUSC2 gene, a tumor suppressor gene. REQORSA consists of the TUSC2 gene encapsulated in a nanoparticle made from lipid molecules with a net positive electrical charge. REQORSA is injected intravenously and is preferentially taken up by cancer cells. Once REQORSA is taken up into a cancer cell, the TUSC2 gene is expressed, and the TUSC2 protein is capable of restoring certain defective functions arising in the cancer cell. REQORSA has a multimodal mechanism of action whereby it interrupts cell signaling pathways that cause replication and proliferation of cancer cells, re-establishes pathways for programmed cell death, or apoptosis, in cancer cells, and modulates the immune response against cancer cells.
Tagrisso® is a registered trademark of AstraZeneca plc and its largest selling drug with 2021 sales of over $5 billion.
Genprex, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes. Genprex's technologies are designed to administer disease-fighting genes to provide new therapies for large patient populations with cancer and diabetes who currently have limited treatment options. Genprex works with world-class institutions and collaborators to develop drug candidates to further its pipeline of gene therapies in order to provide novel treatment approaches. Genprex's oncology program utilizes its unique, proprietary, non-viral ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System, which the Company believes is the first systemic gene therapy delivery platform used for cancer in humans. ONCOPREX encapsulates the gene-expressing plasmids using lipid nanoparticles. The resultant product is administered intravenously, where it is then taken up by tumor cells that express proteins that are deficient. The Company's lead product candidate, REQORSA™ (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), is being evaluated as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). REQORSA has a multimodal mechanism of action that has been shown to interrupt cell signaling pathways that cause replication and proliferation of cancer cells; re-establish pathways for apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in cancer cells; and modulate the immune response against cancer cells. In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track Designation for REQORSA for NSCLC in combination therapy with AstraZeneca's Tagrisso® (osimertinib) for patients with EFGR mutations whose tumors progressed after treatment with Tagrisso. In 2021, the FDA granted Fast Track Designation for REQORSA for NSCLC in combination therapy with Merck & Co's Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) for patients whose disease progressed after treatment with Keytruda.
For more information, please visit the Company's web site at www.genprex.com or follow Genprex on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of management, are not guarantees of performance and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in Genprex's reports that it files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and which you should review, including those statements under "Item 1A – Risk Factors" in Genprex's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Because forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the timing and success of Genprex's clinical trials and regulatory approvals, including the extent and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; the effect of Genprex's product candidates, alone and in combination with other therapies, on cancer and diabetes; Genprex's future growth and financial status; Genprex's commercial and strategic partnerships, including those with its third party manufacturers and their ability to successfully perform and scale up the manufacture of its product candidates; and Genprex's intellectual property and licenses.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of future events and Genprex cannot assure you that the events or circumstances discussed or reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. If such forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. You should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by Genprex or any other person that Genprex will achieve its objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at all. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Genprex disclaims any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Genprex, Inc.
(877) 774-GNPX (4679)
GNPX Investor Relations
investors@genprex.com
GNPX Media Contact
Kalyn Dabbs
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Carvana Co. ("Carvana") (NYSE: CVNA) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between May 6, 2020 and June 24, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Carvana, 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 Carvana includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: October 3, 2022
Aggrieved Carvana investors only have until October 3, 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.
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The Brooklyn-based artist will be returning for a slew of new shows in Ireland and Britain in late September and October.
Keating, will end the tour with gigs in Ballybofey and Derry.
Joined by a full live band, the tour will see Keating performing songs from her eighth full-length album ‘Bristol County Tides’ (released in 2021), unreleased NEW songs from the exclusive tour EP plus highlights from her acclaimed discography to date.
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These shows will also present a unique opportunity to preview as-yet unreleased material for the first time, with a limited edition new release, the ‘Twenty 22 Tour EP’, exclusively available to purchase at these dates.
In 2021, Keating released her eighth studio album ‘Bristol County Tides’, a record that tells an evocative story of love, loss, and finding what matters most in uncertain times, the album takes the listener on a journey from Brooklyn to the coast, through fifteen beautiful, tender songs.
Standing as her most accomplished, inspired, and ambitious to date, the record was praised by Folk Radio UK as “personal and universal… unequivocally Keating’s finest hour yet.” Stream it here.
Performing as The Annie Keating Band, the line-up will feature Scott Warman on double/electric bass (who recently appeared on Bob Harris’s charity release of Stand By Me alongside the likes of Mark Knopfler), rising star Joe Coombs on electric/acoustic/slide guitars (who has played internationally with a wide variety of artists such as Grammy nominated songwriter Yola on her Walk Through Fire Tour, Jaime Wyatt, Laura Evans, Robert Vincent, Sam Morrow and Lynne Hanson), plus Jamie Dawson on drums (a member of The Dreaming Spires and Steady Habits, and regular collaborator with Speedbuggy USA).
She will play the The Playhouse on October 9.
On October 8 she will play the Balor Arts Centre in Ballybofey. | https://www.derryjournal.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/nyc-singer-songwriter-annie-keating-to-play-derry-3805540 | 2022-08-15T11:23:34Z | https://www.derryjournal.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/nyc-singer-songwriter-annie-keating-to-play-derry-3805540 | true |
Shruti Kapila on violence, fraternity, and sovereignty in Indian political thought | In Focus podcast bonus episode
In this bonus episode, we have an episode of the On Books podcast where The Hindu’s senior Editor Varghese K. George is in conversation with author Shruti Kapila on her book.
As the title, Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought in the Global Age, suggests, Shruti Kapila’s latest book deals with fraternity, violence and sovereignty. Her core argument is that violence has not been as distant from India’s politics as we have been told. In this episode, Kapila talks about the role of violence in the making of the Indian republic. Zeroing in on the ‘power of ideas’ in instituting the political foundations of modern India, Kapila also looks at the role of Buddhism.
Guest: Shruti Kapila, Author
Host: Varghese K. George, Senior Editor, The Hindu
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court Monday began hearing a final appeal by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to toss out his graft conviction linked to the massive looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund.
He would become Malaysia’s first former prime minister to be imprisoned if his case fails. Najib, 69, has reiterated his innocence and has been out on bail pending his appeals.
He was sentenced to 12 years in jail by a high court in July 2020 after being found guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering for illegally receiving 42 million ringgit ($9.4 million) from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.
The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and sentence in December, describing the case as a “national embarrassment.” His last avenue, the Federal Court, is scheduled to hear the case until Aug. 26.
Najib has changed to a new team of lawyers for his final appeal. His defense team is attempting to introduce new evidence that could spark a retrial, citing conflict of interest by the high court judge who convicted Najib.
The defense said in their submission that High Court Judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali was biased due to his previous job at a bank that provided financial services to 1MDB. Defense counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said the court must ensure there is “no miscarriage of justice” by considering a retrial and declaring Najib’s conviction and sentence null and void.
Prosecutor Sithambaram Vairavan noted that this was the second time the defense sought to introduce new evidence after an earlier bid was disallowed. He said the judge’s background was public knowledge from the start of the trial and that SRC was never a customer of the bank. He slammed it as a flawed request made in bad faith to delay the conclusion of the case.
1MDB was a development fund Najib set up shortly after taking power in 2009. Investigators allege at least $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by Najib’s associates.
The scandal sparked investigations in the U.S. and several other countries and caused the downfall of Najib’s government in 2018 elections. Najib faces a total of 42 charges in five separate trials linked to 1MDB, and his wife is also on trial for corruption.
Despite his graft conviction, Najib remains politically influential. His United Malays National Organization leads the current government after defections of lawmakers caused the collapse of the reformist government that won the 2018 polls.
Najib is still a lawmaker pending his appeal but he cannot contest if an early general election is called. National polls are not due until the second half of 2023, but there have been strong calls from UMNO leaders for early elections. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/malaysia-ex-pm-begins-final-bid-to-toss-out-graft-conviction/ | 2022-08-15T11:28:02Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/malaysia-ex-pm-begins-final-bid-to-toss-out-graft-conviction/ | true |
Midlands millionaire Graham Wildin has been jailed by a High Court judge after not dismantling his huge leisure complex dubbed 'Britain's best man cave'. Wildin was jailed on Friday (August 12) for six weeks for failing to comply with a court order in June 2021.
Wildin was ordered by the courts to make the complex at his home in Cinderford unusable last year when they ruled it was illegal. But the demolition deadline of March 10 passed and Forest of Dean District Council told the High Court sitting in Cardiff that parts of it were still in use.
The 'man cave' in Meendhurst Road gained notoriety for containing a cinema, bowling alley, casino and bar. His Honour Judge Jarman QC was told on Friday that while the casino and bar had been removed, facilities including the squash court, gym and train sets were still available, reported Gloucestershire Live.
READ MORE: Huge 'man cave' still standing despite deadline as council struggles to demolish it
The judge committed Wilden to jail for six weeks immediately after being told a council enforcement officer visited the complex and found the water and electricity supply were working.
He also ordered Wilden to pay the Council £10,000 costs and to soft strip the complex within 18 weeks of being released from prison.
Accountant Wildin, aged 69, argued that the property and assets had been sold to someone else. He said neither he or his children had been in the building since December and insisted the gas, electricity and water had been turned off.
The long-running legal wrangle dates back to 2013 when planning officials told Wildin the work did not have planning permission but he continued with the 10,000sq/ft state of the art complex, south of the Worcestershire border and Malvern, down the M5.
At the end June 2021, Judge Jarman granted Forest of Dean District Council a contempt of court application against Wildin. That was in regards to him not stripping the interior of the building or decommissioning services.
Back then, the judge sentenced Wildin of six weeks' imprisonment suspended for 12 months, on condition that Wildin cut off the electricity and gas and remove everything from inside the building.
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After Wilden lost an appeal, he was given a deadline of March to comply, but was last week found to have not met the deadline.
Wildin said he would appeal the court's latest decision.
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The Company plans to purchase up to $200 million worth of shares concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the offering
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme" or the "Company"), a leader in converting IV biologics to subcutaneous delivery and autoinjector devices, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $500 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2028 (the "Convertible Notes"). The Convertible Notes are to be offered and sold to "qualified institutional buyers" pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Company also expects to grant a 13-day option to the initial purchasers to purchase up to an additional $75 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes.
The Convertible Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears. The Convertible Notes will mature on August 15, 2028, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding February 15, 2028, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, and on and after February 15, 2028, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, the Convertible Notes will be convertible regardless of these conditions. The Company will settle conversions in cash and, if applicable, shares of the Company's common stock. The initial conversion rate, interest rate and other terms of the Convertible Notes will be determined at the time of pricing in negotiations with the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes.
In connection with the offering, the Company intends to enter into privately negotiated capped call transactions with option counterparties that may include one or more of the initial purchasers and/or their affiliates and/or other institutions. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, the Company may enter into additional capped call transactions with the option counterparties. The capped call transactions are generally expected to reduce potential dilution to the Company's common stock upon conversion of the convertible notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted notes, as the case may be.
The Company has been advised that, in connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, the option counterparties and/or their affiliates (i) expect to purchase shares of the Company's common stock and/or enter into derivative transactions with respect to the Company's common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the Convertible Notes and (ii) may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding derivative transactions with respect to the Company's common stock and/or purchasing or selling the Company's common stock or other securities of the Company in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes. These activities could have the effect of increasing, or preventing a decline in, the market price of the Company's common stock concurrently with, or shortly following, the pricing of the Convertible Notes. The effect, if any, of these activities, including the direction or magnitude, on the market price of the Company's common stock will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, and cannot be ascertained at this time. Any of these activities could, however, adversely affect the market price of the Company's common stock.
The Company expects to use a portion of net proceeds of the offering to fund the cost of entering into the capped call transactions. The Company also expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to enter into privately negotiated agreements with certain holders of its outstanding 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the "Existing Convertible Notes") to exchange their Existing Convertible Notes for a combination of cash and shares of its common stock through privately negotiated transactions entered into concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the proposed offering (the "Note Repurchases").
In parallel to this transaction, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering for the repurchase of shares of its common stock (the "Share Repurchases") up to $200 million, concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the offering in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, which may be effected through one or more of the initial purchasers or any affiliate thereof.
The Share Repurchases, if consummated in full, would represent an increase of $100 million of the previously planned share repurchases to be made in 2022 under the Company's ongoing three-year $750 million share repurchase program, which was commenced and previously announced in 2021.
Further, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to repay all of its outstanding $250 million term loan facility due 2026. The Company intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including other repurchases of the Company's common stock from time to time under the existing stock repurchase program, working capital, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, the Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of additional notes to fund the cost of entering into additional capped call transactions.
The Note Repurchases and Share Repurchases could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of Halozyme common stock or the Convertible Notes. We also expect that some existing noteholders may purchase or sell shares of the Company's common stock in the market to hedge their exposure in connection with these transactions. The Note Repurchases, Share Repurchases and any associated hedging by holders could affect the market price of the Company's common stock prior to, concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes and could also result in a higher effective conversion price for the Convertible Notes.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes or the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offer of these securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.
The offer and sale of the Convertible Notes and the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Forward-looking Statements:
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the planned offering. Words such as "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "will," "believes" and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs about future events and are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Except as required by law, the Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter any forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise. With respect to the planned offering, such uncertainties and circumstances include whether the Company will offer the notes or consummate the offering; and the anticipated terms of the notes and the use of the net proceeds from the offering. Various factors could also adversely affect the Company's operations, business or financial results in the future and cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in detail in the "Risk Factors" sections contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company bringing disruptive solutions to significantly improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of the ENHANZE® technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids in order to reduce the treatment burden to patients. Having touched more than 600,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in five commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE® technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Alexion, argenx, Horizon Therapeutics, ViiV Healthcare and Chugai Pharmaceutical.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technology that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has a commercial portfolio of proprietary products including XYOSTED®, TLANDO™ and NOCDURNA® and partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical, Covis Pharma, Pfizer and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
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Company to host conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. EDT
CARMIEL, Israel, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: PLX) (TASE: PLX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, production and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by its proprietary ProCellEx® plant cell-based protein expression system, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provided a business update on recent corporate and regulatory developments.
"Positive topline results from our phase III BALANCE clinical trial of PRX-102 for the treatment of adult patients with Fabry disease were announced last April. The clinical study report (CSR) for the trial is now complete," said Dror Bashan, Protalix's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The final analysis of the BALANCE study, which was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 1 mg/kg of PRX–102 administered every other week compared to agalsidase beta in patients previously treated with agalsidase beta, confirms the positive topline results and favorable tolerability profile. The results from the BALANCE study highlight our confidence that PRX–102 has the potential to become an important treatment option for patients with Fabry disease. We are excited to move closer to potential approval of PRX–102 and commercial launch, and thank our team members and external partners for their continued support."
2022 Second Quarter and Recent Business Highlights
Corporate Developments
- On June 30, 2022, the Company announced the appointment of Shmuel "Muli" Ben Zvi, Ph.D. to the Board of Directors. Dr. Ben Zvi is serving as the new Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- The Company recorded revenues from selling goods of $3.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of $0.2 million, or 6%, compared to revenues of $3.2 million for the same period of 2021.
- Revenue from licenses and R&D services for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $5.4 million, an increase of $2.2 million, or 69%, compared to $3.2 million for the same period in 2021. Revenues from license and R&D services are comprised primarily of revenues recognized in connection with the Chiesi Agreements.
- Cost of goods sold for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $4.1 million, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 13%, compared to cost of goods sold of $4.7 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease in cost of goods sold was primarily the result of decreased manufacturing costs due to higher yields and lower wastage.
- Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $7.6 million, a decrease of $0.1 million, or 1%, compared to $7.7 million for the same period in 2021.
- Selling, general and administrative expenses were $2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 19%, compared to $3.2 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in salary related and selling costs.
- Financial income, net were $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to financial expenses, net of $2.1 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease resulted primarily from lower interest and debt amortization costs due to a decrease in the Company's outstanding notes from an aggregate principal amount of $57.92 million of 2021 Notes to an aggregate principal amount of $28.75 million of 2024 Notes, and an increase in the exchange rate of New Israeli Shekels for U.S. Dollars over the period.
- Cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits were approximately $28.6 million at June 30, 2022.
- Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $5.3 million, or $0.11 per share, basic and diluted, compared to a net loss of $11.2 million, or $0.25 per share, basic and diluted, for the same period in 2021.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
The Company will host a conference call today, August 15, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, to review the corporate and clinical developments, which will also be available by webcast. To participate in the conference call, please dial the following numbers prior to the start of the call:
Conference Call Details:
Monday, August 15, 2022, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT)
Domestic: 877-423-9813
International: 201-689-8573
Conference ID: 13732027
Webcast Details:
The conference will be webcast live from the Company's website and will be available via the following links:
Company Link: https://protalixbiotherapeutics.gcs-web.com/events0
Webcast Link: Registration – https://tinyurl.com/44z7w7ex
Conference ID: 13732027
Please access the websites at least 15 minutes ahead of the conference to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
The conference call will be available for replay for two weeks on the Events Calendar of the Investors section of the Company's website, at the above link.
About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.
Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. Protalix was the first company to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a protein produced through plant cell-based in suspension expression system. Protalix's unique expression system represents a new method for developing recombinant proteins in an industrial-scale manner.
Protalix's first product manufactured by ProCellEx, taliglucerase alfa, was approved by the FDA in May 2012 and, subsequently, by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Protalix has licensed to Pfizer Inc. the worldwide development and commercialization rights for taliglucerase alfa, excluding Brazil, where Protalix retains full rights.
Protalix's development pipeline consists of proprietary versions of recombinant therapeutic proteins that target established pharmaceutical markets, including the following product candidates: pegunigalsidase alfa, a modified stabilized version of the recombinant human α–Galactosidase–A protein for the treatment of Fabry disease; alidornase alfa or PRX–110, for the treatment of various human respiratory diseases or conditions; PRX–115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated uricase for the treatment of severe gout; PRX–119, a plant cell-expressed long action DNase I for the treatment of NETs-related diseases; and others. Protalix has partnered with Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., both in the United States and outside the United States, for the development and commercialization of pegunigalsidase alfa.
Forward-Looking Statements
To the extent that statements in this press release are not strictly historical, all such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The terms "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "project," "may," "plan," "will," "would," "should" and "intend," and other words or phrases of similar import are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations as to such future outcomes. Drug discovery and development involve a high degree of risk and the final results of a clinical trial may be different than the preliminary findings for the clinical trial. Factors that might cause material differences include, among others: risks related to the timing and progress of the preparation of a Biologics License Application (BLA) resubmission addressing the complete response letter; risks related to the timing, progress and likelihood of final approval by the FDA and European Medicines Agency (EMA) of a resubmitted BLA and of a Marketing Authorization Application, respectively, for PRX–102 and, if approved, whether the use of PRX–102 will be commercially successful; likelihood that the FDA, EMA or other applicable health regulatory authorities will approve an alternative dosing regimen; failure or delay in the commencement or completion of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, which may be caused by several factors, including: slower than expected rates of patient recruitment; unforeseen safety issues; determination of dosing issues; lack of effectiveness during clinical trials; inability to satisfactorily demonstrate non-inferiority to approved therapies; inability or unwillingness of medical investigators and institutional review boards to follow our clinical protocols; and inability to monitor patients adequately during or after treatment; the risk that the FDA, EMA, or other foreign regulatory authorities may not accept or approve a marketing application we file for any of our product candidates, and other risks relating to the review process; risks associated with the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID–19, outbreak and variants, which may adversely impact our business, preclinical studies and clinical trials; risks related to any transactions we may effect in the public or private equity markets to raise capital to finance future research and development activities, general and administrative expenses and working capital; the risk that the results of the clinical trials of our product candidates will not support the applicable claims of safety or efficacy, or that our product candidates will not have the desired effects or will be associated with undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics; risks related to our ability to maintain and manage our relationship with our collaborators, distributors or partners; risks related to the amount and sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents; risks relating to our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, to pay interest on or to refinance our outstanding notes or any other indebtedness; risks relating to changes to interim, topline or preliminary data from clinical trials that we announce or publish; risk of significant lawsuits, including stockholder litigation, which is common in the life sciences sector; our dependence on performance by third party providers of services and supplies, including without limitation, clinical trial services; delays in our preparation and filing of applications for regulatory approval; the inherent risks and uncertainties in developing drug platforms and products of the type we are developing; the impact of development of competing therapies and/or technologies by other companies and institutions; potential product liability risks, and risks of securing adequate levels of product liability and other necessary insurance coverage; risks related to our expectations with respect to the potential commercial value of our product and product candidates; and other factors described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The statements in this press release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law. The statements in this press release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law.
Investor Contact
Chuck Padala, Managing Director
LifeSci Advisors
646-627-8390
chuck@lifesciadvisors.com
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1. Buford (14-1)
AJC Super 11 RB Justice Haynes leads four preseason all-state Wolves as Buford chases its fourth consecutive state titles and first in the highest classification. Buford did graduate QB Ashton Daniels to Stanford, but his replacement, Dylan Wittke, has 13 career starts, 1,725 career passing yards and a pledge to Virginia Tech. Opener: Friday vs. Thompson, Ala.
2. Grayson (10-4)
The Rams won the 2020 title and reached the 2021 semifinals with a much younger team, losing to eventual champion Collins Hill. All-state LB Jalen Smith (committed to Tennessee) and Georgia Power 100 DB Michael Daugherty (LSU) are among eight returning defensive starters. Joseph Taylor is a returning 1,000-yard rusher. Opener: Saturday vs. Marietta (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
3. Colquitt County (8-3)
The Packers, under new coach Sean Calhoun, have one of the state’s best quartets of offensive weapons with junior QB Neko Fann (2,014 yards passing in 2021), WR Ny Carr (856 receiving yards, committed to Georgia), TE Landen Thomas (516 receiving yards, committed to Georgia) and RB Charlie Pace (1,138 rushing yards, committed to Georgia State). Opener: Saturday vs. Deerfield Beach, Fla. (at Lowndes)
4. North Cobb (10-2)
AJC Super 11 QB Malachi Singleton (2,348 yards passing, 1,037 rushing, 49 total touchdowns) is a leading player-of-the-year candidate. He’s committed to Arkansas. Other prominent players are Georgia Power 100 OL Robert Grigsby (committed to North Carolina), RB Ben Hall (Michigan) and DB Quintin Ajiero (Duke). Opener: Friday at Westlake
5. Mill Creek (11-2)
The Hawks have the state’s No. 1 prospect, Alabama-committed DB Caleb Downs, among seven returning defensive starters. They also bring back starting QB Hayden Clark (2,065 yards passing) and leading receiver Brendan Jenkins (525 yards receiving). Opener: Saturday vs. Walton (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
6. Collins Hill (15-1)
The defending champions graduated most starters, including all-class player of the year Travis Hunter and all-state quarterback Sam Horn. They return all-state LB Dion Crawford and TE Ethan Davis. Opener: Saturday vs. Life Christian, Va.
7. Brookwood (10-3)
The Broncos have the state’s highest-rated senior QB prospect, Dylan Lonergan, who is committed to Alabama. LB Malcolm McCain is committed to Miami of Ohio. Opener: Saturday vs. Norcross (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
8. Lowndes (10-3)
The Vikings will be rebuilding a bit after losing four-year starting QB Jacurri Brown to Miami, but four of the five leading tacklers are back, and they’ve won 10 games or more for six straight seasons. They have a new coach, Zach Grage from Thomasville. Opener: Saturday vs. American Heritage, Fla.
9. Walton (9-4)
The Raiders beat two region champions in the 2021 playoffs to reach the semifinals, where they lost to Milton. Junior QB Jeremy Hecklinski gets the job full-time with Zak Rozsman off to Georgia Southern. LB Ashton Woods, a brother of Georgia wide receiver Dominique Blaylock, led the team in tackles as a sophomore. Opener: Saturday vs. Mill Creek (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
10. Milton (13-2)
The Eagles promoted Ben Reaves to replace Adam Clack, who led them to a 2018 state title and 2021 runner-up finish. He’ll build around Georgia Power 100 DB Bryce Thornton. Sophomore Luke Nickel is a promising new quarterback. Opener: Friday vs. Lipscomb Academy, Tenn.
Class 6A
1. Hughes (13-2)
The Panthers are ranked No. 1 for the first time in their 14-season history. They lead the state in top-100 state senior prospects with six – OL Bo Hughley, TE Jelani Thurman, DB Terrance Love, WR Robert Lockhart III and DL Joshua Horton. Then there’s Georgia Power 100 QB Prentiss “Air” Noland, a junior. Hughes was the 2021 runner-up to Buford, which moved to Class 7A. Opener: Saturday vs. Spartanburg, S.C. (at Milton)
2. Lee County (11-2)
The Trojans have averaged 12.6 victories over the past five seasons with five region and two state championships (2017, 2018). They lost to eventual champion Buford in the 2021 quarterfinals. Their top players are WR Jevell Fugerson and RB Ousmane Kromah, both Georgia Power 100 picks. Opener: Friday at Warner Robins
3. Rome (8-3)
The Wolves have DL Stephaylin Green and WR/DB Martel Hight, both preseason all-state picks, and TE Martavious Collins, a Georgia Power 100 player. QB Reece Fountain passed for 2,312 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore. Opener: Friday vs. Creekside
4. Roswell (10-3)
The Hornets are down from Class 7A, where they made the 2021 quarterfinals, and out of the highest class for the first time since 1985. DB/WR Ethan Nathan and LB Jayven Hall are preseason all-state players. Opener: Friday vs. Denmark
5. Woodward Academy (11-1)
Jelan Woods (1,294 yards passing, 13 touchdowns) is a Division I prospect who should have a big year. DE A.J. Hoffler, a Clemson commit, is a Georgia Power 100 player. LB Myles Graham, a four-star recruit, transferred from a Florida school. Woodward lost to Blessed Trinity in the second round last season. Opener: Friday at Trinity Christian.
6. Marist (10-2)
The War Eagles have won 10 or more games nine of the past 10 seasons and won Class 4A in 2020, but they are making a two-classification jump. Marist’s best all-around player is probably Luke Harpring, a wide receiver/defensive end. He’s the son of former Marist, Georgia Tech and NBA star Matt Harpring. Opener: Friday vs. Gainesville
7. Northside, Warner Robins (9-4)
Northside reached the quarterfinals last season but was not competitive with elite 6A teams. This year’s team has good linemen (Kyle Mixon, Quinton Lewis, Isiah Harvey) and a four-star DB, Ricardo Jones. Opener: Saturday vs. Jones County (at Mercer)
8. South Paulding (8-3)
The Spartans have only three playoff victories in their history, but they have three Georgia Power 100 players on their roster – QB Kasen Weisman, RB Jamrion Wilcox and OL Madden Sanker. Opener: Friday at Harrison
9. Douglas County (8-4)
The Tigers return their leading passer (Sire Hardaway), leading rusher (LaTrelle Murrelle) and leading receiver (Monte Gooden), a Wake Forest commit (Hilton Alexander), their region’s defensive player of the year (Shakai Woods) and a Georgia Tech-committed defensive end (Zachariah Keith). Opener: Saturday vs. Lithia Springs
10. Blessed Trinity (9-5)
The Titans try to reach the quarterfinals for the 10th consecutive season, but the challenge of Class 6A (up one from 2021) and replacing RB Justice Haynes will be difficult. LB Mavrick Torrico was a region defensive player of the year as a junior. Opener: Friday at Calhoun
Class 5A
1. Warner Robins (14-1)
AJC Super 11 defensive tackle Vic Burley, who is committed to Alabama, and three-time 1,000-yard rusher Malcolm Brown lead the Demons’ quest for a third straight state title. Opener: Friday vs. Lee County
2. Creekside (11-3)
The Seminoles lead 5A with four preseason all-state players (OL Caleb Holmes, LB Javeon Miller, DB Roderick McCrary, DB Daiquan White). They lost to Warner Robins in the 2021 semifinals. Opener: Friday at Rome
3. Cartersville (11-1)
The Purple Hurricanes have lost only 10 games over the past 10 seasons and were knocked out of the 2020 and 2021 playoffs by eventual champion Warner Robins. First-team all-region RB Malachi Jeffries should prosper behind a talented offensive line led by preseason all-state Johnathan Cline. Opener: Friday at Cherokee
4. Calhoun (12-3)
Running back Caden Williams rushed for 1,431 yards as a sophomore for the 2021 runner-up. Opener: Friday vs. Blessed Trinity
5. Jones County (10-3)
The Greyhounds, winners of three straight region titles, now share a region with Warner Robins. RB Javious Bond and WR Zion Ragins are Georgia Power 100 players, but the ‘Hounds will miss 3,000-yard passer John Alan Richter. Opener: Saturday vs. Northside-Warner Robins (at Mercer)
6. Jefferson (9-2)
Jefferson spent 10 weeks at No. 1 last season before injuries to five-star prospects Malaki Starks (now at Georgia) and Sammy Brown stalled the Dragons’ momentum. Brown, a linebacker /running back, is back. Jefferson has a new coach, Travis Noland, hired from Oconee County. Opener: Friday at Alpharetta
7. Ware County (9-2)
The Gators were the only team to beat Warner Robins last season and won a region title by doing so, but four-year starting QB Thomas Castellanos is now at Central Florida. DL Demetrius Baldwin and LB Trey Hargrove are all-state quality. Opener: Friday at Appling County
8. Clarke Central (10-3)
The Gladiators, starring preseason all-state DL Jailen Howard and DB Malachi McNeill, are the defending Region 8 champions. QB Lucian Anderson III had 20 scholarship offers, one from Yale. Opener: Thursday vs. Cedar Shoals
9. Coffee (8-3)
The Robbie Pruitt coaching era is complete (2012-21) after the coach returned to his native Florida, replaced by Mike Coe, who led Madison County of Florida to four titles in the past five seasons. The team’s five leading tacklers graduated, so there’s some rebuilding in store. Opener: Friday at Tift County
10. Cambridge (9-2)
The Bears return eight defensive starters, leading rusher Christian Isibor and receiver Will Taylor. They must replace QB Zach Harris, who passed for 2,708 yards. Cambridge is down from 6A, where the team advanced a playoff round each of the past two seasons. Opener: Friday vs. Creekview
Class 4A
1. Benedictine (13-2)
The defending champions are out for their fourth state title in 10 seasons. QB Holden Geriner is off to Auburn but replaced by QB Luke Kromenhoek, who is committed to Florida. WR/CB Za’Quan Bryan and LB Cole Semien are preseason all-state. Opener: Friday vs. Jenkins (at Savannah Memorial)
2. North Oconee (10-4)
ATH Khalil Barnes, the 2021 Region 8 player of the year, joins DB Jack Fabris as preseason Georgia Power 100 players returning from the team that lost to Benedictine 42-32 in the 2021 semifinals. TE/HB K.J. Moon and DL Cole Davidson are also returning all-region players. Opener: Friday at Oconee County
3. Cedartown (11-2)
The Bulldogs return 1,000-yard rusher Harlem Diamond, region co-defensive player of the year Eli Barrow, a linebacker, and preseason all-state OL Peyton Nikopoulus. Cedartown lost to Carver of Columbus 22-21 in the 2021 quarterfinals. Opener: Friday at Rockmart
4. Perry (11-2)
QB Armar Gordon, who passed for 2,990 yards and 32 touchdowns in 2021, is a preseason all-state choice along with DB Cam Marshall. Four of the seven leading tacklers in 2021 were sophomores. So was WR Dakarai Anderson, who has a Texas A&M offer. Opener: Aug. 26 at Houston County
5. Trinity Christian (14-0)
The Lions won Class A Private last season and will play three classes higher this season without star QB David Dallas and several other key parts. Top players this season include DB/WR Aaron Gates (committed to Florida), DE Ethan McDowell (Miami of Ohio) and LB Ryan Earl (Furman). Opener: Friday vs. Woodward Academy
6. Whitewater (11-2)
LB Raul “Popo” Aguirre (committed to Miami) and DL Stephen Johnson (Arkansas) might be the best pair of defenders in the classification. The Wildcats are down from 5A, where they lost to Creekside 20-13 in the quarterfinals. Opener: Saturday at Northgate
7. Bainbridge (9-4)
JahMarion “Bo” Smith passed for 2,087 yards last season. WR/DB Antavious Murphy is an outstanding two-way player. DB Dontae Broadnax made GACA all-state last season. The Bearcats lost to North Oconee 29-24 in the 2021 quarterfinals. Opener: Friday vs. Cedar Grove
8. Troup (8-3)
LB Qua Birdsong and DB Noah Dixon are top-200 national prospects, and QB Taeo Todd (1,794 yards rushing, 1,127 passing in 15 career games) is a class player-of-the-year candidate if he can stay healthy. All are juniors. Opener: Friday at Harris County
9. Holy Innocents’ (11-2)
DL Jacobi Murray and WR Zach Jackson, both juniors, are preseason all-state picks from a team moving up from Class A Private. QB William Wright is another of seven first-team all-region players who return. Opener: Saturday vs. Pace Academy
10. Starr’s Mill (8-4)
The Panthers are down in classification from 5A, where they won five region titles over the past six seasons. Players to watch are RB Greigh Joseph (committed to Army) and TE Josh Phifer (Liberty). Opener: Saturday vs. East Coweta
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Coney Island Castle opened Aug. 14 and is White Castle's first beachfront location in New York City
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Castle, a family-owned business for 101 years, is making sure New Yorkers get another opportunity to enjoy that one-of-a-kind slider experience. The beloved fast-food hamburger chain, known as the home of The Original Slider®, opened a brand-new Castle on historic Coney Island yesterday.
White Castle has called New York City home since 1930 — more than nine decades. But this is the first Castle on Coney Island. Located at 3015 Stillwell Ave., the Castle is just steps away from the amusement park, aquarium and world-renown beach. It encompasses 1,600 square feet and features two dining tables and window seating.
"We're thrilled to bring White Castle to more New Yorkers with a new Castle on Coney Island," said Jamie Richards, vice president at White Castle. "It's a perfect match for an iconic burger chain and an iconic beach setting. We look forward to serving our loyal fans and connecting with new Cravers at this location."
This opening follows the re-opening of a Castle at 2092-2094 7th Ave. in Harlem. The uptown Castle re-opened in April following an extensive renovation that added stand-up eating counters and included a variety of interior and exterior improvements, illustrating White Castle's investment in the Harlem community. The Castle features a mural wall that showcases historical photos depicting special moments in White Castle's 101-year history, including its nearly 92 years in New York City.
"The renovation in Harlem and the brand-new Castle on Coney Island put our commitment to the New York City region front and center," Richardson said. "Our Craver fans in and around NYC have been so good to us, and we're incredibly grateful for their support."
White Castle opened its first New York City Castle in August 1930 at 550 E. Fordham Rd. in the Bronx. White Castle still has a restaurant on the site, although it's a much newer building.
About White Castle®
White Castle, America's first fast-food hamburger chain, has been making hot and tasty Sliders as a family-owned business for 101 years. Based in Columbus, Ohio, White Castle started serving The Original Slider® in 1921. Today White Castle owns and operates more than 350 restaurants dedicated to satisfying customers' cravings morning, noon and night and sells its famous fare in retail stores nationwide. The Original Slider, named in 2014 as Time magazine's "Most Influential Burger of All Time," is served alongside a menu of creatively crafted Sliders and other mouthwatering food options, including White Castle's Impossible™ Slider, named by Thrillist in 2019 as the "Best Plant-Based Fast Food Burger." White Castle's commitment to maintaining the highest quality products extends to the company owning and operating its own meat processing plants, bakeries and frozen-food processing plants. In 2021, 100 years after the first Slider was sold, Fast Company named the fast-food pioneer one of the "10 Most Innovative Dining Companies." White Castle is known for the legendary loyalty of its team members, more than 1 in 4 of whom have worked for White Castle for at least 10 years, and also for its faithful fans ("Cravers"), many of whom compete each year for entry into the Cravers Hall of Fame. The official White Castle app, available at iTunes App Store or Google Play, makes it easy for Cravers to access sweet deals and place pickup orders at any time. They can also have their orders delivered using one of White Castle's delivery partners. For more information on White Castle, visit whitecastle.com.
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Recording background vocals for a new song by country star Darius Rucker.
Bringing down the house at the Neshoba County Fair in their native state of Mississippi.
Topping the iTunes country chart just after their audition aired.
The hits just keep comin', as they say, for New Orleans singing trio Chapel Hart since they first appeared on NBC's "America's Got Talent" on July 19. That night, they received a standing ovation for their original song, "You Can Have Him, Jolene," inspired by Dolly Parton's 1973 classic, "Jolene;" and capturing the coveted "golden buzzer" advancing the singers straight to the semifinals round.
The trio — sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their cousin, Trea Swindle — will be back on the show for the second round of semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday. They'll be performing against 10 other semifinalists. Only two of those 11 acts will be voted into the finals. That announcement comes on Wednesday's show, also at 7 p.m. and also live.
"Voting is more important than ever," an "AGT" spokesperson said via email.
Although the semifinalists are performing in front of judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and host Terry Crews, the panel no longer has a say in who moves on in the contest and who goes home; at this point, it's all determined by America's overnight vote, the spokesperson explained.
To vote for your favorite acts (between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesdays each week), go to the "AGT" app or visit NBC.com/AGTVote. There is a limit of 10 votes per method of voting.
Back at "AGT" studios in Los Angeles to get ready for Tuesday's show, we caught up with Chapel Hart by phone after a day of rehearsals, meetings with the creative team, vocal coaching and everything else that goes into preparation for performance night.
Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn both reached out to you on social media. How does that feel?
Swindle: It was blowing our minds because, first of all, like two country queens talking about us in the same day, and then, on top of that, Darius Rucker, someone had shared our audition with him and he said, "Well, they're going to be on my next album," because he reached out a while ago and asked us to put a little background harmonies on a song he was working on, but when you're working on another artist's song, you can't just tell the world about it until they're ready to release it. So, as soon as he said it, like the cat was out of the bag. And we are so excited for the world to hear that song because it is awesome.
Danica: I think he knows us just from kind of around the country music community, and just the fact that you're on somebody's mind, it just really makes you feel seen. He literally called and said, "I have this song and I can hear y'all on it." So he was like, "Take it and do what you do, just take it and you be Chapel Hart." So by the time we got it back to him, he was just like, "Woah, what is this?" He was just expressing how super excited he was to release it.
Are you getting recognized more in public since your audition aired?
Danica: When we came back yesterday after a break, the audience had already started coming for the reveal show (when votes results are announced) and we walked up and they were like, "Oh my God, it's Chapel Hart!" So we created a little frenzy as the people were trying to get in. It's really turning into a family thing. … We're finding out that entire families are jammin' out to Chapel Hart. I think that's what makes us the happiest.
You were at the top of the iTunes country chart immediately after the audition; you're at No. 52 this week. Do you expect that number to go back up after your return to the show on Tuesday night?
Trea: We absolutely hope so because it's the first performance that got our song and our album to the top of country charts. We feel like after this next performance, we might just blow the top off of the chart.
Will you have anyone in the audience on Tuesday night?
Danica: We will have some of our management staff, our booking agent, and we've also adopted like half of the crew here, so really, it will feel like our family reunion.
You've been described in the media recently as "eclectic and electric." Do you think your Southern upbringing has something to do with that?
Danica: We were having breakfast at our hotel this morning and we met a couple of ladies from Oregon and Ohio, and we talked for just a minute, and she turned back and said, "Y'all are from the South, huh?" And we were like "Yeah." And she said, "Y'all have such, that like welcoming spirit that y'all have," she said, "It just has Southern dripping all over it." I think it's probably a bigger part of what makes us us.
You performed at a big fair in Mississippi since your audition. How was that crowd?
Danica: So we got to play the Neshoba County Fair the week that our "AGT" performance aired, and it was absolutely incredible the amount of people that were there, we were just mind-blown. I think they said they were expecting about 600 and I want to say about 7,500 people showed up, like it was incredible. Mississippi really showed up and showed out for us.
What is something we don't know about you that might be interesting to find out?
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