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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Weber Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WEBR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: September 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/weber-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30894&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of WEBR during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 27, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
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Yankees search for missing offense in finale vs. Rays
While the New York Yankees are not pleased they are going through their worst stretch of the season, they can taking some solace from the fact that they still hold a comfortable lead in the American League East.
Meanwhile, the second-place Tampa Bay Rays are excited about their recent performances and a chance to inch closer to first-place New York.
The Yankees hope to dodge a three-game sweep while the visiting Rays look to gain more ground in the division on Wednesday night in the finale of a three-game series.
New York's lead reached 15 1/2 games following a 12-5 win at Boston on July 8. Since that point, the Yankees are 11-22. The division gap is down to nine games for the first time since June 15 after the Yankees followed up a 4-0 loss to the Rays on Monday by managing just four hits on Tuesday in a 3-1 defeat.
"It's better to have this happen now in August than the first week of playoffs or near the end of the year when you're getting into the playoffs," New York slugger Aaron Judge said.
The Yankees are in a 2-11 skid and are 8-17 since holding a 64-28 record at the All-Star break.
New York also has scored three runs or fewer in seven consecutive games while playing short-handed.
"I think we're going to turn it around soon," New York pitcher Nestor Cortes said. "I don't know when, but this team is capable of doing big things and obviously we showed it the first half."
Giancarlo Stanton (Achilles) took batting practice on Monday, and he could start a rehab assignment soon. However, DJ LeMahieu may miss a fourth straight game with inflammation in his right big toe and could be headed for the injured list.
The Rays, meanwhile, are finding their form.
Since a 10-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, Tampa Bay has outscored its opponents 19-4 during a four-game winning streak. The Rays are also 8-4 over their past 12 games.
Rays slugger Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer four batters into the Tuesday game. He has four homers in his past six contests after going homerless in his previous 16 contests.
Because of Arozarena's latest homer, the Rays are within single digits of the division lead for the first time since June 13. They were 13 games out at the break and faced a 15 1/2-game deficit after being swept in Cincinnati July 8-10.
"Of course, everyone would love to win the division," Arozarena said through an interpreter. "You play less games in the postseason (with a first-round bye). But we've just got to keep staying positive, keep moving forward and hopefully just keep on winning."
Corey Kluber (7-7, 4.40 ERA), who is coming off a sub-par outing, will start the series finale for the Rays. On Friday, Kluber allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings in a loss to Baltimore.
Kluber is 5-3 with a 2.21 ERA in 10 career starts against the Yankees. The veteran right-hander is 0-1 with an 0.75 ERA in two starts against New York this season.
New York's Domingo German (1-2, 4.18 ERA) will make his sixth start since returning from the injured list last month. German has allowed two runs or fewer in four straight starts, and he permitted one run on five hits in a season-high six innings on Friday in a no-decision against the Boston Red Sox.
German is 3-1 with a 6.40 ERA in eight career appearances (six starts) against the Rays.
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GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company"), a leading home equity loan service provider in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2022, before U.S. markets open on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
CNFinance's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/ Hong Kong Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022).
Dial-in numbers for the live conference call are as follows:
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call until 11:59 PM ET on August 31, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CNFinance's website at http://ir.cashchina.cn/.
About CNFinance Holdings Limited
CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company) is a leading home equity loan service provider in China. CNFinance conducts business by collaborating with sales partners and trust company partners. Sales partners are responsible for recommending micro- and small-enterprise ("MSE") owners with financing needs to the Company and the Company introduces eligible borrowers to its trust company partners who will then conduct their own risk assessments and make credit decisions. The Company's primary target borrower segment is MSE owners who own real properties in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China. The loans CNFinance facilitated are primarily funded through a trust lending model with its trust company partners who are well-established with sufficient funding sources and have licenses to engage in lending business nationwide. The Company's risk mitigation mechanism is embedded in the design of its loan products, supported by an integrated online and offline process focusing on risks of both borrowers and collateral and further enhanced by effective post-loan management procedures.
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This new, integrated service helps scientists accelerate their mRNA research projects by providing an integrated workflow across gene synthesis, plasmid preparation and DNA linearization, and mRNA synthesis
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript USA Inc., the world's leading life-science research tools and services provider, announced the availability of a new research use only (RUO) and pre-clinical messenger RNA (mRNA) synthesis service for biopharma research and development teams. By applying decades of experience in molecular biology, GenScript now offers a single-vendor gene-to-mRNA service that delivers custom mRNA within six to eight weeks.
mRNA provides new therapeutic opportunities for a range of diseases, and scientists need expedited, access to robust, custom mRNA to synthesize the proteins used to engineer personalized medicines. But, until now, development of mRNA involved contracting with several different specialist suppliers.
In contrast, GenScript's IVT mRNA service spans the entire workflow, from gene synthesis to mRNA production. This simple and expedited mRNA manufacturing workflow expands the possibilities for personalized medicines such as patient-specific cancer vaccines or protein replacement for rare diseases.
"GenScript has brings decades of deep technical expertise and a reputation for routinely producing customized nucleic acids for biopharma, academic, and industry clients worldwide," said Ray Chen, PhD, president of GenScript USA Life Science Group. "The new IVT mRNA production service solves mRNA researchers' challenges of sourcing and communicating among multiple vendors and de-risks the synthesis of highly optimized mRNA designs."
- GenScript accelerates mRNA research with optimized mRNA production workflow — from gene to mRNA in 6-8 weeks
- Eliminates the need to provide mRNA expression vectors: just provide open reading frames (ORFs); GenScript will manage all the steps to successful custom mRNA synthesis
- GenScript's integrated gene synthesis, linearization, and IVT process ensures high mRNA integrity and uniform poly(A) tails which results in enhanced expression efficiency.
- mRNAs produced at GenScript are optimized with our proprietary production platform, ensuring the quality and expression efficiency of your mRNA.
- Visit GenScript's IVT mRNA services information page
- Download the GenScript IVT mRNA therapy modalities infographic poster
GenScript Biotech Corporation (Stock Code: 1548.HK) is a global biotechnology group. Based on its leading gene synthesis technology, GenScript has developed four major platforms including the global cell therapy platform, the biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) platform, the contract research organization (CRO) platform, and the industrial synthesis product platform.
GenScript was founded in New Jersey, USA in 2002 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2015. GenScript's business operation spans over 100 countries and regions worldwide, with legal entities located in the USA, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and Ireland. GenScript has provided premium, convenient, and reliable products and services for over 100,000 customers.
GenScript owns a number of intellectual property rights and technical secrets, including more than 100 patents and over 270 patent applications. As of Q3 2022, GenScript's products and services have been cited by 57,000 peer-reviewed journal articles worldwide. For more information visit genscript.com.
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LONDON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OrionOne Inc., a global supply chain technology solutions company that has developed a powerful SaaS platform to deliver best-in-class technology to the supply chain market, and VeChain, the world's most widely known enterprise blockchain, today announced the integration of their technologies to accelerate blockchain adoption among logistics companies.
The direct integration of OrionOne's best-in-class logistics platform and VeChain's blockchain platform 'VeChain ToolChain' allows OrionOne to offer companies a seamless and rapid onboarding ramp to begin utilizing blockchain in their business, all without burdensome investments in network infrastructure or management of cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain technology continues to disrupt the supply chain industry. Decentralization, an important trait of public blockchains, provides a trust mechanism, making data more robust and reliable when managing multiple competing stakeholders. Record keeping, compliance, and dispute management are just several ways blockchain enhances supply chains and reduces logistics costs.
By 2027, supply chain management is projected to be a $42 billion per year industry, and as highlighted by the mainstream media, the challenges facing the industry are immense. However, these challenges provide a unique opportunity for innovation through the adoption of emerging technologies and the digitization of supply chains. OrionOne's logistics software helps companies organize and manage people, goods, and resources across the entire supply chain, including transactions and supplier relationships, providing an end-to-end overview of a product's journey to market.
Tommy Stephenson, CEO of OrionOne said, "When it comes to blockchain and supply chain, there's only one game in town, and that's VeChain. No other entity can compete with their low-cost, rapid deployment, and ease of use. We're excited to integrate their blockchain into our products to bring VeChain to a wider network of clients."
Jason Rockwood, General Manager for VeChain US Inc., said, "A key barrier to wide blockchain adoption is the application layer that connects infrastructure to specific business problems. OrionOne simplifies the data gathering mechanism and makes the value of blockchain tangible and easy to deploy. This in turn saves corporate clients time and money while staying current with the latest innovations in supply chain technology."
The newly updated OrionOne platform featuring VeChain will be available starting August 15th.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TGTX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: January 15, 2020 to May 31, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of the Company's therapeutic product candidates, Ublituximab and Umbralisib; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Umbralisib marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma New Drug Application, the Biologics License Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, the supplemental New Drug Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, or the Ublituximab relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis Biologics License Application in their current forms; (iii) as a result, the Company had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tg-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30891&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TGTX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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The defending World Series champions aren’t going anywhere.
The Atlanta Braves have locked in another core player for years to come with a long-term contract extension. On Tuesday, rookie outfielder Michael Harris II agreed to an eight-year, $72 million contract.
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The deal runs through the 2030 season and includes a $15 million team option for 2031 and a $20 million team option for 2032. Each option year is accompanied by a $5 million buyout. If both option years are activated, the total value of the contract would be $102 million over 10 years.
Harris is hitting .287 with 12 home runs, 13 stolen bases and 39 RBIs in 71 games after making his major league debut on May 28. He also has provided strong defense in center field.
Harris joins third baseman Austin Riley, outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr., first baseman Matt Olson and second baseman Ozzie Albies as Atlanta players whose long-term contracts include team options that carry through the 2027 season or longer.
Riley agreed to a 10-year, $212 million extension earlier this month. Acuuna is playing on an eight-year, $100 million contract. Ablies is playing on a seven-year, $35 million deal. Olson signed an eight-year, $168 million contract after his offseason trade from the Oakland A’s.
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Harris will earn $5 million in 2023 and 2024, $8 million in 2025 and 2026, $9 million in 2027, $10 million in 2028 and 2029 and $12 million in 2030.
Harris and the Mets are in second place in the National League East, 3.5 games behind the first-place New York Mets and six games ahead of the third-place Philadelphia Phillies.
Thanks to the long-term deals signed by Harris and his teammates, the Braves are set to contend for years to come.
MORE MLB:
- A’s get another strong start from ex-Yankees prospect
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- Parent company of WFAN and WIP starts implementing layoffs
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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Mike Rosenstein may be reached at mrosenstein@njadvancemedia.com. | https://www.nj.com/sports/2022/08/mets-phillies-watch-braves-lock-in-another-core-player-for-years-to-come.html | 2022-08-17T10:34:55Z | https://www.nj.com/sports/2022/08/mets-phillies-watch-braves-lock-in-another-core-player-for-years-to-come.html | true |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
347 AM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 109 expected.
* WHERE...In Louisiana, Vernon, Rapides and Avoyelles Parishes.
In Texas, Tyler, Hardin, Northern Jasper and Northern Newton
Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM to 5 PM CDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global leading IoT cloud development platform, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial results after the market closes on Monday, August 29, 2022.
Tuya's management will hold a conference call at 08:00 P.M. Eastern Time on Monday, August 29, 2022 (08:00 A.M. Beijing Time on Tuesday, August 30, 2022) to discuss the financial results. In advance of the conference call, all participants must use the following link to complete the online registration process. Upon registering, each participant will receive details for this conference including an access code, a PIN number (personal access code), the dial-in number, and an e-mail with detailed instructions to join the conference call.
Online registration: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=54a7b9bf&confId=40423
The replay will be accessible through September 6, 2022 by dialing the following numbers:
International: +44-204-525-0658
United States: +1-929-458-6194
Access Code: 545019
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.tuya.com/.
About Tuya Inc.
Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a global leading IoT cloud development platform with a mission to build an IoT developer ecosystem and enable everything to be smart. Tuya has pioneered a purpose-built IoT cloud development platform that delivers a full suite of offerings, including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to businesses and developers. Through its IoT cloud development platform, Tuya has enabled developers to activate a vibrant IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners and end users to engage and communicate through a broad range of smart devices.
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Tuya Inc.
Investor Relations
E-mail: ir@tuya.com
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Phone: +1 (323) 240-5796
Email: gary@blueshirtgroup.com
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Inflation has soared to a 40-year high of 10.1 per cent as households grapple with the cost of living crisis.
This is the first time the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) has hit double digits since February 1982, when it reached 10.2 per cent.
As of June, the CPI was sitting at 9.4 per cent but today’s figures show it rose to 10.1 per cent in the 12 months to July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
There was an overall increase of 2.3 per cent between June and July 2022 in food and non-alcoholic drinks.
All the eleven food and non-alcoholic beverage classes made upward contributions to the change in the annual inflation rate, with the largest upward contributions of 0.04 percentage points coming from bread and cereals, and from milk, cheese and eggs.
There has been a noteworthy rise in the cost of milk, cheddar cheese and yoghurts or fromage frais.
Meat prices increased by 0.03 percentage points, with a notable rise in the cost of cooked ham and bacon. Potatoes, as well as sugar, jam, syrups, chocolate and confectionery, also got more expensive.
Food and non-alcoholic drinks represented the largest upward movement of 0.26 percentage points. The second largest contribution came from recreation and culture with an increase of 0.09 percentage points.
This comes after separate figures from the ONS, released on Monday, showed that average pay has fallen by three per cent in the biggest drop since records began in 2001.
The data showed that average wages rose by 4.7 per cent between April and June but this was lagging behind inflation, meaning the “real value” of pay fell by 3 per cent.
The Bank of England predicted inflation will hit 13 per cent later this year when the energy price cap is reviewed, with average energy bills forecast to reach £4,200 in 2023.
Responding to the rise in inflation, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said: “I understand that times are tough, and people are worried about increases in prices that countries around the world are facing.
“Although there are no easy solutions, we are helping where we can through a £37 billion support package, with further payments for those on the lowest incomes, pensioners and the disabled, and £400 off energy bills for everyone in the coming months.
“Getting inflation under control is my top priority, and we are taking action through strong, independent monetary policy, responsible tax and spending decisions, and reforms to boost productivity and growth.”
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said the risk of the country plummeting into a recession is rising, with the peak of inflation still “some way off”.
Suren Thiru, Economics Director for ICAEW, said: “Red-hot inflation is suffocating the UK economy, and with the peak some way off, the risk of recession is rising.
“The latest increase means that the cost-of-living crisis is escalating as inflation continues to outstrip pay growth, eroding people’s incomes. Companies’ ability to operate is also under significant pressure as they see their own costs surge and customer demand wilt.
“Inflation may moderate a little in August as strong base effects caused by the comparison with August 2021, when inflation leaped from 2.0 per cent to 3.2 per cent, impacts the calculation. However, with eye-watering increases in energy bills due from October, inflation is on track to peak at over 13 per cent.
“With inflation soaring, another half-point interest rate rise in September is very much on the table. However, with the looming recession likely to help bring down inflation, the case for continuing to tighten monetary policy should diminish.”
What does rising inflation mean for you?
Inflation is a measure of how much the prices of goods and services increase over time.
It is one of the most relevant economic indicators for consumers as it affects their buying power and has an impact on everything from fuel prices to mortgages, as well as things like the price of train tickets and the cost of shopping.
Inflation is usually measured by comparing the cost of things today with a year ago. This average increase in prices is known as the inflation rate.
As inflation is rising faster than wages are growing, life is getting more expensive.
Today’s inflation figures serve to widen the gap between pay growth and inflation – which was at its biggest since records began over 20 years ago.
Rising energy costs are one of the main culprits for the spike in inflation, with soaring wholesale prices and the increasing cost of other items and services for businesses. | https://inews.co.uk/news/inflation-hits-40-year-high-means-you-1799500 | 2022-08-17T10:38:48Z | https://inews.co.uk/news/inflation-hits-40-year-high-means-you-1799500 | false |
GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company"), a leading home equity loan service provider in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2022, before U.S. markets open on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
CNFinance's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/ Hong Kong Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022).
Dial-in numbers for the live conference call are as follows:
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call until 11:59 PM ET on August 31, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CNFinance's website at http://ir.cashchina.cn/.
About CNFinance Holdings Limited
CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company) is a leading home equity loan service provider in China. CNFinance conducts business by collaborating with sales partners and trust company partners. Sales partners are responsible for recommending micro- and small-enterprise ("MSE") owners with financing needs to the Company and the Company introduces eligible borrowers to its trust company partners who will then conduct their own risk assessments and make credit decisions. The Company's primary target borrower segment is MSE owners who own real properties in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China. The loans CNFinance facilitated are primarily funded through a trust lending model with its trust company partners who are well-established with sufficient funding sources and have licenses to engage in lending business nationwide. The Company's risk mitigation mechanism is embedded in the design of its loan products, supported by an integrated online and offline process focusing on risks of both borrowers and collateral and further enhanced by effective post-loan management procedures.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
224 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...High temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees expected.
* WHERE...In California, northeast Siskiyou County and portions
of Modoc County. In Oregon, portions of the Klamath Basin and
southern ares in Klamath County and far southwestern Lake
County. This includes the communities of Klamath Falls,
Alturas, Tulelake, Tionesta, Beatty, Bly and Chiloquin.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT today.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Overnight temperatures will be warm as
well during this time period, and may limit relief from the
daytime heat. Cloud cover from anticipated
showers/thunderstorms may impact how warm temperatures get
during the day and how cool they get during the overnight
hours.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...High temperatures of 100 to 110 degrees expected.
* WHERE...In California, the valleys of western and central
Siskiyou County. In Oregon, far eastern Curry County and
portions of Josephine and Jackson Counties. This includes the
Illinois, Applegate, Rogue, Shasta and Klamath River Valley
and the communities of Medford, Grants Pass, Cave Junction,
Ruch, Yreka, Happy Camp, Shady Cove and Ashland.
* WHEN...From 11 AM today to 11 PM PDT Thursday.
showers/thunderstorms may limit how warm temperatures get
hours. Temperatures will lower by a few degrees Thursday, but
will still be hot.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 203.Fire weather zone
204.Fire weather zone 211.Fire weather zone 212.Fire weather
zone 264.Fire weather zone 277.Fire weather zone 283.
* THUNDERSTORMS...Thunderstorms producing abundant lightning
across dry fuels are expected resulting in an increased
threat for fire starts.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...Erratic outflow winds gusting to 40 mph.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
233 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...Abundant Lightning On Dry Fuels Expected Wednesday...
.Instability increases Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms
possible. Thunderstorms are expected to start dry, and become
wetter in time. In addition to the threat of new fire starts, a
dry and unstable layer will support gusty and erratic outflow
winds with any thunderstorms. Plume-dominated fire activity will
be possible with new or existing fires due to hot, dry and
unstable conditions.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM
PDT THIS EVENING FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING ON DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 280, 281, 284, 285, 617, 621, 622, 623, 624, AND
625...
* Impacts: Lightning and high fire danger will likely result in
new fire starts. Gusty thunderstorm winds could contribute to
fire spread. Despite rainfall, initial attack resources could be
overwhelmed and holdover fires are possible.
* Affected area:
In northern CA, portions of Fire Zones 280...281...284 and
285, including the McKinney and Yeti Fires, Seiad Valley,
Macdoel, Tennant, Canby, Alturas, and portions of the
Klamath and Modoc National Forests
In southern Oregon, portions of Fire Zones 617...621...622
...623...624 and 625, including the Windigo Fire, Ashland,
Prospect, Crater Lake, Toketee Falls, Klamath Falls, Chemult,
Paisley, Lakeview, and portions of the Umpqua, Rogue
River-Siskiyou, and Fremont-Winema National Forests.
* Thunderstorms: Isolated thunderstorms may begin early
Wednesday morning, but will likely become scattered during
the afternoon and evening with abundant lightning. Some
storms may be dry. Winds will become gusty and erratic in and
near thunderstorms.
* View the hazard area in detail at:
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Abundant lightning on existing very dry fuels could cause
numerous new fire ignitions. Gusty and erratic outflow winds
could also create extreme fire growth potential.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TGTX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: January 15, 2020 to May 31, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of the Company's therapeutic product candidates, Ublituximab and Umbralisib; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Umbralisib marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma New Drug Application, the Biologics License Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, the supplemental New Drug Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, or the Ublituximab relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis Biologics License Application in their current forms; (iii) as a result, the Company had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tg-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30891&from=4
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BREAKING: Met Office issues urgent amber thunderstorms alert for TODAY: Forecasters warn homes, businesses and buildings could be damaged by floods, lightning and HAIL as swathes of UK - including London - are told to brace
- Amber and yellow storm and flood warnings have been issued for south England and south-east Wales
- Patients have been urged to avoid an A&E department after a hospital flooded in Nottinghamshire
- Experts warn it will take 'weeks' of heavy rainfall to help parts of country recover from driest July on record
- Families brace themselves for traffic chaos and power cuts as forecasters warn of dangerous flash floods
- Authorities tell people to prepare an emergency bag of vital belongings in case their homes are damaged
There is a 'danger to life' caused by fast-flowing and deep floodwater as Britain faces thunderstorms and flash flooding, according to the Met Office.
Yellow and amber warnings have been made for huge parts of England and Wales. Torrential showers across huge swathes of the country have already left roads swamped, drains deluged and people desperately battling to keep floodwaters at bay - and more is expected as thunderstorms hit.
The Met Office has issued an amber alert for thunderstorms on Wednesday covering a swathe of England from Chichester to Ipswich and including London, Brighton, Essex and all of Kent.
There could be as much as 30-50mm of rain falling in the region in less than an hour, causing 'flooding and disruption'. The hospital said in a Facebook post that colleagues were 'hard at work' fixing the problem.
The yellow weather warning includes the whole of the south of England and reaches as far away as Leicester and Cardiff, where flooding and travel chaos is also highly likely.
The affected areas could now face flash flooding as well as transport disruption and power cuts. They could be cut off by flooded roads, and the chance of fast-flowing or deep floodwater may cause danger to life, the Met Office said yesterday.
Some patients have even been urged to avoid an A&E department after a hospital was flooded. Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, said that heavy rainfall meant 'water was able to get into a few parts of the building'.
The hospital said: 'Please note, we continue to ask local people in Worksop to only attend the Emergency Department at Bassetlaw Hospital if your need is urgent or life-threatening.
'Due to the rain yesterday, water was able to get into a few parts of the building which colleagues are hard at work fixing - work we hope to finish soon.'
In the South West, parts of Cornwall and Devon have been hit hard, with dramatic scenes of torrential showers and flash flooding on roads in Newquay, Cornwall, Bishop's Tawton, Devon, and Haywards Heath in West Sussex.
In Dorset people used buckets and makeshift containers to try to divert flash floodwater away from a restaurant in West Bay, while workers in Winchester were yesterday seen clearing a drain grid on a swamped road.
Streets were flooded in Port Talbot, Wales and in Loughborough, the Morrisons supermarket car park was flooded.
However experts have warned that it would take 'weeks' of heavy rainfall to help parts of the country recover from the driest July on record and the driest first half of the year since 1976, as the ground will struggle to absorb the water and surface run-off causes flooding.
This means wildfires are still a possibility on the 'tinderbox dry' land Britain has been left with.
Authorities moved Yorkshire to official drought status on Tuesday, following parts of the South West, southern and central England and the East of England last week.
Last night a huge fire ripped through a field near Buckley Hill Road in Bootle, Merseyside, with fire crews from Buckley Hill and Kirkby called at at 9.35pm to reports of a 'major wildfire', with witnesses worried about the Shy Lowen Horse and Pony Sanctuary, the Liverpool Echo said.
Scotland was hit by travel disruption across rail networks and on roads after torrential overnight rain, including flooding at Perth station.
In Combe Florey, between Minehead and Taunton in Somerset, the A358 remained closed yesterday afternoon after a mudslide on Monday night. Workmen removed more than 100 tons of mud and potatoes sliding in from nearby fields.
The Met Office warned of severe flooding in parts of England and Wales, particularly in the south-east of England
A cyclist is soaked as she braves the torrential rain in Sheffield as thunderstorms and flash floods batter Britain
Massive waves crash into the seafront at Sunderland as the extreme weather rages across the UK
DORSET: A dogwalker gets a soaking in Burton Bradstock in Dorset during torrential rain from a thunderstorm which caused flash flooding
LONDON: A man runs across the Millennium Bridge in London on Tuesday after getting court in a sudden downpour of rain
WINCHESTER: A man tries to clear a drain grid during flooding in Winchester yesterday as parts of the country are hit by heavy rain
SOMERSET: Workers have had to remove more than 50 tonnes of mud and potatoes yesterday following the mudslide on the A358 in Somerset
DORSET: Locals and visitors join together to try to clear floodwater away from Seagulls restaurant at West Bay in Dorset yesterday
NORTH WALES: Thomas Davies stepped into his back garden to test out his phone's camera during thunderstorms near his home in Rhyl, north Wales, on Sunday evening
CORNWALL: A downstairs deluge cascades down steps at St Mabyn in Cornwall during torrential downpours of rain on Tuesday
CORNWALL: The wet weather helped form a waterspout alongside the south coast of Cornwall over a tour boat in Fowey Harbour, creating a vortex (pictured on Tuesday)
Today's forecast
The Met Office warning reads: 'Whilst some places will miss them, thunderstorms and areas of heavy rain will develop quite widely on Wednesday across central, southern and eastern parts of England and southeast Wales.
'20-30 mm of rain is possible within an hour, but where areas of thundery rain become slow-moving, some places could see 60 mm in less than three hours.
'A few spots could see more rainfall than this still, whilst hail and lightning may be additional hazards.' The Environment Agency had issued 29 flood alerts by Tuesday night.
The heaviest downpours on Tuesday were at Spadeadam in Cumbria, with 25.4mm of rain, and in Trengwainton House, Cornwall, with 18.4mm, the Met Office said.
Footage and photos shared to social media showed torrential rain and floodwater sweeping through towns across southern England and Wales, including Newquay in Cornwall, Bishop's Tawton in Devon, Haywards Heath in West Sussex, Port Talbot in south-west Wales, and Bridport in Dorset.
Amid the weather warnings, Britons have been urged to prepare a 'grab bag' of essentials in case of flooding as torrential rain and thunderstorms hammer parts of the country today, causing mudslides while deluging rail lines and streets.
Firefighters said people should prepare a flood kit, with those living in basement flats or low-lying properties particularly at risk as the heatwave ends with a bang - and up to two inches of rain falling in three hours today.
The National Flood Forum said a flooding 'grab bag' should contain insurance and other important documents, mobile phones and chargers, emergency cash and credit cards, and any medication or prescription forms.
The London Fire Brigade said people should be 'prepared and know what to do should a flood occur' and 'use sandbags to limit the water flow and move belongings to a higher level'. The Met Office said people living in 'low-lying properties' should make sure their valuable items are 'ready to go', or 'on a higher level of your house'.
After weeks of sweltering weather the Met Office's yellow thunderstorm warning for Wednesday forecasts conditions in which '20-30 mm of rain is possible within an hour'
Last night a huge fire ripped through a field near Buckley Hill Road in Bootle, Merseyside, with fire crews from Buckley Hill and Kirkby called at at 9.35pm to reports of a 'major wildfire' (pictured)
A driveway has completely flooded outside of a home in Port Talbot, Wales as heavy rain continues to pour down
The guidance will apply to millions of people - with Environment Agency the estimating that 5.2million homes in England, or one in six properties, are at risk of flooding. This includes 2.4million at risk from rivers and the sea, 1million of these also susceptible to surface water flooding and a further 2.8million at risk of surface water alone.
One Twitter user shared a video of floodwater in Newquay, writing: 'I've never seen rain like this. Our road is flooding £Newquay.'
Another Twitter user in Bishop's Tawton, north Devon, said: '(F)lash flooding causing use of sandbags to prevent water in house, despite recent flood work by @EnvAgency urgent need for solutions.'
ScotRail imposed speed restrictions on some routes on Tuesday, while in Perth, Network Rail said it dealt with flooding at the station.
Wednesday is the fourth day in a row of thunderstorm warnings in the UK and it leaves communities in areas like Sussex, Kent and Hampshire braced for possible heavy downpours.
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said that 'heavy thundery showers could develop in warm muggy air' and 'there could be some high totals (of rainfall), particularly if you see some heavy thunderstorms come in one after another'.
People in northern regions should be able to enjoy a day that feels fresher, a little cooler and is mostly dry - with some sunny spells.
Mr Partridge said: 'The ground has been so baked dry because of the heat and the lack of rain for a number of days. When the rain has come, it has been hitting ground that is completely dry and baked dry like concrete.
'It is running off than more traditionally. If there is some moisture in the ground, it is a lot easier for it to soak up the rain that hits it. We have probably a higher run-off rate for the rainfall than we would normally have.
'It is almost like all the fields have been tarmacked because the water has been running off them as there has been so little of it that has gone into the ground.'
Vehicles drive along the very wet M25 near Swanley in Kent yesterday as heavy rain creates surface spray and reduces visibility
Locals and visitors join together to try to clear floodwater away from Seagulls restaurant at West Bay in Dorset on Tuesday
The A358 in Somerset has been closed at Combe Florey on Tuesday after a huge mudslide that has caused chaos for local motorists
Met office spokesman Stephen Dixon said parts of the country could see up to 50mm of rain within three hours: 'We have got thundery showers possibly for a lot of people in the UK. Within the warning area, it is important to note that thunderstorms could pop up anywhere. That being said, some areas could miss the rain altogether.
'That risk of thunderstorms will move to southern areas of the UK as the day goes on.' Mr Dixon said this risk will continue throughout Wednesday.
'Early on Thursday morning, the main risk that we are looking at is for the South East. The risk then decreases as the day goes on.'
And the National Flood Forum charity warned that the UK remains 'reactive and not proactive' about flood risk even though flooding had become a regular pattern for the country.
Speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari, Heather Shepherd, the charity's flood recovery specialist, said: 'Flooding has definitely increased. We see it now as a regular pattern every year.
'I still think we are quite reactive and not proactive. As soon as flodding's not in the headlines we tend to be a bit too laid back.'
Miss Shepherd also said that 'building like mad everywhere' was increasing the risk of floods, as 'a lot of [building] is on places where water had space and it no longer has. It overwhelms our drainage infrastructure.'
Meanwhile, swimmers have been urged to stay out of Cumbria's Lake Windermere because of a potentially toxic algae covering the water's surface.
While the heatwave has now technically ended after eight days on Tuesday, it remains very warm in much of the UK with highs of 22C (71.6F) in London, Brighton and Exeter yesterday, 25C (77F) across the south on Thursday and 23C (73.4F) on Friday,
A fireman from Dorset and Wiltshire fire crew help pump some of the water out of the road with their fire engine after torrential rain and thunderstorms caused flash flooding on Tuesday
The Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue crew were successful in removing some of the flooding, allowing motorists to use the junction (pictured on Tuesday)
Vehicles drive along the very wet M25 near Swanley in Kent yesterday as heavy rain creates surface spray and reduces visibility
Tourists walk along the South Bank in London during heavy rain in the capital yesterday as the heatwave comes to an end
A couple go for a walk in the sea under an umbrella off the almost deserted beach of Weymouth in Dorset yesterday morning
Commuters walk over London Bridge on Tuesday morning as heavy rain hits the capital following the heatwave
People queue up outside Westminster Abbey during heavy rain in London yesterday as thunderstorms hit the capital
Two young women shelter under an umbrella as they walk over Millennium Bridge in London during heavy rain yesterday afternoon
A vehicle drives through a large puddle during heavy rain at Greenwich in South East London on Tuesday morning
Three people take a selfie under umbrellas as they stand on Millennium Bridge in London during heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon
People walk over London Bridge yesterday morning as heavy rain hits the capital following the heatwave
People walk through London in the rain yesterday - and while some of them came prepared with umbrellas, others did not
Flooding on rail lines near Perth in Scotland yesterday, where speed restrictions have been imposed on routes due to heavy rain
A bride and groom shelter from the rain under an umbrella during their wedding photos in Central London yesterday afternoon
Tourists wearing rain ponchos walk through Westminster yesterday during heavy rain after the prolonged dry spell
Authorities moved Yorkshire to official drought status on Tuesday, following parts of the South West, southern and central England and the East of England last week.
Christine Colvin, from the Rivers Trust, warned there is a risk that people will not take the drought seriously in the coming days, adding: 'We want people to keep this rainfall event in context and as part of the bigger picture.
'The bigger picture is that we've actually still had an incredibly dry year as well as a dry summer and it's going to take sustained rainfall to replenish our supplies. Just because it rains, it doesn't mean the drought is over.'
She added: 'It's going to take sustained rain to replenish the supplies we actually use, which are the aquifers and the managed storage in our reservoirs.'
The heavy downpours over a short period will not soak into the earth – baked almost as hard as concrete by the heat – and are instead flooding streets in towns and cities.
The Met Office warned that people who live in 'low-lying properties' should make sure their valuable items are 'ready to go', or 'on a higher level of your house', due to the current high flood risk.
Speaking to Sky News this morning, Met Office meteorologist Clare Nasir said: 'For low-lying properties, which perhaps have been built on a floodplain, yes, there is a risk of flooding in properties.
'Get all your documents, whether it's your mobile phone, your passport, etc, all those things you don't want to be damaged by floodwater and make sure they're ready to go or on a higher level of your house'.
She added that the downpours overnight and into this morning are 'the wrong kind of rain which we need for the ground', as the ground is too hard to absorb it.
'What we're looking for is sort of continuous rain, moderate rain, rather than this incredibly intense burst, which currently is moving up across more southern areas of England. So we're not out of the woods yet.'
Patrick Goulbourne, the London Fire Brigade's Assistant Commissioner, said of those living in the capital: 'It is really important that Londoners – particularly those living in basement properties – are prepared and know what to do should a flood occur.
'Pay attention to weather alerts and prepare a flood kit or grab bag. People can use sandbags to limit the water flow and move belongings to a higher level.'
A flooding 'grab bag' should contain insurance and other important documents, mobile phones and chargers, emergency cash, and any medication, according to the National Flood Forum charity.
For parents with young children, it should also include nappies, a favourite toy, clothing, wipes, milk and baby food.
Last week a drought was declared in eight areas of England including Devon and Cornwall, Kent and south London.
Several water firms – including Welsh Water, Southern Water and South East Water – have already imposed hosepipe bans to tackle the shortage.
South West Water was the latest company to announce restrictions in Cornwall which will kick in on August 23.
Yorkshire Water's ban will start on August 26 and Thames Water has said it is planning one but has not confirmed the date.
A £1,000 fine could be imposed on anyone who breaks the ban but water companies have not said if they have pressed for prosecutions in the past.
Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said that thunderstorms and heavy rain is likely to hit parts of Scotland as well as areas of the South West and East of England.
He added that up to two inches of rainfall – almost a month's worth of rain – could fall in just three hours in some parts.
He added: 'That being said, it is quite hard to pinpoint exactly where these thunderstorms will crop up. Some areas will miss the showers completely.
'But, where they do come down, there could be some impacts like surface water flooding – with the rain obviously hitting dry land –travel disruption and power cuts affecting homes and businesses.'
And Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said: 'Temperatures will be lower, looking at highs of around 27C as a maximum temperature, but it will still be on the humid side (yesterday).
'Thundery showers across central and southern parts of England on Wednesday and temperatures will be around 26C as a maximum.'
Mr Dewhurst warned that the bad weather conditions could pose difficulties for those hoping to travel and urged people to stay up to date with developments in their local area.
'We'll see some very heavy showers develop over the coming days, hail, frequent lightning, some flash flooding is possible like we've seen in places yesterday so our advice is to stay tuned to latest forecasts and local radio stations as well, to get the latest information,' he said.
'It is worth being aware that there could be disruptions or delays to travel.'
A Morrisons car park in Loughborough was submerged in flood water after the torrential rain and storms
A man leaps over a puddle as shoppers rush through a heavy downpour in London yesterday afternoon
A car drives through floodwater on the B3157 coast road at Burton Bradstock in Dorset during torrential rain yesterday
Cars on a flooded road in Winchester yesterday as thunderstorms hit the country this week after the recent heatwave
A car drives through floodwater on the B3157 coast road at Burton Bradstock in Dorset during torrential rain yesterday
A tractor works to clear A358 in Somerset yesterday after it was closed at Combe Florey following the mudslide last night
A tractor works to clear A358 in Somerset yesterday after it was closed at Combe Florey following the mudslide last night
Emergency services workers at the scene of the A358 mudslide in Somerset yesterday amid the torrential rain and thunderstorms
) Pedestrians shelter under umbrellas in Westminster during heavy rain this afternoon following the prolonged dry spell
A woman looks across to the Houses of Parliament while shielding under an umbrella during a rain shower in London yesterday
People walk through London near Tower Bridge in the rain yesterday morning as the capital is hit by downpours
Two people look at Tower Bridge in the rain under an umbrella yesterday morning as downpours return to the capital
People walk through London near Tower Bridge in the rain yesterday morning as the capital is hit by downpours
An autumnal feel to Hyde Park in London yesterday morning as the heatwave finally ends with a series of thunderstorms
He added: 'It will be in turns fairly breezy as we end the week, with some showery rain, particularly across the north of the UK, so temperatures generally around average for many but could possibly be a bit above for the far south, which is the mid-20s.
'It looks probably most likely from late Wednesday to Thursday onwards it will become fresher for everyone.'
Professor Hannah Cloke, an expert in hydrology at the University of Reading, warned that the parched soil increased the risk of 'dangerous' flooding.
She said: 'The ground is really dry and when it is so dry it acts a little bit like concrete and that water can't get in so it drains straight off. There is the damage to homes and businesses these floods can cause, and inconvenience with transport disruptions –but if it is very heavy in one place it can also be very dangerous.'
On how it could affect cities like London, she said: 'If you get heavy rain in a city, the drainage system can cope up to a point. But if there is really heavy rain it can overwhelm the system – the rain cannot run away quick enough.
'Water tends to find the lowest pathway – that is why it is so dangerous for cities with these surface area floods. That is why it is of concern to the Tube and underground car parks and things like that.'
'If we are in London and the parks are really, really dry, there is nowhere for the water to run so it is exacerbating the risks we already have in cities.'
In rural areas, Professor Cloke said flooding often hits low points in roads and under bridges.
Also yesterday, Ofwat chief executive David Black has defended targets set for water companies as 'challenging but achievable'.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme and asked if the targets set for leaks are tough enough, Mr Black said: 'Yes, we set challenging but achievable targets for water companies, leakage being one of them.
'So at the last price review we challenged the sector to reduce leakage by 16 per cent and the latest information we have shows that 13 out of 17 companies (are) on track to deliver that in the first two years.'
He added: 'I can point elsewhere in the (targets) regime where fewer companies are succeeding, so for example on pollution incidence less companies are successful.
'So we have set challenging targets and in fact at the last price review four out of 17 companies appealed our determination. So they thought the determination was too tough, and one of their contentions was that the targets were too challenging.'
Mr Black also said that overall, the water supplier sector 'has underperformed against the price review'.
He told the BBC: 'Where companies are falling short on leakage they will incur penalties on that. It may be that they are outperforming the regime elsewhere. But overall the sector as a whole has underperformed against the price review thus far into the period.'
Mr Black added: 'So far to date the sector hasn't succeeded in earning the - if you like - these standard rates of return.'
He said: 'We certainly agree that customers should get better service and expect better service and that's why we have set performance targets that aim in every case to drive better performance from companies.
'There are some companies like Thames Water which have been repeated poor performers and we have taken action against them and other companies.'
Asked if he thinks there is nothing wrong with the system, Mr Black said: 'No, I think that companies like Thames and Southern really need to up their game. I think it's very concerning that other companies that may be performing better in the sector it casts a long shadow when we see poor performance.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119375/Met-office-issues-amber-yellow-THUNDERSTORM-warnings-parts-England-Wales.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-17T10:47:36Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11119375/Met-office-issues-amber-yellow-THUNDERSTORM-warnings-parts-England-Wales.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
- Meet Korean metaverse companies on overhauled virtual exhibition spaces ICTWOW
- Business talks will be held both on ICTWON and K-Metaverse Expo Busan on 18 and 19 Aug.
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National IT Promotion Agency (NIPA), a Korean government agency for supporting the ICT industry, hosts an online export conference for small and medium companies (SMBs) to find overseas clients.
The event takes place on 18-19 August on World Online ICT Show or ICTWOW (http://www.ictwow.com), an integrated platform to support the domestic ICT business entering overseas markets during the hard times after the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICTWOW is a virtual space where more than 450 promising Korean ICT companies present their technology and products on a 24/7 basis.
They overhauled ICTWOW recently to refine company directories and enhance search features. It also faced off the design by building new 3D image elements on the main pages. AI chatbot is newly implemented for customer support.
The online ICTWOW event will accompany the on-site exhibition K-Metaverse Expo Busan, held in BEXCO, Busan.
Based on surveys among domestic SMBs that run Metaverse-related businesses, NIPA recruited more than 20 potential clients from Canada, Japan, China, and some ASEAN countries. More than 30 domestic companies will gather in the export lounge in K-Metaverse Expo Busan to present their Metaverse-related services and technologies to these clients via video calling and ICTWOW company pages.
"We expect this virtual and on-site hybrid event to open new opportunities for Korean SMBs that seek to enter the overseas market during the economic hard times due to the COVID-19 pandemic," said Jinhong Park, lead of the Global Business Team, NIPA. "NIPA is devoted to supporting promising companies to succeed in the global market. We not only connect potential clients to companies but also provide follow-up care and process monitoring," he added.
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Developers can now more easily start, experiment, and scale vector databases with Pinecone
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinecone Systems Inc., a search infrastructure company, today announced the release of new features and enhancements that make it significantly easier for developers — regardless of AI or ML experience and background — to get started with vector search for applications such as semantic search and recommendation systems. New features include up to 10x faster indexes, flexible collections of vector data, and zero-downtime vertical scaling.
"Our vector database makes it easy for engineers to build capabilities like semantic search, AI recommendations, image search, and AI threat detection, but for teams who are new to vector search, some challenges remain," said Edo Liberty, founder and CEO of Pinecone. "Those challenges centered on the limited capacity of indexes, supporting high-throughput applications, and changing index size to support growing data volume. Our new release addresses these technical challenges, further simplifying and speeding up vector search."
With Pinecone's new vertical scaling, if a company's index grows beyond the available capacity, pods can be changed on a live index with zero downtime to accommodate more data. Pods are now available in different sizes — 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x — so engineering teams can start with the exact capacity they need and easily scale their index. Hourly costs for pods change to match the new sizes, meaning they still only pay for what they use.
Pinecone's new Collections allow engineers to experiment with and store vector data in one place. Users can save data from an index and create new indexes from any collection. Whether using collections for backing up and restoring indexes, testing different index types with the same data, or moving data to a new index, users can now do it all within Pinecone.
Pinecone is also launching p2 pods that are purpose-built for performance and high-throughput use cases. The new p2 pod type provides blazing fast search speeds of under 10ms and throughput as high as 200QPS per replica (throughput can be increased by adding more replicas). That's 10x better than what was previously available in Pinecone. This is achieved with a new graph-based index that trades off ingestion speed and filter performance in exchange for lower latencies and higher throughput.
"Our new features make it easier and more cost-effective than ever for engineers to start and scale a vector database in production, furthering our mission of democratizing vector search," added Liberty.
You can read the full announcement for more information about these features and performance improvements.
About Pinecone
Pinecone has built the first vector database to enable the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the cloud. Its engineers built ML platforms at AWS (Amazon SageMaker), Yahoo, Google, Databricks, and Splunk, and its scientists published more than 100 academic papers and patents on machine learning, data science, systems, and algorithms. Pinecone is backed by Wing Venture Capital and operates in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, see http://www.pinecone.io.
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Future unclear for Wollongong SES headquarters after flood report recommends RFS merger
By Kelly FullerThe future of the State Emergency Service headquarters and its staff in Wollongong remains unclear after the release of an independent report into New South Wales's devastating floods.
Key points:
- The report into the NSW floods recommended a "back office" merger between the SES and RFS
- More than 200 people work at the SES headquarters in Wollongong
- The Public Services Association and local MPs are calling for the jobs to be protected
A key recommendation of the report was for a back-house merger of the SES and Rural Fire Service (RFS).
In Recommendation 12, the report suggested a "joined up" RFS/SES corporate support structure would be under the command of the RFS given its corporate and operational maturity.
The co-leader of the inquiry, former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, said the change would allow the SES to tap into the experience of the RFS.
"The reason being is the RFS over the last 20 years has grown into a full-time organisation and they are seasoned campaigners," Mr Fuller said at a media conference for the launch of the report.
"Their ability to plan and use intelligence is well above even some of the other permanent agencies. To grow that in the SES would take years and years and years.
"Why wouldn't we merge them and take care of these agencies where they are working together to protect the people of NSW?"
The report suggested how the merger would operate:
If this recommendation is implemented, corporate services functions could be partly run out of Wollongong, the existing SES headquarters, with SES operational functions run out of the current Homebush site that houses RFS.
Fears for jobs
Public Service Association General Secretary Stewart Little said the recommendation made no sense to him.
"There are very few jobs that deal with corporate services in either agency," Mr Little said.
"We are also left wondering what they mean by backroom jobs.
"This is an organisation which is effectively all hands to the pump during a natural disaster, they only have a bit over 300 staff."
Mr Little said the government had previously promised no jobs would be lost in regional NSW, and the Premier needed to clarify what was being proposed with the merger.
"Our major concern would be if they are looking at closing the facility at Wollongong, it is a facility that provides over 200 regional, very important jobs," he said.
"The Premier needs to explain what these jobs are. It seems to us they will look to rationalise the role Wollongong plays and move the service to Homebush."
Political questions
Wollongong MP Paul Scully said the report raised more questions than it answered on the future of the SES in Wollongong.
"I am seeking more information and clarification on [what] the Premier's exact plans might be and what those implications on the city might be," Mr Scully said.
"I want to see the existing jobs at the SES headquarters in Wollongong secured, even if the nature of the SES organisationally may change.
"Emergency services will always need to have a regional presence."
In 2015, the SES signed a 12-year lease for the old tax office building in the Wollongong CBD.
Kiama MP Gareth Ward said he had concerns about what the proposal meant for local jobs.
"The NSW government promised no regional job cuts. How will today's announcement impact on regional jobs located at the State Emergency Services Headquarters in Wollongong?" he said.
"Whilst any effort to provide more coordinated and meaningful natural disaster responses to local communities should be commended, our volunteers should not be shouldering greater administrative burdens because of proposed job cuts by the NSW government." | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-17/wollongong-ses-headquarters-future-unclear-flood-report/101343580 | 2022-08-17T10:58:16Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-17/wollongong-ses-headquarters-future-unclear-flood-report/101343580 | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Inotiv, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of NOTV during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: September 21, 2021 to June 13, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 22, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/inotiv-loss-submission-form/?id=30884&from=4
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unity Software Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of U during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: March 5, 2021 to May 10, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TGTX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: January 15, 2020 to May 31, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of the Company's therapeutic product candidates, Ublituximab and Umbralisib; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Umbralisib marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma New Drug Application, the Biologics License Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, the supplemental New Drug Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, or the Ublituximab relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis Biologics License Application in their current forms; (iii) as a result, the Company had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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MADRID (AP) — While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves.
From Barcelona to Tel Aviv, scientists say they are witnessing exceptional temperature hikes ranging from 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) to 5 degrees Celsius (9 Fahrenheit) above the norm for this time of year. Water temperatures have regularly exceeded 30 C (86 F) on some days.
Extreme heat in Europe and other countries around the Mediterranean has grabbed headlines this summer, but the rising sea temperature is largely out of sight and out of mind.
Marine heat waves are caused by ocean currents building up areas of warm water. Weather systems and heat in the atmosphere can also pile on degrees to the water’s temperature. And just like their on-land counterparts, marine heat waves are longer, more frequent and more intense because of human-induced climate change.
The situation is “very worrying,” says Joaquim Garrabou, a researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona. “We are pushing the system too far. We have to take action on the climate issues as soon as possible.”
Garrabou is part of a team that recently published the report on heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea between 2015 and 2019. The report says these phenomena have led to “massive mortality” of marine species.
About 50 species, including corals, sponges and seaweed, were affected along thousands of kilometers of Mediterranean coasts, according to the study, which was published in the Global Change Biology journal.
The situation in the eastern Mediterranean basin is particularly dire.
The waters off Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria are “the hottest hot spot in the Mediterranean, for sure,” said Gil Rilov, a marine biologist at Israel’s Oceanographic and Limnological Research institute, and one of the paper’s co-authors. Average sea temperatures in the summer are now consistently over 31 C (88 F).
These warming seas are driving many native species to the brink, “because every summer their optimum temperature is being exceeded,” he said.
What he and his colleagues are witnessing in terms of biodiversity loss is what is projected to happen further west in the Mediterranean toward Greece, Italy and Spain in the coming years.
Garrabou points out that seas have been serving the planet by absorbing 90% of the earth’s excess heat and 30% of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by coal, oil and gas production. This carbon-sink effect shields the planet from even harsher climate effects.
This was possible because oceans and seas were in a healthy condition, Garrabou said.
“But now we have driven the ocean to an unhealthy and dysfunctional state,” he said.
While the earth’s greenhouse gas emissions will have to be drastically reduced if sea warming is to be curtailed, ocean scientists are specifically looking for authorities to guarantee that 30% of sea areas are protected from human activities such as fishing, which would give species a chance to recover and thrive.
About 8% of the Mediterranean Sea area is currently protected.
Garrabou and Rilov said that policymakers are largely unaware of the warming Mediterranean and its impact.
“It’s our job as scientists to bring this to their attention so they can think about it,” Rilov said.
Heat waves occur when especially hot weather continues over a set number of days, with no rain or little wind. Land heat waves help cause marine heat waves and the two tend to feed each other in a vicious, warming circle.
Land heat waves have become commonplace in many countries around the Mediterranean, with dramatic side effects like wildfires, droughts, crop losses and excruciatingly high temperatures.
But marine heat waves could also have serious consequences for the countries bordering the Mediterranean and the more than 500 million people who live there if it’s not dealt with soon, scientists say. Fish stocks will be depleted and tourism will be adversely affected, as destructive storms could become more common on land.
Despite representing less than 1% of the global ocean surface area, the Mediterranean is one of the main reservoirs of marine biodiversity, containing between 4% and 18% of the world’s known marine species.
Some of the most affected species are key to maintaining the functioning and diversity of the sea’s habitats. Species like the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows, which can absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide and shelters marine life, or coral reefs, which are also home to wildlife, would be at risk.
Garrabou says the mortality impacts on species were observed between the surface and 45 meters (around 150 feet) deep, where the recorded marine heat waves were exceptional. Heat waves affected more than 90% of the Mediterranean Sea’s surface.
According to the most recent scientific papers, the sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean has increased by 0.4 C (0.72 F) each decade between 1982 and 2018. On a yearly basis, it has been rising by some 0.05 C (0.09 F) over the past decade without any sign of letting up.
Even fractions of degrees can have disastrous effects on ocean health, experts say.
The affected areas have also grown since the 1980s and now covers most of the Mediterranean, the study suggests.
“The question is not about the survival of nature, because biodiversity will find way to a survive on the planet,” Garrabou said. “The question is if we keep going in this direction maybe our society, humans, will not have a place to live.”
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For Christine Fauver, the path to restaurant ownership began at a table.
Specifically, it began with the long, wooden community table at the Goochland Restaurant, the iconic local eatery where Fauver’s husband Roscoe liked to have his coffee in the mornings.
The community table in the center of the restaurant has been a gathering place for locals for decades, Fauver said, a spot for starting the day and catching up on community news.
“The wisest and kindest members of our community have been gathering there for decades,” Fauver points out, so when she and her husband learned that both the restaurant and the building were for sale, both knew they wanted to protect what they saw as a local treasure.
On May 6, the Fauvers became only the third owners of the Goochland Restaurant since it first opened its doors over 70 years ago.
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The goal, Christine Fauver said, has been to run the restaurant “as an extension of my kitchen table,” making sure that every customer feels loved, respected and appreciated.
“There is nothing better than being able to break bread with others,” said Christine, who has spent the past several months building her team and learning the ropes as a first-time restaurant owner.
Roscoe Fauver credits his wife with bringing a renewed spirit to the space.
“It’s really her energy that is driving this whole thing,” he said. “She absolutely sees this as an opportunity to serve the community.”
It hasn’t always been easy, the Fauvers admit, and the learning curve has been steep at times. Christine says she has tried to face even the most daunting challenges with humor, and insists the patience and encouragement they have received from the community has lifted her up again and again.
“We’ve had a long list of ‘Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry,” she says of their first few weeks in business, but they are now getting into a solid groove. Ticket times are down and new offerings are hitting the menu.
On a recent late-summer afternoon, as she and her small staff were closing up (the restaurant is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., seven days a week), Christine happily talked about updates she and her husband have planned for the interior of the restaurant, and ways they can continue to connect with the community.
“It’s not just a restaurant, it’s memories being made,” Christine said. “And we’re just so thankful for the community for letting us be a part of their day.” | https://richmond.com/community/goochland-gazette/news/for-local-eatery-a-fresh-start/article_08b6e1f6-1e10-11ed-9cc9-2f5b0d6b7096.html | 2022-08-17T11:03:48Z | https://richmond.com/community/goochland-gazette/news/for-local-eatery-a-fresh-start/article_08b6e1f6-1e10-11ed-9cc9-2f5b0d6b7096.html | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of KRBP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: 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.
ALLEGATIONS: 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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We live in a world with some pretty incredible eats, but that might not be fully reflected by your local supermarket's selection. Luckily, the internet is teeming with excellent gourmet grocers that give you access to just about any specialty ingredient under the sun.
If you're looking for the best place online to buy Japanese snacks, Indian spices, Chinese dim sum or Italian pantry goods, there's a vendor with imported edibles tailored just for you. There are also online butchers specializing in rare cuts of meat, seafood sellers with sushi-grade fish and online cheese shops with some of the best Roquefort and Camembert outside of Paris.
If you'd rather someone do the curating for you, I'll point you to our list of the best snack subscription boxes from around the globe. But to kick your next dinner party into high gear or nab some truly special snacking supplies, we've rounded up the best specialty online food markets for every type of home chef.
Read more: Is Grocery Shopping Online Cheaper Than at the Store? I Did the Math
iGourmet
Best overall specialty food market
While some online shops might be best for one specific category -- fish, meat, spices -- iGourmet has the best selection across all categories. At this sprawling online market, you'll find a spread of savory and items including gourmet cheese, pantry staples, sauces, fresh meat and seafood.
iGourmet carries tons of specialty producers from every corner of the globe, although there's a bit of a French influence you can feel as you scroll the expansive site. After the many pages of cheese to peruse, my favorite section to scroll through has got to be the savory snacks. There you'll find munchable treasures like harissa crackers, buttermilk sweet onion potato chips and honey peanut butter puffs.
The high-end online grocery has meal kits and bundles along with subscriptions for monthly shipments of goods including cheese, charcuterie and bacon.
Weee! is an online market specializing in Asian and Mexican foods. Here you'll find an eye-popping inventory of fresh produce, pantry items, spices, sauces, frozen foods, snacks, drinks, dry goods and more. Food items are broken down by category but you can also search by the country of origin including foods from China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, the Philippines and Mexico.
I could spend hours scrolling the dim sum alone but just about every food category is bursting with options that you likely won't find in your local store. Need chili crisp? You'll find several varieties of addicting sweet and spicy condiments and plenty of other sauces to give your next stir-fry a punch. Craving a bag of those salty shrimp chips you discovered abroad but can't find here? Weee! has those too.
Weee! only provides fresh food delivery in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, currently. But it ships dry goods and snacks by mail to other regions of the US. Delivery fees will vary depending on your location but generally speaking, orders of more than $49 qualify for free shipping. To find out if Weee! ships to your region, punch in your ZIP code.
iGourmet sports a dizzying display of cheese. The online market stocks favorites including aged cheddars and creamy bries but also less common creations such as Baldauf Chilikase and French raclette.
iGourmet has just about any type of cheese you can dream up and the site makes it easy to find them, too. You can search by country, region, cheese type or producer. The cheese is mostly all cut and packaged directly by iGourmet (it'll let you know when it's not) which means prices are as fair as any I've seen from a high-end online cheesemonger.
If it's cans of San Marzano tomatoes and artisan pasta you're after, Ditalia is a good place to find it all. This importer of specialties has all you'll need for Italian night including pantry staples, premade sauces, salumi, cheese and pasta.
Ditalia isn't a budget retailer by any stretch. The online Italian market carries groceries from some high-end producers based in Italy and elsewhere. Orders over $99 qualify for free shipping, so you should consider a larger order to stock the pantry. With a massive supply of risotto rice, white beans, polenta and penne, it shouldn't be hard to do.
There are dozens of excellent options for ordering seafood online. I've tested a whole bunch of them which you can read more about here. For the best selection of high-quality fish, shellfish and other fresh seafood, Fulton Fish Market is my favorite.
This online arm of New York's sprawling seafood market has hundreds of varieties of fish to choose from including filets you most likely won't find in your local shops like fresh barramundi and whole dover sole. Fulton also carries heaps of clams, oysters, caviar and fish roe along with sauces and seasonings to make your fish sing on the grill.
I found Fulton's prices to be competitive when compared to other vendors in the category. Most of the fish is flash-frozen at peak freshness and shipped right away. That means it's probably fresher than what you find at the supermarket since that seafood is often frozen, thawed and then laid out on ice for purchase.
D'Artagnan Foods
Best for specialty meats
Much like seafood delivery options, there are a host of excellent specialty online butchers. Rastelli's and Porter Road are two of my favorite online butchers, generally, but for specialty meats D'Artagnan has the best selection of unique cuts, wild game and charcuterie.
D'Artagnan has staples in spades -- chicken, ground beef, pork chops and bacon -- but the online butcher also carries a range of rare cuts, charcuterie and pantry goods to fancy up your next barbecue. If you're looking for wild boar, venison, duck breast or quail, this online meat shop is your best bet for finding it.
If you seek spice in your life, Spicewalla has a staggering supply of individual spices and spice mixes to stock your rack. From pink peppercorns to barbecue rubs and regional spice mixes, there's not much you won't find in this online spice shop. Grab some warming garam masala for your next curry or a honey and herb mix for your next grill affair.
All of Spicewalla's spices, herbs and spice mixes are sourced directly from quality suppliers in small quantities to make sure they're as fresh as possible when they get to you. You won't get that same guarantee when you buy those standard spices at the supermarket.
If Spicewalla doesn't have the spice you're looking for, The Spice House likely will. This online spice market has another staggering supply of spices and spice mixes from just about every culinary hotspot on the globe. You can shop by spice family, region or even plunk in the food you're cooking -- beef, poultry, veggies -- and the site will throw you a few popular suggestions.
While Fulton might have the best overall seafood selection, Riviera has the best fish if you're looking for sushi-grade filets. The California-based online fish market has tuna belly, king salmon belly, hamachi and other sushi favorites. Fish from RSC is flash-frozen and sent to you within two business days. The family-owned business ships to all 50 states and offers free shipping on orders over $175.
If you're trying to earn some mixology merit badges, you need the right ingredients and Bottles and Bitters has them. This online specialty store has shrubs, syrups, bitters and garnishes to make your next home happy hour a little happier. A quality bottle of gingerbread or Japanese shiso bitters is just about the easiest way to impress guests (or yourself.) B&B also has an enormous selection of specialty spirits including rums, whiskies, tequilas and liqueurs to stock the bar with top-shelf booze.
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The realization came as a shock to Héloïse Luzzati. How could she have spent the better part of three decades playing music without every studying a piece composed by a woman?
As her gigs dried up at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and concert halls around the world went dark for months, the French cellist dedicated much of her time to remedying that gap. "The role of women in the history of music began to gain a certain importance in my life as a musician," the French cellist told NPR. "We don't know enough works composed by women. My aim is to increase the percentage of known works written by female composers."
She unearthed manuscripts by the likes of Mel Bonis (1858-1937), Clémence de Grandval (1828-1907) and Rita Strohl (1865-1941). In many cases, these pages of music had simply been sitting in a trunk in the attic, preserved by the composers' own descendants.
Luzzati has a hard time picking just one piece as her favorite. "There [are] so many. I cannot answer this question," she said. "I ask myself, how could I [not] know this piece?"
Many of these works had never been published or recorded before, and yet to Luzzati they shined like priceless jewels. Her project quickly grew from a set of online biographical videos to a virtual advent calendar featuring recorded performances, a festival with top soloists at châteaux and other historic sites near Paris — and now a new record label.
La Boîte à Pépites (The Jewel Box) aims to "exhume pieces that seem worthy of a good position in the standard musical repertoire," Luzzati explained. The label's first release, launched in France in April and set for September 30 in the UK, is centered around French composer Charlotte Sohy, who died in 1955.
"I was completely captivated by this music," said Luzzati, who gave a special nod to what she considers a "masterpiece," the Op. 24 piano trio.
"It's completely specific as French music from the beginning of the 20th century — sometimes impressionistic, sometimes figurative, with colors of Ravel, Chausson or Debussy."
The rich harmonies also come from someone who faced tremendous odds, having survived two world wars, mothered seven children and cared for a conductor-composer (Marcel Labey). At times, she composed under a male name — that of her grandfather, Charles Sohy — or just used the abbreviation Ch. Sohy "to bypass the prejudices about women," Luzzati explained. And yet her catalogue includes 35 opuses. She studied under composer Vincent d'Indy, himself a student of César Franck.
A three-CD boxset — also available on streaming platforms — features world premieres of Sohy's piano, chamber and orchestral works. Among the soloists are rising and veteran stars of the classical world in their own right, including David Kadouch, Xavier Phillips, Célia Oneto Bensaïd and Marie-Laure Garnier. The Quatuor Hermès recorded Sohy's first two quartets and the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence took up orchestral works under the baton of Debora Waldman.
It all began when Waldman introduced Luzzati to Sohy's grandson François-Henri Labey. Since retiring from directing regional conservatories about a decade ago, Labey has copied his grandmother's handwritten work in digital format on a computer. He's said that he stumbled upon her "Grande Guerre" (Great War) Symphony in C sharp minor in the bottom of a drawer. In 2019, Waldman led the Orchestre Victor-Hugo Franche-Comté in the posthumous world premiere of the work, composed during World War I. Sohy was informed of her husband's death on the battlefield while writing the second movement, only to learn a week later that he was found alive.
Luzzati is intransigent in her selection both of the pieces and performers put forward via her project, a charitable organization run by musicians. Violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou are among the internationally renowned musicians who have joined the effort. Rather than simply performing a piece because it was composed by a woman, Luzzati and her fellow artists work together to breathe life into some of the most accomplished works by a composer who happened to be a woman.
"We want this music to exist for the future and for the young generations too," she explained. "We don't want to rewrite the story of the music. We want to add the women who count in the story."
Gender inequality is still prevalent in the music industry today. While there are growing efforts to promote music by composers of underrepresented genders and backgrounds, only 5% of compositions scheduled to be performed by 100 orchestras worldwide in the 2020-2021 season were written by women, according to the UK-based foundation Donne.
Historically, much of this music has been overlooked — if not dismissed entirely — by music directors, and even teachers. Music students, from their very beginnings to advanced studies at top conservatories, are still largely taught music composed by white men who have been dead for decades if not centuries.
Some women gained wide acclaim during their lifetimes, especially in the late 19th century. Virtuoso pianist Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a prolific composer and the only female professor of music to teach at the Paris Conservatory in that century. But she was quickly forgotten after her death, despite her work being published.
"So there you go. It's as simple as that. When a composer dies and she's no longer there to keep her work alive, it disappears almost instantly," Luzzati said.
Her group has also spotlighted living composers, like Ethiopian nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou or Alicia Terzian of Argentina. There are also new arrangements, such as one of a song by Barbara, who started out as a cabaret singer before writing her own tunes.
And Luzzati only just got started. She's setting her sights next on music publishing — blowing the dust off old manuscripts so that the works can be played by students and soloists alike. If she succeeds, the ripple effect could have a long lasting impact on the classical music industry.
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GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company"), a leading home equity loan service provider in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2022, before U.S. markets open on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
CNFinance's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (8:00 PM Beijing/ Hong Kong Time on Wednesday, August 24, 2022).
Dial-in numbers for the live conference call are as follows:
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call until 11:59 PM ET on August 31, 2022.
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A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CNFinance's website at http://ir.cashchina.cn/.
About CNFinance Holdings Limited
CNFinance Holdings Limited (NYSE: CNF) ("CNFinance" or the "Company) is a leading home equity loan service provider in China. CNFinance conducts business by collaborating with sales partners and trust company partners. Sales partners are responsible for recommending micro- and small-enterprise ("MSE") owners with financing needs to the Company and the Company introduces eligible borrowers to its trust company partners who will then conduct their own risk assessments and make credit decisions. The Company's primary target borrower segment is MSE owners who own real properties in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China. The loans CNFinance facilitated are primarily funded through a trust lending model with its trust company partners who are well-established with sufficient funding sources and have licenses to engage in lending business nationwide. The Company's risk mitigation mechanism is embedded in the design of its loan products, supported by an integrated online and offline process focusing on risks of both borrowers and collateral and further enhanced by effective post-loan management procedures.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it was awarded a $20 million contract by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory (ASL) for sustained support of more than 330 operational or proposed stations in 69 countries, including approximately 230 stations in the continental U.S.
Under the scope of this cost-plus-fixed-fee recompete contract, KBR will provide support for the deployment, operation, maintenance, and repair of USGS domestic and global seismographic systems. The KBR team will support the installation and operation of the USGS component of the Global Seismographic Network, a permanent digital network of more than 150 seismological and geophysical sensors.
This work will take place out of the USGS ASL in Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to Kirtland Air Force Base. KBR will also provide support to the US N4 Network, the Advanced National Seismic System backbone network, additional regional networks, and earthquake aftershock deployments. Along with operational support to these networks, KBR support will ensure the quality and integrity of the data. This data is used for real-time seismic monitoring by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, for tsunami warnings by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Tsunami Warning Centers, for nuclear test monitoring by both the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization and the U.S. Air Force, as well as for scientific research by a broad community of international users.
This tech-heavy contract also includes support for instrument testing and development, depot operations, data collection and quality control, inventory management, shipping coordination, software engineering, and warehouse logistics. The strategic win for KBR includes one base year, four option years, and one six-month extension option.
"KBR scientists and engineers are changing how we learn about and protect our planet every day," said KBR Government Solutions U.S. President Byron Bright. "This crucial research never ends, and we are excited to continue supporting important studies of the landscape of the Earth, its natural resources, as well as the natural hazards that threaten it."
KBR has supported USGS seismic networks for 39 years. Throughout its experience in environmental monitoring, KBR has also worked with government agencies including NOAA, the National Weather Service, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to support their Earth and planetary science and data processing, analysis, and visualization operations.
About KBR
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries.
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
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Disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic have affected every area of health care. A new study published in the American Academy of Dermatology found that more melanomas in advanced stages and with aggressive features were diagnosed during the pandemic, suggesting COVID-19 shutdowns caused a delay in the diagnosis — and a delay in treating the dangerous skin cancer.
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the OHSU Department of Dermatology and the director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Melanoma Program, co-lead the study in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues at 12 academic centers with dedicated melanoma clinics across the country. She says the study’s findings, coupled with declining rates of new melanoma diagnoses nationally, suggest that melanoma cases went undiagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic and were identified only after the cancer had progressed to later stages.
“As someone who is dedicated to treating and preventing melanoma, the results of the study were sobering,” Leachman says. “It appears that some patients with melanoma couldn’t be seen as readily due to COVID-related restrictions, leading to worse, and potentially more life-threatening, cases of melanoma.”
The study observed increased rates of patient-identified melanomas and decreased rates of provider-identified melanomas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the cancers were in more advanced stages at diagnosis — emphasizing the importance of screening high-risk individuals. Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer in part because it’s much more likely to spread to other parts of the body if not caught and treated early.
Leachman says it’s a problem that needs to be taken into consideration in future pandemics and balanced with the need for control of the virus.
“If you are a high-risk melanoma patient or you see something suspicious — even if it is during a pandemic — it is incredibly important for you to be seen by a provider, even if it is done virtually or by sending a photograph,” she says. “Death is not the outcome we want for anyone, whether it is from COVID or melanoma, so risks during a pandemic need to be balanced.”
Hospitals continue to experience heavy demand and backlog due to the pandemic. Because delays in care often exacerbate health conditions, patients are arriving at OHSU with more complex and acute health care needs because of delays in care during the pandemic.
OHSU leaders advise people to stay abreast of preventive health care, like skin cancer screenings; get regular check-ups; and don't ignore health concerns.
“Following the COVID-19 shutdowns, our team has seen more people in my clinic with more advanced melanomas, and that plays out in the data from this national study,” said Elizabeth Berry, M.D., associate professor of dermatology in the OHSU School of Medicine and a co-author on the study. “We are also seeing this trend in other types of skin cancer. Fortunately, people are now seeking care, but it will take us a while to catch up.”
Caleb Freeman, M.D., is a second-year resident in the department of dermatology who led the OHSU data collection for the study. He says the delays in diagnosis of melanoma due to COVID-19 reinforce the importance of routine self-skin exams.
“Of the cases of melanoma diagnosed in the first year of the pandemic, over 50% were first detected independently by the patient,” he says. “We encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the skin findings of melanoma and to seek further evaluation by a health provider with any concerns. Any delay in diagnosis can be costly.”
To raise awareness about what people can do to check their skin, the dermatology team created a public health campaign called “Start Seeing Melanoma,” explaining what to look for, how to properly do skin exams, and what to do if you find something suspicious.
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Premier lawsuit settlement company says applications are on the rise for individuals presently serving time for crimes they did not commit
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, the Presettlement Funding Company, announced some good news for victims of wrongful imprisonment cases. Last month, a high-profile exoneration was granted to Muhammad Aziz, a man falsely convicted in the murder of human rights leader Malcolm X. Mr. Aziz spent two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit. He has since filed suit against the city of New York to the tune of $40MM, and experts believe the lawsuit will be found in Mr. Aziz's favor.
Numerous plaintiffs with similar cases hope to fare as well. Many claims of wrongful imprisonment are marked by false arrest, excessive force, and coerced confessions. Many of these instances have caused physical as well as lasting psychological harm to the victims. The unscrupulous police, faulted prison systems, and cities that hosted them have already been forced to pay countless millions in damages with many more cases yet to be heard.
Chris Janish, CEO commented, "Legal-Bay has been a pioneer in legal funding for wrongful conviction cases for many years now, particularly in New York and California. Our legal team knows how to evaluate these cases quickly, and in fact have obtained quick funding approvals up to $1MM for individuals who were recently released from prison and wanted to start a new life immediately."
If you or a loved one require an immediate cash advance from your wrongful imprisonment lawsuit, please visit the company's website HERE or call 877.571.0405.
Legal-Bay is currently funding loans for settlements in the following cases: unlawful incarceration, false imprisonment, wrongful conviction, prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality, false arrest, excessive force, prison rape or sexual assault, as well as all personal injury lawsuit claims.
Legal-Bay's loans for lawsuits program is designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award. The non-recourse cash funding—sometimes referred to as loan on lawsuit or loan for settlement—is risk-free, as the money doesn't need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case. Therefore, the settlement loan is less of a loan, and more of a cash advance.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Inotiv, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of NOTV during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: September 21, 2021 to June 13, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Confidence Remains at Lowest Levels Since Onset of the Pandemic
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence™ in collaboration with The Business Council declined for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q3 2022. The Measure now stands at 34, down from 42 in Q2. The Measure has fallen deeper into negative territory, to lows not seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but consistent with prior contractionary periods. (A reading below 50 points reflects more negative than positive responses.)
The Q3 survey asked CEOs to describe the economic conditions they are preparing to face over the next 12-18 months. An overwhelming majority—81%—said they were preparing for a brief and shallow recession, with limited global spillover, while only 7% said they do not expect a recession. Thus far, however, CEOs do not seem to be experiencing the recessionary conditions that typified recent contractions. In fact, three-quarters of CEOs say demand has risen or held steady over the past three months.
"CEO confidence plunged further in Q3, amid continued high inflation, rapidly tightening monetary policy, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty," said Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist of The Conference Board. Yet, alongside this deepening concern over the direction of the economy, business leaders continue to report conditions and intentions at their own firms that paint a more nuanced picture. In fact, three-quarters of CEOs say demand has risen or held steady over the past 3 months, while a majority said they intend to continue expanding their workforce and increasing wages."
"CEOs are now preparing for the near-inevitability of a US recession by year-end or in 2023," said Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Vice Chairman of The Business Council and Trustee of The Conference Board. "However, the vast majority expect the downturn to be brief and shallow—compared to just 12% expecting a deep recession, with material global spillover. Inflation remains the top challenge for CEOs, with 60% reporting that their input costs have increased or held steady over the past three months, with little expectation of easing in 2022."
Ferguson continued: "Throughout the survey, we found signs CEOs are preparing for weakening economic conditions ahead. In Q3, 50% of CEOs expect to grow their workforce over the next 12 months, down from 63% in Q2. Likewise, 82% of CEOs expect their capital spending to grow or hold steady over the next year, down from 93% in Q2. Finally, there are signs of some easing in a historically tight labor market: 44% of CEOs reported difficulties in hiring qualified people that cut across the organization (rather than concentrated in a few areas)—down considerably from 61% in Q2."
CEOs' assessment of general economic conditions deteriorated further in Q3:
- Just 6% of CEOs reported economic conditions were better compared to six months ago, down from 14% in Q2 2022.
- 77% said conditions were worse, up from 61%.
CEOs remained pessimistic about conditions in their own industries in Q3:
- 25% of CEOs reported that conditions in their industries were better compared to six months ago, up slightly from 24%.
- Conversely, 48% said conditions in their own industries were worse, up from 37%.
CEOs' expectations about the short-term economic outlook weakened in Q3:
- Just 7% of CEOs said they expected economic conditions to improve over the next six months, down from 19% in Q2.
- 73% expected conditions to worsen, up from 60%.
CEOs' expectations regarding short-term prospects in their own industries declined further in Q3:
- 20% of CEOs expected conditions in their own industry to improve over the next six months, down from 28%.
- 48% expect conditions to worsen, up from 34%.
- Employment: 50% of CEOs expect to expand their workforce over the next 12 months, down from 63% in Q2.
- Hiring Qualified People: 73% of CEOs report some problems attracting qualified workers, down from 80% in Q2. Notably, just 44% report difficulties that cut across the organization, rather than concentrated in a few key areas—down considerably from 61% in Q2.
- Wages: 89% of CEOs expect to increase wages by 3% or more over the next year, down slightly from 91% in Q2.
- Capital Spending: 82% of CEOs expect their capital budgets to increase or remain the same over the next year, versus 93% in Q2.
The overwhelming majority of CEOs are preparing for a US recession over the next 12-18 months. However, expectations are that it will be a brief and shallow recession with limited global spillover. Conversely, less than 10% anticipate the US will not fall into recession.
More than 35% of CEOs said demand for their company's products and/or services increased over the past 3 months, while an equal proportion said demand remained about the same. An additional 19% said demand remained on the decline.
Sixty percent of CEOs said input costs over the past 3 months remained the same or rose with no easing expected by year-end. Thirty-three percent expressed similar sentiment about cost pressures but expected some easing by year-end. Only 8% said costs eased but not significantly enough to pass along savings to customers/consumers.
Source: CEO Confidence Survey Third Quarter 2022 / The Conference Board
The 2022 Q3 CEO Confidence survey was fielded from July 26 through August 8.
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The multi-million-dollar turnkey project award includes managed services, and leverages Ceragon's CeraOptimizer Software
ROSH HA'AIN, Israel, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) ("Ceragon" or the "Company"), the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport, today announced that a top tier operator in North America selected its equipment, software, rollout, and managed services for a large expansion project. The operator is planning to leverage Ceragon's high-band spectrum assets to enhance its 5G service offering, and selected Ceragon for its technology, proven experience, reliability, and comprehensive solution offering – from design to operations and maintenance. This project will further expand Ceragon's market share in North America. Ceragon has already started receiving equipment orders and expects remaining orders to be completed in 2022. Project rollout is expected to start early 2023.
Doron Arazi, Ceragon CEO, commented, "We are driving strong business momentum in North America as we continue to capture market share based on the strength of our capabilities. More importantly, this win, which includes not only our products, but also our managed services and related software, is another testament that our revised strategy is delivering results and resonating with customers across our wide range of offerings. While our strategy is global, it is particularly relevant in North America, where the market is experiencing increased demand and robust momentum."
The unique combination of Ceragon's leading innovative technology, the simplicity of deployment, the innovative infrastructure management tool, and value-added managed services offer the operator simplified operations and great OPEX savings. Ceragon's state-of-the-art, multi-core radios- will enhance network capacity, including in rural areas. Ceragon's rollout services will ensure quick first-time-right deployments, while Ceragon's CeraOptimizer tool will enable efficient resource management and accurate capacity planning. Ceragon's managed services will also assist with day-to-day monitoring and management of this transport network, along with spares' management and in-field maintenance. The combination creates a complete turnkey solution.
About Ceragon Networks
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers' quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Our customers include service providers, public safety organizations, government agencies and utility companies, which use our solutions to deliver 5G & 4G broadband wireless connectivity, mission-critical multimedia services, stabilized communications, and other applications at high reliability and speed.
Ceragon's unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 400 service providers, as well as more than 800 private network owners, in more than 150 countries. For more information please visit: www.ceragon.com
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Ceragon Investor & Media Contact: Maya Lustig, Ceragon Networks, Tel. +972-54-677-8100, mayal@ceragon.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unity Software Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of U during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: March 5, 2021 to May 10, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/unity-software-u-lawsuit-form/?id=30886&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of U during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Weber Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WEBR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: September 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/weber-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30894&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of WEBR during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 27, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — It is no secret the job of a police officer comes with plenty of risk.
Lieutenant Bruce Barnes with the Noblesville Police Department says the job also comes with plenty of reward. That's why he hopes more Hoosiers will consider joining his agency.
"We enjoy the job that we do," Barnes said. "We love the job that we do."
Right now, the department of about 100 officers protects the Noblesville community day and night. Staffing the streets, though, can mean officers are working harder and longer shifts, with fewer new officers coming through the door.
Sergeant April Kline has worked for Noblesville Police for 12 years.
"I work nightshift now, so we work 5 p.m. to 5 a.m.," Kline said.
Kline said she has noticed improvements in recruiting in recent years, despite the nationwide challenge.
"Recruiting for this profession, in general, has definitely been challenging," Kline said.
Barnes said the recent adjustments already underway are still not enough.
"We are looking at, right now, everything that's happening, and what it is that we can do maybe to adapt and adjust," Barnes said.
Some of those changes now include a focus on hiring more female officers.
"I think it represents our community better, because obviously our community is made up of both male and female," Kline said.
"On a national level, it is right around 12-14% of an agency will be comprised of females," Barnes said. "That is no different here at the Noblesville Police Department."
Barnes said of the 96 officers employed at the Noblesville Police Department, only eight are female.
That's why the department has signed the nationwide 30x30 Pledge, which commits 30% of the department be comprised of female officers by the year 2030.
"We actually have, for the first time ever, a third of our shift is made up of females, which is pretty awesome," Kline said. "As far as the 30x30 goes, we are there on our shift."
Other changes at the department include ditching old ways of thinking about the little things, such as tattoos.
"Tattoos for the longest time were forbidden," Barnes said. "You could not wear a visible tattoo."
A new policy for NPD allows officers to have tattoos, except on the face, neck and hands, according to Barnes.
Another change at the department allows beards for male officers, which also used to be prohibited.
"Our agency decided that maybe it's time that we adopt a policy that allows for beards to come, again, not without restrictions," Barnes said.
"It's just one of those things that maybe 10 years ago or 20 years ago, we never thought would be an issue that we would have to contend with, but if it means opening up more opportunities or casting a larger net, that's what we'll do at this point," Barnes added.
Leaders at NPD made it clear that loosening a few restrictions does not mean lessening the expectations of a potential officer.
"We need the communities to know that we're not necessarily lowering our standards in order to get more people in," Barnes said. "We have a shortage of applicants. We don't have a shortage of officers that are out on the street."
That means current officers will pick up overtime to fill in the gaps in the department.
"There was a time and a day where we would expect an officer to spend 20 years with an agency," Barnes said. "It's different now."
Law enforcement leaders say there are several reasons why citizens are less interested in joining or staying in policing.
"The reality is, this job does not come without risk," Barnes said.
Barnes said the biggest recruiting challenge can often be the job itself.
"We have to be right 100% of the time, and that, in and of itself, is a very daunting task," Barnes said. "A lot of the decisions and the work that we do, it's tense. It's uncertain, and it's rapidly evolving."
The state of Indiana can hire new officers between 21 and 39 years old, with a few exceptions.
The state also has some hiring requirements that will not change locally, including the physical fitness assessment, written examinations, and a background investigation.
Despite the risk of the job, these officers say putting on the badge often comes with great reward.
"That is a sense of pride that very few jobs come with," Barnes said. "I can't begin to tell you what that is like, to be able to carry that with you."
"After 12 years of doing this job, to be able to say that I still love my job, and I'm still excited to come to work every day is pretty huge," Kline said.
Kline credits the Noblesville Police Department for preparing her for the reality of policing and giving her the confidence to do the job.
"Obviously, when you first get into it, you might be a little nervous, feeling like, 'I don't know what a police officer does,' but by the time you are done and you hit the road, you're totally prepared to do what you need to do," Kline said.
Barnes says the training process for new officers is detailed, with 16 weeks at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. After graduation from the academy, recruits have four to six weeks of additional, local training, followed by 16 weeks of field training.
"For 16 weeks, they are riding with a veteran officer learning how to do the job," Barnes said.
Barnes said that realistic training can be crucial for preparing officers.
"We think we're doing a pretty darn good job of that here," Barnes said, "and we hope that's enough to encourage people to have trust and faith in us that if you come on our department, we'll provide that to you. If you doubt it, come on in now. We'll be more than happy to show that to you."
The Noblesville Police Department encourages anyone interested in learning more about policing to stop by the department or reach out via social media.
NPD is also offering a free Citizens Police Academy this fall.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 17, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
National Weather Service HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
520 AM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY...
High temperatures along and north of Interstate 10 are expected to
range from 100 to 104 degrees while readings to the south are
expected to peak in the mid to upper 90s today. This should produce
heat index values from 102 to 107 degrees for much of the area this
afternoon.
With some school districts already in session, please be extra
cautious with any activities during the day into the early evening.
Heat-related illnesses and deaths are preventable, and all heat
safety precautions should be taken even if there is no heat advisory
in effect. Stay in air-conditioned locations as much as possible,
wear light colored, lightweight and loose fitting clothes. If
outdoors, avoid strenuous activity and stay hydrated by drinking
plenty of water. Take frequent breaks from the heat.
Never leave children or pets unattended in vehicles as interior
temperatures can reach lethal levels in just a matter of minutes.
Similar conditions are currently anticipated for Thursday before
storms move into the area.
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The Detroit area HVAC company will celebrate by treating employees and customers to special events and deals
DETROIT, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, a leading Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of experience, will spend August celebrating 74 years of dedicated residential service to the Detroit community with a party for employees and savings for customers.
"When my grandfather started C & C in 1948, his goal was to offer the best heating and cooling service to the community, and we're proud to still offer these services today," said Dayna Hottle, general manager of C & C Heating and Air Conditioning. "We're dedicated to remaining a family-owned and operated heating and cooling business that offers well-paid employment, top-notch services and community aid to the Detroit area and hope to be around for another 74 more years."
Hottle said the company will celebrate by taking employees out on a yacht for a companywide party and will offer its customers a $74 furnace or air conditioning tune-up.
Hottle's grandfather started C & C on Aug. 10, 1948, and the company quickly became a family affair as his children and grandchildren learned the trade, answered phones and addressed mailers. After her grandfather's death in 1977, Hottle's parents and uncle took on the role of running the company, keeping the business in the family for the next generation.
In 2016, Hottle's uncle passed away, but the family rallied to take on the roles he had managed. Hottle also stepped up to new roles over time. She received an economics degree from Albion College and started work as the company's operations manager in 2005. Since January, Hottle has taken on the role of general manager and vows to keep the company family-owned and operated for the foreseeable future.
"We are known for our quality work and exceptional customer service," she said. "We also have the best customers in the world. These are the reasons we have been able to sustain our business for this many years in the increasingly competitive home service business."
About C & C Heating & Air Conditioning
C & C Heating & Air Conditioning is a Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of expertise installing and servicing all makes and models of heating and cooling equipment. Their technicians are highly trained and qualified and undergo annual background checks, random drug testing, extensive technical and customer service training and are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified. Services include HVAC maintenance and repair, duct cleaning, whole-home air filtration systems, indoor air quality systems and comprehensive maintenance agreements. For more information, call C & C Heating & Air Conditioning at (586) 439-3319 or visit their website at https://candcheat.com/
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New Bihar Law Minister wanted in a kidnapping case, CM Nitish says ‘no information’
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A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Kartikeya Singh alias Master Saheb took oath as new Law Minister in the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ Cabinet led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, controversy erupted on August 17 as an arrest warrant was issued against him in an old kidnapping case.
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However, it is said a local court of Danapur had ordered that ‘no coercive action’ could be taken against Mr. Kartikeya Singh in the case till September 1.
Mr. Kartikeya Singh, said to be close to imprisoned bahubali (strongman) RJD leader and MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, had taken oath as new Law Minister of the new Cabinet formed on August 16.
Earlier, a warrant of arrest was issued against Mr. Kartikeya Singh in a kidnapping case (859/14) on July 14, and he was to surrender on August 16 in the court but he took oath as Minister on that day.
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A case of kidnapping was registered against Mr. Kartikeya Singh and 17 others in Patna’s Bihta police station in 2014. He is accused of conspiracy to kidnap a builder.
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Mr. Kartikeya Singh was recently inducted into the RJD and became party MLC. He is said to be the lone upper caste Bhumihar legislator from the RJD to be inducted into the new Cabinet.
“I have no such information”, quipped Chief Minister Nitish Kumar when mediapersons asked him about the warrant of arrest.
Meanwhile, speaking to mediapersons, Mr. Kartikeya Singh said he was being falsely charged and there was no warrant of arrest against him.
Sources close to the Minister told The Hindu that earlier on August 12, 2022, he was granted “interim protection” till September 1, 2022 by the court of Additional District and Session (3rd), Danapur.
Mr. Singh had mentioned about the case in his affidavit, said the source.
“No coercive is being granted to Kartikeya Singh alias Master Saheb in the case (859/2014) till 01.09.2022”, said the court order which has gone viral on social media.
Meanwhile, senior State BJP leader and party Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi demanded that Mr. Kumar should “immediately sack” Mr. Kartikeya Singh from the Cabinet.
“If Kartikeya Singh had warrant of arrest issued against him and he had to surrender in the court, how could he take oath as Law Minister on the same day? This is return of jungle raj in Bihar,” Mr. Modi told mediapersons in Delhi.
“The new Cabinet of ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government is full of tainted Ministers like Surendra Yadav, Ramanand Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Kartikeya Singh and others,” added Mr. Modi.
As many as 31 Ministers — 16 from the RJD and 11 from the JD(U), two from the Congress and one each from the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and an Independent candidate — had taken oath as Ministers in the Nitish-led government.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc.
Shareholders who purchased shares of OM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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CADI joined the project team to celebrate the groundbreaking of permanent supportive housing targeting families and Veterans experiencing homelessness
CULVER CITY, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Housing (Century) celebrated the groundbreaking of The Cove, an all-new permanent supportive housing (PSH) development and newest addition to The Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC), a 27-acre affordable and service-enriched community in Long Beach. The expansion will provide 60 affordable homes for Veterans experiencing homeless and 29 affordable homes for low income Veterans for a total of 90 homes, together with supportive services available to all Veteran residents.
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Councilmember Roberto Uranga joined developer Century Affordable Development, Inc. (CADI) to celebrate the positive impact The Cove will have for Long Beach Veterans. "This development reflects the City's commitment to building quality, affordable housing in Long Beach," said Mayor Robert Garcia. "We are incredibly grateful to Century Housing and all of our partners for their investment in safe, secure housing and critical services for our Veterans."
"The Cove is a wonderful project that will add to all that Villages at Cabrillo has to offer for our Veterans in need," said Councilmember Roberto Uranga. "We are very grateful to Century for their partnership and investment in the Seventh District community and in our Veterans."
CADI recognized critical partners including the County of Los Angeles which contributed general funds. "The Cove represents a major step in our joint commitment to bring more affordable and supportive housing to Los Angeles County and an effort to recognize the enormous sacrifice made by our Veterans," said LACDA Executive Director, Emilio Salas. "The LACDA's partnership with Century Housing will build onto the number of permanent homes available for the men and women who have served our country."
Additional investment came from the City of Long Beach, the County of Los Angeles with No Place Like Home funds, Wells Fargo, the Home Depot Foundation, the Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach and Century Housing Corporation. "The public and private partners that made The Cove possible are also helping The Villages become a long-term success for Long Beach. Century is incredibly proud to bring these beautiful homes to Veterans in need," said Brian D'Andrea, Senior Vice President of Century Housing.
The Century Villages at Cabrillo is home to more than 1,500 residents, including approximately 700 Veterans, and creates the physical and social conditions where collaborating programs can succeed in overcoming homelessness. "The Cove is an integral part of The Century Villages at Cabrillo community plan," said Steve Colman, Executive Director of CVC. "It will sit at the heart of The Villages, where Veterans can take full advantage of the resources provided by more than a dozen on-site service providers accessible within a short walk."
CADI recognized the contributions of the project team, which includes architect The Architects Collective and contractor Walton Construction Services. The Cove will include more than 10,800 square feet of community space with a large podium courtyard, classroom spaces, a gym, multiple case management offices, and a bike repair shop to benefit the entire community. The Cove is expected to be completed in late 2023.
About Century
Century Housing is a mission-driven Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) supporting quality affordable home development throughout California. Century Housing provides innovative end-to-end financing from acquisition to permanent loans and serves as a reliable partner to state and local agencies, municipalities and other CDFIs in pioneering impactful financing programs like GSAF or LACHIF. Century's in-house development affiliate, Century Affordable Development, Inc., operates a portfolio of more than 2,100 affordable homes with several thousand in the pipeline. Visit www.century.org and www.centuryaffordable.org for more information.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Carvana Co.
Shareholders who purchased shares of CVNA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/carvana-co-loss-submission-form/?id=30895&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: May 6, 2020 to June 24, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued 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 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/carvana-co-loss-submission-form/?id=30895&from=4
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unity Software Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of U during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: March 5, 2021 to May 10, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Three things that need to happen for prices to return to normal
UK inflation has surged to a 40-year high with food prices being seen as the main driver behind the latest hike - while there are a number of other factors deepening the cost of living crisis.
Wednesday 17 August 2022 11:55, UK
As the rising cost of living continues to put a strain on people's lives, many have been wondering how and when things will get better.
In a recent Q&A, Sky News readers asked questions on the crisis - one of which was: What has to happen for things to go back to normal?
Our business presenter, Ian King, answered:
1. And end to the war
That would be the greatest single improvement in geopolitics and global macroeconomics - not only because it might bring an end to some of the suffering we are seeing in Ukraine right now and the dreadful famines that a shortage of Ukrainian grain is starting to cause across the Middle East and Africa, but also because it would ease the supply issues that are causing elevated prices.
2. An end to supply chain bottlenecks
An end to the supply chain bottlenecks that still exist around the world due to COVID lockdowns, chiefly in China, would also help.
3. A return to more normalised interest rates
The classic definition of inflation is that it is caused by too much money chasing too few goods (or services).
We have had, due to the global financial crisis, then the Eurozone debt crisis and then the pandemic, extraordinarily low interest rates (or negative rates in the Eurozone, Japan and some other countries), accompanied by a vast expansion in the global money supply over the last 14-15 years.
This has created all kinds of imbalances everywhere.
It may not feel like it if you have a mortgage or are borrowing, but the recent interest rate rises from the likes of the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank are actually good news in that they reflect a return to what might traditionally have been regarded as more 'normal' borrowing costs."
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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans commemorate the 45th anniversary of Presley’s death and a new movie reawakens international interest in the singer.
Roy Turner was named executive director of the Birthplace last fall after longtime leader Dick Guyton retired.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported Turner’s biggest challenge is getting visitors to return to Tupelo’s top attraction amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Birthplace has seen more visitors this year than in the past two.
“It really picked up the first of April with steady increases, and then when the film came out it really picked up,” he said.
The Baz Luhrmann-directed “Elvis” movie has been a global hit. With international tourists typically making up 60% of Birthplace visitors, the movie about the king of rock ’n’ roll couldn’t have been released at a better time.
Fans make a pilgrimage every year to Memphis, Tennessee, to attend events during “Elvis Week,” the annual celebration of his life and career in the days surrounding his death anniversary. The highlight is a candlelight vigil at Presley’s white-columned Graceland mansion, where he died on Aug. 16, 1977.
During the vigil, devotees carry candles as they walk solemnly through the Meditation Garden, where Presley is buried alongside relatives. This year, thousands of fans attended the vigil that started Monday night and ended Tuesday morning.
The Birthplace in Tupelo is about 94 miles (151 kilometers) southeast of Graceland. Turner said it was only last November that a busload of visitors became the first international tour group at the site since January 2020.
“They’re coming from all over the world,” Turner said.
He said about 20 people from Belgium visited the Birthplace on Aug. 9, spending most of the day there. About 35 bus tours were expected in just over two weeks. Turner said those numbers are approaching pre-COVID levels.
Before the pandemic, the Birthplace saw about 60,000 visitors a year.
Turner said tourism at the Birthplace typically increases “in those five-year increments” of the anniversary of the death.
Turner said he’s happy to see more visitors, including younger ones.
“We’ve seen a lot of young people show an interest in Elvis,” he said. “Another interesting thing is that there are more African American visitors as well, because the movie told more of Elvis’ connection to the African American community.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/elvis-death-anniversary-increases-tourism-at-his-birthplace/ | 2022-08-17T11:46:01Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/elvis-death-anniversary-increases-tourism-at-his-birthplace/ | false |
Updated August 17, 2022 at 6:41 AM ET
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Large wind turbines have become a common sight in middle America – from Texas up through the Dakotas – but wind power accounts for less than 10% of the nation's electricity generation.
Now, the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed Tuesday extends a tax credit for wind energy production through 2025. That's a welcome move for the wind energy industry because since the 1990s, extending that tax credit has only been temporary leading to major ramp-ups in production followed by abrupt halts. Industry leaders now feel like they can plan long-term.
Wind turbines use large blades to collect the wind's kinetic energy, according to the U.S Energy Information Administration. The large blades are connected to a drive shaft that turns an electric generation and produces energy.
The industry faces new hurdles in ramping up production and Iowa provides a glimpse into the challenges ahead.
It's not unusual to drive in Iowa and suddenly be surrounded by dozens of massive wind turbines twirling in the wind on either side of the interstate. At night, flashing red lights flicker from atop the turbines to alert airplanes and light up the sky. Utility company MidAmerican Energy has plans to build dozens in northwest Iowa's Woodbury County. Some landowners there – like farmer Daniel Hair - showed up at a Board of Supervisors meeting there last week and they weren't happy.
Some landowners don't want wind turbines on their landscape
"I think maybe there's a time and a place for wind but it's not here in this county where all these people live," Hair told NPR after the meeting. "My argument to them is it's not meant to be here in Woodbury county, build elsewhere."
Landowners complained they didn't want the towers on their landscape because all those turbines would alter the way their natural land looks. They were concerned that the flashing lights would keep them up at night and that the money the local county would bring in wasn't worth it. NPR reported earlier this year that there is also a lot of misinformation about health effects of wind turbines that is derailing projects throughout the country.
The supervisors are considering amending an ordinance that would increase the distance between towers from 1,250 feet to 2500 feet. A representative from MidAmerican told the board that wind energy is not experimental and has a long track record of success in Iowa. They say the longer distance would severely hinder the wind farm because it means neighbors could dictate prohibit these large clusters of wind turbines.
"A 2,500 foot setback would allow someone a half mile away to prohibit what a landlord owner can use their property for," MidAmerican's Adam Jablonski told the board.
Heather Zichal with the American Clean Power Association says the pros of wind energy outweigh any cons.
Iowa can be a model for the country because 60% of its electricity comes from wind power"
"Wind is a free resource," Zichal says. "It is not subject to the whims of what's happening in Ukraine, or the global commodities, prices for natural gas, farmers and communities are benefiting from the taxes and fees paid to landowners and state and local governments."
Zichal says Iowa can be a model for the rest of the country because a whopping 60% of the state's electricity comes from wind power and it garners bipartisan support. For example, Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who's up for re-election this year and voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, is seen as the father of the wind production tax credit. Zichal thinks other states can follow in the Hawkeye state's footsteps.
"I'm confident that we're going to see states across the country replicating and trying to take over the leadership position that Iowa established," Zichal says.
MidAmerican pointed out property owners in Woodbury County would receive between $76 and $96 million over 40 years of the project through payments to farmers and taxes collected by the county.
While some people in this part of the state are resisting plans to expand wind power, others have had turbines on their land for years. Like David Johnson who has four turbines on his farm near the Minnesota border on the other side of the state.
"Oh my gosh, you cannot believe the positive cash flows that that creates," Johnson says. "And minimal impact."
Environmental scientists hope this investment in clean energy will help deter impacts of climate change
Johnson says the regular payments from the turbines allowed his adult son to come back and work on the farm. The industry and environmental groups are banking on landowners like Johnson to allow new turbines.
But there's another challenge across the country. Increasing the storage and transmission lines to pump that energy throughout the country. Kerri Johannsen is with the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council. She says a new set of transmission lines went up this summer in the Midwest.
"That will greatly enhance the ability of all the states in the region to increase adoption of renewable energy and then to share those renewable energy resources across state lines. If the wind is blowing in western Iowa maybe it's not blowing in western Michigan. There's the ability for Iowa, then to benefit from selling that wind when we have access into Michigan. And then vice versa."
Wherever the wind is blowing, environmental scientists hope this historic investment in clean energy will help steer the country away from the worst impacts of climate change. And that more landowners remain open for these turbines to fill the countryside and provide clean energy.
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JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s presidential election campaign officially began Tuesday with former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leading all polls against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro amid growing concern of political violence and threats to democracy.
Da Silva, whose two-term presidency ran from 2003 to 2010, has already taken to wearing a bulletproof vest for public appearances. He was scheduled to speak at an engine factory Tuesday morning, but federal police officers asked him to cancel the event due to security concerns, according to his campaign. Instead, the leftist launched his seventh bid for the presidency at a Volkswagen plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a manufacturing city outside Sao Paulo where he rose to fame as a union leader in the 1970s.
Bolsonaro revisited the spot in the city of Juiz de Fora where he was stabbed by a mentally ill man on the campaign trail in 2018. He arrived on a motorcycle surrounded by security guards and wearing a bulletproof vest, unlike in 2018 when he plunged unprotected into the thronging crowd.
Creomar de Souza, founder of political risk consultancy Dharma Politics, told The Associated Press that da Silva’s visit to an auto plant is typical of Brazilian symbolism, evoking nostalgia of his first presidential run in 1989 and hinting at his legacy. De Souza added that he expects candidates to attack one another more than present plans for voters.
“I want this election to end as soon as possible with Lula winning it, so there’s less risk of violence and more talk about the future,” Vanderlei Cláudio, a metalworker, said at the event.
Bolsonaro’s return to the site of his stabbing is an attempt to invoke the same outsider profile that enabled the seven-term lawmaker to cruise to victory in 2018, said Maurício Santoro, a political science professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
“For Bolsonaro, this is the image of himself as a rebel, anti-system candidate, and the attack on his life is central to that narrative,” said Santoro. “For him and his supporters, the man who stabbed him was not a ‘lone wolf’, but part of a conspiracy of the political elite against Bolsonaro.”
The race in Latin America’s largest democracy is a clash of titans, with all other candidates lagging far behind. Both have been publicly rallying supporters for months, although they hadn’t been permitted by the electoral authority to ask for votes nor air ads. So far, no debates between da Silva and Bolsonaro have been scheduled.
“It’s impossible not to be moved, returning to this city,” Bolsonaro told the crowd in Juiz de Fora, where people were patted down before being allowed past metal barriers to approach the president’s stage. “The memory that I carry with me is of a rebirth. My life was spared by our creator.”
After his speech, Bolsonaro made a speedy exit standing on the bed of a truck, waving to the crowd while tightly encircled by security personnel.
Despite the 2018 attempt on Bolsonaro’s life, recent events have caused greater concern his supporters could engage in attacks. Bolsonaro backers surrounded da Silva’s car to hurl verbal abuse earlier this year, and in July one of them killed a local official of da Silva’s Workers’ Party in the city of Foz de Iguaçu.
Da Silva’s supporters have also been targeted. At a rally in June, a drone sprayed a crowd with a fetid liquid, and at another last month a man detonated a homemade explosive containing feces. The assailants in both cases were Bolsonaro supporters, according to social media posts reviewed by AP.
“Lula cancelled his first event due to security risks, and that kind of thing has taken over all camps. I don’t think Bolsonaro runs the same risk, but he was stabbed last time,” said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo. “These terrible events are now part of Brazil’s elections, and that matters.”
Bolsonaro is a staunch pro-gun advocate and has loosened restrictions, enabling his supporters to stock up on firearms and munitions. At the launch of his candidacy on July 24, he asked supporters to swear they would give their lives for freedom, and has repeatedly characterized the race as a battle of good versus evil. His wife, Michelle, said at that same event that the presidential palace had been consecrated to demons before her husband assumed office.
In Sao Bernardo do Campo, da Silva rattled off the Bolsonaro administration’s failings during the COVID-19 pandemic — which a Senate investigation found contributed to the world’s second-highest death toll — then said, “If there’s anyone possessed by the devil, it’s that Bolsonaro.”
Bolsonaro’s supporters frequently cite da Silva’s 580 days of imprisonment after he was found guilty of corruption and money laundering. Those convictions ejected da Silva from the 2018 race and cleared the way for Bolsonaro. They were first annulled on procedural grounds by the Supreme Court, which later ruled the judge had been biased and colluded with prosecutors.
Trailing in the polls, Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has sowed concern that he could reject results if he loses the October vote. The far-right leader has raised unfounded doubts about the nation’s electronic voting system in use since 1996, notably in a meeting he called with foreign diplomats. His insistence elicited a reaction last week from hundreds of companies and over a million Brazilians who signed a pair of letters demanding the nation’s democratic institutions be respected.
When Bolsonaro’s candidacy was confirmed, he called on supporters to flood the streets for Sept. 7 independence day celebrations. On that date last year, he declared before tens of thousands of supporters that only God can remove him from power. Analysts have repeatedly expressed concern he is setting the stage to follow the lead of former U.S. President Donald Trump and attempt to cling to power.
Human Rights Watch said Monday that the campaign “is likely to be a critical test for democracy and the rule of law in the country and in Latin America.”
“Candidates should condemn political violence and call on their supporters to respect the right of Brazilians to peacefully elect their representatives and to run for office without fear,” it said.
In the evening, da Silva and Bolsonaro met in the capital city of Brasilia at the innauguration of the new president of Brazil’s electoral court, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. He will oversee October’s vote, and also chairs a probe into false news that has hit many allies of the president.
Moraes is also a staunch supporter of the country’s electronic voting system.
“We are the only democracy in the world that tallies and presents election results on the same day, with agility, security, competence, transparency. That’s a cause for national pride,” Moraes said before several applauding candidates and authorities. Bolsonaro, instead, stood still. ___ Savarese reported from Sao Bernardo do Campo. Associated Press writer David Biller in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/brazils-presidential-campaign-kicks-off-amid-violence-fears/ | 2022-08-17T11:47:23Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/brazils-presidential-campaign-kicks-off-amid-violence-fears/ | false |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Target Corp. (TGT) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $183 million.
The Minneapolis-based company said it had profit of 39 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 71 cents per share.
The retailer posted revenue of $26.04 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $26.16 billion.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first shipment of grain to leave Ukraine under a wartime deal appears to have ended up in Syria — even as Damascus remains a close ally of Moscow, satellite images analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press show.
The arrival of the cargo ship Razoni in Syria comes after the government in Kyiv praised the ship’s initial departure from the port of Odesa as a sign that Ukraine could safely ship out its barley, corn, sunflower oil and wheat to a hungry world where global food prices have spiked in part due to the war.
But its arrival in Syria’s port of Tartus shows how complicated and murky international trade and shipping can be. Syria has already received Ukrainian grain taken from Russian-occupied territory amid Moscow’s war on Kyiv.
Images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP showed the Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni at port just before 11 a.m. Monday. The vessel was just next to the port’s grain silos, key to supplying wheat to the nation.
Data from the Razoni’s Automatic Identification System tracker shows it had been turned off since Friday, when it was just off the coast of Cyprus, according to ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.com. Ships are supposed to keep their AIS trackers on, but vessels wanting to hide their movements often turn theirs off. Those heading to Syrian ports routinely do so.
The Razoni could be identified in the satellite image by its color, length and width, as well as the four large white cranes on its deck. Samir Madani, co-founder of the oil-shipment website TankerTrackers.com and an expert on following ships via satellite images, similarly identified the vessel from the image.
The Financial Times first reported on the satellite image.
The Razoni, loaded with 26,000 tons of corn, left Odesa on Aug. 1. The cargo ship was the first to leave a Ukrainian-controlled port in the country since Russia launched the war in February. As part of the deal, a United Nations coordination center in Istanbul staffed by Turkey, Russia and Ukraine oversees the shipments to make sure they safely travel through the Black Sea, which has mines in some areas and has seen combat during the conflict.
But Lebanon, which was Razoni’s presumed destination, ended up not taking the shipment, even as it struggles with its own economic crisis. Lebanese media had reported that after a monthslong delay due to the war in Ukraine, the merchant who had bought the shipment no longer wanted it.
The vessel sat off Mersin, Turkey, before heading to Syria.
Asked about the Razoni, the U.N. Joint Coordination Center said in a statement that “after outbound vessels clear inspection in Istanbul, the JCC ceases monitoring them.”
“The cleared vessels proceed then to their final destinations, whatever those may be,” the center said.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut referred to an earlier statement that Razoni’s cargo was no longer Kyiv’s responsibility.
“Our task has been to reopen seaports for grain cargo and it has been done,” the statement said.
In Washington, State Department spokesperson Ned Price similarly said that America didn’t “determine who buys the grain shipments or their final destinations.”
“What matters most to us are a couple things,” Price said. “One: That Ukraine is appropriately compensated for the grain, the foodstuff, for the crops that it is in this case providing. And that the food gets to where it is needed most.”
An official reached by telephone Tuesday at the Tartus port declined to comment. Syria’s mission to the United Nations did not respond to a request for comment.
Tartus, on the Mediterranean Sea, lies about 320 kilometers (200 miles) northwest of Syria’s capital, Damascus.
Syria remains sanctioned by the West over killing and abuses of civilians during the civil war, though food supplies have been exempted by the West. Russian military support has been key to Syrian President Bashar Assad remaining in power. Syria has recognized the Russian-backed breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as sovereign entities, leading to Kyiv severing diplomatic ties with Damascus.
Since earlier this year, ships have carried Ukrainian foodstuffs from Russian-occupied territory to Syria. In May, satellite images showed the Russian-flagged Matros Pozynich at dockside in Latakia, Syria. Ukraine said the ship had 27,000 tons of grain Russia stole from it and initially tried to sell to Egypt, which refused to take the cargo.
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Premier lawsuit settlement company says applications are on the rise for individuals presently serving time for crimes they did not commit
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, the Presettlement Funding Company, announced some good news for victims of wrongful imprisonment cases. Last month, a high-profile exoneration was granted to Muhammad Aziz, a man falsely convicted in the murder of human rights leader Malcolm X. Mr. Aziz spent two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit. He has since filed suit against the city of New York to the tune of $40MM, and experts believe the lawsuit will be found in Mr. Aziz's favor.
Numerous plaintiffs with similar cases hope to fare as well. Many claims of wrongful imprisonment are marked by false arrest, excessive force, and coerced confessions. Many of these instances have caused physical as well as lasting psychological harm to the victims. The unscrupulous police, faulted prison systems, and cities that hosted them have already been forced to pay countless millions in damages with many more cases yet to be heard.
Chris Janish, CEO commented, "Legal-Bay has been a pioneer in legal funding for wrongful conviction cases for many years now, particularly in New York and California. Our legal team knows how to evaluate these cases quickly, and in fact have obtained quick funding approvals up to $1MM for individuals who were recently released from prison and wanted to start a new life immediately."
If you or a loved one require an immediate cash advance from your wrongful imprisonment lawsuit, please visit the company's website HERE or call 877.571.0405.
Legal-Bay is currently funding loans for settlements in the following cases: unlawful incarceration, false imprisonment, wrongful conviction, prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality, false arrest, excessive force, prison rape or sexual assault, as well as all personal injury lawsuit claims.
Legal-Bay's loans for lawsuits program is designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award. The non-recourse cash funding—sometimes referred to as loan on lawsuit or loan for settlement—is risk-free, as the money doesn't need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case. Therefore, the settlement loan is less of a loan, and more of a cash advance.
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How to choose the best fairy house
You can put a little whimsy in your life with a tiny enchanted house for fairies, gnomes and sprites to live in right in your own backyard. A fairy house should match the spirit of the mythical and legendary wee creatures — vivid imaginations, playful souls and magical powers. Fairy houses may look like tiny cottages, windmills, treehouses, tree stumps or old boots — all styles that attract fairies.
What is a fairy garden?
Fairy gardens are a bit of miniature magic and mystery in your very own yard. The purpose of a fairy garden is enjoyment, either in the form of relaxation and meditation or as a place to let your imagination run wild with fairies, sprites and other magical creatures. Add to yours with some of the many fairy garden accessories and it becomes an outdoor playhouse.
Are fairy houses only for fairies?
With doors and window that open, fairy houses make fine, roomy places for ladybugs to live as well as providing shelter for tiny frogs and toads.
Where can my children learn more about fairies?
Your kids can look up everything about fairies in folklore field guides such as “A Natural History of Fairies” and learn about fairy anatomy, life cycles, habitats and famous fairies from around the world.
Fairy houses
Most fairy houses are less than a foot tall, just the right size for fairies. There are many fanciful designs, but most are made to stand up to the rigors of the outdoors, especially those that are made of resins that are waterproof and won’t corrode.
Best fairy houses
You can place this 7.5-inch-tall mushroom cap fairy house on the ground or use the keyhole in the back to hang it from a tree trunk. The front door opens, a friendly snail sits on the roof and a cute peekaboo kitten looks out the window.
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This 7-inch-tall tree house has the look of stone with a thatched roof, shutters and a door that opens. It comes with a sitting fairy holding a frog that is a possible prince and a standing fairy with a lantern to guide other fairies to their new home.
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Teresa’s Collections Boot Fairy House
This old boot looks like the one that belonged to the old lady who lived in a shoe. It is 8.8 inches tall, covered with flowers and succulents, and emits a soft glow at night after charging with its solar panel during the day.
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Ovewios Fairy House with Solar Lights and Ornaments
This 11.4-inch-tall house looks as if it was made from a tree, with three stories, a stone stairway, a leafy canopy for a roof and flowering vines growing up the trunk. A lovely fairy clad in lavender swings from the biggest branch on the tree.
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Fairy house kits
Kids interested in handicrafts will enjoy making their own fairy houses from kits. They get the satisfaction and pride of craftsmanship while making a one-of-a-kind fairy house.
Best fairy house kits
Wild Pixy Resin Fairy House and Garden Kit
This solar-powered house lights up at night. It comes with a working door, bench, chair, bridge with stepping stones, glow stones, toadstools — and a fairy.
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My Fairy Garden Nature Cottage
This charming cottage is made from a flower pot and kids use the included soil and seeds to grow a real garden on the rooftop balcony. This cute little house with a water barrel is a great home for your garden’s ladybugs, too.
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Rolife Wooden Fairy House Model Building Kit
Follow the instructions included with this clever 1/24-scale kit to build the frame and assemble the components. Kids have hours of fun crafting and assembling fairy houses with the included wood, fabrics, threads, beads and paint.
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Fairy house accessories
A house is a good start on your fairy garden, but to make it really come to life and to personalize the design, choose from a variety of garden accessories and turn your fairy house into a little fairy village.
Best fairy house accessories
Haraqi 108-Piece Miniature Fairy Houses with Garden Accessories
You get three micro-houses just over an inch tall and handcrafted with impressive detailing. All the colorful accessories are made of durable, waterproof resin, including ladybugs, owls, rabbits, cows, elephants, chickens, ducks, turtles and a fence, bridge, pond, tower and street lights.
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Mood Lab Fairy Garden Fish Pond Kit
Set up this pond right outside your fanciful fairy house. You get a koi pond with five fish, a lily leaf and frog, a swan and a footbridge. Place the sitting sisters and the fairy with bird so they dip their toes in the pond or dangle their legs from the bridge.
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Last month, when a 2019 law took effect in California demanding that public high schools begin classes no earlier than 8:30 and junior highs at 8 a.m. I was ready to celebrate — except for one thing. What took so long?
Sleep deprivation is a major issue among teens, so much so that the American Academy of Pediatrics has been calling for later junior high and high school start times since 2014. It’s “an important public health issue,” they said, one with implications not just for safety but for “academic success.”
But fewer than 1 in 5 high schools currently does what’s best for their students. For this, we can mostly blame a combination of inertia, school administrators and teacher unions, which have staunchly fought both parent-driven and legislative efforts to push opening times to match teenagers’ inner clocks.
The issue for the kids is their circadian rhythms, the biological clock that dictates when to sleep and wake up, are substantively different than those of adults. They suffer what’s known as “delayed sleep phase,” what seems to be a need for later and more sleep occasioned by puberty. This renders them “incompatible with aspects of modern society, notably early school start times," as one study put it.
To an almost puzzling extent, many school officials have argued that the issue of teen sleep deprivation is overblown. They’ve claimed state usurpation of local control (this was a common cry in California), that later starts will result in greater transportation expenses, and that students will just stay up later and turn up at school equally tired. They also argue that later start times cut into after-school time for homework, sports and jobs.
The objections can be countered fairly easily. Leaving the decision to individual districts just means the issue will be fought over and over again. Greater transportation expenses? A number of districts that staggered high school start times found they saved money, since they could employ the same bus drivers to do multiple trips.
But it’s when schools claim teenagers won’t benefit that the case for earlier start times completely falls apart. The evidence is impossible to dismiss.
Studies of schools that have already made the switch show teens — who all too frequently stay up into the wee hours of the morning — do not take advantage of later school bells to stay up even later. Instead, they get more shut-eye — about a half-hour a night, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances, after Seattle shifted its high school start time one hour later. They are also less likely to be late for their first class.
And their work benefits, too. When the suburban Denver community of Greenwood Village shifted its junior high school start time from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and high school from 7:10 a.m. to 8:20 a.m., students were less likely to claim they were too tired to complete their homework. Standardized test scores go up. The way they spend their leisure time improves, too. A 2019 paper in the Economics of Education Review found teenage boys with later school start times spent less time watching TV and playing video games.
Later start times improve both physical and emotional health. At a time when children’s mental health issues are in all but a crisis, a later school day can mean lower rates of self-reported depression among teens, according to a 2010 study in the journal Archives of Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine. And student athletes who get more sleep are less likely to get injured.
Shifting school starts is so powerful that Teny Shapiro, an economics professor at Santa Clara University, has found beginning school an hour later is the functional equivalent of cutting class size by a third. As for parents, the change makes getting their kids up in the morning easier. Andrea Howe, a California parent, told me when her two high schoolers needed to get to their first class by 7:50 a.m, they were “zombies.”
But the status quo works for teachers, many of whom would like to hit the snooze button on making this change. When Education Week recently asked teachers to comment online about their preferences, many said they believed the gains were exaggerated. Others talked about the inconvenience — to themselves. “Teacher absences are up because they can’t get those 4 p.m. appointments anymore.” Cue the tiny violin.
Are there downsides to the shift? Certainly. It’s true that the added afternoon time can cut into extracurricular activities or work after school . But we shouldn’t be asking high school students to endure chronic sleep deprivation so they can take on one more activity — and it’s worth noting that students working more than 20 hours a week can lead to worse academic performance.
In the United States, we like to say we put children first. Pushing high school start times later would be an easy way to do so. Kudos to California for taking the issue of older children and sleep seriously — now it’s up to other states to heed the alarm. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/california-high-school-start-delay-sleep-teenagers/ | 2022-08-17T11:51:31Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/california-high-school-start-delay-sleep-teenagers/ | false |
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s central bank governor resigned Wednesday as the country struggles to address its economic woes.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi accepted the resignation of Tarek Amer and named him a presidential adviser, the Egyptian leader’ office said in a statement.
The brief statement offered no reasons for Amer’s resignation. He had been appointed as governor of the central bank in November 2015.
No replacement was immediately named.
Amer has been criticized over handling the country’s financial challenges which have seen the local currency slide against the U.S. dollar in recent months.
The pound has lost much of its value. The U.S. currency has been traded at over 19.20 pounds in Egypt's banks, up from average of 15.6 pounds for $1 before the central bank’s decision to devalue the pound in March.
Inflation also increased in recent months partly because of the repercussions of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Egypt is the world’s largest wheat importer, and most of its imports come from Russia and Ukraine.
The annual inflation in Egypt reached 14.6% in July, increasing the burdens on consumers especially lower-income households and particularly for everyday necessities.
Amer’s resignation came as the government in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a new loan to support its reform program and to help address challenges caused by the war in Europe. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Egypt-says-central-bank-governor-resigns-amid-17378934.php | 2022-08-17T11:51:48Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Egypt-says-central-bank-governor-resigns-amid-17378934.php | false |
Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe
Video above: Giuliani associate convicted of campaign finance crimes in 2021
Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
It's unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney for Trump will be willing to say now that his lawyers have been informed he's a target of the investigation. Questioning will take place behind closed doors Wednesday because the special grand jury proceedings are secret.
Yet Giuliani's appearance is another high-profile step in a rapidly escalating investigation that has ensnared several Trump allies and brought heightened scrutiny to the desperate and ultimately failed efforts to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 election win. It's one of several investigations into Trump's actions in office as he lays the groundwork for another run at the White House in 2024.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation after the disclosure of a remarkable Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. On the call, Trump suggested that Raffensperger could “find” the exact number of votes that would be needed to flip the election results in Georgia.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing. He has described the call as “perfect.”
Willis last month filed petitions to compel testimony from seven Trump associates and advisers. She has also said she’s considering calling Trump himself to testify, and the former president has hired a legal team in Atlanta that includes a prominent criminal defense attorney.
In seeking Giuliani’s testimony, Willis noted that he was both a personal attorney for Trump and a lead attorney for his 2020 campaign.
She recalled in a petition how Giuliani and others appeared at a state Senate committee meeting in late 2020 and presented a video that Giuliani said showed election workers producing “suitcases” of unlawful ballots from unknown sources, outside the view of election poll watchers. The claims of fraud were debunked by Georgia election officials within 24 hours. Yet Giuliani continued to make statements to the public and in subsequent legislative hearings claiming widespread election fraud using the debunked video, Willis noted in her filing.
Two of the election workers seen in the video, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, said they faced relentless harassment online and in person after it was shown at the Dec. 3 Georgia legislative hearing in which Giuliani appeared. At another hearing a week later, Giuliani said the footage showed the women “surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if they are vials of heroin or cocaine.” They actually were passing a piece of candy.
Willis wrote in the court filing that Giuliani’s hearing appearance and testimony were “part of a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
Willis also wrote in a petition seeking the testimony of attorney Kenneth Chesebro that he worked with Giuliani to coordinate and carry out a plan to have Georgia Republicans serve as fake electors. Those 16 people signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors even though Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors was certified.
Giuliani’s attorneys tried to delay his appearance before the special grand jury, saying he was unable to fly due to heart stent surgery in early July.
But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, said during a hearing last week that Giuliani needed to be in Atlanta on Wednesday and could travel by bus, car or train if necessary.
Other Trump allies have also been swept up in the probe. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, received a subpoena ordering him to appear for testimony on Aug. 23. Graham has challenged that subpoena, citing his protections as a member of Congress. A judge on Monday rejected that argument and said he must testify. Graham has said he’ll appeal.
Willis has indicated she is interested in calls between Graham and Raffensberger about the results in Georgia in the weeks after the election. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/rudy-giuliani-testify-georgia-2020-election-probe/40917107 | 2022-08-17T11:52:07Z | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/rudy-giuliani-testify-georgia-2020-election-probe/40917107 | false |
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TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Superior Gold Inc. ("Superior Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV: SGI) (OTCMKTS: SUPGF) announces financial results for the second quarter of 2022 for the Company's 100%-owned Plutonic Gold Operations, located in Western Australia.
- Safety performance improved during the quarter with a 24% reduction in the total injury frequency rate achieved during the period. Our safety improvement program is progressing and on track
- Production of 15,196 ounces, a 21% decrease over the comparative quarter of 2021 as a result of unusually high rainfall and medical absenteeism as a result of the removal of COVID-19 restrictions in Western Australia in April 2022
- Sold 16,726 ounces of gold at total cash costs1 of $1,748 per ounce sold, an increase of $336 per ounce sold or 24% in comparison to the second quarter of 2021 due to fewer ounces produced
- All-in sustaining costs1 increased by $410 per ounce sold or 27%, in comparison to the second quarter of 2021, to $1,929 per ounce sold, above the realized gold price1 of $1,877 per ounce, due to higher total cash costs1 as well as higher sustaining exploration and capital expenditures1
- Announced an updated Mineral Reserve and Resource statement indicating a 66% increase in mineral reserves
- Annual guidance adjusted with production now expected to range between 69,000 to 75,000 ounces, with all-in sustaining costs1 to now range between $1,800/oz to $1,900/oz
- Strong cash and cash equivalents of $18.2 million
Chris Jordaan, President, and CEO of Superior Gold stated: "In the second quarter the Company, like many operators in Western Australia, was negatively impacted by some unexpected challenges including unusually high rainfall levels and an increase in COVID-19 cases, which when combined affected flights to the mine and caused an abnormal shortage of key employees in the underground mining operations and open pit contractors on-site. Both issues impacted planned production, particularly in accessing the Main Pit mill feed that was originally planned for Q2. Additionally, many of our service providers from Perth and other major centres also suffered from high absenteeism due to COVID-19, and service levels deteriorated accordingly which had a negative impact on operational support.
We are carefully monitoring and reviewing operations for further potential disruptions from COVID-19 or other causes which could adversely affect production and costs. Therefore, after a thorough operational review, management believed it is prudent to adjust production guidance to a range between 69,000 to 75,000 ounces for 2022 and increase all-in sustaining costs1 to between $1,800 to $1,900 per ounce.
The mill is now running close to its nameplate capacity of 5,000 tonnes per day. The delivery of an additional jumbo, which has now arrived on site and is commissioned, and additional loaders and trucks for the underground mine are expected to have a positive impact on development metres and tonnes delivered from the underground in Q4 as we continue to target an exit rate of one million tonnes per year from the underground on an annualized basis.
The delay in the open pit operations has also impacted our planned ramp-up in production. The investments we are making this year are designed to deliver on the Company's strategy to fully optimize the underground operation and when combined with the addition of new sources of open-pit feed, are expected to positively contribute to the Company's overall profitability. We continue to target a production rate towards 100,000 ounces on an annualized basis. Our updated Life of Mine plan, based upon our newly expanded reserves and resources, expected in the fourth quarter, will provide us with further strategic opportunities and will include all recent drilling results."
The Plutonic Gold Operations produced and sold 15,196 and 16,726 ounces of gold, respectively, for the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 21% and 14% respectively over the comparative prior-year period due to the processing lower grade ore and the shift in mining activity from Plutonic East and Perch open pits to the development of the Main Pit Deeps project, which was impacted by heavy rainfall during the quarter. Total cash costs1 of $1,748/ounce sold and AISC1 of $1,929/ounce sold. Cash costs were below and AISC1 was above the realized gold price1 of $1,877/ounce for the three-month period ending June 30, 2022.
In comparison, 19,356 and 19,099 ounces of gold were produced and sold, respectively for the second quarter of 2021. Total cash costs1 of $1,412/ounce sold and AISC1 of $1,519/ounce sold were below the realized gold price1 of $1,801/ounce for the three-month period ending June 30, 2021.
Total cash costs1 and AISC1 increased over the prior period primarily as a result of fewer ounces sold in the current quarter due to the processing lower grade ore and the shift in mining activity from Plutonic East and Perch open pits to the development of the Main Pit Deeps project, which was impacted by heavy rainfall during the quarter, which reduced production and the number of gold ounces available for sale.
The Company generated a net loss from operations of $2.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
During the quarter, the Company announced results of extension and infill drilling results for the Indian Access area located between the Caribbean and Indian mining areas at Plutonic. (Please refer to the news release dated May 31, 2022). The drill intersections expand both the Caribbean and Indian zones which are located directly adjacent to existing underground infrastructure requiring minimal capital to develop. The Indian Access mining area is under-explored and remains open along strike and both up and down dip as it has yet to be fully drill tested.
After reviewing operations and considering any further potential disruptions the Company felt it prudent to revise its 2022 production guidance. The revised guidance details of production and cost guidance for the year are summarized in the table below.
Management will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 10:00 AM ET to discuss the second quarter 2021 financial and operating results.
The conference call replay will be available for 365 days.
The presentation will be available on the Company's website at www.superior-gold.com.
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Ettienne Du Plessis, who is a "qualified person" as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Du Plessis is not independent of the Company within the meaning of NI 43-101.
Superior Gold is a Canadian-based gold producer that owns 100% of the Plutonic Gold Operations located in Western Australia. The Plutonic Gold Operations include the Plutonic underground gold mine and central mill, numerous open-pit projects including the Plutonic Main Pit push-back project, the Hermes open pit projects, and an interest in the Bryah Basin joint venture. Superior Gold is focused on expanding production at the Plutonic Gold Operations and building an intermediate gold producer with superior returns for shareholders.
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This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws that are intended to be covered by the safe harbours created by those laws. "Forward-looking information" includes statements that use forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "potential" or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. Forward-looking information includes information with respect to guidance as to projections, outlook, guidance, forecasts, estimates, and other statements regarding future or estimated financial and operational performance, gold production and sales, revenues and cash flows, and capital costs (sustaining and non-sustaining), including projected cash operating costs and all-in sustaining costs) as well as statements with respect to the mine plan, exploration, drilling, operating, and organizational matters and activities relating to the Plutonic Gold Operations and the Company generally, including its liquidity and capital requirements and financial results. By identifying such information in this manner, the Company is alerting the reader that such information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made. Furthermore, such forward-looking information involves a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual plans, intentions, activities, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future plans, intentions, activities, results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Readers are encouraged to refer to the Annual Information Form of the Company for a discussion of other risks including outbreaks or threats of outbreaks of viruses, other infectious diseases, or other similar health threats, such as the novel coronavirus outbreak, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company by causing operational and supply chain delays and disruptions, labour shortages, shutdowns, inflationary pressures on operating or capital costs, the inability to sell gold, capital markets volatility or other unknown but potentially significant impacts. The Company cannot accurately predict what effects these conditions will have on the Plutonic Gold Operations or the financial results of the Company, including uncertainties relating to travel restrictions to the Plutonic Gold Operations or otherwise and business closures that have been or may be imposed by governments. If an outbreak or threat of an outbreak of a virus or other infectious disease or other public health emergency occurs, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The Company cautions that there can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information as no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking information will transpire or occur, and if any of them do so, what benefits the Company will derive therefrom. Except as required by law, the Company does not assume any obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking information contained in this news release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson and the New York Jets received some good news after a few days of worrying about the quarterback’s right knee.
Wilson had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus and remains on track to return in a few weeks, a person with knowledge told The Associated Press.
Wilson, who also has a bone bruise in the knee, flew to Los Angeles to have the procedure performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. Wilson’s meniscus was trimmed and ElAttrache found no additional damage than initially believed, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team didn’t announce results of the surgery.
That timeline means the Jets could still potentially have their starting quarterback for Week 1. However, the team will likely be cautious with Wilson before getting him back on the field.
ESPN first reported that no additional damage was found during Wilson’s surgery.
Wilson was initially expected to miss two to four weeks with a bone bruise and meniscus tear in his right knee, and the team was optimistic that would remain the case.
But the timeline for how long the second-year quarterback could be sidelined would be determined by the surgery on the meniscus and whether it needed to be trimmed or fully repaired.
It was initially feared that Wilson suffered a serious — and potentially season-ending — knee injury during the second offensive series of New York’s 24-21 preseason-opening win at Philadelphia last Friday night. Tests after the game indicated the ACL in the knee was intact, and an MRI on Saturday morning revealed the bone bruise and torn meniscus.
Joe Flacco could still start the regular-season opener against Baltimore — his former team — on Sept. 11 if Wilson isn’t ready.
Coach Robert Saleh acknowledged Sunday that Wilson being sidelined a few weeks is a setback in his development, particularly since the Jets have joint practices coming up with the Falcons and Giants.
“It’s a setback in that he’s missing an unbelievable opportunity to get these reps in and to play other defenses, especially the Giants who have such an elaborate pressure package system, a pressure system,” Saleh said. “But he’s got to stay dialed in just like he was last year when he was hurt, learn from his teammates and try to be involved as much mentally as he can possibly be.
“The timing of it all is terrible and it sucks, but I think Zach can still have an opportunity to grow from it if he attacks it mentally.”
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WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
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.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
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showers. Lows in the mid to upper 60s.
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to lower 90s. Lows in the mid to upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 80s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance
of showers. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. Highs in the upper 70s
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s to lower
70s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
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.TODAY...Hot, sunny. Highs 95 to 100.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Hot. Sunny in the morning, becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 97 to 102.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s to lower
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showers. Highs 95 to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 60s.
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upper 80s to mid 90s. Lows in the 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s
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Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, Cashmere,
Waterville, and Mansfield
429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
.TODAY...Hot, sunny. Highs 97 to 102. North wind 5 to 15 mph in
the morning, becoming light.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Hot. Sunny in the morning, becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 99 to 103.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 70s.
.FRIDAY...Hot. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Highs 96 to 101.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
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Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
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.TODAY...Hot, sunny. Highs 97 to 103. Gusts up to 20 mph in the
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.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
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429 AM PDT Wed Aug 17 2022
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Texas to execute man for slaying of Dallas real estate agent
HOUSTON (AP) — A man who fatally stabbed a real estate agent inside a model home in suburban Dallas faces execution Wednesday evening, more than 16 years after the slaying.
Kosoul Chanthakoummane was on parole when he was condemned for killing 40-year-old Sarah Walker in July 2006. She was found stabbed more than 30 times in the model home in McKinney, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Dallas.
Prosecutors say Chanthakoummane entered the model home and then beat Walker with a wooden plant stand and stabbed her before stealing her Rolex watch and a silver ring, which were never found. DNA evidence showed Chanthakoummane’s blood was found in various places inside the model home, including under Walker’s fingernails.
Walker had been a top-seller for home builder D.R. Horton. She had been recently divorced and had two children.
Chanthakoummane, 41, the son of immigrants from Laos, has acknowledged he was in the model home but said he only went inside to get a drink of water. He had been on parole in Texas after serving time in North Carolina for aggravated kidnapping and robbery.
“I am innocent,” Chanthakoummane said in a letter filed in federal court in March.
His attorneys had asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his execution, challenging the DNA evidence, which was previously described by the appeals court as the “linchpin of the state’s case.” The appeals court this week denied the request. Eric Allen, one of Chanthakoummane’s attorneys, said he hadn’t decided if he would file a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
His attorneys had argued new science raises the possibility Chanthakoummane’s DNA could have been transferred to Walker’s fingernails without any direct contact between the two.
But authorities say prior DNA testing in his case has failed to clear Chanthakoummane.
“Any belief by Chanthakoummane that further DNA investigation would yield results that will be helpful to his case is a fantasy,” lawyers with the Texas Attorney General’s Office wrote in court documents last month.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to grant Chanthakoummane either a 120-day reprieve or a commutation of his death sentence to a lesser penalty.
Chanthakoummane’s attorneys say their concerns about the DNA evidence is part of a pattern by prosecutors of using faulty evidence in the case.
At Chanthakoummane’s trial, a forensic dentist testified the death row inmate was the source of a bite mark on Walker’s neck. Such evidence has since been discredited and in 2016, Texas became the first state to call for banning bite mark analysis in criminal cases.
The two witnesses who said they saw Chanthakoummane near the murder scene were hypnotized by officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS, to help identify him.
A 2020 report by the Dallas Morning News found most Texas judges still allow evidence derived from hypnosis despite criticism it can distort memories and lead to wrongful convictions. In January 2021, DPS stopped using hypnosis. Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned people who have been hypnotized from testifying in a criminal trial.
In October 2020, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found that while the bitemark testimony would no longer be admissible in court, Chanthakoummane’s attorneys had failed to discredit the hypnosis-related testimony.
The appeals court also found the DNA evidence was still strong.
At his trial, Chanthakoummane’s attorney, Keith Gore, told jurors his client was guilty “and he wanted to rob (Walker), and it didn’t go the right way, and he killed her.”
Walker’s father, Joseph Walker, who died last year, had opposed Chanthakoummane’s execution and had told the Times Union in New York in 2013 he had forgiven his daughter’s killer.
If Chanthakoummane is executed, he would be the second inmate put to death this year in Texas and the ninth in the U.S.
While Texas has been the nation’s busiest capital punishment state, the use of the death penalty in the state has reached near historic lows. Juries have continued to issue fewer death sentences and in the last couple of years most executions have been delayed by the pandemic or by legal questions over what spiritual advisers can do in the death chamber.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistle, the leading Employee Loyalty platform, announced today the launch of Whistle Payments, a patent pending technology giving people managers a new set of tools to manage employee payments and budgets, while eliminating the hidden fees and waste in the current gift card and incentive payment industry.
"In a hyper competitive work environment, companies are looking for new ways to improve Employee Loyalty. Giving managers an easy way to buy a remote team member lunch, set up a recurring wellness budget, or just send an ad-hoc bonus payment when someone is going through a stressful experience – these are all powerful mechanisms to help people feel more engaged in their work experience, "said Drew Carter, CEO and Co-founder of Whistle. "This is a win for employees and businesses alike because it makes the administration of employee budgets for meals, travel, bonuses, and wellness programs easy to manage, saving both time and money."
Whistle payment accounts can be set up in minutes allowing people managers to immediately start having impact with their teams. Whistle payments makes it easy to:
- Instantly send payments to employees through virtual and physical cards that integrate seamlessly with mobile wallets.
- Set up recurring employee budgets to support individual needs for wellness, learning and other employee programs.
- Create temporary budgets for travel or ad-hoc expenses that can only be used for appropriate spending categories.
- Analyze spending data to gain new insights to drive better business outcomes.
- Integrate incentive payments with other employee programs like learning, social advocacy or culture building.
- Reduce administrative and accounting headaches through an intuitive and easy-to-manage platform.
- Send payments through existing company communication tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack
"Companies are struggling with employee loyalty and Whistle Payments is one of the tools we have built that can immediately impact business outcomes such as retention," said Andrew Hrdlicka Whistle Payments Lead and company co-founder. "It's pretty clear from our research that current tools and traditional engagement strategies are not working – in part because most companies are all using the same outdated tools. Whistle is a modern tool for modern times."
Over the past few months several Whistle clients started pilots with Whistle Payments, including Room Ready, a leading AV technology and services company who gave 100 people in the organization $100 each to donate to their favorite not-for-profit so each employee could impact the cause they care most about. "Instead of a big check for one organization, our company contributed to 53 different organizations across the region. And because we have real time access to the spending data, we are aligning more of our community giving efforts to support what our employees care most about." Said Aaron McArdle, CEO of Room Ready "In a matter of days Whistle has transformed how we think about supporting our employees and community. It's a win for our employees, company and community."
Whistle Payments is already attracting media attention and was recently named by CIO Review as one of the 10 most promising payment solution providers of 2022.
For more information about Whistle and how companies are using Employee Payments, go to www.wewhistle.com or contact media@wewhistle.com. Sign up for free at app.wewhistle.com/setup.
Whistle helps companies create Employee Loyalty. From better onboarding to employee payments, remote team engagement to learning experiences - the Whistle platform integrates the key elements that create Employee Loyalty and better business outcomes.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global leading IoT cloud development platform, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial results after the market closes on Monday, August 29, 2022.
Tuya's management will hold a conference call at 08:00 P.M. Eastern Time on Monday, August 29, 2022 (08:00 A.M. Beijing Time on Tuesday, August 30, 2022) to discuss the financial results. In advance of the conference call, all participants must use the following link to complete the online registration process. Upon registering, each participant will receive details for this conference including an access code, a PIN number (personal access code), the dial-in number, and an e-mail with detailed instructions to join the conference call.
Online registration: https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=54a7b9bf&confId=40423
The replay will be accessible through September 6, 2022 by dialing the following numbers:
International: +44-204-525-0658
United States: +1-929-458-6194
Access Code: 545019
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.tuya.com/.
About Tuya Inc.
Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a global leading IoT cloud development platform with a mission to build an IoT developer ecosystem and enable everything to be smart. Tuya has pioneered a purpose-built IoT cloud development platform that delivers a full suite of offerings, including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to businesses and developers. Through its IoT cloud development platform, Tuya has enabled developers to activate a vibrant IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners and end users to engage and communicate through a broad range of smart devices.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockworks' Digital Asset Summit (DAS) returns for its fourth year — this time, to The Glasshouse in New York City on Sept. 13-14, 2022. A record number of investors will be attending, as governments and institutions alike recognize the impact and maturation of digital assets.
"Institutional involvement hasn't slowed down despite the market crash," said Blockworks' co-founder Michael Ippolito. "Today we're seeing more interest from everyone from BlackRock to bulge brackets, and everyone in between."
DAS: NYC will bring together financial institutions, family offices, financial advisers, investment banks, crypto protocols, exchanges, RIAs, hedge funds, prime brokers, venture capitalists and other industry professionals to discuss how digital assets can evolve and be recognized as a macro asset.
More than 700 institutions and 300 funds representing $800 billion in assets under management will be in attendance to hear from over 100 speakers, including:
- Fidelity, Director of Global Macro
- JPMorgan, Head of Onyx Digital Assets & Blockchain Launch
- FTX, Head of Ventures
- Morgan Stanley, Head of Emerging Markets Equity
- Apollo Global Management, Head of Digital Asset Strategy
- State Street Digital, Vice President
- Circle, Vice President of Finance, Treasury and Corporate Development
- Compound Labs, Founder
- dYdX, Founder
The past two years of sold-out attendance and the industry's rapid growth prompted Blockworks to expand the topics covered during the two-day conference, which include:
- Crypto's Institutional Lending Market
- Institutional Access to DeFi
- Bailouts: Crypto's Financial Crisis
- Security and Risk Management: Taking a Step Back to Move Forward
- Navigating Regulatory Uncertainty
- The State of Crypto Market Structure: Liquidity, Arbitrage & Security
Through fireside chats, panels and networking opportunities—including an exclusive dinner for VIP guests and speakers and an after-party open to all attendees—guests will have access to unparalleled insights shared by leaders from both traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.
Thanks to the Diamond Sponsors for making this event possible: Ava Labs, Circle, Fireblocks, Ledger, OKX and Solidus Labs. Emerald Sponsors include Abra, Algorand, Copper.co, Lukka and Matrixport. Platinum Sponsors include: Amberdata, Bequant, BlockFi, Blockware Solutions, Bloomberg, Bullish, Chainalysis, Chainge Finance, Crypto.com, Davis Wright Tremaine, Elliptic, Eventus, EY, Figment, Gemini, Kaiko, Kiln, LMAX, Maple Finance, Membrane, Merkle Science, Metamask Institutional, Nansen, Perkins Coie, Prime Trust, SFOX, SOMA.finance, Taxbit, and TradeStation. Gold Sponsors include: Allnodes, Apifiny, Arkhivist, B2C2, BingX, Blockfills, Bosonic, CME Group, Compound Treasury, Crystal Blockchain, ErisX, FTI Consulting, Ledgible, MantraDAO, NAV, Realio, The Tie, TRM Labs and Withum.
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Water level
The water level on Wednesday in Mullaperiyar dam stood at 137.25 feet (permissible level is 142 ft) with an inflow of 1,379 cusecs and a discharge of 1,866 cusecs. In Vaigai dam, the water level stood at 69.05 feet (maximum level 71 ft) with an inflow of 1,899 cusecs and a discharge of 969 cusecs. The combined storage in Periyar credit was 10,640 mcft.
The rainfall (in mm) recorded during the last 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. on Wednesday are as follows: Uthamapalayam 18.4, Shanmuganadhi dam 6.8 and Vaigai dam 5.8
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The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law Tuesday by President Biden includes more than $360 billion dollars to address climate change. That's the largest single investment ever made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – something the White House and major environmental groups are touting as a huge win for humanity.
But not everyone will feel the benefits of the new bill equally, analysts and advocates warn. People living in neighborhoods that are already dealing with a lot of pollution fear they will face more harm and climate risk, not less. And that could deepen existing environmental inequalities and lock in decades of unnecessary illness and suffering for people who are already marginalized.
"There are some parts [of the law] that are good, and there are some parts that are really bad," says Mijin Cha, a professor at Occidental University who studies how to make the transition to a low-carbon economy fairer for workers and communities. "And the parts [of the law] that are really bad are pretty significant."
The law includes hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle global warming by building more solar and wind power, making buildings more energy efficient and helping people buy electric vehicles. Analysts estimate it will help the United States reduce planet-warming emissions by about 40% compared to 2005 levels by the end of the decade, which is a big step toward a truly low-carbon economy.
But in order to get the critical support of conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the law also invests in fossil fuels. It subsidizes the building of new pipelines, guarantees new leasing of oil and gas drilling, and incentivizes investment in still-nascent carbon capture technology, which would allow existing, heavily polluting fossil fuel facilities to operate longer.
Those fossil fuel investments led dozens of grassroots environmental organizations to reject the bill, arguing that the harms to communities near fossil fuel sites would outweigh the climate benefits. That's especially true for poor people, Indigenous people and Black people who are already more likely to live with more pollution and less access to clean energy.
"We are sitting right now with a lot of contradictions. While [the bill] does designate some funding for disadvantaged communities, it's also subsidizing fossil fuels," says Juan Jhong-Chung, the climate director at the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition. "It feels like what the bill is giving with one hand, it's taking with the other."
For example, Jhong-Chung says the new law could pay for air monitoring in Southwest Detroit, where he lives and where industrial air pollution makes people sick. But at the same time, the law invests in the fossil fuel industry, which could help those industrial facilities operate for decades to come.
"It feels like we're being sacrificed, like we're being left behind,"Jhong-Chung says . "It doesn't feel good that this is the best we can get."
The Biden Administration disputes the idea that the law doesn't do enough for marginalized communities. "This is a direct investment in helping clean up communities that have been left out and left behind," says Ali Zaidi, the deputy national climate advisor to President Biden.
The White House estimates that the law includes over $60 billion in spending on so-called environmental justice. That includes money to reduce emissions around U.S. ports, plant trees in city neighborhoods that are hotter because of past racist housing policies, make electric vehicles more affordable and install solar panels and make buildings more efficient in low-income neighborhoods.
A separate analysis estimates the law contains significantly less – closer to $45 billion – in direct spending toward environmental justice.
Zaidi acknowledges the law is not perfect, but says it's an "unprecedented amount of investment" that will bring broad benefits to Americans.
"This bill is the product of compromise," he says, referring to the drawn-out Congressional negotiations that finally led to the bill's passage. "Without compromise there would be no bill."
That rhetoric is frustrating for those who feel like they are on the losing end of the compromise. "I think it's really hurtful for people [who live] where you have a lot of poverty, where you have a lot of dirty energy," says Kendall Dix, the national policy director for Taproot Earth, a climate justice organization based in Louisiana. He fears the new law will lead to more pollution along the Gulf Coast, where petrochemical facilities are concentrated, and air pollution already causes widespread illness and premature death.
"Are we going to be fine with some communities being written off?" Dix says. "And which communities?"
Cha, of Occidental University, says there's a long history of concentrating pollution in places where poor people or people of color live, in the name of overall economic and technological progress. "We have this idea of sacrifice zones, which is that there are just areas of the country that just have so much pollution, we're just sacrificing those communities," she explains. "That will continue in this bill."
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Animal Outlook's undercover investigation unveils animal abuse horrors throughout Bay Area residential neighborhoods
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An investigation from Animal Outlook has unveiled abuse at live markets—markets where live animals are slaughtered, killed and sold—in and around the Bay Area in Northern California.
Photographic and video footage taken by the organization shows the horrific abuse inflicted on fish, turtles, frogs and other animals in these live markets, many of which are in close proximity to peoples' homes and in full view of children as they walk to school.
Animal Outlook is calling for stricter enforcement of existing anti-cruelty and protection laws for the cruelty documented. Cheryl Leahy, Animal Outlook's Executive Director, states, "We want the public to be aware that this type of animal cruelty is happening, both on massive factory farms and slaughterhouses run by multinational conorporations as well as right in our own neighborhoods—cruelty and suffering are standard fare across the board.
Although Animal Outlook's exposé shows the abuse at these San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose markets, this issue is a nationwide problem. Leahy continues, "There are literally hundreds of these markets and they are in nearly every major city from Los Angeles to New York and in full view of residents. We are shining a light on San Francisco to illustrate the national crisis."
The multitude of abuses uncovered in this video include fish, turtle and frog cruelty. Fish are bludgeoned before being dismembered and many are hit multiple times with clubs or the flat side of knives. Additionally, fish are swimming in overcrowded tanks surrounded by dead or dying fish or displayed in shallow trays with little water. Turtles are decapitated alive and soft shell aquatic turtles are kept in dry containers. Frogs and other amphibians and reptiles spend their days in plastic tubs, sometimes piled on top of each other.
Even though the vast majority of Americans agree that animal cruelty is wrong, these practices are allowed to continue under the veil of these live markets.
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Alphawave IP is officially 5.0 certified on the PCI-SIG Integrator's List
Minimize Design Risk and Choose Alphawave IP for your PCIe 5.0 Design
August 17, 2022 -- Interoperability is the juncture of conformance and performance, and the ultimate mark is certification. We are incredibly proud to announce this massive milestone for Alphawave IP In becoming PCI-SIG 5.0 Integrator’s List certified. This includes passing the interoperability and gold suite tests, which are developed to ensure any designs that achieve this recognition are third-party tested, reliable, and plays well with others compliant with PCIe 5.0. Of the 800+ company members and ~1500 devices on the IL, Alphawave’s CEM and End Point solutions are only 2 of 28 meeting these criteria. Meeting these criteria in one’s own lab is a feat in itself, but passing PCIe compliance signals your device underwent an unbiased and industry-accepted set of trials via a plugfest thus indicating a signal to the world of validation, undoubtfully eliminating any sense of trepidation.
Passing all interoperability and compliance tests is no small feat and puts Alphawave IP in the company of the fastest transmitting PCI-SIG certified IP’s in the PCIe ecosystem. As a PCIe 5.0 Integrator’s List IP subsystem, you can rest assured any iteration of this IP was rigorously tested to meet the strict requirements as prescribed by the SIG and will ensure any products that utilize Alphawave IP’s design will be not only backwards compatible for any legacy design but also reliable and fast enough to keep up with PCI-SIGs latest GEN5 standards. This is a big milestone as Alphawave IP demonstrates our device is one of the few certified and available IPs at PCIe Gen5 speed in the market.
And on the heels of our Gen 5.0 news, we are continuously working in the background and are ready for the Gen6 test program to shape up so we can put our Gen6 design shown off live at PCIe DevCon 2022 through similar tests. The need for bandwidth ensures the continual evolution of the standard and Alphawave IP’s push of connectivity faster, with higher performance and lower area and power, and will continue to meet and exceed these requirements when the next version of PCIe-GEN6 certification is ready.
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According to a Gartner study of more than 30,000 people around the world, nearly three-quarters of employees believe that companies should take a stand on societal issues, even if they’re not directly related to their business. However, many companies have historically avoided taking public stands to reduce the risk of alienating clients and losing customers. In fact, a 2022 survey found that since 2020, only 44% of U.S. companies have taken a public stand on LGBTQ+ rights, only 31% have spoken up about anti-Asian violence, and only 21% have addressed women’s reproductive rights.
I want to live in a world where rights are expanded, not eroded. That’s why I believe it’s essential to be vocal about my values—not just on a personal level, but as a business owner. Here’s why I hope other business owners will also publicly take stands on the issues that matter most to them, and how you can do so effectively.
Let clients and customers know where you stand.
Human rights matter more than your bottom line, always. Being upfront about where you stand is more important than ever. According to a 2021 SurveyMonkey study, 78% of consumers said they made a purchase decision based on their values in the last year, and 55% said they are much more likely to purchase from a place that aligns with their values. Nearly half of respondents said they care more about social values than they did a year ago, which means customers are increasingly looking to buy from businesses that support their values.
Businesses can let clients and customers know where they stand by publicly sharing their views. For example, throughout the years, my company has published public statements, social media posts and blog posts that clearly outline our beliefs and values. I was also recently interviewed as a business expert in an article about how businesses can authentically be involved in Pride Month. Make sure you are speaking from your own experiences and backing up your words with actions that have already been implemented in your company. For example, if you’re going to talk about supporting the LGBTQ+ community, it’s important to make sure you are already doing this by providing support and resources to your LGBTQ+ employees and partnering with LGBTQ+ nonprofits and organizations. Authentically supporting the causes you care about can help you attract clients and customers with similar visions.
Let employees know what you believe.
Being open about what you believe can help your employees feel empowered to show up as their authentic selves at work. It also can help you attract and retain talent with similar values. According to another Gartner survey, “68% of employees would consider quitting their current job and working with an organization with a stronger viewpoint on the social issues that matter most to them.” In addition, the survey found that employees whose employers take a strong stance on current issues are twice as likely to report high job satisfaction.
I recommend working with your team to figure out how you can implement workplace policies and practices that help you back up your beliefs with actions. For example, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, we let our employees know that we would pay travel expenses for those who live in states where medical treatments or services are restricted. We also provide paid time off that employees can use to attend peaceful protests or volunteer with causes they care about.
Promote greater equality.
As reported by Time magazine, “2021 was the deadliest year for transgender and gender non-conforming people in the U.S. on record.” And anti-Asian hate crimes increased by 339% last year. With so many unjust things happening all around us, it’s easy to feel like our efforts won’t make a difference. But instead of giving into despair, we can commit to actively working toward creating the kind of world we want to live in. As Margaret Mead reportedly once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Business owners have the ability to create real, lasting change by ensuring that intolerance and hate have no place in our workplaces or in our communities. This can start on a personal level in your company. For example, you might want to conduct diversity training, ask your team for feedback about how to create a more inclusive workplace, and ensure there is a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and harassment. Then, it can extend into our local communities. This might entail donating a portion of profits to nonprofits, mentoring new entrepreneurs, sponsoring local civic groups or student scholarships, or planning companywide volunteer days. It can also include partnering with other businesses that share your values to encourage your elected officials to create more inclusive legislation.
Together, we can keep the faith that better days are coming and work to make them a reality.
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Explosions in annexed Crimea highlights Russia’s woes in Ukraine war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fires burned and ammunition exploded at a depot in Crimea on Wednesday, a day after the latest suspected Ukrainian attack on a military site in the Russia-annexed peninsula, highlighting the challenges facing Moscow.
The peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014, was once a secure base that Moscow’s forces have used to launch attacks — and it was a staging ground for the start of the Feb. 24 invasion. But in recent days, explosions have destroyed several Russian planes at an air base in Crimea, and munitions blew up Tuesday.
Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the most recent blasts Tuesday while Russia blamed “sabotage.”
The spate of attacks represented the latest setback for Moscow, which began its invasion with hopes of taking the capital of Kyiv and much of the country in a lightning blitz but soon became bogged down in the face of fiercer than expected resistance from Ukrainian forces.
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As the war nears the half-year mark, the sides are now engaged in a war of attrition, fighting village to village, largely in the country’s east. The attacks in Crimea could open a new front that would represent a significant escalation in the war and further stretch Russia’s military resources.
“Russian commanders will highly likely be increasingly concerned with the apparent deterioration in security across Crimea, which functions as rear base area for the occupation,” Britain’s Defense ministry wrote on Twitter.
But it was not clear whether the attacks in Crimea would unblock the stalemate, as Ukrainian and Russian forces grind each other down in a war that has driven millions from their homes, disrupted food supplies worldwide and occasionally raised concerns about a nuclear accident.
On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to travel to Ukraine for a meeting with Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss getting out grain shipments that are critical to feeding the world’s hungry. They are also expected to talk about a possible fact-finding mission to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling.
Tuesday’s explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot near Dzhankoi in Crimea, leading to chaotic scenes when around 3,000 people had to be evacuated.
As a vivid reminder of Russia’s vulnerability in Crimea, the peninsula’s regional leader, Sergei Aksyonov, said that authorities were still fighting the fires Wednesday with a helicopter, as minutions continued to detonate. He said that a search for perpetrators of the attack was underway.
The Kommersant business paper also reported explosions Tuesday at a base in Gvardeyskoye. By Wednesday, there still was no comment from the Russian authorities.
The British intelligence report noted that Gvardeyskoye and Dzhankoi “are home to two of the most important Russian military airfields in Crimea.”
A week earlier, Russia’s military came under pressure on the peninsula when Ukraine said nine Russian warplanes were destroyed following explosions at Crimea’s Saki air base. The massive explosions sent plumes of smoke rising over nearby beaches and caused sunbathers to flee.
At the time, Moscow suggested that the blasts were accidental, perhaps caused by a careless smoker, an explanation that drew mockery from Ukrainian authorities who hinted at their involvement in the attack but didn’t directly claim responsibility.
On the eastern front, the stalemate continued, with the shelling causing ever more death and destruction.
In the Donetsk region that is the current focus of the Russian offensive, two civilians were killed and seven others were wounded by recent Russian shelling of several towns and villages.
Meanwhile, in the south, Russian long-range bombers fired cruise missiles at the Odesa region overnight, leaving four people injured, according to regional administration spokesman Oleh Bratchuk.
In Mykolaiv, also in the south, two Russian missiles damaged a university building early Wednesday but injured no one.
The Russian forces also shelled Kharkiv in the northeast and various parts of the surrounding region overnight, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure but inflicting no casualties.
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-- AYVAKIT showed a superior mean change in total symptom score (p=0.003), compared to placebo plus best available care --
-- Highly significant reductions across all objective measures of mast cell burden reinforce the disease modifying activity of AYVAKIT --
-- AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm, supporting potential for long-term treatment --
-- Plan to submit supplemental new drug application to FDA in fourth quarter of 2022 --
-- Blueprint Medicines to host investor conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. ET --
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced positive top-line results from the registrational Part 2 of the PIONEER clinical trial of AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM) demonstrating clinically meaningful and highly significant improvements across the primary and all key secondary endpoints, including patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of mast cell burden. Based on these top-line data, Blueprint Medicines plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in non-advanced SM in the fourth quarter of 2022, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) anticipated in 2023. In addition, Blueprint Medicines plans to present detailed data from the PIONEER trial at an upcoming medical meeting.
The trial, which was designed to assess AYVAKIT plus best available care versus placebo plus best available care (control arm), achieved its primary endpoint with a highly significant difference in the mean change in total symptom score (TSS) at 24 weeks (p=0.003). TSS was assessed by the Indolent SM Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF). The AYVAKIT arm had a reduction of 15.6 points in mean TSS at 24 weeks, which continued to deepen to 20.2 points at 48 weeks in patients who rolled over to the Part 3 open-label extension study. At 24 weeks, the control arm had a reduction of 9.2 points in mean TSS. In addition, the PIONEER trial met all key secondary endpoints, including significant improvements across all measures of mast cell burden. More than half of AYVAKIT-treated patients had a ≥50 percent reduction of serum tryptase, compared to no patients in the control arm (53.9% vs. 0%; p<0.0001). AYVAKIT was well-tolerated and had a favorable safety profile, and 96.5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients completed 24 weeks of therapy, compared to 93.0 percent for the control arm. Overall, 0.7 percent of patients in the AYVAKIT arm and no patients in the control arm discontinued due to treatment-related adverse events.
"As a physician and clinical researcher who has been treating non-advanced systemic mastocytosis patients for over 25 years, I have been awaiting a therapy that decreases the abnormal mast cell burden and activation, improves a wide range of symptoms, and ultimately provides an improved quality of life to patients," said Mariana Castells, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Mastocytosis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an investigator on the PIONEER trial. "For patients with non-advanced SM, PIONEER is the first study to show significant clinical improvements over best available care across patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease, with a safety and tolerability profile supporting chronic treatment. The trial results suggest that if approved, AYVAKIT would represent a practice-changing treatment, enabling important clinical benefits for a broad range of patients with non-advanced SM."
"The PIONEER results showcase Blueprint Medicines' dedication to advancing the promise of precision therapy for patients with significant medical needs," said Becker Hewes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Blueprint Medicines. "AYVAKIT has the potential to be the first approved medicine for non-advanced SM, and the only treatment that would address the genetic root cause across advanced and non-advanced forms of the disease. Today's milestone represents a watershed moment for the systemic mastocytosis community and Blueprint Medicines, capping a decade of collaboration with clinicians, advocates and patients to transform standards of care, and to deepen the understanding of this disease and its impact on various aspects of patients' lives."
AYVAKIT was designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT, the driver of SM in about 95 percent of cases. SM often leads to debilitating skin, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive and other systemic symptoms, such as life-threatening anaphylaxis.
"Non-advanced systemic mastocytosis is a lifelong disease with severe physical, emotional and social impacts that profoundly reduce patients' quality of life," said Lauren Denton, Executive Director of The Mast Cell Disease Society. "Patients with SM continue to be challenged by efforts to avoid various triggers of everyday life while also managing complex therapies. The PIONEER clinical trial results offer hope to these patients and help pave the way for new innovation in treatment."
"These new data are the culmination of a dedicated long-term collaboration and shared 'patients first' core value between Blueprint Medicines and The Mast Cell Disease Society. We are excited by these results and further energized to work together with these exceptional investigators to transform the lives of patients, offering them a better quality of life and the gift of time," said Valerie Slee, Board Chair of The Mast Cell Disease Society.
Top-line Data from the PIONEER Trial
Part 2 of the registrational PIONEER trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AYVAKIT (25 mg once-daily dosing; N=141) versus control (N=71) over 24 weeks of treatment. Eligibility criteria include an indolent SM diagnosis confirmed by central pathology review, and moderate-to-severe symptom burden despite an optimized regimen of best available care. Patients were able to continue symptom-directed therapies while receiving AYVAKIT or placebo. Results were reported as of a data cutoff date of June 23, 2022.
Baseline data, including mean TSS, were consistent with Part 1 of the trial. The PIONEER study achieved its primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints, with AYVAKIT showing highly significant improvements in patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease burden.
AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm. The rate of adverse events (AEs) was 90.8 percent in the AYVAKIT arm and 93.0 percent in the control arm. Serious AEs occurred in 5.0 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients, compared to 11.3 percent of patients in the control arm. Discontinuations due to treatment-related AEs occurred in 0.7 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients and 0 percent of patients in the placebo arm. The AYVAKIT arm had a lower rate of cognitive AEs than the control arm (2.8% AYVAKIT vs. 4.2% control), and there were no intracranial bleeding events. Treatment-related AEs reported in at least three patients in either arm and at least 5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients included headache (7.8% AYVAKIT vs. 9.9% control), nausea (6.4% AYVAKIT vs 8.5% control), peripheral edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 1.4% control) and periorbital edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 2.8% control). In the AYVAKIT arm, 93.0 percent of edema AEs were Grade 1 and the remainder were Grade 2.
Conference Call Information
Blueprint Medicines will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET today to discuss the top-line data from the PIONEER trial. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 844-200-6205 (domestic) or 929-526-1599 (international), and referring to conference ID 806215. A webcast of the call will also be available under "Events and Presentations" in the Investors & Media section of the Blueprint Medicines website at http://ir.blueprintmedicines.com/. The archived webcast will be available on the Blueprint Medicines website approximately two hours after the conference call and will be available for 30 days following the call.
About AYVAKIT (avapritinib)
AYVAKIT (avapritinib) is a kinase inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of adults with Advanced SM, including aggressive SM (ASM), SM with an associated hematological neoplasm (SM-AHN) and mast cell leukemia (MCL), and adults with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) harboring a PDGFRA exon 18 mutation, including PDGFRA D842V mutations. For more information, visit AYVAKIT.com. This medicine is approved in Europe (AYVAKYT®) for the treatment of adults with ASM, SM-AHN or MCL, after at least one systemic therapy, and adults with unresectable or metastatic GIST harboring the PDGFRA D842V mutation. Please click here to see the full U.S. Prescribing Information for AYVAKIT, and click here to see the European Summary of Product Characteristics for AYVAKYT.
AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT is not approved for the treatment of any other indication in the U.S. or Europe. The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to AYVAKIT for the treatment of moderate to severe indolent SM.
To learn about ongoing or planned clinical trials, contact Blueprint Medicines at medinfo@blueprintmedicines.com or 1-888-BLU-PRNT (1-888-258-7768). Additional information is available at blueprintclinicaltrials.com or clinicaltrials.gov.
About Systemic Mastocytosis
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare disease primarily driven by the KIT D816V mutation. Uncontrolled proliferation and activation of mast cells result in chronic, severe and often unpredictable symptoms for patients across the spectrum of SM. The vast majority of those affected have non-advanced (indolent or smoldering) SM, with debilitating symptoms that lead to a profound, negative impact on quality of life. A minority of patients have advanced SM, which encompasses a group of high-risk SM subtypes including ASM, SM-AHN and MCL. In addition to mast cell activation symptoms, advanced SM is associated with organ damage due to mast cell infiltration and poor survival. Across advanced SM subtypes, the median overall survival is approximately 3.5 years in ASM, approximately two years in SM-AHN and less than six months in MCL.
Debilitating symptoms, including anaphylaxis, maculopapular rash, pruritis, diarrhea, brain fog, fatigue and bone pain, often persist across all forms of SM despite treatment with a number of symptom-directed therapies. Patients often live in fear of severe, unexpected symptoms, have limited ability to work or perform daily activities, and isolate themselves to protect against unpredictable triggers. Historically, there had been no approved therapies for the treatment of SM that selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT.
About the PIONEER Trial
PIONEER is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, registrational trial evaluating AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM. The trial includes three parts: dose-finding Part 1, registrational Part 2 and long-term treatment Part 3. Key trial endpoints include the change in patient-reported disease symptoms as measured by the ISM-SAF TSS, patient-reported quality of life, quantitative measures of mast cell burden and safety. Patients who completed Part 1 or 2 were eligible to participate in Part 3. All patients receive AYVAKIT treatment during Part 3, including those rolling over from the control arm. For more information about the PIONEER trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03731260).
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), plans and timing for presenting detailed data from the PIONEER trial of AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, and expectations regarding the potential benefits of AYVAKIT in treating patients with non-advanced SM. The words "aim," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Blueprint Medicines' business, operations, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, including Blueprint Medicines' ongoing and planned research and discovery activities, ability to conduct ongoing and planned clinical trials, clinical supply of current or future drug candidates, commercial supply of current or future approved products, and launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability and plans in continuing to establish and expand a commercial infrastructure, and successfully launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand the approved indications for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or obtain marketing approval for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT in additional geographies in the future; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Blueprint Medicines' current or future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' advancement of multiple early-stage efforts; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates and gain approval of its drug candidates or of an approved product in an additional indication on a timely basis, if at all; the preclinical and clinical results for Blueprint Medicines' drug candidates, which may not support further development of such drug candidates either as monotherapies or in combination with other agents or may impact the anticipated timing of data or regulatory submissions; the risk that "topline" data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to confirmation, audit, and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data; the timing of the initiation of clinical trials and trial cohorts at clinical trial sites and patient enrollment rates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; Blueprint Medicines' ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic tests for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand its operations, research platform and portfolio of therapeutic candidates, and the timing and costs thereof; and the success of Blueprint Medicines' current and future collaborations, financing arrangements, partnerships or licensing arrangements. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Blueprint Medicines' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Blueprint Medicines' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any other filings that Blueprint Medicines has made or may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent Blueprint Medicines' views only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Except as required by law, Blueprint Medicines explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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Moshe Bar is cofounder and CEO of Codenotary. Previously, he cofounded Qumranet (sold to Red Hat) and XenSource (acquired by Citrix).
There is now a general consensus among enterprises, governments and institutions that it is an absolute prerequisite to store certain kinds of data in a tamper-proof manner. Less clear is the best way to go about achieving that goal using some type of immutable system of record for tracking changes.
Whenever there is a need for immutability, a blockchain will naturally come to mind. After all, blockchains are the mechanism that millions of individuals around the world rely on to conduct immutable transactions using various types of digital currency. However, these blockchains (such as ethereum, bitcoin, hyperledger) were designed to process and authenticate crypto payment transactions, not to store data records.
The lightweight open source immudb database, which my company created, provides embedded zero-trust cryptographic and verification capabilities that can be invoked as a service or embedded within a library to process millions of transactions per second. This approach enables immudb to be deployed anywhere immutable ledgers are required in an application without requiring IT teams to build and maintain a complex series of distributed blockchains.
The Trouble With Blockchain
The most fundamental blockchain issue from a developer perspective is performance. Even the fastest blockchains can’t handle the millions of transactions per second that most enterprise business applications and development platforms might require.
A blockchain platform also requires a smart contract or digital wallet that interacts with hashes versus an immutable database that can be deployed as a key/value store or SQL-compatible (structured data language, an ANSI standard) relational database for storing records in a way most IT teams already know how to invoke.
Additionally, a blockchain platform is much more complex to deploy and maintain. They require a level of consensus across a distributed computing environment that must be maintained by an IT specialist. In contrast, most IT teams can readily deploy and maintain an immutable database such as immudb without having to hire a specialist or rely on the expertise of an external consultant.
Finally, blockchain platforms are just as prone as any other platform to be hacked by a bad actor who has gained access to credentials. And if that blockchain data is encrypted, there is no way to access a backup (which in many cases is required by regulation).
In summary, while blockchain platforms may be the darling of the Web3 application movement, there are a lot of thorny issues that make deploying them widely a major challenge.
How Immutable Databases Work
Today, there are several technologies that let organizations store data immutably without having to resort to blockchains. Amazon offers its QLDB quantum database, Oracle offers blockchain tables with its Oracle 21c database, along with open source databases such as immudb and Trillian.
All these technologies work in the same way: Every new record added to the database is appended to the database, without ever changing or deleting prior versions of the same record. Each update is tracked in a way that makes it simple to identify what updates have been made by authorized personnel. A complete change history of data is preserved and cryptographically verified at each read or write.
Obviously, it’s very important for these databases to be extremely fast to keep up with the volume of daily business transactions, which can easily go into the billions for a big bank or for a government IT organization. Open-source solutions such as immudb or Trillian are free to use and are therefore an easy way for organizations to start experimenting with this new crop of databases before committing to using a particular one.
Protecting Sensitive Data
In the last several years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of attacks against application stacks. When an organization has been hacked, it typically becomes impossible to trust the data contained in the database. What was changed? A simple bank account change in a database of accounts payable could result in money being diverted to bad actors. It is therefore of the highest urgency to protect data from unauthorized changes, and that is why over the last four to five years, many organizations have turned first to blockchains to guarantee the immutability of their most sensitive data but were met with failure due to the inherent limitations of blockchains for this purpose.
Given the shortcomings of blockchain platforms and the millions, sometimes even billions, of data items that organizations process daily, it’s also apparent that immutable database alternatives provide a more viable approach for securing sensitive data much sooner than later.
Conclusion
The IT industry has always been subject to waves of fashion. A sudden spike in enthusiasm for one type of use case often results in a platform becoming the latest hammer that can be applied to any nail. In reality, IT teams have often found themselves struggling mightily simply because the wrong platform is being employed for the application task at hand.
As is often the case, far too many IT teams, unfortunately, discover that issue far too late. Fortunately, when it comes to securing sensitive data, an opportunity to have a much better outcome is already at hand.
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(The Hill) — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is facing down a new political future after losing her House primary on Tuesday to Trump-endorsed lawyer Harriet Hageman.
Speculation about what the three-term congresswoman who hails from a Republican political dynasty will do once her time in Congress comes to a close has steadily grown louder, and the Wyoming Republican has not yet signaled whether she plans to throw her hat into the 2024 presidential ring.
Cheney delivered a defiant speech Tuesday night, slamming former President Donald Trump, the movement he created and the candidates who repeat his claims about the 2020 election. It was at once a concession speech and a promise of a future in public life.
“So I ask you tonight to join me. As we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — against those who will destroy our republic,” Cheney said.
But even as she vowed to “do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office,” she gave little indication of what exactly she herself will do next.
“This primary election is over, but now the real work begins,” she said.
Here are five questions about Liz Cheney’s political future:
Does she launch a 2024 presidential campaign?
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has dodged questions about a potential 2024 run, preferring to bring the conversation back to her main goal: keeping Trump out of the White House.
The Wyoming Republican could land a gig on cable television or join a think tank or pen a book, but Republican strategist Scott Jennings — who worked in the Bush-Cheney White House — says Cheney’s “next logical” step toward accomplishing that goal is a 2024 bid.
“There are things you could do, but what better platform would there be than to be running a campaign?” Jennings told The Hill in an interview.
“You can bet that if Cheney launches a campaign for president, she’s gonna, you know, the amount of coverage she will get, and the amount of media attention she will get, will far outstrip her standing in the polls,” Jennings added. “And so, it strikes me that if you’re wanting to talk to Republican audiences about what you think is an important point of view, what better way to do that and to do it in the presidential cycle?”
Logistically speaking, a Cheney White House bid is possible.
The congresswoman skyrocketed to even greater national prominence through her work as vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. She has name recognition, deep ties in the Republican Party and a sizable war chest, with $7.4 million remaining in her campaign account as of three weeks ago, according to NBC News.
And while Cheney, true to pattern, kept much of her speech Tuesday focused on Trump and Trumpism, she didn’t rule anything out for 2024.
Does she run to win the White House — or keep Trump out of it?
Insiders agree winning the 2024 GOP presidential nomination would be an uphill battle for Cheney.
Most hypothetical polls show Trump in the lead and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a proponent of Trump’s policies, in second.
But even with little chance of winning, Cheney may run to influence the outcome of the primary.
“How do you define success?” Jennings said. “For her, it may be less about winning the nomination and more about keeping Trump from getting the nomination. So I think it just depends on how you define success.”
Her presence would also give a voice to anti-Trump Republicans who have been largely shut out of a presidential conversation dominated by Trump and people who espouse his policies and rhetoric.
“When it comes to people that are not part of the whole MAGA movement, who are not happy with the direction that the Republican Party has gone, who are more traditional conservative Republicans, like myself, from the past, I think that Liz Cheney is a more appealing option,” said Olivia Troye, a former aide to Vice President Mike Pence.
“I think it’s important to have someone like her be willing to continue to push back and tell the truth about what’s happening here,” she said.
Cheney on Tuesday referenced former President Abraham Lincoln, who fought to keep the U.S. unified.
“The great and original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all. Lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our Union, and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history,” she said.
What does she do with her time left in office?
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is already racing against the clock, trying to tie up its investigation within the next few months in anticipation of Republicans winning control of the chamber in November.
But before then, the panel is vowing to hold more public hearings and present additional information to bolster its argument that Trump was at the center of a scheme to keep himself in power — presentations that Cheney will likely play a large role in.
“We’re not winding down right now,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told reporters in the Capitol last month. “It’s been amazing to see, kind of, the flurry of people coming forward, so it’s not the time to wind it down.”
Cheney has played a central role in the committee’s previous hearings, delivering opening and closing statements and questioning witnesses appearing live before the panel.
And she has not shied away from criticizing Trump or her GOP colleagues during those presentations — a practice she will likely continue, if not ramp up, in the remaining months of her term.
Republican strategist Doug Heye told The Hill that whatever path Cheney takes after her primary defeat, she will make sure she remains a vocal presence in American politics, beginning with her work on the committee.
“What’s clear is that her voice isn’t going to go anywhere,” Heye said. “And that will start with, you know, the next hearings on Jan. 6, and then we’ll continue in whatever form she decides to take them in.
What kind of support does she have for future moves?
Cheney may have lost her primary but she still has a vast nationwide network of supporters and donors who could be of help for any future political moves she might make.
The congresswoman broke her own record in the first quarter of the year, bringing in close to $3 million, and followed that up with a whopping $2.9 million in the second quarter.
In addition to grassroots donations, Cheney raked in money from notable Republican and Democratic donors across the country including former President George W. Bush, his former adviser Karl Rove, film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, and billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman.
However, in a Republican presidential primary, Cheney would need to appeal to a Republican primary base. And she may not be the only anti-Trump Republican in the field. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has repeatedly been floated as a potential 2024 GOP hopeful and has yet to rule out a run.
“I think it will be important for them to navigate how they will reach more moderate voters,” Troye said.
“These are longtime, respected Republican figures,” she continued. “And their voices can reach an audience in a way that many can’t.”
What could she do besides run for president?
While a 2024 presidential bid is the most talked-about possibility for Cheney, there are other avenues the congresswoman can pursue as she looks to continue her crusade against Trump.
One would be joining the cable news circuit as a commentator or analyst, which would give the congresswoman a sizable platform to take on the former president and denounce his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
That route is a popular one for former lawmakers. Ex-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who was unseated by then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R) in 2018, joined NBC News and MSNBC months after the race as a political analyst, and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was hired by Fox News as a contributor one day after he resigned from the House in 2017.
Cheney could also join a think tank or form her own PAC, as Kinzinger, who is not running for reelection this November, has done.
Kinzinger — another top Trump critic and Cheney’s fellow Republican on the Jan. 6 panel — launched a PAC, titled “Country First,” as a movement to challenge the GOP’s embrace of Trump.
Another option for Cheney is writing a book, a popular move for top figures leaving Washington. After bowing out of running for a third term in 2020, former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who criticized Trump on a number of occasions, penned a book titled “American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done.”
While it remains unknown what Cheney will choose for her next act, Jennings says the congresswoman likely has a plan driving her recent — and future — political moves.
“I know the Cheneys and I know how smart they are and I know how they operate, and I would be surprised if this wasn’t part of a larger plan, but a plan that fits within a mission,” Jennings said. “I think she believes she’s on a mission here to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. So if that’s your mission, then they’re the kind of people who would build a plan to try to achieve that mission.” | https://www.koin.com/news/five-questions-about-liz-cheneys-political-future/ | 2022-08-17T12:04:05Z | https://www.koin.com/news/five-questions-about-liz-cheneys-political-future/ | false |
Educator Survey Spotlights Inequity and Financial Hurdles of Building an Engaging and Effective Classroom Library
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Book, the largest online network of educators serving children in need, in partnership with literacy expert and education researcher Susan Neuman, is launching a new tool to assess and bolster the quality and equity of classroom libraries. The Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist offers a complete assessment of a classroom library's book collection and design features to maximize student engagement and ensure the inclusion of equitable resources that reflect the needs and interests of children in need. Classroom libraries that meet their full potential in supporting student learning take into account the presentation of the physical space, the quantity, quality and diversity of books offered, and the frequency of use.
Informing this innovative assessment tool and accompanying its launch, First Book is releasing the findings of a new survey of more than 1,200 educators nationwide. This study reveals the costly and time-consuming process of building a literacy rich environment, considering nearly all educators (96%) are responsible for suppling some or all of the books and learning materials in their classroom libraries. On average, educators pay $346 out of their own pocket on books and materials in a typical year, and it takes nearly half of educators (47%) more than 6 years to build their classroom library. For many, these classroom libraries were decimated as educators gave out books to remedy students' limited access to physical books as they transitioned to remote learning during the pandemic. As educators look to rebuild and strengthen their classroom libraries, especially those in low-income communities and Title I schools, it is essential to evaluate the literacy rich nature of these libraries to offer an equitable selection of resources to engage and capture the minds of our youngest readers in low-income communities.
"As we emerge from a pandemic that has shuttered libraries and severed access to high-quality books, classroom libraries will be the linchpin in reigniting student passion for reading," says Susan Neuman, professor of teaching and learning at New York University. "There is a science to creating a classroom library that expands beyond the simple presence of books. With the guide of the Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist, we have provided a research-driven roadmap for educators to foster an environment that invites students, offers high-quality books and resources, and cultivates a love for reading that will drive equitable education outcomes and be foundational for future success."
This tool addresses the damaging spread of book deserts and provides educators and school leaders with a resource to maximize the impact of classroom resources. According to the U.S. Department of Education, an alarming 2.5 million children are enrolled in districts where there are no school libraries. The pandemic has further strained student and community access to books, exacerbating student reading engagement and proficiency. These survey results represent the classroom library status of First Book members who have access to books at deeply discounted prices and therefore are more likely to have a broader classroom library than non-First Book members working in Title I classrooms. Even across this population, the survey reveals that 30% of classroom libraries fall short of meeting the literacy rich guidelines and educators currently see no way to meet them. These book deficits are especially pronounced in terms of access to diverse books, where one third of educators report that they don't consider their book collections to have an adequate representation of diverse cultures. Despite having access to low-cost and free books through the First Book Marketplace, without a sufficient tool to evaluate book collections even educators with extensive classroom libraries over-estimated the quality and effectiveness of their classroom library until viewing this checklist.
"We applaud the valiant efforts of educators who recognize it is essential to build a classroom library offering 10-20 books per student that reflect the diverse and unique stories of their students, and that it is central to overcoming the reading level gaps that students, particularly in low-income communities are facing," says Kyle Zimmer, president and CEO, First Book. "The fact that it takes nearly a third of our educators more than 10 years spending $346 a year of their own money to build their classroom libraries highlights the urgency of our mission to provide access to high-quality, low-cost and free books to support educational equity."
The development of the Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist empowers educators to self-evaluate classrooms and better ensure high-quality, diverse resources that bolster libraries and support a more equitable education for all. The complete First Book Accelerator resource further supports the 96 percent of educators who have personally funded some or all of their classroom library books by offering a crowdsourced toolkit that includes insights on self-advocating for classroom funding.
As a result of this research, First Book will fund 200 classroom libraries across the country in an effort to strengthen student access to high-quality, diverse books and to support educators who have gone above and beyond to establish and fund the development of literacy rich environments.
The Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist is the product of a comprehensive research effort, conducted by First Book and Susan Neuman. The quantitative and qualitative undertaking included a literature review, field research and a nationwide educator survey to refine and optimize the classroom library evaluation tool, incorporating feedback and insights from educators serving children in need in Title I schools. The resulting resources have already been well-received by the educators in our survey who used it to assess their own classroom libraries. The survey indicated that 78% of educators found the checklist very or extremely useful in defining what makes a classroom library or reading area "literacy rich." These free resources and the comprehensive research results can be found at firstbook.org.
About First Book
Founded in Washington, D.C., in 1992 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit social enterprise, First Book is a leader in the educational equity field. Over its 29-year history, First Book has distributed more than 225 million books and educational resources, with a retail value of more than $2 billion. First Book believes education offers children in need the best path out of poverty. First Book breaks down barriers to quality education by providing its Network of more than 550,000 registered teachers, librarians, after school program leaders, and others serving children in need with millions of free and affordable new, high-quality books, educational resources, and basic needs items through the award-winning First Book Marketplace nonprofit eCommerce site. The First Book Network comprises the largest and fastest-growing community of formal and informal educators serving children in need.
First Book also expands the breadth and depth of the education field through a family of social enterprises, including First Book Research & Insights, its proprietary research initiative, and the First Book Accelerator, which brings best-in-class research-based strategies to the classroom via relevant, usable educator resources. First Book Impact Funds target support to areas of need, such as rural communities or increasing diversity in children's books. For more information about First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org.
About Susan Neuman
Susan B. Neuman is a Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University specializing in childhood education and early literacy development. Previously, she has been a Professor at the University of Michigan and has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. In her role as Assistant Secretary, she established the Early Reading First program, the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program and was responsible for all activities in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act. She has served on the IRA Board of Directors (2001-2003), and other numerous boards of non-profit organizations, and served as Co-editor of Reading Research Quarterly (2011-2018), ILA flagship research journal. Her research and teaching interests include early childhood policy, curriculum, and early reading instruction, prek-grade 3 for children who live in poverty. Neuman has received two life-time achievement awards for research in literacy development, and is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. She has written over 100 articles, and authored and edited 12 books.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistle, the leading Employee Loyalty platform, announced today the launch of Whistle Payments, a patent pending technology giving people managers a new set of tools to manage employee payments and budgets, while eliminating the hidden fees and waste in the current gift card and incentive payment industry.
"In a hyper competitive work environment, companies are looking for new ways to improve Employee Loyalty. Giving managers an easy way to buy a remote team member lunch, set up a recurring wellness budget, or just send an ad-hoc bonus payment when someone is going through a stressful experience – these are all powerful mechanisms to help people feel more engaged in their work experience, "said Drew Carter, CEO and Co-founder of Whistle. "This is a win for employees and businesses alike because it makes the administration of employee budgets for meals, travel, bonuses, and wellness programs easy to manage, saving both time and money."
Whistle payment accounts can be set up in minutes allowing people managers to immediately start having impact with their teams. Whistle payments makes it easy to:
- Instantly send payments to employees through virtual and physical cards that integrate seamlessly with mobile wallets.
- Set up recurring employee budgets to support individual needs for wellness, learning and other employee programs.
- Create temporary budgets for travel or ad-hoc expenses that can only be used for appropriate spending categories.
- Analyze spending data to gain new insights to drive better business outcomes.
- Integrate incentive payments with other employee programs like learning, social advocacy or culture building.
- Reduce administrative and accounting headaches through an intuitive and easy-to-manage platform.
- Send payments through existing company communication tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack
"Companies are struggling with employee loyalty and Whistle Payments is one of the tools we have built that can immediately impact business outcomes such as retention," said Andrew Hrdlicka Whistle Payments Lead and company co-founder. "It's pretty clear from our research that current tools and traditional engagement strategies are not working – in part because most companies are all using the same outdated tools. Whistle is a modern tool for modern times."
Over the past few months several Whistle clients started pilots with Whistle Payments, including Room Ready, a leading AV technology and services company who gave 100 people in the organization $100 each to donate to their favorite not-for-profit so each employee could impact the cause they care most about. "Instead of a big check for one organization, our company contributed to 53 different organizations across the region. And because we have real time access to the spending data, we are aligning more of our community giving efforts to support what our employees care most about." Said Aaron McArdle, CEO of Room Ready "In a matter of days Whistle has transformed how we think about supporting our employees and community. It's a win for our employees, company and community."
Whistle Payments is already attracting media attention and was recently named by CIO Review as one of the 10 most promising payment solution providers of 2022.
For more information about Whistle and how companies are using Employee Payments, go to www.wewhistle.com or contact media@wewhistle.com. Sign up for free at app.wewhistle.com/setup.
Whistle helps companies create Employee Loyalty. From better onboarding to employee payments, remote team engagement to learning experiences - the Whistle platform integrates the key elements that create Employee Loyalty and better business outcomes.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) approved a bold initiative to pioneer a multi-year transit ambassador program throughout its bus and rail system. Metro is contracting with Strive, a reputable and experienced wellness and community health partner, to implement and manage a diverse team of transit ambassadors. Strive will work collaboratively with local community-based organizations to offer a trauma-informed and rider assistance solution. The program is part of Metro's plan to bring non-law enforcement representatives to improve the customer experience, reinforce public safety, and increase ridership on its transit system.
This program is the first of its kind in the region, and will employ 300+ ambassadors from diverse L.A. County neighborhoods. Strive will provide ambassadors trained in unconscious bias identification, trauma-informed response, de-escalation, cultural/situational awareness, customer service, disability awareness, and public safety.
Friendly ambassadors will provide a high-quality customer service experience and orient passengers with general transit information such as directing customers and paying for fares. They will also work closely with community-based crisis intervention teams and be equipped to call dedicated personnel within Metro's public safety ecosystem.
"Our team is very excited to support the Los Angeles community with this innovative and forward-thinking initiative. We look forward to delivering a 'care-first' approach while improving the overall customer experience and reinforcing safety for public transportation in the region."
"Our top priority is to improve the customer experience- including making sure our riders feel safe. In the coming months, we expect customers will see a noticeable difference with our transit ambassadors in place. Once they deploy, transit ambassadors will greet riders and help our customers have positive interactions with our system. Ambassadors will also work closely with community-based crisis intervention teams and be able to call dedicated safety personnel when needed quickly. Thank you to the Metro Board of Directors for approving this new program; I look forward to its full deployment."
Strive is an authority in workplace wellness, community health, and outreach services. For 14+ years, Strive has supported every industry sector in the private and government segments. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with 200+ employees, Strive manages large and reputable client programs nationwide. https://Strive2Bfit.com/
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Franchise owners given opportunity to network while exploring educational and tech solutions
DENVER, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaGraphics, a leading franchisor of printing and marketing solutions, recognized top franchisees and discussed plans for the future recently during its 52nd annual conference at the Hyatt Regency in Denver.
"AlphaGraphics wouldn't be the brand that it is today without a combined effort from both our franchise owners and leadership team," said Bill McPherson, vice president of franchise development. "Our annual conference gives us an opportunity to celebrate the hard work of our franchisees while also discussing ways we can continue to thrive."
Several awards were given out at this year's conference, including:
- Franny: Lou Malooley, Georgia
- Rising Star: Clayton Authement, Texas
- Most Improved: Todd Bone, Texas
- Project of the Year: Gregg McDonough, Utah
- Community Impact: Ken and Barbara Adams, Texas
- Community Advocacy: Natalie Knight, Utah
- Top Overall Sales: Lynn Nelson, Idaho.
In addition to the awards ceremony, there were several networking events held throughout the conference, including technology expos on Aug. 4-5.
"We love recognizing our franchisees for the tremendous job they've done all year, but the annual conference also gives them a space to network and learn from other franchise owners under the AlphaGraphics flag," McPherson said. "They have the chance to discuss different strategies and develop new goals that could help them build their business once they returned home. It's a tremendous event all around, and we love hosting it every year."
AlphaGraphics was founded in 1970, and the company began offering franchise opportunities in 1979. For more information, visit http://www.alphagraphics.com.
About AlphaGraphics
AlphaGraphics, Inc., with more than 285 locations in 6 countries, is one of the largest U.S.-based networks of locally-owned and operated Business Centers offering a complete range of print, visual communications, and marketing products. Solutions include: full-service digital, offset, and large format printing; design services; mailing; one-to-one marketing solutions; promotional products; and web to print solutions. For more information about AlphaGraphics services, visit www.alphagraphics.com. To learn about franchise opportunities, visit www.alphagraphicsfranchise.com.
About MBE Worldwide
MBE Worldwide S.p.A. ("MBE"), a privately-owned company with its headquarters in Italy, is a Global Commerce enabler for SMBs and consumers thanks to its platform providing e-commerce, fulfillment, shipping, marketing and print solutions via multi-brand operations: PrestaShop, Mail Boxes Etc. (except the US and Canada), PostNet, PACK & SEND, Spedingo.com, AlphaGraphics, Multicopy and Print Speak. The combination of our retail platform - that currently counts 2,900+ Service Centers in 53 Countries with more than 12.000 associates - with our PrestaShop ecommerce platform served almost one million business customers in FY 2021 generating €1.01 billion (US $1.2 billion) of System Wide Sales and €24 billion (US $28.5 billion) of e-commerce Gross Merchandise Value.
For additional information please visit MBE Worldwide Group websites at www.mbecorporate.com - www.prestashop.com/en - www.mbeglobal.com - www.postnet.com - www.packsend.com.au - www.spedingo.com/en - www.alphagraphics.com - www.multicopy.nl - www.printspeak.com - www.mbe.it - www.mbe.es - www.mbe.de - www.mbefrance.fr - www.mbe.pl - www.mbeportugal.pt - www.mbe.co.uk
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-- AYVAKIT showed a superior mean change in total symptom score (p=0.003), compared to placebo plus best available care --
-- Highly significant reductions across all objective measures of mast cell burden reinforce the disease modifying activity of AYVAKIT --
-- AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm, supporting potential for long-term treatment --
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-- Blueprint Medicines to host investor conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. ET --
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced positive top-line results from the registrational Part 2 of the PIONEER clinical trial of AYVAKIT® (avapritinib) in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM) demonstrating clinically meaningful and highly significant improvements across the primary and all key secondary endpoints, including patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of mast cell burden. Based on these top-line data, Blueprint Medicines plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in non-advanced SM in the fourth quarter of 2022, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) anticipated in 2023. In addition, Blueprint Medicines plans to present detailed data from the PIONEER trial at an upcoming medical meeting.
The trial, which was designed to assess AYVAKIT plus best available care versus placebo plus best available care (control arm), achieved its primary endpoint with a highly significant difference in the mean change in total symptom score (TSS) at 24 weeks (p=0.003). TSS was assessed by the Indolent SM Symptom Assessment Form (ISM-SAF). The AYVAKIT arm had a reduction of 15.6 points in mean TSS at 24 weeks, which continued to deepen to 20.2 points at 48 weeks in patients who rolled over to the Part 3 open-label extension study. At 24 weeks, the control arm had a reduction of 9.2 points in mean TSS. In addition, the PIONEER trial met all key secondary endpoints, including significant improvements across all measures of mast cell burden. More than half of AYVAKIT-treated patients had a ≥50 percent reduction of serum tryptase, compared to no patients in the control arm (53.9% vs. 0%; p<0.0001). AYVAKIT was well-tolerated and had a favorable safety profile, and 96.5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients completed 24 weeks of therapy, compared to 93.0 percent for the control arm. Overall, 0.7 percent of patients in the AYVAKIT arm and no patients in the control arm discontinued due to treatment-related adverse events.
"As a physician and clinical researcher who has been treating non-advanced systemic mastocytosis patients for over 25 years, I have been awaiting a therapy that decreases the abnormal mast cell burden and activation, improves a wide range of symptoms, and ultimately provides an improved quality of life to patients," said Mariana Castells, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Mastocytosis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an investigator on the PIONEER trial. "For patients with non-advanced SM, PIONEER is the first study to show significant clinical improvements over best available care across patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease, with a safety and tolerability profile supporting chronic treatment. The trial results suggest that if approved, AYVAKIT would represent a practice-changing treatment, enabling important clinical benefits for a broad range of patients with non-advanced SM."
"The PIONEER results showcase Blueprint Medicines' dedication to advancing the promise of precision therapy for patients with significant medical needs," said Becker Hewes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Blueprint Medicines. "AYVAKIT has the potential to be the first approved medicine for non-advanced SM, and the only treatment that would address the genetic root cause across advanced and non-advanced forms of the disease. Today's milestone represents a watershed moment for the systemic mastocytosis community and Blueprint Medicines, capping a decade of collaboration with clinicians, advocates and patients to transform standards of care, and to deepen the understanding of this disease and its impact on various aspects of patients' lives."
AYVAKIT was designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT, the driver of SM in about 95 percent of cases. SM often leads to debilitating skin, gastrointestinal, neurocognitive and other systemic symptoms, such as life-threatening anaphylaxis.
"Non-advanced systemic mastocytosis is a lifelong disease with severe physical, emotional and social impacts that profoundly reduce patients' quality of life," said Lauren Denton, Executive Director of The Mast Cell Disease Society. "Patients with SM continue to be challenged by efforts to avoid various triggers of everyday life while also managing complex therapies. The PIONEER clinical trial results offer hope to these patients and help pave the way for new innovation in treatment."
"These new data are the culmination of a dedicated long-term collaboration and shared 'patients first' core value between Blueprint Medicines and The Mast Cell Disease Society. We are excited by these results and further energized to work together with these exceptional investigators to transform the lives of patients, offering them a better quality of life and the gift of time," said Valerie Slee, Board Chair of The Mast Cell Disease Society.
Top-line Data from the PIONEER Trial
Part 2 of the registrational PIONEER trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AYVAKIT (25 mg once-daily dosing; N=141) versus control (N=71) over 24 weeks of treatment. Eligibility criteria include an indolent SM diagnosis confirmed by central pathology review, and moderate-to-severe symptom burden despite an optimized regimen of best available care. Patients were able to continue symptom-directed therapies while receiving AYVAKIT or placebo. Results were reported as of a data cutoff date of June 23, 2022.
Baseline data, including mean TSS, were consistent with Part 1 of the trial. The PIONEER study achieved its primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints, with AYVAKIT showing highly significant improvements in patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of disease burden.
AYVAKIT had a favorable safety profile compared to the control arm. The rate of adverse events (AEs) was 90.8 percent in the AYVAKIT arm and 93.0 percent in the control arm. Serious AEs occurred in 5.0 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients, compared to 11.3 percent of patients in the control arm. Discontinuations due to treatment-related AEs occurred in 0.7 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients and 0 percent of patients in the placebo arm. The AYVAKIT arm had a lower rate of cognitive AEs than the control arm (2.8% AYVAKIT vs. 4.2% control), and there were no intracranial bleeding events. Treatment-related AEs reported in at least three patients in either arm and at least 5 percent of AYVAKIT-treated patients included headache (7.8% AYVAKIT vs. 9.9% control), nausea (6.4% AYVAKIT vs 8.5% control), peripheral edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 1.4% control) and periorbital edema (6.4% AYVAKIT vs. 2.8% control). In the AYVAKIT arm, 93.0 percent of edema AEs were Grade 1 and the remainder were Grade 2.
Conference Call Information
Blueprint Medicines will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET today to discuss the top-line data from the PIONEER trial. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 844-200-6205 (domestic) or 929-526-1599 (international), and referring to conference ID 806215. A webcast of the call will also be available under "Events and Presentations" in the Investors & Media section of the Blueprint Medicines website at http://ir.blueprintmedicines.com/. The archived webcast will be available on the Blueprint Medicines website approximately two hours after the conference call and will be available for 30 days following the call.
About AYVAKIT (avapritinib)
AYVAKIT (avapritinib) is a kinase inhibitor approved by the FDA for the treatment of adults with Advanced SM, including aggressive SM (ASM), SM with an associated hematological neoplasm (SM-AHN) and mast cell leukemia (MCL), and adults with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) harboring a PDGFRA exon 18 mutation, including PDGFRA D842V mutations. For more information, visit AYVAKIT.com. This medicine is approved in Europe (AYVAKYT®) for the treatment of adults with ASM, SM-AHN or MCL, after at least one systemic therapy, and adults with unresectable or metastatic GIST harboring the PDGFRA D842V mutation. Please click here to see the full U.S. Prescribing Information for AYVAKIT, and click here to see the European Summary of Product Characteristics for AYVAKYT.
AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT is not approved for the treatment of any other indication in the U.S. or Europe. The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to AYVAKIT for the treatment of moderate to severe indolent SM.
To learn about ongoing or planned clinical trials, contact Blueprint Medicines at medinfo@blueprintmedicines.com or 1-888-BLU-PRNT (1-888-258-7768). Additional information is available at blueprintclinicaltrials.com or clinicaltrials.gov.
About Systemic Mastocytosis
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a rare disease primarily driven by the KIT D816V mutation. Uncontrolled proliferation and activation of mast cells result in chronic, severe and often unpredictable symptoms for patients across the spectrum of SM. The vast majority of those affected have non-advanced (indolent or smoldering) SM, with debilitating symptoms that lead to a profound, negative impact on quality of life. A minority of patients have advanced SM, which encompasses a group of high-risk SM subtypes including ASM, SM-AHN and MCL. In addition to mast cell activation symptoms, advanced SM is associated with organ damage due to mast cell infiltration and poor survival. Across advanced SM subtypes, the median overall survival is approximately 3.5 years in ASM, approximately two years in SM-AHN and less than six months in MCL.
Debilitating symptoms, including anaphylaxis, maculopapular rash, pruritis, diarrhea, brain fog, fatigue and bone pain, often persist across all forms of SM despite treatment with a number of symptom-directed therapies. Patients often live in fear of severe, unexpected symptoms, have limited ability to work or perform daily activities, and isolate themselves to protect against unpredictable triggers. Historically, there had been no approved therapies for the treatment of SM that selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT.
About the PIONEER Trial
PIONEER is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, registrational trial evaluating AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM. The trial includes three parts: dose-finding Part 1, registrational Part 2 and long-term treatment Part 3. Key trial endpoints include the change in patient-reported disease symptoms as measured by the ISM-SAF TSS, patient-reported quality of life, quantitative measures of mast cell burden and safety. Patients who completed Part 1 or 2 were eligible to participate in Part 3. All patients receive AYVAKIT treatment during Part 3, including those rolling over from the control arm. For more information about the PIONEER trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03731260).
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding plans to submit a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, with a subsequent submission of a type II variation marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), plans and timing for presenting detailed data from the PIONEER trial of AYVAKIT in patients with non-advanced SM, and expectations regarding the potential benefits of AYVAKIT in treating patients with non-advanced SM. The words "aim," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "target" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Blueprint Medicines' business, operations, strategy, goals and anticipated milestones, including Blueprint Medicines' ongoing and planned research and discovery activities, ability to conduct ongoing and planned clinical trials, clinical supply of current or future drug candidates, commercial supply of current or future approved products, and launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability and plans in continuing to establish and expand a commercial infrastructure, and successfully launching, marketing and selling current or future approved products; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand the approved indications for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT or obtain marketing approval for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT in additional geographies in the future; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Blueprint Medicines' current or future drug candidates; Blueprint Medicines' advancement of multiple early-stage efforts; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates and gain approval of its drug candidates or of an approved product in an additional indication on a timely basis, if at all; the preclinical and clinical results for Blueprint Medicines' drug candidates, which may not support further development of such drug candidates either as monotherapies or in combination with other agents or may impact the anticipated timing of data or regulatory submissions; the risk that "topline" data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to confirmation, audit, and verification procedures that could result in material changes in the final data; the timing of the initiation of clinical trials and trial cohorts at clinical trial sites and patient enrollment rates; actions of regulatory agencies, which may affect the initiation, timing and progress of clinical trials; Blueprint Medicines' ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to develop and commercialize companion diagnostic tests for AYVAKIT/AYVAKYT; Blueprint Medicines' ability to successfully expand its operations, research platform and portfolio of therapeutic candidates, and the timing and costs thereof; and the success of Blueprint Medicines' current and future collaborations, financing arrangements, partnerships or licensing arrangements. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Blueprint Medicines' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Blueprint Medicines' most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any other filings that Blueprint Medicines has made or may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release represent Blueprint Medicines' views only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Except as required by law, Blueprint Medicines explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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The Detroit area HVAC company will celebrate by treating employees and customers to special events and deals
DETROIT, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, a leading Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of experience, will spend August celebrating 74 years of dedicated residential service to the Detroit community with a party for employees and savings for customers.
"When my grandfather started C & C in 1948, his goal was to offer the best heating and cooling service to the community, and we're proud to still offer these services today," said Dayna Hottle, general manager of C & C Heating and Air Conditioning. "We're dedicated to remaining a family-owned and operated heating and cooling business that offers well-paid employment, top-notch services and community aid to the Detroit area and hope to be around for another 74 more years."
Hottle said the company will celebrate by taking employees out on a yacht for a companywide party and will offer its customers a $74 furnace or air conditioning tune-up.
Hottle's grandfather started C & C on Aug. 10, 1948, and the company quickly became a family affair as his children and grandchildren learned the trade, answered phones and addressed mailers. After her grandfather's death in 1977, Hottle's parents and uncle took on the role of running the company, keeping the business in the family for the next generation.
In 2016, Hottle's uncle passed away, but the family rallied to take on the roles he had managed. Hottle also stepped up to new roles over time. She received an economics degree from Albion College and started work as the company's operations manager in 2005. Since January, Hottle has taken on the role of general manager and vows to keep the company family-owned and operated for the foreseeable future.
"We are known for our quality work and exceptional customer service," she said. "We also have the best customers in the world. These are the reasons we have been able to sustain our business for this many years in the increasingly competitive home service business."
About C & C Heating & Air Conditioning
C & C Heating & Air Conditioning is a Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of expertise installing and servicing all makes and models of heating and cooling equipment. Their technicians are highly trained and qualified and undergo annual background checks, random drug testing, extensive technical and customer service training and are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified. Services include HVAC maintenance and repair, duct cleaning, whole-home air filtration systems, indoor air quality systems and comprehensive maintenance agreements. For more information, call C & C Heating & Air Conditioning at (586) 439-3319 or visit their website at https://candcheat.com/
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Dental Support Organization Among America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies with Three-Year Revenue Growth of nearly 900%
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine revealed that Spark Dental Management, a leading Dental Support Organization (DSO), was named to the 2021 Inc. 5000 list, ranking at No. 699 overall and 42nd among companies in the Health Services category. This is the fifth year that an affiliate group of Spark Dental Management was included in this prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
The theme of this year's Inc. list was "Winning in a Time of Change". The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
"I'm incredibly proud of our organization and honored to receive this award," said Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Donnell. "In this time of change, it takes an outstanding group of employees, both in our affiliated practices and within the management team, to overcome the myriad of challenges we face in our industry. This award speaks volumes about our employees to be able to demonstrate such growth."
Spark Dental Management saw a year of abundant growth in 2021. Through de novo builds and strategic acquisitions, the dental support organization grew to more than 70 practices and expanded its geographic footprint to seven states. Spark Dental Management now has locations in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Indiana.
"2021 was a busy but very exciting year for us, partnering with Rock Mountain Capital, building an incredible team, and growing our footprint from 10 locations in one state to over 70 locations in seven states," said Dr. Jason Hartman, Founder, President and Chief Orthodontic Officer of Spark Dental Management. "With the collective team we have in place now across all of our practice groups, I'm excited to see where the future takes us."
Spark Dental Management is a multi-specialty dental support organization that provides complete business and operational support services for its affiliated practices. The DSO currently supports 70 pediatric dental and orthodontic practices in seven states as well as five outpatient ambulatory surgery centers, a unique and critical component in solving access to care challenges.
The DSO is a model organization for the delivery of high-quality dental services, recognized for its superior patient care, customer service, and staff. Its mission is to provide exceptional and appropriate dental care to its patients while educating and facilitating a lifetime of excellent oral health.
Spark Dental Management provides the highest level of comprehensive business and operational support services to 74 affiliated pediatric dental and orthodontics locations in seven states. The company was founded as Spark Orthodontics in 2010 by Dr. Jason M. Hartman with a keen focus on delivering the highest quality patient care. From financial management to human resources and marketing, our professionals work to improve patient experience and expand access to dental care. Spark Dental Management is a portfolio company of Rock Mountain Capital. For more information, visit www.SparkDentalManagement.com
Since 1982, Inc. magazine has produced the celebrated Inc. 5000 list. Rankings are determined according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2018 and 2021. Qualifying companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent as of December 31, 2021. This year's full listing can be found at https://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whistle, the leading Employee Loyalty platform, announced today the launch of Whistle Payments, a patent pending technology giving people managers a new set of tools to manage employee payments and budgets, while eliminating the hidden fees and waste in the current gift card and incentive payment industry.
"In a hyper competitive work environment, companies are looking for new ways to improve Employee Loyalty. Giving managers an easy way to buy a remote team member lunch, set up a recurring wellness budget, or just send an ad-hoc bonus payment when someone is going through a stressful experience – these are all powerful mechanisms to help people feel more engaged in their work experience, "said Drew Carter, CEO and Co-founder of Whistle. "This is a win for employees and businesses alike because it makes the administration of employee budgets for meals, travel, bonuses, and wellness programs easy to manage, saving both time and money."
Whistle payment accounts can be set up in minutes allowing people managers to immediately start having impact with their teams. Whistle payments makes it easy to:
- Instantly send payments to employees through virtual and physical cards that integrate seamlessly with mobile wallets.
- Set up recurring employee budgets to support individual needs for wellness, learning and other employee programs.
- Create temporary budgets for travel or ad-hoc expenses that can only be used for appropriate spending categories.
- Analyze spending data to gain new insights to drive better business outcomes.
- Integrate incentive payments with other employee programs like learning, social advocacy or culture building.
- Reduce administrative and accounting headaches through an intuitive and easy-to-manage platform.
- Send payments through existing company communication tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack
"Companies are struggling with employee loyalty and Whistle Payments is one of the tools we have built that can immediately impact business outcomes such as retention," said Andrew Hrdlicka Whistle Payments Lead and company co-founder. "It's pretty clear from our research that current tools and traditional engagement strategies are not working – in part because most companies are all using the same outdated tools. Whistle is a modern tool for modern times."
Over the past few months several Whistle clients started pilots with Whistle Payments, including Room Ready, a leading AV technology and services company who gave 100 people in the organization $100 each to donate to their favorite not-for-profit so each employee could impact the cause they care most about. "Instead of a big check for one organization, our company contributed to 53 different organizations across the region. And because we have real time access to the spending data, we are aligning more of our community giving efforts to support what our employees care most about." Said Aaron McArdle, CEO of Room Ready "In a matter of days Whistle has transformed how we think about supporting our employees and community. It's a win for our employees, company and community."
Whistle Payments is already attracting media attention and was recently named by CIO Review as one of the 10 most promising payment solution providers of 2022.
For more information about Whistle and how companies are using Employee Payments, go to www.wewhistle.com or contact media@wewhistle.com. Sign up for free at app.wewhistle.com/setup.
Whistle helps companies create Employee Loyalty. From better onboarding to employee payments, remote team engagement to learning experiences - the Whistle platform integrates the key elements that create Employee Loyalty and better business outcomes.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported solid sales for the fiscal second quarter but its profit plunged nearly 90% after it was forced to slash prices to clear unwanted inventories of clothing, home goods and electronics.
In early June, Target warned that it was canceling orders from suppliers and aggressively cutting prices because of a pronounced spending shift by Americans.
Shares fell almost 4% before the opening bell Wednesday.
Retailers were blindsided by the lightening-fast switch from spending on goods for the home, like TVs and small kitchen appliances, to dinners out, movies and travel. Adding to that shift is surging inflation. In the first quarter, Target's profits tumbled 52% compared to the year-ago period.
Target reported second-quarter net income of $183 million, or 39 cents per share, for the three month period ended July 30. That's far short of the per-share profit if 79 cents that Wall Street had expected, according to a survey by FactSet.
It was also down from the $1.82 billion the company earned last year in the same period.
Revenue rose 3.5% to $26.04 billion. Analysts were expecting $26.03 billion, according to FactSet.
Store comparable sales increased 1.3% on top of 8.7% growth last year. Online sales rose 9% following growth of 9.9% last year.
“While these inventory actions put significant pressure on our near-term profitability, we’re confident this was the right long-term decision in support of our guests, our team and our business," CEO Brian Cornell said.
Target executives told reporters during a media call that if Target weren't aggressive about marking down the inventory, it would have taken at least several quarters to get rid of the unwanted merchandise.
Cornell said the company is planning cautiously for the remainder of the year, including the critical holiday season. That will put a greater focus on stocking groceries and things like cosmetics.
The company is sticking to company's prior guidance for full year revenue growth in the low-to mid-single digit percentage range. It also expects operating margin rate in a range around 6% in the back half of the year, a big jump from 1.2% for latest quarter.
Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, reported Tuesday that its sales and profits for the second quarter rose. It said that higher-income shoppers were flocking to the discounter to save money on groceries, while low-income shoppers were feeling squeezed by higher inflation and were switching from deli meats to hot dogs and canned tuna.
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A body positive influencer who once thought she could only go to the beach when she was ‘thin enough’ has now stripped off on the sand to flaunt her curves.
Isabella Davies boasts 219,000 Instagram followers and is certainly not shy about embracing her figure in swimwear – body hair included.
But despite the brunette “self-love hype girl” oozing confidence online, she once didn't want to show off her body in public.
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In a recent post, Isabella has opened up about how she used to have a negative view of her body and would stop enjoying herself due to her looks.
“I’ll wear the bikini once I’m thinner”, she once told herself. “I’ll go to the beach once my thighs are smoother.”
Isabella donned a grey cut-out bikini top and frilly bottoms only to cover herself up with a towel.
However, the influencer has now moved on from her negative thoughts about her body and has chosen to love her gorgeous curves.
In the next clip, the beauty threw her towel off as she waved her hands in the air and wiggled on the spot to embrace her bikini body.
“No. Do it now!” she declared.
Isabella zoomed in on her razor bumps and cellulite – among other normal body features – and urged her fans that they are “made for a bikini."
She continued her self-love message in a lengthy caption.
The influencer candidly shared: “I’ll go to the beach when I’m thin enough,
“I’ll wear the bikini when I lose weight.
“I’ll go swimming once I have a bikini body.
“For far too many years, the statements above have escaped my mouth.”
Isabella explained: “I avoided beach trips with friends and pulled out of the tropical holiday as I was conditioned to believe I needed to be smaller, thinner and smoother to wear a bikini.
“Too many years have gone by where we have let the size of our clothes, the number on the scales and the inches on a measuring tape dictate how we would feel about ourselves that day. But enough is enough.
“I need you to know that your body is worthy of being seen exactly as it is!
“Don’t allow your body's insecurities stop you from enjoying your life. Don’t postpone your life until you lose weight. Don’t wait till you are thin enough to feel the salty water on your skin.
“Stop covering your body out of shame of its softness. Stop putting off wearing the bikini until you are thin enough. Cellulite, hip dips, pubic hair, rolls, stretch marks and fat, were made for a bikini!” she voiced.
“You only get one life in this glorious body.
"Don’t spend your days watching others enjoy their life while you watch from the side line. Don’t waste your life wishing there was less of you.
“Spend it doing all the things you’ve always wanted to do now, not when you are thin enough.”
Inspired by her body positive bikini post, many people fled to the comments to share their love for the influencer.
One person commented: “Everybody is a bikini body!”
Another fan declared: “You lady are absolutely STUNNING. I LOVE YOU.”
While a third voiced: “Breath of fresh air you! I’m obsessed.”
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Large wind turbines have become a common sight in middle America – from Texas up through the Dakotas – but wind power accounts for less than 10% of the nation's electricity generation.
Now, the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed Tuesday extends a tax credit for wind energy production through 2025. That's a welcome move for the wind energy industry because since the 1990s, extending that tax credit has only been temporary leading to major ramp-ups in production followed by abrupt halts. Industry leaders now feel like they can plan long-term.
Wind turbines use large blades to collect the wind's kinetic energy, according to the U.S Energy Information Administration. The large blades are connected to a drive shaft that turns an electric generation and produces energy.
The industry faces new hurdles in ramping up production and Iowa provides a glimpse into the challenges ahead.
It's not unusual to drive in Iowa and suddenly be surrounded by dozens of massive wind turbines twirling in the wind on either side of the interstate. At night, flashing red lights flicker from atop the turbines to alert airplanes and light up the sky. Utility company MidAmerican Energy has plans to build dozens in northwest Iowa's Woodbury County. Some landowners there – like farmer Daniel Hair - showed up at a Board of Supervisors meeting there last week and they weren't happy.
Some landowners don't want wind turbines on their landscape
"I think maybe there's a time and a place for wind but it's not here in this county where all these people live," Hair told NPR after the meeting. "My argument to them is it's not meant to be here in Woodbury county, build elsewhere."
Landowners complained they didn't want the towers on their landscape because all those turbines would alter the way their natural land looks. They were concerned that the flashing lights would keep them up at night and that the money the local county would bring in wasn't worth it. NPR reported earlier this year that there is also a lot of misinformation about health effects of wind turbines that is derailing projects throughout the country.
The supervisors are considering amending an ordinance that would increase the distance between towers from 1,250 feet to 2500 feet. A representative from MidAmerican told the board that wind energy is not experimental and has a long track record of success in Iowa. They say the longer distance would severely hinder the wind farm because it means neighbors could dictate prohibit these large clusters of wind turbines.
"A 2,500 foot setback would allow someone a half mile away to prohibit what a landlord owner can use their property for," MidAmerican's Adam Jablonski told the board.
Heather Zichal with the American Clean Power Association says the pros of wind energy outweigh any cons.
Iowa can be a model for the country because 60% of its electricity comes from wind power"
"Wind is a free resource," Zichal says. "It is not subject to the whims of what's happening in Ukraine, or the global commodities, prices for natural gas, farmers and communities are benefiting from the taxes and fees paid to landowners and state and local governments."
Zichal says Iowa can be a model for the rest of the country because a whopping 60% of the state's electricity comes from wind power and it garners bipartisan support. For example, Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who's up for re-election this year and voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, is seen as the father of the wind production tax credit. Zichal thinks other states can follow in the Hawkeye state's footsteps.
"I'm confident that we're going to see states across the country replicating and trying to take over the leadership position that Iowa established," Zichal says.
MidAmerican pointed out property owners in Woodbury County would receive between $76 and $96 million over 40 years of the project through payments to farmers and taxes collected by the county.
While some people in this part of the state are resisting plans to expand wind power, others have had turbines on their land for years. Like David Johnson who has four turbines on his farm near the Minnesota border on the other side of the state.
"Oh my gosh, you cannot believe the positive cash flows that that creates," Johnson says. "And minimal impact."
Environmental scientists hope this investment in clean energy will help deter impacts of climate change
Johnson says the regular payments from the turbines allowed his adult son to come back and work on the farm. The industry and environmental groups are banking on landowners like Johnson to allow new turbines.
But there's another challenge across the country. Increasing the storage and transmission lines to pump that energy throughout the country. Kerri Johannsen is with the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council. She says a new set of transmission lines went up this summer in the Midwest.
"That will greatly enhance the ability of all the states in the region to increase adoption of renewable energy and then to share those renewable energy resources across state lines. If the wind is blowing in western Iowa maybe it's not blowing in western Michigan. There's the ability for Iowa, then to benefit from selling that wind when we have access into Michigan. And then vice versa."
Wherever the wind is blowing, environmental scientists hope this historic investment in clean energy will help steer the country away from the worst impacts of climate change. And that more landowners remain open for these turbines to fill the countryside and provide clean energy.
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(WXIN) – Walmart hopes to entice customers to its Walmart+ service by adding some free streaming.
The retailer will soon be offering a Paramount+ subscription to Walmart+ members at no additional charge.
The new benefit will be available starting next month, Walmart announced. Members will be subscribed to the Paramount+ Essential tier, which is the service’s ad-supported version.
The company’s Walmart+ service currently offers free shipping with no minimum order, free same-day grocery delivery from local Walmart locations and fuel discounts, among other benefits. But Walmart is apparently aiming to grow its subscriber base as it tries to compete with Amazon, whose Prime subscription boasts a number of consumer benefits, including Prime Video.
Walmart+ currently costs $12.95 a month, or $98 per year. A subscription to the Paramount+ Essential tier typically goes for $4.99 a month, or about $60 a year.
Paramount+ began its life in the streaming world as CBS All Access. The service was rebranded under the Paramount banner in March 2021. The platform offers CBS and Paramount content, including Paramount Movies, select sports, several “Star Trek” shows and more.
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Target Corporation Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:30 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Comparable sales grew 2.6 percent, on top of 8.9 percent growth last year.
Operating margin rate of 1.2 percent reflected gross margin pressure from actions to reduce excess inventory as well as higher freight and transportation costs.
As a result of the Company's inventory actions in the second quarter, the Company reduced its inventory exposure in discretionary categories while investing in rapidly-growing frequency categories. Additionally, Fall season receipts in discretionary categories were reduced by more than $1.5 billion.
Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced its second quarter 2022 financial results, which reflected continued sales and traffic growth on top of unprecedented increases over the last two years, and profit pressure driven primarily by the Company's inventory reduction efforts.
The Company reported second quarter GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.39, down 89.2 percent from $3.65 in 2021. Second quarter Adjusted EPS1 of $0.39 decreased 89.2 percent compared with $3.64 in 2021. The attached tables provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP measures. All earnings per share figures refer to diluted EPS.
"I'm really pleased with the underlying performance of our business, which continues to grow traffic and sales while delivering broad-based unit-share gains in a very challenging environment," said Brian Cornell, chairman and chief executive officer of Target Corporation. "I want to thank our team for their tireless work to deliver on the inventory rightsizing goals we announced in June. While these inventory actions put significant pressure on our near-term profitability, we're confident this was the right long-term decision in support of our guests, our team and our business. Looking ahead, the team is energized and ready to serve our guests in the back half of the year, with a safe, clean, uncluttered shopping experience, compelling value across every category, and a fresh assortment to serve our guests' wants and needs."
Fiscal 2022 Guidance
While the Company is planning cautiously for the remainder of the year, current trends support the company's prior guidance for full-year revenue growth in the low- to mid-single digit range, and an operating margin rate in a range around 6% in the back half of the year.
Operating Results
Comparable sales grew 2.6 percent in the second quarter, reflecting comparable store sales growth of 1.3 percent and comparable digital sales growth of 9.0 percent. Total revenue of $26.0 billion grew 3.5 percent compared with last year, reflecting total sales growth of 3.3 percent and a 14.8 percent increase in other revenue. Operating income was $321 million in second quarter 2022, down 87.0 percent from $2.5 billion in 2021, reflecting a decline in the Company's gross margin rate.
Second quarter operating income margin rate was 1.2 percent in 2022, compared with 9.8 percent in 2021. Second quarter gross margin rate was 21.5 percent, compared with 30.4 percent in 2021. This year's gross margin rate reflected higher markdown rates, driven primarily by inventory impairments and actions taken to address lower-than-expected sales in discretionary categories, as well as higher merchandise, inventory shrink, and freight costs. Additionally, gross margin rate was pressured by increased compensation and headcount in our distribution centers, the costs of managing excess inventory, and higher per-unit last-mile shipping costs. Second quarter SG&A expense rate was 19.2 percent in 2022, compared with 19.3 percent in 2021, reflecting the impact of lower incentive compensation, partially offset by cost increases across our business, including investments in hourly team member wages.
Interest Expense and Taxes
The Company's second quarter 2022 net interest expense was $112 million, compared with $104 million last year, reflecting higher commercial paper and average long-term debt levels.
Second quarter 2022 effective income tax rate was 15.8 percent, compared with the prior year rate of 23.4 percent, reflecting the impact of tax benefits on lower pre-tax earnings compared with last year.
Capital Deployment and Return on Invested Capital
The Company paid dividends of $417 million in the second quarter, compared with $336 million last year, reflecting a 32.4 percent increase in the dividend per share, partially offset by a decline in average share count.
Final settlement of an Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) arrangement, which the Company initiated during the first quarter of 2022 occurred in early June. As a result, the Company recorded the repurchase of $2.6 billion worth of its shares through the ASR, reflecting the retirement of 12.5 million shares of common stock at an average price of $211.58. As of the end of the second quarter, the Company had approximately $9.7 billion of remaining capacity under the repurchase program approved by Target's Board of Directors in August 2021.
For the trailing twelve months through second quarter 2022, after-tax return on invested capital (ROIC) was 18.4 percent, compared with 31.7 percent for the trailing twelve months through second quarter 2021. The decrease in ROIC was driven primarily by lower profitability in second quarter 2022. The tables in this release provide additional information about the Company's ROIC calculation.
Webcast Details
Target will webcast its second quarter earnings conference call at 7:00 a.m. CT today. Investors and the media are invited to listen to the meeting at Investors.Target.com (click on link under "Upcoming Events"). A replay of the webcast will be provided when available. The replay number is 1-866-430-8795.
Miscellaneous
Statements in this release regarding second half and full year revenue growth and operating margin rates are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actions to differ materially. The most important risks and uncertainties are described in Item 1A of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2022. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at nearly 2,000 stores and at Target.com, with the purpose of helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. Since 1946, Target has given 5% of its profit to communities, which today equals millions of dollars a week. For the latest store count or more information, visit Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target, visit Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on Twitter.
TARGET CORPORATION
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide additional transparency, we have disclosed non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share (Adjusted EPS). This metric excludes certain items presented below. We believe this information is useful in providing period-to-period comparisons of the results of our operations. This measure is not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP. The most comparable GAAP measure is diluted earnings per share. Adjusted EPS should not be considered in isolation or as a substitution for analysis of our results as reported in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EPS differently, limiting the usefulness of the measure for comparisons with other companies.
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes (EBIT) and earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these measures provide meaningful information about our operational efficiency compared with our competitors by excluding the impact of differences in tax jurisdictions and structures, debt levels, and, for EBITDA, capital investment. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP. The most comparable GAAP measure is net earnings. EBIT and EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitution for analysis of our results as reported in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate EBIT and EBITDA differently, limiting the usefulness of the measures for comparisons with other companies.
We have also disclosed after-tax ROIC, which is a ratio based on GAAP information, with the exception of the add-back of operating lease interest to operating income. We believe this metric is useful in assessing the effectiveness of our capital allocation over time. Other companies may calculate ROIC differently, limiting the usefulness of the measure for comparisons with other companies.
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Man and woman die after Worcestershire waterway rescues
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A man and a woman have died after being rescued from waterways in Worcestershire in separate incidents.
The woman was rescued along with a second woman from a canal near York Street, Stourport-on-Severn, on Tuesday at about 23:00 BST, police said.
The 50-year-old died in hospital. The other woman did not need treatment.
A 94-year-old man was pulled from the River Avon near Abbey Road, Evesham, on Wednesday at about 08:00 BST and died in hospital.
West Mercia Police said neither death was being treated as suspicious.
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LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United — whose current owners are opposed by many fans — then saying several hours later that it was a joke.
It comes as the billionaire Tesla CEO faces a legal battle in the U.S. after backing out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He is a prolific user of the platform, often musing about social issues or joking with his 103 million followers and occasionally getting into trouble with the U.S. regulators.
Early Wednesday, Musk sent a tweet about his political affiliations and then added in a second tweet: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.”
That came as shocking news in the Manchester United world — albeit welcome to many — after nearly a decade of sub-par performances.
Asked by a follower whether he was serious, Musk later tweeted, “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.”
Musk previously ran afoul of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for tweets claiming that he had the funding to take Tesla private in 2018, leading the electric vehicle maker's stock price to jump. That led to a securities fraud settlement requiring that his tweets be approved by a Tesla attorney before being published.
He's now facing more legal woes over the deal to buy Twitter, which he negotiated in April. Musk sold roughly $8.5 billion worth of Tesla shares to help fund the purchase and lined up a diverse group of other investors to back him.
The deal fell apart last month after Musk said Twitter refused to provide him enough information about the number of fake accounts on the platform. Twitter could have tried to make him pay a $1 billion breakup fee that he agreed to but instead is suing to force him to complete the purchase. The case is set to go to trial in Delaware in October.
Musk, with his seemingly unlimited potential to buy the best soccer players in the world, would have been a welcome prospect for many Man United fans who want to see the club back at the top of the game.
Man United was arguably the biggest team in world soccer under manager Alex Ferguson, winning 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League trophies. But since Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, the team has struggled to win trophies.
Last season, United finished 35 points behind champion Manchester City — the club’s local rival — and there were protests against the Glazer family, the team’s American owners.
Many supporters in the club’s huge international fanbase have opposed the Glazers since they took control in 2005, in part because they financed the takeover by putting the club in debt for the first time in decades.
The latest low came Saturday when United lost 4-0 to Brentford, a small team from west London that was promoted to the Premier League in 2021. It was United’s second straight loss to open the season, leaving it in last place in the 20-team Premier League.
The Manchester United Supporters’ Trust fan group, known as MUST, condemned the owners following last weekend’s match.
“What we have witnessed tonight is an embarrassment — no, a humiliation — for Manchester United fans. And yet in many ways it was not a surprise. It feels like the culmination of a long-term direction of travel,” the fan club said in a statement. “MUST hold the owners of the Club primarily responsible for this new low in our decade of decline.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Musk-tweet-joking-about-buying-Manchester-United-17378976.php | 2022-08-17T12:19:37Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Musk-tweet-joking-about-buying-Manchester-United-17378976.php | false |
WARM AGAIN AND SLIGHTLY HUMID
Your First Alert Weather Forecast:
Sunshine will blend with high and mid-level clouds this morning. All in all, today looks partly cloudy as high pressure slowly loosens its grip on our weather. We’ll throw in only a 10% chance of a pop-up shower to the NORTHWEST of the Fox Cities. Like yesterday, most folks will stay dry again today.
Temperatures are slowly trending up... Our highs will rise into the lower 80s this afternoon, with some 70s by the lakeshore. It’s going to be a warm afternoon, but only slightly humid for this time of year.
The humidity will be creeping up over the next few days, ahead of our next weathermaker. It’s an upper-level storm system that will bring us increasing chances of pop-up showers and thunderstorms. Yes, there will be a thunder threat near Lambeau Field Friday evening, as the Packers host the New Orleans Saints. Our daily rain chance will rise to 50-50 for both Saturday and Sunday, but the weekend will NOT be a complete washout. Let’s hope some of this rain falls across northern Wisconsin, where drought conditions have been getting slowly worse this season.
Also - Stargazers should keep their eyes on the skies late tonight. If the weather cooperates, we MIGHT get a view of the Northern Lights. A recent solar storm is causing electromagnetic particles to flow towards Earth. If the Auroras glow tonight, it’s most likely to happen after midnight, with better visibility away from city lights.
You can always keep our forecast handy with our free weather app. Look for the WBAY First Alert Weather App in the Apple app store and Google Play (click here on your mobile device).
WIND & WAVES FORECAST:
TODAY: N/E 1-10 KTS... WAVES 0-1′
THURSDAY: SW 5-10 KTS... WAVES 0-2′
TODAY: Partly cloudy. Quite warm. Slightly humid. A stray shower NORTHWEST? HIGH: 82
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. A late shower NORTH... Maybe a view of the Northern Lights? LOW: 58
THURSDAY: A mix of sun and clouds. Spotty showers and storms. Warm and slightly humid. HIGH: 82 LOW: 64
FRIDAY: A mix of sun and clouds. Humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. HIGH: 81 LOW: 63
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy. Humid with another chance of showers and thunderstorms. HIGH: 80 LOW: 63
SUNDAY: Partly sunny. Humid with yet another chance of showers and thunderstorms. HIGH: 78 LOW: 62
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Arine's latest funding follows significant growth in customer base and improved health and economic outcomes for high-risk patients
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arine, a next-generation medication intelligence company, today announced that it has raised $29 million in Series B funding composed of equity and debt financing. The round was led by 111° West Capital, with participation from new investors MBX Capital and New Leaf Venture Partners and continued support from Katalyst Ventures and Super Capital Group.
Arine helps health plans substantially decrease the cost of care and improve patient outcomes by reducing medication-related problems, avoiding complications, and keeping patients out of the hospital. The latest funding comes on the heels of significant growth at Arine. Since the company's launch in 2019, Arine has acquired an impressive list of health plan clients such as national, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans, including special needs plans. As a result of its demonstrated ability to uniquely and significantly reduce total cost of care while optimizing drug regimens, adherence, and patient outcomes, Arine has continued on a fast growth trajectory, now managing more than 10 million members and increasing revenue by more than 500% this past year. Arine has also expanded its staff to nearly 100 employees.
"The US healthcare system is fractured and siloed, making it difficult for plans, providers, and patients to align on safe and effective medication therapy," said Yoona Kim, PharmD, PhD, Arine's co-founder and CEO. "Arine overcomes the limits of traditional, manually driven medication management approaches by making the practice scalable. Our platform pulls insights from a complex ecosystem of clinical, socioeconomic, and behavioral data to connect the dots between plans, providers, and patients, with the goal of maximizing patient outcomes."
As the company serves more members, Arine continues to achieve improved outcomes for clients and patients, as reflected in a 40% reduction in hospitalizations, the highest quality ratings, and significant cost of care savings validated by robust matched-pair statistical analyses.
Arine will use the latest funding to advance the capabilities of its platform to enable value-based care at scale, not only for health plans and risk-bearing providers, but also to expand its offerings to channel partners across the value-based care continuum that will leverage Arine's medication intelligence to achieve next-level outcomes.
"Arine is transforming medication decision-making at all points of care and empowering clinicians with powerful data insights that have never been achievable before. These deep understandings result in optimized pharmaceutical care for complex high-need populations, while managing the cost side of medication spend," commented Andrew A. Brooks, M.D, 111° West Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner.
"Arine's impressive growth trajectory, proven customer ROI, outcomes, and experienced leadership point to a bright future. Having previously led Arine's Series A financing, we are thrilled to continue our partnership with Arine and believe that their cutting-edge technology, combined with their AI-enabled approach to medication optimization, will drive hyper-growth," said Michael Matly, M.D., 111° West Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner.
Arine is a next-generation medication intelligence company led by some of the world's top experts in pharmacotherapy, data analytics, health economics, engineering, and software development. Arine's platform helps clients devise appropriate, just-in-time interventions to optimize medication therapy for their populations. Clients using Arine's technology are able to achieve significant ROI, saving millions of dollars in unnecessary spending on avoidable complications while doing the right thing by clinicians and patients. Visit www.arine.io or follow us on LinkedIn.
111° West Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in hyper-growth healthcare-oriented software companies that are transforming the delivery of healthcare. 111° West Capital was founded and is led by Medical Physicians who leverage their unique and complementary backgrounds as founders, investors and executives to help portfolio companies achieve outsized growth, while also creating over $9 billion in aggregate value for investors. For more information, visit www.111westcapital.com.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation is excited to announce the addition of Emily Piper to its board of directors. Piper is the vice president of government and external affairs at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation's largest nonprofit substance use and mental health treatment provider. In her role at Hazelden Betty Ford, Piper leads the organization's communications, government relations, and advocacy work.
"We are thrilled to have Emily join our board," said Bukata Hayes, chair of the Blue Cross Foundation board and vice president of racial and health equity at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. "Her expertise and insights will be critical as we continue to deepen our commitment to advancing racial and health equity and provide ongoing support to our grantee partners in creating a healthier state."
Prior to joining the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Piper served as commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Human Services under former Governor Mark Dayton from 2015-2019. Before being appointed commissioner, Piper served as general counsel and deputy chief of staff in the Office of Governor Mark Dayton and Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith. She also worked at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, first as general counsel focusing on insurance regulation and health reform implementation, then as chief of staff and deputy commissioner.
In addition to her role on the Blue Cross Foundation board of directors, she is a member of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota board of trustees and serves on AddictionAbatement.org's National Substance Use Disorder Strategic Advisory Panel.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation makes a healthy difference in communities by advancing health equity and improving conditions where people live, learn, work and play, awarding more than $75 million to over 600 nonprofits since it was established in 1986. For more information on Blue Cross' grantmaking programs, visit bluecrossmnfoundation.org.
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Every January and August since 2019, Demi Pierre has had to leave her parents and dog in her hometown of Gävle, Sweden, to rejoin her teammates for the Towson women’s soccer program. Despite the regular practice, Pierre continues to struggle with departing.
“I’m a very emotional person,” she explained. “So goodbyes are my least favorite thing on this planet. Leaving my parents is not fun.”
Maja Hansson, who hails from Sandviken, Sweden, and usually accompanies Pierre on those flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to BWI Marshall Airport, said her teammate is not exaggerating.
“I don’t like goodbyes either, but she’s worse than me,” Hansson quipped.
Pierre and Hansson are the Scandinavian representatives among the Tigers, who are leaning on the duo for the upcoming season. Pierre, a redshirt junior midfielder who turns 22 next month, compiled seven points on two goals and three assists in 18 games, including 17 starts, last fall, while Hansson, a junior defensive midfielder who turned 21 last month, started 16 games last year for a Towson squad that went 8-7-3 overall and 3-5-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
The Tigers, who open the season against Howard on Thursday, believe they can contend with UNC Wilmington and Hofstra for what would be its first conference title.
“They’re here for a reason,” coach Katherine Vettori said of Pierre and Hansson, who along with current junior forward Nia Christopher (John Carroll) of Bermuda and former forward Jodie Burchell of Australia are her first international recruits. “They want to win a championship, and that’s why we brought them here.”
How the Tigers discovered Pierre and Hansson is equal parts determination and serendipity. Shortly after Vettori was hired in January 2018, she asked former assistant coach Cheyenne Spade, who was planning to play professionally for a club in Sweden, to scour the country for some prospects.
After receiving a favorable report on Pierre from Spade, Vettori visited Sweden in June and then traveled two hours via bus, train and walking from Uppsala to Sandviken, where Pierre’s club team was playing a game. In that game, Pierre scored three goals.
“I’m like, ‘OK, let’s go,’” Vettori joked of her immediate desire to bring Pierre to Towson with her.
Hansson was on Pierre’s team and also impressed Verroti. “I was like, ‘I like that one,’” Vettori said. “Calm, strong, smooth, a full package player.”
Pierre — who is equally fluent in Swedish and English thanks to her mother Linda, who is an England native — had always wanted to travel somewhere to play soccer and get an education. So she quickly committed to the Tigers.
Convincing Hansson, however, took some effort from Pierre and Vettori.
“I didn’t think it was that serious, to be honest, because I hadn’t even thought about going over there,” Hansson said of Vettori’s interest. “But Demi kept calling me and texting me, ‘How do you feel about it?’ I was like, ‘Sure.’ So we kept in contact.”
Pierre’s American education began in August 2019 as she sought to control her asthma in sweltering weather reaching 100 degrees. In her second college game, she scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Aug. 29, earning CAA Rookie of the Week honors.
But a week later against UMBC on Sept. 5, Pierre tore the ACL in her right knee and missed the remainder of the season. Classmate Phoebe Canoles, a Perry Hall graduate, tore her ACL in that same game, and the pair underwent surgery on the same day and recovered together at Canoles’ parents’ home in Baltimore.
Still, Vettori admitted she was nervous that Pierre might get discouraged and fly back to Sweden with no plan to return.
“That was a scary time for me and for the staff because we were wondering, ‘Is this going to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Is Demi not going to want to be here? Rehab is hard, and it’s a long process,’” she said. “But because they went through everything together, it ended up with them coming back stronger than ever.”
Pierre said the injury made her grateful for the sport and has helped her take better care of her body through pre and postgame stretching regimens. She said she did not consider leaving her teammates.
“I didn’t want anyone to say, ‘That girl came for three weeks and went back,’” she said.
During Pierre’s first year at Towson, she and Hansson kept in touch often through FaceTime and texts. Hansson got a sense of life at an American university, and Pierre helped Hansson navigate some of the paperwork required for a visa.
“Obviously, I was going to miss my family,” Hansson said. “But I went in with the mindset of, ‘What do I have to lose?’”
Both players said they have had to adjust to the style of soccer played in the United States. They said there is more of an emphasis on individual play and up-and-down aggression in America compared to Sweden, which seeks to have its players work as a unit on the field.
Pierre and Hansson have also absorbed the cultural differences. Hansson noted how often Americans do not take off their shoes in their rooms or homes, and she misses Fika, the Swedish ritual of slowing down during the day by spending time with family or friends around coffee and sweets — a practice mandated by even some workplaces.
Pierre said people in the United States are friendlier and more outgoing. She also misses McDonald’s in Sweden, which offers hot wings, chili cheese dogs, curry sauce and crispier nuggets and fries.
“Swedish McDonald’s is unmatched,” she said. “But I still love McDonald’s.”
Homesickness was a central theme of a legendary April Fool’s Day prank in 2021. Pierre, Hansson, Canoles and assistant coaches Matt Dwyer and Brad Hartin concocted a scheme in which Hansson had booked a flight to return to Sweden, even collecting information for a certain flight from BWI to Stockholm.
Canoles contacted Vettori and pretended as if Hansson had sworn her to secrecy. They finally ended the joke after about an hour as Vettori got into her car to drive to BWI.
“I was in a full panic,” Vettori said. “That was very well played.”
Such anxiety has since passed. Pierre is majoring in psychology and minoring in marketing, while Hansson is studying criminal justice. Both said they plan to pursue professional soccer after graduation — either here or back in Europe.
Vettori described Pierre and Hansson as professionals in the locker room and on the field. She said Hansson brings a calming presence to the defense, while Pierre is a sparkplug on offense.
Vettori said the duo also behave older than their actual ages.
“It’s just the maturity level,” she said. “They’ve had to grow up, especially going to a foreign country.”
Pierre and Hansson have occasionally been reminded of home in the form of opponents. During a coronavirus pandemic-shortened spring season in 2021, they played against former UMBC midfielder Alicia Hiis of Örebro, Sweden. And last fall, they played against Temple midfielder Moa Andersson of Valbo, Sweden, whom they have known for years.
For now, Pierre and Hansson said their objective in their final three years of eligibility is to help Towson capture the CAA championship.
“I feel like we’ve been building and working for so long,” Pierre said. “I think we’re really starting to change things. I feel like it’s time.”
Season opener
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What are the best dog training leashes?
If your dog is in training, you want a leash that gives you the best control. When paired with praise, this style of leash lets your dog know more easily when they respond to a command correctly. Training leashes are designed to put light pressure on your dog when negative behavior is displayed to discourage it. If you are teaching uncommon, difficult or new behaviors, bring some high-value treats to encourage your dog positively.
Best slip lead
A slip lead is a single-piece combination of a leash and collar. It has a fabric place holder to secure it snuggly around your dog’s neck, directly behind their head.
Top slip lead
What you need to know: This is a single dog training leash with a slip lead and collar combo.
What you’ll love: Mendota is a well-known brand for the slip-style leash, which international dog trainers recommend. Dog owners of all ages can feel confident and comfortable leading their dogs with its soft, worn feel.
What you should consider: The leather piece used to hold the leash as a collar around the dog’s neck must be positioned properly to prevent it from sliding and creating a larger loop.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top slip lead for the money
What you need to know: This slip leash is easy to use for any dog owner and doesn’t require a collar or harness.
What you’ll love: The leash is reflective and lets you and your dog be seen more easily at night. You can adjust it to fit your dog’s neck correctly and comfortably. When your dog pulls, it tightens, and during correct behavior, it loosens, which gives you more control.
What you should consider: The leash is 1/2-inch thick and may not be ideal for smaller dog breeds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best Martingale leash
A Martingale leash works like a slip lead but has the flexibility of a no-pull harness. It uses two loops of extra material to evenly apply pressure to your dog’s neck when it performs a negative behavior.
Top Martingale leash
Mendota Pet Martingale Dog Walker
What you need to know: This is a great alternative to the slip leash for small- to medium-sized dogs.
What you’ll love: This leash is waterproof, made from durable materials and machine-washable. It can be used in any weather, is firm but comfortable to hold, and flexible enough to fold into your pocket.
What you should consider: This leash is not ideal for strong pullers or dogs over 50 pounds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Martingale leash for the money
Haapaw Martingale Dog Collar With Leash
What you need to know: This leash and collar attachment work together similarly to one-piece slip leads.
What you’ll love: The collar and leash combo is reflective to provide safety for you and your dog when out at night. It comes in vibrant colors, has a quick-release buckle and the leash handle is padded for extra comfort.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that the buckle broke after several uses, and the padding on the leash can get worn over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best recall training leash
Recall training leashes are used for teaching your dog to come back when you call it. These are long, light leashes that let you have control while letting your dog have more freedom.
Top recall training leash
What you need to know: This long rope leash is lightweight and can be used in multiple environments for recall training.
What you’ll love: It is designed to be tangle-free and is made with material that doesn’t hold water. The leash stays visible, floating instead of getting heavy and sinking to the bottom. Its length and durability make it ideal for training while camping, running, hiking or during other outside activities.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that the clasp was too bulky for smaller dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top recall training leash for the money
Hi Kiss Dog Puppy Training Leash
What you need to know: This is a great recall leash for training in areas without fences.
What you’ll love: This leash comes in two styles, flat and rope, and both come in multiple colors. Made of durable nylon material, it’s available in five different lengths, from 15- to 100-feet long. The clip swivels to avoid any tangling or twisting in the leash.
What you should consider: A few reviewers suggest taking caution if your dog likes to run, as the flat leash can cause rope burns on your body or legs if it’s dragged too quickly across the skin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best multifunctional leash
Multifunctional leashes can transform into multiple leash and collar combinations. This lets your leash adapt to you and your dog’s needs over time.
Top multifunctional leash
Activedogs Adjustable K9 Training Lead
What you need to know: This is a high-quality, multifunctional training leash that’s great for hands-free training.
What you’ll love: It is durable and can be adjusted to the length of a standard leash or made into a shorter leash for better control. The leash can also be positioned over the shoulder to leave your hands free to train your dog on the move.
What you should consider: This leash may not be ideal for taller people or those with back pain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top multifunctional leash for the money
Aaufilux Multifunctional Strong Dog Training Lead
What you need to know: This is a durable leash that can transform into multiple useful training tools.
What you’ll love: This one lead can be used as a short, medium or long leash, control leash, shoulder leash or quick leash. It can also withstand the strength of two dogs as a double leash. It is 7 feet long, and the clasp fully rotates to prevent tangling or twisting.
What you should consider: According to a few customers, the threading can come loose after some use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Give your home modern farmhouse flair with these Gaines-inspired furnishings
Chip and Joanna Gaines have amassed quite the following for flipping, remodeling and redecorating homes. Their HGTV show “Fixer Upper” has been a hit since 2013, and the news that it will start streaming on HBO Max in September has excited many people.
Through “Fixer Upper” and their other home improvement content, the Gaines have made modern farmhouse decor one of the more popular trends in home design. So if you’ve wanted to incorporate some updated rustic furnishings in your home decor, here are some Gaines-inspired decor pieces that can help recreate that farmhouse-chic vibe for your house.
Who are Chip and Joanna Gaines?
Chip and Joanna Gaines are a married couple that has owned a flipping and remodeling business, Magnolia Homes, for over 15 years. Chip works as a contractor, handling the remodeling projects, while Joanna uses her keen eye for design to decorate the homes. They’ve made modern farmhouse decor extremely trendy, so their projects often feature white or light neutral colors, reclaimed wood, metals, pottery and baskets that create a clean contemporary country look.
With this expertise, the Gaines have starred in “Fixer Upper” on HGTV, a show that pairs the couple with clients buying and remodeling homes. In 2020, they also started their own cable network, Magnolia Network, and partnered with Discovery+ to stream the network’s programs.
But earlier this year, Discovery merged with WarnerMedia, which owns HBO. So starting in September, “Fixer Upper” and other select titles from Magnolia Network will be streaming on HBO Max. WarnerMedia plans to merge Discovery+ and HBO Max offerings fully by 2025, so eventually, all the Gaines’ programs will be available through HBO Max.
Best Gaines-inspired home decor pieces
Furniture
Wahson Mid-Century Armchair with Wood Frame
This comfy lounge chair features thick linen upholstery and high-quality foam cushioning. The fabric is easy to spot clean and comes in a neutral beige to work with any color palette. The chair’s solid wood frame can also hold up to 350 pounds. Sold by Amazon
This farmhouse-inspired TV stand has two sliding barn doors at the front to provide concealed storage. It also includes three adjustable shelves and has cable-management holes to prevent your wires from getting tangled. Sold by Amazon
Walker Edison Sedalia Modern Farmhouse Side Table
This rustic faux-wood table features metal X’s at the side to combine the farmhouse aesthetic with modern, industrial details. Its top surface holds up to 75 pounds, while the bottom shelf can handle up to 50 pounds. It’s also versatile enough to work well as an end table in your living room or a nightstand in the bedroom. Sold by Amazon
Rugs, pillows and throws
Nuloom Rigo Hand Woven Farmhouse Jute Area Rug
Made of 100% jute, this area rug offers plenty of rustic charm. It also holds up well to regular traffic and is easy to spot clean. It’s available in multiple sizes and shapes, too. Sold by Amazon
Peshtemania Luxury Boho Throw Blanket
This handmade throw is extremely soft and features a lovely tassel trim. You can throw it over the back of your sofa or the arm of a chair to add some personality to your living room. The black-and-white pattern also pairs well with most color palettes. Sold by Amazon
Hckot Grey-and-Beige Patchwork Farmhouse Throw Pillow Covers
This set includes two pillow covers with a mismatched striped pattern that offers plenty of farmhouse charm. The backs of the covers are solid, though, so you can flip them around to change the look. The hidden zippers make it easy to remove the covers for cleaning, too. Sold by Amazon
Wreaths and plants
Overstock Eva Magnolia Leaf Wreath
This 26-inch wreath can add a touch of natural greenery to your front door or any wall in your home. The leaves are vinyl acetate, which is highly durable and can last for years. The wreath includes a reusable storage box, too, so you can keep it safe when you’re not displaying it. Sold by Amazon
Der Rose 3-Pack Mini Potted Plants
These mini artificial plants feature leaves made of durable but realistic-looking plastic. The plants all measure under 10 inches in height, so they can fit in many spots around the house. Best of all, they don’t require any maintenance other than light dusting from time to time. Sold by Amazon
This lovely artificial lavender wreath is the perfect way to welcome guests to your home. The leaves have a protective UV coating to prevent fading in the sun, so it works well for the front door. You can also hang it on interior walls for a pop of color. Sold by Amazon
Wall decor
Wall26 Blue Forest Tree leaf Framed Canvas Print
This simple rustic artwork is the perfect addition to your kitchen, bedroom, living room or entryway. It’s printed on the canvas with industry-standard high-quality ink to provide a sharp, clear image. You can choose from a natural, black or white frame, too. Sold by Amazon
Stratton Home Decor Farmhouse Chalkboard Wall Decor
This charming wall-mounted chalkboard makes a lovely decoration for a modern farmhouse kitchen. You can use it to keep track of your shopping lists or just write messages to the rest of the family. It’s handmade and arrives ready to hang right out of the box. Sold by Macy’s and Home Depot
Dingdong Art Abstract Geometric Mountains Artwork Landscape Murals
This set of three premium canvases depicts an abstract sunset behind the mountains. The wooden frames are highly durable and have a hook at the back for easy hanging. The ink is also waterproof, so the paintings won’t fade over time. Sold by Amazon
Shelves and storage
Mark One Home Goods Rustic Farmhouse Floating Wood Shelves
These floating shelves are made of real pine wood and feature a rustic finish. Each shelf can hold up to 25 pounds, making them ideal for displaying books, plants, picture frames and more. They also include all the mounting hardware and fasteners, so they’re easy to install. Sold by Amazon
La Jolie Muse Rope Basket Woven Storage Basket
Featuring fun macrame tassels, this basket is ideal for storage anywhere in the house. It has two handles for easy carrying from room to room and even folds when not in use. The pure cotton material is soft and won’t irritate the skin, either. Sold by Amazon
Darvish and Saints Rustic Wooden Decorative Nesting Crates
These storage crates are functional and add a rustic decorative element to any room. The front panels feature a burlap material that provides striking texture, and the low profile design makes it easy to put them away when not in use. Sold by Amazon
Vases and decorative items
This set includes three ceramic vases with a distressed off-white finish. They come in small, medium and large sizes and can fit anywhere from your mantle to a tabletop. They work well as vases for faux flowers, but they also look beautiful when empty. Sold by Amazon
This handmade crochet runner is made of 100% natural cotton and features an off-white and tan striped design. It’s available in two lengths, depending on how large your table is and has tassels at the ends for added visual interest. Sold by Amazon
Lamps and candles
Sweet Water Decor Farmhouse Candle
This soy-scented candle comes in a stoneware jar labeled with the scent. The farmhouse fragrance features notes of orange, apple, cinnamon, vanilla and clove for a warm, inviting aroma that welcomes guests to your home. It can burn for 60 hours or more, too. Sold by Amazon
Rosemary Lane Wood Farmhouse Candlestick Holders
This candlestick set includes three candle holders in varying sizes. They’re made of wood and aluminum and feature a fun rustic finish. They form an ideal grouping for a mantle or console table. Sold by Macy’s
Regency Hill Glenn Farmhouse Rustic Table Lamp
The base of these lamps is made of durable resin that resembles ceramic. They also have a rich terra cotta finish that captures that chic modern farmhouse vibe. The shades have a tapered drum shape that can fit in most spaces, too. Sold by Amazon
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Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski advanced from her primary along with Kelly Tshibaka, her GOP rival endorsed by former President Donald Trump, while another Trump-backed candidate, Republican Sarah Palin, was among the candidates bound for the November general election in the race for Alaska's only House seat.
Murkowski had expressed confidence that she would advance and earlier in the day told reporters that “what matters is winning in November.” Tshibaka called the results “the first step in breaking the Murkowski monarchy’s grip on Alaska.” Tshibaka also said she was thankful “for the strong and unwavering support President Trump has shown Alaska.”
A Murkowski has held the Senate seat since 1981. Before Lisa Murkowski, who has been in the Senate since late 2002, it was her father, Frank Murkowski.
Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections. The top four vote-getters in a primary race, regardless of party affiliation, are to advance to the general election.
The other two places in the Senate race were too early to call.
Murkowski voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Trump was acquitted. But he has had strong words for Murkowski, calling her “the worst" during a rally last month in Anchorage.
Murkowski said that if Tshibaka derives her sole strength from Trump’s endorsement, “what does that really say about her as a candidate with what she has to offer Alaska? Is it just that she will be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump? I don’t think that all Alaskans are really seeking that. Not the ones that I’m talking to.”
Kevin Durling, a co-chair of Tshibaka’s campaign, said Trump’s endorsement of Tshibaka was an added bonus for him. He said Tshibaka’s commitment to business and family and her values were important to him. He expressed frustration with Murkowski for the impeachment vote and for her support of the nomination of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
In the House primary, Democrat Mary Peltola, Palin and Republican Nick Begich advanced to the November election. It was too early to call the fourth spot. The winner of the November race will be elected to a two-year term.
Peltola, Begich and Palin were also competing in a special election to serve the remainder of the late-Rep. Don Young 's term, which ends early next year. Young died in March.
The special election was voters' first shot at ranked voting in a statewide race. The winner of the special election may not be known until at least Aug. 31. If successful, Peltola would be the first Alaska Native woman elected to the House.
There also were several write-in candidates in the special election, including Republican Tara Sweeney, who was also competing in the House primary. Sweeney was an assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Interior Department during the Trump administration.
The special election was on one side of the ballot; the other side contained primary races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and lieutenant governor and legislative seats.
Palin, in a statement Tuesday evening, called this “the first test case of the crazy, convoluted, undesirable ranked-choice voting system.”
Supporters of ranked voting have said it encourages positive campaigning but the House race has at times taken on harsh tones.
Begich, a businessman from a family of prominent Democrats, has come out hard against Palin, seeking to cast her as someone chasing fame and as a quitter; Palin resigned during her term as governor in 2009.
In one Begich ad, the narrator says Alaska has faced “years of disasters,” including fires and COVID-19. “Sarah Palin is one disaster we can actually avoid,” the narrator says.
A narrator in one of Palin’s ads refers to Begich as “negative Nick” and says Palin wants to serve in Congress “to carry Don Young’s torch.”
Peltola, a former lawmaker who most recently worked at a commission whose goal is to rebuild salmon resources on the Kuskokwim River, has cast herself as a consensus builder.
She said one thing that would help her be a good representative is that she is “not a millionaire. I am just like every other regular Alaskan, and I understand the economic struggles that Alaskans face first-hand. My priorities are the priorities of everyday Alaskans.”
In a statement early Wednesday, she said while the results of the special election won't be known for some time, "we are moving forward into the general election. We are going to build on this momentum and build a coalition of Alaskans that can win in November.”
In the race for Alaska governor, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy advanced, as did former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, and Democrat Les Gara. It was too early to call the fourth spot.
Dunleavy and his running mate, Nancy Dahlstrom, in a statement said this "is only the start of the race. We’ll dig into all the numbers as they come in over the next few days to find out where we need to shore up our campaign, and we’re looking forward to reaching every Alaskan and earning their vote between now and November.”
Walker is running with Heidi Drygas and Gara with Jessica Cook. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/murkowski-advances-in-alaska-senate-race-palin-in-house | 2022-08-17T12:30:44Z | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/murkowski-advances-in-alaska-senate-race-palin-in-house | true |
U.S. midterms bring few changes from social media companies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections.
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Video app TikTok, which has soared in popularity since the last election cycle while also cementing its place as a problem spot for misinformation, announced Wednesday it is launching an election center that will help people find voting locations and candidate information.
The center will show up in the feeds of users who search election-related hashtags. TikTok is also partnering with voting advocacy groups to provide specialized voting information for college students, people who are deaf, military members living overseas and those with past criminal convictions.
TikTok, like other platforms, would not provide details on the number of full-time employees or how much money it is dedicating to U.S. midterm efforts, which aim to push accurate voting information and counter misinformation.
The company said it is working with over a dozen fact-checking organizations, including U.S.-based PolitiFact and Lead Stories, on debunking misinformation. TikTok declined to say how many videos have been fact-checked on its site. The company will use a combination of humans and artificial intelligence to detect and remove threats against election workers as well as voting misinformation.
TikTok said it’s also also watching for influencers who break its rules by accepting money off platform to promote political issues or candidates, a problem that came to light during the 2020 election, said TikTok’s head of safety Eric Han. The company is trying to educate creators and agencies about its rules, which include bans on political advertising.
“With the work we do, there is no finish line,” Han said.
Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced Tuesday that its approach to this election cycle is “largely consistent with the policies and safeguards” from 2020.
“As we did in 2020, we have a dedicated team in place to combat election and voter interference while also helping people get reliable information about when and how to vote,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post Tuesday.
Meta declined to say how many people it has dedicated to its election team responsible for monitoring the midterms, only that it has “hundreds of people across more than 40 teams.”
As in 2020, Clegg wrote, the company will remove misinformation about election dates, voting locations, voter registration and election outcomes. For the first time, Meta said it will also show U.S. election-related notifications in languages other than English.
Meta also said it will reduce how often it uses labels on election-related posts directing people toward reliable information. The company said its users found the labels over-used. Some critics have also said the labels were often too generic and repetitive.
Compared with previous years, though, Meta’s public communication about its response to election misinformation has gone decidedly quiet, The Associated Press reported earlier this month.
Between 2018 and 2020, the company released more than 30 statements that laid out specifics about how it would stifle U.S. election misinformation, prevent foreign adversaries from running ads or posts around the vote and subdue divisive hate speech. Until Tuesday’s blog post, Meta had only released a one-page document outlining plans for the fall elections, even as potential threats to the vote persist.
Twitter, meanwhile, is sticking with its own misinformation labels, though it has redesigned them since 2020 based in part on user feedback. The company activated its “civic integrity policy” last week, which means tweets containing harmful misinformation about the election are labeled with links to credible information. The tweets themselves won’t be promoted or amplified by the platform.
The company, which like TikTok does not allow political advertisements, is focusing on putting verified, reliable information before its users. That can include links to state-specific hubs for local election information as well as nonpartisan public service announcements for voters.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/08/17/us-midterms-bring-few-changes-social-media-companies/ | 2022-08-17T12:31:35Z | https://www.wlbt.com/2022/08/17/us-midterms-bring-few-changes-social-media-companies/ | false |
The Detroit area HVAC company will celebrate by treating employees and customers to special events and deals
DETROIT, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- C & C Heating & Air Conditioning, a leading Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of experience, will spend August celebrating 74 years of dedicated residential service to the Detroit community with a party for employees and savings for customers.
"When my grandfather started C & C in 1948, his goal was to offer the best heating and cooling service to the community, and we're proud to still offer these services today," said Dayna Hottle, general manager of C & C Heating and Air Conditioning. "We're dedicated to remaining a family-owned and operated heating and cooling business that offers well-paid employment, top-notch services and community aid to the Detroit area and hope to be around for another 74 more years."
Hottle said the company will celebrate by taking employees out on a yacht for a companywide party and will offer its customers a $74 furnace or air conditioning tune-up.
Hottle's grandfather started C & C on Aug. 10, 1948, and the company quickly became a family affair as his children and grandchildren learned the trade, answered phones and addressed mailers. After her grandfather's death in 1977, Hottle's parents and uncle took on the role of running the company, keeping the business in the family for the next generation.
In 2016, Hottle's uncle passed away, but the family rallied to take on the roles he had managed. Hottle also stepped up to new roles over time. She received an economics degree from Albion College and started work as the company's operations manager in 2005. Since January, Hottle has taken on the role of general manager and vows to keep the company family-owned and operated for the foreseeable future.
"We are known for our quality work and exceptional customer service," she said. "We also have the best customers in the world. These are the reasons we have been able to sustain our business for this many years in the increasingly competitive home service business."
About C & C Heating & Air Conditioning
C & C Heating & Air Conditioning is a Detroit-area heating and cooling company with more than six decades of expertise installing and servicing all makes and models of heating and cooling equipment. Their technicians are highly trained and qualified and undergo annual background checks, random drug testing, extensive technical and customer service training and are North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified. Services include HVAC maintenance and repair, duct cleaning, whole-home air filtration systems, indoor air quality systems and comprehensive maintenance agreements. For more information, call C & C Heating & Air Conditioning at (586) 439-3319 or visit their website at https://candcheat.com/
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