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Slight snow seen in parts of South Africa
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Parts of KZN, the Free State and the Eastern Cape are expected to experience snow.
Light snow has been reported falling at Montrose, Free State area, 10km outside Van Reenen's Pass, on Friday.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem police responded to a car crash early Friday morning.
Officers said a pedestrian was walking across the southbound lanes of US 421 when he was hit by a Chevrolet Cruz driven by Juquan Ramos.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead on the scene by Forsyth County EMS.
Ramos stayed on the scene and was cooperative with the investigation. The Winston-Salem Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit are working to identify the pedestrian.
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2 Russian villages evacuated after fire at munitions depot
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The residents of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border were evacuated after a fire at a munitions depot near the village of Timonovo, the region’s governor said Friday.
There were no casualties in the late Thursday blaze, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The fire came days after another ammunition depot exploded on Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a Russian-occupied territory seized by Moscow in 2014.
Last week, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an airbase on Crimea, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines. Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility.
But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the blasts in Crimea, which Russia has blamed on “sabotage.”
Meanwhile, Kyiv and Moscow continued to accuse each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent.
On Friday, Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, accused the United States of encouraging Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. The facility has been controlled by Russian forces since shortly after the invasion began on Feb. 24.
“In case of a technological disaster, its consequences will be felt in every corner of the world,” Patrushev said. “Washington, London and their accomplices will bear full responsibility for that.”
Ukraine has accused Russia of storing troops and weapons at the Zaporizhzhia plant and using its grounds to launch strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory. Ukrainian officials and military analysts say Moscow’s forces have cynically employed the plant as a shield, knowing that the Ukrainians would be hesitant to fire back.
Russia has denied the accusations and, in turn, accused Ukrainian forces of repeatedly shelling the plant.
Following a visit to Ukraine on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Zelenskyy had asked him to ensure that Russia remove weapons stored at the plant as an “important step for world peace.”
“Zelenskyy asked this of us especially: that Russia remove all mines and similar (weapons) there and for the issue to rapidly cease to be frightening. Because it is a threat,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan, whose country has maintained close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, said he would discuss the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that “Russia must do its part in this regard.”
The Turkish president made the comments to a group of Turkish journalists on his return from a visit with Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Ukraine late on Thursday. His comments were reported by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency and other media on Friday.
At the meeting in the western city of Lviv, far from the front lines, the leaders discussed expanding exchanges of prisoners of war and arranging for U.N. atomic energy experts to visit and help secure the nuclear power plant.
IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
— At least five people were killed and 10 others were wounded by the Russian shelling of towns and villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to regional authorities. The shelling damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the embattled region where Russian forces are pushing to overtake areas still held by Ukraine.
— At least one civilian died early Friday in Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv, to the northwest of the Donetsk region, while Russian missiles in the southern port city of Mykolaiv again struck port facilities and a university building that was previously hit by shelling earlier this week. One person was wounded in the attacks, authorities said.
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A church in New Hampshire offers the use of ayahuasca. It's one of a small but growing number of retreats where people can use hallucinogens.
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A church in New Hampshire offers the use of ayahuasca. It's one of a small but growing number of retreats where people can use hallucinogens.
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The carried interest loophole was central to the debate over the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden this week. It's part of a bigger story about a tax code riddled with loopholes.
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The carried interest loophole was central to the debate over the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden this week. It's part of a bigger story about a tax code riddled with loopholes.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Wealth is pleased to announce that we have expanded our operations to include two new offices in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The establishment of our Florida footprint enables our advisors to now serve clients from 24 convenient locations across the United States, continuing our expansion efforts in 2022 and beyond.
The new Fort Lauderdale office location is less than a mile from Fort Lauderdale Beach and central to the area's well known shopping center, high-fashion retailers, and top-class restaurants. Located off East Sunrise Blvd., we're minutes away from Highway 1 and I-95.
Our Tampa office location is on the architectural 2nd floor of a six-floor building in Westshore. We're conveniently located five minutes from Tampa International and next door to fine dining and a brand new shopping mall.
"Mission Wealth is thrilled about the opening of our new offices in Florida and working alongside families in and around this diverse and growing region. I am excited and honored to help establish Mission Wealth's footprint in the Florida market. I am looking forward to forming many new relationships and building something special down here in the great state of Florida" said Jesse Pantano our local Fort Lauderdale and Miami, FL Client Advisor.
About Mission Wealth
Founded in 2000, Mission Wealth, a national Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), proudly serves over 2,100 families and manages over $5 billion in assets across the United States. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, the firm has 23 additional offices located in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Mission Wealth's service offerings include financial planning, investment management, estate planning and charitable giving, tax planning, retirement planning and family office services.
For more information, visit www.missionwealth.com. To meet with a Mission Wealth financial advisor in Florida, contact us today at (305) 564-4749.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Outset Medical, Inc. 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.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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In this week's StoryCorps, two sisters remember their mother Mary Barr. She was the first woman to fly for the U.S. Forest Service — guiding tanker planes on a safe path through the flames.
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In this week's StoryCorps, two sisters remember their mother Mary Barr. She was the first woman to fly for the U.S. Forest Service — guiding tanker planes on a safe path through the flames.
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Business in the front, party in the back is one way to describe the mullet — a hairdo popular in the 80s. Who is the next champion? That's up to you. Voting at mulletchamp.com ends Friday.
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Business in the front, party in the back is one way to describe the mullet — a hairdo popular in the 80s. Who is the next champion? That's up to you. Voting at mulletchamp.com ends Friday.
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LONDON, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FCA-registered crypto custodian Digivault, part of the EQONEX Group (Nasdaq: EQOS) has added support for BNB Chain enabling clients to now hold assets running on BNB Chain, including BNB, BUSD & BEP20 tokens, in their Digivault accounts.
This follows the announcement earlier this year by Digivault's parent company, EQONEX Limited, that it had entered into a strategic partnership with Binance Connect (Bifinity UAB), a payments technology company that is part of the Binance Group.
The introduction of BNB Chain is the latest in a long line of additions that Digivault has added support for in 2022. Each asset is subject to a thorough due diligence process prior to being approved for custody to ensure that Digivault holds only high-quality digital assets.
Tom Griffiths, Digivault's Chief Compliance Officer, explains: "It is fundamental that all assets go through a thorough Asset Assessment to assure that as a Financial Conduct Authority Anti Money Laundering (FCA AML) registered business, we are doing all that we can to protect the consumer. A robust due diligence process is just one aspect of why clients seek to work with FCA-registered custodians."
BNB Chain has seen immense traction since launch, in part due to its low gas fees which is in stark contrast to the Ethereum network's sky rocketing gas prices, and in part due to BNB Chain's reduced network congestion, another issue with the Ethereum network during peak periods.
Rob Copper, CEO of Digivault, says: "We have been working closely with the Binance Connect / Bifinity team since our strategic partnership was announced and are thrilled to add BNB Chain to our portfolio of assets that we support. I am excited at what the next 12 months will bring and am positive that BNB Chain will play a central role."
About Digivault
Digivault provides digital asset custody that integrates physical and virtual security, giving institutions tangible solutions in a rapidly evolving world. We deliver a powerful custodian that combines multiple layers of protection, eliminating the need for trust in a single person or group of people. As part of a Nasdaq-listed company, we are accountable to the SEC, meaning increased regulation. However, we eliminate the need for trust through our processes and technology, providing our clients with peace of mind.
Digivault is part of the EQONEX Group. EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) is a technology driven digital assets financial services group that provides institutional grade infrastructure, custody and asset management solutions to clients. The Group's digital assets ecosystem has been designed to accommodate the needs of institutions and individuals with the same degree of regulatory oversight and security they are accustomed to in traditional financial markets. primarily encompasses Digivault, and Asset Management.
For more information visit: www.digivault.com. Follow Digivault on social media on Twitter @DigivaultGlobal, and on LinkedIn.
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Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on available current market material and management's expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting EQONEX. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions, which, if they were to ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of EQONEX to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in our expectations or future events.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFST).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of LifeStance common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with LifeStance's June 10, 2021 initial public stock offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 11, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, LifeStance Health Group, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the number of virtual visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was decreasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby flatlining LifeStance Health's out-patient/virtual revenue growth; (ii) the percentage of in-person visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was increasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby causing LifeStance Health's operating expenses to increase substantially; (iii) LifeStance Health had lost a large number of physicians due to burn-out and, as a result, its physician retention rate had fallen significantly below the 87% highlighted in the initial public offering's registration statement, and LifeStance Health had been expending additional costs to onboard new physicians who were less productive than the outgoing physicians they were replacing; and (iv) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the initial public offering's registration statement represented.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased TG Therapeutics between January 15, 2020 and May 31, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 16, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, TG Therapeutics, Inc. 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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Despite its oil riches, Angola is a miserable place for many to live. The country churns out 1.2 million barrels of crude a day, making it Africa’s second-biggest producer after Nigeria, yet about half of its 33 million people live on less than $2 a day. Graft is rife and most government services are shoddy or non-existent. Responsibility rests with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, which has ruled for almost half a century and channeled much of the nation’s wealth into the hands of a tiny politically connected elite. Opposition parties are capitalizing on disgruntlement with the status quo and soaring food prices, and elections scheduled for Aug. 24 are shaping up to be the most hotly contested since a 27-year civil war ended in 2002.
1. What’s the ruling party’s track record?
The MPLA has been credited with ending the war and presiding over an economic expansion that saw gross domestic product expand every year between 2003 and 2015 -- when the end of an oil boom heralded the onset of a five-year slump. Angola also became a byword for nepotism and corruption, with former President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos’s family and his inner circle among the primary beneficiaries. President Joao Lourenco, 68, who succeeded Dos Santos in 2017 and is vying for a second term, has turned on his one-time allies and tried to recover billions of dollars they stashed abroad. He’s also instituted a series of other reforms to shore up Angola’s finances, diversify the economy and attract foreign investment. While he’s won plaudits internationally, his selective anti-graft drive and the slow progress made in addressing rampant poverty and unemployment have eroded his domestic support, particularly among the youth.
2. Who poses the biggest threat to the MPLA?
The puling party’s main challenge comes from the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola, or Unita, which was on the losing side of the civil war and has been its main political rival ever since. Unita is led by Adalberto Costa Junior, 60, who trained as an electronics engineer and has served as a lawmaker and the party’s spokesman. Widely known as ACJ, he’s pledged to redistribute Angola’s oil revenue and been outspoken about the unacceptable levels of corruption and poverty. His sharp, combative debating style in parliament and in the media have earned him a strong following among young, urban voters. While Costa Junior has pledged to reduce the role of the state in the economy, he’s ruled out replacing civil servants appointed by the MPLA, or reneging on the nation’s debt obligations.
3. Can the main opposition party win?
It’s unlikely. Lourenco and the MPLA have all the advantages of incumbency, including access to state resources to campaign. The party won 61% of the vote in the last national elections in 2017, and Unita just 27%. Unita’s fortunes do appear to have turned since Costa Junior replaced Isaias Samakuva as its leader in 2019, however, and its election campaign has secured backing from two smaller parties and Marcolino Moco, a former ruling-party prime minister. An opinion poll published in May by research company Afrobarometer showed the MPLA leading Unita by just 7 percentage points. It also projected that the opposition will secure the most support in the capital, Luanda, home to most of the country’s voters. The government has since banned similar surveys. Campaign rallies held by the two main parties have attracted large crowds across the country.
4. What’s at stake?
Foreign investors will be watching closely to see whether the new administration continues with the planned sale of stakes in oil giant Sonangol EP and other state companies. They’ll also be monitoring whether Angola utilizes windfall revenue stemming from higher crude prices to help settle about $19 billion in debt owed to China -- funding that was mostly used to build roads, hospitals and rail links. The government has sought to diversify its financing away from the Asian nation -- it completed a $4.5 billion program with the International Monetary Fund in 2021 and sold $1.75 billion in Eurobonds in 2022. It also aims to increase fuel sales to the European Union, which has been trying to reduce its reliance on Russian oil and gas following the invasion of Ukraine.
5. Will the election be credible?
While the National Electoral Commission insists the vote will be free and fair, officials from Unita and other opposition parties have questioned the body’s independence and accused it of favoring the MPLA and not doing enough to prevent voting fraud. They’ve also criticized the siting of polling stations and complained that it’s too difficult to register election monitors. The state media has devoted 95% of its election coverage to the government and the ruling party, and carried live broadcasts of its rallies, according to Carlos Rosado de Carvalho, an economist at the Catholic University in Luanda, who has been monitoring the campaigns. Unita has asked its supporters to maintain a presence around the polling stations to ensure the balloting and counting is fair. The party has ruled out a return to armed conflict but threatened to hold street protests if there is an attempt to rig the election. Several observer missions will monitor the vote, including ones from the European Union and African Union.
6. How does the election work?
Eight parties will compete for 220 seats in the single chamber parliament. The person that heads the lawmaker candidate list of the party that wins the most seats in the National Assembly becomes president. More than 14 million people have registered to vote.
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For years — and long after segregation ended — the Montpelier Station, Va., post office operated in a building where signs reading “White” and “Colored” hung over two separate doors.
No matter: The U.S. Postal Service is done being associated with it.
Over the summer, the Postal Service shut down its small, one-employee operation housed within the building, telling news outlets in a statement last week that it “determined the display at the site was unacceptable to the Postal Service.”
“Postal Service management considered that some customers may associate the racially-based, segregated entrances with the current operations of the Post Office and thereby draw negative associations between those operations and the painful legacy of discrimination and segregation,” a spokesman added in a statement to the Associated Press.
The post office had operated in the building since 1912, opening two years after the building was constructed as a train station. It sits along train tracks outside of the Montpelier estate, a former residence of James Madison, the fourth U.S. president. The Montpelier Foundation, a nonprofit that runs the estate, owns the former depot and in 2010 opened the segregation exhibit to “foster the discussion of citizenship and equal justice in American society,” according to a sign outside.
Officials with the estate, as well as some residents who said they relied on the post office, are opposed to the Postal Service’s withdrawal, the Culpeper Star-Exponent reported.
“We call upon the USPS to reverse the decision and reopen this historic facility that has served this community for over a century,” Christy Moriarty, a foundation spokeswoman, told the paper, adding that the exhibit will remain open.
The foundation did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post early Friday. The Postal Service also did not immediately respond to inquiries.
The Postal Service distancing itself from the exhibit comes amid fierce debate over how the country should confront its history of slavery and racist policies. Montpelier Station is a little over an hour from Richmond, where numerous statues of Confederate figures were removed from public spaces following a reckoning on race relations prompted by the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.
Opponents of the statue removals have argued that tearing down monuments is an effort to erase history, while supporters say monuments are offensive in modern society. In Richmond, some statues have been placed into storage while others are on display at history museums with informational signage and even graffiti from recent protests. Some statues in Richmond remain in the public sphere.
Outside the Montpelier Station segregation exhibit is a sign noting that the train station was restored to “document this time of legalized segregation in American History,” explaining segregation laws were in effect in the state and other parts of the South from the end of the Civil War to the civil rights era. The sign gives a brief history of the depot and notes that a “vibrant black community called Montpelier Station home.”
The exhibit features restored segregated waiting areas, but the post office’s entrance was separate from doors featuring the “White” and “Colored” signage, the Star-Exponent reported.
Orange County, where Montpelier Station is located, is about 82 percent White and 13 percent Black, according to census data.
Moriarty, the foundation spokeswoman, told the Star-Exponent that the exhibit taught an important historical lesson. “We are proud of the exhibition that presents the realities of life during the Jim Crow era, showing the original segregated ticketing and waiting facilities,” she said.
Residents told the Star-Exponent they were not warned of the post office’s closure in June and questioned the Postal Service’s reasons for pulling out. Betsy Brantley, who is White, told the paper that segregation is not something the country should be proud of, “but as with so many things unpleasant in our history, we are doomed to repeat what we do not identify.”
The post office’s closure has left nearly 100 residents without mail delivery, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat representing Orange County, wrote in an Aug. 4 letter to the Postal Service’s Virginia district manager. She did not address the Postal Service’s concerns in her letter, and her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post early Friday. But she wrote that residents were not given proper warning before the Montpelier Station location shut down and now must travel to another post office to pick up their mail.
“While it is understandable that there may be conditions under which USPS decides to consolidate or close a post office location,” Spanberger wrote, “it is wholly unacceptable to leave entire communities in the lurch without reliable access to mail services.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/19/montpelier-post-office-white-colored/ | 2022-08-19T11:06:01Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/19/montpelier-post-office-white-colored/ | false |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, August 19, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
512 AM CDT Fri Aug 19 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAL AND NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTIES...
At 512 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing light
to moderate rain over the Frio and Dry Frio Rivers in southern Real
County and northern Uvalde County. Radar estimates showed up to 5
inches of rain has fallen with the highest amounts over portions of
the Dry Frio River in southern Real County. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Leakey, Rio Frio, Garner State Park, Reagan Wells and Tuff.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
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CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s legal team will get its chance to question the government’s star witness on Friday after she gave what jurors could see as damning testimony against Kelly at his federal trial in Chicago on charges that include the production of child pornography.
Jane, the pseudonym used for her during the trial, has been central to Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades. She testified for over four hours for the government Thursday, telling jurors it was her and Kelly in a videotape that was at the heart of his 2008 child pornography trial, at which he was acquitted.
Jane, now 37, paused, tugged at a necklace and dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she said publicly for the first time that the girl in the video was her and that the man was Kelly.
When a prosecutor asked Jane how old she was at the time the video was shot, she said quietly: “14.” Kelly, 55, would have been around 30 years old at the time.
In addition to charges of child pornography and enticement of minors, Kelly, who has denied any wrongdoing, faces charges of conspiring to rig that 2008 trial by intimidating and paying off the girl to ensure she didn't testify then.
Some jurors for the 2008 trial, which was on state charges, said that they had no choice but to acquit the R&B star because the girl — by then an adult — didn't testify. On the stand Thursday, Jane conceded that she lied to a state grand jury in 2002 when she said that it was not her in the video.
“I was afraid something bad would happen to Robert," she told jurors about why she didn't tell the truth then, referring to Kelly by his full first name. “I was protecting him."
She added there was another reason she lied about the identity of the person in the video. “I also did not want that person to be me," she told jurors. “I was ashamed.”
Kelly's attorney was scheduled to get her chance to cross-examine Jane starting Friday morning.
A prosecutor asked Jane toward the end of the day Thursday why she decided in recent years to begin speaking honestly about what happened with Kelly, who Jane said she continued to care for and sometimes live with into her 20s.
“I became exhausted living with his lies,” she answered. She added that federal prosecutors assured her she would not be charged with lying to authorities if she testified truthfully at this trial.
Earlier, Jane also became emotional when she was asked to explain why Kelly can be seen handing money to her in the video. She said it was a precaution against anyone accusing him of abusing a child if the video ever fell into the hands of authorities.
“If anyone saw the tape ... he wanted it to appear as if I was a prostitute," Jane said.
She described her parents confronting Kelly in the early 2000s about whether he was having sex with their daughter. Kelly dropped to his knees and begged her parents to forgive him, Jane testified. She said she later implored her parents not to do anything to get Kelly in trouble, telling them she loved him.
As Jane spoke, Kelly mostly stared down at the defense table and rarely looked up at her. She, too, rarely looked in his direction.
Earlier, she testified that Kelly sexually abused her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18 years old, starting when she was 15. She said they were having oral sex in the video and that she was 14 at the time.
Jane told jurors that in the late 1990s when she was 13, she asked the Grammy award-winning singer to be her godfather because she saw him as an inspiration and mentor.
She said within weeks, Kelly would call her and say sexual things. She told jurors she was 15 when they first had intercourse.
Asked by a prosecutor how she would know what to do sexually, Jane answered, “He would tell me what to do.” Asked how many times they had sex before she turned 18, she answered quietly: “Uncountable times. … Hundreds.”
A federal judge in New York sentenced Kelly to a 30-year prison sentence this year for his 2021 conviction for using his fame to sexually abuse fans.
Speaking softly and tentatively when she first took the stand Thursday, Jane described her upbringing in a musical family in a Chicago suburb, including that she was home-schooled because she was in a touring musical group that she joined when she was about 12.
Jane first met Kelly in the late 1990s when she was in junior high school. She had tagged along to Kelly’s Chicago recording studio with her aunt, a professional singer who worked with Kelly. Soon after that meeting, Jane told her parents that Kelly was going to be her godfather.
Kelly, who rose from poverty on Chicago’s South Side to become a star singer, songwriter and producer, knew a conviction in 2008 would effectively end his life as he knew it, and so prosecutors say he conspired to fix that trial.
Kelly has been trailed for decades by complaints and allegations about his sexual behavior. The scrutiny intensified after the #MeToo era and the 2019 six-part documentary “Surviving R. Kelly."
Kelly also faces four counts of enticement of minors for sex at the Chicago trial — one each for four other accusers. They, too, are expected to testify.
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Recasts lead, adds comments from c.bank governor
MANILA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank will likely continue to tighten its monetary policy this year in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hikes, but it does not have to move in pace with its policy adjustments, its governor said on Friday.
"We will not match them point by point," Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla told reporters at a business forum, as Fed officials have spoken of the need for further rate hikes to bring high inflation under control.
The narrowing rate differentials between the Philippines and the United States has weighed on the peso PHP=, and policymakers were concerned that the currency's persistent weakness could further fan an inflation rate running at near-four hear highs.
Several U.S. Fed officials said on Thursday it needed to keep raising borrowing costs to tame prices.
The BSP left the door open for further hikes after it raised its benchmark interest PHCBIR=ECI rate by 50 basis points on Thursday to 3.75%, bringing the total of policy increases to 175 basis points so far this year.
The probability of zero hikes in each of the last three policy meetings this year - September, November and December - is slim, Medalla said. "Our monetary policy is still accommodative."
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
((neiljerome.morales@thomsonreuters.com; +632 8841 8914;))
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WA Seattle WA Zone Forecast for Thursday, August 18, 2022
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680 FPUS56 KSEW 190949
ZFPSEW
Zone Forecast Product for Western Washington
National Weather Service Seattle WA
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Saturday.
WAZ558-192300-
Seattle and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Seattle, Shoreline, Federal Way, and Kent
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South wind to 10 mph becoming
southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph becoming south around 10 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind to 10 mph in the morning
becoming light.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60. Southwest wind to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light
wind.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows near 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs near 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Seattle 81 61 79 / 10 10 0
$$
WAZ559-192300-
Bremerton and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bremerton and Silverdale
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s to lower
80s. South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph becoming south around 10 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light
wind.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bremerton 80 58 78 / 10 10 0
$$
WAZ507-192300-
Everett and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Marysville,
and Arlington
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy until late afternoon then becoming partly sunny.
A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s
to lower 80s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s. West
wind to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. Northwest wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light
wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Edmonds 79 61 77 / 10 10 0
Everett 80 61 78 / 10 10 0
$$
WAZ509-192300-
Tacoma Area-
Including the cities of Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, and Sumner
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light wind becoming west to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 60. West wind around 10 mph
becoming southwest to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Southwest wind to 10 mph
becoming west in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
West wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Light
wind.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs near 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows near 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs near 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Puyallup 83 61 80 / 10 10 0
Tacoma 81 60 79 / 10 0 0
$$
WAZ556-192300-
Bellevue and Vicinity-
Including the cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and Issaquah
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 80s. South wind
to 10 mph becoming southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. Southwest wind to 10 mph
becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs near 80. Light wind.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60. Light wind.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 80s. Light wind becoming
west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows near 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows near 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellevue 82 63 80 / 10 10 0
$$
WAZ555-192300-
East Puget Sound Lowlands-
Including the cities of Gold Bar, Enumclaw, North Bend,
and Buckley
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the 80s. South wind to 10 mph becoming
southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows near 60. West wind to 10 mph
becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
Light wind becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Light wind.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 80s. Light wind becoming
west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows near 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs near 90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gold Bar 84 62 81 / 20 10 0
Enumclaw 82 59 80 / 10 10 0
North Bend 87 60 84 / 10 10 0
$$
WAZ503-192300-
Western Whatcom County-
Including the cities of Bellingham, Blaine, and Lynden
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South wind to
10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Breezy. Partly cloudy. Lows near 60. South wind 10 to
15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. South
wind 10 to 20 mph becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows near 60.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bellingham 80 61 76 / 20 10 0
Sumas 85 62 81 / 20 10 0
$$
WAZ506-192300-
Western Skagit County-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Sedro-Woolley,
and Burlington
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the 70s to lower
80s. South wind to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind to 10 mph
becoming west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Anacortes 78 58 76 / 20 10 0
Mount Vernon 83 60 79 / 20 10 0
$$
WAZ001-192300-
San Juan County-
Including the cities of Friday Harbor, Eastsound,
and Roche Harbor
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
70s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South wind 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind 10 to
15 mph decreasing to 10 mph or less in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. South wind 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Friday Harbor 79 54 76 / 30 20 10
Eastsound 75 60 74 / 30 20 10
$$
WAZ510-192300-
Admiralty Inlet Area-
Including the cities of Port Townsend and Port Ludlow
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy until late afternoon then becoming mostly
sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
South wind to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. West
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 70s. Southeast wind 10 to
15 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
West wind to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. West wind to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oak Harbor 73 57 70 / 20 10 0
Port Townsend 77 55 73 / 20 10 0
$$
WAZ511-192300-
Hood Canal Area-
Including the cities of Hoodsport and Brinnon
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A
slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. South wind to 10 mph
becoming southwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light
wind becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs near 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows near 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Shelton 78 58 78 / 10 0 0
$$
WAZ504-192300-
Southwest Interior-
Including the cities of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Centralia,
and Toledo
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South wind to 10 mph becoming
west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows near 60. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. South wind to 10 mph
becoming west in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. West wind to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 80s. Light wind becoming
northwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows near 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Chehalis 81 59 79 / 10 0 0
Olympia 81 57 79 / 10 0 0
$$
WAZ512-192300-
Lower Chehalis Valley Area-
Including the city of Montesano
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in
the 70s. Southwest wind to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. West
wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 70s. Light wind becoming
west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. West wind around 10 mph in the
evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Light
wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
WAZ514-192300-
Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca-
Including the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny. A
slight chance of showers. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. Wind
variable to 10 mph becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph
decreasing to variable to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 70s. Light wind.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
West wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to variable to 10 mph after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s. Light wind becoming
variable to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs near 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows near 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs near 80.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Port Angeles 75 57 72 / 30 10 0
Sequim 79 56 75 / 20 10 0
$$
WAZ515-192300-
Western Strait of Juan De Fuca-
Including the cities of Joyce and Clallam Bay
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s
to mid 70s. Wind variable to 10 mph becoming northwest 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph
becoming variable to 10 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
Light wind becoming variable to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. West wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing
to variable to 10 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Light
wind becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Sekiu 69 57 67 / 40 10 0
$$
WAZ517-192300-
Central Coast-
Including the cities of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Westport,
and Ocean Shores
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s
to mid 70s. South wind to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest
wind to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Light wind
becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the 50s. West wind to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Light
wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hoquiam 68 62 67 / 30 10 0
$$
WAZ516-192300-
North Coast-
Including the cities of Neah Bay, La Push, and Forks
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 60s to mid 70s. South wind to 10 mph increasing to 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. South
wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
Light wind becoming southwest to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Southwest wind to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Light
wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Forks 73 57 71 / 40 10 0
$$
WAZ513-192300-
Olympics-
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Snow level near
12500 feet.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 12500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 13000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hurricane Ridge 70 54 65 / 30 10 0
$$
WAZ567-192300-
Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties-
Including the cities of Marblemount and Concrete
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level near 13000 feet.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Snow level near
12500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Snow
level near 11000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Snow level near 11500 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Snow level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Snow level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Snow level near 12000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Snow level near 12000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mount Baker 73 58 67 / 20 20 10
$$
WAZ568-192300-
Cascades of Snohomish and King Counties-
Including the cities of Snoqualmie Pass, Darrington, and Index
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level near 13000 feet. Afternoon pass
temperatures in the upper 70s. Light wind in the passes.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Snow
level near 13000 feet. Northwest wind in the passes around 10 mph
in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
Afternoon pass temperatures in the lower to mid 70s. Light wind
in the passes becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
North wind in the passes around 10 mph in the evening becoming
light.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet. Afternoon
pass temperatures in the lower 80s. Light wind in the passes
becoming west around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Snow level near 11000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Snow level near 11500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Snow level near 11000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Snoqualmie Pass 78 55 75 / 20 10 0
Stevens Pass 77 58 73 / 20 20 10
$$
WAZ569-192300-
Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties-
Including the cities of Randle, Packwood, Ashford, and Morton
248 AM PDT Fri Aug 19 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of thunderstorms and showers in the
afternoon. Snow level near 13000 feet.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers. Snow
level near 11000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 13500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 14500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Freezing level near 15000 feet.
$$
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Carvana between May 6, 2020 and June 24, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 3, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Carvana Co. 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.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP).
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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.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 4, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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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2022 U.S. Open champions to get $2.6 million each, total prize money crosses whopping $60 million
The total player compensation for the U.S. Open will surpass $60 million for the first time. This year’s Australian Open purse was about $52 million, with Wimbledon and the French Open purses nearly $49 million
The U. S. Open singles champions will receive $2.6 million this year, with total player compensation for the Grand Slam tournament surpassing $60 million for the first time.
A larger portion of that total is being allocated to the earlier rounds, the U. S. Tennis Association said Thursday, following input from the men’s and women’s tour player councils. Players will receive $80,000 just for making the main draw and $121,000 for reaching the second round.
In 2019, the last year before the coronavirus pandemic, the singles champions earned $3.9 million. A first-round loser got $58,000 and a player eliminated in the second round earned $100,000.
Players will earn $445,000 for reaching the quarterfinals and $705,000 for being a semifinalist. The runner-up gets $1.3 million.
The doubles championship teams will earn $688,000
New high
The $60.1 million total surpasses last year’s $57.5 million total, which was already more than the other three Grand Slam tournaments paid this year. Total prize money for the U. S. Open qualifying tournament has now reached $6.26 million, with final-round prize money $44,000.
This year's Australian Open purse was about $52 million, with Wimbledon and the French Open nearly $49 million.
Main draw play at the U. S. Open begins August 29 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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Erdogan says Turkey not looking to take Syrian territory
Turkish strikes on a Syrian border post that killed 17 raised fears of the gravest escalation between Ankara and Damascus since 2020
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey was not looking to seize any Syrian territory despite stepping up its attacks against Kurdish forces in the war-torn country's north.
Erdogan's comments came days after a Turkish air strikes on a Syrian border post run by regime forces reportedly killed 17 fighters.
A war monitor said that both Kurds who man some of the Syrian border posts and regime forces were killed in the Turkish raids.
The official Syrian news agency said three government soldiers died.
Turkey said it was responding to a strike on its own positions along the border that killed two soldiers.
The exchange of fire marked one of the largest escalations since Ankara and Damascus traded attacks in 2020.
Erdogan appeared to try and calm the tensions in comments to reporters on board his return flight from his first wartime visit to Ukraine.
"We do not have eyes on the territory of Syria because the people of Syria are our brothers," Turkish media quoted Erdogan as saying.
"The regime must be aware of this."
Erdogan's visit to Ukraine came two weeks after he flew to Sochi for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that also covered Syria.
Putin's support was instrumental in helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad survive an 11-year conflict against rebel groups backed in part by Turkey.
Erdogan said he told Putin that he wanted to cooperate more closely with Russia in northern Syrian regions where Ankara has been targeting Kurds it views as "terrorists".
"We are in contact with Russia on every step that we take in Syria," Erdogan said.
- Reproachment with Assad? -
The border clash came with fears mounting that Turkey may be preparing to launch its fourth cross-border offensive against Kurdish forces since 2016.
Erdogan accuses the Kurdish fighters in Syria -- allied with the United States against Islamic State jihadists -- as outlawed militants with links to groups waging a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.
He repeated his catchphrase on Friday that Turkish forces could strike Syrian Kurds "suddenly one night".
But he also hinted that Turkey may be open to a possible reproachment with Assad after fiercely opposing his regime.
"There should be no resentment in politics," Erdogan was quoted as saying.
He pointed out that Turkey had made up with its one-time rivals Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in the past few years.
"We need to secure further steps with Syria," he said without fully explaining what those might involve.
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu sparked protests in northern Syrian regions under Ankara's control last week by calling for a "reconciliation" between rebel groups it backs and Assad.
He also revealed last year holding his first brief meeting with a Syrian foreign minister since 2011.
"You should always be at peace," Erdogan said on Friday. "You should have the opportunity to meet at any time." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-11127001/Erdogan-says-Turkey-not-looking-Syrian-territory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-19T11:25:37Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-11127001/Erdogan-says-Turkey-not-looking-Syrian-territory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Poland nabs octogenarian with 5 kilos of heroin in suitcase
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada was arrested at Warsaw airport on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000, officials in Poland said Friday.
Customs officers at Frederic Chopin airport decided to check the woman's luggage Sunday as she was transiting after becoming suspicious of her itinerary and uneasy behavior.
Packages with five kilograms (11 pounds) of heroin were discovered under a false suitcase bottom.
The woman, traveling from Malawi and Kenya through Doha and Warsaw, denied any wrongdoing and said family members had given her the suitcase with gifts for relatives in Canada, according to Aleksandra Skrzyniarz, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office in Warsaw.
She was detained for three months and prosecutors have opened an investigation. Under Polish law, she faces up to 15 years in prison for illegal possession of narcotics. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11126883/Poland-nabs-octogenarian-5-kilos-heroin-suitcase.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-19T11:26:02Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11126883/Poland-nabs-octogenarian-5-kilos-heroin-suitcase.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
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Taiwan says it has not been informed of 'Chip 4' meeting
South Korean foreign minister Park Jin has said Seoul is expected to attend a preliminary meeting of the four which have major chip manufacturers, describing the gathering as U.S.-led.
TAIPEI - Taiwan said on Friday it has not been informed about a so-called 'Chip 4' meeting that would include it, the United States, South Korea and Japan but added the island has always cooperated closely with the United States on supply chains.
South Korean foreign minister Park Jin has said Seoul is expected to attend a preliminary meeting of the four which have major chip manufacturers, describing the gathering as U.S.-led.
He did not elaborate on what would be discussed.
The timing, location and other details of the meeting have yet to decided, said a South Korean official who was not authorised to speak to media and declined to be identified.
Taiwan's economy ministry said in a statement to Reuters late on Thursday it did not yet have any relevant information about the meeting.
"In past exchanges and dialogue between Taiwan and the United States, the United States did propose similar ideas, but there was no specific content at the time," it added.
Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer and home to the world's largest contract chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), a major Apple Inc supplier.
It has been keen to show the United States, its most important international backer at a time of rising military tensions between Taipei and Beijing, that it is a reliable friend and supplier as a global chip crunch affects auto production and consumer electronics.
Asked about the meeting, Japan's Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs Noriyuki Shikata said semiconductors are a "very strategically important industry" for Japan and that "in due course, there may be better cooperation among the countries."
With a plan to invest over USD 1 billion in electric vehicle ambition, Mahindra in July raised INR 1,925 crores (USD 250 million) at a valuation of up to INR 70,070 crores (USD 9.1 billion) from British International Investment into its electric four wheeler business. The first of the five new electric SUVs will be launched in December 2024 starting with the India market.
The company will stop producing Jazz after October 2022 while the crossover WR-V will not be produced beyond March 2023. The carmaker will also stop the production and sale of the 4th Generation Honda City by December 2022 in the country. However, the 5th generation of the sedan will continue to be available in the market, a source in the know of things told ETAuto. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/taiwan-says-it-has-not-been-informed-of-chip-4-meeting/93660177 | 2022-08-19T11:29:02Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/taiwan-says-it-has-not-been-informed-of-chip-4-meeting/93660177 | true |
ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors investigating whether Donald Trump committed crimes as he sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia are running into increasing resistance as they seek to call witnesses to testify before a special grand jury.
The latest illustration of that came Wednesday, when lawyers for Republican Gov. Brian Kemp filed a motion to quash a subpoena for his testimony, accusing the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, of pursuing his testimony for “improper political purposes.” Willis rejected that characterization, describing it as dishonest.
Kemp is just one of several witnesses who have pushed back against Willis’ attempt to compel their testimony in a case investigating potential criminal interference in an election. Late Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham formally appealed a judge’s order requiring him to testify before the special grand jury on Aug. 23. And John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who aided Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results, has also pushed back against his subpoena, with a judge in New Mexico on Wednesday rejecting his request and ordering him to travel to Atlanta to testify before the special grand jury.
The witnesses’ reluctance to testify in the case reflects the high stakes of the investigation, which is just one of a long list of serious legal threats that Trump is facing that have intensified in recent weeks. It also demonstrates the power that Trump continues to wield over the Republican Party as he prepares for an expected 2024 presidential campaign.
Willis opened the investigation early last year, prompted by a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. During that conversation, Trump suggested the state’s top elections official could “find” the exact number of votes that would be needed to flip the election results in Georgia. Denying wrongdoing, Trump has described the call as “perfect.”
About a month earlier, Trump had called Kemp, asking him to order a special legislative session to overturn Biden’s victory in the state.
Kemp was scheduled to be questioned under oath by Willis’ team on July 25 in a session that was to be recorded and later played for the special grand jury. Asked by The Associated Press later that day to confirm that the governor had appeared for that meeting, Kemp spokesperson Katie Byrd declined to comment, citing “respect for the grand jury process.”
As it turns out, Kemp never met with Willis’ team.
His lawyers wrote in their motion Wednesday that Willis’ team canceled that meeting and issued a subpoena after Kemp’s attorneys asked about the scope of the interview.
Correspondence attached to the motion indicates that communications between Brian McEvoy, a lawyer for the governor, and the district attorney’s office turned sour in mid-June and then fell apart in late July.
In an email calling the investigation “politically motivated,” McEvoy said Kemp would only sit for the interview if Willis’ office agreed not to issue a subpoena for his testimony. He also demanded disclosure of questions and topics beforehand and said neither party could record the interview.
Willis issued a scathing response, accusing McEvoy of being rude to her team and calling his email “offensive and beneath an officer of the court.” She said she had offered the taped interview as a courtesy, but that that offer was now “off the table” and the governor would be subpoenaed.
“There’s an old adage that people take kindness for weakness. You have taken my kindness as weakness and you have continually treated this investigation with disdain,” Willis wrote. “Despite your disdain this investigation continues and will not be derailed by anyone’s antics.”
Kemp’s subpoena called for him to appear before the special grand jury Thursday. Byrd said in an email that he had been excused from appearing pending a ruling on his motion to quash. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, has set an Aug. 25 hearing on the motion.
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled that Eastman was a material witness and had not proved that traveling to Atlanta would cause an undue hardship for him. Rejecting arguments from Eastman’s lawyer, she said any concerns about attorney-client privilege and his right to assert the Fifth Amendment should be addressed by the judge in Atlanta.
Eastman had told lawmakers during a Dec. 3, 2020, legislative committee hearing at the Georgia Capitol that they had “both the lawful authority and a ‘duty’ to replace” the certified Democratic presidential electors, citing unfounded claims of widespread election fraud in the state, Willis wrote in a court filing.
He also drafted at least two memos to the Trump campaign and others detailing a plan by which then-Vice President Mike Pence, as president of the U.S. Senate, could refuse to count some of the electoral votes won by Biden, Willis wrote.
And in South Carolina on Wednesday, Graham appealed a judge’s Monday order requiring him to testify before the special grand jury. Prosecutors have indicated they’re interested in phone calls he made to Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks following the election.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Graham’s request. Graham’s legal team also asked a federal judge to put his special grand jury appearance on hold during the appeal process.
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Kinnard reported from Columbia, S.C. Associated Press writer Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M., contributed to this report.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling proposals Pyongyang already rejected.
In a commentary published by state media Friday, Kim Yo Jong stressed that her country has no intentions to give away its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program for economic cooperation, saying “no one barters its destiny for corn cake.”
She questioned the sincerity of South Korea’s calls for improved bilateral relations while it continues its combined military exercises with the United States and fails to stop civilian activists from flying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and other “dirty waste” across their border.
She also ridiculed South Korea’s military capabilities, saying the South misread the launch site of the North’s latest missile tests on Wednesday, hours before Yoon used a news conference to urge Pyongyang to return to diplomacy.
“It would have been more favorable for his image to shut his mouth, rather than talking nonsense as he had nothing better to say,” she said about Yoon.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, expressed “strong regret” over Kim Yo Jong’s comments, and Yoon’s office called for Pyongyang to show “self-restraint” and “think deeply” about Seoul’s offer.
“This attitude from North Korea will not only threaten peace on the Korean Peninsula but result in further difficulties for the North by worsening its international isolation and economic situation,” Lee Hyo-jung, a Unification Ministry spokesperson, said during a briefing.
Kim Yo Jong last week had threatened “deadly” retaliation against the South over the COVID-19 outbreak in the North, which it dubiously claims was caused by leaflets and other objects dropped from balloons launched by southern activists.
Yoon during a nationally televised speech on Monday proposed an “audacious” economic assistance package to North Korea if it takes steps to abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program. The offers of large-scale aid in food and health care and modernizing electricity generation systems and seaports and airports weren’t meaningfully different from previous South Korean proposals rejected by the North, which is speeding the development of an arsenal Kim Jong Un sees as his strongest guarantee of survival.
Kim Yo Jong, one of the most powerful officials in her brother’s government who oversees inter-Korean affairs, said Yoon displayed the “height of absurdity” with his offer, saying it was realistic as creating “mulberry fields in the dark blue ocean.”
She said South Korea’s words and actions would only incite “surging hatred and wrath” from North Koreans and insisted Pyongyang has no immediate plans to revive long-stalled diplomacy with Seoul. “It is our earnest desire to live without awareness of each other,” she said.
Inter-Korean ties have worsened amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. that derailed in 2019 because of disagreements over a relaxation of crippling U.S.-led sanctions on the North in exchange for disarmament steps.
There are concerns that Kim Yo Jong’s threats last week over the leafletting portends a provocation, of which the possibilities may include a nuclear or missile test or even border skirmishes. The United States and South Korea kick off their biggest combined training in years next week to counter the North Korean threat. The North describes such drills as invasion rehearsals and has often responded to them with missile tests or other provocations.
During Wednesday’s news conference, Yoon expressed hope for meaningful dialogue with the North over his aid-for-disarmament proposal. Maintaining a reserved tone, Yoon said his government has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent and doesn’t desire political change in Pyongyang that’s brought by force.
Yoon spoke hours after South Korea’s military detected North Korea firing two suspected cruise missiles toward the sea and identified the western coastal site of Onchon as the launch location. Kim Yo Jong in her column said the weapons were fired from a bridge in the city of Anju, north of Onchon and farther inland, and ridiculed South Korean and U.S. capacities to monitor North Korean missile activity. The South’s military has yet to release its analyzed flight details of those missiles.
“If the data and flight trajectory (of the missiles) are known, (the South) will be so bewildered and afraid,” Kim Yo Jong said. “It will be a thing worthy of seeing how they will explain about it before their people.”
The latest launches extended a record pace in North Korean missile testing in 2022, which has involved more than 30 ballistic launches, including the country’s first demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles in nearly five years.
North Korea’s heighted testing activity underscores its dual intent to advance its arsenal and force the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power so it can negotiate economic and security concessions from a position of strength, experts say.
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ROME (AP) — The king of TikTok, Khaby Lame, finally has another title: Italian.
The 22-year-old influencer, who ranks as the most popular TikToker with 148 million followers, took his oath of citizenship Wednesday in Chiavasso, a municipality outside Turin, according to the local government.
Lame moved to Italy from his native Senegal when he was an infant but only was granted citizenship now because of strict Italian citizenship laws.
His situation – and those of thousands of other young people who were born in Italy or raised there by non-Italians- made headlines after Lame became the most-followed TikTok creator in June. The attention being paid to “Italy’s TikTok king” highlighted that he wasn’t actually Italian.
In response, Italy’s deputy interior minister, Carlo Sibilia, tweeted June 24 that Lame’s citizenship application recently was approved.
“Dear @KhabyLame, I wanted to let you know that the decree granting you #Italiancitizenship was issued in early June by the Interior Ministry. Soon you will be contacted by the local office notifying you about your oath. Good luck,” Sibilia tweeted.
The assurances suggested that Lame’s application had worked its way through the pipeline under normal procedures and didn’t receive any special treatment because of his newfound TikTok fame.
Under Italian law, children born to non-Italians and raised in Italy can apply for citizenship in their 18th year, a regulation that critics say discriminates against thousands of children who are culturally Italian but are denied citizenship.
Critics say the law inhibits integration and leaves some children stateless.
Center-left lawmakers in Italy routinely try to change the regulations to grant citizenship earlier. In the United States, for example, children born on U.S. soil get American citizenship regardless of their parents’ nationalities.
But Italy’s right-wing has long insisted citizenship should only pass through Italian blood lines. The most recent proposal has called for letting children of immigrants who were born in Italy or arrived before they turned 12 to apply after they completed at least five years of schooling in Italy.
The Chiavasso city hall filmed the short ceremony in which Lame became an Italian and asked him what had changed.
“It is not that before, before signing, I didn’t feel Italian, so very little has changed,” Lame said. “But now I am officially Italian, on paper.”
Lame rose to TikTok fame with charming videos of his reactions to everyday life in which he never says a word. His following surged during the pandemic, when he was fired from his factory job and used the extra time on his hands to make and upload more videos.
Asked how his life had changed from growing up poor to finding global fame, Lame said his family was poor but happy during his childhood and nowadays, “It’s another reality, it’s completely another world.
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By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offenses and his company was fined $8.1 billion, a court announced.
Xiao Jianhua was convicted of misusing billions of dollars of deposits from banks and insurers controlled by his Tomorrow Group and offering bribes to officials, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court said on its social media account.
Xiao was fined 6.5 million yuan ($950,000) and his company was fined 55 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), the court said.
Xiao was last seen at a Hong Kong hotel in January 2017 and was believed to have been taken to the mainland by Chinese authorities. News reports later said he was under investigation by anti-graft authorities, but no details were released.
The Canadian government said diplomats were blocked from attending his July 5 trial.
Tomorrow Group has been linked to a series of anti-corruption prosecutions and seizures of financial companies by regulators.
Friday’s announcement said Xiao and Tomorrow Group were convicted of improperly taking more than 311.6 billion yuan ($46 billion) from the public and misused entrusted property and money totaling 148.6 billion yuan ($21.8 billion).
Xiao vanished amid a flurry of prosecutions of Chinese businesspeople accused of misconduct.
That fueled speculation the ruling Communist Party might be abducting people outside the mainland. Hong Kong at that time prohibited Chinese police from operating in the former British colony, which has a separate legal system.
Since then, Beijing has tightened control over Hong Kong, prompting complaints it is violating the autonomy promised when the territory returned to China in 1997. The Communist Party imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in 2020 and has imprisoned pro-democracy activists.
Hong Kong police investigated Xiao’s disappearance and said he crossed the border into the mainland. An advertisement in the Ming Pao newspaper in Xiao’s name the same week denied he was taken against his will.
At the time of his disappearance, Xiao was worth nearly $6 billion, making him China’s 32nd wealthiest person, according to the Hurun Report, which follows the country’s wealthy.
In 2020, regulators seized nine companies controlled by Xiao.
That included four insurers, two securities firms, two trust firms and a company involved in financial futures. The business magazine Caixin reported at the time that the seized assets totaled almost 1 billion yuan ($150 million).
A retired bank regulator, Xue Jining, admitted taking 400 million yuan ($62 million) in bribes in a corruption case linked to Baoshang Bank Ltd. in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, which regulators seized from Tomorrow in 2019.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) — today announced its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 23 cents per common share. This dividend is payable on September 15, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2022. Subject to quarterly Board approval, the full year's cash dividend is projected to be 92 cents per share for 2022, compared to 88 cents paid in 2021.
The current annualized regular dividend rate of 92 cents per share marks the 41st consecutive year that Old Republic has boosted this rate, and 2022 becomes the 81st year of uninterrupted regular cash dividend payments.
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Chicago-based Old Republic International Corporation is one of the nation's 50 largest shareholder-owned insurance businesses. It is a member of the Fortune 500 listing of America's largest companies. The Company is organized as an insurance holding company whose subsidiaries actively market, underwrite, and provide risk management services for a wide variety of coverages mostly in the general and title insurance fields. Old Republic's general insurance business ranks among the nation's 50 largest, while its title insurance business is the third largest in its industry.
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This is the first year the Roanoke-based home service company has made the list based upon their three-year revenue growth rate of 83 percent
ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Trust Home Services, a leading electrical, HVAC and plumbing company serving southwest Virginia, announced today that it has been selected to the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This is the first year Southern Trust has made the respected list.
The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"It is exciting to have earned this impressive honor, and we could not have done it without the support of our wonderful team of employees and the dedication of our loyal customers," said Ted Puzio, owner of Southern Trust Home Services. "While the selection of Southern Trust to this list proves that we are one of the country's fastest-growing companies, our growth will not stop here. We are constantly working to recruit and hire the best technicians and provide unparalleled customer service so that our clients consider us their only home service choice."
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.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Puzio said Southern Trust prides itself on offering its customers the best solutions and latest innovations in heating, cooling, plumbing and electric and also works to ensure that the staff receives the ongoing training they need to be leaders in the Roanoke area home services industry.
"Our incredible growth during the some of the most difficult times in recent memory is a testament to the dedication of our staff and the ongoing training we provide them to stay at the top of their game," Puzio said. "I congratulate the team of Southern Trust Home Services for this achievement."
About Southern Trust Home Services
Founded in 1995 as Southern State Electric, Southern Trust Home Services provides residential plumbing, electrical HVAC services, drain cleaning and one day bath remodel services, including 24/7 emergency repairs, to homeowners in more than 60 cities throughout southwest Virginia. Roanoke's first to offer a lifetime guarantee on all recommended repairs, Southern Trust Home Services staffs dedicated, certified, licensed and insured, drug and criminal background checked technicians who provide timely, same-day services for a variety of home repairs, installations, and maintenance. An A Better Business Bureau accredited company since 2006, Southern Trust Home Services has financing available including 0 percent for 18 months, and Lifetime Repair Guarantee on stated repairs. To find out more, call 540-343-4348 or visit www.southerntrusthomeservices.com.
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Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Weber Inc. (NYSE: WEBR).
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According to a filed complaint, Weber Inc. 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.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC).
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According to a filed complaint, Wells Fargo & Company issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Camden’s Adventure Aquarium to host ‘Sensory-Friendly F.I.S.H Night’
“Sensory-Friendly F.I.S.H Night” at Adventure Aquarium on Saturday seeks to create an inclusive experience for people dealing with Sensory processing disorders.
Between 5:30 to 8 p.m., the aquarium will be turning off music playing through the PA system, staff will not be using microphones, and lights will be brightened. Capacity limits will also be in place.
Aquarium PR Communications Manager Shannon Rostick says a normal day could be very overwhelming with the number of guests and things going on.
“And you have to end up leaving early, which just isn’t as great of an experience as it would be if you were to attend on a F.I.S.H. night like this, where there’s a lot less people, everything. It’s calmer, it’s more, you know, tailored to these guests,” Rostick said.
Rostick also notes certain attractions will be turned off, such as the thunderstorm exhibit.
“It’s very, very loud so that is going to be turned off for this event as well,” Rostick said. “So anything like that’s going to be overly loud or in your face, those will either be turned off or not available for the guests to view.”
A limited number of noise-canceling headphones will be available at the help desks.
The aquarium is partnering with Shriners Children’s Hospital for the event. Tickets start at $24.99.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AiDot launches the 18-month Cloud service package, which provides consumers 24*7 hours monitoring, including the home monitoring and pet sitting, also human detection, pet detection, package detection and vehicle detection. This service helps users understand family's activities and pets' habits better through the data analysis dashboard.
Empowers Users' Security Camera to Know More of Family Members
Parents always know the kids' favorite activity areas and favorite toys, but when parents are away from kids, they want to do more to protect them from the dangerous zone that parents don't want them to go. (The Danger Zones for little kids like Medicine Cabinet, Garage, The Stairs,Laundry Room ).
Using AiDot Cloud service, parents can designate the identification areas for their family. Users can see the statistics of cameras in different rooms on the APP, and then know which room pets and children like to play in. For the elderly, through the statistical analysis in AiDot APP, it also can understand their living patterns and daily needs.
Reduce Separation Anxiety for Pet Parents
Pet owners always want to know the room their pet likes to explore or rest in, and whether they eat and drink normally, but it takes a lot of time to observe and summarize. Now pet parents can use pet settings feature of AiDot app cloud service to define pet's activity area and learn about their daily diet so you can help them in time.
Through AiDot's intelligent analysis service, users can count the frequency and duration of family members and pets' activities. Observe the daily activities of family members in real time helps to find problems faster.
Availability: AiDot's 18-month cloud service plan originally priced at $95.90. Shop it now can enjoy 64%off: $35.92, plus a free $59.99 indoor security camera. Check it at AiDot Cloud Service now.
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AiDot believes we can add more value to the word "eco" when it comes to eco-systems and eco-lifestyles. AiDot app has interconnected with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Homekit, Conrad connects, Smartthings. It's fully compatible with Amazon Echo, Google Assistant, Apple Home Pod and other voice assistants, also works with 20 other partners' mainstream smart home devices.
Works with AiDot (WWA) is a symbol of cross-brand and cross-category connectivity. Brands that have joined the AiDot ecosystem include well-known smart device brands, such as Linkind, OREiN, Winees, Hyderson, Syvio, GoGonova, Ganiza, etc. Users can easily control any product with Works with AiDot with just one app. All products within the AiDot ecosystem are designed to help users start building a sustainable world.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s leader said Friday that it’s upsetting Indonesia has further reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali terror attack that killed 202 people — which could free him within days if he’s granted parole.
The most recent reduction of Umar Patek’s sentence takes his total reductions to almost two years and means Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.
“This will cause further distress to Australians who were the families of victims of the Bali bombings,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Channel 9. “We lost 88 Australian lives in those bombings.”
Albanese said he would continue making “diplomatic representations” to Indonesia about Patek’s sentence and a range of other issues, including Australians currently jailed in Indonesia. Albanese described Patek as “abhorrent.”
“His actions were the actions of a terrorist,” Albanese told Channel 9. ”They did have such dreadful results for Australian families that are ongoing, the trauma which is there.”
Indonesia often grants sentence reductions to prisoners on major holidays such as the nation’s Independence Day, which was Wednesday.
Patek received a 5-month reduction on Independence Day for good behavior and could walk free this month from Porong Prison in East Java province if he gets parole, said Zaeroji, who heads the provincial office for the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
Zaeroji, who goes by a single name, said Patek had the same rights as other inmates and had fulfilled legal requirements to get sentence reductions. “While in the prison, he behaved very well and he regrets his radical past which has harmed society and the country and he has also vowed to be a good citizen,” Zaeroji said.
Patek was arrested in Pakistan in 2011 and tried in Indonesia, where he was convicted in 2012. He was originally sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
With his time served plus sentence reductions, he became eligible for parole on Aug. 14. The decision from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in Jakarta is still pending, Zaeroji said. If refused parole, he could remain jailed until 2029.
Patek was one of several men implicated in the attack, which was widely blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group with ties to al-Qaida. Most of those killed in the bombing on the resort island were foreign tourists.
Another conspirator, Ali Imron, was sentenced to life. Earlier this year, a third militant, Aris Sumarsono, whose real name is Arif Sunarso but is better known as Zulkarnaen, was sentenced to 15 years following his capture in 2020 after 18 years on the run.
Jan Laczynski, a survivor of the bombings, told Channel 9 that many Australians will be “devastated” by Patek’s potential release. “This guy should not be going out unsupervised, unmonitored,” he said. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/australia-upset-at-indonesia-reducing-bali-bombers-sentence/ | 2022-08-19T11:43:12Z | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/australia-upset-at-indonesia-reducing-bali-bombers-sentence/ | true |
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As career opportunities in automotive service, parts and sales continue to grow due to increased customer demand, Leith Automotive Group is looking to hire hardworking car enthusiasts to fill vacancies throughout the company.
The demand for skilled automotive technicians, especially, is expected to increase over the next several years nationwide. According to the United States Department of Labor, the transportation industry needs to fill nearly 100,000 technician job openings on average annually, between now and 2029.
With a forecast like that, Leith is looking for innovative ways to attract new, qualified applicants, and one of the strategies the company has employed involves teaming with one of the largest, year-round car shows in the region, Morrisville Cars and Coffee. It's a free event to the public that features all makes and models of vehicles. It takes place the first Saturday of the month from 8-11 a.m. at 5425 Page Road in Durham.
By going to where car enthusiasts go, Leith is hoping to find people who not only love cars, but who are also willing to work hard for a company that offers many great benefits to the right candidate. New Leith hires will find competitive starting pay, profit sharing, paid training, employee discounts and a full benefits package, just to name a few.
"Our goal is to find other like-minded car enthusiasts that have a passion for the automotive industry like we do and are looking for a place to have a career, not just another job," said Rodney Britt of Leith Toyota in Raleigh.
Leith also recruits heavily from Wake Tech Community College, NASCAR Tech/Universal Technical Institute and the automotive program at Chapel Hill High School.
LeithCars.com is one of the largest automotive groups in North Carolina. A family business created in Raleigh, Leith Cars has been serving the Triangle community for over 50 years, incorporating over 1,900 North Carolinians into its family. The number one place to buy vehicles in the Raleigh metro area for five years running, according to a Marshall Marketing Survey, the auto dealer has 39 franchise locations throughout the state. For more information, visit www.leithcars.com.
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A Pennsylvania man was charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook.
A spokeswoman for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock confirmed that the remains were to be donated to UAMS’s facility. UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said they were instead stolen from Arkansas Central Mortuary Services in Little Rock by a female mortuary employee and sold, adding that there is an open federal investigation.
“We are very respectful of those who donate their bodies, and we are appalled that such a thing could happen,” Taylor said.
A representative of the mortuary hung up on a reporter who reached out for comment Thursday.
FBI Little Rock spokesman Conor Hagan said the office was aware of the Pennsylvania incident “but will not comment on ongoing investigations.” No charges had been filed as of Thursday against the Arkansas woman.
East Pennsboro Township Police in Pennsylvania announced the arrest of and charges against 40-year-old Jeremy Lee Pauley, of Enola, Pennsylvania. Pauley had been arrested on July 22 and had an initial court appearance Thursday.
Calls to an attorney representing Pauley were not returned late Thursday. Pauley was released on $50,000 bond, according to court records.
On a Facebook page under his name, Pauley has posted pictures of bags and stacks of femurs, one captioned, “Picked up more medical bones to sort through.” The Facebook page he uses to market his body parts is called “The Grand Wunderkammer,” “Vendors of the odd and unusual, museum exhibits, guest lectures, live entertainment, and so much more! Strange, curious, and unique in every way possible!” It also provides a link to his website.
“I think I’ve seen it all, and then something like this comes around,” said Sean McCormack, district attorney for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where Pauley was charged. “The question we had to answer was, Is the sale of body parts or bones and remains illegal … or legal? Some of it, to our surprise, was legal. And as the investigation went on, it became clear there was illegal activity going on as well.”
Pauley, who described himself as a collector of what he called “oddities,” including human body parts, said the remains were acquired legally when first contacted by police, according to a police affidavit. Police initially found what they described as older human remains including full skeletons that they determined were legally obtained.
However, after a second tip about newer remains in Pauley’s home, investigators returned to the house to find more recent purchases. Police found three five-gallon buckets containing assorted body parts— including of children— and federal and state law enforcement agents intercepted packages addressed to Pauley from the Arkansas woman that contained body parts.
Pauley told investigators that he intended to resell the body parts, according to the affidavit. Investigators allege that Pauley arranged to pay the Arkansas woman $4,000 for the body parts through Facebook Messenger.
Facebook did not respond to messages seeking comments on Pauley’s pages. However, its community standards prohibit human exploitation and explicitly prohibit selling body parts through its commercial policies and advertising policies.
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Utah officials secretly investigated female athlete’s gender
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah high school athletics association secretly investigated a female athlete — without telling her or her parents — after receiving complaints from the parents of two girls she had defeated in competition questioning whether the girl was transgender.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that the Utah High School Activities Association and the girl’s high school determined she indeed was female after poring through her school records dating back to kindergarten.
Association spokesman David Spatafore told lawmakers that the girl and her family weren’t told of the investigation to spare them embarrassment and “to keep the matter private,” the Tribune reported.
The revelation came as at least 12 Republican-led states — including Utah — have passed laws banning transgender women or girls in sports. Supporters of the bans say transgender girls have an unfair advantage because they were born as stronger males and could deny girls places on sports teams.
There have been almost no cases of potential competitive advantages in K-12 sports in states passing the bans, including Utah. The state’s ban is being challenged in state court.
Spatafore told a legislative hearing on transgender athletes Wednesday that the parents of the second- and third-place finishers in a competition last year filed a complaint with the association after the girl won first place in an event “by a wide margin,” the Tribune said.
The girl’s school reviewed her high school record and determined she was registered as female. The Utah high school association asked the school to “double check,” Spatafore said, and officials contacted her middle and elementary schools to review files.
“The school went back to kindergarten,” Spatafore said, “and she’d always been a female.”
Spatafore declined to reveal the student’s grade, school or sport to protect her identity. He said the student and her family were not told about the investigation because it might be offensive to them and that the parents would have been contacted “if needed.”
Spatafore also said the association has looked into other complaints involving transgender athletes in its efforts to comply with the Utah law, which went into effect in July. Some complaints include “when an athlete doesn’t look feminine enough,” he said. None of the complaints have been verified.
Lawmakers didn’t question the process during the hearing, the Tribune reported.
Sue Robbins, of the Transgender Advisory Council of Equality Utah, said the association should publicly adopt a policy spelling out how and when it may investigate student records.
“Where does the UHSAA get their authority to go investigate?” Robbins said. “We warned about this being a possibility, that everyone would accuse everyone who is successful of being transgender. ... It becomes about judging women’s bodies. And no body is safe.”
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican whose veto of the ban earlier this year was overridden by the Legislature, said Thursday that the parents’ complaint about the girl who was investigated had crossed a line.
“My goodness, we’re living in this world where we’ve become sore losers, and we’re looking for any reason why our kid lost,” he said. He said he supports fairness in sports but that “making up allegations like that are pretty disturbing to me.”
Before the ban, Utah had one registered transgender female athlete competing last year on a high school girls’ team, Spatafore said.
In a lawsuit, three transgender girls and their parents claim the outright ban passed by the Republican-majority Utah Legislature wrongly keeps their children from participating in the sports.
Their attorneys argue it violates provisions of the state constitution that prohibit discrimination and guarantee equal rights and due process.
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FILE – A demonstrator holds a placard reading “Scammer, thief, killer, Pfizer” during a protest against the vaccine pass and vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 in front of the Pfizer headquarters, in Paris, on Jan. 29, 2022. An anti-vaccine group that has harassed doctors and public officials in Italy and France is still active on platforms like Facebook despite efforts to rein in their abuse and misinformation. The organization, known as V_V, bombards its victims with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of abusive posts. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ucommune International Ltd (NASDAQ: UK) ("Ucommune" or the "Company"), a leading agile office space manager and provider in China, today announced that at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company (the "Initial Meeting") held at 10 A.M. on August 19, 2022, Beijing time (10 P.M. on August 18, 2022, U.S. Eastern time), its shareholders approved the adjournment of the Initial Meeting to 10 A.M. on August 24, 2022, Beijing time (10 P.M. on August 23, 2022, U.S. Eastern time) ("Adjourned Meeting"), to be held in the same office at Floor 8, No.2 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The purpose of the Initial Meeting and the Adjourned Meeting is the same and is to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association currently in effect (the "Current M&A") to change the voting power of the Class B ordinary shares, par value of US$0.002 each, of the Company (the "Class B Ordinary Shares") from fifteen (15) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share to thirty-five (35) votes for each Class B Ordinary Share. Pursuant to the Current M&A, the Company obtained the ordinary resolutions of the holders of Class B Ordinary Shares to approve the proposed variation of rights of Class B Ordinary Shares set forth in the notice of the Meeting on August 2, 2022. The Company has established the close of business on August 2, 2022, Eastern time (the "Record Date"), as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
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Ucommune is China's leading agile office space manager and provider. Founded in 2015, Ucommune has created a large-scale intelligent agile office ecosystem covering economically vibrant regions throughout China to empower its members with flexible and cost-efficient office space solutions. Ucommune's various offline agile office space services include self-operated models, such as U Space, U Studio, and U Design, as well as asset-light models, such as U Brand and U Partner. By utilizing its expertise in the real estate and retail industries, Ucommune operates its agile office spaces with high efficiency and engages in the urban transformation of older and under-utilized buildings to redefine commercial real estate in China.
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COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Measures will Not End Today, They will be Extended
The term of the introduced anti-epidemic measures in Bulgaria is extended until 25.08.2022.
This became clear from a new Order of the Minister of Health, Dr. Asen Medzhidiev.
The order is subject to appeal within one month from its publication on the website of the Ministry of Health before the relevant administrative court in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Code.
We remind you that an order by the Ministry of Health was issued on August 9 for the continuation of Covid measures on the territory of Bulgaria. The order specified that wearing protective masks will only be required in medical facilities, pharmacies, opticians, specialized institutions providing social services and in public transport. Its term was from August 11 untill August 18, incl.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Congress in western New York said in a radio interview that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “should be executed” for authorizing a search former President Donald Trump’s home, before clarifying later in the show that he wasn’t being serious.
Buffalo-area businessman Carl Paladino made the comment in an interview with Breitbart News Saturday on Aug. 13. During the interview, Paladino was criticizing President Joe Biden for what he said was a lack of leadership and disengagement from government.
“So we have a couple of unelected people who are running our government, in an administration of people like Garland, who should be not only impeached, he probably should be executed,” Paladino said. “The guy is just lost. He’s a lost soul. He’s trying to get an image, and his image, his methodology is just terrible. To raid the home of a former president is just — people are scratching their heads and they’re saying, ‘What is wrong with this guy?’”
A short time later in the interview, host Matthew Boyle pressed Paladino about what he meant when he said that Garland should be executed.
“I’m just being facetious. The man should be removed from office,” Paladino said. “He shows his incompetence. He wants to get his face in front of the people and show he’s got some mettle to him, but his choice of issues and choice of methodology is very sad.”
Paladino, a millionaire real estate developer who was the party’s candidate for governor of New York in 2010, is in a close primary fight with New York Republican State Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy. Paladino has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Election Day is Aug. 23.
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FBI is generally responsible for investigating threats made against the attorney general.
Paladino’s campaign responded to a request for comment Thursday by reiterating that the remark wasn’t serious.
A Paladino spokesperson, Vish Burra, also told The Buffalo News on Wednesday that Paladino wasn’t actually calling for Garland’s death.
“The comment is clear: Carl does not think Garland should be executed and when you listen to the interview, when asked what he meant, he stated he was being facetious,” Burra said.
The FBI and Justice Department have faced a barrage of violent threats in the days since agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of an investigation into the discovery of classified White House records.
A man, who had said on social media that federal agents should be killed “on sight,” died in a shootout with law enforcement officers in Ohio after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati field office with a semiautomatic rifle.
Paladino has a long history of outrageous comments.
In June, he shared a Facebook post suggesting that a racist mass shooting in Buffalo was part of a conspiracy to take away people’s guns. The same month, he apologized for a comment he’d made in an interview in which he said Adolf Hitler was “the kind of leader we need today” because of his ability to rally crowds.
In 2016, Paladino joked to a newspaper that he hoped then-President Barack Obama would die from mad cow disease and said Michelle Obama should “return to being a male” and be sent to live with a gorilla in a cave.
The following year, he was removed from Buffalo’s school board for improperly discussing teacher contract negotiations, although he contended the comments about the Obamas were the real reason for his removal.
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Russia is keeping up steady bombardment of the northeastern Kharkiv front to tie down Ukrainian forces and prevent them from being used for counter-attacks in other regions, Britain's defense ministry said on Friday.
Kharkiv, some 15 km (9 miles) from Russian front lines, has been consistently shelled since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as it is within range of most Russian artillery, it said in a daily intelligence bulletin.
Seventeen people were killed and 42 injured in two Russian attacks in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Wednesday and Thursday, the regional Ukrainian governor said. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians in what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine.
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Warning over brand new 'tomato flu' virus detected in India that leaves at least 82 children with giant red blisters
- Infection spotted in India and may be variant of hand, foot, and mouth disease
- Experts also probing whether it is the after-effect of a mosquito-borne infection
- So far 82 children under five have been diagnosed with tomato fever since May
Doctors in India have sounded the alarm over a new virus dubbed 'tomato flu' that has infected dozens of children.
The infection was spotted in May in the southern state of Kerala and it is feared to be a new variant of hand, foot, and mouth disease.
Experts are also probing whether it is the after-effect of a mosquito-borne infection but they have not ruled out an entirely new pathogen.
So far 82 children under five have been diagnosed with tomato fever since May and a further 26 youngsters up to age 10 are suspected cases.
The infection gained its name because it causes an ‘eruption’ of red painful blisters across patients' bodies that 'gradually enlarge to the size of a tomato'.
Most patients also suffer high fever and intense joint pain, but fatigue, sickness and diarrhoea have also been reported.
Doctors say it is 'very contagious' and they fear it could spill into adult populations if the current outbreak is not brought under control.
It comes as the world still reels from the Covid pandemic — and amid a global outbreak of monkeypox.
Doctors in India have sounded the alarm over a new virus dubbed 'tomato flu' that has infected dozens of children. No pictures of the rash caused by the virus have been published but it triggers red painful blisters and rashes across patients' bodies
Writing in scientific journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, medics said: 'Children are at increased risk of exposure to tomato flu as viral infections are common in this age group and spread is likely to be through close contact.
'Young children are also prone to this infection through use of nappies, touching unclean surfaces, as well as putting things directly into the mouth.
'Given the similarities to hand, foot, and mouth disease, if the outbreak of tomato flu in children is not controlled and prevented, transmission might lead to serious consequences by spreading in adults as well.'
The main symptoms observed in children with tomato flu are similar to those of chikungunya - a viral disease similar to dengue that is transmitted by mosquitoes and is endemic in parts of India.
The 82 children diagnosed with tomato fever were initially tested negative for dengue, chikungunya, zika virus, varicella-zoster virus, and herpes - but came back negative.
On top of the blisters, patients suffer fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, dehydration, swollen joints and body aches.
There is currently no test or treatment for the virus.
Medics say all patients should be isolated for five to seven days from symptom onset and told to rest, drink plenty of fluids and take paracetamol.
Sponges dipped in warm water can be applied to limit the irritation from the rash, they recommend.
The virus was first spotted in Kollam, eastern Kerala on May 6, and the last case was on July 26.
Infections have been logged in three other parts of Kerala – Anchal, Aryankavu, and Neduvathur.
And a further 26 infections have been reported among one to nine-year-olds in north eastern state Odisha.
The Kerala Health Department is monitoring the spread and has put neighbouring states Tamil Nadu, directly to the east, and Karnataka, just north of Kerla, on alert.
The experts, from the L. M. College of Pharmacy in Gujarat, north India, and Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, noted that the virus is not life-threatening.
All known sufferers have recovered naturally within a week or two.
The origins of the infection are still unclear. Although some symptoms – fever, fatigue and aches – overlap with Covid, the two viruses are unrelated.
The medics believe the virus could be a new variant of hand, foot and mouth disease — a common infection that mainly affects young children and immunocompromised adults.
However, they noted the symptoms could also be a new 'after-effect' of dengue fever or chikungunya that happens days after the body clears those infections.
It comes as the world is grappling with other outbreaks on top of recurring waves of Covid.
More than 35,000 monkeypox cases have been reported worldwide, of which 3,195 are in the UK and 14,115 in the US.
Vaccine rollouts are taking place worldwide in a bid to stem the spread of the rash-causing virus, which has mainly been detected among men who have sex with men.
Meanwhile, Langya virus, which causes mild flu-like symptoms, has been detected among 35 people in China, initially sparking fears of a repeat of the 2020 pandemic.
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HANGZHOU, China, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikvision has reported its financial results for the first half year of 2022. During the reporting period, the company generated a revenue of RMB 37.26 billion, up 9.90% year over year (YoY). Net profits attributable to shareholders of the listed company were RMB 5.76 billion, reflecting a YoY decrease of 11.14%.
In the first half of 2022, Hikvision achieved a revenue of RMB 11.71 billion in overseas markets, with a YoY growth of 23.72%.
With continued external uncertainties, Hikvision has maintained steady development, leveraging advantages in R&D innovation, flexible manufacturing capabilities, a global marketing & sales network, and quality of service. The company will remain focused on creating more value for customers with innovative AIoT technologies, products, and solutions.
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Tennessee-based global public relations firm ranks 8th on annual list of franchise partners
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fifth year in a row, Ripley PR, the leading global public relations agency specializing in franchising, skilled trades and B2B technology, has been named to Entrepreneur Magazine's annual list of the nation's Top Franchise Suppliers.
The company ranks 8th among PR agencies.
Entrepreneur's Top Franchise Suppliers ranking is based on an annual survey of franchisors, from emerging brands to some of the oldest in the industry. This year, a record 900-plus franchise brands participated, stating which suppliers they and their franchisees work with and rating their satisfaction with those suppliers' services in the areas of quality, cost, and value. Each supplier receives a score based on the survey results, and the top-scoring suppliers are ranked within their respective categories.
"Entrepreneur's Top Franchise Suppliers list underscores some of the aspects of the industry that are easy to miss, but critical to a franchise's success," said Entrepreneur Senior Vice President of Franchising Liane Caruso. "The 134 companies ranked in this year's list help to handle critical aspects of business by providing vital services to franchisors and franchisees, such as accounting, financing, legal services, marketing, real estate assistance, and more."
Ripley PR, a woman-owned full-service communications agency, was founded in 2013 by Heather Ripley and specializes in franchising with an added focus on B2B technology, construction, home services and manufacturing public relations.
"It is humbling that our franchise clients have taken the time to nominate us for this award five years in a row. I couldn't be prouder of my dedicated team for continuing to deliver proven results through increased exposure and leads," said Ripley. "Our clients find extreme value in the custom strategies and results delivered by the Ripley PR team, results that improve the reputations of our franchise clients on both national and local levels. We aren't typical. We don't want to be just another vendor, but a trusted partner who celebrates the victories by your side."
Ripley PR offers its franchise clients strategic communications services, including crisis management, media relations and social media strategies with a focus on franchise development. The agency's unique combination of expertise and creativity in public relations helps clients build brand awareness, establish positive reputations and drive franchise prospects to the brand.
For more information visit www.ripleypr.com or call (865) 977-1973.
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Ripley PR, Inc. is an elite, global public relations agency specializing in franchising, construction, technology, home services and manufacturing. Offering a full range of strategic communication services, including crisis management, media relations and social media strategies, Ripley PR uses a blend of strategic business accounting and creative public relations branding to tell compelling stories and deliver measurable results. Ripley PR is a partner in IPREX, the $350 million network of communication agencies, with 1,800 staff and 115 offices worldwide. For more information, visit ripleypr.com or call 865-977-1973.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election, he promoted the charity as a vehicle for helping solve the scourge of opioid addiction that he had lamented in “Hillbilly Elegy,” his bestselling memoir.
But Vance shuttered the nonprofit last year and its foundation in May, shortly after clinching the state’s Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, according to state records reviewed by The Associated Press. An AP review found that the charity’s most notable accomplishment — sending an addiction specialist to Ohio’s Appalachian region for a yearlong residency — was tainted by ties among the doctor, the institute that employed her and Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin.
The mothballing of Our Ohio Renewal and its dearth of tangible success raise questions about Vance’s management of the organization. His decision to bring on Dr. Sally Satel is drawing particular scrutiny. She’s an American Enterprise Institute resident scholar whose writings questioning the role of prescription painkillers in the national opioid crisis were published in The New York Times and elsewhere before she began the residency in the fall of 2018.
Documents and emails obtained by ProPublica for a 2019 investigation found that Satel, a senior fellow at AEI, sometimes cited Purdue-funded studies and doctors in her articles on addiction for major news outlets and occasionally shared drafts of the pieces with Purdue officials in advance, including on occasions in 2004 and 2016. Over the years, according to the report, AEI received regular $50,000 donations and other financial support from Purdue totaling $800,000.
Longtime Ohio political observer Herb Asher cast the charity’s shortcomings, including Satel’s links to Big Pharma, as a “betrayal.”
“A person forms a charity presumably to do good things, so when it doesn’t, for whatever reason, that really is a betrayal,” said Asher, an emeritus professor of political science at Ohio State University. “That’s something voters can get their arms around.”
Vance’s campaign said the nonprofit is simply on temporary hold during Vance’s Senate run against Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan. It also said Vance was unfamiliar with Satel’s connection to Purdue when she was selected for the residency.
“JD didn’t know at the time, but remains proud of her work to treat patients, especially those in an area of Ohio who needed it most,” the campaign said in a statement.
In an email to the AP this week, Satel said that she “never consulted with” or ever “took a cent from Purdue” and that she didn’t know that Purdue had donated money to AEI because the institute maintains a firewall between its scholars and donors. She said she relies “completely on my own experience as a psychiatrist and/or data to form my opinions.”
Phoebe Keller, spokesperson for AEI, said the institute’s scholars “have academic freedom to follow their own research to conclusions without interference from management.”
Purdue Pharma did not respond to a message seeking comment.
Vance has described Our Ohio Renewal’s mission variously over the years as “to bring interesting new businesses to the so-called Rust Belt,” “to fill some of the (area’s) treatment gaps in mental health” and “to combat Ohio’s opioid epidemic.”
He has acknowledged at points that the charity fell short of his vision, though he has more recently suggested it remains active — including listing himself on a financial disclosure filed this week as “honorary chairman” of the canceled organization.
In his book, Vance recounts the hardship and heartbreak he and his family experienced as a result of his mother’s battle with drug addiction, which ravaged Appalachian areas of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia when the 38-year-old was growing up. She used both OxyContin and heroin.
Ohio remains one of the hardest-hit states for deadly drug overdoses, with about 14 people dying each day, according to the most recent statistics.
Vance expressed hopes in media interviews about the time Satel arrived in struggling Ironton, Ohio, in September 2018, that she would use her experience to develop better treatment methods for addiction that could be “scaled nationally” or perhaps to produce “a paper or book-length publication” detailing her findings. She has yet to do either.
“I am working on a book,” Satel told the AP in an email exchange this week, nearly three years after she wrapped up her residency.
D.R. Gossett, CEO of the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization, who helped oversee Satel’s roughly $70,000 residency, said she “helped people who were struggling in southern Ohio” and “to this day, people are thankful for her presence.” That included treating an unspecified number of patients in a region long designated a health care shortage area and what Gossett described as “community planning efforts.”
After the residency ended, Satel’s public remarks suggested she remained as convinced as ever that addiction stems from combined behavioral and environmental forces — not the documented overprescribing and aggressive marketing of OxyContin and other opioids that helped families and state, local and tribal governments ultimately secure a $6 billion national settlement against Purdue in March.
“The data are completely clear that the decline in opioid prescribing had no effect on the overall opioid overdose rate,” she said in the email to the AP, blaming the number of growing overdoses on heroin and fentanyl.
It’s a familiar position for Satel, whose opinion columns in national publications included an October 2004 Times article, “Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain is Now Risky Business,” a February 2018 Politico article, “The Myth of What’s Driving the Opioid Crisis – Doctor-prescribed painkillers are not the biggest threat” and the March 2018 Slate article, “Pill Limits Are Not a Smart Way to Fight the Opioid Crisis.”
Jack Frech, a senior executive in residence at Ohio University who headed an Appalachian Ohio welfare agency for more than 30 years, said there is no doubt that the region was targeted with prescription opioids in the early days of the epidemic. He said the path to addiction to heroin and fentanyl for many residents “started with the overabundance of easily accessible pain pills.”
Ryan and his allies are already targeting Our Ohio Renewal in television ads, citing recent Business Insider reporting that called into question the charity’s payments to a Vance political adviser and on public opinion polling.
A year after Satel finished up her residency, a friend emailed Vance in October 2020 to express concern that Satel was headlining an AEI event on the origins of the U.S. opioid crisis “without a splash banner saying how much money AEI takes from Purdue Pharma.”
“Yeah. It’s not good,” Vance replied, according to a copy of the email obtained by the AP. “I have a minor affiliation with AEI. Thinking about dropping it because of this and other things.” He did. Keller, the AEI spokesperson, said Vance ended his nonresident fellowship at the institute that year and did not renew the affiliation.
Medical professionals and others on the front lines of the drug crisis say the scourge of addiction in Appalachia still needs advocates.
“There’s definitely still a major problem,” said Trisha Ferrar, who directs The Recovery Center in Lancaster, at the edge of Appalachian Ohio. “Things are very tough and people who are sick are having a lot of challenges. There’s just a lot of uncertainty in the world right now that kind of adds to that.”
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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 30 and 31, Camel Group Co., Ltd. ( "Camel Group" or "the Company") was audited by an international expert team ("Expert Team")entrusted by a third party, consisting of environmental safety experts from Washington, D.C. and sociologists from Thailand. The purpose of the audit was to examine Camel Group's environmental, social and governance issues with respect to its operations in China.The comprehensive and robust investigation into Camel's ESG practices includes interviews with employees at the facilities, which were selected by the auditors.
As a result of its audit,The Expert Team recognized the Camel Group's performance in environmental protection and corporate social responsibility. The Company was praised by its employees, customers, the community, suppliers, investors, and others for its ESG practices, including implementing the national "Double Carbon" strategy, adopting and executing an effective ESG compliance system, improving corporate governance, advocating green and low-carbon practices, facilitating energy savings and emission reduction. Also noted in expert team's findings was that Camel Group implemented employee-friendly policies and took an active part in social and charitable undertakings, and deeply participated in community construction initiatives. Camel Group is committed to continuing its efforts to execute meaningful standards, and actively fulfill its security, environmental protection, and social responsibilities.
A Guardian of Safe and Green Production
Safe and green production is the cornerstone of corporate development. Camel Group highly values the management of production safety and environmental protection, and has established a safety, environmental, and occupational health management system. Every year, the factories of the Company receive internal audits for EHS certification and external audits for CQC certification. Continuous audits and improvements ensure the sound operation of the systems.
In terms of environmental monitoring, online monitoring systems have been installed for the sewage discharge of the battery factory and for the exhaust gas emission of the reclaimed lead factory, and the data is directly uploaded to the national monitoring platform. Every factory receives third-party inspections for pollution discharge and environmental quality every quarter (some indicators are monthly). Weekly self-inspections are organized in terms of safety, environmental protection, fire protection, and occupational health. Inspection results are regularly announced on the official website of the Company and the national pollutant discharge permit information platform.
The company also focuses on the information-based practices of safety and environmental protection. The "Micro-safety Platform" effectively classifies and controls sources of danger, identifies hidden danger, tracks the corrections, and sends relevant environment protection data through Camel Group's safety and environmental protection data platform.
Camel Group has always been an advocate and practitioner of green and low-carbon actions. In 2021, the Company invested RMB 90 million in safety, environmental protection, and energy saving projects. Camel Group's factories regularly promoted multiple energy-savings, water-savings and waste reduction projects, with 9 million kWh of electricity, 23000 m3 of water, and 110 tons of solid waste saved. As the Company's energy-saving and efficiency promotion efforts produce more positive outcomes, Camel Group has intensified its confidence and determination in green and sustainable development, and requires every employee to participate in the Company's philosophy of green production and green living. Together we will build a more eco-friendly and sustainable battery manufacturing and recycling industry.
A Bearer of Corporate Social Responsibilities
Performing social responsibilities is the soul of development for Camel Group. The Company actively performs its social responsibility to empower the sustainability construction of a great community. In the past two years, the Company has donated more than RMB 10 million to charitable and poverty-stricken destinations. The Company focuses on repaying the society, actively boosts rural revitalization, participates in voluntary activities, carries out emergency rescues, and contributes to a healthier and happier life for the communities in which it does business.
While performing its social responsibilities, Camel Group cares about employees and fully protects their legitimate rights and interests. Camel Group cherishes the safety and health of every employee, and has been committed to creating a sound working and living environment for them and improving their experiences in terms of working environments, health and safety, meals and living accommodations provided by the Company. In recent years, the Company has invested nearly ten million in anti-epidemic efforts. It has established and implemented anti-epidemic measures in its factories and living areas, vaccinates employees, facilitates nucleic acid testing to the maximum extent, delivers free masks, medical supplies, and other anti-epidemic supplies, thereby effectively containing the spread of the virus.
In terms of employment, Camel Group applies a consistent recruitment procedure that is impartial, voluntary, and based on the same remuneration system as other employers. The Company has erected a smooth development platform and promotion channel to help employees grow with the Company and further enhance their cohesion, solidarity, and happiness.
It is the right moment for Camel Group to continue its growth. The Company receives RBA audits by OEMs and third-party agencies at home and abroad every year, and always insists on the concept of sustainable development. In the past ten years, Camel Group has upheld its mission, provided green power, and developed the circular economy to make unremitting contributions to creating beautiful lives for all of humankind.
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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 30 and 31, Camel Group Co., Ltd. ( "Camel Group" or "the Company") was audited by an international expert team ("Expert Team")entrusted by a third party, consisting of environmental safety experts from Washington, D.C. and sociologists from Thailand. The purpose of the audit was to examine Camel Group's environmental, social and governance issues with respect to its operations in China.The comprehensive and robust investigation into Camel's ESG practices includes interviews with employees at the facilities, which were selected by the auditors.
As a result of its audit,The Expert Team recognized the Camel Group's performance in environmental protection and corporate social responsibility. The Company was praised by its employees, customers, the community, suppliers, investors, and others for its ESG practices, including implementing the national "Double Carbon" strategy, adopting and executing an effective ESG compliance system, improving corporate governance, advocating green and low-carbon practices, facilitating energy savings and emission reduction. Also noted in expert team's findings was that Camel Group implemented employee-friendly policies and took an active part in social and charitable undertakings, and deeply participated in community construction initiatives. Camel Group is committed to continuing its efforts to execute meaningful standards, and actively fulfill its security, environmental protection, and social responsibilities.
A Guardian of Safe and Green Production
Safe and green production is the cornerstone of corporate development. Camel Group highly values the management of production safety and environmental protection, and has established a safety, environmental, and occupational health management system. Every year, the factories of the Company receive internal audits for EHS certification and external audits for CQC certification. Continuous audits and improvements ensure the sound operation of the systems.
In terms of environmental monitoring, online monitoring systems have been installed for the sewage discharge of the battery factory and for the exhaust gas emission of the reclaimed lead factory, and the data is directly uploaded to the national monitoring platform. Every factory receives third-party inspections for pollution discharge and environmental quality every quarter (some indicators are monthly). Weekly self-inspections are organized in terms of safety, environmental protection, fire protection, and occupational health. Inspection results are regularly announced on the official website of the Company and the national pollutant discharge permit information platform.
The company also focuses on the information-based practices of safety and environmental protection. The "Micro-safety Platform" effectively classifies and controls sources of danger, identifies hidden danger, tracks the corrections, and sends relevant environment protection data through Camel Group's safety and environmental protection data platform.
Camel Group has always been an advocate and practitioner of green and low-carbon actions. In 2021, the Company invested RMB 90 million in safety, environmental protection, and energy saving projects. Camel Group's factories regularly promoted multiple energy-savings, water-savings and waste reduction projects, with 9 million kWh of electricity, 23000 m3 of water, and 110 tons of solid waste saved. As the Company's energy-saving and efficiency promotion efforts produce more positive outcomes, Camel Group has intensified its confidence and determination in green and sustainable development, and requires every employee to participate in the Company's philosophy of green production and green living. Together we will build a more eco-friendly and sustainable battery manufacturing and recycling industry.
A Bearer of Corporate Social Responsibilities
Performing social responsibilities is the soul of development for Camel Group. The Company actively performs its social responsibility to empower the sustainability construction of a great community. In the past two years, the Company has donated more than RMB 10 million to charitable and poverty-stricken destinations. The Company focuses on repaying the society, actively boosts rural revitalization, participates in voluntary activities, carries out emergency rescues, and contributes to a healthier and happier life for the communities in which it does business.
While performing its social responsibilities, Camel Group cares about employees and fully protects their legitimate rights and interests. Camel Group cherishes the safety and health of every employee, and has been committed to creating a sound working and living environment for them and improving their experiences in terms of working environments, health and safety, meals and living accommodations provided by the Company. In recent years, the Company has invested nearly ten million in anti-epidemic efforts. It has established and implemented anti-epidemic measures in its factories and living areas, vaccinates employees, facilitates nucleic acid testing to the maximum extent, delivers free masks, medical supplies, and other anti-epidemic supplies, thereby effectively containing the spread of the virus.
In terms of employment, Camel Group applies a consistent recruitment procedure that is impartial, voluntary, and based on the same remuneration system as other employers. The Company has erected a smooth development platform and promotion channel to help employees grow with the Company and further enhance their cohesion, solidarity, and happiness.
It is the right moment for Camel Group to continue its growth. The Company receives RBA audits by OEMs and third-party agencies at home and abroad every year, and always insists on the concept of sustainable development. In the past ten years, Camel Group has upheld its mission, provided green power, and developed the circular economy to make unremitting contributions to creating beautiful lives for all of humankind.
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Russia Starbucks: Home-grown chain Stars replaces coffee giant
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A new coffee chain is taking over Starbucks outlets in Russia after the US company pulled out over the invasion of Ukraine.
Stars Coffee, which opened its first Moscow café on Thursday, is owned by a pro-Putin rapper and a restaurateur.
The cafés were closed by Starbucks in March and the company completely withdrew from Russia in May.
Starbucks had almost 2,000 employees in Russia and 130 stores. Staff members remain on full pay through the autumn.
Stars co-owner, the restaurateur Anton Pinsky, said the outlets would be reopened gradually.
The logo of Stars Coffee is similar to that of Starbucks, featuring a woman in the centre of a circle but wearing traditional Russian headgear.
Mr Pinsky said there was nothing in common between the two images apart from their circular shape.
Starbucks has not commented on the similarities between the names and logos.
As Starbucks had its own production base, the new owners of Stars Coffee have had to find new suppliers.
"We just found other suppliers, found the right roasters, and because the baristas mixed it all correctly, we have a product that we think will be competitive," rapper Timati, the firm's other co-owner, said.
Owned by Russian oil magnate Alexander Govor, it is called Vkusno i Tochka, which translates as "Tasty and that's it".
The new company said the make-up of the burgers and the equipment used had stayed the same.
McDonald's first opened in Russia in 1990, in a symbol of the country embracing Western food and culture.
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WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said.
The planes crashed at Watsonville Municipal Airport shortly before 3 p.m., according to a tweet from the city of Watsonville. The city-owned airport does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and taking off.
There were two people aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 and only the pilot aboard a single-engine Cessna 152 during the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say multiple fatalities were reported but it was not immediately clear whether anyone survived.
The pilots were on their final approaches to the airport before the collision, the FAA said in a statement. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, which did not immediately have additional details, are investigating the crash.
No one on the ground was injured. The airport has four runways and is home to more than 300 aircraft, according to its website. It handles more than 55,000 operations a year and is used often for recreational planes and agriculture businesses.
Watsonville, near the Monterey Bay, is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of San Francisco.
Photos and videos posted on social media showed the wreckage of one small plane in a grassy field by the airport. One picture showed a plume of smoke visible from a street near the airport.
A photo from the city of Watsonville showed damage to a small building at the airport, with firefighters on the scene.
The planes were about 200 feet (61 meters) in the air when they crashed, a witness told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Franky Herrera was driving past the airport when he saw the twin-engine plane bank hard to the right and hit the wing of the smaller aircraft, which "just spiraled down and crashed" near the edge of the airfield and not far from homes, he told the newspaper.
The twin-engine aircraft kept flying but "it was struggling," Herrera said, and then he saw flames at the other side of the airport.
The manager of the Watsonville Municipal Airport was unavailable for a phone interview in the hours after the crash. The airport accounts for about 40% of all general aviation activities in the Monterey Bay area, according to the City of Watsonville's website.
The Watsonville Police Department referred calls to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, where a dispatcher had no information.
Two other pilots also were hurt in aircraft crashes elsewhere in California on Thursday.
A 65-year-old San Diego man received injuries that were major but not life-threatening when his single-engine plane crashed on a street near a busy freeway overpass in El Cajon, authorities said.
The plane reportedly struck an SUV but nobody on the ground was hurt in the city nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of downtown San Diego.
Later, the pilot of an ultralight aircraft was critically injured when it crashed upside down on a building at the Camarillo Airport in Ventura County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EverGlade Consulting ("EverGlade"), a national consulting firm, has successfully partnered with one of the world's leading providers of drug delivery technologies to successfully secure and manage $150 million in federal funding. The project will contribute to the global expansion of pharmaceutical lipids in the United States.
Lipids are critical components in the formulation of nucleic acid therapies and are needed for mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) active ingredients. The industrial based expansion project will further enable the flexible production of lipids and allow for future growth in novel mRNA-based therapies, serving applications beyond COVID-19 vaccines in infectious disease control, cancer immunotherapy, protein replacement, and gene therapy. The new facility will enable future rapid response and an extensive supply of lipids to prepare for a future pandemic, bolstering vaccine production capabilities in the United States.
The total investment for the Lipid production facility is $220 million, with the U.S. Government funding $150 million through Health and Human Services' (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). BARDA has an increased need for domestic development, rapid manufacturing, and distribution of vaccine products to respond to 21st century health security threats, as seen most recently with COVID-19. BARDA also promotes coordinated contracting support with the support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND).
"Rebuilding the domestic supply chain is critical to not only pandemic preparedness, but our future economic security," commented Eric Jia-Sobota, Founder of EverGlade Consulting.
The construction for the IBx facility will start in early 2023 with operations commencing in 2025.
EverGlade Consulting is a national consulting firm that helps clients navigate the federal landscape. We are inspired by technology-driven companies whose focus is to secure non-dilutive funding through the federal government. We offer services ranging from proposal support through the implementation of systems to comply with federal regulations at agencies including BARDA, the DOD, HHS, NIAID, and DTRA.
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First Major City Chief's Association member to deploy Axon's My90 platform to collect confidential feedback from community members
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (NASDAQ: AXON), the global leader in connected public safety technologies, today announced Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD), a Major City Chief's Association member, is utilizing Axon's latest community engagement tool, My90, as a part of a collaborative partnership.
My90 is a tool used to engage the public, collect feedback, and build trust following service calls. Using data and confidential feedback, agencies can take action and see the impact they are having within their communities. Community members can provide valuable input, allowing agencies a platform to facilitate genuine community engagement to measure what's working well and what they can improve.
"My90 is a great way to engage with our community to better understand how the public feels about interactions with our agency," says Chief Davis, Fairfax County Police Department. "Since deploying a trial of My90, we have collected over 3,000 responses in just over two months. We have the opportunity to review these results to gain valuable feedback on an ongoing basis from people we have just served."
"We created My90 as a way for members of the public to give confidential feedback about their interactions with law enforcement officers," says Kona Shen, Axon's VP/GM of My90. "We are excited to be partnering with FCPD as they leverage these surveys within their community to continue to improve services and build strong relationships between their officers and community."
To learn more about My90 visit: https://www.axon.com/products/my90
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Axon is a network of devices, apps and people that helps public safety personnel become smarter and safer. With a mission of protecting life, our technologies give customers the confidence, focus and time they need to keep their communities safe. Our products impact every aspect of a public safety officer's day-to-day experience with the goal of helping everyone get home safe.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all of us. To date, more than 270,000 lives and countless dollars have been saved with the Axon Network of devices, apps and people. Learn more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Axon is a global company with headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. and global software engineering hub in Seattle, Wash., as well as additional offices in Australia, Canada, Finland, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands.
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The mayor said the two intruders were making a mockery of the city. The tourists were fined and their surfboards confiscated — then they were expelled from the city of canals.
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NASA will let you track its Artemis I mission in REAL TIME: Online tool will monitor progress of Orion spacecraft as it travels 40,000 miles beyond the moon and back again
- There are 10 days to go until planned launch of NASA's Artemis I moon mission
- US space agency has revealed a way for public to track its progress in real time
- Online tool will allow people to monitor the Orion spacecraft to moon and back
- Artemis Real-time Orbit Website will provide imagery, data and the latest news
With just 10 days to go until the launch of NASA's Artemis I moon mission, the US space agency has revealed a way for the public to track its progress in real time.
An online tool will allow people to monitor the Orion spacecraft as it travels 40,000 miles beyond the moon and back again during a six-week voyage.
The Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) will provide imagery, data and all the latest news, while also letting space fans 'pinpoint where Orion is and track its distance from the Earth, distance from the moon, mission duration, and more.'
NASA added: 'AROW visualises data collected by sensors on Orion and sent to the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston during its flight.
'It will provide periodic real-time data beginning about one minute after liftoff through separation of the SLS rocket's Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage approximately two hours into flight.
'Once Orion is flying on its own, AROW will provide constant real-time information.'
Tracking: With just 10 days to go until the launch of NASA's Artemis I moon mission, the US space agency has revealed a way for the public to track its progress in real time. The Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) will provide imagery, data and all the latest news
Towering: The enormous Space Launch System (pictured) is scheduled to blast into space on August 29 as part of a six-week mission that will see it carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit and back
After launching atop NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 29, the Orion spacecraft will fly more than 250,000 miles to the moon before coming within just 62 miles of its surface.
The craft – which was primarily built by Lockheed Martin – will stay in space 'longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before,' NASA has said.
The mission is designed to show that the SLS rocket and Orion capsule are ready to carry astronauts.
Discussing the new website, its creator Seth Lambert said: 'This is a really powerful way to engage with the mission and understand the scope of what NASA is trying to accomplish with Artemis I.'
NASA also revealed that it will make Orion's location data freely available for 'data lovers, artists, and creatives to make their own tracking app, data visualisation, or anything else they envision.'
It added that while AROW was developed for the upcoming Artemis missions, it may use the same technology to offer visualisations of other space missions in the future.
The AROW website will go live on NASA’s website a day before Artemis I's launch.
If Artemis I is a success, NASA will then send Artemis II on a trip around the moon as early as 2024, this time with a human crew on board.
The Artemis II mission plans to send four astronauts into a lunar flyby for a maximum of 21 days.
Both missions are test flights to demonstrate the technology and abilities of Orion, SLS and the Artemis mission before NASA puts human boots back on the moon in around three years' time.
This will include the first woman and first person of colour to walk on the lunar surface.
Discussing the new website, its creator Seth Lambert said: 'This is a really powerful way to engage with the mission and understand the scope of what NASA is trying to accomplish with Artemis I'
NASA also revealed that it will make Orion's location data freely available for 'data lovers, artists, and creatives to make their own tracking app, data visualisation, or anything else they envision'
Head to head: Standing higher than the Statue of Liberty and costing $23 billion (£19 billion) to build, NASA's brand new mega moon rocket (pictured left) is now just 10 days away from its maiden launch. Here is how the SLS compares to the iconic Saturn V rocket (right), which blasted Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon in July 1969
Ten shoebox-size secondary payloads, called CubeSats, are hitching a ride to space on Artemis I's SLS rocket, and several other investigations are flying inside the Orion spacecraft during the flight test.
Each of the payloads will perform science and technology experiments in deep space, expanding understanding of lunar science, technology developments, and deep space radiation.
The US space agency is targeting August 18 to roll the SLS and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B in Florida. It will provide a live stream on the NASA Kennedy YouTube channel , beginning at 18:00 ET (23:00 BST).
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The retired Baltimore crime lab technician walked into court in handcuffs and shackles, just like the man standing trial for a double murder that she helped investigate.
More than two years ago, in the dark and frigid early morning hours of Nov. 14, 2019, Nancy Morse shined a spotlight as she scoured a Southwest Baltimore sidewalk and alley for evidence in the fatal shootings of a man and woman. The 16-year crime lab veteran picked up spent cartridge casings and bullet jacket fragments.
Eventually, that ammunition served as the foundation for the state’s case against Kiray Walker: A city firearms examiner testified that the 9 mm ammunition found on McHenry Street and in Goldsmith Alley was fired by a handgun that Baltimore County Police confiscated from one of the defendants at the end of a four-hour crime spree.
Without Morse’s testimony about how she photographed, packaged and submitted the ammunition as evidence, it might not be admitted at trial — a potentially fatal blow for the state’s case.
But by the time of the trial earlier this month, Morse had been retired for more than two years. Now 64, she’d spent much of that time forgetting about the horrible things she documented as evidence of crimes in a murderous city.
She ducked subpoenas and told the first police officer who came to her door in Northeast Baltimore that she wouldn’t comply with the court order summoning her as a witness. She then ignored more than a dozen other visits from detectives and the prosecutor himself.
“The point is: I’m retired,” Morse said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun. “I’ve worked all my life. I couldn’t wait to be free. I see retirement as freedom. That is the most stressful thing, to go to court, for me and relive all this stuff.”
A city police manual says officers summoned to testify within a year of retirement are entitled to a $50 fee from the department.
It’s unclear whether that applies to civilian employees, like crime scene technicians, or retirees called to court after a year out of the job. Spokespersons for Baltimore Police and the Office of the Baltimore State’s Attorney did not respond to questions about whether retired employees are compensated for their testimony. Morse said she has not been paid in this case.
Because of Morse’s resistance to testifying, Assistant State’s Attorney Matt Pillion said in court that he ordered police to conduct 24-hour surveillance of her house in the Glenham-Belhar neighborhood in the days leading up to the trial and supplied officers with a warrant for her arrest. He described Morse’s behavior as “recalcitrant.”
Morse stayed inside for several days ahead of the trial to avoid police. She sneaked out for an errand Aug. 7, the eve of the trial.
Police pulled her over on Park Heights Avenue and arrested her. They took her to the homicide unit to sign a subpoena, which she declined to do, and then to Central Booking. Morse said jail staff were confused about how to book her because she wasn’t charged with a crime. She was held on a $5,000 bond.
“It’s maddening,” Morse said. “I’m in jail, the same place I went every day to take pictures of inmates.”
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Sixteen years of collecting evidence on the streets of Baltimore wore on Morse’s body and mind.
She said she developed arthritis from hunching over to photograph and pick up everything from bullets and bloodied clothing to cellphones and suspected drugs. What was at first an exciting and fast-paced job soon became dreary. The rate of homicides and shootings went up, despite her and her colleagues’ seemingly relentless work. Every day, there were new scenes to process.
“I was sick and tired of all that crime in my head,” Morse said. “I couldn’t wait to let it go because that’s really depressing. That’s all you’re doing all day long: killings and stabbings and child abuse and burnings and robberies.”
She retired April 1, 2020, taking with her just one relic from her career: her certificate of retirement. Her salary was about $66,000 in her last fiscal year with the police department, according to a city payroll database.
“Once I retired, I let all of that go,” Morse said. “That’s pretty much what I told the lawyers and prosecutors — I don’t remember anything.”
Being a crime scene technician was just the last in a long line of jobs for Morse. The Baltimore native and Morgan State University graduate started out as a Navy aviation machinist in Tennessee. She went on to be a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and worked in bookbinding, as a secretary and on an assembly line.
She started as a city crime lab technician at 45 after completing a two-year forensics program at Prince George’s County Community College. The hours were long and her shifts spanned night and day. When she had a day off or took vacation, she worried about getting a call summoning her to court immediately.
It became difficult for her to leave work behind when she came home to her elderly mother. She didn’t talk about work and just tried to relax. Her swimming pool was one of the few places she found peace. Concerns about burglaries and other crimes she investigated led her to install security cameras and alarms.
“I never wanted to bring my work home,” she said. “Home is my oasis.”
All she wanted from her retirement was more time in her sanctuary — and to be left alone. She looked forward to swimming, working in her garden and taking her 91-year-old mother to activities with other seniors — something she didn’t have much time for while working.
After she retired, she received summonses for several other cases, but never complied.
That didn’t work this time. Her peace was interrupted by a procession of officers who knocked on her door between July 26 and Aug. 5. On July 29, when her front gate opened, triggering an alarm around 9:30 p.m., she thought it was another cop.
A man wearing a Baltimore Police homicide T-shirt came to the front porch. It was Pillion, the prosecutor, who rang the doorbell camera. He stood there several minutes.
“Hi, ma’am, I don’t know if you can hear me ... I would really appreciate if you could call me back,” Pillion said into the camera. “We’ve met before. We’ve had cases before. I really, really, really would appreciate your help. I know you’re retired, but I would really appreciate it.”
He left a note and walked away.
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“You recovered and submitted a set of shell casings that are absolutely critical to proving the case and giving justice to two families,” read Pillion’s note, referring to the relatives of 22-year-old Ayranna James and 21-year-old Courtney Richardson, who were killed almost three years ago.
Soon, he’d apply for what’s known as a “material witness warrant” for a “body attachment” to have Morse jailed to ensure she showed up in court.
In 28 years as a criminal defense attorney in Baltimore, Natalie Finegar said she never saw a prosecutor have a former law enforcement employee arrested to ensure their testimony. Finegar is not involved in this case.
The same goes for Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess. In almost 34 years as a prosecutor in Baltimore and Annapolis, she never had a professional witness arrested.
“I’ve had to do it occasionally for a civilian witness, usually for more serious crimes like murder and sexual assaults,” Leitess said.
It’s not uncommon, Finegar and Leitess said, for prosecutors to make special arrangements for professional witnesses who have gone on to other jobs or moved out of state. Leitess said they’re entitled to reimbursement for travel, lodging and food when they return to testify. Sometimes a new employer in the private sector may even demand a fee for their time, and prosecutors’ offices have to negotiate for their appearance, Leitess said.
For someone who was in Morse’s role, there’s an added difficulty. Prosecutors may be able to find a workaround for the testimony of an officer or technician who bagged an article of clothing. But the law is stricter about the chain of custody for evidence that could’ve been altered as it was processed. That means information about biological, firearm and drug evidence is usually specific to the person who recovered it, Leitess said.
“When the integrity of the item is in question and the subsequent testing and examination of the item is integral to the case, that’s when it’s important to have that particular witness,” Leitess said. “Is it always fatal to a case? No. Is it dangerous to try it without it? Absolutely.”
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Morse was brought into court in pink jail scrubs for a mid-trial hearing to determine whether she would continue to be held in jail for the forthcoming murder trials of two co-defendants, Malik Brooks and Devon Bynum, which were scheduled through Aug. 22.
Deborah Katz Levi, the director of special litigation in the Baltimore Office of the Public Defender, represented Morse for the unusual legal proceeding. She criticized prosecutors and police for neglecting to make arrangements to care for Morse’s 91-year-old mother, for whom Morse is the sole caregiver.
Pillion questioned why Morse couldn’t drive the approximately 15 minutes from her house to court for her brief role in the trial.
“I’m at a loss for words for why we’re here,” Pillion said.
Morse declined an opportunity to address the judge.
“This is an uncomfortable position from one civil servant to another,” Circuit Judge Videtta Brown told Morse, ordering she be released after testifying. “I don’t want you back in this situation, but ultimately it’s your choice.”
On the witness stand, Morse denied any recollection of the case.
Pillion had her read aloud segments of a report she had written during the investigation. In that way, Morse testified that she recovered eight cartridge casings and one bullet fragment. She told the jury about the shattered glass in front of a tattoo parlor, the woman lying on her back on the sidewalk, and the gold teeth and phone charger an employee from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner removed from one of the victims’ pockets.
Afternoon Update
She explained how she documented crime scenes, from drawing a rough sketch on-site and a more detailed one on a computer at the lab. She said she liked the overnight shift and preferred working alone. Morse said officers and detectives recognized her by the large spotlight she carried to find evidence they might have missed.
As she answered questions from the attorneys, Morse seemed to settle in. She sounded like a public servant who was proud of her career.
Several witnesses testified after Morse before the jury convicted Walker of two counts of second-degree murder.
Before Morse left court, Brown made sure Morse signed paperwork regarding the upcoming trials.
“I’m just hoping you abide by the subpoenas,” the judge said.
Morse walked out with correctional officers by her side. She said she was released from Central Booking around 2:30 a.m. the next day.
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- Solid second quarter sales and earnings compared to record results in 2021
- Total sales decreased 9.2% from 2021 and increased 16.4% from 2019
- Comparable-store sales decreased 10.3% year-over-year
- EPS of $0.99 and Non-GAAP EPS of $1.10
- Well positioned for Back-to-School season with high-quality, fresh product
- Expect to achieve the lower end of original earnings guidance range
- Repurchased $40 million of stock
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended July 30, 2022.
"Despite an increasingly challenging macroeconomic backdrop, we delivered a solid quarter against the favorable fiscal stimulus and promotional environment from last year," said Richard Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Driven by strong execution from our team and ongoing progress against our key objectives, we grew our sales 16.4% above levels from 2019."
Mr. Johnson continued, "Our strategy of diversifying our brand portfolio and offering more choice continues to resonate with consumers and is enabling us to expand our customer base. We are confident that our operational excellence, our improving ability to fuel our customer's desire for self-expression, and the secular trends driving our categories, put us in a strong position to navigate the expected ongoing macroeconomic headwinds in the back half of 2022."
Second Quarter Results
The Company reported net income of $94 million, or $0.99 per share, for the 13 weeks ended July 30, 2022, compared with net income of $430 million, or $4.09 per share, for the corresponding prior-year period.
On a non-GAAP basis, the Company earned $1.10 per share, compared with non-GAAP earnings of $2.09 per share in the prior-year period. Please see the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation below.
Second quarter comparable-store sales decreased by 10.3% versus record sales levels from last year. Total sales decreased by 9.2%, to $2,065 million, compared with sales of $2,275 million in the second quarter of 2021. Excluding the effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations, total sales for the second quarter decreased by 6.1%.
Gross margin declined by 340 basis points compared with the prior-year period, driven mainly by higher markdowns, as the promotional environment started to normalize after last year's unusually favorable backdrop, followed by supply chain costs, and occupancy deleverage.
SG&A deleveraged by 210 basis points, driven mainly by labor inflation and the decline in sales.
Year-To-Date Results
For the first six months of the year, the Company posted net income of $227 million, or $2.36 per share on a GAAP basis, compared with $632 million, or $6.02 per share, for the corresponding period of 2021. On a non-GAAP basis, earnings per share for the six-month period totaled $2.71, compared to $4.05 per share in the prior year period in 2021. Year-to-date sales were $4,240 million, a decrease of 4.2% compared to the sales of $4,428 million in the corresponding six months of 2021. Year-to-date, comparable store sales decreased 6.2%, while total year-to-date sales, excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, decreased by 1.7%.
Financial Position
As of July 30, 2022, merchandise inventories were $1,644 million, up 52% compared to the supply-constrained levels at the end of the second quarter last year. Current inventory quality and aging are healthy, positioning the Company well for the Back-to-School season and the third quarter overall. At quarter-end, the Company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $386 million, while debt was $455 million.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased 1.4 million shares of its stock for $40 million and paid a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share, for a total of $38 million.
Financial Outlook
Andrew Page, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "Following our solid results for the second quarter, against record results last year, we remain confident in our ability to achieve earnings within our original guidance range. But recognizing that the back half will likely see more pressure than we originally anticipated, we now expect to be at the lower end. Our balance sheet, real estate flexibility, and relationships with vendors all remain strategic assets that will aid us in navigating ongoing macroeconomic volatility while we continue to serve the sport and sneaker communities."
The Company's updated full-year 2022 outlook is summarized in the table below.
Store Base Update
During the second quarter, the Company opened 34 new stores, remodeled or relocated 24 stores, and closed 50 stores.
As of July 30, 2022, the Company operated 2,799 stores in 28 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, 148 franchised stores were operating in the Middle East and Asia.
Conference Call and Webcast
The Company is hosting a live conference call at 9:00 a.m. ET today, Friday, August 19, 2022, to review these results and provide an update on the business. An investor presentation will be available under the Investor Relations section of the Company's corporate website before the start of the conference call. This conference call may be accessed live by calling toll-free 1-844-701-1163 or international toll 1-412-317-5490, or via the Investor Relations section of footlocker-inc.com. Please log on to the website 15 minutes prior to the call to register. An archived replay of the conference call can be accessed approximately one hour following the end of the call at 1-877-344‑7529 in the U.S. or 1-855-669-9658 in Canada or 1-412-317-0088 internationally with passcode 5833077 through September 2, 2022. A replay of the call will also be available via webcast from footlocker-inc.com.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Other than statements of historical facts, all statements which address activities, events, or developments that the Company anticipates will or may occur in the future, including, but not limited to, such things as future capital expenditures, expansion, strategic plans, financial objectives, dividend payments, stock repurchases, growth of the Company's business and operations, including future cash flows, revenues, and earnings, and other such matters, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on many assumptions and factors which are detailed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations and judgments and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond our control. For additional discussion on risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2022 filed on March 24, 2022. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting the Company's financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company reports certain financial results that differ from what is reported under GAAP. Effective with the first quarter of 2022, the Company excludes all gains or losses associated with the minority investments to arrive at non-GAAP earnings; previously only certain amounts were adjusted. Those amounts not previously excluded from non-GAAP earnings during 2021 represented $17 million ($12 million, after tax or $0.12 per share), $27 million ($20 million after tax or $0.19 per share), and $27 million ($20 million or $0.21 per share) for the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021, respectively. For the full year, that represented income of $71 million ($52 million after tax or $0.50 per share) and was primarily related to our investment in Retailors, Ltd. Amounts recorded prior to 2021 were not significant. Non-GAAP financial measures that will be presented will exclude (i) minority investments, (ii) impairments and other charges, and (iii) certain tax matters that we believe are nonrecurring or unusual in nature.
Certain financial measures are identified as non-GAAP, such as sales changes excluding foreign currency fluctuations, adjusted income before income taxes, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share. We present certain amounts as excluding the effects of foreign currency fluctuations, which are also considered non-GAAP measures. Where amounts are expressed as excluding the effects of foreign currency fluctuations, such changes are determined by translating all amounts in both years using the prior-year average foreign exchange rates. Presenting amounts on a constant currency basis is useful to investors because it enables them to better understand the changes in our business that are not related to currency movements.
These non-GAAP measures are presented because we believe they assist investors in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core business or affect comparability. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are useful in assessing our progress in achieving our long-term financial objectives and are consistent with how management compensation is determined.
We estimate the tax effect of all non-GAAP adjustments by applying a marginal tax rate to each of the respective items. The income tax items represent the discrete amount that affected the period. The non-GAAP financial information is provided in addition to, and not as an alternative to, our reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. The various non-GAAP adjustments are summarized in the tables below.
Contact: Robert Higginbotham
Vice President, Investor Relations
robert.higginbotham@footlocker.com
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This story is part of Home Tips, CNET's collection of practical advice for getting the most out of your home, inside and out.
You've likely heard the phrase "Meatless Monday" before. It's a simple enough statement to understand: You skip eating meat one day a week to improve your nutrition. But going meatless once a week has many benefits besides lowering your risk of cancer, heart disease and obesity.
I went vegetarian in college for the environmental benefits of reducing meat intake, but now as a graduate with a full-time job, going meatless has helped me save a ton of money on groceries too. With high gas prices, inflation and rising utility bills, it's important to find ways to save money around the home. One of the simplest ways to save cash and stretch your food budget is to go meatless one (or more) days a week. Here's how much you can expect to save. (For more money-saving tips, you can check out our tips on how to save money around your home and how to cut your electric bill.)
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What is Meatless Monday?
Meatless Monday isn't just a fad or a snappy phrase created by vegans or vegetarians to get you to stop eating your favorite meals. Meatless Monday is actually an initiative created by the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2003 to address public health, ecological and global food security concerns. CLF deduced that reducing your intake of meat or animal products, even one day a week, can protect your personal health and nutrition, global health and the environment.
CLF defines going "meatless" as cutting out all red meat, poultry or seafood for one day a week, every week. These meat-centered meals can be swapped for meals built around beans, lentils, vegetables, whole grains and other plant-based proteins.
While not necessary to make an impact, millions of people globally have opted for diets that cut out meat permanently, either identifying as vegetarian (someone who does not eat meat) or vegan, someone who does not eat any meat, animal products or animal byproducts (meat, poultry, fish, seafood, dairy and eggs).
Why go meatless?
According to CLF, the rationale is that "meat consumption in the US and globally must be significantly reduced to mitigate the public health and environmental effects of climate change, particularly in high-income countries." Nearly 14.5% of all global greenhouse gas emissions are due to meat and dairy production, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization.
Switching to a vegetarian, vegan or largely plant-based diet can greatly reduce emissions considering the climate impact of plant-based foods is typically 10 to 50 times smaller than that of animal products.
Meat is also typically high in saturated fat and cholesterol, and many chronic health conditions are linked to higher intakes of animal products, especially red meat. This isn't to say everyone needs to cut out meat to have a healthier diet, but on average, Americans eat more meat than is recommended by health experts. In fact, Americans eat more than 1.5 times the average daily protein requirement and more than three times the global average of meat consumption, according to CLF.
Simply replacing meats with vegetables, fruits, whole grains and plant-based proteins, such as nuts and legumes, will ease dietary concerns. For tips on how to grocery shop, these are the cheapest fruits and veggies you can buy right now. Plus, here are tips on how to keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer.
How much can you actually save by going meatless?
Though many people may believe buying fresh produce will break the bank, plant-based proteins and meatless diets tend to be less expensive and offer more health benefits than meat. Think about it, rather than buying $18 New York Strip steaks for dinner you could spend $1.48 on a head of lettuce with cucumbers and grape tomatoes to make a salad for significantly less.
Meat per pound is significantly more expensive than fruits and vegetables per-pound. Based on current food prices in the US, 1 pound of beef costs $6.19 and 1 pound of chicken costs $5.25, while fruits and vegetables average around $1 to $2 per pound.
A survey of over 1,000 Americans conducted by Sous Vide Guy found that roughly 1 in 4 people who consume meat didn't believe a plant-based diet was a cheaper alternative. However, people on meatless diets spent an average of $23 less on food every week. Plus, that number can rise dramatically for those purchasing nitrate free, non-GMO or organic meats.
Using this figure, if you cut out meat, you could save $1,196 over the course of a year.
While you won't save as much by only cutting out meat once a week, every bit helps. To learn more about plant-based diets, read our guide on the pros and cons of a plant-based lifestyle, and how to safely remove meat from your diet. You can also check out the best vegetarian and vegan meal delivery services.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran’s contemporary art museum has issued an apology and temporarily closed to handle a pest infestation, raising concerns after footage of insects scuttling across world-famous work spread widely on social media.
Insects, which may attack and eat away at paintings, pose a serious threat to the American and European minimalist masterpieces now for the first time on display at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ousted Iran’s Western-backed monarchy.
A video went viral earlier this week showing two paper-eating silverfish squirming under the glass of a 1978 industrial photograph by influential German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. The sighting of the wingless pearl gray bugs provoked shock and disgust on social media.
The museum apologized to the public on Wednesday, insisting that the “proper maintenance” of its prized works “is of the utmost concern to all of us.” As soon as the infestation became apparent, it said, experts rushed to the museum and carefully cleaned the exhibited artworks.
Insects have not damaged the Becher photograph or any other pieces, the museum said, adding that it would close for two days so pest control technicians could tackle the problem.
Ebadreza Eslami Koulaei, the museum’s manager, told Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency that experts were closely monitoring the works, because “when you see one insect, you should predict maybe there are more.”
“When works are taken out from their boxes to be brought to galleries, there is a possibility such incidents happen,” he said.
Many of the renowned contemporary Western works on display had been hidden in the museum vault for decades. Iran’s Shiite clerics who came to power in 1979 packed away the art to avoid offending Islamic values and catering to Western sensibilities.
Iran’s Western-backed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his wife, the former Empress Farah Pahlavi, had built the museum and acquired the multibillion-dollar collection during the oil boom of the late 1970s.
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CANNES, France (AP) — George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” spans millennia, but it can often feel longer waiting in between films from the “Mad Max” director.
Seven years after Miller’s “Fury Road” blazed its way across movie screens, the 77-year-old filmmaker is finally back with a movie two decades in the works, and with a lot on its mind about what’s temporary and what’s eternal.
In “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” which opens in theaters Aug. 26, Tilda Swinton plays an academic named Alithea, a “narratologist” specializing in stories about stories, who encounters a wish-granting djinn (Idris Elba) who emerges from an old glass bottle bought in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. When no wish comes to her mind, he tells her 3,000 years worth of stories that hurtle the film through time and that ultimately bring Alithea and the djinn closer. If “Fury Road” beat a ferocious, straightforward narrative line, “Three Thousand Years,” adapted from an A.S. Byatt short story, ruminatively skips through time. It’s an intimate chamber piece sculpted in epic proportions.
“Big cinema,” Swinton called it as she, Elba and Miller assembled earlier this year in a hotel room in Cannes, France, shortly before “The Thousand Years of Longing” made its red-carpet premiere and while Miller’s “Fury Road” follow-up, “Furiosa,” was ramping up production back in Australia.
In the discussion that followed, the trio were clearly enthralled to be together again after shooting the film through the pandemic, and still animated by the movie’s ideas and its widescreen ambitions. “The faith to throw oneself over the highest bar,” Swinton said of Miller’s long-gesticulating endeavor. “Who better to jump that bar?”
Remarks have been edited for length and clarity.
AP: The film opens with wonder and enchantment as something like endangered species in a modern digital world. Is that a feeling you three connect with?
SWINTON: I’m really happy to hear you use the word “enchantment.” It is about enchantment. It’s about faith. It’s about the willingness to take a leap and essentially be open to change. It’s not that it’s necessarily threatened but it can get obscured. Reality is overrated.
ELBA: As an actor, you sometimes live in this weird space of reality. It’s a bit like the djinn. People see me and they go, “Oh my God. Can you give me something?” It’s a picture or a signature or whatever. I find myself wondering what am I, really? Who am I? But I realize my role in my life or in society as a storyteller and someone who makes people believe something is incredibly important. To get to sit in a room with the master, himself (gestures toward Miller), and to be able to tell a story about storytelling is incredible. Enchantment is an incredible word. I don’t think it will ever get lost.
MILLER: What’s really interesting to me, despite all these technological advances, is that we remain definitely hardwired for story. You could argue there are more stories being told today than ever before. I was really struck by the fact that Napoleon had read every single book that existed at his time. Now it’s impossible to read every book, see every TV show, every movie. I don’t think stories are replaced. I think they just continuously evolve. There was a British census where people were asked what their religion was and a very high percentage put in Jedi. It’s replacing one form of mythology for the other. I think the more bewildering the world becomes, the more we tend to fall into story. Sometimes those stories can be toxic.
SWINTON: We’ve now had a very sharp reminder that it’s possible for an entire nation, an entire culture to be told a story and believe it, to the exclusion of any other story. Maybe what we’re talking about is a kind of porousness of stories, so it’s possible to be open to many stories. Maybe that’s the mentally healthy and spiritually healthy thing to propose.
AP: You’re refencing Russia’s war in Ukraine but when you began “Three Thousand Years” were your thoughts on moments that storytelling shaped your own lives?
ELBA: My father started off his stories “I’ll tell you something for nothing.” This is my late dad.
SWINTON: Do you tell those stories to your son?
ELBA: If we’re driving to school and I try to avoid the phone. The only way to keep him looking interested with me is by telling a story. I’ll be like: “Well, today, I’m working in this plane. And you wouldn’t believe it. This plane, they took the wings off.” And I’m in. In that magic moment of him listening, questioning is the rich stuff.
AP: George, as a myth-maker who can conjure worlds, you’re not so unlike the djinn. Why were you drawn toward a movie that digs into the nature of storytelling?
MILLER: One of my favorite quotes about story is the Swahili storyteller who end their story by saying: “The story has been told. If it was bad, it was my fault because I’m the storyteller. If it was good, then it belongs to everybody.” There’s absolutely no question that stories, once told, get traction or not and they mean something to people in one way or the other. So you can’t think about them lightly. I’ve known people who can beguile you with their stories. I know that I struggle with that. I can’t get up and spontaneously tell a story well. But I can do it in the ultra-slow motion of telling a movie where I think about every nuance, every rhythm of it, and it’s finally there. After all, it’s just 100 minutes.
AP: Tilda and Idris, does making a movie like this prompt you to reflect on what compels you as actors to tell stories?
SWINTON: I’ve never made anything quite like this. Even though in a funny way the film is about one of my favorite things — inarticulacy — or rather the effort that we go to communicate with one another. Knowing that it’s almost impossible to understand each other, we still try, and that really touches me. It’s certainly one of the things that keeps me making films. It always feels very difficult to get something out of your head and convey it to someone else. But the fact that one makes the gesture is very moving. This film is about that but it’s very articulately made. To actually shoot with George and to understand how he constructs the architecture of the film even if the film is about something quite amorphous and quite tender, that’s a masterclass. Keeping that center soft was something we talked a lot about.
ELBA: I’m a bit like George. I’d be fascinated with my dad telling stories but I was never good at that. I remember when I went to a boy’s school. I was one of the funny boys. In the drama class, those kids couldn’t do it. They couldn’t make believe. I never forget the teacher’s phrase “make believe” and how it resonated with me. Suddenly, I could tell you the best story in the world because I was making you believe I could. I was really aware of the irony of working with George and Tilda and I’m playing a guy who has to tell stories honestly to get his freedom. I was Idris acting his socks off playing a man who was not allowed to act his socks off but had to tell these honest, engaging stories.
AP: George, you first encountered the short story this is based on in the late 1990s. Why do you think that this film stuck with you for so long?
MILLER: There’s lots of stories that I had. It’s a bit Darwinian. Some of them insist on themselves. I felt it was a very potent story. It’s like a metal detector or a Geiger counter, when something really activates it. You go: “Oh, there’s a rich seam in here somewhere.” You don’t know where it will go. You can sort of vaguely sense where it will go when you read the richness of scene. Time will tell. You hope the story belongs to everybody.
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Which Nike Blazers are best?
There are countless Nike shoes to choose from, but if you’re a minimalist and want simple shoes with a design that never goes out of style, Nike Blazers might be what you need.
Blazers are one of the oldest models in Nike’s line of athletic shoes, but they’re still popular and have undergone several upgrades in quality since their initial release. The Nike Men’s Blazer Mid ’77 Vintage Shoes are the best ones you’ll find, as they offer excellent traction and durability, and come in six stylish colors.
What to know before you buy Nike Blazers
Your purpose in buying them
When Blazers were first released decades ago, they were considered appropriate for running, sports and other physical activities. However, shoe-making technology has evolved to the point where other Nike shoes are more suitable for running. These days, Blazers are considered casual shoes and a fashionable choice for complementing stylish outfits.
Finding the right size
Wearing the correct size shoes is crucial to prevent soreness and possibly injury. If your shoes are too big, you’ll be more prone to tripping. If they’re too tight, you’ll find them uncomfortable to wear for extended periods, and you might develop blisters or corns on your feet. Blazers should offer a snug fit, but a bit of room in the toe area is ideal.
Your foot shape
Since Blazers have a retro look and style, they’re not the most ergonomic shoes, and although comfortable for most, they don’t offer much arch support. Those with a distinguished foot shape such as over-pronated, supinated or flat feet might find them awkward and uncomfortable.
What to look for in quality Nike Blazers
Durable upper
Authentic Nike Blazers have a durable synthetic leather upper, giving them a layer of protection and comfort. Although they don’t have mesh overlays, they’re surprisingly breathable, and some have suede or synthetic details, giving them a retro, stylish look.
Rigid, flexible outsole
Blazers have some of the toughest outsoles of any athletic shoes, thanks to the vulcanized rubber that makes them flexible. Blazers also have a herringbone tread pattern for superior grip on various surfaces.
Also, Blazers have an autoclave construction where the outsole and midsole have been fused. Although it compromises the ergonomics and heel support to some extent, it gives them a streamlined look, making them ideal for casual wear.
Padded tongue
Blazers have a tongue padded with plenty of cushioning for additional comfort around the ankles. The sticking-out tongue also helps give them their classic look and lets wearers lace their shoes higher up the ankle for extra support and a more secure fit.
Eco-friendly construction
Blazers are manufactured with primarily synthetic materials, but some are made with 20%-30% recycled materials. Those made with recycled materials are often slightly cheaper and have a more lightweight feel. However, they’re still high-quality and durable, as they can last just as long as those made without any recycled materials.
How much you can expect to spend on Nike Blazers
Traditional Nike Blazers retail for $100-$120, but sometimes you can find low-cut models in the $80-$100 range.
Nike Blazers FAQ
Are Nike Blazers suitable for skateboarding?
A. Because of their vulcanized rubber outsole and durable leather construction, Blazers are suitable for skateboarding and other extreme summer sports.
Are Nike Blazers unisex?
A. Although Blazers are labeled and sold as either men’s or women’s shoes, they’re inherently the same, and there’s no difference in functionality. The only differences are in sizing, and some shoes with a more traditionally feminine color might be targeted toward women.
Can I wear Nike Blazers in the winter?
A. Yes. Blazers are among the most versatile Nike shoes and have a sturdy build and durable exterior that makes them suitable for mildly cold weather. However, they’re not waterproof, so moisture can easily penetrate them.
What are the best Nike Blazers to buy?
Top Nike Blazers
Nike Men’s Blazer Mid ’77 Vintage Shoes
What you need to know: These shoes have the classic Blazers style, with an updated build and quality.
What you’ll love: The flat style of the midsole gives them a retro look, and the durable leather upper offers excellent support. The outsole has a herringbone tread pattern for superior grip, and the tongue is packed with cushioning for extra comfort. The six colors include three shades of red swoosh.
What you should consider: Some customers found it frustrating to constantly lace and undo the laces to put them on and take them off, respectively.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top Nike Blazers for the money
Nike Women’s Blazer ’77 Low Shoes
What you need to know: These shoes have a stylish cream color and offer the comfort and support you can expect from Nike.
What you’ll love: They’re low-cut with a stylish casual look, and the easy-entry lacing system makes them simple to put on. The upper is made from durable leather and has suede details for a classic look, and the padded collar gives them a sleek look and superior comfort.
What you should consider: They’re heavier than other casual Nike shoes, and some reviewers reported that they don’t offer much arch support.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Nike Women’s Blazer Mid Next Nature Shoes
What you need to know: These shoes are made with 20% recycled materials but retain the popular and classic Blazers design.
What you’ll love: The upper is made from recycled synthetic leather for improved durability. The solid rubber outsole provides excellent traction, and the fused outsole and midsole give these shoes a crisp, stylish look. The exposed foam on the tongue offers additional comfort.
What you should consider: There’s no pull tab on the back heel, and some consumers complained about the sizing running small.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say another sailboat carrying dozens of migrants arrived Thursday at Kythera, the third in just under two days to make it to the southern island that isn’t on the usual route for asylum-seekers trying to reach the European Union.
Greece’s coast guard said 67 people had been on board the sailing catamaran that arrived in a harbor on Kythera’s western coast, and that all had disembarked themselves. Their nationalities and where they had set sail from weren’t immediately known.
In all, 237 migrants arrived on the island between the early hours of Wednesday and around mid-day Thursday. Of the two other sailboats that reached the island Wednesday, the first ran aground on the island’s southern coast with 97 people on board — 93 from Afghanistan, three from Turkey and one from Pakistan, authorities said.
The passengers made it to shore themselves, and no one was reported injured or missing. The coast guard said Thursday that the boat had set sail from the Cesme area in Turkey and the group included 55 children. The three Turkish nationals on board, ages 30, 29 and 17, were arrested as suspected migrant-smugglers.
Hours later, another vessel carrying 73 people — 62 Iraqis, nine Iranians and two Russians — arrived in a small southern harbor of Kythera, escorted by the coast guard, authorities said. Those on board included 21 minors and six women. The coast guard said Thursday that the two Russian nationals on board were arrested as suspected smugglers.
Located off the southern tip of the Peloponnese, Kythera isn’t a target destination for the thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Most attempting to make it into the European Union cross from the Turkish coast to nearby Greece’s eastern Aegean islands.
But with Greek authorities increasing patrols in the area and facing persistent reports of summarily deporting new arrivals back to Turkey without allowing them to apply for asylum, more people are attempting a much longer and more dangerous route directly to Italy.
Greek authorities deny they carry out illegal summary deportations of asylum-seekers.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Google employees are petitioning the company to extend its abortion healthcare benefits to contract workers and to strengthen privacy protections for Google users searching for abortion information online.
Google parent company Alphabet had pledged to pay travel and other health care costs for employees seeking an out-of-state abortion and to help some workers relocate after the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the constitutional right to an abortion. The June decision overturning 1973′s Roe v. Wade ruling has paved the way for severe abortion restrictions or bans in nearly half of the U.S. states.
The benefits for abortion services offered by Google and other tech companies don’t cover contract workforces, which are common in the tech industry and often get paid less and have fewer perks than full-time employees.
A letter signed by more than 650 employees and sent this week to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other Alphabet executives calls for the inclusion of contractors in those benefits.
It also demands that the company cease any political donations or lobbying of politicians or organizations “responsible for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and continue to infringe on other human rights issues related to voting access and gun control.”
The employees seek additional protection for Google users, such as by blocking advertisements that misleadingly direct users to anti-abortion “pregnancy crisis” centers.
The petition was organized by members of the Alphabet Workers Union, a labor union that’s been trying to gain traction inside the company.
Google declined to comment about the petition Thursday. The company said in July it would start automatically purging information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems. Users have always had the option to edit their location histories on their own, but Google said it will proactively do it for them as an added level of protection.
The employees’ petition said the company should also institute immediate data privacy controls for all health-related activity, including abortion information, so that it “must never be saved, handed over to law enforcement, or treated as a crime.” | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/google-workers-demand-abortion-protections-data-privacy/ | 2022-08-19T12:31:34Z | https://www.koin.com/news/business/ap-business/google-workers-demand-abortion-protections-data-privacy/ | true |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store.
In a decision issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman agreed with the National Labor Relations Board, which had asked the court to intervene in May. The labor board said Starbucks violated U.S. labor law by interfering in workers’ right to organize.
Lipman’s decision requires Starbucks to offer to reinstate the employees within five days. Starbucks will also be required to post the court order in the Memphis store.
Starbucks said Thursday it strongly disagrees with the court order and will appeal. It will also request a stay of the opinion, which would delay the reinstatement of the employees while the appeal is considered.
The case has been among the most closely watched in the unionization effort at Starbucks. Since late last year, more than 220 U.S. Starbucks stores — including the Memphis store — have voted to unionize. Starbucks opposes the unionization effort.
Starbucks fired the seven employees in early February, citing safety. The Seattle coffee giant said the employees violated company policy by reopening a store after closing time and inviting non-employees — including a television crew — to come inside and move throughout the store.
“These individuals violated numerous policies and failed to maintain a secure work environment and safety standards,” the company said in a statement Thursday. “Interest in a union does not exempt partners from following policies that are in place to protect partners, our customers and the communities we serve.”
But the NLRB and the fired workers told the court that Starbucks had routinely tolerated off-duty employees and non-employees remaining in the store after hours to make drinks, collect belongings or assist each other.
“Such tolerance before union activity, but terminations resulting thereafter, supports an inference of discriminatory motive,” the judge wrote.
The NLRB had begun administrative proceedings against Starbucks, saying the company was unlawfully interfering in workers’ right to organize. But those proceedings can take so long that the NLRB asked the federal court for an immediate injunction requiring Starbucks to reinstate the workers.
“Today’s federal court decision ordering Starbucks to reinstate the seven unlawfully fired Starbucks workers in Memphis is a crucial step in ensuring that these workers, and all Starbucks workers, can freely exercise their right to join together to improve their working conditions and form a union,” the labor board’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said in a statement. “Starbucks, and other employers, should take note that the NLRB will continue to vigorously protect workers’ right to organize without interference from their employer.”
One of the workers, Beto Sanchez, said he and his colleagues have suffered financial distress since they were fired, and he has had to work several jobs. Sanchez said he was so surprised after receiving a text about the favorable ruling that he dropped his phone.
“We’ve had a lot of tough moments, but we kept fighting each day,” Sanchez said. “It feels like all the hard work has paid off during all those months, and we’re just really happy.”
The NLRB has filed a separate federal court case in New York seeking the reinstatement of seven pro-union workers who were fired from a store in Buffalo. A decision in that case is pending.
The agency lost a similar case in Arizona in June, when a federal judge declined to order Starbucks to reinstate three workers.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second such probable death in the Midwest this summer and raising the question of whether climate change is playing a role.
The Douglas County Department of Health based in Omaha, Nebraska, reported Wednesday that doctors believe the child died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a usually fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba. Health officials believe the child came into contact with the amoeba on Sunday while swimming in the Elkhorn River just west of Omaha.
Officials have not released the child’s identity.
Last month, a Missouri resident died of the same infection likely caused by the amoeba at Lake of Three Fires in southwestern Iowa. Iowa officials closed the lake’s beach as a precaution for nearly three weeks.
People are usually infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose while swimming or diving into lakes and rivers. Other sources have been documented, including tainted tap water in a Houston-area city in 2020. Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea or vomiting, progressing to a stiff neck, loss of balance, hallucinations and seizures.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says naegleria fowleri infections are rare — there are about three cases in the United States every year — but that those infections are overwhelmingly fatal.
There were 154 cases reported between 1962 and 2021 in the U.S., with only four survivors, according to the CDC. Of those, 71 cases were reported between 2000 and 2021. Texas and Florida recorded the most infections with 39 and 37 cases respectively, and the amoeba is typically found in southern states because it thrives in waters that are warmer than 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius).
But infections have migrated north in recent years, including two cases in Minnesota since 2010, Douglas County Health Director Dr. Lindsey Huse noted during a news conference Thursday.
“Our regions are becoming warmer,” she said. “As things warm up, the water warms up and water levels drop because of drought, you see that this organism is a lot happier and more typically grows in those situations.”
According to the National Water Information System, the surface water temperature near where the child was swimming was between 86 and 92 degrees.
Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, a researcher at the Universidad de La Laguna in the Canary Islands who has studied naegleria fowleri, said Thursday that an increase in infections since 2000 can be blamed on two factors: better knowledge and diagnosis of the disease, and the rising temperature in bodies of water providing “a perfect environment” for the amoeba to thrive.
Researcher Sutherland Maciver, who has studied the amoeba at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland, says not all infections are reported and that the 430 cases that have ever been reported worldwide are almost certainly an undercount. And, he said, scientists cannot say with certainty that the Nebraska case is directly attributable to climate change.
The two researchers co-authored a paper titled “Is Naegleria fowleri an Emerging Parasite?” that examined factors behind the increase in reported cases.
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MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.
Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd.
Dressed in a black and white jail uniform, Matar stayed quiet during the hearing while his lawyer unsuccessfully tried to persuade the judge that he should be released while he awaited trial. Public defender Nathaniel Barone said Matar had no criminal record and wouldn’t flee the country if released.
Barone also asked the judge to do something to stop reporters from trying to contact Matar at the Chautauqua County jail. The lawyer said the jail had received “several hundred phone calls” from people trying to reach Matar.
Some of that media outreach resulted in Matar giving a brief interview to The New York Post, in which he talked about disliking Rushdie and praised Iran’s late supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Khomeini issued an edict in 1989 demanding Rushdie’s death over his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. A semiofficial Iranian foundation had posted a bounty of over $3 million.
Matar’s lawyer complained that the media coverage could potentially lead to a biased jury.
“He’s entitled to a fair trial. He’s entitled to due process, no matter what he’s accused of,” Barone said.
Judge David Foley declined that request, but he ordered the lawyers involved in the case not to give interviews.
“No speaking to the press until we have resolved this issue,” the judge said.
Rushdie, 75, is getting treatment in a Pennsylvania hospital for severe wounds.
Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said during the court hearing that Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.
“He doesn’t care about his own freedom, judge, and is so driven by his motives that his mission to kill Mr. Rushdie is greater in his mind and outweighs his own personal freedom,” Schmidt told the judge.
The author was seated in a chair at the lakeside retreat Aug. 12, waiting to be introduced for a discussion of protections for writers in exile and freedom of expression when Matar jumped onstage.
Henry Reese, 73, the cofounder of Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum, was onstage with Rushdie and suffered a gash to his forehead, bruising and other minor injuries.
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Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons (1 billion metric tons) by 2030, a new Department of Energy analysis shows.
The first official federal calculations, shared with The Associated Press before its release Thursday, say that between the bill just signed and last year’s infrastructure spending law, the U.S. by the end of the decade will be producing about 1.26 billion tons (1.15 billion metric tons) less carbon pollution than it would have without the laws. That saving is equivalent to about the annual greenhouse gas emissions of every home in the United States.
The Energy Department analysis finds that with the new law by 2030, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions should be about 40% lower than 2005 levels, which is still not at the U.S. announced target of cutting carbon pollution between 50% and 52% by the end of the decade. But that 40% reduction is similar to earlier calculations by the independent research firm Rhodium Group, which figured cuts would be 31% to 44% and the scientists at Climate Action Tracker, which said the drop would be 26% to 42%.
Most of the projected emissions reductions in the nearly $375 billion spending package would come in promoting “clean energy,” mostly solar and wind power and electric vehicles, the federal analysis said. More than half of the overall projected emission drops would come in how the nation generates electricity, the analysis said. About 10% of the savings in emissions come from agriculture and land conservation.
The new law’s provisions that call for oil and gas leasing on federal land and water “may lead to some increase” in carbon pollution, the federal analysis said, but the other provisions to spur cleaner energy cut 35 tons of greenhouse gas for every new ton of pollution from the increased oil and gas drilling.
Outside experts, such as Bill Hare of Climate Action Tracker, say the new law is a big step for the United States, but it’s still not enough considering that America is the biggest historic carbon polluter, had done little for decades and lags behind Europe.
“At this point anything going in that direction you count as a win, right? I mean after so long a time of total inaction and knowing how difficult politically it is to get the country moving in a direction like this due to politics and economics and all the other things involved with this issue,” National Center for Atmospheric Research climate scientist Gerald Meehl, who wasn’t part of the analysis, said about what the new law will do. “You can argue that’s not nearly enough, but I think once you start seeing motion, you hope that then we can build on that and kind of keep the ball rolling.”
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–Ascend Montclair is AWH's second dispensary in New Jersey, serving both adult-use consumers and medical patients–
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH" or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator focused on bettering lives through cannabis, today announced that Ascend Montclair, located at 395 Bloomfield Ave., will begin selling recreational cannabis today.
This announcement comes just months after a successful adult-use launch at Ascend Rochelle Park, the first of Ascend's New Jersey retail locations to commence recreational sales on April 21st. To ensure adequate access for both adult-use consumers and medical patients, consumers over 21 can now access a separate adult-use menu featuring a wide selection of products, including flower, edibles, vapes and more. To better streamline the shopping experience, Ascend Montclair customers will require an appointment to visit during the initial launch, available to book in advance at letsascend.com.
To accommodate heightened customer demand, medical patients can enjoy a special array of services, including a medical express lane, direct access to the front entrance, private consultation rooms, designated parking spots and dedicated shopping hours. Walk-in medical patients requiring time-sensitive services may also shop without an appointment.
"After an incredible adult-use launch in Rochelle Park, the Ascend New Jersey team is thrilled to bring that same energy and enthusiasm to Montclair," said Frank Perullo, President and Co-Founder of AWH. "New Jersey is already showing signs of a booming adult-use market, and Ascend has proactively scaled our operations and staffing to serve our customers' specific needs in the state. We are grateful for the support of the Montclair community and cannot wait to share the Ascend experience with the people of Montclair and the surrounding towns."
Please note, that the Montclair store is open from 8 am to 8 pm daily, and has specific medical-only hours reserved for medical patients. Check letsascend.com for medical-only hours.
AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
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US streaming outpaces cable, broadcast TV for 1st time ever in July
NEW YORK - This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever.
Viewers spent 35% of their time with streamers, 34% on cable networks and 22% watching broadcast television last month, the Nielsen company said Thursday. Video on demand or DVD playback accounted for much of the other time.
July is an unusual month — broadcast TV is essentially on vacation with little live sports or scripted programming and a prime-time schedule clogged with game shows — but it's a clear indication of how rapidly the business is changing.
"It was inevitable," said David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University and critic on NPR's "Fresh Air." "I knew it had to happen, but I didn't know it would happen as quickly as it did."
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Streaming's audience share in July was up 23% compared to July 2021, Nielsen said. Broadcast television's share was down 10% and cable down 9%.
Streaming services learned from what cable did in its infancy, using broadcasting's quiet summer months to put forward some of their best programming, said Brian Fuhrer, Nielsen's senior vice president for product strategy and thought leadership. New episodes of "Stranger Things" alone on Netflix accounted for 18 billion minutes of streaming, while "Virgin River" and "The Umbrella Academy" also did well.
Netflix is still the top streamer, but it no longer dominates the field the way it once did. In July, Hulu had strong numbers for "Only Murders in the Building" and "The Bear," while Amazon Prime hit with "The Terminal List" and "The Boys."
With pandemic-related pauses in shooting schedules now largely over, the streamers have a backlog of fresh material, Fuhrer said.
Many viewers became familiar with streaming and added it to their media diets during the pandemic, he said. They haven't looked back. Each week in July had more total minutes of streaming than any other weeks Nielsen has ever counted, with the exception of the week between Christmas and New Year's last year.
The return of football games and a new season of fresh scripted shows this fall should boost the broadcast networks, Fuhrer said.
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Yet it's hard to see them pushing back to a level of dominance approaching anything in the past. For one thing, media companies that own broadcast networks also have sister streaming services — CBS and Paramount+, NBC and Peacock, for instance — and generally see streaming as the future, he said.
"The networks have collectively decided not only that streaming is the future, but they can't wait to get there as fast as they can," Bianculli said. "They're not doing anything to slow down the charge."
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Fuhrer said it will be interesting this fall when large football audiences return to broadcast TV to see whether those networks will spend a great deal of time promoting their own shows.
"This month and the next two to three months may be the most pivotal in the history of television in terms of all the media companies and their strategies," he said.
Some business experts believe streaming services are in a pre-shakeout period, with several trying to establish themselves before the industry learns there are only so many outlets consumers are willing to pay for. The result may be a period of consolidation.
"It’s a great time to be a TV viewer," Bianculli said, "and I can’t imagine there will ever be a greater time to go into television creatively."
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Ukraine's state nuclear company says it believes Russia will carry out a major "provocation" at the Zaporizhzhia plant. The UN chief is scheduled to visit Ukraine's port of Odesa. Follow DW for the latest.
Ukraine's Energoatom state nuclear company said on Friday that Russian forces who control the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are planning to switch off its functioning power blocks and disconnect them from the Ukrainian power grid.
In a statement, Energoatom said it believed Russia was preparing to conduct a "large-scale provocation" at the site in southern Ukraine. Moscow, in its turn, accused Kyiv of preparing a "provocation" at the site on Thursday.
"There is information that the Russian occupation forces are planning to shut down the power blocks and disconnect them from the power supply lines to the Ukrainian power system in the near future," the statement said.
"The Russian military is currently looking for fuel suppliers for the diesel generators, which are supposed to turn on after the power units are shut down in the absence of an external power supply for the nuclear fuel cooling systems," it said.
Russian forces seized the nuclear plant, Europe's largest, in March. Despite its capture, it is still staffed by Ukrainian technicians, though only two of its six reactors are working at full capacity.
The nuclear plant has become the focus of international attention with both sides accusing each other of shelling the site, potentially risking a major catastrophe.
On Friday, Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, accused the United States of encouraging Ukrainian attacks on the plant.
"In case of a technological disaster, its consequences will be felt in every corner of the world,'' Patrushev said. "Washington, London and their accomplices will bear full responsibility for that.''
Ukraine, in its turn, has accused Russia of storing troops and weapons at the Zaporizhzhia plant and using it as a base for launching strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory. Ukrainian officials and military analysts say Moscow's forces are using the plant as a shield, as Ukrainian forces will be reluctant to fire back at such a site.
Russia has denied the accusations.
Here's a roundup of some of the other key developments in Ukraine on August 19.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit the Black Sea port of Odesa after talks on Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Odesa, one of Ukraine's main ports, is one of three ports designated for grain shipments under a landmark grain export deal with Russia brokered partly with Turkey.
At a joint press conference with the two other leaders, Guterres said the United Nations aimed to "scale-up" operations under the deal ahead of winter.
The deal has so far resulted in 25 vessels carrying some 600,000 tons of agricultural products leave Ukraine, one of the world's biggest wheat exporters.
After his trip to Odesa, Guterres is expected to head to Turkey to visit the Joint Coordination Centre, the body tasked with overseeing the deal.
Residents of two villages in Russia's Belgorod region, near Ukraine's northeastern border, were taken to safety after a fire at a munitions depot near the village of Timonovo, the region's governor said on Friday.
There were no casualties in the blaze, which broke out late on Thursday, Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The fire came just days after another ammunition depot exploded on Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which has been under Russian occupation since it was seized by Moscow in 2014.
In another recent incident on the peninsula, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an air base.
Although Ukrainian authorities have not publicly said that the disasters were caused by attacks by Ukrainian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tried to insinuate the possibility of Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines.
Russia has blamed the Crimean blasts on "sabotage" by Kyiv.
Russia has lost 44,700 troops in Ukraine as well as 1,899 tanks, 4,195 armored fighting vehicles, 1,016 artillery systems, 266 multiple launch rocket systems, 141 air defense systems, 197 helicopters, 234 airplanes, 795 drones and 15 boats, according to figures from Ukraine's General Staff reported by The Kyiv Independent newspaper.
The Kyiv Independent is an English-language Ukrainian newspaper founded in 2021 by journalists who left the Kyiv Post, another English-language media outlet in Ukraine's capital, amid disputes over editorial independence.
The figures cannot be independently verified, and most international assessments put the troop losses lower. On July 27, US government officials told Congress that roughly 75,000 Russians had been killed or wounded.
Russia itself has not issued recent statistics on its losses of personnel and equipment. The last time was on March 25, when it gave a total of 1,351 killed and 3,825 wounded.
Russia is facing a set of severe Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. But it has been employing a number of strategies in a bid to protect its consumers from their effects, as DW reports.
The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has set alarm bells ringing across Europe amid fears of a nuclear disaster like the one at Chornobyl in 1986. DW investigates how international law seeks to protect from such risks.
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Seriously, didn’t this guy have a successful daytime talk show? What the hell happened? Was it Oprah? The producers? How has a guy with a proven track record of success become so bad at media? How did his, presumably highly paid, campaign consultants allow him to stand in the middle of a Wegman’s he called Wegner’s clutching tiny vegetables to his chest?
The short answer is that Pennsylvania is not daytime TV.
Daytime TV has the benefit of makeup/hair departments and segment producers to create a pleasant, non-threatening environment in which to sell unregulated weight loss supplements. A political campaign can try, but never fully achieve the level of artifice perfected by America’s daytime TV industrial complex. Remember when we all thought Ellen was nice? In the harsh neon light of the Wegner’s produce section, it’s much easier to spot a phony.
And it certainly doesn’t help that Oz is getting consistently owned by his opponent John Fetterman online. Most places love an underdog, not PA, at least not eastern PA. They love to see a thorough drubbing. They’re the worst fans in the world and make T-shirts to tell everybody about it. Walk around the wrong neighborhood talking about your baby carrots and you might get a triple-A battery to the temple. It’s not the ideal environment to convince folks you’re looking out for PA while running a remote campaign from North Jersey.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, INDIEV revealed exclusive new footage of the INDI One driving through Beverly Hills. The footage marks a pre-production milestone, driving down historic Rodeo Drive just blocks from INDIEV's first Brand Experience Center. Media members, local government and green energy leaders, and Los Angeles influencers were given test rides in the INDI One, the first time that test rides of the INDI One have been publicly available on the west coast.
"It was a smooth quiet ride in the INDI One, but the kicker is being able to game on a full-blown PC with VR" DaPoets, Tech influencer
"I'm so excited to be a part of the edge of the future here at INDI" -Stephanie Heiner, INDI Innovator
"It really put the future of technology into perspective for me" -Alliestrasza, streamer & influencer
"The INDI One is the car for live streamers!" -Nezst, Twitch streamer
Alongside the new footage, updated specifications for the Standard and Premium Trim packages were unveiled:
Range- 230mi
0-60mph- 6.7s
Torque– 410 Nm
Battery- 76 kWh
Horsepower– 275 hp
Top Speed- 120mph
Charging- 100 kW DC
Powertrain- Single Motor RWD
Starting Price- $45,000
Range- 300mi
0-60mph- 4.2s
Torque– 730 Nm
Battery- 95 kWh
Horsepower– 475 hp
Top Speed- 130mph
Charging- 150 kW DC
Powertrain- Dual Motor AWD
Starting Price- $69,000
Colors- Pacific Pearl, Premiere, Melrose, Laguna, Griffith, Beverly Blush, Silverlake, City Nights, & Sunset
L/W/H- 189"|78"|67"
Trunk Cargo Space- 43 cu ft
The INDI One can be reserved directly at this link, with reservation deposits costing $100 for the Standard Trim and $200/$400 for the Premium Trim. Parties interested in becoming INDI One Innovators or distributors can contact Innovators@indiev.com & distributor@indiev.com.
Contact:
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INDIEV was founded in Los Angeles in 2017 on the idea that the future of personal mobility will no longer be defined solely by horsepower or top speed, but rather from the connectivity, customizability, and processing power offered to drivers and passengers. Anchored by the Vehicle Integrated Computer, INDIEV hopes to bring tremendous computing power and endless options for creativity into personal transportation.
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Gone, but not forgotten.
Former Yankees prospect Manny Banuelos is turning heads in Pittsburgh.
Gone, but not forgotten.
Former Yankees prospect Manny Banuelos is turning heads in Pittsburgh.
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Health Plan uses Connect Oregon platform to facilitate integrated healthcare services
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trillium Community Health Plan (Trillium) is proud to announce its partnership with Unite Us, a leading technology company connecting health and social care services, to further enhance the health plan's ability to collaborate with providers and local community-based organizations to provide integrated healthcare services for Oregon Health Plan (OHP) members in Lane, western Linn, western Douglas, Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
The Connect Oregon network, powered by Unite Us, is a coordinated care network of health and social service providers. Partners in the network are connected through the Unite Us Platform, an integrated, HI-TRUST-certified social care infrastructure helping providers and community-based organizations address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Trillium's care managers and member services staff will use the Connect Oregon network to efficiently coordinate care for OHP members, ensuring their access to needed services and supports.
"At Trillium, we are committed to ensuring our members have access to equitable, culturally sensitive care that addresses their whole health. This can mean helping members schedule preventive check-ups with their primary care providers; referring them to organizations that have safe, stable housing options; or connecting them with agencies that provide free or low-cost meal delivery services," said Sarah Brewer, Plan President and CEO, Trillium Community Health Plan. "Through the Connect Oregon network, we can facilitate engagement with a variety of services for our members while actively collaborating with our provider and community partners to assist if more care is needed along the way."
In alignment with Trillium's health equity strategy, the health plan will analyze metrics from the platform to track health outcomes and inform future partnerships and initiatives designed to invest resources where they are most needed, continuing to transform community health for all Oregonians.
"The collective goal of our partnership with Trillium Community Health Plan is to effectively increase equitable access to care for Oregonians regardless of circumstance," said Celia Higueras, State Network Director at Unite Us. "Trillium and Unite Us will work together to redefine the quality, impact, and intersection of health and social care across this community."
About Trillium Community Health Plan
Trillium Community Health Plan serves Oregon Health Plan members through the CCO model, which began in 2012. Trillium is a recognized leader for outstanding coordination of care. It was first awarded a contract with the state of Oregon to help manage care for the Oregon Health Plan in 1999. Trillium partners with an extensive group of providers to improve care and access to services for OHP members. For more information, please visit our website.
About Unite Us
Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. With Unite Us' end-to-end solution, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure, electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Unite Us' community engagement teams build sustainable partnerships with local organizations to ensure networks have solid foundations, launch successfully, and continue to grow and thrive. This HITRUST-certified social care infrastructure helps communities address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutions First Financial Group is proud to announce that they will be sponsoring the 2022 "Cops and Kids" program. The program is designed to unite Scottsdale Officers and public safety employees with local disadvantaged children for a special day of bonding and shopping.
The kids will shop with local officers for the items they would otherwise not receive for the school year such as new articles of clothing, school supplies, and backpacks. Children and families will be carefully selected by a committee of local law enforcement officers to reach those most in need. Solutions First Financial Group is helping make this event possible by making a generous donation so that approximately $200 will go towards the back-to-school needs of each child.
Owner of Solutions First Financial Group, Joe Donti, says, "We feel honored to be able to help those in need. Having children and grandchildren of our own, we understand how important it is for every child to have the tools they need to succeed in school so that they have the best chance to succeed in their futures. If more businesses participate in this program by helping to subsidize the gap in funding of our schools, the more profound the impact will be".
Solutions First Financial Group is a full-service financial advisory firm located in Scottsdale, Arizona. They help design plans for pre-retirees and retirees to include every aspect of their financial future and lifestyle goals into one integrated plan. The firm believes in the importance of community and understands that it takes a village to run such an organization that has the power to change the lives of many. For more information, contact Solutions First Financial Group at 9375 Shea BLVD., Suite 100 in Scottsdale, call them at (602) 492 – 9945, email them at info@solutionsfirstgroup.com, or visit https://solutionsfirstgroup.com/
Solutions First Financial Group is an independent financial services firm that utilizes a variety of investment and insurance products. Investment advisory services offered only by duly registered individuals through AE Wealth Management, LLC (AEWM). AEWM, Solutions First Financial Group, and Cops and Kids are not affiliated companies. Our firm does not provide tax or legal advice. 01392967 – 7/22
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CLEVELAND — After the NFL opted to appeal his initial suspension, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson now knows his football fate. On Thursday, Watson and the NFLPA reached a settlement with the NFL on his punishment, with the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback now set to serve an 11-game suspension, in addition to paying a $5 million fine.
Additionally, Watson will be required to continue to undergo mental health counseling. The Browns and NFL have also agreed to each pay $1 million, which in addition to Watson's fine, will be put toward sexual assault prevention programs.
Per the terms of the suspension, Watson's suspension officially begins at 4 p.m. ET on Aug. 30, and he will be eligible to return to the team facility on Oct. 10 and begin practicing again on Nov. 14. He will be eligible to play in the remainder of the Browns' preseason games and is set to lose $632,500 of his salary, in addition to the $5 million fine.
Watson addressed the media after the 11-game suspension was announced, which you can watch in the player below:
Watson also released the following statement through the team:
"I'm grateful that the disciplinary process has ended and extremely appreciative of the tremendous support I have received throughout my short time with the Browns organization. I apologize once again for any pain this situation has caused. I take accountability for the decisions I made. My focus going forward is on working to become the best version of myself on and off the field and supporting my teammates however possible while I'm away from the team. I'm excited about what the future holds for me in Cleveland."
Following the settlement, Watson is now scheduled to make his Browns debut on Dec. 4 on the road against the Houston Texans -- his former team. Veteran backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett is currently slated to start in his place for Cleveland while Watson serves his suspension.
The settlement comes more than two weeks after former U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson issued a six-game suspension for Watson, ruling that he had violated the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy on the following three counts:
- Conduct that Qualifies as a Sexual Assault
- Conduct that Poses a Genuine Danger to the Safety and Well-Being of Another Person
- Conduct that Undermines, or Puts at Risk, the Integrity of the NFL
Robinson had been jointly appointed by the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to serve as the Disciplinary Officer in Watson’s case. The league, however, exercised its ability under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to make an appeal on the punishment to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or a designee of his choosing.
Goodell ultimately opted for a designee, selecting former New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey, who has previously advised the league on disciplinary matters, including the development of the Personal Conduct Policy. In making its appeal, the NFL had reportedly been seeking an indefinite suspension lasting no less than the entirety of the 2022 season, a fine and treatment.
The league and Watson, however, reached their settlement before Harvey was able to issue a ruling in the "expedited" process.
The settlement between the two sides is the latest — and likely final — development regarding Watson’s football future that has occurred since the Browns acquired him in a blockbuster trade with the Texans in March. While his disciplinary case with the NFL focused on four specific accusers, the Clemson product has reached settlements on 23 lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct, including harassment and assault during his time with the Texans. One related civil case remains ongoing.
Attorney Tony Buzbee, who represents all of the women involved, had this to day on the final suspension:
"By settling this matter the way he has, Roger Goodell has proven one of two things: either his recent rhetoric was utter baloney, or his bark is much worse than his bite. My belief is that he is nothing more than a paper tiger. The message today to all victims is clear, if you believe you have been sexually assaulted by a powerful person, keep your mouth shut and go away. The NFL has certainly demonstrated that it’s ownership and the organization doesn't care."
"To all sexual assault survivors, do not allow this recent 'punishment' to deter you. Keep speaking up and keep speaking out. Your voice matters. You are making a difference. We stand with you."
Two Texas grand juries have declined to indict Watson on criminal charges as a result of the accusations. The 26-year-old has publicly maintained his innocence throughout the process.
Last month the Texans, reached settlements with 30 women regarding allegations that they enabled the star quarterback's behavior during his time with the team. In a statement, the Texans said they admitted no guilt in making the settlements. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/nfl/cleveland-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-and-nfl-reach-settlement-11-game/95-7ce009c8-d274-46e2-9711-076c740845c6 | 2022-08-19T12:49:03Z | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/nfl/cleveland-browns-qb-deshaun-watson-and-nfl-reach-settlement-11-game/95-7ce009c8-d274-46e2-9711-076c740845c6 | false |
Maisie Smith opts for comfort in oversized T-shirt as she arrives for Strictly Ballroom rehearsals- after THAT Greek getaway with Max George
Maisie Smith opted for comfort as she stepped out for Strictly Ballroom The Musical, rehearsals on Friday.
The EastEnders star, 21, cut a casual figure in an oversized graphic T-shirt and black leggings.
The low-key outing comes after she returned form a sun-soaked holiday in Greece with Max George.
Casual: Maisie Smith opted for comfort in an oversized graphic T-shirt as she stepped out for Strictly Ballroom The Musical, rehearsals on Friday, after her Greek getaway with Max George
Maisie gave an 80's inspired look as she teamed her relaxed ensemble with a pair of of white socks and trainers.
She also carried her essentials in a black and yellow The North Face duffle bag.
She accessorised with small gold hoop earrings and swept her locks back into a low ponytail.
Earlier this week Max and Maisie were seen kissing on a flight to Crete. In photos obtained by The Sun the pair are seen sitting next to one another and looking cosy on the romantic trip.
Looking good: The EastEnders star, 21, cut a casual figure in black leggings which she paired with white socks and trainers
A source told the publication: 'They were all over each other. This isn't a flash in the pan. Max has told people that he is falling in love with Maisie.'
A passenger said: 'They looked like a very loved-up couple - they were all over each other for the entire four-hour flight. Snogging and giggling like any new couple.'
The pair are said to have grown close once again on the Strictly live tour, after starring on the show together in 2020.
However, the couple's getaway appeared to infuriate Max's ex Stacey Giggs, who made a savage dig at the singer on social media.
Former WAG, Stacey is reportedly furious that Max, 33, and his Strictly co-star are now dating publicly just days after they split.
More than just friends: She recently returned from a sun-soaked holiday to Greece with beau Max George (pictured together at the Strictly Come Dancing Live photocall in January)
Amid the drama, Stacey posted some snaps from her holiday in the Algarve with her and Ryan's two children Zachary, 19, and Liberty, 15.
She looked stunning in the photos, captioned 'beach bar to dinner' and a further leggy snap with her children, with the post 'These two.'
The Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley, 41, said the WAG looked like a 21-year-old, which is Maisie's age, in a comment, she replied, 'What happens when you shift a lead weight from round your neck [laughing emoji].'
In a conversation with one of her friends Stacey detailed her heartbreak over the situation and explained how she feels 'betrayed' by The Wanted singer.
Uh oh: However, the couple's getaway appeared to infuriate Max's ex Stacey Giggs, who made a savage dig at the singer on social media
Ouch! Stacey Giggs (centre) made a savage dig at her ex-boyfriend Max on Saturday, after accusing him of cheating on her with his Strictly co-star Maisie
Wow! When Tanya Bardsley, 41, compared the former WAG to a 21-year-old in a comment, Maisie's age, she replied, 'What happens when you shift a lead weight from round your neck
The Sun reported that Stacey told a pal: 'To see them dating publicly so quickly after I dumped him is like a dagger to the heart.'
She continued: 'Max cheated on me with Maisie. I asked him about her but he denied anything had happened.
'After everything I’ve done for him, I cannot believe he would be so rude and disrespectful. He’s a lying dog. I feel betrayed.'
She then went on to claim Max has changed since they first got together and he's now 'obsessed with fame'.
The report claims that Max and Stacey's first split in March this year was due to Stacey becoming suspicious about her boyfriend's close relationship with Maisie, who he had spent the previous two months with on the Strictly tour.
After a few days apart, the couple reconciled before Stacey reportedly dumped Max on July 25 after the Maisie rumours refused to die down.
Despite splitting, Max and Stacey continued to spend time together, with the former boybander a regular guest at Stacey's home as he continued to deny he had cheated on her with Maisie.
It was on July 28 that Max jetted to on holiday to Portugal to meet up with Maisie and mutual friends. According to Stacey he continued to deny he was with his Strictly co-star, telling her in phone calls that he was in Spain.
MailOnline has representatives for Stacey, Max and Maisie for comment at the time.
Split: The former WAG is furious that her former partner Max and his Strictly co-star are now dating publicly just days after they split | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11127141/Maisie-Smith-opts-comfort-oversized-T-shirt-arrives-Strictly-Ballroom-rehearsals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-19T12:49:40Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11127141/Maisie-Smith-opts-comfort-oversized-T-shirt-arrives-Strictly-Ballroom-rehearsals.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, INDIEV revealed exclusive new footage of the INDI One driving through Beverly Hills. The footage marks a pre-production milestone, driving down historic Rodeo Drive just blocks from INDIEV's first Brand Experience Center. Media members, local government and green energy leaders, and Los Angeles influencers were given test rides in the INDI One, the first time that test rides of the INDI One have been publicly available on the west coast.
"It was a smooth quiet ride in the INDI One, but the kicker is being able to game on a full-blown PC with VR" DaPoets, Tech influencer
"I'm so excited to be a part of the edge of the future here at INDI" -Stephanie Heiner, INDI Innovator
"It really put the future of technology into perspective for me" -Alliestrasza, streamer & influencer
"The INDI One is the car for live streamers!" -Nezst, Twitch streamer
Alongside the new footage, updated specifications for the Standard and Premium Trim packages were unveiled:
Range- 230mi
0-60mph- 6.7s
Torque– 410 Nm
Battery- 76 kWh
Horsepower– 275 hp
Top Speed- 120mph
Charging- 100 kW DC
Powertrain- Single Motor RWD
Starting Price- $45,000
Range- 300mi
0-60mph- 4.2s
Torque– 730 Nm
Battery- 95 kWh
Horsepower– 475 hp
Top Speed- 130mph
Charging- 150 kW DC
Powertrain- Dual Motor AWD
Starting Price- $69,000
Colors- Pacific Pearl, Premiere, Melrose, Laguna, Griffith, Beverly Blush, Silverlake, City Nights, & Sunset
L/W/H- 189"|78"|67"
Trunk Cargo Space- 43 cu ft
The INDI One can be reserved directly at this link, with reservation deposits costing $100 for the Standard Trim and $200/$400 for the Premium Trim. Parties interested in becoming INDI One Innovators or distributors can contact Innovators@indiev.com & distributor@indiev.com.
Contact:
Ellen Lee, GM of Marketing
media@indiev.com
INDIEV was founded in Los Angeles in 2017 on the idea that the future of personal mobility will no longer be defined solely by horsepower or top speed, but rather from the connectivity, customizability, and processing power offered to drivers and passengers. Anchored by the Vehicle Integrated Computer, INDIEV hopes to bring tremendous computing power and endless options for creativity into personal transportation.
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MIAMI (AP) — FIU football player Luke Knox, who appeared in 23 games at Mississippi before joining the Panthers and was the brother of Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox, has died, the university said Thursday.
Luke Knox died Wednesday evening, school officials said. The cause was not revealed, though the university said police do not suspect foul play.
Knox, who studied business, was 22.
“Words cannot express the heartfelt sorrow we feel because of the passing of our teammate and friend, Luke Knox,” FIU coach Mike MacIntyre wrote on social media. “I had the honor of coaching Luke at Ole Miss and at FIU. While I admired his passion for football, his genuine love for his family and teammates is what I will always remember.”
FIU players were told of Knox’s death late Wednesday. Thursday’s practice was canceled, and grief counselors were brought in to meet with the team and others from the university community.
“You had such a love for life and the game of football,” FIU quarterback Gunnar Holmberg wrote in a social media post Thursday. “Never failed to put a smile on those around you. Grateful for the time we had together. Words can’t explain how you’ll be missed.”
Dawson Knox, Luke Knox’s older brother, is entering his fourth season with the Bills.
“Our hearts go out to Dawson and his family during this time,” Buffalo coach Sean McDermott said Thursday before practice. “We’re right there with him and supporting him and his family. Just tragic news that I woke up to this morning. We love him and we support him.”
Dawson Knox was not on the field for the Bills’ practice.
Luke Knox, who was from Brentwood, Tennessee, primarily played special teams during his time at Ole Miss, and he had 11 tackles in his four seasons there. He switched to tight end in 2021 though appeared as a linebacker on FIU’s roster this season.
MacIntyre was defensive coordinator at Ole Miss during Knox’s time with the Rebels. MacIntyre is in his first season at FIU.
“He had a special way of making everyone around him feel comfortable and confident,” MacIntyre said. “Luke’s family is special to me, and they will continually be in my heart and in my prayers during this difficult time.”
FIU opens its season Sept. 1 against Bryant.
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Christian Kletzl, CEO at UserGems.
In the past few years, we’ve seen the B2B buying process evolve in the following ways.
• Buying committees are growing, often including between 6 to 10 decision makers at a time.
• Professionals are switching jobs at a higher rate.
• Revenue teams are being asked to produce better results with fewer resources.
There’s one thing that’s remained clear: Business-to-business is about human-to-human relationships. Forward-thinking companies are deliberating how they can reprioritize their efforts to put the individual first.
Just like we talk about and track Customer Lifetime Value (LTV), we should be equally obsessive about Champion LTV, the estimated dollar value of individuals in your CRM. Your business relationships are with people, and people move around.
Here’s how I prioritize previous customers at my growing startup—and how you can, too.
Past customers are your future opportunities.
Can past customers contribute to pipeline generation? Absolutely. One user of your software can open up doors for your sales team multiple times in their career.
Relationships have been at the center of how business gets done for eons. In the modern business world, with all the automation at our fingertips, we’ve neglected this very human thing in our sales and marketing outreach.
But, as the saying goes, everything old is new again. Buyers appreciate when they are treated like humans and not just “decision makers” in a CRM. So how do we leverage relationships to break into new opportunities?
With 20% to 40% of people changing their jobs every year, your customers are a great source of qualified pipeline.
After all, previous customers already know your company and product—these leads are literally pre-sold on what your product brings to the table. Are you treating these “old” customers as opportunities for new business?
Who are your champions?
Many B2B companies use the word “champion” to describe a key player in closing a deal and advocate for your solution. But oftentimes, revenue teams are too prescriptive about who their champions can be. They are tempted to go after individuals in traditional decision-maker roles: directors, vice presidents and C-suite executives.
That approach is too narrow. Your biggest champions will not only be found at the top of the org chart. They are the people who can speak to the value of your products and services: administrators, power users and end-users. By pinpointing the direct and indirect relationships your company has with prospects in your target accounts, you can create more targeted outreach.
Three Types Of Champions Every B2B Revenue Team Should Trackow do you narrow down a long list of individual users to identify your most valuable champions?
Here are three types of champions that you should keep tabs on.
Key contacts within your CRM, i.e., the (known) buying committee.
Chances are, your first instinct is to identify your primary contacts, decision makers and key influencers as your most likely champions. Good instincts! These individuals were instrumental in bringing in your product in the first place and have already established relationships with your sellers. These contacts can speak to whether their company has a need for your product or solution.
Find them in your CRM, calendar invites with sales and customer success teams and messages in your email inbox.
Product users, including administrators, power users and regular end-users, i.e., the (unknown) buying committee
Users are a precious commodity, but you might not have their information readily available in your CRM. You might not even think of users as being influential in purchasing decisions, but your users know your product better than anyone (sometimes even the original decision maker) and can champion your product from first-hand experience.
Find them in your product database. Review your usage data to segment and tier these users before reaching out.
Previous users from churned accounts.
Churn doesn’t indicate it’s time to give up! When these users move to a new company, they might have different needs and budgets that could be a better fit.
If the churn is due to product reasons and there’s been a major product update since then, there’s a good reason to re-engage. Churned users are just as aware of how the product works and the value it brings—and keeping up with them can help you establish new relationships as they make career moves.
Find them in your CRM. Look for past contacts and previous users who have recently changed their jobs, as they may now be at one of your target accounts.
Champion Tracking In ActionThere are several ways to surface your most valuable champions, but before committing to any of these tactics, make sure you have identified which types of champions are most relevant to your growth goals. Once you have that figured out, you can operationalize your champion tracking efforts.
These triggers are signs to reach out to your most valuable champions.
You must pinpoint which triggers you should use to surface and engage with these individuals. This is key for maintaining long-term relationships with your champions.
Use these four triggers as opportunities to tap into your champion relationships to make meaningful connections.
1. A new executive starts working at one of your target accounts.
2. Your current contact/champion starts a new job.
3. A company within your account list creates new strategic positions.
4. Companies on your target account list undergo significant hiring or firing changes.
These trigger events signal that a company may be evaluating new solutions—and you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity. By combining the intelligence you gather via your champions list with the right sales triggers, you can generate a warm pipeline, accelerate deals, and even kickstart stalled opportunities.
Individuals, not companies, are your best champions.
Companies buy and renew contracts, but individuals make referrals, advocate for your solution and make purchasing decisions. B2B is increasingly becoming a human-to-human playing field and leveraging relationships is the best, most sustainable playbook you can adopt.
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The following individuals are facing DUI-related charges following their alleged involvement in separate incidents in Sayre Borough.
Dylan James Albert Tinnin, 25, of Rockport, Texas, was charged following a traffic stop on South Keystone Avenue on July 17. Sayre Police noted that a blood test later revealed THC in Tinnin’s system.
Tinnin is scheduled to appear before Magisterial District Court Judge Larry Hurley for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 30.
Nicole Julyne Manwaring, 41, of Elmira, was charged following a traffic stop on Route 220 in South Waverly on July 3. Sayre Police added that a blood test later revealed methamphetamine and fentanyl in her system.
Manwaring is scheduled to appear before Magisterial District Court Judge Larry Hurley for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 30.
Thomas Bruce Westerfer, 36, of Troy was charged following a traffic stop on Cayuta Street on June 13. Sayre Police added that a blood test later revealed methamphetamine and Clonazepam in his system.
Westerfer is scheduled to appear before Magisterial District Court Judge Larry Hurley for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 30.
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After flying out of Dallas following a 1-0 loss to FC Dallas on Wednesday, the Union’s players and staff didn’t get back to Philadelphia until 5 a.m. The team canceled its planned training on Thursday in an attempt to help the players recover from a tough back-and-forth game played in 100-degree heat.
“A difficult night tonight,” manager Jim Curtin said after the Union’s fourth loss of the season. “We came up a little bit short in the attacking part of the field.”
There’s no rest for the weary, though, as the Union face D.C. United in another away game on Saturday.
“We regroup quickly and get ready for D.C.,” Curtin said.
Although it appeared to be a momentary defensive lapse on the part of Jakob Glesnes that allowed FC Dallas star Jesús Ferreira to score, Curtin lamented more the fact that the Union attack never really got in gear.
“We just didn’t create enough on the night,” said Curtin. “Outside of the goal, we didn’t give up a ton of chances.”
Jack McGlynn, the young midfielder who was sent into the action in Texas as a sub, agreed. “We weren’t clinical enough,” he said. “We had a couple of good looks.”
The frustration felt by the players against Dallas probably wasn’t helped by the heat, which McGlynn rated as a 7 on a scale of how much it affected the players. At one point in the match, left back Kai Wagner seemed to rant at McGlynn on the field as yet another attack opportunity fizzled out.
“He was just telling me to play simple,” McGlynn said. “I know he means the best for me.”
What’s best for all the players depends on the goal that Curtin wants to chase most. Although the team is still first in the Eastern Conference, the manager is aiming to give chase to LAFC, which leads MLS with 57 points, as compared to the Union’s 48. The top finisher in the regular season claims the Supporters’ Shield. The Union won this prize in 2020. Last season, however, was when the club came closest to claiming the MLS Cup, losing in the Eastern Conference final against NYCFC.
With only single-digit games remaining this season for both LAFC and the Union, it likely would take a collapse on the part of Los Angeles club for the Union to overtake it in points.
Still, Curtin didn’t seem inclined to consider resting key starters in order to avoid injury and keep them fresh for the playoffs. It’s an approach that’s more common in the NBA, where it has led to the term “load management,” a phrase that generally covers mandated breaks and rest for players during the season.
“Load management is a basketball term that is creeping into soccer,” Curtin said. He pointed out that top teams in leagues abroad often play three games a week with little to no rotation in the starting lineup. It also goes without saying that in soccer, with limited substitutions available, even managing a player’s minutes is a luxury that usually isn’t afforded unless a player gets injured or is returning from injury.
“We demand a lot of our players,” said Curtin.
Generally, the players rise to the demand, such as Union captain Alejandro Bedoya. At 35, the midfielder is having a banner season with five goals and the same number of assists. Yet he is also a prime example of a player who might benefit from increased rest ahead of the MLS playoffs instead of a full-tilt pursuit of a points title that may have already slipped out of reach.
» READ MORE: Alejandro Bedoya is having a renaissance with the Union at age 35
While it’s true that many teams abroad play more games and competitions on the whole than MLS squads, it’s also true that the league is unique in the parity among teams. D.C. United, for example, may seem hapless as the last-place team in the Eastern Conference, but league teams are always strong playing at home and especially dangerous when fighting for their playoff lives.
Curtin used his full complement of five subs against Dallas, so it’s not as if he isn’t willing to bring in players off the bench to help create more energy on the field. Conserving the energy of certain players, however, by changing up his preferred starting lineup, however, is another matter altogether.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, INDIEV revealed exclusive new footage of the INDI One driving through Beverly Hills. The footage marks a pre-production milestone, driving down historic Rodeo Drive just blocks from INDIEV's first Brand Experience Center. Media members, local government and green energy leaders, and Los Angeles influencers were given test rides in the INDI One, the first time that test rides of the INDI One have been publicly available on the west coast.
"It was a smooth quiet ride in the INDI One, but the kicker is being able to game on a full-blown PC with VR" DaPoets, Tech influencer
"I'm so excited to be a part of the edge of the future here at INDI" -Stephanie Heiner, INDI Innovator
"It really put the future of technology into perspective for me" -Alliestrasza, streamer & influencer
"The INDI One is the car for live streamers!" -Nezst, Twitch streamer
Alongside the new footage, updated specifications for the Standard and Premium Trim packages were unveiled:
Range- 230mi
0-60mph- 6.7s
Torque– 410 Nm
Battery- 76 kWh
Horsepower– 275 hp
Top Speed- 120mph
Charging- 100 kW DC
Powertrain- Single Motor RWD
Starting Price- $45,000
Range- 300mi
0-60mph- 4.2s
Torque– 730 Nm
Battery- 95 kWh
Horsepower– 475 hp
Top Speed- 130mph
Charging- 150 kW DC
Powertrain- Dual Motor AWD
Starting Price- $69,000
Colors- Pacific Pearl, Premiere, Melrose, Laguna, Griffith, Beverly Blush, Silverlake, City Nights, & Sunset
L/W/H- 189"|78"|67"
Trunk Cargo Space- 43 cu ft
The INDI One can be reserved directly at this link, with reservation deposits costing $100 for the Standard Trim and $200/$400 for the Premium Trim. Parties interested in becoming INDI One Innovators or distributors can contact Innovators@indiev.com & distributor@indiev.com.
Contact:
Ellen Lee, GM of Marketing
media@indiev.com
INDIEV was founded in Los Angeles in 2017 on the idea that the future of personal mobility will no longer be defined solely by horsepower or top speed, but rather from the connectivity, customizability, and processing power offered to drivers and passengers. Anchored by the Vehicle Integrated Computer, INDIEV hopes to bring tremendous computing power and endless options for creativity into personal transportation.
At INDIEV, We Do Cars, and You Do You.
To find out more about INDIEV, please visit www.INDIEV.com and our social platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
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Fight Card Will be Distributed in Over 60 Countries and Broadcast to an Expected 133 Million Homes
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EBET, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBET), a leading global provider of advanced wagering products and technology, announced today that its sports wagering brand BetTarget has secured ring sponsorship of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) to be held in London, England on Saturday August 20.
Touted as the biggest combat sporting event this summer, EBET's brand BetTarget will gain brand exposure leading up to and throughout the live action. The event will be distributed in over 60 countries and is expected to be broadcast to 133 million homes. The event is also expecting over 300,000 live PPV viewers and a rebroadcast viewership of 25 million.
EBET's BetTarget offers the latest odds and live betting on all major sports and events with more than 3,000 live events per month and thousands of additional pre-event markets.
"Bare Knuckle fighting is rapidly becoming one of the most popular combat sports in the world. And with 91% of the fan base above the age of 21, this event is a great fit for our sports wagering brand, BetTarget," commented Mark Thorne, Chief Marketing Officer of EBET. "We look forward to exposing our brand to the massive audience this fight card will engage."
About EBET, Inc.
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Police have welcomed new powers to tackle illegal hare coursing across Hull and East Yorkshire.
Humberside Police's rural task force has said that the new powers "will really help deal" with the issue of hare coursing. The powers were part of new legislation under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 that came into force on August 1.
The maximum penalty for trespassing in pursuit of game has been increased to an unlimited fine and for the first time ever, perpetrators could also face a possible jail term of up to six months. New offences has also been created for trespass with the intention to search or pursue a hare.
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Sergeant Jenna Jones from Humberside Police 's rural task force said: "These new powers will really help deal with those who look to travel to our area to commit the barbaric act known as hare coursing.
"Providing stricter powers for both the police and the courts will protect even further our precious wildlife and bring those who commit crime in our countryside to justice.
"We act on information and intelligence provided to us by local communities and would continue to appeal for anyone who sees anything suspicious or has information about those who commit rural crimes, to call us on our non-emergency number 101. If there is a crime in progress or a risk to life call 999."
The new powers covering hare coursing include:
Increasing the maximum penalty for trespassing in pursuit of game under the Game Acts (the Game Act 1831 and the Night Poaching Act 1828) to an unlimited fine and potential up to six months imprisonment
Two new criminal offences: trespass with the intention of using a dog to search for or pursue a hare; and being equipped to trespass with the intention of using a dog to search for or pursue a hare. Both punishable with an unlimited fine and/or up to six month imprisonment
New powers for the courts to order, on conviction, the reimbursement of costs incurred by the police in kennelling dogs seized in connection with a hare coursing-related offence
New powers for the courts to make an order, on conviction, disqualifying an offender from owning or keeping a dog
In January, four men were kicked out of East Yorkshire and their car seized after hare coursing in the Holderness area. Humberside Police are part of the nationwide Operation Galileo scheme, where information is shared between forces to crack down on hare coursing.
"Landowners are also reminded to take prevention measures such as preventing easy access by vehicles to land by using obstacles, gates and other barriers," said Sgt Jones, adding that there are dedicated officers patrolling key areas across rural areas to deter criminals.
"The Rural Task Force remain on hand to not only act on information provided but also to advise their colleagues on the new legislation so that all our officers will know how to enact these new powers."
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithium South Development Corporation (the "Company") (TSX-V: LIS) (OTCQB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ). The Company is pleased to provide an update on process test work currently being conducted on a 12,500-liter bulk brine sample from the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project (HMN Li Project), located in Salta. Argentina. The purpose of the test work is to validate evaporation as a viable concentration method to produce battery grade lithium carbonate. The work is performed as part of the preparations for a potential on site pilot-plant aiming to validate the process for the Feasibility Study. The work is being performed by Eon Minerals a Delaware based company with laboratory facilities in Salta, Argentina. The work is being supervised by Alex Mezei, P. Eng., a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.
We are pleased to report lithium recoveries of 86% for the pre-concentration evaporation, 80% for liming and 97% for concentration evaporation. The cumulative lithium recovery after these front-end stages was 67%.
A sample of the resulting concentrated brine was subjected to preliminary laboratory testing by solvent extraction (SX). The results produced a raffinate containing about 12 mg/L at nearly 99% boron removal efficiency. The key chemical analyses were confirmed by duplicates performed at Alex Stewart and SGS laboratories, both ISO Certified and located in Argentina.
Based on these results, the bulk SX stage was initiated on 210 L of concentrated brine sample containing 14.4 g/L Li (1.25% wt. Li).
The sample produced by the current SX work will be further subjected to advanced test work aiming to produce a battery grade lithium carbonate sample. The interim stage involves a carbonation, bicarbonation and ion exchange.
Based on the metallurgical response of the sample during the pre-concentration, liming, concentration and SX stages, the results to date are indicative of a realistic possibility for achieving the purity requirements for the battery-grade lithium carbonate.
Company Director and Chief Operating Officer, Fernando Villarroel states, "We are very pleased with these results which demonstrate our team has the expertise to produce a clean brine ready to produce Lithium Carbonate battery grade."
Lithium South's resource expansion drill program is underway at the Alba Sabrina claim block on the world-renowned Hombre Muerto Salar. A second drill rig is being added to move the drill program forward and potentially expand the current Lithium Carbonate Resource. View the active drilling on our live stream at www.lithiumsouth.com/live-cam.
About Eon Minerals
Eon Minerals of Delaware has a fully capable laboratory in Salta Argentina, equipped for lithium test work. The company is well experienced in the lithium industry. Past and current clients include Ganfeng Lithium, Neolithium and Rincon Ltd. Eon staff includes Susana Martinez PhD in Chemistry with specialization in synthesis and nanomaterials, Ivan Machin PhD in Chemistry with specialization in thermodynamic and catalysis, Lorena Perez MSc with experience in R&D of technologies, and Gonzalo Chaparro, Process Engineer, who has participated to several projects in Argentina. The team has a joint experience of more than 50 years in process development, and more than 15 years with specific lithium experience. The Company is owned and operated by Fernando Villarroel, Vice President and a director of the Company.
About Lithium South
Lithium South is the 100% owner of the HMN Lithium Project located in Salta Province, Argentina. The HMN Li Project is at an advanced stage of evaluation, with a Preliminary Economic Assessment completed in April 2019. Currently a drill program is underway to potentially expand the current resource. Preliminary results support this expectation. Additional project work including permitting, environmental studies and process test work are ongoing.
The HMN Li Project is adjacent to a US$840 million lithium mine under development by the Korean multinational corporation POSCO, which acquired their holdings from Galaxy Resources Ltd. for US$280 million. Livent Corporation is producing lithium south of the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project and has operated there for over twenty-five years.
The Company is evaluating a conventional evaporation process method, and Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) as an alternative method. DLE test work on 2,000-liter brine samples is currently in progress by Chemphys Chengdu, in China, and Eon Minerals in Salta, Argentina.
This news release was reviewed and approved by Mr. Alex Mezei, P.Eng., a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, and technical consultant to the Company. Mr. Mezei participated in the production of this news release and approved of the scientific disclosure contained herein.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
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(The Hill) – A federal judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven employees at a Memphis store after finding the company illegally retaliated against them for helping organize a union.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Sheryl Lipman told Starbucks it had five days to reinstate the employees, known as the “Memphis Seven,” whom the coffee chain said it fired on Feb. 8 for previously violating its safety policies, sparking a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
“Today’s federal court decision ordering Starbucks to reinstate the seven unlawfully fired Starbucks workers in Memphis is a crucial step in ensuring that these workers, and all Starbucks workers, can freely exercise their right to join together to improve their working conditions and form a union,” NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo said in a statement.
“Starbucks, and other employers, should take note that the NLRB will continue to vigorously protect workers’ right to organize without interference from their employer,” she added.
Starbucks argued it fired the employees for breaking the companies’ policies on Jan. 18, including by going behind the counter while off-duty and unlocking a locked door to allow an unauthorized person to enter the store while off-duty.
The terminations included five of the store’s six union organizing committee members and two others involved in the efforts.
On the day of the alleged policy infractions, employees said they passed out union authorization cards and sat down in the store with a television news crew about the union organizing efforts. The organizing committee had publicly posted a letter addressed to the company’s CEO about the union one day prior.
The NLRB argued Starbucks terminated the employees based on policies it did not consistently enforce, saying it was a pretext for the company’s opposition to the union.
“We’re beyond thankful the federal court ruled in our favor, and this just goes to show that Starbucks will do everything in their power to silence us,” Nabretta Hardin, a lead organizer at the store who was terminated, said in a statement.
The judge also agreed with the NLRB’s allegations that Starbucks broke federal labor laws in the lead-up to the termination, which it said included violations ranging from increased monitoring from management during the organizing effort to removing pro-union literature from the store’s community bulletin board.
“We strongly disagree with the judge’s ruling in this case,” Starbucks said in a statement, adding that it planned to appeal and request a stay of the ruling to delay the reinstatements until after the review concludes.
“These individuals violated numerous policies and failed to maintain a secure work environment and safety standards,” the statement continued. “Interest in a union does not exempt partners from following policies that are in place to protect partners, our customers and the communities we serve.”
A Starbucks store in Buffalo became the first U.S. location to unionize in December. In court, employees at the Memphis store said they began organizing after hearing about the Buffalo unionization efforts.
The coffee chain has since seen dozens of additional stores seeking to unionize, with some organizing efforts leading to other lawsuits in localities across the country.
Starbucks on Monday asked the NLRB to temporarily suspend all union elections at its U.S. locations, citing allegations that regional NLRB offices improperly coordinated with union organizers. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/judge-orders-starbucks-to-reinstate-fired-workers-who-led-unionization-effort/ | 2022-08-19T13:18:45Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/judge-orders-starbucks-to-reinstate-fired-workers-who-led-unionization-effort/ | true |
The National Labor Relations Board won an injunction against Starbucks as a judge ruled that the company must rehire seven former employees.
Starbucks fired the employees after attempting to form a union.
The National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of attempting to thwart unionizing efforts at its stores.
"Today's federal court decision ordering Starbucks to reinstate the seven unlawfully fired Starbucks workers in Memphis is a crucial step in ensuring that these workers, and all Starbucks workers, can freely exercise their right to join together to improve their working conditions and form a union," said NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. "Starbucks, and other employers, should take note that the NLRB will continue to vigorously protect workers' right to organize without interference from their employer."
The National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of directing "a wide variety of coercive measures at its employees, including: disciplining the employee responsible for starting the campaign; more closely supervising its employees; closing the area of the store on days organizers had previously invited the public and customers to come to show support for the campaign; and removing all pro-union materials from the community bulletin board inside the store, including notes authored by customers expressing support for the employees and their campaign."
In a statement to NPR, Starbucks said it plans to fight the ruling.
"We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case," the company said. "These individuals violated numerous policies and failed to maintain a secure work environment and safety standards. Interest in a union does not exempt partners from following policies that are in place to protect partners, our customers and the communities we serve."
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Couple billed hundreds of dollars for traffic tickets after car is stolen
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) - A couple’s car was recently stolen. If that wasn’t bad enough, it was used in crime spree.
They’re expected to pay for the hundreds of dollars racked up in traffic tickets, but the couple is fighting back.
But Bob and Angie Shepherd would come face-to-face with something more daunting than D.C. rush hour traffic one April morning.
“So I get up in the morning and I’m going to work,” Bob Shepherd said. “Her car is not there.”
“The PTSD I’m suffering from because every time someone knocks on my door, I’m worried it’s them coming back,” Angie Shepherd said.
Not only were the Shepherds stunned to discover their car was missing after it was stolen, they could not believe what it would be used for next.
“We saw the video of them getting out of her vehicle, shooting the other guy, getting back in the car and driving off,” Bob Shepherd said.
After their car was stolen from their Alexandria home, it was used in a homicide in Suitland. Then the perpetrators racked up more than $400 in traffic tickets in the District of Columbia.
When the Shepherds last checked with the homicide detectives, the suspects still weren’t in custody even after the car was recovered in impound at the police station two weeks after it was stolen.
But now the Shepherds are stuck with the bill and have not heard back from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles since.
“Are you kidding me?” Bob Shepherd said.
“Car is stolen, involved in a homicide, and then you want to charge me for the tickets, even though I’ve given you all of the documentation showing that it’s been involved in a homicide,” Bob Shepherd said.
WJLA emailed D.C. Police, who referred them to D.C. DMV.
Their media contact was sent an email, but it replied with a bounce-back message saying he was out of town and to call another number for immediate assistance.
When that number was called, it was discovered that that employee was also out of town.
“You can’t get in touch with them!” Angie Shepherd said.
The Shepherds want answers now so no one else will have to go through this.
“No, not going to pay it,” Bob Shepherd said.
A reporter has talked to so many people that have had to battle D.C. for tickets. You have to show evidence it wasn’t you. You have to go back and forth with them.
Apparently something similar happened last year.
Local news reported that a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran had to pay $2,000 in traffic tickets for his car after it was stolen.
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KWANONGOMA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation is preparing to host a coronation event for its new traditional king amid internal divisions that have threatened to tear the royal family apart.
King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini, a son of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini who died in March last year, will on Saturday undergo the traditional ritual known as ukungena esibayeni (entering the royal village) to mark his installation as the new leader of the Zulu nation.
The Zulu ethnic group is South Africa’s largest with more than 12 million people who are mainly located in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal.
The Zulu nation is historically recognized as having waged fierce resistance to British colonialism under King Shaka Zulu from 1816 to 1828.
The ceremony is expected to be attended by thousands of Zulu people including members of the royal family, traditional leaders of other ethnic groups and members of the Zulu nation.
It will proceed despite challenges from some members of the royal family who insist that Misuzulu is not the rightful heir to the throne.
Misuzulu is the eldest son of Zwelithini with his third wife Queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu, who is said to enjoy an elevated status among his six wives as she was born from the royal house of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), the last remaining absolute monarchy in Africa.
Queen Dlamini-Zulu held the title of Regent of the Zulu nation after her husband’s death but died about a month later, naming her eldest son Misuzulu as the successor in her will.
However, some members of the royal family are opposed to Misuzulu as the successor, recognizing his eldest brother, Simagade Zulu ka Zwelithini, as the rightful heir instead.
Last weekend, the rival family faction held the ukungena esibayeni ceremony for Simagade even though it was not recognized by the rest of the royal family’s elders who support Misuzulu as the rightful king.
To further confuse the situation, on Thursday Zwelithini’s three brothers held a press conference in Johannesburg where they announced another of their brothers, Buzabazi kaZwelithini, as their preferred heir to the throne.
The late king reportedly fathered 28 children with his six wives.
The South African government recognizes Misuzulu as the rightful heir to the throne and is set to award him a recognition certificate at a date still to be determined.
The position of King of the Zulu nation is an influential one in KwaZulu-Natal province as a custodian of the ethnic group’s traditional customs.
The king also wields control over vast swathes of land, estimated at 30% of KwaZulu-Natal or 10,810 square miles, through the Ingonyama Trust of which he is the sole trustee. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/south-africas-zulu-nation-to-host-celebration-for-new-king/ | 2022-08-19T13:21:59Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/south-africas-zulu-nation-to-host-celebration-for-new-king/ | false |
Female prisoner, 27, dies while being held in custody awaiting trial for assaulting a police officer
- Elizabeth Holmes, 27, was found dead by guards at a women's prison in Stirling
- She was awaiting trial in custody for charges including assaulting a police office
- According to Police Scotland, her death is not being treated as suspicious
A Scottish woman was found dead while behind held in custody awaiting trail at a women's prison in Stirling.
Elizabeth Holmes, 27, from Paisley, was found by prison guards on August 14 at HMP YOI Cornton Vale while she awaited trial for charges including assaulting a police officer and threatening and abusive manner.
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have advised Police Scotland on the matter.
Police say her death is not being treated as suspicious but that enquiries are ongoing.
Elizabeth Holmes, 27, from Paisley, was found by prison guards on August 14
She was awaiting trial for charges including assaulting a police officer at the time of her death
She was found by prison guards in the early hours on August 14 at HMP YOI Cornton Vale in Stirling
SPS confirmed that a Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held 'in due course'.
'Elizabeth Holmes, 27, a prisoner from HMP YOI Cornton Vale has died on August 14, 2022,' the statement read. 'She was remanded at Paisley Sheriff Court in 2022.
'Police Scotland have been advised and the matter reported to the Procurator Fiscal. A Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held in due course.'
A Police Scotland spokesperson added: 'At 3am on Sunday, August 14, officers were called to HMP Cornton Vale, Stirling, following reports of a sudden death
'A 27-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death is not being treated as suspicious, and inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire at a munitions depot near the Russian village of Timonovo has led to the evacuation of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border, an official said Friday. The blaze was the latest in a series of destructive incidents on Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine or inside Russia itself.
Roughly 1,100 people reside in the villages of Timonovo and Soloti, around 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the Ukrainian border. There were no casualties in the blaze late Thursday, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The fire came days after another ammunition depot exploded on the Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-occupied territory on the Black Sea that was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Last week, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an airbase on Crimea, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines. Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility.
But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the blasts in Crimea, which Russia has blamed on “sabotage.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in televised remarks Friday that statements from Ukrainian officials about striking facilities in Crimea mark “an escalation of the conflict openly encouraged by the United States and its NATO allies.”
Ryabkov said Russian officials had warned the U.S. against such actions in phone calls with high-level members of the Biden administration, adding that “deep and open U.S. involvement” in the war in Ukraine “effectively puts the U.S. on the brink of becoming a party to the conflict.“
“We don’t want an escalation,” Ryabkov said. “We would like to avoid a situation where the U.S. becomes a party to the conflict, but so far we haven’t seen their readiness to deeply and seriously consider those warnings.”
Meanwhile, Kyiv and Moscow continued to accuse each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent.
On Friday, Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, accused the U.S. of encouraging Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. The facility has been controlled by Russian forces since shortly after the invasion began on Feb. 24.
“In case of a technological disaster, its consequences will be felt in every corner of the world,” Patrushev said. “Washington, London and their accomplices will bear full responsibility for that.”
Ukraine has accused Russia of storing troops and weapons at the Zaporizhzhia plant and using its grounds to launch strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory. Ukrainian officials and military analysts say Moscow’s forces have cynically employed the plant as a shield, knowing that the Ukrainians would be hesitant to fire back.
Russia has denied the accusations and, in turn, accused Ukrainian forces of repeatedly shelling the plant.
Following a visit to Ukraine on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Zelenskyy had asked him to ensure that Russia remove weapons stored at the plant as an “important step for world peace.”
“Zelenskyy asked this of us especially: that Russia remove all mines and similar (weapons) there and for the issue to rapidly cease to be frightening. Because it is a threat,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan, whose country has maintained close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, said he would discuss the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that “Russia must do its part in this regard.”
The Turkish president made the comments to a group of Turkish journalists on his return from a visit with Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Ukraine late on Thursday. His comments were reported by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency and other media on Friday.
At that meeting in the western city of Lviv, far from the front lines, the leaders discussed expanding exchanges of prisoners of war and arranging for U.N. atomic energy experts to visit and help secure the nuclear power plant.
Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-backed chief of temporary administration for the Russia-controlled part of the Zaporizhzhia region, said Friday that a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency could approach the plant from Ukrainian-held territory, a shift in Moscow’s position which previously had suggested that the IAEA mission should travel to the plant from Crimea.
“I believe they may also come from the side of Ukraine,” Balitsky said in televised remarks. “We can safely bring them to the plant and show where the fire is coming from and who is shooting.”
Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian envoy to international organizations in Vienna where the IAEA is based, said he believes a visit by the agency could realistically take place in early September.
IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
— U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visited a port in the coastal Ukrainian city of Odesa, where he praised ongoing efforts to maintain a shipping corridor on the Black Sea allowing for the export of vital Ukrainian grain shipments. Guterres said that 25 ships have departed from Odesa and other Ukrainian ports since Russia and Ukraine signed a four-month grain export deal in July. Those ships have carried over 600,000 tons of grain and other food supplies like wheat, corn, sunflower oil and soy beans, Guterres said, adding that getting more food and fertilizer out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to further calm global commodity markets and lower prices. Gutteres also urged unimpeded access to global markets of Russian food and fertilizer, which aren’t subject to sanctions. “Without fertilizer in 2022, there may not be enough food in 2023,” he said.
— At least five people were killed and 10 others were wounded by the Russian shelling of towns and villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to regional authorities. The shelling damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the embattled region where Russian forces are pushing to overtake areas still held by Ukraine.
— At least one civilian died early Friday in Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv, to the northwest of the Donetsk region, while Russian missiles in the southern port city of Mykolaiv again struck port facilities and a university building that was previously hit by shelling earlier this week. One person was wounded in the attacks, authorities said.
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Nokia and Samsung Gaining Outside of China
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, preliminary findings suggest the positive momentum that has characterized the Radio Access Network (RAN) market over the past four years is losing some steam. The overall 2G-5G RAN infrastructure equipment market – including hardware and software – declined in the second quarter, recording the first year-over-year contraction in more than two years and the third consecutive quarter of RAN coming in below expectations. Although the RAN market is not immune to external risks, initial readings suggest that the RAN impact from deteriorating macro conditions, high levels of inflation, and supply chain disruptions were limited in the quarter.
"The shift in the pendulum is not a surprise, but admittedly it has swung a bit faster toward the negative than initially expected", said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "Slower momentum is not a sign that the 5G deployment phase is over. The message we have communicated for some time now, namely that the 5G cycle will be longer than previous technology cycles, still holds. At the same time, market conditions in the quarter were impacted by APAC, excluding China, Russia, and foreign exchange," continued Pongratz.
- Top 5 global suppliers in the quarter include Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, and Samsung.
- Top 4 suppliers outside of China in the quarter include Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, and Samsung.
- Huawei and ZTE continued to dominate in China, together accounting for 90 to 95 percent of 1H 2022 revenues.
- Ericsson maintained its grip on the RAN market outside of China, accounting for 39 percent of the revenues for the 1H 2022.
- Nokia's RAN position outside of China improved between 1Q and 2Q 2022.
- Samsung's 1H 2022 RAN share improved both in North America and globally.
- Even though RAN results disappointed in the quarter and first half revenues are tracking below expectations, RAN is still projected to record a fifth consecutive year of growth in 2022.
Dell'Oro Group's RAN Quarterly Report offers a complete overview of the RAN industry, with tables covering manufacturers' and market revenue for multiple RAN segments including 5G NR Sub-6 GHz, 5G NR mmWave, LTE, macro base stations and radios, small cells, Massive MIMO, Open RAN, and vRAN. The report also tracks the RAN market by region and includes a four-quarter outlook. To purchase this report, please contact us by email at dgsales@delloro.com.
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit https://www.delloro.com.
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Sonesta Travel Pass Loyalty Program Members Can Save 30 Cents Per Gallon with the Fuel Rewards® Program at Participating Shell Stations Nationwide, including Quarterly Bonus Offers
NEWTON, Mass., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta), one of the fastest-growing hospitality companies in the U.S., today announced it is teaming up with Shell to provide travelers with savings on gas through its Sonesta Travel Pass loyalty program. Sonesta Travel Pass members who sign up for a Fuel Rewards® membership can receive a one-time discount of $0.30 per gallon at participating Shell locations beginning today and quarterly bonus offers for more gas savings through May 2023.
"At Sonesta, we are excited to team up with Shell and the Fuel Rewards program to help travelers save money at the pump," said Robin Ruttle, Senior Director, Loyalty & Partnerships for Sonesta. "We look forward to offering our Sonesta Travel Pass loyalty members gas savings of 30 cents or more per gallon on their next fill-up to help fuel future road trips."
Sonesta Travel Pass members who sign up for the Fuel Rewards program will receive a one-time discount of $0.25 cents per gallon on their next fill-up at participating Shell locations, in addition to the everyday Fuel Rewards Gold Status offer of $0.05 off per gallon, for a total savings of $0.30 per gallon. The offer is valid now through November 15, with redemptions valid through December 31, 2022. Sonesta Travel Pass members can sign up for Sonesta Travel Pass gas rewards and create a Fuel Rewards account at https://fuelrewards.com/sonesta-join.
"Saving on gas is a great way to kick off a road trip and we're thrilled to grow the Fuel Rewards program by welcoming Sonesta Travel Pass loyalty members through this new collaboration," said Bobby Spence, Vice President and General Manager at PDI, the company powering the Fuel Rewards® program.
Sonesta Travel Pass members who sign up for the Fuel Rewards program will also receive other quarterly bonus offers through May 2023, including:
- Holiday Offer - Members can earn a one-time, $1.00 per gallon in fuel savings on their next fill-up at a participating Shell location when they book and complete a two-night stay with any participating Sonesta hotel. The offer is valid from November 15 through February 15, 2023, with redemptions valid through March 31, 2023.
- Spring Getaway Offer - Members can earn a one-time, $0.50 per gallon fuel savings on their next fill-up at a participating Shell location when they book and complete a one-night stay with any participating Sonesta hotel. The offer is valid from February 15 through May 15, 2023, with redemptions valid through June 31, 2023.
Sonesta Travel Pass is free to join and offers extra perks, extra points and extra privileges, including free hotel stays. Learn more and sign up for Sonesta Travel Pass at https://www.sonesta.com/travel-pass or Sonesta's mobile app.
About Sonesta
Sonesta is one of the fastest-growing hospitality companies in the U.S., currently ranked 8th by Smith Travel Research (STR) with 1,200 properties totaling 100,000 guest rooms across 15 brands in eight countries. You will find nearly 300 hotels under one of Sonesta's seven brands - Royal Sonesta; Sonesta Hotels & Resorts; Sonesta Select; Sonesta ES Suites; Sonesta Simply Suites; Sonesta Posadas del Inca; Sonesta Cruise Collection - operating in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Peru, and St. Maarten. Sonesta also owns and franchises eight other brands including - Hotel RL; Red Lion Hotels; Red Lion Inn & Suites; Signature Inn; Guest House Extended Stay; Knights Inn; Americas Best Value Inn; Canadas Best Value Inn - with nearly 900 franchised properties across the U.S. and Canada. For more information about Sonesta and its locations, visit Sonesta.com or call 800.Sonesta (800.766.3782). For more information about Red Lion Hotels, visit Redlion.com.
About The Fuel Rewards Program
The Fuel Rewards® program is the premier national loyalty program that connects national and regional brands with millions of consumers who enjoy earning cents-per-gallon savings at the pump. PDI Marketing Insights powers and runs the Fuel Rewards® program that serves more than 25 million members and has helped them save over $2 billion on their fuel purchases to-date. As a national coalition loyalty program, Fuel Rewards® members earn rewards on everyday purchases from a variety of retailers and can redeem cents-per-gallon rewards at over 14,000 Shell locations across the United States. To learn more about the Fuel Rewards® program and to become an issuing partner, visit fuelingloyalty.com.
About PDI
Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (PDI) software helps businesses and brands increase sales, operate more efficiently and securely, and improve critical decision-making. Since 1983, PDI has proudly served the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale industries. Over 1,500 companies, representing more than 200,000 locations worldwide, count on PDI solutions and expertise to deliver convenience and energy to the world. Among PDI solutions are the Fuel Rewards® program and GasBuddy, two popular consumer brands who together represent 15 million monthly active users. For more information about PDI, visit us at pdisoftware.com.
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michelle.kingsavio@sonesta.com
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.com, the world's first social infused digital asset trading platform, is delighted to announce that it will soon list the Redlight Finance (REDLC) coin on August 20, 2022, at 13:00 (UTC). REDLC/USDT is the available trading pair that will be onboarded under the exchange's Main Zone (Metaverse).
REDLC is a blockchain governance coin of the Redlight Finance ecosystem. It functions as the platform's primary medium of exchange for all transactions. Redlight Finance aims to solve blockchain scalability, security, and decentralization challenges through its optimized gasless blockchain. Without the involvement of a third party, Redlight Finance's main objective is to showcase how REDLC can serve as the true bridge from the DeFi world to the real world without any hassle.
XT.com encourages crypto enthusiasts and REDLC coin holders to proceed with depositing crypto assets on August 19, 2022, at 13:00 (UTC). Furthermore, everyone can participate in and capitalize on (REDLC) by trading it. XT.com will offer REDLC/USDT withdrawal options specifically on August 21, 2022, at 13:00 (UTC).
The XT team highlights that, in line with their continuous coin listing, this forms a huge part of their long-term goal of building an efficient, secure, and inclusive virtual asset ecosystem for its users. Investors are welcome to take advantage of the listing to make a liveable income by trading REDLC/USDT when it goes live.
Jonathan Shih, the Head of MEA (Middle East & Africa) at XT.com, exclaimed, "We are delighted to partner with Redlight Finance (REDLC), and have their coin listed on our platform. By onboarding the REDLC coin for trading, we will further extend our arms and support Redlight Finance to achieve its aims of solving the security, decentralization, and scalability trilemmas of blockchain by projecting its REDLC utility coin on our exchange for trading."
About Redlight Finance (REDLC)
Redlight Finance is a Layer 1 (L1) Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible blockchain. It aims to solve the three main trilemmas of blockchain, which include scalability, decentralization, and security. Moreover, one of Redlight Finance's goals is to provide a sophisticated blockchain bridge to close the gap between the DeFi world and the real world and connect hospitals, financial institutions, and other governmental organizations to securely transition into Web3. To achieve this, the company has developed its one-of-a-kind gasless blockchain with an intuitive use case for traditional crypto investors by integrating smart contracts.
Website: https://redlight.finance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/redlight
About XT.com
By consistently expanding its ecosystem, XT.com is dedicated to providing users with the most secure, trusted, and hassle-free digital asset trading services. Our exchange is built from a desire to give everyone access to digital assets regardless where you are.
Founded in 2018, XT.com now serves more than 4.5 million registered users, over 500,000+ monthly active users, and 30+ million users in the ecosystem. Covering a rich variety of trading categories together with an NFT aggregated marketplace, our platform strives to cater to its large user base by providing a secure, trusted, and intuitive trading experience.
As the world's first social infused digital assets trading platform, XT.com also supports social networking platform based transactions to make our crypto services more accessible to users all over the world. Furthermore, to ensure optimal data integrity and security, we see user security as our top priority at XT.com.
Website: https://www.xt.com/
Telegram: https://t.me/XTsupport_EN
Twitter: https://twitter.com/XTexchange
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