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FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD) today announced that the company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per common share. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2022 and is payable on or about October 14, 2022.
About Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities located throughout the United States, and in Mexico. Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold roll, and coated sheet steel, structural steel beams and shapes, rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel, merchant bar products, specialty steel sections and steel joists and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.
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Casey Affleck wasn't there to see his brother Ben Affleck marry Jennifer Lopez in Georgia this weekend. However, he did send a celebratory message from afar.
Taking to Instagram Aug. 21, the Manchester by the Sea actor, 47, shared a throwback photo of himself walking with the couple in 2002 (the year Ben and Jennifer first got engaged before announcing their split in 2004, going their separate ways and then rekindling their romance 17 years later).
"Good things are worth waiting for," Casey wrote. "Here is to twists and turns, new beginnings, and finding new reservoirs of old love."
Addressing Jennifer, he added, "Welcome to the family. Get ready for some real dysfunction! Kidding. I am kidding."
In all seriousness, Casey continued, "Jen, you are a gem. We love you so much!!!"
So why wasn't Ben's younger brother at the wedding? In a video obtained by Page Six, paparazzi could be seen asking Casey this question while he was making a Starbucks run in Los Angeles on the morning of the Aug. 20 nuptials and he appeared to reply, "I have other things."
Casey didn't go into specifics. However, a source told People he missed the event "unfortunately because of family, parental obligations at home." Casey shares two sons—Indiana, 18, and Atticus, 14—with his ex-wife Summer Phoenix. And on Aug. 21, he seemed to send a message to his eldest child about growing up.
"The water gets deep, the sea is wide, the winds can kick up. You have seen it before. And though a ship is safest in harbor, that is not what ships are made for," he wrote on Instagram. "You are ready for this. You are uniquely wonderful, full of integrity, courage, and kindness. You will be an improvement to the land of ‘grownups.' And if you go out into the world with curious amazement and sincere gratitude, the world will (eventually) meet you with the same. But please remember that one of the best parts of any adventure... is coming home. I will always be here for you. I love you."
Still, Ben and Jennifer had plenty of friends and family there to celebrate their big day. The Oscar winner, 50, and the two-time Grammy nominee, 53, exchanged vows in front of their children (Ben shares kids Violet, 16; Seraphina, 13; and Samuel, 10, with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, and J.Lo shares twins Emme and Max, 14, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony) and celebrity pals—including Matt Damon and Kevin Smith—at Ben's Georgia estate.
"At the end of the ceremony, they posed for family photos on the dock by the water," an eyewitness told E! News. "It was very romantic and classic. They had an old-fashioned car parked in front of the estate ready to take them away. J.Lo was ecstatic and there were a lot of tears of joy and laughter. Her smile said it all."
The first time Ben and Jennifer said "I do" was in July when they wed in Las Vegas, with the actress calling it the "best night of our lives" in her On the J Lo newsletter.
"Stick around long enough and maybe you'll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you'll spend forever with," she also wrote. "Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things-and worth waiting for." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342903/casey-affleck-sends-message-to-brother-ben-affleck-and-jennifer-lopez-after-missing-their-georgia-wedding | 2022-08-22T14:56:46Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342903/casey-affleck-sends-message-to-brother-ben-affleck-and-jennifer-lopez-after-missing-their-georgia-wedding | true |
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there.
Then weeks later, she wept for the parents in Uvalde, Texas, who were forced to bury their children after the massacre there in May. She said she was “absolutely” reassured when she learned her district had since purchased one of the panic-alert systems gaining traction nationwide amid a surge in school violence that includes shootings and fights. The technology, featuring wearable panic buttons or mobile phone apps, enables teachers to notify each other and police in the event of an emergency.
“Time is of the essence,” said Lee, whose son helped barricade a classroom door and watched police enter his school with guns drawn. “They can hit a button and, OK, we know something’s wrong, you know, really wrong. And then it puts everybody else on high alert.”
Multiple states now mandate or encourage the buttons, and a growing number of districts are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars per school for them — part of a widespread scramble to beef up school security and prevent the next tragedy. The spending spree includes metal detectors, security cameras, vehicle barriers, alarm systems, clear backpacks, bullet-resistant glass and door-locking systems.
Critics say school officials are scrambling to show action — any action — to worried parents ahead of the new school year, but in their haste, may be emphasizing the wrong things. It’s “security theater,” said Ken Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services. Instead, he said, schools should focus on making sure teachers are implementing basic safety protocols such as ensuring doors aren’t propped open.
The attack in Uvalde illustrated the shortcomings of panic-alert systems. Robb Elementary School had implemented an alert app, and when an attacker approached the school, a school employee did send a lockdown alert. But not all teachers received it because of poor Wi-Fi or phones that were turned off or in a drawer, according to an investigation by the Texas Legislature. And those who did may not have taken it seriously, the Legislature’s report said: The school sent out frequent alerts related to Border Patrol car chases in the area.
“People want visible, tangible things,” Trump said. “It’s a lot harder to point to the value of training your staff. Those are intangibles. Those are things that are less visible and invisible, but they’re most effective.”
In suburban Kansas City, the decision to spend $2.1 million over five years for a system called CrisisAlert “isn’t a knee-jerk reaction,” said Brent Kiger, Olathe Public Schools’ director of safety services. He said he had been eying the system even before gunfire erupted in an Olathe high school in March as staff confronted an 18-year-old over rumors that he had a gun in his backpack.
“It helped us kind of evaluate it and look at it through a lens of: ‘We’ve been through this critical incident, and how would it have helped us?’ And it would have helped us that day,” he said. “There’s just no question about that.”
The system, a different one than what Uvalde relied on, allows staff to trigger a lockdown that will be announced with flashing strobe lights, a takeover of staff computers and a prerecorded intercom announcement. Teachers can set off the alarms by pushing a button on a wearable badge at least eight times. Staff also can summon help to break up a hallway fight or to deal with a medical emergency if they push the button three times.
Demand for CrisisAlert had been growing even before Uvalde, with revenue from new contracts increasing 270% from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022, the product’s maker, Centegix, said in a statement.
Arkansas was an early adopter of panic buttons, announcing in 2015 that more than 1,000 schools would be equipped with a smartphone app that connects users quickly with 911. At the time, education officials said the plan was the most comprehensive in the nation.
But the idea really gained steam after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Lori Alhadeff, whose 14-year-old daughter, Alyssa, was among the 17 killed, founded the group Make Our Schools Safe and began advocating for panic buttons. She had texted her daughter as shots rang out that help was on the way.
“But in reality, there was no panic button. There was no immediate way to contact law enforcement or emergency services to get on site as soon as possible,” said Lori Kitaygorodsky, the group’s spokeswoman. “We always kind of go by the thinking that time equals life.”
Lawmakers in Florida and New Jersey responded by passing Alyssa’s Law, requiring schools to begin using panic alarms. District of Columbia schools also added panic-button technology.
Following Uvalde, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a new bill into law that requires school districts to consider installing silent panic alarms. And Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order, calling on all schools to implement panic buttons if not already in use. The state previously provided money for schools to subscribe to an app.
Over the years, legislation also has been introduced in Nebraska, Texas, Arizona and Virginia, according to Make Our Schools Safe.
Las Vegas schools also decided to add panic buttons this year to deal with a wave of violence. Data show the district recorded 2,377 assaults and batteries from August 2021 through the end of May, including an after-school attack that left a teacher injured and unconscious in her classroom. Other districts adding panic buttons for back-to-school include Madison County Schools in North Carolina, which also are putting AR-15 rifles in every school, and the Houston County School District in Georgia.
Walter Stephens, the executive director of school operations in the 30,000-student Houston County district, said the district piloted the panic button technology last year in three schools before signing a $1.7 million, five-year contract to make it available in all its buildings.
Like most schools, the district reassessed its safety protocols after the tragedy in Uvalde. But the Texas shooting didn’t provide the impetus to add the panic buttons, Stephens insisted. If students don’t feel safe, he said, “that translates to them not performing well in our schools.”
Whether the buttons deliver as promised is something experts are monitoring. In places like Florida, a panic button app has proven unpopular with teachers. And what happens, asked Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, in the case of a false alarm, or a student using a panic-button to cause mayhem?
“In throwing so much technology at the problem … we may have unintentionally created a false sense of security,” Canady said.
Kansas state Sen. Cindy Holscher represents an area that includes part of the Olathe district, and her 15-year-old son knew the Olathe East shooter. While Holscher, a Democrat, supports the addition of panic buttons in the district, she said schools alone can’t fix the country’s mass shooting problem.
“If we make it way too easy for people to get their hands on guns, it’s still a problem,” said Holscher, who has championed a red-flag law and another measure that would have mandated safe firearm storage. She said neither measure even got a hearing in the GOP-dominated Legislature.
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Company applauds FDA ruling providing improved accessibility and reduced costs to Americans seeking hearing health
DALLAS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Hearing, LLC, a market leader and global provider of advanced hearing technology and audio solutions, commends the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its efforts to give Americans expanded access to hearing solutions. The ruling as finalized by the FDA on Aug. 17 creates a new over-the-counter (OTC) category which allows hearing aids to be sold directly online and in stores to consumers without requiring a medical visit, audiogram test or prescription.
It is estimated that nearly 30 million American adults could benefit from using hearing aids. This new OTC ruling, which is expected to take effect in mid-October, applies to certain hearing aids for people aged 18 and older who have perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment.
"At Lucid Hearing we are committed to helping people hear better. This ruling aligns with our mission by encouraging more affordable and accessible hearing help while ensuring the safety and effectiveness of available hearing devices," said Jason Kidd, President and COO of Lucid Hearing. "Thanks to the FDA, hearing healthcare will soon be opened up to millions of Americans experiencing hearing loss who have previously been unserved."
Lucid Hearing's OTC hearing aid offerings will be unique due to the company's scientific and innovative pre-set programs that cover the vast majority of consumers' hearing loss needs. This technology was developed in conjunction with a top audiology research university and is based on a comprehensive study of more than 90,000 audiograms. The company's modern hearing devices – powered by a unique and patented sound processing technology – are discreet and can include features like Bluetooth functionality, mobile app control for customization, and high-definition channel counts for incredible clarity.
"Lucid Hearing is unique in that we have been researchers and innovators in hearing health for 13 years, and we have been preparing for this ruling for quite some time now," added Kidd. "We understand the combination of technology and science that is needed to ensure product effectiveness and safety, and we are thrilled about this FDA ruling because now so many more Americans will have options and can get help earlier in their hearing loss journey."
The ruling allows the company to expand its portfolio with new OTC products. The devices will be for sale at national retailer partner locations without an appointment at price points well below prescription offerings. Lucid Hearing, which employs hundreds of licensed hearing professionals in more than 500 hearing aid centers nationwide, will also continue to offer consumers free hearing tests and an extensive line of prescription hearing aids. The company highly values all of its hearing professionals who are committed to offering expert medical evaluations and guidance to the many Americans who are best served through full-service prescription hearing solutions.
Information about Lucid Hearing's full suite of products is available at LucidHearing.com. Lucid Hearing's hearing aids are also available for purchase at fiohears.com and engagehears.com.
About Lucid Hearing
Since its founding in 2009, Lucid Hearing's mission has been to advance hearing healthcare holistically across its family of brands that encompass hearing enhancement, enjoyment, protection, detection and wellness. The company has helped hundreds of thousands nationwide hear better through free online and in-store assessments at over 500 Lucid Hearing clinics. Lucid Hearing's dedicated licensed hearing professionals provide free hearing tests and prescriptions to match a consumer's specific hearing loss. For more information about Lucid Hearing, visit LucidHearing.com.
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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Kennel Club (AKC), AKC Canine Health Foundation (AKCCHF), and Theriogenology Foundation (TF) are pleased to announce that North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have been selected through a competitive grant application process to receive residency program funding in 2023 through the AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency Program.
Since collaborative support began in 2016, this program has successfully trained 13 veterinary specialists in theriogenology and clinical genetics. Theriogenology is the branch of veterinary medicine concerned with reproduction - including the physiology and pathology of male and female reproductive systems, and the clinical practice of veterinary obstetrics, gynecology, and andrology. Providing support for these veterinary specialists ensures that trained professionals will be available to address the health needs of current and future generations of dogs.
This is the third AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency funded at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The diverse caseload and opportunities to interact with numerous veterinary specialists and researchers, including CHF-funded investigator and renowned geneticist Dr. Matthew Breen, ensure robust training for theriogenology residents at NC State.
This is also the third AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency funded at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. This 3-year residency provides exposure to other private practice and university programs, a clinical genetics course, and interaction with an engaged local community of dog breeders.
"NC State University and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have proven theriogenology training programs," says Dr. Darin Collins, CHF Chief Executive Officer. "We are proud to continue our partnership with these universities to develop veterinary specialists who can support the needs of dog owners and breeders."
"AKC is pleased to continue to support the Theriogenology Residency Program," says Mari-Beth O'Neill, Vice President of Sport Services for the AKC. "The collaborative efforts between the AKC, AKC CHF, and the Theriogenology Foundation will benefit dog breeders and the future of purpose bred, purebred dogs."
"The Theriogenology Foundation is immensely grateful to the AKC and AKC Canine Health Foundation for their continued support by funding Theriogenology Residencies with an emphasis on genetics," says Sara K. Lyle, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists and Theriogenology Foundation President. "The American College of Theriogenologists has previously identified genetics and genomics research and clinical programs as a frontier of involvement, so this tangible evidence of support from the AKC and AKC Canine Health Foundation is crucial to this burgeoning area of specialist training in Theriogenology."
The AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency Program is one of two educational grant programs offered by AKCCHF to encourage the next generation of veterinary scientists. To learn more about the program and its alumni, visit www.akcchf.org/therio.
About CHF
Since 1995, the AKC Canine Health Foundation has leveraged the power of science to address the health needs of all dogs. With more than $66 million in funding to date, the Foundation provides grants for the highest quality canine health research and shares information on the discoveries that help prevent, treat and cure canine diseases. The Foundation meets and exceeds industry standards for fiscal responsibility, as demonstrated by their highest four-star Charity Navigator rating and Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. Learn more at www.akcchf.org.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – UNM Football is now under 2 weeks away from their season opener with Maine at University Stadium. The team is feeling optimistic after fall camp and players are saying that some former local high school coaches and now UNM assistants are making an impact.
UNM Safeties Coach, David Howes and UNM Quarterbacks Coach Heath Ridenour are both on this UNM coaching staff. Coach Howes is a former high school coach at Rio Rancho and he says that being apart of this team is a dream come true. “I pinch myself everyday because not only do I get to coach division I football here in New Mexico. You know, I get to represent all the high school coaches here that I hold near and dear to my heart”, said David Howes. “Oh he is very influential. You know, I can call Coach Howes whenever and he is going to pick up. His wife, Mrs. Howes you know, she bakes us, she’s a great baker if you didn’t know that, she bakes us brownies all the time, they invite us over to the house whenever. you know, we are basically like his second family”, said UNM safety Jerrick Reed.
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The quarterbacks at UNM also have nothing but good things to say about former Cleveland High School Coach and current UNM QB Coach, Heath Ridenour. “As far as building leaders I think he is a, he’s a great leader himself right, obviously being a great coach at Cleveland high School and winning state championship after state championship. You know he has that leadership factor and he has definitely brought that into the quarterback room”, said UNM QB Miles Kendrick. “Man, I love it, I love it. I love the staff and being with the staff is good, I am learning a lot. football is awesome and its important, and that’s one of the best things is that football is important at the University of New Mexico. So, the kids have been great, the culture is great, and I’m excited for fall”, said Heath Ridenour.
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UPDATE 9:06 a.m. — As of 9 a.m. the crash had been cleared.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) — A crash involving two cars on Interstate 95 in Colonial Heights shut down two lanes of the interstate Monday morning.
The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, the southbound left shoulder and left travel lane were both closed near the Southpark Boulevard exit in Colonial Heights.
The two cars appeared to have crashed into the jersey wall dividing the sides of the interstate.
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GrowPods are modular hydroponic farms that allow farmers and entrepreneurs to move into new markets, and create year-round revenue streams
CORONA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Container Technologies, Inc (Ticker: ACTX), announced that GrowPods can help farmers expand into new markets and grow profitable fruits and vegetables year-round.
GrowPods are modular hydroponic farms that can be placed virtually anywhere, and can grow the equivalent of one acre of traditional farmland in an automated, controlled, pesticide-free environment. With GrowPods, farmers can expand their operations and grow profitable crops, year-round.
According to Entrepreneur 360, the most profitable crops aren't what most farmers are currently growing. Adding a GrowPod or two to a farmer's property allows them to add high-margin specialty crops to their revenue stream.
A high-margin crop is something that can grow quickly, has high demand, produces high yields, has multiple uses, can grow year-round, and doesn't take up a lot of space. Not all crops can be grown in a GrowPod, including some of those listed below. However, many high-value crops can be grown quickly and easily.
The Entrepreneur 360 report states that some of the most profitable crops are:
- Arugula - Quick to grow, often ready for harvesting in as little as 40 days.
- Gourmet Garlic – Usually sells for much more than regular white mushrooms.
- Saffron - Often said to be the most expensive culinary herb by weight in the world. From seed to harvest is typically eight weeks.
- Basil - Quick to harvest, usually ready within three 3-4 weeks. Very versatile, used in a wide variety of foods.
- Cilantro - Ready for harvesting in about 40 to 50 days.
- Cherry Tomatoes – One of the most expensive sold per pound of any in the tomato family, and one of the most profitable. Ready for harvest in about 45 to 55 days.
- Gourmet Mushrooms – These sell for considerably more than typical white mushrooms. Harvest time is about 6 to 8 weeks.
- Microgreens - Harvest very quickly, typically in about two to three weeks after seeding because they are taken out soon after sprouting, rather than waiting for the plant to fully mature.
- Strawberries – One of the tastiest fruits and fun to grow. Imagine having fresh strawberries in the middle of the winter!
"The GrowPod system allows farmers to move into new, highly profitable markets, and maintain revenue streams year-round," said Douglas Heldoorn, CEO of Advanced Container Technologies, Inc. "With GrowPods, farming can be done in a controlled environment allowing farmers to eliminate pesticides and contaminants, yielding a highly desirable crop that is even better than organic."
For more information on Advanced Container Technologies or GrowPods, call: (951) 381-2555 or visit: www.advancedcontainertechnologies.com or www.growpodsolutions.com.
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You wouldn't see it on the surface, but coursing through your veins every second of every day are tiny variations that categorize your blood into one of these groups: A+, A-, B+, B-, O-, O+, AB+ and AB-. Unless you've donated blood, were given a transfusion or found out during pregnancy, maybe you've never thought twice about your blood type and what it means for your health.
Knowing your blood type not only can be crucial in an emergency, but it can also offer some important insight into your health. Ongoing research into blood type suggests it may matter more than we give it credit for -- at least when assessing risk for certain health conditions, especially heart disease. These invisible differences in the blood may give some people an edge at staving off cardiovascular problems, and may leave others more susceptible.
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What does blood type mean, and how are they different?
The letters A, B and O represent various forms of the ABO gene, which program our blood cells differently to form the different blood groups. If you have type AB blood, for example, your body is programmed to produce A and B antigens on red blood cells. A person with type O blood doesn't produce any antigens.
Blood is said to be "positive" or "negative" based on whether there are proteins on the red blood cells. If your blood has proteins, you're Rhesus, or Rh, positive.
People with type O- blood are considered "universal donors" because their blood doesn't have any antigens or proteins, meaning anybody's body will be able to accept it in an emergency.
But why are there different blood types? Researchers don't fully know, but factors such as where someone's ancestors are from and past infections which spurred protective mutations in the blood may have contributed to the diversity, according to Dr. Douglas Guggenheim, a hematologist with Penn Medicine. People with type O blood may get sicker with cholera, for example, while people with type A or B blood may be more likely to experience blood clotting issues. While our blood can't keep up with the different biological or viral threats going around in real time, it may reflect what's happened in the past.
"In short, it's almost like the body has evolved around its environment in order to protect it as best as possible," Guggenheim said.
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The blood types most at risk for heart disease
People with type A, type B or type AB blood are more likely than people with type O to have a heart attack or experience heart failure, according to the American Heart Association.
While the increased risk is small (types A or B had a combined 8% higher risk of heart attack and 10% increased risk of heart failure, according to one large study) the difference in blood clotting rates is much higher, per the AHA. People in the same study with type A and B blood were 51% more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis and 47% more likely to develop a pulmonary embolism, which are severe blood clotting disorders which can also increase the risk of heart failure.
A reason for this increased risk, according to Guggenheim, might have to do with inflammation that happens in the bodies of people with type A, type B or type AB blood. The proteins present in type A and type B blood may cause more "blockage" or "thickening" in the veins and arteries, leading to an increased risk of clotting and heart disease.
Guggenheim also thinks this may describe the anecdotal (but currently inconclusive) decrease in risk of severe COVID-19 disease in people with type O blood, which has inspired research. Severe COVID-19 disease often causes heart problems, blood clotting and other cardiovascular issues.
Other consequences of blood type
People with type O blood enjoy a slightly lower risk of heart disease and blood clotting, but they may be more susceptible to hemorrhaging or bleeding disorders. This may be especially true after childbirth, according to a study on postpartum blood loss, which found an increased risk in women with type O blood.
People with type O blood may also fare worse after a traumatic injury due to increased blood loss, according to a study published in Critical Care.
Other research has found people with type AB blood might be at an increased risk for cognitive impairment when compared to people with type O. Cognitive impairment includes things like trouble remembering, focusing or making decisions.
Should I change my lifestyle based on my blood type?
While research available now shows that blood type can tip the scale in terms of someone's risk of developing heart disease, big factors such as diet, exercise or even the level of pollution you're exposed to in your community are the major players in determining heart health.
Guggenheim says that for patients trying to keep their heart healthy, there's no special recommendation that he'd make other than a good heart-healthy diet that lowers inflammation, regardless of someone's blood type.
But, he notes, future research could offer more definitive ways doctors treat patients based on their blood type. All factors considered equally, a patient with healthy cholesterol levels and type A blood may benefit from taking aspirin each day whereas it might not be necessary for a person in the same boat with type O blood.
"A well-balanced, heart-healthy diet in general is going to be what any physician is going to recommend, and I would say that ABO doesn't change that," Guggenheim said.
"I don't think there's a protective benefit from just having type O blood that contributes to being scot-free," he added.
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House of the Dragon, She-Hulk, and the upcoming season of Cobra Kai will keep our TV screens occupied. There are lots of great shows and movies across dozens of streaming services, but even subscribing to five of them could cost you more than $50 per month. (Just look at the latest pricing news for Disney Plus.) We're going to show you a trick that can help save you money.
Think about this: You subscribe to one or more services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus or HBO Max, stream until your favorite series ends its season run, then look for the next thing to watch. But is it worth keeping multiple subscriptions active if you're not actively watching anything on them? I don't think so.
Here's a breakdown on our money-saving strategy and some tips on how to become a master at it.
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Rotate your streaming services
For cord-cutters, leaving pricey cable packages behind in favor of streaming is a win for the wallet. Because we're able to sign up for monthly plans, it's easy to jump into a streaming service and jump out when prices increase or content dries up. According to Deloitte's 2022 Media Trends report, the biggest reasons people cancel their streaming subscriptions are because of pricing and lack of fresh content. Media companies call this behavior "churn." We're calling this the rotation method.
The benefits? You save cash and avoid content droughts. Let's say a hot title like House of the Dragon or The Real Housewives is set to premiere on a service. Note the total episode count and wait until they're all available at once on a platform. You cancel HBO Max, Disney Plus or other service and then, once the episodes are available, resubscribe to catch up on your faves. Alternately, you can start streaming a show midseason to cut costs. My monthly guide on which streaming services to cancel can help you keep up.
The downside? You won't have immediate access to every show you want to watch and will have to wait until the full season airs. And since many streaming services release new episodes weekly, rather than all at once, you might not be caught up at the same time as your friends. If you're someone who prefers to watch episodes immediately when they drop, you may decide it's worth it to have multiple subscriptions at a time. If you have patience, however, you can save some money.
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The strategy can also work if you have a live TV streaming service to keep up with a particular sport. Once the season wraps up, cancel the service and save big, or move to a cheaper platform with fewer channels like Sling TV.
Tip No. 1: Cancel your streaming subscription before getting charged
Set calendar reminders for your billing cycle and upcoming TV show or movie release dates. Give yourself enough warning to begin or end a subscription. Apps such as JustWatch, TV Time and Hobi help you track when and where TV shows and movies appear on a streaming service.
Tip No. 2: Snag a streaming service deal
Look for discounts on streaming services. For example, Starz is offering a special rate of $5 per month for three months, which cuts its regular monthly rate of $9 nearly in half. You can also take advantage of the Disney Bundle, which provides access to Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus in one package for a reduced price. And eligible Hulu subscribers can add on Disney Plus for $3. Lastly, be sure to check with your mobile carrier to see which ones offer free streaming subscriptions.
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Tip No. 3: Pick one or two default streamers
Subscribe to one or two must-have services for the year, and select only one or two more options to fit your monthly budget. Rotate the bonus service(s) according to what you want to watch, ensuring you don't miss your favorite shows while sticking to your monthly spending cap.
Tip No. 4: Stick to monthly billing
Avoid annual subscriptions and pay attention to your auto-renewal payment dates. Your billing cycle can help determine when it's the best time to quit a service, even if you've only signed up for a free trial.
Tip No. 5: Don't cancel your streaming service, pause it
Hulu allows you to pause your subscription for up to 12 weeks, and Sling has a similar option with stipulations. Check with your streaming provider to see if you can take a temporary break without canceling.
Give it a shot, and if you don't like it you can always resubscribe. For more excellent tips on streaming TV, check out this guide to Netflix's hidden tricks and our recommendations for the best internet services. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/save-money-netflix-hulu-hbo-max-this-clever-trick/ | 2022-08-22T15:03:09Z | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/save-money-netflix-hulu-hbo-max-this-clever-trick/ | false |
Swaggerty's Farm® is helping serve 800+ Breakfast Sandwiches at Save A Lot locations in Eastern Kentucky and Supporting Operation BBQ Relief with over 5000 lbs of Sausages
KODAK, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swaggerty's Farm delivers breakfast sandwiches to help feed first responders and community members in an effort to support Kentucky flood relief. Over 400 breakfast sandwiches were served at Save A Lot locations in Hazard, Kentucky August 16th and 18th. With an additional 400 breakfast sandwiches to be served at Save A Lot locations in Hindman and Jackson, Kentucky week of August 22, 2022.
Additionally, Swaggerty's Farm supported Operation BBQ Relief, by supplying them with over 5000 lbs of Italian Sausage and Bratwurst. Operation BBQ Relief is an organization that provides hot meals and comfort to those affected by natural disasters. They have served over 9 million meals throughout the US and internationally following natural disasters and COVID-19. OBR has served over 80k meals in Eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts and works with The American Red Cross to help deliver and serve meals in disaster areas.
Swaggerty's Farm is a 92-year-old sausage company founded in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. "This disaster hits close to home for us, and we hope by providing some meals, we can offer a glimpse of solace in a stressful time," states Chief Operating Officer Jon Amidei. "Food can be so comforting, and we are grateful to all our hardworking partners who help make these relief efforts possible."
To find out more about Swaggerty's Farm visit www.swaggertys.com. To learn more about Operation BBQ Relief or to donate to Kentucky Flood Relief efforts visit operationbbqrelief.org.
Since 1930, the Swaggerty Family has been making superior sausage, made from fresh pork with no fillers and a unique blend of spices. Today, Swaggerty Sausage Company, Inc. is a modern USDA inspected facility located in the same small valley of East Tennessee. Focused on quality and growth, Swaggerty's Farm® products are now available in over 12,000 retailers, wholesale distributors and food service establishments throughout the nation. With the fourth generation at the company today, Swaggerty's Farm premium sausage products stand the test of time and remain what is quite possibly the best-tasting sausage in America.
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Utah-based pest control company credits employee commitment and consumer trust as key growth contributors
LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Pest Control announced today that for a second consecutive year the company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list, a prestigious ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately-owned businesses in America. Thanks to its impressive three-year revenue growth of more than 250 percent and the addition of more than 450 team members between 2017 and 2020, Fox Pest Control ranks No. 2333 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list.
"Securing a spot on the Inc. 5000 List is a huge accomplishment for the entire Fox team," explained Mike Romney, co-founder and co-CEO of Fox Pest Control. "To be honored for a second-consecutive year is incredibly humbling and a testament to the hard work and dedication of all of our team members."
Founded in 2012 by brother-in-laws, Mike Romney and Bryant White, Fox Pest Control has become one of the leading pest control companies in the country. While the company is headquartered in Logan, Utah, Fox Pest Control operates more than 30 different branches, bringing superior pest control services to homeowners in 13 states. Today, the company employs more than 900 individuals and has helped more than 385,000 homeowners eliminate and protect their home against pests.
"When we started Fox Pest Control, securing a spot on the Inc. 5000 list wasn't even in our wildest dreams," explained Romney. "And while recognitions like this are to be celebrated, we know this is only another step in our journey, not our final destination. We're excited to keep up the momentum and continue growing, employing the best and exceeding customer expectations."
The impressive growth of Fox Pest Control has secured the company several other prestigious recognitions. Earlier this year, Fox Pest Control moved into the No. 13 spot on the list of Top 100 Pest Control Companies compiled annually by Pest Control Technology Magazine. Additionally, Fox Pest Control ranked No. 40 on Inc. Magazine's third annual Inc. 5000 Regionals Rocky Mountain list, a ranking of the 60 fastest-growing private companies based in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
Bryant White, co-founder and co-CEO, credits Fox Pest Control's continued success and recent accolades to a combination of employee commitment and consumer trust.
"We have the absolute best team. Each day, everyone comes to work ready to live our core values of Relationships First and Extreme Ownership. And our focus is always on the customer, yielding a positive customer experience that serves as a catalyst for retention and referrals," explained White.
Fox Pest Control is always looking for outstanding talent to join its sales and customer service teams. Details on job openings and information on how to apply are posted on Fox Pest Control's career page.
More information about Fox Pest Control is available on the company's website, and complete results of the Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
Fox Pest Control operates more than 30 branches in 13 states, bringing superior pest control services to homeowners. The company currently ranks #13 on Pest Control Technology's Top 100 Pest Control Companies in 2022 and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 List for the past two years. Learn more about Fox Pest Control at fox-pest.com.
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The Arizona Supreme Court says tax cuts or increases enacted by the Legislature can never be blocked by opponents using the state constitution’s referendum power, with the rare exception of a tax that funds a completely new state department.
The opinion released Friday explains the court’s April 21 decision reinstating a massive income tax cut enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature last year and signed by GOP Gov. Doug Ducey.
The court reversed a lower court decision that said the tax cuts could be blocked and placed on the ballot for voters to decide because the cuts did not appropriate money. | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-22/arizona-supreme-court-says-voters-cant-repeal-tax-cuts | 2022-08-22T15:11:27Z | https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-08-22/arizona-supreme-court-says-voters-cant-repeal-tax-cuts | false |
Pool at The Club in Langstone Quays is closed due to a lack of chlorine
MEMBERS of The Club at Langstone Quays are unable to go swimming due to a chlorine shortage.
The Club at Langstone Quays, on Hayling Island, has been closed since yesterday after a shortage in the chlorine levels, making it unsafe to swim in.
The Club has managed to secure their emergency supply of chlorine tablets that they have put in the pool, but they are waiting until the levels return to normal before re-opening.
A member of staff said: ‘We are trying our best to get the swimming pool open as soon as possible and we are hoping it will be back open tomorrow.’
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Ben and Erin Napier from HGTV’s “Home Town” are venturing into the world of acting. The real-life husband and wife, who welcomed their second child last year, will portray a similar married couple in a holiday film titled “A Christmas Open House.”
The HGTV movie stars Katie Stevens as an enterprising property stager who returns to her small Georgia hometown to sell her newly-married mom’s home. She ends up enlisting her high school crush, played by Victor Rasuk, and the sparks fly.
During the renovation, she turns to Henry and Sarah Wright (Ben and Erin Napier), a local master woodworker and artist, respectively, to help transform the home.
Although the made-for-TV film is set in Georgia, film crews spent about a week in the Napiers’ hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, shooting scenes throughout the small city’s downtown region.
Food Network and HGTV have wrapped production on a total of four holiday features with cameos from other network talent, too.
“The holidays are huge for HGTV and Food Network, which together attracted 90 million seasonal viewers last year,” chairman and chief content officer of US Networks Group at Warner Bros. Discovery Kathleen Finch said in a statement. “So we expanded our offerings and produced four scripted holiday features for discovery+, each showcasing some of the biggest personalities on Food Network and HGTV.”
HGTV’s Hilary Farr will star in “Designing Christmas” as the mentor of interior designer Stella (Jessica Szohr), who is working on renovating her family’s Victorian home with her “House Sweet Home” cohost Pablo (Marco Grazzini). Food Network’s Goldman will star in “A Gingerbread Christmas,” in which Hazel Stanley (Tiya Sircar) tries to save the family bakery by entering a gingerbread house competition led by Goldman’s character, a local food celebrity.
And Food Network star Bobby Flay shows up in “One Delicious Christmas,” in which Abby Richmond (Vanessa Marano) attempts to get an investment into her business, Haven Restaurant and Inn. Flay plays a top food critic who gives Abby his feedback and leads her to hire a hotshot chef (Alex Mallari, Jr.)
“We are thrilled to partner once again with Food Network, and now HGTV, along with their phenomenal fan-favorite talent on four holiday films,” Larry Grimaldi, senior vice president of creative affairs of MarVista, which produced all four movies, said in the statement. “MarVista’s passion and expertise in creating festive feel-good holiday stories, alongside Food Network and HGTV’s entertaining lifestyle content provide the gift that will keep on giving this holiday season!”
The four all-new holiday features are set to premiere on Friday, November 11, on the Discovery+ streaming platform.
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Biker events, scenic rides, racing, industry's top vendors and concerts
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Daytona Beach is celebrating a significant milestone in 2022 with the 30th annual Biketoberfest® rally on October 13-16, Southeast's best motorcycle rally.
The four-day motorcycle rally attracts motorcycle enthusiasts to Daytona Beach and Volusia County area with beautiful Florida weather, live music, industry's top vendors, bike shows, motorcycle racing at Daytona International Speedway, and miles of scenic rides along famous A1A, historic Main Street or the scenic loop.
For the 10th straight year, GEICO will serve as the official sponsor of Biketoberfest®.
"For three decades, motorcycle enthusiasts have gathered by the thousands in October in Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest® and we're looking forward to continuing that tradition in 2022," said Lori Campbell Baker, Executive Director for the Daytona Beach Area CVB. "With venues stretching from iconic Main Street, Daytona International Speedway, Destination Daytona, Midtown, and points in between, riders will be able to explore a variety of activities and experiences during their visit to the destination."
The Official Biketoberfest® Welcome Center presented by GEICO will be at ONE DAYTONA, located directly across from Daytona International Speedway (One Daytona Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114). Along with information about the area, the Welcome Center will be handing out free posters, pins, poker chips and helmet stickers for visitors.
As motorcycle enthusiasts explore the area, they will want to make sure to check out Downtown Daytona Beach and the recently opened south end of the Riverfront Esplanade where they can visit the Veterans Memorial and the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune bronze statue. When fully complete later this year, the Riverfront Esplanade will extend a mile along the Halifax River and include a promenade along the water's edge, running and walking rails, and landscaping designed to encourage relaxation and reflection including water features, shade tree and raised botanical gardens.
More information is available on the official event website, Biketoberfest.org, including a list of area events, concerts, demo rides, places to stay, top scenic rides, and more.
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Experience endless adventures in this eclectic destination that offers the perfect, beach base camp from which to explore the greater Daytona Beach area and all Central Florida. Choose thrilling activities or embrace the tranquility of days spent on 23 miles of world-famous white-sand beaches. With more than 12,000 rooms, and a variety of meeting hotels and unique spaces, the destination has accommodations for meetings and groups of all sizes and budgets. Learn more at DaytonaBeach.com. #LoveDaytonaBeach
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The Erin Boisson Aries Team, Mario Stocco and Francisco Rizo have been tapped as the exclusive reps for new luxury residences with the celebrated Mexican Caribbean resort
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Douglas Elliman Realty, one of the largest independent residential real estate brokerages in the United States, announced today that the Erin Boisson Aries Team of New York City, Mario Stocco of Florida and Francisco Rizo of Texas have been named the exclusive marketing representatives for The Reserve at Mayakoba, a new collection of luxury residences within the celebrated Mexican Caribbean resort.
Located on 620 acres of pristine lagoons, jungles and beaches along the shores of the famed Riviera Maya, in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula, the Mayakoba Resort is home to award-winning hotels, restaurants, spas and a PGA-sanctioned golf course, all designed to preserve and enhance the native landscape.
Developed by leading asset management firm Sancus Capital Partners in partnership with Inmobilia, one of the most important real estate developers in the Mexican Southeast, The Reserve at Mayakoba will offer exceptional privacy and enviable amenities across 66,408 square meters of landscaped grounds, footpaths and canals. Designed by the prestigious international architecture studio L35 in association with Sepúlveda Arquitectos, the development will be completed in two phases and comprise eight towers of nine units, for a total of 72 residences.
"In the ever-expanding universe of branded residential developments, The Reserve at Mayakoba promises to set a new standard in privacy, exclusivity and luxury," said Howard M. Lorber, Executive Chairman, Douglas Elliman. "I am proud to align Douglas Elliman with such an impressive brand."
In addition to providing residents with priority access to the resort's twenty-three restaurants, four spas and the Greg Norman-designed El Camaleón golf course, The Reserve at Mayakoba will offer independent entrances to the resort and additional security booth access to the residences.
"The Reserve at Mayakoba exemplifies modern design in delicate balance with the natural environment," said Carlos Orozco, Sales Director of The Reserve at Mayakoba. "Featuring innovative architecture conceived in response to its unique setting, the exciting new development will offer residents a truly unparalleled experience of the Riviera Maya."
Pricing for the residences range from $620,100 to $2,200,000 USD. For additional information, please visit www.elliman.com/mayakoba.
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German Chancellor Scholz meets Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau in Montreal
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal. During his stay, the chancellor is expected to visit Toronto, as well as Stephenville in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. | https://www.boursorama.com/videos/actualites/german-chancellor-scholz-meets-canadian-prime-minister-trudeau-in-montreal-b95815fabcf9cfe71ce97cdd6b9d5370 | 2022-08-22T15:31:09Z | https://www.boursorama.com/videos/actualites/german-chancellor-scholz-meets-canadian-prime-minister-trudeau-in-montreal-b95815fabcf9cfe71ce97cdd6b9d5370 | true |
Whether or not you, dear reader, should choose to dive into HBO's House of the Dragon when it debuts Sunday night depends entirely on your attitude toward the series it serves as a prequel to, Game of Thrones.
I recapped GoT for NPR, which meant I heard from folks who loved it and stuck with it to the end. (I'll be recapping House of the Dragon too, starting Sunday).
But mostly, and in far greater numbers, I heard from people who seemed inordinately eager to inform me that they weren't watching, or had abruptly stopped watching, or who only kept watching through gritted teeth, seething all the while.
They all had their reasons for the positions they took up, and they weren't as diverse as you might think. That got me thinking: on the eve of House of the Dragon's debut, perhaps I could be of service.
So let's do this: Simply scan the list below for the critique that best approximates your own attitude toward Game of Thrones, and find out how — or whether — House of the Dragon responds to it.
1. I loved Game of Thrones! Ate it up with a big ol' spoon! All the way through!
What, really? Wow, so you're the one. Uh. Okay then, just ... go nuts. You'll eat up House of the Dragon with that very same spoon. It's more of what you love. Enjoy!
2. I tried, I really did, but I just couldn't keep track of everything. All those names, all those places, all those competing factions. And why were so many of the characters a bunch of beardy, brown-haired, middle-aged white dudes who looked alike? How was that fair?
First off, House of the Dragon is set about 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, so you don't need to worry about any of those beardy white dudes; they haven't been born yet.
Think of it this way: House of the Dragon is the story of a war over succession. It's the War of the Roses, basically. If you can follow Shakespeare's history plays, if you can read Wolf Hall, you can get this. Because where Game of Thrones depicted an extended jockeying for power among numerous kingdoms and Houses — Starks vs. Lannisters vs. Baratheons vs. Boltons vs. Pykes, etc. — on House of the Dragon, the main conflict takes place within a single family, so there's fewer competing factions to keep track of.
That's the good news. The bad news: Swap beardy, brown-haired, middle-aged white dudes for a lot of folk sporting the same flowing platinum wig, because the single family is question is the Targaryens. They're the ones with that white-blond hair, and the cheekbones. They tend to intermarry, and they have a kinship with dragons.
Y'all remember Daenerys Targaryen, from Game of Thrones. Played by the Emilia Clarke, she was the one in the less-than-convincing platinum wig, the Mother of Dragons. She spent most of the series in exile, working to build an army so she could take back the Iron Throne that her father, The Mad King, had lost. She was basically the last Targaryen.
House of the Dragon, conversely, is set back at the height of the Targaryen Dynasty, when the family is still the most powerful force in the world, because they're lousy with dragons.
3. I started watching Game of Thrones, but I couldn't stomach the violence. Not for me.
Then House of the Dragon is also not for you. Life in Westeros is even more nasty, brutish and short than it was in Game of Thrones, and the gore is just as intense. It doesn't all come in the same form — it's not all lopped heads and hacked limbs, though there's plenty of those. The first episode features a particularly grisly depiction of how dangerous childbirth can be, even in a world of magic.
4. Despite characters like Arya, Cersei and Sansa, Game of Thrones tended to treat women, especially background characters, as dehumanized objects to be leered at.
Yeah, the show came in for some fair critiques about that. And while there are still plenty of boobs and butts in House of the Dragon, especially in brothel scenes, it feels less gratuitous, more equal opportunity. Your mileage may vary, of course.
5. I liked Game of Thrones when it started out and stuck to palace intrigue and battles between kingdoms. But then it all became about the fantasy stuff — magic and dragons and snow zombies — and it lost me.
I don't know what to tell you, my guy, but it's right there in the name: House of the Dragon. This is all dragons, all the time, from the jump. So it's probably not for you.
6. Once the series went past the story that had been laid out in George R. R. Martin's novels, it lost me. Everything suddenly felt rushed and thin and unconvincing, and all the nuance of the books fell away.
This is, by far, the thing I heard from folks most often. And we don't need to re-litigate it here, but yeah: The showrunners of Game of Thrones leaned out over their skis. E.L. Doctorow famously said writing a novel is like driving at night with your headlights on — you can only see a few yards ahead of you, but it's enough to get you where you need to go. In the last couple of seasons of Game of Thrones, the showrunners drove with their headlights off.
But if you're worried about that happening with House of the Dragon, don't be. The series is based on a 2018 Martin book — Fire & Blood — with a pre-existing beginning, middle and definitive end. There will be no vamping; we're looking instead at a relatively straightforward act of adaptation.
I say "relatively" because Fire & Blood is presented not as a simple narrative but as a series of conflicting historical accounts, written in different styles from different points of view.
And while that makes for a fun read, television has more exacting demands. Things left deliberately and tantalizingly ambiguous in the book will need to get explicitly dramatized, one way or another. The showrunners are going to have pick a side and run with it.
In the end, of course, it's entirely up to you whether you're up for another visit to the Seven Kingdoms. Your last trip there was rough; I get that.
But just know that the place is under new management, and they certainly seem to want to provide you a more focused, more self-contained, more considered tourist experience than the old crew did.
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India, Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries
The MoU was signed between Union Minister of Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal and Iran’s Urban Development Minister Rostam Ghasemi during the former’s three day visit
In a bid to smoothen the movement of seafarers between the two countries, India and Iran on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on recognition of Certificates of Competency in Unlimited Voyages to help seafarers from both the countries as per the provisions of International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers (1978).
The MoU was signed during a bilateral meeting between Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi. Mr. Sonowal is on a three day visit to Iran.
“The Union Minister reiterated the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two countries. The role of Chabahar as a trade multiplier for the region was highlighted by the Union Minister at the meeting as the potential of the port to act as a swift, economical trade conduit between Central Asia and South Asia, even South East Asia, remains to be tapped fully,” the Ministry said in a statement.
The visiting Minister also called on the Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber. The Vice-President, who is Iran’s special envoy for relations with India, noted that the development of Chabahar port would lead to increase in trade and shipment volume, the statement said.
The statement said that since the India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) assumed the operations of Shahid Beheshti Port, it has handled over 4.8 million tonnes of bulk cargo. With close cooperation between India’s IGPL and Iranian stakeholders including Iran’s Port and Maritime Organisation, Iranian Customs Administration and the Chabahar Free Zone Authority, the Shahid Behesti Port Authority & other stakeholders, the Port is likely to act as a catalyst to unlock the huge trade potential in the region, it stated.
In 2020, India supplied 75,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan as part of humanitarian assistance programme as well as provided for 40,000 litres of Malathion 96% ULV pesticides to Iran via Chabahar port in a concerted effort to mitigate locust threat to agriculture and enhance food security in the region. Mr. Sonowal also commissioned Six mobile harbour cranes to Indian Ports Global Chabahar Free Trade Zone (IPGCFTZ), the statement added.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, nation’s top infectious disease expert, says he will retire by year end
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.
Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He was a leader in the federal response to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases even before the coronavirus hit.
“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career,” Fauci said in a statement, calling those roles “the honor of a lifetime.”
Biden praised Fauci in a statement, saying, “Whether you’ve met him personally or not, he has touched all Americans’ lives with his work. I extend my deepest thanks for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him.”
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Coca-Cola unveils Limca Sportz in hydration drinks category
It also marks the first ever brand extension under the over 50-year-old homegrown brand Limca
Coca-Cola India, on Monday introduced Limca Sportz, a new product in hydration-based sports segment. It also marks the first ever brand extension under the over 50-year-old homegrown brand Limca.
As part of its marketing strategy, the company has roped in Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra as the brand ambassador for Limca Sportz which would also be the official sports drink brand for the ICC World Cup T20.
“Limca has been one of the most untapped brands in our portfolio. It’s been there for over 50 years… The brand is doing very well and there is no immediate concern, but if we start thinking of what this brand could be… there are very interesting spaces…and this area of hydration is a very good fit,” Arnab Roy, VP and Head - Marketing, Coca-Cola India and South-West Asia, said at a virtual conference.
He added that Limca “needs to reinvent” itself and is currently “consumer testing” more products which may be introduced in the next 12-18 months time frame.
“To start with, Lima Sportz will be available in the national capital region…We will also foray into markets such as Bengaluru, Chennai, West Bengal, Mumbai, Pune, and cities of Andhra Pradesh/Telangana starting the month of September…This year is an experiment. We have to learn as this is a new category for us. With all the learning, we will have much bigger and more ambitious plans for 2023,” Mr. Roy said.
The company said Limca Sportz is a glucose and electrolyte-based beverage containing essential minerals for rapid fluid intake. It is a no-fizz, water-based drink that helps in faster rehydration in individuals involved in physical activity in the form of sports, exercise, and high intense chores.
The ‘low sugar’ beverage, it added, has been formulated through in-house innovation and extensive market testing.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REPLI, a prop-tech company pioneering digital marketing technology and solutions for the multifamily industry, announced its placement on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This prestigious list represents the companies and entrepreneurs that have consistently and rapidly expanded their business, and REPLI was ranked No. 1376 after experiencing 470% growth over the past three years.
"To be listed on the Inc. 5000 list of companies is truly an honor," said Corbin Wrights, CEO and founder of REPLI. "I believe the growth we've experienced is a reflection of our commitment to culture, the empowerment of our team members, the enduring relationships forged with our partners and clients, and our commitment to rebelling against the status quo in order to solve our industry's biggest challenges."
REPLI will continue to set the bar and experience hypergrowth into 2023 and beyond. "2022 has been our biggest year in revenue and team growth, and we're excited to break new ground daily with no plans of slowing down," said Wrights.
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.
Founded by Corbin Wrights in 2018, Atlanta, Georgia-based REPLI provides multifamily organizations the digital marketing technology and services to efficiently market their apartment communities online – at scale. REPLI is one the of industry's fastest-growing bootstrapped prop-tech companies in the United States, managing and servicing over 300,000 units nationwide. With teams located in the US, UK, Philippines, and India – REPLI's global footprint supports our unyielding commitment to client success and satisfaction.
REPLI's Aha! Moment happens when a multifamily organization has a portfolio of properties that needs a full, omnichannel digital marketing presence (website, SEO, digital advertising, social, reputation management) and realizes that because of REPLI's technology and services, they can have a fully integrated digital marketing stack ready to go live in a matter of days and the ability to manage it all from a single, centralized backend that seamlessly integrates with their property management software systems and platforms.
For more information, please visit www.repli360.com
The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The Inc. 5000 is a celebration of innovation and a hallmark of entrepreneurial success.
Media Contact: Siobhan Park, siobhan@repli360.com
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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Kennel Club (AKC), AKC Canine Health Foundation (AKCCHF), and Theriogenology Foundation (TF) are pleased to announce that North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have been selected through a competitive grant application process to receive residency program funding in 2023 through the AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency Program.
Since collaborative support began in 2016, this program has successfully trained 13 veterinary specialists in theriogenology and clinical genetics. Theriogenology is the branch of veterinary medicine concerned with reproduction - including the physiology and pathology of male and female reproductive systems, and the clinical practice of veterinary obstetrics, gynecology, and andrology. Providing support for these veterinary specialists ensures that trained professionals will be available to address the health needs of current and future generations of dogs.
This is the third AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency funded at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The diverse caseload and opportunities to interact with numerous veterinary specialists and researchers, including CHF-funded investigator and renowned geneticist Dr. Matthew Breen, ensure robust training for theriogenology residents at NC State.
This is also the third AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency funded at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. This 3-year residency provides exposure to other private practice and university programs, a clinical genetics course, and interaction with an engaged local community of dog breeders.
"NC State University and Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine have proven theriogenology training programs," says Dr. Darin Collins, CHF Chief Executive Officer. "We are proud to continue our partnership with these universities to develop veterinary specialists who can support the needs of dog owners and breeders."
"AKC is pleased to continue to support the Theriogenology Residency Program," says Mari-Beth O'Neill, Vice President of Sport Services for the AKC. "The collaborative efforts between the AKC, AKC CHF, and the Theriogenology Foundation will benefit dog breeders and the future of purpose bred, purebred dogs."
"The Theriogenology Foundation is immensely grateful to the AKC and AKC Canine Health Foundation for their continued support by funding Theriogenology Residencies with an emphasis on genetics," says Sara K. Lyle, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists and Theriogenology Foundation President. "The American College of Theriogenologists has previously identified genetics and genomics research and clinical programs as a frontier of involvement, so this tangible evidence of support from the AKC and AKC Canine Health Foundation is crucial to this burgeoning area of specialist training in Theriogenology."
The AKC/AKCCHF/TF Small Animal Theriogenology Residency Program is one of two educational grant programs offered by AKCCHF to encourage the next generation of veterinary scientists. To learn more about the program and its alumni, visit www.akcchf.org/therio.
About CHF
Since 1995, the AKC Canine Health Foundation has leveraged the power of science to address the health needs of all dogs. With more than $66 million in funding to date, the Foundation provides grants for the highest quality canine health research and shares information on the discoveries that help prevent, treat and cure canine diseases. The Foundation meets and exceeds industry standards for fiscal responsibility, as demonstrated by their highest four-star Charity Navigator rating and Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. Learn more at www.akcchf.org.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REPLI, a prop-tech company pioneering digital marketing technology and solutions for the multifamily industry, announced its placement on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This prestigious list represents the companies and entrepreneurs that have consistently and rapidly expanded their business, and REPLI was ranked No. 1376 after experiencing 470% growth over the past three years.
"To be listed on the Inc. 5000 list of companies is truly an honor," said Corbin Wrights, CEO and founder of REPLI. "I believe the growth we've experienced is a reflection of our commitment to culture, the empowerment of our team members, the enduring relationships forged with our partners and clients, and our commitment to rebelling against the status quo in order to solve our industry's biggest challenges."
REPLI will continue to set the bar and experience hypergrowth into 2023 and beyond. "2022 has been our biggest year in revenue and team growth, and we're excited to break new ground daily with no plans of slowing down," said Wrights.
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.
Founded by Corbin Wrights in 2018, Atlanta, Georgia-based REPLI provides multifamily organizations the digital marketing technology and services to efficiently market their apartment communities online – at scale. REPLI is one the of industry's fastest-growing bootstrapped prop-tech companies in the United States, managing and servicing over 300,000 units nationwide. With teams located in the US, UK, Philippines, and India – REPLI's global footprint supports our unyielding commitment to client success and satisfaction.
REPLI's Aha! Moment happens when a multifamily organization has a portfolio of properties that needs a full, omnichannel digital marketing presence (website, SEO, digital advertising, social, reputation management) and realizes that because of REPLI's technology and services, they can have a fully integrated digital marketing stack ready to go live in a matter of days and the ability to manage it all from a single, centralized backend that seamlessly integrates with their property management software systems and platforms.
For more information, please visit www.repli360.com
The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The Inc. 5000 is a celebration of innovation and a hallmark of entrepreneurial success.
Media Contact: Siobhan Park, siobhan@repli360.com
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WASHINGTON — The country this week could get more information as to why the Justice Department searched former President Donald Trump's property at Mar-a-Lago.
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to submit a redacted version of an affidavit to him for possible public release.
It was the latest development in a series of legal investigations the former president continues to face.
UNDERSTANDING INQUIRIES
Whether you believe these investigations are a "witch hunt" like Trump has suggested or valid, like many of his critics have said, these investigations are happening. This is why it's important to understand what is happening.
Investigation #1: Classified documents inquiry
This is the most high-profile investigation at the moment.
The FBI raided the former president's home at Mar-a-Lago. Unsealed court documents indicate officials are looking into whether the former president broke federal laws with the "willful retention of national defense information."
Trump said all documents in his home were ones he had declassified.
"We have never had anything like this before," Richard A. Serafini, a criminal defense attorney in South Florida and former litigator at the Department of Justice.
Serafini says the fact a raid happened shows the attorney general seriously believes it's possible the former president broke the law.
In cases like this, search warrants tend to happen toward the beginning of an investigation.
"My guess is we are kind of more in the middle. We may be a little past the middle — but we aren't near the end of this investigation," Serafini said.
Investigation #2: Georgia election interference case
This investigation has nothing to do with federal law and all to do with Georgia state law.
The local district attorney in the Atlanta area is looking into whether the former president and his allies broke laws by denying the 2020 election results.
One of the biggest pieces of evidence against the president is a recorded phone call between Trump and the Georgia Secretary of State in which Trump allegedly asked the election official to "find 11,780 votes."
Investigation #3: January 6th
Congress was investigating the attack at the Capitol last year. Still, ultimately, it will be up to the Department of Justice to decide if the former president broke any laws by encouraging his supporters to march to the Capitol, where violence eventually broke out.
Investigations #4 and #5: New York civil and criminal inquiries into business practices
These investigations largely center around the business practices of Trump and his family before taking office.
For instance, one investigation examines whether false financial information was submitted to obtain more favorable loans.
A big question for the country is when will all these investigations conclude, especially with another run for the White House by Trump is looking more likely.
"It would not surprise me if there start to be some decisions made next year," Serafini said. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/national-politics/understanding-all-the-investigations-former-president-trump-faces | 2022-08-22T15:43:18Z | https://www.kbzk.com/news/national-politics/understanding-all-the-investigations-former-president-trump-faces | false |
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, is calling on global college students interested in pursuing careers in finance and markets to register for its annual University Trading Challenge which will be held during October 2022. Registration for the global educational competition opens today.
Now in its 19th year, the CME Group University Trading Challenge allows teams of undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to experience the excitement, energy and decision-making required of real-time futures trading in a number of CME Group's markets across multiple asset classes on a simulated, professional trading platform provided by CQG. Educational content and market commentary are also provided to all participants. Throughout the four week-long challenge, participating students will receive live market updates through Dow Jones newsfeeds and The Hightower Report.
"The many uncertainties in today's global economies are driving increased interest in and demand for hedging and risk management strategies," said Anita Liskey, Global Head of Brand Marketing and Communications at CME Group. "We encourage all university students who want to learn about derivatives markets and test their trading skills to participate in this unique hands-on educational experience."
University teams can participate on a student-led team or in cooperation with a faculty advisor. Advisors will have early registration access to register their teams beginning today at 9:00am CT. Registration for the general student population opens Wednesday, September 7 at 9:00am CT, and closes on Thursday, September 29 at 5:00pm CT. The live competition begins on Sunday, October 2 at 5:00pm CT and concludes on Friday, October 28 at 4:00pm CT.
Participants can register by following this link, and are encouraged to brush up on their market knowledge through the wide range of resources available through the trading challenge portal.
Last year, a total of 386 teams comprising more than 1,500 students from 24 countries competed, with the winning team coming from Colombia's University of Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
CME Group is committed to educating the next generation of finance professionals on the significance of its global derivatives markets and risk management. In addition to interactive events like the University Trading Challenge, CME Group also partners with other industry organizations to offer educational tools, such as Futures Fundamentals, a one-stop educational resource that explains the role of futures markets in everyday life. The goal of the site is to make financial education an engaging experience for anyone, regardless of how well versed they are in the world of finance.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
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PHOENIX, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For an unprecedented second year in a row, Peoria-based Orion Homes has been awarded the TOP WORKPLACE for long-term care providers in Arizona. Orion Homes are also the ONLY long-term care provider on this year's list. There are over 4000 long-term care providers in Arizona. Orion Homes, located in Peoria, Arizona, was the only residential or long-term care provider on this year's TOP WORKPLACES list.
Orion was also honored with the TOP-TRAINING Program among all 120 honorees.
The Arizona Republic and Philadelphia-based Energage sponsor the TOP WORKPLACES awards. The award focuses on companies that have created a culture for employees to feel engaged, appreciated, and personally and professionally fulfilled. TOP WORKPLACES surveys start with capturing employee feedback on 15 culture drivers organized into four themes. A high score on these statements indicates a healthy organization, which means more engaged employees and better business results.
Link – http://orion-homes.com/
Brandon Dow is the CEO of Orion Homes. Commenting on this prestigious award, Dow said, "Orion's vital work is only possible because of our outstanding team at every level and department. I'm so proud of the culture we've built together that allows our talented employees to showcase their dedication, compassion, and teamwork. Our team's resilience and positivity in the face of all the challenges we've faced as a healthcare system and as a nation over the last two years inspire me every day. This award is a wonderful validation of their commitment to strengthening our community by providing essential care to adults struggling with mental illness who have nowhere else to turn."
Orion Homes have become Arizona's #1 residential healthcare solution for behaviorally challenging, hard-to-place adult cases. They have served the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan area for over 13 years, with 18 homes in the Phoenix area and growing.
Their community-based settings utilize proven systems and processes to reduce the risks posed by behaviorally-challenging adults and improve their quality of life. These systems and methods include Orion Homes' exclusive, customized treatment plans and unique blend of behavioral healthcare and assistive personal care services.
Media contact is Brandon Dow, CEO Orion Homes (602) 466-3223 or email brandond@orion-homes.com
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Getting a new hairdo is always a confidence booster! Whether it’s before a wedding, vacation, the holidays, or just in need of something new, get out a get a new do.
This rings true after Sunday, August 21 which was National Brazilian Blowout Day! But what exactly is a Brazilian blowout? If you know, you know, however, if you don’t NationalToday explains, “It is a celebration that commemorates the well-known hair straightening procedure. Do you know that getting a Brazilian blowout keeps your hair silky throughout the summer? When done correctly, a Brazilian blowout will keep your hair from frizzing while maintaining its natural smoothness.”
We know you probably don’t know how to do this yourself, so, we did some digging and thanks to Yelp were able to find some of the best spots in Dallas to get a professional Brazilian blowout!
- House of Dear Hair Salon – Uptown
- Babe Hair Studio – Lakewood
- Tangerine Salon – North Dallas
- Dominican Blowouts Beauty Salon by Evelyn
- Derek Sansone Hair
- Mark Vang Hair Design
- The Illusionist Hair Salon – North Dallas
- Johnny Rodriguez The Salon
- Avalon Salons and Spa – Uptown
- Groove Hair Salon – Deep Ellum | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/get-your-hair-done-at-these-top-spots-around-dallas-that-do-brazilian-blowouts/ | 2022-08-22T15:54:13Z | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/get-your-hair-done-at-these-top-spots-around-dallas-that-do-brazilian-blowouts/ | true |
Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down from his roles within the U.S. government.
Fauci said he will leave his positions as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, in December.
Fauci has spent more than 50 years in the government, serving under seven presidents, Democrats and Republicans.
"It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges," Fauci said.
Biden praised Fauci for his service to the country.
"Because of Dr. Fauci’s many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved," Biden said.
For many, Fauci became the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was often praised on the left for offering fact-based advice, sometimes countering former President Donald Trump. He was also criticized by people on the right who disagreed with him about mitigation efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Despite the criticism, Fauci, 81, says he's not retiring.
"I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats," Fauci said. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/fauci-stepping-down-from-government-roles-to-pursue-next-chapter-of-career | 2022-08-22T15:55:46Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/fauci-stepping-down-from-government-roles-to-pursue-next-chapter-of-career | false |
The National Weather Service warns of dangerous flash flooding in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
More than 7 inches of rain fell within 24 hours at the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.
The water has left roads flooded and cars submerged and stranded on highways.
According to WFAA in Dallas, there were at least 23 crashes in Fort Worth overnight and at least one water rescue.
"Be safe and NEVER drive through flooded roadways," the National Weather Services reminded motorists.
The flooding threat in Dallas is expected to subside Monday. The National Weather Service forecast says scattered showers and storms will move south. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/major-flooding-leaves-drivers-stranded-in-dallas | 2022-08-22T15:56:04Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/major-flooding-leaves-drivers-stranded-in-dallas | true |
Jana Sena resolves to work for defeat of YSRCP in next elections
Party PAC accuses govt. of large-scale corruption, retrograde policies
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The Jana Sena Party (JSP) resolved in its Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting chaired by Pawan Kalyan on Monday to liberate the people from the “clutches of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)“ in 2024, mainly charging the government with indulging in corruption on a large scale and taking policy decisions that pushed the State backward.
The PAC observed that the government was intimidating leaders of the opposition parties and was doing various other things that made the people’s lives miserable. Entrepreneurs were scared to do business in the State due to the hostile business environment, and other sections faced the heat.
Further, the PAC resolved to strive for political and economic empowerment of the downtrodden sections duly including the farmers, especially the tenant farmers, while taking a strong objection to the “caste hegemony” exhibited by the ruling party leaders.
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Besides, the PAC decided to contribute its mite for the welfare of the Muslims, the differently-abled and others who had to endure the “draconian rule” of the YSRCP.
PAC chairman Nadendla Manohar, retired IAS officer D. Varaprasad, who is taking care of the party’s Jana Sena - Jana Vani programme, and other leaders were present.
Farmers’ padayatra
Meanwhile, Mr. Kalyan pledged his support to the Maha Padayatra proposed to be taken out by farmers from Amaravati to Arasavalli in Srikakulam district starting September 12 to mount pressure on the government to give up the idea of ‘three capitals’.
“I was baffled how you voted for YSRCP in the first place. Of course, you believed Jagan Mohan Reddy’s promise to develop Amaravati as a single greenfield capital city, now is the time to hit back,” the JSP chief told a delegation of Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi which met him under the leadership of its convener A. Siva Reddy.
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We previously visited the Project Veritas case in my article, First UPEPA Order Issued In Project Veritas Case (May 27, 2022), where Project Veritas lost its lawsuit against Stanford University and the University of Washington on a special motion to strike brought under Washington's Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. There is no need to rehash the opinion on that motion, but instead we will here examine Stanford's subsequent motion for attorney fees. This will also create the opportunity for us to explore the UPEPA's attorney fees provision.
The order to be discussed in that of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington dated August 4, 2022, on the motion of Stanford to collect $149,596.90 in attorneys fees. Stanford's fees were determined by 149.4 hours of work to litigation its UPEPA special motion to strike, plus another 55.1 hours to prepare its attorneys fees motion. [By my calculation, that is 204.5 total hours of attorneys fees claimed at an average rate of $731.52 per hour.] The court held that the hourly rates charged to Stanford by its attorneys were reasonable, since a previous case decided in the Western District of Washington that June had approved fees ranging from $535 to $785 per hour.
Notably, Project Veritas did not dispute the reasonableness of the attorneys fees to be awarded. Instead, Project Veritas reasserted its argument (to protect the issue on appeal) that the federal courts should not apply the UPEPA to cases arising in federal court. As an aside, the Ninth Circuit, in which the Western District of Washington is found, allows Anti-SLAPP motions to be brought in federal court, but some other circuits do not. This issue may eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the split amongst the circuits, assuming that Congress does not enact federal Anti-SLAPP legislation beforehand.
Project Veritas did ask the court to lop off about $20,000 in Stanford's fees as being unnecessary. This request was based on Project Veritas' claim that Stanford stuffed its special motion to strike with a bunch of extraneous materials that was outside Project Veritas' complaint. The court rejected this argument on the basis that while the court did not ultimately need to use those materials to decide the special motion, they were part of an alternative grounds that the court could have properly addressed, and so those fees were reasonable.
Finally, Project Veritas objected to 55.1 hours incurred by Stanford in preparing its attorneys fees motion on the basis that this was an improper "fees on fees" request. The court, however, determined that these fees were also reasonable and so denied Project Veritas' objection.
The bottom line is that the court granted Stanford's request for $149,596.90 in attorneys fees and entered an order to that effect. Doubtless we will read more about this later when Project Veritas appeals to the Ninth Circuit.
ANALYSIS
As to attorneys fees, the Washington UPEPA follows § 10 the uniform law almost verbatim and provides as follows:
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RCW 4.105.090. Costs, attorneys’ fees, and expenses
On a motion under RCW 4.105.020, the court shall award court costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion:
(1) To the moving party if the moving party prevails on the motion; or
(2) To the responding party if the responding party prevails on the motion and the court finds that the motion was not substantially justified or filed solely with intent to delay the proceeding.
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To first establish our bearings here, the moving party is the party that has been served with the allegedly abusive cause of action and has brought the UPEPA special motion to strike. The responding party is the party that filed the allegedly abusive cause of action in the first place, and now must file an opposition to the special motion to strike.
Note that the moving party and the responding party are treated very differently for purposes of a costs, fees and expenses ("CFE") award.
If the moving party wins the special motion, the court must grant CFE to the moving party. The court doesn't have a choice whether to award CFE, but rather the court may exercise its discretion only as to the reasonableness of the fees and expenses sought (there is no discretion given to the court as to costs). A failure by the court to award fees to a prevailing moving party would be appealable as a matter of law, but if either party were to challenge the court's decision as to what is "reasonable", that would be appealable only as an abuse of the court's discretion.
By contrast, if the responding party wins the special motion, then the court is required to make a determination whether the special motion itself was either not substantially justified or was filed by the moving party with a dilatory intent. If the court makes that determination in favor of the responding party, then court must award fees to the responding party, with (again) the court's discretion only applying to what is reasonable or not.
The amount of fees that a court will determined are reasonable are dependent, of course, upon the complexity of the case and the issues involved. Here, 149.4 hours to prepare a single motion at first might seem excessive, but the court in determining reasonableness could take into account such things as Project Veritas' allegations were lengthy, the defamation issues were tricky and difficult, and the Washington UPEPA is a new act which required more than the usual amount of statutory interpretation.
The flip side of this coin is that if somebody like Project Veritas is going to bring litigation that falls within the scope of the UPEPA (or most Anti-SLAPP laws), that party had better be ready to pay some significant fees to the defendant if the special motion is successful. Indeed, the very purpose of the mandatory award of fees to a successful moving party is to create a deterrence against that sort of litigation in the first place. In determining the reasonableness of fees, a court could quite properly take that into account as well.
The court's determination as to what is "reasonable" also goes to the so-called "fees on fees" argument of Project Veritas, which is that not only did the court here award attorneys fees to Stanford to file and litigate its special motion to strike, but also awarded Stanford fees to prepare its motion for attorney fees. The UPEPA doesn't address this issue specifically, but leaves the determination about the awarding of "fees on fees" to the discretion of the court, which usually means based on local practice.
As an aside, Stanford's counsel charging 55.1 hours to prepare an attorneys fees motion strikes me as quite excessive, as in an Anti-SLAPP case (where the motion is always heard at the outset of the proceedings meaning there are not lengthy and complicated billing records to deal with) these motions are usually simple to draft and almost never require more than 20 hours of total work for even a struggling first-year associate attorney. So, 55.1 hours? C'mon man! Arguably, this is where Project Veritas should have attempted to cut down the fee award, but for whatever reason did not do so.
I have little doubt that Project Veritas will appeal this case on the issue of whether state Anti-SLAPP laws such as the UPEPA should be applied in federal cases. As noted, the Ninth Circuit has already ruled on that issue in the affirmative, so it will likely take a petition for certiorari filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to attempt to reverse this ruling. At the very least, that will likely take a few years, and in the meantime there is a reasonable chance that Anti-SLAPP legislation will again be introduced in Congress that could moot that entire issue. It will be interesting to watch, so stay tuned. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2022/08/22/stanford-university-wins-149596-in-attorneys-fees-against-project-veritas-on-upepa-special-motion-to-strike/ | 2022-08-22T15:56:39Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2022/08/22/stanford-university-wins-149596-in-attorneys-fees-against-project-veritas-on-upepa-special-motion-to-strike/ | true |
Last week, the Federal Reserve released new guidelines for providing access to its master accounts and payment services, and then asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Custodia Bank Inc. Both events demonstrate why Congress should require the Fed to provide nonbank financial firms with access to its master accounts and payment services.
These events are highly reminiscent of a controversy that occurred in the 1970s, one that was only settled when Congress passed the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980. Then, as today, firms that were not traditionally viewed as part of the payment system–the thrift companies that were primarily mortgage lenders–wanted access to the Fed’s payment services.
Without such access, those firms would have had no choice but to rely on a third party, either a commercial bank with access to the Fed’s master accounts, or special automated clearing firms that were developed by commercial banks and the Fed itself. The commercial banks, unsurprisingly, saw the thrift industry as a threat, and viewed “the industry’s attempts to gain direct access to ACH services as an attempt to circumvent the legal restrictions that prohibited thrifts from offering demand deposits.”
Ultimately, Congress settled these issues by amending the U.S. Code to include (among other things) new pricing and access requirements for the Fed.
Now, special purpose financial companies, such as fintech firms, are facing the same sort of problems.
For instance, fintech companies that provide digital stablecoin-based payment services want Fed master accounts. Without those accounts, the fintechs have no choice but to run their business through a commercial bank (as a correspondent) to access the Fed’s settlement services. That relationship, of course, requires the fintechs to become customers of their (at least potential) competitors.
Naturally, commercial banks do not want competitors, least of all those who do not fall under the same–incredibly costly–regulatory structure. But technology has now advanced to the point that financial firms can more easily unbundle the services previously available only from the commercial banks, so placing all fintechs and banks under the same regulatory framework makes less sense. (No one should assume that the existing regulatory framework is either necessary or sufficient in any way, but that’s another topic.)
As of this writing, very few special purpose nonbank financial firms have been granted master accounts at the Fed, and it appears that the Fed revoked access for the only fintech firm it had granted access.
In June, after waiting 19 months, the fintech firm Custodia (formerly Avanti) sued the Fed over its “delay in approving an application to set up a master account.” Custodia asked the court to “require the central bank to ‘promptly provide a decision on the application and articulate the reasons for the decision’ and ‘the standards.’”
The Fed argues that under current law master account access is “a privilege and not a right,” and that “account applications are fully within the discretion of regional Fed banks to approve or deny.” They are not, in fact, “subject to any statutory deadline” to grant access.
To the extent that the Fed is correct, they’ve identified a problem that Congress should address. At the very least, Congress should require the Fed to grant master accounts to fintech payment service providers within an explicit period, such as six months.
Without congressional action, most fintech companies will remain in limbo.
The Fed argues that its new guidelines “provide a consistent and transparent process to evaluate requests for Federal Reserve accounts and access to payment services.” But the guidelines merely state that the Fed will consider various risks when reviewing applications. They fail to provide any clarity to the fintech firms that have had the most trouble gaining master accounts.
For instance, the new guidelines establish a three-tiered framework that lists federally insured banks in the first tier and uninsured eligible institutions that are “subject (by statute) to prudential supervision by a federal banking agency” in the second tier. The third tier consists of “Eligible institutions that are not federally insured and are not considered in Tier 2.”
The guidelines state that the Fed will provide more scrutiny to firms that fall in the higher tier, essentially on the premise that insured depository institutions (and other banks) are already heavily regulated at the federal level. Naturally, most of the fintech firms who want master accounts fall into highest tier because they are not federally regulated depository institutions.
The guidelines do nothing at all to clarify what these companies need to do to gain access to the master accounts, thus leaving them no better off than before the guidelines were released. State-chartered special purpose entities, even if they provide fully backed payment services, remain entirely at the mercy of the Federal Reserve District Banks.
This entire episode highlights so much that is wrong with federal financial regulation. The structure of the Federal Reserve System is outdated and counterproductive. Federal agencies can dictate the competitive structure of financial markets. The federal framework is a top-down paternalistic system that fails to keep the financial system safe and stable, one that is wholly misguided and based on faulty principles. The United States has too many regulators with unnecessary and overlapping authority.
The list goes on, but I’ll stick to the non-bank master account issue.
Congress needs to act soon to ensure that the financial industry–particularly the digital currency sector–does not become overly concentrated or insufficiently “contestable.” If the status quo remains, the digital currency market is likely to be dominated by “a small number of insured banks (or, if the Fed also enters the market, by them and the Fed).”
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Back-to-school season is go-time for germs, which is why the Clorox® brand is teaming up with Allyson Felix to help parents level up their cleaning routines for an unstoppable year ahead
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first day of school is go-time for parents, but it's also go-time for germs. New research from the Clorox® brand found that the clothes kids wore to school came back 28 times germier than the average toilet seat.1 What's more, the study found kids' backpacks are often the most neglected by parents when it comes to sanitization, and it shows. On average, kids' backpacks clocked in 31 times germier than the average cell phone.1
These germs can stop families in their tracks, but parents can't afford to be slowed down. By adopting a holistic germ-prevention strategy, parents can help prevent the spread of illness-causing germs on surfaces. That's why Clorox is teaming up with the world's most decorated woman in track and field history, gender equality advocate, entrepreneur and mom, Allyson Felix. Together, they're helping to educate parents on germ spread in order to help keep households running smoothly for an unstoppable year ahead.
"My whole life I've had to push through invisible barriers to get to where I am today. Aside from any accomplishments on the track or as an entrepreneur, my most challenging and important job has and always will be my role as a mom. It requires fierce determination for parents to juggle their families, careers and passions – especially amid the back-to-school season with all the added responsibilities it brings," said Allyson Felix, 11-time medalist and Clorox spokesperson. "Simply put, parents need easy and effective solutions to help prevent the spread of germs on surfaces and stay on top of their game. That's why I'm proud to join Clorox and show parents how unstoppable they can be when they start clean."
"At Clorox, we recognize that parents do it all these days and germs can hold them back from all of life's possibilities," said Stacy Stokes, Vice President of Marketing at The Clorox Company. "As a leader in public health, we understand the importance of both physical and mental wellness, and are proud to provide parents with tools, resources and products to help maintain a cleaner and safer environment where their families can thrive."
To uncover just how many germs kids bring home with them from school, Clorox conducted a swab study with parents of school-aged kids, which included testing a variety of surfaces in the home and on school supplies. Swab results* indicated:
- The average couch is as germy as a dog's tennis ball and twice as germy as the fridge1 door/handle.1
- The clothes kids wore to school were 28 times germier than the average toilet seat.1
- Kids' backpacks are 31 times germier than the average cell phone.1
- Hard surfaces like counters, TV remotes, gaming controllers and fridge handles were roughly 26 times germier than the average bathroom doorknob.1
To further uncover the true impact germs can have on families, Clorox also conducted a nationwide survey among 1,000 parents of school-aged children. Survey results** indicated:
- Millennial parents of color often experience greater impact from illness with 85% reporting that they had to take a sick day or unpaid time off due to a sick child within the last year compared to only 78% of white millennial parents.
- More than two-thirds (69%) of parents are concerned about their children bringing germs home from school and more than half (54%) expect their kids to get them sick.
- 42% of millennial parents of color reported feeling nervous about the back-to-school season compared to only 32% of white millennial parents.
- Moms are more likely to be stressed about back-to-school (38% vs. 24%) while dads are more likely to be happy (67% vs. 39%).
- More than half of all parents surveyed (54%) are stressed at the thought of their child having to stay home.
Overcoming hurdles like illness-causing germs requires a holistic approach. Fortunately, Clorox offers simple and effective solutions to help prevent the spread of germs on surfaces. To shop convenient back-to-school solutions like Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes and Clorox® Disinfecting Mist and to learn more, please visit Clorox.com.
*Swab Study: On behalf of Clorox, Ketchum Analytics conducted a swab test and three-day online bulletin board discussion comprised of 30 individuals who were parents of children under the age of 18 and currently in school, summer school or summer camp. Ketchum Analytics was supported by market research recruiter, Schlesinger Group and swab analysis was performed by Perritt Laboratories. The swab test and online bulletin board was fielded from June 13-17, 2022. The swab test required participants to swab 9 locations in their home that were analyzed to unveil which had the highest CFUs* (germ growth). Participants swabbed surfaces after their children returned home from school and interacted with the surfaces. Germs referenced in this study are defined as bacteria, yeast and mold.
**Survey: On behalf of Clorox, Ketchum Analytics conducted an online survey of 1,570 total Americans comprised of 1,000 nationally representative Americans, including 334 parents and an additional 532 People of Color (POC) Millennials, 390 of which are parents. The survey was fielded from July 6-11, 2022 at the 95% confidence level and with a margin of error (MOE) of +/-3%.
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1 The National Science Foundation's 2011 International Germ Study, Germiest Places in the Home 2011 conducted by NSF International from December 2010 - January 2011.
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KCR should respond to liquor scam charges: Bandi Sanjay Kumar
‘Wondered why KCR was frequently visiting Delhi’
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TS BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao should respond to the charges that his family is involved in the Delhi liquor scam even while stating that the CBI investigating the case is sure to ferret out the truth soon.
Addressing a press conference on Monday at Station Ghanpur, he alleged that the main accused in the scam were the “front persons” for the KCR family and it had even participated in a meeting held at a star hotel in Delhi where the deal was finalised in a chartered plane owned by one of them.
“I always wondered why KCR was frequently going to the nation’s capital. He should explain his family’s stand on these charges. It is clear shady deals have been made in Punjab and Kolkata too”. Pressure is being brought on the main accused of the scam not to reveal the names of KCR and family, he claimed and charged that “liquor mafia is ruling the roost in Telangana”.
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“The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has set an example by raking in revenue of ₹30,000 crore from ₹4,000 crore in liquor sales with belt shops freely operating. The strategy is to turn youth into drunkards and issue pensions to the older people so that no one will question,” he said.
The BJP leader observed that both the TRS and Congress leaders are involved in the liquor scam and questioned the silence of senior minister K. T. Rama Rao on the issue. “Why is he not tweeting?” he asked.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar said Home Minister Amit Shah is a party elder and he respects him like his father and certainly he does not see anything amiss on fetching his footwear. “I don’t prostrate selectively like KCR,” he remarked.
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Saints WR Michael Thomas misses open practice with hamstring injury
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas missed Sunday’s (Aug. 21) open practice in the Ceasar’s Superdome due to a hamstring injury, according to head coach Dennis Allen.
Who Dat faithful who have longed to see the star finally take the field following injury troubles the last two seasons may be on high alert but Allen indicated that the latest development is likely something that isn’t too concerning. However, Allen did note that the absence was out of medical caution and not just a day of rest.
“Michael Thomas is dealing with a little bit of a hamstring,” Allen said.
Receiver Michael Thomas was one of several notable players who didn’t practice Sunday. Included on the list were left tackle James Hurst and right guard Cesar Ruiz.
Up to this point, Thomas has had a fantastic camp leading up to preseason, and last week Allen had high hopes for the star’s potential availability for week 1 saying, “When I watch Michael Thomas at practice, I see the Michael Thomas that I saw pre-injury.”
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HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Labrada Nutrition today announced a drink distribution agreement with San Diego- based distributor John Lenore & Co.
John Lenore & Co. will distribute Labrada Nutrition's Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes in San Diego County and it equates to about 3.6 million people.
Lean Body® Protein Shakes contain 40 grams of high-quality protein with zero grams of sugar and come in eight delicious flavors in sustainably packaged Tetra Pak cartons.
"Like John Lenore & Co., Labrada Nutrition is a family-owned-and-operated business with decades of experience and a commitment to furthering the health and wellness of its customers," said Labrada Nutrition's CEO and Founder Lee Labrada. "We are excited about partnering with John Lenore & Co.to make Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes available to customers in the San Diego area.
"Lean Body® is doing exceptionally well around the country, and with John Lenore & Co's leadership, we will now grow a stronger relationship with retailers and customers in the San Diego area," Labrada added. "Our goal is a 'Lean Body® for Everybody,' and our mission is to help people get into great shape and be healthy for life. Working with John Lenore will bring us closer to reaching this important goal."
Sean Nichols, Vice President of Sales for John Lenore adds: "We are thrilled to add the LEAN BODY Protein shakes to our assortment!" With the right brand, team, and current market trends, we feel Lean Body puts us back into the highly competitive RTD Protein space! 40 Grams of Protein, zero sugar and an unbelievable taste not to mention a solid "DSD" Route to Market working with other neighboring "Best in class" Distributor partners, this platform is poised for great success!"
About Labrada Nutrition
Labrada Nutrition, headquartered in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1995 by IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Hall of Famer and former Mr. Universe Lee Labrada. The company creates and distributes a range of nutritional products and supplements including Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes and meal replacements. The company also provides education on fitness, nutrition, and health to support the company mission of helping people get into their best shape.
Labrada Nutrition products are proudly made in America. Since 1995 all Labrada supplements are lab-tested by an independent third-party analytical lab to ensure that "If it's on the label, it's in the bottle." That's why Labrada has become the most trusted name in sports nutrition.
The Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shake comes in 17 oz. and 8.45 oz. resealable, environmentally-friendly Tetra Pak cartons that "Protect What's Good.™"
Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes are available worldwide in select retailers, convenience stores, grocery stores and gyms.
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CARSON CITY, Nev., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AceVolt Campower is a portable power station that helps campers generate power and use it for varying purposes, including lighting and charging devices during camping. However, while there exist several portable power stations that appear more or less the same, AceVolt has modified the appearance of the product. It has combined the camping needs of several zealous campers and crafted a distinct look for it.
A camping power generator need not always look like a monotonously colored box that, no matter how efficient, doesn't add any aesthetic value. AceVolt, a creative portable power station provider, takes into account the various needs of campers. In addition to ensuring efficient power generation for varying camping needs, the power station packs amazing looks and colors that make it look aesthetically elegant.
AceVolt Campower is a portable power station with capabilities that transcend conventional power generation products. It is designed to meet contemporary camping power needs and is a result of the participation of over 100 enthusiastic and experienced campers in the research and development process of the product.
With this portable power generation station, you can charge various devices, have enough light in remote camping sites. It has a high-power and heavy-duty battery that comprises LiFEPO4, a non-toxic and highly efficient, latest lithium component that contributes to the efficiency and environment-friendly nature of the power station.
Some of the essential features of the AceVolt Campower include,
- A strikingly unique appearance for campers to easily pick the world's leading portable power station
- A safe, overheat-resistant, highly efficient, and eco-friendly LiFEPO4 battery
- Power generation across various weather conditions such as extreme heat, rain, and cold
- Longer battery lifespan – 5 years
- All Quick Charge USBs to enable quicker device charging
- Cost-effective to support and fulfill every camper's needs
Amidst the extensive competition, brands must do something that helps them appear unique and makes it easy for prospects and existing customers to recognize and pick them easily. Accordingly, AceVolt has given its portable power station, AceVolt Campower, an exclusive appearance while keeping all other elements of the product intact.
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For decades, you could test a computer chip's mettle by how small and tightly packed its electronic circuitry was. Now Intel believes another dimension is as big a deal: how artfully a group of such chips can be packaged into a single, more powerful processor.
At the Hot Chips conference Monday, Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger will shine a spotlight on the company's packaging prowess. It's a crucial element to two new processors: Meteor Lake, a next-generation Core processor family member that'll power PCs in 2023, and Ponte Vecchio, the brains of what's expected to be the world's fastest supercomputer, Aurora.
Advanced packaging, which lets chip designers link several "chiplets" into one larger processor, is key to making future PCs faster and more capable. The technology is how AMD builds its top-end PC processor, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, and how Apple glues two M1 Max chips into the M1 Ultra, its most powerful Mac processor.
But that Ryzen chip retails for $440, and the M1 Ultra adds $2,000 to the price of an M1 Max Mac Studio. Meteor Lake brings packaging to the mainstream PC market, where consumers buy hundreds of millions of machines annually, even in bad years. The advancement will lead to faster, more powerful computers without an eye-popping price tag.
"Meteor Lake will be a huge technical innovation," thanks to how it packages, said Real World Tech analyst David Kanter.
For decades, staying on the cutting edge of chip progress meant miniaturizing chip circuitry. Chipmakers make that circuitry with a process called photolithography, using patterns of light to etch tiny on-off switches called transistors onto silicon wafers. The smaller the transistors, the more designers can add for new features like accelerators for graphics or artificial intelligence chores.
Now Intel believes building these chiplets into a package will bring the same processing power boost as the traditional photolithography technique.
"We're at that point where packaging is as important as the process technology itself," said Boyd Phelps, leader of Intel's Design Engineering Group, in an interview.
Packaging technology matters to Intel. It's struggling to reclaim chipmaking leadership lost to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which makes Apple chips, and to Samsung. Even as it spends tens of billions of dollars on new chipmaking capacity, though, its most recent quarterly financial results were "disastrous," TechInsights analyst Linley Gwennap said. A $52.7 billion chipmaking subsidy from the US government won't help until 2023.
Packaging could help Intel get back some of its onetime lead.
Intel co-founder's 1965 prophecy comes true
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted a "day of reckoning" in which it no longer makes sense to make chips out of a single large slice of silicon. In his seminal paper laying out Moore's Law, he wrote, "It may prove to be more economical to build large systems out of smaller functions, which are separately packaged and interconnected."
Intel has two main packaging approaches.
First is EMIB (Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge), which links two "chiplets" side by side with a small connecting patch beneath. That's used in Ponte Vecchio and higher end models of its upcoming Sapphire Rapids server processor.
Second is Intel's Foveros, which joins multiple chiplets vertically, like plopping one pancake atop another. The Meteor Lake chip is built with Foveros, with four chiplets perched on another silicon substrate below that provides communication links.
Foveros also is key to Meteor Lake's successor, Arrow Lake, which will benefit from upgraded circuitry for its central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) cores. After that comes Lunar Lake, designed for laptops with very low power consumption, and featuring an updated recipe of chiplet ingredients. Both Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake should be "ready in 2024," Phelps said.
EMIB and Foveros both help extend Moore's Law's trend of increasing transistor counts. The Ponte Vecchio supercomputer chip, for example, has more than 100 billion transistors.
Advanced packaging advantages
One big advantage of packaging chiplets is that a chip designer can mix and match processor components. The most performance sensitive chiplets can be built with the latest generation manufacturing process, a premium option, but less critical parts can be built with older, cheaper processes, with chiplets that already have proved themselves.
Designers "can focus on more innovative engineering and less turning the crank on basic stuff," Kanter said.
Chiplets also smooth over Intel's manufacturing problems. Three of Meteor Lake's four data-processing chiplets are built by its top rival, TSMC. Intel designed all the components but will only build the chiplet with the CPU cores.
And chiplets can let chip designers embrace new manufacturing faster. Instead of having to wait while engineers update every type of transistor for a more advanced photolithography process, chipmakers can adopt the new process just for the most performance sensitive chip tasks.
Advanced packaging adds cost, complexity and new manufacturing steps, so it's not always the best choice. It also doesn't fix woes like the problems that delayed Intel's Sapphire Rapids and Ponte Vecchio. Increasingly, though, it'll be key to chips in just about every PC for sale. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/why-stacking-chips-like-pancakes-could-mean-a-huge-leap-for-laptops/ | 2022-08-22T16:04:00Z | https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/why-stacking-chips-like-pancakes-could-mean-a-huge-leap-for-laptops/ | true |
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BOSTON (AP) — While some people reported longer than normal trips to work on Monday, the first weekday commute during the Boston transit system's Orange Line shutdown appeared to go fairly smoothly.
The 11-mile (17.7-kilometer) subway line that runs from the city of Malden north of Boston to the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood shut down for 30 days on Friday night so the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority can make track and signal repairs that would normally take a year.
To complicate matters, a section of the MBTA's Green Line also shut down for a month on Monday for the completion of construction work.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took two buses and a subway train to get to work at City Hall, a little late.
“It went pretty smoothly," she said. “It was a little bit longer than a usual commute, but no real bottlenecks or traffic along the way."
Nicholas Ventura, 32, of Melrose, a job training manager, told The Boston Globe that his commute, which included a 15 to 20-minute walk, was about a half hour longer than normal.
“You really can’t do much,” he said. “The system is broken.”
The T is providing shuttle buses between stations, and the city has set aside designated bus-only travel lanes on some streets. Commuter rail lines are also running with increased frequency.
The T has also deployed hundreds of workers to help commuters navigate the new system, including General Manager Steve Poftak, who on Monday helped passengers at the Forest Hills station.
Traffic nightmares that had been anticipated with more vehicles on the roads and reconfigured streets did not materialize. “The traffic is actually lighter than we expected," state Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver told WBZ-TV.
The MBTA has experienced a series of problems in the past year that prompted the Federal Transit Administration to launch a review of the system, and the shutdown for repairs is in response to that review.
Some officials warned of potential problems in the future. Gulliver said Monday traffic was unusually light. And Wu said that the real test will come when students return to school.
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Great day had by all at Sidmouth Bowls Club's Ladies Captain's Day
Carol Smith
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A great day was had by all on Ladies Captain's Day at Sidmouth Bowls Club.
Captain Susie Bonnell's players, dressed in pink, were pitched against Lady President Ann Capon's blue team on a really good day for bowling, as the weather had cooled a little.
As is tradition the men kindly prepared and served an excellent 'bowlers tea' but instead of their usual white shirts and bow ties, it was an Hawaiian theme, with colourful shirts and garlands as captain Mike donned a hula skirt.
Bonnell invited 10 non-playing guests who, although now not playing outdoors, over the years have helped in so many ways with some still actively helping.
And at the end of play, her team were the victors by an overall plus nine points with the top rink including Sue Clint, Joan Crook and Brenda Somerfield.
President Capon's top rink was Mary Meadows, Janet Squire and Ann herself, with many going on to enjoy post-match refreshments in the bar.
Sidmouth's Mary Turner and Jill Bishop will play the county quarter-final of the Over-70 Pairs on Sidmouth's very own green on Tuesday (August 30) at 10.30am, with supporters welcome.
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And given the success of their last 'taster day' Sidmouth are holding another on Saturday September 10 so why not come along and have a go at this great sport, suitable for all ages.
If you watched the Commonwealth Games bowls, now is your chance to have a go and the club's coaches, led by Allan Davis, will show you the ropes.
There is no obligation, but if any visitors like it enough, they can sign up for some coaching sessions.
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Wolves forward Pedro Neto appears to be Emirates-bound with Arsenal reportedly pushing for his signature - which means so too does his girlfriend Carolina Silva.
Neto, 22, has become all loved-up with the 21-year-old model after they started dating earlier this year. So while he may be leaving Molineux this summer, that will be the only switch he's making.
Exactly when he and Carolina hit it off is not known, but they spent the summer together and travelled to the United States. Their first stop was Orlando, where they took in the usual tourist activities like Disney World and Universal Studios.
READ MORE: Arsenal in talks with Wolves for 'top target' Pedro Neto with interest 'concrete'
The Portuguese pair then ventured on to Miami before Neto had to return to England for pre-season with Wolves. It was during their trip stateside that they made their romance public.
And their first Instagram posts together in June 2022 showed they are head over heels for each other. Neto posted: "Thank you for everything, may it always be so. I LOVE YOU."
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Carolina, meanwhile, wrote to her 21.6k followers: "Thank you for making me the happiest woman in the world. Always together! I LOVE - YOU SO MUCH MY LOVE."
Their next destination is more than likely going to be north London. According to The Athletic, Arsenal have made Neto their priority signing before the end of the transfer window.
A further report from talkSPORT has claimed his agent Jorge Mendes has offered Manchester United the chance to sign him too. However, Neto has previously revealed he was a Gunners fan growing up.
And it seems his girlfriend was too. Carolina first visited England back in April 2019, three years before she became romantically engaged with Neto, and took a tour of the Emirates.
Arsenal look to be in the driving seat, with Wolves said to be looking for £50million to let the winger leave.
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Fans of Chiranjeevi donate blood in Visakhapatnam
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Rao SKL of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Blood Bank, who has turned 60, and some other fans of Megastar Chiranjeevi, donated blood at a camp organised on the occasion of the actor’s birthday on Monday.
Mr. Rao has donated blood for 30 times so far. The actor’s fan Koyalada Srinivasa Rao, 56, has donated blood 50 times. About 50 others also donated blood to mark the occasion.
Uttarandhra Mega Family Yuvatha president Palarouthu Venkataramana, K. Murthy, Sri Kanya Siva, Malkapuram Eswara Rao, Srinivas, Yellagji Rao and Lanka Srinivasa Rao were present.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Propellus Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, (OTC PINK: PRPS), an alternative finance company that specializes in assisting small businesses with their cash flow needs, filed its Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. For the year ended March 31, 2022 the Company had revenues of $1,627,927 as compared to $237,247 in the corresponding period an increase of approximately 700%. Operating Expenses were reduced by nearly 50% to $4,033,700 from $8,060,378. Net loss was $2,405,773 or $(0.27) per share as compared to $(0.89) per share.
"We are excited by the progress that we have made over the past year, as we transitioned from a private company to a public entity," stated Ralph Johnson, CEO. "The vast majority of our losses over the previous two years were as a result of non-cash items, and we believe that we have those behind us, and Propellus is positioned to be profitable in the coming fiscal year."
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Soccer legend Hope Solo opened up about her DWI arrest and subsequent time at an alcohol treatment facility on her podcast on Thursday.
“About four-and-a-half months ago I made the biggest mistake of my life,” Solo began the podcast by stating. “I let alcohol get the better of me in a decision that I will never live down, a decision that has come at a great cost to me and my family.”
Solo pled guilty to DWI charges in the Forsyth County District Court on July 25 and was given a 24-month suspended sentence by Judge Victoria L. Roemer. Solo spent 30 days at an in-patient facility, Hope Valley Inc., as well.
“The reality of what this meant was horrific,” Solo said. “The embarrassment, the shame, the financial loss, the thought of explaining this to my children when they are old enough to search the internet.”
In the podcast, Solo goes on to describe the difficulty she and her husband, ex-NFL player Jerramy Stevens, had with the birth of their children during the start of the pandemic in early March 2020. Their twin children spent 20 days in the NICU.
Solo also detailed that she spent over a year and a half at home while she was quarantined and breastfeeding her children. She explained that after moving from Washington to North Carolina to raise their children, she and Stevens “had no support system and now had two tiny babies.”
“We had children and nobody to share them with,” Solo explained. “Our family and friends do not live in North Carolina, and most of them live on the other side of the country.”
She goes on to describe the exhaustion she felt being a full-time mother and the comfort she began to take in alcohol.
“Winding down with a drink was nice, and it’s what we looked forward to doing,” Solo says. “And the drinking slowly increased. We found that eased the stresses of our everyday lives, and we felt that we had the right to do so. We never drank and drove, we never went in public and we woke up every morning to handle our business.”
Solo explained that she was foolish to think that she had things under control and that the isolation of being across the country began to wear on her despite her choosing to isolate herself.
Solo says that she did not return to her OB-GYN for post-natal care and she was ignorant of the symptoms of postpartum depression.
“My sense of strength and pride became my two worst enemies, and I found myself living the worst night of my life,” Solo explained, adding that she “let alcohol get the better of me” on the day she was arrested.
While in treatment, Solo said she journaled about her history with drugs and alcohol. She noted that though she would not drink or smoke marijuana before events, she would “whether in celebration mode or in coping mode.”
Solo also identified an issue she had with drinking more during times of high levels of stress and anxiety, including her time on “Dancing with the Stars.”
“Like being on a live dancing show in front of millions or huge speaking engagements,” Solo said. “My manager, my agent, my husband and friends all knew to bring wine or champagne to help me loosen up on stage.”
Solo described how she and her husband struggled with full-time parenting and the strain it caused on their personal time with each other.
“We found that our only time together was having a drink once the babies went to bed, and that’s when we started to go down a dangerous road both for our marriage and me personally,” Solo said.
Solo concluded the podcast with this final sentiment.
“Today, I am grateful for my 30 days away, to read, think, pray, meditate and learn, reading and meditation feeds my soul, so does seeing family and friends.” Solo explained. “I realize now my soul was slowly starved and it was all my fault for trying to be strong for my family and being prideful. In my strength I was weak, there is no shame if we struggle with alcohol and addiction.”
In addition to her sentencing, Solo was ordered to pay $2,500 in fines and a $600 fee for the cost of lab tests.
Solo made 202 appearances with the national team, with 153 wins and an international record of 102 shutouts. She won a World Cup title and two Olympic gold medals with the team during a laudable playing career that was also marred by controversy.
After questioning coach Greg Ryan’s decision to start Briana Scurry against Brazil during the 2007 World Cup, comments many saw as a slight against Scurry, Solo was benched.
Solo also was involved in an altercation with family members in 2014 that resulted in her arrest, although charges in that case were eventually dropped.
In 2015, Solo was suspended for 30 days after she and Stevens were pulled over in a van owned by U.S. Soccer. Stevens was charged with a DUI.
Solo was dismissed from the national team following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics after calling the Swedish team “cowards” for taking a defensive stance against the defending gold medalists, ultimately ending her career.
She was elected to the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in January. The induction ceremony was set for May 21, but the Winston-Salem Journal previously reported that Solo requested that the ceremony be delayed until next year.
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As the official life insurance provider of the NFL Alumni Association, Quility supports more than 17,000 alumni through customized financial solutions and membership savings benefits.
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quility, an award-winning insurtech company, announced its partnership with the National Football League Alumni Association (NFLA), one of the oldest, most well-known, and well-respected retired player organization in professional sports. During this partnership, Quility will be the official life insurance provider of the NFLA.
Through this partnership, Quility will support more than 17,000 former NFL players and members of the association with life insurance offerings and financial solutions. Quility will also offer a membership benefits savings program to association members and supporters of the NFL Alumni. MyQuility is a centralized digital membership platform with access to significant savings from more than 300K retailers and 1 million travel destinations.
"We are fired up to partner with the NFL Alumni Association as their official life insurance provider," said Quility Co-Founder Brandon Ellison. "Quility's financial products are designed to provide the best-in-class experience for our clients, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to give the best to the members of this elite organization."
During Quility's national conference in August 2022, NFL Alumni Dan Marino and Terrell Davis joined Quility founders Brandon Ellison and Casey Watkins onstage to announce the partnership.
"Partnering with Quility provides us with a unique opportunity to offer essential life insurance solutions to our members," said Najee Goode, Director of Digital Technology and Strategic Marketing for the NFL Alumni Association. "We are so excited to not only provide these benefits to our NFL alumni, but also to help more families secure essential financial protection through life insurance."
As the official life insurance provider for the NFLA, Quility will be featured as a partner of the NFL Alumni in a number of television and radio commercials throughout the regular and post season. The partnership will launch this fall with various events and activations through 2025.
Quility uses innovative and proprietary technology to modernize the process of qualifying for and purchasing life insurance. The Quility digital platform offers clients the option to apply for life insurance online through a 10-minute application or with the support of a licensed insurance agent. To learn more, visit quility.com.
Founded in 1967, the NFL Alumni Association was formed to serve its retired player members and their families. The association's primary purpose is to engage former players through a fraternal structure supporting their ability to live better in retirement. Part of that mission is to build career opportunities, social engagements and social responsibility. Historically, the Chapter leaders' philanthropic and charitable efforts allow the association to donate an average of 1.5 million dollars to children's charities within the local chapter areas.
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Dallas attorney honored for intellectual property litigation
DALLAS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, Paul J. Skiermont has been named among the top lawyers in the nation with his inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Honored in the area of Intellectual Property Litigation, the co-founder and partner of Skiermont Derby LLP maintains a national litigation practice, representing companies in disputes involving complex science and technology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, telecommunications, aerospace, speech recognition and consumer electronics. During the past decade, the firm has developed a reputation for taking on some of the most challenging technology issues, while successfully litigating and explaining elaborate technical concepts before juries across the nation.
Most recently Mr. Skiermont and the firm successfully invalidated a Novartis' patent at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that will help facilitate the introduction of low-cost generic versions of Gilenya® prescribed to treat multiple sclerosis.
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on a sophisticated peer review survey process, designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographic region and legal practice area.
The complete listing of The Best Lawyers in America is available at https://www.bestlawyers.com.
Skiermont Derby LLP represents clients in complex IP and commercial litigation in Texas, California, and throughout the nation. The firm's experience includes matters involving patents, trademarks, unfair competition, antitrust, breach of contract, and business torts – as well as entertainment, employment, and securities litigation.
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The Trippie Redd x rue21 limited capsule collection features items creatively designed by the artist exclusively at rue21
WARRENDALE, Pa., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- rue21, a leading American specialty retailer, announced today its Trippie Redd x rue21 collection designed by Billboard Top 100 artist Trippie Redd. This collection marks the retailer's first-ever partnership with the 23-year-old, making him the first-ever rapper to creatively direct a collection for rue21.
Releasing online at www.rue21.com today and in-stores nationwide on August 24, the collection features 34 items designed by Redd, including screen tees, activewear sets, varsity jackets, joggers, and more in sizes XS-4X. Available in girls, guys, and plus, prices range from $24.99 - $69.99. As guest Creative Director, not only did Trippie help design the items, but he also modeled in the brand's photoshoot. In addition to the curated capsule collection, customers will also have the chance to enter an SMS giveaway by texting TRIPPIE to 30628 for an opportunity to win an exclusive autographed skateboard from the artist until September 29.
"Trippie Redd is such a standout talent with massive reach and appeal, whose unapologetic message of individuality resonates with rue21's core values and our Gen Z audience," said Michael Cingolani, Chief Merchandising Officer. "We're very excited to offer our customers an exclusive, curated collection that supports their expression of self, while adding affordable on-trend items to their wardrobe.
Trippie Redd, rapper, singer, and songwriter whose music videos have reached over 37M+ views on YouTube, rose to stardom following his debut album Life's A Trip, debuting at number four on the 2018 Billboard 200 chart. He's known for blending elements of hip hop with the energy of punk and stadium rock in his style and music.
"It's been great working with rue21 on this collection as their first-ever guest Creative Director," said Redd. "I had a great time learning and creating with their team. The pieces we made are affordable and really reflect my personal style. Graphic tees, hoodies, jerseys, and jackets…all pieces you can wear anywhere. I can't wait to see the world wearing the collection."
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Decomposing body found in trunk of BMW in Las Vegas, police say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – A decomposing body was found in the trunk of a BMW in Las Vegas Friday afternoon after a 911 caller reported smelling a “foul odor.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide.
The white BMW was parked outside an apartment complex. After receiving the tip, officers discovered the decomposing body inside the trunk of the vehicle.
Police do not know how long the body has been there and have not released further details.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office is conducting an autopsy and will release the victim’s identity and cause of death.
Anyone with information is asked to call LVMPD or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Space Force Space Systems Command's Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Wide Field of View Testbed is online and the bus checkout is complete.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Blossom Point Tracking Facility successfully acquired WFOV and is operating the satellite. Data is processed through Blossom Point and coordinated with Space Control Network.
"First acquisition was right on time utilizing the Space Force's Satellite Control Network," said Lisa Anderson, NRL's lead for the mission. "We look forward to getting WFOV to its operational location and conducting checkout with the dedicated WFOV antenna located in Geraldton, Australia."
SSC's GEO WFOV space vehicle was designed, built and integrated by Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, including the integration of the Space Force's sensor built by L3Harris.
"With WFOV online, we're going to see critical data that will inform the future Overhead Persistent Infrared architecture," said Jason Kim, chief executive officer, Millennium Space Systems. "We're excited for what's next! Thank you to Space Force Satellite Control Network and United Launch Alliance for a great ride."
Sponsored by SSC and managed by the NASA Ames Research Center, the mid-sized GEO spacecraft launched aboard USSF-12, a ULA rocket, July 1.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Propellus Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, (OTC PINK: PRPS), an alternative finance company that specializes in assisting small businesses with their cash flow needs, filed its Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. For the year ended March 31, 2022 the Company had revenues of $1,627,927 as compared to $237,247 in the corresponding period an increase of approximately 700%. Operating Expenses were reduced by nearly 50% to $4,033,700 from $8,060,378. Net loss was $2,405,773 or $(0.27) per share as compared to $(0.89) per share.
"We are excited by the progress that we have made over the past year, as we transitioned from a private company to a public entity," stated Ralph Johnson, CEO. "The vast majority of our losses over the previous two years were as a result of non-cash items, and we believe that we have those behind us, and Propellus is positioned to be profitable in the coming fiscal year."
Propellus Inc., is engaged in offering small businesses a variety of financing alternatives ranging in amounts between $20,000-$500,000. Such financings include: payroll advances directly and through third-party professional employer organizations, merchant cash advances, accounts receivable factoring, short-term line of credit loans, and other types of loan products and cash flow financing.
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Babies brought ashore as Channel crossings resume
Babies were among groups of migrants arriving in the UK as Channel crossings resumed.
Large numbers of people, including several young children wrapped in blankets and wearing woollen hats, were seen being brought ashore in Dover on Monday.
Life vests were pictured lying in piles on the Kent dockside after dinghies and other vessels were intercepted in the Channel.
The crossings came after a three-day hiatus between Friday and Sunday when no arrivals were recorded.
Children were seen being carried ashore in Dover on Monday (Gareth Fuller/PA)
More than 21,300 people have arrived in the UK after navigating busy shipping lanes from France in small boats such as dinghies in 2022 to date, according to provisional Government figures.
Almost 5,000 have made the journey already this month.
August has seen the highest number of crossings in a seven-day period so far this year. Some 2,415 people crossed the Channel to the UK between August 11-17.
The highest number of crossings for a single day so far in 2022 was recorded on August 1 when 696 made the journey in 14 boats, Ministry of Defence (MoD) data shows.
The daily figure has topped 600 three times this month.
It is four months since Home Secretary Priti Patel unveiled plans to send migrants to Rwanda in a bid to curb Channel crossings.
Since then, 16,107 people have arrived in the UK after making the journey.
On April 14, Ms Patel signed what she described as a “world-first” agreement with Rwanda under which the east African nation will receive migrants deemed by the UK to have arrived “illegally” and are therefore inadmissible under new immigration rules.
But the first deportation flight – due to take off on June 14 – was grounded amid legal challenges.
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Man rescued after driving through flood water in Texas
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A Texas driver who drove through standing flood water had to be rescued.Heavy rain overnight led to flash flooding in parts of Dallas.This pickup truck driver ended up stuck in flood water and retreated to the bed of his truck.Rescue crews helped the man to safety.Dallas police rescued people after several vehicles were partially submerged near Interstate 45.Many areas of Dallas received more than 8 inches of rain in the past 24 hours with more to come.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A new natural gas discovery off Cyprus' southern coast that is estimated to contain around 2.5 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon bolsters Europe’s efforts to secure alternative energy sources, the Cypriot energy ministry said Monday, as a supply crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to trouble the continent.
The ministry said in a statement that the discovery by partners Eni of Italy and France’s Total was made at the Cronos-1 well 160 kilometers (100 miles) off the coast in 2,287 meters (7,500 feet) of water inside Cyprus' exclusive economic zone and is the second deposit that the Eni-Total consortium has discovered there.
The consortium hasn’t provided any estimates regarding how much natural gas is contained in the initial “Calypso” field found in 2018. But Eni said in a statement Monday that the Cronos-1 discovery “can unlock additional potential in the area” and is part of the company’s “successful effort to provide further gas supply to Europe.”
The Cronos discovery brings the number of deposits found off Cyprus to four — two by Eni-Total, one by ExxonMobil and partners Qatar Petroleum estimated to hold 5-8 trillion cubic feet of gas and another by Chevron and partners Shell and Israeli NewMed Energy that contains up to 4.4 trillion cubic feet.
The Energy Ministry said the Eni-Total consortium’s drill ship Tungsten Explorer has now relocated to a new well target to “assess the quantities of gas with greater precision.”
The Cypriot government has said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine provided an additional impetus to the search for alternative fuel sources, especially after the European Union confirmed that natural gas could act as a bridge fuel until 2050 as part of the bloc’s transition to cleaner energy.
Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said the EU's drive to wean itself off Russian gas further entrenches Cyprus' inclusion into the 27-member bloc's energy planning.
Pilides said the fact that the new discovery is in an area adjacent to where ExxonMobil is drilling could pave the way for cooperation with the Eni-Total consortium.
She added that the most likely scenario for getting gas to European markets remains conveying it through a pipeline to Egyptian processing plants for liquefaction and then transporting it by ship. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cyprus-says-new-gas-discovery-aids-Europe-s-17389115.php | 2022-08-22T16:21:52Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cyprus-says-new-gas-discovery-aids-Europe-s-17389115.php | true |
NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and the fighting Monday showed no signs that the war is abating.
At a veteran's event, Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Ukraine’s children need to be taken care of because “their father went to the front line and, perhaps, is one of those almost 9,000 heroes who died.”
In Nikopol, across the river from Ukraine's main nuclear power plant, Russian shelling wounded four people Monday, an official said. The city on the Dnieper River has faced relentless pounding since July 12 that has damaged some 850 buildings and sent about half its population of 100,000 fleeing.
The U.N. says 5,587 civilians have been killed and 7,890 injured in the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24, although the estimate is likely conservative.
“I feel hate towards Russians," said 74-year-old Liudmyla Shyshkina, standing on the edge of her destroyed fourth-floor apartment in Nikopol that no longer has walls. She is still injured from the Aug. 10 blast that killed her 81-year-old husband, Anatoliy, on the spot.
“The Second World War didn’t take away my father, but the Russian world did,” noted Pavlo Shyshkin, his son.
U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of Britain, France and Germany had pleaded Sunday for Russia to end any military operation so close to to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant — Europe's largest — but Nikopol came under fire three times overnight from rockets and mortar shells. Houses, a kindergarten, a bus station and stores were hit, authorities said.
There are widespread fears that continued shelling and fighting in the area could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. Russia has asked for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Vladimir Rogov, an official with the Russia-installed administration of the Zaporizhzhia region, said Monday that because of the shelling, staffing at the nuclear plant has been cut, with only skeletal personnel remaining to maintain its operation.
Monday's announcement of the scope of Ukraine's military dead stands in contrast to Russia's military, which last gave an update on March 25 when it said 1,351 Russian troops were killed during the first month of fighting. U.S. military officials estimated two weeks ago that Russia has lost between 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers, both killed and wounded in action.
On Monday though, Moscow turned its attention to one civilian death specifically.
Russia blamed Ukrainian spy agencies for the car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow over the weekend that killed the daughter of a far-right Russian nationalist and ardent supporter of the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, the main successor to the KGB, said Monday the killing was “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.” It charged that the bombing that killed 29-year-old TV commentator Darya Dugina, whose father, political theorist Alexander Dugin, is often referred to as “Putin’s brain," was carried out by a Ukrainian citizen who left Russia for Estonia afterward.
Ukrainian officials have vehemently denied any involvement in the car bombing.
On the frontline, the Ukraine military said it carried out a strike on a key bridge over the Dnieper River in the Russian-occupied Kherson region. Local Russia-installed officials said it killed two people on Monday and wounded 16 others.
Photos posted on social media showed thick plumes of smoke rising over the Antonivskiy Bridge, which has been a key supply route for the Russian military in Kherson.
On the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula, anxiety has spread following a spate of fires and explosions at Russian facilities over the past two weeks. The Russian-backed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, ordered that signs showing the location of bomb shelters be placed in the city, which had long seemed untouchable.
Sevastopol, the Crimean port that is the home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, has seen a series of drone attacks. A drone exploded at the fleet’s headquarters on July 31, and another was shot down over it last week. Authorities said air-defense systems have shot down other drones as well.
Razvozhaev said on Telegram that the city is well-protected but “it is better to know where the shelters are.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't directly mention the war during a speech marking National Flag Day on Monday but echoed some of the justifications cited for the invasion.
"We are firm in pursuing in the international arena only those policies that meet the fundamental interests of the motherland,” Putin said. He maintains that Russia sent troops into Ukraine to protect it against the encroaching West.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Labrada Nutrition today announced a drink distribution agreement with San Diego- based distributor John Lenore & Co.
John Lenore & Co. will distribute Labrada Nutrition's Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes in San Diego County and it equates to about 3.6 million people.
Lean Body® Protein Shakes contain 40 grams of high-quality protein with zero grams of sugar and come in eight delicious flavors in sustainably packaged Tetra Pak cartons.
"Like John Lenore & Co., Labrada Nutrition is a family-owned-and-operated business with decades of experience and a commitment to furthering the health and wellness of its customers," said Labrada Nutrition's CEO and Founder Lee Labrada. "We are excited about partnering with John Lenore & Co.to make Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes available to customers in the San Diego area.
"Lean Body® is doing exceptionally well around the country, and with John Lenore & Co's leadership, we will now grow a stronger relationship with retailers and customers in the San Diego area," Labrada added. "Our goal is a 'Lean Body® for Everybody,' and our mission is to help people get into great shape and be healthy for life. Working with John Lenore will bring us closer to reaching this important goal."
Sean Nichols, Vice President of Sales for John Lenore adds: "We are thrilled to add the LEAN BODY Protein shakes to our assortment!" With the right brand, team, and current market trends, we feel Lean Body puts us back into the highly competitive RTD Protein space! 40 Grams of Protein, zero sugar and an unbelievable taste not to mention a solid "DSD" Route to Market working with other neighboring "Best in class" Distributor partners, this platform is poised for great success!"
About Labrada Nutrition
Labrada Nutrition, headquartered in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1995 by IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Hall of Famer and former Mr. Universe Lee Labrada. The company creates and distributes a range of nutritional products and supplements including Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes and meal replacements. The company also provides education on fitness, nutrition, and health to support the company mission of helping people get into their best shape.
Labrada Nutrition products are proudly made in America. Since 1995 all Labrada supplements are lab-tested by an independent third-party analytical lab to ensure that "If it's on the label, it's in the bottle." That's why Labrada has become the most trusted name in sports nutrition.
The Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shake comes in 17 oz. and 8.45 oz. resealable, environmentally-friendly Tetra Pak cartons that "Protect What's Good.™"
Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes are available worldwide in select retailers, convenience stores, grocery stores and gyms.
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MULBERRY, Ark. — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended and a state police investigation was launched after a video posted on social media showed a suspect being held down on the ground and beaten by police.
Arkansas State Police said Sunday night that it would investigate the use of force by the officers earlier in the day outside a convenience store in Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock.
Two Crawford County sheriff's deputies and one Mulberry police officer were suspended Sunday, city and county authorities said. The officers were responding to a report of a man making threats outside the convenience store, authorities said.
State police identified the man as Randall Worcester, 27, of Goose Creek, South Carolina. The video posted online shows one officer punching Worcester with a clenched fist, while another can be seen kneeing him, and a third is holding him down.
Worcester was taken to a hospital for treatment Sunday then released and booked in the Van Buren County jail on multiple charges, including second-degree battery, resisting arrest and terroristic threatening, state police said.
Authorities have not released the names of the three officers who were seen on the video. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said Sunday that the two deputies were suspended pending an investigation.
“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the city officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday night on Twitter that the “incident in Crawford County will be investigated pursuant to the video evidence and the request of the prosecuting attorney.”
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Legal analyst outlines the differences between federal and state standards related to several WARN Act obligations
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
What: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. labor and employment law analyst has provided guidance on the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, outlining federal and state differences around coverage, notice, severance, and penalties.
Why: Wolters Kluwer legal expert has provided an analysis on the WARN Act, a measure which requires employers with 100 or more full-time workers to provide written notice at least 60 days before implementing a plant closing or mass layoff, unless the layoff is a direct result of a natural disaster or unforeseeable business circumstances. The analysis found that the combination of COVID and differing federal and state obligations complicate the process employers must follow in warning of mass layoffs. On June 15, a federal appellate court ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic is not a natural disaster that would relieve employers of their duty to give adequate warning before mass layoffs. Although the WARN Act pertains to these larger employers, several jurisdictions have plant closing and layoff requirements that apply to employers with fewer than 100 employees. Some jurisdictions also have stricter notice requirements, with an obligation to provide notice immediately.
Key takeaways from the analysis of the WARN Act include:
- Coverage. The WARN Act applies to public and private employers with at least 100 employees. However, several jurisdictions have plant closing and layoff requirements that apply to public and/or private employers with fewer than 100 employees, including California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Requirements can be varied and nuanced: for example, Connecticut has mandates that apply to call centers with at least 50 employees; the District of Columbia has provisions affecting contractors with 25 or more employees; and Iowa's WARN requirements apply to employers with at least 25 full-time employees.
- Notice. Similarly, some jurisdictions have stricter notice requirements than the 60 days in advance of the specified event that is mandated under the federal WARN Act, either generally, or in particular circumstances. Examples include Alabama, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Vermont. In some cases, notice must be given as quickly as immediately, within a reasonable time, or as early as possible. Some jurisdictions have notice requirements that are specific to call centers and/or COVID-related events.
- Severance. Although the federal WARN Act does not include a severance pay requirement, some states do have provisions related to severance, or continuation of income and/or health insurance benefits, including Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont. For example, in Maine and New Jersey, employers may be required to pay severance of one week's pay for every year of employment. However, in Vermont, severance is not required except as a penalty for violations of that state's notice requirement.
- Penalties. Under the federal WARN Act, violators may be liable, among other things, for back pay for each day of violation, and benefits, including medical expenses incurred, for up to 60 days, but not more than half the days the employee was employed. Some states with plant closing and layoff laws have similar liability provisions. Several jurisdictions impose civil penalties that can be as high as $10,000 per day for each day of particular types of violations. Employers in at least two states may be subject to criminal liability. In some cases, employees have the right to bring court actions, even class suits, for specified violations, with the right to recover lost wages, benefits, costs, and attorneys' fees.
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Who: Pamela Wolf, J.D., Senior Labor & Employment Legal Analyst at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
"Given that 24 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have laws that may impose various and nuanced requirements in the event of a public and/or private plant closure or relocation, layoff, or reduction in force, it is imperative that employers understand both federal WARN Act requirements and state law provisions that apply in locations where they do business. Some jurisdictions also have requirements triggered by COVID-19-related events." – Pamela Wolf, J.D.
Contact: For members of the media interested in additional details on the WARN Act's obligations per state or an interview with legal expert Pamela Wolf, J.D. from Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., please contact lrusmedia@wolterskluwer.com.
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Sikandar Raza's lion-hearted effort took Zimbabwe on the cusp of a famous victory before India held their nerves to pull off a 13-run win in the third ODI and complete a series sweep here on Monday.
The final game of the series too was heading India's way until Raza (115 off 95 balls) brought Zimbabwe back into the contest with the support of Brad Evans (28 off 36).
The duo shared a 104-run stand off 77 balls for the eighth wicket to raise hopes of a memorable result against their mighty opponents. However, Raza fell to a brilliant catch by Shubman Gill in the penultimate over, as India scraped through.
It was Gill who had set up the game for India as he smashed his maiden international hundred to take the visitors to 289 for eight. Zimbabwe's innings ended at 276 in 49.3 overs.
Gill (130 off 97 balls), who reached a major career milestone more than three years after making his India debut, shared a 140-run stand with Ishan Kishan (50 off 61) after the visitors decided to bat for the first time in the series.
Sean Williams (45 off 46) and Raza played some bold strokes early in the Zimbabwe chase.
Deepak Chahar once again impressed with the new ball while left-arm spinner Axar Patel got welcome wickets in the middle overs.
Chahar got his first wicket with a booming inswinger as Innocent Kaia (6) was trapped while charging down the wicket. The Indians were convinced that the full ball hit the pad first and went for a review that turned out to be successful.
His opening partner Takudzwanashe Kaitano (13 off 22), who walked back to the dressing room with leg pain, returned to the middle but not for long. India spinner Kuldeep Yadav drew him forward with a wrong un that had the Zimbabwean stumped.
Though Zimbabwe kept losing wickets regularly, the seasoned Raza stood strong before completing his third hundred in the last six innings.
The crowd got more involved when Raza smashed Shardul Thakur for three fours in the 39th over that eventually yielded 20 runs.
The Indian bowlers were found wanting with Raza and Evans collecting boundaries at will. In the end, the hosts fell agonisingly short.
Opting to bat for the first time in the series, India did not have the most fluent of starts as they struggled to 63 for one in 15 overs.
Both the seasoned openers -- skipper K L Rahul (30 off 46) and Shikhar Dhawan (40 off 68) -- would be disappointed at not being able to convert their starts.
Coming back from a long injury break, Rahul had an ideal opportunity to get back into groove ahead of the Asia Cup T20. He played on to a length ball off medium pacer Brad Evans who ended up taking five wickets for the first time.
The first hour has proved to be tricky for the batters here but with so much experience under their belt, both Dhawan and Rahul should have gone on to make big ones.
Barring the stand between Gill and Kishan, not much stood out from the Indian innings.
Gill, who made his ODI comeback with the series against the West Indies, was a treat to the eye during his innings comprising 15 fours and a six. The 22-year-old played shots all around, with his straight drives and cover drives standing out.
Gill had a few nervous moments in the 90s before he reached the milestone.
Evans appealed for a close leg before call but the DRS was turned down after UltraEdge showed that the ball touched Gill's bat before thudding into the pads. On the same ball however, Kishan was run out at the other end after he left his crease for a quick single, but Gill was preoccupied with the appeal.
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Airbnb to help London council catch social housing sub-letters
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Airbnb is to work with a west London council to stop social housing tenants illegally subletting homes on the site.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) believes some of its tenants may use Airbnb to rent their properties to tourists for a profit.
The short-term holiday home rental site is to share payment data with the authority, to be used in prosecutions.
If it is successful, the method could be used by other authorities in London to tackle housing fraud, RBKC said.
The collaboration between Airbnb and RBKC will initially be trialled for two estates in North Kensington, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The council, which has 3,000 families on its housing list, said it hoped the scheme would free up homes for those in need of housing.
"There is a huge demand for social housing in our borough and it's simply not fair that people in genuine need are being denied a place to call home because others are illegally subletting their council properties to make money," said Kim Taylor-Smith, lead member for housing at RBKC.
"Tenancy fraud is not a victimless crime. It costs the public purse an average of £42,000 a year for each home and this welcome collaboration with Airbnb will help us to clamp down on it in our borough."
Due to data protection laws, RBKC was required to obtain a court order so it could access Airbnb customers' information.
Airbnb said subletting social housing had "no place" on the site and "we want to work with councils to remove social housing".
However, it criticised the current system where a court order was required in order to avoid breaking GDPR rules as being "complex and costly".
A rise in the number of London homes being rented out as short-term holiday lets in recent years has led to concerns about the wider impact on housing stock and affordability.
Local authorities in the capital have warned it has inflated rent prices for long-term tenants.
In 2015, the Institute for Public Policy Research found some landlords had taken their homes off the rental market and were renting them out solely as holiday lets.
In 2016, Airbnb banned hosts in London from renting out properties on short-term lets for more than 90 days a year.
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Pwllheli: Tributes paid to woman, 27, killed in crash
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A 27-year-old pedestrian who was killed in a crash was a special mother, partner, daughter and sister, her family have said.
Anna Llewelyn Roberts died after the crash on the A499 at Y Ffôr, near Pwllheli in Gwynedd, at about 02:00 GMT on Saturday.
In a statement, her family said there were "no words" to describe their loss.
North Wales Police said a black Ford Focus estate was involved and appealed for witnesses.
"Anna was a special partner, mum, daughter, sister, grand-daughter and friend," the family said.
"She was so proud of her young daughter Erin and she was her world. Her loving boyfriend Iwan, her family and her colleagues at Rondo Media were all that mattered to her.
"There are no words, no emotions that convey our loss, our lives will never be the same without Anna." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62635196 | 2022-08-22T16:37:22Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62635196 | false |
A 17-year-old boy from the UK is on the final leg of his world record attempt to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
Mack Rutherford set off from Sofia, in Bulgaria, in March, and from there has flown to many locations in Africa, Asia and North America.
Mack landed in Aberdeen in Scotland on Saturday before taking off for the final part of his journey.
If all goes to plan, he will complete his journey landing back in Sofia on Wednesday afternoon.
Mack follows his sister, Zara Rutherford, who became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world earlier this year!
Mack's journey so far has taken longer than expected as he's faced a number of obstacles on the way.
The young pilot has had to deal with monsoon rains, sandstorms and extreme heat. He's also been delayed by permit and visa issues in some of the countries he's stopped at along the way.
One part of Mack's adventure involved an 11 hour journey across the Bering Sea - an area of ocean known for strong winds, icy waters and harsh conditions.
After stopping overnight in Scotland, he has now set off on the final part of his epic journey, and Mack is now close to two Guinness World Records.
He can become both the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in an aircraft, and also the youngest person to circumnavigate the world in a microlight plane - a title currently held by his sister Zara.
Similar to his sister, Mack is flying a Shark ultralight plane, one of the world's fastest microlight aircrafts.
The small, 717-pound plane can fly at speeds of up to 186mph.
Before setting off on his journey Mack said: "I always knew I wanted to do something special in my life in aviation but I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do, it was only when my sister flew around the world that I knew this was what I wanted to do." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62637550 | 2022-08-22T16:38:11Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62637550 | true |
Pfizer says it has requested emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant.
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control will have to sign off on the vaccine before it can be administered.
The shot would be for individuals 12 years and older.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said last week that he expected updated vaccines to be rolled out soon. He added that they are necessary to protect against the changing virus.
“The bottom line is that this virus has evolved substantially since the first vaccines were built, that is why we have seen waning immunity,” Jha said.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures, over 12,000 Americans died from COVID-19 in July. The virus continues to kill an average of over 400 Americans a day.
Jha believes COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon.
“Just like the flu vaccine where people need to get updated once a year, we’ll probably need to get updated for COVID on an ongoing basis,” Jha said.
The U.S. won't just be relying on Pfizer's updated COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna has also developed a vaccine that targets the omicron variant.
The White House says it has purchased 66 million doses of Moderna’s updated vaccine and 105 million doses of Pfizer’s updated vaccine. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/pfizer-seeks-authorization-for-updated-covid-19-vaccine | 2022-08-22T16:39:31Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/pfizer-seeks-authorization-for-updated-covid-19-vaccine | true |
Hundreds of events will be held across the country in person and online in support of the neuromuscular disease community including NBC's KSDK 'Show of Strength' primetime fundraiser September 4 hosted by MDA Tribute Award recipient Mike Bush, MDA Advocacy Virtual Hill Day September 28-29, and $17 million in research grants to be announced.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- September marks the Muscular Dystrophy Association's (MDA) kick-off of "National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month," an annual observance that raises awareness and critical funds for families across the nation who are living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases. Events throughout the month support MDA's mission to empower the neuromuscular disease community that the organization serves to live longer, more independent lives while accelerating research and advancing care.
"Hope for a longer, more independent life is now becoming a reality for individuals living with muscular dystrophy and related diseases. MDA has made a history of making the impossible possible with more life empowering treatments and cures providing ever more hope for the millions of patients and their families at the heart of MDA's mission and vision. Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month is an important time to recognize our longstanding legacy with valued supporters, clinicians, researchers, and many others providing this pipeline of progress that is the hallmark of today's neuromuscular disease frontier. We are leading the way to faster breakthroughs, and support for MDA's research is having a life-changing impact on patients. Our model of funding research across neuromuscular diseases means findings from one disease often enable progress in others, maximizing the speed at which we can make progress." said Donald S. Wood, PhD, CEO, MDA.
The following reflects MDA's events throughout the month to support MDA's mission:
The MDA Tribute Tour in St. Louis champions the community of volunteers in support of MDA families at the heart of the mission, honors partnerships, and celebrates the medical teams at MDA's pediatric and ALS Care Centers including at Washington University Medical Center.
Throughout Labor Day weekend, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) continue the 68-year Fill the Boot tradition, MDA Advocate Madison Lawson will throw out an honorary pitch alongside Donald S. Wood, PhD, President and CEO of MDA at Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals game, and NBC's KSDK 5 On Your Side 'Show of Strength' will air a two-hour primetime television special on September 4 from 8-10pm CT live from Grant's Farm to support the MDA. This show marks the 35th anniversary of Mike Bush's support of MDA as a host of this time-honored Labor Day weekend fundraiser. Donations may be made at MDA.org/ShowOfStrength or text GiveMDA to 314-425-5355 to get the link to donate on your phone. Watch the show live on 5 On Your Side, KSDK.com, KSDK News YouTube, and the new 5+ app for Roku and Fire TV.
"MDA Tribute Tours have celebrated strength in unity, strength in community in Las Vegas, Nashville, Houston, and now St. Louis," said Kristine Welker, Chief of Staff, MDA. "It's an honor to kick off National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month with this show of strength, gratitude, and admiration for the extraordinary individuals who have been tireless in their efforts to support our St. Louis families and community."
As the NFL season kicks off, MDA continues distribution of Public Service Announcements with Indianapolis Colts running back Nyheim Hines, who serves as MDA National Spokesperson sharing his deep connection to the mission with family members who live with Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, alongside MDA National Ambassador Ethan LyBrand who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. PSAs (Public Service Announcement) are available for media here.
MDA will announce grant recipients for more than $17 million in research funding. The grants will be in areas from development trainee awards for the next generation of scientists, to clinical trial and research support, investigations using genome sequencing and next-generation gene editing technologies, and IDEA grants. Awardees will be announced September 19.
Advocacy
According to an MDA survey, 70% of travelers with neuromuscular conditions have experienced problems with accessibility when traveling by air. Broken wheelchairs. Inaccessible seating. Hard to navigate aircraft. For too many in the neuromuscular community, traveling by air is not accessible. MDA is working to make air travel more accessible on multiple fronts because accessible travel is a civil right. MDA regularly joins with other advocacy organizations to call for the enactment of the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act, a bill to make air travel much more accessible. Watch this video and hear from MDA advocates on Accessible Air Travel. Visit mda.org/airtravel to take action.
MDA Advocacy work aims to expand and improve the newborn screening program, which is vital to ensuring all babies are screened shortly after birth for neuromuscular diseases. Earlier this summer, MDA officially co-sponsored the nomination for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to be added to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) for newborn screening. Watch: MDA Advocacy Institute: The Future of Newborn Screening.
Applications are open for MDA's newly launched Advocacy Collaboration Grants. This program will provide financial support for key initiatives in cooperation with fellow advocacy organizations and partners to improve the lives of the neuromuscular community.
Advocacy Institute: Know Your Voting Rights session on August 24 at 7pm ET will focus on registration deadlines, accessible polling places, vote-by-mail, plus we will answer questions from the neuromuscular disease community about how to vote during this year's elections. RSVP here. This will be available on demand in September.
MDA is a partner in the global alliance for myotonic dystrophy awareness.
MDA is an endorsing partner of Telehealth Awareness Week, which will put a spotlight on the many ways virtual care helps support access to safe, quality care for diverse communities of patients and healthcare providers. Telehealth is an important access point for MDA families throughout our MDA Care Center Network.
MDA advocates from across the country will meet face-to-face virtually with lawmakers to make their voices heard, at the MDA Summit and Hill Day, urging elected officials to take action on MDA's legislative priorities from access to care; accelerating therapies; and empowerment and independence for people with disabilities.
MDA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Connections
In partnership with General Motors, registration is open for young adults ages 16-21 interested in pursuing a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math). Now it its second year, this program gives participants with neuromuscular diseases an opportunity to be a part of a supportive environment centered around connection with experts in STEM fields while learning about different paths for higher education and employment.
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Symposium, September 7 on demand (live Aug. 23/24)
- Dental Health and Neuromuscular Disease, September 8
- Genetic Testing for Becker Muscular Dystrophy, September 15
New issue of Quest magazine and podcasts will be released, and free subscriptions to the monthly newsletter and digital or print versions of the magazine are available here.
"Issue three of Quest magazine is exciting as we spotlight accessible fashion. We spoke with national retailers who are making accessible style a priority. This issue features specific products made with individuals with disabilities in mind and back-to-school styles including a collaboration with Koolway Sports offering MDA community members custom all-weather capes for free," said Mindy Henderson, Editor-In-Chief of Quest Media at MDA. "Accessible style and fashion allow for a more independent lifestyle for the disability community, and this being MDA's 'Year of Independence,' Quest is talking to top brands in the space as momentum builds in this market."
- Quest issue 3 content includes topics such as Managing Stress and Anxiety; Exercise and NMD; Research 101: MDA's funding of research breakthroughs; Online Exclusive: Social Wellness/Accessing Extracurricular Activities for Your Child this School Year; Spotlight: FSHD; Thrive 365: Self Esteem & Back to School Accessible Clothing
- Quest Blog will feature Easy Recipes and Meal Prep; Hygiene and Wellness; Respiratory Health and NMD (neuromuscular disease); MDA Let's Play interview with Charlie Harley; and the popular Quest for Success series will feature high school and college editions
- Quest Podcast will feature our MDA Let's Play gaming community member Charley Harley, host Beaniez, and executive producer Larry Lieberman
Fundraising
NCAA athletes will engage on social media throughout the month to raise awareness through the #30DaysOfStrength campaign.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) in partnership with MDA for 68 years, will hold more than 250 #FillTheBoot events to raise lifesaving funds throughout Labor Day weekend in over 25 states. The funds raised by more than 330,000 IAFF members and their affiliates across the country go towards MDA's mission for scientific and clinical research and care for families living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases. Find a Fill the Boot team and donate here.
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is the representing union of professional members of the United States Postal Service who deliver mail to homes and businesses across the United States. In 1952, NALC became MDA's first national sponsor and declared it the NALC's official charity. NALC continues its commitment to MDA's mission through Branch Challenges during the year with the next one beginning October 1st. Find your local NALC branch and support their efforts to #DeliverTheCure here.
MDA Muscle Walks, Golf and Gala Events are inspiring occasions that unite communities. Upcoming events include:
- September 8 – Savannah Toast to Life, Savannah, GA
- September 14 – Meridian Clinical Research Omaha MDA Golf Classic, Omaha NE
- September 17 – Muscle Walk of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
- September 20 – Nashville Muscle Team Gala, Nashville, TN
- September 21 – Boston Muscle Team Golf Outing, Plymouth, MA
- September 23 – First Annual Hayes Festival & Motorcycle Rally, Mequon, WI
- September 25 – Muscle Walk of Massachusetts, Boston Commons, Boston, MA
- September 26 – Colony Hardware Golf Outing, Rochester, MI
- September 26 – Tanks Direct FFMD Muscle Classic Golf Tournament, Queenstown, MD
MDA Let's Play is a community united by the love of gaming and support for MDA's mission. The community plays weekly game nights on Saturdays at 7pm ET. On World Duchenne Day, September 7, streamer Charlie Harley, who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, will host a fundraiser for MDA. Join the community on Twitch.
Follow @MDAorg on social media throughout the month of September to amplify conversations including: #MuscularDystrophyAwareness #30DaysOfStrength #CharcotMarieTooth #CMTawarenessMonth #NewbornScreening #NBSawarenessMonth and disease specific days: September 7 #DuchenneWorldAwarenessDay, September 15 #MyotonicDystrophyDay, September 25 #InternationalAtaxiaAwarenessDay, September 30 #LGMDawarenessDay #LGMDDay
Transformer support is provided by IAFF and CITGO Petroleum Corporation.
Visionary support is provided by NALC, Dutch Bros, Acosta Sales & Marketing, Albertsons Companies Foundation and Safeway, Shaw's Foundation.
Leadership support is provided by Burn Boot Camp, Harley-Davidson Eastern Dealers Association, MDA Ride for Life, Genentech, Mansfield Cares, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, and General Motors.
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is the #1 voluntary health organization in the United States for people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases. For over 70 years, MDA has led the way in accelerating research, advancing care, and advocating for the support of our families. MDA's mission is to empower the people we serve to live longer, more independent lives. To learn more visit mda.org and follow MDA on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1122 AM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and northeast Texas,
including the following counties and parishes, in Arkansas,
Columbia, Lafayette, Miller and Union. In Louisiana, Bienville,
Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita,
Red River, Union and Webster. In northeast Texas, Bowie, Camp,
Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red
River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur and Wood.
* WHEN...Through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Additional heavy rainfall may continue beyond Tuesday.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
* WHERE...Portions of Louisiana and Texas, including the following
counties and parishes, in Louisiana, Caldwell, Grant, La Salle,
Natchitoches, Sabine and Winn. In Texas, Angelina, Cherokee,
Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine and Shelby.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water
crossings may be flooded.
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(Baptist Health) – If you exercise regularly, congrats! Getting in at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week can lower your risk of dying early.
But if you move even more, you might wonder: Does going the extra mile really help your health? Good news: According to a recent study published in Circulation, getting extra exercise may help your chances of living longer even more.
By the numbers
Researchers looked at data on more than 100,000 adults from two past studies. They tracked the people for about 30 years.
Some participants reported doing the recommended amount of exercise for adults. That had significant benefits. Compared to people who weren’t active:
- People who got at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week had a 21% lower risk of dying early from any cause.
- Those who managed 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week were 19% less likely to die during the study.
The researchers also looked at the risk of dying just from heart and blood vessel problems. Compared to those who did not exercise:
- Those who did just 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week were 22% to 25% less likely to die from cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
- People who did 75 minutes of vigorous exercise were 31% less likely to die from CVD.
Extra exercise, extra benefits
Some participants regularly exercised two to four times the recommended amount. And that extra exercise made a big difference in outcomes. Compared to those who did not exercise:
- People who did 300 to 600 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week cut their risk of dying early from any cause by as much as 31%.
- Getting 150 to 300 minutes of vigorous exercise each week cut the risk of death by up to 23%.
- The risk of death from CVD was up to 38% lower for people who got 300 to 600 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise weekly.
- People who achieved 150 to 300 minutes of vigorous exercise had a 27% to 33% lower risk of dying from CVD.
Researchers did not find any extra benefit or harm to exercising more than 300 minutes to 600 minutes per week.
A smart start
When it comes to the benefits of exercise, getting moving is the best thing you can do. But this much exercise might not be for everyone.
If you haven’t been active in a while (or you want to increase your exercise amount or intensity) you can check in with your doctor to make sure your goals are safe. That’s a must if you have a health problem, like heart disease, urges the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Once your doctor gives you the OK:
- Go slowly. You might start with 10-minute walks and then build up.
- Spread it out. Be active on different days each week.
Stay on target
Any exercise you can do is better than none. But knowing your target heart rate can help you tell if your workouts are intense enough to meet your goals. Here’s how to calculate yours. | https://www.fox16.com/amazing/more-exercise-longer-life/ | 2022-08-22T16:43:40Z | https://www.fox16.com/amazing/more-exercise-longer-life/ | false |
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says Iran gave a reasonable response to the bloc’s proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, which he hopes the US will also respond positively to as early as this week. Before Josep Borrell’s comments, an EU official had said the proposal is the bloc’s «final offer» to revive the deal. (Reuters Archive) A possible meeting on resurrecting the Iran nuclear deal could be held «this week» after Tehran submitted its response to an EU proposal, the European Union's top diplomat has said.
«A meeting was scheduled to take place in Vienna at the end of last week, but it was not possible,» EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a news conference in Santander, Spain on Monday.
«It is possible that it could take place this week.»
Borrell also said he hoped the United States would respond positively as early as this week to an EU proposal that aims to save the 2015 deal with Iran.
He said Iran had given a «reasonable» response to the proposal, which follows 16 months of irregular, indirect US-Iranian talks with the EU shuttling between the parties. The contents of the proposal have not been made public.
«There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations saying 'this is the equilibrium we reached, I don't think we can improve it on one side or the other'…and there was a response from Iran that I considered reasonable,» Borrell said in Santander.
«It was transmitted to the US which has not yet responded formally…I hope the response will put an end to the negotiations,» he added.
READ MORE: What’s the holdup in Iran nuclear deal?
Iran slams US delay
An EU official has previously said the proposal is the bloc's «final offer» to revive the pact suspended in 2018 by the administration of then-US president Donald Trump.
Analysts say the stakes are high, since failure in the nuclear talks could carry the risk of a fresh regional war, with Israel threatening military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapons capability.
Iran has warned of a «crushing» response to any Israeli attack.
Earlier on Monday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani accused the US of «procrastinating» in the negotiations.
«The US government is responsible for the current situation, and if it shows its political determination in action seriously and alongside promise and comment, acts responsibly, we can move toward the next stage,» Kanaani said.
Talks on reviving the accord started in April 2021, and took a pause following the election of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran's president in June of that year, before resuming in November.
The deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon — something it has always denied wanting to do.
READ MORE: Oil prices drop as traders watch developments in Iran nuclear talks
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(The Hill) — Anthony Fauci will step down from his position in the Biden administration in December.
Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he will be leaving those positions to “pursue the next chapter in my career.”
“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” Fauci said in a statement. “After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field. I want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/fauci-to-leave-biden-administration-in-december/ | 2022-08-22T16:53:40Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/fauci-to-leave-biden-administration-in-december/ | false |
'Inadequate' Somerset primary school to become academy
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An "inadequate" school in North Somerset will become an academy in a bid to improve its performance.
Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School was found wanting by Ofsted at an inspection in November 2021.
Education secretary James Cleverly MP has since signed off plans for the school - which has some 50 pupils - to become part of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust.
The Taunton school will officially join the trust on 1 October.
After it joins the trust in the autumn term, all of its staff will move across and the school's buildings will be leased from Somerset County Council for 125 years, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported.
Elizabeth Smith, the council's service manager for schools commissioning, said that trade unions representing staff working in Somerset schools "have been consulted about the proposals".
'Inadequate' school
She told LDRS that staff "will be seeking assurance that all employer responsibilities in respect of staff transfers and more general staff consultation requirements are met".
"The academy will receive the equivalent level of funding per pupil (directly from the Department for Education) to that which it would receive from the council as a maintained school."
The change was pushed through because the Education and Adoption Act 2016 rules that all schools judged to be "inadequate" or "coasting" schools by Ofsted have to become academies.
Ofsted's 2021 report found that its "quality of education" and "personal development" required improvement while its "behaviour and attitudes" and "leadership and management" were inadequate.
'Poor behaviour'
In its report, inspectors said that school leaders "allowed poor behaviour to spread" and that "sometimes, learning opportunities are cut short or cancelled so that staff can respond to behaviour incidents".
It added: "Pupils do not feel safe in school due to the poor, often aggressive, behaviour of a small minority of pupils.
"Teachers reassure and protect pupils, but in doing so, put themselves in harm's way.
"Several members of staff have chosen to leave the school."
There are currently 130 academies in Somerset, of which 90 are "convertor academies", where the governing body has decided to seek academy status to improve results.
- 14 October 2021
- 27 April 2020 | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-62637050 | 2022-08-22T16:54:16Z | https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-62637050 | true |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
1038 AM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in
duration for the following rivers in Texas...
Trinity River At Dallas affecting Dallas County.
For the Trinity River...including Dallas, Rosser, Trinidad, Long
Lake (Oakwood)...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Trinity River At Dallas.
* WHEN...Until tomorrow afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 35.0 feet, Some low water crossings inundated with
cattle and grazing and low water areas under water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 34.2 feet.
- Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 35.4
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late
tonight.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Trinity River Near Rosser.
* WHEN...From this morning to early Thursday morning.
- At 9:30 AM CDT Monday the stage was 7.8 feet.
- Flood stage is 31.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 27.4
feet early tomorrow afternoon.
- Action stage is 20.0 feet.
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The Federal Trade Commission announced it will be sending 14,521 checks to borrowers who lost money in a student loan debt-relief scheme.
The FTC said that $822,000 will be sent to those who lost money to Student Advocates. The FTC alleged Student Advocates “charged illegal upfront fees that they falsely claimed went toward consumers’ student loans.”
The FTC said borrowers were directed to use high-interest loans to pay these fees. The FTC added that Student Advocates misled consumers that payments would reduce or eliminate student loan payments.
“None of the money collected by the defendants was paid toward consumers’ student loans,” the FTC claimed.
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Chandler fourth grader wins Intel’s crane naming contest
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CHANDLER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- An East Valley elementary student won Intel’s contest to name its newest building tool at its Chandler site.
The winning name, “Skyreacher”, was created by a fourth-grade student at Chandler Traditional Academy Independence Campus. Students entered the contest by drawing diagrams and creating names for Intel’s newest crane. The winning student received quite the surprise when he got a new laptop and won an ice cream party for his class.
Skyreacher will be used to build Intel’s two new leading-edge chip factories. The factories are set to be up and running by 2024.
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TOKYO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent research result has been released by ITANDI Co., Ltd (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Shinpei Noguchi "The Company") about how real estate companies are reacting to the digital transformation movement that has been taking place in the real estate industry in Japan. ITANDI Co.,Ltd is a technology focus company. The Company is part of the GA technologies Co.,Ltd (Headquarters: Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Ryo Higuchi; Securities code: 3491) group providing services in the real estate industry with advanced technology applied. The research released this time was conducted among 766 real estate companies asking about how they feel about the digital transformation development in the industry.
【Proptech (property technology) business companies】
- ITANDI Co .,Ltd (Headquarters: Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Shinpei Noguchi)
- WealthPark Co.,Ltd (Headquarters: Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Ryuta Kwada)
- Spacely Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Hirokazu Morita)
- Sumasate Co.,LTd (Headquarters: Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi)
【Real estate specialized media】
SUMAVE (Proptech specialized online media / 2017~)
Zenchin (Press media specialized in real estate for rental & lease purpose / 1989~)
The definition of "digital transformation" in this article refers to "how companies in the real estate industry apply technology in order to improve work efficiency."
◆ Key Highlights
- 98.4% of the companies believe that digital transformation must be done. 71% have taken certain measures before or are planning on doing so.
- Companies those had been implemented with such measures in the past, 44.1% only involved for less than one year while 70.7% of the companies gave a positive feedback about digital transformation and the measures they have been taken
- When it comes to the annual budget, small companies with fewer than 10 employees are willing to spend less than one million yen for implementing digital transformation. Companies with more than 501 staff are willing to spend more than 10,010,000 yen.
- 3 major obstacles for companies to proceed with digital transformation are as follows: budget, right people, know-how
- 98.2% of the companies do know that online contract and online documentation are available along with the law revision in May 2022.
- The "online contract system" is the system (software) that has been discussed the most among companies currently
- More than 50% of the companies answered that they are satisfied with the software they have been using, especially for the "online meeting software", "appointment reservation software", "price assessment software", "software for important matters documentation" and the "online application software".
- The software that has been installed the most by companies is the "online contract software" in 2022. Other software such as "online meeting software", "software for important matters documentation" and "VR, online house tour software" are also popular among companies in 2021 to 2022.
◆ 98.4% of the companies participated in this research support with the digital transformation wave in the industry; 71% had been or is underway of taking actions
A total of 98.4% of the companies do support this digital transformation movement that has been taking place in the real estate industry either with strong agreement or somewhat positive reactions. When it comes to the question of how your company has been doing on the matter, 71% of them have taken or are taking some actions to make the change. 93.4% of the companies answered that the purpose for such action is to improve productivity and work efficiency. While to improve customer satisfaction and to attract more customers followed with 53.4% and 35.1%.
The companies that have been participating in the research this time, nearly 50% are small companies with staff fewer than 10 people. Many small to medium size companies also believe that digital transformation is necessary and are planning on taking some strategy for that or had such experience before.
◆ Almost half of the companies have less than one year of experience regarding DX, while more than 70% feel satisfied about the change
44.1% of the companies replied that they had less than one year of actual experience working on digital transformation. Only 0.7% of companies answered that they already have the related measures, or the DX system organized in the company. The companies that have started such actions have increased in the past one year. 70.6% of the companies have the system/ know-how ready in less than two years. And 70.7% of them gave positive feedback regarding such a change. When being asked about which part do you feel that has been improved the most, 93.2% answered with better efficiency and productivity. 29% answered with higher customer satisfaction while 25.6% said that the percentage of deals made has gone up.
◆ Companies are willing to spend from one million yen to more than 10,010,000 yen annually depending on the size of a company
When being asked about how much budget you are willing to spend on making the digital transformation a year, companies' answers vary from less than one million yen to more than 10,010,000 yen depending on the size of a company. 85.4% of the companies with 5 to 10 employees are willing to spend no more than one million yen annually to make the DX change. This percentage jumps to 93.1% for companies with only 1~4 people. On the other hand, companies with number of employees more than 501 people are willing to spend more than 10,010,000 yen per year to make the transformation. As we could see, the annual budget for companies to make the change increases along with the size of a company.
When it comes to the question "which department is responsible for the DX project?"21.3% of the companies answered with "the executive board" followed by "the sales (planning) department" with 20.6%. "Business strategy, the CEO office" comes in third with 16.7%. Finally, 9.7% of the companies being researched answered that there is a department specialized in such projects in their companies.
◆ "Budget", "Right people", "Know-how" are the biggest obstacles for companies
The Top 3 obstacles that prevent companies from making the digital transformation are: "budget", "right people", "know-how".40% answered that the lack of all three or either one of the resources makes the companies hesitate to make the change. All three factors are selected as the top 3 obstacles by companies which is almost the same as last year's research result (※1). Companies that have no plan for making the shift also pointed out "budget", "human resource", and "know-how" are the major concerns for them as well.
◆ 98.2% are aware of the law revisions about electronification of documentations
57.7% of the companies are aware of the electronification of the documentation process along with the law revisions enacted on May 18th, 2022; 40.5% are somewhat familiar with the News. Still 1.8% of the companies replied that they do not know about such a change. In conclusion, almost most companies working in the real estate industry are aware of such information.
◆ "Online contract software" is the most popular software among companies
70% of the companies answered that they have the online meeting software installed or are planning to do so. The second most popular software is the rental & lease application management software with 52.3% of the companies installed already or plan to do so. 39.1% answered with "online application software". Finally, 31.8% answered with the "customer relationship management software".
When it comes to the question of which software are you considering installing, 18.7% choose the "online contract software", 15.8% choose the "important matters documentation software", and 14% choose the "online application software". 11.5% choose the "App. for property owner". As we could see, the influence of the law revision has been pushing the process moves faster.
◆ More than 50% are satisfied with the changes DX brings
More than half of the companies researched say that they are satisfied with the strategies being taken to make the transformation. The satisfaction is especially high about the following software: "online meeting software", "appointment reservation software", "AI assessment software", "important matters documentation software" and the "online application software".
◆ "Online contract software" is the most popular software installed among companies in 2022
When we look at the percentage of installation of individual software, both the "online meeting software" and the "important matters documentation software" receive more than 70% popularity in 2020 ~ 2021. The installation rate is 61% for the "VR / online tour software" because of the increasing needs during the pandemic. In 2022, the software those receive high popularity are "online contract software" (31.7%), "AI price assessment software" (24.3%), "appointment reservation software" (20.9%), and the "online application software" (20.5%). For the times before the pandemic broke out, the software those were popular among real estate companies are "rental & lease application management software", "contract management software (for contract renewal & move-out)", and "CRM (customer relationship management) software".
◆ Conclusion
The real estate industry is experiencing a huge change in the digital technology aspect and how the real estate transaction process is going to be along with the related law revisions enactment, and the change in lifestyle because of the pandemic. All these have a huge impact on the industry, and indeed about 70% of the companies are starting or have been taking measures to ride on this digital transformation wave that is happening in the industry. No doubt, the so-called DX movement is certainly taking place in the real estate industry.
◆ Result Summary
- Research time period:June 16th, 2022 ~ July 7th, 2022
- Practical answers received: 776
- Targets for research: real estate management companies and companies provide related services
- Research method: online questionnaire
- Companies participated in the research are as follow:
*The percentage is round up, so it might not be 100% exactly when added up
◆ ITANDI Co.,Ltd
Company name: ITANDI Co.,Ltd
Representative: Shinpei Noguchi
Website: https://www.itandi.co.jp/
Headquarters: 40F of Sumitomo real estate Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi 3-2-1, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Year of founding: June 2012
Capital fund: 36,000,000 yen
Services:
- Development, operation of SaaS for real estate companies : ITANDI BB
- Development, operation of SaaS for rental & lease management companies: ITANDI BB +
- Development, operation of self-tour house hunting platform: OHEYAGO
◆ WealthPark Co.,Ltd
Company name: WealthPark Co.,Ltd
Representative: Ryuta Kwada
Website: https://wealth-park.com/ja/
Headquarters: 3F of New mitomi building, Ebisu 1-20-18, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
Capital fund: 100,000,000 yen
Services:
- SaaS business (WealthPark Business)
- Vertical business (WealthPark Asset management)
- Fintech business (WealthPark Alternative)
◆ Spacely, Inc
Company name: Spacely, Inc
Representative: Hirokazu Morita
Website: https://corp.spacely.co.jp
Headquarters: 3F of Yagi building (second building), Shibuya 3-6-2, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
Year of founding: August 2013
Capital fund: 510,000,000 yen
Services:
- 360°VR & space utilization platform : Spacely
- Web media: Spacely Tips (Tips & contents about VR technology)
- AI x VR research lab: Spacely Lab
◆ Sumasate Co.,Ltd
Company name: Sumasate Co.,Ltd
Representative: Nobuyoshi Yamagishi
Website: https://sumasate.jp/
Headquarters: 8F of Noda building, Kamiozaki 2-12-1, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo
Year of founding: July, 2015
Capital fund: 10,000,000 yen
Services:
- Development & operation of AI rent price assessment software
- Development & operation of street guide software: Town Navi
◆SUMAVE
Website: https://www.sumave.com/
Year of founding: 2017
A News site specialized in real estate technology (property technology) both nationally and Internationally
◆ Zenchin Co.,Ltd
Website: https://www.zenchin.com/
Year of founding: 1989
One of the prestigious News media focuses on the rental and lease area, covers the newest information and trends in the real estate industry. The readership covers more than 80% of the real estate companies in Japan. It is one of the major resources for managerial positions in the industry to gather necessary information.
◆ GA technologies Co.,Ltd
Company name: GA technologies Co.,Ltd
Representative: Ryo Higuchi
Website: https://www.ga-tech.co.jp/
Headquarters: 40F of Sumitomo real estate Roppongi Grand Tower, Roppongi 3-2-1, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Year of founding: March, 2013
Capital fund: 7224,816,203 yen (by July 2022)
Services:
- Internet real estate marketplace business: RENOSY
- BtoB PropTech SaaS development
- GA technologies group: ITANDI, RENOSY PLUS, Shenjumiausuan and 10 other group companies
Reference:
(*1) The research result for 2021 please refer to the following link: https://www.itandi.co.jp/news_posts/709 (July, 2021)
For this release, please contact below:
Nami (+81-90-1503-9158), Judy, GA technologies Co., Ltd. MAIL: pr@ga-tech.co.jp
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When San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy receives his prestigious red hat at the Vatican on Saturday, he will bring to the College of Cardinals a fervent loyalty to Pope Francis that has often put him at odds with the conservative majority in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
McElroy, 68, is the only American among the 21 clerics being installed as cardinals by Francis in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. He was chosen over numerous higher-ranking American archbishops, including two from his home state — outspoken conservative Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and José Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the U.S. bishops conference.
McElroy has been among the few American bishops who questioned why the conference insists on identifying abortion as its “preeminent” priority. Echoing the pope’s concerns, he has questioned why greater prominence is not given to issues such as poverty, immigration and climate change.
“The death toll from abortion is more immediate, but the long-term death toll from unchecked climate change is larger and threatens the very future of humanity,” McElroy said in 2020.
The Rev. James Martin, editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America, described McElroy as “one of the foremost articulators in the United States not only of Pope Francis’ vision but also the vision of the Second Vatican Council and, more basically, the vision of the Gospel."
“He has been the special champion of people on the margins, both in society and in the church,” Martin said via email. “It’s not surprising that the Holy Father would have singled him out for this honor and that he would want the future Cardinal McElroy present in the conclave that will elect the next pope.”
Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America who has frequently criticized Francis, said McElroy “often speaks from the ideological margins” and thus would be seen, in Francis’ papacy, as an appropriate candidate to be a cardinal.
“But mostly, his elevation reminds me that more senior and substantial prelates like Archbishop Cordileone and Archbishop Gomez have, once again, been very deliberately passed over,” Pecknold said in an email.
Among his notable stances, McElroy has been one of a minority of U.S. bishops denouncing the campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion.
“It will bring tremendously destructive consequences,” McElroy wrote last year. “The Eucharist is being weaponized and deployed as a tool in political warfare. This must not happen.”
Cordileone, in contrast, said earlier this year that he would no longer allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.
Last year McElroy was among a small group of bishops signing a statement expressing support for LGBTQ youth and denouncing the bullying often directed at them.
The bishops said LGBTQ youth attempt suicide at much higher rates, are often homeless because of families who reject them and “are the target of violent acts at alarming rates.”
“We stand with you and oppose any form of violence, bullying or harassment directed at you,” the statement read. “Most of all, know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
McElroy received a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard in 1975 and a master’s in history from Stanford in 1976.
He studied at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, and in 1985 received a theology degree at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. He obtained a doctorate in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome the following year and a doctorate in political science at Stanford in 1989.
He was ordained in 1980 and assigned to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, where he served in a parish before becoming personal secretary to Archbishop John Quinn. Other California parish assignments included Redwood City and San Mateo.
He became an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco in 2010. In 2015, early in Francis’ pontificate, he was named bishop of San Diego. For the past three years, he has served as president of the California bishops conference.
Monsignor Stephen Doktorczyk, vicar-general for the Diocese of Orange, said McElroy's leadership skills have been impressive.
“One thing I respect about him is that while he is confident in the positions he takes, he truly is open to hearing the take of others and engaging in a dialogue with those who have different points of view,” Doktorczyk said.
Allan Figueroa Deck, a distinguished scholar of pastoral theology at Loyola Marymount University, said McElroy’s elevation represents a “clear message” from the pope about the direction the church should move in.
McElroy “understands and takes seriously what Pope Francis means by ‘epochal change’ and the challenge of finding better models, a more effective and inclusive style for the Church to proceed,” Deck said via email. “He approaches hot-button issues like the pastoral care of LGBTQ persons and the abortion issue with balance and prudence.”
Conservative Catholic activist Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute has been a frequent critic of McElroy, for example condemning his strong support for the Association of United States Catholic Priests. The association is a relatively liberal group whose priorities include expanding the role of women in church leadership and creating “priestless parishes” that potentially could be overseen by laypeople as a way of countering the shortage of priests.
McElroy’s elevation “is a sign of Pope Francis’ desire to marry the Church with the world,” Hichborn said via email. “There can be little doubt that McElroy currently stands as the model for the kind of priest, bishop, and cardinal Pope Francis desires for the future of the Church.”
The Diocese of San Diego runs the length of California’s border with Mexico and serves more than 1.3 million Catholics in San Diego and Imperial counties. It includes 98 parishes, 49 elementary and secondary schools and, through Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego, various social service and family support organizations.
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Republicans deploy protesters dressed as IRS agents to Democrat events across the country to respond in fury to Biden's Inflation Reduction act giving agency $80billion for more agents and increased audits
Protesters dressed as IRS agents were deployed across the country at Democratic lawmakers' offices to bring attention to the Inflation Reduction Act giving $80 million to hire more agents for audits.
Images outside offices shared by Republican National Committee field offices show protesters dressed in black suits and sunglasses holding signs with phrases like 'Thanks for hiring me' and 'Income Removal Service,' as an alternative acronym for IRS.
Some of the other signs, specifically in border states like Texas, plead for 'more Border Agents' and 'less IRS enforcers'.
The initiative from the RNC comes after every single Democrat in Congress voted for passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which, Republicans claim, will raise taxes on average Americans.
A coordinated demonstration led by the Republican National Committee saw protesters descend on Democrat lawmaker and candidate's offices and events dressed as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in black suits and sunglasses
'The Republican Party will hold Joe Biden and Democrats accountable for making life harder for Americans amid high costs, historic inflation, and a recession,' RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told DailyMail.com in a statement when asked about the coordinated protest.
She claimed: 'Democrats alone are responsible for raising taxes during a recession and unleashing the IRS on hardworking Americans and families.'
The $80 billion in the IRA for the Internal Revenue Service will increase audits on tax filings, which could lead to Americans owing more in taxes – as well as the hiring of 87,000 more IRS agents.
The funds would allow for 1 million additional audits each year on Americans making less than $200,000 annually.
Protesters at an event for Cheri Beasley's Senate campaign in North Carolina dubbed the IRS the Income Removal Service
Some protesters in Georgia wearing black t-shirts with name tags and an IRS agent number said '[Senator Raphael] Warnock sent us to Audit You'
The inflation Reduction Act allots $80 million to the IRS to hire 87,000 new agents and increase the number of annual audits by 1 million. Pictured: Protesters dressed as IRS agents outside New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan's office
A March 2022 CBS report found that the IRS already audits low-income households with less than $25,000 in annual earnings at a five times more frequent rate than other income groups.
The RNC has dubbed the IRA Democrats' Bidenflation Scam bill, claiming that it will not work to reduce inflation, but instead raise tax burdens on average Americans.
The White House has consistently denied that the landmark legislation would raise taxes on the middle class, and said it would work to reduce record-high inflation.
'I'm keeping my campaign commitment,' President Joe Biden said upon signing the bill into law last week.
'No one — let me emphasize this — no one earning less than $400,000 a year will pay a penny more federal tax,' he assured.
'Charlie Crist voted to hike taxes AND supersize the IRS,' reads a tweet from an RNC Florida Deputy State Director along with images of protesters in suits holding sings
The protesters arrived outside Representative Charlie Crist's home in Florida and the RNC said he called the cops on them.
'Thanks for hiring me, Maggie,' was the message from another group of protesters outside New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan's office.
The GOP communications director for New Hampshire and Maine satirically said the three newly hired IRS agents were just stopping by her office to thank them for their new jobs.
Senator Warnock acknowledged the protesters at his event, according to the RNC
Some protesting in Texas called for 'more border patrol, less IRS enforcers'
During an event for Cheri Beasley, who is running for Senate in North Carolina, other protesters showed up dressed in suits and sunglasses.
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock acknowledged the protesters at his event, according to the RNC.
The protesters were dressed in black t-shirts and had name tags with a hypothetical IRS employee number in the 86,000s. They also held signs saying: 'Warnock sent us to audit you.'
In Pennsylvania, protesters showed up to Representative Matt Cartwright's office in President Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton.
'Biden is the pay cut POTUS,' one protester's sign reads.
'The voters in #PA8 will send him packing in November!!!' a tweet with images of the protesters claimed of Cartwright's reelection.
In Texas the protesters showed up to the offices of Representatives Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, whom they called an 'inflation-lover'.
Last week as the IRA was signed into law by Biden, Iowa Representative Cindy Axe said, 'We don't have enough IRS auditors.'
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MOSCOW – The Kremlin accused Ukrainian intelligence Monday of carrying out the brazen car bombing that killed the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker and supporter of President Vladimir Putin's move to send troops into Ukraine. Ukraine denied involvement.
Daria Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when an explosive planted in her SUV went off as she was driving Saturday night on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said.
Her father, Alexander Dugin, a philosopher, writer and political theorist whom some in the West have dubbed “Putin’s brain,” was widely believed to be the intended target.
Russia’s Federal Security Service, the main successor to the KGB, said Dugina's killing was “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.”
The FSB said a Ukrainian citizen, Natalya Vovk, carried out the killing and then fled to Estonia.
The FSB said Vovk arrived in Russia in July with her 12-year-old daughter and rented an apartment in the building where Dugina lived in order to shadow her. It said that Vovk and her daughter were at a nationalist festival that Dugin and his daughter attended just before the killing.
On Sunday, Ukraine’s presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak denied any Ukrainian involvement in the bombing.
In a letter extending condolences to Dugin and his wife, Putin denounced the “cruel and treacherous” killing and added that Dugina “honestly served people and the Fatherland, proving what it means to be a patriot of Russia with her deeds.”
In a statement, Dugin described his daughter as a “rising star" who was “treacherously killed by enemies of Russia.”
“Our hearts are longing not just for revenge and retaliation. It would be too petty, not in Russia style,” Dugin wrote. “We need only victory.”
Dugin has been a prominent proponent of the “Russian world” concept, a spiritual and political ideology that emphasizes traditional values, the restoration of Russia’s global influence and the unity of all ethnic Russians throughout the world.
He has vehemently supported Putin’s sending of troops into Ukraine and urged the Kremlin to step up its operations in the country.
The car bombing, unusual for Moscow since the gang wars of the turbulent 1990s, triggered calls from Russian nationalists to respond by ramping up strikes on Ukraine.
Russian media quoted witnesses as saying that the SUV belonged to Dugin and that he had decided at the last minute to travel in another vehicle.
Dugin helped popularize the “Novorossiya,” or “New Russia” concept that Russia used to justify the 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and its support of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Dugin has also promoted authoritarian leadership in Russia and spoken with disdain of liberal Western values. He has been slapped with U.S. and European Union sanctions.
His daughter expressed similar views and had appeared as a commentator on the TV channel Tsargrad, where Dugin had served as chief editor.
Dugina herself was sanctioned by the U.S. in March for her work as chief editor of United World International, a website that Washington has described as a source of disinformation.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor wanted to grab Gretchen Whitmer and hang her, prosecutors said during a stark closing argument Monday as the government tried for a second time to get convictions in an alleged plot to trigger a revolution in 2020.
The jury got the case around noon after a morning of final remarks, including a fiery challenge by defense lawyers who accused the FBI of manufacturing the scheme. Prosecutors, however, called that a phony narrative.
“These defendants were outside a woman’s house in the middle of the night with night-vision goggles and guns and a plan to kidnap her,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said. “And they made a real bomb. That’s far enough, isn’t it?”
After a nine-day trial, Kessler repeatedly urged jurors to also focus on what Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were saying months before the FBI placed undercover agents and informants inside the group that summer.
It was Kessler’s effort to get the jury to reject a defense argument that Fox and Croft were entrapped by the government every step of the way.
“’Which governor is going to be dragged off and hung for treason first?’” Kessler said, quoting Croft’s own words.
“Any governor would do,” Kessler said. “By the end of June, he was telling people Michigan’s government is a target of opportunity, and God knows the governor needs to be hung. He didn’t just want to kidnap her. He wanted to have his own trial and execute her.”
The ultimate goal: a second American Revolution, “something called the boogaloo,” the prosecutor said.
Fox, 39, and Croft, 46, are on trial for a second time in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict but acquitted two other men.
The jury heard secretly recorded conversations and read violent social media posts. Two undercover agents and an informant testified for hours, explaining how the men trained in a “shoot house” in Wisconsin and Michigan and visited Elk Rapids to see Whitmer’s home and a nearby bridge that could be blown up.
Other critical witnesses: Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty, and informant Dan Chappel, an Army veteran who said he went to the FBI after joining a Michigan paramilitary group and hearing plans to kill police.
Fox, Croft and their allies were furious about COVID-19 restrictions and generally disgusted by government, according to trial evidence.
Defense lawyers, however, have portrayed the men as “big talkers,” a bumbling, foul-mouthed, marijuana-smoking pair exercising free speech and incapable of leading anything as extraordinary as an abduction of a public official. They say FBI agents and informants fed their outrage and pulled them into their web.
“In America, the FBI is not supposed to create domestic terrorists so that the FBI can arrest them,” Fox attorney Christopher Gibbons told the jury. “The FBI isn’t supposed to create a conspiracy so the FBI can stand up and claim a disruption.”
Gibbons said there was “fantastical talk” by Fox and others — about storming Mackinac Island, getting helicopters and boats and maybe escaping through the St. Lawrence Seaway.
He said Fox was “isolated, broke, homeless,” living in the basement of a vacuum store in the Grand Rapids area.
“Somebody really cool is showing him attention, who wants to be his friend,” Gibbons said of Chappel.
Croft’s attorney, Joshua Blanchard, offered a similar assessment in a scathing attack on the FBI’s techniques. He reminded the jury that two more informants with recording devices were in the group but were never called as government witnesses, including a woman who shared a hotel room with Croft and traveled with him from the East Coast.
“You don’t have to agree with Barry’s politics. I surely don’t,” Blanchard said. “But we should all agree that the principles of truth and justice are the foundation that our country is built upon. The FBI has told us the truth doesn’t matter to them. … You have the power to put a stop to that today.”
Croft is a trucker from Bear, Delaware.
Whitmer, a Democrat, has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot.
Over the weekend, she said she hasn’t been following the second trial but remains concerned about “violent rhetoric in this country.”
“This is a dangerous trend that is happening,” Whitmer said at the Michigan Democratic Party’s convention in Lansing. “We cannot let it become normalized and I do hope that anyone that’s out there plotting to hurt their fellow Americans is held accountable.”
Trump recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.”
The Justice Department charged Croft, Fox and four other men while Trump was in office. The second trial occurred while the FBI has been under scrutiny by his right-wing supporters, especially after an extraordinary search for documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Law enforcement officials across the country are warning about an increase in threats and the potential for violence against agents or buildings.
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White reported from Detroit.
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Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team.
Joining Young, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and Anderson, the star pass rusher, were Alabama defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks as first-team selections.
The AP preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank was selected by a panel of Top 25 poll voters and released Monday.
Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs made the second team as an all-purpose player and Crimson Tide guard Emil Ekiyor was also a second-team selection.
Alabama's four first-teamers and six players on the two teams overall were the most for any school.
Ohio State was second behind Alabama, just like in the AP Top 25, with three first-team selections and five players overall.
Offensive tackle Paris Johnson Jr., running back TreVeyon Henderson and receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba were all selected to the first team. C.J. Stroud, who finished fourth in the Heisman voting last year, is the second-team quarterback. Tackle Dawand Jones made the second-team offensive line.
Defending national champion and No. 3 Georgia had three players picked to the first-team: tight end Brock Bowers, defensive tackle Jalen Carter and cornerback Kelee Ringo. Nolan Smith made the second-team at edge rusher.
In a sign of college football's new era of loosened transfer rules, seven players selected to the two teams have transferred in their college careers, including Gibbs (Georgia Tech) and Ricks (LSU) from Alabama.
Southern California receiver Jordan Addison, the Biletnikoff Award winner at Pitt in 2021, was a first-team selection.
Transfers joining Gibbs on the second-team were Florida guard O’Cyrus Torrence (Louisiana-Lafayette); Baylor defensive tackle Siaki Ika (LSU); Notre Dame safety Brandon Joseph (Northwestern); and Florida State defensive back Jammie Robinson (South Carolina).
FIRST TEAM
Offense
Quarterback -- Bryce Young, junior, Alabama
Running backs -- Bijan Robinson, junior, Texas; TreVeyon Henderson, sophomore, Ohio State.
Tackles -- Peter Skoronski, junior, Northwestern; Paris Johnson Jr., junior, Ohio State.
Guards -- Andrew Vorhees, sixth-year, Southern California; Caleb Chandler, sixth-year, Louisville.
Center -- Jarrett Patterson, senior, Notre Dame.
Tight end -- Brock Bowers, sophomore, Georgia.
Wide receivers -- Jordan Addison, junior, Southern California; Jaxon Smith-Njigba, junior, Ohio State; Kayshon Boutte, junior, LSU.
All-purpose player -- Deuce Vaughn, junior, Kansas State.
Kicker -- Jake Moody, senior, Michigan.
Defense
Edge rushers -- Will McDonald IV, senior, Iowa State; Isaiah Foskey, senior, Notre Dame.
Linemen -- Bryan Bresee, junior, Clemson; Jalen Carter, junior, Georgia.
Linebackers -- Will Anderson Jr., junior, Alabama; Noah Sewell, junior, Oregon; Jack Campbell, senior, Iowa.
Cornerbacks -- Kelee Ringo, sophomore, Georgia; Eli Ricks, junior, Alabama.
Safeties -- Jordan Battle, junior, Alabama; Antonio Johnson, junior, Texas A&M.
Defensive back -- Riley Moss, senior, Iowa.
Punter -- Adam Korsak, senior, Rutgers.
SECOND TEAM
Offense
Quarterback – C.J. Stroud, junior, Ohio State.
Running backs -- Braelon Allen, sophomore, Wisconsin; Sean Tucker, junior, Syracuse.
Tackles -- Connor Galvin, senior, Baylor; Dawand Jones, senior, Ohio State.
Guards -- O’Cyrus Torrence, senior, Florida; Emil Ekiyor, senior, Alabama.
Center -- John Michael Schmitz, sixth-year, Minnesota.
Tight end -- Michael Mayer, junior, Notre Dame.
Wide receivers -- Xavier Worthy, sophomore, Texas; Josh Downs, junior, North Carolina; A.T. Perry, senior, Wake Forest.
All-purpose player -- Jahmyr Gibbs, junior, Alabama
Kicker -- Harrison Mevis, junior, Missouri
Defense
Edge rushers -- Myles Murphy, junior, Clemson; Nolan Smith, senior, Georgia.
Linemen -- Calijah Kancey, junior, Pittsburgh; Siaki Ika, junior, Baylor.
Linebackers -- Nick Herbig, junior, Wisconsin; Andre Carter II, senior, Army; Edefuan Ulofoshio, senior, Washington.
Cornerbacks -- Cam Smith, junior, South Carolina; Clark Phillips III, junior, Utah.
Safeties -- Brandon Joseph, junior, Notre Dame; Jalen Catalon, junior, Arkansas.
Defensive back -- Jammie Robinson, senior, Florida State.
Punter -- Kyle Ostendorp, junior, Arizona.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mounds of paper piled on his desk. Framed magazine covers and keepsakes lining the walls. One of Shaquille O’Neal’s giant sneakers displayed alongside football helmets, boxing belts and other sports memorabilia, crowding his Trump Tower office and limiting table space.
Well before he entered politics, former President Donald Trump had a penchant for collecting. And that lifelong habit — combined with his flip disregard for the rules of government record keeping, his careless handling of classified information, and a chaotic transition born from his refusal to accept defeat in 2020 — have all culminated in a federal investigation that poses extraordinary legal and political challenges.
The search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club earlier this month to retrieve documents from his White House years was an unprecedented law enforcement action against a former president who is widely expected to run for office once again. Officials have not revealed exactly what was contained in the boxes, but the FBI has said it recovered 11 sets of classified records, including some marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect secrets that could cause “exceptionally grave” damage to U.S. interests if revealed publicly.
Why Trump refused to turn over the seized documents despite repeated requests remains unclear. But Trump’s flouting of the Presidential Records Act, which outlines how materials should be preserved, was well documented throughout his time in office.
He routinely tore up official papers that later had to be taped back together. Official items that would traditionally be turned over to the National Archives became intermingled with his personal belongings in the White House residence. Classified information was tweeted, shared with reporters and adversaries — even found in a White House complex bathroom.
John Bolton, who served as Trump’s third national security adviser, said that, before he arrived, he’d heard “there was a concern in the air about how he handled information. And as my time went on, I could certainly see why.”
Others in the Trump administration took more care with sensitive documents. Asked directly if he kept any classified information upon leaving office, former Vice President Mike Pence told The Associated Press on Friday, “No, not to my knowledge.”
The investigation into Trump’s handling of documents comes as he’s facing mounting legal scrutiny on multiple fronts. A Georgia investigation into election interference has moved closer to the former president, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a top defender, informed earlier this month that he is a target of a criminal probe.
Meanwhile, Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings. A top executive at the business pleaded guilty last week in a tax fraud case brought by the Manhattan district attorney.
But few legal threats have galvanized Trump and his most loyal supporters like the Mar-a-Lago search. The former president and his allies have argued the move amounts to political persecution, noting the judge who approved the warrant has given money to Democrats. The judge, however, has also supported Republicans. And White House officials have repeatedly said they had no prior knowledge of plans to search the estate.
Trump allies have tried to claim the presidency granted him unlimited power to unilaterally declassify documents without formal declaration. But David Laufman, the former chief of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence section, said that’s not how it works.
“It just strikes me as a post hoc public affairs strategy that has no relationship to how classified information is in fact declassified,” said Laufman, who oversaw the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s personal email server during her tenure as secretary of state. While he said it is true that there is no statue or order that outlines procedures the president must abide by to declassify information, “at the same time it’s ludicrous to posit that a decision to declassify documents would not have been contemporaneously memorialized in writing.”
It’s “not self executing,” he added. “There has to be some objective, contemporaneous, evidence-based corroboration of the claims that they’re making. And of course there won’t be because they’re making it all up.”
The decision to keep classified documents at Mar-a-Lago — a property frequented by paying members, their guests and anyone attending the weddings, political fundraisers, charity dinners and other events held on site — was part of a long pattern of disregard for national security secrets. Former aides described a “cavalier” attitude toward classified information that played out in public view.
There was the dinner with then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Mar-a-Lago’s patio, where fellow diners watched and snapped cellphone photos as the two men reviewed details of a North Korean missile test.
There was the time Trump revealed highly classified information allegedly from Israeli sources about Islamic State militants to Russian officials. And there was the time he tweeted a high-resolution satellite image of an apparent explosion at an Iranian space center, which intelligence officials had warned was highly sensitive. Trump insisted he had “the absolute right” to share it.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump was “careless” with sensitive and classified information and “seemed never to bother with why that was bad.”
Grisham recalled one incident involving Conan, a U.S. military dog hailed as a hero for his role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. She said that before the dog’s arrival at the White House, staff had received a briefing in which they were told the dog could not be photographed because the images could put his handlers in danger. But when the dog arrived, Trump decided he wanted to show it off to the press.
“Because he wanted the publicity, out went Conan,” she said. “It’s an example of him not caring if he put lives in danger. … It was like its his own shiny toy he’s showing off to his friends to impress them.”
Bolton said that, during his time working for Trump, he and others often tried to explain the stakes and the risks of exposing sources and methods.
“I don’t think any of it sank in. He didn’t seem to appreciate just how sensitive it was, how dangerous it was for some of our people and the risks that they could be exposed to,” he said. “What looks like an innocuous picture to a private citizen can be a gold mine to a foreign intelligence” entity.
“I would say over and over again, ‘This is really sensitive, really sensitive.’ And he’d say, ‘I know’ and then go and do it anyway.”
Bolton said that top intelligence officials would gather before briefings to discuss how best to handle sensitive subjects, strategizing about how much needed to be shared. Briefers quickly learned that Trump often tried to hang onto sensitive documents, and would take steps to make sure documents didn’t go missing, including using iPads to show them to him.
“Sometimes he would ask to keep it and they’d say, ‘It’s really sensitive.’ Sometime he just wouldn’t give it back.”
Trump’s refusal to accept his election loss also contributed to the chaos that engulfed his final days in office. The General Services Administration was slow to acknowledge President Joe Biden’s win, delaying the transition process and leaving little time to pack.
While other White House staff and even the former first lady started making arrangements, Trump largely refused. At the same time, White House staff were departing in droves as part of the regular “offboarding process,” while morale among others had cratered in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Bolton said he doubted that Trump had taken documents for nefarious reasons, and instead thought Trump likely considered them “souvenirs” like the many he’d collected through his life.
“I think he just thought some things were cool and he wanted them,” Bolton said. “Some days he liked to collect french fries. Some days he liked to collect documents. He just collected things.”
The Washington Post first reported in February that the National Archives had retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from Mar-a-Lago that should have been turned over to the agency when Trump left the White House. An initial review of that material concluded that Trump had brought presidential records and several other documents that were marked classified to Mar-a-Lago.
The investigation into the handling of classified material intensified in the spring as prosecutors and federal agents interviewed several people who worked in the Trump White House about how records — and particularly classified documents — were handled during the chaotic end of the Trump presidency, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Around the same time, prosecutors also issued a subpoena for records Trump was keeping at Mar-a-Lago and subpoenaed for surveillance video from Mar-a-Lago showing the area where the records were being stored, the person said.
A top Justice Department official traveled to Mar-a-Lago in early June and looked through some of the material that was stored in boxes. After that meeting, prosecutors interviewed another witness who told them that there were likely additional classified documents still stored at Mar-a-Lago, the person said. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Justice Department later sought a search warrant and retrieved the additional tranches of classified records.
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Balsamo reported from Washington.
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BERLIN (AP) — Several substances seem to have contributed to the massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of Germany’s border with Poland, a German official said Monday.
Numerous theories have been floated about the cause of the environmental disaster, but so far none have been conclusive, a spokesman for Germany’s Environment Ministry said. He rejected suggestions from a senior Polish official that Germany was spreading “fake news” about pesticides being behind the environmental disaster.
“The search for the causes of the fish die-off in the Oder still haven’t been completed,” said Andreas Kuebler, the ministry spokesman. “So far we have several organic and inorganic substances that could be responsible.”
“It seems to be a cocktail of chemicals,” he told reporters in Berlin. “According to our information so far, none of these substances alone led to the fish die-off. It must still be assumed that this could be a multi-causal incident.”
Kuebler said a type of algae that normally grows in brackish water and produces a substance toxic to fish may also have played a role in the disaster.
Recent lab results showed a sharp growth of Prymnesium parvum in the Oder that could only have resulted from increased salt levels caused by an “industrial discharge,” he said.
Dead fish in the Oder were first noticed by fishermen in southwestern Poland in late July, but German authorities said they weren’t officially notified by their Polish counterparts until the second week of August. Poland’s government is trying to track down those responsible. Ten tons of dead fish have been removed from the river.
Warsaw lashed out over the weekend, with Environment Minister Anna Moskwa accusing Germany of spreading “fake news” about the levels of pesticides in the river.
“In Poland, the substance is tested and detected below the quantification threshold, that is, it has no effect on fish and other species,” she wrote on Twitter.
Kuebler said Germany was “surprised and a bit saddened” by the claim.
“We never said that the Polish side is responsible for the the use of pesticides (and) that fish died of this,” he said.
In Poland, where more than 100 tons of dead fish have been removed from the river, the prime minister has called the die-off an environmental “catastrophe.”
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Non-profit, Flint school team up to help young athletes ahead of school year
By Hannah Jewell and Anna Muckenfuss
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FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Students in Flint are getting a foot up in fall sports, at a free football camp where all kids will be given free cleats.
The Legacy Center of Michigan is helping young athletes step into the school year with Cleats 4 Kids.
“It’s that feeling of giving back,” said Louis Adams, the center’s assistant national director. “Especially during these times so it’s important. I remember being a kid and getting my first pair of cleats, so I know that feeling.”
The football camp at New Standard Academy in Flint is open to students from 1st to 8th grade.
Organizers said that 200 pairs of cleats will be distributed after the camp is completed, in the hope it will help level the playing field for kids from all backgrounds.
“It brings good community spirit. Our high school players work at the camp as well, mingle with the youth, mentor them, show that we have good stuff going on here in Flint,” said Omar Dasqui, the school’s athletic director. “If the program wasn’t here, a lot of kids would go without cleats.”
Students and staff are ecstatic at the chance to find their footing ahead of another season.
“It’s our calling to give back to the kids. We really love and enjoy what we do, and the kids love it as well,” Dasqui said.
Organizers said they hope to hold another Kids 4 Cleats event next year.
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Germany: No single cause for massive Oder River fish die-off
By FRANK JORDANS
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany says several substances seem to have contributed to a massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of the country’s border with Poland. A spokesman for the Environment Ministry also rejected suggestions from a senior Polish official that Germany was spreading “fake news” about pesticides being behind the environmental disaster. Andreas Kuebler, the spokesman, said “a cocktail of chemicals” had been detected in the river. He told reporters in Berlin that “according to our information so far, none of these substances alone led to the fish die-off.” Kuebler said “it must still be assumed that this could be a multi-causal incident.” | https://kion546.com/news/2022/08/22/germany-no-single-cause-for-massive-oder-river-fish-die-off-2/ | 2022-08-22T17:10:37Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/08/22/germany-no-single-cause-for-massive-oder-river-fish-die-off-2/ | true |
Disaster management awareness vehicle flagged off
TIRUNELVELI
Collector V. Vishnu flagged off a disaster management awareness vehicle here on Monday to educate the school children.
As the State Government has planned to train 65,000 volunteers from 13 coastal districts of Tamil Nadu for forming village-level community disaster management teams, 4,000 volunteers are to be trained in Tirunelveli district. In the first phase, students of government and the government-aided schools are being trained in phased manner on rescuing the victims during fire accident, tsunami, tremor etc.
Moreover, disaster management awareness vehicle with huge LED screen will visit the schools and the colleges to create awareness among the students on dos and don’ts during natural calamities.
“The vehicle will visit at least 6 high and higher secondary schools everyday to educate the students on rescuing the victims or assisting the rescuers during rescue operations,” Mr. Vishnu said.
District Revenue Officer C. Jayashree and tahsildar (Disaster Management) Selvam were present.
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DELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested Thursday on allegations that he tried to stash meth under a deputy’s patrol vehicle during a traffic stop.
Bodycam video showed a deputy tell Lee Sanberg, 49, that she needed to get her written warning from another deputy who was patting down her boyfriend, 49-year-old John Schneider.
While he was being patted down, Schneider was spotted dropping a bag under the deputy’s patrol vehicle, prompting the deputies to handcuff him.
“He just dropped a bag that looked like dope,” one of the deputies said.
“Aww man,” Sanberg responded.
Detectives said Schneider had dropped a half pound of methamphetamine that he bought outside Volusia County.
Sanberg, who said the methamphetamine wasn’t hers, was also handcuffed.
“I mean, whatever, you might as well try to lie,” the deputy responded. “You ain’t got nothing to lose.”
Deputies said they found another gram in Schneider’s right sock.
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Florida woman found dead after pack of dogs bites her a hundred times, authorities say
Dog attack reportedly happened in Holmes County, Florida
A 69-year-old Florida woman was found dead Sunday along a road with more than 100 dog bites, according to authorities and a local report.
Shirley Johnson was walking home from her son’s house on Bonifay Gritney Road in Holmes County on Saturday evening when three dogs attacked her, Holmes County Sheriff John Tate told WJHG-TV.
A passerby discovered the 69-year-old woman’s body nearly 24 hours later, Tate said.
Her body was covered in more than 100 dog bites, the medical examiner said.
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Three dogs believed to have attacked Johnson have been euthanized, according to the report. Neighbors reportedly said the dogs had a history of aggressive behavior.
No charges were pending against the dogs’ owner, according to Tate, who said there was no physical evidence that linked the dogs to the woman’s death.
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Fed rate hikes could drive up your credit card bill
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InvestigateTV - The average American has $5,000 in credit card debt according to TransUnion, and with rising interest rates that amount could grow.
In 2022, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates four times and with each increase, the variable rate on your credit card goes up within the next few months.
If you pay your credit card debt in full each month and avoid interest, you don’t have to worry about the increases. But for the millions of Americans who carry credit card debt, the new rate can lead to hundreds of dollars over the years.
Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst with Bankrate, said the national average rate for credit cards before the rate hikes was 17.5%. .
“So if you were only making minimum payments towards $5,000 in debt at 17.5%, you would have been in debt for more than 15 years and spent about $6,000 in interest,” Rossman explained. He continued to say a .75% increase would add about $300 in interest to the original $5,000 debt.
Rossman urged consumers to pay down this debt as soon as possible and offered a few suggestions:
- Transfer balance to a 0% card
- Pick up a side job
- Sell items you no longer need
- Cut your regular expenses, especially monthly charges and fees
- Consider debt consolidation
In addition, Rossman suggested contacting a reputable nonprofit credit counselor like the National Foundation for Credit Counseling for advice on how to handle your debt.
The Federal Trade Commission offers free advice on how to choose a credit counselor.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (NewsNation) — A federal judge on Monday formally rejected the Justice Department’s argument to keep the entire affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida sealed.
Judge Bruce Reinhart made the decision last week but Monday formalizes it. Reinhart will allow the Justice Department until Thursday to provide a redacted version to the court. The judge said there are portions of the affidavit that could be unsealed.
The affidavit prosecutors used to get the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home could provide more specific details as to what the Department of Justice believed was at Mar-a-Lago and why they felt the need to search the home.
The release of the search warrant painted a picture of the possible crimes authorities believe Trump may have committed, including violating the Espionage Act. The warrant also revealed 33 documents ranging from “top secret” to “classified” were pulled from the estate.
Trump and his legal team claim all of the documents were declassified and rightfully in his possession. The fact that the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago indicates authorities do not believe that claim to be true.
You can read Reinhart’s full ruling in the document here.
This story is developing. Refresh for updates.
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Addie Danos Joins Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team and James Martin Returns to Tax Practice Group
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Walker LLP announced today that two new partners, Addie Danos and James Martin, have joined the firm's New Orleans office. Addie joins the firm's Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team and James returns to the Tax Practice Group.
"We are pleased to have James return to and Addie join our New Orleans office. Addie's broad experience in the area of energy law and James' deep knowledge and background in federal tax will enhance our service offerings for our clients and strengthen two of our core practice areas," said Bill Hines, managing partner of Jones Walker.
Addie is among a select group of private-practice attorneys with in-depth experience in oil and gas transactions, regulation, and litigation. Addie counsels oil and gas companies on a full spectrum of energy regulatory and transactional matters and provides guidance to those companies embracing the energy transition and exploring alternative energy opportunities.
Over the course of her career, she has closed on more than $3 billion in onshore and offshore oil and gas asset acquisitions, has been involved in cutting-edge regulatory changes, and has also mounted successful challenges to regulatory enforcement actions and instituted contractual enforcement proceedings in complex offshore oil and gas matters. Before earning her law degree, she served as director of administration for SEACOR Marine LLC, a world leader in marine transportation, and as director of business development for the Greater Lafourche Port Commission.
James advises C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other taxpayers on US federal income tax matters. He provides counsel on the tax consequences of taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate purchases and sales, and other corporate transactions, among other areas of focus. James also has significant experience representing private equity firms, individual and institutional investors, issuers, and underwriters with respect to public and private equity offerings.
James has worked in the Tax Exempt & Government Entities Division of the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where he drafted Treasury regulations, revenue procedures, notices, private letter rulings, and other tax guidance. He also worked with Department of Justice and IRS attorneys to structure settlements and resolve taxpayer disputes.
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 125 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.
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2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash, officials said Monday.
Two other football team members who were injured in the crash were out of intensive care but remained hospitalized in serious condition, the university said in a statement.
The single-vehicle crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a state highway and struck a tree in the small town of Riley, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the vehicle was on fire when deputies arrived and that the driver and two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriff’s department didn’t say who was driving or release additional details about the circumstances of the crash.
Those killed were identified as Christian Eubanks, 18, of Waukegan, Illinois; Jayden Musili, 19, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Caleb VanHooser, 19, of Liberty Township, Ohio, in the northern Cincinnati suburbs.
Eubanks was a freshman linebacker who went to Warren Township High School, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back who went to Lakota East. Musili was a sophomore who became an Indiana State student this year and wasn’t on the football team, the school said.
Those injured were Omarian Dixon, 20, of Lafayette, Indiana, a redshirt freshman running back; and John Moore, 19, of Wheaton, Illinois, a redshirt freshman linebacker.
University President Deborah J. Curtis called the crash a tragedy and said “the Sycamore family is mourning.”
Hundreds of students and others gathered Sunday evening outside the university’s football stadium for a vigil in honor of the crash victims.
“It is a terrible day for Indiana State football and a devastating loss for both the Eubanks and the VanHooser families,” football coach Curt Mallory said in a statement. “Both young men were quality individuals who were loved and respected by their teammates and this staff. To say they will be missed is an understatement.”
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SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Opportunity Scholarship program.
The program was created to assist students from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the fields of actuarial science, data science, computer science, economics, programming, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, or finance.
This year, Opportunity Scholarship recipients include 20 students from colleges and universities across the United States, South Africa, and the United Kingdom who have demonstrated academic excellence and plan to pursue a career in actuarial science or related fields. Since 2017, its inaugural year, Milliman has awarded 105 scholarships as part of the program.
"The Milliman Opportunity Scholarship helps students progress academically and meet their career goals," said Milliman CEO Dermot Corry. "Recipients will also have the opportunity to build experience and professional connections through our Scholar Internship Program, which started last year. The internship program matches scholarship recipients with Milliman offices that have committed to hiring interns. Every year we have the opportunity to recognize an incredibly talented group of students, and we are honored to make this investment in their education and their future."
2022 Opportunity Scholarship recipients:
Maya Beckley, Computer Science, Penn State University Park
Angel Alessandro Caoile, Computer Science, Arizona State University
Cecilia Chavez, Computer Science, Columbia University
Lily Chen, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marisa Duran, Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Chengetanayi Dyirakumunda, Actuarial Science, University of Essex, United Kingdom
Alexander Fonseca, Computer Science, North Carolina State University
Nicholas Fonseca, Economics, North Carolina State University
Aaron Garza, Computer Science, University of Nevada, Reno
Herman Gonzalez, Computer Science, University of Florida
Manuel Gozzi, Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Susan Kelley, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kamogelo Matolo, Actuarial Science, University of Cape Town
Sibonakaliso Mkandla, Actuarial Science, University of Cape Town
Bryce Montgomery, Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
Genius Mukuka, Economics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Oludemilade Olatilo, Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Nia Phipps, Economics, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Austin Polk, Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas
Pedro Tula, Finance, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Twelve of this year's recipients also received Opportunity Scholarships last year. Repeat recipients are Maya Beckley, Angel Alessandro Caoile, Marisa Duran, Chengetanayi Dyirakumunda, Nicholas Fonseca, Herman Gonzalez, Kamogelo Matolo, Sibonakaliso Mkandla, Genius Mukuka, Nia Phipps, Austin Polk, and Pedro Tula.
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Milliman is among the world's largest providers of actuarial and related products and services. The firm has consulting practices in healthcare, property & casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services, and employee benefits. Founded in 1947, Milliman is an independent firm with offices in major cities around the globe. For further information, visit milliman.com.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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TORNADO WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1047 AM CDT Mon Aug 22 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN WOOD
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY...
At 1045 AM CDT, a thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was
located near Big Sandy, or 11 miles northwest of Gladewater, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Upshur County, including the following locations...
Pritchett. This storm has a history of producing a tornado near
Winona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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‘Issue community certificates’
Tent Society on Monday staged a demonstration at Madurai Collectorate complaining that some of the children belonging to Kattu Naicken community were not issued community certificates recognising them as Scheduled Tribes.
Secretary of the Tent Society, Madurai, R. Maheswari said that the parents of these children had the community certificates. But, the children were yet to be issued their certificates. She said that the authorities had not issued the community certificates for the children.
She said around 500 families are residing at Sathyamoorthy Nagar in Madurai. Earlier, when there was a similar issue, community certificates were issued following a verification process. The authorities should take necessary steps to issue the community certificates, she said. Earlier, the Tent Society had made a representation to the Madurai Collector, she said.
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Heavy rain drenches Dallas, flooding roadways
(Gray News) - A summer’s worth of rain fell in Dallas in less than 24 hours.
The National Weather Service says the city has gotten more than seven inches of rain since Sunday afternoon.
Heavy rain across the Dallas-Fort Worth area is causing streets to flood and submerging vehicles, as officials warn motorists to stay off the roads.
The deluge brought flash flooding, and some people had to be rescued overnight.
Emergency officials say they are responding to dozens of locations with high water on the roads, the Associated Press reported.
Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says the area is “pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight.”
Huckaby notes that with so much concrete in urban areas, “there’s just only so much that the drain systems can handle.”
The area averages between seven and eight inches of rain during the summer months of June, July and August, combined.
It comes amid a “flash drought” that has developed over what had been an extremely dry first half of 2022 for the state.
The drought monitor summary said the big storm is essentially erasing the rainfall deficits in Dallas, although large deficits remain for other areas of the state.
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(The Hill) — Anthony Fauci will step down from his positions in the Biden administration in December.
Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the president and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said he will be leaving those positions to “pursue the next chapter in my career.”
“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” Fauci said in a statement Monday. “After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field.”
Fauci, 81, has led the NIAID for 38 years and has advised every president since Ronald Reagan.
In a statement, President Joe Biden praised Fauci as a dedicated public servant with a “steadying hand” who helped guide the country through some of “the most dangerous and challenging” public health crises.
Fauci has been at the forefront of every new and re-emerging infectious disease threat the country has faced, including HIV/AIDS, West Nile virus, the 2001 anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, Ebola and Zika, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Because of Dr. Fauci’s many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved. As he leaves his position in the U.S. Government, I know the American people and the entire world will continue to benefit from Dr. Fauci’s expertise in whatever he does next,” Biden said.
Biden worked closely with Fauci during the Zika and Ebola outbreaks when he was vice president and has leaned heavily on Fauci’s expertise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden noted one of his first calls as president-elect was to ask Fauci to become his chief medical advisor.
Fauci previously said he does not plan to stay beyond the end of Biden’s first term in 2025, but had yet to give a formal announcement.
“I want to use what I have learned as NIAID director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats,” Fauci said Monday.
Fauci said he would use his remaining time in government to “continue to put my full effort, passion and commitment into my current responsibilities” and to help prepare his institute for a leadership transition.
Fauci has been one of the leading infectious diseases researchers for decades, but he became a household name at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic during former President Donald Trump’s administration as part of the White House pandemic response team.
It was in this role that Fauci became a political lightning rod. He fell out of favor with Trump after numerous public disagreements over unproven COVID-19 treatments as well as the level of danger posed by the virus.
Fauci’s embrace of mitigation measures like masks and temporary business closures early in the pandemic made him a villain to conservatives, who view him as a symbol of government overreach and “lockdown culture.”
Threats from the public led to Fauci needing a security detail.
Fauci has clashed repeatedly with Republicans in Congress, who are eagerly floating investigations into the Biden administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic if they win back control of the House or Senate in November’s midterm elections.
Fauci’s fiercest clashes have come against Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a libertarian ophthalmologist who has repeatedly antagonized Fauci over the benefits of masks, vaccinations and the origins of COVID-19.
“Fauci’s resignation will not prevent a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic. He will be asked to testify under oath regarding any discussions he participated in concerning the lab leak,” Paul tweeted Monday.
Following Fauci’s announcement Monday, House Republicans also indicated Fauci’s decision to leave government won’t shield him from any potential investigations.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement Monday Fauci needs to answer questions about what he knows about the origins of the coronavirus, including whether the National Institutes of Health helped fund controversial research that led to the virus’s creation in a lab in Wuhan, China.
“Retirement can’t shield Dr. Fauci from congressional oversight,” Comer said. “The American people deserve transparency and accountability about how government officials used their taxpayer dollars, and Oversight Committee Republicans will deliver.”
The U.S. intelligence community has ruled out the possibility that COVID-19 was a bioweapon developed by China, but beyond that the origins of the virus are unclear.
Some scientists have said the idea that it escaped from a lab needs further investigation but acknowledge that won’t happen without China’s help. Many others think that it spilled into the human population from animals sold in a Wuhan market.
Still, there is little evidence to suggest it was created in a lab or with funding help from the National Institutes of Health or Fauci. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/fauci-to-leave-biden-administration-in-december/ | 2022-08-22T17:23:33Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/fauci-to-leave-biden-administration-in-december/ | false |
Who needs a paint brush when you have the sun? Watch how local artist Russel Scott creates masterpieces using just the sun and a magnifying glass. Check it out.
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Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar jobs as it attempts to lower costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.
Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers.
The cuts represent about 6% of the 31,000 full-time salaried work force in the U.S. and Canada. Ford’s 56,000 union factory workers are not affected. Some workers also will lose jobs in India.
Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley said in the email that Ford will provide benefits and significant help for the workers to find new jobs.
They wrote that Ford has a chance to lead in the new era of connected and electric vehicles.
“Building on this future requires changing and reshaping virtually all aspects of the way we have operated for more than a century,” the email said. “It means redeploying resources and addressing our cost structure, which is uncompetitive versus traditional and new companies.”
Farley and Ford wrote that they examined each team’s shifting work to decide where cuts would be made. The company determined that its cost structure wasn’t competitive with General Motors, Stellantis and Tesla. It has said previously that it has a target of cutting $3 billion in annual internal combustion vehicle structural costs.
“We are eliminating work, as well as reorganizing and simplifying functions throughout the business,” they wrote in the email.
A spokesman said the cuts were made across all areas of the company, including cuts in the large work force of internal combustion engineers.
The company already has restructured in Europe, Asia and India.
Farley has said repeatedly that the company has too many people and needs to trim costs so it can move faster as it transitions to electric vehicles.
On the company’s earnings conference call in July, Farley said the company is too complex and its costs aren’t competitive. It also has too many employees in some areas.
“We have skills that don’t work anymore,” he said. “We have jobs that need to change.”
Farley has said has too many versions of its internal-combustion vehicles. It plans to create more models off the same electric vehicle underpinnings, spending capital on areas that affect customers such as software, digital displays and automated driving systems, Farley said.
Ford has realigned itself into three business units, one for electric vehicles, another for commercial vehicles and the last for internal-combustion vehicles.
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(The Hill) — Pennsylvania Democrats are holding on to slim leads in the state’s closely watched gubernatorial and Senate races, according to new polling.
A Trafalgar Group poll found that Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), who is running against celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz (R) for Senate, and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D), who is facing Doug Mastriano (R) in the race for governor, were leading in their midterm match-ups.
Fetterman was up by nearly 5 points in the Senate race, earning 48.4 percent to Oz’s 43.5 percent, while Shapiro garnered 48.6 percent in the state’s gubernatorial race, about 4 points higher than Mastriano’s 44.7 percent.
Both Republican candidates have been endorsed by former President Trump, who is set to rally for the pair in Pennsylvania this September.
The former president lost the swing state to President Biden in the 2020 presidential election — after winning it in 2016 over then-Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
Seeking to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R), Fetterman and Oz have waged a social media war against one another.
Last week, the Democrat fundraised half a million dollars after a campaign video of Oz mispronouncing the name of a grocery store went viral.
TV’s “Dr. Oz,” in turn, has knocked Fetterman’s liberal policies and pitched himself as “a Conservative Republican to cure what’s wrong with Washington” and “cure our country’s ills.”
In the gubernatorial race, a group of Pennsylvania Republicans, including former Rep. Charlie Dent, endorsed Shapiro over their own party’s nominee in July. Dent called Mastriano “an extremist who is a threat to the rule of law and the constitutional order.”
But eight of nine Pennsylvania GOP congressmen jointly endorsed Mastriano earlier this month, calling the Republican “a better option and alternative” to Shapiro.
Conducted Aug. 15 to 18, the Trafalgar Group survey polled 1,096 likely 2022 general election voters. The margin of error was 2.9 percentage points. | https://www.wivb.com/news/democrats-fetterman-and-shapiro-hold-slim-leads-in-pennsylvania-poll/ | 2022-08-22T17:27:46Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/democrats-fetterman-and-shapiro-hold-slim-leads-in-pennsylvania-poll/ | false |
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