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Lafayette Utilities System customers soon may have an option to help them save as much $20 a month on electricity.
It's called a time of use rate that would allow residential customers to save money by operating appliances during non-peak usage hours, primarily between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., LUS Director Jeff Stewart said.
Right now, LUS customers pay the same rate for electricity no matter what time of day they consume the energy.
"Time of use incentivizes customers to use electricity during off-peak periods," Stewart said, "when we're not straining the electric system."
After 5 o'clock in the evening, when most people are home from work, they may cook, do laundry, run the air conditioner more and run the dishwasher. LUS, Stewart said, has to make sure its electric system can handle the demand at that time which means increasing its capacity which costs money.
LUS is still working on the proposal. But Stewart said he hopes to roll out the offer as a pilot program during the 2022-23 fiscal year that begins Nov. 1.
The time of use rate will only be available to residential customers and they have to opt into the program for 12 months, he said.
Customers who join the program and run appliances during off-peak times would pay a lower rate than customers not in the program, Stewart said. Participants will be able to track their consumption each month and modify their usage using an online tool, he said.
Those not in the program also will be able to compare online what their electric bill would have been had they participated in the time of use program.
Particpants may face a penalty by paying a higher rate, Stewart said, if they're signed up and consume electricity during peak hours.
Customers could save $10-20 a month or $120-240 a year through the program, he said.
LUS customers, like customers of other providers of electricity, are facing high costs in recent months. On top of that, LUS is proposing rate increases for electricity, water and sewer service.
Stewart proposed implementing the rate hikes with the new fiscal year Nov. 1, but after City Council members balked, now is proposing delaying the rate increase for electricity one year to Nov. 1, 2023. | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_567d17c8-22ea-11ed-ab6c-67f8ced3179e.html | 2022-08-23T20:21:23Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_567d17c8-22ea-11ed-ab6c-67f8ced3179e.html | false |
Which Harry Potter Hogwarts House backpack is best?
Another school year has arrived, and yet again, you haven’t received your owl-born invitation to Hogwarts. There isn’t much that can soothe that kind of disappointment. At the very least, you can represent the House you know you belong to in your heart at your boring muggle school with an appropriately themed Hogwarts House backpack. However, there’s more to choosing a good one than just finding a design you like. You also need to ensure it has the storage space to hold your wand, quills and parchment or whatever muggles use.
Backpack features to prioritize
Size and storage
The number one feature to check for when shopping for any backpack, Hogwarts House or not, is if it has enough space for what you need. Every grade and student has different needs, so there’s no one right size to recommend. That said, make sure it at least has space for writing supplies and a book or two.
Comfort
The second feature to prioritize is being comfortable. You or your child will be wearing it while likely filled with heavy books for hours a day. The wrong backpack can quickly make that unbearable.
At a minimum, make sure the straps are adjustable so you can make it easy to put on and take off and make it hang at a comfortable height behind you. Other comfort-minded benefits include the straps being made of soft materials or being at least padded.
What Hogwarts House do I belong to?
There are two main ways to discover which house is yours. The first, and the best, is just to pick. Like Harry did in “Harry Potter in the Sorcerer’s Stone,” you have control over where you belong. All you need to do is voice your desires.
However, If you want a true Hogwarts House Sorting Hat experience, you can take the official quiz created by J.K. Rowling herself on WizardingWorld.com. All you need to take it is a free Harry Potter Fan Club account.
Hogwarts House features
The students of each House are historically known to share common traits.
Slytherin
Slytherin students are known for being ambitious and cunning, and they are often mistrusted. If you seek to be greater than all those who’ve come before you and all those who come after you, this is your house.
Gryffindor
Gryffindor students are known for being courageous and determined, though as a consequence can be seen as brash or foolish. If you rise to every challenge, you’re likely a Gryffindor at heart.
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw students are known for being wise and committed to pursuing knowledge, though they can come across as haughty or eccentric when discussing what they know. You’re likely a Ravenclaw if you’re top in your class.
Hufflepuff
Hufflepuff students are known for being hard-working, loyal and humble. If you stand behind your friends in their darkest hour, you are both a Hufflepuff and a treasure of a human being.
What’s the best Slytherin backpack to buy?
This backpack is perfect for keeping everything you need on you, from your books, pens and pencils to your laptop, power bank and even an umbrella. There are also multiple exterior pockets for keeping anything else you can think of on you. Sold by Amazon
Psylocke Slytherin Drawstring Bag
This small drawstring bag is perfect for gym class or for after-school practices and clubs. The polyester fabric is strong and the drawstrings are nice and thick to avoid breaking. Sold by Amazon
Iclub Slytherin Crossbody Backpack
This small bag is deceptively capable of hauling around whatever you need with an inner pocket, main compartment and several small compartments, including a front pocket. It also has mesh side pockets for keeping a water bottle with you. Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Gryffindor backpack to buy?
This is an excellent, classic backpack with a laptop pocket, one large main storage compartment and a roomy front pocket. The straps are padded and adjustable, or you can use the handle on top. Sold by Amazon
Harry Potter Gryffindor Lion Crest Drawstring Backpack
If you prefer the drawstring style of a backpack but need one with room to carry your books, make it this one. The woven polyester is durable enough to handle sharp book edges and the drawstrings are comfy cotton. It also has a zipper pouch for keys and other essential items. Sold by Amazon
Groovy Harry Potter Gryffindor Vintage Satchel Backpack
This backpack is large enough to carry everything you need while being a subdued black with only a Gryffindor crest. This way, you don’t have to be as in-your-face with your fandom as other backpacks. Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Ravenclaw backpack to buy?
Bioworld Ravenclaw Hogwarts House Harry Potter Backpack
This straightforward backpack focuses on the blue-and-black Ravenclaw House colors without being garish. It has a laptop pouch inside the main compartment, a large front pocket and it even comes with a Ravenclaw keychain. Sold by Amazon
Bioworld Harry Potter Ravenclaw Backpack
This is another excellent, simple backpack that has plenty of room for what you need. It has padded and adjustable straps, a roomy top handle and two side pockets; one for a water bottle and another for an umbrella. Sold by Amazon
Harry Potter Ravenclaw Varsity Knapsack Backpack
Backpacks, even Ravenclaw backpacks, can blur into each other with similar designs. This knapsack breaks the trends of most with a fun shape and the use of buckles to keep your supplies secured. There’s also a cute charm that says “learning.” Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Hufflepuff backpack to buy?
3BoyMomTee3 Hufflepuff Harry Potter Casual Shoulder Backpack
This backpack’s printed words remind every Hufflepuff, and every Harry Potter fan that makes jokes about them, what it truly means to be a Hufflepuff. The plentiful storage options and comfortable, adjustable straps are cherries on top. Sold by Etsy
Bioworld Hogwarts Hufflepuff Harry Potter Mini Backpack
Sometimes it’s hard to say what’s cute, but this bag makes it easy. The tasseled zipper, small size and badger-printed yellow faux leather are a delight for any Hufflepuff student. Don’t worry, there’s still space for your supplies. Sold by Amazon
Danielle Nicole Harry Potter Hufflepuff Mini Backpack
This mini backpack has all the flash of a designer bag with none of the cost. You don’t need to worry about the wind catching the flap either, thanks to a strong magnetic clasp. Sold by Amazon
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban is getting a new eight-year contract worth at least $93.6 million, eclipsing the recent megadeal of Southeastern Conference rival Kirby Smart.
The University of Alabama trustees compensation committee on Tuesday approved a one-year extension through Feb. 28, 2030 for the 70-year old Saban, who has led the Crimson Tide to six national titles. Saban’s deal averages out to $11.7 million per year, topping Smart’s $11.25 million pay at defending national champion Georgia.
The announcement comes a month after Smart agreed to a 10-year deal worth more than $110 million. The Bulldogs beat Alabama in the national championship game in January.
The two join Ohio State’s Ryan Day, LSU’s Brian Kelly, Michigan State’s Mel Tucker and Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher as college football coaches who will make at least $9 million in 2022.
Saban’s deal includes a salary and talent fee of $9.9 million this year with $400,000 annual raises. Saban can receive an $800,000 completion bonus at the end of February in each of the next four years, plus other bonuses.
“(Wife) Terry and I are very appreciative of the unmatched commitment the university has shown to this football program and our family over the last 15-plus years,” Saban said in a statement. “This is our home, and we look forward to finishing our career at Alabama.”
His contract ensures his pay will remain at or near the top of the heap among college football coaches.
Saban would get a boost if his deal is less than the average total pay of the three highest paid Southeastern Conference coaches or the average of what the five paid coaches in college football are making. He’d receive the higher of the two averages.
Saban agreed to a three-year extension in June 2021 for $84.8 million over eight years.
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne is receiving a three-year extension through June 30, 2029 with a 5 percent raise. He’ll make $1.49 million this year with raises pushing his salary to $1.91 million for 2028-29.
Byrne also secured a coach seeking his eighth national title — including one at LSU.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have the best football coach in the nation and one of the greatest coaches of all time, regardless of sport, here at Alabama in coach Saban,” Byrne said. “Not only have his teams been successful on the field, but they have also achieved greatly in the classroom and community.
“Beyond that, the impact he and Ms. Terry have had on The University, Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama cannot be overlooked.”
The financial terms of the contracts become official upon the formal approval by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees.
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Civil rights activist sues City of Cleveland for unlawful arrest while carrying gun
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A civil rights activist filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cleveland on Monday after allegedly being falsely detained and arrested while carrying a gun.
The incident happened on May 23, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio which was obtained by 19 News. Antoine Tolbert, who filed the lawsuit, was lawfully carrying a 12 gauge shotgun and a pistol while walking down St. Clair Avenue, the lawsuit said.
Tolbert, the president of New Era Cleveland, was conducting a safety patrol in response to recent gun violence in the area, the lawsuit said.
Police were called to the area after receiving reports of a man walking down the street with a gun and informed Tolbert he had the right to carry a firearm after speaking with him, the lawsuit said. After the interaction, police said Tolbert was not being detained and he was free to leave.
After the initial interaction, a sergeant with the Cleveland Police Department instructed officers to detain and Tolbert and said he was ‘not allowed to carry a gun down the street,’ despite Ohio being an open-carry state, the lawsuit said. Officers said Tolbert was being arrested for mishandling of a firearm and CCW violations.
The filing can be read in its entirety below:
Body camera footage obtained by 19 News showed officers laughing shortly after the arrest.
Tolbert was held in jail for 36 hours, where he contracted COVID-19, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit also said Tolbert lost his job due to the arrest.
This story is ongoing and will be updated as more details are released.
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Drought conditions uncover 113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks
Published: Aug. 23, 2022 at 2:55 PM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
(CNN) - The severe drought in Texas has uncovered a little piece of history.
Dinosaur tracks from about 113 million years ago can be seen in a dried-out river in Dinosaur Valley State Park.
A park official said these tracks likely came from an Acrocanthosaurus, weighed seven tons and reached 15 feet tall.
The tracks in Dinosaur Valley State Park are expected to be covered up again with river water as local forecasters are calling for rain.
Park officials say that is a good thing because the water helps protect the prints from natural weathering and erosion.
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LAS VEGAS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahern Rentals, Inc. ("Ahern") elected to terminate, effective immediately, its previously announced offer to eligible holders to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 7.375% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes (CUSIP: 008674AH6 / U0085GAD1; ISIN US008674AH66 / USU0085GAD17) (the "Notes") and solicitation of consents from holders of the Notes (the "Consent Solicitation") to amend the indenture governing the Notes, each as set forth in and subject to the terms and conditions of the Confidential Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 30, 2022 ("Confidential Offering Memorandum").
As a result of the termination of the Exchange Offer, Notes previously tendered in the Exchange Offer, if any, will not be accepted for exchange for new notes, no exchange consideration will be delivered or become payable to holders who have properly tendered their Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and any Notes previously tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be promptly returned to the tendering holders.
As a result of the termination of the Consent Solicitation, the proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes will not become effective, the Notes will remain outstanding and subject to the terms of the existing indenture currently governing the Notes, and consents previously delivered pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, if any, will be deemed voided.
D.F. King & Co. is serving as the information agent for the Exchange Offer. You should direct questions and requests for assistance by sending an e-mail to ahern@dfking.com, or calling (800) 669- 5550 (toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers).
This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any security.
The Exchange Offer was made, and new notes were offered, only (a) in the United States to holders of Notes who are reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (b) outside the United States to holders of Notes who are persons other than "U.S. persons" (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act and who are non-U.S. qualified offerees and eligible purchasers in other jurisdictions as set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum. Holders who have returned a duly completed eligibility letter certifying that they were within one of the categories described in the immediately preceding sentences were authorized to receive and review the Confidential Offering Memorandum and to participate in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
About Ahern
Ahern is the largest independently owned equipment rental company in the United States. With $906 million in fiscal year 2021 revenue, the company is ranked as the eighth largest U.S. equipment rental company by Rental Equipment Register. Founded in 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ahern has expanded through organic growth to develop a national platform with 112 branch locations in 31 states as of March 31, 2022. Ahern focuses on the aerial market segment of the $50 billion equipment rental industry with an extensive fleet of "high reach" equipment, which is supplemented by a fleet of ground engaging, general rental, and specialty equipment to provide customers with a "one-stop" solution for their equipment needs. Serving a large and diverse customer base comprised of commercial and residential construction companies, specialty contractors, industrial companies, utility companies, governmental entities, and homeowners, Ahern provides a comprehensive range of equipment and solutions, including renting and selling used/new equipment, parts, supplies, and related merchandise, as well as providing maintenance, repair, and other services that supplement rental and sales activities.
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Which Harry Potter Hogwarts House backpack is best?
Another school year has arrived, and yet again, you haven’t received your owl-born invitation to Hogwarts. There isn’t much that can soothe that kind of disappointment. At the very least, you can represent the House you know you belong to in your heart at your boring muggle school with an appropriately themed Hogwarts House backpack. However, there’s more to choosing a good one than just finding a design you like. You also need to ensure it has the storage space to hold your wand, quills and parchment or whatever muggles use.
Backpack features to prioritize
Size and storage
The number one feature to check for when shopping for any backpack, Hogwarts House or not, is if it has enough space for what you need. Every grade and student has different needs, so there’s no one right size to recommend. That said, make sure it at least has space for writing supplies and a book or two.
Comfort
The second feature to prioritize is being comfortable. You or your child will be wearing it while likely filled with heavy books for hours a day. The wrong backpack can quickly make that unbearable.
At a minimum, make sure the straps are adjustable so you can make it easy to put on and take off and make it hang at a comfortable height behind you. Other comfort-minded benefits include the straps being made of soft materials or being at least padded.
What Hogwarts House do I belong to?
There are two main ways to discover which house is yours. The first, and the best, is just to pick. Like Harry did in “Harry Potter in the Sorcerer’s Stone,” you have control over where you belong. All you need to do is voice your desires.
However, If you want a true Hogwarts House Sorting Hat experience, you can take the official quiz created by J.K. Rowling herself on WizardingWorld.com. All you need to take it is a free Harry Potter Fan Club account.
Hogwarts House features
The students of each House are historically known to share common traits.
Slytherin
Slytherin students are known for being ambitious and cunning, and they are often mistrusted. If you seek to be greater than all those who’ve come before you and all those who come after you, this is your house.
Gryffindor
Gryffindor students are known for being courageous and determined, though as a consequence can be seen as brash or foolish. If you rise to every challenge, you’re likely a Gryffindor at heart.
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw students are known for being wise and committed to pursuing knowledge, though they can come across as haughty or eccentric when discussing what they know. You’re likely a Ravenclaw if you’re top in your class.
Hufflepuff
Hufflepuff students are known for being hard-working, loyal and humble. If you stand behind your friends in their darkest hour, you are both a Hufflepuff and a treasure of a human being.
What’s the best Slytherin backpack to buy?
This backpack is perfect for keeping everything you need on you, from your books, pens and pencils to your laptop, power bank and even an umbrella. There are also multiple exterior pockets for keeping anything else you can think of on you. Sold by Amazon
Psylocke Slytherin Drawstring Bag
This small drawstring bag is perfect for gym class or for after-school practices and clubs. The polyester fabric is strong and the drawstrings are nice and thick to avoid breaking. Sold by Amazon
Iclub Slytherin Crossbody Backpack
This small bag is deceptively capable of hauling around whatever you need with an inner pocket, main compartment and several small compartments, including a front pocket. It also has mesh side pockets for keeping a water bottle with you. Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Gryffindor backpack to buy?
This is an excellent, classic backpack with a laptop pocket, one large main storage compartment and a roomy front pocket. The straps are padded and adjustable, or you can use the handle on top. Sold by Amazon
Harry Potter Gryffindor Lion Crest Drawstring Backpack
If you prefer the drawstring style of a backpack but need one with room to carry your books, make it this one. The woven polyester is durable enough to handle sharp book edges and the drawstrings are comfy cotton. It also has a zipper pouch for keys and other essential items. Sold by Amazon
Groovy Harry Potter Gryffindor Vintage Satchel Backpack
This backpack is large enough to carry everything you need while being a subdued black with only a Gryffindor crest. This way, you don’t have to be as in-your-face with your fandom as other backpacks. Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Ravenclaw backpack to buy?
Bioworld Ravenclaw Hogwarts House Harry Potter Backpack
This straightforward backpack focuses on the blue-and-black Ravenclaw House colors without being garish. It has a laptop pouch inside the main compartment, a large front pocket and it even comes with a Ravenclaw keychain. Sold by Amazon
Bioworld Harry Potter Ravenclaw Backpack
This is another excellent, simple backpack that has plenty of room for what you need. It has padded and adjustable straps, a roomy top handle and two side pockets; one for a water bottle and another for an umbrella. Sold by Amazon
Harry Potter Ravenclaw Varsity Knapsack Backpack
Backpacks, even Ravenclaw backpacks, can blur into each other with similar designs. This knapsack breaks the trends of most with a fun shape and the use of buckles to keep your supplies secured. There’s also a cute charm that says “learning.” Sold by Amazon
What’s the best Hufflepuff backpack to buy?
3BoyMomTee3 Hufflepuff Harry Potter Casual Shoulder Backpack
This backpack’s printed words remind every Hufflepuff, and every Harry Potter fan that makes jokes about them, what it truly means to be a Hufflepuff. The plentiful storage options and comfortable, adjustable straps are cherries on top. Sold by Etsy
Bioworld Hogwarts Hufflepuff Harry Potter Mini Backpack
Sometimes it’s hard to say what’s cute, but this bag makes it easy. The tasseled zipper, small size and badger-printed yellow faux leather are a delight for any Hufflepuff student. Don’t worry, there’s still space for your supplies. Sold by Amazon
Danielle Nicole Harry Potter Hufflepuff Mini Backpack
This mini backpack has all the flash of a designer bag with none of the cost. You don’t need to worry about the wind catching the flap either, thanks to a strong magnetic clasp. Sold by Amazon
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Biden administration forecasts $1.03T deficit, down $400B
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic.
In full, this year’s deficit will decline by $1.7 trillion, representing the single largest decline in the federal deficit in American history, the Office of Management and Budget says.
Despite the gains, the administration said Tuesday that it is forecasting a deficit of $1.03 trillion for the budget year that ends Sept. 30. That number signifies a movement away from the record deficit in 2020, which reached $3.13 trillion.
The administration’s Mid-Session Review said much of the improvement in the deficit forecast for this year stemmed from the economy “transitioning from a historic and rapid recovery to stable and steady growth.”
The administration sees inflation pressures remaining into 2023, however.
“The President’s top economic priority continues to be tackling the challenge of inflation, without giving up the historic economic gains we’ve made over the past 18 months,” said Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget in a statement.
“While costs are still too high for too many families, the President’s economic plan is working and we’re on the right track,” she said.
Because the projections of the Mid-Session Review were finalized in June, it does not include the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act and estimated $740 billion climate, healthcare and tax measure.
And while the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office in July said, that fast economic growth and higher tax revenues have caused the federal debt this year to be lower than forecast, the organization warns in its 30-year outlook that debt will soon spiral upward to new highs that could ultimately imperil the U.S. economy.
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The deal brings the myFitment companies' proven, leading technology in-house to help customers increase sales, satisfaction
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), a global commerce leader that connects millions of sellers and buyers around the world, and the myFitment group of companies ("myFitment"), a leader in delivering the tools and support to help online automotive and powersports parts and accessories sellers thrive, today announced that eBay has acquired myFitment. myFitment's technology and platform provides powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable solutions that help sellers drive sales and avoid costly returns.
This acquisition is an important step in growing eBay's key parts and accessories category and advancing its tech-led reimagination by bringing a valuable, tech-based tool in-house and ensuring continued benefits for eBay sellers and buyers. myFitment's tools help sellers by optimizing fitment data for their listings, ensuring customers order the right parts and accessories for their vehicle, reducing returns and increasing buyer satisfaction.
"eBay is home to more than half a billion parts and accessories globally, ranging from brand new replacement parts to the vintage and hard to find. As we look to elevate the user experience within this category, it is critical we provide innovative tools to help shoppers find the right parts at the right price," said Chris Prill, VP, eBay Motors. "The integration of myFitment's proven technology marks an important step in eBay's tech-led reimagination. Not only will we optimize the listing process for sellers, but we will offer an added layer of confidence for buyers by simplifying how they navigate inventory to find parts that fit their vehicle."
"We founded myFitment to help online parts and accessory sellers use technology to better connect with their customers, increase their sales, and grow their businesses," said Brian Williams, chief operating officer, myFitment. "eBay is one of the leading platforms in the world for people looking to start or grow their online business, and I can think of no better partner to help bring our technology to more of the vehicle and motorsport businesses and enthusiasts we have served for nearly ten years."
eBay has acquired the myFitment group of companies, which includes, among others, myFitment, LLC and Illumaware, LLC and the parties have signed and closed the deal as of August 23, 2022. Further details were not disclosed.
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) is a global commerce leader that connects people and builds communities to create economic opportunity for all. Our technology empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world, providing everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In 2021, eBay enabled over $87 billion of gross merchandise volume. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams and Meghan recount challenges they’ve experienced as working mothers on the Duchess of Sussex’s first podcast, including stories of having to work soon after scary incidents involving their children.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion who said recently “the countdown has begun” to her retirement, recounted on Meghan’s “Archetypes” Spotify podcast Tuesday that she played a match at the 2018 French Open after a nearly sleepless night after her daughter, Olympia, broke her wrist.
“I somehow managed to win, but I was so emotionally spent and just like so emotionally drained that it was, it was crazy. And, you know, and then like every night after that, I just was with her the whole time and was like you’re going to be with me,” said Williams, who has indicated that her final tournament will be the U.S. Open, which starts in New York next week.
The tennis great and Meghan, who are friends, spoke at length on Tuesday’s episode about the challenges of balancing high profile careers in the public eye and motherhood.
“So when you went and played that match the next morning, no one knew what your night had been like the night before. They forgot that human piece of it,” Meghan said about Williams’ French Open experience.
Meghan recounted an incident during a tour of South Africa with her husband, Prince Harry, and their son, Archie, in which a fire broke out in her son’s room and the pair had to leave their baby to continue their official duties. Archie was supposed to be napping in the room at the time, but his nanny had taken him out to get a bite to eat. The incident left everyone shaken, Meghan said.
She said she wanted to spend time with her son, but she and Harry had to go and do another official engagement.
“The focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels,” Meghan said. “And part of the humanizing and the breaking through of these labels and these archetypes and these boxes that we’re put into is having some understanding on the human moments behind the scenes that people might not have any awareness of and to give each other a break.
“Because we did — we had to leave our baby,” she said.
Williams, who turns 41 next month, and Meghan spoke about the tennis star’s recent announcement about stepping away from tennis. Williams said she discussed it with Prince Harry before revealing her decision publicly.
“Obviously I’m retiring professionally, but it’s also an evolution. I’m doing more business things. And I really want to expand my family. And, you know, I’ve been putting it off for so long. And as a woman, there’s only so, so long you can put that off,” Williams said.
Harry and Meghan have a multi-year deal to produce and host podcasts for Spotify under their production company Archewell Audio. Meghan has said the “Archetypes” podcast will focus on harmful labels and stereotypes applied to women.
The Spotify deal is one of several high-profile deals the couple have struck, including one with Netflix. Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal duties in March 2020 over what they described as intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media toward the duchess. They have since relocated to California, where they are raising their children, Archie and Lili. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/serena-williams-tells-meghan-of-babys-injury-before-match/ | 2022-08-23T20:30:46Z | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/serena-williams-tells-meghan-of-babys-injury-before-match/ | false |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that members of his Cabinet have enough confidence in each other to keep working together as lawmakers broke into their summer vacations to debate the government’s contentious plans to slash nitrogen emissions that have sparked angry protests by farmers.
The debate was called after Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in a newspaper interview that the goal of reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 wasn’t set in stone. Hoekstra’s Christian Democrats party, which traditionally wins votes among farmers and in rural communities, has been losing support in polls since the government published its nitrogen targets.
Hoekstra’s comments caused tensions among members of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s four-party ruling Cabinet and led to lawmakers backing a call for a debate that will be the first major test of unity since the coalition took office in January after the country’s longest-ever government formation negotiations.
Rutte conceded that Hoekstra’s interview “caused friction with” the government’s plans, but he added: “My conviction is that all members of the Cabinet have enough confidence in one another to continue working together.”
He said the government was awaiting the outcome of a series of discussions between a mediator and ministers, representatives of the agriculture industry and environmentalists that are intended to ease tensions in the heated public debate.
Lawmaker Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom is the largest opposition group in parliament and who called for the debate, also used it to criticize the government for not doing enough to tackle a cost-of-living crisis that is hitting the Netherlands and many other European nations amid soaring energy costs and inflation.
“This Cabinet is totally detached from reality,” Wilders said as the debate began. He said he would file a motion of no confidence in the government later in the debate, which was expected to last into the evening.
The leader of the centrist D66 party, Sigrid Kaag, did not attend the debate because she was ill. Her party has pushed hard for the emission reduction targets and Dutch media reported that she said during a Cabinet meeting that she had lost confidence in Hoekstra after his interview. Rutte declined to comment on the reports.
The government says emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce, must be drastically reduced close to nature areas that are part of a network of protected habitats for endangered plants and wildlife stretching across the 27-nation European Union.
Rutte’s administration has given local authorities a year to draw up plans for how to achieve the reductions.
Farmers argue that will force many of them out of business and destroy rural communities reliant on agriculture. To protest the measures, they have dumped manure and garbage, including asbestos, on highways over the summer and blockaded supermarket distribution centers to halt the flow of food to stores. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/dutch-government-under-fire-in-debate-over-emissions-cuts/ | 2022-08-23T20:33:26Z | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/dutch-government-under-fire-in-debate-over-emissions-cuts/ | true |
ALPINE, Texas — An Alabama man was sentenced to 210 months in prison, or over 17 years, in an Alpine court Monday.
Matthew Jacob Metzler, 31, was arrested on February 7. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography in March.
Court documents showed Metzler traveled to Arizona to pick up a minor. He then brought the child to Pecos and engaged in sexual acts with the child.
Authorities located Metzler, who was living out of his car, and returned the child to family in Arizona.
Homeland Security Investigation, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Pecos Police Department all assisted in investigating the case.
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MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — A new offensive by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado has increased the number of displaced by 80,000 and undermines the government’s claims of containing the insurgency.
The rebels have expanded their area in a campaign that has lasted for more than two months. The new offensive, which started in June, follows a period of relative calm when the commander-general of Mozambique’s national police had declared that “the war against terrorism is almost at an end.”
That claim proved to be hollow as the fighters have struck further south than ever before, burning villages and beheading civilians in the Ancuabe, Chiure and Mecufi districts which had previously been untouched by the conflict since it began in October 2017.
The latest bout of violence brings the total number of people displaced in Cabo Delgado to just under 950,000, according to estimates by the International Organization for Migration.
Despite the military support that Mozambique is receiving from troops sent by neighboring countries and Rwanda, the rebels are far from defeated. The foreign troops were deployed in Cabo Delgado a year ago, following the extremists’ seizure of the strategic town of Palma in March, 2021.
“The prevalence of attacks a year after the beginning of the foreign military intervention confirms what was already clear” that the government is wrong to say the insurrection has been caused by an external invasion with obscure interests, said Albino Forquilha, executive director of FOMICRES, an independent peacebuilding organization in Mozambique.
“The truth is that the conflict has internal origins due to bad governance and a poor relationship between the state and the local population,” Forquilha continued. “As long as the government ignores this fact, the attacks will not stop.”
Mozambique’s security forces and the allied foreign troops have succeeded in driving insurgents from the main towns of Cabo Delgado into the forests, but this has effectively put rural civilians on the frontline. Since June, the insurgency has been characterized by relentless hit-and-run assaults on undefended villages, forcing the military and police off-balance as they rush to respond from one incident to the next.
“In the context of logistical limitations, whether due to the number of soldiers or military equipment, the increase in the number of attacks across dispersed areas will limit the pursuit of armed groups by government forces and their partners,” said João Feijó, a researcher at the Mozambique-based Observatory of the Rural Environment. “It is a strategy that aims to increase the difficulties for government forces and their partners, and they need to devise an adequate response to this.”
The 16-nation Southern African Development Community is due to decide in August whether to further extend its military intervention, which originally had a mandate for three months, beginning in July 2021.
The experience of the last year suggests that more than just military force is needed to bring the insurgency to heel, say analysts.
“I do not see a quick end to these attacks,” said Forquilha. “Even if the military intervention had managed to expel the insurgents, I don’t doubt that dissatisfaction would continue in the minds of the youth. Because the problem here is not destroying insurgent bases, it is getting young people to identify with the state.”
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Police: Central Florida man beat pet dog to death with bat
By Amanda Dukes
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CLERMONT, Florida (WESH) — A Central Florida man has been accused of beating a pet dog to death with a baseball bat.
Brian Keith Rumbler, 62, of Lake Mary, has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty.
Six-year-old Fenway, a rescue dog that was a mix between a labrador and a basset hound, was the beloved dog of brothers Brian and Brendan Velms.
“He was always happy. Every time you went on a walk, he’s the type of dog to lick everybody,” Brian Velms said.
The Velms brothers are emotional because Clermont police say on Sunday, 62-year-old Rumbler killed Fenway by striking the dog on the head with a baseball bat.
“This is just something so bizarre and traumatic,” Brian Velms said.
According to the arrest affidavit, Rumbler is the boyfriend of the mother of the two young men and recently moved into their Clermont home.
Rumbler told police he was home alone with Fenway on Sunday and that the dog bit him on his hand, so he retrieved a baseball bat and struck the dog on the top of his head, killing him.
“There’s just no need to do that for any animal. If it bites you, just walk away and leave it alone,” Brendan Velms said.
The Velms brothers admit that Fenway has bitten people before but he only did it if someone tried to touch him while he was eating or sleeping and that both their mother and Rumbler had been warned.
According to police, Animal Control determined that Rumbler was not being actively attacked by the dog when he struck him with the bat, so Rumbler was arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty.
WESH 2 News has not been able to make contact with Rumbler.
The Velms brothers say they have moved out of their mother’s home, and they hope Rumbler will eventually be sentenced to jail time.
“Nothing like this should ever happen to any animals like this did,” Brendan Velms said.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW)- Student Loan Justice established in Wisconsin in 2005 is an organization that aims to reform what the organization calls predatory lending practices with student loans.
Founder Alan Collinge said student loans have been weaponized as they have been stripped of some consumer protection such as bankruptcy rights and statutes of limitations.
"The founding fathers called for uniform bankruptcy laws in the constitution ahead of the power to declare war and ahead of the power to raise an army," Collinge said. "Flash forward 100 years today student loans are the only type of loan that have been uniquely stripped of this constitutional right."
Collinge claimed that the price of universities have skyrocketed due to an unchecked lending system.
President Biden is poised to make a decision by as soon as Wednesday or not to forgive $10,000 of student loan debt. Collinge said that is not enough.
Bill S-2598 is in the Senate that would return bankruptcy rights to federal student loans if passed. Collinge encourages people to reach out to their senators.
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Kauffman Foundation, Google.org, The Coca-Cola Company,
Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Grants
Earmarked for Aspen City Action Lab to Accelerate Success for Latino Businesses
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aspen Institute Latinos & Society Program (AILAS) announced today it has garnered grants totaling nearly $1.7 million from prestigious partners dedicated to advancing prosperity for under-served business and entrepreneurial communities. Specifically earmarked for the Aspen City Action Lab, the grants included $600,000 from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, $500,000 from Google.org, $375,000 from The Coca-Cola Company and a $100,000 each from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
"Latinos are launching companies at a faster rate than other groups and accounted for 52% of net job growth in the past decade. This success occurred despite many having little formal business education, nor access to capital and supportive networks enjoyed by other demographics," says AILAS Executive Director Domenika Lynch. "The support of the Kauffman Foundation, Google.org, the Coca-Cola Company, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the U.S. Hispanic of Chamber will make a real difference in helping the City Action Lab unleash the full dynamism of this underserved sector of our nation. The resulting growth will help boost our entire economy."
The Aspen City Action Lab unites Latino small businesses with local entrepreneurial and civic leaders to spur economic growth and share ways to expand business opportunities. The object is to close a wealth and opportunity gap that widened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues addressed include how to access private capital, apply for public funding, and leverage digital technology to expand the customer base.
The Aspen City Action Lab launched as a pilot program in 2021 with communities in Chicago; El Paso, Texas; Miami; Phoenix; San Antonio; and San Bernardino, Calif. This innovative initiative is aiding Latino-majority cities in generating long-term, inclusive economic growth through data-driven, community-informed approaches. Having built partnerships with more than 70 cross-sector leaders in these cities, City Action Lab is also building nationwide networks so that more cities can be added when the pilot phase concludes.
The award from the Kauffman Foundation, an organization committed to advancing educational achievement and entrepreneurial success, bolsters efforts to systematize the program's design so that it can benefit future cohorts of participating cities. The funding will also help support the annual Aspen Latino Business & Entrepreneurship Summit, which assembles public and private-sector leaders to uplift policies, practices and programs supporting Latino business owners and entrepreneurs.
The grant from Google.org, the technology giant's philanthropic arm, will boost the lab's action-oriented strategies to prepare the workforce development ecosystem for the challenges and opportunities brought by the increasing digitalization of the economy.
The Coca-Cola Company is a central partner in AILAS' efforts to shift the narrative around Latinos and their contributions to the competitiveness and resilience of the American economy. The company's giving supports City Action Lab's overall initiative as well as efforts to expand the participation of Latino businesses in our nation's supply chain.
The funding from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the nation's largest nonprofit supporting Hispanic American higher education, and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the largest Hispanic business organization, representing 4.7M+ Hispanic-owned businesses, are also in support of the overall Aspen City Action Lab initiative.
About Aspen Institute Latinos and Society
The Aspen Institute Latinos and Society's mission is to empower and promote long-term economic growth and resiliency in Latino communities throughout the United States. AILAS leverages the Aspen Institute's unique convening power and deep network of leaders from the public, private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors to advance needed public and corporate policy that maximizes the economic potential of Latino communities, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. With a focus on equity, workforce upskilling and entrepreneurial ecosystem-building, AILAS sources data-driven, community-informed, and culturally relevant solutions to untap the economic potential of Latino workers, business owners and entrepreneurs, to the benefit of the nation.
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(NEXSTAR) – After months of reported discussions and small but impactful bouts of debt discharges, the Biden administration is expected to announce its plan to cancel a portion of the nation’s roughly $1.6 trillion in student loan debt on Wednesday.
Sources with knowledge of the situation told The Hill that President Biden’s announcement will include not only another payment pause, expected to last roughly four months, but the largest forgiveness of federal student loan debt to date.
It is expected that Biden will forgive $10,000 in loans for borrowers making less than $125,000 annually.
This isn’t much of a surprise – while on the campaign trail, Biden supported such a plan. He confirmed in May that despite calls from fellow Democrats to aim higher, he would not forgive $50,000 per borrower.
A blanket decision to forgive $10,000 per borrower without any income restrictions would have resulted in 11.8 million borrowers – slightly more than 31% – having their entire balance eliminated, an analysis from the New York Federal Reserve outlined in April. Another 20% would see their debt cut in half, the latest data from the Department of Education shows.
This forgiveness could cost the federal government around $300 billion, research by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model predicted Tuesday.
It’s currently unclear how many borrowers would be impacted – and how much forgiveness could cost – under the expected $125,000 a year income cap Biden is expected to roll out Wednesday.
What also remains unclear is how else student loan forgiveness eligibility could be limited. Many have previously called for loans used for certain programs like medicine and law to be excluded from widespread debt cancellation. When asked earlier this year about Biden’s concerns about providing relief to borrowers that attended schools like Harvard and Yale, then-White House Press Secretary Psaki explained the president wants to ensure the relief is “targeted to those graduates who have the greatest needs.”
Parent PLUS Loans, loans taken out by parents on behalf of their student, and FFEL loans, federal loans held by private entities, may also be included in debt forgiveness, according to internal documents from the Education Department that were obtained last month. Federal loans used to cover graduate school were also included as potential forgiveness targets.
Forgiveness could further target certain subsets of borrowers, experts say. Among those may be recipients of the Pell Grant, which are offered to those students with “exceptional financial need.” Sources told CNN the administration has discussed supplemental forgiveness for Pell Grant recipients but it’s uncertain if the White House will include this in their plan.
It is, ultimately, too soon to tell who exactly will be impacted by the announcement Biden is expected to make Wednesday. What is known is that any loan forgiveness from the federal government will most likely not cover private loans as those are not within the federal student loan system.
Regardless of whether the White House forgives your loans or not in the coming days, experts recommend being financially prepared to repay your debt. If the payment pause is extended, meaning scheduled payments and interest accrual are put on hold, you may still want to make payments on your loans.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE:DRI) plans to release its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results before the market opens on Thursday, September 22, 2022, with a conference call to follow at 8:30 am ET. Rick Cardenas, CEO, and other senior management will discuss first quarter results, and conduct a question and answer session. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call.
About Darden
Darden is a restaurant company featuring a portfolio of differentiated brands that include Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze and Eddie V's. For more information, please visit www.darden.com.
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Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten U.S. national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.
A combination of weak cybersecurity controls and poor judgment has repeatedly exposed Twitter to numerous foreign intelligence risks, according to Zatko, who was Twitter's head of security from November 2020 until he was fired in January.
From taking money from untrusted Chinese sources to proposing the company give into Russian censorship and surveillance demands, Twitter execs including now-CEO Parag Agrawal have knowingly put Twitter users and employees at risk in the pursuit of short-term growth, Zatko alleges.
CNN sought comment from Twitter on more than 50 distinct questions in response to the overall disclosure, along with specific questions on the allegations outlined in this story.
Twitter did not respond to CNN's questions on foreign intelligence risks, but a company spokesperson has said Zatko's allegations overall are "riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and lacks important context."
The national security allegations are part of an explosive, nearly 200-page disclosure to Congress, the Justice Department and federal regulators that accuses Twitter's leadership of covering up critical company vulnerabilities and defrauding the public.
Zatko, a longtime cybersecurity expert who has held senior roles at Google, Stripe and the Defense Department, submitted his disclosure to authorities last month after what he described as months of trying unsuccessfully to sound the alarm inside Twitter about the dangers it faced.
While the disclosure to Congress is edited to omit sensitive details pertaining to the national security claims, a more comprehensive version with supporting documents has been delivered to the Senate Intelligence Committee and to DOJ's national security division, according to the disclosure.
Among its accusations, the whistleblower disclosure claims the U.S. government provided specific evidence to Twitter shortly before Zatko's firing that at least one of its employees, perhaps more, were working for another government's intelligence service. The disclosure does not say whether Twitter acted on the U.S. government tip or whether the tip was credible.
The whistleblower disclosure could further inflame bipartisan concerns in Washington about foreign adversaries and the cybersecurity threat they pose to Americans.
In recent years, policymakers have worried about authoritarian governments siphoning U.S. citizens' data from hacked or pliable companies; leveraging tech platforms to subtly influence or sow disinformation among U.S. voters; or exploiting unauthorized access to gather intel on human rights critics and other perceived threats to non-democratic regimes.
Twitter's alleged flaws could potentially open the door to all three possibilities.
In response to the disclosure, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Republican, Marco Rubio, vowed to look further into the allegations.
"Twitter has a long track record of making really bad decisions on everything from censorship to security practices. That's a huge concern given the company's ability to influence the national discourse and global events," Rubio said. "We're treating the complaint with the seriousness it deserves and look forward to learning more."
In the months before Russia invaded Ukraine, Agrawal — then Twitter's chief technology officer — seemed prepared to make significant concessions to the Kremlin, according to Zatko's disclosure.
Agrawal proposed to Zatko that Twitter comply with Russian demands that could result in broad-based censorship or surveillance, Zatko alleges, recalling an interaction he had with Agrawal at the time. The disclosure does not provide details about exactly what Agrawal suggested.
But last summer Russia passed a law pressuring tech platforms to open local offices in the country or face potential advertising bans, a move western security experts have said could give Russia greater leverage over U.S. tech companies.
Agrawal's suggestion was framed as a way to grow users in Russia, the disclosure says, and while the idea was ultimately discarded, Zatko still saw it as an alarming sign of how far Twitter was willing to go in pursuit of growth, according to the disclosure.
"The fact that Twitter's current CEO even suggested Twitter become complicit with the Putin regime is cause for concern about Twitter's effects on U.S. national security," Zatko's disclosure says.
Twitter is also in a compromised position in China, the disclosure to Congress claims. The company has allegedly accepted funding from unnamed "Chinese entities" who now have access to information that could ultimately unmask people in China who are illegally circumventing government censorship to view and use Twitter.
"Twitter executives knew that accepting Chinese money risked endangering users in China," the disclosure says. "Mr. Zatko was told that Twitter was too dependent upon the revenue stream at this point to do anything other than attempt to increase it."
Zatko's 80-page disclosure outlining his allegations, along with nearly two dozen additional supporting documents, is becoming public just two weeks after a former Twitter manager was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia.
The former employee had allegedly abused his access to Twitter data to collect information on suspected Saudi dissidents, including their phone numbers and email addresses, and allegedly fed that information to the Saudi government.
That security breach, first uncovered in 2019, underscores the gravity of Zatko's allegations, which describe Twitter as an extremely porous organization with alarmingly lax cybersecurity controls compared to its corporate peers.
In order to do their jobs, roughly half of Twitter employees have excessive permissions granting access to live user data and the active Twitter product, according to the disclosure, a practice Zatko says is a significant departure from the standards of other major tech companies where access is tightly controlled and employees largely work in special sandboxes isolated from the consumer-facing product.
"Every engineer" at the company, Zatko alleges, "has a full copy of Twitter's proprietary source code on their laptop."
Twitter has told CNN its handling of source code does not fall outside of industry practices, and that Twitter's engineering and product teams are authorized to access the company's live platform if they have a specific business justification for doing so.
The company also said it uses automated checks to ensure laptops running outdated software cannot access the production environment, and that employees may only make changes to Twitter's live product after the code meets certain record-keeping and review requirements.
The disclosure alleges Twitter has trouble reducing its cybersecurity risks because it can't control, and often doesn't know, what employees may be doing on their work computers.
Data Zatko disclosed from Twitter's internal cybersecurity dashboards shows that four in 10 employee devices — representing thousands of laptops — do not have basic protections enabled, such as firewalls and automatic software updates.
Employees are also able to install third-party software on their computers with few technical restrictions, the disclosure says, which on multiple occasions has allegedly resulted in employees installing unauthorized spyware on their devices at the behest of outside organizations.
In its responses to CNN, Twitter said employees use devices overseen by other IT and security teams with the power to prevent a device from connecting to sensitive internal systems if it is running outdated software.
Twitter has internal security tools that are tested by the company regularly, and every two years by external auditors, according to a person familiar with Zatko's tenure at the company.
The person added that some of Zatko's statistics surrounding device security lacked credibility and were derived by a small team that did not properly account for Twitter's existing security procedures.
Undue access and limited oversight of employee conduct creates opportunities for insider threats such as the Saudi operative, but the Saudi government wasn't the only one to seek greater access to Twitter's internal systems, Zatko alleges.
The Indian government has successfully "forced" Twitter to hire agents working on its behalf, the disclosure says, "who (because of Twitter's basic architectural flaws) would have access to vast amounts of Twitter sensitive data." Twitter has withheld that fact from its public transparency reports, the disclosure adds.
In the past year, the Indian government has pushed to expand its control over social media within its borders, clashing with Twitter over content removals, forcing tech platforms to hire legal and law enforcement liaisons in the country and even conducting raids on Twitter's local offices.
The person familiar with Zatko's tenure said the Indian government agents the disclosure refers to were in fact the legal and law enforcement liaisons required under Indian law.
Many tech platforms are global enterprises, and in some cases, as with Russia's attempt to force tech companies to open local headquarters, their employees can become unwitting points of leverage for governments wanting to exert pressure on the companies.
Corporate and user data stored on, or accessible by, employee computers can be at risk of being accessed or seized by local authorities. The employees themselves, or their families, may be at risk of being threatened or coerced.
But Twitter's unique cybersecurity vulnerabilities has meant that its local offices have become particularly sensitive targets, Zatko alleges. India, Nigeria and Russia have all "sought, with varying success, to force Twitter to hire local [full-time employees] that could be used as leverage," the disclosure says.
Twitter's business practices don't just undermine the United States' interests but those of all democratic nations, the disclosure alleges, citing the company's handling of a Nigerian government decision to block Twitter for months last year over a presidential tweet that was widely interpreted as a threat against some Nigerian citizens and subsequently removed by Twitter.
Nigeria lifted its ban on Twitter in January, after the government said the social media platform had agreed to all of its conditions. The conditions include adhering to Nigerian laws on "prohibited publication."
Despite Twitter's claims to have been in negotiations with Nigeria after it suspended the company, those talks never actually occurred, Zatko alleges. Twitter's alleged misrepresentations about engaging the Nigerian government not only harmed the company's investors, the disclosure says, but it also gave Nigerian officials cover to demand far greater concessions from Twitter than the company otherwise would have given.
The concessions, according to Zatko's disclosure, have "harmed free expression rights and democratic accountability for Nigerian citizens."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
U.S. officials say they expect to respond to Iran’s comments on a European draft proposal by Wednesday, after which another round of negotiations in Vienna to finalize the details of a potential deal will likely be needed. New developments, including stepped-up public messaging campaigns by both Tehran and Washington, suggest that an agreement could be near.
Despite the forward movement, numerous hurdles remain. And key sticking points could still unravel efforts to bring back the 2015 deal under which Iran received billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program intended to prevent it from developing an atomic weapon.
Even U.S. supporters of an agreement are no longer referring to the “longer and stronger” deal that they had initially set out to win when indirect negotiations with Iran began last spring. And, on the Iranian side, demands for greater U.S. sanctions relief than the administration appears willing or able to promise could undercut the push to revive the agreement.
In Washington, the Biden administration faces considerable political opposition to returning to the 2015 deal from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress who remain unconvinced that it is in U.S. national security interests.
The recent indictment of an Iranian for plotting to murder Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton and the attack by an apparent Iran sympathizer on the author Salman Rushdie have further contributed to doubts that Iran can be trusted.
The latest draft does not include Tehran’s demand that the U.S. lift the terrorism designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran has stepped back from a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency close its investigation into unexplained traces of uranium at three undeclared sites, according to a senior administration official who requested anonymity to discuss ongoing efforts to resurrect the deal.
But, rescinding the terrorism designation imposed by Trump was never a realistic demand. Not only does it fall outside the scope of the nuclear deal, it was made virtually impossible since the Bolton plot indictment, ongoing Iranian threats to other former U.S. officials, and the Rushdie attack.
And, while Iran may have agreed to a mechanism to eventually return to the deal without the IAEA investigation being closed up front, it has said that its actual compliance with an agreement remains contingent on getting a clean bill of health from the agency.
The senior administration official said a “deal is closer than it was two weeks ago,” but cautioned that the outcome remains uncertain "as some gaps remain.”
And, Iranian officials on Tuesday bristled at the suggestion that they’ve stepped back from their demands to re-enter the deal.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian adviser to the indirect talks in Vienna, took to Twitter on Tuesday to assert that removing the IRGC from the State Department’s foreign terrorism list was never a precondition and insisted that “no deal will be implemented before the IAEA Board of Directors PERMANENTLY closes the false accusations file.”
Meanwhile, America's top ally in the Middle East, Israel, has become increasingly alarmed at the apparent movement toward a deal. Israel’s alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to resist forging ahead with a deal with the Iranians.
“I call on President Biden and the American administration to refrain, even now at this last minute, from signing the agreement with Iran,” Bennett said in a statement.
He noted that Israel is not party to the 2015 agreement signed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security — the U.S., the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China as well as Germany — but that Israel would be directly affected and reserved all rights to its self-defense.
“One way or another, the State of Israel is not a party to the agreement," Bennett said. "Israel is not committed to any of the restrictions stemming from the agreement and will utilize all available tools to prevent the Iranian nuclear program from advancing.”
At the direction of current Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Israel's national security adviser Eyal Hulata is in Washington this week for talks with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and possibly Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Iran’s nuclear program will be at the center of those talks.
The White House insists that the terms under discussion include the key underpinnings of the 2015 deal. The U.S. would lift hundreds of sanctions the Trump administration re-imposed when it withdrew from the deal in 2018. And Iran would roll back its nuclear program to the limits set by the original nuclear deal, including caps on enrichment, how much material it can stockpile and the operation of advanced centrifuges needed to enrich.
However, it remains unclear what exactly would happen to Iran's current stockpile of highly enriched uranium and what it would be required to do with the advanced centrifuges it has been spinning. The White House has said both would be “removed” but has not offered details.
As of the last public count, Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. Under the deal, Tehran could enrich uranium to 3.67% purity, while maintaining a stockpile of uranium of 300 kilograms (660 pounds) under constant scrutiny of surveillance cameras and international inspectors.
In terms of sanctions relief, Iran has been demanding that the administration pledge that a future president not be allowed to re-impose the lifted penalties as Trump did and promise that Congress will repeal statutory sanctions legislation passed initially to force Iran back to the negotiating table. The administration is in no position to guarantee either.
“Reports that we have accepted or are considering new concessions to Iran as part of reentering the 2015 nuclear deal are categorically false,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
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TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - QYOU Media Inc. (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF) ("QYOU" or the "Company"), a company operating in India and the United States producing and distributing content created by social media stars and digital content creators, will host a conference call and audio-only webcast on Monday, August 29, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the Company's operational and financial highlights for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022. A question-and-answer session will follow management's prepared remarks.
Event: QYOU Media Q2 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
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One of the fastest growing creator-media companies, QYOU Media operates in India and the United States producing, distributing and monetizing content created by social media influencers and digital content stars. In India, under our flagship brand, The Q, we curate, produce and distribute premium content across television networks, VOD and OTT platforms, mobile phones, smart TV's and app based platforms. We now have 5 emerging content destinations engaging over 125 million Indian households weekly – The Q (mass entertainment), Q Marathi (regional content), Q Kahaniyan (animated content), Q Comedistaan (comedy focused) and our latest Q-GameX (live gaming). Our influencer marketing company, Chtrbox, has been a pioneer in India's creator economy, leveraging data to connect brands to the right social media influencers. In the United States, we power major film studios, game publishers and brands to create content and market via creators and influencers. Founded and created by industry veterans from Lionsgate, MTV, Disney and Sony, QYOU Media's millennial and Gen Z-focused content reaches more than one billion consumers around the world every month. Experience our work at www.qyoumedia.com, www.theq.tv and www.chtrbox.com.
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David's Bridal, the nation's leading bridal and special occasion authority, has been recognized as one of Forbes Best Employers for Women of 2022. This renowned award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.
Forbes and Statista's methodology ensures the highest quality and validity of rankings. These results are based an independent survey of 50,000 employees currently employed at companies with at least 1,000 employees. The survey is based on a variety of criteria including working conditions, diversity, and how likely employees are to recommend their employer. Statista also asked female respondents to rate their employers on criteria such as parental leave, discrimination and pay equity. Representation at the executive and board levels were also factored into the final score.
"We are incredibly proud and honored to be recognized as one of the best employers for women among many other notable brands," said Jim Marcum, Chief Executive Officer of David's Bridal. "Our workforce, comprised of over 90% women, emulates our brand values of Celebrate, Innovate, Design, Personalize, and Kindness daily and represent the very best of who we are and what we believe in. We have the privilege of serving millions every year for life's magical moments and we are who we serve."
David's Bridal has responded to the evolving needs of the modern bride by offering unparalleled customer service and the most expansive product offerings in the industry, resulting in world class Net Promoter Scores month over month. Vowing to walk alongside her throughout the entire planning experience, David's has unveiled innovative solutions to enhance the customer shopping journey, both in-store and online. In the past year alone, David's launched Guaranteed in Stock Bridesmaids collection, a comprehensive mobile planning app, 24/7 customer service, a first-of-its-kind loyalty program, Diamond Loyalty with exclusive member pricing, an exclusive limited-time collaboration with celebrity fashion designer DanielXDiamond and announced the asset acquisitions of premier online wedding destinations, Forever Bride and Anomalie to better serve its customer at every touchpoint and continue to rapidly disrupt the bridal and special event space.
With 70 years of experience dressing customers for all of life's special occasions, David's Bridal is built on the idea everyone deserves to have the attire of their dreams regardless of style preference, shape, size, or budget. We believe in: CELEBRATING all life's magical moments, INNOVATING so we are always serving her, PERSONALIZING everything so it's all done her way, DESIGNING the most luxurious dresses, and finally, KINDNESS - so she doesn't have to worry about anything. It is our mission to help anyone and everyone find the look that will allow them to be the best, most genuine version of themselves on their wedding day or any special occasion. David's Bridal is dedicated to helping each customer, with the assistance of online planning tools and resources powered by Blueprint Registry and Rustic Wedding Chic, and Forever Bride, knowledgeable stylists, and expert alteration artisans who will guide them through the entire purchasing journey. With more than 300 stores located across the US, Canada, UK, and franchise locations in Mexico, we offer the convenience of one-stop shopping for every magical event in her life including weddings, Quinceañera, graduations, prom, communions, or simply making the world her runway and beyond. Additionally, David's recently launched #frontlinefierce Philanthropy Program dedicated to amplifying the heroism, fearlessness, and bravery of those who serve others in their community. To learn more about David's Bridal, visit www.DavidsBridal.com, download the Planning App, and connect on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
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MATTOON – Mattoon football captain T.J. Owens hit the halls of the high school this season like a traveling salesman looking for his next big sale.
Owens, along with fellow captain Chase Woodard, were talking to anyone they could find to sell them on joining the Green Wave this season.
The seniors had a compelling case as this year's squad gets to be the first to play on the new turf at Gaines Field.
"You can work your whole life but you can't play football your whole life. You can play any sport you want in the fall for the rest of your life but football, you get four years and maybe six or seven if you are lucky going through college," Owens said. "Selling it was easy this year. We have a new stadium, new speakers all this new stuff. We have a new coach and a new regime."
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Owens is a high-motor and vocal leader in the locker room and he suits up as middle linebacker and left guard. He's in the middle of everything on the field and his work helping to sell the program netted incredible results.
"Last season, we had five juniors in our grade playing and now we are up to 20 seniors. It was a big jump," Owens said. "We have 88 guys this season, which is insane. Chase and I reached out to a lot of guys in the school and even eighth graders. We told them that it's not just 22 guys playing that are a football team. It is the 90 guys that build the program strong. It is looking great this season."
Taking over for former coach Troy Johnson, who retired in the offseason after 13 seasons with the Green Wave, is his long-time assistant coach Jared Kimbro. This will be Kimbro's 19th season coaching at Mattoon and Woodard sees the team improving upon its 3-6 record last season.
"Coach Kimbro brings a lot of energy and he is setting the standard. There are no excuses basically. We all need to be committed and locked into it," Woodard said. "Last season, I think the outcome could have been different. A lot of those games were close and I think this year we have a new standard. I think we can improve a lot."
'Nasty defense'
A challenge for the Green Wave defense is finding the players to fill the gap left by All-State linebacker Aiden Spurgeon, who led Illinois with 150 tackles last season and is now playing for Aurora University. Owens is taking that challenge head on this season.
"I want to fill those shoes and do the best I can. Aiden has been a good mentor to talk to this summer. If I ever have a question, I know he will answer it," Owens said. "To fill those shoes, it is going to be hard. It is hard to replace a guy like that and you patch it as well as you can and that's what we are doing. All of our linebackers are going to help doing that."
Kimbro turns to Owens and linebacker Aiden Blackburn as key run stoppers and tacklers this season.
"Right now, our defensive front has bulked up some. We added some size with some seniors that weren't necessarily out last year," Kimbro said. "Our linebacking corps, we have two of the three starters back with T.J. and Aiden and so we are in good shape."
Owens is confident the team can lead with defense this year as every starter will be a challenge for opposing offenses.
"I think it is going to be nasty. I think our front 11-15 guys that will play, the word is nasty because we're gritty," Owens said. "We are not afraid to hit. I lead the linebacker corps in being the oldest and having the most experience. The other guys I have with me are right there.
"We have a shirt that reads 'You - excuses = unstoppable.' We have cut out excuses. (Coach Kimbro) sets the bar high and that every day is a big day. Every day you have to meet the standard. Every day we set the bar higher for ourselves."
Trier at QB
Junior Slater Trier will move to quarterback in the Kimbro-led offense this season after making the move from wide receiver last season.
"Slater was our No. 3 receiver and he is as tough as they come," Kimbro said. "He caught some balls last year that would have put a lesser young man out but he grabbed it and kept on trucking. He's looking to take over and do some big things. I think he will have a really nice year for us."
Leading rusher Taeriek Grace returns for his senior season and will lead a strong group of runners, including Kimbro's son Cale Kimbro.
"We will be a three-headed monster. Taeriek rushed for about 600 yards last season and averaged about five yards a carry. As you reflect back on seasons, we obviously didn't hand him the ball enough," Kimbro said. "We have got another sophomore Deaiden Arnold, who is stepping in there too. He's a dynamic runner and he can move super smooth. Then Cale will be another guy that will run the ball some and is a straight-ahead guy."
The coaching tree
Kimbro played football for Eastern Illinois from 1998-2002 as an offensive lineman and played for current Panthers head coach Chris Wilkerson, who assisted with the special teams and defense at the time.
"(EIU former head coach Bob Spoo) and the staff there taught me a lot about how to treat players and the right way to do things. How to hold and be held accountable," Kimbro said.
Current Taylorville head football coach Jeb Odam was a teammate of Kimbro's at EIU, and Effingham head coach Brett Hafner served as an assistant coach at Mattoon with Kimbro when Gerald Temples led the Green Wave. That will lead to some interesting Apollo Conference matchups when the teams meet in Weeks 3 and 4, respectively.
"The great thing is that our conference is full of good teams top to bottom," Kimbro said. "Teams are taking steps in the right direction and we want to play the best competition all of the time."
Opening night
The Green Wave open their season on Friday hosting Troy Triad at the renovated Gaines Field.
"I think the field helped with our numbers out of the gate and we have been thinking about a new field for years but it didn't come to fruition until a few years ago," Kimbro said. "It has been fantastic. The stadium is basically ready and we are waiting on our locker rooms to finish up. The turf, scoreboard and bleachers are done."
The team wasn't able to host home games on the high school campus last season and Kimbro is looking forward to getting the stands filled again.
"Hopefully, we can get the community back involved. With COVID, you didn't always have the numbers at games that you want. A lot of people are excited to come out and see this and hopefully we can put a product on the field that is worthy of that," Kimbro said. "We are super excited to open up next week with Triad and get this placed packed." | https://herald-review.com/sports/high-school/football/boys/5-things-to-know-about-the-mattoon-football-season-and-their-nasty-defense/article_607462e0-229a-11ed-b4fb-23abdd241621.html | 2022-08-23T20:43:16Z | https://herald-review.com/sports/high-school/football/boys/5-things-to-know-about-the-mattoon-football-season-and-their-nasty-defense/article_607462e0-229a-11ed-b4fb-23abdd241621.html | true |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — DeBrand Fine Chocolates announced on the its Instagram page Tuesday afternoon the chocolatier’s Coldwater Road shop will close and merge with the other northern Fort Wayne location off Auburn Road.
The post cited the current challenges of ingredient and labor shortages and cost increases as the reason for the decision.
The Coldwater Road location’s last day of operation will be Wednesday, Aug. 24.
DeBrand also has two other locations in Fort Wayne, with one being at Jefferson Pointe and the other being downtown on Harrison Street. DeBrand also has a shop in Indianapolis. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/debrand-fine-chocolates-to-close-coldwater-road-store/ | 2022-08-23T20:43:18Z | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/debrand-fine-chocolates-to-close-coldwater-road-store/ | false |
US, Iran inch closer to nuke deal but high hurdles remain
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
U.S. officials say they expect to respond to Iran’s comments on a European draft proposal by Wednesday, after which another round of negotiations in Vienna to finalize the details of a potential deal will likely be needed. New developments, including stepped-up public messaging campaigns by both Tehran and Washington, suggest that an agreement could be near.
Despite the forward movement, numerous hurdles remain. And key sticking points could still unravel efforts to bring back the 2015 deal under which Iran received billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program intended to prevent it from developing an atomic weapon.
Even U.S. supporters of an agreement are no longer referring to the “longer and stronger” deal that they had initially set out to win when indirect negotiations with Iran began last spring. And, on the Iranian side, demands for greater U.S. sanctions relief than the administration appears willing or able to promise could undercut the push to revive the agreement.
In Washington, the Biden administration faces considerable political opposition to returning to the 2015 deal from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress who remain unconvinced that it is in U.S. national security interests.
The recent indictment of an Iranian for plotting to murder Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton and the attack by an apparent Iran sympathizer on the author Salman Rushdie have further contributed to doubts that Iran can be trusted.
The latest draft does not include Tehran’s demand that the U.S. lift the terrorism designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran has stepped back from a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency close its investigation into unexplained traces of uranium at three undeclared sites, according to a senior administration official who requested anonymity to discuss ongoing efforts to resurrect the deal.
But, rescinding the terrorism designation imposed by Trump was never a realistic demand. Not only does it fall outside the scope of the nuclear deal, it was made virtually impossible since the Bolton plot indictment, ongoing Iranian threats to other former U.S. officials, and the Rushdie attack.
And, while Iran may have agreed to a mechanism to eventually return to the deal without the IAEA investigation being closed up front, it has said that its actual compliance with an agreement remains contingent on getting a clean bill of health from the agency.
The senior administration official said a “deal is closer than it was two weeks ago,” but cautioned that the outcome remains uncertain “as some gaps remain.”
And, Iranian officials on Tuesday bristled at the suggestion that they’ve stepped back from their demands to re-enter the deal.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian adviser to the indirect talks in Vienna, took to Twitter on Tuesday to assert that removing the IRGC from the State Department’s foreign terrorism list was never a precondition and insisted that “no deal will be implemented before the IAEA Board of Directors PERMANENTLY closes the false accusations file.”
Meanwhile, America’s top ally in the Middle East, Israel, has become increasingly alarmed at the apparent movement toward a deal. Israel’s alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to resist forging ahead with a deal with the Iranians.
“I call on President Biden and the American administration to refrain, even now at this last minute, from signing the agreement with Iran,” Bennett said in a statement.
He noted that Israel is not party to the 2015 agreement signed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security — the U.S., the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China as well as Germany — but that Israel would be directly affected and reserved all rights to its self-defense.
“One way or another, the State of Israel is not a party to the agreement,” Bennett said. “Israel is not committed to any of the restrictions stemming from the agreement and will utilize all available tools to prevent the Iranian nuclear program from advancing.”
At the direction of current Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Israel’s national security adviser Eyal Hulata is in Washington this week for talks with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and possibly Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Iran’s nuclear program will be at the center of those talks.
The White House insists that the terms under discussion include the key underpinnings of the 2015 deal. The U.S. would lift hundreds of sanctions the Trump administration re-imposed when it withdrew from the deal in 2018. And Iran would roll back its nuclear program to the limits set by the original nuclear deal, including caps on enrichment, how much material it can stockpile and the operation of advanced centrifuges needed to enrich.
However, it remains unclear what exactly would happen to Iran’s current stockpile of highly enriched uranium and what it would be required to do with the advanced centrifuges it has been spinning. The White House has said both would be “removed” but has not offered details.
As of the last public count, Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. Under the deal, Tehran could enrich uranium to 3.67% purity, while maintaining a stockpile of uranium of 300 kilograms (660 pounds) under constant scrutiny of surveillance cameras and international inspectors.
In terms of sanctions relief, Iran has been demanding that the administration pledge that a future president not be allowed to re-impose the lifted penalties as Trump did and promise that Congress will repeal statutory sanctions legislation passed initially to force Iran back to the negotiating table. The administration is in no position to guarantee either.
“Reports that we have accepted or are considering new concessions to Iran as part of reentering the 2015 nuclear deal are categorically false,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
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Associated Press writer Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed reporting.
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – The Rum Creek Fire burning in Josephine County is prompting the closure of a section of the Rogue River.
The fire was first reported on August 17 and is located about five miles northwest of Galice. Since then, it has grown to 139 acres in size.
On August 22, access to a portion of the Wild and Scenic Lower Rogue River and the Rogue River Trail from Grave Creek to Russian Creek was closed to the public until further notice due to the Rum Creek Fire.
The fire is expected to progress toward the Rogue River near China Rapids and Rainie Falls within the next few days.
“We saw significant movement today progressing downslope to the north toward the Rogue River,” said Eric Riener, Incident Commander trainee with Northwest 13 Incident Management Team. “We could potentially see impacts to the shores of the river today, and definitely Wednesday.”
The cause of the Rum Creek Fire remains under investigation.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to modest losses in a quiet Tuesday on Wall Street, as steadying Treasury yields helped calm the market following its worst tumble in months.
The S&P 500 dipped 9.26 points, or 0.2%, to 4,128.73 after flipping between small gains and losses through the day. The edge lower follows up on Monday’s sharp 2.1% drop, which came on the heels of the first losing week for the index in the last five.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 154.02, or 0.5%, to 32,909.59, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.27, or less than 0.1%, to 12381.30. Stocks of smaller companies held up better than the rest of the market, and the Russell 2000 index ticked up by 0.2%.
Volatility has returned to Wall Street following what had been a strong summer as worries rise about how aggressively the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to knock down high inflation. Recent comments from some Fed officials have cooled hopes the Fed may end up less forceful than feared.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury has climbed back above 3%, for example, after starting the month close to 2.60%.
Yields calmed on Tuesday, though, which helped give stocks something of a reprieve. The two-year yield fell in particular following some weaker-than-forecast readings on the economy, down to 3.28% from 3.33% late Monday.
The 10-year yield inched up to 3.05% from 3.03% after preliminary data suggested both the manufacturing and services sectors are weaker than economists expected.
“Gathering clouds spread across the private sector as services new orders returned to contractionary territory, mirroring the subdued demand conditions seen at their manufacturing counterparts,” S&P Global Market Intelligence senior economist Siân Jones said in a statement accompanying the report.
A separate report showed that sales of new homes slowed more than economists expected last month. The housing industry has been one of the hardest hit by this year’s turnaround in interest rates. As the Fed has jacked up its key overnight rate, mortgage rates have climbed too and put a chill on the industry.
Such weak data on the U.S. economy raises worries that a recession may indeed be on the way, but it also could encourage the Fed to take it easier on rate hikes. Worries about a slowing economy stretch around the world, and the value of one euro dropped below $1 amid concerns about Europe in particular.
The next big event circled on Wall Street’s calendar is a speech on Friday by Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve. He’ll be speaking at an annual symposium held by the Fed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which has been the site of major market-moving speeches in the past.
In the stock market, losses for health care companies helped to offset gains for energy producers driven by stronger oil prices.
Several profit reports also drove trading as the earnings season draws to a close. More than 95% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported their earnings for the spring, with overall growth on track for roughly 6%, according to FactSet.
Macy’s rose 3.8% after beating Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations, and J.M. Smucker gained 3.3% after delivering a sweetened financial forecast despite inflation eating into its results. Zoom Video Communications slumped 16.5% after cutting its financial forecast for the year.
Twitter fell 7.3% after a whistleblower alleged the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses, privacy protections and its ability to detect and root out fake accounts. The social media company is in the middle of trying to force Tesla CEO Elon Musk to consummate his $44 billion takeover offer for it. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/asian-shares-fall-on-fed-worries-after-wall-street-sell-off/ | 2022-08-23T20:44:46Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/asian-shares-fall-on-fed-worries-after-wall-street-sell-off/ | false |
There is no major industrialized country in the world more dependent on Russian energy than Germany.
Natural gas, mostly from Russia, is used to power the country's manufacturing sector, and it heats nearly half of the country's households.
To Berlin-based entrepreneur Karolina Attspodina, it is an especially troubling reality, as the European energy crisis revealed how much Germany needs Russia's oil and gas exports to simply function.
"I'm pretty frustrated," said Attspodina, 34, who was born in Ukraine. "And it not just me. A lot of people are. How could we get to this stage that we're so reliant on somebody else, especially Russia?"
Last year, Attspodina co-founded a company to empower Germans to rely a bit less on Russian energy: She sells solar panels that can be installed on apartment balconies and garages.
Here's how it works: The solar panels collect energy from the sun, which is then sent to a device, known as a microinverter, that is plugged into a power socket. The energy from the panels then becomes the initial source of energy for the household, ahead of power from the grid.
By the most optimistic measure, her solar panels can save residents up to 25% on their utility bills.
When Putin's forces invaded Ukraine earlier this year, her crusade against Germany's reliance on Russian oil and gas become even more personal.
"I can see my people dying over at home. I still have family and friends there," Attspodina said.
Other Germans, meanwhile, realized that the invasion meant energy prices at home would soon rise.
The war spiked sales of her solar panels by 70%, she said.
"I wish it never happened in this way, but everyone really understood in a new way that we needed to be more independent in terms of energy," she said.
She is now racing to keep up. Even though regulations limit the amount of power her solar panels can generate, she has a backlog of 3,000 orders she is now trying to fill.
"This is a way for you to actually reduce your energy bill, but also reduce CO2 and help our climate crisis and obviously help the fact that we are reliant on the Russian gas," she said.
Dimming lights countrywide to save energy
Across Germany, the government is taking its own steps to try to reduce energy consumption: Dimming lights in public places; cranking down the heating of public pools; turning off water fountains — some cities are even considering turning off traffic lights in lightly populated areas.
Russia has been gradually sending less gas to Europe in response to Western sanctions. The critical Nord Stream 1 pipeline now sends just 20% of what it is capable of to Europe — some fear that Russia will turn off the taps completely this winter.
That would make a painful energy crunch even worse, said Fabian Ronningen, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy.
"The energy crisis will last as long as prices are very high and Germany remains reliant on Russian gas, which will not be a short-term thing," he said.
We Do Solar's sales bump, according to Ronningen, dovetails with residential solar panel purchases surging across Germany in response to the energy crisis.
Solar energy now accounts for around 9% of the electricity Germany consumes. Ronningen said residents installing more solar modules on balconies and rooftops is a welcome development, but there is no easy fix to solve the crisis.
"Consumers have to deal with these prices in the winter and also for the coming year," he said.
Solar is a boon for some, out of reach for others
In Berlin, one of Attspodina's customer, Leo von Bismarck, 40, a tech entrepreneur, recently installed the solar panels at his parents' place in the city's posh Mitte neighborhood.
Looking at the eight black panels attached to the outside of the balcony, von Bismarck said they were appealing because they double as a privacy screen. He is happy about the cost savings too.
"Some people are just paralyzed by the urge to do something, but at the same time not knowing how to do it," he said. "And this is really plug and play, to be honest. It's really as simple as that."
Easy for a von Bismarck say. For many Germans, at 1,300 euros, the cost of buying the cheapest set of solar modules is simply out of reach.
Like for Lydia Dietsch, a graphic designer in Berlin who said there is no way she could afford them.
At the same time, her utility bill recently delivered a nasty sticker shock. She lives with her partner and a roommate.
"Prices already increased from like 91 Euros per month to 410 per month," she said.
With solar panels out of reach and her energy bill soaring, Dietsch is taking shorter showers. Sometimes cold showers.
"I'm trying to avoid cooking with the gas oven and use other things instead," she added. "We have a grill."
Bracing for the coming winter, Dietsch said she might have no choice but to shiver her way through it.
"I'm afraid of winter. I don't know what will happen," she said. "We will just be in the cold rooms, I guess."
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CASSVILLE, Mo.– An old-school discipline method is making its way back to class in one Missouri district.
According to KOLR-TV, the Cassville School District in southwest Missouri is bringing back corporal punishment for students.
Under the new policy, students could be punished with a paddle. Administrators say it would be the last resort for parents and faculty members if other means of discipline do not work.
The superintendent said this is the result of a survey sent out to parents last year. the parents responded saying discipline is one of their biggest concerns.
One parent of Cassville students said she was shocked by the decision.
“I do not think it is appropriate,” said Miranda Waltrip. “You know, there are a lot of kids in the school district that don’t have parents that use resources the way that they should for their children.”
Waltrip has three kids in Cassville schools.
She said she was shocked to hear students opted in and could be disciplined with a paddle. Waltrip said she would like to see the district try other methods.
“You know, I feel like if they had a different outlet like counseling services and school instead of corporal punishment, that would be the more appropriate answer,” Waltrip said. “At the end of the day they are having to hold the child down and spank them or use whatever means that they can to make the child submissive when that is not the issue, it is the fact that they need to be heard because children act out for varied reasons.”
Waltrip said this policy is a snapshot of the community in Cassville.
“We live in a really small community where people were raised a certain way and they’re kind of blanketed in that fact that they grew up having discipline and swats. And so, for them, it’s like going back to the good old days but it’s not because it’s going to do more harm than good at the end of the day.”
Superintendent Dr. Meryl Johnson said the policy change was an answer to keeping kids in classrooms after parents said suspensions were one of their biggest concerns last school year.
“The complaints that we have heard from some of our parents is that they don’t want their students suspended. They want another option,” Johnson said. “And so, this was just another option that we could use before we get to that point of suspension.”
Students will only receive the new discipline if parents opt their children in. Dr. Johnson says the paddle-based discipline will only be used as a last resort.
“Corporal punishment will be used only when other means of discipline have failed and then only in reasonable form, when the principal approves it,” Johnson said.
Dr. Johnson said he does not anticipate using this punishment often, but if the principal punishes a child this way it will be done by administrators only and only in the presence of another certified employee.
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LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to show Britain’s solidarity with Ukraine by saying it with flowers on Tuesday.
The outgoing U.K. leader created an arch of sunflowers — Ukraine’s national flower — outside his Downing Street office to commemorate the eastern European nation’s independence day on Wednesday. The gesture also comes as Ukraine prepares to mark six months since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24.
“We will never recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea or any other Ukrainian territory,” Johnson said in a video address to an international summit on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014.
“In the face of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s assault we must continue to give our Ukrainian friends all the military, humanitarian, economic and diplomatic support that they need,” Johnson said.
Johnson has been steadfast in his support for Ukraine since the invasion began. The prime minister, who will step down early next month, sought to deflect from scandals and criticism at home by positioning himself as the leader of the international effort to help Ukraine combat Russian aggression.
Since the Russian invasion began, Johnson has pledged 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) of military aid to Ukraine, including armored vehicles and anti-tank missiles. He has also dispatched economic support, guaranteeing millions in World Bank loans for the country.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno says he is exploring the possibility of selling the franchise.
Moreno purchased the Angels in 2003, a year after they won the World Series. He has spent aggressively on aging free agent stars like Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, but the club hasn’t been back to the Fall Classic since he became owner.
Los Angeles is set to miss the postseason for the eighth straight year despite featuring AL MVPs Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani.
“It has been a great honor and privilege to own the Angels for 20 seasons,” Moreno said in a statement. “Although this difficult decision was entirely our choice and deserved a great deal of thoughtful consideration, my family and I have ultimately come to the conclusion that now is the time.”
Moreno’s announcement comes at a critical moment for the franchise, with Ohtani set to be a free agent after the 2024 season. Ohtani, a two-way sensation who left Japan and joined the Angels in 2018, has made it clear he wants to play for a contending team. If the franchise can’t sign Ohtani to a long-term deal, it may decide to trade him before he has a chance to leave as a free agent.
Trout, a three-time MVP, is signed through the 2030 season on a $426.5 million, 12-year deal. He’s appeared in just three postseason games with the Angels, all in 2014, despite having been the best player in baseball for most of the last decade.
The team has retained Galatioto Sports Partners as financial advisor for the process and said it will not have any additional comment.
Moreno, a Mexican-American born in Arizona, is the only non-white controlling owner in Major League Baseball. The Angels are the second MLB team currently for sale, joining the Washington Nationals.
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The 19-year-old star of HBO's new buzzworthy series "House of the Dragon," Emily Carey, said that while she appreciates the power of social media, she decided to delete her Twitter account "because it's just so loud."
Carey told Australian paper news.com.au that her recent decision to rid her digital life of Twitter came after she suggested that there should be a backstory written for her Game of Thrones character to make her more human. Fans accused her of not understanding the story, written by George R.R. Martin in his series of books. GoT fans accused her of not being willing to accept that "Alicent" is a villain.
The British actress made the comments at a Comic-Con event in July while discussing her character Alicent Hightower.
The HBO series has enjoyed some historic success, as the company said it brought in the "largest audience for any new original series" in HBO's history.
Carey explained at the July Comic-Con event that she had created the backstory saying, "I've never had the freedom to create a whole human being like this before. So it was so much fun being able to go so in-depth with her."
I think she's so multifaceted. There are so many layers to her," she said of Alicent. "I think lots of people are already expecting her to be the villain of the show, but I think bringing her in younger, there was a lot more to explore."
As CNN reported, "House of the Dragon," based on the George R.R. Martin novel "Fire & Blood," appears to have a fan base dedicated to keeping the show as much in line with Martin's novels, as possible. Many did not share same excitement with taking creative liberties with Carey's character on the show.
"But I will say I did delete Twitter because it's just so loud," she said. "Even when it's good, there's so many, and it's so loud."
"I'm 19, so I'm all on social media, and I've been on social media since I was a kid because I've worked since I was a kid, so I'm very conscious of things ... any hate that comes in, it's just ... it's a person behind a screen," Carey told news.com.au. "You just have to move on from it," she said. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/house-of-the-dragon-shows-star-emily-carey-chooses-to-delete-twitter-because-of-the-noise | 2022-08-23T20:53:36Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/house-of-the-dragon-shows-star-emily-carey-chooses-to-delete-twitter-because-of-the-noise | true |
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Fifteen months before the school shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, the embattled school district police chief mentioned during a city school board meeting some of the security issues that investigators have found played critical roles in the failures connected with the May 24 massacre.
Police Chief Pete Arredondo, targeted for much of the blame in the botched response to the shooting, told the board on March 3, 2021, about problems using police radios to communicate in school hallways.
He also said doors were left open so routinely that he and the Uvalde city police had a standing arrangement for dealing with it.
Uvalde:365 is a continuing ABC News series reported from Uvalde and focused on the Texas community and how it forges on in the shadow of tragedy.
"For example, open doors that they find throughout the night, I'll handle with the respective campus. You know, you got some open doors please handle with your staff, anything that happens obviously," Arredondo said.
In other remarks, Arredondo pointed out the need for more active shooter training. He said there was such a heavy presence of law enforcement in and around Uvalde that any serious incident would see a massive influx of cops, deputies and federal agents, though he had a real fear of the confusion that could cause.
In the wake of the mass shooting, Arredondo has offered only limited defense of his own actions and has been publicly silent since the Texas House's special investigative committee laid much of the blame for poor police response at Arredondo's feet.
It's not clear whether Arredondo intends to mount a defense when the school board meets Wednesday evening to determine whether to fire him. He is currently suspended without pay. | https://abcnews.go.com/US/15-months-uvalde-massacre-police-chief-arredondo-raised/story?id=88757790 | 2022-08-23T20:55:30Z | https://abcnews.go.com/US/15-months-uvalde-massacre-police-chief-arredondo-raised/story?id=88757790 | false |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Koreans adopted by Danish parents decades ago have formally demanded the South Korean government investigate their adoptions, which they say were marred by widespread practices that falsified or obscured children’s origins.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul has up to four months to decide whether to accept the application collectively filed Tuesday by the 53 adoptees. If it does, that could possibly trigger the most far-reaching inquiry into foreign adoptions in the country, which has never fully reconciled the child export frenzy engineered by past military governments that ruled from the 1960s to ’80s.
The application cites a broad range of grievances emphasizing how scores of children were carelessly or unnecessarily removed from their families amid loose government monitoring and a lack of due diligence.
Perhaps more crucially, the country’s special laws aimed at promoting adoptions practically allowed profit-driven agencies to manipulate records and bypass proper child relinquishment.
Most of the South Korean adoptees sent abroad were registered by agencies as legal orphans found abandoned on the streets, although they frequently had relatives who could be easily identified and found. This made the children more easily adoptable as agencies raced to send more kids to the West at faster speeds.
“None of us are orphans,” said Peter Møller, attorney and co-head of the Danish Korean Rights Group, as he described the group’s members who filed the application.
“(In) a lot of papers, the Korean state at the time have stamped papers that say people were found on the streets. If you do a little bit of math, that would mean that from the 1970s and 1980s Seoul would be flooded with baskets with children lying around in the streets. … Basements will be filled with lost child reports at police stations.”
Møller, who was adopted to Denmark in 1974, said about 50 more of the group’s members are expected to join the application and that he plans to come back to South Korea with their files in September.
The complaints by adoptees who filed the application include inaccurate or falsified information in adoption papers that distort their biological origins, such as wrong birth names, dates or locations, or details about birth parents.
Some of the adoptees say they discovered that the agencies had switched their identities to replace other children who died or got too sick to travel to Danish parents, which made it highly difficult or often impossible to trace their roots.
The adoptees called for the commission to broadly investigate the alleged wrongdoings surrounding their adoptions, including how agencies potentially falsified records, manipulated children’s backgrounds and origins, and proceeded with adoptions without the proper consent of birth parents. They want the commission to establish whether the government should be held accountable for failing to monitor the agencies and confirm whether the uptick in adoptions was fueled by increasingly larger payments and donations from adoptive parents, which apparently motivated agencies to create their own supply.
The adoptees also called for the commission to push Holt Children’s Services and the Korea Social Service — the two agencies that sent kids to Denmark — into providing full access to the entirety of their adoption documents and background information. They also say all those records should be transferred to government authorities handling post-adoption services to prevent the information from being destroyed or manipulated.
South Korean adoptees for years have been criticizing agencies over what they see as a lack of transparency and an unwillingness to open records. Møller said some adoptees in Denmark remain reluctant to join the application out of fear that the agencies might destroy their records.
Holt didn’t answer repeated calls seeking comment. The KSS deferred all questions to Holt, the bigger agency.
Holt already has an ongoing legal battle with U.S. adoptee Adam Crapser, who in 2019 filed a 200 million won ($150,000) damage suit against the agency and the South Korean government for failing to follow through on his adoption and ensure that his American parents naturalized him. After being abused and abandoned by two different sets of American parents, Crapser was deported in 2016 following run-ins with the law because none of his guardians filed citizenship papers for him.
The Danish adoptees initially considered filing a lawsuit against the agencies or South Korean government before dropping the idea because South Korean law puts the burden of proof entirely on the plaintiffs in civil cases. If the truth commission decides to investigate the adoptions, its findings could later be used by adoptees in possible damage suits against the agencies or government, said Philsik Shin, a Seoul-based scholar who helped the adoptees prepare the application.
About 200,000 South Koreans were adopted overseas during the past six decades, mainly to white parents in the United States and Europe. Denmark was one of the biggest destinations for South Korean children in Europe, receiving about 9,000 adoptees — most of them from the 1960s to late 1980s when South Korea was ruled by consecutive military governments.
During the height of the adoptions in the late 1970s and mid-1980s, agencies aggressively solicited newborns or young children from hospitals and orphanages, often in exchange for payments, and operated maternity homes where single mothers were pressured to give away their babies. Adoption workers toured factory areas and low-income neighborhoods in search of struggling families who could be persuaded to give away their children.
The agencies were run by board members close to military leaders, who saw adoptions as a tool to reduce the number of mouths to feed and the remove the socially undesirable, including children from unwed mothers. Adoptions were also aimed at deepening ties with the democratic West amid a fierce regime competition with rival North Korea, according to the military governments’ documents obtained by AP.
It wasn’t until 2013 when South Korea’s government required foreign adoptions to go through family courts, ending a decadeslong policy of allowing private agencies to dictate child relinquishments, transfer of custodies and emigration. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/danish-adoptees-call-for-s-korea-to-probe-adoption-issues/ | 2022-08-23T20:56:23Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/danish-adoptees-call-for-s-korea-to-probe-adoption-issues/ | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon will report financial results for the third quarter 2022 on Monday, October 17, 2022. Materials will be posted to BNY Mellon's website at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET, and management will host a conference call and simultaneous live audio webcast at 8 a.m. ET that same day. This conference call and audio webcast will include forward-looking statements and may include other material information.
Conference Call and Audio Webcast Access
Investors and analysts wishing to access the conference call and audio webcast may do so by dialing +1 800-390-5696 (U.S.) or +1 720-452-9082 (International), and using the passcode: 200200, or by logging onto www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations. The company's earnings release along with the quarterly financial highlights and other earnings-related documents will be available at www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations beginning at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET on October 17, 2022.
Conference Call and Audio Webcast Replays
Replays of the third quarter conference call and audio webcast will be available beginning on October 17, 2022, at approximately 2 p.m. ET through November 17, 2022, by dialing +1 888-203-1112 (U.S.) or +1 719-457-0820 (International) and using the passcode: 5049084. The archived version of the conference call and audio webcast will also be available at www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations for the same time period.
About BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of June 30, 2022, BNY Mellon had $43.0 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.9 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news.
Contacts:
Media
Garrett Marquis
+1 949 683 1503
garrett.marquis@bnymellon.com
Analysts
Marius Merz
+1 212 298 1480
marius.merz@bnymellon.com
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
9-1-3
(nine, one, three)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
9-1-3
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (NYSE; BYMA; MAE: BBAR; LATIBEX: XBBAR) ("BBVA Argentina" or "BBVA" or "the Bank") announced today its consolidated results for the second quarter (2Q22), ended on June 30, 2022.
As of January 1, 2020, the Bank started to inform its inflation adjusted results pursuant to IAS 29 reporting. To facilitate comparison, figures of comparable quarters of 2021 and 2022 have been updated according to IAS 29 reporting to reflect the accumulated effect of inflation adjustment for each period up to June 30, 2022.
2Q22 Highlights
- BBVA Argentina's inflation adjusted net income in 2Q22 was $15.9 billion, 235.8% higher than the $4.7 billion reported on the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), and 34.2% higher than the $11.8 billion reported on the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21). In the first six months of 2022, the accumulated net income was $20.6 billion, 19.6% above the $17.2 billion recorded in the first six months of 2021.
- In 2Q22, BBVA Argentina posted an inflation adjusted average return on assets (ROAA) of 4.6% and an inflation adjusted average return on equity (ROAE) of 28.3%. The six month accumulated ROAA reached 3.0% while the six month accumulated ROAE was 18.9%.
- Operating income in 2Q22 was $32.0 billion, 10.2% above the $29.0 billion recorded in 1Q22 and 51.9% over the $21.1 billion recorded in 2Q21.
- In terms of activity, total consolidated financing to the private sector in 2Q22 totaled $519.3 billion, increasing 7.1% in real terms compared to 1Q22, and falling 1.0% compared to 2Q21. In the quarter, the increase was mainly driven by growth in credit cards, other loans, prefinancing and financing of exports and in overdrafts by 5.3%, 10.7%, 41.5% and 21.2% respectively. BBVA's consolidated market share of private sector loans reached 8.35% as of 2Q22.
- Total consolidated deposits in 2Q22 totaled $974.1 billion, increasing 4.2% in real terms during the quarter, and falling 2.5% in the year. Quarterly increase was mainly explained by sight deposits, which grew 4.4%. The Bank's consolidated market share of private deposits reached 7.15% as of 2Q22.
- As of 2Q22, the non-performing loan ratio (NPL) reached 1.08%, with a 219.39% coverage ratio.
- The accumulated efficiency ratio in 2Q22 was 71.3%, below 1Q22's 72.2%, and 2Q21's 70.1%.
- As of 2Q22, BBVA Argentina reached a regulatory capital ratio of 22.9%, entailing a $124.7 billion or 180.1% excess over minimum regulatory requirement. Tier I ratio was 22.7%.
- Total liquid assets represented 76.9% of the Bank's total deposits as of 2Q22.
2Q22 Conference Call
Tuesday, August 24 - 12:00 p.m. Buenos Aires time (11:00 a.m. EST)
To participate please dial-in:
+ 54-11-3984-5677 (Argentina)
+ 1-844-450-3851 (United States)
+ 1-412-317-6373 (International)
Web Phone: click here
Código de la conferencia: BBVA
Webcast & Replay: click here
To access the full report please click here
To access webcast presentation please click here
About BBVA Argentina
BBVA Argentina (NYSE; BYMA; MAE: BBAR; LATIBEX: XBBAR) is a subsidiary of the BBVA Group, the main shareholder since 1996. In Argentina, it is one of the leading private financial institutions since 1886. Nationwide, BBVA Argentina offers retail and corporate banking to a broad customer base, including: individuals, SME's, and large-sized companies.
BBVA Argentina's purpose is to bring the age of opportunities to everyone, based on our customers' real needs, providing the best solutions, and helping them make the best financial decisions through an easy and convenient experience. The institution relies on solid values: "The customer comes first, We think big and We are one team". At the same time, its responsible banking model aspires to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable society.
Investor Relations Contact
Ernesto Gallardo
Chief Financial Officer
Inés Lanusse
Investor Relations Officer
Belén Fourcade
Investor Relations
investorelations-arg@bbva.com
ir.bbva.com.ar
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TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - QYOU Media Inc. (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF) ("QYOU" or the "Company"), a company operating in India and the United States producing and distributing content created by social media stars and digital content creators, will host a conference call and audio-only webcast on Monday, August 29, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the Company's operational and financial highlights for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022. A question-and-answer session will follow management's prepared remarks.
Event: QYOU Media Q2 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
Date: Monday, August 29, 2022
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Live Call: +1-877-407-0789 (U.S. Toll-Free) or +1-201-689-8562 (International)
Webcast:
https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1566704&tp_key=506350f9fc
For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a dial-in replay of the call will be available until September 12, 2022 and can be accessed by dialing +1-844-512-2921 (U.S. Toll Free) or +1-412-317-6671 (International) and entering replay pin number: 13732535.
One of the fastest growing creator-media companies, QYOU Media operates in India and the United States producing, distributing and monetizing content created by social media influencers and digital content stars. In India, under our flagship brand, The Q, we curate, produce and distribute premium content across television networks, VOD and OTT platforms, mobile phones, smart TV's and app based platforms. We now have 5 emerging content destinations engaging over 125 million Indian households weekly – The Q (mass entertainment), Q Marathi (regional content), Q Kahaniyan (animated content), Q Comedistaan (comedy focused) and our latest Q-GameX (live gaming). Our influencer marketing company, Chtrbox, has been a pioneer in India's creator economy, leveraging data to connect brands to the right social media influencers. In the United States, we power major film studios, game publishers and brands to create content and market via creators and influencers. Founded and created by industry veterans from Lionsgate, MTV, Disney and Sony, QYOU Media's millennial and Gen Z-focused content reaches more than one billion consumers around the world every month. Experience our work at www.qyoumedia.com, www.theq.tv and www.chtrbox.com.
Join our shareholder chat group on Telegram: http://t.me/QYOUMedia
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Words such as "expects'', "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to, information concerning the completion of future investments, the approval of the Exchange of the investments, the approval of the Reserve Bank of India of future investments, the expected use of proceeds from the investment, and statements relating to the business and future activities of QYOU. These forward-looking statements are based on QYOU's current projections and expectations about future events and other factors management believes are appropriate. Although QYOU believes that the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect, and readers cannot be assured that the offering and the closing thereof will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors, including certain risk factors, many of which are beyond QYOU's control. Additional risks and uncertainties regarding QYOU are described in its publicly-available disclosure documents, filed by QYOU on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) except as updated herein. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent QYOU's expectations as of the date of this news release, or as of the date they are otherwise stated to be made, and subsequent events may cause these expectations to change. QYOU undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A candle factory where several workers were killed during tornadoes that hit Kentucky in December has been cited for violations by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The agency alleges seven serious offenses, carrying fines of $40,000. Mayfield Consumer Products has contested all seven, according to information on OSHA's website.
The alleged violations include maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes; emergency action plans; and bloodborne pathogens. Calls to the company seeking comment Tuesday were unanswered.
The citations, filed in June, note that six employees were killed as the result of blunt-force trauma when the building collapsed. There were 81 people who died in Kentucky in the Dec. 10 storms.
An expansion by the company was previously announced at its factory in nearby Hickory, where it plans to invest $33 million and employ more than 500 people in the next five years. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Candle-plant-cited-for-violations-after-deadly-17392857.php | 2022-08-23T21:01:49Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Candle-plant-cited-for-violations-after-deadly-17392857.php | false |
Workers Join Thousands of Existing Members at School Bus Carrier
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Student workers in South Bend, Ind. have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 364. The drivers and monitors provide student transportation services for the South Bend Community School Corporation.
"Congratulations to these men and women for standing together and securing a landslide victory," said Bob Warnock, Local 364 President. "We're looking forward to negotiating a contract that gets these men and women wages and benefits that reflect their immeasurable value to the community."
The workers will immediately be covered under the First Student National Master Agreement, which guarantees a number of important benefits. These include provisions on safety, occupational hygiene, seniority, compensation for training and much more.
Thomas Johnson works at First Student South Bend and has been a school bus driver for over 23 years.
"I've been a union man all my life and I think everyone needs a union," Johnson said. "We're looking forward to negotiating on issues like paid time off, health insurance, guaranteed hours and much more."
Teamsters Local 364 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout South Bend, Ind. and the surrounding communities.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The main group working to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has more than a half-million dollars to press its case, far more than the mostly shoe-leather effort they relied on four years ago. Meanwhile, a major oil industry group that helped fund opposition last time says it will sit on the sidelines this time.
The North Dakota Petroleum Council will not contribute to fight the pot legalization effort that will appear on the November general election ballot, said Ron Ness, the group’s president.
“It’s one of those things where we only have so many resources,” said Ness, whose group represents several hundred companies.
Ness said one in five North Dakota jobs are directly or indirectly tied to the state’s oil industry. Most oilfield jobs require drug testing, and legalizing pot would likely shrink the employment pool, he said.
The energy group contributed $30,000 to the failed statewide ballot effort in 2018 to legalize recreational marijuana. It was among a group of lawyers, law enforcement and business leaders that pushed opposition.
The Greater North Dakota Chamber, the state’s largest business organization, contributed $64,000 to oppose the measure in 2018. CEO and President Arik Spencer said the group hasn't decided whether it will help fund — or even support — another opposition effort. It did so four years ago “largely because of workforce impacts,” he said.
Many, including Spencer, said legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota may be inevitable, as public support for legalization increases despite being illegal at the federal level.
Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana. Supporters think the state’s 2016 vote allowing medicinal marijuana suggests they can win in conservative North Dakota.
Legalization proposals also are on the ballot so far this fall in South Dakota, Missouri and Maryland.
“It’s kind of moving in in the states around us and Canada, and you know North Dakota is probably not too far down the line,” Spencer said.
North Dakota voters in in 2018 soundly rejected a marijuana legalization initiative that also included a provision that would wipe out past pot-related convictions. David Owen, who has led past pro-legalization efforts and also the current, believes the measure could pass this time.
“We’re a viable campaign that has a good chance of success,” he said.
Four years ago, North Dakota pot advocates raised little money for their effort and got only token help from national legalization groups. Now, the North Dakota legalization group has gotten most of its more than $520,000 from the New Approach Advocacy Fund and the Marijuana Policy Project, both Washington, D.C.-based pro-pot groups.
The New Approach initiative on the ballot in November would allow people 21 and older to legally use marijuana at home as well as possess and cultivate restricted amounts of cannabis.
With the exception of growing pot at home, the measure is “basically word for word” that in a bill approved by the North Dakota House last year but later killed in the Senate, said GOP Rep. Jason Dockter, the legislation’s prime sponsor.
Dockter said the ballot measure has a chance of passing, and even if it doesn’t, similar legislation could be introduced when the Legislature reconvenes in January.
“If it’s anywhere close it’s going to be a wake-up call and you’re going to see bills coming,” Dockter said.
Mark Friese, a prominent North Dakota defense attorney and former police officer, opposed the ballot measure four years ago due to the provision expunging pot-related convictions — which he said was badly written and might have led to more serious crimes being wiped away. With that gone, he's now treasurer for the pro-legalization group.
Friese said legalization could hurt his livelihood since he sometimes gets business representing people charged with marijuana offenses. But he noted that people charged with low-level pot offenses often can't find jobs or housing because of their criminal record.
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
134 PM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with record breaking
temperatures up to 110 expected. Overnight temperatures are
also expected to be very warm.
* WHERE...Antelope Valley.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Temperatures between 98 and 102 expected. Overnight low
temperatures will also be very warm.
* WHERE...Santa Clarita Valley.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
* WHAT...Temperatures as high as 96 to 102 expected.
* WHERE...Ventura County Mountains, Santa Barbara County
Interior Mountains, San Luis Obispo County Mountains and Los
Angeles County Mountains.
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected. Overnight temperatures
are also expected to be very warm.
* WHERE...Cuyama Valley and San Luis Obispo County Interior
Valleys.
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Elon Musk might have just gotten a leg up in his effort to back out of buying Twitter.
The billionaire Tesla CEO has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to buy for $44 billion undercounted its fake and spam accounts — and that he shouldn't have to consummate the deal as a result.
Now, a whistleblower complaint from Twitter’s former security chief alleging the company misled regulators about its privacy and security protections — and its ability to detect and root out fake accounts — might play into Musk's hands in an upcoming trial scheduled for Oct. 17 in Delaware.
Musk's legal team, in fact, has already issued a subpoena for the whistleblower, Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge” — who served as Twitter's head of security until he was fired early this year.
Alex Spiro, a lawyer representing Musk in his efforts to back out of buying Twitter, said the legal team “found his exit and that of other key employees curious in light of what we have been finding.”
Disclosure of the Mudge document changes the dynamic of the Twitter lawsuit from what appeared to be an easy win for Twitter, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in an interview.
“For Musk, it’s almost like a kid waking up on Christmas morning and seeing this under the tree,” he said. “It gives the Musk camp a leg to stand on going into the court battle.”
The whistleblower complaint boosts Musk’s claims on the spam bot issue, and will bring more focus on it in Washington, Ives said. “For Twitter’s board, it’s their worst nightmare that this came out at such a critical juncture.”
But Ives called the timing of the complaint “extremely interesting” just weeks before the trial in Delaware.
Twitter called the complaint “a false narrative" about the company and its privacy and data security practices “that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context."
In an emailed statement, the company said Zatko’s “allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders."
Some experts, though, see the whistleblower disclosure as little more than good optics for Musk.
While getting a lot of headlines, it probably won’t change what’s likely to be a Twitter victory in its lawsuit demanding that Musk go through with the purchase, said Erik Gordon, a University of Michigan law and business professor.
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WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
443 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Tolland
and southern Hartford Counties through 545 PM EDT...
At 443 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Southington, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Strong winds could cause minor damage such as downed
branches. Little to no impact from hail is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East
Hartford, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Vernon, Wethersfield,
Farmington, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Plainville, Tolland, Coventry,
Hebron, Marlborough and Columbia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when you hear thunder. Do not resume outdoor activities
until at least 30 minutes after the storm has passed.
Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.
LAT...LON 4185 7233 4167 7227 4164 7233 4160 7234
4158 7246 4165 7251 4163 7271 4160 7272
4155 7282 4157 7285 4155 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4164 7294 4164 7298 4168 7299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 254DEG 22KT 4161 7288
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Noah Centineo's new look consisted of a little shock and awe. He got rid of his signature moppy, curly hair for a shaved head and then carved out some space on his dome for a new tattoo!
The To All the Boys star showed off the new look Monday while hanging with friends in Los Angeles. The actor was all smiles wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants as he exited a building with what appears to be a cup of coffee. But it was his head that turned heads. Twice.
Centineo, for starters, went completely bald. It's the first time since 2019 that he's gotten rid of his hair. But, this time around, the actor shaved his head all the way down to the skin. There also appears to be a new tattoo on the left side of his head and right above his left ear. It appears to show a bear and two cubs. The kid can't get enough of nature!
It's unclear if Centineo opted for the new look for an upcoming role or if he decided to live in the moment. Whatever the case, the actor looked excited to give the bald look and new ink a spin around town.
The new look comes nearly four months after his rep confirmed that he's no longer attached to the project Masters of the Universe, in which he was supposed to play He-Man.
That being said, Centineo's still a busy man. ET reported earlier this year that he'll star in and executive produce a new untitled spy thriller series, which has been picked up by Netflix. According to a press release, the series centers around a fledgling lawyer at the CIA, presumably played by Centineo.
He's also set to star in 2022's Marvel action flick, Black Adam, alongside Dwayne Johnson. Black Adam hits theaters Oct. 21.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
426 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
The Flood Warning will expire at 430 PM EDT this afternoon for
portions of northern New York and northwest Vermont, including the
following counties, in northern New York, Clinton. In northwest
Vermont, Grand Isle.
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Schenectady and
northern Albany Counties through 500 PM EDT...
At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Duanesburg, or 8 miles west of Rotterdam, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Schenectady, Rotterdam, Colonie, Scotia, Guilderland,
Niskayuna, Duanesburg, Berne, Voorheesville, Altamont, Delanson,
Rotterdam Junction, Alplaus, East Glenville, Burnt Hills,
Pattersonville-Rotterdam Junction, Knox, Princetown and Duane.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 88 between exits 24 and 25.
Interstate 90 between exits 5A and 26.
Interstate 890 between exits 1a and 9.
Interstate 87 between exits 24 and 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4294 7391 4267 7376 4262 7419 4263 7419
4267 7417 4272 7417 4273 7418 4271 7419
4271 7420 4272 7421 4280 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 253DEG 21KT 4276 7411
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
250 PM CDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Calcasieu Parish, southwestern Newton, northeastern Orange and
southeastern Jasper Counties through 330 PM CDT...
At 250 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Forest Heights, or near Mauriceville, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Orange, Vinton, Deweyville, Mauriceville, Starks, Gist, Pinehurst,
Lunita, Hartburg, Forest Heights, Edgerly and Toomey.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 880 and 870.
Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 1 and 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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3040 9374 3040 9363 3026 9341 3007 9382
3026 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 234DEG 24KT 3018 9379
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Kimberlea Bingham Named Managing Editor of CHRONICLE at WCVB Channel 5
BOSTON, MA – Tuesday, August 23, 2022 – Kimberlea (Kimmy) Bingham has been named Managing Editor of WCVB Channel 5’s award-winning Chronicle(M-F, 7:30-8PM), the nation’s longest running, locally produced news magazine. Bingham’s appointment was announced today by Kyle I. Grimes, WCVB Channel 5 President and General Manager, and is effective Monday, September 19th.
“Kimmy is a seasoned and accomplished Executive Producer and a valued member of our WCVB team,” said Grimes. “A talented storyteller with over 20 years of experience in the Boston market, Kimmy is perfectly suited for this new role as Chronicle Managing Editor given her extensive experience, local knowledge, and outstanding leadership skills.”
“Kimmy is a proven leader and manager, with deep New England roots and a passion for sharing the stories of this special region with our viewers. She is a natural fit for Chronicle, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the team,” said Julie Mehegan, Chronicle Executive Producer.
“New England is my home and my heart and soul,” said Bingham. “I’m excited for the opportunity to help lead this iconic show that I grew up watching and have long admired. I can’t wait to delve into the long-form storytelling that Chronicle is known and celebrated for, and to work alongside Julie and the rest of the extraordinarily talented Chronicle team.”
A Newburyport native, Bingham not only grew up watching Chronicle; she and her mom often plotted many trips around New England based on the various shows they watched together. Bingham comes to Chronicle with more than two decades of years of experience in the Boston market. Since 2017, she has served as Executive Producer of WCVB’s NewsCenter 5 at 7PM and 11PM, as well as WCVB’s The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston. Prior to joining WCVB, Bingham worked at WFXT Boston, first as a News Producer beginning in 2002, and then as an Executive Producer beginning in 2011.
Bingham is a graduate of Newhouse School at Syracuse University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in both Broadcast Journalism and Political Science.
About WCVB Channel 5
WCVB is Boston’s broadcast/digital media leader, providing news, weather, sports, community service and entertainment on multiple platforms including WCVB Channel 5, wcvb.com, WCVB mobile and MeTV Boston. Founded by community leaders in 1972, WCVB is committed to its mission to serve the region with quality local content. In addition to 47 hours of NewsCenter 5 coverage each week, original offerings include Chronicle, the nation’s longest running local news magazine; CityLine, a weekly urban magazine program; and On The Record, a weekly political roundtable. WCVB, Boston’s ABC affiliate station, is owned by Hearst Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst, a leading media company whose global holdings include 33 television stations and two radio stations. Follow us on Facebook (wcvb5) and Twitter (@wcvb).
About Hearst Television
Hearst Television owns and operates 33 television and two radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 22 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, Estrella and more. The radio stations are leaders in Baltimore news/talk and rock music listenership. Its Hearst Media Production Group unit produces original programing across linear and streaming platforms for domestic and international distribution. Its Very Local app, free to download on household OTT devices and available across popular streaming services, offers 24/7 access to local news, weather and an array of local and regional programming. Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service. Hearst Television is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst. | https://www.wcvb.com/article/kimberlea-bingham-named-managing-editor-of-chronicle-at-wcvb-channel-5/40970440 | 2022-08-23T21:07:22Z | https://www.wcvb.com/article/kimberlea-bingham-named-managing-editor-of-chronicle-at-wcvb-channel-5/40970440 | false |
Elementary school principal found shot, killed in South Carolina
DILLON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – An elementary school principal was shot and killed in South Carolina over the weekend, according to officials.
Dillon County Sheriff Douglas Pernell said Dr. Wendy Cook, 54, died on Aug. 20. She was the principal of Stewart Heights Elementary School in the Dillon County School District 4.
Pernell said deputies were called Saturday night for a report of a woman found dead inside a car. When deputies arrived, they found Cook dead inside the vehicle.
Deputies arrested Kyle Church at the scene. Officials have not said what information led to his arrest, but the sheriff said Church and Cook were “acquaintances.”
Authorities said Church was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He is being held at the Dillon County Detention Center.
The Dillon County School District posted a memorial photo of Cook on Facebook Monday morning.
Officials have not released any further immediate details.
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Gas below $3 per gallon at some Palm Beach County gas stations
Gas was $2.99 per gallon at some gas stations in Palm Beach County on Tuesday.
It's a sight that drivers haven't seen in quite a while.
"When I see cheap gas, that means I can hang out with my friends. So, there's stars in my eyes. I’m like, 'Yes,'" Sophia Arias, a customer at a North Palm Beach gas station, said.
RELATED: Check local gas prices
Drivers at a Rocket Fuel, located at U.S. 1 and Palmetto Road, waited in long lines to get a turn at the pump to pay $2.99 per gallon.
"Am I dreaming? Like for real? Because it hasn’t been this low for so long, for years now," Aniel Blanc said.
Across the street though, the prices were about 40 cents higher but still under $4 per gallon.
"We may be close to a bottom here, not that we're gonna spike up, but we may see some subtle increases here and there," Patrick De Haan, oil analyst with Gas Buddy, said.
De Haan said all eyes are on the price of crude oil right now.
"Earlier today it was down, but now OPEC is threatening to cut oil production to stem a decline in prices," De Haan said. "Oil prices are back up about 4% today. [The] wholesale price of gasoline is only up about a percent."
So, will we continue to see gas below $3? We''ll just have to wait and see.
"Can we get used to it now?" Blanc asked
According to AAA, the national average price for gas was $3.89 on Tuesday and the average price in Florida was $3.52. In Palm Beach County, the average price was $3.73.
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- West Ham have signed Emerson for an undisclosed fee
- The Italy international has signed a four-year contract
- Emerson spent four years at Chelsea
WHAT HAPPENED? The Italy international has joined the east London club for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract which includes an option to extend the deal for a further year.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Palmieri originally landed in England in 2018 when he joined Chelsea from Roma. The 28-year-old's time at Stamford Bridge did not go as planned, however, as he was limited to just 33 appearances in the Premier League before being loaned out to Lyon last season. He had been linked with a move back to Italy, but he has been given another chance to succeed in the English top-flight with the switch to David Moyes' team.
IN THREE PHOTOS:
Palmieri's time at Chelsea was not all bad. He had some positive moments in his 71 appearances...
But he was never in the plans of Thomas Tuchel, spending last year abroad.
WHAT THEY SAID: Palmieri told the club's website: "Personally, since the first day I arrived here in England, I always saw the big clubs and I always watched the big games and I knew the history about West Ham. The history is so, so big for this team and so when I knew about the interest for sure I said: ‘Yes, let’s go, I want to go there’ and I’m here now!"
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As part of the company’s shift away from fossil fuels – a move also spurred by the Virginia Clean Economy Act – Dominion plans to install 176 wind turbines off the coast of Virginia could power over 600,000 homes through renewable energy.
The $9.8 billion wind farm, planned 27 miles off Virginia Beach, is the largest energy project ever undertaken in Virginia and would be the largest wind project in the country, as well as one of the biggest in the world.
On Aug. 5, the SCC granted the utility the ability to recover revenue for the project through higher rates for customers in a new clause attached to their monthly bills. Over the next 35 years, the SCC estimates that Dominion residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month could see an increase of $4.72 a month, and a peak monthly billing hike of $14.22 in 2027.
But to protect consumers from further hikes down the line, the order also included a performance guarantee for Dominion should the turbines not perform as expected.
“Customers shall be held harmless for any shortfall in energy production below an annual net capacity factor of 42%, as measured on a three-year-rolling average,” the SCC order read.
Dominion asserts in the petition that the performance agreement “exceeds the commission’s authority” and would hold the company responsible for things outside of its control.
“As currently framed, this would hold the Company responsible for events or circumstances like acts of war or terror, catastrophic weather events or changes in weather patterns, system operating constraints unrelated to the generator, such as curtailments from the grid operator or economic curtailments, and a host of other circumstances that are unrelated to whether the Company is operating the Project in a reasonable and prudent manner,” the petition reads.
Dominion maintains that the company “is not retreating” from the expectation that it will achieve an average annual net capacity factor of 42% over the 30-year life of the project, it is seeking a more “flexible” standard for the performance guarantee.
“It must be recognized that some years are likely to outperform the average and some are likely to underperform it,” the petition states.
According to Andy Farmer, a spokesperson for SCC, the organization “cannot comment on the filing” but the next step will be a commission order on the petition for reconsideration.
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(L-R) Zach Davis, James Parker, Adrian Walton and Rory Smyth, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
Sun Tribe workers install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019. They are also beginning to install solar panels at Powhatan Elementary School in the background.
(L-R) Rory Smyth, James Parker, Adrian Walton and Zach Davis, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
Sun Tribe Solar workers (from left) James Parker, Rory Smyth, Adrian Walton and Zach Davis installed solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle earlier this month.
(L-R) James Parker, Zach Davis, Rory Smyth and Adrian Walton, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
PHOTOS: Solar Panels installed at Powhatan schools
Employees of Sun Tribe install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wed., Nov. 13, 2019.
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(L-R) Zach Davis, James Parker, Adrian Walton and Rory Smyth, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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Sun Tribe workers install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019. They are also beginning to install solar panels at Powhatan Elementary School in the background.
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Rory Smyth with Sun Tribe, installs solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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Luis Mejia, with Sun Tribe, prepares for the installation of solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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(L-R) Rory Smyth, James Parker, Adrian Walton and Zach Davis, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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Sun Tribe Solar workers (from left) James Parker, Rory Smyth, Adrian Walton and Zach Davis installed solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle earlier this month.
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These are a few of the solar panels that Sun Tribe is installing on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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Jonathan Raudales, with Sun Tribe, prepares for the installation of solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
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Powhatan County is installing solar panels on four schools, including Powhatan Middle. The panels are expected to save $3 million over 30 years.
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(L-R) James Parker, Zach Davis, Rory Smyth and Adrian Walton, all with Sun Tribe, install solar panels on top of Powhatan Middle School Wednesday, November 13, 2019.
"I want to clearly signal that we are overtaxing Virginians," he said in a telephone interview. "It is Virginians' money, not the government's. When you have this kind of revenue, you should return it to Virginians."
Aug. 17—MYRTLE BEACH — Two swimmers were bitten by sharks on Monday, with one person sustaining a "bad bite" to the forearm, Myrtle Beach police said. The incidents — the only reported bites of the year within the city — happened along 84 Ave. N. where one person had a glancing bite to the leg and the other was at 75th Avenue N., Myrtle Beach Police Master Cpl. Kevin Larke told the city's ...
The Virginians borrowed money from online loan companies that claimed to be owned by three Native American tribes, but were actually operated by a Texas firm, Think Finance.
Youngkin, speaking to the General Assembly money committees, said his new proposal to set aside $397 million in a new taxpayer relief fund is "a down payment" on additional tax cuts.
Dels. Delores McQuinn, a Baptist from Richmond, and Eileen Filler-Corn of Fairfax County, the only Jewish woman in the House of Delegates, propose fighting faith with faith.
Asked if he believed the Justice Department had called parents domestic terrorists, as he said in tweet on the day of the Mar-a-Lago search, Youngkin said: “I think the DOJ was investigating parents ... and what we saw was accusations had been made and the whole circumstance was wrong." | https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/dominion-asks-scc-to-reconsider-performance-guarantee-on-offshore-wind-project/article_55beb2d5-f4da-5a78-8fbc-bac4ac299946.html | 2022-08-23T21:11:32Z | https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/dominion-asks-scc-to-reconsider-performance-guarantee-on-offshore-wind-project/article_55beb2d5-f4da-5a78-8fbc-bac4ac299946.html | true |
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Danyk Rak enjoys riding his bike, playing soccer and quiet moments with the family’s short-legged dog and two white cats, Pushuna and Lizun.
But at age 12, his childhood has been abruptly cut short. His family’s home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital.
Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war.
“I WANT TO BE AN AIR FORCE PILOT”
Tears come to Danyk’s eyes as his mother, Luda, recalls being pulled from the rubble, covered in blood, after shrapnel tore through her body and smashed her right foot.
Twenty-two weeks after she was wounded, she’s still waiting to have her foot amputated and to be fitted with a prosthetic. She keeps the piece of shrapnel surgeons removed during one of her many operations.
Danyk lives with his mother and grandmother in a house near Chernihiv, a town 140 kilometers (nearly 90 miles) north of Kyiv, where a piece of tarp covers the broken bedroom windows. He sells milk from the family’s cow that grazes in the nearby fields. A handwritten sign wrapped in clear plastic on the front gate reads: “Please buy milk to help my mother who is injured.”
“My mother needs surgery and that’s why I have to help her. I have to help my grandmother too because she has heart problems,” Danyk said.
Before schools reopen on Sept. 1, Danyk and his grandmother have been joining volunteers several days a week clearing the debris from buildings damaged and destroyed in the Russian bombardment outside Chernihiv. On the way, he stops at his old house, most of it smashed to the foundations.
“This was my bedroom,” he says, standing next to scorched mattress springs that protrude from the rubble of bricks and plaster.
Polite and soft spoken, Danyk says his father and stepfather are both fighting in the Ukrainian army.
“My father is a soldier, my uncles are soldiers and my grandfather was a soldier, too. My stepfather is a soldier and I will be a soldier,” he says with a look of determination. “I want to be an air force pilot.”
“THIS BRIDGE WAS THE ROAD FROM HELL”
Before the Russian withdrawal from Kyiv and surrounding areas on April 2, suburbs and towns near the city’s airport were pounded by rockets, artillery fire and aerial bombardment in an effort to break the Ukrainian defenses.
Entire city blocks of apartments were blackened by the shelling in Irpin, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of the capital, along a route where police Lt. Ruslan Huseinov patrolled daily.
Some of the most dramatic scenes from the early stages of the war were of the evacuation from Irpin underneath a destroyed highway bridge, where thousands escaped the relentless attacks.
Huseinov was there for 16 days, organizing crossings where the elderly were carried along muddy pathways in wheelbarrows.
Reconstruction work has begun on the bridge, where mangled concrete and iron bars hang over the river. Clothing and shoes from those who fled can still be seen tangled in the debris.
“This bridge was the road from hell,” says Huseinov, 34, standing next to an overturned white van still lodged into a slab of smashed concrete.
“We got people out of (Irpin) because conditions were terrible — with bombing and shelling,” he said. “People were really scared because many lost their children, members of their family, their brothers and sisters.”
Crosses made from construction wood are still nailed to the railings of the bridge to honor those lost and the effort to save civilians.
“The whole world witnessed our solidarity,” says Huseinov, who grew up in Germany and says he would never again take the good things in life for granted.
“In my mind, everything has changed: My values in life,” he said. “Now I understand what we have to lose.”
“BEFORE THE WAR, IT WAS ANOTHER LIFE”
The floor of the Church of Andrew the Apostle has been re-tiled and bullet holes in the walls plastered over and repainted — but the horror of what happened in March lies only a few yards away.
The largest mass grave in Bucha — a town outside Kyiv that has become synonymous with the brutality of the Russian attack — is behind the church.
“This grave contained 116 people, including 30 women, and two children,” said Father Andriy, who has conducted multiple burial services for civilians found shot dead or killed by shelling, some still only identified as a number while the effort to name all of Bucha’s victims continues.
Many of the bodies were found before the Russians pulled out of the Kyiv region, Father Andriy said.
“We couldn’t bury people in the cemetery because it’s on the outskirts of the city. They left people, dead people, lying in the street. Dead people were found still in their cars. They were trying to leave but the Russians shelled them,” said Father Andriy, wearing a large cross around his neck and a dark purple cassock.
“That situation lasted two weeks, and the local authorities began coming up with solutions (to help) relatives and loved ones. It was bad weather and wild animals were discovering the bodies. So something had to be done.”
He decided to carry out burial services in the church yard, many next to where the bodies had been discovered.
The experience , he said, has left people in the town badly shaken.
“I think that, neither myself or anyone who lives in Ukraine, who witnessed the war, can understand why this happened,” he said.
“Before the war, it was another life.”
“For now we are surviving on adrenaline,” he said. “But I’m worried that the aftermath will last decades. It will be hard to get past this and turn the page. Saying the word ‘forgive’ isn’t difficult. But to say it from your heart — for now , that’s not possible.”
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Full coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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(CNN) — A Georgia special prosecutor determined that the two Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in June 2020 acted reasonably and did not commit crimes.
“Both acted as reasonable officers would under the facts and circumstances of the events of that night. Both acted in accordance with well-established law and were justified in the use of force regarding the situation,” special prosecutor Peter Skandalakis said.
Officer Garrett Rolfe had been charged with felony murder, and officer Devin Brosnan had been charged with aggravated assault. Skandalakis said Tuesday he plans to file an administrative dismissal to drop the charges.
A decision is expected Tuesday in the criminal case against two Atlanta police officers charged in relation to the June 2020 shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, Georgia special prosecutor Peter Skandalakis said in a statement.
Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by officer Garrett Rolfe outside a Wendy’s restaurant after failing a sobriety test, fighting with two officers, taking a Taser from one and running away. While fleeing, Brooks turned back and appeared to aim the Taser at Rolfe, who then shot Brooks twice in the back, killing him, surveillance video shows.
Brooks’ killing — less than three weeks after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis — sparked protests across Atlanta and beyond amid national demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice. In Atlanta, the Wendy’s restaurant was set ablaze, hundreds blocked a major interstate, authorities fired tear gas and the police chief stepped down.
“On June 12, one of our biggest fears became our reality,” Brooks’ niece Chassidy Evans said after the shooting. “Not only did we lose another Black, unarmed male. This time it landed on our front doorstep.”
Five days after the shooting, then-Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced charges against Rolfe of felony murder, aggravated assault, violations of oath of office and criminal damage to property.
Howard alleged that after the shooting Rolfe kicked Brooks, and another officer involved in the encounter, Devin Brosnan, stood on top of him. An attorney for Rolfe later denied his client kicked Brooks.
Brosnan, who was placed on administrative duty after Brooks’ death, was charged with aggravated assault and violating his oath. His attorneys said Brosnan’s behavior on the night of the shooting was “exemplary.”
Rolfe’s attorney Lance LoRusso declined to comment ahead of the special prosecutor’s Tuesday afternoon press conference. CNN has left a message with Brosnan’s attorney Donald Samuel.
The swift charges came before the Georgia Bureau of Investigation completed its investigation and led to accusations that Howard — who had an ongoing campaign for another term in office — acted for political benefit.
“I think that’s ridiculous,” Howard told CNN when asked about the claim. He said the case would be his office’s 40th case charging a police officer, nine of which involved the death of someone by police.
The charges were followed by days in which a large number of Atlanta officers called out sick from work.
Howard, who campaigned on the charges in the Brooks case, ultimately lost the district attorney election to Fani Willis, who then was recused from prosecuting the case. In July 2021, State Attorney General Chris Carr appointed Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, to oversee the case.
“I and my agency will conduct a thorough review of the facts and circumstances surrounding this case and, as with any case that comes before us, we will proceed where the evidence leads us,” Skandalakis said at the time.
Rolfe’s attorneys have previously maintained the cop was legally justified and acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Brooks. In May 2021, the Atlanta Civil Service Board ruled that Rolfe was wrongly terminated and reinstated him. The APD at the time said the board’s decision said the firing process was “not done in accordance with the Atlanta City Code” and Rolfe would remain on administrative leave until the criminal charges against him were resolved.
How the shooting unfolded
The day Brooks was shot, police were responding to the Wendy’s following reports that a man was asleep in his vehicle in the drive-thru, according to the GBI.
When Brosnan arrived, Brooks was apparently asleep behind the wheel, and Brosnan knocked on the window to wake him up. Brosnan later asked him whether he’d been drinking. Brooks told the officer he had only one drink, body-worn camera shows.
A few minutes later, Rolfe arrived on the scene and used a Breathalyzer on Brooks. As Rolfe attempted to handcuff Brooks, a struggle ensued.
Brooks struggled with the officers and grabbed Brosnan’s Taser, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Another video filmed by a bystander begins shortly after the struggle started and shows Brooks getting a hold of the Taser and breaking free.
As Brooks ran from the officers, he turned back and appears to point the Taser at Rolfe, who unholstered his handgun and fired, shooting Brooks twice in the back.
Part of the question about the legality of the shooting was based on the potential lethality of the Taser.
Georgia law allows a person to use deadly force “only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person.”
In addition, the Atlanta police policy manual says that an officer can use deadly force when, “He or she reasonably believes that the suspect possesses a deadly weapon or any object, device, or instrument which, when used offensively against a person, is likely to or actually does result in serious bodily injury and when he or she reasonably believes that the suspect poses an immediate threat of serious bodily injury to the officer or others.”
The Taser is designed to be less lethal than a firearm, but it can be fatal in some circumstances. Amnesty International said that more than 500 people have died in the US “after being shocked with a Taser either during their arrest or while in jail,” according to a CNN story in 2015. Although Taser, the company, said the tally of deaths directly attributed to Taser is more like 60. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/prosecutor-to-dismiss-charges-against-atlanta-police-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-rayshard-brooks/ | 2022-08-23T21:14:22Z | https://www.wishtv.com/news/prosecutor-to-dismiss-charges-against-atlanta-police-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-rayshard-brooks/ | true |
‘House of the Dragon’ is HBO’s top series premiere ever
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night, making the “Game of Thrones” spinoff HBO’s most-watched series premiere in the network’s history.
HBO aired the episode four times on premiere night and it was also streamed on HBO Max. The viewership number is only going to increase in the coming weeks.
For instance, the “Game of Throne” series finale in May 2019 was seen on its first night by 19.8 million, more than any other series episode on HBO, the Nielsen company said. HBO estimates that some 46 million people in total have seen it, when delayed viewing is taken into account.
Anticipation for “House of the Dragon” was evident in how many people were streaming old “Game of Thrones” episodes on HBO Max, which the network fed by offering crisper picture quality. The weekly average of streams in August is nearly 90% above June, the network said.
“The ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel recaptured the fire of HBO’s original masterpiece in a big way,” said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and CEO of the research firm Samba TV. That company estimated that the HBO series more than doubled the first-day viewership for Netflix’s new season of “Stranger Things” this summer.
The challenge — and opportunity — for HBO lies in trying to expand “House of the Dragon” beyond the built-in fan base, Navin said.
CBS was the most popular broadcast network in prime time last week, averaging 2.8 million viewers. NBC had 2.7 million, ABC had 2.4 million, Fox had 1.9 million, Ion Television had 1.04 million, Univision had 1.01 million and Telemundo had 810,000.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks with a prime-time average of 2.31 million. MSNBC had 1.32 million, ESPN had 896,000, Hallmark had 870,000 and HGTV had 866,000.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.2 million viewers last week. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.2 million.
For the week of Aug. 15-22, the 20 most popular prime-time programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.44 million.
2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 5.64 million.
3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 5.44 million.
4. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.54 million.
5. “Password” (Wednesday), NBC, 4.36 million.
6. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.1 million.
7. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 4.06 million.
8. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 3.98 million.
9. “Password” (Tuesday), NBC, 3.97 million.
10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 3.95 million.
11. “FBI,” CBS, 3.57 million.
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 3.432 million.
13. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 3.425 million.
14. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 3.42 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.38 million.
16. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 3.294 million.
17. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.294 million.
18. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.258 million.
19. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” ABC, 3.258 million.
20. “FBI International,” CBS, 3.245 million.
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‘House of the Dragon’ is HBO’s top series premiere ever
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night, making the “Game of Thrones” spinoff HBO’s most-watched series premiere in the network’s history.
HBO aired the episode four times on premiere night and it was also streamed on HBO Max. The viewership number is only going to increase in the coming weeks.
For instance, the “Game of Throne” series finale in May 2019 was seen on its first night by 19.8 million, more than any other series episode on HBO, the Nielsen company said. HBO estimates that some 46 million people in total have seen it, when delayed viewing is taken into account.
Anticipation for “House of the Dragon” was evident in how many people were streaming old “Game of Thrones” episodes on HBO Max, which the network fed by offering crisper picture quality. The weekly average of streams in August is nearly 90% above June, the network said.
“The ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel recaptured the fire of HBO’s original masterpiece in a big way,” said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and CEO of the research firm Samba TV. That company estimated that the HBO series more than doubled the first-day viewership for Netflix’s new season of “Stranger Things” this summer.
The challenge — and opportunity — for HBO lies in trying to expand “House of the Dragon” beyond the built-in fan base, Navin said.
CBS was the most popular broadcast network in prime time last week, averaging 2.8 million viewers. NBC had 2.7 million, ABC had 2.4 million, Fox had 1.9 million, Ion Television had 1.04 million, Univision had 1.01 million and Telemundo had 810,000.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks with a prime-time average of 2.31 million. MSNBC had 1.32 million, ESPN had 896,000, Hallmark had 870,000 and HGTV had 866,000.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.2 million viewers last week. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.2 million.
For the week of Aug. 15-22, the 20 most popular prime-time programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.44 million.
2. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 5.64 million.
3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 5.44 million.
4. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.54 million.
5. “Password” (Wednesday), NBC, 4.36 million.
6. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 4.1 million.
7. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 4.06 million.
8. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 3.98 million.
9. “Password” (Tuesday), NBC, 3.97 million.
10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 3.95 million.
11. “FBI,” CBS, 3.57 million.
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 3.432 million.
13. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 3.425 million.
14. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 3.42 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.38 million.
16. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 3.294 million.
17. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.294 million.
18. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.258 million.
19. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” ABC, 3.258 million.
20. “FBI International,” CBS, 3.245 million.
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Which handheld carpet cleaner is best?
When most people think of carpet cleaning, they imagine an aching back, hours of drying time and a hefty appliance rental bill. However, most carpet cleaning tasks don’t require much hassle and can be taken care of quickly with the right tool for the job.
Handheld carpet cleaners let you economically and effectively treat minor spills and stains around your home as needed. The Bissell Pet Stain Eraser PowerBrush features scrubbing bristles and a detergent dispenser. Its powerful suction and small size make it the best choice for keeping your carpets looking like new.
What to know before you buy a handheld carpet cleaner
How much carpet you intend to clean
Handheld carpet cleaners are designed to eliminate small messes. If you have a carpet that needs extensive wall-to-wall cleaning, a handheld cleaner will not get the job done. A standard carpet cleaner is more appropriate for room-size jobs.
What kinds of messes you expect
Some handheld carpet cleaners are made with pet owners in mind. These specialize in preventing stains and vacuuming up liquids. Others feature powerful suction for cleaning up solid food spills. Consider the messes you regularly encounter and select a cleaner that will accommodate your typical cleaning jobs.
How handheld carpet cleaners work
Handheld carpet cleaners include two water tanks. One gets filled with clean water and is emptied onto your carpet as you use the appliance. The resulting soiled water is then vacuumed back up into the machine and stored in a second tank that gets emptied when you’re done.
Scrubbing brushes and detergents are also used during the process to work stains out from the fibers of your carpet and apply fragrances.
Handheld carpet cleaner benefits
Portable. Handheld carpet cleaners, unlike those that need to be pushed around your home, can be moved with ease. Whether you’re treating multiple rooms or need to clean an entirely different property, these appliances are great for life on the go. You can even use them in your car or RV.
Easy to store. Handheld carpet cleaners can be easily tucked away in a drawer, closet or cupboard.
Easy to maneuver. Because handheld carpet cleaners are small and light, they let you reach areas under tables and around furniture without having to move your decor around.
Quick cleaning. Handheld carpet cleaners are low maintenance and easy to clean, rinse and dry after use.
What to look for in a quality handheld carpet cleaner
Weight
Choose a light carpet cleaner, even when its tank is full. Heavy cleaners are challenging to navigate around furniture and potentially dangerous if used to clean stairs.
Cordless
Pulling a long cord around the house while cleaning is a hassle. Avoid tripping and dragging by selecting a handheld carpet cleaner powered by a rechargeable battery.
Maintenance
Some cleaners let you put their collection tank in the dishwasher for convenient cleaning. Select a model that disassembles easily so you can thoroughly rinse and dry it between uses to prevent odor or mold.
Scrub brush
Select a cleaner with a scrub brush to deep clean messes and reduce the risk of stains. A cleaner that features a motorized brush does the hard work for you.
Cleaning formulas
Many manufacturers offer formulas that deodorize your carpet and enhance the cleaning power of their appliances. If you want to freshen things up, select a handheld cleaner that lets you add formula to its clean water. Some also feature a tank specifically for a detergent that gets sprayed onto your carpet as you clean.
How much you can expect to spend on a handheld carpet cleaner
Depending on features and attachments, handheld carpet cleaners typically cost $100-$150.
Handheld carpet cleaner FAQ
Can I use a handheld carpet cleaner on upholstery?
A. In most cases, yes. However, some fragile or antique materials may be damaged by aggressive motorized brushes. Consult the manufacturer of your furniture for cleaning instructions.
Will a handheld carpet cleaner work on a hard surface?
A. No. Carpet cleaners are designed to clean fabrics and rug fibers. Wood or tile floors should be cleaned using a different appliance.
Do handheld carpet cleaners disinfect?
A. No. To disinfect your flooring, you will need a cleaner that uses hot steam.
What’s the best handheld carpet cleaner to buy?
Top handheld carpet cleaner
Bissell Pet Stain Eraser PowerBrush
What you need to know: This handheld carpet cleaner includes two formula samples and is specifically designed for pet messes.
What you’ll love: With its motorized PowerBrush and generous tank size, this carpet cleaner is a pet owner’s new best friend. Its cordless operation and ergonomic design make it great for cleaning carpeted stairs and soiled furniture.
What you should consider: Buyers note that you must hold this cleaner in a specific way to utilize its suction fully.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
Top handheld carpet cleaner for the money
What you need to know: For those who don’t need the PowerBrush feature, this alternative from Bissel lets you clean up on a budget.
What you’ll love: This cleaner has a stationary brush with bristles firm enough to scrub but gentle enough to be used on most furniture. It comes apart easily for hassle-free cleaning and includes two bottles of formula.
What you should consider: This cleaner only runs for 15 minutes on a full charge.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: You can throw this cleaner’s tank and nozzle in the dishwasher for easy disinfecting.
What you’ll love: This cleaner’s wide nozzle is great for chunky food spills such as cereal or pasta. Its powered scrub brush deep cleans your carpet, and its battery indicator light lets you know when it’s charged and ready.
What you should consider: This cleaner’s formula dispenser requires you to manually pull a trigger, which some buyers find to be inconvenient.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Chewy and Home Depot
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DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yalla Group Limited ("Yalla" or the "Company") (NYSE: YALA), the leading voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced that the Group's president, Mr. Saifi Ismail, has published an article on Forbes.com, one of the best-known business authorities in the world.
Mr. Ismail is a respected voice in the technology industry and widely regarded as an expert in the MENA region. His Forbes.com article, which focuses on growth opportunities for digital entertainment startups in MENA, highlights his deep experience in MENA and his comprehensive understanding of the region's unique culture, traditions and values. Furthermore, Mr. Ismail shares his astute perception of the macro landscape and investing trends among both local and international players in MENA's online entertainment sector.
Since joining Yalla in 2019, Mr. Ismail has worked to advance Yalla's vision of building the most popular destination for online social networking and entertainment activities in MENA. In 2022, Mr. Ismail was also selected to the Forbes Business Council, an invitation-only, professional organization for CEOs and other entrepreneurs. As a member of the Forbes Business Council, Mr. Ismail will work with Forbes' professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com and contribute to published Q&A panels with other respected industry leaders.
About Yalla Group Limited
Yalla Group Limited is the largest voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA). The Company operates two flagship mobile applications, Yalla, a voice-centric group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual gaming application featuring online versions of board games, popular in MENA, with in-game voice chat and localized Majlis functionality. Building on the success of Yalla and Yalla Ludo, the Company has expanded its content, creating a regionally-focused, integrated ecosystem dedicated to fulfilling MENA users' evolving online social networking and entertainment needs. The ecosystem includes YallaChat, an IM product tailored for Arabic users; Waha, a social networking product designed for the metaverse; and games such as Yalla Baloot and 101 Okey Yalla, developed to sustain vibrant local gaming communities in the region. Yalla is also actively exploring outside of MENA, having launched Yalla Parchis, a Ludo game designed for the South American markets. Yalla's mobile applications deliver a seamless experience that fosters a sense of loyalty and belonging, establishing highly devoted and engaged user communities through close attention to detail and localized appeal that profoundly resonates with its users. In addition, through its holding subsidiary, Yalla Game Limited, the Company has expanded its capabilities in mid-core and hard-core game distribution in the MENA region, leveraging its local expertise to bring exciting new content to its users.
For more information, please visit: https://ir.yallagroup.com.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Yalla Group Limited
Investor Relations
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Tel: +86-571-8980-7962
Email: ir@yallatech.ae
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Yang Song
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
Email: yalla@tpg-ir.com
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Email: yalla@tpg-ir.com
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SodaStream Art review
If you go through sparkling water quickly, it makes sense to use a soda maker. Soda makers can save money and reduce plastic usage. The SodaStream Art is a sleek-looking sparkling water maker that’s completely manual, so you can use it anywhere. It uses quick-connect CO2 technology to make sparkling water in seconds.
SodaStream claims one of its units can save thousands of plastic bottles. It also states this unit is energy-efficient.
We wanted to find out if the SodaStream Art lives up to the hype. We sent it to one of our testers, and this is what we discovered.
Testing the SodaStream Art
At BestReviews, we have a group of testers who try out products in their homes over a number of weeks. This lets us see how products really perform outside of a controlled lab environment. In this case, our tester had experience using an older SodaStream, so they were able to see how this model measured up.
What is the SodaStream Art?
The SodaStream Art is a seltzer maker that uses compact canisters of carbon dioxide to turn still tap water into sparkling water. You can drink this water as is, or you can add syrups and flavorings to make your own sodas or flavored seltzer.
SodaStream Art price and where to buy
The SodaStream has a recommended retail price of around $130, but you can find it for around $100-$110. It’s available from Amazon, Sur La Table, Kohl’s and Macy’s.
How to use SodaStream Art
The SodaStream Art is extremely simple to use. Just make sure to wash the bottle before you get started. Then, fit the CO2 cylinder into place.
Next, fill the bottle with cold tap water up to the fill line. Slot the bottle into the machine and pull the lever down, hold it for one second and then release. The instructions state to pull it three times for standard fizz or five times for strong fizz. It may take a little experimentation, but you’ll soon learn your preferred level of carbonation.
SodaStream Art benefits
Easy to adjust carbonation
If you want to adjust the fizziness of your water, simply pull the lever more or fewer times. This gives you complete control of how carbonated your beverage ends up.
Attractive design
The SodaStream Art has a compact, retro design that looks great in any kitchen. It took up very little counter space and fit easily underneath our wall cabinets.
No electricity needed
This soda maker is completely manual, so you don’t need to worry about positioning it close to an outlet.
SodaStream Art drawbacks
Needs quick-connect CO2 cylinders
This model uses a different type of CO2 cylinder from older SodaStream models. Rather than the standard blue canister that screws in place, the Art uses a pink, quick-connect cylinder. This can be frustrating if you already have several of the older cylinders in stock.
Some durability issues
Although we didn’t have any issues with the durability of this product, we’ve seen a handful of reviews where the unit broke after a few days or a few weeks. While these are likely anomalies, it’s still worth noting. Thankfully, SodaStream will provide a replacement if this happens.
Should you get the SodaStream Art?
If you’re in the market for a seltzer maker, the SodaStream Art should be at the top of your list. It lives up to the manufacturer’s claims that it’s energy-efficient, and the quick-connect CO2 system is a breeze to use.
Consider other products
SodaStream Aqua Fizz Sparkling Water Machine
This manual soda maker uses a glass carafe, which is perfect for buyers who prefer not to drink from plastic bottles.
Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s and Macy’s
SodaStream Fizzi One-Touch Sparkling Water Machine
Since it’s powered by electricity, you can carbonate water at the press of a button. It offers three levels of fizziness to choose from.
If you’re serious about seltzer, this stainless steel carbonator is extremely durable and looks great out on the counter. It uses cylinders that have 100% renewable CO2.
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Elementary school principal found shot, killed in South Carolina
DILLON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – An elementary school principal was shot and killed in South Carolina over the weekend, according to officials.
Dillon County Sheriff Douglas Pernell said Dr. Wendy Cook, 54, died on Aug. 20. She was the principal of Stewart Heights Elementary School in the Dillon County School District 4.
Pernell said deputies were called Saturday night for a report of a woman found dead inside a car. When deputies arrived, they found Cook dead inside the vehicle.
Deputies arrested Kyle Church at the scene. Officials have not said what information led to his arrest, but the sheriff said Church and Cook were “acquaintances.”
Authorities said Church was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He is being held at the Dillon County Detention Center.
The Dillon County School District posted a memorial photo of Cook on Facebook Monday morning.
Officials have not released any further immediate details.
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A Jack Russell terrier is credited with saving a woman who was being attacked by a bear in Vermont.
Susan Lee, 61, told authorities that she was trail walking with her dogs when a bear began charging at her.
She said she tripped over a stone wall and the bear got on top of her and bit her leg. She said that's when her Jack Russell terrier began barking at the bear and distracted it long enough for her to escape.
Lee managed to walk home and call her neighbor, who took her to the hospital.
"She sustained a bite wound on her upper left leg and multiple scratches between two and nine inches long on both her sides," the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department said in a statement.
Officials visited the trail where Lee was attacked. They couldn't find the bear but concluded it was a female with cubs.
They believe Lee's dogs spooked the animals, likely provoking the attack.
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The premiere of "House of the Dragon," a prequel to the acclaimed series "Game of Thrones," drew in nearly 10 million viewers Sunday night, HBO announced Monday. It was the largest audience for any new original series in HBO's history, according to a statement from the company.
Despite a "Game of Thrones" finale many fans considered disappointing, "House of the Dragon" registered 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max platforms, HBO said. The show was a hit on social media as well, HBO said, ranking No. 1 on Twitter's trending topics for 14 hours.
"It was wonderful to see millions of 'Game of Thrones' fans return with us to Westeros last night. 'House of the Dragon' features an incredibly talented cast and crew who poured their heart and soul into the production, and we're ecstatic with viewers' positive response," Casey Bloys, HBO & HBO Max chief content officer, said in the statement.
Jennifer Maas, a television business writer for Variety, told CBS News on Tuesday that next week's retention numbers will provide more information — but said the show could mark the return of what she called "event TV," years after the original Game of Thrones went off the air in 2019.
Maas said "House of the Dragon" has many factors working in its favor, including an established fan base and the fact that the series is based on a book in George R. R. Martin's series that has already been published. While much of the original "Game of Thrones" was based on published books from Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, the final two seasons were not – a sore spot for fans unhappy with how the show ended.
"There is a blueprint for this series that's already established all the way through its end, whenever that should be," Maas said.
Set 200 years before the events in "Game of Thrones" transpire, "House of the Dragon" takes fans back to Westeros and tells the story of House Targaryen. The second episode of the series, "Fire Will Reign," will debut on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET. | https://www.kxlf.com/entertainment/house-of-the-dragon-premiere-draws-in-nearly-10-million-viewers | 2022-08-23T21:26:28Z | https://www.kxlf.com/entertainment/house-of-the-dragon-premiere-draws-in-nearly-10-million-viewers | false |
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced webcasts for upcoming investor conferences:
- Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 – 2nd Annual Evercore ISI Technology Conference at 11:00 a.m. ET
- Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 – Citi's 2022 Global Technology Conference at 10:30 a.m. ET
- Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 – Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference at 10:45 a.m. PT
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The live webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of KLA's website at http://ir.kla.com/ and a replay of the webcast will be posted after the event.
About KLA:
KLA Corporation ("KLA") develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward. Investors and others should note that KLA announces material financial information including SEC filings, press releases, public earnings calls and conference webcasts using an investor relations website (ir.kla.com). Additional information may be found at: www.kla.com (KLAC-F).
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Steelers enter 2022 with new quarterback, same old goals
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger wasn't joking when he said he planned to disappear after retirement.
Maybe, but the specter of the player who defined the Pittsburgh Steelers for nearly two decades looms over the franchise in 2022.
Following a likely future Hall of Famer is a daunting task. The Steelers s igned Mitch Trubisky in free agency and drafted Kenny Pickett in the first round, won over by the former University of Pittsburgh star's insurgent Heisman Trophy-campaign in 2021.
Trubisky, who spent four turbulent years in Chicago before serving as Josh Allen's backup in Buffalo last fall, isn't trying to replace Roethlisberger as much as he's trying to simply revive his career.
"I can only come here and be me, Mitch Trubisky," he said as training camp began. "I´m coming here to compete, help lead these guys and do what I do on the field."
Trubisky will likely get the first shot when the Steelers open at Cincinnati on Sept. 11, though Pickett has made a significant push during the preseason. Both quarterbacks have an ability to make plays with their legs as well as their arms, a dimension the offense lacked during the latter years of Roethlisberger's career.
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10) scrambles for yardage during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Trubisky is battling with fellow Steeler quarterbacks Kenny Pickett for the right to replace longtime starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who retired in January. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Whoever the quarterback is will need to have the ability to make something out of nothing while playing behind a retooled offensive line that may take a significant amount of time to figure things out.
"We´re still building in the right direction," Trubisky said. "So, we´ve got to keep going."
Trubisky will need to if he wants to hold onto the job for a while. Pickett, considered the most NFL-ready quarterback in a relatively weak draft class, has spent his first training camp impressing with his both maturity and his playmaking.
Coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Matt Canada have brought Pickett along slowly, though he has passed seemingly every test thrown his way, including engineering scores in hurry-up situations against Detroit and Jacksonville.
"It´s probably who he is," Tomlin said. "I know he did it next door (in college at Pitt). He probably did it in high school. He probably did it in little league. Some things people are born with."
If Pickett continues to show the "it" factor, Trubisky's grasp of the starting job - if he is the choice - may be tenuous at best.
Tomlin seemed almost gleeful at times during the offseason when talking about facing a challenge he never needed to worry about during his first 15 years on the job, when all he had to do was jot down Roethlisberger's familiar No. 7 atop the depth chart and not worry about it.
"You´re excited about the anxiety associated with that uncertainty," he said.
There figures to be plenty of it over the next four months as the Steelers try to forge a new identity while attempting to meet the same rigid expectations.
"There´s a lot more pressure on (the quarterbacks) right now, but it´s up to the defense and other parts of the offense to step up to make it easy," Pro Bowl defensive end Cam Heyward said.
"HEAD COACH" FLORES
The Steelers made a splash in the offseason by hiring former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores as a senior defensive assistant just weeks after Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL for alleged racist hiring practices.
The legal battle between Flores and the league is still in its early stages. Flores is attempting to focus on the task at hand, namely helping Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin put together a defense that has more of a snarl than it did last season, when the Steelers finished last against the run.
Flores has quickly won over his new charges with his intensity and military-type attention to detail.
"He has so much knowledge and understanding of the game that other coaches might not have," linebacker Rob Spillane said. "And you don´t become a head coach in this league by accident. He´s done a lot of things right over his career to get to where he is today. ... I´m grateful to be able to work with him."
RUN NAJEE RUN
Najee Harris set a franchise rookie record when he ran for 1,200 yards last season. The 24-year-old - who also caught 73 passes a year ago - wouldn't mind taking on an even heavier workload in 2022.
Harris has already taken on a heavier workload in the locker room while showing signs of helping fill the leadership void created by Roethlisberger's retirement.
`It´s just him, it´s in his personality," Tomlin said "I imagine he´s been that on every team he´s ever been on in his lifetime. So it is a natural act for him."
TJ'S TIME
All-Pro outside linebacker T.J. Watt is coming off a season in which he signed a massive new contract then backed it up by winning his first NFL Defensive Player of the Year award after tying a league record by rolling up 22 1/2 sacks.
Watt is building a Hall of Fame resume and is in the middle of his prime. Yet he knows there's only one way to secure your legacy while playing for a team that has six Lombardi Trophies gracing a display the players walk by nearly every day.
"We've got to win a Super Bowl," Watt said.
A standard in Pittsburgh that never changes, regardless of the quarterback.
"I don´t imagine that I would have to remind them (of that)," Tomlin said, "but I do anyway."
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FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett (8) looks for a receiver during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Pickett is battling with fellow Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky for the right to replace longtime starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who retired in January. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough, File)
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin watches during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Tomlin is entering his 16th season as Pittsburgh's head coach, and his first without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who retired in January. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) follows a play during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Watt tied an NFL record with 22½ sacks last season on his way to capturing the Defensive Player of the Year award. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Benny Snell Jr., left, dives for a touchdown against Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Chad Muma, right, in the second quarter of an NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fle. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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'House of the Dragon' is HBO's top series premiere ever
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of "House of the Dragon" on Sunday night, making the "Game of Thrones" spinoff HBO's most-watched series premiere in the network's history.
HBO aired the episode four times on premiere night and it was also streamed on HBO Max. The viewership number is only going to increase in the coming weeks.
For instance, the "Game of Throne" series finale in May 2019 was seen on its first night by 19.8 million, more than any other series episode on HBO, the Nielsen company said. HBO estimates that some 46 million people in total have seen it, when delayed viewing is taken into account.
Anticipation for "House of the Dragon" was evident in how many people were streaming old "Game of Thrones" episodes on HBO Max, which the network fed by offering crisper picture quality. The weekly average of streams in August is nearly 90% above June, the network said.
"The `Game of Thrones´ prequel recaptured the fire of HBO's original masterpiece in a big way," said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and CEO of the research firm Samba TV. That company estimated that the HBO series more than doubled the first-day viewership for Netflix's new season of "Stranger Things" this summer.
The challenge - and opportunity - for HBO lies in trying to expand "House of the Dragon" beyond the built-in fan base, Navin said.
This image released by HBO Max shows Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in a scene from "House of the Dragon," a prequel to "Game of Thrones." (HBO Max via AP)
CBS was the most popular broadcast network in prime time last week, averaging 2.8 million viewers. NBC had 2.7 million, ABC had 2.4 million, Fox had 1.9 million, Ion Television had 1.04 million, Univision had 1.01 million and Telemundo had 810,000.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks with a prime-time average of 2.31 million. MSNBC had 1.32 million, ESPN had 896,000, Hallmark had 870,000 and HGTV had 866,000.
ABC's "World News Tonight" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.2 million viewers last week. NBC's "Nightly News" had 6.1 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 4.2 million.
For the week of Aug. 15-22, the 20 most popular prime-time programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.44 million.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 5.64 million.
3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 5.44 million.
4. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 4.54 million.
5. "Password" (Wednesday), NBC, 4.36 million.
6. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 4.1 million.
7. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 4.06 million.
8. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 3.98 million.
9. "Password" (Tuesday), NBC, 3.97 million.
10. "Big Brother" (Sunday), CBS, 3.95 million.
11. "FBI," CBS, 3.57 million.
12. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), Fox News, 3.432 million.
13. "Press Your Luck," ABC, 3.425 million.
14. "Big Brother" (Thursday), CBS, 3.42 million.
15. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.38 million.
16. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 3.294 million.
17. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.294 million.
18. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 3.258 million.
19. "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," ABC, 3.258 million.
20. "FBI International," CBS, 3.245 million.
This image released by HBO shows Emma D'Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, left, and Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen from "House of the Dragon," the prequel to "Game of Thrones." (Ollie Upton/HBO via AP) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11139323/House-Dragon-HBOs-series-premiere-ever.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-23T21:31:10Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11139323/House-Dragon-HBOs-series-premiere-ever.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yalla Group Limited ("Yalla" or the "Company") (NYSE: YALA), the leading voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced that the Group's president, Mr. Saifi Ismail, has published an article on Forbes.com, one of the best-known business authorities in the world.
Mr. Ismail is a respected voice in the technology industry and widely regarded as an expert in the MENA region. His Forbes.com article, which focuses on growth opportunities for digital entertainment startups in MENA, highlights his deep experience in MENA and his comprehensive understanding of the region's unique culture, traditions and values. Furthermore, Mr. Ismail shares his astute perception of the macro landscape and investing trends among both local and international players in MENA's online entertainment sector.
Since joining Yalla in 2019, Mr. Ismail has worked to advance Yalla's vision of building the most popular destination for online social networking and entertainment activities in MENA. In 2022, Mr. Ismail was also selected to the Forbes Business Council, an invitation-only, professional organization for CEOs and other entrepreneurs. As a member of the Forbes Business Council, Mr. Ismail will work with Forbes' professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com and contribute to published Q&A panels with other respected industry leaders.
About Yalla Group Limited
Yalla Group Limited is the largest voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA). The Company operates two flagship mobile applications, Yalla, a voice-centric group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual gaming application featuring online versions of board games, popular in MENA, with in-game voice chat and localized Majlis functionality. Building on the success of Yalla and Yalla Ludo, the Company has expanded its content, creating a regionally-focused, integrated ecosystem dedicated to fulfilling MENA users' evolving online social networking and entertainment needs. The ecosystem includes YallaChat, an IM product tailored for Arabic users; Waha, a social networking product designed for the metaverse; and games such as Yalla Baloot and 101 Okey Yalla, developed to sustain vibrant local gaming communities in the region. Yalla is also actively exploring outside of MENA, having launched Yalla Parchis, a Ludo game designed for the South American markets. Yalla's mobile applications deliver a seamless experience that fosters a sense of loyalty and belonging, establishing highly devoted and engaged user communities through close attention to detail and localized appeal that profoundly resonates with its users. In addition, through its holding subsidiary, Yalla Game Limited, the Company has expanded its capabilities in mid-core and hard-core game distribution in the MENA region, leveraging its local expertise to bring exciting new content to its users.
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service will launch a full security review of its facilities nationwide, Commissioner Charles Rettig announced Tuesday, as congressional Republicans and far-right extremists are lashing out at the agency and the new funding it is slated to receive in a massive spending law.
“We see what’s out there in terms of social media. Our workforce is concerned about their safety,” Rettig told the Washington Post in an interview Tuesday. “The comments being made are extremely disrespectful to the agency, to the employees, and to the country.”
In a letter to employees sent Wednesday, he wrote that the agency would conduct risk assessments for each of the IRS’s 600 facilities and evaluate whether to increase security patrols along building exteriors, boost designations for restricted areas, examine security around entrances, and assess exterior lighting. It will be the agency’s first such review since the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.
“For me this is personal,” Rettig wrote in the letter. “I’ll continue to make every effort to dispel any lingering misperceptions about our work. And I will continue to advocate for your safety in every venue where I have an audience.”
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The IRS is set to receive $80 billion in fresh funding over 10 years as part of President Biden’s climate and tax bill. The money is designed to help the agency increase scrutiny of tax cheats and increase enforcement on high-income earners and major corporations, including a large hiring push to help the IRS make up for more than a decade of underfunding.
Republicans have seized on the funding for the tax collector to attack the law, which also includes investments to lower health care costs. GOP members of Congress have falsely claimed that many of the agency’s 87,000 new hires will be armed and that the new enforcement steps will be aimed at low- and middle-income taxpayers and small businesses.
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Many Republicans have drawn baseless comparisons between the IRS’s new enforcement funding and the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
“They have 80,000 employees. You know what the IRS also has? 4,600 guns. 5 million rounds of ammunition. Why? Democrats want to double its already massive size,” House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of California said on the House floor this month, days after the FBI search.
"With this new power, the IRS will snoop around in your bank account, your Venmo, your small business. Then the government will shake you down for every last cent," he added. "In light of [the FBI's search of Trump's residence], let me ask: Do you really trust this administration's IRS to be fair, to not abuse their power?"
“Think about it: If the left will weaponize the FBI to raid President Trump’s personal residence, they will surely weaponize the IRS’s new 87,000 agents, many of whom will be trained in the use of deadly force, to go after any American citizen,” Representative Andrew S. Clyde, Republican of Georgia, said this month on the House floor.
IRS employees said the right-wing rhetoric has raised fears that workers could be targeted at their workplaces or in public if they’re identified as IRS employees.
David Carrone, president of the Louisiana-Arkansas National Treasury Employees Union chapter, has tried to allay colleagues’ concerns in recent days and persuade them not to leave the agency.
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“This terrifies me. This is the reason that I don’t tell people that I work for the IRS,” one employee wrote to him in an e-mail this week, which Carrone read to the Post.
Lorie McCann, president of the Chicago-area chapter, has reminded union members not to wear their work ID badges outside the office so as not to attract undue attention. Some colleagues who work in private buildings leased by the IRS have asked about security enhancements at their workplace. Others who work in federal buildings have told her they worry that their facility could be targeted by domestic terrorists, she said.
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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, the company announced Tuesday.
Vaccinations for babies, toddlers and preschoolers opened in the U.S. in June after months of delay. Only about 6% of youngsters ages 6 months through 4 years had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-August, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Health authorities authorized tot-sized vaccine doses made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech based on a study showing they were safe and produced high levels of virus-fighting antibodies. But there was only preliminary data on how that translated into effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19.
The new update analyzed COVID-19 diagnoses between March and June in Pfizer's ongoing study of the three-dose vaccine. There were 21 COVID-19 cases among the 351 tots who got dummy shots -- compared to just 13 among the 794 youngsters given three vaccine doses.
The child cases primarily were caused by the BA.2 omicron version that was circulating at the time. Today, another omicron relative, BA.5, is causing most COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and much of the world.
In older children and adults, the COVID-19 vaccines have been used long enough to prove that they remain strongly protective against severe disease and death even as the coronavirus mutates -- while early protection against infection wanes. Still, scientists track that initial effectiveness rate as extra evidence of vaccine performance -- and to look for signs of how they initially hold up against new mutants.
Pfizer this week asked U.S. regulators to authorize modified vaccine doses that better match the newest omicron variants for people 12 and older as boosters this fall. The company said it also is developing updated shots for kids under 12. | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/coronavirus/pfizer-covid-shots-appear-73-effective-in-children-under-5/article_f2f476f4-de90-5b38-bcb8-2d1b09bc425c.html | 2022-08-23T21:32:54Z | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/coronavirus/pfizer-covid-shots-appear-73-effective-in-children-under-5/article_f2f476f4-de90-5b38-bcb8-2d1b09bc425c.html | true |
Leaders in Patient Engagement and Pharmacy Operations Software Announce New Corporate Identity to Accelerate Innovation and Growth
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vow Inc., Digital Pharmacist, CAREANIMATIONS and VUCA Health formally announced today that they are uniting under one parent company, Lumistry. This combination under the new Lumistry brand creates a one-of-a-kind organization in the pharmacy industry, offering its customers an innovative software platform that enhances patient engagement, increases medication adherence, and streamlines pharmacies' workflows and operations.
The four brands will continue to operate as individual solution providers, with the suite of products available to all Lumistry customers. The new alignment will lay the groundwork to better serve the market with holistic and innovative offerings while remaining focused on the needs of pharmacists and their patients.
"Today marks an important milestone for our collective companies, forming one entity and aligning our strategy to offer the best products and services to our customers," said Corey Hansen, CEO of Lumistry. "I'm excited to bring our talented teams, strong brands, and complementary solutions together under Lumistry so that we can accelerate innovation to develop new products that improve pharmacy performance and create a seamless patient experience that manifests our purpose of helping pharmacies help people."
Offering a comprehensive collection of technologies purpose-built for pharmacies, Lumistry now serves over 9,000 pharmacies globally with cloud-based software that integrates with more than 70 pharmacy management systems. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in New Jersey, South Carolina, Florida, and Europe.
"Patients are adopting digital solutions at a record pace and pharmacies are now making the transition to technology solutions to keep up with this demand," said CEO Corey Hansen. "Simultaneously, pharmacies are seeing increased pressure with the pandemic and other operational challenges and must therefore adapt how they operate their businesses. At Lumistry we have listened to our customers and have built best-in-class technology that solves these pain points and allows pharmacists to grow their businesses while providing better patient care."
Lumistry helps pharmacies transform their business to improve adherence, reduce operating costs and increase revenue. Offering a combination of purpose-built, intelligent products and services, Lumistry provides pharmacists with solutions to engage with their patients, consolidate vendors, improve patient health literacy, automate tasks, and initiate online scheduling for programs and services.
Lumistry serves more than 9,000 pharmacies globally. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in New Jersey, South Carolina, Florida, and Europe.
Contact: Maria Kassam, maria.kassam@lumistry.com
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says he plans to step down from his government duties before the end of the year.
While he is stepping down from his government posts, Dr. Fauci said he is not retiring and is moving on to the next phase of his career.
On Monday, Dr. Fauci announced he is stepping down as both adviseradvisers to President Joe Biden and as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a position he held since 1984.
In a statement, Dr. Fauci called it the honor of his life to have served as head of that institution.
Dr. Fauci began building his health care legacy when he helped the country through the fight against AIDS in the 1980s. Four decades later, he led efforts to get the country through the Coronavirus pandemic — becoming the face of the COVID-19 response for the Trump administration.
But Dr. Fauci fell out of the former president’s favor, as Fauci’s medical advice clashed with Trump’s push to return to normalcy.
Fauci has also advised every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.
In a statement, President Biden thanked Dr. Fauci for being a dedicated public servant.
Even before Dr. Fauci’s announcement, some speculated Fauci would step down before next year to avoid being drawn into any investigations if Republicans win control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections.
Dr. Fauci denies that has anything to do with his decision.
Meanwhile, Republican senator Rand Paul said in a statement that Fauci’s resignation will not prevent a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic. He added that Fauci would be asked to testify about this in reference to the theory that the pandemic may have originated from a Chinese lab leak.
Dr. Fauci said he will spend the next few months preparing his department for his departure and that in his next role he hopes to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders. | https://fox59.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/dr-fauci-announces-departure-from-government-roles/ | 2022-08-23T21:33:28Z | https://fox59.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/dr-fauci-announces-departure-from-government-roles/ | false |
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE:DRI) plans to release its fiscal 2023 first quarter financial results before the market opens on Thursday, September 22, 2022, with a conference call to follow at 8:30 am ET. Rick Cardenas, CEO, and other senior management will discuss first quarter results, and conduct a question and answer session. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call.
About Darden
Darden is a restaurant company featuring a portfolio of differentiated brands that include Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze and Eddie V's. For more information, please visit www.darden.com.
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
AP Pro Football Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups Monday night.
Mariota, who strengthened his hold on the starting job, was 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown pass to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter.
“The last couple years were a good reset for me, but I’m excited about the opportunity, excited about this team,” said Mariota, who hasn’t started a regular-season game since 2019 with Tennessee.
Ridder, a third-round pick out of Cincinnati, wasn’t too shabby, either, going 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals during his three series that were marred by penalties. Feleipe Franks replaced him midway through the third quarter.
Tight end Kyle Pitts was one of only a few other projected Falcons starters who played — and made his presence felt early with a 52-yard reception on Atlanta’s second play from scrimmage. He got wide open on Bryce Hall, who’s competing with rookie Sauce Gardner for a starting job at cornerback, to put the Falcons at the Jets 9.
“Well, you know, it makes it easy when you’ve got a guy like Kyle,” Mariota said. “But yeah, we felt good about the player, felt good about the look and hats off to Kyle for executing it.”
The drive stalled, though, and the Falcons had to settle for a 23-yard field goal by Younghoe Koo. But Mariota led Atlanta into the end zone on the next possession. He hit a wide-open Anthony Firkser for a 39-yard gain to get to the Jets 14, and then found Zaccheaus for a 13-yard TD two plays later.
The Jets sat most of their projected starters, including quarterback Joe Flacco — who took over as New York’s QB1 in place of the injured Zach Wilson.
Wilson is out a few weeks as he recovers from a bone bruise and surgically repaired torn meniscus in his right knee, with his availability for the season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 11 uncertain. It would be Flacco under center if Wilson can’t go, but Mike White got the start against the Falcons and was mostly ineffective with the backups.
White went 12 of 17 for 90 yards, and the offense punted on each of his first four series before Greg Zuerlein’s 44-yard field goal ended the first half with the Jets trailing 16-3.
COMEBACK CHRIS
Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler, who hadn’t thrown a pass in team drills before leading the Jets to two touchdowns in the preseason opener at Philadelphia, was at it again against Atlanta.
The former CFL quarterback, who had previous NFL stints with Arizona, Baltimore and Miami, replaced White in the third quarter and engineered TD drives in his first two series.
First came a 34-yard TD pass to Lawrence Cager, then an eight-play drive that was capped by La’Mical Perine’s 7-yard run that gave the Jets a 17-16 lead 11 seconds into the fourth quarter.
Streveler finished 8 of 11 for 119 yards and the TD with an interception. He also led the Jets with 33 yards rushing on six carries.
SCOOP AND SCORE
Jets defensive lineman Bradlee Anae, competing for a roster spot on a deep unit, made his case to stick around. He sacked Franks, causing him to fumble, and then picked up the ball and rumbled 30 yards into the end zone for a touchdown that gave New York a 24-16 lead.
SLOPPY
Ridder led the Falcons to the Jets 1 in his first series, but a false start penalty on offensive lineman Jalen Mayfield on fourth down had Atlanta opt instead for a 23-yard field goal by Koo.
The next drive featured five more penalties — four on the Falcons, with one declined — and Atlanta settled for a 30-yard field goal.
INJURIES
Jets WR Tarik Black was being evaluated for a concussion. … Jets WR Irvin Charles left with a rib injury in the fourth quarter.
UP NEXT
Falcons: Wrap up their preseason schedule by hosting Jacksonville on Saturday.
Jets: Host the Giants on Sunday in their annual preseason showdown.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Two inmates found dead in May inside a jail in South Carolina overdosed on drugs, investigators said.
Allan Lindsey Zack, 36, died from a fentanyl overdose inside the Greenville County jail and Randy Eugene Broome, 45, had both fentanyl and a sedative xylazine mostly used for animals, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office.
The men were found dead in the jail on May 12. The Greenville County Sheriff's Office, which runs the jail, didn't comment on the coroner's findings.
Online court records show Zack was charged in 2020 with felony DUI resulting in death and those charges were pending when he died.
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HONOLULU, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, approved adding three million shares, or approximately eight percent of outstanding common shares, to the existing six million share repurchase program. As of August 22, 2022, the existing share repurchase program had approximately 0.5 million shares remaining.
"We are pleased to announce an additional three million shares to our existing share repurchase program," said Matt Cox, Matson's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Since we commenced our share repurchase program last August, we have repurchased approximately 5.5 million shares for a total cost of nearly $465 million. Going forward, we will be both disciplined and opportunistic in our capital allocation, and we remain committed to returning excess cash to shareholders to create additional shareholder value over the long-term."
Shares will be repurchased in the open market from time to time at the Company's discretion, based on ongoing assessments of the capital needs of the business, the market price of its common shares and general market conditions. The Company may enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate purchases under the program. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline to the domestic non-contiguous economies of Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam, and to other island economies in Micronesia. Matson also operates premium, expedited services from China to Long Beach, California, provides service to Okinawa, Japan and various islands in the South Pacific, and operates an international export service from Dutch Harbor to Asia. The Company's fleet of owned and chartered vessels includes containerships, combination container and roll-on/roll-off ships and custom-designed barges. Matson Logistics, established in 1987, extends the geographic reach of Matson's transportation network throughout North America. Its integrated, asset-light logistics services include rail intermodal, highway brokerage, warehousing, freight consolidation, Asia supply chain services, and forwarding to Alaska. Additional information about the Company is available at www.matson.com.
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Nuclear bomb tests at Emu Field remain obscured by Maralinga and the mists of time
By Daniel KeaneIn hindsight, Michael Parkinson's TV talk show hardly seems the likeliest forum for sober reflection on nuclear annihilation.
But in 1971, the celebrity interviewer welcomed onto his celebrated stage journalist James Cameron, a man who had, 18 years earlier, witnessed the first atomic blast at Emu Field in outback South Australia.
Nuclear weapons, he told Parkinson, were "the ultimate punctuation mark" in humanity's "progress towards perdition".
The words echoed his front-page report for The Age on October 16, 1953 — the day after the test:
"The familiar mushroom column climbed unsteadily for 15,000 feet, leaned and dropped, and the world stumbled one more step towards the twilight."
Codenamed Totem, the two Emu Field bomb tests have, in the view of James Cook University author Elizabeth Tynan, been regarded for too long as mere precursors to the more notorious detonations at Maralinga.
Her new book seeks to correct this by establishing Operation Totem as a portentous episode in its own right.
"The tests there pre-dated Maralinga by three years and they caused enormous difficulty and disruption and tragedy to the Aboriginal people of the Western Desert," Dr Tynan said.
The Secret of Emu Field is the product of extensive archival excavation, including in the United Kingdom.
Amid Cold War hardships and anxieties, British officials were desperate to develop an affordable nuclear arsenal for their new fleet of jet bombers.
"They were looking to create a workable weapon; I call it the austerity bomb," Dr Tynan said.
"They wanted to do it quickly because they had the V bombers coming, they had a number of political pressures and geopolitical pressures as well."
Among several remarkable occurrences at Emu Field was the flight of a Royal Air Force Canberra bomber through the Totem 1 mushroom cloud barely six minutes after detonation.
"In colour it was a dark red-brown," Wing Commander Geoffrey Dhenin, who enthusiastically piloted the plane, later wrote.
"Until just before we emerged, the forces on the elevators increased to such an extent that I thought I might lose control."
One of the aims of that mission was to determine the threat from fallout in atmospheric testing to commercial airline traffic.
In an unforeseen irony, the atomic cloud from Totem 1 — which kept its mushroom shape "for 24 hours because of wind conditions" — was spotted by airline passengers passing over Oodnadatta.
The black mist
Today, it isn't a cloud but a mist that remains one of the few aspects of the Totem tests to endure in the collective consciousness.
The so-called "black mist" was reported by nearby Aboriginal communities, but it wasn't until a 1980 report by The Advertiser that it came to public attention.
The 1985 royal commission into British nuclear tests was equivocal on the health effects, but concluded that "Aboriginal people experienced radioactive fallout from Totem 1 in the form of a black mist or cloud at and near Wallatinna".
Bruce Lennon was a young boy at the time and likened the impact to "having a really bad flu".
"We were close to Emu Field; dad was a contractor, we did a lot of moving around," he said.
Also in the area, at Mabel Creek station, was the family of Sister Kenise Neill.
"My father at the time of the Emu Field [tests] would have been 22. There's a story that my grandmother used to tell about him," she recalled.
"He was out fencing with Aboriginal people around the station and came home covered in a black, slimy, greasy stuff."
Murray Neill was 24 when he died in 1956.
His daughter said it was now almost impossible to know whether the story told by her grandmother was an account of fallout.
"I didn't really know about Emu Fields … and because our family had left before the [later] Maralinga testing, it didn't make sense," Sister Neill said.
"I presumed the black fallout with my dad wasn't nuclear.
"It's really only through reading Elizabeth Tynan's book that I thought that my dad could have actually died from radiation."
The persistence of secrets
The black mist may have dissipated, but other mists still cloud the Totem tests.
Dr Tynan said British files she inspected during her research had since been "withdrawn from public view", and that there were unanswered questions about the second test and the plutonium fuel.
"The Operation Totem tests at Emu Field were intended as a comparative trial to test two different kinds of nuclear fuel," Dr Tynan said.
"I can't say that I ever got to the bottom of what was happening with Totem 2. From the documents I've seen, [it] was a very, very secret weapon."
By the time of the second test on October 27, James Cameron and the rest of the press pack had long since departed.
But the bomb had left its mark on Cameron's mind.
In a piece published the day after he died, in the same year as the royal commission into British tests, Cameron reflected on the nuclear age with typical grace and resignation:
"I personally witnessed the explosion of atom bombs, and did nothing about it, and could do nothing except protest, tiresomely and uselessly."
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Ahead of Florida’s primary election on Aug. 23, several VERIFY viewers asked us to look into a viral meme that shows a list of banned books in Florida.
The meme, which went viral on social media, claims Florida banned popular classic books including “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”
“Florida’s Anti-Woke banned book list. A couple of them make sense considering republicans should be terrified their constituents might read ‘1984,’” the meme says.
Even Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise, posted the meme to Twitter. Hamill’s tweet alone had more than 147,000 likes.
VERIFY viewers Lisa and Larry both texted us to ask if the list was real and if the ban was ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
THE QUESTION
Is the list of banned books in Florida real, as a viral meme claims?
THE SOURCES
- Bryan Griffin, press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis
- Florida’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards
- Florida House Bill 1467
- Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson
- Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers
- American Library Association
- Red, Wine & Blue education advocacy group
THE ANSWER
No, the meme list of banned books in Florida isn’t real. The state of Florida doesn't have a list of banned books, but local school districts do have the authority to ban books.
WHAT WE FOUND
VERIFY has found posts with this specific list of books dating back to at least February 2022, but the older versions of the meme didn’t include the text about it being centralized to Florida.
DeSantis didn’t issue a statewide ban on books in Florida, Bryan Griffin, press secretary for the governor, told VERIFY.
“As far as I see it, this is just a completely fictitious list made by people potentially living in an alternate reality,” Griffin said.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teachers union in the nation, deleted a tweet showing the viral meme with the list and said she should have done her research.
“I should have double checked before I retweeted this list. My bad. Looks like some of the books weren’t banned. Book bans are very real & dangerous,” she tweeted.
Many of the books on the meme are on the American Library Association’s list of “Banned & Challenged Classics,” which documents books that have historically been banned or attempted to be removed from libraries, schools and universities in the United States.
In fact, some of the listed books from the viral meme are specifically recommended in Florida’s Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards, Griffin told VERIFY.
The B.E.S.T. Standards were created after DeSantis signed a bill eliminating Common Core curriculum. According to the B.E.S.T. Standards, even though the Common Core curriculum was cut, the B.E.S.T standards create “literacy standards for our Florida students that will shape their education and secure their position as leading the charge to make Florida the most literate state in the nation.”
Some of the books on the alleged banned book list are listed in the B.E.S.T. Standards. Some examples:
- “To Kill a Mockingbird”
- “The Call of the Wild”
- “1984”
- “Of Mice and Men”
- “Lord of the Flies”
“There is no banned book list at the state level. The state sets guidelines regarding content, and the local school districts are responsible for enforcing them,” Griffin said.
In March, DeSantis signed HB 1467 into law that required schools to be more transparent about their curriculum and gave parents a chance to have input on selecting library books and other instructional materials.
“Florida parents are seeking greater involvement in many aspects of our education system, and this legislation speaks to that effort. The books our kids are reading in schools need to have proper vetting. Parents have a right, and a responsibility, to be involved in that process,” Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson said at the time of signing.
“Not all books are appropriate for every grade level. This legislation makes sure that we have a transparent and consistent process for public participation in the review of books and other materials used in school lessons and in the school library,” Simpson said.
However, there are some school districts in Florida that have decided to ban books from being used or studied in their classrooms.
For example, the Flagler County, Fla., school superintendent banned “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” written by LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson after a parent complained it was obscene. There have been at least 10 books that have been banned in Florida’s Duval County from 1978 to present.
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By PAUL BYRNE
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On the eve of Ukraine’s independence day and the half-year mark of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, there was increasing unease in the country on Tuesday that Moscow could be focusing on specific government and civilian targets during the holiday.
The United States reinforced those concerns when its embassy in Kyiv issued a security alert, saying it “has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days.”
On Tuesday’s Ukrainian Flag Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed defiance rather than worry when he raised the flag at a memorial.
“The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine will again fly where it rightfully should be. In all temporarily occupied cities and villages of Ukraine,” he said, including the Crimea peninsula which has been annexed by Russia since 2014.
At the weekend, Zelenskyy sensed a threat coming when he said in his daily address that “we should be aware that this week Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel.”
The U.S. warning came on the heels of Russia’s claim that Ukrainian intelligence was responsible for the car bombing that killed the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker over the weekend. Ukraine denied involvement.
Hundreds of people lined up Tuesday to pay tributes to Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel who died when her SUV blew up Saturday night as she was driving on the outskirts of Moscow.
Her father, Alexander Dugin, a philosopher and political theorist who was believed to be the target, ardently supports Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine. “She lived for the sake of victory, and she died for the sake of victory. Our Russian victory, our truth,” Dugin said at a farewell ceremony.
The sense of dread pervading the war centers in part on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, where continued shelling and fighting in the area has raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres late Monday warned about the nuclear threat in general, particularly since Russia alluded to its massive nuclear arsenal early in the war.
Guterres demanded a halt to “nuclear saber-rattling” on Monday, saying the world is at a “maximum moment of danger” and all countries with nuclear weapons must make a commitment to “no first-use.”
That didn’t prevent shelling close to Zaporizhzhia early Tuesday. Regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said Russian forces fired on nearby Marhanets and Nikopol on the right bank of the Dnieper River, continuing weeks of relentless overnight shelling.
Meanwhile, the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war is also raising worries. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said she was “concerned by reports that the Russian Federation and affiliated armed groups in Donetsk are planning — possibly in the coming days — to try Ukrainian prisoners of war.” She said it is being labeled an “international tribunal” but that due process and a fair trial would not be guaranteed.
Amid the death and destruction, there was one small point of light. All professional soccer was stopped in February, but a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv.
The Olympic Stadium will see the the opening-day meeting of Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv — teams from eastern cities that are fighting for their very existence.
No fans will be allowed in the 65,000-capacity downtown stadium for the kickoff at 1 p.m. local time, and the players must be rushed to bomb shelters if air-raid sirens sound.
“The teams, the players will be proud of this event,” Shakhtar captain Taras Stepanenko said Monday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
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Kelly Clarkson had a picture perfect summer in Montana with her 8-year-old daughter, River, 6-year-old son, Remi, and her ex, Brandon Blackstock. During a Today interview on Tuesday, the 40-year-old singer and talk show host opened up about how nice it was to take some time off work and spend time together as a family despite the couple's divorce.
"It’s obviously been a rough couple years so it was really important to me to, like, shut down for a minute," Clarkson said, noting how lucky she is to have the opportunity to take a summer off work and spend time at her ranch in Montana. "I literally four-wheeled in the mountains, and I have a lot of water on my property so my sister, my nephew and I, and a couple friends just spent the whole summer in the mountains, just hanging out in nature."
"The kids were with me and with their dad," Clarkson added. "It was nice because they usually have to travel a lot because of our separation so we were both in Montana so, it was the first time I think my kids felt more centered as well."
Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage, and their divorce was finally settled in March of this year. In their divorce, Clarkson was granted primary custody of their two kids, but she and Blackstock will have joint physical custody of them, with the talent manager getting their children one weekend a month.
In October 2021, ET obtained court documents that showed a judge ruled that the Montana ranch Clarkson was referring to in her Today interview -- where Blackstock was living -- is officially hers. In January, however, they reached an agreement over ownership of the ranch, in which Clarkson gave Blackstock a 5.12 percent ownership the property.
According to legal documents, obtained by ET at the time, the talk show host agreed to give Blackstock a 5.12 percent ownership of their Warren Peak Ranch property. While the ranch is valued at $17,750,000, the documents indicate "Brandon's 5.12% ownership interest in the Warren Peak Ranch is $908,800."
In June, Clarkson opened up about how difficult it's been to create new music following her split from Blackstock. "It's been the hardest thing to navigate. I've never had this difficult of a project," she said during an interview on Apple Music's The Chart Show. "I’m a human and I'm going through something huge -- obviously everybody knows, like, a big, huge divorce [I] went through."
"I'm just navigating what I'm comfortable with releasing," she added. "It's coming -- I just gotta get my crap together. I just gotta figure out what I'm gonna release."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams and Meghan recount challenges they’ve experienced as working mothers on the Duchess of Sussex’s first podcast, including stories of having to work soon after scary incidents involving their children.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion who said recently “the countdown has begun” to her retirement, recounted on Meghan’s “Archetypes” Spotify podcast Tuesday that she played a match at the 2018 French Open after a nearly sleepless night after her daughter, Olympia, broke her wrist.
“I somehow managed to win, but I was so emotionally spent and just like so emotionally drained that it was, it was crazy. And, you know, and then like every night after that, I just was with her the whole time and was like you’re going to be with me,” said Williams, who has indicated that her final tournament will be the U.S. Open, which starts in New York next week.
The tennis great and Meghan, who are friends, spoke at length on Tuesday’s episode about the challenges of balancing high profile careers in the public eye and motherhood.
“So when you went and played that match the next morning, no one knew what your night had been like the night before. They forgot that human piece of it,” Meghan said about Williams’ French Open experience.
Meghan recounted an incident during a tour of South Africa with her husband, Prince Harry, and their son, Archie, in which a fire broke out in her son’s room and the pair had to leave their baby to continue their official duties. Archie was supposed to be napping in the room at the time, but his nanny had taken him out to get a bite to eat. The incident left everyone shaken, Meghan said.
She said she wanted to spend time with her son, but she and Harry had to go and do another official engagement.
“The focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels,” Meghan said. “And part of the humanizing and the breaking through of these labels and these archetypes and these boxes that we’re put into is having some understanding on the human moments behind the scenes that people might not have any awareness of and to give each other a break.
“Because we did — we had to leave our baby,” she said.
Williams, who turns 41 next month, and Meghan spoke about the tennis star’s recent announcement about stepping away from tennis. Williams said she discussed it with Prince Harry before revealing her decision publicly.
“Obviously I’m retiring professionally, but it’s also an evolution. I’m doing more business things. And I really want to expand my family. And, you know, I’ve been putting it off for so long. And as a woman, there’s only so, so long you can put that off,” Williams said.
Harry and Meghan have a multi-year deal to produce and host podcasts for Spotify under their production company Archewell Audio. Meghan has said the “Archetypes” podcast will focus on harmful labels and stereotypes applied to women.
The Spotify deal is one of several high-profile deals the couple have struck, including one with Netflix. Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal duties in March 2020 over what they described as intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media toward the duchess. They have since relocated to California, where they are raising their children, Archie and Lili.
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Vanessa Bryant is remembering husband Kobe Bryant on what would have been his 44th birthday.
On Tuesday, the wife of the late athlete marked the special day with a tribute post on Instagram. “Happy birthday, baby! I love you and miss you so much! #44 ❤️ @kobebryant,” she wrote.
Along with the sweet message, Vanessa shared a throwback picture of her being embraced by her husband, who is wearing a Los Angeles Lakers 2009 championship T- shirt and hat.
Vanessa and Kobe’s friends also paid tribute to the late athlete in the comments.
“Happy birthday ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love you V!!!,” Khloe Kardashian wrote.
“❤️❤️❤️Happy Birthday King Kobe,” fellow basketball star Lisa Leslie added.
“Happy Birthday Kobe,” Monica, Vanessa’s friend and singer, commented.
Natalia got in on the celebratory wishes with a throwback picture of her as a little girl -- sitting on her father's lap -- during a basketball game.
"Happy Birthday Daddy! ♥️," the 20-year-old wrote next to the sweet picture.
Kobe’s sister, Sharia Washington, also celebrated her brother’s birthday with a series of throwback pictures featuring the late athlete as a kid.
“8.23.78 You were born for greatness. ❤️ Happy birthday Bean! #44 'A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.' - KB,” Sharia wrote, quoting her brother.
Kobe’s birthday comes one day after Vanessa was joined by her and Kobe's 20-year-old daughter, Natalia, and friends Monica and Ciara at the Los Angeles courthouse for the third week of trail for her case against Los Angeles County regarding graphic photos taken and shared by officers from the helicopter crash site that killed her husband, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven others in January 2020.
Vanessa’s appearance on Monday marked the first since she took the stand on Friday and recounted the emotional moment when she was alerted that the graphic photos of Kobe and Gianna had been taken. She shared while on the stand that, to this day, she experiences panic attacks and anxiety over the possibility of seeing the photos from the devastating 2020 helicopter crash.
Since her husband and her daughter’s passing, Vanessa kept their memory alive by marking special occasions with her and Kobe's daughters, Natalia, Bianka, 5, and Capri, 3.
In July, the Bryant women visited the Italian city where Kobe lived when he was a child. "Visited Reggio Calabria, a city my husband lived in when he was about 8 years old," Vanessa captioned photos of her youngest daughters wearing pink dresses.
For more with the Bryant family, check out the links below.
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Emerson Palmieri checks in at West Ham after leaving Chelsea
By PA Staff published
West Ham have announced the signing of Italy international Emerson Palmieri from Chelsea.
The 28-year-old defender has joined the Hammers on a four-year contract, with a one-year option, for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £15million.
Emerson was born in Brazil, but moved to Italy in 2014, and was eventually granted citizenship, playing in the Azzurri’s win over England in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley.
West London ➡️ East London— West Ham United (@WestHam) August 23, 2022
“I’m very happy to be here and to arrive here,” said Emerson.
“It’s a big challenge for me, it’s a big team, so I’m very happy to be here and I’m ready.
“Personally, since the first day I arrived here in England, I always saw the big clubs and I always watched the big games and I knew the history about West Ham.
“The history is so, so big for this team and so when I knew about the interest for sure I said ‘Yes, let’s go, I want to go there’ and I’m here now! I can’t wait to get started in a West Ham shirt.”
🏆 EURO 2⃣0⃣2⃣0⃣ 🏆— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) August 3, 2022
Emerson becomes the seventh new signing for Irons boss David Moyes, following on from the addition of Germany defender Thilo Kehrer from Paris St Germain.
“We are very pleased to welcome Emerson to West Ham,” Moyes said on the club website.
“He is an experienced player with a good pedigree, who has enjoyed great success at both club and international level in recent years.
“He will give us strong competition in defensive areas and brings a winning mentality that we are looking to build here at West Ham.
“We look forward to working with Emerson and wish him all the very best in his career with us.”
West Ham lost 2-0 at home against Brighton on Sunday to sit bottom of the Premier League following three straight defeats – the worst start to a domestic season in 51 years.
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By MATT O’BRIEN, ALAN SUDERMAN and FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press
A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defenses, privacy protections and its ability to detect and root out fake accounts, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with U.S. officials.
The revelation could create serious legal and financial problems for the social media platform, which is currently attempting to force Tesla CEO Elon Musk to consummate his $44 billion offer to buy the company.
Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s security chief until he was fired early this year, filed complaints last month with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. The legal nonprofit Whistleblower Aid, which is working with Zatko, confirmed the authenticity of a redacted copy of the complaint posted online by the Washington Post.
Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had strong security measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users. Zatko also accuses the company of deceptions involving its handling of “spam” or fake accounts, an allegation that is at the core of Musk’s attempt to back out of the Twitter takeover.
Shares of Twitter Inc. slid 5.4% Tuesday. Zatko didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. But he told the Post he “felt ethically bound” to come forward.
Better known by his hacker handle “Mudge,” Zatko is a highly respected cybersecurity expert who first gained prominence in the 1990s and later worked in senior positions at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Agency and Google.
He joined Twitter at the urging of then-CEO Jack Dorsey in late 2020, the same year the company suffered an embarrassing security breach involving hackers who broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls, including Musk, in an attempt to scam their followers out of bitcoin.
Twitter said in a prepared statement Tuesday that Zatko was fired for “ineffective leadership and poor performance” and said the “allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders.” The company called his complaint “a false narrative” that is “riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.”
Zatko’s attorneys, Debra Katz and Alexis Ronickher, said Twitter’s claim about his poor performance is false and that he repeatedly raised concerns about “grossly inadequate information security systems” with top executives and Twitter’s board of directors. The lawyers said that in late 2021, after the board was given “whitewashed” information about those security problems, Zatko escalated his concerns, “clashed” with CEO Parag Agrawal and board member Omid Kordestani and was fired two weeks later.
The 84-page complaint describes a broken corporate culture at Twitter that lacked effective leadership and where Zatko said top executives practiced “deliberate ignorance” of pressing problems. His description of Dorsey’s leadership style is particularly scathing, saying the Twitter founder was “extremely disengaged” during the last months of his tenure as CEO to the point where he would not even speak during meetings on complex issues facing the company.
Zatko said he heard from colleagues that Dorsey would remain silent for “days or weeks.” Dorsey announced he was stepping down as Twitter CEO in November 2021.
The disclosure says Twitter offered no monetary incentives for improving security and platform integrity, although the company did offer $10 million bonuses last year for top executives who could generate short-term user growth.
Among Zatko’s damning accusations of cybersecurity malpractice: Software and security updates were disabled on more than a third of employees’ computers — unduly exposing them to malware — and it was common for people to install “whatever software they wanted on their work systems.” Such lapses are typically considered cardinal sins in cybersecurity.
Whistleblower Aid said it is legally precluded from sharing Zatko’s statement. The same group worked with former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who testified to Congress last year after leaking internal documents and accusing the social media giant of choosing profit over safety.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Senate’s intelligence committee, Rachel Cohen, said the committee has received Zatko’s complaint and “is in the process of setting up a meeting to discuss the allegations in further detail. We take this matter seriously.”
Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in a prepared statement that if the claims are accurate, “they may show dangerous data privacy and security risks for Twitter users around the world.”
Among the most alarming complaints is Zatko’s allegation that Twitter knowingly allowed the Indian government to place its agents on the company payroll where they had “direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data.”
A 2011 FTC complaint noted that Twitter’s systems were full of highly sensitive data that could allow a hostile government to find precise location data for specific users and target them for violence or arrest. Earlier this month, a former Twitter employee was found guilty after a trial in California of passing along sensitive Twitter user data to royal family members in Saudi Arabia in exchange for bribes.
The complaint said Twitter was also heavily reliant on funding by Chinese entities and that there were concerns within Twitter that the company was providing information to those entities that would enable them to learn the identify and sensitive information of Chinese users who secretly use Twitter, which is officially banned in China.
Zatko also describes “deliberate ignorance” by Twitter executives on counting the millions of accounts that are automated “spam bots” or otherwise have no value to advertisers because there is no person behind them.
Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Musk in his effort to back out of his Twitter acquisition deal, said lawyers have issued a subpoena for Zatko. “We found his exit and that of other key employees curious in light of what we have been finding,” Spiro wrote in an email Tuesday. Spiro said Zatko and Musk have not been in contact at any time this year.
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Demarai Gray effort enough as Everton edge Carabao Cup win at Fleetwood
By PA Staff published
Everton scraped through to the third round of the Carabao Cup with a tough 1-0 victory at League One side Fleetwood.
A first-half goal from Demarai Gray, who was a late addition to the Everton starting line-up after Tom Davies was injured in the warm-up, gave Frank Lampard’s side a victory they had to work hard for.
Everton had the better start with Dwight McNeil wasting a glorious chance to open the scoring early in the game before Gray struck in the 28th minute after the visitors made the most of Brendan Wiredu’s mistake at the back.
Fleetwood worked hard and caused the Toffees some problems with highly-rated youngster Cian Hayes forcing Asmir Begovic into a smart save on the stroke of half-time.
The goalkeeper then had to react sharply to tip over a header from his own defender Reece Welch five minutes into the second half.
Hayes continued to cause Everton’s defence problems down the right and forced another fine save from Begovic low to his left as Scott Brown’s side searched for a leveller.
The visitors’ best moment of the second period came when Nathan Patterson tested Jakub Stolarczyk on the hour but they failed to add to their opener and held on for a narrow win.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady returned to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, ending what has been described as an 11-day, prearranged break from training camp for personal reasons.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion didn’t address the media after practicing. Teammates and coach Todd Bowles said the 45-year-old quarterback was sharp throwing the ball and essentially took up where he left off when he left the team on Aug. 11.
“If anybody can get away with the 11-day break during training camp, it’s Tom,” tight end Cameron Brate said. “He came back, kind of firing on all cylinders again. We’re all excited he’s back and ready to move on.”
While he was away, Brady missed two preseason games that Bowles said the quarterback would not have played in even if he were with the team.
The coach said the break had been planned since well before the start of training camp last month.
“His presence is different, just the leader he is, the type of guy he is,” linebacker Lavonte David said. “It’s great to have a guy like that back. He came back ready to take off where he left off.”
In Brady’s absence, backup Blaine Gabbert and third-stringer Kyle Trask shared most of the snaps in practice and during preseason losses to the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts. Bowles said it has not been determined if — or how much — Brady might play in Saturday night’s preseason finale at Indianapolis.
The quarterback’s return comes as the Bucs continue to deal with injuries to an offensive line facing the prospect of entering the Sept. 11 season opener with at least two new starters. Center Ryan Jensen was lost to a knee injury on the second day of camp and left guard Aaron Stinnie suffered a season-ending knee injury against the Titans last weekend.
Bowles said the biggest thing Brady missed during his time away was some conditioning.
“He’s very familiar with the offense. So him coming back in, and us getting back to work, is kind of normal,” the coach said.
“Any time you have all your guys back, you feel good,” Bowles added. “Especially after the injury bug we’ve had lately, we’re glad to have him back.”
Stinnie, who was competing for the opening on the offensive line created by the surprise retirement of Ali Marpet, and linebacker Cam Gill (foot) were placed on injured reserve Monday.
Second-year pro Robert Hainsey is the leading option to open the season at center.
With Stinnie out, rookie Luke Goedeke and second-year pro Nick Leverett will compete for the left guard job, although there’s still a possibility the team could try to find outside help.
“We like our in-home options, but there has got to be a player available for us to like to add a player,” Bowles said. “We’re not just going to sign one to sign one.”
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For months, French shoppers have been complaining about a lack of mustard on the shelves. The shortages have largely been caused by a drought in Canada, the world's largest exporter of mustard seeds.
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For months, French shoppers have been complaining about a lack of mustard on the shelves. The shortages have largely been caused by a drought in Canada, the world's largest exporter of mustard seeds.
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WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WATCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
343 PM CDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Louisiana and southeast Texas, including the
following areas and parishes, in Louisiana, Avoyelles, Beauregard,
Rapides and Vernon. In southeast Texas, Hardin, Northern Jasper,
Northern Newton, Southern Jasper, Southern Newton and Tyler.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday 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...
- Abundant moisture, a weak frontal boundary, and a series of
upper level disturbances will result in several rounds of
showers and storms. Some storms could produce very heavy
rainfall, leading to flooding in some locations.
- 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.
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Once it's finished, 250 mph winds could hit this building on Harding Boulevard and the people inside would be just fine.
Then, when the winds die down, they could go out and save everybody else.
The $6.6 million Parish Safe Room and Training Center will be nestled between the Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Emergency Medical Services buildings just south of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.
The building's location near the center of the parish will allow an estimated 704 first responders to stage in a safe, 16,580-square-foot facility where they can quickly deploy to provide assistance once the disaster has passed, city-parish officials said during a news conference Tuesday morning.
"During times of disaster, we're able to bring resources in from outside the city and the state when needs arrive, we have a location to house our people that we might need in case of a major event," Baton Rouge Fire Department Chief Michael Kimble said. "This is going to bring us leaps and bounds and put us on the front of everything to be able to respond to these events."
Construction on the building began recently and is expected to be finished in one year, city-parish spokesman Mark Armstrong said.
When Hurricane Ida rolled through southeast Louisiana last year, first responders were housed across the parish at a hanger in the airport, the Bon Carre Business Center and the MOHSEP building, MOHSEP Director Clay Reeves said.
"This way, we'll have a large area to bring in all those agencies," Reeves said.
Outside of the hopefully rare occasions that it is serving as a safe haven during disasters, the building will also be used as a training center that can be used by every first responder agency in the parish, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome said.
Large classes on water rescues, first aid and other life-saving measures could be taught to be taught to multiple agencies at once, Reeves said. Other city-parish departments will be able to use the building for large trainings as well, Reeves said.
Through a cost sharing agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal government is covering 75% of the $6.6 million price tag, according to the city-parish. The parish EMS will pay for the remainder of the cost.
"It's a facility that was very much needed for our first responders," Broome said. "It's going to be multipurpose, but first and foremost it'll be a center where our first responders can gather during weather events or any other major crisis that may happen. We need to accommodate our first responders that are there all the time for us during natural disasters." | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_2cb770bc-2305-11ed-96e5-5fe5c60a047f.html | 2022-08-23T22:01:43Z | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_2cb770bc-2305-11ed-96e5-5fe5c60a047f.html | false |
WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
329 PM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of south central New Mexico and western Texas,
including the following counties, in south central New Mexico,
Dona Ana. In western Texas, El Paso.
* WHEN...Until 530 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Dangerous flows
over low-water crossings. Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream
flooding. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of rain has fallen.
- Additional rainfall of up to 0.5 to 1 inch is expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
West El Paso, Santa Teresa, Anthony, Sunland Park, Canutillo,
La Union and Vinton.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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From the first line of the introduction to his memoir, Scenes From My Life, actor and activist Michael K. Williams addresses the reader with stark honesty and resolve.
"Way before I was anything or anyone, I was an addict," he wrote. "That was my identity, what people thought of me, if they thought of me at all. Into my mid-20s, I was on the verge of being discarded, like so many of my brothers and sisters who never got a chance to be something else. But through God's grace, I am still here."
Unfortunately, Michael Kenneth Williams isn't here anymore. He was found dead in his home of a drug overdose on Sept. 6 last year.
But the actor leaves behind a legacy of amazing characters: Omar Little from The Wire, the streetwise, uncompromising robber of drug dealers; 1920s-era gangster Albert "Chalky" White on Boardwalk Empire; top dog Riker's Island inmate Freddie Knight in The Night Of and abusive, closeted gay father Montrose Freeman on Lovecraft Country.
He also produced a gripping, revelatory memoir, completed weeks after his death, detailing a long struggle with addiction and self-doubt.
Dominic Dupont, Williams' nephew, said he copes with his uncle's unexpected death by honoring this legacy as an actor and activist.
"It's just understanding that...Michael would have wanted this," Dupont said. "He would have wanted us to elevate this conversation about what it is to turn pain into art."
Williams' co-author, Jon Sternfeld, said the two worked on the book for more than two years, talking extensively about the actor's life in recorded interviews. His death came about a month before the manuscript was due.
"I started out helping him with something, and I ended up being in charge of his legacy," said Sternfeld, who has co-written books with Senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott and author/advocate Jim St. Germain.
"To his credit, he was very open from the beginning," he said. "One of the things he talked about a lot was how young men, especially young Black men, were not taught to get out there with their feelings and be vulnerable. And he, like, wanted to be a demonstrator of that."
Turning pain into art
"I was 22 years old when a music video changed my life...I cannot overstate how important [Janet Jackson's] Rhythm Nation was to my lost and aching 22-year-old self. It spoke to the man I was and the boy I had been...I too wore my pain and loneliness like skin. I too was desperate for someone to reach out...I was seeing myself on the television for the first time. This was not a music video. It was a g-----n earthquake."
--- Michael K. Williams, Scenes From My Life
Scenes From My Life tells a story which could have been a movie on its own. Raised in a Brooklyn housing project, Williams started as a dancer and model — inspired by dancing along to the Rhythm Nation video until he knew all the moves, and eventually landing jobs with artists like Crystal Waters and Madonna.
He thought his performing life was over when his face was slashed during a bar fight. But instead, it led to an acting career playing legendarily tough-yet-sensitive Black men – bringing dignity and a compelling presence to the kind of characters who are often overlooked and underestimated in the real world.
Ironically, Williams grew up as a very different person than the tough characters he played; Sternfeld said the actor remembered that when he first landed the role as Omar, he was worried that people wouldn't accept him as a gay stickup man who was feared by everyone.
"He's like, everybody who grew up with me knew that I was this scaredy cat who liked to dance or who wore bow ties to church," the co-author said. "He was definitely a bullied kid. And they mocked him for his interest in the arts. So he would hang out with girls or younger boys, because he felt like he couldn't hang [with his peers]. And that's a big part of the book."
The hazard of normalizing abnormality
The memoir has showbusiness stories: What it was like working with Tupac Shakur on the 1996 film Bullet; impressing Nicolas Cage with a death scene in Martin Scorsese's film Bringing Out the Dead; getting cast as Omar on The Wire.
But the book spends much more time on how Williams was shaped by his early years. He notes how growing up in a neighborhood filled with poverty and violence leads to people treating such circumstances as ordinary and expected; they don't realize how traumatizing such events are, because they are so common.
Williams tells a story in the book about going back into a movie theater moments after a shooting to retrieve a marijuana-filled joint he had dropped while fleeing the scene. Standing outside and lighting up, he was surprised to realize his hands were shaking.
"That kind of situation was so normal to me, but my body was telling me, No Michael, this is not normal," he wrote. "There's the trauma of life in the projects, and there's the survivors' means of processing it. This kind of violence is so rampant, so habitual, that we put on blinders just to get through the day. We normalize the abnormal."
His nephew, Dupont, noted another poignant contrast, detailed in the book: although accessing memories of past trauma helped make his characters more realistic – Williams reveals he was molested twice before he reached high school – it also made maintaining his sobriety more difficult.
"That was a sacrifice for Mike, and he knew that," Dupont said. "That is how he poured life into these characters. Pouring life into these characters meant that he would pour pain and trauma into them."
An actor and activist
Dupont was convicted of murder after defending his twin brother in a fight at age 19. He served 20 years, developing a reputation as a model prisoner, and Williams stayed connected to him. After Dupont's sentence was commuted in 2017, they worked together to raise awareness about at-risk kids.
Dupont's experiences became the core of a documentary Williams produced with Vice on HBO about a generation of Black youth locked behind bars called Raised in the System. When Dupont was released from jail – a moment captured in the film — he and Williams screened it around the country to jump-start discussions about criminal justice and policing.
Dupont said such activism came naturally to his uncle. "For as long as I can remember, my entire life...no matter what he was going through, he was always concerned that someone else was going through something worse than him," he said. "And [he wondered], how could he help?"
Things seemed to be going well last year, Dupont said, when Williams suddenly stopped answering texts, which was a troubling sign.
"What also alarmed me, was that I talked to Michael every single day since I was released from prison," Dupont added. "Every. Single. Day."
Dupont and his wife got into Williams' apartment, discovered his body and called 911. "We touched him. He was cold. At that point we said, 'He's deceased.'"
Both Dupont and Sternfeld said they had no idea Williams had relapsed. Sternfeld said Williams talked often about being one slip away from losing everything.
"He was very grounded in the fact that even making it to 54 — which is how old he was when he passed — was a miracle, considering what he had fought through," Sternfeld said. "So even though he didn't know he was going to die in September, he did have a sense that maybe he wasn't long for this world. I mean, he never said it directly. But there was something about his urgency; how he had finally discovered who he was."
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Relaxed royal! Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden cuts a low-key figure in a pair of jeans and a shirt as she visits a farm in Heby
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visited Gardsjo Farm in Heby, in Uppland
- The future Queen dressed down in an oversized blue shirt and straight cut jeans
- She spoke to farmer Louise Gårdenborg about biological diversity in agriculture
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden looked carefree today as she visited Heby in Uppland.
The Swedish royal, 45, dressed down in an oversized powder blue shirt and indigo straight cut jeans for a trip to Gardsjo farm.
She opted for practical black trainers to meet farmer Louise Gårdenborg, who showed her around the farm and spoke about the importance of having biological diversity in agriculture.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (pictured) visited Gardsjo Farm in Heby, in Uppland. The future Queen dressed down in an oversized blue shirt and straight cut jeans
She met farmer Louise Gårdenborg, who showed her around the farm and spoke about the importance of having biological diversity in agriculture
The princess was seen walking around the farm with Louise's daughter Barbro and others as the farmer spoke in detail about agriculture
Mother-of-two Victoria, 45, pulled her brunette trusses back into a white hair clip and kept her make up natural and bronzed.
She was seen walking around the farm with Louise's daughter Barbro and others as the farmer spoke in detail about agriculture.
They were spotted surrounded by sunflowers, in fields of crops and large woodland areas.
Last month the Crown Princess celebrated her 45th birthday with her family in the garden of the household's summer palace in Solliden on the island of Oland.
The Crown Princess Victoria opted for practical black trainers for her walk around the farm with Louise
Mother-of-two Victoria, 45, pulled her brunette trusses back into a white hair clip and kept her make up natural and bronzed
Princess Victoria looked elegant in a floaty white, floral midi-dress with chiffon sleeves and a delicate nipped in waist.
To celebrate her birthday Princess Victoria posed in the garden with her husband Prince Daniel, who complemented his wife's elegant look in cream trousers, a beige suit jacket and chalk blue tie.
Prince Oscar, the image of his father, also wore a suit in the same shade as Daniel's jacket.
Last month the Crown Princess (pictured today) celebrated her 45th birthday with her family in the garden of the household's summer palace in Solliden on the island of Oland
Princess Estelle, 11, was graceful in a white dress paired with a baby pink cardigan.
Standing out from the crowd. Queen Silvia went bold to mark her daughter's 45th birthday and opted for a bright green dress with large yellow and pink rose design and a baby pink jacket.
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'She would still be a D-list celebrity if she hadn't married a prince!': Meghan is slammed for 'punch towards Royal Family' after taking swipe at being 'labelled' ambitious when she began dating Harry in first Archetypes podcast
- First episode of Meghan's Archetypes podcast has been released and sees her chat with Serena Williams
- Meghan talks in Spotify podcast about double standards women face when they are labelled 'ambitious'
- She said: 'And apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman that is, according to some'
- But her remarks have been slammed over hypocrisy that 'would still be a D-list celebrity' without Prince Harry
- Royal expert Angela Levin said royals are ambitious and have had success in own careers and for charities
Meghan Markle has been slammed for throwing a 'punch towards the Royal Family' after she took a swipe at being 'labelled' ambitious when she started dating Prince Harry - as the first episode of her new Archetypes podcast was released today.
In a wide-ranging discussion with guest Serena Williams, entitled 'The Misconception of Ambition', Meghan spoke about double standards women face when labelled 'ambitious'.
The Duchess of Sussex told the tennis star, a close friend, that she does not 'ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious, until I started dating my now husband' and revealed the 'pain' that she has suffered 'behind closed doors'.
She added: 'And apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman that is, according to some. So since I felt the negativity behind it, It's really hard to unfeel it.'
But her swipe has been slammed as 'a smack in the face for Harry and a punch towards the Royal Family'.
Royal commentator Angela Levin also pointed to the hypocrisy of the remarks, suggesting that Meghan 'would still be a D-list celebrity if she had not married a prince'.
She also said Meghan had come across 'ungrateful and a victim' when she had 'so many chances others had not', adding that many royals are ambitious and have had success both in their own careers and in terms of raising money for charities.
Ms Levin continued: 'She would still be a D-list celebrity if she had not married a prince. She aligns herself with them [Serena Williams and next podcast guest Mariah Carey], but they have done brilliantly and overcome difficult childhood, whereas she has married a prince and spent a lot of money.
'She thought it was normal to be ambitious and only when she started dating Harry did she realise that it was not welcomed. My goodness, that is a smack at Harry and a punch to the Royal Family. Harry told her about life in the Royal Family, but she obviously did not want to listen.
'The Royal Family is about ambition in sense of duty and giving. It is not about getting to the top.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex pictured holding baby son Archie during their royal tour of South Africa in September 2019
Entitled 'The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams', the Duchess of Sussex spoke to the tennis star in the first podcast
But her swipe at being labelled ambitious has been slammed as 'a smack in the face for Harry and a punch towards the Royal Family' by royal commentator Angela Levin
'Why is everything so hard for her? Because she won't accept where she is and make the best of it. She has had a nanny when most could not. She has said will see the real her, well she needs to justify the ambition claim she is making.'
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams also described Meghan's remarks on ambition as 'curious'.
He told MailOnline: 'She undoubtedly feels she has been singled out. The interview was about The Misconception of Ambition, but the implication here is that after she dated Harry she feels she was picked on. She was ambitious beforehand and did well in Suits but that is not top league television.
'There is surely nothing wrong in being ambitious and being royal, in fact the role positively encourages a member of the royal family to be ambitious to help those in need. Diana was very ambitious, her charitable work and her public profile were synonymous, ultimately fatefully so, but she did immense good.
'Meghan argues ambition is discouraged in women and gives no acknowledgement of the enormous advances made by the #MeToo movement. This is simplistic. There is nothing wrong with self-promotion if the results, as with Diana, benefit others.
'If you define ambition as “a strong desire or determination to succeed”, many royals are ambitious. You naturally want to succeed in your endeavours.
'Essentially however, this is a very negative view of women, we all know they have been breaking the glass ceiling for many years now. Her podcast, with a fascinating guest famous for her ambition on the tennis court, totally ignores this.'
During the first episode of her new podcast today, Meghan also fired another broadside at the Royal Family as she claimed she was forced to continue with engagements on a tour of South Africa despite being left in tears when her son Archie narrowly escaped a fire in his bedroom.
Meghan spoke of her distress after learning of the near-miss involving her son - which involved a heater in a nursery room catching fire - soon after delivering a speech to girls in the Nyanga township in Cape Town, before rushing back to see Archie and then having to leave him to carry out another official engagement
The duchess has declared that she is going to 'be myself and talk and be unfiltered' in the podcast, in a hint that she is planning on dropping more 'truth-bombs' about the Royal Family.
In a new video promoting the podcast - which has taken two years to get off the ground after the Sussexes signed a lucrative deal with the audio streaming giant estimated to be worth around £18million after they quit royal duties - the duchess said 'people should expect the real me in this and probably the me that they've never gotten to know'.
She added: 'People should expect the real me in this and probably the me that they've never gotten to know. Certainly not in the past few years, where everything is through the lens of the media, as opposed to: "Hey, it's me". I'm just excited to be myself and talk and be unfiltered and... yeah, it's fun'.
The Duchess, who now lives in California with Harry and their two children after the couple quit as senior working royals at the start of 2020, also:
- Said that 'apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing - for a woman that is, according to some';
- Complained of a misconception 'that if you're an ambitious woman you have an agenda, you must be calculating or selfish or aggressive, or a climber';
- Said that 'the notion of ambition comes with many judgements and nuances - especially for women'.
The podcast comes ahead of Harry and Meghan's return to England next month for events in Manchester and London before heading to Germany. Harry has also been on a mini-tour of Africa, and visited Rwanda yesterday.
Speaking in the podcast about the fire in South Africa in Archie's room, Meghan said: 'There was this moment where I'm standing on a tree stump and I'm giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say there's been a fire at the residence. What? There's been a fire in the baby's room.'
Meghan added: 'We came back. And, of course, as a mother, you go, 'Oh, my God, what?' Everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken. And what do we have to do? Go out and do another official engagement. I said, 'This doesn't make any sense'.'
Meghan Markle has revealed how her son Archie narrowly escaped a fire that erupted in his bedroom during the Sussexes' tour of South Africa (Pictured: Meghan and Harry with Archie on the day they met Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, in Cape Town)
Meghan makes a speech as she visits a Justice Desk initiative in Nyanga township, with Prince Harry during their royal tour of South Africa on September 23, 2019. Just minutes later, she was told that her son's bedroom was on fire
Harry and Meghan watch dancers as they leave the Nyanga Township in Cape Town, South Africa. Meanwhile, back at home, Archie's bedroom was on fire, she revealed today
Meghan spoke today of her frustration that she immediately had to do another official engagement after the fire (pictured doing so with Harry later the same day)
Harry and Meghan pictured with what is thought to be Archie's nanny in South Africa, named only as Lauren
Lauren, pictured getting off a plane on the couple's South Africa tour, was Archie's then Zimbabwean nanny
The Sussexes had dropped their son off at the housing unit they were staying in for a sleep straight after flying in for their official tour in 2019, with the couple then leaving to kick start their royal visit with their first engagement.
Archie's then nanny, named only as Lauren - a Zimbabwean who liked to tie him on her back with a mud cloth - had taken him downstairs with her instead while she went to get a snack, just as the heater in the nursery caught fire.
Meghan said: 'In that amount of time that she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught on fire. There was no smoke detector. Someone happened to just smell smoke down the hallway, went in, fire extinguished. He was supposed to be sleeping in there.'
The duchess described how she wanted to tell people what had happened.
'I was like, Can you just tell people what happened? And so much, I think, optically, the focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels,' she said. She stressed the need for more understanding of the 'human moments behind the scenes'.
The duchess added: 'We had to leave our baby... and even though we were being moved into another place afterwards, we still had to leave him and go do another official engagement.'
Williams replies: 'I couldn't have done that.'
Later the same day, the couple had visited Cape Town's historic District Six neighbourhood, met residents in its Homecoming Centre and heard from people who were forcibly removed to a township during the Apartheid era, with the Sussexes also carrying out an impromptu walkabout.
Meghan and Harry's controversial African tour took place in the autumn of 2019, just months before they quit as senior working royals.
During the trip, the US born former Suits star filmed an interview with ITV in which she told of her struggles with royal life, and how she had tried to cope with the pressures by putting on a 'stiff upper lip'.
Meghan said: 'Now, look, I'm not Catholic. I wasn't raised Catholic.
'But about one year after my letter writing campaign, I started middle school at Immaculate Heart (in Los Angeles). I stayed there, through high school. I was there for six years. And this feminist ideology trickled down into nearly every aspect of my education.
'It's probably safe to say into every aspect of my life. This message to me and my classmates was clear: our futures as young women were limitless. Ambition. Well, that was the whole point.
'So I don't ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious, until I started dating my now husband.
'And apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman that is, according to some.
'So since I felt the negativity behind it, It's really hard to unfeel it. I can't unsee it either in the millions of girls and women who make themselves smaller, so much smaller on a regular basis.
Archie's then nanny, named only as Lauren - a Zimbabwean who liked to tie him on her back with a mud cloth - is pictured with Harry and Meghan in Cape Town on September 12, 2019
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 at Zuiderpark in the Netherlands on April 16, 2022
'So I wanted to talk to someone who embodies the spirit of ambition to see how she thinks about the word and the connotation, and how the other many labels that affect all women have affected her too.'
Speaking to Williams, Meghan also said: 'In our friendship when you have to see things that are mischaracterising of me, but you experience behind closed doors the pain that I'm going through.
'What I think is so interesting is that even though that's on a world stage, I don't know if that feels much different for any woman. If you're in a small town and you see someone saying something about your best friend that is just completely untrue, how that feels.
'The thought of these, like, archetypes, but it's the kind of stuff you and I talk about so much, these boxes and these labels – the things that we both have been called and witnessed each other being called.'
Meghan added: 'As you heard in my chat with my dear friend, the notion of ambition comes with many judgements and nuances – especially for women.
'The misconception that if you're an ambitious woman you have an agenda, you must be calculating or selfish or aggressive, or a climber.
'And that if you're that fierce or strong, or brave then you somehow deserve whatever gets thrown at you – however disproportionate or unfair it may be, and even when it's more than most could endure. Most men, most anyone.'
Talking about her guests - which will also include Mariah Carey next week - Meghan said: 'They've all in some way borne the brunt of the labels we'll be picking apart, and of course I know a thing or two about these labels myself.'
Meghan, 41, and Williams, 40, also shared personal stories about the struggles they have faced being new mothers.
Williams also revealed Harry helped her with the decision to retire from tennis long before it was announced, spending around an hour discussing the issue with her.
Meghan, who quit the monarchy as a senior working royal, said: 'I think, you know, I think both of us, or the three of us, really know that sometimes the right decision isn't the easiest decision.'
She told Williams: 'It takes a lot of courage, I think, too, to stop something in many ways than to keep going sometimes.'
Meghan Markle and Serena Williams in New York City in 2014
Here is a more in-depth look at some of the themes covered by Meghan during the podcast:
Writing a letter to Procter & Gamble over a sexist soap advert
Meghan has spoken many times before about how she wrote letters to First Lady Hillary Clinton and celebrity attorney Gloria Allred about an Ivory dish soap commercial that she felt was sexist because it said: 'Women are fighting greasy pots and pans.'
She also wrote to the product's manufacturer Procter and Gamble and Linda Ellerbee, host of Nickelodeon's Nick News programme – later appearing on the show to talk about it.
Speaking in the Spotify podcast, Meghan said: 'When I was 11 years old, growing up in LA, I saw a commercial that would change the way I understood my place in the world.
'Let me be clear: it wasn't because this ad was some kind of ingenious piece of marketing – actually, it was just the opposite. So, here's what happened: I was in the 6th grade, I was sitting in my classroom – and we were watching TV, when a commercial came on.'
She said the advert left her 'furious', continuing: 'I was furious. Women? Did I, did I really just hear that guy say just women – as in only women – only women, women are the only ones who wash dishes?
'And then, then I heard them – these two boys in my class, breathing life into my biggest fear. They said, 'Yeah! That's where women belong. In the kitchen!' Oh man, this did not sit well with 11 year-old me.'
She said that after writing to the company and asking them to change the ad to 'People all over America', three months later 'a new version of the ad appeared on TVs all around the country.'
Meghan continued: 'They changed the language in the ad – from women to people. Now, I could paint this as a moment of triumph. And don't get me wrong: it was. Because I learned that my one small action could have a ripple effect far beyond me.
'But this experience was also something bigger: an awakening. To the millions of ways – big and small – that our society tries to box women in, to hold women back, to tell women who and what they should and can be. I've never lost touch with that reality.
'And in the last few years, my desire to do something about it has grown. My 11-year-old voice has also gotten a little more confident, maybe a little louder.'
Speaking about different connotations of the word 'ambitious'
The Duchess also spoke about how her experience of the way ambition is perceived changed after embarking on her relationship with Harry.
She said that one year after her letter-writing campaign about the soap advert, she started middle school at Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles and spent six years there.
Meghan said: 'This feminist ideology trickled down into nearly every aspect of my education. It's probably safe to say into every aspect of my life.
'This message to me and my classmates was clear: our futures as young women were limitless. Ambition? That was the whole point.
Harry and Meghan hold their son Archie while visiting Cape Town in South Africa on September 25, 2019
Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian at Windsor Castle for Meghan and Prince Harry's wedding in May 2018
'So, I don't remember ever personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now husband.
'And um, apparently ambition is, uh… a terrible, terrible thing, for a woman that is – according to some. So, since I've felt the negativity behind it, it's really hard to un-feel it. I can't unsee it, either, in the millions of girls and women who make themselves smaller – so much smaller – on a regular basis.'
How Harry helped Serena Williams retire from tennis
Williams revealed Harry helped her with her decision to retire from tennis long before it was announced, spending around an hour discussing the issue with her.
Meghan, who stepped away from the monarchy with the Queen's grandson for a new life in California, says to Williams: 'I think, you know, I think both of us, or the three of us, really know that sometimes the right decision isn't the easiest decision.'
As they discussed Williams' retirement, Meghan added: 'It takes a lot of courage, I think, too, to stop something in many ways than to keep going sometimes.'
Williams also said: I just wanted to just walk away quietly. And that's how I've always seen my career. Just like, all right, I wanted to leave with no goodbyes.
But Meghan replied: 'You're not going to do that. No one, no one in the planet would let you do that. You are too loved. I mean, I and what I'm most excited about is that the last hurrah will be at the US Open because it's home.'
And Williams said: 'Yeah. And you guys have known about, you know, I've been trying to decide what to do and I've been, like, in and out and not really sure where to go. And that's the worst place to be, is on the fence, as you know.
'So it's like make a decision, either be in it or be out of it. And, you know, I was on the fence for a while because I love what I do. And like I said, I've been doing this my entire existence even before I was born. It was what I was meant to do and what I was supposed to do and what was chosen for me. So, yeah, it's hard.'
Meghan and Serena Williams mock British accents
Harry also made an appearance in the episode, with Meghan saying: 'You wanna come say hi? Look who just popped in.'
Meghan and Williams greeted Harry with 'Hello' in British accents, with Harry telling Williams: 'I like what you've done with your hair. That's a great vibe.'
Williams replied: 'Thank you. Good to see you too as always, I miss you guys.'
The duke responded 'Well come and see us', with Meghan saying they will make a plan.
As Harry leaves, Meghan remarked: 'Thanks my love.'
The Archewell Foundation announced earlier this year that the couple's Spotify podcast would finally debut this summer – 18 months after inking the lucrative deal.
Archetypes is hosted by Meghan who will speak to historians, experts and woman who have experienced being typecast.
In a prior trailer for the Archewell Audio project, the duchess said: 'This is how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us. But where do these stereotypes come from? And how do they keep showing up and defining our lives?'.
The Duchess, previewing the type of guests who will feature, added: 'This is Archetypes – the podcast where we dissect, explore and subvert the labels that try to hold women back.
'I'll have conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape our narratives. And I'll talk to historians to understand how we even got here in the first place.'
Meghan and Harry signed a lucrative deal with the audio streaming giant to host and produce podcasts, estimated to be worth around £18million, in late 2020.
But they had only released one show prior to now – a holiday special featuring their son Archie and celebrity guests, in December 2020.
Meghan has long been a campaigner on female empowerment. Spotify and Archewell Audio described her conversations with typecast women as 'uncensored' and said the duchess would delve into the origins of stereotypes.
Former Suits actress Meghan is also an executive producer on the series, along with Ben Browning, Archewell's head of content, and Rebecca Sananes, Archewell's head of audio.
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Pictured: Body sculpting expert, 26, who miraculously survived '100mph' A40 Range Rover smash that killed a young mother, 33, and left driver fighting for his life in hospital
- Zamarod Arif, 26, survived horror Range Rover crash with a broken arm and leg
- The driver, Rida Al Mousawi, 24, remains in a critical condition in hospital
- Miss Arif's brother, Raza Arif, said: 'It meant a lot that she survived. That is my blood, that is my flesh, that is my everything. 'I'm very glad and thank God'
The family of a woman who miraculously survived a horror Range Rover crash have said they 'thank God' she is alive.
Zamarod Arif, 26, was a passenger in the car which careered through a fence and into a parked Tesla before landing on Tube tracks.
It is understood that she only survived the crash – in which a 33-year-old mother died – thanks to her seatbelt.
Zamarod Arif (pictured), 26, was a passenger in the car which careered through a fence and into a parked Tesla before landing on Tube tracks
The driver, Rida Al Mousawi, 24, remains in a critical condition in hospital after his £120,000 car flew off the road and burst into flames on Monday.
The Iraqi-born jewellery store manager is thought to have only recently bought the supercharged 4x4, which launched over a public footpath and landed on the railway tracks at Park Royal Underground station in north-west London.
He reportedly runs the Hiba Jewellery store on London's Edgware Road where he was well-known among other shopkeepers for his love of cars.
The driver, Rida Al Mousawi (pictured), 24, remains in a critical condition in hospital after his £120,000 car flew off the road and burst into flames on Monday
One told MailOnline: 'He had only recently bought the Range Rover, trading in his Mercedes. The car was the most powerful version, the SVR.
'He is a great guy and we all knew him as he had quite an active social life. He was single.'
Last night the family of Miss Arif, who describes herself as a personal trainer and 'body sculpting expert' who is also studying business, said that she was cut out of the car and remains in hospital with a broken arm and leg.
Her friend, a 33-year-old mother and eyelash technician, died after she was flung from the Range Rover. She leaves behind a young daughter.
Dashcam footage shows the moment the performance 4x4 smashed through the barrier on the A40 at 3.48am and into a Tesla dealership, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
A 57-year-old man is thought to have been charging his car at the centre when the Range Rover slammed into it. He sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Rescuers at the scene of the crash site where a Range Rover veered off the road onto the Piccadilly Line train track after colliding with a Tesla, at Park Royal Station in West London
Miss Arif's brother Raza Arif told the Daily Mail: 'I found out at 8am. I got a call from the police to say that my sister had been in an accident. It meant a lot that she survived. That is my blood, that is my flesh, that is my everything.
'I'm very glad and thank God. I can't ask for more.
'As her brother, it makes me feel absolutely frustrated. We are all in a state of shock as to how to comprehend someone doing 100mph in a 40mph zone. It makes no sense, no sense at all.'
A source at Jaguar Land Rover, which manufactures Range Rovers, has told the Mail that the Range Rover could have been travelling at more than 100mph when it flew off the road.
Uber driver Nawaf Ali, who was in the area at the time, described how a woman was 'ejected' from the Range Rover while it flew through the air.
He told MailOnline: 'It looked like she had been ejected out of the car. If I'd been standing a few feet away then I would have been hit. It was like something out of a horror movie, only much worse.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11139337/Brothers-relief-Range-Rover-crash-killed-mother-left-driver-critical-hospital.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-23T22:04:21Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11139337/Brothers-relief-Range-Rover-crash-killed-mother-left-driver-critical-hospital.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
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