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The last member of a besieged Indigenous tribe in Brazil has died Published September 1, 2022 at 4:53 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 2:27 The last member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil has died, apparently of natural causes. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.nepm.org/2022-09-01/the-last-member-of-a-besieged-indigenous-tribe-in-brazil-has-died | 2022-09-01T10:06:27Z | https://www.nepm.org/2022-09-01/the-last-member-of-a-besieged-indigenous-tribe-in-brazil-has-died | false |
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MF) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Missfresh investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Missfresh securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with Missfresh's June 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
MF investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Missfresh during the relevant time frame, you have until September 12, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Aust Ballet reveals 60th year dance card
When David Hallberg became artistic director of the national ballet, he knew he would have to devise a program worthy of the company's 60th anniversary.
"If I can be honest with you, it was hanging over my head as a huge responsibility," he told AAP.
His 2023 program unveiled on Thursday features Anne Woolliams' iconic Swan Lake, Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote, George Balanchine's Jewels and a visit from the Tokyo Ballet with Giselle.
Expectations are high, but Hallberg hopes it will be a fitting tribute to the company's 60 years, and a statement of its contemporary agenda.
He's also commissioned a double bill around the theme of identity, from the Australian Dance Theatre's Daniel Riley and resident choreographer Alice Topp.
The Australian Ballet danced Swan Lake for its first ever performance in November 1962, and Anne Woolliams' 1977 version became an iconic part of the company's repertoire.
Hallberg's plan, and his first major commission as artistic director, is to re-imagine Woolliams' interpretation in the hope of creating yet another definitive Swan Lake.
The classic dance is a sure-fire post-pandemic hit with audiences and will tour Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.
The 2023 program also brings up other more unusual moments in the ballet's history, such as Russian superstar Rudolf Nureyev and stage legend Robert Helpmann's Don Quixote, filmed in Melbourne in 1973.
Because it was created as a film rather than merely recording an onstage performance, Don Quixote was revolutionary for its time, and made the company's name internationally.
It was shot in an airport hangar over 25 days in the middle of summer, using fruit, vegetables and fish from the Queen Victoria Market as props, with one day especially sweltering, according to Hallberg.
"As the heat rose and the day moved on, the stench of warm fish, fruits and vegetables started permeating through the airport hangar," he laughed.
In revisiting both the Don Quixote film and Swan Lake, he is determined to keep things fresh, as it were, with new sets, costumes and lighting design making for radically different productions.
"The experience of the audience can't be like a museum piece, it can't be dusty, it has to be as fresh as possible," he said.
Much has changed since the company's founding artistic director Peggy van Praagh built the Australian Ballet almost from scratch, with dance careers lasting much longer thanks to a greater focus on health.
"We certainly go for more longevity, rather than just burning the candle at both ends for as long as it lasts," Hallberg said.
Season packages will be available from September 20 with tickets available to the public from November 29. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11168559/Aust-Ballet-reveals-60th-year-dance-card.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-01T10:12:51Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-11168559/Aust-Ballet-reveals-60th-year-dance-card.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Michael Gove commits to staying on in Parliament amid resignation speculation
Michael Gove has said he will carry on as an MP amid speculation that he could resign his seat in Parliament.
Last month the Conservative former cabinet minister said he does not expect to serve in government again.
On Tuesday, The Guardian reported that a Liberal Democrat source said the party had heard from several sources in Surrey Heath that Mr Gove could be about to resign the seat.
Amid reports that the Lib Dems are targeting his seat because they believe he is about to resign, Mr Gove told LBC: “It’s not so. I will be continuing as MP for Surrey Heath for as long as my constituents want me.”
Asked if he will be at the “top table” if Liz Truss wins the Conservative leadership race, Mr Gove said: “I don’t think so. I think Liz has got a very very talented team of supporters. She will want to make sure that she has a cabinet wholly aligned with her agenda and plans.”
In reference to a rugby metaphor used by Boris Johnson before he became Prime Minister, Mr Gove was asked if he would pick up the ball if it came out of the back of the scrum.
“I think anyone who has seen me play rugby would know that if the ball were to come out of the back of the scrum it would be very, very difficult for me to pick it up. I’d almost certainly fumble it and fall flat on my face in the mud,” he said.
“I don’t anticipate at all being in government if Liz wins.”
Liz Truss (Joe Giddens/PA)
Mr Gove told Times Radio: “I’m going to stay on as an MP. I’m going to make arguments for the vital importance of carrying on with the levelling-up mission that Boris (Johnson) started.
“I’m going to be arguing very strongly for a focus on education, on the environment, on prison reform, that is compassionate, and progressive, and in the best traditions of the Conservative Party.
“And I’ll be doing that as the majority of Conservative MPs do, from the back benches.
“I’ll also be looking out for my constituents in Surrey Heath and making sure that I’m representing them effectively.”
Speaking to BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme, he laughed off the idea of taking up a job as a newspaper editor as well as his work in Parliament.
In August, Mr Gove wrote in The Times: “I do not expect to be in government again. But it was the privilege of my life to spend 11 years in the cabinet under three prime ministers.” | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11168501/Michael-Gove-commits-staying-Parliament-amid-resignation-speculation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-01T10:14:38Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-11168501/Michael-Gove-commits-staying-Parliament-amid-resignation-speculation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 2, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
350 AM CDT Thu Sep 1 2022
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch affecting Brewster County.
.Heavy rainfall in the Rio Grande basin has resulted in elevated
flows along the Rio Grande, including Johnson Ranch which is
forecast to crest in moderate flood through this morning. Additional
rainfall is expected through through afternoon.
For the Rio Grande...including Johnson Ranch...Moderate flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued later this morning.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch.
* WHEN...Until late tonight.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet (3.7 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
minor lowland flooding occurs, and no significant damage is
expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), flood stage is reached. Moderate
lowland flooding begins. Roads that lead to Cottonwood Campground
and River Road may flood. Stages are practically synonymous with
the gage at Cottonwood Campground at Castolon (CSTT2), and
therefore represent the reach from Santa Elena Canyon through
Cottonwood Campground, where damage may occur. Cattle also graze
in the lowlands, and may be threatened.
At 19.0 feet (5.8 meters), the river reaches major flood stage.
Flooding begins to occur upstream in Cottonwood Campground at
Castolon, as stages at each location are practically synonymous.
Moderate lowland flooding begins at the gage site, but no damage
occurs. The gage is inaccessible, as River Road is impassable at
several locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:15 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 16.5 feet (5.0 meters).
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 3:15 AM CDT Thursday was 16.5 feet (5.0 meters).
- Forecast...The river will rise to 17.7 feet (5.4 meters) late
this morning. It will then fall below flood stage late this
afternoon to 12.6 feet (3.8 meters) late this evening. It
will rise to 13.4 feet (4.1 meters) tomorrow morning. It will
then fall again and remain below flood stage.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet (4.6 meters).
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
17.1 feet (5.2 meters) on 07/26/2004.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (feet):
Fld Observed Thu Thu Thu Fri
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 7am 1pm 7pm 1am
Rio Grande
Johnson Ranch 15.0 16.5 Thu 3am 17.5 17.2 14.4 13.0
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (meters):
Johnson Ranch 4.6 5.0 Thu 3am 5.3 5.2 4.4 4.0
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South Pakistan braces for surge of flood water flowing from north
By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad
DADU, Pakistan, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Southern Pakistan braced for more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river, compounding the devastation in a country a third of which is already inundated by a disaster blamed on climate change.
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,191 people, including 399 children.
The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help with what it has called an "unprecedented climate catastrophe".
"We're on a high alert as water arriving downstream from northern flooding is expected to enter the province over the next few days," the spokesman of the Sindh provincial government, Murtaza Wahab, told Reuters.
Wahab said a flow of some 600,000 cubic feet per second was expected to swell the Indus, testing its flood defences.
Pakistan has received nearly 190% more rain than the 30-year average in the quarter from June to August, totalling 390.7mm (15.38 inches).
Sindh, with a population of 50 million, has been hardest hit, getting 466% more rain than the 30-year average.
Some parts of the province look like an inland sea with only occasional patches of trees or raised roads breaking the surface of the murky flood waters.
Hundreds of families have taken refugee on roads, the only dry land in sight for many of them.
Villagers rushed to meet a Reuters news team passing along one road near the town of Dadu on Thursday, begging for food or other help.
The floods have swept away homes, businesses, infrastructure and roads. Standing and stored crops have been destroyed and some two million acres (809,371 hectares) of farm land inundated.
The government says 33 million people, or 15% of the 220 million population, have been affected.
The National Disaster Management Authority said some 480,030 people have been displaced and are being looked after in camps but even those not forced from their homes face peril.
"More than three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe flooding in Pakistan's recent history," the U.N. children's agency warned.
The World Health Organization said that more than 6.4 million people were in dire need of humanitarian aid.
Aid has started to arrive on planes loaded with food, tents and medicines, mostly from China, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
Aid agencies have asked the government to allow food imports from neigbouring India, across a largely closed border that has for decades been a front line of confrontation between the nuclear armed rivals.
The government has not indicated it is willing to open the border to Indian food imports. (Writing and reporting by Asif Shahzad in Islamabad; Editing by Robert Birsel) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11168587/South-Pakistan-braces-surge-flood-water-flowing-north.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-01T10:17:25Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11168587/South-Pakistan-braces-surge-flood-water-flowing-north.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
When longtime Flyers captain Claude Giroux was traded to the Florida Panthers, his signature “C” patch stayed behind in Philadelphia.
That patch is now collecting dust — since March 18, the day after Giroux’s 1,000th game and his last as a Flyer, no one has assumed the captaincy from the man who had held the distinction since 2013. After Giroux’s 3,350 days as Flyers captain, the most in franchise history, equipment staff will sew the “C” onto someone else’s jersey next season.
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But who will it be? New head coach John Tortorella isn’t in a rush to name a captain and is keeping his options open.
“Maybe Claude not being here, and it being a guy that’s been here for so long and the shadow that he casts on just being that guy in Philly, maybe that’ll let other people open up and kind of spread themselves out a little bit and take control of that,” Tortorella told The Inquirer in June. “It’s an opportunity for people with Claude not being here.”
Here’s a look, in alphabetical order, at five contenders to become the 19th captain in team history.
Captain Cam?
Even though the 2021-22 season marked his first in Philadelphia following his trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets, veteran winger Cam Atkinson quickly emerged as a leader in the Flyers locker room.
While Atkinson, 33, led with his play on the ice (his 50 points ranked second on the team), he also embraced the role of a vocal leader off of it. In the midst of the Flyers’ ghastly 25-46-11 season, Atkinson was candid about the team’s shortcomings and consistently took accountability with the media. Atkinson also served as an alternate captain for road games with center Sean Couturier out injured.
“He’s an amazing leader,” center Morgan Frost said on April 7. “I mean, for me, he’s someone that I can definitely look up to. He’s honestly just a really great guy.”
In his campaign for captaincy, Atkinson boasts a long-standing connection to Tortorella. Atkinson played for Tortorella from 2015 to 2021 with the Blue Jackets, where the duo formed a sense of mutual respect. The winger even advocated for the hiring of Tortorella in his 2021-22 exit interview with Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher.
Atkinson already understands Tortorella and Tortorella understands Atkinson, which might make the veteran the perfect liaison between the players and the coach.
“I’m not sure what I enjoy more: developing a hockey player or a person,” Tortorella told The Inquirer in June. “I’m a teacher. I’m a guidance counselor. So you get to hang your hat on things sometimes when you see what that person has become. That’s Cam Atkinson for me.”
Couturier a cut above
After being placed on injured reserve in late December and undergoing season-ending back surgery in February, Couturier disappeared from the Flyers’ lineup last season. The Flyers couldn’t stay afloat without him both offensively and defensively, calling on less-qualified players to either move up the lineup or over from wing to center. They quickly learned the difficulty of replacing the 2019-20 Selke Trophy winner.
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“He’s a guy that adds so much to our lineup, obviously,” interim coach Mike Yeo said in January. “You talk about faceoffs, on both the power play, penalty kill, his role as far as playing against top players, his ability to hang on to the puck, to play with the puck, to make plays. He’s a guy that we miss right now.”
Although Couturier didn’t play after Dec. 18, he continued to travel to road games and maintained close relationships with his teammates.
“I was trying to be as supportive as I could in any way that I could,” Couturier told the media in April. “I thought it would be good for myself and for the team to just try to be around and support them through the downs. Try to bring any little positive or any little tips I could or help the team get back on the winning track.”
Couturier has ample Flyers leadership experience, serving as an alternate captain since the 2019-20 season. He is also now the longest-tenured Flyer with 11 years of service time. As Couturier returns to the lineup, his combination of talent, tenure, and leadership skills arguably makes him the front-runner for the captaincy.
Does Hayes have what it takes?
Like Couturier, Kevin Hayes also eyes a healthy return this year after an injury-plagued 2021-22. Hayes, 30, was in and out of the lineup last season after undergoing numerous surgeries, most recently to treat an infection in his groin. He finally started to look like his typical self again over the last two months of the season, tallying seven goals and 22 points over the final 28 games.
Upon joining the Flyers for the 2019-20 season, Hayes immediately became an alternate captain and has held the distinction since.
“Having a guy like Kevin who’s been here and — you know how he is — he’s a guy who gets along with everyone, includes everyone in everything,” former Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle told The Inquirer in October.
If the Flyers’ roster is a web constructed by links among players, then Hayes is unquestionably at the center. The running joke is even that Fletcher is partial to players who have connections to Hayes, whether they are from his past NHL stops (Yandle, Derick Brassard, and Tony DeAngelo with the New York Rangers) or from Boston College (Atkinson and Patrick Brown).
Hayes is a popular leader in the Flyers’ locker room and Tortorella appears to understand that. Upon his hiring as head coach, Tortorella said that one of his first calls was to the fellow Boston-area native.
“I’m really interested in talking to Kevin [in-person],” Tortorella said at his introductory press conference in June. “Kevin is one I’m anxious to work because I think there’s more there. I think he’s a huge piece of the puzzle up the middle of the ice for this organization.”
Clearly, Hayes intrigues Tortorella as a player and as a person, and he’s likely on the short list of candidates for the captain’s role.
Lots to like about Laughton
Scott Laughton, 28, is not a star but rather a solid bottom-six guy. However, despite the team’s overall underperformance in 2021-22, Laughton reached the 30-point threshold for just the second time in his career.
Last season, Laughton was utilized up and down the lineup all season long due to injuries to Couturier and Hayes. As the season wore on and Laughton’s prominence on the ice increased, he solidified himself as a leader on the team and assumed temporary alternate captain duties.
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“I think your words mean a little more when you’re playing,” Laughton said at his exit interview. “Your words have more accountability when you’re playing. ... As your role increases, I think you can say a little more, demand more, and expect a bit more out of yourself and out of your teammates.”
Additionally, Laughton has placed an emphasis on fostering inclusivity in hockey and received the Flyers’ nomination for the 2021-22 King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his efforts. Laughton is both the Flyers’ Hockey is for Everyone ambassador and a You Can Play ambassador. In an effort to build on Pride Night, Laughton and James van Riemsdyk hosted members of the LGBTQ+ community at 12 Flyers home games last season.
Don’t sleep on Sanheim
While just about every veteran on the Flyers roster took a step back last season, defenseman Travis Sanheim took a relative step forward. Not only did he lead Flyers defensemen in even-strength scoring (seven goals and 24 assists in 80 games), but he was also steady defensively, finishing the season with a team-best plus-9 rating while averaging 22 minutes, 58 seconds of ice time per night (second to Ivan Provorov).
Regardless of the team’s struggles, Sanheim was one of the Flyers’ most consistent defensemen. As a result, the local media awarded Sanheim the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most outstanding defenseman. He also earned the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy as the team’s most improved player as selected by his teammates.
“Even though maybe your team’s not that sharp one night, he can go out and do something and get you back in the game or he can go out and do something and even just generate some momentum and raise the level of the rest of the group,” Yeo told The Inquirer in April. “And, for me, that’s leadership.”
Despite being soft-spoken compared to others in the Flyers locker room, Sanheim embraced his newfound role as the Flyers’ NHLPA representative last season, which helped him find his voice with the team.
“I think I feel more comfortable,” Sanheim told The Inquirer in April. “More comfortable in the locker room and speaking to guys and knowing that I’m getting older in this league, and that’s something that I’ve done in the past is have that leadership role. I want to be a leader, whether it’s on or off the ice.” | https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-next-captain-couturier-atkinson-hayes-laughton-sanheim-20220901.html | 2022-09-01T10:17:52Z | https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-next-captain-couturier-atkinson-hayes-laughton-sanheim-20220901.html | true |
Halloween is right around the corner. But parents looking forward to raiding their kids’ candy bags might want to stay away from black licorice Twizzlers and Good & Plenty, based on the claims of an ongoing lawsuit.
The lawsuit filed in central Pennsylvania says those treats may be dangerous for candy lovers over the age of 40 because of a sweetener made of licorice root.
It’s called glycyrrhizin and when consumed in large quantities, it can lead to abnormal heart rhythms, edema, high blood pressure, lethargy or congestive heart failure, the suit says. The compound also can cause potassium levels in the body to drop. The suit claims that Hershey Co., which owns the brands, should have placed warning labels on the packaging.
U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, who sits in Harrisburg, in July denied a request by Hershey to dismiss the suit.
Hershey spokesman Todd M. Scott said on Tuesday that the company’s products are safe and comply with federal rules.
“We don’t comment on pending litigation, but I can share that all of our products are safe to eat and formulated in full compliance with [Food and Drug Administration] regulations, including the agency’s regulation affirming the safety of licorice extract for use in food,” Scott said. “All foods, including confectionery, should be enjoyed in moderation and as part of a complete and balanced diet.”
Hershey says that glycyrrhizin is “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA and it doesn’t have to place special labels on the products. The FDA reviewed the safety in the mid-1970s, Hershey says in court documents.
“It defies logic to suggest that either Twizzlers or Good & Plenty candies are defective or unreasonably dangerous when it is undisputed that the products contain no more than the FDA approved amount of an ingredient the FDA has considered, evaluated and found to be [generally recognized as safe],” Hershey says in court documents.
Twizzlers and Good & Plenty are two of Hershey’s non-chocolate brands. The Pennsylvania company reported $9 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in net income in 2021.
The suit says the FDA has issued a warning that eating two ounces of black licorice a day for at least two weeks could cause heart conditions for people over 40 years old.
Researchers at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital and Medical Center published a review in 2013 citing medical studies dating to the 1970s on the dangers that black licorice posed to the cardiovascular system, the suit also says.
And, it says, a 2015 case study published in Pediatric Neurology looked at a 10-year-old boy who suffered seizures after eating black licorice products. The publication recommended that black licorice candy-makers list a daily limit or warning on the packaging, the suit said.
The suit was filed in July 2021 on behalf of four people, three women and a man. The lawyers filing the suit are Walter T. Grabowski in Scranton and Jonathan E. Neuman from New York, court documents show. Grabowski referred questions to Neuman, who did not immediately provide comment on Wednesday. The suit seeks more than $75,000 for negligence and product liability. | https://www.inquirer.com/news/black-licorice-heart-medical-twizzlers-lawsuit-hersheys-20220901.html | 2022-09-01T10:18:16Z | https://www.inquirer.com/news/black-licorice-heart-medical-twizzlers-lawsuit-hersheys-20220901.html | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.
Starting Thursday, travelers will be able to check the dashboard and see what kinds of guarantees, refunds or compensation the major domestic airlines offer in case of flight delays or cancellations. It's designed to allow travelers to shop around and favor those airlines that offer the best compensation.
The dashboard is part of an extended pressure campaign from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has publicly challenged the major carriers to improve service and transparency after a summer marred by cancellations and flight delays. As summer travel returned to nearly pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, airlines struggled to keep pace, with mass cancellations being blamed on staffing shortages, particularly among pilots.
“Passengers deserve transparency and clarity on what to expect from an airline when there is a cancelation or disruption,” Buttigieg said in a statement Wednesday. The new tool, he said, will help travelers to “easily understand their rights, compare airline practices, and make informed decisions."
The dashboard compares all the major domestic airlines' policies on issues such as which offer meals for delays of more than three hours and which offer to rebook flights on the same or different airlines at no additional charge. It focuses on what it calls “controllable” cancellations or delays — meaning those caused by mechanical issues, staffing shortages or delays in cleaning, fueling or baggage handling. Delays or cancellations caused by weather or security concerns do not count.
The Department of Transportation is hoping that the dashboard will encourage competition among airlines to offer the most transparency and the best protections for customers.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6% of all flights, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which employs air traffic controllers.
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Associated Press writer David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report.
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The Spark Compass world's first event/action real-time, real-world behavioral communication platform that delivers measurable, verifiable results of consumer communications is now enhanced with Group FiO's proven AI-driven campaign management and profile generation platform
HOUSTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Group FiO, one of the leaders in integrated Customer Engagement Solutions and a premier provider of cost-effective customer analytics, easy-to-use business intelligence, and data integration and Total Communicator Solutions, Inc. (TCS), a leader in contextually intelligent communication platforms, IoT communications, and application development, announced today that they've advanced their partnership. The new collaboration will offer "just-in-time," fully integrated, and contextually intelligent mobile communication solutions that deliver "augmented intelligence" by leveraging real-time data analytics with actions and events based on collected data, combined with location, user, and activity knowledge to deliver curated experiences on mobile devices.
Through this ground-breaking solution they can serve up real-time marketing moments via all manner of modern mobile devices, digital signage, and other connected devices. These marketing moments will not only extend the customer experience but also give their customers and partners unprecedented marketing real estate and customer intel that will empower and expand engagement.
This strategic partnership addresses the many challenges business leaders face as they seek to digitally transform their operations and provide the vital "Moments Marketing" acumen that is in demand by modern consumers. It takes advantage of real-world activities, ongoing events, and user behavior in the real world. Using this to create relevant communications and marketing messaging for the user, it will enable brands to insert themselves in the ongoing conversation that bring relevance to today's consumers.
Additionally, the combined offering will provide a comprehensive, integrated solution that gives cost-effective customer analytics, easy-to-use business intelligence, data integration, and location-based management support. This will answer the most critical questions, such as which customers hold the highest value, and how sensitive certain segments are likely to be to pricing or promotional changes.
"Driving value into the future of real time customer "Moments in Time" marketing reflects our continued investment in developing next generation, technology-enabled solutions and tools. Our partnership with Total Communicator Solutions is the next evolution of our brand and the logical next step," said Steve Palladino, Chief Growth Officer at Group FiO.
"As we enter a new era of information-centric computing, companies must co-innovate to solve tough problems and to understand their customers. Working with FiO, a market leader in real-time business analytics, we add capabilities and proven technologies to "Spark Compass OS for the Real World™," said Erik Bjontegard, President and Founder of Total Communicator Solutions, Inc. and inventor of the Spark Compass platform. "This new offer represents our belief that the future of information insight within event-based enterprise marketing requires a new operating model, as both data volumes increase, and real-time intelligent response becomes a necessity of doing business."
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Mobile: +1 707-478-1329
The patented Spark Compass communication platform is delivering measurable outcomes on data collected from IoT devices, mobile phones, and connected devices in the physical world.
Combined with a patented AI communication platform, the solution is used by organizations to improve communication and analytics to its clients. As an operating solution for data driven communication known as the "OS for the Real World", it has been utilized to connect fans of sports from Ole Miss to the America's Cup, enhancing brand engagement from Puma to Coca Cola, and utilized by venues from the San Diego Airport to cities like Greater Manchester to the entire Island of Bermuda.
Spark Compass has partnered with Google Cloud, IBM Watson, and multiple solution integrators such as global giants HCL, with a platform that is patented and has been tested, validated, and deployed in a variety of installations globally.
FiO's Customer Engagement Platform is a comprehensive, integrated solution that provides cost-effective customer analytics, easy-to-use business intelligence, data integration, and management support. FiO powers data, analytics, and automation capabilities into business workflows, accelerating powerful "Moments in Time" 1-1 Marketing. FiO's innovation and delivery platform can deploy and scale it's solutions within any market and industry, develop data and analytics strategy, and apply and optimize machine learning and AI on a broad range of technology platforms. FiO has used its strong industry and functional expertise, coupled with its integrated consulting model approach – combining analytics, business acumen, and technology – to turn insights into actions and value for some of the world's most recognizable brands.
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Which Halloween inflatables are best?
Inflatables have been used in parades and as roadside advertising for many years. Their big advantage is that they weigh so little, they can be made in sizes that would be too heavy and expensive if they were made of solid materials.
Inflatable outdoor displays for Halloween are meant to be scary. Ghosts, skeletons, bats and black cats all make your home and yard spooky. Blow-up Halloween decorations 10 and 20 feet tall are sure to thrill the trick-or-treaters — the bigger, the better.
How do inflatables work?
Inflatables rely on air pressure to fill what is essentially a large party balloon. Just as it does in a balloon, the air pumped into inflatable yard displays causes the ”balloon” to slowly grow to its full size. The air pressure is maintained at a constant level, just enough to keep your display properly inflated.
How do I set up my Halloween inflatable?
- Find a flat space on your lawn and make sure you clear it of all debris, especially sticks and stones that may puncture your inflatable display.
- Attach your fan, connect it and turn it on.
- Pay careful attention as your Halloween decoration unfolds, watching to see it goes smoothly and helping it if it gets stuck. Make sure it does not come into contact with tree limbs or overhead wires.
- Continue until the air in your inflatable is at the pressure specified by the manufacturer.
- Drive stakes into the ground around your display.
- Attach one rope to the inflatable and pull it snugly against the stake. Continue all the way around, attaching one end of the ropes to the display and the other to the stakes.
- Go all the way around again, this time adjusting the ropes so the tension is balanced in all directions.
- Have fun scaring the neighborhood!
Will a Halloween inflatable blow away?
The downside of inflatables is that they are so light, they’re easily blown around by the wind. To fix this problem, tie down your lawn displays and never inflate them in high winds.
Stakes
Not just any stake will do.
- Material: Plastic stakes have the least tie-down strength and metal stakes have the most.
- Length: The longer the stake, the better it will anchor your inflatable.
- Setup: Drive the stakes into the ground at a 45-degree angle for the greatest security.
Tie-down ropes
Ropes should be sturdy and easy to coil and uncoil. They should be attached to the stakes with enough tension to hold your inflatable upright and steady. Ropes with ratchet attachments make it easy to adjust the tension of all your tie-down ropes to get the exact setup you want.
Weights
Weights are sometimes enough to hold down small inflatables, but are better used in conjunction with stakes and tie-down ropes. Sandbags are the best, but you can also use weights from workout equipment.
Static or moving displays?
- Static: Basic Halloween inflatables are blow-up versions of scary creatures.
- Moving: Tube dancers are inflatables in motion. Also called air dancers and tube men, they are built to move about as air is strategically released through special vents.
Best Halloween inflatables
Under $100
ZMHQLPDZ 9-Foot Blow-up Dead Tree with Ghosts and Pumpkins
This clever design is an old dead tree with its leafless branches holding two ghosts, two pumpkins and a black owl, all lit from inside just as the tree is.
Sold by Amazon
BZB 7-Foot Inflatable Skeleton on Ghost Train
This old-time steam engine is made in the traditional black and orange Halloween colors. The skeleton engineer tows a flatcar carrying pumpkins and a ghost riding a tombstone with “R.I.P.” on the front.
Sold by Amazon
Goosh 8-Foot Inflatable Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is dressed in black and carries his scythe on his shoulder. The LEDs inside light his wicked red eyes and give a shimmering effect to the flames licking at his robe.
Sold by Amazon
Mortime Inflatable Giant Halloween Black Cat
This black cat with yellow claws stands 6.4 feet tall with its purple witch’s hat. Its yellow eyes are lit from inside by LEDs and it’s got a heavy-duty base for stability.
Sold by Amazon
For $100-$200
Gemmy Animated Spooky Outhouse with Monster and Air-Blown Door
Air provides the power for the animated monster to open and close the door of this 6-foot-tall inflatable outhouse.
Sold by Amazon
Kitbonis 10-Foot Lighted Inflatable Happy Halloween Pumpkin
This huge pumpkin ties down with six ropes and ground plugs. The built-in LED lights flash brilliantly in the dark, revealing the giant spider lurking above.
Sold by Amazon
Mis 1950s Halloween Inflatable Remote Control Giant Eyeball
Use the remote control to make this 2-foot-wide bloodshot eyeball light up, fast flash and gradually change through 13 colors. It even floats in your pool.
Sold by Amazon
Look Our Way 20-Foot Air Dancer
The inflatable tube man is a skeleton in this Halloween version of the ubiquitous air dancer and is compatible with all 18-inch Velcro mount air blowers.
Sold by Amazon
Over $200
BZB Jumbo Halloween Party Decorations Bundle
You get a 7-foot-tall inflatable pirate ship with a skeleton ghost crew and an 11.5-foot-long Grim Reaper pumpkin carriage blowup with lights. These two large decorations include an air blower, stakes and tethers.
Sold by Amazon
BZB Halloween Party Decorations Bundle
This 8.5-foot-tall inflated haunted house is a castle with skeletons, ghosts and a black cat. The separate 8-by-10-foot inflatable black archway to doom surrounds your front entrance with a giant spider crawling overhead and three scary ghosts floating around.
Sold by Amazon
Lvaostt 20-foot Inflatable Pumpkin with Spider
This giant pumpkin fills in about three minutes and the low-noise blower keeps it inflated while the built-in LED lights the pumpkin from inside, as well as illuminating the spider’s spooky eyes.
Sold by Amazon
BZB 20-Foot Inflatable Animated Black Cat
This black cat is 20 feet tall and 20 feet long, too. Lights on the inside glow brightly while the cat swings its head from side to side, black and orange tail stuck straight up in the air.
Sold by Amazon
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Instacart driver stabbed, bitten while stopping robbery suspect
MALDEN, Mass. (WCVB) - An armed robbery suspect is behind bars, thanks to the brave actions of an Instacart driver.
Police say 21-year-old Ryan Dos Santos was dropping off groceries for Instacart when he heard a woman screaming shortly before 2 p.m. Monday. A man armed with a knife had allegedly stolen her purse.
Dos Santos immediately jumped into action to stop the suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Jayson Seay, ignoring any potential consequences of taking him down.
“I saw the opportunity, tackled him, went on the ground. He was able to stab me, my leg, my quad, bit me three times on my left arm,” Dos Santos said.
The delivery driver held Seay down until police arrived and arrested him.
“You don’t even think about when these things happen. I don’t know. Instinct,” Dos Santos said.
Dos Santos was taken to the hospital, where he received stitches for the stab wound on his leg. He is expected to recover.
“They say on the news, ‘Good Samaritan,’ I guess. I don’t think it’s that big a deal. I did what every good citizen should do. I don’t know if they would but should,” he said.
Seay faces charges of assault with intent to murder and armed robbery. He is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.
Police say the woman who was robbed is OK.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The W-Foundation (Wook Lee, Chairman of the W-Foundation), official partner of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), successfully held the 1st Conference of Global Climate Action Fund at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Korea from August 22 to 24, ahead of the upcoming COP 27, which is being held in Egypt November of this year.
The Conference's view is that despite concerted global efforts by institutions and governments to promote innovations that can help address and mitigate climate change, many promising technologies and ideas remain stalled in development due to barriers in finance, policy and management resources.
The mission of the global alliance for Global Climate Action Fund (GCAF) is to identify and support promising climate action technologies and ideas globally. By bringing to the table a close-knit community of cross-disciplinary practitioners and experts in finance, policy and management, the Conference is well positioned to help promising climate technology projects overcome these barriers in a spirit of radical collaboration.
Over 6 widely attended sessions covering ESG, Finance, Action, Technology, Innovation and Transportation, this year's inaugural conference highlighted the global private sector's leadership and participation in high-impact initiatives for Net-Zero. The Conference of Global Climate Action Fund will be an annual event. While the inaugural conference was held in Korea, where the W-Foundation is headquartered, the venue for next year's event will be decided in Egypt at COP 27.
Along with the UNFCCC and representatives of governments and institutions, global leaders from leading companies around the world such as S&P Global, YIDO, GroupM, Loreal, Deutsche Bank, Schneider Electric, Schlumberger, Borealis Group, SBS, Techstars, CGI, Globe Telecom, Oriental Brewery (AB InBev Family) participated in the Conference. These companies and organizations agreed to join in alliance with the Global Climate Action Fund over coming years to identify and support innovative climate technologies and ideas.
The W-Foundation Chairman Wook Lee highlighted that, "It was a privilege to bring together the leaders and experts of global companies that are leading the private sector's efforts to address and mitigate climate change. We look forward to working closely with these alliance partners to identify and help promising technologies and ideas overcome barriers and find ways to achieve scale and relevance in the market. We believe this will be critical to our path to getting to Net-Zero."
W-Foundation (Official partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012. W-Foundation is committed to leading and enabling a broad-based public support for nature conservation, climate change mitigation and immediate relief for refugees impacted by climate change and natural disasters. W-Foundation partners with like-minded individuals, corporations and organizations around the world to build and sustain a broad-based movement to making a difference for our shared future.
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NEW YORK, Sept 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in NIO Inc. ("NIO" or the "Company") (NYSE: NIO) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of NIO investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 1, 2021 and July 11, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NIO investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) NIO pulled forward revenue by selling batteries to a related party, which owned the batteries and managed users' subscriptions; (2) through the related party, NIO also recognized enormous depreciation savings; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's revenue and net loss were overstated; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in NIO during the relevant time frame, you have until October 24, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 20 companies and individuals operating across the Middle East that it says are involved in financing the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The sanctions are directed against what the Defense Ministry described as an international network operating “under the guise of legitimate companies” in Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates.
The U.S. announced sanctions against many of the same entities in May. Israel and the U.S. say they are part of a Hamas-run financial network with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.
The Islamic militant group has carried out scores of deadly attacks against Israelis over the years, and it seized control of Gaza from the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority 15 years ago. Israel and Western countries consider Hamas a terrorist organization.
“We will continue to thwart Hamas’ attempts to funnel funds intended for the terrorist organization’s force buildup,” Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz said in a statement.
Israel and Egypt have maintained a crippling blockade on Gaza since the Hamas takeover, which Israel says is needed to prevent Hamas from re-arming. But the group has continued to improve its military capabilities — including the reach of its rockets — through four devastating wars with Israel.
The Palestinians and human rights groups view the blockade as a form of collective punishment of Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinian residents.
Even as it tries to sanction Hamas, Israel has also taken steps to ease the Gaza blockade over the past year in return for calm. Those understandings with Hamas appear to have figured into the group’s decision to stay out of three days of heavy fighting between Israel and the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group earlier this month. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-israel-imposes-sanctions-on-alleged-hamas-financial-network/ | 2022-09-01T10:36:01Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-israel-imposes-sanctions-on-alleged-hamas-financial-network/ | false |
LONDON (AP) — In a first, Queen Elizabeth II will remain in Scotland, where she is taking her summer break, to receive Britain’s outgoing Prime Minster Boris Johnson and his successor next week, royal officials said Wednesday.
The 96-year-old monarch traditionally holds audiences with outgoing and incoming prime ministers at Buckingham Palace, her official London residence. This will be the first time in her 70-year reign the monarch appoints a new prime minister away from Buckingham Palace.
Officials said Johnson will travel to Balmoral Castle, the queen’s summer holiday home in the Scottish Highlands, to formally tender his resignation on Tuesday. His replacement — either Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, the two finalists in the Conservative Party leadership race — will also make the trip on the same day and be asked by the queen to form a new government.
The queen, who celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this year, has been having mobility problems and has cancelled some engagements in recent months. She now regularly uses a walking stick.
Palace officials didn’t explain the new arrangement, but British media reported that the decision to have her remain in Scotland was made to provide certainty for the political handover.
Asked about the announcement, Johnson told reporters Wednesday: “I don’t talk about my conversations with the queen, no prime minister ever does. But I can tell you that we will certainly make sure that the arrangements for the handover will fit totally around her and whatever she wants.”
The queen has been served by 14 prime ministers during her reign, from Winston Churchill in the 1950s to Johnson. Formally appointing the premier is part of her duties as head of state.
The monarch moved to Windsor Castle, west of London, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and now spends most of her time there.
Johnson announced his resignation in early July after mounting ethics scandals toppled his government. He has remained in place as caretaker prime minister until his Conservative Party announces his successor on Monday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan has revived a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over comments the actor made online.
The sisters and widow of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum allege Baldwin subjected them to online threats and harassment after he posted and commented on a photo shared online by one of McCollum’s sisters, Roice McCollum, who had been in Washington during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Baldwin had donated $5,000 to the family after learning of the death of Rylee McCollum in a bombing at the airport in Kabul in August 2021, just weeks before his daughter was born. Baldwin had contacted Roice McCollum via Instagram, according to the lawsuit.
In January 2022, Baldwin saw that Roice McCollum posted a picture of demonstrators from former President Donald Trump’s rally taken on the day Congress counted the Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election, according to the complaint.
Baldwin sent her a private message and confirmed she had organized the fundraiser for her brother, the lawsuit said. She responded that her participation in the protest was “perfectly legal,” according to court documents.
Baldwin told Roice McCollum he would share her photo with his 2.4 million Instagram followers and wrote: “Good luck,” according to the lawsuit.
In the lawsuit, Roice McCollum said she “did not take part in, nor did she support or condone the rioting that erupted” at the Capitol, and was cleared of any wrongdoing after meeting with the FBI.
The family’s lawsuit was initially filed in Wyoming but dismissed by a judge there in May for lack of jurisdiction because Baldwin made the posts in New York and they weren’t directed specifically at a Wyoming audience.
The current lawsuit was filed in New York on Friday and seeks a combined $25 million in punitive and compensatory damages.
Baldwin had asked for the case to be dismissed in Wyoming, saying he was expressing his political opinion and that claims by McCollum’s sister Cheyenne McCollum and his widow Jiennah McCollum should be dismissed because he did not make any statements about them.
In an email, Luke Nikas, an attorney representing Baldwin, said “Mr. Baldwin donated several thousand dollars to Ms. McCollum to honor her husband, and now she’s suing him for more because she disagrees with his political opinion about the insurrection that occurred on January 6th at the U.S. Capitol Building. We expect to prevail in this lawsuit, as we did the last time they filed it.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-family-of-slain-marine-revives-defamation-suit-vs-baldwin/ | 2022-09-01T10:37:47Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-family-of-slain-marine-revives-defamation-suit-vs-baldwin/ | false |
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ , Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambrex today announced the completion of the first phase of its $30 million investment in its small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina. The newly constructed space adds analytical and chemical development laboratories totaling 30,000 square feet and provides future workspace for 85 analytical and chemical development scientists. These laboratories will support the development of APIs to be manufactured in the facility's current clinical manufacturing area, as well as the future expanded clinical manufacturing and commercial manufacturing suites.
"With the growing number of therapies in clinical development and trend toward more targeted therapeutics, including orphan drugs, this expansion is preparing Cambrex to support the growing demand for small-scale API manufacturing," said Tom Loewald, CEO, Cambrex. "Our expansion goes beyond providing capacity – it provides state-of-the-art technology and laboratory equipment, an energy efficient infrastructure, and an ideal space for our scientific experts to work side-by-side with our clients."
Phase 2 of the project is ongoing and will approximately double the facility's manufacturing capacity with the addition of clinical and commercial manufacturing suites with reactors up to 2,000 liters. The new commercial area will provide an ideal scale for the manufacturing of orphan drugs and niche therapies, while larger volume products developed at the facility can be manufactured commercially at one of Cambrex's larger scale facilities in Iowa and Sweden. This expansion follows Cambrex's 2021 investment in the Cambrex High Point continuous flow R&D center of excellence, including expanded capabilities for continuous flow process development, manufacturing, and scale up.
Cambrex continues to expand its capabilities and capacity across its North American and European network to meet the growing demand for outsourced product development and manufacturing services.
About Cambrex
Cambrex is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides drug substance, drug product, and analytical services across the entire drug lifecycle. With over 40 years of experience and a growing team of over 2,300 experts servicing global clients from North America and Europe, Cambrex is a trusted partner in branded and generic markets for API and finished dosage form development and manufacturing.
Cambrex offers a range of specialized drug substance technologies and capabilities, including biocatalysis, continuous flow, controlled substances, solid-state science, material characterization, stability storage, and highly potent APIs. In addition, Cambrex can support conventional dosage forms, including oral solids, semi-solids, and liquids, and has the expertise to manufacture specialty dosage forms such as modified-release, fixed-dose combination, pediatric, bi-layer tablets, stick packs, topicals, controlled substances, sterile, and non-sterile ointments.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Publica, a global CTV Ad Server owned by Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), released Platform Connect today; a new feature that will enable existing streaming publishers on the Publica platform to extend their audiences within a transparent and controlled ecosystem of trusted connected TV (CTV) publishers.
CTV ad spend grew to $15.2 billion in 2021—a 57% increase from 2020 and is projected to expand another 39% in 2022—hitting $21.2 billion. According to the IAB 2021 Video Ad Spend and 2022 Outlook report, 76% of video buyers called CTV a "must-buy" in their media planning budgets .
The managed platform connection within the Publica CTV Ad Server now enables streaming publishers to deploy audience extension strategies at scale and without the need of individual buyer and seller contracts. A streaming publisher working with Publica can now have a single contract to access many buyers, or become a buyer, and source scaled access to trusted sellers, all enabled seamlessly within the Publica UI.
Publica now serves over 6 billion ads on CTV every month, delivering quality ad experiences for global streaming publishers and smart TV manufacturers such as Philo, AMC, Hearst TV, MLB, Paramount, Fox, XUMO, and Samsung. Platform Connect will empower any publisher to become either a buyer or seller within the Publica ecosystem, enabling greater levels of accuracy around forecasting and audience segmentation for the curation of buy side programmatic deals.
"Publica was built from the ground up to support the needs of streaming publishers and as more advertising budgets enter the addressable TV ecosystem, more of the publishers we are working with have been trying to navigate audience extension strategies so we wanted to make this process as easy, transparent and secure for them as possible," said Ben Antier, Co-Founder and CEO, Publica.
Publica will not be charging a percentage of media fee for Platform Connect to either buy or sell sides and will remain demand agnostic when it comes to media activation within CTV ad pods. Instead, Publica will act as the neutral clearing house collecting fees from buyers within the Publica ecosystem and then distributing them to the publishers who have opted into selling streaming inventory via Platform Connect.
Publica was recently shortlisted by Adweek in their readers' choice Best of Technology Awards for best CTV Ad Server and is currently expanding in both EMEA and APAC markets to support the growing AVOD and FAST ecosystem on connected televisions.
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Among the 50,000 fans expected to line Sunday’s Maryland Cycling Classic might be 30 to 40 family members and close friends cheering on Scott McGill Jr..
The Fallston native expects his parents Moira and Scott McGill Sr., sister Kelley McGill and 9-month-old nephew Angelo McGill Giannaccini to be there, and he’s grateful for their show of support. But McGill is viewing the event as a business trip.
“I’m hoping to stay focused on the race and not get too worried about it and just have a good race,” he said. “I’m definitely trying not to look at the sideline.”
McGill is one of three cyclists in the Maryland Cycling Classic — the only road race in the United States sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling’s world governing body that also endorses, among others, the Tour de France — with local ties, joining Liam Flanagan and Patrick Welch, members of a Team USA group of under-23 cyclists.
Like Flanagan and Welch, McGill, has joined Team USA for Sunday’s event. McGill, however, might be the team’s best hope for success after winning two stages of the Volta a Portugal in August.
“Scott’s always had that kind of work ethic and grind and race-ability to perform well,” said Team USA teammate Hugo Scala, who has known McGill since they were teammates on the St. Louis-based Gateway Devo Cycling Team in 2019. “He’s been on the cusp of big wins like that since 2018. So I’m not surprised at all. It’s very deserving that he was finally able to get some big wins in Europe.”
McGill, who turns 24 on Sept. 20, has had a varied background in sports, participating in soccer and lacrosse as a youth before running cross country and taking up the pole vault at Fallston High. But inspired by his father and six-time 24-hour solo World Cup champion Chris Eatough, McGill began mountain biking when he was 9 at Sweet Air Park in Phoenix and Gunpowder Falls in Fallston. He started road racing seriously when he was 17.
McGill said he enjoyed the solitary pursuit that biking offered.
“I think because I was so into it as a little kid, it burned a passion into me,” he said. “It’s kind of a niche sport. It’s not a popular sport. There are some high school clubs, but nobody really does it around here. I think I was the only person who cycled at Fallston High School that I know of.”
After graduating high school in 2016, McGill spent one semester at Brevard College in Asheville, North Carolina, where he helped the Tornadoes capture their first NCAA Division I USA Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championship and their first Division I USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross title in the team relay event two months later.
He then took a semester off to ride for an amateur team in Belgium before returning to Brevard to contribute to the team collecting its second USA Cycling Collegiate Cyclocross team relay crown in January 2018 and win the Male Varsity Individual Omnium National Championship as the best overall rider at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships in May 2019, days after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biology.
McGill joined Gateway Devo and then an under-23 pro team called Aevolo Cycling. He placed 10th at the 2021 U.S. Pro road race nationals in June and was later signed by Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling.
Earlier in August, McGill enjoyed his best performances as a pro when he captured the first and sixth stages of Volta a Portugal, a two-week competition on one of the oldest stage races in the world. For the majority of the race, he wore the green jersey, an honor bestowed upon the points leader.
“I always knew that I could win something like that, but to actually put it all together and win not one but two stages and also the green jersey, it was career-changing,” he said. “You just know that you could win, and then to finally do it, I put a lot of pressure on myself to put up a performance like that. It’s almost like exhaling, ‘finally.’ A lot has to go right for something like that to happen. So it was very relieving.”
Team USA coach Michael Sayers said McGill’s showing in Portugal has demonstrated his evolution as a cyclist.
“He’s been a sprinter from the very beginning. He’s got a lot of speed, which is first and foremost the most important thing,” he said. “But based on his results at Portugal, he’s upped his game from an endurance standpoint. So I think he’s just maturing, which is natural.”
Scala said he has noticed a surge in McGill’s confidence.
“He knows he’s one of the fastest guys in any race that he lines up for,” he said. “I think he’s confident in his ability and what he’s able to do. So he races like he’s the fastest there. I think that’s been a big difference that has come along with the years of experience and part of the success that he’s had.”
Despite traveling to nations such as Portugal, Rwanda and Turkey, McGill has tried to maintain a connection to Baltimore. He continues to root for the Orioles and Ravens, attended the Ravens’ preseason finale against the Washington Commanders with his girlfriend on Saturday, and always carries a canister of Old Bay seasoning with him, which has led to a few regrettable incidents.
“I’ve definitely had a couple times where a container of Old Bay has exploded in my bag, and my clothes smell like Old Bay,” he said with a laugh.
McGill’s link to the area might prove advantageous during Sunday’s race. He has the most familiarity with the 120.4-mile course that begins at Kelly Benefits in Sparks at 1 p.m. and ends at the intersection of E. Pratt and Market streets later in the day after training on the route a handful of times since arriving at his parents’ home on Aug. 16.
“It’s definitely pretty difficult, especially in the first half,” McGill said. “It’s never flat. So there’s a lot of steep climbs and rolling hills. There’s no particular point where the race may split up or anything like that. So I would predict that it would kind of be a semi-reduced sprint at the end. The city circuit is a lot flatter than the rest of the race. So I really like how it all comes back together. It will be interesting.”
Sayers said McGill’s knowledge will pay dividends.
“We spend most of our time racing in Europe, and one of the biggest pitfalls we have as Americans is, we didn’t grow up on those roads,” he said. “We don’t understand the rhythm of the road, we don’t understand how the topography looks. It’s not inherent to us. So for a guy like Scott who grew up in that neighborhood, he’s going to give us a wealth of information that we normally wouldn’t have.”
McGill is not one to hide his emotions. That trait helps explain his hunger to win on Sunday.
“I think about it every day, multiple times a day,” he said. “Obviously, the goal is to win the race, and I definitely think that’s a possibility. But the competition is very high. I’m honestly content with anything in the top five, top 10.”
MARYLAND CYCLING CLASSIC
Sunday
Start: 1:30 p.m. at Kelly Benefits in Sparks
Finish: Downtown race circuit action begins at approximately 4:30 p.m. south of Falls Road with an estimated 6 p.m. finish at the intersection of E. Pratt and Market streets | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-scott-mcgill-fallston-team-usa-maryland-cycling-classic-20220901-6zwzbmh6xbgznmt6hfpkxusd7q-story.html | 2022-09-01T10:40:58Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-scott-mcgill-fallston-team-usa-maryland-cycling-classic-20220901-6zwzbmh6xbgznmt6hfpkxusd7q-story.html | true |
TX El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast for Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
TXZ418-012215-
Western El Paso County-
Including the cities of Downtown El Paso, West El Paso,
and Upper Valley
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms
with isolated showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the
upper 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ419-012215-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Including the cities of East and Northeast El Paso, Socorro,
and Fort Bliss
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms
with isolated showers. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ420-012215-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-
Including the cities of Hueco Tanks and Loma Linda
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Scattered showers, mainly in the evening. Lows around 60. East
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ423-012215-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Fabens, Fort Hancock, and Tornillo
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ421-012215-
Salt Basin-
Including the cities of Cornudas, Dell City, and Salt Flat
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Scattered showers, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s.
East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East
winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Humid with lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ422-012215-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the city of Sierra Blanca
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with scattered showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows around 60.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ424-012215-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the city of Indian Hot Springs
322 AM MDT Thu Sep 1 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with scattered showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with scattered showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Humid with lows in the mid
60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
80s. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the
mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Carvana Co. ("Carvana" or the "Company") (NYSE: CVNA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Carvana investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between May 6, 2020 and June 24, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
CVNA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Carvana during the relevant time frame, you have until October 3, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
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MADISON, Wis., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced that company management will participate in the following conference and invited investors to participate by webcast.
- Baird Global Healthcare Conference, New York
Fireside chat on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. ET
The webcast can be accessed in the investor relations section of Exact Sciences' website at www.exactsciences.com.
About Exact Sciences Corp.
A leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, Exact Sciences relentlessly pursues smarter solutions providing the clarity to take life-changing action, earlier. Building on the success of Cologuard® and Oncotype® tests, Exact Sciences is investing in its product pipeline to support patients before and throughout their cancer diagnosis and treatment. Exact Sciences unites visionary collaborators to help advance the fight against cancer. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.exactsciences.com, follow Exact Sciences on Twitter @ExactSciences, or find Exact Sciences on Facebook.
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A video showing a woman being pushed and slapped by activists of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai has gone viral. The woman, Prakash Devi, had objected to a pole being installed for publicity boards by the MNS men, led by Vinod Argile, on August 28.
In the video, some people are seen pulling Mr Argile away but he persists with the assault, slapping, shoving, pushing her, at which she falls on the street. Passers-by do not interfere, shows the 80-second clip.
The party workers were installing bamboo poles in the Mumba Devi area — famous for its temple — but Prakash Devi told them not to install one in front of her medicine shop. She later said that not only was she physically assaulted but the MNS men threw abuses at her too.
Police said a case was registered after she complained on August 31, three days after the assault. The woman's medical examination has been conducted, and now action will be taken very soon, police added.
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BEIJING, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weibo Corporation ("Weibo" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WB and HKEX: 9898), a leading social media in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"We navigated through the challenges from COVID-19 resurgence in the second quarter," said Gaofei Wang, CEO of Weibo. "Our user community and engagement continued with healthy trend despite cutback in channel investment, leveraging our unique positioning and competitive advantage in the social media sector. On monetization, although broad-based headwinds weighed on advertising demand in the near term, we are encouraged to see resilient performance of certain sectors and the gradual pick-up of the overall advertising business after the pandemic. Weibo also delivered a non-GAAP operating margin of 32% in the second quarter, which further improved from the first quarter of 2022, as we executed against our efficiency initiatives to optimize costs and expenses. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our differentiated value proposition and long-term monetization opportunities."
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Net revenues were $450.2 million, a decrease of 22% year-over-year or a decrease of 19% year-over-year on a constant currency basis [1].
- Advertising and marketing revenues were $385.6 million, a decrease of 23% year-over-year.
- Value-added services ("VAS") revenues were $64.6 million, a decrease of 10% year-over-year.
- Income from operations was $93.9 million, representing an operating margin of 21%.
- Net income attributable to Weibo's shareholders was $28.3 million and diluted net income per share was $0.12.
- Non-GAAP income from operations was $145.3 million, representing a non-GAAP operating margin of 32%.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo's shareholders was $109.7 million and non-GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.46.
- Monthly active users ("MAUs") were 582 million in June 2022, a net addition of approximately 16 million users on a year-over-year basis. Mobile MAUs represented 95% of MAUs.
- Average daily active users ("DAUs") were 252 million in June 2022, a net addition of approximately 7 million users on a year-over-year basis.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
For the second quarter of 2022, Weibo's total net revenues were $450.2 million, a decrease of 22% compared to $574.5 million for the same period last year.
Advertising and marketing revenues for the second quarter of 2022 were $385.6 million, a decrease of 23% compared to $502.3 million for the same period last year. Advertising and marketing revenues excluding ad revenues from Alibaba were $361.8 million, a decrease of 22% compared to $462.4 million for the same period last year. The decrease was primarily resulted from challenges from COVID-19 resurgence and restriction and lockdown in major areas of China, as well as macro uncertainties which have a broad-based negative impact on the advertising industry in China.
VAS revenues for the second quarter of 2022 were $64.6 million, a decrease of 10% year-over-year compared to $72.1 million for the same period last year. The decrease of VAS revenues was mainly due to less revenue contribution from membership service and game-related services.
Costs and expenses for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $356.2 million, a decrease of 7% compared to $381.2 million for the same period last year. The decrease was primarily resulted from a 25% year-over-year decrease of sales and marketing expenses, due to our disciplined channel investments.
Income from operations for the second quarter of 2022 was $93.9 million, compared to $193.2 million for the same period last year. Operating margin was 21%, compared to 34% last year. Non-GAAP income from operations was $145.3 million, compared to $223.2 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 32%, compared to 39% last year.
Non-operating loss for the second quarter of 2022 was $47.4 million, compared to a loss of $65.3 million for the same period last year. Non-operating loss for the second quarter of 2022 mainly included (i) a $21.7 million net interest and other loss; (ii) an $18.7 million net loss from fair value change of investments, which was excluded under non-GAAP measures; (iii) a $7.0 million investment related impairment, which was excluded under non-GAAP measures.
Income tax expenses were $17.5 million, compared to $46.9 million for the same period last year.
Net income attributable to Weibo's shareholders for the second quarter of 2022 was $28.3 million, compared to $81.0 million for the same period last year. Diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo's shareholders for the second quarter of 2022 was $0.12, compared to $0.35 for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo's shareholders for the second quarter of 2022 was $109.7 million, compared to $182.8 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo's shareholders for the second quarter of 2022 was $0.46, compared to $0.79 for the same period last year.
As of June 30, 2022, Weibo's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $3.0 billion. For the second quarter of 2022, cash provided by operating activities was $83.0 million, capital expenditures totaled $14.8 million, and depreciation and amortization expenses amounted to $14.1 million.
Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG")
Weibo released its first annual ESG report in August 2022, which details Weibo's initiatives and performance in the respect of environmental, social and governance, with focuses on the concerns of stakeholders (http://ir.weibo.com/esg).
Conference Call
Weibo's management team will host a conference call from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Eastern Time on September 1, 2022 (or 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Beijing Time on September 1, 2022) to present an overview of the Company's financial performance and business operations.
Participants who wish to dial in to the teleconference must register through the below public participant link. Dial in and instruction will be in the confirmation email upon registering.
Participants Registration Link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BIafafec22bbd342a7aa40d105c47d0e6b
This call will be webcast live and the replay will be available for 12 months. Both will be available through the Company's corporate website at http://ir.weibo.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income attributable to Weibo's shareholders, non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to Weibo's shareholders and adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of the Company's financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
The Company's non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets resulting from business acquisitions, non-cash compensation cost to non-controlling interest shareholders, impairment of intangible assets, net results of impairment on, gain/loss on sale of and fair value change of investments, non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items on the share of equity method investments, non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items for the income/loss attributable to non-controlling interests, income tax expense related to the amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business acquisitions and fair value change of investments (other non-GAAP to GAAP reconciling items have no tax effect), and amortization of convertible debt and senior notes issuance cost. Adjusted EBITDA excludes interest income, net, income tax expenses, and depreciation expenses.
The Company's management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in their financial and operating decision-making, because management believes these measures reflect the Company's ongoing operating performance in a manner that allows more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in the following ways: (i) in comparing the Company's current financial results with the Company's past financial results in a consistent manner, and (ii) in understanding and evaluating the Company's current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose. The Company also believes that the non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses, gains (losses) and other items (i) that are not expected to result in future cash payments or (ii) that are non-recurring in nature or may not be indicative of the Company's core operating results and business outlook.
Use of non-GAAP financial measures has limitations. The Company's non-GAAP financial measures do not include all income and expense items that affect the Company's operations. They may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how the Company defines its non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures are set forth in the section below titled "Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP Results."
About Weibo
Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.
Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a "mobile first" philosophy, Weibo displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisement that conform to the information feed on our platform. To support the mobile format, we have developed and continuously refining our social interest graph recommendation engine, which enables our customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to, among other things, Weibo's expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans (as described, without limitation, in the "Business Outlook" section and in quotations from management in this press release. Weibo may also make forward-looking statements in the Company's periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in announcements, circulars or other publications made on the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange"), in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology, such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "confidence," "estimates" and similar statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Weibo's limited operating history in certain new businesses; failure to grow active user base and the level of user engagement; the uncertain regulatory landscape in China; fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; the Company's reliance on advertising and marketing sales for a majority of its revenues; failure to successfully develop, introduce, drive adoption of or monetize new features and products; failure to compete effectively for advertising and marketing spending; failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company's investments, including equity pick-up and impairment; failure to compete successfully against new entrants and established industry competitors; the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's operations and on general economic conditions; risks associated with weak or uncertain global economic conditions and their impact on the level of expenditures on advertising; risks associated with unrest, terrorist threats and the war in Ukraine and the associated global effects; changes in the macro-economic environment, including the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government and its impact on the Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Weibo's annual report on Form 20-Fs and other filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
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Led by existing investor Cocone Corporation, the new investment will support global expansion, licensing and talent acquisition as the digital asset management platform celebrates three years of providing stable and safe crypto investment opportunities to customers in 140+ countries
SINGAPORE, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haru Invest, a leading digital asset management platform, celebrated its third year of operations this month by announcing a strategic investment funding of $4 million at a $284 million valuation. The new investment was led by Chun Yang-Hyun, executive chairman of Cocone Corporation who participated in Haru Invest's previous investment round in 2020, and the funds will support the company's talent acquisition, licensing and global expansion plans.
Since its founding in 2019, Haru Invest has processed more than $2B in total transaction volume across more than 140 countries, has paid out earnings over 4 million times and has never experienced a security breach, missed earnings payout or failed withdrawal. In the past 12 months, the company has seen triple-digit increases in a range of key growth metrics, including:
- Earnings payouts: +550%
- Total transaction volume: +433%
- Total users: +319%
- Deposits made: +451%
"Since we began operations three years ago, Haru Invest has been laser-focused on building and maintaining trust and reliability with our users, and this new strategic investment indicates we've been successful in doing so," said Hugo Lee, CEO of Haru Invest. "Regardless of the market situation, we have shown our trading capabilities in generating and distributing high earn rates via high frequency algorithmic trading. We owe much of our success to date to our committed users and investors, and are eager to leverage our new funds to continue delivering the most stable, secure and comfortable crypto investment experience possible."
Founded in South Korea and headquartered in Singapore, Haru Invest is built on one core belief: that everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve financial freedom. The centralized finance (CeFi) company offers users three core crypto investment products — Haru Wallet, Haru Earn Plus and Haru Earn Explore — and features some of the highest crypto earn rates in the market, with up to 14.2% APR on crypto. The company's strong in-house digital asset management teams employ high-frequency algorithmic trading strategies that take advantage of market inefficiencies and gaps to generate profits.
Haru Invest's three-year anniversary and $4M investment round come on the heels of acquiring its money service business (MSB) license from the U.S. FinCEN earlier this month. The company also recently introduced Haru Freeze Marketplace, a new feature that allows users to liquidate products before the end of the lockup period to provide immediate access to locked-up assets.
"Since our initial investment in Haru Invest, the company has grown rapidly in the digital asset space and has delivered a highly reliable, safe and secure investment experience for thousands of users worldwide," said Chun Yang-Hyun, executive chairman of Cocone Corporation. "Renewing our commitment to the company and team was an easy decision and we look forward to helping Haru Invest continue to expand globally and internally."
To learn more about the company and how the platform can help your investments turn lucrative, visit https://haruinvest.com/
Haru Invest, a subsidiary service brand of Block Crafters, is a successful CeFi digital asset investment platform that built a secure bridge between crypto investment services decentralized and traditional finance, with $2 billion in total transaction volume. Haru Invest supports three crypto assets, Bitcoin, Ether, and Tether with a tier of investment strategies, Earn Plus, and Earn Explore. The Haru Invest team has over five years' experience in diverse strategies of crypto fund management, based on a trading model that takes advantage of market inefficiencies to generate stable profits. With users in over 140 countries, they are committed to educating and guiding crypto owners at all levels to achieve stable and profitable digital asset investment goals.
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Aaron Donald downplayed swinging a helmet at Cincinnati Bengals players in a brawl at a joint practice between last season’s Super Bowl teams last Thursday.
“It was just a practice. It was football,” Donald said Wednesday in an interview for an upcoming episode of the AP Pro Football Podcast. “I don’t really wanna go back to nothing negative that happened and talk about something that happened in a practice. My main focus is Buffalo.”
The three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year and seven-time All-Pro was thrown to the ground after swinging a helmet while players threw fists in a free-for-all that ended the session between the visiting Los Angeles Rams and the Bengals.
Asked if he addressed the incident with his teammates and Rams coach Sean McVay and if everything was OK, Donald only said “yes.”
In 2019, the Browns’ Myles Garrett was suspended six games for using his helmet to hit Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph over the head during a regular-season game.
Donald isn’t subject to punishment from the NFL because the incident occurred during practice and teams are responsible for disciplining their players.
The defending Super Bowl champions begin the season next Thursday night at home against the Buffalo Bills. Donald is planning to play. The 31-year-old superstar defensive lineman is hoping to help the Rams become the first repeat champions since the 2003-04 New England Patriots.
“Just trying to relive all that over again, trying to accomplish that, being a world champion all over again,” he said. “That’s the biggest motivation. I was motivated to get there, but once you accomplish that and you get to see what that feels like, it makes you want it that much more. So that’s just the motivation, just to relive that all over again.”
The Rams restructured Donald’s contract in the offseason, giving him $65 million in guarantees over the next two seasons and $95 million through 2024.
Donald, who had 12 1/2 sacks last season, isn’t slowing down. He’s taking steps to improve his recovery process and ensure his body can withstand the rigors of the NFL.
“Being an older player, 31 years old, being able to have the work ethic I got, the one thing that I needed to do a lot better is recover and take care of my body,” Donald said. “That’s my main focus. I’ve got the work ethic and now making sure I have the recovery part so I can play at a high level.”
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt isn’t a fan of cut blocks, however the Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker isn’t ready to weigh in on whether they should be legal or not, even after a scare in last Sunday’s preseason finale against Detroit.
The NFL’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year narrowly avoided serious injury to his left knee when Lions tight end TJ Hockenson went low — legally — early in Pittsburgh’s 19-9 victory. Hockenson came across the field and dove into Watt’s legs on a running play. The contact created what Watt described as “discomfort” in his knee, and he was taken out of the game shortly thereafter as a precaution.
Watt, who practiced on Wednesday and should be fine for Pittsburgh’s season opener in Cincinnati on Sept. 11, said Hockenson apologized immediately after the play.
“(He said) like, ‘Sorry I had to do that,’ something like that,” Watt said. “And I just didn’t really have any words to say back to him. More frustration than anything.”
Watt called the blocks “tough to deal with” but declined to pick a side when asked if they should be allowed. The blocks have become a hot topic of sorts after the New York Giants lost rookie defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux for a month after he was injured on a similar play against Cincinnati earlier in the preseason. Watt said he was aware of Thibodeaux’s injury, but hadn’t watched a replay.
“I don’t really want to get in the weeds and either what should or shouldn’t be legal in football,” said Watt, who tied an NFL record by getting 22 1/2 sacks last season. “But like I said, I’d have to find a way to be better in that situation to protect myself.”
Watt knew the block was coming. He and Hockenson maintained eye contact as Hockenson closed in. When Hockenson went low, Watt essentially had nowhere to go.
“It obviously is being taught because it’s a legal move,” Watt said. “So I don’t really have any grudge against it. I just have to figure out how to handle it.”
Watt said he didn’t consider simply stepping out of the way in order to protect himself even if the play happened in essentially a meaningless game for a player whose roster spot has never been in doubt since being drafted in the first round in 2017.
“I’ll never shortchange the game, whether it’s a preseason or a regular-season game, and that’s why when the switch is flipped on, I don’t really care if it’s the preseason or not, you’re just playing football.”
NOTES: LB Malik Reed and OL Jesse Davis were on the practice field on Wednesday less than 24 hours after being acquired in trades. Reed will play a reserve role on the outside behind Watt and Alex Highsmith while Davis provides depth and versatility for a line that struggled at times during training camp.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ , Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambrex today announced the completion of the first phase of its $30 million investment in its small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina. The newly constructed space adds analytical and chemical development laboratories totaling 30,000 square feet and provides future workspace for 85 analytical and chemical development scientists. These laboratories will support the development of APIs to be manufactured in the facility's current clinical manufacturing area, as well as the future expanded clinical manufacturing and commercial manufacturing suites.
"With the growing number of therapies in clinical development and trend toward more targeted therapeutics, including orphan drugs, this expansion is preparing Cambrex to support the growing demand for small-scale API manufacturing," said Tom Loewald, CEO, Cambrex. "Our expansion goes beyond providing capacity – it provides state-of-the-art technology and laboratory equipment, an energy efficient infrastructure, and an ideal space for our scientific experts to work side-by-side with our clients."
Phase 2 of the project is ongoing and will approximately double the facility's manufacturing capacity with the addition of clinical and commercial manufacturing suites with reactors up to 2,000 liters. The new commercial area will provide an ideal scale for the manufacturing of orphan drugs and niche therapies, while larger volume products developed at the facility can be manufactured commercially at one of Cambrex's larger scale facilities in Iowa and Sweden. This expansion follows Cambrex's 2021 investment in the Cambrex High Point continuous flow R&D center of excellence, including expanded capabilities for continuous flow process development, manufacturing, and scale up.
Cambrex continues to expand its capabilities and capacity across its North American and European network to meet the growing demand for outsourced product development and manufacturing services.
About Cambrex
Cambrex is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides drug substance, drug product, and analytical services across the entire drug lifecycle. With over 40 years of experience and a growing team of over 2,300 experts servicing global clients from North America and Europe, Cambrex is a trusted partner in branded and generic markets for API and finished dosage form development and manufacturing.
Cambrex offers a range of specialized drug substance technologies and capabilities, including biocatalysis, continuous flow, controlled substances, solid-state science, material characterization, stability storage, and highly potent APIs. In addition, Cambrex can support conventional dosage forms, including oral solids, semi-solids, and liquids, and has the expertise to manufacture specialty dosage forms such as modified-release, fixed-dose combination, pediatric, bi-layer tablets, stick packs, topicals, controlled substances, sterile, and non-sterile ointments.
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MADISON, Wis., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced that company management will participate in the following conference and invited investors to participate by webcast.
- Baird Global Healthcare Conference, New York
Fireside chat on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 3:45 p.m. ET
The webcast can be accessed in the investor relations section of Exact Sciences' website at www.exactsciences.com.
About Exact Sciences Corp.
A leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, Exact Sciences relentlessly pursues smarter solutions providing the clarity to take life-changing action, earlier. Building on the success of Cologuard® and Oncotype® tests, Exact Sciences is investing in its product pipeline to support patients before and throughout their cancer diagnosis and treatment. Exact Sciences unites visionary collaborators to help advance the fight against cancer. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.exactsciences.com, follow Exact Sciences on Twitter @ExactSciences, or find Exact Sciences on Facebook.
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Exact Sciences Corp.
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Hawaii shuts down its last coal-fired power plant as ban takes effect
The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant slipped into the environment this week when the state’s dirtiest source of electricity burned its final pieces of fuel.
The last coal shipment arrived in the islands at the end of July, and the AES Corp. coal plant closed Thursday after 30 years in operation. The facility produced up to one-fifth of the electricity on Oahu — the most populous island in a state of nearly 1.5 million people.
“It really is about reducing greenhouse gases,” Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in an interview with the Associated Press. “And this coal facility is one of the largest emitters. Taking it offline means that we’ll stop the 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases that were emitted annually.”
Like other Pacific islands, the Hawaiian chain has suffered the cascading impacts of climate change. The state is experiencing the destruction of coral reefs from bleaching associated with increased ocean temperatures, rapid sea-level rise, more intense storms and drought that is increasing the state’s wildfire risk.
In 2020, Hawaii’s Legislature passed a law banning the use of coal for energy production at the start of 2023. Hawaii has mandated a complete transition to renewable energy by 2045, and was the first state to set such a goal.
But critics say that, while ending the state’s dirtiest source of energy is ultimately a good move, doing so now is not. Renewable sources meant to replace coal energy are not yet online because of permitting delays, contract issues and pandemic-related supply-chain problems. So the state will instead burn costlier oil, which is only slightly less polluting than coal.
There are now fewer than 10 plants without a planned retirement date.
“If you are a believer that climate change is going to end because we shut down this coal plant, this is a great day for you,” said Democratic state Sen. Glenn Wakai, chair of the Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Technology. “But if you pay an electricity bill, this is a disastrous day for you.”
The end of coal and the additional cost of oil will translate to a 7% increase in electricity bills for consumers who already face the nation’s highest energy and living costs.
“What we’re doing ... is transitioning from the cheapest fossil fuel to the most expensive fossil fuel,” Wakai said. “And we’re going to be subjected to geopolitical issues on pricing for oil as well as access to oil. ”
The AES coal plant closure means that Hawaii joins 10 other states with no major coal-fired power facilities, according to data from Global Energy Monitor, a nonprofit organization advocating for a global transition to clean energy. Rhode Island and Vermont never had any coal-fired power plants.
In the run-up to the U.N. climate summit, host Britain announced that one of its goals was to consign coal to history. That’s easier said than done.
While Hawaii is the first state to fully implement a ban on coal, a handful of others previously passed laws. The 2015 law in Oregon, the first state to pass a ban, isn’t effective until 2035. Washington state’s 2020 coal ban starts in 2025. California, Maine and Texas are among states that have restricted construction of new coal-fired plants.
The number of coal-burning units in the U.S. peaked in 2001 at about 1,100. More than half have stopped operating since then, with most switching to more cost-effective natural gas.
U.S. Energy Information Administration data show oil generated about two-thirds of Hawaii’s electricity in 2021. That makes Hawaii the most petroleum-dependent state, even as it tries to make a rapid transition to renewables.
Hawaii already gets about 40% of its power from sustainable sources, including wind, solar, hydroelectric and geothermal.
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State Sen. Kurt Fevella, a Republican and the Senate Minority Leader, suggested that Hawaiian Electric Co. and other energy corporations should absorb the additional cost of shifting to renewables.
“The fact that Hawaii’s families are already doing what is necessary to reduce their energy uses while still paying the most in the nation for household electricity is unsustainable,” said Fevella. “While I believe utility companies like HECO can do more to reduce the energy burden passed on to Hawaii’s ratepayers, I also believe developers of renewable energy projects should also bear a greater portion of the transmission costs.”
AES Corp., the operator of Hawaii’s last coal plant, has transitioned to creating clean energy and is working on large solar farms across the state, including one in West Oahu that will replace some lost coal energy when completed next year.
“Renewables are getting cheaper by the day,” said Leonardo Moreno, president of AES’ clean energy division. “I envision a future where energy is very, very cheap, abundant and renewable.”
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Enochian BioSciences, Inc. ("Enochian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ENOB) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Enochian investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between January 17, 2018 and June 27, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
ENOB investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's co-founder and inventor Serhat Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (6) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Enochian during the relevant time frame, you have until September 26, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Royal Navy shadows Russian warships off Ireland which are 'making a point to Britain' in 'concerning' sign of Putin's increased aggression
- The group of ships are believed to have been supporting the war in Ukraine
- Led by Slava-class cruiser Marshall Ustinov, sister ship of the destroyed Moskva
- Not known where ships will go now but could go past the naval base Faslane
The Royal Navy is shadowing Russian warships off the south coast of Ireland which are 'making a point to Britain' in a 'concerning' sign of Putin's increased aggression.
According to navy sources, the group of Russian ships are believed to have been supporting the war in Ukraine.
They are led by the Slava-class cruiser Marshall Ustinov, which is the sister ship of the Ukrainian missile-destroyed Moskva.
Russia's group of warships also includes the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov and the tanker Vyazma, along with a suspected submarine.
According to the Times, it is not known where the ships will next go, but sources have claimed that the ships are 'making a point' to Britain that they are close by.
Some naval experts have said they could go past a naval base at Faslane. If the boats take a route like this, naval ships may have to patrol for more time than expected, as Faslane houses Britain's nuclear deterrent.
According to navy sources, the group of Russian ships are believed to have been supporting the war in Ukraine. Pictured: A handout photo of the Vice Admiral Kulakov ship
The fleet of boats is led by the Marshall Ustinov, which is the sister ship of the Ukrainian missile-destroyed Moskva. Pictured: The Moskva after it was struck by Ukrainian missiles earlier this year
Some naval experts have said they could go past a naval base at Faslane. If the boats take a route like this, naval ships may have to patrol for more time than expected, as Faslane houses Britain's nuclear deterrent. Pictured: A map showing Faslane
Former captain of a nuclear-powered submarine and commander Ryan Ramsey said: 'The Russians have every right to do this but it's definitely posturing and a return to more aggressive Cold War behaviour by them.
'This might be part of Putin's strategy of pushing Nato in every environment. Within this group there will be a Russian hunter-killer but she won't enter the Irish Sea because the tidal stream currents would make it too dangerous.
Mr Ramsey said that the warships will reach HMNB Clyde (Faslane) if they continue taking their current route up the Irish sea which could 'cause mischief'.
And Mr Ramsey described it as a 'cause for concern.' Faslane is where the Royal Navy trains warships and submarines.
Meanwhile, a navy source said that the actions of the Russian warships appear to be a way of them 'making a point' but said that their movements are not unusual. Pictured: The Admiral Ustinov leaves the Mediterranean sea on 24 August
Meanwhile, a navy source said that the actions of the Russian warships appear to be a way of them 'making a point' but said that their movements are not unusual.
Independent defence analyst HI Sutton said that the Ustinov ship had left the Mediterranean last week.
The warships are believed to be going home after six months supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Elsewhere, an ex-commander of warships in the navy, Tom Sharpe, said that taking a route via the Irish Sea is not as common as other ways.
But he added that it is a sheltered route and because it is near to Faslane's naval base there is a chance for the warships to 'cause mischief.'
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Child counsellors of the future could be ROBOTS: Kids are more confident divulging private information to bots than to humans, study reveals
- Researchers had a robot complete questionnaires with 28 children aged 8-13
- They found that the children were willing to confide in the robot
- The kids even shared information that they had not yet shared in-person
- Researchers say robots could be a useful addition to traditional methods of mental health assessment
From The Iron Giant to Ron's Gone Wrong, many blockbuster hits feature friendships between robots and children.
Now, a new study has revealed how these relationships could prove useful in the real world.
Researchers from Cambridge University say that children are more confident divulging private information to robots than to humans.
Based on the findings, they suggest that child counsellors of the future could take the form of humanoid robots.
Researchers from Cambridge University say that children are more confident divulging private information to robots than to humans
From The Iron Giant (pictured) to Ron's Gone Wrong, many blockbuster hits feature friendships between robots and children
In the study, the researchers had a child-sized humanoid robot complete a series of questionnaires with 28 children aged between eight and 13 to assess mental wellbeing.
They found that the youngsters were willing to confide in the robot, sometimes sharing information that they had not yet shared via online or in-person questionnaires.
The researchers say robots could be a useful addition to traditional methods of mental health assessment, although they are not intended to be a substitute for professional mental health support.
PhD student Nida Itrat Abbasi, the study's first author, said: 'Since the robot we use is child-sized, and completely non-threatening, children might see the robot as a confidante – they feel like they won't get into trouble if they share secrets with it.
'Other researchers have found that children are more likely to divulge private information – like that they're being bullied, for example – to a robot than they would be to an adult.'
Each child took part in a one-to-one, 45-minute session with a Nao robot – a humanoid robot about 60 centimetres tall.
A parent or guardian, and members of the research team, observed from an adjacent room.
Before each session, children and their parent or guardian completed standard online questionnaires to assess the child's mental wellbeing.
Participants interacted with the robot throughout the session by speaking with it, or by touching sensors on the robot's hands and feet.
Additional sensors tracked participants' heartbeat, head and eye movements during the session.
Study participants all said they enjoyed talking with the robot.
Some shared information with the robot that they had not shared either in person or on the online questionnaire.
Professor Hatice Gunes, who leads the Affective Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory in Cambridge's Department of Computer Science and Technology, has been studying how socially assistive robots can be used as mental wellbeing coaches for adults.
Children interacted with the robot by speaking with it, or by touching sensors on the robot´s hands and feet
In recent years, she has also been studying how they may be beneficial to children.
'After I became a mother, I was much more interested in how children express themselves as they grow, and how that might overlap with my work in robotics,' she said.
'Children are quite tactile, and they're drawn to technology.
'If they're using a screen-based tool, they're withdrawn from the physical world.
'But robots are perfect because they're in the physical world – they're more interactive, so the children are more engaged.'
Co-author Dr Micol Spitale said: 'We don't have any intention of replacing psychologists or other mental health professionals with robots, since their expertise far surpasses anything a robot can do.
'However, our work suggests that robots could be a useful tool in helping children to open up and share things they might not be comfortable sharing at first.'
The researchers hope to expand their survey in future, by including more participants and following them over time.
They are also investigating whether similar results could be achieved if children interact with the robot via video chat.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister warned Thursday that any actions seen as endangering a Russian peacekeeping contingent in a separatist region of Moldova would be considered as an attack on Russia itself.
Sergey Lavrov's statement in an address at Russia's top foreign affairs school underlined concerns that Moldova's Transnistria region, which borders Ukraine, could be drawn into the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Russia has stationed peacekeepers there since the 1992 end of a three-month war that left Transnistria outside Moldovan control. Russian forces also guard a large ammunition dump in the region.
In April, tensions in Moldova soared after a series of explosions in Transnistria.
“Everyone should understand that any kind of actions that will raise a threat to the security of our servicemen will be considered in accordance with international law as an attack on the Russian Federation,” Lavrov said.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that Xandar, LLC, a KBR joint venture, has been awarded a $4.8 billion ceiling multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Scientific and Technical Information Analytic Capability Support (NOVASTAR).
Under this contract, Xandar LLC will provide NASIC with support for research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems and software capabilities enabling scientific and technical intelligence production for the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and national level intelligence efforts through 2033.
Xandar LLC combines KBR, NASIC's trusted Advanced Technical Exploitation Program prime, with NASK, a small business performer with a history of prime support to NASIC and the intelligence community. KBR serves as the mentor in the joint venture, which is designed to enhance the capabilities of protégé firms.
"Xandar's broad technical capabilities and strong understanding of the customer's mission make us the right partner to support NASIC in meeting both the known and unforeseen challenges of the future," said KBR Government Solutions U.S. President Byron Bright. "We bring the highly skilled, analytically agile workforce NASIC needs to achieve its vision for the next decade and to lay the technology foundation necessary to solve global security challenges deep into the 21st century."
Xandar will provide agile and innovative resource capabilities supporting technical analysis in the intelligence community, turning innovation into intelligence products, and constantly improving productivity in technical analysis product generation.
"Xandar is the natural alignment of NASK and KBR with a demonstrated, seamless ability to work together to advance the NASIC mission. NASIC's need to counter rapidly evolving threats requires the agility of a small company plus the power and scope of a large company," said NASK President Peter Zurbach. "Xandar is perfectly constructed to meet NASIC's requirements moving forward."
The Xandar team will support NASIC's mission to discover and characterize air, space, missile, forces and cyber threats to enable full-spectrum, multi-domain operations; drive weapon system acquisition; and inform national defense policy.
NASK deploys personnel globally for on-site software development and analytics, supporting satellite, airborne and terrestrial environments. We designed and developed the applications that form the basis for most of the geolocation platforms currently in use in the community.
In addition to our catalog, which includes an assortment of existing SIGINT capabilities and solutions, we embrace agile methodologies to respond to QRCs and rapid prototyping requests based on our customers' unique needs.
We developed the premiere analytics enablement framework for the Intelligence Community, and continue to provide maintenance, development, outreach, analytic support and training.
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries.
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
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The San Francisco-based ridesharing company Lyft is facing 17 new lawsuits brought by users of its service from around the country, who claim the company failed to protect passengers and drivers from physical and sexual assault.
Of the lawsuits, 14 were from people who said they were sexually assaulted while using Lyft, and three said they were physically assaulted. At a news conference to announce the lawsuits, five of the plaintiffs shared their stories.
Stella Grant, a former Lyft driver from Chicago, described how an intoxicated passenger attacked her after Grant tried to confirm the rider's identity in August of 2020.
"She quickly began abusing me verbally and physically," Grant said. "She was really violent with me while I was driving. She cursed at me and punched at my head and my face and back."
Grant said that, after the assault, she was left bleeding and had to go to the emergency room. Doctors recommended she receive physical therapy, but she said that she couldn't afford it; after losing her job at the start of the pandemic, she had been relying on Lyft to support her family.
Responding to the allegations presented in the lawsuits, a spokesperson for Lyft said the company is "committed to helping keep drivers and riders safe."
"While safety incidents on our platform are incredibly rare, we realize that even one is too many. Our goal is to make every Lyft ride as safe as possible, and we will continue to take action and invest in technology, policies and partnerships to do so," the spokesperson said.
Katherine Rasta, a passenger from Phoenix, said she was sexually assaulted in June of 2021. Her driver made unwanted sexual advances throughout the drive, she said, and once they arrived at her destination, he locked the car doors and sexually assaulted her.
"Then he told me, 'This is our little secret. Don't tell anyone. Remember, I know where you live, and I know where your friends live now. I doubt you'll want any trouble, right?'" Rasta said.
All of the drivers and passengers said Lyft did practically nothing to help them after they reported their assaults, other than telling them they were sorry for their experience and that they would suspend the account of the driver or passenger who assaulted them. Two drivers said Lyft offered them a few hundred dollars after they reported their assaults, but did not follow up with them afterward.
Attorneys and victims called on Lyft to make its service safer by installing cameras inside of all Lyft vehicles, conducting biometric fingerprint scans and background checks for drivers, and eliminating a policy that allows users to order a Lyft ride for someone else.
Adam Wolf, one of the attorneys representing the Lyft users, said it was clear that the company did not care about its passengers or drivers.
"The thing Lyft is most concerned about protecting is its own profit margins," Wolf said.
Attorneys also claimed that Lyft's policy on not sharing user information after an assault without a court order creates a major obstacle to even the most basic criminal investigations or civil protective orders.
"Lyft is on the side of the perpetrators, not the victims," Wolf said.
A Lyft spokesperson accused attorneys at the conference of making false and misleading claims about the company's safety policies. The representative noted that over 99% of rides occur without a safety report, that the company requires yearly background checks for drivers, and that it cooperates with all law enforcement investigations when presented with a valid request. The spokesperson also said all drivers are required to take a community safety education course before driving.
The new lawsuits come three years after 14 women filed a lawsuit against Lyft claiming that, after being sexually assaulted or raped by drivers, Lyft failed to take action even when it was aware of drivers who were accused of assault and purposefully ignored victims' reports.
In 2021, Lyft revealed it had received over 4,000 reports of sexual assault from its users between 2017 and 2019. That report also showed that instances of sexual assault increased year after year, and included 360 total reports of non-consensual sexual penetration and 2,300 reports of "non-consensual touching of a sexual body part."
The plaintiffs in these most recent lawsuits said that the physical and psychological toll of their assaults is still fresh. Some said they pulled away from loved ones, and several reported having PTSD.
Amy Collins, a Lyft driver from Napa, Calif., said she was sexually assaulted in March of 2020 and described the outcome she wanted from the lawsuit.
"I hope that sharing my story, and my trauma, will get Lyft to care about the people who use its platform," Collins said.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - IDLE LIFESTYLE INC. ("IDLE" or the "Company") (CSE: IDLE.X) (FSE: 99L.F) (OTC: IDLSF) (formerly Poda Holdings, Inc.) is pleased to announce that Patrick Gray, Director, has been appointed Chief Executive Office of the Company, and Jordan Crockett has been appointed as a Director.
The Company also announces the resignations of Ryan Selby as Chief Executive Officer and Director, of Ryan Karkairan as Vice-President Design and Director, and of Paul Ciullo as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately. The Company expresses its appreciation for Mr. Selby, Mr. Karkairan and Mr. Ciullo's services to the Company and wishes them well in their future endeavours.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced participation in the following investor conferences in September:
- September 7-8: Citi's 17th Annual BioPharma Conference. Daniel Vitt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Immunic, and Jessica Breu, Head of Investor Relations and Communications at Immunic, will attend Citi's 17th Annual BioPharma Conference in Boston.
- September 7-9: Wells Fargo 2022 Healthcare Conference. Dr. Vitt will participate in a fireside chat at the Wells Fargo 2022 Healthcare Conference in Boston on Friday, September 9, 2022 at 9:45 am EDT. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the "Events and Presentations" section of Immunic's website at: ir.imux.com/events-and-presentations. An archived replay will be available on the company's website for a period of 90 days after the conference.
- September 29: 2022 Ladenburg Thalmann Healthcare Conference. Jessica Breu will present a company overview at the 2022 Ladenburg Thalmann Healthcare Conference in New York on Thursday, September 29 at 1:00 pm EDT. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the "Events and Presentations" section of Immunic's website at: ir.imux.com/events-and-presentations. An archived replay will be available on the company's website for a period of 90 days after the conference.
Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company is developing three small molecule products: its lead development program, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), a selective immune modulator that inhibits the intracellular metabolism of activated immune cells by blocking the enzyme DHODH and exhibits a host-based antiviral effect, is currently being developed as a treatment option for multiple sclerosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. IMU-935, a selective inverse agonist of the transcription factor RORγ/RORγt, is targeted for development in psoriasis, and castration-resistant prostate cancer. IMU-856, which targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function, is targeted for development in diseases involving bowel barrier dysfunction. For further information, please visit: www.imux.com.
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(The Hill) – U.S. airline passenger complaints doubled in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to a Department of Transportation (DOT) report published this month.
Passengers filed nearly 16,000 complaints with the DOT against U.S. airlines from January to June. That’s more than double the 6,827 complaints filed in first half of 2021.
American Airlines recorded the most complaints in the first half of 2022, with 3,186 filed against the Fort Worth, Texas-based company on everything from flight problems, refunds, fares, refunds, baggage and accessibility issues.
United Airlines recorded 2,391 complaints from January to June of this year, while passengers filed 1,909 complaints against Spirit Airlines.
Ranking fourth was Frontier Airlines, at 1,750 filed complaints. In fifth place was Jetblue Airways, with 1,676 filed complaints.
Airlines have struggled to meet high consumer demand this year as travelers emerged from the pandemic’s peak waves and shutdowns, leaving many flights canceled and delayed, to the frustration of the public.
Companies have blamed everything from a pilot shortage to high fuel costs and extreme weather for the mass cancellations and delayed flights.
The travel disruptions have angered the Biden administration and congressional lawmakers, especially as thousands of flights were canceled over holiday travel weekends, including for the Fourth of July and Juneteenth.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline executives in June and House Democrats introduced a bill this month that would force companies to give up cash refunds to passengers if a flight is canceled or significantly delayed.
The DOT’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report, filed by The Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, also breaks down the number of flight cancellations recorded in the first half of the year.
More than 106,000 flights were canceled from January to June. In the same period last year, just over 41,000 flights were canceled.
Southwest Airlines canceled the most flights, with 16,321 of them scrubbed in the first half of 2022.
The Dallas, Texas-based company has faced some scrutiny for its canceled and delayed flights. The airline has canceled up to 40 percent of its flights on some peak travel days.
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New online dashboard to help flyers on delays, cancellations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.
Starting Thursday, travelers will be able to check the dashboard and see what kinds of guarantees, refunds or compensation the major domestic airlines offer in case of flight delays or cancellations. It’s designed to allow travelers to shop around and favor those airlines that offer the best compensation.
The dashboard is part of an extended pressure campaign from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has publicly challenged the major carriers to improve service and transparency after a summer marred by cancellations and flight delays. As summer travel returned to nearly pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, airlines struggled to keep pace, with mass cancellations being blamed on staffing shortages, particularly among pilots.
“Passengers deserve transparency and clarity on what to expect from an airline when there is a cancelation or disruption,” Buttigieg said in a statement Wednesday. The new tool, he said, will help travelers to “easily understand their rights, compare airline practices, and make informed decisions.”
The dashboard compares all the major domestic airlines’ policies on issues such as which offer meals for delays of more than three hours and which offer to rebook flights on the same or different airlines at no additional charge. It focuses on what it calls “controllable” cancellations or delays — meaning those caused by mechanical issues, staffing shortages or delays in cleaning, fueling or baggage handling. Delays or cancellations caused by weather or security concerns do not count.
The Department of Transportation is hoping that the dashboard will encourage competition among airlines to offer the most transparency and the best protections for customers.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6% of all flights, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which employs air traffic controllers.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Genesco Inc. (GCO) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $7.6 million.
The Nashville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of 59 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 26 cents per share.
The seller of footwear, hats, clothing and accessories posted revenue of $535.3 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $539.9 million.
Genesco expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.25 to $7 per share.
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DODGEVILLE, Wis. (AP) _ Lands' End Inc. (LE) on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $2.2 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Dodgeville, Wisconsin-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents.
The clothing maker posted revenue of $351.2 million in the period.
For the current quarter ending in October, Lands' End said it expects revenue in the range of $375 million to $390 million.
The company expects full-year earnings to be 49 cents to 70 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $1.6 billion to $1.64 billion.
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CAMPBELL, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions today announced that security, storage and channel veteran Chris Ross has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), responsible for worldwide sales and partnerships. Ross joined Barracuda in 2015 as senior vice president of international sales and brings over 30 years of technology experience to the company.
As CRO, Ross will focus on accelerating the company's current growth trajectory across its geographic sales regions.
"We are delighted that Chris has taken on this role at what is an exciting time for Barracuda," said Hatem Naguib, CEO at Barracuda. "Supported by KKR, we are driving innovation across the business as we evolve our integrated suite of advanced security solutions to meet the needs of customers and partners. Since joining Barracuda, Chris has driven rapid expansion and acceleration of Barracuda's international business. As CRO, he will help our worldwide sales team to harness best practice, power growth, drive efficiency and further deepen the alignment of sales with key supporting functions."
"I am excited to be taking this next step in my journey at Barracuda," said Chris Ross, CRO at Barracuda. "This is a pivotal time for the company, as we embark on the next stage of our accelerated growth journey and complete the acquisition with KKR. I'll be working to integrate our global sales teams and to share and adopt best practices across the teams as we deliver our next generation cloud-first cybersecurity solutions that protect our customers from the ever-evolving threat landscape."
At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers' journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level. For more information, visit barracuda.com.
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Robert Molleda was one year into his career at the National Weather Service in Miami when Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida. Molleda was young and excited to experience his first hurricane. Miami had not seen a hurricane make landfall since Hurricane Betsy in 1965, 27 years prior. But as the storm rapidly intensified, the excitement dissipated.
It was late on a Saturday when it became clear Andrew was going to hit Miami. On Sunday, Molleda rested, helped his family get set up for the storm, and went to work at the NWS office. Andrew passed through Miami overnight and into the next morning. "We could see the winds picking up, 100, 120, 130… it went up and up and up," Molleda said. Then, a loud bang. Molleda worried that the roof had caved in. But after a minute, he and the other meteorologists realized the radar monitoring scope had gone black.
"That was it, we lost the radar. That sound we heard was the radar's dome collapsing and shattering into a million pieces."
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Today, Molleda is still with the National Weather Service in Miami as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist. The storm serves as a reminder, especially to those who lived it, to always be prepared. "The legacy and takeaway from Andrew is that we need to be ready in Florida," Molleda said.
On August 23, on the anniversary of the storm's landfall in Florida, Governor DeSantis and FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie commented on how Florida became a "national leader in emergency management." But 30 years after Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Miami as a Category 5 storm, there are many lessons learned and lessons we are still learning about these powerful storms and the way their impact.
READ MORE: On anniversary, officials observe Hurricane Andrew's devastation — and its modernizing effects
From the way buildings are constructed with hurricanes in mind, to community organization, to emergency communication, Andrew's legacy was a widespread change in the way Florida prepares for and responds to hurricanes. With its 157 miles-per-hour plus winds and a 17-foot storm surge, Andrew's well-documented destruction was nothing short of devastating to Miami-Dade County, especially the southern portion where the storm made landfall.
"We started to hear stories from friends and family in that area, about their homes being really damaged and, in some cases, they lost everything," he said, "that's when it started to sink it that things were really bad." Molleda and colleagues from the NWS drove around to the areas most affected to help clean up. "We were there just to help pick up the pieces," Molleda said, "furniture lying out in the front yard, gaping holes in the roof of some homes, total destruction in some neighborhoods."
Aug 24, 1992 @ 5:05 AM - Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in mainland South Florida at Fender Point in Biscayne National Park just ENE of Homestead AFB. By this point, the Miami WSR-57 was lost but the then-new WSR-88D in Melbourne captured this image of the hurricane. #Andrew30 pic.twitter.com/jgvf7Sa8zq
— NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) August 24, 2022
Miami's community response after Andrew is something that still makes an impact on those who lived it. "It was the neighborhood that got together" to help each other said Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, remembering the way her neighbors shared food and resources after the storm. She recalls experiencing Andrew with her three children from a walk-in closet, protected under a mattress.
"I have never heard such a bad sound," she said, "it felt like a train was actually passing through our house. We were so afraid." Her home in Coral Gables was spared from substantial damage, though she lived without electricity for several weeks. According to Molleda "as bad as Andrew was, it would have been much worse if it had hit just a few miles northward in more heavily populated areas."
The areas that were heavily impacted include Homestead, Culter Ridge and Florida City, suburbs and agricultural centers of the community. Gonzalez-Levy, who currently works at Florida International University in Strategic Partnerships, was with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce at the time. When they were able to get back to work, "we then with Dade County, police, and the firefighters, we visited the Homestead area. It looked like a war zone. We were blessed there weren't more deaths."
She credits Alvah Chapman, president of the Miami Herald, for creating a community response group known as "We Will Rebuild." The Chamber then organized food and water delivery down to the affected areas, home to many farmers and agricultural workers. "We realized they lost everything. It was going to be an economic disaster," she said. "We helped them, and the small businesses get back on their feet."
But Miami's homes and structures also needed to be built back up, literally. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is an architect, urban planner and faculty member at the University of Miami School of Architecture. She recalls the sea change in how structures were built after the storm. "Hurricane Andrew proved to be not so much a testing ground, but a kind of pilot project" for better building methods, she said. Plater-Zyberk said architects in the community came to her after Andrew. "This is our field, we should be able to do something," she said. A planning group was formed to investigate how rebuilding could be encouraged, and even made better. "In the end, we had about 100 volunteers, in a vocational school that had remained standing," she said.
READ MORE: 'Remembering Andrew': Revisit WLRN's documentary 30 years after the devastating storm
According to the Insurance Information Institute, 250,000 were left homeless in Miami-Dade County, 25,524 homes were destroyed and another 101,241 were damaged after Hurricane Andrew. Many homes were made cheaply, with weak structural connections and poor materials not fit for high winds. "The most important thing is to strap the building down," she said, "we all worry about holding the building up, so it stays up, but in Florida now the building codes have very strict rules."
Those rules are the Florida Building Code, activated in 2002, which is known to be one of the most thorough in the country. "Under scrutiny, you'd see buildings are being built better, they're more expensive," Plater-Zyberk said, "but they can withstand extreme weather." Despite that added cost, what Florida has gained on top of safer homes, is industry and innovation built around storm safety. Hurricane straps, a piece of metal hardware that reinforce the roof's connection to the house, are now used in construction. Reinforced openings are also important. Once wind enters a house, it makes it a whole lot easier for the roof to blow off, which is why it is so important to protect "A whole industry of hurricane-tested windows had to be invented," she said.
And that technology is still being tested. Florida International University operates the Wall of Wind test facility on its South Florida campus. This towering wall of 12 super-powered fans can produce Category 5 winds used to test life-sized structures. According to FIU, the Wall of Wind was directly inspired by Andrew's power.
"I always thought what Hurricane Andrew did was it woke up Florida," said Erik Salna, Associate Director at the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU, "it reminded us we are the hurricane capital of the United States." If Andrew had an upside, it's that it changed Florida for the better, according to Salna. "We became the leader in emergency management, hurricane research and mitigation, and we are an example to the rest of the country," Salna said, "and all that comes back to Andrew."
One of the biggest improvements made after Andrew was how emergency managers strengthened their network and their outreach. "The Florida Division of Emergency Management in Tallahassee then worked very closely with the counties, which then worked closely with the cities and municipalities within the county," he said, "then at the county and city level, they go out and educate everyone and get them ready." Salna also praised the building methods enacted after 2002, such as the aforementioned hurricane straps and also the ring shank nail, which has threads around the shank that help hold onto wood during high winds. "With every $1 spent on mitigation," he said "$7 or $8 can be saved in recovery and cleanup. It makes good fiscal sense to build our structures stronger."
Salna said there is a new facility in the works, with winds that can go up to 200 miles per hour. The new facility will also include a water tank, which the wind will blow over, in order to replicate storm surge. "The hurricanes we have had in recent years, like Hurricane Dorian hitting the Bahamas at 180 miles per hour" necessitate this new level of testing Salna said. The inclusion of water in testing is also very important, according to Salna, since the vast majority of fatalities in hurricane events are due to storm surge.
But there is one problem neither Salna nor anyone else has been able to quite crack: complacency from the public. As the saying goes, it only takes one storm to cause significant damage to life and livelihood, and Salna said, it doesn't even have to be an Andrew-strength storm. "Each and every storm is dangerous," he said, "it's the old 'just a' phrase... it's 'just a' tropical storm. Oh, it's 'just a' Category 1. If it's a tropical storm or hurricane headed our way, we need to prepare in every way that we can."
Molleda, Gonzalez-Levy, Plater-Zyberk and Salna all expressed some level of concern for newcomers to Florida. Though Florida has seen many strong hurricanes after Andrew, few have had that pivotal, life-changing effect that Andrew had on those who lived through it. Salna gives a lot of credit to emergency managers and other hurricane educators, but "it's human behavior, social behavior, and how everyone will respond that will get us to do what we need to do before a storm hits."
"That's the ongoing challenge," Salna said, "to get people educated, to get people to understand what it is they need to do to get ready."
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The company that oversees Ukraine's nuclear power plants said shelling by Russian forces triggered a shutdown at one of the reactors at the Zaporizhzhia plant, underscoring the risks faced by a team of U.N. inspectors that was heading there Thursday to assess its safety.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, led by its director Rafael Grossi, set off for the Russia-held nuclear power plant — Europe's largest — despite the heavy shelling for which Ukraine and Russia trade blame.
Ukraine’s Enerhoatom said Russian mortar shelling led to the shutdown of one of its reactors by its emergency protection system. Shelling also damaged a backup power supply line used for in-house needs, and one of the plant’s reactors that wasn’t operating was switched to diesel generators, the company said.
“There has been increased military activity, including this morning until very recently," Grossi said, adding that after being briefed by the Ukrainian military he decided to get moving despite the inherent risks. “But weighing the pros and cons and having come so far, we are not stopping.”
He noted that the risks are “very, very high” in the so-called grey zone between Ukrainian and Russian positions, but “we consider that we have the minimum conditions to move."
A spokesman for the IAEA later said that the mission has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontline for some three hours, adding that Grossi "has personally negotiated with Ukrainian military authorities to be able to proceed and he remains determined that this important mission reaches the ZNPP today.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant has been occupied by Russian forces but run by Ukrainian engineers since the early days of the 6-month-old war. Ukraine alleges Russia is using the plant as a shield, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the area.
Fighting in early March caused a brief fire at its training complex, and in recent days, the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of damage, heightening fears of a radiation leak or a reactor meltdown. Officials have begun distributing anti-radiation iodine tablets to nearby residents.
“We have a very important mission to accomplish,” Grossi said, adding that “we are going to start immediately an assessment of the security and the safety situation at the plant.”
"I am going to consider the possibility of establishing a continued presence of the IAEA at the plant, which we believe is indispensable to stabilize the situation and to get regular, reliable, impartial, neutral updates of what the situation is there,” he said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces unleashed an artillery barrage of the area and then sent a group of up to 60 scouts to try to seize control of the nuclear plant.
It said the Ukrainian troops arrived in seven speedboats, landing three kilometers northeast of the plant on the left bank of the Dnieper River and tried to seize it. The ministry said Russian forces “took steps to destroy the enemy,” engaging warplanes. Russia's military said its forces also destroyed two barges carrying Ukrainian troops who attempted to land near the plant.
“The provocation by the Kyiv regime is intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s group at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” a ministry statement said.
Alexander Volga, head of the Russia-installed Enerhodar city administration, also said the Ukrainian troops that attempted to land were “blocked and destroyed.” The administration also said at least three local residents were killed and one injured early Thursday from Ukrainian shelling.
He said the fighting had since abated and no “objective obstacles” remained to prevent the visit by the IAEA team, which had crossed a checkpoint in Russia-controlled territory and was expected to soon arrive in Enerhodar.
Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, accused Russia of shelling Enerhodar and the territory of the nuclear power plant in a false flag attack intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s team.
“We are demanding that Russia stop provocations and offer the IAEA unhindered access to the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” said Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh.
Neither side's version of events could immediately be independently verified.
The fighting came as war-torn Ukraine endeavored Thursday to start the new academic year in the best way possible, with civilian areas still under threat of artillery fire and other weaponry — and children still among the victims. Just over half of schools in Ukraine were reopening to in-person education despite the risks.
In other developments:
- A U.S. intelligence assessment said Russia was facing severe manpower shortages as President Vladimir Putin's 6-month campaign in Ukraine rages on.
- North Korea said it was considering sending construction workers to help rebuild parts of Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine that have been battered by the fighting.
- The emergencies agency under the Russia-backed separatist government in the eastern region of Donetsk said 13 emergency responders were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday by Ukrainian shelling in Rubtsi, a village to the east of the city of Izyum in neighboring Kharkiv province. Much of the fighting in recent weeks and months has centered on the area.
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Women weavers power Creyo
Saris by women weavers women from Srikakulam, East Godavari and Narayanpet take centre stage at Creyo, the new entrant at Crafts Council of Telangana’s CCT Spaces in Hyderabad
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Veerabasweswari from East Godavari district and Sandhya from Ponduru, Srikakulam district, are among the women handloom weavers who have travelled to Hyderabad for the inauguration of Creyo, a store at the Crafts Council of Telangana premises CCT Spaces. Creyo will stock saris, fabrics and garments woven by the weaver clusters in East Godavari, Srikakulam and Narayanpet, supported by Chitrika foundation.
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The women beam with pride when they spot saris woven by them at the store. “Many of us come from families of weavers. I grew up watching my mother and other women work at the loom and I took to it naturally. Weaving is a way of life for me, my mother and my mother-in-law,” says Sandhya. Her speciality is the kuppadam weave of Srikakulam, which is an interlocking technique to design temple borders in contrasting colours.
The kuppadam of Srikakulam is different from that of East Godavari in which the interlocking technique plays up contrasting colours, often without the temple border.
Both the women mention that some of the saris woven by their clusters were worn by actor Ritu Varma in the Telugu film Varudu Kavalenu. “Some of the Baahubali team members also picked up our saris,” they add.
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Chitrika foundation has been working with women weavers in Srikakulam, East Godavari and Narayanpet. The label Chitrika, which until now tapped consumers through their online portal (chitrika.in) and exhibitions hosted by Crafts Council, hopes to widen its reach through the Creyo store. Vijaya Switha Grandhi, who founded the label in 2005, says Creyo will act as an umbrella label that will stock products of Chitrika as well as products from small agriculture and dairy farm units in the near future.
In the last few years, Chitrika has roped in textile designers and fashion graduates to tweak the traditional weaves and make them more appealing to urban buyers. Switha and textile designer Samyuktha Gorrepati, who has been closely associated with the organisation, say that the design interventions have helped expand the colour and design palette while retaining the distinct identity of the native weaves. “For example, checks are common in Narayanpet and East Godavari regions. We retained the checks but gradually got the weavers to experiment with a mix of colours,” says Samyuktha.
Similarly, the traditional zari borders were replaced with borders in a pop of colours. A solid, bright border contrasts the gamcha-like small check pattern in a sari. In another, the checks and stripes are used in some portions of the sari while the woven jamdani butas draw attention to the pleats and pallu.
The Srikakulam ballakammi weave, an extra weft technique used to create textured patterns primarily on the pallu, also went in for a change. Samyuktha shows how that technique has been used in the body of the newer saris to create patterns and textures. The colour palette varies from mauves to magentas, turmeric yellows to aqua blues. A traditional sirigadi or small check Srikakulam shirting clothing design served as an inspiration for a few saris.
Samyuktha explains that an additional challenge is to innovate such that designs cannot be easily replicated on a powerloom. She shows a woven buta motif in three colours and says such patterns are tough to copy on the powerloom: “We need to innovate to stay afloat. Colour fastness has also been our USP. A lot of research goes into choosing the dyes and the washing technique to ensure that the clothes do not bleed.”
Some of the women weavers who join the conversation add that they are ready to take on design challenges. “We can weave four to six saris a month if the design is simple and we have help on the loom. Complex designs take more time, but we earn better and we are happy when the saris get sold and we get more orders,” says Veerabasweswari. The women say that they can earn up to ₹12,000 or ₹15,000 a month for weaving four or five saris.
Creyo stocks handloom saris, fabrics and garments such as dresses, crop tops, trousers and tunics. The price ranges from ₹1,500 to ₹9,000.
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California legislators advance plan to extend nuke plant run
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature on Wednesday approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s blueprint to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by up to five years, after he warned the state could face rolling blackouts if its twin reactors were retired too soon.
The Democratic governor has no direct authority over the operating license for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, which sits on a bluff above the Pacific midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The vote opens the way for operator Pacific Gas & Electric to begin a two-pronged effort to seek a longer run for the plant beyond a scheduled closing by 2025, but uncertainties remain and it does not guarantee that will happen.
“I’m not a proponent of the Diablo Canyon power plant. But I am a proponent of keeping the lights on,” said Democratic Assemblymember Chris Holden in arguing for a bill in the midst of a triple-digit heat wave that was stressing the state’s power grid.
Without the plant, nine million Californians are at risk of having their power grid fail, warned Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson in rare agreement with Newsom.
“If we don’t do this, we’re going to have to explain to our constituents why our foolish decisions have created circumstances in which they are compelled to live in a state in which they can’t use their air conditioner,” he said.
The utility needs to obtain permission from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue making electricity beyond 2025, when its license expires, and PG&E also will seek a share of $6 billion the Biden administration has set aside to rescue nuclear plants at risk of closing.
If that federal money doesn’t come through — and some critics believe the plant will not qualify — the state could back out of the deal.
The outcome carried symbolic weight in the birthplace of the modern environmental movement. At issue was whether nuclear power would be embraced as part of a strategy to keep the lights on and rising temperatures in check, despite the highly radioactive waste it leaves behind with no permanent repository to store it. The debate also revived long-running questions about earthquake safety at the site.
The proposal easily passed the state Legislature, with more than two-thirds of the state Assembly and Senate voting just after midnight to send the bill to Newsom. Republican Sen. Brian Dahle, who is Newsom’s opponent in the November election, said he did not vote for the bill because it would raise rates for electricity customers.
“I’m not going to raise the rates on Californians across the board,” Dahle said. “I’m not going to bail the governor out.”
The vote was preceded by days of intense lobbying from environmentalists who wanted the plant closed on schedule, and industry-linked groups that supported Newsom’s recommendation for an extended lifespan.
On Wednesday, the governor’s office was calling wavering legislators, and union members who backed a longer run were reaching out to Senate and Assembly members at the Capitol.
Newsom first floated the idea of a longer lifespan for the reactors in April. His administration argued that Diablo Canyon’s power is essential to avoid shortages at a time when a warming climate is boosting power demand, wildfires sometimes incinerate power lines and a long-running drought has reduced hydropower. An emerging tariff dispute delayed solar and storage projects, administration officials said.
The plan included a $1.4 billion forgivable loan for PG&E.
Newsom has gained national attention for his push to expand clean energy, as the state aims to cut emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. California installed more clean energy capacity in 2021 than in any other year in state history, but administration officials say reliability remains in question as temperatures rise amid climate change.
But environmentalists said that a nuclear plant — generating large amounts of power continuously — is not a solution to fill occasional gaps in supplies, such as when solar power dips after the sun sets.
There was also concern about the aging plant’s safety.
Construction at Diablo Canyon began in the 1960s and critics say potential shaking from nearby earthquake faults not recognized when the design was first approved — one nearby fault was not discovered until 2008 — could damage equipment and release radiation.
Other issues ranged from how ratepayers across the state might be impacted, the risks that came with sidestepping environmental rules and the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel on the site.
A group of Democratic legislators had proposed a rival plan that would speed up development of renewable power and transmission lines, while leaving intact plans to shutter the plant by 2025.
The governor’s late-hour proposal represented an attempt to unspool a complex 2016 agreement among PG&E, environmentalists and plant worker unions to close the reactors by 2025, which Newsom supported at the time as lieutenant governor. The joint decision also was endorsed by California utility regulators, the Legislature and then-Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
Lawmakers have questioned why Newsom dropped the text of his legislation just days before the end of the Legislature’s two-year session, saying it provided virtually no time to carefully review it.
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Blood reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press reporter Don Thompson contributed from Sacramento, Calif. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/01/california-legislators-advance-plan-to-extend-nuke-plant-run-2/ | 2022-09-01T11:14:48Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/01/california-legislators-advance-plan-to-extend-nuke-plant-run-2/ | false |
Tony Mowbray has admitted he’s always been a Sunderland fan since they won the FA Cup in 1973.
The Boro legend has outlined Sunderland’s plan for a return to the Premier League - that lured him away from kickabouts in the garden with his kids. The 58-year-old won his first game in charge 3-0 against Rotherham on Wednesday night after his “whirlwind” succession of Alex Neil, who quit for Stoke on Friday.
He had planned a break from management to see more of his sons after his contract at Blackburn ran out in the summer following their play-off near miss. Mowbray is a Boro legend, and faces the side he captained and managed on Monday night. But he insisted he loves ALL the North East trio of big clubs, because of “the emotion, the passion and people”.
Redcar lad Mowbray said: “It is amazing. Sunderland means a lot to me. All the North East clubs do. I was nine years old living in a council estate in Redcar and Sunderland won the FA Cup in 1973, Ian Porterfield back stick, against mighty Leeds United. I remember jumping up as a Boro fan, phwoar… you had the cane back in those days! I had emotions for it. I just love football. Everyone should want to manage the North East teams because of the emotion and the passion and people. You have to try and feed it and feed off it as players.
“When you manage and play for a working class team, an industrial town, and for centuries people have grafted and got dirt under their fingernails… these footballers have to work for the people who come to watch them. That’s what they will get from this team. We will show we care for the town and people who watch us.”
Mowbray has watched Sunderland and Boro this season, believing his presence at games would not undermine Neil or Chris Wilder because they were going nowhere. He admitted: “I wasn’t expecting or looking to get back into football so quickly. I feel like I needed to get back into football so early. I left Blackburn and talked about spending time with my family, having a rest, smaller days and playing footy in the garden with my kids.
"My head of recruitment at Blackburn came here and I phoned him up and said any chance of a ticket to watch the match so I can get out of the house on a Saturday. If the team was struggling they might think Tony Mowbray is there he must think there is a job coming up. I watched Chris Wilder’s team too. I felt comfortable that I could watch those games, but from nowhere this happened. Here I am and I am very proud.”
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Sunderland have a plan under owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, and that is to bring young talent to the club and develop it. Mowbray explained the vision he has been sold, and with it what appeared a veiled snipe at big-spending Newcastle.
He added: “They are not saying 'win the league this year'. They want to grow incrementally. They don’t want to spend £100m this summer. They want to put quality and talent into the club and let it grow. Let the senior players set the standard, Corry Evans, Danny Batth, good human beings, so kids see how to be a footballer. I hope we can compete.”
Sunderland have signed Abdoullah Ba from Le Havre, while Edouard Michut and Amad Diallo arrived on season-long loans from Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, respectively. Mowbray said: “We are investing in some really young lads. I watched them on presentations from the recruitment department… agile, clever fast footballers. At the right moment put them into a game when the physicality has gone out of it you will see some footballers who will light up the league.
“Statistically my Blackburn were the second youngest side in the league, finished eighth, should have got in the play-offs, but didn’t. You can drive young players if they have a growth mindset and look you in the eye and want to play in the Premier League and want to be better.
"They listen and work and understand after being the best player in their district, and having it easy, they have to run and fight. They have a manager who will shout and be on their case and drive them. Football isn’t just about running and dribbling it is about character, personality, passion and drive.
The veteran ex-Celtic, and West Brom boss added: “When you have a club like this and a fanbase like this your stomach feels for the fans. You want the team to score, create, whizz the ball across the box and get the fans having a good night coming to enjoy the football. We have some really talented footballers and I will enjoy working with them. If it is not broken don’t try to fix it. I am conscious of that.” | https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/tony-mowbray-sunderland-boss-newcastle-27882960 | 2022-09-01T11:21:57Z | https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/tony-mowbray-sunderland-boss-newcastle-27882960 | true |
'Penelope humbled Kylie!' Kourtney Kardashian's daughter, 10, makes a dig about her aunt's billion dollar cosmetics brand in unearthed clip
Kylie Jenner was the youngest billionaire on Forbes' 2020 list.
However it didn't take much to bring her back down to earth, with the help from her niece Penelope Disick who quickly 'humbled' her aunt in an unearthed clip.
The youngster, 10, made a comment about Kylie's billion dollar cosmetics brand in a funny clip which has come to light again in recent days on Reddit.
Harsh! Kylie Jenner was the youngest billionaire on Forbes' 2020 list but it didn't take much to bring her back down to earth, with the help from her niece Penelope Disick
The video, which was originally aired in scenes from Keeping Up With The Kardashians in 2019, Penelope threw shade at Kylie Cosmetics.
In the Clip, Penelope's father Scott Disick is chatting to his ex-girlfriend and mother of his children's sisters, Khloe and Kim Kardashian.
Recalling a conversation which took place while he, Penelope and Kylie were chilling in a hot tub, he said Kylie told Penelope: 'Listen I've always loved you but honestly, now's the time to really start bonding with me.
Haha! The youngster, 10, made a comment about Kylie's billion dollar cosmetics brand in a funny clip which has come to light again in recent day
'Because trust me, Kylie Cosmetics could be yours one day.'
He goes on: 'And P looks at her and goes, '"Yeah Poosh Cosmetics does have a better ring.'', which is the name of her mom's lifestyle website.
Fans admitted they loved that Penelope 'humbled' Kylie in the hilarious clip.
Coming for her crown? The video, which was originally aired in scenes from Keeping Up With The Kardashians in 2019, Penelope threw shade at Kylie Cosmetics
It comes as Kourtney found herself facing online criticism after Penelope recently starred in a makeup tutorial on their shared TikTok.
Penelope put on concealer and then blended it before adding lip gloss, eye shadow and mascara in the clip, which has since been taken down.
'Well when you grow up in a house full of vain women,' one Twitter user remarked, claiming that 'I didn't even think about using makeup until I was 16 years old.'
Blowback: It comes as Kourtney found herself facing online criticism after Penelope recently starred in a makeup tutorial on their shared TikTok
Another social media commentator jokingly expressed horror that the Kardashians' beauty obsession is 'spreading to the children. Someone call the CDC!'
Still another Twitter user objected to the fact that Penelope had time to become so knowledgeable about makeup, asking: 'Do these kids ever study?'
Penelope's video had its defenders too, one of whom wrote: 'penelope disick being more put together at age 10 then i will ever be my entire life. slay queen i guess'.
Although Penelope is the star of the TikTok account, it is billed as 'Kourtney-Penelope,' indicating her mother's involvement.
Kourtney shares her three children — Mason, 12, Penelope, and Reign, seven — with her ex-fiancé Scott.
Hello, gorgeous: Kourtney is pictured in a recent Insta Story posted from Ohio
Criticism: 'Well when you grow up in a house full of vain women,' one Twitter user remarked, claiming that 'I didn't even think about using makeup until I was 16 years old'
'Slay queen I guess': Penelope's video had its defenders too, one of whom wrote: 'penelope disick being more put together at age 10 then i will ever be my entire life' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11168597/Kourtney-Kardashians-daughter-10-makes-dig-Kylie-Cosmetics.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-01T11:26:48Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11168597/Kourtney-Kardashians-daughter-10-makes-dig-Kylie-Cosmetics.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet leader's funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin’s ambivalence about Gorbachev’s legacy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia’s westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Mikhail Gorbachev’s body is kept before Saturday’s funeral to lay flowers at his coffin.
“Regrettably, the president’s working schedule wouldn’t allow him to do that on Saturday, so he decided to do that today,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife Raisa after a farewell ceremony will be held at the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions, a historic mansion near the Kremlin that has served as the venue for state funerals since Soviet times.
Asked if Gorbachev will be given a state funeral, Peskov said the funeral will have “elements” of state funeral, such as honorary guards, and the government will help organize them. He wouldn’t elaborate how the ceremony will differ from a full-fledged state funeral.
Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral's status reflect the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. The late leader has been lauded in the West by putting an end to the Cold War but reviled by many at home for actions that led to the 1991 Soviet collapse and plunged millions into poverty.
While avoiding explicit personal criticism of Gorbachev, Putin in the past repeatedly blamed him for failing to secure written commitments from the West that would rule out NATO’s expansion eastward — an issue that became a major irritant in Russia-West ties for decades and fomented tensions that exploded when the Russian leader sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In Wednesday's telegram of condolences released by the Kremlin, Putin praised Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.”
“He led the country during difficult and dramatic changes, amid large-scale foreign policy, economic and society challenges,” Putin said. “He deeply realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions for the acute problems.”
The Kremlin's ambivalent view of Gorbachev was mirrored by state television broadcasts, which paid tribute to Gorbachev as a historic figure but described his reforms as poorly planned and held him responsible for failing to safeguard the country’s interests in dialogue with the West.
The criticism echoed earlier assessments by Putin, who has famously lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.”
On Wednesday, Peskov said that Gorbachev was an “extraordinary” statesman who will “always remain in the country’s history,” but noted what he described as his idealistic view of the West.
“Gorbachev gave an impulse for ending the Cold War and he sincerely wanted to believe that it would be over and an eternal romance would start between the renewed Soviet Union and the collective West,” Peskov said. “This romanticism failed to materialize. The bloodthirsty nature of our opponents has come to light, and it’s good that we realized that in time.”
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CHARLOTTESVILLE – Chris Peace can recall looking up at the scoreboard in the fourth quarter of Virginia’s 2016 football loss to FCS Richmond and tapping teammate Andrew Brown on the shoulder as reality set in.
“I said, ‘Bro, I don’t think we have enough time to come back in this one,’” Peace, a sophomore outside linebacker on that team, said this week. “I just remember thinking, ‘Dog. We’re about to lose to Richmond.’ And it’s no disrespect to them. But you don’t want to be that Power Five team that gets upset. No one likes it. It’s embarrassing.”
The 37-20 defeat to the Spiders came in the debut game for coach Bronco Mendenhall, hired away from BYU to revive the floundering UVa program. The team would finish 2-10 that season, before Mendenhall turned things around.
Virginia went 34-28 the next five years, winning an ACC Coastal Division title in 2019 and reaching its first-ever Orange Bowl.
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After the discouraging, lifeless home loss to open the 2016 season, leaders like Peace, safety Quin Blanding and linebacker Micah Kiser pushed “a new standard,” putting in more offseason work, holding teammates accountable and “going all in on the Mendenhall way,” said Peace, who now works at an investment firm in Crozet.
“We needed that loss, that losing year,” said Blanding, a junior safety on the team that lost to Richmond. “We had to really destroy all the bad habits that we had before and truly be that new standard that we were trying to be.”
Mendenhall unexpectedly resigned following last season and, Saturday at Scott Stadium, his successor – former Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott – will coach is first game leading the Cavaliers.
He’ll do so, coincidentally, against Richmond.
And while Mendenhall’s program used the deflating loss to the Spiders as a building block for future success, Elliott is hoping to kick off his tenure in a more positive fashion.
“They get a chance to set the legacy and the standards and the expectations for what Virginia football looks like this year and moving forward,” Elliott said this week, when asked if his players would be emotionally up for a matchup with Richmond.
While similarities abound, there are significant differences between the circumstances surrounding the two coaches’ debuts.
Mendenhall took over a program that had suffered four straight losing seasons, while Elliott inherits a team that has been bowl eligible each of the past five years and is just three seasons removed from a division title.
“It’s a different mindset now,” said Blanding. “We were getting a new coach because we were losing. They’re getting a new coach after Coach Mendenhall stepped away. They still have the mindset of winning.”
After 2016, Virginia didn’t lose to another FCS team in Mendenhall’s tenure. Peace and Blanding vividly recall intense practices the following season as the Cavaliers prepared for their opener against William & Mary.
“We were like, ‘Alright. We’re not having a repeat here,’” said Blanding, a three-time All-ACC selection who now works in medical sales in Boston. “The following year was when we were ready to make a statement.”
Darrius Bratton, a sixth-year senior safety this season, was a freshman in 2017, the year after the Richmond disaster. He can recall the intensity of the upper classmen during the week of preparation for the William & Mary opener.
“They just wanted to set the example that there is no team that we should put behind us,” said Bratton. “We should treat every team like they're the best team that we're gonna play that year.”
That’s the mindset UVa’s players said they’ll bring to the field Saturday against Richmond.
“Our first goal as a team, focus on this first game, win it,” said star quarterback Brennan Armstrong. “That’s a great start to the season, great start to Coach Elliot's career here. There’s no other option besides winning the game.” | https://richmond.com/sports/college/as-it-did-in-bronco-mendenhalls-2016-debut-uva-opens-the-tony-elliott-era-against/article_4a6fd869-361a-5eb2-be77-46952634ee3a.html | 2022-09-01T11:29:17Z | https://richmond.com/sports/college/as-it-did-in-bronco-mendenhalls-2016-debut-uva-opens-the-tony-elliott-era-against/article_4a6fd869-361a-5eb2-be77-46952634ee3a.html | false |
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has joined hands with Mae Fah Luang Foundation to launch a forest carbon credit management campaign to achieve sustainable development.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mae Fah Luang Foundation under the Royal Patronage on a new campaign pursuant to Thailand’s net-zero greenhouse gas emission goal by 2065.
The two will work together to develop market mechanisms for carbon credit transactions in Thailand, as well as to promote Thailand as a carbon credit transaction hub.
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa said the ministry will be implementing the royal initiatives of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, in terms of forest development and community forests.
He said Thailand has been allowing the private sector to participate in the reforestation and greenhouse gas reduction efforts, with 15 active campaigns now cutting 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year.
Combined with the efforts of Mae Fah Luang Foundation, the ministry expects to help absorb greenhouse gases in 160,000 hectares (1 million rai) of forest land, benefitting some 1,100 communities nationwide
Mae Fah Luang Foundation CEO Dispanadda Diskul said the foundation has been working with the Royal Forest Department’s Community Forest Management Bureau and 32 local communities in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, and Phayao. These forest management efforts have helped some 18,000 villagers understand how carbon credits work, which in turn encourages them to protect the forests instead of destroying them. (NNT) | https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-sets-net-zero-greenhouse-gas-emission-goal-by-2065-408630 | 2022-09-01T11:29:40Z | https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-sets-net-zero-greenhouse-gas-emission-goal-by-2065-408630 | true |
Pilots are picketing. Passenger complaints are up while stock prices are down. The federal government wants to tighten protections for ticket holders.
Savanthi Syth, an analyst at financial firm Raymond James, said the coming months should bring a period of relief before passenger demand picks up around Thanksgiving. It also gives airlines more time to replenish and train a workforce that was downsized during the pandemic.
“Things should continue to improve because the staffing levels are continuing to improve,” Syth said. “As you get to the fall, not only are you not flying as much, you probably have more space on your planes to accommodate passengers if you have an issue.”
For all the dissatisfaction, Americans have had a love-hate relationship with airlines this year: After two years of travel crimped by the pandemic, millions of passengers were willing to shell out more for airfare, which briefly rose above an average of $400, according to travel booking app Hopper. Fares have eased in recent weeks, but are expected to creep back up as the winter holidays approach.
Many of the industry’s problems stem from a workforce whose ranks were thinned in 2020. Airlines shed thousands of workers when the pandemic ravaged their business and have struggled to rehire quickly enough as demand for flights has surged. Before the pandemic, labor leaders say, carriers relied heavily on overtime — long hours that employees are now less willing to work. The coronavirus is also still circulating, leading to higher rates of sick calls.
The heavily unionized airline industry delayed contract talks with organized labor during the pandemic, but the two sides are back at the table. And with support for unions growing across the economy, major organizations representing flight attendants and pilots are taking a more assertive stance, trying to address grievances they say date to before the pandemic.
On Thursday, pilots at multiple carriers represented by the Air Line Pilots Association were set to picket at a dozen airports across the country. The Allied Pilots Union, which represents crews at American Airlines, plans to picket at the carrier’s headquarters.
“Aviation workers fought to keep the airline industry afloat through significant federal taxpayer support,” said Joe DePete, an airline captain and the ALPA president. “Unfortunately, some airlines squandered the opportunity to adequately plan for post-pandemic flying, and the result has been unprecedented flight delays and cancellations.”
When the initial spread of the coronavirus threatened to tank the aviation industry, Congress stepped in with more than $50 billion in aid to protect jobs. But the assistance also raised lawmakers’ expectations of airlines — goals that carriers have often been unable to meet.
Around the beginning of the year, the omicron variant swept through airline workforces while triggering an extended meltdown around Christmas and New Year’s Day, pushing up flight cancellation rates through February. Airlines have recovered somewhat since then.
Since the beginning of Memorial Day weekend, about 50,000 flights operated by U.S. carriers have been canceled, according to figures from data service FlightAware. Another 500,000 flights were late, with an average delay of 52 minutes.
The delays and cancellations translated into millions of travelers with stories of missed graduations, fitful nights on airport floors or vacations all but ruined.
Tina Hemme was looking forward to a summer cycling vacation in France and Scotland with her family. Her luggage was lost on the way there, not to be seen again until the 62-year-old returned home to Florida.
Hemme’s flight back to the United States in mid-July was delayed more than four hours. She arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport long after missing a connection to Tampa. She got a few hours of sleep at a hotel — and found nowhere open to buy food the next morning. At one point, Hemme opened a box of chocolates she bought someone as a souvenir.
“I’m still angry over it,” she said. “I want to put it to bed and get on with my life.”
There are still days marked by waves of delays — often triggered by bad weather, then exacerbated by airlines’ internal struggles — but there are signs of improving performance. The worst meltdowns of late spring and early summer have ended, said David Dague, an airline industry expert and principal at management consulting firm Arthur D. Little.
“You’ve got weather, you have labor, you have all these things that come together,” Dague said. “They’ve been able to adjust.”
Dague said airlines have been hiring new employees and working to serve more passengers, even as problems wrought by the pandemic continue to linger.
Some carriers have fared better than others. Southwest Airlines, which had a large number of delays and cancellations last year, had the lowest cancellation rate this summer among the four domestic carriers that dominate the industry. Airline officials say Southwest returned to 2019 employee levels this summer, while paring back its schedule.
In contrast, American Airlines employed about 5,400 fewer full-time workers as of June when compared to February 2020, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The carrier has canceled more than 10,000 flights since the beginning of Memorial Day weekend — almost double that of other big carriers.
Executives at American pointed to a link between operational challenges, including staffing, and the ability to craft complex schedules far in advance.
“Sometimes we just don’t know which flights will and won’t operate, because we don’t know how many airplanes and pilots and mechanics and ground staff we’ll have to be able to support the schedule. So a flight may or may not operate,” Brian Znotins, American’s vice president of network and schedule planning, said in a company video.
The perception that airlines have become unreliable is also deterring some would-be travelers.
Stacey M. Mumbower, an assistant professor of management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, said her parents have not flown since the pandemic began. While they are eager to resume flying, she said reports of cancellations and other disruptions have left them worried about being stranded. She advised them not to be discouraged from venturing out.
“I told them to travel early in the morning, try to take a direct flight if you can, instead of a connection,” said Mumbower, who also urged them to pack a carry-on with essentials.
Summer travel problems have made airlines a target for lawmakers, consumer advocacy groups and the Transportation Department. In June, the agency said it received 5,862 airline complaints from consumers, up more than a third from May, and more than triple what it received in June 2019.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote earlier this month to airline chief executives ahead of Labor Day weekend, calling recent delays “unacceptable.” He outlined a plan to post a comparison of airlines’ customer service plans online to aid travelers.
In response, nine of the nation’s 10 biggest airlines said they are strengthening commitments on how to treat customers whose flights are canceled due to circumstances under the control of carriers, senior administration officials said.
Those public pledges, published Thursday by the Transportation Department, show nine airlines guarantee they will rebook a passenger at no cost on the same airline, and five will rebook them free on another airline. Nine airlines say they will provide a meal or voucher — not just a snack — if a cancellation causes at least a three-hour delay.
The Transportation Department has also proposed rules to clarify what it means for a flight to be significantly delayed or canceled, while also seeking to create protections for passengers who contract the coronavirus or other transmissible illnesses. Buttigieg has said more new rules are possible.
It’s for airlines’ “own good, to have people have just a little more confidence and a little more sense of being taken care of by airlines,” Buttigieg said in an interview. Airlines “make a lot of money when times are good and then because of their economic importance, they get a lot of help when times are bad.”
Some consumer advocates, labor leaders and some lawmakers are pushing for more action, using the current wave of dissatisfaction to push for more wholesale changes.
Congress next year is due to update a law that governs the Federal Aviation Administration and shapes how airlines are regulated. Jockeying already has begun, with some Democratic lawmakers proposing to write more generous refund rules into law.
On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 38 state attorneys general called on congressional leaders to empower them to enforce state and federal consumer protection laws affecting the airline industry, saying the Transportation Department has proven “unable or unwilling to hold the airline industry accountable.” They wrote that Congress should also consider shifting such oversight to an agency “more primarily focused on consumer protection, such as the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission.”
Some consumer advocates are also exploring the idea, saying federal transportation officials are overmatched after summer travel woes exposed holes in how consumers are treated.
“Right now, the only cop on the beat is the Department of Transportation,” said John Breyault, a vice president at the National Consumers League. “It needs additional help.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/09/01/summer-air-travel-airlines/ | 2022-09-01T11:30:01Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/09/01/summer-air-travel-airlines/ | false |
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan shot down a civilian drone that entered its airspace off an island just miles from China’s coast Thursday, raising fears of a military conflict as Taipei pushes back against increased Chinese intimidation.
The incident comes after weeks of heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August, which enraged Beijing. Beijing claims the self-governed democracy of 24 million people is part of China despite the fact that the ruling Chinese Communist Party has never controlled Taiwan.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched military exercises simulating a blockade of Taiwan after Pelosi left and fired missiles over its main island. Taiwan’s military has reported an uptick in PLA military aircraft crossing the midpoint of the Taiwan Strait, an informal barrier between Taiwan and China that had been respected for years.
China also appears to be ramping up what are known as gray zone tactics — coercive actions that stop short of outright conflict — aimed at testing the Taiwanese military as well as intimidating citizens. Taiwanese officials reported at least 25 drone incursions during the month of August. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Taiwan’s military reported firing warning shots at drones that approached offshore Taiwanese islands.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has said that he was “not surprised” to see Chinese drones flying over “Chinese territory.” On Wednesday, Zhao added, “the act of the Taiwan authorities to heighten tensions does not mean anything.”
Su Tzu-yun, a military analyst at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research in Taiwan, said the increased number of drones entering Kinmen is part of China’s psychological warfare.
“On the one hand it is propaganda aimed at the Chinese audience and on the other it is a way to defeat the morale of the people in Taiwan,” he said.
In a speech Tuesday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called on the military to respond to China’s intimidation tactics without risking further escalation. Taiwan’s military stresses it follows a principle of “preparing for war but not seeking war,” but some fear escalation may be inevitable.
“I’m worried about what would the Chinese Communist Party do next. They might send more drones or order civilian vessels to encircle our offshore islands and force us to use heavier weapons to react,” said Chieh Chung, an assistant professor at Tamkang University’s Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies.
“That could raise the risks of involving other Chinese ships in the vicinity, which could become an excuse for the Chinese to launch larger military operations against Taiwan,” he said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/01/taiwan-drone-china-tensions/ | 2022-09-01T11:30:25Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/01/taiwan-drone-china-tensions/ | false |
NPR talks with Jackson State University President Thomas Hudson about longstanding problems with the Jackson, Miss., water system that preceded flood damage to the city's water supply.
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NPR talks with Jackson State University President Thomas Hudson about longstanding problems with the Jackson, Miss., water system that preceded flood damage to the city's water supply.
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CFO for AIOne, Inc. to create new companies to form an ecosystem of networks and to reward influencer efforts.
The business world is driven by buying and selling transactions—also known as commerce. Today, the business world sees technological advances and societal changes driving an e-commerce boom. Amazon is one of the leaders in e-commerce today, shaping consumer expectations of fast deliveries, instant order acknowledgments, and increased communication from ordering to delivery. Amazon isn’t the only one to watch as the global e-commerce market as a whole is expected to grow “from 3.3 trillion today to 5.4 trillion by 2026.” In my experience as a former CFO and now chief solutions architect, there are several possibilities for the future of e-commerce. I touch on a few of them in this piece, but the possibilities extend even further.
The future of e-commerce could see the blend of building communities of buyers and sellers rallied around specific interests or specialized business segments. This could lead to more options for consumers to interact with sellers and other consumers. You may see a shift from a centralized, dominant company platform to an e-commerce platform that hosts various sellers using decentralized technology, including blockchain, where everyone can access the transactions in real time on a distributed ledger.
Social media companies can enable buying and selling in these communities of buyers by connecting sellers to potential buyers to drive sales through e-commerce platforms. Influencers on social media can raise awareness of products and services to influence the purchases made by their followers. Instead of buyers browsing an online catalog, they may be posting stories about the product or service; they could be reading product reviews or interacting with those who already own the product; the buying and selling could take on these elements of social media where people might comment about products and services. E-commerce companies could use the power of word-of-mouth advertising and apply it by leveraging social media. Some influencers could create a network of multiple influences on sales, creating more employment and offering new sales channels to companies selling products and services.
New investor-funded e-commerce companies will also help meet the anticipated demands. And according to Morgan Stanley, “For investors, the e-commerce boom will likely continue, offering opportunities for gains across multiple businesses, regions, and verticals—and at a time when recent stock valuations don’t necessarily reflect that growth.”
I hear arguments about “why use blockchain technology when you can easily use a traditional database?” We live in a time where we do not trust easily. One way to potentially improve trust in transaction data is to make sharing those records publicly on a blockchain available to all stakeholders. Transparency is created by linking blocks of data to allow people to confirm transactions. Those secured transactions tell the story of the data by putting the data in multiple hands at once.
For example, a transaction is written to a blockchain if the buyer places an order for a bottle of wine. A winery accepts that order, and that transaction is written to the blockchain so the buyer and winery can see what is going on as the transactions are connected. When the winery ships the wine, that shipment record is written to the blockchain. When the buyer receives the wine from the seller, that transaction is written to the blockchain. These digital supply chain transactions are recorded in a time series to document the process and provide vital information to each person in the transaction. Blockchain can also link payments through smart contracts and digital wallets based on these supply chain transactions.
Blockchain could help bring about the democratization of the internet through decentralization and more commerce opportunities for the average person, whether found in community buyer circles led by influencers or elsewhere.
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The company that oversees Ukraine's nuclear power plants said shelling by Russian forces triggered a shutdown at one of the reactors at the Zaporizhzhia plant, underscoring the risks faced by a team of U.N. inspectors that was heading there Thursday to assess its safety.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, led by its director Rafael Grossi, set off for the Russia-held nuclear power plant — Europe's largest — despite the heavy shelling for which Ukraine and Russia trade blame.
Ukraine’s Enerhoatom said Russian mortar shelling led to the shutdown of one of its reactors by its emergency protection system. Shelling also damaged a backup power supply line used for in-house needs, and one of the plant’s reactors that wasn’t operating was switched to diesel generators, the company said.
“There has been increased military activity, including this morning until very recently," Grossi said, adding that after being briefed by the Ukrainian military he decided to get moving despite the inherent risks. “But weighing the pros and cons and having come so far, we are not stopping.”
He noted that the risks are “very, very high” in the so-called grey zone between Ukrainian and Russian positions, but “we consider that we have the minimum conditions to move."
A spokesman for the IAEA later said that the mission has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontline for some three hours, adding that Grossi "has personally negotiated with Ukrainian military authorities to be able to proceed and he remains determined that this important mission reaches the ZNPP today.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant has been occupied by Russian forces but run by Ukrainian engineers since the early days of the 6-month-old war. Ukraine alleges Russia is using the plant as a shield, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the area.
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Fighting in early March caused a brief fire at its training complex, and in recent days, the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of damage, heightening fears of a radiation leak or a reactor meltdown. Officials have begun distributing anti-radiation iodine tablets to nearby residents.
“We have a very important mission to accomplish,” Grossi said, adding that “we are going to start immediately an assessment of the security and the safety situation at the plant.”
"I am going to consider the possibility of establishing a continued presence of the IAEA at the plant, which we believe is indispensable to stabilize the situation and to get regular, reliable, impartial, neutral updates of what the situation is there,” he said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces unleashed an artillery barrage of the area and then sent a group of up to 60 scouts to try to seize control of the nuclear plant.
It said the Ukrainian troops arrived in seven speedboats, landing three kilometers northeast of the plant on the left bank of the Dnieper River and tried to seize it. The ministry said Russian forces “took steps to destroy the enemy,” engaging warplanes. Russia's military said its forces also destroyed two barges carrying Ukrainian troops who attempted to land near the plant.
“The provocation by the Kyiv regime is intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s group at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” a ministry statement said.
Alexander Volga, head of the Russia-installed Enerhodar city administration, also said the Ukrainian troops that attempted to land were “blocked and destroyed.” The administration also said at least three local residents were killed and one injured early Thursday from Ukrainian shelling.
He said the fighting had since abated and no “objective obstacles” remained to prevent the visit by the IAEA team, which had crossed a checkpoint in Russia-controlled territory and was expected to soon arrive in Enerhodar.
Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, accused Russia of shelling Enerhodar and the territory of the nuclear power plant in a false flag attack intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s team.
“We are demanding that Russia stop provocations and offer the IAEA unhindered access to the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” said Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh.
Neither side's version of events could immediately be independently verified.
The fighting came as war-torn Ukraine endeavored Thursday to start the new academic year in the best way possible, with civilian areas still under threat of artillery fire and other weaponry — and children still among the victims. Just over half of schools in Ukraine were reopening to in-person education despite the risks.
In other developments:
- A U.S. intelligence assessment said Russia was facing severe manpower shortages as President Vladimir Putin's 6-month campaign in Ukraine rages on.
- North Korea said it was considering sending construction workers to help rebuild parts of Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine that have been battered by the fighting.
- The emergencies agency under the Russia-backed separatist government in the eastern region of Donetsk said 13 emergency responders were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday by Ukrainian shelling in Rubtsi, a village to the east of the city of Izyum in neighboring Kharkiv province. Much of the fighting in recent weeks and months has centered on the area. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/un-inspectors-head-to-ukraine-nuclear-plant-despite-fighting/3061994/ | 2022-09-01T11:35:55Z | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/un-inspectors-head-to-ukraine-nuclear-plant-despite-fighting/3061994/ | true |
Syracuse University is considering whether it should rescind the honorary degree it awarded to former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in 1989 when he spoke at the commencement exercises at the university’s College of Law. According to The Daily Orange, the independent student newspaper at Syracuse, Chancellor Kent Syverud has already discussed the potential action with the University’s Board of Trustees.
In April, the Syracuse University Student Association sent a resolution to the University Senate recommending that the university rescind Giuliani’s honorary doctorate from Syracuse University’s College of Law. The University Senate passed the resolution calling on the Board of Trustees to revoke the degree, with 76% voting in favor, 11% opposing and 13% abstaining.
Leaders of the Student Bar Association (SBA) at Syracuse have also called for the degree to be rescinded. “When he received his honorary degree back in 1989, he might have portrayed the values or initiatives of the school then,” said Mazzy Kaila, executive president of SBA, last November. “I don’t think there’s any room for that now.”
Both the University of Rhode Island and Middlebury College have already revoked the honorary degrees they awarded to Giuliani, citing his leading role in the campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and other instances of misconduct.
Drexel University also rescinded an honorary degree it gave to Giuliani, claiming that “the totality of Mr. Giuliani’s recent actions, which have led to the suspension of his license to practice law, include repeated unfounded claims of widespread election fraud, have significantly contributed to undermining the public’s faith in our democratic institutions and in the integrity of our judicial system, and stand in clear opposition to Drexel’s values.”
But Syracuse is among the universities that have yet to revoke honorary degrees conferred to the former mayor, who has recently been named as a target of a criminal investigation into election interference in Georgia.
According to the Daily Orange’s reporting, Syverud said the board has debated whether to rescind the degree, and has asked him to look into how Syracuse’s peer institutions revoke honorary degrees and recommend a standard procedure for the university to follow.
Syverud is expected to present his draft recommendation to the board at the executive committee meeting in September. He indicated that the full board will likely vote on the matter in November.
Should the Board of Trustees vote to rescind Giuliani’s honorary degree, it would be the first time in its history that Syracuse University has taken such an action. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/09/01/will-syracuse-university-yank-rudy-giulianis-honorary-degree/ | 2022-09-01T11:36:51Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/09/01/will-syracuse-university-yank-rudy-giulianis-honorary-degree/ | true |
By Amine Rahal, entrepreneur & writer. Amine is the CEO of IronMonk, a digital marketing agency specializing in SEO.
When we start an entrepreneurial project, we naturally feel a great abundance of energy—that adrenaline rush that starts as soon as we wake up and gets us up on our feet and ready to roll in an instant.
But what if we suddenly feel detached from our business plan? When we started, we were in love with the idea of turning our dream into reality, and for it to materialize in the form of success and riches. It drove us forward, made us make significant life changes and compelled us to work on it every day.
I’ve been through my share of ups and downs as an entrepreneur myself, and I’ve had to abandon some of my projects over the years. Simply put, not every entrepreneurial project is a million-dollar idea. Here are my top signs that maybe you should call it quits.
1. Your growth has faltered.
When you launch a startup, growth is fundamental to keep your business afloat and to give you the belief and conviction that this is working and going somewhere. When growth begins to stumble, you need to rethink a few things to see if you can get this important factor back on track.
You may need to rethink the product or services you are marketing. Maybe there's some tuning up that you can do to improve the product. Or maybe you need to look for new channels to direct your marketing campaigns.
If the above hasn’t worked, maybe you need to reassess what your best and most successful product should look like. It might not be a dramatic change in product or services, but you may need to make some changes, even at the cost of more expenses.
2. Your customer needs are different.
You need to ask this question periodically, even when sales are good. There may be another market for a product you might be missing out on—especially something that is related. When I co-founded my precious metals IRA company, we quickly realized that cryptocurrencies were going to be a big thing for investors.
We asked ourselves, "what are our investors' needs right now that we are not catering to?" If we hadn't, we would have missed that opportunity altogether or we would have gotten on the bandwagon way too late.
3. You need full-time help.
Depending on if you are still in the early stages of your startup or if you are in a more developed stage, this can mean different things to you. For early-stage startups, you are going to need to outsource certain tasks. True, this costs you money you may not have an abundance of, but it will also free your time up.
Outsourcing allows you to save time to do the job but also to save time you would need to learn the skills for the tasks. Getting the help you need is fundamental at every stage of your business.
Sometimes full-time helps pay for more than you might think. For entrepreneurs in more developed stages of their business, full-time help may be something you're lacking in order to do more administrative and mechanical work. Free yourself for the imaginative aspect; it's ideas that make money.
4. You’re suddenly looking at other projects.
This is an important message you need to listen to. Are you finding yourself too lazy to get up in the morning? When you are fully in love with your project, the energy you have as soon as you open your eyes is amazing. If you lose it, your heart is telling you something.
Are you losing interest in the actions you have to take to make your project successful? Some jobs can be tiresome or trivial, but when you have your goal in mind, you do them with a light heart. These and other signs may lead you to start looking at other projects.
Don't resist too much. If the path you took is the wrong one, it's cheaper in time and money to change track as soon as you realize it.
In 2009, I moved to China to provide digital marketing services to Chinese companies looking to expand into the U.S. I was there for a little more than a year when I realized it was not right for me. In fact, I was looking at other projects. And so IronMonk was born, and I haven’t regretted it since.
5. You begrudge the sacrifices made on your startup.
Having resentment for the choices you made can be a good or a bad thing. The bad is that these feelings can produce negative thoughts and lead you to stray away from your cherished project. Keep these thoughts in check. Remember, we all make choices—some for the good, some for the bad.
In either case, it leads to experience, and therefore it can be a good feeling. If we use resentment to learn from our mistakes rather than torture or punish ourselves, we can avoid the same mistake and make better choices in the future.
All entrepreneurs that I have met throughout my travels have some or all of the issues mentioned above at some point in their journey. What counts is that you can stay focused and keep your target in mind.
At the same time, be flexible, and allow yourself to change your target or the way you want to achieve your goals. Of course, we also need to have some grit—nothing valuable is easy. So, don't lose heart when things get tough. If you love what you do, it can only be right for you.
But understand when you may have fallen out of love with your once dream project, and be flexible enough to see it if the time comes. If abandoning your project is what needs to happen, don’t be afraid to take that course of action. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2022/09/01/5-signs-you-might-want-to-rethink-your-entrepreneurial-project/ | 2022-09-01T11:38:09Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2022/09/01/5-signs-you-might-want-to-rethink-your-entrepreneurial-project/ | false |
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Rebels in the northern Ethiopian region say forces from both countries have begun a "massive" attack on their positions. Fighting in the nearly two-year conflict resumed last week after a monthslong lull.
Rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said on Thursday that Ethiopian and Eritrean forces had launched a joint offensive in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, with heavy shelling reported in some areas.
"The enemy, having already relocated a massive military force to Eritrea, has now begun a joint campaign with the foreign invading force of Eritrea to brutalize and exterminate the people of Tigray," the rebels' military command said in a statement.
TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda said on Twitter that the rebels were "defending their positions" and reported "heavy shelling" from some locations.
The claims have not been independently verified, largely owing to a communications blackout and severely restricted access in the region. Neither the Ethiopian nor the Eritrean governments have immediately responded to agency requests for comment.
The rebel claims come after both sides accused each other of extending their military operations into areas not affected by initial clashes in the almost two-year conflict, which were concentrated on Tigray's southeastern border.
Ground clashes and air raids between government forces and TPLF rebels resumed last week after a five-month lull.
A humanitarian worker in the Tigrayan town of Shire told Reuters news agency that there had been eyewitness reports of cross-border shelling on Wednesday. He said one witness had spoken of heavy artillery shelling in the town of Sheraro near the Eritrean border that had started at around 4:30 a.m. (0130 UTC) on Thursday.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent government troops into Tigray in November 2020 in response to what he said were TPLF attacks on federal army camps.
The TPLF recaptured most of Tigray in June 2021 and expanded into Afar and Amhara. The conflict then became stalemated.
Abiy only later admitted to the deployment of Eritrean troops in the conflict.
The war has cost the lives of an unknown numbers of civilians and left millions in need of humanitarian aid.
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Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet leader’s funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin’s ambivalence about Gorbachev’s legacy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia’s westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Mikhail Gorbachev’s body is kept before Saturday’s funeral to lay flowers at his coffin.
“Regrettably, the president’s working schedule wouldn’t allow him to do that on Saturday, so he decided to do that today,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife Raisa after a farewell ceremony will be held at the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions, a historic mansion near the Kremlin that has served as the venue for state funerals since Soviet times.
Asked if Gorbachev will be given a state funeral, Peskov said the funeral will have “elements” of state funeral, such as honorary guards, and the government will help organize them. He wouldn’t elaborate how the ceremony will differ from a full-fledged state funeral.
Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral’s status reflect the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. The late leader has been lauded in the West by putting an end to the Cold War but reviled by many at home for actions that led to the 1991 Soviet collapse and plunged millions into poverty.
While avoiding explicit personal criticism of Gorbachev, Putin in the past repeatedly blamed him for failing to secure written commitments from the West that would rule out NATO’s expansion eastward — an issue that became a major irritant in Russia-West ties for decades and fomented tensions that exploded when the Russian leader sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In Wednesday’s telegram of condolences released by the Kremlin, Putin praised Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.”
“He led the country during difficult and dramatic changes, amid large-scale foreign policy, economic and society challenges,” Putin said. “He deeply realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions for the acute problems.”
The Kremlin’s ambivalent view of Gorbachev was mirrored by state television broadcasts, which paid tribute to Gorbachev as a historic figure but described his reforms as poorly planned and held him responsible for failing to safeguard the country’s interests in dialogue with the West.
The criticism echoed earlier assessments by Putin, who has famously lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.”
On Wednesday, Peskov said that Gorbachev was an “extraordinary” statesman who will “always remain in the country’s history,” but noted what he described as his idealistic view of the West.
“Gorbachev gave an impulse for ending the Cold War and he sincerely wanted to believe that it would be over and an eternal romance would start between the renewed Soviet Union and the collective West,” Peskov said. “This romanticism failed to materialize. The bloodthirsty nature of our opponents has come to light, and it’s good that we realized that in time.”
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With inflation at a 40-year high, the price of everything from energy bills and car fuel, to food and housing has surged this year. Now i is finding out how people across the UK are surviving the cost of living crisis.
This week we speak to Leona Thompson, 40, from Oxford, who is pregnant with her third child and is struggling to see how her family will cope with rising energy bills from October.
Leona Thompson, 40, lives in Oxford, with her partner and two children. She is pregnant with their third child
Leona’s income: She earns minimum wage and works 20 hours per week – around £760 per month
Rent: £670 per month (with some housing support)
Energy bills: £300 per month, estimated to go up to £500
Food: £400 every two weeks
I currently work part-time in a children’s nursery. It’s been a difficult couple of years – first because of the Covid pandemic, where I was off work for two years, and now because rising costs are putting a lot of pressure on my household finances.
I work on a zero-hours contract, which means my hours vary each month, but on average I do around 20 hours a week. Looking at our finances, I would actually be better off by not working as then I would qualify for universal credit to help with our disposable income.
We currently don’t qualify for universal credit as my partner and I earn too much money between us, although we do get housing support towards the £670 rent for our two-bed council flat. The amount we get varies each month, depending on how much I’ve earnt, and last month we had to contribute £200 towards the rent. The housing support is paid directly to the landlord so we don’t see any of it.
It would work out better for me not to work at all, as we would get more financial support from the Government, but I really don’t like staying at home. I like going out to work and I enjoy my job.
The situation is likely to change soon though, as I’m currently pregnant with my third child and the cost of childcare will then outstrip any earnings so it won’t be worth me working. My elder two are school age, so I have no childcare costs for them as I only work during school hours.
My partner, who works in a factory, had three weeks off over the summer holidays which meant I was able to take on more work last month when he was at home.
While I enjoy my job, nursery workers are really poorly paid – many, like me, do not earn above the minimum wage. I worry about our financial situation every day and I don’t know how we’ll cope with the rising energy bills from October.
Because I got into debt with my energy provider a few years ago, the company switched us to a key meter. This means paying for electricity and gas in advance by putting money on the key. Currently, we’re putting around £300 a month on it, but this will likely go up to £500 in the coming months. I only earn just over that. I have no idea how we’ll afford it – I’ll have to “beg, borrow and steal”.
In the past, I’ve borrowed money from friends and my parents and I’ll likely have to consider doing this again – especially as I’ll only receive basic maternity allowance of £156.66 a week after my baby is born.
The cost of food is also rising massively at the moment. We used to spend around £350 every two weeks but this is now closer to £400 and we get a lot less for that amount.
We’re using our slow cooker more to save on electricity because it works out a bit cheaper than using the oven. I’ve also stopped using the tumble dryer and am now leaving clothes to dry on airers over a few days. We have no garden so the washing has to be dried indoors, and I make sure not to do more than two loads a week.
Everyone seems to be in the same boat and all my friends are struggling with rising costs too. The Government needs to give more financial help. If it doesn’t, it’ll put a lot more people into poverty and we’ll have a mental health crisis on our hands. I know every household will get £400 towards energy bills over six months starting this autumn, but more needs to be done.
I would describe myself as financially switched on – I try and budget where I can and am already planning for rising costs. But as things get worse, I’m not sure I’ll continue to be money savvy. Things are just going to run out and I’m not going to afford to replace them. I’m aware there are food banks in my local area, but I really hope I don’t have to use them – they’re already stretched as it is.
We had booked a holiday to Blackpool in September but we had to cancel it as we could no longer afford it, with the bill increases on the way and Christmas to start saving for.
Entertaining the children has also become harder to budget for, so recently I’ve been doing more play dates and free activities for the younger one, who is six. A lady runs a Facebook group in my local area that has lots of tips on free local activities for families. I also use Facebook Marketplace and Vinted to pick up clothes and toys for the children, as well as bits for the baby on the way.
I’d love to think more about long-term financial savings goals but I haven’t got a penny saved and I can’t see that changing anytime in the future. Let’s hope the Government does more to help those of us on lower incomes over the coming months. | https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/our-500-winter-energy-bills-will-take-nearly-all-my-salary-and-we-have-no-savings-1825000 | 2022-09-01T11:46:57Z | https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/our-500-winter-energy-bills-will-take-nearly-all-my-salary-and-we-have-no-savings-1825000 | false |
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RHP Properties (RHP), the nation's largest private owner and operator of manufactured home communities, has announced the acquisition of three manufactured home communities in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin including Gaslight Terrace, Green Meadows, and Lakeshore Terrace, with a total of 455 home sites.
The properties feature various amenities including a playground, picnic area, off street parking, RV storage, a fishing area with dock and fishing platform, and two lakes. There is nearby access to a variety of shopping, and proximity to Milwaukee, Appleton, and Green Bay provide for an easy commute to major cities.
"Our recent acquisitions in Fond du Lac add to our portfolio of affordable home communities in sought-after locations poised for job growth," said Ross Partrich, CEO, RHP Properties. "We pride ourselves on creating well-maintained communities that fit the lifestyle and budget of residents and look forward to bringing our expertise here."
RHP plans to invest in upgrades to the three communities, including clubhouse and playground improvements, as well as utility and road updates that will be completed over the first 18 months of ownership. RHP will also add new homes to the communities.
Founded in 1988, RHP Properties is the nation's largest privately held owner and operator of manufactured home communities with managed assets of more than $6B, including 318 manufactured home communities nationwide, totaling about 74,353 homes in 30 states. Headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, RHP Properties employs more than 1,000 professionals. For more information visit www.rhp.com.
RHP Properties specializes in, and continues to aggressively seek, acquisitions throughout the United States. Owners of manufactured home communities interested in selling to a highly experienced owner and operator should contact Joshua Mermell, senior vice president of acquisitions at 248-626-0737.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The company that oversees Ukraine’s nuclear power plants said shelling by Russian forces triggered a shutdown at one of the reactors at the Zaporizhzhia plant, underscoring the risks faced by a team of U.N. inspectors that was heading there Thursday to assess its safety.
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, led by its director Rafael Grossi, set off for the Russia-held nuclear power plant — Europe’s largest — despite the heavy shelling for which Ukraine and Russia trade blame.
Ukraine’s Enerhoatom said Russian mortar shelling led to the shutdown of one of its reactors by its emergency protection system. Shelling also damaged a backup power supply line used for in-house needs, and one of the plant’s reactors that wasn’t operating was switched to diesel generators, the company said.
“There has been increased military activity, including this morning until very recently,” Grossi said, adding that after being briefed by the Ukrainian military he decided to get moving despite the inherent risks. “But weighing the pros and cons and having come so far, we are not stopping.”
He noted that the risks are “very, very high” in the so-called grey zone between Ukrainian and Russian positions, but “we consider that we have the minimum conditions to move.”
A spokesman for the IAEA later said that the mission has been delayed on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontline for some three hours, adding that Grossi “has personally negotiated with Ukrainian military authorities to be able to proceed and he remains determined that this important mission reaches the ZNPP today.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant has been occupied by Russian forces but run by Ukrainian engineers since the early days of the 6-month-old war. Ukraine alleges Russia is using the plant as a shield, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the area.
Fighting in early March caused a brief fire at its training complex, and in recent days, the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of damage, heightening fears of a radiation leak or a reactor meltdown. Officials have begun distributing anti-radiation iodine tablets to nearby residents.
“We have a very important mission to accomplish,” Grossi said, adding that “we are going to start immediately an assessment of the security and the safety situation at the plant.”
“I am going to consider the possibility of establishing a continued presence of the IAEA at the plant, which we believe is indispensable to stabilize the situation and to get regular, reliable, impartial, neutral updates of what the situation is there,” he said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces unleashed an artillery barrage of the area and then sent a group of up to 60 scouts to try to seize control of the nuclear plant.
It said the Ukrainian troops arrived in seven speedboats, landing three kilometers northeast of the plant on the left bank of the Dnieper River and tried to seize it. The ministry said Russian forces “took steps to destroy the enemy,” engaging warplanes. Russia’s military said its forces also destroyed two barges carrying Ukrainian troops who attempted to land near the plant.
“The provocation by the Kyiv regime is intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s group at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” a ministry statement said.
Alexander Volga, head of the Russia-installed Enerhodar city administration, also said the Ukrainian troops that attempted to land were “blocked and destroyed.” The administration also said at least three local residents were killed and one injured early Thursday from Ukrainian shelling.
He said the fighting had since abated and no “objective obstacles” remained to prevent the visit by the IAEA team, which had crossed a checkpoint in Russia-controlled territory and was expected to soon arrive in Enerhodar.
Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, accused Russia of shelling Enerhodar and the territory of the nuclear power plant in a false flag attack intended to derail the arrival of the IAEA’s team.
“We are demanding that Russia stop provocations and offer the IAEA unhindered access to the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” said Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh.
Neither side’s version of events could immediately be independently verified.
The fighting came as war-torn Ukraine endeavored Thursday to start the new academic year in the best way possible, with civilian areas still under threat of artillery fire and other weaponry — and children still among the victims. Just over half of schools in Ukraine were reopening to in-person education despite the risks.
In other developments:
– A U.S. intelligence assessment said Russia was facing severe manpower shortages as President Vladimir Putin’s 6-month campaign in Ukraine rages on.
– North Korea said it was considering sending construction workers to help rebuild parts of Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine that have been battered by the fighting.
– The emergencies agency under the Russia-backed separatist government in the eastern region of Donetsk said 13 emergency responders were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday by Ukrainian shelling in Rubtsi, a village to the east of the city of Izyum in neighboring Kharkiv province. Much of the fighting in recent weeks and months has centered on the area.
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Indian shares fall over 1% on selloff in IT, energy stocks
By Sethuraman N R
BENGALURU, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell on Thursday as investors sold information technology firms on fears of a demand slowdown, while an increase in taxes on fuel exports and domestic crude hit the energy sector.
The NSE Nifty 50 index ended down 1.22% at 17,542.80 and the S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1.3% to 58,766.59. The indexes were also weighed down by April-June economic growth data that fell short of expectations.
The Nifty IT index dropped 2%.
"Global weakness is reflecting in Indian equity markets. IT is seeing selling due to concerns of growth in key markets like the United States and Europe," said Siddharth Khemka, head of retail research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
"There is a little bit of weakness because of marginally lower-than-expected GDP (gross domestic product). There are hardly any big positive triggers in the market."
While the pace of economic growth at 13.5% was the fastest in a year, economists warned higher interest rates could cool that momentum in the coming quarters.
The energy index fell 1.9% after the Indian government late on Wednesday raised taxes on aviation, diesel fuel exports and domestic crude oil.
Shares of Oil & Natural Gas Corp fell 2.81%, while Reliance Industries dropped 2.94%.
Zee Entertainment fell as much as 6% after a Reuters report said the Indian competition regulator found more scrutiny was needed over the company's prospective merger with the Indian unit of Japan's Sony.
Dish TV shares surged up to 20% after the broadcast satellite service provider said Chairman Jawahar Lal Goel would not seek reappointment, signalling a win for top shareholder Yes Bank in its push for a board overhaul. (Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Aditya Soni) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11168895/Indian-shares-fall-1-selloff-IT-energy-stocks.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-01T11:50:34Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11168895/Indian-shares-fall-1-selloff-IT-energy-stocks.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday.
The U.N. health agency said there were 4.5 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a 16% drop from the previous week. Deaths were also down by 13%, with about 13,500 fatalities. WHO said COVID-19 infections dropped everywhere in the world while deaths decreased everywhere except for Southeast Asia, where they climbed by 15% and in the Western Pacific, where they rose by 3%.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that with the coming onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the possible emergence of a more dangerous new COVID-19 variant, experts expect to see a spike in hospitalizations and deaths. Tedros said vaccination rates, even in rich countries, were still too low, noting that 30% of health workers and 20% of older people remain unimmunized.
“These vaccination gaps pose a risk to all of us,” he said. “Please get vaccinated if you are not and a booster if it’s recommended that you have one.”
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration cleared its first update to COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Authorities said shots could begin within days.
Until now, COVID-19 vaccines have targeted the original coronavirus strain, even as wildly different mutants emerged. The new U.S. boosters are combination, or “bivalent,” shots. They contain half that original vaccine recipe and half protection against the newest omicron versions, called BA.4 and BA.5, which are considered the most contagious yet.
Earlier this month, Britain decided it would offer adults 50 and over a different booster option from Moderna, a combo shot targeting that initial BA.1 omicron strain.
On Friday, the European Medicines Agency will consider whether to authorize the combination COVID-19 vaccine including BA.1 made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Another version of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine incorporating the BA.5 subvariant of omicron is also under review by the EU regulator. | https://en.setopati.com/International/159490 | 2022-09-01T11:50:52Z | https://en.setopati.com/International/159490 | false |
ATLANTA, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX), a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced financial results for its second quarter, which ended on July 29, 2022.
- Secureworks Taegis™ grew to $201 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), an increase of 100% on a year-over-year basis.
- Added 800 Taegis Customers year-over-year, a 114% increase, to finish the second quarter of fiscal 2023 with 1,500 customers on the Taegis cloud-native security platform.
- Taegis revenue grew 131% from the second quarter of fiscal 2022 to $42.8 million.
"With the 10th consecutive quarter of triple digit growth in Taegis ARR, our pace of XDR growth underscores the strength of our product and customer base, and the execution of our transformation strategy," said Wendy Thomas, President & CEO, Secureworks. "We are defining the future of threat detection and analysis to keep our customers secure, driving sustainable growth and value creation for investors as we capitalize on the large and growing XDR opportunity with Secureworks Taegis."
"Our momentum continues as we surpassed the $200 million Taegis ARR milestone and delivered another quarter of triple-digit growth in Taegis ARR, Taegis Customer Count and Taegis-related Revenue," said Paul Parrish, Chief Financial Officer, Secureworks. "Taegis average revenue per customer remained strong, growing to $136 thousand in the second quarter."
- Overall revenue was $116.2 million, compared to $134.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2022, as we actively exit non-strategic, lower-margin services.
- GAAP gross profit was $66.6 million, compared with $77.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP gross profit was $71.2 million, compared with $81.9 million in the same period last year.
- GAAP gross margin was 57.3%, compared with 57.9% in the same period last year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 61.3% compared with 61.1% in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.
- GAAP net loss was $24.7 million, or $0.29 per share, compared with net loss of $11.8 million, or $0.14 per share, in the prior year. Non-GAAP net loss was $11.3 million, or $0.13 loss per share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $0.9 million, or $0.01 per share, in the same period last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss for the quarter was $14.3 million, compared with adjusted EBITDA income of $3.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.
- Ended the second quarter with $167 million in cash and cash equivalents.
- Appointed former Goldman Sachs and Google Cloud executive, Michael Aiello, as Chief Technology Officer.
- During the second quarter, Secureworks unveiled a new Taegis™ Agent. This new endpoint agent, natively built into Taegis XDR, brings greater telemetry and visibility to detect threats faster with less noise. It also expands our reach, offering native integration into Windows, MacOS, and Linux systems. This feature improves the flexibility of the Taegis platform architecture as we build incident response, next-gen antivirus, and vulnerability detection capabilities into a single, unified agent.
- Technology Alliance Partnerships (TAP)
- Recognition and awards in the second quarter of 2022 include:
For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company expects:
- Revenue of $111 million to $113 million.
- GAAP net loss per share of $0.36 to $0.38 and non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.20 to $0.22.
Secureworks is providing the following updated guidance for full fiscal year 2023. The Company expects:
As previously announced, the Company will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter fiscal 2023 results and financial guidance on September 1, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. U.S. ET. A live audio webcast of the conference call and the related supplemental financial information will be accessible on the Company's website at http://investors.secureworks.com. The webcast and supplemental information will be archived at the same location.
The Company defines annual recurring revenue (ARR) as the value of its subscription contracts as of a particular date. Because the Company uses recurring revenue as a leading indicator of future annual revenue, it includes operational backlog. Operational backlog is defined as the recurring revenue associated with pending contracts, which are contracts that have been sold but for which the service period has not yet commenced.
This press release presents information about the Company's non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP subscription gross margin, non-GAAP professional services gross margin, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP subscription cost of revenue, non-GAAP professional services cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share and adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures provided as a supplement to the results provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). A reconciliation of the foregoing historical and forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable historical and forward-looking GAAP financial measure is provided below for each of the fiscal periods indicated.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In some cases, you can identify these statements by such forward-looking words as "anticipate," "believe," "confidence," "could," "estimate," "expect," "guidance," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "outlook," "should," "will" and "would," or similar words or expressions that refer to future events or outcomes. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the statements in this press release with respect to the Company's expectations regarding revenue, GAAP net loss, GAAP net loss per share, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, and revenue, GAAP net loss, GAAP net loss per share, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, adjusted EBITDA, cash from operations, Taegis ARR and other MSS ARR for full year fiscal 2023, all of which reflect the Company's current analysis of existing trends and information. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's judgment only as of the date of this press release.
Actual results and events in future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of risks, uncertainties and other factors that include, but are not limited to, the following: the Company's ability to achieve or maintain profitability; the Company's ability to enhance its existing solutions and technologies and to develop or acquire new solutions and technologies; the Company's reliance on personnel with extensive information security expertise; intense competition in the Company's markets; the Company's ability to attract new customers, retain existing customers and increase its annual contract values; the Company's reliance on customers in the financial services industry; the Company's ability to manage its growth effectively; the Company's ability to maintain high-quality client service and support functions; terms of the Company's service level agreements with customers that require credits for service failures or inadequacies; the Company's recognition of revenue ratably over the terms of its Taegis SaaS applications and managed security services contracts; the Company's long and unpredictable sales cycles; risks associated with the Company's international sales and operations; the effect of Brexit on the Company's operations; the Company's exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates or global inflationary environment; the effect of governmental export or import controls on the Company's business or any international sanctions compliance program applicable to the Company; the Company's ability to expand its key distribution relationships; the Company's technology alliance partnerships; real or perceived defects, errors or vulnerabilities in the Company's solutions or the failure of its solutions to prevent a security breach; the risks associated with cyber attacks or other data security incidents; the ability of the Company's solutions to interoperate with its customers' IT infrastructure; the Company's ability to use third-party technologies; the effect of evolving information security and data privacy laws and regulations on the Company's business; the Company's ability to maintain and enhance its brand; risks associated with the Company's acquisition of other businesses; estimates or judgments relating to the Company's critical accounting policies; the effect of natural disasters, public health issues, geopolitical conflict and other catastrophic events on the Company's ability to serve its customers, including the Ukrainian/Russian conflict, and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; the Company's reliance on patents to protect its intellectual property rights; the Company's ability to protect, maintain or enforce its non-patented intellectual property rights and proprietary information; claims by third parties of infringement of their proprietary technology by the Company; the Company's use of open source technology; and risks related to the Company's relationship with Dell Technologies Inc. and Dell Inc. and control of the Company by Dell Technologies Inc.
This list of risks, uncertainties and other factors is not complete. The Company discusses these matters more fully, as well as certain risk factors that could affect the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, as well as in the Company's other SEC filings.
Any or all forward-looking statements the Company makes may turn out to be wrong and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions the Company might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those identified in this press release. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements made in this press release, which speak only as of its date. The Company does not undertake to update, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update, any of its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or events that arise after the date the statements are made, new information or otherwise.
Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that protects customer progress with Secureworks® Taegis™, a cloud-native security analytics platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat intelligence and research, improving customers' ability to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.
www.secureworks.com
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This press release presents information about the Company's non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP subscription gross margin, non-GAAP professional services gross margin, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP subscription cost of revenue, non-GAAP professional services cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP research and development expenses, non-GAAP sales and marketing expenses, non-GAAP general and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share and adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP financial measures provided as a supplement to the results provided in accordance with GAAP. A detailed discussion of the Company's reasons for including these non-GAAP financial measures, the limitations associated with these measures, the items excluded from these measures, and our reason for excluding those items are presented below. The Company encourages investors to review its GAAP results and supplement their review of the Company's GAAP results with the corresponding non-GAAP financial measures.
The following is a summary of the items excluded from the most comparable GAAP financial measures to calculate our non-GAAP financial measures:
- Amortization of Intangible Assets. Amortization of intangible assets consists of amortization associated with external software development costs capitalized and customer relationships and technology acquired. In connection with the acquisition of Dell by Dell Technologies in fiscal 2014 and our acquisition of Delve in fiscal 2021, our tangible and intangible assets and liabilities associated with customer relationships and technology were accounted for and recognized at fair value on the related transaction date.
- Stock-based Compensation Expense. Non-cash stock-based compensation expense relates to both the Dell Technologies and Secureworks equity plans. We exclude such expense when assessing the effectiveness of our operating performance since stock-based compensation does not necessarily correlate with the underlying operating performance of the business.
- Aggregate Adjustment for Income Taxes. The aggregate adjustment for income taxes is the estimated combined income tax effect for the adjustments mentioned above. The tax effects are determined based on the tax jurisdictions where the above items were incurred.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (BBW) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $5.8 million.
The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 38 cents per share.
The toy retailer posted revenue of $100.7 million in the period.
Build-A-Bear expects full-year revenue in the range of $440 million to $460 million.
Build-A-Bear shares have declined 22% since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined 18% in the last 12 months.
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Delivers double-digit operating margin and reaffirms annual guidance
Inventory discipline providing flexibility, delivering working capital efficiencies and enabling strategic investments
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Signet Jewelers Limited ("Signet") (NYSE:SIG), the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, today announced its results for the 13 weeks ended July 30, 2022 ("second quarter Fiscal 2023").
"Signet's focus on gaining market share, driving further operating efficiencies, and building capabilities that are true competitive advantages, is putting us in a position to deliver long-term growth and increase shareholder value," said Virginia C. Drosos, Chief Executive Officer. "Our results demonstrate the continued agility of our Signet team, the strength of our differentiated banner portfolio, and the flexibility of our operating model. This is all underpinned by a balance sheet that enables us to continue to make strategic investments such as our recent acquisition of Blue Nile."
"The discipline of our Signet team delivered $1.8 billion in revenue and a 10.6% operating margin, despite a softer topline environment," said Joan Hilson, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. "Our working capital efficiency reflects inventory levels down year over year, excluding acquisitions. This gives us the confidence that we are well positioned to deliver newness with minimal levels of clearance for the Holidays."
- Total sales were $1.8 billion, down $33.2 million or 1.9% to a record Q2 of FY22, and up 29% vs. Q2 of FY20.
- Same store sales ("SSS") down 8.2% (1) to Q2 of FY22.
- GAAP operating income of $186.8 million, down from $225.4 million in Q2 of FY22, including $6.4 million related to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges.
- Non-GAAP operating income(2) of $193.2 million, down from $223.0 million in Q2 of FY22 and up from $53.1 million in Q2 of FY20.
- GAAP diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $2.58, down from diluted EPS of $3.60 in Q2 of FY22, including $0.09 in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges.
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS(2) of $2.68, down from $3.57 in Q2 of FY22.
- Cash and cash equivalents, at quarter end, of $851.7 million, down approximately $722 million to Q2 of FY22 reflecting share repurchases and inventory in-stock replenishment, as well as the acquisition of Diamonds Direct in the prior year.
- Year to date cash used for operating activities of $114.9 million, down approximately $573 million to Q2 of FY22 and driven by inventory in-stock replenishment.
- Completed $22.8 million of share repurchases during the second quarter.
By reportable segment:
North America
- Total sales of $1.6 billion, down 1.8% to Q2 of FY22.
- SSS declined 8.7% to Q2 of FY22 reflecting higher average transaction value ("ATV") but a lower number of transactions.
International
- Total sales of $111.6 million, down 14.6% to Q2 of FY22.
- SSS declined 1.5% versus Q2 of FY22 reflecting higher ATV but a lower number of transactions.
GAAP gross margin was $664.7 million, or 37.9% of sales, down 220 basis points to the second quarter last year. This reflects occupancy cost deleverage on lower sales and the strength of Diamonds Direct's bridal business which carries a lower relative margin, while organic banners had similar merchandise margins to last year. Additionally, the lower rate is a result of technology investments and absence of the COVID-related tax abatements within Signet's UK operations.
SG&A was $477.3 million, or 27.2% of sales, an improvement of 90 basis points to the second quarter last year. This improvement reflects the impact of lower payroll-related costs, enhanced credit agreements finalized in Fiscal 2022, and the efficiency of Diamonds Direct's operating model, partially offset by labor and technology investments.
GAAP and non-GAAP operating income in the prior year second quarter included other income of $9.0 million related to UK government grants as well as interest income from the Company's credit card program, which was sold in the second quarter of Fiscal 2022.
GAAP operating income was $186.8 million or 10.6% of sales, compared to $225.4 million, or 12.6% of sales in the prior year second quarter.
Non-GAAP operating income was $193.2 million, or 11.0% of sales, compared to $223.0 million, or 12.5% of sales in prior year second quarter. Non-GAAP operating income excluded $6.4 million in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory and acquisition-related charges.
The current quarter GAAP income tax expense was $35.6 million compared to an income tax benefit of $3.5 million in the prior year second quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, income tax expense was $37.3 million compared to income tax benefit of $4.2 million in the prior year second quarter. The prior year GAAP and non-GAAP tax benefit included the release of the valuation allowance related to certain state deferred tax assets.
GAAP diluted EPS was $2.58, including $0.09 in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges, and $0.01 related to additional buy-out of U.K. pension obligations. Excluding these charges (and related tax effects), diluted EPS was $2.68 on a non-GAAP basis.
GAAP EPS and non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023 include the dilutive impact of the preferred shares in the dilutive share count based on the level of net income this quarter.
Year to date cash used for operating activities of $114.9 million as of Q2 Fiscal 2023 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $458.5 million last year. Cash and cash equivalents were $851.7 million as of quarter end, compared to $1.6 billion last year. The year over year change to cash and cash equivalents was primarily driven by share repurchases and inventory in-stock replenishment, as well as the acquisition of Diamonds Direct in the prior year.
Ending inventory was $2.2 billion, up approximately $186.1 million to the second quarter last year as a result of the Company's acquisition of Diamonds Direct in November 2021 which was partially offset by lower inventory levels in the rest of the Company.
Signet's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on common shares from $0.20 per share for the third quarter of Fiscal 2023, payable November 25, 2022 to shareholders of record on October 28, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of October 27, 2022.
During the first half of Fiscal 2023, Signet repurchased approximately 4.7 million shares at an average cost per share of $72.14 or $341.0 million including $22.8 million during the second quarter and $50 million from the completion of the accelerated share repurchase program from Fiscal 2022. Approximately $622.4 million remains under the Company's authorization.
As a company with a Purpose-inspired business strategy, Signet is committed to ongoing leadership in Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability and views Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") initiatives as an important growth driver. The "Signet Promise," our appointed commitment to customers holds our global suppliers to high ethical standards and prioritizes respect for human rights. In turn, we provide consumer confidence and continuously improve the integrity of our global diamond supply chain through our four-layered system of checks and balances.
Signet is reaffirming its full year Fiscal 2023 revenue and operating income guidance which is provided on a non-GAAP basis.
Forecasted non-GAAP operating income provided above excludes the operations of Blue Nile following the acquisition on August 19, as well as potential non-recurring charges, such as transaction and integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Blue Nile and the potential impacts of purchase accounting. However, given the potential impacts of these items to the GAAP operating income, we cannot provide forecasted GAAP operating income or the probable significance of such items without unreasonable efforts. As such, we do not present a reconciliation of forecasted non-GAAP operating income to corresponding GAAP operating income.
The Company's third quarter and full year Fiscal 2023 Outlook is based on the following assumptions:
- The Company's outlook includes a level of consumer pressure, including inflation and the impact of stimulus, similar to what is currently being experienced. The Company's outlook does not include 1) a material worsening of macroeconomic factors which could impact consumer spending patterns and have associated impacts on business performance; 2) the acquisition of Blue Nile, Inc.
- Signet continues to anticipate some shift of consumer discretionary spending away from the jewelry category reflecting pent-up demand for experience-oriented categories during the year.
- Signet's efforts to mitigate supply chain disruption have been effective thus far. Guidance assumes no significant disruptions in availability of inventory.
- The Company's outlook factors in a level of promotion.
- Annual effective tax rate of approximately 18% assumes no additional discrete items and no changes in current tax laws during the remainder of Fiscal 2023.
- The above guidance excludes non-recurring charges for Fiscal 2023 related to the resolution of previously disclosed legal matter of $190 million, approximately $11 million relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory that will be recognized within cost of sales in Fiscal 2023, and the non-cash, non-operating charges for the buy-out of substantially all of the UK pension obligations of approximately $133 million.
- Earnings per share excludes any further share repurchases.
- Planned capital investments up to $250 million, reflecting continued investments in connected commerce capabilities, banner differentiation and technology harmonization.
Conference Call:
A conference call is scheduled for September 1, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET and a simultaneous audio webcast is available at www.signetjewelers.com. The call details are:
Toll Free US Dial-in: 1-844-200-6205
Toll Free Canada Dial-in: 1-833-950-0062
International Dial-In: +1 929-526-1599
Access Code: 305452
Conference call participants may also pre-register at:
A replay and transcript of the call will be posted on Signet's website as soon as they are available and will be accessible for one year.
Signet Jewelers Limited is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry. As a purpose-driven and sustainability-focused company, Signet is a participant in the United Nations Global Compact and adheres to its principles-based approach to responsible business. Signet is a Great Place to Work –Certified™ company and has been named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for four consecutive years. Signet operates approximately 2,800 stores primarily under the name brands of Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Diamonds Direct, JamesAllen.com, Blue Nile, Peoples, H. Samuel, Ernest Jones and the jewelry subscription service, Rocksbox. Further information on Signet is available at www.signetjewelers.com. See also www.kay.com, www.zales.com, www.jared.com, www.banter.com, www.diamondsdirect.com, www.jamesallen.com, www.peoplesjewellers.com, www.hsamuel.co.uk, www.ernestjones.co.uk, www.rocksbox.com and www.bluenile.com.
This release contains statements which are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements based upon management's beliefs and expectations as well as on assumptions made by and data currently available to management, appear in a number of places throughout this document and include statements regarding, among other things, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which Signet operates. The use of the words "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "believes," "should," "potential," "may," "preliminary," "forecast," "objective," "plan," or "target," and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results to not be realized, including, but not limited to: difficulty or delay in executing or integrating an acquisition, including Blue Nile, or executing other major business or strategic initiatives, the negative impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and could have in the future, on Signet's business, financial condition, profitability and cash flows; the effect of steps we take in response to the pandemic; the severity, duration and potential resurgence of the pandemic (including through variants), including whether it is necessary to temporarily reclose our stores, distribution centers and corporate facilities or for our suppliers and vendors to temporarily reclose their facilities; the pace of recovery when the pandemic subsides and the heightened impact COVID-19 has on many of the risks described herein, including without limitation risks relating to disruptions in our supply chain, our ability to attract and retain labor especially if COVID-19 vaccine mandates are implemented, decelerating levels of consumer confidence and consumer behaviors such as willingness to patronize shopping centers and shifts in spending away from the jewelry category toward more experiential purchases such as travel, the impacts of the expiration of government stimulus on overall consumer spending, our level of indebtedness and covenant compliance, availability of adequate capital, our ability to execute our business plans, our lease obligations and relationships with our landlords, and asset impairments; general economic or market conditions, including impacts of , the cessation of government stimulus programs, or other pricing environment factors on the Company's commodity costs (including diamonds) or other operating costs; a prolonged slowdown in the growth of the jewelry market or a recession in the overall economy; financial market risks; a decline in consumer discretionary spending or deterioration in consumer financial position, including due to the impacts of inflation and rising prices on necessities such as gas and groceries; our ability to optimize Signet's transformation strategies; changes to regulations relating to customer credit; disruption in the availability of credit for customers and customer inability to meet credit payment obligations; our ability to achieve the benefits related to the outsourcing of the credit portfolio, including due to technology disruptions, future financial results and operating results and/or disruptions arising from changes to or termination of the relevant outsourcing agreements; deterioration in the performance of individual businesses or of the Company's market value relative to its book value, resulting in impairments of long-lived assets or intangible assets or other adverse financial consequences; the volatility of our stock price; the impact of financial covenants, credit ratings or interest volatility on our ability to borrow; our ability to maintain adequate levels of liquidity for our cash needs, including debt obligations, payment of dividends, planned share repurchases (including execution of accelerated share repurchases) and capital expenditures as well as the ability of our customers, suppliers and lenders to access sources of liquidity to provide for their own cash needs; changes in our credit rating; potential regulatory changes; future legislative and regulatory requirements in the US and globally relating to climate change, including any new climate related disclosure or compliance requirements, such as those recently proposed by the SEC; global economic conditions or other developments related to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union; exchange rate fluctuations; the cost, availability of and demand for diamonds, gold and other precious metals, including any impact on the global market supply of diamonds due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict or related sanctions; stakeholder reactions to disclosure regarding the source and use of certain minerals; seasonality of Signet's business; the merchandising, pricing and inventory policies followed by Signet and its ability to manage inventory levels; Signet's relationships with suppliers including the ability to continue to utilize extended payment terms and the ability to obtain merchandise that customers wish to purchase; the failure to adequately address the impact of existing tariffs and/or the imposition of additional duties, tariffs, taxes and other charges or other barriers to trade or impacts from trade relations; the level of competition and promotional activity in the jewelry sector; our ability to optimize Signet's multi-year strategy to gain market share, expand and improve existing services, innovate and achieve sustainable, long-term growth; the maintenance and continued innovation of Signet's OmniChannel retailing and ability to increase digital sales, as well as management of its digital marketing costs; changes in consumer attitudes regarding jewelry and failure to anticipate and keep pace with changing fashion trends; changes in the supply and consumer acceptance of and demand for gem quality lab created diamonds and adequate identification of the use of substitute products in our jewelry; ability to execute successful marketing programs and manage social media; the ability to optimize Signet's real estate footprint; the ability to satisfy the accounting requirements for "hedge accounting," or the default or insolvency of a counterparty to a hedging contract; the performance of and ability to recruit, train, motivate and retain qualified team members - particularly in regions experiencing low unemployment rates; management of social, ethical and environmental risks; the reputation of Signet and its banners; inadequacy in and disruptions to internal controls and systems, including related to the migration to new information technology systems which impact financial reporting; security breaches and other disruptions to Signet's information technology infrastructure and databases; an adverse development in legal or regulatory proceedings or tax matters, including any new claims or litigation brought by employees, suppliers, consumers or shareholders, regulatory initiatives or investigations, and ongoing compliance with regulations and any consent orders or other legal or regulatory decisions; failure to comply with labor regulations; collective bargaining activity; changes in corporate taxation rates, laws, rules or practices in the US and jurisdictions in which Signet's subsidiaries are incorporated, including developments related to the tax treatment of companies engaged in Internet commerce or deductions associated with payments to foreign related parties that are subject to a low effective tax rate; risks related to international laws and Signet being a Bermuda corporation; risks relating to the outcome of pending litigation; our ability to protect our intellectual property or physical assets; changes in assumptions used in making accounting estimates relating to items such as extended service plans and pensions; or the impact of weather-related incidents, natural disasters, organized crime or theft, strikes, protests, riots or terrorism, acts of war (including the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict), or another public health crisis or disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic on Signet's business.
For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statement, see the "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" sections of Signet's Fiscal 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and the "Safe Harbor Statements" in current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. Signet undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Investors:
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The following information provides reconciliations of the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP") to presented non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that non-GAAP financial measures, when reviewed in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, can provide more information to assist investors in evaluating historical trends and current period performance. For these reasons, internal management reporting also includes non-GAAP measures. Items may be excluded from GAAP financial measures when the Company believes this provides useful supplementary information to management and investors in assessing the operating performance of our business.
These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not superior to or as a substitute for the GAAP financial measures presented in this earnings release and the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and other publicly filed reports. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as or comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies.
In discussing financial results, the Company refers to free cash flow that is not in accordance with GAAP and is defined as the net cash (used in) provided by operating activities, less purchases of property, plant, and equipment. Management considers adjusted free cash flow, defined as free cash flow excluding proceeds from the sale of the non-prime in-house finance receivables, as helpful in understanding how the business is generating cash from its operating and investing activities that can be used to meet the financing needs of the business. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are indicators used by management frequently in evaluating its overall liquidity and determining appropriate capital allocation strategies. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow do not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary purposes.
Signet has a diversified real estate portfolio. On July 30, 2022, Signet had 2,833 stores totaling 4.2 million square feet of selling space. Compared to year-end Fiscal 2022, store count decreased and square feet of selling space increased 0.2%
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avail, the digital hub of the operating room enabling the medical technology (MedTech) and healthcare industries to work smarter to advance patient care, today announced that Ryan Magnes, President of Avail, will present a corporate overview at the 2022 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 8:35 a.m. ET in Boston, MA.
Avail enables the MedTech industry and healthcare providers to work together more often and more efficiently, harnessing expertise and technology in and out of the OR to accelerate the innovation, adoption, and reach of tools and techniques to improve patient care. Avail does this by placing a consistent, mobile, hardware platform with integrated software into operating rooms, audibly and visually connecting remote participants and serving as the hub for advanced digital capabilities including AI and machine learning, in a secure cloud-based digital telepresence network. Today, 50 MedTech organizations have contracted with Avail to rethink commercial models, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance the reach and timeliness of collaboration. Avail was founded in 2017 by MedTech veterans with a vision to leverage Silicon Valley technology expertise to evolve the industry and enable MedTech and healthcare to deliver the best care possible. https://www.avail.io/about/newsroom/
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NAPFA's "Playbook Masterclass" Series and Allianz's "Conversations That Matter" Project, both produced by Impact Communications, get nod from "Wealthies" judges
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Communications, Inc., a full-service marketing and PR firm that works exclusively with independent financial advisors and allied institutions such as custodians, independent broker/dealers, consulting companies and fintech firms, has been named a finalist for the Digital Campaign of the Year in the Marketing/PR Firm category of the WealthManagement.com Industry Awards for their work on the NAPFA Playbook: Masterclass Series, produced in partnership with the National Association of Personal Financial Planners (NAPFA). The Masterclass Series provides NAPFA Members and other interested financial advisors with a series of marketing presentations and discussion sessions that help advisors build their marketing acumen and put theory into practice. The Masterclass series provides hands-on learning and real-world examples to help advisors expand their email list, build drip marketing and lead nurture sequences, spike online visibility and authority, and fuel social media and other digital campaigns.
The awards are judged by a panel of independent judges made up of top names in the industry and overseen by WealthManagement.com editor-in-chief David Armstrong. Honoring the individuals, organizations, and companies that help financial advisors build better businesses and create better outcomes for their clients, the 8th iteration of the event received a record-breaking number of nominations; nearly 1,000 entries were received from 350 companies.
Impact Communications was selected as a finalist in the category that pays tribute to the industry's most creative digital marketing campaigns, and to the imaginative contributions coming from marketing and PR firms serving organizations in financial services. The winners in each category revealed on September 8, 2022, at the grand gala and awards ceremony taking place at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
Marie Swift, President and CEO of Impact Communications, and Jonny Swift, Vice President of Impact Communications, co-manage and co-host the ongoing NAPFA Playbook project. They collaborate with a series of experts to create focused sessions that provide hands-on learning and real-world experience for advisors. Sessions are organized in series of three focus areas where experts explain the "what" and "why" of a specific marketing strategy, then dig into the "how" to do some or all of what's been explained as a good tactic, then in the final session of that Masterclass the advisors complete an exercise to put theory into practice – culminating in an interactive review of participants' implementation with real-time feedback. The sessions remain on the NAPFA website for advisors who want to watch and learn from on-demand.
Swift and Swift also host and produce NAPFA's Mindset Mastery podcast, interviewing thought leaders in the financial services industry, well-being and mental health professionals, and other subject matter experts on how listeners can master their own mindsets to innovate in business settings, best serve their clients, and thrive in life overall.
Impact Communications is also proud of the work they did in partnership with the advisor services division at Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. This work is showcased in the Wealthie's Service category for Insurance Companies and is a tribute to the Conversations That Matter project (work began in March 2020 and continues today). Allianz won a Wealthie last year for the initial work done on The Conversations That Matter project. This year, the Wealthies judges gave a finalist nod to the 2021 Conversations That Matter project extension which hinges on a new Special Report called Mastering The Conversation: A Guide to Excellent Communication. The guide contains insights and advice from fourteen experts in the financial planning community. A free, ungated download is available here: https://tinyurl.com/MTCGuide.
In addition, several additional Impact Communications' clients have moved from nominee to "finalist" in this year's Wealth Management Industry Awards for 2022. Advyzon was given the nod for their Platform Enhancements in the Portfolio Management, Accounting, and Performance Reporting category; their Quantum® Rebalancer in the Rebalancing category; and Platform Enhancements for the Unified (All-in-One) category. Finance of America Reverse LLC has progressed to the final round in the "Disruptors" category for their CE and Educational Components for financial advisors. HCR Wealth Advisors has gone to the final round for RIA Chief Technology Officer of the Year with their CTO Alyssa Phillips in the spotlight, and for Rising Star of the Year with their Managing Director Michelle Katzen. The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) progressed for their DEI Training and Certificate Program in the Industry Associations category.
Founded in 1993 by Marie Swift, who prior to Impact Communications was Director of Corporate Communications for a nationally-known wealth management firm and regional office for one of the largest independent broker/dealers in the country, Impact Communications works with a select group of fintech companies, financial institutions such as custodians and independent broker/dealers, RIA networks and membership organizations, OSJs, allied consulting entities, wealth management firms and independent advisors. Private coaching, on-camera training, branding and customized websites, content creation, and personalized media strategies enable Impact clients to reach their overarching goals. For more information about Impact Communications, please visit www.ImpactCommunications.org.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the official Palestinian news agency said, blaming both deaths on Israeli troops conducting arrest raids. However, witnesses said one of the men was apparently killed by Palestinian gunmen in a drive-by shooting.
One of them was killed in the Balata refugee camp, the other in the town of el-Bireh.
In Balata, troops arrested a wanted Palestinian during one of several early morning raids in the West Bank, the Israeli military said. The army said troops came under fire and shot back.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that Samer Khaled, a 25-year-old Palestinian man, died of a bullet wound in Balata. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said he was killed by Israeli troops.
However, Palestinian witnesses said Khaled was shot by one or more Palestinian gunmen after the Israeli military had left the area. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Khaled’s body was taken by his family for burial before health officials could perform an autopsy.
The Israeli military said it was aware of a death in Balata, but did not provide further information.
In the el-Bireh raid, the military said troops came under fire and fired back. Wafa said a 26-year-old man, identified as Yazan Afaneh, was killed by Israeli fire.
Israel has been conducting near-daily raids in the occupied West Bank since March, driving up tensions. Israel began the raids after a series of deadly attacks earlier this year by Palestinians against Israelis that killed 19 people.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed since the start of the year, many of them militants or Palestinians involved in clashes with Israeli forces, the military says. But the rising figure includes several civilians, including a veteran journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly into a battle zone.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister warned Thursday that any actions seen as endangering a Russian peacekeeping contingent in a separatist region of Moldova would be considered as an attack on Russia itself.
Sergey Lavrov’s statement in an address at Russia’s top foreign affairs school underlined concerns that Moldova’s Transnistria region, which borders Ukraine, could be drawn into the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Russia has stationed peacekeepers there since the 1992 end of a three-month war that left Transnistria outside Moldovan control. Russian forces also guard a large ammunition dump in the region.
In April, tensions in Moldova soared after a series of explosions in Transnistria.
“Everyone should understand that any kind of actions that will raise a threat to the security of our servicemen will be considered in accordance with international law as an attack on the Russian Federation,” Lavrov said.
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Russian oligarch who opposed Ukraine war dies after reportedly falling out of a window
Though Russian oil firm Lukoil said its chairman Ravil Maganov died of a ‘serious illness’, several Russian media had earlier reported that he died after falling out of a window of a Moscow hospital
Russian energy firm Lukoil said Thursday its chairman Ravil Maganov had died following a “serious illness”, after Russian media reports said he died after falling out of a hospital window.
Lukoil was one of the few major Russian companies to call for end of fighting in Ukraine after Moscow sent its troops to the pro-Western country in February.
In a statement at the time, the Lukoil board called for an “immediate” end to the fighting, expressing its sympathy to those affected by the “tragedy”.
“We deeply regret to announce that Ravil Maganov... passed away following a serious illness,” Lukoil said on Thursday.
Reports of falling out of a hospital window
Several Russian media had earlier reported that Mr. Maganov died after falling out of a window of a Moscow hospital that is often called the Kremlin Hospital because it counts Russia’s political and business elites among its patients.
“This morning Maganov fell out of a window of the Central Clinical Hospital. He died from his injuries,” Interfax news agency reported quoting an “informed” source.
According to a police source of RBC business daily, Mr. Maganov fell from the sixth-floor window of the hospital.
Mr. Maganov was born in 1954. He had worked at Lukoil since 1993 and was also the company’s president. He was appointed chairman in 2020.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.
Starting Thursday, travelers will be able to check the dashboard and see what kinds of guarantees, refunds or compensation the major domestic airlines offer in case of flight delays or cancellations. It’s designed to allow travelers to shop around and favor those airlines that offer the best compensation.
The dashboard is part of an extended pressure campaign from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has publicly challenged the major carriers to improve service and transparency after a summer marred by cancellations and flight delays. As summer travel returned to nearly pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, airlines struggled to keep pace, with mass cancellations being blamed on staffing shortages, particularly among pilots.
“Passengers deserve transparency and clarity on what to expect from an airline when there is a cancelation or disruption,” Buttigieg said in a statement Wednesday. The new tool, he said, will help travelers to “easily understand their rights, compare airline practices, and make informed decisions.”
The dashboard compares all the major domestic airlines’ policies on issues such as which offer meals for delays of more than three hours and which offer to rebook flights on the same or different airlines at no additional charge. It focuses on what it calls “controllable” cancellations or delays — meaning those caused by mechanical issues, staffing shortages or delays in cleaning, fueling or baggage handling. Delays or cancellations caused by weather or security concerns do not count.
The Department of Transportation is hoping that the dashboard will encourage competition among airlines to offer the most transparency and the best protections for customers.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6% of all flights, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which employs air traffic controllers.
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Delivers double-digit operating margin and reaffirms annual guidance
Inventory discipline providing flexibility, delivering working capital efficiencies and enabling strategic investments
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Signet Jewelers Limited ("Signet") (NYSE:SIG), the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, today announced its results for the 13 weeks ended July 30, 2022 ("second quarter Fiscal 2023").
"Signet's focus on gaining market share, driving further operating efficiencies, and building capabilities that are true competitive advantages, is putting us in a position to deliver long-term growth and increase shareholder value," said Virginia C. Drosos, Chief Executive Officer. "Our results demonstrate the continued agility of our Signet team, the strength of our differentiated banner portfolio, and the flexibility of our operating model. This is all underpinned by a balance sheet that enables us to continue to make strategic investments such as our recent acquisition of Blue Nile."
"The discipline of our Signet team delivered $1.8 billion in revenue and a 10.6% operating margin, despite a softer topline environment," said Joan Hilson, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. "Our working capital efficiency reflects inventory levels down year over year, excluding acquisitions. This gives us the confidence that we are well positioned to deliver newness with minimal levels of clearance for the Holidays."
- Total sales were $1.8 billion, down $33.2 million or 1.9% to a record Q2 of FY22, and up 29% vs. Q2 of FY20.
- Same store sales ("SSS") down 8.2% (1) to Q2 of FY22.
- GAAP operating income of $186.8 million, down from $225.4 million in Q2 of FY22, including $6.4 million related to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges.
- Non-GAAP operating income(2) of $193.2 million, down from $223.0 million in Q2 of FY22 and up from $53.1 million in Q2 of FY20.
- GAAP diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $2.58, down from diluted EPS of $3.60 in Q2 of FY22, including $0.09 in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges.
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS(2) of $2.68, down from $3.57 in Q2 of FY22.
- Cash and cash equivalents, at quarter end, of $851.7 million, down approximately $722 million to Q2 of FY22 reflecting share repurchases and inventory in-stock replenishment, as well as the acquisition of Diamonds Direct in the prior year.
- Year to date cash used for operating activities of $114.9 million, down approximately $573 million to Q2 of FY22 and driven by inventory in-stock replenishment.
- Completed $22.8 million of share repurchases during the second quarter.
By reportable segment:
North America
- Total sales of $1.6 billion, down 1.8% to Q2 of FY22.
- SSS declined 8.7% to Q2 of FY22 reflecting higher average transaction value ("ATV") but a lower number of transactions.
International
- Total sales of $111.6 million, down 14.6% to Q2 of FY22.
- SSS declined 1.5% versus Q2 of FY22 reflecting higher ATV but a lower number of transactions.
GAAP gross margin was $664.7 million, or 37.9% of sales, down 220 basis points to the second quarter last year. This reflects occupancy cost deleverage on lower sales and the strength of Diamonds Direct's bridal business which carries a lower relative margin, while organic banners had similar merchandise margins to last year. Additionally, the lower rate is a result of technology investments and absence of the COVID-related tax abatements within Signet's UK operations.
SG&A was $477.3 million, or 27.2% of sales, an improvement of 90 basis points to the second quarter last year. This improvement reflects the impact of lower payroll-related costs, enhanced credit agreements finalized in Fiscal 2022, and the efficiency of Diamonds Direct's operating model, partially offset by labor and technology investments.
GAAP and non-GAAP operating income in the prior year second quarter included other income of $9.0 million related to UK government grants as well as interest income from the Company's credit card program, which was sold in the second quarter of Fiscal 2022.
GAAP operating income was $186.8 million or 10.6% of sales, compared to $225.4 million, or 12.6% of sales in the prior year second quarter.
Non-GAAP operating income was $193.2 million, or 11.0% of sales, compared to $223.0 million, or 12.5% of sales in prior year second quarter. Non-GAAP operating income excluded $6.4 million in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory and acquisition-related charges.
The current quarter GAAP income tax expense was $35.6 million compared to an income tax benefit of $3.5 million in the prior year second quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, income tax expense was $37.3 million compared to income tax benefit of $4.2 million in the prior year second quarter. The prior year GAAP and non-GAAP tax benefit included the release of the valuation allowance related to certain state deferred tax assets.
GAAP diluted EPS was $2.58, including $0.09 in charges relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory as well as acquisition-related charges, and $0.01 related to additional buy-out of U.K. pension obligations. Excluding these charges (and related tax effects), diluted EPS was $2.68 on a non-GAAP basis.
GAAP EPS and non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023 include the dilutive impact of the preferred shares in the dilutive share count based on the level of net income this quarter.
Year to date cash used for operating activities of $114.9 million as of Q2 Fiscal 2023 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $458.5 million last year. Cash and cash equivalents were $851.7 million as of quarter end, compared to $1.6 billion last year. The year over year change to cash and cash equivalents was primarily driven by share repurchases and inventory in-stock replenishment, as well as the acquisition of Diamonds Direct in the prior year.
Ending inventory was $2.2 billion, up approximately $186.1 million to the second quarter last year as a result of the Company's acquisition of Diamonds Direct in November 2021 which was partially offset by lower inventory levels in the rest of the Company.
Signet's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on common shares from $0.20 per share for the third quarter of Fiscal 2023, payable November 25, 2022 to shareholders of record on October 28, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of October 27, 2022.
During the first half of Fiscal 2023, Signet repurchased approximately 4.7 million shares at an average cost per share of $72.14 or $341.0 million including $22.8 million during the second quarter and $50 million from the completion of the accelerated share repurchase program from Fiscal 2022. Approximately $622.4 million remains under the Company's authorization.
As a company with a Purpose-inspired business strategy, Signet is committed to ongoing leadership in Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability and views Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") initiatives as an important growth driver. The "Signet Promise," our appointed commitment to customers holds our global suppliers to high ethical standards and prioritizes respect for human rights. In turn, we provide consumer confidence and continuously improve the integrity of our global diamond supply chain through our four-layered system of checks and balances.
Signet is reaffirming its full year Fiscal 2023 revenue and operating income guidance which is provided on a non-GAAP basis.
Forecasted non-GAAP operating income provided above excludes the operations of Blue Nile following the acquisition on August 19, as well as potential non-recurring charges, such as transaction and integration-related costs associated with the acquisition of Blue Nile and the potential impacts of purchase accounting. However, given the potential impacts of these items to the GAAP operating income, we cannot provide forecasted GAAP operating income or the probable significance of such items without unreasonable efforts. As such, we do not present a reconciliation of forecasted non-GAAP operating income to corresponding GAAP operating income.
The Company's third quarter and full year Fiscal 2023 Outlook is based on the following assumptions:
- The Company's outlook includes a level of consumer pressure, including inflation and the impact of stimulus, similar to what is currently being experienced. The Company's outlook does not include 1) a material worsening of macroeconomic factors which could impact consumer spending patterns and have associated impacts on business performance; 2) the acquisition of Blue Nile, Inc.
- Signet continues to anticipate some shift of consumer discretionary spending away from the jewelry category reflecting pent-up demand for experience-oriented categories during the year.
- Signet's efforts to mitigate supply chain disruption have been effective thus far. Guidance assumes no significant disruptions in availability of inventory.
- The Company's outlook factors in a level of promotion.
- Annual effective tax rate of approximately 18% assumes no additional discrete items and no changes in current tax laws during the remainder of Fiscal 2023.
- The above guidance excludes non-recurring charges for Fiscal 2023 related to the resolution of previously disclosed legal matter of $190 million, approximately $11 million relating to the fair value adjustment of acquired inventory that will be recognized within cost of sales in Fiscal 2023, and the non-cash, non-operating charges for the buy-out of substantially all of the UK pension obligations of approximately $133 million.
- Earnings per share excludes any further share repurchases.
- Planned capital investments up to $250 million, reflecting continued investments in connected commerce capabilities, banner differentiation and technology harmonization.
Conference Call:
A conference call is scheduled for September 1, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET and a simultaneous audio webcast is available at www.signetjewelers.com. The call details are:
Toll Free US Dial-in: 1-844-200-6205
Toll Free Canada Dial-in: 1-833-950-0062
International Dial-In: +1 929-526-1599
Access Code: 305452
Conference call participants may also pre-register at:
A replay and transcript of the call will be posted on Signet's website as soon as they are available and will be accessible for one year.
Signet Jewelers Limited is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry. As a purpose-driven and sustainability-focused company, Signet is a participant in the United Nations Global Compact and adheres to its principles-based approach to responsible business. Signet is a Great Place to Work –Certified™ company and has been named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for four consecutive years. Signet operates approximately 2,800 stores primarily under the name brands of Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Diamonds Direct, JamesAllen.com, Blue Nile, Peoples, H. Samuel, Ernest Jones and the jewelry subscription service, Rocksbox. Further information on Signet is available at www.signetjewelers.com. See also www.kay.com, www.zales.com, www.jared.com, www.banter.com, www.diamondsdirect.com, www.jamesallen.com, www.peoplesjewellers.com, www.hsamuel.co.uk, www.ernestjones.co.uk, www.rocksbox.com and www.bluenile.com.
This release contains statements which are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements based upon management's beliefs and expectations as well as on assumptions made by and data currently available to management, appear in a number of places throughout this document and include statements regarding, among other things, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which Signet operates. The use of the words "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "believes," "should," "potential," "may," "preliminary," "forecast," "objective," "plan," or "target," and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results to not be realized, including, but not limited to: difficulty or delay in executing or integrating an acquisition, including Blue Nile, or executing other major business or strategic initiatives, the negative impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and could have in the future, on Signet's business, financial condition, profitability and cash flows; the effect of steps we take in response to the pandemic; the severity, duration and potential resurgence of the pandemic (including through variants), including whether it is necessary to temporarily reclose our stores, distribution centers and corporate facilities or for our suppliers and vendors to temporarily reclose their facilities; the pace of recovery when the pandemic subsides and the heightened impact COVID-19 has on many of the risks described herein, including without limitation risks relating to disruptions in our supply chain, our ability to attract and retain labor especially if COVID-19 vaccine mandates are implemented, decelerating levels of consumer confidence and consumer behaviors such as willingness to patronize shopping centers and shifts in spending away from the jewelry category toward more experiential purchases such as travel, the impacts of the expiration of government stimulus on overall consumer spending, our level of indebtedness and covenant compliance, availability of adequate capital, our ability to execute our business plans, our lease obligations and relationships with our landlords, and asset impairments; general economic or market conditions, including impacts of , the cessation of government stimulus programs, or other pricing environment factors on the Company's commodity costs (including diamonds) or other operating costs; a prolonged slowdown in the growth of the jewelry market or a recession in the overall economy; financial market risks; a decline in consumer discretionary spending or deterioration in consumer financial position, including due to the impacts of inflation and rising prices on necessities such as gas and groceries; our ability to optimize Signet's transformation strategies; changes to regulations relating to customer credit; disruption in the availability of credit for customers and customer inability to meet credit payment obligations; our ability to achieve the benefits related to the outsourcing of the credit portfolio, including due to technology disruptions, future financial results and operating results and/or disruptions arising from changes to or termination of the relevant outsourcing agreements; deterioration in the performance of individual businesses or of the Company's market value relative to its book value, resulting in impairments of long-lived assets or intangible assets or other adverse financial consequences; the volatility of our stock price; the impact of financial covenants, credit ratings or interest volatility on our ability to borrow; our ability to maintain adequate levels of liquidity for our cash needs, including debt obligations, payment of dividends, planned share repurchases (including execution of accelerated share repurchases) and capital expenditures as well as the ability of our customers, suppliers and lenders to access sources of liquidity to provide for their own cash needs; changes in our credit rating; potential regulatory changes; future legislative and regulatory requirements in the US and globally relating to climate change, including any new climate related disclosure or compliance requirements, such as those recently proposed by the SEC; global economic conditions or other developments related to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union; exchange rate fluctuations; the cost, availability of and demand for diamonds, gold and other precious metals, including any impact on the global market supply of diamonds due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict or related sanctions; stakeholder reactions to disclosure regarding the source and use of certain minerals; seasonality of Signet's business; the merchandising, pricing and inventory policies followed by Signet and its ability to manage inventory levels; Signet's relationships with suppliers including the ability to continue to utilize extended payment terms and the ability to obtain merchandise that customers wish to purchase; the failure to adequately address the impact of existing tariffs and/or the imposition of additional duties, tariffs, taxes and other charges or other barriers to trade or impacts from trade relations; the level of competition and promotional activity in the jewelry sector; our ability to optimize Signet's multi-year strategy to gain market share, expand and improve existing services, innovate and achieve sustainable, long-term growth; the maintenance and continued innovation of Signet's OmniChannel retailing and ability to increase digital sales, as well as management of its digital marketing costs; changes in consumer attitudes regarding jewelry and failure to anticipate and keep pace with changing fashion trends; changes in the supply and consumer acceptance of and demand for gem quality lab created diamonds and adequate identification of the use of substitute products in our jewelry; ability to execute successful marketing programs and manage social media; the ability to optimize Signet's real estate footprint; the ability to satisfy the accounting requirements for "hedge accounting," or the default or insolvency of a counterparty to a hedging contract; the performance of and ability to recruit, train, motivate and retain qualified team members - particularly in regions experiencing low unemployment rates; management of social, ethical and environmental risks; the reputation of Signet and its banners; inadequacy in and disruptions to internal controls and systems, including related to the migration to new information technology systems which impact financial reporting; security breaches and other disruptions to Signet's information technology infrastructure and databases; an adverse development in legal or regulatory proceedings or tax matters, including any new claims or litigation brought by employees, suppliers, consumers or shareholders, regulatory initiatives or investigations, and ongoing compliance with regulations and any consent orders or other legal or regulatory decisions; failure to comply with labor regulations; collective bargaining activity; changes in corporate taxation rates, laws, rules or practices in the US and jurisdictions in which Signet's subsidiaries are incorporated, including developments related to the tax treatment of companies engaged in Internet commerce or deductions associated with payments to foreign related parties that are subject to a low effective tax rate; risks related to international laws and Signet being a Bermuda corporation; risks relating to the outcome of pending litigation; our ability to protect our intellectual property or physical assets; changes in assumptions used in making accounting estimates relating to items such as extended service plans and pensions; or the impact of weather-related incidents, natural disasters, organized crime or theft, strikes, protests, riots or terrorism, acts of war (including the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict), or another public health crisis or disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic on Signet's business.
For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statement, see the "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" sections of Signet's Fiscal 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and the "Safe Harbor Statements" in current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. Signet undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Investors:
Vinnie Sinisi
SVP Investor Relations
+1-330-665-6530
vincent.sinisi@signetjewelers.com
Media:
Lindsay Hymson
Vice President Financial Communications & Media Relations
+1 516 524 1757
Lindsay.hymson@signetjewelers.com
The following information provides reconciliations of the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP") to presented non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that non-GAAP financial measures, when reviewed in conjunction with GAAP financial measures, can provide more information to assist investors in evaluating historical trends and current period performance. For these reasons, internal management reporting also includes non-GAAP measures. Items may be excluded from GAAP financial measures when the Company believes this provides useful supplementary information to management and investors in assessing the operating performance of our business.
These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not superior to or as a substitute for the GAAP financial measures presented in this earnings release and the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and other publicly filed reports. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as or comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies.
In discussing financial results, the Company refers to free cash flow that is not in accordance with GAAP and is defined as the net cash (used in) provided by operating activities, less purchases of property, plant, and equipment. Management considers adjusted free cash flow, defined as free cash flow excluding proceeds from the sale of the non-prime in-house finance receivables, as helpful in understanding how the business is generating cash from its operating and investing activities that can be used to meet the financing needs of the business. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are indicators used by management frequently in evaluating its overall liquidity and determining appropriate capital allocation strategies. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow do not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary purposes.
Signet has a diversified real estate portfolio. On July 30, 2022, Signet had 2,833 stores totaling 4.2 million square feet of selling space. Compared to year-end Fiscal 2022, store count decreased and square feet of selling space increased 0.2%
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(The Hill) – U.S. airline passenger complaints doubled in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to a Department of Transportation (DOT) report published this month.
Passengers filed nearly 16,000 complaints with the DOT against U.S. airlines from January to June. That’s more than double the 6,827 complaints filed in first half of 2021.
American Airlines recorded the most complaints in the first half of 2022, with 3,186 filed against the Fort Worth, Texas-based company on everything from flight problems, refunds, fares, refunds, baggage and accessibility issues.
United Airlines recorded 2,391 complaints from January to June of this year, while passengers filed 1,909 complaints against Spirit Airlines.
Ranking fourth was Frontier Airlines, at 1,750 filed complaints. In fifth place was Jetblue Airways, with 1,676 filed complaints.
Airlines have struggled to meet high consumer demand this year as travelers emerged from the pandemic’s peak waves and shutdowns, leaving many flights canceled and delayed, to the frustration of the public.
Companies have blamed everything from a pilot shortage to high fuel costs and extreme weather for the mass cancellations and delayed flights.
The travel disruptions have angered the Biden administration and congressional lawmakers, especially as thousands of flights were canceled over holiday travel weekends, including for the Fourth of July and Juneteenth.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with airline executives in June and House Democrats introduced a bill this month that would force companies to give up cash refunds to passengers if a flight is canceled or significantly delayed.
The DOT’s latest Air Travel Consumer Report, filed by The Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, also breaks down the number of flight cancellations recorded in the first half of the year.
More than 106,000 flights were canceled from January to June. In the same period last year, just over 41,000 flights were canceled.
Southwest Airlines canceled the most flights, with 16,321 of them scrubbed in the first half of 2022.
The Dallas, Texas-based company has faced some scrutiny for its canceled and delayed flights. The airline has canceled up to 40 percent of its flights on some peak travel days.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday claimed that the recent raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against his deputy Manish Sisodia have increased the Aam Aadmi Party's vote share in Gujarat by 4 per cent. During a discussion over the confidence motion in the Delhi assembly, the AAP national convener said the vote share will increase by 6 per cent if Sisodia gets arrested.
Assembly elections are slated to be held in Gujarat later this year. The AAP after its morale-boosting win in the recently concluded assembly elections in Punjab is looking to make in-roads in Gujarat. However, the BJP has dismissed the AAP's challenge and is confident that it would retain power in the state for another term.
"The CBI raided Sisodia, went to his village and searched his bank locker. CBI people said they did not find anything against him but are under pressure to arrest him," the Delhi Chief Minister said on Thursday, as reported by news agency PTI.
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Kejriwal said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "certificate of honesty" to the AAP. He once again said that the saffron party tried to poach AAP MLAs, but none of the party lawmakers accepted their offer.
"Absolutely corrupt party lacks educated people while 'hardcore honest' party has those with good education, genuine IIT degrees," PTI quoted Kejriwal as saying. "They are spending Rs 20-50 crore to buy MLAs. Am I doing anything wrong if I want to build schools and hospitals."
The AAP and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words over the CBI raids against Sisodia. Kejriwal's party has claimed that the raids are being carried out as the BJP is afraid of the party supremo's rise in the national politics.
It has also alleged that the BJP tried to poach its MLAs, bringing a confidence motion in the 70-member Delhi legislative assembly. However, the party has claimed that BJP's "Operation Lotus" has failed in the national capital as all AAP MLAs rejected their offer. | https://english.jagran.com/india/aap-vote-share-in-gujarat-increased-by-4-per-cent-after-cbi-raid-on-manish-sisodia-arvind-kejriwal-10048572 | 2022-09-01T12:10:10Z | https://english.jagran.com/india/aap-vote-share-in-gujarat-increased-by-4-per-cent-after-cbi-raid-on-manish-sisodia-arvind-kejriwal-10048572 | false |
As much fun as it is to travel outside of St. Louis, residents don't need to in order to sample some culture from around the world this weekend, not to mention all the other fun events on deck. So grab your calendars and start planning!
Don't forget to plan your weekend, also:
Friday 09/02
St. Nicholas Greek Festival
Labor Day weekend kicks off with what's billed as St. Louis' largest ethnic festival: the St. Nicholas Greek Festival. The festival has gone on for decades, and this year's delights will be no different. Sample authentic Greek food and catch some live Greek music — or take it a step further and dance your heart out. The festival encourages you to "be Greek for a day," and you'll feel like you're on the islands with this festival. The gift shop even has souvenirs imported from Athens. The church offers tours for guests; "ooh" and "aah" at the historic church's architecture and beautiful iconography. The St. Nicholas Greek Festival kicks off on Friday, September 2, at 5 p.m. at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (4967 Forest Park Avenue, opastl.com). It's free to attend and runs through Monday, September 5.
Tour de St. Louis
Amateur and professional cyclists take on four races in some of St. Louis' iconic neighborhoods at the Gateway Cup. On Friday, September 2, is the Tour de Lafayette in Lafayette Square. Tour de Francios Park (Francis Park) is on Saturday, September 3, and Giro Della Montagna is Sunday, September 4 in the Hill. Finally, Monday, September 5 is the Benton Park Classic. The event is incredibly spectator friendly, cyclists race in a 1 mile+ lap, meaning cyclists are whipping past every few minutes. For more information visit gatewaycup.com.
Saturday 09/03
Water Lantern Festival
You know that one scene in Tangled where the whole reason Rapunzel leaves the tower is to go see the lanterns in the sky? Well, get psyched, because that festival is happening here — but the lanterns will be floating instead of soaring. The Water Lantern Festival travels to different cities and is coming to St. Louis this week.Each festival attendee designs a lantern, which are all launched as the sun sets. Don't worry about the environment — the festival will take care of lantern retrieval and water cleanup. Each ticket comes with a wristband for entry, a floating lantern kit, an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag and a marker. The Water Lantern Festival is at Creve Coeur Lake (13725 Marine Avenue, waterlanternfestival.com/stlouis.php). Gates open at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, September 3. Tickets cost $45 in advance and are $55 on the day of the event.
Trip to Japan
Celebrate and learn about the history of Japan at the Japanese Festival this weekend. The Missouri Botanical Garden has been putting on the event since 1977, and it features collaboration with several local Japanese American organizations. Authentic Japanese music, food, entertainment, art and dance will be on display, including sumo wrestling, tours of the garden and candlelight walks. Guests can peruse a variety of merchandise for sale. Food vendors include Drunken Fish, PokeDoke, Red Apron and more. The Japanese Festival takes place at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard, events.missouribotanicalgarden.org/japanese_festival) on Saturday, September 3, and Sunday, September 4.
Sunday 09/04
'90s Dance Party
Gone are the days of having to keep the music down in your parents' basement as the radio played Alanis Morissette or Mariah Carey. But '90s music cannot be contained any longer. In accordance, Ballpark Village is hosting a '90s dance party following the Cubs vs. Cardinals game. Fool House puts on the event and will pay homage to the "golden era" of boy bands, pop, hip-hop and pop punk artists. Sing along or learn the choreography to your favorite tunes of the '90s. Music by the Spice Girls, St. Louis' own Nelly, Blink-182, the Backstreet Boys and more are all on the roster. The '90s Dance Party starts at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 4, in the Together Credit Union Plaza (601 Clark Avenue). It's free to attend.
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Allentown Central Catholic football coach Tim McGorry remembers a special No. 54 who played offensive line for the Vikings when he was a quarterback for the Vikings in the late-1990s.
“He embodied a lot of the guys we had here in the 1990s; he was strong, tough, hard-nosed,” McGorry said. “I have many memories of him, but one sticks out. We were playing Emmaus and he was getting his knee drained at halftime. He was hurting but he still went out and played because he was a tough competitor. He wanted to be out there for his team.”
McGorry was referring to Nate Warke, his former teammate, who died in May 2014. He was killed in an car accident on Route 22 caused by a drunk driver. He was 34.
An outstanding football player and wrestler, Warke was a beloved figure in the Central Catholic community. More than 2,500 attended his funeral.
He has never been forgotten by his teammates, such as McGorry, or his coaches, such as former ACCHS coach Jim Morgans and longtime assistant Paul Hagadus.
And, he will never be forgotten by members of his family, especially the young man who wears No. 54 on this year’s Vikings football team.
It’s senior captain and offensive lineman Mitchell Miller who is doing his best to honor his uncle Nate’s memory by playing football the way Warke played at Central 25 years ago. He plays the game with passion, grit, determination, and pride just as his uncle would want.
In Central’s 34-28 season-opening win over Liberty, Miller was part of a strong offensive line that powered Caiden Shaffer to four touchdowns and Nathan Schultz to another score. Miller also alertly recovered a loose ball in the end zone when Shaffer fumbled on a 2-point conversion attempt.
He got what figures to be an emotional senior season off to a good start which he hopes will continue when the Vikings travel to rival Emmaus on Friday night.
“Nate definitely had something to him and Mitchell is very similar in terms of coming to work every day,” McGorry said. “There’s no question Mitchell is the most improved player on our team. He had a tremendous training camp and we thought he played well for us last week at left guard.”
McGorry said Miller reminds him of Warke.
“The personalities are similar,” McGorry said. “Mitchell’s a funny kid. He likes to joke around and be sarcastic. But he always has the same traits as Nate when it comes to work ethic. He’s really beginning to develop into a leader, which is great to see. The kids voted him captain and I thought he was deserving of it. He’s the only senior on the offensive line and it’s important for him to be a leader of the younger guys. I know Nate would be really proud of him.”
Miller said he thinks about his uncle all the time.
“I wear his number because since he’s gone it gives me the sense that he’s still with me in every game and every practice,” Miller said. “It helps me get through everything. I was 10 when it happened. We were close. I remember going to my grandmother’s house where he lived for a while and we would walk the streets and talk about everything. We’d talk about school and stuff and he just said to stay focused.”
Miller, who lives in Kempton, started his career at Marian Catholic but found a good fit at Central in part because of the legacy his uncle established decades earlier.
“My grandparents would also tell me about him playing here and what a great football player he was and what a great leader he was,” Miller said. “On the field, I try to be an absolute animal like he was and bring that physicality that he had. He picked everyone up on the field when they started to get down on themselves. He wanted them to be the best they could be and he pushed them.”
Miller said his entire family still feels the pain of losing someone so special so soon.
“It was a rough night and a rough couple of years for all of us after it happened,” he said. “It’s a little better now, but every time it’s that time of year, we remember it and it hurts all over again.”
Laura Miller, Mitchell’s mother, and Warke’s sister said the 2022 season figures to be emotional.
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“Nate was really pivotal to his team’s success and now Mitchell has the same opportunity,” she said. “I really believe that Nate’s spirit is with Mitchell. He’s still here with us. It’s great that Coach McGorry gave him Nate’s number. He loves it here after he transferred. He loves the team, the community, the school, all of his friends. There’s an aura here. We knew it was going to be emotional when he came here to be wearing Nate’s same number, playing the same position and now he’s a senior.”
Laura Miller said that her sons and Warke were close.
“Just about a week before he was killed, he babysat both Mason, who is my older son, and Mitchell,” she said. “Now Mason is playing college football at Robert Morris University and Mitchell is wearing his number at Central. Nate was very much dedicated to this school. He embraced the whole community and the family feel on and off the field. The teachers were so helpful and supportive. He loved being a Viking.”
Warke played college football at Merrimack College and McGorry believes Miller has the ability to play at the next level if he continues to work at it. For now, though, the focus is on Emmaus and getting through the grind of an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference season.
Miller wants to play well for his coaches, his teammates, his family, and most of all to honor his uncle.
“I know he’s always looking down on me. and he’s pushing me to keep working harder and go further this season,” said Miller. “I’ll make sure I don’t let him down.”
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Casa de Campo Resort & Villas is now the official resort sponsor of Five Iron Golf Leagues
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Iron Golf has announced Casa de Campo Resort & Villas, the world-class golf and vacation destination located in the Dominican Republic, as the newest sponsor of the Five Iron Golf Leagues. For each of the next four league seasons, which run consecutively from September 2022 through April 2023, Casa de Campo will provide a five-star grand prize: a premium stay and play package that includes a four-night stay in an Elite room, golf cart transportation within the resort, daily breakfast, a $250 travel voucher and two rounds of golf at each of Casa de Campo's three award-winning courses.
On top of the grand prize, Casa de Campo is providing additional stay-and-play prizes each league season. For the upcoming fall league, all participants signed up by the season's start on September 12 are eligible to compete in the Casa de Campo Closest-to-the-Pin contest, with the winner receiving a stay and play package for two. This winter, Casa de Campo will sponsor Five Iron Golf's first-ever Women's League competition, with the top women's team in the nation winning a trip for four. The winners of a one-night national scramble tournament held in January will also be eligible to receive prizes sponsored by Casa de Campo.
"We are thrilled to partner with Five Iron Golf's and align with a brand determined to expand the reach of golf," says Jason Kycek, senior vice president of marketing and sales. "Casa de Campo is poised to continue expanding its golf offerings as we welcome more and more players to enjoy three of Pete Dye's masterpieces, including the legendary Teeth of the Dog."
Five Iron Golf is host to one of the largest indoor golf leagues in the country. Participants compete in seven-week seasons featuring various play formats to win weekly prizes at the local and national levels. The season culminates with one week of local playoffs followed by a National Championship, which is live-streamed on Twitch. Through the new Casa de Campo partnership, each season will feature a "Casa de Campo Week," where league players will compete on Teeth of the Dog or Dye Fore on TrackMan simulators. The next league season at Five Iron Golf starts September 12, and participants can join as a team of four or free-agent.
"Five Iron Golf is grateful to partner with Casa De Campo to enhance a league product that we have always been proud of," remarked Five Iron Golf Co-Founder and CEO Jared Solomon. "The league represents the community-driven, 'golf is fun' approach that makes Five Iron Golf unique, and we embrace the opportunity to work with a brand like Casa de Campo to welcome more players to the game."
For more information on the partnership or to schedule an interview with Five Iron Golf Co-Founder and CEO Jared Solomon, please contact Katie Stotts at stotts@knighteady.com. Learn more about Five Iron Golf on their website or on social media on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Five Iron Golf is an urban indoor golf experience that combines golf, technology, and entertainment to inspire community and make golf enjoyable for every level of player. From early morning to late night, each location features industry-leading golf simulators available for rentals by the half hour, golf instructors available for private or group lessons, a full bar, a food menu, and event space. Membership options are available but not required to reserve a simulator, play in Five Iron's golf leagues, host an event, or book a lesson. Five Iron Golf originated in New York City in 2017 and has expanded to Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Seattle with new locations coming to Detroit and Boston by the summer of 2022. More information on Five Iron Golf is available at fiveirongolf.com.
The 7,000-acre Casa de Campo attracts affluent travelers with 63 holes of exceptional golf. Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and The Links courses – Conde Nast Traveler, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine and Golfweek award winners – are designed by the legendary architect Pete Dye. They are complemented by spacious hotel rooms, suites and luxury villas. Expertly prepared cuisine from around the world, a 370-slip Marina & Yacht Club, Polo & Equestrian Club, the La Terraza Tennis Center, 245-acre Shooting Club and Altos de Chavon – an artisan's village modeled after a 16th century Mediterranean city – are other on-property highlights.
Getting There: La Romana International Airport (LRM) is five minutes from Casa de Campo and caters to private jet service from around the globe. A short drive from the resort, Santo Domingo (SDQ) and Punta Cana (PUJ) operate daily direct flights from all major North American airports.
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Casa de Campo Resort & Villas is now the official resort sponsor of Five Iron Golf Leagues
NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Iron Golf has announced Casa de Campo Resort & Villas, the world-class golf and vacation destination located in the Dominican Republic, as the newest sponsor of the Five Iron Golf Leagues. For each of the next four league seasons, which run consecutively from September 2022 through April 2023, Casa de Campo will provide a five-star grand prize: a premium stay and play package that includes a four-night stay in an Elite room, golf cart transportation within the resort, daily breakfast, a $250 travel voucher and two rounds of golf at each of Casa de Campo's three award-winning courses.
On top of the grand prize, Casa de Campo is providing additional stay-and-play prizes each league season. For the upcoming fall league, all participants signed up by the season's start on September 12 are eligible to compete in the Casa de Campo Closest-to-the-Pin contest, with the winner receiving a stay and play package for two. This winter, Casa de Campo will sponsor Five Iron Golf's first-ever Women's League competition, with the top women's team in the nation winning a trip for four. The winners of a one-night national scramble tournament held in January will also be eligible to receive prizes sponsored by Casa de Campo.
"We are thrilled to partner with Five Iron Golf's and align with a brand determined to expand the reach of golf," says Jason Kycek, senior vice president of marketing and sales. "Casa de Campo is poised to continue expanding its golf offerings as we welcome more and more players to enjoy three of Pete Dye's masterpieces, including the legendary Teeth of the Dog."
Five Iron Golf is host to one of the largest indoor golf leagues in the country. Participants compete in seven-week seasons featuring various play formats to win weekly prizes at the local and national levels. The season culminates with one week of local playoffs followed by a National Championship, which is live-streamed on Twitch. Through the new Casa de Campo partnership, each season will feature a "Casa de Campo Week," where league players will compete on Teeth of the Dog or Dye Fore on TrackMan simulators. The next league season at Five Iron Golf starts September 12, and participants can join as a team of four or free-agent.
"Five Iron Golf is grateful to partner with Casa De Campo to enhance a league product that we have always been proud of," remarked Five Iron Golf Co-Founder and CEO Jared Solomon. "The league represents the community-driven, 'golf is fun' approach that makes Five Iron Golf unique, and we embrace the opportunity to work with a brand like Casa de Campo to welcome more players to the game."
For more information on the partnership or to schedule an interview with Five Iron Golf Co-Founder and CEO Jared Solomon, please contact Katie Stotts at stotts@knighteady.com. Learn more about Five Iron Golf on their website or on social media on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Five Iron Golf is an urban indoor golf experience that combines golf, technology, and entertainment to inspire community and make golf enjoyable for every level of player. From early morning to late night, each location features industry-leading golf simulators available for rentals by the half hour, golf instructors available for private or group lessons, a full bar, a food menu, and event space. Membership options are available but not required to reserve a simulator, play in Five Iron's golf leagues, host an event, or book a lesson. Five Iron Golf originated in New York City in 2017 and has expanded to Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Seattle with new locations coming to Detroit and Boston by the summer of 2022. More information on Five Iron Golf is available at fiveirongolf.com.
The 7,000-acre Casa de Campo attracts affluent travelers with 63 holes of exceptional golf. Teeth of the Dog, Dye Fore and The Links courses – Conde Nast Traveler, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine and Golfweek award winners – are designed by the legendary architect Pete Dye. They are complemented by spacious hotel rooms, suites and luxury villas. Expertly prepared cuisine from around the world, a 370-slip Marina & Yacht Club, Polo & Equestrian Club, the La Terraza Tennis Center, 245-acre Shooting Club and Altos de Chavon – an artisan's village modeled after a 16th century Mediterranean city – are other on-property highlights.
Getting There: La Romana International Airport (LRM) is five minutes from Casa de Campo and caters to private jet service from around the globe. A short drive from the resort, Santo Domingo (SDQ) and Punta Cana (PUJ) operate daily direct flights from all major North American airports.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avail, the digital hub of the operating room enabling the medical technology (MedTech) and healthcare industries to work smarter to advance patient care, today announced that Ryan Magnes, President of Avail, will present a corporate overview at the 2022 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 8:35 a.m. ET in Boston, MA.
Avail enables the MedTech industry and healthcare providers to work together more often and more efficiently, harnessing expertise and technology in and out of the OR to accelerate the innovation, adoption, and reach of tools and techniques to improve patient care. Avail does this by placing a consistent, mobile, hardware platform with integrated software into operating rooms, audibly and visually connecting remote participants and serving as the hub for advanced digital capabilities including AI and machine learning, in a secure cloud-based digital telepresence network. Today, 50 MedTech organizations have contracted with Avail to rethink commercial models, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance the reach and timeliness of collaboration. Avail was founded in 2017 by MedTech veterans with a vision to leverage Silicon Valley technology expertise to evolve the industry and enable MedTech and healthcare to deliver the best care possible. https://www.avail.io/about/newsroom/
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Company's emissions reduction targets approved and aligned with 1.5°C ambition
TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Geotab Inc. ("Geotab"), a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced that it is the first dedicated telematics company to have its emissions reduction targets validated and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Geotab's targets meet the criteria required to keep the global temperature rise limited to 1.5°C, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.
Geotab published its inaugural Sustainability Report in 2021, committing to take climate action and moving the world toward a more sustainable future. Validated by SBTi, Geotab commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. Geotab also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions by 50% within the same timeframe.
"At Geotab, we don't just believe in sustainability; it is the very core to our purpose. We are proud to be the first dedicated telematics provider to receive SBTi validation," said Neil Cawse, CEO and founder of Geotab. "We are committed to transparent measurement of our own carbon emissions, while supporting our customers and suppliers on their own journey. Together, we can make smarter decisions and do better for our planet."
Guided by its mission to help companies accelerate their rate of carbon reductions and to scale their sustainability efforts, Geotab provides access to a full suite of tools powered by the largest dataset for real-world EV performance, including the EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA), Green Fleet Dashboard, Temperature Tool for EV Range and the EV Battery Degradation Tool. Through its technology, Geotab instills confidence and helps companies make intelligent and sustainable decisions that are in the best interest of their organization, the broader community and the planet at large.
Committed to safeguarding the future, SBTi defines best practices in setting science-based targets to help mobilize companies toward a low-carbon economy. In 2019 the organization launched, The Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition. The campaign is an urgent call to action for companies to set targets in line with 1.5°C and a net-zero future to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
For information about Geotab's Sustainable Fleet Solutions, please visit: https://www.geotab.com/fleet-management-solutions/sustainability/
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ANDERNACH, Germany, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3B Private Label Portal (3B PLP), a German tech startup in the private label industry, recently announced changes to its business model. The company, whose aim is to be "the global matchmaker for private label", is differentiating itself in two major ways: highly filtered, qualified sales leads, and online marketing campaigns with a focus on search engine marketing.
Qualifying leads is greatly aided by 3B PLP's onboarding specialists. By gathering information about a manufacturer's certificates held, capacity, regions of operation, sand other specifications, the 3B PLP onboarding crew helps establish a foundation for efficient matchmaking. "With us, you won't get any mass spamming.", explained Founder and CEO, Marc Buchholz, "If we get a request from the customer side, we gather the data which is important for the manufacturer".
Manufacturers may also find that existing leads are promoted to the company's social medias. These posts often include a link to the 3B PLP website's Marketplace, which hosts those leads which are currently active and need to be filled. As of now, further means of lead promotion are still under discussion, and set to roll out in the near future.
Expanding upon the marketing side of the business model, 3B PLP boasts a global network that allows them to gain stronger tracking within search engines. When speaking to their marketing leadership, they clarified that 3B PLP could achieve "up to 70% of the click share within certain product categories". Click share, the estimated share of achievable clicks received, are especially advantageous to manufacturers in achieving future leads.
In 2019, ThomasNet conducted a survey which found 80% or more B2B buyers used search engines to source new suppliers. Despite that, out of the 325 manufacturers interviewed at PLMA's World of Private Label international tradeshow this year, only 29% admitted to utilizing digital marketing (which includes search engine marketing, or "SEM"), in addition to hosting their webpages.
In a more recent release by Gartner, the research company predicted that by 2025, "80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will occur in digital channels". In addition, "33% of all buyers desire a seller-free sales experience," to which Gartner added, "climbs to 44% for millennials". And, according to Harvard Business Review, around 73% of B2B buyers participating in final decisions are millennials.
Because of this, 3B PLP anticipates that the digital marketing aspect of their business model will provide manufacturers with a competitive edge. Those customers who jumped on the SEM services of 3B PLP early on, will have built familiarity with their online prospects before the competition. "In anticipation of future trends," 3B's marketing authority explained, "we want to help our clients participate in campaigns that will establish them within customers' search results."
As a closing statement, Buchholz had this to say: "sourcing potential partners will be digitalized, with much less human interaction than in the past", and that for those with a strong online presence, "the competitive edge will go to manufacturers who can fill leads in the shortest amount of time".
Contact: Marc Buchholz, marketing@3b-ac.com, +49 2632 8100301
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Four Amazon warehouse workers have died in separate incidents over a span of less than four weeks. While the details of each death are still forthcoming, the fatalities shine an even stronger spotlight on a common complaint about Amazon: that it requires a brutal pace of work and puts employees at risk of injury and overheating.
A range of circumstances surround the deaths. Rafael Reynaldo Mota Frias, 42, reportedly died of a heart attack in Carteret, New Jersey, as Prime Day kicked off on July 12. Another worker, Rodger Boland, died after falling from a short ladder and hitting his head in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Alex Carillo, 22, died six days after an Aug. 1 forklift crash in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
A fourth worker, Eric Vadinsky, died after a workplace incident in Monroe Township, New Jersey, on Aug. 4. The deaths are all under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which has six months to release its findings.
Amazon expressed condolences to all the families of the deceased. "Each of these tragic incidents have affected our teams greatly, and we are providing resources for families and employees who need them," said Amazon spokesman Sam Stephenson. "Our investigations are ongoing and we're cooperating with OSHA, which is conducting its own reviews of the events, as it often does in these situations."
The investigations come at a time when Amazon already faces probes from federal and state regulators on workplace safety as well as worker pushback against what they say are dangerously hot work spaces. Most recently, a group of workers walked off the job at an Amazon air hub in San Bernardino, California, protesting hot working conditions and pay.
The deaths also come as people reexamine the role of Amazon in their lives in light of dangerous working conditions reported by news outlets, advocates and workers themselves. A group of 70 TikTok influencers signed onto a pledge in August promising to close down their Amazon storefronts and wish lists and to avoid entering into new agreements with Amazon to monetize their videos when users click through to Amazon's marketplace.
Called out by the TikTokers: reports of excessive heat in warehouses and in trucks that workers must load and unload in the sun. A photo shared by More Perfect Union, a workers' rights group, shows the cargo area of an Amazon truck registering an internal temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius).
"Amazon is treating its workers like crap," TikToker @asianlefty said in a video pointing out worker complaints of hot work spaces and limited water, adding that he was joining the People Over Prime Pledge.
Amazon spokesman Stephenson pointed out that the company's warehouses have climate control. "Our teams are trained to follow robust safety procedures when operating during warmer weather, and our policies meet or exceed industry standards and OSHA guidance," he said.
Preventing future deaths in warehouses
It's hard to draw broad conclusions from four deaths, said Eric Frumin, director of health and safety at the union-affiliated Strategic Organizing Center, adding that warehouse deaths are statistically rare throughout the industry.
Still, workplace safety experts say the deaths raise questions.
"One workplace fatality is too many," said Marissa Baker, assistant professor at the University of Washington's department of environmental and occupational health sciences.
These are also not the first fatalities Amazon has seen in the last 12 months. While it's unclear exactly how many Amazon workers have died in the company's warehouses over the years, five employees and a delivery driver employed by Amazon's contractor died in a collapsed warehouse during a tornado in December.
While OSHA investigated the incident and required Amazon to review its severe weather policies, the deaths don't appear in two OSHA datasets that collect information on fatalities. When asked by CNET, OSHA didn't provide information for why the deaths weren't recorded in its datasets. In a statement, Amazon said it reports all deaths to OSHA in accordance with the law.
In general, both fatalities and injuries are undercounted, Baker said. "It doesn't mean that the data we do have should be ignored or can't be relied on," she said. But she added there needs to be more standardization in recording injuries and deaths at work.
Frumin, the health and safety director at the Strategic Organizing Center, added that OSHA investigations must be thorough to create prevention plans for the future.
When looking into Boland's death in Robbinsville, he said, investigators have to ask why someone fell off a three-foot ladder in the first place. Even if a similar fall doesn't lead to someone's death in the future, it could still cause serious injury. Regulators in the state of Washington have said Amazon workers often skip using tools like step stools, or use them unsafely, because they fear they'll be penalized if they slow down enough to use them correctly.
For Mota Frias, who died of cardiac arrest on Prime Day, investigators will have to look at whether heat and the pace of work made his medical emergency worse.
Amazon has denied responsibility for his death. Company spokesman Stephenson said the death "was related to a personal medical condition." Amazon workers told the Daily Beast that the area where Mota Frias worked was dangerously hot, but Stephenson said claims that heat was a factor are false. OSHA will also make a determination on the question, Stephenson said, adding, "we fully expect that it will reach the same conclusion."
A heart attack on the job can be work-related, even if it stems from an underlying health condition, Frumin said. Additionally, he said, workers who fear losing their jobs will often work through health scares.
Frumin also believes it's worth looking into the fact that the death happened on Prime Day, when advocates say increased production demands lead to higher injury rates.
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It's never best practice to leave your pet home alone for long periods of time -- but sometimes it's inevitable. Whether you pull a long day at work or are traveling for the holiday weekend, your dog or cat will at some point spend a good chunk of the day alone before you or the pet sitter arrive.
From turning over your potted plant to chewing up your TV cords, pets can easily get themselves into mischief when unattended. The good news is you can prevent many potential accidents by recognizing and addressing common household hazards.
Below, you'll find a checklist on how to pet-proof each room in your home. With these handy tips and safety measures, you'll be able to head to leave the house with confidence. (Also be sure to check out the best cat toys and best dog toys of the year.)
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Common house hazards
From foods that can make your pet sick to dangerous plants, your house is packed with potential hazards. Following these safety checklists will make each and every room safe and secure.
Kitchen
- Keep cleaners, chemicals and detergents on high shelves or in cabinets locked with a child lock.
- Don't leave any heavy cookware or sharp utensils on the counter to avoid having it fall on your pet or cutting its paw.
- Keep all food enclosed and away. While most human foods are perfectly safe for pets, chocolate, avocado, tomatoes and other tasty snacks can be harmful to your dog or cat. Wrap up food after eating and consider keeping your produce in a cabinet.
- Keep trash bins locked or secure in a cabinet. We've all seen the movies (looking at you, Marley and Me) when the dog goes on a rampage through the trash. And while it makes for an entertaining film scene, it can be a nightmare to clean up in reality.
Living room and bedroom
- Keep all dangling wires from lamps, TVs, stereos and phones out of reach. Put laptop and phone charging cords in a drawer. Cats especially have a knack for turning any household item into their new favorite toy.
- Put away kids' toys and other small objects. Again, your pet will likely lose interest in the toys you actually bought for them at the store to opt for your jewelry and socks (and anything else they decide is theirs for the taking), so be mindful of what you're leaving around to avoid a mess or choking-hazard.
- Move house plants and flowers out of reach. While house plants can add some much-needed greenery and color to a room, they may be poisonous to your cat or dog if eaten. Make sure you research pet-safe flora like spider plants and orchids to prevent your pet from eating toxic plants.
- Latch the doors to your washer and dryer.
- Make sure all heating or air vents have secured covers.
- Check that you don't close your pet -- especially notoriously elusive cats -- inside closets or cabinets. I know it might sound improbable, but I once spent close to an hour running around my 800-square-foot apartment trying to find my cat... only to find her napping inside one of my kitchen cabinets.
Bathroom
- Keep the toilet lid closed to prevent your pet from drinking from or taking an unwanted dive in the basin.
- Keep medications, cleaning supplies, cosmetics and other products in a drawer or cabinet that can't easily be nudged open.
Keep all hair bands and pins secured. While your cat might love playing with a spare hair tie (I know mine does) and it's always hard to ruin the fun when you eventually take away the newfound toy, the vet fees will be even less fun if your pet swallows something they shouldn't.
Although many of these hazards may seem relatively low-risk, it never hurts to be proactive and vigilant -- especially when it comes to your companion.
The bottom line
Nothing makes pet owners more assured than knowing their pet is safe and happy no matter how far away. These home safety tips and measures meant specifically for your dog or cat will help them stay healthy and will help you feel secure enough to leave with confidence. Your pet will no doubt appreciate these safety precautions. And remember, whenever you leave and wherever you go, your pet will miss you, too. | https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/heres-how-to-leave-your-pets-home-safely/ | 2022-09-01T12:19:49Z | https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/heres-how-to-leave-your-pets-home-safely/ | false |
- Former Novartis Veteran Brings Deep Expertise in Drug Development and Commercialization
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMGA) ("Omega"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to using mRNA therapeutics as a new class of programmable epigenetic medicines by leveraging its OMEGA Epigenomic Programing™ platform, today announced the appointment of Rainer Boehm as an independent director to its Board of Directors. Mr. Boehm will serve on Omega's audit and compensation committees.
"Rainer's growth-oriented perspective and global strategic management experience will be invaluable to Omega in this next phase of the Company's trajectory," said Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D., Co-founder and Chairman of the Board for Omega Therapeutics and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flagship Pioneering. "I look forward to working closely with him as Omega continues to advance its clinical pipeline and demonstrate the broad capabilities of its pioneering drug development platform."
"We are thrilled to welcome Rainer to our Board and look forward to leveraging his significant drug development expertise, strategic thought-leadership and executive management skills as we work to advance our new class of programmable epigenetic medicines," said Mahesh Karande, President and Chief Executive Officer of Omega. "Rainer is a recognized industry leader with a strong track record of working with and growing innovative clinical stage companies and has extensive experience managing global drug development and commercialization."
"Omega is pioneering a new class of programmable mRNA therapeutics that have the potential to transform the way we approach difficult-to-treat diseases," said Mr. Boehm. "This is an exciting time for the Company, and I look forward to partnering with this accomplished board of directors and management team and sharing insights as they continue to pave new roads through the discovery and development of epigenomic controllers for patients in need."
Mr. Boehm brings over 30 years of clinical and managerial experience to Omega. He held several senior management positions during his extensive tenure at Novartis Pharma AG and its predecessor, CIBA-Geigy, spanning from 1988 to 2017, most recently as Chief Commercial & Medical Affairs Officer. He was a key figure in the successful establishment of Novartis Oncology. He oversaw the launch and life cycle management of many blockbuster brands in different geographies globally, amongst them Femara, Zometa and Glivec in oncology, as well as Cosentyx and Entresto and the immunology and cardiovascular disease areas. Prior to joining Novartis, he served as unit head at the Psychiatric Hospital in Zwiefalten, Germany. Mr. Boehm serves on the boards of Cellectis SA (Nasdaq: CLLS), Humanigen Inc. (Nasdaq: HGEN), BioCopy, AG (private) and Berlin Cures, AG (private). He holds a medical degree from the University of Ulm in Germany, and a Master of Business Administration from Schiller University, Strasbourg Campus in France. Recently he commenced a Master of Public Health program at the Universities of Basel / Bern / Zurich in Switzerland.
Omega Therapeutics, founded by Flagship Pioneering, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the first systematic approach to use mRNA therapeutics as a new class of programmable epigenetic medicines. The company's OMEGA Epigenomic Programming™ platform harnesses the power of epigenetics, the mechanism that controls gene expression and every aspect of an organism's life from cell genesis, growth, and differentiation to cell death. Using a suite of technologies, paired with Omega's process of systematic, rational, and integrative drug design, the OMEGA platform enables control of fundamental epigenetic processes to correct the root cause of disease by returning aberrant gene expression to a normal range without altering native nucleic acid sequences. Omega's modular and programmable mRNA medicines, Omega Epigenomic Controllers™, target specific epigenomic loci within insulated genomic domains, EpiZips™, from amongst thousands of unique, mapped, and validated genome-wide DNA-sequences, with high specificity to durably tune single or multiple genes to treat and cure diseases through Precision Genomic Control™. Omega is currently advancing a broad pipeline of development candidates spanning a range of disease areas, including oncology, regenerative medicine, multigenic diseases including immunology, and select monogenic diseases, including alopecia.
For more information, visit omegatherapeutics.com, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding our product candidate pipeline, including our development of OTX-2002 and other drug candidates and Mr. Boehm's impact on the Company. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the novel technology on which our product candidates are based makes it difficult to predict the time and cost of preclinical and clinical development and subsequently obtaining regulatory approval, if at all; the substantial development and regulatory risks associated with epigenomic controller machines due to the novel and unprecedented nature of this new category of medicines; our limited operating history; the incurrence of significant losses and the fact that we expect to continue to incur significant additional losses for the foreseeable future; our need for substantial additional financing; our investments in research and development efforts that further enhance the OMEGA platform, and their impact on our results; uncertainty regarding preclinical development, especially for a new class of medicines such as epigenomic controllers; the fact that our product candidates may be associated with serious adverse events, undesirable side effects or have other properties that could halt their regulatory development, prevent their regulatory approval, limit their commercial potential, or result in significant negative consequences; the impact of increased demand for the manufacture of mRNA and LNP based vaccines to treat COVID-19 on our development plans; difficulties manufacturing the novel technology on which our OEC candidates are based; our ability to adapt to rapid and significant technological change; our reliance on third parties for the manufacture of materials; our ability to successfully acquire and establish our own manufacturing facilities and infrastructure; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers for lipid excipients used in our product candidates; our ability to advance our product candidates to clinical development; and our ability to obtain, maintain, enforce and adequately protect our intellectual property rights. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and our other filings with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change.
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Xavier Brown, the 23-year-old man killed in a Shockoe Bottom shooting in May, is being honored at Monacan High School Thursday, Sept. 1.
Brown’s parents, LaTasha Dodson and Andre Brown, told 8News that while the commemoration is touching, it also serves as a reminder that Brown’s killer has still not been caught and they are still seeking justice.
“Still no leads on the case, and so it makes it equally frustrating,” Brown said.
The 23-year-old was gunned down outside Richmond’s Main Street Station on May 21. According to Dodson, he had just left a nightclub where he’d been working a catering job.
Security cameras captured footage of a man who investigators believe may be his killer.
Security video shows the person Richmond police shot and killed Xavier Brown, 23, on E. Main Street on May 21. Security video shows the person Richmond police shot and killed Xavier Brown, 23, on E. Main Street on May 21.
No arrests have yet been made in connection to the incident. Brown’s parents are asking for the community’s help, doing everything to keep the case fresh including tomorrow’s special gathering.
“We have to get rid of that mindset that we don’t snitch,” Brown said. “We keep letting these senseless crimes go unpunished then this will happen to someone else that could’ve been prevented.”
Both Dodson and Brown told 8News that the last few months without their son have been hard.
“It’s still unbelievable that he’s not with us,” Dodson said. “We’re trying to find the small moments that make us smile; the memories.”
Now months after he was shot and killed, Brown is being honored at his old high school where he played football for four years.
His ceremony will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, during the Monacan High School football game.
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BEIJING, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the last decade, China has witnessed tremendous changes, which could not have been achieved without the hard work of its people.
There are many ways to record the last decade, but the story that, at times, leaves a mark on each person is surely the most vivid. To greet the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) scheduled to be held in October, the Global Times has launched a series of stories to acknowledge the remarkable contributions made by people from all walks of life who have dedicated their wisdom and energy to the realization of the Chinese Dream.
Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, the image that Chinese diplomats present to the world has been refreshed with the growing international status of China. As a veteran diplomat, Chinese Ambassador to Russia, Zhang Hanhui, previously served in the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese embassies to the Kyrgyz Republic and Ukraine and as Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan. In an exclusive interview with Global Times (GT) reporters Fan Anqi, Zhang Hui and Xing Xiaojing, Zhang Hanhui (Zhang) elaborated on how he felt about the change in China's national strength through his diplomatic work, and about which aspects of China other countries are most interested in.
GT: Looking back on the past 10 years, you had worked in the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and served as the Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan, and in August 2019, you were appointed as Chinese ambassador to Russia. What changes in China's national strength have you felt during the last 10 years as a diplomat?
Zhang: As a diplomat, what impressed me the most is the comprehensive promotion of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. China's international influence and appeal have been significantly enhanced, and the international community pays more attention to the Chinese model of economic development and welcomes Chinese solutions to global governance issues. I also have a more profound understanding of head-of-state diplomacy, which has played an important leading role in state-to-state relations. Since 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met 38 times and jointly led bilateral relations toward the best period in history. It has reinforced a model of strategic mutual trust among major world powers, a model of mutually beneficial relations among neighboring countries, and a new model for international relations.
On several occasions, I participated in the preparatory work for the exchange of contacts between Xi and Putin, and in particular, I had the honor as Deputy Foreign Minister to witness the historic moment in 2019 when the two heads of state jointly announced to upgrade the bilateral relations to China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.
Shortly after that, I was appointed as Chinese ambassador to Russia. Over the past three years, the complex changes of the international landscape have fully demonstrated the strategic value of China-Russia relations in the new era, reflecting the vision of the two heads of state.
Facing the profound changes, the embassy will continue to implement consensuses reached by the heads of state, promoting the sustained high-quality development of bilateral ties in the new era, and making greater contributions to building a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.
GT: How do you practice major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics with host countries while you are stationed abroad? What Chinese experiences have been of most interest in your interactions with local people?
Zhang: Over the years, I have been at the forefront of China's diplomacy and experienced many important historical milestones. I have deeply felt how the major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era has been breaking new ground amid great changes worldwide and how crises have been turned into opportunities.
At present, the international situation continues to undergo complex changes, with profound adjustments in global power constructs. Regional conflicts are escalating and threats to world peace and development imposed by unilateralism, protectionism, hegemony and power politics are rising. What rules should we follow in dealing with international relations? How should countries adjust their foreign policies? This is an issue of great concern to many.
A few days ago, I published an op-ed in the Russian newspaper Trud, titled "Xi Jinping's diplomatic thought is the guideline to building a community with a shared future for mankind," introducing the profound connotation and significance of President Xi's diplomatic thought from several aspects.
I have also been interviewed by Chinese and foreign media on China's governance, economic development, anti-corruption, the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, comprehensive poverty eradication, environmental protection, and science and technology.
On many bilateral and multilateral occasions, I have actively promoted China's great achievements in various socio-economic fields, explained the "golden key" to the governance of China, decoded secrets of CPC's success, shared experience and insights on major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in host countries. In fact, many Russian friends have asked the embassy to provide the book series "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China."
I learned that these issues are not only of great interest to the foreign side, but also those they wish to learn from. Our work is not only to answer questions but also to contribute Chinese wisdom and provide Chinese solutions toward achieving mutual development along with other countries in the world.
GT: Do you think the skills that diplomats need to master should keep pace with the times? Some commented that with the deepening of China's opening-up, Chinese diplomats are getting more "proactive" and acting more "aggressively" in defending China's interests, what's your view?
Zhang: The major changes unfolding in the world with some unseen in a century have intertwined with a global pandemic, and led to new features of diplomatic work. China has moved closer to the center of the world stage than ever before and is playing an increasingly unique and important role on the international stage, and the external environment facing frontline diplomats is more complicated, thus learning and mastering new skills have become the basic quality for Chinese diplomats in the new era.
What I want to stress is that being aggressive has never been in our diplomatic tradition, nor is groveling in character of the Chinese people. Safeguarding China's sovereignty, security, and development interests is the starting point and goal of our diplomatic work. Dare to and be good at fighting is the fine tradition and distinctive feature of new China's diplomacy.
No country will compromise on matters concerning its sovereignty and territorial integrity. China does not instigate trouble, but is also not afraid of conflict. Once provoked, we will firmly fight back and the offender will surely be punished.
GT: We noticed that during your tenure as Chinese ambassador to Russia, you have given interviews to local media and published op-eds in local newspapers to deliver China's voice through various means. What feedback have you gotten from the local people? Did it help them understand China better?
Zhang: The Chinese Embassy in Russia has established close cooperation with local mainstream media over the years. In 2021, I was interviewed by Russian media or had my articles published 33 times, covering various aspects including the centenary of the founding of the CPC, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), epidemic prevention and control, poverty eradication, China-Russia bilateral relations, the Hong Kong affairs, and opposition to hegemony and power politics.
Friends from various sectors including the Russian government, parliament, think tanks, academe, media, and the general public all contacted us, expressing their support for the one-China principle and said they will stand firmly with China. I am deeply moved by the strong momentum of joint efforts made by China and Russia.
In addition to interviews and articles, I have hosted various public activities through online and offline platforms, giving awards to outstanding Russian youth, planting friendship tree, and helping Russia fight against the epidemic, among others.
As Chinese ambassador to Russia, I truly feel the excellent qualities of the Russian people in their love for peace, justice, and pursuit of truth, as well as their friendship, understanding, and support for the Chinese people.
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Texas laws bar Wall Street firms from operating in the state if they stop investing in firearms and fossil fuels. An analysis shows that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars this year.
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Texas laws bar Wall Street firms from operating in the state if they stop investing in firearms and fossil fuels. An analysis shows that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars this year.
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Giant pandas celebrate third birthday in Zoo Berlin
Giant panda Meng Yuan is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda twins Meng Xiang (bottom) and Meng Yuan are seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Visitors watch giant panda Meng Yuan at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Visitors watch giant panda Meng Xiang at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda twins Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan (L) are seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan is seen beside the "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang enjoys a "birthday cake" at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Xiang is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
Giant panda Meng Yuan is seen at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, capital of Germany, Aug. 31, 2022. A pair of giant pandas celebrated their third birthday in Zoo Berlin on Wednesday. They are the first white-and-black bears ever born in the country. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)
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Trusted manufacturer will display and demonstrate a range of innovative products at the leading event for plumbing system design professionals in Indianapolis Sept. 19-20
ROCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laars® Heating Systems, an industry-leading manufacturer of commercial, residential, and industrial water and space heating products, will showcase a selection of high-efficiency, innovative products at the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Convention & Expo in Indianapolis in September.
Representatives from Laars will be available at Booth #601 during the Expo Sept. 19-20.
"ASPE is one of the year's best opportunities to connect with the people who trust and rely on Laars products," said Chuck O'Donnell, director of marketing for Laars Heating Systems. "This world-class event allows us to hear directly from the front lines of the industry and to present close-up, hands-on demonstrations of our comprehensive range of solutions for commercial or residential applications."
The ASPE Convention & Expo (Sept. 16-21) is the premier event for plumbing system design professionals, introducing attendees to game-changing innovations, profitable solutions, and new ideas that help them maintain their competitive edge. The two-day ASPE Expo (Sept. 19-20) is a unique opportunity to discover new plumbing technologies and practical solutions to plumbing design challenges directly from product experts.
During the Expo, information and demonstrations for the following Laars products will be available:
- Laars NeoTherm®: The Laars NeoTherm® boilers and volume water heaters are available in 12 sizes from 80 to 1200 MBH with 95%+ AHRI certified efficiencies and ultra-low NOx emissions.
- Laars OmniTherm®: The Laars OmniTherm® boilers and volume water heaters are available in six sizes from 1250 to 3000 MBH, with stainless steel heat exchangers and Laars Linc® intuitive controls.
- Laars Pennant®: With field proven reliability and intuitive touchscreen controls, the Pennant line of fan-assisted, modular boilers and water heaters ranks among the industry's most versatile and environmentally friendly commercial systems for hydronic and hot water applications. All Pennant® models are now standard with the Laars Linc® Control System.
- Laars Plate™: The Laars Plate™ is a double-wall plate and frame water-to-water heater constructed with a 316 Stainless Steel heat exchanger.
Visit https://www.laars.com/ for more information about Laars Heating Systems.
About Laars® Heating Systems
Laars® Heating Systems, headquartered in Rochester, N.H., manufactures and distributes products widely used in residential and commercial space heating, radiant floor heating, volume water heating, and in industrial process markets. For your home, business or commercial heating needs Laars® products are the quality choice. For more information, visit http://www.laars.com.
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What's it rated? TV-MA
When? 2022
Where's it showing? Netflix
Talk about a mother's instinct and will to protect her children: Charlotte Laws is the type of take-no-prisoners warrior you want on your side. Hunter Moore (a scarily on-point name for this dude) started the website Is Anyone Up?, a revenge porn site that had a huge heyday, and Hunter himself developed a devoted and frightening group of followers from it. Despite pleas to remove private photos that wound up on the site, Moore simply ignored those affected or laughed in their faces. He proudly went on talk shows and podcasts stirring up attention by saying disgusting, vile things and completely avoiding any blame or guilt.
He thought he was invincible, but he should have taken Charlotte Laws a lot more seriously—she wasn't stopping. Soon it wasn't just about her daughter but the untold number of Hunter's victims, and when she realized that while posting photos like that wasn't illegal, hacking was.
The more she wiggled that knot, the looser it became until Hunter's world finally unraveled and an FBI raid led to charges against him. True crime fans are sure to enjoy watching this garbage can of a person get taken down. (three 43- to 61-minute episodes) | https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet/Content?oid=12889800 | 2022-09-01T12:25:50Z | https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet/Content?oid=12889800 | true |
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka to provide $2.9 billion over four years to help salvage the country from its economic crisis.
An IMF team visiting Sri Lanka said in a statement that the preliminary agreement is subject to approval from the agency’s management and executive board “contingent on the implementation by the authorities of prior actions, and on receiving financing assurances from Sri Lanka’s official creditors and making a good faith effort to reach a collaborative agreement with private creditors.”
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory with acute shortages of essentials like fuel, medicines and food because of serious foreign currency shortages.
The island nation has suspended repayment of nearly $7 billion in foreign debt due for this year. The country’s total foreign debt amounts to more than $51 billion of which $ 28 billion has to be repaid by 2028.
The IMF said Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to contract by 8.7% and inflation has exceeded 60%.
“Against this backdrop, the authorities’ program, supported by the Fund, would aim to stabilize the economy, protect the livelihoods of the Sri Lankan people, and prepare the ground for economic recovery and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth,” it said.
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NC expansion supports efforts to attract top talent in service of improving outcomes for students
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curriculum Associates, an education technology company that provides classroom support through its i-Ready® platform to more than 11 million students and 778,000 educators nationwide, is proud to announce its expansion to Greensboro, North Carolina.
Curriculum Associates has leased the third floor of 200 S. Elm St. in the heart of Downtown Greensboro and the Social District. The 8,475-square-foot office is in the historic Meyer's Building, which also houses the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and is within walking distance of some of the best restaurants, shops, and attractions the city has to offer, including the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
Curriculum Associates was drawn to Greensboro because of the city's thriving downtown, affordable cost of living, proximity to early-career professionals, diverse talent, and existing college partnerships with the University of North Carolina Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
"Greensboro is the perfect place for our company to expand," said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates. "While we have grown consistently in our 50-plus-year history, over the last few years it has become clear that the classroom programs we provide are more critical than ever in supporting educators and helping students make meaningful gains. By expanding our presence to Greensboro, we are excited to bring new top-tier talent to our organization with expertise and new perspectives to help us better serve teachers and students."
The company is hiring for roles across the organization and for Greensboro-specific roles in engineering, events, marketing, and research. Individuals may work remotely or from one of Curriculum Associates' offices should they wish to relocate (if necessary). Interested candidates can view all open positions and apply at: Jobs.Jobvite.com/CurriculumAssociates.
"We are excited about creating a vibrant, welcoming office in Greensboro for the many talented candidates we have met with over the past few months," said Bryan Deyermond, talent partner for the Greensboro office. "Establishing a new office and becoming part of this community is a great challenge and a great opportunity that we are thrilled to take on and invest in building for years to come."
Local team members are welcome to begin working in the new space, and Curriculum Associates will celebrate the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 21. More details will be announced closer to the event.
Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. The company's products and outstanding customer service provide teachers and administrators with the resources necessary for teaching diverse student populations and fostering learning for all students.
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Award-winning Asian-inspired oatmeal hits shelves in all Whole Foods Market stores across the United States in time for fall and back-to-school season.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yishi Foods, a Chicago-based maker of Asian-inspired oatmeals, today announced it has expanded distribution to all U.S. Whole Foods Markets locations, totalling over 500 stores.
Founded by Chinese immigrant Lin Jiang in 2019, Yishi is inspired by the childhood memories of her mother's homemade breakfast porridge. After moving to the U.S. and noticing a lack of crave-worthy oatmeal options, Jiang began making her own hot cereal based on her mother's recipes to bring Asian flavors to the American breakfast sector. She is now blazing a trail with the first Asian-inspired oatmeal brand to be available in the breakfast category nationwide, breaking out of the ethnic aisle and bringing Asian flavors into the mainstream.
"More than ever, shoppers are increasingly demanding breakfast cereals in innovative and delicious flavors that provide a multitude of functional benefits," says Lin Jiang, CEO and Founder of Yishi Foods. "We're thrilled to expand the availability of our nourishing products to Whole Foods Market across the country, continuing to capitalize on our phenomenal growth momentum and market traction. We'll continue satisfying our loyal fans with second-to-none delicacies."
Made with culturally relevant flavors, ancient ingredients like matcha and taro, and zero added sugar, Yishi's oatmeal functions as a fun, yet nutritious alternative to the monotonous assortment of products typically lining the breakfast aisle — perfect for busy, on-the-go consumers looking for quick nourishment or back-to-school snacks. These oatmeals come together easily whether you mix them with hot water, refrigerate them for refreshing overnight oats, or simply microwave them. They are available in three mouthwatering flavors in Whole Foods Markets and other reputable retailers across the country, including Mom's Organic, Central Market, Bristol Farms, and Gelson's, as well as five total flavors online. All varieties are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, and Vegan.
Now available in Whole Foods Market:
- Taro Bubble Tea — A satisfying blend of ingredients including taro, black tea, blueberry and chia to replicate the taste of the trendy namesake beverage
- Matcha Latte — As nice a treat as a cafe drink, it's made with nourishing ingredients such as matcha, flaxseed, and dairy-free coconut milk
- Toasted Black Sesame — Nutty and hearty toasted black sesame with chia seeds, walnuts, and flaxseed - Yishi's original flavor inspired by Lin's mother's recipe
Expansion has been impressive for a company that has just officially launched over a year ago: Yishi has sold over 250,000 servings of oatmeal, and will become available in more than 1000 retail stores by the end of this month. Yishi has received high praise from publications such as Forbes, New York Magazine, and Bon Appetit, and won industry accolades such as the NEXTY award for "Best New Pantry Food" at Expo East and two KeHE OnTrend awards in a row.
For more information on Yishi or to buy online, visit www.yishifoods.com, and @yishifoods on Tiktok and Instagram.
Launched in 2019 by Chinese immigrant and former consultant Lin Jiang, Yishi Foods is a first-of-its-kind breakfast brand celebrating traditional and modern Asian ingredients. Named after the Chinese word for "ritual" and inspired by Lin's childhood memories of her mother's homemade breakfast porridge, Yishi reimagines your oatmeal — and morning ritual — in original flavors like toasted black sesame, matcha, red bean and goji berry, and taro bubble tea. As a POC women-led brand with an emphasis on wellness, Yishi's mission is to provide fun-yet-healthy alternatives to overly sweet cereals and overly bland oatmeals. Yishi's products contain zero added sugar, and are all available in convenient cup or pouch forms also ideal for snacking. In under two years, Yishi's product innovation, fresh look, and inspiring story has landed it in over 1000 brick-and-mortar retail stores nationwide, including Whole Foods, Gelson's, Mom's Organic, and 99 Ranch Market. The brand has also been featured in New York Magazine, Bon Appetit, Forbes, and more media publications. Learn more at yishifoods.com and @yishifoods.
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An integrated payments solution is now only a few clicks away for any business that wants to utilize linked2pay for payments orchestration
OXNARD, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- linked2pay, a leading payment software technology provider, today announced that it will use Workato to expedite the integration of payment solutions for users of popular accounting and operating systems used by millions of businesses.
"We completed the heavy lifting in our initial project with Workato so that our clients can set up their real-time data exchange with supported accounting and operating systems in just a few clicks. The functionality is now available to merchants who utilize any of the linked2pay supported gateways. The resulting integration will provide automation to improve their back office and accelerate cash flow," said Kyle Taylor COO at linked2pay.
Clients of many popular software packages that include QuickBooks, NetSuite, FreshBooks, Raiser's Edge NXT and others are now a few clicks away from integrating with linked2pay for payments processing automation.
"Ensuring that customers are able to seamlessly connect to the systems and data they need to is a key product criteria for every technology provider. This is especially true in the payment technology space where these integrations impact a business's bottom line," said Will Davis, VP of Product Initiatives at Workato. "We're excited about this partnership with linked2pay in providing their customers with access to critical operational and accounting systems while also expanding the payment options for their customers."
linked2pay is an easy to utilize, award-winning payments technology solution set that orchestrates card, ACH and check processing. As an innovator in the delivery of payments technology, linked2pay is dedicated to the development of both integrated & non-integrated solutions that securely enable all our business partners and their customers to more easily manage their payments processing and risk management. The gateways supported by linked2pay include TSYS, Authorize.Net, Heartland, Velocity and First Data. Learn more at linked2pay.com
The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 17,000 of the world's top brands, including Broadcom, Intuit, and Box. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit workato.com or connect with us on social media:
- Blog: https://www.workato.com/the-connector/
- Business Systems Community: https://systematic.workato.com/
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CONTACT: 866-587-8249, pr@linked2pay.com
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