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MILAN (AP) — Sergiño Dest is set to become the first American to play for AC Milan in Serie A after the Italian champion signed the defender on loan from Barcelona on Thursday, shortly before the transfer window shut.
Milan also has the right to buy the U.S. international at the end of the season-long loan deal, with the fee reportedly fixed at 20 million euros ($19.9 million).
The move comes a day after AC Milan’s ownership transferred from one American entity to another, as RedBird Capital Partners completed a deal to purchase a controlling interest in the seven-time European champion for 1.2 billion euros ($1.2 billion) from Elliott Management. The deal includes a minority stake in Milan for the New York Yankees.
The 21-year-old Dest, who only flew into Milan on the morning of transfer deadline day, could face a tough debut as the Rossoneri’s next match is Saturday’s derby against city rival Inter Milan.
The only previous American player Milan has signed was Oguchi Onyewu, in 2009. The former U.S. defender had an eighteen-month spell at Milan but only made one Champions League appearance before being sidelined for almost a year with injury and then leaving the club, shortly after a training ground spat with teammate Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Dest has a Surinamese-American father and Dutch mother and chose to play for the United States instead of the Netherlands, where he was born and raised. He has scored two goals in 17 matches for the national team.
Dest started his career at Ajax before moving to Barcelona two years ago for a fee of 21 million euros (then $24.7 million), going on to make 72 appearances and netting three goals.
Dest never fully met expectations at Barcelona and couldn’t establish himself as a regular starter. He had plenty of minutes in his first season, under coach Ronald Koeman, but then his playing time gradually decreased. He had chances under coach Xavi Hernández during the Europa League last season but again couldn’t take advantage of them. He had not made any appearances this season other than in friendlies.
Dest’s signing continues Milan’s policy of sticking with the blend of youth and experience that helped to end its lengthy wait for the Serie A title. Most of the players it has signed this summer have been 21 or under.
The Rossoneri also signed teenage midfielder Aster Vranckx from Wolfsburg on loan on deadline day.
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Imaging Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Active Vibration Isolation Add to Park's Nanometrology Business Portfolio
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Park Systems Corp. today announced that it has acquired Accurion GmbH, a privately held company that develops and manufactures imaging spectroscopic ellipsometers and active vibration isolations. This acquisition adds to Park's portfolio of atomic force microscopy and white-light interferometric microscopy. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Goettingen, Germany, Accurion GmbH has pioneered the field of imaging spectroscopic ellipsometry. Originally a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for biophysical chemistry, the company started out designing the Brewster angle microscope for the characterization of ultrathin films. As these microscopes turned out to be sensitive to vibrations, the division of active vibration isolation followed.
Accurion's Imaging Ellipsometers combine the benefits of ellipsometry and optical microscopy in a single device. The unification of the two technologies creates a unique metrology tool that redefines the limits of both ellipsometric measurements and polarization-contrast microscopy. The enhanced spatial resolution of imaging ellipsometers expands ellipsometry into new areas of microanalysis, microelectronics, and bio analytics.
"This is Park's very first business acquisition in the company's history, and we are very excited to add this storied, high-tech company to our business," said Dr. Sang-il Park, CEO of Park Systems. "Accurion's imaging ellipsometers and active vibration isolation will have wide range of product and business synergies with Park's existing line of atomic force microscopy that will benefit our customers and investors alike."
"We are honored to become a part of Park Systems," added Stephan Ferneding, co-founder and CEO of Accurion. "We are excited that Park's expertise and global sales and service reach in automated systems for industrial manufacturing will take the business to the next level. We look back on 30 years of valuable experience enabling technological and scientific progress for customers around the world. We look forward to continuing the success together with a strong partner like Park Systems."
Accurion provides high-end and reliable state-of-the-art technology in two product lines: Imaging Ellipsometry and Active Vibration Isolation. In 2009, Halcyonics GmbH, specialist for active vibration isolation solutions and Nanofilm Technology GmbH, expert for surface analyzing tools merged into Accurion GmbH. Looking back on 30 years of valuable experience enabling technological and scientific progress for customers around the world, Accurion designs and manufactures advanced instrumentation for challenging measurement tasks,
Park Systems is the fastest growing and world-leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems, with a complete range of products for researchers and engineers in the chemistry, materials, physics, life sciences, semiconductor and data storage industries. Mission is to enable nanoscale advances for scientists and engineers solving the world's most pressing problems and pushing the boundaries of scientific discoveries and engineering innovations. Customers of Park Systems include most of the world's top 20 largest semiconductor companies and national research universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Park Systems is a publicly traded corporation on the Korea Stock Exchange (KOSDAQ) with corporate headquarters in Suwon, Korea, and regional headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Mannheim, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, India, and Mexico City. To learn more about Park Systems, please visit www.parksystems.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – A brutal combination of soaring gas prices, inflation and travel disruptions have many, including the team at Google Flights, looking for the best way to book a cheap flight.
Just as the price of airfare has gone up – after an 8% drop in July, it was still 30% higher than in 2021 – so has the volume of Google searches for “cheapest airline tickets.” The online query rocketed 240% from April to August, Google found.
Google Flights decided to dig into five years’ worth of data to find any reliable patterns that might help travelers find the cheapest way to fly.
The results may disappoint some who have sworn by a certain day or time believed to be the cheapest for booking.
“There isn’t much value in purchasing your tickets on a certain day of the week — sorry, Tuesday!” wrote James Byers, Google Flights group product manager in a blog post Tuesday.
Five years of price data showed that Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays wound up being only 1.9% cheaper on average than booking on a weekend day.
“So if your trip is just a couple of weeks away, don’t wait for Tuesday to roll around — book your flight now in case the price goes up,” Byers wrote.
Focusing on the departure day, not the day you buy the ticket, will save you the most money. Flights leaving on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays were 12% cheaper than weekend departures — a number that jumps to 20% when excluding international destinations.
Other ways to save money include accepting layovers. Nonstop flight prices were 20% higher on average.
Another money-saving pattern the data revealed was the number of days in advance one should book to get the best price: 21-60 days out for domestic, with an average low price of 44 days. These numbers, of course, fluctuate by route, so check early.
Planning a trip to Europe? The lowest fare was found 129 days out, but low prices ranged anywhere between 50 and 179 days in advance of the trip. For Mexico and the Caribbean, the range was 37-87 days with 59 days in advance being the sweet spot. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/the-cheapest-time-to-book-flight-is-a-myth-google-flights-says-what-to-do-instead/ | 2022-09-02T17:00:22Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/the-cheapest-time-to-book-flight-is-a-myth-google-flights-says-what-to-do-instead/ | true |
MESA, AZ — The new hire from Riverside, California succeeds Nana Appiah, who was announced last December as Mesa's new director development services.
Her first day as planning director in Mesa will be in the first week of November.
“I am excited to be joining the city of Mesa and looking forward to working with City Council, the city’s staff and leadership, the development community, stakeholders and residents,” Kopaskie-Brown said in a statement. “Mesa has an excellent reputation and track record in planning, development and innovation, and I am grateful to get the opportunity to be part of it.”
The city of Mesa said the process to find a new planning director took about nine months. Kopaskie-Brown succeeds Nana Appiah, who was announced last December as Mesa's new director of development services. | https://www.abc15.com/news/business/mesa-names-new-planning-director | 2022-09-02T17:01:56Z | https://www.abc15.com/news/business/mesa-names-new-planning-director | false |
Starting a Business? You Should Already Be Thinking About Your Exit Strategy. Here's Why.
Planning for a profitable sale should start even before you open your company.
Right from the start, even before you've hung up your open sign, you should be looking ahead to the day you sell your company (for a nice big profit, of course). It's a fact you must face because you will have to exit someday. Everyone does. Will you control that exit or let fate control it?
The truth is that most owners do not sell according to a strategic plan. I certainly didn't.
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On a Utah defense that lost two stellar linebackers — Devin Lloyd and Nephi Sewell — to the NFL, freshman Lander Barton has an opportunity to make an immediate impact.
And maybe eventually evolve into the next great Utah linebacker.
Barton, a Brighton High product, enrolled early at the University of Utah and has been taking first-team reps since spring practices.
During his career at Brighton, Barton was a proven playmaker, recording 293 tackles with 14 sacks, six interceptions and three defensive touchdowns.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pounder has plenty of football instincts, an impressive pedigree — his older brothers Cody and Jackson starred at Utah before going on to NFL careers — and a lot of athleticism.
What Lander Barton lacks, of course, is game experience at the college level.
That will change when the Utes open the season on Sept. 3 at Florida. What a way to start a college career.
“I’ve just got to do it. We’ll see come Game 1,” Barton said. “It will be my first experience.”
“Lander Barton was here in the spring. He’s the one that’s going to have to get that game experience,” said defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley. “Because there’s nothing like playing under the lights and all of the sudden people are cheering and booing you. That’s one thing that he needs to get used to.”
Linebackers coach Colton Swan has enjoyed working with Barton since the spring.
“He’s this big, nice blank canvass when I got him. I was able to put some strokes on it and start painting. He’s really cerebral. He’s a very conscientious kid,” Swan said. “He’s smart. He can handle a very good workload, not to mention he’s a freak athlete. He’s a well-rounded football player. He has great size, great speed, great intellect. His growth in the time that I’ve had him has been a large amount. He’s shown great things thus far in camp and he’s doing a great job.”
Another newcomer, Mohamoud Diabate, a senior transfer from Florida, has been impressed with Barton. Diabate has been helping the freshman learn about playing at this level.
“I would tell Lander he’s in a great position. … I was in a similar situation when I got to Florida my freshman year,” he said. “I was ready to play and I had an older guy to lean on and learn from. Now he’s with the Houston Texans and we still talk every other day. Those relationships are very important. They helped me come a long way and I think it will be the same way for Lander.”
Barton appreciates what he’s learned from Diabate and how he’s aided his development.
“He’s a great player. He’s very smart. Just watching him in practice, he’s explosive on the field, making plays left and right,” he said. “It’s amazing to be able to pick his brain on football knowledge and even stuff outside of football. He’s a great guy.”
Back in the spring, coach Kyle Whittingham raved about Barton’s performance, fresh out of high school.
“When you consider that he should still be in high school right now, it’s pretty amazing what he’s doing, but it’s no surprise. He has all the tools,” Whittingham said. “When we recruited him, we felt like we knew exactly what we were getting. He’s 6-4 and 230 pounds and runs really well. There’s nothing that’s surprising us, but it’s pretty impressive what he’s doing at such an early stage.”
In fall camp, Barton has made big strides.
“He’s a lot more confident. It’s in the communication from player to player because the linebackers are always communicating,” Scalley said. “Those younger guys are usually quiet and the vets are yelling and screaming. You can tell he’s gained a lot during the offseason. He’s getting much more confident.”
Barton said he’s ready to take on whatever responsibilities he’s given during the season.
“My family is always telling me I’m the quiet one in the family. But you’re on the field, you’ve got to flip the switch,” he said. “You’ve got to become loud and vocal and a leader. I feel like I’m able to do that as a young guy.” | https://www.deseret.com/2022/9/2/23299950/utah-football-lander-barton-could-be-utes-rising-rising-star | 2022-09-02T17:09:23Z | https://www.deseret.com/2022/9/2/23299950/utah-football-lander-barton-could-be-utes-rising-rising-star | false |
Andhra Pradesh: Two persons accused of killing a youth nabbed in Bapatla
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The police have arrested two persons on the charge of murdering Dontena Ravikiran, a native of Nagendrapuram village in Bapatla.
Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal said the accused were identified as Putla Prem Deevan Kumar and Sk. Sahul Roshan.
The police had started investigation after an unidentified body was found lying under the footbridge on the road from Gudipudi village to Karlapalem.
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The deceased was about 25 years old, and his father and younger brother Suribabu and Mahesh respectively of Nagendrapuram village came to the hospital at around 10 p.m. the same day and identified the body.
According to information given by the victim’s younger brother, the deceased was in love with a girl, a student of an engineering college at Chirala. One of the accused, Deevan Kumar, who was also in love with the girl, allegedly threatened to eliminate Ravkiran if he continued to keep in touch with the girl.
On August 23, Deevan Kumar kidnapped Ravikiran in a car, and with the help of his friend, strangled him using a wire and later dumped the body in a canal.
Basing on the confessional statement and the evidence, the police took the two accused into custody. They were later sentenced to judicial remand.
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Argentinian authorities are investigating a Brazilian man’s attempt to assassinate Argentina Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
The Associated Press reported that it's unclear whether Fernando André Sabag Montiel, 35, was acting alone or was a part of a larger organization.
“There is no confirmed hypothesis,” an official told AP. “Everything is being investigated.”
What happened to Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?
The vice president was surrounded by crowds of supporters. Suddenly, a man pointed a black pistol toward her. Per NBC News, the man pulled the trigger close to her face, and, although a click was heard, no shots were fired.
“Cristina is still alive because, for reasons that have not been confirmed technically, the weapon, which was loaded with five bullets, did not fire,” President Alberto Fernández de Kirchner, who is not related to the vice president, said late Thursday in a national broadcast, per The New York Times. “This is the most serious event since we recovered our democracy.”
The vice president’s security officers tackled the man. Videos circulating from the incident show her appearing confused at first and then ducking down to grab an object dropped on the ground, per BBC. The man is currently detained.
Meanwhile, the president declared Friday a national holiday for Argentina.
Who is Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?
She was president from 2007 to 2015, and the first lady for four years before that. The left-leaning political leader is currently fighting charges of defrauding the state during her term as president.
Her supporters had been hosting rallies outside her home in response to the trial. According to CNN, “a federal prosecutor called for Fernández de Kirchner to serve a 12-year prison sentence” in August. The court’s decision is still pending.
Pope Francis, who is Argentinian, sent a message to Fernández de Kirchner, which said, “I pray that in dear Argentina, social harmony and respect for democratic values always prevail, against all kinds of violence and aggression,” per the report. | https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/9/2/23334406/argentina-vp-assassination-attempt | 2022-09-02T17:10:20Z | https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2022/9/2/23334406/argentina-vp-assassination-attempt | false |
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HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFEbuilt, LLC, a nationwide community development services company, announced today it has completed its acquisition of TX BBG Consulting Inc., bringing together a national leader with local expertise to help communities in the Greater Houston area.
The addition of TX BBG Consulting, Inc. to the SAFEbuilt family of brands enables the organization to expand its base and reach in Texas with a company which is aligned with its core values.
"All our data and analytics has shown the importance to offer communities in the Greater Houston area with the tried-and-tested expertise of our professionals, and most importantly, the technological solutions SAFEbuilt can provide," says Matt Causley, Chief Operating Officer of SAFEbuilt. "We had been scouting a partner in this area for a while and TX BBG Consulting checked all the boxes: dedicated and professional personnel, rock-solid contractual performance, and an acumen fostering healthy relationships with local jurisdictions."
The move comes at a key point for SAFEbuilt as it positions itself as a major powerhouse providing tech-enabled solutions for building departments and professional services across 30 states and eyeing up further expansion to additional regions.
"Knowing that TX BBG Consulting will now be part of a family of companies with a wide range of service lines was a major component deciding to join forces" pointed Kevin Taylor CBO, MCP, President of TX BBG Consulting. He added, "Raising the bar of our technological capabilities is something only a company as SAFEbuilt can bring to the table, we couldn't be happier to consolidate our efforts".
By transitioning to a SAFEbuilt company, TX BBG Consulting will be able to remain at the forefront of innovative solutions. "SAFEbuilt's mission is to help build better, safer communities", Matt Causley added. "The addition of a strong regional player like TX BBG Consulting, Inc., helps us fulfill that mission – both in Texas and from a national perspective."
SAFEbuilt also confirmed that a new redesigned website has been launched which showcases the services and presented new logo.
About SAFEbuilt
SAFEbuilt is a community development services company offering multi-disciplinary building and professional expertise in 30 states. The company employs over 1,500 employees and has approximately 1,800 clients nationwide. SAFEbuilt offers tailored technological solutions that are built to fit each client's development needs including stabilizing budgets, maximizing efficiencies, improving customer services, and staff augmentation. To learn more, visit SAFEbuilt.com.
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Demand for filling vacancies in vocational streams
Associations ask government not to close down vocational courses in schools
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In the wake of reports that vocational stream courses in Class XI and XII are being closed in a few schools across the State, associations representing teachers from vocational streams have reiterated their demand to fill the vacancies and prevent shutting down of the courses.
In an order issued last week, the Chief Educational Officer (CEO) of Tenkasi district asked nine government schools to stop offering select vocational courses from the academic year 2022-23. The reasons cited were either non-availability of teachers or available teachers due for retirement. The order said the decision was as per the advice received at the meeting of all CEOs headed by Commissioner of School Education last month.
Similar orders had been issued by the CEO of Kanniyakumari district as well. 'Agri' M. Madhavan, State president of Tamil Nadu Agricultural Graduate Teachers' Association, said there had been reports of closing down of vocational courses in some schools in Dindigul and Cuddalore district. He said the government should focus on filling vacancies and not shut down the vocational courses. He said closing down should not be the solution as it might lead to dropout of many students after Class 10.
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S.N. Janardhanan, president of Tamil Nadu Vocational Teachers’ Kazhagam, said the government could not take steps to promote vocational education and employability skills through curriculum changes on the one hand while silently closing down the vocational courses in many places.
He said there had been good demand from students and parents for vocational courses, particularly among those from underprivileged background and those who could not score high marks in Class X due to various factors. Highlighting that recruitment had not been done for vocational course for the past many years, he urged the government to fill the vacancies.
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VanZandt fills vacancy left by Sarah Rogers
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection announced today that Vickie A. VanZandt has been appointed to the PJM Board of Managers, effective Oct. 1.
VanZandt will replace outgoing Board Member Sarah Rogers, who is stepping down from the Board, effective Sept. 2, after more than 10 years of service. Following Rogers' announcement of her planned resignation, PJM's Nominating Committee completed a nationwide candidate search that identified VanZandt as the nominee. Based upon the endorsement of the Nominating Committee, the PJM Board voted to approve her appointment. She will serve on the Board of Managers until she stands for election at the Annual Meeting of Members in May 2023.
VanZandt is an energy consultant and president of VanZandt Electric Transmission Consulting, Inc. Previously, she served as senior vice president and chief engineer of transmission services of the U.S. Department of Energy's Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) where she was responsible for the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, marketing and management of the high-voltage transmission system covering four states in the Pacific Northwest. VanZandt currently serves on the board of ISO New England where she chairs the System Planning and Reliability Committee. Her appointment begins October 1, after she concludes her service at ISO New England.
VanZandt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington and is a senior member of the IEEE.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region's transmission grid, which includes over 85,103 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM's regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. For the latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at insidelines.pjm.com.
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90% of Encora's Employees Now Work in a Country Certified as a Great Place To Work®
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encora, a global next-gen product engineering provider, today announced its offices in Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, and India have all been certified by Great Place to Work® (GPTW™). With its most recent recognitions in India, 90% of Encora's employees now work in a country where they're certified as a Great Place to Work®. Encora offices in Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia received certification for the first time. Offices in Mexico are celebrating 14 consecutive years as a certified office, and Brazilian offices are celebrating 11 consecutive years.
"Encora is dedicated to helping our clients create competitive advantage through accelerated technology innovation," says Venu Raghavan, President and CEO, Encora. "The only way to accomplish this is to create an environment where employees are happy, feel safe, and are provided opportunities to grow and express their individuality. It is a great honor to be recognized by GPTW® and to have received such positive feedback from our global employee base."
GTPW™ certifications are a result of an anonymous survey of employees who have worked at Encora for more than three months. GPTW™ validates a company's organizational culture to determine whether its employees consider it a consistently good place to work. According to Great Place to Work® Institute research, employees in certified companies are 93% more likely to be happy in their jobs; the chances of receiving fair pay and promotion opportunities are doubled, and there is a significant increase in the quality of leadership.
Encora was awarded GPTW certifications in each country due to its global commitment to its caring and inclusive workplace culture, in accordance with the Great Place to Work® Institute. The company has grown from 2,400 employees to more than 7,400 worldwide in the past three years and has evolved its practices to ensure its culture positively adapts alongside its growth. Encora supports its global culture by developing inspiring learning & development opportunities and partnerships, launching new tools and platforms to keep team members engaged and connected to the brand and their colleagues, delivering improved employee benefits such as flexible and remote work, and investing in tools to improve processes and daily work. Most of all, Encora has worked to build a culture where people feel safe, respected, empowered and motivated to be their best selves.
Additionally, Encora's Mexico office has earned other important awards from the Great Place to Work® Institute over the past year, including Best CEO in Mexico and Best Workplace for Women in Mexico.
For more information on Encora's commitment to creating a positive workplace culture and recognitions from Great Place to Work®, visit https://www.encora.com/about.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and backed by private equity firm Advent International, Encora is the preferred innovation partner to some of the world's leading technology companies. It provides Next-Gen services like Predictive Analysis, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Cloud, and Test Automation. Encora has deep cluster vertical capabilities in HealthTech, FinTech, HiTech, IAM & Cybersecurity, Digital Commerce, EdTech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Telecom and other specialized industries. Encora is an established leader in outsourced product development services and nearshore software engineering services that specializes in innovation acceleration for leading-edge technology companies. Encora's nearshore capabilities allow clients to utilize a team of 3,400+ talented engineers working within no more than a three-hour time difference to cut back on lag time to improve communication and collaboration. Clients can also take advantage of increased cybersecurity and stability with Latin America ranking high in IP protection. Language, location, and business culture are also more easily aligned through Encora's nearshore offerings. With over 7,400 associates in 40+ offices and innovation labs across U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Canada, India, and Asia Pacific, Encora's global talent pool, micro-industry vertical expertise and proprietary agile engineering capabilities enable clients to improve their speed to impact. For more information, please visit www.encora.com.
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VanZandt fills vacancy left by Sarah Rogers
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection announced today that Vickie A. VanZandt has been appointed to the PJM Board of Managers, effective Oct. 1.
VanZandt will replace outgoing Board Member Sarah Rogers, who is stepping down from the Board, effective Sept. 2, after more than 10 years of service. Following Rogers' announcement of her planned resignation, PJM's Nominating Committee completed a nationwide candidate search that identified VanZandt as the nominee. Based upon the endorsement of the Nominating Committee, the PJM Board voted to approve her appointment. She will serve on the Board of Managers until she stands for election at the Annual Meeting of Members in May 2023.
VanZandt is an energy consultant and president of VanZandt Electric Transmission Consulting, Inc. Previously, she served as senior vice president and chief engineer of transmission services of the U.S. Department of Energy's Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) where she was responsible for the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, marketing and management of the high-voltage transmission system covering four states in the Pacific Northwest. VanZandt currently serves on the board of ISO New England where she chairs the System Planning and Reliability Committee. Her appointment begins October 1, after she concludes her service at ISO New England.
VanZandt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington and is a senior member of the IEEE.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region's transmission grid, which includes over 85,103 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM's regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. For the latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at insidelines.pjm.com.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFEbuilt, LLC, a nationwide community development services company, announced today it has completed its acquisition of TX BBG Consulting Inc., bringing together a national leader with local expertise to help communities in the Greater Houston area.
The addition of TX BBG Consulting, Inc. to the SAFEbuilt family of brands enables the organization to expand its base and reach in Texas with a company which is aligned with its core values.
"All our data and analytics has shown the importance to offer communities in the Greater Houston area with the tried-and-tested expertise of our professionals, and most importantly, the technological solutions SAFEbuilt can provide," says Matt Causley, Chief Operating Officer of SAFEbuilt. "We had been scouting a partner in this area for a while and TX BBG Consulting checked all the boxes: dedicated and professional personnel, rock-solid contractual performance, and an acumen fostering healthy relationships with local jurisdictions."
The move comes at a key point for SAFEbuilt as it positions itself as a major powerhouse providing tech-enabled solutions for building departments and professional services across 30 states and eyeing up further expansion to additional regions.
"Knowing that TX BBG Consulting will now be part of a family of companies with a wide range of service lines was a major component deciding to join forces" pointed Kevin Taylor CBO, MCP, President of TX BBG Consulting. He added, "Raising the bar of our technological capabilities is something only a company as SAFEbuilt can bring to the table, we couldn't be happier to consolidate our efforts".
By transitioning to a SAFEbuilt company, TX BBG Consulting will be able to remain at the forefront of innovative solutions. "SAFEbuilt's mission is to help build better, safer communities", Matt Causley added. "The addition of a strong regional player like TX BBG Consulting, Inc., helps us fulfill that mission – both in Texas and from a national perspective."
SAFEbuilt also confirmed that a new redesigned website has been launched which showcases the services and presented new logo.
About SAFEbuilt
SAFEbuilt is a community development services company offering multi-disciplinary building and professional expertise in 30 states. The company employs over 1,500 employees and has approximately 1,800 clients nationwide. SAFEbuilt offers tailored technological solutions that are built to fit each client's development needs including stabilizing budgets, maximizing efficiencies, improving customer services, and staff augmentation. To learn more, visit SAFEbuilt.com.
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New Gateway to the Future Initiative Aims to Make Culture More Accessible and Engaging in the Era of the Metaverse
BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology brand HONOR today announced Gateway to the Future, an initiative designed to enrich cultural heritage through the power of technology. Launched during its IFA 2022 keynote, HONOR challenged two popular artists to creatively reimagine the Wasserschloss, an iconic landmark located in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site using augmented reality (AR). Set against the backdrop of surging interest in the metaverse and the growth of hybrid tourism, the project aims to inspire global creative talent to leverage innovations such as AI, AR and Spatial Audio to connect communities with culture in more immersive ways and support the global tourism rebound, as the world embraces the connected future.
"As a global technology company, HONOR is committed to developing smart device technology which enables people to celebrate and experience cultural treasures from the past while also discovering the possibilities of the future," said George Zhao, CEO of HONOR Device Co, Ltd. "We predict the rise of AR and AI technologies being used to create even more phy-gital experiences for smartphone users around the world, contributing to the hybrid tourism boom. Beyond tourism, this technology has the potential to benefit a number of other industries and communities. It really is the Gateway to the Future."
Celebrating Cultural Heritage in the Metaverse
Renowned for being Germany 's "Gateway to the World," Hamburg evolved from a port city to a thriving metropolis by embracing a longstanding culture of community, collaboration and innovation. Inspired by the city's history of transformation, HONOR chose Hamburg as the pilot location for the project, with the aim of contributing to the digital cultural boom and inspiring people from all around the world to reimagine cultural treasures in the metaverse.
To bring the project to life, HONOR partnered with ARLOOPA, an AR and VR development company, and celebrated artists Yunuene and Timo Helgert, who creatively transformed the famous Wasserschloss building in AR.
Yunuene's contribution to Gateway to the Future, entitled "Sailing Through Time" pays tribute to the evolution of the city's port, showing how innovation in marine logistics transformed over time with her signature visual aesthetic. Timo Helgert's experience "Blooming Future" takes a more futuristic approach, playing on Hamburg's status as one of the greenest cities of the world and creatively imagining what the Wasserschloss would look like in a green future where beautiful plants and endangered species can thrive, taking this historic landmark into an otherworldly realm.
Unlocking Immersive Experiences through the Power of AI and AR
Through the experience, HONOR also contributes to hybrid tourism, an emerging trend following the global tourism rebound, whereby travelers are expecting digital advances made during the pandemic to benefit and augment physical travel experiences. The AR experiences at the Wasserschloss bring the digital and physical worlds together, allowing travelers to experience culture a totally new way. HONOR has been consistently investing in technologies including AI Space Identification, Spatial Audio and AR to enable enhanced immersive experiences fit for the digital revolution.
"The Warehouse District was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015 with the aim of protecting and preserving the history and culture of one of the world's largest trading ports. Through the advent of emerging technologies including augmented reality, it is now possible to educate and engage future generations about cultural heritage in new and exciting ways. We were therefore proud to be able to help HONOR's Gateway to the Future initiative, which not only offers a celebration of the district's significance to Germany, but also its exciting future as a global metropolis," said Bernd Paulowitz, Head of UNESCO World Heritage Hamburg.
"With tourism soaring to new heights following years of global lockdowns, it's great to see brands like HONOR bringing new and enriched experiences to people as they start to explore the world again. This summer, our city saw again the same level in visitors as in summer 2019, which in part has been due to new interactive cultural attractions enabled by technology. Inspired by Hamburg's status as the Gateway to the World, we're thrilled to partner with the Gateway to the Future initiative, which we are confident will allow visitors and residents of Hamburg alike to connect with the UNESCO World Heritage Speicherstadt in more immersive ways. We are witnessing a huge demand for hybrid experiences, with travelers increasingly expecting a virtual layer to their interactions with cultural landmarks. This is the right time to harness the power of technology in tourism to create magical experiences for tourists around the world," said, Guido Neumann, Head of PR of Hamburg Tourism Board.
Reimagine Your Community with HONOR Talents
Launched as part of the HONOR Talents Global Design Awards, Gateway to the Future also aims to inspire creative talent from all around the world to harness technology and reimagine their own communities in the era of the metaverse. For the first time, HONOR Talents is introducing a dedicated AR Interactive Artwork Design category, and is now accepting applications for digital art that transforms local neighborhoods, including digital overlays for buildings, walls, parks, and other public spaces. Artists interested in the contest can find more information here: https://www.hihonor.com/honor-talents/en In addition to Gateway to the Future AR experience, HONOR has partnered with the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in China to create a new AR artwork titled "INFINITY". The art is available at HONOR's IFA booth through the ARLOOPA app.
AR Experiences are Now Live
Available from today until the end of the year, the Gateway to the Future AR experiences can be accessed through the dedicated HONOR page on the free to download ARLOOPA app. Users have the option to experience the AR artworks on site in Hamburg, or anywhere in the world. The on-site experience is anchored to the Wasserschloss building, and can be viewed from the Poggenmühlen-Brücke, the bridge opposite the landmark. Users who are not in Hamburg can select "experience on any surface" on the app and follow the on-screen instructions to virtually check out the AR experience on a flat surface nearby[1].
About HONOR
HONOR is a leading global provider of smart devices. It is dedicated to becoming a global iconic technology brand and creating a new intelligent world for everyone through its powerful products and services. With an unwavering focus on R&D, it is committed to developing technology that empowers people around the globe to go beyond, giving them the freedom to achieve and do more. Offering a range of high-quality smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables to suit every budget, HONOR's portfolio of innovative, premium and reliable products enable people to become a better version of themselves.
For more information, please visit HONOR online at www.hihonor.com or email newsroom@hihonor.com
[1] For the best experience, users are recommended to use an ARCore- or ARKit-compatible smartphone.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh cornerback MJ Devonshire spent a portion of the summer watching highlights of old Backyard Brawls wondering what it might be like to make one of the iconic plays in a a series whose history stretches to the 19th century.
He doesn’t have to wonder anymore.
Devonshire snagged a pass that caromed off the hands of West Virginia wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton and raced 56 yards to the end zone with 2:58 remaining as the Panthers rallied for a 38-31 victory Thursday night in the return of the Brawl following a 10-year hiatus.
“This is one of the greatest rivalries in college football and I just did something crazy I’m going to get to tell my kids about,” Devonshire said.
The Panthers had just tied it on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Kedon Slovis to Israel Abanikanda with 3:41 to go. Four plays later, West Virginia quarterback JT Daniels found a wide-open Ford-Wheaton only to see the ball smack of Ford-Wheaton’s hands and settle into Devonshire’s awaiting arms.
The Pittsburgh-area native who started his college career at Kentucky before coming home in 2021, felt his old punt returner skills come flooding back as he weaved his way through traffic to give Pitt its second score in 43 seconds to turn a seven-point deficit into a lead the Panthers wouldn’t relinquish.
“I just knew I had to run as fast as I could,” Devonshire said.
The Mountaineers drove deep into Pitt territory in the final minute and Daniels hit Reese Smith on a fourth-down fling that appeared to bring the ball to the Pitt 1.
Briefly anyway. Replays showed the ball skimmed the turf before Smith could bring it in and the crowd of 70,622 — the largest to attend a sporting event in the city’s history — erupted.
“They’ve got a really good football team and I respect them a lot, I really do,” West Virginia coach Neal Brown said. “But we made a bunch of mistakes, too.”
Pitt turned two Mountaineer turnovers into touchdowns.
Southern California transfer Kedon Slovis threw for 308 yards and a touchdown in his debut with the Panthers in the opener for both teams. Rodney Hammond ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns before leaving in the fourth quarter because of a right leg injury that appeared serious.
Daniels, looking to revive his career following stints at USC and Georgia, completed 23 of 39 passes for 214 yards with two touchdowns to Ford-Wheaton and the pick that Devonshire turned into Pitt’s first victory over its longtime rivals since 2008.
FOURTH-DOWN JITTERS
The Mountaineers piled up 190 yards on the ground, but fourth-year coach Neal Brown didn’t feel confident enough in his running game to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the Pitt 48 midway through the fourth quarter and his team up 31-24.
Daniels lined up in an effort to draw the Panthers offside and when he didn’t, the Mountaineers punted.
Pitt didn’t waste the opportunity. Slovis led the defending ACC champions 92 yards in seven plays, the last on a flip to running back Israel Abanikanda in which he slipped through three tackles for a 24-yard touchdown.
Brown said afterward he would punt again, pointing to the chance to give the Panthers a long field and the way West Virginia had stuffed Pitt on its previous series, sacking Slovis twice in the process.
“If I had to do it again, I would do that same decision,” Brown said.
THE TAKEAWAY
West Virginia: Brown likely needs the Mountaineers to take a step forward in 2022 to engender a little job security. While Daniels definitely appears like an upgrade at quarterback, his coach continues to be snake-bit in tight games. His inability to trust an offensive line that held its own against a defensive front that expects to be among the best in the ACC if not the country was curious and ultimately, costly.
Pitt: The Panthers are aiming even higher than the ACC crown the claimed last winter. The schedule is user-friendly and while Slovis needed time to get warmed up, he did a fairly solid impression of former Pitt star Kenny Pickett, who helped unfurl the ACC championship banner he led the Panthers to in 2021 on his way to being a Heisman Trophy finalist and a first-round NFL draft pick.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Panthers will stick in the poll for a second straight week and could rise a bit depending on results elsewhere this weekend.
UP NEXT
West Virginia: The Mountaineers open Big 12 play at home on Sept. 10 against Kansas. West Virginia has won eight straight against the Jayhawks.
Pitt: The Panthers welcome Tennessee on Sept. 10. Pitt edged the Volunteers 41-34 in Knoxville last September.
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BENSALEM, Pa., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Enochian Biosciences, Inc. ("Enochian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ENOB).
Class Period: January 17, 2018 – June 27, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 26, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Enochian investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that co-founder and inventor Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) that Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (3) that, as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (5) that Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (6) that, 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.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region allege that Ethiopian forces have again teamed up with those from neighboring Eritrea to attack the northern area.
Ethiopia’s government did not comment Thursday after the allegations by the Tigray External Affairs Office and by Tigray forces spokesman Getachew Reda, who said a “massive” offensive had begun in northwestern Tigray.
But the government alleged in turn that Tigray forces’ own fighting had intensified.
Claims by both sides in the renewed conflict are difficult to verify since the Tigray region remains largely cut off from the world and without basic services. The conflict that began in November 2020 had calmed earlier this year but resumed last week after efforts at peace talks failed.
With both sides choosing to fight instead of talk, millions of people in Tigray remain severely deprived of food and other supplies and those in the neighboring Amhara and Afar regions again fear for their lives.
Ethiopia’s foreign minister and the lead negotiator for the previously planned talks, Demeke Mekonnen, told diplomats in the capital, Addis Ababa, that the government is still open to peace efforts. “But we will take whatever measures are needed to secure the country’s sovereignty,” he said.
A witness in the Afar region’s capital, Semera, told The Associated Press he saw a large contingent of Ethiopian army units mobilizing on Sunday and Monday and moving north toward Eritrea, next to the Tigray region, the next day. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
Eritrea’s Information Ministry, in a statement Thursday, accused the Tigray forces of starting the latest fighting.
In a rare admission, Ethiopian officials last week said federal and allied forces had retreated from the strategic Amhara region town of Kobo, south of Tigray.
On Wednesday, both Ethiopia’s government and Tigray forces announced the opening of a new front in the border area with Sudan.
A resident of the historic Lalibela town in the Amhara region told the AP he saw a “previously unseen” level of aircraft movement on Thursday, following Tigray officials’ allegation that federal forces were conducting several dozen flights to the town.
Ethiopia’s government on Thursday again warned against publicizing military movements, saying anyone who supports or assists the propaganda of the “enemy” will face up to life in prison.
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Former Kansas middle school teacher Pamela Ricard was suspended last year after repeatedly deadnaming and using the incorrect pronouns of an LGBTQ student. She sued, and on Wednesday, the case settled with the school district paying her $95,000.
Ricard, who retired from teaching at the school in May, was listed as an elective math strategies teacher on the school website.
According to Ricard’s own legal complaint filed in March, she had been told by Fort Riley Middle School’s counselor that the student in question preferred a name other than what was on their legal and enrollment documents. A classmate told Picard the student preferred he/him pronouns.
Despite the orders from the school and information from the school counselor and the student’s classmates, Ricard alleged that the student in question never directly asked for the change. The complaint also states that the district did not have a “formal policy” about adhering to students’ preferred names and pronouns, and that she was suspended under generic policies related to staff bullying.
Ricard, who had taught at the school since 2005, continued to refer to the student as “Miss [student’s legal last name]” – which the complaint says was “intended to be respectful” in a way that didn’t compromise her own beliefs.
Ricard was suspended for three days and was issued a formal reprimand. A week after she returned, staff was given documents on gender diversity training and were told that teachers who fail to use students’ preferred names and pronouns would be disciplined for discrimination.
In October 2021, the school board updated their policy to say that parents would not be notified of the preferred name and pronoun change unless students specifically requested it. This policy was eventually revoked after a judge said Ricard could stop adhering to that particular aspect of the policy and avoid using students’ preferred pronouns, but not their preferred names, her lawyers said.
Ricard, however, requested a religious exemption from the policy, saying in the complaint that she “holds sincere religious beliefs consistent with the traditional Christian and biblical understand of the human person and biological sex.”
“Ms. Ricard believes that God created human beings as either male or female, that this sex is fixed in each person from the moment of conception, and that it cannot be changed, regardless of an individual person’s feelings, desires, or preferences,” the complaint says, saying that forcing her to use a students’ preferred names or pronouns is a violation of her religious beliefs.
Ricard was represented by attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom – a designated hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its legal attacks on the LGBTQ community, including for supporting the criminalization of sex acts between LGBTQ adults. Her attorneys said Wednesday that officials at her former middle school agreed to pay her $95,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees for violating her First Amendment rights. The case was then voluntarily dismissed.
CBS News has reached out to the school board and the defendants’ attorneys for comment.
ADF senior counsel Tyson Langhofer said in a statement that teachers should not be forced by school districts to “willfully deceive parents or engage in speech that violates their deeply held religious beliefs.”
Misgendering and deadnaming – using a transgender or nonbinary person’s birth name rather than the name they have chosen to be in line with their gender identity – has proven to be harmful, particularly LGBTQ youth.
Cleveland Clinic child and adolescent psychiatrist Jason Labrese said that deadnaming can be disrespectful when done intentionally, and can also be a significant trigger of stress and trauma.
“It can remind them of that period in their lives before they could take steps to affirm who they are,” he said ina Cleveland Clinic post. “Deadnaming might bring them back into those more negative times in their lives. And often, that gender dysphoria (distress that comes from one’s sex assigned at birth not lining up with their true gender identity) can be associated with depression and anxiety.”
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy deflected credit when he reached a career milestone.
Spencer Sanders passed for a career-high 406 yards and accounted for six touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma State beat Central Michigan 58-44 on Thursday night to give Gundy his 150th coaching victory.
Gundy improved to 150-69 in his 18th season coaching his alma mater.
“Cool deal,” he said. “Like I told the team, it takes a lot of really, really quality people and good young men for a guy to stay in one place long enough to win 150 games. I’m just lucky enough to be along for the ride.”
Sanders matched a career high with four touchdown passes and set a career mark with two rushing scores in the opener for both teams.
“Knock on wood, he’s really good,” Gundy said. “He understands our concepts. He understands second nature where to go with the ball. And it’s a big advantage for us.”
Braydon Johnson had career highs of six catches for 133 yards and Brennan Presley added five catches for 83 yards.
Daniel Richardson passed for a career-high 424 yards and threw four touchdown passes for Central Michigan. Lew Nichols III, the nation’s leading rusher last year, ran for 72 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries.
Sanders passed for 313 yards and three touchdowns in the first half and ran for two more scores to help the Cowboys take a 44-15 lead.
The Cowboys led 51-15 less than a minute into the third quarter before Central Michigan climbed back into the game. Jalen McGaughy’s 54-yard touchdown pass from Richardson cut it to 58-44 with 3:15 remaining. McGaughy had six catches for 126 yards and two scores.
“As I said from the beginning, I really like our football team,” Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain said. “We’re going to win a lot of games. And those kids are going to learn from this video and we’re going to get a little bit better.”
Central Michigan outscored Oklahoma State 29-14 in the second half and outgained the Cowboys 281 yards to 138 after the break.
“It’s credit to those kids,” McElwain said. “Since we’ve been here and started to establish the program, there’s a certain mentality it takes to be a Chippewa. And these guys have started to understand a little bit what that is.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Central Michigan: The Chippewas came in with high hopes after going 9-4 last season and beating Washington State in the Sun Bowl. But Sanders was too much for them early, and they couldn’t get their running game going well enough to control the clock and slow his rhythm.
Oklahoma State: The defense carried much of the load last season, but the offense put up 531 total yards on Thursday, mostly in the first half. The running game still could use some work, though. The Cowboys had just 45 yards on 20 carries in the second half and struggled to put the game away.
“We were very effective playing fast,” Gundy said. “And one thing that works against us a little bit is once you get ahead … obviously, you don’t want to play fast. So then you slow down, and we’re probably not as good at that as we are playing fast. But I was pleased with our ability to play fast and make plays in space.”
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Oklahoma State could get penalized for being sluggish in the second half, depending on what else happens in the upcoming days.
GUNNAR PLAYS
Redshirt freshman Gunnar Gundy, Mike Gundy’s son, got action in the opener for the Cowboys. He did not attempt a pass, but he carried once for five yards.
The younger Gundy, a walk-on, has risen to No. 2 on the depth chart.
“This is a big deal … Everybody wants to see their kids do good and get out there,” coach Gundy said. “I was proud of him.”
NICHOLS SLOWED
Nichols rushed for 1,848 yards last season and ran for at least 100 yards his final eight games. His streak ended as he averaged just 2.8 yards per carry on Thursday.
QUOTABLE
McElwain joking about Bullet, the horse that runs onto the field after Oklahoma State’s touchdowns: “When they scored 30 in a row, I was probably more concerned with that damn horse cramping up that kept running around the end zone there.”
UP NEXT
Central Michigan: Hosts South Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Oklahoma State: Hosts Arizona State on Saturday, Sept. 10.
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Man charged with murder after setting mom on fire, police say
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 12:39 PM EDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. (Gray News) – A man in North Carolina was charged with murder after being accused of setting his mother on fire, according to police.
Responding officers found Joanna Parker sitting on the front porch burning in flames.
Police said officers were able to put out the fire.
According to the police report, James Parker, 48, was upset with his mother, so he poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.
The 72-year-old woman was taken to the hospital where she died from her injuries.
James Parker was arrested and charged with murder in connection to his mother’s death.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China’s much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities.
The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft carrier, joining the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that it purchased from Russia in 2004 to defend the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.
The new 262-meter (860-foot) carrier, designed by the Indian navy and built at the Cochin shipyard in southern India, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the country’s commemoration of 75 years of independence from British rule.
More than just adding to the country’s naval capabilities, Modi stressed the importance of India now being only one of a handful of nations with an indigenous carrier program.
“It’s a historic day and landmark achievement,” Modi said. “It’s an example of the government’s thrust to make India’s defense sector self-reliant.”
The carrier is the largest warship to be built in the country, and can carry a crew of around 1,600 and operate a fleet of 30 aircraft, including fighter jets and helicopters, the navy said.
More than 75% of India’s new aircraft carrier’s components are indigenously procured, with half a dozen major industrial firms and over 100 smaller businesses providing equipment and machinery, according to the Defense Ministry.
A delay of six years caused a six-fold price overrun to 200 billion rupees ($2.5 billion) at present, according to defense experts.
The 47,400-ton warship will be fully operational by the end of 2023 after first undergoing landing trials with India’s Russian-made MiG-29K fighter aircraft.
India plans to equip the carrier with more than two dozen new fighters, with the Rafale-M from France’s Dassault and the F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet built by Boeing currently being considered.
Until then it will rely on the Russian aircraft borrowed from India’s only other carrier, said Rahul Bedi, a defense expert.
In recent years, China has expanded its presence into the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific and beyond.
In August, it sailed a navy vessel to a Chinese-built port in Sri Lanka despite security concerns from New Delhi about such a port call right off India’s own coast. Beijing called the ship a research vessel, but it was widely believed to be a dual-use spy vessel that India feared could be used to surveil the region.
In response to concerns over China’s growing assertiveness, the Indian navy last year sent four warships to Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and Indo-Pacific for exercises with members of the other “Quad” group of nations — the United States, Japan and Australia, according to India’s Defense Ministry.
Modi said on Friday that security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region and the Indian Ocean have been ignored for too long.
“But, today this area is a big defense priority of the country for us. So, we are working in every direction, from increasing the budget for the navy to increasing its capacity,” he said.
The vast maritime region has been tense because of China’s disputes with its neighbors, including Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. There are competing claims for all or part of the strategically vital waterway that holds significant undersea oil and gas deposits.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, has been modernizing for more than a decade to become more of a “blue water” force — one capable of operating globally rather than being restricted to remaining closer to the Chinese mainland, for which carriers are critical.
The PLAN currently has some 355 ships, including submarines, according to the U.S. Defense Department, which estimates the force will grow to 420 ships by 2025 and 460 ships by 2030.
It possessed two aircraft carriers and in June launched its third believed to be with an electromagnetic system like the United States uses in its new carriers. The Indian carrier uses the traditional “ski jump” type system to launch its aircraft.
India’s fleet now includes two aircraft carriers, 10 destroyers, 12 frigates and 20 corvette ships, according to its navy.
India’s older aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, was built in the Soviet Union in 1987. It served with the Soviet navy under the name Admiral Gorshkov, and later with the Russian navy before it was decommissioned in 1996. India purchased it in 2004 for $2.35 billion. | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow/ | 2022-09-02T17:35:28Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-india-launches-new-aircraft-carrier-as-china-concerns-grow/ | true |
On this West Virginia Morning, if West Virginia voters say yes to “Amendment 2” on the November ballot, the state legislature will have the authority to eliminate business equipment, inventory tax and property tax on vehicles. Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, embraces the plan, but many county leaders fear the tax cuts would devastate basic public services. Randy Yohe looked into the contentious issue.
Also, in this show, Cuz’s Uptown Barbeque in Tazewell County, Virginia, is an internationally recognized restaurant inspired by Asian cuisine and local mountain specialties. Folkways reporter Connie Bailey Kitts and her family stopped by the restaurant for dinner.
We also listen to our Mountain Stage Song of the Week, which comes to us from East Los Angeles rockers, Los Lobos. Their song “Luz De Mi Vida,” or “Light of My Life,” appears on the band's popular album, released in 2002, Good Morning Aztlan.
West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.
Support for our news bureaus comes from West Virginia University, Concord University, and Shepherd University.
Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting with support from Charleston Area Medical Center and Marshall Health.
West Virginia Morning is produced with help from Bill Lynch, Caroline MacGregor, Curtis Tate, Chris Schulz, David Adkins, Eric Douglas, Jessica Lilly, Liz McCormick, Randy Yohe, and Shepherd Snyder.
Eric Douglas is our news director. Caroline MacGregor is our assistant news director and she produced our shows this week.
Teresa Wills and Chuck Anziulewicz are our hosts.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is leaving. JISULIFE had spent a cool and passionate time with consumers. For the last days of the hot summer, JISULIFE has launched a time-limited "Inspire Sports with Super Cool" party between US Open.
This summer, JISULIFE has sold more than 1,300,000+ portable fans since April 2022.
"it makes the hottest summer days feel like a breeze literally! JISULIFE specializes in making innovative portable fans!" -- JJ Yosh, an adventure filmmaker and mountaineer on Instagram.
"Whether you love to camp in the summer, have an outdoor picnic, or unforgettable day at the beach, this fan is truly for you...I have been blown away by the versatility. We used it the entire day at the beach while celebrating my best friend's birthday plus while relaxing with my daughter on the deck!" Recommended by Michelle Hammons speaker & TV host.
"I love to work outside and this fan helps to keep me cool with variable settings patented with 4 vortex tech" -- Jolene Goring, a board-certified nutritionist, and wellness coach.
JISULIFE's New Flagship Product of 2022 -- FA35Pro Portable Ultimate Bladeless Neck Fan has been among 20,000+ customers' choices since it was released.
"This is my first portable neck fan and I have to say it is a pretty cool gadget to have when it's hot humid weather."--Micheal's review, as a real user of FA35Pro.
For a further innovative 360-degree cooling experience, FA35Pro redefines a brand new standard of the portable fan experience by featuring free and comfortable to maximize the feeling of a cooling breeze wherever they are. It's perfect for customers who are retail workers, outdoor workers, or hiking enthusiasts, which might need to cool down immediately for preventing heat stroke and hot flashes because FA35Pro was built with a new launch mode setting for reaching the 4m/s superwind mode only once 2s press. It is driven by 3 turbines(left, right, and back) and patented techs(Air balance™ and Air Cyclone™), so that people can enjoy totally cool breezes around the neck to kick out the hot flash when people are enjoying sports events in the audience.
Always be concerned about climate change and do care about extremely hot weather in the 2022 summer.
JISULIFE is always concerned about human habitat. They do R&D and create innovative and sustainable gadgets for people's personal indoor-outdoor activities in summer and winter. It is worth expecting that JISULIFE will launch a new collection for cold winter in September.
Established in 2016, JISULIFE is a solution provider pivoted on creative and sustainable gadgets for personal space. Aiming to improve air circulation around every consumer indoor-outdoor, they have created portable electronic products that suit every scene daily.
"All we do are according to what you need. Our team is always passionate about creating more interesting gadgets for your personal space," they said. In the past 6 years, JISULIFE focused on technical innovation and design iteration for portable fans. And they already served over 10 million customers globally and distributed their business via cross-border e-commerce to more than 40 countries.
For more information, visit their Official Website and "Inspire Sports with Super Cool" party.
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CUMBERLAND, Va. (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs.
The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday. Nearly 4,000 beagles were removed all together. They’re being transported to shelters and other rescue sites across the country, which are finding homes for the canines.
“Many people don’t realize that an average of 60,000 dogs just like these are still used in laboratories each year,” Humane Society President and CEO Kitty Block said in a statement. “Even as we celebrate these lucky dogs going to loving homes, we’re focused on creating a future where no dogs will face that kind of fate.”
Block said those dogs were spared because that particular breeding facility was cited for Animal Welfare Act violations. Earlier this year, federal officials initiated a civil enforcement case against Envigo RMS, which owns and operates the facility. Hundreds of dogs were found to be in “acute distress.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Norfolk-based animal rights group, had investigated the facility and said dogs were living in crowded and stressful conditions.
PETA said in a statement earlier this year that federal veterinarians found dogs that had been denied treatment for “severe dental disease” as well as dogs with wounds and yellow discharge around the eyes. Dogs were also denied food for days while nursing puppies, among other violations, PETA said.
In early July, a federal judge approved a plan to remove the beagles and put them up for adoption.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Andy Murray leads off play in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Day 5 of the U.S. Open, trying to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in five years.
Serena Williams also has her eyes on a spot in the last 16 when she continues what could be her final tournament Friday night against Ajla Tomljanovic.
Murray was to face No. 13 Matteo Berrettini, with a victory sending the three-time Grand Slam champion into the fourth round for the first time since 2017 at Wimbledon. The 2012 U.S. Open winner will have to get by a past Grand Slam finalist in Berrettini, who also got to the semifinals in Flushing Meadows in 2019.
Americans Coco Gauff and Madison Keys were set to follow them with a third-round match.
Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev plays at night against Wu Yibing, who is trying to become the first Chinese man to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event since Kho Sin-Khie at Wimbledon in 1938.
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TOKYO, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sasakawa Health Foundation has funded the construction of a building in Addis Ababa for the Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL).
The building, which ENAPAL plans to use as its headquarters in future, will enable the organization to operate on an independent footing and stand as a symbol of dignity and hope for a long-marginalized community.
The five-story building was erected on land donated by the Ethiopian government, with Sasakawa Health Foundation, a Tokyo-based NGO, covering the cost of construction.
Founded in 1996, ENAPAL is a community-based organization with over 20,000 members dedicated to securing full participation and equal opportunity for persons affected by leprosy in Ethiopia. The country reported over 2,500 new cases of leprosy in 2020 and is designated by the WHO as one of its 23 global priority countries for the disease.
To date, ENAPAL's activities have been supported largely by Sasakawa Health Foundation and other international NGOs working in the leprosy sector. But with the completion of the new building, ENAPAL looks to secure a stable source of income by leasing the premises to an educational institution and operating self-sustainably.
ENAPAL first approached the Ethiopian government around 2011 about the possibility of receiving land for a new headquarters. Six years later, the government transferred a 1,500-square-meter plot to the organization, the first case of its kind in Ethiopia involving a local NGO.
On a visit to Ethiopia in July 2018, Goodwill Ambassador Sasakawa was asked by ENAPAL to support the project. After surveying the plans, Sasakawa Health Foundation agreed in 2019 to underwrite the construction costs.
The day before the ceremony, a symposium on the theme "Don't Forget Leprosy" was held with the participation of government officials, NGOs and other stakeholders involved in the leprosy sector.
"Don't Forget Leprosy" is a campaign launched in 2021 by Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative to ensure that measures against leprosy are not neglected amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Initiative is a strategic alliance between the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Sasakawa Health Foundation and The Nippon Foundation.
Since 1975, the two foundations have supported the national leprosy programs of endemic countries through the WHO, with funding totaling some US$200 million to date.
About Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is an infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted case-finding activities, over 200,000 new cases were being reported annually. Leprosy is curable with multidrug therapy, but left untreated can result in permanent disability. An estimated 3 to 4 million people are thought to be living with some form of disability as a result of leprosy. Although completely curable, many myths and misunderstandings surround the disease. In various parts of the world, patients, those who have been treated and cured, and even their family members continue to be stigmatized. The discrimination they face limits their opportunities for education, employment and full participation in society.
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FEATURES FORMER BEACH BOYS' BANDMATES BRIAN WILSON, MIKE LOVE, BRUCE JOHNSTON, DAVID MARKS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS ALEC BALDWIN, DAVID CROSBY, DEWEY BUNNEL AND GERRY BECKLEY OF AMERICA, FLEA, GLEN CAMPBELL, JOHN STAMOS, NEIL YOUNG, STEPHEN STILLS, STEVE MILLER, AND MORE
15-TRACK ALBUM INCLUDES PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED, NEWLY REMASTERED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF "WAVES OF LOVE" FEATURING ONE OF CARL WILSON'S LAST-EVER RECORDED VOCALS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Jardine's acclaimed debut solo album, A Postcard from California, is now available digitally for streaming and download worldwide via UMe, just ahead of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary co-founder of The Beach Boys' 80th birthday tomorrow, September 3rd. Originally released in 2010 on CD and again in 2012 with two bonus tracks, "Waves of Love" and "Sloop John B (A Pirate's Tale)," the much-sought-after record hasn't been available digitally for several years and is making its streaming debut. The album quickly sold out when released on limited edition translucent blue vinyl for Record Store Day in 2018. Stream A Postcard from California here: AlJardine.lnk.to/APostcardfromCaliforniaPR
"I can't believe it's been twelve years since Postcard came out and I thank everyone involved in the production and creation of this album to help me get my songs out there," says Al Jardine. "Brian's advice to aspiring young songwriters has always been 'finish your songs' so I took it to heart and I hope everyone who has listened to A Postcard from California feels my excitement and enthusiasm for this great land and sea of ours and our need to protect it forever. Thank you for all your support over the years, it is greatly appreciated and I will continue to dedicate Postcard to all the pets we love and who love us back!"
Recorded at Jardine's own Red Barn Studios in Big Sur, Calif., A Postcard from California touches upon California's history, natural beauty and other environmental issues. The 15-song collection includes several songs that speak to the relationship of man and his environment. "Don't Fight The Sea," "Tidepool Interlude" and "A California Saga" are songs that reflect Jardine's deep love for the California coastline and his concern for the ecological health of the planet, which more than a decade after its initial release resonates as strongly today as ever. Jardine has always embodied that concern for the environment, and the coastline and ocean in particular. Previously, on the Beach Boys' Surf's Up album, he and Mike Love wrote the song, "Don't Go Near the Water." The track "Lookin' Down the Coast" is a tale of the discovery of California by the Spanish, as seen through the eyes of its natural inhabitants, the California condor, the whale, the otter and the bear.
Specially for this digital release, Jardine has included a previously unreleased, newly remastered and extended version of the bonus track "Waves of Love," which features former Beach Boys bandmate Carl Wilson in one of his last recorded studio vocals ever.
A Postcard from California was largely penned by Jardine who enlisted a slew of his famous friends to help him bring this album to life, including Alec Baldwin, David Crosby, Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley of America, Flea, Glen Campbell, John Stamos, Neil Young, Richie Cannata, Stephen Stills, and Steve Miller. The album also served as a reunion of sorts for The Beach Boys as it brought Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, along with a lead vocal by Carl Wilson, together on the song "Don't Fight The Sea" several years before the band would reunite for an album and tour in celebration of their 50th anniversary in 2012. Jardine's sons, Adam and Matt Jardine, also sing on the album, which was co-produced by musicians Stevie Heger and Scott Slaughter.
"'Don't Fight the Sea' started a long time ago with a Canadian friend of mine, Terry Jacks, who was kind enough to allow me to rewrite his song for a solo album that Mike Love and I were planning around an ecology theme. I asked Matt Jardine to help me with the lyrics. I always envisioned it to be the quintessential environmental song, a big statement, but I could never get all the guys together to finish it. I started with Carl, Bruce (Johnston) and myself on backgrounds, then years later Brian put on his falsetto, and just recently Mike recorded his baritone signature line. To top it all off, I added Matt and friend Scott Mathews to the track, to give additional vocal support to the core group; all this over a period of thirty-plus years. I guess persistence pays off!"
"Don't Fight The Sea" (also released as a 7" single on white vinyl on Record Store Day 2011 to help raise funds for Japan disaster relief) is just one of the many highlights of the album that also includes inspired versions of Beach Boys' classics "Help Me, Rhonda" and "A California Saga" and a heartfelt rendition of The Mamas & The Papas' biggest hit, "California Dreamin'," a duet with one-time Beach Boy Glen Campbell who famously filled in for Brian Wilson on tour from December 1964-March 1965. Campbell also lends his unmistakable voice to the ebullient album opener title track.
"Help Me, Rhonda" gets quite a blues makeover as Jardine shares vocals with Steve Miller on the Brian Wilson-penned track that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 for the Beach Boys in 1965 on the strength of Jardine's unforgettable lead vocal. Adding to the blues feel is harmonica by the late virtuoso Norton Buffalo. Jardine's reworking of "A California Saga," his song from the Beach Boys' 1973 album, Holland, features Neil Young on co-lead vocals with Jardine and backing vocals by David Crosby and Stephen Stills along with Adam and Matt Jardine. Young also sings on "Campfire Scene" which follows Alec Baldwin's spoken word narration of a Stephen John Kalinich poem on "Tidepool Interlude" that leads into "A California Saga."
A Postcard from California also includes "Sloop John B (A Pirate's Tale)" which was originally released alongside Jardine's award-winning children's book of the same name.
As Endless Summer Quarterly wrote in their review, "there are great moments of depth, strokes of expression, and ageless vision that could only come from a 'Jardine musical canvas.' Although this collection isn't purely autobiographical; it masterfully captures the transient lifestyle of his biological family as well as the musical consciousness of The Beach Boys."
Now, just in time for Al Jardine's 80th birthday, his debut solo album, A Postcard from California is available once again for all to enjoy. For more info on the album, please visit http://www.aljardine.com
A Postcard from California Track Listing
1. A Postcard from California
2. California Feelin'
3. Looking Down The Coast
4. Don't Fight The Sea
5. Tidepool Interlude
6. Campfire Scene
7. A California Saga
8. Help Me Rhonda
9. San Simeon
10. Drivin'
11. Honkin' Down The Highway
12. California Dreamin'
13. And I Always Will
Special Bonus Tracks
14. Waves Of Love
15. Sloop John B (A Pirate's Tale)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This Strawberry Baked Oatmeal makes a hearty breakfast that's easy to make! You can either assemble it the night before (wet and dry ingredients separate) or pop it in the oven before getting ready for the day and it'll be done before you have to head out the door.
This oatmeal can be made gluten-free by using gluten-free oats. You can keep it sugar free by leaving out the maple syrup. The strawberries give a good sweetness and also pack it with Vitamin C.
Oats are high in fiber which will help keep you feeling full until lunch. They're also a great source of iron. This Strawberry Baked Oatmeal makes a healthy breakfast for the whole family.
Ingredients
2 cups Rolled Oats
1½ cups Cashew Milk (or other dairy-free milk)
½ cup Apple Sauce
2 tbsp Ground Flaxseed
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
2 tbsp Maple Syrup (or date syrup!)
¼ tsp Salt (optional)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper. Add the ground flax to the milk and mix together, set aside. In a large bowl, add the oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt (if using) and mix together. Then, add in apple sauce, milk+flax mixture, maple or date syrup and apple cider vinegar. Stir until everything is combined. Lastly stir in the strawberries.
Transfer the mixture to the baking pan. Bake in the oven for about 40 minutes. It will turn a light golden brown on top. Check with a toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Allow it to cool for just about 5 minutes or so. Then serve with more strawberries, dairy-free yogurt, more date/maple syrup, nut butters or your other favorite oatmeal toppings. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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The National Weather Service slightly adjusted its heat wave forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area as a trough of low pressure moved across Northern California more slowly than expected on Friday. While high pressure is associated with hot, dry weather, low pressure is tied to cooler conditions.
The weather service bumped the start of the excessive heat warning for inland areas of the Bay Area from Saturday to Sunday, when the low-pressure system will likely have exited the region and high pressure is expected to strengthen. The warning continues through 8 p.m. Tuesday.
"We weren't anticipating this much cooling," Sarah McCorkle, a forecaster with the weather service's Monterey office, told SFGATE on the phone. "It's a temporary, slight cool-down. There's a trough feature up to our north that's bringing a slight cool-down for the next few days, but it's still going to be pretty hot. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday will be the hottest days."
After far interior locations of the San Francisco Bay Area soared above 100 degrees on Thursday, temperatures on Friday are forecast to be a bit cooler than they were yesterday. The marine layer over Northern California deepened along the Northern California coast Friday morning, and as a result, afternoon highs in inland parts of the Bay Area are expected to be in the upper 80s to 90s on Friday and Saturday, with only the hottest locations, such as Cloverdale in the North Bay and Discovery Bay in the East Bay, getting into the triple digits. San Francisco is forecast to hit a high of 71 on Friday and 72 on Saturday, the weather service said.
Sunday marks the start of the heat wave that should persist into Tuesday, with widespread temperatures of 100 to 110 across inland areas in the afternoon. In the region's hottest spots, the weather service said temperatures could inch above 110 degrees on Sunday and Monday and potentially into Tuesday.
"In addition to the daytime heat, temperatures overnight will only cool in to the upper 60s to mid 80s in the higher terrain, further limiting relief from the excessive heat," the weather service said.
Forecasters are advising people in inland areas to avoid outdoor activities in the middle of the day, stay hydrated and check on relatives and neighbors who don't have access to cooling.
In San Francisco, Monday is forecast to be the hottest day of the heat event with a high of 81 degrees. Forecasts earlier in the week put the high at 82 degrees, so it has come down just a tad. With a coastal breeze pushing cool air from the ocean inland, the city and coastal areas are unlikely to break out of the 80s.
"They're expecting the onshore flow to still be pretty decent," McCorkle said.
The city sees its highest temperatures in an offshore wind pattern that blows hot air from inland areas to the coast. This setup will not be in place over the long weekend, and that's why SF won't even come close to its 106 degree temperature record. | https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/bay-area-excessive-heat-warning-17415336.php | 2022-09-02T17:39:51Z | https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/bay-area-excessive-heat-warning-17415336.php | true |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Mergers and Acquisitions celebrates the successful acquisition of Catawba Industrial Rubber Co. Inc. and Coastal Hose and Rubber Inc. by SBP Holdings.
Catawba and Coastal are value-added distributors of hoses, couplings, conveyor belting, gaskets, and related MRO products in the Charlotte, N.C., and Wilmington, N.C., markets, respectively. They have served a diverse range of industries, including agriculture, construction, government, and transportation for over 50 years.
Business owner Marvin "Skip" Bruce, Jr., who purchased the businesses in 1999, was represented by Viking Mergers & Acquisitions, led by Mike Donahue and Merrell Stout. Skip reflected, "It was important that Pam and I be able to step away from the business now so that we can truly enjoy our retirement years. We are confident that our customers, employees, and vendors are in good hands with the SBP team, and we could not have managed through the process without the professionalism and expertise of Mike and Merrell. Our expectations were far exceeded thanks to them." Regarding the acquisition's success, Partner Mike Donahue commented, "The SBP team was great to work with and understands how to relate well to closely-held business owners; that, combined with the thorough effort by Skip and his wife, Pam, resulted in an outstanding outcome for all parties."
Viking provides exit strategies and M&A services to lower middle-market business owners. In business since 1996, many of Viking's brokers are themselves, former business owners. Viking has an 85% close rate, representing over 800 successful transactions across the Southeast U.S.
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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Apple's most popular product.
Apple's iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are undeniably among the best phones you can buy in 2022. They offer a brilliant blend of impressive all-around performance with camera skills that can rival professional cameras. But since Apple's next launch event is set for Sept. 7, a new iPhone is likely arriving soon with a variety of refinements and new features.
We expect to see Apple's iPhone 14 in the coming weeks -- here's everything you should know about its rumored release date, price and new design. Although time is running out, I still want Apple to give my wish list a read and make sure it ticks everything off. Because that's how it works, right?
In no particular order then, here are my top hopes for the iPhone 14.
No notch on the iPhone 14
The notch. It has to go. Yes, it's served its purpose, housing as it does the front-facing camera and the various scanners to let you unlock your phone just by looking at it. And while the notch did get slightly smaller on the iPhone 13, it's still a big chunk of screen that's cut away. So it's time for a better solution that lets that screen really shine.
Perhaps Apple could perfect under-display cameras that are there but essentially invisible. We've seen that already on phones from ZTE and Vivo, but the technology is far from perfect. Then there are the weird pop-up selfie cameras seen on some Oppo phones that spring up from the top edge, keeping the display unbroken.
I'd even compromise with a simple punch-hole solution, filling the front with the display but just popping a couple of small, less obtrusive holes for the cameras to peep through.
In-screen fingerprint scanner as well as Face ID
Speaking of things hidden in the screen, let's pop a fingerprint scanner under there too. Apple's Face ID works well for the most part, or at least it did before the pandemic hit. Wearing masks in public is a much more common occurrence than it was prior to the pandemic, and before the release of iOS 15.4 in March, face unlock simply didn't work without also pairing up with an Apple Watch. Although you can now unlock your iPhone while wearing a mask thanks to the iOS update, I think Apple should still bring back fingerprint scanning.
In-screen scanning technology is common now, with affordable phones from OnePlus invisibly hiding scanners into the display of their phones and I find that they work pretty much as well as physical scanners that were once on the back or side of the phone. It's not a step backward to put this technology in -- it would simply be acknowledging that maybe the world needs a different solution to what we had before -- which can be said of so many things.
A bigger zoom and larger sensor for iPhone 14's camera
The iPhone 13 Pro camera is superb, taking beautiful images in the daylight and capturing bright, sharp shots in the middle of the night. It's one of the best cameras you can find on a phone, but I'm a photographer, so naturally I'm going to demand more.
The main thing I want here is a bigger zoom. Yes, Apple upped the zoom level to 3x with the iPhone 13 Pro, but that still pales against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra's whopping 10x zoom. Zoom lenses are superb tools for finding interesting compositions in your environment, for getting up close on those details that would simply be lost if you took your shot with a wide angle lens. Even the 4x zoom on Google's new Pixel 6 Pro was enough of a jump to allow for more telephoto-style images.
But while we're on the camera, I'm always keen to see overall improvements in quality. So let's also slap an even bigger image sensor in there -- maybe a 1-inch size as we've seen on Sony's recent Xperia Pro I, or hell, let's go APS-C or full frame, if we're dreaming. The bigger the sensor, the better the overall image quality and with each generation of camera upgrade we've had, the less I need to take my camera out with me.
Maybe with the iPhone 14 I can just sell my DSLR and shoot solely on my phone.
USB-C charging to replace Lightning
Apple has adopted USB-C for almost all of its products now from the iPads to the MacBooks to the AirPods. The iPhone still uses Apple's legacy Lightning port, which makes it the only device on my desk I need to find a different cable for when I want to charge it. All my Android review phones, my tablets and even my mouse and keyboard plug into my USB-C power cables and the iPhone feels somewhat outdated as a result.
But Apple has always had its own ways of charging. When everyone else was using Micro-USB, Apple had that massive 32-pin connector first seen on the iPod and that was a pain, too. So expecting Apple to step in line with the rest of the industry feels about as likely as asking giraffes to maybe try having shorter necks like the rest of us, OK? You too, swans. Donkeys, you're fine, you've got enough going on.
But what I don't want is for Apple to remove the port entirely, which was rumored when it launched MagSafe charging. Because then, I still need a dedicated charging cable. Plus MagSafe charges slower than the Lightning cable and doesn't currently support data transfer. You see, it wouldn't work. So USB-C it is. Thanks. In the meantime, at least I can make use of any USB-C to Lightning cable to get at least half of the convenience I'm looking for.
A foldable iPhone 14
Foldable phones have been the biggest physical design revolution we've seen in phones since basically the advent of the smartphone. But they've not really caught on -- possibly because of their high prices but also possibly because they just don't really offer a compelling reason to make use of that fold.
But Apple has a decent track record of taking an existing innovation and actually finding a way to make it work well enough to have an impact in our lives. Apple didn't invent tablets, but the iPad was the first one that really showed how useful they can be, and now it's basically the only tablet that matters. And I like foldable phones. They're fun and they allow a big screen that's great for videos and photo editing to fold in half and be much more pocket friendly.
So I'd love to see Apple's take on this genre of device and see what its team would do with a product that's halfway between an iPhone and an iPad. Maybe not as the only phone it launches, but maybe as an additional one, called the iPhone 14 Fold that sits above the iPhone 14 Pro. And while there are only a few foldable iPhone rumors to suggest that this will ever be a real thing, I'd put good money on a working Apple folding phone concept sitting somewhere right now deep down in its research labs on that spaceship campus.
But those are my top five things I'd like to see from the iPhone 14. Some of them are more credible than others but who knows what the rumors will point to over the coming months.
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A 25-year-old man has been indicted for the two shooting deaths that happened in a Eunice parking lot back in June.
A St. Landry Parish grand jury handed up the indictment earlier this week, accusing Travis Tykhireus Godfrey in connection with the June 16 shootings of two men.
Godfrey was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of Paul Celestine, and on a charge of manslaughter in the slaying of Aiden McCauley.
The incident took place at a convenience store in Eunice, and began with a verbal exchange inside the store.
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MYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine — Rockets roar out of a farm field here near the front lines of the war against Russia. They leave long, white contrails against Ukraine's famously big, blue sky as they head toward Russian military targets. These are U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known as HIMARS.
"Thanks for this present," says a Ukrainian reconnaissance soldier nicknamed Fox, who is watching in his green body armor with a knife and a walkie-talkie strapped to its front. Like some other soldiers in this story, Fox did not wish to give his name to protect family members living in Russian-occupied territory.
Fox directs fire for artillery and long-range weapons such as HIMARS onto Russian targets. Like most soldiers here along the southern front, Fox raves about the HIMARS.
"Yesterday, we had one job and it hit exactly on point from long distance," says Fox, who is describing a strike of about 24 miles.
In fact, the HIMARS deployed here can hit at more than twice that distance. When NPR visited the southern front four months ago, the Ukrainians had nowhere near that range.
Ukraine launched a counteroffensive this week in the south to take back territory from the Russians and break a stalemate in the region. More sophisticated Western weapons such as HIMARS are crucial to that fight.
Ukraine reaches deeper behind enemy lines
Col. Roman Kostenko says HIMARS have already helped a lot. Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker who has been working as a commander in the south since the Russian invasion, says the HIMARS' range and precision allow the Ukrainians to strike deep behind enemy lines.
"After these systems hit the Russians' arms depots and bridges that connect to the city of Kherson, the enemy was forced to reduce the density of their fire on our positions," says Kostenko.
He's referring to key bridges the Russians use to supply their soldiers in Kherson, a strategic port city that fell to the Russians in March.
The problem, Kostenko says, is the Ukrainian armed forces simply don't possess enough of these weapons to help them really turn the tide.
Kostenko first met with NPR here in April. Asked how much territory the Ukrainian military has taken back since then, he says: "Not a lot."
Progress has been slow, sometimes an average of a mile or so a month. A soldier who operates an anti-tank missile tells NPR it took three months to take one village, because the Russians were so well dug into their defensive positions.
The U.S. has sent more weapons more quickly to Ukraine — committing over $13.5 billion in security aid to the country since January 2021 — than it has to any other country in decades, according to U.S. government historians. Kostenko says he's grateful for that. But he also says the army here needs much more to make a big push in the south.
"Russia is very resourceful," he says. "What we have now is probably 30% of what we really need in order to carry out successful offensive actions to liberate our territories."
Soldiers use flippers to cross a mined river
Kostenko says the troops here have had successes. He says soldiers recently took back a nearby village from the Russians. Kostenko cites the ingenuity of a special forces team and the element of surprise.
"They left at 3 in the morning and arrived at a river," Kostenko recalls. "The enemy mined the river bottom and, to avoid stepping on the mines, our soldiers used flippers."
Kostenko also says Western long-range weapons helped batter the Russians holding the village. He pulls up a video on his cellphone of a public school building where the Russians were holed up. There is a giant crater in front of it. Kostenko says that strike killed at least 20 Russian soldiers. He won't name the weapon, and only says it came from what he calls "our Western partners."
The Ukrainians still rely on older weapons with less range to do a lot of their shelling. One morning, a Ukrainian soldier led an NPR reporter through a field of dandelions. We passed part of a Russian cluster bomb jammed halfway into the side of a hill. Around the corner sat a rusting howitzer, partly caked in mud.
A small team was cleaning the cannon's firing mechanism with water and lubricant spray. Nearby stood a truck filled with pointy shells of different sizes that looked like giant bullets. The team lives in a big hut they've built out of wooden ammunition crates. A member of the crew named Artem, who wears a black Reebok T-shirt, says the Ukrainians captured the howitzer from the Russians earlier in the war.
It dates to 1989 and has a range of just over 12 miles. The howitzer is entirely manual. Artem shows how to aim it by spinning wheels that move the barrel up and down and from side to side.
"This is a good weapon," says Artem, who is 24. "But it is an old weapon. I would like something newer. But we have what we have."
In fact, the weapon is so old, the team is running out of ammunition for it. Artem says in a few weeks they will have to retire the Cold War relic.
Turning ordinary civilians into a fighting force isn't easy
Weapons are just one challenge the Ukrainian army faces. Another is continuing to train civilians to form a capable fighting force.
Maj. Roman Kovalyov oversees a battalion in the Kherson region. Ninety percent of his troops had no previous military experience.
"They have passionate hearts, they are ready to go into battle," says Kovalyov. "However, they don't realize how little they know."
The major says the biggest challenge in the first couple of months of the war was instilling discipline. For instance, he sent one group of soldiers out to provide cover for another one.
"They forgot water, night vision goggles, backpacks," Kovalyov recalls. "They were half an hour late. And, because of that, the second unit came under heavy fire. Thank God no one was hurt."
Afterward, the team that got shelled punched out the latecomers. Kovalyov says his soldiers have improved significantly since then, but he also says an improved army can only do so much against a better armed one such as the Russians.
"I have a clear feeling lately that we are being kept on artificial respiration," says Kovalyov. "We are given just enough so that we do not lose, and don't win.
Ukraine's military calls on the West for more help
Standing in a village in the Kherson region, which Russia mostly occupies, he addresses political leaders thousands of miles away in Washington, London, Paris and Berlin:
"Give us enough weapons, please. And we give you our word, we will knock the enemy out of our land."
But Kovalyov worries the West does not share Ukraine's goal of total victory, of taking back the 20% or so of the country Russia has seized since its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
He says the U.S. and NATO allies have various other geopolitical interests such as China, and in the case of Washington, the future of Taiwan.
"Politics is a complicated thing," Kovalyov says. "I think they don't want Russia to lose."
But Major Kovalyov also says he thinks the future world order is being decided here and now in his homeland.
Producer Kateryna Malofieieva contributed to this story.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try.
The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — was delayed late in the countdown Monday. The Kennedy Space Center clocks started ticking again as managers expressed confidence in their plan and forecasters gave favorable weather odds.
Atop the rocket is a crew capsule with three test dummies that will fly around the moon and back over the course of six weeks — NASA’s first such attempt since the Apollo program 50 years ago. NASA wants to wring out the spacecraft before strapping in astronauts on the next planned flight in two years.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he’s more confident going into this second launch attempt, given everything engineers learned from the first try.
So is astronaut Jessica Meir, who’s on NASA’s short list for one of the initial moon crews.
“We’re all excited for this to go, but the most important thing is that we go when we’re ready and we get it right, because the next missions will have humans on board. Maybe me, maybe my friends,” Meir told The Associated Press on Friday.
The engineers in charge of the Space Launch System rocket insisted Thursday evening that all four of the rocket’s main engines were good and that a faulty temperature sensor caused one of them to appear as though it were too warm Monday. The engines need to match the minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-250 degrees Celsius) of the liquid hydrogen fuel at liftoff, otherwise they could be damaged and shut down in flight.
“We have convinced ourselves without a shadow of a doubt that we have good-quality liquid hydrogen going through the engines,” said John Honeycutt, the rocket’s program manager.
Once fueling begins Saturday morning, the launch team will perform another engine test — this time earlier in the countdown. Even if that suspect sensor indicates the one engine is too warm, other sensors can be relied on to ensure everything is working correctly and to halt the countdown if there’s a problem, Honeycutt told reporters.
NASA could not perform that kind of engine test during dress rehearsals earlier this year because of leaking fuel. More fuel leaks cropped up Monday; technicians found some loose connections and tightened them.
The engine-temperature situation adds to the flight’s risk, as does another problem that cropped up Monday: cracks in the foam insulation of the rocket. If any foam pieces break off at liftoff, they could strike the strap-on boosters and damage them. Engineers consider the likelihood of that happening low and have accepted these slight additional risks.
“This is an extremely complicated machine and system. Millions of parts,” NASA’s chief, Nelson, told the AP. “There are, in fact, risks. But are those risks acceptable? I leave that to the experts. My role is to remind them you don’t take any chances that are not acceptable risk.”
The $4.1 billion test flight is NASA’s first step in sending astronauts around the moon in 2024 and landing them on the surface in 2025. Astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972.
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Stephen A. Smith says he is 'utterly disgusted' that the 'moribund' New York Knicks missed out on blockbuster trade for Donovan Mitchell... as he SLAMS chairman James Dolan for being 'more concerned about playing his guitar'
- Donovan Mitchell was reportedly traded to the Cavs for a massive package
- And the move comes after he was linked all summer to the Knicks
- New York ultimately balked at Utah's extremely heavy trade demands for the star
- And ESPN analyst and Knicks fans Stephen A. Smith is very upset
After the Knicks ultimately balked at the Jazz's trade demands for Donovan Mitchell - and the All-Star guard was instead reportedly sent to Cleveland - some New York fans will be applauding their team's show of restraint.
Stephen A Smith is not one of those people.
The ESPN analyst and Knicks fan said he was 'utterly, utterly disgusted at the moribund franchise' Friday on First Take and lamented the lack of a true star currently playing at Madison Square Garden.
'I've been looking forward to having Donovan Mitchell in a New York Knicks uniform. He's a new York native, that's some place that he wanted to be, and the reality is once again the New York Knicks didn't get it done.'
Donovan Mitchell is headed to the Cavaliers after being heavily linked to the Knicks
Mitchell was reportedly traded Thursday to the Cavaliers for a package of Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Ochair Agbaji, three unprotected first-round picks and two pick swaps.
And while the Knicks didn't land the three-time All-Star, they definitely offered a competitive package.
According to ESPN, New York offered RJ Barrett, Obi Toppin, Mitchell Robinson and three unprotected first-round picks for the star as the sides starting discussing a deal in July.
And it looked like the two teams would reach a deal early this week, the outlet said.
But the Knicks reportedly declined to include Quentin Grimes in a deal, and wanted a third first-round pick to have top-five protections (which Utah would not agree to) when Immanuel Quickley was proposed as a Grimes alternative.
Smith acknowledged the massive package the Knicks were being asked to provide in exchange for Mitchell, but ultimately feels the Garden will be dimmer without his presence.
'On its face, I wanna emphasize that the New York Knicks - they didn't do the wrong things. You can't mortgage the farm and give up everybody and have nobody for Donovan Mitchell to play with. I totally understand that.'
But, he said, 'I want a star. I want a star that the people can descend upon Madison Square Garden to watch. Who is that dude? There is nobody that's that dude right now.
'I like RJ Barrett. RJ Barrett can ball and he's only 22 years of age. And he's got a promising future. but he ain't that dude yet.'
While the Knicks were reportedly willing to include Barrett in a deal for Mitchell, matters were complicated when the team extended his contract last week.
Stephen A. Smith is 'disgusted' that the Knicks did not acquire Mitchell in a trade
For the foreseeable future, it will be the former Duke player who's the face of the Knicks, rather than Mitchell.
'This is a 25 year old brotha' that's good for 25 [points] a game,' Smith said of Mitchell. 'And you would pack the Garden to watch what he could put on display.'
Smith then took aim at embattled Knicks owner James Dolan, who took full control of the team in 2000.
Since the team reached the conference finals in the 1999-00 season, the Knicks have made the playoffs just six more times, last winning a playoff series in 2013.
'When basketball is great in LA, Chicago, New York, the game is better. There's a vibe that gets elevated,' Smith said.
'That doesn't exist with the New York Knicks because James Dolan is running that franchise and all he's concerned about is playing his guitar and building some legacy in Vegas.'
Ultimately, Smith's rant ended on a melancholy note, as he tempered his expectations for another upcoming season.
'Everywhere you turn,' he said, 'the New York Knicks find a way to break your heart.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-11174097/Stephen-Smith-utterly-disgusted-moribund-New-York-Knicks-missed-Donovan-Mitchell.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-02T17:53:17Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-11174097/Stephen-Smith-utterly-disgusted-moribund-New-York-Knicks-missed-Donovan-Mitchell.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Biden seeks $47 billion for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states.
The request, which comes as lawmakers are preparing to return to Washington and fund the government, includes $13.7 billion related to Ukraine, including money for equipment, intelligence support and direct budgetary support. Shalanda Young, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said that more than three-fourths of the $40 billion approved by Congress earlier this year has already been disbursed or committed.
“We have rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine as they defend their democracy and we cannot allow that support to Ukraine to run dry,” Young said in a blog post.
The White House request will play into congressional budget negotiations in the coming weeks as financing for federal agencies is set to run out Sept. 30. Both parties will be seeking to avoid a government shutdown in the weeks before the midterm elections, but they will have to work out differences over issues like the COVID-19 aid, which has been a sticking point for many months as the White House has said more money is needed for vaccines and testing and Republicans have pointed to the trillions that have already been approved and money that is still unspent.
In Friday’s request, the White House is seeking $7.1 billion to procure additional vaccines and for replenishing personal protective equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile, among other measures. It is also seeking $2 billion to continue testing programs, including an initiative to distribute free at-home tests that ended on Friday as the government says it is running short on funds. White House officials say they have some tests left in the stockpile, but not enough to provide free tests if cases sharply increase.
Congress also has not moved forward on President Joe Biden’s $22.5 billion request earlier this year for the COVID-19 response. And funding is drying up for many of the community groups that received millions of federal tax dollars to encourage vaccinations.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House has repeatedly warned that there would be trade-offs if that money wasn’t approved, and “that is precisely what happened.” The lack of free testing kits, for example, “leaves our domestic testing capacity diminished for a potential fall surge,” she said.
The administration is also asking for $4.5 billion to bolster its efforts to fight monkeypox. Officials said they have already depleted significant reserves from the national stockpile to provide over 1.1 million vials of vaccine.
The money would help ensure access to vaccinations, testing and treatment, and also help fund the global effort to fight the disease, administration officials said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the 1960s, the White House Historical Association has paid for most of the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House.
Years later, first lady Dolley Madison saved Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington from almost certain ruin. She had White House staff take it out of the city before advancing British forces burned the mansion in 1814. The painting was held in storage until the White House was rebuilt.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those that are on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Portraits of Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Lou Henry Hoover grace the Vermeil Room, along with a full-length image of Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama’s portrait likely will join Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush along the Ground Floor hallway.
The State Floor hallway one floor above features recent presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Gerald Ford’s portrait and the likeness of Richard Nixon — the only president to resign from office — are on view on the Grand Staircase leading to the private living quarters on the second floor.
Past presidents’ images move around the White House, depending on their standing with the current occupants. Ronald Reagan, for example, moved Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman out of the Cabinet Room and swapped in Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge.
In the Clinton era, portraits of Richard Nixon and Reagan, idols of the Republican Party, lost their showcase spot in the Grand Foyer and were replaced with pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman, heroes of the Democrats. Nancy Reagan temporarily moved Eleanor Roosevelt to a place of prominence in the East Room in 1984 to mark the centennial of her birth.
One of the most prominent spots for a portrait is above the mantle in the State Dining Room and it has been occupied for decades by a painting of a seated Abraham Lincoln, hand supporting his chin. It was placed there by Franklin Roosevelt.
Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s portraits hang on opposing walls in the Grand Foyer.
Clinton’s would be relocated to make room for Barack Obama’s if the White House sticks to tradition and keeps the two most recent Oval Office occupants there, McLaurin said.
“That’s up to the White House, to the curators,” he said.
The association, which is funded through private donations and the sale of books and an annual White House Christmas ornament, keeps the portrait price well below market value because of the “extraordinary honor” an artist derives from having “their work of art hanging perpetually in the White House,” McLaurin said.
Details about the Obamas’ portraits will stay under wraps until Wednesday.
Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama’s vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan’s ceremony, was Reagan’s No. 2.
Betty Monkman, a former White House curator, said during a 2017 podcast for the White House Historical Association that the ceremony is a “statement of generosity” by the president and first lady. “It’s a very warm, lovely moment.”
The White House portraits are one of two sets of portraits of presidents and first ladies. The National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, maintains its own collection and those portraits are unveiled before the White House pair. The Obamas’ unveiled their museum portraits in February 2018.
Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, said in an email that a $650,000 donation in July from Save America, Trump’s political action committee, was earmarked for the couple’s museum portraits. Two artists have been commissioned, one for each painting, and work has begun, St. Thomas said.
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Police were reportedly called to the Washington home of Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, on Thursday in the second “swatting” prank at his rowhouse in as many months.
Authorities told The Daily Mail that fire and police responded to the home in the Capitol Hill area, but there were no injuries or shots fired.
A false report in July prompted a heavy police response in search of an armed person experiencing a mental health crisis. Mr. Bannon praised the police response to the midsummer incident, which was also described as a swatting attempt.
Swatting is a practice in which someone calls in a false emergency situation, like a shooting or hostage situation, to compel a large law enforcement response at someone’s home or a specific location. It is considered highly dangerous, traumatizing for the unsuspecting victims and a waste of public safety officers’ time.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, was swatted twice last month at her Georgia home.
Mr. Bannon is a polarizing figure on the right who was a key player in Mr. Trump’s rise in 2016 with his America-first vision and hardline on illegal immigration.
He recently floated the idea of a “contingent election” to reinstate Mr. Trump amid reports that Facebook briefly limited traffic of stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 election.
On his podcast, Mr. Bannon said electors in certain states couldn’t be certified, so Mr. Biden did not reach the 270-electoral vote threshold and there should be a contingent election in the House of Representatives.
“Let’s start the contingent election this week. Let’s do it,” Mr. Bannon said.
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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – Improving relations between police officers and the people they serve is the focus of an event Saturday in Muskegon Heights.
Instruction on what to do when you’re pulled over by the police will be part of the free, public gathering at the city’s Rowan Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 3. The park is off of Broadway Avenue in downtown Muskegon Heights.
Hosted by the Muskegon Heights Police Department, the event also is an effort to, as a flyer puts it, #humanizethebadge.
“It’s fitting for the time that we’re in,” Muskegon Heights Police Chief Maurice Sain told MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. “I think a lot of people don’t understand police are like everyone else…We’re trying to get home to our families just like you are. We want people to understand we’re all in this together.”
The event will begin with education and conversation before participants break off into three demonstration areas,
One will involve participants driving into the parking lot and then getting pulled over by an officer and going through that process, Sain said.
Another will involve the use of a seatbelt simulator that demonstrates how seatbelts provide protection during crashes.
The third demonstration area will have participants use an impaired driving simulator that participants can try out and experience what it’s like to drive under the influence, distracted or drowsy.
All are welcome to attend the event, which will include a hot dog cookout. Those who want to actively participate need a valid driver’s license or permit, though the latter requires accompaniment by a licensed driver, as well as valid vehicle registration and insurance.
The event is not an open house, and participants are asked to show up at 10 a.m.
“We want to be proactive in our approach, so we don’t see some of the incidents we’ve seen across the country,” Sain said.
The event is rescheduled from Aug. 13, when inclement weather prompted its cancelation.
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These are 5 top tips to get comfortable online, as revealed by Gloria Hunniford
Nearly half of over 65s are ‘uncomfortable’ using the internet – and would rather do the weekly food shop, pop to the bank and book a holiday with a travel agent in-person.
A poll of 1,987 older people revealed 45 per cent don’t feel completely confident when using the internet.
As a result, 40 per cent of those would rather run errands face-to-face than online, as well as browse their local garden centre, shop for clothes in store and purchase train tickets at the station.
But this leaves them worried they are ‘missing out’ on all the internet has to offer and the money it could save them.
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It also emerged it’s not just financial concerns, as 42 per cent of older people who have reservations about going online feel forgotten in a ‘digital first’ world.
Adapting to a 'digital first' world
The study was commissioned by Vodafone UK Foundation, which has teamed up with consumer champion, Gloria Hunniford, and national charity, Independent Age, to launch ‘Hi Digital’ – a programme designed to help the over 65s develop their digital skills, save money and feel more connected.
Gloria Hunniford commented: “At long last, I feel incredibly lucky I’m relatively comfortable online – but I absolutely understand older people’s concerns.
“There are so many benefits to taking the plunge – from making financial savings, which are so vital at the moment, to keeping in touch with loved ones and feeling less isolated."
The research found 34 per cent of over 65s who aren’t completely comfortable in an online world are more likely to feel stressed when services require a digital approach, like booking a doctor’s appointment through a website.
Of those who believe they’d benefit from learning online skills, 41 per cent feel they’ve been held back from doing so because they didn’t know where to look for help.
And, according to the OnePoll study, even if they feel confident using the internet 27 per cent still feel they’d gain something from upskilling their digital knowledge.
Living life to the fullest online
It also emerged 54 per cent of those who have expressed doubt about fully embracing the digital world said it was due to concerns about scamming and online security.
Others worry about not knowing how to fix something if it goes wrong (49 per cent) and finding the pace at which the digital world changes too hard to keep up with (38 per cent).
Currently, only 26 per cent feel very comfortable claiming benefits digitally, and just 45 per cent could confidently book a doctor’s appointment or order a prescription online.
Nicki Lyons, UK corporate affairs and sustainability director at Vodafone UK Foundation, added: “Our everyone.connected campaign is helping people access the connectivity, devices and skills they need to live life to the full.
“We understand why many older people aren’t comfortable online and wanted to create a programme especially for them.
“We hope to reach 50,000 older people and give them the confidence to unlock financial savings and feel more connected to their loved ones."
Simon Hewett-Avison, director of services at Independent Age, added: “Being online can come with many benefits, including potential savings which are never more needed than in the current cost-of-living crisis.
"But as technology continues to move at an ever-increasing pace, many people over 65 tell us they feel left behind.
"We’re working to ensure everyone has access to the support they need, in a way that works for them."
Gloria Hunniford’s top tips for getting online
- Be patient and take your time: don’t expect to feel comfortable and good at it right away.
- Get help from a person or organisation you trust if you're unsure how to get started.
- Work through the helpful Hi Digital modules to give you a good starting point to feeling more comfortable surfing the internet and keeping safe online.
- Be aware of online scams and fraud, but don’t let this deter you exploring the benefits of being online.
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Physical products—or perhaps more specifically, physical formats—weigh heavily in Stereolab’s career, which perhaps is appropriate for a band who lifted their very name from a line of records Vanguard released during the golden age of vinyl. Stereolab’s love of records manifested in how they seemed constitutionally unable to resist an opportunity to release music on any manner of arcane formats. Split singles, limited edition EPs, giveaway flexi discs, Japanese bonus tracks, limited edition soundtracks to art installations—there doesn’t seem to be a format the group hasn’t explored.
Fortunately, their embrace of records extends to compilations, as they’ve never shied away from collecting all these stray tracks on a series they called Switched On. Pulse Of The Early Brain is the fifth installment of Switched On, released a full 30 years after the inaugural volume’s appearance in 1992. That was a busy year for the group, with the founding members Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier adding drummer Andy Ramsay and vocalist/utility player Mary Hansen shortly after the release of their debut album Peng!. The new members were featured on Low Fi, an EP released in the wake of the original Switched On but which somehow remained orphaned until Pulse Of The Early Brain.
Low Fi is the anchor on Pulse of the Early Brain (Switched On, Volume 5)—the rarity used to lure die-hard collectors but also the center of gravity for the rest of the record. As the title suggests, Low Fi captures Stereolab at their noisy, primitive early peak, churning out a thick cluster of sound where it’s impossible to separate the drone of the Farfisa organ from guitar feedback. All four of the EP’s songs provide variations on this theme, a hypnotic whir that seems unencumbered by the rules of gravity: the analog rumble, synth squiggles, and strummed chords are a collective force onto itself.
There’s a visceral thrill to Low Fi that remains potent, largely because Stereolab swapped force for sophistication after 1993’s Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements. This break isn’t illustrated on Pulse Of The Early Brain, which spends the remainder of its running time picking up stray tracks from the 1990s, adding a few cuts from 2008 for good measure. It’s the flip of last year’s Electrically Possessed (Switched On, Volume 4), where the lion’s share of the 25 tracks dated from the 2000s. Despite this concentration on the 1990s, the only other cut on Pulse Of The Early Brain to suggest the cacophonic roar of Low Fi is “ABC,” a contribution to a 1996 Godz tribute album where the gnarled, fuzzed-out guitar riff hints at hard rock before it gets engulfed by studio trickery.
A fair amount of Pulse Of The Early Brain is devoted to the wonders of a recording studio, or at least a remix. The compilation opens with “Simple Headphone Mind” and “Trippin’ With The Birds,” a pair of tracks from 1997 where Nurse With Wound reshaped an original Stereolab recording into two distinct, open-ended creations in which the group’s Teutonic groove and harmonies are all transformed into ambient texture. Running a collective 31 minutes, the Nurse With Wound collaborations can’t be easily slotted into a sequence, so having them arrive at the front of Pulse Of The Early Brain effectively acts as a palate cleanser, allowing Low Fi to pack a greater punch while also establishing the spacier elements Stereolab reconfigures in appealing fashions on the remainder of the comp.
With its insistent strums giving way to a coda of hooky harmonies, “Robot Riot,” a previously unreleased song written in 2000 for a Charles Long sculpture—he’s the same artist who inspired Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center, the masterful 1995 EP collected on Aluminum Tunes (Switched On, Volume 3)—acts as the bridge between the early and latter-day Stereolab. “Unity Purity Occasional”—the song Long ultimately used—sounds closer to Stereolab’s space-age bachelor pad prime, offering percolating rhythms, retro-futurisms, and ye-ye melodies.
What’s interesting about Pulse Of The Early Brain is how this familiar signature gets scuffed and altered in the margins. Sometimes, the proceedings get tense and nervous, as on the avant-jazz of “Symbolic Logic Of Now,” originally released as part of a split seven-inch single with Soi-Disant in 1998. Occasionally, the compositions are as lush and vivid as they are on “Forensic Itch,” a giveaway from 2008's Chemical Chords that finds Stereolab transposing Smile-era Brian Wilson into a shimmering sci-fi setting. What ties together the disparate material on Pulse Of The Early Brain is how each teems with the energy of discovery, where the emphasis is not on melody or even arrangements—instead, it’s on the serendipitous discoveries of the recording studio, whether it’s the harmonic overtones gained from pushing a needle into the red or hearing Autechre accentuate the sharp electronic angles in his remix of “Refractions In The Plastic Pulse.”
All this attention on texture means that when Pulse Of The Early Brain concludes with a live rendition of “Cybele’s Reverie” performed at the Hollywood Bowl in 2004, Stereolab’s melodic gifts are put in sharp relief. Most of the material on this fifth volume of Switched On studiously avoids the trappings of pop music, so hearing this Emperor Tomato Ketchup single as a coda underscores how Stereolab’s music is the product of careful choices and planned adventure, a combination that often produces compelling results as Pulse Of The Early Brain makes plain. | https://www.avclub.com/stereolab-pulse-of-the-early-brain-review-1849487080 | 2022-09-02T18:08:19Z | https://www.avclub.com/stereolab-pulse-of-the-early-brain-review-1849487080 | true |
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have exploded in popularity in recent years, leading President Joe Biden to sign an executive order in March 2022 that outlines the government’s plan to address the “risks and harnessing the potential benefits of digital assets.”
The executive order also explores the possibility of creating a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. That’s led some people on social media to claim in August that the executive order would phase out cash and make paper money “worthless.”
VERIFY reader Jerry also emailed the team to ask, “Is President Biden doing away with paper money for digital currency?”
THE QUESTION
Will Biden’s executive order replace paper money with digital currency?
THE SOURCES
- Executive Order 14067
- The Federal Reserve
- The Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan U.S. think tank
- Aaron Klein, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution
THE ANSWER
No, Biden’s executive order won’t replace paper money with digital currency.
WHAT WE FOUND
Under Executive Order 14067, the Federal Reserve is tasked with looking into how a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) might be created, and evaluating necessary steps and requirements for implementing one.
The executive order also empowers the U.S. Department of Justice to determine whether the Federal Reserve has the authority to issue a CBDC, according to Aaron Klein, an expert in financial technology and regulation at the Brookings Institution.
The Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan U.S. think tank, defines a CBDC as digital money “backed and issued by a central bank.” In the United States, that central bank would be the Federal Reserve.
The only form of central bank money that Americans can access today is cash, the Federal Reserve notes on its website. Aaron Klein, an expert in financial technology and regulation at the Brookings Institution, explained that the digital money Americans currently use every day with their credit and debit cards comes from commercial banks.
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are also considered digital currencies but they aren’t issued by a central bank like a CBDC.
If the Fed creates a CBDC, it would differ from existing digital money because it would be issued and backed by the Federal Reserve instead of a commercial bank.
The federal government hasn't made any decisions yet about issuing U.S. CBDC as a result of the executive order, but creating one wouldn’t mean that the government is getting rid of cash.
“There is nothing in the executive order that ends or eliminates cash. Period,” Klein told VERIFY.
The Federal Reserve also says on its website that it is “considering a CBDC as a means to expand safe payment options, not to reduce or replace them.”
Around 100 countries apart from the U.S. are already exploring CBDCs through research and testing, including some that have already started distributing the virtual money such as Jamaica and Nigeria, according to the Atlantic Council. But it’s unclear exactly how a U.S. CBDC would work if it’s designed and developed by the Federal Reserve.
“We don’t know the answer,” Klein said. “One of the questions out there is, will that mean people get direct accounts at the Federal Reserve, like you have an account at your bank to use a debit card?”
In January 2022, the Federal Reserve released a discussion paper examining the pros and cons of a potential CBDC.
In a press release, the Fed said a CBDC could provide faster payment options between countries and safe digital payment options for households and businesses. However, there could be downsides, including how a CBDC “would preserve monetary and financial stability as well as complement existing means of payment.”
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Former Oldham primary school teacher jailed for sexual abuse
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A former teacher who sexually abused 19 pupils while working at two primary schools has been jailed.
Christopher Pickup, 76, of Underwood Way, Shaw, had attacked the pupilsat two schools in Oldham in the 1970s and 80s, Greater Manchester Police said.
He was convicted of 38 counts of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
The force said those he abused had shown "courage, strength and dignity... in coming forward".
Det Cons Craig Rice and Natalie Sykes said the investigation demonstrated "our ongoing and determined commitment to ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice".
"Experiencing sexual abuse at any stage in life can have a devastating and long-lasting impact on an individual's life, but to experience it as a child by someone who you respect and trust is unfathomable," they said.
"We would like commend and thank the victims for the courage, strength and dignity they have all demonstrated in coming forward to the police and supporting an investigation.
"We hope that the unanimous guilty verdicts... and today's sentencing offers closure to them, knowing that he is finally facing the consequences of his actions."
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Tributes after radio DJ Ambrose Harcourt dies
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Radio personality Ambrose Harcourt has died after a long battle with illness.
The DJ, who lived in Worthing, West Sussex, was known to his listeners as "Mr Lurve".
He hosted radio shows for over five decades on the airwaves across Sussex and the south of England.
He died at St Barnabas Hospice in Worthing with his family by his side on Wednesday. Regency Radio, where he last worked, said he "left a hole that can never be filled".
Mr Harcourt, whose real surname was Obiajulu, came to the UK from Nigeria in 1964.
He started his DJ career in pubs and clubs in the east of London.
After presenting on hospital radio he joined Southern Sound in 1986 where he became a firm favourite.
The station, which later became Southern FM and then Heart FM, featured his shows Soul Direction, The Love Hour, Night-time Heart and Soul and the Love Zone.
'Wonderful human being'
Ambrose also broadcast on Juice FM, Arrow FM, Sovereign FM and more recently on Regency Radio, the Brighton-based station that he helped launch.
He also worked on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC Radio Five Live as a continuity announcer.
Jay Jackson, of Regency Radio, said: "The whole team are devastated by the sad news.
"He was a wonderful human being. He wanted only the best for everyone and would go out of his way to help up-and-coming presenters achieve their dream of being on the radio."
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent a written response early Friday in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its tattered nuclear deal with world powers, though the U.S. cast doubt on Tehran’s offer.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that “the sent text has a constructive approach with the aim of finalizing the negotiations.”
However, as in the last round of written proposals and counters, Iran offered no public acknowledgment of what it said. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all matters of state in the country’s Shiite theocracy, largely has been silent in recent weeks on the negotiations.
In Washington, the State Department confirmed it received Iran’s response through the European Union, which has served as an intermediary for the indirect talks after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018.
“We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive,” the State Department said, similarly not elaborating on what the proposal contained.
The 2015 deal saw Iran greatly curtail its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. Under the deal, Iran could have only 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 3.67% under constant scrutiny of International Atomic Energy Agency surveillance cameras and inspectors.
Now, however, the last public IAEA count shows Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. More worrying for nonprofileration experts, Iran now enriches uranium up to 60% purity — a level it never reached before that is a short, technical step away from 90%. Those experts warn Iran has enough 60%-enriched uranium to reprocess into fuel for at least one nuclear bomb.
While Iran long has maintained its program is peaceful, officials now openly discuss Tehran’s ability to seek an atomic bomb if it wanted. Meanwhile, a series of attacks across the wider Mideast since the deal’s collapse have raised tensions of a wider conflict breaking out.
Both the U.S. and Iran have tried to portray the ongoing negotiations as bending in their favor on issues like the American sanctions targeting Tehran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Earlier this week, Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi maintained that an IAEA investigation into traces of man-made uranium found at undeclared nuclear sites in the country must be halted.
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Each week we ask a person from our community what their perfect weekend would be. This week Finn Williams spoke to Rangitīkei farmer Richard Gower.
I'm sure for most people, their perfect weekend would involve hiking or biking or climbing mountains but, for me, I do all of those things in a normal week on the farm.
So my perfect weekend after a week of hard work would be to just spend some quiet time at home.
On Friday evening, once my wife is off of her shift cycle, I'd share a beer and some Indian takeout with her. I'm particularly partial to a good vindaloo.
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Advertise with NZME.If we were lucky we could share it with our youngest son too, as he'd be home for the weekend from boarding school, and we'd give our oldest son a call to catch up.
Saturday would still be spent on the farm, but for fun rather than for work.
I'd start with a quiet ride around the farm with our dogs, before heading out into the hills in the afternoon for some deer hunting.
Sunday would be all about relaxing at home.
It'd start with a decent cooked breakfast, then I'd go and mow the lawns. I know it's not everyone's thing, but I love the smell of the cut grass.
Then, in the afternoon, I'd settle in front of the TV to watch an Aussie Rules game.
If we're talking the perfect game for this perfect weekend, then it'd have to be a game where Collingwood beat the West Coast Eagles, because Collingwood is my team, and my wife is from Western Australia, so the Eagles are her team.
Really that's not very exciting, but when you've been working flat out on the farm all week, to sit down and not really be doing sheep and cattle work is quite nice. | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/my-perfect-weekend-a-relaxing-time-around-home-for-rangitikei-farmer-richard-gower/VMFJOU5Z5QYNUVFVMMTUBMBHFE/?c_id=16&objectid=12548790 | 2022-09-02T18:19:42Z | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/my-perfect-weekend-a-relaxing-time-around-home-for-rangitikei-farmer-richard-gower/VMFJOU5Z5QYNUVFVMMTUBMBHFE/?c_id=16&objectid=12548790 | false |
Last group of beagles taken from troubled breeding facility
CUMBERLAND, Va. (AP) - The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs.
The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday. Nearly 4,000 beagles were removed all together. They're being transported to shelters and other rescue sites across the country, which are finding homes for the canines.
"Many people don´t realize that an average of 60,000 dogs just like these are still used in laboratories each year," Humane Society President and CEO Kitty Block said in a statement. "Even as we celebrate these lucky dogs going to loving homes, we´re focused on creating a future where no dogs will face that kind of fate."
Block said those dogs were spared because that particular breeding facility was cited for Animal Welfare Act violations. Earlier this year, federal officials initiated a civil enforcement case against Envigo RMS, which owns and operates the facility. Hundreds of dogs were found to be in "acute distress."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Norfolk-based animal rights group, had investigated the facility and said dogs were living in crowded and stressful conditions.
PETA said in a statement earlier this year that federal veterinarians found dogs that had been denied treatment for "severe dental disease" as well as dogs with wounds and yellow discharge around the eyes. Dogs were also denied food for days while nursing puppies, among other violations, PETA said.
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE HSUS - An HSUS Animal Rescue Team member carries a beagle into the organization's care and rehabilitation center in Maryland on Thursday, July 21, 2022, after the organization removed the first 201 beagles as part of a transfer plan from Envigo RMS LLC facility in Cumberland, Va. The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia that had planned to sell the dogs to animal testing labs. The organization said it took away the remaining 312 dogs at the facility in Cumberland on Thursday, Sept. 1. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for the HSUS)
In early July, a federal judge approved a plan to remove the beagles and put them up for adoption.
U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon also issued a restraining order imposing a series of restrictions on the facility. In June, company officials announced plans to close it. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11174149/Last-group-beagles-taken-troubled-breeding-facility.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-02T18:20:40Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-11174149/Last-group-beagles-taken-troubled-breeding-facility.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Russia´s Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off
BERLIN (AP) - Russian energy giant Gazprom said Friday that it can't resume the supply of natural gas through a key pipeline to Germany for now because of what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work, just hours before it was due to recommence deliveries.
The Russian state-run energy company had shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday for what it said would be three days of work.
It said in a social media post Friday evening that it had identified "malfunctions" of a turbine and added that the pipeline would not work unless those were eliminated.
It was the latest development in a saga in which Gazprom has advanced technical problems as the reason for reducing gas flows through Nord Stream 1 - explanations that German officials have rejected as a cover for a political power play following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Gazprom said it had identified oil leaks from four turbines at the Portovaya compressor station at the Russian end of the pipeline, including the sole operational one. It claimed to have received warnings from Russia´s industrial safety watchdog that the leaks "do not allow for safe, trouble-free operation of the gas turbine engine."
"In connection with this, it is necessary to take appropriate measures and suspend further operation of the ... gas compressor unit in connection with the identified gross (safety) violations," the company said.
Gazprom started cutting supplies through Nord Stream 1 in mid-June, blaming delays to the delivery of a turbine that had been sent to Canada for repair. Canada has since allowed the turbine's delivery to Germany, which has said that nothing stands in the way of it being sent to Russia other than Russia saying it wants the part.
In recent weeks, Nord Stream 1 has been running at only 20% of capacity.
Russia, which before the reductions started accounted for a bit more than a third of Germany´s gas supplies, has also reduced the flow of gas to other European countries which have sided with Ukraine in the war.
Natural gas is used to power industry, heat homes and offices, and generate electricity. Increasing the amount in reserve has been a key focus of the German government since Russia invaded Ukraine, to avoid rationing for industry as demand rises in the winter.
Germany's storage facilities are now over 84% full.
The head of Germany´s network regulatory agency, Klaus Mueller, tweeted that the Russian decision to keep Nord Stream 1 switched off for now increases the significance of new liquefied natural gas terminals that Germany plans to start running this winter, gas storage and "significant needs to save" gas.
It is "good that Germany is now better prepared, but now it comes down to everyone," Mueller added.
The European Union has just reached its goal of filling its gas storage to 80%, ahead of a Nov. 1 deadline, despite Russian supply cutbacks.
European utilities have scrambled to find additional supply during the summer months to get ready for the winter´s heating demands, buying expensive liquefied gas that comes by ship, while additional supplies have come by pipeline from Norway and Azerbaijan.
Fears of winter shortage have eased somewhat as storage has progressed, but a complete cutoff could present Europe with serious difficulties, analysts say.
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Kozlowska contributed from London.
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MOOSIC, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden’s primetime speech Thursday night was an attempt to yoke two different but connected concepts together. The first was, as he said, “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.” The second was simply to urge Americans to vote for Democrats in the fall.
Speaking in front of a bright red background set against Independence Hall that seemed to owe as much to Dark Brandon memes as the traditional trappings of the presidency, Biden’s warnings were mixed in with in political language aimed at voters who seem have recently seen reasons — like the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and a new barrage of unsettling investigations and revelations related to former President Donald Trump — to consider voting for Democrats in an election that looked dismal for the party in power just a few months ago.
Biden focused the attack on “MAGA Republicans,” a constituency that he tried to make clear did not even constitute “a majority of Republicans.”
The goal seemed to be to make “MAGA Republicans” a label for everything that voters find politically toxic about the GOP right now, linking swing voters’ disdain for and exhaustion with Donald Trump with their opposition to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.
“American democracy only works only if we choose to respect the rule of law,” he argued while pledging, “I will not stand by and watch the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud.”
At times Biden’s rhetoric seemed almost indistinguishable from that of a Republican never-Trumper like Liz Cheney, who wants to rescue the GOP to from Trumpism. He trained his ire on those who “promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.”
At others, he sounded more sound like Ted Kennedy as he warned of the social conservatives who want an America “where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love.” This made up only a small part of his speech, but it was one of the few excerpts released to the press before its delivery, a signal that it is a message the White House wants to stick.
The speech also came with a boast about Biden’s political accomplishments, hailing legislation passed by Congress including the infrastructure bill and the climate, health care and tax law Democrats recently passed.
A detailed argument about the threat of illiberal democracy as practiced in Viktor Orban’s Hungary — which is increasingly being hailed as a model on the American Right — would not have carried the same weight. High-minded rhetoric about creeping authoritarianism tends to be too obscure for voters.
Instead, the address was a fusion of Biden’s longstanding concerns about American democracy — he has often said that Trump’s response to the 2017 white supremacist march in Charlottesville inspired him to run for president — and a more traditional argument ahead of the midterms.
Biden’s remarks came as Democrats are feeling new optimism about their prospects in 2022. Although inflation remains high, gas prices have fallen considerably in recent months and Democrats have racked up success after success in recent special elections, winning a seat in Alaska for the first time in 50 years earlier this week and pulling an upset in a swing district in New York’s Hudson Valley last week. The change in the political climate tracks to June, after the Dobbs decision in which the Supreme Court held that women have no constitutional right to an abortion.
In a statement Thursday afternoon, a White House official told Vox, “Like he’s said for months, the President is calling out ‘ultra-MAGA’ congressional Republicans for radical proposals that an overwhelming majority of the country – and an enormous percent of Republican voters – oppose; like putting Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block and a national abortion ban.”
Biden’s speech was prebutted hours before by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a machine shop in northeastern Pennsylvania. The top House Republican argued that Biden was right that American democracy was under threat.
“Democracy is on the ballot in November,” said the California Republican. “And Joe Biden and the radical left are dismantling American democracy before our very eyes.” McCarthy argued that with Biden’s criticism of “MAGA Republicans” that the President has “chosen to divide, demean, and disparage his fellow Americans — why? simply because they disagree with his policies.”
In contrast to Biden, McCarthy mentioned Trump only once when he condemned the FBI raid on Mar A Lago as an “assault on democracy.” However, he left clear what his views on Trump were, casually referencing Trump’s “America First” slogan, “Our values should inspire us to defend America first, not blame America first.”
Biden wants Americans to link McCarthy’s caucus with all that comes with Trump far more closely than that. | https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/2/23334115/biden-maga-republicans | 2022-09-02T18:23:05Z | https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/2/23334115/biden-maga-republicans | false |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the median home price has crept over $800,000, the benefits of living in California no longer outweigh the costs for an increasing number of Californians1. Since 1990, more than 3.8 million people have left the state than have moved in—slightly less than the total population of the city of Los Angeles. According to the IRS, net domestic and foreign outmigration increased to over 263,000, up from just under 168,000 in 2019. To keep the workers who keep its cities running, California needs more naturally affordable housing. To this end, the American Enterprise Institute is hosting a series of conferences throughout California to discuss how cities can create affordable and economically vibrant neighborhoods where families can put down roots.
By implementing Light Touch Density— the development of varied single-family homes with 1-4 units— housing can be built that stems the migration tide. According to a recent AEI study, as the number of housing units per acre built increases, the cost of those individual housing units decreases. Modestly increasing density with a "light touch" by building more duplexes, townhomes, or condos concentrates increased housing supply at the middle price points, directly increasing the amount of naturally affordable housing and slowing high home price appreciation. This filtering process parallels the car market, where new cars free up used cars at lower prices, and so on. Neighborhoods can maintain their residential character while increasing affordability just by incrementally increasing density.
Current homeowners that often fight against housing construction and want to stick around for the long haul have a lot to lose as California bleeds residents. There isn't enough housing for young adults to move out on their own and with the normalization of remote work, workers are not necessarily tethered to the office. But cities that get into a cycle of population loss will suffer from lower tax revenue, impacting fire and police, education, and parks and recreation.
Join AEI September 19-23 to learn how you and your community can take actionable steps to address California's housing crisis through SB 9, SB 10, and Light Touch Density.
Registration is open for 6 California free conferences to be held the week of September 19, 2022.
These conferences are free and open to all—please forward to anyone else who might have an interest. Each conference will be packed with information and presentations to help to tackle the most pressing housing issues facing Californians.
Visit aei.org/california-housing-conference to register
1 California Department of Finance, Finance Bulletin, August 2022.
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These former Green Bay Packers players made rosters elsewhere in the NFL (plus some Wisconsin guys, too)
With 53-man rosters more or less set around the NFL, take a look at where former Green Bay Packers are suiting up, not to mention former Wisconsin Badgers and Wisconsinites.
Arizona Cardinals
J.J. Watt, defensive end. The native of Pewaukee and former University of Wisconsin star enters the 12th season of his future Hall of Fame career. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year played seven games with Arizona last year, his first year playing for anyone other than the Houston Texans, and the year was shortened by a serious shoulder injury. Injuries have kept him to single-digit games played in four of the past six seasons.
Other notes: The Cardinals released former Packers cornerback (and second-round pick) Josh Jackson during roster cuts.
Atlanta Falcons
Casey Hayward, cornerback. He played for Green Bay from 2012-15 and was famously not retained by the Packers, at which point he went on to make two Pro Bowls with the Chargers. He played in 2021 with the Raiders and now finds himself in Atlanta.
Other notes: The Falcons released former Packers safety Henry Black, who played the last two seasons with the Packers, and wide receiver Geronimo Allison, who played four seasons in Green Bay.
Baltimore Ravens
Kevin Zeitler, offensive guard. The alumnus of Wisconsin Lutheran High School and the University of Wisconsin enters his 11th NFL season after starting 16 games last year for the Ravens. He's made no fewer than 12 starts in any of his 10 NFL seasons with the Bengals, Browns Giants and Ravens.
Kristian Welch, linebacker. The product of Iola-Scandinavia High School enters his thrid year as a special teams ace for the Ravens. he played college football at Iowa.
Other notes: Former Wisconsin Rapids star and University of Wisconsin standout Vince Biegel, also a former member of the Green Bay Packers, is on the team's injured list. The Ravens cut former Badgers running back Corey Clement and former Packers quarterback Brett Hundley.
Buffalo Bills
Micah Hyde, safety. Hyde played four years in Green Bay but truly blossomed in Buffalo, starting with his Pro Bowl season in 2017 and including last year's selection as a second-team All Pro. This will be his sixth season with the Bills, and he matched a career high last year with five interceptions.
Jake Kumerow, wide receiver. The former UW-Whitewater star and a preferred target for Aaron Rodgers during his time as a Green Bay Packer in 2018 and 2019 signed a one-year extension to remain with Buffalo for a third season this year.
Carolina Panthers
J.J. Jansen, long snapper. The 15th-year long snapper played in 2008 with the Packers and has been with the Panthers ever since, now at 36 years old with one Pro Bowl appearance under his belt.
Daviyon Nixon, defensive tackle. The Kenosha Indian Trail alumnus who played at Iowa battled injuries last season and saw action in seven games during his rookie season.
Chicago Bears
Lucas Patrick, offensive lineman. He's played the last five years with the Packers, including 28 starts over the past two years at right guard and center, but now he's with the divisional rival.
Mike Pennel, defensive lineman. He played in Green Bay from 2014-16 and has since appeared with the Jets, Chiefs and Falcons.
Jack Sanborn, linebacker. The first-team All-Big Ten pick with the Wisconsin Badgers last year made the Bears roster as an undrafted rookie.
Equanimeous St. Brown, wide receiver. He spent the last three seasons with the Packers, catching 37 passes for 543 yards and a touchdown.
Other notes: Joe Thomas, who played linebacker for the Packers from 2015-17 but has since appeared with Dallas, Houston and Baltimore, is on the practice squad. Wide receiver David Moore, who appeared in one game for the Packers last season as a return man, is on the Bears' injured list.
Cincinnati Bengals
Clark Harris, long snapper. The 14th-year player and one-time Pro Bowler never played for the Packers, but he was drafted by them in the seventh round of the 2007 draft. He and fellow Packers draft classmate Mason Crosby are two of five players still active in the league from that draft, as of last year.
Max Scharping, offensive guard. The Green Bay Southwest alumnus made 33 starts and 48 appearances in three seasons with Houston but was claimed on waivers during roster cuts by the Bengals.
Cleveland Browns
Corey Bojorquez, punter. He had an up-and-down season last year with the Packers, and now he has a new home for a fifth NFL season.
Dallas Cowboys
Tyler Biadasz, center. The third-year player out of Wisconsin started all 17 games last year for the Cowboys and will be in line as a starter again this season.
Jake Ferguson, tight end. The standout tight end at Wisconsin was taken in the fourth round by the Cowboys in the 2022 draft. He played high-school football at Madison Memorial.
Denver Broncos
Melvin Gordon, running back. The dynamic ex-Badgers running back and Kenosha Bradford alumnus has two Pro Bowl berths under his belt and cleared 900 yards rushing each of the last two seasons with the Broncos. He has 53 career rushing touchdowns in seven NFL seasons.
Matt Henningsen, defensive end. The Menomonee Falls and University of Wisconsin standout made the Broncos roster after getting taken in the sixth round in the 2022 draft.
Quinn Meinerz, offensive lineman. The Wisconsin-Whitewater alum became a draft darling during the 2021 draft season and went on to start nine games last season at right guard with 15 appearances overall.
Billy Turner, offensive tackle. A cap casualty after three strong seasons in Green Bay, Turner should start at right tackle for the Broncos in his ninth NFL season.
Russell Wilson, quarterback. The one-year wonder at Wisconsin has cultivated an outstanding NFL career and will begin the season in a new place after Seattle traded him to the Broncos, where he recently signed a massive extension.
Other notes: Rookie Faion Hicks, who played last season at Wisconsin, made the practice squad at cornerback. Former Packers receiver Darrius Shepherd also made the practice squad. After signing former Badgers linebacker and NFL veteran Joe Schobert, the Broncos released him.
Detroit Lions
Quintez Cephus, wide receiver. The former Wisconsin standout will enter his third year after injury cut short his season last year. He has 35 career NFL receptions and four touchdowns thus far.
Jamaal Williams, running back. The popular ex-Packer was in Green Bay from 2017-20, and he posted his best NFL season with the Lions last year when he ran for 601 yards.
Houston Texans
Christian Kirksey, linebacker. He played the 2020 season with the Packers and is now in his second year with Houston, having played in 13 games last year.
Justin McCray, offensive lineman. He made 13 starts at guard and tackle for the Packers in 2017-18 and is now in his second year with Houston, starting eight contests last year.
Eric Murray, cornerback. The Milwaukee Riverside alumnus enters his third season in the defensive backfield for the Texans; he made a career-best 76 tackles last year and registered an interception over 16 games, with 11 starts.
Dare Ogunbowale, running back. The Marquette University High School and Wisconsin alumnus has fashioned an excellent career despite going undrafted prior to the 2017 season. This will be his sixth year in the league and first time with the Texans.
Other notes: Isaac Yiadom, who was with the Packers last year, was among the final cuts in camp.
Indianapolis Colts
Dennis Kelly, offensive lineman. The veteran tackle was with the Packers last year, making four starts, and enters his 11th NFL season.
Jonathan Taylor, running back. The former Badgers star was first-team All-Pro last season after running for 1,811 yards and 18 touchdowns, taking second in the Offensive Player of the Year voting.
Other notes: Cornerback Will Redmond, who was with the Packers from 2018-20, is on the team's practice squad. Among the final cuts were ex-Badgers offensive lineman Josh Seltzner and former Badgers quarterback Jack Coan.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Dan Arnold, tight end. He has 86 catches since 2018 and seven touchdown receptions. He played college football at Wisconsin-Platteville.
Kendric Pryor, wide receiver. The undrafted rookie from Wisconsin was about to latch on with the Cincinnati practice squad but was claimed off waivers and now has a 53-man spot to his name.
Cole Van Lanen, offensive lineman. The Bay Port and University of Wisconsin star was with the Packers until traded to the Jaguars early in camp.
Other notes: Offensive lineman Beau Benzschawel, an alumnus of Grafton High School and Wisconsin, was among the team's cuts. He's bounced around the NFL since 2019.
Kansas City Chiefs
Leo Chenal, linebacker. Named the Big Ten Linebacker of the Year last year with the Badgers, he wound up taken in the third round of the 2022 draft. He's from Grantsburg.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, wide receiver. The big-play threat with the Packers the past four years signed in the offseason to receive passes from a new future Hall of Famer, Patrick Mahomes.
Other notes: Two Wisconsinites are on the practice squad, including offensive lineman Mike Caliendo (who played at Brookfield East and Western Michigan) and wide receiver Daurice Fountain (who played at Madison Memorial and Northern Iowa).
Las Vegas Raiders
Davante Adams, wide receiver. Many eyes will be on the former Packers star receiver, traded out of Green Bay in the offseason in a deal that allowed the Packers the cap space to retain other parts of their roster. In eight seasons, Adams made five Pro Bowls and was twice named first-team All Pro, with 73 touchdown catches to his name.
Other notes: Defensive lineman Tyler Lancaster, with the Packers the last four years, is on the Raiders injured list. Linebacker Kyler Fackrell, formerly of the Packers, was released after he suffered a season-ending injury in July.
Los Angeles Chargers
Corey Linsley, center. The All-Pro who spent seven seasons in Green Bay played in 16 games last year for the Chargers, making the All-Pro second team and his first Pro Bowl.
JK Scott, punter. The beleaguered ex-Packer (2018-21) is in his first year with the Chargers after spending time with Jacksonville last year.
Los Angeles Rams
David Edwards, offensive lineman. University of Wisconsin alumnus started all 17 games last year and has been a fixture at guard on the Rams offensive line for three years.
Rob Havenstein, offensive lineman. Another Wisconsin product, he'll be the starting right tackle for the defending Super Bowl champs in his eighth year with the franchise.
Other notes: Logan Bruss, a rookie out of Wisconsin, was placed on injured reserve after the Rams drafted him in the third round. He played high-school football at Kimberly. The team waived defensive back Caesar Dancy-Williams, who played last year at Wisconsin, in mid-August.
Miami Dolphins
Michael Deiter, offensive lineman. The fourth-year pro out of Wisconsin started eight games last year and figures into the mix as the team's backup center.
Alec Ingold, fullback. The Bay Port and UW alumnus enters his fourth year and first season for someone other than the Raiders, with whom he racked up 239 yards receiving and three touchdowns over the past three years.
Andrew Van Ginkel, linebacker. The Wisconsin alumnus started 14 games last year and has 10½ sacks to his name over three NFL seasons.
Other notes: Fullback John Lovett, who appeared in eight games for the Packers in 2020, is on the team's injured list.
Minnesota Vikings
Za'Darius Smith, linebacker. He played only sparingly last year for the Packers with injury shortening his regular season to one game, but he was a force of nature the previous two years, making the Pro Bowl both times and racking up a total of 26 sacks.
Chandon Sullivan, cornerback. He played the last three years in Green Bay, starting 10 games each of the past two seasons, with five interceptions to his name.
Other notes: University of Wisconsin product Ryan Connelly, a linebacker, is in his fourth year but on the physically unable to perform list.
New England Patriots
Lawrence Guy, defensive lineman. The Packers seventh-round pick in 2011 never played for the Green and Gold but he's entering his 12th year in the league, with the last five seasons starting regularly for the Patriots.
Ty Montgomery, wide receiver. The WR/RB hybrid player was with the Packers from 2015-18 and is coming off two years with the Saints.
Other notes: Running back James White, formerly of Wisconsin, announced his retirement during training camp.
New Orleans Saints
Zack Baun, linebacker. The Brown Deer High School and University of Wisconsin alumnus enters his third year with the Saints. The third-round draft pick has seven NFL starts to his name and 42 tackles.
Taysom Hill, tight end. Once with the Packers for a preseason and famously cut before finding success as a hybrid player in New Orleans, Hill has largely played quarterback since 2017 but he's making a full switch to tight end this year under first-year coach Dennis Allen.
Ryan Ramczyk, offensive lineman. The right tackle has appeared in 73 games over five seasons, including an All-Pro season in 2019. The University of Wisconsin alumnus hails from Stevens Point (where he began his college career, as well).
Other notes: Former Packers defensive tackle Christian Ringo is on the practice squad after Arizona released him with an injury settlement.
New York Giants
Ben Bredeson, offensive lineman. The third-year guard out of Michigan attended Arrowhead High School. He played in eight games for the Giants last year after starting his career in Baltimore.
Other notes: Former Packers linebacker Blake Martinez was entering his third year with the Giants and made the opening roster but was abruptly released Sept. 1. Offensive lineman Wyatt Davis is the grandson of former Packers star and Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Davis.
New York Jets
Notes: Offensive lineman Nate Herbig is the brother of current University of Wisconsin linebacker Nick Herbig.
Philadelphia Eagles
T.J. Edwards, linebacker. The undrafted player out of Wisconsin has made quite the career in Philly, starting 14 games last year and appearing in 16 overall. He has two career interceptions, two forced fumbles and three sacks.
Other notes: Richard Rodgers, the tight end who caught the famous Hail Mary pass in Detroit from Aaron Rodgers and played four seasons with the Packers, was cut after four seasons with the Eagles. Longtime offensive lineman Brandon Brooks, an alumnus of Milwaukee Riverside, announced his retirement in January.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Montravius Adams, defensive tackle. He never could quite catch on in four years with the Packers, and he split last year between the Saints and Steelers. He'll likely be Pittsburgh's backup nose tackle.
Isaiahh Loudermilk, defensive end. The fifth-round choice out of Wisconsin last year saw action in 15 games with two starts.
Derek Watt, fullback. Now in his seventh year, the Pewaukee High School and University of Wisconsin has been particularly valuable on special teams.
T.J. Watt, linebacker. The 2022 defensive player of the year was a standout at Pewaukee High School and the University of Wisconsin, and he's doing his best to match or surpass the ridiculously lofty career put forth by his older brother, J.J.
Other notes: Tight end Jace Sternberger, formally of the Packers, was among the team's final camp cuts.
San Francisco 49ers
Oren Burks, linebacker. A member of the Packers each of the past four seasons and one of the chief contributors on special teams, Burks will now head west to face the team that knocked Green Bay out of the playoffs largely because of a special-teams miscue.
Taybor Pepper, long snapper. Appeared in four games for the Packers in 2017 and is now in his third year with the Niners.
Other notes: Malik Turner, a member of the Packers practice squad in 2020, is on the 49ers practice squad this year. Among the latest round of cuts were former Badgers tight end Troy Fumagalli and former Packers cornerback Ka'dar Hollman.
Seattle Seahawks
Nick Bellore, linebacker. The Whitefish Bay High School product has been a special-teams ace for more than a decade, and he enters his 12th season and fourth with the Seahawks. He made the Pro Bowl team in 2020.
Shelby Harris, defensive end. The eighth-year pro from Homestead High School was part of the package that came over from Denver and sent Russell Wilson to the Broncos. He's started 16 games in two of his last three seasons.
Josh Jones, safety. The Packers second-round pick in 2017 has bounced around since he departed Green Bay after the 2018 season, but this will be his second season with Seattle.
Other notes: Rookie safety Scott Nelson, who played with the University of Wisconsin last year, made the practice squad.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Luke Goedeke, offensive lineman. The rookie offensive lineman was taken in the second round out of Central Michigan, but the Valders native started his college career at UW-Stevens Point.
Other notes: Defensive tackle Willington Previlon, who was part of the Packers practice squad last year, is on the Bucs practice squad.
Washington Commanders
Rachad Wildgoose, cornerback. Washington claimed the University of Wisconsin alumnus off waivers from the New York Jets just before rosters were set.
Other notes: Alex Erickson, a seventh-year pro from Wisconsin, is on the practice squad. He's a native of Darlington.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners but nothing inside and more than 10,000 other government records with no classification markings, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday.
The inventory compiled by the Justice Department reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes and containers taken from an office and a storage room at Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search. Though the inventory does not describe the content of the documents, it shows the extent to which classified information — including material at the top-secret level — was stashed in boxes at the home and mixed among newspapers, magazines, clothing and other personal items.
It also makes clear for the first time the volume of unclassified government documents at the home even though presidential records were to have been turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archives had tried unsuccessfully for months to secure their return from Trump and then contacted the FBI after locating classified information in a batch of 15 boxes it received in January.
The Justice Department has said there was no secure space at Mar-a-Lago for sensitive government secrets, and has opened a criminal investigation focused on their retention there and on what it says were efforts in the past several months to obstruct the probe. It is also investigating potential violations of a law that criminalizes the mutilation or concealment of government records, classified or not.
Lawyers for Trump did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday. Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich asserted that the FBI search was a “SMASH AND GRAB” — though the Justice Department had received court-authorized permission to search specific locations in the home.
The inventory was released as the Justice Department undertakes its criminal investigation, as intelligence agencies assess any potential damage caused by mishandling of classified information and as a judge weighs whether to appoint a special master — essentially an outside legal expert — to review the records.
The inventory had been filed earlier under seal, but the Justice Department had said that given the “extraordinary circumstances,” it did not object to making it public. Trump himself has previously called for the disclosure of documents related to the search. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Thursday that she planned to unseal the inventory and did so on Friday.
All told, the inventory shows, the FBI seized more than 100 documents with classification markings in August, including 18 marked top secret, 54 secret and 31 confidential. The FBI identified 184 documents marked as classified in 15 boxes recovered by the National Archives in January, and received additional classified documents during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The court filings have not offered an explanation for why Trump had kept the classified documents, and why he and his representatives did not give them when requested.
The inventory shows that 43 empty folders with classified banners were taken from a box or container at the office, along with an additional 28 empty folders labeled as “Return to Staff Secretary” or military aide. Empty folders of that nature were also found in a storage closet.
It is not clear from the inventory list what might have happened to any of the documents that apparently had been inside.
Separately Friday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reviewed the records seized during the recent search and had segregated those with classified markings to ensure that they were being stored according to proper protocol and procedure.
“The seized materials will continue to be used to further the government’s investigation, and the investigative team will continue to use and evaluate the seized materials as it takes further investigative steps, such as through additional witness interviews and grand jury practice,” the department said.
It added that “additional evidence pertaining to the seized items,” including the manner in which they were stored, “will inform the government’s investigation.”
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Many faculty on the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus see top leader Mun Choi as a man to be feared because he runs the campus through intimidation and bullying — driving away those who disagree with his priorities.
And according to a faculty review of Choi’s performance as chancellor released Thursday by the campus Faculty Council, university morale has been “irreparably damaged” by his administrative style.
“I found reading through the comments pretty disheartening, to see how much frustration and kind of genuine sadness there is by so many, so many community members about our institution and the direction we’ve been going,” said Chuck Munter, an associate professor in the university’s college of education and human development, during discussion of the report. “But I don’t think I was surprised.”
A smaller number, the review shows, appreciate Choi’s advocacy for the university, citing his good relationship with political leaders and clear plans for the campus. They said “it is refreshing and exciting to have somebody have a vision…”
The report is based on a survey that drew 547 responses out of the approximately 2,400 full-time faculty.
Choi, who became president of the UM System in 2017, took over as chancellor of the Columbia campus in 2020. He is the first person to hold both top administrative jobs.
The four-campus UM System is the state’s largest public university with almost 70,000 students, and the Columbia campus makes up nearly half of that total, with 31,410 students. The system has an annual operating budget of $3.5 billion, with approximately $470 million from state tax support.
It is one of two land-grant universities in the state, with responsibility to bring learning to every county through the MU Extension Service. The Columbia campus is a member of the American Association of Universities, or AAU, an organization composed of the top public and private research institutions in the country.
Faculty Council Chairman Graham McCaulley said it was the first review of a chancellor’s performance in 10 years and was intended to make the university better. Including interim chancellors, the job has been held by six different people in that period.
“Our goal here is to move our institution forward,” said McCaulley, an associate extension professor and state specialist for nutrition, health and family.
Respondents were asked to rank Choi in a number of areas, and he received an overall ranking 2.26 on a scale of 1 to 5, with five being superior performance. They were also asked to provide comments.
Among ranked faculty without administrative duties, 208 said Choi should not be retained as chancellor, while 87 said he should remain.
Those with administrative roles and non-tenure track faculty tended to grade Choi higher than tenured professors. The only group that had a greater share who wanted to retain Choi than those that wanted him to be removed were tenured or tenure track faculty who spend more than half their time on administrative duties.
Choi’s lowest rankings were about whether he shows a commitment to shared governance, follows democratic leadership policies, solicits faculty input and is respected by the campus community. There were 100 comments on shared governance, which is intended to give faculty a role in campus decision making.
“He is stunningly opposed to true shared governance and any efforts are lip service at best,” one comment included in the report read.
There were 59 comments about poor morale.
“I have watched the most talented people leave this institution in the last three years because the climate hinders their accomplishments, especially in research,” one comment stated. “I believe that in some respects the faculty and its morale has been irreparably damaged.”
The problem, one commenter said, is Choi does not take criticism well.
“He has fostered a general culture of helplessness and submission across campus in which faculty fear for their individual and departmental security and risk retribution by speaking out,” the comment stated.
Those who back Choi and see him as an asset to the university also provided comments. From that group, 71 praised him for his ability to build relationships.
“He has a very good relationship with the Board of Curators and the legislators in Jefferson City,” one commenter said. “He presents the positive aspects of the university well to external stakeholders.”
His decisiveness, seen as evidence of an authoritarian style by some, drew applause from others. Two dozen commented that his decision making was a strong point.
“He makes difficult decisions that previous administrators were unwilling to make,” one comment read. “I believe his leadership is a breath of fresh air to our campus.”
Choi and the governing Board of Curators were provided copies of the report, held discussions with council members and provided written responses, McCaulley said.
“It was a productive meeting, we answered questions about the report and the process, talked about faculty views and what they were, and we felt that was heard,” McCaulley said.
The curators sought to absorb some of the ire directed at Choi, he said.
“The board believes it is critical for the Faculty Council to appreciate that many of the criticisms of President Choi reflect actions and positions taken in support of shared goals with the Board of Curators,” Darryl Chatman, chairman of the Board of Curators, said in a statement included in the final report. “As an example, comments and criticisms of President Choi related to emphasis placed on our role as an AAU university, greater accountability, shared governance, and the Missouri legislature are generally the result of that alignment in purpose and priority with the board.”
Choi, in his response, said he found some parts of the survey to be “thoughtful and helpful.”
However, he said, he had also heard many expressions of appreciation of his leadership and suggested that the sample wasn’t large enough to be representative of the whole faculty.
“After reviewing the results, I am interested in finding ways for my cabinet and I to collect more constructive input on a variety of topics from a broader group of faculty,” Choi said.
The report comes at a time when Choi recently surpassed the average tenure of his predecessors.
Selected in fall of 2016, Choi took over the university on March 1, 2017, and has held the position for 5 years and 5 months. Choi’s nine predecessors as UM System president held the job for an average of 4 years and 11 months.
In August 2017, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported that Choi wanted to keep the job for 10 years or longer.
“Obviously, that is not a decision that is going to be mine to make, but I want to be able to contribute with a long-term goal of helping, while leading, but also ensuring we have the strategic vision to make this university even better than it is,” Choi said at the time.
Choi’s biggest achievement to date is the completion of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Institute, built at a cost of $275 million. Several comments noted his push to get it finished and some questioned its worth.
“His precision medicine building fiasco has diverted funding from other parts of the hospital and university and he is now sacrificing the future of the School of Medicine,” one critical comment stated.
His immediate predecessor as permanent president, Tim Wolfe, resigned amid campus protests over racial issues in the fall of 2015 after less than four years in the job.
More than 40 comments questioned Choi’s commitment to diversity.
“After 2015, there was some hope for improvement in the racial climate at Mizzou. That hope is now dead,” one commenter stated. “If anything, things are worse than they were before.”
The survey was conducted at the same time as a survey of Provost Latha Ramchand’s performance. The report on that survey, released in July, mirrored some of the criticisms of Choi.
Under the heading “Subservient to President,” one sample comment stated they were uncertain of how Ramchand would work under a different leader.
“It’s hard to know because everyone perceives (Mun Choi) rules with an iron fist,” the provost’s report stated. “It is hard to know what (Ramchand) is able to accomplish with limited possibilities and an overbearing boss.”
Editor’s note: Rudi Keller is currently employed part-time by the University of Missouri as an adjunct instructor in journalism.
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YUMA, Ariz. — The Cocopah Indian Tribe said Friday that the state of Arizona acted against its wishes by stacking shipping containers on its land to prevent illegal border crossings.
The tribe determined that the state put 42 double-stacked containers on its land near Yuma, said Michael Fila from its office of emergency management.
The tribe wrote state officials Tuesday to inform them of their findings and concerns. Fila said the containers block half of a two-lane road, closing a “vital evacuation route.”
The containers pose other safety concerns, including if the containers fall, Fila wrote. Two containers toppled during construction last month for reasons that are unclear.
“The integrity of the road itself has subsequently been damaged by the heavy machinery that was used in placing the shipping containers" and created the danger for first responders to get stuck, Fila said in an email shared with The Associated Press.
The tribe told state officials at a meeting Aug. 17 that it didn't want the barriers and is waiting on a response to its findings, said Jonathan Athens, a Cocopah spokesman.
“We had made it clear before that we did not want the containers on our land,” he said.
The tribe's findings are a potential setback to Gov. Doug Ducey, who said last week that the barriers were “a major step forward to secure our border.” Despite his claims, the barriers have so far failed to make a meaningful dent in illegal crossings in an area where hundreds have been entering the country daily.
Ducey spokesman C.J. Karamargin said Friday that he was aware of the tribe's letter but had no immediate comment.
The state installed 130 double-stacked containers in the Yuma area last month in an effort to close gaps in the imposing wall built during Donald Trump's presidency that were incomplete when he left office last year. The Biden administration said in July that it would plug gaps but Ducey said he couldn't wait and hired AshBritt Inc. to install shipping containers the length of 13 football fields in five areas.
The containers that the tribe says were installed on tribal lands extend into the desert, ending abruptly in an area where migrants can easily walk around it.
The area includes rights of way for people outside the tribe to travel, which may have created confusion, said Fila. In any case, the tribe said state officials did not consult them before building.
The episode is a reminder of obstacles that the government faces with border barriers: difficulty building on tribal land, most notably in the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona, and opposition from landowners, especially in Texas, where, unlike other border states, much property is privately owned. Migrants go around the walls.
About half of encounters with migrants crossing the border illegally in the Border Patrol's Tucson, Arizona, sector are in the Tohono O'odham Nation, up from 20% to 30% before walls were built just outside of the tribe’s land, said John Modlin, the sector chief.
The Cocopah expressed strong opposition to a wall in a letter to U.S. officials in May 2020, saying the barrier would cut access to the river and tribal members in Mexico.
The tribe recently released a video showing its interim police chief, Arlene Martinez, outlining other cooperative measures with the Border Patrol, such as surveillance cameras and ground sensors.
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Packers win 10 events to topple Tigers
Published 9:48 am Friday, September 2, 2022
The Austin girls swimming and diving team beat Albert Lea 93-66 in AL Thursday.
The Packers captured 10 first place finishes in the win.
AUSTIN RESULTS
200-medley relay: Gracie Greenman, Addison Walsh, Olivia Walsh, Sydney Tobak (first, 2:06.75); Anna Kossman, Anita Rao, Jaycie Pollack, Addison Tobak (third, 2:14.64); Emma Czarnato, Breyona Batalden, Madelane Hicks, Sherilyn Spear (fourth, 2:29.01)
200-freestyle: Abbie Boysen (first, 2:16.23); Leah Pischke (third, 2:28.95); Madison Tauger (fourth, 2:30.54)
200-individual medley: Addison Walsh (second, 2:49.01); Kaylee Butts (third, 2:50.09); Anna Kossman (fourth, 2:52.54)
50-freestyle: Olivia Walsh (first, 25.60); Alivia Hemry (second, 27.95); Sydney Tobak (third, 29.44)
Diving: Alayna Kennedy (first, 219.35); Reese Norton (second, 205.20); Rachel Engelstad (third, 189.10)
100-butterfly: Abbie Boysen (first, 1:14.96); Jaycie Pollack (second, 1:16.67); Addison Tobak (third, 1:25.79)
100-freestyle: Alivia Hemry (first, 59.35); Sydney Tobak (third, 1:05.43); Emma Czarnota (fourth, 1:12.89)
500-freestyle: Gracie Greenman (first, 6:04.16); Leah Pischke (second, 6:49.83); Madison Tauger (third, 6:56.30)
200-freestyle relay: Abbie Boysen, Alivia Hemry, Sydney Tobak, Olivia Walsh, Addison Walsh, Anita Rao, Sherilyn Spear, Leah Pischke (third, 2:02.72); Addison Tobak, Gracelyn Johnson-Merten, Sherilyn Spear, Leah Pischke (sixth, 2:06.28)
100-backstroke: Gracie Greenman (first, 1:09.79); Anna Kossman (third, 1:13.54); Emma Czarnota (fifth, 1:23.50)
100-breaststroke: Kaylee Butts (first, 1:20.55); Addison Walsh (second, 1:22.84); Anita Rao (third, 1:30.08)
400-freestyle relay: Alivia Henry, Abbie Boysen, Jaycie Pollack, Gracie Greenman (first, 4:14.55); Leah Pischke, Madison Tauger, Addison Tobak, Anna Kossman (third, 4:36.01); Sherilyn Spear, Breyonta Batalden, Ailani Thiravong, Halle Burke (fifth, 4:56.30) | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/09/packers-win-10-events-to-topple-tigers/ | 2022-09-02T18:37:06Z | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/09/packers-win-10-events-to-topple-tigers/ | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to a record-setting 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced separately to seven years and three months in prison.
Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a self-defense argument. A jury rejected Webster’s claim that he was defending himself when he tackled Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun and grabbed his gas mask outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Webster, 56, to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release. He allowed Webster to report to prison at a date to be determined instead of immediately ordering him into custody.
“Mr. Webster, I don’t think you’re a bad person,” the judge said. “I think you were caught up in a moment. But as you know, even getting caught up in a moment has consequences.”
Webster turned to apologize to Rathbun, who was in the courtroom but didn’t address the judge. Webster said he wishes he had never come to Washington, D.C.
“I wish the horrible events of that day had never happened,” he told the judge.
The judge said Rathbun wasn’t Webster’s only victim on Jan. 6.
“The other victim was democracy, and that is not something that can be taken lightly,” Mehta added.
Federal prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of 17 years and six months. The court’s probation department had recommended a 10-year prison sentence. Mehta wasn’t bound by the recommendations.
In a court filing, prosecutors accused Webster of “disgracing a democracy that he once fought honorably to protect and serve.” Webster led the charge against police barricades at the Capitol’s Lower West Plaza, prosecutors said. They compared the attack to a medieval battle, with rioters pelting officers with makeshift projectiles and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
“Nothing can explain or justify Mr. Webster’s rage. Nothing can explain or justify his violence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Mirell said Thursday.
Defense attorney James Monroe said in a court filing that the mob was “guided by unscrupulous politicians” and others promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the Republican incumbent. He questioned why prosecutors argued that Webster didn’t deserve leniency for his 25 years of service to his country and New York City.
“That is not how we measure justice. That is revenge,” Monroe said.
In May, jurors deliberated for less than three hours before they convicted Webster of all six counts in his indictment, including a charge that he assaulted Rathbun with a dangerous weapon, the flagpole.
Also Thursday, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to using pepper spray on police officers, including one who later died. Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke the day after the riot and died of natural causes. He and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks as the mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Julian Khater, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. He could face up to 20 years in prison, though will likely face a sentence ranging from about 6 1/2 to 8 years at a hearing set for December.
The case against Khater and a second man have been among the more notable brought by the Justice Department. George Pierre Tanios brought the pepper spray in a backpack. Tanios previously pleaded guilty and is also set to be sentenced in December.
Webster had testified at trial that he was trying to protect himself from a “rogue cop” who punched him in the face. He also accused Rathbun of instigating the confrontation.
Rathbun testified that he didn’t punch or pick a fight with Webster. Rathbun said he was trying to move Webster back from a security perimeter that he and other officers were struggling to maintain.
Rathbun’s body camera captured Webster shouting profanities and insults before they made any physical contact. The video shows that Webster slammed one of the bike racks at Rathbun before the officer reached out with an open left hand and struck the right side of Webster’s face.
After Rathbun struck his face, Webster swung a metal flag pole at the officer in a downward chopping motion, striking a bike rack. Rathbun grabbed the broken pole from Webster, who charged at the officer, tackled him to the ground and grabbed his gas mask, choking him by the chin strap.
Webster drove alone to Washington, D.C., from his home near Goshen, New York, on the eve of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, where Trump addressed thousands of supporters. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.
Webster said he went to the Capitol to “petition” lawmakers to “relook” at the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he testified that he didn’t intend to interfere with Congress’ joint session to certify President Joe Biden ‘s victory.
Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 after 20 years of service, which included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private security detail. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989 before joining the NYPD in 1991.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the U.N.’s top expert on the country’s human rights “a puppet” of the United States, warning Friday that it won’t tolerate an American-led plot to use the rights issue to overthrow its political system.
North Korea’s government is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of its rights record, viewing it as an attempt to slander and rattle its authoritarian rule of its 26 million people, most of whom have little access to foreign news.
Its comments come as Elizabeth Salmón, the U.N. special rapporteur on the North’s human rights, is making her first visit to South Korea this week to meet officials, activists and North Korean defectors since her appointment last month.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry accused Salmón of displaying “ignorance and biased vision” on the North. It also accused Washington of being behind Salmón’s mandate as part of an anti-North Korea scheme.
“The ‘human rights’ racket of the U.S. and other hostile forces … is nothing but the most politicized hostile means for tarnishing the dignified image of (North Korea),” it said in a statement. “(North Korea) will never pardon the U.S. and its vassal forces’ ‘human rights’ racket … which is aimed at overthrowing its social system.”
It repeated its earlier position that it will never recognize or deal with any U.N. special rapporteur on its human rights. Salmón’s predecessors were denied access to North Korea, which observers say has made it difficult for them to gather independent and credible information on rights abuses.
During a news conference in Seoul on Friday, Salmón said she was “fully aware that the lack of cooperation in that country is a challenge, no doubts about it.”
“But at the same time, you know, I have been reading a lot, studying a lot during this time and there has been 18 years of work. I am new but the mandate is not new,” she said.
Salmón said she will keep trying to engage with North Korea and expressed worries about its economic, food and other hardships amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We should not give up on engagement with (North Korea) because what is at stake are the lives of the North Korean people and their human rights,” she said.
In a new report circulated Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said North Korea has increased the repression of the rights and freedoms of its people and the U.N. Security Council should consider referring it to the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity.
Salmón said her first report on North Korea’s rights issue will be presented to the U.N. General Assembly in late October.
North Korea remains under multiple rounds of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs. During a meeting in Hawaii on Thursday, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his South Korean and Japanese counterparts condemned North Korea’s continued development of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while the U.S. reaffirmed its “ironclad alliance commitments” to its two key Asian allies, according to a U.S. statement.
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Data Protection Software Market growing at an exciting CAGR of 31.5% during 2022-2032
Posted on 2022-09-02 by Fact.MR in Technology // 0 Comments
The global data protection software market is estimated at USD 1,195 Million in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 18,500 Million by 2032, growing at an exciting CAGR of 31.5% during 2022-2032.
The study offers comprehensive analysis on diverse features, including speculative and current production capacity, capacity utilization rates, technology implementation rates, revenue growth and list of consumers with consumption quantity, trade analysis, product enhancements, and revenue generation from data protection software across the globe.
A comprehensive estimate on the market has been provided through an optimistic scenario as well as a conservative scenario, taking into account the revenue through of data protection software during the forecast period.
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Data Protection Software Market – Scope of Report:
A latest publication by Fact.MR on the global Data Protection Software market evaluates the opportunities and current market landscape, and provides detailed analysis and updates about corresponding sections affecting the market.
The study offers detailed insights on key market dynamics, which include the drivers, restraints, trends, and opportunities in the market.
The principal aim of the study is to present exclusive information about how the market will perform during the forecast period of 2019-2029.
Important indicators for the successful growth of the Data Protection Software market are presented in this comprehensive report, which include Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) growth analysis of the market, and compounded annual growth rate (CAGR), which are described in an exhaustive way in Fact.MR’s study.
This research study can support readers to know the demand for Data Protection Software supplements, and the quantitative development opportunities during the study period.
The research is beneficial for shareholders in Data Protection Software, including investors, manufacturers, service providers, distributors, and suppliers, and can help them in developing suitable business strategies to flourish in the market.
Insights and wisdom presented in this Fact.MR study can be leveraged by shareholders in the market, industry experts, investors, researchers, and reporters, as well as business enthusiasts.
In-depth Analysis on Competitive Landscape:
The report sheds light on leading providers of Data Protection Software, along with their detailed profiles. Essential and up-to-date data related to market performers who are principally engaged in the Data Protection Software business has been brought with the help of a detailed dashboard view. Market share analysis and comparison of prominent players provided in the report permits report readers to take preemptive steps in advancing their businesses.
Company profiles have been included in the report, which include essentials such as production sites & capacities, product portfolios, channel partners, prominent consumers and key strategies, along with all-inclusive SWOT analysis on each player. Company presence is mapped and presented through a matrix for all the prominent players, thus providing readers with actionable insights, which helps in thoughtfully presenting the market status, and predicting the competition level in the Data Protection Software market.
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- Post covid consumer spending on Data Protection Software: the report also highlights the change in the buying behavior of consumers and shifts in purchasing power, post covid-19. This information will assist the businesses to plan their production and marketing strategies.
- Data Protection Software demand outlook: the market intelligence study reports highlights the factor propelling the demand for Data Protection Software. As per the study, the demand for Data Protection Software will grow through 2029.
- Data Protection Software historical volume analysis: Fact.MR survey report provides insights into the sales registered over the last forecast year 2016 to 2020 and create estimates regarding the sales performance for 2019-2029.
- Data Protection Software consumption by demographics: the report provides consumption by demographics analysis to assist the market players in designing their expansion strategies on the basis of consumption pattern of the customers.
Data Protection Software Market Segmentations:
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By Solution Type :
- Data Backup & Recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Security
- Data Compliance
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By Deployment Type :
- Cloud
- On-Premises
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By Enterprise Size :
- SMBs
- Large Enterprises
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By End-Use Industry :
- IT & Telecom
- Healthcare
- BFSI
- Retail Business
- Manufacturing Business
- Education
- Other
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- Concern for the oceans drives consumers to 'vote with their forks' for sustainable seafood
- Digi Communications N.V.: Exercise of stock option by Marius Catalin Vărzaru, a Non-Executive Director and VP of the Board of Directors of the Company
- USBLockit.com releases Free App to “Password Protect the USB Flash Drive” for Android
- VIRGINIC defends its case and stands up to Virgin after attack on Linkedin profiles of shocked VIRGINIC employees
- SecurLine Certified to Protect Classified Communications
- Digi Communications N.V. announces that a stock option programme was approved for employees and managers of the Romanian Subsidiary of the Company
- Digi Communications NV announces the exercise of stock options by the Executive Directors of the Company
- Matvil Corp. Continues Its Fight Against Illegal Actions of the Legal System of Moldova
- Matvil Corp. продолжает бороться с противозаконными действиями юридической системы Молдовы
- Digi Communications NV announces the release of the Q1 2020 Financial Results
- Digi Communications NV announces that conditional stock options were granted to several Directors of the Company based on the general shareholders’ meeting approval from 30 April 2020
- PayPerHead® Sportsbook Software Helps Online Bookies Stay in Business
- MEDIS medical imaging systems acquires Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l. (AMID) and secures further investment from Van Herk Ventures
- Digi Communications NV announces Investors Call on the Financial Results for Q1 2020
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the availability of the instructions on the 2019 share dividend payment
- Mono Solutions hires Chief Product Officer
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 27 – 30 Apr 2020
- Despite No Sports, PayPerHead® Keeps Players In Action
- Digi Communications N.V.: GSM resolutions from 30 Apr 2020 approving, amongst others, the 2019 Annual Accounts; availability of the adopted Annual Financial Report for the year ended Dec 31, 2019 for the Group
- RCH Embark on Lasting Partnership with Culinary Institute JRE
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 20 – 24 Apr 2020
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 13 – 17 Apr 2020
- PayPerHead® Steps Up To Help Small Business Owners
- COVID-19: Digi Communications N.V. recommendation regarding participation of shareholders to the AGM convened for 30 April 2020
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 6 – 10 Apr 2020
- DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V.: Exercise of stock option by a Non-Executive Director of the Company
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 30 Mar – 3 Apr 2020
- Chief Commercial Officer joins Mono Solutions
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 23 – 27 Mar 2020
- Digi Communications N.V. reports the admission to trading on the regulated market operated by the Irish Stock Exchange plc (trading as Euronext Dublin) of the senior secured notes issued by RCS & RDS S.A., its Romanian subsidiary
- Delft University of Technology Purchases its Second WebClip2Go Video Production System
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 16 – 20 Mar 2020
- Integrated Services Monitoring Capability Launched by Bridge Technologies
- Digi Communications N.V. announces Convocation of the Company’s general shareholders meeting for 30 April 2020 for the approval of, among others, the 2019 Annual Report and of the 2019 Financial Statements
- Digi Communications N.V. announces The Hungarian Competition Council’s decision to issue a new decision approving the Invitel transaction
- Digi Communications N.V. announces Business continuity in light of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 9 – 13 Mar 2020
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in February 2020 or in other period but effective in February 2020, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 2 – 6 Mar 2020
- « La levée du pilon sur la plate-forme » peut faire la différence entre le saint et l’ordinaire
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 24 – 28 Feb 2020
- EH GROUP ENGINEERING awarded EU Horizon 2020
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 17 – 21 Feb 2020
- Digi Communications NV announces the release of the Preliminary Financial Results for year ended 31 December 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 10 – 14 Feb 2020
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in January 2020 or in other period but effective in January 2020, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Digi Communications NV announces Investor Call on the Preliminary Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2019
- Consolidation Looms for Fast-Growing Customer Data Platform Industry: CDP Institute Report
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 3–7 Feb 2020
- Digi Communications N.V. hereby reports successful closing of the offering of senior secured notes by RCS & RDS S.A., its Romanian subsidiary
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 27 – 31 Jan 2020
- Digi Communications N.V.: Independent Limited Assurance Report issued by the external auditor on 30 Jan 2020 regarding the information included in the current reports under Law 24/2017 (Article 82) and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Digi Communications N.V.: Rectification of the report published on 15 Jan 2020, regarding legal documents concluded by DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. in other periods but effective in Dec 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Digi Communications N.V. reports the upsize and successful pricing of the offering of senior secured notes by RCS & RDS S.A., its Romanian subsidiary
- RCH To Present New Smart ECR, Robust and Vintage POS Systems at EuroShop 2020
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 20 – 24 Jan 2020
- Digi Communications N.V.: (i) launch of an offering by RCS & RDS S.A. of senior secured notes; (ii) issuance of a notice of conditional full redemption of all outstanding €550.0m 5.0% senior secured notes due 2023 issued by the Company and (iii) restatement by the Company of its unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the 9-month period ended 30 Sep 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 13 – 17 Jan 2020
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in December 2019 or in other period but effective in December 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 6 – 10 Jan 2020
- SuitePad Announced as the Best Guest Room Tablet in the 2020 HotelTechAwards
- Wildlife Safari Vacations in Kenya Travel with Cruzeiro Safaris Kenya
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 30 Dec 2019 – 3 Jan 2020
- Axiom Prepaid Holdings Caps Off Banner Year with a Prestigious Accolade for Its CEO
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 23 and 27 December 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. Announces the publishing of the Financial Calendar for 2020
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol 16-20 Dec 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 9-13 Dec 2019
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in November 2019 or in other period but effective in November 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- American Hemp Processing To Roll Out Mobile Extraction Units
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 2-6 Dec 2019
- Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch Zwangskonvertierungen – Ein internationales Problem
- XPAND has launched “XPAND Code Generator”, a website that automatically issues XPAND Code that can be read from 200 meters/700 feet
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 25-29 Nov 2019
- RCS & RDS S.A., Digi Communications N.V.’s subsidiary in Romania, entered into agreements to operate the telecommunications networks of the Romanian companies Digital Cable Systems S.A., AKTA Telecom S.A. and ATTP Telecommunications S.R.L
- Crafting qualifications to accelerate adoption of Additive Manufacturing
- 100,000 Graduation Ceremony of Shincheonji Theology Center Held over 112 countries
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 18 – 22 Nov 2019
- PDA GMP for APIs Education Webinar Now an "ICH Recognised Training Programme"
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 11 – 15 Nov 2019
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in October 2019 or in other period but effective in October 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Digi Communications NV announces the release of the Q3 2019 Financial Results
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 4 – 8 Nov 2019
- Digi Communications NV announces Investor Call on the Financial Results for Q3 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 28 Oct – 1 Nov 2019
- Medis to Launch an Innovative 4D Flow Module for Clinical Practice
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 21-25 Oct 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 14-18 Oct 2019
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in September 2019 or in other period but effective in September 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 7-11 Oct 2019
- RCH to Launch WALLE 8T POS for Real-time Access to Data in the Cloud
- ASI Drives Launches Mark 600, Poised to Replace Internal Combustion Engines
- Now The Cash For Gold Is Reliable Old Gold Jewelry Buyers
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 30 Sep – 4 Oct 2019
- Il noto Brand di Prodotti Promozionali Personalizzati National Pen lancia il Nuovo Sito Italiano
- Un nouveau look pour Universal Pen relançant son site Web de produits de marque promotionnels
- First non-melanoma skin cancer patients treated with the Rhenium-SCT® in Germany
- Finalyse welcomes Dublin as a new entity to the Group
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 23-27 September 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 16-20 Sep 2019
- VIAJES: LOS 5 DESTINOS MÁS BARATOS PARA ESCAPADAS URBANAS
- TRAVEL NEWS: Malaga tops the list of best value city break destinations in Spain
- Dr. Kurt Lauk, prominent business leader, former chairman of Economic Council in Germany (Wirtschaftsrat), former advisor to Angela Merkel, joins Tachyum
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 9-13 Sep 2019
- DIGI Communications N.V.: Decision regarding the participation to the auction procedure related to wireless broadband services supporting the introduction of 5G in Hungary
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in August 2019 or in other period but effective in August 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Fight To Fame Expands Its Search for the Next Action Film Star to Europe
- Digi Communications N.V. Announces the availability of Investor’s presentation on the company’s website
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 19 – 23 August 2019
- All occasion personalised pens produced by specialist company Camaloon
- Nicht nur für Messen: Werbemittel Kugelschreiber
- Stylos personnalisés : Camaloon pense à tout
- Camaloon: una Penna da personalizzare per ogni occasione
- Experterna på tryck erbjuder profilerande bläckpennor för varje tillfälle
- Gepersonaliseerde pennen kiezen voor al uw behoeften
- MÁS DE 20 MILLONES DE PRODUCTOS DE PAPELERÍA SON COMPRADOS CADA DÍA
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 12 -16 August 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 12 -16 August 2019
- XPAND K.K. will exhibit at the IFA 2019 as a Japanese cutting-edge IT company
- Reporting of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in July 2019 or in other period but effective in July 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Digi Communications N.V. Announces the availability of H1 2019 Financial Report (for the six month period ended 30 June 2019)
- PDA Announces Six Regulatory Authorities Speaking at Biomanufacturing in Munich
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 5 and 9 August 2019
- Digi Communications NV Announces Investor Call on the Financial Results for the Half-year ended 30 June 2019
- Customer Data Platform Industry Grew 71% in One Year; Will Reach $1 Billion Revenue in 2019
- Central European Online Travel Agency Group Szallas.hu PLC. further strengthens its international presence
- With The Lure Of High Threadcount Sheets After A Day Trekking, Luxury Travel Blogger THE BOUTIQUE ADVENTURER Champions Chic Solo Explorations
- Digi Communications N.V. announces Syndicated facility agreement concluded between the Digi Group and a syndicate of banks
- LA SCULPTURE DE CEDRIC KOUKJIAN, « LIAISON », SERA EXPOSÉ EN PUBLIC PAR LA COMMISSION CULTURELLE DE COLOGNY, EN SUISSE
- CEDRIC KOUKJIAN’S SCULPTURE, “LIAISON” TO BE EXHIBITED IN PUBLIC BY CULTURAL COMMISSION OF COLOGNY IN SWITZERLAND
- Digi Communications N.V.: Independent Limited Assurance Report issued by the external auditor regarding the information included in the current reports under Law 24/2017 (Article 82) and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- Il 18° tour del lago Qinghai si conclude con la celebrazione della "maggiore età"
- La 18ª Vuelta al Lago Qinghai concluye con la celebración de su “mayoría de edad”
- 18e ‘Tour of Qinghai Lake’ wordt afgesloten met een ‘coming-of-age’-viering
- Digi Communications N.V.: Rectification of reports published on 15 Feb, 15 Mar, 15 Apr, 15 May and 14 Jun 2019 regarding legal documents in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 published
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 22 and 26 July 2019
- GEANGO at ENSO ANGO - Summer Culture Retreat in Kyoto 2019
- DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol (15-19 July 2019)
- Nanto Cleantech Inc victorious in BYK-Altana patent opposition lawsuit
- Mono Solutions Joins Bauer Media Group to Strengthen SME Marketing Services Across the Globe
- UK Investors File Lawsuit in the Canaries Against Blue Explorers for Misleading Shareholders
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 8 – 12 July 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces Share transaction made by an executive director of the Company with class B shares on 11 July 2019
- OFERTA de casas vacacionales de lujo para menos de €25 por persona por noche este verano
- Noticias de Turismo: este verano sacarás más partido de tu presupuesto vacacional encontrando precios más competitivos
- TRAVEL NEWS: Your holiday spending money stretches even further this summer in Spain
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 1 – 5 July 2019, under the class B shares buy-back program approved by the GSM from 30 April 2019 and the duration of this program
- Global Software Innovator, AnyDesk, Announces Record 100 Million Downloads
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 24 and 28 June 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the launch by RCS & RDS S.A., its subsidiary in Romania, of the Digi Mobil 5G Smart service
- Tauschen Sie Ihren Dripper aus und verändern Sie den Geschmack Ihres Kaffees! HARIO veröffentlicht den Double Mesh Metal Dripper.
- Change your dripper and change the flavor of your coffee! HARIO launches the Double Mesh Metal Dripper
- Matvil Corp. противостоит беспределу судебных властей Молдовы
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 17 – 21 June 2019
- Matvil Corp. Fights the Illegal Actions of the Legal System of Moldova
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 10 and 14 June 2019
- Digi Communications N.V.: Reporting of legal documents concluded by the company in May 2019 in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 published
- DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions occurred under DIGI symbol between 3 – 7 June 2019
- PDA Explores the Transformation of Healthcare at 4th Annual European Meeting
- ASI President John Cross Named AGMA Chairman
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 27 – 31 May 2019
- Breakthrough on laser powder bed fusion technology brings effective production of larger componentscloser to mainstream
- PDA Announces All-Star Speaker Lineup for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Conference
- Digi Communications N.V.: Exercise of stock options by the Executive Directors of the Company
- Digi Communications N.V. announces DIGI Kft., the Hungarian subsidiary of the Company, launches mobile telephony services in Hungary
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 21 and 24 May 2019
- ZYXEL READY WITH 5G SAMPLES IN AUGUST 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the initiation of the share buy-back program as authorized by the Company’s GSM on 30 April 2019
- Digi Communications N.V Q1 2019 Financial Report and the report regarding legal documents for April 2019, in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 released
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the new date of the Conference Call for the presentation of the Q1 2019 Financial Report. Update to the Company’s 2019 Financial Calendar.
- Rhenium-SCT® (SCT= Skin Cancer Therapy) now being offered in Hanau, Germany
- Project consortium aims at driving the adoption of selective laser melting (SLM) for large scale metal parts printing
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the availability of the instructions on the 2018 share dividend payment
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 29 April 2019 – 1 May 2019, under the class B shares buy-back program
- Biodiversity Report Is Urgent Call to Action Beyond Fixes; Geneva Global Initiative Calls on World Community to Focus on Concrete Actions
- Digi Communications N.V.’s general Shareholders’ meeting resolutions from 30 Apr 2019 approving, amongst others, the 2018 Annual Accounts and the availability of the adopted Annual Financial Report for the year ended Dec 31, 2018
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions occurred under DIGI symbol, 22 – 26 April 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 15 April 2019 – 19 April 2019s
- XPAND Code was successfully scanned from 200 meters/700 feet at Olympics stadium
- Wasser eingießen, Warten und Einschalten
- Digi Communications N.V.: Reporting of legal documents concluded by the company in March 2019 in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 published
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 8 and 12 April 2019
- Snowman releases new EP
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 1 – 5 April 2019
- Streamlining adoption of high-speed and high-resolution surface texturing delivered with the Prometheus project
- Customer Data Platform Institute Launches RealCDP to Reduce CDP Confusion
- ASI Technologies Focuses on the future as ASI Drives, and New AGV Pallet Robot, FRED2500
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 25 March 2019 – 29 March 2019
- Towards a Europe of Stakeholder Nations
- Associazione Veneta Lotta alla Talassemia (AVLT) and the UK Thalassaemia Society (UKTS) Clarification on European Regulatory Status of LENTIGLOBIN™
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 19 March 2019 – 22 March 2019
- A new flagship project on Additive Manufacturing skills aims to maintain Europe leading position in industrial competitiveness
- Consultancy Partnership Revolutionizes Agile Project Management
- Jeroen Schouten Named Regional Manager, Europe of AeroGo, Inc.
- Digi Communications N.V. Convocation of the Company’s general shareholders meeting for 30 April 2019 for the approval of, among others, the 2018 Annual Report and of the 2018 Financial Statements
- España arrasa con la competencia y es nombrado como el país ideal para estudiar en el extranjero
- Xverify targets European Email Verification market with local data processing, Dublin office
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the resignation by Mr. Sambor Ryszka from his position as non-executive director of the Company
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 11 and 15 March 2019
- Digi Communications N.V.: Reporting of legal documents concluded by the company in February 2019 in accordance with article 82 of Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 published
- New Services Larry Hurt income Tax Services
- Admission of Digi Communications N.V. €200,000,000 5.0% additional senior secured notes due 2023 to the listing on the Official List and trading on Irish Stock Exchange’s Main Securities Market
- Digi Communications N.V. announces the appointment of Dan Ioniță as a non-executive director of RCS & RDS S.A., the Romanian subsidiary of the Company
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 4 and 8 March 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces share transaction made by an executive director of the Company with class B shares on 4 march 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 25 February – 1 March 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces share transaction made by an executive director of the Company with class B shares on 1 march 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 18 and 22 February 2019
- Digi Communications N.V.: finalization and registration by the Company of the conversion of 1,200,000 A shares into an equal number of class B shares
- Digi Communications N.V.: Exercise of stock options by a PDMR in accordance with the stock option plan for the Group’s Romanian employees
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 11 and 15 February 2019
- Dearly Beloved, The Latest Single By Alternative Urbane Artist Expands Up-And-Coming ADN Lewis's Global Fan Base
- Report of legal documents concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in January 2019 or in other period but effective in January 2019
- Digi Communications N.V. announces Availability of Preliminary Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2018 for Digi Communications N.V. Group
- Mono Solutions launches a new interface to drive the ultimate do-it-with-me (DIWM) experience
- Digi Communications NV Announces Investor Call on the Preliminary Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2018
- Digi Communications NV: New date of the Conference Call for the 2018 Preliminary financial results; Update to the 2019 Company’s Financial Calendar
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 4 and 8 February 2019
- R.W. Chelsea Holdings Ltd Starts To Hold Fixed Income Investor Meetings In Vienna, Zurich, Geneva and London
- Digi Communications N.V. successfully increased and priced its Offering at €200,000,000 5.0% additional senior secured notes due 2023
- Digi Communications N.V. to offer additional €125,000,000 5.0% senior secured notes due 2023; new notes will be consolidated and treated as its existing €350,000,000; adjustment on interim unaudited consolidated financial statements for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2018
- World's largest superhero statue to be built in Central Europe
- The resignation of Mr. Bendei Ioan – VP and executive director of RCS&RDS S.A., DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V.’s subsidiary in Romania
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 28 January 2019 – 1 February 2019
- RCH Group to Showcase Integrated Selling Solutions at EuroCIS
- Mono and bfound partner to expand digital offerings for small businesses in the Middle East
- Digi Communications N.V. publishes the Independent Limited Assurance Report in accordance with Law 24/2017 (Article 82) and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018
- ERRATA of the reports dated 15 Jan 2019 and 15 Oct 2018 regarding the legal acts concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in Dec 2018 and Sep 2018
- REVEALED: Experts reveal the best dates to book your summer holiday in Spain
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 21 – 25 January 2019
- Céline Dion visite son premier concept store de vêtements CELINUNUNU à Paris
- Anytime, anywhere tailored learning opportunities for welding professionals and apprentices alike
- i5invest открива офис в България
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 14 - 18 January 2019
- Mono helps Fonecta strengthen their digital presence offering for SMBs
- The Bucharest Tribunal’s decision regarding the investigation conducted by the Romanian National Anti-corruption Directorate with respect to RCS & RDS S.A., Integrasoft S.R.L. and certain of their directors
- Digi Communications N.V.: Exercise of stock options by a PDMR in accordance with the stock option plan approved by the Company for the Romanian employees of the Group in 2017
- Report of legal acts concluded by DIGI Communications N.V. in accordance with Romanian Law no. 24/2017 and FSA Regulation no. 5/2018 for December 2018
- Digi Communications N.V.: resolution of the Board of Directors to convert class 1,200,000 A shares into an equal number of class B shares for the purpose of the ongoing employees and directors stock option plans
- CELINUNUNU OUVRE SON PREMIER POP-UP À PARIS
- DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 07 – 11 January 2019
- Digi Communications NV: Announcement of the Conference Call for the 2018 Preliminary financial results. Update to the 2019 Company’s Financial Calendar
- A new Government Emergency Ordinance imposing additional corporate taxes with impact on the telecommunications sector in Romania
- DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol between 31 December 2018-04 January 2019
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 24-28 Dec 2018
- Notification shares buy-back: DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V. reports to the regulated market the transactions which occurred under the DIGI symbol, 17-21 Dec 2018
- US Customer Data Platform authority David Raab to Host First CDP Workshop in Belgium
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Between a fine crafts store and the Cucina restaurant in the Avenues of Salt Lake City sits a two-story house occupied by the employees of Utah Clean Energy. It’s a hot day in early June. Brandy Smith, the communications director for the nonprofit, comes out to greet me and invites me in.
No one’s in except for Smith and Logan Mitchell, the climate scientist and energy analyst. The pandemic created more opportunities to work from home, and Utah Clean Energy was quick to adapt.
Reader, it seems they’ve outgrown their current home — piles of boxes, a large conference table and tiny cubicles to fit 14 employees take up most of the space — and their work has no end in sight. Fighting climate change is a hard battle, after all.
“It feels like I’ve been drinking from a fire hose for the last month,” says Mitchell, laughing, when I ask him what work has been like. He is a recent hire, leaving his job as an atmospheric sciences professor at the University of Utah.
“It’s really easy to feel like nothing is happening,” he says, adding that it isn’t entirely true. There is progress being made and Utah Clean Energy is a key player when it comes to the decisions made in the state.
Over the course of two decades, this small-but-mighty team has influenced the Utah Legislature on solar panels, building codes, electric vehicles and their chargers, coal mining and more, while also pushing for education. And Sarah Wright is the one leading these troops to “net zero.”
“The momentum continues to kind of build,” says Smith. The group is gearing up to move to its new downtown location — the “Climate Innovation Center.”
Of course, they started small.
Taking much-needed initiative
In the early 2000s, California went through an energy crisis that impacted the entire West. PG&E went bankrupt.
Then-Gov. Gray Davis’ administration was partly to blame but so was Enron, an energy company that created a shortage by taking power plants offline. Prices went up by 800% or more.
“The solution at that time, everyone was saying was, ‘Well, we just need to build more coal plants and build more transmission and that’s all we have to do.’ But coming from a science background, I understood climate change,” said Wright, the executive director of Utah Clean Energy, in a Zoom interview from her home.
“I’m not an economist, but once you invest in an asset, that’s the standard,” she said.
Instead of inviting more dirty energy factories in, she decided to use her background as a geologist and environmental consultant to use and began volunteering during the energy crisis.
Wright started her own nonprofit in 2002.
Plenty of research and expertise suggested that climate change was a real problem, desperately waiting to be addressed, but leaders — including lawmakers and governors — weren’t ready to receive those ideas yet. That is the work Utah Clean Energy sought to do.
The first hire was Kevin Emerson, whose debut campaign was powering the University of Utah with wind energy.
Students voted to pay an additional $1 per semester to cover the school’s cost of purchasing renewable energy credits, saving 6.4 million gallons of water per year, Emerson told the Daily Utah Chronicle in 2004.
He now leads the team in building efficiency and decarbonization-related efforts, but he got his start reaching out to businesses and educating them about clean sources of power.
“In the early 2000s, the renewable energy industry didn’t exist in Utah. I don’t think there was a single wind turbine generating electricity in Utah,” says Emerson. “There were probably a few, but not a meaningful number of rooftop solar programs.”
This was around the time Utah Clean Energy was asked to serve on former Gov. Jon Huntsman’s “Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Climate Change,” the first climate mitigation plan for the state, which created 70 actionable steps to reduce emissions.
“There’s an issue here and we have to talk about it,” Huntsman said at the launch in 2006. “There is a sense of humanity in the air we breathe and the land we share.”
Tricky fineprint
Working with lawmakers is tough. The group took inspiration from Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, which was introduced in 1997 and requires a percentage of electricity sold to be renewable energy. It reduced carbon emissions, created jobs and diversified a very fossil-fuel-heavy portfolio, and Utah needed this, says Wright.
“I thought it would be easy,” she admits. “We ended up getting completely shut down in the legislature.”
After a few years of trying, the group found success when the “Energy Resource and Carbon Emission Reduction Initiative” passed under Huntsman. But it had some loopholes, as Katharine Biele wrote for City Weekly in 2008.
Rocky Mountain Power, which controls much of the state’s energy resources, was supposed to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, but is allowed to include past renewables to get to the goal. If they miss the mark? No penalties.
“So, basically, we had almost met the standard when we passed it,” says Wright.
Utah Clean Energy’s leader quickly learned that “perseverance pays off” in their line of work. Giving up isn’t an option, even when it gets frustrating.
Maybe these characteristics have given them an honorable reputation. Former state Sen. Patrice Arent, who founded the bipartisan Clean Air Caucus, labeled the group as “some of the best environmental advocates” in Utah while calling Wright a “visionary leader.”
Another initiative they diverted their focus to in the early 2000s was solar energy.
There were only 76 rooftop solar installations in Utah in 2006, Amy Joi O’Donoghue reported for the Deseret News. Since then, installations have risen in popularity and, as of March last year, 50,000 homes and businesses are solar-powered after the nonprofit “streamlined interconnection and improved net-metering,” a billing system that credits solar energy system users for the energy they add to the grid, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
The non-profit continued creating factsheets about renewables, presenting to the legislature and traveling around the state to educate rural governments about their energy options.
One lawmaker to see the group in action was state Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-Salt Lake City, who appreciates the group’s willingness to educate policymakers and its ability to stay focused on big goals.
“They understand the importance of having friends on both sides, working with legislators across the political spectrum,” Briscoe says.
Walkin’ the talk
Electric vehicles are a big part of the clean and green future, which is why the technology’s adoption is crucial for the group.
“The reason is, electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions, they’re an incredible air quality solution, not to mention a climate change solution,” explained Smith during a Zoom call in May.
In 2016, Utah Clean Energy led the work on “tax credits, EV charging infrastructure, and an EV community purchase program,” making the state an early adopter that led the nation.
As the group celebrates 20 years of making a difference, it is also ready to move to a bigger, better space in downtown Salt Lake City as they continue to advocate for available renewables that can power ultra-energy-efficient homes, and electrify transportation systems.
Officially named the “Climate Innovation Center,” the building will not only house the Utah Clean Energy staffers but also serve as a “laboratory” for climate solutions, the group said in a press release.
“It’s going to be a community space,” says Smith, adding that they hope to invite stakeholders and partners in their work to create a cleaner future.
Although construction is still underway, their new home is set to feature state-of-the-art, net-zero design, making it one of the city’s most energy efficient buildings, the perfect place to work on their mission to create a future.
The building was previously a hair salon, constructed in the 1950s.
“It hasn’t been renovated,” she says. “So, it needs and deserves the TLC that we’re gonna give it.”
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The new omicron-targeted COVID-19 booster shots may be shipping Friday, but aren’t expected to be widely available until after the Labor Day holiday.
The first updated COVID-19 booster doses — also known as “bivalent vaccines” — from Pfizer and Moderna won quick approval this week from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be ready for another potential COVID-19 surge this fall.
Here’s what you need to know:
Who can get an omicron booster shot?
- Teens and adults who have been fully vaccinated for at least two months. Fully vaccinated means having received the first two doses of the original Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or the recently approved Novavax vaccine, or the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that’s no longer recommended for most people.
- Teens and adults who have waited at least two months since their most recent booster shot.
- Pfizer’s omicron booster is authorized for people 12 and older.
- Modern’s omicron booster is authorized for people 18 and older.
What’s different about these booster shots?
- Besides the original strain of COVID-19, the new booster doses now offer protection against two versions of the original omicron variant of the virus, which drove cases to record-breaking levels last winter. The subvariants, labeled BA.4 and BA.5 by scientists, currently account for nearly all COVID-19 cases in the United States, along with BA.4.6.
- Anyone eligible for the updated omicron booster shots can no longer receive an original booster dose. Appointments to get the original dose may need to be rescheduled.
- Original booster shots will remain available for those 5 and older who aren’t yet eligible for the updated dose.
Where can I get an updated booster shot?
- Most places, including throughout Utah, ended mass vaccination efforts earlier this year. COVID-19 vaccines are available from private providers, many pharmacies and local public health agencies, although it may take a little time before they have the updated booster shots.
- Utah ordered more than 100,000 doses from the federal government last week and all have been claimed by doctors, pharmacies, local health departments and other providers, so the state is “sold out on round one,” said Rich Lakin, immunization director for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.
- While Lakin said “Utahns should be able to access vaccinations soon after Labor Day,” he urged Utahns to “Please be patient as providers begin to receive the updated booster doses and update their systems to reflect current inventory.”
- The Salt Lake County Health Department said in a tweet Friday that appointments to get the new booster shots for free at county health department clinics “are now available starting on Tuesday, Sept. 6. To make an appointment, visit us at SaltLakeHealth.org or call 385-468-7468.”
- A list of vaccine providers is available soon through coronavirus.utah.gov or vaccines.gov.
Which updated booster shot should I get?
- It doesn’t matter, experts say. Both the Pfizer and Moderna omicron booster shots are available to anyone eligible, no matter what brand of vaccine they received for their initial vaccination series or any other booster doses. “From your body’s immune system perspective, it doesn’t remember which brand it is,” Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, told The New York Times.
Why is another COVID-19 booster needed?
- As fall approaches, experts worry about another surge of COVID-19. Last year, Utah and other mountain west states were the nation’s hot spot for the virus. And during the early months of 2022, hospitals struggled to keep up with patients hit by the highly transmissible original omicron variant.
- “We encourage all Utahns to stay up-to-date on their immunizations. As fall approaches, it’s important that you have as much protection from vaccine-preventable illnesses like flu and COVID-19 as possible,” Utah’s state epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen said.
- Nolen warned flu cases could be rising at the same time. “Data from the Southern Hemisphere suggests the flu season may hit us hard this winter; at the same time, we expect transmission of COVID-19 to increase,” she said. “The updated COVID-19 vaccine can help protect us all.” | https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/9/2/23334422/how-to-get-omicron-booster-shot-covid-19 | 2022-09-02T18:41:19Z | https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/9/2/23334422/how-to-get-omicron-booster-shot-covid-19 | true |
LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TruDiagnostic announced the launch of TruAge PACE: a revolutionary pace of aging test that tracks short-term changes in biological aging rate.
Biologically, aging is the process of human cells slowly losing function over time. This process can be tracked by examining molecular markers called methylation, and using advanced algorithms to sort those markers and calculate a person's 'biological age.' However, this ability to track aging is dependent on the ability of the algorithms themselves.
Until recently, most algorithms were trained on chronological age - they had poor responsiveness to interventions that are known to impact the biological course of aging.
The Dunedin Pace of Aging Algorithm (PACE) was created by researchers from Duke, and the University of Otago over the course of 50 years of longitudinal research. It offers a revolutionary way to track aging which looks at an individual's current rate of aging.
In aging studies, this algorithm has shown that those with accelerated aging rates (PACE value greater than 1.0) have greater risk of poor health outcomes such as increased risk of chronic disease diagnosis and death. Faster-aging cohorts also displayed a higher long-term risk of cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and other chronic diseases. Faster aging is also associated with quality of life-related metrics such as ability to balance, muscle mass, IQs and mental processing speeds, and even facial aging.
Additionally, PACE offered a high degree of precision, and strong ability to positively react to interventions known to improve phenotypes of aging. Read more about the benefits of this algorithm compared to others here.
With PACE, individuals now have the ability to detect rapid aging at an early age and head it off with preventative measures as a young adult, rather than trying to reverse the cumulative effects of aging that have begun to show outwardly later in life.
Older individuals can also use PACE to track the impacts of interventions, and real-time changes to lifelong health risks with a test that just takes a few drops of blood, and 2-3 weeks of lab processing.
TruDiagnostic is proud to be the first to offer this powerful, third-generation clock to the public at an affordable price through TruAge PACE.
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Company appoints industry exec to lead customer advocacy programs and professional services
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the appointment of Jet Theuerkauf as Chief Customer Officer (CCO).
Jet joins Nintex having spent three years at Blue Prism in a variety of customer leadership and advocacy roles. He has more than 25 years of experience leading and advising on global transformation initiatives and has spent many years working in the process automation industry advising customers.
"Jet's built his career around being the voice of the customer," said Eric Johnson, Nintex CEO. "His breadth of business expertise—coupled with his deep knowledge of the process automation market, and the unique challenges customers face in managing their processes—make him the perfect addition to the team at Nintex."
"I'm excited to join Nintex at such a pivotal time. Customers are excited about the opportunity process automation offers them to help transform their organization and create a sustainable process culture," said Jet Theuerkauf. "As the process experts Nintex are best placed to help customers take advantage of these opportunities and I'm excited to help lead them through this important transformation."
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SEATTLE (AP) — A series featuring some of the best offensive stars in the WNBA has so far been defined by ... defense?
Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson have played like the two best players in the league as Seattle and Las Vegas split the first two games of their best-of-five semifinal series. But the games have come down to which team had the better defensive effort.
The Storm were better in their 76-73 win in Game 1 by figuring out a way to keep Wilson from dominating. The Aces were better in Game 2, pulling out a 78-73 victory using a smaller lineup and limiting Stewart’s supporting cast.
All of which has laid the groundwork for Sunday’s pivotal Game 3 with the series shifting back to Seattle.
“We’re going to continue to do whatever we need to do schematically to limit their potent offense,” Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. “But to hold this team under 80, I don’t know if that’s been done twice in a row this year. We will take that and continue to build on that.”
To answer Quinn’s question: only once in the regular season were the Aces held under 80 points in consecutive games. Las Vegas scored 79 in a win over Los Angeles and followed up a few days later by scoring 78 in a loss to Seattle.
Even with that one game where Seattle kept Las Vegas in check, defense was not expected to define the series. Las Vegas won three of the four matchups in the regular season, and in every game the winning team scored at least 85 points. That included the regular season finale, a 109-100 Aces victory.
It’s usually the case that defense intensifies in the playoffs, but it's notable that neither of the two teams has topped 80 points through the first two games.
“It’s about each possession what is your smartest move, what is going to put you in the best position defensively,” Aces guard Chelsea Gray said.
The Aces averaged 90.4 points during the regular season and 98 points in a first-round win over Phoenix. Seattle shot 44% from the field as a team in the regular season, but shot 41.3% in Game 1 and 40.6% in Game 2.
One of the keys for Las Vegas was the defensive effort by Gray in Game 2, when she was asked to play against post players defensively as the Aces went with a smaller lineup.
“That stretch that we went small, put Chelsea Gray on the post, her activity really changed the momentum of the game,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “That’s one of the things we want to be defensively is active and disruptive. Physical. Aggressive. I thought she really set the tone for us.”
Wilson and Stewart have in some ways offset each other. Stewart had 24 points in Game 1 and 32 points in Game 2. Wilson was limited to just eight points and 12 rebounds in Game 1, but responded with 33 points and 13 rebounds in the next game.
Part of the reason Wilson’s efforts in Game 2 resulted in a win was the Aces’ ability to keep Jewell Loyd from being a factor on offense. Loyd had 26 in Game 1; she had eight in Game 2.
Seattle is hoping to get a boost ahead of Game 3 with the possibility that Gabby Williams will be able to return after sitting out the first two games because of a concussion. Williams was a second-team All-WNBA defensive team selection this season.
“We did that without Gabby, and that’s what I’m most impressed with ... so we’re encouraged,” Quinn said.
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T.V. Sankaranarayanan passes away
He won Padma Bhushan award in 2003
Carnatic vocalist T.V. Sankaranarayanan, considered torch- bearer of the Madurai Mani Iyer style of singing and technique, died here on Friday evening. He was 77 and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
Sanakaranarayanan was the nephew of Mani Iyer and son of T.S. Vembu Iyer, who accompanied Mani Iyer on stage till his last days.
Sankaranarayanan was born in Mayiladuthurai in 1945 after Madurai Mani Iyer had shifted his base there due to the evacuation in Chennai during the Second World War. The family returned to Chennai in the 1950s and Sankaranarayanan studied law, though he opted for a full-time career in music.
“My father also started accompanying Mani Iyer from the age of nine and his arangetram was held in Thanneerthurai Anjaneya temple in Mylapore,” said Mahadevan, son of Sankaranarayanan.
He won the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy in 2003. In the same year, the Centre conferred on him Padma Bhushan.
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Fire near CM’s camp office
Fire at construction firm office spread from a diya kept in front of Ganesh idol
A fire broke out at a construction firm’s office in a commercial building next to the Chief Minister’s camp office at Punjagutta late on Friday. No one was injured in the accident.
According to official sources, it was suspected that the fire in the office located on the first floor of Snehalatha Building spread from the ‘Akhanda Deepam’ that was placed before the Ganesh idol, as part of ongoing festivities.
The staff of Prasad & Co (Project Works) Limited, a prominent name in project construction business, closed the office at around 9.30 p.m. The fire broke out about an hour later.
The Fire service department was alerted by passers-by who noticed it at the office that can be seen from outside. By 11 p.m., firefighters had put out the fire and brought the situation under control.
Preliminarily, it was reported that electricals, furniture and documents in the office were gutted.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the median home price has crept over $800,000, the benefits of living in California no longer outweigh the costs for an increasing number of Californians1. Since 1990, more than 3.8 million people have left the state than have moved in—slightly less than the total population of the city of Los Angeles. According to the IRS, net domestic and foreign outmigration increased to over 263,000, up from just under 168,000 in 2019. To keep the workers who keep its cities running, California needs more naturally affordable housing. To this end, the American Enterprise Institute is hosting a series of conferences throughout California to discuss how cities can create affordable and economically vibrant neighborhoods where families can put down roots.
By implementing Light Touch Density— the development of varied single-family homes with 1-4 units— housing can be built that stems the migration tide. According to a recent AEI study, as the number of housing units per acre built increases, the cost of those individual housing units decreases. Modestly increasing density with a "light touch" by building more duplexes, townhomes, or condos concentrates increased housing supply at the middle price points, directly increasing the amount of naturally affordable housing and slowing high home price appreciation. This filtering process parallels the car market, where new cars free up used cars at lower prices, and so on. Neighborhoods can maintain their residential character while increasing affordability just by incrementally increasing density.
Current homeowners that often fight against housing construction and want to stick around for the long haul have a lot to lose as California bleeds residents. There isn't enough housing for young adults to move out on their own and with the normalization of remote work, workers are not necessarily tethered to the office. But cities that get into a cycle of population loss will suffer from lower tax revenue, impacting fire and police, education, and parks and recreation.
Join AEI September 19-23 to learn how you and your community can take actionable steps to address California's housing crisis through SB 9, SB 10, and Light Touch Density.
Registration is open for 6 California free conferences to be held the week of September 19, 2022.
These conferences are free and open to all—please forward to anyone else who might have an interest. Each conference will be packed with information and presentations to help to tackle the most pressing housing issues facing Californians.
Visit aei.org/california-housing-conference to register
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the national food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates, along with The Failey Law Firm, filed a lawsuit in the Wendy's E. Coli O157 outbreak on behalf of a man who became ill after consuming a Dave's Double with French fries at a local Wendy's in Grandville, Michigan.
As of the most recent CDC release, on September 1st, there have been at least 97 confirmed E. coli victims in Michigan, New York, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, including at least 43 who have been hospitalized – at least 10 are suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). These numbers are expected to increase significantly over the next few weeks. E. coli is a bacteria that is usually transmitted through human feces, and early indications point to Romaine lettuce on Wendy's sandwiches.
National food poisoning lawyer Ron Simon stated:
"We expect the number of victims in this outbreak to continue to grow as more people get tested, and because there is a significant lag-time between when victims first seek medical attention and when the CDC is able to confirm they are part of the outbreak. A stool culture is needed to confirm that a victim has E. coli."
The lawsuit was filed against Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. d/b/a Wendy's, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on behalf of S. Meyers. A copy of the lawsuit is available upon request.
Mr. Meyers purchased a Wendy's Dave's Double, and shortly thereafter began to experience severe abdominal pain, nausea, and bloody diarrhea, a symptom of STEC poisoning. He was forced to seek medical treatment at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital.
Mr. Meyers continues to recover from E. coli food poisoning.
On August 17th, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), announced a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7, a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) linked to illnesses in four Midwestern states. The investigation led to Wendy's removal of Romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in the region.
According to the CDC, the investigation is ongoing.
Over the last 20 years, Ron Simon and his colleagues have prosecuted thousands of food poisoning cases for victims across the United States. His work has resulted in numerous upgrades to food safety procedures in Fortune 500 companies and in legislation designed to protect consumers from dangerous foodborne pathogens.
Mr. Simon and his clients have been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, and virtually all other major television networks and print media. Mr. Simon and his firm have collected over $700,000,000 for their clients. He regularly publishes articles about food safety and litigation at www.foodpoisoningnews.com which are read by viewers in over 180 countries.
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Constitute board to assess disability of postgraduate course applicant: HC
Direction issued on basis of plea filed by MBBS doctor
The High Court has directed the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) to form a board of experts to assess the disability of an MBBS doctor who has been declared ineligible to pursue a postgraduate-level medical course.
Justice Sanjeev Narula said the board would specifically determine whether the woman doctor in question would be able to perform the functions expected from a postgraduate specialist doctor. The Judge told the board to submit a detailed report in a sealed cover on or before September 14.
The court issued its order while hearing a plea by the MBBS doctor who contended that despite being a person with benchmark disability, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, she had been declared ineligible to pursue a postgraduate-level medical course.
The petitioner said she has been declared ineligible on the basis of a certificate of disability for NEET admissions issued by Safdarjung Hospital, which certified her as 100% disabled.
The High Court asked the petitioner to be present before the AIIMS board of doctors for her medical examination on September 5. The court also issued notices and sought responses from the Centre, National Medical Commission and Safdarjung Hospital on the issue.
Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the woman was unfairly disallowed admission in the course concerned as her disability is shown to be more than 80%.
Mr. Bansal argued that the Safdarjung Hospital failed to appreciate a March 13, 2019 notification of the National Medical Commission (NMC), according to which people with more than 80% disability can be permitted admission on a case-to-case basis.
Mr. Bansal said Safdarjung Hospital did not allow the petitioner to wear her calliper during the assessment, because of which the procedure to determine her disability was flawed.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, has expanded its temporary authorization of Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine in Switzerland for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in adolescents aged 12 through 17 and as a heterologous and homologous booster dose for adults aged 18 and older.
"We are pleased to offer the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for use both in adolescents and as a booster in adults in Switzerland," said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. "As we continue to explore best practices for managing COVID-19 long term, we have ongoing trials further exploring Nuvaxovid's efficacy and safety as a booster and preclinical data suggest that our vaccine induces immune response against Omicron variants, including BA.4/5."
Adolescents Aged 12 Through 17
The authorization for adolescents aged 12 through 17 is based on data from the ongoing pediatric expansion of the Phase 3 PREVENT-19 trial of 2,247 adolescents aged 12 through 17 years across 73 sites in the U.S. to evaluate the safety, effectiveness (immunogenicity), and efficacy of Nuvaxovid. In the pediatric expansion, Nuvaxovid achieved its primary efficacy endpoint and demonstrated 80% clinical efficacy overall at a time when the Delta variant was the predominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 strain in the U.S.
Preliminary safety data from the pediatric expansion showed the vaccine to be generally well-tolerated. Serious and severe adverse events were low in number and balanced between vaccine and placebo groups, and not considered related to the vaccine. Local and systemic reactogenicity was generally lower than or similar to adults, after the first and second dose. The most common adverse reactions observed were injection site tenderness/pain, headache, myalgia, fatigue, and malaise. There was no increase in reactogenicity in younger (12 to <15 years old) adolescents compared to older (15 to <18 years old) adolescents. No new safety signal was observed through the placebo-controlled portion of the pediatric expansion.
Booster in Adults Aged 18 and Older
The authorization for the booster dose in adults aged 18 and older is supported by data from Novavax' Phase 2 trial conducted in Australia, from a separate Phase 2 trial conducted in South Africa, and from the UK-sponsored COV-BOOST trial. As part of the Phase 2 trials, a single booster dose of Nuvaxovid was administered to healthy adult participants approximately six months after their primary two-dose vaccination series of Nuvaxovid. The third dose produced increased immune responses comparable to or exceeding levels associated with protection in Phase 3 clinical trials. In the COV-BOOST trial, Nuvaxovid induced a meaningful antibody response when used as a heterologous third booster dose.
In the Novavax-sponsored trials, following the booster, local and systemic reactions had a median duration of approximately two days. The incidence of Grade 3 or higher events remained relatively low. Safety reporting of reactogenicity events showed an increasing incidence across all three doses of Nuvaxovid, often seen with increased immunogenicity. Medically attended adverse events, potentially immune-mediated medical conditions, and severe adverse events occurred infrequently following the booster dose and were balanced between vaccine and placebo groups.
In the 12 through 17 year-old population, NVX-CoV2372 has also been granted authorization in the U.S., the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, India, and South Korea. The vaccine has also been authorized in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand as a booster. Nuvaxovid is actively under review for both indications in other markets.
Swissmedic granted temporary authorization in April 2022 for use of Nuvaxovid in adults aged 18 and older.
Trade Name in the U.S.
The trade name Nuvaxovid™ has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Authorized Use
Nuvaxovid is indicated for active immunisation to prevent COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 12 years of age and older. The use of this vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations.
Important Safety Information: Switzerland
- Nuvaxovid is contraindicated in persons who have a hypersensitivity to the active substance, or to any of the excipients.
- Events of anaphylaxis have been reported with administration of COVID-19 vaccines including Nuvaxovid. Appropriate medical treatment and supervision should be available in case of an anaphylactic reaction following the administration of the vaccine. Close observation for at least 15 minutes is recommended and a second dose of the vaccine should not be given to those who have experienced anaphylaxis to the first dose of Nuvaxovid.
- Very rare cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported following the use of Nuvaxovid. Healthcare professionals should be alert to the signs and symptoms of myocarditis and pericarditis. Vaccinees (including parents or caregivers) should be instructed to seek immediate medical attention if they develop symptoms indicative of myocarditis or pericarditis such as (acute and persisting) chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations following vaccination. Healthcare professionals should consult guidance and/or specialists to diagnose and treat this condition.
- Anxiety-related reactions, including vasovagal reactions (syncope), hyperventilation, or stress–related reactions may occur in association with vaccination as a psychogenic response to the needle injection. It is important that precautions are in place to avoid injury from fainting.
- Vaccination should be postponed in individuals suffering from an acute severe febrile illness or acute infection. The presence of a minor infection and/or low-grade fever should not delay vaccination.
- Nuvaxovid should be given with caution in individuals receiving anticoagulant therapy or those with thrombocytopenia or any coagulation disorder (such as haemophilia) because bleeding or bruising may occur following an intramuscular administration in these individuals.
- The efficacy of Nuvaxovid may be lower in immunosuppressed individuals.
- Administration of Nuvaxovid in pregnancy should only be considered when the potential benefits outweigh any potential risks for the mother and foetus.
- The effects with Nuvaxovid may temporarily affect the ability to drive or use machines.
- The duration of protection afforded by the vaccine is unknown as it is still being determined by ongoing clinical trials. Individuals may not be fully protected until 7 days after their second dose. As with all vaccines, vaccination with Nuvaxovid may not protect all vaccine recipients.
- Very common (≥1/10) and common (≥1/100 to <1/10) adverse reactions observed during clinical studies in individuals 12 years of age and older were headache, nausea or vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, injection site tenderness/redness, pyrexia. Fever was observed more frequently in adolescents aged 12 through 17 years compared to adults, with the frequency being very common after the second dose in adolescents.
For more information on Nuvaxovid, including the Summary of Product Characteristics with Package Leaflet, adverse event reporting instructions, or to request additional information, please visit the following website:
About Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373)
Nuvaxovid is a protein-based vaccine engineered from the genetic sequence of the first strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The vaccine was created using Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus S protein and is formulated with Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M™ adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. Nuvaxovid contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.
Nuvaxovid is packaged as a ready-to-use liquid formulation in a vial containing ten doses. The vaccination regimen calls for two 0.5 ml doses (5 mcg antigen and 50 mcg Matrix-M adjuvant) given intramuscularly 21 days apart. The vaccine is stored at 2°- 8° Celsius, enabling the use of existing vaccine supply and cold chain channels. Use of the vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations.
Novavax has established partnerships for the manufacture, commercialization, and distribution of Nuvaxovid worldwide. Existing authorizations leverage Novavax' manufacturing partnership with Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. They are being supplemented with data from additional manufacturing sites throughout Novavax' global supply chain.
About the NVX-CoV2373 Phase 3 Trials
NVX-CoV2373 continues being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 trials. PREVENT-19 (the PRE-fusion protein subunit Vaccine Efficacy Novavax Trial | COVID-19) is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 29,960 participants 18 years of age and over in 119 locations in the U.S. and Mexico. The primary endpoint for PREVENT-19 was the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate, or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second dose in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. The statistical success criterion included a lower bound of 95% CI >30%. A secondary endpoint was the prevention of PCR-confirmed, symptomatic moderate or severe COVID-19. Both endpoints were assessed at least seven days after the second study vaccination in volunteers who had not been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. In the trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved 90.4% efficacy overall. It was generally well-tolerated and elicited a robust antibody response after the second dose in both studies. Full results of the trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The pediatric expansion of PREVENT-19 is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 2,247 adolescent participants 12 to 17 years of age in 73 locations in the U.S., compared with placebo. In the pediatric trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved its primary effectiveness endpoint (non-inferiority of the neutralizing antibody response compared to young adult participants 18 through 25 years of age from PREVENT-19) and demonstrated 80% efficacy overall at a time when the Delta variant of concern was the predominant circulating strain in the U.S. Additionally, immune responses were about two-to-three-fold higher in adolescents than in adults against all variants studied.
Additionally, a trial conducted in the U.K. with 14,039 participants aged 18 years and over was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded study and achieved overall efficacy of 89.7%. The primary endpoint was based on the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate, or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second study vaccination in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. Full results of the trial were published in NEJM.
About Matrix-M™ Adjuvant
Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant has demonstrated a potent and well-tolerated effect by stimulating the entry of antigen-presenting cells into the injection site and enhancing antigen presentation in local lymph nodes, boosting immune response.
About Novavax
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. NVX-CoV2373, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, has received conditional authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the U.S., European Commission, and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide and is under review in the U.S. for use in adolescents and as a booster. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating a COVID-seasonal influenza combination vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which combines NVX-CoV2373 and NanoFlu*, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and is also evaluating an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent format Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
For more information, visit www.novavax.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.
*NanoFlu identifies a recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) protein nanoparticle influenza vaccine candidate produced by Novavax. This investigational candidate was evaluated during a controlled phase 3 trial conducted during the 2019-2020 influenza season.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements herein relating to the future of Novavax, its operating plans and prospects, its partnerships, the timing of clinical trial results, the ongoing development of NVX-CoV2373, a COVID-seasonal influenza investigational vaccine candidate, the scope, timing and outcome of future regulatory filings and actions, including with respect to an FDA EUA decision and potential CDC recommendation for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax' plans to supplement existing authorizations with data from the additional manufacturing sites in Novavax' global supply chain, additional worldwide authorizations of NVX-CoV2373 for use in adults and adolescents and as a booster, the potential impact and reach of Novavax and NVX-CoV2373 in addressing vaccine access, controlling the pandemic and protecting populations, and the efficacy, safety and intended utilization of NVX-CoV2373 and expected administration of NVX-CoV2373 are forward-looking statements. Novavax cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, challenges satisfying, alone or together with partners, various safety, efficacy, and product characterization requirements, including those related to process qualification and assay validation, necessary to satisfy applicable regulatory authorities; difficulty obtaining scarce raw materials and supplies; resource constraints, including human capital and manufacturing capacity, on the ability of Novavax to pursue planned regulatory pathways; challenges meeting contractual requirements under agreements with multiple commercial, governmental, and other entities; and those other risk factors identified in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Novavax' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this press release. You are encouraged to read our filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov and www.novavax.com, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of the statements. Our business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties.
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LG Celebrates Innovative, New Refrigerator by Teaming Up with NTS Radio for 'Mixing Moods' Party Featuring Live DJs, Curated Vibes and Colorful Cocktails
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) is set to host a sophisticated party in Berlin to share the brilliance of its new MoodUP™ technology, unveiled today at IFA 2022. Held in partnership with NTS Radio – a global online radio station and media platform – the event will present inspiring, mood-driven experiences centered around LG's latest kitchen innovation. With its revolutionary, color-changing LED door panels, LG's latest refrigerator featuring MoodUP technology delivers unrivaled interior design flexibility and a new way to create a stylish, integrated kitchen.
Dubbed Notes + Tones, the party will enable guests to soak in the atmosphere and enjoy the many moods and bold colors of the new refrigerator. NTS Radio will be supplying the music, syncing the tone of each track with the changing colors and mood of the LED door panels, while LG serves up cocktails matching the different hues and artist-created themes of its game-changing refrigerator.
Taking cues from the creative potential of the new refrigerator with MoodUP technology, the Notes + Tones event will showcase three different themes: Roots, Island and Sky by mixing color, sound and flavor. 'Roots' will feature a mix of warm, natural tones, reggae and jazz, and flavors like whiskey and smoke while 'Sky' will include bright, bold hues, glossy electronica, and punches of rum, mango and absinthe. A dynamic installation of the refrigerator with MoodUP technology will cue shifts in mood throughout the evening. As the palette of the refrigerators shift, the colors and lighting in the space, the genres of music in the DJ sets and the flavors on the cocktail menu will shift with it.
Along with meeting the new refrigerator with MoodUP technology and enjoying delicious, hand-crafted drinks, guests at the event will get to spend an evening listening to great music, with themed sets programmed by NTS and featuring talented DJs Eva Geist, mobilegirl, Slim Soledad and Zakia. Notes + Tones kicks off at CAN on the evening of September 3.
Those in attendance will also have the opportunity to see how easy it is to change the refrigerator's color or theme using the LG ThinQ™ app. What's more, they'll even receive a specially-made cocktail matched to their favorite MoodUP look.
"The new refrigerator featuring MoodUP technology is a highly-evolved home appliance that can change colors to match users' moods and enhance the kitchen environment," said Lyu Jae-cheol, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with NTS on this exciting event. They play with a broad spectrum of genres and sounds which made them the perfect partners to showcase the many moods and hues of the refrigerator with MoodUP technology."
The brand-new refrigerator with MoodUP technology is on display at LG's exhibition booth (Hall 18, Messe Berlin) during IFA 2022 (September 2-6) in Berlin, Germany.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is 2022 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
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'To see any animal die in such a public manner is tragic': Shocked Britons grieve London police horse which collapsed and died suddenly at the Notting Hill Carnival
- Sandown, a chestnut gelding, collapsed at Notting Hill Carnival on Sunday night
- Tributes poured in for the 'poor horse' on social media grieving the 'sad' death
- Met said the death as 'sudden' and paid tribute to animal's seven years of service
- GRAPHIC WARNING: Story contains images some readers may find distressing
Tributes have poured in on social media for a police horse that suddenly died at Notting Hill Carnival.
Users on Twitter shared their distress at the news after Sandown, a 14-year-old chestnut gelding, collapsed at around 9pm on Sunday at the west London event.
One user tweeted: 'To see any animal die is tragic. For it to happen in so sudden and public manner makes it worse. My condolences to all Met Police colleagues of Sandown.
Another Twitter user used the sad news of Sandown's death to highlight the importance of animals that work in the police force.
She said: 'Not enough appreciation is shown to our working animals.
'I think those horses should be prepared for the environment they work in to prevent stress and anxiety when they're at carnivals and football,'
A video captures the tragic moment in which the horse, stood at 16 hands high, topples over as an officer desperately tries to take control of its reins.
More officers then rush over to help their colleague tend to the horse, which is lying motionless on the floor.
Carnival goers can be seen watching on in horror while police attempt to keep the public at bay.
Despite being provided emergency care at the scene, Sandown was unable to be saved and tragically died shortly after.
While most responses to the sad death were tributes to the horse and colleagues, some users also pointed out who should be held accountable.
'So sorry to be reading this', one user said, 'I do hope there will be an inquiry into this tragic scene of events.
'Too hot? Too old? Fright? I hope the Met will be accountable.'
This is the moment a police horse collapsed and 'suddenly' died at Notting Hill Carnival
Witnesses said the horse looked really uncomfortable while officers attempted to calm him
An eyewitness said of the incident: 'I was around the horse for half an hour or so before it collapsed and it looked really uncomfortable.
'It was mumbling constantly and the officer was trying to get it to calm down.
'In the end it looked like the heat and the environment was too much for it and it just started fitting.
'It was horrific to watch, and I've struggled to sleep the last few nights thinking about what happened.'
A statement described the death as 'sudden' and said a post-mortem examination is under way.
The force states that a normal tour of duty for a Mounted Branch officer consists of a patrol of three to four hours but adds that this may be extended depending upon the duty they are required to perform.
It is not known how long PH Sandown was on duty before he collapsed and died.
The 14-year-old chestnut gelding has been described as one of the Metropolitan Police's most experienced horses, having served an 'impeccable' seven years in the force.
Most police horses retire after more than a decade of service when they reach the ages of 20 to 22.
The force described PH Sandown as playing 'an integral role in helping to police London'.
The Met said PH Sandown had been gifted to the force in 2015, quickly winning over officers due to his good nature.
The force described Sandown as 'a pro at policing all types of events across London'.
They added: 'He demonstrated his bravery and courageousness at numerous football fixtures whilst also being selected to perform at the Mounted Activity Ride at Olympia, and the Mounted Musical Ride.'
Police described the death as 'sudden' and said a post-mortem examination is under way
Pictured: Police officers desperately attempt to comfort the distressed horse on Sunday
A police horse who died after collapsing while on duty at Notting Hill Carnival on Sunday evening has been named as Police Horse (PH) Sandown alongside a picture of him
The force reported PH Sandown was also selected to perform at the Mounted Activity Ride at Olympia and the Mounted Musical Ride.
It went on to say: 'PH Sandown was a massive part of the Mounted Branch family and was loved dearly. He will be sorely missed by all.'
The Met added that, while it is too early at this stage to determine a cause of death, a post-mortem is under way.
The Met's Mounted Branch dates back to 1760 when it was first introduced to combat the problem of highwaymen in London.
These days, the force says it has as many as 110 horses and 117 officers as part of its Mounted branch who undertake a much more varied role in the capital.
Their responsibilities include high visibility patrols, undertaking community engagement, and specialising in crowd control at sporting events, demonstrations, public order events, and state ceremonial occasions such as Trooping the Colour.
Sandown (left) on patrol with a fellow police horse and their officers at Wimbledon in June
Pictured: PH Sandown (left) and PH Urbane got to show off their mounted skills and meet some furry friends at the Riding for the disabled and REACH charity event in July this year
PH Sandown (L) and PH Urbane at the Riding for the disabled and REACH charity in July 2022
The Met insists that the high vantage point and versatility of Mounted Branch officers make them a 'valued police resource'.
The force states that a normal tour of duty for a Mounted Branch officer consists of a patrol of three to four hours but adds that this may be extended depending upon the duty they are required to perform.
It is not known how long PH Sandown was on duty before he collapsed and died.
This year's Notting Hill Carnival was marred by several troubling events, including the stabbing of a young man and the sexual assault of two female police officers.
The festival returned to the streets of West London last weekend following a three-year hiatus forced by coronavirus.
Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street carnival in Europe and an estimated two million people are expected to attend over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Engine issues prevented the rocket from lifting off on Monday. After saying that officials were troubleshooting a hydrogen leak, NASA said that there was also a problem discovered in the rocket's third engine. Officials said that the engine was not showing the correct temperature once NASA did an engine bleed test.
After making repairs, officials said the spacecraft is ready for liftoff on Saturday
"Our team is ready,” said Jeremy Parson, deputy manager for NASA Exploration Ground Systems. “They are getting better with every attempt and actually performed superbly during launch countdown number one. So in my mind, I think if the conditions with weather and the hardware align, we will absolutely go and we have the right team at kind of the right time."
Artemis I is part of a program that will send humans back to the moon.
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Massachusetts State Police said they have found human remains in Lee, Massachusetts, believed to be those of a New York teacher reported missing earlier this year.
On Thursday night, a civilian discovered the partial remains in a heavily wooded area near Fox Drive in Lee.
Lee and state police responded to the scene, and have since located additional remains.
Investigators are still searching the area, and said the evidence collected so far indicates that the remains are likely those of 42-year-old Meghan Marohn, whose family reported her missing on March 29. Her black 2017 Subaru Impreza was located unattended on Church Street at Longcope Park that same day in Lee.
Since then, Lee police and fire, state police, the Berkshire County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement resources have undertaken numerous searches for Marohn, without success.
The circumstances surrounding Marohn's disappearance remain under investigation by police in Massachusetts and New York, as well as the Berkshire District Attorney's Office.
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Marohn's disappearance was featured on NBC's Dateline, who spoke with her older brother, who set up a website -- findmeghanmarohn.com -- to spread the word about his missing sister and help police find her.
Peter Naple said he texted his sister on the night of March 26, and she said she was at the Red Lion Inn across the border in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She told him she was in bed reading, and then didn't respond to subsequent texts.
“She was just taking a break,” Naples told Dateline. “Just, you know, some R&R.”
He said his sister, who was a writer and avid hiker, had been a teacher for about 18 years. One of her teaching colleagues said she had gone on personal paid leave through the end of the semester just days before her disappearance.
“Something upset her at school having to do with another colleague,” Ruth Ross told Dateline.
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Bracknell's Point Royal Grade-II tower block in bird poo crisis
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Bird poo on the top of a Grade-II listed tower block is causing smells and a health and safety hazard.
Point Royal, a 19-storey block with 102 flats on Rectory Road in Bracknell, attracts pigeons to the disused terraces around its exterior.
Housing association Silva Homes said it had tried to deter the roosting birds "to no avail".
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited after residents complained about the smell.
Silva Homes said the "regular cleaning of the balconies" was resulting in increasing costs to tenants, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
It claimed the droppings were "severely compromising the aesthetics" of the building and the large quantities of "well-dried" guano "causes smells and attracts insects".
Residents do not have legitimate access to the terraces but their tilting windows open out onto the areas.
A pest control company is employed to clear the birds and their mess every three months.
'Several diseases'
The HSE report said the greatest problems were on the higher floors and less exposed sides of the building.
It advises that "breathing dust or water droplets containing contaminated bird droppings can lead to several diseases" including Psittacosis and Salmonella.
Silva Homes has since submitted a planning application to Bracknell Forest Council to add netting between the handrail and the ceiling of the balconies, preventing access to the "nuisance" birds.
It said there would "not be any interference" to the tenants or the surrounding area but admitted the netting "may have an aesthetic effect" on the flats.
The approval is required due to its listed building status, but the HSE has suggested the move will ultimately go towards "preserving and protecting" the building.
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Several Kia Models Recognized as Top Performers in Their Respective Segments
- Kia earned first-place and top-ranked honors in MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings for the second half of 2022
- Nine different Kia models across various categories were recognized, including the award-winning 2022 EV6 and 2023 Telluride, along with several other electrified vehicles
- MotorTrend updates Ultimate Car Rankings list twice a year; award criteria based on over 70 years of testing expertise as well as scores in safety, value and more
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nine Kia models were recognized in MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings for the second half of 2022. More than half of the podium winners are electrified vehicles, including the crowd favorite 2022 EV6, which took the top spot in the Electric SUV category.
"With so many of Kia's podium award winners hybrids or EVs, electrified vehicles are clearly becoming a strong suit for the brand," said Buyer's Guide Director Zach Gale. "From the superb Sportage Hybrid to the sporty EV6, Kia has made its presence felt in MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings."
The 2023 Telluride, 2022 Rio Sedan, and Rio Hatchback, came in first place in the 3-row SUV, subcompact sedan, and subcompact hatchback segments, respectively. Bolstering Kia's stable of electrified vehicles, the 2022 Niro1, Sportage Hybrid and Sorento Hybrid took second place in the Compact Hybrid Hatch, Compact Hybrid SUV, and 3-Row Hybrid SUV segments, respectively.
"We are honored so many of our vehicles have been recognized, especially the EV6, which continues to reaffirm its leadership status among an impressive field of electrified competitors," said Steve Center, COO and EVP, Kia America. "While these rankings reinforce our advancement in electrification thus far, we'll only become more formidable as our 'Plan S' strategy continues to unfold."
MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings launched in 2020 to help the average car buyer better understand their options. Using its long-running Car, Truck and SUV of the Year award programs as a foundation, the ranking system evaluates how a car drives, long-term value, safety, efficiency, driving range, technology, and more. For more details on MotorTrend's Ultimate Car Rankings, visit https://www.motortrend.com/cars/
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Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of over 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America.
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Q. My husband and I have kids in elementary school. Our marriage is solid in some areas: kids, finances, taking care of the house, and we are good friends. But in the physical aspect it is lacking, much to his dismay.
It hasn’t bothered me that much to be honest. Between kids, working full time, and some of my own health issues, it is what it is. But we’ve had a lot of discussions about the lack of physical intimacy. I will admit I’m not as physically attracted to him as I once was.
Three years ago, I met a guy who has kids the same age as mine. Thinking back to the early days, there was something about him that was intriguing, but I didn’t think much of it because I’m married. We started talking to each other in person when we saw each other, and started messaging when COVID started. It was really nice to have a new friend to talk to during a weird time. In the last two years, our families have gotten closer and become good friends. His wife and I get along fine. I like her. The guy and my husband get along well too.
The guy and I text quite a bit. Looking at my text app over the last year, we have sent more than 1,500 text messages to each other. My husband is OK with the friendship, but I don’t think he realizes how much I talk to this man. Is this an emotional affair? We don’t bash our spouses to one another. We talk about our kids, our mutual friends, and plan activities. As far as flirting goes, it’s been pretty limited over text. A few comments here or there. When we are in person, sometimes he stares into my eyes and it’s like ... wow, that feels good. Physically, we keep our hands to ourselves.
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Obviously, I like him. I don’t know how he feels about me. I know he likes me as a friend. We live in the same town and hang around the same people. If anything did happen, it would be scandalous. I don’t feel guilty about liking him at all — it feels very natural and normal, which is kind of scary and liberating at the same time.
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Just friends? Emotional affair? I feel like we are somewhere in the middle. Is this all in my head? What to do? Do I come clean? Or just let it naturally progress and see what happens?
WHAT TO DO?
A. You’re thinking about this man a lot, and that’s part of the problem.
Some of the time you spend on him could be used to work on your relationship with your husband. You could send five less texts to the guy and take a 15-minute walk with your spouse. You could get into bed with your husband for a half hour, tell each other a bunch of stuff about your days, and see where things go.
Crushes happen, even during great marriages, but you can choose where to set boundaries and how to make sure you’re still connecting with the person you love. I’m on team “talk to your husband about improving emotional and physical intimacy.” Therapy might help, but really, quality time is the most important thing. Do the two of you have time to have fun?
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I suspect, based on your last paragraph, that you need help figuring out what rules to set for yourself for this platonic relationship. I like that you stay away from saying bad things about spouses. The rest of it sounds fine. This is more of a mind-set issue. You ask whether things should naturally progress, and my answer to that is ... no? Progress to what? The status quo is the desired final form of this relationship. You love spending time with this other man, but that doesn’t mean you’d work as a couple. It’s easy to be smitten with someone when you don’t have to pay bills and watch three kids with them.
Carve out moments to be relaxed and engaged with your husband. If that seems impossible based on schedules, ask people in your community (maybe even the crush friend) to take a kid for a sleepover. You need a beat to connect with the person you married, to look into his eyes and notice things. If you don’t see anything you like, that’s another issue, but you’re not there yet.
MEREDITH
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You might be pouring intimacy into that friendship that could benefit your marriage, and if you let that slide for too long, you could end up with a lot of problems. Your husband is already “dismayed” about the lack of sex, so I think it’s important you don’t brush that under the rug and actually try to meaningfully address that.
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BONECOLD
The issue here isn’t that you text this guy a lot. I have platonic friendships where I text about a lot of things that are going on or that I’m thinking through. But the fact is, this guy is distracting you from your marriage. You are indifferent to your lack of physical and emotional intimacy with your husband, in part because you are getting a flash of intimacy and affirmation from your friend. That, to me, signals a significant problem. You need to invest in your actual relationship and build on what you have — or at least what you once had. This is not a disaster of a marriage; things have slowed way down in part because you’ve just been coasting. That’s not going to work in the long term. Invest in your marriage now before you blow it all up and have to build everything out of a crater.
PRINCEHANS
If he’s the last person you’re talking to before bedtime, and if he knows things that you haven’t told your husband, yeah, it’s an emotional affair. The question is what are you going to do about it?
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Send your own relationship and dating questions to loveletters@globe.com or fill out this form. Catch new episodes of Meredith Goldstein’s “Love Letters” podcast at loveletters.show or wherever you listen to podcasts. Column and comments are edited and reprinted from boston.com/loveletters. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/02/lifestyle/after-1500-texts-is-this-an-emotional-affair/ | 2022-09-02T19:06:31Z | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/02/lifestyle/after-1500-texts-is-this-an-emotional-affair/ | false |
REFILE-UPDATE 1-EU Commission says has received response from Iran in nuclear talks
(Corrects spelling of Josep Borrell's name in paragraph 3)
BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The European Commission said it had received a response from Iran in the ongoing talks over a nuclear non-proliferation deal and had distributed it to all other participants in the negotiations.
The other parties - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia - and the United States, which is no longer a party, were all studying this response and would together discuss the way ahead, the Commission said.
"The way ahead will be – as always - discussed with all participants and the U.S.," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by Sabine Siebold, writing by Thomas Escritt, editing by Maria Sheahan) | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-eu-commission-says-received-171257469.html | 2022-09-02T19:08:05Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-eu-commission-says-received-171257469.html | true |
DAYTON, Ohio — On three acres of land, Anita Armstead hopes to build something she never would have imagined just years ago. With help from volunteers, her friends and family, and fellow Agraria fellows, she’s prepared a dozen raised beds, a rain barrel watering system and planting the seeds for something bigger.
What You Need To Know
- The Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice launched its Black Farming Conference in 2020
- The center also launched a fellowship to help Black and indigenous farmers get started
- 3% of U.S. farmers are Black
- The fellowship covers rural and urban farming
She called the property on the west side of Dayton Eden’s Harvest, hoping to found a nonprofit focused on growing produce for those suffering from food insecurity. Though it’s still getting off the ground, Armstead credits Agraria’s Regenerative Farmer Fellowship for laying its foundation.
Born out of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice’s first Black Farming Conference, the program aims to give aspiring Black and indigenous farmers the resources and knowledge to build careers in agriculture.
Ariella Brown, who coordinates the conference, said it’s all about addressing current racial gaps in the field based on years of systemic barriers facing Black and indigenous people looking to break into agriculture.
“Underrepresented and Black farmers and communities have been removed from those resources and removed these rural communities but there is slowly becoming a resurgence of people wanting to go back to that,” she said.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agriculture sector makes up more than 10% of U.S. jobs, yet more than 90% of U.S. farmers are white while 3% are Black. In Ohio, less than 1% of farms reported in the agricultural census are Black-owned.
Yet, despite current trends, Brown said Black and indigenous communities have always been heavily involved in food and crop production and the Black Farming Conference aims to reconnect those in the field and build a network of farmers who can help others break in.
“Really, a lot of the roots of agriculture come from underrepresented communities and so it needs to be highlighted and supported,” she said.
One of the largest barriers Black farmers face, according to Brown, is land ownership. In 1910, Black farmers owned more than 16 million acres of land, as of the most recent census, down to 4.7 million.
Though, Brown points to fellows like Armstead as proof farmers can start small.
“She is farming on three acres, and so she’s doing really great work here,” she said. “And so you don’t need a ton of land to actually be successful, but again it’s about access to resources.”
For Armstead, the transition to farmer started just before the pandemic. She had just attended a talk on food sovereignty, a philosophy which connects communities directly to the food their neighborhoods produce.
Armstead immediately thought of her own community.
“We’re in the northwest side of Dayton, which is an underserved community. Many struggle with food insecurity or live miles from a grocery store.” She said. “I did what I always do when I see a need, I prayed. I said ‘God, How can I help? You always provide for your people. How can I help?’”
A few weeks later, another nonprofit, Access to Excess, gifted her the garden, hoping to get it in the hands of someone who could get it producing again.
“This used to be a victory garden back during World War II,” Armstead said. “Then it was a community garden for a number of nonprofits for a while before it fell to me.”
To ensure she could do the property justice, Armstead enrolled in Agraria’s Regenerative Farmer Fellowship, learning from teachers like Brown and the other fellows in the programs.
“We all bring such different skills and backgrounds,” she said. “It makes it seem like anybody can actually do it as long as you’re willing to put in the time and effort.”
Now as she works to complete the program, Armstead said she has high hopes for Eden’s Harvest, which should produce its first crops in late summer. She plans to send her harvest to groups like Access to Excess and Dayton Foodbank for distribution.
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Absolutely loved Ellen Fisher's guest opinion of August 24th where she used the strength of her religious faith to take an even bolder leap of faith-- inspiring us to see beyond analyzing every climate decision against its monetary payback. Speaking as a mother of 3 children she presented our climate catastrophes as the moral issue of our time.
Somehow, someway there has to be this moral awakening that transcends the polarized paralysis of left or right. Our children, their children, our grandchildren, their grandchildren are the common ground that I believe will start some kind of real dialogue between big pickup flag waving trumpers and the Prius and Subaru crowd. We're divided every way you look--what we buy; what we eat; what music we listen to; where we shop and what clothes we wear. Everything is a uniform of sorts and all of us can tell at a glance just what side "they" are on.
Clean water and clean air has to be the side we're all on.
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She-Hulk isn't one of those shows that relies on a guest star cameo each week -- except it totally is. This week's MCU mainstay is Benedict Wong, who turns up to join Tatiana Maslany's Jen Walters and Tim Roth's Emil Blonsky in episode 3 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, streaming on Disney Plus now. And that isn't the only familiar face bringing some laughs to an episode where Jen shows off her legal skills and her twerking, as Megan Thee Stallion shows up.
Episodes 1 and 2 are already streaming on Disney Plus. Here are our recaps of She-Hulk episode 1 and episode 2, and this is our dive into the third instalment, titled "The People Vs. Emil Blonsky." It's a big week for cameos, Easter eggs and post-credits material. Lots of spoilers to follow!
Episode 4 follows on Sept. 8, with more to come every Thursday (here's the full schedule of episode release dates for She-Hulk).
Fourth wall breaking
Maslany turning to the camera and chatting directly to the camera is a signature for the show, echoing the moments in the comic when Jen Walters broke the fourth wall and talked to the reader. Does she actually say anything funny, though? In a bar, Jen looks at the camera and mentions that the scene connects the A and B story -- sitcom parlance for an episode's main story and secondary subplot, which should come together in a satisfying way. It's very self-aware, but it's not terribly amusing.
And as for that initial fourth wall break, when Jen tries to insist it's not a show based on cameos? Say it with me: Self-referentially pointing out the shortcomings of a story does not magically excuse those shortcomings!
Media perception
The so-called She-Hulk is blowing up, with Jen plastered all over the news. We see news outlets like The Tattle News, Citizen News Tonight and The Conversation with Jefferson Coop, although they're mostly filled with bland identikit newsreaders rather than introducing interesting journalist characters.
Nikki pushes Jen to do an interview, correctly pointing out the genie is out of the bottle. Even Blonsky understands that the media will tell the story whether she's part of it or not. But we're supposed to believe that GLK&H is an LA law firm that doesn't understand PR. In the last episode, Jen's boss Holden Holliway even says they took Blonsky case's for the publicity. There are protesters calling Jen "a monster defending a monster," so what kind of publicity does he think the firm is going to get?
The point of all this media scrutiny is to add another facet to the show's themes about the way women are treated. From her unwanted name to the onslaught of ridiculous and offensive "rumors" about her, Jen finds that she's objectified and vilified in the public eye. And assholes in the comments section decry women taking on superhero roles, echoing the real life sexist, misogynist discourse around this show and any story that spotlights female characters.
Rights and Wong
The superhuman law team takes the stand this week, with Jen showing off her legal skills by recruiting Wong to exonerate Blonsky. Even after he Hulks out and turns into the Abomination, Jen reacts to Blonsky's curveball with a quick thinking and an impressive speech.
Meanwhile, her colleague Augustus "Pug" Pugliese represents sleazy former colleague Dennis Bukowski, who thought he was dating multi-Grammy-award-winning Megan Thee Stallion. He even paid off her Passat, which should have been the first hint he was actually hooking up with a shape-shifting Light elf from New Asgard.
The mischievous Runa is the daughter of an Elfin ambassador in New Asgard, the Scandinavian enclave for the survivors of Asgard which we saw in Thor: Love and Thunder. The hearing is a fun example of the weird new legal dilemmas created by this weird world of superheroes and aliens and cosmic craziness.
While we're happy to see the hilarious Wong, he's actually a really good example of how superpowers are incredibly troubling. It's played for laughs because he's our cuddly good guy, but ethically speaking Wong actually does a bunch of pretty horrible things. Erasing memories, forcing an imprisoned man to fight him (for practice) and sending people to mirror/shadow dimensions. Not only does Wong show a complete disdain for the laws of the land, but he's also kind of a dick.
Speaking of Wong, Nikki tempts the former librarian by sending a thirst trap photo involving a pile of books. Actor Ginger Gonzaga playfully posed for that photo on her social media (but also reminded us not to read too much into the books she chose for the picture, which include a book on Donald Trump, some Margaret Atwood novels and a book about ADHD):
The Wrecking Crew
The episode 1 cliffhanger introducing Titania proved to be a bit of a false start, as there hasn't been much in the way of superpowered fisticuffs since then. But in this episode, Jen is confronted by a motley gang of muggers. We don't yet know exactly who they are, but we do know they're after Jen's gamma-irradiated blood. Clearly Bruce was right to burn his samples of her blood in episode 1.
The gang carries magical weapons, which turn out to be Asgardian construction tools. More of the weirdness of superhero fantasy crashing into real life -- and which harks back to one of the themes of Spider-Man: Homecoming, when Michael Keaton's working-class salvage worker used pilfered super-equipment.
These guys are clearly less supervillains and more on the working-stiff end of the spectrum. "The boss is gonna be mad!" one of them shouts. Who is their mysterious boss?
One of them is referred to as Thunderball, suggesting that this is the Wrecking Crew from Marvel's comics. But while these guys don't seem like the sharpest tools in the Asgardian toolbox, the comics character Thunderball is a genius in the gamma radiation field, described as "the black Bruce Banner."
What's the closing credits song?
The closing credits play under the song Seize the Power by Yonaka, a band from Brighton in the UK featuring Theresa Jarvis on vocals. Originally released in early 2021, Seize the Power includes apt lyrics like "I looked in the mirror, I'm different"; "They're not brave like you, they're too scared to do anything that's different, anything that new"; and perhaps most appropriately, "This power is yours for the taking."
Episode 3 post-credits scene
That really is Megan Thee Stallion, and she joins Jen for an office dance party. If you've ever wanted to see a Hulk twerking, now's your chance.
The green She-Hulk persona is a computer-generated character, which means presumably a visual effects company had to design and render a bouncing CG booty. Nice work if you can get it...
She-Hulk random thoughts and Marvel easter eggs
- Wong's employment history runs from Sorcerer Supreme in New York, to Librarian at Kamar-Taj in Nepal (11 years) to Target sales associate (also Kamar-Taj, 9 years).
- One of the reporters asks if Jen got her powers from a Mafia hit gone wrong. In the Marvel world, the equivalent of the Mafia is the Maggia crime ring, which appeared in MCU TV show Agent Carter. This little in-joke is a reference to Jen's origin story in the comics, where she was shot by a crime boss and had to be given a blood transfusion of Bruce Banner's gamma-irradiated blood -- which is much more interesting than the TV version's lacklustre origin.
- The closing credits include an image of Jen squeezing some colleagues in an elevator. It's a reference to a comic cover showing Jen in a lift with Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) and Howard the Duck. It also brings to mind an iconic shot from Silence of the Lambs, subverting a moment in which Jodie Foster is dwarfed by an elevator's worth of male FBI cadets as a metaphor for the sexism she faces in that film.
- Jen's colleague in the Superhuman Law Division, Mallory Book, literally walks in a door and straight out again. In the comics she's Jen's frenemy, a former beauty queen and formidable lawyer, earning her the nickname "The Face That Never Lost a Case."
- News footage introduces Gideon Wilson, the original prosecutor who put Blonsky away. In the comics, Gideon Wilson is the brother of Sam Wilson (aka the Falcon aka Captain America). At one point he had Hulk-like powers, but he was usually seen as a minister whose son died of AIDS.
- "The Big Green Woman" / "La Gran Mujer Verde" is apparently a hashtag.
- "Toilet kombucha." | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/she-hulk-episode-3-recap-megan-thee-stallion-cameos-plus-marvel-easter-eggs/ | 2022-09-02T19:14:26Z | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/she-hulk-episode-3-recap-megan-thee-stallion-cameos-plus-marvel-easter-eggs/ | true |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M’s football team, which considered not traveling for its season opener at North Carolina last week, is openly questioning the level of financial and compliance support players are receiving from the university.
Nearly 90 players penned a blistering letter to school president Larry Robinson on Sunday, a day after the team lost 56-24 to the Tar Hills while playing without 26 ineligible players. FAMU was paid $450,000 to make the trip to Chapel Hill.
The letter implored Robinson for “changes made now” and says “we are not interested in further empty dialogue with you or your staff.” The letter says players knelt in protest during two school songs played after the game and will continue to do so “until significant changes that facilitate a positive student-athlete experience are made.”
FAMU plays Jackson State in the Orange Blossom Classic in Miami on Sunday, a game nationally televised on ESPN2.
The letter clarifies players were ruled ineligible not for academic performance but rather because of “procedural issues within the registrar’s office, compliance department and academic advisement.” FAMU has one compliance and one academic adviser for athletics, according to the university.
Among the issues spelled out in the letter involve financial aid was not awarded in a timely manner to buy books, register for classes and avoid evictions.
The university responded by saying it is committed to maintaining a culture of compliance and conforming with NCAA guidelines.
“We are confident that our processes are effective and timely,” the school said Tuesday. “We will continue to monitor our efforts in this regard and pursue all avenues to provide an excellent student experience to every athlete. FAMU is committed to upholding high standards and rigorous adherence to NCAA guidelines.”
The letter alleges issues with the “student-athlete experience at FAMU," which has the second-largest enrollment of any of the Historically Black Colleges or Universities in the U.S. It also says there's no student-athlete representation on the committee searching for a new athletic director. Former FAMU athletic director Kortne Gosha resigned in April and has since been hired by Tulane as a senior associate athletic director.
Among the players ruled ineligible were linebacker Isaiah Land, the top defender in the Football Championship Subdivision last season and a potential NFL draft prospect in 2023, and right tackle Cam Covin. Land and Covin have retained attorney Tom Mars, who has a history of helping college players through NCAA eligibility issues.
“I don't think anyone in college sports has ever witnessed a bigger blunder on the part of the university or a more unfair punishment aimed at the players — the only people in this mess who did everything right,” Mars said in a statement posted on Twitter.
“If a parent fails to file a tax return, the IRS doesn't punish their kids. But this is the college sports equivalent of doing just that.”
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence several swastikas Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz drew on assignments, his attorneys made an unusual argument Thursday at his penalty trial: he was an equal opportunity killer who shot his victims without regard to race or religion.
The attorneys told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer outside the jury’s presence that the Nazi symbol creates such strong anger and revulsion that allowing the panel to see those drawings violates his right to a fair trial because there is no evidence that his 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High was driven by bigotry. Those killed and the 17 wounded included white, Black, Hispanic and Asian people, Christians and Jews.
They also listed the numerous times they asked Scherer before jury selection to rule on whether the swastikas would be admitted, saying her failure affected the questions they asked prospective jurors and their trial strategy. They asked for a mistrial, which Scherer angrily rejected, calling their argument “disingenuous.”
She and prosecutors pointed out that the defense was not against admitting drawings Cruz made that included a gross slur used against Black people, which they said is equally offensive. The 12 jurors and 10 alternates include people who are white, Black, Asian and Hispanic.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October; the trial will only determine whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole. The jury must be unanimous to impose a death sentence.
His public defenders are in their second week of presenting testimony about Cruz’s troubled life— from his birth to a crack-addicted, hard-drinking prostitute who put him up for adoption to a childhood filled with emotional and psychological problems that witnesses said were never adequately addressed.
Their strategy is aimed at counteracting the emotional, gruesome and graphic evidence and testimony the prosecution presented over three weeks as it laid out the killings and how Cruz planned the attack.
The swastikas were drawn on English assignments presented by the defense — they wanted the symbols blacked out while maintaining other troubling drawings they contained. After Scherer rejected the lawyers’ attempt to redact the swastikas, they still presented the assignments. The jury saw the swastikas, but neither side singled them out.
The assignments were given by Carrie Yon, who taught Cruz in eighth grade at Westglades Middle School four years before the shooting. Cruz had been in special education classes for his behavior problems, but was now being allowed into some mainstream classes like Yon’s.
Yon testified Thursday she usually returned a student’s material, but kept Cruz’s because she wanted to document his behavior thinking it might be needed at some point. She also made contemporaneous notes. She turned the material over to the lawyers after the shootings.
On assignments shown in court Thursday, Cruz wrote obscenities and gay slurs and drew photos of stick figures shooting each other and having sex. He once wrote to Yon, “I hate you. I hate America.”
She said Cruz would yell in class, flash his middle fingers, throw objects and make threats. He once told her “You better give me a good grade on this assignment” and another time lunged at her and then laughed. He hit other children during one fire drill and ran into the street in another, almost getting struck by a car.
She tried working with Cruz by giving him candy and compliments when he behaved. One time, she praised him for doing his assignment, telling him she knew he could be a good student. He replied, “I’m a bad kid. I want to kill.”
On one assessment, Yon wrote, “I strongly feel Nikolas is a danger to the students and faculty at this school. He does not understand the difference between his violent feelings and reality.”
She said she originally thought Cruz wanted attention from teachers and other students, but eventually believed he wanted to get kicked out of Westglades because he had no friends and couldn’t do the work.
She frequently complained about Cruz to administrators and showed them his assignments, but some were not helpful. She said one told her, “He has a right to an education. He has a right to be here like any other kid.”
A special education teacher told Yon she was too fearful of Cruz, that she needed to “get in his face” and tell him, “Hit me, go ahead and hit me.” She refused to do that.
When asked if in her 12 years as a teacher if she ever had another student who acted like Cruz, she had a simple response.
“No.”
John Vesey, the then-Westglades principal, said in 35 years in education he also never had another student like Cruz.
“He was a much more needy kid than any kid I had ever seen,” Vesey said.
Before the end of eighth grade, Cruz was sent to a school, Cross Creek, that is for students with emotional and disciplinary problems. Cruz did relatively well there, which allowed him to eventually attend Stoneman Douglas. He was expelled from there a year before the shooting.
Vesey said success at Cross Creek is not necessarily predictive that a student like Cruz will succeed at a school like Stoneman Douglas with more than 3,000 students.
Cross Creek is “150 kids with support built in and you can make sure they are much more medication compliant,” Vesey said.
Vesey wishes he had warned Stoneman Douglas administrators about Cruz before he arrived.
“I feel very guilty about it,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-judge-jury-can-see-swastikas-school-shooter-drew-in-class/ | 2022-09-02T19:16:03Z | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-judge-jury-can-see-swastikas-school-shooter-drew-in-class/ | true |
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Long before Bugatti made the 16-cylinder engine its calling card, Cadillac launched V-16-powered cars in a bid to outdo other luxury automakers. A prime example is this 1930 Cadillac V-16 452A, which recently appeared on an episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage.” The car comes from California’s Nethercutt Collection, and is presented here by Cameron Richards, the collection’s vice president.
To keep the V-16 secret, Cadillac initially let slip that it was developing a V-12 to match Packard. So it must have been quite a surprise when the General Motors luxury division unleashed this massive engine on the public. Still, Marmon actually beat Cadillac to the punch, launching its own 16-cylinder engine a few weeks before Cadillac, Leno says in the episode.
The overhead-valve engine displaces 7.4 liters but only develops about 180 hp. While that didn’t match the high-end Duesenbergs, it was still a very respectable figure for the time because there really was no replacement for displacement. The car’s massive torque allowed it to pull away in any of its three gears, according to Leno, though the big engine needs a “firehose” to supply all the fuel it needs.
This specific car has the earlier body style, thought to be from 1928 to 1929, married to the 1930 Cadillac chassis and engine. The customer wanted a V-16 Cadillac with a dual-cowl phaeton body as quickly as possible, and the new body wasn’t ready yet.
Not many people could have afforded this car when new. It cost $6,500 at a time when mass-market cars sold for a few hundred bucks. With the U.S. in the midst of the Great Depression, the launch wasn’t exactly well-timed.
The V-16 was more about effortless acceleration than raw speed, Leno says. These Cadillacs weren’t as fast as contemporary Duesenbergs, but their generous torque almost makes the driving experience comparable to modern electric cars, he says. The smooth-running V-16 also offered a more refined experience than most cars of the period.
The car weighs well over 7,000 lb, but it’s easy to drive with an easy-to-use clutch and great brakes, according to Richards.
Cadillac continued making V-16 cars for about a decade, but eventually went back to slightly more sensible V-8 engines. Looking to recapture the brand’s glory days, GM unveiled the Cadillac Sixteen concept in 2003, but that never made it to production.
Toward the end of the video, Jay gets the chance to drive the car. He remarks that it’s incredibly smooth and quiet, and that the manual steering is much better than other old cars.
Watch the full video and revisit a time when a V-16 powered Cadillac to the front of the luxury-car class.
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Amazon Studios has launched “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” a series is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings which take place long before “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” films and books.
It’s a television production of epic proportions, with an estimated price tag of $465 million for its first eight episodes, with plans for a 50-part story arc.
In recent weeks the cast and producers have revealed some of the behind-the-scenes challenges that went into bringing the second age of Tolkien’s Middle-earth to screens.
IS THE SHOW JUST FOR HARDCARE TOLKIEN FANS?
“I don’t think anyone needs to do any homework. Of course, having a prior knowledge of the lore and the world will only enhance the experience. But I think you can go into it as a complete new fan of Tolkien and Tolkien’s world.” — Charlie Vickers, who plays Halbrand, a human shipwreck survivor.
“I’m really hoping that we’re going to bring some new fans to this kind of work in this world building in this sort of world. I think that it’s quite diverse. There are obviously families and kids and things like that who would love it. But equally people like me that love fantasy and still read it and go and see the movies and films and whatever — I think that will appeal as well.” — Sara Zwangobani, who plays the harfoot Marigold Brandyfoot.
WHAT TO EXPECT
“I feel the main character for me in Tolkien’s work is Middle-earth itself. If we can get that, then the characters will make sense and come from there. I really hope that then there will be something for everyone because the main bit is being immersed in another land.” — Morfydd Clark, who plays elven commander Galadriel.
“There is great evil in Tolkien and there is in this show. But we felt that it was important that even evil sort of had a point of view. We thought that was that was true to him. The first line in the show is ‘Nothing is evil in the beginning.’” — Patrick McKay, a showrunner and executive producer.
“There’s fear matched with bravery. And I think we live in a world now where society and external forces can sometimes dim that instinct, that fiery instinct to just to just do, which we idealistically rely on for ourselves.” — Sophia Nomvete, who plays a dwarven princess.
“Definitely I feel the weight of expectation on my character because he’s obviously been portrayed in the films and people have an idea of who he is already. But this is set thousands of years before that, at a point where, you know, we’re exploring his, well, my character’s beginnings, understanding his relationships with his family, his friends, his place in the world, and what he really wants to do.” — Maxim Baldry, who plays Isildur, the human leader who obtains an all-powerful ring.
ON TRANSFORMING INTO A MIDDLE-EARTH CHARACTER
“Two-and-a-half hours in the makeup chair every day. And I sang songs with my fellow actors, Megan Richards, Markella Kavenagh. I talked to my great team. Sometimes I just thought about my character and what I was going to do for the day. Actually, we had a lot of fun in the makeup chair. Two-and-a-half hours sounds like a long time, but actually we had a great time, So, it was like no time passed.” — Sara Zwangobani, on the time it took makeup and prosthetic artists to transform into harfoot Marigold Brandyfoot.
“Three hours to put it on, and 45 to take it off. So, it is a big part of the day. It really was. And I became very good friends with the makeup artist and the prosthetics artist, as well.” — Owain Arthur, on the time it took makeup and prosthetic artists to transform him into King Durin IV.
“This is an iconic, necessary, revolutionary moment and I am very proud to fly the flag for generations to come in a franchise of this scale.” — Black actor Sophia Nomvete who plays the dwarf princess Disa.
“I think when people talk about the budget of the series, one thing that I keep saying is that I don’t think people want a budget version of this story. You do not want to see sort of pieces of things falling off sets and costumes that look like rentals. I think you need the resources to tell a story of this scale.” — Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays the queen-regent of Númenor.
WHISKING AWAY TO ANOTHER, ISOLATED, WORLD
“We filmed during a pandemic, a global pandemic. It was difficult because we were away from loved ones for almost two years and our support systems. But what that did is it sort of forced us to to lean on each other. And that is is a bonding experience like no other.” — Nazanin Boniadi, who plays a human healer and single-mother.
“It was difficult, yes. But we also had the particular privilege to be working. At one point, we were the only show that was shooting in the world — our colleagues had their shows paused and even canceled. The world was indoors and we were still able to go to set every day. That was also a fire that fueled our our performances. I think for everyone this became more than a show. It was our lives and it was a letter and a testament letter of love to all the fans and everyone else in the world that was indoors.” — Ismael Cruz Córdova, who plays an elf soldier.
“From the very first moment, I think even from the audition stage, we’re not really meant to kind of share anything. So I remember when I got cast, and I got cast in the middle of lockdown, and I couldn’t tell anyone. And then I left the country and I didn’t tell anyone where I was going because I thought, ’Well, if I tell them where, they’re going to know, they’re going to know exactly what it is.” — Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays the queen-regent of Númenor.
HONORING TOLKIEN
“Those who both love Tolkien and who are passionate about Tolkien and have read every single little every ounce of work that they possibly is by Tolkien — I hope that they respond to it and connect to it for sure. But I also do hope that there are kids that haven’t been introduced yet and that, you know, maybe they will be inspired to go back to the books and rediscover them or discover them for the first time.” — Markella Kavenagh, who plays a young harfoot girl.
“Obviously, it will be compared with inevitably other current fantasy shows and particularly the (Peter) Jackson movies. But the world is very different and we’ve started out with some brand new characters, some characters from Tolkien that have never been played before or never featured in a live-action TV show. I think because it is a brand new thing, it’s more exciting than worrying.” — Charles Edwards, who plays Celebrimbor.
“I think we are not the mothers. We are but midwives or doulas at best. This is Tolkien’s baby and this is his world. And we’ve just seen it as our responsibility to hopefully bring it into being in a fresh, new way. If people feel his voice and his themes and his tones in the show even a little bit, we’ll just be thrilled. So we can’t wait for people to watch.” — Patrick McKay, showrunner and executive producer.
WHAT ABOUT THAT OTHER BIG FANTASY SHOW?
“Obviously, it will be compared with inevitably other current fantasy shows and particularly the (Peter) Jackson movies. But the world is very different and we’ve started out with some brand new characters, some characters from Tolkien that have never been played before or never featured in a live-action TV show. I think because it is a brand new thing, it’s more exciting than worrying.” — Charles Edwards, who plays Celebrimbor.
“I think when you look at a genre like fantasy, you can use the biggest stories to tell things that are very relatable. People want to get lost in the stories and they want to feel things and you need a big, big canvas to be able to do that. I’m a huge ‘Game of Thrones’ fan. I’m going to be watching ‘House of the Dragon.’ I have a friend on ‘House of the Dragon.’ I think this idea of having to choose one or the other — you can watch both. You can watch more. I will be watching more. So, if you’re a fan of genre, this is this is an incredible time.” — Cynthia Addai-Robinson, who plays the queen-regent of Númenor.
___ Associated Press reporters Mike Cidoni Lennox in Los Angeles, Krysta Fauria in San Diego, Berenice Bautista in Mexico City and Mark Kennedy in New York compiled material for this story.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Braemar Gathering, a popular Highland Games event, as she struggles with issues getting around.
The 96-year-old monarch previously decided to formally appoint Britain’s new prime minister on Tuesday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she is vacationing, rather than return to London for the traditional ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Her eldest son and heir Prince Charles, who normally accompanies the monarch to the gathering, will attend. British media reported Friday that the decision was made for the comfort of the monarch, who has struggled with what the palace describes as “mobility issues’’ since last year.
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September 2, 2022 Sea Dogs Game Notes
September 2, 2022 - Eastern League (EL) - Portland Sea Dogs News Release
FIVE-STRAIGHT WINS - The Portland Sea Dogs secured their fifth-consecutive win in a 10-3 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday. The Fisher Cats got on the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first inning. Luis De Los Santos worked a walk then scored on an RBI single by Will Robertson and New Hampshire led, 1-0. Portland responded in the top of the third inning. After a one-out walk by Wilyer Abreu, Christian Koss belted his 15th homer of the season, and the Sea Dogs took the 2-1 lead. In the top of the fourth inning, Hudson Potts doubled to the left field corner and then scored on an RBI single by Nick Northcut. Wil Dalton then drew a walk while Abreu drove Northcut home with an RBI single to left field and Portland led, 4-1. Then with the bases loaded, the Sea Dogs drew four-straight bases-loaded walks to explode to an 8-1 lead over the Fisher Cats. New Hampshire plated two more runs before the night was over with solo home runs from Davis Schneider and Cam Eden. Portland added two more runs with a two-run homer by Niko Kavadas in the top of the sixth inning, extending Portland's lead 10-3. It was Kavadas' second homer with the Sea Dogs and 26th of the season. The game was scoreless the rest of the way, ending in a 10-3 win for Portland.
STAYING PUT - With the Sea Dogs, Patriots, and Yard Goats all securing wins on Thursday, the playoff landscape for the Northeast Division hasn't changed. The Sea Dogs currently have the longest active winning streak of all Northeast Divison teams, with the Hartford Yard Goats close behind with three straight wins over the Fightin Phils. Portland is maintaining a 2.0 game lead over the Patriots, with the Yard Goats trailing by 4.5 games.
POWERFUL SERIES - Christian Koss and Niko Kavadas both launched home runs in the win for Portland on Thursday. The Sea Dogs have now hit three home runs in the series with three games left to play. Koss has gone deep twice, with Kavadas and Nick Northcut adding one homer each. These three hitters have combined for 30 home runs across three minor league levels this season. Koss has hit 15, all in Double-A with the Sea Dogs. Kavadas mashed 26 long balls between Salem, Greenville, and Portland, while Northcut reached the 30 homer mark between his time in Portland and Greenville.
STILL STREAKING - Wilyer Abreu extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a 1-for-3 performance on Thursday. During this span, he has gone 10-for-37 (.270) with one homer, four RBI, and 10 walks compared to 11 strikeouts. Christian Koss has also reached base safely in nine consecutive games. He has a .333 average (11-for-33) with two doubles, one triple, three homers, and 13 RBI. Koss has also collected a hit in each of his last six games.
THIS DATE IN SEA DOGS HISTORY - September 2, 1992 - The Double-A expansion committee announces that Portland is one of four finalists to land one of the two franchises.
PITCHING MATCHUP - RHP Thaddeus Ward is coming off a stellar outing against the Yard Goats on August 27. He tossed 5.0 innings, allowing just one run on three hits, walking one, and tying a career-high with 10 strikeouts. Overall, Ward has been solid over his first five starts with the Sea Dogs, posting a 3.13 ERA over 23 innings. After walking five in his 2022 Sea Dogs debut, Ward cut down the walks to just six over his next four games. Through his five starts, he has struck out 26 while walking 11.
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