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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Enochian BioSciences, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of ENOB during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: January 17, 2018 to June 27, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's co-founder and inventor Serhat Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (6) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Help is wanted at many voting sites around the U.S. as the general election season gets underway this month.
In some communities, however, the ongoing COVID pandemic and current political climate are not making it easy to find paid and volunteer poll workers, forcing election officials to count on creative ways to staff up for democracy.
For the 2020 elections, some longtime poll workers dropped out of the ranks because they needed to quarantine or faced higher COVID risks related to their age, according to a report by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Special campaigns urging voters to serve at polls that year helped many officials find workers who stepped up.
This year, high school students, military veterans and lawyers are among the potential applicant pools some local and national recruiting efforts are targeting to make sure there's enough staff to check in voters, issue ballots and process votes.
But making a call to serve can be tricky in 2022 with election officials and workers in many parts of the U.S. facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny — along with harassment — driven by election deniers.
"This is an unfortunate factor," said New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way, president of the National Association of Secretaries of State. "After 2020, we are now seeing an increased level of threats towards election officials and workers, which, of course, causes concern and hesitation for those who may want to serve."
For Anil Nathan, though, it's a source of motivation.
The former U.S. Air Force captain co-founded the nonprofit organization We the Veterans, which has started a new project called Vet the Vote to encourage former service members to work at polling sites.
"I think a lot of veterans and military family members would feel the same way about helping to continue to protect and serve the institutions and the process that we wore a uniform to support in our previous lives," Nathan said.
The American Bar Association is also trying to tap into its professional networks by bringing back the Poll Worker, Esq. initiative it used to promote poll working among lawyers and law students for the 2020 elections.
In the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Maryland's Montgomery County Board of Elections has been focused on younger demographic groups. Local teenagers ages 16 and up can serve as poll workers, and kids as young as sixth graders can volunteer as aides to poll workers the night before and on Election Day, when the county's public schools are not in session.
The student aides are part of Future Vote, a program that Gilberto Zelaya, the community engagement and public relations officer for the county's board of elections, started in 2004 in part to help out the workers stationed at polling places.
"They really like the fact that there's this younger generation handing out 'I voted' stickers, making sure that the signs are posted and that the tables are lined up," Zelaya said.
Sometimes, aides get on the floor of polling places with blue painter's tape to lay out arrows pointing voters toward the right direction.
"Our poll workers, especially our older poll workers, they prefer that the students do that as opposed to them because I'm 50 and my knees are starting to crack," Zelaya added.
Sixteen-year-old Danny Dominguez, though, had something else in mind when applying to be an election worker — a more exciting way to rack up community service hours for a graduation requirement in Maryland.
"I've always been interested in how the election process works. And so for the 25 hours, I get to see how people come in, sign up for the elections and vote," said Dominguez, who recently stopped by a recruiting table at a back-to-school fair held inside a mall parking garage.
At the same event, Adaobi Oniwinde filled out an application herself and guided one of her sons toward one as well.
"Honey, I really want you to do this. This is the most important thing," Oniwinde said, eying 16-year-old Layi with a clipboard in hand.
This year's midterms will be the first U.S. general election Oniwinde's children will experience while in the country, after years of living abroad.
"The beauty about the system here is the fact that you really can get involved at any level," Oniwinde said. "People are going out with their kids. I love the way the system here allows everybody to be involved."
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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Public Schools canceled Wednesday’s first day of school after teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over issues that include pay, mental health support, and staffing ratios for special education and multilingual students.
Seattle Education Association President Jennifer Matter announced Tuesday that 95% of ballots returned by the union’s membership favored going on strike absent an agreement with Seattle Public Schools. Contract talks continued.
“No one wants to strike,” Matter said. “But SPS has given us no choice. We can’t go back to the way things have been.”
The district said in an email to parents that it was “optimistic the bargaining teams will come to a positive solution for students, staff, and families.”
Districts around the country have faced labor challenges as the pandemic put extraordinary stress on teachers and students alike. An infusion of federal stimulus money has helped stabilize school district budgets, and teachers unions have sought to improve pay, resources and and working conditions after a difficult few years.
High inflation, a national teacher shortage and the goodwill teachers earned from their pandemic-schooling efforts are all bolstering union efforts, said Bradley Marianno, an assistant professor of education policy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
“By all measures, school budgets actually look pretty good right now,” Marianno said. “So as teachers union contracts are expiring, they’re looking for new deals that essentially send more funding to teachers and more funding to students.”
School in the Seattle suburb of Kent was supposed to start Aug. 25 but has been delayed as teachers there strike.
Teachers in Columbus — Ohio’s largest school district — last week ended a brief strike, agreeing on a package that included 4% raises, includes plans for building improvements, reduced class sizes and innovative paid leave benefits.
In Denver, marathon bargaining sessions resulted last week in tentative agreement for an 8.7% raise for educators, a higher salary for first-year teachers, and more money from the district for health insurance costs.
Teachers in Minneapolis, Chicago and Sacramento walked out earlier this year before securing new contracts.
In Seattle, the school district has offered pay raises of an additional 1% above the 5.5% cost-of-living increase set by state lawmakers — far less than the union says it wants — plus one-time bonuses for certain teachers, including $2,000 for third-year Seattle teachers earning an English language or dual-language endorsement.
The union says it is opposing the district’s efforts to eliminate staffing ratios for special education students, saying that will mean more work for general education teachers and special education teachers alike. The union also says the district’s proposals would make general education teachers more responsible for supporting multilingual students.
In a video released by the union, speech language pathologist Julie Salazar said she voted to authorize the strike because caseloads for her and other special education staff are too high.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Rivalries are a part of sports, and it's what makes the games exciting. For the Traverse City Central boys tennis team, they get to hang their hats on beating in-town rival Traverse City West in dominating fashion on Tuesday.
The young Trojans team won all eight flights, but the Titans still found some positives after the loss.
“Traverse City Central played a heck of a match,” TC West head coach Ed Bernard said. “They were much more focused than us, but some of my guys played a very tough match.”
Bernard praised his four-doubles team — Christian Henry and Edward Chan — on their tough matchup despite losing 6-2, 6-4 to Lander Coonrod and Asher Petersen. Both coaches have loved seeing how their teams have come together over the past few weeks.
Both teams are going through growing pains. TC West has only two seniors, but the Titans' underclassmen have stepped up. Sophomore Steven Biteman was a doubles player last year, but he is now in the first flight. He faced senior Tanner Cooley and lost 6-0 in both sets.
“Even though (Biteman) lost in a tough match today, he played some points very well,” Bernard said. “Tanner got the best of him, but Steven held his own during the match, and I was very proud of Steven.”
First-year head coach at TC Central, Casey Christensen, praised Cooley for how he has been playing this season. Cooley has won nine matches thus far and continues to play with the confidence level that Christensen loves to see.
TC Central single flights won convincingly with two-singles Evan O'Connor defeating Seth Munro (6-2 6-1); their three-singles — Cody Wall (TCC) defeated Cole Doucette 6-0 6-0 and four-singles Alex Lamphier defeated Jonah Arbuckle (6-3, 6-1).
“To win convincingly against your rival school from across town is always satisfying,” Christensen said.
The Trojans didn’t give the Titans any favors with their doubles teams.
The one-doubles pair of Alden King/Parker Welch defeated Alex Alvarado/Cameron Niezgoda (6-0 6-2); two-doubles — Parker Petersen/Caden Kowal defeated Tyler Chan/Andrew Zywicki (6-1 6-2); three-doubles — Riley White/Derek Swanson defeated Jack Aprea/Ryan Goodrich (6-1 6-1).
“For some of our flights that have been struggling, it was nice to see everybody get a win,” Christensen said.
TC Central moves to 5-2 on the season as they host Petoskey on Sept. 13.
BOYS TENNIS
Petoskey 7
Alpena 1
Petoskey flight winners: 1S — Evan Rindfusz; 2S — Luke Washington; 3S — Elijah Rindfusz; 4S — Collin Brantly.
BOYS SOCCER
TC Christian 7
Charlevoix 0
Traverse City Christian: Henry Reineck 3 goals; Louis Rhein 1 goal; Noah Wentzloff 1 goal; Julian Ahluwalia 1 assist; Kia Upshaw 1 goal, 1 assist; Sam McMann 1 assist; Carson Vermilyea 1 assist; Preston Jaworski 1 assist; Patty Gallagher 4 saves.
UP NEXT: TC Christian hosts Holland on Saturday at 5 p.m.
TC Central 1
Elk Rapids 1
TC Central stats: Asher Paul 1 goal; Declan Feeney 1 assist; Josh Vozza 3 saves.
Elk Rapids stats: Ani Lugin 2 saves; Koa West 4 saves; Alex Smith 1 goal; Jayden Hresko 1 assist.
UP NEXT: TC Central (1-3-1) hosts Alpena on Thursday. The Elks (1-5-1) host Harbor Springs on Thursday.
Gaylord 1
Mt. Pleasant 0
Gaylord: No stats reported.
UP NEXT: Gaylord (6-2-1) hosts Cadillac on Thursday.
McBain NMC 2
Roscommon 0
McBain Northern Michigan Christian: Barret Bosscher 1 goal; Cam Baas 1 assist; Logan Hart 1 goal; Blake DeZeeuw 11 saves.
UP NEXT: McBain (4-0-3) travels LeRoy Pine River.
VOLLEYBALL
TC West sweeps Alpena 3-0
Traverse City West def. Alpena 25-20, 25-23, 25-6.
TC West: Amaleah Streit 6 aces; Audrey Lafaive 2 aces, 15 kills; Avery Lahti 3 aces, 2 kills, 1 dig; Claire Miner 2 kills; Kaylee Schaub 3 aces, 1 dig; Madeline Bildeaux 1 ace, 4 kills; Madyson Sebela 2 digs; Rena Smith 1 ace, 1 kill, 4 assist, 2 digs; Rena Smith 4 assists, 2 digs.
UP NEXT: The Titans travel to Cadillac on Sept. 14.
GT Academy sweeps Buckley 3-0
Grand Traverse Academy: No stats reported.
Buckley: Maddie Sladek 6 aces, 3 kills; Taylor Matthews 4 kills; Abbie McIntyre 5 digs.
UP NEXT: GT Academy hosts Traverse City Christian on Thursday at 5 p.m. Buckley travels to Glen Lake on Thursday.
Elk Rapids goes 1-1 in matches
McBain Northern Michigan Christian def. Elk Rapids 15-25, 32-30; 16-14; Elk Rapids def. Mason County Eastern 25-12, 25-15.
Elk Rapids: Rhielynn Skrocki 5 kills, 1 ace, 7 digs; Ryleigh Yocom 5 kills, 11 aces, 14 digs; Mattea Ball 18 digs; Haleigh Yocom 5 kills, 3 aces, 6 digs; Lexie Moore 9 kills, 2 aces; Caroline Best 3 kills, 4 digs; Gaby Morton 5 kills; Chloe Taylor 5 digs; Violet Sumerix 3 digs; Morgan Bergquist 9 kills, 6 digs.
McBain NMC: No stats reported.
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A bench, perfect for skateboarding, moves across the country frequently Published September 7, 2022 at 5:10 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 1:33 Skateboarders in Philadelphia claimed a prize from a park in New York City: a green bench known among skaters for its smooth parabolic curve. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.wdiy.org/2022-09-07/a-bench-perfect-for-skateboarding-moves-across-the-country-frequently | 2022-09-07T10:27:32Z | https://www.wdiy.org/2022-09-07/a-bench-perfect-for-skateboarding-moves-across-the-country-frequently | true |
The crisis that has hit Jackson, Miss., highlights the fragility of water systems across the country that will be increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the coming years.
As rainfall of historic proportions flooded Mississippi's Pearl River, a key pump at the O.B. Curtis water treatment plant, which provides the capital city with its drinking water, was unable to keep up, causing a severe drop in water pressure. Some 150,000 residents were left without safe drinking water. Although water pressure has been restored, a boil-water notice remains in effect.
Historic flooding and record droughts are already stressing water systems across the country, but as the threats to infrastructure posed by climate change intensify, experts warn that what happened in Jackson may be just the beginning.
"The situation in Jackson is a cautionary tale, but the reality is that in 2022, communities across our country have experienced severe flooding as well as drought," says Mami Hara, the CEO of US Water Alliance.
Hara blames climate change and systemic disinvestment in water infrastructure across the country.
"It's a huge issue and it's got lots of different dimensions," says Steven Buchberger, a professor at the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science.
He says facilities that "are decades old and have been neglected" are often especially vulnerable to the challenges posed by climate change.
"In many instances, communities didn't really do the proper maintenance that was required to keep updating the infrastructure," he says.
In Jackson alone, some estimates put the cost to repair the city's water system in the billions. But that is still just a fraction of the challenge on the national level. A 2020 study estimates that $2.2 trillion needs to be invested over the next two decades to address the infrastructure shortfalls. Much of it will need to come from the federal government, according to the study.
Some cities have already been forced to adapt
Even so, some water providers across the country have sought to anticipate the need to update infrastructure in the face of extreme weather events and have taken steps to cope with the new reality.
When Central and South Florida experienced a major "100-year" drought in 2000 and 2001, people living in those areas experienced a critical shortage in their water supply.
"The drought really pushed us to diversify," says Tirusew Asefa, a system decision support manager for Tampa Bay Water, a regional wholesale drinking water utility. The event, he says was "a turning point" for the city of Tampa.
"Everybody came together," Asefa says. They decided that the city's reliance on groundwater and surface water was not going to be enough. What emerged from that discussion was a bold option that was largely untried in the U.S.
Officials decided to go for desalination using a process known as reverse osmosis. They would pump seawater out of Tampa Bay, send it through high pressure pumps and force it through extremely fine filters, removing the salt in order to make it drinkable.
The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant, which went online in 2007, now provides up to 25 million gallons of fresh water to the region each day, supplementing ground and surface water sources.
Asefa acknowledges that desalination is an expensive and power-intensive process, but says climate change could force Tampa Bay Water to rely more heavily on it in the future.
"Going forward, I think we've almost exhausted the surface water," he says. "The low-hanging fruit is just finished."
Iowa City made changes after two historic floods
For Iowa City, two major flooding events within 15 years – one in 1993 and another in 2008 – both exceeding the 100-year flood mark, were a watershed in thinking about the city's infrastructure.
During the 1993 flood, as the Iowa River swelled, "It was a huge task" to protect the water treatment plant, says Ronald Knoche, public works director in Iowa City. The same event swamped a water treatment plant farther west in Des Moines, leaving a quarter of a million people without drinking water. In an echo of what has happened in Jackson, the National Guard had to be called in to deliver bottled water to residents there.
In 2003, the city moved its water treatment plant out of the flood plain. To ensure it could keep pumping in the event of a major flood, it now gets water from under the river, Knoche says.
"They go out horizontally underneath the river bed. And then they draw the water down through the sands and the river bottom," Knoche says. "Then we have the deep wells also as options for us."
The historic flooding that arrived five years later, however, would underscore the relentless nature of the challenges that places like Iowa City face from climate change — even when they're being proactive.
The 2008 flood was considered a once-in-every 500-year event, causing the Iowa River to crest at about 31.5 feet and damaging or destroying 351 structures in the city. In the wake of that flooding, the city got $22 million dollar in federal funds to consolidate two wastewater treatment facilities in a location protected from future high water.
Southern Nevada cashes in a climate insurance policy
In the past two decades or so, the water level in Lake Mead has been rapidly falling.
The lake, formed by the Hoover Dam after its completion in the 1930s, is the largest reservoir by volume in the U.S. and a primary source of drinking water for the city of Las Vegas. It's now down more than 170 feet, with a pronounced dark-light color variation on the rock faces, known locally as the "bath ring," showing starkly where the water level used to be. In fact, the change is so profound it can be seen from space.
"In the early to late 1990s, early 2000, [we began] ... seeing impacts to snow accumulation in the Colorado Rockies, which ultimately runs off into the Colorado River system" and feeds Lake Mead, explains Bronson Mack, a spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
"We were also seeing the climate models [and] hearing from the climatologists," Mack says.
Those models show that the already hot and dry area of Nevada would get hotter and drier, he says.
Mack says the community took "immediate and swift action to start reducing our water demands" by implementing comprehensive water conservation programs and initiatives, including changes to codes that now ban grass in new developments.
"If it's green and it is growing, at least in the Las Vegas area, it's being irrigated," Mack notes.
Another move has been to reduce the use of evaporative coolers in large buildings. Think industrial-sized swamp coolers. They use up a lot of water, he says.
Normally, the region gets about four inches of rain a year. In 2020, it received less than half that, and this year is considered the second driest in 128 years.
Climate change has placed an enormous strain on infrastructure, and despite being proactive to address the problem, it has been tough for officials in Nevada to stay ahead of the changes.
One concern was that the water level in Lake Mead could fall so much as to leave the water intakes high and dry, causing a complete cut off of water. So, in 2015, construction began on a $650 million low lake level pumping station, which was completed in 2020. It's was meant, Mack says, as an "insurance policy."
"We hoped we'd never have to turn it on," he says.
In April of this year, however, just two years after its completion, officials were forced to switch on the low lake level pumping station when one of the two primary pumping stations could not operate because Lake Mead's water level had fallen so low.
"I think that for us here in the West, we are a bit of a canary in the coal mine," Mack says. "Climate change is knocking on our door."
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New capability will provide critical infrastructure to power teamwork across USAF's immersive training applications
RENO, Nev., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynepic® has signed a $1.7M Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract to level up its secure DX platform - white labeled as MOTAR® (Member, Operations, Training, Analytics, Reports) for the United States Air Force (USAF) - and bring multiplayer learning to its Virtual Reality (VR) users.
This news comes just weeks after Dynepic announced its acquisition of SurrealVR, a pioneer in platform agnostic VR that helped lay the groundwork for immersive collaboration in the Metaverse.
"Dynepic is stoked to bring multiplayer services to MOTAR so the US Air Force can train together in XR applications!" said Dynepic Co-Founder and CEO, Krissa Watry. "This new service will be integrated into the MOTAR APIs and Unity SDK to enable the Ecosystem to create and deliver multiplayer experiences quickly."
The TACFI contract was awarded by AFWERX, the innovation arm of USAF, through which Dynepic got its start with USAF in 2019 after winning its Mixed Reality Platform Challenge. Since then, MOTAR has been named a requirement across the organization and proven to be critical in supporting today's Multi Capable Airman.
Capt. Paulina Morales, who serves as Dir. of Operations at AETC A9 Detachment 23 and whose leadership has been integral to the adoption of MOTAR, championed Dynepic's TACFI effort.
"We have explored how the DX platform's capabilities could potentially impact us across a wide spectrum of USAF training, including observation of how multi-player services can expand our ability to execute collaborative learning," Morales said. "The partnership with Dynepic and all the ecosystem's vendors will create a learning environment that enables us to work as a team, make mistakes and learn in a realistic but safe environment."
Over the next year, Dynepic will build a new API within MOTAR that will allow its ecosystem of 30+ vendors to plug in and provide VR learning opportunities for Airmen with real-life scenarios to prepare them for the frontlines. Vendors using the MOTAR platform can leverage this new service with their existing applications and immediately provide multiplayer experiences within their training products! For those who already offer multiplayer in their training applications, integrating with this new MOTAR service will help accelerate the ATO process. The move will save significant time, money, and effort for USAF's MOTAR users and vendors.
"It's a huge step toward our ultimate goal of providing the right capabilities that enable people to level up their skills, learning, and knowledge," said Arthur Goikhman, Dynepic's Sr. VP of XR Innovation. "Having multiplayer built into the core of our secure DX platform will benefit collaborative training efforts across military, corporate, and educational environments."
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A new international study estimates that from January 1, 2020, to May, 1, 2022, nearly 8 million kids age 18 and under lost a parent or primary caregiver to a pandemic-related cause. When the researchers included the deaths of secondary caregivers like grandparents or other older relatives, the number of kids affected rose to 10.5 million.
That's a big jump from the prior estimate of 5.2 million children who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic until Oct 31, 2021.
The findings are "heartbreaking and disturbing," says Susan Hillis, the main author of the new study, and a co-chair of the Global Reference Group on Children Affected by COVID-19 and Crisis, an international team that's been tracking the indirect toll of the pandemic on children.
Some nations are beginning to address these catastrophic losses with new programs that offer support to the bereaved families – although the U.S. lags in this effort.
Why have estimates gone up?
Asked why the numbers are far higher than previously thought, Hillis answers: "Part of the increases are because we just have more accurate death data on which to model our estimates. And of course, the other aspect of the increases is that deaths have continued."
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, also found that the greatest numbers of kids affected by these losses were in Africa and Southeast Asia. India has seen the most suffering, with 3.5 million children grieving the loss of a parent or primary/secondary caregiver. However, Bolivia and Peru have the highest rates of kids affected, with 1 out of every 50 children in both countries losing caregivers during the pandemic.
These children face potentially devastating consequences. The emotional toll may be what people think of first but the impact hits many areas of a child's life.
"This enormous bereavement is an economic loss," explains Lorraine Sherr, a psychologist at the University College London, and a member of the Global Reference Group, who wasn't involved in the latest estimates.
That's especially true when the parent or primary caregiver who died was the main breadwinner in the family. A family's loss of income can put kids at a higher risk of food and housing insecurity.
If a child moves to a new community or family because of the death of a parent, "it's a separation," she says. "And then there's disengagement at school and then disengagement with friendships, with things previously that made them happy or helped them learn. So you have this kind of huge cascade of losses."
Bereavement is one of the top predictors of poor outcomes at school, says psychologist Julie Kaplow, executive vice president of trauma and grief programs at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.
Studies also point to the lasting mental and physical health impacts from losing a parent or caregiver.
"It increases the risk of mental health problems, suicide, prolonged grief complications, sexual exploitation and abuse, even physical abuse of children," says Hillis.
Finding ways to help bereaved children
Many countries and organizations are finally recognizing the urgent need to help children and families deal with this loss, says Sherr.
"Some efforts are being put in place, especially in South Africa, in Eswatini and Kenya and Botswana," says Joel-Pascal Ntwali N'konzi, a co-author of the new study and a researcher at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kigali, Rwanda. In South Africa and Eswatini, 1 in 100 children have lost a parent or caregiver.
Sometimes the solution is in the form of cash aid.
Providing cash payments to such families can ensure that families can afford school fees in countries where education comes with a price tag. N'konzi and his co-authors are hopeful that other countries will join these efforts.
The World Bank is also looking into providing countries with funding for "cash plus care initiative," says Sherr.
"That means that you provide the family with a stipend or a small cash injection, but you twin that with care — some kind of social support services, linking to school and education."
These kinds of support programs would also connect bereaved families with grassroots organizations or nonprofits that can provide mental health care and psychological support to children and the surviving parent or caregivers.
Past research on children orphaned by the HIV-AIDS epidemic shows that such efforts can buffer the impact of the trauma on kids, says Sherr, who has done research on this topic.
"We looked at educational risk, things like missing school, dropping school year achievement," she explains. "We looked at emotional outcomes such as depression, stress, identity, anxiety, trauma. We also looked at positive outcomes like coping and resilience."
She says projects that included cash transfer plus connection to community-based supports and services improved these outcomes among grieving children.
However, there have been no federal efforts to address the crisis here in the United States, notes Rachel Kidman, a social epidemiologist who has studied the long-term impacts of the HIV-AIDS epidemic on children. The new study found that more than 250,000 American children had lost a parent or caregiver due to the pandemic as of May 1, 2022.
And yet, says Kidman, who was not involved in the new research: "I'm not seeing any concerted efforts or even a lead by the federal government" to address the needs of these children."
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Police: Shark kills US tourist snorkeling in Bahamas
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities say a shark has attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas.
Tuesday’s attack involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.
Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.
The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal.
That incident involved a Southern California woman who was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday’s attacked occurred.
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The former Irish President has called on African nations to pile on the pressure on rich, heavily-polluting countries to fulfill their climate pledges to the continent during a visit to Uganda.
Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of global leaders who advocate for peace and justice, told The Associated Press on Monday that the Group of 20 “must come up with new plans” to support Africa with its climate change efforts at the upcoming United Nations climate conference in November, known as COP27.
On Monday, European nations pledged a further $25 billion to the continent to help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. The continent has suffered in an ongoing devastating drought in the east, with flooding and cyclones severely damaging southern countries.
Robinson said that the Elders “feel very strongly that we need COP27 to succeed” and encouraged African leaders “to create political pressure” so that developed countries can fulfill their promises.
Rich countries have so far failed to keep a $100-billion-a-year pledge to poorer nations to help them adapt to the effects of climate change and transition to greener energy sources. Developed nations are larger emitters than poorer ones, with the African continent contributing just 3% to 4% of global emissions despite being 17% of the global population.
“We do not want to have a situation where promises that are not fulfilled undermine further the existing trust,” Robinson said. She added that developed countries should “give more to get clean energy, technology and investments towards African countries.”
Robinson is in Uganda for her second visit to the continent this year and is promoting renewable energy initiatives in schools alongside youth climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
Robinson noted that COP27, which will be held in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, will be regarded as an “African COP.”
She added: “It will be more an African COP if there are more voices from Africa and the developing world making this as inclusive as possible” and highlighted the importance of younger and more diverse voices.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) ("Select" or the "Company"), a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the initiation of a dividend program under which the Company intends to pay an initial quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per Class A common share, beginning after the third quarter of 2022. A comparable distribution of $0.05 per unit has also been approved to the other unitholder of SES Holdings, LLC, who holds all the Company's Class B common shares. Select intends to pay regular quarterly dividends, with all future dividend payments subject to quarterly review and approval by its Board of Directors. The Company will announce the record date and payment date for each future dividend following completion of the relevant fiscal quarter.
John Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, stated, "Returning capital to shareholders, while balancing our growth and investment priorities, remains a key component of Select's overall capital allocation strategy. We have returned more than $60 million in capital to shareholders since 2018 through our tactical share repurchase program and we are happy to institute this quarterly dividend to further this strategy. The Board's decision to initiate a regular dividend program reflects our confidence in Select's operating performance, as well as our commitment to generate multiple avenues of shareholder value over time by returning capital to shareholders while maintaining a disciplined capital structure to support the growth of our business. Supported by our recent acquisitions, additional contracted infrastructure projects and full water life cycle production-oriented business lines, we continue to strengthen and diversify our revenues, adding enhanced stability around our pristine balance sheet. Going forward, we believe we are well positioned to return a portion of our profits to shareholders while investing in our growth. We strongly believe in the free cash flow generating capabilities of our business and are excited to have our shareholders benefit from this cash generation with us," concluded Schmitz.
Select's Chairman, President and CEO, John Schmitz will present at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Investment Conference in New York City, NY on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time / 2:00 p.m. Central time. A live webcast will be available at https://investors.selectenergy.com/ and the webcast can be accessed for 90 days following the presentation. The presentation will be available on this website coincident with the conference presentation.
Select Energy Services, Inc. (collectively, with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to as "Select" or the "Company") is a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry. Select develops, manufactures and delivers a full suite of chemical products for use in oil and gas well completion and production operations as well as integration into the full water life-cycle. These solutions are supported by the Company's critical water infrastructure assets and water treatment and recycling capabilities. As a leader in sustainable water and chemical solutions, Select places the utmost importance on safe, environmentally responsible management of oilfield water throughout the lifecycle of a well. Additionally, Select believes that responsibly managing water resources throughout its operations to help conserve and protect the environment is paramount to the continued success of the Company. For more information, please visit Select's website, http://www.selectenergy.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Carvana Co..
Shareholders who purchased shares of CVNA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 6, 2020 to June 24, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited.
Shareholders who purchased shares of AZRE during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: June 15, 2021 to August 26, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia said Tuesday its navy ships have been given clearance to resume visits to the Solomon Islands, which had last week announced a temporary block on all military vessels during a review of its approval processes.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed to reporters that military ships from New Zealand and Fiji would also be allowed to visit the South Pacific nation.
But that means military ships from the U.S., Britain and other countries still won’t be able to dock at a time that many Pacific nations are alarmed about the Solomon Islands increasing security ties to China.
“Of course, we welcome the continued access of a member of the Pacific family — in this case, Australia — to Solomon Islands waters,” Wong told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. “We are regular visitors.”
Asked if she was disappointed the U.S. wasn’t also given an exemption, Wong said the Solomon Islands had indicated it was making its decisions on a case-by-case basis.
“They are a sovereign nation and that’s a matter for them,” Wong told the broadcaster. “What I would say is that the U.S. has a long history of presence in the Pacific, going back to World War II.”
The move comes ahead of a visit to Australia by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
“We welcome the Prime Minister’s visit,” Wong told reporters, adding that she welcomed his assurance “that Australia remains the security partner of choice.”
The Solomon Islands put the temporary block in place after the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry and the British navy patrol boat HMS Spey recently canceled planned port calls due to bureaucratic delays. Both ships were part of an international effort to prevent illegal fishing.
Sogavare said the Oliver Henry crew had failed to provide required information in time for his office to approve the visit. The Oliver Henry refueled instead at Papua New Guinea.
The HMS Spey withdrew its application to visit, Sogavare said.
“The delay in these approvals demonstrate the need for the government to review and refine its approval requirements and procedures for visiting military vessels to Solomon Islands,” Sogavare said in a statement.
The Solomon Islands did allow a visit last week by the U.S. hospital ship USNS Mercy to go ahead.
Meanwhile, Wong angered Sogavare on Tuesday by publicly revealing that the Australian government had offered to help pay for Solomon Islands elections, which are due next year.
Sogavare’s government introduced a bill to the Solomons’ Parliament on Tuesday to delay the election until 2024. The administration argues the country can’t afford to hold a national poll and host the Pacific Games, a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania, in 2023.
Sogavare accused Wong of trying to influence Solomons’ lawmakers to vote against the bill on Thursday.
“This is an assault on our parliamentary democracy and is a direct interference by a foreign government into our domestic affairs,” Sogavare said in a statement.
Wong said Australia had “made an offer of assistance” to the Solomons to hold the election on schedule, but did not detail the scale of the offer.
Sogavare said Wong made a written offer last week to entirely fund the elections. The Solomons’ government had yet to respond.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarred by the Chernobyl disaster.
“We are playing with fire, and something very, very catastrophic could take place,” Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned the U.N. Security Council, days after leading an inspection visit to the plant.
In a detailed report on its visit, the IAEA said shelling around the Europe’s largest nuclear power plant should stop immediately. “This requires agreement by all relevant parties to the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the plant, it said.
At the Security Council meeting, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres likewise demanded that Russian and Ukrainian forces commit to halting all military activity around the plant and agree on a “demilitarized perimeter.”
Guterres said this would include “a commitment by Russian forces to withdraw all military personnel and equipment from that perimeter and a commitment by Ukrainian forces not to move into it.”
Asked by reporters about establishing a demilitarized zone, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said the proposal “is not serious.”
“The Ukrainians will immediately step in and ruin the whole thing. We’re defending, we’re protecting the station,” he said. “In fact, it is not militarized. There is no equipment at the station.”
Speaking to journalists later, Nebenizia said Russia wanted to see details of the proposals for demilitarized and protection zones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country needs to look at the specifics of the protection-zone proposal and could support the measure if it envisions the demilitarization of the plant.
In his nightly address to the nation, Zelenskyy praised the IAEA report’s “clear references” to the presence of Russian troops and military equipment at the plant. He urged the agency to explicitly back Kyiv’s long-held position that Russian forces need to withdraw from the facility and its surroundings.
Shelling continued around the plant on Tuesday, a day after it was again knocked off Ukraine’s electrical grid and put in the precarious position of relying on its own power to run its safety systems.
Normally the plant relies on power from the outside to run the critical cooling systems that keep its reactors and its spent fuel from overheating. A loss of those systems could lead to a meltdown or other release of radiation.
“For radiation protection professionals, for the Ukrainian and even the Russian people, and those of central Europe, this is a very worrying time — and that’s an understatement,” said Paul Dorfman, a nuclear safety expert at the University of Sussex in England.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling Enerhodar, the city where the plant is situated. The Ukrainians also charged that the Kremlin’s forces fired on a town across the Dnieper River from the power station.
The Ukrainian mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, reported a powerful blast in the city around midday. The explosion left the city of 53,000 cut off from its power and water supplies. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the blast.
World leaders have called for the demilitarization of the plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war but is being run by Ukrainian engineers.
In its report, the IAEA did not assign blame for the shelling at the plant. The agency has sought to keep out of the political fray.
It did note that on several occasions, the plant lost, fully or in part, its off-site power supply because of military activity in the area. The U.N. agency said a backup power supply line should be reestablished and asked that “all military activities that may affect the power supply systems end.”
In addition, the IAEA warned that the Ukrainian staff operating the plant under Russian military occupation is “under constant high stress and pressure, especially with the limited staff available” — a situation that could “lead to increased human error with implications for nuclear safety.”
It recommended that “an appropriate work environment, including family support,” be reestablished.
The IAEA also said the staff is not being given unrestricted access to some parts of the plant and must get permission from the Russian occupying forces to reach the cooling ponds where spent fuel is kept. Grossi expressed concern that that could hamper the staff’s response in an emergency.
The report said the team saw Russian military personnel, vehicles and equipment at various locations, including several military trucks on the floor of two turbine halls. It called for “the removal of vehicles from areas that could interfere with the operation of safety and security systems and equipment.”
Two inspectors from the IAEA mission remained at the plant, a decision welcomed by Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak.
“There are Russian troops now who don’t understand what’s happening, don’t assess the risks correctly,” Podolyak said. “There is a number of our workers there, who need some kind of protection, people from the international community standing by their side and telling (Russian troops): ‘Don’t touch these people, let them work.’”
On Monday, the IAEA said Ukrainian authorities reported that the plant’s last transmission line linking it to the nation’s power grid was disconnected to allow workers to put out a fire caused by shelling.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko told Ukrainian television: “Any repairs are impossible at this point — there are ongoing hostilities around the plant.”
In the meantime, the plant’s only remaining operational reactor will “generate the power the plant needs for its safety and other functions,” the IAEA said.
Mycle Schneider, an independent analyst in Canada on nuclear energy, said that means the plant was probably functioning in “island mode,” or producing electricity for its own operations.
“Island mode is a very shaky, unstable and unreliable way to provide continuous power supply to a nuclear plant,” Schneider said. He said that “many if not most islanding attempts fail.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant has diesel emergency backup generators to produce power to run the place if the outside source is disrupted. But Schneider said the plant’s operators may have decided to go into island mode first.
If the plant turns to the diesel generators as a last resort and they fail, the reactor and the spent fuel could rapidly overheat, he said.
Experts say the reactors at Zaporizhzhia are designed to withstand natural disasters and even plane crashes, but the unpredictable fighting has repeatedly threatened the cooling systems. Ukraine in 1986 was the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, the explosion at Chernobyl.
Ukrainian intelligence reported that residents of Enerhodar were fleeing the city out of fear. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russia should organize safe corridors for women and children living nearby.
“People en masse are reaching out to us for help. They are trying to leave the dangerous territory, but there are no corridors,” Vereshchuk told Ukrainian TV.
Meanwhile, gunfire and explosions were heard Tuesday afternoon in the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk in southastern Ukraine, with Russia’s state-run media reporting that the car of the Kremlin-installed “city commandant” had been blown up. The RIA Novosti news agency said that the official, Artem Bardin, was in serious condition and that a shootout followed the assassination attempt.
The agency quoted Russian-backed local officials as saying they had launched a manhunt for the “Ukrainian saboteurs” responsible.
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A developer has won an appeal to build 41 homes on the edge of Comberton. The application to build 41 homes off West Street was refused by South Cambridgeshire District Council last year, but this decision has now been overturned.
Plans were originally submitted back in 2020 for 45 homes, but this was reduced to 41 including two self build plots. The application had been recommended for approval by planning officers, but was refused by councillors after concerns were raised about the “height, scale and massing” of some of the buildings to the south of the site.
Concerns were also raised about the “lack of high quality and accessible open space”. Councillors decided that the proposals were not compatible with the site’s village edge location, and that it would “fail to preserve or enhance the character of the rural area”. This decision has now been overturned by the planning inspectorate following an appeal by the applicant, Bennell Developments Ltd.
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Concerns had been raised about the total number of homes being built on the edge of the village, following approval for homes on an adjacent section of land.
Originally, outline plans for 90 homes across the wider site, including the appeal area, were approved back in 2016, but in 2017 a second outline application for 90 homes was approved but this only included part of the site, the land to the east of the access road. The 2020 application for the 41 homes was then submitted for the west section of land.
The planning inspector recognised in their decision statement that there would be an overall increase in the number of homes on the wider site than had been originally planned back in 2016.
However, they highlighted that the whole site had been allocated for housing and that no “specific restriction” was placed on the appeal site after the second outline permission was granted.
The planning inspector said they ‘understood the community’s frustration’, but said: “With the community car parking and sports pitch provision being removed from the allocated site, and the council choosing not to amend or control the allocation to restrict further housing, the principle of housing in this location would not be inappropriate.”
Addressing the district council’s reason for refusal, that the size of some of the buildings was not in keeping with the existing edge of the village, they said the western edge of Comberton was “already developed with substantial buildings”, in particular highlighting Comberton Village College.
They said the proposals would nor be any more harmful to the character and appearance of the village gateway that was “already the case” and said the development would “not intrude on open green belt countryside to the west”.
The planning inspector said: “Although there would be some impact from the development of the site in addition to the development that has already taken place, in the context of the western fringes of Comberton as they exist the impact on character and appearance would be limited, and not sufficient to outweigh the social benefits of providing additional family housing and a significant amount of affordable housing for which an established need exists. I am satisfied that matters of concern can be appropriately mitigated and controlled by Section 106 agreement and by conditions.”
The planning inspector also decided that the district council should pay the developer part of the cost of appealing the decision. They said they were not satisfied that the second reason for refusal, relating to open space, was “clear in its intent”, which they said was “demonstrated by the council’s inability to substantiate it”.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President and head of the ruling Communist Party Xi Jinping is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit the neighboring Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan this month, in what would be his first overseas visits since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019.
Xi, 69, has participated in global gatherings by video link, but his physical absence and those of other top Chinese leaders has thrown a shadow over Beijing’s global political and economic ambitions. Xi has only left mainland China to make a one-day visit to the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong on July 1 to speak at a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule. Xi has overseen a sweeping crackdown on civil rights in the city since pro-democracy protests in 2019, with opposition voices either imprisoned, forced into exile or intimidated into silence.
According to Russian media, Xi will attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan where he will meet with Putin. The two last met in Beijing in January in Beijing, just weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On that occasion, they issued a joint statement declaring their relationship had “no limits.” Beijing has since refused to criticize Russian aggression or even describe it as an invasion, while condemning sanctions against Moscow and blaming the U.S. and NATO for provoking the conflict.
A brief look at the issues surrounding Xi's visit:
WHAT ARE THE STAKES FOR XI GOING ABROAD?
Xi is at a crucial inflection point in his political career as he seeks — and is fully expected to receive — a third five-year term as Communist Party leader. That's a break with precedent that has limited members of the party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee to two terms in an effort to prevent a return of the one-man dictatorial rule of the founder of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong.
The party, which brooks no opposition, has total control over politics, information and the media and Xi faces no open threats. However, discontent has at times been raised over his consolidation of total power, a sharply slowing economy, a relentless anti-corruption campaign that has targeted political opponents and the hard-line “zero-COVID” measures mandating strict lockdowns, quarantines, testing and masking that has taken a toll on the economy and society.
At the same time, relations with the U.S., Australia and much of Europe have deteriorated over China's human rights record, its often abrasive diplomacy, assertions of sovereignty in the South China Sea and threats to attack Taiwan. Along with COVID-19 travel concerns, all those factors have contributed to Xi's apparent reluctance to travel overseas for state visits and international gatherings.
WHAT IS THE SCO AND WHAT IS XI HOPING TO GAIN?
Alongside Russia, China dominates the eight-member SCO, which also includes most of the former Soviet Central Asian states, India and Pakistan. China has used the bloc to expand its influence in what was Moscow's backyard, including taking part in multinational military exercises displaying the capabilities of its fast-modernizing armed forces. China also sees the grouping as a counterweight to NATO and U.S. alliances in the Asia-Pacific.
The dynamic in the region has changed over recent months, however, with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has drawn tepid support at best from most of the other SCO members. Xi may be hoping a meeting with Putin at the summit will bolster domestic perceptions of him as standing up to Western opposition to the Ukraine war and burnish his nationalist credentials at a time relations with the U.S. grow increasingly tense over trade, technology, Taiwan and other issues.
Coming just ahead of the party congress, the overseas visits would also show Xi is confident of his position and support among the party's 96 million members, his six colleagues on the Politburo Standing Committee and leaders of the party's powerful military branch, the People's Liberation Army. As always, the party remains swathed in a veil of secrecy, and travel by top leaders is almost never announced until the last minute, or even not until they return from their trips.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT XI'S TRAVEL PLANS
Xi and Putin will meet in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov was quoted as saying by Russia’s state news agency Tass.
Xi is also expected to attend a Group of 20 summit in Indonesia in mid-November, bolstering China's position as the world's second largest economy and a key link in supply chains for goods from cell phones to dishwashers. Separately, China has told Thailand that Xi would attend a meeting in Bangkok of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum shortly after the G-20, “if he is not preoccupied with other responsibilities.”
Many leaders combine a trip to APEC and the G-20. China has not confirmed that Xi would attend either gathering.
Coincidentally, Xi's visit to Kazakhstan on Sept. 14, according to that country's Foreign Ministry, will overlap with a trip to the nation's capital by Pope Francis, who will be attending the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
China expelled all foreign priests shortly after the Communists seized power amid civil war in 1949, and continues to have no formal relations with the Vatican. While the party ended its ban on religion more than three decades ago, Xi has led a push to demand Christian, Islamic and other religious leaders pledge loyalty to the party and follow its dictates in relations with overseas groups. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-is-Xi-Jinping-s-Central-Asia-trip-17424040.php | 2022-09-07T10:37:16Z | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Why-is-Xi-Jinping-s-Central-Asia-trip-17424040.php | false |
Swansea: Tributes after Twin Town co-writer Paul Durden dies
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The co-writer of the cult 1990s film Twin Town has died unexpectedly.
Paul Durden's family posted on social media that he passed away suddenly in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Mr Durden from Swansea, where Twin Town was set, wrote the film alongside Kevin Allen. It was released in 1997.
Mr Durden's daughter, Chloe Sheldon, posted that he was "a big part of everyone's life" and that "Swansea will never ever be the same without him".
The film centred around tearaway "twins" Jeremy and Julian Lewis, played by Rhys Ifans and his real-life brother Llyr.
Mr Allen paid tribute to his co-writer, saying he would "fondly remember the many great years [they] worked and played together".
He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast they had "fallen out" a few years ago but "rather than dwelling on that, I'd rather remember fondly the great times we spent together".
"Paul would spend a lot of time in our writing sessions imparting stories of people and things that happened in and around Swansea and that was a really key part of the writing process."
- 10 September 2021
- 3 August 2017
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Georgia moved up to No. 2 in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season, passing Ohio State, after the defending national champions dominated their opener.
Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank released Tuesday, receiving 44 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,552 points.
The Bulldogs narrowed the gap on the Crimson Tide after beating Oregon 49-3 on Saturday. Georgia received 17 first-place votes.
Ohio State slipped to No. 3 and received two first-place votes. Michigan moved up four spots to No. 4.
Clemson dropped a spot to No. 5.
Florida debuted at No. 12 after its thrilling victory at home against Utah on Saturday night. The Utes slipped six spots to No. 13 after the loss.
The rest of the top 10 was Texas A&M at No. 6, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Baylor and Southern California.
USC is in the top 10 for the first time since the final regular-season poll of 2017, when the Trojans were eighth.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Irish dropped three spots out of the top five after losing 21-10 at Ohio State.
POLL POINTS
Georgia has been ranked No. 1 or 2 in 15 of the last 17 polls, with the other two weeks at No. 3.
Since 2017, Georgia has been ranked No. 2 in the country 13 times and No. 1 nine times, all last season.
From 1981 — the season after Georgia won the national title — to 2016, the Bulldogs were ranked in the top two a total of 10 times.
IN
— Florida’s jump from unranked to No. 12 is the biggest for an unranked team since the first regular-season poll of 2016, when Texas landed at No. 11 and Wisconsin at No. 10 after Week 1 victories.
— No. 24 Tennessee is ranked for the first time under second-year coach Josh Heupel.
OUT
— Oregon’s humbling loss to Georgia sent the Ducks all the way out of the rankings. It’s the first time Oregon has been unranked in a poll for which it was eligible since the last regular-season AP Top 25 of 2020.
— Cincinnati dropped out after losing at Arkansas by a touchdown, its first regular-season loss since late in the 2019 season.
For the Bearcats, who made the College Football Playoff last year, it snapped a run of 45 consecutive poll appearances, which was the fifth-longest active streak in the country.
CONFERENCE CALL
Florida and Tennessee moving into the rankings gives the SEC eight ranked teams, the most for a conference since the SEC had eight three times in 2020.
The record for ranked teams from one conference is 10 by the SEC early in the 2018 season. From 2011-18, the SEC had eight teams ranked in a AP Top 25 a total of 14 times.
SEC — 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24).
ACC — 5 (Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18, 23).
Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3, 4, 14, 19).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 7, 9, 11).
Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 10, 13).
Independents — 2 (Nos. 8, 21).
American — 1 (No. 25).
RANKED vs. RANKED
No. 9 Baylor at No. 21 BYU. Future Big 12 matchup.
No. 20 Kentucky at No. 12 Florida. The first time both will be ranked when they play since 2007.
No. 24 Tennessee at No. 17 Pitt. First SEC/ACC ranked nonconference matchup of the season.
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El Paso Downs Albuquerque
September 7, 2022 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) - El Paso Chihuahuas News Release
The El Paso Chihuahuas opened their seven-game series in Albuquerque with a 14-3 win over the Isotopes. The Chihuahuas hit four home runs and scored in six of their nine innings.
The Chihuahuas hit three solo home runs in the top of the seventh, including back-to-back homers by Kyle Martin and Thomas Milone. It was the sixth set of back-to-back home runs by El Paso this season and the first since Luis Campusano and Martin on August 24 in Oklahoma City. El Paso's Brandon Dixon went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and four RBIs. It was Dixon's third homer in the last four games.
Two San Diego Padres, Craig Stammen and Pierce Johnson, pitched for El Paso on MLB injury rehab Tuesday. El Paso has won four of its last five games. The Chihuahuas are now 10-2 against the Isotopes this year. El Paso is in third place, 2.5 games out of first, with 21 games remaining in the regular season.
Box Score: Chihuahuas 14, Isotopes 3 Final Score (09/06/2022) on Gameday (milb.com)
Team Records: El Paso (70-59), Albuquerque (56-71)
Next Game: Wednesday at 4:05 p.m. Mountain Time, Doubleheader at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park. Game 1: El Paso RHP Pedro Avila (0-2, 3.55) vs. Albuquerque RHP Brandon Gold (6-5, 6.50). Game 2: El Paso LHP Aaron Leasher (6-6, 4.52) vs. Albuquerque RHP Ashton Goudeau (0-7, 10.56). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.
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Nearly half (44%) of top 50 biopharma companies are now involved in RNA work sparking new demand for tools purpose built for the full spectrum of RNA R&D
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchling, the R&D Cloud powering the biotechnology industry, today launched the industry's first full set of capabilities for designing, modeling, and studying both natural and chemically modified RNA in a single solution. As the biopharmaceutical industry increases its focus on developing RNA therapeutics, Benchling's new RNA solution is the first purpose-built offering on the market to help R&D organizations accelerate the delivery of drug candidates. Featuring an RNA-aware registry with visualization tools for oligo and mRNA design and the only tool with support for chemical modification of mRNA sequences, RNA biologists and chemists can now collaborate more efficiently, standardize their work across teams, and develop drug candidates faster.
Following the successful deployment of RNA technology in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, biopharma companies have quickly shifted their pipelines to uncover therapeutic opportunities with RNA and mRNA. RNA therapeutics include a diverse group of therapeutic molecules that range from mRNA vaccines to antisense oligos, RNA-based gene therapy, and guide RNA-based CRISPR complexes. The unique function of these molecules, combined with the ability to adjust key properties through chemical modification or conjugation, has opened up novel ways of treating and preventing diseases. Nearly half (44%) of top 50 global biopharma companies are involved in RNA work through their own pipelines, M&A, or strategic alliances, based on GlobalData research1. Venture capital has also invested $3 billion into RNA-based therapies in 2020 alone, according to Nature.
While RNA therapeutics hold tremendous potential to impact human health, the R&D tools to create, test, and develop these molecules have been severely limited. Traditional chemistry tools cannot model the intricacies of RNA biology, while biology tools ignore the chemistry involved with RNA modifications altogether. As a result, there has not been a single software solution to date that addresses the combined biological and chemical nature of RNA therapeutics. Scientists have had to contend with manual, low-throughput, and disconnected software to manage their R&D work. Meanwhile, 82% of the pipeline of disclosed RNA and nucleotide therapeutics is in the research or preclinical stage of development2.
"We're at a tipping point for RNA therapeutics, having figured out tough challenges like durability and stability, the industry is now looking for the right tools to accelerate RNA R&D," said Ashu Singhal, co-founder and president of Benchling. "Covid vaccines were really just the beginning –- as we put more tools in the hands of scientists to help support their RNA therapeutics R&D, this field will really take off. With Benchling's new RNA capabilities, scientists can now design, develop, and test a new mRNA vaccine or RNA cancer treatment from start to finish on a single platform."
"RNA has nearly unlimited potential to cure a wide range of diseases. Benchling's full set of purpose-built tools for RNA therapy development is going to enable us to realize this potential at an even greater pace than before," said Francois Vigneault, co-founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, an RNA technology company advancing programmable medicine and a longtime Benchling customer. "We are excited to see Benchling's continued investment in RNA innovation, and appreciate their commitment to helping companies like ShapeTX accelerate next-generation biopharma solutions."
Benchling's complete RNA solution is available today, and scientists working in RNA and mRNA therapeutics, RNA-based gene therapy, and gene editing will benefit from:
- Faster RNA design. Scientists can design RNA sequences more efficiently with easy navigation between monomer- and sequence-level views. They can use "find and replace" to execute chemical modifications more easily across entire sequences and reduce the need for manual, tedious effort. Benchling's design tool helps scientists standardize their design work, minimize errors, and ensure sequence uniqueness during registration.
- Simplified collaboration. All teams across the entire RNA R&D lifecycle can now operate on a single platform. With a full end-to-end solution, teams working on RNA across biology and chemistry in both research and development can share, search, and find their work output. This reduces the need for multiple handoffs and back-and-forth communication.
- Higher quality data and insights. Scientists can now standardize and improve accuracy of RNA sequence design, including management of chemical modifications and uniqueness checks during registration. The standardization and centralization ensure high data integrity and improve data traceability. Any changes in structure can be directly associated with experimental results. As a result, scientists can aggregate data faster and make more data-driven decisions easily.
Along with the general availability launch of the RNA full solution, Benchling is making additional new product features generally available, including:
- Updated sequence design and analysis: Scientists can design and analyze DNA, RNA, and amino acid sequences with intelligent tools that boost throughput and reduce manual work to support research. With updated DNA alignments, Benchling now supports more algorithms and provides a step-by-step wizard tool to perform a single alignment or many alignments in bulk.
- Workflows and modern LIMS updates: New features in Benchling's workflows promote mapping and executing of complex, interconnected activities — from developing, testing, recording, reviewing and approving, to sharing key information with authorized users — for connected & compliant sample management.
- New integrations: Benchling now integrates with AlphaFold (a beta feature) that allows users to generate, interact with, and share 3D protein structures of novel proteins. In addition, Benchling is now directly integrated with genome database Ensembl and customers now pull all genomic sequences and data directly from Ensembl's APIs.
Benchling's mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology by creating modern software for modern science that empowers R&D teams to focus more time on science (not their software)! To learn more about Benchling and these new capabilities, please visit the company's What's New page.
About Benchling
Benchling is the pioneer of the R&D Cloud, software that unlocks the power of biotechnology. More than 200,000 scientists at over 1,000 companies and 7,500 academic and research institutions globally have adopted the Benchling R&D Cloud to make breakthrough discoveries and bring the next generation of medicines, food, and materials to market faster. The Benchling R&D Cloud helps these organizations modernize their scientific processes and accelerate collaboration so they can convert the complexity of biology into world-changing results. For more, please visit Benchling.com or follow us on Twitter at @Benchling.
1 GlobalData by Benchling, August 2022
2 GlobalData by Benchling, August 2022
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The Seattle Storm superstar played her last basketball game Tuesday. The Storm were eliminated from the playoffs by the Las Vegas Aces, ending what Sue Bird promised was her last season.
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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next week at a summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian official said Wednesday.
The two leaders will meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, held in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15-16, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov told reporters.
“Less than 10 days from now another meeting of our leaders will take place at the SCO summit in Samarkand. We are actively preparing for it,” Denisov was quoted by Russia's state news agency Tass as saying.
The visit to Uzbekistan, if it goes ahead, will be Xi’s first foreign trip in 2½ years. Russian media also reported Xi's plans to visit Kazakhstan prior to the summit in Uzbekistan, but the reports have remained unconfirmed.
When asked about the Uzbekistan trip, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a daily briefing Wednesday: “On your question, I have nothing to offer.”
Putin and Xi last met in Beijing in February, weeks before the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine. The two presidents oversaw the signing of an agreement pledging that relations between the sides would have “no limits.” It remains unclear whether Xi knew at the time of Russia’s plan to launch what Moscow is calling “a special military operation” in Ukraine.
While offering its tacit support for Russia’s campaign in Ukraine, China has sought to appear neutral and avoid possible repercussions from supporting the Russian economy amid international sanctions.
Moscow and Beijing have increasingly aligned their foreign policies to oppose liberal democratic forces in Asia, Europe and beyond, making a stand for authoritarian rule with tight borders and little regard for free speech, minority rights or opposition politics.
The Russian military held sweeping military drills that began last week and ended Wednesday in the country’s east that involved forces from China, another show of increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the military action in Ukraine.
Even though Moscow and Beijing in the past rejected the possibility of forging a military alliance, Putin has said that such a prospect can’t be ruled out. He also has noted that Russia has been sharing highly sensitive military technologies with China that helped significantly bolster its defense capability. | https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/putin-xi-meet-uzbekistan-week-official-89443810 | 2022-09-07T10:53:42Z | https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/putin-xi-meet-uzbekistan-week-official-89443810 | false |
Salipro Biotech strengthens its IP portfolio protecting its innovative, proprietary technology to enable the development of therapeutics against challenging drug targets, including GPCR's, SLCs and Ion Channels.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salipro Biotech AB, a Swedish biotech company with a leading technology platform for the stabilization of membrane proteins for drug development, announced today that its patent entitled "Saposin lipoprotein particles and libraries from crude membranes" has been issued by both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. Patent No. 11,346,843B2) and by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (Chinese Patent No. ZL201780050737.6). The patents cover the company's novel method of direct extraction of membrane proteins (DirectMX®) from cells or crude membranes to enable drug development for challenging drug targets, as well as the generation of Salipro libraries representing the membrane proteome, the particles themselves and their use in drug discovery and membrane protein research, amongst others. The Salipro® technology enables the development of novel therapeutics against drug targets that previously could not be investigated.
The award of these patents further strengthens Salipro Biotech's global intellectual property portfolio, with various patents already granted i.a. in the U.S., EU, China and Japan.
"We are excited to announce the granting of these patents in the U.S. and in China. This news represents an important corporate achievement that fosters our position to accelerate drug discovery programs with pharma companies on challenging drug targets.", says Jens Frauenfeld, CEO.
Maria Knudsen, Business Development Director, comments: "DirectMX® is already being implemented in our partnered drug discovery programs for a range of drug targets, including GPCRs, SLCs and Ion Channels. The addition of these patents to our IP portfolio further solidifies Salipro Biotech's position as a holder of a key drug discovery platform and will enable us to increase the value of our pharma collaborations as well as continue to build our internal pipeline."
About Salipro Biotech AB
Salipro Biotech AB is a privately held biotech company focused on unlocking challenging drug targets for the development of next-generation therapeutics. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden with a fully owned IP portfolio that covers the Salipro® platform technology. To date, Salipro Biotech has signed multiple research collaborations with top-tier pharma and biotech companies.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited.
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Multiple crews responding to Nitro garage fire
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:40 AM EDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
NITRO, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Multiple crews are responding to a fire in a Nitro neighborhood.
Crews were dispatched to 207 Smith Road in Nitro just before 6 a.m. for a garage on fire.
Smith Road is currently closed while crews work on the blaze.
Dispatchers say Nitro, Institute, Tyler Mountain and a fire department from Putnam County responded.
Our crews on scene say the fire did some exterior damage to the garage and the neighboring house, which was occupied but they got out.
No injuries have been reported at this time.
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Most stylish new hotels and spas for 2022 revealed
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN
The hospitality industry is back in full swing and the last couple of years have seen a host of exciting new hotels and spas open around the world.
Some of the most spectacular new designs have been honored by architecture and design magazine Dezeen, which has just released its awards shortlist for 2022.
The shortlisted projects have been selected from over 5,000 entries from more than 90 countries, but the top three entering countries are the US, the UK and China. The hotels and spas that have make their mark in the interiors and architecture categories have had a strong showing from Europe and North America — particularly Mexico.
Here are seven of the best-designed new hotels and spas for 2022, according to Dezeen. The finalists will be announced in November this year.
Bath & Barley (Brussels, Belgium)
Beer spas — bathing in tubs of hops, herbs and water — have long been a tradition in the Czech Republic, but despite its beer-making history, Bath & Barley is the first ever beer spa to open in Belgium.
Antwerp design agency WeWantMore had an excellent template to work with: A centuries-old building in Brussels’ old city center, with a stunning vaulted cellar. The refurb uses heritage materials such as copper, grain and stained glass, creating a relaxing space for visitors to soak in the wooden baths, before trying one of the draft beers on tap.
Bath & Barley, Rue de l’Ecuyer 34, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Schwan Locke (Munich, Germany)
Easily the most stylish way to do Munich’s Oktoberfest — the Theresienwiese grounds are just a few minutes away — is a hotel-home hybrid, featuring 151 spacious studio apartments.
The shared living spaces include a gym, a co-working space, a coffee shop, retail, and the BAMBULE! restaurant-bar, helmed by the team behind local Michelin-starred restaurant Mural.
Schwan Locke, Landwehrstraße 75, 80336 München, Germany
The Hoxton Poblenou (Barcelona, Spain)
The Hoxton chain opened its 11th hotel — and first Spanish outpost — in Barcelona earlier this year.
The Ennismore design team took inspiration from the late Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, who was known for his use of geometric forms.
The 240-room hotel features a rooftop pool and taqueria, as well as a pizza terrace and slice shop.
The Hoxton, Poblenou, Avinguda Diagonal, 205, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Downtown LA Proper Hotel (Los Angeles, California)
A historic 1920s building gets a playful modern makeover in this 148-room in Downtown LA. Latin American and Moroccan influences are in effect in the frescoes and finishings, with site-specific installations by local contemporary artists Abel Macias, Ben Medansky, Morgan Peck, and Judson Studios.
The rooftop pool features city-wide views, but if you want the waters all to yourself, there’s always the Pool Suite, with a private full-sized indoor swimming pool.
Downtown LA Proper Hotel, 1100 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Casona Sforza (Puerto Escondido, Mexico)
This adults-only resort opened in Oaxaca in 2020 and architect Alberto Kalach’s building is a truly remarkable design.
The 11 vaulted suites feature tropical woods, natural materials and neutral colors, and each boast panoramic views of the azure sea beyond. A true balance of design and nature.
Casona Sforza, La barra Santa María Colotepec, 70934 Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Hotel Terrestre (Puerto Escondido, Mexico)
Also in the port town of Puerto Escondido, Hotel Terrestre is a 100% solar powered boutique hotel constructed of local materials including concrete, white mud brick, “maqui” wood and natural pine wood.
The building is tucked away in a garden paradise of rich vegetation, and each room comes with its own outdoor shower and private garden of sand and flowers.
Hotel Terrestre, Carretera Salina Cruz- Pinotepa, 71983 Puerto Escondido, Oaxaco, Mexico
Valle San Nicolás Clubhouse (Valle de Bravo, Mexico)
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos are the team behind this clubhouse for a residential development in Mexico’s Valle de Bravo.
The town is a center for water sports and this circular building makes the most of its lake and mountainside location.
The concept for the structure is a boat anchored in the lake, and floating on the water.
Valle San Nicolás Clubhouse, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
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A new California rule could pave the way for more affordable—and more efficient—EV charging.
As reported by Canary Media (via ChargedEVs), the California Public Utilities Commission recently approved a new rule requiring the state’s three largest utilities to let EV chargers measure the amount of energy they’re using.
Many home chargers already have metering capability, but without the requirement to use it utilities were forcing customers to install separate meters at their own expense. In addition to being redundant, this could cost up to $2,000, according to a figure quoted by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the state’s largest utility.
So while California has required time-of-use rates that could incentivize EV owners to charge during off-peak times, that has been cost-prohibitive to some homeowners until now. But with chargers showing how much power is being used in real time, customers can take advantage of those time-of-use rates without having to spend extra money on a second meter.
The potential benefits aren’t just financial. Time-of-use charging is a key technology that will help enable the increased electricity load from EVs to make the grid cleaner, not dirtier. The decision will also help prevent grid concerns, such as what California has faced this weekend, because incentivized off-peak charging will help reduce the load on the grid.
And, as the percentage of EVs in the fleet ramps up, and as public charging becomes more widely available, it could be argued that smart charging is more important than fast charging.
By charging slowly, outside of peak hours, EV drivers still get the energy they need with fewer necessary upgrades to grid infrastructure. With the new rule in place, California could soon tap into smart charging’s true potential.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by the head of the local Republican Party, who was involved in efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn his election loss.
A security camera outside the elections office in rural Coffee County captured their arrival. The footage also shows that some local election officials were at the office during what the Georgia secretary of state’s office has described as “alleged unauthorized access” of election equipment.
Security footage from two weeks later raises additional alarms — showing two people who were instrumental in Trump’s wider efforts to undermine the election results entering the office and staying for hours.
The security video from the elections office in the county about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta offers a glimpse of the lengths Trump’s allies went in service of his fraudulent election claims. It further shows how access allegedly was facilitated by local officials entrusted with protecting the security of elections while raising concerns about sensitive voting technology being released into the public domain.
Georgia wasn’t the only state where voting equipment was accessed after the 2020 presidential election. Important information about voting systems also was compromised in election offices in Pennsylvania,Michigan and Colorado. Election security experts worry the information obtained — including complete copies of hard drives — could be exploited by those who want to interfere with future elections.
“The system is only as secure as the people who are entrusted to keep it secure,” said lawyer David Cross, who represents plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines.
The Coffee County security footage was obtained through that lawsuit, which alleges that Georgia’s touchscreen voting machines are vulnerable to attack and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots. The suit long predates and is unrelated to false allegations of widespread election fraud pushed by Trump and his allies after the 2020 election.
The alleged breach in Coffee County’s elections office also has caught the attention of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing an investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Last month, Willis cited the Coffee County activity, among other things, when she sought to compel testimony from Sidney Powell, an attorney who was deeply involved in Trump’s effort to undo the election results.
Emails and other records show Powell and other attorneys linked to Trump helped arrange for a team from data solutions company SullivanStrickler to travel to Coffee County, which Trump won by nearly 40 percentage points.
The surveillance video, emails and other documents that shed light on what happened there in January 2021 were produced in response to subpoenas issued in the voting machine lawsuit and were obtained by The Associated Press. Parts of the security video appear to contradict claims by some of the local officials:
— Footage captures Cathy Latham, then chair of the Coffee County Republican Party, arriving at the elections office shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Just a few weeks earlier, she was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
A few minutes after her arrival, she is seen outside greeting SullivanStrickler Chief Operating Officer Paul Maggio and two other people. Less than 10 minutes later, she escorts two other men into the building.
The video shows her leaving the elections office just before 1:30 p.m., roughly two hours after she greeted the SullivanStrickler team. She returns a little before 4 p.m. and then leaves around 6:15 p.m.
Latham said under oath during a deposition in August that she stopped by the elections office that evening for “Just a few minutes” and left before 5 p.m. Pressed on whether she had been there earlier in the day, Latham said she couldn’t recall but suggested her schedule as a teacher would not have allowed it.
A lawyer for SullivanStrickler said in an email attached to a court filing that Latham was a “primary point of contact” in coordinating the company’s work and “was on site” while that work was done.
Robert Cheeley, a lawyer for Latham said in an emailed statement that his client doesn’t remember all the details of that day. But he said she “would not and has not knowingly been involved in any impropriety in any election” and “has not acted improperly or illegally.”
— The video also shows Eric Chaney, a member of Coffee County’s election board, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. the same day and going in and out several times before leaving for the night around 7:40 p.m. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the voting machine lawsuit wrote in a court filing that a photo produced by SullivanStrickler’s COO shows Chaney in the office as the copying is happening.
During a deposition last month, Chaney declined to answer many questions about that day, citing the Fifth Amendment. But when an attorney representing the county reached out to him in April regarding questions from the The Washington Post, Chaney wrote, “I am not aware of nor was I present at the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration’s office when anyone illegally accessed the server or the room in which it is contained.” Chaney resigned from the elections board last month, days before his deposition.
Attempts to reach Chaney by phone were unsuccessful, and his lawyer did not respond to an email seeking comment.
— About two weeks after the initial breach, video shows Misty Hampton — then the county elections director — arriving at the elections office at 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 18, when it was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. She unlocked the door and let in two men — Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who have been active in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Logan founded Cyber Ninjas, which participated in a partisan and ultimately discredited review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona. The two men remained inside until just after 8 p.m. and then spent more than nine hours there the next day. Lenberg returned for brief visits on at least three more days later that month.
Hampton resigned as elections supervisor in February 2021 after elections board officials said she falsified her timesheets. Attempts by the AP to reach her were unsuccessful.
In a statement released by its attorney, SullivanStrickler said the company was retained by attorneys to forensically copy voting machines used in the 2020 election and had no reason to believe they would ask its employees to do anything improper.
The Georgia secretary of state’s office said it opened an investigation in March and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for assistance last month. State officials have said the system remains secure because of multiple protections in place. | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-video-fills-in-details-on-alleged-georgia-election-breach/ | 2022-09-07T11:09:22Z | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-video-fills-in-details-on-alleged-georgia-election-breach/ | true |
CVS Health will pay about $8 billion to expand into home care, a practice that could cut costs and keep patients happy, provided they get the help they need.
The health care giant is buying Signify Health, a technology company that sends doctors or other care providers to patient homes to assess how they are doing and what help they might need.
The deal, announced late Monday, is a way for CVS Health to provide more help to patients where and when they want it, CEO Karen Lynch told analysts Tuesday morning.
“The home is increasingly part of that choice,” she said, noting that the deal gives the company a foundation to expand further into home health care.
CVS Health runs thousands of drugstores nationally, sells insurance and manages prescription drug coverage.
Like competitors Walgreens and UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health also has been delving more into providing care and managing the health of its customers, especially those with chronic or expensive medical conditions.
Insurers and employers are pushing more for this approach to help patients stay healthy, on their medications and out of expensive hospitals.
Bill payers and care providers have recognized for years now that a patient’s health is largely affected by where they live, how they eat and other factors that happen outside any care provided during a brief doctor’s office visit.
Signify Health works with thousands of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants nationally. They visit patients to check on their health and other factors in their home that may affect it.
That can include examining into whether the patient is eating well and can afford prescriptions. They also will look for any safety problems like tripping hazards in the home.
The company says it then connects patients after that assessment to “appropriate follow-up care and community-based resources.” A company representative said Signify shares what it learned with both the patient’s insurer and primary care doctor.
Signify Health does these annual assessments mostly for patients on Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of the government’s Medicare program for people who are age 65 and older. It also works with patients who have returned home from a hospital stay.
Care delivered at home is a trend that started growing before COVID-19 and then accelerated after the pandemic hit, said Jeff Jonas, a portfolio manager with Gabelli Funds.
“People just don’t want to go to the hospital or go to a large physician office,” he said, noting that he expects home care to continue growing.
Health care researchers say the impact of these visits and assessments on a patient’s health isn’t clear yet.
“Overall, the key question is what will happen with the assessment once it’s made,” said Gretchen Jacobson, a vice president of Medicare with the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.
The assessments could be helpful to patients, provided they receive the right support afterward to address any challenges that were identified, said Tricia Neuman, a senior vice president with the Kaiser Family Foundation, which also studies health care issues.
She said that some patients may have a complex prescription drug regimen to track, and they may need help managing that as well as other daily activities. If the patient has no family to help with this, then the plan or care provider has to help fill those gaps.
She noted that needs can differ by patient.
“Not everybody prefers to be at home because not everybody has the support they need at home,” she said. “This is both a challenge and an opportunity.”
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Spain's Repsol sells 25 per cent of oil and gas unit to EIG for $4.8 bln
The deal promises to bring in cash as Repsol looks to invest in growing its renewables business, in line with other European oil and gas companies who are facing pressure from shareholders and regulators to cut their planet-warming carbon emissions.
MADRID: Spanish energy group Repsol has agreed to sell a 25 per cent stake in its oil and gas exploration and production unit to US fund EIG for $4.8 billion including debt, it said on Wednesday, confirming a previous Reuters report that the two were in talks.
The deal values the whole business at $19 billion including debt, and may lead to a US stock market listing of a minority stake in the unit from 2026 onwards, Repsol said in a statement.
The process started with an unsolicited offer from EIG, sources told Reuters earlier this year.
News of early talks sent Repsol's shares to a 14-year high in June. Analysts at Madrid-based CM Capital Markets said on Wednesday that the announcement was "positive news for the stock".
The deal promises to bring in cash as Repsol looks to invest in growing its renewables business, in line with other European oil and gas companies who are facing pressure from shareholders and regulators to cut their planet-warming carbon emissions.
Repsol will retain control of the so-called upstream unit. Chief Executive Josu Jon Imaz said EIG was "prepared to invest with us in the future of upstream".
"We need to reduce the carbon footprint of our products but we will continue to need oil and gas for many more years. Society will have a problem if we don't produce them," he said.
Based in Washington DC, EIG specialises in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure. Last year, it led a consortium that spent $12.4 billion on a 49 per cent stake in oil giant Saudi Aramco's pipelines business.
Repsol's total market value has risen almost 30 per cent this year after COVID-19 brought it crashing to multi-year lows, and is currently around 19.6 billion euros ($19.4 billion).
Oil and gas firms' upstream divisions are typically complex, and Repsol has been working to simplify a structure of more than 100 individual units.
It has disposed of stakes in exploration businesses in several countries, and sold its Russian assets to Gazprom Neft in January.
The group has pledged to plough more than one third of its investments by 2025 into low-carbon projects and ensure its products emit no more carbon than can be absorbed by natural sinks like forests, or systems like carbon capture, by 2050. | https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-gas/spains-repsol-sells-25-per-cent-of-oil-and-gas-unit-to-eig-for-4-8-bln/94046170 | 2022-09-07T11:14:15Z | https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/oil-and-gas/spains-repsol-sells-25-per-cent-of-oil-and-gas-unit-to-eig-for-4-8-bln/94046170 | true |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's handwritten set lists and a favorite guitar are among the marquee items that will make a cross-country trip for a museum exhibit this fall.
The Grammy Museum announced Wednesday that Bruce Springsteen Live! will open at the Grammy Museum L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The interactive exhibit — which runs until April 2 — will feature Springsteen and the E Street Band’s live performance footage, instruments, stage costumes and exclusive interviews.
Springsteen’s exhibit ended its stint in New Jersey earlier this year.
“We’re also thrilled to offer a special, expanded exhibit with the help of Springsteen fans for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience,” said Jasen Emmons, chief curator and a vice president at the Grammy Museum. It will invite fans to submit videos of their concert experiences from Springsteen’s previous shows on Sept. 23 – the legendary singer’s 73rd birthday.
Springsteen’s modified Fender guitar that was featured on several album covers such as “Human Torch” and “Born to Run” will be displayed. Other items will include stage clothing from Springsteen and members of E Street along with a signed itinerary from his Human Rights Tour, a six-week benefit tour in 1988. A ticket booth stage prop from the Tunnel of Love tour will also be highlighted at the exhibit.
A saxophone played by the late Clarence Clemons — who performed alongside Springsteen for 40 years — will be on display. The saxophone was passed on to Clemons’ nephew, Jake Clemons, who continues to use the instrument as the newest member of the E Street Band since 2012.
Through an interactive kiosk, visitors will be able to view Springsteen’s handwritten set lists and create their own encores to compare against the legendary performer’s original.
The Grammy Museum partnered with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.
“Since his first west coast show as a touring musician at the Troubadour in 1973 to the present day, Bruce has performed over 100 shows in the Los Angeles area and has thrilled millions of fans with his electrifying performances,” said co-curator Eileen Chapman, director of The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. “This extensive exhibit provides a peek behind the curtain and a stirring trip down memory lane.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Bruce-Springsteen-s-artifacts-coming-to-Grammy-17424091.php | 2022-09-07T11:16:35Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Bruce-Springsteen-s-artifacts-coming-to-Grammy-17424091.php | true |
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Indu Makkal Katchi founder Arjun Sampath was detained as a preventive measure at Dindigul Town (North) police station on Tuesday night while he was on his way to Kanniyakumari where former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is beginning his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, on Wednesday.
According to Dindigul North Town police, the party’s State committee member, S. Ponnusamy, 46, from Coimbatore, its IT wing State president, P. Hariharan, 39, and K. Nagaraj, 36, both of Tiruppur were also detained.
Mr. Sampath was coming from Coimbatore and reached Dindigul via train when he was detained under Section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) of Criminal Procedure Code at Dindigul railway station.
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Police said he was “determined to organise a movement named ‘Go back Rahul Gandhi’, about which they even posted on their social media handles, and to wave black flags at the meeting”.
Following this, 23 party members who staged a protest demanding their leaders’ release in front of the Dindigul Town (North) police station were also detained, added to the police. | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/indu-makkal-katchi-founder-arjun-sampath-detained/article65861208.ece/amp/ | 2022-09-07T11:20:50Z | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/indu-makkal-katchi-founder-arjun-sampath-detained/article65861208.ece/amp/ | true |
I’m confused.
I got the flu a few months ago, the worst flu I’d ever had. It wasn’t COVID — I have never tested positive for COVID — but it was a humdinger.
For more than a week, I was a lump on a bed, completely unable to move or do anything.
To make sure I wasn’t going to perish, I paid a visit to the hospital emergency room. They tested me for all kinds of things and, five hours later, said I had the flu and that I could go home.
It was nice to be assured that all I had to do was let my immune system wage a mighty battle for the rest of the week.
It wasn’t so nice when the bills started coming in, which totaled more than $7,000 — from what I can gather.
I have a decent health insurance policy through my corporate client that has temporarily brought me on as an employee to support a big project, so, after deductibles are met, I owed $2,500 or thereabouts — from what I can gather.
Months later I am still in a state of total confusion and know it will take me hours to figure out how much I owe and to whom.
And I am not alone. Millions of Americans are befuddled by their health insurance policies and the convoluted bills they receive when, God forbid, they need to get health care.
According to the Portland Press Herald News, there are lots of hidden fees in medical bills that jack up the cost of services, and there is no continuity among providers.
One hospital may charge $750 for an MRI and another may charge $3,000 or more for the identical service.
Healthcare.com conducted a survey that found more than one in four Americans are befuddled by unexpected medical bills.
Don’t understand the difference between co-pays and deductibles or in-network and out-of-network providers?
Well, get in line, because you have a lot of company — but there may be hope for us all yet.
In January 2022 the No Surprises Act went into effect. It requires hospitals and health care providers to make the fees they charge for services public, according to MarketWatch.
The intent of this act is to prevent patients from getting crushed by surprise bills, such as “balance billing,” which healthinsurance.org explains well.
Balance billing occurs when providers bill a patient for the difference between the “retail price” they charge and the amount that the patient’s insurance pays — which is almost always less. When some providers bill the patient for the difference, or balance, it’s called “balance billing.”
In other words, if you have an emergency and you get care from a provider outside of your network, you will get a big fat bill.
But under the No Surprises Act patients are liable only for their in-network fees.
That’s a nice start, but the real problem is that our health care system is a confusing mess. It needs reform from top to bottom.
If a person does not have a decent health insurance policy — and decent policies are costlier now — he’s still at the mercy of receiving massive bills for needed care.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to figure out who and how much I owe for coming down with the worst flu of my life. | https://www.greenevillesun.com/opinion/national_columns/purcell-a-serious-case-of-health-care-confusion/article_e9a185d2-2de1-11ed-92d9-ab792ab818c3.html | 2022-09-07T11:27:12Z | https://www.greenevillesun.com/opinion/national_columns/purcell-a-serious-case-of-health-care-confusion/article_e9a185d2-2de1-11ed-92d9-ab792ab818c3.html | true |
Tesco shoppers are being urged to take up a offer that costs only £7.99 a month to save up to £40 on your big shops. The supermarket launched the Clubcard Plus scheme and is giving people a free month.
Every month, Clubcard Plus members can get up 10 per cent off their shopping twice each month, up to the value of £20, and 10 per cent off clothing. You can also get double data on Tesco Mobile if you have a contract with them.
The deal was highlighted by a shopper on Extreme Couponing and Bargains Facebook group. Rachel Crocker said: "Those that have a Tesco Clubcard app on their mobile phones, you can sign up for Clubcard plus for a one month free trial.
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"It’ll give you 10% off two big shops per month, 10% off clothing plus other brands like Fox and Ivy, and those with a Tesco mobile you can get extra benefits too like double data and extra Clubcard points.
"If you’re Tesco staff like me those discounts will be added on top of your already existing staff discount. Just before the free trial is over if you don’t wish to continue just unsubscribe which is simple to do on the Clubcard app"
Shoppers came to the post to praise the advice. One said: "Thanks for this! Just signed up for the free trial"
And a second shopper added: "Oh wow, didn't realise you could use it on top of staff perks. I thought it was basically paying for staff discounts/extra points."
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JACKSON, Miss. -- While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi's capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.
Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.
Sherwin Johnson, a spokesperson for Jackson Public Schools confirmed Tuesday in a statement to The Associated Press that schools had reopened after a drop in water pressure forced a move to virtual instruction.
Syreeta Tatum waited for her fourth grader to emerge from Spann Elementary in northeast Jackson and lamented the uncertainty the city's water woes had foisted upon parents and students.
"It was very frustrating," Tatum said. "As a mother, you want to make sure your child is getting the best education possible."
In a statement posted Monday to Twitter, the school district said it had "checked water pressure at each school" and found that "nearly all are suitable" for students and staff to return.
Air conditioning systems at several schools depend on the water system to run effectively. The district said it anticipated delays in cooling buildings as temperatures reached the mid-80s on Tuesday.
"We are continuing to monitor and have portable fans and air conditioners to reduce temperatures in warm or hot areas," Johnson said.
Torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River in late August exacerbated problems at one of Jackson's two treatment plants, leading to a drop in pressure throughout the city.
The school district said Forest Hill High School in south Jackson still didn't have water pressure. Johnson said Forest Hill students were transported to alternative sites Tuesday.
In a Tuesday news conference, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the water storage that was built over the weekend has decreased some over the past 24 hours.
"We're prayerful that everything remains consistent," he said.
If a challenge arises with plant operation Tuesday, it will likely impact customers, the mayor said.
Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that water distribution at schools would be scaled down in preparation for students' return to campuses.
"Those sites have slowed down in demand a bit, but we have still put out about 5 million bottles of water over the last several days," he said.
Soon after water stopped flowing through the pipes of many households throughout Jackson, officials rolled a tanker into Forest Hill's parking lot for water distribution.
Santiago Matthews, a maintenance worker for the high school, had a garbage container filled to the brim with water last week to fill toilets for the staff working inside.
Reeves said Monday that the city had "zero water tanks at low levels." He also said repairs resulting in cleaner water do not eliminate every risk.
Recounting a recent weekend trip to Houston, Liz Oviede, a Delta Technical College student, longed for cleaner water.
"My face cleared up, my hair was so much softer," Oviede said. "I just wish they'd get it together and stop bringing politics into it." | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/sep/07/jackson-pupils-back-in-class/ | 2022-09-07T11:30:39Z | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/sep/07/jackson-pupils-back-in-class/ | true |
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Weber Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WEBR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: September 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/weber-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31375&from=4
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WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Drivers often bring their pets along for the ride, and Ford might have a way to keep them safer. The company recently filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a pet restraint system.
The application notes that pets are transported in cages, which still allow them significant freedom of movement in a vehicle’s cabin. That might keep the animals happy, but it’s not ideal in a crash, or even if the vehicle becomes unsettled. That’s why human passengers wear seat belts, after all.
The restraint system described in the patent application is a bit like a combination of seat belts and a leash, in fact. One or more straps attach to the pet’s collar and the ISOFIX anchor points normally used for child seats.
These straps are connected to retractors, which can take in slack like the inertia reels in seat belts when needed, according to the application. They’re controlled by sensors that measure acceleration and steering to sense conditions that might lead to pets getting thrown around the cabin, or determine whether a collision is occurring.
Other sensors can track where the vehicle is on a designated route, and adjust the restraints based on anticipated road conditions. Ford also includes a camera to monitor pet passengers.
As with other patent applications, it’s unclear if the pet restraint system will actually reach production. Ford in particular has a habit of firing off patent applications for novel features in rapid succession. But such a system could be a good complement to software-based systems like Tesla’s Dog Mode, or Toyota’s Cabin Awareness tech, currently being tested as a way to prevent children or pets from being left in cars.
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- Ford tests shape-projecting headlights | https://www.cbs42.com/automotive/internet-brands/ford-patents-pet-restraints-for-cars/ | 2022-09-07T11:32:46Z | https://www.cbs42.com/automotive/internet-brands/ford-patents-pet-restraints-for-cars/ | false |
—New Funds Intended to Support Analysis of ADNI Databases to Validate and Extend Existing Data Showing AlzoSure® Predict Accurately Identifies Those Individuals Who Will Progress to Alzheimer's Disease Up to 6 Years Before Diagnosis—
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diadem U.S., Inc., a jointly owned subsidiary of Diadem SpA, a company developing the first blood-based test for the early prediction of Alzheimer's disease (AD), today reported that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) direct to Phase ll grant for an expected total of approximately $2.5 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The two-year award will allow the company to screen data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a longitudinal multicenter study designed to enable development of biomarkers for the early detection and tracking of AD. Since its launch more than a decade ago, this landmark public-private partnership has made major contributions to AD research. The new study is designed to make use of all four ADNI patient cohorts to identify participants who were early progressors to AD and to further validate the prognostic ability of Diadem's non-invasive AlzoSure® Predict blood test to accurately identify these patients years before diagnosis.
Paul Kinnon, Chief Executive Officer of Diadem U.S. and a principal investigator of the new study, commented, "Diadem is dedicated to transforming the treatment of AD by developing and commercializing new accurate, affordable and accessible prognostic and diagnostic biomarker tools for early identification of individuals who will or will not progress to AD within six years. With this grant, our team intends to further validate our AlzoSure® Predict prognostic test using the U.S.-based ADNI databases. We have previously published compelling data documenting the accuracy and utility of AlzoSure® Predict using the highly regarded AIBL longitudinal patient cohorts from Australia. We look forward to working with the distinguished group of AD consultants we have assembled to replicate and potentially extend our clinical analyses using the comprehensive and well characterized patient information available through ADNI."
The specific aims of the SBIR AlzoSure® Predict biomarker study include:
- Validate its ability to discriminate the different stages of cognitive decline
- Establish its specificity for AD compared to other dementias
- Confirm its prognostic clinical utility by categorizing patients into disease classes and stages
- Compare its performance against current diagnostic and prognostic AD methods.
Diadem has recruited a group of leading Alzheimer's researchers to participate in the study design and analysis. Analytic support will be provided by the Biomarker Research Laboratory of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating and life-threatening disease of the nervous system that is among the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. It affects 50 million patients worldwide with 10 million new cases reported each year. Diadem has developed and validated its revolutionary, minimally invasive, cost-effective blood-based test, AlzoSure® Predict, that requires only 1mL of blood and 4 to 5 days for analysis to detect AD at the asymptomatic and prodromal (early symptomatic) stage, with an accuracy greater than 95% up to at least 6 years in advance of the clinical onset of symptoms. Previous research also demonstrated that AlzoSure® Predict can discriminate between the different kinds of dementia with high accuracy.
The predictive ability of the test may be a breakthrough in the field of AD and dementia research. It may improve patient care by supporting the ability of researchers to successfully develop more effective new treatments by enabling the design of clinical studies that intervene much earlier in the disease process. In addition, it may help clinicians stratify patients by relevant factors, while also supporting more informed decisions regarding prevention and treatment options to maximize patient outcomes and improve their quality of life.
AlzoSure® Predict is a non-invasive biomarker blood test that has demonstrated the ability to identify with high accuracy whether individuals over the age of 50 with signs of cognitive impairment will or will not progress to Alzheimer's disease up to six years before diagnosis. AlzoSure® Predict uses a proprietary antibody (U-p53AZ) to measure blood levels of a conformational variant of the p53 protein that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of AD. Previous studies suggest that this p53 variant has utility as a diagnostic and as a predictive biomarker to identify individuals likely to progress to AD up to six years before symptoms appear.
The utility of AlzoSure® Predict is supported by clinical data from a large longitudinal study that was the basis for AlzoSure® Predict's Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and its CE-IVD marking.
The study will be funded by a grant from the NIH (1R44AG078051-01).
About Diadem
Diadem was founded as a spin-out of the University of Brescia (Italy). The company is developing the first blood-based prognostic test for the early detection of dementia, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease. The lack of accurate, accessible and affordable diagnostic tools is a major contributor to the absence of effective treatments for this devastating condition. As a result, patients are not diagnosed until late in the illness, when effective treatment is no longer possible. Diadem's rapid, accurate and cost-effective blood-based prognostic test makes it possible for the first time to identify patients early in the disease process, when effective interventions and better outcomes are far more feasible. The utility of the approach has been demonstrated in longitudinal clinical studies that were the basis for awarding CE-IVD marking in the E.U. and a Breakthrough Device designation in the U.S. Additional retrospective and prospective clinical trials are ongoing to further validate clinical claims and support widespread adoption and use. Diadem is preparing for commercialisation of AlzoSure® Predict in collaboration with global strategic partners. The company is also developing AlzoSure® Confirm, a blood-based diagnostic test for AD that has shown promising results in early studies. For more information, visit diademdx.com/.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by the head of the local Republican Party, who was involved in efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn his election loss.
A security camera outside the elections office in rural Coffee County captured their arrival. The footage also shows that some local election officials were at the office during what the Georgia secretary of state’s office has described as “alleged unauthorized access” of election equipment.
Security footage from two weeks later raises additional alarms — showing two people who were instrumental in Trump’s wider efforts to undermine the election results entering the office and staying for hours.
The security video from the elections office in the county about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta offers a glimpse of the lengths Trump’s allies went in service of his fraudulent election claims. It further shows how access allegedly was facilitated by local officials entrusted with protecting the security of elections while raising concerns about sensitive voting technology being released into the public domain.
Georgia wasn’t the only state where voting equipment was accessed after the 2020 presidential election. Important information about voting systems also was compromised in election offices in Pennsylvania,Michigan and Colorado. Election security experts worry the information obtained — including complete copies of hard drives — could be exploited by those who want to interfere with future elections.
“The system is only as secure as the people who are entrusted to keep it secure,” said lawyer David Cross, who represents plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines.
The Coffee County security footage was obtained through that lawsuit, which alleges that Georgia’s touchscreen voting machines are vulnerable to attack and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots. The suit long predates and is unrelated to false allegations of widespread election fraud pushed by Trump and his allies after the 2020 election.
The alleged breach in Coffee County’s elections office also has caught the attention of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing an investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Last month, Willis cited the Coffee County activity, among other things, when she sought to compel testimony from Sidney Powell, an attorney who was deeply involved in Trump’s effort to undo the election results.
Emails and other records show Powell and other attorneys linked to Trump helped arrange for a team from data solutions company SullivanStrickler to travel to Coffee County, which Trump won by nearly 40 percentage points.
The surveillance video, emails and other documents that shed light on what happened there in January 2021 were produced in response to subpoenas issued in the voting machine lawsuit and were obtained by The Associated Press. Parts of the security video appear to contradict claims by some of the local officials:
— Footage captures Cathy Latham, then chair of the Coffee County Republican Party, arriving at the elections office shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Just a few weeks earlier, she was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
A few minutes after her arrival, she is seen outside greeting SullivanStrickler Chief Operating Officer Paul Maggio and two other people. Less than 10 minutes later, she escorts two other men into the building.
The video shows her leaving the elections office just before 1:30 p.m., roughly two hours after she greeted the SullivanStrickler team. She returns a little before 4 p.m. and then leaves around 6:15 p.m.
Latham said under oath during a deposition in August that she stopped by the elections office that evening for “Just a few minutes” and left before 5 p.m. Pressed on whether she had been there earlier in the day, Latham said she couldn’t recall but suggested her schedule as a teacher would not have allowed it.
A lawyer for SullivanStrickler said in an email attached to a court filing that Latham was a “primary point of contact” in coordinating the company’s work and “was on site” while that work was done.
Robert Cheeley, a lawyer for Latham said in an emailed statement that his client doesn’t remember all the details of that day. But he said she “would not and has not knowingly been involved in any impropriety in any election” and “has not acted improperly or illegally.”
— The video also shows Eric Chaney, a member of Coffee County’s election board, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. the same day and going in and out several times before leaving for the night around 7:40 p.m. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the voting machine lawsuit wrote in a court filing that a photo produced by SullivanStrickler’s COO shows Chaney in the office as the copying is happening.
During a deposition last month, Chaney declined to answer many questions about that day, citing the Fifth Amendment. But when an attorney representing the county reached out to him in April regarding questions from the The Washington Post, Chaney wrote, “I am not aware of nor was I present at the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration’s office when anyone illegally accessed the server or the room in which it is contained.” Chaney resigned from the elections board last month, days before his deposition.
Attempts to reach Chaney by phone were unsuccessful, and his lawyer did not respond to an email seeking comment.
— About two weeks after the initial breach, video shows Misty Hampton — then the county elections director — arriving at the elections office at 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 18, when it was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. She unlocked the door and let in two men — Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who have been active in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Logan founded Cyber Ninjas, which participated in a partisan and ultimately discredited review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona. The two men remained inside until just after 8 p.m. and then spent more than nine hours there the next day. Lenberg returned for brief visits on at least three more days later that month.
Hampton resigned as elections supervisor in February 2021 after elections board officials said she falsified her timesheets. Attempts by the AP to reach her were unsuccessful.
In a statement released by its attorney, SullivanStrickler said the company was retained by attorneys to forensically copy voting machines used in the 2020 election and had no reason to believe they would ask its employees to do anything improper.
The Georgia secretary of state’s office said it opened an investigation in March and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for assistance last month. State officials have said the system remains secure because of multiple protections in place. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-video-fills-in-details-on-alleged-georgia-election-breach/ | 2022-09-07T11:34:48Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-video-fills-in-details-on-alleged-georgia-election-breach/ | true |
SHANGHAI and PARIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies in oncology and immunology, today announced the results from phase I study of GFH018 (TGF-β R1 inhibitor) monotherapy (NCT05051241) for treatment of advanced solid tumor will be presented as a poster at the 2022 European Society for Medical Oncology Meeting in Paris on September 12th.
Through an open-label, multicenter study, GFH018 demonstrated a favorable safety/tolerability profile and preliminary efficacy signal among advanced solid tumor patients that failed to respond to prior standard therapies. No dose-limiting toxicities were observed and over 20% patients with different types of cancer achieved stable disease. Two phase II combination studies of GFH018 with PD-1 inhibitor are ongoing with additional data to be presented at medical meetings in the future.
"We are delighted to collaborate with GenFleet in the clinical research of GFH018 as an innovative small-molecule kinase inhibitor designed to specifically target and inhibit TGF-β R1. We are pleased to report the preliminary efficacy signal and good safety/tolerability profile of GFH018 monotherapy and look forward to the further trials in combination studies." said Professor Ye Guo of Shanghai Oriental Hospital.
"It is the first time for GenFleet to present clinical data at ESMO, which represents a significant milestone in the company's multi-regional clinical research and global development. We have recently determined the recommended phase II dose and hope to confirm the response of combination therapies in patients with advanced tumors. Moreover, we expect to release more data related to GFH018 in future academic conferences." said Yu Wang, M.D./Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of GenFleet.
Phase I study of GFH018, a small molecular TGF-β R1 inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumor
Poster 437p, Abstract：#1623, Poster Area: Hall 4
This is an open-label, multicenter study comprising of a modified 3 + 3 dose escalation part followed by an expansion part and the starting dose was 5 mg. Eligible patients with advanced solid tumors failed to standard therapies were administrated with GFH018 BID, 14d on/14d off in 28-day cycles. As of Jan. 25, 2022, 39 patients were sequentially enrolled in the dose escalation part. The median lines of prior therapy were≥3. No dose-limiting toxicities were observed, the maximum tolerated dose was not reached, and no patients discontinued the study treatment due to adverse events.
PK of GFH018 was linear and dose-independent with mean half-life in the range of 3.11 hours to 8.30 hours. Of 24 evaluable patients, 5 achieved stable disease. A patient with thymic carcinoma receiving 50 mg achieved a durable stable disease with tumor shrinkage (maximum lesion decreased by 18.4% and has stayed on treatment for 185 days as of the data cut-off date.
About GFH018 and TGF-β R1
Developed by GenFleet Therapeutics, GFH018 is an orally administered TGF-β R1 inhibitor and entered into phase I clinical trial in 2019. Preclinical data showed evidence of GFH018's good anti-tumor properties against cancer cells in vivo and in vitro. Besides, translational and mechanistic studies confirmed it effectively acts on TGF-β signaling pathway and synergizes with checkpoint inhibitors.
In the microenvironment of advanced solid tumors, TGF-β signaling pathway can promote epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) & metastasis, induce the formation of cancer stem cells and their functional maintenance, inhibit anti-tumor immunity, enhance vasculature and fibrosis, and ultimately result in tumor progression. Among patients of hepatocellular carcinoma, glioma, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, urothelial cancer and other solid tumors, high expression of genes related to TGF-β signaling pathway is frequently discovered in their blood and tumor tissues. The expression level is positively correlated to the malignancy & poor differentiation of tumor and unfavorable prognosis in patients.
About GenFleet Therapeutics
GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies, is dedicated to serving significant global unmet medical needs in oncology and immunology. Based on the deep understanding of disease biology and translational medicine, GenFleet's proprietary and fully integrated R&D platform highlights multiple cutting-edge products with novel mechanisms and global IP.
Since its inception in 2017, GenFleet has built up industry-leading capabilities and expertise in developing novel drug candidates - both small molecules and biologics. Its pipeline includes over 10 programs, many of which have entered multi-regional clinical trials across China (including Taiwan), the United States and Australia. To date, GenFleet has over 5 clinical studies encompassing IND stage to phase II studies and completed co-development partnerships with 3 publicly listed companies in China or US.
GenFleet is expected to progress additional programs into the clinic, as well as transition from a clinical stage biotech company into a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company in the next 3-5 years.
Yun Zeng
+86-13482182145
yzeng@genfleet.com
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As public interest in the war wanes, four leaders commit to help Ukrainian youth and remind Americans to stay engaged in the fight for freedom
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As American public interest in the war in Ukraine wanes, chef and humanitarian José Andrés; global human rights and pro-democracy activist Garry Kasparov; social entrepreneur and KIND Snacks Founder Daniel Lubetzky; and Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman have announced a scholarship program and global democracy ambassadorship to help displaced Ukrainian students continue their studies, educate global peers on the fragility and importance of democracy, and inspire the world to stay engaged.
Andrés, Kasparov, Lubetzky, and Vindman, who have proudly made the United States home after emigrating or seeking asylum (Vindman and Kasparov came to America from Soviet Ukraine and Russia respectively), aim to go beyond their direct impact on Ukrainian scholars and their classmates to also remind Americans, and the world, not to take our freedom for granted.
According to the United Nations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced over twelve million Ukrainians to flee their homes. The World Bank reports that 700,000 Ukrainian students have been displaced and 2,000 schools have been destroyed in Ukraine. Among those Ukrainians whose lives have been upended are college- and university-aged youth challenged with forging their futures as their nation battles for the future of the free world.
In response, the program will grant $1 million to support an initial group of Ukrainian scholars with financial and wraparound support to study at a US-based post-secondary institution for one academic year. The Lubetzky Family Foundation (LFF) is leading the initiative by activating its resources and team to launch the program and raise awareness for the critical role of citizens in defending democracy.
Says Lubetzky, "Young Ukrainians have a powerful role to play in waking up our world to our shared responsibility to defend values like freedom and democracy that we cannot take for granted. We want this program to put a spotlight on the fact that the fight for freedom is ongoing, and that every one of us has the power to make a difference."
To ensure that their lessons for our world do not go untold, scholarship recipients will be empowered to act as campus ambassadors for democracy. Kasparov, who has long used his platform to educate the world on the global interconnectivity of democracy, will mobilize his Renew Democracy Initiative to provide scholars with educational programming designed to encourage all students to build strong global alliances in support of democratic values like those that Ukraine is bravely defending.
Says Kasparov, "It's not just that we are offering Ukrainian scholars a chance to continue their education, but also that they can educate us by their example. They represent the Frontlines of Freedom and can remind American students, who are their roommates and classmates, that democracy is worth fighting for. That could have a phenomenal impact on reinstating a culture of defending democratic institutions and recognizing the invaluable importance of democracy for human progress."
Andrés, whose nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen has provided over 120 million meals to Ukrainians, has committed to lending his public support to the initiative, and to connecting with participating scholars to express his gratitude and instill hope.
Says Andrés, "It's been nearly six months since the invasion started and World Central Kitchen's work to support Ukrainians began. Despite incredible hardship, every single day, thousands of Ukrainian Food Fighters show up to provide nourishing meals and food aid to families. It is the young Ukrainians who are leading the way! They are the future, and we must invest in supporting them to rebuild and thrive."
Vindman, who continues to advocate strongly for increased US government action to support Ukraine, including better efforts to aid refugees, is working to bring on increased resources to scale the program's impact for more Ukrainian scholars.
Says Vindman, "Reconstruction in Ukraine is going to be a decades-long effort that will require the participation of passionate young students with the capabilities to take on this project. We are trying to generate some of that capability and passion through this program, so that scholars can return home to help rebuild a new Ukraine – one that pays tribute to the enormous sacrifice of its people, who are defending not only their homes but also democracy and freedom."
The scholarship's application and selection processes are being led by the Institute of International Education (IIE), which oversees multiple leading international scholarship programs and student and scholar rescue initiatives. Recognizing the trauma that accompanies experiences of war, the program will take into consideration the holistic needs of all participants. To deliver immediate support and impact, the scholarship will kick off during the 2022 fall semester, serving eligible Ukrainians already studying in the US before expanding internationally in Spring 2023. For more information and to apply, visit www.iie.org/Programs/Ukraine-Democracy.
About José Andrés
Named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in both 2012 and 2018, and awarded "Outstanding Chef" and "Humanitarian of the Year" by the James Beard Foundation, José Andrés is an internationally-recognized humanitarian, culinary innovator, New York Times bestselling author, and educator. In 2010, Andrés founded World Central Kitchen, a non-profit which uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond. Andrés' work has earned awards and distinctions including the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the 2015 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Andrés was awarded the Princesa de Asturias Foundation's 2021 Concordia Prize for his humanitarian work. As a naturalized citizen originally from Spain, Andrés has been a tireless advocate for immigration reform.
About Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is the chairman and founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI). He is widely considered the greatest chess-player of all time. His famous matches against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1996-97 were key to bringing artificial intelligence and chess into the mainstream. Today he is a prominent human rights activist as well as an author and speaker on politics, human rights, decision-making, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of the 2015 book: Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped.
About Daniel Lubetzky
Daniel Lubetzky is a social entrepreneur working to build bridges between people and increase appreciation for our shared humanity. The son of a Holocaust survivor, he has made it his life's work to help prevent what happened to his father from happening again. While best known as the founder of KIND Snacks, Daniel's foray into food was the unexpected outcome of his work to use business to bring neighbors in Middle Eastern conflict regions together. He conceived of civic initiatives OneVoice, Empatico, and Starts With Us to foster empathy and empower individuals to practice daily habits that move our culture away from extreme, divisive, and hateful positions. Daniel is a member of the Anti-Defamation League's Inaugural Board of Directors. He has received awards from The King Center, World Economic Forum, Skoll Foundation, Conscious Capitalism, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, and Horatio Alger Association. Daniel was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama. He is the author of The New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing.
About Colonel Alexander Vindman
Alexander Vindman, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, was most recently the director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Russia on the White House's National Security Council. Previously, he served as the Political-Military Affairs Officer for Russia for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. While on the Joint Staff, he co-authored the National Military Strategy Russia Annex and was the principal author for the Global Campaign for Russia. He is currently a doctoral student and senior fellow for the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Pritzker Military Fellow at the Lawfare Institute, executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, senior advisor for VoteVets, and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Here, Right Matters.
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Fuel Your Football - or Fútbol - by purchasing participating products at 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 7-Eleven, Inc., is here to assume its role once again as the destination for sports fandom by helping customers fuel their game days all season long. As fans gear up for a big season of both football and fútbol – 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores are here to help customers curate an iconic tailgate spread…and so much more. The Fuel Your Football™ promotion will reward customers with the chance of winning exciting prizes and a one-of-a-kind experience inspired by their love of the game – or games.
One game a week just isn't enough. That's why 7-Eleven is giving fans the chance to win the ultimate "football" experience – an all-expense paid trip for two to attend seven games in 11 days across the U.S. One lucky winner will hand pick their itinerary filled with 7 games of either football, soccer or a hybrid of both to attend next year. To be entered to win, customers can purchase select items through Speedy Rewards® and 7Rewards® loyalty programs, found in the Speedway and 7-Eleven apps, or via 7NOW® delivery. Participating products include fan favorites such as Big Gulp® fountain beverages, Slurpee® drinks, pizza and all varieties of Red Bull, Lays, and Monster*.
"Our customers are some of football and soccer's most passionate fans – over the years, we've seen them take their love for the game from 10… to ELEVEN," said Marissa Jarratt, 7-Eleven Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. "7-Eleven is proud to provide our customers with the highest level of convenience as they fuel up for all their tailgate, game and celebration needs. We hope these exclusive prizes give football, soccer and all sports fans another reason to celebrate this fall as they cheer on their favorite teams."
But the festivities don't stop there. Customers can also have the chance to win one-of-a-kind 'homegate' kits to help them throw the ultimate watch party. Kits will be given away weekly and include a 65-inch Smart TV, access to a sports streaming service, and a variety of supplies and snacks to enhance your game day (think tents, coolers and tailgate games!). Rewards members who purchase participating products in-store or via 7NOW delivery will be entered to win*.
And an at-home tailgate won't be complete without some swag! 7-Eleven stans looking to show off their brand love while they cheer on their favorite teams should look no further than 7Collection. The retailer's online merchandise shop will feature a special Fuel Your Football drop, available this month, with 7-Eleven branded items perfect for an at-home tailgate like a football, cornhole set and more.
The perfect at-home tailgate should also be paired with an equally awesome cup. Sports fans are encouraged to head in store and purchase either a football or soccer collectable cup and dress it up in its turf koozie for some epic Big Gulp or Slurpee drink sipping. What's more, when customers scan their 7Rewards or Speedy Rewards loyalty app with purchase of the cup, they'll score 250 bonus points.
Need help with the perfect tailgate spread? Consider hot-and-ready snacks like pizza, wings, taquitos and Big Bite® hot dogs that can be delivered directly via the 7NOW delivery app. 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards members can stock up on 8 boneless wings for just $2.99** or $5 whole cheese or pepperoni pizzas*** to wow their guests even more than the game winning goal… or touchdown.
The 7NOW delivery app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play, or by visiting 7Rewards.com or 7now.com.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Begins 9/7/22 at 12:00:01am ET & ends 1/10/23 at 11:59:59pm ET. Open to legal US residents physically residing in 50 United States or DC who are 13+ years old (minors must have parental consent to participate). Odds of winning depend on # of eligible entries. Sponsor: 7-Eleven, Inc. For full rules, free and other methods of entry, full prize details, and restrictions, see Official Rules at https://bit.ly/7E-FB22.
**Valid through 1/3/23. Available while supplies last. Offer good at participating U.S. 7–Eleven® stores, excludes Hawaii. Offer not valid with any other coupon of discount. No cash value. Consumer pays applicable fees & sales tax.
***Item must be added to cart for discount to apply. One offer per order. While supplies last. Small basket fee may apply if min purchase is not met. Delivery charges may apply. Consumer pays applicable fees & taxes. 7–Eleven, Inc. reserves the right to modify, change, or cancel this offer at any time.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven® stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select™ brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® loyalty program with more than 50 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 2,000 cities, or rely on 7-Eleven for bill payment service, self-service lockers and other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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Join Minelab Metal Detectors at their test beds at the UK metal detecting festival September 10 and 11.
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the UK's largest metal detecting event, Minelab will be joining top metal detector brands at Detectival Sept. 10 and 11, 2022. The two-day festival will give detectorists a wonderful opportunity to explore the expansive properties with enthusiasts from across the globe. Attendees can visit the Minelab testing area and test beds to experience some of the detecting technology in the industry first-hand and learn from international Minelab experts.
"We are so proud to be a part of Detectival this year and are excited for a weekend full of detecting activities. Hosted over sprawling grounds, this event allows all detector enthusiasts to truly focus on their craft, while experiencing the top technology of Minelab's products and the fun social side of this hobby," said Minelab Vice President of Global Marketing Michelle Meyers.
With a team of over 60 engineers, Minelab's hand-held metal detection technology has been hailed as the best in the world and offers a range of products for beginners and experienced detectorists. Magnetic minerals, iron-rich soil, deep water and snow are no match Minelab products, making them adaptable to any season. Minelab is affordable considering its high military-grade quality—after all, you want a metal detector that's easy-to-use while offering you the best return on your investment: undiscovered treasures!
Minelab also has a partnering IOS/Google application, making it more accessible for younger consumers. Minelab also has a global community network so when you get one of their detectors, you're also part of a new family of explorers. Through Minelab's app and blog, you can share your discovery stories, connect with other detectorists, and learn about new places you might not have explored before.
To purchase Minelab, visit them online and check with your local detector dealer.
For more information about Minelab, visit minelab.com and follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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BEIRUT (AP) — International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court.
Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who had been held for questioning. The grisly visual made headlines in Lebanon and was followed by a video of a coroner assessing the body, which was covered in gashes and bruises. The body was later identified as that of Bashar Abdel-Saud, 30, a Syrian refugee who fled the war-torn country in 2014.
“To ensure transparency and impartiality, Abdel-Saud’s case must urgently be referred to a civilian court,” Amnesty’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Heba Morayef said in the statement. “His family deserves justice and reparations for their tragic loss.”
According to Abdel-Saud’s lawyer, officers from Lebanon’s State Security agency arrested the Syrian at his home in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut last week, before calling his family four days later asking them to retrieve his body.
State Security in a press statement said Abdel-Saud was arrested for the possession of a fake $50 bill and had confessed during the interrogation that he was combatant for the Islamic State group.
His lawyer denied the charges and State Security first promised an internal investigation, before the case was transferred to Lebanon’s military court.
Lebanon’s military court government commissioner ordered the arrest of five State Security personnel from the branch that held Abdel-Saud in southern Lebanon, according to Amnesty.
State Security released a second statement on Monday, requesting media outlets to “not broadcast news related to the matter, aiming to stir strife and incite tensions especially in these sensitive circumstances Lebanon is going through.”
Senior Lebanese officials have not commented on the recent incident.
The only minister under Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s caretaker government to do so was Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, who in a tweet condemned the incident and called for prosecutors to investigate.
Meanwhile, several of Lebanon’s recently elected independent legislators penned critical statements.
“What happened completely contradicts our aspirations for Lebanon,” Ibrahim Mneimneh, a member of Parliament, told The Associated Press. “We need human rights to be a key reference point to all the work we do.”
He added that the security agency conducting an internal investigation is a “conflict of interest.”
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and other human rights groups have echoed similar sentiments. Human rights organizations have frequently criticized Lebanon for what they say is an incomplete 2017 anti-torture law, and authorities not putting it into practice five years later.
Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Director Lama Fakih said torture in the crisis-hit country has been a years-long problem.
“Lebanon suffers from a legacy of impunity for torture,” Fakih told the AP. “We have not yet seen steps taken to ensure that robust investigations are undertaken and that responsible individuals are held accountable.”
Several cases of alleged torture in Lebanon have surfaced in recent years, including actor and writer Ziad Itani, Syrian refugees arrested in camp raids and checkpoints, and protesters in Beirut, Tripoli, and Sidon during Lebanon’s antigovernment uprisings in late 2019. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ap-human-rights-groups-condemn-torture-in-lebanese-prisons/ | 2022-09-07T11:36:46Z | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ap-human-rights-groups-condemn-torture-in-lebanese-prisons/ | false |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCOI) ("Cogent") announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire T-Mobile's Wireline Business. Cogent's commitment to serving the Wireline Business customers it is acquiring through this transaction will cement the future for this strong legacy business as T-Mobile continues its strategic focus on providing wireless solutions to consumers and enterprises as the core of its future growth.
For Cogent, acquisition of T-Mobile's Wireline Business is expected to be an ideal strategic fit with its existing business. The Wireline Business offers the legacy Sprint U.S. long-haul network that provides an owned network asset to complement and eventually replace Cogent's current leased network and provides the ability to expand its product set, including the sales of optical wave transport services to new and existing customers. It also has a current customer base who are a fit for Cogent's products and services, and a group of experienced employees with the knowledge and capabilities to execute the company's strategy.
As part of the agreement, in addition to the fiber network and related assets and customers, Cogent will acquire certain liabilities associated with the business. In addition, at the closing of the acquisition, the parties will enter into a separate agreement pursuant to which Cogent will offer IP transit services to T-Mobile for 54 months following the closing date and T-Mobile will pay Cogent $700 million for such services, with $350 million due in equal payments over the first 12 months after closing and $350 million due in equal payments over the remaining 42 months.
Cogent expects to offer customers the ability to migrate from their legacy MPLS VPN solutions to modern Ethernet / VPLS or SD-WAN / DIA solutions for their corporate needs. Cogent also expects to facilitate the migration of netcentric internet access customers from the T-Mobile Wireline Business (legacy Sprint) AS1239 to Cogent's AS174.
A newly formed direct subsidiary of Cogent will consummate the acquisition. Cogent does not plan to issue new debt or equity in order to finance the acquisition, and the transaction is not expected to be dilutive to Cogent's existing stockholders. Cogent plans to maintain its current dividend per share, which is expected to continue to increase over time.
The transaction is subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second half of 2023.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as exclusive financial advisor for Cogent, and Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor.
Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to T-Mobile and T-Mobile was represented by Joseph Alexander, Nancy Victory, Marc Samuel and Jason Juall from DLA Piper.
Cogent will host a conference call with investors to discuss the announcement at 8:00 a.m. EDT. To join via phone, participants must register for the call here.
Once registered, participants will receive the dial in number along with a unique PIN. Each individual caller will require their own unique PIN. To ensure timely access, participants should register promptly and dial in approximately 5 minutes before the call starts. A listen only webcast is accessible under "Events" in the "About" section of Cogent's website at https://www.cogentco.com/events and will remain available through September 21, 2022. A presentation about the announcement can be found at Cogent's website here.
Cogent (NASDAQ: CCOI) is a facilities-based provider of low cost, high speed Internet access and private network services to bandwidth intensive businesses. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network provides services in over 219 markets across 51 countries.
Cogent is headquartered at 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, visit www.cogentco.com. Cogent can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or via email at info@cogentco.com.
Except for historical information and discussion contained herein, statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "targets," "projects" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding benefits of the proposed acquisition, integration plans and expected synergies and anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including estimates for growth. The statements in this release are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Cogent's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences, including risks related to the acquisition of T-Mobile's Wireline Business by Cogent and related transactions, such as the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the pending acquisition, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the pending merger that could reduce anticipated benefits; the ability to successfully integrate the businesses; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the acquisition agreement; the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all; risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Cogent's common stock; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Cogent and T-Mobile to retain customers, to retain and hire key personnel or to maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally; the risk that problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected; the risk that the combined company may be unable to achieve cost-cutting synergies or that it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies and other factors; and other risks discussed from time to time in Cogent's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, Cogent's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Cogent undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement or any information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.
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The forecast is showing a hot day in Waterloo. It should reach a balmy 84 degrees. 62 degrees is today's low. We will see clear skies today. The sunshine will be intense today; high UV indexes are forecasted. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. Winds should be calm today, with winds reaching 5 miles per hour, coming from Northwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. For more daily forecast information, visit wcfcourier.com.
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Givex has launched GivexPOS in Holiday Inn Mexico City Trade Center, Crowne Plaza Lancaster and Crowne Plaza Tlalnepantla, with the second phase to expand room service and gift card capabilities for all properties
TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Global fintech company Givex announced today that its Mexico office has completed the installation of GivexPOS at Holiday Inn Mexico City Trade Center, Crowne Plaza Lancaster and Crowne Plaza Tlalnepantla.
In addition to GivexPOS, the three hotels are also utilizing the company's Inventory Module to manage and control inventory costs for the buffet, table service, and event and banquet rooms, as well as Givex's interface with their third-party property management system, which verifies occupancy and adds up the guest's detailed expenses from their entire visit.
"This agreement illustrates the depth and breadth of what Givex can offer, and why more and more big players in the hospitality industry are taking advantage of multiple Givex services," said Javier Aguilar, Managing Director of Givex Mexico. "One of Givex's differentiators is our ability to integrate not only our products, but also any other external partners, to create a seamless technology ecosystem, making it easy for our clients to improve efficiency and make good business decisions."
The second phase of the installation will include Givex's Online Ordering Module, which will be used for automating room service orders, as well as setup of gift cards that can be redeemed at any revenue center in any of the three hotels.
"2022 has been a great year for Givex, and the successful installation of GivexPOS in three signature hotels is a big step forward for our Mexico office," said Don Gray, CEO of Givex. "We look forward to the next phase in the installation process and continuing to grow our footprint in Mexico."
Givex (TSX: GIVX;OTCQX: GIVXF) is a global fintech company providing merchants with customer engagement, point of sale and payment solutions, all in a single platform. We are integrated with 1000+ technology partners, creating a fully end-to-end solution that delivers powerful customer insights. Our platform is used by some of the world's largest brands, comprising approximately 116,000 locations across more than 100 countries. Learn more at givex.com.
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NEW YORK — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York City.
Bannon, 68, plans to turn himself in on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border.
That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment late Tuesday.
In a statement, Bannon said District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has now decided to pursue phony charges against me 60 days before the midterm election,” accusing the Democratic prosecutor of targeting him because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
“The SDNY did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” Bannon said, referring to his arrest months before Trump’s re-election loss.
Federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations.
“It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now,” the former White House strategist said. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office in January 2021.
Two other men involved in the “We Build the Wall” project pleaded guilty in April. They had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
A president can only pardon federal crimes, not state offenses, but that doesn’t mean state-level prosecutors have carte blanche to try similar cases.
In 2019, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. brought state mortgage fraud charges against Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in what was widely seen as an attempt to hedge against a possible pardon.
But a judge threw the case out on double jeopardy grounds, finding that it was too similar to a federal case that resulted in Manafort’s conviction. (Manafort was later pardoned by Trump).
While Manafort’s New York case was pending, New York eased its double jeopardy protections, ensuring that state-level prosecutors could pursue charges against anyone granted a presidential pardon for similar federal crimes.
Bannon’s case differs because he was dropped from the federal case in its early stages. In most cases, double jeopardy is only a factor when a person has been convicted or acquitted of a crime.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial Tuesday, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup.
The petition centers on the reliability of testimony provided by former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, who said he repeatedly raised concerns about the accuracy of bloods tests that were being administered to patients during his tenure in 2013 and 2014.
Prosecutors highlighted Rosendorff’s testimony during their closing arguments to a jury that convicted Holme s on four felony counts of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year after a nearly four-month trial. The same jury acquitted Holmes on charges of fraud and conspiracy against patients who had their blood tested by Theranos.
Rosendorff, reached via LinkedIn, said he had no comment, adding “Do not contact me.”
Holmes, 38, is currently free on bail, but is facing up to 20 years in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Oct. 17 in San Jose, California.
Her lawyers argued in a 17-page filing that Rosendorff is now expressing misgivings about his testimony, based on recent actions described in the court document.
The filing states that Rosendorff appeared at the home Holmes shares with her partner, William Evans, on the evening of August 8 in an attempt to meet with her. Evans intercepted Rosendorff, according to the document, and asked him to leave.
Before departing, according to the filing, Rosendorff told Evans that during his trial testimony “he tried to answer the questions honestly but that the prosecutors tried to make everyone look bad” and now feels like “he had done something wrong.” Before he appeared at Holmes’ residence, the document said, Rosendorff left a 30-second voicemail for one of her lawyers asking for a face-to-face meeting with Holmes because he thought it could be “quite healing” for both of them.
In their filing, Holmes lawyers said they had not been able to ask Rosendorff for further information about his reflections on his trial testimony for ethical reasons. The lawyers proposed an Oct. 3 hearing to discuss why they believe Rosendorff’s recent actions merit a new trial.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila formally rejected a request to set aside the jury’s verdicts in Holmes’ trial. Davila’s decision cited Rosendorff’s testimony in support of his ruling. | https://www.cbs42.com/tech-news/ap-technology/ap-elizabeth-holmes-seeks-new-trial-cites-key-witness-regrets/ | 2022-09-07T11:42:13Z | https://www.cbs42.com/tech-news/ap-technology/ap-elizabeth-holmes-seeks-new-trial-cites-key-witness-regrets/ | false |
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Risk Mitigation Consulting, the leader in mission assurance, risk management, and industrial cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it is relaunching as RMC, and unveiling a modernized brand architecture. RMC's goal is to communicate their unparalleled risk management expertise and commitment to strengthening security postures of government and commercial organizations, so they can prevail in an evolving threat environment.
Core elements of the modernized brand include:
- Assuring Tomorrow. The tagline speaks to RMC's role addressing today's risks while anticipating tomorrow's.
- The new logo is bold and contemporary, with a rising sun logomark emphasizing a forward-looking approach.
- Now at www.RMCGlobal.com, the modern website communicates RMC's global experience, ingenuity, and momentum.
"Our purpose is timeless and RMC is moving into a dynamic growth phase. This brand modernization represents the start of a new era for us," said Vince Kuchar, CEO of RMC. "We are aligning our team around the awareness, analysis, and actions needed to thwart today's bad actors from disrupting our nation's critical infrastructure and business operations. Together, we are truly united in assuring tomorrow."
As critical infrastructure assets and systems become more interconnected, vital infrastructure sectors such as utility systems, transportation, communications, health, and emergency services are facing increased risks.
"Protecting today's missions, military installations and business operations is an increasingly complex undertaking," said Brent Hyland, COO of RMC. "RMC was purpose-built for mission assurance and industrial cybersecurity solutions. Our team operates worldwide, serving clients with the experience and drive required to ensure the security of our nation's most important assets – today and tomorrow."
As part of the brand modernization, RMC's offerings will include:
- Mission Assurance
- Industrial Cybersecurity
- Intelligence and Analysis
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
Since its start in 2011, RMC has identified countless critical risks to missions, resulting in more than $2.7 billion in federal funding being reprioritized to address the most pressing risks.
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After being laid off during the pandemic, a south side man started a garlic farm
Digging around online after the loss of his job during the pandemic, Greg Studer stumbled across information on garlic. The more he learned, the more he wanted to know.
Studer began reconsidering his career options, and from his home on the south side of Milwaukee started looking for ways to grow garlic.
He found a farm with land in Somers, and launched Sweet N Savory Garlic Farm. Last fall he planted six varieties of hardneck garlic. This summer he began with selling garlic scapes to restaurants and online, and now he’s selling his fresh garlic at the Oak Creek farmers market. Studer also sells garlic for seed, and continues to learn about the hundreds of varieties of garlic available today.
Look for Sweet N Savory Garlic Farm at the Oak Creek farmers market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 22.
Related:Milwaukee area farmers markets guide in 2022
Starting to grow garlic
I was in between jobs in the supply chain field. During COVID I got laid off. I was looking through things online, a website came up about garlic.
I knew a little from following the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, and I knew about a gentleman named John Swenson in Illinois. He started in 1970 with a garlic seed exchange. He did a lot with the government, USDA, back when there was no classification for garlic. Through his years of research he found out there are more than 200 varieties of garlic. That intrigued me.
I went to a couple webinars with garlic farmers and then got the idea that maybe I should try this.
Finding his garlic farm
I couldn’t go and buy a farm and work it. I knew a bank would not give me the money, and it would be expensive. I was about to give up, and I came across this website for Somers Farm and Prairie, in Kenosha near UW-Parkside.
The owner inherited the property, 160 acres. He wanted to start a conservatory or school where farmers would come out and learn a trade and move on within five years to start their own farms.
His first garlic planting
I started planting my garlic in October last year. I harvested my first harvest in July. This is my first year in business.
I have six varieties, all hardneck. I have Armenian, Persian star, German extra hardy, great northern white, Spanish roja and Chesnok red.
Different and delicious garlic
I don’t have a favorite. They’re all different, so it depends on what you’re cooking. The Spanish roja, Persian star and Chesnok red are more mild, used for salad dressings and something that won’t be cooked. It is more a mild taste.
If you go Armenian and German extra hardy, those are more a sauce or something cooked long, like a chili or a roast. Then you go into the great northern white, I think that’s the strongest, and that’s definitely for a sauce.
More:A guide to 18 varieties of garlic grown in Wisconsin
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Beyond the garlic bulbs
I come from a family of eight kids. We always had a leased property with some type of farming. We never grew garlic, though; this is my first dive into that. It was just because nobody knows a lot about garlic. They know it as a bottle in the store that you buy, or the bulbs in the store. Even those, in the stores they are typically a softneck garlic.
Hardneck garlic, there are more than 100 varieties. When I’m at the farmers market in Oak Creek and mention that, people are just amazed.
Scapes start the season
I started with garlic scapes this year. I sold them at the market and online (when they were in season). This is my first year, so it is just about getting out there and showing people. I had a friend who did some pickled scapes, and they’re delicious. I pickle them, or you can chop them up, you can put it in a Bloody Mary. Once you cut the scapes off (the plant), it helps the bulbs grow bigger.
One of my struggles this year with the drought, my crop was a little stunted. But talking to other farmers it was a rough year. Mother Nature controls a lot.
You’ve got options
The hardneck varieties, the reason I grow that is because of the garlic scapes. There is also more variety available. Your typical grocery stores are selling the white softneck. Since you get that in stores, I thought these would be a better variety and option to sell.
Storing and keeping garlic
The best place to store your garlic is in a cool, dark and airy place. You don’t want to put it in a closet or next to heat. It doesn’t like sunlight.
You don’t want to put it in the refrigerator. Once you put it in the refrigerator, the plant says OK, now I can start growing again. The other thing, the refrigerator affects texture.
But you can actually store garlic in the freezer. I have come across articles with farmers who have frozen garlic bulbs and five years later they grew the garlic. I don’t know that I’d try that, but yeah, keep it in a cool, dark, airy location. Eventually it is going to dry out. If you feel your garlic is getting to the end of its shelf life, try tossing it in the freezer.
His favorite garlic recipe
It depends on what you’re using it for, but I have some recipes on my website. I use garlic scapes in a dip, I use garlic in a cream sauce for chicken. There are so many different ways to use it. There is not just one way to use it. Everyone has their own taste.
Some people say they don’t like garlic. I say you might have tried a garlic from the store, a softneck imported, and you might have gotten a pungent garlic. There are mild garlics out there that you could try instead.
Educating eaters
I don’t care where you buy your garlic. One of the things I try to educate people about is if you go to the grocery store and you see the root of the plant is carved out, that means it was imported. That means from Spain, China, South America or someplace else. The reason they do it is for agricultural purposes, so the plant can’t be replanted and a disease cannot be brought into the United States that way.
When you’re looking at a plant that has been imported, you don’t know how long it took to get here and how fresh it is when you get it.
How much does fresh garlic cost?
I sell per pound, and it depends on the size of the garlic. At the (Oak Creek) farmers market I sell garlic $4 for a quarter pound. That may be three or five bulbs, depending on the size. I also sell garlic seed, so if anyone is looking to start growing their own I sell that.
Where to buy the garlic
I’m at the Oak Creek farmers market every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (through Oct. 22) It is also sold on my website, https://sweetnsavorygarlicfarm.com, and I just started on Etsy.
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Police: Shark kills US tourist snorkeling in Bahamas
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities say a shark has attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas.
Tuesday’s attack involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.
Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.
The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal.
That incident involved a Southern California woman who was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday’s attacked occurred.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Nearly 500 pounds of beef jerky products made by a Knoxville, Tennessee company are being recalled over concerns of listeria contamination.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the recall announced on September 6 affects products made by the Magnolia Provision Company, Inc.
The following ready-to-eat beef jerky items were made on August 25, 2022 and are subject to the recall:
- 2-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.
- 8-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.
- 16-oz. packages of “BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE CHOP HOUSE STYLE PRIME RIB FLAVORED BEEF JERKY” with “EXP 8/25/23” displayed on the back of the package.
The problem was found when the company reported to the FSIS that a third-party lab confirmed the presence of listeria in a tested sample.
No confirmed reports of adverse reactions have been reported at this time.
These products will have an establishment number of “EST. 8091” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The items, according to the FSIS, were shipped to retail locations across the country.
Officials urge anyone that has these products to throw them out or return them from where they were purchased.
For questions or concerns, you can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send an email here. | https://www.wfla.com/news/recalls/500-lbs-of-beef-jerky-recalled-over-listeria-concerns/ | 2022-09-07T11:50:58Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/recalls/500-lbs-of-beef-jerky-recalled-over-listeria-concerns/ | true |
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Walmart, UnitedHealth to offer joint program for preventive healthcare for seniors
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Sept 7 (Reuters) - Walmart and health insurer UnitedHealth Group are planning to team up to provide preventive care for people aged 65 and up and virtual health-care services for all age groups, the companies said on Wednesday.
The 10-year partnership represents Walmart's latest push into health care and could help the retail giant better compete with CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Walgreens last October invested $5.2 billion in primary-care provider VillageMD, which has more than 200 locations across 15 markets.
Walmart's effort with UnitedHealth will target common ailments among aging Americans such as heart disease and diabetes.
When it gets under way in January, the collaboration is expected to initially offer seniors healthcare at 15 Walmart Health locations in Georgia and Florida. The focus will be on value-based healthcare, a model in which hospitals and doctors' offices are reimbursed for the care they provide through multiple Medicare Advantage plans.
Medicare Advantage is a Medicare-approved plan from a private company and is an alternative to Original Medicare, the federal government's health insurance plan for seniors.
The collaboration will initially exclude coverage for members under Original Medicare.
Unlike traditional fee-for-service models, in which health insurers pay doctors a fee for each service provided, value-based health-care payments are tied to a patient's outcome and health. The model typically provides preventive measures including dietary guides, cancer screenings and frequent doctor visits.
"We expect that through this partnership, we would grow to serve hundreds of thousands of seniors," Dan Schumacher, UnitedHealth Group chief strategy and growth officer, said.
"Our goal is to make (healthcare) accessible and keep it affordable using these solutions, particularly in these medically underserved communities," Dr. Cheryl Pegus, executive vice president of Health and Wellness at Walmart, said.
Walmart already provides physicians, community-health workers, behavioral-health therapists and nurse practitioners to help serve seniors who are "already going to buy other products" at Walmart's health facilities, she said.
Walmart's healthcare personnel will be able to use Optum, a health services company owned by UnitedHealth Group, which gives providers data analytics on patients. The collaboration also includes the expected launch of a Walmart and UnitedHealth Group co-branded Medicare Advantage plan in Georgia.
Walmart and UnitedHealth Group had partnered in January to provide free, at-home COVID-19 tests. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11188927/Walmart-UnitedHealth-offer-joint-program-preventive-healthcare-seniors.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-07T11:52:01Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11188927/Walmart-UnitedHealth-offer-joint-program-preventive-healthcare-seniors.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
UK's finance minister: borrowing to be higher in the short term
LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain's new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng told bankers and investors on Wednesday that the government would need to borrow more than planned to support households and businesses through the energy crisis.
In his first public move since being appointed by Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday, he met senior banking figures from the City of London to set out the government's new economic approach.
"Due to the scale of the gas crisis, the government's first priority will be to support families and businesses in the immediate term," Britain's finance ministry said in a statement summarising Kwarteng's meeting.
"The chancellor was clear this will mean necessary higher borrowing in the short-term whilst ensuring monetary stability and fiscal discipline over the medium term," the statement said.
Kwarteng was committed to ensuring the economy grew faster than the public-sector debt levels and to keeping debt as a share of economic output on a downward path, it added.
Kwarteng used the meeting to give his full support for the independent Bank of England and its mission to control inflation, which is central to tacking cost of living challenges.
"We face extraordinary economic challenges in the coming weeks and months and I know that families and businesses across the UK are worried," Kwarteng said in the statement.
"The prime minister and I are committed to taking decisive action to help the British people now, while pursuing an unashamedly pro-growth agenda," he added.
This approach would focus on boosting business investment rather than redistributing wealth, he said.
Truss told parliament in her first appearance as prime minister on Wednesday that she rejected windfall taxes on the large profits being made by some energy companies. (Reporting by William James, writing by Muvija M and William Schomberg; editing by David Milliken and Alex Richardson) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11188957/UKs-finance-minister-borrowing-higher-short-term.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-07T11:52:20Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11188957/UKs-finance-minister-borrowing-higher-short-term.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
– Four leading pediatric infectious disease institutions will study M2SR vaccine response in pediatric subjects, a population in which infection rates are often highest –
– Collaborative study led by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' "Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers" program –
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced the completion of enrollment of the first cohort in an age de-escalation clinical trial of M2SR (M2 Deficient Single Replication) live virus vaccine, the company's investigational supra-seasonal intranasal influenza (flu) vaccine, in volunteers ages 6 months to 17 years old. This study is the first of its kind to evaluate M2SR in children under 9 years old, a population with the greatest rates of flu infection each year and who are at higher risk of serious complications or death. The study, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program will assess safety, tolerability, and immunological response to M2SR.
"Influenza can have serious complications in young children, a particularly vulnerable patient population, and there is a demonstrated need for improved vaccines that can mitigate the impact of the flu," said Dr. James Campbell, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Principal Investigator of the study. "The M2SR vaccine candidate has already shown a robust safety profile in adults, and we look forward to advancing scientific understanding of the potential benefits of M2SR in children."
The randomized, double-blind, dose-escalating, age de-escalating, placebo-controlled, Phase 1b study, (clinicaltrials.gov NCT04960397) is designed to evaluate a monovalent Singapore 2016 H3N2 M2SR influenza A vaccine in children. The primary endpoint is to measure the safety and tolerability of M2SR. The secondary endpoint is to assess the humoral immunogenicity (serum antibody and mucosal antibody responses) directed against the matched virus strain. The study will enroll 220 participants in three cohorts: 9-17 years old (n=45); 2-8 years old (n=115); and 6-23 months old (n=60); and will occur over two flu seasons. Participants will be randomized to receive either one or two doses of a monovalent M2SR vaccine (at increasing doses of 107, 108, or 109 TCID50) or placebo delivered intranasally. All participants will be offered the seasonal influenza vaccine at the end of the study period.
"The rate of influenza infection is highest in pediatric patients, and the current standard-of-care does not meet the needs of this unprotected population," said Paul Radspinner, President and Chief Executive Officer of FluGen. "We are pleased that the NIH has selected our M2SR flu vaccine candidate to be studied as part of its CIVICs program, and look forward to sharing further updates, and the initial results of the study, which are expected in the first half of 2023."
FluGen's novel supra-seasonal, intranasal M2SR flu vaccine has already been studied in more than 200 subjects aged 9 to 55 years and has shown a strong safety and immunogenicity profile. It is also being studied in a separate ongoing study in adults 55 to 85 years old. The study in pediatric subjects is supported by NIH CIVICs under contract numbers 75N93019C00055 to University of Maryland School of Medicine and 75N93019C00054 to Duke University. In addition to James Campbell, M.D. at the University of Maryland, Emmanuel Walter, M.D. at Duke University, Clarence Creech at Vanderbilt University and Patricia Winokur, M.D. at the University of Iowa will serve as investigators for the study.
The content of this announcement is the responsibility solely of FluGen, Inc. and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.
FluGen, Inc. is a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in respiratory diseases. The company's lead candidate is M2SR, a supra-seasonal, live, single-replication, intranasal flu vaccine. Unlike standard of care flu vaccines, M2SR stimulates mucosal, humoral, and cellular immunity. In an unprecedented challenge trial, M2SR demonstrated protection against infection and illness across seven years of virus drift; and M2SR induces a durable antibody response with potential to cover an entire flu season and beyond. M2SR also has shown activity as a vaccine vector for other respiratory vaccines and infectious diseases, including a COVID-19/flu combination. For more information about FluGen, Inc., please visit http://www.FluGen.com/.
The M2 Deleted Single Replication Live Virus Vaccine (M2SR) offers a potentially differentiating clinical value proposition. FluGen's flu vaccine candidate works differently, stimulating mucosal, humoral, and cellular immunity, and offering unprecedented efficacy against infection and illness across seven years of virus drift, and documented immune response for at least six months.
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Astros seeks to knock off Rangers in rubber game
For all the attention clubs give to analytics, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker is quick to point out the basics.
"RBIs are the name of the game," Baker said on the Astros pregame radio show. "The teams that get the big RBIs are the teams that win."
The Astros lacked the big hit on Tuesday in a 4-3 loss to the visiting Texas Rangers. The American League West rivals have split the first two games of the series, which concludes on Wednesday in Houston.
The Rangers snapped a nine-game losing streak on Tuesday, with rookie Ezequiel Duran delivering a key, two-run double.
On Monday, it was the Astros who had the lone RBI hit, a single by catcher Martin Maldonado in a 1-0 win.
For the season, Maldonado has 38 RBIs and reaching 50 is realistic.
"The epitome of a pretty good year is driving in 50 runs," Baker said. "Now he has 38, which is closing in on 50."
In the series finale, the Astros are starting right-hander Cristian Javier (8-9, 3.07 ERA). The Rangers counter with rookie left-hander Cole Ragans (0-2, 4.42).
Javier will be making his 21st start and 26th appearance overall this season. In 120 1/3 innings, the 25-year-old has 157 strikeouts.
Over his last seven games, which includes six starts, Javier has been a bit unlucky. The native of the Dominican Republic is 2-4 with a 2.92 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 37 innings, including a WHIP of 0.95.
Traditionally, Javier has fared well against the Rangers. This season, the Astros starter is 2-1 with a 3.27 ERA against the Rangers, and lifetime he's 5-1 (3.02).
Ragans, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016, has been on the 15-day injured list since Aug. 26 with a left calf strain.
The rookie faced the Astros once, on Aug. 11 at Houston, his second big league start. He gave up five runs in 4 1/3 innings in a loss.
Texas outfielder Kole Calhoun has enjoyed success off Javier, batting .571 with three home runs and four RBIs in 14 career at-bats. Shortstop Corey Seager has two career homers off Javier in 14 at-bats.
For the Rangers, these final weeks are an opportunity not only to play the role of spoiler, but also to instill some priorities as the organization builds for the future.
The mindset interim manager Tony Beasley wants to change is the acceptance that starting pitchers don't make it three times through the batting order.
There is plenty of statistical data that supports pulling starters after they've faced the lineup twice. Still, Beasley isn't buying it, and doesn't want his starters to think that way either.
"All the teams that are successful, (their) starters are putting in the work," Beasley said in an MLB.com story. "And then the bullpen is finishing it off. We have some work to do in that area. We know that, but it starts with our mindset. We have to start expecting more.
"The industry has kind of made two times through the order and not facing it a third time (a norm), and everyone is buying into it. But to me, those things are crutches."
--Field Level Media | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11189001/Astros-seeks-knock-Rangers-rubber-game.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-09-07T11:52:58Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11189001/Astros-seeks-knock-Rangers-rubber-game.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
For the first time, OEMs and their suppliers can have full visibility and manage vulnerabilities for all components within a single platform
DETROIT, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cybellum, a leading provider of the Product Security Platform for automotive manufacturers, announced today at the 6th Annual Auto-ISAC Summit, a first-of-its-kind solution for greater visibility and vulnerability analysis and management of AUTOSAR based ECUs. This enables greater insight for OEMs and their suppliers, of all of their components, from one platform, to provide more secure vehicles and to comply faster with emerging regulations.
The AUTOSAR platform is well-established for providing deeply embedded electronic control units (ECUs). As vehicles have evolved over the last number of decades from simpler electronic units to software defined machines, AUTOSAR has provided OEMs and suppliers a stable foundation to build their distributed software systems. By using a layered software architecture with a compatible methodology, the AUTOSAR Platform supports all kinds of microcontroller-based ECUs, from engine control units to life-saving ADAS features.
To comply with current and emerging regulations and to ensure that the vehicles are safe from a cyber security standpoint, automobile manufacturers must have visibility into the software and module compositions of AUTOSAR ECUs. With this release by Cybellum, OEMs are able to receive full visibility with vulnerability management from one comprehensive platform.
"We are excited with this release and expanded support for AUTOSAR that provides OEMs and their suppliers with the most complete offering available for uncovering and managing vulnerabilities for all vehicle components," said Eran Rosenberg, VP of Product Management at Cybellum. "Our team continuously works to expand Cybellum's platform, providing more expanded vulnerability monitoring, threat detection, and remediation solutions for the automotive sector. AUTOSAR is another example of the additional capabilities we are adding to our product security platform to enable manufacturers to rapidly comply with regulations and ensure that their vehicles are free of cyber threats."
The new capability enables automobile manufacturers to rapidly meet compliance requirements for AUTOSAR ECUs with full visibility and by identifying and analyzing vulnerabilities and threats in components, modules, and software. This is especially crucial in a time where manufacturers are working to reduce time to market while maneuvering through an unprecedented hostile cybersecurity environment.
About Cybellum
Cybellum enables automotive OEMs and suppliers to keep the products they build secure and compliant, every single moment of their life. Industry leaders use Cybellum's product security platform to fuse security into every phase of the product lifecycle. Powered by Cyber Digital Twins™ technology -- a live digital replica of every software component inside your devices – Cybellum allows product security teams to manage cyber risk continuously, whatever new threat arises. From living SBOMs to automated vulnerability management and continuous monitoring, teams can ensure their product portfolio is secure from design to post-production and beyond. www.cybellum.com
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ORLANDO, Fla. – High heat and storms are on tap Wednesday in Central Florida.
Rain chances will be up to 60% on Wednesday before jumping to 70% on Thursday and Friday.
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High temperatures will be very hot, with Orlando reaching a high near 95 degrees. The normal high temperature in Orlando on this date is 90. The record high is 100, set in 1921.
Orlando has a rain deficit of 5.59 inches since the first of the year.
We are pinpointing an area of low pressure off the coast of Africa. The system has a 20% chance of development over the next five days, but it’s too early to know where the potential wave might head.
Another area of low pressure near the Cabo Verde Islands has a 50% chance of development over the next two days and a 60% chance of development over the next five days.
Hurricane Earl, winds at 80 mph, remains out to sea.
Danielle, with winds at 75 mph, is also a hurricane and could eventually impact Europe.
The peak of hurricane season, which runs through November, is Sept. 10.
The next named storm will be called Fiona.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Days after flying to Thailand to seek asylum, members of a Chinese church huddled in a restaurant to share their stories with journalists. But when they peered over their shoulders, they spotted strangers taking videos of them with cellphones.
In seconds, they scattered, fearing Chinese state security had come for them yet again.
“Political pressure is rising, and there’s more and more ideological control,“ said Pastor Pan Yongguang, whose church has been on the run for years. “The persecution is growing worse.”
The story of the exile of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church illustrates how the Chinese government is going to increasing lengths to control religious faith and its citizens, even far outside its borders.
Since leaving China for South Korea’s resort island of Jeju three years ago, Pan’s 61 congregants have been stalked, harassed, and received threatening calls and messages despite fleeing hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, he said. Relatives back in China have been summoned, interrogated and intimidated. In one case, Chinese diplomats refused to issue a member’s newborn child a passport, rendering the baby stateless.
The government’s tactics against the church echo ones used against the Uyghurs and other Chinese ethnic minorities abroad, as well as fugitives accused of corruption, to coerce them to return to China.
In China, Christians are legally allowed to worship only in churches affiliated with Communist Party-controlled religious groups, but for decades, the authorities largely tolerated independent, unregistered “house churches.” They have tens of millions of worshippers, possibly outnumbering those in the official groups.
However, in recent years, house churches have come under heavy pressure, with many prominent ones shut down. Unlike previous crackdowns, such as Beijing’s ban of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement it labels a cult, the authorities have also targeted some believers not explicitly opposed to the Chinese state.
Most members of Pan’s church are young, married middle-class couples, with their children making up about half the group.
Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, a Christian group helping Pan, cited tightening controls on religion under Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at rooting out foreign influence and bolstering national security.
“What national security threat?” Fu said. “They’re not going to public squares, they’re not trying to shame the Chinese government. They’re just trying to seek religious freedom.”
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the matter was “not a diplomatic question” when asked for comment.
Ministering in China was never easy, Pan said. Since starting the church in 2012, it has had to move from house to house as authorities ordered landlords to turn them away. Police kept close track of church gatherings, recording attendees and hauling Pan in for questioning from time to time. The questions grew sharper after they discovered he was ordained into the Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, sharper still after new religious regulations in 2018. Police homed in on his ties overseas.
“They want to seal off Chinese churches from the outside world,” Pan said.
Pan said the church began thinking of leaving after his friend, an outspoken pastor from the same denomination, was arrested.
The final straw came after millions began taking to the streets of Hong Kong in 2019 to protest Beijing’s tightening grip on the city. Pan said they had no connection to the protests, but authorities in their city of Shenzhen on the mainland bordering Hong Kong were on high alert under “quasi-martial law.” The church came under excruciating pressure.
Pan decided it was time to put the matter to a vote. Most members elected to leave.
“At the time, I thought maybe we could return after things settled down,” said Nie Yunfeng, who joined the church months after its founding. “I never imagined things would get this bad.”
At the beginning of this year, her parents were summoned by police and questioned about Nie’s faith, as were dozens of relatives of other church members who had left for South Korea. Officers all over the country, from central Hubei province to tropical Hainan island, threatened the relatives with confiscation of state benefits or the closure of their businesses if the congregants didn’t return to China.
“Your descendants may suffer,” they told Nie’s terrified father. “Tell them to come back right now, or else they will face serious consequences.”
Officers found Pan’s brother, sisters and mother and accused Pan of “treason,” “collusion with foreign forces” and “subversion of state power.” Evidence obtained by Pan and seen by the AP indicates that state security was ordered to investigate the church.
They left South Korea for Thailand after meetings with local and U.S. officials made it clear that prospects for refuge were dim. Despite being home to a large, active Christian population, South Korea’s cultural and ethnic homogeneity can make it unfriendly toward refugees. Government statistics show less than 1% of asylum seekers were granted refuge there last year.
So, the church decided to flee again. On Monday, church members gathered outside the United Nations refugee office in Bangkok. They piled manila envelopes stuffed with asylum papers on a mailbox hanging by the entrance.
In Bangkok, members have split between different hotels and attend Sunday service on Zoom, wary of being tracked by Chinese police. They spend their days praying, worrying about an uncertain future.
Xie Jianqing, a church elder, said the transition has been tough. The church members, largely white-collar workers in the glittering high-tech metropolis of Shenzhen, had to get used to picking fruit and digging dirt in the volcanic soil of Jeju island. Now, they have no work, and their future is even cloudier.
Still, such sacrifices are worth it, Xie said. In China, he wasn’t able to give his children the religious upbringing he wanted because state schools are compulsory and mandate an atheist, communism-infused curriculum. Abroad, he said, his children can learn about the God he believes in.
“We’re willing to pay this price,” he said. “God always has the best plan.”
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TME Is The Superbowl of Fashion Shows With Over 800 Models Set To Hit The Runway All In A Day
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Model Experience (TME) is truly gearing up to turn their New York Fashion Week (NYFW) into a festival! With back to back shows taking place on Sunday, September 11th featuring performances from Billboard-charting raptress Coi Leray as well as Saucy Santana (who's fresh off his MTV Video Music Awards performance) rocking the runway stage! Plus a highly anticipated fashion-forward curated DJ set by artist/model Shaun Ross! "We've done many shows in Los Angeles over the years, but we're beyond excited to tap into the New York Fashion Scene," says TME founder Ashley Covarrubias.
"New York is the Mecca when it comes to Fashion. Our show is different because it's inclusive and our talent pool is unmatched. Our designers will be showing everything from streetwear to couture. 800 Models are expected to hit the Runway. Most of the models we work with are unsigned, this is their big break. When you think of NYFW, the high-fashion shows are really raw and industrial. We wanted to emulate that feeling. We're excited to bring this vision to life at our first-ever NYFW show, and the support from our New York models has been amazing, " explains the founder.
For over a decade TME has been giving up-and-coming models the chance to walk the runway. The glowing community will also bring a new element to their brand, as they manifest a New York satellite show that's been in the works for many seasons. As Ashley Covarrubias has shared about her organization, "we truly provide the model experience that aspiring talents need, and with accolades like placements in Vogue with designers who've gone on to work with stars like Cardi B, our reputation is golden." Nicknamed "the super bowl of fashion shows," the TME event will unveil dozens of designers' newest collections. In addition, TME already has a sold out 3-day Los Angeles Fashion Week (LAFW) show with soon-to-be released celebrity designers and performances, including artist Bia, starting October 7th.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joey Gallo blasted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the second inning, Max Muncy added a pair of solo shots and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Tuesday night.
The NL West leaders reduced their magic number to seven and improved to 11-4 against their rival this season. All of the game’s runs came on homers.
Muncy, who came in hitting .186, went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs, satisfied at how the ball came off his bat.
“Home runs are obviously amazing and I’m happy I hit them, but just seeing the ball fly at the path is better,” he said. “I made a couple mechanical adjustments right before the game.”
Tyler Anderson (14-3) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The left-hander struck out three and walked two. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth to earn his 22nd save.
Muncy doubled leading off the second and Justin Turner walked before Gallo’s 408-foot shot to the right-field pavilion off Jarlin García (1-4) put the Dodgers ahead, 3-1.
Gallo’s bat had a small crack near the handle; he wasn’t sure if it was already broken or broke on the swing.
Gallo was acquired a month ago after a disastrous stint with the New York Yankees. The two-time All-Star’s homer was his fourth with the Dodgers and 16th overall. He made a nifty diving catch in left field that saved two potential runs and ended the second.
“I enjoy being here,” he said. “The lineup we have takes a lot of pressure off. I’m just kind of here. Anybody can take over a game.”
The Dodgers extended their lead to 5-1 on Muncy’s two-out, two-run homer to the right-field pavilion on the first pitch from García in the third.
García gave up five runs and four hits in 1 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked one.
Muncy went deep to the left-field pavilion against Dominic Leone leading off the sixth.
Lewis Brinson homered on the first pitch of the game and Brandon Crawford added a two-run shot in the sixth for the Giants, who had their four-game winning streak snapped a night after hitting five homers in a 7-4 victory.
Right-hander John Brebbia opened the bullpen game for the Giants, allowing one hit in one inning.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: Reinstated C Joey Bart from seven-day concussion list for his start behind the plate.
Dodgers: RHP Tony Gonsolin (forearm) played catch again but has residual soreness. Manager Dave Roberts remains optimistic the 16-game winner can be “fully ramped up” in time for the postseason. … INF-OF Gavin Lux (neck) won’t be going on the IL, Roberts said.
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías says he’ll pitch for Mexico in next year’s World Baseball Classic.
He joins LA teammates Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Will Smith who will represent the U.S. and Freddie Freeman, who’ll play for Canada, during the event in March.
Urías represented his country as a teenager, but the WBC will be the first time he does so as a professional. The Mexican left-hander hoped to pitch in the 2017 WBC, but the Dodgers wanted to limit their top prospect’s workload.
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Alex Cobb (5-6, 3.58 ERA) is enjoying a strong second half. He struck out seven against the Phillies in his last start.
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-3, 2.59) has a 1.99 ERA and 380 strikeouts in 55 career starts against the Giants.
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New Asset Management Firms – Astor Investment Management, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. and Winslow Capital – Further Expand SMArtX's Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP).
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SMArtX Advisory Solutions ("SMArtX"), a leading innovator in unified managed accounts (UMA) technology and architect of the SMArtX turnkey asset management platform ('TAMP'), announced the addition of seven new investment strategies to its platform. The SMArtX platform now supports 1,102 model-traded and manager-traded separate account strategies from 271 of the world's leading asset managers.
Three new asset management firms — Astor Investment Management, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P,, and Winslow Capital — have been added to SMArtX's platform, giving advisors additional strategies to build and offer custom portfolios at scale. These new offerings are distributed and traded by SMArtX across seven custodial platforms through its award-winning cloud-based solution.
"SMArtX is excited to welcome these new names and strategies to the platform," said Evan Rapoport, CEO of SMArtX Advisory Solutions. "Quality over quantity has been the driving force of the SMArtX Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP) since its inception. The quality of managers joining SMArtX is an enduring testament to the importance of diversified distributions and the ease of model delivery directly to advisors' brokerage accounts."
Cypress Capital Partners and Eulav Asset Management, two existing firms on the SMArtX platform, now offer investors access to more strategies. The new strategies across all five firms encompass model delivery exposures to equity, fixed income, and infrastructure strategies.
The complete list of new strategies includes:
- Astor Investment Management
- Cypress Capital
- Eulav Asset Management
- Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
- Winslow Capital
SMArtX's continued growth is driven by two main applications of its technology: the off-the-shelf TAMP offering, which is built using SMArtX Advisory Solutions' proprietary UMA technology, and the ability to tailor and utilize its UMA technology through cloud-based APIs to meet the mandates of large enterprises, RIA platforms, and hybrid broker-dealers.
Jonathan Pincus, President and COO of SMArtX expanded that "the ongoing development of automation solutions within the managed accounts industry has improved efficiencies, increased integrations across firms, and led to better outcomes for advisors and their clients."
Download a copy of SMArtX's Manager Profiles Brochure for September 2022 to access the current offering of available strategies on the SMArtX Advisory Platform.
SMArtX Advisory Solutions is an award-winning managed accounts technology provider and manages SMArtX, a turnkey asset management platform ('TAMP'). SMArtX's API-first, cloud-native technology operates within a modular, micro-services architecture, providing clients a tailored solution catered to their unique specifications. SMArtX is available as an off-the-shelf TAMP for advisors seeking wider selection of investment product and ease of use, while automating the investment processes and simplifying the everyday tasks of managing client accounts. SMArtX also licenses its proprietary technology to enterprise firms looking to create, customize, or upgrade their existing managed accounts technology as a standalone or fully integrated solution. SMArtX is the managed account technology and TAMP platform of choice for multiple RIAs, broker-dealers, and asset managers. Learn more at www.smartxadvisory.com
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LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Corporation) today announced that MPLC has become a Patron-Level Member of the Copyright Society.
"We are excited to be members of the Copyright Society," said Ron Wheeler, EVP, Business & Legal Affairs at MPLC. "Like us, they are deeply committed to copyright education and to fostering creativity and the arts. We look forward to collaborating with them and with our fellow members to advance these worthy causes."
MPLC licenses film and television rights for public performances on behalf of more than 1,000 producers, ranging from Hollywood majors to small independent producers. For businesses that display audiovisual content in public spaces, MPLC's Umbrella License® provides the most coverage commercially available to ensure copyright compliance.
Since its founding in 1986, MPLC has taken an educational approach to the licensing of television, movies, and other audiovisual content, forging partnerships with a variety of associations to educate businesses about copyright compliance.
According to the US Copyright Act, Title 17 of the United States Code, copyrighted movies, television, and other audiovisual content originally intended for personal, private use, require a public performance license when exhibited in public. Showing audiovisual content in public spaces via broadcast, cable, or satellite television; DVDs, downloads, or streaming services requires a public performance license.
"As a leader in the licensing of copyright-protected audiovisual content, MPLC shares the Copyright Society's goal of promoting awareness and understanding of copyright law," said Casey Chisick, President of the Copyright Society. "We are delighted to welcome MPLC to the Copyright Society community."
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MPLC is the global leader in non-theatrical licensing, supporting legal public performances of film, television, and other audiovisual content in more than 40 countries around the world. Under the Umbrella License®, a blanket license for public performance, MPLC represents rights holders ranging from major Hollywood studios to independent producers. MPLC licensees include government, corporations, and non-profit organizations. Hundreds of thousands of locations around the world publicly perform content legally with the Umbrella License. Learn more at www.mplc.org.
The Copyright Society, a non-profit organization established in 1953, is devoted to copyright law awareness and education. With more than 1,000 members worldwide, regional chapters in over a dozen major U.S. cities, as well as two international chapters, in Canada, and Europe, the Copyright Society's mission is to promote and advance the study and understanding of copyright law and its role in fostering creativity and the arts, copyright industries, and the use and distribution of copyrighted materials through traditional and new media. Learn more at www.copyrightsociety.org.
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DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, today announced that management will present at Baird's 2022 Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, in New York.
Chief Executive Officer, Sulagna Bhattacharya, and Chief Medical Officer, Aaron Osborne will present a company update on Nanoscope clinical and corporate activities on Wednesday, September 14, at 12:15 PM Eastern Time in the Morgan Suite (Mezzanine Level). Nanoscope leadership will be available for in-person meetings at the event on both Tuesday, September 13, and Wednesday, September 14.
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight-restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases, for which no cure exists. The company's lead asset, MCO-010, is presently in Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled clinical trials in the U.S. for retinitis pigmentosa (NCT04945772) with top-line data expected H1 2023. The company has also initiated a Phase 2 trial of MCO-010 therapy in Stargardt patients (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA orphan drug designations for RP and Stargardt. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser-delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.
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Houston Co. law enforcement looking for escaped inmate
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:19 AM CDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
CROCKETT, Texas (KTRE) - Law enforcement in Deep East Texas are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Houston County Sheriff’s Office early Wednesday.
Miguel Alejandro Zuniga, 31, was detained on a drug-related charge, according to Sheriff Randy Hargrove.
Zuniga was last seen on-camera at the sheriff’s office on South 4th Street in Crockett around 1:49 a.m.
Zuniga is described as 5′6″ and having black hair and brown eyes. The sheriff said he was wearing grey pants and a white t-shirt at the time.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 right away.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International, together with its storage business, CB&I, has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam B.V. for the Green Hydrogen Import Terminal project. The project is part of Gunvor's program to transform their Rotterdam facility into a green energy hub.
Under the contract scope, CB&I will provide the FEED of the ammonia tank and associated Inside Battery Limits (ISBL) equipment. McDermott will support with FEED activities for the interconnecting pipeline, tie-ins and other Outside Battery Limits (OSBL) scope. As part of the FEED, a project execution cost estimate will be developed as basis for a potential conversion into an engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) contract for the implementation phase.
"After successfully completing the feasibility study in 2021, we are well positioned to execute the next phase of this important green energy project," said Tareq Kawash, Senior Vice President, Onshore of McDermott. "Our ability to bring together McDermott's decades of project execution experience with CB&I's expertise in design, engineering and construction of ammonia tanks make us the ideal partner for Gunvor."
"This project represents a vital contribution to ensuring a reliable logistical chain for the growing green hydrogen market and ultimately meeting the Netherlands 2030 climate goals," said Cesar Canals, Senior Vice President, of CB&I. "As a world leader in the design and build of storage terminals, CB&I, together with McDermott, bring safety, quality and assurance."
Work on the project will be executed from McDermott's office in The Hague, the Netherlands and CB&I's office in Plainfield, Illinois.
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach engineered to responsibly harness and transform global energy resources into the products the world needs. From concept to commissioning, McDermott's innovative expertise and capabilities advance the next generation of global energy infrastructure—empowering a brighter, more sustainable future for us all. Operating in over 54 countries, McDermott's locally-focused and globally-integrated resources include more than 30,000 employees, a diversified fleet of specialty marine construction vessels and fabrication facilities around the world. To learn more, visit www.mcdermott.com.
CB&I is the world's leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks and terminals. With more than 60,000 structures completed throughout its 130-year history, CB&I has the global expertise and strategically located operations to provide its customers world-class storage solutions for even the most complex energy infrastructure projects. To learn more, visit www.cbi.com.
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TME Is The Superbowl of Fashion Shows With Over 800 Models Set To Hit The Runway All In A Day
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Model Experience (TME) is truly gearing up to turn their New York Fashion Week (NYFW) into a festival! With back to back shows taking place on Sunday, September 11th featuring performances from Billboard-charting raptress Coi Leray as well as Saucy Santana (who's fresh off his MTV Video Music Awards performance) rocking the runway stage! Plus a highly anticipated fashion-forward curated DJ set by artist/model Shaun Ross! "We've done many shows in Los Angeles over the years, but we're beyond excited to tap into the New York Fashion Scene," says TME founder Ashley Covarrubias.
"New York is the Mecca when it comes to Fashion. Our show is different because it's inclusive and our talent pool is unmatched. Our designers will be showing everything from streetwear to couture. 800 Models are expected to hit the Runway. Most of the models we work with are unsigned, this is their big break. When you think of NYFW, the high-fashion shows are really raw and industrial. We wanted to emulate that feeling. We're excited to bring this vision to life at our first-ever NYFW show, and the support from our New York models has been amazing, " explains the founder.
For over a decade TME has been giving up-and-coming models the chance to walk the runway. The glowing community will also bring a new element to their brand, as they manifest a New York satellite show that's been in the works for many seasons. As Ashley Covarrubias has shared about her organization, "we truly provide the model experience that aspiring talents need, and with accolades like placements in Vogue with designers who've gone on to work with stars like Cardi B, our reputation is golden." Nicknamed "the super bowl of fashion shows," the TME event will unveil dozens of designers' newest collections. In addition, TME already has a sold out 3-day Los Angeles Fashion Week (LAFW) show with soon-to-be released celebrity designers and performances, including artist Bia, starting October 7th.
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NORWELL, Mass., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VetCor, a portfolio company of funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP and Cressey & Company LP, announced that it has acquired People, Pets, & Vets ("PPV"), a leading veterinary services company with over 150 animal hospitals located throughout the United States. The acquisition brings together two best-in-class veterinary services operators with leading reputations in the industry.
"Chris and his team have rapidly developed the founding PPV practice group into an impressive national network," commented Dan Adams, Chief Executive Officer of VetCor. "We are excited to partner our organizations to expand the resources, support services, and career opportunities for our veterinary teams, as they continue to care for growing numbers of patients, clients, and communities."
Founded in 1992, PPV operates animal hospitals throughout the western and southern United States. Each hospital provides a range of general practice services while making a positive impact in their communities. By creating a network of passionate professionals who work smarter, PPV has built a strong track record of leading with influence, always doing the right thing, and creating a relationship built on trust.
"VetCor is one of the premier veterinary services providers in the United States," said Chris Strong, Chief Executive Officer of PPV. "We are excited to join a best-in-class organization with the reputation and scale of VetCor, and further our mission to enhance the health and well-being of pets and their people."
Jefferies LLC served as financial advisor and Ropes & Gray LLP served as legal counsel to VetCor. Harris Williams acted as financial advisor to PPV.
Founded in 1997, VetCor is an operator of veterinary practices in North America, with 549 locations across 40 states plus Canada. VetCor facilities provide a full range of general medical and surgical services for pets as well as pharmacy and ancillary services such as boarding, grooming, and other pet products. The Company has distinguished itself by promoting the local identity of each hospital, offering a family friendly work environment, providing management, training and administrative support to its hospitals, and relying on the veterinarians of each hospital to manage their medical direction.
People, Pets and Vets, born in 1992, is a veterinarian-led group with animal hospitals located throughout the western and southern United States. Each hospital provides a range of general and surgical services. PPV provides streamlined business support while allowing each hospital to maintain its local identity and medical autonomy.
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LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss’s new Cabinet is Britain’s most diverse ever, with women serving as prime minister and deputy prime minister and Black and South Asian politicians filling many of the top jobs.
While they come from different backgrounds, the new ministers share Truss’ small-state, free-market economic views and staunch support for Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The government’s diversity reflects years of work by the right-of-center Conservative Party to shake its “pale, male and stale” image. Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who was party leader between 2005 and 2016, made a push to draft diverse candidate shortlists for winnable seats.
The drive has transformed the upper tiers of a party whose 172,000-strong national membership remains overwhelmingly white and largely male. Among Tory legislators, 24% are women and 6% belong to ethnic minorities. The main opposition Labour Party is more diverse — and gets more support from non-white voters — but has yet to have a leader who wasn't a white man. Truss is the third female Conservative prime minister.
Here’s a look at key players in Truss’s government:
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER KWASI KWARTENG
Britain’s first Black Treasury chief is a long-time friend and ally of Truss. A decade ago they were co-authors of the political treatise “Britannia Unchained,” which notoriously included the claim that British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world.”
Born in London to Ghanaian parents, Kwarteng was Educated at Eton College – the elite private school attended by multiple prime ministers including Boris Johnson – and Cambridge University. Holding a Ph.D. in economic history, Kwarteng is regarded as one of the party’s intellectual heavyweights.
He will be crucial to the government’s response to a cost-of-living crisis fueled by soaring energy prices. Truss has promised help for families and businesses struggling to pay their bills, but both she and Kwarteng favor tax cuts over direct handouts.
FOREIGN SECRETARY JAMES CLEVERLY
Cleverly, the son of a white British father and Sierra Leonean mother, is a former soldier in Britain’s military reserves who was elected to Parliament in 2015.
Widely seen as pragmatic and affable, he has held Foreign Office posts as Europe and Middle East minister and was education secretary in the final weeks of Johnson’s government. Now he has been promoted to foreign secretary, the first Black politician to serve as Britain’s top diplomat.
HOME SECRETARY SUELLA BRAVERMAN
Britain’s new interior minister, responsible for immigration and law and order, is a Cambridge-educated lawyer firmly on the right of the Conservative Party. The youngest-ever home secretary at 42, Braverman was born in London to Indian parents who moved to Britain from Kenya and Mauritius.
She supports her predecessor Priti Patel’s controversial plan to send some asylum-seekers arriving in the U.K. on a one-way trip to Rwanda.
Braverman, who served as attorney general under Johnson, has accused the courts of meddling in politics and has said Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights. Like several other members of the new government, she has adopted divisive “anti-woke” positions on cultural issues and has compared diversity training for civil servants to medieval witch trials.
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER THERESE COFFEY
Coffey, a key Truss ally, has been appointed health secretary and deputy prime minister, the first woman in the deputy job.
She will face the vital task of shoring up Britain’s overstretched National Health Service. A practicing Catholic who has voted against liberalizing access to abortion, Coffey says she won't seek “to undo any aspects of abortion laws” despite her own beliefs.
Other senior ministers include Iraq-born Nadhim Zahawi, who held several Cabinet jobs under Johnson and is now minister for intergovernmental relations; and Kemi Badenoch, a rising star of the party’s right whose parents are Nigerian. She has been appointed trade secretary.
Politicians carrying over from Johnson’s government include Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who keeps his key role overseeing U.K. support for Ukraine, and Jacob Rees-Mogg, an arch Brexiteer and figurehead of the party’s right wing who has been dubbed “the honorable member for the 18th century” because of his formal dress, ornate rhetoric and conservative views.
The appointment of Rees-Mogg as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has alarmed environmentalists because of his support for more North Sea oil and gas exploration and skepticism about Britain’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/New-UK-Cabinet-is-diverse-in-makeup-and-solidly-17424112.php | 2022-09-07T12:09:11Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/New-UK-Cabinet-is-diverse-in-makeup-and-solidly-17424112.php | false |
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Three strikes and the Second Amendment Preservation Act presented by the Sons of Liberty of North Dakota to the Williams County Board of Commissioners was voted down after its third presentation on Tuesday morning.
“It’s coming back. I’m bringing the Second Amendment Preservation Act back,” Sons of Liberty of North Dakota President Jerol Gohrick said.
The motion failed to pass by a vote of 3-2, which brought out backlash against Assistant State's Attorney Karen Prout, specifically her participation in the special committee meeting held August 10 and her recommendation to not pass the Act at the August 16 Commission meeting. At the August 16 meeting, the Act was tabled due to a tied 2-2 vote.
Commissioner Barry Ramberg, who is also a Sons of Liberty member and Gohrick said that they felt misled by Prout at the special meeting, saying Prout discussed and helped edit the Act to be presented to the Commissioners, leading Ramberg and Gohrick to believe that she was on board with passing the Act with its new language.
“Karen flat out lied to everyone,” Gohrick said to the Board of Commissioners.
“At that meeting I asked you what gave you the most heartburn about it [the document],” Ramberg said to Prout, “and you said it was that first paragraph. So we spent some time and reworded it. You stated that you were okay with it at that meeting, so I am curious as to why not be okay with it now?”
“I never said that,” Prout said about the accusations of her being in favor of the Act passing. “I just said that I was okay with the language if the board was going to adopt it.”
“That’s not my position to do. My position is to give legal advice to this board and to county staff. My idea in putting language in there to change it is that if the board was going to adopt this resolution, then there was going to be language in there to give some sort of wiggle room or some discretion to the board about whether or not to take action in it,” Prout said.
Prout added that she never intended to represent that she was in favor of the Act being passed and said that if anybody took it that way she was sorry.
At the initial meeting on August 2 when the Act was presented for the first time, Prout said that she would have no problem upholding the Second Amendment and the very right to bear arms under the State Constitution, “but some of the things in the proclamation that they’re [Sons of Liberty of North Dakota] submitting... probably would not fly.”
Commissioner Chairman Cory Hanson initially had concerns signing the document without it first being reviewed by Prout. Prout has had ongoing concerns since the original presentation regarding the language in the document that took away the federal court’s ability to determine what is constitutional or unconstitutional.
The special meeting that was held on August 10 was at the recommendation of Councilman David Montgomery, and Prout assisted to edit the language of the Act document. Prout, Ramberg, Gohrick, and Sheriff Verlan Kvande were assigned to this special meeting and presented the revised document to the Board on August 16 where it was tabled after a tied 2-2- vote. | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/williams_county/its-three-strikes-youre-out-for-the-sons-of-liberty-of-north-dakota/article_cf9f2c84-2e18-11ed-a7f4-afefd7eaf623.html | 2022-09-07T12:16:09Z | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/williams_county/its-three-strikes-youre-out-for-the-sons-of-liberty-of-north-dakota/article_cf9f2c84-2e18-11ed-a7f4-afefd7eaf623.html | false |
WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
338 AM PDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to high
surf of 4 to 7 feet on south facing beaches of Ventura and Los
Angeles Counties. Breaking waves of 3 to 6 feet are expected on
beaches of southeastern Santa Barbara County. Surf could
possibly be higher under certain circumstances. Breaking waves
of 4 to 6 feet are likely to affect Catalina Island, including
portions of Avalon Harbor. Waves may be higher there if
accompanied by strong winds.
* WHERE...Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Barbara
County Southeastern Coast, Ventura County Beaches, Malibu
Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches.
* WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...This will likely lead to dangerous surf conditions
with an increased risk of ocean drowning. Minor tidal overflow
during the time of high tide, mainly Friday and Saturday
evenings, but possibly Thursday evening.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This is an extended outlook for the
potential of high surf. A High Surf Advisory will likely be
needed in a few days.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Stay off rock jetties, as
they can be deadly in such conditions.
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Chelsea's new American owners are proving to be just as ruthless as the man they replaced.
Thomas Tuchel was fired by the Premier League club on Wednesday, only one month into the season and just days after Chelsea's recently installed ownership — fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly — concluded a Europe-high spending spree of nearly $300 million in the transfer window.
Chelsea was renowned for regularly changing managers in the 19-year tenure of Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch who had to sell the London club after being sanctioned by the British government for what it called his enabling of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal and barbaric invasion” of Ukraine.
Boehly was the face of the consortium that bought Chelsea for 2.5 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) in May and, despite having little soccer experience, quickly made himself chairman as well as interim sporting director in charge of transfers.
Not only has he overseen a record splurge on new players, Boehly has now decided Tuchel — the coach who led Chelsea to the Champions League title last year — is no longer the right person to lead the team in the new era.
The decision to fire Tuchel, who was manager for 20 months, came a day after Chelsea surprisingly lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in its first group match of the Champions League. Chelsea has also lost two of its first six games — to Leeds and Southampton — in an underwhelming start to the Premier League that has seen the team’s new signings fail to gel.
Tuchel has been a frustrated and prickly figure after matches this season. In interviews after the loss to Dinamo, he said “everything is missing” when asked to sum up Chelsea's performance and complained that his players “lacked hunger.”
In a feisty Premier League game against Tottenham, Tuchel was sent off — along with rival manager Antonio Conte — and later fined after they went head-to-head in a post-match scuffle because Tuchel failed to let go of his grip in the traditional handshake.
“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition," Chelsea said in a statement, which also said Tuchel “will rightly have a place" in the club's history.
After all, the 49-year-old German guided Chelsea to the Champions League title less than six months after taking over as manager in January 2021, as the replacement for Frank Lampard. Tuchel only had one full season at the helm and that saw Chelsea eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League — to eventual champion Real Madrid — before finishing third in the Premier League, 19 points behind champion Manchester City.
A big reason why Chelsea faded in the second half of last season was the turbulence caused by the change of ownership and it was a wild offseason at Stamford Bridge, too, with dozens of players — including Cristiano Ronaldo — linked with a move to the London club as Boehly looked to make his presence felt in the transfer market.
Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella came in for big fees, before the final days of the transfer window saw Chelsea spend 75 million pounds ($87 million) on French center back Wesley Fofana and then bring in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Barcelona to plug a gap in its striker options.
Aubameyang cited playing under Tuchel before — at Borussia Dortmund — as a benefit of the move and was handed a debut against Dinamo. That proved to be Tuchel's last game in charge, perhaps leaving Aubameyang's long-term status uncertain.
That will depend who comes in to replace Tuchel. British media has already linked Graham Potter, currently manager of in-form Premier League club Brighton, and Mauricio Pochettino, with the vacancy.
Potter has no real experience of handling a squad of star players but is highly regarded for his tactical astuteness and entertaining style of play. Pochettino has experience of overseeing a locker room of egos — he was recently coach of a Paris Saint-Germain team containing Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and Neymar — and has been out of work since parting ways with the French champions in July.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 8, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
352 AM PDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 110.
* WHERE...Northern Lake and Southern Lake Counties.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 109.
* WHERE...Northeastern Mendocino Interior and Southeastern
Mendocino Interior Counties.
* WHERE...Northern Trinity and Southern Trinity Counties.
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 98.
* WHERE...Del Norte Interior County.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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When the fifth-generation Toyota Supra debuted, it came with a standard automatic transmission, and it wasn't clear at the time that a manual option would ever make an appearance. But now, a few years later, the manual Supra is here, and it's good -- but it doesn't fundamentally change anything. That may not sound like great news to some of you, but trust me, that's how it should be.
The Supra's new six-speed manual transmission is a labor of love between Toyota's engineers and the gearbox wizards at ZF. A larger-diameter clutch provides a greater mating surface between the engine and the driven wheels, allowing this transmission to handle the 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6's 382 horsepower and 368 pound-feet of torque with ease. With rear-wheel drive, the manual Supra will reach 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, just a few tenths off the automatic model.
This combination of new and existing ZF parts looks good on paper, and it feels good in practice. The clutch pedal has a predictable bite point, although it's a bit light. The lever feels fantastic, satisfyingly notching into each gate. Forgive the BMW comparison, but it reminds me of a shorter version of the E46 M3's Getrag six-speed, one of my favorite manuals. Reverse is easy to access, and I also like how Toyota ever so slightly moved the remaining vehicle controls away from the shift lever for better ergonomics. It's like this transmission was always meant to be here.
While the 2023 Supra's manual will likely be the most prominent talking point, Toyota also made a host of tweaks to its drivetrain and suspension. The adaptive suspension's shock absorbers have been retuned for better ride comfort and body roll management, and Toyota also tweaked the power steering and added a standard sport differential for all 3.0-liter variants. Changes to the traction control system should boost grip when starting off, and a new final drive ratio (3.46 versus the automatic's 3.15) keeps the engine from feeling lazy on the low end.
Toyota set up a test track at Utah Motorsports Campus to evaluate how all these changes come together. I've always found the 3.0-liter Supra to be an exciting short-wheelbase sports car, and that general undercurrent remains the same. It pulls strongly in every gear, and the inline-six sounds fabulous in the process. The pedals are set up nicely, so I can ease off the brake and roll onto the throttle, while the differential shuffles torque left and right, preventing wheelspin and keeping the car balanced. There is no unnecessary pitching or rolling; the Supra's body feels just the right amount of stiff as I chase turn-in points and start staring down the next corner.
The only real bummer is that I'm not doing much shifting on this track. With only six forward gears instead of the automatic's eight, this means drivers will spend more time in each gear -- in my case, that translates to running almost the entire length of the track in third gear. I like that I'm able to devote more focus to reducing lap times instead of footwork, but there's a sort of funny irony in the notion that I'd be doing more on-track shifting in the automatic Supra. However, when I do get into fourth gear, returning to third is a breeze thanks to a quick, precise rev-matching system (don't worry, purists, it can be disabled).
Despite all these new additions and adjustments, the 2023 Toyota GR Supra 3.0 remains the same fundamentally. It's a small sports car with plenty of power that is capable on both backroads and proper circuits. The new six-speed manual transmission offers a little extra driver engagement, but it doesn't make this car objectively better or worse, which is great in my opinion, because no matter how you spec the Supra, you're in for a good time.
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HIGHBRIDGE, the Bronx (PIX11) — A Bronx woman struck by an apparent stray bullet at a Highbridge playground in June has died of her injuries, officials said Wednesday.
Jelani Green, 25, was struck in the neck when gunfire rang out at a large gathering at Half-Nelson Playground on Nelson Avenue near Featherbed Lane around 8:45 p.m. June 19, according to authorities.
Police said at the time of the shooting that the victim was struck in the shoulder and taken to an area hospital in stable condition. But Green’s injuries proved to be life-threatening, and she succumbed to them on Tuesday.
Green, who lived about a half-mile from the playground, did not appear to be the intended target of the shooting, investigators said at the time and reiterated Wednesday.
Investigators are yet to make an arrest or publicly identify a suspect in the shooting.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/bronx-woman-struck-by-apparent-stray-bullet-dies-of-wounds-nypd/ | 2022-09-07T12:22:28Z | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/bronx-woman-struck-by-apparent-stray-bullet-dies-of-wounds-nypd/ | true |
This may come as a shock to some, but there are other actors in Don't Worry Darling besides Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde and Florence Pugh.
Nick Kroll decided to share his experience from the film's recent premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, capturing the wild fanfare on social media.
In a video posted to TikTok on Sept. 6, the 44-year-old films his ride into the event, alongside co-star Sydney Chandler, as hundreds of fans desperately try to peer into the car, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the movie's leads.
"POV: pulling up to the @dontworrydarlin premiere as just a supporting actor," Nick captioned the post.
In the clip, The League alum hilariously narrates the fishbowl-like situation, commenting just how bummed out the crowd must be to find out it's him inside.
"Not who you want, ladies," he says as he passes the curious looky-loos. "Sorry, not Harry, not Olivia, not Florence."
Nick continued, "Hi, you don't know me. Nope, nope, nope."
However, Sydney, 25, tried to look on the bright side, adding, "But hey, Nick and Syd! Pretty f--king col. You don't know, but we're pretty f--king cool."
On Sept. 5, Nick and Sydney hit the red carpet for the upcoming thriller along with Harry and Olivia—who have been dating publicly since January 2021—Gemma Chan and Chris Pine. As the most closely followed event of the festival, all eyes were on the Don't Worry Darling stars amid rumors of behind-the-scenes drama involving cast shake ups and alleged ongoing feuds.
Olivia briefly addressed the speculation that there was tension between the cast at a press conference one day earlier, saying she isn't focused on the "endless tabloid gossip and all the noise out there."
"I mean, the internet feeds itself," the film's director said while on a panel. "I don't feel the need to contribute. I think it's sufficiently well-nourished." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1345124/nick-kroll-has-hilarious-reaction-to-don-t-worry-darling-premiere-fanfare | 2022-09-07T12:23:36Z | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1345124/nick-kroll-has-hilarious-reaction-to-don-t-worry-darling-premiere-fanfare | false |
Accuray Will Anchor Hub That Will Unite Companies From the MedTech, Pharma and Biosciences Sectors, Physicians and Scientists
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today the company is joining forces with Genolier Innovation Hub, a fully-owned subsidiary of AEVIS VICTORIA SA (SWX: AEVS), in support of a unique new approach to improving patient care. Genolier Innovation Hub will unite companies from the medtech, pharma and biosciences sectors, physicians and scientists, under one roof, with the goal of bringing medical and technological advances to patients faster. The Hub is expected to open in early 2024.
Genolier Innovation Hub will be located in the heart of the Genolier Healthcare Campus in Genolier, Switzerland. The facility will offer different workspaces to meet the varied requirements of the participants including operating rooms to support simulation-based training, bunkers with radiation therapy systems for training, R&D and demonstration, and meeting rooms equipped with the most advanced technologies to host seminars, workshops and events. Accuray will leverage the Hub as a global training center where customers will have the opportunity to obtain hands-on training and learn about advanced radiation therapy techniques – using its CyberKnife® and Radixact® Systems – from renowned faculty.
The CyberKnife and Radixact Systems are radiation therapy devices that have been proven to deliver highly effective treatments for a broad range of tumors almost anywhere in the body. The systems include advanced functionality that make it easier and more efficient to administer extremely precise radiation treatments, even to targets that move, providing the medical care team with options for managing the full spectrum of cancer cases, from routine to complex and initial treatment to retreatment, and neurologic disorders. The two systems are successfully being used at the Clinique Générale-Beaulieu in Geneva, and the Radixact System will also be used at the Clinique de Genolier, both being flagship clinics of the Swiss Medical Network, AEVIS's main shareholding.
"We are proud to lead the radiation therapy industry as an anchor for Genolier Innovation Hub. Our involvement is consistent with our focus on advancing patient care through investments in innovation in all aspects of our business, from our technology to clinical support and education," said Suzanne Winter, president and chief executive officer of Accuray. "We look forward to partnering with Genolier Innovation Hub to usher in a new level of collaboration that speeds the progress made in patient-centric care. This is a long-term commitment for both companies."
"Our philosophy is to put the patient at the heart of everything we do. This viewpoint is a key driver behind the new Genolier Innovation Hub which is designed to provide a forum for creating cross-sector relationships that drive unprecedented improvements in care," said Antoine Hubert, Chairman of the Board of Genolier Innovation Hub and Delegate of the Board of Directors of AEVIS Victoria SA. "Accuray shares our vision and I am confident that by working together we can create a model that sets a new standard in the healthcare industry."
AEVIS invests in healthcare, hospitality & lifestyle and infrastructure. AEVIS′s main shareholdings are Swiss Medical Network SA (90%, directly and indirectly), a Swiss private network of 21 hospitals present in the country's three main language regions, Victoria-Jungfrau AG, a luxury hotel group managing ten luxury hotels in Switzerland and abroad, Infracore SA (30%, directly and indirectly), a real estate company dedicated to healthcare-related infrastructure which is the owner of Genolier Innovation Hub building (to learn more, visit www.infracore.ch), Swiss Hotel Properties SA, a hospitality real estate division, and NESCENS SA, a brand dedicated to better aging. AEVIS is listed on the Swiss Reporting Standard of the SIX Swiss Exchange (AEVS.SW). To learn more, visit www.aevis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Genolier Innovation Hub is a scientific and medical platform of more than 25'000 m² open to international health stakeholders in the fields of medtech, pharma, digital technologies and biosciences. Focusing on translational research, development and presentation of innovations and education, this Hub aims to be a central location for physicians, researchers, startups in the launch phase, companies specialized in medtech, pharma and biosciences, hospitals, clinics and educational institutions. This significant project is taking form, with the beginning of the construction in June 2021 and the grand opening scheduled for early 2024. To follow the progress of the construction site, there is a live-webcam available. Here is the video of the Genolier Innovation Hub, which is also available on the website and LinkedIn.
Accuray is committed to expanding the powerful potential of radiation therapy to improve as many lives as possible. We invent unique, market-changing solutions designed to deliver radiation treatments for even the most complex cases—while making commonly treatable cases even easier—to meet the full spectrum of patient needs. We are dedicated to continuous innovation in radiation therapy for oncology, neuro-radiosurgery, and beyond, as we partner with clinicians and administrators, empowering them to help patients get back to their lives, faster. Accuray is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.accuray.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Latest Innovation Solves Pharma Brands' and Agencies' Long-standing Need for Transparent, Data-driven DTC Audience Creation and Campaign Planning
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepIntent, the leading healthcare advertising technology company built to influence patient health and business outcomes, today announced the launch of Patient Planner, a game-changing innovation that unlocks the power of healthcare data in a HIPAA-compliant way, giving advertisers the control and transparency they need to activate successful patient audiences and programmatic campaigns.
Patient Planner is the only tool that unifies medical and pharmacy claims within a healthcare demand side platform (DSP) for on-demand patient audience creation and real-time campaign planning. Only with DeepIntent can healthcare marketers explore patient populations, project addressable audiences, and forecast cross-channel reach in real-time based on their brand objectives.
Patient Planner also features a first-of-its-kind TV planning tool that provides instant insight into incremental audience reach and overlap across linear and connected TV. The tool combines automated content recognition (ACR) viewership data with clinical data so marketers can make informed decisions that improve clinically-relevant reach and efficiency for their TV campaigns.
"Patient Planner solves a long-standing challenge for all healthcare marketers, one I experienced myself on the agency side. Until now, brands and agencies had no way of truly understanding their patient populations or the predicted reach against their target audiences in real-time," said Jen Werther, Chief Strategy Officer of DeepIntent. "With Patient Planner, media and programmatic teams finally have hands-on access to the data and tools needed to create smarter, faster, and fully-transparent patient audiences and campaigns."
Key features & benefits for pharma brands and agencies include:
- On-demand custom audience creation: explore and segment patient populations in real-time based on campaign-specific claims codes, demographics, media consumption habits, and more. Tap into our next gen Patient Modeled Audiences, now with more powerful predictive algorithms that improve audience quality by up to 7X.
- Real-time audience analysis: maximize clinically-relevant reach and eliminate waste by understanding overlap and incrementality of custom-built and third-party audiences, based on verified patient data
- Instant insight into CTV: quantify potential patient reach on linear and connected TV and understand the incremental reach that can be gained with CTV
- Real-time forecasting and scenario planning: project addressable audience size, reach, and spend across channels and devices and project outcomes before spending, so investment can be focused on media strategies that work best
- Faster addressability: send HIPAA-compliant audiences directly to DeepIntent's healthcare DSP for activation
- Save time and money: maximize resources with simplified, streamlined workflows at no additional cost with no fees or minimums to use Patient Planner
"Patient Planner unlocks data-driven insight and planning that can drive strategy and investment in completely new ways," said Ari Shenkman, Director of Programmatic at Havas Media, North America. "I'm excited to expand our use of the tool and get it into the hands of more of our strategists and traders."
Patient Planner has been in beta testing with leading agencies, including Havas Media Group North America, Klick Health, Fingerpaint, and Matterkind since May and is now available to all advertisers for immediate use.
For more information about Patient Planner, visit www.deepintent.com/patient-planner.
DeepIntent is leading the healthcare advertising industry with data-driven solutions built for the future. Built purposefully for healthcare marketers, DeepIntent's platform is proven to drive higher audience quality and script performance. It enables marketers to plan, activate, measure, and optimize their campaigns all within a single platform. Conceived by former Memorial Sloan Kettering data scientists, DeepIntent empowers nine of the top ten pharmaceutical companies and the leading healthcare advertising agencies to improve patient outcomes through the artful use of advertising, data science, and real-world health data. For more information, visit DeepIntent.com or find us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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WELL by HLTH, debuting at HLTH 2022 in Las Vegas, will convene senior executives from leading consumer-focused wellness and lifestyle brands.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HLTH, the premier platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, launches WELL by HLTH to accommodate and further connect an evolving industry landscape. WELL by HLTH, debuting at HLTH 2022, will convene senior executives and leading consumer brands in the areas of wearables, fitness, mental wellness/mindfulness, metabolic health and cardio metabolic disease, nutrition, longevity, sexual health, sleep health, psychedelics, and food innovation.
Interwoven throughout the event, WELL by HLTH participants will have a unique opportunity to engage with employers, payers, providers, investors, associations, biopharma, policymakers, media, and the patient community. WELL by HLTH will highlight the power of consumer-driven healthcare and deliver a platform for much-needed disruption through a curated program, forward-thinking sessions, and dedicated event footprint, featuring a garden-themed stage, Zen Lounge, WELL by HLTH Cafe, and Hosted Buyer Lounge.
"We are in the midst of a significant shift in how people pursue and receive healthcare," said Jonathan Weiner, Founder and CEO at HLTH. "With many of the leading consumer brands and executives set to appear on stage at HLTH 2022, WELL by HLTH is well-positioned to become the intersection of culture and care, while setting the stage for a new conversation around consumer-led healthcare."
Notable executives and thought leaders confirmed to take the stage include David Ko, Chief Executive Officer and Jay Shetty, Chief Purpose Officer (Calm), Will Ahmed, Founder & Chief Executive Officer (WHOOP), Russell Glass, Chief Executive Officer (Headspace Health), Cassidy Rouse, Senior Vice President, Growth Partnerships & Corporate Wellness (Peloton), Firdaus Bhathena, General Manager of Healthcare (Noom), James Park, Fitbit VP, GM & Co-founder, (FitBit at Google), Shyamal Patel, Head of Science (ŌURA), Ashley Mills, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer (obé Fitness), Ara Katz, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer (Seed Health), Isabelle Kenyon, Founder & Chief Executive Officer (Calibrate Health, Inc.), Michael Miyamoto, M.D., M.B.A., Medical Director, Amazon Halo (Amazon), Jostein Solheim, Chief Executive Officer, Health & Wellbeing (Unilever), Ben Goodwin, Co-Founder, CEO & Formulator (Olipop, Inc.), Amy Shecter, Chief Executive Officer (Ever/Body) and many more.
"The healthcare industry continues to move towards holistic, preventative care models with consumers at the helm of their own wellness journeys," added Jody Tropeano, Head of Content at HLTH. "Consequently, both established institutions and emerging brands must align to sufficiently address the societal behavioral shift in seeking proactive self-care and start pivoting away from a predominantly sick-care system."
HLTH 2022 takes place November 13-16, 2022. Attendees can register here or qualify to attend free of charge through the Hosted Buyer Program, a curated marketplace of health buyers and solution providers designed for senior executives and decision-makers. Members of the media and social media influencers are also encouraged to attend and can apply for a media pass here. Brands can get involved as an inaugural WELL by HLTH sponsor by submitting their interest here.
HLTH (pronounced "health") is the leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation. From unparalleled events with industry-leading speakers to inspirational digital content and mission-driven initiatives, HLTH creates a unique marketplace for the health community leading the dialogue and development of a better health ecosystem. Visit hlth.com for more information.
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The BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards were earned across 86 OTC product categories and based on a survey of 1,682 U.S. Pharmacists
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Leading market research firm BrandSpark International today announced the inaugural winners of the BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards ("BMTPA") for over-the-counter ("OTC") consumer product brands. The winners were selected based on the BrandSpark American Pharmacists Trust Study, a survey of 1,682 pharmacists currently practicing in the United States who gave their top-of-mind, unaided opinions on which brands they trust the most in 86 categories.
Americans turn to over-the-counter products to address a multitude of common health-related issues and many of these purchases are made with the help of pharmacists. They provide their opinions to consumers based on their deep knowledge of which brands they have seen to be most effective in delivering relief, treatment and care, and therefore trust the most. BrandSpark has made it easier for shoppers to navigate OTC brands by providing a 100% pharmacist-voted seal to look for when you want to know which OTC brands pharmacists trust the most.
BrandSpark researchers identified key OTC categories where trust is important to consumers, based on a review of the most common ailments consumers face and where pharmacists believe in the superiority of specific brands. Opinions of pharmacists were gathered and BrandSpark calculated which brands had the highest volume of unaided mentions. All respondents were confirmed to be currently practicing licensed pharmacists and standard research best practices were applied to ensure accuracy.
"When health is a factor, consumers actively seek the most effective and trusted products, which inspired us to expand our program to pharmacists, the premier OTC health experts. Our goal is to make healthcare professionals' opinions about the brands they most trust accessible to the everyday shopper", said Robert Levy, President of BrandSpark. "Shoppers already recognize our purple seal as a reputable and research-backed mark that helps them make better purchase decisions, and this value is amplified in OTC categories with a pharmacist-backed trust mark".
The BrandSpark American Shopper Study ("BASS") found that OTC health consumers rely on the opinions of healthcare professionals more than any other driver of trust. Pharmacists' suggestions of the brands they trust are the second most influential factor after doctors' opinions according to the study and strongly influence shoppers' purchases across major OTC categories. The study showed that establishing consumer trust is crucial to promote brand purchase over competitive options. The BASS also revealed that the importance shoppers place on pricing and recommendations of other consumers when buying OTC products slightly weakened in the last year, while the importance they place on opinions from medical professionals and pharmacists has remained stable, which speaks to the longevity of the impact of these opinions. The BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards list of winning OTC brands meets this consumer need by providing an accessible and extensive overview of the OTC brands that pharmacists trust most.
4 Notable Winners from the 2022 BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards:
- Sensitivity toothpaste brand, Sensodyne, earned the highest trust share of any brand among pharmacists, at 72%.
- Nature Made took home 5 awards, the most wins out of any brand in the survey, proving deep trust and authority in the supplement segment.
- Coppertone led all brands in Sunscreen for Kids while Neutrogena was most trusted for Adult Sunscreen.
- Consumer health & wellness company i-Health won in 3 categories: Probiotic Supplement (Culturelle), UTI Prevention (AZO), and Menopause Supplement (Estroven).
The BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards 2022 winners are listed below (brands in a tie are presented in alphabetical order). See details at www.BrandSparkMostTrusted.com, and contact us for more information on any category.
Newsweek and Pharmacy Today will be publishing the results from the BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards, helping support winners by reaching consumers and pharmacists.
1,682 pharmacists practicing in the United States determined the BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards winners for 2022 through their unaided write-in citations, as if they were giving their suggestions in the pharmacy. The highest share of citations as Most Trusted in the category determined the winner. If the margin of citation share between the leading brands did not exceed the estimate of sampling error at 90% statistical confidence, then a tie was declared.
Founded in 2001, BrandSpark International is a research and consulting firm that provides brands with the insights they need to understand the omnichannel shopper, refine their strategic brand positioning, build consumer trust, and improve the success of their new product launches. Best New Product Awards Inc. runs two research-backed, highly accredited awards programs: the BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards, in its 10th year of helping consumers shop smarter by determining which brands they trust most; and the Best New Product Awards, in their 15th year of recognizing and rewarding brands for R&D and product innovation.
Permission and authorization from Best New Product Awards Inc. are required to reference the BrandSpark/Newsweek Most Trusted by Pharmacists Awards win or use the claim or logo in any communication.
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Georgia National Fairgrounds hosting food drive Saturday
The Georgia National Fair is helping stock the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and it's asking for your help.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia National Fair is helping stock the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and it’s asking for your help.
The first 500 people who bring in a minimum of five non-perishable items still in date will receive $10 in coupons to spend with food vendors at the 2022 Georgia National Fair.
The drive is happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A drive-thru donation drop-off point will be set up just inside the North Gate entrance in front of the McGill building.
List of best foods to donate:
- Canned goods in date
- Healthy and low sodium options
- Kid snacks (Pop Tarts, fruit ups, mini cereal boxes)
- Noodle Pasta
- Rice
- Peanut butter
- Protein-filled items
- Canned meats
- No glass containers
“We grouped with the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and they’re always looking for ways to fill the shelves at the food pantries,” GNF Marketing and Business Director Maggie Lane said. “This is just a way to get people excited about the fair, save them a couple dollars in their pockets at the fair and a way to help those in need.”
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LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hemanext Inc., a leading innovator in blood processing, storage, and transfusion technology, today announced that it has initiated the rollout of its Hemanext ONE® RBC (Red Blood Cell) Processing and Storage System in Europe.
Doctors have begun transfusing patients suffering from hematological malignancies using RBCs processed and stored with the Hemanext ONE® system, as part of a post-market clinical study in Bergen, Norway. This is a study designed to assess the initial safety effects of transfusing hypoxic RBCs in patients with acute burns and hematological malignancies, including MDS.
Hemanext received CE Mark Certification for its RBC Processing & Storage System in April 2021 and plans to roll out Hemanext ONE® across additional European markets in the coming months. As part of this commercialization and sales ramp program, Hemanext has been strengthening its relationship with distributors, healthcare institutions and blood establishments across Europe.
The Company has recently submitted a De Novo classification request to the US FDA. The De Novo submission is currently pending, and the product is not commercially available in the United States at this time.
Martin Cannon, Co-Founder and CEO of Hemanext, said: "Successfully beginning the treatment of patients in Europe with hypoxically stored RBCs is a tremendous milestone, both for our company and for transfusion patients globally. We believe the road to improved patient transfusions begins with storing RBCs under hypoxic conditions to limit oxidative damage and storage lesions. Our technology has the potential to facilitate efficient treatment of patients in need. We look forward to continuing to expand our presence into additional European markets over the course of 2022."
Geir Hetland, MD, PhD, group leader, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Oslo University Hospital said: "As a physician, it is thrilling to have a powerful new tool available that could improve transfusions. We look forward to seeing the data that results from this clinical study, as we believe these real-world improvements in technology have the potential to transform blood and transfusion therapy."
Janice Frey-Angel, CEO of Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF), said: "This announcement marks a concrete step forward for transfusion patients everywhere. AAMDSIF is proud to partner with companies like Hemanext that work tirelessly with the mission to improve the quality of life for patients who are burdened by chronic blood disorders. We are eager to learn more about the data from the study, as we look to further our support for patients searching for tools to navigate their chronic illnesses."
Håkon Reikvam, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen in Norway, and a study investigator, said: "The commencement of this study marks an important step forward in the journey to innovate on behalf of patients suffering from severe blood disorders. As a clinician, I am well-aligned with Hemanext's mission to provide safer transfusions. I believe this study represents a key stride towards a world with fewer and better transfusions."
About Hemanext
Hemanext is a privately held medical technology company based in Lexington, MA that is dedicated to improving the quality, safety, efficacy, and cost of transfusion therapy. The company's research and development efforts center on the study of hypoxically stored red blood cells (RBCs). The company's aim is to significantly improve the quality of stored RBCs by limiting oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the storage environment.
Since its founding in 2008, Hemanext has envisioned a world with fewer and better transfusions. In its early years, multiple grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) enabled the company to demonstrate the feasibility of hypoxic RBC storage, develop its first prototype system, and conduct in vivo research. To date, the company has raised more than $100 million in private equity capital from major US and international investors.
On April 13, 2021, Hemanext announced that it had received CE Mark certification for Hemanext ONE® system, clearing the way for the medical device to be sold in European markets.
About Hemanext ONE®
In Europe, the system is CE Marked for the processing and storage CPD/PAGGSM Red Blood Cells, Leukocytes Reduced (LR RBC) that have been prepared and processed with the HEMANEXT ONE® system within 24hours of collection. The HEMANEXT ONE® system limits the O2 and CO2 levels in the storage environment. Red Blood Cells Leukocytes Reduced, O2 /CO2 Reduced may be stored for up to 42 days at 1-6°C. HEMANEXT ONE® is used for volumes no greater than 350 ml of LR RBC.1
In the United States, the product remains available for investigational use only, pending marketing authorization from the FDA.
Preclinical data show that the medical device can maintain RBCs at or below 20% oxygen saturation for up to 42 days2, thereby creating hypoxic RBCs. Clinical studies are underway to measure the impact of hypoxic RBCs on patient outcomes and the potential cost savings.3,4
Visit Hemanext.com to learn more about the Company.
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1 Hemanext ONE®, Instructions for Use for the European Union (April 2021), DOF
2 Brouard, D et al. Vox Sang 2018; 113: 153.2018.
3 Frank, S et al. Anesthesiology 2017;127(5):754-764.
4 DOF. Document.Calculation.2021
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A ransomware attack targeting the huge Los Angeles school district prompted an unprecedented shutdown of its computer systems as schools increasingly find themselves vulnerable to cyber breaches at the start of a new year.
The attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District sounded alarms across the country, from urgent talks with the White House and the National Security Council after the first signs of ransomware were discovered late Saturday night to mandated password changes for 540,000 students and 70,000 district employees.
Though the attack used technology that encrypts data and won’t unlock it unless a ransom is paid, in this case the district’s superintendent said no immediate demand for money was made and schools in the nation’s second-largest district opened as scheduled on Tuesday.
Such attacks have become a growing threat to U.S. schools, with several high-profile incidents reported since last year as pandemic-forced reliance on technology increases the impact. And ransomware gangs have in the past planned major attacks on U.S. holiday weekends, when they know IT staffing will be thin and security experts relaxing.
While it was not immediately clear when the LA attack began — officials have only said when it was detected and a district spokesperson declined to answer additional questions — Saturday night’s discovery reached the highest levels of the federal government’s cybersecurity agencies.
According to a senior administration official, this pattern of support was consistent with the Biden administration’s efforts to provide maximum assistance to critical industries affected by such breaches.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the federal response, said the school district did not pay ransom, but would not get into detail on what potentially might have been stolen or damaged and what systems were affected by the breach.
The White House’s response to the LA incursion reflects a growing national security concern: A Pew Research Center survey, published last month, found that 71% of Americans say cyberattacks from other countries are a major threat to the U.S.
Authorities believe the LA attack originated internationally and have identified three potential countries where it may have come from, though LA Superintendent Alberto Carvalho would not say which countries may be involved. Most ransomware criminals are Russian speakers who operate without interference from the Kremlin.
LA officials did not identify the ransomware used.
“This was an act of cowardice,” said Nick Melvoin, the school board vice president. “A criminal act against kids, against their teachers and against an education system.”
So far this year, 26 U.S. school districts — including Los Angeles — and 24 colleges and universities have been hit by so-called ransomware, according to Brett Callow, a ransomware analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft.
With victims increasingly refusing to pay to have their data unlocked, many cybercriminals instead use the same technology to steal sensitive information and demand extortion payments. If the victim doesn’t pay, the data gets dumped online.
Callow said at least 31 of the schools hit this year had data stolen and released online, and noted that eight of the school districts have been hit since Aug. 1. The upsurge on schools as summer vacations end is almost certainly not coincidental, he said.
“It is the No. 1 threat to our safety,” said Michel Moore, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. “It is an invisible foe and it is tireless.”
Tireless — and expensive, even outside of any monetary demands. A ransomware extortion attack in Albuquerque’s biggest school district forced schools to close for two days in January, while Baltimore City’s response to a 2019 hit on its computer servers cost upwards of $18 million.
The LA attack was discovered around 10:30 p.m. Saturday when staff first detected “unusual activity,” Carvalho said. The perpetrators appear to have targeted the facilities systems, which involves information about private-sector contractor payments — which are publicly available through records requests — rather than confidential details like payroll, health and other data.
He said district IT officials detected the malware and stopped it from propagating but not until after it infected key network systems, necessitating the reset of passwords for all staff and students.
Authorities scrambled to trace the intruders and restrict potential damage.
“We basically shut down every one of our systems,” Carvalho said, noting that each one had been checked and all but one — the facilities system — restarted by late Monday night, when the district first notified the public of the hit.
On Tuesday, federal authorities separately warned of potential ransomware attacks by the criminal syndicate known as Vice Society, which has allegedly disproportionately targeted the education sector.
Authorities have not said whether they believe Vice Society is involved in the LA attack and the group did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
“The fact that a joint cybersecurity advisory relating to Vice Society was issued within days of the attack on LAUSD being discovered may be telling, especially as this gang has frequently targeted the education sector in both the U.S. and the U.K.,” said Callow, the ransomware expert.
Vice Society first appeared in May 2021 and, rather than a unique variant, it has used ransomware widely available in the Russian-speaking underground, security researchers say. Among victims claimed by Vice Society are the Elmbrook School district in Wisconsin and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Ransomware gangs routinely dissolve after high-profile attacks such as last year’s Colonial Pipeline incident, which triggered runs on gas stations. Their members then reconstitute under new names.
While there was pressure to cancel school in Los Angeles on Tuesday, officials ultimately decided to stay open.
Had the activity not been discovered on Saturday night, Carvalho said there could have been “catastrophic” consequences.
“If we had lost the ability to run our school buses, over 40,000 of our students would not have been able to get to school, or it would have been a highly disrupted system,” he said.
The district plans to do a forensic audit of the attack to see what can be done to prevent future incursions.
“Every teacher, every employee, every student can be a weak point,” said Soheil Katal, the district’s chief information officer.
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Orlando weather forecast: Storm chances rise for Central Florida on Wednesday
ORLANDO, Fla. - Today's high: 95 degrees
Tonight' low: 76 degrees
Rain: 60% chance PM Storms
Main weather concerns:
Sharp rise in afternoon shower/storm coverage. Chances move up mainly after 2-3pm. Don't rule out a shower or isolated storm before that. Weather threats appear to be very heavy rain and lightning. High temps continue in the low-mid 90s, closer to 90 along the beaches. Rain eases by mid-late evening, down to 40% or less by 10pm.
BEACHES:
Shower and storm chances will increase across the coastal counties today. A few showers will be possible as the sea breeze develops by late AM. Bigger rain chances take shape after 2-3pm as storms drift back towards the coast. Beach visitors and residents alike should be on the look put for lightning strikes and areas of heavy rain.
Rip current risk is also on the rise, moderate levels today. Ocean swell from distant Hurricane Earl will increase a bit today, filling in and growing in size by late week-weekend. Surf is in the 2-3' range today as a mix of swell slides into the local coastal waters.
THEME PARKS:
Hot and humid conditions will continue today with feels like temperatures in the triple digits. Stay hydrated and take breaks inside the a/c. Best chance for rain between 3pm-7pm. Heavy rain and lightning will be likely.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
Rain chances move up to 60%-80% today. Heavy rain and lightning will become the marquee threats each afternoon through Sunday. Tropical moisture is increasing and this feature will bring rain to all Central Florida locations through the weekend. Most of the rain will develop on the PM side of the day but, with such heavy tropical moisture at play, don't rule out rain drops before the PM hours!
TROPICS:
Hurricane Danielle is on a slow decline as it moves northeastward over the open north Atlantic. Hurricane Earl is well East/Northeast of the Islands and stays away from land longer term but grows in size.
A tropical wave located southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression later this week. Secondary wave moves off Africa soon, 20% chance of development. None of these systems pose a threat to Florida.
Remember to stay alert as we approach the peak of the hurricane season, which is on September 10th. Track the tropics in real-time on the FOX 35 Storm Team weather app. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/orlando-weather-forecast-storm-chances-rise-for-central-florida-on-wednesday | 2022-09-07T12:36:09Z | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/orlando-weather-forecast-storm-chances-rise-for-central-florida-on-wednesday | true |
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior Star announced today that it has been ranked fifth on Fortune magazine's prestigious list of Best Workplaces in Aging Services 2022. This is the fourth time in five years Senior Star has appeared on this Fortune list.
"Earning the right to be on a list compiled by a trusted source like Fortune is an affirmation that brings joy to my heart," said Anja Rogers, Senior Star CEO. "We are a company that puts our associates at the heart of what we do. It is truly a love thing! When our associates feel fully supported and loved by their managers, they're able to deliver the best care, service and love to our residents."
Tulsa-based Senior Star operates seven retirement communities in four states and employs nearly 900 associates. With strategic moves as well as portfolio and leadership changes over the last two years, Senior Star is now well-positioned for future priorities that include securing large-sized assets with multiple levels of care. This will enable the business to expand their hiring and retain top talent.
To qualify for Fortune's Best Workplaces in Aging Services list, the company earned certification as a Great Place to Work in May 2022. That certification process included a survey open to all Senior Star associates. "Our participation rate topped at 98% and trust, respect, fairness, pride, camaraderie and credibility were among Senior Star employees' top workplace rankings," according to Rogers. "Given the changes in the workforce over the last several years, this endorsement is most meaningful to us."
"Being named among the best aging services workplace providers highlights our commitment to continuous improvement and maintaining an associate-first culture," said Rogers. "I believe the survey results speak to Senior Star's commitment to a culture that leads with head and heart and promises to 'do for each other with love.' Our guiding principle also fosters an environment where each associate feels a sense of belonging and clearly sees that Senior Star is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in all hiring and advancement decisions. I also believe it's critical that all of us in the senior housing industry seek new ways to position ourselves positively in the marketplace and reinforce the fact that our industry is a desirable career choice … one where all are valued and where individuals can truly make a difference in the lives of those they serve."
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DETROIT, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.-based law firm of Miller Canfield and Kyiv-based Dictio Law Firm announce that they have formally affiliated, effective immediately, in order better to assist clients in the present humanitarian efforts and in Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction.
"This expansion into Ukraine is a strategic decision in an area that is important to Miller Canfield," said Miller Canfield CEO Megan Norris. "With three offices in Poland, we have been providing aid and advice to many organizations working with Ukrainian refugees, including medical and charitable groups. An affiliation with a Ukrainian firm will help support and expand these efforts."
The affiliation positions the firms to represent clients involved in all aspects of Ukraine's massive reconstruction initiatives, especially those involving housing, industrial facilities and infrastructure. Dictio Managing Partner Olena Shtohryn specializes in construction and real estate law and advises the largest Ukrainian construction confederation.
"Rebuilding Ukraine's infrastructure, housing stock and healthcare facilities will be a massive undertaking, involving billions in foreign aid to Ukraine and the participation of American and European companies," said Miller Canfield Principal Richard Walawender. "To help clients navigate the opportunities, utilizing Olena's experience in Ukraine and our Warsaw office's niche in real estate development will be invaluable, especially as the U.S. government and the E.U. further develop their Ukrainian recovery plans."
Shtohryn agreed, adding, "We have joined forces just in time to help clients navigate the challenges and opportunities created by the Ukrainian government's United24 Recovery initiative. Many roads, bridges, utilities, schools and housing projects need to be rebuilt."
With more than 200 attorneys, Miller Canfield is headquartered in Detroit with 19 offices and affiliated locations in the U.S. in Michigan, New York, California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and internationally in Canada, China, Poland, Mexico and Qatar.
Dictio Law Firm is a Ukrainian boutique firm providing legal advice in all areas of business law, with a focus on real estate and construction, domestic and foreign direct investments, dispute resolution and bankruptcy.
The affiliation will benefit the clients of both firms as they prepare for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Miller Canfield's international clients will gain access to Dictio's extensive industry experience and deep understanding of the dynamic legal and institutional environment of contemporary Ukraine. Likewise, Dictio's clients will benefit from Miller Canfield's extensive worldwide legal and business networks.
For more information, please visit www.millercanfield.com and www.dictio.com.ua.
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Chelsea could turn to Graham Potter following sacking of Thomas Tuchel
Brighton boss Graham Potter is the early favourite to take charge at Stamford Bridge after Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel, the PA news agency understands.
Chelsea’s new owners sacked charismatic manager Tuchel on Wednesday morning, just hours after the Blues’ chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb.
Owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali were understood to have already made the decision to unseat Tuchel ahead of that loss in Croatia however.
Chelsea’s new chiefs have been at the Stamford Bridge helm for 100 days since their £4.25billion purchase from Roman Abramovich.
The ambitious US owners are understood to have felt they could not wait any longer to take action, fearing the Blues losing further ground on Premier League powers Manchester City and Liverpool.
Chelsea’s new board is thought to have analysed Tuchel’s 100 games as Blues boss, identifying a worrying trend of 24 goals conceded in the first 50 matches and 53 in the second 50.
The Chelsea owners are understood not to have lined up a replacement, in order to complete the process by the book.
Boehly and Eghbali will now approach and interview a small number of candidates, with Brighton’s Potter chief among a tight group of names.
Former Tottenham and Paris St Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino and ex-Real Madrid chief Zinedine Zidane are also thought to be in consideration.
Chelsea Football Club part company with Thomas Tuchel.— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 7, 2022
“Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with head coach Thomas Tuchel,” read a Blues statement.
“On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, the club would like to place on record its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the Club. Thomas will rightly have a place in Chelsea’s history after winning the Champions League, the Super Cup and Club World Cup in his time here.
“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition.
“Chelsea’s coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and the preparation of our upcoming matches as the club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach.
“There will be no further comment until a new head coach appointment is made.”
Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard as Chelsea boss in January 2021, immediately adding steel and focus to the Blues.
The likeable and respected German boss steered Chelsea to their second Champions League triumph just four months later, with a stunning 1-0 win over Manchester City in Porto.
The Blues’ poise and threat dwindled slowly at the tail-end of last season though, with £98million signing Romelu Lukaku disappointing and eventually heading back to Inter Milan on loan for this term.
Tuchel guided Chelsea through the murky waters of UK Government sanctions amid the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The 49-year-old kept Chelsea’s show on the road while Abramovich conducted a quickfire sale, with Los Angeles Dodgers part owner Boehly eventually winning a very public race.
Chelsea’s new owners were understood to have been desperate for Tuchel’s tenure to continue as a success, but a nucleus of growing problems left them feeling the only option was to make a change.
Boehly and Behdad are thought to have felt Tuchel had lost his way tactically, struggling to get the best out of players as had been his early Chelsea trademark.
New chairman Boehly has acted as interim sporting director since taking the Chelsea helm, and Tuchel had huge influence on the Blues’ summer transfer policy.
The Blues spent a record £273million in overhauling the squad, but more work is expected to follow in January.
Chelsea have since slipped to three defeats in seven matches at the start of the new campaign, with Tuchel’s tactics changeable and his demeanour increasingly tetchy.
Tuchel’s relationship with Chelsea’s players was understood to have become increasingly strained, while communication with the Blues’ new owners had proved troublesome across another turbulent summer.
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BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government on Wednesday announced plans for a power price cap to curb the rise in energy costs tied to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the cap should ease costs for an average household of three by about 500 euros ($494) per year. The government will provide around 3-4 billion euros to finance the measure, which will come into effect in December and last through the end of June 2024.
“No one in Austria should be unable to afford their basic electricity needs," the chancellor told reporters in Vienna.
“This is about quick and unbureaucratic help, which is why no one needs to apply for it,” he added. “The electricity price cap is handled automatically for every household. It is another building block in the relief of people in a difficult time.”
Nehammer added that low-income households can apply for additional financial support.
The cost-relief plan comes at a time when Austria and other European countries are struggling to contain an energy crisis and rising prices as Russia has throttled back supplies of natural gas.
European officials have said it’s energy blackmail, aimed at pressuring and dividing the European Union as it supports Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.
The 27-nation EU should set a price cap on Russian natural gas and pass other measures to ease the energy crisis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
Individual governments across Europe have passed relief for households as high energy prices drive up utility bills and fuel inflation.
Austria's government announced other financial aid earlier this year, including extra payments of child bonuses and financial aid for retirees on low pensions. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Austria-announces-price-cap-to-curb-rising-power-17424186.php | 2022-09-07T12:47:53Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Austria-announces-price-cap-to-curb-rising-power-17424186.php | true |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft launched her long-anticipated campaign for Kentucky governor on Wednesday, saying the state's “best days are ahead of us” as she joined a crowded lineup of Republicans competing to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear next year.
Craft has spent years cultivating connections within the GOP as she and her husband, coal magnate Joe Craft, donated millions of dollars to Republican candidates. Now as she transitions from party activist to political candidate, she enters the fray with advantages — the ability to tap into her family's wealth to finance her campaign and her resume from Republican Donald Trump's presidency.
Craft touted her Kentucky roots and offered broad themes in her campaign announcement.
“I’m running for governor because I know our best days are ahead of us," Craft said in a news release. “This movement is for all of us who still believe that we can lead in education, that government doesn’t get a seat at our kitchen table and that our kids should grow up in safe neighborhoods.”
For more than a year, political insiders from both major parties in Kentucky had wondered if, or when, Craft would enter the hotly contested GOP primary for governor. The party votes are in May 2023 and the general election is in November 2023.
Trump first appointed Craft to serve as U.S. ambassador to Canada. During her tenure, Craft played a role in facilitating the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, Trump’s long-sought revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The updated trade deal has benefited workers, farmers and businesses in Kentucky and across the country, Craft's campaign release said Wednesday.
In 2019, Trump appointed Craft to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
But her connections with Trump, who easily carried Kentucky in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, were neutralized by his endorsement this year of Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s bid for governor in the Bluegrass State.
Craft was born in Lexington — the state's second-largest city — and was raised on her family's farm near Glasgow in south-central Kentucky.
The Crafts have been major donors in supporting academic initiatives and institutions in the state, and she stressed her commitment to education in her campaign rollout. She pledged to direct “maximum financial resources” to support education, calling it the “most important duty” for government, while cautioning that it “has to be in partnership with parents."
Kentucky has tilted decidedly toward the GOP in recent years, but Beshear has consistently received strong approval ratings from Kentuckians in polls.
The Democratic governor is expected to highlight his management of the state’s economy in asking voters for a second term. Kentucky has posted records for job creation and investments during his term and has recorded its lowest-ever unemployment rates.
Beshear also has won bipartisan praise for his administration's responses to epic natural disasters — tornadoes that tore through western Kentucky last December and historic flooding that inundated parts of eastern Kentucky in late July.
Besides Craft and Cameron, the GOP candidates for governor include state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, state Auditor Mike Harmon and state Rep. Savannah Maddox. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Trump-ambassador-Kelly-Craft-joins-Kentucky-17424110.php | 2022-09-07T12:49:05Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Trump-ambassador-Kelly-Craft-joins-Kentucky-17424110.php | true |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, top officials said Wednesday.
The Philippines and Myanmar are the last countries in Southeast Asia to ease the compulsory wearing of masks outdoors, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said. A study showed the lifting of the mandatory requirement in other countries has not led to an alarming upsurge in infections when people continue to take precautions, he said.
He appealed to people to keep maintaining distance and washing hands, and urged the elderly and those afflicted with other illnesses to continue wearing mask outdoors.
Rosario Vergeire, a top health official, said a government body dealing with the pandemic would assess if the compulsory wearing of masks indoors could be lifted toward the end of the year in public areas, which could considerably increase the number of people who would receive their coronavirus booster shots.
The government move came after Mayor Michael Rama of central Cebu City declared the wearing of masks outdoors voluntary in a trial period ending at the end of the year.
Among the hardest hit by coronavirus outbreaks in Southeast Asia, the Philippines imposed one of the longest lockdowns in the world, which caused its worst economic recession in decades and deepened poverty, hunger and unemployment. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-17424191.php | 2022-09-07T12:49:23Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Philippines-ending-compulsory-mask-wearing-17424191.php | true |
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CVS Health will pay about $8 billion to expand into home care, a practice that could cut costs and keep patients happy, provided they get the help they need.
The health care giant is buying Signify Health, a technology company that sends doctors or other care providers to patient homes to assess how they are doing and what help they might need.
The deal, announced late Monday, is a way for CVS Health to provide more help to patients where and when they want it, CEO Karen Lynch told analysts Tuesday morning.
“The home is increasingly part of that choice,” she said, noting that the deal gives the company a foundation to expand further into home health care.
CVS Health runs thousands of drugstores nationally, sells insurance and manages prescription drug coverage.
Like competitors Walgreens and UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health also has been delving more into providing care and managing the health of its customers, especially those with chronic or expensive medical conditions.
Insurers and employers are pushing more for this approach to help patients stay healthy, on their medications and out of expensive hospitals.
Bill payers and care providers have recognized for years now that a patient’s health is largely affected by where they live, how they eat and other factors that happen outside any care provided during a brief doctor’s office visit.
Signify Health works with thousands of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants nationally. They visit patients to check on their health and other factors in their home that may affect it.
That can include examining into whether the patient is eating well and can afford prescriptions. They also will look for any safety problems like tripping hazards in the home.
The company says it then connects patients after that assessment to “appropriate follow-up care and community-based resources.” A company representative said Signify shares what it learned with both the patient’s insurer and primary care doctor.
Signify Health does these annual assessments mostly for patients on Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of the government’s Medicare program for people who are age 65 and older. It also works with patients who have returned home from a hospital stay.
Care delivered at home is a trend that started growing before COVID-19 and then accelerated after the pandemic hit, said Jeff Jonas, a portfolio manager with Gabelli Funds.
“People just don’t want to go to the hospital or go to a large physician office,” he said, noting that he expects home care to continue growing.
Health care researchers say the impact of these visits and assessments on a patient’s health isn’t clear yet.
“Overall, the key question is what will happen with the assessment once it’s made,” said Gretchen Jacobson, a vice president of Medicare with the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.
The assessments could be helpful to patients, provided they receive the right support afterward to address any challenges that were identified, said Tricia Neuman, a senior vice president with the Kaiser Family Foundation, which also studies health care issues.
She said that some patients may have a complex prescription drug regimen to track, and they may need help managing that as well as other daily activities. If the patient has no family to help with this, then the plan or care provider has to help fill those gaps.
She noted that needs can differ by patient.
“Not everybody prefers to be at home because not everybody has the support they need at home,” she said. “This is both a challenge and an opportunity.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York City.
Bannon, 68, plans to turn himself in on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that the state criminal case would resemble an earlier attempted federal prosecution, in which Bannon was accused of duping donors who gave money to fund a wall on the U.S. southern border.
That federal case ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment late Tuesday.
In a statement, Bannon said District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has now decided to pursue phony charges against me 60 days before the midterm election,” accusing the Democratic prosecutor of targeting him because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
“The SDNY did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” Bannon said, referring to his arrest months before Trump’s re-election loss.
Federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in wall donations.
“It didn’t work then, it certainly won’t work now,” the former White House strategist said. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him on his last day in office in January 2021.
Two other men involved in the “We Build the Wall” project pleaded guilty in April. They had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
A president can only pardon federal crimes, not state offenses, but that doesn’t mean state-level prosecutors have carte blanche to try similar cases.
In 2019, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. brought state mortgage fraud charges against Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in what was widely seen as an attempt to hedge against a possible pardon.
But a judge threw the case out on double jeopardy grounds, finding that it was too similar to a federal case that resulted in Manafort’s conviction. (Manafort was later pardoned by Trump).
While Manafort’s New York case was pending, New York eased its double jeopardy protections, ensuring that state-level prosecutors could pursue charges against anyone granted a presidential pardon for similar federal crimes.
Bannon’s case differs because he was dropped from the federal case in its early stages. In most cases, double jeopardy is only a factor when a person has been convicted or acquitted of a crime.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/steve-bannon-expects-to-face-new-criminal-charge-in-new-york/ | 2022-09-07T12:57:01Z | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/steve-bannon-expects-to-face-new-criminal-charge-in-new-york/ | true |
Vivo Y75s 5G launched in China on Wednesday. This mid-range offering sports a 6.58-inch LCD screen with a full-HD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. The display of this Vivo smartphone has a screen-to-body ratio of 90.61 percent and features a waterdrop style notch for the selfie camera. The Vivo Y75s 5G packs a MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC paired with a Mali-G57 GPU. For optics, the smartphone is equipped with a 64-megapixel triple rear camera setup and an 8-megapixel selfie snapper.
Vivo Y75s 5G price, availability
The Vivo Y75s 5G comes in 8GB RAM + 256GB storage configuration that costs CNY 1,899 (roughly Rs. 22,000). Meanwhile, the 12GB RAM + 256GB model is priced at CNY 2,199 (roughly Rs. 25,000). It is offered in black and gradient colour options. This Vivo smartphone will be available to purchase in China soon.
Vivo Y75s 5G specifications, features
This smartphone has a 6.58-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,408 pixels) LCD screen with a 60Hz refresh rate. The Vivo Y75s 5G is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC paired with a Mali-G57 GPU. It packs up to 12GB of LPPDR4x RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage expandable via microSD card (up to 1TB).
The Vivo Y75s 5G features a triple rear camera setup headlined by a 64-megapixel primary camera. There is also an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens and a 2-megapixel macro shooter on the back. It also features an 8-megapixel selfie snapper on the front. Both front and rear camera setups are capable of recording up to full-HD videos.
This smartphone runs on Android 11-based OriginOS Ocean. It comes with Face Wake facial recognition and also sports a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with 18W Flash Charge support. The Vivo Y75s 5G measures 163.95x75.3x8.5mm and weighs about 193g. This dual-SIM 5G handset also features Bluetooth v5.1 connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Type-C port.
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